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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1908)
TIIK MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY. APRIL 27, 190S. SWEPT OFF BRIDGE BY ELECTRIC CAR Father, Mother and Child Fall to Bottom of Deep Ravine. ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY Family Take U II mud TrcMle In Mead of rarhy AVigon Road for Sunday Afternoon Walk. Baby Icapra Unhurt. Finr off a trrMl-? near Milwaukee, on th Orjrnn Witr Poww lln. at i o rlork yeMenlHV afternoon, by a Port Und -bound Orrpon lty car, Mr. and Mr. fharlp J. Ilnldrn. of 17" Fast Twenty-nrnt ftroot. SfUwood. Ml a dis tance of about 22 feet and suMalntM fe ver Internal Iruurios. They were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where it Is reported they will recover. A 3-year-oM ton, who accompanied Jita parents, es caped uninjured, landing on the body of hi mother In the bottum of the ravine. The car was In chance of Conductor Os rar D. Stanley and Motorman N. A. Shipley, with Conductor Edmund Thomp aon on The trailer. Accompanied by their two children, a daughter afred and a aon aped 3, Mr. and Mr, llolden had tarted from their Sell wood home to walk to Courtney for a visit with friends. Reaching Milwau kle. they followed the street railway track In preference, to the road. f hry hesitated at the trestle to permit a nuthbound car to pas. and then started to walk across the structure, t.ir dauph ter in the, meantime having returned to the county road, which parallels the rail road track, and crossed the same ra vine over the waKon bridge. Tho par ents, with their boy. had walked but a fw yards when thy saw a northbound car thundering down the track only a frw rods distant. Pccomin frightened, they ran forward In an effort to clear the trestle. Instead of retracinn their steps. Had they cone back, it is possi ble they miRht have avoided the hcavlly laded electric train. Finding it would be impossible for thrill to get across, Mr. and Mrs. Holdcn stepped to the edge of the trestle, the father taking the youngster In his arms. It is At this point that the stories of tho Injured people and the railway officials differ afc to the responsibility for the ac cident. Holden and his wife charge that (hey were brushed off the trestle by the parsing car. the speed of which Motor tnnti Shipley was unable to lessen by reversing the electric current, for the reason that the trolley had left the wire. The members of the train crfv and eye witnesses in their reports to the com pany represented that Holden and his wife. Jumped from the trestle before the car reached them. The electric train was slopped asuick ly as possible, and the crew and several passengers wint to the assistance of the Injured, who were brought to this city ii nd tnk-n to the hospital. -Having re ched only a slight cut on the face, the h"y was taken to the home, of his parents In Sclhvood. In falling from the trestle, th Muff fellow had slipped from the ciasp of hi father, who was the last to leave the trestle, and alighted on the (onn of his --mother below. 'Neither Holden nor his wife was rtiuck by the car," said Benjamin F. nton. claim agent for the Portland Railway, T.lght Power Company, yes terday: "They Jumped from the trestle into the ravine before the ear- reached them. Besides, they were walking on a trestle over the company's private right of way. Furthermore, had they retraced thetr steps when they saw the car ap proaching, they would have reached a place of safety, for they had scarcely started to walk across the structure when the. cur came in sight. Instead, they started to run for the other end of the trestle and towards the. oncoming car. The daughter evidently realized the dan ger of walking across the trestle, for she would not accompany her parents and elected the county road as the safe way." , T. Wilcox, of Jennings Todge. father of Mrs. Holden. last night visited the In jured couple at the hospital. 'l?oth my daughter and her husband." said Mr. Wilcox afterwards, "insist that they were brushed off the trestle by the passing car. They deny emphatically that they Jumped from the structure." Mr. Holden is employed as planer by the Kast Side Mill & Lumber Company. GROCERS ARE HIS GUESTS S. L. Kline Fntortaiivs -Members 7 State Kctail Association. On the eve of his departure for the Rit. S. L. Kline, of Corvallis. president of the Retail Grocers' Association of Oregon, gave a complimentary dinner to the local officers and directors of the association at the Portland Hotel last n'ght. Mr. K line was appointed by tiovernor Chamberlain to represent this state at the annual conference to be held in Richmond. Va., May 10. on char ities and correction, and he and M rs. Kline leave thl morning. They will s'on it "hicago for h few days. After the conference at Richmond Mr. Kline will proceed to Roston to attend the National convention of the Retail Grocers, to which he is a delegate from Oregon. This meeting will be held May 11 to 14. The Oregon delegates to Boston will make an of fort to have the convention of held in this city. This plan and other matters connected with the asso ciation were discussed at the dinner last night. Mr. Kline's guests were: 0. F. Mcr rk. Pan Kellnher, Ben J. Dresser. A. A. Kadiierly. C W. Stubbs. K. Dresser. J C. Mann. Kmil Gummier and A. H. Willett. PERSON ALMENTION. Walter Tooze. a merchant at Falls City, is resistered at the Imperial. John Arthur, a leading lawyer of Seat tle. Is registered at the Oregon. S. Klme. a prominent merchant, is registered at the Portland from Corvallis. F. Puter. a lumberman from Eureka, Cal., was reg'stered at the Oregon yester day. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parker were regis tered at the Imperial yesterday from For est Grove. O. D. Panaher and family, of Chicago, are at the Portland. Mr. Danaher is a wealthy lumberman. Theodore Kruse. proprietor, of the Bel vedere, spent yesterday at Gearhart Park, where he has property Interests. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Xey and daughter, of Cleveland. O., are at the Portland. Mr. y is a prominent Kastern railroad man. R. i. Hume, the Rogue Rivr "salmon king." is registered at the Imperial from A edderburn. Curry County. Mr. Hume ii accompanied l William Crone, who wi'l today apply to th Government steamboat inpei-tora for a license to op erate a vessel between Wedderbura and Coos Bay. TV. H. WH-.rung. of Hillboro. president of th Oregon commission to Seattle 1S ftr. was rrg.stered at the Imperial esierday. Joseph T Peter, of The Dalles, regis tered yesterday at the Orcon. Mr. Pe ters is an extensile owner of timber lands in th-s state. Morris P. MendeUohn. who s about to In ate at The DaMes. will pratice op tometry Instead of medicine, as has been incorrectly announced. Gcok H. Merryman. of Klamath Falls, is registered at the imperial. Mr. Merry man represented Crook. Grant. Klamath and Lake in the House at the 1W7 sew ion of the Oregon Legislature. J. A. Plakley. Deputy Sheriff of Uma tilla County, was registered at the Belve dere yesterday from Pendleton. He was accompanied by J. Z. Carl, also of Pen dleton. . . - - J. R. Wyatt. an Albany lawyer, was at the Belvedere yesterday on his. way to Prinevllle, where he will defend ex-Sheriff tarn Smith, of Crook County, who will be tried this week on a charae of arson. The specific offense with which Smith is charged i that of burinira the sheep shearitig sheds of J. X. Williamson. -Congressman from the Second Congres sional District. The trial .of this case promise to be notable In tha criminal annals of the state. Mr; Wyatt leaves for Prinevllle today. Milfs S. Johnson, of Lewiston, Assist ant Vnited States Attorney for Northern Idaho, passed through Portland yesterday on his way to San Francisco, where he will argue acainst a motion in the Fed eral Court of Appeals made by Kester, Kettenback and Dwyer. recently convict ed of land frauds In Idaho. The appel lants claim the decision in the "Williamson case nullified their conviction, and they oak to be relieved of the expense of sub mitting briefs to the Court of Appeals. EAST SIDE ODDFELLOWS C'fcXE , BItATE ANNIVERSARY. Society Was, Organized In Vnited States Eighty-Nine Years Ago, Tributes to Its Work. The eighty-ninth anniversary of the founding of the Odd Fellows' order in the Cnited State was celebrated yes terday by City View Adge, of Sell wood, and Rivervlew Jodg;e. of Mil waukie, with the Rebekah Lodge, by a service conducted In the. Sell wood Methodist Church yesterday afternoon. Members of these lodges marched from their hall wearing their regalia, to the church, where they were seated in the renter block of pews. After music by the choir. Rev. Thomas J. Klkin, pastor of Bethel Church, Gresham, de livered an oration, in the course of which he reviewed the teachings and lessons of Odd Fellowship and told what the order stands for. He said that from the natural disposition of men. association and co-operation la the universal tendency and pointed out that it Is a principle en which all progress stands. The Odd Fellows . order, he said, was organired b9 years ago by a blacksmith and hence had an humble origin, but had been a blessing in this country. He declared that it is an order that appeals to the workingmen and business men. "It is based on the brotherhood of man," he said, "for no man can live independent of his fellows. We all be long to one common family, having; the same common end. bound for the same port. Odd Fellowship Is founded on the principles of friendship, love and truth. It teaches morality in all things. It enters the chambers of the sick. It watches at the bedside of the dying-. It speaks words of tenderness and con dolence to the widow and orphan. It is organized together for the better ment of its members, in friendship, love and truth. It visits the sick, it buries the dead and takes care of the widow and' orphan. "Started April 26, 1R19. it has become the idol of all classes of people work ingmen. business men and all men And in it that which appeals to their sym pathies. The order makes no profes sion of religion and is bound by no creed, and yet It recognizes and ts based on the undying principle of the golden rule do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It warns a brother of the approach of danger. It is a practical order. If a brother asks for bread, it does not give a stone. It reaches down and lifts up. When the ship Is wrecked the surfmen man the life-boat. They throw out the life line to those In danger. The life-saving crew plunges in regardless of the risk to their own lives. So Odd Fellowship throws out the life-line no matter what the dansrer. It lifts a brother up and out of danger." Toward the close of his remarks Mr. Elftins spoke of the Rebekah degree, which was founded in 1851. and said it was a realisation of the emancipation and recognization of women and of women's influence for good. Amusements What the Preaa Agents Bay. Mclotyre and Heath Tonight, Beginning tonight at the Heillg theater. Fourteenth and Washington streets. Amer ica' foremost negro Impersonator. Mclntyra and Hath. wiu Hejrin an engagement of three nights, with a special matinee Wednes day, in their famous musical play. "Th Ham Tree. Seats are now selling at the theater for the entire engagement. "Sherlock Holmes One of the greatest plays is "Sherlock Holmes. which the Baker Stock Company opened with yesterday, and which made one ot the most decided and instantaneous hits. Remember that ttie curtain for "Sherlock Holmes' riws at 8:0. promptly and no on can be seated while it is up. 'From S4re to Son" Tonight. The openingr performance of the week's run of "rrom blre to ron at the Lyric will commence tonight, when the Allen Company will present an admirable performance of that famous drama of frontier day. Every member of the cast has been carefully se lected. It will be a treat show. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS. Pan tax e at Marquam Cmnd. Fantajrcs attraction, headed by Willi Zimmerman, the famous Impersonator of the ureatect musicians, will be shown at the Marquam Grand Theater this wek. An al-star bill is offered, without any advance in prices. Pantufces Wni be at the Marquam Grand until further notice. Grand w Vaudeville. Nothing: but first -cl a as vaudeville will be found at the Grand this week. The head liner la Henri French, mimic, actor, artist and Impersonator of musical composera and band leaders. An augmented orchestra will be ued for this act. "The Cracksman" is the special added attraction, presented by Richard BuhUr A Co- G re ax a, paints and professional auppUaa at Woodard. Clarke a Co- Oregon People in Chicago. CHICAGO. April 26. (Special.) Ore gon people registered at Chicago hotels today as follows: From Portland K. C. Kinar, at the Auditorium; II. W. Scott, at the Audi torium Annex. - WHO ISMR.CROFT? Question as to Seattle Boxer's , ' Amateur Standing. BACKED BY S. A. A. C. COIN Sports From Pnpl Sound Metropo lis Clean X'p Tidy Sura by :' Betting on Their Man Agalnvt Bd Johnson. FT WILL. G. MACRAE. Seattle' came to the Multnomah Club amateur athletic tournament and vent a number of clever athletes Into the a-ame, bnt the beat part of the aojourn of the eportemen from the Sound City, from a monetary atandpoln. if not from a strictly amateur athletic Iwlnt of view, was the fact that they carried back with them something over $1SOO which they won when Henry Crofts knocked out Ed. Johnson. Just where W. Inglls found this fellow, only he and those who came to Portland to bet their coin on a sure thins know. There Is a suspicion that If Croft'a amateur record were Scratched it would be found that he haa not only fought for money, but hns been fighting around, the Washington coal mining towns and in the gold mining camps of Alaska for many moons. This is not said because Croft beat the local boy, for he did that trick handily. Neither is it said because Croft showed himself to be a worldbeating professional. -A screwy thing about Croft's amateur standing is learned from InKlis" own statement. He said Croft had been a dub about Seattle 'for two years, and that It was only within the last three months that he had shown any class. This, perhaps, explains that the number Croft drew on his registra tion papers Is UD4. while that of Tuttle, of M. A. A. C, who has only recently been registered, la 1206; and Tuttle was registered only nine days ago. Another curious thhig touching on Croft's registration Is the fact that R E. Morgan.- a member of the registra tion committee of the P. JC. W. A. A., was not notified of his registration. Inglis of course could have taken Hob bis, of Vancouver, B. C, into his con fidence and undoubtedly the registra tion of Croft is regular. Inglis was ac cused of having a sleeper in his man, and the proof of this was the way the Seattle men bet their money, for tliey passed up trying to give two to one on Venable to lay even money on Croft. Now Seattle sportsmen and lots of sports have visited Portland from time to time, and during athletic contests between the clubs of the two cities, but this was the first time they ever came with their pockets bulging with money. The fact that Croft beat Johnson does not stamp him as a world beater. AYhlle there seems to be little doubt about his professional standing, not so much as there is about his amateur standing, it was. clear, judging from the way the Se attle delegation bet their money, that they knew it was a cinch. Croft wasn't developed in three months. It may have been that he showed Inglis what he had three, months ago and it was so good that Inglis forgot to ak Croft any im pertinent questions ,about his amateur standing. If Croft ts a professional he ts a second-rater, just good enough to get the money around small towns. If he is a -Simon pure amateur, then he is a good one. Ail this, of course, does not lesson Croft's most decisive victory 'over John son. The Seattle "amateur" was hit hard enough and often enough to have stopped a man less game, but he assimi lated all that Johnson had in stock, tore in when he was ready and won without being distressed. The fight was a rat tling good one and as an opener to the splendid card that Manager Kdgar Frank gave the closing night of the tournament, it was all that the most ardent fight fan could ask for. Tho fight only went two rounds, but there was action every second. It was a tornado of wollops, straight left and right crosses. While the punches that John6on planted on Croft's jaw had lots of steam behind them, they did not slow the Seattle man up. On the other hand, Croft hurt his man when he let go either hand, and after battling almost two minutes of tho second round, he sent Johnson down with a series of lefts and rights. The knockout punch was a right cross. It landed fairly on Johnson's chin and he fell as If he had been kicked by a mule. His head struck the floor clear of the mat and he was still down and trying to get up at the end of the count. MAY DAY FEATURE OX CAMPUS Corvallis College IVill Celebrate With Inter-Class TTack Meet. OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COL LEGE, Corvallis. Or.. April 26. (Spe cial.) Miss Marie Cathey has been elected Queen of May. in a contest that created much interest tn an mter-ciass way in the student body. She received 2700 votes. The preliminaries for the May festival, to be held on the campus. are all In hand. A big lnter-class field and track meet will be a prominent feature. Each of the four classes will have a team in the field. Rivalry keen, with some indications that the freshmen have a strong chance of win ning. The try-out for freshman team occurred yesterday morning, and the sophomores in the afternoon. One raw freshman has made a high jump of five feet eisrht inches, and a sophomore on the track for the first time yesterday as a contestant made a broad jump of 20 feet. XATIOXAIj league. Won. Lost. p. c rhic.tto 7 2 .778 New York 4 .0 Ptttsburic '. 0 4 .60O Brooklyn S ! ..MM) Poston 5 5 ..VM) Cincinnati 5 s ..-.no Philadelphia 4 A .40 St. Louis 2 0 .182 Cincinnati 4, St. Lonl 0. CINCINNATI, O., April 26. Errors by St. Louis and timely hitting gave Cin cinnati a comparatively easy victory today. Coakley was hit harder than Raymond, but managed to keep the visitors' hits scattered. The score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Cincinnati .4 6 3?t. Louis ...0 7 3 Batteries Coakley and Schlei; Ray mond and Hostetter. Umpire O'Day. No Game at Chicago. CHICAGO. April 26. Chicago-Pitts-burg game postponed. Rain. Reed French Piano Mfg. Co. Sixth and Burnside Sts., Pianos, Play ers and Player Pianos. 'From Maker to Player," DOUBLE TOCR MONEY IN DOUBLE-QUICK TIME . I can positively convince you that there is no better investment on the present market than the one here offered. Think of it! Four billion feet of high-priced, hardwood, merchantable timber, located on the Coast, accessible and easily logged, on good, wide, tidewater rivers. The market for every foot of this vast tract is already established, and the profits will be enor mous. Ten million feet per year can be sold in the immediate vicinity of our plant. This one market guarantees a net profit of 30 per cent on the entire investment, and represents but a small propor tion of our output. This large tract of timber is located on the pacific Coast, where we have the best shipping facili ties to any port in the world available. The timber consists principally of the highest-priced woods used in the manufacture of pianos, hotel fixtures, shipbuilding, railroad and electric cars, house and office trimmings, furniture, and many other indispensable wood commodities. The woods comprise MAHOGANY, LIGNUM VITAE, EBONY, CEDAR, ROSEWOOD, OAK, RUBBER, BALSAM, COPOEBA, C0C0AB0LA. The net price of this valuable tract of timber is less than 20 PER THOUSAND FEET, and most of it finds a ready market at prices ranging from $100 to $400 per thousand. The LIGNUM VITAE is in great demand, and marketable at more than $1000 per thousand feet. The Board of Directors of the Northwestern Exploration & Development Co., which controls this timber, has authorized me to sell a limited number of shares of its stock at 20 per share (par value $1.00), for the purpose of installing a plant of sufficient size to meet the demands of the market. I have on exhibition at my office samples of wood (highly polished), cut from this tract; also cruisers' reports and other data, which will convince at once the most skeptical of the wonderful money-making resources of this enterprise. Call or write and secure subscription blanks. Do not delay, or you may miss the opportunity of a lifetime. Ji rii i.nl w - V V O 3 IS Worcester Building DOUGLAS PORTLAND, OREGON r st A. Rolling opens splendidly equip ped real estate office on Hibfoard and Base Line Road, (Monta villa) the growing importance of this popular suburb makes a first-class real estate office an absolute necessity more money to be made here in the next year or two than in any other part of the city. What a successful Philadel phian thinks of the country in and about Montavilla: 0 Mr. James Thomason, a very successful real estate man, of Philadelphia and a a life-long friend of mine,, commenting on the future of the property in and about Montavilla, says: "It is destined to be the most important suburb of Portland, for .the reason that Montavilla is directly in line with the natural resources of Multnomah County; the scenic beauty of the county lies east of Montavilla; the agricultural wealth lies east; the electric power lies east; the key to the railroad situation passes through it; in fact, the best there is. in' Multnomah County has to go through Montavilla before it reaches Portland people." SOME GOOD INVESTMENTS Either of these are money makers, for they are offered for less than they are worth FOR $2300 A six-room cottajre which will be ready for occupancy in thirty days. Lot on corner, 50x100, close to carline; modern in every respect; building restrictions; terms. Some fruit trees. FOR Sj170O Five-room cottage now being; built, modern; will be ready for you in sixty days. Three blocks from carline. Terms, $100 down and $15 per month. FOR $3000 Five-room house, finished 30 days aro, modern and furnished throughout owner obliged to go away. The lot is 50x100, and the whole is a positive steal at the price. LOT BARGAINS I have a party who has six fine residence lots which he will sell for $500 each, or one for $300, provided a modern cottage is built on it. LOTS FOR $350 Three beautiful lots on Villa avenue, $350 each, or, if sold en bloc, owner will take $1000. $100 down and $25 per month. A. ROLLING REAL ESTATE AGENT, MONTAVILLA rfT 'Mr, Thomason is right. I have studied the map of Port- land; I have priced propert' all round the city; I have listened to points of advantage for the diffei-ent parts, and my judgment is in accord with Mr. Thomason (whom I con sulted several times before opening this office in Montavilla, as I, too, am an Easterner, and 1 do not want to make a mistake). I believe that part of Portland in and about Montavilla has " more in store for it than any other part of the city. So I "have opened a real estate office complete in every detail acreage, houses, lots, loans; everything that should be a part of a first-class real estate office, and the office is at the end of the "M-V" carline Hibbard avenue and Base Line road, Montavilla. 9My honest opinion is, within one year from today Monta viila will be the principal East Side trading point (excep ting only Grand avenue), and if these expectations of mine come true, then there will be more money made in and about here than any other part of the country. It can't be other wise when the finest kind of residence property may be had for $300 a lot, or the finest .kind of business property may be had for twice that sum. T Take the M-V car go to the end of the line. You'll see the office. Whatever you want to do, I can help vou do it. a Buy a lot on installments and own a home. I have plenty of Eastern money to loan Build a house and pay for it by the month; and it won't be built till someone comes along and pays you more than it cost you. oiling off Montavilla GENERAL REAL ESTATE AGENT End of "M. V." Carline Hibbard Street and Base Line Road in JJ