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DAILY JGUIwW'J. a ;;n;, AU iiilCUJTCOURT III IK Ml All MrVT HimiTU rA Mi i I Ihmtm I1MII IIIVIIIII Judge Cleland Arranges for i Jury Throughout Entire Sep tember Term to Dispose of ! Accumulated Business. Next Monday, with the opening of the; September term of circuit court, will begin sx weeks of continuous jury trlaisA Usually a jury 1 held only two weeks in each - months but because 'of , the Wrge accumulation of jury cases during court vacation, Judge Cleland lias arranged for a jury all through the September term, to be followed by the usual two weeks of jur service in Oc tobcr, .-; . v.'- ,,' This morning the court set upwards 6f 100 cases, filling the trial dates for September and October terms, and all other cases must wait the November vail. Over a score of state cases were set, and about an equal number of city cases, the. latter Tielng appeals from convictions in ; the. municipal court -Eight' St Johns riot cases were passed, its the state is not fully decided what course to pursue with. them. ' o Foremost, in popular Interest among the cases set down were those of Howard A.' Guilford, alleged jury briber, and the so-called prize-right eases, to which' Pat Maher, promoter, and tew - M. Hubbard, a colored bruiser, aw de fendants. Guilford, who is accused of j offering a bribe to a Juror in the case nf w; Cooper Morris, and whose coni I fusion Involved Seneca Fotits and Alex i ' Sweek, Is'to be trjed on -October I. " Maher's trial was fixed for October 11 I and Hubbard's for the following day. One case against Fred- T. Merrill, I ' proprietor of the Twelve Mile house, j who is several, times; indicted for al ii leged illegal sale, of liquor . to minora pnd to women, was set for September SO. Another case -Against him had pre i vlously been put down fpr the coming j term, and three other charges were i passed, to be taken up at a later date. Among other criminal cases set for I trial are. those of Frank Simpson for ! September . 29, Hardin M. Turner for October IS, A. G. Herald for Ocjober 13, A. J, , Hagan for October , J, Martin I Denny and Postel for October 21, Charles Nordeen for October 11, ' Wil i 11am' Bondel for October IT, J. O. Cobb for September 27. and William Fish 1 heck, two cases, for September 27 and , ;gi. ,.-' , A Eleven Cases Dismissed. Deputy District Attorney Page dismissed- 11 cases that encumbered the docket where the defendants have been : convicted on other indictments, sent to the Insane asylum,:' brOtherwise dis posed of. . Charges against Jess C. - Moore.1"' Korman'HcTfdfrrsOnp:IHck-Mlt'-llon."Fred Cobb and Bert Le Barge were dismissed because they have been sen- tenced on", ' similar .'' charges. Frank liinaldo, who tried to -wreck "caw of the O. W;p.; and R von Falkensteln tave: been d'eclaretk insane, and so can not be tried. E. It Scott is serving 10 yearg In the penitentiary at Walla Walla. ; In the cases of Bobby Pulllam and of Joseph Kienlen and others de murrers to the indictments were sms . -. tained, AEdgar Wilson was permitted - to go to sea on parole and ErroHooper was allowed to ga with his mother to aan Francisco. . , ..- OUSTED WIFE CITES LIFE'S HARD STRUGGLE - Declaring she is. having a hard strug gle for existence in the city since her fanner husband, as she alleges, threw her clothing Into the yard and ordered her away from his roof, Mrs. Lulu M. Simmons has called f.ur $25 per month temporary alimony and $200 to pay ber attorney pending the trial of her di vorce suit against Charles W. Simmons. -Mrs. Simmons has filed an affidavit In court in support of her demand. She , says her husband makes from $80 to $100 per . month from the farm. She has a 4-year-old child with her, la in poor health and. la able to earn only about $1 per day, she says. She has $1000 loaned out at 5 per cent interest, - but uannot oMain any-of the principal for a long time, Hhe says she also raised, five dozen old hens and about 300 young chickens on the farm, but when she returned for them found her husband had disposed of all but three , dozen hens and three. dozen friers. WOMAN ON RAMPAGE ' ' 'NABBED BY POLICEMAN Going, ort a rampage in the Grand tn'on hotel at 36 , Burnside. street! , caiuroay night, Josle Baldwin was ar rested by Patrolman llewston while try ing to break into the room of Ed Woods, who was arrested recently for setting t fire to the Haba-haba" man. She was fined $10 In municipal court today fur being intoxicated. TLEEPH0NE MESSAGE J THAT CAME TOO LATE : FINDS CUPID ON JOB ' Dia Bay II. Conrad, an piii- . ploye of the city engineer's cf- flee of Centralta, Wash., a small fortune when he went to 4 . the county clerk's office this morning and secured n marriage license to wed Miss F. ' Benna Walker? ' Th1t ii a question exiting , some curiosity at the eourthousp . today. Soon after Conrad had , . turked the license in an inside pocket and marched aay with It the. telephone rang and central i announced a long, distance call c from Ontralla. Some one at that 4 end tt the line said for Mr. Con- rad to call Centralla if he ap- pcared there, and to call tip be- fore lie took the, lUenne, as it , ' meant thousands of dollars to him. Deputy County Clerk Noon- an. who was actiag as Cupid, gHve bfick the meSBBge that it , 'was: too late. ,' .:;'' v ' It's a joke. I- think," said Milton II. May, a rrlend of the groom, when aeked about, the mysterious siiteasage. Mr. May accompanied Mr. Conrad to ,the ; county clerk's office and acted h his Witness. . He scouted the idea that Mr. Conrad pit ked the wing girl or wilt be dlsinher. i ted for marrying.. He says there ..pence of Conrad, and he thinks the mesfage from Centralis was only J(t, ' 4 ii mm me a i rlnfn nrivero Whn Qmirn Snperl Regulations Pay Fines for Their Fun. ' .Jr " " - -'" ;'- Undismayed by the long list .of ar rests and fines for auto speeding, Port land drivers continue to provide ' work ifor Patrolmen Sttrts and Evans of the motorcycle detail and five , who were timed by the two officers ; Saturday night were In court this morning! Fines ranging for $10 to $25 were imposed on each and a warrant has been Issued for a sixth speeder. , : r ' : . Charles F. Ladd. .who gatve his occu pation as that Of banker, was 'one of those caught in Sims' and Evans' net. He was timed on' Hawthorne avenue and assessed $10 by Municipal Judge Ben net L. L. Smith, a wholesale druggist, was going 25 miles an hour on Grand avenue within the fire limits, accord ing to the orricers" testimony, ana ne DJd $25. Homer Reed, of 96 Sixth street, was going 30 miles an hour at Sixtieth and Belmont streets and he was fined $20 in view of his exception ally high speed. Richard McKay, liv ing on Gravel road, was timed In the same vicinity and paid $10. A sim ilar, fine wna paid by F. Frledlander, a jeweler, who waa burning 'his tires at Sixtieth and Belmont streets. ; A, warrant was sworn out this morn ing for Carl Stewart. who was timed at Forty-second and Belmont streets. .' The wisdom of the recent ordeV di recting the motorcycle officers to travel together was shown several times in court this morning when the testimony of the officers was disputed. AU of the offenders were timed, however, by botn officers and their speedometers agreed in each case. Previous to last week a nifmbeh of -speeders bad , escaped by swearing the officer was wrong and in a number of cases the court was forced to discharge them because the weight of evidence was on their side. '. r Only Bad Weather Can Prevent V- Completion of Sand Road , Boulevard Improvement. .With fain weather and no bad lurk, the opening of the livestock I Jail1 Sep- teinber 5 w lit1 find-the, greater partTJf the new 80-foot Sandy road boulevard double tracked and-paved, from the b gfnnlngof the, new double .track line at East Tenth and Butnside streets to the O. R. & N. crossing l East Thirty seventh., In faci,; $ determined effort is being made -fo '.complete the entire stretch by the opening 'dayef th fair', but It Is doubtful if the,PR.; I & ?. Co. will get out of the way with the track laying in time or, the asphalt company to complete the pavement this week. ; ' ' " ' " ':' .' . t :'.,-. , Tracklaylng has been completed from East Eleventh and Davia streets to the western line of Laurelhurst. and a large force of men began work yesterday morning en the stretch from the west line. of Laurelhurst to the O. R. & N. crohslng, the intention being to crowd the work to the limit that the asphalt pacing company may do the hard sur facing by next Monday. Sandy road has been made an, 80-foot boulevard from Sixteenth street to. the O. R. A N. crossing at East Thirty seventh, and the preliminary legal steps have been taken tp continue the 80-foot boulevard clear through to, the eastern boundary of Rose City. Parkj . Petitions are being circulated ..among the property owners beyond . East A Thirty-seventh 8trtet looking to continuing ' the hard surfacing for the ftilt length of the 80 foot boulevard. : Very little opposition has developed to the proposed 'improve ment, and it is confidently predicted by thore behind the movement that Janu ary.! Sandy road ' Will be, a hard sur facen, double tracked, 80-foot highway from East Sixteenth street to a point opposite the entrance to the Country club and livestock fSilr grounds, thus realizing the dream of the 6000 people living in and around Rose City Park that some day Sandy road would be the finest automobile and driveway leading out from the center of the city. ' EXPEND $800,000 IN 'Jwohy Brothers, contractors, will soon begin the' construction of the Coy ote cut-off of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, from Coyote to Stanfltjld, in Umatilla eounty, the con tract having Ibeen signed a few days ago. The stretch of road will cost about J8OO.OU0 and it will shorten the main line about 10 miles and eliminate a heavy grade. The station of Coyote is abouts25 miles west of Umatilla and Stanfieldis about 15 miles southeast of Umatilla. Theshortentng of the distance and. the reduction of grades and curvatures will make possible much faster running time between Coyote and Btanfield. The old tract will not be -abandoned, but will be used as a second track as the new road will be. single track for some time. OMISSIONS DO MOT AFFECT BALLOT There Is no danger of invalidating the primary-election because the offices. of state engineer and water commissioner were overlooked In making out the of ficial election notices to be posted in the various precincts. "It was my intention to Include' all the offices, of- course," said County Clerk Fields today, "and before the no tices were printed I made up a list of state officers to be, voted for. Then-I telephoned to the secretary of state's office, at Salem.' and asked -if-r-1 had omitted any. The chief clerk told me he could not think of any others, and on ttns autnority i too it ror-Erante, t ...... .... " n.wuui . .The omission, of one or two offices from the list by a county clerk here and there does not make the election il legal. TheTe is no disagreement among allurneis as to this, t 1 . FOR FAIR I II STEEL FOR CELILO I'll Span Across Columbia River for Oregon Trunk Line Will N - Be Rushed.-' ' J " .Word has been , received from St, Paul ' by : the t Oregon Trunk? line that steel for the Columbia -river bridge at Celilo' will be ready for delivery when ever wanted. (This means, that the con struction 'of the -bridge 'will ; proceed without delay after the foundations have been put in. : ' ' Porter Brothers are now laying the foundations for' -the, structure which will bring, the Oregon Trunk line across the Columbia to. a connection, with the North 'Bank road at a point opposite Celilo. V It' is believed that, erection of the steel may be commenced April 1, next year. It will not take long to get the steel In place and it is, expected that the bridge will be ready.'for traf fic in less than six months after the first steel beam has been put in. -To' complete the- bridge wtU cost ap proximately $1,000,000. Like the other bridges built by the Hill system over the. Columbia and Willamette rivers, it will be a substantial structure built to stand the wear and tear of heavy traf fic for a' long .time to come. The river bed being eomposed of solid -rock, the laying of the foundation will not be nearly as difficult an undertaking as was'the building of the piers for either the -Willamette on the structure that spans the Columbia where it was neces sary to go deep into the mud and sand to reach bedrock. Yamhill Boys Get One Year Each Tool Thief Clears Partner. ' The crime pact formed by Burt China and Howard Chrlstianson. two farmer boys, who forged two checks and robbed several rooms in Portland after leav ing their parents' homes near McMlnn ville, ended In' municipal court - this morning with sentences of one year each. The boys were arrested In Se attle last week and brought back td Portland by Detective Hellyer. Both confessed and gave up part of their booty. They , pleaded guilty before Municipal Judge Bennett today on charges of larceny and the forgery charge were polled. , . ! Pleading guilty, to tl theft of toola from James J. Cunningham, a carpen ter. John Brolln, formerly a prlaoner in the alem penitentiary on a burglary charge, took a year's sentence from Judge Bennett this morning, but vin dicated his "pal," Frank Dailey. Brolin said he hd' met Dailey after he stole the tools and without telling him they were stolen, asked him to assist In disposing of them. Both were- arrest ed In . Vancouver, Wash., last Friday and brought back by Detective Tiche nor, ' to whom Brolin confessed. The charge against Dailey was dismissed. George Oriffln, the gentleman thief, who.haa confessed to the robbery of eight Portland homes and ha restored most of the loot, waived the preliminary hearing this morning and was held to the grand Jury. Gossip among the members of the Portland police force drew a severe lee lure from Chief of Police Cox upon the day relief when the patrolmen reported for duty this morning. 'It will b re peated at 3:45 this afternoon when the members of the first night relief re port for duly, and again at 11:46 to night, when the second night relief apt pears at roll call. "It has come-to my knowledge," tha chief said, "that members of the force are circulating stories and repeating criticism ahoux the members of the po lice commission, the captains and the chief. I am hot attributing this habit of goaalplng to all of the members of the force, but a conslderable: number are Implicated, and I am therefore cau tionlng ail of you about It, It has been my pleasure to praise members of the department on various occasions, and 1 regret having to bring this mattertie fore you.v I am sure, however, that it will not be necessary for me to speak to you again. Wo are all endeavoring to give our best services to the city, and If there Is any gossip or Vrltlcism, let it come from other sources then our selves." F0SS SOUNDS A NEW SLOGAN ON TARIFF LAW (tinlled- Pren Lested Wlre.i Boston, Mass., Aug. 29. "The people do not care whether the taritUllI Is good or bad as a revenue producer. They know It Is full of graft and Injustice and that is whet counts," said Congress man Eugene Fosa today, discussing the president's tariff .letter Issued for use in the . Republican campaign text book, "It Is certain that President Taft will find out In November that the people do not consider the Pvne bill a fulfill ment of the Republican pledges," he added. ' , . WORKMAN SUES CHURCH FOR $18.30 FOR WORK . huu ior i-au wun , interest was brought today in the justice oourt by F. J. Bemau against Grace Memorial Episcopal church, Reverend George E, Van Waters, Henry C. Weber and F. W. Bwanton as trustees and vestrymen being 'named as the derendants. Ber nau says that he did work on the parish grounds ana rectory ror which he pre Bfloted .a hill of 348.30.- Th church of ficlals declined to pay mors than 330. .''xireaUtTice in, CaHfowri Kanta Cruz Cal., Aug. ,29.-A forest and. brush fire-is raging near- Zyante along the right of way of the Southern pacif !;."" All section hands from Pajaro to Glenwood hav boif ylcul out -jd fight U fitM.A - y THIEVES CONFESS: SEHTUPTOSAIEM BACKFROiMVACaTION, COX SCOLDS POLICEMEN GATTt EEO s. BU011 Weather Ideal, Decorations -' Beautiful and Everybody Is Happy; Wolff No. 2 and Happy Heinie Win Races.; . AAA A., AA: .UA "AAA,; y&:ti (SpeeUl Dtopateb to Th Jourail'.l S . Astoria, Or. Aug. 29. The regatta proper, opened Sunday at $ o'clock, when the f fret formal affair in connection waa the arrival of the steamer Spen cer, on board of which were Admiral Rob inson and his staff, accompanied by Mcelroy's band and a large crowd.' As the Spencer neared ,Cal lender's dock here Sunday an admiral's salute of 17 guns was fired from three cannons of the artillery company of Portland, with eight members, commanded by Captain Walih. On landing, Mayor A. M. Smith, accompanied by the reception . commit tee, went on board" and welcomed the admiral and hi? staff and gave them the freedom of the city, after which they were tendered a reception at the Irving cltib. ,.....,.,. v The weather opened? up fine, this morning and there is an immense crowd in attendance. The whole waterfront Is lined with different crafC all beauti fully : decorated for; the occasion. The flagship, the United States lighthouse tender Armerla, la anchored in front of the grandstand and Is a beautiful sight with her flag deooratlons, and her com mander. Captain Vi . , E.- Gregorys and his of f IcersC are doing . everything in their power to make their guests, rnerry.. :..,. The first event waa a 26-Toot speed boat race, 20 miles, three heats. . It was- won by Happy-Heinle In 54 minutes. prise, $300; second, - Coyote, prise $150, which ' came in a mile, behind -the win ner. The second event was the free-for-all Pacific, ; coast championship motorboat race, 20 miles, three heats. for $1000 first prie, $00 second prUe and $300 third, was wort by Wolff No. 2; time. 39-;i0; Pacer No. 2; aecond, 43:aa; Happy Heinie third, 54:08. The Seattle Spirit broke down while making a run around the course and could not participate. . eninsula Park to Be Scene of Day's Merriment for City Children. . ,1: tilt-, first annual play festival given under the auspices of the park board will, be given tomorrow sU the Penln- ula park.. All children patronising the playgrounds at the several parks will participate In this event, which prom ises to be an enthusiastic one for the little folk. Athletic contests, dancing and fancy games will be the order. Fully 300 children are expected to par ticipate and double that number Will be In attendance. , 1 The program for the morning will be in the form of a picnic. At noon a basket dinner will be given. The after noon program begins at 2 o'clock. The North Park baseball team will play the Peninsula team and the Sellwood nine wlli oppose the second Peninsula team. This game will be followed' by a barn dance, in which children from all parks will engage. .-..,. The fancy dances will be given by the girls. Each park has been assigned certain "old folk ' .dance, as follows: Norwegian, City park; Scottish, North park; Pop Goes the Weasel, Sellwood; Lodita, Peninsula: ' English greeting, North park; Swedish Clapp,' all parks, and Cornish May, all parks. At 3:30 o'clock the boys will par- ticlpate. - In the following contests: Boyaund.erflve- feetand -two. Inches 60-yard dash, high jump, pole vault and 440-yard relay. The girls will have a 60-yard dash, three-legged race., ob stacle race and S20-yard relay rare, Irt the boys' playground the boys Will play more baseball and hand soccer. In the girls' playground the games played will be playground baseball, three deep, oyster shell and" singing games. Miss .Margaret Faber will preside at the piano for all games and dances where music Id necessary. Prizes of ribbons will be given for the winners In the contests, which prUes have 'been offered by the play ground committee, composed of Mrs W B. Ayer, Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett,. Miss Mary F. Falling, Mrs. Charles E. ladd and Miss Pritchard. The play festival has been arranged by A. M. Grliiey. playground super visor, and his corps of Instructors, as follows:. Harry 3". 5 Smith, Miss Neva Patterson, Miss Margaret Bradshaw, Ed ward F. McKee, Miss Nina B. Johnson, Miss Dora Clapper. G. S. Woodard and Floyd Ltghty, The latter, Is swimming instructor at the sellwood pool. Mayor v Simon and the park board composed . of Dr. J. R. Wetherbee, Lang. Ion Lewis, Dr. E. G. Clark and E. Tv Mlsche, will be present In the afternoon. - Mr," Misehe Is superintend ent of the parks. Arrangements have been made with the railway company for the transportation free of. all ..cfoll dren taking part. This being the first play festival, marks the beginning of what the parK noara forecasts as one of the most popular features In handling the children during the summer vaca tifTi. Such an fevent will be held each year. - , ' . KEEP REGISTRATION BOOKS. OPEN LATE . FOR FINA(. RUSH ., Every night this week the reg istration -booth at the courthouse will bei open for the accomoda tion of voters who have no time to go there during the daytime. .The doors will be open until 9 ' o'clock. Registration has Ifttle more ' than- two weeks to run, , and neglect of this duty, a few days longer means that the tardy . ones ( will have to take -their ' chances In the rush of the last week, If a nm vote is regis- -should be entered In the books 4 each day, whioh would , tax , the- 1 capacity of the office to the ut A most. , ' A I ' ' a am Tests Show That Three. Per sons Contracted Disease at a . Beach Resort. ', Bacteriological tests made from cul tures taken'.from the throats of Mrs, S. W. Hughes. 660 Ravensview Drive, and Mrs. Arthur Gay and chlldly331 Hassalo street, show that they have diphtheria. Both families are. under quarantine, v The 5-year-old child of Mr, and Mrs. Hughes died last Thursday In a cot tage at Gearhart Park, and was brought home Saturday.1 While - the attending physician, Dr. John M. Holt, gave the cause of death to be. membraneous ton Kllltu; the- local city and state, health officers suspected the' trouble was diph theria, and took all precaution against the spread of the disease. 'Upon arrival of the body here, Thursday evening the railway company was ordered to fumi gate the coach in which the relatives of ! the child rode and Mrs. Gay and child and Mrs,' Hughes were taken to their homes and quarantined until the test could be made.. ' . .Upon, the tests by the city bacteriol ogist showing .the relatives have dlph- therla, a permanent quarantine was placed today on the homes, which will remain until the danger is over. All their baggage- was ordered .fumigated today. . "i The Hughea child was burled yester day.' It had suffered aeveral 'days at the beach with a, sore throat, but up physician was called In until a few hours before death. Dr. Holt was sum moned whefi this dangerous turn In the child's condition was noted, but It was too late. 1 .-.." - ;'.- LA FOLLETTE HAS Whedon of Nebraska Says Question of Progress or No Progress in Issue. .. :. .. ' s , (United Pipwi Uel Wlre.l Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 29:That the ad ministration is opposing Senator R. M. La Follette In bis race for re-election tos: the United States senate from Wis consin' Is the belief of Charles O. Whe don, who, as an Insurgent,1 made the race against Senator Burkett for the senatorial riotnltiattoTrin-ebraska. I Whedon has just returned from Wis consln A. a ' S v ..(! t. V V fin Wlsconsir La Follette la engaged lit! a.coiitet the imoortince of which cannote! 'orerelmated. Whedon Ja!.' 'It Involves the question of progressive Republicanism, La Follette Is a pioneer in progressive legislation. ? ! .' -'''' "The administration with all Its pow er will be pitted against him unless President Tft recants his Winona speech endorsing, the tariff bill. It is because congressmen are to be elected In- November that the election this year assumes national Importance. 'Kansas has repudiated Cannonlsm, Aldrichism and every other Ism so far as It attempted to limit tariff legisla tion to ' new tariff enactment." Despondency induced by.lack Of work. prompted Benjamin Sallsju Mexican, to Jump before a-Southern Pacific train near Bertha station early yesterday. Both legs were cut off and he died shortly after arriving at the Good Sa maritan hospital. Sails was 31 years old and had recently come to Oregon from Tunacho, Mexico, where his moth er lives.., He had lost his empjoyment as a cook 'and, being Unable to speak Fna-lish. he could not secure another oo- sltlon. Thk body has been removed to the .morguefand will probably be buried by the coulity. CHICAGO NEWSPAPER INTERESTED IN OREGON A copy of the Chieagd' Dally Tribune received at the Portland Commercial club this morning contains an article on Oregon - hy v.-. tt. uriswoia. or tne kTribune staff, that will prove .ofmueh value In advertising this state and its manifold resources, . j. The article Is in the shape of an in tervlew with Dr. j. R. Wetherbee and touches upon . th state's , agricultural; horticultural and stuck raising poes) billtles. -It Is one and a half columns long and occupies a prominent position: Mr. Griswoid ' was tn; roruana a.rew weeks ago and Called oh Manager C. C. Chapman of the club whp steered him over to Dr. Wetherbee lor a little chat about Oregon, i VEHICLE OWNERS PAY THEIR TAXES PROMPTLY "Owners of vehicles are following the decision of the circuit court In the vehi cle tax, and securing the necessary -tags and paying the license. The past few days, the -license department has been busy taking care of this matter. About one-third of the vehicle owners in the cltyhave complied with the law, and the police are being, furnished with a list of those who have not taken Out the required license.; Such persons will be haled before the municipal court for violation of the. vehicle tax odlnance. SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY IS SAFE W. U Crlssey, In' charge of the : In quiry,; department of Portland Cntnmer. clal club, who returned from his .ranch at the confluence of Bult lKun and Sandy rivers this morning; ays that whls the forest fires have destroyed much farm . VrmyLMkLlSiiii UU. M xfilders the. city a water supply out of clanger. Mr.' Crlssey. reports that many camping parties had to flee for safety when the fire began, to spread over the country, Most, of the timber destroyed ;pp hat way, " he contend, was old ' charred stumps and aecond growth timber, III I MEXICAN HURLSSELF BEFORE S. P. TRAIN m 'I'lTf or i,n Hill, 10 OLl TOKIIIilGIOi U. S. Attorney Files' Boatmen's Complaints in Bridqe Mat-' . ter With Department. i Complaints of boat owners that clos ing of , the-, bridge driw 4 Is -i seriously handicapping navigation have been filed with, the-: department of justice in Washington by United States District Attorney John McCourU Mr. McCourt has asked the department . if the evi dence warrants the institution of civil suits against County J"udge.Cleeton and County Commissioner Goddard, who are continuing to enforce the evening closed ptriods in face of protests from Major Mclndoe, corps of ! United States engi neers, v ";'' ' .':--.-.;. . o. Mr. McCourt' expects to. get a reply to hffi - fitflfpmonf . M ahnu ten 1a., Ula personal opinion Is v that there has so far. -been' Submitted no , evidence con cluslvej that any boat has been unrea sonably delayed by closing the draws during periods of acutfc traffic conges tion, county officials have advised ths bridge tenders to let boats throuarh the draws In the evening whenever the traf fic on the-bridges Is so light that the peopl of the east side will not be In-- convenlenced; ; 1 i.'-'.--. 'V-'A ' Major. Mclndoe asked' the, department of . Justice to ' arrange- for immediate and special prosecution of ths county officials on .civil If not on criminal charges, Sd , far his retjuest has not leen complied with, District Attorney McCourt, the local representative of the department, being of the opinion that there. lias (been no unreasonable delav and tfiat local necessltles jdustified all tne regulation of the bridges which has so fsf been enforced. The closed periods of the morning as prescribed by the gov ernment and tthe evening periods- ss prescribed by. county officials continue to be a cause of great convenience to east side people, t ' Would-Be Mother-ln-Law and Diamond Ring Bring Trou ble to Fisher. The probationary engagement of Ed ward Tlshfr, 424 Third street, fore man of the; Royal Bakery at Eleventh nd Everett Sauers Is ended, and he now faces two charges; f brought in Justice'' Ered OIson!s court by the girl's mother. ; When Fisher asked for '-the hand of Mis:E,kvbo 1. employed In a dawn towi ideparfment atore'he was told by Mrs. Sauer that he would have' to en- durt a womewhat extended courtship until h eou,td show that he was worthy of her daughter. Fisher accepted the conditions, but Insisted that Miss Sau ers accept at diamond engagement ring which he had purchased. Recently, -developments convinced Mrs. Sauers that Fisher was not a de sirable son-in-law and she told Fisher that he was no longer a welcome guest Likewise Miss sauers gave him his leave. Flshej- fien demanded his ring. but it was not forthcoming and he left in anger! Saturday he returned and when the-' ring was agatn refused he picked up asjewe box from which he Ih alleged ' to have extracted Mrs. Sauers' wedding ring. She struggled with lilm and charges that he struck her.. Today She-. went to Justice Olson's court and swore .out warrants charging Fisher with . assault and battery and larceny.- He was arrested by Constable Lou Wagner." y ,, . V HE CAUGHT : OCTOPUS, NOT STAR FISH S. Crego of the Portland Commcr-l clal club publicity department returned this morning from Newport, where he spent a few days recuperating after a seasons ntrenuous work. While at the beach. Mr. -Crego per formed a heroic act,, he says, In that he captured an octopus with tentacles so long they could winij around the waist o? a summer bather three or four times.1 Incidentally, Crego tells his fellow work ers In the publicity field that the devil fish may hsve dragged many victims into the briny depOis had It not been placed In the class 'of the "has beens" In the Commercial club "offices the word Is parsed around that undoubtedly Crego' s octopus, reduced to natural size, would resolve into aslar fish, of which there Is n abundance air along the coast. i , NEAR-PANIC OCCURS ON COTTON EXCHANGE d'nlted Prew I -eased Wlre.l ' -New - York, Aug. 29. Art advance In August cotton of '3.18 points, or $16 a bale, caused a near panic on the cotton exchange today during the -first hour of trading. The shorts were caught and tried frantically to buy, but failed. Finally one short 'offered 20 'cents a pound for cotton and W. C. Brown, leader of the bulls, sold at that figure. Me then "Announced that he had 100,. 000 bales to sell at that price and the tension was relieved. ( EVIDENCE IN "BLACK . HAND" CASE TOO WEAK Evidence against .Frank Shepherd and John Klrwln,-, accused of writing ! - a "black hand"; letter demanding - S 1 000 to Martin H. Triphonoff, proprietor of a Bulgarian steamship And employment agency,;;was found Insufficient to hold them and they were, discharged by Municipal Judge Bennett this morning. Patrolman Martine, who made the ar rest, relied on the supposed similarity of the letter sent to Triphonoff and the writing of Shepherd to- make, his case. The curt did not believe Shepherd's band "Writing' and that In' the letter were the same. ' PERSONAL land Chamber of dommeree, returned to Portland this morning from his va cation at Newport and Rhododendron Inn, Mount' Hood. Mr. GlJtner says he spent most of his time walking In the mountains and kllv(i tt did hlni a lot of guoi - ... J T ENGAGEMENT ENDS JUSTICE COURT yiiiiisiiE DOES HOT BAM TO BE CANDIDATE Would Have Sought Nomina tion for Joint Senator if As sembly Had Not Put Dr. Em met prake on Ticket. , Fred Ws Brady has decided not to be a candidate for the Republican nomlna'-. tion for joint senator, from Clackamas, y Columbia , and ; Multnomah i counties. Saturday afternoon he decided to i be. Yesterday , afternoon he ; changed " Ms mind again and now announces that .he will not be a. candidate. Mr. Brady, In making ills- decision known, says he does not want to enter a three cornered fight. Had Dr, Emmet Drake remained : out of the vrace, Mr. Brady says, he- Would have made the campaign against Mslarkey on an anti- assembly platform. v; The fact that hs and- Dr. Drake Carne out VfV same time, he says, might look like his object-was to split the Malarkey vote," therefore he did not desire to get In. . Rumor has, it, 3 ; however, j thai Mr. Brady's reasons for withdrawing were little different. It Is said that he feels "sore" at the 'leaders" for what he con siders to have been the ''double cross" delivered, to him by the . candidacy of' Dr. Emmet Drake. ;-, : ':; Ftrsuads Brady to' Run. The !-"leaders" went 'to Brady last week and persuaded him to enter th senatorial race. At that time, tt Is u derstood, they attempted to start their game: of v dividing ' the- anti-assembly strength by putting out anti-assembly candidates. Bradyy for the purposes of argument, was fed to believe that there would bs no assembly candidate against Malar key, and given to understand that, should., he become an anti-assembly can-, didate, ha would be given the under ground support of the assembly work ers and organization. While at the eama time he could pick up what strength hs could as an anti-assembly candidate. With this understanding, it is under stood that Brady announced himself as a candidate. Close on the heels of this announcement came that of Dr, Drake as a' full fledged nominee of the ''as sembly' or the "leaders" thereof. Brady did not think this was fair play, and Immediately kicked over the traces and : declined to run. He has been either flirting 'with or lined up solidly with the assembly faction over since he went to the leglslatui'te as a Statement No. 1 member of the house, two years ago. " i lined Up With Assembly. Brady protested his ' vote for Unltedl States senator at'the dictation of R. E. Williams, Ormsby McHarg, Q. C. FuV ton and ' 'others.' H vntd frvrt he Brooke-Bean , bill, which attempted to make it a misdemeanor for any legis lative candidate to sign Statement No. 1, He voted for the Mariner bill, attempt ing to legalize the assembly. And since the session he has been one of the .as sembly boosters, was. a delegate tonnd county and state assemblies, and was and is in, almost cpntlnual" communica tion' and conference with the assembly headquarters at the Cornelius hotel. In the face of this record It was Con sidered surprising when Brady "An nounced himself as an "anti-assembly. Statement No. 1, antl-machlne poltlcs" candidate. The story of his under standing with the - "leaders" explains why he was -such a candidate. It ex plains also the methods that are being resorted to by the, "leaders" to -split up the anti-assembly vote In such a way as to give the corporation dictated leg islative ticket of the late county con vention a chance of nomination in tiia face of the overwhelming sentiment against the assembly movement. L T Executor of Wilson Estate Asks Court to Honor Ante-Mar- riage Contract. Asserting that John P. Wilson and his f loncee, who were 80-year-old lov ers, agreed before they married that neltner. should share m the property of the survivor, whichever died first, Clar eneeTowner, executor of the Wilson es tate, has .filed an answer In the county court denying that the widow. Elisabeth Campbell Wilson, has anyclaim upon it,-- ' ' '.i' ;'; "'"'' "V- Mrs. Wilson, besides suing In the cir cuit court recently'to- set aside deeds given by her husband and herself to his real estate before his death, recent ly cited TbwneJr' to show cause why he should not appraise ..tha- estate and in clude within It the rest estate which, is the subject of the controversy. Towner sayS he was assured by the county Judge In open court that he need not file an inventory, as' the property consisted only of a email sum In cash. He says the Interests of the widow have been protected, as she has received half the income from the property and will continue to receive It so long as she lives. In lieu of her dowpr. He de clares the Wilson will was made in pursuance jof the, understanding with his aged wife, and says she offered, no objection rintll.aom lntermeddler advised her, although her husband died over & year ago, . v . Towner wants .- the proceedings brought by the widow, dismissed, de claring they are shsnt And. frivolous. BANK CLEARINGS SHOW. INCREASE ' - . OF 100 PER CENT. 4 " Clearings' of Portland banks today show an- Increasw of more than 100 jier 'cent over those of , the ' corresponding date a year ago. " This illustrates the tre 4 . mendoiis growth and J develop 4 ment of Portland and. Indicates 4 - the city's tiealthy- financial , con- The clearings fdday are, $2, 504.62, This date a year ago they. were $1,039,071.58. - Today's balances are $375,1 97. DT. A year ago the balances were $77,733.80. n AND AGREEMEN 4 f '