THE ' OREGON SUNDAY' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1310.
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ACTRESS WHO APPEARED IN TITLE ROLE OF SALOME IN
LONDON
V.'ould Make It Unnecessary
for Regular Voters Who
Have Not Moved to Visit
the Court House so Often.
Saving in money, time and conven
ience I3 the argument advanced, by
County Clerk Fields in favor of a bill
he has prepared relating to regiBtra-
tion, which will jbo before the next ses
j slon Of tbe legislature in January. " '
' . Adoption of the card Index system and
abolition of the books which have been
used heretofore ' Is the chief ' change
made by the bill,'; Another feature ti
that a voter once registered will ; not
need to register again, provided he does
not move out of the precinct or does
not fall to vote at. two succeeding elec
tions'. ' r It . is ; proposed to leave , the
books open for registration throughout
the year, except for IS days preceding a
primary or general election. .
These changes would avoid the usual
rush for registration 1n election years,
as the great body of voters would re
main on the books until they died or
moved away. New voters and those
who move from one precinct to another
could register at any time.
Provision f 01 Cards.
Registration cards in place of ? the
usual books ; are provided for in the
bill as follows: . ;.
"The official registration card shall
be made from tock of quality that will
last indefinitely. Scfd registration
cards ehall be three by five inches In
fclze, printed and ruled in. substantially
the following form: (Here follows the
form of card.) '
"They shall be punched and fastened
in boxes by a rod so they can be re
moved only by the county clerk or his
deputies. The cards to be sent to the
election precincts on election day shall
be assorted In exact alphabetical order
and then numbered with pencil from one
to the end. At the end shall be entered
on a separate card a certificate of the
county clerk certifying to the numbers
registered in that particular precinct
"Said cards shall be known as the
precinct register, u The cards td be, re
tained in the county clerk's office shall
be sorted in exact alphabetical order
for the whole county. Said cards shall
be known as the general register."
Simpler for Voter. f.-VOPv'
The bill, in other words, calls for two
sets of cards, exact duplicates', each Of
which will be signed by the voter when
lie registers. Under the present system
he is called upon to sign a card and two
books. The card system was adopted
several years ago by County Cleric
Fields as an adjunct to the books, al
though not called for by the present
law. Without their use the work of
registration In' Multnomah county would
now be an almost Impossible task. " V
Mr. Fields has had a modal 'precinct
registration box prepared. In which the
cards are secured by a rod and locked,
as proposed to be done by the bill. The
first cost, of these boxes will be less
than the books, he says, nd they will
last Indefinitely. , They will be much
handler for election officers and will
eliminate many mistakes made by the
use of duplicate sets of books.
Would Avoid Errors.
Sometimes, in he rush of register
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FIBHI MS TO f
DM STfJH TO DEATH READY
Appeals to Federal Authori
ties Claimirfg He Was Put
, Off Without His Pay.
Madame Aino Ackte, as Salome; aa she recently appeared at Covent Gar-
deu, Loadon. -There Is In many quarters a growing bent to the
opinion tnat the expurgated version of the Strauss opera, which was
, . given recently, was art altogether unnecessary concession,' to British
. "uowiaerism, r and that the blue pencil activity of. the censor re-
- suited m an maeiensibie production. 1 ' - '
FIND OPIUM ON WORK EIEGINS ON
STEAMSHIP ASIA : CANAL REDOUBTS
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Customs Inspectors : Make a Plans Indicate That This Army
$2880 Haul at Docks of j . Post Will Be Most Im- ,
San Francisco. "I portant of All.
(Speeial Plfiieteh to Th JeomaLt
San Francisco, CaL, ' Deo. 24. Unit-
Washington, Dec. ii Work has been
claiming Wat he had been badlv
treated and had been nut ashore with
out any funds and only the few rags on
nis back. James Nelson, a Jamaican
negro ; employed ; as a fireman 'on the
Norwegian steamer Solvelg, made an
attempt yesterday afternoon to have
the Vessel held by the United States of.
flcials.
Nelson appeared before Assistant Dls-
trlct Attorney Evans and asked that the
leaerai authorities hold the Solvelg un
til he received what he alleged was due
him as wages, but as the authorities had
no jurisdiction in a case of that kind
ne was re r erred to the Norwegian con
SUL . . ; .
. The fireman claims that he asked to
be paid off here, but that the request
was refused, although another negro
urcmua was paia on several days ago.
He alleges that after beinjf brutally
v bob 01 me engineers he was
put 'ashore and was unable to draw hi.
pay, although he had nothing, upon
which to live. UVjw.
Endre M. Cederberrt. Norweein
sui nere, said last night that the negro
had Joined the steamer at San Fran
cisco on December 2 for six months and
was not entitled to, any pay ; because
he had not remained with the vessel
until that time hail . rn1rWI t,.r
a fight with the engineer, for which
both were ; arrested. had ; remniiwwi
ashore. The matter of the fight was
settled 4 In police court ,
Consul vCederbergh ald that In the
fire room of the Solveir f f
Chinese, two Chileans and the two
negroes; A . week ago Friday the other
uw was tasen ill and the MTain
paid him. off. This, he says, led Nel
son to believe that he should also be
paia on ana several days ago Nelson
appeared in his office and asked-for his
pay, saying that be couht not tlflila.
stand the others In the flreroom. The
consul 101a mm to go back to the vessel
and remain with her, as he had nt rea
son why he should be paid off.
, Although, says Mr. Cederbergh, Ne!-
un ia no( enuuea to any pay, he told
the man to come to his office
and he would assist him because he la
No difficulty WaS found tn ronton.
the two firemen and . the Solmi
down for the sea at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon laden with wheat tn- th
United Kingdom,
TO BE WED
Jesse P. Webb, in Lonely Cell,
Writes Attorneys to Aban
don Fight to Save His Life;
Says Battle Hopeless.'
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AHCAII 01 ADIi
STALLO OUSTED AS
After Much Difficulty Couple
at Reno Find Minister to
Perform Ceremony.
HOW ESTATE
Soniin-Law of Late Oil Mag
nate Removed From Charge
of Fortune Bequeathed His
Two Daughters. ,
nnl- Z L ft ,l7Z - haPS2 ed states , Customs ' Inspectors, under commenced in the Isthmus sone on
book. , By the card system hfc would . J-wrrrs redoubts which are to h Mrt
have two cards before mm, with per- r"""4" 17'" " fortifications of th piim--mZZ
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WANTS JURY TO .EAT
MEAL AT BOYS' SCHOOL
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(BperialbJipetcfa to The Joaraal.)
Spokane, Wash.. Dec 24. gn0kn
Jury may eat at the Lyons school for
boys here to determine the atuLiiH, r
food served there, in the case appealed
to the supreme court by State Rnr.
sentatrre J. M. Sparks, of Vancouver.
Wash, in a suit btought against him
by James Lyon. : at the head of the
School. ; Lyon sued Sparks for the -m.
oovery of 327 for keeping two of
Sjiarks sons ; three months, and the
court ruled in his favor, thooali Snark
alleged that the food served the hnv
was impure and unwholesome. The
court denied the Jury the nrivlier f
l-considerrng this defense and In appeal-
jd.( vu DCTUTBr soion uoiaa the court
erred In this particular. v - , '
Jesse P. Webb, who wants to be
hanged. , t ' ,
-While the merry Christmas crowds
passed the Old county Jail yesterday
on their way home laden with gifts
10 mane otners happy, Jesse P. Webb,
unaer sentence of death, sat in his
loneiy cell writing to his attorneys a
note earnestly begging them to abandon
the legal battle they are making to
,aeep mm from going to the gallows,
webb Is ready to die. At ho time
since the jury found him guilty of mur
dering, W. A, Johnson and cramming
the body Into & trunk has the doomed
man had any hope of escaping death.
SO rather han remain in Jail while his
lawyers fight to get a new trial, he
ims asKea mem to dismiss their appeal
to i8 supreme court. . i,
The prisoner spent the "day f before
Christmas telling other prlsonera how
ne mougni au errorta to save him would
be made In vain.
, In spite of his request Attorneys Sen
eca Fouts and ? John McCue will con
tinue to work for a rehearing.
Judge Morrow, who sentenced Webb,
granted them until February 1 to pre
pare their appeal. f They are doing so
Webb and Mrs. Carrie Kersh were
charged Jointly with the crime. .The
woman has bees found guilty of man-
aiaugmer. tsmce watching the pro
ceedings at her trial Webb has been
more morose than ever. It la hAiii
his mind Is slightly affected. The at
torneys win also ask for a new trial
for Mrs. Karsh. ,,,, ,
foratlon between. After be has signed I ar
each of them and they are
properly search for opium, and its derivatives, bTth. m7mL.rJyj
filled the deputies can tear them apart which have been delcared contrabands I of th rTo. T 7. 8"
and distribute them, one to the general Inspectors Josenh Head and John To- i -in h- "rr"! .
rH.t ind th other tn k mnw U, ..i. t,..j e,t,ir, ll "Zl.- 1"".5"DU command.
-r:.j,tz".-7Z?r Mrrr "ruer . 8n"r tt "is depend
To meet the obJecUon that by fall- lum prepared for smoking. This find Is the army at present It i onii nZJnl
Jng to require a new general registration valued at $2,80. , . : aary to say that the war XnartmMr
every two years the register wIU be The Inspectors observed ' that the Intends to have on the island reel
encumbered by names of dead men and paint on the wainscoting of the cabin ment of cavalry two resimnt ni fI
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bill provides that when a man fails to picion. Taking off the strip of molding headquarters of f ield artlllerv a com-
;.r. rr.r.":ir,rv:Brrr tz. tit ui B,n.ai ?nj company of en
ijvii uus iiaijic duwi urvyuw. it la I &vwuu uui u u. auc weig , .1 uuuq 1 nneers: a flptflrnmAnt m. - 41. .11
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iw uwiuuig uuuia mo uukjr i iuc cwon" iuim i iuiiochii " I pany 01 nospltal corps and at least
; ty clerk to remove at once from the list board, and were engaged all the after- f eight 'companies of the coast artnierv
uie names or au tnose wnose ceatn is I i learing vne snip 10 pieces" ur not a greater renrceentatlnn f th.t
disclosed by the official mortuary rotn search for more of the drug. . f branch., , . . , i
v. fcM v vvwtuii va, . vuu yi wav7 I
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This will be direct saving, while he II II Ul IsVl I
counts an additional saving of 12000 to
the voters by reason of their not having
to visit the courthouse every, two years
to register. The great majority spend
at least car fare, and soma have to quit
work for, half a day or longer.
, rae-ow Inspectors.
Anothef bill which' Mr. Fields will I ' , ' '
prepare proposes to establish Inspectors
or election, to be .appoint
courts at their discretion
fill Mill
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GET CLEAR AWAY
LEADER EXPIRES
apubt? Wickersham's Men Rnd Sug- Louis Conterno Dies at Home
precincts, Their doty will be to reo
ommend Judges and clerks of election
to tbe county court, to take charge of
election supplies and to direct the offi
cers of election on election day.
This system. Mr. Fields heltavaaJ will
Insure .competent Judges and elerfcs,
save much time that is ordinarily; lost
and Insure tbe safety of . valuable reo-
ar Magnates Immune in
Drawback Cases.
of His Sweetheart at
Brooklyn, N,T.
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New York, Deo. 21. Louis Conterno,
(By the lntetuatluoal Newt Service. I
Washington, Dec 24. It is . reported
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vtMa maa aapiwes, wnicn someumes are i " jubikv asm i ine muitary bandmaster, died on Thurs-
luiaaiag Hilar an eiecoon, jjsi ngures I wia uj toe concinsion mat it cannot ! nay ar tne borne of Mies Louise Beck-
Buoiouai iinanciai - savmy and "great eeorlet and secur imprJsoraw tf the .mro street, Brooklyn, who
e-.u 4u ecreoty ana saiety, . I sugar truat magnates for violations of I waM BOOn 10 become bis wlf a ' The
' 1 " i - I h. c-. . v 1 cause or aeatn was heart dlamuM
FIRM TO GIVE EMPLOYES
orawDacKa - .: -
1 1 rr nrn in n 1 1 n a umvDacis. ' i .-.4j T . . -
, . tnCOW OAVIUi vfc.. yment expect, to recover ringemenU "T b.ngmade ,0 the
FOr til A nnrtVMUk nf onrrMira o-inv I nnlrl All tn drawKa.ba nrV.An ha I . ' c . - -
.M,h., ninj.: . v:.'j: t:;;. i,:-, Lrr wuowmg a concert
. . r ' iwB tin -. . vimuiuuij, iruwcror, wiucn froresBor Conterno ha A rivan
who will not only afford their customers Assistant Attorney General Denlson as- at Terrace Garden he went to call on
courteous- treatment, but will remain that only the most minor employes Miss Beckett - Here he comDlained of
-... W ""ui, ; mm roruana i ''"-i ou8r cuinymij am d i vemg m. w nile Miss Beckett was try-
firm yesterdays announced that after convicted. In this, the most recent of lng to aid htm Professor Conterno fell
January 1 it wouid pay 6 per cent ln-Itne government's . eases against the to the floor unconsrlonn. mi. r.,v.
terest on all savines which anv mninv sugar trust evidences of criminal Intent I summoned a nhvninm' hif. i.
would deposit In a designated savings in- on tn Prt of tn officials , thus ; far j arrived , the musician died. I
; stltution during th year. The only con- Wthensd by special agents of the de- J ' Professor Conterno had been In this I
union aicacnea to the offer is that the mnmeni oi jusnce nave been so slight couniry ior zo years, having come here
cmriloy sh&Il remjaJn with th DArnrtatMi that Assistant Attorney General Denlson from Savoy. France. For m anv
until January .1, 1912. The savings bank d8cIftre" lnlIctments do not -aeera war- ne been noted as a leader of mil-
oriers per cent Interest on th nam. niea. ,-A- .--.. .. . :;:,,,, .umiuii.
dpposit, making j per cent in all. it I clvl1 ftctlon will be taken.'
believed that this scheme will encourajra
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cheerful performance of their tasks. V AKt GRANTED BY POPE
La Grande Stan , Amone-' other .1 lm-
prOT omenta being made tn the railroad
Cf1 lLJ-r?" trackjKale which Is
being installed r for the purpose of
weighing loaded freight cars. The new
scales have a capacity of 100.000 pounds
and are beam registering. The weight
of a car bein weighed is automatically
registered. .. The old scales which are
being torn out to make a place for the
new ones had a .capacity of 80,000
(Br the IirtrrMtlonal Knm BrtIm.1
Reno, Nov., Dee, 24. R. R. Tekawa, a I
wealthy Japanese laundrymaa aged 24
years and Mis Lillian A- Frederick, an !
American girl, formerly of Seattle, were
married this afternoon by Rev. Dr. Kel-
ley. naetor of the First Methodist phnrrH
of this city. ' r . I (Bj the tsteraatlnoat tws 8ervl.)
The couDle. - who emerleneed much rK, J-ec iiiamona x Ktai-
difflculty in getting; a marriag certf 1- M0' on-ln-law of AJetander McDonald,
cate had to employ Judge Mack to force oil magnate and railroad , builder, was .
the matter through; had to reemtilov the I today remnvM aa administrator nf th
anorney as a revised, etuuon of Cupid McDonald estata
fri IUOIH UllCllBO.. , -r .... I , SnFnnl. rk.lnn f Ir, m ; 4k
Justlnj, Of tho t.. ... v.,. .t '
and Pollock of Sparks, both said "no," I "vpuauoa or wiuiam j. urum, atior
emphatlcaUy. Davis declared, "while f nejr for ne -surety-companies, revoked
there Is nothing in the statutes to nre- the letters of administration, granted
vent my marrying you, there w Bome-o-auo on me gooas, cnaiieis ana crea-i
ining tens me I should not perform the or Alexander Mcuonaia.
rite. Ii is against the laws of nature. The surety companies who were on
See a preacher." ; ; J Stallo's two bondg for $425,000 each ias
Judge Mack then called upon bis nas- I guardian or the estate or bis two daugh
ter, who consented. Rev. Mr. Adams!, tens, Laura and iielcn, have also asked
another Protestant minister, was at the 1 tor relief from liability. Their, plea
Memocnsi parsonage visiting Dr. Keney, I lOT cnang-o, lOKenier wim inai or tne
He was asked to witness the ceremony sponsors for Stallo's bond as admlnla-
but he declined and left the place. Mrs, trator of the McDonald estate followed
Kelley and daughter witnessed the cer- soon arier ne mea an inventory.
emony. The groom paid the minister I Partnership Beobrds Kept Badly.
ten dollars and departed for. Chinatown J I The inventory showed that there was
with his bride. The couple who seem I a surplus of about $1,737,723 tn the
to glory in their marital bonds spent the I McDonald estate, but that the partner
greater portion of their time in parading I ship of McDonald and Stallo had i de-
licit., tim administrator explained m
his Inventory that the partnership book
keeping was never kept strictly or ac
curately and that for this reason he
was not able to tell exactly how the
debits and credits of the partnership
stood.'
Alexander McDonald died last March,
leaving his entire estate to Laura and
Helen E. Stallo, his granddaughters. The
! estate was estimated to be worth about
$23,000,000. but Mr. Stallo said this
tlmate wa , "grossly over -estimated,"
and that nisi father-in-law never really
knew now much his fortune waa
The ousted . administrator has been
granted 20 days to file as accounting.
the streets.
V MS MAY
RECEIVE PARDON
Notorious California Bandit
Probably Be Given
Freedom as Present
rSseeial Dlsacfa to Tie Journal.
Fresno, Calif, Dee, 24 After spend
ing eighteen years In Fotsom on a life
sentence for train robbery, It is prob-1
aoie mat unris. liivana, one or me ieaa-
org of the famons highway band known
A WHITE CHRiSTf.TAS, -
SAYSiiue m
(TThftcd Trim Leased Wlia.1
f Washington, Deo. 24. After boars of
as Sontag and Evans, which terrorised f extra special work the weather bureau
the San Joaquin valley In tbe nlnetis. I tonight succeeded In evolving a "white
win be paroled. Word was received at I Cfcrlstmas for the United States.
Fresno to tho effect thata meeting of I rienty or snow throughoot the
the state prison board would in all country" was the word that Forecaster
probability be held before the first of I Bowie sent oat after bis force finished
the year, at which time a new year I Its arduous labors. j
present tn the shape of a parole marl "There will be plenty of snow of
be granted Evana ; the heavy, soft, blanket variety to add
Judge M. K. Harris, of this city. who. I to the Christmas cheer" he said. "In
as superior Judge of the county sen-1 a few local cases it may tarn to rain 1
tenced Evans to life improsonment, has I tomorrow night :
expressed a willingness to see him free. 1 1 ' Conditions will become colder ' dur-
Evans ts now almost helplesa One of I tng the day but the chill will hot con
his eyes was shot out when he was
captured and an arm shattered. His
limbs are now affected by rheumatism.
A married daughter has been working
for 'b .release .for years.',,..
Street railway employes at Calgary.
Canada, have recatyed permission by
the city commissioners to! form a union
or Join one if they so desire.
HntiA fAt. anw vro.f Tmi41i m - , I m a
Any way, the weather bureau hopes for .
enough snow for Santa to sleigh back
to hla north pole, palace tomorrow.
' Mines tn Saxony that' have yielded
silver worth mora than $243,000,000
since they were opened more than 700
years ago are to be Closed because of
the continued low price, of the metal.
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IFe Meier & Frank Store Wishes
Yon a Merry, Joyons Christmas
TO the thousands of loyal friends and patrons of this great . store,
J-4 to the twenty-two hundred and fifty earnest workers who helped
us bring to a successful close the largest holiday business in our his
tory, we bear wishes for a Merry, Joyous Christmas and compliments
of the season. s
v The Store Will Remain
Closed All M :
SOLEfSURVIVOR.OF
STEAMER IN PORT
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Notarial Commissions.
nhn.h, , . a '-:' I vaiencia. BDain. ro , H , t. rti.
.. . . . i itome. uec z. Th nimA'i rhrinttnda i "u oiniuunin ino nas imvM hr wifh
(Salem Bureau of The 3aurni holiday began yesterday when ha save :?e ?' survivor of the : crew of the
isaim. or . iw 91 tfm.ri.i . l audiences to th cnrmaia . t Via low " Biwunnr veanne uoniiif-. whik
mlPHlons have bwn issued to John a. j ecclesiastical members of his householdj "t i down .with 37 sailors on board.
Mullen, Korth Bend; D. , a Houser, nd the commanders of papal 'troops, -all K!''.i!"!L Conke,; collision
Pfiu.lmr,' D.lnh II TI...1. . , I . . . . . With thO BDanish BfAnnrW, TnH.
t-laude E. Hicks, Portland; Elmer R. tnga Two cumulative audiences con. I -u.IlT " :rloasly damaged
r"r?--iVnCOr; Cove; H" U tlono S1" audlencea To-
rirt ,: and T' Mc rlsht he wm "te midnight mass tn
-"n.wtk- . . Ills Ortvate rhanel Mk .m v-
JndWw,Poa-wU4Ti afloat
nd V. C;Kahle. Portland; -Wiison vibration at the icaTTay u
encea t-J " ..
iH,h?'-l.BL;TI, W0" ' Arming ah indepen-
VIII be at-1 dent onl tlr.V lnhnv r,i I. - i
wiUdiMmthairmnan.:.r "w I .r-"nuum vow of the
Austria contains U6JtM vnloniota.
iie inapei, wnicn will be at-
icnaea Dy his Blisters, and a
For the five daysr commencing Tuesday we have planned a series
of Bargain Events which' will command the attention' of everyone,
and which no one should miss. ' :
See the Monday Morning, Monday Evening
and Tnasday Morning Papers for Extraordi
nary Sale Nevs From Every Part of Store
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unions in Illinois,
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