The Oregon daily journal., November 19, 1908, Page 4, Image 4

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19. ' 1908.
FALSE LOVER BETRAYS
YOUNG GIRL TO
Victoria Tailor Wrongs Innocent Maiden,
Persuades Her to Rob Her Employer
Then Accuses Her of Crime in This
city. .
After having betrayed a young girl
and. Induced her to turn thief and rob
her employer who trusted her and
' run away with him and come
. to Portland from Victoria, B. C..
Phillip Caplln, allaa Jacob Phillip, be
came enamored with a married woman
with four children, and In order to get
rid of the girl, who- refused to leave
him. took her to the police atatlon yes
terday and betrayed her to the offlcera.
accusing her of the crime Which he had
Induced her to commit.
Such is the complicated and dramatic
atory told by the girl, who gives the
alias of Harriet Caplln,,but refuses to
divulge her real name. It is one of the
strangest that has been told wlthjn that
place of strange stories, the police sta
tion, in many .a day.-
! Harriet Caplln, to call her by The only
name she will give, is an English girl
about it years of age, wo h left the old
country only 11 months-aao and went
to Victoria. B. C. There she met Cap
lin, who waa working for the same
ladies tailor goods house that she went
to work for. ' Caplln persuaded her to
go with him to Seattle and live with
Flm as bis wife, "without benefit of
Clergy "
J. In Seattle Caplin went to work in
' tailor shop and the girl became sten
ographer for a small firm. A short
time ago the girl"s employer, wishing
to go away - for two or three' days,
turned over to her IJ50. to. pay certain
bills for him. '
After th employer had gone Caplln
came around and wanted her to quit
work. Bhe' told blm she could not He
REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO
DECIDE COURSE TONIGHT
; John Gill, president; C. M. Idleman,
F. E. Beach. R. W. Hoyt, Max Q. Cohen.
Charles Cleveland, W. J. Miller, Dr.
Emmet t Drake, T. i. Monahan, H. C.
Smith. Louis Rutin,' Mf. . M. Davis, W.
W. Banks, W. H. Galvanl. O. C. Moser,
Elmer Col well. J. F. kertchem. B. W.
Parker. T. B. McDevltt. W. C. North.
This ! is tha executive board of the
Union Republican club, tha largest and
most influential political organisation
of Multnomah county and therefore of
Sthe state. These men determine and
rnap out the course of aotion and the
political policy of the organisation
which they represent.
i Tonight, In ths of f ice of the secretary.
Max O. Cohen, a meeting will be held
to determine whether the club through
Jta executive committee, will adopt a
resolution pledging the club as an or-
fanisatlon and its membership to work
nt tha defeat of Governor Chamberlain
for election to the United States sen
ate and to secure the election of "some
Republican" through the breaking of
the pledges taken by a majority of the
legislature. . .
The meeting tonight will be a stormy
one, from all indications. Members of
Influence have come forward publicly
both In the last meeting of the commit
tee and since then and have opposed In
strong terms the plan of plunging the
organisation Into the senatorial battle.
; There are members who have taken
the high ground that no man or no or
ganisation has the right to ask a legis
lator to repudiate a solemn promise
mad to tha people who elected him.
COW SAVES
i. By a ruling of Commissioner E. E.
Clark, of tha Interstate Commerce com
mission, a comma which the railroads
Claim was misplaced in the western
classification rules will have to stand as
It reads, and the Pacific Coast Biscuit
company, as well as hundreds of other
Shippers In the northwest, will be able
to save thousands or dollars on ranroaa
shlnments as a result.
1 Commissioner Clark In his letter to
Secretary Van Hfeekeren of the cham
ber of commerce transportation bureau
states that whatever the intent of the
railroads might be, It is not allowable
. i . i aa . . ...... I
, of auchca character.
The dispute was between the Pacific
Coast Biscuit company and the Great
Northern. There is a commodity rate
fif $1.80 on egg cartons, the rate read
ng as follows: "Boxer, paper or paste-
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SHIPPERS ilOllEY
wanted to know if she had not been
paid, and she replied that she had. but
that she also had $260 of her employ
er's money After much urging Caplln
persuaded her to Tun away with him.
taking the money. Ha told her that
she could not be punished for anything
but breach of trust.
The pair came to Portland a week
or two ago and opened up a ladies'
tailoring shop at 632 Williams avenue.
Shortly after that Caplin met a wid
ow, Mr Jennie Qoftlng, with whom
he became Infatuated, although she had
four children. He took her Into hn
store, telling the girl that he had em
ployed her a floor-woman, although
the girl now claims that the woman
was only an apprentice at IS a week.
Being on with the new love, Caplin
wanted to be off with the old, and tried
to ship the girl to Spokane. But she re
fused, to go, so Caplin. on some excuse.
got her to accompany mm io me pouce
station. There he denounced her as a
thief and told the story of her having
robbed he- employer in , Seattle. The
girl was promptly taken into custody
by the officers.
But in telling his story, Caplin had
Inadvertently made the statement that
be was living with ner uniawruny, ana,
to his chagrin, .he was arrested on a
statutory charge and locked up, too.
The Seattle authorities were Informed
of the arrest and asked that the pair
be returned to the sound city, caplln
has, therefore, been charged with being
accessory ,to the urlme of grand larceny
with which .the girl Is charged. Both
are held in the city Jail awaiting the
arrival of officers from Seattle to take
them back to stand trial for the crime.
These men argue that they themselves,
had they been elected to the legislature
on a Statement No. 1 platform, would
have considered themselves bpund to
abids by that pledge, believing that to
repudiate it would be dishonesty and
moral deceit.
These men also contend that tha res
olution, Introduced at the meeting last
week, was brought in from the outside
by those interested in the senatorial
game from selfish motives and hopes
of personal reward, and that It Is not a
subject with which the club as an or
ganisation can honestly deal.
Those who have taken a leading psrt
so far in the campaign to secure, the
club's Indorsement of the plan to Induce
members of the legislature to repudiate
their pledges and override the popular
will as expressed at the polls last June
are Jimmy Kertchem, who also worked
the Sellwond club into taking the lead
in the tight to repudiate the principle
of direct election of senators; Max G.
Cohen, secretary of the club; T. J. Mon
ahan and Elmer Col well.
Those who fought the proposition at
the meeting last week were John Gill,
president or the club; P. E. Beach, Em
mett Drake W. M. Davis and T. B. Me
Devltt C. M. Idlaman has also come out
publicly in denunciation of the theory
that a member of the legislature can
honestly repudiate a pledge given the
people, or that a citizen can with honor
ask a legislator to do such a thing.
The meeting will be held tonight on
the tenth floor of the Board of Trade i
building, in the office of Secretary Max
G. Cohen.
board, K. D. flat, also folding egg car
tons." etc. It was the location of the
comma after the word "flat" and before
the word "also" that caused all the
commotion. The biscuit company con
tended that the rate of 11.80 per hun
dred pounds Is applicable to all boxes,
paper or pasteboard. If they are shipped
"K. D. flat." The railroads contended
that the rule meant that all boxes must
be K. V. flat to get the commodity rate.
In his ruling the commissioner states:
"Our view In this case is in accord
ance with the admission contained in a
letter from J. W. Spencer, superintend
ent of inspection, transcontiental freight
bureau. Ban Francisco, to the effect that
this is a 'misprint in the tariff.' It is
well understood that this commission
wtii exercise its authority to permit
tariffs to be established or changed on
less than statutory notice where a cler
ical error nas occurred, and our liber
ality in that connection has been fre
quently availed of. We do not consider
that a correct interpretation of a tariff
provision can be obviated or set aside
by the assertion that the tariff wna m im
printed or that It was the intention of
tne rrnmer or tne tariff to provide dif
ferently from what was actually done."
KLICKITAT BOOST
FUND SUBSCRIBED
An electric logging railroad, a sash
and door factory, and some more saw
mills, are a few of the things that en
terprising Goldendale in Klickitat coun
ty, Washington, is in the market for.
C. W. Ramsey, secretary of the Klicki
tat Development league. Is in Portland
today seeing what can be done about
them. Klickitat county has raised a
sum for advertising Durooses that
amounts to more than II per capita,
and wants It expended In the best way
to Dnng results.
One form of advertising for tha
Washington community that has been
decided upon is the booklet plan that
has proved so successful In advertising
the Oregon communities. Other 'tlans
will also be undertaken and It is the
intention of the Goldendale club to
make Klickitat the best advertised
county in Washington and to have Its
name a household word throughout the
west.
CATTLE OX RESERVE
CAUSE OF WARRANT
A warrant fdr the arrest of J. D.
Combs, of Paulina, a large cattle dealer.
was Issued at the request of United
States District Attorney John , MoCourt
this morning. A complaint has been
filed In the federal district court charg
ing Combs with having allowed 200
head of cattle to trespass upon tha
Deschutes national-forest reserve with
out a government permit.
PROPERTY OWNERS 1
BEFORE COUNCIL
council was held thfa afternoon to con-
Biuer . tne pruiesis OI inierestea prop
erty holders RrRlnft ihm rhftnrln And
opening f certain, streets on both
sides of the river. There were many
property owners present at the meet
ing to urge why the street they were
Interested, la should be left as It U. j
Side
60IWPERS
Indorsement by- Committee
Contains Denunciation 5 of
Keefe-rSays Rigid .Caucus
liule Should : Apfc)ly in
Executive Committee. , .
rnlt4 Press Learn! Wtr.
Denver, Colo, -Nov. 19. "Daniel J.
Keefe, president of the -Longshoremen's
union and sixth vioe-president of the
American Federation of Labor, if. dis
satisfied with the political policy of the
federation, should have resigned from
the executive council of that body In
stead of making a fight in behalf of
Judge Taft . in the recent campaign.
When he accepted a place on the execu
tive council, he. like all other members,
agreed to the policy of the majority
rule. By his refusal 'to accept the de-4
clston or tne majority or me leaaing
labor officials or the trades unions of
the country he stultified labor and
himself." v-
The foregoing Is, in effect, theflnd
ing of the committee in its report to
the federation convention. . Since a
eek ago Monday, when the address of
President Gompers created a, stir oyer
the country, by Its clean-cut stand on
the political question, the delegates as
sembled at the convention , have, been
anxiously awaiting the report of this
committee, for it would sound, the key
note of the federation's future political
policy. ,
Xeefe's losing right.
Keefe ' came to Denver with- the
avowed intention of making a fight on
Gomners because of his stand for the
election of Bryan and other candidates
on the Democratic ticket. He started
to organise the opposition to Gompers
from the day of his arrival but met
with little success.
Still another slap waa administered
to Keefe when the executive council at
its session last night decided that in
future all members of that body who
may oppose the will of a,, majority in
matters political should resign from
the council and act merely as indi
viduals Keefe's troubles on the convention
floor began yesterday when J. C. Wil
liams, representing the Longshoremen's
union of the Pacific coast, which se
ceded from Keefe's organization, de
nounced him. "Williams declared that
the union would not tolerate the pUV
cles of the president and as long as
Keefe held that office-it would not Af
filiate with the federation.
Keefe attempted tdr reply to Wil
liams by stating that politics was re
sponsible for the fight againat him, but
he was called upon to confine himself
to the subject under discussion.
In an effort to make peace he agreed
to attend a conference of the- executive
council of the federation and the lead
ers of the Pacific coast union and try
to bring about a settlement of the
trouble.
FATHER OF RIIEE'S
CHAUFFEUR HERE
A. Iathnn of San Francisco, father
of Alexander S. Lathan, who was ar
rested by the Portland police a few
days ago as a fugitive from Justice, ar
rived in this city this morning and will
remain here until hla aon's fight for
liberty on habeas corpus proceedings
is ended. The younger Lathan was
formerly Abe Ruef's chauffeur, and Is
wanted as a witness in the graft pros
ecutions.
The elder Lathan Is a retired busl
nfss man of considerable means and
after calling on. his son at the city
jail announced that he would not spare
money in assisting tne young man to
defeat extradition.
The arrest of my son is a rank In-
iustlce." said Mr. Lathan. "The boy
ad nothing whatever to do with any
bribery deal and if he was indicted
for bribery I am ignorant of the fact
"He left San Francisco for the sim
ple reason that the prosecution In the
graft cases kept him hanging around
the courtnouse ail tne rime and Dre
vented him from making a living for
his wire."
THREATEN LIFE
OF PROSECUTOR
Ralph B. Fisher, who is the prosecutor
of the Oregon State Bar association, has
Informed the police that for some weeks
past he has been receiving anonymous
tetters threatening his life. Mr. Fisher
has been appearing as prosecutor against
several members of the bar against
whom disbarment proceedings have been
instigated, and It is supposed that some
one of them has taken this method of
trying to induce the prosecutor to drop
the charges.
Another letter was received this morn
ing typewritten and purposely mis
spelled, so as to hide the writer s iden
tity. It reads as follows:
"Mr. R. Fischer:
Sir:
From rumors I have heard you are to be
scnoi or aisposea or, and I think my
duty to tell you to be careful. Of
course this may be only talk but the
shotting of Mr. Heney makes the matter
worse. If It were known I had warned
you, it mignt oe Dad tor me,
"Physislan."
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painful than a break. In all sprains,
cuts, burns and scalds Ballard's Snow
Liniment is the best thing to use. Re
lieves the pain instantly, reduces swell
ing, Is a perfect antiseptic and heals
rapidly.
Price 25c. 60c and $1.00. 8old by
Bkldmore Drug Co;
COFFg
Don't buy, coffee not
packed in airtight pack
ages; don't buy coffee
without the "narne ot the
roaster.
v Toar cTOcerrehirni year moner II roa sos't
Ilk Sctulliaa'f Best f ar pay hha. v .. ;
UHI BARK
REACHES RIVER
Captain FaIs to Display Sig
nab When-. .Passing;
, North Head. ,
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GERMAN SCH00LSHIP
EXPECTED ANY DAY
Herzogtn Cecilie, Vhich Xef t Bremen
,110 Days Ago, Will Hare to Ar
rive Within Two Days to Tie Time
Made by Hereon Sophie Charlotte.
A three-masted bark In ballast la be
ing towed into Astoria, this afternoon
after having stood outside during the
night Hor identity could not be es
tablished, aince the ' captain failed to
display the signals In - passing North
Head and the weather waa too cloudy
to permit the reading of the name, even
by the use of a powerful glass, with
which the lookout is equipped.
The first report from the cape In
dlcated that the vessel was flying ths
German flag and it was thought she
waa, Hersogln Cecilia, but this theory
was dispelled when it was finally re
ported that tne crart waa-a three-mast
ea ,tark. tne tiersogm vecene Bern
fourmasted. The Herzogln Cecilia
one of the North German Lloyds' train
Ing ships and it was therefore believed
that sne could oe nere by mis time,
although she left Bremen only 110 days
ago.
That the North German Lloyd a tram
Ing ships, are manned by officers and
Bailors who take an Interest In their work
and grasn every advantage was demon
strated when the German bark Herxo-
gin Charlotte put In her appearance off
tne mouth oi the coiumma arter naving
been out only ill days rrom aremen,
The performance of the Herzogin Ce
ctlle would have beat the run of the
Herzogin Sophie Charlotte by two days
at least. The Herzogin Charlotte left
Astoria Monday morning for Australia
under charter. to load wheat for Europe?
She came here ana went away in-jaai
last.
The Herzogin Cecllle Is also 'on th
disengaged list. She will probably drop
into Astoria one or tnese days to await
orders, although she. has. been on tho
marine lists as heading for Puget sound.
Possibly she will get a charter to load
wheat for Europe at this port although
there Is not a heavy demand tor gram
carriers at present.
The HerzoKtn uecuie was nere som
ears a no and attracted much attention.
he brouaht a cargo of salt consigned to
T. M. Stevens t:o. ano wnicn was dis
charged at the old Victoria dock, which
subsequently went up in smoae, tne
larger portion of the Bait being de
stroved.
During her stay In the harbor the
neat training ship was visited by thou
sands of people who were surprised to
find the windjammer ruuy equal to me
modern man-of-war In point of neat.
ness and discipline.
RIG CROWD WILL ATTEND
Steamer Inland Empire Will Be
Launched Next Saturday.
Dorsey B. Smith, superintendent of
the X)ten River Transportation com
pany, returned to Portland last night
from celilo ana reports mat on satur
day morning next, the company s new
steamer Inland Empire will be launched
from the ways at Celilo.
The launching will be witnessed bj
hundreds of rieoDie living in tne vicin
Ity of Celilo and some are expected to
go there from The Dalles. Great inter
est is taken In the forthcoming event
because the Completion of the boat
mmm inrreaaed trannoortatlon facil
Hies fdr the vast Columbia and Snake
river basins.
Superintendent Smith says the In
land Empire will be ready to begin op
erations between Celilo and Pasco by
the first of December, and the route
will be extended to Lewlston, Idaho, as
soon as the stage of water 'permits.
Th boat will operate in connection with
the company's steamers J. N. Teal and
Sarah Dixon out of Portland.
The steamer Celilo Falls which is
eventually to alternate with the Inland
Kmpire, win De reaay 10 go inio com
mission aDOUl January i.
OFF FOB VLADIVOSTOK
Liner
Alesta Carries Flour
Goods for Holidays.
and
At ilnvllsht tomorrow morning tne
daylight tomorrow morning
German steamer Alesia of the Port
land & Asiatic line, will leave Alblna
rlnrlt for Vladivostok direct. She has a
full cargo of freight, every pound of
which is consigned to merchants in
the Russian Asiatic stronghold.
The lion's share on the manifest con
Uinta of flour, there being 60.000 bar-
rels. valued at 1200,000. In addition to
that thorn Is 19.414 worth of ml seel
laneous freight, made up of apples,
nuts, a typewriting machine, lard,
oranges and grapes, the fruit being in
tenrierf for the holiday trade.
Captain Ernst of the Alesia expects
no trouble wun ice as ins Biwuiier win
ronrh her ilentlnat on in time to dls
charge and get away for Hongkong be
fnrai the nminl cold sDell. And besides.
the port Is equipped with powerful ice
breakers that can maintain an open
channel to th sea even during ordl
narlly cold weather..
FAST STEAMER COMIXQ
Atlantic Coaster to Go on Run From
Seattle to Frisco.
Seattle. Wash. Nov. 1. It Is an
nounced here today that the steamer
Admiral Sampson, one of the largest
and fastest vessels of the United Fruit
company of the Atlantic, will be brought
around the Horn and put on the run
between Seattle and San Francisco early
next vear. The vessel has been pur
chased by President H. F. Alexander of
the Alaska-Pacific Steamship company,
Constipation
I lay be pcrmatvnlly overcome by proper
urtini
kaftifc dailv .otkat auu.2nnre fr na
ture may be groJuaty iisptfietlwi)r
when no longer needed a me oesi j .
remedies, wketi veoulrrtw-etoasSst
o)uftcfton$,vntcJi Muot depend uUi
ftiotely upon proper noutrisKmertt,
prcrejt,otor;it liviwgerali.
To get Us oehejmal ejjecls, alwayA
0y we genuine .
SyruplfigsEirScnna
CALIFORNIA
Fig Sytwp Cot only
SOLD BVALLLEADINO DRUGCISTS
Mt toe oov, rgnr price dUf r om i
personal efforts wurune :suwce
bftheono truly ijenejioal laxative
remedy, Syrup of Kg and U'vav fSen,
wK!rk en a M? A one to form regular
ARCHITECTSHAVESCHEfilE
TO GET DOBSOW'S SCALP
:fff l f-f- m "" i rJ; ;'" T '"' T" f ' ' "'fy"iC1:'
Frame an Ordinance Which If Passed Will Put City
"-Building Inspector Out of Office-Tmplete Reor
ganization of the Department Would Eesult.
Tha long drawn out fight between
many architect and several members
of the pity councir.ofttha ona hand and
Building Inspector Pobson on the other,
will reach a crisis when an 'ordinance
reorganising tha building Inspection de
partment now In the bands of City At
torney Kavanaugh cornea up for pas
sage. This ordinance was -drafted by a
committee of architects,, and' copies of
it presented to the esty ' attorney and
members of the potlca and health .com
mittee. If will In all probability come,
before the police and health committee
at a meeting to be held tomorrow, and
tha tin la out that.lt will be recom
mended for passage.-:. ' , - - -
The new ordinance Is drastlo' In its
rovislons as to tha qualifications of th
lUlldlna- inspector. Anions: other things.
10- years of actual exuerlence in bulldlna
construction and structural engineering
work la absolutely required. Provision
is -made for the appointment of a dep
uty inspector, who must hava had five
yeara of -actual- experience in tha con
struction of buildings. In ths ordinance
a board of appeal ts oreated, the mem
bers to be' taken from the architectural
profession and building constructors,!
ana to be selected by the mayon from
RID ITSELF OF TAXABLE SURPLUS:
TEN DAYS AHEAD OF ASSESSOR
Clever bookkeeping by the O. R. fe N.,
by which Its surplus was wiped out
10 days before the assessor made his
rounds, has saved it from the payment
of taxes on til, 587,300. The county
board, of equalisation has decided that
the petition of the railroad concerning
tha $14,400,000 assessment on money,
notes and accounts was well taken, and
granted a reduction to 12,830,000.
The position of the-O. R. & N. this
year is regarded bv Assessor Sigler ss
justifying his action last year in taxing
the surplus. By the process or declar
ing a dividend of nearly 80 per cent this
year the railroad got rid of its surplus.
but last year it did not adopt this
method. Yet last year's assessment of
116,180,000 is being fought in the cir
cuit court and the sheriff has been re
strained from collecting the tax.
amounting originally to about $129,000,
and now grown by the addition of pen
alty and Interest to approximately
$160,000.
Besides the reduction on money, notes
and accounts, the equalisers added
$482,700 for merchandise owned by the
company. This is a new item, so that
the net reduction granted to the com
pany from- the $14,400,000 figures was
$11,687,300. As the theory of the rail
PUSHING WHEELBARROW AROUND
STATES' BORDER ON A WAGER
Colonial Jack, who Is "pushing his
sphinx around the border line of the
United States," arrived In Portland this
morning and is spending the day here.
Colonial Jack is a sunburned young
chap, and his sphinx" Is a wheel-
harrow, piasterea witn Business caras,
jhotographs, etc., which he has col
ected in his travels, and . bearing his
clothing, etc. He Is pushing the horse
less carriage around the United States
on a wager. He says that he intends
to write a book on his travels and has
bet 2,000 copies of the proposed literary
effort against $1,000 that he can make
the 9,000-mile trip In 400 days. Ha left
Portland. Maine. June 1. ana must re
turn to bis starting point by September
9 to win. However, he is now 600
miles ahead of his schedule, which calls
for 22 V4 miles a day, while he has av
who la now In New York and who has
wired that he has made arrangements
for the sending of the new vessel to
the Pacific ocean.
The Admiral Sampson will arrive nere
early in January and will be converted
to an oil burner. Captain E. P. Bertlett
of the steamship Watson, operated by
the same company, has left here for the
east to bring the Sampson around.
The Admiral Sampson is a twin
screw steamer and was operated te
tween New York and Jamaica. She
has an indicated horsepower of 2,560.
COMING HERE FOR LUMBER
The Norwegian tramp steamer Admir
al Borreson is due to arrive here to
morrow from Victoria, B. C. She comes
In ballast under charter to load a cargo
of lumber for Shanghai.
The Admiral Borreson was - here
about a year ago and loaded lumber for
Taku Bar. On her way out she was
nearly lost by encountering a tremen
dous tidal wave that carried awav tne
deckload and wrecked everything above
deck, even to the smokestack-, which
was carried over the side like a piece
of DiDestem. The vessel put Into Hon
lulu for repairs. Sha is In command
of Captain vvlsnes.
MARINE NOTES.
Astoria, Nov. 19. Arrtved down dur
ing the night and sailed at 9 -,15 a. xn
steamer Eureka, for Eureka and way
ports. Arrived down during the night
and sailed this forenoon, steamer
Breakwater, for Coos bay. Sailed at
8:66 a. m.. steamer Roma, for San
Pedro. Arrived at 10:20 a. m.. a three
masted bark.
San Francisco, .Nov. 19. Sailed at
7 a.
m.. steamer Homer, for Portland:
was delayed by fog.
San Jfedro. Nov. is.- Arrived, steamer
Oeorge W. Elder, from Portland.
Victoria, jnov. la. Mauea, Norwegian
steamer Admiral Borresen, for Port
land. Astoria. Nov. 19. Condition at the
mouth of the river at 8 a. m., rough;
wind, southeast, 38 miles; weather,
cloyd.
Tides at Astoria Friday High water.
10:18 a. m., 8.2 feet; 11 p. m 6.9 feet
Low water, 4:05 a. m., $.3 feet; 6:02
p. m., l.l leet ? -
ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
The gasoline sloop Condor Is booked
to sail this afternoon for Wa Id port and
Tillamook with a full cargo of freight
Tha steamer Roanoke,, Captain Dun
ham, leaves Martin's dock (his evening
for San Pedro and way ports.
The steamer Eureka. Captain Noren,
left Martin's dock yesterday afternoon
for Eureka and Coos Bay. ,
The steamer Alliance, captain Olsorr,
late returning from Coos Bav tms
trie She should have been here this'
morning, but had not been reported as
having; left Coos by noon todsy. 1 ; ,-
The steam schooner - Yellowstone
Cleared-for San Francisco this morning
with sOd.OOO feet of lumber. v
Tha steamer Homer left San Fran
Cisco today for Portland, after having
been detained there several days by- s
dense fog. Several 'other coasters are
booked to leave San Francisco for Port
land this week, among them being the
Cascade and St Helens,. The J. Marhof
fer la due to arrive hars tomorrow
T
among
a list nominated - by each In-
Any architect, contractor or builder
who may be dissatisfied with the rul
ings of tha building Inspector may bring
his - grievance before the board of ap
peal and tha decision rendered shall be
fl
tnal.
There Is also a provision In the
new ordinance that either ths building
Inspector or his 'deputy shall remain In
tha office continually during the usual
business hours. -' "
No provision is made In the ordinance
ror tne 'salary,' or me inspector, ni
la thought that the police and health
committee will amend It fixing the sal
ary at $200 a month. - ' '
-While the ordinance ls primarily
drawn for the sole purpose or placing
tha building; Inspector's department on a
business basis, and la not aimed at the
f resent Incumbent, Its sponsors protest
t will prove disastrous to Inspector
Dobson. as It is asserted tna Mr, ijoo
son will be unable to qualify Under the
clause requiring 10, years experience in
building construction. v - ' .
That tha ordinance '"ractteally as
drawn by the' committee of architects
will pass the council Is not doubted- o:
those familiar with the opinions heli
bv m. malnritv of the coimcilmen as to
tne necessity or a compieie reorganisa
tion 01 tna Duiming inspector depart
ment. ... . ' !- y
road company concerning Its surplus
has been accepted by tha assessor, it
will be Interesting to note whether the
railroad dismisses tha pending suit on
last year's assessment. .
Aa the case was presented by the rail
road official, tha stock of the O. R. A
N. Is owned oy the Union Pacific, but
the latter company had borrowed a sum
from the O. R. A N. almost equal to the
surplus, go when the dividend was de
clared by the O. R. & N. the payments
were credited on the loan, and ona can
celed the o'her.
The board of 'equalisation concluded
its work yesterday. The majority of
the applications considered In tha after
noon were refused. Among the disap
pointed ones were the A. H. Avertll Ma
chinery company, which wanted a cut
from $36,000 to $3,000; the Syracuse
Chilled Plow company, which wanted a
net reduction of $$,000; the Acme Mills
company, which asserted that the as
sessor's figures were $10,000 too high;
the Buffalo Pitts com party, which want
ed about $48,000 sliced off; the Pari In
& Orendorff company, which claimed
that the assessment was $70,000 too
much; the Advance Thresher company,
which wanted $78,000 lopped off, and the
Oregon & Washington Lumber com-
Eany. which wanted its figures lowered
y about $10,000.
eraged 28 miles. Ha has been out 148
days and has made 3,900 miles. He has
worn out five pairs of heavy shoes
walking, and In nis travels has visited
500 postoffiees. the stamp of each of
whlcn he has in a note book he carries.
Colonial Jack came across the coun
try along the northern border of the
United States to Seattle, and Is work
ing his way down the coast to Los An
geles, whence he will turn east and
cross the southern states to Jackson
ville, and at that point turn north and
follow the Atlantic coast up to Port
land, Maine, his starting point. He de
livered a letter to Postmaster Mlnto
from the postmaster of Portland,
Maine, and will take the reply back to
the Maine official. He also brought a
letter to Chief of Police Orltsmacher
from the chief of police of Ashland,
DEATH CLAIMS
PROF, BUMHI
Professott Justus Burnham, principal
of the Couch school, died at 11 o'clock
this morning of pleural pneumonia
after an illness that began only last
Sunday.
Professor Burnham wag 73 years old,
and had been ' principal of ths Couch
school ever since Its organization, 26
years ago. He was ona . of the bast
known educators of the coast and was
In much demand at teachers' Institutes
and other educational meetings. He
was a popular instructor and his loss
will be severely felt by his many
friends and by the hundreds who hava
been his pupils. The Couch scnool has
been dismissed for tha remainder of the
week, and tha flag Is flying at half
mast In honor of the dead principal.
The teachers, many of whom have been
associated with Mr. Burnham for years,
are deeply grieved over his unexpected
death. v
Justus Burnham was born In Ver
mont, but received his education in
Wisconsin, at ths Waukasha academy.
He leaves a widow, and two sons, Ral
eigh and A. Burnham. Tha arrange
ments for tha funeral have not yet been
made, but It will probably ba held next
Saturday.
HOCKPILE FOR
BOBBER SUSPECT
Frank Babcock, alias Earl Pretat who
was arrested Saturday night by Patrol
mart Ellis. Just before Babcock and his
partner E. R. Barry had executed a
proposed holdup job, was sentenced to
serve' 90 daya In the county jail this
morning by Police Judge Van Zante.
Babcock was charged in court with
vagrancy, after ths detective depart
ment had failed to wring a confession
out of him or secure anyone who would
swear to a complaint charging him with
any crime mora serious. Barry turned
state's evidence, admitting that Bab
cock had pulled off several holdups late
ly, and was sentenced to 10 days.
PUCEC1G
Blotters
High Officials of China' Ke-
ported to Have I3eeii Mur
dered by Jlevolutioiiits-
' Country Reported to Be
Facing Grave Crisis. ,
(United Press iMtri Wire.) ,
Toklo, Nov. U.Rumors here to
day say Do-wager Empress Yehonala
of China has been killed and;. there."
are reports that Prince Ching, Grand
Chancellor Yuas Shi Kai and otto-el.
high officials have been murdered.
The -reports are. vague,, but there
Is a belief that horrible acts of some
aftrt 'tiavA tsknn nlfinn if tha rhinau
capltal.v.f One rumor says an effort
Is being made by agents ot the revo
JutAnlsts to oVertnrow;the, govern
ment by killing all the high authori
ties. v . .7; ,.r ' '
Paris, Nov. 19, Rumors of the murder
of Prince Chlng, head of tha army and
the most. powerful man In China stnea
the death of Emperor Kwang Hsu,
reached, hero today. It Is also reported
that Yuas Shi Kai.. grand chancellor,
has -been murdered. No mention is
made of tha death of ths new dowager
empress.- The rumors say the murders
were committed by high officials, who
are In a plot to seise the government.
Manila, Nov. 19. A dispatch fram
Shanghai says Prince Chlng, head of
ths Chinese army, died at Peking laat
Lnlght and that his death has been offi
cially confirmed., -
The sagas dispatch saya the new
dowager empress, Yehonala, Is serloua-
ly 111. , , : ; r
It la Intimated hers that the troubla
Is trsceable to the same cabal that la
thought to hava caused tha death of
the recent emperor, Kwang Hsu. and
Dowager Empress Tsl An. '
It is believed here mat Admiral nr-
ber, in command tf the United .States
Philippine squadron, has received ' In
formation' direct from Peking, causing
htm to expect trouble and necessitating
the presence of. American vessels la
Chinese waters. ' t .'
It is believed the American officers
will continue to hold the fleet In -readiness,
awaiting developments. " , '
Efforts to confirm the reports if
Prince Chlng' s death have been unsuc
cessful. . Chlng was president of tha
Chinese board of foreign affairs and In
uiai position conirviiea me umr. xiis
sudden ' riee In power in the last two
days has attracted widespread atten
tion to himself.
Prince Chlng was one of the most In
fluential men in China. He was presi
dent of tha .board of foreign affairs,
which corresponds to the foreign offlca
in other nations.
Late dispatches from Peking state that
all efforts to obtain a confirmation of
his death have proved futile.
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