REPORT OF CONCRETE
EXPERTS ASSAILED
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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
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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
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Credit' Zs Oood.
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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.