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GAVE LOT TO R. R.
Property Secured by Dr. Lane
Could Have Been Used as a
.. Club in Broadway; Bridge
.4 Deal 0. R. & N. Gets It.
The lot at the northeast corner of
Third ' and Gllsan streets, which, al
though It was the key to a strategic
poaltlon and might have been used to
; i force the O. R & N. to make many con-
cessions smoothing the' way for the
Inullding-of the Broadway bridge, was
1 ! traded to th Northern Padflo Terminal
'company by the city council and mayor,
has a. history for which the reoeht deal
. offers an Unbefitting climax, and illus
: trates strikingly some comparisons In
j administrative ability.
' Digging- Into flies today partisans' of
jthe Broadway, bridge plan came upon
. i some facts as to how the lot was ob
: talned two and a half years ago, by the
-1 city-for TTsUe for a, fire engine bduse
, and -later, when; Its strategio r position
j was discovered,' was used as a club over
' jthe head " of the '', terminal - company;
j which, now that It has suoceeded In ob
taining possession of the lot again, de-
mands exorbitant prices, for' property
which may be necessary for the. build-
- 'lng of the Broadway bridge. : 1 ' .
vv; Discuss Iiocation. .v"-'
It was during Dn Harry line's first
term as mayor, mora than two and a
half years ago," that the question pf
building a fire engine house near the
union passenger station was first dis
cussed. But when the ; council went
deeper Into the question; tt found that
the city had no property In that neigh
- borhood and could .not build, unless it
-bought land or occupied a street
As the city intended stationing a fire
company in that neighborhood largely
for the benefit of the terminal company
and for the protection 'of its sheds and
warehouses, - the: council thought '. that
perhaps the company, when It ecohsid
red the fact, "too, that thS city , had
given It large tracts of land in the way'
, of streets In the past, might, give up t
.small lot. But the' terminal company
did not seem to think It should do any
thing and made no offer to the city, t
Then Tom Gray, John Annand ; and
- Dr. Harry Lane,- then the mayor, '..were
- appointed as a committee to see what
might be done. They called on officer ,
of the terminal -company and asked foj
4 the use of a lot onthe railroad ter
rnlnala. Finally Manager 'Lyons, sent
, word that the company would allow th
: - city the use of a lot for five years, rent
: free. ;
Could Hot JLooept Offer. ,
At the end of five years, he said, the
city would have.tq remove Its building.
But" as the city Intended" erecting' a
trick building, worth more than, 120,000,
. the cpuncil would not accept' the offer,
nor would it accept a later offer of the
k company to, allow th olty th use of a
lot for 10 years. If at the end of that
time the fire engine house would b
turned over to the corporation. That
offer declined. Manager Lyons said ht
' was not authorized to make more.
Mayor Lane and the two committee
'mm went one day to look over the
ground. Instead of finding city prop
erty they found that the terminal com-
."pany had fenced off Hoyt street be
, tween Fourth and Fifth streets, without
.. permission, and had "Jumped" Fourth
street between Gllsan and Hoyt streets
and put buildings and sheds on the ttty
: land. No one, so far as the records
showed, had given the ' terminal com
r pany permission to occupy the thor
oughfares. Dr. -Lane called on Mr.
'Lyons and told him he found the'ter
m Inal . company was occupying public
streets, i,:,;-.- .'"' ;,.:'!fcgi.,..i,;-.3rt:
t, .'- Company Yields.
"So long as you don't do anything
for the city," the mayor told th ter
minal company manager, "I , will, And
unless you decide before 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning to give us ,lot for
:. an engine house, I'll take down a force
.. of policemen armed with crowbars and
i axes and we'll tear-down your build
ings." But when the mayor got to think
,, Ing tha thing over lie feared that if he
carried out his threat his men might
hew over the line and into the terminal
company's property, thus leaving a hole
,,, for the company jo hrlng suit for dam
' ages. . So instead of sending down a
force of bluecoets to tear down the
buildings be dispatched the city engi
; reer's force' to stake off, the lines! so
, when he did carry out his threat the
; "cops" would know where and where not
- to work.
That day the terminal company came
to terms, and before the afternoon was
', over a deed to the lot at the northeast
corner of Third and Gllsan v streets,
: given by tha terminal company, reposed
on the mayor's desk. The lot was worth
'j .( that time between $30,000 and $40,000.
' Simon aJTMiot. Jlway..u- -.
, Now, when the O. R. & N. began pre
, paring for the building Of Its new steel
. bridge it found that It would have to
v use the Third and Glisan lot to find a
landing on the west side. It was a key
" lot. Without -it the railroad cohtpany
could do nothing, and the city held the
.' , corporation In Its grip as far as the
' ' building of the bridge was concerned.
In the meantime the engineers of the
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MANUFACTURED BV THE
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FORSTATETROP
Oregon National Guard Has 22
Companies Represented 'at
., . Big Match,
- Squads of five men each representing
the 22 companies of the Oregon National
Guard are engaged in a marksmanship
contest -at the Clackamas rifle range
today. The state trophy match and the
state medal match, the former for the
companyship and the. latter for the 1n.
dividual championship, are the events
on today's program. ; Tha rules govern
ing both matches are the same, slow fire
at 200 and 00 yards and rapid tire at
200 yards. . In both contests the United
States service rifle and ammunition are
prescribed. ' For the state trophy match,
a silver cup is the prize, to become the
property of the organization winning It
three times; and the, prise for the state
medal match is a gold medal to become
the property of the guardsman winning
It three times. -
XndlTldoal Hatch Tomorrow.
' Tomorrow's program ' contains the
state Individual match, open to all mem
bers of the National Guard competing
for the state trophy and tCmembers of
the State Rifle association; and the gov
ernor's .trophy match, which Is open to
teams of eight men from each regi
mental organization of the Oregon Na
tional Guard. , " , ,
'U Three of the events of tha rifle com
petition of the Oregon State Rifle as
sociation were completed yesterday. The
Butterfield trophy match one skirmish
run of 20 shots; any rifle and any am
munitionresulted ln the , following
scores
Individual Scores,
Sergeant A. A. Schwars. , . . . ., , . 74
Sergeant O. A. Stevens ....... Tl
Civilian J. H.'Ray.,ii;w......i1ii.i 9
Corporal O. H. Q'Deen S8
Corporal ;H. Bower.'. ............. tt
Major F. B. Hamlin................ 68
Sergeant W. Q. Williams........... 68
Sergeant W. H. Barrett............. 64
Artificer B. Mooney ... ............ 63
Private L. Marquam
62
Sergeant X H. Potts.........,,,... 62
Sergeant R. Ik Perdew... .'.:;;., 61
Adjutant General W- E. Flnier,. who
returned from the Clackamas rifle range
today, says that these apparently low
coVea were caused by the new target
and the fact that only tha battle sight
was used by the marksmen. X
city -were .trying to find landings for
the Broadway bridge and discovered
they -would have to use a lot of rail
road property, '
When negotiations were opened by the
city for-, the purchase of the railroad
property tha solons found the company
wanted exorbitant ' prices and stood
ready to hold tip Ih municipality. Tat
when the O. R! as N, offered to trade
another Thir street lot, far out of line
of the bridge approach, for the lot at
Third and Gllsan, which, the city was
able to use as a club, the -council and
mayor gave up the key lot. getting no
concessions whatever.
GARRY HERRMANN - '
(Continued from Page -One.)
So favorable has been the impression
created by the Detroit committee of
Portland lodge, by the clever entertain
ment provided - for thousands of visit
ors, that the name of . Portland Is on
every Hp. ,
Better Begin to Organist,
Without exaggerating, the' slogan.
Portland, 1912,," . Is as common as the
stereotyped salutation, "Hello, Bill" It
behooves the commercial and civic
bodies of Portland at once to outline
plana for obtaining the necessary money
with, which ,to handle the colossal
undertaking, as It Is a foregone conclu
sion that when the grand lodge meets
at Atlantic City next year nothing can
prevent the awarding of tha great prise
to he Rose City.- ,
ie' Portland special arrived here at
12:20- o'clock Sunday afternoon, five
hours lata. No untoward Incident oc
curred en route to mar the trip except
the failure of the Wabash Railroad
company to cut In a diner at Chicago,
the excursionists being compelled to go
hungry nntll U am.,- Sunday,-by-rea-son
of the railway company's derelic
tion. An investigation has been ordered
by the Wabash to ascertain where the
responsibility rests.
, Weak P.o.iat la EnteftalamenU .
. Considerable difficulty was encount
ered by tha committee in securing ac
commodations for all the pilgrims, due
to the lack of desirable rooms to be
had In the first class hotels and the at
tempt on the part of the proprietor of
one of the hostelries where there were
vacant rooms to hold ixp the delegation.
In contradistinction from th. ; nu.
gram at Los Angeles last year the De
troit kiks nave ranea lamentably in
providing proper entertainment for the
vistinar Elks and thim in f Ann Annan Iw
considerable dissatisfaction. The man
ner in wmcn we tremendous crowd Is
being handled and the electrical dec
orations, however, reflect great credit
on the' Detroit lodge,
Jfortland Elks a kosts.
Portland. Or . hpdnnortAr wm
opened in room 100, Hotel Ponchartraln,
yesterday and from boon ' until (nld
night over ' 600- persons : registered.
nana some rose .goia oaages were given
to all grand . lodge- members ; calling,
Watch '. fobs', tA Rlkal nt , tha T-
variety, and for the ladies choice roses
I. : W..H..AA . .
presented with one of the handsome Il
lustrated booklets ; provided i by the
commercial ciud ana tne interest mani-
, v im . A V ...... 1 .0 . lullUMUia
are evtrwhtn and It ia tha cnnunmi
of opinion that the Rose City Elks have
. tne rinest quarters in Detroit.
t"' Steward Harry Layery of the Port-
UJ -T-.il, 1 -.1 -
i.iiu ina u.uu ia in viiar$ ui. me re
! frpuhtriAnt anrl nt tha har1nnaWA
! which Is . a sufficient guarantee that
no liic or jsikess-is allowed to go
thirstv: if-ti..' s-i.v'Jif::;j;
-, So great has been the demand for
Portland hat hanrta thut tha rnimmMu
"was compelled to order -an additional
eppiy yeeiernay ana u necessary sev
eral thnuaant nnr. kill ha nrintmA In
v mmm-w v . t w wua , a-
order -to furnish visrv KlW rtMlrnna nt
advertising Portland for 1912, - an op-
unuiuiy wearing one 01 ua risoons.
. Elaborata preparations itrs being
made bvthe Portland Aeratnn tnr tha
mammoth, parade next Thursday an
me -ooys-: intena to. put rorta every
rnori to capture one or tne prizes, j
Fir at Kmloops; $73,000 Loss.
- (ColtMl PreM. Lasted Wlra.l
Kamloops, B. C,; July 12. Fanned by
a strong wind, a fire which started" in
the warehouse of Stevens & Allan todav.
j piyftu n wo puiex oio(:ks ana at one
time threatened to wipe out the busl
ness section of this city. After a fierce
fight tha. wind-fortunately-Veered an
tne nanws were subdued.1 Four eottarea
, ana six cars joafled with valuable nier
chahdlse were also burned. The Joss
; win total over. 75,000. ,' , .,
SEALSTIIE FATE OF
: if E'DDIDEREI
Affirms Jury's Verdict and John
D. ; Roselair Must Hang
Trcpp Conviction 'Affirmed
Others Cases Decided.
(Salem Bureau of The Jonnwl.) '
Salem, Or., July I2.--John D. Rose-
lair, convicted of murder in the first
degree for killing - his wife in : their
mountain home In Washington county
May 15, 1909, must hang. The supreme
court today sustained the vlrdict of the
Jury in the circuit court for Washing
ton county 'and reaffirmed the death'
sentence. Roselair, who is now In the
penitentiary at Salem, will ba taken to
Hlllsborq for resentence and returned to
Salem for execution.
Roselair made a written confession
of the crime in which he set, forth that
on the day of the homicide he requested
his wife to give him -some milk for.
breakfast; that, complying, she poured
him soma . milk from pan, . but re
tained the cream with a spoon. He
chided her for giving htm inferior food,
where at she made an angry reply and
threw a pan of milk over him. With
a large knife ha struck at the pan,
missing It and wounding her on the
neck and -arms, , She stooped, placing
her hands over her. head andJie, upon
discovering ' she could - hot live, killed
her with the weapon to relieve her of
her misery. -"-v .- - '-::;':
' Preliminary proof as to tiis compe
tency of the confession before submit,
ting It to the Jury was the point upon
which the attorney) for Roselair based
his appeal. Other errors were relied
upon, but . the court did not find them
sufficient to, causa a 'reversal of the
verdict, v:, : '
.' Trapp Convlotloa Affirmed.
Conviction of D. R. Trapp. in Baker
county, fo rmurder in the second de
gre la affirmed by, the supremo court
this morning. - Trapp, who was a bar
tender in the saloon of James Reedy at
Huhtingtort, shot and instantly killed
Chris Jaaperson, another bartender. In
the saloon of O. Sj- Fraser during a
drunken. brawl-at Huntington on July
27, 1908. : The appeal was based almost
wholly on the contention that tha de
fendant waa drunk. : Trapp. must serve
a life sentence in .the penitentiary at
Salem. . ' - ' ' '. - -,-
Petition for rehearing In the case of
Sam Carnea and W. A. Carnes, appel
lants, ya. James Dalton, respondent, ap
pealed from the circuit,; court for Raker
county is denied In an opinion written
by Associate Justice King.
The state Vs. James MCAvov. con
victed . in the circuit court for Lane
county before J. W. Hamilton, Judge, Is
ainrmea in a written opinion1 by .As
ociate Justice Eakln. ' -r : ' ;
- Anna Oliver, appellant, vs. Fred Svn.
horst, street superintendent of the city
of La Grande, appealed from the circuit
court for ... Union county, H. J. Bean,
Judge, is . affirmed Jn an opinion writ.
t 3. Wi Robinson, M. gi. Rooinaon. , d
Robinson and H. W., Turner, doing bus
iness under the firm name and atyle of
J. W. & M. A. Robinson & Co.. respon
dents, vs. Edward Holmes, J. BS Brown
and Fannie Barton, appellants, appealed
from the circuit court for Crook county,
E. V. Littlefleld, , Judge, is reversed In
the opinion written by Chief Justice
Moore. ,
OUT OF OFFICE
Resigns Under Fire Governor
Will Displace Newark Mayor
anFPdlice Chief,
Columbus, Ohio, July 13,. That he has
found the men who climbed the pole and
fixed the rope by which Carl Btherlng
ton was hanged at Newark and is ready
to push the case against the rioters is
the statement of Attorney General Den
man today. . Hugh Hawkins and Ben
Fulton, both of whom hav been, re
turned to the' Mansfield reformatory for
violating their paroles, are the men Den
man says he suspects of having taken
the leading part in th lynching. -
Newark Ohio, July ; 12. Sheriff
LlQcke, whose failure to apply for state
aid to suppress rioters resulted in" the
lynching of Detective Etherington, re
signed today. The county commission
ers apolnted Frank E. Slabaugh of Heb
ron, to succeed him.- :v y
Columbus, ! Ohio, July 12. Governor
Harmon today ordered Attorney Gen
eral pennan to begin an Investigation
to ascertain the identity of the leaders
of the mob that lynched Carl Ethering
ton at Newark two days ago. Harmon
said every effort would be made to
bring the leaders of the mob to Justice.
He added that ha was preparing -to ap
point a new mayor : and new chief of
police of Newark. . ! . . V
BEGGAR WRITES V
INSULTING NOTE
Mrs, George Johnson, living in Monta
villa, was the victim this morning of
unusual Impudence- on the part of a
caller who claimed to be deaf and dumb.
. The caller was a young man who pre
sented a card at the door, -which stated
that , the bearer was deaf and dumb.
The young man. also 'was attempting to
sell court plaster. : llrs. Johnson,-who
was In a back room, refused to gd to
the front door, whereupon the -visitor
l'.l k. ',.11. . : .
Bui ner uis lunuwiiia mesBttje: ? ..
"ft't too bad your mother is too lasy
to com to the door. Perhaps she.was
not brought up properly." - .
CLOAK MAKERS' STRIKE i
r SEEMS ABOUT AT END
New Tork, July 12. Representatives
of 60,000 striking garment workers an
nounced today that 100 firms had signed
the wage scMrarMriaed ty" the strikers
and a general order ending the strike
would be issued. The leaders declared
that applications employers fort con
f erences to settle ' differences were so
numerous that they had found It neces
sary, to double the membership-of the
executive committee of the unlona.
SHERIFF UNCKE
CAREFULLY F.1ABE
Neat Littla Tickets Furnished
to Guide "Primaries" in
. Action.
T '3arr
ff;J', Rutherford
j.V.Eoothe ;
Walter' Mitchell
A. Andrews
?Wm,LairiU0 1
B. J .Shlegal
BJ) .Suiter
J .C J)e Penning
Facsimile ' of "slate glTea out by
' . "managing committee" to pre
clnct . 7 S, showing list chosen . as
delegates tc county convention. ,
" Precinct' cbmmUteemen into whose
hands the precelnct "primaries" of Sat
urday night were given by the ''manag
ing committee" that had general super
vision over the whole game, 'were, la
moat Instances, furnished with precinct
slates giving the men selected for elec
tion as delegates from the different
precincts. i.o; -,;:.i -s jr-"-. . :
Many of . these ; "slate"were neat
typewritten tickets,' giving the names of
the men which' the managing committee
wanted to be "sent "to the convention.
Others were simply written lists, car.
ried by tha precinct committeemen to
the meeting place. - . v
In precinct 62, M. O. Breslln, com
mitteeman who managed operations In
that precinct, .had his slats written ort
a piece of wrapping paper, which was
waa wrapped around the certificates of
election for the prospective delegates.
It was very easy for him, therefora
to, make out the list of delegates from
the list. which he had with him.'
Over in precinct 78, which was un.
der tha general supervision of A. B.
Manley, they had nice little typewritten
slips.; In fact,-precincts 75 and-78 in
clusive met In the Woodmen of the
World hall on Russel street where ap
proximately 18 men elected some 20
delegates. Here the inside friends Of
the organization ' were given the. little
tickets ;whlch they voted straight and
elected the slate. Each precinct had i
different list of delegates handed out
by the managing committee. -
In ward 7ft civil war has broken out
between L. D, Cole,' chairman of the
precinct meeting.; and F. E. Reed. Reed
slipped ona over on Cole and elected an
opposition Ucket ' Then he carried a
motion fllscredlting the" assembly move
ment ; , f:. , , .
.Cole has refused to sign the minutes
of the meeting, and threats are being
made the delegation will not be seated
by. th county convention. ' ,
. When" the board of governors of th
Portland Commercial club, after a ses
sion of several hours, adjourned this
afternoon, It was announced that they
had decided to give a reception to the
club tomorrow night from 8 to 12 o'clock
for the officers of the U. S. aMrblehead
and TJ S. Ybrktown, which dropped an
chor In the harbor last night
j , Colonel James Jackson was appointed
chairman of the reception '.. committee,
which made .up the, board of governors.
All members of th Commercial club and
tha public in general have been invited
to attend the reception. , .
WOMAN SAYS $2550 '
rfg: ffilS DUE liyUMONY
Mrsi Addle N. Dewey will nav plenty
of funds-for shopping if she wins a suit
for back alimony begun in the circuit
court today against Morris M. Dewey,
her forme mate. She was granted an
Interlocutory decree in Los Angeles in
1905, she says, and a final decree the
following year. Dewey was directed to
pay her ISO per month and $460 was
iurned over to hr to b applied oil the
Jlmony. v ..v., '
' Mrs. Dewey says she has received no
thing ", -outside of-th-t 84- cash- and
$2550 Is due in alimony, besides $180 In'
costs.' She also asks for 7 per cent
interest, the legal rate In California. .'.
FOUR SCHMIDTS SUE
PflMIUICDPIAI PIIIDTn
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WW. ill I V a arwai il
' Henry Schmidt and- three minor
Sohmldts, John, Peter and Pauline, have
begun suit In the circuit court against
Henry Helzer to compel the delivery of
a one-thirtieth interest in a lot in Al
bina to each of the plaintiffs. They
say they have , been deprived of the
rents for six years. -They ask. for their
share of the profits and 100 damages.
IVANH0E CLUB TO
DISCUSS WATER PROBLEM
- Th ! Ivanhoe Improvement club will
meet:.,this evening at' the Clinton-Kelly
church. Fortieth and Powell streets, to
take up the water supply problem. This
district1 has been suffering for water
and efforts win be made to provide for
mor water. The supply for this district
comes from , Woodstock and Is inade
quate to the growing demands, (t r
Child Found Dead Under a Log. ,
, (United PW lw4 Wl.t; '.!.
Seattle, July 12. Beatrice . Beverly,
the 4-year-pld daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Beverly Of Ballard, 'who disap
peared yesterday morning after going to
the beach to play, was found dead under
a log near her home today. It Is sup
posed the child was playing on th log
and dislodged It so that It rolled over
her. - " '.-' i -.
Requisition for Ilenncke.
Salem, or., juiy iz. AcUng Governor
Bowef man : has Issued a requfsition f orT
the return to this', county of Herman
Hanncke, wanted .by the-Marion county
authorities for forgery, . Hennck ia In
-usioay at cpoKane, - ., ,
CflD TUIDTICTU iRlTCDCCin0'010 1 climbed up to 52 degrees; at
rUn: I nin 1 ICI n IN tntO I Uru was 7 at noon it was 70; at 1
FOMffilYi;!
mwm co.
Many Precincts Chooso Anti
Assembly Delegates Little
Interest Taken in Scheme of
the Machine..
- Oregon City, Or,, 'July 12. Promoters
of the assembly 1 plan did not receive
much encouragement at' the manner In
which the precinct mass meetings for
the purpose of electing delegates to
the -county convention,' were held Sat
urday night ; In many of the precincts
less than five Voters ou of. every hun
dred attended the mass meetings; and
there were not sufficient numbers to
elect delegates. .1 In other prclncts the
anti-assembly men turned out in force
and elected men strongly opposed , to
the assembly,' " 5 . v'::-? v ', , ' " ;' - 'V ,'
At Parkplaoe, the only precinct-where
an assembly dub has been formed, and
the home of Captain J. T. Apperson, on
of the strongest machine men In the
countyi the - .anti-assembly delegates
were elected over ; the assembly candi
dates with a-vote of five to one. At
Oak Grove, out; of 200 voters only six
attended the mass meeting. The' same
result occurred In the different precincts-
lil Oregon City. " - -
At precinct No. 2, the home of Clyde
O. Huntley, head of machine politics in
this county, only 20 voters out of over
200 attended the, meeting, In precinct
No. 1 only nine voters out of over 800
appeared to champion the assembly. '
, The voters at Canby met and elected
assembly delegates.
Eastern Oregon Sheep - Man
Was Well Knop About 0re
gon; Civil War Veteran.,
. Rnwiil Dlipatrs t The nnral.
Arlington,' Or., , July 12. August
Bmythe, one. of the best known sheep
men in eastern Oregon, died at his resi
dence in this city last night following
an illness of over a year. ,H suffered
a paralytic stroke ' about a year ago
from "which he never recovered. He had
a .large number of friends In Portland,
where he frequently visited, Mr. Smyth
commanded , a company bh the Union
sld' during -th Civil. war.; For, some
years following th war he was engaged
In business in Atlanta, Ga. About 20
years ago he came to Oregon and Imme
diately went Into the livestock business
near Arlington. H is survived by a
widow and two sons, A. K., a sheep man
at Arlington, and Dan P., a Well known
lawyer at Pendleton. ' '
Moreover, . Cool Weather; Pre
. dieted for Portland for To-
"T ,.Tnorrdvi:at"LeastrL"
; It was just a breath of the hot wave
from Chicago that - hit. Portland Sun
day morning. Like all breaths It passed
quickly, and today tha thermometer Is
taking a rest down about the middle
register.' i ''':- .'--- -y
Mor than that, Weather Forecaster
Beals ' says that there is every indica
tion' of cool weather for tomorrow, in
fact, that the Indications are that there
-will be little change In the tempera
ture, and that the weather will remain
cool : and . clear, with light V westerly
Winds.; ; . - . I.;'. ,..i':-v. juf: .
. Where suffering ' sleepers kicked th
coverlets off on Saturday and Sunday
nights, they pulled the usual covering
over them last night and drifted off
Into . peaceful, snores, without., thought
of the heat,
This morning the- official . register
showed 67 degrees at 5 o'clock; and
from that' time on until 9 o'clock the
mercury Jumped Just one, degree I an
hour, resting at 61 at that time. At 10
1IVU1 a V"iH VA S if
it had reached 73 and at 2 o'clock It
waa 74. .-..
PIONEERS OF THREE
COUNTIES TO MEET
A joint meeting of pioneers of Thurs
ton, Fierce and King counties in Wash:
lngton Is to be held Wednesday . at
Lake Sequajltcheuu. This is on the site
of the firet celebration of th Fourth
of July ever held west of the Rocky
mountains, which was held July 6, 1811,
As tha Fourth fell on Sunday in that
year,, the celebration followed the next
uny. a ae icsitviies oi tne ceaeoration
wer ' under .th -direction of v Captain
Charles Wilkes of the U. 6. navy. Rep
resenting the Oregon Pioneer associa
tion will be Mrs. L. B. Bartlett, L. H.
Balder and George H. Himes. The lat
ter will deliver an - address ' relative to
th historic; matters In that section of
the countryi wherol he f resided for- Jl
MRS. R. C. JENNINGS
1 . TELLS STRANGE TALE
,t -'.'"'y'"'".''. . "" i '" .'-."'.
Mrs. R. C. Jennings of Gresham has
told a strange story to, deputy sheriffs
who; were sent .to, investlaate renorts
that she had been thrice assaulted Jjy
Minn wiiu .mrew concentratea Jy la
hit race, xne orncers made an invest!
H An -A U . C- . . J n V. . . . JIM , .
4uinir nmnn'a w.,
weUl : jsne ,m tnat wlthln tne,
month a man entered her home on three
different nlehts and threw lye In her
face. She said ha was dressed in
women's garb, . '
DEATH SUnirilQNS
AUGUST SMYTHE
; Llt
ALLEGES
EXTftEF,IE CRUELTY
Prominent Socially In Portland
and San Francisco and of Il
lustrious : Family Suit Not
Contested.
(Special Diipatcb to The JonrMl.)
Ean Francisco. July 12. Mrs. Prud-
ence Leavltt,' grand-niece of the late
President Rutherford B. Hayes and a
cousin of th world famoue aviator,
Glenn Curtlss, was granted a divorce to
day from William C. Leavltt, clubman,
yachtsman and , prominent Insurance
man, on the grounds of extreme cruelty.
wavut qia' not contest the suit nor
waa he present In Juda-e Moaan's court
during the hearing. He was merely rep-
reaeuiea py counsel, ; - . . " ...
The plaintiff was awarded tha eustodv
of her 7-year-old daughter Ruth, who
is now in tn .acrea Heart convent at
San RafaeL Alimony was allowed In
the sum of 175 a month, with 2150 for
attorney's fees. . . '."" .v.y
Mra Leavltt was formerly Miss Prud
ence Curtlss of Portland. Or; Sh Is at
present a ' guest at th. Granada hotel.
Leavltt, from Whom she was divorced
today, is living at the Family club. The
Leavltts ' were married at Carson City
in April, 1801. .
', 4 Prominently Soolally. - , .
Mrs. Leavltt and . iher husband ds;
elded to live apart several months ago.
Arter an eastern trip, frpm which she
returned last April, Mrs. Leavltt re
turned to her family home at 1284
Jones street, only on the condition that
her husband take up his apartments
permanently at he Family club. That
arrangement caused much speculation
among the friends of the ' couple, ; who
had " ben prominent socially here, at
Portland and at Belvedere, where they
formerly had a beautiful home.
In May Mrs. Leavltt announced her
Intention of filing suit -for divorce. It
was; understood at that time that ho
would not contest th suit, and he did
not, - ' . ' -
LMVitV geeond Slvore.
Mrs. Leavltt testified in her own be
half today, slating that on ocastons her
husband had used liarsh language to
her and, openly avowed his preference
for other women. Mrs. Leavitt's maid
corroborated the statements of her mis
tress.',:., v '"-vy:; ;-':ry''-r'i'-'.7; r,',''- -'
Dr. Samuel G. Boyd save ' expert
testimony as to the effect of tha hus
band's harsh words upon the nerves
of the plaintiff. The court was con
vinced 'that Mrs. Leavltt. was entitled
to a decree and "awarded it .
The divorce granted is tha second one
ko the credit of Leavltt He was at
one ,time the husband of Mrs. Little
snerman Miner. Alter a oner matri
monial experience they wer freed from
the bonds of wedlock by a cpurt years
ago. ,v, w ,'., v ,v ,. i ' "
Fire Spreads Rapidly Over Vast
. Area in Wahkialcum County;
Lumber Camp Is Destroyed.
Danger Not -Yet Past.;
' (Specfol DUpattb to Th Jonrnai.) : '
Kelso, WaBh. Jnly 12. -Fire, which
started in the old cuttings of the Ham
mond Lumber company's camp near Oak
Point, ' 18 miles west of .this place, has
caused damage to the extent of several
thousand, dollars, and is still burning,
according to reports received by .tele
phone here last night' The flames are
spreading into th green timber and it
is feared the, loss will be heavy." :m v
Th camp of the Hammand Lumber
company at Oak Point has been de
stroyed. Th cookhouse, two bunk
houses, the oil house, blacksmith shop,
and the residences of Archie W. Burdlck
and Tom Sanders, employes of the com
pany, were burned. t Five sets, of log
ging trucks ' on . the tracks have been
damaged, together with the. building and
machinery of an abandoned sawmill and
four trestles of the company's railroad.
One hundred and twenty-five men. who
were employed at the camp narrowly
escaped death In their dash through the
burning forest after the flames had sur
rounded . the camp..;'.. v ".;, ; , . ,;
It Is Impossible to accurately estimate
the extent of the damage as the fire is
still spreading. Fire Warden-..D. H.
Presoott of Wahkiakum county is on the
ground, and has a large force of men at
work. The men employed at the camp
of the Oak Point Piling & Timber Co.,
which adjoins the holdings of the Ham
mond people, have-moved out, fearing
that the fire will . cause more damage.
The Wisconsin Timber company, em
ployers of nearly 200. men, are prepar
ing to move. - -
' The vicinity of the fire, on the north
side of the Columbia river In Wahkia
kum, county, is one of the largest log
ging districts In western Washington.
RMUE GROWERS ;,
ENTER PROTEST
i :r ij, . - ,
(Special Dlijutoh to The Jonrnai. i ,
Medford, Or., July 12. An attempt
has been made by the management of
the National Apple Show, which is held
each year in Spokane, to place apples of
the winesap variety' on the same quality
rating as the Newtown pippin and the
Grimes golden to carload competition.
The Rogue fiver growers have filed a
protest and It Is unlikely that a change
In the rating' will be made. if ,
PERSONAL
C. L. Fltchard, a prominent hop falser '
of Independence, or has been a guest
of the Imperial for the past few days.!
m 'w mm- av ' m . ' 'l 1 '' Ha .
lie leit tor nis summer noirie in uuca,
N.' Y., yesterday. ..
Harry Hunter of th Hunter Land
eompanyr1 gueat of the-Portland, lef t
yesterday morning for a visit to his
home In Minneapolis.
Dr.JFritz Simon of Frankfort-on-the-Maln,
Germany, Is stopplog at the Portland.
.fflSaiFKT
IViLL CE EXTEf !DED
V1UI LEAST BELAY
Agreement . Among Property
Owners Reached. Whereby
Desired Extension of Morri
son Street Is Assured.
Morrison street will soon be extended
westward from Chapman street to an In
tersection with Washlnfftnn atreat at tha
corner of Twenty-first This Is in ac
cordance with proceedings which have
been iinrturi wnv tnr ahmit .'. vura
iiesterday a stipulation was filed in the
Al.,.lt . u. I 1 J ,u. t .
the report of the. viewers, this appeal
having long held up the extension of the
street. " .
Property along Morrison street .was
assessed for 1224,000, to pay- for the
property to be taken bv the cltv in noon
ing the street After a remonstrance
naa neen overruled by the city, six of
the property owners filed ah appeal In
th circuit court thereby threatening to
tie up the opening of th street indegl
nitely,, They represented JU.770 of th
whole assessment, assessed as follows:'
Fred W. Mulkey, $1900; St. Charles Ho
tel company. 11800; Clara Kauffman,
$2000; Elisabeth Smith. $4000;. A. B.
Steinbach, - $1100 and. M. McNamara,
$850. -: rt - -,-:-. :.'; i ? . :,.
A compromise was reached with these
appelants through the efforts of C. H.
Korell. W. H. nrlnrlataff ar,A Ttr 1
Carter,! wh6 raised, sufficient's funds
abulia- vne umrr Morrison street- prop
erty owners to settle with all but on of
th annelants On a'baala nt KiY an nn
the dollar, Mrs. Kauffman receiving 75,
per went, or me amount of her assess
ment ; :"; -- n "."..- - ' ?
The dismissal of th anneal In -tha Mr.
cult court leaves the city council in po
sition to .proceed with tha opening of
the- street, the next step being the enter
ing of the big assessment in the lien
docket This assessment Is to b paid In
10 days, after which the opening of the
street may be ordered . .
; The street-opening will cut through
the old Exposition building and will take
off a corner of the grounds of the Mult
nomah club. A trianrla wllt'fca tbb.n,
oujt of the block at Ella and Twenty-
xirni. j-jMornson win merge Into -Washington
Just before It reaches th corner
Of Twenty-first , ,
Those whose property will be taken
by the street opening are A. McGregor,
the KInar estate. TV.: A Tartar tha i-
bernta Savings bank, W, H, Gorden. H.
j. ihim, r . w. jjeaaDetier, Kussell Si
Blyth, Ellis, A palmer and the Multno
mah club. None of these has opposed
the street, opening.; ;;:,iJ-. .
W1U AssUt Car Traffic "
President Josselyn of thtf Portland
Railway, ; Light & Power company1 said
this morning that his. company would
probably apply for a franchise on th ex-
tension of Morrison Street, with a View
to relieving th.,oc'erdrwded Condition
on Washington street , fe'-''j'
"We have never been able to throw-much-of"
thr traffic 'that originates' otV
the Wash fngton lines tn the Una that
comes down Morrison, but with a contln-;
uou line along Morrison to Us, conflu-1
enc with Washington, ,thls difficulty
will b made .much simpler ' said Mr.
Josselyn. Just what arrangement "will
be made tbward relieving Washington
street traffic foiiawinv tha .rUnatM
of Morrison,4 has not. been worked out,
in iiiib onice. v - '
' The suggestion has been made that
the Portland Heights cars may be de
flected Into Morrison street and Sent,
around the loop at Second street Into
Washington., - This would relieve ' tb "
congestion- on Washington street east of
Sixteenth; and would work no inconven
ience to the patrons of the Portland
Heights line.-.. i.. v. ';... ,,,,,..,
J. J. HILL ONCE MORE '
EXPRESSES IMPATIENCE
y-t n .j,'. ;;'-".7": ' ' i ' '- ' '-. '' ;. .
' (United Pri Lim1 Wlr.i
alone I predict that everything will be
all right," said James rj. Hill . today,
dia.r.tiaalna' tha - -nArat"titi(fciB' ftt.:.
tion. "Some honest and Intelligent busl-
men want to ao ousmess right, but
they can't while politics hampers their
affairs. ;r. . ,..,-
There has been a. lot of money dU
Verted bv nnllortlnn nt APnAfAflAN si fist
other taxes- When It gets back into
uiruumuun things win iook a lot better."
RRE RENDERS MANYj"-
HOMELESS; ONE KILLED
? 8t Johns, 'N. B., Julyn2.An infant
Is dead and seven men are missing as a
result of the fire which yesterday swept
Campbell ton,. N. " Ba' practically destroy
ing the town,! - The fire was on of the
most disastrous in this section 'i for
years. Five thousand are homeless and
the property loss will exceed $1,000,000.
Wires into . Campbellton are down and
It is reported that the water mains are
broken. .-' -.-Vi.w TV-r-.-. '
"-The: firs "started" tn shingle mill."
Two banks, . three lumber yards, three
churches, the Intercolonial railway sta
tion and many homes were destroyed.
Makes the Weak Strong
- Xhere is nb neeS to con
tinue in a weak, rufl:dovn,
debilitated condition whe
Hostetter's Stomach , Bit
ters has conclusively
proven , its ability to build
you up and make you
strong . again. It acts . di
rectly on the digestive sys
tem; regulates the j appe
tite, prevents- Indigestion,
Cramps, . Diarrhoea' or, other
after-eating distress. Try a bot
tle today. , Insist ..Jn 'having
, -...j-a-'. m-
BITTER Vf
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