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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL), rc.'.lLAIJD, MOIUJAY EVENING, C 1 PTAKJ RIIIITY yKIEGIItSCEJI . WRECK OF VESSEL Master - of-Ship-Glenesslin Loses His Certificate for '-Period of Three Ivlonths, as Result of Inquiry. V Captain Owen Williams, master of the 111 fated ship Glenesalin,; which was wrecked in the breakers atrNeah-Kan Nie mountain, Oregon, Wednesday, Octo her I, "was found guilty of negligence , mid War master's certificate suspended for throw months by s court of inquiry meeting1 At the British consulate this U. W, Howardfirst mats of the vea art, a given a reprimand for not act ing quickly In ths emergency which i: arose when the Qlencsslin goti Into dangerous position. . " ' - . The severest penalty Imposed by the court was accorded to Second Mate . John td Colefleld, whose certificate was siiKpendcd for six", months. The court lound him guilty, of gneat negligence In going too close to. shore and tn not tailing trie master before he did.- " ' , ' The court, of Inquiry waa composed of Thomas Krsklne, consul for Great Brit : am in Portland; captain II. C Darlson of the British ship Lord Templeton, and . Captain , Ernest Ualton, master' of the British ahlp Border-Knight -The In quiry waa conducted by the English gov t-i iiiiiunv, tune mraugn v-onsui creams, as the (JlcncsHlln was an English ship. The Gleneeslln was wrecked en the atternoon of Wednesday. October 1. on lipr one hundred snd twenty-fifth day -out rrom Santos, UraaiL n route from Liverpool to Portland In ballast The captain and first mate were below at the time the boat ran tn, the breakers, with the second mate In charge. At a previous hearing It was brought 'out fiat the course was never changed with out orders from the captain. .' The second mate Is said to have awak ened Williams and told him of the ship's proximity to the shore, but receiving no satisfaction or orders later awoke the first -mate, who la turn again called the skipper. - The master reached the deck too late to save the ship ' , , . 1 1 , : The Gleneeslln crashed on the rocks with all sails set, and little was taken from ber but the personal effects of ths crew. - She was a ship of 1113 tons bur den. After being: examined by Captain Versey. local purveyor for Lloyd's, aha was sold at auction. : . , .-. .. , - Although charges were made at the time of the wreck that the captain was intoxicated when he cams ashore, noth ing was said of the matter by the court of inquiry in Its finding today. CONVERTED TRANSPORT OFFERED -AS SOLUTION FOR DREDGE PROBLEM " (Continued from Page One.) especially the shippers are in a state of unrest." reads the letter. They Want to know.' so far as "it la possible to say, what will be the condi tion at the Columbia river entrance next year, so they may in advance prepare for bar conditions 10 months hence. , ., Dredging Dots Great Good. 'j Today,- everybody -''.'has ' faith that dredging will do at least a, great deal of good, aa witness, ships drawing 26 feet of water - pass , out at high tide even, when there is a nasty sea. . This never nas Been one Deiore. : 'The Chinook, began dredging June 19 and up to the present time has only been able to work about it double shift days. She will hang about the bar until November 1. but will not likely get more : than five to 10 days work in, "if the credge begins to -work when winter storms subside, about April 1, then about the best we can hope for, until .November L is about 120 double shift days, v with an average of 8000 cubic yards per day, r about '1,000,000 cubic yards removed by the "Chinook" ext year alone.:,;., -'flH:, v,, '' "The "Galveston' dredger has two suo tlon pumps of the same capacity as the 'Chinook,' but has a shorter hull, lot feet, 'compared with 44S feet for the Chinook, therefore the sea. would prob ably have to be smoother for her tu work than for 1 the Chinook and she would probably work a fewer number of days between April 1 and November 1. 1 ' "The New Tork dredgers, "Novesink and 'Kaiton are about the same slse and capacity as the "Galveston." The thing to do -s to get dredging power on the bar sufficient to remove about 2. 600,000, or 2,000,000 cubic yards during the season of 1914, and If the full dredging force can start In April with the beginning of the spring freshet of the Columbia river, then we may count that the freshet will scour out hon an equal amount of sand as Is removed : by the dredgers. n ' "How are we to secure dredging power to remove 2,800,000 to 3.000.000 cubic yards of sand next year? - "If we can have an Atlantio dredger sent through the canal to be here by April 1 to assist the Chinook, that would nMK . AAA AAA I- , . ,v,v vuuie yaras or It. Then ' if the.; dredging - department can. hn. 'tween now and April 1. Increase, the , areoBing power or me Chinook by SO per cent that would fairly w fin th- kih 1 have talked Wtlh the chief engi neer of the dredge Chinook and have obtained the Impression from him that the Chinook' has plenty vol" reserve steam power to sustain ah increH m pumping capacity of from 50 per cent , to 100 per cent,1 either by installing another additional pair Of 20 Inch pumps .which 1 think ho does not adviaa it would be four tubes instead of two to siana tne risK or breakage, or nmnvi this pair of 20 inch pumps and replace with a pair of either 26 inch or 20 inch pumps, ' an increase of 80 per cent to luu per cent. ) . . , "But If ths new pumps cannot h In. stalled so that the Chinook can return to work by April L I would not think of trying the change, for the sprinir frahat beRlns In April and the efficiency of dredging Is increased 100 per cent during the freshet''--'i-v: v l-'r-:''f--' s . 'vv )r, Kinney says that If a reoess of ' congress r permits ths congressmen of coiumoia oiEtrict states and others sup porting the movement to view ths situ ation here, there will be an understand ing at Washington of "the need for prompt action and the attitude of the people mat will materially aid-he cam' faign. - , .i .. Soma Fluh, Hoys, Some Fiuhl ' Aberdeen jWsali., Oct, 13. -The total catch of Ii'.ils during the season just -riUtii at American whaling station v. ll. The 'number last year waa L!" MX spvrm whales, valued at Jlit.oiK) each are include in this year's rrcorii. -Tiio. total .vbiith of th catch climated at (400,000. IViFE MAY DECIDE TO : FORGIVE HUSBAND Believed ;ProBab!e That Mrs. '"'Coates Will Not, Prose-' " cute This Time," ' V. j .. ' v (serial to Me loarnal.V i Roeeburg, Or, Oet, II. It is probabla that when tha trial of Robert Coates and Miss Lillian B. Carter, charged with f a , statutory offense, . opens tomorrow morning, a motion to dismiss ths case. bearing Mrs. Coates' signaturfe will t f ive instead of on In eight as at pYee presented. Coates and hia wife who ent Thia morning four members of the followed her husband and Miss Carter department, composing a committee, to Roseburg and caused the arrest, left togetner last nignt xor roruana. voai.es will return tomorrow to be present at th trial.:. It is said that the departure of the two together elgniflei a recon ciliation, and that the wife will endeavor to have the case dismissed. Miss Carter remained in her room today and refused to b seen. Coates was released from custody under 12000 ball, and Miss Car ter under 11000. ' Coates Is a wealthy resident of Aber deen, Wash He says this was his first trip in Miss Carter's company, and that tie Will fight the case. Mrs. Coates ac cused her husband of being familiar with Miss Carter for several years, and declared she would shoot both If she everk found Jthem .. together.- ;.vv-. iffc. Lillian B. Carter, who was arrested Saturday In Roseburg, carried on a real estate business) In Portland during the ; summer months and had headquarter for a short time at 417 Medical building, In the office of Pr. C, a Boysr,' but she waa never an ' assistant to the doctor. As an accommodation, the doctor al lowed Mrs. Carter the use of the tele phone. She was a student at the Uni versity, of Puget Sound, Tacoma, when Dr. Bover was deanand it waa thera she became acquainted with Or. Boyar. She has not been at his office since Sep tember 1. Miss Carter waa formerly in the realty business in Tacoma, 1 , ; , j ETHEL1EWC0MBHASVV FROM Prosecuting Witness - Against E..E. C, Von Klein Believed .. Kidnaped or Slain.- Chicago, Oct.; IS. Detective Fred Mal- lett of Portland, who has been Instruct ed by District Attorney Evans of Port land, to Inquire Into tha whereabouts of Ethel Neweomb, chief witness against E. E. C Von Klein, held in Portland on a swindling 'charge," reports he has found no trace of the' woman here, and today goes to Davenport Iowa, to Interview her father. Ethel Neweomb Is said to be the daughter . of a wealthy Des Moines lawyer named Wilson.'- -. Mallett- states ' that he believes the woman has either been kidnaped or hasJ been made the victim of foul play, and the fear Is expressed that she can never ba found to appear against Von Klein on tht occasion of his trial, -.y, 1 ' 1 Detective Sergeant Mallett, who Is In Chicago now, did .not go east to Investi gate the matter of, the whereabouts of Ethel Neweomb, but waa sent to Akron, Ohio, to return Charles B, Burns, wanted in Portland on a forgery charge, A telj egram from the dlstrlot attorney Inter cepted him at Chicago, asking him to In quire Into this, easa,. -i , ' WALLOWA FAIR WAS SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY Wallowa. : Or.. Oct. Ill Tha second annual school fair, which was held In the' high - school Friday and Saturday, was a success la every Way. A large display of fruits and vegetables was shown. ' Other features of Interest were the poultry, curios and old relics, the domestic science and art displays and ths fancy work. '.", ,. . A "better babies" contest was held In connection with the fair, under the supervision of the Ladles' Progressive club. Seventeen babies were ' entered, and prise winners were: Elwyn Clay, aon of Mr. ana Mrs. H. Clay, first for boy from 6 months to I years, and lone Elledsa. daughter ? of Mr. - and "Mra. Thomaa EUedga, first for a girt Hubert Mitchell, son of ..Mr.' and Mrs. T. E. Mitohell. and Vaster Powers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Powers, won first honors for babies front 2 to t years old. sent:poisoned cai.dy TO HUSBAND AND SELF Stockton. Cal-Oct IS. Confessing that she put strychnine in one of the pieces of candy and mailed It to herself, with the' intention of committing sui cide because aha and a married man had been talked about, Mrs. Orover HamW ton is In Jail here today. ." : .,,..'..';,'! When the rural mall carrier delivered the candy. Mrs. ' Hamilton's husband brought It into the house and Mrs. Ham ilton opened the package and offered the candy to her husband. Both ate of It but Hamilton got the poisoned piece; Bhe got a doctor in - time to save his life. That was last Thursday evening. " t The case was a, mystery until Mrs, Hamilton . broke down and confessed to a neighbor. Hamilton believes bis wife's story and is begging the officers to re lease; her that he may take her back to his home. (.', ' t ' 4 ,. AMERICAN BALLOON IS . ONLY ONE HEARD FROM t Paris," Oct II Pilot Honeywell i of the, American balloon "Uncle Sam," was the only 'one of the contestants In the Gordon Bennett international cup race for Spherical balloons who had reported up to thla time. He dropped a note from his basket at ' Neuvy-LeroL y , Five other, balloons, however, passed over-Tours early toflay. -'; :'.: (:;); -Tha race started yesterday from the Tulleries : gardens here. American. French, English, Italian, Belgian, Aus trian, German and BwIbs balloons were entered. AVIATOR JEWELL BLOWN . ; T0 SEA, IT IS FEARED 1 ' New Tork, bet 11. .Every ship hero abouts was aaked by wireless today to aeek Aviator Albert Jewell, Who, it is feared, was blown out to sea .while fly ing over Hempstead. L. I. ' -Jewell had started to Staten Island to enter upon a flight around Manhattan. He haa not yet arrived at Staten Island. DROPPED SGHT FIRE "LADDIES" RENEV REQUEST: FOR ORE DAY OFF IN EVERY - -FIVE Committee of firemen Today akes4)rmaLl-'ldalto Mayor Albee, ',V.''r. . " ' ' Portland's firemen are again asking Ihtvli, rtvan nn dur of rest . In presented the request to Mayor Albee. Tha firemen sav that: in other cities the members of fira departments have Mr. Holman expressed his determina more time off each month, and as they j tion to hold up the claim sheets until are confined to weir worn nours, during the day they are entitled to mora time off. ' 'The mayor told them that while he had not gone into the matter, he thought that one day, In eight waa not enouRh. Ha took the matter under advisement, with ths promise that an investigation would be mad and an at tempt to place the department and tha hours of duty on a more equitable basis. SESSIONS . NOT OPEN '. Budget Committee Starts : Pruning Estimatea Ilehlnd pioeed Doors. '-Although the ways and means com-' mlttee of - the old city council always held open meetings .while at work trim ming down the budget estimates, the present budget, committee, consisting of Commissioners Brewster, Blgelow, Pur chasing Agent Wood and City Auditor Barbur. whloh a tar ted in preliminary work on the budget estimatea for-1914, held an entire morning session today be hind locked doors. t , t " ; .The committee met' in the office of Commissioner Brewster. Even news paper reporters were barred, being told that tha members of the committee were "very busy" and did not w'ah to be dis turbed. Among the estimates taken up by , the committee thia morning was that for the police department. Chief or Police Clark was closeted with the committee for some time. . Just what will be the outcome Of th&' nruninar nrncpBH Ik not known al- 'though it hat been stated that attempts are to be- made to hold the tat levy down to the same amount as that of last year which waa 7,7 mills. TO prEX RKCRKATIOK SCHOOL Board of ' Kdncation Expected1 to Start One In Near Future. : The city park department will not undertake this yea to handle a play ground -and recreation school aa was maintained last winter at ths Washing ton high school, - Last year the park board had entire charge of the school, which opened October 19, for tha In struction of young men and women as playground Instructors. J ;.'' -This winter tha park department will not attempt to run. a School on Its ac count but plans are to be made by tha school board for a school to be opened soon. 'The school board, it Is said; will take the responsibility for the school and is to have the full cooperation of tn city park department when work for the winter is started. , t ., 1 ' ..in .HI..HII m I ;.v NO 1ARDSHIP JS, INTENDED . ,., . L-m 4 .urn i'i V?;StitiM3 Iramers of Proposed Traffic Ordi- - nance Explain Measure. 1 , . "Although It 1 provided IiT the new proposed , traffic ordinance that all pe destrians crossing streets in the con gested district are - to be ' subject to the rules enforced by traffic patrolmen and are to, ba allowed to cross the streets only on the signal invert by the officers, it. is not the purpose, say tha rramera or the measure, to work any hardships on pedestrlana Tha provision waa placed in tha ordinance along with other regulations to give ths polios the power to handle traffic during the "rush hours." "AROUND "MANHATTAN" ' RACE WON BY LUCKEY . New York. Oct. 1. W. S. Lackey, In a Curias biplane, waa the first finisher today In the 'round Manhattan aero plane race. ' Starting at 8:11 p. m.'. he landed, after. circling the Island, at 4:27. - The aviators ascended singly, the con testants being Luckey, Wood Kilpatrlck, Nlles and Jannus. Luckey was the third starter. ' A high wind threatened disaster hut the flight was made In safety,, :?S4 The race was marked. py a desperate neck 'and neck dash at the finish-between .NUes, In a Curtisa biplane, and Wood, in a Motssant monoplane. The former landed at 4:36 and the latter 17 seconds later. - , . ,, AIM OF MOTION TO1 ; : CHECK WILL CONTEST i- A motion to quash the service of a citation on Mrs. Whitney L. Boise In the contest of the will of . Mra Rachel Hawthorne, was filed Saturday by At torneys Fulton and Bowerman, : repre senting Mrs. Boise. -The suit to break the will was filed by Mrs. M. O. Collins, another daughter of Mrs. u Hawthorne, some time ago, : and Mrs. Boise alleges that the citation was not served within the time allowed by statute.: Support of this contention, it Is said, may have an important bearing In the outcome of the ault The motion will be argued before Circuit Judge Cleeton. - CONVERTED COMEDIAN ; EVANGELIST TO SPEAK ' l i ,ii, ..i s , Captain Charles H.I Stanley, the con verted v oomedian .evangelist, wllU con duct a series of meetings this week at a number of the residential additions "of Portland, 'Captain Stanley was on the American stage for" over 20 years. He has been IT years on the evangelistic platform:: ' Tonight he wUl preach and sing at St Johns'- city hall, tomorrow at the Lents Methodist Episcopal church, at Lents Evangelical church . Wednes day evening,: at Bt Johns city hall Thursday and at Sellwood Y. Jit C. A. Friday. - AH meetings are scheduled to a tart at 8 o'clock, i . i , FIRES: IN SANTA CRUZ ? . .THREATEfJ MANY HOMES " San Joao, Cal Oct 12. Hundreds of men are .backfiring ' and working des perately this afternoon to stay forest fires which have gained new headway in -the Santa Crua mountains. Reports received here say the flames have burned over an area of 35 square miles, destroying much valuable timber lands and the homes of A, IT, McD, Craig and A. F. Moody. The fire is headed , toward Congress Springs and Saratoga. Many summer homes and ranch houses are believed to be in aanger, Journal Want , Ads bring results. r.Wi REFUSES TO- SIGfl COUNTY CLAIiMS Purchases. for $34,244 Made Without Going Jh rough . v County, Agent's Hands' "f?Iahnrhet-fop-anjiggrej;ate of $S4.- 244.37 for the first half of October were held up this morning by County Com. mlssloner Hdlman, who refused to.'slgn them.-Mr. Holman took the stand that certain items for supplies included in the. lists should not be allowed, because the auppllea were purchased without the requisitions going through the handa of Purchasing ; Agent Nelson. It is saia November 1. - The Items objected to were on for Printing ; for Auditor Martin involving 124.60, ona for receipts bought by Bher- j lf ( word at a coat of 125, and one for that nurnhasA of a SO eent bottle of Ink by Assessor Reed. All were purchased by ths officials direct from tha re'1 tailors.. V , , : . Tha office of purchasing agent, was created by Commissioners Holman and Hart over the protest of Commissioner Lightner. when Commissioner Holman assumed office- last June.- Many of the officials Object to the system installed by the ' purchasing department on the ground that small supplies are often needed immediately and are not avail able when the red tape of the purchasing department must be gone through with. The greater, portion of the claims In volved are for purchases of supplies and the amounts rare comparatively small. With these will be held up all widows' pensions and a few salaries. The of ficials have not all decided, what action to take but Auditor Martin said that he would "stand pat" in his contention that be did not have to. purchase through the purchasing department - -" ' - . mi i ii .I, i ii n i- PRESBYTERIANS WILL ETI ' ' ' " ' . " ' -' Twenty-fourth Annual, Synod VVjII Be-in Session Three . - ' Day's',v;, - ' ' (Specttl tn The Junraal) - V Vancouver, Wash., Oct II. -The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the synod of Wasnir.gton of the PresDyterian church opens - In ' .Vancouver tomorrow and will continue In session until Fri day." The-program will start tomorrow evening at T:I0, when there will be a sermon by the retiring moderator, Rev. 3. A. Laurie of Wenatchea, Wash, For mal organisation Of the synod will be held at 8:30, and at 9 O'clock report of committee' on arrangements will be heard. It is expected that more than ministers and delegates will be present They will, begin to arrive at noon to morrow. ' ; , .A Joint session of the synods of Wash ington and Oregon will tvs held Wednes day In Vancouver, and Will, be ths fea ture of the synod, meeting, i as more tnan 400 ministers and delegates from the two states will he in attendance. Rev. H. S. Templeton. pastor of the local church,.' with the committee, has arrangements for the entertainment of the . guests about - completed. ' Many of he delegates will . be entertained In homes of the city, which hare been proffered, s .? ivA i - ;, :v-ir.: RATES ARE OFFERED j. i" "ii """i jri'-i: Oregon City, Or, Oct' II, With the provision that Oregon City constructs a water main from the Portland reservoir to the Oregon' City water system, pays Portland a rental and helps Portland to pay the interest on the bonds Issued by the city of Portland to Install its water system, the Portland company will sim ply water at the follow!, g rates : For the first 4500 gallons,., 22 cents, ror 1000 gallons; for the next 160,000 gal lons, 16 2-8 cents for each 1000 gallons; for all over 164,000 gallons, 12 1-2 cents for each 1000 gMXUtm,4 9,7.: rt S'syr--Oregon City is also to pay Portland 22009 a year to apply on tha city water bonds Issued for the construction of the Bull Run pipe line and ths Mount Tabor reservoir. '::': ':, --. -i ..;',-.'.-. It Is estimated-that by following this plan Oregon City would pay Portland 198.74 a day or about IS8.040.10 a year. . :.. ; - . 11 1 . 1 1 . .-i.t j.. LODGE MEN ATTEND M. ' LAZELLE' FUNERAL Oregon City, Oct II. The funeral of the late Marshall J. Laielle waa held from the family residence at 10 o'clock Sunday morning. W. S. ITRen delivered the sermon. : Members of tha local order of Elks and Multnomah Lodge No, 1, A. F. fc A. M.,- attended In a body.. The Masons had charge of the services at the grave. The pallbearers were: M. D. Latdurette, Clarenca L. Eaton, Wallace McCord, Carl Joehnke, Thomas Llndsley and Bert Harvey. Interment was at Canemah. . , Camp Fire Girls, Meet' "',1 1 Oregon City, Or., Oct II. The Loovlt Campf ire, Girls held their first meeting at the home of the guardian, Mrs. Mis ray Bunn on Center street. The girls are enthuslastie and already plans have been mads for the work of the coming year.n,.- '-'K; -;- .; 'The - members - ares Marfan - White, Dorothy Hedges, Virginia ghaw, Myrtle Buchanan, - May ' Hlnchman, - Genevieve Jones, . Freda Martin, ' Norma Holman, Esther Harris and Evangeline Dye, WUl Sink WeUs. ' Oregon City, Oct, 13. The Willamette Pulp & Paper company will-start work on the wells that will supply West Linn and the mills with Water In -a few days. Five wells have been dug with favorable results, and mors are under way, Don Mel drum, who has charge of the digging of the wells, will make a report in about a- week as to ths possibilities of supply ing ths entire west side. - ' Infant Dead Mother Sick. Vancouver, Wash., Oct. IS.The in. tant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sharp was burled yesterday afternoon In the City cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. W. L Eck,. Mrs. Sharp la very 111 and Is confined to St Joseph's hospital. 1 CD YEN 1RR0W . Li liO T Ouestiprt fWhctKer, This:' Is Non-Judicial Day Ffesults In -4-Coflttonces-Being-Askedi , An Uneonteeted divorce case in Cir cuit udge Galena' department was the onlysuit heard 'today In the circuit court's owing to the' fact that yesterday was (Jolumbus day and that when- legal holidays fall on Sunday the law pro vides that they be observed the Monday following. ,,,-', ' ' - II. J. Baker was ' granted a decree from Flora M; Baker on ground dC de sertion.,. Both sides, agreed that no ad vantage would be taken of the fact that today is a legal holiday. . The trial of J. C. La France, for de frauding the Modern Woodmen of Amer ica out of 13000, was Informally con tlnued until tomorrow morning, by Clr. cult Judge Kavanaush on reduest of District Attorney Evans, who feared the Question of the legality of the trial might bo raised, '...:.(, i -.:;. k The question of the legaltty of court proceedings today caused a great deal of discussion, attorneys takings both sides. Few cared to risk their own cases after District Attorney Evans re quested continuance of the La France case.- : In Judge Cleeton'a court a -personal Injury case against, the Portland Railway, Light & Power company was called but Attorney Lonergan, for the company aaked for a continuance on account of Ihe . day. Circuit Judge Davis did not convene court. Judge Mor row had not returned from La Grande. and Judge McGinn opened court' this afternoon. ;i; . -.-i ;,;.-, - All three district courts were closed and the offices of .the constable and dark of the district court did not open. All other offioes were open as usual District Attorney Evans - said that while he is certain today is a legal holiday,: he is not sure as to its belnaf a noii-Judiclal day. Testerday waa Co lumbus day according to tha calendar, out tne legislature provided that leal holidays should be observed on the fol lowing Monday when they chanced to fall on Sundays. Columbus Jay .waa made a legal holiday by the last legis lature. In 1911 it was mads a publio holiday by the legislature. ? - 5- t The statutes, according to Mr. Evans, were plain In making the day a legal holiday but decisions of the courts ap peared to use the terms "legal holiday" and non-Judicial ,day" as synonymous terms, , Military Drill and Dinner Fea tures 'of Day's Pleasant :, . - -P Activities. -V- J 1 ' ' (SpeelM to The Journal.) ' 11 Vancouver. Wash., net 13. Tha m,m. bers of Ellsworth Post No, 2 entertained the members of the Oregon Drum corps, all residents of Oregon with the excep tion of Judge Abe Axtel of thla City, at the O. A. B. headquarters In the library Saturday. . An escort had been provided for ths drum corps, which led the corps from the residence of Judge Axtel, 708 West Thirteenth street, to the headquar ters at the library. Following this a drill was had by members of ths corps and a dinner was served, ' ' The following members of the drum corps Were present , st the - gathering Saturday afternoon; Abe Axtel of Van couver; E, B. Grants and John Kelley of Oregon City; D. J. Horsman of t Johns; John' Baldwin and J. T. Butler of Forest Grove: Charles T. Basoue of Independence; T.-M. Kellogg and J. T. McHolland of Portland, and C A. Stock- well oz Marquam. t , r? A NATIVE OF BOHEMIA V " fjav saw m sa ," ' si s aisasatit iswsa UtAU Al VANUUUVtK d ... .., i ' , ;- , , f. s r - , ::-;---tv:.i.--a. (Special to The Journal.) Vancouver, . Wash., . Oct II. Anton Todhera, 1 years old and a resident of Clarke' county since 1892, died last night at St Joseph's hospital of Bright's dis ease, after an lllneas of several montha Mr. Todhera was a native, of Bohemia He was a furrier, by profession, and for IS years hag been la the employ of the Sllverfleld Fur company at Portland He Is survived by his parents, Mr, and Mrs.- Frank Todhera, of Orchards; two brothers, A. W., at Orchards, and James Todhera, , in Illinois, - and two islsters, Anna -and - Mary. ,v . r.i ; . i ' : ' ' Consider Witness Tampering. Albany, N. T Oct 12. The Suiter impeachment court went into executive session at p. tn. to consider whether there was evidence that one of the wit nesses had been tampered with. Sena tor Wagner moved consideration of the question.. - . - . . Tug Iiost With 10 Men. Edmonton, Alberta,. Oct 13.. The Hudson .Bay. 'company's- tug Primrose was "missing on Lake Athabaska today and was beuevea lost with 16 men. , One of the Leading Shoe Firms Closes Its Doors The calamity that befell A. J, Woohns 4 Co., proprietors of ihe A. J. Woohos store and , the . Regal r store, has forced thera into bankruptcy, and ' as their rooms were leased by Rosenthal's and C. H. Baker, it necessitated the re moval and disposal of these two big stocka The room hetWeen Fifth and Sixth on Washington Street is new oc cupied by , Rosenthal's as an ' exoluslve men's Hannn store, and the W. Park and Washington, street room is now occupied by C. H. Baker store Na 9. In view of these conditions, both stocks Jiad to be disposed of , quickly and without delay. That Is how the oak tan shoe store now has both stocks and will close them out as fast as possible. A, J. Wochos & Co. have been known for years for their - fine . shoes, being agents for the best nationally adver tised brands. It is through their mis fortune that the publio will how share (n the greatest bankrupt sale on shoes ever held., The OAK TAN SHOE STOREI is now .closed and an army of men a're piling the shoes out for im mediate and quick sale. Bee tomorrow's Journal, page 12, Ar full particulars. It will be the bargain Bhoe wonder of the ay - ATTORNEYS CHANCES ITY OFT RIALS HELD DAY OREGON DRUM CORPS GUESTS OF COMRADES Lci.L TO II i ,.FFG COW Organization ' of Multnomah County Progressive Club Will Bo Undertaken. ' . Progressives of Portland will meet to morrow night at 4 o'clock In the Tyro lean room of the Oregon hotel. Two matters will coma up before the meet ing,. the reading of reports on-the prog ress made . in organising the Progres sive service In Oregon and the organ isation of a Multnomah County Progres sive club. ' ? - '-, - -i The Progressive service is an organ ization of ten bureaus working in the state to advance the belief of the Pro gressive party aside from the. regular party political organisation. The ten "service" bureaus aia as follows: Chief of service, a separate bureau; popular government, corporation control,, con servatlon, aoclgl and lndustlal justice, club organisation, publicity, speakers, finance, and legislative reference. Similar bureaus will be organized in very state of the Union that all the Is sues affecting each state may be worked for , throughout the country. These buroaua will aim" to accomplish the en actment of Progressive legislation. Each bureau will bo limited to a chairman and four members. ;. , 'M i t l-'y JUDGMENT FQR $1273 . .-' GIVEN JOHN B.: REESE Judgment for 11278 "was ; given by Circuit Judge Cleeton Saturday to John B, Reese against the Acme Advertising & Printing- company. According to AV torney Benbow, who represented Reese, the company , sold Reese the exclusive right In the. state to sell Automatlo printing machines which printed adver tisements on , wrapping paper. Later they sold the same rights to others, he said. Reese paid ttoO for tha rights and expended the rest in preparing for buslnesa -No appearance was mads by the company, which is a Chicago con cern, though the local agent was served With the complaint , ' , '"" .." !""." ""' .'." ( Meeting at Lents Tomorrow " Under the auspices of ths Mount Soott W. C. T. a meeting will be held at the Friends church at Lenta tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock to discuss the measures to be voted on at the referen dum election November 4. -Explanations of the different measures will be given as follows: " Measure pertaining to the stats university. Senator M. A. Miller; the workmen's compensation act, J. A. Madson; ths stertlliatlon hill. Dr. .J. V. Fawcett; and the dlstrlot attorney hill, Deputy District Attorney XX E. Jones. - - ' '" v-i, 'r-'' Well Chosen,- N; Tastefully Cooked Nicely Served ; That's' ;th6. kind; of , : luncheon; we , 'serve dally at The Ramiow , . for the business men , of Portland who live v t well. . Add to the en joyable food r- the .pleasure of good mu 'rfic and the meetino; -of your friends of tjie . substantial sort. - 1 All this-costs you -- .only - : . . ! ' : 50c when you lunch at ' MORGAN BUILDINQ . Broadway and Washington SIX1AIRS OF SHOES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE SEE PAGE 13 OF THIS PAPER TOMORROW. OREGON 'B m mmmnmrmi I - a J tHJL T- - - .111 fl If f l 1 II iixlfiS m , t 1) THE with batn TAKli WniKI-OLIi: AIM W il . She Vacates Premises at 0.-.:j ' VVhcn.Sourco of Purring' , ound Is Discovered,' .-(Unlfed PreMi In,cd Wire.) . Alhambra. Cal., Oct 13. Wanted The owner of a II foot python lost In Alham bra July II, or any other person who will remove the same from the prem ises Where It has taken up Its abode. - Mrs, Thomas Young of this elty, hear ing a ' Strange,-- soft sound tider the house yesterday, Investigated. She found a huge snake had made itself a home there. ' She went away right then, V The reptile was one of the freaks at a sideshow which gave an exhibition here July 18. When the show prepared . to move, the snake was missing and thor ough Search failed to find It. For thrs months it has been used as the bogey to keep children from going out nights. Now Mrs. Young wants to know, please will some one take It awayk so she can hays her .home agaln.:;b- ? i frf: 1 Left Iroperty Valued a $5000. ! H.'C, Smith,-, husband and only heir of Mrs, Beatrioe Estalla Smith, filed a petition for letters of administration to the estate this morning. Mrs,- Bmlth died October 6, at the Open Alf sani tarium, near Milwaukja The property Is valued at about 25000. When 12 o'Clock , COMES AROUND 7 Drop up to the Imperial , Grill . " and take lunch-, " eon there. .You . will like the s. ' tempting dishes, ; and the courte--" ous service. LUNCHEON SOt, AMUSEMENTS a. H I LI G UaSSterisoa Phssss Wila 1 aa4 A-tlM. - Today Toiauro-WtoaT- ' InmiMU t.'Sa: - UmbIbcS gilO. JfOTIOK PIO-tfaEB, THIS YJUi lMV-PETDLZTOH 4811 . ROUND-UP POPULAR PRICES Arurnooa OC Vifhta sCOC XttwA teats -.la tsealss'-jv'J tfalt ! Orders'''' ow '''. I.' Bex Offlos Sale Tomorrow. 32SSffii NEXTTHUR. .-1 Stctal S4rloe Mat Saturday. William TarrMm Preleats 'Sis Own Bptetaoular yroduotioa, " ' BaakMpeare's Owat, Play, JULIUS CAESAR '. 'With rouewiag Stars, '. WILLIAM FAVERSHAM . If Us ooaitaa.ee . imumiv Mr. 2t JD. XaeLias.- 1M eople gpoclal OreaasM. Jvealiirt towsr Tloor, I. 00, ll.ia, Baleoay, ILOO, 6o, . Me. gatnrday Hatiaee I1.S0, 91.00, , 7H, SOe. BAKER THTAT&I - itAiif i. a-ssea J tm. I- Sakar. Km Rome of tbs Popular Bkr Playora, Tonifhl targals Tnight aU .eats 6e. Ml wos. M.u,s- weo. ana dm, hi inal play, .. k play.ef wbU. stavsry .snthods. ' Ints and , Mt., 26c, 60c. VrA. btrgalB Wit. S&f ill seats. Net wees "uev'njmoK wiiih.im. VTSEX vOt.f U.-4 Boris Irldkin Huiilaas s. Sl. Oo. la "A Bay at E11U Ula.d," Tom XUy. t Ooanots sdna. Also Bros. t itanoopa. opulaf prioot-Bomoi uxi tint nw baloony rMrrd. Box of floe (Ml from 10 . w -!: v vr Vhonai A.2236.rlUia d34. pi!irUla :S(K T:lt and 0:16. mm. Fourth ad Stark Sts. WEKK OCTOBIB 13 loonard and Oulow fcj a nflnod sauilcal eomedy playlet J'Th land of vt day alaht, atklatlo oonttit. Friday night, ehoru mm, aay saat, 160. - : ) : . 1 0,;.;;. Columbia Theatre Rlxth aid Wahln)rtoB. Open 11 a tn. toll p. m. tnd cbiltlreo. Prograroina Sunday to WtdnMdayt "DMr 014 OlrL" (Uttsaaaf dramft); "Wevwr a l it nuA..ah i srri... . Mllltonalre'i Ward'y (Ptii drama) "Bctntlnf a TerrlbU Orlme," (Blograph comedy) Matt t.,,aitrvnak tTt rrv'at jirtrisiaiai . .'i -'., iOoljpatisaioH ioe HOTELS K ,r ;Nctcdfr ih ExccIiGnc& ; ults Gulfiin&EuTcpcariphii OwcDAfA Operated byTHE PCRM) fidlELca - N.R.CL!aT3trlCIU-C.J.l1AUITWNNrlCR- EL'flUS HOUSE' OF WELCOME. 1 AKJV ANU-AL,UJiK STS- PORTLAND, OR. - In the theatre gnd ahoppintf district, one block from any carline.v Rates, $1.00 per day and up; $1.50 ner dav and uo. OUK llKOi BROWN AUTO-'nus. V. Cornelius. Trop.; H E. Fletcher. lUr.