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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 190&. SCJ1DDIUG TO DIRECTTOUR OF EGYPT PORTLAUD ELKS : LEAVE TOfllBHT aMaaaasaSaaBHaaaaBaaaaaaaBBaaW '' Special Train Carrying Ms . Crowd -Will Depart for - Los-Angeles. , CEilMi LlilE Bishop of Oregon Selected to Conduct ' Clergymen and , Students on Winter Cruise of Holy Land May Not be i AbletpAccept. (Special Dispatch, to The Journal.) : V New York. July S,- The Rt Rev. - Charles Bcadding, bishop of Oregon, has . been selected as chairman and director of the "Episcopal Chapter" of number of T clergymen, , students and ' travelers V 'Who purpose making a winter's cruise . to Egypt and Palestine next January. The "Cruise of the Students League will sail January 10. 1910. from New York, covering the following Itinerary: ' Madeira, Cadis, Gibraltar. Algelrs, Malta., Athens. ConstantinoDle. the Bosphorus. Beyrout, Haifa,: Jaffa, - Alexandria, Palermo, Naples. Klviera, wueenstown. Liverpool to .New York. Including 20 days In Palestine and Egypt. ; This Oriental Travel league is for Bible teachers and students. Jeotums - and classes will be held on the steamer, -.y and special opportunities under capable --SUIUCS WUPe Jjiveil lur Muiurauuii . and researches in the Holy land. Bishop ;. Bcadding is invited to give his course peak on Oregon and its Opportunities.-' In an fstervlew with . The ' Journal v on the absve . announcement. - Bishop - Bcadding sals: "I appreciate this honor, but am not at, all sure that I can accept. ( While the remuneration for expenses of ous and whu 1 am taking no noil- v this summer, yet I do not think I can take a winter holiday, and leave the diocese so long without Episcopal . oversight. The trip might be good for Mrs. Scadtilng, who Is now recovering from an operation, for appendicitis.' . . "I am considering the appointment and If I feel that my taking this three months-directorship of the .'Episcopal Chapter of the Bible Students Travel , league will react helpfully on our work In Oregon, and further the cause of general missions and- Bible study, I . shall lay the proposition before our standing committee. There Is much to be considered, and at the present moment I do not feel free to accept the attractive offer." - ; HAL J,.. VI.. ... , SALEM' ; FESTIVAL OPENS (Br Journal lotted Salem Wire.) i ' Salem, Or, July . Salem'a fourth annual cherry fair opened auspicously with a magnificent parade this morning. Throngs or spectators filled the streets until -noon, vlewlng-the excellent parade and afterwards listening; to an able ad dress of welcome by J. L. Stockton," leading merchant, who took the; place of Mayor George , Rodgers, who Is out ,'ef the cltv. v. f v. -i 'The parade consisted of decorated; - floats, carriages and automobiles. Miss Bertha' Allen, who , reigned Salem's eueen at the Portland Rose carnival. acted as -queen of the Cherry carnival and rode in the same float as was used . at Portland, which Is Illustrative of the Cuerfy city. Company M, the 8alera Canoe club and an oriental section con tributed by' the local Chinese were. suc cessful features. This afternoon the annual summer meeting of the Oregon State Horticul tural society begins its sessions in the Auditorium. - Tne Horticultural society ts now.oDeratlng under an appropriation from the state and will be able to do a greater work. Its trustees are ap- rolnted directly ny me governor na he work is carried on under the super vision of the state.' ,' Though the rain the early cart of the Week destroyed many of the finest spec imens or cnernes yet me cnerrv exniDit Is splendid and there will be close com petition between . different- .Willamette vaney .counties. . -i. , FLESH BOILED ' 1 IS 4 1 " .. flsas.tk ajT " ' t ltVi " COOLS fJOT Youthful Fires Still Burn in Breasts of Aged Residents Who JJispute. Over Bonn dary' ; Fence Court May Settle Dispute. IIOflGKOUG IS ' SMUGGLER'S HE FROM BONES '. (United Press Lmh4 Wire. Ban. Francisco, July t, His flesh literally boiled from his hones" when fee fell 4nto a vat of boiling asphaltum Adolph Johnson, a laboring man. dlc.l at midnight' at the Central Emergency hospital. , . Johnson was crossing the seethln cauldron of asphaltum on a thin plank late yesterday. Without warning the frail . bridge broke beneath 'him and he was , precipitated' 1odtlvtDto- the fiery mass. He was extricated with , great difficulty by fellow-workmen ana nurriea to ins nospuai. , DEPUTY SMITH BRINGS BACK FRED SENDERS v (Saedal blspetrk ts Tin JonraaLl " ' Albany. Or, Jul 8. Deputy Sheriff Del Smith returned from Salem last nJght with Fred Benders, who was in dicted at the recent term of the Linn county grand Jury on three counts for selling' near beer in Albany. Sender was placed under bonds to appear before the next term of. circuit court He bad been, operating a blind pig In the old Albany brewery near the depot, and had lft town iinnn the cUlnar. lAfAth nf the grand Jury. v r. , ' i AIL ABOARD, BILL! The Portland Klks' special consisting of a train of five Pullmans loaded with about 150 of the antlered tribe will leave for the south at 11:30 o'clock to night and will arrive at Los Angeles at 7 o'clock Sunday morning Between 260 and 100 Elks representing eastern Oregon, Idaho and Washington lodges re in Portland today and will leave for the south on the regular 1:80 a? m. train tomorrow morning. The Port land contingent jwlll travel In Its own train - and will leAve ahmit turn hnun ahead of the regular south bound train. Bauer city fclks tq the number of SO. filling two Pullman sleenera and accompanied toy a band of 22 pieces arrived at f?0 o'clock this morning on the regular west bound O. R. A N. train. The narty will . remain in Portland until 1:30 o'clock tomorrow-morning when the two Pull mans will be attached to the ennth bound Southern Pacific special. Rep- iwniauvn or ris joogea at i'ocatelio, Ijewlston and Twin Falls. Idaho, and Pendleton. Or., reached : Portland this morninsr and will leave for t An. geles at 1 :30 a. m. tomorrow." The . band - accompanying the' Baker tJity contingent win give a concert In the Elk lodgerooms at Seventh and Stark streets tonight at 8:30 o'clock. SIX HEIVHEHTO GUARD FORESTS Si forest assistants will go out from Portland tonight forervlce in the for ests under the supervision of the local branch of the National Forest Service. They Are the quoto granted to Oregon under the late examination held, and from which 47 of them are to be given employment The local appointees are E. H. MacDanleb. William B. Osborne ,r a a. neynoios, s. u. Hall, E. J, Fenby and O. P. Willis. Forest assistants are recruited to the forest service from the students In for estry graduated each year from the leading colleges of the country. Tho iirw men appointed nere come ' from Harvard. Tale, Michigan and Pennsyl vania State college. Their dutlea con sist often of a mere technical ad viser to the supervisors who necessarily are men of large experience In the for- uui wno now largely lack the for estry education. Later on the educated man becomes the most valuable man. niptntnce, roupiea witn their educa tlon, makes Lhem enpeclally ao. APPLEGATE SAYS HE KNOWS HIS BUSINESS ' One of the . most remarkable fence disputes ever brought to public notice Is likely .to be aired in court, some day in the not distant future unless Captain James Blakely and Luther White, two of Linn county's most wealthy and prominent pioneers, arrive at a friendly settlement." Differences of opinion tex ists between the two as to where the correct line of a fence that has separ ated their ' adjoining; farms incalhe lands were first settled, some 60 years ago snouia oe locaiea. Captain Blakely is 7 years of age and Mr. White is only ' three years younger, his, age being 94. For more than half a -century they have been neighbors near the town of Brownsville ana never oeiore nas irouDie Deen per mitted to mar their friendly relations. In view of this fact,- their numerous friends and relatives have done- every thing to prevent an open clash in court. captain ; Biaseiey . paused tnrougn Portland last nlrht en route to Seattle. where he Intends to take in the exposi tion and' everything else worth. seeing tor a ma or tils years and experiences, He was accompanied by his son, daugh ter- and flleee,- hie child reu being- pretty well along in years themselves. In speaking with his friend,. Assist ant United States Attorney J. R. Wyatt Captain. Blakeley last night said that the old fence case was still hanging lire, DUt mat ne waa too Dusy just now to take it up. Before comins? to Portland Attorney Wyatt was engaged ln the practice of taw at AiDany ana it was tnen that Captain Blakeley first laid the fence case before htm, wishing the matter pusnea tnrougn witnout delay. "The old gentlemen had been friends for years.", said Mr. Wyatt, "and of course none of us down there wanted to see thera go into court over so triv ial a . matter, taking into comparison their vast property holdings, and so I promised to takes day off to go down to Brownsville and settle the matter. I took the matter up with Mr. White's son and we concluded to let it rest for tile time being. Then I moved to Port land and so yesterday when Isaw Can' tain Blakeley I naturally was curious to know what had been done , with the old fence. '"Oh, it s still hanging fire,' he said. - "Yes, he Is one of the youngest old men I have ever seen, and I would not be Surprised to see him pass the cen tury mark by many years, and so is SENATE VOTES Oil AIIMEIITS J. W. Applegate, denying that W. A. Henneman and 'Frank- T lUrrv who f.nt-. urdl" appointed for him, are his friends, in which ' capacity they claim to be acting has filed an answer to their petition in which he asserts that they have conspired to get hold of ... V A"T i property, valued at 115.000. Annlesrate in m. nhatnmnh,. and the petition for guardianship Is on the ground that he la Incompetent be es use of his going on sprees. . Applegate says that Berry has been collecting about 1110 per month in rents from his property, but has turned over oniy ii, converting the remainder to bis own use. He denies, that he ex poses himself to. want because of his habits or that be is llkelv ever to be come a county charra. H wanta ih application ui nenneinan as next friend to have Berry named as his guardian refused, asserting that he tar able to lass care or nimsen. The matter wiU be heard in the eounty court WIDOW ASKS COURT TO . APPRO SETTLEMENT Helea -May Chard has annllad in County Judge Webster to approve the settlement of claim for damages for the death of James Chard against the Willamette Iron & Steef Works for $500. She ts the widow of Chard, whn waa killed by slipping from a ladder while in tne company a employ. She admits that the company cannot be held for liability, but says the company ia wtll- lag te pay the attm named. - . . FERGUSON PROBES; ! . SHERRR RAYS UP ROR A YEAR BACK (United PreH Leased Wire.) Washington, July 8. An amendment offered by Senator Daniel as a sub stitute for the present tobacco tax and for the one in the Aldrich bill was defeated today by a vote of 24 to 14. A motion that the - rule orovldlns- aroitrary sojournment or the senate at 7 O'clock In was passed today. This Clears the way the evening be revoked. for unlimited sessions, to be terminated t An unusual - amount of fee turned ever by the sheriffs office - for June has. attracted eommeat about the court house, in view or tne reel mat . w. Ferguson, the expert accountant' em- fIoyed by the county court, is Just fin hlng his work on the books of Sheriff ftrevens. - Some have thought this sts rlfloant. because the usual monthly turnover from the sheriff te the county treasurer smounts to from !50 to 1460, Peputy Sheriff Holllngsworth. who handles he money In the efflce of the eneriii. iniv momior rxpiainpoi mat ins Increase Is due to fees for servicea In sales on execution, which had accumu lated in the office for more than a year Iat. - . " - . - -1 have been kept busy with other matters that were more urgent," he said, "and I gave,- ther things the right of wiy. . The record of these fees waa not a matter of urgency, and as they eeuld be made up at any J,ime and the iw:nrru uvcr, x aimpiy passed them by. Recently I went to work and cleaned everything up. . ,, , "I am certain that the expert's report oa tiie sheriff; a' office will show noth ing more than a few mistakes of small tn-.portajtce in the books, such mistakes as sre bound to creep in and ere expect ed when an overhauling Is made.' Some of the sheriff a fees from sales of land on execution Just turned in ex tend back to December, 107. The .fees were turned over and the record com plated. ii the latter days of June this year.'. The law requires counts officers to turn over fee for ea-h month with la five days from the first of the fol lowing month. . v either by the passage of the tariff bill or a special vote to adjourn. Section seven of the tariff bill was adopted. This section provides that when any country Imposes a duty on goods shipped to the United States, the amount of the exnort rlutv ahull be added to the" tariff rate when the.i importations reacn this country. By a vote of (2 to 26, the complete tobacco schedule was adopted in the form originally presented by the finance committee. An amendment au thorizing the selling of leaf tobacco to" manufacturers by farmers. without pay ment of a tax was adopted. This amendment was the. so-called "night rider" provision. An amendment by Curtis of Kansas, which provided that when a" foreign country placed a duty on American oil, half the amount of that duty should be paid on crude oil coming from that country to , the United States was defeated by a- vote of 44 to 31. The amendment was defeated after Gore had offered a second amendment providing that Importers of crude oil should not be allowed a drawback, which was ac cepted by the friends of the Curtis amendment - Stone's amendmenti Placlne- . hides. manufacturers of leather, boots and shoes on the free list was defeated, be ing laid on the table by a vote of 45 tO 28. ; .-V' ; J " ' i . i i it ii TWO ALLEGED FENCES IN C0UKT TOM0RE0W Philip Rosumni and Simon Cohen, ar rested yesterday on a charge of receiv ing stolen goods, alleged to have been taken from a room In the Kingston rooming house. Third and Taylor streets, were held over for trial tomorrow in municipal court Both gave bail. Roaumny Is proprietor or a jewelry store and pawnshop at Z46 Burnslds street Cohen is a shoemaker. The de tectives believe Cohen received the goods from the thieves and sold them in turn to Kosumny. Attorney A. waiter Wolf hss been retained by Cohen. FRANK KAIX TO HATE HEARING TOMORROW Frank Kaln. 10 years of aa-e. 'arrested last nlsht as a vasrant and heM nn suspicion of having robbed a dwelling house at 870 East Morrison street June 30. will be arralshed in municipal court tomorrow morning before Judge Ben nett The witnesses declare several ar ticles stolen from the house were found, Id the possession of Kaln and believe they can prove positively that he en tered the house. - - ' Coolie Arrested in Portland "Tells Story of HowChi - nese Are Brought In. "The headquarters of the gang - of Chinamen who are engaged., in smug gling their countrymen into Pacific coast ports is known by the authorities to be in a store In Hongkong, run by one Quong ; Wing Cheon, 1 and their method of doing business was divulged by'the Chinaman,. Said tK3n Slng who was arrested here some' time ago. . - The - coolie, who oame over, on the Minnesota, said that a- tribal relative of his, Slog Fong, ' proposed to him that ue come -over to mis country.? upon his saying that he had no money, his relative assured him that he would fix it for him, whereupon , they went to the store of Quong .Wing Cheon, where he? was given $784 " In Chinese money, Sb rt of which wentfor his passage, ie, In return for this money, gave his personal note for Its repayment as fast as he should earn it .upon' his arrival In this country, v He . was then taken "In a small, row boat and put on board the Minnesota, where the boatswain, took him in charge and put him in the coal bunkers along With another Chinaman, and the boat swain fed them during the voyage. Upon the arrival of the Minnesota, in Seattle the- Chinese sook told them to go ashore and they, were given sailors' clothes,-so-thar-it-wath-lmposslbl-Ho know whether they were members of the Chinese crew of . more theft "200 men or not .. When he arrived on -the dook Sing changed his clothes for a Chinese garb and proceeded to come to Port. land, where he was caught. When asked durlna- hta mlnatlAn as to .whether he had worked on his way over, he answered that he had not but had remained In rhn mni hnnVa.. how many dayl he did not know, as It wa uni t - in mere an or the time tuiiingiaiiuu inspector Harbor says that the members of th i whn in pnuaiea in tne smuggling will be dis uiiaacu tioiu me service or the steam mp comDanv unon their a-i.i.,i - HonKltpng. but that that does not make any difference, as they will get on some other -ahlp coming either to Portland He also said that the rmim ti,,, v. coolies do not need money to pay their passage Is because the parties who sen! I!? thf,,r note' whl the know the u -iV - f v.'.nany llmes ver when r X In this country, on account "'. "'- no nas or being sum t - On account of the death of Mr Solomon Lipman the store will be closed tomorrow '- .:'- ; v - ; ' .,. : " , ' " . t j f. Lipman, Wolfe & Co. On KS II HASSAM PEOPLE marily dealt with if he does not pay - X.mK?iUf c&ye re1 froSyfn?. Gatens Grants Temporary Injunction Against Pav- cause. JURY WILL HEAR All ABOUT LOGS ing Company. lurv Will naao, unnn ti. - ----- r- m.w i nr iiinrim i J w...r . Vl . ola t,reon mills of Warrenton against C H. Callender. Asiorie, in tne federal court Judge Bean having decided -to permit Intro! auction Of evident at i i . 1 nr,, 1 1 .v.. vigorous arguments on the part of the the theory 'that a patent process I T.. rial... biha ( a nna holding down the presiding seat in the circuit court, this morning granted a temporary Injunction broua-nt by K. H. Duniway to restrain the Hassam r av ins company from carrying out its con- tract with tne city xor paving jmuii- noms.h ntreet. J. W. Sweeney was the lowest bidder ror tins work, and uumway alleges that, the award of the contract to the Haasam company was In violation of the charter provision reauirina con tracts to be let to the lowest bidder. on . . vmw ui in. i Liin Liitjui y 'iiiai a. uaiciu hiuwb. woo S-i. a nt s counsel on a motion to pre- called for by the specifications, and ynt..5rtaln testimony going before the Haasam company would not sell S,"'-':. ... I Hweenev.a license to UBe the patent. AiJ?efllajre:,on J?11'"' represented by -Duni way's reply to this is that the Attorney Corwln R fihanv o...i. I ...ii.,r. . tract "w?th VVVo ifntJ?rddi',ntP con- patent, ad do not In fact call for a 1906. for the mirnhiHA a I AAA aaa -L I t ui. r.aHH -aw. it 2i & . !?e,lJverd demanded this award is sustained there will be ana that after 2,000,000 feet had been no protection from any course the coun- delivcred he failed further to carry out ell may choose to take with reference tne contract To make matters worse, to paving . contracts. If the council tne allegation goes, he refused to re- can make the award arbitrarily and lunu mo auvance or z per . thousand waste the public funds by awarding to fetv.01-;Pf undelivered logs, amount- the highest bidder In this case, he 5 r S? i? argued, the charter provision becomes lender, sets ud tho t,aar, .v... .v.. I .i,. .,if , nt... ,,, - -........ .iiiii. ,u otiiu vi... . i . v. . iii u j . ti m i, uimaco. mil. company On the Other hanH la thl HurnlH M. Hawvar r.nruntH tha any mil OrOKe tne mnt rof hv ... lTB,um nnmanv ll.rn.l. In , V, a ustna- to take mora In.. ri.. u. I , whinh m. t,.T delivery of 2.00J),000 feet and ao claims Catena' order gives : at least a tern the amount in dispute as only suf- porary victory to Duniway. The Has- ihi i iSS; 5 amages resulting, from sam people may now come In with .... 111111111.11 muiraci. i demurrer or answer. "'M " me time were in strong t1. rnand, the contract price agreed upon being 113.60. whereas tndav in. nt similar quality are euoted at about Sio ine Piaintirrmni mninanT ,lfi-lQT., i It was simply hungering for logs st thh time and Mr. Callender Is equally emphatic In his declaration that he was reauy vt . uenver mem, out that they ref-jsed because of a declining market. Introduction of testimony is expected to begin late this afternoon. Th lurv 1 1 IT JiSUJC.il BAllS tltj When John Lemons, the negro asphalt . TO I 1A.T. mTiTTnrnnn wurnor who biiuu luur iimt-a ui a. j J IS A (i()t)T) TkTTsTFP: Sheuard. pastor of the African Ban via. v. i u i vi ucauev; uuwi iitua ucvo u LAWYER KING 'S FEE DISPUTED Vigorous Denial of Charges by Young Philippi Is Entered in Court. Contending that his charge of $1500 for attorney s fees in the guardianship case of Prank Philippi was entirely rea sonable and that it had been agreed to by young philippi.. who recently became of age, and by Mrs. Mary Kramer, Phil ippi a mother and guardian, H. C. King this morning entered vigorous denial of charges that ha had surreptlclously slipped' the big fee into the final report county voked his to allow Ph Judge Webster approval of tun hillpi recently re fee in order DARKTOIJII HAS COURT HEARING Answering tire petition of Mrs. M. !. Durham, who alleaed that he hari mla. managed the estate of Lillian R Dlxoi., John M; Plttenger .denies that he has Dsri any;nir.g oui a careful administra tor. He denies that he has undu'y favored the residuary legateeo. Pearl Jackson against the interests of Mrs. Durham, who is the mother of the deceased. He defends his sale of cer tain lots, which he says brought $300 more than their appraised value. Mrs Durham denies that he had authority to rrn. n aami-ts HINA IS CHARGED WITH WIELDING KNIFE A wsrrant was this afternoon sworn out for the arrest of -THinav-eharged with assault and battery. It is pos- iDie. mat .tne cnarge may ne crtanged to -assault with - a dangerous . welpon. K. Fstuma Is the complainant. The two had some altercation over a minor matter with the result that Hlna Is slloced to have cut Satuma with ; a knife. - ' J - - - - - ' . ' Lawn Social and Concert. - w ' The women' of the "Altar society ef the church of the Uoly Redeemer will give a lawn social snd opes air con cert tomorrow evening st the parish residence, corner of Portland -boulevar l and Rodney avenue, for which a fine program has been arranged, ' ' ' ' of some trouble over the minister's wife, was arraigned In the municipal court today, nan tne colored popula tlon or Portland was in attendance. An hour of what Deputy District At torney Hermegsy characterised fairy tales told by the witnesses re sulted In Lemons being bound over to the grand jury-in $600 ball. In default of twe amount ha waa held In Jail. Thomas Ira Hudspeth, direct from Texas, was the star witness for the state He testified that he was in his room on the second floor of SheD- ard's house, where he had been living, locatlna- h.la r,l aetata nf f i nn (ha lanrl , I .. . A. but says this was by consent of the J when he hesrd Lemons voice outsldt. residuary' legatee and that hla office, ,Ie rn TS the window In-"ttmeto see nm ueneiitea tne property. Lemons fire four shots at the"Trolored minister. Hudsneth kent the court auditors In an uproar. Ills testimony connisieo principally oi vioisnt ges ucmauvea. Several witnesses for- the defense. among them Alexander Thomas Jeffer son Casey Hamilton. Walter Washing- ton Lincoln Dsvis and Walter Sparks tsneoara nad threatened i nav n n n inhn. .a -i . - , . I vii. Luiuicu, n n o 1 1 1 1 v 1 1 r-1 wiinflR. holds forth hW io?v C?,'.VfnU0.,, Lmons. testifying In his own bebalf. ?i0ahoraf..SJl !.- "Ot Shot St Bhep.rd. but . A--tZ ZZZ :'... u ' arouno decorations. EPW0RTH LEAGUE ' : .; ' OPENS SESSIONS .'Seattle. JulV I. Thn InUmllnn! council of the Epworth league formally testified that S xalVk HVli'L.fteIn.0,0nK veto ?lffht to kill Lemons. 10,000 delegates will be in attendance .nn rnlnrMi. him. h on In it to f rlrhtan him ewlnld reverthTpeirn ?K fnf",dr K f dd iK r)Minrtiin a -Wr "t..i" minister If he had so desired. tne- Ing the A , color -colors of Inelud- Canadian and northern churches, red and white, and f 4LIF0RNTA P4PER the Smith chiirrli rH ana m "H'lrt XitlLlt the two. nations, on the platform. uatvuny ana tne wans. tf. GIVES CHILDREN TRIP SALOON MAN SUES FOR- INSURANCE MONEY Sixteen California school bovs snd girls passed through Portland today on an educational tour of America. They are tne winnrn oi an eaucatlonai con test which waa carried on by the San Franelsco Examiner. Althouah thav ra. Charles H. Grttamacher. as InintM nt I mained but a snort ttme in Portland the bankruDt estate nf A R I there were many expressions of admira. a Bend saloonkeeper.- has beeun, aula lion in tne. party for tne beauties of the in the circuit raurt far Iirm I cltv. Their itinerary Include the Alaa- against the Westchester Fire insurance ka-Tukon-Paclflc exposition st Seattle, company or ew xorK. The company I l"e euqwaione para, vivits to Cfiicsgo, anuyi pay ine policy on tne saloon I iSf" tv-m iuia, n i o itb, n asning ea out in July, 190$. assert-I tn wnere tne party win after It burne ley i out In July, set fire to the place call upon the nartv lng the belief ' that Estebnet hlmself I President Taft. New Orleans, Kl Paso. ana tne uraaa v anon oi -in (.oioraae. The boys snd girls seeing the places to ine oest advantage wnue tney enjoy Pick" a Xew. SiU. The Sellwood. Commercial club mt last night and after much deliberation decided that the site on Umatilla ave nue, purcnaaeo for tne new club build ing, was. not a suitable 'one and ' that it should be sold-and a site nearer the center oi town purchased. The lot nought is eonsuierea a fine investment, now ever, and the club will net lose oy tne investment The new site will probably be on Tacoma avenue. . ,v . a ' ' I LocaJ . Option tn Border Town.'. v Bristol, Va,-July i. A local option election' Is being held here today to de termine wnetner saioons snail re aooi- every minute of their splendid vacation. Tne excursion is in charge or Edward Ralnev of the Examiner staff. Accompanying - the party as far as Seattle are 49 boys, also successful In a contest who will spend 10 days at -tha A.-Y.-P. exposition. The entire party breakfasted at the Oregon Grill this morning. - Compe-nim Incorporated. Salem. Or- July 9. Articles of Incor- no ration were filed In the office of the secretary of state today as follows: Rocknway Beach company, principal flare of business Bay City., capital etock 4000. Incorporators George Watt W. O. ished In BrlstoL - Added Importance Is I Hawk and John O. Bosorth. attached to the result of the contest by Overland- Investment company, prlnt- the fact that the adjacent territory pai place of business Portland, capital scross'the Tennessee line has been mado atnrk $10,000. Incorporators Henrr T, necessarily -dry' by the enforcement of Absteln, Alfred V. Wli lough by and Ian- u new lennessce lour.mue taw, ei Vj. i nomas. dui to come in and support his charge against the attorney. At the hearing this morning- Kins gave a long account of services which he said he had reformed for the estate, and also for red Kramer, husband and agent of Mary Kramer, the -guardian, citing the latter to show how much time be had to spend explaining things. - Kramer took the stand just before noon and testified . that King had as sured them that the $1600 waa for court costs. He said King did not say that this amount was for- himself. He eald that when he expressed surprise that tne costs were so large. Kinr retorted that the judge had to be paid, and got nis pay out or tnese costs. The value of the Philippi estate la about $126,000. When King was era ployed as attorney he signed an agree ment to accept $25 for each report he made. . He .now claims that this was In addition to his fee as attorney In draw- ins: leases, looking after tenants,, givingi advice, and "running arouna, ana mat for this additional service It was agreed he was to receive the $1600. This Is denied by the Kramers and Philippi. who say that he never spoke to them about the $1600 until he told them that It would have to be paid for "court costs." Arter the allowance or tne lee, hut-before it was natd. John P. Loean was retained to contest the fee, and he secured an order oltlng King to appear todar to show cause why the $1600 fee should not be disallowed. H. W, 8troog Is representing King. The testimony will be concluded this afternoon. PORTLAND IS NOT THE VERY .WORST PLACE Despite the conviction forced upon recent Portland residents by , several day's continued chilly weather. Portland is neither the coldest nor the wettest place in the state, or on tne coast ' E. C. Glltner, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.- has procured figures showing a five year average of temper ature and rainfall for different points in Oregon. Portland s average in tem perature by this showing is 63.7 de grees, with a maximum of 102 degrees and a minimum of IS degrees. This is exactly the same average credited to Roseburg in the extreme southern end of the state. Portland's average precip itation for five years past is 40.2 inches year, wnue on tne coast 'the averare Is 74. 9$ Inches. While Portland people have been mildly shivering Seattle residents, dur ing the last few days, have been wear ing heavy coats snd blue noses, show ing In a remarkable way how much better- Dlace Portland le to lrVe In than the city on the sound. MAY MAXIM SMITH WANTS MONEY BACK ENTER PROTEST AGAINST 6 East Side Residents Ask War Department Not to Change Location. That a stiff fight Is to be mad against the proposed change In the lo- cation of the Steel bridge IS evidenced by the filing of a protest with the war .s department yesterday signed bjr (50 residents of Portland. The -protestants present as reasons why the new bridge should not be changed from the loca-) tlon of, the present structure, the fact " that shortening the distance ' be-. tween the Steel and Burnslde bridges ' will result in Irreparable damage to ' the harbor and that large financial in- J terests will be disturbed by abandon-.. lng the present approaches to ths bridge. ' - ' Alexander . Bernstein and Francis 4 Clarno representing the protestants 1 filed the document with United States Engineer Mclndoe, who at once for ' W&rdeft I f t n tha lirlinr iv Ths filing of the protest is equivalent 4 " "-'"I, ,11, ma( uoyarvmeilt. iO vom ' . pel the Oregon Railway & Navigation. ' company to build the new bridge on the site occupied by the present struc- 1 ture. ' ; .. , ;, . i' Just what consideration will be siv- ' en the protest is not known, but it is p will roba of 'war tnai tne secretary or reauest the head of tha . uniirv siuei engineers onice to make ' a full investigation of the controversy " i.jiwn . .nr, ucariniviiu This investigation may take the form of a publio hearing but It is considered, more likely that the engineer's office , will submit a report based upon Its knowledge of the condlUons .without , reference to what the interested' par ties have to say upon the subject j, TWO PAIR OF PANTS K CAUSE MUCH SORROW Chinese laundrymen all over the city are greatly exercised over the burglaris ing of a half dosen or more wash houses during the past three nights. Accord ing to the reports made to the police last night four places were enteral nit-- 4he nights of Sunday and Mondav and about $20 in silver, some jewelry' snd two pairs of trousers taken altogether... No clue has yet been secured hv tha. police ss to the Identity of the thief or thieves, but the detectives believe the' robberies to be the work of sneak -thieves. The fact that only Chinese' laundry establishments were enters,! seems peculiar to them.' -.... The places burglarized were at $$' Russell street. 69 Russell street, (35 -Goldsmith street and a laundry on North Fourteenth street, , ., ' Conrad Forfeits Bail. - - V George Conrad and- Lottie Bowan ' were arrested in a rooming house at Fifteenth and Alder streets Inst night ' by Serceant Riley. This mornlnar in tha ' police court the Bowan woman eleaded guilty and was fined $20 in lieu of which she went to jail She ts an old offender: Conrad was out on $60 ball, but failed to appear this morning.-, v - 1 . .i Mar Maxim Smith has begun suit In the clrcuot court to collect $6200 from Irving Corser of Mount Tabor. She says the money was loaned to him In May, 1908. and was to be repaid on demand. but that Corser Is too slow about it Corser was attorney in fact for the plaintiff, who Is represented by Joseph fc Haney. PERSONAL William F. Kelson, a retired business man of talt lxKe city, and wife, are seelns Portland" today, on their return trip from the A.-T.-P. exposition. They leave for Utah tonight . W. M. Broughton. general traffic manager, and W. P. Kennedy, assitant general traffic - manager of the Great Northern from St Paul, accompanied by W. J. Costello, assistant traffic manaser from Seattle, are In Portland today as guests of William Harder, traffic mana ger for the Portland , district of the Great Northern. Thr party will leave for Seattle this evening. A. IX Chariton, local traffic mensaa for the Northern Pacific, is In Seattle today. - - - v -' - -- . i. P. TJ Brlen. genertU manarer of the Harrlman lines for ' ths norihvMt la spending several days making an In spection of the Wssblpgton division. -John McCourt United States district attorney, ts confined to his home. 6S Broadway street with a mild attack of rpioid fever. . He recently . reiurnrd from an extended business trio In aaat. efl Oregon. , ' . . - - Harry JW. Bundlge.'; managing editor Of the- Loa .Anseles Kidivm. ta Angelas. Cat. Is in tha cltv fop a r days. Mr. Brundlge wss city editor of local evening pnpr for acme years In the early 90s and baa many acquaint- UVYB l.tU .... Cut It Out The Fried Meat and Coffee Diet. If you don't fed right in hot weather, try a simple break fast of . Grape-Nuts ; ; v AND CREAM Some fruit, -i Two slices crisp toast, . - A soft-boiled egg, -V Cup of well-made Postum :. - " : ':. : . :-... .. ... 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