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THE OREGON SUNDAY" JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1913. c FUNERAL EV E HARRY THAV'S MOTHER ATTORNEY AND LEGISLATOR IS WEDDED ' TO FORMER HEAD OF EMANUEL HOSPITAL TO BE SIGNALIZED PRICE OF MEAT; PLAN BILLS SUBMITTED ORIENTAL PRODUCTS AS E T L Raw Products Ought to Be Widow of New York's De Lucullian Entertainment to In Eleven Firms Represented; 26 Firms Was, Number Last ' Year, ' ': PORTLAND SHOULD BE I ClfilG HOUSE FOR GAYNOR'S PACKERS CELEBRAT BANC II ASKS GOVERNORTOSEE BV ABSENCE OF POM 150,000 BANQU TO THE COUNTY COUR SON IS GIVEN FAIR DEA Makes Personal Appeal to Felker; Writ by Federal Court Holds Jerome, (United Pret rSLod Wlre.f Colebrook. N. H., Sept. 13. In a letter elude an English Hunting Made Into Articles Here Says Agent for Line, ceased Mayor' Requests Simplicity in Last Rites, bcene'With Real Animals "If Portland merchants and manufae- turers will study tlie exports i uw orient, and initiate in tho establishment of plants for manufacture of articles ' from the raw products from the orient It would not be long before our steam . would come here from ports in the ''' far east fully laden Instead of running . nearly ltgbt." said Frits Klrchhoff. lo f. cal representative of the Hamburg i American line. '.. "The liner Brlsgavia, which arrived 1 "here yesterday from Hamburg by way 'of oriental portH, has on board for Tort ' 'land 600 tona of freight. Her carrying ' capacity la 10.500 tons, no it Is readily Been that east bound traffic is very in- ' significant, compared with the service ' AiH thu freieht to Tuftet sound was ' light, too, for she had but 1000 tona for , . the cities of Seattle, Ta.-oma attd Van couver, B. C, or little more than 300 tons for each. ' ; Condition Hot Satisfactory. -"We experience no trouble filling our , steamers with westbound freight. Very ' little space remains on the Brlsgavia. which will get away from here Septem ber 19, next Friday, and all of the space " allotted to Portland exporters on our next liner, the Uckermark, has al- ready been reserved. But coming here from the orient, they are practically .s running light, which means that our revenue has to come from the one way . business. And that Is not satisfactory, neither to the company nor to com merce, "By studying conditions, it will be found that orient produces a tra mendous variety of material that could be used here to splendid advantage. For instance, there is copra No firm is "r importing it here, but hundreds of thou . i sands of tons are annually shipped else (, where. Copra is used extensively In the manufacture of soap-and for other pur poses. There is no reason that I can sea why Portland should not go after some j. of this business. It would mean traffic v for the steamers, and employment for .' people here and increased circulation of money. Then the orient exports tre mendous quantities of raw sugar. Should Be Hade Center. Portland buys large quantities, and why not have it refined here. Why not , Portland be one of the large distributing J centers. Instead of buying from other ,' cities and turning the profit to them. V. Japan exports straw used in the mann- ' facture of hats. Portland is much nearer r Japan than is New York, yet the straw is shipped to New York and there manu . factured into hats that find their way , to Portland. 'The Hamburg-American company -- transports a hundred thousand tons or ; ' thereabout of sesamum seed, used In the manufacture of table oil. I don't see ;,; why there should not be a market for !;: theso seeds here. The same In regard to ' ,- anna kaon rr, nnti . nt st I. ... Jllucts. Take Ceylon tea for Instance. It " j-! Roes to London first, and Is then trans- , shipped here in a long roundabout way. - j'! Why not make the shipments direct to ; Portland, now that regular service has : .I been established. Portland merchants ' would certainly profit, and it would '', mean business for the transportation lines and add prominence to the port. ; "Our people here ought to study these ;j things and go after the trade that -"-j7Tecofd show us othor markets in the : world can absorb. ' ij yield Almost Unlimited. !; 'The orient offers an almost un l'; limited field and I hope Portland mer ),; clients and manufacturers will look ' j; Into the matter seriously. Many op ,", portunities aro open for development. ?;. "Our east-bound business, light as It is, is gradually Increasing, because , j,, importers are urged to ship by the . line that makes Its Pacific coast terminus here, but still many persist j;' in shipping by way of other ports, al . iii though rates are equal and the serv- ; ice to Portland direct." ) The Hamburg-American line now - J;t has six steamers sailing between Ham ' j!' burg and Portland by way of the Mediterranean and oriental ports, with I'! one sailing each month. Little trou- jij ble is experienced In filling the steam j , ers In Europe for the orient, but from I the orient to the Pacific coast, they 5 I UnnvlaKlit Mm Anmna ro 1 1 v a1 v 1 v h t am did the BriBgavla. ;; POLITICS AND DEATH V.I WORK ODD SITUATION New York, Sept. 13. Politics and death had tonight brought an unprece- ;! dented condition In New York state. j;f The state Is without a governor whose ' '' title is undisputed. ; !i! New York city is without an elected i' i mayor. i, The first lieutenant of Tammany Hail ill Is dead in "Big Tim" Sullivan, whose , , J body lay for 12 days In a morgue un- identified and was about to be burled ' li! lit the potters' field. j!iThe death at sea of Mayor Gaynor re. ' jj suited In the elevation of Adolph Kline, J;i president of the board, of aldermen, to ii be acting mayor. . 't The Impeachment charges against ; Governor Sulzer resulted In the dispute ;''iti to whether he or Lieutenant Govern i. or Glynn had executive powers. The j;; question Is now in the courts. I;;! TRAVELER ARMED WITH STICKS OF DYNAMITE ') Sacramento, Cal., Scjit. 13. With a . . suit case loaded down with sixty sticks of dynamite and with caps, fuses and other explosive materials. VV. Hillings, alias Tommy Harris, was captured by Detectives Batch nd Kramer tonight i!i shortly after arriving here on a South it, em Pacific passenger train. The police say that Billings was play lng a pawn's part in a plot to dynamite power plants of the Pnclflc Cias and EJeotr(c Co. In this city and adjoining :;; territory. " POST WHEELER MUST ANSWER TO CHARGES ' Washington, Sept 13. The stain 'de i pertinent admitted tonight that Post i Wheeler, secretary of the Amerlean cm. ,1: b&say at Rome, had been summoned home to answer charges preferred !.. against him by Certnln American citl . aens. These charges are In the nature ;, of allegations that Wheeler has taken : undue advantage of courtesies extended . to hlra by the Italian customs officials, i. i i, , ..... - t.'ncle Ham's forest rangers requlri v that .permanent ramp sites wtliln tho ? forests shall be kept in sanitary coi ' rtltlcn. ' , The ubiquitous tin can must be buried, nd.- watte paper 'burned when a .camp la left. J Mr. and Mrs. David El Lofgren, Portland lawyer and Joint representative of Clackamas and Multnomah counties to the state legislature, and his bride of two weeks, returnod yesterday from their honey moon at Newport and are now prepared to nettle down in their Portland homo. Tho ceremony was- performed at Wll- lamlna, August 80. The bride was Miss Emily Fagerstrom. She is a graduate J1 FILED IN VANCOUVER Oregon-Washington Corpora tion Files Large Instrument in Clarke County, (Speclil to Toe Journal. Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 13. For the purpose of paying off outstanding three year six per cent gold coupon bonds, and for the purpose or providing funds for the acquisition of additional prop erty and franchises and for making ex tensions and improvements on their lines, the Washington-Oregon corpora tion has issued a mortgage for Jl.OOO, 000 In favor of the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit and Insurance company, which was filed for record in the office of the county auditor this afternoon. The mortgage provides that 1300,000 shall be Issued in $1000 bonds to be dated April 1. 1U13, and bearing inter est at the rate of six per cent. These bonds are to be payable April 1, 1933. For the purpose of providing funds for paying off 1400,000 in three year six per cent gold bond coupon notes, secured by an indenture of the Washington-Ore., gon corporation to the Fidelity Trust company which was executed on Febru ary 1, 1912, $400,000 will be provided. The remaining jsuu.ouw is to ne retained by the company for providing funds for future extensions or tne company s lines and for Improvements upon the present system. The Washington-Oregon . corporation is given permission to surrender any of its franchises, with the exception of surrendering its franchise as a corpor ation, upon the granting and accepting of new franchises, which may, from time to time, be secured, and provided, also, that its system shall not be Im paired by the surrender of any of its franchises. The corporation's holdings. Including electric and transmission lines, power plants, substations, water systems and real estate, with one or two exceptions, at Hlllsboro, Or., Cornelius, Or., For est Orove, Or., Tualatin, Or., Vancou ver, Kalnler, Tenlno, Centralla, Chehal ls, and Bucoda, are covered by the mort gage, subject, to the Hen of a mort gage given by the corporation to the Fi delity Trust company on April 1, 1911, for 5.000,000. The mortgage is Jn printed form, be cause it must be recorded in each coun ty in which the corporation holds prop erty, and contains 45 pages. The last four pages are used exclusively for no tary public affidavits, the remaining pages being devoted to the mortgage, proper. The filing fees will amount to 125.15, for Clarke county alone, and the total amount for all the counties In which the company holds property will amount to several hundred dollars. The mortgage was dated July 10, 191S. 10 CHILDREN KILLED, WOMAN FATALLY HURT Railroad Train Deals Death to Occupants of Auto in Illinois. Chicago, Sept. 13. Two children were killed, a woman was fatally Injured, and a man badly hurt, when an automobile, was struck bj- a Chicago & Eastern Ill inois train near Grant Park, 111., late today. The .lead: GRACE CLAPS ADDLE, aged S. MART CLAPS ADDLE, aged 5. The injured: Mrs. Minnie Clapsaddle Is dying at the Chicago, Heights hospital tonight, both her legs being broken and her spine in jured. A. J. Clapsaddle, father of the two little vlrtlms, suffered internal injuries, but It Is believed ha will recover. A tree prevented Clapsaddle noting the approaching train until the automobile was nearly on the track. ! JIM HILL TO ADDRESS J BANKERS' ASSOCIATION (United l're Leiel Win. I Moslon. Kept. 13. The American Hankers' association today announced a list of speakers who will be heard at the U3th annual convention to be held In Boston October 5 to 10. Addrosss will be made by James J. Hill, Presi dent Uenrge B. Vincent, of the Univer sity of Minnesota; Mayor John Fltsger ald, Thomas Beal. president of tho Bos ton Clearing House; - farmer Congress man Samuel W. McCall of Massachu setts; Robert Walker, of New York, and William J. Burns, detective. Interest will enter chiefly In thk report of the cur rency committee, which represents the H.OOObanks in the association. 0110.000 MORTGAGE David E. Lofgren of the Good Samaritan hospital train- ing school rap nurses and first made her acquaintance With Mr. Lofgren at Emanuel hospital, where she was su- perlnteudeut. At the wedding, Sherman 140,000. He also owned the seventy Nelson acted as best man, and' Miss eight acres of the Gaynor country home Jessie Fagerstrom as bridesmaid. Mr. and Mrs. Lofgren will be at home to their friends after October 1 at 696 1 East Forty-fourth street north, OF INTERSTATE BRIDGE raCITIC Highway ASSOCiatlOn S Resolution Printed in Bul letin Reports The report of the proceedings of the fourth annual convention of the Pacific j Highway association, held at Vancouver, a, u.. August 11-13, has Just been issued In bulletin foctu. Among tne resolutions adopted by the lunvenuon was one indorsing the con- 1,u" ol l"e interstate bridge at Vancouver, wasn.. ana urging upon the I various proper authorities and localities .ne impui unci or an eariy start being made with this work iua policy or ma association for the I next year will be to encouratre the local authorities to put the Pacific highway in as goou condition as possible by 1915. ine worst portion of the hiehwav Is in Oregon. Since the convention adjourned Jackson county baa voted to raise $600,000 to improve the highway from the California line to Josephine county, a distance of 60 miles. Josephine county will prob- BDiy tane action this coming year. The officers of the Pacific High way association are Samuel Hill of Maryhill, president; F. M. Fretwell of Seattle, secretary; A. E. Todd of Victoria, and F. B. McD. Russel of Vancouver, senior vice presidents for British Columbia; Norman B. Ab- rams of Seattle, senior vice presl-1 ri.nt fst. WaahlnslAn- TTV..U U.AnAk dent for Washington; Frank Branch Riley, senior vice president for Ore gon; Falcon Joslyn of Fairbanks, sen ior vice president for Alaska; W. B. Dennlson of San Francisco, and F. W. Jackson of Ban Diego, senior vice presidents for California. E MAKE ESCAPE FROM Two Members Caueht at Point iviciiiucio uaugm ai rumi of Gun by the Harbor Po lice, Six Chinese sailors from the British steamer Harlow, at Montgomery dock No. 2, escaped from the craft last even ing at 9 o'clock, while two other mem bers of the crew were captured at the point of a revolver by the harbor police. One or more white men are thought to have aided In the escape, using a small 18 foot launch to take the men ashore. Harbor Patrolman WTebster and En gineer Carl Prelin were passing the steamer in the harbor boat, when they saw the small launch In the shadow of the steamer. Closer watch of the small craft told the story of escape. When the harbor boat headed for the launcti, it put out to shore with all speed pos sible. Both' boats reached land at the same time. Patrolman Webster drewhig revolver, attempting to hold the 'eight Chinese boatmen but was unable to handle more than two. One had no clothes, as tho sailors had leaped from the steamer and clambered into the launch. The clothes were lowered to them In a bucket The two arrested orientals gave the names of Sue Lee and Wing Lee. Botii' claimed they were going to a moving picture show. The launch ran on shore in landing and this made it easy for the deserters to make their escape. It is the opinion of the harbor police that there were one, possibly two, white men in the launch assisting In the escape, but if so, they escaped. It appears tho engine in the launch stopped before reaching land, so the Chinese used a board from the bottom of the boat to paddle their wayjo land.' Iotmlgratlon Officer McGrath took charge of the two Chinese, then took uplthe hunt for the six missing members of the crew. The launch is also held with a view of identifying Its owner. WOMAN SUSPECTED OF GIVING CHLOROFORM Lilllnn White was arrested last night by Detectives Price and Mallott, sus pected of having administered chloro form to A. M. Rankin, a logger who had coma into the city to spend some of his earnings. The woman denied having used the chloroform, but a bottle containing soma of the drug was found In her posses sion. -.. Rankin had considerable money when he met the woman, but when he awoke yesterday morning In a room at First and. Madison streets. It had disappeared. 'Journal Want Ads bring results. GIVES NDORSEMENT CHINES SAILORS STEAMSHIP HARLOW (United Ppmi Leased Wlrv.i New York, Sept. 13. At the request of his widow, who said she knew li would have wished It so, the funera of Mayor William J. Gaynor. who died at sea. will be marked by simplicity, wimoui orcnesira, or uand music or military pomp. The funeral service will be held September 27 In Old Trinity church. The will of Mayor Gaynor was filed In secrecy, after office hours, eirly to night, with Surrogate Ketcham of Brooklyn, but he refused to say any thing about it until the document is "officially" filed on Monday morning, lis said it was handed to hint In sealed envelope, marked: "To be opened after my death William J. Gaynor." Reputed To Hare Been Millionaire. Msfyor Gaynor was supposed to be a millionaire. He lived simply and talked little of his own affairs. It is known that he owned much Brooklyn real "es Mate, including his city home, valued at at St. James, Long Island Mrs. Gaynor, accompanied by her son, Norman, came to the Brooklyn home today to meet Mayor Kline and other city officials to discuss funeral arrangements. She said her husband al ways had lived simply and that she was sure he would not have wished display at his funeral. At her request the only escort of the mayor's body will be mounted policemen. There will be no military accompaniment. Though num erous orchestras have volunteered to play the funeral music, Mrs. Gaynor asked that Only the regular chatir of Gounod's "Ave Maria" be sung, because. olio emu, i v o uitn v i. uci uusuauu a favorites, and she often sang it for him. Body Is Aboard Lu.sitania. Liverpool. Sept. 13. With half-mast ed flags and bands silent, the Cunardor Lusitania was moved out of her berth shortly after 6 p. m. today and started for New York with the body of Wil liam J. Gaynor, who died Wednesday off the Irish coast aboard the Baltic, Th veml la rtu In New York on Frl- day. Rufus Gaynor, son of the dead official. Is a passenger aboard the Lu sltanla. Before he sailed he thanked the lord mayor, and through him the people of Liverpool, for their courtesy to h)rn nd the honor thev Daid to his dead father, The body of Mayor Gnyner reposed in an especially constructed mortuary chapel forward between decks. It was half filled with flowers and draped in mourning. By orders of the Cunard officials, a guard of honor will watch the body day smd night, and ships quartermasters will act as pallbearers to take the casket ashore at New York. Many Americans among the Lusltan- ia's passengers are friends of the dead mayor and his family, and tney an offered their services to Rufus Gaynor. A huge crowd watched the body put aboard the ship here, and hundreds crowded near the docks as the Lusi tania swung out. Never before in Liv erpool, and rarely in Londonvhas a for- e)ffner received such honor as was paid . . . , M .. 1, here to tne aeaa mayor vi x COAL STRIKE IMMINENT IN SOUTHERN COLORADO Trinidad, Colo., Sept. 13. Danger of a strike of 9000 coal miners In the south ern Colorado fields was Imminent to night on the eve of the wage scale convention of the miners of Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, which begins here Monday. The feeling is general here that a strike is Inevitable and that it may be called early next week Governor Ammons has failed to bring the operators into conference with the miners and the operators thus far have Ignored the invitation of the United States Mine Workers to attend Monday's conference here. The state is practicai- hy without coai and a cold snap at this . , t Bufferlng. Monday's convention will draw up scale of wages and formal demands for improved working conditions. These will be presented to the operators and I nu.. thev &r answered Quickly, a strike win ionow. John R. Lawson, representative or this district on the miners' international board, will arrive here tomorrow. BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS FOLLOW PROSECUTION Chicago, Sept. 13 With their trials in federal court on charges of accept ing rebates from railroads, but a few days distant, three big coal companies, having Inter-related Interests, today f llcJ petitions in bankruptcy in United States court, scheduling liabilities to talling 1, 250,000. The three companies are; The O'Gara Coal company; the Harrlsburg Big Muddy Coal Company, tne Harrisburti Saline Collieries company. The govern ment prosecution Is eald to have been an Indirect cause of the lnsolvencypro cecdings., The government all ges that the O'Gara Coal company Is virtually owned by the New York Central Rail road, and asks that fines aggregating $1,360,000 for alleged rebating be im posed. , Federal Judge Carpenter named as re ceivers for the three companies, Fred A. Busse, former mayor of Chicago, und Thomas H. O'Gara, president of the O'Gara company. DECLARES RAGTIME INDICATES DEPRAVITY i Berkeley. Cal., Sept. 1 3 "Ragtime is an indication of the growing depravity of the age." Thus did Professor A. U. Pope of the department, of philosophy of tho' Uni versity of California inform his class in the philosophy of esthetics. "Esthetics," said b, "Is not only the theory of the beautiful but of the ugly. "Ragtime, thus considered philosoph ically, indicates a grpwlng depravity of our time. It Is particularly prevalent among college people. I cannot pass a sorority house without hearing the tinkle, tinkle of these tunes. "It is like, the wearing of coarse stjd flashy clothes, slowly destroying one's appreciation of the truly beautiful, I cannot 'even speak temperately when I consider ragtime." Cleveland ft liumans .society last year raised $23,325.9!) fur the 'support of abandoned children, . United rreai Lon.d Wire.) Chicago, Sept 13. Chicago meat pack ers the men who practically dictate wuat the housewives of the country shall pay for their meats tonight com pleted plans for one of the most elab orate banquets the country has ever Known. . The American Meat Packers' assocla tion composed of seven hundred of the big fellows" and the little fellows In the packing industry, on the night of Mept. tz, will sit down to a feast at the Congress hotel that will cost approil mateiy 150,000. This was the estimate made tonight arter Juan Muller, Swiss maltre of the Hotel Congress, reported to J. Ogden Armour, chairman of jthe arrangements committee, that every item on tne menu and on the program or entertainment had been provided for, The 'following table shows how the packers will spend $160,000 on one "blow out." Dinner, 700 plates at 1100 per Plate ..170,000 Costumes of guests and waiters 50.000 Souvenirs and dinner favors ... 17.500 Decorations 10.000 Entertainment 2,300 Total $160,000 To Depict Hunting Boene. Armour will endeavor to transport tho packers from the noise and slaughter of the stockyards into a pastoral Eng lish hunting scene, where hounds pur sue the fox to its death, and the hunts men surround tables weighted down with food and drink. Quests arriving at the Congress on the night of the banquet will find "Pea cock Alley" the promenade of Chicago society, converted into an Knglish lane. fringed by fields of grain through which run - rabbits and wild fowl. Through the country lane they will be led into the big Elizabethan room, where tables will be laid In a grove, flanked by trees and rose bushes in full bloom. Around the four sides of the room will be a heavy wire cage in which several live fox will be liberated and hunted" to death by a troop of horse men from a wild west show. A pack of 20 full-blooded hounds will be in at the death of the quarry. Will Sing- Hunting Bongs. Tiny artificial hedges and ponds will be planted Inside the wire enclosure and opposite each of these obstacles, and Just outside the case will be placed the tables. Cabaret performers, attirea as huntsmen and huntresses, will celebrate the success of the chase by singing old English hunting songs. Banqueters will be expected to wear English hunting costumes, the gentle men to bj attired in scarlet hunting coats. Waiters will De aressea in cream-colored coats and knickerbockers nd wear white silk- hose. AYNOR'S SUPPORTERS TO RALLY TO MITCHELL ww York City. .Sept. 13. The va cancy at the head of the" Gaynor ticket will not be filled. Representatives of 68 of the 64 Gaynor organizations aro 10 nn Mondav to declare in favor of John Purroy Mitchel, the Fusion candi date for mayor. The leaders of these nrrontzAtlons say they feel that by en dorsing Mitchel they will be carrying out the wishes of the late mayor, whose hlef aim was to Dnng suoui mo umcai of Tammany. T..h Schlff. the chief backer of the Gaynor movement, is credited with the attempt to Induce either George Mo Aneny or W. R. Wllleox to head tho Gaynor ticket. Both refused. Edward E. McCall, the Tammany can Mi. for mayor, became a 10 to 6 fav orite in the betting today in Wall street. The betting, however, was very ngni. i The Steinbach Store Today, as in the past ment, ana economy 111 Young men from eighteen to thirty, good fellows still young at fortv. older men and those between will find pleasure and satisfaction in this season's offerings. At twenty-fitfe dollars.5 Others fifteen to forty. we give HrC green trading stamps, -U.-:, I"-.;.:.:.'..,:.',., .... W. J. Clemens, Insurance agent, who was appointed by Chairman Rufus C. Holman of' the county commissioners as expert to straighten out the alleged muddle In which Multnomah county In surance was found by Mr. Holman last June, nas presented bins to tne county for $2194.6.) for premiums out of a to tal of $3430.82 submitted in bills. The bills were referred to the county com missioners yesterday by County Auditor Martin for approval but no action was taken. But 11 Insurance firms are represent ed in the list of bills submitted, while last year the Insurance plums were dis tributed among 26 agents, the largest bill being $585 and the smallest being $18. This year, according to the bills submitted, the smallest amount paid to one agent will be 8.B0. while thai paid to J. H. Burgard. Mr. Clemens has insured In hfs com- panies all or part of eyery county In-1 stitutlon represented in the bills with the exception of the ferry Mason and the ferry Ca'ples. His companies carry $32,600 out of $36,000 on the Multnomah farm, $15,000 of $49,000 carried on the Armory, and $5000 of $10,000 Insurance on the St. Johns ferry. Companies rep- reseniei nv nim carry an policies on the ferry Webster, the Kelly Butte and Llnnton rockplles, the bridges and the accident and death liability policies on the two courthouse elevators. Commissioner Holman carried the bills with hlra for further investigation yesterday. Commissioner Llghtner op poses the payment of tba amounts naned unless Mr. Clemens can show a reason why he should take so great a portion unto himself.. Commissioner Hart Is on his vacation. Mr. Clemens said yesterday that he was preparing a statistical report which would show- exactly1 Ms position In the mater, and which be would make public Monday. "I received the insurance be cause I was able to give a better rate," e said. "I went over the ground by the request of Commissioner Holman revious to the allotment of the Insur ance and showed the commissioners Just ow the county could better Its condi tion, where it was paying too high pre miums, and bow to make better terms on long time policies. "Knowing what I could do with my companies I asked for a share of the business. It wan purely and simply a matter of business. I was able to save the county $1000 on premiums. The rea son for the apparent site of the preml- ms Is that there were many renewals and that the Insurance was Increased in some instances. Again, the premiums paid me were for three and four, year periods, not for a year solely." Mr. Clemens promised to demonstrate wherein he saved the county $1000 by a comparison of the old and new prem- m rates. HOUSE BURNED DURING ABSENCE OF FAMILY Fire totally destroyed a house on Hartman road near the Maplewood sta tion of the Oregon Electric railway about 9 o'clock last night during the ab sence of the family. Neighbors, headed by A. D. Lee, undertook to quench the flames by means of a garden hose, but failed. The house formerly was the property of J. P. Hoffman, now resid ing at Hillsdale. It has lately been re modeled and occupied by a family named Smith. The Smiths had spent the after noon on the East Bide and were not home when the fire started. One hundred stis seventeen labor papers are published in Austria. F Kuppcahekasf Kuppenheimcr clothes mark the mens wcai. An endless variety of models to se lect from, tailored from durable fabrics exclusively here and espe cially for Oregon climatic condi tions will be -found among : these. made public tonight. Mrs. Marv Con-lv ThaW, the aged mother of Harry K. Thaw, who has used he fortune and her energy to aid her son, makes a per sonal appeal to Governor Felker of New Hampshire, to see that Thaw has a fair trial in his latest effort to obtain free dom. The letter follows: "To His Excellency, Governor Felker. Newcastle, New Hampshire: "I address Your Excellency In the In terest of my son, Harry K. Thaw, wht after being deprived of the liberty that the average acquitted man would im mediately have received after a verdict of not guilty, upon the ground of th- defendant's Insanity at the time of th commission of ' the act charged under the indictment, has for five and one half years endured untold hardship in one of New York's worst penal lnstltu- tlons. 'Finally despairing of securing fair treatment Dy habeas corpus pro ceedings he "took the only recourse left, a flight for the freedom denied through malice. May 1 beg that your excellency will secure to him, In whatever way proper, a fair and impartial hearing during the pending proceedings? "Yours very sincerely, (Signed) "MARY COPLEY THAW." The Thaw case tonight was at a standstill by reason of a writ of habeas corpus and an injunction writ issued this afternoon by Judge Edgar Aldrlch in the United States district court at Concord, on the application of Thaw's attorneys. The injunction Is one re- . straining the New York authorities and everybody else from interfering In any way with Thaw until 11 a. m., Tuesday, when the writ Is returnable before Judgo Aldrlch at Littleton. N. H. Late to night the writ had not been served here, though a telegram from Concord said that it was to be served on Sheriff Drew and William Travers Jerome, a special deputy attorney general of New York federal court was a complete surprise and not a welcome one to the New York ers. Moses H. Grossman, of Thaw's coun sel, endeavored to give the Impression that tbe federal habeas corpus step was taken merely to safeguard Thaw In the event of an "emergency" to prevent "kidnaping," but Jerome would have none of It. "This writ Will be served and be heard," Jerome said. 'I would not dare to set the machinery of the federal court In motion merely as an Injunction proposition and neither would Thaw's lawyers. This move is one that might have been expected from Thaw's coun sel, and hereafter all bets are off. Any sudden break may be expected, and I'll make no agreements as to what I will do. "Should this federal writ be granted. It will mean that Thaw is a free man in any Btate in the Union." Owing to the injunction, it was ex pected that Thaw would be kept here until Tuesday. TWO BODIES MAY BE THOSE OF JAPANESE Late last night it was reported that the two bodies taken from th river near the Portland PnJw1 mills In the evening were probablyVlhose of two Japanese sailors, who dewlrted the Japa nese steamer Kenkan Maru about a week ago. At that time five sailors leaped overboard to swim ashore. Two were drowned and two others were captured by the immigration officers. The fifth has not been located. Morrison at Fourth high tide of refine k V ;:T4