THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 190S.V
515
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PROSPECTS GOOD
FOR BIB TRAFFIC
Assistant General Passenger
Agent Charlton Returns
From Long Tour.
Assistant General Passenger Agent
A. D. Charlton of the Northern Pacific
has returned from a trip In which ho
covered every mile of Northern Pacific
ZIEfiLEfi TALKS CLAIM AGENTS
ON PEJIIIOilS EflJOY SPREAD
Attacks Many Measures That Form Permanent Organiza-
Are to Be Voted on
in June.
tion at Estacada Banquet
and Elect Officers.
Pittsburg Company Wins
' Out in Hot Competition
With Ten Other Concerns
. Order Calls for 5000
. Meters.
The city water, board after a session
lasting ail morning, in which rival
agents of 11 different meter companies
used their best arguments In ah effort
to secure the contract for 6000 meters,
which the olty had advertised for, fi
nally nmontMl that bid of the Pittsburg
Meter company, which manufactures the
water register Known as xne keystone.
The cost of the meters will be $82,160.
The bid of the Pittsburg company was
the lowest of any of those which have
Heretofore sold meters to me city,
Superintendent Dodge recommended
In his report t hat the meters be pur
chased from the Neptune Meter com
pany, but as the bid of this firm for
460 five eighths Inch water measuring
machines was til. 025 higher than that
, of the Keystone company, Mayor Lane,
O. W. Allen and J. t. Hart of the water
board were not In favor of accepting
the bid. The meter furnished by this
company is the Trident, of which there
are a large number in use here. Meter
man C. G. Murphy declares that the
city can save money by taking the
. Trident meters at a larger figure than
by taking any other which has been
tried fn Portland owing to Its greater
durability. Other meters, cost moro
for repairs than the T rldent and
. the higher Initial cost of the latter, he
thinks, Is justified by the results It
gives.
i Dr. C, It Raf fety and R. P. Lamp son. ,
the other members of the board, were
In favor of buying the Trident meter.
lr. Raffety said he was disposed to i
reiy on the reports or the superintend
ent and his employes and Inasmuch as
they 'had recommended the Neptune com
pany's product he uought the board
noma ionow tnetr suggestions.
. During- the argument which arose
: ever the claims made by a number of
rival agents as to the -good points of
tne respective meters, Meterman Mur
phy stated that during a test of meters
made by the department three years
, ego the Trident machine had been tam
pered with In an effort by some one to
disqualify it. Murphy said he didn't
; ; want to make -any accusations but that
1lA Onrilft n O m t i A avimt. ' H n TO. ara In
the building where the test was made
at the time the change In the Trident
i register screw had been made.
Murphy has been a staunch support
er of the Trident meter and he was ve
hement In his declarations to the board
this morning that It la the best and
cheapest in the long run that the city
can buy.
The three lowest bids f or 6000 meters
. were those of the Badger, Worthtngton
; and Keystone companies. The first
mentioned company has been given lit
: tie consideration, as none of the me
ters made by it have ever been used in
Portland. A larre nnmhpr nf Worth.
In t on meters and a smaller number of
Keystones have been tried, but the re
port of the water superintendent is ad
. vre to these and favorable to the
Trident.
nnFiMiTTrr inn i
UUhllilllin WILL
In an" address before the People's
Forum last night in the Selling-Hirsch
building, J. B. Zlegler made some caus
tic comments on a number of the char-
trnlr mtamt Snnimn- hnih main Una ter amendments to come before the
and branches. He say's that prospects . voters at the June election. Mr. Zleg I CUrs f'
ior passenger business never looKea ; mr eipressra strung; approval ui several
better than for the comlnir summer.
"They have had a good healthy rain in
every district," said Mr. Charlton, "and
crop prospects are very good. They
only need warm weather. But never
have the prospects for passenger busi
ness been as good as at the present
time. Along all the lines great prepar
ations are being made fur the expected
travel, not only to the Seattle fair, but
to the Portland Rose Festival."
The Northern Pacific put on through
standard sleepers last night over the
North Bank to be attached to the North
Coast Limited at Spokane for St. Paul,
as well as a throuerh sleooer from Port
land to Omaha thus retaliating on the
u. k. fc is. tor invading the St. Paul
territory with their new Spokane-Portland
train. This Is the first time that
the Northern Pacific has carried a
through sleaoer from Portland to Oma
ha, It goes from here to Spokane over
tne rxoren Baa, rrom mere to Bluings
over the Oreat Northern and from Bill
ings to Omaha via the Burlington.
"WU1 tiro large hats worn by the
ladies Increase the claim agent's
duties V and If so, "Does the engine man
always whistle before the accident oc-
and "Wfiat advantage has a
pretty female- claimant evtr aa ugly
one?"
For every one of these questions there
was a speaker when the newly organ
ized Paoino Claim Agents' association
"met for an Informal dinner at th
of the amendments, but was unspar
ing in his criticism of the motives
responsible for most of them being
placed on the ballot
The speaker said In part as follower
"Our nrewent charter la a eood one
formulated on lines proposed by the ISatacada hotel yesterday. There wen
III CONTEMPT OF
SUPREME COURT
Highest Federal Tribunal
Finds Against Tennessec
ans in Lynching Case.
National Civlo federation. It has not
been lived ud to. and while it has doubt-
leas retarded abuses, many of those com
plained or are not due to the cnarter,
but due to Its evasion.
"The agitation for a new charter dirt
many other questions and subjects o
discussion but just so sure .as any
orator, be be never so sad of face or
serious of demeanor, attempted to pass
beyond a three minute barrier be would
hear suddenly the raucous jangle or
not proceed from the people, but quite 8et of chimes composed of one cow well.
MAKE TWO STOPS
3Iembers of Senate Booked
to Inspect Project at
Ilermiston.
The ' senate committee on Irrigation
and fhe reclamation of arid lands, about
whose visit to Portland and Oregon
next September Director Newell of the
reclamation service was so sanguine of
good results to follow, will make two
stops In this state. One Is to be In
Portland on September 22 and 23 and
the other at Hermlston September 23
and 24. The other projects, including
the important one at Klamath, will not
be visited by the committee.
Letters have been sent out by the
committee asking that the water users'
associations where stops are to be made
arrange to meet with the committee in
order that the views of the members
can be secured as to the existing water
- law, the administration of this law and
suggestions as to amendments that may
be useful.
The party will arrive In Portland
from Seattle Wednesday morning, Sep
tember 22 and leave Thursdav morning
at o'clock for Hermlston. which will
be reached at 4 o'clock that afternoon.
Twenty-four hours will he spent at
Hermlston. The itinerary for the party
In Oregon, Washington and Idaho is as
follows:
Thursday, September 18, arrive Spo
kane, 300 miles, special, 7:28 a m.;
leave Spokane, special or regular N. P.,
7:45 a m.: arrive North Yakima 8:10
p. m.' Friday. September 17. Yakima
valley, auto, etc.; Saturdav, September
18. Yakima valley, auto. etc. Sunday,
September 19, Yklma valley, auto. etc.
Monday, September 20, leave North
Yakima, No. 15, 1:30 a. m.; arrive Se
attle 8:40 a. m. Tuesdav, September 21,
leave Seattle, N. P.. 9:30 a. m. Wed
nesday, September 22, arrive Portland,
7 a. m. Thursdav. September 23. leave
Portland. O. R. & N. special or regular,
Sam.; arrive Ilermiston. Or., 4 p. m.
Friday, September 24, leave Hermlston.
4 p. m. Saturday. September 25. arrive
Boise. 6 a. m. Sunday, September 28,
Nam pa, special. Monday. September 27,
leave Kampa, regular, 4:18 a m.; arrive
Minidoka 10:08 a. m. Tuesdav. Sep
tember 28. arrive Heybum, special, 8 a
Tn.rarrrve- Burtey. seeeiah
rive MHner, special. 11 a m
ASK RATE CUT
Chamber of Commerce Files
Petition With Commis
sion Against 0. R. & N.
Salem. Or.. May 24.J In an endeavor
to secure lower rates to the interior.
made necessarv aa the -result nf the
Spokane rate decision, the Portland
Chamber of Commerce filed a formal
complaint with the railroad commission
today, askinar'that the order relating to
aisiriDuuve rates on tne Oregon Rail
way & Navigation romiinv'i lines.
made by the railroad commission last
spring and against which a restraining
order was obtained in the federal
courts, be modified that a lower rate
may be secured.
Last April, after an Investigation, the
railroad commission found the - class
rates on the O. R. & N. to be unrea.
sonable and Issued an order reducing
them. A temporary restraining order
was securea, wnicn is still pending in
the federal courts and is undecided. The
circumstances of the first complaint,
also made by the Portland Chamber
of Commerce, are recited in the new
complaint.
It is .alleged. In addition, that the
rates and charges now In effect on the
O. R. & N. are unreasonable and unjust
and also that tha reduction made by
the order of the railroad commission
last April was insufficient to reduce
the rates to a lawful and reasonable
basis, and that lfobe,yed thev will still
be excessive, unreasonable and unjust
It is therefore prayed that another
hearing be held to determine the le
gality of the present rates, and that the
former order of the railroad commis
sion be so altered and amended that In
lieu of the rates prescribed other more
reasonable rates of compensation for
the transportation of merchandise from
Portland to points in Oregon on the
O. R. & N. be substituted.
the oDDoslte. from those who are seek
ing to make exorbitant profits from
one dinner horn, one motorman'a gong.
Many or the speakers antea 10 go
city contracts and cUy warrants and beyond the three minute limit, for they
bonds. . I had baan tnnnlre.1 tn oratorical aoasms
" A wtmlnaf nn will ahrtw th.t mAlf I . . Z .-. r
of these amendments are leveled ut oup OnefoSt ""Si step and car
clauses- 1n present chartefl intended ...rt; i Irish Railroad back.
vzna JESSIES? ZZo:XLnZ
While some of the amendments are All accidents V?rntr otmiu
good In either charters , proposed, to nesse. Dessert Verdict for defendant,
turn down all will do more good than sustained by supreme court Coffee
harm Low percentage. Cigars Uectrio filler
"The charter of the 16 must be passed and steam wrapper- .
upon as a unit, and I for one am H. Q. Flelschman of the Vancouver
afraid of it, especially with Mr. Simon Traction company, A. M. Lee of the
on the horison. and believe It best to Northern Pacific, and T. A. Cole 4ff the
turn it down. . t Los Angeles railway were the authors
"Of the charter proposed by the jn tn, order named of the first threo
uvi &nri indorsed ov tne council, ini nlni initi othnr toaata and sneaK-
voter inclined to aisoriminaia wui unu er, wer8:
lha fnllnwlnir ttnrinubtedlv STOOd amend- I wrh. mlm 1 nn.'a riAlla-ht" C. J.
menU. which fortunately may be voted Franklin. Portland Railway. Light &
upon separaiBiy. - Power oompany; "'Why DO women ana
"No. 110 Amending section 99 so that 5?,"" nW th-'r-ar Backwards?"
holders of franchises can not evade Q D 0.Connor -waiia Walla Traction
maKing reports to mo cii ,
PEIIIIOilS TO BE
NVEST GATED
District Attorney Expects
No Indictments Will
Be Returned.
No. Hi Providing for a wmmj-i ' ..rkirfi. n . u uA
Ilia. , I iUHC, i vli W
po J "'J' m.t nrnnosed Southern Paciflc; "The Cow Coroner
iVSt larre.l interestsranS kane Portland ft Seattle , railway ; "Man
the voter can easily sift them out and Made ff Dust; lst Settle. How
find whether or not he favors them. Much of a Man Are Your B. F. Boyn-
Contrary to representation 10 inn von, rormnu """""i . ? V.T VT
He most of this "mass of legislatirm company; "The Sound of the Big Brass
thrown at the head of the voter" comes Drum (Seattle)," George Carson. Seattle
from the council In an effort to amend Electric railway; "la tne Claim Agent
the charter in the only way provided aH Disagreeable at Home as HeIs In
under our plan of city home rule. It Business r H. H. OT)ell, P. S. El Co
in no wise eclglnates with the peo- Tacoma: "Hypnotism as Practiced by
pie or the faddists, nor is to be attri- the professlon Yost Nor' A. E3. Beck,
buted to the Initiative and refaren- Briti8n Columbia Electric Railway com
dum" pany; "The Fake Doctor,' Hugh A. Talt,
senttle Electrlo company; "Do You Ap
prove of Allowing a Man With a Bundle
to Ride on a Car? How do You Travel
When Carrying One?" T. O. Newman,
Whatcom County Railroad company,
Bellingham; "The Windy City tSan
Francisco)," J. H. Handlon, United)
Railways; "la the Milk of Human Kind
ness Considered When Settling for a
Dead Cow?" D. L. Flynn, Great North
ern;' "The Fake Lawyer," R. W. Wil
bur, Portland Railway, Light & Power
oomnajiv: "Do Claim Agents liver Get
Stung?" El M. Grover, Northern Pacilic;
e Man any Aavanutue
Married Man In Settling a
Claim; If So, Why?" ST. K. jonnson,
Canadian Pacific; "The Hereafter; What
Will St. Peter Say?'' D. C. Davis, North
ern Paciflc.
Fifty people composed the party
which went on a special car to Jsta-
inttA wtr carta. K&rlier In the day all naa oeen
Denver May 24. Moderator Baxkley taken over the lines of the Portland,
j 'in v ci , . . . w 1 , . , i t 1vK f Pnorftr nnmnnnv unit
presided at todays session of the one .. .'?&.A a v.ait to Council Crest.
hundred and twenty-first Presbyterian Thlrty-nve steam and electrlo rail
general assembly. A discussion of the ways are represented In the Pacitio
report of th. committee on ministerial alm Agent' "ocUU which was
Bustentation. which was presented, oc- considerable lines west of the Rocky
cupled the greater part of the early ses- mountains between British Columbia and
sion. The committee's advocacy of an southern California enter the organlza-
increase of the allowance to retired mln- t0n which Is Intended to be mutually
inters from $300 to $500 a year receives! helpful both In a business and social
the hearty indorsement of laymen and v tr ! membership. One of the
church organiaations. The danger of featUres of the association Is a perma
maklng the allowance resemble a char- nent information bureau for the use of
forth heated replies from the commit-1 . t.i- or, ..,.iiii h honor of
teemen who urged the Increase n the presl(jlng over the association for tho
interest of Justice Further inquiry and P"1 a". H u B K. Boynton, chief
ei lnVeStlKatln ' th6PrJect w claJm agent nf the Portland, Railway,
oruerea. T . . . . o,. mnanff other nfneera
A plan to consolidate the board of re- rr.V . a tl, T r LI
lief and the board of ministerial sus- e: f 'rsl J'L''r"""'.ir T K
tentation. favored by many of the dele- JJ. T t.iVn PmnTr. iin.
gates, was broached today for the first Hon Spokane Inland fcmplre lines
time. The assembly voted to withhold third vice president, 1. A Cole, uoa
action in the matter until the presenta- Angeles Railway company, secretary-
tion of the requested report by the bus- treasurer, Ida P. Newell, Portland
ttntation committee. way. Light & Power company; executive
The committee of freedmena work board. J. H. tianaion oi unitea .aii-
advocated greater efforts among the ways, John Ferrln of Oakland Traction
negroes.
MORE llliEY TO
OIOJJISTEIIS
, '. . . Stungr a M. G
Presbyterians in Assembly Has the smgi
- . . Over a Marrl
1I11J1K vea ui axuisc
From $300 to $500.
CLATSOPITES MAY EAT
CRAWFISn ANY TIME
The grand Jury this afternoon started
the Investigation of the excise peti
tions, which are alleged to contain
fraudulent signatures. District Attor
ney Cameron states that he does not
believe it will be possible to return any! , .
Indictments In these cases, as It wilLT- lf you are from Clatsop county the
I according to Judge Cameron, be prac- antl-crawnsh law passed by the last
ticaiiy lmpossioie to snow that the men i rejm.iui. "u uoi. hvf
circulating the petitions were in any i terrors for you. You are legally vac
way responsible for the forged names ' ciliated by the legislature and. can tako
appearing on tnem. Judge Cameron I 1,18 icwru .tuuunj ana norny
says
l-The only way In which these peti
tions can be safeguarded in the future
will be to put the men circulating them
under bond, and this will be practically
useless, as It will be hard in any event
to prevent them being made the sub
ject of fraudulent representations on
the part of persons who are utter atran-
?:ers to them. I expect no indictments
o be returned In the present Investigations."
YOUXG VIOLINIST MAKES
HIT AT ENTERTAINMENT
That young Miss Esther Sundqulst
will some day become a violinist of
fame, was the consensus of opinion of
those who heard her play last night at
A Hon hall. The occasfon was an enter
tainment given by the. Swedish-American
residents of the city for the purpose
of raising a fund for a float in the Rone
Festival parade, and Miss Sundquist
volunteered to play, although this was
her first public appearance In Port
land. She will appear in recital this
week, however, under direction of Dr.
Emil Enna, who played her accompani
ments last evening. For so young; a
performer. Miss Sundqulst draws a
beautiful tone, full of color, and also
displays no little amount of technique.
Other numbers on last night's pro
gram were selections by the Swedish
Pingine Club Columbia, vocal solos by
Mrs. Minnie Schultzberg-Nelson, John
backed nsh without fear or favor from
any flsh warden. That Is the express
terms of the law.
During the legislative session many
people united in a demand that crawfisn
bo added to the lisc of protected flsh.
The legislature complied with the re
quest. Down at Astoria, however, a
howl went up from people there
jvho contended that the crawfish was a
pest In and about the adjacent waters,
contending that they wanted them
killed off. Therefore the bill was
amended so that when a Clatsop county
resident wanted to go out and work off
a grouch by the slaughter of a few hun
dred crawfish he would not be liable to
a fine for a fracture of the law. This
Is the way the amended law reads, as
found on page 374 of the newly pub
lished session laws of 1909:
"Section 5. It ahall be unlawful for
any person or persons, excepting resi
dents of Clatsop county, to take, flsh
for, or have in' their possesion any
j crawfish taken from the waters of the
company, A. E. Beck of British Colum
bia Electric Railway company, George
Carson of Seattle Electric lines, H. L.
Bleecker of Washington Water Power
company.
SHERIFF'S BOOKS
III LIMELIGHT
Expert Ferguson Will Dig
Through Records as Far
Back as July, 1902.
(United PrfeM Leases Wire.)
Washington, May 24. Th uprem
court today held Sheriff Shipp of Ham
ilton county, Tennessee, Deputy Sheriff
Gibson and citizens named Williams,
Noland, Padgett and May In contempt
of court In connection with, the lynch
ing of Ed Johnson, a negro, accused of
assault at Chattanooga in 1905.
The sheriff and his deputy are ac
cused of falling to prevent the lynching
after a stay of execution had been
granted, and the citizens are alleged to
have been members .of the mob that
hanged the negro.
Chief Justice Fuller handed down the
decision. Justice Peck ham dissenting.
Justice White arid McKenna also dis
sented In the decision.. Peckham, in
delivering his dissent, declared there
was not a particle of evidence to sub
stantiate the charges of conspiracy.
Justices Harlan, Brewer, Holmes, Day
and Moody concurred ia Justice Fuller's
opinion.
Th defendant will appear here June
1 to reoelve sentence from Chief Jus
tice Fuller. Those who will be sen
tenced are: Sheriff James F. ShiPD.
Deputy Sheriff Jeremiah Gibson, Luth
er Williams. Nick Nolan. Henry Pad
gett and William May.
ARMSBY CASE THROWN
OUT OF CIRCUIT COURT
After having; dragged alone for more
tnan tnree weeks the - civil action tor
approximately $60,000 damage brought
Dy tne J. &. Armioy company against
the Northern Box company was thrown
out of court today. Judge Morrow, in
whose branch of the circuit court the
case wa tried, granting a motion for
non-suit.
, Counsel for plaintiff concluded, sub
mlttlng evidence Friday and all day
Saturday, the attorneys for the defense
argued tne motion for non-suit. The
court handed down the decision this
morning.
The Armsby company main conten
tion in the suit centered about a. con
tract for box shocks, alleged to have
been broken. It was claimed that the
aelenaants railed to keep their con
tract to supply Bhooks to the plaintiff.
which necessitated the plaintiff pur
chasing snooks on the onen markt
a much higher price than named in the
contract.
TEST DECISIOli
111 BUTE CASE
Chambers of Commerce in
Pacific Northwest Take
Immediate Action.
The transportation committee of the
chamber of commerce held an important
meeting today in the committee's rooms
In the Newmarket building, for the pur
pose of considering suits that have been
filed or will be filed tomorrow in the
Spokane rate decision.
Papers have been sent to Washinirton.
D. C. which will result in starting a
suit before the Interstate Commerce
commission, to test the legality of the
Spbkano decision. For the purpose of
Instituting similar suits before the
state railroad commissions of Oregon
and Washington, the transportation
committee of thetchamber of commerce
has forwarded the necessary papers to
Salem and Olympia.
j The chambers of commerce In both
Seattle and Tacoma have notified the
local organization that they desire to be
made parties to the complaint in all
tueae suits.
ra ' fT Nelson and Dr. Emil Auapiund. C. W
: arrive S xrA,.an t t w,iun --.. .-i ....
Twin Falls, noon. Wednesday Septem- j ,,,cal aeipctions and Edward Boyse and
l&v . n DhAhnnA Stalls fn QillnB asirn i . . .
ber 19. Shoshone Falls In autos; leave
Twin Falls, special, 6:35 p. m.
FOGARTY'S SPEECH
. APPEARS IN PRINT
F. H. Fogarty, assistant general
freight agent of the Northern Pacific,
has been jrlven a new soubriquet by his
friends fnc his return from the bus
iness men trip into vsasnington.
While In Aberdeen jar. rpgarty, or
"Handsome Fogarty," as he Is now
called, we Invited to make an address
the enthusiastic people of Aberdeen.
He did so, HI success 1 recorded In
copies of th Aberdeen Post, which
h.va rvsrhed Portland.
Th paper aays of Mr. Fogarty, "He
IS a nsnil some man mna ainae a ten
rllM with, the crowd at nee." -iff.
Kognrty, It eems. told the crowd that
he had ben horn in Scotland himself
and In four or live sentence made Dim
no f so "strong" with the Aberderti su
it it rife that fee is assured of a welcome
whenever he return there. One niere
lv haa'to call Mm 'Handsome Fotrarty"
itnv to set anything the frelarht depart
ment ff the Northern Pacific ha to
offf r. from a gondola to a palace stock.
E. W. Sundstrom appeared In reclta-
tlona Mrs. William Sunden gave a
highly Interesting and amusing imper
sonation. National dances given by the
"Skansen dancers" from Stockholm, un
der direetion of Messrs. BJorkluhd and
Olson, proved a pleasing feature. Wal
demar Seton, who was to have appeared,
was prevented from doing so on account
of sickness, ,-
nailding Permit.
Mrs. Chapman. Crookham avenue, be
tween Mllwaukle and Seventeenth, re
pair two- story frame dwelling, $600;
Mr. Ed Holman, Montgomery street,
corner Second, erect three atory frame
apartment house, f.18.000; Hawthorne
Brackett company, East Madison street,
between Tilrty-slxth and Thirty-fifth,
repair one story frame shop, 500; Mrs.
N. Pleffer, East Sixty-third street, be
tween Klickitat and Siskiyou, erect one
story frame dwelling, 11800; - J. N.
Hagefisen, Alberta street, between
Eighteenth and Seventeenth, erect two
story frame store and- flats, 43200;
Frank Bollam. East 8lxtehth. street,
between Braze and Thompson, erect
two story frame dwelling, $4500; R. N.'
Flack. East Seventeenth street, be
tween Jarrett and Kllllngsworth, erect
two story frame dwelling. '$2006.
W. A Storey, Tom Word and R. L.
Stevens are having their official past
looked Into by Expert Accountant J. W.
Ferguson, who commenced today to
check up the accounts and records of
the sheriffs office from July, 1902, to
the tiresent time. This mornlnir Mr.
Ferguson dropped Into the sheriff's of
fice and stated his errand. He was
given access to the records of the of
fice, and for the next week or two will
state of Oregon, during the months of be busy digging Into the dusty files of
November, December, January or Febru'
old fee books.
The accounting will commence with
the beginning of Storey's term as sher
iff In July'. 190?!. and will run through
that administration, through the en
cumbency of Tom Word and up to the
present time through the administration
of R. L. Stevens.
Concurrently with the examination
Into the records of sheriffs office, Mr.
Feraruson is burning midnight oil over
TiTT'TiTp 1 TlTA Vl?CiT'T?"0'i"Tr the records of the municipal court dur
VrjLfLKjA 1 EjU 1 JjO 1 HilvUA I Ing the administration of George J. Cam
eron, at which time Frank Hennessy wai
ary of any year.
If that does not put Clatsop county
residents on the free crawfish list, vari
ous students of the law who' have read
the statute would like to know what
does.
TWO NEW CHURCHES
With appropriate services and under
most perfect weather conditions two
new cllurches were dedicated yesterday
afternoon on the east side. The Pil
grim Congregational church at Missouri
avenues and Shaver street was occupied
for the first time by the congregation
at the morning service and was dedi
cated at 2:30 p. m . Rev. Lather R.
Dyott pastor of the First Congregational
church preaching the dedication ser
mon. Rev. j;- J. Staub, Rev. E. S. Bol
linger, Rev. W. H. Meyer, assisted the
pastor. Rev. D. Thomas In the ser
vices. The Woodstock Methodist Episcopal
church was dedicated last evening aff?r
all day services. In the morning Bis
hop Smith preached the sermon. Tha
afternoon ervlo was conducted bV T.
S. McDaniel chairman of the building
extension society and through his ef-
elerk of the court. Mr. Ferguson is
checking up the municipal records at
night, his days being engaged in the
work on tne county recortis.
While no great progress has been
made as yet with the investigation of
the municipal records. It is believed that
they will be found, In a badly tangled
condition from a bookkeeping stand
point at least. A cursory examination
of the fee book shows that there are
many cases where no receipt ha been
signed on the book for the return of ball
money or for bail forfeited.
This shows of Itself nothing more
than slipshod system of accounting. It
may be that there are vouchers or other
record of all such transactions. It Is
very probable that such 'entries many
cases will be charged against the ad
ministration. If this 1 done It la safe
to presume that- there will be a large
in .r- i r , i 1 . . ' ' -
fnrt. th debt remaining wlr, uucrtinmt, -" " report or
ouC RV. W. B. HollingsTieadr district Uhen hSwnCJSSl
superintendent, assisted in the service en be mbent npon Judge -Cameron
The evenlnr sermon was nreached hv
Rev. "Clarence True Wilson after whica
the dedicatory services were held.
The church I a large and commodlor
structure which la well supported by
the resident of the' neighborhood. The
pastor, itev, J. u. voce iook nut cnarge
last October and the rapid growth of
or other receipt, the disposition of the
money for which no receipt is given on
record book.
Conductor to Jacksonville.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Boston, - May 24.-Jacksonvl!le, : Fla..
the church and Its enterprise in build- I was chosen today a the next meetlna
ing makes new record la suburban place of the Order of Railway conduct
churoh life. I tor in blennlel convention.
JVELY SCRAP OVER
AN INNOCENT EGG
Oeorge Harris, proprietor of a res
taurant at Williams avenue and Russell
street, arrested last night on a charge
of fighting, was rearranged today on
a charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon. Harris had an altercation over
some eggs which he had served to C.
H. Allton of 338 Graham street.
All ton told him the eggs were bad and
refused to pay for them when a fight
started. He was attacked 'by Harris
and his brother Chris Harris, according
to Allton, picked up a butcher knife and
struck him on the head with it
All three men were arraigned in the
police court this morning and their
casus set for hearing tomorrow. Allton
and Chris Harris are held under a
charge of disorderly conduct.
GRANTS PASS HIGH
TEACHER ON TRIAL
;8pecll Dlspntch to The Journal
Grants Pass. Or.. May 24. The rase
of the high school students versus Pro
fessors Mielke and Turner Is being tried
this afternoon. The trial is attracting
much attention, as the graduation
classes practically withdrew from the
school and refused to take part in the
class day exercises because of sym
pathy for Robeaux Ritchie, the young
man whose punishment by Professor
Mielke brought about the trouble.
Ritchie's father is here from Port
land and has secured attorney to assist
in presenting the case.
District Attorney iMulkey has charge
'of the trial.
MANY ARE WILLING:
ONE TO BE CHOSEN
RARE EXHIBIT OF
FIIIE PA1HTIIJGS
Works of Art Will Be
LoantoiAssociation '
for Summer Display.
A most interesting' exhibition of
painting Is to be made at the Museum
of Art to remain in place throughout
the summer under the direction of the
board of directors of the Art associa
tion. It is the intention to onen the
exniou to tne puDiic June l. Tne rarest
and most beautiful of Portland's art
treasures are to be loaned by the owner
for this disulav and it will afford the
citizens aa wen as passing visitors an
opportunity such as ia seldom possible,
of seeing at one time many of -th finest
specimeus of paintings fn the United
State. ...
. Among those who have loaned their
pictures for this purpose are A L. Mills,
ur. k a. J. Mackenzie. Mrs. w. s.
Ladd. William R. Ladd. Charles E. Ladd,
Mra Helen Ladd Corbett, Eliot Corbett,
David T. Honeyman, Colonel C E. S.
Wood, the Misses Falling, Miss H. H.
failing, ii. j. wortman, Mrs. T. B.
Trevett. W. B. Aver. W. J. Rurni. Mra
H. W. Corbett. Miss Flander and Dr.
William Jone. There are some other
collectors Who may also add their treia
ures.
Prominent among the artist whose
worK win d seen are uorot. Turner, j.
Aiden Wolr, Chllde Hassam, George de
rorrest jtsrusn, DTana vinoent uuMond,
as . well as many other artist of inter
national reputation.
STRAUS JURY HAS
NOT YET DECIDED
.
Instructions Given in Trial
for Embezzlement by
Judge Wolverton.
r
HOCK DIES
OFBKI
'HEART
No verdict had been reached by the
Jury in the C. A. Straus case at 2:i0
cclock this afternoon. At that time
the Jury had been out four hours. Mr.
and Mr. Straus and their little daugh
ter, Helen, have been waiting In the
courtroom all day for the verdict. Mrs.
Straus has .commenced to show-indications
of great, weariness and mental
stress. Straus Is charo-ed with hnvlnir
embezzled S4090 of tha fund nf tha
"Portland postofflce, and his trial was
conducted Derore federal court last
week. Members of the Jury were ex
cused after the arguments had 'been
concluded Saturday, and were called to
ga ther this morning to hear instruc
tions rrom judge wolverton.
Instructions given to the Jury by
Judge Wolverton, relating to the ver
dict whjch bav returned for or against
Btra.ua, became the subject of admira
tion -on the part of counsel both for
the government and the defense. Tha
instructions covered 20 typewritten
pages snd consumed three quarters of
an hour in the reading. Judge Wolver
ton counseled members or the Jury full?
in regard to the difficult features of
the case. He stated that lf the Jury
had been led to Believe from the evi
dence that either Miss Bollman or ex
Postmaster Mln to could have embezzled
the postofflce funds as well as Straus
that the verdict should be not arulltv.
On the other hand, lf tho evidence was
convincing that Straus procured the
money and retained It illegally, that he
alone would be responsible and a .ver
dict of guilty should be returned.
Judge Wolverton also Instructed th
Jury that a verdict covering the first,
second or third count of the indict
ment against Straus could be found or
verdict covering all might be returned.
There was evident fear that the jury
might disagree and the responsibility nf
its members to agree among them
selves on a verdict if they found It
consistently possible was sharply emphasized.
ROGERS EEAVES
To Immediate Relatives Save
Bequests to Mark Twain
and Fairhaven.
Tug-of-War Tromoter Over
come When No Interest Is
Taken in His Last Great
Effort to Revive the Game
in Portland.
i
New York, May 24. From sources
close to the family of the late IL 1L
Rogers, it was learned today Jhat his
estate is valued at nearly $100,000,000.
The vast fortune is Invested In the best
securities and Is in excellent condition.
It Is reported that the whole estate
is left to the immediate relatives, with
the exception of a bequest to Mark
Twain, who was Rogers' most intimate
personal friend, and certain bequests to,
his native town of Fairhaven. Mass.
It 1 understood that IL H. Roger Jr.
will manage the estate.
ALBEE'S PETITION
TO GO ON BALLOT
According to City Auditor Barbur's
interpretation of the law H. R. Albee's
petition for election to the of floe of
mayor a an Independent is not In
compliance with the statutes. The pe
tition is certiriea ro Dy oniy two voters.
The city auditor thinks the law re
quires that each separate sheet of the
petition should be certified by two.
T-fnwflver. lr. Rarbur will order thn
petition placed upon the Fallot
M. Planck, who -for the cast 20
years has been known all along the Pa
cific coast a the "champion tug of war
promoter," was found dead in bis room
at the North Paciflo hotel. Twenty
second and Nlcolai streets, laat night.
He had died from heart failure, so th
coroner determined, in whose charge th
remain have been placed '
Plan ok was a moat ardent fug of war
enthusiast and had booked mere such,
event than perhaps any man that ever
lived. He originated the game in Port
land abont 16 year ago with a tourna- .
ment at the exposition building' and it
wa a great success. Then he went to
other coast cities, devoting most of his
time to tournaments, although he held
paper a a master mariner.
But the tua-of-war fad died out and
of lata years Planck found It difficult
to arrange successful tournaments, th
last one of any Importance having been
pulled off at Astoria during the regatta
last summer. It wa fairly successful
and gave Planck hope of reviving the
game.
Yesterday he was to have conducted
a tournament at Rohses park, near Ful
ton, q The affair was extensively ad
vertised, but In the laat moment, so It
la asserted, some of the principal lost
interest and failed to show up. This
blasted the promoter's last rav of hone
and yesterday afternoon he returned to
the olty from the picnic ground sick at.
heart He sat down on the lawn at the
plasa for a few hour, then went home
to dream of future days and new tour
naments or perhaps to forget it all for
ever. Some think he died from a broken
heart
- Planck ha a brother. Captain Law
eon. master of the tank steamer Romft
plying between this port and San Fran
cisco. He was 50 year of age.
UEIIEY SCORNS '
fiiiRRfliiiirtt nin
ifiiurr mil
Employes Fully Bound to
4 Testify as to Acts of
Employers.
fruited Preta Lrased Wlra.l
San Francisco, May 24. The deter
mined Inquiries of last week into the
financlal account of the prosecution In
the graft cases were replied to In kind
today on the resumption of proceedings
in the Calhoun trial, when Special
Prosecutor Francis J. Heney detnandod
that Assistant Cashier Adam Dollar of
the United Railroads be Instructed to
produce from the company's archives
vouchers signed by William Abbott,
Luther Brown, former United Railroads
Detective John Helms, Attorney Metsou
and Felix Paudeveris. The bearing of
the vouchers upon the case was ques
tioned indignantly by Attorney King,
who declared that the Issuance of sucii
an order would be a direct lnfrlngment
upon the rights of American citizenship.
With marked deliberation, and with a
suavity that aroused the Ire of the de
fense, Heney remarked that any refer
ence to the rights of the United Rail
roads was all rot."
'I have a right," he said, "to inves
tigate the financial operations of any
public eervice corporation. There wa
never a law to prevent it, and there
never will be. Society would fall to
piece lf there were a law to preevnt
employes of a man charged with crime
rrom testirytng against mm. it wouki
be a monstrous doctrine thatewould per
mit tho president or a public service
corporation to commit crime and his
employes to reruse to testily against
him."
Dollar stated that he was not sure
that vouchers of the nature suggested
by Heney were In his keeping and after
a lengtny and wordy argument between
counsel Judge Lawlor suspended ruling
and took under advisement the request
to have the vouchers produced.-
The assertion by Heney that Calhoun
and his chief legal adviser, William Ab
bott, were banded together to obstruct
the administration of Justice, baaing ,
his statement upon the testimony of '
John Helms, was' met with vehement
denial and objection On the part of At
torney King. Judge Lawlor again found
It necessary to order a cessation of the
bickerings between counsel.
It is thought that thjs week will mark
the end of the trial.- The prosecution
today began to wind up the testimony f
of the last week. Few new witnesses
were called to the stand.
OMAHA COMPANY
IN SERIOUS STRAITS
"Though the predicament of the
Home Telenhone comnanv of Omnli.i,
as he I Ttlohi ! a RAriAn nnA verv effort in
does not think it Is in his province to j being made by those i'n charge to keep
say wiiemer or iiui a iiiuuii is iegui. jt out of the hands of a receiver and
Montavllla is in the throes of a spir
ited contest for th selection of a queen
to occupy the royal seat in Monta
villa's float in the Rose Festival parade.
Five young ladies have entered the lists
and up to noon today nearly 1200 votes
had been cast. "Votes eost 6 cent and
may be cast at the postofflce store and
Joe Holder's on the Base Line road.
Russellvilie store, Villa avenue and,
East Eightieth street and Troutman's
store on Villa avenue.
At 10 o'clock this morning- the vote
tood as follows: Delia Burns 245: Lula
Brvson 228, Martha Jensma 228, Bessie
McKisson 287, Hope 'Nettleton 46.
MISS PHILLIPS TO
GET APPOINTMENT
Miss Mabel Phillips has been certi
fied to by the civil service commission
as the only eligible for the position of
Computer in the city engineer's office.
Miss Phillips will leceiv the appoint
ment "
Mills Said to Be Minor.
On th claim of the defendant's coun
sel, John H. Stevenson, that John Mills,
accused Of highway robbery, is not yet
18 years of aga the arraignment of
Mills was postponed in the circuit court
this morning. - It-Is claimed that Mills
will not be 18 until July 26 and that the
case can corns property only before the
Juvenile court. Mill and Tony Patricio
are charged, with attempting to hold up
and rob James' Peterson.
All he can do is to certify that it has
the requisite number of names.
LITTLE SHAW BOY
BACK TO FATHER
.
Boston, May 24. Eldridge Shaw, 11
year old son of Senator James H. Shaw,
was surrendered to his father today by
II. Fisher Eldridge of Portsmouth, N,
11. , father of Mrs. Shaw.
Given Time to Plead.
Jos Doucetto. who was accused bv th
Star Laundry company of embezzling
$218, and who is under Indictment, was
to have been arraigned in the state cir
cuit court today but wa given until
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock to
plead. In the meantime the court will
appoint an attorney to defend the ao
cused. ,
I haye hopes that they will be success
ful. "
This word S. Q. Reed, president of
the Oerman-American bank, brings from
Omaha. He returned to Portland today.
Mr. Reed spent some time in Omaha
endeavoring to find what chances there
were for the company to pay up the
815.000 default interest due to Port
land holders of the securities.
"Local capitalists are Interested In
the company and there Is a chance that
they will take over the company," said
Mr. Reed.
WILL BE SENTENCED
TOMORROW TO HANG
Joe Anderson, convicted of the mur
der of Harvey Logan on the Fourth
street bridge, was brought before Judge
Bronaugh this morning to be resen
tenced. Anderson's attorney. J. A. Jef
frey asked that sentence be postponed
until be had time to argue his motion to
recall the mandate of the supreme court,
but the caurt held that he had no
French Sailor Injnred.
Rainier, Or., May 24. A French atl
nr from the French bark Jacobson. now
loading lumber from Prescott, was . right to keep Anderson in Jai here and
found on the track Sunday at Prescott, announced that he would be sentenced
unconscious, witn nis arm Daaiy ills- , at th opening or court tomorrow morn-
located ana nis lonjui nearly oitten Ing.
Oil. tie was ui.oii w nwujrr ana given
medical attention. It i thought that
he fell from a pile of lumber.
- Oswald West's Son Dies. '
Salem, Or, May J.-Gordon West,
the 8-months-old baby -of Railroad
Commissioner Oswald West, died yes
terday in Salem during the absence of
th father- in San- Franeieeo on business
for th commission. Mr.- West-was in
communication with his home today
and started north this afternoon.
' . I " ' .
DOLLIVER WON
: TO LUMBER DUTY
.' "Washington, May 24. Senator Dolll.
ver of Iowa, presumed to be One of the
most devoted free lumber senators, to-,
day deserted that banner, epeaklng- for
a duty. In the lntereat of Pacific coast
mill and stumpage .owners, and created
surprise tit his reversal of position.