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-4 TIIE MORX'Df G . OREGONIAX, . TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1908. HITCHCOCK FREE, GIRL A PRISONER Confession of Perjury Puts Gerry Society Agents in a Bad Light. FORCED TO MAKE CHARGES l'lora Whinton Says Hitchcock Never Harmed Her. but Affnt Intimi dated Her Into Making False Charges Against the Actor. XBW YORK, March 1. Admission by Flora Whislon that she had testified falsrly against Raymond Hitehcork to day caused the acquittal of the latter on charR-f of crimes against Ellen von Haben and Klora Whiston on a charge of perjury. Her etory severely reflect on an ajcent of the Gerry society, and Justice Blanchard sugrg'eeted that the District Attorney Inquire Into it. Mr. Oarvan had read to the Jury Miss "WhiFton's testimony given before the grand jury. When he had finished Mr. Garvan akd her if it were true. It waa not," aid the witness. "Mr. Hitchcock never harmed me. I told to the grand Jury the story the Gerry agent told rrie to tell." "Didn't you repeat some of that state ment to mo in my office?" asked Mr. Garvan. Mips Whiston' s reply whs Inaudible. She, then swore that an agent of the Gerry Society had frightened her Into making- the charges against Hitchcock. "He threatened to take me away from home to separate me from my mother if I did not tell that story," said the girl in a sobbing voice when asked why she had made the charges against Hitch cock before the grand jury. The girl said the only person to whom she had told the truth concern ing her relations with Hitchcock was her stepfather. . It was after the step father had been called to the witness stand and testified that the girl had assured him that Hitchcock never had ill-treated her that Assistant District Attorney Garvan moved for the dis missal of the case. It has not yet been determined what action will be taken on the remaining Indictments against Hitchcock. Flora Whiston was arraigned in the Tombs Police Court on the charge of perjury and held in $5000 bail for ex amination tomorrow. In default of ball she was locked up In the Tombs. At the office of the Gerry Society Superintendent Jenkins said he had nothing to say concerning the charges made by the girl against one of the society's agents. FAIL, TO PUT UP DEFICIT Aspen Hank Officers Inaction Causes Bank to Close. ASPEX, Colo., March 16. The Peo ple's National hank of this city was closed today by order of the Comptrol ler of the Currency, in consequence of the failure of Its officers to put up $25,000 In order to make up the cap ital which was Impaired recently by a loan of $40,000 by ex-Cashier Pomphrey, who was arrested last week In Kansas City, on a charge growing out of this transaction. The bank has $26,000 cap ital and about $14,000 cash on hand. lrcsser Accused of Fraud. NEW YORK. March 16. Daniel T-eroy Grosser, who was president of the Trust Company of the Republic, which went into liquidation several years ago, was arrested today on a warrant charging him with misappropriation of $4000. He was arraigned in court and paroled In the custody of his counsel. Mr. Dresser was prominent in the dry goods trade of this city, and the Trust Company of the Republic, with which he was connected, had a large share in the promotion of the United States . Ship building Company. ACQUITS AND EMBRACES Jury Slums Approval of Boy's le fonsc of Mother. SACRA MK.VTO. March 16. Aftrr ac quitting; U K. Wlnsby. a youth rharfted with nfsault with attempt to kill In Judfca Hlnson's court todav. the lurv embraced him. The Judire thanked the jury for Its verdict and expressed Kratlrirntion at the attitude of District Attorney Atkinson In handling; the mso with rcftard to humanity as well as meeting; the due ends of Justice. The boy was charged with stabbing; a man named Volhack. who repeatedly applied the vilest epithets to his mother In a public place. Volback dis appeared after netting out of the hos pital, but said he deserved all he grot and had no wish to prosecute the lad. THREAT TO KILL PREACHER Fearlnj? Not Buckshot. He M ill Still Klpht Liquor. STEAMBOAT SFRINOS, Colo.. March !. Rev. 11. S. Tyford. pastor of the Methodist Kplscopal Church here, found an anonymous message scrawled on a piece of wrapping paper and pinned to a bag of buckshot In the vestibule last evening, warning him that he would be "tilled with shot unless he stopped preaching against the liquor Interests. Mr. Tyford read the warning from the pulpit and announced that he would de liver another temperance lecture next Sunday. BRYAN MAKES SPEECHES leaves on Kastern Tour St. Pat rick's Iay In Chicago. IJNOOLN, Neb., Maroh 16. W. J. Bryan left today for Chicago, where he will deliver the i?t. Patrick's day address tomorrow. Jle will make an address in Peoria March IS, and will then return to Chicago the following day. He will be at Bloomington, 111., March 30, Covington, Ky., March 21. and mill then go to Rich mond, making two stops in Virginia on the way. He will be in Pittsburg March J7. He will mop at Parkefsburg, W. Va., March and will then go to Kansas City, where he will speak March 30. He will return to Lincoln on the following day and will entertain th Democratic editors at a banquet at the Lindell Hotel. Early la April be will take a trip through Iowa, Kansas, Colorado t and Nebraska. He will be In Kansas City April S and will visit Denver April . Hughes After Iowa Ielegates. DES MOINES, la., March 16. A letter from. the Hughes Campaign League, of New York City, was received by tha Savery Hotel management yesterday making definite reservation of apart ments during the state convention this week, and which will be utilized by representatives of Governor Hughes in an effort to prevent instructions for Secretary Taft. Friends of Secretary Taft are confident that the convention will adopt strong instructions for their candidate, believing that without re gard to factional lines, a proposition to instruct would have a large ma jority. Populists to Name La Follette. EMPORIA, Kan.. March 16. E. S. Waterbury, of Emporia, Populist Na tional Committeeman from Kansas, and delegate to his party's National Conven tion at St. Louis, is quoted as saying, In the course of an interview here today, that United States Senator Robert M. La Follette, of Wisconsin, would be nom inated on the first ballot for President by the Populists. He stated further that Senator La Follette would not be given a chance to accept or refuse the nom ination until after the Republican Na tional Convention is held. SOLDIER BflyS PLAY POKER POLICE CONDUCT. RAID. .OX SPO KANE ARMORY, Kind Eleven Men of National Guard Around Tables Lecture Them Se verely and Then Let Them Go. SPOKANE, Wash.; March 3 (Spe cial.) When Chief of Police Miles and a detective swooped down on the State Armory last night they found 11 members of the National . Guard playing poker. There was a mild scramble when the offlcers entered the room. After lecturing; the state sol diers the officers departed without making any arrests. Of the 11 men in the game, eight were non-commissioned officers, and their warrants were revoked and they were reduced today by Captain Denton M. Crow. ' Says His Children Kidnaped Him. CHICAGO, March 16. Edward H. Jack, a millionaire of Peoria, says he was kept prisoner In the Palmer House for two weeks last . January, his property handed over to a trust company under a deed of trust he says he is Ignorant of having signed, and was "surreptitiously, and by threats of violence taken to Cali fornia and secreted there." Hla children, who are fighting for his estate, are Mrs. Anna Bowyer, of Chicago, a divorcee; Mrs. Minnie H. Young, of St. Louis, also a divorcee; Leila A. Howe, Mrs. Rose J. MacGonigle, Edward Roy, Jack and Noel H. Jack. They have asked to have a trustee appointed on the ground that the old man is mentally unbalanced. Mr. Jack once owned the site of the Chi cago Board of Trade building. Stranded Steamer Breaking I7p. WOODS HOLE, Mass., March 16. The sou t h west gale of yesterday and last night bore heavily upon the steamer Silva, which ran on Sow and Pigs Reef Saturday, and at dawn today the vessel had settled nearly to the upper deck, seemingly Indicating that the greater por tion of the bottom had been torn away. The wrecking outfit from New York, reinforced by another tug and lighter, was alongside early today, and the work of rescue was resumed. The work was attended with considerable difficulty ow ing to the heavy sea. Trial of General Home Begins. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 16. The trial of General R. C. Home, charged with the killing of H. J. Groves, manag ing editor of the Kansas City Poet, be gan In the Criminal Court here today. On November 23 last General Home, who was vice-president of the Post Publish ing Company, shot Groves and wounded O. D. "Woodward, part owner. Groves died three days later, but Woodward recov ered. Home, who had invested his sav ings in the paper, asserted that he had been robbed. " Lumberjack Cuts Lawyer. SIL.VERTON, Or., March 16. With a gash cut in his face Ave inches in length, the result of trouble In Brooks Bros.' saloon last evening. Attorney M. J. Van Valkenberg Is lying at his home in a se rious if not critical condition, and hla assailant, a lumberjack named Lane, has made good his escape. No attempt was made to arrest the as sailant until several hours after the af fray and he had ample time to make his escape. Officers have been in pursuit, but as yet he has not been apprehended. Claims Site of Pasadena. PA9ADHNA, March 16. A bill is to be introduced in Congress In support of the claim of Manual Gar Has to title to a greater part of rhe land on which the city of Pasadena Is built. If Garflas is able to make a showing before. the Fed eral Court of Claims, there will be a badly mixed up condition of affairs In relation to land titles in .Pasadena. It will be perhaps years before the claim Is finally passed upon. . - No One to Go His Bail. SEASIDE. Or., March 16. (Special. ) Henry Blunk, who was before Judge Mo Bride in Astoria last Saturday, -charged with seduction and enticing a minor from home, has lost all of his frfends in this city. From present indications he will have to remain In jail until the June term of court, as no one can be found to go his ball. Business Changes at Warrenton. WARRENTON. Or., March 16. (Spe cial.) G. Clifford Barlow today pur chased the Confectionery business previously owned by Moore Bros. The new proprietor proposes making several Important changes and will add numerous new lines of goods. It Is understood tha the telephone exchange will also be operated by the new management. Runs Talking Machine All Bay. PETALVMA, Cal., March 16. Mrs. C. H. Mullln. whose husband was last week committed to the Napa Insane Asylum, has become hopelessly insane from worry and grief. She has four children who will b provided for by the county. The mother has spent the entire time, running a talking machine, neither eating nor sleeping and neglecting the children. Northwestern People in New York. NEW YORK. March 16. (Special.) Peo ple from the Northwest registered at New York hotels today as follows: From .Portland Miss F. Thompson, at the St. Charles: E. A. Baldwin, at the Breslin; N. Btsslnger, at the Hotel Astor; J. H. McNichols. at the Imperial. Perfect fitting glasses II at MeUgera GLADDEN HIS EYES Raftery and Madden Report for Duty to McCredie. " . DUTCH DEFEAT THE IRISH .St. Patrick's Day to Be Celebrated by International Game at Santa Barbara Many Towns Want Practice Matches. SANTA BARBARA. Cal., March IS. (Special.) There was a smile on Man ager McCredie's face this morning when Raftery and Madden reported to him. Raftery is looking fine and says that it will not take lonsrer than a week for him to get into shape. Madden has the appearance of a ballplayer, and comes to the team with a good reputa tion as a ' backstop. Neither of the men was in uniform today but they were at the ball grounds this after noon, watching the game between the Irish and Dutch. McCredie will watch Madden's work closely, for he is In need of a big. sturdy, backstop. While Walsh is full of "pepper and all that, he la under sized and "Mac", is afraid that, when Iong Bob.rroom and - Kinsella get up steam that they will tear him to pieces. Whalen this afternoon, when the Dutch beat the Irish 8 to 7. showed up better than he has at any time. Lakaff pitched for the Dutch and, because of bad arms, Pernoll had to toss 'em up for the Irish. Tomorrow afternoon, St. Patrick's day, the Dutch and Irish will battle in earnest. The Irish will be decked out in green and the Dutch In yellow. McCredie has decided. to leave here on March 25 for Salinas. The fans of the Sugar Beet town have arranged for a Sunday game there between the Port landers and the local team. McCredie will remain at Salinas until the league season opens. He has a chance to play a number of games in other towns, but, unless budding moguls come through with a guarantee of expenses, there will be no games. ROLLER WIXS VICIOUS MATCH Throws Westergaard In Two Straight Falls by More Science. SEATTLE, Wash., March 16. (Spe cial.) Dr. Roller won his match with Jess Westergaard here tonight in two straight falls, in as vicious wrestling aa has ever been seen here. Westergaard outweighed the Seattle man by nearly SO pounds, and was far the stronger, but he lacked the science. Time and again he had Roller in bad shape, toe -holds being his favorite means of punishment, but Roller al ways escaped. Roller won his first fall in 24 minutes and '20 seconds. The second fall came only after 1. hour and 2 minutes of vicious. Quick work. The match ' was for J600 a side and gate receipts, win ner take all. Roller is about 13000 the richer. BL'RS'S BETS $4500 AT 3 TO 1 Offers $5000- More on Himself. " Squires to Challenge Winner. DUBLIN, March 16. Tommy Burns, the' American pugilist who will meet Jem Roche, the Irish fighter, for the featherweight championship of the world in this city tomorrow has bet $4500 at 3 to 1 on himself, and offered to put up $5000 more at the same odds. Bill Squires, the Australian heavy weight, has announced his intention of challenging the winner. THE DAY!S HORSE RACES At New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, March 16. The final meeting at the City Park track began today and will last, two weeks. Results: Four furlongs Elizabeth Harwood won, Tony W. second, Silverton third; time, 0:48. Steeplechase, short course Dario won, Pete Vinegar second. Dr. Logan third; time, S:00. Gaulto won but was disqualified for running outside course. Seven furlongs Kete-hemike won. Finan cier second, Canada third: time, 1:23 4-5- Mlie and a sixteenth Good Luck won. Kercheval second. Lady Mose third; time, 1:44 2-3. Mile and a sixteenth Arrow Swift won, George H. White second, Tera third; time, 1:47 3-5. Seven furlong. King's raughter won, Lotus Eater second, Chancellor third; time, l:3rt. Mile and an eighth Creel won, Quagga second, Olid third; time. 1:53 4-5. . At Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, March 16. Santa Anita results: Five and a naif furlongs Harcourt won. Maclas second, Halaca third; time, 1:06 3-5. Three furlongs Vibrate won, Annls Wells second. Frieze third; time, 0:36. Mile Chalfont won. Tea Cress second. Ed Ball third; time, 1:40. Six furlongs. Si Mollno handicap Critic won, Arkllrta second. Pretension third; time. 1:13 2-5. Mile and three-sixteenths Ormondes' Right won. Buster Jones second. Lady Chis well third; time, 2:02 3-5. Six furlongs Don Domo won. Norfolk sec ond, Ecalante third; time, 1:14. At San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16.-Results at Emeryville: Seven furlongs Monvlna won. Triumphant second. Phalanx thrrd; time, 1 :2ft 4-.1. Three and a half furlongs Mozart won. Toll Box second. Flying Dance third; time, 0:41 1-9. Mile and 70 yards, selling Wuerzburger won. Patrlotlo. second. Alsatian third; time. 1:451-8. Seven furlongs Gemmel won. Sugar Maid second, Roalta third; time. 1:25 1-5. Mile and three-sixteenths Jack Adams won, Mfke Jordan second, CaTthaginian third; time, 2:00 1-5. Six furlongs Ormus won, Pajaro Alto second. Husky third; time. 1:12. Bisliop to Referee Fight. ABERDEEN. Wash., March 16. (Spe cial.) Biddy Bishop, a Tacoma sporting writer,- was tonight selected as referee of tomorrow tonight's contest. Ross ar rived today from his home at Centralia. He is in fine condition and confident he will win. Mullin is trained to the hour and looks for certain victory. Great in terests is manifested in the bout. BRIEF NEWS BY TELEGRAPH New Tork. Abraham Hummel, the convict lawyer, will be released fi-om Rfackwell'e Island Tuesday and will immediately sail for Kurope. San Francisco. Tne unemployed of this city and Oakland on Monday morning started s Marrh to Sacramento to cemand remedial measures from the state officials. Chicago. Bmmi Goldman attempted a meet ing of the Anthropological Society Sunday, but was disconcerted by the presence of a large force of police and did not speak. Napa. Cal. Archie F. Winfrey pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of bigamy and was entenrd. to three tn4 one-half yvare at tian Quentin and S500 n r... Wijurwr bun McKibbin Hats ""HcKIBBIN SPECIAL" ThtHatrfHaM "TOUB DOLLARS 11 S.r "McKIBBIN' to ir batman rled Miss Celeste Man-, of St. Helena, in December, deserting in Sao Francisco Mrs. Winfrey No. 1, whom, he bad wedded "in Ienver, Colo., only W day before, Oakland. Cal. Mrs. Isabella Martin was finally removed Monday by Judge Graham as g-uardian of "Baby John" Martin. Pro bation officer A. J. Todd succeeds her. EI. Paso. Texas, The Santa, Fe railroad brtoge across a ravine near El Paso was burned Sunday night. Traffic will be prac tically tied up until the bridge Is rebuilt. New York. The Alpha Club, which was started In 1861 by a coterie of shipbuilders, and ha entertained many presidents and other distinguished men, has only ten members left. New Haven, Conn. Delegates of the "United Irish Society of Connecticut, representing 14. 000 people, Sunday night protested against the ratification of the proposed arbitration treaty between the United States and Eng land. Chicago. Investigation of the Churches of Chicago regarding the danger of fire and pro tection of congregations in the matter of exits waa started Monday by 130 captains of the fire department. They examined more than 700 church buiW4ns. Washington. An effort wltl be made at t h is sesnl on to have Con great enact a bill recommended by Secretary Metcalf author izing the acceptance and care of gift pre sented to naval vessels. The cost of these articles amounts to half a million dollars. Philadelphia. Secretary Straus, of com merce and labor, says . European steam ship agents last year refused passage to 65, C00 persons lest they should be rejected by the Immigration Bureau and the companies be compelled to take them back to Europe. Chicago. Becoming despondent over his discharge after 26 years employment with a telegraph . company, Harry Et Jones com mtted suicide Sunday by Inhaling gas. He was 58 years old and became despondent after a remark that he was getting too old to tele graph. Berkeley, Cal. A boxing- exhibition was to have been given by the Polydencian Club next Wednesday, but met with opposition from preachers, and discovery that the law al lows only Incorporated clubs to give such ex hibitions has caused postponement for two weeks. New Tork. Bernard Satsky, a Newark ex pressman, offered the Russian Jewish rabbi a dollar for charity, and at his suggestion, used it to go to the charity ball of the con gregation. There the coupon on his ticket won him a three-story dwelling on Prince street. Yuma. Arix. Mike Nugent, three times a member of the Territorial Legislature, a delegate to the convention which nomi nated Cleveland in 1892 and engineer of the first engine which crossed the South ern Pacific bridge In 1877. will be buried here Friday. HI Paso, Texas. Juan A. Creel, manager of the Banco Minero, of Chihuahua, Mexico, telegraphs to the local branch of that baafx that the robbers, who recently secured $205.010 from the bank have been arrested and that the stolen money baa been located, but not yet recovered. Washington. The claim of the Countess of Buena Vista against- Major-General Brooke for $ftO,000 damages on account of his re vocation while Military Governor of Cuba of her license to slaughter all the cattle for Havana, was decided Monday by the Supreme Court of the , United States against the Countess. New York. Recalled by a thunder storm Sunday night, vivid memories of the shock she sustained last Summer, when her hus band was killed by a lightning bolt and she was stricken unconscious, caused Mrs, Lizzie Dickson, a nurse employed in a Harlem fam ily, to lose her reason and attempt suicide by throwing- herself from & window. Chicago. Frank Vaughan. the automobillst, on Sunday repaired a broken-down automo bile In Lincoln Park for a young man and woman, strangers to him. They started the machine before he got bis hand clear and broke his wrist. They hurried on. paying no attention to him. . This accident may pre vent his participation in a race near New York April 24. New York. The lives of 60 persons In a tenement-house at 629 Madison ; avenue were endangered Monday by wnat is wi w have been an attempt to burn the building. The flamea were extinguished before they spread from the basement and- all the occu pants escaped. The firemen found seven sep arate fires. Joseph Laschinsky, who was seen to leave the building a few minutes before the fires were discovered, was arrested. Victoria Marine Notes. ' VICTORIA. B. C. .March 16. The fishing schooner Sunburst left on her maiden trip to the fishing grounds oft Vancouver,, Island today. ; The British steamer Ilford, 76 days from Mauritius, with sugar, passed up to Vancouver today. The German steamer Augustus en tered drydock at Esquimau today for an overhauling. The steamer Ferndene will follow her. The steamer Kumerle reached Will iam Head at midnight from Yokohama via Hakodate with sulphur for this port. Wright Defeats Poggenburg. CHICAGO, March 16. Harry Wright, of San Francisco, tonight defeated J. F. Pog ejenburg, of New York, in the third game of the National amateur biliard champion ship tournament, 400 to 165. Wright's av erage was 20 fiat; Poggenburg's, 8 5-20. Gives Idaho 1,000,000 Acres. WASHINGTON. March 16. The Senate today passed a bill by which 1.000.000 acres of arid land will be turned over to the State of Idaho for use under the Carey act. ; Mothers Re-elect Mrs. Schoff. WASHINGTON, March 16. Mrs. Fred eric Schoff. of Philadelphia, was re elected president of the National Mothers' Congress at today's session. Metsg'er fits glasses for $1.00. Alcohol Ask your doctor if a family medicine, lie Ayer's Sarsaparilla, is not vastly better without alcohol than with it. AyersSarsaparilla NON-ALCOHOLIC A Strong Tonic - A Body Builder - A Blood Purifier - A Great Alterative A Doctor's Medicine Ayer's Sarsaparilla We hate no secrets I We publish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO., Manuhtcrorint; Chemists, Lowell, Mass- THBEE DOLLARS GAMES RUN AS OF TORE CIOSIXG ORDER OPESLY VIO LATED IX CITY OF ASTORIA. Council Sends Notice to District At. torney Directing- Enforcement of Anti-Gambling Laws. ASTORIA. Or., March 16. (Special.) At the meeting of the City Council this evening the special committee which has been Investigating the question of public gambling submitted its report. The re port says the committee finds that, aside from slot machines and banking games, there Is as much' gambling in Astoria as before the order to close it was issued by IM strict Attorney Hedges, and that no effort is being made by the authori ties to enforce the law. After the reading of the report a reso lution was adopted directing the auditor to notify the District Attorney that his deputy is not enforcing the law. An ordinance was introduced providing that all saloons must close at 1 o'clock each night, and remain closed until 5 o'clock in the morning. The ordinance will be voted on at the next meeting. F. T. PAYNE BURIED TODAY Pioneer Portland Foundryman Who Died Suddenly at Scappoose.- Frank T. Payne, whose death oc curred Friday at his home at Scap poose, Or., was a former resident and The Lit Frank T. Payne. pioneer foundryman of East Portland. His death was due to a sudden attack of apoplexy. He retired in apparent good health Friday night, but died before morning. Mr. Payne was born November 21, 1851, and was married in 1S70. He came to San Francisco in 1?70 and one year later came to Portland and started a foundry on what is now East Oak Btreet, then called "J" street. He became identified with the growth and affairs of the city of East Portland and served In the Legislature from Multnomah County in 1880. Twelve years-ago he moved to his farm at Scappoose, which was discovered to contain deposits of iron ore, and en gaged in the manufacture of paints. Mr. Payne is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. R. O. Holmes, L W. Payne and Mrs. W. Milligan, all of Portland. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Dunning's undertaking . chapel, 414 East Alder street. Helnze Gets More Time. BUTTE, Mont.. March 16. A Helena special to the Miner says: M. S. Gunn. attorney for F. A. Heinze, applied to Judge Hint today for a fur ther extension of five days before the Heinze fine money is deposited by Clerk Sproule with the United States Treasury. Mr. Gunn said he was waiting to hea from Senator Carter regarding the. bill he is reported to have introduced. The extension was granted. See ad of J. A. Reld Co., page 2. - Without - Without - Without - Without - Without - Without Alcohol Alcohol Alcohol Alcohol Alcohol Alcohol ................ -. f x ' m -A- GOOD f BREAKFAST; 16 PI ' FOR start r1v riant IrfAftt V ' tal and physical strength with thep2 least tax upon the digestion. Two W$k Shredded Wheat Biscuits with a pintpS of hot milk will supply all the energy -neeaea ror ana tne k five cents. S Far pour milk enr and add a littl. w vwu. ava vnuioM J -ww imp uu It... nl. - . !.L or marmaUdtt. At your PAID FOR PRESS BUREAU Electric Boat Company Admits Spending Money This Way. WASHINGTON, March 16. AdmisIou was made today before the special com mittee investigating the charges of Rep resentative Lilley, of Connecticut, re garding the methods of the Electric Boat Company, that money had been paid by the Electric Boat Company to certain newspaper men to prepare and distribute news concerning their submarine boats. This testimony was given by Charles 8. McNelr, of this city, an attorney for the Electric Boat Company. A number of other witnesses were ex amined during the day and they entered general denials to Mr. LJlley's charges. Mr. McNeir stated that Mr. LJlley's charge regarding a lobby, so far as they referred to him. were not correct. Foul Play Xot Established. SHBRIDAX. Wyo., March 16. All doubt as to the manner of death of W. S. Buncker and Herman Hankin wae cleared m . Mt j 9& WW BOSTON BANKER SPENT LAST EIGHT YEARS IN MISERY Carleton H. Hutchinson, a leading banker and broker of Boston, with offices at 8 . Congress Street, in that city, has recently come out with a very strong statement. In the widespread discussion over Cooper's new theory and medicines which has spread over the country so rapidly, Mr. Hutchinson has taken the side of those who say that Cooper's theory Is correct and his medicine all that he claims. Mr. Hutchinson's emphatic state ment is as follows: "Any one afflicted with chronic ill health and a general run-down condition caused by stomach trouble, who does not try this man Cooper's medicine, is very foolish. I say this after a most remarkable ex perience with the medicine. "I heard of Cooper's success first when he was in, Chicago, as I have a private wire to that city in connection with my business. Later, when he came East, I learned more of him and his theory that stomach trouble causes most 111 health. I have had no faith In anything not prescribed by a phy sician for each particular case after careful diagnosis, but after eight years of constant suffering, during which CORNER SEVENTH and WASHINGTON STREETS (Formerly 149 Third Street) th mmm lw JHg&3& trxit : VCB HY-J-tf a nair day's work cost is ahnnt Ullsf k..t .L. B! , it (hot milk in winterV 5K?& craam. If you Kir. VIM WUI UKt tOUCSd rSTi.af Tram wtrer 1 rat r-. i.'-, a a rrocera. away today by the Coroner's investiga tion. Each man shot himself and the charge of foul play wired from their Iowa home to the authorities is not countenanced. Honor lor Florence Nightingale. LONDON, March 18. The freedom of the City of London 'was today bestowed upon Florence Nightingale, the organizer of the nursing in the Crimean War. The aged nurse Miss Nightingale, is In her 88th year was too infirm to at tend and was represented by her nephew. The usual costly gold casket was omitted from the ceremony in accordance with Miss Nightingale's wishes, and one of oak substituted, 'and at her request, ths $500 usually expended for the golden cas ket will be given to charity. The Lord Mayor of London officiated. Cruiser Chicago at Bahla. BAHIA. March 16. The Un'ted States cruiser Chicago arrived here today from Rio Janeiro' on her way to the Atlantic Station. Bpertaclea (1.00 at Metzgera. time I spent over $1500 with abso lutely np relief. I felt that It would at least do no harm to try the medicine which I was hearing so much about. "During these eight years I have been forced to go without solid food for five and six weeks at a time. I always nad a sour stomach, was troubled with formation of gas, and led the usual miserable life of the dys peptic. I was dull, tired, nervous and gloomy all the time, and w'as always constipated. ''I have taken Cooper's medicine a comparatively short time. For the past month I have not had the slight est sign of stomach trouble. I can eat anything with no bad effect whatso ever. I have a fine appetite, am gain ing flesh very rapidly, am cheerful, full of energy, and my nervousness has disappeared. My bowels are in perfect condition for the first time In eight years. "I don't hesitate to say that I would not take $50,000 and be back where I was. My relief and thankfulness is beyond description." We sell Cooper's famous preparation described in the above statement.- The Skidmore Drug Co.; Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City. Or. TF YOU travel in the com pany of Selz Royal Blue shoes you'll travel far and have foot comfort all the way. They're made to last, and look good all the time; there are no better shoes made. : We ask $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 for them; and every man who buy one pair buys more of them. They fit; and we guar antee your satisfaction. CALL AND SEE THE NEW SPRING STYLES Best oak sola leather used on all our shoe