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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY - EVENING, JUNE 20, 1811. BANK PRE HI PHILLIPS IS H SHARE BUM E Depositors of Failed Vancou : , ver Institution Say He Made ; Unsecured Loans to Former Partner Aldrich. $75.DD0 ESTATE IS m io ii Will of LatR George W. Mc Bride Filed for Probate Today. SAYS KILLMAN RODE Air WHILE Vancouver, Waah.. Jun 18. Around th do personal and buetneaa relations known to exlat between Frank Aldrich of Ooldendale, Waah., and Hugb ('. Phtlltra. president of the Commercial bank of Vancouver. rornli'M no small bar of the Indignant crltlrlem of Phillip heard on the streets In run Section with th failure of thi hank and the yet unknown loan to doposltnra. Aldrich waa on of the men hrld forth a pillar of atrength to the hank at tha tlm It waa purrhaaed. When It cloned ha and othera of the Aldrich nam or companlea owned by him. com prehended under the general name of tha Aldrloh loana. owed the bank more than any other intereata. with nothing Vat unsecured note In tha bank to cover the loana. Wotoa aUdnoao, Amounting to about $10A,000 when th fauik doora were cloned I net October, jthaa notea have been reduced to $K2. Jtil by tba receiver, against which lie jliolds rarloua propertlra turned over by LUdrlea atnce tha failure of tha bank A description of theaa properties and tha prlcaa at which they are held wua given In theaa dlapatchea a few daya hago. They may liquidate 60 per cent of Nth Aldrich loana, or they may pay less. Aldrich haa never been a resident of fTanootsver. Ha Uvea at Ooldcndale, rfrom which town Phllllpa came to Van- wurtr flva yeara ago. At Gnldendale, Phillip and Aldrich were cloaely aaeo datad. Thay ware partner In the grain business for aevan yeara, and were alao ta tha Dour mill bualneaa, Aldrich being general manager of the Ooldendale Hilling company. Aldrich haa alao long teen a aheepman. At the time the bnnk waa purchaaad, auppoaedly largely by "hla money, ha had about (000 acrra of land In Klickitat county and tonn aheep. I-At least, this la what waa represents! The will of the lata Oeorge W. Mc- Rrlde. former aenator from Oregon, waa filed In the munty court today for pro late. The eatate la valued at 7A,0u, and la left to the widow, 1-aur W. MrKrlde. The death waa .Tuna It. The will waa drawn April IK, 1907, and made liberal provlalon for relatlvea anil clone frlenda In case the wife should ni't have aurvlved the dctaaed. Should this have been the raae, Kdmond ' joiltncr would hav rt-d a truti'. and through him 11000 would have ln-en left I to Kilmnml ijlltnrr. Walter Cnplea, l Thomaa A. Mrltrlde. Varn-y 1". Tollman, iljiura A. WimxIm. I. in Imla M. Cnplea, jjnmi a II. M. Hi Id.-. li.-.irge McHrlde ( Patterson. f)rvllle W Yi-argnln, l.orln IK. Adnma, Kri-ilcrlik (V Cuples. Marin- ret Whnrtun. I !! .M.'HMInn. Ijiiira Hul llvnn, IM It h MrHrldc, Howard It. Mr Hrlilc, Anna L. Mi Bride, Walter McPrld and II. Millrlde. The real of the eatate wa to h- divided among the clos est relatives . A special beiiiet of $1000 wua ma.le to Judith H. Hmlth and Elvira J liuilrr. Sim o the widow sur vived the ib-ct-aaed, three hnjucala are void l'ru IMun waa made, that the widow nnd Kdmond .'. Ulltner are lo art aa nirniinn. l.orln K. Adania la named attorney for the executora. JURY DELIBERATED Missouri Officer Comes After Citizen of Lents for Crime Committed .11 Years Ago; Theft of Cow Is Basis. SPRECKELS MES ON THE STAND I CEMENT WORKERS niiir inn nil pp gUII JUU UM I ILIl Sheriff Lee linker of Waynevllle, Mo., arrived thla morning to tiike Alf KIM man of Lenta back to Mlaaourl to aerve a prlaon aentence of five yeara. Requlal tlon papers are not expected to arrlv.) until thla afternoon, and the haheaa corpua hearing Instituted hy Klllman In oppoalng the return will be heard to morrow by i'realdlng Judga Uanlenbeln. Klllman and hla frlenda at Lenta will make a vlgoroua fight against extra dition, declaring that Klllman hna lived un boneKt and inlet life at Lents for It year a nnd hIioiiIiI not he relurned to thn lata that haa neglected to call for Mm during thla time Sheriff Baker atatea that Klllmnn left Waynevllle while the Jury wa.t dn llberatlnK. He rode out of the country on a horse, and when pursued hy nf flccre turned upon them In a gun Imtlle. Tha jury found htm guilty and a aen tence of five yeara was Iiii4koi1. Leaving Mlaaourl, Klllmnn came to Oregon, and later aent lor ills wife. Ha located at Lenta and haa gone under tha nama of (J. W. Hmlth. The Mlas'iurl authorities claim the reason they have never called for the mini la because they havo never known where lie was. Hla residence waa recently reported to tnem by a tourlat who met l.lin In Tort land. Klllman la charged with Inning atolen 1 several cattle, but wiih tried only upon the charge of stealing a cow. SUGAR NQUIRY Asked if Western Company Was Formed to Eliminate Competition, Magnate Says "Not Exactly." DIRECT MEASURES HANDLE PASSEfKER ON OREGON PLAN BUSINESS BY AUTO SWEEP COUNTRY Washington, June It. Before tha Ifardwlek committee of tha house which la Inveatlgatlng tha augar lnduatry. I'oukIsh Ciimj bell, attorney for John l. Hiireckela. protested today against Hpreokela being compiled to teatlfy becauae of government aulta pending In Ntw Vork ngalnat threa companies! of which ha la president. Ilardwlck ruled that the commlttea waa empowered to nxamlna anyona, but that any witness might refuaa to answer a Question thnt, would tend to Incrim inate him. fjpreckola than took the) a la ml Senator Bourne Issues State ment on Remarkable Show ing Made by Movement for Miserable Train Service Leads to Innovation at Medford' and Jacksonville. (VperU) Dtss atea te Taa Jirarastt Jacksonville, Or., June 1. Jaekaon- rill. mwkA AtnrA unll in .lli.ln. Popular Government Laws. tha praises of V. C. Qorat, who had es tablished an automoDiif paasanger aerv lea batwen tha two cities. Mr. Oorat (Wssblngtoa Bores of Tttt JnaraaLI 1 makaa a round trip averyi hour, and haa Washington, . IJ. C. Jun I A r a-1 found hla way Into popular favor to markahla showing for tha adoption of I auch an Wtant that ha will aoon put what are commonly known aa tha pop-1 on another machine. Ha la alao talking ular government lawa. framed atong of tmttlnr on a truck to comoeta with a aMMvs a t"r" nAAPn APUSILtSttfUStU. AS THE TRUE CHILD OF THE ALMIGHTY tBaaaawaBBBMaMaa asaMaaMaaBMBM . . Described Himself as Literal Son of the Divine Power, Sent to Earth M Start a Perfect Race. tha line of the Oregon system, la niada I tha Rogua River Valley railway Id haul by Bonator Bourns In a atatemant Juat I Ing freight laaued. Tha atatea In which the Initiative and referendum havs. been adopted aa a con stitutional amendment ara Oregon. Okla homa. Colorado, Nevada, Mlaaourl, lion. tana, South Dakota, Arkanaaa and Main Utah adopted an Initiative and Tha western aurar masrnata declared referendum amendment which la Inop. ha waa the president of the Weetern 1 rt,v because of failure of the legla- Bugnr Heflnlng company, the Spreckola 'lur o nac neceaaary legialatloti. Htet Bugar company and the California SiiKiir refining company. Asked If the western company had been formed to eliminate competition, Hpreckela re- pli.d: "Not exactly, but for a year before the Western was organised there had been fierce price cutting. The story how, by means of a con- State Tet to Tote. The atatea In which the Initiative and referendum amendment haa been sub mitted by the legislatures, but haa not yet been voted on by the people, are California, Washington. Wyoming. North Dakota, Nebraska, Florida and Idaho. The atatea that have adopted the tract leaHo, Bpreckels In 190J took over ! Oregon plan of popular election of sen- Fifty "Sandhogs" Working Under Water, Strike for $3 Per Day of 8 Hours. iir Inspired artlclea published In the t rsewapapera at that time. Waa Waa Kelatkmaarp rhllllpa became a resident of Kllrkl tat county In 1177 and served two terms aa county auditor. Aldrich went to that county about Hl. When the Comfnor- . clal bank waa purchased from 8. M. Beard, E. M. Rowley and others, Fhll . Jlpa and Aldrich were given out ja the ,' principal financial mainstays of the new ' Institution, Particular emphasla waa placed upon Aldrich. Did the partnerahlp relation of Phll llpa and Aldrich continue down through the time that Aldrich waa receiving . large loana on unsecured notea? It Is .known that Phllllpa signed an assign ment of mortgage after the closing of tha bank, "Aldrich ft Phllllpaby II. C. Phillips." Vancouver business men say they were generally regarded aa part ! pera, and they were ao described at the , time the bank waa taken over in artlclea ' furnished the local newspapers. Juat when the loana to Aldrich began la not known, but will be established ' by Investigation of the books by Expert J. w. Ferguaon. The relations of AI ' drlch to the bank will be one of the ubjocrs of close scrutiny In the Invrs tlgatlon. During the first part of the bank's history after the purchase there was no banking; law In Washington, and It may be that In any event no liability haa been Incurred by the tranaactlona with Aldrich, But if the partnerahlp of Phillips with . Aldrich continued, aa it appears to have been, the acts of Phillips In piling up tha Aldrich notes In the bank will pro voke particular condemnation. Bank Examiner Blamed, It la paid that Bank Examiner Mo hundro gave some attention to the Aid rich transactions before the closing of the Institution, and asked that the ac count be placed in more satisfactory condition. But It is alleged Mohundio 'did not use great diligence after clos ilng the bank in getting a hold on the i Aldrich securities. Aldrich owed other banks besides the Commercial bank, and ;when Receiver Kles went to Qoldendale, lovtr three months after the bank closed, to locate any property of value jto the bank, he found the Toppenish tank was ahead of him In taking first Claim on a large band of sheep and other personal property. The receiver, f however, holds 160 shares of the Top- fpenish Livestock company, one of the Aldrich properties. PATROLMAN JOHNSON OF ST. JOHNS DIES While 5n "sandhogs," working In the calnmiti on the Broadway bridge, atruck yost'-nlay. Hie general work on the .bridge haa not been crippled, a force of, 200 men working for the Union Hrldne & Construction Co. still being on the Job. The "sandboys," who are not union ised have been receiving J2.60 a day for elcht houra work, but they made a demand for 3 a day for the same hours. As no result came from the demand, the men struck yesterday morning as the 8 o'clock shift waa going out to enter the caissons. It Is said that some of the married men did not want to walk out, but were persuaded to do ao by RAIN DRAWBACK the contracts of the California-Hawaiian Sunr company, his prlnrlpa! compet itor, for three years and cloned the refinery of that company after the con cern had Inst $600,(H)iT yearly In trada war, ranged the committee to instruct Bpreekels to file a copy of the lsaae. r Joseph f. Hmlth. president of tha Mormon church, and Hlsliop Nibley arrived today from Ctnh to give testi mony as to the relations of the church In th augar business with the late Henry O. Ilavcmeyer. m niin ri TrnTi i iiri t mm ra MlNIGi'SWIFE It takes more than rain to dampen the enthusiasm of an audience at The Oaks. Although the heavens wept yesterday afternoon ehortly after things were un der full awing at the big amusement park, the Inconvenience was but slight. Philip Pels and his band and the Met ropolitan Opera Quartet moved from the bandstand to the auditorium, where the concert waa resumed. The aextet from "Lucia," the quartet from "The Miserere," th quartet from "The Huguenots" and many other num bers by the quartet were an artistic delight, perfect rendition giving cause Nebraska, Nevada, Kansas and Call- Thla Is tha result of tha narrow minded and short sighted policy of th Rogue River Valley railway which ha kept Jacksonville securely bottled tip for ao' long. Though the traffic ha long warranted It, tha Darnums have stoadfastly refused to make mora than the threa round trips a day that they have been making for r any years. Rev eral petitions requesting Improved serv Ire have been Ignored and accommoda tlor have been aa poor as the state railroad ofilclala have allowed them to use. Since the advent of Mr. Oorat, the operating company has seen fit to ncrease the time table so that now 18 tralna a day are ran and accommoda Hons have been markedly Improved. Mr. Oorat formerly ran a paaaenger launch between Port Orchard and Beat tie. HUSTONS N AUTO REFUSES TO TALK Taken Before Grand Jury Los Angeles, Woman Re , fuses to Answer. in I.oa Angeles, June 26. Mrs. Ortie E. The Z'r to, which th. caisson I. be- none; but. the finest of music Is to lng sunk Is No. 7 on the east side of the river, which Is now 42 feet under the for tha boast of Manager Cordray that I McManlgal, wife of the alleged dyna miter, was taken before the grand jury water. There are two more caissons, for piers 6 and 6, to be put down yet. Pier 4 lias been finished. Ho Battlement In Bight. It waa stated this morning that no negotlatlona had been entered Into yet between the bridge company and the striking "sandhogs," and It la not known at the local offlcea what will be done until word has been received from the head offlcea at Kansas City. It is ex pected that word will be received to day. At the present time there are 12S men at work on the piers, abutments and In the construction of the caissons while 25 othera are at work on the abutments of the O.-W. R. A N. bridge. Several of the strikers, headed by J. Kohn this morning stated that they wished the public to understand that their strike Is not the work of obstruc tionists, but that they are mostly men of families who have to work at great depths below the water. Inhaling the fumes of dynamite charges, and that they are simply asking an Increase In wages which they consider due them. They stated that the bridge company had threatened to send to Kansas City for negroes to do the work, which they say would result In sending the money earned out of the city. They say that Portland men ahould be given the work at an advance cf 60 cents a day. be heard at the park "Mlgnon," by Thomas, and Tschal kowsky's "Overture 1812" were two more noticeable Items In the band's long program. The Hungarian String Quar tet la a new attraction booked by Man ager Cordray to play on the chutes lake in a gondola. This is the farewell week of Band master Pels, his limited engagement being completed. He will be succeeded ehortly before noon today, and despite questioning by Deputy District Attor neys Ford and Horton, absolutely re fused to answer any questions or tes tify In any manner. She gave as her grounds that it would not be lust for her to make statements which mlgfrt tend to Incriminate her husband. After a short time the district at torney's deputies came out of the grand jury chambers and summoned Attor- next Sunday by Patrick Conway and a 1 neys Job Harrlman, Clarence Da r row large band. 1 and Lecompte Davis before the lnqulsl- i tors. After being in the grand Jury atora are Oregon. New Jersey. Ohio, fornla. The states that have adopted tha Oregon plan of popular vote for can dldates for president and vice-president are Oregon, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota and Wisconsin. It will be seen from these Hats that New Jeraey Is the only eaatern state that has gotten Into the movement; this result having been achieved through the leadership of Governor Woodrow Wilson during the session of the legls lature just ended. These are only actual, final results accomplished, but the statement does not profess to refer to the partially : complete campaigns that are being i fought In many of tha eastern states. I All over the east virile organizations are at work, framing programs for In I duclng the legislatures to permit the people to vote on constitutional amend iments looking towards the ad option of I Carl, of Portland Heights, were In tha essentials of the Oregon system. I Washington for several days, en tour Progress la Quaker sttata, I In their motor car through eastern For instance, In boss-ridden Pennsyl- I states. On June 20 they went to Baltl vanta. where the ghost of Matt Quay I more ( and Philadelphia, and on to At- neia sway, ana the mortal Boles Pen-1 lanuc city, tor a lew nays at tne sea rose now holds sway, a real prospect I eh ore. From there they were to go to exists of early adoption of the essen- I New York, New Haven and New Lon- tials of the Oregon system. Borne I don, there to witness the boat races genuine progress was made In the leg-1 between Tale and Harvard, June 29 lslature during tha past few months, I and 30. and members of tha organisation that I Their plana then called for contlnu is working for the new laws profess i lng the tour through Connecticut, Rhode SEE WASHINGTON Portland Family, on a Motor Tour of East, Visits the Nation's Capital. (Waahlnaton Bureau ef Tba Joarnal.) Washington. June 2(. S. B. Huston, Mrs. Huston and their sons, Oliver and CONTROL OF HAWAII PASSES TO JAPANESE confidence that they will win a victory In the early future. New York, too. Is thinking of going to the mourners' bench and confessing failure of representative government under existing conditions, and a desire to repent and get political salvation. Borne new faces are to be seen among the exhorters, men of prominence and power. Pressure Behind Movement. In Ohio! In spite of the success Gov. efnor Harmon has had in preventing room a few minutes they emerged and tne Democratic state convention making ( After an Illness of nearly two months rltobert M- Johnson, a resident and for mer patrolman or Bt Johns, died yes terday morning at his home In Bt. John. The deceased waa E8 years of age, having lived in St. Johns over six years. He waa born in Santa Rosa, Sonoma icounty, California, Noverber 22, 1R54. From Santa Rosa he oame to Condon, lOregon, where he lived for aeveral wears, then moved to St Johns. He (was in the employ of Cochran & Co. kfor several years, then he got a posl Ltlon on the police force of the town. IHe held this position until the time of his illness. The deceased leaves a widow and three married Bisters. The funeral will ffoe held tomorrow at the home in St. j John. The remains will be taken to lOregon City for burial. PAPER BOARD MAKERS INDICTED IN NEW YORK (United Praaa Leaaed Wire.) Washington, June 26. The findings of the army war college, which has been Investigating the policy of ex pansion adopted by Japan show that the insular government has settled 79, 000 Japanese in Hawaii and that their number la Increasing, but that In the Phlllpplnea there are less than 3000 ! Japanese. The army officers' report shows that the coffee Indus-try has ' passed entirely out of American con- ' T trol into hands of Japanese. It Is pre- j dieted that It will not be long before the X Immediately went into conference with Mrs. McManlgal. The attorneys then announced that they had Instructed the woman that she could not be compelled to give tes timony concerning her husband. It was then announoed by tha dis trict attorney's office that subpenas had been issued for the appearance Of Evelyn McManlgal, 7 years old, and Walter McManlgal, children of the accused man, before the grand jury late this afternoon. WOMEN WORKERS IN LAUNDRY GIVE OWN LUNCHES TO FIREMEN Japanese control the sugar plantations. New York. June 28. Officers, agents and members of various paper board manufacturing companlea and copart nerships included In the membership of the Eastern Box Board club were In dicted today by the United States grand Jury here for conspiracy In re straint of trade. Most of those indicted are members of the Fiber and Manilla association, which paid a fine of $88,000 In Febru ary. 1910, for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. nv cennn rnn nnvro rai wuuu run dualo i: FOR GALA PERFORMANCE!! 'FOUR MEN ARRESTED IN ST. JOHNS ROW Four men were arrested this morning iby the chief of police of St. Johns on the charge of using abusive language .towards the linemen employed by the Mount Hood Light & Power "company. Complaints have frequently come to the police that these men have attempted to prevent the workers from performing their duties. - It Is said that the men who caused the trouble have been taking photo graphs of the men at work. ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR DAMAGES VETOED Mayor Simon vetoed an ordinance passed by the city council providing for the payment of a claim of $220 made by F. A. Jones for damages done to a carpet factory by reason of an overflow of the Wood street sewer. The mayor's vote was submitted after he had held a conference with City At torney Frank S. Grant. Mayor Simon holds that the overflow of the sewer was an act of God, for which the city was not responsible. United Preaa Leased Wire. I London, June 26. Tonight's great feature of the coronation festivities will be a gala performance at the Royal opera house, Covwit Garden. King George, Queen Mary, members of the royal family and royal delegates to the coronation from other countries have returned to London from Ports mouth to participate in the concluding events of the celebration. The demand for seats for tonight's event 1s unprecedented. Ambassador Whltelaw Reld of the United States se cured a box seat for $500, but as high as $5000 has been offered for boxes by late applicants. Young' women In the employ of the Troy laundry adjoining the burning oil plant, deserted their posts and gave their atten- tion to serving hot coffee and lunch to the firemen and othera fighting the flames. The girls first gave their own lunches to the firefighters, and when these gave out, the laundry coffeepot was 'set going and sandwiches hastily prepared from the near est grocery. Throughout the forenoon these 4 brave girls faced the danger, and could be seen running back and forth carrying coffee and lunch to the firemen and pollce- men. Shortly before noon, ar- rangements were - made to send food to the fighters, and one bakery rushed a special .load of provisions. The laundry girls V dispensed them. a start towards popular election of senators by publicly nominating a sen ator to succeed Mr. Dick, public senti ment was strong enough to make him, like Boss .Penrose in Pennsylvania, get Into line, and permit the movement to go onward towards final consummation of the desired plans. The big thing to come, however, that will affect the movement materially, will be the national Republican conven tion, up to which will be put the ques tion of indorsing the popular- govern ment laws. There will be a powerful element of the party that will seek to prevent such indorsement; and another potent element will make that their chief issue before tha convention. It Is ex pected that the Democratic party will put into its platform a strong endorse ment of tha Oregon system. MINISTER ASSERTS HE CAN PROVE HELL A MYTH San Francisco, June 28. That hell Is a myth and that he can prove It by quo tations from the New and Old Testa ments was the substance of a speech made here bv Pastor Russell of the j London and Brooklyn Tabernacles at Dreamland rink. "Hereafter," was tha 1 subject of the lecture which was made 4 1 in connection with the International Sunday school convention. Russell an alyzed the common beliefs In heaven and hell and then gave hla own opinion that the dead will simply sleep until tho Judgment day. Island and Massachusetts to Boston, to Portland. Maine, through tha White mountains, through New Hampshire, New York state and on to Buffalo and Detroit, down to Cleveland, over to Chicago and up to Minneapolis, whence they expect to ship their car and go home via tha Canadian Pacific, reach ing Portland about August 16. Tha entire Journey was to be In their motor car, with the Itinerary varied as fancy suggested along the route. A ride south from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod at Provlncetown, where waa the actual first landing place of the Pil grim Fathers, was in prospect, over the celebrated automobile roads of Massa chusetts. Celt rw teaaa I'kl' Chicago, June It. That Kvelyn Ar thur See, "revealer" of the cult of "ab solute life," described himself In his writings as the literal and true son of God. was declared today In the trial of the "prophet" by Associate State's Attorney Buruham In prosecuting rtae for causing the delinquency of Mildred Bridges, one of hla girl dlarlplea. See, Burnham said, sssertrd that he was sent to be the progenitor of a perfect race who were, by Immaculate conception, to be true eons and daugh ters of God. Writes oa Mildred. Under tho chapter "Mildred" In hla "book of truth." See wrote: "In you ahall be born tho child of my son. You shall yield youraelf to Ood's ordination. I have given unto the mother of the new raco (Mildred Bridges) the knowledge that, though she ta to bear a son in tbe flesh. It not from the flesh, but front Uoa, that she Is conceived. She Is the chosen one. the Idol or my heart, uoa nas called this wife and daughter to bring forth the new race I, God, declare it I have united her and her mother la one, I have made tier mother strong enough to give her Into my handa for her glory. In her youthful body Ilea a great spirit. She Is the flower of my garden. Her life shall become wholly one with his life. Bne snail ruirni her 'own. Jlfe." Boaerta Parent Bridges. In the Mm chapter, mentioning Stephen Bridges, the father of Mildred, by name, See wrote the following ana thema: "He Is air world sighs for you. Thla man, who threatens absolute lire out neglects financially to support that life, has fallen so low that all which was to his credit Is now dishonored. "Being a man of loos tongue, h thinks to foil God. All that la dear to him belongs to absolute life. He la gone Into an orphanage. He who raises hand against absolute life perishes. He shall die disgraced. He shall have no Jurisdiction over his daughter. She shall tower above him." Mona Rees, the second of Sea's girl disciples, testified today. She denied having illicit relations with See in the apartments of a Mrs. Pocks, snd, after long pause, denied that her relations with Be had ever been meretrloloua. The Reea girl refused to Identify-let- era and papera which the state dclared ee wrote her. On letter she declined to Identify, said: "Do not answer any question on the stand or anywhere that wtll satisfy your questioners. Try to strengthen Mildred to answer In the same way." In view of this th state Intimates that if unable to convict See on th charges of ruining the Bridges girl it will try the "revealer" on the charge of tampering with witnesses. WHO WILL PAY COST OF PAVING FOR BLOCK "S"? John M. Gearin, representing Dr. An drew C. Smith, half owner of block 8, which has been accepted as the new Ipostofflce site, this morning asked (-fudge Bean for extension of time until tomorrow to look Into the question of liability for street paving assessment against the property, amounting to $4000 or $5000. H said he wished further tlm to form an opinion as to whether the gov ernment or the property owners are re sponsible for the payment of this as sessment. He was allowed tha time re quested. COMMISSIONER LANE TO MAKE WESTERN TRIP . . ( W.ihlnjrton Bnreau of Hie Journal.) Washington, D. C, June 26. Com missioner Lane, of the Interstate com merce commission, leaves in a few days for th coast. He will visit California and later Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. He will remain west all summer. Com missioner Lane has completed his part of tha work on the rate cases involving the northwest cities and decisions are looked for any tlm now. SWEDISH EXCURSION STEAMER I WRECKED Helslngfors, Finland, June 2. The Swedish mall steamer Borl, with 400 excursionists aboard, was wrecked to day on Korpo Island. No details have yet been received, but It Is feared the death list will be heavy. The Borl was returning from a trip to Stockholm. WITH LICENSES RAISED ONE-THIRD, SAL00NMEN DOUBLE COST OF DRINK ' (ffpeeta! Dlapateh to The Jonrnnl ) 4t Marshfleld, Or., June 28. After July 1 drinks In saloons In Marshfleld will cost Just twice as much as they do now. This Is due to the action of the retail liquor men following the raising of the license from $600 to $800 a year. When the license que- tion was before the city council the liquor men stated that if the license was raised they would have to put up their retail prices, claiming they could not stay in business otherwise. Hererafter beer will be 10 cents a glass Instead of 5 cents, and whiskey will be raised in the same ratio, A AN RAT 0 FUND HAS DISAPPEARED -PATROLMAN BARTER IN SERVICE AGAIN " Richard W. Barter, a patrolman who Jrt -th department a year ago to un dergo an operation that cost him a leg, la back In uniform aga.n and has ten assigned to duty In the north Park tlocka to watch the children's play ground. "In spite of th fact that I have star No. IS and ta patrol box key No. 13, I am back; In th blue, and a tickled to te back as a boy with a new kite. The Jinks ran't get tne, although Jt has tried hard nouglt" ML SCOTT BULLETIN LATEST PUBLICATION A new weekly paper known as The Mount Scott Bulletin was Issued for th first time Friday at Arleta. The pub lication, which is published by the Silk worth Printing company. Is four col umn, eight pages and will be devoted to the upbuilding of the great Mount Scott district. Lewis Silkworth is the editor and the policy of the paper will be progressive. This Is the second paper in that section, th other being the Mount Scott News. COINS SENT TO TAFTS ARE BEING RETURNED (United Preaa Lraied Wire.) Washington, June 26. Hundreds of silver coins mailed to President and Mrs. Taft for the silver wedding anni versary, are being returned to the send ers with an explanation that the 'execu tive and his wife appreciate the motive prompting thfe gifts, but cannot accept them. The coins range from dimes up. The oelebratlon fund of the local Jap anese colony has disappeared. The $300 donated by a large number of the mem bers at a meeting at the Terkoku com pany, 60 North Third street, Saturday night, cannot be found. The manager of tho company re ported to the police this morning that thieves entered the store sometime Sat urday night and in addition to taking the $800 swhlch had been collected for celebration purposes, numerous rlnrrs. watches, chains and knives valued at about $100 had been taken. Detectives Endlcott and Sloan and Tlchenor and Howell have been assrgned to the case. PREMIERS 11 DEMENTED ARMY OFFICER WEDS FRISCO DIVORCEE TnJted Pma Leaaed Wlre.l Philadelphia, June 28. Major Henry C. Davis of the marine corps, recently convicted by courtmarttal of insubordi nation and sentenced to the loss of 10 numbers In rank, and Mrs. Vesta Short rldg Brugulere, of San Francisco, di vorced wife of EmU Francis Brugulere, composer of the "Baroness Fiddlesticks' and other musical works, were ma'rrivd her Saturday. - E STIRS LITTLE INTEREST London, June 26. -So far as the masses of the people are concerned, the British "imperial conference," between Premier Asqulth and the heads of the governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and New Found land haa been a fizzle, as a result of the exclusion of reporters frtm th ses sion. Formal reports have been given out, but it Is generally understood that much of the Interesting part of the pre micro' deliberations was omitted. In England the result has been an almost total loss of public Interest In the gathering because of the corona tion festivities, which have attracted the attention of the people. The con ference, however, Is expected to lOom large In 4he public eye when the coro nation excitement has quite died away. COURT MAY PREVENT ERECTION OF STABLE Esther Pohl, S83 Williams avenue, this morning obtained a temporary re straining order in the circuit court against John Campbell, preventing him from erecting a stabla on ' his lot at Wetdler street and Union avenue. It Is alleged in the complaint that Campbell in building the stable In violation of a city ordinance,-as he proposes keeping a cow and a horse in It. The Injunc tion, is returnable July 6, when argu ments will be made to determine wheth er or not U shall Joe. permanent "i 1 mil) mil laauMUWIil'Af ""IV""!' 11111 'I "MM "'" """!' M 'l"Wi',H , i" IW-".? ' IL Four Fine Portland Homes Received Pianos Like This Last Week, From Eilers Music House (of course) The picture shows the latest design of the, superb dickering Quarter Grand, which has come to be known as the Bride's Piano. Our reduced prices range from $638 to $1150,-according to size, Resign and finish. 7