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Newspaper Page TextD&lltf OAl'I VXL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY --, 100B 4 ARE TAR : SUITABLE . h: DANCERS (United Press Lonscd Wire.) Honolulu, May 22. Society hero la divided' against Itself today otMha quos'tlon of wliother Mr. Jack Tar of the Atlantic flcot of the American navy Is a suitable dancing partner ford ho ladles of the uppor cnust. The trouble has grown out Of tho plans for a big ball for all tho sail ore of the fleet, which tho ioadors of society wore expected to come and welcome tho blue jackets with open arms. "Tho aocloty women .of Honolulu will novor.. attend a ball at which they aro expected to dance wUh the Bailors," said (Jeorge W. Smith. "It would bo bettor to glvo a ball to tho offlcora." ' i This suggestion caused a storm of protest at tho aucgestlon of drawing lines because of. the consequent diffi culty in determining Just whatunom bors of Honolulu socloty would bo ollgblo to otttond siuch n function. Sonio of tho women of society, MINISTER USED BRASS KNUCKLES (United l'res Loosed Wire.) 'Entorprho, Or., May 22. Tho Rev. Henry Moore, of Wallowa, ap peared before Judg6 Crawford In tho circuit court today and ploadcd guilty to an indlctmont charging him with fighting with brass knuckles. Ho waB fined $10 and released. Mooro bocamo involved In a con troversy with 0. Withorall, of Wal lowa, ovor tho liquor question and tho fight and indictment resulted. - o LADD IS A VICTIM - OF SHARP Bui'dlng Operations In the United. States Tho totnl cost of tho buildings erected In tho principal cities of tho United States in 1907 was $001, 070(28C, according to Jefferson Mlddloton of tho United States Ge ological Survoy, who collected sta tistics on this subjoct in connection with his work "on the clay-working Industries. Compared with tho cost of build ings in itho samo cities in 1900, theso figures show a not doorcase of $17- G34-G38, or 2. CO per cent. Thoy are, howovorK 2.55 per cont In excess of tho figures of 1005, and 40.06 per qeht groator than, in 1004. Although tho total cost of bttild lngo in tho 49 cltios roported was do er eased, tho mimbor of permits in creased Irom 18,174 in 100C t6 184-, ,055 in 1907. In Bomo cltios moro than ono building was orected under It is probable that moBt of tho de creases woro duo to tho financial dis turbance during tho lattor part of tho year, although tho docroano in Los Angoles, which has shown ro- nmrknblo lncreasos. in paBt years, ap pears to havo boon duo rnthor to scarcity and high cost of matorlal than to tho business doprosslon. Twonly-flVo cities reported an In crease in cost of building operations In San Francisco, owing to local con ditions following tho flro, tho ln crcaso was $50,74,844, tho total amount bolng nearly 102 por cont In excess of tho coat for 1906. Tho total numbor of pormlts Issued In 1907 for buildings was $91,502,240. In 1906, tho yoar prior to tho flro, struqturos was -but $1 54,005,826, or -f.asi por cont or the total. Tho average coat of. brick or stono build ings In 190J was $9490; that of wqod-n buildings was but $2294, Philadelphia shows tho groatost number of brick or' stone buildings erected, and, with tho exception of Reading, whore no wooden buildings wOr'j erected, tho smallest number of" woodon buildlhsfs: Tho. .average cost, of tho formal woo '$3221 and of the lattor $1800. In Now York the', avorago cost of brick or stone busings waB $40,693. No wooden buildings wero erected In tho bor ough of Manhattan, thoBO reported being in tho Bronx. Next to Now York, Brooklyn roports tho groatost cost of brick or stono buildings. In Its building operations cost $182K- 268,753. In Cambridge Mbm., vov York tho avoraso cost of i,hm. which, Tvlth tho oxcoptlon of San or stono buildings was $49,693. No Francisco, showed tho largest pro- wooden buildings woro erected In portlonato gain, tho erection of sov-.tho borough of Manhattan, tho r. (United Press Leased Wire.) Portlnnd, Or., May 22. That J. Wesley Ladd, a local millionaire, wa3 Tiowovor, say they would bo dollght- one of tho victims of the samp raro ion nntJ Brooklyn also showed do creases In 1907, although Brooklyn nir.ll uuu uuiiuitiH Yiua uivuvu iimuh " ' .. .. t i w n I...HJI... ...... ono pormlt, but' as a rulo a permit .rai inrBu muiuuiiuiv uuiiuiuKa ported bolng in tho Bronx. Next to was Issued for each building. bwo1 led tho total. Cleveland's build- Now York, Brooklyn roports tho Tho city showing tho groatost do- 'ns industries soom not to havo been greatest cp3t of brick 6r stono build qroaao in coot of buildings is Now affected by tho financial doprcBdion, ngd( although tho avorngo was com York, tho value of whoso operations , showing an Incroaso of $2,915,433, parntlvoly Bmnll boing'but $0310'. fell off $41,591,982, or 2C.84 por.ro 22.47 por cont, ovor tho figures ( Chicago nlso tho nvoTago 'cost of cont. St. "Louis Bhowcd tho next larg- for, 190C. Tho reports for Mllwau- brick or stono buldlnga. was low keo show an Incroaso of moro than$01(jlt Tho flUb3tnntlal charactor of a million uoimrs, uuo to itno m-.tho but dlnim oroctod in Rnn Pmn. fedt decroa80, $8,045,526, or 26.87 per cent. Next la Chicago, which re ported a falling off of $5,616,526, or 8.68 por cont. Philadelphia, Bos d to moot "Mr. Tar." Mrs. George edition book ngont swindler, who It It. Carter, wlfo of tho ox-govornor, Is announced recently hoodwlnkod today eald: Mrs. John A. Patten, wlfo of the noarly hold Ito own, tho decrcaso bo Ing only $149,304, or 0.21 per cont, "I should havo no hesitancy In nt- grain, king, out of $55,000 In Evans- n i,ottor Bn0wlng than that of any tending tho ball. The Araorlcan Ba'l- ton, Ills,, Is bolloved by tho Portland or Is good enough for any socloty In police. any country in tho world." o Tho same tactics that woro work- othor of tho vory largo cltios In which normal conditions prevailed. In Bnltlmoro, whoro largo gains had crcaso in tho numbor of flroproof or flro-reolstlng buildings oroctcd. cIbco is shown by tho fnct ithrtt tho avorago coat of' 1100 brick or stono Vjl 0r I thu i.:: F.? hr - UOJ1 li i.V.i 1 ? "Win. iJ,S3ftin ?8lrt, arT.'iHi MlhTanoll. v"". ehKZlN Detailed UtUt J,. 1 operation. i .0,iy 1907, tabul .? tho0 6f r6,fl. :-ri Prepared by Mr yffiH "Mineral . "" lbereadyior coro ol a aonfuTT'H -- vi m I'lfs Fro u -1 wr..- I San Frnnrl J.1) ,.. w'"nui (Ualted rWl Tho charactor of the buildings ( buildings was $43,638. In Cam erected was roportod by 44 of tho 40 brldco the avorago cost 'for flro-ro- od so successfully In tho book loving 1)0on roportod In 1904 and 19Q5, as LARGE POWER PLANT circles of Evanston woro used on Ladd, Tho ngont represented him solf to bo connected with a respon sible publishing hou8o of Interna tional reputation which wns dispos ing of n special lino of edition A luxe. Tho books wero vory rnro and costly. In ordor to get them to Port land, notes nmountlng to a consldor- ablo sum would havo to bo signed. deal Theso wero to bo deposited ns secur- tho result of tho fire in 1904, tho cost of bull llnr; operations nlso de creased, though it was moro than twlco an groat in 1907 na In 1903, when tho coit wns but $3,327,22'. cltios. From theso roports It np pears that 00.88" por cont of tho por mlt8 Issued wero for wooden build ings and 39.12 por cont for flro-re-slstlng buildings, ,thu Indicating that oven in tho lnrgor cities of tho country tho woodon buildings still greatly outnumbor thoso mndo of flrc-rcslstlng mntorlals. As might bo expected, howovor, tho cost of tho njoro permanent structures Is much groator, whllo that of tho wooden slstlng buildings .was $46,000 and in Lowell $40,854. Tho highest avor ago cost In tho cltios roportlng, how ovoi4, was $60,099, In Sonttlo. flan Francisco roports tho largosl numbor of woodon buildings, 7453, costing ?32,n70',3iJj', nn-nverago of $4371. Tho only bthor city report ing wooden buildings ovor $10,000. 000 was Chicago, whoso 2310 build ing of this charactor woro oroctcd at a cost of $15,702,000, or an nvoraqo JnnjesKelljr noljWin.men.iir 4ta. ! Injuries' sustain b ,&J department P I ny at Wuhloglot al uuuuiB. iae man tu mm uarcijr ailrt. h savlnjrhlsWeheuHUinJ, nun, wnero ne die os tiMM tuble. It wai thoatatalH uenin was tamed br 1 b but examination nntiV tno head thai wu mIW pt a blackjack. Detstlm lng to learn lomelktofttat movementa Thnriiij ifa CA.JHVORIA;1 ?,& (United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Mny22. A which will ultimately rovolutlonlzo ity for the Bamo roturn of tho rnro tho prlco of electricity throughout volumes. As soon ns tho Bharpor got tho Btato of California will soon bo control of tho notes ho forcod his vie- cOnoummated in the Investment of tlm to pny him a largo percontngo of nn additional $25,000,000 In tho their vnluo to got thorn back. It is $12,000,000 power houso that la said that Ladd and othor local book nearlng completion on tho north fork lovers, woro Equoczed for sovornl of tho Amorlcnn river. Tho plant thousands in. this manner, will bo ready for operation In Octo- f, 1 ber, but In tho menntltno enstern capitalists aro making n'rrangomontc to advahcc4tliQ, enormous, amount o capital with which tho plant enn be onlargod. Colonol II. Ray, director of tho Amorlcan Tobacco company, and chlof'backor of tho Western Powoi company, nnd II. P. Wilson, ropro- sontlng tho firm of Brown nnd WIN son, flnnnclal agents nro making a (.United Press r.eiwed Wlre.l tour of Inspection of tho Kroat West, Now York, Mny 22. "I'll rot orn power company's plant, which lo flrst," shrlofled Mao Wood today In Alio ono bolng constructed on tho hor prison coll when aho was asked American rlvor. Colonel Rny says if sho would plead guilty to ths nil tho power that can bo furnished charge of porjury on which sho wia by this power houso has nlrondy boon arrostod as tho result of her dlvorco contracted for, and thnt when tho nult ngalnst Sonntor Tom Piatt. MAE WOOD TO KEEP UP FIGHT t THE 11UHKN & HAMILTON CREDIT SERVICE IS PLAN.NEI) ESPECIALLY TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF TJIOSK MHO Wi FURNISH THE HOME AXI) PAY IX A GRADUAL, EASY AND CONVENIENT WAY. BY OUR lilllKKAh, GKMHIOl'S CftEDlt PU11 CAN BUY WHAT YOU NEED, AT THE .MOMENT YOU NEED IT, AND PAY A LITTLE AT A TIME JUST W1IK.V CPNVKXIEXT, . CREDIT SERVICE IS FREE TO ALL, AND FROM THE STANDPOINT OF CONVENIENCE, OUR LITTLE AT A TUIE1MS50I WE DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE TRADING HERE A REAL PLEASURE AND EXTEND A WKLCOMti TO ALL TO YlSIfl STORE. t : , plant Is enlarged It will bo cnpnblo of furnishing powor in tvory part of tho state. Th lato Colonol Frnnit MeLnmghlln waB tho original pro. "Out of rcspoct for his advanced ngo," alio doclarod, "wo loft tho strongest points out of our enso, but tho next - time everything will como motor of tho achoiho, ns ho was flr.t out all right. Sonntor Piatt throat to rocognlzo tho possibilities for fur- onod my llfo on four different occa nlshlng powor from tho Amorlcan Blons if I breathed a word about his rlvor. NEVADA'S GOVERNOR IS DEAD (Uultcl J'eeia Leased Wire.) Rono, Nov'May 22. Qovornor John Spark, -nftor an Illness of flvo months, died at S:30 this morning. Nouralgla of tho haart was tho lm nudlato causo of his death;- ' , Lieutenant Governor Dons Dlckor son auccetsla to the governorship. Dlclcorcoit la-34 years ohl bolng tho n youngest governor Nevada ovor had. i tho marrlago to mo. Ho Is a big poll ! tlclnn and has lots of money. Thn Is why 1 am horo. I haven't got any money, so that If I win ultimate vic tory will mean everything to mo." -o SUES FOR RETURN i . ' OF BRIDE Jreif liii Draperies and Curtains High art curtains and draperies. Wo woro novor bo thoroughly pre pared to meet ovory domnnd for curtains, draporlos nnd upholstory fabrics as now. Our assortment was novor so broadly comprohon slvo, patterns uo ' nttrnctlvo -.or prices so reasonable. Stop in nnd lot us provo pur ability to ploaso you. PICTURE FRAMING Is ono of our specialties. Out skill In this Un is tho iwjlt of 'oxparlence and study nnd Is re sponsible for tho suporlor quali ties of our vork. Wo also carry a plonslng lino of ready made frames for onlargod photographs from $1.'25 up. !55rf (United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, May 22. Suit for the restitution of tho $200,000 brlbo hind alleged to havo boon paid by ofttclnls of tho United Railways Govornor Sparks, wns 05 years old , to Abe Ruef with which to secure and ono of tho mon state's wealthiest tho passago by tho boodlo board 'of supervisors of tho overhead trolley franchise, was Instituted today by Joseph A. Sullivan, a retlrod capltal and stockholder in tho United RaP- Tn-sUtl Ofllrial Emlwzzles, Lansing, Mich., May 22.-J-A(tor holding tho position of aicretnry ( ways' Investment company, tho hold tho Unlvorslty of Michigan for 25 lng company of tho United Ra ears, Jamoa II. Wado la confrontod by a chnrgo of having ombezzled bo tweon $5000 and $10,000 of tho funds of tho instltnitton. Further disgrace la said to bo in storo for him, for Attorney General Bird will domand that tho unlvorslty regonts dismiss him and will insist upon the aocretary reimbursing tho atnto In full. In addition to this the attorney general will lay what facts ho has gnthorod In his Investigation ' before tho Washtenaw county prose cuting attorney fqr actio-. It Is aaldj that WadojracUcally admits that ho has beon grafting for many years. On account of tho thefts having been so fUgr-ut it is bollevod that no Im munity will be granted Wado. GO CARTS ,Buy the baby n go-cart I ley wood lino nro tho host. Wo hnvo Just received a now conslgnpiout of theso goods in that soft picas, lng shada of brown, a treat for the eyo to rest uppn. Evory stylo of Heywood vehicle comblnos tho strength, charactor, easy running anil snfoty point that mako tho name Heywood .famous tho world ovor. Soa this fine showing of go-carts and wo shall both b3 pleased with the nrults. wall nm Hoiort rour wll M!"! r.l..ln Is at II' " O...V. ni-A romoW ' t. .mhroVen. WfT"? paper department tWJ. delays iamsVIns dersjiboke WTO car"' r:. ! vou,!.f. r.wkl' on the wall P"3 this lrl"?- PA I roads. Tho defendants named are Abrahnm Ruef, tho United Railroads of San Frnnolfco nnd tho United Railways Investment company of Now Jorsoy. It Is contended that tho directors wero authorized to do all legal things to further tho purposes of tho company and that tho alleged payment of bribes doea not fall with iu tho scope of their authority. Ono Killed Tvycnty-Fivc Hurt. Oklahoma' City, Okla., May 22. Conductor Allon was killed and 20 pnssongers woro injured toda,y when a special train bearing 500 students of an agricultural college to the stato field moot collided with another near Ripley. Notice to Ad Clippers Llttlo girls, don't forget that the ad.-cllpplng contest closes Any at f srf- nvf Sntnrrfntr ovonlnff Mnv 23. at 6 O'clock sha. ' l,Ut"' ..w.v .... -.- , . it,-'r. fO l" l"'bi ," --I .. ., .. in IL.3 ' cr that tlmo will not bo counted n tho contest, and that no Buck trade marks will appear in The Journal for tnai-a . t9u a ai i . - . ...... . .. . i.a nvpillUK. " iu iomi uumur 01 aiu. cupped by each little girl and award tho prizes maw - uuioa to count m ads. in by 6 p. m. KMld