MRS DAWSON SAYS ARREST IS TEST FAITH IN GOD Widow of Southern Pacific x Employe, Who- Died Sud '.. denly,' Explains, COURTS INVESTIGATION Authorities Are Convinced That Butk Wag Due to Strychnia oisoalng ; . Woimi Beld la Jail. Convinced that George B. Dawson, employed by the (Southern Pacific railroad aa a laborer, died at his home In Lents Monday from strychnine pois oning, city and county officials made an unavailing search yesterday in an effort to discover where the drug was purchased. Meanwhile Mrs. Johanna Dawson, his widow and the only person present when ha wan taken with convulsions which ended in his death, sings hymns In the county Jail, where she Is held by orders of Deputy District Attorney Ryan as a material witness. She courts the fullest Investigation, ahe says, and looks upon her incarcer ation as an act of Uod to test her belief In the goodneas of the Creator and a means of bringing her children into the church, which she joined about two months ago. The fact that liquids found in the toraa"h of her husband responded to the teals for strychinne and a small iose of it killed a guinea pig after giv ing every indication of strychnine pblaoning does not seem to trouble her at all. Knows 'gh Is Suspected. "I know I am suspected," she said last night. "But I look upon this all as a test given by Uod to see how strong my fufth is. Everything will come out all right, and since tbey placed me In jail I feel that I could shout from the housetops that the Lord is good and will care for his own, Mrs. Ihiwaon is a plain looking little gray liulreil woman of 46 years, with snapping black eyes which denote a hasty and strong temper, something she admits she had until very recently when she declares religion gave her control over it. She is the mother of seven children, all fully grown save two. her youngest, who are 12 years old and twins. ' Khe has been .married three times. First when she was 17 years old she married a ranchT named Robinson, and for 10 yeais lived on Ferns prairie, near Camas, Wash. At . the . time of her marriage he was 60 years old. Vlvjd children were born of the union. Divorced Second Xnsband. A year after his death she married a man nam'd Ira Welch, who It Is un derntood. lives at Vancouver, Wash. After about two years'of rough matrl monal seas she divorced him. That was about ten years ago. He was the father of the twins. Khe married Dawson September 11, 1912, at N'ewberg. lie had been a widower for 11 yeaTs was 67 years old and) had four children. The young est, Ku'th Dawson, then 15, lived with them. They came to Portland about a. year ago and redded In South Portland and a month ago took up their residence at Lents in the house where Dawson died so mysteriously Wednesday. They auareled a number of times over Ruth, according to Mrs. DawSora the last quarrel occurring Tuesday evening when the girl left home in a huff and went to, the house of a neigh bor. Miss Dawson departed on tho forenoon of Tuesday, after Mrs. Daw son had Insisted that she wash tho dishes and she refused, Woman Supported Family, "My husband had only made $6 since . we went to Lents and I had been pending money I received for a little farm I had owned for years and only sold this spring for about $500," said Mrs. Dawson. "He was working for the Southern Pacific and they holj back pay for 20 days. He was making only $1.60 a day and ten centa of that went for carfare. "On Tuesday he ate a. lot of cheese. .kMi u . . . . .. ,1 T ....... T" V. - J we quarreled about Ruth, but af ter- . ward we went to bed and made up and he told me I was right and he waa wrong to interfere in the case. He . alapt all right and I gave him some medicine. At breakfast he ate some more cheese, three fried eggs and nrttnlf turn nuna ttr n..f Fau . V V "He started off to. work but came back to kiss me twice and then re turned the third time and said he was too alck to go to work. He complained of pains in his stomach. 1 got a hot . water bottle and tried to phone for a doctor but I waa so scared I ran out side and screamed. Several women i answered and came to the house. oon i recotieci wnetner ne was con. . adous then or not. We did what we ,. could but he died before the doctor got . there. Says Conscience Is Clear, 'l want the officers to make a thor Mazamas .Discuss Trip to Mt, Rainier KagiatratlOM X.tte Testerday f or Hike Which Will Begin August X Already jrnmber 70. V . The, largest;: attended pre-outlng luncheon the Maxamas have aver had occurred yesterday afternoon when 125 members, prospective . members and friends gathered at the Multnomah hotel to listen to speakers who told of the trip to be taken next month to Mt.. Rainier. The total registrations late yester day of those who Intend to make-the trip number 70 and In the next two weeks enough registrations to make a total of 100 are expected. ; The Mazamas leave Saturday, ! August 1. for the national park, and win not return until August 16.; During that time the highly difficult climb from the north side, which less than 260 people ever aecompllshed.wlll be attempted. At the luncheon yesterday Miss Ann Shannon Monroe, who climbed Mt. Rainier with the Mazamas in the summer of 1905, gave some sidelights of that trip. General Hazard Stevens, the first white man to climb the mountain, 35 years before, was a mem ber of that party. Frank Branch Rily. charter member of the Mazamas, humorously discussed features of former Mazama outings. E. C. Sammons detailed the route that will be followed and the equipment re quired by members of the party. Francis Beneftel and W. P. Hardesty were other speakers. G. L. Brown gave several readings. Miss Anne Dilllnger was signally honored by members , of the party whom she took to the top of Mt. Hood July 6. Guiding the crowd single handed, Miss Dillinger piloted 117 per sons, mostly novices, including her aunt. Mrs. C. E. Dillinger, 67 years old, safely to the summit and back again. She was presented with aVing, bearing the Mazama emblem and a .small dia mond set in the center. ROUNDUP PENDLETON THIS YEAR WILL BE A RE' CORD BREAKER CURTIS GUILD ADVOCATES ' A SCHOOL FOR DIPLOMATS Show To Be Bigger and Bet ter Than Ever Before, It Is - Announced, BOOSTERS BRING NEWS X.eon Cohen and Jack Robinson Briar Oood Word of Doing Wanned in , "&et er Buck" City. Sheriff Returns to Sacramento in Auto Bring Back Percy Gregg; Trip Fea tured by Breakdown and Delays on X.ony Bif.e. Sheriff Word, dust-begrimmed and face tanned to the hue of the pro verbial berry, arrived in Portland from Sacramento, by auto., last night, with Percy Gregg, wanted for issuing checks on banks in which he had no funds. The sheriff looked not unlike a ghost from the desert as he whizzed up to the county jail with his prisoner. The trip was teatuied by all the terrors of bad roads and breakdowns which are the lot of the motorist on a long and tortuous Journey. His machine broke down in the Siskiyous and at Medford he was compelled to wait three days for parts- ordered for the car from San Francisco. On the last day of his dash he covered 240 miles. The trip was made in the car that young Grerr had taken from his fath er, said to bo a wealthy resident of bpokane. The parent, who is expected to reach Portland soon, has arranged to repay all losses which have been sustained through the misconduct of the son, it is said. The -sheriff and Multnomah county will also be reim bursed for the financial outlay inci dent to the Journey south and return. Washington county carried of the palm for having the worst roads en countered on tho way, said 'the sheriff. ough investigation and .Ss52?eeew 1 ' -' " - ' ' ? - - , y I - m. i m I J l'lfi , . "..itVyvCi I . ! III .-N ( v, , -V ' I III f wj A ; .' . ' V - - - v t I W ' "-i y-w v " - "-5 m WATER BUREAU MAKES NEW REGULATION TO SAVE WATER SUPPLY CONVICTED OF GETTING MONEY BY MEANS OF : "FALSE PRETENSES" Ed. De Young and R. G; Kemp Found Guilty in the Circuit Court. Spreading the welcome news that the Pendleton Roundup will be a bigger and better "show than ever before in history. Jack Robinson, and Leon Co hen, prominent "business men of the hustling city with the buckaroo slogan, have completed an automobile tour to Crater Lake and will leave Portland this" morning on the last leg of the re turn trip. They are accompanied by Mrs. Cohen. They arrived in Portland Frldajr s morning from Crater Lake and at . the Portland registered fom "The t Roundup. Beptemoer z-zo-zo, mus letting all whose eyes looked upon; such records know the dates when t the "big broncho busting exhibition ' in the bustling-busy burg" will come, off. "And it will be something that the wide, wide world won't forget In some time," they chorused. "We've got the wildest outlaw horses that even the eastern Oregon ranges"" can produce. Steers there are a-pienty and as for cowboys who know how to toss a rope, throw and hog tie w long horn, ride and do all thOBC In teresting stunts that make the hair raise well. Just come up to Pendleton and see for yourself." The nartv left Pendleton a wees: ago last Thursday in the Cohens big i touring car. Tney went loaaea wnn ,. inn literature, emblazoned with I photographs of actual scenes attend-1 ant upon the annual Wild West exhi- .Honorable Curtis Guild, former United States ambassador to Russia, hit ion which only Pendleton knows! how to stage. Every village, town. ; By Edward Marshall. city ana rarm rouse goi us snme New york. Julv 18. American they did their level best to see that diD,omacy has become increasinelv Mrs. Leon Vial Weds Tacoma Physician Court ship That JUpeaed rreaa Ac qnaintaace of Xlffc School Says Cul- mlaatea In' Harrlaga. Seattle, Wash-. July II. A. high school romance a tar ted 10 years tgo terminated today In the elopement nt Anne wriaht af Taooma. formerly Hniirs anH RmIps fnr Snrink- Mr- on vui of Portland, and Dr. m. " r ik Thomas, a Tacoma nhysictan. to inor Aro Rnth nhnnorort hu this city where they were quietly mar , v uuln ....6w frl , b Rev. Carter Helm Jones at his DrfiPr nf nnmmiRSinnfir. parsonage. The affair was a compi-te The couple met At a high school FAMINE IN HIGH PLACES tv mmbe: yh urn, ana since men jnui nnim ass called him her "Little .Tin "Soldier." It vast i1a THmvi m m ws m 'if mr1tial Shortage Votlced rrlday when Many Bchool tnat MlM Wright married Le-n ary Heturns Terdlct la Case lavolv- viai or Portland. wno sne aivorcea a year ago, after a sensational trial. After the diyorce Miss Wright re turned to the home of her parents in New hours and rules for Fprinkling I Tacoma, and the interrupted courtship i tor an users ox uu Kun water have 7"" " " -""' ' IT-'Irins: of swindlers an. I been formulated by will H. Daly, com- ho"'n?5 t' convicted ol I 1 " -vw.v.vo, bit Thnm. nf Tacoma. and ;lnio eneci ioaay. ine new rules are Thomas Is the daughter of W, T made necessary because of the ex- Wright, a well known Tacoma realty .nit-A I, r wafl I. I nw. 1 . I i -; " 1,10 - 1 man. tncxs causing neavy snortages in the jjrs. Thomas divorced her husbaul high districts throughout the city. -om- ,m ago. She secured a division 1 f ONE IS SHOWN LENIENCY Faopla Telephoned That There Was Ho rressnre lag Cash and Zg.uity Seal for renlnsnla Apartments. Had a fire started in thePenlnsula I t.t ...i...ki- n..n-.t hnMin. tr. I I Ml" ifcvf, va V" -r1 - w. iuibujci rno) muni saiu Lomniii 1 Portland where .her divorce was sioner uaiy yesterday, it would have I granted. wtn aiiiiosi lmpossiDie . 10 exunguisn It because of lack of water. This heavy draft on the- system was not only noticeable In that district but in reveral of the others throughout the city. Commissioner Daly had hardly eaten his dinner Friday evening before he was aroused by telephone calls from people who were without water. A personal Investigation made showed that thousands of patrons on the northeast section of the city could get hardly a drop of water. When Damage Suit Has Its Amusing Side Amateur Fhotocraphsr Testifies to Taking Pictures of FlalnUff Walking on root Bs Alleged Waa Injured. Ed De Toung. fourth of an alleged nd R. O. Kemp. charge several Mrs. Jaya ago, were convicted by a Jury In circuit Judge Morrow's court last night of obtaining $302 in cash and an equity in the lease and furniture of the Peninsula apartments from J, Mon roe .jjavis and wife on false pretenses. The Jury recommended lenlencv in. Kemp's case because of the former conviction. De Young, Kemn. R. D. Black and R. N. Gibson, the two lat ter convicted on another charge of a similar nature, will all be sentenced Tuesday morning. All four were convicted In three t cases tried of trading Llnn county . lands, to which only void delinquent tax titles were held and which were practically worthless, for Portland ' property. Six other men, 8. Q. Matt- ' hues, Ouy D. Belli. B. Kaufman, alias 1 .ivicn, j. 1. Mearow, Ted Edwards 1 For Big Grain Crop Towns In Minnesota and the Dakotas Report Greatly Increased Business as Result of Buniper Yields in Sight. St. Paul. July It. The bumper crops In the northwest are drawing thou sands of farm hands to this part or the country and all railroads entering this Women Complain In Divorce Suit Alleging that her husband cursed her when she was driving an automobile and collided with a streetcar, Nellie Ball yesterday filed suit for divorce against O. R. Ball. She asks for $1500 alimony. $60 a month for support, $500 attorney s fee and $150 costs. They were married at White Salmon, Wash., June 17. 1907. Margaret F. Oiesy filed suit for an nulment of her marriage to Morton L. Giesy. alleging that when she married him at Vancouver, Wash., May 9 last. he was not free to marry an he had not been divorced from Kdna J. Giesy the six, months' period required by law. The divorce was granted April 11, last, in Portland. Blanche Reynolds charged her hus band. Percy Reynolds, with many acts of cruelty, the most flagrant being an enforced audience of their daughter when she was hungry while he ate a tempting and very satisfying meal and . 1 n.Hi.tA. 1 '.-a r tw LakV" duly formed" concerning -PorUnt of late years Has Its com the dates for the big event petence increased with its importance? From Portland they will follow the I not, how may this be brought Barlow Road via Government camp about? Are men at hand, available and work their way back to Pendleton material, from which the president, via Wasco, Bend and Heppner. The were he gifted with a superhuman roads they declared were excellent the genius, might select those rightly entire distance and the worst stretch trained to represent us at the foreign was between Portland ansa Salem.. . capitals? j These were among the questions -- I j T5- nm.r -r ' whtch 1 asked Honorable Curtis Guild Kfl.lir03.QS X rGUcLlG i to answer and he answered them and A Others. He is qualified to answer. Journal ist and soldier he is the owner an-J editor of Boston's Commercial Bulletin and served not only through the Span? isli war as lieutenant colonel but through a part of the American occupa tion of Cuba he also has traveled widely, coming into contact with our own and other diplomatic corps, served as special ambassador to Mexico lrf 1910 and as ambassador to Russia district are tonight mobilizing long j from 1911 until notified that a Demo- Hni of cars to care for the grain. The cratic appointee was to. taice office. first Data were cut in North Daaota t He is or a type more common tn today and the harvest of other grains England than in America, and may will begin next week. ; properly oe termed not only an Amer ;From towns throughout the Dakotas lean citizen but a world citizen. At and Minnesota, merchants are sending 54 he is unmistakably in the prime In enthusiastic reports or mcreasea of life. business. Traveling salesmen report we need a school to train diplo- that every line of business has In- rnatists as much as we n wst creased from 25 to 35 per cent in sales, point or Annapolis." he told me. "Yet merchants grabbing at orders which whlle our military and naval acad they turned down at this time last ; emles ar9 everywhere acknowledged Veal. I ha rAnrI t rt r rr a (n tYA mrnrlH Every agricultural county in Minrte- hfkve never made th sIIgntest mov8 "" e" T - . towara me esiaDiisnmem 01 suca aa siaie nureau. x n5 l T.FZLZ ! institution." ieci u..u.l.. iX In detail- the reforms which Mr. 1 V I Guild most strongly advocates for our predictions. Mnlom&tlf mil ronsnlar rvir ttn tar beyond this. He stated them about like this , "First, w should have a permanent basis of appointment and promotion, as Invariable as that at present main- . . --a ' "This would transform our service Hohody mads Eruption. Any Mors and . what such services are in other 7ople Stop the Fire Bell, Which countries bodies offering life careers Redding Yawns at Mention of Volcano XTsed to Oive Warnings. Redding, Cal., July 18. Redding has become so blase from frequent erup-1 officers for our army and our navy and have therein achieved success which stands alone in the whole worM "The necessity for permanent build ings for the housing of American dip lomatic offices, and, perhaps, resi dences, abroad, is Indisputable. ' We have begun the practice of buying properties for this purpose, but the appropriation is so small that, it does not usually admit of adequate pur Embassy Quarter Inadequate. Our embassy at Constantinople is the finest on our list; we own our quarters at Peking and Toklo, Else where, I think, we are mere tenants, our offices for the most part aituated in the residences of tur diplomatic representatives, which principally re. fleet the private wealth of the incum bents or their lack of it. 1A Circuit Judge Gatens' court during I and William Evans, are under indict- he got to work yesterday morning the trial of the damage wit or Otto 7to i trirf Thwlw 1 first thing he did waa to call the Neumann against Wynkoop Brothers. " ,V,t' r n,. v-v, ..i,-lbv tMtlmonr f an amateur ohotoe-1 unaer indictment In four deals, soma' ;zru .";..:.: : unhV, t h. effect That h w ? ?? thn. n. mvoivmg i .. . . . . . " ""' i . . . , I tne Llnn county lands. lor aii naving sprinanng services. - o..-.,.. '" ' I Tfi r-a. The rules which become effective on tne root ne auegea was "U .,, Mniin: 1 today provide that all odd numbered without the use of his cane Dy posine th. ,nrt1.,.r ZZlZ'7' Buildings Shall sprinkle on odd dates war correspunueni. h d . durln, . r,vl, In I and even numbered buildings shall the pnotograpner naa taenu- w,t . - - " . . i i.i . - . . I ( -.A r,kAAae Mha shawitt Vail I " " w" " O uw- i spr.na.e on even uaies. fnorning a year at0- Tno CMe th,n nours ior spnnaung remsin me same, i 7" .""v " I being tried wis not used as an Indlet mai is, rrom t to o ciock. xne eve- " " I ment but other complaints which came ning nours are cnangea rrom t p. m. 1 Biiinniu m tuihiiu " i,cn to 12 o'clock. Violation of these rules using the cane and unwillingly admit will result In arrest. I ted it to be a fact. He declared that According to Commissioner Daly I the pictures were all too cloudy to even these changes in the rules will I show much, and when they were pro- not remedy conditions although theyjduced his statement was found to be 1 sjaprej t will help considerably. He savs that correct. ah pnotograpns snowing the heavy draft on the system the! Neumann when he was not relying on last few days emphasises the fact I the cane were distinct, all showing that water meters are necessary If the! him otherwise were cloudy. city Is ever going to prevent con-1 Neumann alleged that he was injured Burners wasting water. when a temporary elevator used In t.ie "In my Investigation Friday night," construction of a building at East First says Commissioner Daly, "I found and Stark streets started without that residents In close nroxlmity to warning. He asked for $10,000, but the big 30-inch pipe which supplied! was awarded only $100 by the Jury, the Peninsula district had plenty of to the district attorney's office were ' Investigated by Deputy District Attor- ney Arthur A. Murphy, and the cases' were developed from threads of evi dence which were not at the time con- rong. water hut those a dozen blocks or so away from the conduit had not a drop. Had meters been installed on these services close to the pipe there would have been no -water wasted and MURNANE FILES ANSWER Replying to the answer of County Commisioner Llghtnrr in the $25,000 the result would have been that those 8iander solt of Michael J. Murnane. In th mitstr mtiim wntiM hav harl vwimn iwo years tne emDassy oi , pienty to use all evening The rules which became effective today are considered emergency mea the United States in an Important European capital'was located In a few shabby rooms above a livery stable. xnis is wnoiiy wrong. we are drg(t on the pygtern. it has been among me ricnesi nations or me , found that there are annroximatelv world, and we shall benefit if this la . 40oo mor. usina- nr.rlnklir.a- MnrlrM made generally manifest. I than last vear. Then there wer "Other Rations have considered this about 10.000 users. Now there are important une oi tne most Deautiiui deposed superintendent of bridges and ferries, Murnane charges Llghlner with making the statements alleged to have been libelous as a private squares in Berlin is named after the French Embassy; the German Embas sy at St. Petersburg is a beautiful building; tho foreign embassies In Washington to some extent suggest the wealth and power of the nations which have established them." sures owing to the unusually heavy 1 cltlxen RD1 not ,n his official capacity as commissioner, as Lightner alleged In his answer. Murnane admits that he icept C. B. Pumphrey and F. E. Har low on the payrolls as carpenters when they were doing other work but sets out .that it was through clerclal error and that the men performed valuable and efficient services for the county. The climax tn the trial of De Young and Kemp came yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Gladys Young.'formerly a stenographer In District Attorney Evans' office, was railed to the stand to Identify a confession made by Kemp. The faces of th defendants and thHr attorjieys fell when the statement was read. Kmp had kept the confession a secret from evn his own attorney. After the confession" had been read the state closed Its case snd the defense offered neither evidence nor argument. The case went to the Jury late in tho afternoon and the verdict was reached Jut aftr din ner but was not read until 9 o'clock because of Inability to secure a Judge to receive it. F. H. WILHELM IS DEAD more than 14,000 using the sprinkling service. CITY DADS ARE ALL GONE. Mayor in Seattle, and Commission ers All at Seashore. Portland is again without an offi cial head as Mayor Albee is with the Rosarians in Seattle and Will H. Daly. ; president, of the council, is spending the time at the coast. The mayor left Friday night and Commissioner Daly left vesterdav afternoon. Com m In- Booming House Partially Destroyed; I sioners Brewster and Dieck are also Six Alarms Are Answered: Brush and 1 at the seashore. Fire Alarms Keep Department Busy Estate Fays $77.A4 Tax. An inheritance Ui of $77.84 will be pa!Tby the estate of B. E. Flake, who was killed In an automobile accident on Mt. Tabor about two years ago. ac cording to an order by Circuit Judge Cleeton. The estate was valued at $42. 23. 21. but various expenses and losses cut the estate to a net value of $22,784.!!. Division of tho. estate cut a considerable more out by ex emptions. F H. Wilhelm. an enrlnr of 147 Grand avenue, north. did last night at the Good Famarltan hoxpltal from the effwts of an operation for appendi citis. The body was taken to th lierch undertaking establishment pending the making of funeral arrangements. Mr. Wilhelm leaves a widow, Mrs. Eliza beth Wilhelm. KhinRl Mill DeMroyed. Two companies of Portland fire ap paratus were sent outside of the city limits yesterday afternoon to a fire which resulted In the complete de struction of a shingle mill on the Bloom Ferry road. The damage ) estimated at $3000 for the mill and $2000 for burned shingles. The blaze occurred at 6 o'clock. tions by Mount Lassen that the city them. Second, to men whose inclination toward them makes them work to enter them, and whose aptitude in them makes them successful after they have entered trustees today issued an order against his taunting remarks to the daughter j tn ringing of the fire bell when the when she sent the girl to ask him for I mountain bursts Into activity, as hlth- money that she . and the girl might j eat. sne saia tnat during it months he gave her but $5. Other divorces asked were: Georgia E. Fleming from E. C. Fleming, deser tion; Irene Tumbow from Frank Turn bow, cruelty and desertion; Gladis S. Lord from Percy S. Lord, cruelty. M EAT COMPANY IS SU ED For severe burns to hip foot received when a slip projected that member Into a vat of hot lard Frank L. Rob inson yesterday sued the Frank L. for $10,000 dam- every bit of the small savings I have put away to aid them. My con-I science Is clear and I am only glad that God has found In me an instru ment by which I may be able to bring all my children to Christ. They are good children, but they do not believe , is strongly in religion as I would have them." Dawson's daughter Ruth apparently was the central pivot around, which family disturbances swung. About three months ago. when he was work- . ing on the government locks on the Columbia, he wrote a letter to his , daughter which Mrs. Dawson read. In it she said he spoke of some scheme by which he would be; able to raise ome money, so, that he would be able to send her east, after which he would follow. This so Incensed vMrs. Dawson that the immediately filed suit for divorce 1 kharging cruelty. : Later ;he returned nd peace was reestablished and after living apart In Portland for a couple f weeks they took upV their home at Lents. " . -About the same time she got pos- tesslon of her step-daughter's letter It Is said she Joined the Quakers at Lents and since then her activity In a .religious way have been very marked Dawson was also a Quaker of deeply - religious nature and frequently testi fied at the meetings. Xaouest Postponed. ;, The inquest was to have been' held resterday, but in the light of. develop stents of Friday it has been indefl iltely postponed pending a more thor ough analysis of the stomach by Drs. , Pernot and Huntley. The investigation !s being directed by Deputy District attorney Thomas Ryan, Deputy-Coro ' ter Dunning, and they are being ac tively aided by Detective Swennes. if 1 felt that j Smith Meat company I would spend aes- Hs alleges t ago he lost a portion of his hand while working for the company and in settlement was offered work with no risk. He said that instead he was given the lard job and that grease on the floor made his work dangerous. The accident, he charges, was the re sult of the slipping of a box on which he was compelled to stand while doing nis wora. Complaint Is Dismissed A- complaint against L. W. Wise charging larceny by embezzlement of $162.90 from the Ginger Sewlnz Machine company was dismissed yes- t era ay by . District.. Judge Jones on recommendation of- te district at torney's office and a . showing that wise had made restitution. the renumeratlon which this country offers for such services should be sufficient to permit Incum bents, without encroachment on their private funds, to make such, expendi tures as may be requisite to the ade quate fulfillment of their posts' de mands. "Third, the United States should purchase sites -in foreign capitals and upon them erect permanent buildings adapted to consular and diplomatic needs. i ' "I shall put the necessity of a con ' sular and diplomatic school fourth in the list of needs. . . Entrance to It should come through appointment by senators or representatives, or both. American Centers Abroad, "Fifth; there should be established American centers In all large foreign cities where there is various Amer ican representation as. where there are diplomatic, consular, military, and naval representatives; at least, their offices should be housed beneath one roof." ' "At present our diplomatic corps Hawes says he thinks he will be ! Includes 13. ambassadors, 29 ministers erto had been the custom. Early morning is the commonest time for outbreaks, and the bell dis turbed sleepers. There was an exhibi tion at 5:30 a. m. today. The crater has increased so much in size that it is now visible from here, a distance of about 46 miles. 35 Grandchildren Too Noisy for Him Wealthy Shasta Jtanoher, 78 Tears Old, Got Tired of Their Squabbling and Karri ed an Oakland Widow. Oakland, Cal., July 18.- Because his $6 grandchildren are too noisy for him, William Hawes. 78 years old, a wealthy, rancher Of Shasta county, to day In Oakland took out a license to wed Mrs. Elisabeth Hall of Oakland. Grass Tires Among U umber. Last night was a busy night for the Portland fire department, the fire laddies responding to no less than six alarms, four of which were brush and grass fires. The most serious blaze was at 848 ' Washington street, where two rooms of the rooming house were completely destroyed in a fire of unknown origin, j The flames were confined to the up- per quarters of the house, which Is over a tailor shop, although the fire burned right up to the building num bered 648 Washington street. So hot and threatening was tho fire that four engines, three trucks and ' Battalion Chief Young responded to ! a second alarm, ine damage is esti mated at $200. A brush fire at 400 Powell Valley road burned entirely around a barn, which was only saved ty quick work on the' part of the firemen. happier in a quiet little cottage with his bride than with the noisy grand children. Files 910,000 Damage Suit. Fred W. Dlercks yesterday began suit against the Multnomah Lumber & Box company for $10,000 damages as the result of slipping on an incline and re ceiving a cut on his arm from a saw at the company's plant last November. NEWS OF THE MIDDLE WEST Optical Congress in St. Louis. St Louis) Mo.. July 18. More than 2000 - delegates optometrists, oculists and opticians have gathered in St. Louis to take part in the seventeenth annual congress of the American Opti cal association. ' The , delegates come from nearly all parts of the United States and Canada. . Meetings of sev eral .affiliated bodies and a post-graduate course which will enable the op tometrist to become famytar with the latest scientific tests 'and the use of the newest and .best optical Instruments,- will occupy the time of the delegates until next Tuesday, when the sessions of the congress Itself will gat under way- One of " the Important sub jects before -the congress will be ap propriate and Just optometric legisla tion, to eliminate the mal-fitting of glasses. Indiana Spiritualist Meeting. Anderson, Ind.. July 18. The annual camp meeting of the Indiana Associa tion of Spiritualists, which Is the larg est yearly gathering of Its kind in the country, opened on the assembly grounds at Chesterfield today, and will continue until the end of August Many well known mediums and lecturers are scheduled to address the gathering, among them being Mrs. Fannie Conrad of Louisville, Thomas Grlmshaw of St Louis. E. Watklns of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Anna Thronsden of In dia napol la, Mrs. Marion Carpenter of Detroit and Mlas May Hedrick of Jack sonville, Jjla, . . and some 60 other members. We have about 800 consuls. "It cannot be denied that the world's diplomatic services,, outside of ours, are based at present principally upon the accident of birth. fln the European diplomatic corps family is nine points in the game of ten. In the American diplomatic corps' politics has been nine points out of ten. In such a diplomatic corps as we should speedily build up, under the influence or a scnooi such as is sug gested, training and - fitness would count 10 points out of 13. "And not without good reason, we boast,, that we' are the beat educated nation in the world. We halve adopted as a national taBk the training of the New Motor Needed I For Atlantic Flier Hammondsport, N. T., July 18. Dis appointed over the showing of the America in a trial test this afternoon, Glenn H. Curtlss, who is preparing the water craft for a flight across the Atlantic ocean, announced tonight that a third motor would be added to its equipment This will make three mo tors in the craft and will give it 300 horsepower. The America ploughed around in the water like a ferryboat this afternoon. . The new sea sled bottom failed to lift the machine out of the water but with the added lifting power of a third mo tor Curtlss believes the America will be able to take to the air. Tests wit ri tne tnira engine win oe held in a few days. .Curtlss says he will have the craft ready for shipment to New York by August Brings suit ror Damages. , Emil Swanson yesterday started suit I for $25,594 against F. C Striegl for damages resulting from the fall of a brick from a wall of the Arcade the atre building on which he was work-j lng under Striegl last April. EVENTS IN FOREIGN LANDS Juarez Anniversary Is Observed. v City of Mexico, July 18.--The anni versary of the death of Benito Juarez, the famous Mexican patriot and liberal party president, was appropriately ob served in the capital today. The prin cipal exercises of the day were held at the ' cemetery "of San Ferdlnando, wherein are Interred the remains of the i Illustrious soldiers - who led the succesrl ill--struggles against the Maxi milian empireV , . s ,. S ' , -Reviewed by King George. Portsmouth, England, July IS. The mightiest war fleet ever assembled In British waters waa reviewed today at J spitheaa by King George, tour-hundred warships of the First, Second and Third fleets. Including 25 great dread noughts and between 60 and 70 Sub-! marines, were drawn up In long lines t stretching Into the Solent, and pre sented a magnificent spectacle as the L royal yacht Alexandra steamed slowly Ft Virmiffh Vi A aiusrlMn n II I sttsalll Til 1 CvpMssiMsSMV Half Minute Store Talk There is a very Important difference between our method oftmarklng merchandise and the methods in use In most stores. We do not use string tags (which ean be easily changed), but stamp in ink on the size or lot ticket that Is sewed in each garment the regular all-season selling price. This ticket, with the stamped price, remains tn each garment until delivered to you. A guarantee that you are getting ex actly what we say you are. . ' v. The most important event of Our Twice-a-y ear Ovridd 1914 years 3r IS OeWal9l4K- M en's Suit Clearance Radical price-reductions now prevail on all Men's and Boys' Summer Apparel. Kuppenheimer and Cambridge clothes are selling at 20 to 40 under line value. Your supreme clothes buying opportunity. Men's $20 Fancy Suit in Norfolk, Outing Suit, fljlvf English, box back and other model now P XTT Men's $25 Fancy Suits, in patch pocket, English, box (Jjl O back and conservative styles, sizes for all men J) lO Reductions as radical snd important at these hare been made in every department, of the store. Successors to Steinbach & Co. GUS KUHN. Pres. Morrison At Fourth The Store of 100 Per Cent Service "S. & H. Stamps Given r G