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Newspaper Page TextREPORT OF CONCRETE EXPERTS ASSAILED " ,'..:-i ,r- v'Hft- ',"":r'"" i ni i in - i ii .....j. '..x .- ' .f-"'1 i,',V Nprtiiwcst:-' Bridge Company Files Answer in Matter of ' Twenty-eighth Street Viaduct Says the City- ' ', ' - Bought Gold Brick in Form of Advice. - ' nit h. Mm nov iROO for -three sold , v. w I J v trick when the council authorised the mayor and bridge committee , of the executive board to employ W. A. Gron. dahl. J. M. Moffett and R. .I"- Donald . as ' expert ,to inspect the new reen- rorced concrete linage on cast x wnur eighth ii tree t and report to the commlt- ; tee as to whether the structure la aafe and was built according to; speclflca tlona? , , V-,,v; ',..- ' t.;'".: That the city did waa . the thinly veiled Insinuation made by Attorney I A. McNary for,;,the builders of the bridge, 'When he presented the North west Bridge company' reply to the al legations of the 'city's experts t an In vestigation held by a special committee of the executive board and Mayor Lane last -night. ' .- ' -: . So tconvinciner was the reply made by the corporation that a feeling of doubt was created in the minds of at least , t wo of the committeemen as to the qualifications of the city's experts. Judge Seneca Smith declared that un less theBe experts were balled upon by the city to defend their report be would decline to serve on the committee longer, lie said he . did not consider himself able to cope with the V1"1 company's anorlKllala uml-thouehT that the only way In which a satisfactory fleciBlon could be arrived at as to whether the city or the corporation is in the right, was to have- the engineers on both sla.-n submit their figures and explain' them at an open session. , gtand by Experts. - Chairman Esterly of the bridge com mittee, and Messrs MontHg and Newell, the other members of the committee, backed by Mayor Lane, took the por tion that the report made by the city's experts must stand until figures had been brought in by' the contractors to how that it la wrong. P. E. Sullivan and Judge Smith, who were appointed by the mayor to assist In the investiga tion were of the opinion that the city's position has been assailed .with what appear to be Incontrovertible facts, and that ia up to Engineers Gronaahl, Mof fett and Donald to meet the experts of the corporation In the open. The bridge company's answer to the city's specialists is emphatic, and sets forth that the company is not on the de fensive, but is challenging the munlcl-! pallty to show where In any particular the East Twenty-eighth street bridge does not con form "to specifications. At-j torney McNary had with him the engi neers wno bunt tne m-iage, ana an ex pert of the Detroit company which drew the plans to testify that the charges made by the executive board's commit tee of experts are unfounded In every respect The so called experts are not competent to pass upon roenforced con crete work, the answer says. ague and Intangible, It Is the contention of the corpora tion that the charges of the city's ex perts are vague and intangible and un supported by any figures. The com pany demands that the experts be made to submit their calculations, or to appear in person, when these calcu lations, the company says, will be PEGGY PERRY 4V LIES DYING Believed Wound That She Says Was Accidental Was Self-Inflicted. (United Pre Leaaed W.) ' Chicago, Dec. 19.-VMargaret Wishcll, an actress, whose stage name Is Peggy Perry, is dying at a hospital here from a bullet wound in the abdomen, which, it is believed, was self Inflicted. She told the Roftes that, with Miss Elisabeth Julian of Goldfleld, ahd wan examining a revolver and that the weapon was accidentally discharged. The policfl say that four used coffee cups were found in the room from which Miss Perry was removed, indicat ing that more than two persons were in her apartments near the time that she was !bot. . Mabel Laffin, an actress, told the po lice today that she saw Miss Perry and Miss Jahan wltlutwo men last night. The wounded woman bHU sticks to her story that she accidentally shot herself. Miss Laffin declares that she heard quarreling between Miss Perry and one of the two men she saw with the wo man last night. The police are looking for the men. PATK0LMAN IS CAUSE OF ARRESTS (Continued From Page One,) door you would all be on the way to the morgue' by thl time." . The room was searched later. - The most important piece of testimony, how ever, was on Benson's person. It was the watch which had been taken from Klllon ia Hyatt's saloon holdup, erotrr Identified. The revolver found in the room wa identified at noon by A. E. Hall, who has a grocery at 408 First street, and was In the saloon of John Carlson, 39 Front, when It wa held up Wednesday night, and the gun used to press against his ribs while the other member of the gang robbed the other four. men In the saloon. - Hall was relieved of 30 cents, the robbers overlooking $59 In another pocket. : Hall described the gun mi nutely before he reached the police sta tion .the descriptions . tallying exactly. Hall says the statement that the men were unmasked when - they, robbed the Carlson saloon is Incorrect. . , " ' johnaoa Identified. v U. E. Pendleton, living in the Lambert liouBe, Union avenue, and - East Ash streets, was in the saloon of F. -W. Lutkemeler, 4 Unions avenue, when it was held Up Monday" night. He has positively taentuiea jonnson one the men who entered -thealoon. . . -The bold attack on the saloon of A. M. Hyatt last night was the climax of the series. A few minutes after mid night three -men entered the saloon, and ordered every one to throw up his hands. Hyatt, the proprietor was facing a mir ror and did as he was told, after trying to escape through a rear door which was found to be locked.- E. H. ' Mllholland contributed $10, Thomas Killon handed over the watch afterward found on Ben son, W. Ollmore- lost tt.60, whlie C. KSser, E. Raymond and James Linu had but little in their pockets.- . - t A. M, Hyatt,, the proprietor, saved a valuable watch by an uppeal made to one of the robbers, who appeared to not The Policyholders' Company Is Best for THE shown wrong to the entire satisfaction of the investigating committee. ' Signed statements, by well -known engineers who have visited the bridge at the request of the contractors, sup plement the detailed answer. City, En. gineer Taylor and Assistant City, En- f ineer Hannan,. who have always con ended that the-bridge should be ac cepted, also uphold the statements made by the contractors in direct testimony before the committee. -'-.-; , . i .., The main attack made upon the bridge company by the city's experts is that the structure will not carry the loads required of it by the specifications, and that t an ordinary road roller will sub ject the floor slabs to a strain four times the supporting strength given to them by the concrete columns. This the contractors seemingly refute by as serting that a 26,000 pound road roller was used on all parts of the surface In laying the bltulithic pavement which covers It. ' '' .. ...... ,;, Makes Offer to Prove. .-'-. The company offers to make any test the city may demand to prove that the bridge will stand a load of BOO pounds to the square foot, as called for by the specifications. - James N. Lawrle superintendent of construction of the Trust & Steel com pany of Detroit, was sworn by the mayor to answer the questions as to the alleged defect in the. bridge, which were propounded by the different' mem bers of the committee. Lawfle testified that he is on expert in reenforced con crete construction and that he has trav eled 100,000 miles In the past two years. Inspecting zuoo reenrorcea - concreti structures in Europe, Africa and Amer lea. He said he Tfad helned design I concrete bridge - anoss the Nile In Ebvnt. Xawrle swore that he hod personally inspected the East Twenty-eighth street Driage ana rouna it entirely sausiac torv. He declared that it is a fine ex ample of solid construction and that It would last for all time. The exnert" stated that the allege! defects in the wing and curtain walls and the south abuttment were imaginary and that the cracks in the concrete did not impair the strengtn 01 tne struc ture. Explain the Crack. The crack In the abutting walla, he asserted, was due to the fact that the city engineer naa suDtniuea an incor rect contour -map of the foundations and that to overcome this a concrete haunch had to be substituted forthe work originally planned. This bad caused the crack. While he contended that the fissure resultlna from- this wns of no lmnortance it was neverthe less neCHUK Ot. ino Vll-Jf WHmcc unr take and not 'the fault of the company irlnainir that thev could not disprove any of the statements made by they bridge company's expert and beginning to have doubts as to the correctness of the Information furnished by their own experts the committee arter f.nairman fvnterlv had declared that he woulc assume that the report given to the city by Its experts is well founded, moved to adjourn until later. Mayor Lane will call another meeting as soon aa nAihi tn rnniildr the Question finally. Meanwhile the acceptance of the bridge will be held in abeyance entlnOv devoid of good neartedness. When the robbers took the watch. Hyatt remonstrated, saying that it was a pres ent from his mother and was the only thing he had to remember ner oy. ''Well, we're going to take Ut. ny- how," snarled, the. smallest of the root pads. dives- Back Watch. ' "No, that's all right; take your watch back," said the tall man, paying no at tention to tne remarK or his companion "I had a mother myself. Besides, I've had a good many annus witn you ana I know you are a good fellow." And he allowed Hyatt to take back the time piece. In the room In which the three men were caught was found a great auan titv of Dlunder which was undoubtedly taken In some oT the various holdups of wnicn tne trio are supposed to be guilty. Among other things were 21 sacks or toDacco wnicn correspond , to those taken from the saloon 'of Henry Hoff man. S74 Hawthorne avetiue twn nr three weeks ago. There is much plun- utrr wnicn-naa not yei'ueen inentiriea. hut which It is believed will show that the three men arrested last night have committed tne greater number of the holdups that have occurred recentlv. Mr. Hyatt stated this morning that when the robbers entered the door and ordered everybody 4p line up with their faces to the wall, he started to run out of the back -door. But it' was locked, he having taken this precaution on ac count of his fear that holdups might enter that way. As he started to run. one of the men leveled his gun at him and said, "Your come back here." If the door had been unfastened. Mr. Hyatt believes he might have got out and given the alarm, but he was afraid to stop and try to unlock It for fear of being shot, so he returned with his bands m ,tne-atr. Robber Depart. -After the robbers had gone the men remained for some time standing with their faces to the wall and their hands above their heads, until the footpad must have had time to . gel several blocks away. At last one man slightly turned his head and said, "Well. I guess It's all .over,'' and he lowered his nana siowiy ana tentatively. Nothlnar hardened and the rest all low ered their hands, except one man who was so badly frightened that he -re- nninexi with his face to the wall and his hand held high until someone told him to turn arouna ana ia t tnem down. ' '"'''' '"" ELKS WAXT CHARTER Coeur d'Aleno Members Petition th . 1 Grand Lodge. ... (&peUl Diapstca to The Journal. ' 1 Coeur 'd'Alene, Idaho. Dee. ' IS. The members of the B P. O. E. who live In Coeur d'Alfcne have petitioned the grand lodge to grant a charter Tor a local lodare at this place. A canvass of the town resulted in discovering over' 80 members -or ine oraer wno live nere but &r keeping up their membership in other lodges. Upward of 40 of these have signed a petition ana iorwaraea it to the grand exalted ruler. . Halibut Fisher Pars s Fine. (United Pr Leiiaed Wire.) Rellinrhami Wash.. - Dec. 19. Accord ing la a dispatch received from Van couver, B. C the halibut fishing steam er Zapana of Taooma wan chased yes terday by the dominion fishery cruiser Kestrel ' and captured. The owners of the Zapana have paid a fine of 11600 for infraction of the Canadian fishery regulations In Hecate straits. Y House Denies Pica of Cushman. itTolted Pram Lced Wtr. Washington, Dec. 19. Representative Cufhman of Washington has unsuccess fully attempted to get the house to con sider his bill opening to homestead entry 1240 acres of land on Puget sound, now abandoned military reservations oc- cupieo Dy fit seiuers. . - , j ' ' Home Office I ' CORBXTT BCILDtXa. Oner FKto sni- K errtaaa rOKTLAMD, O&BGOX. A. Zj. MILLS..... ....... .Presidea I ILA STUlCt.. ..... 0 oral Hiwill CLARENCB . I4UDEU Asst. Hit, Oregonians OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY 0 Dili CONGRESS EHDS Delegates From Two States Arc Preparing , to -. Leave Vale, , . -1 '(United Frets Leased frtre.i . . Vafe. dr., Dec. 19. The delegates to the Oregon-Idaho, development congress are preparing to leave for" their home after one of the most Interesting ses sions of that body ever held, The meet, ing will result beneficially to many sec tion of Oregon. ' 'y. .';.'-.. .Y;- '' ' Many strong Jalks were mad today. '.j.i' ."-;-:"A4dlon Bennett's Talk. Addison Bennett, editor of ' the" Irrl' gon Irrigator and The- Dalle Optimist, spoke as follows: ; c "When I came to fully consider the subject of my discourse I found that It was- so large that I Tould only take up one branch of It. for I must not occupy more than a quarter of an hour or your valuable time. " 'How to build Oregon.' of course means the same thing aa how to bring people : to Oregon, for the crying need of the state is more people to till the soil, to make - homes on our - lands. Mind, I do not say simply more people. We do not particularly . need more laborers or mechanics, and I. have heard uo crying needs for more editors, merchants and teachers, -we only want those who will come prepared to make homes for themselves on our land. "And before inviting any of these clalnes. It might be well to see how liberally we are dealing with those we have,. Particularly is this true of min isters of the gospel und teachers. Let us pay those we have a little better before Inviting others. Surely the sal aries nf mlnlHters and teachers should be something better than the wages paid lor day labor. . , . "But th. onlv difference In " the amounts paid to the three classes, a; a rulo, is.ltiat we pay tne teacners hum mlnlstersX 'salaries' and - the laborers -wnaroa' Rut a ISO Malar v and a ISO wage amounts to the same thing when it comes to paying it out, although the teacher and minister had to go through a long and expensive schooling to fit them for their duties, while the laborer can learn to snovei sano overnigin. curing Hew Oltaens. "But my argument Is one based on tho .mnl. nueattrm nf ffpttinff DtV cltl- sens, and I will devote my tie to the Drancn or tne iubj-i which '""; stand best, and that Is from the stand point of a newspaper man. "And for the time being I want to forget and want you to forget that I ever had anything to do around a news paper office for I am not making this plea on mv own behalf: nor am I mak ing It solely on behalf of the newspaper owners of the state; I am making it because if is a question of grave Im portance, and should be carefully con sidered by every citizen of Oregon. "And anyhow I am only small fry in the newspaper field. The 46 years I have spent in and around newspaper and printing offices have been wanted, thrown awav, dissipated, lost, for l know absolutely nothing about a weekly paper, and a blamed sight less about a daily paper. I do not ask you to take my word for this. All you have to do to find that I am telling the truth is to go to the places where I am run ning papers and ask the people or th?-They "win tell you the The Irrigator and The Optimist are no good, and their editor less. I take iretp;l" those papers. They have a wide repu tation.? 1 give them the best .there is in me. but the people of the towns where they are run will tell you (with the exception of a few choice souls who are too good for this world and will soon be in heaven), the people a rule will tell vou that my occupation ought Jo be thlt of digging post holes or shoveling- smoke. 'An Editor' Trouble. "Of course I go to other points, other towns and cities, and the people wine me and dlne me and get me full of palousers and say I am It In very large type: but my neighbors know me for the fraud that I am. "And in thus stating my position I have7 given the meat and kernel of my argument, and that Is thst the people of almost every community in Oregon keep pretty busy cussing the local pa per and Us editor, and wondering how a man can stoop to publish such a measly sheet. The average community Hrrm think that the local paper is a parasite, something to be endured but not en couraged. They will point -across tne state tin,, to tne next cvunij, ..lkk.lnir iltv to SJ1V Old DSDST in any old place, and tell you what a good paper it s ana now mnuimio J-" Z munity Is to have such a sheet; but they will at the same time take great ..i.. tii vmi that thn DBDer in their tnnm ! niumh mltuK. and the edi tor a man who does not know the first principles of the newspaper Dusines. "In rnln. nver the state I visit good many towns, ana Know .""" much about the newspapers of Oregon aa any man does. I am acquainted with almost all of the editors, and exchange m-ith mo tori tv of them, for-1 have the largest exchange list of any weekly papers' Sh the northwest. And I ex; amine my exchanges. Very little of local or general Importance escapes my ova jinri I want tn sav. after a news paper experience of 46 years, in a half dosen states, mat i reauy ana iruii believe the Oregon papers will stack up favorably with any in the land. Oregon newspaper jjvmo. But come with mb to inyAown you can name, where they have a newspa- fer. Come witn me to tne towns wnere hnv have the best naDers. paper widely known and looked up to as lead ers of thought by the best men in the state at large; come with me to those towns and I will take you up one side of the street and down the other, and tha business and professional men and almost everybody we meet will tell you that their local paper isn't, wortn a and that it la not entitled to any support whatever. Am I overdrawing the case? I hope so. I like to be called an optimist, but I am glad If ' I am pessimistic in this. I hope that you people here tn Vale are standing nobly by your papers, and that the publishers are looked up to as such men should be.- But I will bet 110. and owe It to you if I lose (for no Oregon newspaper man can raise a ten spot on the spur of the moment) that before I leave town I will be told a dosen ttmes by some of your best citi ens that they wish the present Vale publishers were in Haiirax. and now gladly they would welcome me, and how loyally they would support me If I would move one or my papers nere. "It is a cinch I will be told that, for I ret that done 'In everv town I vlult: but if you will go down to the places where they know me, where I run news papers, they will tell you that I am a rank fraud as a newspaper man, and the boss liar of three states. And either of those communitiea would welcome the Vale editors with open arras, would herald their coming with delight, and would make all sort of promises until the first Issue wa off the press. And then! Then they would begin to 'lay down' on their promises, give the -new sheet a black eye, and begin telling what a great newspaper man 'The Old Man- is. ana wtiat a grave, crave mis take he made in leaving them. ' how are you supporting; your home paper? . Are you giving It anything at all save with the thought that it Is an evil to be made the best of? Da.- you bustle around to the office to tell them of any little piece of new that thev might use to make the next Issue more Interesting. Do you take arrest nains to divulge to the editor the scandal about your neighbor and abuse him be. cause he does not mention it, and- then cuss mm again if he even comes In to inquire If ft is true that your dog is making night hideous for the -neighbors. and at once take out your ad and 'stop the paperT The Advertising Oampalga. ' ''Do Vntl USA Vflur tlAma rtafiAr tn mmnA to inquiring friends abroad? Do you use. It s a tract, with the Idea of con- LIFE TERM FOR Ml Ml Convicted Qjf Procuring the Dynamiting of House of an Enemy. v (United Press tewd ;W1re.) ' Oskland, Cat.. Dec 19. Mrs. Isabella Martin, convloted of dynamiting the home of Judge Ogden In this city, was sentenced to life Imprisonment today by Superior Judge Wells. . The crime for which Mr. Martin will spend the rest of her days In the pen itentiary was committed March 19. 190?. Mrs. Martin did not place the dynamite under tha judge' bouse herself, but she issued the order to her young son, "Baby. John" Martin, a lad Just in his teens. -: The boy testified at the trial that his reputed mother held him under her Influence and compelled him to do her bidding not only in the case of the dynamiting of the Ogden home, but in several other outrages Involving the use of high explosives. ; The blowing up of the Ogden homo last -year was a mystery until "Baby John'' wa caught trying to poison the people of Weavervllle, Trinity county. After his arrest, he broke down and con fessed that not only the poisoning but several dynamiting outrages, including the Ogden affair, had been perpetrates by him at his mother's t command. The prosecution succeeded in showing that Mrs. Martin exerted an almost hyp notic influence over the boy and by threats of bodily injury compelled him to execute revenge on people she dis liked. . - Mrs. Martin was convicted In si minutes by a Jury last Tuesday. Today her attorneys made a motion for exami nation on the question of sanity. This wis denied as wan a motion for a new trial. Mrs. Martin .took her sentence Mrs. Martln'H grlevance against Judge! Ogden oatea rrom tne time, ceverat years ago, when she was unsuccessful in a suit tried before him. EASYTO UNDERBID I I Using Uncle Sam's Light and Power The Railway Postal Clerk's Snap. (United Press Lrated Wire.) San Francisco, Dee. 19.--Mo8es D. Callen, a railway postal clerk, who is doing the printing for the local divis ion of the railway mall service, admits that he is breaking a rule of the post office department In engaging in a pri vate printing contract for the Sterling Furniture company. The rule in ques tion forbids mail clerks from using thoir spare time in transacting other business. The postal regulations say that clerks who disregard this rule Rhall be liable to removal and an investigation Is in progress to ascertain the status of this odd case. Callen, In both his -public and private work, uses free light and power in the postoffice building, but Division Super intendent A. H. Stephens ia quoted as aaylng that this 'must be allowed, as "the government could not hire a print er and a printing plant for J 11,608 on any other terms." Those who object against Callen's private activities say that, wtth the aid of light and power furntshew by Un cle Sam, he has been able to underbid union printers for commercial work. PULLMAN STUDENTS IX MASS MEETING (Special DliDttcb to The Journal.) tiiliinan Wash.. Dec. 19 At a mass meeting of state college students held today in the assembly auditorium. R. C. McDaniel, president or the students' assembly, was electea to represent Waahlne-tnn State college at the con ference of northwestern colleges which is to be held at Seattle, uecemner z. The -urpose of this conference Is to ?ilace a more generally understood In erpretatlon on the conference rules gov erning Intercollegiate athletics among the conference colleges, which were adopted at Whitman college. Walla Walla, last year. Professor H. V. Carpenter, chairman of the faculty committee on athletics, will represent the faculty at the con ference at Seattle. Following the gen eral election, the classes met and elect ed representatives to confer with Pro fessor Carpenter and Mr. McDaniels res gardlng the wishes of the students. Those elected were: Seniors, R. M. Rader and J. H. McCroskey; Juniors, J. H. Montgomery and H. V. Wexler; sophomores, Cecil Cave; freshmen. Q. C. North. verting people to the Oregon Idea? Do you know that If you are not using It in that way you are missing opportuni ties of bringing people to the state? "Any community that does not spend its 'boom money with "the home paper is not wise. They are overlooking the best means known for building up a community. "Many cities and towns In Oregon are advertising for settlers, but none of the money as a rule finds its way into the coffers of the local paper. It goes to magaslnes and newspapers abroad, and the local paper Is entirely overlooked. But woe to the editor If he does not, without cost, tell in large type, with a bold head, about how much is to be paid for an ad in one Issue of some publi cation but little known, but with a smooth solicitor. And then the men who gave the money, and sometimes the men who spent It, wonder why the peo ple do not flock In. "Put your first money Into your local paper. Do It with pride and do It with confidence. Get the addresses of men with families who you think can be In duced to come to Oregon, and subscribe for the paper for six months, and when the first issue goes out, write and tell the recipient that you have a good town, good schools, good climate, good churches, good people and a tip-top newspaper, and that it has been ordered to his address for alx months without cost. Try a few doses of that medicine. Praise your paper. Praise your editor,- "How do you expect the editor to do the best work tha$ is In him if he Is not encouraged, supported and upheld? How do you expect him to praise the. town, praise the community -and praise you if vou are not , giving him decent support? Reform X Jteadad." "What would you do without vour newspaper? How long would it be, if your present paper should close down, until you would be flirting with some other newspaper man to come to your town, ana wnat promises you would hold out. but how you : would fall down after he got out his first Issue. I know all about you. I have .seen this thing worked to a frazsle in Oregon, and know that the newspaper man is, as a rule, the last paid, the poorest paid and the most grudgingly paid of all. "The people of Oregon need to reform along the publicity lines. ; They need to wake up and flnd'that the newspaper is 4e best friend any community has or can have, and need to learn that through the columns of the local press lie the - way to solid, substantial and permanent Improvement - in every city and town. . ' "Try my method.- .'Try it at once. Try here, in this very town, and you will find a different spirit will pre vail, a different sentiment will take root, and- that soon your town' will take on a new and a better growth than H. ever has In the past." Take your, family to the Perktna hotel grill for CUristmai tUmiax. ,1 - , . , EVENING, DECEMBER 19. TAFT'S LAW DU IS I'llCKERSHMJ According to a New York SourceIs Partner of Henry W.Taft. New York. Dec. 19. The World pub lishes aa anthorltattve the statement that George W, Wlckersham of this city has been slated for the position of at torney general in Taft' cabinet.. Wlck ersham belongs to the firm of which Henry Taft Is a member. Wickersham' office refused to make any statement on the 'subject , ? Washington, Dec. 1. There is much speculation regarding the choice of an attorney general by President-elect Taft following the official announce ment that Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania is to be the new sec retary of state. An authentic list of those being con sidered for attorney general Includes: Frank B. Kellogg, chief counsel for the government ' In the anti-trust cases; Charles Nagel of St. Louis, prominent attorney and Republican; Henry M. Hoyt of Ohio, solicitor general of the United States and college mate of Taft at Tale; George W. Wlckersham of New York, member of the firm of Strong and Cadwallader. with which firm Henry Taft, brother of the president elect, is associated; George A. Knight of California, who seconded the nom ination of Taft at Chicago and was on of the chief speaker at the great Taft rally at Madison Square. New York. An authentic list of those being con sidered for the commerce and labor portfolio includes: William R. Wheeler of California, at present assistant sec retary under Secretary Straus; William tjoeb, secretary to the president; Judge Richard A. Ballinger of Seattle. Wash., former commissioner of the general land office. M YHOJf tTFeREICK FOR THE TREASURY Augusta, Ga., Dec. 19. That former Governor Myron T. Herrick of Ohio Is slated to become secretary of the treas ury In the new administration is the latest report from the Taft camp today. SENATOR REED'S WILMS READ Estate Valued at .$150,000 Is Divided Among Many Relatives. (Special Dlapatch to The Journal.) North Yakima, Wash.. Dec. 1. The late Senator Walter J. Reed left an es tate valued at $150,000. The will was read in the presence of the family today. By its terms the widow, a brother and a sister are to share equally, while many other relatives receive legacies. The widow receives a half interest in the home in this city, all of Reed's stock in The Emporium, the big department store, valued at 111.000. and nis nve share In the Cle Elum bank. - The Cle Eium hospital is given 1 1000. Legacies totalling $10,000 are left to the rollowlnar relative: Mrs. n. K. Stafford, Portland, Maine; Mrs. Mark H. Rowan, Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Mrs. Thomas Kirkwood. Cleveland, Ohio, each getting $1000, and the remainder going to others in Washington, Oregon, unio, Pennsyl vania and Indiana. Mrs. Addle Reed, widow of a brother, gets $1000. Joseph Stelner of Ellensburg and Elmer Simpson of Cle Elum each Is remembered, Fred Btelner of Cle Elum, a brother of Mr. Reed s first wife, is given a ranch of 140 acres at Cle Elum. Fred and Walter Reed, sons of his deceased brother, John, and Emily Reed, daughter of D. C. Reed, share equally half of the home place. The balance of the estate Is shared equally by Mrs. Walter , J. Reed, the widow, Mrs. Joseph Steiher and D., C. Reed. The widow Is made the sole executrix of the estate. Mr. Repd was twice married. It Is said that the terms of the will were amicably settled some time before the senator's death. STATE BANK Bellingham People So Easy 4 That One Party Is Worked Twice. (Untied Preaa Leased Wlra Bellingham, Wash., Dec. 19. That there are still a good many easy marks in the world is Indicated by the re markable success of a well dressed stranger in passing ante-bellum state bank currency In Bellingham. The mer chants who have been worked by the stranger have been trying to keep the facts from the papers, but the secret service men have failed to And any trace of the man who passed the bill and the story is now public. The stranger started hla game by go ing to a dairy station, buying a quart of milk, tendering a $10 bill-and receiving the change. Then he went to a bakery, bought a loaf or bread for 6 cents and received $9.95 more in change. Encouraged at his success the man re turned to the bakery .and presented a $20 bill and again received good money in change. Other places were visited and the stranger had no difficulty In passing the old currency. The bills presented bore the stamp of the Bank of Georgia. THE DALLES-MOSIER HIGHWAY PROPOSED (Special Dispatch to The Journal. 1 The Dalles. Or., Dec. 19. A project for the. building of a first class high way between The Dalle and Mosler has been launched by a number of The Dalles business men. J. H. Golt, a local engineer, has gone over the ground and estimates that a road ran be constructed for a cost of about $5000, covering a distance of about 18 miles. The countv court will be urged to take action. Local automobile owners are also in terested In the enterprise. For a distance of seven miles the ohl O. R. & N. roadbed will be used, and with very little expense this can be converted Into onfr of the greatest speed ways on the coast. For this reason it is said that a large portion of the funds necessary to' Insure the completion of the road will be subscribed by automo blllsts. SUPERSEDEAS FOR CAPITOL GRAFTERS ' tlTiilted Freas Leaaed Wire.) Philadelphia, Dec 19. The. supreme court has granted a writ of . supersedeas to the defendants convloted and sen tenced in. connection with the capital graft. The ball In each case was fixed at $35,000. , . . MONEY GOOD 1808. COUnCIL LEFT FREE TO ACT ' ' - . -.:'. . Street Committee Refuses to Pass on Rival Paving Ordinances. Tha street committee of the council quickly disposed of three vexatious ordinances yesterday when It sent them to the council without recommendation. The measures In question are one of Councilman Kellaher fathering to make all corporations using overhead wire place them beneath the ground, one to grant the petition of a vitrified brick company to pave the newly cre ated assessment district in the northern pert of the city and one by the Belgian block advocates for paving practically the earns territory. W. M. Davis, for the geattle Brick company which I making a strong ef fort to secure favorable action on the vitrified' brick petition, hotly declared before the committee that his company has no agreement with local paving con cerns as to an apportionment of streets, and Insinuated that there is a combiner tlon between the paving companies and the stone block people to exciua the brick. He made this statement be cause the Warren Construction com pany and the Barber Asphalt company had agreed to let the stone block peti tioners have Dart of streets on which they had already obtained contracts In oraer mat me improvement tniuuguuui th dliitrlet ahauld be uniform. There will be no change of grade on the East Stark street improvement. Thi committee voted to let the contract on the present grades as the majority of the property owners had asked that this be done. ... PrnrMulliim an the extension of Alns worth, avenue were discontinued at the request of the school board which showed that the proposed Improve ment would cut two room off the Ockley Green school house. REGISTER AT ' NORTH YAKIMA President Appoints Harry Y. Saint ;. Also Namfes Postmasters. trr . , ... TV-a 10 PiMnt Roosevelt today made the following; ap- VBBllinKiuii. . . x ui.. tv. lonA nttr at North Yakima, Wash., Harry Y. Saint postmasters vy imam j. ri. Lebanon. Or.; J. E. Bosley, Falls City, Or.; Merrltt A. Baker, Weston. Or.; I W. Shurtliff, Ogden, Utah, William P. Ely, Kelso, Wash. 1 AT THE THEATRES Louis James In "Peer Grnt." The favorite actor, Louis James, sup nnrtAri bv Annie James and an excep tionally good company, will present Henrlk Ibsen's great play, "Peer Oynt." at the Hellig theatre for three nights, beginning next xnursaay. uecemoer z Rose Stahl Tomorrow Xight. The attraction at the Hellig theatre for four nights, beginning tomorrow, will be the charming actress, Rose Stahl, and her excellent company of players In the interesting comedy, "The unorus xaoy. Last Time Tonight. The Blunkall company close Its very successful season at the Lyric the atre tonight in that very beautiful rural comedy 'Indiana Romance." New com pany next week In "The Night Before Christmas." . ' , He's Whole Show. Kmtle Subers. the black face comedian annearlhar at Pantagea theatre this week is one of the greatest laugh producers in vauaeviue. rus wit is original, ana his Dleasinar manner brings him instant ly Into the good graces of the audience. Last Time Tonight. The last performance of the Baker stock company's beautiful production, The Rose of the Rancho." will be given at the Bungalow theatre tonight. Thi will close a big two wees- run wnicn has taxed the capacity of the theatre at every performance. Murray and Mack at the Baker. Tonight will be the last appearance here of the olever funmakers Murray and Mack, who have been pleasing large audiences all week at the Baker. Their piece "The Sunny Side of Broadway was written by the author, of "Paid la Full." "In Wyoming" at the Star. Tonlcrht for the last time, this week' success at the Star "In Wyoming" may be seen. No drama so true in construc tive oroaress. so life like In emotional fidelity, so deep in pathos. "In Wyoming" at the Star. 1 Tonight for the last time, this week's success at the Star. "In Wyoming," may be seen. - It is a drama life-like In emo tional fidelity, deep in pathos and rich in quaint humor. Sunday at the Grand. An entertainment such as finds vau deville at its best la at the Orand this week. Those who have not yet listened to the Royal Musical Five or seen the Dowlings and Dolph and Levine, should attend tomorrow. Fonda, Dell and Fonda at Orpheum. The trio of . Fonda, Dell and Fonda are remarkable experts in the passing. juggling, swinging and catching of clubs and much of their work are origi nal creations and novel. No act of this nature haa ever been seen before that has been so- accurate and dexterous. ; Killed by Stone. Butte, Mont, Dec. 19. A strange tragedy occurred 2000 feet beneath the frround. In the Never Sweat mine, early ast evening, when William Redmond, a miner, was struck beneath the heart by a chance stone which fell front above, and staggering to the open, cried. "I'm done for boys," and gasped his last. SHOWS PROFIT IN POULTRY BUSINESS A forceful article on The Poultry Industry In Oregon,' ia the leading fea ture of the December number of the Chamber of Commerce Bulletin. ' In this article the commercial profit to the state Id keeping here the money that is now annually paid out to the mid dle western states for poultry and egg is authoritatively Illustrated. There are some excellent bulletin from the O. A. C and an article on -onion grow- v..' This Xs Wortn Xeadlaf. - Leo F. Zellnskl, of $8 Gibson street. Buffalo, N. T., says: "1 cured the most annoying rbld sore I ever had with Bucklen e Arnlra Salve. I applied thl salve once a day for two day, when every trace ef the sore ' Wa gone." Heals all sore. Sold under guarantee at Woodard, Clark & Co. drug store. JSC ,': - -". - ! - ii . 1 ...iMjmmjsn ing by A. J.- Fan no, prealdunt of thm confederated onion, growers' association. An interesting line of thought Matthea, vice consul 'at Portland for I'n. N.lhtrlatii!. .S t Vt mraa w rT.nt.l market for American made good wlilcb. i supplied . ny trie European trade, but which could be had for the T'nltei States If the -effort were made to get It, with epeclal relation to the npixir- tunltr ahlfh nffr. ftw tha XA,,11 northwest.-- . Other readable article make up valuable Issue.. BOTH DOCTORS PRESCRIBED IT Mrs. J. H. Juvans of New Caatle. Pa., sends us a long letter asking advice, (she has Diabetes and did not feel that she was getting sufficient result from Fulton's Diabetes Compound. r She says: "I suppose it is partly my fault can't keep the, diet and wantwl to change to a physician here; but mv husband insisted on my continuing with tn compound a it has done me sa much good." . one aaya mat ner pnysician in cam -bridge 8prlngs, Pa., told her that It was no use treating her any longer and that he was going to put her on Fulton' Diabetes Compound, as he had heard unusual things of it and was going to try It on himself. She commenced to gain strength immediately; was able in a couple or month to do her own work. She says that a doctor in Struthera,' Ohio, told her if she had not had It too long that she wa curable. This caused her to take the matter up with him. when she was surprised to learn that he wa using Fulton a Diabetes Compound too and that that was the bast of hi treatment. She was - thus on Fulton's Diabetes Compound bv her doctor's advice when, another physician wanted to put her on the same treatment. Aa we have said over and over, the physicians of the country are gradu ally adopting and prescribing the only known specifics for inflammation of tha kidneys, Brlght's Disease and Diabetes. For Brlght's and kidney diseases Ful ton's Rlnal Compound is the one used. For Diabetes Fulton's Diabetes Cora pound. . Free literature mailed to any address. Write Jno. J. Fulton Co, (910 Ban Pablo ave., Oakland, C&l. ' t. Skidmora Drug Co.. 151 Third fit SPECIAL Preparation have been msde on the part of the management to entertain th multitude of school children who are expected at the Exposition building to morrow to visit the Siberian . Eskimo Village An exhibition that Is bound to make a hit with everyone, young or old. Tha exhibition will appeal especially to stu dents of natural history. - The accommodation are such that large crowd can bG'Sfccommodated with perfect ease. . , SEE The natives In their skin parkas. The little Eskimo haby In Its coat of furs. (The Implements of Industry and of tha hunvupon which the native' livelihood depends. SEE The strangest collection of human be ings ever exhibited in this city. . Animated pictures of the Northland, stereoptlcon views of northern life, de picting the strange realities of nature. SEE A thousand practical instruments prac tically unknown to a civilised com munity. BOOBS OFEK 1 F. S. TM1 T Exposition Bldg. BZWXTEEXrTB AITD WASH. 0T8. r.. m ; . iut 1 . FOR There Is nothing so beautiful. or accepta ble as jewelry. See the elegant assort ment of Christmas novelties 'at the "Style Store." ' v EASTERN r PUTFITTING CO. Cor. Wash, and Tenth - snore ' Whsrs' Credit' Zs Oood. ? I Ths i I Tour I .... .j r j . -- , ii - '" "" ' " tr. w. A. wis. OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE Should remember ihat our force 1 orgamaed that WE CAN DO THF.TH ENTIRE CROWN, BRIDGE AND t., . t t . Tfra w iv a nA v it nv...... Positively rainless Extraction ft when plates or bridge are nrri-i, WE REMOVE THE MOST HFVSlTlVil TEETH AND RXTfl WITHOUT Til,) LEAST PAIN. NO 8TTTPKNTS; no un- ..ntv hut KI'Fl'Ur.ISTI who th. ninat sclent Iflo and cartful work. WISE DENTAL CO., Ire Dr. W. A. "Wis. Mgr., Jl yr In Portland. fs-OTv1 fl.xir. Failing , Third and Washington jr- m. i - hours. 8 a m. to p. m. ny. t 1 p. m. PrIh! ei(rl !nir ( , .i . , S up. Phone A anl Ma:.-j . .. j.