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10 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1010. 7.v ' USE ROBBER IS. CAPTURED III ACT BY SPOKANE COP Chris Swanson Robbed Ten h Ministers In Portland and Is Suspected of Killing Special , ' Officer in. Seattle. ;V The "preacher-burglar" , whp robbed he homes of a doten ministers In port land and vicinity during July, August fend September, was - caughtV last night in Spokane. He gives the name of flhris Swanson,' alias. Frank Anderson, Kind was caught in the home of Rev. A. rj Grier while in the act of robbing his limine.;5 Much stolen property was found in the burglar's room, among which was a gold lined chalice believed to have been .stolen from a church in Seattle Swanson .made his " arpcarance, here July; 9, " when . he robbed- the home of - Rev. Luther .R. Dyott, D. D 620 Main street Within the next few evenings another minister reported his house had been entered. These reports, continued until 10 had been , received iby tha de- teen ve Dureau, ; The tmer also operated In Vancouver and Oregon City. The police and detectives made considerable efforts to catch him, but the next heard from the man was in .Spokane. He fobbed ' several ministers' homes there. Entrance was effected when no on was at home, often when the ministers were occupying their pulpits. , ... '. The Spokane detective! watched the homes of ministers that he had not en tered, and last night were lying In wait at the parsonage of Rev. Grier. Just be fore 10 o'clock they heard a man at a window attempting get Inside. The officers kept quiet, . and the burglar used a "Jlramle" to pry open the window. The window was raised enough to admit hla body. When Ue wiggled through the detectives pounced upon him, and later located his room. Fcur suit cases packed with stolen goods' w.ere found.--r The goods consisted laigely of clothing, um brellas, 25 gold watches, a gold lined chalice and considerable small jewelry. An emptjr revolver was also found. The heaviest less of any Portland minister was of Rev. H. R, Talbot on August 18. St David's rectory was en tered on that datei during the absence of gifts stolen. When the robbery of the ministers stopped he, Captain Moore of the detective bureau notified all other coast towns, as it was expected he would pursue his methods further. The man is S3 years old, and is supposed to be the man who killed a special policeman In Seattle, who caught him leaving a church. Swanson has admitted -he oper ated In Portland. ; ', During the latter part of August the parsonage of Rev. William Parsons, 568 East Pine street; Rev, R, B. Showers, 129 East' Fifteenth street; Bev. S. Earl Du Bols, 285 Grand 'avenue, and Rev. S. A. Hay worth, 'at Oregon City, were entered.' 1 A thtntster from Vancouver, Wash , also reported to the local detec tive bureau that his fiome had been ' .robbed. v;"v', :-v'' "-.' ;, After a lingering Illness of a month at the family home on East Burnslde street, Mrs. C, J. B. Malarkey died this morning at 10:45. With her husband, Mrs. Malarkey returned a couple of months ago : from a trip around the world. She - was a prominent worker in the Woman's club, president of the John I vie Water Color club1, and a mem ber of St Ann's Charitable society. In charitable affairs, she was always ceaseless worker. - Mrs. Malarkey was, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John O'Connor. Surviving her are her husband, C. J. B. Malarkey, Joseph O'Connor, Charles O'Connor, Victor O'Connor, Miss Maysle O'Connor, Miss Lucy O'Connor and Miss Daisy O'Connor, ail brothers and sisters of the deceased, and all residing In Portland. The funeral services will be .conducted by Father Black In St. Pran cis church at nine o'clock Friday morn ing and the interment will be at St, Mary's cemetery, DRUMMER SAYS SOUTH i STRONGLY FAVORS WEST 1 " ' . " A drummer who has Just .returned from southern Oregon reports that sec tion of the state afire with sentiment favoring Oswald West as the next gov ernor of Oregon. ' He went as far south as Ashland, and his view of the situation Is significant, for drummers are good mixers and know what is in tbe public mind. ,.1 Ashland, which is a Republican stronghold. Is all West Josephine coun ty Is regarded as certain to give West a big majority, perhaps five votes to two, or even three to one. The drummer re gards Dduglas as likely to make nearly sn even break between West and Bow " erman. !;" ". r HsssWssHBMnMsn MM WHO ASK YOUR DRUGGIST A GUAR ANTEED RenuW Your money refunded If results . are aot satisfactory - Onr book, "Medical Advice on Kneumatua - HfeY -J KYLE RESIGNS FROM ROADS Leaves Vice Presidency of Or- egon Trunk and Oregon Electric Lines. George A. Kyle, vice president and genaral manager of the Oregon Trunk L4ne and vice president of the Oregon Electric railroad, has resigned to en gage in general engineering with of fices in this city. Mr. Kyle Is one of the best known and popular engineers in tho country and . has practically' charge of the building of the Oregon Trunk under President John F. Stevens since he came to Portland In August of this year. . , The. office of general, managers will be abolished and the engineering work of the Oregon Trunk,1 most of which has practically been completed as far as nweonstructlon goes,. will be left kn charge of Chief Engineer R. Budd, whose headquarters are at The Dalles. Mr.. Kyle's resignation became effective yesterday. ' . ' "Construction work on . the Oregon Trunk under the present project has been completed," said Mrt Kyle; "with the exception of 'tracklaylng whlclv is now well under way and my work there fore is practically completed. "I expect to remain In Portland. In fact, I have secured , offices In the Railway Exchange building, and will start immediately the business of gen eral consulting. engineer, .and possibly contracting later, which -will include irrigation and hydraulic work, valuation of railroad property, 'water works, en gineering and building electric railroads, power plants and logging roads. "In selecting a city to start business I naturally selected 'Portland as the fore most city on the coast, as the one hav ing the greatest future possibilities on account of the vast areas of productive country tributary to It, a goodly por tion of which Is yet to be developed, the development of which is just beginning with the entrance of the Hill lines into the'. state.'. ": x-;.: ' Mr. Kyle has followed the engineer ing profession for the last 80 years. and It has taken him to all parts of the United States and several foreign coun tries. He spent three years lit South Africa In mining,' irrigation and hy draulic work, Mwo years In ?anada-as division engineer on the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad on which he started the survey from Lake Superior to the Rocky mountains, 2000 miles. He was three years assistant chief engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound railway, covering 800 miles of line from Butte to Seattle, and lastly as chief en gineer, then vice president and manager of the Oregon Trunk Railway company. He was also with the Northern Pacific railway for. 15 years on general con struction and maintenance of way work and two years In Alaska on the Alaska central railway in charge or location and construction work. ; Four years of traveling through Ore gon1 has made Bishop Scaddlng one of the well Informed citizens of the state. While his confessed object Is to build uphe Episcopal' church In his diocese, he Is large hearted and broad minded enough to concern himself with othei? human lnteresta , ' - He is in no sense a "professional booster," and the fact tha he has . no commercial Interest to serve makes his statements about Oregon all the more valuable. He is an enthusiastic optim ist when he speaks about its climate, In dustries, soil and the character of the settlers who are coming here and the opportunities before them. He receives no remuneration fcr Ms lectures, and when offerings are taken they go to the Episcopal missionary society for mis sions. He la filling appointments in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Buf falo, Detroit,, To'ledo and Chicago, and that his story Is Interesting may be Judged from the following from the New York Sun: "The Right Rev. Charles Scadding, Episcopal Bishop of Oregon, formerly a curate at St George's church under the Rev. Dr. Ralnsford, believes in reaching his congregations through the medium of the ear. He illustrates his mlsBioa ary talks with tolored lantern slides showing the resources of the state of Oregon and at the same time the pe culiarities of the tellglous problems. "'Opportunities, in Oregon, Bald the bishop yesterday, 'are most inviting to the settler, and 30,000 homeseekers have arrived in the last few months. My problem is to resell these people, a work quite as Important as any foreign field, and to have religion keep pace with the commercial and material growth. " 'Our pressing need is for clergymen of the Tight kind and means with which to pay them living salaries. The object of my visit east Is to secure two or three such men for our mission field.' "Bishop Scaddlng! headquarter In New York are at the Church Mission House, 281 Fourth avenue." HEATING PLANT DIDN'T HEAT, DEFENSE IN SUIT That the heating plant. Installed In the apartments erected by the Dam meler Investment coppany at Eleventh and Hall streets failed to heat properly is the defense of" that company offered in a suit by R. W. Schmeer to collect 11200 said to be due Fllander & Clark for work done. Fllander &. Clark in stalled the apparatus, but have since been declared bankrupt' In testimony given this morning by C. H. Dammeier, secretary of the com pany, it was shown ; that the boilers W hen -heated did not work properly; that when five pounds of steam had been raised the, boilers would hold no more and that after suffering numerous losses of tenants through poor heating service it finally became necessary for the owners of the apartments to tear the beating apparatus out The work aggregated $2600 and a little over 81200 has been paid. R. W. Schmeer, to whom the accounts of Fllander A-CtarS 'have been transferred, is attempting, to col lect the remainder cf the bill. The taking of testimony occupied the. whole morn ing before Judge Kavanaugh. WOMAN WANT&DlVOftCE AND CUSTODY OF SON flaCPFUoj9,Juin,j;.erusbftn,d, Conklin, for divorce on the grounds f or desertion. They were 'married ,4ri Omaha, Neb., on March 8, 1897, and he deserted her m 1807. One boy aged 12 years was the result of the mamiags and the mother asks for his custody. lESWNlfOF STATE'S MESS FAVORS MAN Detective's . Story' in Murder Trial Shows W. A. Johnson and J. P. Webb in Love With Mrs. Kersh. ' Still another witness for' the state la the- trunk murder trial 'proved to be of aid to. the defense , which is trying to clear Mr(s. Carrie Kersh; of a charge of being an acconipllce'of Jesse P. Webb In the murder of William A. Johnson. This witness was called to the stand this morning. He Is Detective L. G. Carpenter. . y,' - ' X J-. ' "; , Carpenter's testimony, strengthens the theory advanced by the defense that Webb and Johnaofi had a quarrel over Mrs. Kersh. both of whom were vio lently, in" love with her, and tnt this quarrel resulted in the killing of John son. The witness said that MrsKersh had told him on the morning of her arrest of. threats that W?bb had made against Johnson on the afternoon of the murder. "Mrs. Kersh told me," said the wlt nees, "that while she was in Johnson's room on - the afternoon of - the murder t about I o'clock, Webb came In and saw Johnson try to kiss her. She told me that Webb said at that time: If the dirty dog does that again I'll kill him " Told of Murder. Later In-the afternoon, according to the detective's account of Mrs., Kersh's statement to him. Webb told Mrs. Kersh that he had killed Johnson. Attorney McCue f6r the defense asked Detective Carpenter If he hadn't got his names reversed and' if It wasn't Johnsan who threatened Webb instead of the opposite. The 'witness replied positively that he had correctly quoted Mrs. Kersh. If the Jury should be convinced of the truth of Mrs. Kersh's alleged statement to Carpenter the testimony would be strongly In her favor, as It would have the effect of pointing to the killing as the result of a sudden quarrel, In which cane the attempt of the state to prove that there was a conspiracy on the part of Mrs. Kersh and Webb to mur der Jfohnso" before Ithey left Spokane would be fruitless. , ' ,-. ' Inability of a negro second hand deaU er of Flanders" street to Identify Webb In the county jail . where the convicted murderer was pointed out to 'him pre vented the prosecution from producing sensational testimony yesterday. State Disappointed. Deputy District Attorney Collier said that this negro had reported that a man : fitting Webb's description had 'visited his shop on the morning of the mur der and had looked over a number of large trunks. The negro said that he thought Webb is the same man that visited his store, but was not willing to swear positively that he is. . W.- E. Robgon, city Jailer, Identified a atch taken from Webb when Webb was1 brought to the Jail on the morning after the smurder, H fclso Identified a pair of gloves and two handkerchiefs found in an outside pocket of Webb's eoat The handkerchiefs and gloves belonged to Mrs. Kersh. Deputy Fitzgerald's questions were put bo that the' answers of the witness would tend to Impeach Mrs. Kersh's testimony In the Webb trial. Robson said that Mrs. Kersh told him the pack age of money found In her possession contained $1900. The witness said Jie counted the money and found only $1800. ' Contradicts Testimony. . Robson's testimony contradicted that of David Stein, the pawnbroker who sold the trunk. to Mrs. Kersh. Stein said that the woman had two packages of greenbacks and that one of these was three inches thick. Robson said she had but one package of bills and tnat It. was not more than three quar ters of an inch In thickness. Robson also said that there were no $100 bills in the package. Stein testified that he saw at least one $100 bill In the pos session of Mrs. Kersh. " The testimony given in the Webb trial by J. O. Tiffany, teller of a Spokane bank. In which Johnson had deposited his money and afterward withdrawn It, was again offered in evidence "by con sent of the defense. ' Walter H. Johnson, brother of the murdered man, Identified a photograph offered In evidence. The photograph shows two figures. One of these, John son said, wTis a likeness 6t his brother. Hot "Picture 'of Brother. The other, he said, he could not Iden tify, but he declared positively 'that It was not a picture of his brother. Deputy Fitzgerald. . himself, says he thinks the two figures in the phoo graph are likenesses of the. same man In different poses. ' r Attorney Fouts for the defense says he will shdw that neither of the figures is a likeness of Johnson. - He says the photograph shows two views of Louts Andrus, a lineman of San. Francisco. Johnson was asked If hls"brother had ever worn a mustache, ns said that his brother had worn one, but that he was smooth shaven when the witness last saw him. Johnson said he had seen his brother only three or four times In the last six years. Mrs. Simmons, matron of the city JalV lestmea tnat she had found $1800 in bills in Mrs. Kersh's stocking. Her testimony was corroborative o. De tective Mallett's and was offered by the state for the purpose -of Impeaching Mrs. Kersh's statement that she had $1900 whop arrested., Prosecuttpa Rearing End. Just befor coart adjourned yesterday afternoon Judge Morrow asked Deputy District Attorney Fitsgerald how soon he expected to rest his case. The dep uty asked the attorneys for the defense if they would stipulate that the testi mony of the teller of the Trader's Na lonal bank of Spokane In the Webb trial might be read to the Jury. The defense agreed, and Mr. Fitsgerald then an nounced that the state ' would In all probability, close Its case today.' The defense will call Us first witness to morrow morning. ' ; ; Court will adjourn for the day at noon tomorrow, owing to a death In the fam ily of one of the Jurors. , ; The testimony of Sim Reddr prom ised In the beginning to score a, point for the state, but the witness made his tostlmony of doubtful value before the defense had .finished its cross-examination. Reddy JS4 a negro porter on the Pullman sleeker In which the Webb Kersh-Johnson ' party cam 1 from Spo kane to Portland. 7 , .. ' ' Makes Poor Witness. " Deputy Fitzgerald tried to prove by the Vltnelis aOohnsohhadTa package Of paper, presumably currency, wrapped nrrmmri his lpr: The ripfpnna iad main tained from the first that Johnson gave his" money .to Mrs. Kersh before they left-Spokane, and that It never left her ran SIS HE . " WILL APPEAL THE BMW CASE Bridge Will Not Be Built if He Can Prevent It Says Attor ney for Obstructionists Who Seek to Prevent Projct.- Franft Klernan. obstructionist of the Broadway bridge, declared today he had not changed his intention of appealing his case to -the supreme court of the United States, after having been defeat ed both in the circuit and supreme courts of the states "I haven't received a copy .of the su preme court's- decision yet.", said Kler nan this morning. If the people go ahead and build that bridge, they will find out sometime that I am right. I can say generally that I haven't In the slightest changed my , intention to carry my case tm'to wis highest court" In the view of city officials.. "Kter- nanlam" Is dead. . .Mayor Simon says that work on the bridge will-now pro ceed, with a rapidity calculatedito make up "for time lost through the obstruc tionists.' Arrangements for -construc tion win be made at a meeting to be held with Ralph Modjeski, engineer of the bridge, Novomber 5. . v , In the city attorney's office ways and means are being considered of suing the obstructionists for the damage they have done to Portland's development and credit by delaying the construction of the Broad way. bridge. In this suit they intend to Include the delay, vexation and Inconvenience caused by lack of proper transrlver transportation facilities. The sweeping nature of the supreme court's decision 'yesterday Is taken as a virtual settlement of the commission's application for an lnjunotion to prevent the city from the building of the bridge. All the points at Issue which were ar gued before Judge Cleland are settled in the supreme court's decision. xne mass meeting cauea iDr inaiy night will now have only one issue be fore' It' namely,' devising means to change the personnel of the Port of Portland commission. . Judge M. G. Munly, who has been one of -the most earnest leaders In the Broadway bridge cause, said: 'There is nothing left of the obstruc tionist cause. All that remains Is to obtain such popular control of the-Port of Portland commission as will prevent members from ever again believing that they own and run this city." City Attorney Grant believes the Kiernan-DUniway obstructionists will not be given ' hearing lrr the United States supreme court He has tele graphed the clerk of the court that If effort to obtain hearing Is made by Duniway, It will be made without the knowledge of the City, and that a tele gram saying such an. effort has been made will bring him promptly to Wash ington to contest the standing of the obstructionists in the highest court. possession until she and Webb were ar rested.. . . . . . V "I was Vlttinr 1 -the forward endi frf the ar." Aald the porter, "when Mr. Johnson came over and asked me where he Ysould1 sit, most of the berths having been made up for the night I told him he could' sit In any vacant seat He asked if he could sit beside ma I told him he could. '"Mr. Johnson-asked me to feel Ms leg. I did so and I felt a paper package. Mr. Johnson said" The defense ob jected to the repetition of what Johnson might have said, on the ground that It would bes improper testimony, being heresay. Judge Morrow sustained the objection, i- . Wauts Evidence Stricken Out. On cross-examination the witness de scribed Johnson as having been a man of medium height andNimild. A, little later he made a fatal mistake, for the State when he declared that Johnson wore a mustache. He said he didn't re member the color of the mnstache. but it was dark. As a matter of fact Johnson-was smooth' shaven. The defense will ask that the testimony of "the por- , ter beatrlcken out -........ Still another witness for the state, al though he was unmistakably, stating facts as hejsaw them, made a palpable error, and thus nullified the effect of his testimony. The witness teas Charles Cole, an old man of 74 years. He lives at the New Grand Central hotel. He said he noticed the two men and Mrs. Kersh come - Into the hotel, and that Mrs. Kersh remained standing all the time the party was In- the lobby; The object of the state in introducing this testi mony was to Impeach the -statement of Mrs. Kersh that she and her son sat down on a wooden settee In the lobby while the men were registering. , On be ing cross-examined the old. man stated positively that there was no child with the party. A half dozen other witnesses all agree that the little Kersh boy was with the party. A ;V'v - ..;" Beyers Cross-examination- Jack Barrett a reporter, was- sub jected to a sever cross-examination by the defense. Attorney Seneca Fouts at tempted to Impeach .the testimony of te witness. Barrett corroborated Deputy Coroner Dane's testimony that the sleeve found tld around the murdered man's neck was., o. tUfhtly; twisted .that it had to be cut away with a knife. . Dr. Ray Matson, one of the physicians who performed the autopsy, described the wounds on the head. He said that none of these was sufficient, to have caused death. He gave It as his opin ion that death bad been the result of a concussion o, the brain,7 followed by strangulation.. '- vc "The man was certainly alive when the constriction about bis neck was ap plied," said Dr. Matson. ,A " Mrs. Kersh was much more cheerful yesterday than she has been at any' time previously since her arrest She laughed heartily at several humorous 'remarks made by the colored porter. There was a slight touch of color In, her usually dead white cheeks, too., , Among the crowds that throng the courtroom from early morning till, the last thing 1n -the afternoon are a large number of women of all ages and com plexions. The negro laundress of Flan ders street sits beside the tea party de butante. j. 'L- ; 'i ASKS MORE ALIMONY , FROM FORMER UBBY Perry A.'Willlams.has n.4t lived lip to the order of the district court of Iowa in paying his former wife alimony after their divorce -4n 190 J, according to a sQltTtngg "TOT $80i8Ba-TnteTesr-15yi Maggie McCaughey in the circuit court this morning. , The divorce was granted August E, 1902, and since that time, the complaint states," Williams' pay ments have covered only 10- months, TO OPERATE UPPER OPEN CAMPAIGN ' DECK OF BRIDGE TOR ROSE SHOW BE COSTLY To Pay 5 Per Cent of , Total Expense Demanded by Q. R. & N. Be Great Drain on the County Treasury. , 1 The cost of ooeratlna the unner deck of the new O. ft. & N. bridge has become a serious consideration to County Judge Cleeton and others concerned in fixing the county's tax levy. W. C. North of the assessor's office reported yejeterday that to pay the 5 per cent of total cost demanded by the railroad and Included In the contract made , by the Port of Portland, commission will constitute a greater drain on : tho county treasury than Interest on the bonds of both tbe Morrison.'; and, Madison' (Hawthorne) bridges, t- . ' ' "At 6 Per Cent the monthly teost to the ' taxpayers will be, Xrorn- $3000 to ibuuo, - said Mr. North. ., "in the mean tin the cost of maintenance, of laying streetcar tracks', of operating the draw, Is also laid on the bridge. If the city were to own the upper vdeck of the bridge at : the expiration of ' 20 years, the period ;. for Which 6 - per cent ner annum on the cost la to "be assessed, there would not be so .dis couraging an outlook. But after the cit has paid 4or tha bridge, according to the Port of Portland's contract, It is still to belong to the railroad company, and We are still to continue, paying 6 per cent per annum on It" v - f ; Commission rarors Tabs. Cental n; North's report Will' be taken under consideration by Judge Cleeton. It Is Intimated tliat It may lead to de mand from the county upon the railroad company that .the terms of the operation be changed.eelse the upper deck will not be used. ." '..' : In a statement made yesterday Cap tain North took exception to C. K. Henry's advocacy of a tube under the river Instead Of the .Broadway , bridge over the river. He asked first: v "Why. didn't Mr. Henry advocate - a tube -for -lhe-rallrpadlTher Port f Portland also favors -ra' tuba Instead of the Broadway brldgei Why1 didn't the Port of Portland recommend a tube for the railroad? Surely-the railroad bridge being Just above the water will prove more of an obstacle to navigation than the Broadway bridge, which will be so high that At may not open more than once a day for the passage of ' sailing vessels I cannot understand why Mr. Henty- and the Port of Portland com mission should so discriminate against the city In favor of the railroad. Bridge Costs less. "I disagree with these gentlemen's statements that a tunnel's cost will be less than a bridge. Ralph Modjeski, en gineer of the Broadway bridge, esti mated the 'cost of a tunnel under the Willamette at 18,000,000. The cost of the Broadway bridge. Including every thing, according to 'his estimates, is ,a little, roc-re than 11.8.00,000. Concerning the tunnel, he said: . "A tunnel Is the least Convenient method of getting across a streamy even less convenient than -a ferry.- A long tun nel no matter, hbw . well ' lighted, Is much darker than daylight; It Is us ually damp and therefore Is not an at tractive place by any means, for travel. If It be taken into account that a tun nel suitable for rail traffic, as well as heavy trucks, automobiles, light bug gies, etc., fall traveling at various speeds, it will be seen' that unless a tuirnel m be'' made wide enough to let several of these various class vehi cles pass abreast there will be a de lay to traffic probably, more serious than that on a bridge resulting . from tbe operation of the draw span under ordinary circumstances. , Says Henry Is Wrong. "Mr.. Modjeski goes on to show how the approaches must ba a long dis tance from the river, how a heavy load must descend many feet on the west side, then be lifted probably double the distance ion fhye east side, where the ground la higher, There, would always be, too, the danger from flooding, and Mr. Modjeski points out that to raise the approaches of .the tube above high water would make them practically in accessible from the business district, while the cost would be tremendously Increased. - "Mr.-Henry Is contending that tax payers are having no voice in affairs. He Is wrong.. There are more than 46, 000 taxpayers' In Multnomah county and less than, 30,000 registered voters. The people who pas taxes are the people who have voted the way the work should be" jdone. f The masses of the voters wiu'ot accept nictation tnai .thoy 'act.'toKfaYor of special Interests. I TnlsK'-lsene-xnings snoma on suomuiea and presented now. As Portland grows Here. will bca.demahd for more bridges and it sjjpuld be understood that tubes forPortland; r Impracticable and that taxpayers afe'the .people who sa,y they era.' Impracticable.", ' 1 - f : : . .The State Miners' association held a meeting at the parlors of the Commer cial club - last , evening and. went on record against the lease bills now pend ing In congress. A report of the work i of the state was reported which gave much encouragement.- ' The following resolution were pasesd: - . t . "Whereas. There .are pending before our national congress several bills which will greatly militate against the min ing business, and especially the west ern states; therefore, be It , , ; "Resolved, That we, the State Min ers, association, ' In meeting 'assembled, earnestly request .thef members of our national congress to use their Influence and vote In defeating the various bills, known as the leasing bills, , which are now pending; and that we pledge our assistance in any work they may de sire of us as an organization of mining peopla '.to further the ' interests of the development of tha mineral resources of the state. - 'That we are In favor of the estab lishing1 of a bureau of mines under the jurisdiction of the state." - i Othr. resolutions Were adopted call ing for assistance from the people in ' the way C-f getting facts presented and urging the coming session of the legis lature to pass the mines bill. ; j Judge "W. H. Holmes, of Salem, pre-! Bl'3ea-.tltjiereet!njr andlnteresUni,, talks were given by II,, NTLawcIo, L. R; Malone,vL. B, Bartlett. and others pertaining to the bettering of 1 condl- tlons in the state as well as the de sire of defeating the bills In our na tional congress. t Commercial Bodies Will Help ' Make Coming Event the I Greatest of All. . An active campaign, among' business men in behalf of the Rose Festival for 1911 will ; be undertaken- -by both the chamber of commerce and Commercial club. These' two organiiations at their regular., meetings yesterday agreed to send letters of Indorsement Of the festi val to all of the members, asking their financial, as well as moral support in making the fifth annual festival the greatest yet 'held."---.'.. - v ; . It Is believed that next year's - festi val will be the principal tourist attract ing event on the Pacific coast There is no rival attraction in any coast city during the summer months,, The festi val, will be held June B jto 10, . the -second wek In June, the' dates having been- selected at a meeting of the execu tive ; committee -of ;. the , Rose Fstlval association yesterday. A v' ' '; In order to, make the coming festival the success Its . backers wish, it, an ef fort will be. mad to lncreaiia larcelv the amount of the subscriptions. It isl estimated that last year 12.500,000 was expended In Portland by put of town visitors during festival week. The tall roads are greatly Interested in the suc cess of the festival next Summer and rely Upon It as their chief attraction for passenger -traffic to the '' west during the year. They are already planning on an unusually heavy advertising cam paign and will do everything' ln.tbelr power to make the festival the big event of the year In western passenger carry ing business. " i n 'm iii in i in. '"..".'K y HOME RULE BOOKS TO v ' r BE. INSPECTED TODAY The books of the Greater 'Oregon Home Rule association, Including the cash and expense accounts, will be open ror (the inspection of any and Jail per sona, having the legal righti to' Inspect the same. In the offices, of the- asso ciation in the Electrlo building, at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. This announce ment was made this morning, by H. C. McAllister, manager, of the association. and was brought about by a demand made yesterday . for the 'Inspection of the books by a1 committee, headed by B Lee Paget, representing; the Prohibi tion campaign committee. ? . Mr. McAllister also announced that the Greater Oregon Home Rule associ ation will iret insist upon its right-to. examine, the cash and expense account of the various committees and organi zations conducting the prohibition, fight "we have no desire to pry, into their affairst"said Mr. McAllister. "We don't care how much money they spend, nor where it comes from. Neither have we anything to conceal as to the manner in which we are making the .fight for the passage of the home rule bill." It la supposed that Mr. Paget Mrs. Ada Wallace unruch and -J. P. Newell, Composing the committee appointed to investigate the books of the Home Rule association, Will be on hand this after noon ready to go through MrMcAllls- ters books Jn order to find ut whehoe comes and where 'goes the money used in the home rule fight.. j: WOMEN FIGHT -WITH ' 4 1 V: ARRESTING POLICEMEN . .. . j , ,-, i , , r- In trying to make arrests at S2S Couch street yesterday afternoon Plain Clothes- man Martine fought one woman, who kicked, bit and scratched In an ' en deavor to escape, and thfn was forced 10 cnase anwner iwo diocks 10 capture her. - Martine went to the. house with John Makl, who erserted he had been robbed of 1175 -by Rosie Schmidt and Pauline Klistahl. The Schmidt . woman refused tg submit to arrest and started toward a dresser., Jhlnjclng she was planning 'to get a V revolver, Martin seized her, but as she, used most of the feminine devices for . fighting It was several minutes, before he 'could", subdue her.-- " -In the meantime the Klistahl woman darted out of tho room. yMartlne turned the other over to, the jcu a tody of Maki and went after' the fugitive, capturing her two blocks away. Both were held under bail of J500 In municipal court to day until the hearing Saturday. . COLLECT MONEY FOR HIRE OF LAUNCH. COOS n;'."" '.,"',.:' ''t... '-f- " 1 ' ''''' V0' ---'i' Vor hire of the launch Coos In tow ing1 ; service on the river the Oregon Launch company this morning collected 3131.60 from Robert Wakefield, contrac tor. Suit was filed In the justice court some ' time ago and a similar decision handed down to the one given by Judge Oahtenbeln this morning. 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