THfi 'OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, . SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 3, 1813.
FREE SPEECH QUESTIOfl : COUNCIL MAKES TRIP
PORTOFCOLUJHTOvi
T CAR COMPANY
MAN HELD J JAIL.
LD TERMINATE ITS
CHANGES HIS PLANS
i mil
WILL BE DISCUSSED AT
OF iriSPECTION -TO
ID
IVLI
FIGHT; WITH THE CITY
LENGTI
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MASS MEETING TONIGHT
BULL RUN RESERVE
Claim" Made Prisoner Was De
Solution of Matter in' Portland
.to,, Be Sought; Mayor Albee
- Invited to Attend. J' .
One Will Attend 'to. Highway
Matters, and Other to the
County, Budget,
Asks -Franchise Providing for
All of Monday Will Be Spent
in Portland and . Astoria;
Banquet to Be Feature, .
Purpose; Was to Secure Infor
; mation "Preparatory to ln-
Secretary Daniels to 'Accom
. pany; Cabinet Officer on In
spection Trip. .
3 Cent 'Per Car Toll Over
tained 26 Days After Grand
Bridges Effective Since .'10,
Jury Tailed to Indict,
K creasing yvaier ouppiy.
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ADVISORY BOARDS ARE " SIRE
SECRETARY
PANELS
WITHOUT DUE CAUSE
cunmmmi nenm
MUD TODAY BY IU
UIIUM IIIUUIII Ul I
: COUNTY COMMISSiONl "
AND
N VISIT
SEEKS REDRESS
AS FIT NAVAL STATION
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o Pursuing the policy Inaugurated by
Chairman Rufua C. Holman of, tho
beard' of county commlBaionera, two
: " toy the board this nwMWir. ' One, to aa
1 stst In carrying out the new permanent
', Highway statute passed by the laat leg
islature, ia composed of W. W. Cotton.,
r. fL Jackson. A. S. Benson. Samuel Hill
ind W. - B. Pechheimer. . The other.
m-uieh will assist , In preparing t.ie
1 county budget under the act passed by.
the last legislature. Is composed of It I
L. Plttock. C. C. Colt, Carl 8. Kelty. Aa
sensor Henry E, Reed and J. N. TeaL
The highway board' la composed of
rnen who have taken a decided interest
: , In the road question. Tha budget boacd
. .u composed of men of experience in
financial- matters. The selection of
members for both boarda haa received
? t the moat careful attention ; from Com-
1 mtssloner Holman, . who has been the
leading spirit in bringing snout me
innovation.
" PnmmlftalArtp T.tftrhtnM AtBMniAd Vhn
i tha, question of appointing tha boarda
: ; was brought up. The first board, ap-
! pointed was composed of phyaiclana and
was formed some -time ago. Its object
la to advise the commlaalonera in re-
aospltai. ,v i v f-.;..r.-
"I believe in giving the people an
1 pportunity to learn for themaelves
( what the county, is doing," said Com
- mlssloner Holman. h "t : know of no
better way than thla, to appoint men
who vnderatand the affairs .which they
are to look into and advlae upon and
I who can and are willing to give their
... Mime and efforts toward that end. All
are representative men of tha commun
; ty. . . .v.-v,,
, i "It la physically-Impossible for three
!men to properly look into and properly
understand all of the details of the
' I many county activities and .1 deem the
I assistanoe of thea men. Imperative. 1
I believe the results will bear me out in
tbla opinion." .. . -.. -
; The highway board waa formed with
the Idea that it would determine what
j roads should be permanently Improved,
:. I what" amount . and ' where the . money
ahould be spent and ail "phases of road
' work in the county during the coming
year. The budget board was appointed
. to look Into the needs of the depart
i ments of the county, supervise the prep-
aratlon of the budget and generally de-
termina the question of revenue raising
; and apportionment The findings of
neither board will : be mandatory but
I win se piaoea oeiore ine commiaaionera
, for consideration. 'f.:?r'- v.-,
Men Should f Have Nothing to
Do With Case, Asserts New
. York Woman Leader, - i "
After a fallen women or girl ia found
guilty she' ahould be turned over to a
commission consisting entirely of wo-
men who would determine what to do
with, her,; Inatead of having tha Judge
impose a aentenca -Thla waa ona of the
,. plans advocated for the care of un
fortunate women- and glrla by Miss
. Maude . Miner, aecretary of the New
- York Probation and Protective associa
tion and head of the Waverley Teni
, porary Detention House. New York, D-
,M U :l vr1 Ka mnA Ih. (..mmluolHA
- - - -.. " m.. wiiiwiHiyuci
meeting In the council chamber this
morning. At the meeting were-a num
ber of prominent - social betterment
worker. V. . , , - ... .
According to Miss Miner, men ahould
) have absolutely nothing to do with the
. correction : work and ahould not aerve
. . on boarda or commissions working, for
the betterment of fallen" women. MUs
Ulnar tnM Af thm i K.T .
. , - - -" - mw " H . .Ul K ,
, lienea t with a great deal of IntereaC
a , Ooadlttoas Wrong Xata,
i, "While In Seattle a few days,'1 said
Mlsa Miner, n spent several nights in
veatigatlng conditions in dance halls
and cares relative to young glrla and
women. I found aometblng radically
wrong with the entire system. Condl-
. tiona here; 1 understand, are much bet-
' ter."': - !. -..i
Mlaa Miner urged a detention home
for women audi , aa haa been planned
for this city ahould be separata from a
prison, and the women should be al
lowed to get all of the outdoor exercUa
possible, v At this point Mrs. Millie K.
Trumbull, a well known social better-
f ment worker. Interposed with a question
ulrected at Mayor Albee.
"Wouldn't it be possible Mr. Albee,"
she asked, "to hold up the plana for
the women'a aection of the new city
Jail until a better system la worked
.out for their carer
- ' -Plaas Held Up.
; "The building plana are held up auto
- Tnatically-aatd'Mayof Albee,' "on ac
count Of lack of funds. When the city
gets more money the new system will
be conformed with aa I am vitally in
terested in the work and want to help
aa much as possible."
Among those present were Mrs. Helen
Ladd Corbett., Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull.
Mra. Dora Red Barbur, Dr. Emma
Drake of the World'e Purity Federation,
, Mr. Lola Q. Baldwin, of tha depart
ment of public aafety for women, Rev.
and Mr. Henry Russell Talbot, Mlaa
Bmma Lovett," Mlaa A. Prltchard, Mlaa
Llna B. James, general ; secretary of
the T. W.KJ. A,, Rev. w. Q. Moisten.
Dr. Sarah Whltslde. Mrs. W. K. Pringlei
. A. Thatcher. Mlaa Emma Butler, of
the Jeovenile court., Mayor Albee and
' Commissioners Daly, Brewster, . deck
. and Blgelow..
1 Miss Miner is on a tour of the west
ern and middle eta cities. She arrived
In Portland frofS Seattle last night.
She j will r leave for San Franclwo to
morrow enrcnjte to ftew York.
PUBLISHER KEPT HIS
; NEGRO BLOOD A SECRET
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i (Oaltad Prees Lm4 Wlre.V
' ' Chlcagov July 2(-r;Frederlck : Laird
of' Spohana, ' a 1 former "partner of Wil
liam Lee, a publisher, who died here re-i-ently.
Is here today to help settle Lee'a
tate, I.atrd declared that Lee waa
part negro. H said that probably, was
th reason Lee kept his paat a aecret.
and icrt no wm or ncirs.
DECLARES CORRECTIVES
WORK FOR UNFORTUNATE
- GIRLS VOMEN'S VORK
'V'sv - v,:,
i; TO" end all litigation how pending re
gardlng th city's right Tto .collect 3. cents
for each car of the Portland" Railway.
Light & Power company passing ovor
the Hawthorne avenue bridge sicca It
completion in December. 1910. and to
further Insure the tsompanjrs right to
past over the Morrison, Burnslde and
I Broadway bridges uoon the payment of
j cents per car, la, the purpose of a
franchise applied for today by the Fort-
land Railway, Light power company.
Application for a contract to have car a
pass -.over . the upper-deck of the 0.-W.
Ri & N, bridge! now leased by the city,
upon a- I -cent payment basis, has also
been made. The applications were made
to Will H, Daly, commissioner of pub
lic utilities.
If the franchise la granted, it will
mean the city will receive I centa for
every car that has passed over the
Hawthorne bridge since December,
mo, when It was opened to traffic.
, In evading payment in the paat, the
company contended it had the right to
run over the bridge unaer.tne contraoi
made with the Mount Tabor Railroad
company, November 1J, 1881, which
oompany waa later : ' absorbed by the
Portland Railway, Light as Power com
pany. This contract was for 20 yean.
The streetcar company, contended that
the tearing down of the old . Madison
bridge and the building of a new strua
ture tn It place did not nullify the con
tract to any degree, and they had the
right to run the cars over the near
bridge, - :; v.'i . '-
The tAtr thought : differently, and
shortly after . the completion of the
bridge propoaed that , the oompany
should pay 3 cents for every car going
and coming across the atruoture. Final
ly the matter went Into the court and
has been In litigation ever since.
Under the new proposed franchise alt
litigation will be ended and the money
due the city will be paid. Jt is speci
fied that the company will have track
and cars In operation over the Broadway
bridge within 80' Jaye after the passing
of the ordinance granting the franchise.
At the present time the city la receiv
ing several thousands of dollars reve
nue for the rights of the company to
run cars serosa the Morrison and Burn
aide bridges. The new- franchise doos
away with .thla and seta a I cent limit
the same aa for the other bridges. As
the city does not control the new steel
brdg eioept by Jeass with the O.-W. R.
Sc ' N., . contract with . toe street car
company la necessary..- .
. just ' before the applications! for. the
franchise and' contract had been -made,
C A. Blgelow, commissioner of finance,
started an inveattgatlon as to why. the
2. centa per car for operating ova the
Hawthorne bridge had not been paid.
While awaiting an opinion from City
Attorney La Roche and further inform
ation on the subject, the propoaed fran
chise and contract war applied for.
Commissioner Daly, who .received the
applications, after reading over the pa.
pers decided that both were too long
and complicated., . , The franchise eon
alsts of 40 pages closely typewritten.
whll the eontract; la about the same
sle., 4Mr. Daly wants both to b4 di
rectly to the point and with thla in
view asked City" Attorney La Roche to
make the necessary changes.
There la also several points In the
propoaed franchise not yet clear ,o
either Commissioner Blgelow or Daly, J
been- paid forerunning -cars- over" th
Hawthorne avenue bridge.- These It s
desired to have made more distinct be
fore action ia taken by the commission
council. Revision will be taken up early
In tha week. - .
QUEER SYMBOL ON
MAYOR ALBEE'S DOOR
WHICH NONE SOLVES
,. ; Just.What the queer symbol of
a - mysterious lettering placed on
4 "the door of Mayor Albee'a office e
a thla morning means, is pussllng
every one in the city hell. There e
a are three letters painted on the e
door In monogram form eon-
e elating of C. I. N. Mayor Albee. e
e refuses to divulge the meaning
S of the mysterious lettering. e
4 "I have kept that a aecret for
4 more than IS yeara," said Mayor a
S Albee. "On the door of offices
a wherever I have bean I have al- a
e waya had those letters painted a
on the door. During tha tS yeara 4)
e there waa only ona man who 4)
e said he knew the meaning but a)
aa he did not tell me I do not
a know for certain whether ha
gueaaed tha aecret or, not" )
While tha mayor refuses to
discuss the queer design, even a
with the newspaper men, it ia 4)
said that he has the queer let- 4
tering for a good luck sign.
NAPHTHA EXPLOSION
FIRES EIGHT, BUILDINGS
fCsited Vnu Leased Wirt.)
Maiden, Maas., July (.Scores of
employes pf the New England Dyeing
ft Cleaning companynarrowly f scaped
death here today when 300 gallons of
naphtha exploded, 'Starting a fire which
communicated, to eight .other buildings.
Early . reports, to the police said Jl
employee wer missing, but later all
were located. ;
The erroneous reports of loss of life
originated from a' statement by a fire
man' who declared he saw aeveral per
sons Jump from a building. These es
caped unhurt. Scores of windows were i
shattered by tne rorca or the explosion
and buildings a block away were fired.
The cause 'Of the explosion la not
known. The damage la roughly .esti
mated at 140.000. .. .
C0UNCILMEN ADMIT '
HAVING PREAT TIME
In a suit on trial at Tillamook, Or.,
against the Warren Construction com
pany, alleging that the company did not
fulfill ita contract in tha matter of lay
ing pavement sensational testimony waa
recently introduced to the effect that
some of the councilman of Tillamook
voted to award the contract after they
had been wined and dined in this city
by tha representatives of the Warren
Construction company. " , , ,t
' Three of the five 'councilman'; were
brought to Portland and given a high
old time, according to . their sworn ad
mission. .
.Testimony in the caa was finished
but the argument of the. attorneys was
postponed until 8ep.temSer i. ,',. " '
Joaephus Daniels, secretary - of the
navy,, has changed his plana. He will
spend all of Monday In Portland and As
toria. He will arrive here at 7:10 o'clock
Monday morning instead of 1:90 Monday
afernoon, as was first announced. He
will go by train to Astoria and tha mouth
of thai Columbia river at 1:80 o'clock
Monday morning and view there tha pos
sibilities of a naval station at tha mouth
of tha river. Ha will be tha guest of
the Portland Commercial club in Port
land and the Astoria Chamber of Com
merce in Astoria.
Luncheon will be served in Astoria by
the chamber of commerce. , After lunch
eon at tha Welnhard and an automobile
ride to the crest of the hill back of tha
city, a run will be made by rail to Fort
Stevens. After arriving at tha mouth
of tha river, tha party will be in ohrage
of Major Gerald BagnalL who will have
a apeclal train ready, if it Is decided to
take tha distinguished guest to tha and
of the Jetty. . l
If it la decided to make the trip to
tha other side of the river, the steamer
Florence will be in readiness. After
viewing tha situation at the mouth of
the river the special train will return
to Astoria and will leave for Portland
at 4 o'clock.
Tha return to Portland will ba Just in
time for the dinner at the Commercial
club at o'clock, when. Secretary tan
iela will be tha only speaker and C. 8.
Jackson, vice president of tha club, will
act as toastmaeter. f
The aecretary of the navy made the
change in his program in order to com
ply with the inalatent requests of Or
egon publto bodies and prominent cltl
sens. Information concerning tha mod
ified achedule waa received by the com
mercial club from tha aecretary'a aide.
L. C. Palmer. The change of plan la
most satlafactory to all Interested In
the coming of tha official. -
Secretary Daniels will ba met at Ash
land by Governor Weat according to tel
ephone announcement by the governor
from Salem this morning. Tha gov
ernor will accompany him to Portland
and to the mouth of the river. Ha will
also ba met at Ashland by E. W,
Wright, representing tha Portland Com
mercial club.
A htr attendance at tha Monday eve
ning dinner In honor of the secretary is r
assured. Larger returns, reserving
places, have been received at tha Com
mercial club than for presidential din
ners given there. Oregon men want to
hear what the aecretary of the navy
has to say, on thla, his first visit. -
Mrs. Danlela ' Is with the secretary.
She will be received by Mrs, C. 8. Jack
son. Tha party will be escorted from
the train to the Multnomah hotel Where
they will be guests of Mr. Jackson at
breakfast. The automobile trip about
the olty that had been planned for af
ternoon entertainment haa been abend-
WTt i TVclocrMou
tarv Daniela
ela and his party- win leav, ,tor
Spokane where he ia to be tntertalned
Tuesday. ' The Monday avenlng dinner
wUl ba served promptly at o'clock so
that his schedule may not ba delayed.'
GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO
Defendant's Testimony in the
Hewitt' Land Co, Suit Will
Be Taken Next Week,
Taking of testimony of the defend
ants In the suit of the government
against the Hewitt Land company will
begin Monday at the federal building.
The action ia to aet aalde land patenta
for 26 timber clalma in Baker county,
held la-Oha name of tha land company,
a Washington corporation.
Four or five yeara ago the Stoddard
Lumber company of Eaetern Oregon
paid th expenses of entrymen who
went on the number of claims men
tioned in Baker county and proved up.
A little over a year ago it developed
that the Hewitt Land company owned
all the clalma and waa trying to dis
pose of them. It waa too late then for
the government to start criminal action
to charge fraudulent conspiracy and so
the suit to set aside the patents waa
entered.
Teatlmony of the government waa
taken laat aummer and all the paid
entrymen appeared in its behalf. The
testimony to be taken this week will
be that of the Hewitt Land company.
The government haa been trying to
show that the Stoddard Lumber com
pany and the Hewitt Land company
are one corporation.
R. R. Laughltn, speclsl agent of the
Interior department, has had aotlve
charge of the case, but Clareno L.
Reamea, United 8tktes attorney, will
take an active part in the prosecution
henceforth.- The Hewitt Land company
Is represented by Robert OY Smith of
Grants Pass. Each of the claims Is
worth about IS000. ,:
BRITISH GUN MAKERS
HIREDBY JAPANESE
(United Press Leased Wire.) ' -Vancouver,
B. C... July 26. Six expert
ordnance engineers, formerly of Vickers,
Armstrong 4V Co., well known Eng
lish gun firms .are here today an route
to Japan. Where they will take charge
of ordnance work at a secret factory
established at Muroran, oh the island
of Hokkldo. They declined to discuss
operations, but admitted that a new
plant had been built separate from the
regular arsenal at Kobe. The party In
cludes j. Jackaon, F. Wilson, W. O. Paul,
F. Btlrland, C. dlbbs and T. W. Brown.
BISHOP R0WE WILL
CUT ALASKA RED TAPE
(United Press Leased Wire. - - -Nome,
Alaska, July it. Declaring
that he will operate a coal mlna for
the benefit of tha natives at Cape Lis
burn, in northern Alaska. Bishop Rows
will leave .for th north on the revenu
cutter Bear, ' Tha coal la located gin a
government reserve, but Rowe declares
that other supplies of fuel are exhaust
ed and : action,, Is imperative. He will
not await the usual red tape in grant
ing permits, and aaya he Invites inter
ference, to bung tha matter to a head.
erenc to ong in matter to a head.
A,. AAA-A A-.A'AuAiAiit.Jfi:.,AA V ;.V'i.,,'.-.V,!.1Ti-'-.:'
CANCEL LAND PATENTS
Twenty-six days after tha grand Jury
had returned a not true bill in the caae
of George Stewart, arreated for the al
leged burglarising of tha Eagles' club.
16t Madiaon etreet, on tha night of
April J9, it was discovered that ha was
still held la the county Jail. On July If
he was released. Tha not true bill was
returned June 16. Btewart la now seek.
ing remuneration for the 26 days and
asks that someone pay him $2 a day for
tne time or 7.
Where , the reaponalblllty lie Is a
question which has not been solved.
County Clerk Ctottey and Deputy County
Clerk Lowry declare that a release was
turned over , to Jailer Grafton. Sheriff
Word declares: no release was presented
to tha jail. Deputy District Attorney
Aisguir aaya tne responsibility ox mi
office ended When the not true bill was
turned over to Judge Gatens by the
foreman of tha grand Jury. ? - .,
Btewart waa lodged in the county Jal
May 2. , On tha same day a misdemeanor
cnargo alleging the larceny of IJ4.60
waa mad against him. 1 On May a
felony oharge of burglary was brought.
Ha waa bound over to tha a rand Jury
at that time. J. Victor A. Farnell was
attorney for Stewart but mad no de
mand for release. It is said.
r As th result of tha disclosure In this
case the county clerk's office la how
securing receipts from the Jail for all
papers turned over to the Jailer. An
other result will "probably be -a reorgani
sation of methods in handling criminal
work In tha district attorney's office
that criminal matters may ba mora
quickly- brought to trial.' Deputy
Magulre said that the district attorney's
office was blamed frequently for long
delays In bringing cases to trial when
In many Instances the trouble waa due
to inability to aet dates on account of
congestions of court calendars and also
to slowness en . the part of attorneya
representing tha defendants.
HERS OF
WiOUTMUZZLESGET
IDE
Court Fines. All Alike Accept
ing7 No' Excuses for Viola
tion of Ordinance,
It was dog ownera' day in the mu
nicipal couru A score or more own
ers tried to explain why their dogs
T "r 1.7-7 .V!' '?,u" "!
enforced, m4 taxed tinea! according to
ins violation. soya Welch, pound
master, wag the complainant agalnat
the dog owners. V .
Joe Harty.' tha legless newsboy at
Broadway and Waahington streets, waa
bitten by the dog of H. T. Hutchison,
705 Overton street, which brought the
owner Into court, where a fin of 210
was given for st-havlng a mussle on
the dog. Dr. Calvin -White cauterised
the wound to avoid rabies.
Mr R.'L. Young, SOS Borthwlck, was
fined 10 for allowing her dog atlarge
without a mussle. f A, P. Huntington,
224 Patton avenue, was given a similar
fine for a Ilk offense.
Mrs. F. A. Spenoer, Twenty-second
and Ellsworth streets, allowed her dag
to get out without th mussle and was
fined $10. N. A. Johnson, 1107 Eaat
Taylor street, was .fined 10 for not
having his dog musaled.- H. C. Hair, 181
Thirteenth atreet, waa fined 25 for not
properly muxillng hla dog. Mrs. W. H.
Waltace, 1109 Eaat Yamhill street.
failed to muisla her dog when It was
out. therefore drew a fine of 15,
Olere, 194 Lownsdal atreet,. was fined
95 for not mutallng her dog. Peter
Hunt was fined $10 for a almilar of'
fense.
. a i hi .
S
IS SPEAKER'S TOPIC
Effect of These Issues on the
Market Explained Banks
Not Mentioned,
Reports which wer mads Of the reg
ular weekly luncheon of Portland single
taxers in the T. M. C A. Thursday eon
talned statementa . credited to a paper
read by John J. Bayer which this morn
ing he said he did not uae. Mr. Sayei
waa quoted aa- advocating municipal
bauks. Thia was incidentally mentioned
by another speaker, said Mr. Bayer; Mr.
Sayer confined himself entirely to a
discussion of the present unfavorable
market conditions for municipal bonds.
"What I talked about," said be. "waa
that the tremendous issues of municipal
bonds, not only in this country but in
Europe, together with the 'large de
mands for money made by the various
purposes, were responsible for the in
ability of our communities to "market
their bonda at advantageous rates, -and
that after a while the communities
would be compelled to finance their
corporate needa from other sources than
by issuing bonds. In other words, they
would have to take , over some of the
octal- vaiu of :th land; ';.Krv
"At no time in my address did f men
tion the subject of (municipal banks. It
is a' question .upon which I am unin
formed and had not given thought Ths
subject waa Introduced In an informal
way during the, general discussion of
the paper which I.,read."l , .r ';
KENNEWICK EXPERIENCES
TEMPERATURES OF 108
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'p'''A (Special to Tba Journil.l '" '',
Kennwick.',Wash July 6.-wThe of
ficial temperatur irt thla city Thurs
day arid yesterday was 108 degrees. Last
8a turd ay the thermometer'' regiatered
108, Sunday 108 and the rest of the week
up to the psesent time the mercury has
ranged from 105 o 108 degree. Thla
Is the hottest weather for seven consec
utive days this section has suffered
from w five yeara. ,
V'-- :::A.;i. -..-. ;,'(- iA - ;..y,r -
from la five yeara.
CANINES
mm
RAIN
MUNICIPAL
BOND
To' discus tha proposition of free
speech, 'a mass meeting of all Inter
ested has been called for tonight at the
Olpey ' Smith; auditorium, Klneteenth
and Taylor streets. John 'Ai Jeffrey,
representing the defendants In the re
cent arrests for street speaking; Sen
eca route, for the Spanish American
war . veterans;' K. D.. Wagnon, W.. S.
U'Ren, Cw BS." 8. Wood and others have
been invited to address ' the meeting.
Mayor Albee and other city offlelale
have been' asked to attend, according
to Mr.- Jeffrey, and all will ,be- given
an opportunity to be. heard on the sub-ject------''":'6'.
': vi- 'i v.-'.;' v
My idea, la.' aald Mr. Jeffrey thia
morning, "to hrlhg togather all who are
Interested in this free speech matter,
and to have 'both sides of. th propo
sition discussed in a cool, temperate
manner, ,.''''.). t
"This done, it may be possible to ef
fect a aultahle organisation to work out
free speech problems fairly and square
ly. I, feel that both th City Officials
and the atreet apeakers have ' -acted
aomewhat unwisely and hastily in the
past two weeka. . . -.-
"If things - had oonunueo tna' way
thev started, a recall on Mayor Albee
would have been atarted la the statu
tory time of six months. I think ibe
mayor has been 111 advised in the mat
ter and It may be to his advantage to
attend the meeting tonight and Indulge
in a temperate discussion of the quca
tlon. ; 'J '.-' '
"In my remarks I shall dwell chiefly
on the necessity Of temperate, cool de
liberation and action. It ia unnecessary
for either aide to indulge In Tough
stuff.' and It Is to their decided disad
vantage to do so." J
' Tonighfa meeung will b rree ana
the publlo is Invited to attend.
Pree Speeck Hot Benled. .. .
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Mayor Albee, said this afternoon that
tha Free Speech league, in advertising
its meeting tonight. had ' distributed
oiroulars in which It was charged that
street meetings wer virtually denied
them. Mr. Warren declared this is not
true. -.'''
"The league says tha plasa blocks
are available for their meetings, but
that the place' la thronged with deputy
sheriffs and plain clothes men. so they
really cannot hold their meetings at all.
".Nobody is being denied the privilege
of free speech. All that ia insisted
upon, is that abusive language be not
used, and if this leagus or any other
wants to use ths plssa blocks there Is
no objection so long as tha ons . rule
.uuni u w
Extension ol the Parcel Post
Would Take Three-fourths
of Their Business,
(Catted Press tetatd Wire.
WaahlngtOiuJlluly: ,--Naw parcel
poet ratea Juat promulgated by the post
master general will make it possible af.
ter Auguat 15 for packages weighing
up to 20 pounds to be shipped anywhere
within a radius of 200 miles of any olty
at the low rate of 5 cents for the first
pound and one cent for each . additional
sound. It is - believed that they will
take away, nearly three fourths of tha
buslnsss now handled by . the express
companies.
The present rates, which are super
ceded by the hew order are as follows:
Local rt (that is, packages carried
within a radius of 28 miles) five cents
for first pound and one cent for addi
tional pounds up to 11 pounds, the pres-
ORDER SPELLS END OF
EXPRESS COMPANIES
w, jfnt weight Umlt. Within tha first sons,
wuwii uvw cvvhi w mites, iuo
rate is i cents for first pound and three
cents for additional pounds. Ths aeo
ond sona, of 150 miles, carries ' a rate
of cents for ths first, and 4 cents for
additional pounds.' Thus tha new rates,
consolidating the first two sones into
ons, Increaaa the weight limit to 20
pounds, and reduce the rat to a flat 6
cants, and 1 cent for additional pound.
Youth, Injured in Elevator Ac
cident, Avoids Decapitation
. by Quick Action,
Though i young Bam. Roaenberg waa
badly crushed and bruised In an ele
vator accident Just - after-noon -yesterday,
hia presence of mind and grit
probably aaved him from decapitation
The accident occurred . on the aid,
walk elevator on tha Washington street
aide of the Dekum building at. Third
and ; Washington . streets, ; Roaenberg,
who is 14 years old, was working -for
bia father, Sam Roaenberg, 428 Sixth
street, who runs a shoe store in the
Dekum building, and in soma unknown
manner he was caught between the
floor of tha water pressure elevator on
which he waa riding and the sharp edge
of tha concrete aldwalk.;;rv.V:,i,.,'!:;v
Th lad realised hla predicament in
time to push himself along so that tha-
Sressur cams on nis necic and ahoul
ers,: and not ? on .hi neck, where it
would have been sufficient to , cut hla
head Off. Men working In the basement
reversed the elevator and released him.
Doctors were rushed to - his aid, and
after giving him- preliminary .'attention
he waa taken to his noma. :. :-.Vt S,; :
Roaenberg's Injuries consist of. a
Broken left arm, badly crushed chest
and shoulders and two wounds in the
back. It Is believed he will recover.
" Plan to Walk Home. 1
. The Walking Club Of the Physical
Culture union will hold a picnic at Os
wego lake tomorrow and will leave from
the Jefferson atreet depot at 10 o'clock.
Many of thoa who will attend the plo
niotare preparing to walk back tq pprt
land," ' ,.:.-.vv'.;:i.-,.v ' ;'"-' ' ;, A1'
pressing oown : a Knob mounted in
knob mounted
the stem of a
new alarm clock shuts
loft ths alarm. - - - '
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SAVED FROM DEATH BY
HISfRESENCE OF MIND
' To se condillons at Hhs' Bull Run
water head works In the Bull Run re-sel-VM
tor . themselves with'' view 10
making a number of tuecefesary improv.
ments to, accommodate Fortianas ever
Increasing ' number of Watar, users
Mayor Albee and Commissioners Dieck,
Dalv. Brewster and Blsrelow..wlth Sup
rintendent podge and Chief Engineer
Clarke of, the water , department, spent
several hours In the reserve yesterday.
While', there is , ho danger of a water
shortage' at tht present tlm th tsom
.mission Wishes to be prepared zor in
Immediate- future."; i-g s-1, K
Although : plana or.,Jarga - Imnrbva
ments at the headworks are tentative aa
yet, It 1s expected to start work early
this faihTha ,city-water ideparuneni
engineers are now engaged, on plana and
specifications whltih will be submitted
to th commission soon.. Instead, of hav
ing 48.000,000 gallons of water come
into the city through the 80 miles of
double pipe -line as at present it ia
planned to use all i the flow of the
Bull Run " river amounting ' to : approx
imately 80,000,000 gallons. According
to Will H. Daly, commissioner of publlo
utilities and head of th water depart
ment, thla will serve th needs of a
city several times th am of Portland.
At the headworks of th water plant
there. Is a narrow spillway only a few
hundred feet , long In usa j ITfom the
spillway the wate goes directly into
the two pipes after passing through
sieves andv drains. - - Two . large gate
art lowered when necessary to stop
the flow through th pipes.
Tha Bull Run river, as it goes tum
bling over tha rocks, is partially divert
ed from its course by means 6f a tern,
porary dam, and turned into tha spill
way. ( This spillway and temporary dam
arrangement have been found to ba very
objectionable ; especially daring '', high
water periods and spring freshets. Tb
river with its ' powerful current during
thess periods foroe hugs boulders down
into ths way, clogging It and allowing
tha water to escape over tha aide into
the river., It necessitates tha uaa, of a
number of workmen to keep this way
clear of stones. "" " ' :-:--,-.r
To do away with- this a rock and ce
ment dam Is to ba constructed several
hundred yards above the entrance to
the . present way. A larger spillway
will be built and water be forced Into
it through an outlet In the dam.. Nearly
all of the water In the river will be
utilised ia this manner..
At one end op" the way at a point
wher ths watet enters the popes there
stands a small building containing ma
chinery to operate the sieves and drains.
This will havs to be remodeled under
th hew arrangement.' ' v 7r r '' ,
Commissioner Daly, said today that he
expected all tha necessary Work to be
completed by next summer. , No estl
mates have been made as to ths cost
of improvements but these will bo dons
aa soon as tha olty take p th project
The trip to the reserve was made in
automobllea, the party leaving Portland
shortly after daybreak and arriving at
the reserv at 8 o'eloek In th morning.
tAincheon : was served at tha horns ct
T. J. Maupln, pipe line Inspector, Re
turning, tha olty was reached at 1
o'clock. In tha Party besides th com
mission and ' those of the department
were Hal White, CM. Bristol. William
Strandborg,' T. I Inskeep, Ben Green;
wald and Roy Flaherty. .
OBTAIN LICENSE TO VED
BY U. S. MAIL ORDER
Resident , of Gardiner Saved
Necessity of . Making the
Trip to' Portland.
There seemato be bo limit to the
thing that a person may get a la
mall order. Marriage licenses 1 one
of tha latest commodities thus traded
In In Portland, and there ii no known
reason why th . marriage performed
with tha license thus secured will not
be just ss happy and just as binding
as any other kind of a marriage
It ao happened that T. R. Applegren
of Gardiner, Or., and Miss T. H. Joseph
son of Portland, wanted to be married
in Gardiner, and Mr. Applegren did not
care to coma to Portland for the 11
eensei Accordingly with R. 0. Bishop
he appeared before a notary in Gardiner
and Bishop awore that Miss Josephson
was of proper age and no Impediments
were In the way of the marriage. A
medical certificate accompanied the' af
fidavlt, which was sent to County Clerk
Coffey. The affidavit was pasted into
the license book, the 82 fee deposited
with "the treasursr, and the necessary
papers to legalise the ceremony mailed
to Applegren without anyone appearing
at the county clerk's office
ORDER
A CASE
TODAY
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. The exeoutlva cotnmlttae of ths Port
of the .Columblav with Dr. Alfred Kin
ney, chairman, . In charge, will accom
pany Secretary of the Navy Daniels en -his
inspection visit to tha mouth of the -Columbia.
"Evidence will be product
to show Why provision should he maJe
for a naval station, including dry dock
and coaling station at the mouth pf the
river. In time of emergency, it la de
clared, such a station would prove of In
calculable value. -..'.a .
: .Continued expressions of Interest and 'i
support of the plan to organise all in
terests throughout the territory drain!
by the Columbia ana its trlbutarlea con-;
tlnue to reach Dr. Kinney. -He received i
yeaterday acceptance of appointment
on the ' obmmltte of ! direction of tha
Porta of the Columbia from H. M. Hal
ler. former president of tha Chamber of :
Commerce; Donald MaOKay, " prealdent
or tne worth Paeinc Lumber comoany. -
ahd O, M. Plummer, secretary treasurer '
or ins rornand union stockyards com
pany, also member of the board of
school directors. Bald Mr. Plummer, In
his letter to Dr. Kinney: " a - r.
"Our company, with-others her' on
th North Portland ? harbor- appropri
ated 250,000 to match a similar amount
of th united States government to
dredge flv miles of the harbor to con
Boot u with ths 80-foot channel at- tha
mouth of the Willamette river, there
fore yOu may- know how W are tre- .
mendously . Interested in the 40fo.t
channel at the mouth of the Columbia.
-XI. you are only able to awaken in
the mind of th people of Oregon th
tremendous Importance -of this woik
such an amount of pressure will be
brought on the authorities at Washing
ton that the work will b Bushed to m '
arly completion.. Concerted publlo
opinion and action will always secure
speedy recognition at th capitoL"
EXPATRIATES MAY BE
FORCED INTO JHE ARMY-
(Onlted Ftss Uased Win.) '
Paria July 26. A number of AmVi.
can will likewls be French men and
Will ba Compelled to serva threa VMrs
In ths army if the antendment, as to ''
oiusensmp ,10 in army din now pend
tag, goes through, tt readst 'fc i' w
"Are. naturalised ITTni.timAH mn m ,
muat aerva In thai krmn viMt k,i. -
dxen born on French soil of a father
nimseir oora on French sou; second,
children born on French soil of a father
born mitiM tt ITmnA a,. vmi.
mother; third, children bora In Trance
or a xoreign lamer ana wno art domi- -oiled
In France at th age of majority.
A number of Well known Americana
srs ald to fall under tha last olaus.
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ThlS IS 'a aOOd Seasnn tn AlmnnbA
your car. Ths Journal's automobile col
umn is tne neat medium through which
to locate tha buyer. - 7 .
"Mai-:
AMUSEMENTS
tnadway and Aider Itresta
itb this . week , av t
EMMA CARUS r
8lrea8wtjr'a ravorite Masleal CoaMdy Star
. . 8-AU-aTaJt . ACTft-4 .
Carina at t: t:15 aad'SilO. ,
,IRICI;;:i;
WZZX ttVt 81 A big aenwdy aoreasu 'Tiaa
gut's Treablaa,w a esaseir skew, a nnsioal
hit. Tnessay sight, atalaUe eoatestj friday
algkt, eaeras girls' eeatsst, - Prloea, sights, '
llo, tie; statin, any seat. It. "- : ,: " '
Columbia Theatre wloa
Omb frata 11 a. m. ta 11 . m
negraai eeojanelBg Waasday, iulyi Z81
alt Ttmm M .say," powerful Kslaia
'.a a. Big. Free Bill at : Psrtlaaa'g t.
Amttaamaat Park
, .l:0 aa p. a. ,.-..;,;
. . . Bassl'S atoyal ZtaUaa Baas,
- Xtaliaa Itnet flagerS '
' la eliMlcal, oomicai ana musical aoags.
' Oweas aad IMaa'
The twe charming auubrettee back agsla.
' ' Oharlas XCaaty
-Th Hoeslar Bey
Ar(''hAM A veritable riot.
Resets see Ineluding aaalailea at gates
- ' Oars at ttrst aa Alder '
Xaaaoh' atonrisea Bridga,
arsoM, aUB wita us ouraai triangle, wiia
Mlaa Allee Jorre la ths leadlog role; "A '
Taxdy BaeefBitiee," Kdltoa drams; ' paths
WeeeW"XB flrtraaaat," VlUanpS com- ;
edy With JoSa- Pansy sad Flora flnobi itmtt
Daaals, popalar biHtoeei.xara'a OTbtrs. aa '.
tertalnlng seleetlnn. lOeAdmUileaIOe.
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