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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 13, 1909.
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COMM.
C01CILD
SCORED
Rushlight Threatens to Sub
mit the Portland Railway,
Light & -Power Company
Franchises to Referendum
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-Cottel Enters Protest.
rot iwtr cur muni.
The following councilmen vot
ed this morning to strike out a
elaus In the proposed franchise
ordinance of the Portland Rail
way. Light & Power company,
which would give the people of
I'f
ji4 the city the right through their
I i council to regulate the frequency
t e of service to be furnished by the
company on the extension! It
i a ask for: Aenand. Beldlng. Cel-
I lira, Drlscoll, Dunning, Heppner,
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Menefee, Wallace and wills.
Those councilman who voted
to retain the clause by which the
people can make the corporation
give a reasonable service are:
Baker, Bennett, Concannon, Cot
tel and Rushlight!
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J ' The. first violent Interruption to the
t smooth tactics by which the franchises
t ordinance has been undergoing the pro
. i -cess of trlmmingr and pruning by a ma--Jortty
of the" council apparently at the
I dictates of the Portland Railway, Light
, Power company officials came this
morning wnen councilman ttusnugni
took the floor to protest against the
action of the nine members of the city
body who voted to accede to the de
mands of the company and eleminate
the clause giving the council the right
to regulate the service on new exten
sions. "I don't want this regulative clause
stricken- out," declared Mr. Rushlight,
"and I am tired of riding home on the
innm nf mp lsa niijuf Inside like
J ' a lot of cordwood with other citizens
; of the east side whom I am trying to
, represent. We ought to have the power
i to regulate this company and if we had
, ' it under- the present franchise we
! would ,not have to submit to the out
, ', ragjeoue servioo we are getting. This
4 service regulating clause Is a wise pro-
; 1 vision ana snouia do retained, i mm
a common user clause should also go
. in but I am not urging that so much.
1 1 Discrimination Js Alleged.
. "You 3 Insisted on a common user
clause' and numerous regulative pro
t ' visions when the United Railways ap
i ' plied for a franchise. It looks to me
. ; as if you "handed it' to that company.
There should be no discrimination, but
i If regulation was good for the smaller
I ' company it is good for the larger. Be
.! j cause this corporation Is large and pow
J erful and the other had not so much
influence, you would grant special prlv-
llegea In favor of th big company. I
i don't think it la right and I guarantee
f , that this' ordinance will not pass In Its
, present form." a
f Appeal to Kafarendum.
j . "Well, 1 don't see how Mr. Rushlight
I can make any such guarantee." Inter
rupted Councilman Menefee.
. "That's all right, you'll find out how
I can block your game," put in Mr.
' Kushlight, "and I'll make my guaranteo
, good by submitting the franchises to
the people. The referendum will stop
if these special privileges."
"Is It possible that only one man In
this council or is memoers is repre
senting the interests of the people
t Councilman wills interrupted sarcastic-
ally.
' "According to your vote, Mr. Wills,"
: shot back Councilman Rushlight, "you
. , are not looking out for the people's in
. ? terpKts."
"Well, I for one am opposed to a
, rommon user clause," went on Mr.
Wills, "and I think, thl Is only a grand
1 1 stand play on the part of Mr. Rush-
light." Murmurs of "that's the truth"
went around the council chamber st
' thin sally.
"Tea. you can esll It grandstand If
you like, returned Mr. Rushlight, "bui
a" I'll make It stick Just the same. There
will be regulation of this corporation
r or the referendum will be called into
play, ? The people are through submit
ting to the Inconveniences caused by
this company which has failed to reme
'dy conditions, although repeated prom
. lses have been made that Improvements
. would be brought about
"They have refused to accept the
franchises we have been considering un-
. . less wo wouia maxs mem suit tne oom
party's Officers in every detail. If
- we re coins to submit to such dictation
3. let them draft their own franchise
ordinance and hand it to us so we can
y swallow It whole."
Councilman Rushlight sat down and
Councilman Baker-poured oil on the
!-, rurriea waters wun a volume or sootn
ing words.
Cottel Enters Protest.
Councilman Cottel before voting
against tne striving out or tne reguia
' , tlve provision declared that he had often
. heard that the council is owned by the
" roruana railway, u;nt sc rower corn
er can v. but had never before seen such
" ; strong Indications that the statement
mignt oe true, ue empnaticauy pro-
Temea, against tne action or tne rna
Jorlty -and again after Annand had
moved' to refer the franchise to the
executive board for valuation he de-
"'- clared that such action was premature
; and that such important business
should not be rushed In' that manner.
- Mayor Lane also rose from his chair
.v ana protested vigorously against re
fc ferrlng to the board unless the council
- would also agree to rerefer the f ran-
. i-iiiseB aiter iney are xinaiiy amenaea
oy mat oooy,
,f. He threatened his veto In the first
. , place and the referendum If the veto
should prove Inefficient, unless the
council takes some steps to secure bet
ter protection for the people in the
wv. of regulative provisions.
. rl"! .nehises were at length re-
f erred to the executive board for valu
ation with the understanding that the
; board would have another opportunity
. to consider them.
WHARTON TALKS OX
MUNICIPAL ART
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of citlaens on "Municipal Art in Port!
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17 J tb" ddr Mr Jam".
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erick V. Holman, B. T. Mlscha. VMt.
Lane W Har
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Jmitr Wolverton In the United Stales
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j.mw, apalniM the Southern, pticifie roni
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; company in a previous trial.
A-B-C nERS
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Alphabet Lines Drawn on
Poor Mr. Smith's Ballot-Order
Measure.
(By Journal Letted Stlen Wire.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 13. The "A-B-C's
of the house," as Representative Smith
sarcastically dubbed them, have re
fused to consider the two bills Intro
duced by him providing that candi
dates for nomination at the primaries
and for election at general elections
should have their names placed on tne
ballot by lot instead of in alphabetical
order. Both bills were indefinitely
postponed at the nlgnt session or tne
souse.
The first bill to come up was the
one covering tne general elections.
Smith exDlalned the measure, contend-
in? his bill was a -fair one and gave
every man an even chance, irrespective
of the initial letter of his name. Camp
bell facetiously suggested that the
drawing of lots would encourage
gambling among the politicians. Rusk
said ho had hot favored tinkering with
the laws, but be considered the Smith
bill a good one. McKlnney was in favor
of giving the bill a chance.
Hunkers said he was not responsible
for the first letter In his name and thkt
every man bed to take the chance when
he was born of being at the foot of
the alphabet
Brandon Burcested that the character
of the man might have something to do
with the vote ho received. Bean con
tended that the lot system would be
harri on the candidate in the outlying
districts, as It would bo bard for film
to attend the drawing.
rt van a notable feature of the de
bate that all of the friends of the WU
were at the bottom of the alphabet,
while its opponents were up at the top.
The bill was indefinitely postponed
without a roll can.
When the seoond bill came up It went
the mr of the other In short Order.
Smith waxed satirical.
"There is no Aise," he said. "The
A-B-C's of the house will kill It; , but
call the roll."
This was dons on the Indefinite
postponement, which was as follows:
Thoso wishing to kM. tns bUl voting
ayYeas Altman, Applegate, Barrett,
Bean. Bedillion, Belknap, Bonebrake,
Bones, Brady, Brandon. Brattain,
Brooke, Bryant Buchanan, Campbell,
Conyera, Corrlgan, Couch, Dlmlck,
Eaton. Greer, Hatteberg, Hughes, Jack
son, Lelneweber, tabby, MoCue, Miller,
Munkers, Philpott. Richardson.
Nays 13eals, Clemens. Dodds, Hawley,
Hines, Jones of Douglas, Jones 01
Clackamas, Manoney, Mann, mcuuimiu.
McKinney, Meek, Muncey. Pattern, Pur
din, Reynolds, Rusk, Smith, Mr. Speaker.
Absent Abbott Calkins, Carter,
Davis, Farrell, Jaeger, Jones of Lin
coln and Palk, Mahone, Mariner, Orton.
10 BUY LOCKS
AT OREGON CITY
Senate Passes Its Substitute
Measure Without
Discussion.
(By Journal Leutd Salem Wire.)
Salem. Or., Feb. 18. Without dis
cussion the senate last night passed the
Oregon City locks bill that had been
substituted for the house measure,
killed early- in the session. The new
bill, substituted by the senate commit
tee on ways and means, provides that
the amount already raised for the pur
r.ti.. nf tho lnnkB be turned back into
the treasury and that a new levy be
made or SIOO.QOO Tor eacn or tne tnree
hAfinnins- with 1911.
Should the government appropriate
its share oerore tne sum is raiaea, ne
secretary of state is authorised to draw
enough funds out of the treasury at
once to effect the purchase of the
locks, the treasury to be reimbursed
from the levies to be made as provided
In this bill.
The objection to the original bill as
it was introduced by Jones of Polk and
which passed the house, was that it
tied up too much money.
The government is expected to ap
propriate a like sum for the purchase of
the locks, making a total purchasing
fund of ' $600.000.
NO DEPUTY CORONERS
FOR MULTNOMAH
(By Journal Letted Btlem Wire.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 13. There will be no
deputy coroners in Multnomah county.
The house last night indefinitely post
poned the McDonald bill providing for
the new offices.
That there was a feud between the
house and the senate delegations from
Multnomah countv was shown in the
discussion of the bill.
"Send It over across the hall to the
slaughter house and let them kill it
there," said Brady. "When I think I
am right I believe In going down the
line. Let the senate do what it wants
to."
Couch, however, did not believe In
giving the senators a chance to make
Solitlcal capital at the expense of the
ouse members.
"The senate delegation had expressed
itself as satisfied with and in favor
of every one of these Multnomah bills,"
he said. "Then, when the bills get into
the senate, they flop and kill them off.
If there is to be any killing done I want
to help do It."
The house adopted the suggestion and
killed the bill.
TO SECURE VOTERS'
POSTOFFICE ADDRESS
(Rt Innriul Letted Salem Wire.)
Salem, Or., Feb. IS.- Senator Hart's
bill amending the registration act so
that electors must give their postoffice
addresses passed the senate last night.
In tho country districts electors under
the nresent law did not give their ad
dresses making It difficult for the sec-
ratitrv of. atate to get to mem tne
? Tinted pampniets requires aj xne ini
intiva and referendum and corrupt
practices acta Also each county clerk
urinir thu iwe-intrsLtion Derlod will be
compelled under the Hart act to for
ward at tne eno OI every wn k cer
tified list of the registered electors In
his county, to tne secretary or state.
ERIE 3IAY ISSUE
THIRTY YEAR BONDS
ItTnited Pratt Leased Wlrs.l .
Albany. N. Y- Feb. 13. Tho public
service commission today granted the
raaueat and anDlicatlon of the Erie rail
road for authority to issue SO year 6
per cent collateral bonds to the amount
or J3tf,ou,ouu upon certain consioera
tlons. Among the considerations was a
proviso that a collateral trust indenture
shall Do prepared and suomitted to toe
commission for its approval.
MUTE SCHOOL BILL, "j
PASSES THE HOUSE
'(By Joonul Ltattd Btlem Wirt.) ' i
- 6alem. Or., Feb. 12. Tha hnnu lo.t
night passed the mute school appro
priation" bill granting 176,000-to be used
In securing a new aite for the school
ndio conatruction of new bulldiiiKt
The general appropriation end the del
ficiency . appropriation bille were nut
over until the first of next week.
LIVESTOCK BILL
MS IIP EBIEIIDS
Between the Railroads and
the Railroad Commis
sion Death Is Easy.
.(By Journal Leaeed Stlera Wire.
Salem, Or.. Feb. 13. Senator Sln
nott s bill providing that a common car
tier shal be liabla for unnecessary de
lays in tranSDOrtlnor HvAatiwb mrom lrltlarl
in the. senate last night after consider-
Hiscussion. it was opposed uy
both tho railroad commission and the
rauroaaa. Tne railroad committee of
the senate, consisting of Coffey, Frank
Miller and Bingham, were opposed to the
measure and reported it unfavorably.
A delay of three hours st any station
was regarded as trlma facie evidence
of unnecessary delay but could be re
futed if It were shown that the delay
was for feeding or for any other neces
sary purpose. Also the stock train must
make at least IS miles an . hour, and
slower time was prima facie evidence
of unnecessary delay, but this might
also be refuted by the railroads in court
toerore a Jury.
The
railroad urged that the measure
was Impracticable; that stock trains did
not make an average of IS miles an
hour and that many times on branch
lines trains were mixed and the stock
cars could not be taken from the train
and rushed on to their destination,
leaving the rest of the freight side
tracked. When the railroad commissioners said
they already had power to remedy the
aeiays wnicft tne Dill proposed to aeai
with. Its suooort collaosed. The rail
road commission thought the bill took
away power that rightfully belonged to
it, in providing the points oy wmcn
the prima facie delay was to be de
termined were facts that must be es
tablished before a Jury.
The senate also last night on the
recommondation of the railroad commis
sion killed Senator Albee's bill Dlaclng
tne street railways under the jurisdic
tion of tha railroad commission. The
only argument offered was that a rail
road attorney had suggested there
might be created, if this bill became
a law, a dual authority between city
councils of, cities and the railroad com
mission, that would be conflicting in
some Instances and might unduly em
barrass the corporations.
LABOR MEASURE
DIES; 1 1 TU II
Sinnott Pleads in Vain for
Life of His Employers'
LiabiUty Bill.
(By Journal Letted Balem Wire.)
Salem, Or., Peb. 13. Senator Sinnott
of Wasco and Rood Bivsr counties
made valiant flgbt for Us employers'
liability bill In the senate this morning.
Be quoted from messages of President
Roosevelt In support of the principle
of abolishing the fellow servant role,
and by an argument of great force and
eloquence threw a scare Into the op
ponents cfsvtae bill.
Bleven votes were finally cast Is its
favor, with 17 against, and the measure
Joined the Junk heap with other bills
that tho labor interest of the state
have advocated before the present legis
lator. Kay tried to secure an amendment
to require that tho judge shall super
vise all contingent fee contracts be
tween lawyer and client, with' power to
reduce the fee If excessive and that
not over 25 per cent of the sum recov
ered in an action for damages should
be paid to the lawyer If the damages
exceeded $2000. His amendment was
voted down.
SIX FIREin
DIE UNDER WALL
Assistant Chief and Squad
'at Milwaukee Caught
by a Collapse.
(United Pre Letted Wire.)
Milwaukee. Wis., Feb. 13. Six fire
men were killed and 10 injured this
afternoon in a fire that gutted the
building occupied by the Johns Manvllle
company. The fire was controlled after
a strenuous fight on the part of the
firemen. The loss was $178,000.
The dead include Assistant Chief
Gunning. He and his detail of men
were caught beneath a wall that toppled
on them while they were on the roof
of an adjoining building.
The fire started with an explosion
flf nil In thA haaemAnt of tha hiillriltisr-
The company manufactured steampipe
coverings.
graIIrTfor
rootandmd0ii
rtTnltril Praca Leued WIr.
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 13. A granct
jury was cauea Dy tne superior court
today to investigate charges Involving
M. J. Gordon, former Great Northern
counsel, and Milo A. Root, a former
judge of the Washington supreme court.
fThe jury win convene March 8.
PACKET STRIKES
IN OHIO RIVER
(Doited Press Letted Wire.
Louisville, Ky Feb. 13. The Ohio
river nacket Peter Lee. which dies
between here and Memphis, struck a
rock below this city today and Is said
to ha. in a dangerous position, The
M earner brings freight and passengers
from Memphis, Tenn Cairo, III., Evans-
ville, lna ana uwensooro, uy. xne
life savers from tho government sta
tion at th falls here have started to
th scene. There is little danger of
any of the passengers not being able
to reach tho shone If the steamer goes
down. , . ' ' - ,
SEXATE OVERRIDES
' A C AT A Ti V VtfTfk
Salem, Or, Feb. IS. Ths senate this
morning passed over - the governor's
veto Barrett's bill Increasing the pay
of the recorder of Washington county
from $1000 to 120o afid of tho deputy
i rum ja.j xo fvs per montn. just
enough votes were secured to carry the
oin uie roil call unovjjng jo to .
m none voting to sustatc the veto were:
Abraham. Albee, Kelilher, Miller of
Linn, Norton, Bellini Sinnott and
Qwiui ol umatu
USUAL AWFUL
CRUSH
AID
RUSH
House, Especially, Has Just
Talked and Talked and
Talked and Talked.
(By Journal Letted Balem Wire,)
Saleoi, Feb. 13. Three days of steady
work on the part of the house would be
required to clear up accumulated busi
ness, provided the senate stopped work
and did not add anything to the existing
burden. Under the circumstances the
lareer division of the legislature will be
compelled .to grind night and day during
tne coming weeg to nose out ai u o
finish.
Last night the house worked until
near midnight, and during that time
passed 26 house bills, besides Indefi
nitely postponing a numoer. , wnen i
adjourned there were 13 house bill still
on tho desk ready for final passage.
These Included the general and defi
ciency appropriation bills, the bill pro
viding for the lustlces and clerks of
Multnomah county, the Farrell loan
shark bill, the Jones Indian war vet
erans' appropriation of 125.000. ths Or
ton bank guaranty bill and ths $76,000
Celilo extension appropriation bill.
Besides these, there are some 25 bills
lust referred to committee, and 2?
bills, both house and senate, reported
back from committees and awaiting ac
tion on the reports. There are 25 senate
bills on the desk awaiting third reading,
not to speak of the long list on second
reading, and those being rushed over
from ths senate today for first, reading,
second reading, reference and final pas-
senate ground last night until 11
o'clock, and Is at work again today at
tempting to clean up Its own bills and
get them Into the house so that during
the last week It can give its entire time
to the consideration of house bills.
Sons Farthest Behind.
The house will try to clear the desk
of Its own bills Monday and Monday
night, in order that It may spend tho
last week considering senate bills.
The glutted condition of the house Is
due to too much talk and too slow ac
tion. The committees have worked hard,
but have moved slowly. The members
have all talked on sll measures consid
ered, with the result that the house has
fallen farthest behind, until the usual
mad scramble and rush during the last
week will result Debate has been lim
ited to five minutes, and the member
are beginning to reach that stage where
tney ten tne speaer to teeter go
when their oet measures come ud for
final passage, trusting to the gait and
habit of the house for a favorable vote
and fearing to Jar the nerves of the
tired representatives by argument and
discussion.
From now on the word of the commit
tees will be taken In favor of or
against any measure, in the majority of
cases, and the house will vote on the
run. Every member wants to end the
agony and get home to rest
SHERIFF COIilES
urn
Says Murderer Worst Crim
inal Unhung Woman
Gives Him Away.
(United Prm Leased Wire.)
Butte. Mont. Feb. 13. Denutv Sheriff
Rothernll of Carbon county, Pennsyl
vania, has arrived here to take back
Martin Leskouski, alias John Beiker,
alias Beige, who is charged with the
murder of a woman and a child In Penn
sylvania, rive years ago. Rothernil
identified the prisoner. He says he will
send back for helo to take him back.
Leskouski twice has been convicted of
murder in the first degree, but eacaned.
He has been living in Butte five years,
and owns a house here. He was ar
rested by the local police for beating
his wife. His wife's sister gave the In
formation that he was the escaped mur
derer. LlKkouskl greeted the sheriff with
"Hello, Harry; think you , got me this
time.
Rothernll savs Leskouski In tha vnrit
criminal unhung, and he fears to fake
him back alone, as he is sure he would
escape.
IAFI EIIROUTE
TO HIS HOME
(United Prett Letted WIrt.t
,NfL 0,leans Feb- 13. President
elect Taft and Mrs. Taft left today on
a special train via the Queen & Cres
cent route for their home in Cincin
nati. OPEN BIDS FOR
HAWAIIAN DRYDOCK
Washington, Feb. 13. Eight bids
were opened today for the contract for
constructing a err eat drvdnofc f
Harbor, Hawaii. The lowest bidder
ws ij. m. ueacn or .Boston who bid
$1,886,883 for dock complete without ac
cessory piling. With accessories $1,
903,437. Other bidders were Edward
Mallory, San Francisco; Cotton Brothers
company, Oakland; , San Francisco
Bridge company; E.J. Word Construc
tion company of Honolulu; Pacific Con
struction company of San Francisco.
The award will be made later.
OWNER OF BUILDING
GRANTED NON-SUIT
Judge Bronaugh granted a nonsuit to
the defendant, Qerlinger, this morning
in the case of Myrtle E. James against
ki. Gerllnger, William Palmer and
Christopher Q. Ellinson. The plaintiff
'sues for $80 damages alleging that she
tripped on a handla of a basement door
in ront of the new Gerlinger building
and suffered personal injuries. Palmer
& Ellinson are the contractors who put
up the building.
DESERTED WIVES
SUE FOR DIVORCE
Lora E. Hatton has filed suit for
divorce in the county circuit court al
leging in her complaint that Horace T.
Hatton deserted her in June, 1906. They
wer.,e mrie1 lP Portland in September,
1903. The plaintiff asks to resume her
maiden name of Lora E. McCullough.
Anna Vandervort also asked for a
divorce on like grounds. She was mar
ried to John Vandervort in 1892 and ho
deserted her at LaGrande in October,
1907. They have a son 15 years old.
WANDERED AND DIED
IN NEVADA STORM
Nevada City, Cat, Feb. 13 The body
of Everett Belmore, 25 years of age,
has been found in a snow, drift hear
Gaston. 30 miles from here, by a search
ing party that went out Wednesday. At
noon . on that date .during a blinding
snowstorm, Belmore,. left Washington
for his cabin at Gaston, where he lived
with his father.' It is believed be be
came bewildered and wandered from the
trail v., ' I
ISKOOSK
HOT SATISFIED '
WITH CHARTER
Council 'Appoints Second
Commission to Revise
Organic Law.
, .
( a anecial council meeting for- Febru
ary 17 was called by the votes of 13
councilman this morning, -in order that
an ordinance can be passed which will
permit the people to vote on the new
charter at the special election held in
April, - before the primaries. Such a
meeting waa necessary because Coun
cilman Belding insisted on blocking the
passage of the ordinance drafted by
City Attorney Kavanaugh, at the last
session of the council,
This ordinance, in order to pass In
time to accomplish its object, had to
be considered under suspension of the
rules and the objection of one council
man was sufficient to block Its pas
sage. Councilman Beldlng objected, and
continued to do so today, to the third
reading of the ordinance. The council
will undoubtedly pass the measure at
the special session next" week,, however,
and the people will have a chance to
vote on the chartef before the general
election.'
Councilman Beldlng characterized the
work of the charter commission as
"tainted" and he declared ths now char
ter should be thrown into the waste
basket Instead of being allowed to come
before the people. One of the features
of the charter is the reduction of the
number of councilmen from 16 to six.
Of course some of the present holders
of council jobs will have to step down
and out if the new charter becomes ef-
During the discussion which followed
Councilman Beldings attack on the
charter commission, it developed that
some of the council are strongly op-
fiosed to the submission of the charter
n Its present form to a vote of the
oeoDle.
Councilman Annand asserted that the
commission had exceeded its powers in
changing the old charter so radically.
He declared that it was not the Inten
tion of the council at the time the com
mission wnfs appointed to have such
sweeping changes made. He moved that
a aecond committee of seven members
be appointed to draft another amended
charter and submit the draft to the
council as quicklv as possible.
In spite of declarations of other coun
cilmen that no committee could intelli
gently recommend amendments in the
short time that is left before the elec
tion, the council adopted Annand's reso
lution. Besides the heads of the vari
ous city departments, P. L. Willis, of
the civil service commission, and T. C.
Devlin, formerly city auditor, were add
ed to the new charter revision commit
tee. The charter commission acted with
the heads of departments in making the
amendments which are to be submitted
in April, and the action of the council
in appointing the department heads to
go over the work again seems to some of
the councilmen to be superflous.
SIXTEEN YEARS
AND BIG FIIIE
(Coltcd Fret Letted Wlra)
Pittsburg, Feb. 13. Sixteen years In
the penitentiary and fines amounting to
320,000 was the sentence Imposed today
on John T. Morgan, former tax collector
of McKeesport borough. Judge Shafer,
before whom Morgan pleaded guilty to
charges of forgery and embezzlement
pronounced the sentence.
When questioned regarding the where
abouts of 334,000 that he had drawn
from a - city depository, Morgan said
that he had been robbed of $20,000 one
night near the Hay Market theatre In
New York. Morgan declared that he
had been afraid to report the loss for
fear that It would have forced him to
acknowledge his guilt.
CALIFORNIA Mil
DEFIES CAIINOII
. (United Prett Leaned Wlr
Washington. Feb. 13. "After four
years of experience In the house of rep-
resentatives I am strongly convinced
that there must be a change In the rules.
unless the house is to degenerate per
manently into a macnine registering tne
will of the speaker," said Representa
tive E. A. Hayes of California today on
the floor of the house, while discussing
proposed changes in the rules.
"At the opening of each congress,"
continued Hayes, "the house Is the com
plete master of Itself for Just one day;
only long enough for It to select a
speaker and to make the rule of the
preceding congress the rules of the
opening one."
BILLS PASSED BY
THE SENATE TODxlY
(By Journal Letted Salem Wire.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 13. The senate
passed the following bills today;
S. B. 47 (Oliver) Appropriating $10,
000 annually for support of the eastern
Oregon experiment station at Union.
8. B. 184 (Bingham) Appropriating
$5000 per year for two years for sal
ary and expenses of state fire warden.
8. B. 240 (Wood) Requiring countv
court of Washington county to pay 90
rer cent road tax in certain muntclpall
les. S. B. 243 (Johnson) Increasing sal
ary of Benton county school superin
tendent to $1000.
S. B- 8 (Johnson) For Improvement of
main highways.
8. B. 79 (Barrett) Increasing salary
of recorder of Washington county,
over governor's veto.
COUNTY REFERENDUM
PASSED BY SENATE
v
(By Journal Letted Salem Wire.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 13. The bill intro
duced by Senators Kay and Johnson
providing that the people of a county
may have recourse to the referendum in
all matters pertaining to the county
alone, such as the raising of salaries,
passed the senate last night It extends
the operation of the referendum to coun
ties as it -is now extended to municipal
ities. ;
DUTCH PETE SENT
, TO PENITENTIARY
Peter Stroff, known as "Dutch Pete,"
this morning pleaded guilty to robbing,
with two accomplices, an O. R. & N.
fiassenger train Just outside the city
Imlts of Portland," December 17 ana
was sentenced by Judge Gantenbeln to
serve 12 years In the penitentiary.
Hayes and Burks, the two other mem
bers of the holdup gang, who pleaded
guilty some time ago, were sentenced
to 12 and 4 years respectively.
WIRING ORDINANCE
TO BE REDRAFTED
The overhead wiring ordinance was
re-referred to the city attorney by the
council this morning. The city attorney
Is instructed to redraft the-ordinance go
that it will meet' wlth the approval ot
the conflicting. Interests,: If this can
be done. - ' .
BOLL 111 FOR
SHIPS tS SLOGAN
Chamber of Commerce Asks
City to Furnish Pure
Water.
"Bull Rui for the sahors" Is the war
cry that has been adopted by the cham
ber of commerce which has taken ui
tho fight to secure decent .water for
the- ships that ... enter Portland harbor.
KndMi M. Cederbergh, ' Norwegian - vice
consul in Portland, has written the
chamber asking its auonort for the im-
provement of the water service along
, the docks, and both the chamber ana
i Mr. Cederbergh have written the water
) board interceding for the seafaring men.
tinaer present conditions, most or
the vessels leaving Portland have to
till their tanks with river water. The
fire hydrants are generally so far back
from the edge of the wharves that it is
impracticable to use them for the ships.
It has been suggested that the city
place hydrants inside the docks and near
the water and meet the expense of such
a move by charging the ships about one
cent a ton for water1 consumed, ..This
charge-would. It Is believed, fully cover
the expense of Installing the additional
hydrants.
Another suggestion mads ths water
board by tlie chamber is that a hose
wagon, be stationed near the docks and
that on fireman be kept on duty with
it to see that th vessels secure what
water they need. This would do away
with the expense of extending the fir
mains and Installing new hydrants and
th expense would not be heavy, It is
said. '
In case th water board does not
want to take the trouble of looking after
the matter of supplying water to the
ships it has been suggested by Mr.
Cederbergh that the city allow someone
to charge the ships one cent a ton for
water, pay tha city half a cent a ton
and keep the other half cent for him
self. "I have known of a good many cases
where masters of vessels have had seri
ous trouble with their crew because of
bad water secured whll here," said
Mr. Cederbergh. "This seems un
fortunate when we are so proud of our
city water system and rely upon it so
much to advertise us before the world."
It is figured that there are 371,161
net tons of foreign bottoms and 149, 0S8
net tons coastwise plying in and out of
Portland annually, while 600,000 tons
would yield the city $5000 a year at th
rate of one cent a ton, -
BOLD HOLDUP Oil
THE WEBB FARM
While grubbing out stumps at thf
Webb farm near Gresham Antonn Col
bello, a laborer, was attacked by two
highwaymen at 11 o'clock this morning,
beaten and robbed of $8.60.
Cobello was seised from behind, his
coat pulled over his head, so he could
not see, end then the robbers went
through his pockets. He could give no
description of his assailants, as he was
threatened with death if he attempted
to move. The robbery took plaee within
a few rods of the Webb farm house.
Two suspicious characters, one a
heavy set man about C8 years old. ths
other smaller with a mustache, were
seen later in the vicinity of Rockwood,
heading for Portland.
CROWLEYREQUESTS ,
POLICE TO WAIT
After being arrested last week for re
moving a sewing machine from a home
as a deputy constable and ushig too
much force to do it. Charles Crowley
was freed because of lack of evidence,
but he was arrested last ven ing on an
other charge, that of larceny. M. W.
Rubin, manager of a Jewelry store on
Washington street near Sixth, swore
to the complaint, charging that Crowley
had taken a diamond ring worth $60
from his store, saying that he had a
purchaser across the street
Bv the time Crowley had been ar
rested, however, Rubin had been in
formed that the ring was In the pos
session of a genuine prospective pur
chaser, so Crowley was released on his
own recognisance, pending a hearing in
the police court Monday.
VAUGHN PUTS BLAME
ON WIFE'S SISTER
For the purpose of Interviewing his
wife in the hope of a reconciliation,
Charles C. Vaughan filed a motion in
the state circuit court this morning
asking for an order allowing him to
Visit his home in the company of a
deputy sheriff.
Mrs. Emma Vaughan filed a complaint
for divorce a short time ago on the
ground of cruel and inhuman treatment,
but her husband alleges that he has
always been dutiful and considerate to
ward her and were it not for the inter
ference of his wife's sister. Helen M.
White, who he says instigated the di
vorce proceedings, there would have
been no discord in the family.
Vaughan says that he has been un
able to get. a change of clothes from
his home since his wife began her suit.
J0SSELYN SAYS HE "
EXPECTS NO STRIKE
President Josselyn of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company said
this morning that he expected none of
his linemen to walk out, although there
has been a demand for an increase in
wages. He considers the demand as
coming from outside- sources and says
he is sure the men at present in the
employe of the company ar perfectly
satisfied with their pay.
"The committee calling upon me yes
terday stated their case, and that ends
It as far as I am concerned." he said.
"We have no trouble with our linemen.
They get good wages and there is no
dissatisfaction."
PETER STROFF NOW ,
IN COUNTY PRISON
Pete Stroff, alleged train robber, ar
rived In Portland at 6 o'clock this
morning In the custody of Deputy Sher
iffs Leonard and Fitzgerald and Sher
iff Stevens. Stroff was caught In Santa
Clara county, California,' where he
was working as a day laborer. Depu
ties Leonard and Fitzgerald reached
Albany with the prisoner last night,
where they wero ' met by the sheriff.
Sheriff Stevens went ' to- Albany in
response to a tip that friends of Stroff
would make an attempt to rescue him
from the train there.
Stroff is suspected of being tho ring
leader of the gang that held up the O.
R. & N. train on December IS. He
refuses to talk about the affair and will
admit nothing in connection with It.
BLUE JACKETS COME
' FROM MARE ISLAND
A special train carrying 100 blue
jackets from the Mare Island navy yard
to th Bremerton navy yard will pass
through Portland tonight. The special
consists of three - tourist cars and a
"military' diner. 1 The Southern Pscifle
has several of these "military" diners,
which It reserves for the accommodation
of Uncle Sam's, fighting men. They sre
designed to 'handle a large number of
men quickly and are in reality mors
like ''quick lunch" cars than diners.
PRUSS1C ACID 1
TAKER FROST
PRISOHER .
Alleged Forger From Van
couver, B. C, Believed to
Have Contemplated Sui
cideFugitive Poses as a
French Army Officer.
Arrested as a forger a moment be
fore he was to sail for. San Francisco,
Jehan Anno de Limesey. also known
as T. Brlenne, who says he was once
colonel of the Forty-fourth cuirassiers
of the array of France, and yesterday a
guest at tho Hotel Portland, repeatedly
tried, but in vain to evade the eyes
of the police officers for a moment.
A a bottle of prusslo acid was found
In his pocket when searched, and .as
ha was oxtremely nervous. It Is be
lieved be had planned suicide.
De Llmesay, as ho called himself in
Portland,' was taken into, custody on
request of the polico of Vancouver, B.
C., late sesterday afternoon at the
Alnsworth dock. He is charged with
having passed several forged checks m
Vancouver. ' De Llmesay, who says lft
Is a Frenchman, but who looks and
talks like an Englishman, declares ho
will resist extradition to the last mo
ment and has retained Henry E. Mc
Ginn as his attorney. A lawyer who
speaks French used that language while
speaking of the case and standing near
De Llmesay today. but the alleged
Frenchman made no sign that he un
derstood a word.
Do Llmesay s wife was already on
the steamer Rose City when Detec
tives Craddock and Mallett reached the
dock in search of the alleged forger.
The steamer sailed 15 minutes later.
As De Lime-nay had two tickets In 111"
pocket his statement today that he had
no intention of leaving tlie city is not
given mucn credence.
Blamtl SUs Wtf.
With entire coolness De Llmesay
morning said that hi wife was respon
sible for his arrest: that she had
passed the forged Checks and that he
had been arrested simply to force her
to return to Vancouver. His wife15 re
mained by him faithfully after he was
arrested, and was early at the police
station to see her husband this morn
ing. After Attorney McGinn had
talked with them for a few minutes
and left, refusing to make any state
ment in Lit umesav s nenair, tne pair
sat arm In arm discussing the hus
band's plight. De Llmesay showed much
nervousness, constantly mopping his
race witn a nantiKercnier.
De Llmesay Is a large, well built.
handsome man, who knows how to wear
good clothes. Uis wife, a decided
blonde, was this morning attired in a
fashionable walking gown of delicate
bluer She had passed the night at th
rooms of the Young Women's Christian
association, the police desiring to keep
an eye on ner.
Bonds have been fixed at $2000. and
Do Llmesay will bo held pending tho
arrival of a British officer with the
necessary papers. His rase was con
tinued m the police court until Tues
day, although It Is doubtful If an offi
cer can get here from Vancouver by
that time.
Odd Ftature of Case.
Several odd features of the case havo
come to light. Pe Llmesay when he
walked into the Hotel Portland yester
day, having moved across the street
from the Buckingham, where, it is said,
he did not pay his bill, presented let
ters of introduction from tho chief
clerks of the principal hotels of the
Pacific coast. The genuineness of .
letter from Clerk Brownell of the Hotel
Fairmont, San Francisco, was veri
fied by telegraph last evening.
On the other hand De Ltmesav gave
the auditor of the Portland a draft for
$500 on the Second National bank of
New York. The bank wired today that
he was unknown to it. For all that, a
guest of the hotel recognized In De
Llmesay a man who was Introduced to
him In a club l Dayton, Ohio, where
De Llmesay played golf with the best
people of the city, and was evidently
well known to them.
According to the letter to Chief
Gritimacher from Vancouver, De Llme
say was working there ss a draughts
man In an architect's office. The sa!4
ary would not pay many hotel bills
such as De Limesay contracted in verv
city he visited, If his stay In Portlsnil
may be taken as a sample. When ar
rested he declared his name was not
Brienne, but this name was found on a
card in bis pocket.
Wires for Baggage.
When tho pair left Vancouver they
neglected to have their baggage checked
with them, and De Limesay wired from
the train on his way to Seattle, asking
that his baggage, or '.'luggage" as he
would call it, be sent to Portland: This
was done but the cheek numbers wero
forwarded to tho Portland police. The
letter was turned over to Craddock and
Mallett at 2 o'clock, and bv 4 o'clock
De Llmesay was arrested after the of
ficers had vainly searched the baggage
room of the Union depot and looked
over the records of a transfer com
pany. l-9 LdmeSSV told the hotel auditor
who visited him this morning to ask
s morning to ask J
of the draft, that
lid obtain enough Jf I
ther to square thsf I
ror an explanation or
ir necessary he eou
money from his mother
case against him, but that he would
not teiegrapn ner until It was abso
lutely necessary. When asked whv ho
had represented himself to be a coionel
In the French army he said he had
done it for personal reasons.
less amount in every sort of Igneous
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