THE "i OREGON DAILY ' JOURNALV PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 180'8.
WM TO UNDAOfJTEDBY
I HOLD UP PRESIDENrS
! BANK WRATH
one Pobber Shoots Assist
; nt Cashier of Ellensburg
.National in- Arm lie-
" fused Command to Open
flashier s Cage.
. Tacoma, Wash., Deo. 7. P. C.
- JCaufmah, secretary ot the State
. LBankers association, received a
: 3telegra.ni from the Ellensburg Na
tional bank today, stating that a
faring attempt was niada by a lone
pandit to rob that .institution this
"morning, soon after the opening
r"uour, and that the assistant .cashier
;-.as shot in the arm by the robber
.during the attempt.
I According to the meager Informa
tion received here, the bandit ap
proached the cashier's window ' and
. Ordered him to open the door to
- dmlt him to the cage. . r , ?
.' The cashier refused to obey the
; tiommand, whereupon the . holdup
ian fired, the bullet hitting the as-
distant cashier In the arm. " The
Si ould be bank robber then fled and
, Escaped. He is described as being
'ptyu 27 years of age and at the
-tame of the attempted robbery was
'4"noV,fl0Hel-"
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DEMURRER
Indianapolis News Doggedly
Demands, as Before, Ex
planation of Tanama Ca
nal Deal - Sarcasm at
President's Expense.
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JURY SELECTED
fTTnltrd rM-aa Iiiul veirm
Indianapolis.' Ind.. Dee. T. Under the
caption, "The News and the Canal
jucais," the Indianapolis New this aft
moon says: . .
"DlsreKardlna- tha nrniiMerit'a ahnaa.
and disclaiming any. desire or ambition
to rival him In infective, wo feel the
ng-nt to give ,the facta In the case. The
remarkable charge were made over and
over during the campaign, but were dis
regarded until today. The only man
wuu iituu attention to trie allegations
was Charles Tuft who rianleH that hn
wan In any wa v rela.ti tn the affair.
xne jews was not the only paper
liial veniureu ' to snflrfieat rnnr ma ri-
lence strengthened the suspecion that all
was not right. The New York World was
me original authority for it The
charges, Indeed,- were printed over and
over. Toward the close of the ram.
palgrn, we did as others, and drew what
seemea-to be the inevitable conclusion
that Silence Was Itntamnunt tn pnnfai.
aion. ,
"The real offense of the News, of
course. Is that it did not burn incense
oeiore tne nostrils of the man greedy
for incense; refused to accept the can
didate nominated by the president
through official patronage, and refused
to assume that in every issue between
lnfalibiltty and the citizen. Infallblllty
was right. The offense was peculiarly
Irritating to the president, as his
abusive and violent language proves.
"Today the Newa enters cheerfully
upon its fortieth year, rejoicing in the
fact that on its anniversary it has
been distinguished by the serene, well
poised and temperate speaking Roose
velt with tha highest commendation
Within his power."
The statement was eallaA forth hv
the publication of correspondence In
which the president denies vehemently
tha charges that an American syndi
cate made a profit of $28,000,000 out of
tne 4U,too,oo paid by the government
for the Panama. eanal nrnnAPtv. V?
said the money was paid by the United
States to the French government and
mincoa no words m describing the at
mors ot tne cnarges. -
(ZETTA JEWEL'
III n ROLE
LAUD GRIT CASEI
Harriman Lawyers Sim
Document Presented to
Federal Court Today.
' Ay.-;-
The demurrer of the railroad com
pany In the salt In equity filed In tho
United States circuit court by the gov
ernment agalnat tha Oregon & California
company, known as tha land grant case,
Is to be filed this afternoon. The dej-1
murrer is signed by W. P. Herron, Peter
f. Dunn, William blnger and William l.
Jr enton, counsel for tne defendant corn
Dan v.
The Initial appearance of representa
tives or ail parties concerned in the land
grant case was made Derore Judge woi
verton In the circuit court this morning,
the object of the court being to get an
understanding as to when a date can be
set for hearing all preliminary matter
in tho case.
Judge Fenton represented the railroad
company and Senator Oearin the Union
Trust company, holders of the mortgage
and which -concern is made a party to
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FRO! FIRE
111 HOTEL
Men With Nerve Put Burs:
Jars ladder on Shoulders
to Help Frightened Guests
of the Oregon to Safety
Damage Proves Small.
Clinging to the narrow edges' of loftv
Wlniiow 1 0 H v a i rlamhiHns rtnwn flu
,1.- .. A n, T -" . . n .1 I .. n . . T ' T . , . .
iiii, ouiw vr. ijiir,,j iv. , escapes, leauing tne panio stricken to
Murphy appeared for the several nun- the ground from second story case-
u . " nu u. v. .vnuiniu, mmhii, or neeina in wiia naste aown tne
special assistant to me attorney aen-1 ata r vm ti . .viinr manv
erai, wno nas cnarge or tne case, ior tne guests of the Oregon hotel. Seventh and
government. , Stark streets, who had been awakened
Demurrers and : other arguments In tne from their late Sunday slumbers At
suit will -hardly be heard by Judge Wol- g:ao o'clock yesterday morning by the
y,er.,Mn.efo! ome tim,en l? Fbrua1'7i terrifying cry of fire," eougHt to es-
tjiiia men l iiw uuui l witi w vuvuuiuu fiarta t m m vtisa iona mr
witb, criminal and civil cases. yet there was never anv danirer.
The cry of fire and blinding volumes
of smoke sufficed to frighten many of
the guests. . Fortunately nobody was in
jured, though some . took desperate
cnancea. borne damage was done to tne
establishment, but no serious inconven
ience will be caused, and this morning
everything looked snout as usual.
how tne fire originated la still
matter of conjecture. but Manaaer
uicaenson tninas it was caused ny
burning soot in. a ventilator shaft.
W, E. Connolly, manager of the Unit
ed Hat Stores company, 84 Third
To prevent hl casa coming before street, was one of the herpes of tho
the court and thereby avoid the poa-1 wef,kH n, h imiidin m whirh Mr.
slbllity ot a prison sentence, C. K. Von Connolly lives, next the hotel,-undoubt-
Neida, the "apron manufacturer," ar- eniy prevented in a curious way tne
0 0 REFUND
STOLEII 1IIE 3
t '.''7-' . . ( " ' : - -It
Tht December grand Jury, which will
tiava s one of ita earliest duties the
consideration of the case of James X.
STinch, the layer of Ralph B. Fisher,
"was aworn In before Judge Gantenbein
5 the circuit court this morning and
Instructed as to its duties. These are
; the men who will investigate -criminal
.uses and the general conduct Of county
I itm mess this month:
;? George P. Barrlnger. foreman, Monta
Vllla, In real extate busineas.
William B. lloneymun, clerk, Insur
. fcrire business. ,
,i K. A. Fearing, 229 Couch street, palnt-
tr.
Tt n QAA tToat- MAt Mint.
. .... , . I ,ust 'or moment last night we did
i J. O. Buckley, Gresham. farmer. , 1 no.1 recognise miss Jewell. Ana even
I: Charles Ahlnon, Hillsdale, farmer. J after the light of understanding had
!.W, A. Currie, 632 Elizabeth, con- coru,Tat'.d across our daxed mentality
tractor ' wa ieit nae cniiaren groping in tne aaric
AhTiien and Buckley, the two farmer We were, so to- speak, accepting her on
JAembers of the jury, are the only ones postulation. As tha Rose in "The Rose
lu t born in this country. The seven of the Rancho." the Baker stock com-
rsen constituting the grand Jury were Pa"y" leadln woman exemplifies the
ehosen by lot from 61 meh who report- traditional "infinite variety" of her sex
fl for diitv out of a total of 110 tax- both as a woman and an actress. The
y layers summoned for-Jury service. Af- letta Jewel of American roles Is gone.
I-- ih.. cnnH nrv mina nmrrt nina I Juanlta. the SDanisu seiiodta: Juanitii.
ethers were excused for cduse, leaving 1 heiress to i genoratlons of tne langorous
'15 talesmen for the trial of cases. mooa or castuer Juanita ot tne guitar,
One man was afraid he would lose his the tropical moonlight serenade; woman.
,I6h as a grocery clerk if he aerved on I child, coquette these are a finite part
the Jury. He told Judge Gantenbein it oi tne nmiuess scale composing tne na
; wiiM hn hnr mi him to lose hla nnsl- ture 4f tiie character that Miss Jewell
' thin with winter and Christmas cominrt Interpreting a 'the Bungalow this
66, but he could not persuade the cou:tfWeek. .....
o excuse him. Judge Gantenbein told . The action of the play Is laid In the
him that if his employer made an ef-Uate fifties. It is an Incident of a day
fftrt to- discharge him the groceryman and a night duration, of the American
f'OUld nave to answer to tne court I invasion ot Dpnmnn, or rower, v aiminim.
'Th.M linthln ah nf lit. nn1tn,n Mr KftAFnAv nf WaMliin fftnn. fl-nvernmpnt
ta the Instructions given to the grand service agent (Sidney AyeraX is sent to
twrors. They were told that they are ex
pected to do their duty without fear or
favor, and that they have wide power
to carry-on Investlwatlons of any wrong
doing that may come to their knowl
edge, i ney were also informed that in
. the - investigation of county business
ttv need not make extended inquiry If
aatisuea mat - precemng grand juries
kave given the matter attention.
.V One of the first cases the iuroravwlll
eonsiaer win do tne case or Harry Daly,
accused of the murder of Harry Kenny,
t'hp waa shot in his saloon.
bartender who
a ... . . -
San Juan to investigate the alleged
wholesale seizure of lands from Spanish
holders by Americans. He meets Juan lta.
tne nose (miss jewuii ana rails in love
Kinkaid of Beaver. Neb. (William
Dills), a land Jumper, plana to. take
cossesslon of Juanlla s rancno. to rrus
Irate htm Kearney dispatches a friend.
Lieutenant Larkln of the state militia
(Donald Bowles) to Monterey to enter
a filing for Juanita's rancho at the land
ornce and also to Drmg back a aetacn
ment of troopa to evict Ktnkaid's law
less gang. How Kinkaid Is beaten at hit
game, anrf, of course, how Kearney wins
Els "Rose" form the basis of the play.
Without exception the Baker ., stock
company gives Mr. Ayers and Mis
Jewell excellent support.
' WE
I WAS SHOT DIES
J (Spect.l DlapatcB to Tht JoaroaL)
. Grants Pass. Or.. Dec. 7. Miles Car
'ir. who was shot by William Mack In
; 4 barroom at the Layton hotel Friday
Ight died this morning. Mack is held
'in the county Jail. Ha will be tried
for murder at the next term of the
circuit court.
, In a dying statement. Carter declares
. that Mack had had no provocation for
the shooting. Carter was on duty in
the barroom when Mack came in drunk.
Jfack wanted "something stronger than
eeer. which was refuged. He was given
"temperance beer." which he drank
tfnd refused to psy for. Ik was ordered
Out and drew a revolver Tartar
but not eoon enough. The bullet passed
entirely through the bodj-, over the
heart.
Mack has the reputation of being a
3ad man." He always carried a gun
and flourished it on the lesst pretense
He is said to .have trie.j to induce a
row at several places Friday nifrht be
fore visiting the Iayton bar. Public
sentiment against hira is strong.
FIRST TIffiEE OX
T-T AATl fT- r.-r-.-.-. . "U imir, aim wrJiinig s 11
. ELOOE OF SEXATE I red u, 'nd aweat" coat-
FOILS FOOTPAD
Had not the proprietor of the Pacific
Oyster House. 227 Alder street, sus
pected that he was to be held up while
on his way home Saturday night, the
police believe that another case of
highway robbery would be added to
the long list of such crimes which have
been perpetrated in this city during the
pant few months.
George Katsoukis, one of the proprie
tors, was in the restaurant alone, late
Saturday evening when a man came in,
ordered a meal and ate it On his way
out the fellow said that he was an offi
cer and asked Katsoukis how much
money he waa going to carry home
with him when he closed up and where
he lived. Katsoukis politely answered
the questions of the suspected high
wayman, but notified the police as
soon es the man had left the place.
An officer wa sent home with Kat-
, buukib biiu nu muonpj came oil.
J The suspect is described as about 6
feet 11 Inches in height, weighing near
I ICS . pounds, of light complexion with
! red hair, and wearing a light gray suit.
rested last week for using the mail
to defraud, with the aid of his friends.
has agreed to return all the money he
secured from his dupes all over the
country, it tne government win drop
tne cnarge rued against nim.
The postal authorities are not in
clined to be lenient in any way with
Von Neida. His scheme was well
planned, they say. and took months of ins- out. he haw the hotel was on fire.
hard work and figuring to Induce tha Ho quickly slipped on a shirt and a
wuiucii m tn iuui i pair oi irousers, ana snoeiess, nsstenea
robbed some
serious injury of a number of the
guests.
Burglars taaasr utilized.
Mr. Connolly's room Is so close to
the walls of the hotel that he can
reach out of his window and touch
the opposite building. He was awak
ened by one of the hotel guests throw
ing a grip against nis window. ixok-
send him monev which was never ro
turned. The postofflce officials aay they
down to the ground.
wnenine nouse was
have the strongest kind of evidence ani time ago, the robbers used a ladder to
in oo everyming in men; fiuwcr iu enter the second storv window. TM
bring about a conviction. Von Nelda'.i
apron scheme, they say, is one of the
ladder which tliev had brought there
was still lying on the ground In the
most darlno: mail order swindles that I
has been worked on the Pacific coast 1 buildings.
for many years.
Nine of the terrified- hotel guests
Tl
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POLK'S SCHOOLS
County, Officers in v Annual
Session Pass Resolutions
- Indorsing It.
(Boeclal DliDStch t Tbe Journal.)
Dallas, Or,, Deo, t. The Polk county
school officers met In annual session
Saturday, with the largest attend
ance In the history of the association.
Honorable u L. Hawley, president of
the association, called the meeting - to
order. Addresses ' were made by State
superinetnaent ACKerman, secretary c.
L. Starr of the Normal school board.
and Superintendent Traver of the Man-
moutn xralnln achooL The following
resolutions were adoDted bv the asso
ciation: .
That the method of apportioning the
schools funds be based on tho number
of teachers employed, each room receiv
ing sufficient funds to support at least
eight months of school each year.
That the total amount of state and
eounty money be increased so that each
schoolroom in the state will maintain
at least eight months of school each
year.
mat it is tne sense. or tnis conven
tion that the work of supervision ia so
important that the county superintend
ent should give more time -to visiting
scnoois, ana in order to ao tnis be
should have clerical help and a sufficient
number of assistants to enable him to
supervise all schools of the county.
That the county treasurer shall be
ex-oftlcto school district treasurer, ex
cepting in districts of the first class.
. That a sufficient number of school
laws be published so that a copy may
be furnished to each director, clerk and
tencner in tne state.
That this convention Indorse the study
of agriculture In the public schools, and
the state board of education and the
Agricultural . college be authorized to
1 prepare a textbook of agriculture suited
to tne puDiio scnoois oi tne state.
That this convention indorse the
methods of the county superintendent.
making a report to the school board on
conditions as he finds them in the dis
tricts on visiting the schools.
Tha following officers of the 'conven
tion were elected for the ensuing year!
T. W. Brunk of Kola, president; Super
intendent H. S. Seymour, secretary, ,
DEDICATE NEW
WC.AJ0II
SALVATION ARMY
EXCITES KOREA
Uniforms and Drums Cause
Natives :to Think Uncle
Sam Their Ally, ,
(Ualted tnm Leaied Wlre.f
Seoul. Korea. Dec. 7 Mistaking Sal
vation army evangelists for American
RuiuierH, volunteering iu usais uie na
tives in winning - their independence,
the Korean peoDle are making troublo
for the Japanese authorities here.. The
Ingenuous Koreans have mistaken the
red and blue uniforms of the Salvation
ists, their drums and their flags, as
the outward and visible signs of a vol
unteer movement to free the country
from the Japanese voke. and the re
ception accorded the followers of Gen
eral Booth has been as varied aa It
has been embarrassing. -
The Salvationists have been In the
country only a, short time, and the
martial - ariDearanoe at these singers
and preachers of the gospel bus- de
luded . the native population into the
belief that they- represent a martial
Instead of a spiritual struggle in Korea.
Acting on tins guess, trie maicon
1,111'
son 6E
0
Employment ir Agents In-f
formed That Sailor Board
ing Houses. Probably Have
No Legal llight Exclusive
ly to Shipping Business.
"The evidence against Von Neida 1st
o strong and his Bchame to defraud story window calling loudly for help,
so apparent that the government offi- one man, Mr. Skldmore, leaped 29 feet
cials can't get away trom prosecuting to the srround. narrowly escaDln serl-
hlm even if they so desired, a govern- lOUs Injury, for one foot struck tnffwni be held next Sunda afternoon at
ment- ap-ent saiit this morn nar. I onA n i a kn. n,m.)i I . ,""u 'et Bunuay anernoon at
Vn .rnln...,.. f::""''.,''.. v" -. S . "Sli " - 1 OCIOCK.
. w1"";" . i T " k I inne. niui ti paicn "s uis w uuimr
iiiiiis jiuBBiiHo i-yj mi,, i ytaoutv iu urn, i was .lorn irom tno snoe,
ernmKnt in nhandnn the nroaecution. J woman Sanga front I.eagS.
Von Neida's schema' Is a great deal A woman swung herself over the win
worse and more extensive than that dow ledge and hung there, afraid to
worked by Hulln In Portland some years drop yet unable to hang on very long,
ago, the Inspectors claim. Hulin was Mr. Connolly had already reared the
fined 1500 i ladder, which was too short to reach
All of Von Neida's victims were the window ledge, but being barefooted,
women, an it- letters are still pouring I was unable to ascend the ladder. Mr.
into the Portland postofflce addressed Skldmore went up and rescued the-ira
tn t'hm vnr ifn inron comnanv. of which I periled woman.
ih. man untoi nrrsnt whii nt th hon.i I Although the ladder was too short.
Several hundred pounds of letters, Mr. Connolly was equal to the occasion.
manv nf thom rmiB.ntnt. mnnev have He Is a stronttlv built man. and he
accumulated at the nostoffice since the solved the problem by placing the lad-
arrest of the alleged swindler. Thesa dcr on bis shoulders and raising It so
letters will alt be neld pending tne out- I l" p"b BincKen gueeia at mo
come of the case. ir von xseiaa is
eonvlcted the money will he returned to
the women who sent it here in good
faith, thinking- they were dealing with
an nonest man witn a legitimate pur
Dose. -
United States District Attorney John
McCourt says Von Neida Will be prose
cuted. The prisoner will have a. hear-
ng before united States Commissioner
Marsu some time tins week.
DITCH SURVEY
mm TODAY
Vashlngton, Due. 7. Senator Piles of
XV'nslitngton was the first member nt
senate to appearon the floor today. Uni
wss followed by Teller of Colorado I
" ' ' ' . . .. iurs iip-
fteiwtA leaning on the arm of his secre?
tary. being too febl to walk alone.
Shake
; - Your troubles by
, , .a change from coffee
to "
POSTUM'
"There's a ReasonM
GOV. COSGSOl'E
GROWS WEAKER
La Grande, Or., Dee. 7. Civil Engi
neer L. A. PIckler this morning com
menced the running of preliminary sur
veys for the route of the big irrigation
ditch. With a crew of three assistants
he started at the Oro Dell dam, and will
work his way northward, establishing
the future route of the big ditch, and
heading toward the Sandridge. Within
a week or so he will be able to announce
Just whose property is to be adjacent
to or cut ny tne Dig ancn. xne work
will be watched with extreme Interest
by every friend of irrigation. When he
is through, the exact path of the princi
pal ditch will have been ascertained.
it is possible tnat wnen ne nas com-
Sleted that survey he will go back to
ro Dell dam and describe the course
of the other main ditch that is to run
through West La Grande knd out on the
aluable land east of La Grande. It is
not decided that this route will be es
tablished at this time.
Tbe engineer's report will be an ex
haustive one, showing in detail the
length and exact direction, as well as
the owner or every root or iana tnrougn
which It Is to pass. By having this
done, while the soliciting committee Is
exerting every effort to land the last
10,000 acres, the Commercial club will
reduce the time Immensely when they
call a meeting of all subscribers and
proceed with the final organisation.
A Man May
Eat Any Meal
And Digest It Easily If He Will 6ut
Try..,
lUolted Pren Leuod Wire.)
Paao Robles. Cal., Dec. 7. Governor
Elect Cosgrove of Washlsgton, who la
being treated here for Brlght s disease,
?. 1 a ""ore serious condition today.
H 5 Jltrt showing signs of weakness
and other syniptomB are riot encourag
Jtg vTne '"ians, however,' maintain
eg very " 8 chance for re-
T t -Xetf- Sort ; Today W
roJf?rW,Jork'wtec' I President Elect
arrJvei hr at 1 o'clock this after
a escorted to the home of
,,!,". wthCT Henry. where he will remain
until tomorrow, when he will return to
Washington. . The president elect will
address member of the North Carolina
society at a banquet tonight,;-- ; ,
rmEB DIGESTIVE TABLETS.
Don't be afraid of your meals. The
reason you have dyspepsia la that
something is lacking In your digestive
apparatus necessary to the atomaeb's
work.
A perfect stomach loves to work.
Perfect digestion Is not afraid of any
meal and benefits by Its consumption
of food the whole' machine of man.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets make easy
the work of digestion, because they
combine active fruit and vegetable
essences which are needed by 'the
stomach.
Th,ese essences are so powerful they
digest food without, aid from the stom
ach. They have done this with a meal
encased In a glass tube. i
. We will send a trial packagi to any
one free for bis name ahd address.
Eat what Vou will or when you will
then take a Stuart Dyspepsia Table
and see how you will digest that meal.
In a. short time your stomach will
a natural supply of gastric Juices and
your whole system will be able to take
care of digestion easily.
Ask sny druggist ..about Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, His answer will
ten more than we can say. Ask him
how they sell." If you want tn hnv
them give fciln; 60c. 8utlf you want to
lest them write us and you1 will receive
a trial package- by mall without cost.
Aaaress . A. Sluar VO JfiB Stuatt
hotel window, were able to descend over
it. seven of them came down in safety,
but the last man, evidently believing
himself to be extremely cool, thought
he would save his property. So he
commenced 'to slide valices and grips
down the ladder. Of course, they all
landed on the head and neck of the
man who was supporting It. The
thoughtful guest was Just about to
slide his trunk down the ladder when
Mr. Connolly decided that further pa
tience would be more than a virtue and
withdrew the ladder.
Elevator Keeps Banning.
The Japanese elevator boy did heroic
work. Although the elevator shaft was
filled with suffocating clouds of smoke,
he steadily ran the lift up and down un
til all the guests from the upper floors
had been brought down In safety, ex
cept one woman who, clad In a kimono,
climbed down the fire escape without
injury. i
''Big Bill," the porter, was another
who did excellent work. Disregarding
flames and smoke, he worked steadily,
bringing? guests down- until all were
sare ana men occupying himself with
carrying down their baaeasre. He even
came down from one of the upper floors
wiin a iruna on nis dsck. -
Detectives Tennant, Prlee and Cole
man hurried to the hotel when the
alarm was rung in ana went through
me Duuaing arousing tne guests, mak
mg sure Derore tney stooned that no
one was iorgotten.
Seoond Blase Breaks Out.
After the fire was extlnaulsheri and
the firemen had returned to their fire
houses, another blase started from the
soot Dut was extinguished before much
damage had been done.
The hotel management has not yet
iieen a Die to estimate tne loss. Mana
ger Dickenson, however, says tliat not
more man ouu damage waa done by the
fire Itself, most of the loss being caused
uy Biuone ana water, jt so happened
mat tne rooms most damaged were
i nose wnicn it was intended to dis
mantle in a few days to form the con
nection between the hotel proper and
the new annex which has Just been com-
pieieu. un mis acocunt little Incon
venience will be suffered. Three rooms
suffered from the flames and 10 others
were aamagea by smoke and water.
Sew gystem All Beady.
iad It been twn Havb t,m
could not have been any possibility of
Jn the annex, which la nearly
w,,,,iciou, is nu entirely new ventliat-
"K oysiem. iireoroor thronr-mnt an
coming nowhere In contact with wood
vi any omer comoustible material.
1 his system was to have been put Into
operation today or tomorrow. A flue
ui uie oiu system leads rrom the kitchen
up to the shaft. The flue of this sys-
.w, uiuHH euuugn to some or the
wooden girders to cause them to catch
i i e hou carpenter tore this
v,., nu a inrew it into the street.
Til i.,-. tH iur. "w . in tne celling,
icuen iooks as it did before. The
mt5et0.vthl-,.P;rt of th bouse was
awv iiivi c I IWU OV,
and althou'it r".5air
tbe fire crept along the .girders, causing
great amount of smoke and charring
them and the floor of three or four of
How Hotel Will Be Heated.
Under the new ventilating system
there will be no fire of nv vr f-T
hotel proper. It will all be In the annex,
which is entirely fireproof. The fans!
pnejtp draw out the air and the other
to draw it in, are in a room in which
there is no woodwork whatever, and run
up through ashaft of concrete and ter
ra cotta. The floors and walls of th
annex are of concrete and terra cottal
iroireuuYoij, m oniy woodwork being
the doors, baseboards, window casings
etc The kitchen is to be transferred to
the annex, ana is concrete room with
no wooawora.
Beginning; Wednesday evening, De
cember 8, the Toung Women's Chris
tian Association will hold jubilee and
dedicatory services. leading to the final
dedication of the new building which
Financial . backing for the malnten-
linrfl nf In Pmnlnvinonl nffitA In. thffl
tents in the large cities have begun cltv wi1Pra goiior- can hav ennal nriv
anew their agitation for a revolt against w'lere "a,10r can nave equal priv
the mikado's rule and are telling the Hogeg to other, men that of acdeptlns
natives tnat tne salvation Army repre- a Job if in need of work rlias been: as
P1&tZ&& ? l0bn Wlchu.e Of Wlsschusen
to win the Independence of that nation. Jones, whose employment office IIt
The Salvationists reoelved permls- cense was revoked a few days ago by
slon to Invade Korea from the Japanese. t,le cltv council on the ground that they
who are in control of all departments were finding employment for sailors In
of the government. They represented violation of a state law. .
to the authorities that they had as their ..Mayor Lane Saturday vetoed the or
mission only the peaceful conquest of nlnunce revoking the license of Wie
the hermit kingdom, and they are- dia- schusen .ft , Jones .and they ,are eonse.,
mayed to find how dangerously mis- ?.uentl5', ?nA,U.eLta "P?1.; ln tt,e,9.'.ty'
understood has been their purpose to It is said that fhere is little probability
christianise the heathen. of the city council revoking the license
The Japanese believe they can cor- ov,,r the mayor s veto since he has
rect the oddly twisted Impression which f'ven such decided views on the ques
has gone abroad about the mission of tIont even if it were, the. matter
the Salvation Army, but while the na- wm,I'b?.f0U,Kht "S4,1..118 C0,u,rU' .
tlve population .la In its present fer- The. Btte la.w of 1903 provides that
ment it has been deemed best to Insist P 5alloX,board, h,0V''a can be operated
that the evangelists keep eomewhat In In.!he ,?J-Sf S.01' ,af?k except under a
the background, as the mikado's rep- i'f6"?,! controlled by the state
resentatlves have no desire to see an failor boarding house commission. One
innocent religious organisation made r??1", hU8e ,4i,o?0.rte'l h.er U1$Z
the basis for a reaf agitation for v' 'j0"8.0'- thaf law but "ow. l5at
Korean independence. I Myor Lane has refused to stand for
Until the people of Seoul learn the " ,exVfiie ?r,vuKe- J -18 . Bald. the
difference between a Salvation Army !j,ate ,2 'of for boarding house
nana and . a Battery of light artillery, , t'i"
street meetings of a demonatrative type
nave oeen roroiaaen in mis city.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
ENCOURAGE SHOD
The first gathering. Wednesday eve
ning, will be a members' Jubilee and
wla be participated In by all members
of. the association. . The rainbow - con
test, a competition entered Into by many
of the churches, will close and prizes
will be awarded. There will be music
by a chorus composed of Mrs. Ethel Ly
tle Boothe. Miss Agnes Watt. Uiss Del
ta Watson. Miss Laura Cleland, Miss
Hilda Hegele, Miss Anna Rankin, Miss
Wlimer Chandler, Mrs.- Byron R. Miller,
Miss Eleanor Kurth, Miss Karlo Monto,
with , Miss Alda Broughton as accom
panist. Friday afternoon from S to I o'doclt
will be the house warming when the
various secretaries and the board of
directors will receive guests. A glee
club will sing and' refreshments will
be served. A special contribution will
be takeA at this time for the new fur
nishings, and the general secretary. Miss
Constance McCorkle, will make an , ad
drews mJTMFumoso of the Building."
At the dedication of the building next
ooiiuajr ney, Benjamin Young and
Mayor Lane will speak. Delegates will
be present from the W. C. T. U the
Portland Ministerial association, the
Portland Women's union, the Portland
Woman's club, and the Council of Jew
ish Women. ,
These meetings will serve also as an
opportunity for her many friends to bid
farewell to Miss Constance McCorkle.
the secretary, who Is soon to leave for
Richmond. Va., her old home, where a
similar position awaits her, and where
her administrative talents and genial
personality wijl be still a factor In the
work for young women ln which she is
so successful.
matter into court if its members be
lieve they can prevent - employment
agents from securing a helpless satllor
a position. i ,.
It has been intimated several times
of late that the state board of sailor
boarding house, commission will bring
suit to obtain an interpretation of tho
law, but this Is not feared much by
those seeking the release of the sailor
from the sailor boarding house grip
Inasmuch as authorities appear to agres
that while the law of 1903 governs the
operr-tlon cf. sailor boarding houses, it
does not apply to the operation of em
ployment agencies as long as they tin
not in other wavs vlnlr th tai lnwa
The monthly meeting of the Portland t It Is areued that tha law nrnvMin
Ministerial Alliance this morning was for licensed sailor boarding 'houses has
practically another political meeting nothing whatever to do with the eini
and had it not been for the aood humor nlovment of sailors a It hm ham at.
of the speaker and the Insistent formal- tempted' to make it appear In the past,
ity of the chairman it might Jiave ben and hence Its provisions, du- not offer
as warm. John F. Carroll was the the expected Irdn clad protection for
speaker on the subioct "Common In- those who might e In position to se
terests of the Pulpit and Press." cure, the license. It Is held that It pro-
The dominant note of his paper was tects them only as far as the board
Democracy and he lauded the present lag house end or the business goes,
time as the most hopeful for the peo- as a consequence of the movement
pie. Se spoke of the rapidly Increasing Inaugurated here some weeks ago by
rights of the people and forecast the Noweglan Vice Consul Endre M. Ceder
condltton that would result wlthfh a bergh against the sailor boarding house
comparatively short time wader- the evil, there Is now started a concerted
new regime a clean city council that movement all along the Pacific coast
will do the people's will and which with the same purpose in view, accord
cannot defy the opinion of the decent Ing to dispatches received here from the
community; a people's rule In clty.Jtate Puget sound porta where there has been
and country that will make the people a great -deal more trouble of late In
wonder how the intelligent publlo of manning vessels than here,
the past endured its bondage so long. The foreign consuls of Taeoma are
"Gospel of Work."1 reported as having arranged for a ban-
Local option he called one expression ?uet atlnwth'!l JSl" wiU torm
of the people's new found freedom the main topic of discussion, .
which is an economic as much as a , ;
moral question. He said the gospel of SUPPOSED TUfRfrLAT?
work Is gaining headway; that the ap- OUlXUOIiJJ JJUAlUriJHli
plication rather than the acquiring of "EVkTTVn TVQA XT"C
an education Is beginning to count: that
,a college education that accomplishes
nothing counts for naught . beside the
education of- experience that does
something. He decried the tendency of
the nation to run too much toward
While In a demented condition.
Joseph Ratosa. a 85 year old Austrian"
laborer, entered the home of C. Welt,
In such a dense cloud of smoke that he
could see nothing, and fears for his
safety were entertained by some of the
other workera
Hastens Annex's Occupancy.
"If It had only been two days later,"
said Manager Dickenson this morning,
there could have been no possibility of
fire, for we were to put the new ven-
inator system into use in a day or
two. The fire has only hurried our
yuuuniitijr vr ine
nrlvate"schooIs: a tendency which U W..tP.j -treet last nig ht. but
?2"? ?.Jh" J"?s f?octfe principle. " ?leX?TZl "2.Sr5l
of the time, and which breeds a "snob
ocracy" the country can well do with
out. There are too many useless col
leges ln the state which should be con
centrated into one large state institu
tion. Kven in the church is often
found this want of democracy, which
divides its resources in the sustenance
of so many organizations that nothing
i
front door of the house and went dash
ing up a flight of stairs leading to
the second story of the house while
Mr, Welte, who believed the intruder to
be a burglar followed with a revolver
In hand, Ratosa dodged his pursuer
and fled back downstairs and to the
ireev ivbuiiih m N race ior over S
, ,- - ..... ....... , aim otq Willi .- r ' J i ms..
nave it ln USe hv Jthm tU- H f and hAA written lotto n Mra TV.wl
Pfrt of It is all ready for the laving cock as his chief claims to distinction,
or the carpets, and we will put Vhem 1 1)r- Muckley contended that the nation
J nd nBta" h furniture about1 nas departed as much from the original
. ruiircuny nr inursaay. , .
rl"r2 fir? d'n't affect the grill at all
left for the charity for which it ii block, but he was finally, caught and
organized marcnea to tne pqnce station. Invest
'i'h. t.i. . I tlaatlon proved that Ratosa. was A.
""I'n iuiu ii?bb niiuuiu Blnnu I n . . - -
wgoiner on tne principle or uncritical I
uemocracy, ne said, "for this Is tha
only safeguard our country has. -The
greater power for good that we Have
Is the pulpit and press and they should
unite in their mission of democracy."
Br. OUne Against Primary.
An interesting discussion followed,
though exceptions were being constant
ly taken. Dr. Cllne waa especially dis
senting on the political views offered,
and branded the primary method as un
constitutional bnd unwise, because It
had dent to the senate from Oregon a
man who played a fow games of golf
111
.h VL . thrfJnal". there yesterday
and ran the grill until midnight. The
firemen trailed some , hose across the
lobby and some water ran down Into tho
eril,bu, 2liL V damage whatever.
ii--VVe dldn t lose anv' nf nnr nannio
cept two or three. The house waa full
last night and we had to turn a lot of
people away. In fact, I had to order the
busnman not to go to the depot last
night, as we had nn rniim tn r.,.,.
date anybody eTse. He misunderstoe
me and did make one more trip, bringing
up a load which we were obliaed to tnro
away. We had to send about 20 to oh..'r
hotels because we were full' up. The
report eems to have sot out through k.
country that the hotel was burned. The
truth Is that we are hardly Inconven
ienced and there waa nover anv
All there was was a lot of smoke and
some excitement. Wo win h. i k...
shape than ever in a few days." .
The soot ln the vantllatne rin. Mm.
insr from th kltf.han mrmm - A i ,
which caused the great volume oi
smoke which filled the whole house and
made It difficult to locate the seat of
the . trouble. Manager Dickinson him- '
self, when Informed of the fire. hatt
encd dowri stairs and got a hose. Ill
kinked, however, and h cnnM nut t !
it atraightened out. He was enveloped I
-J Successful Recipe
for Indigestion.
It Is seldom that a great spe
cialist will give away tha secrets
of his profession but occasional
ly we find one who Is more lib
eral. v- ' . -A
noted specialist on stomach
. disorders, dyspepsia and - appen
dicitis says: "I always prescribe
the following with the greatest
success, for Indigestion, acute or
chronic; dyspepsia, sour stomach,
distress after eating, such as
heart . palpitation, shortness of
breath, constipation, depression, i
headache and biliousness. These
simple but powerfully blended
Ingredients can usually be ob
tained at any leading drug store,
or. the druggist can obtain them
from wholesale firms who supply
the profession generally with
rare extracts and euen - mi.
In a bottle two ounces syrup of
7i 5. i " . "-imp. essence
.Cardiol, and two .ounces essence
or repain. snake well and take
one or two teaspoonfuls- after
..I,' """ro, in excite tha
- appetite. If necessary.. For cos--tiyeness,
a. dose a night will do
much s-ood. Let children who
have stomachache take this free-
f LTm. 5u'ta Ian Jlni n(,in' that '
will da so much permanent good -and
at th; same time (rive
oromnt relief fun, ji.. j. m e
constitution In the election of president
as in unii oi senator.
.Walter Thomas Mills,- who is deliver
ing lectures on various subjects, was
caned on and spoke clearly and con
cisely. He .pointed out the error to
be in choosing to disfranchise the pub
lic when it made an error in Judgment,
Instead of making the best of the
error and profiting by the experience.
"Don't disfranchise the people; en
lighten them," he said. He pointed out
that the present method in Oregon Is a
natural evolution; that first a few
chose a ruler and thinking they could
select him better : than the masses,
chose him before he was born and dele
gated him his power. Then thev re
considered and decided they could chose
him better after he was born. Now
they are beginning to find- that the
peonle can select him Just as well. He
admitted that mistakes may have been
made usually are made at the first
experiment, but said ' tbe principle of
the people's choice on the senatorshlp
or In laws as permitted in the referen
dum, the initiative and the primary
vote, is right
Dr. Jordan approved of Mr. Carroll's
reference to the democratic spirit of the
public - schools and agreed that experi
ence ia the teacher of the people in the
choice of representatives. But he held
that- state institutions cannot train
preachers and missionaries, and as lonjr
as there are denominations there must
be denominational schools- and papers.
.. , TsU of Eugene School.
' Dean " Sanderson of the Christian
School of Theology at Eugene waa
called on In this connection and told
of the progress of the work there! now
In its seventieth year. H spoke of
the advantages offered to the students
by the proximity to the state univer
sity but said no special favors were
asked for the students.
Mr. Carroll closed the argument with
thanks for courtesies and an expres
sion that. Ms paper had not been In
tended to convert his hearers but mere
ly to show that Where thev 4U nnt
agree there might be reason and sanity
on do in sio.es. . niRnest expressions or
approval on his paper were passed by
the body.
Mrs. Clarence Nichols and Mrs. 'R.
B. Lam son represented th -Visiting
Nurse association's campaign - against
tuberculosis through the holiday stamp
sale and the ministers voted to give
next Sunday generally !to the ereaenta;
tion pf-the work from '.their pulpits.
Bishop Smith, the new Methodist bish
op for Oregon,' will arrive tonight and
the Methodist, ministers were asked to
meet him at the depot. The bther min
isters were extended a general Invita
tion to attend the receDtion and.: h.
quet at Grace Mebhodlst church tomor
From an Ohio
Woman.
Sht says P. & G. Naphtha Soap it
the greatest labor saving
soap the ever used.
With the permission of the
writer, we make the follovving
extract from a letter which an
Ohio woman sent us some
time ago.
'I want to let you know the great
good I hive derived from the ue of
P. &G. Naphtha Soap. A $mple
"f of it wat left at my home. After ,
using it, I have no use for any other
soap. It will do just what i said or
it. I have proved it beyond a doubt,
use it for washing everything.
"I do hope that all the less fortunate
wives and mothers like myself will
learn of it arid profit by using it. It'
is the greatest labor-saving soap I ever
used. I keep , no help of any kind
Have a family of four, children to sew,
wash and iron for, and the merits of
your oap have surely been thoroughly
tested by me. You are at liberty to
use my name if in any way it will help
to get P. & G. Naphtha established
as the best soap manufactured."
Mrs. Charles B.
Mtd'uonviHej Ohio.
P. & G. Naphtha Soap
at all grocers.
CASTOR I A
. : Tot lafaiit and CMldrea. ;
Wa KlnJ You Hsts Always Bought
: Bears the
Signature of
row evening in nis uonor,.