THE OREGON SUNDAY" JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1913.
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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.
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