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? I ueo n. PARALYZEDBYFEAR 5 SPIRITED TO PRISON : San Bernardino Dentist, Fol- lowing Arraignment Tester t ady, Is Secretly Motored to Los Angeles. ' ' n'nltfd Preia Lni"d Wtr.V " Los Angeles. Cal., Sept. 1. Pr. A. W. " McDavlt, prominent San Bernardino , dentist held for the action of the su ' Jperlor court on charges of holding Miss Jessie McDonald a captive for 15 months, was spirited Into I,os Angeles ' today and lodged In the county Jail. ' ' Fearing mob violence In his home j town,' Sheriff J. C. Ralphs bundled Mc Pavlt Into an automobile Immediately following the hearing and after an all . night ride arrived In Los Angeles bya circuitous route shortly before daylight. ' McDavlt, according to the sheriff, was paralysed with fear during the entire .' trip and did not recover his nerve un . til the outskiru of Los Angeles loomed f In sight. Reports from pan Bernardino today said that Mrs. McDavlt was soon to sue her husband for divorce. . Verification f the report was unobtainable, how ever, Mrs. McDavlt refusing to discuss the case. ' Miss McDonald, whose story of her tay In a room near McDavlt's office caused her father to attack the dentist in the courtroom, today denied herself to all callers. ; u. of o:s Crawford Calls Fraud Charges Generalizations, Denies Sufficient Facts. (Salrm Bams' of The Jnursal.t Balem. Or.. Sept 1. Attorney General Wnwfnrrt will file his demurrer In the Wse of 8. H. Friendly vs. Ben W. OlcStt ,as secretary of state, today. This suit fwas brought against the secretary of 'tats to prevent his placing the referen dum against the university on the bal lot The demurrer is based on- the al legation that the plaintiff has no ca tpacity In which he may bring a suit and that the complaint does not state facts : sufficient to constitute a cause of se ction. It will be argued that the state .officials or possibly the university Itself might have brought the suit, hut that jan Individual could not In support of Jthe other allegation It will be argued ithat the charges of fraud are wholly 'generalisations and that no person la named as having forged his signature to -Hhe paittlons. A motion will also be filed to strike ;out certain paragraphs of the complaint iwhich are alleged to be Irrelevant It will be argued that the secretary of ! state Is not required to check over and vouch for the genuineness of signa tures on initiative and referendum petl itions. 1 r j H'nltod PrcM Ieiied Wire.) Cincinnati. Sept. 1. Major league Imagnates gathered, here today and draft ed their yearly quota of players from the minors. The American league sent !to the minors JTR.fino and the National ,1108, 40f. Brooklyn spent $27,000 for .drafted players. 16 !n number. The blg ?gest prise of the drafting was Detroit's ; acquisition to Imbue, for whom 110,000 jwas awked. from Montreal. J Drafts from the Coast league were an Inounced as follows: Portland Kuhn. to Cleveland. ' Oakland Cutnliaw, to Brooklyn. . j Sacramento Danzig,' to the St. Louis .Americans. , Ban Francisco Vltt, to Detroit. ; Vernon Gipe, to the Philadelphia Americans. . t Lob Angeles Moore to the Chicago Nationals. , B0AK WILL BE ORATOR l AT CENTENNIAL MEETING I (Special to Ttie Journal. ) Astoria, Or., Sept. 1. I. I. Uoak, head .consul of the Woodmen of the World, jwlth headquarters in Denver, will be .orator of the day here tomorrow, Fra- jternal day. A feature of Fraternal day 4 will be the prize drills and parades in 'addition to addresses by leaders of the 'various orders. Designates Primary Date. (fnlted Press Leaned Wire. ) Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. I. Governor Sloan today announced that on Sep tember 20 he would Issue a proclama tion designating October 24 ns the date for the primary election of all can didates to be voted; for at the state election December 12. ThlH definitely settled the much dicufsed question as to whether the first stats election would be held under a tliiect primary or In the old fashioned convention. f Watchman Finds Ambergris. IFnlted PreH Lensed Wlra.) .;. San Krancosro, Sept. 1 T. C. Oro gan, a watchman at the Angel Island Im migration station found a peculiar smelling stone on the beach. It was proven to be ambergris worth $2000. Ho spred the glad news. Today It Is miss ing. ' -.Woman Beaten and Robbed. Mrs. Hazel Chin of 285 V4 Flanders street was knocked down and robbed last night by a brutal assailant, who tor off rings valued at $250. The wo man wast accosted In the halls of the building and 'struck over the head sev eral times with a blunt weapon, until she fell unconscious. She' could give no description of her assailant. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children; - Tha Rind Yea Have Always Bought Bears th DEMURRER SCORES CLAIMS KUHN AND MOORE ARE DRAFTED HOT TONIGHT TO Will View With Open Mind Conditions in Contested Coal Fields.- Seattle. Wash.. Sept. 1. "I am going. to Alaska with Senator Polndexter to visit Controller bay and the Cunning ham coal fields." said Clifford Pinchot, former chief forester, this morning. He and Polndexter arrived last night, and will sail for Cordova on the steamer Northwestern at 9 o clock tonlgnt. "We shall be gone a month, continued Pinchot. "and I am going up there witn an open mind. I have favored the lead ing of the vast coal fields, but, as I say, I am open to conviction whether It would be best for the United states to go into the coal business and mine and sell the coal direct to the con sumer. Together with Senator Polndexter they will make a thorough examination of the Alaska situation, sound the peo ple's needs and map out a plan for action In congress next winter. At Cor dova they will be met by John E. La throp and others, who have made ar rangements for a trip Into the Interior. Polndexter's son accompanies the party. Pinchot must return by the first of October, as he has a great volume of work in forest reserve research waiting for him" in the Adirondack mountains In New York. Senator Polndexter was reserved In expressing his opinion on the Alaska coal situation. "I am going to Investigate first hand," he said. "When I come back I hope to be able to state my position positively. However, my idea on the question is in dicated In the bill I Introduced In con gress." The Polndexter bill proceeds for the operation of coal mines and railroads In Alaska by the government It reserves all public coal lands for th govern ment for all time. FIVE DIVORCES IN ' 30 MINUTES, RECORD Five divorce In half an hour was the record made this morning in the circuit court by Presiding Judge Gatens. All five plaintiffs were women and each story of unhcpplness drew a decree, Mrs. M. E. Snodgrass testified A. J. Snodgrass flew into a rage when other men looked at her on th street, and was even Jealous of her brother. She said he cuffed and slapped her, kicked her and threatened, and was cross and bear-like at home. She will resume her former name, Mary B. Cavin. Anna Lee Faulkner said her husband, William B. Faulkner took the money her little boy earned to buy whiskey, but brought home no rnoney himself for the support of the family. She has taken care of their three children for seven years, she stated. To be neglected and tormented within six weeks from the time of her marriage was the fate of Mrs. Edna D. Condon, as she told of her experience with Frank V. Condon. She said hs once twisted her ankle so she was lame for days, and he did not do It in fun, either. Gay life was too attractive aa com pared with home for O. C. Kelso, ac cording to the .testimony of Bessie E. Kelso. She said Kelso remained away for days at a time, on pleasure bent He also called her bad names and beat and chocked her, she said. Clara N. Cantonwlne was given a de cree of separation from' Royal 8. Can tonwlne on the ground of desertion, which took place, she said. In 1908, after a married life of 26 years. TRUTHFUL ADS ARE TOPICS OF ADDRESSES Absolute honesty and truthfulness In advertising- their necessity for mod ern business success were the themes of addresses delivered by E. Keith Ev ans, advertising manager of American Magazine, Woman's Home Companion, Farm and Fireside, and Edward Fred erick Tre.fs at a Joint luncheon of the Ad and Commercial clubs in the Hotel Portland this afternoon. Mr. Evans related the policy of the Quoin club of New York, an associa tion of publishers, which policy Is to refuse any advertisement that carries any statement so enthusiastic as to contain the elements of any untruth. Mr. Trefi, who Is advertising coun sellor to the Associated Billposters of the 1'nlted States and Canada, told the rewards of truthful advertising and the harm done by advertising products that are injurious. C. C. Chapman pre sided. E Baker, Or., Sept. 1. Arthur Dagg, an employe of the Rod Boy mine, was killed today by being hit on the head by a falling rock. The details of the accident are not yet known here. It Is probable, say officials of the company, that his death was due to a premature blast In a new tunnel being drifted from the main shaft. The young man came here from Harrlsburg, Pa., lately. His family has been notified. IMPORTED HORSE NOT WORTH PRICE ALLEGED Ithos, an imported Percheron stal lion fro France, is the subject of a Suit in the circuit court. Henry Stroh, wlm bargained for the animal for K800, but is dissatisfied with the pur chase, wants the court to name a re ceiver to take Ithos in charge. A. C. Ruby, S. K. Watson. H. F. Dear dorff and Thomas 8. Polndexter are de fendants In the case. It being alleged that Polndexter was used as a dummy in the deal, and that all the defendants were engaged In a conspiracy to dis pose of Ithos for much more than he was worth. Stroh says the horse was wind broken and not a sound animal. He gave a note for $2400 and Polndex ter was supposed to pay $400, but Stroh alleges Polndexter actually paid noth ing, (gtrbh Is a farmer and lives at Farmlngton, Wash, Another horse Cat" has been filed by Augustus Hornbrook, who alleges C. A. Brown Is wrongfully .retaining pos session of three horses worth 1500 at i the latter's stables on Davis street S ALASKA RED BOY MIN EMPLOYE KILLED BY FALLING ROCK SENATOR DEFENDS PARTIES IN SEARCH RECALL OF JUDGES; OF MISSING MAN isaAPkPk phii uni r" " i . HANKUKU tXAMPLt Minnesota Member Says Can Be 'No Distinction Between Calling Back of Bad Judges and Other Officials. (Potted Prsse I Wlr Ran Francisco. SeDt. 1. Stopping over for 40 minutes in San Francisco today on his way to 8acramento from San Jose, United States Senator Moses E. Clapp, veteran Insurgent, found time to express vigorously nis aisappruvm of President Taft's opposition to the recall of Judges. Characterizing distinctions between the recall of bad Judges and the recall of other bad officials as illogical In the extreme, Senator Clapp said: "In our form of government there is no place for an exclusive, autocratic force, absolute and Irresponsible. While many may object to this measure at present, In time they will come to see that it Is Just as essential that the people be supremo In their sovereignty with reference to the Judiciary as to other offices." Commenting on the charges against Federal Judge C. H. Hanford, whom citizens of Seattle are seeking to have Impeached and removed from the bench. Senator Clapp said: 1 "While I know nothing about the charges against Judge Hanford, I will say that if a public official Is proved unfit, either mentally or morally, for the office whlph he holds, he should be dismissed from his position, regardless of what that position may be. "We have too long labored under the impression that public officials are our masters. They are not." DOCTOR'S DAD EYE Jackson Grand Jury Refuses to Indict Gold Hill's Slug ging Mayor. . (Special to Tbe Journal. I ' Medford, Or., Sept. 1. Joe Beeman, mayor of Oold Hill, need not stand trial for decorating Dr. R. C. Kelsey's eye recently during a heated argument at Gold Hill in which the term "grafter" was freely employed. The grand Jury has said so. . Following a brief investigation into the case the grand Jury yesterday after non'declded that the fight was a neigh borhood affair and refused to indict Beeman. The case attracted much attention ow ing to the prominence of the men. Bee man is the mayor of Gold Hill while Dr. Kelsey Is chairman of the board - of school trustees. Recently the two men met on the street and engaged in a quarrel over the relations of city arjd schools and after Kelsey had named Beeman a "grafter" he was handed a black eye by the strenuous chief of the city government. ORGANIZER AND DRILLER ASTORIA DRUMMERS Fred Brown. (Special to Th Journal.) Astoria, Or., Sept. 1. One of the big hits of the Centennial is the Centennial Drum Corps of 60 boys. The oldest Is 16 and the youngest but . The corps was organized and drilled by Fred Brown of this city. The boys arp splen didly drilled in evolutions and well trained In music. The boys themselves have taken up a subscription and are to present Mr. Brown at the close of the Centennial with a medal showing their appreciation of his work. This will be done the night following the close of the Centennial, when they will be tendered a banquet. Cement mortar mixed with volcanic ashes has been found valuable In Jap an In works that are submerged in salt water. - The Sunday Journal Brimming With Features of In ' terest to Every Resi dent of Oregon. The Sport Pages cover all the events worth while, not only In the northwest but in the en tire country. , The Market Page Is. an authorl tive compilation of crop and prlc statistics the best, the most accurate. The News Pages cover the events of the world, clearly, f uily, faithfully, The pictures are most timely.1 ES UNAVENGED ' ,.4fc4. 5 '-'Jl Mysterious Disappearance of Charles W. Jones Alarms His Many Friends.; Charles W. Jones, whose strange dis appearance causes much anxiety. A thorough search is being made for Charles W. Jones, the assistant manager of the Oregon hotel, who mysteriously disappeared while on a fishing trip to Estacada, A member of the police department is tracing his movements after he left his home In an endeavor to ascertain whether he made the trip.. C. D. Minton, assistant superintendent of the Taylor street church Sunday school, of which Mr-. Jones is super intendent, and editor of the Oregon Agriculturist; N. C. .Thorne, of the Port land academy: E. J. Stelnmetz, a real estate dealer,, and Junius Wright, an east! side grocer, all close personal friends of the missing man, are search ing, the country about Estacada for trace of him. This afternoon ex-Sheriff Tom Word, also an old friend. Is search ing for him at the head of a party. ' Mr. Jones returned from" Seaside Mon day evening, several days before his vacation ended, and went to the hotel office yesterday morning. He remained but half an hour and, saying he be lieved he would take a litle more va cation by going to- Estacada fishing, went home. Vt his' home at 5'45 East Twenty-seventh street he told Mrs. Jones the sarae thing, telling her not to expect him home before supper and not to wait for him. He said that he would have to go over town for some bait. Nothing, has been heard of him si see. At the Oregon hotel it was said that this is the first time he has ever missed being at the office on the last day of the month, which Is invoice day, and also on the first of the month. At the time of . his disappearance .Mr. Jones wore a dark gray striped suit, brown felt hat, light black but ton shoes and wine colored socks. He is a man of about 60, five feet, seven Inches tall, smooth shaven, weighs about 165 pounds, has light brown hair turning gray and light blue eyes. He carried about $20 with him and had a gold filled watch. Mr. Jones Is very prominent In church work and is a member of Tay lor street church. He Is superinten dent of the Sunday school, a member of the official board of the church and president of the Oregon Methodist Dea coness' association. He has been with the Wright-Dickenson Hotel company for nearly srrt-en years and is one of Its most trusted employes. The family and friends are unable to account for his mysterious disap pearance and fear he has been drowned or has met with foul play. His son Harold, an employe of Balfour-Guthrie & Co., has been searching for him since yesterday rooming. - The sheriffs of fices of both Multnomah and Clackamas counties will take part in the search. LEO LONG DUAL LIFE Wealthy Pioneer's Mate Says for 20 Years Husband Di vided His Attentions. rUnltod Fiw Leased Wire.) Denver, Colo., Sept. 1 James W. Hair, a pioneer worth $260,000, is ac cused of having led a dual life for the past 20 years In two suits filed In court here today by his wife, Mrs. Ellen'Hair. Mrs. Hair' accuses him of maintain-J lng a home for Mrs, Rose Deahl besides the one he kept for her. "In April, L90f, when he was stricken with paralysis, according to Mrs. Hair, he was removed to the household of Mrs. Deahl Instead of his proper home. He has been there ever since. He Is the father of a 17-year-old son whose mother Is Mrs. Deahl, avers Mrs. Hair. One suit asks for $10,000 from Mrs. Deahl for alienation of affection and the other Is directed against Hair ask ing for separate maintenance, demand ing that her husband be declared Insane, a legal guardian appointed for htm and that Mrs. Deahl be ordered to return $126,000 in property and jewels Hair gave her. Mrs. Hair also wants Mrs. Deahl's son to return $76,000 which she claims Hair gave to the boy. Strikebreakers Near Roseburg. Roseburg, Or., Sept. 1. It Is reported among railroad men, car repairers and machinists in this city that about 26 men are being held in readiness In a small town Just north of this city to be used as strikebreakers at this division in case a strike is called. They also are told several men "Of the train ciewf have been notified that they will have to, do other duty in case a strike it instituted. ' Tho car repair men and mechanics say they will walk out Just as soon as a strike is called, for they complain that some of the men here are getting only five days' work a week and some of them at the rate of 20c an hour, which is barely enough to live on. - i :. '. i; WIFE CHARGES HE Springing Up Again Mysteri ously, Threatens Dallas y Water Supply. (Salem Boreas of Tb Journal.) Salem, Or, Sept. 1. The proper pro cedure for calling; out local companies of the national guard to fight forest fires is to have them ordered out by the county Judge, according to State Forester Elliott, who has "been asked for information on this point The most dangerous fire in the state now is a new one which has broken out on the Rlckreall, west of Dallas. After the old fire had been placed practically under control the new one broke out from mysterious orlgtn in a heavy belt of timber. This fire is threatening the water supply of Dal las. If it travels westward it will soon cross the Dallas pipeline. Captain Walter L. Tooxe, Jr., of com pany 11, Fourth infantry, Oreg6n na tional guard, stated today that 46 mem bers of the company in Dallas were ready at a momenta notice to combat the flames. He came to Salem last evening to ascertain the properTroceT dure. The fire near Mill City and the fire fighters are taking turn about at hav lng the upper hand.. Today the flames are master of the situation. HEALTH BOARD ACTS . ON 3 RESIGNATIONS At the meeting of the city health board this morning the following resig nations were accepted: K. H. Dam- masch. as deputy health officer: Dr. C. S. Slabln, as bacteriologist, and D. D. Patterson, as sanitary inspector. Appointments were made as follows: Dr. S. M. Gellert, as deputy health of ficer; Dr. Ben Wade as bacteriologist, and Joe Singer as sanitary inspector:' ELLIOTT AND GRAY ON VISIT TO SALEM President C. R. Gray of the Hill lines in Oregon and President Howard El liott of the Northern Pacific went to Salem this morning to Inspect the Ore gon Electric line. This will complete the tour of Inspection of the lines owned Jointly by the NorrSern Pacific and Great Northern in this stale, and president Elliott will probably leave for St. Paul this evening. OIL TANKS ARE NOT ' WANTED, SAYS CLUB The South Portland Boosters club met last night and appointed a committee to circulate remonstrances against .the ordinances designating five portions of the city where oil In large Quantities may be stored. Two of the districts are in South Portland and strong objec tion is being made by the Boosters club; Men'sDaySaturday Phillips ; Shoe Company 109 SIXTH ST., BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND STARK The Live Wire Shoemen After Your Trade. Where Everybody Buys 01 We want . I rw S3.SO Packard THE TUG, made Goodyear welt, button' and lace, in patent and gunmetal leathers, with high, wide standing toe, high heel and short vamps, and durable as Q Kf well as classf, at tJJOitlU S3.50 Phillips THE SPORT, made good wear welt, in gunmetal and Russia tan, with 'high, wide swing toe. A bran new last that (PQ Cfl has no equal POtll OUR NEW SHOES ARE GLANCE AT S3.50 Phillips THE TORAINE, a strictly up-to-date col lege shoe for the young man who cares, made Goodyear welt, high heel;, high, wide toe and short vamps, in patent (PO CA gunmetal and Russia tan ...... POJ n I WE HAVE SHO&3 FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, AND BY TRADING WITH US YOU SAVE A DOLLAR ON EVERY PAIR YOU PURCHASE. ' Phillips Shoe Company ' THE 4JVE . WIRE SHOEMEN 109 SIXTH STREET, BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND STARK Th members of, 'the Committee are C H. Feldman, B. C Msione . and : Peter Oberle. ' ' - - ' '' . " ; Mayor .Rushlight has not yet signed the ordinance. : - "'. v' -, . TO AROUSE SENTIMENT I IN PROPOSED STREET V K public meeting w)ll be held Sunday afternoon, , September 10, . from I to S, o'clock, at the head of Hamilton ave nue for the purpose of arousing senti ment in favor of completing the South Portland boulevard through the Ter williger tract to Sixth street V : Special, lpvttatlons have been Issued to Mayor Rushlight, the members of the city council and executive board, the Portland Automobile olub and oth- New Fall Just, received direct from dur factory over 250 as sorted new advance models of superb combinations. 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