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X, v . ' v THEv OREGON 7 DAILY' JOURN. At." PORTLAND. TUESDAY 7 EVENING," MAY 23, Mil. 13 ATTEMPTTOWREGK mi i nF I II ILL. Ul y) RECORDS CHARGE AGAINST 2 fron Workers Nabbed jor Try- Ing to Dynamite Public -, Building im Los, Angeles- ceases Before Grand Jury. Los Angelas, May tl. The grand Jury under epeclal1 call, met this moraine- Jto consider ertdence acaJnat Bert-H. Con nors, structural Iron 'worker ana jonn Mansell Parka, a member of .tha local Iron workers' union, wtio were arrested lata venterday on a charge of harln attempted to dynamite tha. ball of . records -building . here no- tha roornlna; of September . laat. Blank auopoenae nave been lasuad and It la understood that Conner will ba on, of tha wit' nseaes. Conner la alleged to have made a confession Implicating- aereral man In tha Dlot' 4 Tha arrest of the two unlonlata ere atad a aenaatloa bar, today, aa both are wall known. Two war papartlar. . " According to statamenta by District Attorney Frederick, tha two man were taken Into ruatody on tba are of their departure for Seattle on a ooaatwla boat. Conner waa seised by Deteotlve I,. Browne aa he emerged from the steamship office. An hour later Parka waa arreaiea in nis room, eiDows seep In hia trunk which he waa packing in prpparatlon for . trip. " Ubder separate guards, the two men were taken to the district attorney's office and for five hours were sub jected to a merciless cross questioning, Then, they were told of each other's ar rest and for a few minutes were per mitted to see each other, representatives of the district attorney's office being present. Confession Zs Alleged.' About .midnight the two men were taken to the oounty Jail. Connors waa lodged in a eell within a few feet of that occupied by Ortle E. McManlgaL According to Detective Browne, Connera has made a complete confession, giving the details of the plan by which it was hoped to destroy the hall of records. Thla. confession, Browne says, names several men and one woman. He said the men were residents of Los. Angrelea and Ban rrnnclsco, and that Indictments against theirt probably would be re turned by the grand Jury, today. Corners was arrested shortly after the alleged attempt to dynamite the building was discovered and was held In 1ft 1 1 for several dnys. . He had been loitering about the building about the time the explyilve waa supposed to have been planted, hut otherwise the authori ties had no cause to suspect him. KOTemente Are Watched. Browns said that since then he haa unearthed evidence which positively connects Connera with the alleged plot. He said that reoontly Connera was fur nished with money to go away with by. well known men In I-iOS Angeles. He said that his nrcn had shadowed Con-' ners', etiry m6vement for the past month. According to the police, Con fers and Parks had arranged to sail to gether on tha steamer Norwood. Con ners, they said, bought a ticket under the name of B. H. Smith, while Parks went as John Smith. Both Connera and Parks were taken before tha grand jury when that body convened at 10 o clock today. , Connection Denied, That Bert H. Connera and John Man sell Parka are prominent members Of the local iron workers' union waa off I daily denied by labor leaders following a .meeting of the Los Angelse strike committee today. , , ,, J. E. Tlmmons, state organiser for the structural iron workers. In a formal statement, said that Parks belonged to the union, having been transferred from an eastern local recently. So far aa be knew, Connera had never been a mem ber of the Los Angeles local. The statement waa prompted by pub- Untied statements attributed to mem bers of the district attorney's office that Parka was formerly secretary treas urer of the local union, and that Connera was Us business agent brought from her eell. where eh haa been confined for more than , year, and arraigned In 'court' today to stand trial for tha alleged murder of Antonio Antorlno. The-killing. occurred at the woman home in Mantolalr on April 14 of .laat year. ' She' la said to have eon f eased the deed, explaining that she killed Antorlno in defending, .herself against Ma Importunities te elope, v Antorlno was subbed to death , with carving knife. , Mrs. Plgnatella ex plained to the .detective that in Italy several years ago the dead roan 'paid her attentions.. Both, ' however,-' bad wedded since coming to America and the woman declared that her anawer to the man' proposal to elope, made several-week before the killing, waa that she would not leave ber husband and five children. The lover continued hie suit and on the day of taagedy called at the Plgnatella home during the ab sence of the husband. To protect ber honor the woman declared she waa com pelled to lay, Antorlno. : ,' SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY; ' ; THEN, GETS A DIVORCE Mrs. Esther Roaenfeld appeared at the court house yesterday afternoon te Inquire how Mat Roaenfeld secured divorce from her May ,11. She waa very much excited upon learning be had tak en a decree, ae Instructions had been given her attorney, ahe said, to oppose the .dlyoree , -' ; According to the. woman, Roaenfeld sent her to the country, while he took the necessary steps for the divorce. She said be sent her and her father several miles from Portland to live on a Tanoh for the summer. Soon after she had located on the place, she waa COLLEGE. ACADEMY Citizens, 183 to 122,1 Reject : $20,000 Bond Issue to ' Buy Old Site.- B(eUl Dtoeatek r T JaoresLt Dallas, Or., May Itv In the election yesterday in achool district No. t on the voting of 110,000 bond for the purchase of the present holding of La Creole academy, ffnd Xtellas college, the vote waa against the bonds; SOS votea were oast, 1SS agajnst and 132 for. The college will remain on Its present holdings for the coming year. .There will be a meeting of the truateea of La Creole academy tcnight to decide what they will do aa result of the election. The college may move later, if It cannot obtgln the desired , cooperation of . the people of Dallas. ,-. v. The bonds were voted down partly be cause of Increased taxes, but mainly be cause the people did not understand just what the 120,000 weto be. for.; . The vote was not a full one, - - -. ' Had the bond Issue paaeed the eollege would have taken up the option on large new site close to town. , ' v. Hermann In San Francisco, Ian Francisco, May IS. August Herr mann, grand exalted ruler of the Elks, and chairman of the National commis sion of baseball Is In San Franolseo. He Is touring the country on business In connection with the Elks. , LAST PROTEST ' v (Continued From Page One.) tlon'e policy has been fixed for all time by, the Monday decision, do not expect that there will be any ( amendment of that law along the lines suggested. There, Is, however, admission by all that another problem has been thrust to the fore by that decision how shall combinations that approximate monop oly be regulated? Those who are re sponsible for making the laws recognise that, with competition more or lees eliminated, something must be substi tuted as a preventive of selfish trust managers oppressing the people when aBH!an!!S5!lr!B. ... : ' - permitted to do so without the regula tory element ."of competition to k,eep down prices and compel good service, rrestdeat Tft SUoar. Besides his declaration In bis mes sage to congress last year tfiat the atat ute does not eave to the court the power to modify the meaning of "re straint of trade," which waa quoted In these dispatches yesterday, President Taft Is on record aa deciding, when he waa Judge of the federal circuit court, against modifying the construction of the word '"unreasonable" In the statute. This decision Is quoted is a report to the senate by the aenate committee on the Judiciary, which recommended that a bill not pass that sought to amend the Sherman law exactly ae It is claimed It waa amended by the eourt by that which Is being referred to a "Judicial legislation."' Senator Nelson, a conservative, wrote the eommltteer port. which quoted . thl excerpt from Judge Taft's opinion;- Upon this review of the law and th authorities, we can hav no doubt that the association of the defendants how ever reasonable the prices they fixed, however great the competition ,lhy haa to encounter, end however great the neeeaslty of curbing' theme'lve J joint agreement from committing rjnn clal aulclde by ill-advised competition, was void at common law and tending to monopoly." '' "':r A HEALTHY, HAPPY OLD AGE May be promoted by those who Informed the husband was after the dl- pentlv cleanse the SVStcm. HOW and vorce. She Instructed an attorney to k J , men, wncn m neea 01 uxanve remedy, by Ukins a desertspoonf ul d the ever refreshing wholesome and trulv beneficial Svrup of Fici; 1 and Elixir of Senna, which is the only family laxative generally ap proved by the most eminent phy sicians, because it acts in a natural, strengthening way and warms and tones up the internal organs without weakening them. It is equally benefi- hcialfor the very young and the mid dle aged, as it is always efficient and free from all harmful ingredients. To get its beneficial effects it is always. necessary to buy the genuine, bear ing the name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co. plainly printed on the trontot every package. handle the case, a few days ago she re ceived a copy or the decree. Kosenfeld secured the divorce on the ground of cruelty. The woman declared she would demand that the matter be reheard. UNCLE SAM'S FIGHTING RATE UP 1200 PER CENT (Catted Press Leased Wire.! New York, May 21. War scare oppo nents are In hiding today, as the result or Navy Secretary Meyer's declaration the the United Slates Is 1200 per Cent better now when It comes to fighting than she was In 1S98. Scientific man agement and efficient training for marksmanship has Increased efficiency until now. according to Meyer, a nation such aa Spain wo then would not be able to offer notlceabU resistance. Promote) Good Road Cans. (Speetal DUpateh te The Joornil.) Birmingham. Ala.. May 22. What Is declared to be the largest and moat representative gathernlg ever assembled to promote tbe good roads cause In Amer ica met in tnia city today and began three days' session. The occasion Is the fourth annual meeting of the Nat ional Good Roads congress, which haa branch organizations In nearly every state and territory. Governors of sev eral states have headed their delegations to the present convention, while many congressmen, senators, mayors of cities, directors of public works and others in terested In tbe crusade for good roads are In attendance. . Mississippi Merchants. Natchex, Miss.. May 22. The Missis sippi Retail Merchants association be gan Its annual convention In this city today with a large attendance of mem bers from all over the state. The ses sions will last three daya. durlna- which time many -questions of Importance te me retail trade will be considered. HOTEL STEWART SAN FRANCISCO Geary Street, above Union Square Jut eppesite Hotel St Francis European Plan SUM? a day op , American Plan $3.00 day np ' ITew steel sod brick tractors. Furnished at cast of 1200,000. Every cemfert and con venience. On carllnes transf erring all ever city. Omni bos meets trains and steamers, fiead far Booklet with aap ef Saa Francisco TO THE PUBLIC We have been called upon many times to answer the ques tion as to when the building we occupy is to be torn down. For the benefit of the publlo In gen eral we wlah to announce that our build Ins; la a permanent structure and we are located here for years to come and thla sale is not a removal sale, dosing out sale, alteration sale, or anniver sary aale, but simply a legitimate sale to reduce our stocks, as the season draws to a close. Portland's Emporium iae sixth at. Sensational Hat Sail AT PORTLAND'S EMPORIUM Acknowledged by the public we cany the BEST MIL LINERY IN PORTLAND. NO OLD STOCK, NO CHEAP STOCK ONLY HIGH-CLASS HATS to be found at this sensational tale, commencing Wednes day morning. TWO DAYS ONLY Wednesday and Thursday Your choice of all our large FINEST QUALITY MILAN SHAPES, in plain and two-toned, in the following COLORS Black. White, Burnt, CoraV Kings Blue, Helio, New Red, Champagne, Leather and Navy. Large Droop Mflu K eJ AA,?J!!!" Medium Rolled Milans, R I I II l sn.iinrt .tvlM of VV lev lUIVt Don't miss this great shapes, at this sale; reg. rices $8.50, $10, $12.00, 15 $5.98 for $15 Hats. sale. Get the finest hat your money can buy for only $5.98. ONLY ONE ENTRANCE TO OUR LARGE STORE , 124-126,128 SltfTH STREET See Our Window Display , Largest Millinery House on the Coast 26 - 6 Street 50 Dozen Ostrich Plumes Nineteen inches long for this sale, special $S.9S See Page Five for Extra Suit Sale Ad. 9 RULING GIVES MORGAN CONTROL OF EQUITABLE (Halted Press Leased Wire.) New Voi:;, May 13. According to the decision of State Superintendent of In surance Hotchklss, the policyholders of the- Equitable Life Assurance society have no authority to vote for directors of that organisation. This rulinr places the control of the Equitable la the hands of J. P. Morgan. The elecUone heretofore held, wherein the policy hold ers were permitted to vote, are declared to have been lllgal by Hotchklss. On Trial for Murder. t8nclal Dhpttch to The Josrnal.t , Newark, N. J., May 23. Considerable public Interest Is displayed In the case of Mrs." Oarmela Plgnstells, who was , a- SL8L8L T V ft ..14 tU I J o T BBS 1 ( in ill f '-it II J 1 r li I'll k r - f ( ; Sr. Fred Preha Sr. Theodore B. Thomson Dentists Office Xoars 10 to 4. ; . : ormr sTJirsATrs raoic 10 to s 407 derUnger sld, 9d and Alder, . fhonee Mala SS08 A-aaoa . A backward Spring forces a stupendous sale in our Ladies' Apparel Section. We cannot afford to be left with a big stock of unsold goods. Cut prices will force them out. On sale all this week, but come early and secure the pick of the stock. TOSS SMtt P iMffltl Come and Look at the Goods-Yoirll Be Con vinced of the Sensa tional Values We Are Ottering Beautiful new Spring Suits of the new1 storm, French and mannish serges, new shadow and hairline striped and checked worsteds, white serges with black and white stripes, with the sailor, roll and Tuxedo collars. Plain tailored effects and fancy braid-trimmed. Skirts plait ed, cluster plaits, panels and plain gored. Ladies' Tailored 30 Snnitts tow Marvelous Bargains in Ladies' Fancy Dresses Now is the opportune time to secure that new Sum mer Dress or pretty Party Dress at a great saving in cost to you. These great bargains do not come every month. No such values, no such prices of fered anywhere in Portland. Note the big uptown stores and their prices compare their goods and prices with these. You easily save $10 or $12 on a summer gown by taking these. $30 Faecy Sik anndl Seirge Dresses for dMy if mm xtid'P , We cannot too strongly impress you with the remarkable Value represented in these suits this week at these prices. Even the most casual inspection will convince you of their exceptional merit Trim, extremely stylish, grace--nil, new models from one of the. foremost New York tai lors; especially, made .for thisSpring trade- ,1 ..id I ''! 'ill T LTAE -X3fWJfi, first and Yamhill Dresses of beautiful chiffon taffeta, new foulards, messaline, voiles, marquisette, serges, panamas and mixtures, finished with braid or elaborately (rimmed with lace; new bordered and fancy foulards, fancy taffeta satin and plain messaline dresses in ever so many styles many trimmed with beads, lace and piping, all fashion's , latest , novelties. Peasant sleeves, three-quarter and f ull-lenJi sleeves, low and high necks. CSlrirts plaited panels, c!u ter pleats, liarrow effectsi All colors. . Sizes mi:: -a Second and Ynmhlll 16 ta women's 4Zr ,