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THE 3IORMXG OREGOMAX. FRIDAY. 1EBKUARY 7, 1913. serve his full time, and that he rRemtnld) must lose his credits, serve on his full sentence and work inside in the Jutemill. T?lx nlnnn were readv made. As CLASH IN STREETS quietly as he had come Repsold stole down the corridor again, around the corner of the outer door into the mgnt. to the basement, .where the electric light switch lay. Up came a cellar window. Repsold pulled the two plugs that united the circuits and plunged the whole prison into darkness. Lightly he .vaulted out again, while the directors above were fumbling with matches, and ran for the bay shore. They found the two plugs on the slope afterward. Suicide Theory Not Held. Thus far. piecing fact witlr fact. Warden Hoyle can work back into Rep sold's mind. Beyond that, there is no Queue Cutting Marks Hatred Hitch in Wedding of Lillian Graham to French Million aire Reported. of Everything Manchu by Modern Element. POLICE CALLED TO RESCUE RENTON RECORDS UNKEPT MARRIAGE DELAYED FOR BIRTH PROOFS Si tit Church Records in Seattle Hoped to Aid Actress Acquitted of Shoot ing W. E. P. Stokes, and Later Disinherited by Father. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.) Inquiries sent to her attorney and importunate messages to friends here today brought out the information that the marriage of Lillian Graham, the "shooting show girl," , to a French millionaire depends on her ability to produce a birth certificate. The in tending bride is the daughter of Pat rick Graham, a pioneer of Renton, a suburb of Seattle, who died last De cember, leaving Lillian $1 and the resi due of his estate to her sister, Mrs. Serena Galway, a resident of Oregon. Lillian was brought into prominence a year ago by shooting W. E. D. Stokes, the New York hotel man and million aire, in a quarrel over the return of letters written by stokes to tne girt. She was later acquitted of the charge of assault and taken to Ptris by her sister, Mrs. Stella Singleton, the di vorced wife of a Nevada millionaire. Lillian Graham was born in Renton, approximately 27 years ago and is well remembered by old settlers, many of whom have enlisted in the search for her records. Alimony of JMO,000 Sfeared. Mrs. Singleton secured alimony of K0.000 when slje obtained a divorce six months ago and the sisters have been living in Paris In comfort. Lillian Is a girl of rare beauty, but after the excitement of the Stokes trial she de nied herself to possible suitors until she finally capitulated to a prominent and wealthy member of an old French family. Preparations for the marriage, which was to have taken place early next month, went on until it was discovered that she had no certificate of birth to file according to French law. Wedding arrangements are now in abeyance until a record can be found. She was a Catholic and It was hoped to find a record of her baptism in the books kept by Father Prefontaine. who ministered to Renton from the Church of Our Lady of Good Help, still stand ing in Seattle. Affidavit Mar Be Secured. County officials believe that no vital statistics were kept In the little min ing town when Miss Graham was born and are of the opinion that It will be necessary to rely on affidavits of pi oneers of the town who were neighbors of the Graham family at the time of Lillian's birth. Miss Graham has not been in Renton since early childhood. JACK ROSE IS BANKRUPT Police Informer, "Without Funds, Owes More Than $12,000. NEW YORK. Feb. . "Jack" Rose, the former gambler and the police In former, whose testimony played so im portant a part In the conviction of Charles Becker, former police lieuten ant, and the four gunmen for the mur der of Herman Rosenthal, appeared to day before a referee in Long Island City for examination in his bank ruptcy petition, in which he declares ' that he Is without funds and owes more than $12,000. The 20 claims against him. Rose Bald, were for money borrowed, cloth ing and Jewelry and for medical ser vices. Rose gave his address as Long Island City and his present business that of promoter. MORMONS AGAINST LIQUOR Church President Opposes Shipment Into Dry Territory. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Officials of the Anti-Saloon League of America, who are advocating- the passage of bills pending- In Congress to prohibit the shipment of liquor into dry terri tory, announced tonight that the following- tpe(rrv. had ben received from Joseph F. Smith, head of the Mormon Church: "The Church of Latter-Day Saints Is positively and unalterably opposed to shipment of liquor into dry territory and to all unlawful traffic in intoxi cants, and favors the entire suppression of all liquor traffic1 It had been reported that the Mormon Church was using its influence ag-ainst the pending: legislation. "PERFUMED" FOUND DEAD (Continued From First Page,) old when committed. When he came of (ge he Inherited $15,000 as his share of the estate of his father, a prosperous wine merchant. In prison Repsold's intelligence brought him the privilege of a trusty. Thereby hangs the tale of his escape. 1'rtnnit Books Manipulated. As a trusty Repsold was put to work on the prison books. He struck up a close friendship with R. E. Pullman, serving five years for forgery, and em ployed as bookkeeper over Repsold. Tho two manipulated the books for small amounts. They transferred $24 from the ac count of a dead man to the account of a living prisoner working tn the com missariat, who could reciprocate by smuggling them unusual delicacies. Pullman was paroled before the jug glery was discovered. On the night Repsold escaped his case and Pull man's were under consideration, with elc-ht others. By one of those whls ered hints that float through prison corridors, Repsold knew It. The directors had met In the little squat stone office building Immediately outside the prison gate. Repsold w in the front office. Behind him lay a darkened corridor, opening into a dark ened ante-room, communicating with the board room, in which sat the direc tors. The communicating door was locked. - Penalty Plan Overheard. With nerves on edge. Repsold tip toed down tho dark corridor. Into the little ante-room, and laid his ear to the keyhole. He heard that his petty j.lot had Just been' discovered that Pullman was to be brought back to f I if 7 "l-yI-: tiH't ii a f - .y Lillian Graham, Actrem Whose Mar riage to French Millionaire la Re ported Delayed by Lack of Birth Certificate. light to lead. Did Repsold try to swim the bay to Richmond? Did he wander and stumble Into the marshes? Was it suicide? Warden Hoyle does not believe that Repsold committed suicide and this belief is shared by the Coroner. The warden said tonight he thought that the fleeing convict, groping in the dark through tho marshy point skirting the bay west of the prison, became mired. He was unable to extricate himself from the mud and died there of exposure. E TWO GUARDS HURT IX GAR MENT DEMONSTRATION. Thousand Operatives Return to Work In Shops That Grant All Their Demands. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. A mob demon stration in the interest of garment- makers on strike from shops In the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, em ployed a bomb as a weapon in their warfare today. Edward Hartman and John Hopp, two special officers guard ing a shop affected by the strike, were injured and the explosion wracked the front of the building ana precipitatea a panic. A police sergeant and live patrolmen worn heaten bv the mob. Reserves dispersed the strikers after a struggle tn which seven men anr two gina were arrested. A thousand operatives returned to work In shops -throughout the city to day after remaining on strike for more than a month. All their demands. In cluding better pay and shorter hours of work, were granted, their leaders said. Thomas Rlckert. of Chicago, presi dent of the United Male Garment Workers of America, declared that b Sunday a v vote would be completed among the strikers regarding the peace proposals of employers. He expressed a hope that the idle men and women would vote to resume their places next week. WARDALL IS THEOSOPHIST Seattle Reformer Says All Have Lived Before and Will Live Again. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6. Max War dall, politician and reformer and once acting Mayor of Seattle, who is In Southern California visiting the Kro tona Theosophlcal Institute at Holly wood, said today: "I believe In the osophy insofar as it relates to the brotherhood of man and the evolution of the human species. "I believe that all of us have lived before and that we will live again; that the soul is consciously or uncon sciously expressed by each embodi ment, a higher state of intelligence and understanding. "I will not say that I believe or that I do not believe in the theory that Ap ollonlous Tyanaeus, the ancient Greek, planted a talisman in the San Gabriel Valley that will raise a new race of men. "I have been interested for years in social " problems," said Mr., WardalL "and am seeking light along all lines of thought and progress." DE3S' PICTURE DISPLAYED Citizens Protest When County Clerk Removes McKinley's Portrait. TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. . Governor Hodges received today a protest from citizens of Crawford County against the action of G. W. Lassater. district clerk there, who recently removed the pic ture of President McKinley from the walls of the clerk's office and substi tuted that of Eugene V. Debs. Lassater was elected in November as a Socialist. The Governor told the pro testors the clerk had jurisdiction over the pictures on his office walls. ( Riot Grows Out or Celebration or Old-Style New Year In San Fran ciscoThree Reckless Tories Put to Kliglit. siv rRlxriROO. Feb. . (Special.) In a riot involving a largo part of Chinatown, after midnight, one of the three remaining queues worn 0 Chinese in the bay cities was clipped from Its iinwiiliner owner's head and two other Celestials who still give a perilous allegiance to the lost cause of the Manchus. await in hiding for the oDnortunitv to slink back into their homes, where they may hide their heads and queues from the republicans of their race." Meanwhile Chin Guy, he of the lost queue, has found sanctuary in the Hall of Justice, opposite which a large group of patient but eager Chinese repuo- licans await his forthcoming. New China Walts Outside. "We'll show him some class when he comes out," remarked one of the wait ing representatives of the New China, who speaks college English. "We're rot through with him yet." Chin Guy. with his two friends, came .'rom Oakland to participate In the cele bration of the Chinese New Tear of the old regime. They came in- old-style blouses and with queues waving de fiance of republican public opinion. Now, while the young Chinese tolerate and even participate with glee in the old celebration, they are none the less united In tlielr hatred of everything else Manchmstlc. A squeal of disgust and wave of shocked amazement from pass ing Chinese was the first intimation given tile reckless three that something misht happen to them. A moment later they were in full flight, queues trail ing, and. adding to the fury of the pur suers, followed by half a dozen young Chinese. Crowd of Pnrsners Grows. Minute by minute the crowd of pur suers became a horde, howling hatred of the flying queues and their fleeing owners. Kggs were snatched from street stands and hurled from the fol lowing crowd, spattered over the Man chu tories. Then Chin was caught. His qupiie was clipped off close to his head. He was receiving further distressing at tentions from the triumphant Chinese republicans when the police rescued him. When he had told his story he was asked what became of his queue. "I got Mm," he said sadly, and drew the sorry relic of lost glory from his breeches, into which he had stuffed it. The police will try to pass him safely through the lines of the republican forces now mobilized in front of the city bastile. BEAUPRE MAKES REPORT Authority Asked to Demand Punish ment of Editor. HAVANA. Feb. 6. Arthur M. Beaupre, United States Minister to Cuba, said today that he had cabled a full report to "Washington upon the accusations made against him by the newspaper Cuba, and if he received authorization he would demand the prompt and exemplary punishment of the paper's editor. He added that the accusations were so obvious that they did not call for any personal comment by him. The Cuba declared yesterday that the notes of remonstrance printed by Beaupre against various questionable measures were made on his own au thority for personal aggrandizement, and it hinted that the minister had in creased his own accounts in Havana banks and remitted large sums to the north. Washington; Teb. 6. if Minister Beaupre feels he has been sensibly in jured by a newspaper attack on him, the State Department, which has not received any complaint from him. doubtless will accede to his request for permission to ask the Cuban govern ment for redress. Under the libel laws of Cuba, however, redress is difficult. The editors of the newspaper which attacked the American Minister are not Cubans, but Spaniards, and as aliens may be deported from the islands by the Cuban government. Therefore the Gomez administration may be re quired to meet a complaint in that manner. 26 LOST WITH SCHOONER Only Two Survive Wreck Off Grey town, Nicaragua. BLUEFIELDS. Nicaragua, Feb. 6. Nineteen persons, passengers, and seven members of the crew were drowned this morning when the scnooner Granada was wrecked off Greytown, Nicaragua, according to advices received here. There are only two survivors. The Granada was a combination schooner and gasoline boat of 36 tons net register and was built In New Orleans in 1912. The vessel was owned by Alberto Bernardo, of Bluefields. and for several months had been engaged In carrying passengers and freight be tween Bluefields and points on the San Juan Itiver in Nicaragua. 'NICHOLAS DENIES GUILT Mine Promoter 111 as Kesnlt of Con finement In Jail. CLEVELAND, Feb. 6. James H. Mc Nicholas, mine promoter, charged by the Government with fleecing Northern Ohio people out of $500,000 by fraudu lent use of the mails, pleaded not guilty when arraigned today in Federal court, with the understanding that he can withdraw the plea and file a demurrer to the indictment if he desires. , McNicholas, who has been unable to furnish tho required 120.000 bail, is ill aa a result of his confinement in Jail. Ten Prisoners Reach Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. . (Spe cial ) Two guards from the State Pen itentiary arrived here today with 10 prisoners from the Sound country, bound for Walla Walla, for various terms. Vancouver has the only safe place for prisoners in Southwestern Washington, so they were placed in the County Jail here for a night's sleep and rest. The Journey will be con tinued tomorrow morning. i-i m ti r nHtT 1 . m&klnr a fad of ic danclce this Winter. An Epoch-Making Sale of Suits Selling Regularly at $25.00, $32.50 and $37.50 m An Opportunity That Will Prove Irresistible to Economical Shoppers Just 170 Suits AH Taken From Regular Stock A sale that will mark the lowest price of the year in suit selling. WeVe picked the odd suits from here and there throughout our entire stock and positively placed them for today's selling regardless of cost. , . , , ' a You know the reputation our garments have for style and finished excellence, ana these suits are no exception to the rule. Suits made of corduroy, velvety serges, whipcord, diagonal, wide wale serge, cheviot, worsteds and mixtures. In navy, brown, taupe, black, gray, dark green, lan and mixed brown, navy and green. All are modeled on strictly plain tailored lines, although some of the jackets are braid trimmed, and all are peaii de cygne lined. .... Never have we had a sale that embraces a finer or more comprehensive showing of all that is fashionable, new and original in the tailored suit world. . The extensive selection, the quality of materials and smallness of price constitute a suit sale unequaled elsewhere. Third Floor. Exclusive Portland Agents . For the Famous INNOVATION TRUNKS AND ACCESSORIES manWoie Co. Merchandise of c Merit On! Domestic Sew'g Machines The Best Machines Made at This Store Only $1.00 Down $1.00 Week RED 'CURE' TO BET Pittsburg Physician Brings Serum for 111 Wife. BACILLI ENOUGH FOR ONE Government Representative Meets Returning Doctor to Obtain Of ficial Information, Which Is to Be Published. N'EW YORK, Feb. 6. Hurrying home ward from abroad with tuberculosis serum in his possession that he says U the first of the widely-discussed Friedmann culture to be brought to this country. Dr. Austin B. Held a physician of Pittsburg, arrived on the -Dfe-am frnm Europe to- day and at once took a train for his home, where his wire, wno ls from tuberculosis, awaits the arrival of what Dr. Held hopes will be a cure for her. Dr Heid has enough bacilli for one patient only, he declared. That patient will be his wife. Dr. Heid was met at quarantine by Dr Milton H. Foster, of the Ellis Is land health service, and questioned in behalf of the United States Government about the Friedmann cure. Dr. Held told Dr Foster he had been convinced of the efficiency of the cure and had obtained from Dr. Friedmann just enough to treat one patient suffering from tuberculosis of the bone. Dr. Frederich Friedmann, the Ger man scientist who discovered the serum, received an offer of $1,000,000 last month from Charles E. Flnlay. a banker of this city, if he would cure . . i aa n.fanta n he nlfLCed un- 03 OUt ' 1'" der his care. The banker'a interest in tH serum resulted irom uie mci mi a 'relative by marriage suffers with tuberculosis; WOMAX PROMPTLY TREATED Dr. Held Says Serum Was Procured Throngb. Another Doctor. PITTSBURG, Feb. 6. Dr. Austin B. Heid arrived home tonight from Berlin, bringing with him the tuberculosis serum discovered by Dr. Frlederich Franz Friedmann. A short time after reaching here. Dr. Held inoculated his wif e. Dr. Held announced tonight that he was nnable to get a single treatment from the discoverer. Dr. Friedmann, but said he procured the serum from Dr. Piorkowskl. said to be a well-known bacteriologist in Europe. STATE DEPARTMENT REPORTS Information, lrnt Not Indorsement, Xow on Government Presses. WASHINGTON", Feb. 6. Sufferers from pulmonary tuberculosis who have looked with hope toward this Govern ment's inquiry into the recently an nounced cure found by Dr. Friedrich Friedman, of Berlin, soon will be able to read an official report upon it, now being turned out at the Government Printing Office. The State Department does not indorse the cure, but merely presents Information on it, in accord ance with a Senate resolution. BIG STORES IN COMBINE Wholesaler to Be Eliminated by Buy ers of $75,000,000 a Year. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 6. Announcement TV marie hero today that department atnr In many large cities of the United States have organized the American Department Stores uorpora .tA nfl..niMatii th.lr nurehases and'thereby get low prices from manu facturers. The wholesaler is to be eliminated, as far as tne stores in iu corporation are concerned. The stores in the new company have an aggregate purchasing power of more than $75,000,000 annually. .T. B. Shea, of Pittsburg, has been elected president of the corporation, which will be chartered in Xew York. Among the cities that have stores in the corporation are St. Louis, San Fran cisco, Boston and Pittsburg. Negotia tions are in progress for the admis sion of stores in Chicago and New York, and later stores in small cities will be taken In. Boise to Be Regarrlsoned. OREGOXTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 6. General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, declared today that the removal of the present garrison from Boise Barracks, Idaho to Presidio Mon terey, Cal., does not signify a puprose of the War Department to abandon Boise Barracks, but on the contrary said that Boise Barracks would be con tinued in active use and be regar rlsoned when some troops are with drawn from the Mexican border. Smith Bill Is Killed. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) The railroad committee of the Senate tonight decided to kill the drastic Smith bill which would prohibit the acquiring by one railroad company or public utility, stock in any such other company. It decided to recom mend favorably the passage of the Mil providing for electric headlights limit ing the time of installing them, how ever, to six months Instead of one year. Coos Jnry Awards Damages. COQUILLE, Or Feb. S. (Special.) The first personal Injury case in this county under the new employers' lia bility law, ended here when the Jury brought In a verdict for $300 for J. W. Strong, against McDonald & Vaughan Logging Company. Strong lost a finger while coupling cars on tho com pany's road and brought suit for $12, 000 damages. . Marshfield Wants More Homes. MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 6. (Spe cial.) The Chamber of Commerce has taken steps to try and provide more homes in Marshfield and will advertise In newspapers of Portland and other cities to attract Investors. Tho Idea is to have apartment houses erected here by outside as well as local capital. Be ginning of the Southern Pacific work at the North Bend terminal this week has started an Influx of newcomers. IS WILSOX REPLIES TO OFFICIAL WHO PREDICTS EXTIXCTIOX. Secretary of Agriculture Says West Has Nothing to Fear but That Some Parts Need Watching. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. There is "nothing whatever in conditions in the West to warrant the belief that irriga tion agriculture is in any danger of extinction today, tomorrow or within thA n.vt himrirerl vears.'' asserts Sec retary Wilson, of tho Department of a D-cisMiitttra in reniv to a letter from Secretary Fisher, objecting to the declaration of Dr. B. T. uauoway, cmei of the Bureau of Plant Industry, that so far as he knew there never naa been any long continued successful Irrigation farming on arid land any where in the world. The Secretary adds, however, that there are conditions In the West need ing careful consideration on the part of all those interested in the proper development of this vast region. He says Dr. Galloway, In his recent state ment to a House committee, meant that in many parts of the world where arid conditions prevail, such as Asiatic Tur key, Persia, Afghanistan, the extreme northwestern portion of India, parts of North Africa and our own Southwest ern country. Irrigation agriculture has had Its periods of rises and declines. PORCELAIN SJRIKE OVER Arbitrators Grant Arbitration by Di rect Committees. TRENTON, Feb. . The 1200 striking porcelain workers here are expected to return to work tomorrow, as a result of an agreement reached today by tho arbitration committee aelccted to settle the differences. Tho award of the arbitrators, which k.tt. -) 4 r, nravlnilllV hfltft agreed tO accept, provides for arbitration between the employers ana. cujuiuuinr. w sentlng tho workers. 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