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Newspaper Page Textf . TIIEOREGO t)AILV ,)OURNAI PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY' EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20. 1003. iOOFROl THE JOURNAL Stock Show Subscriptions Are Swelled by the-.rur-chaso of Twenty Season Tickets for the Next Five Years. ' ' ,. . .Believing, that . the Pactfio National Stock show and raca meet la one or tha greatest faetore for advertising tha city of Portland, and second not aven to the annual Koaa Faatlval. Tha Journal has agreed to aubacrlba for 10 aaaaon nc ta for tha show next year and for tha succeeding four years thereafter at a price or eacn, tnua n - igement of a toUl contribution of 1600. Several others have promised to buy $100 worth of tlckata for next yaar-e -meet, but Tne journal is ao uiiini convinced that tha liveatock fair la a good thin for Portland that It goea even rartnar ana urni"j. . v-i- ment to tha aaaoclaUon of 1100 annually for flva yeare. . ' .,. Nothing alnca tha Lewis and Clark -fair haa advertised Portland so favor. , abla to tha world at large aa the blf how, which ended laat wMfc Horse men and etockmen from all parta of tha United States wara nara win meir exmo Its and entries, and all aay It la tha premier meeting of Ita kind In' tha west and that It la not excelled by tha biff stock ehowa or tha east. To data aubaciiptlona amounting to S1.88S hava been received for aeaeon tickets to tha next year'a exhibit and WEST 11 GETS FODiemt couch Dave Jordan Signs to Coach West Side Institu tion's Team. G. 0. P. IEJIDER LIKES THE ODOR 1 " i ' Those to "Whom Oil Is Of fensive He Threatens to . Show Up. Dave Jordan, the old Multnomah end, haa signed to coach the football team of weat aide blgh school and was out with the boya for the firat time laat ' night. Jordan la to receive $300 for hla work aa coach. Aa there la a rule tnade by the school " which prohibits tne echoola belonging to the city of Port land to pay out any of the funds of the athletic fund for a eoach, this money la being rained by popular suDscnpiion. Very good progress waa ! made on the Ilrst attempt ana no trouoie irinucc v pated in raining the required, amount. Jordan's first night with the team ' was a very encouraging one alj around for there were BO candidates for -the team out , working- on atuitnoman xieiu and ther were all veryrAah pleased with Jordan himself. Weat Side has the heaviest bunch they have had since the days when Flnkham,' Carlson Mount ana uason piayea mere, ana .hiiuuru they are eomewnat snort on spceay men, they expect to turn out ' a winning team. The first practice game of the season will De piayea a wees; irora emi tirday when the deHf mutes from. Van couver wiu oe piayea nere. ROOSEVELT HOT TO TOUR WEST (United Press teased Wire.) Washington, Sept 80 It . waa an nounced authoritatively at the White House thia afternoon that President Roosevelt would not attend the Trafia Mississippi Commercial congress at San Kranclseo. October 6-10. The announce ment waa made to quiet the rumor that the president would mate a tour or ine weat with Taft. speaking for the Re publican nominee. SO; BRYAN GETS the: LAST V, (United frees Leaaed Wlre. p Chicago, Sept SO. Charlea Nagel. Re- publlran national committeeman for Mlaaourl, today lasued a statement re plying to charges that ha is In tha em ploy of the Standard Oil company as n attorney. lla statement la in- part as louowa: "I am tha local attorney for tha Standard Oil company In, Mlaaourl. The statement that I repreaented tha gov ernment in the oil land litigation is made out of whole cloth. I represent the, government. In the case against the Terminal lie II road aaaoclaUon at St Loula. "Before I answer questions as to whether I receive Instructions from it Broadway, J want to know who my accuaera are. I accepted employment bv lha (Standard because I hold certain economlo vlewa and I do not think my connection with tha Standard unfits me for the management of the Xepubllcan campaign In Missouri. If I am to be made the. tarret for attacks by certain peraona I ahaill retaliate. I know their records patter than they know mine and I may .reveal them." Scenes on the Route of Oregon Electric to Hillsboro ssii'isjbviu iaisi iRssBjsriii!H(i.i.a4a. vr-f 'swcTiy a sni'win'wwa' " v -w"?y---p - Nwejtr- - m - .':'-' . . . . , , ,.' I, " , t x , ' ' t ( a". . . ' - ;. - , '.'-rrM. - f iff K- "11 ' FOUR TOL'JIISIIIPS' OGHJin ASSAILS. 1 Tlf.IBEB BURHEO PlfiCHOT'S POLICY "aajaBBBlBBl BBSS BB L.;I?. Webb in Jail Charged John Barrett Ofers Besolu-; With Stnrtinff Great forest Fire. Louis R. Webb, a hunter and trap- par somewhat .interested In mines In tion for Tan-American .-, Irrigation Congress. -t (halted Pnat leased Wlre.t Albuquerque, N." Bept . $0. -Tha Skeletdn' T rack Entering Beayerton on Way to Hillsboro. A. C. 0 IS ED IV R E CHIEF EHGELCKE OUT OF HIS JOB Entire Immigration Force at San Die:o Removed ' Shakeup Predicted. ' (Rpaelal Dlapatch to The Journal.) Bt. Helens, Or., Sept 10. Albert C Sheldon of Portland has been granted m A t pa, ts T 11 mm Vf . r-l 4 fiiw.- Kla -J "I TTlh.a ttmm 1 .A Vb.1 wire, Anne eeaince oneiaon. me weu- r-.t tir.i..i. I . TWam wavskfl. laa sW A msx I awsvaf v Vaa-a. J--uy It UUiDaw I wi "fiT-3"at li ' vaaterSaV removals from of noes In the lmmlgra- Frank & Grant appearing for Mr. final-1 tion service along tha Paclflo coaat are oon. . - lira. Sheldon Is well known In Fort- "7 (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Washington.. 8ept- 0. .President Roosevelt will not reply to the letter sent' to bin laat night by W. J. Bryan. In a statement issued today, Secre tary Loeb aaya: - The president reeis inai masmucn as Mr." Bryan'a letter is simply an attack upon him personally, there la no, reason why he should answer It. ALITIIE REGULARS AT ATASCADERO , (Unite Pnaa Leased Wire.) Camp Atascadero, Cel., Sept. 20. The 1,000 regular troops which have arrived here for the encampment began their activities today, when thev were mus tered by squads and companies for In spection. The first battalion of the Twentieth infantry, wss inspected by Captain Webster. Major Ft. Keever musteied the hospital corps and Captain n. Stewart Inspected the engineers. The department corps was inspected by its own commanders. All of tie regular troops are now In ramp, the arrival of the Eighth in fantry and four troopa of the Fifth cavalry yeeterday completing the en campment, so rar as tne regulars are f 4 I i w A : ". 7 :fh 1 i i fi if .... :. ... s t" I, r r v r r;" ' f Is: if if isi i TssTisi isrm"iii nn itii itiy V 1 expected to follow tha discharge, by telegram from Washington today, of the entire force of tha local , bureau, . The men who were removed here 'are Chief Emll Engelcke, Inspectors John Can- Held-and Barney Manning, and Inter preter Lee, a Chinese. vmer Jiingeicae, wno is wen mown ai Ban rranciBco and Portland, wnere ne served In the Immigration bureaus be- 10 re coming nere six years ago, oeciarea he .did not know what caused his dis missal, but said ha thought "spite work waa at the bottom or the wnoie af fair." He admitted, however, that' he be lieved the action of the department at Washington was a direct result of the report, or professors jentcs and Banrora, whose' secret Investigation of the Immi gration service was announced exclu sively oy tne united tress on juiy so. "There is no use to light against my removal," aald Chief Engelcke to a rep resentative or the united JrTeas today. "Tha message from Washington orders ua to vacate our . offices at the end ' of today's work. I do not know what caused the. removal of myself and as sistants. Dut i Deiieve jrroiessora jenxs i n . j a . i and Banford had a hand in it. I have tOnVOCailOn 01 XiPlSCOPai aomnern wregon ana wno lived at nrst gun In the war asalnat -Olfford Daerlng, wanted by tha California au- Plnchot. chief forester of the United thoritlea on a charge of having set I Btatea waa fired todav bv c w n. flra-to several thousand acres of (ov nan of Denver, who create! a sensation ernment "timber, was brought to Port-fat ths National Irrigation congress here ',' land this morning In the custody of by violently aaaaiiin tinh.-. n- Deputy , United States Marabal Clyde in the adminlatratlon of tha affairs of. i i- i . I nil Afflia i Thi. afternoon Walter II. Evans, as- tSBt slstant United States district attorney, an addresw before the vongTeaa ' this la tn hmuiiI mt nri. rk Tiim WaIwam. mornlnff. Ihnvul Ih. f T I C. - . . ... I rm,A h.n mamu . s a .. i .i i , i . . - ton in ins renerai court aaking that i'lv r.V KJ iL-i . " , Webb be removed to San rrandaoo for .Sri! 'rT,?l,ol!v UJ r""1'- i trial. Webb waa Indicted aeveral wseka r"r" before the United Statea ' ago by a federal grand jury. ZrT'lm u "' or reclamation , Wahh waa taken befnra TTnlted ""k. Argentine had spent more than . states oommisaioner ana tne amount or i v ivi nniuivn. . xiraiu , is ball placed at IS.oo bond, Webb la now county jail awaltlni mnval ta California Webb cleama that his arrest Is theiapena i.ooo.OOO.OOO to carry out recla reault of aplte work at the hands of matlon schemes. While we hava done some, of his enemies. He asserts that Iota of irrlaatlon work he did not atart f oreet flrea. I ments are small indeed, when 'compared Mt la alleged by the California rov-lwlth the work done bv tha nH ernment agents that during August Incas 1,000 years ago. We are doing Webb deliberately and mallcioualy aet Juat what the Astecs accomplished cen flre to timber lands la northern -Call- turlas ago, and 60 or-100 years from fornla and that as a result of hla ac- now the reclamation wnrir nt ih. tlons the timber on' practically four lent day will look like a speck." entire townships was burned and Barrett offered a resolution proposing ruined . an International Pan-American irri. Webb Is to fight the case. He will tion congress to be held at Mexloo City; probably not engage counsel until he mo-m. - !". t.,k'n. . u8". rncic where the The Salt Lake delegation arrived at i trial la to take place. o'clock this afternoon" having been de- " layed by a wreck in Colorado. , 11. ROCKEFELLER PITlSBURFWifiS SttS fOKILAIHI FMUH SI 1(11118 s iiviii wi UVUIU William Rockefeller, brother of John I TV .ml h. ,lh.. . . ' . W V" 1 . Portland tnr ...v... vi. frooaiyn - - j vaa . v aa j ua wavia aiassi uAarAn I 'wai.veB R. H. B. .1 S J .16 1 .6 8 3 .7 10 S , Substation of the Oregon Electric Near Hillsboro. BISHOP PADDOCK OPENS SERVICES always ; done mv vouty and have my I recora at Ban jjrancisco aita rortiana, i before Coming hern "ili years ago, Jto I Church Begins at Pen- ' Following .SO- Closely upon, the arrest of two Americans ana tnres Mexioans oncharges of smuggling Asiatics across tne line rrom jaexioo into tnis country, It is believed the ousted officials are ao- cused of negligence in railing to uncover the alleged gigantic "smuggling plot that detectives working unaer tne airection of Professors Jenks and Sanford are re ported to have discovered. Washington. Sent. 80. An order was Issued today oy tne immigration oureau of the department or commerce ana ia bor dividing tne jurisdiction or tne wan Ini-nla. tmmlarration district into two dls trlcts. The order is understood to be the result of a report made to secretary Straus of the department of com merce and labor by Professor Jenka of Cornell and Professor sanrord or Stan ford university. In which wholesale smuggling Is alleged to have been das coverea. The officials of the Immigration bu ruin refuse to discuss the order, and it Is not known whether the report of the nrofessors makes cnarares oi collusion or neglect against the immigration offi cials or soutnern caiirorma. It Is stated that the change has been made In the hope that the smuggling of large numbers or uninese across tne Mexican border Into the United States will be stopped. The order directs Commissioner H. H. North, who has been In charge of the California district, to remain In charge of the northern California, distrlot with" headquarters at San Francisco, and this Is taken to mean that Commissioner North has been exonerated of blame. His work will Include the new station on Angel Island. The new district Is to Include the border country of southern California as far as Yuma, Aria., with Headquarters at San Diego under Commissioner Wad- aeii. dleton. Yi Mr. Engelcke was Chinese insnector at rortiana until bdoui sve years ago. wnen ne waa transferred. to the Cali fornia district MfcA'ANNE land where ahe moved in society cir cles and was prominent musically. She was the soloist at the First Unitarian church till she went abroad vand spent a year in stuay. on ner return sne did concert work here for a short time and then left to Join "The Alaekan. In which she played the part of the chaperone and excited admiration by ner stunning iigure ana ner nanasome gowns. After the company disbanded ahe returned to Victoria, B. C., where her mother lives and Intends soon to go to Paris some more. She visited here about a month ago, and staid at the Portland. She has a strong so prano voice and has been given a great deal of encouragement In Peris. Mr. Sheldon is a well-known Portland rail way man. REAL PRICE RULES IX ART IMPORTS TO GIVE STEWART TIME TO REST (tnlt'd Preaa Leased Wire ) Washington, Sept. 80. In accordance with Colonel William F. Stewart'a re quest that he Be allowed tq recuperate from hla Journey from Fort Grant to Washington before he appears before tha medical members of the retiring board, the board today decided to post pone the examination of f!W army offi cer until next week. (Spedal Dlapatch to The Journal.) Pendleton, Or., Sept. 30. The first services in connection with the opening of the first convocation of the Episco pal church in the missionary Jurisdlc STEAMER HITS OBJECT III FOG Possibly a Launch; Search Is Made for Possible Victims. sons. William O. and Percv Rockefeller. St. I.oula President A. J. Earllng of the Chicago, I PUtaburg Milwaukee & St Paul, and other dlrec- Pittsburg. Pal, Sept. 80. The Pitta tors of the Milwaukee road, reached bur team maintained it. i .v.. Portland on a special train over the National league race today by defeating Northern Pacific yeaterday afternoon St Louis in a close game, before a and spent the remainder of tho day In- I large crowd of enthuslastlo fans spectlng the terminal varda of the Tin. lefn Depot company and terminal sites Xew York-Phlladilnhia along the river bank. The party waa under the guidance of rZZM'TL n enorm- Preaident Earlin and has been makln .iV ' m.onaance ." .New York a tour of the PSclflo coast and of the day for sfruaa-la whi, rnnta f V KTw I u . lu.r Struggle Willi tension.. The special left laat evening tin-- .,. ..f 5' Ti . bt" ,xlr tnr B.n I " " " aim UOOinr XOr tno ir' aj ..."..foTT'o o tion of eastern Drearnn were held here last night, when Bishoo Padd6ck con ducted divine services at the Churoh of the. Redeemer, were read during Papera on church work r the even Ins' bv Rev. J. Nellson Barry of Baker City and Rev. Qulnney, rector of the Church of the Redeemer at Pendleton. Formal opening of the convocation wiu take place today, when divine serv ices will be held at 10 o'clock a. m The sermon will be delivered by Dr. Neveous, a pioneer missionary In this state. Bishop Paddock s convocation address will De aenvered Wennesdav arternnnn ana win De xonowea oy business meet ings of the church and the woman's auxiliary. In the evening Dr. Neveous win aenver a reminiscent talk, and Rev. Upton Gtbba of La Grande will speak on the church's attitude toward amusements. The entire clerical body of eastern Oregon and many prominent lav mem bers of the church are in attendance at tne convocation. II I R BRIDGE IS RAISED Beginning tomorrow tne Portland Railway. Light & Power company will have topay the county, of Multnomah $780 a month an increase of 2S0 for the use of the Burnslde bridge. The Increased rent was decided upon by the county commissioners this afternoon. Since the company changed many of he car lines so aa to cross tne Burn- lde bridge instead of the steel bridse the traffic has been Increased to a con siderable extent and the commissioners eclded on a raise in rent ae a const quence. Bankrupt Sal. It will pay you to read the ad of the X. L. Clothing .Ho uae in thla Issue of The' Journal.-. 'United Preaa Leaaed TTlra.t Seattle, Sept 80 In the dense fog which enveloped the sound waters this morning, the big Canadian Pacific steam ship Princess Victoria, en route from here to Victoria about 9:80 o'olock, crashed Into a floating object believed to have been a launeh, while off Apple Tree cove, about 20 miles north. At 10:30 a wireless from the steamer cnippewa stated that the Princess Vic toria was , still cruising Inshore, evl dently trying to pick up the launoh pas sengers. if there were anv. Th Canadian boat signaled that no assist ance was wanted. A wireless from the steamer State of Washington, also near the scene, atated "Princess Victoria crashed into somi object. Engines were stODDed and life boats lowered. Lost her location in fog ana we proceeaea to i-ori Liuaiow. - The Prlncees Victoria waa due atVIc toria at noon but had not arrived at 1 o clock- PROMINENT GRANTS PASS BUSINESS w MEN ARE UP FOR SELLING LIQUOR (raited Preaa Leaaed Wlra,) New York. Sept 30. D. O. Mills has rimrmcni, r r - iue regulars HIT ! i... , , . . . . . ... eWerned? The militiamen will begin been Permitted today to bring into this arriving early neit week. country the famous painting. "Portrait Tomorrow the maneuvers of the field of a Lady," by Sir Joshua Revnolda. on will begin and from that time until the 1 payment of doty of M.000, o per cent cloee of the encampment the hills wlHiof the appraised valuation of the pict- ha aound of mimic ure, under a derision of Judge Walte of warfare, carried on with the earnest ness of a real campalagn. except for the fact that the guns are bulletleae. Ever try Grape-Nuts Padding? It is aswholesome as it is delicious There' a Reason " the board of appraisers of the New York custom house. When Mills Imported the picture from London the Invoice price of tlO.006 waa dloputed by Collector Fowler, who had learned that the catav Kgu price was nigner. It developed iiiib rurrnpa tne that Dalnttna for leaa than the official calaloaru crlr-a and he won his point. rBOORESSOFIIALXS DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS ratle hta Le wWt N Tor, srt. jo at the reqaeet of attorneys for Mrs. -UBii Nkk. jHalna. wife of Captain Peter C. Haioa. V. B- A., alayer cf W illiam E. Annla, iJustte Fupletoe in the supreme court ef Brenklra totar nntnTiei tinlll Unm. I Trt7 action on Mra HalnaT anotloa for aa I rder directing her huan4 te pay her I 1 l!.fre it eoun feea aad ti eek1y 1 tr r-orarr tlimoer. Mer covral i.. ..r tartier time la ebtata (Spertil IHppatrk ta Tha Joeraal.) . Granta Pass, Or.. Sept. 10. Consid erable excitement and aurprlse was cre ated here today when Prosecuting At torney Mulkcy filed information with the grand Jury charging a number of local "soft drink" establlehmenta. drug stores and physicians, with the illegal selling of liquor. The district prose cutor declares that he has sufficient Information at hand to Indict at leeat ten men, and implicate a number of others. It appears that the selling of liquor nas ieen going on nere ror soma time, and that the violators have of late growa too ooio. Among tnoee againat whom Information has beea filed ere aeveral very prominent ma and officials of tha town. For the past six weeks. J. O. Batchel der. a special detective, has ba em ployed by the temperance people of the tew a. though so anti-ealoon league er any other rganlaatiow exists here. The detective represented hltseelf te be a real estate buyer. II thla way be became well acquainted aad waa flrea special privileges by the "blind pig" op erators and violators of tb Itquer law. He has cored evidence tfcet wl'l be the prlw.e factor ta tryteg the oaaee b-fore tle elrctilt eonrt- Not nlr bot tled bex, bet whlaliey, ar'n ae bndy have beea aoid la opea vlolatlrfl ef trie law ' i v. Vkhea tKa lerej eptloa law f.ral weat, Into effect, every saloon promptly closed Its doors and the 'lid" wss down good and tJght for a time. Manv of the saloons were converted Into ""soft drink" piece a Trie eriange' was easily made the blinds were raised, the doors thrown open, and the pictures removed irom tne sneivea. it was soon evident, from the alcoholic odor that emlnated from these places, and the "number of intoxicated men on the street, that they were selling sometning stronger tnan root and "near" beer. Aa ennert chem ist was employed to analyxe some of tne tewiperance drinks and It was found that they contained as higti as six and eight per cent aloohoL The result-of these chemical tests will bo used as evidence n trying the casea. Tba grand inrr la new la aaseioa aad will at -t take hd the liounr eaaoa Judge H. K. Hanna. who declared the local eptoa electloa of Jackaoa eoua tv Illegal, and allowed the rountv te rentals wet, despite the fact. that It waa VOteM art. Will haar ISa rmmmm t toe pnine rovrx Kvldence Da a aieo ana aarnret ta incriminate tne atosabwrw brewery, wbick has bee aumWrlng tbe bottled bw sold bees, and hk-h Is torated la a dry ewenty. Ure barrels of beer ar rived here te4ar froai thia each barrel bearing the grernent t tema I reve-eae timn eta-vtrB ita eoetatetna an ajrohollr beraraa. Per- eral barrels ef this beer bare srrtred b- aa-aty aina tna Jocal etoa law west Iste effect. mm mi FAR FROM END Attorneys for P. A. Marquam have filed notice of appeal to the supreme court In the circuit court, appealing from, the decision of Judge Cleland, that 'Marquam had no cause of suit. The Marquam caae has been fought In the courts for years and has twice been ap pealed to the supreme court previous to tnis appeal, jonn Manning, ju. . Watson and W. D. Fenton have been retained aa attorneys and nromlsa to fight the case to the finish. The case involves thousands of dol lars, being the question of the owner ship of the Marquam building. Few cases have been so strongly contested against sucn neavy Odds. Tne property la now In the hands of ths Oregon company, having been sold to them by J. Thorburn Ross and the Title Guar antee A Truat company after that or ganization had foreclosed a mortgage held by it against- Marquam. "FRENCHY" GRATT0N IS GRANTED A DIVORCE (Special Dispatch te Tbe Journal.) Astoria, Or.. Sept. SO. A decree is expected thia afternoon In the divorce case of "Prenchy" Grafton, who form erly o Derated the Milwatikle rlnh. against Mary j. uratton. both of Port land. Tne pasts ror the euit was de sertion. A demurrer to the complaint was filed, but the defense made no other appearance in tne case, sod the evldenco before tha referee only referred to the desertion. ... at 7 o'clock for San Francisco. President Karl In a- aald that h fix no date for the commencemen traffic over the new coast line. - He said that he did not believe in running trains over lines that were not In per fect condition, and that until the Mil waukee's new tracks were in such shape that the same time could be maintained over them aa over the old roadbed he did not expect to start regu lar train service. During the afternoon the members or the party visited Portland and Wil lamette heights and secured a very good idea of the sire and growth of Portland. Included In the guests on the three private cars that made up the special were, wniiam rtocgereuer, wimam u. and Percy Rockefeller, his sons: A. J. Earling, L. J. Petit, president of the Muwaugee national nang ana a direc tor in the Miuwaftkee road; Major T. S. Bond. Henrv Cooner and Percv Bliss. S. W. McKenna and H. R. Williams. All are Interested in the Milwaukee road, most of tho party being Included in the directorate. IF PROSPERITY WHY HOT WAGES? lined aerain to. which aroused the New York S 0 0 0 0 V (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Muscatine, Iowa, Sept. 80. William J. Bryan was greeted today by a dele gation of strikers from the pearl fac tories,, who walked out following the visit of William H. Taft to this city. Taft told them that the country had re turned to normal conditions and thev demanded that their salaries be raised to the scale which Drevailed before tha panic last rail. At the time of the nanlc the men an cepted a reduction of wagea. They went to hear Taft apeak and, basing their claim on his assertion that tha enuntrv now is prosperous and has thrown off entirely tne results or the panic, they ueiiiaiiueu inn tne employers reestan lish the former scale. when the company refused, tha atrlke was oruerna. BETTER HOW THAFf IN LAST SEPTEMBER Rock River Annual Conference. '.Special Dlasateh to Tbe Jaenai Chicago, Sept. 10. The Rock River annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, which has ths lara-eat membership of any conference In the country, met ror its th annual ses sion tooay in tne wood lawn M. E. CBurcb.- The- conference ineludea tha entire northern part of Illinois and la composed ef tlf ministers representing a nemovranip vk as.wv. i ne conter- enee wilt be In seeeim atrta da ra, with Bishop Neelr ofKew Orleans tre- elding. Among the gjueetlone of great- t Inter eat will be the aaslgnment of ministers, tne aurooeition or the trou bles arising ever Marie Chapel and the petitKau a pec' a or tne leeor and tern- para nee queetlona Anniversaries ef various soeterie wiu be bald daring tbe conference. Cbtafrnwrd FOTgT 8Btrwd. fTsttad Pease tnil H ) eta Ana, CaL. epc it Attorney William Peck cf Lea Arra'ea. who to. day entar-M a plea ef goi.tr te a charge Portland's bank clearings for ths September Just passed show tne turn of the tide. The clear ings for the month ending today are !!0,S20,8S4.7. For the month ending September SO, 1907, the clearings were 130.171,140.01. Thia is the first month since the financial stringency of last fall that the clearings hava shown an Increaae over those of the corresponding month of laat year. The Increase shows that business fn the northwest Is rapidly returning to normal once mora , The balancea this year were $3,611,489.70. Last year they were ti.SSl.s7l.IO. Chicago-Cincinnati. ' (United Preaa Ia.fd Wire.) " f Cincinnati, Sept. 80. Overall and4 ' Klthg were on the firing line for the'" Chicago Nationals In the game with Cin clnnatl here today, with Dubec and 'Me-., Lean doing the honors for the Redf': Score bv inn ns: . "5UOwt Chicago . . ...........,.'.... . . . 0 6' 0 ,( Cincinnati .1 o'ft American League. 1 (United Press beaaed Wire.) 9ye,an5' Ohio, Sept. 30. With Check" ' and Clarke as the battery for Cleveland, ' Rn.50,hyj,wlwnA working for ' Philadelphia, the Naps and Athletics of tne American league met here this aft ernoon. Score by Innings:. Philadelphia 7 o I o Cleveland . . a . y At Jf Washington-Detroit, A wuuil. dbdl su. nfl narranaa in ia. day's game between Detroit and Wash ington in the American league were ' Tannchill and Street for tha a.nAn and Donovan and Schmidt for the Tigers. Score: n T M ts.-f Washington '. o' 2 "0 Detroit . o 4 1 LONGSHOREMAN PACES DELINQUENCY CHARGE Caurht In hla attemnt to .mil k.,' lS-year-oLd daua-hter of C V. Pina,ni, ''( Fred Proudfoot, a longshoreman about v 30 years of aae who lives with hla wira o on Grand avenue, was arrested last"'' night and locked In the county Jail,'1' where a charge of contributing to the? delinquency of a minor will ba againat him today. . Proudfoot waa under the influeneeof liquor at the time, he says, and remem bers nothing of what hannened. but thia excuse failed to satlsfv the fathar anri T brother of the young girl, who caught' tne longsnoreman in tne woods near ' their home at Montavllla. Parmanua' and his son, who works at the engine ' nouse in xaontavuia, escorted P roudfoot ' to town, where they met an officer. Thrt v case was investigated by the grand Jury -thia morning. PERSONALS CHLORAL OVTRDOSE CAUSE OF DEATH It.. v rka..i. . i ' . . Loeb & Co., of New York, the greatest financial firm In America snrl tha behind the throne of most of the big railroad systems of the country, is in-1 Portland at the Portland hotel. Mr Davis formerly resided In the rii ' northwest, havina bean nna r itu Vlllard'a lieutenants in thia part of tha country, and was assistant general pas? sengfcr agent of the Northern 4acifici He was one of the most influential " members of Kuhn, Loeb aV Co. for manv " hi general situation on the coai w.i tf: bl".iw(l.,on"' w,ho, mk'ng ths'T i with him. will laava tnr I I I morning for Glenwood flnrin v . V I Vnflr " ' " Si H S. Rpwe, general agent lit Port-la-ndV for the Chicago, Milwaukee St Paul will leave tomorrow for a month's vnnaio ana to ms tormer home In Wisconsin. Mra Rows will accom pany him. OCTOBER A GOOD UMBRELLA 3I0XTH" eBBBBBaaSB-SBlaaBIB-aBBBB Portland is entitled to eome rain dur- Ing the forthcoming few weeks, un-r less the weather be entirely freakish. In the monthly weather bureau nuhii cation giving data on October weather based on observations of 'the oast II years. It Is stated that the average raln- ibu ior ucionr is s.aa incnea Alice Mary Lee of Kerbv street died at 11:4a laat night of narcotic poisoning, due to an overdose ef chloral larala and broroida Tbe body is now at the (Inches of anorgue and aa investigation will be made by the coroner, aa it ia not cer tain wnetner tne poison waa taken with eulcidal Intent or not. Mra Lee was to years of sga. sT,e haa a daughter, Mary Alice Lea. liv ing la tne city and two otner daoah- ters living el ae where. . Her husband Is la Saa Francisco. JTot Door rrom Batbs. Joeerk 'Friedman, oronrietnr nt tba l-at-s la the baaament of tbe Corbett punaieg tails auentloa ta the fact that tbe doer through whoae transom er forgtrg a rbeeb for wae sen-' hursUrs rlimhad te rob F. T. ftoa. 1 1 barter "p Fandav is not the d leading Into hie pa to three veers . Jmnrle-mmattt Ik. r-ea enterM a tNa fr rrotaiMca, . bat I leading Into hie i waa oe-ia ry tre court. done art ef ta beeemeaL Rut ' there have been exeeptlona to tbe rule tor in uctooer. l u. tnere was barely trace or molstura October, lit!. eras a wet month, with 11 ! precipitation. The rainfall at that time la 14 consecutive howrs was ' r 1 The whalebone frxJuatrV. onra support of hundreds of persona now amounts to about It COS pounds a year. , fwoat of wM-h is ehtal-,a In t-a piarlfi. NEED A NEW SUIT? Waal It TUlew-Kadef For leee taaa twaxty-BBadef mead ear ad soaaarrew. COLUMBIA WOOtKH MILLs COMPAXr t - - - - . - . - out ene C-nir.g late a baUwa, OleaerrVrVrVVArVeaVVVVVVVJ