The Oregon daily journal., November 13, 1910, Page 4, Image 4

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MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 191Q,
THE OREGON. SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND; SUNDAY,
i
IKE DEFECT,
' DELIS OPllilG
OF INUTOR
: Failure ' to Work Properly
Throws Plans-of City for
f New" Collection System Out
: of Kilter. - '
Portland's $100,000 ' garbage crema
tory, which - was placed 1n operation
last Monday, was closed Friday after
noon ; for fcepulrsi'-. Workmen are busy
Uh the furnace, as that very Im
portant part of the plant did not work
ivitiftfactorlly. The old plant Is still
bolng operated. . - , . ,- '
Fred P. Smith, supervising engineer,
told Mayor. Simon and the health board
that he 'would have the new plant
ready last Tuesday to Jnclncerata all
garbage, and that ' the old crematory
could be closed. , The new plant waa
in operation' part of Tuesday, ; all day
Wednesday, Thursday, and part of Fri
day., : .
Only half 'the furnaces are completed,
but Mr. Smith . represented that the
completed half would beable to handle
all wor& now. done by the old plant,
and upon this representation the health'
board authorized ; the workmen to be
turned -over to Mr. - Smith the i first
part of last week.' '"'..-' a;:-
When the contractor started the new
furnaces, considerable light material
was used, but at no time during the
few days of operation were th fur
naces working: to their . capacity. The
changes now being; made are calculated
to enable them to handle the garbage
as specified ; In the contract Whether
th ..changes will prace the Incinerator
In a position to do bo remains to be
determined. The north half of the
furnace foom will not be completed for
several days, though therontract called
for the completion of the plant No
vember 9.
It was represented by Mr. Smith that
he did not-wish to begin ,the official
test on the plant until its completion.
According- to the contract, this test
should have started November 10.T' It
probably will not start -for, three or
four weeks. 'The health board and
Mayor Simon are anxious to have the
xie of the new crematory as soon as
possible, r as the old one is not able
to handle successfully .the Increasing
supply of gwbage It Is also planned
to arrange for a municipal collection of
Karbage, which system will begin soon
after the first of the. year. V
When work on the new crematory
was started, the board driveway to the
old plant was torn up, and garbage col
lectors drove through mud i all . week.
Tne weighing devise was removed early
last week and there Is now no way to
weigh garbage. , , ,
IS HI
Says, the Colonel 'Will Head a
New Party in 1912 and
1 Won't Dodge the Issue.
. Interview tonight, following- a lecture
at, the Minnesota Agricultural college
on. the .-"Battle with the Slums," prac
tically launched Theodore Roosevelt's
candidacy for the presidency In 1911
He .declared there would b: a new
rsrJy growing; out of the, "reorganiza
tion'' the Republican party, which
would brtnp" about a "government for
men and not for money.'" - , , -
'There will be a great new par ty.
aid RtlH. "A reorganized party whifca
will stand for men and not for money
alone. Uoocevelf has always fought
this, fight and ho will De tho leader."
."W1U RooBevelt be the party candl
'date for, president in 1812T Riis was
asked.' ' .".-. -. yjf ..-.,-!:.
"He does not seek that , With him
It is .always method and .not men."
- "If Mr. Roosevelt sees that the : dl
rect , dernaridvof the people Is for him
to lead this party, will he aecept.the
1912 nomination?" . --..k-xi-.i .., v
"He will not dodge such an Issue."
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE'S
, NOTION OF AN OPPONENT
' 'Emporia. Kan.,- Nov. 12. The Em
poria Dally Journal has been Bold to
Holland King. William Allen White,
In an editorial, says of Edgar Martin
dale, th retiring editor:.
"In Emporia he has supported the
principles of the party of Lincoln and
of Grant, the party that freed 4,000,000
slaves, and has stood "ready to succor
the country In every, hour of need. He
has been uncompromisingly against th
Tads and tsms that. ; are creeping Into
our modern politics and as a competitor
he always was courteous and fair, even
thougli at times inadvertently slander
ous, and what Is more he never1 cut the
advertising rate. The Gazette never
cares:, what .la said of its editors. If the
opposition doesn't cut prices, and as
Mr Martindale has upheld the banner
i f our noble profession with great dis
? tinctlon, therefore, even though he may
have proved the writer hereof a horse
thief and a. liar, destroyer of public
virtue and a deseerater of our boasted
civilization It matters not pld Ed
Martinilole never cut the rate, and In
going from this busy metropolis he has
our hand. Goodbye Editor. Take care
of yourself. After alt what's a little
nanuer more or less between old
frUmdsr ;
COUNTERFEIT JOHN D.
BACK FROM HEAVEN
Detroit, Mi-h., Nov.' 12. Jacques
Kreuser, vvith the "Follies of 1910" com.
pftnv at ihf Detroit opera bouse, made
an osuntlblo ascension to heaven by
m.'ars .f a wire, which broke when he
was in the'fJies. ' ' . ' "
Ht w.i! rnnde vp like John D. Rocke
f:i r ami, was sui)posed to go to heaven
and r(um in a hurry, with the remarki
"Ti.fy wouldn't lot me in."
When tho ' wire - broke Kreuger re-
" in n tun 1 1
but his nerve was rot shattered. J
-Ting wouldn't, lot me in." h Bald,
an 1 the m!!ttb(e applauded as : he
wittneti In i.!n. , ' ':. 'V
' if I l ad landr'd on my head they'd
l i t ict in that'tirre,f' he remarked
i in h-. ',-.al " I '- " - j '
TEDDY PRESIDENT
REFORM OF LORDS
P BE DELAYED
When Parliament. Meets This
v Week, Asquith Will Show
His Hand. - - 1
Pflblirteri' Pren teased Wirt.)
London, Nov. 12. On the eve of the
reassembling of ' parliament there, is -a
good deal of unrest In Irish . and Na
tionalist circles, the optimism so wide
ly prevalent i 0 days ago having given
away to less rosy views. ,
Indications multiply, though they
may be deceptive, that when Mr. As
quith faces the commons Tuesday he
will not Immediately fling down the
glove to the Unionists on. the question
of Lords' veto,, but wl$ adept A tempor
ising policy.-' " ' '. ;;:y:
He will be' Supported by . all elements
In the cabinet with a view to carry over
till the February -session final decision
of the:various measures to reform the
second chamber, Including the Rose
berry bill of self-reformation.
Such tactics would'lrriply that Bal
four, has given the prime minister as
surances of such action or lpaction on
the part of the Unionists as to render
it impossible for Redmond to turn out
the government as he repeatedly has
said he would do if definite guarantees
of home rule were hot forthcoming Im
mediately upon the reassembling of the
commona ;': O ;.i j - -,. ' : (.
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Two Men Engage in Exciting
Sh)otfest'but No Harm:
' Is Done. -
By Malcolm Clarke. " , ,
: 'Pnb!Uheri' Vrm Lmfti Wire. '
Berlin, Nov. 12.-A real duel if blood
less was ' fought here recently. .The
parties to It were a baron, who Is some
thing of a wine chop statesman, and a
bank clerk, and the cause of the duel
was a lady. . The affair took the clerk
by surprise, as he was reclining in an
easy cnair m his bedroom in a West
End flat, being shaved. , .' "
1: Suddenly the progress of the raso'r
was checked by a vigorous rattling at
the handle of the locked dtior that led
to an adjoining apartment, and peremp
tory demands for admittance, coupled
with a threat that tho intruder, would
shoot unless his wishes were Instantly
complied with. The bank clerk replied
coolly that he, too, had a, revolver, and
if it came to a question of shooting ho
would probably prove to be the better
marksman of the two. 1 To this defiance
he added an. inquiry as to whom the
stranger was and what his business
might be.
The intruder then announced himself
as Baron von EX, ex-cavalry orficer, and
said that ' he had come to reclaim a
young woman who had formerly acted
as his housekeeper and had left his ser
vice to enter that of the bank clerk in
a similar capacity.
To-this the lady's new employer re
sponded that his interest in hers was
not of a nature to Justify him In em
barking on an .affair of honor on her
account, and he called upon the Infuri
ated baron to leave the premises wlth-
out delay
Crack went the haron'a hnllot thrmnrh
the door, whereupon the clerk also
fired- The (baron fired again, and the
duel continued thrOugb the riddled door
until both had exhausted all their am.
munition.
: Meantime the agonized barber, flour
ishing his soap brush, had been scream
ing loudly, through the window for as
sistance. . A squad f police arrived and
arrested the Infuriated duelists. They
wera taken to the- police station, where
they found the lady who was th h.
ject of the quarrel. She was a former
ravonte or . th baron, who - suspected
her of having transferred her affections
to ,the clerk, v The baron said as he was
pushed Into a cell: ."The end of this is
is not yet" No tyood was shed.
Interesting Marriage Statistic.
'., It Lord Beaconsfleld's dictum, TOap
py is the nation whose people marry
young," be correct than Germany may
claim to be fairly happy.
During 1908 there were 8J.00O mar
riages; 190"0" were those of women un
der 20, and 556 betweerf 40 and 45.
As for men the greater number of
men who marry are 30 years. This is
probably due to the fact, that every
man Is liable to mllltarv Hutc Ar v,
. ' S - J v. u . ... n "D
best years of his -life- Marriage rates
are falling in London, but are going up
in Berlin. The effect of the war of 1870
in shnwn In charts whlnh iAi. - w
..- v, lUUIVaiV All &U
normal increase In the number dt births
m -ans ana lien in during the -war and
and a steady fall In both cities ever
since: , '
The Women of mnt nnin.nti t.
. ' ""WttG., VAVtOS
however, marry at an earlier age than
do those of Ena-laifd. nr as nfln rl..
marriages recorded to 1908. 24.000 were
those of people between the ages of 20
and 25. Of, the total number married
2279 were girls, under 21. One of them
was under the age of 18; her husband
was zu, :.;,,,., . a .
JACKSON PIONEER, '62,
DIES AT EAGLE POINT
' i5pul tdi to The JonrMLl --'Medford.
Or, Nov. 12. George
Brown of Eagle Point one of the few
remaining early nloneera nr nnfhn.
Oregon, died at his horn In Eagle Point
tsamraay evening after a long llness,
aged about 77 years. Mr. Brown came
to JackBon county in 1862, and after
residing in Jacksonville for several
years he settled at Eagle Point whee
he has made his . home ever since and
reared a large family' of sons and
daughters. Mr. Brown served two
terms ; as county commissioner, and
until ' few years agq, was prominent
in the.polltlcs of the county, i
BRITISH DINERS WERE : V
- " NOT TO BE FOOTED
Lisbon. Nov. 12. There was a cur
ious incident recently in (he Cafe Mar
tinho here. The orchestra played the
republican anthem, and every one In the
reslaenis, who quietly, continued their
repast -j . ,
A Portuguese naval officer, lndignafit
at the supposed slight ordered the mu-.
siclans to play the British anthem
Again all present rose, - bearing their
head,' the Engllghmen this . time In.
mm due
Rii ram
BERLIN
BERLIN'S POLICE
METHODS SHOW
IRKED Oil
Bullheaded Methods of Police
Administration in Berlin Is
Destined for. Reform in Ac-
' cordance With Others '
By Malcolm Clarke.
PnMIhert' Preit LnMd Wlre. ' '
- Berlin, Nov.; ? 2. Reform in polide
methods is the next thing In order here.
And this reforih will be the result of the
receni attack made by local policemen
on, American ana Engljsh correspond-
Lents. f r Many policemen have teen recent
ly acting as lr.tnoy were without brains.
And the "men are not to blame so much
as are their officers who are In th habit
6f giving contradictory- orders. Berlin
policemen know, nothing but orders,
and they will try to carry out sueh as
they receive, although the enforcement
of one makes another impossible.' ;
THet von Jagow, chif of police, went
to London to study police methods of
nanaxmg traffic.4 He Is the official who
laughed at the corresnondents when
they complained of the murderous as
sault made upon them by. the pollc a
few weeks ago. , .'. .; ": -.'.'
Oermaa women Sebnke Kaiser.: "
The League Of Associations of Ger
man. Women, which held its annual con
ference at Heidleberg discussed the Kon
igsborg speech, in which the enmerof
admonished German women "to devotej
inemseives to the work of the house"
rather thaii "to the attainment of sup
posed rights." A strongly worded reso
lution adopted, expressed pain and re
gret at, the emperor s. misunderstanding
of the womenls movement and con.
eludes: -
i "We do not fall to. appreciate the Im
portance of woman's domestic duties,
but we see that In the modern conditions
of life, which drive 9,500,000 women Into
struggle for a living outside the home,
it is aDsoiuteiy necessary to go beyond
the bounds of domestic duty. We regret
therefore most deeply" that .onr -efforts
to fit women better than heretofore for
modern conditions of life have by. this
imperial criticism been brought into' dis
credit among unthinking people. ,
- The kaiser has been unusually oulet
since. . He has not' come out with any
of those utterances which set people
talking. He is not as active as he was.
The only thing that Appears to interest
him now Is the building of the navy. .
, ' . Are Whims of Maniac.
Within three days of the fourth anni
versary of the immortal exploit of the
spurious captain, Koepenlck has been
once more shaken out of its suburban
repose .by a strange drama of misused
authority. In this case Insanity and not
crime was the actuating force.
Tor 45 years Wllhelm Doerdel, station
master of Kocnenick. had performed
faithful seivicea on the state railways,
but a few i,weeks sao hia health broke
down, and his doctor, ordered l:im to
rest but he reappeared at the statioh
and resumed control. His" subordinates
now remember that hi manner was
strange and his orders a little perplex
ing. Towards midnight however, Ioerdel,
who had retired to rest emerged from
his residence,' invoerfectlv attired, and
wandered restlessly about t"he station
till he found a ticket collector, whom he
at once set to abusing 'with great ve
hemence. One by one he tackled all his
subordinates and told them that as. soon
as he had taken the steps necessary to
counteract their tneachery, Tie Intended
to comm
s eomnTaTnt to" paper ani
forward It to the emoeror,
The staff was at first nonplussed, but
it gradually dawned Upon them that
their chief had taken leave of his senses,
and they made efforts to Induce him to
retire to bed.
Their persuasions, however, .only
heightened his mania. .nl the situation
became really grave when he began to
rush about the lines, shouting crazy or
ders," whch he flm-.Ured were necessary
to remove the dHorder in the traffic oc
occasioned by tho strike.
Fortunately a police sergeant who
happened .to be at hand possessed not
only presence bf mind, tret also Ingenu
ity.' Procuring a elieet of foolscap pa
per, he aonroached the demented station
master, and urged uoon him the neces-
sitv of drawing- tin sx report on thai of Husbandry to vistj ur great north
strike for the emrerer before the mnv-lwat nnuntrv fnr tnn, Min,iti. n
had spread further. At the same time.
- . , -
he pointed out that the nlace where he
would be least likely to be disturbed in
his work bv; the molestations of the
Strikers would, undoubtedly be the town
.hall.. The station master fell into this
tra. and allowed himself to be con
ducted thither. Though he calmed down,
it has been found necessary to consign
him to an asvlnm. . -
Otto Cyrlacus. a partner In a long
established firm of booksellers, shot
himself, following th discovery of a
shortage in his accounts amounting to
60,000. , .
Cyfiacus was only 84 years of age.
fie belonged to an old family. One of
the .partners came across Cyrlacus' Ir
regularities by accident, .The'flrm de
cided to denounce .him to the police.
Herr Cyrlacus in the meantime left
his honfe at ZehVendorf and wandered
aimlessly in the neighboring country
side. - -:?:.. ';i 'U.'-'l 'W
He applied for lodgings at a tavern In
klein Machnow. At 2 'next morning
the landlord's family were alarmed, by
the report of a revolver. The stranger's
room was entered, and Cyrlacus was
found dead. The causetOf his ruin Is
believed to have been speculation.. ; '
Before the news of his suicide became
known the motive for It was in every
body's mouth, While 'the man was
wearing himself out in his wandering,
an audit oi , his firm's books has re
vealed defalcations on his part Herr
Cyrlacus was generally liked and
trusted, did not as far as is known, in
dulge in extravagances of any kind, and
the object of his speculations has not
been discovered. It is hinted that he
had speculated unwisely. . J
H. F. EDGAR, DISCOVERER
. 0F ALDER GULCH, DIES
(Special Dtapatch to Tb Journal.) "
Butte, Mont, Nov. 12. Henry F. Ed
gar, one of the most famous 'of the
early'day Montana argonauts, and who
discovered the Alder Gulch filacers, the
most noted and richest the world 'has
ever known, died today at hia ranh
lrftar-.ruia8. . May 2V ma. .adgasr-)
uiemuei ui ui iairweatner - party
panned", the firft gold from desopits
that, for a distance of 18 miles, yielded
a. .hundred and fifty millions. , Edgar
realized practically, nothing from his
discovery. He contracted, a cold, fol
lowing a long walk, on election day'to
vote, and Dneumnnla. m.inn.j ; I . .
. ."'VIUJJSU
KS. P. GOT OIL
IT DID WITH THEM
From Its Grant in California
It Sold "Cheap .to Settlers
; and Also to. Its Own Subsidi
aries Uncle Sam in It.' :
" i (Special Dinnitoh to The' Joorail.) .
San Francisco, Nov. 12. The oil lands
said to be held illegally by the Southern
Pacific company, and which are to form
the,, subject of inquiry by Attorney Gen
eral Wickershant, wer acquired under
the orlghtal congressional grant to the
Central Pacific company, which gave to
the railroad ever odd numbered section
along the line of the railroad within 20
miles on' either side. This grant waa
mad as a bonus to the' railroad when
the line was first projected. . It excluded,
however,' all lands that were mineral. ;
Since the acquisition of this land from
the federal government by the Southern
Pacific the railroad has sold thousands
of acres of It to purchasers -as graz
ing And farming land at prices averag
ing $2.50 an acre. . i '': 'S s
S. P. Corporations as arantees.
Much of the land, it is stated, has
been conveyed to corporations In which
the Southern Pacific owns a controlling
interest such as the Associated ' Oil
company and the Kern Trading' and
Land company, which la popularly
termed the "K. T." company. In the
Associated Oil company the Southern
Pacific ; controls 65 - per 'cent of the
stock, according to statements published
in tne caarornia uu world, or Bakers
field. William F.. Herrin, chief counsel
for the Southern Pacific . company, is'
president of the Associated Oilompany.J
xne . aoutnero , paclfio company, , it is
said, has a contract with the Associated
Oil company to furnish fuel oil for Its
engines.
Adverse Claimants,
Under the advice of AttorneyEdmund
Burke, that these lands, "being mineral,
are part of the public domain, a num
ber of his clients have located on cer
tain lands claimed by the Southern Pa
cific under the original, grant of con
Kress.: These locations are made under
the placer mining location law, ' which
entitled each locator to 20 acres. ;
Asked ; regarding '. the . purpose, ' and
scope of the propoeed investigation, D.
A. McAUaster, land commissioner of
the Southern Pacific, said todavt
I 'Tknow nothing at all about this In
vestigation; So far. as my knowledge
goes, the Southern Pacific company has
no patented lands swhich contain oil"
s
Helps Boost for That City as
: Scene of 1911 National
Grange, Convention. '
Portland gave . " Spokane th very
strongest indorsements for the next an
nual National Grange convention in the
shape of personal l telegrams to N. J.
Batcheldert president of the eonveritim
now lp session at Atlantic City, N, J.
The telegrams were forwarded by Act
ing Governor Jay Bowerman, Mayor
Joseph Simon President H. Beckwlth of
the Portland Commenclal cjiub. Manager
C. C Chapman-f the Commercial club,
and R. W. Raymond, manager . of; the
Portland Convention bureau.
Portland Is anxious to see "the' con
vention brought to the coast as it will
mean a large number of , visitors her
as well as at the conventien city and
Tacoma and Seattle, . too. it Is under
stood, haYe fallen in line In support of
Spokane, . :
Acting ' Governor Bowerman'S i tele
gram to President Batchelder reads:
"On behalf of the people of the. state
of Oregon I extend a most hearty Invi
tation , to th National Grange "Patrons
west country for your convention of
1911. we have a big country with
broad men who do large things. We
want you to see the country, kndw the
men and teach us to "do better things.
We bespeak your earnest consideration
and hearty acceptance of the cordial In
vitation of our sister state of Washington-
to meet. In Spokane; When you
eome forget the state line and permit
us to extead a western welcome.
V '' "JAY BOWERMAN,
"Acting Governor state of Oregon.".;
. Vtajvt Slnioa' Telegram.
'"On behalf of th city of Portland, I
desire to . second, th invitation of our
neighboring city bf Spokane for th Na
tional Grange to visit the northwest
for your national .convention in, "1911.
The key of this city, wtll Jbe placed, in
th hands of suoh of your 'members as
shall favor us with a visit should you
make Spokane your choice. "-, i
"JOSEPH SIMON.
" v": '- '"'' ' f " ' "Mayor."
M. Beokwttli's TelegTaia. .
t "Th Portland Commercial club with
1500 business men as members, and tho
Oregon Development league, : Including
110 commercial organizations, covering
th entire state, earnestly Indorse , Spo
kane as your. 1911 convention cityl To
this we add most cordial Invitation for
your members to visit th Ros' City
and th Baver state. "
, . "tt BECKWXTH.
5 "Pres. Portland commercial Club,"
v c acr. . Chapman's Telegram. '
Torthind, Oregonenthusiastically In
dorses Spokane's invitation for National
Grang' fo meet there in 1911. Port
land's 'iPOraotlon committee work has
been unique. For years it has sought
the farmer and th farmer only,' i Th
northwest -believes In him-. Give Spok
ane the opportunity to show you what a
western welcome means. . t -.
' ' C. CHAPMAN.
".'."Manager Promotion Committee."
1 Mr. jBaynumd's Telegram. '
"Wires Tiave this day gone to Presl
dent Batchelder from Governor Bower
man, Mayor Simon, , Portland Chamber
of Commerce, Portland Commercial club
and Portland Convention bureau. Be
sure to sea that President Batchelder
has these and If not wire in that du-
pltoatas may h sent. i .,., . ,
x. , 'R. W. RATMOND,-
k"Portland s Commercial iCluh." ,
. ' ' . ' . r. 1 .' ' : .)
It la reported that "inpe th begin
ning of .the present year the Brother
hood of. Painters and Decorators has
added 11.600 faembers- to its roll, the
loiai now oeing more man 75,000.
P0RM1D
POKANE A UFT
REVIEW OF THE
WEEK'S EVEHTS
AT CITY HALL
Charter Amendments, Broad
'.: way Bridge BondJSale, Liq
: uor License 'Troubles, ,An
. . other Bridge; Promise. "
Two 'amendments to the Portland
charter were voted Tuesday. The most
important orta was ttiM of publio
docks. Thevoters unmistakably voiced
their sentiment and gav ,h question
a 'heavy ' majority. ;' The amendment
provides for th issuanO of 12,600,000
worth of " bonds, and ; corrtmlssion of
flv men-to. handle the. docks: This is
considered on -of the . blggest-thlngs
Portland has dona In years to encour.
ago water commerce.- - Especially will
this tie true . when th Panama canal
Is opened. . ' . . '
The second amendment vat'd by Uie
people .was that changing the system
of Installing , water. mains. Heretofore
th work has been don by contract
and the property . owners paid for-, the
mains according to ; th benefit 'derived.
The new amendment changes this sat
U '.k. A . . . iL J
w mo v water aepanment nas . tne
power to installmalns wherever need
ed, th cost to com oui of the water
fund. A bond issue and the receipts of
th department will creat this ter
fund.' .;;.'.",i:-;:v-i.,i-;j.- J-
: - - Broadway Brldg , Bonds,
Bit .bidders on the Broadway bridge
bonds wereOsef ore the ways and means
committee of the city .council Monday.
Three Chicago bond companies offered
a combination" bid,; and .got ; the second
block ,at 196.81. ' These amount to
8500,000. Ralph ModjMkf, archltectXind
supervfsing engineer for the proposed
birdge, is expected In Portland next
Friday. Preliminary plans v will - then
be '. taken up. .v.,. , -jf" . '
St. Jffhns voted Tuesday to. becorpe
a part of Portland., Those opposed t
tnis union are planning; steps to carry
the matter into court, i- The Portland
city council has signified its, willing
ness to have the suburb annexed.
v The Oregon "Electric company secured
a - f ranchis I ' Wednesday ; from the
council granting ; permission to .use
Salmon and . Tenth streets. This fran
chise connects the Oregon "Electrlo-and
United Railways, gives the Hill In
terests a direct electrio line' from the
Willamette valley to the sea, and opens
up a' vast territory to ..railway promo
tion. The. city .is to receive t $500 a
year, and no more than two-car passen
ger trains will be operated.-. i
Uquor Xdoess Argiunent.
The liquor license committee of ' th'e
city council Monday afternoon listened
to a long controversy between Paul
Wesslnger, - representatlng 4 Welnhard's
brewery,' and A; L Smith, proprietor of
the Edelweiss cafe at 149 Seventh street
The latter Wanted to transfer hV li
cense,, and Wesslnger said the man! to
whom he, wished to transfer It was an
tthflt person to be in th saloon busi
ness. The committee held the question
epen until November 21. '
.' East sjdera made a big protest Tues
day Jo the mayor over the condition of
East ( Morrison' street The Paciflo
Bridge company has th . contract . for
hard surfacing the streajt, and tor up
all the crosswalks, leaving a sea of
mud. ; The mayor Insisted that tempo
rary crosswalks be laid and this was
don. v i';, -
. E.,, D. Smith, .,city milk chemist
caused - the ' arrest Monday of Henry
Kohrli, - a dairyman on the Oregon
slough, - for selling milk from", tuber,
cular cows. He was finej $50 in the
municipal. court-
The property owners on Hall street
have filed a protest against, the assess
ment of that Improvement, They say the
final estimate upon which the assess
ment ia based is two and one - half
times greater than th orlgirfal esti
mate. They blame the city engineer's
office, '-." ','
The city council Wednesday voted to
appropriate $3000 each for fire build
ings at Anabel and Woodlawn. The
residents of each place will organize a
volunteer company. .
Contracts for sewer systems in the
southwest and northwest seotions of
Laurelhurst were let Thursday by the
sewers committee of the executive
board; :.r---w - : ....
A temporary committe composed, of
Mrs. F.-J). Chamberlain. Miss VaUyi
tine Prichard and Mrs, H. A. Tanner,
representing several women's organiza
tions, baa taken up the question of hav
ing a censorship plaaed on the vaude
ville stage. , They tailed . upon Mayor
Simon Friday ..afternoon,, and secured
hia support for the movement )
Drake C. O'Reilly, president of ; the
United Engineering & Construction com
pany, stated Saturday morning that tha
Madison street bridge would be ready
for use November 23. . This is 'hot taken
very seriously by most people.
City Attorney Grant filed an opinion
with- the city auditor ' yesterday in
which he holds. the local conoerns han
dling' foreign liquors in a wholesale
manner are liable to m license of that
nature, y Heretofore such concerns have
not, paid a license, claiming their ex
emption under th idea that they hoi
paid Import tax.. n. ,).
"NO KISSING" DRIVES
GIRLS TO CIGARETTES
Sharon,. Pa,.,Nov. 12- Th "No-Kls-slng.
club,'' composed t oft the - young
daughters of som of Sharon's first
families,1 is likely to be disorganized. :
- Th fearful strain of refraining from
kissing r , being kissed by the -young
men of their acquaintance is said to
hav driven, th fair club members to
wine and cigarettes. , w :
- There wa a special meeting of, the
club at the residence of one - of " the
members In Buhl avenue. If is reported
that the girls arrived clad In masculine
attire. Eaph had with her a supply of
cigarettes and some brought bottles
which were labeled "tea." . , .
Everybody set to work to be as like
men as possible. . One of the mor dar
ing girls produced her father's pip and,
filling it serenely, puffed away until it
made her lll- ' ,'
Late in th evening, "the "tea' was
produced, and It is laid it was really
champagne and other wines. .
-Nothing happened until the party was
over and the girls reached their homes.
Several . fond mother compared notes
next morning on th peculiar action of
their daughter and the strange scents
of tobacco and champagne which they
had brought with them. The result is
that most of the club members are be-
fn grcepr. mr ictly nr tneirroorrfa; ' - ",r " ' "
.President Jennie Davis said she hadn't
tasted the "tea" and .didn't know that
it was anything else. She admitted that
several of . the girls had coma "to the
meeting in 'partly" masculine garb.
Secretary Gertrude Byers said there had
been a "nice, , genial, social ' time" and
nothing mora. i,
DISTIiiCllFOR .
: w&wm
Russian Consul General Hon-
: ored by Czar Wife Was-.
' ... San Francisco Girl. -
, .
(Publishers' Pres. Leaied Wirat
Berlin, Nov, 12. Mrs. Valdimlr Art
slmOvitch, who is the daughter, pt tho
lat Captain, Hiram H, Hobos of San
Francisco, is being cordially . congratu
lated on an. unusual distinction , Just
conferred on. her husband, the Russian
consul,. general here, by his sovereign.
1 When tho czar tfas a fruest of Em
peror William at "Potsdam onFriday,
the consul general was invitetd to dlneL
at ,ine palace. . After dinner the ciar
turned suddenrv r tn ;- Mr.- ArtRlmovltch
and informed him that he woutd be ap
pointed ciilrtlr chamberlain and under
secretary .oil, foreign affairs.
Mrs, Artslmovltoli, one of San Fran
cisco's mOst beautiful womn, marrledl
first Webster Jones of California. She
obtained a divorce and 10 years ago was
wedded to' her present hwsband in- the
Russian church in New York, being
given away by her uncle; Pay- Inspector
Goodwin Hobbs, of tha United States
navy. - Mis Webster Jones, Mrs. Art
slmovitch'B daughter, Is one of the pret
tiest girls in Berfin. Th crown prince
paid her, the compliment of selecting
lifer for a partner In the cotillion at tho
American embassy ball las) spring. .,
V ' it
Mr- 1
Propose to Amend City Charter
to Allow Retired Policemen
. .Half Former Salariesi'i
An. amendment", to the .jcitv1 charter
proposing that the pensions , for re
tired and disabled pollcemen.be fjsed
from lift a' TnAth ' tn shnn Ulf
their salaries will- be submitted tQ trie
voters at j th nex t cfty election 6y Po
lio Oammiaa(onr filer 'RVtidl - H
elared yesterdays that: Portland- should
fall in : linfl , witK ntVla. mAfMnAlltan
cities which properly care'f or their officers-
when they are rendered helpless
by Injuries or old age. I ?v.
unaer tne present system 60 cents is
taken out "Of the tiav roll, 'of ach'offl-
cer every month and placed In the relief
fund. The fund are used - to assist
officers who are pressed for funds dur
ing illness' and also to provide a pen
sion in case of, disability or retirement
after service of 15 years or more. ' 1
xne injustice' or the present system
was t brought to the pttehtion , of , th
nolle eommtsaton llnit v.-Mlr tn a nrn..
tlcularly strong manner. HiciiardxBar-
icr, wnu Berveu oil ma xorce: ror neany
15 years, was attacked by Varicose
veins beoausa 'of tha inns- hour
on his feet and after months, of suf.
rerjng waa compelled to go to.the hos
pital and have one of his lega ampu
tated. Th hftBt tha nnHc finmmlsalnn
could do tor him under the .'existing
provisions was to , grant him pay, for
three months, amounting to $300, .and.
piace mm on tha;jia month pension
list'- -';-':
There are a number Of Vinn'in fh
department who . have served 20 years
th force because of the small Dension
they' would receive, whereas in most
other largfa cities they could retire with
an "income of.-$40 a. month or more, Th
oldest member in peint of service Is
Jailer Ben Branch, who has been in the
department for $2 years and declares
he expects-to" remain In' flames for
some-time vet.1 l 1
' ' (PtiMlahers'-. Ptm teaM Wtr
New .York, a .Nov. 12. Postofflee ' In
spectors Kincaid and - Iteddy today
raided th sumptuous .office of the El
Progresso Banana company? and its fis
cal agents, the International Finance
company, Jn the Trlbun building. Flv
men wer arrested and-arralgned before
United - States; Corrimlasioner Shields,
charged with using the malls to-'deV
fraud.; .v-. :'--A:' .
Tfieprlsonere! were Frank O. Walrus,
Olive W. Simmons," secretary and treas-
ntA,' MnA H U tiara.,, . 1 3 . .
William L. Sanders, secretary of the
finance companies, Ind the Rev, Claude
Severance, a director. ' Walrus' ball
wa . .fixed 1 at ; $10,000. r Commissioner
Shields fixed the ball of Simmons,' Har
vey and. Sander at $2500, and that of
Severance at $3000.
Harvey and Sanders obtained bail. Th
othefc were locked' up n tho Tombs,
'ney will Have a hearing .on Friday.
I ! II II ' I in' .
WANT:BESr SEAMEN' "
' 'FOR YJLE AND HARVARD
' -. . .. , i"-.y.
". (Special ninoatch to The Xoprnil)'."
' Seattle, 'Wash,, Nov. 12. That the
Owners, of th- swift - Atlantic -diners-Tale
and Jlarvard, now en route to the
Paciflo coast are endeavoring to- obtain
the services of the best officers of the
Paciflo Coast Steamship company's ser
vice to man the speedy crafts is the in
formation brought to Seattle by 'the
steamship Umatilla from: San Frarf
clsco. ; Among those who have been
approached on-the matter are Captains
R. Jepson of the Governor, N.'.E. Cous
ins of the President Thomas Rellly of
th "Umatilla. - First .Officer , Dahlgren
of the President First Officer Hall and
Second Offlcer-Gllboy of the Governor,
Purser Frank 'J. O'Connor of the Govi
ernor, and1 Purser, William B. Duff of
the President ,
-,'::- ': 'miiwiii in i) I 11 "i. niiiii -niii. ..;.;. .
BELGIAN GIRLS TO ' .
. - .SEE- PROPER PLAYS
Brussels, Nov. ; 12. In view, of the
risque . style in : the general rtfn : of
French plays, to -which. la Jeunapersonne
can not b taken, a group o! Belgian
w6rnen7-Beaaed--bT MTlerillargTrerniJTarr
de Wlelef an .author of renown, are or
ganising a theatre for girls in Brussels,
to 7 be called, "L Theatre de L'Adoles
cence." :,' ' , J- -:- .' ;.
The performances are at first to be
occasional, 1 and the program will -be
composed of chort ' pieces, diversified
WOULD INCREASE
POLIGEPENSIOHS
ARREST PREACHER ;;;
with recitations, etc
DR. J. J: SiillTHOE
fflSllGTKIDEilDr
-NOTED If I POLITICS
v .:. - - - . ... .:.-'-: -. , : .
President of, Senate, in 1903
, 'and Once Might Easily Have
Been Governor Death Sud
deh; Due to Typhoid.''
. o .' ffpecU Wspatca to Th. Journals ' . V ;
Seattle, ,. Nov. 12. Dr. J. J. Rrnith.
president: of. the State senate In. 1903,
and one of ie most Influential figures
in state politics for 1 0 Vm rrt rli at -
Enumclaw at 3 o'clock this afternoon
of typhoid fever. .Since the passing of
former iiowrnor,, John II. McGraw, th
death of. j.)r. Smith toflay la the most
ilovx-i
of.Vn
in tl
noiaujw m xnis state and came as an
Leven greater shock to - the-public than
Lthe derniae of the former governor, for
wiiho incuraw ' novated for' Weeks be
tween UJ, and death; no one outside -Ms
lmmefliata famllyJTtnew' until today
that Dr. .Sraitlr was in danger.
The funeral'lif Dr. Smith, who Was a "
potent member of the house and -sen- '
ate from 1S99.10 ,1905, will be held"
from bla former home in Enumclaw, V
Monday rhorning, and interment wl".'
Jake 'plaice . at - Tacoma, Monday af ter-'t
noon at 1 -o'clock. A special train wlU
run from-Enumclaw toTacoma t9 bc-
commodate those, . who wish to , attend,
both the funeral and the burial servlc
' When ihe" was attacked by typhbld
fever two weeks ago Dr. Smith" was nbt
constitutionally able to withstand the
attack; and. his death,' Is hot surprising.
, BrvSmith narrowly, missed a guborna-
torlal nomination:, in 1904, withdrawing
from, that fight because of a jlesire tq
aid in the election of United States Sen
ator 8. H. Piles.' Ho refused to go back
to the-' state senate when nominations
were oWered in 190ft, and'has been out ,
of politics for several years. ) .
As physician In the Paciflo Coast corn
phny's -mines," representative! In 1899',
senator- fromv!901to-4905 president of
the senate in 1903 and an active physi
cian,1" business man and political leader,
Dr.- Smith -was one of the best known"
man. In .um!uX4''J. irlj-jl -
REALTY COMPANY SELLS ,
' BLOCK FOR $10,000
' R.' F. Bryan, representing th Ore
gon Realty -company," has sold ,to W.
A. Cleland the block bounded by East
Eighteenth. East vNineteenth, Pacifio
and Holladay avenue for a considera
tion approximating $10,000. Th block
lays Immediately ; south of - Sullivan's
gulch and is ; admirably located, for a
factory or warehouse alt,'. , ,: '
. ' Mr. . Bryan submitted a number of .
offers forVclieHts to : property owners'
last week ana expects to close several y t
imlfortant deals m ,a short time.
Architebtural - Details of His
' London Venture Are at .
: ' Last Made Public, r "
(By the International Kawi Brviee.) ' .
; London, Nov. 12. Some! details of Os.
car Hammersteln's new opera liouneMn
London are rnow available. It will be
the fourth largest playhouse. In London,
th thnpe esreeediDg,'ltlB i alz., - being'
Covent tOardon. the CQlIseum and the
new PaHadliirti. . Th plans and designs
are the work. of Bertie Crewe, who is
responsible for many of the largest
lheUres In 'Europe." i ; f"4 i '
Its exterior will b in the "classic
stvle, in, stone, while the Interior will .
be of the French renaissance order. The v
seating capacity. -"wHl be 2650. No few-
er-than 1000 will nf accommodated In -the
stalls and boxes. 760 In th circle
and 900'in,the gallery.; :. . ' .
.The audltoTinm wlllb 5 feet, wide,
while tha stalla-ahd grand circle will
haye a, depth; of, M0 feet, with an addi
tional 40' feet to the back tf the trallery. ',.
The width; of tbe stag will be 90 feet,
and the depth, 60 feet .
The dressing- room for. the artists
are to be the last word of comfort.
Each will be" fitted with hot and cold v
water, with 1 bajthroomi behind. The
scenery storeroont and the property and
wardrobe rooms will no among th larg- .
est of any thcatra i 1
The site of the new opera houe, as
already announced, will be on King-sway,
a fine .new thoroughfare In the center
of tbe city,- It will b opened on No-v-vember
1, 1?10, wlth; a production of
"Hans lhe Flue Player," 'by th Man
hattan theatre, company. j
PAVING CONCERNSBIT ' :
OFF TOO MUCH TO CHEW
Paving companies are hurrying to got
their' work in shape for the rainy sea-,
son...; Mor work ..was . taken ..by each
company than it conld do this year,
which has resulted in; several Impassable-streets
because of the rain f the
past few days. Considerable. work, tvlll v
have to go over that apuld have haen .
done, If . sewers, water mains and
streetcar tracks had been installed
ahead ' of .the hard surfacing. ' -' . '
The Warren.' Construotion company
has built about 15 miles of hard sur-j
face streets this year, and has contracts '
for about five miles.. Retaining walls
and preliminary work to hard eurfac- w
ing wfll be carried.- on, howeverV .
throughout .the winter by this concern
as well as by' others. v.-'. ,.''.:-,.-. v ., ; '
ROBERT MAL0NE, SHORT; :
-$12,000, UNDER.' ARREST'
New York, Nov. It. Robert MaIon'e,
wanted In San Francisco on a charge of
having absconded with $4000 belonging,
to his employers, andfelso on a charge,
of being $8000 short in his accounts,
was arrested here today and will be held,
for the coast authorities. Malone lias
been around Cape lorn since h dlsajt-.
peared, and this was hi -first 'day In
trie'eiratrrnsraTcW"Warbnfi-'
dential messenger " and ;clerk of , the
Metropolitan Light & Power company
of San Francisco ;when,he disappeared,
He was"to have mad a deposit of $4000
in the Anglo-Californian bank. He did
tri iSno i f ha ft-ntr n r A ' n PI tin Aln r
appearance tho shertago in hia accounts . ' ,
was discovered. ' - ti
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