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TITE JIORXIIfU OREGONIA!?. 5IOND AY; AUGUST 15, 1910. WRECKEBOFTRAIN V Man Caught by Sheriff Ste vens and Deputy Tells of Deed on Santa Fe. PRISONER BREAKS DOWN Colorado. Sherifr and Itallroad De tective Take Gernbrick In Charge After He Gives Details of Ditching Limited Train. SGONFES5I0N Thomas Gernbrick. alias "Frisco Red" alias Tom Moors alias "Colorado Bill." a self -con fessed trainwrecker. . captured by Sheriff R. U Stevens aad Deputy Sheriff Beatty in this city on the night of Aucuit i. was taken Into custody by Sheriff Potter, of 1 Junta, Colo.. "Tim" O'Leary and Robert Snow den. special detectives for the Santa Fs Railway system Saturday night. The officers with their prisoner started for La Junta at o'clock last evening. An hour before htvli removed from the County Jail. Gernbljck mads a full confession, which he signed and exe cuted before a notary public In the lengthy confession he made a "clean breast" of his complicity in the wreck ing of a Santa Fe passenger train on the night of October 2S. 1S03. In which Engineer Patterson was instantly killed and JS persons were seriously Injured. Gernbrick. in his confession, also alleges that ths wreck was a -two man" Job and that his partner In the crime was Harry Devlne. the aged prisoner who recently died In the Colo rado state pentitentlary. where he had been senten.-ed for life on circum stantial evidence for his connection with the derailment of the train. Gern brtck's confession entirely eliminates all doubt as to ths guilt of Devlne. The train wreck occurred shortly after midnight near a bridge across Aplshapa Creek, a few miles out of Fowler. Colo. Gernbrick and Devlne. according to the confession made by the former yes terday, removed a rail with tools which they had stolen from a section house near the tracks, pulling the spikes from the ties. Two days previous to the wreck, the men met at Rocky Ford. Colo., and planned the robbery. After purcnaslng a quantity of dynamite, they wer.t to the vicinity of the bridge and made preparations for wrecking the express car. which contained $85,000 In gold. After ditching the train. Gernbrick aad Pvtne learned to their sorrow that tfca express car had been "set out" at a station several miles from ths wreck age. They 'led from the scene, each mooting a different rlrection( In seek ing refuge. Grrnbrick made his way to the farm bouse of Martin Cook a Jew miles from tn catastrophe. Devlne was found asleep a half mile from the wreck ths nxt morning and was taken Into cus tody. He was subsequently convicted for the crime and sentenced to life im prisonment. Gernbrick made good his es.-ape and by a peculiar coincidence was Identified soon after his arrest in this city by Cook, who happened to pass through Portland. Cook positively identified Gernbrick as the msn who visited hi farm the morning alter the wreck seeking food. According to the ftalements made by Gernbrick to his captora. he came West soon afterward and became a hardened criminal under the varioua aliases he Is known by. After dodging the au thorttlea whom hs presumed were hot on Ms trail as a result of his complicity In the train wreck. Gernbrick. while In San Francisco a year ago, enlisted In the Government Marine service and was aslgned for duty at Mare Island navy yard. Recently, he says, he was granted a furlough and came to Port land. Dnrlng a debauch among the re sorts of ths North End. he was appre hendd In a most extraordinary manner by Sheriff Stevens .-.nd Deputy Sheriff Beatty. The two officers while on a "stilt hunt" for a fugitive In that section on ths eening of August 2 hapiened to pass the comer of Third and Ankeny streets. Gernbrick was helpl'saly Intoxicated and stod leaning against a building, expos tulating In a boastful manner. Attracted by ths drunken marine, the 8berlff and - his companion approached him and beard him say: "I know the guys that pulled ths , spikes and wrecked the train." Believing that there mtsht be some au thenticity In the boastful statement. Sheriff Stevens, sided by his deputy. Im mediately took Gernbrick Into custody and placed Mm In Jail on a technical charge, pending a further Investigation. Following a rigid gruelling by the offi cers In his cell that night In the County Jail. Gernbrick partially sobered and ad mitted that lie wets sincere In his state ment that he knew who wrecked the train and told In a reluctant manner certain detaila In connection with ths Santa Fe train wreck near Fowler. Colo, even years ago. Impressed with ths sincerity of ths man's statements and their Incriminating lAiur. Sheriff Stevens Immediately in formed the local officials of the Santa Ke of Gernbrtck'e possible guilt. In lers than four hours after Gern brick had been lodged in a cell the Santa Ks Railroad officials In Chicago and La Junta. Colo., were Informed of the cap ture of ths supposed trainwrecker. Sher iff Stevens was instructed by the railway orftrtala to hold the suspect In custody until the arrival of the system's opera tives In Portland. Sines August . "Tim" O'Leary, one of the oldest operatives In the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad, who has gained no mean distinction for his clever sleuth work and shooting es capadea In his official capacity, with Robert Snowdon. a colleague, and hrrlff Potter, of La Junta, have been in Portland. After "sweating" Gern brick for four consecutive days the two operatives and Sheriff Steena and Deputy Sheriff Beatty finally broke Gernbrick down and succeeded In get ting his voluntary confession of the crime yesterday. Tiie capture of the trainwrecker was directly effected by Sheriff Stevens and Deputy Sheriff Beatty. Before the ar- rival of ths Colorado officers Sheriff Stevens and" his deputy worked tire lessly in their efforts to pick up clews which might aid ths railroad officials lieputy Sheriff Beatty by his consistent efforts and hla wide compass of ex perience In handling "yegg" and "rail road" cases brought together consid erable tangible clews Just before de parting with. their prisoner. Operatlvea O Leary and Snowden were profuse in their declaration of thanks to ths lo cal officers for the keen and effective capture of the much sought train wrecker. During the seven years chat Garn brlck has enjoyed his liberty the Santa Fs Railroad system haa expended thou sands of dollars toward hla appre hension. Although but J years of age. Gernbrick from his known crim inal petUgrsm haa engaged, la, scores of crimes "throughout the country. His ( nrsc sensational escapeae iui m crimes was enacted in Chicago In 1897 after he and several pals shot and seriously wounded a policeman who detected them in the act of burglaris ing a store. In the event of Gernbrick's convic tion for his complicity In the trsln wreck It is possible that the death pen alty will be imposed. CURTIS GIRL CONFESSES Mystery Clerfrs Case, Saying She Had Been Drinking. Up to a late hour Saturday night. Net tle Curtis, ths 23-year-old girl who fell from Vie fourth story of the Buell Apartments, Fourteenth and Salmon street, early yesterday morning, was still alive, but in a precarious condi tion at St. Vincent's HospttaL At midnight Detectives Tlchenor and Howell reported to Acting Chief of Police Moore that the Curtis woman had made a confession to them. The tenor of the woman's statements was to ths effect that she toppled and fell from the balcony while she waa under the Influence of liquor. She atated she had returned to her apartmenta in the Buell Apartments a few moments be fore. Becoming ill because of the air in her room she ventured out upon the balcony to get aome fresh air. She became dlxxy when she reached the balcony and toppled over the lower balustrade. Assistant Chief of Police Moor will today make a complete investigation of the affair and hopes to disco vet some new features of the case. W. A. Kastner. with whom the girl haa been living, will be asked to give a complete account of himself since his arrival In Portland. The officers believe that there Is something behind the case that haa not yet come to the aurface. , " VATICAN ANSWERS SPAiN At Least, Statement In Home Jour nal Is Construed as Such. ROME. Aug. li. The Osservatore Romano publishes a statement, presum ably dictated by the papal secretary of stsie, which alma to answer a re cent statement made by Garcia Pletro, the Spanish Foreign Minister, with reference to a resumption of negotia tions between Spain and the Vatican. The Osservatore Romano declares that the only novelty in the Foreign Minister's statement is that the con dition Insisted upon by the Holy See for a continuance of the negotiations Is Justified. This condition was that the Spanish government should take no steps on the question which was the subject of negotiations and that the bill relating to the religious con gregations should be withdrawn while negotiations were pending. The report that Emperor Franz Josef of Austria might act as mediator In the controversy ia considered without foundation. Even the Vatican admits that Spain cannot accept foreign inter vention in her Internal affairs. SLEEPWALKER IS SLAIN Young Woman Somnambulist Shot In Mistake for Burglar. NEW ORLEANS. La., Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) Miss Alma Barrere, twenty-two yeara of age. while walking In her sleep, about half past one o'clock in the morning, was shot and killed by a young man. who mistook her for a burglar. Miss Barrere had been known as a somnambulist for years. In her sleep walking she usually carried a lighted lamp or a lantern. She carried no light and when she entered the kitchen Simon Kleffer, a young man In the em ploy of her stepfather, waa aroused. The house had recently been robbed and Kleffer had a loaded shotgun by his side. He could see a form dimly outlined In the doorway. He called, but got no answer and fired. The entire load entered ths young woman's body, causing Instant death. Kleffer. who was arrested. Is almost prostrated. The authorities recognize that the tragedy was due to a mistake and have released him on bail for $1000. RAID MADE; CHARITY WINS "Bookies" Lose Rk-hes and Betting Closes In Ohio. CLEVELAND. Aug. 14. Acting under peremptory instructions from Governor Harmon, the county authorities Saturday clamped the "lid" on the betting ring at North Randall track, three hours be fore the closing of the Grand circuit race meet. As a result. It Is predicted the track may be closed permanently. Sheriff A. J. Hlrstlus retired from the raid with hla pockets, his hat and the fullness ot his shirt stuffed with currency and tonight a swarm of aggrieved bettors are looking through the downtown streets for the book makers, armed with tickets that have not been redeemed. One bookmaker seised his book, but scattered greenbacks and gold from It In his flight, and Hlrstlus and his assistants gather It up. The betting ring was cleared and those of the bettora who braved the law to ask the money back were Informed that the casn would be turned over to charity. Crushing of Haughty Walters. Oklahoma News. Some hotel waiters have long since graduated from the sphere of usefulness to one ot arrogant haughtlnets. There are only two ways of getting even with such a waiter. The best way is to carry a club in the right hand, concealed behind the hack. Enier the dining-room with aa much sang frold as may be assumed without exciting surplcion. When the waiter approach with a look of scorn and con tempt on hla face, give him a John Ar thur Johnson punch with, the club. , Such a course la likely to produce mora or less of a sensation In well-regulated dining-rooms and aome may hesitate to adopt It on that account, though they may rest assured that it would meet with the approbation ot all other patrons of the place. The only alternative. If you feel that you mut even up the score, is to leave the hotel and never reiunv to It. Usually It le the head waiter who be comes afflicted with arrogance. He meets you Just Inside the swinging door and at one swift glance places his estimate upon you. "Cheap skate," he says to himself. "Look at that necktie, win you. and the way he combs his hair! I'll give him to Clarence." Being given to Clarence Is the depth of degradation. The table presided over by Clarence Is in a dark corner and Clarence apends most of his time In the kitchen with the chef and Jits assistants. At the table with you alls one man wearing a rubber collar and another with uncombed hair, both of them eating beefsteak and onions. When you give your order Clarence looks at you with withering acorn. Should th Turtelah fovtnsmfnt ncurar triro lurf. c"tton n;rli in lhAl country my cn-Klcrably Incr. m tJir r vast Dlalrut tn th Intrr of A: Minor which ara poctaajr v4fid tor u.a pUotaUona. RUSK BACK WOULD TRY CLIMB AG! Mount McKinley Party Leader Talks of Attempt to Scale Peak. INDIAN GUIDE BETRAYS Expedition Reaches Over B000 Feet In Trip Redskin's Treachery Aids In Undoing of Those Who Made Jaunt Food Gives Out. Undaunted by his failure to gain the summit of Mount McKinley on his re cent attempt undertaken under the auspices of The Oregonian. the New York Herald and the Portland Mazamas, C. E. Rusk, leader of the- expedition, is positive In his aasertlona that the ascent of the peak is entirely practicable and says he la ready to become a member of another party organised along similar lines as the first. Unexpected difficulties in transporting supplies and the treachery of an Indian whom they had trusted to carry pro visions are given as reasons by Mr. Rusk for the early return of the party. The expedition was not entirely unsuc cessful, however. Inasmuch as It estab lished one point over which there has been much controversy In the past year that Dr. Cook, of North Pole fame, did not scale Mount McKinley or come any where near It. Four Persons In Party. Besides Mr. Rusk, whose home is at Chelan. Wash., The Oregonlan-Herald-Mazamas party was composed of F. J. Rojec. of Portland, the official pho tographer; Joseph Ridley, of Deming, Wij,h., and A. L. Cool, of Lucerne. Wash. The organization of the expedi tion was largely due to the efforts of Charles H. Sholes, of this city. The explorers left Portland April 25 for Seattle, where they obtained their sup plies. They sailed on the United States revenue cutter Tahoma to Port Graham, a distance of 1500 miles, arriving there May 6. They remained at Port Graham ten days awaiting the arrival of the steamer Alice, that was to take them to Beluga. On aeeocunt of the heavy flow of ice they were detained at Beluga sev eral days and did not arrive at Susttna station, where they obtained their first view of Mount McKinley, 150 miles dis tant, until May 22. "The mountain at once impressed us by its lmmens? sire." said Mr. Rusk last night, when he arrived In Portland from the North. "Its snow-capped sum mit rose in majestic grandeur like a beacon among the peaka ot lesser alti tude With our glasses we observed its rugged slopes. Its precipitous sides and the barren spots of the perpendicular walls against which the snow could not cling fast." The party was compelled to wait at the station until the steamer returned from a trip back to Beluga, as the Ice was yet too heavy to continue the trip up the Susltna River. While there the Parker-Brown party, sent out from New York and which has not been heard from in the past few weeks, passed them In their launch. Party Starts Out May C7. The final start toward the headwaters of the Susltna was made at 3 o'clock on the morning of May 27. On the following morning the vessel stopped to pick up a log on which a man, who later gave his name as John Schmidt, was riding In such an exhausted condi tion that he could hardly speak. They found that the raft, upon which he had started to travel down stream, had been wrecked In an ice pack and that he had been riding, without food, on the log for six days. He recovered. The samo man had been rescued from a similar fa to by the same vessel a year before. After two days of somewhat difficult travel the Alice arrived at Talkeetna, 65 miles from Susltna station. There they had a wonderful view of Mounts McKin ley. Foraker and Dlsston, the former being conspicuous on account of lta great height, which la estimated to be 20.200 feet. Talkeetna is an Indian trading post at the confluence of the Susitna, Chu lltna and Talkana Rivers. The ex plorers landed and prepared to travel up the Chulltna on a poling boat which they had brought with them. First Day's Trip Short. Their vessel waa far too light, how ever, and they had to abandon halt their cargo of supplies. The first day they proceeded less than a quarter of a mile. Returning to the village they procured the services of an Indian whom they called "Alec," and who assisted them up the river. It re quired six days to trayel 25 miles In this fashion, three of the men pulling a tow line while the Indian sat in the boat and steered. The fourth man walked along the shore. They en countered many difficulties on this part of the Journey, as the river bed Is full of quick sanda and shallow places Arriving at the mouth ot the Tokosltna River they turned into that stream and traveled nearly two miles toward its source. There, on July 10, thvy made their first permanent camp. That being the birthday of Mr. Rusk's son, they called it "Camp Rodney." Indian Alec left the party as soon as they had completed their camp, agreeing to return to Susltna, hire an other Indian ahd return with the pro visions that had been left behind. But Alec did not return and thereby the stay of the adventurers in the unin habited region was limited. In the direct route between them and their goal lay the Ruth glacier, so named by Dr. Cook on his trip to that country, "but before reaching the gla cier they had to cross a strip of low bottom land, covered with, cottonwood, spruce, birch, alder and a heavy under brush. It was necessary to literally chop their way through this. While they were engaged In clear ing this path a buck caribou came Into camp one evening and approached within 200 feet of the tent. Cool shot him with his revolver. They Jerked the meat and used It In their daily meals. Rainfall Is Heavy. Rains fell incessantly and hindered them in their work. After waiting Im patiently for the Indian to arrive with the balance of the supplies, they start ed, on June 22, for the glacier. The point where they mounted the icy mass was about 30 miles from the base of the mountain. Carrying packs weighing from 40 to 70 pounds apiece each upon their backs, the Intrepid quartet struck out on what proved to be one of the most difficult legs of the Journey. As their supplies weighed about 600 pounds, they.were required to advance their loads In seta of three relays, thus cov ering the ground five times. In this way they were enabled to advance about seven miles in three days. By this time they had reduced their sup-, ll ... . .I.ln ,-,-,-1,t umall silk tent, a rubber floor and their sleeping blankets, a quantity of wood alcohol for fuel, two revolvers, a rifle, sharp Instruments for chopping, and photographic apparatus. Their food consisted principally of pemmican, a very nutritious substance composed of beef, tallow and raisins In a compact form, and prepared especially for Arc tic travel. Their clothing consisted of suits of macklnac. duck-back gar ments, high-top leather ahoes and Alaskan pack boots for use over the snow. Ruth glacier is rough and stony and In some placea treacherous. The men made little progress. The food supply running low. Cool returned to the per manent camp near the Susltna River on July 1. leaving his three compan ions to press on to their destination. Fourth Passed in Rest. Fortunately they arrived at a grassy spot ' on the evening of July 3 and celebrated the Fourth with reasonable comfort They called this camp "Inde pendence." With the Stars and Stripes flying from the pole of their tent, they spent the day in rest, but set out early the following morning on a side trip over a tributary to the Ruth glacier in search of the peak which they be lieved Dr. Cook to have ascended in an endeavor to lay a foundation for his assertion that he had scaled Mount Mc Kinley. ' . Although they were enveloped In a heavy fog, they reached the top of thia mountain at noon of July o, returning the same evening. Their trip con vinced them that this peak was not the one climbed by Dr. Cook, and from the descriptions of Ed BarriU. the Brooklyn man's partner on his expe dition, decided that It was a neighbor ing hill. They did not attempt to as cend it. however. The last half of the way across the glacier was broken by many hummocks and crevasses which were hard to cross, but near the head they encountered a stretch of smooth snow. Scenery Cnrlvalled In Beauty. Here the scenery became unrivaled In beauty. Rising for thousands of feet on either side of the glacial .mass they beheld granite peaks ornamented, as by fairy hands, with beautiful snow capped cor nices. Some of them assumed fantas tic shapes like cathedral spires, build ings of strange and wonderful archi tecture and structures of quaint de sign. Everywhere, from the tops and sides of the needle-like peaks they could see avalanches of snow started by the in tense Tays of the Summer sun fall to the abysses below some of them strik ing with reverberat'ng crashes against the rocky walls. When they were within ten miles of the base their water supply became ex hausted. Then they started to melt snow. They were now at an elevation of 4000 feet but high peaks hid their view of Mt. McKinley. The last camp on the glacier brought them within 12 miles in an air line from the summit of the mountain. This camp they named "Camp Morden in honor of C. A. Morden assistant manager of The Oregonian. "The scenery from camp Morden was sublime," said Mr. Rusk. "We found the head of the glacier In a vast am phitheater, surrounded by precipitous, snow-capped peaks, some of them ris ing to an elevation of 12,000 feet. Many tributaries to the Ruth glacier could be seen. McKinley rose to an awe In spiring height directly in front of us, the way to the summit barred by great precipices all around the base. "Our provisions could hold out only a few more days so we decided that to attempt a dash to the top would be useless, foolhardy and really suicidal. From that point we arranged our re turn Journey." Elevation of 6 600 Feet Reached. What was probably the nearest ap proach of the expedition to the summit of the mountain was attained on the evening of Tuesday. July 12, when, at an elevation of 6,600 feet, they stood on a ragged edge of glacial rock, ice and snow and gazed w.lth despairing eves at the goal, approximately nine nilles, in a straight air line, away. Barriers that would require weeks to overcome lay In their path. - The following day they climbed a rocky peak which they named "Point Piper," in honor of the managing editor of The Oregonian. Many excel lent photographs of the mountain were secured there. The following day took them through a narrow pass between two rugged peaks, which were named Plttock Pass and Pittock Peaks, respectively, in honor of the manager of The Ore gonian. A sea of mountains lies to the North and West of this point. With their supplies reduced so that each man carried but 60 pounds, they started across the glacier and home ward on July 15. Stopping at Camp Independence, they calculated to ascend the j that they believe Is the one Dr. Cook mounted. Fogs prevented Many mountains that have never been approached by human feet received their scrutiny through the glasses. In their order from South to North they named them Mounts Lee, Glisan, Ma zama and Sholes. In spite of heavy rains they crossed the glacier In three days, reached Camp Rodney and went down the river to Talkeetna, covering In four hours a distance . that on the going . journey required six days to traverse.' Party Back to Civilization. Seward Point, . the first station through which they, could communicate with the outside world, was reached on the morning of July 31. From there the message announcing the result of the expedition waa aent to The Ore gonian. On account of ia historical import ance that attaches to the ascent and of the value of knowing definitely who was the first to successfully make the trip, Mr. Rusk thinks Mount McKinley should be scaled. In attempting another Journey he would take his supplies -over the river during the Winter, when the streams are frozen and when dog teams and sledges can easily travel over the ice. The provisions, he says, should then be cached in the snow and the exploring party, unencumbered, go up the stream with the first approach of favorable weather. At least 10 men would be re quired to accomplish the ascent but the leader of the first party Is eager to utilize the experience thus gained in undertaking another. M'LOUGHLIN BRIGHT STAR California Tennis Champion Suc cessor to Larned. NEW YORK. Aug. 14. M. E. Mc Loughlln. the California expert, won the cup In the lawn tennis singles at Southampton. L. I., today. He defeat ed Frederick A. Colston of Maryland, in the final round. 6-2. 6-1. 6-2. and hla success makes McLoughlin the suc cessor of W. A. Larned W. J. Clothier, Beals C- Wright, and H. I. Doherty, the British crack. His victory Is the most notable one by a Pacific Ccast player in the East STAGE BECKONS TO WIFE She Says She Would Rather Carry Spear Than Xurse Baby. NEW YORK. Aug. l?.-Searching every resort In Coney Island last night a young man was looking lor nil wue. a Drunane M It hnm. Nn. 77 Genrsia ave- nue. East New York, their 3-year-old baby was crying for his mother. It waa his birthday. Last Winter Mrs. Lottie Westland met . vlfl nf 17 MntllHA. I.auter- burger. who lived then with her twin ' t. ft,..,, -tvilllom at No. 27A University place, Woodhaven, L. I., and told won derful stories of life behind the foot lights. The girl had played for a while in a cheap Brooklyn theater, and for three weeks was a chorus girl In Man hattan. Mrs. Westland Invited the girl to live with her and her husband, Charles West land, driver of a grocer's motor van. to help her with the baby, Charles, Jr. The young wlfa soon became stage struck, too. On Sunday she urged her husband to let her go upon the stage, where she could,jearn plenty of money, she said. He would not consent. Monday he returned to an empty house. A note on the bedroom pincushlon'ran, 'Mattie and me have gone away. We would rather cany a spear than nurse a baby." They had left the child with a neighbor and disappeared at 10 o'clock In the morning. . GAYNOR IS DOING WELL SIX PHYSICIAXS ISSUE AXOTHER OPTIMISTIC BULLETIX. Despite Favorable Progress, Under current of Fear Exists That Danger Is Not Over. ' NEW YORK, Aug. 14. The same optimism that has characterized the statements regarding the condition of Mayor Gaynor since he waa shot last Tuesday prevailed In the latest bulle tins issued at St. Mary's Hospital, Ho boken last night. Another consultation of the physi cians In attendance, which lasted half an hour, was followed by a bulletin issued at 9:30 o'clock this evening, which said: "Mayor Gaynor's condition this even ing continues to be satisfactory. He haa passed a.Testful day without pain or discomfort ar.d no untoward symp toms have developed. "Signed: W. J. Arfltz. George W. Stewart, C. N. Dowd, J. W. Parrish. George E. Brewer." ' Dr. Arlltz supplemented this official announcement in reply to a question as to the patient's condition by saying: "He is doing fine." Other informal statements' bear out the hopeful statements of the physi cians. Nevertheless, there still re mains an undercurrent of feeling that the Mayor is in greater danger than is indicated in the bulletins from the sick room. Robert Adamson, the Mayor's secre tary, early in the evening announced on the authority of Dr. Stewart that his chief was much better and added that the swelling of the neck near the wound had decreased noticeably. It was also stated by Mr. Adam son that the cough, which had caused some uneasiness for fear that it might induce hemorrhages, was better to night. A conference at police headquarters here tonight caused much comment, as it was believed to have an important bearing on the shooting. It was learned that a bundle of letters found in Gallagher's room waa examined. Secretary Adamson, on leaving head quarters, denied, however, that there was any significance in the conference. In giving out the midnight bulle tin. Secretary Adamson said that the Mayor's temperature today was lower than any day since his injury and his condition the beat.. Rufus Gaynor, son of Mayor Gaynor. .indicated that his father did not wish to prosecute Gallagher. Young Gay nor intimated that his father was ot the belief that his assailant waa In sane. Gallagher, the discharged dock em ploye, who attempted the Mayor's life. 12 years ago wrote threatening letters against President McKinley, Lyman J. Gage, then Secretary of the Treasury; Wilbur F. Wakeman, who was ap praiser of the port of New York, and other officials he held responsible for his discharge from the appraiser's stores, according to the New York Times. LIQUOR LAW HITS CLUB COURTS OF IDAHO AGAIJf UP HOLD LOCAL OPTIOX STATUTE. Members of Club Will No Longer Be Allowed to Serve Wines In "Dry" Counties. NAMPA, Idaho, Aug.' .14. (Special.) The local option law bf Idaho was again upheld by a decision banded down by Judge E. L. Bryan in the District Court at Caldwell Saturday. The decision was the result of a case brought against the Janitor of the Pay ette Club, of Payette, in Canyon County. Idaho, charging him with disposing of liquor contrary to the local option law. The plan of the Payette Club was for the members to- purchase a ticket for $10 and the ticket was punched accord ing to the number of drinks served to each member. The club kept a stock of wines, etc, and these were served by the Janitor to the club members. The court. In Its decision, holds that the law applies to social clubs as well as to those actively engaged In the liquor traffic, and that the transactions of the Payette Club through the agency of the Janitor violated that portion of the law providing that "any person who either directly or by device or subter fuge, shall sell, furnish, deliver, give away or otherwise dispose of intoxi cating liquors, etc, shall bo guilty' of a misdemeanor." - Wise Curb on Gas Franchise. Pittsburg Gazette. Minneapolis, Minn., Is praising the fore thought of those who drew the franchise of the company supplying the city with gaa granted 40 years ago, which contained the condition that the municipality might buy the plant at an appraised valuation in 1910. The city 'did not desire to exer cise this right, but it threatened to do so unless the company materially reduced the price of gas. The outcome of the negotiation that followed Is that the price to private consumers has been reduced to 86 cents, and to the city, for street lighting and other public purposes, to 65 cents. - Far-Eastern Rugs the Rage. Kansas City Journal. American housewives have developed a keen taste for Persian. Turkish and far Eastern rugs in the last few years. Importations of rugs last year amount ed to more than the total for the pre vious Ave years, and in the present year the many advertised sales of rugs by retailers Indicate the appreciation of the demand for such artiales. The importations of carpets and rugs last year from Smvrna amounted to $349,-nnn- from Constantinople. $3,137,000: lfrom Bagdad, $143,000.' The Toll MORRISON The ommeir Sales , The most attractive value-giving" this store has ever offered. Quality, variety and style of the highest order at prices phenom enally low. Every Department is strongly represented in this momentous merchandising event. There are still many splendid saving op portunities for those who have not been able to take advantage heretofore. The Toll & Gibbs Store MORSON AT SEVENTH WIFE SHCOTS Special Policeman Dying With Three Bullets in Body. JEALOUSY CAUSES DEED Mrs. A. M. Benjamin, Overhearing Husband Talking to Friend Over Telephone, Fires 8 Times ; Faints in Suicide Attempt. A. M. Bnjamin, 47 years of age, a special policeman, is dying at St. Vin cent's Hospital aa the result of three bullets fired into his body by his drunken wife, aged 36, while in a fit of jealousy in their apartments at 693 Johnson street at 10 o'clock Saturday night. Surgeons at the hospital state that Benjamin cannot live. His murderous mate is held at police headquarters on a technical charge pending the out come of her husband's injuries. The first intimation that near-tragedy had been enacted was the alarm sounded by neighbors who heard the shots. The police were notified and Patrolman Martina was the first on the scene. He found Benjamin lying in his own blood just inside the front door of their home. Mrs. Benjamin lay in a dead faint near his feet. Upon a hasty examination Patrolman Martine discerned that his brother ofTicer was bleeding profusely from bullet wounds in the face, in the right wrist and in the left, chest. He was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital. Mar tine placed the unconscious woman under arrest. She was held on a charge of drunkenness and assault with a dangerous weapon. The Benjamins came to Portland from Denver a year ago, where their only child, a boy 13 years of age. Is residing with relatives. Immediately upon his arrival at the hospital Benjamin rallied for a brief period from the comatose condition in which he waa found. Piecing together the disconnected assertions made by him and those of his wife concerning the circumstances which led up to the shooting it is evident that Benjamin was shot down by the woman while he stood at a telephone talking to a friend. - According to the statements made by the woman under arrest she is insanely jealous of her husband and as an up shot of her jealousy of him has made several previous attempts to kill him. Last night while her husband stood at a telephone "jollying" one of his acquaintances his wife cautiously en tered the room and overheard him. En raged at his actions she ran to where he stood and grasping the large Colt's revolver, which hung in a- holster on a sling about his body, his infuriated wife pumped six shots at him at close range. He fell to the floor. Three of the fusillade of bullets went wide of their mark and Imbedded themselves in the wall beside the telephone. Believing she had mortally wounded her spouse Mrs. Benjamin failed in her plans to end her own life. Reaching over the prostrate form of her vic tim and extracting several bullets from the cartridge belt he wore, she vainly endeavored to reload the empty chambers of the pistol. Before she executed her plana she succumbed to a lit of nervousness and keeled over in a faint and lay beside her wounded husband. " Neighbors heard the minature bom bardment In the Benjamin apartments and sounded an alarm. Benjamin has been serving as a spe cial patrolman during the teamsters' strike. He is said to have feared the fury of his wife and several times hinted to his fellow officers that he feared "be would die with his boots on." t At midnight the surgeons were prob ing for ths bullets which found lodg ment in his body. One bullet entered the right Jaw and after ranging down ward emerged at the left side of the neck. This bullet fractured his Jaw bone. - A second bullet struck the bones of the right wrist. A third bullet and one which will undoubtedly prove fatal en MAN Gibbs Store AT SEVENTH tered the left chest in the immediate region of the heart. Ten Stone-Locks to Go. The ten combined locks at Lockport, N. Y-, tho man-el of the world 60 years ago, will be dismantled this coming Win ter to be replaced by the most modern hydraulic lift locks ever constructed, the plans for which estimate the cost at $1,600,000. These locks have been viewed by every eminent engineer in the country- Thousands of tons of masonry and blocks of stone 20 feet square will be removed. TO PARADISE BY RAIL R.&N. BEINGS MAGNIFICENT BEACH WITHIN SHORT RIDE. Conditions Are Presented Which Defy Contradiction to Tillamook Beach Investing. "Can you imagine a railroad, run ning for nine miles along the ocean front, with the grandest sand beach in the world on one side and a long line of sloping shore, beautifully wooded, with . here and there a pretty little fresh water lake, embowered by tho tall fir trees characteristic of the Tillamook country, on the other side, standing very long without develop ment?" In this question, one of the owners of Tillamook Beach vividly portrays the advantages of that property in words that carry absolute conviction. Tillamook Beach is probabfy the best situated of any on the Garibaldi Beach, and the best property here is rapidly being purchased by shrewd buyers. C. E. Fields & Co., in the Board of Trade Building, selling agents for Tillamook Beach, are so enthusiastical ly firm in their advice to buy on Gari baldi Beach that jthey pronounce this property one of the best small Invest ments in the State of Oregon. Mr. Fields, himself, has been identified with Oregon real estate for many years, and that Tillamook Beach is the equal of any other investment in the state is his belief. He takes almost as much pleasure In talking Tillamook Beach as he does in sending out litera ture to prospective investors. HERS PERMANENT HIS WAS NOT we have the following letter from H. H. Roth, a business man in Philadel phia: Philadelphia, Pa., March 19, 1910. John J. Fulton Company: ... Gentlemen Last May I began taking your Diabetic Compound and in two months the sugar disappeared. Under your instructions I continued with the compound for over three months after the disappearance. I now find a return of the sugar and have again commenced taking It. I was quite surprised at the return, as 1 was told that It would not again appear and a complete cure would result. How do you account for this? I have eaten all this time gluten bread, but no potatoes; however, have eaten rice, hominy and ice cream. Kindly let me have your opinion and if you think a permanent cure can be effected. Mrs. Snow, of 1815 Columbia avenue, Phila delphia tells me that she has had no recurrence for nine years, and on her recommendation I first began taking ' YOUr' VeryHROTH. There is no hard and fast rule as to recoveries. After the sugar is eliminat ed some have to preserve more or less of a diet to keep well. Again, others return to their ordinary habits of life. The age of the patient is often a de termining factor. People between fifty and sixty and over can frequently live without dietary restrictions without a return of the sugar, but the younger the patient the more necessity for care ful living and the avoidance of starches and sugars. tor v i ns il lift M inn 'i i I V1