The Oregon daily journal., January 13, 1912, Page 6, Image 6

THE " OREGON " DAILY " JOURNAL, " PORTLAND,"1 SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1911
TO FILE CHARGES
DEATH TO MINERS
TIP-TOP GARAGE
AGAINST
II
W. R. Foote, Father of 1 8 Chil
dren, Acted in Defense of
V Two of Daughters.
Avalanches Crush Cabins and
Men in Coeur d'Alenes;
Many Desert Abodes.
Structure, 100x100 Feet, Near
Hood River Goes Down;
One Auto Caught.
City Building Inspector to Re
organize His Office; Too
Much Politics, Alleged.
Young Republicans Lose Sigh
Small Army of Penniless Men
Government - Demands That
Kerr. Giffordr& Co. Re-
pay $595. -'
of Etiquette When Anti
Humphrey Talk Heard.
Forced to Hit Road; Head
for the' South.
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DEPUTIES
ANIMATES
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Marshfleld. Or., Jan. U.The kill-
- ing of Charles' Wilcox by W. R. Foote at
' ' Coqallle haa caused more comment than
. anything that haa happened In the
i. , county for a long time. In this city
sympathy ia entirely with Foote.
" ' Wilcox, road master for Coos Bay,
' Roseburg and Eastern railroad, lived
With his family at Coaledo, a small sta
V tion. Foote Is a native of Louisiana
1 but has lived In this country. for many
years. He owns a 400 acre farni near
' Myrtle Point where he made hia home
..'for a longr tme, only recently moving
- to Coqullle and retiring. He and his
' wife are parents of 18 children, some of
whom are married and five or. six of
t whom are small children. One daughter
.. . about 17 years old, has been staying
' with Mrs. Wilcox as a companion aa she
lohas a child a month old and the duties
- of Wilcox made it necessary for him to
1.-? te away from his home much of the
tune.''
It was because ha believed Wilcox
,t have, betrayed the Foote girl, who
i was at bia house, and also to have
. r aought the ruin of another daughter of
-the Foote family, aged 14 years, that
is the shooting came about.
Mr. Foote had applied to the deputy
t .district attorney with the story of his
. ; daughters, and had asked " that some
ti prosecution be Instituted against Wilcox.
1. It is said he several times saw the dep-
-uty prosecutor and even on the day of
the- shooting Insisted that something
, 1 be done or be would take the matter In
his own hands.
That 'day he secured a 80-80 rifle, and
when Wilcox came Into Coqullle, shot
him. He fired three times, but the first
shot was sufficient to cause death.
T -Foote- Immediately gave himself up. He
'was taken Into custody, and at the cor
oner's Inquest, It was found Wilcox died
- from hemorrhage caused by a bullet
m shot from Foote's gun, but the Jury did
v i not make any recommendation as to
,! i holding Foote to the grand Jury. He
. will be given a preliminary hearing.
j ; Foote bears the best of reputatlona in
) the county as a sober and industrious
rain, and the bead of perhaps the larg-'"-est
family In Oregon, who had made
t"very effort properly -to raise his chll
T'fdren. , Foote is 60 years of age, and the
i man he killed wa nearly 40 years old.
The circumstances of Miss Foote's
.. case was one of a number which have
' recently occurred.
INDICTED FOR BRIBERY
I ROAD
ATTORNEY
- (United FroM Leased Wlre.
Redding, Cat., Jan, 13. Charged with
- bribery; former Superior Judge George
"HW.; Bush, counsel for the Southern Pa
ciflc, and Railroad Detectives J. J. Har
;rold and George D Mundorf, stand to
t, 'day indicted by the Shasta county grand
' Jury. Frank Hooper, a negro, who was
the principal witness for the prosecu-"-tlon
when Railroad Policeman Daniel
''" Fleming was convicted of manslaughter
y'for killing George Valller of Taconia, is
',( declared to have been offered money, a
; -free ticket east and a life Job with the
' r railroad company.
I- Harold Rogers, bodyguard to Special
Prosecutor Charles W. Braynard during
the trial, hid in a bureauln the room In
' which the bribe Is said to have been of
t! fered, and secured the evidence on which
'i the charge is based.
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INTENSE COLD DELAYS
. WORK ON EQUITABLE
rj (United Praia Leaned Wire.)
. g - New York, Jan. 13. Hampered by in.
fl tensely cold weather, the thermometer
L registering two below sero at 8 a. m.
today, the work of clearing away the
i" debris from the burned Equitable Life
. Assurance society building is progress-
ing slowly. Hundreds of milliona of
i dollars ,ln securities and money are
ti still buried: In the vaults of concerns
j? which were located in the ruined build
$J ing, and these cannot be reached until
the wreckage is cleared away.
Jp Although a persistent search Is be
i' Ing made, no trace of the body of Bat
& tallon Fire Chief William Walsh, who
s perished In the fire, has been found.
SENATOR C0TTERILL
WILL RUN FOR MAYOR
' (Doited Pren Leased Wlre.t
Seattle, Wash., Jan. IS. Former State
Senator George E. Cotterlll today filed
his candidacy for mayor, for the Feb
ruary primaries. Cotterlll Is one of the
most prominent Democrats In the state.'
I REV. J. BAKER, FOUNDER
1 OF PACIFIC BAPTISTRIES
... tj
ffi " (United- Preai Leaxed Wire.)
g Seattle, Wash., Jan. 13 Rev. John C.
Hi Baker, founder of the Pacific Baptist,
ii the first and only Baptist publication
4 on the coast, is dead here, aged 84. Ho
: ti was the first genersl mislsonary for the
M Pacific coas
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f, , . Colliers Threaten to Strike.
-(1 ',' (United Pr Leaned Wfre.l
li London, Jan. IS. With 80 per "cent
of the men voting for a walkout on
' March 1 unless their demands for a
" minimum wage scale are granted by th
vi Cardiff colliery operators, the British
. t government today Is alarmed over tlw
V prospect of the 611.000 coal miners emit-
ting work.; Should no agreement be j
A reached when the miners meet the op. a 'act that these two men showed sud
ratnra hara Jannnrv . ami th. maiden signs of prosperity after each rob-
;4 English navy would be practically help-
i At present the supply of coal on hand
i will hardly last England a month and
f, a coal famine Is certain to follow a
' strike. The operators are unable to fill
i j commercial orders, declaring that th
M present supply is barely sufficient to
: 'Ji meet the demands of the navy.
W ,,-y,l... . :
.r,; - Jnrj Could Not Agree. .
J ftialted Prena Laaeed Wtr.
. y San Franc! a oo. Jan. 18. After casting
A nearly two dozen ballots, all with the
; same result, the jury in the case of Dr.
Otto C. Joslen, charged with having be
4 t rayed the 15-year-old ''candy girl,"
v. Ethel Williams, has been discharged,
; and preparations are today being made
' for a naw trial. The vote of the Jury
, stood $ to ft. The panel was out 34
t hours. '
i . Pending the retrial, Prosecutor Frank
J. Murptiy will immediately proceed
i with the perjury charges against Martin
J. Prince and, Joseph' Watkins, bellboys,
who gave testimony agalna, the girl's
character.
Bp-1aI to The Journal.
Spokane, Wash., Jars 13. -Adding to
the terror reigning throughout the Couer
d'Alene mining district as the result of
snowslldes and floods that began Wed
nesday, John Thone, a prominent Wal
lace mining man, was crushed to death
by a slide Friday night
Thone was working in the blacksmith
shop at the Idora mine, about 6 o'clock
when the building was caught In an ava
lanche of snow and rock from the hill
side above and was crushed like an egg
shell. Thone was extricated from the
debris an hour later, horribly mangled.
Death is believed to have been almost
Instantaneous,
Wearing only a thin- suit of underwear
and with a pair of sacks about his feet,
Leander Llndaten made way four
miles through snow waist deep to
get help In rescuing his brother. Oscar
Llndsten, and John Pearson, who were
buried in a cabin at Big creek. Despite
exhaustion, Llndsten led the rescue
party to Big creek last night, where
his brother was found dead, Pearson Is
burled under the wreckage of the cabin.
The rescue party Is working constantly
In danger of death from another threat
ening slide, trying to find Pearson's
body.
Miners from all over Coeur d'Alene
district " are moving out, abandoning
winter food supplies with the cabins,
preferring the safety of hotels in town.
Stage Horses Have to Swim.
(Special to The Journal..
Springfield, Or., Jan. 18. When
Charles Allen, driver of the Blue River
mall stage, arrived down from the Mc
Kenile valley last night, he had a thril
ling story of his battle with the water
covered roads. When he left Blue River
in the morning there was five feet of
snow. Shortly afterward he found the
road tinder water so deep that his
horses had to swim. Again at the state
fish hatchery, and still again Just be
fore crossing the McKenzle at Hen
dricks bridge, he had to let the team
go Its own way. The driver of the out
going stage turned back, unable to make
the trip, and returned to this city.
Sajitlam Dam Goes Out.
(Salem Bureau of The Journal.
Salem, Or., Jan. 13. Washing out of
the dam on the Santlam river has re
lieved fears of Salem residents and of
farmers between Salem and Stayton as
the dam was located below the Salem
flouring mills canal connecting the San
tlam river with Mill creek The Wil
lamette river is 17 feet above low water
mark at Salem, 17ifeet at Corvallls. and
16 feet at Albany.
i
Sick Taken Into Cold.
(United Proa- Leaaed Wire.)
Edmonton, Alberta, Jan. 13. With the
thermometer at 20 degrees below sero
and a blizzard raging, 25 patients were
removed early today from the Edmon
ton hospital, which was on fire. One
wing of the building was destroyed.
Newlyweds Ask for Aid.
(United 1'reia Leaaed Wire.)
Chicago, Jan. .13. Twenty-eight new
ly married couples, the oldest being 22,
have appealed to the charity of the
county for assistance as a result of the
sero weather here.
27 Below at Columbus.
f United Preae Leaned Wlra.t
Columbus, Ind., Jan. 13. With the
thermometer down to 27 below sero, this
district is experiencing the coldest
weather of the winter today.
SALT LAKE OFFICERS
(United Prras Leaned Wire.)
Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 13 In the ar
rest of Harry Tourtlott, a piano player
in a moving picture theatre here, th4
police believe they have Elmo Lohsing
er, who disappeared from Portland last
April with Grace Griffin, the daughter
of Mrs. A. Griffin of 03 Fifth street,
Portland. The two were last heard
from at Kansas City.
Tourtlott answers the description in
detail and was arrested here in com
pany with a young girl alleged to have
been lured by him from Idaho Falls,
Idaho.
Tourtlott strongly respmbles pictures
of . Lobslnger on the police circulars
sent from Portland.
BANK ROBBER SUSPECTS
FORMERLY LIVED HERE
Charles Dean, arrested recently in Los
Angeles for the robbery of the New
Westminster bank and a man named Ad
dison, an alleged member of the gang
that committed this big robbery, are
known to have lived at 840 Clinton
n..f In fnla niiv TAonm K. - IE f
ARREST L0B1GER
1910, until the early part of August,;, " V tV"" vB1er
1911. They are now suspected of hav- tTw0TyeTaIrsld- daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ing blown the Helllg theatre safe De-IU L- r. wa badly scalded when
cember 23, 1910, when $2300 was se- a Pan of hot water spilled over her.
cured, and of blowing the safe In Mace's Mrs- Walker was putting a lid under
market on April 10, 1911, when $1400 the boiling water when the pan slipped
was secured. , from her hand and went on the little
The police and the Pinkerton Detec- one, who was playing near her mother.
tive agency are said to be sure that '
Dean and Addison are the men wanted J Al I sai p iny cil CC CDD
for the robberies of these two safes. I Mt-I MIH rL, JUI rlL.E.0 rUfl
Since it has been learned that Dean !
and Addison lived at the Clinton street
house, neighbors have been questioned I
as to their conduct and it is said to be
bory had been committed. The simitar
tty of the manner in which entrance
was gained to the places robbed is re
garded as one of the strong points
against the men.
These two men have long been sus
pected of these safe Bobberies and now
that their arrest has taken pluoe, con
siderable effort will be made to prove
the cases against them, and to bring
them to this city if the cases against
them now should fall.
Mrs. McManfgal Confirms Story.
flatted Preaa Letted Wire. I
Indianapolis, Jan. IS. Ortie McMan
lgal's wife is declared to have corrob
orated her husband's confession in re
gard to the McNamara dynamiting plot,
under examination by the federal grand
Jury here. She Is asserted to have par
ticularly confirmed his referepces to
those who assisted him. "
-Basing her testimony on conversations
she had with her husband in Chicago,
she told all she knew of the operations
and snoke of men who visited her hus
band in Detroit In 190T and arranged to1
have "open show
(Specie! to The Journal.
Hood River, Or., Jan. 13. The large
garage of the Tip-Top Motor Car com
pany, located on the country place of
Captain C. B. McCan, collapsed yester
day from the weight of the snow on the
roof. The building was 100x100 feet
The walls bulged outward letting the
roof fall In.' Except one automobile
belonging to Mrs. Marlon MaoRae. which
was stored in the garage, the damage
was confined to the building. The com
pany has another garage in the city In
which it is storing SO cars, some of
which had been recently removed from
the now demolished structure.
"If we are to have erven reasonable
tolls, through the Panama canal, those
who are interested in the matter must
do something besides sit still at home.'
This Is the conclusion expressed by
Joseph N, Teal, attorney for the trans-
portatlon' committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, who returned home today
from a visit to Washington, D, C, and a
trip to the canal.
At the time Mr. Teal visited tfte
canal, the members of the committee
from the house of representatives,
which has the canal matters before it
In the lower branch of congress, were
also there. Mr. Teal says he had op
portunity to freely discuss canal mat
ters with them. He said their opinions
concerning toll rates through the canal
differed greatly.
"The work on the canal seems to be
progressing nicely," said Mr. Teal. "Un
less something unforeseen happens com
mercial vessels will be moving through
the canal between July and September
1, 1913."
While In Washington Mr. Teal at
tended the National Rivers and Harbors
congress.
TOWARD RIGHT OF WAY
(Special to The lonrnal.t
Ontario, Or., Jan. 13. At a special
meeting last night the Ontario Com
mercial club pledged 31600 to the Vale
committee toward securing a right of
way between Vale and Malheur ranon
for the Oregon Eastern, with the un
derstanding that the Vale committee
sign a bond guaranteeing the right of
way to the railroad company.
MRS. THURSTON CHANGED
OPINION OF MRS. HASTY
(United Preat Leaaed Wire.)
San Diego, Cal., Jan. 13. There was
no session of the Thurston will case
today and the principals and attorneys
H'orO crlvan a ia,l unttl Urtn.i.
" a-".uj..
, "rs at were finally ruled out by
Juage,u"y'. lne aaml88'?n wnich was
argued for hours yesterday, showed that
for a time Mrs. Thurston called Mrs.
Mary Hasty, the spiritualist who is said
to have benefited for years from her
benevolence, "God's chosen messenger,"
but that later the aged woman de
nounced Mrs. Hasty.
Another feature of the trial occurred
when a member of the theosophical so
ciety, who Is acting as associate counsel
arose and addressed the court, differing
with Mrs. Tingley's chief counsel on
a certain point. Mrs. Tlngley showed
Ktgns of uneasiness and finally passed
a note to her follower. He concluded
his speech and sat down.
SUSPECTED PICKPOCKETS
SUE FOR BIG DAMAGES
(United Preea Leased Wire.)
San Jose, Cal., Jan. 13. Arrested as
pickpocket suspects, Guy S. Wills of
Oakland, and his wife, said to be a
cousin of the late Mark Twain, have
entered suit for 340,000 damages on the
ground of false arrest and Imprison
ment against Chief of Police George S.
Kidder, Captain of Detectives Ray Star
bird, T. F. Sourisseau and J. M. Nel
son. Wills demands 120,000 of the amount
for indignities he charges hlB wife suf
fered at the hands of the police. Wills
Is said to be prominently connected in
Sacramento county. The couple were
arrested during; the September street
I carnival here.
MOTHER SPILLS PAN OF
SCALDING WATER ON BABE
(PDHhI tO 17. Jotim.il
DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP
(Satfin Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Jan. IS. Allan B, Joy, of
Portland, filed his petft Ion for district
attorney today. His slogan Is to be
"Progressive Republican Justice with
out sale, denial or delay."
. Austrians to Develop Power.
(united rat. uiM Wlre'.i
Vienna, Jan. It. An ambitious and
conservative campaign haa been entered
upon by the Austrian government, a
commission having for some time been
engaged in surveying various rivers and
mountain streams with a view to utilis
ing them for power purposes. One of
the largest projects decided upon Is the
damming of the Thaya river, the boun
dary between Austria and Moravia,
Convicts Given Oemencv..
fSnectnl to The Jonmnl.i '
waua nana, wasu., Jan. Twelve
convicts were paroled by the state board 1
MUST
WORK
HARD
FOR FAIR CANAL TOLL
ONTARIO PLEDGES 1500
of control, which has Just finished Its the pitiful condition of thousands of
session as the, state board of pardons. , gulls 'starving in the harbor here' be
Slxteen more were given final release cause of the sero weather, city officials
from parole, .three final release from 'today took steps to relieve them. Refuse
conditional pardons, 18 jnen sentenced and garbage . collected from cafes and
before the Indeterminate sentence law , restaurants, usually incinerated, were
wer reieasea mna tnres were given con-1
flltlonal pardons, : . y
The first step in the reorganization
of the city building inspector's office,
as promised by Inspector of Buddings
H. E. Plummer, in his annual report,
will be the filing of charges against
and the dismissal of Deputies W. K.
Venvle and J. H. Lelst.
Copies of the charges have been filed
by the' inspector of buildings with
Mayor Rushlight, but there Is a question
as to whom the city charter delegates
the power of dismissal. City Attorney
Grant has been asked to render an opin
ion on this point and as soon as this
has been done the formal charges will
be filed in the city auditor's office.
There has been friction In the office.
isf the Inspector of buildings ever since
H. E. Plummer succeeded to the posi
tion, which was formerly held by G. E.
Dobson. Toward the end of the Simon
administration former Chief Engineer
of Construction W. W. Lucius resigned.
It was rumored at one time that a
political clique had been formed with
the object of ousting Plummer and put
ting In another man who is not - so ob
jectionable to certain architects. KnowU
edge of this state of affairs Is said to
have made the deputies in the building
Inspection department assume an atti
tude of Indifference toward the Orders
of their chief.
One of the charges made by Mr.
Plummer against Lelst Is that he has
been lax in making inspections. An
other says he has permitted buildings
to reach a mature stage before reporting
defects and that contractors have had
to tear down expensive construction.
Lelst is also charged with having
made improper reports. The deputies in
the department are required to fill out
cards showing the exact time of day
when Inspections are made. Lelst is re
ported to have made out cards showing
six Inspections to have been made by
him when it was known that he was in
the public library at the hours specified
in the reports.
Benvle is charged with "having made
Improper reports and with having been
careless in his work.
E
HELPED BROWNE
"Boss" Admits He Lent Money
to Representative; Attacks
Chicago Tribune.
(United Pra Leaaed Wire.)
Washington, Jan. 13. Senator Lori-
roer, on the stand here yesterday before
the senate committee inquiring Into
charges of bribery in connection with
his election, pointed out why Individual
members of the Illinois legislature sup
ported' him.
Lorimer admitted that Representative
Browne had asked him for financial
aid. He Bald:
"I loaned Browne money from time
to time to employ counsel, Browne say
ing he would repay me if he could.
The amounts totaled between 38000 and
tmnn.i t ax v,i- v,.;,.. t i I
I .-.T Sl. '.r."
.,,. tB ," ;; I
"I knew that the Chicago Tribune was ;
purchasing testimony against Browne,
influenced by its antagonism to me,
and that It was convinced Browne and
no one else had paid money for votes
for me.
"The whole machinery of the Tribune.!
and the state's attorney's office was i
used to destroy me, not to land Browne I
in uiepe... i ue..Bve ipai xne iriDune
and Governor Deneen were the main
conspirators There Is no doubt but
that the Tribune bought Representative
B SAYS
"w- S - -I J'k" ' l'.Vri . "i'uV:iitha O.-W. R. & N. company. The lines
whn he said he got $1000 to vote for
me.
L
ON DEATH OF CHILD
0 INQUEST
The main lines of the O.-W. R. & N.
and the North Bank road are open, but
No action will be taken in regard to trains are operated with more than or
the death of the Infant daughter of dimvy caution, because of the wet con
Walter Linton, which is being lnvs-idltl0n of tne roadbed. The wires are
tlgated by Coroner Norden following ; also K,vtK SOme trouble, making it
disclosures that point to strange clr- somewhat difficult to keep closely in
cumstances n the chlhl s death last toucn wUh the mov, tr
SlnM Train from-the east are several
Robert Tenney, who made a further . ,,... . . , .
post-mortem examination last night, nouT8 te. caused by delays in the
have a consultation ' western states.
Dr. Norden has not decided whether L Th. Tillamook line of the Southern
to hold an Inquest or not as the circum- 1 Paclf, has """ered some from land
stances do not seem, according to his "o during the week, but trains are
statement, to show that the parents
were In any way responsible for the
baby's death.
Investigations point rather to the con.
dltion of the baby being due to the ill
care taken of her by a Mrs. Oabes, who
resided for a month at 675 East Wash
ington street, but who has now com
pletely disappeared.
Mrs. Oabes took ears of the infant
when Linton left Portland with the
rest of his family for a time to work on
a dredge on the Columbia river. Mrs.
Linton was In poor health and the
woman was hired to care for the child.
According to neighbors who lived near ' made m the police court may be "set
the woman she was not a proper person as'df -. .
to care for children yet she was caring Edwards, arrested by Detective Swen
for six little ones from this babv to a ne8S 'or the theft of a number of
crippled girl about 14 years old.
Should the coroner decide not to hold
an inquest the matter will be turned ov
er to the Juvenile court for Investiga
tion The Linton family resides at
Brooklyn street
739
BANK WRECKER GETS
LONG PRISON TERM
8iial to The Journal.
Corvallls, Or., Jan. 13. Fram two to
20 years in prison was the sentence
passed yesterday on James Evars, who
was cashier of the Philomath bank,
failed. The real name of the man has
been shown to be ' Charles James Ev
ans. "Evans" was found guilty of forg
ery. Relief for Birds
ittniten Pre.. i..i ni
Milwaukee, Wis.. Jan. 18. Touched bv
spread over the ice, and thousands of
the gulls gathered and feasted
(United Preia Leaaed Wlra.t
Seattle, Wash.. Jan. 13. Following
the conversion of a peaceful' dlaner at
which Governor Hay was the guest of
honor, into one of the most animated
scenes In the history . of the Young
Men's Republican club, the club will
hold a mass meeting tomorrow after
noon in Dreamland rink, the largest hall
in Seattle, to voice the sentiment of
Seattle upon the contemplated appoint
merit by President Taft of Congressman
Will E. Humphrey, to the federal Judge
ship In Western Washington, made va
cant by Judge Donworth's resignation.
The governor was lost in the excite'
ment and the club did not even have
time to thank him for coming all the
way from Olympia.
A resolution offered by Attorney
George H. Rummens, asking the presl
dent not to appoint Humphrey on the
ground that he was utterly incompetent
to be a judge, started a heated discus
sion. Various technical objections were
raided by several speakers. Every
speaker, however, said that personally
he was against Humphrey s appoint
ment. Finally a compromise was
reached by merely sending a telegram
to the president, asking him to delay
the appointment until the club should
have taken action.
1ST IMPORTANT ACT
City Sealer of Weights and Meas
urea F. G. Buohtel says the most lm
portant act of his department during
1911 was the successful prosecution of
a peddler for selling a short sack of
potatoes. Although the city ordinances
do not specify what weight shall con
stitute an official sack of potatoes, trie
sealer was able to establish that repu
table merchants regard 100 pounds as
the standard. Made over sacks con
tainlng only from 60 to 75 pounds
were sold" as regulation "sacks" of po
tatoes. Mr. Buchtel says the court
decision will enable him to save many
thousand of dollars to the buying
public.
This and other information .Is con
talned In the annual report of the sealer
for 1911.- The report was filed today
in the city auditor's office..
During the year the sealer and his
lone deputy measured 1133 cords of
wood by request, found nine cases of
short measure and secured convictions
In the municipal court in every case.
"I examined many packages of goods
disposed of by local merchants," says
Mr. Buchtel, and found that the con
sumer can ' save from 10 to 80 per
cent by buying merchandise in bulk."
The department checked and tested
774 scales and condemned 15 and forced
ice wagons to carry scales for -the
weighing of Ice delivered to consumers,
"The complaints received during the
year," reads the , report, "were more
diversified than ever before. The of
fice was called upon to measure sand
and gravel and the capacity of oil wag'
ons, and to check weights of sugar
and other commodities.
"All the creameries were investigated.
and 1000 bottles were tested. The re
owed less than 1 per cent of
Inaccuracies. Loaves of bread sold by
various dealers varied in weight from
9 2-3 ounces to 15 ounces. We are
now A?'1" 10 hav a" rd'n8i?e Pased
uiwTiuiiij ivi ea o i aiiuai v ivai,
RESUME TRAIN SERVICE
INTO CENTRAL OREGON
Traln 8ervice between Portland and
ipolnU, in central Oregon was resumed
thls morninf by both the Oregon Trunk
; Uno ftnd the 'Dc9chutc, niver line of
had been tied up for nearly a week
by snow and landslides following the
big storm.
The tracks were cleaned last night,
and the wires repaired, but trains will
be operated with caution for several
days until the effects of the storm
have been fully overcome. In many
places Tock and mud had flowed onto
the roadbeds and covered the tracks to
a depth of many Inches.
in operation and crews are distributed
along the line to make repairs as quick
ly as trouble Is discovered.
RECENT RULING MAY
AFFECT CONVICTIONS
By a ruling made by Judge Tazwell
this morning In the case of E. J. Ed
wards, who pleaded guilty several days
ago to a charge of laroeny and was
sentenced to six months in the county
Jail, many convictions that have been
.valves, pleaded guilty to the larceny
charge when arraigned before Judge
Tazwell. After he, was sentenced, he
stated thd case to Attorney Petrain,
who, on examining the records, found
that, the code provides that the Injured
party must either be a witness against
the defendant or must have been sub
penaed before the court could act, either
to acquit or convict
In this Instance, It Is said that the
complainant did not desire to prosecute
and that the conviction of Edwards
was faulty. The case was reopened this
morning, and Judge Tazwell asked for
another plea from Edwards, who still
announced that he was guilty, but on a
request for leniency by II. A. Raymond,
representing the machinery company,
the man was given a suspended,, sen
tences. What effect the above ruling
will have has not yet been anticipated.
Committee' Meets; Adjourns.
The street committee of ' the city
council met this morning to consider the
franchises asked for by the Portland
Railway, Light A Power company, but
adjourned without accomplishing any
thing, owing to the absence of several
members. A Special meeting "of the
committee will be held next Friday aft
ernoon. '
mm
The first attempt that has been made
by the police to clear the streets of
the North End and other parts of the
city of men who have no business on
the streets after 12 o'clock midnight,
resulted in the arrest since that hour
last night of 127 person' who were all
lodged in polloe headquarters. The rec
ord for the number fed at one meal was
broken when 175 men were served this
morning. -
So crowded were the Jail corridors that
it was necessary to .use the court room,
where- SO men were quartered. When
they were searched the total amount
of money found In their possession was
Z& cents.
This morning, when the cases wet
called Judge Tazwell asked how many
men would be willing to leave the city
under suspended sentence. Nearly all
of them expressed their willingness to
adcept these terms. They were led down
stairs and lined up on the sidewalk.
Under guard of Patrolmen Hanson and
inskeep, a march was started down Sec
ond street to the Hawthorne bridge,
across the bridge and then south
through Sellwood to the city limits.
where the men were told to keep moving
south.
"On to -southern California," was the
slogan taken by the army of destitute
men as they started on the tramp south
ward.
'It ia a shame the treatment that
the unemployed men receive at the
hands of the police In other northwest
era cities," said one man of the army
this morning. "W are told to go to
Portland where the city would give us
Jobs at 11 a day and our meals. Seat
tie, Tacoma and Spokane police told us
tne same tning."
Chief of Police Blover. In discussing
the situation this morning, said: "The
city is face to face with a serlopB propo
sition, i There are hundreds of these
idle men in the city. They must be
fed. Either the city must give them
food, or they will take food from the
city."
At 6 o'clock this morning 37 men
were arrested In the Men's Reading
room at Fourth and Burnslde streets,
where 326 men were sleeping on the
floors. These men were charged with
being vagrants, having been seen by the
police In these free sleeping rooms on
numerous .occasions.
BANKERS RAISE FUND
FOR EQUITABLE HEROES
(Hnlted Press Titaed Wlra.t
New York, Jan. lSFlre and Police
commissioners of New York today
granted a request from Wall street
bankers that they be given permission
to raise a fund for the firemen and
policemen who did such valiant work
during the fire at the Equitable Life
Assurance society's building on lower
Broadway. Borne of the largest bank
ing nouses in the metropolis Joined In
the petition. Relief will be given the
families of the men who lost their lives
and the firemen and policemen who
were injured will- receive liberal recom
pense. Heroes of the blaze will be
granted substantial remuneration for
the chances they took and all firemen
and policemen who struggled with the
blaze will receive some token of the
esteem in which they are held by Amer
ica's money kings.
Justice Oiegerlch today ordered the
city building department to proceed
with the demolition of the ruins of the
Equitable Life building.
W. 0. W. CAMPS HOLD
JOINT INSTALLATION
Webfoot camp No. 68, Woodmen of
the World, and Arbutus Circle, Women
of Woodcraft, held a Joint Installation
at Woodmen temple, 128 Eleventh
street, last evening.
Past Consul Fred Woodcock installed
the incoming officers for Webfoot
camp as follows: Past Consul Reynolds,
Consul Commander Fred W. German,
Advisor Lieutenant Werner Aplanalp,
Banker N. H. Bird, Escort J. W. Cross
ley, Clerk A. L. Barbur, Watchman W"
H. Savage, Sentry Conrad Nern, Musi
cian Professor E. L. Bettfciger, Mana
gers Charles Skewes, M. T. Woodward
and J. H. C. Wolff.
Past Guardian Neighbor Marie Beau-
dette installed the officers elect for
Arbutus Circle as follows: Past Guar
dian Marie Richardson, Guardian Neigh
bor Ora Allen, Advisor Mary Hamilton,
Magician Marie Beaudette, Attendant!
Miss Wise, Clerk S. M. Ockerman,
Banker Minnie Schmale, Inner Sentin
el Eliza Condon, Outer Sentinel Harry
Boyd, Captain of the Guard Ada Worth,
Musician Alice Schmale, Managers Ma
rie WllBon, Cora Bummervllle and Clara
Dahl.
After the Installing ceremonies bou
quets of beautiful flowers were pre
sented to Installing Officer Woodcock,
Installing Officer Beaudette, Captain of
Webfoot camp's team Jack Woodmen,
Captain of the Guards of Arbutus Circle
Ada Worth.
. A. JEFFREY WOULD BE J
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Attorney John A. Jeffrey of the law
firm of Jeffrey & Lenon, has filed his
declaration of intentions to beoome a
candidate for district attorney In the
April primary election. His name will
be found in the Democratio column,
followed by the slogan "Progressive,
strict and Impartial enforcement of all
laws of Oregon."
Attorney Jeffrey was district attor
ney In district No. 1, which Is composed
of Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and
T.Rko counties, for one term. Two veara
ago he was a candidate on the Demo
cratic ticket for congress from what
was then known as congressional dis
trict No. t. His race was unsuccessful.
He haa lived in Portland slnoe 1906.
Sell Tags for Strikers,
(United Preaa Letted Wire.)
San FranolscO, Jan. 18. Hundreds of
men, womev and school children sord
tags on San Francisco's streets today
for the benefit of the striking Harrtman
shopmen, whose ranks Include a large
number of men Hot entitled' to regular
payments from the International un
ions involved. Similar tag sales will
be held at all points on the system
within the coming month.
President E. L. Requln of the System
Federation of Shopmen said today that
the. strike was in good shape, arid that
ho union man would go back to work
until ths fight was won. A great sym-
other lines in the west Is expected by
March (
Although comparatively trivial In the
amount involved, the-suit of the United
States against Kerr, Glfford & Co, to
recover an alleged overcharge of $595
for grain sacks Is arousing unusual in
terest among exporters over the entire
Paclfio cpast. A demurrer to the de
fendant's answer was argued and sub
mltted to United States Judge Wolver
ton this morning.
In 1907, the United States Quarter
master's department advertised for bids
on 4,000,000 pounds of oats for the Phil
ippines. The contract was awarded to
Km, Gifford & Co. of Portland at a
stipulated price, it being specif led the
oats were to be double sacked. The con
tract was filled and the company paid
for the oats. Last surTner some one in
Washm-xon discovered that the govern
ment had paid for oats by pound, and
that they ware ia saoks when wels-had.
He xigured the sacks weighed enough
to offset about 1588 paid for the oats.
So the crovernment brought suit to re
oovsr the money.
The defendants demurred to the gov
emment's complaint - on the rrounds j
that nothing in the contraot stated the !
weight of the oats was to be net, and!
that in general praotlce of exporting '
grains it Is the custom to .include the
weight of the sacks. Judge Bean Over
ruled the demurrer, and the government
demurred to the defendant's answer.- It
was this demurrer that Judge Wolver-
ton heard this morning. He took the
demurrer under advisement, but stated
that in his opinion the only question
at issue is the wording of the contract
and the construction to be placed on it -It
is said to be the universal custom
among exporters on the Paclfio coast i
to include the weight of the grain Sacks
in determining the total weight of ship
ments. Attorney C. H. B. Wood, repre
senting Kerr, Glfford & Co., told the
court this morning if they had to repay
the government for the weight of the
bags, It would be necessary for Kerr,
Glfford A Co. to present a counter claim
for the value of the bags, which, under
such a ruling, they had not been paid.
Assistant United States Attorney Wal
ter Evans argued the demurrer for the
government.
HE MADE FUN OF
-THE OFFICER'S STAR
St. Johns' legal circles have bsen
greatly disturbed ths last . few days
over the arrest or v. nnmueison.
Tpomsa Whitney, town marshal. Is
charged by Samuelson with falsely lm.
prisoning1 him, for whloh arrest Samuel
son wants $10 damages,
In the complaint filed by Attorney
B. L, Bnow, who appears for Samuelson,
t la stated that the 'marshal "run in tne
said Bamuelaon." The arrest Is al
leged to have been made because
ejamuelBon made fun of the mar.
share Star, referring to it as a "tin
badge," The arrested man also cam-
nlalns that the -marshal "spoke ta nim in
a rough and eoarse manner that would
have driven a doa from the streets,"
You will not point me out In this
manner," says tne complaint in queuing
the words of the marshal when Samuel-
son pointed his thumb at him, When
the eAse was called before Juettoe ef the
Peace Downs, the marshal represented
that It was an aggravated ease, and
severe punishment should be dealt a
pedestrian who so unoouthly pointed his
thumb at the marshal, A tine of 810
was given. To this fine Samuelson
objected, but In vain. Attorney Snow
was consulted', and the suit against sit,
Johns was instituted. The return of
the 110 paid as a fine was asked, and
the additional payment of 10 damages '
was demanded. Jfnr several days the
Justice court, and office of Attorney
Snow were scenes of great legal dis
cussions. ' Attorney Snow's complaint,
had Its of feet, however, for a eempro.
mlse is reported to have bean reaohedl
by roturnlng the 1 10 fine,
The town marshal still wears his star,.
HIMSELF INTO PRINT
Drake C. O'Reilly, the popular oluh
man, returned from a two months' trln
est yesterday afternoon, having spent
most of the time In New York, although
short stays were made , in Omaha,. St,
Paul and Chisago, Mr, CBelllf was ft
member of a party of New Tear's oele.
brators at the Waldorf-Astoria, where
his contagious laugh, well known to hi
Portland friends, exalted so mush mirth
that a reporter on the New York Times
wrote a story about It,
"Business conditions throughout the
east are In better shape than I had e
psoted to find them," said Mr, O'ltelUy
whlle talking te a Journal representa
tlve today,
. "fftnm a business standpoint," pan.
Untied Mr, O'Reilly, "New York was the
only quiet place found, and the dull
ness there is due to the laal ef speeula.
tion en the New York steofc enahanga,
However, the New Yorkers report en
Improvement over the situation obtain
ing during the last hal? of 1811,
"I am confident from what heard
said in New York and elsewhere In the
east that we are going to have a pemo.
oratio president . to succeed Mr, Taft,
The air seems surcharged with the de
termination to have a new political deal,
I heard many Republicans say thai they
intended to vote for the pemoeratls
nominee, They are tired of Taft, and"
they don't want Roosevelt, t
i. ' " '
Engineers Go to Inspect Canal,
Aocompanled hy Majors Mclndee and
Morrow, corps Of engineers. United
States Army, Andrew Kerr ef the ship
Ping firm or Kerr, Gifford A Co.r la
this morning for Washlngten from
whenee they will go to Panama, br
way of New York, to make an inep;
tion ef the eanaL The ti' till
gone about flya weeks. , but Mis - la'J
will be longer, coming feae by way of
the southern states and California, t
u - --
; . Flh Dealer. Acquitted,
William Karmaollius, arrested at the
Washington Street publlo market yes,
terday by Additional Market Inspeotos
Joe Singer for selling eeld storage- fish,
whloh wefs alleged to be unfit ifer hu
man eonsumptlon, was this morning ae, -Quitted
by Judge Taswell, Several h. -dealers
testified that tha fish wssej
good, .1 k '
PORTLANDER
LAUGHED