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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, . PORTLAND, SATURDAY : EVENING. - DECEMBER 12, 1908. GOVERNMENT EXPENSE Cost of Caring for Alaska's Insane at Private Asylum in This ' City Among " Things Objected to by Treasury Watchdogs. Congress Is going to Investigate the care given, the Alaska Insane and pro vide, 12 possible, soma moans by which their condition mar be ameliorated. The ' fault lies, ao It la said, not with their care arter Uiey are received in ron- jana, but from the tune or tneir arrest in Alaska until their delivery to the Mount Tabor Nervous ' Sanitarium out on the eastern edge or the city. Any one who Is unfortunate enough to lose his mind in Alaska has a pretty hard time of It. In the first place, the coat of - transportation to Portland, where the government has a contract with the Mount Tabor sanitarium for the care of the federal patients, is great. - The difficulties are greater and the opportunity of moving the patients . Is correspondingly small. Oftentimes, according to the reports, men have been arrested in Alaska and committed to the asylum, and then held in the Jails of the Alaska cities for months before an opportunity could be . found to -bring them to Portland. The trip down, by water and rail, is long, tedious and hard on the patients.' . These are the great objections re ported to congress and which have caused a committee to be appointed to make an Investigation Into the care of the patients. One other thing which is worrying the economists of the govern ment Is the excessive cost of caring for the patients. There are approximately 100 patients now at the Mount Tabor sanitarium. These patients are kept by the sanitarium under a contract price of $28 per month each. The esti mated cost of caring for the patients ts $10." This condition, however, would be hard to overcome because of the fact that an asylum could not be conducted ' successfully is Alaska on account of the climate. The cold, wet climate there reduces the chance of recovery and makes an Alaska asylum" practi cally out of the question, at least un der present conditions, Oregon wa selected by the govern ment, in the first place because of Its mild and beneficial climate. Under the . first arrangement the patients were cared for at the state asylum under a contract of 130 each per month. At the expiration of that contract Dr. Coe se cured the care of the patients by agree ing to. take them for $38 a month. After being arrested last night on a charge of drunk and disorderly con duct. James Martin attempted to break down the Iron bars of his cell by butting them with his head. The re sult was that when his name was called out in the police court this morning, Martin staggered weakly out of "the box" up to the bench to ex plain his troubles with his head bandaged up In many cloths and still bleeding from the fearful beating he had , given himself against the bars - last night Patrolman Amundson testified as to Martin's disorderly conduct, which con sisted of a slight disturbance, and At torney Wolf pleaded for the prisoner's dismissal on the grounds that he had already received sufficient punish ment. The court agreed that Martin had done penance for part of his wrongdoings and dismissed the case after imposing the small fine of $10. ASSESSMENT IS CUT DOWN TO $6200 Judge Bronaugh in the circuit court this morning heard the appeal of the Pacific Railways Advertising, company -from the decision of the county board , of equalization in sustaining an as sessment of 120,000 on the "merchan dise" of the company. The company declared it owned no merchandise, the thing assessed being the Intangible right to advertise in the streetcars of Portland, for which. Assessor Big- . ler learned, $20,000 was paid. Judge Bronaugh decided that the assessor's figures should be reduced to 16200. The assessor contended that : the company should pay taxes on its investment, and should not escape be cause its valuable privilege U 14 not classed as a franchise. MYSTERY OF TWO LEFT FOOT SHOES The local police detective department has two nice new shiny shoes that have never been worn and they are looking for the owner. The footwear was turned over to the sleuth bureau about a week ago by the proprietor of a north 'end rooming house, and the police believe that they were stolen by some one and left there. Both shoes are for the left foot and it is thought that when the - thief discovered his carelessness in se , lecting two shoes for one foot he aban doned them both instead of attempting to exchange one of them for a mate. , - CAUSE AND EFFECT Good Digestion Tollows Jtiglit rood. : Indigestion ' and the attendant dis comforts Of mind and bodv are certain to follow continued -use of Improper .-food, -' '- ,- - Those who are still young and robust are likely to overlook the fact that, as dropping water will wear a stone away at last, so will the use of heavy, greasy, : rich food, finally cause loss of appetite Fortunately many-': are thoughtful enough to -study themselves and note . me ; principle or cause and Effect in tneir aauy rooa. a i. r. young woman writes, her experience thus;- - ' -! , "Sometime ego I had a lot of trouble rrom . indigestion, caused by too rich food. I got so I , was unable to digest scarcely anytiung, ana meaicines seemed useless. ? "A friend advised me to try Grape Nuts food, praising it highly, and as a ib$ report, i tried it. i tin tnankfui to say that Grape-Nuts not only relieved me of my trouble, but: built rue up and . strengthened my digestive organs so JhatI can now eat anything f desire. But 1 stick to Grape-Nuts." "There's a Reason." r - r - -- Name given by Fostum Co..-Puttie Creek, Mih. Read "The Hoad to Well- Vlllo,' In pkgS. - t - ; Er rcafl the above letter? A new one appear from time to time. They 1 are genuine, true, and full of human tntermt. C0URTHASF.1ERCY 1 3iidlIe-of-Roaders to Hold Balance of Tower at Legisla ture McArthur's Position on Senator 3Iakcs Him Unpopular "With Some Xew Call for Caucus. Middle-of-the-road men. as they might be called, will undoubtedly bold the bal ance of power in the organization of the house of representatives, Januarv 11. Judging from present appearances, neither C. N. McArthur nor Jx E. Bean, nor any other candidate who may come into the field can be elected unless he comes to the terms of these middle-of- the-road men. These men are several in number. scattered la location, but united in pur- joe. That purpose is this: To organ ise tne house with Republican votes; to eliminate rrom tne organization ail ouestion of the United States senator- ship; to cut out all consideration of Statement No. 1 or anti-Statement No. 1 lines in the conduct of the legislative business of the session or the selection of committees. There will be a caucus of the Repub llcan members of the house, held at the statehouse In Salem on the morning of Monday, January 11, at 10 o clock. The call for this cauous has been Issued and Is now being- circulated. It la an amend ment of the call Issued some time ago by McArthur and his backers in that it sets the-time and place definitely and specifies that at least 40 members of tne house must 'sign up before the call is effective. The McArthur call was in definite, simply specifying that the signers would go Into a cauous on the organization. ew Can Definite. This Indefinite call was looked at askance, it being feared that as soon as 31 members had signed up. the cau cus would be called and the 31 members bound by the action of a bare majority of that number. This has been eliminat ed by the new call, which reads as follows: "We, the undersigned. Republican members of the house fo representatives of the state of Oregon for the legisla tive session of 1909. believing in the principles of the Republican party an. I desiring to see the said house of rep resentatives organized by Republicans, mutually acrree that we will entar lntn a Republican caucus for the purpose of iiv.uiiio.i.iiin npraftDi u ilia xtuUBO ana for the consideration of other elective officers of that body. "It Is definitely understood anri agreed that the caucus herein provided for shall be held at the state house In Salem, Or., on the 11th day of January, 1908, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m.. and that this agreement shall become bind ing when signed by 40 (Republican rep resentatives." . This amendment was hrrms-ht ahmit by the middle-of-the-road men who in sisted tnat the can should be fair and that all Republican members of the SENATOR PERKINS HAS LABEL PASTED ON HIM California Assemblyman Lists Him With Fulton and the Best of the DerTogaized Contingent Objection Is Not on His Character but on Affiliation. (United Press Leaaed Wire.) San Francisco, Deo, 12. The fight against the reelection of United States Senator George C Perkins was opened today by Assemblyman-Elect E. J. Cal lan in an open letter replying to a re quest by the senator for support, on his record. He reviews the record of Perkins' votes on matters of impor tance. Callan calls attention to the recent fights in Oregon and Washington, say ing. In part: "A few weeks ago, In a number of our neighboring Republican states United States senators were up for reelection. I find hat In .nearly every case their record, though briefer, is very similar to yours. United States Senator Kulton went before the Republican voters, of Oregon upon his record, but the Re publican voters were convinced that the senator did not represent the people. He was defeated. "United States Senator Ankeny of Washington, for similar reasons, met the same fate. Though a Republican, he received but 17,000 votes In the great state of Washington. "In North Dakota United States Sen ator Klttrldge likewise was defeated by like reasons. "In South Dakota United. States Sen ator Klttredge likewise was defeated by the Republicans because he represented special Interests. "In Kansas United States' Senator Long, whose record is strangely like yours, was defeated by the Republi cans of his state. "In Illinois United States Senator FAmr HURT N. P. Train Reported Piled in Ditch Near Sedro Woolley, Wash. (United Press Leased Wire.) Seattle, Dec. 12. A long distance tele phone message from Bellingham this afternoon states that a Northern Pacific freight train was wrecked near Sedro Woollev this morning;. Seven cars and the engine were .piled up and three of tne tram crew are reported tataiiy in jured. Information is meager owing to tne wires working badly. CUSICK CASE TO END NEXT WEEK The' trial of theVtTnited States against Albert L. Cusick. charged with perjury, will not be concluded until Monday or Tuesday. District Attorney John Cc Court opened the case in argument be fore tne jury, ana-waiter-n. iuvans, nis assistant, will make the closing address Mondav. James Cole and W. H. Abel are appearing for the defendant. . As soon as the Cusick case goes to the Jury the hearing - of L. 8. Shipley charged with the same orrence wm b taken up Deiore juage woiverion. ROGER BRESNAIIAX TRADED TO ST, LOUIS 'TTnlted Press Leased Wtre.l New - York. Dee. 12 Rotrer Bresna- han, the mainstay or tne new xora .na tional league team behind tb bat, will not wear a Giant uniform next year. Roger ha been traded to the St Louis club of the National league and will manage the Cardinals during the playing WJ v, I. VI C , nouncerhent of Stanley Robinson, owner of the Bt. Louis team. The men who will replace the Giant's star backstop are Catcher fctrhlet and Players Raymond i and Murray of last season' Cardinals.' II WRECK E house should be Invited to attend the caucus. X Fight Between Two. The organization fight seems to have narrowed down to two candidates, Mc Arthur of Multnomah and Bean of Lane. McArthur contends that he has 21 or 22 men promised to his support. It Is contended by the friends of Bean that he has a possible 23 men who will support him.. It will require 27 votes in me caucus to nominate. Both of ..ie candidates have been out rounding up the members, each striving to gain the needed 27. .From reports, however, very little progress is being maaa dv eitner. urns is due, apparent ly, to the stand of these middle-of-th. road men who are refusing to sign up. The contention of these men is that they are Republicans and desire to ef fect a Republican organization. They argue that the senatorial question has been settled by the election of June last and they contend that this Issue should not be Injected into the legislative worn or the session. At the present time the middle-of-the-road men look with favor upon the candidacy of L. E. Bean of Lane, be cause Bean has come out squarely on the proposition that he will not allow himself to be used in the senatorial fight, or would not allow the senatorial Issue to be brought into the legislative work of the house. MoArthor Vol To. ravor. McArthur on. the other hand, has been from the first affiliated with those who are trying to break down the Statement No. 1 majority and defeat Chamberlain of senator. Because of this fact his candidacy is not In favor with the middle-of-the-road men. The agreement of this band of seven to stand together on the organization of the house complicates and at the same time simplifies the organization battle. It means practically that the anti-Statement No. 1 fight being waged by McArthur and those back of his can didacy will have to be dropped if Mo- Arthur hopes to win the speakership. ror without the Dana or seven ne can not win. It means, on the other hand that there will be no definite Statement No. 1 organization, but that the sena torial lines; will have to be forgotten so far as the routine of the house Is concerned. Statement No. 1. accord ing to the program of the middle-of-the-road men, will apply to the vote for senator, and that will be simply a matter of routine, having been already settled by the people last June. No at tempt to overturn this decision will be tolerated, and the speaker will have to Dledo-e himself to keen his hands off and to make others do the same, before he can be elected speaker. Hopkins, with 20 years federal patron age to back him, received but one third of the Republican votes of that state. The people were convinced that he did not represent them. "I am unwilling to believe that the Republicans of California are unlike the 1 1 1. 1 1 . . I . . . . , , nepuuiicaiiB 01 uiner amies. Alia wnue a few of my straight laced party friends are apprehensive, fearing that in this line of action I am violating party ethics, I believe, with President Roose velt, that the crime lies in the tolera tion of the wrong, not in making it Dublle. "If my vote concerned you alone, Mr. Perkins, I would give it gladly, for while I do not know you personally. I have every assurance that you are a most estimable man, whose personal in teerrlty nobody doubts. But the issue involved is greater than any man or state. It Is, 'Shall preda tory wealth control the machinery of government, or shall our laws be en acted. Interpreted and executed in the interests of all the people?' "The evidence before me as to your temperament ana ariniations prove con cluslvely that you represent the former.' Fresno, Dec. 12. When State Senator O. W. Cartwrlght, Democrat, author of the Cartwrlght anti-trust law, was shown Assemblyman-elect Callan's let ter to Senator Perkins, he said: "During the past few weeks I have re ceived Information which leads me to believe that the insurgent wing of the nnpuoucan party nas gamea consider able strength. If the Democrats In the legislature combine with the Independ ent Republicans I believe we have a good fighting chance to defeat Perkins." FEDERAL JUDGE Attempt to Assassinate Cir cuit Judge Slusser in Il linois Fuse Fails. rroltfd Prese Leased Wire.) Elgin. I1L. Deo. 12. An attempt to assassinate Judge Maxsinl Slusser of the United States circuit court today was revealed bv the dlrnvrv f a bomb by the court clerk. The fuse of the Infernal machine had burned out bofore reacmng me explosive. There 18 no clue to the perpetrators. COPLEY CASE GOES RACK TO JURY M. F. Copley, charged with contribut ing to the delinquency of a minor, whose case was resubmitted to the county grand Jury a few days ago. pleaded not guilty before Judge Gantenbeln in the circuit court this morning. His case was set for trial January 11 ' Richard Christopher, a negro charged with burglary, likewise entered a plea of not guilty. Hla trial will take place January 15. ' SuCJ Monday afternoon to plead. John A. ""j iiuimea io aeiend him. , Companies Incorporated. . (Salem Boreas ef The Journal.) Salem. Or., Dee, 12.- Artieimi in corporation have been filed In the office of tbe secretary of state as follows- - 3 T? . 'KTwrtiKti r-nTT,na. office. Portland; capital stock, 120.000 incorporators, J. C. English, J. V. Beach and N. D. Simon. - The Reedville Presbyterian rKun-v- principal office. Reedville; Incorporat ors. J. Millar, YV. E. McCalium and I. B. Imlay, ( Tualatin Pressed Stone rrnniunv principal office, lllllsboro; capital stock. 14000: incorcorators. F. li Millar. A. Meier and li. T. Bagley. y HOUSE S N 10 PRESIDENT KEIII is lira Oregon Dairy Association Elects Officers at An nual Meeting.- (Salem Bursas of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Deo, 12.-Professor F, I Kent of the Oregon Agricultural col lege at Corvallla was reelected presi dent of the Oregon Dairy association before the close of the convention in Salem yesterday afternoon. Mrs. S. A. Toakam of Marshfleld was reelected first vice president A. R. Morgan? r of Salem was chosen second vice president, and Carl Abrams of Salem was made secretary-treasurer ior tne ensuing year. The date ana place of meeting next year was not se lected, but was left for the officers of the association to decide. The following awards were announced yesteraay afternoon: Grand prize for best display of dairy Sroducts, presented by Oregon state oard of agriculture, J 50 cup, won by F. A Schubinger, Salem. Highest scoring creamery butter, pre sented ty capital National name, Eaiem, 126 cup, won by Richard Wllletts, Doug las County Creamery- company, Rose burg; score, 95. Highest scoring; dairy butter, present ed oy fjaaa ft uusn, Danxert, csaiem, szo cup, won by Albert Fradeson, Capital City creamery, Salem; score, 94 H. Highest scoring cream cheese, pre sented by United States National bank, Salem, $25 cup, won by T. J. Balan tyne, Hobsonville; score. 95. Second highest scoring; creamery but ter, 15 cup, presented by T. 8. Town send Creamery company, Salem, won by Mrs. 8. A, Yoakam, Marshfleld; score, 88. Second highest scoring dairy butter, presented by Buren & Hamilton, Sa lem, won by F. G. Mattke, Sweet Home; score, 94 Second highest scoring cream cheese, 4 bottle Facile Jr. tester, presented by Monroe & Crlssell. Portland, won by Richard Hensley, Florence; score, 93. west set of plans for dairy barn to accommodate 15 cows, but no other stock, presented by Pacific Homestead, Salem. $25 cud. won by Kable & Kable. Portland. Special Prises. Highest scoring creamery butter salt ed with Diamond Crystal salt, gold medal, presented bv Monroe A Crlssell, Portland, won by Richard Wllletts, Roseburg, Douglas County Creamery company. Highest scoring dairy butter made from cream separated with Empire cream separator, 4 bottle Babcock test er, presented by Empire Cream Sepa rator company, Portland, won by Mrs. O. Ireton, Salem. .Second highest scoring dairy butter made from cream separated by Empire cream separator, 2 bottle Babcock teet er, presented by Empire Cream Sepa rator company, won by Mrs. W. J. crawford, Salem. FREIGHT LIEU WILL COIIME Representatives of Trans continental Roads Gather ing in San Francisco. Freight traffic men from -Portland will leave tonight for San Francisco for a meeting of representatives of the transcontinental terminal Pacific coast lines, which li to be held in the Bay City beginning Montiay. W. E. Coman, assistant general freight agent of the Harriman lines in Oregon, and H. M. Adams, general freight and passenger agent for the Spokane, Fort land & Seattle, will represent roads terminating In Portland. R. J. Schwer in, general manager of the Harriman water lines, who has been in Port land all week meeting representatives of the northern roads and looking over the freight terminals and wharves, will accompany Mr. Coman and Mr. Miller south. According to Mr. Coman no changes In rates will result from the San Francisco meeting, the idea being more to discuss the application of the new transcontinental rates which have caused so much resentment among the shippers since it was announced they would go into effect January 1. The roads that will be represented at the conference are the Northern Pa cific, the Caaadlan Pacific, Great Northern, O. R. & N Santa Fe, South ern Pacific, San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake, and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle. CITYIS FEEDING NO WOMEN JUST NOW For the first time In over five years there were no female pris oners to be fed this noon when Jailer Ben Branch ordered the meals for ths city's prisoners. Jailer Branch is at a loss to de termine whether or not this is due to a laxity on the part of the moral squad or whether It is that Mayor iAnmrapr-pch-icy has really been so effective. Whatever the reason may be, however, there are no female prisoners at Second and Oak streets this afternoon. WANTS DAMAGES FOR BROKEN RIBS Suit for $2500 damages against the Portland Railway, Light & Power com pany was begun in the circuit court this morning by Isaac Lane, who says that two of nis ribs were broken and he was otherwise Injured as the result of a collision on Grand avenue, near - Haw thorne, on the morning or TCovember II. Lane says he was drivlrcon. the east side of the street and came to a point where his way was blocked by a stationary car and by teams, so he was compelled to. cross the car tracks. As he did so a southbound car emerged at a high rate of speed from behind the stationary oar ana ran into bis wagon. The. wagon was overturned and Lane was thrown out He alleges that his Injuries resulted from negligence of the streetcar, crew. JOHN I. SULLIVAN OBTAINS DIVORCE iUnitrd Prese Leasee Wire.) Chicago, Dec 12. John L. Sullivan, ex-champion heavyweight prizefighter, was granted a divorce today from his wife on the ground of desertion. - Recently Mrs. Sullivan brought suit on a similar charge but failed to ob tain a decree. She is living with rela livei n Rhode island. ' -.j. r Notaries Commissioned. . - k " (SaIenf Bnro of Tb Joarnatl ' Salem, Or., Dee. 12. Commissions ss notaries have been issued to O. X Bleakman, . Hardman: John P. Shields, Portland, and W. YV. McMillan, Hoag 11a. .. '. . LURED TO DEATH BY WOW Jacob" Matthews,.-So Lane Sheriff Relieves, Was Poi soned by Woman He Met Through Matrimonial , Bureau Went to Lane County From Here, ' Made acquainted with a strange wo man by a local i matrimonial bureau, or introducing bureau, as It is adver tised, Jacob . Matthews left Portland short time ago and went down to Lane county to meet the woman. Last Saturday night he was found dead in a lonely cabin In that county and now it is Deuevea ne was poisoned. Matthews, who was an old man. Is said to have had some, money, which was probably why he was murdered. It is not yet known who is the woman suspected of complicity In the poison ing, nor has the name of the matrimon ial bureau yet been ascertained. Sheriff SLIPS HANDCUFF OFF III CROWD t 1 : Charles F. Rust, Charged as Embezzler, Escapes Unnoticed. (Dulled Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Deo. li. Charles F. Rust, held to answer to the superior court on a charge of embessllng 14000, which had been entrusted to him" to bet at the Emeryville race track, today slipped his' half of the handcuffs from his wrist lust as he was about to enter Judge Dunne's courtroom, and made his escape. Taking; advantage of the fact that he was one of 13 prisoners who were being hustled through a crowd of spectators, he made his daring break for liberty, and unnoticed by the guards, and even by his fellow prisoner who was cnainea to mm, ne reacnea tne street and disappeared before his absence was noted. When the embezzlement was first dis covered last SDrlnar Rust escaped to Grand Rapids, where he was arrested two montbs ago. ne nas maae a nara fis-ht to escape prosecution, and was so anxious about his plight that last Sun day he notified his attorney, E. B. D. Spagnell, that he intended to escape, even if he had to jump from one of the courtroom windows. Deputy- sheriffs are searching the city for the fugitive. C A H f A H I 'S HEART - ISJJFj HOW Bloodthirsty Italian Given! 20 Days in Jail for Threat ening Italy's Consul. Dr. CandianL the Italian consul, will not suffer the ualnful operation of having his heart removed for 20 days at least. He appeared in the police court this morning and told the story of the threat of Santarosa Calafrlsco, who declared-that he would out the doctor's heart out unless he Was given plenty of money. Although the city statutes provide tnar no jau sentences snail De imposea in a case of carrying concealed weanons. but that a fine shall bo the punishment, Judge Van Zante was of the opinion that Califrlsco really might at tempt to carry out nis inreai ana m took the liberty of imposing a jail sentence. The concealed weapon with which Califrlsco declared he would re move tne consul s nean, was un uiurr. lnura paper knife. SAYS WITNESS TALKED TO JURY That R. B. Fulton, an expert wit ness for the state, had been talking with Jurors and , explaining to them the reasons for his hesitation in answer ing certain questions on cross-examination was the statement made to Judge Morrow in the circuit court yesterday afternoon by Grant B. Dimlcfc, one of the attorneys for W. E. Douglass, who is on trial on the charge of embessllng J4998 from the Tnlel ijetective agency. Dimick said he did not wish this to Interfere with the case further than to ni-cure an additional warning to the Jurors that they must not talk to wit nesses, and what promised for a mo ment to be a sensation was aissipaieu. Jnrir Morrow said he thought it scarcely necessary to readmonlsh the Jurors. t , , , , Douglass was on the stand in his own defense nearly all day yesterday and again this morning, xne trial be Inst Tuendav biorning. the case In volvln minute examination of records that were alleged by the state to show that Douglass misappropriated money while In charge of the books and cau of the company. FORGED CHECK TO BUYMEAL TICKET Charged with forging a check for $10 with which he paid for a meal ticket at trie Eastern Grill and One Minute Coffee house. Donald Williams, alias Donald Harris,' was sentenced to serve 90 days in the citv jail by judge van zante in the police court this morning. Williams made the check payable to Donald Harris and signed the name C. C. Porter. He was given a meal ticket and $8 in exchange for the check, and ate three meals on the ticket before the forgery was detected. He was ar rested by Patrolman Wade on a charge of vagrancy last night. SLAUGHTER HOUSE MAN W OULD NOT MOVE ON F. H. Adams, of the Adams slaughter house on the Willamette boulevard, was arrested this morning on First' street between Morrison and Alder streets for blocking the streetcar traffic. Adams was unloading a wagon of meat into a butcher wagon when Special Agent W. 4Pr--Ltms of the P. R., L. & P. Co. happened along ana commanded him to move on and make way for a new pay-as-youenter -car, which Adams refused to do until he bad unloaded his wagon. BOX TWENTY-THREE MAKES REUBENS SKID00 ; . . , - . , ;. A false alarm turned In at Park and Oak streets this morning caused two fire engine companies and a thousand people to hurry to the scene to see nothing. The alarm was said to have been turned in by a couple of Reubens, who took the alarm box for a mall box, and on aeeinej the crowd hurrying their way they disappeared. The box wa NO- . ; .',;. : 1. '-. (i i Rowen of Lane county Is In Portland to day endeavoring to find out these things, and , has - called upon the local polios There are ' several of these bureaus In Portland, the ostensible object of which Is to bring' together fond hearts which beat alone, and to promote mat rimony, but it Is said that some of them have drifted away from their orig inal purpose and will Introduce one to any person he desires to meet, asking no questions. It la suspected that Matthews fell into the hands of some of these sharp ers and was betrayed by a woman to nis aeatn. . FIERCE ST0RT.1 OVER THE SOUND aaaansBBSSBBBaaaaaaaaBasaaaaaaaaaSi PossibUity That Many Ves sels May Be in Great Distress or Lost. (United Press teased Wire.! Seattle. Wash., Deo. 12. One 6f the worst storms experienced In December for years raged over the entire Puget sound district last night and did not abate until late this forenoon. Various places reporting by long distance tele phone say the wind reach pd a velocity of 62 miles an hour at midnight Ship ping suffered materially. From Victoria comes word that sev eral vessels flying distress signals late yesterday afternoon off the west coast of Vancouver Island were nnvhitn ta be seen this morning. Several battered lifeboats washed ashore near Carmanan point. It is believed that the vessels either put to sea to ride out the storm or were driven ashore-on the northwest coast of the island. Both telearath and telenhone wires out of Seattle went down about mid night and the former were not work ing this afternoon, although telephone wires were working spasmodically. COMMANDER REPORTS ' Otf CRUISER YANKEE (United Press Leaatd Wire.) Washington, Dec. 12. Commander Marlsh of the cruiser Yankee, which Is now resting on the muddy bottom of Buxsards bay, in his report on ttie sec ond sinking of the vessel pays a (tribute to the men of the wrecking crew on the vessel at the time. He praises Engineer Wltherepoon and a French-Canadian named Mlsnot for their efforts, at the risk of their lives, to close a broken pert through which water was pouring when the ship was sinking. The Tankee was being towed to a New Bedford yard for temporary re pairs after having been floated from the reef on which she first grounded. Com pressed air was employed to float the vessel, but owing to a rough sea one of the ports blew out, the vessel filled and agaln-went to the bottom. SCHMITZ SEEKS BONDING COMPANY ' (United Press Leaaed Wire.) San Francisco, Deo. 12. Instead of trying to get Individual capitalists to go on E. E. Schmltz' bond, the attor neys for the ex-mayor of this city are trying to arrange to have some surety company take the place of Thomas Williams and William J. Dlngee on their client's bonds. Attorney Frank Drew stated today in court that he had been conferring with the local representatives of the surety companies, but had not yet come to an agreement, as so far the companies wished to make terms too high to suit the present conditions of Schmltz. Drew asked that a continuance be granted until next Wednesday to give him time to communicate with the eastern management of the surety com panies. This was granted. BONAPARTE OUT OF PUBLIC LIFE (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Baltimore, Dec. 12. Attorney Gen eral Charles J. Bonaparte said positively today that after March 4 he would re tire from public life. In reply to the question whether he would accept place in President Taft's cabinet he said: "I- have not been asked, but even If I were I would not aocept the position." A movement Is on foot to Introduce trackless trolley lines In Ireland. The first probably will be from Donnybrook, In the suburbs of Dublin, to Bray, a seaside resort. i RKSXSaKnX2SZZZSSSZ2ZZZZaKZnslZSZZaTI3aahCBTSIITIBEV"li hn Want Ad Section j 1 of Today's Journal I B s 50 Advertise for help 25 Advertise for situations f I 55 Advertise furnished rooms for I rent E 1 100 Advertise real estate for sale g I 40 Advertise , business chances I 50-Advertise houses for rdnt ' l 21 Advertise flats for rent g 36 Advertise housekeeping rooms " Hundreds ot new ads in the classified section of this paper every day. If you do not find : what you wont today M M M H H. a v H Read the Classified Section of Tomorrow's; Journal $$ $$W MP fj0 $F MC f1IPWW,'llW'lPWS'lWiW'sff"PI GEORGE HIE IS UNDER ARREST Former - Portland Man in Employ of e Wells, Fargo & Company Charged ?With - Forging - United States Treasury Check. United Press teased Wire. I Carson City, Nsv., Dee. 12 George C. Walte, tor 10 years connected with tvells Fargo A Co.. at Portland, was arrested last night on the charge of fort9l!oUn'tei 6u,te" .treMurr check Walt caine to this citv last Bantam. ber from Portland, and sine that time. it is cnargea ne nas carried on a prac tice of stealing gold bullion from con signments of the United States mint here. He also is alleged to have been conducting a series of overcharges on patrons of the company. Attention was directed toward ilm through the theft of a decoy bar of bullion, sent from southern Nevada. By sending the stolen bullion to San Francisco in the name of Oscar Schults and by indorsing the check Issued by the treasury department for the gold, forging the name of Sehults, the alleged thief .tried to cover up his tracks. The ease was placed in the hands of Detective Cain of the Wells Fararo A Co. Cain came here several weeks ago and pursued his investiga tions quietly. Then he apprehended Walte. swearing to the comulalot him self. For the last decade Walte has been one of the most trusted employes of the express company,' but, after coming itere irom i-oruana, nr., it is alleged he led a car life. He has a wtfe and child, who with his mother, resided In this city until yesterday when they went west. Walte was In the battle of Manila and saw service in the army, fighting In dians in Colorado. , While lo Portland Walte was In the employe of Wells Fargo ' & Co. for several years. He was In charge of the Wells Fargo agency at the Lewis A Clark exposition and at various times held the position of counter clerk and later cashier of the Portland office of Wells Fargo & Co. During his residence here he married the daughter of a clergyman of a local church. He bore an excellent reputation and according to Harry Beckwlth, gen eral agent of Wells Fargo & Co., here, there never was any suspicion attached to him while In the employe of ths Portland office. He was at one time a sailor In the navy, although It Is said he enlisted under an assumed name. He has no relatives In Portland but there Is a slater living in Wash ington. The first Intimation among his friends here that he was In any trouble came a few days ago when they were In receipt of telegrams asking for money. FRANK J. MURPHY'S CASE TO JTHE JURY, (United Preaa Leaaed Wire.) San Francisco, Dec 12. The evidence In the trial of Frank J. Murphy, charged with offering a bribe to a prospective Ruef Juror, went to the Jury this morn ing at 11:45 o'clock. The morning ses sion was occupied by District Attorney William H. Langdon In summing jup for the prosecution. Langdon dwelt Vn the value of the evidence of E. A. S. Blake, a contractor convicted for par ticipation In the crime In connection with which Murphy Is charged. Lang don defended the credltabillty of Blake as a witness and denounced the charges of Murphy on the witness that the grft prnnecuiori naa Dougni tne district v I attorney's office. J At the close of Lanardon's sneenh Judge Murasky delivered his charge to the Jury. TIEDB0HL ACCUSED OF FORGERY NOW (United Preaa Leaaed Wire.) Chicago, Dec, 12. Theodore C. Tled behl, former secretary of the Seipp Brewing company, who was arrested in Denver several months ago on a charge of embezzling $20,000 of the company's funds, was arrested today again and charged this time with forgery. Since his original arrest he has been out of Jail on bonds. A careful examination of the com pany's books has disclosed the fact that the shortage, which was at first supposed to be only $20,000. Is now nearly $100,000. The experts have come across several alleged forgeries and It nas been this particular discovery that ' has caused Tledbohl's second arrest on a new charge. y.,.:,.