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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1908. MURDER MYSTERY BROUGHT TO LIGHT Body Found in Macleay Park Mute Evidence of Homicide. "D ENTITY IS NOT KNOWN q'onnd Made by Blunt Instrument Makes Improbable Suicide Theory and Police Investigate Crime Is Xow Month Old. In a lonIy. secluded spot In Macleay Park. Beveral hundred feet wt ot the Cornell road, the decomposed remains of a man were found by two small boys yes terday afternoon, and examination by Coroner Norden has disclosed evidence that points strongly to murder. In the rteht temple of the skull there Is a large hole, lnflloted by a ponderous blow, and fragments of the bones, which were shattered by a heavy Instrument, were found Inside the skull. Evidences of the man's Identity have been destroyed. and further evidences of the crime have been obliterated by time and the ele ments. Physicians say that the man has been dead for not less than six months and perhaps a year. They also say that the wound In his temple could not have been self-inflicted, and have accordingly ellmi- l nated the possibility of suicide. Detectives are working on the theory that the man was murdered downtown. or In some other locality, and removed to the Isolated spot where he was found In the belief that evidences of the crime would not be discovered until too late to proceed with an Intelligent Investigation. And they are unquestionably right In at . least a portion of their theory, for every . vestige of a clew has been destroyed and even the unfortunate s Identity will per haps remain forever a mystery- One of the detectives has advanced the startling theory that the man may have met his death In an automobile collision and was placed In the cotton- wood thicket on the hill by the driver of the car. who feared the results of i an Investigation Into the cause of the . collision. It Is more generally be- ' lleved. however, that robbery must j have been the motive for the crime. If a murder It was. for the man's cloth . Ing had been thoroughly rifled. A worthless watch and an old razor were . the only articles of even possible value ; that were found by the Coroner. : It was at the edge of a precipitous ; embankment, alongside one of the re- f cently made roadways that twist splr- i ally up the hills In Macleay Park that . the body was found. George Busch. 11 ' years of age. 332 Seventeenth street, ' North, and Willie Munger, 9 years of ; tfcge. 336 Seventeenth street North, jiade the discovery. The body lay only 1 three feet from the edge of the em- 1 bankment. ' Found Close to Road. The lads were searching the hills for l Cottonwood switches, ana, unaDie to nna mem along tne Cornell roaa. power. If the plans of the promoters sre carried out. A power plant will be built, possibly a short distance from the Toll Gate, which will be operated by this wild mountain stream, which has its watershed in Zigzag glacier, on the western side of Mount Hood. For the past four months a party of surveyors has occupied tents at the Toll Gate, and has been taking meas urements of the flow of water from the Zigzag and Still Creek. Lines have been run for a flume from a point on the Zigzag a quarter of a mile beyond the Toll Gate, and the surveyors are still at work on the preliminaries of the power plant. General plans of the promoters of this enterprise have been kept quiet, but it Is no secret that a power plant of considerable magnitude Is contem plated, and that there is ample means to finance the undertaking. The Zig zag River, while apparently a small stream, carries a very large volume of water because of Its great fall. It Is estimated that power plants might be stationed every two miles between the Toll Gate and its mouth by using the water over and over again. The flow of water does not vary much, although at times Its volume is increased. The promoters plan to start their flume at point above the Toll Gate and conduct It around the west side of Zigzag Mountain and along the east side of the Rhododendron farm, owned by Henry S. Rowe and L G. Holden. Whether they will be able finally to adopt this route will depend on the outcome of negotiations with Messrs. Holden and Rowe for right of way. It is conceded that the Zigzag stream, with its tributaries, for power purposes Is almost ideal because of its great fall and well-sustained volume throughout the year. The Identity of the promoters of the enterprise is not known, but several Portland men are Interested. One of the surveyors intimated that the power plant might mean an electrlo railway to Portland. CATHOLICS ATTEND MUTABLE SERVICES Archbishop Christie Officiates at Pontifical Mass and School Dedication. PROCESSION BY CLERGY CAR CUTS CHILD'S FINGERS FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL MEETS WITH ACCIDENT. Pauline Bellouch Falls on Track While Running Across Street to Reach Her Parents. Pretty, flaxen-haired Pauline Bel- lough, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bellough, East Third and Stevens streets, ran to meet her par ents yesterday afternoon and fell in front of an approaching Hawthorne avenue car. Her hands were thrown forward end the wheels of the car severed four fingers from her right hand and the tips of four fingers from her left. The accident occurred at Hawthorne avenue and East Third street. The child's parents were out driving and were returning when Pauline caught sight of them. She ran to meet them and had reached the corner of Haw thorne avenue and East Third street. In her glee she failed to see the car and warnings of her parents were not heeded. The motorman was unable to bring the car to a halt in time to prevent the accident- The front end of the car struck the child and she was thrown to the side of the track. Her hands, however. were outstretched and the wheels ran over her fingers. She suffered other injuries, none of which, however, will prove fatal. She was removed to the Good Samaritan Hosplta). where the crushed fingers were amputated. Silver Jubilee of St. Lawrence' Church Observed With Impressive ' Ceremonial In Presence of Throng of Worshippers. With two impressive services, in ad dition to the regular masses and vespers, yesterday was an eventful day for ths Catholics of Portland. It also proved an extremely busy day for Archbishop Christie, who officiated at both of the special services, which included an ob servance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of St. Lawrence's Catholic Church, at Third and Sherman streets, together with the celebration of the pontifical mass. In the morning and the dedication of the St. Ignatius School, at East Forty-flrst and Powell Valley road, In the afternoon. Testerday was a happy day for Rev. J. C. Hughes, pastor of St. Lawrence's Church, and the members of the congre gation when the silver Jubilee of the church was commemorated by a solemn pontifical high mass, offered In the pres ence of an Immense throng of people. The Interior of the edifice presented I beautiful scene with Its altars lllumi nated with numerous candelabra and miniature lights. The clergy who took part in the pre cessions were: His grace, the Most Rev. erend Archbishop Christie, assisted by Rev. J. C. Hughes, the pastor, with Rev. H. S. Gallagher and Rev. X. G. Delor- mler, deacon and subdeacon of the mass and Rev. Clem Wagner and Rev. Walter O'Donneli, deacons of honor. Rev. George F. Thompson, assistant pastor of the Ca thedral, besides preaching the Jubilee sermon, acted In the capacity of master of ceremonies, with Frank Black, slstant master of ceremonies. Procession by Clergy. Before the mass the procession of ths clergy started from the rectory and pro ceeded to the sanctuary of the church. followed by the archbiBhop and his at tendants. The procession was an Impos ing one. The choir, under the leader ship of Miss Mattle Kelly, had espec ially rehearsed Gounod's solemn mass for the occasion. After the gospel. Rev. George F. Thompson delivered an elo- qoent sermon on the significance of the festival, pointing out from the Old Testa ment the sacredness of the Temple of Solomon. He proved how much more worthy of reverence are the temples of the new dispensation which contain the real presence of God in the sacramental species. He dwelt at length on the main blessings the faithful obtain through the ministry of the church In the various sacraments administered, in the preach- ing of the word of God and made enmnea tnrougn tne unaemrusn ana rU DULLCI HilU ntAn I powerful plea for a more practical ful tnicxets up tne mil to tne new roads I - mi,,,, r ,hi, A.,ti.. h members of that are Just being opened for the ben eflt of prospective builders in that lo callty. Emerging from a Cottonwood thicket into an open space, they saw the body lying before them. Frightened, they ran precipitously down the hill and notified Dr. J. W. ' Hill, who In turn notified the police. t In command of Sergeant dolts. Patrol- i men Cooper. Gruber and Llllls were ,' dispatched to the scene, as were Deteo ; tlves Coleman and Maloney. News of the discovery had spread rapidly throughout the neighborhood, and a large crowd had gathered by the time the officers arrived. Reaching the spot with some difficulty. the officers began a thorough examina tion, but waited for the arrval of the Coroner before removing the body. The man lay as If placed In position, partly on his left side. His coat had been thrown over his face and his shoes moved. The shoes, large and hob-natled. In- K dicating a laborer, were several feet distant from the body and had been glaced side by side. In one of the I hoes was found a cheap watch, which. though rusted, began to run as soon as t It was moved. It had stopped at minutes to 12. The buttons had been torn from the clothes as In a hurried search of the pockets. In the pockets were found only a handkerchief, an old razor, two small mirrors and an empty pocketbook. These, with a clipping from The Oregonian. so worn by time as to be Illegible, were the only articles. Not a paper nor a line was found which offered a clew as to the Identity or his residence. However, his clothing Indi cated that he was a laborer. He wore three pairs of trousers. Including over alls, and a cheap flannel shirt. It Is be lieved that he was an Italian. The remains were examined by Drs. Parker and Hosmer, who declared that the man must have been dead for be tween six months and a year. They also declared that the wound In his head could not have been Inflicted by himself. 'From the indications I should think the man was murdered." said Or. H. G. Parker. "He could hardly have reached the place where he was found If he had been Injured somewhere else. A blast could have caused such a wound, but as a rule, when there Is blasting there Is a crew of men and It would almost cer tainly have been known If one of them had been Injured and most certainly it would have .been known if one had been killed." Nothing Shown by Records. The man wore a soft, black hat. and a jrray. striped coat. He was apparently In the neighborhood of 30 years of age. and very slight In build. Records at police headquarters show many missing men. but there is none answering the description of the man found yesterday who disappeared at the time when the unknown must have died. Chief Gritz- macher. however, has Instructed clerks in the department to make a more thor ough examination of the records In an effort to Identify the man. Coroner Norden will hold an Inquest elthtr this afternoon or Tuesday morn ing. It is likely that little additional In formation will be discovered, but every effort will be made to ascertain the cause of the man's death and to establish his identity. Detectives and patrolmen will mean while continue their efforts, according to sin order issued yesterday, to discover evidence which may aid in unravelling ::ie mystery. Boarding-House Keeper Kills Him self on Learning Wife's Plans. SPOKAXE. Wash.. Sept. . (Special.) W. R- Kemp, a boarding-house keeper at Albany Falls, shot himself through the heart at 1 o'clock today after receiv ing a letter from his wife at Odessa that she would be home Monday, says a New port special to the Spokesman Review. Their grandson was drowned at Albany Falls In June. Kemp was 66 years old and had lived two years at Albany Falls. Seattle Marine Xews. SEATTLE. Sept. 20. The steamer Pennsylvania arrived In from Valdez 'ith 120 passengers early this morn- ,................ KILLED IX ALASKA MOI XTAIX8. t v i t 1 i r .? . v p It ,'jHSSSW. f I i i I Dr. Fred R. Chancy, Whose Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow. The funeral of the late Dr. Fred R. Chaner has been postponed un til 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, owing to a delay In the arrival of the steamer Pennsylvania, on which the body Is being- brought to Port land. Funeral services will be held In the Elks Temple. Dr. Chaney lost his life while attempting to climb a mountain peak near Val dea, Alaska. The Pennsylvania waa expected to arrive in Seattle last nlg-ht and the body will be brought to Portland today. Ing. She had rouRh weather. The wrman steamer .Memphis ar rived In from Hamburg-. At Eureka the steamer took a shipment of red wood. The steamer Virginian was expected to leave out for the Hawaiian Islands tonight, and the French steamer Am- Iral Exelmans was due to proceed to T a coma. POWER PLANT ON ZIGZAG Surveyor Are a Work Near Mount Hood. The DLginff waters of Zljriag- River, . the Mount Hood road, will be bar bs eased and made to turn out electric Rev. Alfred Thompson to Retire. Rev. Alfred Thompson, a welt-known Methodist minister of the Oregon confer ence, will retire mis weea irom active duties. For the past three years Rev. Mr. Thompson has been pastor of the Gresham Methodist Church, and while there a new edifice was built. He was at one time pastor of Trinity Methodist Church. East Grant and East Tenth streets. In Portland, and has held other Important charges In this state. He re Urea to look after his property In te-rests the church In the following peroration: The one condition which Catholics recog nise as fatal to the growth and prosperity of their religion, is not the burning ot a larger, brighter light in every field of natural science, not a fuller and better understanding of man's nature and needs. nor a truer history of all that has actually taken place. No, the real impediment to Catholic progress Is indifference, that lassi tude of mind, which has Its , physlcial count emart In rounded shoulders and a hoi' low chest. Ho absolute is tne certituae or the church as to her character, and ante cedents, that she Is ever ready to state her position definitely and coherently, without reservations or misgivings. She knows that the great facts which stand forth in her long and world-wide career, are of so un natural and exceptional a character, that she herself Is not to be adequately explained by reference to any human contrivance. Cardinal Newman long since showed the fallacy and shallowness of Gibbon's "five causes." and be It remembered, historic Christianity Is nothing else than Catholic. Blnce Gibbon's time, no man has had bet ter success In attempting to account for the Catholic Church, while assuming her to be merely a work of human policy. Some are content to rail against ner sincere, perhaps, in their Ignorance and Il-wlll. but the church endures their folly. lets them spend their noisy day. and then sees them terminate a season of vacuous strife. Others look at the Catholic Church and then give her up as a problem and a puxale. They admire her organization for there is hardly a city in the world, where Rome has failed to place her representative they see the splendid discipline main tained In her army, which renders maxi mum service for minimum recompense; they note the fact, and not without curiosity. : she has a hold on the masses, which no other church has. that she has congre gations of live, brainy men at her serv ices, which other churches have not; they behold the practical fruits of her endeavors sisterhoods, hospitals, schools, asylums and so on through the list; but here they termi nate their study with superficial observa tions, and leve off mental effort just whtre they should begin to delve. A sincere, per sistent, love of truth would spur them on to seek out causes. Just as it did a Newman and a Manning, and they, too, would doubt- leas attain the same peace-giving answer to their souls questionings, but unfortunate ly, they never delve to the root of the mat ter, and thus they continue through life. forever pusxled and uncertain. On the other nana, tnose who still cling to some form of denominational belief, and cherish a tender regard for the written word of God. should find many convincing rea sons for accepting the Catholic Church as the product and instrument of his wisdom and mercy. The Catholic Church Is pre cisely the sort of an institution one could reasonably look for after an earnest fair minded c cm side ration of Christ's words and promt sea There is no circumstance of her history at variance with the details of the Church of which Christ is the accredited founder. The Church of Christ vas to be a persecuted church Rome, all are agreed, has had her troubles; Christ anticipated scandals In his church there was a traitor among the Twelve the Catholic household mourns her unworthy members. The church which Christ promised to build upon the rock" was to be united, universal, unalter able In Its faith. Invincible by time and trial. History past and present throws light upon the unity, vitality, and perma nence of the Roman Church, whose bound aries are the ends of the earth. The plan of a church set forth in the New Testament Is realized to the last de tail In the Catholic Church of today. Bible reading Christians would easily see this if they drvested themselves of unwarranted presuppositions, and studied the matter frankly. Why, the very Bible they took as the source and rule of belief and prac tice haa no claim whatever to be regarded as the wcrd of God apart from assurance of the Catholic Church that wrote it. pre served H, and Is alone competent to defend It. The truth seems to be that many men do not love logic. For if they did. Chrls ttsnltv would not be what it is out side of the Church today a medley of dis cordant sounds, soon to be lost forever In the ceaseless roar of the age a Desiring no ostentatious conquest but solely that unity of faith and brotherhood for which Christ prayed, we bespeak seri ous consideration for the claims of the Catholic Church. This united Christianity Is an Injustice to Christ. God In his good- ss end mercy desires all men to ceme to the knowledge or me irutn: f or tnis was I born, for this came i into tne world that vnu might know ins irutn ana that the truth might make you free." With this tact to guiae us it is impos- "f, : - css&i of get Barley and Hops a food and a alcohol an aid to digestion. That's . . . . pure beer well aged notmng is a It is There are Your the world But it tonic A trifle beer. If you better for you. not good advice to say Don't drink beer, many who need it. doctor advises beer. drink the most of it. is good advice to The healthiest peoples of say, Don't drink the Schlitz wrong beer. Some beer causes biliousness, does not. Schlitz beer is both good and good for Nine people in ten would be better for Schlitz is the home beer, because of purity. It is aged for months, then filtered, then sterilized. There are no after effects. you. drinking it. its absolute Ja& for -t&e Brmutry BcttSng. Common beer is sometimes tm&KtOmtat for- S&t&m. T avoid Wing imfosd i&xu, oatJAmi tkt casA sr croivn is branded Sr.'.' ffioiie Main 2779 Sherwood & Sherwood 8 Front St., S. E. cor. Ankeny St. Portland The BeerThat Made Milwaukee Famous albltt to btllm that Dlvtna Provldeac. would have endowed the ancient faith with uch manlfevt signs of divinity unless It were. In very truth the Ark of his Covenant, the church of his building. The Cathollo Church overshadows every other form of Christianity by the majesty of Its Inde structible life, the magnitude of Its achieve ment, the dignity and solemnity of He temples, the dellnlteness and consistency and sanctity of its teachings. The Ideals of her clergy are more Christ-like, the vole of their preachings like the voice of the Savior, who spoke as ono having authority, and not as the Scribes and Pharisees. What we have pointed out are evident, signifi cant, prepossessing facts. Let them be In vestigated In a spirit of humility and sin cerity and they will bo found to be God s kind beckonlngs to the bosom of Holy Church. Jesuit Chapel Dedicated. At S o'clock yesterday afternoon the attractive and newly constructed Saint Ignatius School, another school and chapel of the Jesuits on the East Side, was blessed and dedicated by Archbishop Christie. These exercises were particu larly impressive and Tvere witnessed by large audience, which filled the assem bly rooms of the building; to overflow ing;. The remarks of Archbishop Christie in commendation of the purposes of the Institution and the Jesuit order, which was responsible for its erection, were es pecially appropriate. The parish in which this school is lo cated is In charge of Father Dillon. The school will be conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Names, who have charge of St. Mary's Academy. For the present the structure is a combination school and church, being supplied with six school rooms and an assembly room or chapel. Eventually the building will be converted into an eight-room building for school purposes. The school will be opened this morning and classes Instructed in eight grades. A large enrollment from that section of the city is assured. An Important fact in connection with the dedication and installation of this new school is the announcement that Portland soon is to become the head quarters of the Jesuit order for Cali fornia and the Rocky Mountain missions. Including the States of Oregon, Washing ton and California On ground adjoin ing the Saint Ignatius School there Is being erected a handsome Drtck edince which will be the home of Very Rev. George Dela Motte, S. J., superior of the California and Rocky Mountain missions of the Jesuit order. As soon as the struc ture is oompleted he will establish his residence in this city and simultaneously the headquarters of the Jesuit missions of the Pacific Coast will be transferred here. y. nn. c. l burs politics SECRETARY STONE DISCUSSES ASSOCIATION'S STAXD. POSTUM The name which stands for a National Food Beverage that has benefited millions "There's a Reason" Atrthoritles Refuse to Allow It to Be Used for the Advancement of Private Parties and Purposes. In making the announcements, at the men's meeting at the T. M. C. A., yes terday afternoon. Secretary Stone took occasion to refer to the attack on the As sociation, made at the Socialist meeting, Friday night, when 1 J. Lewis, in a speech of considerable bitterness, alluded to the Association as an institution that made mild Christian young men, who would respect their masters, developed them physically so they would work harder and kept them from drinking so it would not take so much to keep them, and consequently cut down the cost of their maintenance and wajtes. Secretary Stone prefaced his remarks with the statement that the aim of the Association is to make better men, to develop them physically, mentally and morally, and that It concerns Itself not at all with a man's political leanings. Ha referred to the custom of political agita tors during election time of attempting to secure the support of Various institutions and declared that the Association vote cannot be delivered, and that anyone try ing to buy it by membership fees, sub scriptions or otherwise would fall. Mr. Stone said: "During the week some of our friends, sometimes called Socialists, criticised the T. M. C. A. Of course we are open to criticism. In this case, however, they have made a mistake. During nearly every campaign someone comes along and asks for the support of the Association for this man or that party or some or ganisation. I tell them it is out of the question and feel sorry for them. They have paid for a membership and they expect to have the vote of the Associa tion. The T. M. C. A. vote cannot be delivered. No one can obtain its support. The Democrats have felt bad because of that fact, so have the Republicans and the Prohibitionists. It wasn't organized for that purpose. Our friends have said that we have all the members of the militia As a matter of fact we haven't all those young men. I wish we could get them. We try to get bankers, book keepers -and Socialists too if they pay their dues. That is what It is for. Peo ple make a mistake now and then In regard to it. People try to use the T. M. C. A. We have refused to allow it to be used to club the unions or political parties. It is an Institution for young men to get help, to get an education, and to get a better understanding of the life of the spirit. The development of the body and the mind without developing the spiritual nature produces a mon strosity. Those who ignore the physical also make a mistake. "I would like to say another word. We have had some slight misunderstanding with the unions in regard to the new building, i 1 believe those mistakes are going to be adjusted. We are friends of the unions and the laboring men. Some of the people have criticised us In this matter, but the conferences we have had, I believe, are going to lead to adjust ments all around." ' For bargains in trunks, suit oases and bags go to the Harris Trunk Co., J32 Sixth, opp. Oregonlan. They are selling off the bankrupt stock of ths Pacific Coast Trunk & Bag Co. We Can't Tell You how good E-C Corn Flakes are. There aren't any words to just exactly describe their delicious goodness, their dainty crispness. No other flaked corn food is so tasty, so appetizing, so satisfying. Eat E-C just once and youll say so, too. Why eat ordinary com flakes? E-C costs no more. Egg-O-Se Cereal Company, CHICAGO largest Manufacturers of Flaked Cereal Foods la the World. NPHrrs ALIVE Portland Connoisseurs have been won to the appro val of Table Rock Mineral Water as correct. Its tang, sparkle and medicinal qualities are appreciated. This Sparkling Water Is the Favorite Table Drink At Leading Hotels, Restaurants and Drink Parlors. Bottled at the Sprtasrs by Table Rock. Mineral Water Cot, Table Rock, Wash. Portland Aaremcy, AOS Chamber of Commerce. ; jirni io7.o