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14 THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, 'FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1802. - SEEKING LOST GIRL All (Viount Tabor People Are Deeply Agitated. VIOLA COITEUX !S MISSING She Started for Scliool Tuesday aiornlns, lt Did Not Arrive, and Constant ScarcU Has Been Frnit loss Xumbcrlcss Theories. Viola Coiteux, the 13-year-old daughter ta Mr. and Mrs. Victor Coiteux, of Mans field Addition, directly east of Mount Ta lor, disappeared Tuesday forenoon In a imost mysterious manner, after she had left her home for the South Mount Tabor (School, where she is a pupil In Miss B. jStrange's room, and no trace of her had Ibeen found up to last evening. Search was Instituted Tuesday afternoon, and has icontlnued ever since, but without suc cess. Not the slightest clue has been Sound, and no explanation of her disap pearance is given. i The home of the Coiteux family is , iabout half a mile a little north of east Ifrom the South Mount Tabor School house, and perhaps 200 yards east of the .crossroad extending from the Section to rthe Base Line road at Montavilla. Sev eral other small cottages are near by. Between the crossroad and the school liouse there is a considerable field covered iby brush and small fir trees. By going &n a direct course to the schoolhouse she 1-would pass through a portion of this brush along a path where the brush Is juot very thick. Monday she started" to ischool and went this way, but, as she 'was late, and not desiring to enter after the school had opened for the day, the chlld returned to her home. Tuesday morning she started across this (field along the path through the brush. iHer mother stood in the doorway of her 3iouse and watched her until her form was concealed from her view in the brush." That was really the last that had been fceen of Viola up to last night. Her moth er had not the slightest apprehension concerning her child, as she considered at perfectly safe for her to take that 5-oute to the schoolhouse. It is much inearer than around by the Section road; besides, she could almost watch the child tantil she should reach the schoolhouse. tlso alarm was felt until the father came jto the schoolhouse for his child, and then Reported that she had started that morn ing from the house at 8 o'clock. Search was then Instituted by the school children, under the direction of Principal W. A. Law. Almost every foot of the territory between the schoolhouse and the Montavilla crossroad and the Section road was carefully gone over. The brush In the angle of the field .formed by the Sec tion road on the south and the cross road on the east was thoroughly searched. Then the district toward the summit of Mount Tabor was ransacked. The search party continued Its work till 2 or 3 o'clock TVeunesday morning, -but nothing was iound that gave the slightest clue to the whereabouts of the missing child. Mr. Coiteux and his neighbors kept up the search through the night. Wednesday Professor Law, of the South 'Mount Tabor School, with 20 of the. larg est boys, again searched the surround ings is a thorough manner. Mrs. Coiteux and . Ella Phillips, a young . woman, searched around the red barn- on the J&ohnt Tabor crossTtfan" that .passes the Catholic monastery, but found nothing. It was reported to them that a girl who answered Viola's description had been eeen in that vicinity. There were other rumors that the missing child had been seen going in the direction of Montavilla, but none of them could be confirmed. For some time before she started to at tend the South Mount Tabor Sdbool Viola had been sent to the school conducted In connection with the Catholic monas tery, and it was thought she might have gone back there. However, this did not prove the case. The Sisters in charge said she had not been there since she was taken away. Some time ago she remained away from home for a whole night, but returned next morning. Miss Strange said that Viola was a lit tle timid, but was In all respects an obe dient child. Nothing had happened at the school which would have caused her to run away. She left home Tuesday morning early enough to reach the school on. time. Principal Law said he did not know much about the child, as she had just started to school. He expressed the deepest sorrow over the disappearance of the child, and said he could not give any explanation. It was to him a great mys tery. "When the child left her home she wore a Tarn o Shanter cap, a dark hluo cloth dress and carried a lunch basket She is rather small for her age, and weighs probably about 65 pounds. About her ;neck was a blue black ribbon. Principal Law has done everything in his power to .assist in the" search, and, in fact, has !been in the field searching almost con stantly with a party from the school. The district in which she disappeared lias been so thoroughly searched that it seems impossible for her to have been In the Tjrush. No one in the neighbor hood who Is familiar with the circum stances of the disappearance is able to account for it. There is yet not the slightest evidence of foul play, nor Is there any reason for thinking the child will not he found. She may have fallen Into some open wells in the . neighbor hood, but this is hardly possible. Some advance the theory of kidnaping or mur der, but there are no developments yet to show that these explanations are at all tenable. The only reasonable explana tion is that the child, being somewhat timid, as she neared the South' Mount Tabor School grew nervous lest she might again be late, and started to wander either to the north or to the south, and simply kept going until miles away. No rough characters have been seen in the neigh borhood. She may have fallen and been disabled after traveling some distance, JTo one knows what a timid child suffers sin attending a large school; especially where she had been absent the day be fore, and may have feared that some punishment awaited her. This, at least, Is a consoling theory, and if it be correct she may be found safe at some farm house miles away from the district in which the search has been made. In the absence of all evidence of foul play, it l's reasonable to suppose she is still living, and may yet be found. All the. friends to whose homes she may have gone have "been visited, but she has not been at any of these places. Her parents are nearly distracted, and have not rested night or day since she disappeared. Last night search was resumed by pu pils from the South Mount Tabor "School. It is considered probable that the School Directors may offer a reward for any in formation leading to the finding of the child. M. J. Myers, chairman, said last night that he considered this a proper thing to do. He Is deeply concerned over the disappearance of the child, and thinks that no effort should be spared to find her, if she be alive. SEARCH LAST NIGHT. 2Vo Trace Is Found and Kidnaping Is Xow Suspected. Last night the search was resumed and continued until about 11 o'clock, with no developments. Mr. Coiteux and M. J. Mye:-s with a party with lanterns searched the cabins occupied by Japs on the cast side of Mount Tabor. No clew was found. The search was continued, with the aid of lanterns through the brusli upon the side of the elevation, but finally the worn aad gTief-stricken father had to give up and go home. ' He had been searching since 'daylight, and had scoured the country In every direction for miles. Toward the south as far as Jqhnson Creek he had tramped looking for traces of his missing child, but he. met with disappointment wherever he went. M. J. Myers, who was with the search party last night, said he was. completely mystified over the disappearance of the child. He was Inclined to the belief that the child had been kidnaped, or that there had been foul work done. The search parties had scrutinized the district she passed through so thoroughly that he was satisfied that, if .any trace of her was found there, It would be her body. There are so many houses In the .neigh borhood and so great travel on the roads as to almost disprove the kidnapping theory. Mr. Myers last evening talked with Mrs. Coiteux. and was convinced that the family relations were pleasant. He learned that when Viola started for school Tuesday morning "she was affec tionately bidden goodbye at the house, and she promised to learn her lessons. Gus Vail said last evening that the tracks of a child's -feet were found in the road on the southeast side of Mount Tabor near the upper reservoir by him DISTRICT .tc-j.. - CSC2JOOL. The accompanying diagram shows the district In which Viola Coiteux was lost. She left her home Tuesday morning, and took the dotted line tor South Mount Tabor School, Bltuated on the Section Line road. She was last seen by some children running through the brush that flanks the path she took, as shown by dotted lines.. Her home is' In Mansfield Addition, half a mile from the schoolhouse, a short distance west of the cross road extending to Montavilla. Search has been made In the brush on both sides of dotted lines, and all over the brush district of Mount Tabor, but no trace of the missing child has been found. The whole country sourroundlng is looking for the child. . ' and a Montavilla man. They seemed to come out of the brush and follow the road for a short way and then disappear Into the brush. Mr. Colteux's attention was called to them, and he said, they were about the size of his daughter's feet. "Well up on Mount Tabor are two. uncov ered" wells, which have not yet -been searched. This, morning a detective will go out from the city and look the terri tory over. MAY BE CLEW TO MISSING GIRL. Farmer "Walter Smith Gai"e One a Ride to Oregon City. Walter Smith, a farmer, living 1 miles west of Damascus, was probably 'the means of conveying little Viola Coiteux beyond the reach of her parents. Tues day morning he drove 'to Oregon City, and found at the junction of the Damascus and Oregon City roads a much-bedraggled little girl, who asked for a ride. Her appearance, he says, tallied exactly with the published description of the missing girl, but being deaf, he learned nothing from his young passenger except that she wished to go to friends living beyond Oregon City. She carried a basket con taining an' apple, and bad .evidently walked some distance, as her shoes were verj' muddy. As they neared Oregon City, a priest dressed in his flowing robes passed them, and .when Mr. Smith called attention to his unusual appearance, the little girl .said, familiarly, "Why. that's a Catholic priest." Since learning that the missing girl had attended a Catholic school, Mr. Smith believes this to be an other proof of the Identity of his passen ger. The last he saw of her was In Ore gon City, where she left the wagpn and proceeded southward on foot. " YOUNG TRAMP'S YARN. TTrelve-Year-Old Boyj "Who Rides on Freight Trains. John O'Farrell, 12 years old, arrested for vagrancy, pleaded his own casQ before Municipal Judge Hogue, yesterday, with the easy air of a young lawyer. "I sdn't a hobo," insisted O'Fcrrell. "My father works on a ranch in California, and my mother lives over In Washington. Well, I started out with ?25, me an 'nuther boy. His name is 'Shiner' Thomas. I paid for his board, and when we came to Junction City I asked two brakeman for leave to ride on the freight, an they told me to chase myself. Then I met a third brakeman, an' he's a good fellow, and he 'lowed us to sleep in an empty car. He put me in the refrigerator." "Rather cool of him. Were you not chilled?" asked the Judge. "No sir, said the boy earnestly. "Well, w'en we. came to this city we got arrested by a cop.. 'Shiner Thomas' father got him off, but my father didn't get me off. That's all." "We can't have a boy like you going around the country stealing rides on freight trains." remarked the Judge seri ously. iou ought to be at school, get ting some education, because you'll be a man before long. I'll commit you to the care of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society." "That suits me,' said the boy. Says It Was All Wolf's Fault. ' The City & Suburban Railway Company has filed an answer In the State Circuit Court to the suit of Mollle Wolf, adminis tratrix of the estate" of her husband, Isaac Wolf, deceased, for $5000 damages. The company denies negligence or liability. Wolf was run over by a car while he was crossing First street, at the corner of Mill, on August 26, and died from the ef fects of the Injuries received. In its an swer the company states that the motor man rang the gong and kept ringing It to warn Wolf of the approach of the car, and that Wolf negligently and carelessly started to cross in front of the. car when It was within 10 feet of him, and the car could not be stopped before It struck him. He is said to have been entirely to blame for what happened. THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER 4 GORGS. A delightful trip of a few hours will take you through the famous "Columbia Biver Gorge:" the greatest combination of river and mountain scenery on earth. O. R. & N. train leaves Portland daily at 9 A. M. Return can be made, by steamer from Cascade Locks. Special low rates for this trip. Get particulars at O. R. & W. ticket office. Third and Washlngtoa. SLOTS OPEN AGAIN Machines Swallow Nickels Witii Ravenous Greed. CIGARMEN COMBINE TO FIGHT Eight of Them Reaame Operations and Employ Lawyer to Fight' Law -A&ainst Machines Sheriff Also Takes Legal Advice. Nlckel-ln-the-slot card machines were clanking away merrily In eight down town cigar, stores last evening. Six of IN WHICH VIOLA COITEUX ton-tji Villa JSiAiSS ZIME J30jPl.Z . DISTRICT D 1 r these were run In the regulation man ner, by which the player drops In his coin and gets what the machine deigns to give him, while two dealers resorted to the subterfuge of giving the player a cheap cigar for every coin played. These cigar dealers who have combined to defy Sheriff W. A. Storey or Constable W. E; Jackson to arrest them are: Oregon News Company, Levy & Kallsky, Phil Joseph, Al Harris, Al Reames, Central Cigar Store, A.. L. Tlanelll and Al Schil ler. Jeff Nye, the saloonkeeper who was arrested Wednesday for running a ma chine, is a candidate for a second offense prosecution. The clgarmen are determined to -fight the state law against the machines, and to this end have engaged Henry E. Mc Ginn as attorney. A number of large cigar dealers who do not wish to risk ar rest by placing the forbidden, machines on their counters are financially supporting the project. The retiring B. B. Rich is generally supposed to be one of the back ers, it is known that the machine trade is a .large part of his business. The clgarmen not in the combination are awltlng developments, and are apparently fairly prosperous. Charles F. Lord,, attorney for the Law Enforcement League, was not In evidence yesterday. It Is probable, however, that he was engaged In obtaining the opinions, of the individual members of the body which he represents, and owing to the large membership, such an operation would certainly consume an entire day. Attorney McGinn believes that his cli ents have a good case, as he declares that the law of 1901, under which the ar rests have been made, does not refer to the cigar machines, but to the money machines. Sheriff Storey has asked the opinion of District Attorney Chamberlain as to the legality of arresting dealers who actually give a 5-cent cigar for every nickel played. When the crusade began, the Sheriff emphatically declared that no such subterfuge would be permitted. Constable W. E. Jackson, who was In strumental In closing the machines last week, declares that, as two men will soon be tried for this offense, there Is no hurry for further arrests. Sheriff Storey seems undecided what to do in the mat ter, and apparently is willing that Con stable Jackson should make the arrests. Meanwhile, a. stream of nickels is pour ing from the pockets of the sporting bloods Into the ravenous slot machines. WILL FIGHT SUNDAY LAW. Saloonkeepers Decide on System of Endless Litigation. Members of the Oregon Protective As sociation, which is principally a saloon keepers' organization, and members of the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association, state that if they are arrested for keeping open on Sunday, they will fight the law one at a time. They assert that each saloonkeeper will demand a separate jury trial in the lower court, and, If convicted, appeal to the higher court and again de mand a jury trial. As there are over 300 saloonkeepers in the county, they point out that this procedure would cost the county a lot of money, and that It would take many months to dispose of the 300 cases, and the meantime they would con tinue to run on Sunday. Each arrest would necessitate a. separate trial, and they state that. If thousands of cases were piled up, the county would never get through with them. The latest report concerning the Law Enforcement League Is that the owner of a large number of money nlckel-In-the-slot machines is one of the principal men behind the movement. Another rumor In circulation is that some of these persons under another guise will oppose the adop tion of the new city charter by. the Leg islature, and will try to amend the pres ent one to suit their own ends.. JUDGMENT AGAINST KILNER. President of League in Litigation and Out of Harmony With Wife. A suit for forcible entry and detainer against George H. Kilner, president of the Law Enforcement League, and h!s wife came before Justice Graham In the Mount Tabor Justice Court yesterday morning, A. W. Lambert, of Lambert & Sargent, being the plaintiff. A decision was rendered against Kilner, with' judg ment for costs and disbursements. The suit has not yet been tried against Mrs. Kilner, but Justice Graham fcaid It would probably be heard next week.. Kliner paid ntf attention to the suit, but his wife will probably make a 'defense. This suit has'beerf on file for some time, pending a compromise between Kilner and his wife. A. W." Lambert claims that Kilner owed ljim money for debts con tracted while in the foundry business, and Kilner was ready to deed over his property to his creditor, but that Mrs. Kilner refused to "sign the deed and threatened her. husband with divorce. As a compromise, the house on Tabor Heights, valued at JSOO, is to be given to Mrs. Kilner if she will sign the deeds, and her attorney has advised her to' ac cept this. When the case against Mrs. Kilner comes to trial, the details of the transaction will be Drought out, unless she first accepts the compromise. TALE- OF THREE DRUNKS They All . Began to Malce Excuse, but jHdgre Cuts Them Short. A tale of three "drunks'', was slowly un folded yesterday at the Municipal Court. The defendants were James Hill, Sam "Wheeler, and Tony Ahern. They looked battered, careworn and tired. "Your Honor needs no introductlonto WAS LOST. JfSJZ 2SOMS these men. They have often been here before," remarked Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald to Municipal Judge Hogue. "Guilty, sir," remarked the trio in ono breath. Hill's turn came first. ". "L have -only 1 been away from the Jail for a short time," he remarked, with an apologetic air. "When I got out last time. I took some whisky for the benefit ov me health " "Thirty days," Interrupted the Judge. "I was topheavy, that was all," pleaded Wheeler. "When I got out, I was dry and took a drink of water from the horse fountain on Second street. That was me undoln'. I had not been: at me meals regular, an' when I started to wur-rk, I took a few drinks to brace me up, and L got topheavy. I took too many. But fllthere's one thing I want to say in me defense, I never borrowed money ov any ma-an to buy a drink. It's all been me own money." "Your sentence Is 10 days .in the City Jail, and If you. ever come back here, I will make It 30 days," said the Judge i. smoothly. "I'll Impress that fact on me memory," remarked Wheeler. Ahern was next, and he remarked: "I'm a little har-rd ov hearln. sur. I was drunk, but I won't do it agin, sur. I haven't been before this Coort since July, s'help me ". "You are lined $10 this time to give you a chance to sober up," broke in the Judge. "Thank you, sur," said Ahern. PERSONAL MENTION. Governor T. T. Geer came to town yes terday, and is at the Perkins. Mrs. Fred S. Stlmson, and Mrs. Wald ron, df Seattle, are at the Portland. Dr J. M. Short, of Gresham, came to town yesterday, and Is at the Perkins. ' Mrs. Albert Dunbar and Miss Frances Dunbar, of Astoria, are at the Imperial. Ex-Congressman W. R. Ellis came in from Pendleton yesterday, and is at the Perkins, s. . Judge Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendleton, arrived in town yesterday, and is at the Imperial. Miss Ellen Noyes, daughter of the late John Noyes, and Miss Valerie Mayer, of Seattle, are at the Perkins. rL K. Hall, the Port Blakeley ship builder, Mrs. Hall and their daughter, Mrs. Fred E. Sander, of Seattle, are at the Portland. Sheriff H. L. Tucker, of Yakima Coun ty, Washington, and Henry Oldenstadt, who accuses Earl Hanson of stealing his horses, are at the Belvedere, having come over In relation to Hanson's, case. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23. Frank Nor ris, the novelist, who was operated on yesterday for appendicitis, Is resting eas ily today, and there are hopes entertained for his complete recovery. LONDON, Oct, 23.-Generals Botha, De wet and Delarey have returned to Lon don. They disclaim any Intention of asking an Interview with Colonial Secre tary Chamberlain.- Dewet expects to sail for South Africa, , on account of family matters, October 26. NEW YORK, Oct 23. (Special.)-North-western people registered at New York hotels today as follows:. From Portland C. S. "Archer, at the Herald Square. From Spokane W. H. Lucas and wife at the Bartholdl. From Seattle D. E. 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Payne Entertains Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Postmaster General Payne entertained the President and a number of members of the Cabinet at a dinner at the Arlington Club tonight. The dinner was a purely social function, and was attended by all the Cabinet mem bers in the city. After the dinner, the President, Attorney-General Knox and Secretary Hay went to the White House, and at a late hour were In conference over what the President should say in the nature of instructions to the anti-strike arbitration commission. About 400.000 larks a year are sent from the Continent to the London markets. Ladies' Shoes $2.05 Pair Frank Company Friday Surprise Sale Today the 687th Friday Surprise Sale Two extraordinary bar gains in ladies' handsome black dress skirts at nearly half regular price. 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