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THE OREGON , DAILY JOURIIAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1310. iiiinnn avay if tiUU C:r Association Framing Bill to Create District Court and Double Number of Judges Increase Salary. There will be no Justices of the peac In Portland henceforth. Jf a bill framed by a committee of the Multnomah Bar association is passed by the next legis lature. Justices Olson and Ball will be come "district judges" and will have two new Judges of equal rank to assist them. If the bill roes through, a '- Finishlnr touches were put on the draft of the bill today, by the commit tee having the matter In charge, con sisting of Claude Strahan, chairman; George W. Stapleton, Bert Haney, Bartlett Cole and Mr. Btatter.- It wtU be presented to the meeting of the bar association tonight for action. ' Besides changing the name of '' the court, doubling the number of judges and Increasing the salary, the' proposed law increases the . jurisdiction of the new "district court" over the justice ; court from actions Involving $250 as a maximum to $600 as a maximum. Thj result of this will be. say- the advocates of the bill, to tarow a large volume of work Into the lower court 1 from ,tbe circuit court ..aa. litigation costs com paratively little In the justice court.. WOtt Double Work, Mr. strahan estimates the work of the "district court" will be doubled, therefore the plan doubles the number of judges. ' ' : ' " " " 1V The bill further provide that the number of Judges shall Increase with population, every additional 60,000 peo pie giving the city a new judge. It Is made to apply only to Cities having 100,000 population or over. No other town in the state, therefore, would be deprived of justices 1 of the peace or affected in any way. Members of the committee explain the change of name by saying that "justice of the peace" has become too much 'of a synonym for ignorance ef the law. The justice of the peace joke Is as much of a chestnut among the lawyers as the mother-in-law witticism is among laymen. They want to forget the name and dignify the lower court, as the Judges are required by the bill to have been either practicing attor neys or holders of Judicial office for at least three years prior to their elec tion. Salary of $3000. Departments of the court are pro vided for, on the same plan as the cir- cult court, and candidates are to be chosen by departments. After ejection the Judges are empowered to elect a . presiding Judge by majority vote, The salary of each judge is fixed at'tJOOO, Instead of $2100, the pay now received. justices oison and Bell are to serve out their terms, it is provided, but with change of title, and two f additional judges appointed by the county court to serve until the next election. The ap pointive power In such cases would or dinarily be vested in the governor, but th committee evidently saw complica tions ahead In passing the bill if the additional appointments were put in the hands of a Democratic governor.' At the end of two years. It Is 'pro vided, four Justices shall be elected for terms of four years. When the popu lation of the city reaches 250,000 an other judge would be added, and so on for each additional 50,000 population. Fees would remain the Same as in the old justice court, and the practice and procedure la left "unchanged. The Judges are given the power to appoint a clerk upon a salary of $1800, and the clerk authorized to name deputies, the total number of clerks, including the chief clerk, to be not less than the number of departments. . This would make four clerks, the same number now employed, but the county Is authorized to appoint others whenever It deems additional help necessary.: L EIGHT CHINESE CAUGHT M RAID ON GAMBLERS Chinatown was the scene of another noon, and eight prisoners were made by Patrolmen Burke and John Malonev. Stealthily approaching the door of the fantan resort at 83 M Second street, Ma loney gave utterance to a few Chinese guttural " words, and the . "lookout" opened the door. The officers rushed in and confiscated stakes and apparatus. Sam : Ling, owner of the resort, was charged with conducting a gambling room, and the others with visiting it AU gave ball for their appearance in municipal court tomorrow. . . ARTIST LA FARGE'S WILL . ADMITTED TO PROBATE United rro1irt Wlttli " ' New vYork, Dec. 27-AU of John La Farge's paintings and drawings were be queathed to the Metropolitan, the Car negie and the Seattle museums. In the will of the famous artist, which was filed here today for probate. La Farge, who became famous chiefly through the painting of decorative windows, left a large collection of ,. mural paintings, mostly of a religious or ecclesiastical character. PULLMAN CO. WOULD HURRY' NEW RATES (Salem Borne Journal.) '-' Salem, Or, Dec 87. The railroad wmmisslon today received notification from the Pullman Car company that new rates would be filed within a few days and permission Is asked of the Ore gon commission to put them into effect with two day notice. Instead of ten as required by tha laws of this state. Com missioner Altcheson belives material re ductions in Pullman rates are about to be made aa the result of the recent federal investigation and permission to file a new tariff will likely be granted. GILLETT PREPARES TO TURN OVER HIS OFFICE United fri Leaned Wr.) Sacramento, Dec. 27. Governor GH lett settled down to work .today In his office to begin a week of hard work be fore turning ever the ship of state to M Irani Johnson; his successor? lie was Interrupted... rnan.J!mes, duringLthedax by. Vllera. who .were' obliged to wait a considerable period to. carcfr his atten tlon. This is Gillett's first opportunity to get down to business! since he re turned from Washington, where he went t, Panama fair booster tiiiBi r r w. i tiis-sini i ri i . .1 m m r m . 1 i 1T11 JUSTICES OF j"1"1"1' '-w The walls of Members of the "Aloha" excursion to the Hawaian Islands, which sails direct from Portland February l next, who make the trip to the crater KUauea from HUo, the second largest city on the islands, will have to spend' a night at the Volcano house, a modern up to date hotel erected on the very rim of the world's largest active volcano. : This trip la made without extra expense to the "Aloha" excursionists for It Is Included In the passage. . '.- v'v. The crater of Kllauea Is a great pit some three or four miles in diameter, and from 800 to 1000 feet deep. Its almost vertical sides break away1 from a gen erally sloping plain, which forms the side of the gTeat cone of Mauna Loa, at Aetna Said to Be in Eruption! More Violent Than for Many Years Past. Wotted Press Imwe Wlm. Paris, Dec 2 7.--A dispatch from Na ples says Mount Aetna is in eruption. Although no . details r an given -in the brief message, the eruption is -said to be the worst that has occurred In 'many years. , "tn . 'Mi' rany Five polios officers are remaining close to home today, and tonight they will leave the police station as soon as possible, to avoid being Joshed about a "burglar" they captured last night in a grocery at S71 Fifth street , About o'clock last s night F. H Palmer, the proprietor of the place, be ing ready to retire, recalled to mind that he had not put bin bread box out in front of the store, Without the formal lty of dressing be slipped into his store from the rear room, where he sleeps, and. lighting. a match in order that he might avoid a tack or something of like nature, be proceeded to carry the box out - A patrolman, passing on the beat, saw the match flicker and visions of a burglary. He telephoned to headquar ters for assistance, and the sergeant another policeman and the two detec tives, rushed to the scene. The patrol man bad been watching carefully and had not seen anyone escape.' A council of war was held, and it was finally de cided to force aa entrance. They, rushed the door and began vigorously banging away at it, calling to the "burglar" to surrender. r- -vy---''-a Palmer, who by this time was In bed. heard the rumpus,- and. realising that the door was In danger, he rushed -out clad only in his nightgown, and opened the door, with tre remark: "Well, what do you wantr He was formally placed under arrest and was about to be taken to the sta tion when he satisfied his captors that he, was the owner of the store and the "burglar."' ' - '. f. --! The crowd that had gathered to wit ness the attack started to laugh ana josh, and the five officers vanished down Fifth street No report was made at headquarters about the affair. PHARMACISTS TO MEET HEREIN CONVENTION The first annual convention of the Western Oregon Drag club 'will be held Wednesday evening, January 10, In the convention room of the commercial club. The membership of the organisation comprises about 100 registered pharma cists actively engaged In the drug Busi ness In Portland and vicinity. The present officers are: . A. W. Allen, at Sixteenth and Marshall streets, president: Ralph Chrysler of the Skidmore Drug company, first Vice president; W. 8. Love, East Burnslde street and Grand avenue, second vice president; f J. Bronaugh, with Blumaaer Frank ; 5 company, i treasurer; Arthnf Thayer, with the Clarke-Wood ward com pany,' secretary; Successors to these of ficers are to be elected at the January meeting, aa well as four two-year term directors. . . ' One of the main purposes of the or ganization isto take a hand in framing legislation affecting the pharmacist pro fession, as well as an active part In the civic affairs of the community. . . CALIFORNIA RECEIVES : TIMBER PERCENTAGE ' Vj'-'-i'-- ' ' v i : K ' ' (tTnlted Pkm Uw4 Wtn.V -Sacramento, CaU Dec. 87-pGovernor Giilett today received: $60,76?. aa Cali fornia's share of the government timber sales from forest reserves; ; The money Hres at enee tamea tnt 'thtate treMMi ury.7' The amount represents 25 per cent of the gross, amount of sales In ihe statedurlng the past year. The money goes "in to thtf public roads and school funds of the counties in which the Um ber was sold. "'.-.;; -; - MS REPORTS : VO WO ME STORE PROPRIETOR the crater, an elevation of 4000 feet above sea level ' The hotel is located almost on the brink of this abyss, and from. the front steps one looks out over thousands of seres of black lava which forms the floor of this enormous pit A trail leads down the precipitous walls from the hotel,, and out across the nearly level floor, through a veritable wonder-; land., , It has been decades . since this black surface was - laid here, yet . one looks at f rosen cataracts of lava, at waves that seem shout to break against the huge, black rgs, and can scarcely persuade, himself that they are stone. Great black caverns yawn In lava cliffs, and fantastic shapes, like fabulous mon sters from the pages of mythology lie dormant on every side. . HANDS OF LAW Land and Bohanon Charged With Violently Ending Christmas Celebration. ' ' (United Press Lhh4 Vlm.) ' -Frankfort. Ky., -Dec 27. Grover Land, catcher, connected with the Cleveland Americans, and Patrick Bo hannon, formerly with the Louisville team of the American 'association, are being held today in connection with the shooting of Stephen Theophanta, a Greek ; restaurant keeper. Theophanls Is believed to be mortally wounded, t It is alleged that the two ball players were members of a party that ended Its innsunaa celebration by throwina- fire crackers through the windows of the restaurant. , The shooting was the result of the Quarrel that followed. Census Reports Show Coast -City Health Boards -Are . ; . Wrong in Estimate.1: - Portland along with Seattle. Tacoma aqd tile Urge CaUfornla cities is due to receive -a rude shock when the death rate for 1910 is made up In the light of the census figures, aa an nounced by Director of the Census Dn rand, - ;)-- .? Instead of the remarkably low death wuicu no versa around T per ' iwpoiauon, claimed by . the health departments' of Pacific coast cities, the new census is going to In- 2,rec.tL3LcauB the nt to b Increased for 1810 by from S to 4 deaths per thousand of popuUtion. . - As an Illustration of how Mr. Du rand's figures have played havoc with Portland s proudest boast lt is only necessary to point to the fact that the 2f,i!,.,-dth tot 1910 ,B oln ''to JLyVsae' li,' thousand; while for 109 the rate, based upon an estimated poDulatlon '. at sk Ann .... placed by the health authoriUes it 107. nwwevor, me ifoj rate had been based upon an estimated population of JOO.000 it would have stood at 9 7 SK.atU? -1 1, ,or ' ' no light voluge along the same, line. Ao cordlngto the annual report Issued by the health department of the big city on the sound, the death rate for 1909 JI??T'''i .bA8JdA0n an etlmated popu taUon of 300,1)05. Taking the population of Seattle, as officially announced with the same relative reduction that was made in determining Portland's death ? 'J b"I. the 1909 death rate is found to have been 1.69. Spokane's health department " fixed the death rate for 1909, on an estimated population of 126,000, at 10.6. By the recent census, Spokane's population 103,000, and taking tffese figures' is ivxvrb mvia8t 0.:W. R. & N. FAST MAIL ARRIVES 5 HOURS LATE 0.-W. R. & N. fast mail from the east was nearly five hours late thin arriving at 1 1 :65 a. m.i instead of 7 Ortgon-Washington : eiDre . arrive at 11:15 a. m- arrived t p. m-and the 8 oo-Spokane-Portland, due to arrive at 11:80 a. m., arrived at 1 p. nv,'.'-":'v'l,'''":.''-.('' The first eectlon of the RmthM. r.- clflc California express arrived at 8:1 J a. m, and the second section came in at 10 a. m. The first section should have arrived at 7:30 a m. Other trains nrar.- UeaHy jw lme-4olay. 1 1 1 i 1 ' Professor William T. Foster, presi dent of - the Reed Institute, left this morning for a two days' visit to Seat tle, on business. connected mrita the uni versity, y y BALL PLAYERS IN DEATH RATFLEAPS VITH NEW FIGURES PffllEEIStl - ! Ascends in Attempt but Con dition of Machine Sends! ; Him Down .Again; Hoxsey Gets Up 11,474 Feet. (Catted Frew traacd Wbe.) . Dominguei Field, Cal, Deo. 27. Bun dled In furs and oilskins until he re sembled an Eskimo, PIM Parmalee, drlv- lnr a Wright biplane, ascended shortly ' after the opening gun today, to try a new altitude record. " " 8 To win this distinction he must fly higher than lLm feet from "which al titude 'Archie Hoxey yesterday after noon looked down on half of t Lbs Angeles county and a bit of the Pacific ocean.."- -v;-"' - ' !' .;' K :":. Hardly had Parmalee left the ground when Radley, the Englishman, mounted In his Bleriot monoplane. After cir cUng about the field at a height of 600 feet he disappeared to the westward In the direction of Bedpndo Beach. It was announced that - Lincoln Beachey would drive one of the Cur Uss biplanes in the derby this after noon. , Beachey arrived at the field early and wheeled out hU machine for a, tuning up performance. , , fttnultt Comes Down Soen. Parmalee ascended ' to ' a height . of 3600 feet and then . descended. . His steering apparatus was not working welt and he was unwilling to take a chance at , a greater height until re pairs were madev He announced that he would make another attempt to beat Hoxsey's record during the afternoon.'- ' vv' 0',:.. V':.V -.:V- N - t Radley, after 1 flying several miles, returned to the field, j Hoxsey- announced this , afternoon that he would not try to beat , his height record daring this meet "Of course," he added, hurrledry, "if any one should better my mark, Td have to take another crack at it but If no one does, we'll let this one stand." Hoxsey was in the air yesterday two hours and1 fifteen minutes. He wins $3000 by his altitude triumph. -XMtham's Machine wrecked. The gale, which " Hoxsey and his brethren of the Wright camp,' Parm alee and Brooklns, braved successfully yesterday, wrecked Latham's Antoin ette machine completely. The French man tor t hour and It, minutes fought the wind. Then and adverse current slapped " his - monoplane downward, hurled It Into a fence and under the brow of the hill and threw the aviator Into a gully. The Frencnman came out unhurt, but his machine was a tangled mass of wire and silk. The motor was the only part left intact - :-' Prevents Admission of Certain .Letters Considered lmporj ; ant by the State. ClMted Santa Rosa, Cal Dec. 27. A search- ing cross questioning of Dr. A. W. Hitt and Dr. Deshsan, much dickering of op posing counsel, an attempt to Introduce certain letters as evidence and the fail ure to gain their admission, were the featuree of the trial of Dr. Wlllard P. Burke, which was resumed before Judge Seawell today. , - - Particular attention to the Question- ing of Dr. Hitt was given by the attor-' neys for the defense. Dr. Hitt has come to be regarded by marry as the most Im portant witness for the state 'next tn T.u Etta Smith, and Attorney Leppo devoted j much effort to an attempt to make the witness contradict himself. v The most damaging testimony given by Hitt -during the day's hearing waa that he knew that Miss Smith received money from Dr. Burke before her tent at the sanitarium was dynamited. Hitt said he had obtained this information by reading the Imprint on a pad of note paper on which Dr. Burke had written to Miss Smith, in which .Burke - men tioned that he was sending her "a lit tle present" .. :. :, The defense scored a-sjgnal victory by blocking the, admission, of letters written to Hitt by - attaches t of Dr. Burke's sanitarium after the explosion. One of these, which said that the ac cepted - theory ; of accident vwa- an error," and begged ;Hltt to Interest the authorities in an investigation,' was the cause of . a heated . argument but its admission was finally denied. ; , Dr. Dessan was 'on the: stand during most of the afternoon session, v (United Prens hettS Wbe.) Manila, Dec. 27, A Japanese spy in Corregldor, the fortification guarding the entrance to Manila harbor, was cap tured by the authorities here today. It Is reported that he was ' caught with valuable sketches of the forts and mili tary maps, in his possession. ' He la held Incommunicado. The military authorities are search ing Japanese houses for explosives. General Duvall ordered the search. BANK CLEARINGS AGAIN' SHOW MARKED INCREASE i v OVER ONE YEAR. AGO A tremondous increase lnPorU e, e land's banking business during 4! e . the year is Illustrated by to- e) e ' day's clearing house ' report 4 e which shows clearings to be $!,-' ! e 036.110.1S, with $li,6.87 bal- ' e ' ances. The report for the corre- e ejr - inioiiditig-datg-lsst-Trear wagr1 Clearings,' $l,23g.9T7.83; balances. ' e ' e iioo.oi7.78. ' ' e Journal Want Ada bring results. ' . Vi ABLE TO ATTACK IMSET'SUD DEFENSE SCORES, III BURKE CASE AP SPY CAUGHT IN FORTRESS ST No Croccria No Liquors CD. Ever Garment Not a make shift sale, not a small average reduction made to give the impression that great sacrifice reductions are made the public. Not a sale in which a lot of odds and ends left-ovek and undesirable garments form the bulk of the offering. ?-For the past uxxk tvc have bam diligently reniarfdng our entire stodz of new suits, new coats, new dresses, nev waist3, new petti coats, new sweaters; new children s and hew misses' apparel Every garment in this sale is neW this Fall. To show our reductions we illustrate in this sale of EveningandPafty r - 4 - - - - v Every Suit in al .' t i Ay it iVjfA ' ; -'' " --) ''iiRM ' A i n:. Regul ' ' Every Coat in the Store Reduced ' : Every Waist in the Store Reduced Every Fur in the Store Reduced Every Petticoat in the Store Reduced -Every Misses' Garment in the Store Reduced t ; fK Every Child's Garment in the Store Reduced ; - ' '". , t ' , . . --Modeled oflace,:net and Chiffon, of Lingerie and fancy patterns, also plain and fancy silk dresses. In light blue, pink, white, lavender and Copenhagen shades. Most these gowns are made with silk drop sldris. Either high or low nccfrstylcsrcither-short brlongslccvesrSome'are trimmed with delicate laces, others have trimmings of the same material Every dress is new this ceason. . MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY RMJUGE by example the thoroughness of our methods - - f . ar Pricfes $25.00 SDAY T the Store Reduced NoBdkzrj NoResiz'jrcnt W. B. Corsets E Store D Dresses to $50.00 $15.00 .