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j THE OREGON SUNDAY- 'JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, PECEMBER 55, 1010. ACTRESS WHO APPEARED IN TITLE ROLE OF SALOME IN ' LONDON 1 : . : FIREfMi TRIES TO 1APIESEIDS ABAII STALLO OUSTED AS A' DEAL H a mi f OF Kill Vculd Make It Unnecessary for Regular Voters Who Have Not Moved -to Visit the Court House so Often. Saving In money; time and. convex ience la the argument advanced by County Clerk Fields In favor of a bill he has prepared relating to registr tion, which will go before the next e sion of the legislature in January. f Adoption of the card Index system and abolition of the books which have been used ; heretofore is the chief change made by the bill, f Another feature is 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 tion. It . Is proposed to leave tne books open for registration; throughout the year, except for IB days preceding a rrlmarv or eneral election. , These changes would avoid the usual rush for registration In 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 for Cards. . f Registration cards in place of the usual books are provided for in tne bill as follows: , "The official registration card shall be made from stock of quality that will last indefinitely. Said registration cards shall be three by five inches in size, 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 Bent to the flection 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. The cards to 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. - Th hill, in other words, calls for two sets of cards, exact duplicates, each of which will be Bigned by the voter wnen he 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 Clerk Fields as an adjunct to tbs 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. Mr. Fields has had a modal precinct registration box prepared, in which the cards are secured oy a roa ana jocsea, as proposed to be done by the bill. The first cost, of these boxes will bo less than the books, he says, Wnd they wilt last indefinitely. They will be much handler for election officers and will eliminate many mistakes made by ths use of duplicate sets of books. . Would Avoid Xrror. Sometimes, in the rush of register ing, the voter signs the wrong precinct book. By the card system he would have two cards before him, with per foration between. After he has signed each of them and they are property filled the deputies can tear them apart and distribute them, one to the general register and the other to the proper precinct ' To meet the objection that by fail ing to require a new general registration every two years the register will be encumbered by names of dead men and those who have moved away, Mr. Fields' bill provides that when a man falls to vote at two succeeding general elec tions his name shall be dropped. It is furthermore made the duty of the coun ' ty clerk to remove at once from the list the names of all those whose death la disclosed by the official mortuary rec ords or the records of the probate court ";" '' '.-"".' Mr. Fields estimates" a saving of $1000 In expense at each registration. This will be direct saving, while he coasts an additional saving of 9200,0 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 of longer. rarer Inspectors. Another bill which Mr,. FleMa will prepare proposes to establish Inspectors of election, to be appointed by county courts at their discretion in the large precincts. Their doty : will be to rec ommend Judges and clerks of election to the county court, to take charge of election supplies nd to direct the offi cers of election on election day. . This system, Mr. Fields believes, will Insure : competent Judges and darks, save much time that Is ordinarily, lost and Insure the safety of valuable rec ords end supplies, which sometimes are miseing after an election.- lie figures substantial. - financial saving and great gala in efficiency and safety. - FIRM TO GIVE EMPLOYES INTEREST IN; SAVINGS For the pbrpose of encouraging thrift among their employes, securing , clerks who will not only afford their customers courteous treatment but will remain permanently . with them, one Portland firm yesterdays announced that after January 1 it wouid pay 6 per cent In terest on all savings which any employ would deposit in a designated savings In stitution, during the year. The only con dition attached to the offer is that the employe shall remain with the company until January 1, 1912. The savings bank offers 4 per cent Interest on the same deposit making 9 per. cent in all. It is believed that this scheme will encourage employes to become prompt in arriving at the business house and economy and cheerful performance of their tasks. : Notarial Commissions.' ' - (SaIcb Boreas of :T Journal) , (Faloro Bureau, of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Dec. 24. Notarial com mlsHtons have been Issued to John O. Mullen, North Bend; . D. ? S. , Houser, Rowhurgr Kalph , H. Lincoln, Medford; CluH- li lUcks, Portland; Elmer It ,X.uni!hiirj:.JorOipd; ...Forrest 8. .Fisher null VV. C. KaUile, Portland; Wilson fcC Harnett, "Wasco; G. -A. Stock- Cove; H. (5. Campbell; Dallas; . and . T. "M., Mc CMiuoik. Tuft. . Auiiria wjnUlas unionists. Madamo Alno Ackte, as Salome, aa ehe recently appeared at Corent Gar ' den, Loadon. There Is In' many quarters a growing bent , to the opinion that the expurgated version of the Strauss opera, which was : given recently, was an altogether unnecessary concession,' to British "Bowlderism," and that the blue pencil activity of the tensor re- salted in an Indefensible production. F, Customs Inspectors; Make a $2880 Haul at Docks of San Francisco. (Special Dtmtdi 'to t Janrnalt Baa Francisco, Cat, ; Dec, 24v Unit ed States Customs Inspectors, -under direction of Customs Survey or "BUnn, are vigorously ' prosecuting their search for opium,; and its derivatives, which have been delcared contrahendi Inspectors Joseph Head and John To tand, seised pn board the Steamship Asia Ulnety-seven flve-tael tins of op ium prepared for smoking. This find is valued at 12,880. y .'. ;v..-?.- The Inepectors observed' that. the paint on the wainscoting of the cabin n rrlcri. and this aroused their sus picion. Taking off the strip, of molding at the top tney removeo ine ooaraa ana found the opium. They were at once nln1 h thj full tnrrn tit inHnectors on board, and were engaged all the 'after noon in "tearing tne snip to piece in search for more of the drug. Wickershanfs Men Rnd Sug ar Magnates Immune in Drawback Cases. . (By the IntwMUuml Hews Serrle.) Washington, Dec 24- It Is . reported here that the department of Jnstloe has come to the conclusion that It cannot ooirf Id and secure Imprisonment of the agar trust magnates for violations of the Sherman anti-trust law in the new. est frauds discovered, those relating to drawbacks. J ' 1 The government expects to recover much, if not all, of the money It has paid out in, drawbacks when no draw backs were due. , Criminally, however, Assistant Attorney General Denlson as serts that only the most minor employes of the American Sugar company can b convicted. - In this., the most recent of the ' government's .cases against the sugar trnst, evidences of criminal Intent on the part of the officials thus ; far gathered by special agents of the de partment of Justice have been so slight that Assistant Attorney General Denlson declares Indictments do not seem war ranted. Civil action will be taken.: . ' . CHRISTMAS AUDIENCES ARE GRANTED BY POPE ' (Pnblteberf Pwi LcmoI W1rL - ' Rome, Dec 24. The pope's Christmas holiday began yesterday when he gave audiences to the cardinals, the lay and ecclesiastical members of his household and the commanders of papal troops, all of whom were presented with his greet ings. Two ; cumulative audiences ' con stituted the only formal Christmas cele- bfaorirtrieTtr(ffinriflrthOe(p6 is alone and grants no audiences. To night he will celebrate midnight mass in his private chapel, which will be at tended by his sifters and a niece. He will dine u their tompany tomorrow.' II OKI Oil STEAMSHIP ASIA HILL GETGLEARAWAY Plans Indicate That This Army Post Will Be Most Im- , -portant of AH. - (Br the IitMTHtlonsl Mawi ferries.) Washington, Dec. 24 Work has been commenced In the Isthmus sone on the .redoubts which are to be part of the fortifications of the Panama canal. The plans Indicate that this army post will be the most Important under the charge of the war department A major, gen eral will be assigned to the command. In order to show that this depend ence for safety as to Hawaii lies In the army at present. It is only neces sary to say that the war department Intends to have on the Islands a regi ment of cavalry, two regiments of In fantry, a , .battalion and . regimental headquarters of field artillery, a com pany of signal corps;' a company of en gineers; a detachment or a full com pany, of hospital corps and at least eight companies of the coast artillery if not a greater representation of that branch. Louis Contemo Dies at Home of His Sweetheart at ; Brooklyn, ;N. ,Y. 1 ; (By tbe Intermtlonal Tfews BertV- c New Tork,- Dec. 24 Loof. .onterno, the military bandmaster; 'died on Thurs day at the home of Mies Louisa Beck ett, Schmerhorn street, Brooklyn, who wse -soon to become - his- wife. The cause of death was heart disease. . According to ; Miss Beckett she and Professor Conterno were to have been married on January hext and ar rangements were being made for the wedding, .-.'r v. :.,"." !s. , On ; Thursday, following, a! concert which Professor ' Conterno had given at Terrace Garden, he went to call on Miss Beckett' Here he complained of Deing 111. While Miss Beckett was try. log to aid him Professor Conterno fell to the floor unconscious. MIbs Beckett summoned a physician' but before be arrived the musician died. v ? , ' Professor Conterno had been In this country for 20 years, having come here from Savoy, France. ; For many years he had been noted as a leader , of mil itary bands. . SOLE .-SURVIVOR 0F 'STEAMER IN PORT rnllH Prut Leaaed Wlr. 1 " fi ,wn.i uytuit UCU, AT. j. oe jtni- ish steamship Ino has arrived here with .the sole survivor of the crew of the French steamer Jeanne Conseit, Which went t down .with 27 sailors on board. The Jeanne Conseit; was in collision with the 8panish - steamer Industrie. The latter was ; so seriously damaged that She . could hardl y be kept afloat until he was V towed to Cartagena, Where she"8awfn tho"Tiarbor."" ML. . . . 1 m jm . . . J iuo qucnuun ui lurming an irraenen-i dent political? labor party is to be sub-' mltted to a referendum vote of the I unions In Ullnols, -1 . i woinsor CANAL REDOUBTS MILITARY BAND LEADER EXPIRES Appeals to Federal Authori ties Claiming He Was Put . Off Without His Pay. Claiming that he had ' been ' badly treated and had been put ashore with out any funds and only the few rags on bis back, James Nelson, a ,' Jamaican negro employed : as fireman -on the Norwegian steamer Solvelg, made an attempt yesteraay afternoon to have the vessel held by the United States of ficials, v. f- v -v.;; Nelson appeared before Assistant Dis trict Attorney Evans and asked that the federal authoriUes hold the Solvelg un til he received what he alleged was due him aa wages, bat as the authorities had no Jurisdiction In a case pf that kind he was 'referred 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 fireman : was paid off several days ago. He alleges ' that after j being ; brutally beaten by one of the engineers he was put 'ashore and was unable to draw bis pay, - although he had , nothing upon Which , to live, Endre M. Cederbergh, Norwegian con sul here, said last night that the negro had joined the steamer at San - Fran cisco ton December 3 for six months and was not entitled to, any pay because he had not remained with the vessel until that' time had expired, but- after a fight with the engineer, for which both were arrested, had remained ashore. The matter of the fight was settled In police court ' Consul ' Cederbergh said that in . the fire room of the Solvelg were five Chinese, twetyChlleans and , the two negroes.' A. week ago Friday the other negro was taken Hi and i the captain paid him. off. This, he says, led Nel son to believe that he should also be paid off and several days ago Nelson appeared In bis office and asked for his pay, saying that he could not Under stand the others In the ftreroom. The consul told him to go back to the vessel and remain with her, as he had no rea son why he should be paid off. Although, says Mr. Cederbergh, Nel son Is not entitled to any pay, he told the man to come to his office Monday and he would assist him because he Is destitute. ..,,:':.ih. s.i No difficulty was found In replacing the two firemen and the Solvelg left down for the sea at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon laden with wheat for the United Kingdom. : WANTS JURY TO .EAT MEAL AT BOYS' SCHOOL (SpeeUt Diipetca to The Joarnat.) Snokana. Wash. Der. 24 A finnV jury may eat at the Lyons school for boys here to determine the quality of food served there. In the case appealed to the supreme court by State Repre sentative J. M. Srjarka. of VMnMni,r Wash., in a suit brought , against him oy jaraes i,yon,rat me need of the school. Lyon sued Sparks for the re covery ' of U27 for keeping two of Sparks' sons v three months, and the ronrt rwled in his favor, thmci finnr. aliexed that the food served the hnva was Impure and unwholesome. The court denied the Jury the privilege of considering this defense and in appeal ing, ine Vancouver soion uoias the court erred In this particular. . nno thetnousarids of loyal friends and patrons of this great store, A 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 of the season. i , ' '.The i:St6re Will Reinain . ', f'' . For the live days, commencing Tuesday,, we have planned a series . of Bargain Events which' will command the attention of everyone, and which no one should miss. TO BE IIAIIGED Jesse P. Webb, in Lonely Cell, Writes Attorneys to Aban don Fight to Save His Life; Says Battle Hopeless. : P, Webb, who wants to be banged. While the merry Christmas crowds passed the old county jail yesterday on their way home laden with gifts to make others happy, Jesse P. Webb, under sentence of death, sat in his lonely cell writing to his attorneys a note earnestly begging them to abandon the legal battle they are making to keep him from going to the gallows. ' wecD is reedy to die. At ho time since the jury found him guilty of mur dering W. A. Johnson and cramming tne poay into a trunk has the doomed man had any hope of escaping death. so rattier than remain In jail while his lawyers fight to get a new trial, he has asked them to dismiss their appeal to e supreme court,. . The prisoner spent the day before Christmas telling other prisoners how be thought all efforts to save him would be made in vain. i : 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 meir appeal. They are doing so now. ... . . .,',.,:-.. Webb and Mrs. Carrie Koran' were charged jointly with the crime. The woman has been found guilty of man slaughter. Since watching the pro ceedings at her trial . Webb has' been more morose than ever. It is believed bis mmd Is slightly affected. The at torneys . win also ask for a new trial for Mrs. Kersh. La Grande Star; . Among other? im provements being made rn the railroad yards Is a new track scale which Is being Installed 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 being 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 pounds. ' . 15c Meier Frank Store Wishes You a Merry, Joy ons Christmas Closed All See the Monday Morning, Monday Evening and Tuesday Morning Papers for Extraordi nary Sale News From Every Part of Store After Much Difficulty Couple at Reno Find Minister to Perform Ceremony. " (By the International Wrm Snriee.) Reno, Nov., Dec. 24. R. B. Tekawa, a wealthy Japanese , laundryman aged 24 years and Miss Lillian A- Frederick, an American girl, formerly of Seattle, were married this afternoon by Rev. Dr. Kel. ley, pastor of the First Methodist church) of this city. ' The couple, who experienced much difficulty in getting a marriage certifi cate had to employ Judge Mack to force the matter through; had to reemploy the attorney as a revised edition of Cupid to get them hitched. , . Justioe of the Peace Davis of -Reno and Pollock of Sparks, both said "no," emphatically. Davis declared, while there is nothing in the statutes -to pre vent my marrying you, ; there Is some thing tells me I should not perform the rite. It is against the laws of nature. See a preacher,". ;!; ;ry.v. Judge Mack then called upon his pas tor, who consented. Rev. Mr, Adams', another Protestant minister, was at the Methodist parsonage visiting Dr. Kenoy. He was asked to witness the ceremony but he declined and left the place. Mrs. Kelley and daughter witnessed the cer emony. The groom paid the minister ten dollars and departed for. Chinatown with his bride. The couple who seem to glory In their marital bonds spent the greater portion of their time in parading the streets. , Notorious California1 Bandit Probably Be Given Freedom as Present. rSsedal Dfosetth t TW JnanaU -Fresno, Calif., Dec 24. After spend ing eighteen years in'Fotsom on a life sentence for train robbery", it is prob able that Chris.' Evans, one of the lead ers of the famous highway band known as Son tag and Evans,-Which terrorised the San Joaquin valley In the nlnetlui, win be paroled. Word wee received at Fresno to the effect that a meeting of the state prison board - would in all probability be held before the first of the year, at which time a; new year present In the shape of . a parole may be granted Evans. . "' ' - Judge M. K. Harris, Of this .city, who, as superior judge of the county sen tenced Evans to life lmprosonment, has expressed a willingness to see him free. Evans Is now almost helpless. One of his eyes was shot out when he was captured and an arm shattered. His limbs are now affected by rheumatism, A married daughter baa been working for 'his release for years. ; " 1 1 - 'i.::? ' Street railway employes at Calgary, Canada, have , received permission by the city commissioners to) form a union or Join one If they so desire. t , Day Monday CIS EVANS MAY RECEIVE PARDON nilALD ESTATE Son-in-Law of Late Oil Mag nate Removed From Charge of Fortune Bequeathed His Two Daughters. . fBr the International Kw ervle.t New York, Deci 24. Edmond K. Stal-. Uv son-in-law of Alexander McDonald, oil magnate and railroad builder, was today, removed as administrator of the McDonald estate. r Surrogate Cohalan, acting upon the application of William J. Gnffin, attor ney for the surety companies, revoked the letters of administration,; granted C! 4-a tin s-m Um wvvl s : sirintrala anA nrtiA-. Its of Alexander McDonald. The surety companies who were on Stallo's two bonds for $425,000 eachtas guardian of the estate of his two daugh ters, Laura and aeien, have also asked for relief from liability. Their plea for change, together with that of tne sponsors for Stallo's bond as adminis trator of the McDonald estate rouowea soon after he filed an Inventory. - Partnership Beodrds Kept Badly. The Inventory showed that there was a surplus of about $1,737,722 In the McDonald estate, but that the partner ship of McDonald and Stallo had a de ficit- The administrator explained rn 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.' -V ': ::"' ;;'" 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 225,000,000, but Mr. Stallo said this es timate was , "grossly over-estimated," and that his father-In-law never really' knew how much hU fortone was. The ousted administrator has been granted 20 days to file an accounting. (irrttFS Pries tMaed Wtn.1 Washington, Dec 24. After hours of extra special work the weather bureau tonight succeeded in evolving a "white Ctoristmas for the United States. ! Vlenty of i snow throughout the country" was the word that Forecaster Bowie sent out after his force finished its arduous labors. i "There will be plenty of snow . of , the' heavy, soft, blanket variety to add to the Christmas cheer," he said. "In a few local cases It may turn to rain tomorrow night Conditions will become colder ' dur lng the day. but the chill will hot con H.n. rnw anv OTt T IMirtH nf flml Any way, tne weatner oureau nopes ror enough snow for Santa to sleigh back to his north pole, palace tomorrow. - Mines In Saxony that have yielded silver worth more than $242,000,000 since they were opened more than 700 years ago are to be closed because of the continued low price, of the metal.' v a A 1 mwm m