The Oregon daily journal., January 23, 1909, Page 2, Image 2

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ' SATURDAY" EVENING, JANUARY 23, V 1909.
Oil! FAILS
0 KEEP HER
W. B. Jlersereau, Wealthy
Timberman, Given Judg
ment , in Federal Court
fAgainst the Woman Who
Sued Him for, Large Sura.
Judgment on tH pleadings of W. B.
Mersere&u. a "wealthy tlmberman. sued
by Mlas Helga Farrett for 160.009 dam
ages in April, for 11550 was . allowed
against the plaintiff by Judge Wolver-
ton In the United States elrcult court
this morning; In the complaint Miss
Farrett a subject sf - the king of
Sweden, alleged seduction and made
other sensational accusations. The
arentina- of the judgment on the plead'
Inns asked for by the defendant wipes
the original complaint from the court
docket.
In the defendant's answer to the
complaint of Mies Farrett all allega
tions were denied, and Mersereau sets
out affirmatively that to save himself
the notoriety and annoyance and dis
tress to his family of the false charges
which the plaintiff threatened to make,
that he had paid her certain sums of
money at different times, taking; abso
l.ite release from her each time. In
one release there was an agreement
that If Helga Farrett ever sued or an
noyed him again she would pay htm
1 back the money lie had up until then
paid to her.. - -
Mersereau answered that the present
action was a breach of the agreement
between the two and that- as she had
not adherred to the understanding she,
the plaintiff, owed the defendant. Merse
reau $11550. A demand for Judgment
on the pleadings was made in the fed
eral court by It M. Ssterly, Mersereau '
attorney, January I. The plaintiff was
allowed an extension of 10 days In
which to make a reply. This time hav
ing expired today. Mr. Esterly moved
Judge Wolverton for. Judgment on the
pleadings.
" M." J. McMahenr attorney for the
plaintiff, said he had transmitted sll
Information and eopies of papers to
Mijs Farrett who is now in New York,
but ss she had made no reply to him
he did not therefore oppose the grant
ing of the Judgment - '
Miss Farrett is under a state Indict
ment returned some time ,ago, on a ;
charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon, the case having; resulted with
: trouble with a son of the timber dealer.
The charges preferred against Mer
sereau were alleged to have been com-'
mltted in New York and were most
sensational in character. Miss Farrett
. among other accusations, claimed that
' she had been wronged while a guest at
the defendant's home. Afterward he
moved to Portland, she followed him
and later the proceedings for $60,000
damages were filed in the federal court
In Portland.
CITY E3IPL0YMENT ,
- BUREAU IS A FACT
Within the next three or four days
the free municipal employment bureau
will be running in full blast at the
cltv hall, where Councilman Rushllgnt
spent the whole morning today In malt
ing arrangements for the establishment
of the office. Hundreds of men tem
porarily out of employment will wel
come the advent of the new departure
In city offices, as will scores Of manu
facturers and contractors who find the
labor problem a difficult one to handle.
The city officials believe that the
presence of the free bureau will drive
' out of the city many of- the unscrupu
lous agents who have been preying upon
workmen for years past and that the
question of granting licenses will not
again have to be fought out in the
council. ---.-
SETS OFF FIRECRACKERS
OUT OF HOURS
- Though the oriental who was arrested
last evening gave his birthplace ae
Cores and not China, he had taken the
opportunity to make a lot of noise in
celebration of Chinese New Year's. But
Harry Young, the name he gave, did
not look at his watch before he set
off a large bunch of firecrackers on
Second street so he was brought to
the police station for discharging fire
works out of the hours of the day in
which the spirits may be propitiated
according to the ancient rites.
RED COW WITH A
' POLICE MOST
This is the sorrowful tale of a red
cow that didn't like tho looks of man
kind. She is dead now. - She can make
no protest against publicity being given
: her wanderings and the manner of her
death. '
The red cew broke out of tho corral
, of the Behwartschild Sulsberger com-
panv. at the old Zimmerman plant In
South Portland, last night She got
j on the track of the Yamhill division,
and an engine hit her on the flank.
The engine, being a few pounds heav
ier than the cow, was not seriously
injured, but the red cow suffered a
bruised, flank.
Karly this morning the cow started
out to avenge her wrongs. She ehssed
a letter carrier at Front and Lincoln
streets, and sent a lot of children home
scampering. The police department
was notified, and Officers C A. Inskeen
and Bigelow were sent in pursuit The
red cow bellowed and ran around ;n
circles, but kept away from tho police
men. For an hour complaints of the on
slaughts of tho angry cow kept tho po
BOTTLE IN WIFE'S
: LOW J. KARO: HE
After sn experience that has lasted
nine years Jacob Karo has come to the
conclusion that his wife Fanny has
some traits that render her altogether
an unlovely and unpleasant person to
live with, and be would tike to quit'
In hla complaint In the divorce pro
cwrtlna filoil.ln the circuit court the
husl.and charges his wife with having,
vert years aun'when the honeymoon
1 ad hardly wimed, threatened to poison
Mm. Four years aao she hit him over
the head with murderous Intent and a
bUle and laid him out senseless, and
while he was thus at hrr m.-w inuwd
heriM-if by throwing china dishes at his
heart.
tin another occasion the gentle wife
threw a burning lamp mte the counte
nance of her lord and master, severely
ll if .11 ft is were V.. I .,.
tKe rv 1 a at the Karo house are not all
t r j-hmiid be. Jaooh stirpes that he
a i-i.'erer from ISrlghVs tliseaae and
1
A A
TIMBER OWIIERS
FILE PROTEST
Object to BeaUs, Bill Now
- Pending Before State
. ' Legislature.
' Practically every ' resident owner of
Oregon timber lands was present at a
mestlng held this afternoon at the
Commercial club to protest against the
Beals bill, which has already paased the
Oregon house of representatives, re
garding the filing of cruisers state
ment. , a
The measure, which is now before the
state senate, provwes in enoci . um
each owner of timber lands In the state
be compelled to file with the auditor of
the county in which the land la located
the reports of cruisers as to the true
quantity and quality of timber, togeth
er with a sworn statement attesting to
the accuracy of such reports. To pro
vide means for the assessment of the
properties In their true value is the
purpose or tne mil.
Owners of timber lands object to the
Kill m. Lnlv KaratlM Of the DUbllcltV SUOI1
filing would give to the true value of
their properties, nuunuuiunK ium
publicity would mean the loss of thou
sand, and perhaps millions, of dollars
to them. y . - '
"Oftentimes It Is necessary 'or lis to
keep the real value of timber properties
out of the limelight," said Lewi Mont
gomery of the firm of Mann & Mont
aromery. who la one of the fathers of the
movement antagonistic to the bill. We
do not Intend making publlo information
which has coat us large sums of money
to secure; we do not Intend giving it to
our business rivals iree or cnarge.
"w will fitrht the bill at every turn.
and if It is passed wo will take the mat
ter into the supreme court."
These .were renerally the sentiments
of all those who attended the meeting.
"If the different counties want to find
out the value of our timber lands so
they ran assess them with regard to
their true value, let them ssnd cruisers
out and get their own reports," said one.
The timDermen assen mat meir an
tagonism toward the bill is not caused
by reason or tne taci mai meir assess
ments under the Beals law. based on the
cruisers' reports, might, be somewhat
higher than now.
MYSTERIES OF
GRAFT BARRED
Arrest of Lavender Peddler
- Puts Portland Police
- Wise to Game.
All the mysteries Of a bogus deaf
mute were laid bare yesterday by the
examination made of the possessions of
George A. Schemmel, wno was arrested
t Kvnth RnA Washtnston Thursday
toy Detectives Hellyer and Moloney anl
sentenced to ltu days on the rocg pus
by Judge Van Zanto this morning.
- j. am a aeai mute, i mass my living
by selling this useful article. It is a
good prevention or moms ana insects.
Lavender Blossoms. . Prices: "Whst
vou can rive." Such was the inscrip
tion of a rubber stamp, which, together
witn a oox or envelopes, was rouna in
Schetnmell's room in a cheap hotel. ,.
Schemmel! was picked up on suspicion
and searched thoroughly. Not a scrap
of paper could be found which gave.
tne location or nis room, ana it was
the contents of this room that the offi
cers wished particularly to see. To
show that nothing was concealed under
his hatband, Schemmell turned out tho
band, but Detective Hellyer fancied he
saw a suspicious motion of the deft
fingers Making Schemmell open his
hand, the officer found a baggage check
giving the location of the room. The
bogus mute was cleverly palming this
Into his pocket when caught.
' ' Among the roan's possessions were a
number of hat checks, which would en
able him to beat his way on trains by
fooling the eonductors. There was alu
a bottle of yen-shee. the refuse of an
opium pipe, and a Masonic book whlcti
Schemmell was apparently studying so
that he could pretend to belong to that
order.
On the back of an unsigned letter
containing what Is believed to be the
names and addresses of ex-convicts, are
these few frank words of advice from
this unknown friend: Hoping these few
lines will do you good and Keep away
from the boose and don't talk and you
ought to have $600 or fSOO by fall if
you don't bo a hog about 12 a day and
don't let any one know that you were
on before. Take it slow, breaking tn
and .don't take any unless crowded and
there Is no -chance of getting caught"
Schemmell declared hla partner was
the "deaf mute" mentioned, but be was
unable to point out this pal to the
officers. -,
Journal want ads. le a word.
GROUCH GIVES
STRENUOUS TIME
lice telephones busy. Finally the red
cow came near the city hall, and the
operators of the fire department tele
phones in the basement closed all the
windows and barricaded the doors.
By this time a fair sized crowd was
following the cow and gleefully watch
ing the troubles of the two policemen.
Several employes of the Schwarsschild
Sulsberger company were also on
the scene. The officers fired several
ineffectual shots, but thouah more than
one bullet struck her. eye witness-
say, the red cow simply flirted her tail
ia increased wrath and dared her per
secutors to do It again.
When a rope had been thrown over
her neck, and the fractious cow had
fallen to her .knees in a mad break for
liberty, Officer Inskeep fired several
bullets into a vital part of her body,
and the poor red cow rolled over- dead,
while the crowd hooted the policeman.
'The remains of the red cow laid in
state at Fifth and Madison, by the cor
ner of the city hall, for some time, but
at last were removed by the pound
master to that far haven from whence
no cow,' rea or otherwise, ever returns,
HANDS LAID
WANTS DIVORCE
Is obliged to diet himself. He explained
this to his wife and asked that she
would nrenatre the meals accordlnrlv.
but she told him that if her cooking
did not satisfy him be could go te a
restaurant, or, ir no preierreo. to m
tropical country not often mentioned in
polite society. " .'
- Adding insult te injury,- Mrs. Karo. ae
cording to the allegations of her hus
band, ia tn the habit- of using vile and
abuaive language to- him and to their
two children, aged and 4 years, reapec
Uvely, and has repeatedly told other
people that she does not love her hus
band, but only lives with him because
he provide a good home for her.
All these things, Mr. Karo thinks,
render her an unfit person to-have the
custody of the children, and he asks the
court in granting the divorce asked for
to give him the eustody of th offspring
of the unhappy marriage. The couple
were married In San Francisco January
16, 18S, - j
WAVES OVER
LEVEES' I0PS
California Streams .Carry
Flood Down and High
Wind Piles It Up.
Sacramento, Cat.. Jan. 28. Twltchell
Island Is Inundated end other Islands at
the junction of the Sacramento and San
Joaauin rivers are sllshtlv flooded.
where the water Is under the pressure
or a high southwest wind, which fans
the waves over tho levee tops. :
Lower Sherman and' Venice Islands
are submerged and the levees are weak
ening under the continued pounding of
me weier.
Rio Vista island Is Inundated' and
household goods have been removed to
the second floors of dwellings. , The
water Is still rising at this point
r The San. Joaquin delta Is safe as
long, as the Brannan levee holds, but
this levee may go out at any moment
as it has been greatly weakened by the
xiooas oi tne past weeav .
"WW SQUAD
PUT III
By an order coated late yesterday
afternoon. Chief OrtUmacher has ap
parently sounded the knell of the so
sailed moral squad in the police depart
ment, for all the officers who nave
been doing special Sleuth work in rout
ing out me.iormer inmates or. me
north end houses from their new
habitats are ordered back Into uniform.
As Chief Grltsmacher is 111 at his
home today. It is not known whether
the crusade against lodging houses of
questionaDie reputation win continue.
Three houses have been raided and ar
rests made. Convictions, so far as
the police (court is concerned, nave neen
secured In the cases of the Hotel Van
Noy, Third and Pine, and the Kings
ton. Third and Taylor, where the
specif lo charge was that of larceny.
The case of the owners and manager
nf tha Cadlllan ia still nendina. It is
possible that the charge against Miss
Anna uiary win do aismissea. .
A, number of changes are made by
the 'new order. Officer Tennant who
has been working as a regular detective
for several months, Is put in uniform
In the second night relief. Officers
West and Whiteside, two new officers
who have been active In Investigating
lodging bouses, are also ordered into
uniform an I h same - relief. Officers
Graves, Anundaon and Johnson, experi
enced officers, who have likewise been
concerned In . Investigating the con
ditions existing In such places as the
Hotel Van Nov and the Kingston, will
by the new order, also don uniforms
and report for duty-as patrolmen.
Originally 10 men . were detailed Jo
watch the former Inmates of the north
end when the houses of 111 fame in
that aarttnn of tha cltv were ordered
closed. The number was gradually re
duced until only three men. Graves,
Anundson and Johnson, were doing this
work regularly. ,
Investigation by police officers In
plain clothes have resulted in the dis
covery of conditions in several lodging
houses so Immoral that convictions were
not difficult to secure. The. keepers
of these houses have been prosecuted
under a state Charge, and It seems
probable that if the police department
takes no further Interest tn cleaning
out such places the district attorney s
off Ics-will itself procure the necessary
information and fUe charges against
the owners and managers.
ASK CONGRESS TO
PAY BELUS TRIP
ipiMnelM Af th nronoaed tournev of
the Liberty Bell to the Portland Rose
festival and other Pacific coast expo
itiom nevt summer will bs laid before
congress with a view of making It an
event or national import. m
Francisco Million club has advised the
nininniMt of the festival that that
organisation has already taken the mat
ter up with Senators Flint and Perkins
and Congressmen Hayes and Kahn of
the California delegation to tne nationm
legislature. They are to be asked to
Introduce a Joint resolution In both
houses asking for an appropriation of
from $10,000 to $16,000 to defray the
expenses of the bell and Us guard of
honor on the long Journey.
Today the festival Is preparing let
ra f a aim tier imoort to the members
of the Oregon congressional delegation.
And In addition to mis tne Aiaaaa-Yukon-Paclfio
exposition management
will be aked to take the matter up
with the Washington senators and con
gressmen, so that the national repre
sentatives of the three Pacific Slope
states may work together to get tha
appropriation. -
While this appropriation , would not
be available this year. If It were al
lowed. It would be a -simple tmng lor
the festival and the various other or
ganizations on the coast, together with
the various important cities where the
bell would atop on the way to finance
the tour and wait till the federal ap
propriation were available for their re
muneration. ,
It has been suggested that .In addi
tion to the regular guard of honor
which- accompanies the great historic
ratio on Its -trips, there should be de
tailed by the war department an orri
eer and a squad of one or the other
of the arms of the service to act as-aa
special guard.
MAY REVISE
TIME CARD
The change In the time card on the
O. R. N. between Portland and Spo
kane, which was scheduled to go Into
effect tomorrow, will "do so. but sub
ject to further revision during tb
week. No. , which leaves Portland at
o clock, will not be changed- for the
? resent but No. 4, which now leaves at
o'clock, will leave at 7:30 p. m. and
reach Snokane at 9:30. a. m. Coming
west No. t will leave Spokane at 7:30
p. m. and reach Portland at s:30. The
time of No. I ia cut half an hour by
this change. The east-bound train will
carry four Pullmans out of Portland;
ths resular Walla Walla standard, the
regular Spokane Standard, the Spokane
tourist ana a BDoaane stanaara nv wav
of Pleasant Valley and Colfax. .
The regular Spokane sleeper, which
former) v went out on No. S. will now
be carried by Is'o. 4.
BELIEVES ATTEMPT
- WAS MADE ON LIFE
Sookane. Wash.. Jan. II. C. V. Huck.
a clerk In ths Carr Employment agency
of Spokane, narrowly escaped death be
neath a heavy box filled with cinders
thrown from four stories above. Huck
believes that an attsmpt on his life wss
made by the Dartiea interested In tha
riot at the Red Cross Employment agen
cy. -a few days ago.
During this riot, the furnishings of
the Red Cross agency were demolished.
Many employment agency signs have
been tors down and smashed, and others
marred with hurled rocks and smeared
with offal from the streets in the last
few day a c .
COOS BAY SVJEPT
BY F.TOIJSTER TIDE
Lowlands Are Covered With
From Four to Six Feet
of Water.
(SBctl Dispatch to The Journal.)
Marahfleld, Or., Jan. 23. As a result
of one of the highest tides In Coos Bay
in the last quarter of ' a century,' all
of ths lowland about the bay Is cov
ered witn. lour to six ieet or water.
Points that have not been -inundated in
the memory of even many old residents
are far under water and lor a- time
many residents feared they might be
compelled to move out
. Owing to the high water, the C A.
Smith mill "was unable to resume op
erations. The pumping station of the
mill vas put out of commission Wednes
day. The mill site Is practically sur
rounded by water but no damage was
done aaioe Trora trie stopping or wora.
Coupled with the season high tide,
the elements have Joined and made It
much higher. The strong wind that
has prevailed caused heavy swells and
the constant rain has flooded all the
creeks and Inlets emptying into the
Day.,
The' North Bend mill, old town mill
and the sash and door factory at
North Bend were Compelled to shut
down, their rumaoes oeing xioeaeo.
High Tide aX Wsirenton.
(Special Disoetcs te The JoersaD
Warrenton, Or., Jan. 2$. Extreme
high tides the last two days, caused by
high winds outside ths Columbia river
bar, have resulted in considerable dam
age to the dykes about the city. Rall-
roaa trains nai aiao suiiereu m
number of small washouts have occur
red between this city and Astoria.
KROVE TAKES
PATH TUESDAY
May Be Sworn Aboard Car
and Return South Im
mediately. Olvmnia: Wash.. Jan. ti. Governor-
elect .Cosgrove will be Inaugurated
here next Tuesday " forenoon, ac
cording to the program outlined
here today. Howard Cosgrova left
this morninr for Portland to meet
his father, after completing arrange
ments for receiving the governor here.
It ia noaalbls tho Inauguration will take
8 lace in the special car bringing Mr.
osgrove, and that immediately af fer the
ceremonies the return trip to Paso Ro
bles will begin. There is two Inches of
snow on the ground and the forecast
promises more cold weather.
Both houses of the legislature ad
journed yesterday to Monday.
VALLEY FLOODS
REACH LIMIT
. i
Willamette Commences to
Recede and Columbia
Also Going Down.
After reaching a' height of 20 . feet
above low tide along the local water
front, the Willamette river has com
menced to recede. It Is believed the
water will drop slowly until it reaches
the normal stage for this time of the
year.
Reports from all over the valley In
dicate a falling In the flood and Weather
Forecaster Beals has announced that the
river will recede to IB feet by Sunday.
The water has gone down two feet at
The Dalles. It is falling at Vaucouver
and all along the Columbia.
All river navigation has been re
sumed. The O. R.. & N. steamboat T. 3.
Potter, In service between Portland nnd
Astoria, left down this morning after
being laid up since the beginning of the
Cold spell.
The docks along- the waterfront are
still flooded, but the water will prob
ably be off. If prophecies count for any
thing, very soon. No more damage la
expected from tha streams. -
I
TO
PRACTICE HERE
Edward A Lundberg, the Chicago
corporation counsel whose ' sudden dis
appearance from tha Windy City is
said to be causing United States -district
attorneys who ars conducting the
Investigation into the beef trust some
considerable concern. Is really en rute
to Portland, where he will engage In
the practice of law.
While In Portland several months ago
In the Interests of Schwarxschild 4 Suls
berger, by whom he was then employed,
Mr. Lundberg purchased considerable
property and made arrangements with
L. A McNary, an attorney with offices
in the Chamber of Commerce building,
to enter into a law partnership under
the firm name of McNary & Lundberg.
Mr. McNary said today that be expeoted
Mr. Lundberg to arrive in m day or
so.
Mr. Lundberg, who Is about $4 years
of age, during the 11 years he has
practiced law, has been prominent in
Chicago and the middle west as a
corporation' lawyer of exceptional abil
ity. For several years he has been em
ployed by packing concerns. From 108
to 1S07 he was associated with A. H.
Veeders in the employ of Swift 4b Co.,
and was prominent In the beef trust in
vestigation of 1906 as one of the coun
sel for the defense. ' -. j
Chicago dispatches say that the dis
appearance of Mr. Lundberg together
with the report that at least one of
the large packing concerns had burned
.its records, has given a new turn to
the beef trust inquiry.
WIRELESS PEOPLE
PROCLAIM VICTORY
Officials of the United Wireless Tele
graph company, which has a wireless
station in Portland, are much elated
over the success of their stations In
transmitting messages during the re
cent storm when many of the wire com
panies' lines were down. The wireless
compsny during the storm handled much
of the wire companies business for Pa
cific coast and Alaska points. With the
exception of one broken aerial, which
was repaired within half an hour, the
wireless company was not Inconveni
enced by the snow and wind.
, - Electric Dragoo Spits Fire. -
The big metallic tsfgn of the Dragon
restaurant 141-14 Seventh street be
came charged with . electricity, at mid
night as the result of a crossed wire,
snd the firemen were called out when
the flashes of flame was seen.. The
damage was nominal. -
D
BILLS TAGGED
ETJERGEIICY"
:-,t J;rU
Aggregate Carried by Such,
to Date, la $125,000
Governor Opposes.
By Journal Leased Ssalem Wlra.)
: Salem, Or., Jan. Bills appropriat
ing llSB.OOO-.pendlng before the present
legislature eon tain the emergency clause
exempting them from the referendum,
One of these is the Barrett bill provid
ing for the extension of the portage road
at Celllo and appropriating $7S,000 for
the work; anotner Is ths scalp bounty
bill, carrying an appropriation of $40.
000, while the third Is the bill Intro
duced by Representative Brady for the
relief of the sufferers in Italy and car
rying an appropriation of $10,000. These
are all definite appropriations, while
there are several ethers carrying money
provisions which have been furnished
with the emergency clause. There are
aiso otners wnicn carry no appropria
tions, but nevertheless have ths emer
gency clause attached. ' s.
In. several of these bills' the emer
gency provision has been added without
thought and out of a desire to have the
provisions of the bill become effective
as soon as possible Among these is the
soaip oountv bill, wblcb was introduced,
yesterday br the eastern Ore iron dele
Satlon and whloh had been originally
rafted with an emsre-enev olause. Later
It had been Intended to remove the
clause, but this was overlooked. Spon
sors for the measure say they will omit
the clause as soon as the bill goes into
oommittee. v
The old members of the legislature
are not the ones, for the most part who
are putting the ' emergency clause on
their bills, for they remember that It
has been the practice of the governor to
veto such measures when thev are not
olearly and definitely for the preserva
tion or tne peace, neaitn or safety oi
the nubile. The arovernor has taken tha
position In the veto messages he has
written in the past that the people of
the state are entitled to a vote upon
appropriations, and that It. is not right
for emergency clauses to be attached
to ordinary bills, thus harHnsr the oner.
atlon of the referendum.
Some of the bills which have been In
troduced -and are now pending before
the two houses and which carrv emer
gency clauses are as follows;
XJst of JSmsrreney BUesares.
House bill 21 Bv Barrett, foe tha a.
tension of the nortae-a road and mnrn.
priatlng $76,000. .
House bill 27 By Miller, providing
for an amendment to the code by which
all civil suits shall be filed in counties
wnere at least one of the defendants
lives.
House bill 88 Bv Bradv. nrOvldlne- an
appropriation of $10,600 for the relief
or tne eartnquage aurrerers in Italy.
House bill 101 By Rusk, to quiet tills
to a tract of land.
House bill 110 Bv Bedilllnn. raHn
the office of deputy assessor for Coos
county and fixing his salary. y
Senate bill 21 Bv Hart, eraatln ffva
Justices for tho supreme court
nenate dih 17 y psrrlsh. raising tho
salary of the sheriff of Grant county.
Senate bill 18 Bv Parrlsh. flvlnr th
salary of the treasurer of Orant county.
Senate bill 87 By Cole; providing that
certificates of health shall be furnished
ueiors marriage iioensea can De issued.
DR. F0ULKES HOME
FROM CALIFORNIA
Rev. William Hiram Fnulkea. who
was obliged to rest from his ministerial
work for a few weeks on aecount of ill
health, has returned from southern
California feeling quite recovered and
eager to oe at worn again.
"It seems mia-htv rood to be back."
said Dr. Foulkes, "although I have been
in a cnarming piace, rteuiet, . near Han
Jacinto, and enjoyed my first view of
the southern countrv. It was nleaaant
to be able to send home a box of oranges
mat 1 naa picKca myseix.
"I brasrged about our winter climate
and told them we never had It so cold
in Portland It was 21 degrees above
zero that day but the next day when
the papers came in they brandished one
in my race .ana saia: isow now about
your winter climate,' and I had noth
ing more to say."
Dr. Foulkes will be in his pulpit to
morrow, holding communion service In
the morning. In tha evening he will
preach on "Home-Coming," a topic sug
gested by some Incidents of his recent
trip.
m I 1 Household
. sBiasBs
51500 FOR HER:
lOSDAIID'S LIFE
Nancy A. Smith of. Salem
Files Suit Against P. E
L. & P. Company.
- (By Journal teased Balea Wire.) :
Salem. Jan. !. Nancy A. .Smith, ad
mlnlstratrix of the estate of DaVld A.
Smith, her husband,-filed an action in
the circuit court for Marion county this
afternoon against the Portland Railway,
Light A Power oompany for $7600 dam
ages. David A.- Smith was killed Octo
ber 28, on Commercial street, in Salem,
by being run over by a streetcar be
longing to the Portland Railway; com
pany. W. M. Kaiser and M. E. Pogue, two
saiem attorneys, are conducting tne
case for Mrs. Smith. Thev allege that
the street railway' company was negll-
ffent In not providing a lawful or rella
le fender, that the brake, was unsafe
and insecure, and that ths car was be
ing run over a wet and slippery track
at a reckless and highly dangerous rate
of speed. .. . .
The law provides that the fenders
must exiena two rest in xroni 01 tne
car, and they must, not' be more than
three Inches above' the rati, which pro
vision the attorneys for Mrs. Smith say
was not- comnlled with. It is further
set forth that the fender was not so at
tached so as o be easuy soeessiois to
the motorman or other Derson In charse
of the car. -
Smith was killed on a rainy night in
October. His leg was almost severed.
He received a scalp wound and internal
injuries, which, combined with the loss
of blood, caused his death within a few
hours after the accident
P0KTLAND ENGINEER
GETS TACOMAT JOB
' Frank C. Kelsey, a,1 well known civil
engineer of Portland, has been employed
bv the Tacoma city council to design
and superintend the construction of the
municipal power plant which that city
is preparing to build on the Ulsquelly
river, .at a cost 01 z,uuu,vuu.
Mr. Kelsev la to receive an annual
salar of 16000, snd he will be employed
two, and probably three, years in con
structing the plant -
He leaves for Tacoma tomorrow night
for the purpose of conferring with Ta
coma city officials relative to begin
ning the survsy and the preparation of
certain ordinances to be passed before
the actual work of construction can be
gin. -
Mr. -Kelsey lias been a resident of
Portland for three years, coming here
from Salt Lake cltv. where he was for
five years city engineer. He Is now
superintending the construction of power
plants at MCMinnvuie, Asniana ana Eu
gene. He has been engaged in this class
of work on the Paolflc coast for a. num
ber of years. -.
TELLS HUSBAND NOT
TO LOOK FOR HER
Leaving behind her a note In which
she said that It would be useless for
her husband to try to find her, Mrs.
Charles 11. Davenport left her home at
24$H Sherman street yesterday morning
Mr. Davenport has reported to the
police. v .
The strangest part of her leave taking
Is that just before she disappeared Mrs.
Davenport took her little daughter to
the home of a neighbor and asked that
it be eared for until she returned, which
would be very soon, she said. -
Mrs. Davenport Is a good looking
young wpman. 21 years old. Her hus.
band has asked the police to help him
find her. He declares that his wife
has committed suicide. .
SUICIDE MAY BE
A VANCOUVER MAN
j 1 ,
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 1$. Chief of
Police Secrist has received word by tel
ephone from - Aberdeen, Wash., that a
man named John Cunningham, or John
Morey, committed suicide st that place.
By the ' authorities of Aberdeen It Is
thought the dead man was at one time
a resident of Vancouver, but so far no
one can be located here who knew him.
When he committed suicide Cunningham
was wearing a pair of shoes purchased
at Donnegan's shoe store of this city.
That's what you can do if you read Journal Want
Ads not once in a while, when you happen to think of .
it, but every day. For . the day you; overlook them may
contain special interest for you. y
Some people worry over household expenses. Worry
is unbearable and is hard to overcome'. You know how it
is. Please learn today. how housewives can make money;
it is upon their shoulders that the worry falls, You will
be delighted to know that it can be earned without your
leaving home. And your neighbors will not know it,
either. - This is the way: " Every evening glance over, the
Want Ad pages in The Journal. Here you'll find such .
chances as baking or sewing at home. 'Some firm will pay '
you well if you lejbaby pose for pictures. .." Learn the value
of Journal Want Ads today, i
LOCAL SHOPS
JO GET ALL
BUSINESS
Harriman , Lines Make Im
;j portant Change in Matter
of Printing Contracts
I t T..J WAiilrmnii
i Ult5 JLUllltlllU tiVUJVIllt"
2 Credit" Really Due Them.
Thousands of dollars annually that
have been spent In Chicago and other
eastern cities for printing will now be
expended, in Portland because ofen im
portant change in the policy of the
fassenger department of the Harriman
lnes In this territory. An order liaa
Just been given for 1.000.000 pages of
folders for ths O. R. N and in the
future all such orders will be placed
in this city. ;
According to William McMurray, gen
eral passenger agent of the Harriman
lines here, all the printing and booklets
to be Issued by tho Harriman lines and
the Homeseeker's - department of the
Sunset Magaxine will be printed In
Portland, while Sll railroad tickets ex
cepting the patented ones that are pur-,
chased from patentees will also be made
here, -.i - t :.' -., "
"Some pretty thorough tests that we
have been conducting have convinced us
that Portland printers can turn out as
fine work as any in tha country. The
booklets- that we have had made here
have been so satisfactory and we have
had such flattering letters concerning
them from both the Chicago and the
San Francisco offices, that we have de
cided to stop sending work to the east
and to have it done here at home. All
our folders, . lor instance, are to he
S rinted here. We have just closed a
eal for an edition of 100.000 new fold
ers of 40 pages each and they are to
be. printed and made up here la - Port
land. Besides being mads at home they
contain descriptions of the northwest,
of Portland and the Portland Bose fes
tival, the A.-Y.-P. exposition a'nd the
low colonist rates to the northwest
ins journals nanasoma enition or
a year ago, celebrating its fifth anni
versary showed people everywhere what
it was possible to do In printing and
half tone engraving, right here at home.
It set a standard that It Is impossible
for other oitls to Improve upon, and we
are anxious that Portland's reputation
shall be kept up by all the assistance
we can give horn printers."
Most railroad tickets are patented
and have to be purchased from the
owners of the patents, but all the local
and unpatented forms of tickets for use
on the O. R. & N. and the Southern Pa
cific lines In Oregon are to be printed
in roruana Because or tne aetermlna
tion cn the part of the passenger de
partment to patronise home industry.
BEWARE OF JONES
IS HIADVICE
e Herman Wittenberg, chairman e
of the school board, wishes to
warn the public against the rep-
jg resentatlons of a fake book agent , V
4 who calls himself Jones and of- e
e fers an encyclopedia for sale.
e Jones tells prospective purchas- e
e ers that the book Is recommended
by the school board. . ' e
e "1 wish to say that the school e
board never Heard of this man o
e Jones." said Mr. WittenbeVg this e
e morning, "and we are not r acorn- 4
4 mending this ' or any ether en- 4
0 cyclopedia to the public The e
e man may bs a swindler and peo- e
e pie who buy from him are taking 4
e a chance.! e)