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MRfrBROWNAND MRS. BEE OF SALT LAKE WERE WITH BRACKETT AND QUIMBY ON CAR TRIP in Tmnm ' ... UVV I Both Prove Alibis and Police . Ilave Two Theories ? One . That Old Enemy Shot Rae Brackett, Other That Was Mistaken Identity. - . Louis Quimby and .' J. M. Main 'have been completely . vindicated of conspiracy . In the shooting of Rae F. Brackett, the electrical engineer, shot down Wednesday n)gbt by an unknown enemy who was aecotn- "panled by aTconfederate, .- The police have two theories upon .which they are working, one that Brackett was shot by an old time enemy and an other that his assailant mistook, htm for another man, firing upon him In the dark and on discovering his mis take fled . after having ascertained that a grave error had been made and an - innocent - man . mortally wounded.- lut night at 10:10 a mysterious per- on called up The Journal office and aid:; "In that Brackett shooting it was ail a mistake.' The mah they, should have got was three blocks away." This ' Information was turned over to the o- lloe and Detective ay and Bnow are Inclined to believe that there, may be 'something-' in If -:-. 5v,v Both , Main end Qulmby, have proved conclusively that they were not in the 'city at the time of the shooting and this further complicates ! the case. The in formation la that some light has been thrown on-the subject by the police in that there was a second woman, a friend of Mrs. Brown who gave the name of Mrs.' Bee, who had met Brackett and Qulmby on at least one occasion. The four went'for'a r ids to" Council Crest Main was on his way to Portland from Ashland the night of the shooting and Qulmby was in Victoria with Mr. - "Webster, his employer. Main said that he had met Mrs. Brown once after she had worked at his house for his wife and 'that on this one occasion, about three weeks ago, he had bought her a drink of beer the day being very warm. This was the last time he had seen or heard of her until the shooting occurred. , .. vi' text Ashland -Wednesday.. Without difficulty Mr. Main estab lished the fact that he left Portland Tuesday night for Ashland,- Or., arriv ing Wednesday morning. . Registering at the Oregon Hotel. Ashland, he told the clerk he might not be compelled to remain all night and honed to return to Portland on the train leaving about . I o'clock in the evening. , , During the afternoon he talked over a business eai Wltn n. Ki. oparr, a con tractor enaraxed in the work of erecting the Elks' new temple. With I. L. An- 51 e of 11 Oak street, Ashland, 'Mr. Iain made arrangements to have a tim ber claim which he owned,, sold. Later ha Quoted prices on boilers and engines to several prospective buyers, au of wnose names ne nan. . Story of Trip. ' Finishing his business, Mr. Main left Ashland on the I o'clock train Wednes day night the night of the shooting, and lent m upper berth No. 8 in Pullman sleeping car Wentworth. He remembers the name of the car for the reason that he and the sleeping oar oonductor com mented upon the, queerneas of some f the names of the coaches. . Mr. Main still retains his berth, check. .-., Arriving in roruauu iiuiuj wr o o'clock Thursday morning, QUIMBY PROVES ALIBI ' Seattle, July 16, Louis ;Quimby. was, registered ' at th Hotel t Washington and gave'up his room there early . Wednesday morning. This is authoritative upon word of "the management and as shown by the change slips of the rooms. Some one else was occupying his i room, 1216, on Wednesday afternoon, -rred L. Webster, manager '.of .Allis," Chalmers & Cd.: which - employs Quimby. denied Quimbyrwas , mixed up in the shootinir- I trwiav snirl rennrim Mnnertinor him with it wr a-tin rt lie ..' ... f was with Quimby on Wednesday," said Webster.. "We were, T ' registered in the Essex hotel, in Victoria, B. C . Wednesday night. so it was a physical impossibility tor him to be in rortlandv 1 wish. you would give my statement aa wide publicity as have been the re v ports concerning Quimbs alleged connection ' with the shooting. I-went to Victoria with him." , , 1 ' Quimby is in Seattle today. ) He is, at the exposition grounds and could not be located this morning, j ' QUELLE AND HOP BRAU WERE MEETING PLACES Shaken, and almost hysterical, Mrs. R. M. Brown, over whom it has been sup posed Rae F. Brackett, electrical en-c-lneer. was shot and perhaps fatally wounded Wednesday night,- broke down and tearfully pleaded with Deputy Dis trict Attorney Fitzgerald and asked If it were necessary that she be compelled to answer the gruelling questlona fired at her. - - Thereafter she refused to -answer any but the most leading questions, and those only In monosyllables The most important admissions made by Mrs. urown were mat sne naa thnw iimM4t the Quelle and once at the Hof- Brau," both cafes, in a period of IS days' time about rive weeits ago. in ramnmv with Qulmby. Brackett and a Mrs. fclla Bonenberger. 'All appoint ments were made over tns teiepnone oy Quimby, according to her statements. "was first Introduced to me Dy jar. Qulmby' as - Mr. Edwards '-of Seattle. Tuesday night he told me his real name and at the same time told me he bad separated from his wife, and thaf at the present Ume she was living in Be at tie Mr. Main Continued on- Page Three.) THIEVES FLEECE MOr.lESEEKERS that occasion Brackett told her that Quimby' s wife was not in the east, as Ouimbv ta declared to have told her. but that Qulmby and his wife were Xir- tng .together in ruruana n 8he vehemently- denied that ene-naa any words -with Brackett late Wednes day night, indicating that he was try ing to Induce her to go with him to do something very much against her will. l went ; to council uresx on now Tuesday and Wednesday nights .with Mr. Brackett." Mrs. Brown told the au thorities., "and - was out until almost midnight both nights." , Mrs. Brown protested that at no time did either Qulmby or Brackett make im proper proposals to her and that their conduct had always been that of perfect gentlemen, she stumbled, however, when asked why she was out at dinner with Quimby.. Brackett and Mrs. Bonenberger rour tunes wnnin - mue more inaa a week. . -' . . '' Mrs. Brcwn declared that she knew Mr. Main but slightly and had not seen him for weeks, even on tne street. ne. however, admitted that Quimby was In sistent in his invitations to dine at va rious fashionable grills and upon two occasions sent a carriage for herself and Mrs. Bonenberger and once they all four returned to her rooms in a carriage auu remained mere until mianigni. She said she had once gone with Qulmby to the Turn water saloon, where they had a drink, but denied that she had ever been to any rooming house with euner woimoy or iirackett. . i - Mrs. Brown told the officers she received a letter Tuesday from Mrs, uonenDergr stating that the woman would arrive In Portland from Salt Lake this evening. . Mrs. Drown in' all th Imnnrtmt details to the stories she has told sev eral times heretofore, 1 Deputy District Attorney citigeraia a searcning examt' nation could not shake.-he. -'.,- .,... . Mrs. Brown flatly contradicted the statements made by her to The Journal this morning during her' inquisition -in the district attorney's office this after-, noon by Assistant District Attorney fitsgeraici ana omers. 8he confessed - to a knowledge that Main, ' Quimby and ' Brackett were mar ried, and to an acquaintance more or less intimate with all three. This morning she had said that she knew scarcely - nothing of any of the , men, much less was she aware that any of them were married. - Her accounts as to times and places of meetings held with any one of the three varied greatly in the two exam inations. Statements of the afternoon were xlven with great hesitation and constituted an entirely reconstructed history of her knowledge of Qulmby, Main and Brackett. This morning aha declared Brackett had left her at once Wednesday night. .This afternoon she Stated as positively that Brackett had been with her in a second story front room, her 17-year-old son being present at the same time. Just wnat Hraciceit mignt nave neen doing the three quarters of an hour after- Mrs.-Brown says he left-her," he is utterly unable to make clear; It was her impression, she said. . that he was going at once to his room In the Good nous h building. Neither Is she dis posed to admit that the time was spent In strolling; around the streets in the vicinity of the place where the shooting Iook piace. - "Will you swear to a written state ment of the things you have said. asked Attorney FlUgersld, finally, this afternoon,- . "Not unless I am compelled to." the woman replied. "Still I will stick to what I have said if it la absolutely necessary.' Of ROAD TO RECOVERY ' Physicians Say Man Myster iously Shot Will Live in Spite of Terrible Wounds Mystery of Case Baffles Police Investigators SHAH A REFUGEE; HELD BY RUSSIA General Liakhoff , Kegotia v ting, Surrender With t the Nationalists ; - mi nil ,ii i k a m iyu w w.i , m" w w cially Operation's Are i t Flagrant. (Stwclal Tilipitck to Th yoarnal.) Sookane. Wash.. July 1. Pickpock et, log rollers 'ana aiamona jiippers. three of the most troublesome kinds of thieves, are busy here and - at Coeur d'Alene Cltv during the rush of home seekers. Despite special precautions taken by the police of both cities, a number of robberies are reported today. A. H Holfer of Hoquiam, Wash was robbed of a f 150 diamond .stud while getting on a train at Coeur d'Alene City. The stone was cut from Its mounting with nippers. Mela Peterson of Tacoma was robbed of 140 In a crowd at -the depot at Coeur d Alene City last night, and another man was robbed f a purse containing 300. C. H. Koester and Hen ry LaClair. both of - Spokane, were robbed Tf $5 and $5, respectively, by pickpockets. LeClatr had no more money and was compelled to return without registering. The police are preparing to make wholesale arrests.of suspicious characters..-' - ' There is a greater rush here today than yesterday,, when over I3,C0() people 'registered, v..-. ..- . , .- ; ICntted Press Leased Wire.) Teheran. July 16. The shah, of Pen sia has taken refuge in the Russian le- Ettion, where he Is hiulng while General lakhoff, military governor of Teheran, Is negotiating terms on which a. surren der will be made, according td the most reliable information obtainable. . - A Larae forces of nationalists today made a successful attack on the two eout(f gates of the city and are now la full possession. 1 - . - v..-- Vienna. July If. Mess res received here from Teheran today declare there Is no possible chance of the shah's re taining the throne. .- ; ; MURDERER CARRIES " T ' .' KNIFE INTO COURT , -? ' .' it Ban Francisco, Cal., July 1. When James Cunningham, confessed slayer of Caroline ' Brasch. entered oourt this mornrnir. Bailiff Al . Williams sprang upon him and wrested from him an open jackknlfe with a very sharp t-lnch blade,.s which .the prisoner held tn his hand. -' . ' ' - -, Cunningham explained that he bor rowed it from a-fellow-prisoner for tha purpose of cleaning his finger nails. He declared it was not his intention to either harm any one of commit suicide. Policemen J. 3.7 Clancy, whoea duty it is to searcn .prisoners Derore they enter court, win oe nation. MEMBERS ASK SPECIAL FAVORS SasSBSBBBBSaBBSBBasasBSBSsssssask , Congressmen Plead With f - Taf t to Free List Raw - v Materials. asked for an sxpla- Tramp Stabbed by Negroes, ; Walla Walla. Wash.. July 1 4. While beatlna hlsvway from The Dallea to this city on the train carrying the Ha genbeck : and Wallace circus, James Murphy, - a laborer, was attacked bv three negroes and stabbed in the back. His recovery Is doubtful. - - - . (United Press Leued Wlraj Waahlnrton. July !. A deles-atlnn of - 23 Republican congressmen today visited President Taf t to plead with him to use his Influence to have raw mate rials in their respective districts nlaruwl on the free list. Congressman Young of Michigan acted aa spokesman,- but the majority of the visitors expressed their views briefly. Tha president gave lit tle encouragement, but listened atten tively. He promised that he -would in- vestigats toe subject. : Those who carticlnated In the in ference with President Taft were Wood. Sard. Barchfield. L&ngley, Tener, Slemp, ates. Raves. Keif er, - Joyce, Toung, Kennedy, Johnson, Gaines, Austin, Mon- fell, RichSrdson, j Cowles, Edwarda. turglss,. Hubbard, Grant. Hamilton and Southwlck, None of them would consent to an . Interview on . the con ference. ... . i - .... DEATHS FROM QUAKE ; IN SOUTHERN GREECE - , . 1 ; C ' ;:---' ' Athens, Greece, July IS. Reports received here today Indicate that the death list In Ells province in southern Greece, which was shaken by a heavy earthquake yesterday, -will greatly ex ceed 20 persons, -the number first re ported dead. . Communication with-the stricken province is Interrupted and de tails of the disaster are meagre. - Sev eral villages are known to have been wrecked and it Is thought the property loss Is heavy. . . . . k. --, i .. " Downlevllle, Cai July IS. No dam age was reported, today as the result of an earthquake which shook the country In this section v yesterday. The quake lasted three . seconds. It was accom rar!d by a loud roarlnt noise -The quake seemed to be circular In motion., "Rae Brackett .will get well A splendid constitution and remark able freedom from bad habits makes possible recovery from the bullet wound received Wednesday night.' This statement was made posl tively this morning by Dr. A. E. Hockey, who with Dr. Hegely haa been attending Brackett at Good Samaritan hospital where the Injured man Is being cared for. But the mere fact that Brackett, will get well adds to, the complexity of one of the most puszllng cases ever given to local police for solution. Brackett yesterday evening under in dulsitlon by Assistant, District Attorney FltigeraJd and. Detective. Snow.. Indefi nitely placedthe responsibility for his attempted, murder' on J. ' M. Main and (outs Qulmby,- Qulmby is agent for the AZlts-Chalmers company, with offices at 94 First street:' Since Brackett's accu sation' both - men have been proved to ne out or the city. uuimDy in Victoria, and Main on the way to Portland from Ashland at the time the shooting occurred. - , . Brackets Changes sltory. , Brackett in the face of the Droved alibis - of the men he tried to lmDli- cate In the attempted murder, was In clined to deny . statements made yes terday evening. At the nospltal this morning he said that he' hardly knew what he was dolna yesterday, that his mind was not clear, due to the ehock of the injury and loss of blood, and that it had - been running through his mind that Main and Qulmby were the two men who shot him near Fourteenth Street on Yamhill Wednesday night ''It might not have been them. I don't know," Brackett repeated, evident ly presuming on hla condition of weak ness to hide something that he is keep ing .away from his wife,, from the po lice, from the district - attorney and from his physicians. - r ; Police Detectives Snow and Day are confident that if Brackett recovers from his wound he will never tell all the de tails of the shooting, "For my wire's ana my ramuy s sake. don't ask me to tell," he begged of the officers who quiszed him yesterday. Tha detectives had assurances that if Brack ett was convinced he had no chance for recovery he would make a clean breast of the whole affair. Sad Xrs. Brown Oat. Brackett confessed yesterday ' even ing that he was out with Mrs.1 R. M. Brown, who keeps a boarding house at 636 Yamhill street "That Is true I was with him Wednesday night," said Mrs. Brown this morning. "But I knew nothing of the affair," she added, hastily. didn't even know he was shot until I read it in yesterday evening's paper. . tt Was a terrible shock to me. Agitation nearly overcame the wo man. Her face was pale and dark rings under her eyes Indicated that dur ing the night she had slept little. ''I don't want to be mixed up in this' business." she continued presently. "I am Just Sure Mr. Quimby and Mr. Main had nothing to do with it- Why, they were nothing to- me, absolutely nothing. I didn't even , like them. And Mr. Brackett never showed me enough at tention to make any one jealous. "Yes. Mr. Qulmby did Introduce me to Mr. Brackett We met on the , street one evening. I thought he was a nice appearing man.- but that was all. until I met him Tuesday evening, when I went to see a friend off on the -train. He asked me to ro to Council Crest with him. and I did. . Ylsltsd Council Crist. '"Next day he called tne up, said he was lonely and asked me. didn t I want to go up, on Council Crest again. I said or course, ror i naa notning else to do. But we came almost straight home from the Crest- - - ... No, I didn't know Brackett was mar ried. Neither did I know Qulmby or Math were married. They were to me Juat- casual acquaintances, speaking or lupviug i or a uttie cnat wnen we met ,on me .street mat was an." Mrs. Brown seemed to think It Incum bent upon her to make this explanation, yet she hesitated as aha uttered the woras. The hesitation a little later was explained when Main declared that aire, ii r own naa cone work at his home early in the spring and had become acquainted with all the members of his family. This ne weak point In her explanations : serves. tn the eyes of mo detectives to in row aoubt on other portions of her, story. .- r '-' . Brown Is vlve. . v Especially as to dates she was eva sive. She did not . want to tell how EVELYN THAW AT HER BEST . ITER WAST 1 TIE DD Mayor ; Simon Finds, Many Factors in Favor of Water Meters on FurtherJnves tigation of the Subject Check on Big Consumers. . The picture shows Evelyn Tnaw from a recent photograph. Mrs. Thaw .declares that, Harry, Thaw, at one time 1 threatened, to kill her. This testlmonjr- was made public yesterday.'. SELKA WILL NOT PROSECUTE WIFE t :' - " ' r ' ' ; 'i .. J '' '" ' Arrested on Bigamy Charge Clatsop's Attorney Says Willi Dismissx:Case. (United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco. July , 18. Mrs. Anna Selka, wife of an Astoria Jeweler, was arrested' hers yesterday and is held awaiting extradition . on a charge of bigamy. When 13 years old she Is ssld to have married K. P. Du rand, an em ploys of the Southern Pacific who. It is alleged, nut her upon a vaudeville cir cuit taking the money she had -earned. Eight years ago she married Selka. sup posedly without a divorce from Durand, which she obtained a- month ago. ' She arrived In this city a week ago on the steamer State of California, accompa nied by her young daughter and son and her brother. s (Special Dlpatch ta The joarnal.) Astoria. Or., July 16. Mrs. Agnes Selka, the woman who was arrested at San Francisco yesterday on a charge of bigamy, came to Astoria with her second husband only a few months ago. He opened a Jewelry store on Commercial street ' But little was- known of the couple. According to the statements made by Selka, sne nad married another man, though this morning It was stated Dy District Attorney; tjrowneu tnat ODD SOU IS OH AT COLFAX . v ' ii i' ' . V Efforts to Recover. $2000 Held in Escrow at ;De : funct Bank Being Made (Speck? Plspatcfe to The JooruLt Colfax. Wastw July M.-The first suit In connection With the "failure of the Palousa Stats bank was filed with , the county clerk ' yesterday, afternoon, ' the plaintiffs 8. D., Burnett of Palouse, seek ing W recover from" CL W.' Waters, re ceiver of . the defunct Institution, the sum of IJ000 In full. i 't The suit, is - an " Important one, not only on account of the amount at issue, but on account of the questions of law involved, and the value the decision In the case will have as a legal precedent, for the question raised whether or not money In escrow In a bank at the time of its failure can be considered a part of the assets has never been raised before In the courts of the state, accord ing to weir informed local attorneys, and tor this reason tha Issue will be thoroughly tried out ; The facts alleged in the complaint are that on April . '1909, prior to the bank going into-the hands of a re- t nro?nte. Vht C h.a i.f . vsr, Mra K. Burnett, wife of the LC Vrs.n rLiJi.'.lJri who-had on time deposit, tn Ue&sfthmtes MH Selka. I ne bank 700. Plac zoo " u23$?2!El?Yjm.2ii--- escrow awalUna- the result of a land Dciiva w muufdui lum ixi aim utier long she has been divorced from her iirst nusnana, wnom, sne says, la hap pily married again, and has disturbed her in no way. She did not want to tell how long she had lived In the neigh borhood where she is now, but reiter ated herf declarations that ' she knew nothing of the attempted murder and had nothing to do with It. With eyes flashing, yet at tha same time her voice -quivering a little, Mra Brackett. who came. In -from WaBa Walla to the side r her husband on the first' train. repudiated the auggs- (Continued on Fags Three, mlnation not to - nrosecuta. thourh whether he will undertake to, live with her -again or not, or what the reasons are for his sudden change of attitude to one of sympathy for her can not be as certained. - i District. Attorney Brownell said he would dismiss the complaint made here, and would not ask for extradition-papers because of the fact that Selka did not want to-prosecute. - Selka says he married the woman at Little Rock, Ark., eight years ago. but It is claimed she had a husband living at that time in the person of B. - P. Durand, an engineer in the employ of the Boutnern Paeirio in Mexico. It Is also said she secured a divorce from Du rand at St, Helena, Or., about six weeks Durand - wrote to her last November, and the letter Was full of affection. - He said he hoped they would soon be united. When Mrs. Selka left Astoria by steamer last week she left a letter for Selka, telling him of her departure, and .making sarcastic references to him, it is said..-: - -- . . . -. -. TAFT MAY VISIT - THE TWIX CITIES (Special Dlnth to The Jooraai.l ? ' Kennewlckv Wash.,-. July IS. If. the plans of the Commercial clubs of Ken newick and Pasco materialise, these twin cities will be among those favorea with a visit, from President Taft when he comes west, in Settemhr. An tnvU tatlon has toeea prepared and signed by the presidents of the clubs and will be sent to the chief executive tomorrow. It is thought probable' that the request may be granted from the fact that some of the largest reclamation projects that have been undertaken In recent veara are either now In course of construction or contemplated in , the- Columbia river fruit belt. j - . j deal that ahs was then negotiating' with the Unimex Development company of Masatlin, Mexico, 'and that she drew her check for 12000 against this deposit tn favor of the bank, which she pre sented to M. J. Hawklneon. vice presi dent and manager, who accepted tt and gave her a . receipt setting . forth the fact that the money was in escrow pend ing the Mexican land deal, and stipu lating that if ' the deal was not con summated the money was to be paid to S. D. Burnett, tha plaintiff In tha pres ent action. ....... .- According to the agreement between Mrs. Burnett and the Unimex company, her- husband -waa to- first Inspect the land under consideration, and if tint satisfactory to him the deal was to be called off. Burnett vlftited the property and' decided that It was not what his wife wanted and refused to' allow-the money paid over, but before he could return to Palouse and draw out -the money in escrow the bank went Into the hands Of a, receiver, and the $2000 was taken Into account as a part of the assets, hence tha suit. . . . ASHI4J0 CITIZENS ' LIKE A. CARNEGIE Ashland.- Op.. July H. Cltv TtrXr4.r tsnesion- wxiav -receiveo - notira frnm the Andrew Csrnegle lblrarr board that Ashland's petition for a llhmn kii,i. Ing had been favorably considered The sum of $18,01(1 will be presented to Ash land for a library hntldlng as soon as the preliminary matters are r ran red. The city council hms already pleria-od Itself to secure a site and to maintain h an annual srecial tax. run tn ,. support of the Institution. AhUnd al readv has a library of 400ft volumes anJ now that the city Is to have a Wijtifui library building, enthuslastie support of wie, iiorary is assurea. Mayor Simon has not jet fully made up. his mind as to the, desir ability of extending the water meter system. Conceding that there Is an argument on both sides he says he has not made up his mind as to a policy, further than that the waste of water should be checked wherever it is found and that meters should be maintained on manufacturing es tablishments ' and othei1 large con sumers. -At. the-same time he ad mits that the argument In favor of merersnBTTHronger tnan. ne ar rirat believed. ( u "A first I was not much Impressed by the meter system." said the mayor this morning, "and I cannot say that X am particularly impressed with it yet, but on going into the subject further and further I find that there are many factors In Its favon But there are two aides to the question, and men who are equally honest are found on both sides. "I suppose the ideal system would be to-have a meter, lt every house, but I do not feel prepared to say that evry family should pay Just the same as any elrable to use more than others, an.l 1 want to- see liberal but reasonable use, , Check oa Extrayaganoe. ' "The use of Water should1 be regu la ted. Wherever it is found that peo f ie are extravagant and are - wasting he supply, there should be a meter at tached. - . - , Do you think this can be adequately regulated without -the use of maters to detect the waste?" was asked.' 'That Is a disputed question," replied the mayor. "Some say It can be regu lated by Inspection. Others claim that meters are needed for the nurDosw. There are both sides to the question, and I have not made uo my mind Just wnat snouia ne none, nut we wiu pur chase no more meters for the present. The action of the water' board a few days ago in purchasing only 2000 meters alter Having advertised tor biaa ror 5000 has been taken to mean that a halt will be called in the extension of the meter system, and tnis construction is confirmed by the announcement of the mayor. Not being lully convinced aa no tha desirability of - going further with the meters, the members of the new board have determined to go slow.. - Bvldenoe ef consumers. Evidence continues to accumulate front the- experience of "the average consumer" that the meter system shoula be extended. And in many cases the ex perience goes to show, paradoxical as ft may'seeni.-that - while -reducing the - cost to the consumer the meter frequent ly saves money for the city by. stopping an immense waste of water. The experience of one saloon man la a case ta point. Before a meter was In stalled n nis place or nusinees ne pam a flat rate of $1.60 per month. The firxt month with a meter he received a bill for $14. The water department notified him that as this was the first month it would not Insist On the poyment of the bill in full, but cautioned him that In future he would have to pay what tha meter showed he used, and that he prob ably could greatly decrease his bill by preventing tne waste or water. . Cuts Down Kla BUL " The next month the saloon man save the meter a fair trial. He shut off the faucets when not using them. Before he hd allowed them to run nearly all day.- Yet be - used - all the water he needed. - A surprise awaited him at tha end of the month, for his bill fell to $ 1. . .Variations of this experience could be numerously given. The city saves money in such casea by furnishing the water be actually -neexts at a low rate. Instea.l of allowing him to waste It under a fUt rate. , The water he formerly wasted la passed on to some other consumer who needs It Another strong argument for meters (Continued on Page Three.) VAST MERGER OF RAIL EMPLOYES ' -SSHBBBBBSJSSBSSBBSSSBSMSjaSSSSaBsl' - '"'-y ; . , ' , C- -"' rr Two and a Half Millions of Men Unite Under Fed eration of Labor. . rrulleg flees tMted Wire. -3!cago, Jalr ,i$.fOrgaBla4lon ef a railroad, employes', department ot ,h American Federation of Labor Imi bcm completed by, the merger of 26 union nC American, Canallan an1 !ni"i rail road men OF uaions a;iwlatl Hi r.. i. way employe. The new ,i. i--.tm-r,t braces i.auO.ovS union emiyts pa ojo mllna of railway. The new department will he ciMuf' j bv a Prt suvernln h'lri fr.,m I , American IMfralmn of ljihor. T porary )ffl'ri lecteri ar 11 r i - -horn. pret'doBt, and L. V. Jl ,!- sei-reti -y-iiw-asurer. 1 ilmh'K'hi , t! vrl"i 1- r'.- - sf railway inpi'"es tf ri . tlon ln!uds xiik. lUj(fj ' ; biacksmuf-v. ..