The Oregon daily journal., June 17, 1910, Page 6, Image 6

THE OPvEGOII DAILY JQUIEJEL, 1 .TLA! ID, FRIDAY EVE. II .."!. JUE : IE
jiisTEBSIIIS
OPERATED UNDER
POLICE GUIDANCE
Draymen Have Strikebreakers
at Work No Violence Re
ported in Labor Situation
That Is Serious. ' ,
L'nder police protection many transfer
wagons operated today' There were
said to be 60 Imported strike breakers at
work for the Draymen's and Employers'
associations this morning. '' As many,
more were expected duririg ; the day. ,
Special police , officers rode on , the ,
wagons wherever it was desired by em
ployers. . . -EE;- j
Every striking teamster, save offi
cers and leaders, did, picket duty on the
streets today.' trying to persuade strike,
, breakers to leave the wagons. A num-i
her thus persuaded were found at union
headquarters this morning. Orders had
been Issued that no . violence be em
ployed, and none was reported either at
police or at union headquarters;
All Portland unions have Joined to
give the striking teamsters financial
. support A proclamation Issued by Will
Daly, chairman) of Central Labor coun
oil's executive committee, opens by as
serting: , , " E
"There ' Is mo question but that the
, teamsters' strike is the great test f
the Portland labor movement"
Ei, Ho General Walkout,
That the strike would resolve itself
Into a test Issue between employers and
"unions was predicted, at the beginning
. of the strike. A general walkout Is not
. anticipated unless the present strike
should reach a critical stage. The real
Issue is declared to be between the open
and closed shop policies. Many em
ployers, among whom are the Banfleld
Veasy Fuel company, and the Frank I
Smith Meat company, have .placed con
spicuously In their windows the sign;
"We favor the open shop."
Strong hope of success was expressed
' at union headquarters this morning.
Mayor Simon's reproof of the employers
yesterday, together with his later asser
tion that he believed teamsters should
be paid $3 a day which they demand.
gave confidence to strike leaders. In
comments made this morning, Mayor
said:-. -
"The strike will end. The strike must
end.- Things have come to a serious
pass when men who wish to work are
not .allowed to, especially when this re
fusal stagnates important business In
terests. Mayor Regrets Meeting.
. "I regret very much the meeting held
yesterday," I am sorry, that I consented
to sttend It -1 had Just been planning to
, put Into effect more of less drastic
measures, and then to listen to such
abuse, which I considered entirely un
called for, was a little more than I could
' endure.
, "The situation ha never "been so ser
ious as to merit "great apprehension.
The police, so far as I can learn, have
never lost control of a situation where
consideration must be extended to both
sides. ; I have never been led to believe
that violence was contemplated or to be
feared. "From now on ample protection
will be given every man who desires
work. At the same time I think the
demand for $3 a day made by the team
sters not unreasonable.- That Is only
a fair living wage." . '
Much Interest is evinced In a meet
ing of the Waterfront Federation called
for tomorrow night The session, will
consider strike issues. Speclal action
s1s anticipated. The federation Includes
" three organisations of longshoremen, the
hoisting and portable engineers, ship
wrights and calkers, riggers and liners,
and , the teamsters' unions. .
Near-Clash at Headquarters.
' Efforts of special officers to force
entrance into headquarters of the team
sters' strike - that they might capture
strike breakers who had been taken in
charge by' the strikers, was resisted to
day. The officers departed declaring
tlielr Intention to swear out warrants
against the leaders of the strike for un
lawfully detaining the strike breakers,
and against the strike breakers for
violation of their contracts to drive
teams Jn Portland. v - -
"Forty of us came from Spokaneyes
terday," said one of the strike breakers.
v "We don't Intend to go to work If
there Is going to bo trouble."
None of the men, so far as could
be learned, were . Spokane residents.
Most of them were "drifters" picked up
wherever they could be found.
A special meeting of highly excited
strikers was, held at noon today. They
were told that the provocation to vio
lence in the present crisis Is great' but
that they must do everything they could
to restrain their tempers, and get strike
breakers off the transfer wagons by
persuasion, not violence.
i W. H. Corbett, president of ths Wil
lamette Iron & Steel works, announced
today that he is bringing men from the
east to break ' the machinists' strike
here. Mr, Corbett announced as false
the report that labor troubles are ended
in his plant
"Whoever started such a report must
have had a strange source of Informa
tion," he said. "We have today no more
; men working than there have ,been all
along.' I have determined that the men
who struck shall not go back to work.
There will never be another union ma
chinist in this 6hop. I do not propose
to lane oacic the men who struck once.
so that they can Injure my business
another time by striking again. The
union has called them out; now let the
union furnish bread and butter , for
themselves and families. They want to
hold up in?: work until contracts are
cancelled, so that when they Bee their
folly after a few months and want to
come back to work, they will find no
work here to do. So far as I .am con
cerned the strike Is no nearer settled
than It was when it began. Union men
ere still picketing the shop and keeping
ths men wno wan to wont away.",
500 BAKER CITYITeT"
GO TO PRAIRIE CITY
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Baker City. Or.. June 17. Nearly 600
excursionists left Bake? City yesterday
morning for Tralrie City, where a big
-Rietirtion was . held in - honor of
(r, r.)i,r,l''!'n f the exlt-nplon of the
; i- itfr Vallfy railroad, from Austin to
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iPBEFBlilED DEATH
TO SfflE LIFE
Young Man Kills Himself After
Sweetheart Refuses to Wed
Him.
Ephralm Jamerson, who committed
suicide.
Life looked dreary to Ephralm Jamer
son. 21-year-old athlete, without the
companionship of Miss Gladys Baker,
492 Columbia street, and he killed him
self shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon in his room in the Y. M. C. A.
building .because she refused on Wed
nesday evening to marry him. -
The body of Jamerson was found In
his room at ( o'clock, when Felix Klee-
man, his roomate, went home. Jamer
son had tied a handkerchief . over his
eyes, held a .38 calibre pistol In both
hands., and: fired, a, shot .into his fore
head. ,-'''"'", - - :'.;-"'rJ '.''''
Wednesday evening he met the girl
after her day's work in offices of the
Pacific States Telephone company Th-?.v
walked to her home, where ho remained
until shortly before midnight.: The
greater 'part of the conversation was
about marriage. . .
Jamerson has wanted the girl to mar
ry him. for several- weeks, -but 'she has
repeatedly told him they were both toi
young to be ' married, and that they
should wait another year. ,. "When he
left Wednesday evening Jamerson ap
peared to be somewhat reconciled to the
girl s Idea. At 2 o clock Thursday he
called her on the telephone and told her
he was going away. : She asked to which
place and he said he did not know, but
that she would not see him again, as he
was going away that afternoon.
A note left on the table is Jamerson s
room reads:,: :. .... ,
"Please tell Gladys I did this because
I love her. Good-bye all. E. J.
Another note left to Miss Mary BoJ-
man, a student in ,tha Lincoln high
school reads: .
"Please give this fob to Miss -Mary
Boaman, of 180 Lowell avenue. I prom
Ise4 to give u to her when I died. So
here goes good-bye. Ephralm Jamtr
eon."; . ;.
Jamerson at one . time kept company
with Miss Bodman. He was a former
student In the Hill Military academy and
was prominent in the athletics of the
Institution. He was a member of tho
football team of 1908, playing left
guard. Blnce leaving schol, he had been
working with ' the Western Electrical
company. ' -. ..-',
, His father-and brother live at Tuala
tin. Or., .and his mother nd another
brother live In the east Since 14 years
of age he has earned his own living, and
worked his way' through school. Jamer
son was known as a young man of good
habits and conducted himself In an ex
emplary ' way, ,. The father has be-;o
notified, ' and will . take charge of the
body. An Insurance policy was "held In
the Modern Woodmen of the World,
which was mode out to his father.
BRIDGE CONTRACTOR
IS SUED FOR DELAY
" - . - ' - l . - .11. M - "i,'
Balfour, Guthrie A Co. are trying to
get $160 out' of Robert Wakefield, the
contractor who is constructing the new
Madison street bridge, In the united
States court today. Ths company chart
ered the ship Mlchelson, loaded her
with grain and wanted -to Ktart her on
her Journey to Shanghai, That was'ln
November, 1909, and at a time when
the water was at a high stage, . -
It la charged by the exporters that
because the draw pier hRd been partly
removed ana not sufficiently marked,
it was impossible to take the big tramp
down f-hrough the draw," there being a
swift current at that place.', Because of
the delay, the company had, to pay de
murrage. The plaintiff company contends that
Wakefield is responsible for this loss
because of his failure to so guard the
half removed pier that the shin could
not be taken through,-, Wakefield con
tends that he did guard the pier with
piles and dolphins and, tha t it was not
his fault that the ship did not begin
her Journey on schedule time." Testl
mony is being heard by Judge Bean
the case having been commenced yoi-
terday morning. It will be closed this
evening, ' .'"::'v'.-r,,--"
M'LACHLAN FOR BETTER
, SERVICE TO PANAMA
Washington, June 17. A government
owned steamship line jfor the Pacific
coast, connecting with Panama, will be
the battle cry of Congressman- James
McLachlan of Los . Angeles as long as
he remains a member of the Muse of
representatives,
Jaufscakus , ..OflJMg-hllU,, to aaUUiUh
such a lint McLachlan criticised the
Pacific Mall Steamship company and
said the service to Panama was Intol
erable, the steamers slow and antiquat
ed and the rates too high.' He said the
company refused, to make any Improve
ments because It had a inonopoly on the
tactile coast
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TOTAL $170,132; Hll'OSIE
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Contracts for Marble Work and i
Finishing Will Be Let
Next Week, i
Bids on marble work, plastering,
heating and elevators for the east wing
of" the. new courthouse were opened by
the. county, court at noon today. .Bids
were received separately on the', four
classes of worn, and If the contracts are
awarded to the. lowest bidders in ach
class the total cost will be $178,192.
. ' On the marble work, which includes
tiling, wainscoting and scagliola, the
Schanen-Blalr company' Is lowest. at
$93,000. The Vermont Marble company
bid $116,800, and the Drake Marble &
Tile company $109,000. . .. ,
Only one bid was received for"fur
nlshlng and Installing the elevators. It
was submitted by the Otis Elevator
company, 'offering to do the work for
$16,292.
John O'Hara and Fred HobWselfken
were bidders for plastering work and
O'Hara outstripped his competitor.! He
bid $43,900, the opposing big being $61,-
900.
There were five offers on the heating
contract the Paciflo Fire Extinguisher
company being lowest at $2B,000. Joseph
McCusker bid $25,235, the Kendall
Heating company $27,175, ths Hassalo
Engineering company $28,300 and W. J.
Mcpherson 131.000.
Whldden & Lewis, the architects, will
look over the, bids and report to the
court as to their regularity and reason
ableness, after which the contracts will
be awarded, unless It is considered de
sirable to readvertlse. The award of
these, contracts practically completes the
work on the new courthouse, outside of
the furnishing.
Pupils of the Irvlngton school do not
take kindly to the dictum of the city
board of education which recently failed
to reelect Principal George N. McKay
of the , Irvlngton school. The pupils'
consider the principal to be an efficient
and" popular instructor,' and Inasmuch
as the board gave no reason for Its
action In dropping him from the list of
principals, they have come to his -support
in an effort to have him reinstated
by the reconsideration of the board's
action. - r :"r: .
During the past week the pupils of
the school have circulated a petition,
which has been signed by every-pupil
of the school who could be reached with
the paper.. This petition sets out that
Professor McKay has been an able,
conscientious and popular head of the
school, and asks that, the board recon
sider Its action and reelect the prin
cipal or the coming year. The peti
tion will be presented to the board at
Its meeting una afternoon.' f
BLACKSMITH HURT :
: , . - BY AUTO TO SUE
H. Hansen, a blacksmith, was run
down and seriously injured by an auto
mobile, which he declares is owned by
I. Aronson, Jeweler, of 294 Washington
street, last night about 9:30 o'clock, near
the corner of Front and Burnsiae
streets. He went to police headquarters
this morning for a warrant for the ar
rest of the owner of the machine, and
said he further Intended bringing civil
suit for damages, too.
' Hansen, according to witnesses, was
perfectly sober at, the time of the acci
dent v He was crossing Burnslde street
when the machine, which was not run
nlpg fast, Btruck him In the back, knock
lng him .down and, witnesses say, run
ning over hlm. The Jrlver stopped the
car and remained near jne scene oi tne
accident until Hansen recovered, con
sclousness. Dr. Fred Zelgler, city phy
sician, was called and attended Hansen,
setting a broken thumb and dressing a
severe scalp wound. It Is feared Han
sen's skull was fractured and that bis
brain suffered from the blow, for he
complained today that he was dazed.
OLD TIME FIREMEN , -
CALLED BY DEATH
Frank Harrington, an Oregon pioneer,
and a veteran fireman of Portland, died
last night at the Good Samaritan hos
pital from pneumonia, Mr. Harrington
was 69 years, of age. Except for his
recent attack of pneumonia he had been
in fairly good health all his life.
Ha was one of the original members
of the old volunteer hookand - ladder
company, and was a member of the Ex
empt Firemen's association, which was
organised in 1874. One or his old team
mates was .Tom Jordan, a well known
resident of this city.
He Is survived by his wife and four
sobs, J. H., W, C, Frank and Jessie
Harrington. The funeral arrangements
are being made today. ; ; ,.: . : ., , .
ATTORNEY TRIED FOR
- FRAUDULENT DEAL
J. G. Crawford, an -attorney and tim
ber, cruiser from Marshfleld, was given
a preliminary hearing before United'
States Commissioner Marsh this mrfrn
lng and was bound over to await the
action-of the federal grand jury, under
bonds of $1500.
Crawford was charged with having
passed as a member of the secret serv
ice department of the government, and
while practicing such deception with
having secured the loan of $30 from
W. C. Andrews of Marshfield. The
hearing was enlivened by the fact that,
Crawford conducted the cross-examina
tion of the .witnesses for the govern
ment, acting as his own attorney.
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River forecast; The Willamette river
at Portland will fall slowly for several
days. E
PUPILS PETITION FOR
PRINCIPAL'S REELECTION
D01IDS $75,000
Including additions to date, sub-
scriptlons to the ' Broadway
bridge bonds stand today as fol
lows: - - ..,.- ;r
'W. K. Smith.
$25,000
U. 8. National bank..
6,000
6,000
6,000
& Henry Wemtte.v..,,,,
S. Benson. , , . ,
Irvlngton Investment 4 Co.
Hart man & Thompson...
A. M. Dewar..
Mayor Simon..........;.
Andnew C. SmiJlKf.,.,..,
W. L, McPherson.. ......
Councilman - Lombard....
Olds, Wortman & Kig. . .
'Ausplund Drug company.
.'Councilman Menefee...,.
C. L Sckoenfeldt. ...... ,
F. H, and F. M. Brown...
A. A. and A. Ij. DImlck. ..
6,000
3,600 4
8,600
.2,600
2,600
2,500
2,600
2,500
1,000
1,000
1.000
1.000,
,1,000 .
1.000
600
R. Lea Barnes. .
$72,000-
Ths sale-of the- Broadway, bridge
bonds by popular subscription Is Scarce
ly brisk enough to satisfy promoters of
the plan. A more instant response to
the appeal upon municipal pride and
loyalty would have been more gratify
ing. Although the voluntary subscrip
tions have nearly reached the $75,000
mark there is yet more than $175,000
of the first f 250.000 of tle issue to be
disposed of,EE ", . ' ', ,' ..'
"I wish the cltiiens of Portland might
be made to understand that the building-of
the Broadway bridge Is dependent
upon the sale of these bonds, said
Mayor Slmonv today.
"All other things considered, the ac
quiring of cash with which to pay for
construction Is : our essential concern.
Portland business interests are amply
able to -subscribe to this entire first
Issue and do, it readily. The investment
Is safe and 4t is good. The investment
by the city of Portland In the Broadway
bridge la safer and better. The bridge
Is badly needed, yet tha great reason
wny it is not mint is because we do
not get, the money. I hope that the
public spirited citizens of Portland will
be encouraged to aid In this movement.
They will not lose, but on the other
hand gain, both by the investment In
bonds and by' the accelerated business
brought about by operation of the new
bridge." -:-: -
Olds, Wortman "' ft '; King and the
United States National bank were
among the new subscribers yesterday.
A number of Seventh street property
owners, are contemplating Investment
Fomeuit
Echo of Guilford Bribery Case
Is Heard in Argument
of Attorneys. -
Arguments on a motion for new trial
for W. Cooper Morris, convicted by a
Jury , on the charge "of embezzling $76,-
000 in notes from the Oregon Trust &
Savings bank while he was cashier of
that institution, will be heard by Circuit
Judge : Gantenbeln"; tomorrow morning.
Judge Gantenbeln states that other mat
ters pending will be cleared away to
give the Morris case precedence. .
. One of the chief points urged by the
attorneys for, Morris is that the court
erred In holding a conference with a
Juror during the trial when the other
Jurors were not present, the conference
being for the purpose of trapping How
ard A. Guilford, - who later confessed
to an attempt to bribe the Juryr v
Another point urged , is that Morris
could not receive a fair trial from a man
who had been approached In an attempt
to bribe, even though the fact was not
known to the other Jurors until after
the case was ended. Morris was sen
tenced to serve six years in the peniten
tiary, i .
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IS SUED FOR LIBEL
The, Chronicle Publishing company of
fclamath Falls was made .the defendant
In three libel suits In the United States
court yesterday, the aggregate amount
of - damage asked being $200,000.--The
suits were filed by Judge H. L Benson,
on behalf of the Klamath Falls De
velopment company,-S. O.,: Johnson and
G. X, Wendling, officers of that com'
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The aults grew out of a fight which
has centered about the removal of the
Klamath county courthouse from its
present location to a sits to be donated
by the Klamath Falls Development com
pany in Hot Springs addition of Klam
ath Falls.
Some time ago- an effort was made
to move the court house, which stirred
up, bitter strife among the , business
men of Klamath Falls. As a -result
of the fight the Klamath Falls Chronicle
was started, a fund of , $10,000 having
been raised by the opponents of the ro-
moval plan. This new paper printed an
article which; charged that the county
commissioners had been given lots in
the Hot Springs addition to Influence
them In changing the location of the
court house. Because of this statement
the Klamath Falls Development com
pany has brought the suit and, since
Its officers are California men, the case
has been filed In the United States
court.
PEARY REFUSES TO
DISCUSS COOK SUIT
rn E. Peary arrived here today on the
steamship Mauretania. ' Peary remarked
that he preferred- Arctic .exploration , to
being lionised bjr admirers. . He refused
to - discuss ' the 'suit filed by Rudolph
Francke, Dr. .Cook's repreenUtive at
Berlin, who clalrus that Peary Stola.val-
uable supplies lj( the Arctic. . v
iU PLEAD
PAPER A
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ays Ha Got Third Deer
in
Grand Jury Room Never
Took Cribs Money.
Chicago, Jan. 17. Representative
Link, who recently confessed that he re
ceived bribes from Lee O'Neill Browne
to , vote for the election of William
Lorimer to the United States senate, to
day gave the prosecution a hard blow
when he -went on the stand and re
pudiated the confession. Link said he
had been.; haled before the grand jury
and had made his statements under
duress. : . ' -. E E .
- Link testified that when Browne re
quested him to vote for Lorimer he said
he would, as, he had already promised
Lorimer his support He denied 'em
phatically that he was bribed. - . ;
On cross-examination Link charged
that the state's attorney and the police
"bullyragged"; him and 'that when he
asked to see his wife they told him to
"choose between his .wife and the peni
tentiary." , ' , '
The statements 1 of Link created a
great sensation.
, Declaring that he did not, consider the
money paid him for his vote for Lori
mer "was a bribe, J. C. H. Beckenmeyer
testified today in the trial of Browne.
'i was willing to vote for anyone to
defeat Hopkins, for the senate.. I even
promised Browne that I would support
Speaker Shurtllff If it were necessary."
said Beckenmeyer. E '
Representative Link followed Becken
meyer on the stand. ' :,
The butchers' union has asked em
ploying butchers to grant half holidays
Wednesday afternoons during the sum
mer months. The wquest,has been re
fused. The butchers will meet tonight
to consider whether the situation merits
a strike order.
; Speaking for employers, Frank W.
Constantino, who owns a shop, at First
and Alder," said this morning: :"W
cannot grant the half holiday because
meat yhlch Is shipped in to us would
spoil. I, personally,' would be glad to
grant' the half holiday if business- per
mitted It but 4t is impossible. This
seems , to - be ' part' of dissatisfaction
among unions everywhere."
HOFFMAN ADDS TO '
. : LONG COURT RECORD
Ninety days In the.county Jail and a
fine of $50 on two charges was Henry
Hoffman's portion in municipal court
today-1 He answered to three charges,
one of selling liquor on Sunday, another
of - selling liquor without a license and
a third of resisting an officer. Hoffc.,
man has been in court on charges' of
selling liquor without a license and of
selling, on Sunday several times during
the last year; "?r."
"I - consider : the c persistency '. - with
which this man has violated the law,
when I send him to the county Jail,"
said Municipal Judge Bennett "As for
violation of the Sunday closing ordi
nance -I have no mercy for ' Hoffman.
He has been before me so many times
before and I have so frequently warned
him, that- my patience ,1s exhausted.':
.ifman, proprietor 'of the Delmonte
hotel ' at Union avenue and East Clay
street,- was arrested Sunday, May 29,
by Patrolman ; Humphreys, i When the
officer told the hotel proprietor he was
under arrest, Mrs.- Hoffman appeared
with a butcher knife In her hand,, and
the officer alleged she attacked him.
Hoffman, too, resisted arrest Charges
against Mrs. Hoffman were dismissed.
WORKMEN QUARREL; .
COURT DISMISSES ALL
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Because he could get neither '"head
nor tall"; out of the stories of either the
defendants or complaining ' witnesses,
Municipal Judge Bennett this morning
dismissed charges Of assault with Intent
to kill against John Rath, a foreman for
the Barber Asphalt Paving . company,
who attacked two Italian workmen with
a revolver at East Thirty-seventh street
and Sandy road, last night. The laborers
were entered on the docket Is Appeco
ana nick, ...
Rath's story was that the laborers
last night refused i to obey orders is
sued .by him, and When he reprimanded
them, they threatened to attack .him
with shovels and pick axes. So he got
the night watchman's gun with the In
tention of showing them who was boss,
They didn't seem to mind the gun, for
they went after him again. He said
that when he hit one of the men on
the neck , with the gun, one cartridge
exploded. The laborers sajd he shot at
them.
- Judge Bennett allowed all to go.
BROOKLYN CLUB PLANS
NEEDED. IMPROVEMENTS
- The Brooklyn Improvement club at a
meeting last night- at Powell street
and Milwaukle avenue, voted In favor
of placing the proposed Booth street
bridge, the building of which will be
voted on at the next city election, at the
foot of Ellsworth street
: It was decided to secure, If possible,
the widening of Powell street and to
straighten out the Intersecting Jogs- In
the street connecting Powell and Ells
worth.
A committee was appointed to in
terview the city' engineer In regard to
opening Twenty-second . street from
Powell to Frederick street and to Im
proving Mary street, from ; Powell ; to
Division, a distance offlve blocks. The
committee appointed consists of the fol
lowing: A. L. Barbour. A. L. Klenan,
V. Rushlight, J. Haversguard and L. S.
Daue. . .
ERNEST WIRTH HANGED
FOR MURDERING WIFE
San Quen'thv CaU, June 17, Ernest
Wirth, convicted of murdering his wife
at Los Angeles several weeks ago, was
hanged here at 10:80 a. m. today After
the trap was sprung Wirth's, neck was
split open and blood spurted, from his
Jugular vein. Physicians in attendance
examined the body after. It was hauled
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breaking open was that Wirth had made
six previous attempts to hang himself
and that the muscles of his neck wece
weakened., After- the hanging Warden
Hoyle said he hoped this would end 'cap
ital punishment lrl California. He said
he would use his Efforts to bayi- a law
enacted prohibiting hanging.
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San Francisco Boys' Club Will
Start Campaign for Better
Things.
Edward Ryan, dram major of Colum
bia Park Boys' club band. ,
For one whole week, beginning Mon
day, June 27, boys are going to rule over
Portland. Portland is to, have a boy
who will have boys in his cabinet, a boy
for chief of police a boy for chief of the
fire department, and so on down. Knick
erbockers will be in complete control of
the town. Mayor. Simon, even; baa con
sented to hand over the keys of the city
to the boys, which) means that he will
abdicate his office and efface himself
from affairs governmental. ,
- The boy mayor is, to be, elected from
among the schools of the city, a xegular
ballot to be used. In: naming him. and
from amone those boys who are candl
dates, the new mayor will select his
cabinet and other official dignitaries.'
Kingdom of Boys.
In fact. It may be said that the "King
dom of Boy" is near at hand' The
cause of all this forthcoming revolution
In Portland' Is the visit to this city of
the Columbia Park Boys' club of San
Francisco, the most celebrated and most
useful boys' club in the world.- This
club will arrive In Portland Sunday,
June 88, and under Its guidance the boys
of this city will Immediately take charge
of affairs and come Into their own.
Each school is to have a candidate
for mayor, , There, will also be independ
ent candidates. . Campaigns for the nom
inations are being held today. The can
didate who will be' nominated from each
school will be decided upon at an elec
tion Monday. The final election will
be held in time to. formally Inaugurate
the boy mayor on Monday, June, 27.
-The Idea of bringing' the boys of the
Columbia Park club to Portland to help
make boy week a success originated
with members of the-Daughters of the
American Revolution, and with Mr. and
Mrs. W.' H. Chapln, Ralph W. Hoyt and
D.E. Keasey. They are friends of boys.
Voney for Clubhonse. .
Tho proceeds of the. week ytll be used
to build a newsboys' clubhouse. For
the purpose 410.000 Is needed.. ( Mr.
Keasey recently made a visit to San
Francisco. He found there that news
boys have a clubhouse with "beautiful
and attractive Interior. He found that
waifs from the street were being en
couraged to live lives of wholesome and
cultured manliness. He found that the
results being obtained are little short of
wonderful. He came back to Portland
fired with belief in the utility of an in
vestment that wlU. actually make men
out of apparently -poor , material.
The campaign contemplated is expect
ed to attract because it Is unique. The
Columbia Park 'club boys will furnish
entertainment of an unusual sort There
will be vaudeville, minstrel . shows,
baseball and football." The use of Mult
nomah, club grounds has been granted
for the athletics. . A great banquet at
the Hotel Portland will open the big
week during which the boys will rule
Portland. The plans of the campaign
will be outlined from day to day In The
Journal. . " . , ' -
JAPANESE ADMIRAL HAS
PRAISE FOR AMERICA
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Toklo, June ,18. -Admiral Inouye of
the supreme military council and naval
adviser of Japan, today pafd tribute to
the greatness of America tn carrying
out big ideas In her navy, as well as, in
other lines of activity. Admiral Inouye
urged the necessity of Increasing -the
Japanese navy, comparing It with fhe
navies of the leading world powers.
Smooth, healths fiklna are a rarity
noyed with pimples, boils, rashes or
severely with Eczema, Acne, Tetter,
disease. AUBkin affections come from
The blood, aa It circulates through
tumors In the sensitive membranous
outer skin or ttesue covering the
Inflammation and a discharge which
an cvin rHsfijisea are this Mault. To
be freed from all acids and humors,
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Judge Galloway Holds That the
Legislature Exceeded Juris
diction When It Made Grant
to C. & E. Company. .
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Kalem. Or.. . .Tunn -1 7 rinMarln v
Corvallls & Eastern Railroad 'company,
successors to the Willamette Valley &
Coast Railroad company, had failed fo
comply, with the provisions of the 'act
granting it certain tide lands on Sllets.
Yaqulna and Alsea bays, which lands
are how valued at $1,000,000. and fur
ther declaring that It .was against pub
lic policy for the state to di
tide lands save for fishery, harbor or
commercial nurnosea. mm thsv i h.H 1
in trust by it for its people, and. that. -therefore,
the legislature in making the
grant exceeded Its Jurisdiction, .Judge '
Galloway, in the circuit court for this
county this afternoon dismissed the in
junction prayed for by the railroad com
pany against the sale of the lands by
the state and rendered a decision In
favor of. the state.-. - - ,:;
Grant Made in! 1874. . ,,HE;
Grant of all thA tM .t,.-i
lands involved was made.by the legis
lature in inn. xne grant comprised In
all about 20.000 m t that i.
cated in Benton, but now In Lincoln
coumy.- xne conveyance of the land In
the . three bays gave to the railroad
Company a monnnnlv nf all" ha.t...
along .that portion of the coast. The
company to which the grant was made
also Owns the Corvnllla A TT.o ..n,
road, the only road In that territory,
uu mo grant gave tne roaa a complete
monopoly of the passenger and freight
traffic- ' . ; fit .. .-.- - .-. -
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Individual for the purchase of a, small
tract of the lands which ho desired to
Utilize for whnrf nnrnie Tho
proceeded to make the sale, but before
t nu consummaiea, tne railroad, com
pany instituted the present suit, to re
strain the state land, board from making
mo aie. a temporary injunction was
granted and the case came to issue
with the foregoing result, , . .vo.-.EE- t
Seoloioa Xs rar Reaching.
While there was Involved In the litiga
tion but a small tract of land the action
was In the nature of a test case and the
decision affects all the other tide and
submerged lands as they rest upon tha
same legislative act for their title. . ? '' -
The state contended that prior to the
vesting- of the title Of thA lamia lit thm
railroad company) It was Incumbent upon
the ; railroad company to comply with .
certain conditions set out in the set, "
such as' surveying ths lands and tiling
plats with the secretary of state The
state further contended thai-the tide and
submerged lands of the state were, not '
subject to sale, save for' harbor, fish
ery or commercial purposes, as they be
longed to the sovereignty and' were held
In trnaf hV thA jat.t. fn. ill
It cited eminent authority in behalf f
Ita connectlon'and Judge Galloway has
Sustained It and-ruled in Its favor... -In
passing upon the case the court
stated the lands were of Inestimable
value and that it based its decision ' In
part on the decision Of the supreme
court of the United States In the case of
the Illinois Central Railroad oompany vs.
state of Illinois. The case Is reported
In volume 146, federal reporter, on page
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'The court held In that' (Sase," said
Judge Galloway, Mhat all tiae and suh
merred lands in VioM hv h n
trust for its people so that they may
merce, and that any act :ln conflict with
this doctrine la null and void, and this
court holds the same in this cause."1,'
- In the case under consideration the
lands word in mlT ln frnnt th roll.
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road line and were not contiguous.. They
naa not neen surveyed . and platted" as
provided for In the grant nor had, the
comnnnv ever nnld a rtnllnr tavaa nn tha
land. The case will be taken by the Cor-
vauis & eastern to tne supreme court.
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trlct Judge R S. Bean will hold no
court during the coming week. He will
go to Eugene to attend the commence,
ment of the University of Oregon, and
the annual meetings of -the board of
trustees of the institution. ': Judge Bean
Is one of the trustees -and. under tha
new law, the meetings must he held at
Eugen ln the office .of the'; president
of the university. Since the" meetings
are' for the purpose of transacting the
annual business of the trustees they re
quire more than one day,: so that Judge
Bean has decided to give the week to
them and the commencement together. '
, Flumes Are Stolen; Gay plumes were
stolen from a-showcased In front of a
millinery establishment . at - 8ixth and
Alder streets Jast night Thieves broke
open a street showcase some time dur
ing the night and took four valuable
plumes.
Sent to Jail for Vsgranoy. Joe Veet,
who was arrested on complaint of Ben
Peterson, who charged him with steal,
lng $50 from a room In the 6t Charles
hotel Wednesday night," was . sentenced
today to serve five months In the coun
ty Jail by Municipal Judge Bennett
Veet pleaded guilty to a charge of lar
ceny. , . .
Employes Check Blase A small blaze
In the boiler room of the Eastern : St
Western Lumber ' company's plant
Caused, workmen to turn in a fire alarm
at noon today. Quiclf work on the part
of employes was responsible, for the
fire being extinguished before any dam
age was done. ; ' r
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FOR SUMMER
cTfiM nicrir Harm
la Bummer. . Most persons are an
eruptions, while others suffer more
Salt Rheum, or some kindred skin
humors and acids la the circulation.
the system, deposits these, acids and
flesh. which lias iust beneath the
body. This acrid matter causes
breaks through the delicate cuticle.
cure any skm trouble the blood must
ana lor tuis purpose noiuing equais
goes down into the circulation and
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