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THE OREGON : DAILY: JOURNAL; , PORTLAND, "SATURDAY EVENING, MAY- 1, 1909. DEIEIOPHI W. claims ROCS TILL AND MRS. SHAW MAY ' understood Attorney Edward Cunha, representing the students. Is preparing a netition for an Injunction restraining th Instructors from putting the.: new rule Into effect. The matter will be taken Into court within the next few days, according to reliable Information, and . thoroughly threshed out before May 14, the last day of grace allowed the fraternity and sorority members in which to withdraw from their secret societies. , Bianks have alreadv been distributed among the high school students by the faculty which desires that 11 scholars shall Indicate whether they ere memo brs or 'secrets societies, whether they are ready to withdraw Jl-om uoh socie ties and whether, they intend to Join th Insurgents who are fighting the new rule. v t , .; . . Nearer Completion on bpen ing Date than Any Pre vious Exposition. Taconia Holdup' Concludes Confesses Elopement With Chauffeur Was an Awful Mistake. Good Night' Work With a Comedy Stunt. ORDERS A BEER SURRENDER CHILD sX3QQSCX MJtMJt ations I lLI I1UILUI I Don't be misled by imitations Brilliant Speeches by Well- Known Man Colonel C. E. S. AVood Says Private En- ' terprise Best for Irriga tion Projects. ' (United Frets Leased Wire.) Scuttle. Mav 1. Today, one month h. fore, the opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Paclfjlc exposition, , the work on the ground and buildings In so far com- (United Pre Leased Wire.) Tacoma. Wash., May 1. A holdup man entered the West End fcaloon shortly after 9 o'clock last- night and &"&rfle&tVlJ SE.nTnV-"-!'"' forcing the proprietor aud eight erythng will be In readiness and that patrons of the place to hold up their (Special OliMtch to The Journal.) Weiser, Idaho, May 1.- Every session of the Idaho-Oregon Development con gress proves more successful than its predSpcessor -from point of numbers and enthusiasm. The organisation has de veloped that people are taking part In Its proceedings and educating them In the right way to accomplish results: The movement has brought citlienaJof, all sections together In a common cause. The trains last night and this morn ing brought increased delegations from eastern Oregon and Idaho, taxing the capacity of Weiser to the utmost to care for the visitors. Two hundred came from Ontario, headed by the On tario band, and Council Valley sent a . special train. It is estimated that 1000 arrived last night. At the morning session today much 'enthusiasm was created by the address of H. A. Hurlburt, a civil engineer, who Ih visiting Weiser. Mr Hurlburt was in charge of the Engineers corps No. 1871 that surveyed the route for Ben Uolliday from Koseburg to Coos Bay on the Roseburg ft Central Oregon. He said the natural pass through the Cas cade was in the range east of Roseburg. Harrlman's Error. This pass is believed to be unknown to Harriman, and had not been gobbled. It was unsurveyed land, no densely timbered-that a footway would have to be nit through It. Hurlburt V Information overcomes one of the great obstacles, in general opinion, a; all feasible routes have been' tied up. His statements were based on experi ence. State Benator Carl Davis of Idaho ex plained the features of the new Idaho dllstrict law; what to do to take advan tage of lis provisions, and announcing a law to take effect May 6,. when the people could proceed with the prelimi nary steps of organizing In districts. Davis' talk was of great Interest to the delegates from Northern Washington county The event of the day was the address of Col. C. E. S. Wood of Portland on 'The Railroad Situation In Southern Oregon." PrlTat Enterprise asst. Previously Colonel Wood had ex plained the position of his company on the Malheur irrigation project, one of the great interests of eastern Oregon. His company had signed a petition ask ing the government reclamation service , to take up the project, and was bound to stay with the agreement if the gov ernment would go on. personally lie. believed tt W6ul1 ttP more satisfactory to do business with n private enterprise, proposing to irrigate the lands under the Carey act, t(sls af fording better protection to land owners and water users, for the reason that the people were protected by a bond when doing biisinewifi with ..private corpora tions, while with the government they had to accept what some department off-ker was willing to nlve Another matter was the time used In construe tlnn. Private capital had to deliver th goods wben agreed, while nothing coub compel the government to fix time o price. A Sealed-Up Emplr. ' Colonel Wood reviewed conditions it: southern and central Oregon In the matter of transportation. It was th largest territory in the 1'nlted States without rail transportation! but was destined to be the future granary of the country. I no country was utile Known-. It was supposed to be a barren waste, for the reason that no railroad had pen etrated It, yet It was an jpnipire larger than i any states and some European countries, with soil, climate, water, tim ber, mineral and other resources equal to anv. and capable of supporting an Immense population. Great hunger for lands on wnicn to mane nomes existed in the over-populated sections of the country, but thu; was nn age when peo ple? demanded some civilization, and this Byflst be provided to secure immigration. , If combinations 'existed among rail road corporations not to build. Tt was up to the people themselves "to provide rne way. i ne uregon legislature had enabled the oeople to do so If they would, and all that was now necessary was to educate the people as to the need for helping themselves through voting an amendment to the constitu tion that w,ould give them the power to do so. by June I the exhibits will all be In place and the "pay streak," the amuse ment section of the fair, completely ready for the reception of visitors. Last night every building on the ground shone forth In all ther brilliancy df the thousands of electric lights with wnicn tney are almost literally cov ered. President J. fi. Chilberg today Issued g statement In which he said that, ex cept for the installation of exhibits,1 the fair could open today in better shape than any other previous fair has ever been upon the date set for the formal opening. COURSE FOR AUTO TRUCE SIGNED IN RACES INSPECTED County Commissioners Go Over Proposed RouLb Witn President Wenime. County Commissioners Llghtner and Barnes have made an Inspection of the proposed automobile race course over the Base Line and Section Line roads', accompanied by B. Henry Wemme, pres ident of the Portland Automobile club. A trip was made yesterday for the purpose of ascertaining whether the roads could be put in good shape in time for holding auto races during the Rose Festival next month. The Auto club had Intended holding races next fall over the same course s last year, but the Rose Featlval man sgement would like to haw them as a feature next month. The commissioners have promised to give an answer next Mond'iy. There Is little, doubt but that the roads can be put In excellent condi tion In time for the June lestlval. THUG GETS $500 111 BAKER SALOON Buys Drink of Whiskey, Slugs Bartender, Then Makes His Escape. $350,000 FOR' WALLOHA'S CLIP 180.000 Fleeces, Country's Entire Wool Output, Is Reported Sold. just (Shvlel PlsMteb to The Journal) La Grande. Or.. May 1. Word received from Enterprise. Wallowa county, is to the effect that all the county s wool clip has been soli. amounting to isn.tiun rleeces, at from 1ft to 20 cents. V Twenty thousand poundw wra at is cents, ou.otw si-. in anri 1JH and the rest at 20 cents. Tjjle sales nay win not oe neia. Three hundred itnd flftv dollars were realized. Tlie spring lambs In the fall will to a half million. NEW BLACK" DRES FOR TWO BRIDGES The Morrison and iJurnside street bridges are soon to have a new coat of paint. The county commissioners have decided to advertise for bids, contractors to have the option of bidding on one bridge or both. The Morrison bridge has not been painted since It was bujlt. The commissioners say they have not yet decided on the color of paint, but black will probably be selected. der sold I ttrf) ft fPTfLK $ of bring this (Sperlal Dlptch to The Journal.) Rakf-r City. Or.. Mav l.rWhlle O. A. Roberts, night bartender 1n the Crablll hotel saloon, was counting out change for 2(t from a sack containing $500. he was struck on the head by a lone bandit and relieved of the money sack. Either a sling shot or beer bottle was used. The bartender did not regain conscious ness uniil the thief made his escape. 'the robbery was committed about 120'cloek last night. The thief en tered the. bar. secured a drink of whiskey and tendered a $20 piece in payment. There was not sufficient change In the register and Hobrtr. opened the safe. Us was slugged while stooping over the money bag. According to the descrlpt ion gl ven by Roberts, his assailant was about six feet tall. dark, smooth faced and weighed about 190 pounds. No arrests have been made. " hands, robbed the cash drawer of $80 and escaped. After securing the money, the thug ordered Proprietor Nylan1 to step behind the bar and draw Imn a glass of beer. "And," he added, "be quick about it, for I'm awfully thirsty. Coolly sipping his drink, the high wayman Joked with the occupants of the saloon, who still stood with arms pointing to the 'celling. When'he had finished he complimented the saloon keeper on the' quality of the beer and sauntered from the room. THEATRICAL WAR Fiske and . Belasco Said to llave Secured Terms Shuberts Stand Alone. CCnlted Pres Lfd Wire.) New York, May 1. The Shuberts are U)e, only Independent opponents of the Klaw & Krianger syndicate today. Har rison Grey Plske, oldest and most ac tive enemy of the theatrical trust, Is said to have entered Its fold and taken with him bis allied Interests. Along with this announcement comes another to the effecJi'Nskat the syndi cate has completed Jfiislnes negotiations theatres of the 'rust, and with James K. Haekett. assuring his appearance r.ext season IK the syndicate houses. Accordlofle vfo the terms of the agree ment, as S-onflrmed by Flake, he and Belasco aTMfVto have the right to book with any mWiager they wish. Opinion here varies as to the party 'to whom the victory In the amicable arrangement belongs, Klaw Krlnngep have ar ranged a truce with their most formida ble enemies, while the independents have been accorded much desired book ing rights. It Is generally, thought the syndicate lias been forced Into the mat ter by the persistent activity of the Shuberts. BATTLE OF THE FLAGS IN THE DOMINION LONE ROBBER HOLDS ' UP CROWDED SALOON The saloon at Twelfth and I'pshur streets Was held up at 11 o'clock last night by a lone highwayman. A. num ber of men were In the saloon at the time. When the bandit ordered them to throw up their hands M. D. I.appleus. the bartender, darted out through the doors, the highwayman taking a sh'ot-at, him as he ran. Then the robber himself turned and fed through the front door. When the police arrived he had disappeared. dronaugiinpw judge of juvenile court New Westminster, B. C. May 1. Diplomacy and a big red seal averted a reawakening of the now dormant ' flag'' question, wWcli agitated the peo ple of this province a few months ago at the formal opening of the Lord Kel vin school in the west end of the citv. For the occasion a program had bee'n in luted containing, among other In formation, a sketch pf Lord Kelvin, for whom the school was named. On the buck appeared the Canadian flag, printed in tolors.. this design being selected without the knowjedge of the school board, who are divided In their opinions as to wnettier the Canadian flag or the 1'nion Jack I file proper emblem to display over school buildings. When the programs were delivered by the printer and the flag decoration was noticed, there was consternation In the camp, as the trustees realized this would be offensive to Young; min ister of education, who had been in vlte.d to formally open the school. Af ter ran h deliberation the ,t rustces de cided to purchase,' n supply of big red seals and paste, one over each flag, completely hiding It from view. Dr. Yoiinf;, however, who has not forgiven the Westminster school trus tees for slighting him by refusing to fly the in Ion Javk he snt here nearlv 12 months ago, got e.ven liv ' Ignoring the invitation to attend the opening, a lead which was followed by several of the other Important personages in vited. As a consequence only one out sider was present at the ceremony, a school director, named 8tewa,it. Judge Howay made the .important speech of the day, adding to the dis comfiture of the trustees by selecting the 1'nlon Jack as the- text of liis lengthy address. (United Pirn Leased Wtre.) Santa Barbara, CaL.'May I. Although Mrs. Nettle E. Shaw, the wife of James F. Shaw, the millionaire traction mag nate of Boston,.., announced this morn ing that she would contest Shaw's claim for the custody of their ehild Eldridge, -she said later today that if Shaw made the proper approach to her she would in all probability relinquish him to her husband.-. , . Neither Mrs. Shaw nor H. K. Marble, the chauffeur with whom she is alleged to have left. Boston and with, whom she has been Itvlhg .here for a year under the name of Mrs. Marble, has been ar rested. The agents of Shaw a(r the local police, however, say that if neces sary a serious charge can be placed against the couple. It was learned today that Shaw's agents, accompanied by an attorney, se cured, from Mrs. Shaw her signature to a document releasing all claims ..to her son. Despite tbl and her assertions, the habeas corpus proceedings for the boy have hot been stopped. It Is learned that trie boy has been taken by-agents of Shaw once before. In October, 1907, at Springfield. Mass., agents secured custody of the child, but lost him again when agents of Mrs. Shaw's fathpr. H. F. Eldrldge, a multi millionaire brewer of Portsmouth. N. H., are alleged to have kidnaped him' from them. Later the boy disappeared from Eld rldge's home, onlv to be found again In the company of his bother In California. Mrs. Shaw Is 36 years of age, or younger, and Is prepossessing In appear ance. Her only comment on her elope ment with H. Keiro Marble,, formerly her. chauffeur, with whom she bbeen living here for a year under.wie name of Mrs. Marble, was: "I realize now that I have made an awful mistake In life. I see It all and FflYgolng to Ket awfy from it as soon as I can. This was her only comment. Mrs. Shaw expressed contempt for Lewis Field, who aided the defective bv establishing her Identity to their with David Belasc wherebX hewlM be saltlsfactlon. Field was the family but- accorded bookingprivileges at the 3WHltr Of the Shaws and Is negro. During her angry comments on the methods which she said her husband had adopted to find the boy and get him Into the hands of his agents, Mrs. Shnw said that her life had been a "per fect hell." and added that no woman could, live with him. - Little Is known of Marble, He is an Ondersized man and apparently younger than Mrs. Shaw. DRY TERRITORY- OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord, N. II., May 1. The change resulting from hist full's referendum on the liquor question In New Hampshire were put into effect today. There are now but 25 of the 230 towns In New Hampshire in which ' saloons or whole sale liquor plaCeil can be maintained. These 2ii towns had a total population of but 29,407. according to the last census. The total population of all tlw towns in the state was about -50.000 so that as regards the towns bj" 'popu lation, more than seven eighths of them are now no-lioerrse. Six of the 11 cities having nn iiggregate population of 80. ImO, are also no-license, so that, Includ ing the large cities, about two thirds of all the people of the state are living In no-license territory. OAKLAND FKATS TO FIGHT THE FACULTY (Cnlted Ires .eased Wire.) Oakland, Cal.. May 1. Memhers of hlfcli school fraternities here aro deter mined to fight the order of the faculty abolishing such organizations and It is y U. S. Fat. Office XXXXX ASK FOR AKER'S COCOA bearing this trade-mark A PERFECT FOOD PRESERVES HEALTH PROLONGS LIFE x XXXXXXXXiXo V -i V . i-'t .- I, l. N-.-.'S. 'tiim r 'fTtu.'--.S:.a-..v.Wk r7 159 m 251 v? V'V: z m m vx 'c i js mi ist vz "v5e MCI OVER LOOK IVERL j The Addition That's All "O. K." iik Compare Overlook With All Other Good Additions )W ft OVER LOOK When yon investigate them all you will conclude that for convenience, view, environment and prices Overlook'' lots are the mot desirable in the city. Everything that goes to make a healthy and convenient home addition will be found in Overlook. V do not urge you to buy a homesite in Overlook we do not need to if you visit this district your own instinct and intelligence will tell you that Overlook is an addition that is extremely desirable for you- and your family to live in. Visit Overlook and see for yourself how superior it is. PRICES REASONABLE TERMS LIBERAL jt Overlook and Co. H. WEMME. PRES. AND MGR. PHONE M. 216. 207 BURNSIDE ST, Al pohl is eaofr to kesign (Continued From Page One.) Hundreds of, excellent bu pftrtunities will be offered In the "want nd" usincsa np- section of the Sunday Journal. Judge Bronaugh presided for the first time yesterday afternoon as the Judge of the Juvenile court, having taken the place of Judge Oantenbeln in that posi tion. He disposed of seven cases, send ing one offender to the reform school, committing three to different institu tions, placing two on probation, and dis charging one with warning. Klmer Zimmerman, who confessed to a share in robbing the Knight shoe store and stealing a bicycle and overcoat, was the one sent to he reform school. - Bakr Mam Saves His Dough. (United Pre Leited Wire.) San ranclsco. May 1. Ability to sprint saved Julius Blum, a baker, from delivering up his valuables to two high waymen who held him up early today. Blum was on his way home when he was accosted bv two men. One of the rohbers gently tickled his victim In the i ribs wltti the point or a gun.wnwe the other Informed him that they wanted to borrow some money. Loath to surren- ji'Jthout a struggle, Blum Mara ned down the street, making the hwaymen look like twin brothers of nny Hayes In pursuit or Uorando. New Bishop of Cleveland. Rome, May 1. With all the pomp and rleremony of the Roman Catholic church. Nlonslgnor John Farrelly, for several years pasi spiritual director or ine American college at Rome, was conse crated today as blshop'f Cleveland, Ohio, In sucaesslon to the late Bishop I- orstman. .Cardinal Oottl, prefect of the Congregation of the Propaganda, of ficiated, assisted by Bishop Morris of Little Rock .and several other American prelates. Bishop1 Farrelly Is about SO years of ate and was born In fJashvlIle, Tenn. He was ordained to the priesthood at te American col lege-' in Rome, where his field of effort has been ever since. He "will go to Cleveland In May to as sume the duties of his new office. conduct of the lu;alth- depart ment. and during the two vP-.irs I have served as health officer. I have endeavored to put these Ideas Into effect. The work has been hard and trying nt times, and the criticisms often unjust: the commenda tions, however, lire also often wrongly directed, therefore nn this score n fair balance Is maintained: in the ..meantime, the Important work goes on unnoticed." Tbauks Women's Clubs. "I wish particularly t thank the women's orgnnlza i ions of the city fur their support and ooperaiion In nmnv Instances, and the different members of the health department lor tneir cheer ful and faithful servlc. "Respect fullv submitted. "K. C. POM I.. Health Officer." AUTO THIEF GETS 10 TEAKS IN PRISON Hundreds of excellent business op portunities will be offered In the "want ad" section of the Sunday Journal. Santa ROsa. t'al . May 1.W. F (ood- rlch this mornlne began, the serving of , a 10-year sentence in the penitentiary at San Quentin. He was convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses I and was sentenced yesterday by Judge j J. Q. White of tyndnchm county. Good rich was arrested at Scuttle for having , disposed of an nutomobll- belonging to! lr. W. A. (iray of Oakland, which he had borrowed. He was brought back here for trial. His criminal record, ac, cprding to the In vestigation of the district attorney. Includes the theft of four automobiles nUid a gasoline launch, and a former felony conviction. DAKOTA DOG TEAMS TO RACE" AT A.-Y.-P. Orcgonlife Txa roucTxoxiDEM' qosor-AJrr Horae Office: comsfcTT btttu-(, Cor. rifta and Morrison sTts. Kimn, omzsos A. "J MILI-S President K SAMUEL .Oeneral Manager CLARENCE & 8AMTJKL, Asst. Mgr. Is Best for Oregonians Grand Forks. N. I.. May 1. W. c. Bui hanarn -and William Brown will start from Grand Forks May 10 for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in a race with dog teams. Buchanan has a well-trained team of four Wrd dogs affd Brown" has four. Newfoundlands and stag hounds. Both have small four wheeled buggies, to which the dogs will be attached. The dogs have beep In training for weeks, hut the race was not arranged until today. - Grand Forks business men have In terested themselves In the rare and have offered a pitxe to the winner. Brown assorts be cair avers sr fS-rnHsr-fieF rrii y." Buchanan has easily made sa miles In a day.. Outlaws Are Faithful. Santa Crbi, Cal., May 1. Trdn to their prbmlses. all of the memhers of the Santa Cms and San Jose "outlaw" teams remained loyjM to their present man agers, although last night was' their final chanc of returning to organised baaebaU. , IKS. 1 IF RE 1 1 1 f 1 r IF YOU KNEW what nicgMswe have at GREGORY HEIGHTS, what a splpidid view of mountains pnd river and city, what exclusive residence addition atl around, what popular route Sandy Boulevard is, and what an ideal location this island what reniarkahlv easv terms we offer, the streetcars wouldn't run fast enough-to get vou out there to, SELECT YOUR LOT and order us to BUILD YOUR HOME for you. Aain. IF YOU REALIZED HOW MUCH MONEY you have PAID OUT in rent, say, in the last six, ten, fifteen or twenty years, and knew what a fine home you might have today in place of a bushel of rent re ceipts, you wrnild take the first East Ankeny-Rosc City Park car straight to GREGORY HEIGHTS. " SAVE THE RENT MONEY from going to waste for the next few years and let-us GIVE YOU A HOME. We have fine lots for as little as $100 and up, and take as little as $5 down and $2.50 a month, or build homes and sell them on terms actually less than rent. ; ' ? Ask ounsalesman on the ground about our FREE RENT, PROPOSITION TO LOT - BUYERS IT MEANS ACTUAL. CASH SAVED TO YOU. Take the car East Ankeny-Rosc City Park right to end of line, and le sure to see a GREGORY, riHiilinia salesman, won t oe misled by unscru- pul oiis solicitors .representing other less valuable but uigfreT-pficed property. COMELOUT SATURDAY OR SUNDAY or any other day. Always on the ground and ready to answer questions and show lots. Dottft phone. Come to the 'property and see for yourself. ' , ONOTgrilENT GO. y -