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DEALER TELLS OF THREATS QF RUIN WroMgM H .he Flame Spokane Wholesaler Testifies Cash Register Concern In sisted on Monopoly. oi . ma "MORGUE LIST" EXHIBITED Cost IT Liquors R,e Seattle Dealer Relates That Captain of "Knocker" Crew Followed Him and Tried to Stop Sales of Klval Machines. CINCINNATI; Dec. IS. In the trial other officials or former officials of the National Cash Register company. A- E. Edwards, of Spokane, owner of a wholesale store fixture concern, proved to be the Government's principal wit ness. He testified that he purchased sev eral Michigan cash registers to sell and that shortly afterward C. G. Pruitt, Na .1 i ...i.. ...im for that territory. called on him and tried to Induce him . .itin o nir marhtTm Other than IQ I3lOJ the National. Edwards said that Pruitt said he was too Rood a man to sia.ua the "bumping" that necessarily would come bis way ir no um n. the National. WHmh Threatened With lawanlta, . j .i .ii,.h thiLf! after Pruitt .uvamb ...... - saw there was no chance for hlra to throw out Michigan macmnes ue threatened to have manufacturers of scales withdraw tneir agencies uum Edwards and also threatened to dis credit him by having suits brought against him. Finally, according to the witness, Pruitt showed him a "morgue list" con taining 26 names of firms that Pruitt . . j i rnraA mil nf business &aiQ HilU MCCM " because they refused to quit selling machines that were not mauo u, National Company. t.-j .1H that Pruitt told him he would be the 27th, and the next day three Michigan registers wnicn had been sold were returned and others were being returned to him ever since. National Willing; to Spend Money. John F. Sbupe, one of Edwards" sales men, testified he heard Pruitt say that If Edwards did not keep to the scale business the National would spend $10. 000 to put him out of business en tirely. J A. fiunwald. of Seattle, said Na ' tlonal agents had followed him every where he went and tried to stop his sales. He said Pruitt was known as the "knocker chaplain" and that he al ways followed him. L. U Des Boillons. former American .t unvnnnnh. Ga.. said he drove a National agent out of his- office with a gun when the agent refused to leave while a prospective purchaser was In his office. , r - itrrn. of Seattle. Paul F. Stiver, secretary to Edwards, and sev eral other witnesses testineq louay. WITNESS IS SENT TO JAIL j-yntlnud From First Pire. "No. sir, I don't remember sayins """What do you think I took you be fore the Brand Jury for to look at?" "Oh, I object," said Senator Kern. Jndira Anderson said to the witness: "Do you say that a few days after the explosion McManigal told you he had done It. Zeiss hesitated. J adze Promises Object Lesson. "Now," said Judge Anderson, "don't be impudent with me. Do you know where you are? If you don't, I'll give you an object lesson. Answer that question." "Certainly McManlsal told me." "Did you tell any officer of the law about it?" "No. sir." "You concealed it?" "Yes, sir." "The marshal will take this Indi vidual In custody. I will deal with him presently," said Judge Anderson, who later bound Zeiss to the grand jury and fixed his bond at $2000. In default of which the prisoner was taken to jail. William H. Qulgley. of Detroit, a union carpenter, another witness for the defense, was held to the grand Jury several days ago, charged with perjury after a handwriting expert had said Qulgley had written a letter which Qulgley had said was a forgery. Taaaart Testifies for Defense. Mr. Taggart-festlneA as a witness for the defense. He said that ten days before an explosion on a building Jn course of construction at French Lick. Ind.. on March 20. 1911. Fred Sherman, a union business agent, who is a defendant, talked with him about unionizing the Job and the question of unionizing It was In consideration when the explosion occurred. Senator Kern put questions to Mr. Taggart as tending to show there was no motive for the defendants to blow up work when it was to be unionized soon. The Government repeatedly objected to Mr. Taggart's testimony as "Incom petent and Irrelevant." "Did you know any arrangements were on to blow up the job?" asked the District Attorney. Foreknowledge Is Denied. "I knew of none," answer Mr. Tag Bart. "All you could do was to request the contractor to unionize it, so It would not be blown up. Is that It?" "I did not know it was to be blown up." "And you io not know who blew It up? That's all." The explosion was charged to James B. McNamara. Speeches made by Emil Seidel. then Socialist Mayor of Mllwaunkee. before the convention of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers in Milwaukee, in Septem ber. 1911. In which he referred to the arrest of John J. McNamara as a "kidnaping" were introduced bv the Government through the examination of Paul J. Morrin, of St. Louis, a de fendant. In a report by Eugene A. Clancy, of San Francisco, read to the jury, Clancy was charged with having urged that strikers In Los Angeles defy the law. Clancy was quoted as referring to the Los Angeles municipal government during the strike that preceded the Los Angeles Times explosion as "the goo goo government." and all the officers of the iron workers union now on trial here were accused of approving of Clancy's remarks by publishing his report in the Union Magazine. Defiance of Law Advised. Part of Clancy's report read to the Jury was: "With reference to the ordi nance that was passed by the City Council of Los Angeles, prohibiting picketing. I am glad to inform you that on August 4. a meeting was called of all the strikers from the trades. In eluding the brewery workers. The situation was plainly laid betore tne men and they were advised that the only procedure that could be consistent- (Journal October 31.) FIRE DAMAGE $35,000; 2 FIREMEN OVERCOME Spring Valley Wine Company, Second and Yamhill streets, shortly after 10 o'clock last night, did damage estimat ed at (35,000, and attracted an enormous crowd. George Johnson, lieutenant, and Frank Brown, hoseman. of Engine Com pany 1, were overcome with smoke while fighting the blaze and had to be carried out to the street. Most of the damage Incurred is covered by insur ance. Smoke was so dense that spectators on Yamhil street had to seek another point to view the fire. This condition existed from Second to Fourth streets. Smoke also penetrated the upper floors of the Heilix Hotel,, in which the wine company is located. It was not until 3:30 this morning that the fire was ex tinguished. The places that were damaged are the Spring Valley Wine Company, with a stock of expensive liquors, loss $25, 000: Moy Back Hln Co., with a stock of drygoods and silks, loss $5000; and the Heilix Hotel, Hansen's rice and cocoa kitchen, and the Gulley bar, loss J5000. As told in the news item here reproduced the disastrous fire of several weeks ago made a sorry-looking wreck of our store. In one short hour the handsomest family liquor storeon the Pacific Coast was ruined by the devastating action of fire and water. We've just settled with the insur ance companies. Our loyal friends have been eagerly awaiting the news of the reopening of their favorite store. At last we're ready to serve them! Sale B 9:30 A. egins Saturday, Dec 14, at High-Grade Liquors M at a Fraction of Their Regular Price Positively No Fire-Damaged Liquors Offered-Labels May Be Scorched or Water Soaked but We Guarantee the Flavor and Quality of Every Drop Sunnybrook, the Bottle, . . . 80c Cream Rye Whisky, Bottle at 85c Pebble Ford Whisky, Special 95c Gibson Rye, Special at, Bottle, 55c California -Grape Cn JD ranClieS Brandy, price, bottle California Brandies Apple, Peach, Cr Apricot and Blackberry, bottle. . VF-v 3-Star Cognac at, the bottle. ... ... . . ., 85 Whiskey 65 Full Quart Famous brands of Standard Whiskies, such as "Monogram," "Maryland Rye," Special Reserve and "Pennsyl vania Rye." Your choice for this sale, the quart bottle at only full 75c California Wines, Gal, 40c $1.00 Cal. Wines SaTy Gallon 55c $1.50 CaL ' Wines ""ST Gallon 70c $2.50 Cal. Wines "FT GaLjELlO rp 1I7 Italian, Swiss Colony 1 ipO W meS Wines, Red or White Tipo Wines, small bottles, 30c; large CEjc bottles. Cresta Blanca Wines, the pint . ... ... .50 Cresta Blanca Wines, the quart ,. . .85 Whiskies by the Gallon All regular $3.00 Whiskies, sale price, the gallon $2.25 All regular $3.50 Whiskies, sale price, the gallon $2.65 $4.00 Whiskies, the gallon. .$2.90 $5.00 Whiskies, the gallon. .$3.40 $6.00 Whiskies, the gallon. .$3.90 Tha Above Price Include Sanitary Jug Two B ottles Wine for 25c Over 20.000 bottles of Port, Sherry, Claret, Angelica, . Muscatel, Burgundy, Zinfandel, Reisling and Sauterne Wines, guaranteed quality. Fire Sale price 15c the bottle or two bottles priced full quarts special at California Champagnes 35c One of the best values in this great sale is on high quality Cali fornia Champagnes. We orp price these goods, bottle OOL 2 bottles, 65c; the dozen $3.60 Virginia Dare Wine, ex- rr tra special low price, bot. OOC The Store You've Waited for Everything Reduced. Portland's Largest Liquor Store Again Open for Business The Same Old Telephone Numbers-Main 589, A -11.17 Phone Your Orders The Same High Quality The Same Prompt Service as Before the Fire ff'Val ev Wine G or orapaiay "The Big Store" Second and Yamhill Streets ... . i a a inntfnue nleket Iy lonowea uuv - , duty in defiance of the ordinance. The strikers were toia uui . . t.h Kail nr fines and not De liea up -- ,,r- ... that we should proceed to All the Jail la . Yia Irresnonslble at tha expense . would-be-good, goo-goo government. "ve u""u - rt. mi V1-ct - VOted Oil ft feTretballot to Bo to Jail If necessary rather than surrender the rights that everyone else enjoys except the union m In telling of 100 policemen being sent t04.or,ouehegotdscred and the clrcu, went on as though they never had Crharles M Feider. Los Anjreles, a baVbor, testified he visited McManigal hi JaU In Los Anseles last June on the pretext of wanting to buy a picture frame which McManigal had cut out of C'rasbkeMcManlgal. who blew up the Douglas County Courthouse In Omaha, said Feider. "He told me none of the Omaha men were in on It. He said he and the McNamara boys alone had done the dynamiting." Ninth Victim of Iowa Murderer Dead VltXTSCA. Ia.. Dec IS- Mrs. - p. Teckham, of this place, today died In Bozeman. Mont., the ninth victim of the tragedy which shocked t..e people here last June, when J. J. Moore, hts wife and four children and two visitors were butchered in, their beds by an assassin, to whose identity no clew has ever been found. Mrs. Peckham uvea with her family next door to the Moore home and was the first to view the awful sight. She never recovered from the shock. BAY HOLDS FLOWING WELL Pile Driver Taps - Vein and Fresh Water Gushes Forth. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. San Francisco Bay appears to be under laid with a basin of fresh water. A pile 110 feet long, driven in the bay bottom at the foot of Mission street today, tapped a pressure vein that Is still gushing. ' The first spurt rose four feet above the surface of the salt water. The Jet was about ten inches in diameter and continued undiminished at last re ports. A chemical analysis was ordered and geological experts will be called in and divers sent down to examine the source of the flow. A PLEASANT SURPRISE A pleasant surprise awaits your fam ily on Christmas morning If your gift to them Is one of those pianos or player pianos the Bush & Lane Piano Co., 355 Washington street, are selling at such low prices and on the easiest of terms. Open evenings. I V f J I a To add to the appreciation of your cif ts select .omething beautlf nl for th fZi home from our lirie and varied assortment oi Decorative kovelUe. and S 'Rl 8larbl'eUrad Tronxe statuary, lamp,, candlestick, and mirror., willow. M wJo5 ba.ket. aSd mahogany library, .ewlng and up-to-date tables, leather & b'eTStbslrUe""- Ta. TATLOt COMPANY. Marab.ll SM9. A 46M. feg The Beer That Everyone Likes Phone Your Dealer an Order This Week There's one way to be sure that you get the best Beer Remember that when V Hop Gold is on the bottle, there's Pure Beer in the bottle. Star Brewery (Northern Brewing Co.) fort land V anco arer i