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THE MORNING OREGONIAJFr TTTESfAT, DECEMBER 21, 1909. j STORE OPEN THIS EVENING UNTIL 9:30 EVERY CHRISTMAS ACCOMMODATION WOMAN WHO HAS PROVED MATCH FOR SHARP ATTORNEYS AT TRIAL OF HER DIVORCE CASE. 'X COCKTAILS l BED Statement About Red lop Boots The officers of Webfoot Camp No. 65 authorize us to state that Red Top Rubber Boots, which have proven so attractive this year, their camp organizer will present one of our $3.50 GIFT CER- now on display in our Shoe Department, first floor, are OUR TIFICATES, good in anj' part of the store, to each Woodman OWN CREATIOX. and are not carried and cannot be obtained who gives to him the names or applications for two new members anj-where else in this city. before Januarv 20, 1910, and has them initiated later.into Webfoot FREE! Every visitor to the Shoe Department todav will receive Camp. " . ;L-.. FREE, a pair of SILVER RUBBERS. Butler Testifies He Carried Liquor in Teacups, Tumblers and Shakers. FAIR PLAINTIFF STARES MRS BRDKAWTOQK Attention, Woodmen of the World Olds.WorimLan Shf Sits Opeu-Mouthed as Startling Tales Are "Related by Witness for Husband Xnrse Receives Many Bruises From Whip. TEW YORK. Dec. 20. Cocktails and cigarettes. wil'h have been figuring prominent!;- In the suit for separation brought by Mrs. Harry Blair Brokaw against her hupbanrt, W. Gould Brokaw, again assumed Important today in the trial at Mlncola. L. I. Sidney Woods, the Brokaw Sutler, testi fied for the defence that he had served cocktails to Mrs. Brokaw In a teacup, in tumblers. In a shaker when she. was up and dressed, and when she was in bed. He was positive that he had aeon Mrs. Brokaw purchasing cigarettes, and that he had served her with them, in her room. ' During her butler's testimony Mrs. Brokaw, who, in her own testimony, would only own to an epxerience of four cocktails and an occasional cigarette, sat open-mouthed. Nurse Carried Bruises. "I carried a cocktail to Mrs. Brokaw In the sun parlor," continued the butler, "and she mentioned to me that she had discharged her nurse. -Mica See. I told her that Miss See had asked me for Hn Iment to apply to bruises which she said had been caused by kicks and lashings from a whip." "Was XJue name of the person men tioned?" asked counsel, "who supplied he whip, or who did the kicking?" "Mrs. Brokaw knew who did it," re plied the butler. "Was anything said to indicate that she had knowledge, of the cuts on Miss See's limbs?" "Mrs. Brokaw was very cross and no body asked her." - Justice Henry H. "TrttderslaeVe. a'frlend of Mr. Brokaw. testified that he had spent some time at High Point, N. C. the Brokaw Winter country home, and that Brokaw had always been kind and affectionate towards his wife. Quarrels with her husband, which Mrs. Brokaw said were brought about by Brokaw's Jealousy and ill tem per, have been asserted by gueBta of the Brokaw at High Point, N. C, and elsewhere to hare been trivial for the most part, and u much the fault of Mrs. Brokaw as of her husband. Mrs. . Brokaw's repeated tales of trouble so annoyed Mrs. H. B. Gilbert. Mr. Brokaw's sister, that Mr. Qllbert forbade her coming- to their house, Gil bert testified. The troubles, in their Inception at least, were largely imagin ary, Gilbert thought. So far as actu ally barring Mrs. Brokaw from his home was concerned, Qllbert said on t i-oss-examinatlon he could not recall n Instance when she was refused ad mission. Brokaw Much Excited. Witness cotill not remember that Mrs. Brokaw had asked his protection, nor did he rec. '1 Mrs. Brokaw's sending her maid' home for her personal be longings. Brokaw was excited, "very excited." that night, Gilbert remem bered. Brokaw might have been drink ing, he thought. He did not think It strange that Mrs. Brokaw should have come to his home that night when she had a home of her own. He did not. know her husband was at the Gilbert home when she came there, the witness said. Brokaw was a "highly solicitous mart." Gilbert ad mitted. He would not deny that Bro kaw had wired him to' find if Mrs. Brokaw had gone "to town." ' HEAD SHORTAGE GROWING lnitlpu1ntrd Accounts Cover Pecu lations of $ 1000. SEATTLE. AVash.. rec. 20. (Special.) The shortage of former Captafti Charles K. Head, who was clerk In the court of John K. Carroll. Justice of the Peace, a fellow offioer in the N. G. TV., is growing ns tin scrutiny of the- books by W. S. lncoln. Deputy County Audtor, pro gresses. Tt Is now apparent that Head continued b1 pilfering after Colonel Otto .A . Case, the present Auditor,, was In ducted into office.-' The bank account of Hepfl as court clerk now shows & fhortape oFtOOO, be in p fund In the custody of the court as ball and bond money. It has been dis covered aleo that n alleged shortage in th offictS of the County Auditor was. In reality the Head shortage, due to a manipulation of various accounts. VANCOUVER STUNG AGAIN Another Jlerehnnt I.oses tioods and 5louey on Bad Check. VAXCOITER. Wash.. Dec. 20. Spe cial.) O. S. Anderson buncoed . C. flow, of Clow & Co.. out of a $16 watch and IS in cash by presenting a check late Saturday night for $36.75. which turned out today to be worthless. The chock was drawn on the Van couver National Baok In favor of G. S. Anderson and signed by the Pittock & Leadbetter Lumber Company, for which company the man said tie was working, but It turns out that no man of that name is or has been in the employ of that firm. Anderson, Mr. Clow says, was to have come back this morning to get the balance of the check, as there was still 412.75 coming to him, but he did not appear. SLAYER, SUROUNDED, DIES Man Hunt Ends In Negro Taking His Own Life. ABBEVILLE. La.. Dec. SO. A thrill ing man hunt terminated yesterday af ternoon, near here, when Roy O'Haro, ' a negro desperado killed himself after a chase lasting since Tuesday, when the negro shot Officers Holly and Thomas'. At the entrance to the Chotawhatchte swanip a cordon of a hundred men sur rounded the negro. Wounded, bare ' footed and tired, he saw that escape was Impossible, and placing the barrel of his shotgun to his breast, he pushed the trigger with his big toe. His body was tied to a buggy and dragged to Ahheville and placed in the courthouse, where It lay for several Hours. uxi - - - - s -"- - ---- , X (' - x 1 f""x' ' - I ' ' '-It If' " $ " : ' - 1 1 k i. - a ; " ' - , . r .. - - y '- ' ' . - . i I t wt ; ' -:-- - v i ! J - j? - tt of1 - t ' ' t s f f - i J i r jtr f . ; s ' . - - V X 15'' - - " i-i it - . . , j Z it I i." VV 1 I if. - - J t X - 'MRS. W. GOULD BROKAW.' ' X ............. .......................... .......... TWO HOLD UP CAB Conductor Made to Disgorge; Passengers Undisturbed. . i OFFICER SEES ROBBERY Special Is Passenger but KoBbera Terrorize Him Along With Others and He Offers No Inter ference With Deed. With their faces hidden behind masks and with three puna leveled on their quarry, two daring outlaws boarded a Fulton Cemetery car at 6:55 o'clock last evening1 near Nebraska and Wisconsin streets In Southern Portland. Although six passengers were aboard the car at the time, only R. Cook, the conductor, was molested. After extracting- all the .change amounting to $1.60 from Cooks pockets the robbers swung from the car and dashed into the under brush nearby, firing two shots in the air as they ran. The police were notified soon afterward and detachments of bluecoats were hast ened to the scene . Although the supposed hiding place of the fugitives In the under brush on the hillsides near the tracks was thoroughly beaten, no trces of them were found. A few moments before the holdup was enacted E. M. Hudson, the , motor man of the car. observed the men step from the curb toward the car tracks and flag the car. He reversed his brakes, osten sibly to pick tip the supposed passengers. While the car was being slackened in speed both men swung aboard, taking care to have their faces turned away from Cook. They adjusted their masks about the lower part of their faces, then suddenly stepped to the center of the rear platform and poked three guns at his head. "Throw up your hands," both simulta neously commanded. Cook did not parley, but did as he was bidden. One thug, who carried a gun in each hand, stepped to the aisle door of the car. 4Sticl up your hands, everybody!" he shouted in clear and distinct tones, which were heard by Hudson, the motorman, above the rum bling of his car. Believing Cook, his co worker, to be In disress, Hudson brought the car to a standstill. An ex cited passenger, who had observed the presence of the thug an instant be fore, arose and dashed through the front vestibule doors and to safety in the street. Through the open doors Hudson witnessed Cook's predicament. The thug in the rear doorway kept him under the cover of the weapon he held in his left hand. Meanwhile, the smaller of the thugs, whose face was hidden by a red bandana handkerchief, deftly rifled the pockets of Cook's clothing. He collected $1.60 in, nickels and dimes. This amount angered him, and he gave vent to a. volley of curses. At this juncture the other thug turned hla attention from the interior of the ear to his comrade on tlje rear plat form. Special Police Operative Edward Qas st, who, with his 14-year-old son Charles, occupied a seat near the rear door, made a futile effort to take ad vantage of the thug's maneuver and secure his revolver beneath his tightly buttoned overcoat. He lowered his right hand and unfastened the lower button of" his coat when the thug ob served his intention. In an instant the thug thrust the gun Into Gassett's face and gruffly said: 'Put up that hand put It up quick!'' Gaesett did as commanded. Both men j-umped from the car with out making any efforts to rob the pas sengers aboard. As they scurried for shelter In the scraggy underbrush each fired a shot in the air and disappeared In the darkness. Gassett and Cook alighted from the car. but before they could discern the robbers they had dis appeared. A fair description was secured of the hugs, who are described as young men, 23 or 25 years of age, -"!h weighing about 140 pounds. From their method of operation the police are Inclined to believe the outlaws are amateurs. WALLA WALLAGOES "WET' G.otitlnued from First Page.) local option campaign came up. A ma jority of the voters in the county reside In this city and the feeling Is bitter In many places. In some instances "drys" who are practically new in the city chal lenged men who have lived and voted here for 25 years and have always been stanch Republicans. Many men had to "swear In" their votes, while some abso lutely refused to do so and ilked from the polls. Some are of the opinion that M elec tion may result . In another party gain ing control. Drys Keep V"p Fight. The "drys" are already preparing to carry the campaign into the Municipal election next July and elect a "dry" Council. They will attempt to regulate the liquor traffic in. Walla Walla in this manner. The present administra tion is decidedly wet, it being said that every city employe voted wet. While the campaign was still young the business men's committee prom ised to do away with 17 saloons after the election and bring the number down to 20 one saloon for each 1000 population. In order that they may have all assistance possible, the "drys" will meet tomorrow night to form a Civic League to assist the business men's committee. Dry Talk Boycott. Incensed at their defeat tonight, leaders of the local option fight met and addressed several hundred persons and urged them to boycott the "wets." Local papers which have supported the antl-prohibltlon forces were scored for their stand. The streets of the city are crowded, tonight with celebrants and enthusiasm on the "wet" side runs high. No arrests have been made. In an interview tonight Robert John son. lead of the wet forces, stated the success of today's election was largely due to the level-headed advice of ei Unlted States Senator Ievl Ankeny. 'I am confident," said Mr. Johnson, "the presence ft Ankeny on the' stage when Mayor Rose waa here had much to do with the vote today. He was with us at all times and -much honor of to day's truocess is due to him." KATjSE reports stir, city Pendleton Angered Oyer Campaign Conducted by AValla Walla. PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.) Incensed at the false reports circulated by the saloon men in Walla Walla re garding conditions in Pendleton, Mayor Murphy and five of the eight members of the City Council have sent a signed communication to the Walla Walla paper, in which most of the slanderous reports have been published, branding many of the1 reports as absolutely : false and de claring Pendleton to be prosperous and all lines of business thriving. Will Moore, president of the Commer cial Association, and Attorney - R. J. Sla ter also went to Walla Walla and pub licly gave the lie to the published reports and to the pictures on display 1n that city alleged to represent vacant store rooms In Pendleton. President Moore demanded of the presi dent of the Walla Walla Commercial As sociation that the pictures of the alleged vacant buildings be removed from' the display 'window, on the ground that they were false and misleading. When the" Walla Walla man refused. Moere sent a photographer to Walla Wfvlla, who took pictures of SI vacant buildings in that city, and lie says these will be sent broad cast throughout the Northwest to show the actual condition of affairs in Walla Walla, and in retaliation of the wrong he believes has been done Pendleton. In his public address at Walla Walla President Moore pointed out that whereas there were ten vacant buildings in Pen dleton before the 28 saloons were voted out, there are only nine at present. WIFE SLAIN IN QUARREL John Stokes. Boatswain in Nary, Kills AVoman on Street. SEATTLE, Dec. 20., Following a brief quarrel, John Stokes, a boatswain In the Navy, shot and killed his yoang wife on a street In Charleston, a small town near the Bremerton Navy-yard, tonight. Two years ago Stokes was Injured by a fall on the cruiser Chicago and since then has suffered Intermittently with mental disorders. He Is confined on the prison ship at the Navy-yard tonight. DIVORCE RECORD BEATEN? Chehalis County Decrees Boost State's Chances by Eight Points. HOQTJIAM. Wash., Deo. iO. (Special.) The State of Washington may1 now be leading the United States in the matter of divorce. The County of Chehalis. by Its Superior Court at Montesano, on Saturday last, boosted Its' chances Ty granting eight divorces, each of them being granted by default, and each being filed by a wife. LpCAL WRESTLER LOSES E. J. O'Connell Defeated In Two Straight Falls by Yokel. SALT IAKE CTTT.. Dec. 30. Mike Tokel. of Salt Lake, took two straight falls In his wrestling match with Q J. O'Connell, of Portland, -tonight. The first fall took 90 minutes, half Nelson and leg locks : the second 3 min utes, reverse arm hold. O'Connell proved himself very clever, but was not as strong as YokeL Ladies9 Waists ; Extraordinary Sale V4 Reduction t $7.50 up, Nets, Silks, Lingerie, Hand-Made Linens, Lace, Batiste, and everything else. Splendid range of styles,, great variety of colors and prices to suit everybody. Hair Goods Prices Cut in Half t. 3 E U V - iv; for Ladies, Children ana Men. LADIES' HOLIDAY HOSIERY. Fast black, with silk em broidered instep, neat embroidered designs. Regularly nQp priced up to 75c. Special Price for Tuesday, per pair. . ... -IUU LADIES' FANCY COLORED LISLE HOSE, with silk embroid ered instep. Regular up to 85 cents. Special Price QQp Tuesday, per pair . . J J U LADIES' MERCERIZED SILK. Fast black and regularly y nQp sold for 50c per pair. Special price Tuesday, per pair ,Jlb CHILDREN'S FAST BLACK. Cotton ribbed, medium weight, reinforced heels, toes and knees ; sizes 5 to 9. Regular, 1 1 per pair. 20c. Special price for Tuesday, per pair I lb BOYS' HEAVY RIBBED. Fast black cotton hose, extra heavy toes, heels and knees; sizes 6 to 9y2- Regular values 25c. 1 Cp Tuesday special, at the low price of, per pair IUU MISSES' FAST BLACK t lisle hose, nre'dinm weight; sizes 5 to 9V. Regular 35c. 1 Qp Tuesday special, at the low price, per pair. I Ju Four Specials for the Men 200 dozen Men's Cotton Half Hose, black Qp and tan. Regular 15c. Special Uu 200 dozen Men's Black Imported Half 1 Qp Hose, Regular 25c. Special I Jo 200 dozen Men's Black Half Hose, white QOp feet. Regular 35c. Special t .UU 200 dozn Men's Gray Wool Half Hose. 1 Qp Regular 25c. Special I uu MOB UGES JAIL Illinois Troops Ready to Be Rushed to Belleville. NEGRO" MAY BE LYNCHED Black SHppected of . SbopUng Two "Streetcar Employes In East St. Ixuis, In Danger Sheriff and Deputies Prepared. ST. liOUIS, Deo. 20. KlgTit companies of militia were ready to start for Belle ville. I1L. tonight, and Sheriff Cashel wasy awaiting: at the St. Clair County Jail -with a heavily armed force of deputies. . Rumors that an attack would be made upon the jail because of the pres ence there of Will Clark,- a negro sus pected of shooting' two streetcar em ployes in East St- jLouls Saturday nlgrht. caused the preparations for an emergency. The Sheriff asked Governor Deneen to have troops in readiness when re ports reached him that friends of the ENTIRE STOCK - There never was . such an elaborate dis play of waists as we have on sale this week. Mind you, ev ery thing in our big stock is placed upon sale at One Fourth Re ductions All of them are in cluded, from The unusually special prices at which we have been selling Hair Goods the last few days have attracted a tremendous trade and established a record for this department. The sale will be con tinued throughout this week. opportunity to get best goods VOACFTD V B m 1 B JTVi M Phenomenal Values This is the season's greatest offer ing in Hosiery. To understand the values, note the descriptions and nrices. East St. Louis men were planning a descent upon Belleville. The towns are only 16 miles apart and are Connected by steam and trolley lines. Little was observed in East St. Louis to indicate that the warlike prepara tions were needed. Friends -and fellow employes of E. V. Ooudy, the dead motorman, and M. P. O'Brien, conductor, seriously wounded, were outspoken in thir condemnation of the negro, espe cially after it was reported that Clark had confessed. A denial of the latter rumor, however, served to dispel many evidences of the mob spirit. One hundred and fifty employes of the St. Louis and Suburban Railway Com pany falling to obtain a car to take them to Belleville, took charge of an owl car and started for the County Jail at Belle ville ' where Will Clark is held under guard. The men ran the car three mles toward Belleville when the power was shut off by Oeneral Manager C. S. Hewitt. The car waa left stranded. NEGROES EIRE, POSSE BURNS Four Whites Wounded, One Black Cremated, Alleged Slayers Caught. MONTGOMERY", Ala., Dec. 20. Barri cading themselves In a house. Will, Shel don and Clinton Montgomery, negroes, wanted for the murder . Saturday night of Algernon Lewis, a young white man, late this afternoon opened fire on a Sheriffs posse near Magnolia, wounding four whites, two fatally. The house was set on fire and Clinton Montgomery was cremated, theother two being captured when they dashed from the burning building. Ernest Slade, one of four white men shot riy Clinton Montgomery, a desperate negro, is fatally injured and him death. French Lingerie Hand-Embroidered V4 Reduction This big sale con tinues for today. Great advantage was taken of these speciaL values all day yesterday. Ow ing to the popularity of the goods and the prices, it would be well to shop' early in this department. In cluded in the sale are Chemise, Gowns, Drawers, Combina tion Suits, Skirts and Corset Covers. Unparalleled oppor tunity for selections of colors, prices and designs. Do not miss the at lowest prices. FURS 1- 4 O This is the erreatest fur-buvinsr opportunity of the season. Ev erything reduced 25 per cent. Furs included are "White Ermine, Jap and Natural Mink, Blue Black Wolf, Isabel Fox, .Bauni Marten, Squirrel and Opossum. XmasWeek Table Cloth, with Napkins to match. Pure flax, Richardson's fa- 'mous make 2x2 yards, regular $9.25. Special . . . $8.03 2x2i yards, regular $10.25. Special .8.95 100 beautiful pattern cloths, handsome border all round. A i long wearer and strikingly beautiful 2x2 yards, -Special Only $3.10 2x21 yards, Special Only $3.75 Very material reductions in drawn work scarfs and center pieces, a3 well as tea cloths. Regular $1.00 values, Special, each 75 Regular $1.50 values, Special, each Jj1.15 Regular $2.00 value, Special, each $1.39 Regular $2.50 values, Special, each 1.85 Regular $3.00 values, Special, each $2.18 Regular $3.75 values, Special, each $2.85 BigTange for selection in Scalloped Towels. We offer two very spe cial values. Huckaback Towels, with damask bolder, on sale at these very low prices, each . . 25J and 35? expected at any time, may serve to fan the flame of race hatred. Search is being continued tonight 'for Will Montgomery, another of the four brothers. Practically every negro resident of Magnolia left here this afternoon. The whites are well armed. - Algernon Lewisi was waylaid by the Montgomery brothers, it is charged, late Saturday night, while he was on his way to his home. His body, riddled with bul lets, was left in the road. A short time thereafter the murder was discovered and a posse was soon, in pursuit of the negroes. Notwithstanding the biting cold, sleet and rain, th search for the murderers continued aU day Sunday and today. Magnolia is not on a railroad and haa no telegraph office. Regular Train Asked For. SALEM, Or., Dec. 20. (SpeciaL) The State Railroad Commission has received a number of petitions from people living Knees Became Stiff Five Yean of Severe Rheumatism. The cure of Henry J. Goldstein. 14 Barton Street. Boston, Mess, is another victory by Hood's SarsapariUa. This great medicine has succeded in many cases where others have utterly failed. Mr. Goldstein says: "I suffered from rheumatism five years, it kept me from business and caused excruciating pain. My knees would become as stiff as steel. I tried many medilnf 3 without relief, then took Hood's TSMaparill, soon felt much better, and no 1 "ider, myself entirely cured. I recommfend Hood's for rheumatism." j Get Hood's SarsapariUa today. In 'usual liquid form or tablets called Sarsatab ENTIRE STOCK Gray wavy straight switches of every shade.f Regular prices $8.00 to $75.00. On QQfl flfl special sale now at $5.0O to UdUiUL) German "Wavy Switches, 30 inches. QQ flfl Regular price $18.D0, now QuiUU German Wavy Switches. 28 inches. Q"7 Crt Regular $15,00, now OliUU German Wavy Switches, 25 inches. Qt flfl Regular price $12.00, now OOiUU EVERYTHING WE HAVE INLA DIES' AND' CHILDREN'S SEPARA TE MUFFS AND SCARFS OR IN SETS faff and Linen Sate along the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad between Albany and Hoover, asking that a regular passenger train be put on be tween those two points. The petitions were circulated and sent in by E. S. Payne, a merchant at Gates. Ilofer Resigns From Council. " SALEM. Or., Dec. 20. SpeciaL) Col. Hofer resigned tonight as a member of the City Council. Attorney John A. Car son was elected to succeed him. 300 MORRISON ST., OPP. POSTOmCTll '( LEMON'S V j vV-n glove j. ) h ORDERS.: H , .,11 1 ,iw . -rm,, 1 i