HIE CniXGII DAILY JOURNAL, ronTLAIID, WEDNESDAY
U. U',
JUL'
OffiPHHI
OillS PEACE
"Managing Committee" An
nounces That Gubernatorial
Candidates Will Have Equal
i-.-Chance .With Each Other.
The-calm that precedes the storm Is
J hoverfng . over the "Assembly" camp,
i Headouarters at the ' Cornelius hotel
. shows nothing but smiles and peace ful
ness. , '
Not only peace but harmony seems to
have overspread the face of things, har
mony that goes so far that Charles E.
; Lorkwood, one of the members of the
; "managing commlttee., and secretary of
the headquarters, says that there will
' , be a "bunch" of candidates for the nom
v ination for governor'; - :-..:'.' .
4 ' OIt Each Candidate Chanoe. '
, .: According to Ixckwood; Jay Bower
man, Dr. Andrew C. Smith, J. W. Bailey,
' J. H. Ackerman, Dr. Withycombe, George
J. Cameron, and all the rest will be
' given an open and even chance before
the convention when It meets a week
- from tomorrow, In other words all the
'T candidates will be nominated. This will
give satisfaction to the candidates, even
though the slate calls for the nomlna-
tlon of Bowerman and no one else. It
will also, according to the hope of the
"leaders, bind the men whose names
- are presented to the support of the eon
, vention nominee and at. the same time
. keep them, oat of the race.
Great quietness also prevails . regard
ing the selection of a legislative slate.
The assembly wants to get popular men
who will give good account of them
selves in the running, and for this rea
son the managing committee Is looking
-.rwfii w inuve wiiu ilia cuujq riuuuv whu
legislative aspirations.
Not only are popular men wanted, but
v those-who wiHh stay- wjt h thegame.
, These men sent to the legislature by the
assembly will bave Important assembly
- legislation to enact, such - as various
rhanges In the direct primary-law, the
. repeal of the statement No. 1 Clause of
. the law, the repeal of the Initiative and
referendum provisions, and many patch-
es for; the constitution. These things
cannot be carried through without men
in the legislature who will stand up and
, take What is handed to them by popular
opinion. For this reason the legislative
ticket In Multnomah county is being
given careful consideration by the "lead-
ers" and when It goes before the con
vention on Saturday next, It Is expected
' Charlie Lockwood. A; B, Manley, Major
. Kennedy, Jlmmle Kertchem and the-"other
members of the managing committee
are working on the official roll for the
r Saturday convention. The reports sent
tn from the precincts far and near by
" the precinct committeemen telling of tho
results of the -"primaries" i held under
the -old pple-trae, in ft ot-;trtiaHsnd
. offices, and In all the place where the
- few faithful gathered ; lasts, Saturday
night for the purpose of putting through
the slated lints of the managing com
mittee are being tabulated by the com
mittee and put In such shape that the
Waders will know lust, who is who on
. Saturday. ,;l -,"." "V" :C'" ''-.
.- Word is being whispered around that
either Ralph E.,Moody or S. C. Beach
will be chosen to'preslde over the coun
ty convention.- Beach Is a man with an
Iron hand, and the leaders believe that
he will be ahle to. hold the malcontents
, . down according to program when the
convention starts to go through its rap
I ertoire. On the other hand the able
manner, in which Mr. '"Moody put the
Baker theatre convention through Its
. puces la remembered and there are many
; who look Upon, him as the man for the
place.
if
Carrying of banners on the street, on
. which It la announced that certain firm
or persons are Unfair to union men and
nomen. Is forbidden by an ordinance In
troduced this morning before the city
n
ARRED
, imiijcu, iiw measure was reierrea to
1 the Judiciary committee, where a lively
J - fight is expected from the labor world.
nance. . ;v; . .
This measure. If passed, will make it J
...... unlawful for any person to carry a ban
ner, sign or similar contrivance in
which statement is made "that a cer
tain business interest is "unfair." A I
, fine of $25 to $200 and sentence tn jail '
is provided upon conviction in the mu
nicipal court. - , - t j
' In speaking of the ordinance Council- j
,; man. Annand said that banners prac,
tlcally amount to placing a boycott on .!
a business, and that it has become such i
a nuisance that rigid enforcement of a
law like the one Introduced is neces-1
ary. .,
V The union people claim tholr. right to
carry banners, so long as they do not
interfere 'with he traffic ordinance, nor
, ere Instrumental in inciting a rlot They
hold they hav always kept twltbin the
limit jsf reasonableness, and this meth-
od of showing their colors is sbslutely
within their constitutional privilege.
Sverai large banners setting forth
Unfairness -of concerns have been car
ried the past several months. ' In front
of some of these concerns the banner
can be seen each day. Complaint has
been made, to the police, but they are
powerless to act so long as traffic Is
not molested. Io Some instances fights
have taken place.
' CAPTAIN SCOTT INVOKES
: JUSTICE UPON CHARLTON
' -New Tork, July 13 Charging that ho
. 1m n receiving the Justice due an Amer-i-'im
citUrn. Captain Scott, brother of
'Mr. Mary $rntt Castle Charlton, who
vas murdered at Moltrasio, Italy, Issues
tne following, ststement to the prese
todn.v: " . , ,,
'My 'attention has been cailed to a
- Wash In gt on diipatrh7WhtfK says"that
rcrt-r Charlton shall not be extradited
for tlw murder of my smter.
"I rsnnot bnlieve It possible that, a
rinfpssd murderer and brutalist can
nlint the -aid. eympathy nd fiindhip
of this) government, Yet, I cannot help
"iTiini'in wai.i am not rpctivlng the
m -unUlratlon,' es ; an Amrlc!n
TfsT't- t.rt yprntr it TwtrffWTTfirt-t,:,. ,
r Jiit-Mre, I am not sec-king vengeance
1m t justice.
'-r am atli!fjfd that .Charlton I gfitio
I have leturs he wrote the day b
fr n. murder which are the product
of a '.iUonsl ptsrson
IT"! OFF'
DAF'a'S condition
Former Director of Oregon
Trust,, at Trial, Denies He
Gave Information.
Leo Frlede, one of the directors , of
the Oregon Trust & Savings bank sued
by Thomas "C" Devlin as receiver, for
the recovery of $500,000 alleged to have
been misused by the officers of the
bank or lost through , their negligence,
on the stand In Circuit Judge Gatena'
court today was asked for an explana-.
tlon of the withdrawal or accounts py
bis sisters and other relatives on the
day before' the bank closed Its doors
In 1907. ' ' w
Frlede said he had personal Knowledge
of only one of the checks by which
money was drawn out that day. Having
been told y Frestdent YV. H. Moore the
bank needed .cash, but hot at that time
suspecting the Impending failure, he
hastened to pay up a $4500 overdraft.
He owed the Security Trust & Savings
bank 170.000. unsecured, he said, and
was not In position to raise much cash,
o be called on relatives xor.neip.
. Borrows From BelUreai .
Frlede borrowed fron his sisters' and
brother-in-law enough to pay the over
draft, be said. In doing so he received
a $li.J claim against the bank from
his sister, which was applied on his
overdraft note. , .
A. E. Clark, attorney for the receiver,
and C W. Fulton, attorney for Moore,
engaged lfl a, good humored : colloquy
over this claim. Clark suggested wis
did not add much cash to the bank, and
Fulton said It decreased the liabilities
of the bank that much. - - '
a As to withdrawals by other relatives
of his In checking out from the bank
the day before it closed, Frlede said he
knew nothing about them until after
wards. He denied the lnferenoe that he
had "tipped off" the condition of the
bank to his relatives.
Frlede also testified1 he had tried to
keep posted on the financial condition
of the bank from the weekly statements.
He said these were furnished on his re
quest of Moore and W. C. Morris, the
cashier, and If he missed any of them
ha went personally and asked for them.
His i defense Is that be was unaware
of the actual condition of the. bank and
used reasonabls precaution. - -Didn't
Get ?2500.
R. J. Glnn, aVfOrmer business partner
of Moore at Moro. Sherman county, was
the only other witness for the defense
this morning. He told of paying $2600
for4 stock- in the bank, his understand
ing being the stock was sold by the
bank?, and hot that It was Moore's per
sonal stock. He denied borrowing $2500
on the same day: The books show $2500
went out that day. but Glnn said he did
not get the money. .
Glnn was cross-examined as to a note
on which he made collection for the
bank, receiving part of the money in
1907. He said he had not turned the
proceeds over to the bank until - this
ar, , but jatplalned ha-hadnotlf ledthe
hk. hBan intmm th .bank f,ffior
had been Informed the bank officers
codld not locate the note. He said he
held the money until . he learned the
bank had ascertained where the money
belonged, when he paid it In.
I
Any block 200x200 with streets on
four Sides of it will be considered by
the postofflce department in its consid
eration of prospective sites for the new
postofnee building,
A telegrsm was received by Postmas
ter Merrick .from -Senator, Bourne this
morning saying that Assistant Secretary
Hills had advised him that a block .200
by 200 feet would be considered in the
bidding, provided it had a street on each
of Its four ' sides. - The. advice also
states that the dimensions named by the
department, 300 by 210, are approxl
mate only.
i
Telegraphic news reached Portland
today of the death of Wilbur McCourt,
the 7-year-old son of John -McCourt,
United States attorney for the district
of Oregon,' in - Denver yesterday from
spiral meningitis. . The boy, the young
est of Mr. McCourt 's two sons, was 111
ror four days before death.j'
Mr, and Mrs. McCourt. accompanied
by their children, left Portland more
than a month ago, tra.velcd to Washing
ton, D, C, stopped -at Minneapolis,
MlnB.,! where Mr. McCourt' took deposi
tions in the C. A. Smith cases, and
started back by way Tr Denver, , -
Hardly had the family:; reached 'Den
ver. Colo., before tho child was talten
111 from spinal meningitis. 'Every effort
was made to save his life, but Denver
pliytlflans found the.v could not stop
the ravages of the dread disease which
Is killing off children in many parts of
the country.
Mr. McCourt telegraphed that he and
his wife, with their .. oldest boy, will
leave Denver either today or tomorrow.
The body of the boy will be buried in
Salem. ' - ' ' . ,
INVOLUNTARY PETITION
AGAINST J.S.GILL CO.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed yesterday in the United States
district court against, the J. S. Gill Co.,
by the Willamette Iron flteel Works
the American Steel & Wire Co., of
Portland, and D. C. Burns Co., creditors
The blllwasflleLJ?y.J3art JET- Uwnard;
miorney. . ;.,-.
The creditors and their claims against
the Gill company are: Willamette Steel
& Iron Co., $15R.39; the American Steel
& Wire Co., $974.89; -and the D. ' C.
Burns Co., $197.50. . -
. The . complainants '-charge Insolvency
upon an aHegeil act of . (Deposing of
land on March 18, 1910, when It i said
the Gill company conveyed ' property
sawmill, machinery" and fixture and
lumber 1n yards located at Frank sta.
tlon, Washington county anrr ROOD feet
Of standing timber in , Washington
county.
E BLOCK
200 FEET SQUARE
DIES VERY SUDDENLY
BEST PEOPLE Oil
EARTH Oil PARADE;
COffETFTIVEDIilLL
Forty Thousand in Line Bat
tle Creek Wins $500 Drill
Prize Los Angeles Takes
Second.
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JCnJtaa Press tssMd Wire,! '
Detroit, Mich.. July 1$. Today was
the big entertainment day for thou
sands of Elks who are here attending
their ..annual convention.
The city was given over to the visitors.
Fully 40,000 Elks marched in the grand
parade, while 60 bands played. ;
Amusements of various kinds marked
the day.- Competitive " drill contests
were held at Belle Island la the morn
ing, with a summer festival for wo
men in 'the afternoon. During the day
each of the Elks bands paraded through
the . city and serenaded many publlo In
stitutions.1 The day was hot and many marchers
were prostrated. t, . .
The $500 prise offered-' in the com
petitive drill was won this afternoon
by the Battle Creek, Mich., team. The
"white squad" team from Los Angeles
was second, winning $260. .
v Comnanv E. fourth Infiintrv
Grove, won the first prise in the state
trophy match at the Clackamas target
range this morning with a score of 602
Out of a possible 600. . The four next
highest companies, "with, scorca. fniinw
Company I, Third infantry, Woodburn,
o; company K, Third infantry, Port
land. 489; company B, Third Infantry,
Portland, 482;, company, M, Third in
fantry, Salem, 479.
In the allcomers revolver match, the
first prize was won by Police Captain
J. T. Moore of the Portland Revolver
club; second prise, F. C Hachnev of
Portland: third priie. Georare W. wil on
of Portland. - ,
- Sergeant C.-W; Abrams, O.TN. G:, won
the first prise, a silver cup and $10, in
the National Rifle association match.
Corooral W - W. McCormack. rnmnanv
C, Fourth Infantry, won second prise.
- xomorrow tne governor S trophy
match, ithe most important event of the
competitive shoot, will take place.
Forest Fire In Washington.
V' (TJntted Press Ima Wr.
Iongrhire Springs, Wash., Julst ISl .
A" forest: fire raging in the govern
ment forest reserve seven miles below
here and threatens to destroy Eastwood
lodge, the home of Park Superintendent
Edward S. Hall. . Eighteen me"n from
nearby , shingle bolt camps fought the
flra all day yesterday and are . still
at It today. The timber burning is
some of the choicest cedar in, the re
serve. .
Journal Want Ads. bring result.
Oqpfriafea
C0.f 4IH WFAHlWi
WINS FIRST PRIZE
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Bow of cherry tree from orchard of
J. L. Reeder. k
Blng cherries reach . the acme of per
fection in the rich alluvial soil on Eau
vle's Island, where eight year old trees
are literally bowed to the earth with an
enormous crop of the king of cherries.
J. h. Reeder, a fiauvle's Island rancher,
has . a fine cherry - orchard, all of his
trees this year producing abundantly,
but he readily gives the palm to" the
Blng, both as to quantity. and quality.
Mr. Reeder brought to The Journal
office today ; a ' branch taken from a
Blng tree which Is ,a , solid mass pf
cherries. Mr. Reeder says pprtland is a
fine cherry market, Blngs and Lamberts
bringing 8 cents a pound wholesale.';
"It is not generally known that : the
Blng cherry got its name from a Chinese
servant of a Milwaukle rancher," , said
Mr. Reeder. rjhe . rancher : planted a
seed from a Royal Ann cherry, and when
it came up the Chinaman adopted It as
his own, cultivated and .tended It care
fully; When the tree came Into bearing
the fruit proved to.be rich, black and
meaty, and out of gratitude the owner
gave It the name of his "China boy!"
119. tar Um He Tort Snaioc Joanai rsfelfahlas
PUSH flM
JMPUTKUP
Guy Via, Prominent . Buxton,
Washington County, Man, Is
Made Defendant to educ
ation Charge by Farmer, v.
(Speelal Dispateh to Th Joornal.)
' Hlllsboro. , Or.. July 13. Guy Via,
about zS years old, is . out on . a cash
bond of $2500 to appear for hearing Fri
day on, a seduction charge. The com
plaining witness Is David Anaelo. a
Cornelius farmer, who accuses Via of
courting his daughter, Xuella, under an
assumed name. Via denies the charge.
Via is a well known nhvslc.lan rouMtnir
at Buxton, which is a few miles from
Cornelius. He is married and has one
child. His father was fnrmerlv ramn.ii
of Washington county. "Via was ar
rested last nignt. . " v
SAYSUL HEALTH , '
HAS DRIVEN HIM ,
; TO END SAD LIFE
A letter annmfnrlna'.ttt ,v.
writer would end his life yesterday aft
ernoon,. ln.theClty-park-was -opened at
1 o'clock today by Dr. B. L. Norden,
coroner. The Wt.n vhn , mt. k i.
ter gave his name as William Frank and
nis aaaress as Z6 Twelfth street He
stated that nnnr hlth w k. nnn.
tive for wishing to commit suicide.
i a searcn is Demg made of the prem
ises In which the letter stated the trag
edy, would take place, but at the last
report no sign of the body had been
lounu. ine tetter reao as follows:
VPortland. fir.. .TiiW U iiAn. ts
L. Norden -Dear Sir: As I am In poor
neaun ana there is no hope of recovery
and life to me only means a living
death, I wllj end my life in the City
park this afternoon. You will find my
body on a hillside north of where the
polar is located, provided it U located
where it was a year ago.
"ir you wish to locate my people,
writs to Paul Frank, whn la nnn, ....
living In Kallspell, Mont I have also
relatives , mat are living in. Minnesota,
where I was born and raised, and you.
may locate some of them.. Respectfully,
-, "WILLIAM FRANK,
"Goodbye to all.- 26 Twelfth St"
Schooner Home Chartered.
The schooner W. R. Hume has, been
chartered for a cargo of lumber to be
shipped to Honolulu. The amount of
the cargo will be 9.50,000 feet, and the
vessel will arrive here for loading about
September 1. 1
Pensonal Mention.
Oregon City, July 13. Miss Lizzie
Hedke of Washington street Is confined
to her bed with nervous prostration. Dr.
Strickland is In attendance.
maa Harriet Parker is spending the
day in Sellwood with Miss Mary Ruth
McKittrlck. ... . ;.
Ralph Miller has returned to his home
in t(ils city, after a surveying trip.
M. J., Cochrell has .returned to this
city, after a week's stay in the Molalla
country. . - .. i .......
no U KD
All Say-By TAD
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New Orleans Girl Shoots and
Kills the Man Who Had
Killed Her Father.
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New;Orleans, July 13.-Joseph Splgg
nao. a Black Hand agent; today shot
and kitledi John Mansela, a wealthy Si
cilian merchant, who refused a demand
for money, and was. then himself shot
and killed by .. Manaela's daughter as he
attempted to. escape. .
Splggnao - entered . Manrela's store . at
daylight. 'He demanded' a ; sura ' of
money, threatening i1 vengeance by the
Black ' Hand society. Manzela refused
and tried to put Splggnao out ;of the
store.,.; .The Untruder drew j a revolver
and shot Manzela through ' the heart.
Then ha rushed out of the store. As h
reached the' sidewalk Manzela'8 ' daugh
ter, who had heard the dispute,' ran to
the front of the store and shot Splgg
nao. f P - - ,.7.-""'t fli h'- ;. : t..
Mansela's daughter, whose name ' is
Josephine, is under 20 years of age.
Witnesses) declare that she ftred with
out, seeing Splggnao, but that the flee
ing man fell with five wounds 'In his
body.' Then the girl, according .to wit
nesses, sprang upon the proatrate ban
dit and fired a bullet Into his brain.
The shooting occurred opposite the
French market ' '
The girl was arrested and charged
with murder. This precaution waav
taken.-! n order-Jo -.proven t- a postt W
attack upon' her by members of the
strongest branch of the Mafia In this
country. .' 1
POIIEXTERlIS
Forest Laws, . He Says, Stop
Only Spoliation Not Devel
opment.
(I'nlted Press Lciwd Wire.)
Spokane, .Wash., July .13. 'If -you
send Polndexter to the. mountains with
a majority, King County will elect him."
This was the assertion of speakers
from the west side of the state, at the
welcoming dinner last ' night tendered
Congressman Miles Polndexter, who has
Just returned from the east where he
had a conference with Theodore Roose
velt Jn regard to Jilajenatorial candidacy,'-"
;- .r ?',
In his address. Judge Polndexter said
he would make no keyriote speech, but
he did hit upon a keynote,- - when' he
declared that a great issue of the cam
paign would be -state -versus' national
control of the forest lands.-In 'dis
cussing this he said:' " t
"It you have' a homestead on a re
serve, you can go upon It and prove up
under the land' laws, if you want tim
ber, you can go and buy It under the
forest laws. Jf you want water power
you cano and develop it t under the
water power laws. If you want min
erals you can prospect, it, file on the
claim and work it under the mining
laws. If you want grass for sheep or
cattle, you can go In under the regula
tion, of the forest reserve law.; - '
"The only. thing you can't do under
the federal law is to turn it over to the
lumber companies. The title remalris
with tho American people. It is our
duty to maintain and develop this land
and tb hand. It on to our children unlm-'
paired." -.
At the meetln of the hnnrA nf ai.
rectors of the Portland hotel, in progress
hub Biiernoon, ji is more tnan probable
that a plan for extensive .improvements
to be made in the Interior of the big
hostelry will be adopted '.- Among other
radical changes In the interior arrange
ment of the first and second floors is
the enlargement of me gsL by , extend
ing the room to Morrison street, the
converting of the main dining ropm Into
guest rooms, the enlargement of the
rathskeller by the removal of the bar
to another part of theround floor, and
the enlargement of the office and lobby
by extending the room in the direction
of seventh street to the grill. . f -
While those and other less Impor
tant Improvements are scheduled to be
ordered at today's meeting of the di
rectors, it is not the Intention to begin
the work of alteration until after the
summer rush of eastern visitors is over.
IA TOILETTE'S I
(United PrMi tested Wire..
Milwaukee,, July 13. Indorsing the
Republican insurgents and Inviting Sen
ator La Follelte, progressive leader In
tho senate, to' become a full fledged
Iemoctat, the Democratic state conven
tion met here today. ' A. J, Schmltz of
Milwaukee was nominated for governor ,
and Bort Williams of Ashland Indorsed I
lor the United States Senate.
FLECK EN STEIN ESTATE '
"WORTH $100,000
' Henfy Fleckensteln, who died sudden
ly on July Z, left an estate worth $100,
000, according to an estimate made in an
application' for letters on his estate,
filed. Jn the county court 'today. ' Real
estate' Is Valued at S50.000. and 79
shares of Henry Fleckensteln & Co., '
y.hoiaale,.UflUor. JlcaleraJJaJlat.'aii.-ftU
$47,900, .
Christina KleckenHtein, a sister, was
named as administratrix by County
Judge Cleeton, the deceased having loft
no will. The heirs are five children, '
ChristlnaFleckenstetn, H. F p'lccken
stein, B. B.. Fleckensteln Mrs. J. S. P, !
Copeland and Mrs. W. P. Adams.
ON CONSERVATION
POMD HOTEL
10 BE IMPROVED
DEIUT
iiUiLttli mm
1UST ADVERTISE
Some Have Had Street Work
Done Without Giving Suffi
: cient Public ; Notice Coun-
" cil Informed of Practice;. .
' The waiver of property r owners in
connection with street, sewer and wa
ter Improvements has been used to such
an extent that the council, this morning
took action to place .more restrictions
on this practice. Hereafter, no waivers
will be honored until the time and man
ner ordinance has been passed, ..
The charter : specifies that all '. bids
for such Improvements uhall be let
to, the lowest responsible bidder. It is
further provided that the Improvement
space he advertised 20 dayssf or . bidders :
In many caseg where property owners
Tui oh . thai itnrtffnvsgwiAn. orn am 4mrM A I .
ately, a waiver to this effect la given,
ana bids are let without the -required
number of days advertising. While there
have Jt)en no irregularities from this
practice7the precaution will now be
taken to prevent any,. .-;'-? ,
. u ..-. . i . i . i a . .
. uimcr mo yiKuuo, privaie oias ware
made.- This action applies to all Im
provements that are bonded Vunder the
bondlnr act - Councilman CeVlIai p.
Sented tneimatter to the council.
Today-was the time set for electing
a ." president, of the council, but after
two ballots,- which resulted In a dead
lock, 'the matter was postponed until
the next regular session. Councllmen
Menefee, Beldlngand Annand were can
didates.5 On the first ballot, Council
man., Menefee received seven " -votes.
.Councilman Balding received four votes.
ana councilman Annana drew three
VQtta, The second ballot remained" the
same, resulting In the poseporiement
. . . II r . . . n ... .
vuutiuiiiusn meneiee ana. ueiaing pave
been sparring for the place for several
days. . fi,...;' ;, ,ty - -w, - ;v
The president takes the place of the
mayor, when that official is not pres
ent In case of his. Inability -.to act
in his official capacity at any time, the
president also takes bis office,. In case
of his death, resignation or remove',
the president of the council, succeeds to
his office. .v.v.' v. ,v
' The council passed the ordlnanoa
making a change in the sprinkling of
lawns and gardens irr Sellwood.-where
, . . i ,t
itr luntine exists. xi was recom--
mended by the water board, The meas
ure provides, that all water users east
of a dividing line drawn down East
Eleventh and other streets shall uso
water only on the odd dava ,of the
month. Those living on the west side
of the line use water on the even days.
In: this way, it, Is considered Immedi
ate relief will be given. .
Phlladelnhla. Pa.. Julv U.-Thir train.
men and conductors of, the Pennsylvania
railroad have vntnl tn favnr rt a atrllra
unless their demands for a wage Increase
v iiuui uaj nnj giameu. A aia;i.e-
ment Issued this afternoon says the vote.
favored ' mrtkinr hv Ur mu(n,.i.'
and that the men. Intend to flghjt the
matter to the end.
., The count-of the vote was completed
shortly before S o'clock. President Gar-
reiBon ana vice iresiaent sneppai'd or
the conductors and President T. nt I ha.
trainmen called on General Manager
Meyers of, the Pennsylvania railroad and
told him Of the vote, - r r ' ::.
an niia fr vma waaitii iv kaiiaiai .
an amicable adjustment of the demands
of the men Is expected.
CHARLES S. WILEY AND ,
. HIS WIFE DROWNED
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Charles S. Wiley was brought to Seat
tle today from Vancouver. Mrs. Wiley
and her husband, nresldent nt th T.ania
Construction , company contractor : for-
intf Tumi i.Tarvta Inlaf n ' r . xti .
the accident reached Vancouver-1 latf
night
. wr. ana Mr, wney were members of
a fishing and pleasure - party, guests
of Mr, and Mrs. Ewlng in the yacht
Davy Jones. '' - ; :"
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley and Henry C.
Ewlng, a Seattle real . estate man, were
in a rowboat comltag down a email
stream which , flows - Into Jarvls Inlet
when rthsi boat became unmanageable
owing to the swift current which was
augmented by the ebbing tide from the
inlet The boat struck a snag and all .
tliree were thrown .out. Mr.- Ewing
clung ' to the snag and was 1 saved.
Wiley's body has not ; been recovered.
CHANGES SUGgIsTEdIn ' ;
THEATRE AT THE OAKS
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- Several changes are suggested by
Building Inspector-.Plummer In the
theatre building upderrconst-uction at
the Oaks Amusement park. . He sug
gests that' stand pipes and a sprinkler
system be installed and that the stage
side of the proscenium wall ,be covered
with, metal lath from the basement to
the 'roof, He also advises that an as
bestos curtain b hung. ' - .
It is mentioned In the communica
tion that the arrangements In the build
ing are better than in any of the frame
theatre buildings Inside the fire limits.
The building is being constructed ac
cording to the specifications of v special
ordinance. Several .'JrapTir-tatit ,i pro Is
ions wf the regular theatre building or
dinance are being ignored, . ' No fire
fighting apparatus has f been Installed
in the theatre,' and wood ' Joists are
uHcrl. Ml the interlpr lathing Is alo
of wood.- '
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German chemists have invented a,
celluloid-like substance, made from for
maldehyde, carbolic - acid '. and ? certain
mineral salts in a number of form,
one of which, a liquid, can be' used to
cont other substances. .
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IMPROVEKIENTS
PENmiA'S
MEN TO STRIKE