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11 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, Aritlli 24, 1910. ET OE LUXE SPEEDS HOTEUEN BANQU Distinctive Western Atmos phere Is Feature of Part ing Celebration. LEADING CITIZENS THERE Jlotel Portland Grill, Scene of His toric Gatherings in Past, Filled. Willi Merry Company of Convention Visitors. A the final event ol a series of en tertainments tendered members of the rHotel Men's Mutual Benefit Associa tion viBiiing I'uruanu ye&ieiun, members of the Portland local associ ation last night provided the most magnificently appointed banquet ever nerved In the Northwest. The banquet was spread In the grill ,rt the Hotel Portland, which has been 'the scene of many an historic gather-ling-, the last being the birthday party (tendered to George H. Williams. iAmong the men who gathered to wel come and speed the guests were rep resentatives of the business houses, financial Institutions and Industrial and transportation corporations which have had part in the development of the Oregon country. The guest list numbered many of the leaders of the Industrial activity of the city. Western Atmosphere Marked. Aside from the representative char acter of the banqueters, the back rround for the scene and the unique features of service were marked. It carried a distinctive Western atmos phere. The banquet table occupied the full length of. the room, In the form of a hollow square. In the center of the square appeared a miniature of the exterior of the Hotel Portland, done in white sugar, and from either end of the sugar building fluttered a small airship. Banked in the rear of each table was a. solid mass of green, pink and white roses, spraying profusely over the table from the top of the heaped-up ferns. Around the walls were beauti ful clusters of ferns In solid banks, hiding the frescoeing two-thirds the distance to the ceiling, and at intervals appeared beautiful specimens of wis taria blossoms, clusters of fragrant lilies, red and white roses and yellow and red tulips. As the guests were seated there suddenly appeared five dainty little Japanese girls, who pinned bouttonieres ttpon the coats of the guests. Between courses an octette of sing ers in the garb of cowboys sang. This was supplemented by a concealed or chestra at the north end of the room. Satan Serves Old Wines. As Toastmaster W. D. Wheelwright prose to extend a welcome to his Kuests he Invoked Mephistophles to appear and at the word the Prince of Darkness and three imps shot through t he floor amid a glare of red fire. As the lights came on again the devil and his aids served wines of a vintage of long ago. Satan's departure was has tened by the appearance of a band of Indians. With the advent of the redmen came the peace smokes traditionally ten tiered to strangers In the wigwams of the tribes. They passed cigars and rigarettes to the banqueters. Among the speakers were Fred Van Orman, president of the association; Edgar B. Piper, Charles Horton, presi dent of the Hotel Men's Asoclatlon of Chicago: M- C. Dickinson, A. L. Sever ance, of Milwaukee, and Henry Bohn, bf Chicago. Party of Visitors Kidnaped. Having omitted Portland from the official itinerary of the delegates to the convention of the National Hotelmen's Benefit Association, a party of 38 en route to Seattle were yesterday literally kidnaped from their Pullman cars and forced to accept 2 hours of nospitaiity here. ' Portland people were unwilling that large delegation of representative business men should pass through the : citv without becoming acquainted. Be fore the visitors were allowed to seek rcDose this morning they were willing to acknowledge that Portland is worthy of future- consideration. The hotelmen came after a strenuous effort to disrupt their plans for a re turn to their Eastern homes. During the closing hours of the ses sion of the National convention It be , came known that a large number of ! delegates proposed to pay a visit to the Northwest, and through some mls .' understanding the metropolis of the Co ilumbla would be viewed only from car i windows. Members of the Portland ! Hotelmen's Association Immediately ' wired an insistent invitation and ar ranged to secure one day for this city. All those who came north were In duced to accept, and as they wearily wandered to their various hotels this morning they were sorry for those who missed it. 1 Caught up in a whirl of open-armed i welcome as the wheels of their train ; stopped turning, the delegates from 11 i Ktates were allowed but a few moments' j rest during the day. Automobiles and hotel busses delivered the party and their baggage at the Hotel Portland, where breakfast was served. Auto Trip Cover 10 Miles. From 10:30 to 1:30 o'clock automobiles, under the personal direction of members of the Automobile Club, carried the visit ors over nearly 100 miles of beautiful drives along the Willamette, around Portland Heights, down on the Penin sula, out over the Base Line road to the clubhouses and the Country Club. With Ideal weather, flowers Just breaking into bloom and the green of the hills of Ore gon affording the most beautiful back ground of any season of the year, the drive proved a tremendous success, and at 2 o'clock the caterers of the good 'things of the table In all parts of the ; country were deposited at the Commercial Club for an Oregon lunch. The menu was devoted largely to food stuffs in the production of which Oregon asserts pre-eminence. Chinook salmon, flanked with crabs- such as the Easterner sometimes hears of. Hood River and Med 'ford fruit and Bull Run water graced the the Nortonla, was chief hostess, the hotelkeepers themselves being led away to the grill. Prominent Men Present. Members of the National Association present were:-' E. J. Carroll. Williams House, Manitowoc Wis.; Mrs. OsjtoU. Mrs. Ralor; Samuel R. Reed. Reed House, Chattanooga, Tenn. ; B. O. Vleth, Jefferson Hotel, Madison City, Mo.; Mrs. Vieth. Miss Vleth; W. A. Pocock. Hotel Ryan. 6t. Paul. Minn.; P. l Carpenter. Cap Hoi Hotel. Johnstown, Pa.; C. E. Bennett, Beckel Hotel. Dayton, O. : Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Roberts: John lrwln, Chicago. III.; Mrs. Irwin. A. Arundell. Chicago. III.; A. L.. Sev erance, Hotel Phlster, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mrs. Severance; Fred Van Orman, St. George Ho tel, Kvansvllle. Ind.; D. R. Hawley. Hawley Hotel, ' Cleveland, O.; Mrs. Hawley; W. f. Akera. Forest City House. Cleveland. O. ; Mrs. Akers; J. J. "Williams. Rest Haven Hotel, Waukesha. Wis.; A. M. Cleary. Ho tel Cleary, Sioux City, la.; I. 'A. Medler, Hotel Reporter, Omaha. Neb.; Mrs. Medler; Charles C. Horton, Hotel Metropole. Omaha. Neb.: Mrs. Horton. Miss June Horton; T. J. O'Brien, Hotel Henshaw, Omaha. Neb. ; Mrs. O'Brien: Henry J. Bohn, Hotel World, Chi cago; Miss Olive Bohn; Oforge F. Tltlow, Hotel Titlow, Uniontown. Pa.: Mrs. Tltlow: J. F. Sweeney, Grand Hotel, Janesvllle. Wis.; A. T. Bell, Hotel Chalfonte, Atlantic City, N. J. Heading the delegation is- President !FYed Van Orman, of Kvansville, Ind., who has been identified with the Na tional Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit As sociation for 20 of the 21 years of Its existence. He will retire from the office May 1. "I am glad of an opportunity to visit Portland," said Mr. "Van Orman. "and I think I speak for the entire party of hotel men who are here. "You know we owe this city some thing more than the presence of a few delegates. The whole crowd ought to have come and the- majority of them would have done so but for the fact that they were traveling largely on special trains which were routed directly to California and return. The Interstate Commerce Commission would not con sent to changing the tickets or the ar rangements. "Portland, no doubt, remembers that In 1906 the National Association was to have held Its convention here, and that It was called off in favor of the Atlantic Coast. I want to make the tardy ex planation that we were scared because of the earthquake and tire at San Fran cisco In April of that year. Many of the delegates could not understand that the disaster might not be repeated here at Portland, and they would not agree to come. Miffhty Lively City, This." "We have found a mighty lively city here at the Junction of the Columbia and the Willamette, and as business men, we can realize what it means In any city to see so many skyscrapers in process of construction." And then the president of the associa tion deftly turned the conversation to the hotel business and wanted to know how long the hotels of this city had been hanging out "standing room only signs," what the Norman brothers really paid for the Portland, and where they made the money to buy it. William A. Pocock, president of the company which owns the famous Hotel Ryan at St. Paul, Minn., expressed his astonishment at the opportunities evi dently remaining for the development of Eastern Oregon. "I was greatly Impressed with what I have seen of the state as we came across it," said Mr. Pocock. "Espe cially are there many openings apparent in the vicinity of Portland. This state is surely coming into her own at no distant day. Hundreds of thousands of acres in small farms will be seen along the Willamette and the foothills of the ranges, and there is nothing in the world that can hold your good state back. If all Oregon people are like unto those we have had the pleasure of meet ing, they deserve it all." John Irwin, of Chicago, began looking for Hood River and Medford soon after crossing the state line. "Last Winter we learned a lot about Hood River and Medford during the ses sions of the Western Irrigation Con gress held at Chicago," said Mr. Irwin "The fruits those towns sent there were astounding to the people of Chicago. How far Is It to Medford r H. C. Bowers, of the Hotel Portland, was chairman of the committee which arranged the entertainment, and was as sisted by M. C. Dickinson, of the Ore gon, Phil Metschan, Jr., of the Imperial, and Theodore Kruse, of the Belvedere. ELECTRIC CHAIR AWAITS WOLTER NOTED WOMAN MAIMED MRS. ELBERT II. GALBR.UTH, OF SPOKANE, NEAR DEATH. Degenerate Youth Is Found Guilty Ruth Wheeler to Be Avenged. PRISONER STOLID AS STONE table. Fnllowlner the luncheon, the hotelkeep- rs were shown through the rooms of the i Commercial Club building, made ac ! quaintcd with' Its purposes and met many ; of the members of the organization: A ! trip over the sight-seeing lines of the ' Portland Railway. Light & Power Com ' pany followed, and at 7:30 o'clock the most magnificent banquet ever served In ) the Northwest was tendered at the Hotel 1 Portland. Divided Into two banquets the women : of the party were served Irt the "parlors t the hotel, where Mrs. H. W. Hogue, of Crossing Busy Street When Auto Strikes Her and Front Wheels Pass Over Her Body. SPOKANE, Wash., April 23. (Special.) Fearfully Injured by an automobile's front wheels passing over her stomach, Mrs. Elbert H. Galbraith, pioneer resi dent and well-known club woman, wife of County Assessor Galbraith, is believed to be near death tonight. She was crossing a busy street in the business section when a car driven by Kdward Newman, in the employ of the Dulmage-Rosa Automobile Company, struck her, knocking her to the ground. Bhe was draggged and carried under ne.th the car, the front wheels passing over the body. When the car was stopped her form was lodged against the rear wheels. The automobile was stopped and the driver aided in getting her from under neath. He asserts she was bewildered and dodged in front of the car, which he says was going slowly. Other witnesses are of opinion the speed was more than ten miles an hour. Sleep Comes in Cell While Jury de liberates Largest Crowd. Since Thaw Trial Struggles for Admittance, to Court. NHW YORK, April 23. Albert Wolter, a degenerate youth of 19 years, who gloated over lewd pictures and was "crazy" about" women, must die In the electric chair for the murder of Ruth Wheeler, a pretty 35-year-old sten ographer. After one hour and 50 minutes of de liberation a Jury in the Court of Special Sessions found him guilty of murder in the first degree at 10:30 o'clock tonight, bringing to a close a trial marked by Its swift movement and its testimony of horror. The boy's counsel said with eloquence that Wolter was too tender-hearted to harm a cat, but 13 men decided tonight he had strangled Ruth Wheeler and thrust her. while yet alive, in his fireplace, where, soaked with oil. her crumpled body writhed and burned. With the same wax-faced indifference he had shown throughout the trial, Wol ter listened to the verdict. With almost inhuman complacency he had been found asleep in his cell while the Jury was de liberating. He will be sentenced on Wednesday. The jurors, themselves, showed emo tlon, while the boy who must die showed none. When asked if they had found a verdict. William V. Kuth, the foreman, answered in a shaking voice: "W have," and announced they had found Wolter guilty of murder In the first- degree. . All eyes were shifted to ward the prisoner. He was as stolid as a piece of stone. Wolter refused to talk. "I don't want to talk tonight. I'm tired and I want a good sleep first." The last chapter in the fight to save Wolter from the electric chair bgan when Wallace D. Scott, his lawyer, began summing up -for the defense Wolter himself was the chief witness and remained on the stand three hours. Mother Sobs Over Him. As Mr. Scott began, olter's par ents appeared in the courtroom for the first time. The mother burst into con vulsive sobbing as she saw her boy led into the room. "Circumstantial evidence is very dan gerous evidence upon which to convict,' said Attorney Scott. "Instances have occurred where men have been mistaken ly convicted. This boy has not nerve enough to kill a cat, let alone a human being." "He is not a great criminal," said As sistant District Attorney Morse, "he is a dangerous criminal a perverted char acter and a scourge to the community. "There is no unexplained circumstances here. There was never a case In which every circumstance was so straight." It was exactly 7:10 when Judge Foster ended his charge and the jury filed out The crowd today was the largest In the criminal court building since Harry Thaw was on trial for his life. Men and women struggled for places, gowns were torn and hats were crushed in the fight for points or vantage. When Wolter was led back to his cell one young woman pressed forward and attempted to hand him a rose. A court officer brushed her aside. . Robert L. Montgomery, lessee of a fiat adjoining Wolter's, today told Judge For ester privately he had received a letter offering him $100 if he would testify in circumstantiatlon of the evidence of ICate Gills. Ruth Wheeler was killed March 24. Failing to dispose of her body in the fire place, Wolter cut It apart and left the bust and head, wrapped in burlap, on a fireescape. whence it .was pushed into the yard below. He was arrested March 26 and placed on trial Monday last. He denied having known Ruth Wheeler, but testimony showed she liatl been sent to his rooms, expecting to obtain work as a stenographer. crooks headed by Eddie Bush, alias Thomas Howard, alias Eddie Johnson, wanted, with his pals, Eddie Walters, and Alfred Melrose, in Seattle, for a daring holdup of a grocery store at Green Lake last November, and six others, four of whom are women, the police say they have made one of the most important catches In years in Pacific Coast police annals. The -members of the gang held In the City Jail are Eddie Bush. Eddie Walters, Alfred Melrose, Thomas Brinkley. Claudie Curtis. Mary Bush. Alice Bush (mother and daughter). H. S. Baxter, aged 60, Emeline Payne and Mrs. Alfred Melrose. The gang was- operating as beggars in the residence districts, and when searched about $8000 worth of diamonds were found in their possession. From Eddie Curtiss, a boy member of the gang, who says he was led Into a life of crime -five years ago by Bush, admis sions were secured implicating the others more than 100 burglaries and holdups n Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, San Fran cisco and Vancouver, B. C. For five years, according to Curtiss. the gang has pilfered and plundered through out the West. PIEMAN WAS MURDERED Mystery Deep In Case of Chicago Man, Dead From Poisoning. CHICAGO, April 23. Charging mur der by arsenical poisoning and urging the police to discover those responsible, a Coroner's Jury yesterday returned a verdict on the death of Alexander J. Moody, pie manufacturer, who expired at his West Side home February 20. Peculiar details of a trip through the West which Peter Peterson, the Moody's coachman, took with Mrs. Moody and a maid, Agnes Hartwick, a few years ago were brought out by Coroner Hoffman just before the conclusion of the in quest. Peterson said that Mrs. Moody was 111 and took the trip for her health. He said he accompanied her with Moody's consent. FIRST ROSE ON APRIL 18 'Two Blooms Appear In "Vard of Dr. J. A. Pettit on Monday. Credit for the first rose of the season is. claimed by Dr. J. A. Pettit. of East Thirty-fourth and Belmont streets. Dr. Pettit says two roses appeared on the bushes in his yard, which has a warm southern exposure, on Monday, April 18. Other blooms have since ' appeared. The roses are of a white tea variety. Fifteen women hav been elected to the new Parliament of Finland. The previous Parliament, the first to which women were FIREMEN SAVE- FOUR l'LAMES DEVOUR RESIDENCE OF "JOHN WHITAKER. Family, on Willamette Heights Has Narrow Escape In Eire That Destroys Home. Four persons, nearly suffocated by smoke, were rescued from a burning dwelling at 130 Willamette . Boulevard at 2:45 yesterday morning by firemen from Engine Company No. 14 and Chemical Company No. 4- The rescued were John Whitaker, his wife and their two children, who were asleep on the second floor of the house when the fire started. Originating mysteriously In the attic, the flames had gained good headway when the firemen arrived, and it was at the risk of their lives that they brought the near-dead Whitaker family to safety ine entire house, two stories and a half, burned. , The hydrants do not extend to the neighborhood and the fire-flghters were practically powerless. ACTION IS RECONSIDERED County Attorney Given Back Stenog rapher and Deputy. CH EH A LIS. Wash., April 23. (Special.) The Lewis County Commissioners yes terday rescinded tneir action of a few days ago when they cut off the deputy and stenographer allowance of County Attorney J. R. Buxton. Harmony again reigns. The salary of Deputy Sheriff T. C. Fos ter was raised from $75 a month to $100 a month. The board has let the contract for clearing and grabbing the right-of- way for the A. J. White road around the Boistfort hill, to William Young of Mossyrock, for $3240. Bids are being called for the grading and other improve, ment of this road, which is intendd to cut out a steep climb over a hill for several miles. The poolrooms of the county outside the incorporated towns have not paid any licenses yet, and a drastic resolution was passed fixing their annual licenses at DAYTON PLANT NOT BOUGHT Northwestern Corporation l-'ails to Acquire Holdings. DAYTON, Wash., April 23. (Special. It is now practically assured that agents of the Northwestern Corporation, of Portland, this week failed to close a deal for the purchase of the Dayton" Eleotrlo Light & Power Company s holdings. J. A. Ralph, vice-president of the Day ton company, who acts as business agent. refused to give out details further than that the deal has not yet been made. The consideration Involved is said to be about $150,000, this price-to include power sites. rights of way and the plant at Dayton. PORTLAND WOMEN CHOSEN Presbyterian Missionary Society Elects Its Officers. SEATTLE, Waslu. April 23. The an nual meetting of the Woman's North Pa GENERAL MANAGER CHOSEN Earl E. Clark, Former Sales Man ager for Columbia Trust Com jpany, Takes Important Ileal Estate Position. The Union" Bank & Trust Company han secured Earl.E. Clark, for three jvars sales manager of the Columbia Trust Company, as general manager of the real estate business of the company. While with the Columbia Trust Company Mr. Clark made an enviable record handling sub-division property. His brother, Frank N. Clark, president of the company, gives the young man much of the credit for the big records made by that company during the three years he has been con nected with it. His energy is exhaustjess and his ability ranks, with those having many more years of experience. He not only understands the real estate business from dirt to dollars but he understands men, a most valuable knowledge for those who would achieve success in any business line, and during his service with the Columbia Trust Company has gathered about him some energetic cap able spirits like himself, four of whort go with him to the new position. The field of the Union Bank & Trust Com pany will allow him a latitude for his natural ability and his friends are pre dicting a flattering future for the young man. 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