The Oregon daily journal., July 13, 1915, Page 4, Image 4

THE OREGON DAILY' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY. JULY 13, IZIZ.
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.".M'flF SHUTTING
OFF SPECULATION iN
LAND -GRANTS SEN
Terms of Grant in Coos Bay
Case Do Not. Require Ac
tual Settlers,' " V
CONGRESS FACES ISSUE
la Other Xsspects Cooe Bay Orant Xm
. , Xdke That of the O. U C.
f ' - X,ana Agree mwt .
? ; There is one material difference In
i the covenant of the original grant of
1 1 over 100,000. acres to the Coos Bay
: Wagon Road company and the grant
of ever 8,000.000 acres to" the Oregdn'&
California Railroad company, both of
which - are attracting a great deal of
: public attention because of the court
' decisions putting It up to congress to
provide i. for - the disposition of the
lands.
i t In the O. & C. land grant case, the
United States supreme court recog
" nlzed the railroad company's equity of
J $2.50 an acre: In all the lands In the
' grant remaining unsold,- and In the
". Coos Bay case Federal Judge Wolver-
ton followed the principles lam oown
by the higher court and recognized the
Southern Oregon company's equity of
13.50 an acre in the unsold lands. ....
;, Difference Pointed Out.
' The Important difference in the two
grants is thist The grant to the O. &
C Railroad company contains the pro
viso that the lands must be sold to
actual settlers In tracts of not to ex
ceed 180 acres, and for not more than
$2.50 an acre. The grant to the Coos
Bay Wagon Road company provides
tfcat th .lands must be sold In tracts
? of not more than 180 acres, and for
- f not more than 12.50 an acre, but notb-
i mg is said about actual settlers.
? "It is' pointed out that this difference
la th two grants probably -will raise
tfte taiporUnt qutlon: cf whether
I congress, when it takes up considera-
' tion of the disposal of the lands In the
; "two grants, can , keep the Coos Bay
lands out of, the hands of speculators
by providing they must be disposed of
: to actual settlers. J
s i Approximately four fifths of the
i stock In the Southern Oregon company,
'. which owns land remaining in the Coos
' Bay grant, belongs to C. it. Smith of
; Menasha. Wis. Ha Is at the head of
the Menasha Woodenware company
' and 1 known as "Woodenware" Smith.
? The remaining one fifth of the stock
t owned by 20 or 25 different persons.
aCaeK XJUgation Follows.
' The land had been Involved In a
J- great deal of litigation before the
j government brought its suit to have
the iande forfeited on the ground
that the provisions of the grant had
? been violated.
j Congress, in March, 1862, granted
s the lands to Oregon to aid in the
building pf . a military Wagon road
j front . Roeeburg, in Douglas county, to
; Coos Bay. It conveyed alternate, odd
f sections on each side of the proposed
road for a. distance of three miles.
: There were 105,120 acres In the grant.
i On .October 22, 1870, the Oregon leg
I islature 'passed an act donating ' the
s lands .to1 the Coos Bay Wagon Road
company, which was to build the read.
5 In its complaint the government ' con-
tended , this road was nothing more
. than a trail in many places.
To -allow the company to dispose
- of the lands in 160 acre tracts and
give lear; title thereto, congress, in
; 1874,' -pasted an act authorizing the
issuance of patents- to the company.
Patents were-Issued for 105,120 acres.
Up to the time the government began
Its suit, however, only $444 acres were
old.', and .most of these were sold in
violation of the terms of the grant.
Clear Title Given. '
- Purchasers of the , land, however,
were given clear title to the land by
- the act of congress passed In 1912,
. which provided that no new suits could
be brought (o recover the lands unless
. lied ; within one year.
The stockholders of the old Coos
Bay . Wagon Road company in 1875
"were Br. S. Hamilton, James Hamilton,
J. Frank Hamilton. Aaron Rose,
Thomas J. Beale, James P. Watson,
David L. ..Watson, J. M. Eberline. A.
T. Green, J. Green, Samuel C. Flint,
, end A. R. "Flint, all of whom lived in
or neat Ro&eburg.
-This company conveyed the land to
John Miller, who was connected with
the Southern Pacific Railroad , com
panyv He- became Involved in trouble
' with the company and the title was
taken over by the . "big four," who
were Oollls f P. Huntington. Leland
Stanford, Charles Crocker- and Mark
Hopkins, pioneer western railroad men
and dominant forces In their day.
- After1: much litigation the title was
passed ; from them to William II.
Besse, a New England sea captain.
and from. -him to the Oregon Southern
- company,;-which was. comprised large
ly of New England stockholders. They
floated aj bond Issue of 81,500,000,
making a -deed of trust on a mort
: gage " to the Boston Safety Deposit
& .Trust company.
Foreclosure - Suit Brought. ;
Foreclosure suit on the mortgage
was brought in the federal district
court and the land was sold for 8120,
000: It was bought by William J.
Rotch' and:-. William W. Crapo, repre
senting .the bondholders. Who organ
ized the Southern I Oregon company.
" This sale was made June 23, 1887, and
in- addition 1 to the land included the
other property of the Oregon Southern
- Improvement company, among ; which
was a ship. .
During a term of years Elijah Smith
and C. R. Smith gradually acquired
control and a large majority of the
stock of the Southern Oregon com
pany.". Several years ago Elijah Smith
died and it Is understood ! that C. R.
Smith owns most of the property now
' "In 1910 the government brought suit
to ' have 'the lands forfeited on the
ground that the provisions of the grant
, had - been violated. The suit was
brought by B. D. Townsehd, -special
assistant to the attorney general, for
the government and later was taken
up by ; Glenn E. : Husted,- also special
assistant to the attorney general. He
- resigned July 1 of last year, and since
tthat time, the case, was bandied for the
government by Special - Assistants C
J. Smyth and F. J. : Rabb. , John M.
Gearln -and the late-- Rufus Mallory
were the attorneys for the defendants.
This. case followed the governments
suit to have the O. & C. land grant
forfeited. ' The issues - Involved were
practically 'the same. . '
As Judge Wolverton. - in deciding
the Cobs Bay case, followed - the ,- de
cision of the United States- supreme
court in the O. & C. case, the opinion
is generally expressed here that the
case will not be appealed. ; Mr. Gear
in's opinion could not be obtained as
he is out of the-city todays. w .-
- As there are 2.33,000 acres fe-
Judgment for Boy
Reversed at - Salem
Supreme Qonrt Kolds in Cass of James
; O. Kayaes Against O-W. X. V. Co.
ha company Wu Sot to Elanie.
. Salem, Or., July 13. The supreme
court held today against the plaintiff
in ' th personal injury suit of James
O. Haynes, by ' his guardian.- O. S.
Haynes, against the Oregon-Washington
JEtaXlroad & r Navigation Co., In
which judgment against the railroad
company for 8500 had been secured in
Multnomah county ' because of an in
Jury received by the . boy.' who was
playing in an excavation on the right
of way, about half a mile north of St.
Johns, when the bank fell on him.
The court holds that no obligation Is
imposed upon a railroad company to
fence its track against a boy - who is
12 years old, so its failure to keep its
wire f ences in proper: repair cannot be
assigned am a ground of negligence.
A- property, owner is not obliged to
give trespassers warning of dangers
or nuisances, says Chief Justice Moore,
and an error was committed by Circuit
Judge McGinn in refusing to direct a
verdict for 'the., defendant. . :
Distributing Rates
, Are Suspended
Public Service Commission and Inter
, stats Comma roe Commission Grant
Chamber's Petition.
Both the public service commission
of Oregon and the Interstate commerce
commission have acquiesced in the pe
tition of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce and suspended the increase
in distributive freight rates on steel
products, announced by the railroads
to have become effective on Thursday.
The rate, according to the published
tariffs, was to have Included a raise
of 1P cents per 104 pounds on saeh
products from Portland to Spokane and
an all-rail rate of 85 cents from east
ern producing points to Spokane.: ,
. The interstate commission suspend
ed the rate increase until November
12 and the state commission until
October 6. In the meantime, hearings
will be held to demonstrate the fair
ness or unfairness of the increase.
Drug Users Rob
Doctors' Offices
Cases Reported to Police Indicate Wew
Manner of Avoiding Law Against
XTarcotics.
. Unable to purchase narcotics . from
drug stores without; registered order
blanks from physicians, drug -users are
resorting to robbing doctors' offices
in an .endeavor to secure some of the
drugs.
The latest robbery; of a doctor's of
fice occurred Saturday .night- when
thieves broke into the office of Dr.
S. M. Gilbert. 516 Broadway building,
and removed a large quAntity of sur
gical Instruments. Tna police believe
that the robbery was for the sole pur
pose of securing drugs but the thieves,
unable to find .the narcotics, took all
the jnistEuments .they could cram Into
their pockets'! , A , large number of
valuable instruments were untouched,
however. .
Detectives . Tlchenor and Cahill are
working on the case. !
Tentative Jury-
In Avery Case
CorvalliS, Or., July 13. Twelve
Jurors in the case of George Avery,
indicted for the murder of William
Furdy, had been passed upon when
court adjourned today for the noon
recess. The chief difficulty is to se
cure men who have ; not had lifelong
friendship for one or both parties to
the case.
No questions bearing '.on whiskey
or 'prohibition have been asked by
counsel, so that drunkenness has not
so far been made apparent as defense.
County Attorney Clarke is assisted
by Gal 9 Hill oT Albany. The jurymen
passed are as follows: E. H. Abra
ham, Joseph T. Long, A F. Luther,
Henry Schoel, Thomas Laskey, E. J
Dunn, B. P. Cator, J. H. Edwards, M.
J. Lake. J. W. Buster, George W
Smith, W. C. Crawford.
ROPE SAVES MAN'S LIFE
Albert Toothill. an engraver em
ployed by a Portland newspaper.
walked off Alder street in the dark
about 1:15 o'clock last night and would
have probably been drowned but for
prompt action on the part of . Patrol
man Tllton of the harbor patrol, who
threw him a rope. Toothill was
brought to the police emergency hos
pital by Engineer Jackel of the harbor
r-atrol. where it was found he was lit
tle the worse for his experience save
for bruises. ;
Special Trains to Run.. .
Fully 300 'people of the Willamette
valley are expected ; here Thursday to
view Liberty Bell, i To bring these
people, the Southern Pacific has ar
ranged to run a special train leaving
McMinnville at 7:15 a. m.. stopping at
Forest Grove to pick up the Washing
ton county delegation and arriving
here at 8:15.
During the half hour the bell will
stop at Salem, crowds from all the"
nearby communities: will gather round
it. Special trains v from Monmouth,
carrying at least 60S people, have been
arranged for, and while the historic
bell is at Eugene from 5" to 6:15 p. m.
people from the country round will
surround It there. A special train on
the Southern Pacific's Wendling and
Oak Ridge branch will bring them in.
malnlng in the O. & C. land grant
and 96,676 acres in the Coos - Bay
grant, . congress will have 2.469,678
acres for which to provide a method
of disposal Much of this land is
classed as the best : timber land in
the state. -The O. & C lands extend
from the : northern to the .southern
boundary of, the state. The Coos Bay5
lands - extend from " Roseburg to- Coos
Bay, : being in - Douglas; and Coos
counties, . . i . . ,
Chamberlain .Gives View.
"I cannot, see ' what other decision
Judge Wolverton cbqid hava" rendered
in the . case." said : Senator. Chamber
lain. "It is the same as the O. & C
case. i.-" j-- - .;-..., --? ; .
"I am: not" prepared to' say' what
action congress." should take for the
disposal of the lands.- I. am going to
consider all the suggestions presented,
but no suggestion; yet' made strikes
me favorably." . --
.Congressman MCArthur said the
question connected with the Coos Bay
wagpn road lands is the same as that
connected with the o. & C lands, which
is. to find the best -method for pt(n
I the lands Into, the hands of actual set.
Uets. .... .
WIDOW OF THE LATE
TEASDALE STRUBLE
DIED EARLY TODAY
M rs. Elizabeth Struble Passes
at Her Family Residence
Following Long Illness, :
FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY
Services Will Be Held at Knlman TJa-dertaklng-
Parlors J Xnterment at '
- . Blverriew : Cemetery. : . ;
Mrs. Elisabeth Randolph Strubls,
widow of the , late Thomas Teasdale
Struble, died at her residence in the
Teasdale apartments, SO North Twen
tieth street, at 6 a. m. today, follow
ing nearly a year of decline incidental
to the gradual sapping " of old age.
Present at her deathbed were hex four
sons : and members of their families
Mrs. 'Struble was 'bom Vat Mount
Vernon, Ohio, April 8, 1837. Her par-'
ents were Benedict and -Abigail Ran
dolph Shipley, "t pioneers of Fennsyit
vania. She was united in I marriage
or. September 6, 1856, In Chesterville,
Ohio,' to Thomas Teasdale Struble, a
native of Newton, New Jersey. In the
town of her marriage her four sons
were liora. - i ; - -.:f;4-:;
In the early snrlna- of 1872 Mr. and
Mrs. Struble removed to Portland, Or.,
.of which city both were -continuous
residents ".until their demise. ' Mr.
Struble died at his residence, 228 Sixth
street, September 23,, 1909. The lat
ter was a member of Garfield post, G.
A R., and Portland lodge, A F. & AM.
Surviving Mrs. .Struble are her four
sons, Walter Burr, Wallace Randolph,
George Rurio and Joseph : Holt, resi
dents of this city; a brother, Henry T.
Shipley of Willamette, Or.; three sis
ters, Mrs. Anna A MacMahbn- of . In
dianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. Matilda Davis
of Oak . Park, : 111., and- Ars. Laura
Miller of Springfield, Ohio; also eight
grandsons, four ; granddaughters, one
great grandson and eight great grand
daughters. The funeral services will take place
from Holman's undertaking parlors on
Thursday, July 15, at 2 p. m., and the
interment will be in Riverview ceme
tery. -; .' : .
Man Is in Jail;
Detectives on Trail
Stere Benson, Accused of larceny by
Bailee, Arrested fos Drunkenness by
Motorcycle Officer.
When Motorcycle Officer Long,' the
new guardian of the peace at Linnton,
arrested Arthur Stephenson, . teve Ben
son, Thorval Thompson and Shanning
Samuelson last night near Whitwood
court , on the: Linnton .road ' for being
drunk, little did he know that her had
arrested a man for whom the detec
tives had been, searching several hours.
The detectives did not know it,
either, until this morning, when Steve
Benson, a member of the party, was
recognized while in jail as the man
charged with larceny by bailee. It is
alleged that Benson, an employe of the
White Star saloon, .80. Third street,
was given 850 to bring back in change
yesterday, and be.- failed te return.- :':
Following the arrest of the men
Long had to hire a rowboat to get his
prisoners across the Willamette river.
where they could be locked up in St.
Johns Jail pending their removal to
Portland. . --"-. ,
According to Long, the members of
the party were drunk In the machine
and ran into his motorcycle while he
was standing beside it at Whitwood
court. ., .
Owners of Land C
Freed of Blame
Coroner's Jury Exonerates Company
for Death of Aged Woman in Un
covered Well.
Mrs. Mary Jones, wife of C. L. Jones,
who was drowned in ? an uncovered,
abandoned well on Portland Heights,
near Fifteenth and Spring streets, i Fri
day, came to her death accidentally.
according to the verdict of a coroner's
Jury last night. Dorr E. Keasey & Co.,
owners of the property where the well
is located, were exonerated from blame,
although the Jury recommended Jtbjfct
the well be filled up or properly pro
tected. - . ! .
The body of Mrs. Jones is now at
LFlnley's undertaking parlors, and is to
oe anippea ciwt tor iiuntii. luuenu
arrangements have not been completed.
however.
Portland; Boys Go 1
To Lebanon Farm
Six Portland boys left Portland yes
terday for the Big B.rother farm near
Lebanon, Or, where they will be the
guests of Chester - A Lyon. : Heart to
heart talks, mountain hikes and games
will feature the outing which Is in
tended primarily for dependent youths
between the ages or id ana 15.
The farm will take care of 20 'boys
this year. - Each will be furnished a
tent and ell expenses-will be paid by
Mr. Lyony aided by other charitably
disposed persons.
The youths are obtained through the
cooperation of Mrs. . Margaret . Thoro-
man of the Juvenile court and the As
sociated Charities, v
Jitney Case Is
Under Advisement
Salem. Or July 13. The Portland
Jitney bus: case, entitled A, A. Thlelke
et al.. appellants, vs. Mayor H. R- Al
bee of Portland, in which an effort is
being made' to secure an Injunction ra
straining the enforcement "of .'the ordi
nance restraining- Jitney . buses, - was
argued today before the supreme court
and taken under advisement. It : was
argued by-counsel for the applicant for
the - injunction ' that -the ordinance is
unreasonable, "discriminatory and void,
:- Accused f . Gorging Checks. ,
1 .Although released by the -federal of
ficials yesterday after being held as a
member of - an alleged drug ring, to
evade the Harrison anti-narcotic law,
Robert Robinson," alias Earl Robinson
was rearrested by Detectives Swennes
and Matoney ;on a charge f forgery.
It " is charged that Robinson forged
five checks totaling 30. .
Mayor Albee Urges 1
Half Holiday That ;
All May See Bell
"T-.
Mayor Albee urges all to see 41
the Liberty Bell. Ue has Is- -
i sued the following:
To-the people of Portland:
Portland will be honored next Hi
I Thursday by the presence of
the Liberty:- Bell, one of the
most highly prised possessions
; of the . United States. An op-
iportunlty never before present : -
jted and one that Will never ' m
i again come to man? thousands
of Portland citlzens.?wUl be of-
f ered. No one Bhould fail to 4t
see r, thim ' bell, around ' which.
clings so many tales' of. the
history of -American liberty.
Ita trip from its home in Phila-
ideiphia has . been one continu-
ota, . patrlotlo demonstration K
people everywhere v exhibiting
the wonderful heart-hold this
relic has upon themj l sincere-
sly trust that every one in 'Port-
land, will take timet to see the t
bell, and to the end that this
may be possible to all alike, it, m
is urged that employers ar-
'range so that the occasion be
'regarded, insofar as is pos-
isible, as a half-holiday.
I "H. R-i ALBEE,
"Mayor of City of Portland.!
ADJUDGED AS INSANE:
FINDINGS ARE SIGNED
'roceedings Begun 5 After Fe-
fnale Socialist Leader Had
Attacked Police jCaptain, f;
Cjounty Judge Cleeton this morning
igned findings of Dr. William-House
hat Mrs. Emma Golub. I. - W. W.
eader - and Socialist candidate -or
arious offices at recenjt city, county
nd state elections, is tinsane. . Mrs.
lub will be taken to - the asylum
t Salem when attendants come for
her: 'V - I -
. Insanity proceedings were . begun
asainet Mrs. Golub after she had at
tacked Police Captain Circle at the
police station, declaring him to be her
worse enemy .and had pulled her wed
ding ring from her finger saying it
iurned her. - She refused to answer
Uestions put to her by Dr. House this
norning and ; lay with eyes tightly
hut. Dn House said lier expression
was that of a maniac. .1
Mrs. Golub sold the furniture she
ad at 313 Fifth street, her home, Fri
day i and was ready to start for Hon
olulu to meet her husband there.,; It
is- said she was In such a hurry to
go that she Tailed to collect all due
erjon the furniture. :.y.f :
yew Franchises Are Sought. -Attorney
Charles H. Carey " this
oitning submitted, a redraft "of1 the
franchise asked for -byj the United
Railways for a freight spur along the
St. I Helens road : to Deputy District
Attorney-. Murphyl The franchise is
bieing examined and will be submitted
to .the county commissioners tomor
row morning with one front Attorney
R. W. Montague, . who represents O.
M. Clark and others, in a petition for
a freight and passenger franchise : to
Linhton. Mr. Montague expects "to
have his draft of the -latter franchise
ready this afternoon. The commis
sioners will consider both carefully
and may make their decision" in the
maijter of granting one jor both; to
morrow. - '
Hotel Declared Disorderly." "
That, the Richelieu hotel. Sixth and
Couch streets, has been run as a dis
orderly house was the finding. o n
advisory Jury in abatement proceedings
in Circuit - Judge GatensT court , this
morning. 'The Jury recommended that
the i owner, Mrs. J. P. Connolly, be
placed under $500 bond i to keep ' the
place orderly and that the present ten
ant; Louise Gautier, b allowed to re
tain control of the premises. Judge
Gatens said he will follow the advice
of the jury. j I
j Divorce Suits Filed.
" Divorce suits filed yesterday we're:
Marie Scheumann against Olaf 2.
Scheumann, desertion and cruelty;
Nellie Levenson against Morris Leven-
son, cruelty;. ( Teresa Brodian against
John Brodian, cruelty; 1L W. White
against Iris White, desertion; Vir
ginia C Miller against Andrew S, Mil
ler,! cruelty, and., Dora Bezruchak
against Portani Berxruchak, cruelty
j DiTorce Decrees Granted.
Divorces granted yesterday were:
Albert Krumpf against Genevieve K.
Krumpf, cruelty; ..Myrtle LvSewAll
against- Theodore C. Sewall, " cruelty ;
Fred Rellly against Betsy Reilly, de
sertion, all by Judge I Gantenbein;
Georgia R. Lydick against Milton . C
Lydlck, desertion, by Judge McGinn.
I Longshoreman Brings Suit. -Fred
Jorgensow yesterday sued the
Brown & McCabe company, stevedores,
for1 $78 damages, alleging injury -to
a foot when a sling load of lumber fell
on iit while he was :at work i on the
loading of the ship Lawhlll at the
North Pacific Lumber company's dock.
' 1 BliDer's Case Continued.
Circuit Judge Gatens did not ermit
Joe Miller to plead ; guilty to charges
of larceny yesterday, but tontinutd the
case.for a year instead, pending good
behavior on the part of (Miller. ? .
1
Sues for i iHrorce.
i woman
- Helen 'L.' Bihn this morning sued
Oliver J. Bihn for dlverce alleging
cruelty.-: ' . ' j "'
S : - - ." -' " . , m ..ii I i i :
Diplomat Arrested
With Beauty in Plot
- Sofia. July 13. TJ. P.l The arrest
of Dr. Ghenadiew. former i foreign min
ister of Bulgaria, and Elina . Anasta
slew, a beautiful society womanr on
charges of conspiracy to assassinate
Csar Ferdinand - several months ago,
created a sensation here today. V . They
were taken Into custody after two
Bulgarians accused of plotting against
the life ' of ; the csar .and planting
bo nibs - which killed many prominent
citizens of Sofia, were sentenced to
death. ' ,
Dr. Ghenadiew protested his Inno
cence. Mrs; Anastasiew, arrested with
him.' is . the' wife of one; of . .the men
convicted jind. sentenced to death,
MRS. EM Ml GO U B I S
HEILIG'S ORCHESTRA
OF THREE FAILS TO
; MAKE i APPEARANCE
:. ..a. :- . - y
--."r- t-."r. :- esMBMWMMSBSssssMk f,. . ' -.:
Musicians .Refuse to .Play
With: Less Than Five "Men
in the Pit.--
ECH0-0F OLD JROUBLE
Andience Is .tntrodneed to Hovelty of
: T : Undisturbed' Conversation ' --
Between ; Acts.,
Only the calls ! of the candy ; boys
interfered with the vtween-acts buss
at 'the Hellig last. nlght-:;i;v
The conversational chatter '"excited
by the acidulous epigrams of George
Bernard Shaw : was totally - nninter-
fered with by music. rn . :i
The orchestra pit was ; empty.
The novelty of .being' able to. talk
In natural tones,? without orchestral
let or hindrance,; whether or no-""it
appealed ' to -the audience. Was made
the most of.
It was- doubtless the biggest conver
sasione ever held in .Portland, x.
The reason for the stilling of
music's golden . tongue was that the
Heilig management and the union
musicians have not agreed as to the
number of men that shall be fm.
ployed In the ; orchestra.
The Heilig wanted to use three men.
The union " wanted' to: furnish five.
according to its . minimum : for that
theatre, established May 4L?f - .
The Heilig- management, contends
that; the - union can fix the price
for its men's services, but ? cannot
dictate the number of men. : .-.
"The Heilig is the only . theatre
with which we ' nave had an agree
ment for r a certain 1 number- of - men
in the past said George E. Jeffery,
president of the union, this morning.
"They agreed "to lceep seven men at
that theatre for Quite a long . time.
They charge a. sliding scale - of . from
50 cents to $2" for the Mrs.. Campbell
engagement, and the musician's union
has a claim for services rendered by
Its members of $21 . against ..the
Heilig management." ; -
. "Dancing Around.' a big musical
show, with Al . J olson, is coming soon.
and a crisis may come .at that time,
For ! the last musical attraction.
"Sari." the management of the show
hired local - union i musicians , to . woric
with its orchestra.
Three Persons Are
Hurt in Accidents
Three people were Injured In acci
dents yesterday afternoon and last
night. None was seriously injured.
While crossing East Eleventh street.
between Stephens and Harrison streets.
at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Kd-
ward Smythe, 499 East Eighteenth
street, was struck by an automobile
driven by C. P. Sott. He sustained a
gash on the head and bruises about the
body.. He was cared for at the Emer
gency hospital. . j ., , ; :.......
Robert, Christensen, , J25S . . Greeley
streietr eustained seyerar cuts and
bruises when a motorcycle he wai rid
ing I hit a garbage wagon at. Missis
eiPPi avenue and Russell street at 10
o'clock last night. - i
Albert Ferguson of Fifty-seventh
avenue and Ninety-first street, Lents,
received a cut oh thejeg when he was
caught between the " wheel of an autc-;
mobile and an iron door in the side
walk near the Mount Scett drug store.
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Iowa Editors See
! Rose City Today
Twenty-five Iowa4" editors. headed
by E. E. Taylor of Traer, Iowa, are
being entertalnedtoday in Portland by
the Chamber of Commerce and shown
the beauti es of Portland and its en
virons. They arrived early this morn
lng from San Francisco In the private
ear "Oregon" and, will star, for Puget
sound ; tonight. Mr. Taylor formerly
resided at Sutherlln, ,Or.
.CHAMBER CONTENDS -
PORT CHARGES MUST
, BE STANDARDIZED
(Continued From Page One.)
ou that merchandise can now be sent
by rail to Seattle and loaded on ships
there cheaper than it can be-loadjd
here with no freight rates to pay,
This is simply : because the charges
at the docks here are higher than the
freight rate to Seattle plus the Seattle
dock charges. - , '-'-
On export merchandise shipped from
eastern points, by rail, the freight rates
are the same both to Portland and to
Puget sound. , Accordingly, the lower
dock charges at Seattle are sufficient
to cause the routing of shipments away
from Anrt.land a..,.-t.
There is now being' conducted at
Seattle a hearing on the standardlza
tion; of, dock charges throughout the
Pacific .coast ports. Participating in
this are .T. V. O'Connor, president of
the . International : Longshoremen's
union, John dCeene, president of the
Pacific - division, and Andy Mad sen.
secretary ox tne f aciric - coast long,
shoremen. . .. - .--i . - ,
! Kearinr to Be Continued. "
Portland representatives were ex-
ciuaea - rrom - this hearing , but the
union - leaders within a few days will
transfer their - investigations to , this
port. It has long been known that
the wages paid, here for handling car
goes are far in excess of those at any
other paeitic port. -Whether the solu
tion of the discrimination problem will
be in the raising of wages at - other
ports or the reduction of wages at this
port remains to be worked out
The principal point the - Chamber's
directors - are concerned, with is that
the charges be : made uniform. ; To do
this, every shipper will be called upon
to stand x by the executive committee
and present a united front.
The matter of dock charge dlscrimi
nation is but , one of . the problems
which the -executive committee is at
tacking to put Portland back into her
own. The - whole situation - has been
presented to the directors and its
varied phases will be acted on in se
quence, following investigations that
ere now going forward.. .
Divorce Suits Filed.
' Divorce, .suits filed this , morning
were:,. - E. L. Cloose " against . Edna
Cloose,' desertion;; Addle. M. Websler
against W. M. Webster, cruelty; Maude
Reed against An tone Reed, desertion.
On Trial for Crime :
, Committed in 1868
Taax Hen : Charged With Murdering
Oattlemam and Son and Burying
990,000 on rant ia low.
Bedford. Iowa. July It. (tJ. P.
The clans were . gathering here today
for one of . the most unique 'trials in
the history of American' courts when
four men must face .charges of mur
der a the result 'of a crime commit
ted in 1 868. ... All are now old men.
That a wealthy cattleman and his .eon
were - killed and $90,000 buried on a
farm - near here, became known only
when suit was brought by Samuel An
derson, claimant of part of the treas
ure.
Muttered threats-were heard against
Anderson here today. He is held re
sponsible : for the . arrest - of - Bates
Huntsman, Samuel Scrivner- and John
and Henry Damewood, the men to be
tried. The trial was scheduled to open
this morning, but was postponed until
7 o'clock tonight,, owing to washouts
having delayed the arrival f wit
nesses for the state.
Attorney General Cosson, it Is said.
Intends to Inform the-' court -that be
will not participate in the prosecution
of the "men. Samuel Scrivner was on
the verge of collapse today, and the
other- defendants - have been s deeply
stirred by the charges brought against
them, ".v Sensational stories have been
told of how the f our men murdered
the cattleman and his son, buried their
bodies and - then- burled - the treasure
chest where It was: recently recovered.
' - . Jesse James Not There.
Dallas. Texas. July 13 (U. P.)
Jesse James, one of the leaders of the
famous James boys' gang of Missouri,
was in Texas in ,1868, and could not
have had anything te do with the $90,-
0C0 treasure chest unearthed near Bed
ford, -Iowa, which resulted In the four
men being charged with murder, ac
cording to W.'W. Bowen, here today.
It has been said that the James boys
made frequent tips In an effort to
find the treasure chest, but Bowen,
-who knew Jesse James, . declared the
former bandit, had no connection with
the case. .:..'..;::'
Chamberlain Starts
On Trip Tomorrow
Senator Chamberlain will leave to
morrow night for Wallowa county. He
will go as far as Joseph, near Wallowa
lake. - Then he will - go to Burns and
spend some time in Harney county.
His trip is for the purpose of getting
into personal touch with all the in
terests of the state. : i
"To our grand old
r Liberty
ye
- H.fl X ,1 1 - - - a. t- sisa - w uii is
- I 1
sLJas
Sc at all fountains
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HERE'S; a straight tip from Bettie Bubbles about the
number of gallons that will flow thru the Never -
Emptying Celro-Kofa Bottle : v
"At the rate of one gallon a minute (which is about' the actual time it
takes), 60 gallons would flow through each hour, or 18,000 gallons in 300
hour." BETTIE BUBBLES.
See the handsome prizes and the flowing bottle In various downtown show windows. You'll find esti
mate cards at all fountains.. Get one fill it in and leave at any fountain, and you have the same
chance as anyone else to get one of the following handsome prizes donated by the progressive mer
chants named: s ,
25.00 Brass Bed. . . . .Powers Furniture Co.:
, 25.00 Violin . Graves Music Co.
12.60 Muriel Cigars (100 Best Size) .
i . i Hart Cigar Co.
. 13.00 Ladles Traveling Bag. i ...............
..Portland Trunk Mrg.-'Co., Jrd and Pine
' 12.00 Folding Camp Stove.
:-.,. , ..Western Hardware & Autd Supply Co.
12.00 Hand Carved Meerschaum Pipe
. Big. Sichef & Co., 92 Sd
12.00 Case of White Rock 100 Pints) . . ......
' . .;....;Whjte Bock Mineral Springs Co.,;
10 00 Pair Gold Slippers (size .to suit) . . . -. . . . .
, j, - - . . ...... . . . .Knight Shoe Co.
10.00 Silk Umbrella ...JBuffum & Pendleton
t bottles for family use at
t .
PASTEUR TREATMENT
BONG ADMINISTERED
TO EIGHT
Those Under Special s Care
Are Victims of Bites Trom
..Mad . Dogs and Coyotes.
FOUR CHILDREN BRITTEN
Canine Had Seen Tied to a Post, But
; Got Away and Attacked '
' '- Children,' - - -
Sight persons are today being ad
ministered the Pasteur treatment as a
result of. being bitten by mad dogs
and coyotes within the past two
weeks. In several Instances the treat
ment today is the first that, has been
given these patients.
Those who are receiving treatment
are Gladys Ritzlaff. bitten by a mad
dog owned by Dr. S. D. Vincent of Tl
gard. Or., July $; two small sons of Dr.
Vincent, bitten at. the same time; Theo
dore Kessler, 4 years old,' bitten by the
same dog ; ; E. T. Wilson, Robert Evans,
Charles Ballard and Charles M. Ferris,
employes of federal 'irrigation.; project
at Hermiston, bitten , by mad ; coyote
while sleeping. i .
B. M. Ferguson, a .rancher, of Inde
pendence, Or., who handled, stock ' in
fected with rabies,, finished- the Pas
teur treatment yesterday and will re
turn to his home today.
Of the children bitten by Dr. Vin
cent's dog, ' Gladys Ritzlaff sustained
the -most serious bites. The Qog had
been tied to- a post, .-but had broken
his chain and in the rampage following
bit the four children.
Dr. White this morning received
from. Carlton and McCoy, Or.; heads of
dogs believed - to have been infected
with rabies. The head of a cow from
Independence was also received. These
are being 'examined today, - t
Violation' of . Food Law, Alleged.
William Rlchtertch, - a dairyman,
charged with ; attempting to sell for
food' purposes the carcass of a cow
that had died from "milk fever," will
be tried before Municipal Judge Stev
enson .Thursday. . Rich terlch was ar
rested , by Market Inspector Melton
yesterday at First and Sheridan
streets. . - ' 1
NOTE THE HARMONY t
"First
First
PERSONS
7.00 Silver Plated Fruit Comport. . . i ........
.....Portland Auto Lamp Co., 610 AMer
COO Case (24 Pts. Kon-Alcohollc Apple Julc
...Blumauer & Hoeh
6.00 Fishing Rod and Reel. ...Hudson Arms Co.
6.00 El Orilstovo "Hot Point" Klectrtc Cooker
- - - Stubbn Electrlo Co.
' 6 00 German Chsracter DolU . . . .Celro-Kola Co
J.76 Carton 60-50 Cigarettes (26. boxes)
-"' i'l"yJS,lf ty Cigarette Co.
v t.OO Pair Moccasins
......Schumacher Fur. Co., 232 Third St.
'2.60 Baseball and Bat ....Celro-Kola. Co.
' 1.60 Box (30 I'kgs.) Bcotmlntfl. ... .Kcotmint Co
: 1.10 Can Monte Crlsto Coffee i Lbn.) . . . . . . '.
, . , - i..rJ... .Marks Coffee Co.; 252 Third St.
American Soda Works. Esrt 561, C-2H9,
- - 311, A-6004. .
Laundrymen to
Meet in Portland
Satlonal Convention to Be Held la
Portland July 19 to 23; Big Xa
tertainment Planned. ' . .'
The' Laundrymen's' National,' which
holds Its thirty-second annual conven
tion from July 18 to 22 in Portland,
will be one of the largest attended
conventions so far' as numbers go, to
be held here this year.'
The local -Laundrymen's club ls-en-deavoring
to make this meeting a
great success, as they are desirous of
showing their eastern brethren how
things are done in the '"wild and
woolly west." - '-
A picnic will be given at Bonne-,
vllle Wednesday. July 21. at which the
feature will be barbecued Chinook sal
mon, fresh from the nets of the Co
lumbia fishermen.
The convention will -be ' held In the
Armory, where every preparation has
been made for the comfort of attend
ing delegates. The allied trades will
have booths for a display of. machi-
m v. . A ....-II.. . . n . V M V. mi.11
regulated laundry.
. The Multnomah hotel is headquar
ters for the eastern delegations. The
Imperial and the Oregon hotels 4wUi
accommodate the coast visitors. -
Boat rides up the Columbia, auto
rides on the scenic highways, a trip
on the' Bull Run electric railroad and
many other Interesting things are
planned for the entertainment of those
attending the meetings of 'the L. N. A.
of A. i Tha i Portland Laundrymen's
club, togetherwith the entire Paclfio
coas't delegation, are the hosts.'
Masonic Meetings Tonlglit. : ,
The following Masonic meetings in
Portland are announced for tonight:
Washington commandery. Knights
Templar. Kast Burnsida and Kixhth;
Hawthorne lodge No. Ill, Masonio
Temple, Fellow Craft degree, special
communication; Imperial lodge No.
159, Masonlo Temple, Informal; Corin
thian chapter. Order Eastern Star, Ma
sonic Temple; Multnomah chapter,
Order Eastern Star, Kenton; Sell wood
chapter, Order Eastern Star, Sellwood.
Fined -for . Speeding.
Charged with making 40 miles an
hour on Kast Thirteenth street near
Spokane avenue Suuday night, F. J.
Carpenter, chauffeur for E. Cooking
bam, was - fined 10 by Municipal
juuge eievenson inn morning.
Successor to AH
The automobile is new successor to
many modes of transportation. The
big price reductions make it possible
for you , to own one. Turn to The
Journal's automobile classified adver
tising columns and become reaured.
I Adv.)
for Liberty"
for Thirst"
or at Cairo-Sola Company. XTaln
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