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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, :. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH r2P. 1910. 12 ELOPING COUPLE ARE DETERMINED 73.000 ACRES IN : . EASTERN OREGON WOLTER IS BRACED UP BY. ATTORNEY; Dl IU0IIII HE WAS FORCED m PAY OUT $2250 F. W. Swanton, for Six Years postmaster at Nome, Alas ka, oh Triat for Illegally Dis bursing Department Funds. 'Hi" REFUSES TO TALK TO STAY ELOPED Second Attempt of 17-Year-Old Boy to Run Away With Girl Results in Posse Giving Chase; Boy Shoots. Known as Powder River Valley Project; to Cost $3,800,000 Father of Young Man Employs John F. Logan Declares He Will Not Be Assembly Can-, didate; Wants to Be Voters' Choice in Second District. Clatsop Beach Property Improved and Railroad Run Closer to the Big on the Seashore. to Be Lawyer Who Says His Clien ,1s Innocent of. Murder o Ruth Wheeler. Track Hotel .-"' , 3-. Only 40,000 Acres Gov ernment Land. mi i ii nrnni r GEARHART M. SAID TO HAVE BEEN SOLDTOSYNDICATE 1CTRIACT ERSAYS WILL Aoi rtUrLt MO I -lONOlNillEHli WILL BEWATEREO I IV Wl IUIII.UUIIII II 1 M In the United State circuit court to- Oarhart Park, tha Clatsop beach day Federal Judge It 8. P-ean took up j property which him been .owned and op the civil action brought by thn United J eratrd for several year by Theodore States sgalnPt V. W. Swanton, who wns Kruse or this city, according to excel f,nter at Nome.' Alaska, from 1903 lent authority, X? h(,n ol' to a syndl ' I A 1 to, 190K- Suit is Tirought for the recov erv of 11150. 97. which amount th powt master Is aIlKed to have dlhiirs1 without authorisation of the postofflce " department. Many peculiar features enter Into the ease In which government red tape will figure largely. According to the de fense. If a verdict t returned against Swan ton. who for years was a political power In Alaska, It la probable congress ,ean be Induced to pass a bill appropriat ing th amount for which the former postmaster ts alleged to be liable. Jury Accepted. Council for tha defense today accepted the'ftrsf II men empaneled, without ex amination. Then Walter H. Evana., as sistant United States district attorney, accepted tha Jury without examination, except In the case of one venireman, who was excused. Charles A. Cram, law clerk in the i auditing division of the postofflce department, was the first wit ness called. He was brought from Washington, P. C, to testify In the case. lie kept the stand nuring toe morning session, but his testimony was not sensational In any degree, being largely the Identification of documents In the case, all of which passed through fats hands. Postofflce Inspectors and other offi cers of the postofflce department prob ably will go on the stand this afternoon lata. They will be asked to explain as to conditions under which the Nome postofflce was operated and as to rec ommendations made regarding addition al clerks for the office. Defendant "Will Testify. today, probably will be the first and l'kf whar" bp!'fvvTd. ,0w be aCt' perhaps the only witness called by the , ' th yndlctwhlch took over th defense. Counsel for defense. In his announce ment to the jury today, made admis sion of the alleged fct that tha post master expended the amount charged, but denied that the expenditure was not anthnHzeri According to the complaint filed by l:un,r " "l pupumr rmons on cnt of 'Hpltara-s In which Thomas (Ireonough of M i J"iOula." Mont., and oth er former stockholders In the United Hallway company, are snld to be In terested The property consists Of nearly 1000 acres and Improvements, Including an unfinished hotel on which about 176,000 has been expended. There Is mora than a mile of beach front, and the tract ex tends back to the track of the Astoria & Seaside railway. Mr. Kruse denies that the deal has been closed, but admitted that he had received recent offers for the property. He has never offered the property for less than 1250,000, which, it Is reported was the price paid .by the purchasing syndicate. r 7 inert on the Coast. Rumor has It that the property Is to be developed and made Into one of the finest ocean resorts on the Pacific coast. The hotel begun by Kruse is to be enlarged and completed ss quickly as possible and a large sum- of money Invested In transforming tha beach Into an Ideal resort. Among the Improvements said to be Included In the program of the new owners la a nw route for the Astoria & Seaside road, which will bring the trains to within a few feet of the new hotel and within sight of the beach for nearly trfe entire length of the Gear hart Park tract. Bight of Way Discussed. 8everal lots In Oearhart Park, which had been sold to Individual owners, and which are on '.he right of way of the proposed new route of the 'Astoria Seaside line, have recently been ac quired by a Portland firm of realty g e Kruse holdings. The theory Is advanced that those lots are needed to complete the right of way through the tract. Oearhart Park was organized Just 20 years ago and opened as a beach resort. The original hotel was "built there In 1891. and It Immediately be- tha government, Mr. Swanton Is guilty of expending, during the second quar ter of 1906, the sum of $1 over and , above the amount Remitted. In Decem " ber of that year he spent $1800 for clerk nire in excess or tne authorized amount ana in tne ,quarter ending March, 180S, spent $460 in excess. These - amounts he Is accused of taking from tha receipts of the office. Worked la Isolated Horns. . Counsel for the defense Informed the ' Jury, among the members of which are John F. O'Shea of the Union Meat com pany, and J. W. Ransom, steamship agent, that he would show that because of the fact that for six months of each year Nome was not In communication 'With the outside world, the postmaster waa compelled to .expend money with out authorisation, but depended upon the oral suggestions of postofflce In spectors, lie said, too, that he would hew that because clerka would not work In Nome for tha small salaries paid by the postofflce department, the ..Nome chamber of commerce was com- j pelled to go to Mr. Swanton a aid and advance money for clerk hire. the Oregon coast. The entire property was purchased about four years ago by Theodore Krufie, who has eince oper ated it. Two years ago Mr. Kruse be gan the erection of a large hotel, which has naver been completed. (fnlted Press leased Wire.) San Diego, Uai.. March 29 It wa reported at police headquarters this morning that Thomas Foreman, the 17 year old high school boy who last night ran away with Gertrude Seifert, 16 years old, for the second time, had been sur rounded by a posse headed by the girl's father at Pes Canso. 60 miles from this place, and had shot at tlja pursuing party several times. He took the girl away In an automo bile last night . The pair tried to elope on March II, but were overtaken at Santa Ana and were brought back before ;they had found a minister who wotild marry them. The girl lowered herself from her bedroom last night with a sheet and Joined the youth, who was waiting with an automobile. lie had borrowed $35 rom his father, saying he must leave own to live down the shame attached to his first failure. rathe Zs Frantio. John R. Seifert, the girl's father, a wealthy liquor dealer, was nearly frantio late last night when he learned that his daughter had run away again. With Detective Meyers he set out in an auto after the couple. The newspapers and the pollee sent fast autos out to Dee Can so as soon as word of the shooting was received. The auto containing Selfert and Meyers reached Dee Canso at 10:30 o'olock to day. Meyers telephoned that several shots had already been fired. Heavy snow fell at Des Canso and other points on Sunday and early Mon day and It Is supposed this is what delayed the would be elopers. It was bitter cold In the hills around Des Canso today. (Stlem Bureau of The Journal.) Salem. Or., March 29 At a meeting New (flitted Press ImM Wire.) York. March 29. The police Robert Mantell, distinguished actor appearing at Bungalow theatre this week. OPENS VAST TRACT TO SETTLERS IN EASTERN OREGON Sale of Willarnette Valley and the Cascade Military Road Grant Means Addition of Thousands to Population. ALLDS N OF TAKING 0 SHOOTS HIS VJ It- CUTS OVN THROAT Wilson Peterson of Coos Bay Country Goes Insane; Wife Is Still Alive. Seeks in Vain to Forestall by Resigning; Vote in Senate Is 40 to 9 Against Him. CARNEGIE AND PARTY LEAVE GRAND CANYON (Spec.) Dl.Dateb ta T. Joam.I.t Mnrshfield. Or.. March 29. Word has been received here that Wilson Peter- i son, who lives on North slough, at 1 tempted to murder his wife and then ! committed suicide. It Is thought he was crazy. Peterson shot his wife twice. Both bullets took effect but she, Is still alive. After the shooting. Peterson cut tlculars learned. of the tragedy have been (Cnlted Press Leased Wire.) Grand Canyon, Aria., March 29. An- arew uarnegie and his party are en : lil throat with n hntrher tni route to Chicago, after spending three I Sheriff Gage and Deputy Prosecuting . eventful days at the Grand Canyon. I Attorney I.illyquist have gone to the The steel king expects to make a three ; place. 1 days halt In Chicago before proceeding j The Peterson home is far up North , io new low. i wice during carnegle s slough in the wilderness and few par hp re, nr visiiea minRet j-'oint, with Mrs. Russell Sage, and watched the wonderful effect of changing colors as the sun disappeared. One evening as he started to return to the hotel, he turned and looked, hack over the great chasm. . "What a great golf hazard that would make," he laughed. "But I'm afraid they would have a hard time reproduc ing it." . Carnegie then amused himself by hurling stonsn Into .the depths. When he finally reached Ms hotel he re'marked that he had seen wonders of nature sufficient to last an ordinary1 man a lifetime. ACCOUNTING I ASKED OF PORT ORFORD CO. (I'nfted Pmi I.ened Wire.) Albany, N. Y., March 29. By a vote of 40 to 9, the state senate today de cided that the charge against Senator Jotham P. Allds, that he solicited and accepted a bribe of $1000, had been sustained. The charge of having accepted a bribe was brought against Allds by Senator Conger, who alleged that Allds agreed to use his Influence to kill legislation aimed at the bridge trust, while he j was a member of the assembly, In ex change for the alleged bribe. Half an hour befora tha enate mat produot,ve by to vote on the matter, Allds filed his resignation from the asesmbly, with the secretary of state. It was reported that he resigned to save his friends in the senate the embarrassment of having to vote t sustain or reject the bribery chajfges. It was believed by many that his resignation would prevent any ac tion on the part of the senate. It did not, however. That the transfer of the vast hold ings of the Willamette Valley & Cas cade Mountain Military Road company In this state to a syndicate of Minne apolis and St Paul capitalists will mean the opening up of thousands of acres of valuable land to settlement is the opin ion of those In touch with the situation. Kor more than a century these lands, running from Albany, on the main line of the Southern Pacific, In the Willam ette valley, to Ontario, on the main Line of the Oregon Short Line, In the Mal heur valley, have been tied up In the Ownership of the French banking con cern of Lazard Freres, Heretofore all attempts to purchase these lands at anything commensurate with surround ing values have been futile, the owners being well aware of the fact that they practically held the key to development of the entire district In many Instance Worth the Pries Telegraphic reports from Ontario are to the effect that capitalists, among whom J. W. Wood, W. P. Davidson an John R. Burchard of St. Paul, and A. O. Robertson of Minneapolis are promt pent, are to pay $2,000,000 for the hold lngs, and while this is a large sum, i Is also realized that the holdings are worth every cent of the money In view of the active demand for lands The holdings Include every other odd , section along the Willamette valley and ! Cascade mountain Military road from Albany to Ontario and therefor th character of the land varies greatly being timbered In some sections, whil In others it is covered with sage brush In the Malheur river district' the holdings parallel the "richest alfalfa and fruit lands that have been made Irrigation from the of the deseri land board yesterday State I today to i gain from Albert ' Wolter Engineer jonn . uwi. ua , th murdor f Kuth weeltr. General CrawCord were authorized to en- wolter learned that his father had tor Into a contract with the Alraoral- retained an attorney to aid him and Kvans company for the reclamation Cf I soon regained his composure, which had 73.000 acres of arid lands In what is deserted hint under a strenuous cross known as the Powder River valley proj' ect .Negotiations have been pending for a year since the first announcement of the project was made. To Cost 93,800,000. The total cost of the project will be $3,800,000. It Is. In fact, two seTrato projects combined, and the segregation to be reclaimed lies in Baker county within easy access from the main line of the Oregon Railway Navigation com pany. AboieO.OOO acres only Is gov ernment land, the rest being In private ownership. The work will go ahead as soon as the necessary withdrawals can be secured from the Interior depart ment The largest project Includes a dam In Thief valley 110 feet high and a con crete and solid rock distributing canal nine miles long, with a carrying capa city of JS0O cubic feet of water, per sec ond. The other division will bring wa ter through Creston hill by means of a cement lined tunnel two miles long from Balm creek. All the smaller feed canals will be cement lined. Meet Opposition. The surveys made by the Almoral Evans engineers are very complete. They were made under a preliminary contract with the desert land board Other Interests In ?aker county, 'known as the Cooklngham-Thatoher interests. have consistently opposed the Almoral Evans people, but It is believed their ef forts to block the plans of the latter concern by legal proceedings now pend Ing will prove futile, and that the proj ect will move into completion without delay. examination by police officials. Wolter s attorney, Wallace D. Bcott. warned the suspected youth to make no statement, , and his air of bravado to day give rise to the belief that he will follow the lawyer's advice. Meanwhile the police are seeking several girls whose names and descrlp tlons Wolter la alleged to have kept on record. Attorney 8cott said: "I have had a long talk with Wolter. He seems to be sincere In his denial of guilt, and there Is no question In my mind that he Is Innocent; I am con' vlnoed that he will be acquitted." Police officers were angry when Wot ter announced his determination not to talk. They declare, however, that they have enough circumstantial evidence to bring about a conviction. Wolter will probably be brought up for hearing before Judge Foster next Monday. Katchen Mueller, Wolter's reputed wife, today sent a note to Wolter which rea d : "You havs been so good to me that I beg you to tell the truth. If they found the things they tell me of, you must be guilty. No matter what hap pens, I love you." NEW SO SAT I N NSURANCE CASES Suit was filed In thelrcult court this morning by M. I Bowman, F. C. Wal lace, Watson A Beckman and Phil Met schan Jr., against the Port Orford tract, a land corporation and others for an accounting. The pPalntlffs allege that the Lee- Bowdler company was formed to sell Laurant, the magician, who was to 1 the land of the Port Orfiord tract. They have appeared In the Y. M. C. A. Star j sl the court to direct that Bowman course tomorrow evening, will not ?et , and Wallace shall be given a half Inter to Portland until Tuesday evening, April ; est lu 450 shares of the Port Orford MAGICIAN LAURANT TH A DPP AD ADDII K 6. The entertainment will be given. consequently, at the deferred date In the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. build ing at Sixth and Yamhill streets. I.au- Tract company. Thsy also want a con tract entored into with I.. B. Reeder and the Pacific City Improvement company on October 7, 1909, to be declared fraud- rant Is said to be an old fashioned ma- ulent and null, and that all money taken gician who is master of new tricks. ! in by the Reeder and the Pacific City Reports of his appearance at other cities Improvement company restored to the ' describe his unusual ability to puzzle tne eye by slight or hand maneuvers. j '-. ,U.J. u . if--J TRIED REMEDY FOR THE GRIP. i liuitJl IVwal ! I: I Port Orford Tract company. The-plaintiffs also demand that tha I.ee-Bowrlkr company make an account ing to the Port Orford company for all moneys taken In the sale of lots and I property of the Port Orford company. They also ask that .1. C. Iee bo made ; to give an accounting of the moneys ! taken by him and alleged not to have ! been turned over to the Port Orford ' company. They also ask for their Croats and disbursements caused by the milt. SUSPECTS SPOTTED MOODY POISONING CASE (United Press Vu1 Wire.) Chicago, March 29. The identity of persons supposed to have purchased arsenic with which Alexander Moody, a wealthy baker, was killed is report ed to Jiave been learned today by the coronerj Detectives are said to have traced the purchase through drug store records. Warrants are reported to have been issued for the suspected per sons and arrests are expected Boon. LIQUOR SELLERS GIVEN PAROLE leniency marked' the session of the United States circuit court today, when Federal Judge R. R Bean gave freedom to Joe Baker and John Lambert after they had pleaded guilty to charges of selling liquor to Indians on the Klam ath reservation. Both were paroled and ordered to report to the Indian agent at Klamath every three months. Power Sites Withdrawn. Washington. March 29. The Interior department today bulletined the fol lowing withdrawals of water power rsftes from entry: 7730 acres along the Columbia river, Washington; 1120 acres along the Susan ftiiver, California; 6832 acres along the Boise" rfver, Idaho. Owyhee ditch. Individual land owners in the Malheur district who could not obtain water from the Owyhee ditch or ganized some years ago under the" name of the Malheur Water Users' associa tion In hopes of getting through a .gov ernment irrigation project on the Mai heur river, but this was blocked by the owners off the Willamette Valley A Cascade Mountain Military Road com pany. The intention at that time was to construct a large dam and reservoir on the upper Malheur river so as to retain sufficient water for the entire season. That this project may now be carried out Is quite probable. Irrigation for Waste Xisnds. Irrigation of these arid lands would make them immensely productive and they would furnish an abundance of ton- nage for a railroad Crossing the state along the entire distance. For this rea son it Is believed that the purchase of the land will be closely followed by the construetlon of a Hill railroad, since It has been conclusively shown that the Hill Interests are closely associated with the recent transactions. Heavy timber in the western sections of the holdings would furnish the line traffic for years to come or until the cleared off lands would be producing other traffic for the road. The land In the Malheur valley dls- trlct Is soma of the richest in the whole state of Oregon, four crops of alfalfa having often been produced by Irrigation. r m "! tin 7 COLD NINETY DAY SENTENCE FOR ASSAULTING GIRL A rorkpile sentence' of 96 days and a fine of $30Q was given John McDonald j this morning in the municfpal court. He ; Is about 40 years old. The complaint ; against him was signed by the mother ; of a r. y&ur-old girl. McDonald lived In a scow mar Albers Milling; company's dock. Frank M. Smith. (Special rtiteh t The Journal.) Salem. Or.. March 29. Frank M. Smith, one of the oldest pioneers of Marion county, died at the home of Frank W. Durbin in this oity yester day. Mr. Smith was born in Missouri in 1 832 and rrossed the plains to this state In 1R46. For 20'years he was in the livery business In fcalem with Durbln Bros., and has always made his home with the Durbln family. He was an uncle of Frank Durbln. He never mar ried. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 o'clock. - McMinnvllle has an civic improvemnt club. active, useful ARLINGTON PEOPLE PLEASED WITH TRAIN (Special Plaoateh to The Journal.) Arlington, Or., March 29. The Ore gon Railroad & Navigation company's demonstration train stopped at Arling ton, which was an extra stop, mado at the request of the business men of Ar llngton, between 7 and 8:30 p. m. yester day. ' It was considered by all who saw It to be the most elaborately equipped train ever sent, out and was very Interesting. Four hundred per sons visited the dry term on wheels and received much very valuable Informa tion through the assistance of Dr. Wlthycombe and his able assistants who spared no time nor trouble In ex plaining every thing in detail to the interested spectators. There Is no ques tion from the feeling of the people at the meeting here but that the work Is of the right kind to bripg results and JMfect BUILDING CODE IS' READY FOR INSPECTION ( opies or the proposed building co1 I -for the city of Portland may be ob tained from the rty auditor by any per- son 1nt-rFtt-d In seeing revised laws ) whic.h will reme before the city council I for adopt km two wetka from tomer 1 row. ,. AT SODA FOUNTAINS OR EISEWHCIU Get th Original Genuine No More Greasy Doagbnnts. A lady in Greenville, S. C, recently Wrote a friend as follows : "For years, after preparing doughnuti with the utmost care, I waa disappointed to see them come out greasy and unwhole some looking. However, with my first use of Cottolene for frying them, I was de lighted, as they were brown, crisp and delicloua" For malrlnff lmirViniifa vtaetww 1IU bread and flaky biscuits i prefer Ootto- a ien io any omer shortening on tne mar- bat- Wa AI.An ...... n ....II M. 4 . annual camping trips through tha moun-! TheFoodDrinkfOT AHAgeS Cottolene is a vegetable oil cooking S WCH WLK, MUT tRAJM EXTRA$T. IN MWDEII pany, Chicago, and is much purer and Hot in any Llilk Trust more wholesome than lard, 'it is car-l rriB.:e tinnf irV'fi ried by all good grocer,. Iwi.n. JSEJftK , v; .. ' ' MALTED MILK "Otfioiiau Jmitaticnd TRANSPORTS FOR" STEAMSHIP LINE McLachlan Has Plan to Make Idle Ships Serve Competi tive Purpose. Kingsley Tells How He Defied Buckley and How Buckley Avenged Himself. f United Pr Iaaed Wire.) Washington, March 29. Representa tive McLachlan of California will de mand that the government operate the army transports now Idle in Pacific and Atlantic harbors, as the nucleus of the .amended (United Preas Leased Wlr. Now York, March 29. New York was treated to another sensational bit of testimony lr. connection with the inves tigation Into the state legislative In surance scandal today when Darwin P. Kingsley, who succeeded the late John McCall as president of the New York Life Insurance company, testi fied before Superintendent Hotcbklss. Kingsley swore that William H. Buckley came to him and solicited a bribe of 13000 for the votes of "six senators" in connection with the "Arm strong bill," which Kingsley wanted so the Insurance companies proposed Panama line of steamships would not be forced to publish the when his bill to establish a government names of policy holders. line of steamships to the Isthmus comes Kingsley stated that he had prevl before the house next week. I ouslv sons before the lerislatlte com McLachlan was informed by the war mlttee and had secured assurances that department today that the transports the amendment would be Inserted in Buford. Kilpatrlck, Meade, Sumner and the bill. This was done later. McClellan were now Idle In San Fran- Buckley then came to Kingsley, ac Cisco and New York harbors. McLach- cording to the testimony, and warned lan said he believed they should be put him that unless he paid the JS000 the to praotical use by the government. RAILROAD MUST PAY Fl DAMAGING IB ER Court today won a signal victory whan felv.edT May the jury which heard the action of the government against the CorvaHls Eastern Railway company, brought in a verdict awarding the government $4424.38 in damages. The United States prayed for $10,000 damages. Une suit was brought against the rail way company some time ago. it was charged that owing to the fact that the smokestacks of the locomotives of the company were not . properly equipped with spark arresters, timber belonging to the United States was burned and damaged to the extent of $10,000 amendment would be killed and tho bill passed In its original form. Kingsley said he refused to pay the money and the bill was passed the next day with the amendment stricken out, as he al leged Buckley Bald it would be. Buckley was plainly nervous when he took the stand after Kingsley was ex cused. He said he had a faint recollection of having talked to Kingsley, but denied he had offered six votes for $500 each. He was asked about two checks re- 1903, from tha Travel ler's Insurance company of Hartford, and totalling $18,900. He refused to discuss them and wouldl not say why tne checks nad been given him. John F. Logan ia a oandldate for the Republican nomination for congress man from the second district and he Is going to the people of that district for the nomination.' ' 'You can say for me," aald Mr. Logan this morning,, "that I am against tho assembly.. I believe that the peo ple should be allowed to aay who shall represent them in office. I am a candi date for congress and I Intend to go to itio people for my nomination. If they see fit to favor me, well and good. If they do not I can still continue to ba a private citisen." Mr. Logan has been considering his entrance Into tha congressional race for some time, and It waa only' re cently that he finally decided to make the effort. Since his announcement that he would be a candidate an effort haa been made by the "leaders" to get him to go Into the convention and seek the nomination at its hand. Turns Deaf Ear. To this proposition ha has turned a deaf ear, and now says that he is out against the convention and a return to the old convention system. "Already they are beginning to frame things up, and I do not want to have anything to do with a framed up con vention, said Mr. Logan -this morning. The entrance of Mr. Logan adds another shade to the already complex shadows that hover over the congress- onal situation. The "leaders" whq are backing the convention plan have al ready announced themselves as favor- ng the retention of Ellis from the second district and Hawley from the first, and It Is practically certain that these two men will be given the dorsement of the conventions whu the' are held. The Oregonlan has also come out, as the mouthpiece of the conventionlsts, and declared for both Hawley and Ellis. Against SUls and Kawley. Up In the bunchgrass district, and down in the smaller farms of the Wil lamette valley there Is a difference of opinion, however. People In eastern Oregon do not like the way Ellis umped when Gannon pulled the string. nd people-vf the valley ido not like the way Hawley did the bidding of his master. People of both districts have begun to realise that neither of the congressmen has done anything for the tate that sent them to Washington, nd are casting about for men who will fill the positions. With Ellis and Hawley backed by the convention forces, and their records. lack of records, the appearance of active and strong men appealing to tho people direct will make a very Inter esting combination for the " next con gressional campaign. Mr. Logan expects to begin the prep- ration of his petitions for candidacy within a short time, at which time he will sot' out clearly his position in re gard to public matters. He will then go before the people of the second dis trict personally and contend for the nomination from the hands of the people direct. OLD VETERAN DROWNS SELF IN WASH BASIN South Norwalk, Conn., March 29. The funeral of William Harris, who drowned himself in a wash basin, will be held here tomorrow. Harris was 73 years of age and a veteran of the Clvjl war. He committed sui-clde by lying on the floor and holding his face in a basin of water. NOMADIC PAIR IS HELD FOR BURGLARY Luther Farker and Roy Summers, two tourists who have been in the city, a month, were arrested this morning in a rooming house at Third and Main streets, and accused of burglary. Both The action was brought on behalf of men admitted taking a suit case, and several pieces of Jewelry from the room the forestry division of the depart ment of the interior, and . while the-Hne- house last nlsht. Detectives Car- amount of damages awarded Is not large, penter and Price arrested them. They tne decision is important in mat it win i compel railway companies to pay for timber damaged by fire starting from Sparks frem locomotives not properly equipped with spark arresters. have a considerable amount of small articles, which are thought to have been stolen. to put farming on a better basis in this country. Much credit is due to the Ore gon Railroad & Navigation company for its part taken In the work and It will be remembered by the farmers and bus iness men of eastern Oregon for their courtesy on this occasion. RAISIN GROWERS MAY ' FORM HOLDING COMBINE (United Fran leaned Wlra.l Fresno. Cal.. March 29. A scheme hv which the raisin packers will take the subsidy lobby, entire crop of raisins at 3 cents sweat box, and then fix the price for five years to come at a figure a little bet ter than three cents Is being ' seri ously considered by the growers In this section. It ,s understood that the business ust be put upon a basils by which" both the packer and the grower may be as- ured of a ofit. To bring this about it Is believed the beet way will be to set a price and hold to It. Such an ar rangement would assure easgrn buyers staple market. I It Is also expected that the arrange ment would result In the raising of the grade of raisbns produced here, as the growers would not pick out and cure raisins which has not matured well, for an early market, if they were certain f returns later In the season. HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE SHIP SUBSIDY LOBBY (United Presa Ieased Wire.) Washington, March 29.- The house to day by a vote of 126 to 64 voted in favor of a thorough Investigation of the charges that a ship subsidy lobby Is operating In Washington for the purpose of Influencing congressmen In favor of a ship subsidy. The action is a result of a complaint by Representative Steen erson of Minnesota that he had been at tacked by a Cleveland newspaper which he believed to be an organ of a ship What to Do for a Cough Here Is a home-made remedy that overcomes an obstinate cough quicker than any costly medicine you -could buy. Any woman can easily, make It in five minutes. Granulated Sugar Syrup.. 13V4 os. Plnex 2M oz. Put the Plnex In a clean pint bottle and fill up with the syrup, made as follows: Take a pint of Granulated Sugar, add pint of warm water and stir for about 2 minutes. Take a teaspoonful every one, two or three hours. It tastes pleasant children like It. This simple medicine Is also splendid for colds, whooping cough, bronchitis, incipient con sumption, chest palne, etc. Plnex, as you probably know. Is theimost potent form of Norway White Pine Compound. It is rich In all the well known pine ele ments. None of the weaker pine preparations compare with the real Pinex Itself. Your druggist has it, or will gladly get it for you. The full pint of this effective cough syrup can be made for 64 cents. It iceeps perfectly, and lasts a whole family a long time. Strained honey can be used In stead of tho syrup, and makes a ety fine honey and pine tar cough syrup. Some of the best known drug gists here, as Laue-Davis Drug Co. (distributors) and others, think, so well of tha above pre scription that they guarantee it' to give perfect' satisfaction or re fund the purchase price. Alleged Briber Arrested. (United Preaa Leased Wh. Jackson, Minn., March 29. -L. C. Du laney, a politician from whom State Senator Bilbo alleges he received a bribe to vote for Percy for United States sen ator instead of Vardaman. was arrested today. He gave bond la the sum of $5000. - ) r 7 7 Constipated? Bilious? Dyspeptic? 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