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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1909. f - i.v i ; , i s: ' . . . r OTIAFT AND YAH ARE PLEASED WITH THOMPSON'S GLASSES i 1 1 " " The letters reproduced below speak for themselves. President Taft and Col. Bryan have been wearing glasses for several years, having been fitted by the best eye specialists on both continents. "Made in Oregon" Therefore Acquires a New Significance "Best" in Eye-Glasses as in Many Other Things I . ..... .r THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL BUSINESS Penalty for Privata Us $300 Mr, R. A. Thompson, Portland, Ore. Corbett Building ( Glasses Furnished by The Above Is aa Exact Reproduction of the Thompson to Jl-i1d"nt Taft and Colonel Bryan. Thompson's ability has been recognized by the foremost authorities in Europe. No other eyesight specialist has received such strong indorsements as are here reproduced. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON m Portland, Oct. 2, 1909 R. A. Thompson, Corbett Bldg., Portland, Ore. My Dear Sir: The President has received the glasses you furnished him on the 2nd of October and thanks you cordially for same. He much appreciates your attention. Yours very truly, (Signed) Aide to the President FROM GERMANY'S FOREMOST PHYSICIAN Berlin, May 1. 109. Mr. R. A. Thompson: Dear Sir Last night I attended one of your lecture and wu BtirprUed by the perfect system you have of detecting flaws In human vision. The rapidity and accuracy with which you correct Astig matism. Myopia and Hyperopia Is noth ing short of marvelous. America can well be proud of an op tician who has achieved such good re salts as you have. I am aorry you are leaving Berlin and wish you all the suc cess and honors I am sure you will re ceive on your return to America. Very truly yours, ' (Signed) if fliRllil! 9 Tear. In Portland: Years In the Leading By. Clinic of Europe, FROM "THE OPTICIAN" Tha Official Organ of the Oculist of Europe, Hay 9, '08. A new aystem for detecting and correcting the various defects of the eye with glasses was shown before a number of oculists last evening, at Mr. Sidney Richard son's. Mr. R. A. , Thompson, an American optician, has demon strated, beyond a doubt, that he is master of his profession. Mr. Thompson perfected his system while studying in Germany, and the wonderful skill with which he discovers the various defect of the eye has caused quite a sensa tion among the eye specialist of Europe. By the "Thompson Sys tem,' as he calls it, a mistake In. fitting glasses Is Impossible. H certainly proved it last evening. Portland, Ore., Oct. 11, '09 R, A. Thompson, Corbett Bldg., Portland, Ore. My Dear Sir: Allow me to thank you for the glasses which you fitted to my eyes. I am glad to inform you they are entirely satisfactory. Yours truly, '(Signed) Below is another letter from Col. Bryan received a few days age: Thompson has the most scientific eye-testing instruments in the optical field today. Notwithstanding the advanced methods and optical knowledge employed in testing the sight, no extra charge is made for this service. FROM IxB FIGERO," LKAOrVG PARIS DAILY, JXXE 16, 1908. Translation R. A- Thompson, an American optician, astonished the medi cal world last evening; with an Import ant discovery lor Instantaneous eight testing. In a practical demonstration before professors of the faculty ther unanimously declared It a. great aid to KciMnce Mr. Thompson was bora In Brooklyn, N. FROM L0ND0N SCIENCE SIFTINGS," THE . "SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN" OF EUROPE (June ft. 'OS.) Mr. Robert A Thompson, an American eye specialist, de livered a most Illuminating lecture on the eye at the optical demonstration rooms of Mr. Sidney Richardson, off the Strand, on Wednesday evening. The great number of student. Present were greatly Interested In the extraordinary aklll of Mr. Thomp son who gave a practical demonstration of his "New System of Eyeglass Fitting." Several oculists present who wore com plicated "glasses allowed Mr. Thompson to examine their eyes to ee how near he would come to the proper prescrip tion. To their great astonishment he found the proper correc tion In each case In less than five minutes. . Fort William, Ont., Oct 28, 09 Dear Mr. Thompson: The glasses are all right. No change necessary. Thanking you again for your kindness, : , . Very truly yours, (Signed) Pf HO MPS ON , The eyes are too delicately constructed to allow of experi ments. J&iowledge and experience should guide the hand that prescribes for them. Over 75 leading physicians now. send Thompson their patients when they suspect eye strain. LENSES EXCHANGED AND FRAMES KEPT IN RE PAIR FOR ONE YEAR WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE - -i itpedallat In Slarht-Tertlnar a7d Spectacle KHtlngr. LlCenSed OptOmetriSt Member of American Association of Optician. Second Floor Corbett Bldg., Fifth and Morrison HIGH-CLASS WORK AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES FINCH DIES WITH PROTEST Of! LIPS Slayer of Ralph B. Fisher In sists He Shot Victim in Self-Defense. DEATH COMES SWIFTLY After Brief Speech In Firm Voice on Scaffold. Trap Is Sprung and Physician Pronounces Life Ex linct Within Four Minutes. SALEM. Or., Nov. 13. (Special.) Jamea A. Finch today paid tlie extreme penalty for the murder of Ralph B. Fisher in Portland a year ago. The execution was one of the .most successful held In the Oregon Penitentiary. The death march from the cell betran at 11:13. the' condemned man and his captors reaching the chapel at The execution chamber -was reached at lK1.. and Finch finished hts brief talk to those in attendance at 12:2$. At 12:2Wi the trap was sprung", and at 13:32 the man was pronounced dead by J. X. Smith, prison physician. Finch showed some agitation through out the forenoon, but walked to hie death with firm and steady step. Walking to the front of the gallows. nd leaning for ward with his hands on the low railing, solemnly and in a perfectly steady and clear voice, he declared that he had shot Fisher In self-defense. His words were: Shot In Self-Iefense, He Insists. 'Gentlemen. I can imagine no sadder moment than this in the life of any man. The humiliation of this moment is very keen to me, but I wish to say a few words before I must bid you all good bye. In a few minutes 1 expect to stand face to face with my God. and. realizing this as 1 do. and as I know yon do. I wish you all to believe that t am speak ing the truth and the whole truth in what I am saying now. "I did not assassinate Ralph B. Fisher as he was sitting in his chair in his office with his back toward me. I shot In self-defense. I want Dr. Smith and the other physicians to make a post mortem examination and they will find upon my head "the marks where the rotary seal thrown by Ralph Fisher hit me. This Is the truth as my last state ment, and this deed today will te a rank Injustice under the law. 'I want to forgive Mr. Kay and the newspapers who have misrepresented my actions. I want to thank Dr. Smith and the ofneers of the prison and of the Jail for the fair treatment I have always re ceived at their hands. Gentlemen. I wish to thank you; good-bje." Wife's Parting Heartrending. With these words he stepped backward upon the trap and three-quarters of a mlmita later was hurled Into eternity. Finch was accompanied to the scaffold by the Kev. Father Ayeur, O. & B., of Mount Angel. In the absence from the city of the Rev. Father Moore. After the execution the body was turned over to Mrs. Finch, widow of the dead man, and shipped to Portland on the afternoon train. The wife and mother of Finch called at the prison about 10 o'clock this morning to eay farewell to the doomed man. The passionate grief of the two women was pathetio in the extreme and deeply af fected everyone within hearing. Finch ate a hearty breakfast this morn, lng and last night had a better night's sleep than at any time since his Incar ceration In the Penitentiary. COOS BAY CRIES FOR MAIL Improvement In Service Promised. Wires Sent Washington. MARSHFTELD. . Or, Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) A telegram from Acting Second Assistant Postmaster-General Holllday, of Washington, states that there will be a change in the mall service to Coos Bay which will bring about an improvement. The Chamber of Commerce will con tinue Its telegraph campaign to Wash ington until there is an Improvement. Three Issues of The Oregonian were delivered today. The last number to 4e received was the last Sunday number. FRAUD SIGNAL FLIES Wildcat Firms Warned by In surance Commissioner. BAD STOCK ON MARKET Promoters Trying to Sell Shares in Companies Not Authorized to Do Business in Oregon, Declares Bulletin. RATE WAR MAYBE AVERTED Japanese Trans-Pacific Company Raises Its Rates. TACOMA. Nov. 12. R. Kafuku, traffic manager of the Osaka Snosen Kaisha, with his principal office in Osaka, an nounced this morning that, beginning November 25. the division of steamship and railroad rates on east-bound cargoes would be the same as those of the other conference lines. This, it Is believed, has averted a trans-Pacific war. The west-bound through rates will re main the same in competition with the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, lower than all other trans-Pacific lines. Firm Sues for 'Commission. OREGON CITY. Or, Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) The Jury In the case of O. W. Eastham & Co. against James M. Tracy failed to agree after being out all night and was discharged at 9:30 o'clock this morning by Circuit Judge Campbell. Eastham A Co. brought suit to collect commissions for effecting the sale of the Tracy farm. Tracy Insisted that the contract had been altered after his signature was affixed. Asylum Employe Fatally Crashed. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 12. Marshall Ham mer, an employe at the State Insane Asy lum, was fatally Injured today, when his head became caught between an elevator and the wall. Despite that his bones were ground up and his head crushed, he remained con scious several hours. Marshfield Beats Bandon. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Nov. 12. Special.) The. Marshfield football team defeated the Bandon team, 16 to 0. at Bandon to day. The Marshneld team was coached by Attorney R. O. Graves. How healthy the children look! Liv ing In Rose City Park! Well! SALEM. Or.,- Nov. 12. (Special.) In bulletin No. 1. Issued today by Insurance Commissioner S. A. Kozer. the public is warned to exercise caution in Investing funds in the stocks and bonds of insur ance companies without first making a careful Investigation of the merits of the company. The bulletin says: "In the promotion of many of these companies, the commis sions paid for selling stock approximate, as high as 60 per cent, which tends to the conclusion that the company is floated principally in the interest of the promot ers without regard to its future after Its capital shall have been fully subscribed and paid up, and It is authorized to begin business." The new Insurance department, it is stated, is anxious to see more of the right kind of insurance companies in Ore gon, but it would have investors use care In buying stocks. Outside companies that have not com plied with the Oregon laws, and there tore are not authorised to do business in this state, come in for a share of the attention of the . bulletin. It is stated that Harlow, Hewitt & Co.. of San Fran cisco, are endeavoring through the malls to interest the citizens of Oregon In the Retail Grocer Underwriters and the Re tall Hardware Underwriters. The Lum bermen's Indemnity Exchange, of Seattle, Is also said to be seeking a foothold in this, state. These companie have not compiled with the Oregon laws, and any business done in this state is done In open violation of the new Insurance code: also those who do business with concerns not authorized to transact business here do so at their own peril, without recourse and without hope of protection from the laws of this stateJ Irrigators Plan Deep Test Well. ATT ALIA, Wash.,' Nov. 12. (Special) Owners of property on the uplands east of Attalia held a meeting here tonight to consider plans for securing artesian water for Irrigating their lands. G. W. McBride, an experienced welldriller from Kansas, presented a proposal for a test well. A preliminary organization was effeoted. with W. M. Britten as chair man, and a stock company will be formed to put down a well 1000 feet deep. Tong Chiefs Will Get Bail. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12. Judge Shortal today fixed the bonds for Tong King Cheng, the secretary of the Chinese Free Masons and editor of the Chinese Dally Free Press, and Gee Hong On. president of tha On Tick tong, at O0.000 each. The men, who are charged with conspiracy to murder Yee Fong Hong, one of the Tee tong killed November 2, are expected to surrender as soon as bonds are obtained. BEGIN CUNNINGHAM CASE Witnesses From Many Points to Testify on Coal Land. SEATTLE, Nov. 12. Hearing of evi dence in the famous Cunningham coal land cases, in which the title to valu able land in the Bering Lake country of Alaska to Involved, will be begun in the Federal building in this city Novem ber 18. The lands are olalmed by a score or more of the richest men in the Pa cific Northwest Witnesses from all over the Pacific Northwest, including Alaska will be present. The Commissioner will take more tes timony at Spokane. WOMEN LEAVE IN CANOES Settlers in Skeena ' Valley Fear Trouble With Indiana. VICTORIA. B. C. Nov. 12. A dis patch received at Premier McBride's of fice today from Hazelton said women and children were being sent down the Skeena by canoe. The Indians have promised not to Interfere. The situa tion at Hazelton Is quiet In spite of sensational dispatches sent from Victoria, there has been no blood shed in the Skeena country, and none is expected. Several Indians have been I quality of silversldes, especially In thelr arrested for stealing railroad stores and interfering with railroad building.. The Indians are few in number and are not likely to make much further trouble. MONTESANO WANTS A FAIR Campaign to Get County Institution Indorsed by H. D. Chapman. MONTESANO. Wash., Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) Renewed Interest in a Chehalis County fair, to be held) here, was aroused today by the visit of H. D. Chapman, executive commissioner of Chehalis County at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Eii position, to Montesano. Mr. Chapman said: "Everybody should favor a fair and Montesano is the place to hoki it. In calculable benefits to the county will fol low the annual exhibit of products and the assembling . of people from all sec tions of the county. Methods of agri culture are discussed and samples of products of all kinds are viewed and in formation is imparted concerning treat ment of soil and the methods of cultiva tion. You may not only quote me as favoring an annual fair at Montesano, but you may say that I will do all in my power to encourage it." HYBRID. SALMON APPEARS Silversldes Caught in Columbia Be lieved to Be Crossed With Chinook. - ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 12. (Special.) During the present fishing season, the high color, has been so noticeable that it Is believed they are a cross between a suverslde and a Fall Chinook. In the Winter of 1897, at Fort Clatsop, Wade Hampton Smith and Ole Paulsen Improvised a hatchery, and the eggs of the silversldes were treated with ths milt of the Fall chinook. At the expira tion of the regular period the eggs de veloped and the young fish appeared and were released. TPhe little submarine boat works quietly but with power to create havoc. It steals up from unseen depths, launch es a torpeto and the enemy i ii trouble. In the same way a misfit shoe does its harmful work almost before you realize it. A little pinching here, a seemingly tri fling lack of support to the arch, and your feet need the doctor more than the shoemaker. CROS "MAKES ELGIN MINUTES SPHERE'S a modern ten dency to com bine business and sociability. Punctual ity so becomes at once a duty and a courtesy; it's best backed by an i ' LORD ELGIN, Thin Model Pendant Winding and Setting. Seventeen or fifteen jewels. Ruby and sapphire balance and center jewels. Compensating balance. Brecuct hair -spring, with micromctric regu lator. Adjusted to temperature. Exposed winding wheels. Patent recoiling dick and tsell-locking .setting device. Sunk-second dial Plates damaskeened. 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