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THE JIOKMAlr OKlSliOAIA. SATTHRDAY, SEPTE3IBER 28, 1912- t SWEETHEART BARES NOTED ENGLISH SUFFRAGE LEADER WHO SAILS ON RETURN . HOME. ' ' Open Till 10 P. M. Saturday Night i ROBBER'S IDENTITY Woman Tells How Dead Des perado Used to Return With Cash and Jewels. MANY CRIMES LAID TO HIM Six of Victims View Body of Suicide - and Lone List of Streetcar Holdups and Other Rob berries Cleared Up. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2". Spe- cial.) A young woman has cleared the mystery In the Identity of the highway man who committed suicide Wednes day night when he was cornered by the police after he had held up Kearney-street car. The desperado, who battles with the- police during a, thrilling chase through the streets. Is proved to have been a professional iootpad. tvelyn Disney. who lives at 857 Montgomery avenue, gave the police me information by which they Identi fied him as Hars Anderson and fixed many other crimes upon him. Among these were: September 2, holdup of streetcar in Albany, near Point Rich mond, conductor and five passengers roDbed; beptember 2, holdup of car in Berkeley and passengers: September 14, holdup of saloon of M. McClure at 4o4 Main street; September 16, holdup of two San Mateo lnterurban cars at Easton station, in San Mateo County, passengers and crew robbed; City At torney Charles Kirkbride. of San Ma teo, shot and seriously wounded; Sep tember 22, home of William Fink robbed: September 25. holdup of Kear ney-street car, passengers robbed and Special Police Kaufmann shot by rob Der in his night. Victims Identify Robber. The Jead highwayman's identifies. Hon by the woman was followed by menuucaiion or nis body by six of his victims in various crimes. Car men yesterday viewed the body and de ciared that the man was the one who bad held up cars at Albany and at Berkeley. Later in the day Otto Ja- coDson. motorman of one of the San Mateo cars, with Captain W. W. Wag goner, one or the passengers, and others identified the body positively as xnai or tne man who had perpetrated the robbery of both lnterurban cars, shooting Kirkbrlde. Evelyn Disney was found through a scrap oi paper bearing her address. She readily Identified the handwriting as that of Anderson and declared that alter their meeting a month ago' in a Harnary Coast dancehall he had been In her company frequently and had javisnea attentions on her. Actions Are Described. Anderson, she said, was a Dane and spoKe with a foreign accent, appear ing to be a man of refinement The woman told of his being absent at nignt, always to return in the morn ing with his pockets filled with money x ii v jciveia. tne met Anderson a month ago, she said, and he became Infatuated wltn her. During the time that they wera friends she never suspected that he was a desperado. Her suspicions were not even aroused, she asserts, when Anderson once remarked to her: "Som day, Evelyn, you will read about mc t ; J'"""i i--. . ' : ' ..::: V: . : " -h ' -. Sk. ... " : f -yB..;.-. SJt-KSrWirft ; . . a prr1?- I Az iT "' " f - v -A-14- f Jn xsgrj :: .JUT pS Hi? U-JAi ' f v ; . . ' ' ;V t l I MRS. PETHWICK LAWRENCE. LAWRENCE OFF Noted Suffragette, Unterrified, to Resume Crusade. REST TOUR IS COMPLETED Battle XeTer to Close TTntil Success Crowns Efforts of Suffragettes, According to the English Leader. NEW TORK, Sept. 27. (Special.)- Accompanied by her husband, Mrs. Pethwlck Lawrence sailed yesterday for I England to resume her work for the suffrage cause. "I am undismayed. declared Mrs. It the newspapers, and then you will Lawrence before sailing. "My recent say to yourself: 'My God! I knew that imprisonment has served but to make man.' " me the firmer in my faith, which is Anderson, according to the girl, al -1 that the suffrage crusade shall never ways carried paints and greases with laspe until its object shall have been htm, though she never understood the accomplished." reason for it. I Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence have recently "After we had known each other for completed a long tour through parts few days, said the girl, "he told of the United States and Canada, which me he had been over to Port Richmond, they took in order to recuperate for the That wa about September 3. Me saia coming resumption of the crusade. he had been In Berkeley, too. He came "We must go on," said Mrs. Law- back with lots of money after that rence in a recent interview. "They can trip and bought me lota of presents. I no more crush us than the Austrlans Robber Kerns Out of Sight could crush Garibaldi with his thousand i . - i.. .v.- t,h rr ..ovnff in men. .no prevaiisu uguiitsi 1110 aus- his room at the hotel all day and toia " """" a. n.e he did not want to see people. He the English government.- 7 o'clock at night xne rest we won mis oummer a would not return until late at necessary. We started the hunger strike r.i. in tho mnmlni. In Jail as a protest against the govern 1118111 . . . . VtrtlH n a a nnllHrol "After returning irora uiesn irii he would always stay In the hotel ror prisoners, jirs. rNi m, uuuauu f.- ,.-. nnrt then firO OUl al nignt anu X were ueieu ao puiiumj fi"u -T" n.aalia awn nnn nununv HlKllU oiucianuiio ..wv . " - hp told me he was going down to San leagues In jalL So we refused food xi.n son a brother who lived inland were forcibly fed. Ah. that forcible Easton. He said he had no money, but feeding! It took nine people to hold me would return with lots of It. Monaay down, iou cnoxe, you struggle, you mornintr he came back with lots of grow black In the face, and then you money and he spent it on me. are so ill that you cannot possibly re When he first came to my room x tain tne ioocu saw that he had a pocketiui oi news- "One cannot retain tood administered paper clippings In his pocket. I pulled under such circumstances. Mrs. Pank them out and looked at them. They hurst was released when it was seen' said something about a rooDery or a that her very life was endangered. I hnlriun. I did not nave time to reaa was the second to be released.'; them because he grabbed me and drew his gun and said he would kill me if l Hid not Kive him back the clippings. I did and he tore tnem into pieces. Last Wednesday nigni ne toia me he was broke again and was going out to aet some money. He leit at o ciock REFERENDUM IS RETORT (Continued From First Page.) the first remark when informed of and never returned. I guess , he held special meeting and its object up that Kearney-street car and was on Councilmen Dunning and Joy, two of his way to the noiei nere wuen uir i oKciai-iwccmis killed himself in Commercial street to disclaimed all Knowledge oi Business .vnM hninir arrested." other than the purchase oi election booms ani transaction oi oxner minor business. Councilmen Burgard and CATC IIP TCI I FftlQI ATI I RE Watkins concede that the passage of rAlt Ur IU LCUIOLHIUnL another ordinance is the chief business Question of Continuing Jiaval Militia Burgard confesses that he may lntro- petition," said Herbert Fleishhacker, head of the Northwestern Electric Company, at the Portland Hotel last night "We feel so confident that the people of Portland will not be deceived by the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company, and that they want real com petition and lower rates, that there will be no let-up in our construction work now under way or planned., "This attempted Invoking of the ref erendum on our franchise is clearly only an effort to delay competition and stave off the lower rates that Mr. Jos selyn and his associates know are sure to follow the entry of the Northwest ern Electric Into the Portland field. "It would be worth $1,000,000 to the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company If it could keep us out and maintain its monopoly in this city. Its latest action shows this. After fall ing to defeat the franchise in the Coun cil, the company is invoking the refer endum to delay our entry until after next June. . "Our franchise Is probably the most strict and drastic in its provisions ever granted to a public utilities com panj The rights of the city are abso lutely safeguarded. It was clearly granted In response to genuine pub lie sentiment, because the people wanted It. It -only makes ' us the more de termlned . to come Into Portland and give genuine competition against such a- monopoly. The Issue has become, who Is to run the city of Portland the people or the Portland Railway, Lignt and power company? " TROOP SHIR DESIRED 3LEZVICO WOULD SIOVE ARMY VTA TJXITED STATES. With Rebel Force in Sierra Burro Hills Aim Is to Send Three Columns Against It. MEXICO CITT. Sept. 27. Congress today granted President Madero's re quest for authority to ask permission of the United States to transport Mex ican troops again through American territory. Unless the authority Is re fused by Washington, troops under General Trucey Aubert now at OJln- aga, win be transported. Fart of the command will be sent over the Southern Pacific Railway, en tering Mexico at Del Rio. Tex., and the others will be sent to Cuidad Porflrio Diaz, to co-operate with General Blan- quet In command at Sablnas.. Orozco s army now is occupying po sitions among the haciendas near La babia and Fledra Blanca and in the range of hills, known as Sierra Burro. which offer excellent opportunities for defense. The government expects to send three columns against the rebel positions. Will Be Decided. SALEM. Or.. Sept 27. (Special.) A rDort of the expenditures of the Ore gon Naval Militia since the time the appropriation act went into effect May 2S. 1911. and September 4. xnis year, has been filed with Governor West The executive, has decided to turn the fate of the Naval Militia over to the next Legislature. At one time he slid that the militia would perhaps be doomed to dlsbandment but he finally duce the rescinding ordinance. Watkins Hp In the Air." "Mind you. the fact that I may be asked to Introduce the ordinance does not mean that I am for it" said Mr. Burgard. He voted against the Ma guire measure at its passage. Councilman Joy said tnat ne is in clined 'to permit the matter, to be threshed out thoroughly in the courts, but was not very decisive in his re marks to that effect Councilman Wat kins' freely confesses that he Is "up in Ocided to leave the fate of the mill- the ,but say h Wi!il 1 tia with Its members themselves, and view business men and ascertain the said their action, on the cruTse on the attitude of the people before announc- Maryland would determine what would 1UJ,S VV'C- , , . ',,, be done with them. They were accord- . "The -eS ed a docldedly favorable report by the P"8 at thias.lJ f1"1"," V captain of that cruiser, and the Gov- f am not so sure that the People are 1 ..... . 4 .t.u .,, in favor of the three-cent, no-seat I." K.,. in r .A. - 7'J law." said Mr. Watkins. "Personally, determine whether it will continue ap propriations for tno militia or discon tinue them. The militia was given an appropria tion of $25,000. So far, according to the report $18,155 has been expended. Up to November 30. last year, the ex penditures amounted to JSJ07. and this year, up to September 4, been J9S17. Canned Salmon Almost Fatal. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sept 27. (Spe cial.) Mrs. John Mlchelson and daugh ter, prominent residents of the Mount Solo district had a narrow escape from death by ptomaine poisoning yesterday, caused by eating canned salmon. The women were found in the yard In an unconscious condition and were resus citated with difficulty. I don't think that the service would be bettered by the passage of the law, and believe that trouble would be likely to follow the refusal of a loaded car to stop for three-cent passengers." Councilman Dunning retuseo to com mit himself, declaring that he would wait to hear the arguments on both they have sides. 1 ne cnrier oevuvu - referendum on" ordinances says that the petitions must bear signatures equal to 15 per cent of the vote cast at the last regular election, and must be filed within 15 days after the final approval of the franchise-ordinance. Work Will Sot Be Delayed. Xo matter what the Portland Rail way. Light and Power company does to try to block our franchise, we shall go right ahead with our plans to give the people of Portland genuine com- SOLDIERS HELD FOR CRIME Militiamen Charged With Murdering Sexton at Michigan Prison. JACKSON. Mich., Sept 27. Charged with murder in the first degree, Cap tain Frank L. Blackman and Private Howard Jackson, of the State Militia, which guarded Jackson prison during the recent convict mutiny, were ar rested today in connection with the death of John Eisy, a Syrian sexton. The fatality occurred at midnight several weeks ago while Elsy, it is said, was arguing with the soldiers over the purchase of rifles. Both sol diers say they fired in self-defense. WOMAN DECLINES MISSION Club Officer Too Busy to Engage in Political Work. ST. LOUIS, Sept27. Mrs. Phillip N. Moore, former president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, within the last few days has declined requests from both the Democratic National Committee and the Roosevelt Progres sive National Committee to organize the work of those parties among wo men In Missouri. Mrs. Moore says she has no time for political work. Political Committees to Organize. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept 27. (Spe- claL) Meetings will be held In Van couver tomorrow by the Republicans and the Bull Moosers. The county cen tral committees of both parties will be organized. The Democrats have al ready opened headquarters in the city and an active campaign Is being waged. J. A. Munday, of this city, was the successful Democratic nominee for Representative in Congress from this district. The Opportunity to Save $S.OO to $15.00 If You Fail to Order a Suit OF UeFC IL A 111 III lllf Made-to-Measure of $30 to $40 Woolens SALE ENDS AT 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT One of the most sensational Tailoring Sales in Portland's history will end in my store at 10 tonight! A real bona fide sav ing to you, made possible because I saved a lot of money on an immense purchase of Fall woolens direct from the mill. Fall is here. Tailor-made Clothes are the kind you want A Suit or Overcoat MADE JUST FOR YOU that is hand-cut, shaped and needled to personalize ONE MAN you, the wearer. . Thousands of beautiful fabrics grays, browns, blues every weave and color im aginable! In my own shops, journeymen tailors will make for you the best-fitting Suit or Overcoat you ever wore. Only high grade linings and trimmings used. I guar antee satisfaction ABSOLUTELY! Don't forcet. SATURDAY IS POSITIVELY THE LAST DAY OF THIS SALE. Last opportunity for a new Fall Suit or Overcoat, made to measure of $30 to $40 woolens, $25. Will you miss it 7 uomei On 6th St. at Stark ' ;- I - V ii I i ' ' . i 1 1 " h " " ' '2 ' I ) I i S 4 I " - II I 7 ft 1 tZ fi r PORTLAND'S LEADING TAILOR. On Sixth Street, at Stark WAGES E RAISED Ely Company Does Not Wait for Formal Demand. SLIDING SCALE OFFERED Increase of 25 Cents a Day, Basea on Copper at 16 Cents a Pound, Proposed for Those Receiving $3 and More a Day. ELY, Kev, Sept. 27. Without wait ing- for a formal demand by the miners here the Steptoe Valley Smelting: and Mining- Company announced a new wage scale today. Beginning October 1. and based on copper selling: at 16 cents or more a pound, all employes now receiving- $3 a day and more will receive an increase of S5 cents a day. All employes re ceiving- less than $3 will receive an increase or 20 cents a day. This Increase applies to the employes of the Nevada Consolidated Mining Company as well as to the smelter em ployes and will Increase the general payroll of the camp more than $18,000 month. WORKMEN' LEAVING BINGHAM Company Seeking to Ascertain Terms for Resumption of Mining. BINGHAM, Utah, Sept. 27. That the copper mine operators are Investigating- under what condition the Greek strikers will return to work is indi cated by the reports of the laborers who have been so questioned. Scores of men are leaving here on every train. The Bingham branch of the Switch men's Union of America held a meeting here this afternoon at which all other unions except that of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen were represented. Co-operation with striking miners was discussed, but no action was taken. Sheriff Sharp came here today at the request of Greek leaders, who assured him they were striving to keep the peace among their ceuntrymen. No strikers with rifles have been seen on the hillsides for several days, though they gather at isolated spots and chal lenge passersby. Postmaster Roberts, his wife and the latter's two sisters, in an automobile, were stopped below Bingham last night by 20 Greeks, who displayed revolvers. When they recog nized the postmaster they allowed the party to pass. No progress was reported today by the strikers' representatives, who are seeking: to - obtain a conference with General Manager Jackling of the Utah Copper Company. Jackling refused to treat with his employes as union men. TYPHOON SWEEPS JAPAN HUNDREDS DIE, PROPERTY" LOSS WILL BE $20,000,000. 300 Teachers at Ashland Meeting. ASHLAND, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) Teachers of Jackson and Josephine counties have been meeting in Ashland for the past few days, representing educational measures which it Is pro posed to Introduce in Southern Oregon schools. Early in the week over 300 teachers were in attendance at this assembly. They have been entertained and shown the city and suburban sights while here. Ask Your Doctor Is alcohol a tonic? No! Does it make the blood pure? No ! Does it strengthen the nerves? No! Is AVer's Sar saparilla a tonic? Yes! Does it make the blood pure? Yes! Does it strengthen the nerves? Yes! Ask your doctor about this. J. O. Am Co., Lomll. Xis, ELDERLY FOLKS! CALOMEL, SALTS AND CATHARTICS ARENT FOR YOU. Harmless, Gentle "Syrup of Figs" Is Best to Cleanse Your Stomach, liver and 30 Feet of Bowels of Sour Bile, Decaying Food, Gases and Clogged-Up Waste. Ton old people. Syrup of Fls Is particularly for you. You who don't exercise as-much as you need to; who like the easy chair. Tou, whose steps are slow 'and whose muscles are less elastic Tou must reallxe that your liver and ten yards of bowels have also become less active. Don't regard Syrup of Figs as physic It stimulates the liver and bowels just exercise would do If you took enough of it It Is not harsh like salts or cathartics. The help which Syrup of Figs gives to a torpid liver and weak. sluggish bowels Is harmless, natural and gentle. When eyes grown dim, you help them. Do the same with your liver and bowels when age makes them less ac tive. There, Is nothing more impor tant. Costive, clogged-up bowels mean that decaying, fermenting food is clogged there and the pores or ducts In these thirty feet of bowels suck this decaying waste and poisons Into the blood. You will never get feeling: right until this is corrected but do it gently. Don't have a bowel washday; don't use a bowel Irritant. For your sake, please use only gentle, effective Syrup of Figs. . Then you are not drugging yourself, for Syrup of Figs is composed of only luscious figs, senna and aromatics which can not injure. teaspoonful tonight will gently, but thoroughly, move on and out of your system by morning all the sour bile, poisonous fermenting food and clogged-up waste matter without gripe, nausea or weakness. But get the genuine. Ask ynr drug gist for the full name, "Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna" Refuse, with contempt, any other Fig Syrup unless it bears the name prepared by the California Fig Syrup Company. Read the label. Storm, Worst In Half Century, Sinks Steamers, Rains Harbors and Does Great Damage to Crops. TOKrO, Sept. 27. Hundreds of lives were lost, scores of persons were in jured and damage exceeding 120,000, 000 was caused as a result of the ty phoon which swept Japan from end to end on Sunday, according to the latest reports received here. Tens of thou sands of people are homeless. The storm was the worst that has occurred here for more than half a century. Reports were delayed by the fact that the capital was for days cut off from the rest of the country. . The greatest damage was 4one in the neighborhood of the cities of Na goya, Nara, and Osaka, on the Island of Hondo and in GIfu. At Glfu, 263 persons were killed and 283 injured. At Nagoya every house was damaged and a great tidal wave demolished the harbor and sank three steamers, while several others went ashore. The Kioto Mar.u foundered off En shu and all the passengers and crew were lost. At Osaka 20,000 houses were ruined and all the breakwaters and the har bor piers were washed away. At Nara the thousand - years - old Kasuga Shrine collapsed into a heap of ruins. Crops suffered severely everywhere. Church Mpdcrator Speaks. ALBANY, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) Rev. H. H. Bell. D. D.. pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church of San Francisco and moderator of the general assembly of the United Pres byterian Church of the United States, spoke in the United Presbyterian Church In this city tonight on the ac tivity of laymen in religious work. G. R. Innes. formerly a banker of Minne apolis; but who recently made a tour of the world visiting the mission sta tions and who is now devoting his time to religious work, also spoke. Dr. Bell is a brother-in-law of Rev. W. P. White, D. D., pastor of the United Presbyte rian Church of this city. $14.95 Round Trip TO SPOKANE FOR THE INTERSTATE FAIR Tickets on sale September 28, 29, 30, October 1, 2. Return Limit October 7. Best Line Limited Trains . Day and Night Leave Portland 9:55 A. M., 7:00 P. M. Arrive Spokane 9:45 P. M., 6:55 A. M. COLUMBIA RIVER-CASCADE MOUNTAIN SCENERY Observation Cars on all trains Parlor cars, compartment, Standard v and Tourist Sleeping Cars, Dining Cars and Modern Coaches Tickets and Details at CITY TICKET OFFICE, FIFTH AND STARK STREETS. NORTH BANK STATION, ELEVENTH AND H0YT STREETS. Be a Partner in the Most Profitab! Business on Earth A Limited Amount of Stock 25 CENTS SHARE. The best investment in the Northwest if you can invest $2.50 or more monthly. Send in the coupon today for full details and start to make money. THE OREGON HOME BUILDERS, Corbett Building. Main 3370. Portland, Or. A 3843 CUT OUT AND MAIL NOW FOR FULL DETAHjS. 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