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' . ... . .J, AGENTS OF UNIONS WEBB APPEAL NOT MOB ARGUE ASYLUM PATIENT CAPTAIN CLEARS . MILL ATTACKS COMMONER OMITS UNDllNOraiENT HFEIIED-FOUTS IN M'NAMARA CASE HOLZMAN SUSPECT ALL FROM BLAME DIRECT MEASURES . HAI.IE OF PMOH ui YiunuLitunHnuL Battle 'of Labor "Sluggers" I in Which-. One Was Killed Results in Secret True Bills Against Several. ' (Culled Leased Wli. ' Chicago, July 1 2. Following , th ' secret indictment of union leaders kl- leged to have been concerned in a union war her which resulted In murder, the police today are seeking to arrest Biraon O'Donnell, president of the building trades' council and business agent of the tnited Association of Plumbers, and Thomas Kearney and James Garvin, business agents of the same union. J Maurice Enright, an alleged slugger and gunman, who is also a business agent of toe Steamflttera union, is al ready under arrest. Ha is accused as the actual murderer of Vincent Altman. a' rival union's slugger, whom he shot in, a saloon here March 22, and O'Don nei, Kearney and Garvin are charged with being accomplices in the crime. m The acousations against the latter three are reported to have come about through bellboys at the Briggs House, where O'Donnell lived, repeating to the; grand Jury incriminating conversation O'Donnell had with the other men ac cused which, it la said, showed' that Enright's killing of Altman waa not, as he declared, In self defense,, but was done as the result of a plot . ' .The indictments of the labor leaders and the killing of Altman, which caused them, are the culmination of a fight which has raged here for years between the building trades council of the Amer lean Federation of Labor and an inde pendent labor council. Enright is said to have been chief slugger for the fed' ration body and Altman for the inde pendents. Half a Oosen murders are aid to have occurred during the labor i war, but tbe killing of Altman was the first case in which either side would give up enough information to make prosecution possible. mm fight - ''Property owners will not give up the battle regarding the sewer which re cently has been Installed in St. Johns, although at the council meeting last night tbe members by a vote of 4 to 8 - decided to accept -maintenance bond of t $8000 which the contractor L. 8eybold baa put up. This bond Is for the re pairing of the sewer for a period of two years beginning July 10. There was considerable discussion over this ques tion of accepting the bond, as the proper ty owner still contend that the sewer was never built according to specifications and they .did not see how a maintenance bond was to make faulty work good. The question of the bond was accepted on condition that the property owners, yen though they tiad engaged an at torney to prevent payment for the work, were to drop the fight But whether they will drop it will be known defin itely tonight when those interested will hold another meeting In the city-hall. -tThe city fathers decided that the city needed an Inspector ' for the purpose of seeing that new streets were in good condition before tney were accepted, for It is said that much work on new streets has been approved of that was not as It should have been. ' : -As many new streets have been re cently completed the council thought.it beat that arc lights should be Installed Immediately on many corners where they are needed. . This matter was re ferred to the light and water committer , which ha power to act Thi means that It lights are Installed St. Johns will be one of the best lighted town of It sise on the coast 4 PERSONS ARRESTED E Fannie McCune Whltaker, Jim Waldo, - known as "Friday", and Everett Whlta ker, are to be arrested on complaint of the Department of Public Safety for Women charged with contributing to the delinquency of 17 year old Elisabeth Shoemaker of St. John. The Whltaker woman and, the Shoe maker girl were arrested thi morning by an officer from the department In the Willamette rooming house at Sixth and Stark streets. The people Involved are connected with the Arnold Amusement company, now operating at William It Is not unlikely that all three com , plained against will have to face white slave charges. The Shoemaker girl ha been sought for some' time by the publlo safety department. FALLS INTO SAND HOLE; SMOTHERS TO DEATH Frank Sovier, employed as a "sand dog" at the dock of the Columbia Con tracting company, waa smothered to death today when he fell Into a hole In the sand caused by a driver opening the outlet at the foot of the chute to fill hi wagon with sand. He was . standing on the sand and as the driver waa below he failed to notice him. A workman nearby noticed Sovier disap pearing and rushed to the opening of the chute below, letting the sand out until soviers body appeared- jUfe was extinct Sovier lived on Jefferson street and waa unmarried. He was 63 years of . age. . , 1 , 1 Otto Brandt Drown. A man named Otto Brandt about 35 years old, was drowned in the Colum bia slough this morning. Wood 6X. OAK ASH FJR ci AR. m nrirc COAL '''LryK Ba hf ield-Vcyscy Fuel Co. A43S3 PROPERTY OWNERS TO A SERIOUS CHARG Murderer of W. A. Johnson Doesn't Fear Noose, He Says; Sorry for Family. Jesse P. Webb, convicted ' for the first degree murder of W. A. Johnson and attempting to ship his body out of town In a trunk, says he cannot under stand why he should be deprived his constitutional right of appeal If his attorney have neglected his case. His attorney are Seneca Fouta and John McCue, and the supreme court yester day held thst they had forfeited their appeal. "I am down here, and can't help my self," said Webb this morning In the county Jail. "I left everything to my attorneys, and if they have not at tended - to business I don't think I should be made to suffer. In a case of first degree murder. It occur to .me that a person should be griven every opportunity. Jf It ; wit ome trivial case, I can understand wny u wouia not be so Important Here I am con victed, and shut out of the - supreme court upon failure to have the appeal made up in-time. I have no fear or the big house, or the big Jump. The only hesitancy I have over, the matter 1 my family. It la hard on them. I haven't aeen my at torney for everal day, and don t know what they are doing." Seneca. Fouts, one of the attorneys for Webb, today announced that he and McCue will file a new notice of appeal and take the case jup to the supreme court In the proper, manner. He did not realst the district attorney's motion for dismissal, conceding It was well taken, a the appeal had not been perfected In time. This, ho said, does not mean that an appeal cannot stiU be made. "Every defendant 1 entitled to one appeal," he said, "and has one year In which to perfect It So there has been no appeal thus far, as the proceeding were not perfected. After Webb ha been resentenced we will file a new no tice, obtain a stay of execution and proceed in the ordinary way. v. "I understood the necessary orders for extension of time in filing the transcript of testimony had been en tered by Judge Morrow. When I found this had not be done, there, wa nothing to do but confess the motion and start over again." . District Attorney Cameron doe not agree- with Fout as to the right to per fect a new appeal. He holds that the time for appeal ha gone and that Webb must hang at the time fixed by Judge Morrow when . the . prisoner is resen tenced. The mandate will be returned within a few days from the supreme court, and Webb will then be resentenced to hang.-. -This -will make the aecond time he has been sentenced to such punish ment Webb appear to have softened considerably toward - the court and forires that have condemned him to die.' He still maintains he struck John son in self-defense, and appears sorry for the outcome. He receives letters weekly from hi wife In Tacoma, and la j deeply concerned . over . th weuar of hi family. (Special to The Journal.) Seattle, Wash., July 12. Ous Norton, boss fisherman of the Columbia River Packers' association, met a tragic fate at Chlgnlk, Alaska, June 14, when he died from the effects of staking carbolic acid by mistake. The news was brought by the steamer Dora, arriving at Sew ard from the w eat ward. .During one week In June 13 deaths happened at Chlgnlk, the great aalmon packing center of the Alaska peninsula, from various cause. Thi point is where the Columbia River cannery ship Jabes Howe wa wrecked in April on arrival from Astoria. V Owing to the lata arrival of the red aalmon, the pack will be greatly re duced. When the Dora passed no red salmon were running at Bristol bay, Chlgnlk or Karluk and only king sal mon were being caught. The reds ap peared at Cook Inlet a few days ago. It Is reported at Bristol bay that a new placer ground has been found, pay ing more than f 20 per man dally. CUTS OWN THROAT IN QUARREL WITH WIFE Alfred J. Oantner, a local real estate man, attempted suicide last night at his home, 604 Division street, after a quarrel with hi crippled wife who is sulni him for divorce. In spite of the terrible wound he Inflicted with a huge butcher knife, with which he backed hi throat and partially severed his wind pipe, it is believed that be will live. He, Is now at the Good Samaritan hospital where it is reported that he is improv ing, although he had fainted and wa unconscious for some time after being found. The call to hi home which he had left several day ago, wa for the pur pose of securing a reconciliation with hi wife. , DR. CANDIANI BLAMED FOR PATIENFS DEATH The coroner's Jury that yesterday In vestigated the death of Lillian Krueger of Hillsdale, the 22 year old girl who died at the Good Samaritan as the re sult of criminal operation, placed the glame for her death on Dr. Charles B. Candlanl, of 84 East Tenth street North, who 1 now lying at the point Of death In his home. The operation was performed on June 28, and on July 4, the girl's condition became so serious that she waa taken to the hospital. A warrant for the arrest of Candianl charging him with man slaughter will be Issued in case he re covers sufficiently to stand trial. He has yet been Informed of the death of his patient . ;..:., 7 COOKS, 80 STEWARDS SERVE 2 PASSENGERS (Uoltn) Pre Laaat rti.i New York, July 12. Being .the only passengera on th Atlantic transport liner Minneapolis, Mr. 8. J. Black of Indianapolis and Harry West of Ore gon had seven cooks and eight stew ards to wait on them.. lrop Dead in Race. , f L'Dltrd - Pnwa ImwI Wln.1 Toronto, Ont., July 1!. William Mc-f Lean, electrician at the city hall, who wa; arostrated by'- heat laat week, , to day attended a picnic and entered ' th married men's race. After running a few yard b dropped dead. - I . ',' COLUMBIA RIVER MAN AKES ACID AT CHIGN1K Court Refuses to Quash In dictments Against Two on igv Grounds of ,; Bias, - . fUnttH ftw t S Wa.e - Los Angeles, July 17. Judge Bord- well announced at 11:24 a. m. that the defense had not furnished sufficient proof of grand Jury bias to warrant the quashing of the indictment agalnat the McNamara brothers, and stated that he was ready to hear additional arguments on other affidavits on .which the de fense asked ' that the indictments ; be 'quashed, ' Thi mean that while the Indictments will not be , quashed on the ground of bias, there is a possibility of them being quashed for other reasons. -Judge Bordwell then asked t hr from both the defense and prosecution on the defense' motion to quash the. Indictments on the ground that Earl Rogers, engaged by the Merchants A Manufacturers' association to " investi gate the destruction of the Time build ing, had no legal right to present jthe prosecution' case to the' grand Jury,' a the defense alleged that he wa not a legalised district attorney. The court also asked for additional arguments on the contention of the defense that less than 13 grand Jurors were present when the indictment were returned against the McNamara. District Attorney Frederick admitted that Rogers has been engaged by the Merchants & Manufacturers' association and the owners of the Times to Investi gate the alleged dynamiting but con tended that he had appointed Roger a special district attorney and argued jth'at he was within the law in so doing. Fredericks alao filed affidavit that the full number of grand Jurors waa In esslon when the evidence was presented to that body. ' (United Prett Leased Wire.) . Chicago, July IS. A aura enough wild west holdup, resulting in a running gun fight through three mile of street, threw South Chicago into a panlo yes terday afterpoon. ' . Three unmasked men held up the Jew elry store of Cole & Toung, and ordered the five clerks to throw up their hands. One clerk reached for a pistol and the robber fled to a waiting automobile, covered the driver and ordered him to "cut her loose." Without the loss of a moment's time, the police, who were soon on the scene. commandeered several other automobiles and took up the rhase. One overhauled th. flaaln wmiltf l.a Ahr,4kra Wh 11 HUM Af th a rAthra pnvn thA driver of thn ' ear they had stolen the others hid down in the tonneau and opened fire on their pursuer, who poured volley after volley Into the speeding car. After running a few more blocks the "pirate car" stopped and the three rob bers, fifing a tint ting fusillade, took to tbelr heels and escaped. , MISTAKE FRIEND FOR FOE; 6 ARE DEAD, 24 WOUNDED . ii . ' -' (United Prest Leased Wlrl Puebla, Mex., July 12. Report of a "mistake" engagement between rurales and Maderistas. eostina? the lives of six and the wounding of 24 other, at Tienda de Bayada. near Metepeo, wer received here today. As 1000 Maderistas approached the town the rural s, al though numbering only 45, believed they were about to be attacked and opened fire. The Maderistas replied and before the -mistake was discovered, two rurales were killed .and the attacker had suf fered a loss of four killed and many wounded. CONSTABLES ON WATCH AS ORANGEMEN REJOICE lUnitad Pim Leased Wire.) ' Belfast, July 12. Orangemen are making especial - demonstrations on July IS this year in view of the coro nation of King George. During these festivities the constabulary are to be on the alert - GIRL PICNICKER FINDS , V SNAKE COILED ON HAT (United Preaa LnMd Wire.) Greenville, Fa.. July 12. Coming home from a picnic. Miss - Kllaabetli Royer complained that her hat felt very heavy. Investigation disclosed a two foot blacksnake colled In the lin ing. Sawmill Burn -Near Klickitat. ' " ' (Special te The Journal) Klickitat, Wash., July 12. The saw mill of the Western Pine Lumber com pany was burned to the ground yester day morning. The fire, caught under the lumber chutes while the mill wa in full operation.. Recently the same company lost a planer -by fire at Wright' station. Harry Holme, for merly of Portland, is treasurer of the company. In Memory of Lincoln. Washington, July 12. A huge boul der, bearing a descriptive tablet of bronxe, was unveiled to the memory of Abraham Lincoln .today on tbe spot where he stood at th battle of Fort Steven, in Which engagement the president played a conspicuous part. The memorial wa erected by the Fort Steven Lincoln Park association. Picnic by Odd Fellows. Sited M to The Journal.) Aberdeen, Wash., July 12. Prepara tion are now be'ng made for th big picnic to be held at Pacific Beach, Sat urday, July 29, which will ba partici pated In by all of the Odd Fellows and Rebekah In Chehalis county. It is to be a basket picnic, and" it ia probable that every lodge In th county will be represented.'''.'..,"' "it, X' '''' -.t British Sovereign Leave Ireland. Dublin, July 12. The four days' visit of the king and queen to Ireland came to a end today, when their majestlaa and their suite left Dublin for Kingstown, whence they are to travel in th royal yacht Victoria and Albert to Holyhead. The royal party wer given a cordial farewell. ? Freedom for Four Tears. (Doited Pre Leaned Wire.) ' ' 'Kansas City, July 12.After four years ; Df freedom, j Oliver j MeCiur. charged with the murder of Judge JU- bert, returned to1 the scene .of hi crime, wa " recognised and arreted, - REALWILQWEST HOLDUP SIRS SOUTH CHICAGO Elmer Hardy, Sent to Salem From Canyon City, Was In Portland March '14., V " i 1 . " ... ,"y--V: (Salem Bbrea ef The Journal.) 8alem. Or., July .18. In nearly every respect Elmer Hardy, the Canyon' City, Or., insane patient confined in the hos pital for insane here, answer the des cription of the man who murdered Bar bara Holiman in Alblna four month ago. Sheriff Collier of Grant county ia expected her thi afternoon to exam ine Hardy again, w Mr. Nelson, land lady of the Alblna lodging bouse into which the child was lured and alaln, i also expected thi afternoon or tomor row to identify Hardy If he 1 the man to whom ahe rented the room, March 14. ': : Hardy waa picked up while roaming the atteet qf Canyon City, Or. Soon after' his incarceration, he began talk ing about killing a little girt but when questioned closely by the sheriff, denied any knowledge of such an act - Sheriff Collier visited Mrs. Nelson yesterday, and arranged for her to go to Salem today " to see Hardy. Hardy was In Portland when the Holxman child was killed, a the county clerk of Grant county received a letter from him about taxes. Hardy applied for work at the Dixie Meadow mine near Canyon City four weeks ago. T IN FOOT OF WATER Stumbles Over Board Children Leave at Ditch and Drowns. (Rpeelal to The Journal.) North Taklma, Wash.,- July 12. In front of his own home, a little before midnight last night, William H. Lane, a building contractor, mistook an old ironing board which some children had left across the irrigation ditch for a footbridge and fell, stunned in a foot of water. The current, which is swift al though the stream is but a foot deep and three feet wide there, yet It car ried his body 60 feet to a point where the ditch widens. It was found there this morning by a laborer returning from a night's work, with the ironing board claBped in the left arm. Mr: Lane, who has -lived in - -Norti Taklma for seven yeara, left home at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon to pay a bill to the Cascade Lumber company, asking that his wife have an early din ner as he wanted to go down town later and pay some of his employes. He failed to return to dinner at all and his wife was awakened this morning at 6:30, the police seeking to establish tne Identity of the body which had been found. Oregon City, July 12. Ralph Burd, aged 12. was drowned In the Wlllam- ette river at 10 oclock this morning. He was learning to swim. With him w Kenneth Morrison, also, aged 18. The Morrison boy. who can swim, says he went to the rocue of his companion three times, wa-i pulled under each time, but freed himself. J. Ford and Mm. Ford of 414 Taylor street, Portland, were passing: in - a launch just a the boy sank for, the third time.,. They, hastened to the Po mona, which was lying tied up at th opposite side of the river, and secured tho crew. A Beared for" the body imrtre dlatc)y began, and early this afternoon continues. Two ftt-hermen are dragging a net up and down stream, several local divers are In the water .and dynamite ia being exploded. The boy was a son of William Burd, an employe of Mia Crown paper mill ot Oregon City, and a resident of Klyvllle, near here. xn atcmeni nappenea ai tha West Oregon City sandbar, a favor ite resort of small boy, lit was th first drowning of tha. season here. PORTLAND ELKS RIGHT IN FRONT , AT CONVENTION -i r. (Continued from Page One.) of Elks, wives, dears and everybody to attend the Astoria Centennial celebra tion and clambake in, August 1911 when this Invitation will be extended to 1912." William McMurray wires to , J. H. Delta: "Congratulations to you and men of your committee on securing tho grand lodge for Portland 1912." Another of, the dispatches, thi from J. R. Veltch, read: "Congratulations on your successful campaign. You and the Portland Elka deserve all you have secured and you will have our hearty support In making the national convention one long to ba remembered. Everyone delighted with the outcome." Mr. Delts said thi morning: . "W know how It wa going. but we didn't want to.be too confident', When the other fellows saw how well started we were they thought it would be best to stand aside and let - the Portland train pa." -' -Will West, clerk at the Portland, ha gone to Seaside to spend a week of rest. ,'-.: ' . :,. " . .;';. Rev. Adolph Ruppe, of Astoria,- is pending a few day In. the city, a guest at the Cornelius. ' 1 s Mrs. J. D. Koren and Miss Helen Ko ren. wife, and daughter ; of the division engineer of the Northern Pacific at Spokane, ' have, arrived in Portland to spend the next two week at tha home of Tdr. and Mr. Theodore F. Drake, of 431 San Rafael street. Mrs,: Koren Is a alster of Mr.DTmiL.:-, :flw-'i ,11 . ; Fire on noof. The fire department waa called out thi afternoon for a roof fir in a two tory frame building at 81 North Ninth, caused by apark from r the chimney. Tha fir wa easily extinguished and ths damage wa 'nominal.-. -'" '-"j,- con A DIES LAD LEARNING TO SWIM DROWNS IN WILLAMETTE a Reporting on Santa Rosa Dis'l aster. Master Says No One ' Was at Fault. " (Ualtefl Press teued Wva,) . '. ' Ban Francisco, July 12. The contlnu tion of the federal investigation of the disaster to the steamship Santa Rosa waa resumed, today before Inspector Bolles and Bulger, when the officials of the Faciflo Coast Steamship company and the officer and crew of th ill fated ship appeared for examination, . Captain Farla today filed with the In spectors his renort resoectino- the dis aster, and thla afternoon he wlir make a 'verbal statement at the hearing. Speaking of the mishap Captain Farla said that he did 'not blame anyone for the wreck. He declared it was true that he was, not on the bridge at the time the Santa Rosa -went on the rook and that tbe accident might not have occurred If he had been. ; "I was In oommand from the moment the ship struck the rock . and u'ntll every person left the vessel at mid night," said Captain Faria, "and I had very reason to betieve that the ship would float at high tide. The ship would have become loosened from the rock If the hawsers .of the Argyle had not broken at the psychological moment." Menace to the steamship company officials of federal prosecution took form when United States District At torney Devlin thi afternoon, aent hi assistant, Benjamin McKinley, to hear the testimony being taken before Ini pectors Bolles and Bulger. In case McKinley hears evidence - pointing to negligence by the company in caring for the passengera of the Santa Rosa, It is said that criminal prosecution of the responsible official will begin at once. CREDITORS MAY GET PAID OFF IN FULL By an agreement entered Into by all concerned, the bankruptcy proceedings as to Ia D. Kinney, the Belt Line rail way, and the Coos Bay Rapid Tranait company, which have tied up property n the Coo Bay county worth $500,000, are to be dismissed and the property placed In the' hands of W. J. Rust of Marspfield as trustee. Half a dozen attorneys appeared be fore Judge Wolverton In the United States court this morning to submit the agreement and ask. the court to fix tbelr fee. Confidence ia expressed that un der the arrangement now made all par tie consenting; the trustee will be able to pay all the creditors In full and something may, be left for,, the promo ters.. - v , John K, Kollock as trustee looked after the claim 6f 145,000 held by tha Title Guarantee A Trust company. Thi a will be the first secured claim to be paid. There are wa secured claims td tha amount of about taco.000. Tha property consists of real estate In the Coos Bay country. The agreement in detail provide how the trustee shall proceed In settling up the claim. Foreclosure suits in the Coos county circuit court are to be con tinued for two years, within which time It is expected that all obligations can be cared for. Judge Wolverton will fix the attorney fees after a statement has been filed to show work dona for the different interests. 4 INDICTMENTS, TWO NOT TRUE BILLS FOUND as a ii "ii in T Four indictment and two not true bill were reported to Judge Bean In the United States court thi morning. Name of those indicted were withheld until arrests are made. B. A. Barrett ia cleared of the charge of violating the white slave act. .He was accused of taking Irene Gibson from Portland to Los Angelea to live with him there, the Indictment being found In. three counts. The other man .cleared by the grand Jury is Edward Black, charged with selling liquor without a government li cense, at Eugene. It was shown he possessed a license under another nam. Black gave bond in the court here and walked away while a deputy sheriff from Lane county, who wanted him on another charge of running a "blind pig," was waiting in another part of the building to arrest him. CHINAMAN FINED $200 FOR -SELLING. COCAINE Judge Taswell Imposed a fine of $200 and a jail sentence of 90 days on Tew Chin, a Chinese druggist of 286 Flanders street who was convicted In the munici pal court yesterday afternoon of selling cocaine. Tew Chin was arrested laat Sunday by Patrolmen Aekerman and Taft after having aold a package Of tha drug to Henry Fitsgerald. who waa held a a Witness. . , According to the story told by th witness, all that , it was required of him to do to get tha cocaine waa to place 25 cents on the counter, say ''two bits" whereupon the -drug would be handed OUt." r - . ..,,;.', An appeal was taken In the' case and bonds of $3000 demanded for the ap pearance' of Chin. " Fitzgerald ' will be held as a witness. "BLIND PIG" LOCATED; ARREST MAY FOLLOW It was learned by the police today that two men in a partnership Ijnown as Hendricks & Hays, are operating a "blind pig" and dirorderly . craft on tha Columbia river Juet outside the Jurisdic tion of th poller, county and stat au thorities. Th matter has been reported to government officials, who will likely make arrest. .-. ',;:'' :V.-. j The discovery of this situation was mad when Marshal Stewart of Hood River started In search of Tom Warren,' wanted. In Hood River for Jail breaking;. for it ha been found that the man has very likely fled on th boat known as the Kagle.'- ;'', '.'-', :'-.; .,? V .lload and Men Agree. ; ' malted Free LeaeaA Wp. ' -v-Wlnnipeg, Man., July lfc Th Cana dian Northern Railroad company an nounce that 1 has settled the wage grievance with the machinists. , Th men have been granted a 80 houf week, and an increase In wages from 42 H to 45 cents an houV-L About 1200 men be tween Port Arthur and the mountains are affected. Specialists and helpers also received an increase of 21 H tents n hour. '-,..- f Eastern Congressman De- II nounces Initiative, Refer-; v I j endum and Recall.: fUalfad fraaai Lea 4 Wlra.1 - Cedar Point, Ohio, July 12. Bitter de nunciation of tha Initiative, referendum and "recall, coupled with . direot attaok on the. advocate of thesa measures, was the feature of an address here by Congressman Samuel McCalL of Maaaa- cnuseus, pexore tne eiaia xiar associa tion. ',,',',,, , ,.. i. j . . i "Advocates Of the change from rep resentative ,to direct government," Mo Call said, "are seeking popular favor. oecoraung . themselves , and,, their pro- poaala with lofty adjective. The typi cal initiative, referendum apeecb pre sents as glowing a prospect as can be round in the most eloquent mining proa pectors. Its advocates usually pro ceed, upon tha ' theory that how aver careless each ; ;' of ?; uasmay be however lacking in ' definite, close study, yet in our collective capacity wa are incapable or doing wrong. "One must ba cautious in questioning the omnipotence of tbe people in our collective capacity, imagine tha condl tton we should reach If each state and the. national government had the, sys tem t aireci legislation., statute ooks would become a medley of half . con sidered reforms, aspirations and mot ional enactments. . The enforcement of such laws would mean tha destruction of your civilisation.". , fc . 7. McCall specifically denounced the ini. tlatlve, referendum and recall, adding: , "Judges who desire to continue on the bench would diligently study popu lar moods instead ot tha sources f tbe law." - . , - - , PLAN COUNTY JUNKET , (Special te The JearaaL) Tanrouver. Wash., July 12. Te form a cloaer relation between th business men ot Vancouver and the farmers of Clarke county, Wx P. Connaway of tbe Vancouver national oanc advocates a trip Into the- country by the business men of the city and meet personally, at bis home, each farmer in tha county. In accordance with his plan th mat ter will be taken up by the Vancouver Commercial club and four automobile loaded with business men of the city will call on th fanner. It is contend ed by Mr. Connaway that hundreds of people in Vancouver, and among them being numereua business men, know lit tle of tha wonderful development of Clarke county, the fertility of thJ soil and the various resources which give it prestige as one of the leading agricul tural counties of the state. "In th classified advertising of the Portland newspaper you will see Clark' county spoken of more time .than any other county In Waahlngton or Oregon, out side, perhaps, of Multnomah," ald a prominent business man-' this- morning. "You will find very few real estate dealer of Portland who have not man aged to identify themselve with Clark county. . . Th plan devsled by Mr. Connaway I meeting popular favor, and- an effort win b made at once to Indue th offl car of th Commercial olub to adopt the plan as outlined by Mr Connaway, ana act a date ror th first (rip. 70 ' (Special te Ttie Joernai.) Vancouver, Wash. July II. Over 70 volume of scientific, historical, fiction and miscellaneous books, a collection of many years, were yesterday donated to tha publlo library of Vancouver by Ira M. Swarts, former secretary of the Com mercial club, who. Is to leave .in a few days for Fort Wright. Idaho, to reside. FRUIT TO CHICAG0BY HARRIM AN LINES Chloago, July 18. Wlth th opening of a new fruit auction warehouse her by th Illinois Central lines, It became evident today that the Harrlman sys tem plans to haul the bulk of the fruit shipments to Chicago. - Union Pacific and Southern Paciflo linea, through tbe Pacifio Express refrigerator line, carry about four fifths of the Paciflo coast fruit and th Illinois Central hauls 3 per cent of th fruit from New Orleans to Chicago. By this system of fruit auction room and refrigerator car it 1 easily seen that the Harrlman linea are now In control of the fruit ship ment. ' -. -.- '.' : . ; Who owns fhe 'propertyhas : the title any, ; detects? : BUSINESS IN SWART GIVES V0L1EST0LI m , r i. . Sometimes they get to be 400 ; or 500 pages in size. It has for years been considered ', troublesome system; involving a great '-.waste of energy vy. and its consequent cost. A-simple, quick and inexpensive 1 ' system is displacing it in toost of the large cities a sys-' tern consisting-of a plain' statement of the exact condition hf the title, issued bv a comoanv of financial strenp-th. . fS; ana guaranteeing proictvwia iw um uuyci nom ine.rnany , ' dangers to which he isVexposed far making real estate . i transactions. ;? This simple statement occupies a single l. ; page and is called a, Certificate of Title, c; They are is- , , . sued hi. Portland and guaranteed by the Title & Trust Comoanv. Fourth and Oak .amounting to is u any wonaer tnat bankers,;, lawyers, loaners of money, Insurance companies, real es tate dealers and business men generally are rapidly tak-' ing up this methbld vhen making real estate deals ? J Ask : for further information of the Title & Trust Company, y rourtn.ana umi pciuj - -- - - Bryan Makes Up List of Bern- u:iri:A ' n.. ll!ieae Hno asiuvivof . mm,, ; , .; (Unite Prae teaetd Wlw.) . t l.inlT NH T,,l 1 ContiDlCUOUSlV omitting tha nam of Governor Judson , Harmon of Ohio, , William J. Bryan is Commoner today publlabes a Ht f ., Democrat It considers ; available for . , tha Democratic residential nomination.,. , 4 The Commoner says the avaimu"" . -irnnAnn, ; txMlann of New t. llfllV V,.l r - . . . 1 1 , . . . I n vi It roue or jnisaoun is jiimucmvuou. suggests alao tha- following tickets: . Hnta Hmith' niw-rariai.. for Dresident, and Governor-Burke ef North Dakota; ; rin.t..A. . vr.rVi 11 ht lmii.na aind Gov ernor Dlx of Nwv Tork; or Governor , i ni -a ijas . araaar vamt aMi - iinvgrnor maia I wa tiwTT va a aasev ssr Texas and 8enator O'Gorman of New - Vf.;-r SM.M.a.a. . akau4ki m ' sT1 t I A 1" a ii fl - 7 and Governor J Fobs of Massachusetts! Senator Ollle James of Kentucky and ; Governor ' Osborne of Wyoming; Ollle, James of Kentucky and Louis R. Bran- UB1 Ol DUIIUO. .. . -The Commoner also '" append the '-, names of these presidential avallables, without,, however, going so far a to group them: .'-.--..-- , .. ator 'John W. Varn Indiana. Bonator t - raewjana ox isevaaa, nenaior ueorge tu, ; Chamberlain, of Oregon, Senator Owen 1 of Oklahoma, former Governor Adams r and Thomas and former Senator Patter-.-; Hams ot Massachusetts. ex-Senator Tur- ; ner -or - wasnmgion, senator uore 01 : Oklahoma, Henry Watterson of Ken tucky. Mayor William - J. GaynOr of New Tork. Mayor Carter H. Harrison or former Mayor Edward F. Dunn of Chf CagO. 1 ;:-;., . - - - l:;t WOULD FIGHT UNIONS (Bparlal to The Joeraal.) . Spokane, Waah., July 1J Followlnf similar action by eoast cities, Spokane contractor are believed to be preparing to declare tor th open ahop. F. W. Phelps, grand master, organiser Broth erhood Independent Mechanics, la her, endeavoring to form - an organisation from labor union ranks. He. plans on for the brotherhood to take the place ot many unions, abolishing; present wage, scales Jind working rules, placing labor on competitive basis,' paying men ac cording to ability. Many contractors Mams high wags - scales and union working rules for ex isting Inactivity in building, and believe a change will help. Meeting have al ready been held between builders' asso ciations and Phelp. - ;'T IN LEAD FOR BIG r (Special t Tbe Journal.) -Oregon City. July II. Price Brother, took their third . straight game at the -Chautauqua yesterday when they beat Crystal Springs by a score of 10 to 7. This virtually cinches first place.' The two teams with the highest average will play Saturday afternoon for the purse offered by the Chautauqua manage- . ment. Following 1 th standing of the teama: Played. L. W. P.C. - Price Bros; i 0 3 ; l.oo Aurora .......... $13 .667' Dllworth Derbies. 1 1 1 MH Gladstone ........ 3 ,2 1 .3i.i Craystal Spring. . 3 3 0 . , .000 WAPPENSTEIN TO GET SENTENCE ON JULY 19 - (OSffed FrM Leased Wlr. ' ' Seattle Wash., July 11 At th last minute Will H. Morris, counsel for C. Yfr Wappensteln, the eonvlcted ex-chief of police, asked for an extension of time before ...Judge Ronald passed sen tence upon him. The sentence was . to be made today, Morris will make a motion for a new trial, based on an - affidavit showing that one of the Jur ors had been prejudiced before he .got., on., the .Jury. Wappenateln will, now come up for sentence on July ,11. - , t .. Trusty Breaks Faithy, .; (Mpacial to The Journal.)- s S ' , Salem, Or., July 12. George Griffith,.; - . , ft lMW abaaka SPOKANE CONTRACTORS PRICE BROTHERS EAM some time Monday, He was an "honor" 'jr trusty. -H waa sent up from MultnoX I mah county, for a year and a half for I1 larceny and had served four months t Ii his sentence. That's all you want to know about the title to property you contemplate buying. , And yet, under the abstract system, both sides go through the expen sc. . and trouble 'of- having, the ab, , l stract examined from the very'' beginning for each transaction. ' Every time the property " changes1 hands or a loan iss made on it, the abstract grows. " (Lewis Building), with assets "K ywui next aeai.ii .--i . ,, . .'"A : ;iy.