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LEAGUEVORKS TO rIODIFY LAWS r.him tn Have Solution of Liquor Problem Advocates Political ' Independence for Liquor Dealers. t Frederic J. Haakln. ' Waahlngton, Feb. 1Z. The National Mortal License league 1 an organisation whose actfve and associate n.e mbe art rifn Interested directly and collaterally In the legalised manufacture and .sale of lilinhiilic hf vera bob. II exists tot the avowed Tiurnodft of advocating the nn,-f nl.-rvl of liwi ilcala-ned "to take the liquor out of politics and to put the lawbreakers out of the ljuo business." The model )leenelw, was formulated t a rfiMflntf of 10 mm In Louisville in October, 1907, and waa submitted to the trade aid to the public at ft convention ... - . . . ' . - , , D TkA Mia in ixmisvuie in jaimnij, v. latest meeting of th league in bt, la.ui last wee. :, . , Tour Clanaaa Offer.. ' The league's official ' Solution of tha r.imior. Problem". comprises four prlnct pal clauses; as follows: ( permanent licenses, automatic suspension, ana can cellation; of licenses for law breaking, limitation of licenses In proportion to linniilatlrm- and moderate llcenae fees. The first clause la the moat radical of the four, and la the most difficult to advocate successfully In view of the fart that It la so readily brahded aa an attempt to perpetuate the liquor busi ness. The league offlcera aay that the automatic renewal clause haa but one object and that la to take the liquor dealer out Of polltlce by maKing mm in deoendent of political licensing boards. It la contended by the league that whenever a man't right to enter and remain In buainese la subject to a great extent to the- good will of a politician, that man must necessarily take an ac tive interest In politics. It la suggested tharthv licensed liquor men who violate the law do ao for profit, and that If law la made unprofitable these of- ft-nac a will cease. ' Much stress la laid on the desirability of panning no lawa except those that have the loyal sup port of all cltisens. In other words. If the law la fair to tooth tne aeuer ana tils customer, neither will have any ae sire to break It Tot Political Xndtpsttdanoe. The theory of the league Is that the operation of a model license law would prevent the continuance of an undue number of licensed places by giving full play to the law of the survival of the fittest' .According .to this." vieiMri.the number of permanent retaliera would adjust Itself.' If too many licensee were issued the aurplus number wouia De forced to withdraw for lack of patron age. If aome yielded to. the temptation to vlblate the law they would be forced out of business by the operation of the mandatory clauaee compelling the bub? pension and cancellation of the licensee of law breakers. . The league noias mat If the retailer haa. political Independence, and a profitable business which be can retain so long only n .. he conducts ,it according to law,- lie will be most anx ious to bey thelaw.,, , , ', , Show ClaaaUnaea of Breweries. The handbook recently published, by the liquor- Interests contains a summary of every argument that may be ad vanced by the anti-temperance people. It claims that nowhere else can such cleanliness be found as in the brewery and distillery, and , says that the dairy people.' ought .-to visit an up to date brewery for an object lesson In keeping things clean. Every bottle la sterilised In very hot ateam, all water is filtered and distilled, and the beer la then pas tuerlzed to catch the stray germ that might otherwise survive. "Then the bot tle Is made, air tight and goes to the consumer ' about as germ free aa any thing can" be: Since a London commit tee -of scientists declared beer te be a food, the brewers claim .to offer; ; the cleanest food on the market " '' Thla hnnV alxn -llm (hat In Italy. where men, women and children drink wine at their meals, there Is less In temperance than In ' America. . Bx Ambaasador "White is quoted jto this ef fect, and be declares that he found the same true in Germany, where everybody drinks beer. The book also clalma that the men engaged in the manufacture of beer end whiskey are . the best paid workmen. In ,tho country, .and offers sta tistics from, the census office to prove Its statement. The liquor interests claim to pay In state and federal reve nues the annual sum of 1 $260,000,000, with an . added $70,000,000 for taxes. They claim to represent an' Investment of nearly $1,000,000,000. The capi tal tied op In the manufacture of aplrituous and malt liquors amounts' to more than $600,000,000, and the retail trainees represents the rest . . Increase la Consumption. It Is declared that while nearly 13,000 retailers and some 700 wholesalers were pat out of business by restrictive legls latlon last year, the government figures show a heavier consumption- of liquors during 1909 than during 'the " previous year; and that the temperance legisla tion simply la restricting the number of dealers but not the- number of con umere: However, the : previous - year was the panic year, and probably that facttwas not taken into the reckoning. , 6000 Intoxicants la. JCxistenc. ; Advices .. from tlie wine,, producing countries of the world Indicate that last year's 'output of wine amounted "t6 3, 868.000, 000 gallons,, of, which- France and . Italy produced' two -, thirds. -. The wloe output .of the, United States repre sents only one per cent of the "world's vintage; ' It ' Is aald that the people of Paris alone drink more wine than the f-ntlre population .of the United Sta'tes. Hut Parisians drink little -beer. There arc said to be over SOOO different kinds of Intoxicating drinks known to human ity The American Indians are believed to be the only race that was found with out Its intoxicants, but what .they lacked lii tin' generations before the djscovery f .Airy-ricav they hav made up since, contributing, their full share to the con uinptlm of the 60.000,000 barrels,-tf l,eir consumed annually in the United Stutes. The Increase In beer drinking In J8 yera amounts to 2000 per cent -. largest Saloon ia World.. Tl-- ty of Munich, famed in Euro pari hlatfiry. possesses the largest.sa lnn in th world,-..'. It supplies beer to ttljiut 3;,000 people every 'da v. tint,' on holiday occasions as many as , 10.000 iuncl their thirst, over Its bam There n !- wuiidvti seats without backs for 1500. Ml the steins are carefully washed with Voihng water at might aiul stacked away for tn next .v. Hofore being iervci eti-li man helps htmaclf to a stein, takts H to a stream of water, which la kept running all" the, time, gashes 'It with nui lv ttt-pree f care as suits oia.lai'te, ani gets U fillfld with, a bumpr'roin HWi; Sues to Recover Money He Ex " changed for 100 Shares of - Wireless Stock, Hard knocks are taken at the United Wireless Telegraph company In a auit filed today In the circuit court by , K Kink 'and' Hester Sink agalnati K. IL Mills and F. J. Catterlin A Co.. asking for the annulment of a promissory note for $3500..'. , ' Sink aaya Mill represented himself to be an agent of the United Vlrelesi Telegraph company. Mills, according to the complaint, told Sink, who la 'a wealthy' farmer living heat1 i'u, Sherman county, that toik in the company was worth $$7. $0 a anafe. and "would soon rise to $50, and would- pay dhrManda. Sink gave hla note for $$600, and took 100 aharea. . . . . But Mills, says Sink, asserted that he must send east for stock certificates. Thesa certificates, sink declares, he has never received. He doea not now .want the stock, and aaka that the note, whlcn Is now held by P. J. Catterlin 4 Co., be annulled. Sink, In the complaint says the atock at the company la not now and jnever waa woiili $35 a aharei and that It haa never .had a real mar ket value other than that It might b reeold ' to jereona Ignorant of the plan and atatus or tne company, . FRUIT GROWERS TO MEET AT ROSEBURG (Sped! PUpttrh te Tha Jnnrnal.l Rmhur. r.. h. 12. What prom ises to be one of the most Interesting inva on tha horticultural Industry ever held in h!a county wlll'be held In Roseburg on Saturday, reDruary The eyent will be along educational lines. ... Four of the atate'a Heading authorities on fruit growing. Including Commls- Intiir rinnn rtt rinntl Paas. Will talk. Chief among tbe Speakers will be Pro fessor O'Oara, the government expert who saved Itogue Kiver orcnaroiai" thousands of dollara by hi successful fight against the pear blight there. Other speaker will be W.-.K. Newell, president of the 'state board of liorti culture, and Charles A. Park, district nnmmlulnnfir of Ralcm. both practical and successful fruit grower. vvnen air. warson spoas mr u n arn ha an Id that tha UmDQUft Val- lav waa tha Irs at auarrntlble to frost of any fruit growing locality In ; the state, ana aiso mat mis county auu was unsurpassed. "' ' the royal brewery, which waa founded by Ludwlg the Severe In the thlrrc.ehtri century. . The profits go towari . tb malnteratfce of tbe, Munich hostuftala,"? f Klrta- Edward might do a large liquor business if he were o minded. ' He malnUIn a distillery and if he would label the product to ahow that it came from his place he y could not begin to fill .the ordera he would receive, 3ut he makes whiskey only for the royal family. He la not much of a whlakey drinker himself, but some of hi rehv- tlves are very, fond of . the product of Brother Edwards' still-house.- . y V Roman's raacjr Srlakiar. An American, actress ha ,broken4the record for- Taney drinking. -ATter JU00 yeara Cleopratra's concoction of vinegar and pearl lias a, rival. It happened that the owner of a world champion hen waa a friend of the actress, and be told her he waa going to- express her a ten-dollar egg from Ksneaa City every, day for s month. Of course such an egg could not . enter Into- the. unseemly , scramble of ,, a . commonplace omelet,.,' ao another friend provided her with a quart of line eld aherry taken from a Spaniah mon astery In the Philippines, which was so valuable that It .sold at auction ror izoo the quart Thla egg and sherry,- used as a morning appetiser, cost $1$ every day for a full month. ; - , j . - , - Ths Sriaklesg Drink. , ; The latest thing- is the drlnkleas drink, guaranteed to get around ail pronibi tion laws,,; It la John Barleycorn )n tab loid form,' the very essence of whiskey Imprisoned In a little gelatine tablet One- can take his choice, . chew It like cough drop or dissolve it In a little water and idrlnk It, A beer tablet that will, keep for six months was Invented recently, but putting oia jonn uariey corn' himself into a tablet is the new est thing. Walskej from Bananas. . Central America probably will enter the field aa an important, producer of spirituous ' liquors, Experiments Indi cate that a fine quality, of spirits can be made from bananas mat are unm ior shipment. Each, bunch of bananas will yield a gallon of spirits at 'a coat less than that of manufacturing whiskey in the United States, which would seem to Indicate that distilleries can be made a very, profitable investment In banana ahlpplng ports. .: ,'.- ;-;v ,v '. ' v ; - Cites Bibls for proof. George ' O..- Brown, vice-president "of the Model License league, is one of the best known distillers and wholesaler In Kentucky. ' He haa been an active member df the Presbyterian church for 40 yeara and has made a careful Study of the Bible In regard to the use of wine - and strong drink. Recently he compiled a .typewritten pamphlet' giving the full text of every verse in the Bible that contains ' the worda ,,,"wlne" " or 'strong drinlr." , In the heading the declaration is made that while the Bible condemns. Intemperance, it not only faila to- advocate prohibitlon,but commends and commands the temperate use of al coholic beverages.:. Some of the verses used to emphasize' this claim Are as follows: - "": T " : . "Therefore God give thee of , the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." Genesis xxvll; 28. , V- , i." . - "And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hln of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord." "Num bers xv:7. . "Go thy way,' eat thy bread with Joy and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for Godt now accepteth thy, works." Ec clcslastes ix:7. t- . . , "I come unto my garden, piy sister, my spouse. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my honey comb with my honey, I have druhk my wine with my milk; eat. O friends, drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.". u Song of Solomon v:l. - ' i . . '.Drink no longer . water, but use -a. little. wine for thy Stomach's sake and thine often Infirmities." - J. . Timothy v:2$. r, Tomorrow Making of Watches. ' r At-kernian at Lebanon. '' (SiccUl DlKiMitb to Tha Journal.) t 1 Lebanon. Or., Feb. W. State Superin tendent ,;f . Public ? Instruction J, H. Acfccrman arrived here Friday and made two addresses, pne in the afternoon be fore the students of the high School, and one Jn .the evening before the rtti eens on ''What May Reasonably Be Ex pected Vc-ni the Public Schools." 1 -. : THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY ffl w VICTIM'SCORPSE; , GETS $1 80. WATCH California Logger, Accused of Brutal Crime, Is Taken to Gold Beach for Preliminary Hearing. ' . 7 . (Sperlal l)lpitch o The Jouraal.J 1 Marsnfleld. Or.. Feb. 12. Accused of iKa tn,t mM MntiAod murder In the history of Curry. county, R. tiolllhar, logger from Calirornia. was iikmi loaay from tlis Jail at Coqullla to Gold Beach, where he will t given a preliminary hearing-. Oollllier was arreated by Sher iff Tyler of Curry county. He la sus pected of having robbed and killed Al bert Ryan, who Is believed to have been hla traveling companion. ' -' Th Mmt .uniirinir circumstantial evidence agalnat Golllher Is the fact that the.aherlff or Del Norte county, California, telegraphed Sheriff Tyler that Ryan left Dl Norte In company with Golllher, although Golllher de clares he knows nothing of Ryan or the mnritiir tvan la thought to have car ried about $110 and a watch. His slayer took ' everything. Ryan was siauueu several tlmea, his throat was cut. and the body was drsgged into the brush, where It was found sccldentally. , The offloers of Coos snd Curry coun la AoAi-rhAit for anveral davs for the man who was seen traveling with Ryan In the aouthern part or tne aiaie, wnn ii.. ranit that rmlMhpr was tracked to Circle City, below Bandon, and there arreated. r ',;; , Ryan had been working as a logger In California and was paid off before he lAft. ', ' - ' ' ' Golllher la about tS years old. Three Men Are Charged With Thefts at Council Crest Last Sunday. : v xt Movlon. a nromlnent contractor. Um - tiua '.imiiiiii on a rharca at being implicated in a number of hardware thefts from Council Crest Alfred Car ter and Fred Haynes are also under arrest for taking the goods, which con sist of blacksmith tools, saws, shovels and a quantity of oats. The valus of the stolen property is snout suu. Carter and Haynes have sdmlttel their part in the Job, and. say Neylon loaned them a buggy to get the loot wnicn was later concealed. In Neylon's barn at the hoari.nf I ft f men street-' The property jielOOgedU to the Warren Construction company, which is doing worg. on coun cil Crest. Carter says they took th goods last Sunday evening. Detectives Tlchenor and Howeu ar rested .the men yesterday evening, and hava itatalned Sadia RItcher. Who was found with Carter. They recovered the greater part of the stolen property, ana a AnrvAvnr'a onmnaaa atoleit laat 'vear at Eighteenth and Waahington streets, POLICEMAN DID NOT . GET EVIDENCE MONEY After a thorough Investigation Into the polite raid of a gambling game in the basement of the Fargo Saloon, Sixth and Stark streets, resulting in the charge that William Clark obtained nart of tha evidence money, charges agalnat him In the justice court have been withdrawn. - Clark replies tnat tne gamblers took this method of getting even with him. Sergeant Klenlen, who, with two patrolmen, made the raid, states the' evidence money was, turned over to him, and he gave this to the captain.' - The gamblers are still laughing over the light flnea they were given In mu nicipal court This waa due largely to their ball being placed low. 'it was through Clark that the police were able to locate the game The gambling den was well protected, by doorkeepers and push buttons, r i ' t ' vi .Ten complaints have been made in the Justioe court against W. F. Mlnard, i476 Madrona street., a timber land det),lei"4 in which he is accused ' of mis representing claims., The complainants charge they paid for small tracts of land along the proposed, Oregon and California railway,, but upon Investiga tion rat" to ' find such ' land voder" the direction 'of Mlnard. .,sri. Those who have filed complaints are Daniel Harrington. Frank K. Patt, Mar tha KHgel, Prlscllla HalHns, Olive M. Patt, Elvira Gray, H. Jennings & Sons, J. M. Blair and G. K Blass. An Inquiry has also been mada to Chief of Police Cox by a man in Oklahoma who -says he sent Mlnard $90, but has not hoard from him. Mlnard has an office in the Worcester building. . - v HERE TO APPROVE . - RAILWAY BUDGET C. M'.' Clark, chairman of the executive committee of the Portland Railway, Light & Power , arrived here- last night from New -York to pass i on the 1910 budget, which was prepared some time ago. iMr. Clark ia accompanied by Mrs. Clark, and- Is registered, at the Portland. . . The budget will provide $760,000 for street 'work. the. largest amount ever set aside for that purpose for one year by the company.Aand other large sums wjlt be. devoted to improvement of the company's power generating system. Mr Clark expressed himself as very much pleased with the development ot Portland and the- state, so far as he could Judge on his way north from San Francisco. " - --,", TOOK TOOLS FROM - MtEiJcoifir TEN COMPLAINTS ARE AGAINST V.F. MINARD LOfflEKflltL IffiliEXT WEEK Secretary Porter Arrives to Make Arrangements for , , 300 Visitors . : .. A. Ll Porter, secretary of the West ern Retail - Lumberinens ssnoclatiou, with headquarters at Spokane, Wash.. Is in the city arranging for the annual convention of the association, which be gins here Monday for a three days' ses sion, " ,'.-' Besides being a very active worker In tha Interest of the retail lumber dealers, Mr. Porter is regarded as one of the handsomest men in the city ot Spokane. Accompanied by his wife, be Is regis tered the Portland.' ' - 1 The convention will bring about $00 retail lumber dealers to rortland from Sll parts of the northwest, includlng Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon tana. Many matters ' of . great . Impor tance to the trade will be taken up for discussion. , Moat Important perhaps, will be the "odd length" question, which, to the outsider, means that manufactur ers shall sell not only even lengths of flooring snd finishing lumber, as has been tbe practlee till a few months ago, but-also odd lengths, such as 9, 11, 1$. II and 17 feet, and charge for the odd tnnt ITnrioi, tha nlt "rillp. the mills CUt pff the odd length and thus prsctlcslly wasted me material. i riaa Of Ooaservatloa. . The change was suggested and adopt ed by the manufacturers with a view to conaervation, but aoifte retaliera have nnl nrllllnAlv arnanterf tha rule. On the ground that, architects and contractors are " accustomed to tne use ei even lengths, and hence are opposed to th now Ma. It la Intended to thresh this matter out at the coming convention. -The Western Retail Lumbermens ss sociatlon will maintain headquarters In the Portland hotel. Business sessions will be held in the Eagles' hall, in tne Marquam building, across the street Xntertala Ylsltors Splendidly. . , The visitors will be lavishly enter tained by the Oregon Washington Lumber '-Manufacturers association, ated th comlnr week aa "lumbermen's week," -o" feature of the program being a banquet ' at the Commercial club on the evening .fit February 1$. On th previous evening n.,i. n Yinrwiini will hold a con catenation, at which the visitors "will hava an opportunity to see some BO kittens initiated by Vlceregent Snark G. A. Griswold, for the northern Oregon district '. . a - ,tAm ir ' iftHiutnn tha Oreaon at Washington Lumber Manufacturers ss- socUtlon holds its annual mum r nttiKmrm. in tha evening the annual banquet will b held, at th Com mercial cluh, wnen xne resiui v eieciianj win "tuwivw, t ..; ni f i J kept era ... V, n V Woman Member of ' Fjock Has : Strayer Arrested for, Em-: ; . bezzlement. Rev. Georgak fetrayer, In charge of at ml Bail An . mt Alblna. was arrested at noon today on a ohafge preferred by Mrs. Lydla" Halls, an elderly member of the mission Th -woman accuses the minister of keeping her Jewelry valued at $360 and $128 in. money.' . - Mrs. Hallls became acquainted with Mr.. Strayer by attending the mission, and left the money and Jewelry wrth Mm for safe keeping. When she wanted money for living expenses, she says he refused to glva it to ,her. He was placed in th county Jail In default of $6000 bonds. . previous to tha holding of the mission at Albina, Rev. Strayer conducted a mission at Fourth and Couch atreets. i." ' c - '' Constable Lou Wagner arrested th minister. H denied having th money or Jewelry, . Mrs. Hallls came from the east a year ago.-. "'i';? ANDERSON SUES FOR ! COLLECTION OF $2,555 .."i., .11 , ii i ii " '" .'.'J.,.V.'." ' A. A. Anderson, to whom A Faget is alleged to have assigned his claim, has brought suit against Charles Smith and the National Cold Storage & Ice com pany for the collection of $2665, Faget Is a consulting engineer, and is alleged to have been employed by the cold storage company to draw plans and prepare specifications , for a build Ipg to l?e erected by the company. He was to have received' $180, according to the "complaint filed hy Anderson. ' But, after he had partly,, finished, his w.orky say Anderson, members of the com pany refused to furnish him.' with in formation which he needed regarding the work, and thereafter refused to-pay him fof his services. . RAILROAD OFFICIALS RETURN FROM LYLE Th party of North Bank railroad officials that' went to Goldendale and Lyle to. attend the ' booster" meetings there during th: wee, returned this morning. They, report having been roy ally entertained by th progressive pefflr pie of the two Washington towns. ! At Lyle, President George B. French Of the S. P;& S. railway, announced in a apeech that the railroad company will soon be In position to open a townstte at Lyle, - a .move that heretofore has been prevented by litigation over some of the choicest land in the tdwn. This land will be disposed of as soon as the title s settled. , The announcement was received with great approbation.. JUDGE GIVES OLD MAN ' ' . 90 DAYS ON R0CKPILE rrtytStf AP?- A sentence of '5ff days on the rockptle was givn Edward Btnford, a colored man e 1 yeara old, upon a charge pre ferred by Mlas Hassle Frederick,' who was living' la the family. JShe Came from Chattanooga, Tenn-and is 20 years old. The charge, is for a statutory of fense. She said the aged colored man made love to her while hia wife Was at church; Rinford lives at 1493 Winona. PERSONALS W.cW," Cotton, in charge of. the legal rinnartment of the Hacriman lines in Oregon.', has returned from a trip to Spokane. . ; .-. -,. , . . -; ; ; .-.vs r SAYS PREACHER 1 1 ai55TMEIIIil' KI!!G OKIE Railway Company Says 671, , 898 Cars' Passed Over Mor-. rison Street Structure Last Year 3 Cents Each Car. Stattstlos in the city auditor's depart ment ahow that the city received $20. 16$ from th Portland Railway, Light & Power-company- last year for- atreet car toll over the Morrison" street bridge. By the terms of, the street railway's franchise to cross the Morrison span. It Is compelled to pay S cents for every car that crosses the bridge. The total num ber of care to .cross laat year was 671. 898. These figures are furnlHhed by the company. Th tolls are paid monthly, and last year averaged $1(66.6. The Morrison bridge is the only crossing for the use of . which the street car corporation is taxed. '' , . In view of the fact that the company has stated that It will not pay an an nual rental of $18,000 a year for the orlvlleae of crossing the new Madison atreet bridge, the figures sre Interesting, aa they show that the charge fixed by the Lane administration la not so un reasonable 'as some of 'the officials of the company said It would be, - When the rapid growth of the city la taken into consideration, it can readily be conjectured that the average tolls at $ cents a car for the traffic across the new span will in all probabillty.be more than $18,000 a year. - , Llmited.Ouster Writ Granted in , Kansas Referee Says It' Is Good Trust. " (tolted freaa Leood Wlre. Topefca, Kas., Feb. 12. Thesuprem court of tb state today granted a lim ited writ of ouster against the Interna tional Harvester company. Under 'the terma of tk' writ the company la pro hibited from' giving" exclusive contract to agents, from .limiting territory and taking' other, steps which the. court holds are In violation of the anti-trust law. ,. . - ' ' The court reserved the right to take up complaints In the future and settle than, aa 1t araa fit. thus retaining su pervisory power over the company's Dusiness in tnis siaic. , i, , ,Ths court hol4 as follows: , "TTn.r h . avidanca. a eomnlete-for feiture of the -company's charter and its right to do business is justinaDie, du the court does .not deem such, action necessary at this time." '' - The referee who heard the evidence in th case reported to th court that the International Harvester, company was a tryst, but declared that it waa a "good truat." ' ' Tha referee stated!, that the farmers gained som benefits .from Us opera tions. ,. . . ? -' ....-..' 5 GETS BIS CONTRACT Against .14 . eastern competitors the Davis-Preuitt company was awarded a $6000 , leather belt order at Olympla, when i the stats . board - of control oa Thursday gave out contracts for equip? ment of the new Jut mill at the peni tentiary at Walla Walla. This showing by a Portland house Is certainly .grati fying to Oregon people. - The Portland firm has secured the contract for equipping the Pjants of the National Wood Pipe company and the Multnomah Mohair Mills; large con cerns" fitting up extensive plants here. The , Davls-Preuitt, company has been doing business in Portland about one yara yv-r: '...' ."'" - ROOMING HOUSE IS WOMAN'S HOODOO l ' -,VJ MWaaaaaHa-sa- , - '".',' i.- ' 'Caroline N. Scherer reopened her ac tion against Mrs". iA. N Bradshaw, grow ing out of the leasing of the rooming house at 221 Larrabee street, today by filing an amended complaint In circuit court. In the amended complaint, th plaintiff asks for $3628 Judgment Mrs. Scherer tells a lot of troubles la her-complaWlt. She says Mrs. Bradshaw took the rooming-house; which has .85 rooms, on a four-year lease, greeing to pay $175 per month for it Taking the house November 1, 1909, Mrs, Bradshaw is alleged to have left the state De cember 28. : Then Mrs. Scherer's troubles began,' Roomers in the house were with out laundry, the gas man threatened to turn off the-llghts unless the bill waa paid, the electric light company sent wwd it'wquld turn off the "juice,? and the telephone iComparsy complained , be cause Its bill wa hot paid. Even the fuel company brought, suit. Discover ing the predicament of the roomers Mrs. Scherer again took cnarge or tne nouse, Since that time, she has been endeavor ing to find Mrs. Bradshaw. according to her statement - " ' , ' WANSKY IDENTIFIES ' , - TAMALPAIS WATCH ,' Eureka, Cal., Feb. 12. Frank Wansky today Identified the watch round on the girl victim of the Mount Tamalpals murder as 7ne his father repaired Jn 1892.; He was positive in his identifica tion, and declared there was no possi bility of a mistake. ff;-v. - - !,;. ' ';, -' Wansky is a jeweler. He has been in business here for many years. His father, previous to his death two years ?go, . was the senlo members of their irmi and, Wansky declared the mark on the case of the watch found on the mountainside, waa' one his . father had placed there.: He said he would take oath' to its genuineness. ' He-said the watch was left at the shop to bo repaired by a man named McKay. Inquiry here- failed to find anv- one who remembered the man, how ever."' The watch-arrived .here today. It will be returned to San Francisco au thorities. ' - . - EVENING, FEDKUARY 1 i CIS mm. R TRUST PORTLAND CONCERN loio; IIMISTMED E Wakes to Find Him Jn , Her Room Routs Him and : Falls in Faint. ttJfiltod Pr UaaH Wlra 'Seattle. Wash., Feb; 12.-Awaking at i vinsir hia mninlnr .to find an In sane man leering at her, Mrs. Harry Panting. living at sous luus avenue. ,mr( tn rlaa from tier bed OIllV to be set upon by the maniac, who stabbed hnr several times, 'inflicting serious fn, whirh aha la belns treated at th City hoapltal. Following the as sault the unknown assanani "np"', and the police have been unable to find him.' ;'- Mrs. Panting waa awakened by the light of a lamp shining in her eyes, floated" in a chair across the room from where she and her baby lay In bed, she k.h.u an Inxana man. She Was almoat paralysed with fright. , Her demand to know what tha Intruder was aoing in her room was met with an Insane laugh. The woman then attempted to get out of bed, but before she could do so the man leaped upon her and began slash ing her with a knife. Finally, bleeding from many wounds and almost fainting with horror, Mrs. Panting succeeded in eluding the lunstlo snd secured a re volver from a dresser drawer. When she turned to fire the man had disap peared as mySterloualy as he came. Mrs. Panting reeled across the room to her bed and there fell In a faint When her husband, who Is a baker, re turned to his horn at 8 o'clock this morning he found his wlfe raviifg in hysterical frensy.- vAs soon as she had been quieted sufficiently to tell her story the police wers notified and the injured woman was taken to the hoa pltal. Her wounds are not mortal. Fl BUT WILL HE PROPOSE? XT V Mar-Raal. chief elartc at the Hotel Oregon, ha again been made th vlnilm rtt m. 4nat tan vaara old. Thla time the Joker is 'way off In JiShor. I think I'll marry- MacRae an nounced to a traveling man mora than two yeara ago. " "All . right" aia n traveler, i u get you a girl." v . - ivi, mnnthi Xfrj XT itr Ha a waa the re cipient1 of hundreds of letters from matrimonial; agencies and fair females who had ben induced to lt by dif ferent drummers .i '. . .. Atte.r a lima the toka wore. Not until a few- daya agosw It . brought-; back. Then .Mr, ' MacKae-recetarea tne - nra !)" nnhllahad averr Tuesdav. Thurs- Aa-r mnA ' fiatiirriav In Lahore. - India. And under tha heading "Matrimonial Notices, tne r rouowing were marnou. "wiWTFn-Tjinvuwr for a reSDect- able Punjab matrimonial agency. .Pay according to quamicaiions. , , - , - Ana '.- - -v , :' . inn i Mirrnl mifrk mr r1r1 SreA lS'y'ears.' Ardr Bane, Barardhl, belong- lk. t nafwKlahIa fnmllv la well 110 In, household work, 'For fuller particu lars or this ana otner mairimonia ac quirements, apply to Ram Sahka. Z." "Chanc-for you, Mac,", was-written beside it ' , . ""'. ,. v, Fl KILLED IN EUROPE WrlmnAm nt f.an Dansnearer: an acrobat now on a tour . of . Europe, are-fearful that h may be the acrobat said to have been vdrownedln tne wreck of the ifim nnsm) rhaniv. of the French Transatlantic Steamship Company line, r,a tha inland of Minorca. The name given in the press dispatches are those of Green' and Stakely, and .Dangnegcr's M I i . ' . t. At. friends here rear tnat n may oe u man meant. ' . . ' - . . . Dangneger has a brother Alfred, a rf fk 'Pnrtlanii Slen comoany. 11 " v - mA t.ia inih Mr. Dane-nearer. ' resides . , tin iintnn Bvanue. He was In u- irope when heard from recently, He was to hav sailed ror Meaiierranean points within the next few days. Friends or the man are maning hiuui-hi France, trying to find ahe exact where abouts of th compahy to which h belonged.'.":''",:," ' FIENDISH ASSAULT BY A COLORED SOLDIER ',. . :k , - '. 1 -: '.. ,:'-: f.".--! ',.,":' ,' (United Pre tenaed Wire.) eatia TToh 12 Two officers from the local police fore have gone. to Fort Lawton , to- try i to identify the negro soldier . belonging to - th Twenty-fifth infantry who last night severely Injured n n 111 millntt ava. nue arv attempted criminal assault The woman was wanting aiong mueen Anne avenus about 10 o'clock - when a rimy th uniform iof . a. rear ItCl , T ' ---- - V uJar soldier came up behind her, an,d inrowui. 1119 , vao . 1 v. .v. , u".. h tn. thn arrnnnil. Mrs." Aizada. fouarht desperately, with, her assailant, who. bru tally beat her witn ni lists, ens imajiy succeeded in breaking- away from his .Pn omri" ran ap.reamfrtor : to the home of William Cochran on Queen Anne ave nue. Cochran nurnea to tne scene 01 ik. Iniir in tlniA to Rfla the negro; who, had been Joined by. another soldier, board a ; car tor rort j,awiorv "BLIND PIG" PROMOTER ARRESTED ONCE MORE Tha aof.nnd cnara-a of runhine a "blind pig" within a week was plaped against W. J. Armitage, aruggisi at Aneia, u morning in Justice court. He is charged with selling liquor to a minot. 1 C. Chis holm, chief witness In the first cai, has not been found by ths constable's office, and the case has been postponed. Th ,nfvinis.tnt jinnn which Armltaae was arrested today was signed by John Ferris, a - minor. . 1 tie resiaenis in Arleta have made . several complaints against Armitage. ORDERS BEDDING FOR NEW FIRE FIGHTERS ' : J' - a-a-S-aiawMaaBVaMaaka. -- r ' . . The city executive beard at its meet- in- -unaterriav aftprnnon authorized the city auditor to advertise for bids for .i anntnmant unit heddlna- to be used by Che fire department when the addi tional force or nremen is put on m ac cordance with' , Ihe recommendations mad In ' the annual budget of the mayor. ' . . . ,..'. or ill! 1 CHANCE ORYOU MACK EAR PORTLAND A OANDJT CHASES :, AFTER IIIiViSELF c Bank Robber Lets Pursuers Pass and Then Mingles With the Throng. - . (rnlti1 Preaa LeanH Wlra.) Kan IlcrnarUliio, C'al., J'b. 12. Beyond ewtabllshlng the fact that the bandit who helcl up and robbed the Bank of Mlghlunds, at Highlands yesterday aft ernoon, and ccapt)d with $1599 In gold , was a professional thief. Sheriff Ralphs acknowledged today that the authorities were without a clue as Jo. the identity of the man. Today a coat which the man threw away in an orange grove while he was hcteg pursued by 500 t lt lsens was identified as one stolen from tha Ames clohtlng store here when the place' was robbed recently. The re volvers found on the ground sre of the ' same make and ' pattern as weapons Stolen from a local hardware store a ' few nlRhts sgo. . . . ', During the night a posse continued searching the country surrounding High lands without avail," A stranger was . arrested as a uspoct, but waa released after proving an alibi. - ( The authorities explain the robber's escspe by staling that he waited until the crowd had passed him In the orange ' grove after which he overtook them and Joined in the fruitless search for him self.. ' ' . Preshiont Herbert W. Johnstone of the Highlands bank', said today that the desperado was -the acme, of coolness. After he, with the eashter, had been covered and the money demanded, John stone said: - - ' - , "You had better not take so Ynuch, for you can't carry it away. It will be such a load that yot will bs easily caught." ..,., "Now, I'm doing this Job," replied tha bandit. "Yau hand over the cola I'll escape all right" Reported That. D. & R. G. Use It to Effect Connection - : , With Coast. . - - f United Praaa Laaartl'WIra.) ' ' Denver, Colo.k Feb. lJ.Xhe. Republi can today states that' it Jus semi-official Information that the Denver and Rio- Grande Railroad will . soon absorb the "Western- Padlflo" arfd" that" Ifie lw will be operated together by the Gould Interests a one transcontinental line. The impression t has long been pre valent . here that ultimately ' the two roads would be operated as a transcon tinental line and today's announcement occasioned only mild, surprise.-, The fact that the .'Western Pacific, with its 921 miles of" track. Is ; practically a branch line of 'the Denver and Rio Grande,, with its 20, miles,. n4iat the larger road owns two-thirds of tha Western Pacific's stock, is regarded a significant,' ? ; . L . ,,. ' (United Praaa Laaaed Wlra. Jackson, Miss., Feb, 12. A big fir Is raglnar in Vlcksburg this afternoon. At 3 o'clock it. Is estimated that '.the dam age already done will amount to $300.- -000.! The Vlcksburg authorities have ap pealed to Jackson - for additional fir fighting apparatus. ; " ' GOVERNOR W0LFLEY. : - "DIES OF INJURIES ..- . . - - - r. k '!, ...'(United Preas Ud Wire.) . j' Los Angeles, Feb. IZ.-Lewls Wolfley, former governor of Arizona, died at hla home here this afternoon from In juries sustained yesterday when he was struck by, a streetcar, a Venice flyer, at Sixteenth street and Harvard Boule vard.. He suffered concussion of th brain, his scalp was torn from his head, one rib was fractured and he was cut from head to foot. He never regained consciousness after, being struck. UN PAR -' ...... ' , .1., V - ' .. .-: won icy received ma appointment . aa g Harrison. He was a veteran of th Civil war. After the war h' went ta Arltona, where he accumulated a large fortune, most of which is invested in mining enterprises. " . ... The body . win oe snipped to rrescott. Ariz., f or -burial. , ,.;" CHINESE CHRISTIANS ;-; FIGHT HOP TRAFFIC ' (United PreM Leased Wire.) ' -Honolulu, Feb. 12. Chinese Christian' clergymen of the islands are. awaiting the opinion of the county attorney on thel request for th enforcement of the anti-opium laws. The petition was ad dressed' recently to Attorney ' General Lindsay, who referred the matter to the county attorney. The Chinese min- t isters declare that little or no effort is being made to enforce tbe laws against tha sals of opium.- They said that in some Instances fines have been Imposed, ' but as these ' amounted only to $25 or $60, dealers who could buy a ; tltr "of opium for $8 and Seli It for $2S could ; afford to laugh attho fine. 1 - . . The' ministers- charged that no real v effort to Stop the sale of opium was be.- -ing made, and urged the authorities- to ; take action in the matter. ; , " ., . 0PPENHEIMER PLEADS -:s , . ' BRUTAL TREATMENT " " (Caltrd Praaa Lesaed Wire.t - Ban Quentin, Cal., Keb. 12, Delegates from the Women's Auxiliary of the Cali fornia Prison Commission met this 'af ternoon with the State prison : board . to . consider charges of brutal conduct on th part of persons connected with the San - Quentin -penitentiary, which "werj ' filed by Jacob Oppenhelmer, "who is un- -r)e sentence of death for murder. (In. . penhclmer's attorneys , were present at 1 -Experts whQ have examined the re' rently discovered deposit of lithograp hic stone In Greece declare "that at least 85,000,000 cubic feet of the choic est quality flags are in . sight ' ,