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THE OREGON DAILY - JOURNAL. - PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY ; 29, 1914.
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SUPPORT
DALY ASKS
OF BILL PROJECTING
BULL RUN RESE
.! 1 1 v.. mi ' i- '---Y-:.j.r-:.ir-
Proposed Road Along" North
Side Would Jeopardize the
. Purity of City's Water, I
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: Wilt H. Daly, commissioner of public
utilities, baa sent letter to Oregon's
representatives in congress requesting
them to secure ths passage of the bill
now pending , In congress for the ad
ditional protection of the Bull Rem for
st reserve and sources of the water
PIER PACKER DIES
AFTER L
ONG
ILLNESS
Morton Marcus ; Spaulding,
Qne of Founders of Union
Meat Co,, Expires, j
Morton Marcus' Spaulding, for many
years in the dressed meat business In
this city and one of the founders of
th Union Meat company, died at his
residence, 176 North Sixteenth street,
last night following a parted of ill
health extending over three or four
years. . ; , ,
Mr. Spaulding was ST years of age,
having been born at Chelmsford. Mass..
May, 81, 1847. .He came to Portland
by way of Panama In 1871 with his
CONSTITUTIONALITY M
BRIDGE ACT IS RAISED
Eastern Lawyers Ask-Questions
Regarding Powers .
of Legislature,
would prevent the building of a road ,foth1er. Mc,i Mor?n 8Pa"ld-
through the reserve desired by rest
, dents of Hood River and those who
. own property within the reserve.
4 In ! the letter Coramlsioner Daly
states that the city has nearly $11,
' ! 000,000 Invested In its water works
and proposes to Invest another 11,000,
; 000 In obtaining a supplemental . sup
ply of water from the Clear Fork and
Lost Creek streams, for which plans
I and surveys have already; been made.
I ."If It the road which would follow
I s long ths north side of the Clear
, Fork i Is built," said Mr. ; Daly,
"camps of fishermen, hunters and
- i others would tend to pollute the
water, and fires might be start
ed which would rapidly climb the
steep mountain side to Bull Run lake.
This lake is the main source of Port
Hand's water supply."
Commissioner Daly asks that every
thing i possible be done by Oregon's
members to secure the passage of the
bill now pending so that Portland's
" water supply will be protected for all
. .time, i
- DECISION OF BQAKD 19 READY
Official Findings Itelate to Eleven
1 Discharged Policemen.
' Following the-hearing of the appeal
case of E. A. Slover, discharged police
captain, .Saturday afternoon, decisions
will be given in the cases of 11 other-
discharged members or tne ponce ae
. . psrtment who have already had hear
ings on the charges against them be
fore the municipal civil service board.
Whether the board will confirm the
decision of Mayor Albee or reinstate
Some of the men and assess a small
: fine will no,t be known until Satur
day. It is known that several of those
formerly holding ranking positions
have asked that their rank be taken
away and they put pack as patrolmen.
' , Several of the men say that they have
received assurance from some of the
members of the board that such will
be thcorder in their cases. '
The 12 members of the department
were discharged by Mayor Albee De
cember 11 following Investigation
made by the civil service board. With
ths exception of 2. A. Slover, all
were charged with gambling. A num
ber of charges were placed against
Slover.
The hearing in his oase will begin
at 1:30 o'clock In the afternoon. De
clsions in all the cases are expected
. soon after the Slover hearing.
ing. Together with A. 33.. Johnson they
engaged in the meat business, later
becoming the firm of Spaulding Broth
er. Mr. Spaulding was one of the
organisers of the American Dressed
Meat company which later merged
with the Union Meat company. When
the last named concern was bought by
the Swift managers, Mr. Spaulding re
tired. For 10. years, however, he man
aged the Union Meat company's , be shifted by the county to
umiivnes on jrugei souna. in nis j njfg tjj state.
rai'iicr career lie was also associated
Queries received from the legal firm
of Story, Thorndike, Palmer & Podge,
of Boston, which is examining the
bond: for the Interstate bridge. Indi
cate that there mar be a question as
to tbe constitutionality of the law
passed by the last legislature authoris
ing the building of Multnomah conn
ty's share of the bridge. District At
torney Evans said that he believed
the matter could be straightened out.
Three questions were asked in the
telegram. "Are there decisions hold
ing that a bridge is a permanent road
within the meaning of the constitu
tion?" "Can r the state virtually as
sume the interest on a county debt
without violating the constitution?",
and "Can the county be required to
give its property to the stater' It
cites a decision which it Is said Indi
cates that the burden of debt cannot
body
COUNTY COURT TELLS
SHERIFF IT WILL HELP
TO STOP LAWLESSNESS
epasBSMMMsHssasiM
Board Suggests Unemployed
Be--Kept From Streets at
Night; Suspects Searched,
surr TO REPLEVIN
SCHOOL NOTES ARGUED
Action Filed at Instance of
Governor West and Sec
retary Olcott.
Spell of Winter Weather Ties
Up the Roads In Baker
County.
(StWia Boreas of Tm Jonrmal
Salem, Or, Jan. It.-The suit to re
plevin from State Treasurer Kay the
7000 school fund notes, aggregating
over 16. 600.000. was argued before
u. eouuijr CTB..wn.r. ""- Judge Oalloway In the Marion county
morning took a hand In the matter of clrcuU COUrt yesterday. The suit was
ending the lawlessness which culml- brought by O. O. Brown, dark of the
in the meat firms of Spaulding A Pap
worth and Spaulding & Burkhart. '
Mr. Spaulding leaves a widow, a son,
M. R. Spaulding, a daughter. Miss Re
lief F. Spaulding, and a sister, Mrs.
L. W.SItton. of 498 Yamhill street,.
Funeral services will be held Satur
day from Holman's undertaking par
lors, 220 Third street. The Rev. T. L.
Eliot of the Unitarian church will
probably officiate. Interment will be
in Riverview cemetery.
Mr. Spaulding was a member of tha
Chamber of Commerce and had been
out of active business for the past
eight years. His widow was before
her marriage Mary E. Bliss, daughter
of A. E. Bliss, and member of an old
Portland family. -
Mr. Evans said he believed no
trouble would be bad with the first
question as undoubtedly the bridge
was part of a permanent road. He
will look up the last two thoroughly.
He said that he believed if the de
cisions were against the county's right
the provisions regarding Interest and
turning title of the bridge over to the
state might be disregarded without
invalidating the remainder of the
statute.
nated Tuesday night in the shooting
of Timothy J. Healy, a special officer.
on Portland. Heights, by armed crim
inals and requested Sheriff Word at
this morning's session to proceed to
take such steps as he deemed neces
sary to prevent the repetition of such
acts. In a letter to Word, the board
suggested that all persons of doubtful
character found roaming ths highways,
byways and roads of the county after
8 o'clock at night be caused to explain
why they were out at that hour and
searched for weapons.
"If the sheriff needs asslstaaee we
will back him with the resources of
the county," said Commissioner Hoi
man. "This business of men wander
ing around with weapons must end. We
Intend to do all that can be done to
put a stop to it We also inttnd to
do Snore through the relief department
for those really deserving on the other
hand in the hope that we may help to
top crimes in that way.
"I believe that a great deal of the
trouble might be ended at the Gipsy
Smith auditorium if the men were
forced to register there, made to get In
the building at 8 o'clock and remain
all night and were searched for weap
ons. I do not desire to criticise any
on because this has not been done.
state land board, on the instructions
of the board, as Governor West and
Secretary of State Olcott contend that
the notes should be in the custody of
the board, represented by its clerk.
instead of in the keeping of the state
treasurer.
Attorney General Crawford argued
in behalf of the state treasurer and
District Attorney Ringo argued la be
half of ths board. The attorney gen
eral said that for 40 years the legisla
ture has recognised the state treasurer
as custodian of the note by appro
priating money to hire a clerk In the
treasurers office to take care or teem
Attorney Rlngo cited tbe law. which
states that the notes shall be In the
control of the board and insisted there
waa no law to Justify the state treas
urer In keeping the notes in bis pos
session.
DEPUTY PRATT GOES TO
, . . ona necause mis nas not oeen aone,
CALIFORNIA FOR MAN but suggest that the precaution might
FRANK CURTIS BEFORE
GRAND JURY AGAIN
.1UCH SNOW-MINERS'
GLOOM; FARfilERS' JOY
BAKER POYiTR PLANT
READY FOR "MCE"
Equipment In Place Awaiting
Completion of Transmis
sion Line.
f forgery. Mrs, Everts wee eartwe
from K eemrtroora awUtff and U
rwt4 vr to retor.
Adler oX-larad that Mr. K arte has
host 14 of her lafaSeoce with
coerts eoeJ offered tfc have tile mm
dismiss tor Ilk. Jtm. Evert -
bled thai she had evr nr"'" A4
ler with any ku of a rxittrtv.
eve that a fcea seat ie ete f(t-s
to help hiss la air fcotft we 7.
ONLY OREGON'S CREW
OF 9B TO SAIL ON HER
be an excellent thing."
STORIES WILL BE TOLD
CHILDREN TOMORROW
The following stories will be told
n the central and branch libraries to
morrow afternoon:
Central library Stories for
younger children at 3 o'clock:
Lukoie." "Fairy Kolk." Stories
lder boys and girls at 4 o'clock
'Baldur the Good," "Hermod's Visit
t the Underworld."
East Portland branch Stories for
the younger children at 2:15: "Houf
flou." Stories for the older children
at 3:15: "Gundel Avenged."
North Portland branch Stories i for
MUST GIVE NUMBEH PRESENT
Letters Not Always Representative
of Sentiment of Clubs.
' That communications sent to the
members of ths city commission from
Improvement organizations and other
clabs ere not always representative of
the sentiment of the members, is the
statement made by the city commls
sioners who are formulating a plan by
which the secretary of each organiza
tlon sending communications to the
city officials will be required to give
in the letter the number of persons
who attended the meeting at which the
communication was authorised.
This is the result of the action of
improvement organizations of the Irv
ington district In sending communlca
tltins to the council relative to the
route of the proposed cross town line.
11 was cnargea yesteraay mat Borne
of the communications were sent
without the knowledge of all of the
members of these organisations, many
of which favored the opposite of the
communication.
MINERS
1
SESSION
Deputy Sheriff Martin Pratt will
leave tonight for San Francisco to
bring back C. K. Holsman for trial on
a charge of larceny by bailee of $160
from Joe Andrele.
Holzman, C. A. Fowler and Herbert
Smith operated a medical parlor in
Portland, and, according to Andrele,
he went to them for an operation. He
1 paid' part of the bill and gave there, a
's which they were to draw the rest1 of Violent Disorders Rend Con-
"'o j their bill and some ror mm. tie saia
Ior!that later he paid the rest of the bill
and told Holzman to stop payment on
the check and supposed it had been
done until he went to Montana and
found the check had been used, and
they had secured the money,, which
they refused to return.
Fowler and Smithere are both In
dicted for the same offense, but have
IS
EXTREMELY HOT ONE
ference of United Mine
Workers' Convention.
the younger children at 3:15: "Golden :not been tried, as it was thought best
louen. -Why the Peacock's Tail Has;,,. -va,t Mnlzman'a arrest and trv ell
a Hundred Eyes." Stories for the old
er children at 4:16; "Worm 'of Cor-
bln."
Albina branch library Stories t for
the younger children at 3 o'clock:
"Pandora and the Gift of the Gods"
(Bates), "Who Likes the Rain?"
Stories for the older children at 4
o'clock, "The Deeds and Death of
Patroclus'! (Byron). "Destruction of
Sennacherib."
BIRTHDAY PARTY HELD
IN DR. YOUNG'S HONOR
at one time.
Y. M. C. A. AIDING IN
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
SEtfTHAT
UKVt.
THE "TOOLS"
WE WORK WITH
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This business today
is the result of knowl
edge, experience and a
faithful following of the
principles of the "square
deal."
ft A big share of our
capital has gone and is
daily going into newer,
better equipment for the
testing and fitting of
eyes. .
H This makes for intel
ligent,! helpful service
equips Us with every
thing necessary to meet
your optical require
ments. -
Glasses if needed
as low as $2.00.
ithompson!
OPTICAL INSTITUTE
r 209-10-11 Corbett Bldg.
Fifth and Morrison
A birthday party, attended by more
than 276 members of the First M. E.
church, was held last night in the
church Sunday school rooms for Dr.
Benjamin Young, pastor, in honor of
his forty-sixth birthday. The dinner
served by the ladles of the church had
been arranged by the official board
r.nd at least 200 were unable to get
tickets.
A. King Wilson, the toastmaster, and
others who spoke paid many glowing
tributes and compliments to Dr.
Young. Addresses were made by Pro
fessor Charles A. Rice, superintendent
of the Sunday school, by W. O. Jung
blud, prominent in the work of the
young people, and Miss Carrie Hol
brook, secretary of the Y. W. C. A.
A beautiful set of silver was pre
sented Dr. and Mrs. Young by the of
ficial board, the presentation being
made by Rev. H. A. McMahon. I
WAR PLANNED AGAINST
"SIDEWALK LOAFERS"
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Indianapolis, Jan. 29. So violent
and persistent were disorders at the
United Mine Workers' convention to
day that it was rumored private de
tectives had secured admission among
the delegates and were trying to die
rupt the organisation.
It wag said 10 of them were present.
that they were from a Pittsburg
agency and that they had orders to
seize every opportunity to start a
commotion. .Whether the reports were
true or not, it waa a fact that uproar
was continually breaking out open ev
ery imaginable pretext.
With the roll call partly completed
Indications were that the proposition
to increase President White's salary
would be lose, but as there were a
number of absentees and considerable
time was lost in verifying lists of del
egates entitled .o vote, it seemed un-
liaeiy that the decision would be an
Deputy Sheriff Frank Curtis
once more before the grand Jury thl
morning In his own behalf in conn
tlon with graft charges made against
him. skid several witnesses will be
recalled this afternoon. It Is expected
that the case will end today, but no
report If expected before Saturday.
Governor West went before the
grand Jury yesterday to testify to his
reasons for pardoning Sam Krasner
while the latter waa serving a county
Jail sentence for extortion. What be
said was not given out. He took
occasion while there to say that he
had found Curtis dutiful and honest,
while Curtis was warden of the peni
tentiary, but intemperate at times.
The grand Jury which was drawn In
December and continued through Janu
ary was further continued through the
February term by Circuit Judge Mor
row this morning that matters before
the body might be more fully invert-
gated berore the grand Jurors art dismissed.
SWIMMING HORSES TOW
BUGGY THROUGH WATER
(BMelti t Tee waI.t
Baker. Or. Jan. It. With all iweerds
for light snow-fall B Mater Oregon
broken up to January 1. bepes of tbe
people In the mining districts for an
easy winter were abatterrd lest work.
wnen rrom three to mix feet of snow
rtu la various parts of Baker county.
wun indications for more. At Bump
tec, the center of the Sumpter district,
np to a week ego. there waa practically
no snow, and highways te all the
campa were in fairly good condition.
Now there is four feet of enow on the
level at Sumpter. and It rsnr In
depth to six feet, which is reported
from the Ceble Cov section. Ore
hauling Is practically at a standstill,
and bopee that operations could be con
tinues without cessation are blasted.
At Bumpier Sunday a heavy fall of
snow caused the roof ef the Betrd 4k
Co. warehouse to cave la. practically
aemousning the building. ,
wnile tbe present condition hinders
operations la the mining sections, it is
what the ranchers have tbeea hoping
for, and with plenty of snow in the
mountains and foothills, the fear of a
shortage of water for frtigatton the
coming season are dispelled. That
reeervolrs will be well filled Ms now
assured, and the valley and lowland
farmers have ceased to worry. I
BUNKO RING PRISONERS
STOP FIVE JAIL BREAKS
actel te TV. WtmI
Baker. Or. jea. It. Bkrr is now
the poeeeeeor of a munUlpaJ elertrtc
lighting plant that could prodece
"Juice tomorrow If elty 4ee4
d. the sonars toe baring m Install t
and the pleat liealf rey for bur'
nee a It will not be In wee for eom
time however, ae the traaetnteatoa tine
to the city has yrt te be eotaat rex-ted
Poles and material for the powr line
have ban purchased, aae this pert ef
the work will soon be started. T
state railroad romnUiioa has given
perailaajoa for Joint Ua by tbe city f
the poWo of the Eeotcra Oregon 1,1 M
at Power co as pony end a formal agree
ment between the city and otBfeny
will soon be signed na. as aegedetlona
for Joint use have praclSce.il y been con
cluded.
P-war fer tbe new plant will come
from tbe city' a pipe line. elgM snllee
ef which were conetrocted ef glased
cement pipe loot year, a portloa of
tba old Una end alpha will be re
built this year, as wall as new oacvlc
line to aovith Uekr direct from tbe
reeervotrs and a new ssaln te the city
A f a.ee bond Issue fer this purpose
was authorised by the taxpayers at a
special bond election last snoalh.
W aBfclactee af Tt Iwil
Weehtagtoa. Jen. t. The sr e-
nerueeet aai ! RsrrnleUe Win
rot It k.aa not let taken f ! ro wt
ef W. T. Be of sHafi44 for !--
snlaeton te wiafe tte trtp Ikrx-tjgh t.
canal oe the Orereev. but eatwta t al
low only tbe rrew ef Ilia on tbe t -Ueehlp.
sunnolt will IwtiUM te -,
tne roeuoet.-
Hrllrf r-l.for. Ilgln Mas.
Sl al lae fm ii Vt 'wmI t
Waefetfiston. Jan tl. Htrr a-
tlve ltxKtt latr-odMoea e bill- to4a
grestlng lleee te C. C. Grehetr. ft
IClglA, who wee trjured January 11,
lift, while In tba tine f his eety
GOVERNOR SAYS MILK
OF KINDNESS LACKING
Through the Instrumentality of the
religious work department of the
Young Men's Christian Association,
evangelical churches of Bortland ex
pect to attract a considerable number
of young men to their Sunday services.
A committee consisting of representa
tives of the leading denominations and
R. E. Randall, religious work director
of the association, wfll present to
members of the Y. M. C. A. and par
ticularly to strangers, an Invitation to nounced before tomorrow.
attend regularly services at soma rwi- President Samuel Oompers
lana cnurcn ana iw""" i a. y. or t. arrived at noon.
witn it in memoersmp. i -
The first meeting of the committee f-ni.ir tin niri-irlll TV
was held yesterday afternoon at the FOUND NO DIFFICULTY
Y. M. C. A. It was attended oy me.
following members: R. E. Randall, Y.
M. C. A.; H. C. Ewing. Presbyterian; J.
E. Tourtellote, Methodist Episcopal;
E E. Feike, Christian; Ray Bart, Lu
theran; M. J. Furlong, Episcopal; How
ard D Ripley. Congregational; W. R.
Litxenberg, Baptist, H. A. Ooode,
Evangelloal and .United ereinren.
of the
San Francisco. Jan. tl. Former Po
licemen Charles Joseph. William T.
Mojiugh. Louis Drouiette and James
McOowan. imprisoned for participating
In the spoils of an Italian bunco ring.
were released from the county lall to
day. Their terras ware to have aspired
at midnight but the men were releal
14 hours earlier because Sheriff Ef
gers declared they had prevented no
less than five widespread plots to
break out of the county Jail. The or
der for their release was slroed by
Superior Judge Cabenlse.
Joseph. McHugh and Droulette will
be arraigned next Tuesday on remain
ing Indictments standing against
them. It Is probable that these In
dictments will be dismissed.
IN PURCHASING GUN
Salem, Or., Jan. 21. Boat riding In
a top buggy, towed by a swimming
span of horses. Is not a pleasurable
experience which Fred C. Buchtel. dep
uty state sealer of weights and meas
ures, will reoommend to his friends.
He tried the feat yesterday and aays
it was neither good boat riding nor
good buggy riding.
He engaged a driver and buggy to
take him several miles north of Sa
lem to test some scales. They came
to a place where theWUlamette river
had backed into a swale and sub
merged the road along the bank. Tbe
driver said th water wasn't deep and
drove ahead. Soon the horses were
swimming, ths buggy took to the wa
ter like a boat, and Buchtel and ths
driver. were standing In water above
their waists and clinging to the top
of the vehicle. The horses had to
swim, about 10 feet to get across.
DR. PRESSEY OF SELAH
HEADS YAKIMA GROWERS'
WooM Dlaoontinae Sen-Ice.
Salem. Or, Jan. It. The Paclfle
Telephone tt Telegraph company has
applied to the railroad commission for
permlslon to discontinue Its service to
Granite, in Grant county, on the
ground that that community is served
by farmers' telephone lines oat ef
Sumpter. and at Mohawk, in Lane
county, for the reason that Mohawk la
connected with farmers telephone lines
out of Bpiing-fleld. The company states
that the Mohawk Lumber oompany,
which acted as Its agent, has request
ed that the Peclfio company's service
be discontinued.
Ealem. Or Jan. II. An editorial
paragraph la the Oregonlen stated tat
the governor ought to uae tbe a m y
of tbe unemployed to ee.uese tbe
water out of the mud.
A statement or that kind In tbe
face of the present deplorable condi
tions as to the unemployed in this
state." said Governor Weat today, "la
prompted abeolutely by the name eptrtt
that prompted the salflsh Interests
prior to tbe French revolution to tell
tbe hungry to go eet grasa with tba
cattle
-When the revolution re me. these
representative of the eelf'.ab intereets
were lead through the streets and
forced to eat hsy for the amusement of
the mob
"The governor's office wonld ned
a stronger power than the mllltsry
fcrcee of this state to be able to
sqoeeaa a little ef the milk of human
klndneea out of the owners ef the Ore
gon 1 aA."
WOMAN EJECTED FROM
COURT AS CASE FIXER
San Francisco. Jan. 21. Superior
Judge Lawler yesterday ordered Mrs. 1 ir
Lillian A. Etsms. member of the wo-11?
man's political league, from Ma cou
room, efter ehe had been branded
"case fixer" by Charles A flier, accused
Hotel Multnomah
Special
HARDWARE alflEN PICK
PEARCE AS PRESIDENT
As the result of an investigation by
Special Agent Geren of the district at
torney's office, H. o. Sahlstrom, man
ager of the Hudson Arms company,
was bound over to the grand jury by
District Judge Dayton for offering
firearms for sale. He waived exami
nation. Geren says he asked for a re
volver, and when one was shown him
Program
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North Yakima, Wash., Jan. 21. Dr.
A. J. Pressey of Selah was elected
president of the Yakima Valley Fruit
growers' association, at a meeting of
members which lasted until after mid
night last night. Frank E. Sickles of
the Kaches was elected trustee and
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A committee of the East Burnsida
District Improvement club, consisting
or j. j. ueaer, Daniel Kern, H. H.
Haynes, G. E. Welter and J. R. Wid-
mer, will lay before Mayor Albee this
afternoon their request that lower
Burnside street, on the west side, be
cleared of sidewalk loafers. At pres
ent women hesitate to cross the Burn
side bridge on foot owing to the crowd
of men who lounge on the sidewalks
on Burnside street between Third
street and the river.
The east side organization is con
sidering plans for securing more lights ! be the last day of 'the convention.
side, and East Burnside street from the
river to East Tenth street, in line with
the proposed extra illumination of
Third street. With the lights now on
Burnside bridge this plan will ' give a
brilliantly lighted way on Burnside
street from Third street, on the west
side, to East Tenth street.
stores, but found they were living up
to th law regarding the sale of fire
arms.
OF EXTORTION ATTEMPT
Lot L. Pearce, of Salem, was yes
terday elected by the Oregon Retail
Hardware and Implement Dealers as
sociation as president of that organi
zation to serve for the coming year.
He succeeds J. Riley Craven, of Mc
vtinniiiiu nxirr. T Baldwin. of
Klamath Falls, ' lo rJi CLUB WOMAN GUILTY
UC1U, A- as 9 MV w - - i
Stearns Oakland, Or.; F. M. Sexton.
The Dalles, Or.; R. J. Willis, Golden-
dale, Wash.; F. E. Chambers. Eugene,
Or.: and A. L. Jameson. McMlnnville,
Or. The first Hhree will serve for
two years each and the others for one.
The members of the association are
in executive session this afternoon.
discussing: plans for the organisation
of a mutual fire insurance company. A
banquet will be served this evening
at the Benson hotel. Tomorrow will
delee-ate to the Vorth Tsclflr FViilt
W-. I . Y. . . , ...Ltk I ....
u uio " "vy a, uw promu- uisiriputors at Bpoxane. The mem-1
lting the sale of guns, but was in- bera of the executive board for the
formed that it was a deadletter, and two year term, are J. J. Rudlfin of
mat tne gun couia ee purcnaaea wun- i Kennewlck. O. A. Follansbee of Zlllah
out a license. ueren visitea otner and W. B. Armstronr of Naches. For
CHURCH WILL GIVE
ITS ANNUAL CONCERT
DRAWS GUN WHEN
WOMAN INTERFERES
San Francisco, Jan. 21. Mrs. Mary
Vaughn, a San Francisco club woman,
was found guilty here today of at
tempting to extort $500 from Judge
R. M. Wldney of Los Angeles. The
evidence showed that Mrs. Vaughn
promised to have a white slave charge
against Arthur B. Wldney, Judge Wld
ney's son, dismissed upon the payment
Of $600.
Mrs. Vaughn took the vsrdlct calmly.
She was ordered into the custody of
the sheriff and will be sentenced Fri
day. Tbe Jury reached its verdict
after deliberating less than 10 minutes.
the one year term, they are L. B. Par
sons of North Nob Hill. U. G. Merrill
of Emerald and E. L. Porter of Donald.
LAWYER CALLS SPEER
CORRUPT JUDICIALLY
Mrs. Ida Conrad, 481 East Couch CLERKS ARE ASKED TO
Street, was yrauiiuaiijr uviu Mii-
All is in readiness for the annual
concert of the Kenilworth Presbyte
rian church, which will be given to
morrow evening at the church, corner
East Thirty-fourth street and Glad
stone avenue. The following program
of vocal and instrumental selections
will be given: Piano duet. Misses
Knecht and Sutherland; selection. First
Presbyterian church orchestra; so-'
prano solo, I Know" (Spross), Miss j
Clementine Compton; reading, selected,!
Mrs. Lotspiech; vocal solo, "Mother o'j
Mine" (Tours), William Lawton Jr.;
selection. First Presbyterian church
orchestra; baritone solo, R. C, Bran-1
ion; sleight of hand for children, Alex. I
ander Rae; vocal solo. Ed Krenich:t
illustrated contralto solo, "The Songs !
My Mother used to Sing," Mrs. George
S. Smith. r
day afternoon at 4:30, o'clock in her
own home.
She went into the sitting room,
where a man was waiting for her. He
asked about rooms to rent. While they
were talking, Walter Gardner, a col
lector living at 1669 East Sixteenth
street, rang the door bell. Mrs. Con
rad returning for her purse found it
empty and accused the stranger of
taking her money,, which amounted to
S4.50. He denied it.
The woman was Insistent that he
had taken the money. She had placed
the money in thepurse a few minutes
before he was found in the room, Mrs.
Conrad decided to call the police and
have the man searched, but be drew a
revolver and held her away from the
telephone until he could get out of the
i house.
REPORT REGISTRATIONS
Salem, Or., Jan. 29. Secretary of
State Ben W. Olcott today sent a letter
tqU3 county clerks who have made no
reports of the registrations in their
offices requesting them to comply
with the provision of the law which
requires them , to make weekly reports
of the registrations. Up to the n resent
time only 11,000 registrations, out of
a possible registration In the state vt
V. .... t . 1 ttPA AAA . -
myk uaiiuo LKiy 4Ju,vuu voters, nave
been reported to the secretary of state.
Twenty-one county clerks have been
reporting each week, according to the
taw, wnue is county clerks have not
Macon. Ga., Jan. 21. Procedure in
the court presided over by United
States Judge Emery Speer of Georgia,
charged with ,-etelng his office unlaw
fully, was criticised by W. W. Osborn.
a Savannah lawyer, in testifying here
today before the house investigating
committee.
"In my opinion," said Osborne,
Speer is corrupt Judicially. He Is
extremely partial, too. Cases tried
fairly in his court are exceptions."
I. W. W. ARMY IS NOW
AT DUNSMUIR, CALIF.
Dunsmuir. CaL. Jan. 21. Marching
to the southward, 75 Industrial Work
ers of the World left here on foot
today. They will spend tonlrht in
Lamoine and expect to reach Redding
tomorrow, wnue nere they were fed
and lodged in the city hall.
The Tivoli Trio
MUs Nan Aid en . . .Sopr&aa
Mr. C M. Heath Tenor
Mr. R. W. Lovefrin B&ritona
Accompanied by Professor Hel
ler1 fifteen-piece orchestra in
the latest song hits of Europe
and America. This week only
during luncheon, dinner and aft
er the theatre in the
Arcadian Garden
The Grill with a Chirm"
Tbe Carefully Prepared
GOOD FOOD
Tbe Courteous Treatment
TO OUR PATfcONS
The Well Appointed REST ROOM
for Usdtes and Orntl(ren wt.trh
supplied with both Itionrt, Periodi
cals, etc, make the
Broadway Cafeteria
A Distinctive Place to Dine
x. e. noTT l
t w. unur,
rus iu, rert-
ISJ Broadway. Corner Morrison
AMUSEMENTS
Bell Succeeds Leslie.
North Yakima, Wash.. Jan. 29. W
A. Bell was last night elected president
of ! the Yakima Commercial club to
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS lected 1"
president, k. j. Williamson: second
GERMAN AID SOCIETY
L. P. REYNOLDS, Asst. Mgr.
NEXT WEEK Mill Sussnne Remi and Senor
Operatic Stan
Bollinoferi
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In nr
V RTT
Four Hear Sentences.
James Murphy was given one year
and Joe Thompson six months in the
county Jail for assault with intent to
rob while not armed, to which they
pleaded guilty this morning. Murphy
received the heaviest sentence as the
ringieaaer. .lac O'Brien was sen
tenced to a year for larceny, to which
he pleaded guilty before Judre Mc
Ginn. Judge Davla sentenced William
"Spot" Smith to one to five years In
the penitentiary when he pleaded
guilty to uttering a forged Instru
ment. Smith was arrested for break
ing into the Detention home and other
institutions some months o. i
Frits J. Eilers was last night elected
president of the General German Aid
society, which held Its annual meeting
In the old German school house.
Eleventh and Morrison streets, succeeding-.
John Reisacher. who has been
at the head of the organisation for 20
years and who refused reelection.
Charles J. Schnabel was elected vice
president. H. C Bohlmann, secretary
and Peter Wagner, treasurer.' , The re
port showed that during the last
month aid had been furnished to 885
German people. C. H. Meusdorffer and
E.' Hippele were elected directors of
the German school. George Otten and
Frit Wolff, auditing committee, and
Charles Gritxipacher, Louise' Kuehne
and Otto Schumann, directors. "
vice president, A. B. Fosseen; treasur
er, J. T. Hedges; governing board, W.
L. Lemon, Charles Heath, J. F. Barton,
J. H. Weigel and CL H. Barnes.
I
Deal Water in Los Angeles River.
Los Angeles, Jan. 29. Taking advan
tage of the unusual fact of water in
the Los Angeles river, six small boys,
aggregating ages 37, went swimming
in i their birthday clothes. They were
arrested but later released.
Soldier's Cause Dismissed.
Vancouver, 'Wash., Jan. 29. The
cases of the state of Washington
against Elbert A. Dickinson and'Clauda
Laughlin, soldiers, charged with sub
ornation of perjury and perjury, re
spectively, have been dismissed. The
case resulted ''from the marriage of
Dickinson to. Gwendolyn White of
Portland, the girl's mother issuing:
complaint on the charge that the girl
was not of age. An investigation was
conducted by Captain Edgar A. Fry.
company H, and it was learned that
the girl's mother had some time pre
vious taken an oath that her daughter
was of, legal age In order that the
daughter might obtain employment in
Portland. This fact had sufficient
bearing on the case to cause dis
missal.
of Metal
The ninth annual convention of
the Oregon Hardware and Imple
ment Dealers' Association is now
being held at the
Imperial Hotel
(Official Headquarters)
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Chamberlain Bill in Ilonse.
' fWaafalnstoa Boreas ef The Journal!
Washington, Jan. 29. Representa
tive Lafferty introduced in the house
Chamberlain's senate bill for a f 2,100,-
1 001 dry dock near Portland.
Problems of the
ness are being
carpet tacks to
chines.
hardware
discussed
threshing
busi
from ma
To Give Lake Beds to State.
' (W ashlnstoa Boreas of Tbe JnnraaLt
Washington, Jan. 29. A bill was In
troduced today by Representative 8In-
nott to transfer to-the state title to I
tbe beds of Lakes Summer and Albert,
the state having an Interest In the re
duction of salts In the lajces by a pri-
vats company.
White's Salary Increased.
Indianapolis. Jan. 29. The resolu
tion raising the salary of President
White of the United Mine Worker
of America passed this afternoon.
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COME Meet the Metal Men, their famine!
and friends.
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