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1 '1 . i .'OVSbViCER' 1 DATE OF PAGE. TO BOOST COLUMBIA RPER PLAN ; Pamphlets to Be' Distributed ' to Public!. Bridge Day Plans Discussed at; luncheon. - November ij instead ot October 25, ,to be interstate bridge day according to action taken at luncheon 'today by the special committee to plan for the demon- euatlpn. The feature of the dajrwlll bo ft parade, in which , agricultural,' indus . ; .trial, labor, fraternal and. numerous pth- r feature will be prominent.' , Pamphlet summarising all the data Cleaned by the, advocates , of the pro posed interstate bridge across the Co i lumbla between Portland and Vancouver are being prepared for distribution to ' 1 the' publjo, 1 These pamphlet will In , ,clude statistic showing the resources . of the country nortH of the Columbia tributary to Portland, once th span is ' constructed,' and will set forth speclflc ally,th advantages of a highway to' re place the old ferry. i . fIt has been .pointed out that the pag eant is not to be for automobiles alon a, but that floats symbolising the numer . - oua Interests to be benefited , by the V bridge will t placed in line, ' V pearly 00 members of the Retail Gro- V Cera j. &'" Merchants' ; association gava 1 unanimous indorsement to the bridge ? proposition last night, after two speok . - era from th bridge committee had told ' - ortho benefits of the bridge. This was 1 somewhat of a surprise, because the speakers had gone armed for the first op , position to the main bridge issue. - The " opposition, It developed, ,waa imaginary ,,'jn every hand went up when the retail ' ' ew were'asked how'they' stoodrvAf'V-:1 : A.' Bqrnham Of Vancouver, and JVM. '' Ivepper will addreaa the PortlancL.credlt .men briefly tonight on tha bridge ques ',1 tlon. . Thursday afternoon, the Women' Good Citlxenship club : will hear Mrs. ' v AbigtaU1 Bcott' Dunlway 'and "Frank- B. ' Riley discuss the bridge at the meeting 'J in 'the public library. . -Afterward,; the v members, will go to aha .courthouse - to ' register. ' ' - . - - , Friday nlgrht, Judge R. G. Morrow. ' f Frank B, BUy nd Whitney I, Boise , . will address union meeting of Web foot'and-'-Mifltnomahf camps of th Woodmen of the World, in .the: hall at , Kaet Sixth and Alder streets., Mr. Riley - 1 i will address - the State Press Assocla - tion soma time during its sessions in the ..Portland jPress Club 'i Friday and , Saturday. ,; Speakers also ' will , address the sheet metal, workers" Friday.. night . v at tbor Temple. : . ;.',-- '"-.-'";,vV-' .v. ' ,H.I Moody found hearty Indorse S , ment of the bridge at the Parkrose Ira proverrte Club last night and at the . v 'i Men's League of tha Sunnyslde Congra ' gational church Monday, nightr POWERS PROPOSE . Ml ; JOINT PROTEST ,T0 f :P1CTAT0R HUERTA y ."Continued From Page One.) ' ity of English and. German withdrawal l Of recognition of hut regime. ' ' J ' gome comfort waa found in Foreign h MlnlRter Moheno's remark that the WU i son nd Br-an notes 'dot not alter the" , , status quo, the inference drawn being K that-llberta- wiu at least not make the , A communications an xcune for any acts , ' of vtdencv.;'.-.'.i-.v .i.:7!V..-w - J-'.'-Charge Affaires O'Shaughneasy of - i, the' American ' embassy,, bad,, a .confer ' ence with Minister MohenO in- the course ,i of the. day, but ref uaed to issue a, state 9 ' ment: concerning ita outcome.. ...f -, ; 'The conference of the members of the c'( diplomatic , corps ,f was called by the ; Spanish minister. It was said that he f and tha other diplomatic representatives 4 here were acting . under Imperative or X dera from their respective governments ; to, let Huerta know how strongly they object to his arrest of the' members of the chamber, of deputies, to the disso lution' of congress and to his own proc- tarnation pf a. dictatorship. . ' WASHINGTON WAITING : UF.0R RESPONSE TO, y ' , - V NOTES SENT; HUERTA ' t . ' (United Vttn Leawd Wire.) ' ; rX Washington,, Oct, 15. Convinced that Provisional President Huerta .. has - nt idea of rellnquiehing his grip on Mex- . -j lctt.-' but alms to emulate ex-President r Dias as practically an absolute ruler, ' the Wilson ' administration . admittedly Jt waa considering ) today recognition, of , v the Mexican-rebeia as belligerents. That a1 " crisis had been reached In ' the relation between the United State , and Mexico was admitted, ! but it was (: asserted that it waa rather, diplomatic ' , than military in Ha nature, inasmuch as : -4: the administration was not considering , interventU.4' , unless Huerta'a recent coup,. which., made him dictator, should i reault in, a wholesale massacre of for . tin ners, h v. i'-Y ! - - '.' i r ' : ? President I, Wilson . told Huerta he t waa "shocked at- the lawless methods , employed by General Huerta." that ha found it 'Impossible to regard otherwise than an act of bad. faith toward the ' . United States General Huerta'a ; courae . in dissolving congress and arresting the deputies," .and that he "would not feel ' Justified in accepting the reault .of an h election held or in recognising a;presl dent chosen4 under such circumstances.' , TheVote ftom Secretary Bryan, Which i accompanied the one sent by President J Wilaon,: had -not been made public to. , ; day, but it was known to be a strongly 1 phrased Inquiry concerning the safety of the imprisoned deputies.' k;: rrSV:, v-i? I -The state department has kept tha power informed concerning the corres-ij ponacace i ueiwwn iub Aniennaii .jinu , " Mexican governments and of all develop menta In connection with the crisis; ba rf tween them, ;v's il-: ''' ''"'' President Wilson -and Secretary Bry an had k long talk today concerning i the Mexican situation, i; The,, secretary afterward denied that he - had. ordered tsmiasirjr una iq return noma, ; ,:y, vK ?; Huerta had made no reply this af ternoon. to the president's or to Bryan' -notes to.blirU'.v.v TEACHER INJURED IN ft k 1 ; AUTO CRASH RECOVERS Mis France Hughes of the Hanover apartments, , Washington k and King streets, who was severely : injured in an autbmobila- accident last Thursday, ,( haa recovered sufficiently to leave her' 1 bed today. Mies: : Hughes, who l,a teacher at the Holladay school,, suffered a seriously sprained back when the tax i icab in which she U ridlhg to school last .Thursday , morning, -waa hit by a ,j large auto truck.' Tha taxi waa turned over on Its side, agalnat -ai lamp post. throwing Miss Hughes sharply against ' the 'aide. of the vehicle.: She has been , confined to her bed from -the' shock of i the accident till today. The taxloab was owned by thy 'Portland Taxloab com pany, . tii:: IN REVERSED RULING Chief Justice McBride Decides to- Issue -Alternative Writ " . ".6f MaricfarRus, ;.? ': ' ' '.--v' 1 - . , '"; s ' . " (Salem Burets of Tbe'tonrniV) ' : Salem, v Or., Oct.- 16 Chief Justice McBride of the supreme court reversed himself today and issued an alternative writ -of mandamus against Judge Mor row: of the; Multnomah cdunty:. circuit oourtt directing : him to appear ' before the supreme court October Stand show cause, if ' any, Why ! tha indictments against E.. E. C. Von Klein should not be dismissed, and Von Klein , be released from ustody.'':v;v-:';:.',:4-4 , ' Wbenthe application waa first pre sented to Justice McBride he denied the application but r Attorney ' Hume -i ; ap peared before him today and after con sultatlop with the other ; Justices i tha chief justice decided to give the ckee a bearlngj;'f:rsiTr The writ Is based on the ground that thS circuit court . continued, the" case against Von Klein, who is indicted both for larceny and bigamy4 from one term of court to another without a proper reason being; shown therefor by the dls trict attorney, - . , E IS AGAIN IN LAW'S TOILS - George Soreneon," convicted of - land frauds by Special .United States Attor ney Francis J. Heney nearly 10 year ago, la again in the toils of the law. Yesterday he - waa arrested at a down town. hotel 'by VDeputy-iCoBsuble Mo Oullough on a charge of larceny by bailee sworn to by Cbarlea Dlerke. He furnished $4000 bonds for his , release, He will be arraigned in . the ; district court..'!'- -V- '!,.;. According to. - the" complaint Dlerke and his wife paid Sorenson $960 on January for whiah he was to procure for them' 640" acre of . timber land in Coos -county, on which a etind of S, 000,000 feet, of timber waa. guaranteed. Neither the land nor the money his been 'forthcoming ; from .Sorensota,. ac cording to the complaint. The land, it if said, was .to be school land. . !, - Two other complaints against Soren son are in the hsnds of District Attor ney Evans. John . Rometach declared that Sorenson had deeded him property held by- Franklin Pierce Mays to which Sorenson bad no title. - He said he had paid $630 to Sorenson for the property. Elisabeth Topken . alleged that he re ceived $480 as 'first payment. on S20 acres of Coos county land with 20. 000,000 feet of timber - on It. .These provisions were incorporated in a re ceipt ' aha produced. ,8he said - no land or money had been furnished to hex; alnce. - ' . -Jy y-,.,'xi:-v. '. ny. i 8alem, Or., Oct. 16. After protecting the policyholders of the American Life & Accident company by -requiring the company, following, the supreme court's opinion upholding - the ..insurance com missioner in refusing to grant the com pany a permit to transact' a life Insur ance-business, to relnsure'lts' life in surance business In another- company, State Insurance Commissioner Ferguson yesterday . afternoon granted " the com pany a license to transact a health and accident' Insurance business' In - this state. It will have to confine Its opera tions entirely, to a health and accident insurance bualness.' ;- ; - ' . "This company has made a' complete reorganisation and .none of the of f loera who were connected with the company at the time .lt license was suspended will have any connection With. its. man agement or Its affairs," said; Commis sioner Ferguson, , -hi'jit; ' .;''".' ,'.'' f DOCK BOND COMPLAINT : : : AMENDED BY LA.ROCHE ,. Salem, i Or.,' Oct. '. 15. City Attorney Lav Roche of Portland today filed . an amended .' complaint . In - the supreme court in the. Portland dock bonds case. ; The court yesterday handed down an opinion in the case in which it quashed a, writ of mandamus directed against the" mayor , atfo auditor, of Portland to compel them ,to sign an Issue of bond approved by ; the city . council, ' because the complaint failed to state that If the bonds were- issued the -debt, limit of the city would not be exceeded. " This caused tha court . to pass ove? the merits of the question as to ' who, under the new commission form charter, is authorised to issue the remainder of the Portland public dock bonds voted uy the people. By. amending the com plalnt: to correct the defect it is hopod to yet obtain an early decision from tha court on the merits of the case, r: . B fetlnulatlon bttvimn tllnmav Roche and Chairman Mulkey,. the case was ' aubmitted . to' the- supreme court hinder-- the amended complaint without rurtner oral argument. The case is now in tha hands of ' the court and will be cefhsidcred , on It merits. ,. -- . EARTHQUAKE SHOCK ' -SHAKES 0REG0NIANS ' Halfway, Or,, Oct, 16 Rosidents of Landor and Cutrum, Idaho, in tha Seven Devil mountains were , thrown i almost into a panlo yesterday afternoon when quite a . severe earthquake shock was felt, Stoves tumbled down, window were broken in several , houses, dishes fell - from the cupboard and "the' real dents rushed from their home . horror stricken, A loud rumbling noise ac companied j.th : ahock, fwhicli ! wa t ot more than ? a minute' duration, , . Telephone communication is badly crippled further on, , but It Is believed yie quake centered -In and around Cut rum and Landor, la the heart . of (he mountains. ' '' ;' -'.'!,, -, The ahock' wasXfelt! distinctly at Homestead, oo the Oregon side of the Snake river. .: This is the second shock in this same district, .within the pa.t fryemJ.w:tVf!-r-.' - FORMER WONEY ORDER CLERK IS INDICTED ;.i Elmbrs MotCenxle, former clerk in the money order department ' Of the Port land poatoffice, waa Indicted this morn ing by the federal grand Jury for em bezilement of $516.15, and it is expected that ha will Plead guilty to tha rhir,. tomorrow, He wa arrested about- six months ago. , , - J. H. Field was indicted for sending seven threatening ' post ' cards ! to "Mrs. Leonora Leverich, of Albany. ' GEORG SORENSON AMERICAN LIFE IS ;. V : - GRANTED A LICENSE a...ron daily journal, mmm fail TO BE AT HEARiNG ON Attorney Tor Proposed Oregon ; vujr uiiid oayo many t oifc" ers noi Property uwners. , Although today , had beea !et for heating jremonstrances of property own ers on Stark - street opposed to the granting of a franchise to the Portland , Oregon .City, Kleqtric Railway com pany to operate cfsHover the United Railways tracajjom Fourth t Tenth, none of. the remonstratora waa. present, A remonstrance they bad presented waa read,, toowever;' i?w.r . v'l -'UcT' ,' M. G. - Munly, representing the new company, stated that a number tor tnose who had signed the petition were not property owners as set forth in the re monstrance, and had no- right ' to pro teat on the ground , that it would injure their property. It was pointed out that IS out of 19 signers' were not property owners 'on Stark street v -'t f . When the. matter came np for discus sion. Commissioner Brewster stated that all inter-urban oars coming into the city should be kept out. of the business dis trict. All of the members of the coun cil agreed some action would have to be taken in the future to exclude all such cars from the business district,' - The members of the Kaet Side Bust ness Men's club- in a communication to the council asked that the franchise be granted to the company and if the line was obJeotionable to those on Stark ; street it could be routed from the Haw thorns bridge to Fourth, to Yamhill, to Tenth, to Salmon, to Front and to the bridge. " . .Judge Munly stated that the company was rapidly-near in g the city with its tracks and aakea tnat, action do . laaen soon. ' TODAY'S WORK OF COUNCIL ' y. wv V-:r . - yk ,m;:"':; . The city council' this morning tsans acted the following-buslness:r;. , ; -' Passed ' an ordinance compelling all women nrlaonera In city Institutions to sew on garments during the time pf their .confinement. , .; - k 'i ' Laid on table . ordinance compelling employment . : agencies to - cloae their place of business between f o'clock In the morning and midnight Sunday." Ac tion la to be taken later. . . Allowed $300 for Hurley-Mason com pany, to pay for the Pln aa the com pany - aubmitted for the recQnatruction of the Vista avenue retaining wall. ' Authorised the Issuance . of $22,010 worth of water bond. . . Passed ordinance appointing Judges and clerk for special election . to be held November 4. -; -':. ,:', Final action taken on ordinance al lowing $5600 for the purchaae of an au tomobile for the use of the city com missioner. yt:'ti j k; . . Authorised Commissioner Brewster to purchase the 8 trobel property at Sixth and Sheridan street for $21,000 foe use In finishing out' Terwllllger boulevard. Refused the transfer of liquor license held by U B. Bear, 61 H Third street, to JT. B. Miller and P. jr. Lavalle to S4 Broadway.'- on " Mayor Albee's . recom mendation. This : ia In line wlthkcbla policy . to allow no more - saloon on street leading to the- bridge crossing the river. ; yy V:;t V-i i- ;' ''' . ' 1 ,' ' '.'. j ' .Most, Remove Street Scale.,.. A street scale maintained by. Lans'ch brothers n Main atreet near Front and ordered removed was tne cause of much discussion before the city Vouncil this morning. '-' :' :':- ;.,,-i - i J This morning those who used the seal protected to the city council agsrinst Its removal, stating that it would work a great hardship on business men, farm era and produce men. In response to the . protest 30 , daya were allowed in which to move the scale and the city would coperate with the users to fnd a suitable location not In a street. . ' -'.' nialtad Pwes teased Wire.) : ' New Tork, Oct. 15. -The i house pf bishops at the Episcopal ohurcb- con vention devoted ' Itself almost wholly today to 'Consideration of the legisla tion, already - passed by the house, of deputies, relating to the creation of eight . American church province with a bishop at i4he bead of each. " i4. r - ; . If la this Plan which low church men refer to as amounting to the establish-' ment of an arch-Kplscopacy, and a step In the direction of creating an "Ameri can pov9 yy y Jy'--:;- y f'f '-,ri-y:-. - The house accepted the resignation of Bishops . Welbs of , Spokane, Gray of Florida and Knight of Cuba. . . Bishops Funston of Idaho, Beecher of Nebraska, ' and Winchester of Arkansas, were scheduled to speak from tha curb in Wall street this afternoon, : with Henry Clew,: tha- financier, , presiding PYTHIAN SISTERS ELECT y AND IN STALL OFFICERS The grand lodge of Pythian Slater, which 1 meeting in Portland at the Women pf Woodcraft hall. Tenth and Taylor ftreets, today elected and - in stalled officer. W The coil vention' lll adjourn: lata .this ' af Urnoon.'iXvft'.sf Mrs. Mable Roberts of Myrtle Point was elected grand chief. The other grand officers selected for the forth coming year 1 are: - Senior, Mrs. Mary Llttlefleld of Portland) Junior; Mrs. Nel lie 'Vernon of Astoria; manager, Mrs, Emma Hnyder of Aurora; mistress of records and correspondence,' Mrs. Mary Hogue of Klamath Falls, who has-been reelected for twelve consecutive .- terms; mistress of finance, Mrs.; Edith 'Clark of Rainier ' (reelected) . protector. Mr, Minnie Vintom of McMlnnvllle; guard, Mrs, Opal Fox Of Portland: -grand rep resentative, Mrs. Laura Hooghklrk of Rainier,, and two alternates, Mrs. Elisa beth Dunning of Portland and Mra. Mary .Slocum of Union. ' ,'j''' V . 1 T ' ' ' "'-"';V.':'' '.Klectlon I, Triumph' for. Tariff.. ' ; Wheeling; " W. Va , " Oct 1 S.--Vlndlca STREETCAR FRANCHISE A- ..... i..J,:v;-'4 tlon of the Democratic tariff policy, so far as , West Virginians are1 concerned, was evidenced todays when the return from the special congresslonr.1 election ahowed M. M. Neely, Democrat, elected, with J, a. Mearne, Republican, 1 second, and O. A; Laughlin, Progressive, third, Neely' plurality was $300. ' The fight J the first one made aince the passage of the new tariff act and was based largely to' the tariff ques tion The Democrats ssy. it ahowa tin popularity of the present tariff pre grant. The oihera lay . their defeat to the division of Republican and Progres sive totes. Mr. Neely received ,aj tele gra'm of congratulation from President Wilson today. - " '-yC-'yy:: i &y$- :yyyy,yy;y. Portland, Wednesday 1 1 "iaiaiassasaaasBasa i - --'asyjgej-iaajej i r - - - - - LA FRANCE CASE IS , COURT'S RULING TAKEIH EXPECTED TO GO TO Defendant- la Insurance-Svvin- ; -die Mea Stand but Makes N 6 'Dlsclosu re; sU&: M-by y')yyy"" yyyyy-'iy ; ;; The, ca of th tat ;'ggajjut4 imnit. C,5XavranceVt'whp'.:,laneg'ed:'tbi:,nve swindled the ' Modern Woodmen of i the vim. ,gi fot suv insurance money, was expected to go to the Jury thia, aft- ernoon. ins last witness was examined this morning, -and the state had fin ished its opening argument- when the Court took recess at noon.. --5 .iv - Only .two witnesses appeared for" the defendant. Including L fmiiw ..him. self.,'. La France was on tha stand this morninar. nnri tf wo hkmii v.u lmony would be of a sen sat ionalv na ture, tie occupied the stand for a bar minute and a half, however, in an en deavor to prove an alibi. - ; i1 i i ' S His only other, witness, M. B..'; Leahu, a farmer of Donald, Or., testified 'laT yesterday afternoon that La France had worked for him from June 21. 1912, un til a little before the atat fair, v Juno 31, Is the day La Franca ia said to baVe disappeared. La Prance ' merely: cor roborated i hi r. testimony. Cross-examination brought forth the fact that Leabo was away -for the day of Sunday, June 80. , This is the date that the man said to be La France waa seen in the woods on the Upper Clackamas. . ' . Deputy District Attorney Arthur Mur phy was on the stand following La France this morning. - He ; related his meetings with Ia France at -the time the defendant made his numerous con fessions to officials .of the district at torney's office. His story waa a re. Iteration of what had previously , been toia oy deputy Attorney Magulre and, Chief Clerk Ryan. r ' A verdict 1 expected late today, . ; DOCK COMMISSION MAY ;: SUBMIT AMENDMENT " '--- 'V V' sJ-sssSjbbbb. ssm, At a regular meeting ' of. the " nubllo dock commission in the Worcester build ing tomorrow morning the proposal to submit an amendment to the city char ter for vote November 4 will bo consid ered, If the amendment carries It will define the power either of the city or the commission to issue the $1,000,000 in bonds remaining" from they' issue first authorised of $2,600,000. Amendment is necessary, due to a defect In the com mission v charter. ; Consideration . , will probably also be given the commission's project to remove Swan Island and build deep sea dock at the Mock Bottom and Bridgeport. ,: '::..:,- t, ' ; ,:: v.; : ;: , ' ' Bartenders Sent to Rockpile. . Duke Evan,, : a bartender at the Cabaret grill, and Walter Newman, a bartender at J46 Burnslde street, were sentenced to the rockpile by Municipal Judge Stevenaon this morning for sell ing liquor to intoxicated men. .Evans was given 60 daya and. will appeal the case, while Newman will serve 80 days. Evans vwas - arrested On the complaint of Rev;. Joseph Brock for aelllng liquor to, Harry McDonald' while - tha latter wa Intoxicated. ' i ' y -v,-:-- y;. - URY THIS AFTERNOON " pSSffw C X". Great , Safe 'df ;'Imii i - f. .-.-' i-sT-'. '-".-i,. i;;t31 '$,). A.'.', Guaranteed $50 ' to $60 Value Matchless . Weaves For Thi Week I Will Place on Sale a special purchase of Imported Scotch Tweeds and Cheviots from, the celebrated firm of Russell, ; MacFarlahd r6t Co.; Glasgow, Scotlandhese fabrics are noted for their matchless weaves; extremeMu and eternally permanent dyes: They snap with style! and quality and are in every .way tne apparel or a gentleman, i nese materials can ; 111C lllli-1 ICfcU UI1U1J ai 11U1I1 f)JU iU pw. ,, from any: one of these fine . and wear well: i When your clothes bear the Tom Gallagher mark ft'means a suit ; of, pureVool, doublyshrunk, hand-tailored inside and out with a thoroughness above n nmve that T rlo tint di'solav m ianbear in mind.fcvery Only Store iii Portland 3828hingln , . maUafa' 4-anWtri.fvi iHa Mhl 4geAH hV; th rMif laiHirtM ilAfi -Ki fhA rrart luna InKal a( . '''. itlConitS' irlarid ;Mspect;rijy enormous stock b I but probably the U 'Y ta i I ykyf.'.yyy 'S'iri' "clJ'Ll nl'-al-:J-v-'v iM. JJi Hyi (i ::OneiDoorFrom,,';WestlPark;:,1sip f 1 : yMN'y'i yyt1' !yy: rLy0vyty :M$yyfy: y :yy-x eve:. ing October . is, to f:HNiura m emi Impeachment Articles : Held Broad r Enough : to'' Include Testimony' of Peck, Et 'AI. ':ry' .;.i..V- ""'' j." ' ; f. fUol'ed Prees laaeed Wlre.t . 'Albany'. nA T., Oct IS. The Suler Impeachment court denied this) afternoon the request 'of he prosecution for per mission' to amend the impeachment ar ticles, but the ruling waa no victory for the governor, . ; V -i,iy..1V;i,''V' ' It -waa the defense's view that th failure of the article, to mention Dun can ; Peck and Henry Morgenthau a witnesses' whose, testimony . the execu tive had tried to suppress, coupled with the fact that they were the only, wit nesses there was any evidence he tried to tamper with, constituted a f ataf de fect In the' prosecution's cM'Wyfi ' : The prosecuting lawyer feared' the same thing, but the court held that the article were broad enough to Include Peck and Morgenthau. - It held amend ment, therefore.' to be unnecessary. - The court J decision . concerning the Peck and Morgenthau testimony was generally: accepted as meaning Sulsefs removal " from the governorship. Hi friends heard It with deep gloom- and admitted that under the circumstances, the ousting of the executive from office probably waa only a question of time. The court then went Into executive ca lon..v" ' ..'' '-V'JuiijV An attack on tha legality of the muni clpal court, which, it Is declared la in valid, ; and without r any - Jurisdiction whatever,-Is found in a motion filed this afternoon by " Attorneys Oeorge Taswell and Joseph Q. Richardson, to have the Judgment against Grace Ed wards, sentenced to 15 days in Jail by Judge'Stevenson,.''set 1 aside.''-'1'--'"'';'."'1!'1 t The. contention Is that the new city charter failed . to oreate . a municipal court 'except by allowing certain sec tions of the old charter to be. retained by ordinance, only, and that supreme court authorities have ruled that; no court can be established by -ordinance. It recite that by reason of this fact the woman was not found guilty, by any constituted or authorised person, officer, tribunal nor municipal Judge. It attacks the right of the circuit court to bear appeala or allow reviews, from - the municipal court, on tha ground that a municipal court does not exist. . ':y x:.;0 It is also declared that all acU of the municipal Judge are unwarranted assumptions of authority and that any sentences passed are illegal and uncon stitutional. -' '. h Should the contentions of these at torneys be sustained, it is likely that hundreds of similar cases will be filed by persons who are now In Jail or un der aentence from the municipal court i--i-M..,vri'fti!.:.fe, .''':'?.-V'V':iX ..V'-- Bonnie Scotland CDMnbQUID UULI UUIUUUIIII ATTACKS' VALIDITY OF : : MUNICIPAL TRIBUNAL fabrics, with an ironclad guarantee that it will fit well orift thintr and sell -vou anbtherl'as the fake, tailor does, vou I" will build them into V K Tailor f or Men nesKssafe- j,isBMrys ! ll!GI0 Handsome-Vedding Gown artd - Costly " Presents Features .' ' ,'of Tonight's Nuptials.' : " By far the most elaborate marriage ceremony.' of the autnmn will take place tonight at the White1 Temple, when Miss Rosaline L, Goon, daughter of Mr." and Mrs, Goon Dip of Portland, will become the bride of Lew Geate Kay of Seattle. Rev.W. B. Hinson will perform the ceremony, and after ward a large reception will be held in the parlora of the church. Rumor ha It that Miss Goon will re. ceive a $10,000 dower from her father, Who is one of the wealthiest Chinese merchants of the city, and who has large canneries along the Columbia. Glfta of rare design and great oost are already being delivered from frlenda of the two families all over the north west i ' -"K , ; " . ,Mis Goon was born In Portland ana has been a student at Portland Acad emy, Mr. Lew was born in Seattle and waa educated in the Seattle high achool and the University of Washington. Sine his graduation from the University, he haa been In China, where be is one of the officials of an engineering acnooi, Some of the rarest gowns that ever figured in a wedding In Portland - will be worn by the bridal party, Mlaa Goon' dress having been imported from Paris. Floral decoration costing hun dreds of. dollar are being arranged in the church. ' ;' yyt' .;'. , The marriage will unite two of the most Influential Chinese families on the Paclf io coast Goon Dip, father of the bride-elect, 1 now . vice-oonsul at Seattle, where ha make his diplomatle headquarter. Mr. Lew's family waa one of the earliest of the Seattle merchants. Mr. Lew, . as a youngster, sold papers on the streets and wa one of the first Chinese "newsies" in the United State.. IMPROVEMENT BONDS ' BRING FAIR PREMIUM More than $$00,000 worth of 10 year per cent improvement bonds were sold yesterday to the highest bidders by the city. The premium ranged from $.60 to $.50 per eent above pax, wlt.'i aeveral small Investors bidding. '''. '.,-. The purchasers are C. Ecks,' $1000 at $.50 per cent; L. J. Shell, $3500 at S per cent; J. P. Morgan, $1000 at $ per cent; I. E. Solomon, $6.00 at t percent; $1000 at $.50; extension fund, $1000 at par; dock fund, $1000 at par; W. F- White, $174,$$T. at $.6$: Henry Teal, $25,000 at $$: Henry Teal. $15,000 at x.7(; Bank of California, $$000 at S per cent; Maud Campbell, $400 at $ per cent; Ben A. Campbell. $2000 at I per cent; Lum bermen Trust A Savings bank, $16,000 at 2.17; earns bank, $36,000 at 2.l; C. H Reads, $1000 at $.10; John Holm, $6000 at $ per cent. . City Treasurer Adam purchased- a total of $101 In street extension bonds for - the street extension fund, naylnx par and accrued interest ' ' - -. .'.''' Mayor Dlscnsse : Badget. The provision of the municipal bud get affecting the department of- pub lie safety were discussed by Mayor Albee today in an informal talk at the Wedneaday luncheon of , the t TTnl verslty club. . , , ' . .: f CK APODATi: ATFAID jivniL nimin U-J-K r;"1:;.'"..' V Looms t ytyf V i' '.'-'.:. . v.-.1,. oniy pe naa oramaniy irom a suit or topcoat for you yPTiTT i and Women fx ( ! UP THREE OF K... PRESENTED TO CGU..1 . Holman Contends Items AVer: Not Bought -Through Pui chasing Agent. .. Running a line with his pen through three . Items in the mid-October claim sheet aubmitted by County Auditor Martin ' for . approval' by the county commissioner, - Commissioner Holman signed his name in approval of tha rest. Today Is ! payday for the claims con tained in " the claim ' sheet In question, and 'over $34,000 was held up when Com missiqner Holman refused to sign the sheet tosf-'Mondsy..v.v-y. ?- Commissioner Holman's refusal - waa baaed on the fact that four items pur chased and included In the list on the sheet were not bought through Purchas ing '; Agent Nelson ,;: Two of ; the pur chaaea were for Auditor Martin's office, ene for Sheriff Word, but purchased by Auditor Martin, and the other for -Assessor Reed. ' Assessor Reed ' bought 60 cents worth of ink eraser and this morning handed in a requisition for the purchase so Commissioner - Holman ap proved lt"''i?-Vr.v.t;.f;'f:.;,''S'vrs'''.' ' i Auditor Martin has refused to recog nise the purchasing . agent in making purchases. The two Item charged to him were one for $9 worth of type writer ribbons from Kubll-Millee com pany and the other for duplicate' claim sheets . costing $24-60- from ,.. Glass Prudhomme. .- Auditor Martin also pur chased sheriffs receipts at. a cost of $2fi from Glasa ft Prudhomme for Sher iff Word,. The sUtutes make him the purchaser ' of receipt . for office , re ceiving money. 41'"-'-'- .':jj-:L - Auditor Martin declared that he would not audit the clalma disallowed again and that the companies affected must sue If they secure their pay for. tha good bought unless Commissioner Hoi man rescind his action. He said that he would not recognize the purchaalng agent and that be knows of no legal ground on which be can be, forced to do so. ' Thielbek Is Ajtaln libeled.' The German bark' Thielbek, was aala Ubelod. this morning aa she was shift ing to Oceanic dock to complete her grain cargo. . The complaints are- tho "Jt Font da; Nemours Powder company and the W. K. Grace & Co., exporters. The Thielbek collided with the Nor wegian ship Thode Fagelunl In Aug ust as- ah waa coming tip ; from As toria. The Fagelund s carried among, it cargo : a- big . shipment - of powdnr, which waa damsged and . It shipment delayed. The Thielbek, wa brought to Portland for repairs, and the work men have Just finished with her. B he wa : to sail for - the -United Kingdom tomorrow. , , . , -, , , . , . , , - '-; ' nilnoisan Steet Tonight. . - Former Ullnoisan will make a Hal lowe'en party of their meeting in .The Journal building tomlght Music, read ing and reminiscences will make up the formal program.' . Former1 meetings of tha. Illinois Society have been held In Manchester; hall , Invitation has been extended to all former residents of Illi nois, whether "members of the society or not , , - tlr, )": Store in' Pc:l' '1 O.-s Doc ... ...... ...el., k . 1 ..'-.. : . ...... m I, 1 i 1111 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 i ' ... 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 ' . '."'"vr