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DYING SPOUSE NUN SAYS SHOT 11 Eugene Grace in First Inter view Since Wounded, Charges Wife. T ORRENTS MENAGE NO OTHER WOMAN, HE SAYS Georgian lnit lie Iovcl Spouse it ml Married Her for Affection. Not Money lie lnll Mie Ixnnrvd I'leas for Aid. ATLVXTA. Ga .March ja. (Special.) In the tirt Interview he him given out lnc! he waa nhot and mortally wound ed March 7. Kuffene Grace denounce t-.im wife, accuira her of ahootlna; him and Kays that d.plte hla pleadlnx with lit-r tin) refused to call a doctor. Grace Kave out the Interview despite the fact that ho Is now iilowly dying from hi wounds. The flying man Insists that he mar ried hla wife for love and not on ac count of her money. He brands aa utterly untrue the stories printed about htm eoncernlnic hla infidelity and buit KrstlnK another woman In the case. He limit's ever haviruc taken J.o.OOil from his wile unil Insists that the object ilrs. (trace had (or shootlnK him was to obtain ponsiession of IJ3.000 insur ance which he carried on hla life, ('.rare says hi' had wished to make these insurance policies payable to his estate, but that Mrs. Grace hJ pre vailed upon him t" make them payable to her In event of his death. Ine for V Iff l Told Of. Throughout Grace's interview runs the declaration o( the dylnic man for the luvc which ho bore for his wife. "I came to myself about 7 o'clock that mornink-." h- said. "I waa daxed. I didn't know what was the trouble. J thmm-ht I must be 111, but the mo ment 1 became conscious I smelt the liini.'S of powder smose. In a little while I realized that she had shot me. I ak.d her to k- for a doctor. I .PKt,,l her to K'. but she delayed in the room. She fixed her hat and her lre.., but she st.iyed, and all the time J lav there. fearinK 1 was dying". -Telephone." I said to her: "there's the phone: telephone, for God's sake; there may be time yet." Then she said, No." she would ?o for the doctor. She arranged her hat. walked from the room and lucked the door, leavlna; mo there lo die. Then she took a train to New nan to my mother's home. Xarrlace for l.ove. I have been absolutely on the level with everybody. Much baa been print, rd about me that Is nnirur. The charKes of Infidelity and the stiKfrestlon of another woman are all lies lies. .My wife waa the woman I loved. Any ln!nuatlon that I married her for her money la untrue. So much has been said that Is (alio. -The story that I took liO.OOO from li.-r I as unfounded as any fabrication eould be. The theory that I knew an-..th.-r woman and that her hand wound ed me la without a shadow of truth. My nlfe'a moth.-r has written dreadful minus cmrernlnir me. but they aro woven from her brain. They are not facta. Whv. I never saw her but three tlmea. and the truth Is that she and her .luiiKht'-r feel bltt.-ily toward each jlher. For four years they didn't apeak tx-causu of a disagreement over a will. ! Vtrm I heeoetl. "I did not see my wife shoot me. I merely awoke dazed and with the pain In my cheat. That bade me first think 1 had acute Indigestion. But as soon as I t-nielled the rir.oke of the powder I knew she had shot me. and when I beKKed her to iret a doctor sho refused, then locked me In alone and helpless. 1 knew she had left me to die to die. while she went to my mother's home. No other woman ami no other man had any hand In shootlna; me; my wife ill. I It. I would say that If I stood this minute before God. Tell the people how It Is. I'm not the sort of man I've been Vainted. Ask any one In N'ewan: they will tell you. I married my wife be cause I loved her. I was on the level with her. and she shot me. If she (toes eniuint.-l.ed it will be a travesty on Jus. lice." VALLEY DWELLERS Mississippi River Cities in Growing Danger as Thaw Fills Streams. belns; nearly 3 per cent. The total re ceipts this month were e5.468.76. ac cording to an estimate given out last night. The receipts In March. 1911. were l8J.96I.2ft. This brings the In crease of the tnonth'a receipt to Il.6ui.i0. Lasnber Moveaneat Heavy. Great strides are being made In lum ber shipments. The larg movement in March brintcs the business of the first quarter of the year up to a total of 17.0S1.139 feet, or nearly 4.000.000 feet In excess of the shipments for the same period last year. Wntle the fnrelirn Ihlnninr waa exceedlnslV Sat- liflfnrtArv- cnastwlne shlDDlnir. made a much better showing. The movement to California ports reached a total of nearly 1S.000.000 feet. This was about 5.0D0.000 feet In excess of the business In March. 191 1. The wheat export trade tor Jiarcn ..,,,-,.,. continued strong With the shipments CE GORGES DESTRUCTIVE of the cereal to caniornia, ino ouipui reached a total of 795.020 bushels. Flour cargoes for the month amounted to 70.(o3 barrels. , With the heavy business In wheat shipments, there is every Indication that Portland will lead all shipping centers In the I'nlted Stutes in the cereul season, whlrh will end Jnno 3o. .There have been dispatched to forelirn ports this season to date (,3:7,611 bushels. Stork Receipts Gain. A heavy month's business was done at the 1'ortland Union Stockyards. The total receipts did not equal those of March last year, the decline belns chiefly due to the smaller run of sheep. Dynamite Is Csed to Break Vp Floes That Threaten Bridge" Peo- In Lowland Arc Warned to Move. pie rear of the hall immediately after the shots were fired waa enfraned for the purpose of hauling away the firearms. According to the report made today by the guard, who was on duty last ! night, he was awakened by the crash of breaking window glass.' As his sleep ing quarters are on the second iioor he does not know how the window was broken. Armed with a repular Army rifle and revolver of his own. the aruard made his way to the floor below. While ascending the steep Hairs leading- from his loft to the officers" quarters, he fell, and it Is believed that the clatter of the rifle falling down the stairs gave warning to the men on the outside of the building. When the guard reached the loom be low he saw three men running up First street. Jumping through the window which had been broken, he ran several rods along the sidewalk. He fired one shot from hs rifle and three from his revolver. DAMROSE DEATH FIXED DOUGLAS rorXTY DUBIOUS OF HUMPHRYS' STOKIES. CHICAGO. March 30. Rapidly melt ing snow is making a raging torrent of every river and stream in the upper half of the Mississippi Valley, wreck- WOMAN ACCUSED BY DYING HUSBAND OF SHOOTING HIM AND MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY. ; -: -it. 1 - , " - : - . vi ..: y . i -4'J) MHX. IGKM3 GRACS HKR MOTHKR AM) 1IKR BLIND SOX. Investigation by Vonealla Cltlrens Shown Man Died of Strangula tion Through Disease. nOSEBURO. Or., March 30. (Spe cial.) That George Humphrys, self confessed murderer of Mrs. Griffith, did not murder George Damrose, of Hay hurst Valley. Douglas County, as stat ed by Charles Humphrys In his conrcs lon. Is now evident, i Investigation on the part of Yoncalla citizens who were well acquainted with Damrose, the dead man, and the Hum phrys, reveals the fact that George Humphrys did not sit up with Damrose at the time of the latter's illness, and therefore could not have committed the deed attributed to him by his brother. Mr. Damrose passed away at his home In Hayhurst Valley during the forenoon and at the time was surrounded by several members of his family, as well as a number of neighbors. " i In Yoncalla, however. It Is not thought unlikely that Hearse Humphrys may have spoken to his brother con cerning Damrose'a death and that Charles failed to grasp the meaning and took It for granted that George knew something relative to the cause. Those well acquainted with Damrose and con versant with his last Illness declare that lie died of strangulation caused by a dropsical condition. I This may have led Charles Humphrys ' to Infer that his brother. George, had strangled Damrose, as he (Charles Humphrys) was always considered dull ; during his residence in Yoncalla, and i it was difficult for him to grasp the I meaning of the most simple statement. .' In view of these facts, the citizens of I Yoncalla believe that Charles Humphrys ! either deliberately lied regarding Dum ! rose's death or misunderstood some statement that might have been made to hlin by his brother. HANDLED MINUS GLOVES BAVARIAN CRITICISES ZEAL Prime MinUter Sa Americans Not Uoii-lMeiu in Plea for Peace. Mt'XICII. Bavaria. March 30. Prime Minister von llertllng. of Bavaria, ruairman of the committee on foreign affairs of the Federal Council, in a fpeeeh today In the Bavarian Diet on :irlltratl.n. contrasted the seal of the I'nlted Stale in connection with arbi tration with th- American attitude toward Mexico. He aald: 'Some of the states which are work ing tnoft energetically In the direction f arbitration now and then support military enterprises, as North America is now dolus towards Mexico." Hrrr von llertllng expressed the be lief t! at Germany, through her peace ful policy, supported by a great armed force, had done more for the cause of peace than all the peace movements. He said he was willing to support ar bitration In the committee of the Fed eral Council. GRANT CRUISER LAUNCHED .Vw Ccrman War Vessel Named AN Irr t'antoux Oeiteral. H.Mr.l'Rl. March 30. The new gi gantic armored cruiser -J," which was laid down in 1910. wan launched today. S:;e was christened the ydlitx. after Frederick the Great's famous cavalry General. Frederick William von Seyd lltz. She Is the fourth battle cruiser of this class In the German navy. CITY QUICKENSJTS STRIDE ti'rtnlinuU From Flntt F-e. of last year. This Is a gain of 497 permits. Building construction for the past three months aggregated $3,385. ooo. The permits for this month totaled $1.75).414. compared with $1,983,818 for Marrh. 1911. These figures show that Portland Is keeping up a building growth of . great proportions. It .a probable that Portland will make as good showing as any city less than 100.000 In the United States. Notwithstanding that there was one les business day this March, on ac toiiiit of rite Sunda)S. business at the Portland Postufll'-- ni.ulo a line show ln4, the Increase over the receipts for ill corresponding month of last year There was a gain of 1240 head in the hog receipts. In spite of this showinit the hog market was considerably higher. In fact, the tendency of all livestock prices at this time is upward. Kecelpts at the North Portland yards In March of this and last year com pare as loliowa: faille I'nlvca Morn Siie-'P llnrli-l and mules A Tot: !.! VII . 7 I'M: 7.1lt ,. I.". . . S.".'.,2 C.lisJ . li.t'lL. i.l.Ol , . Jo7 1 31 Si.ll 4V.71-' FISHER GiUSE OF VETO SECKKTARY CAXXOT UNDER STAND PRAV'S BILL. ! lng houses, inundating lands and en dangering live. No relief Is In sight. The weather rapidly Is growing warmer, which will result in further melting of snow. Ice floes constantly threaten dams and bridges. In many places dyanmlte Is being used, but the swiftly-moving currents, it 1ft feared, will carry away the huge gorges before they can be broken Into pieces small enough to make them harmless. Klver C'ltlra la Danger. Mississippi River cities are said to be In tho gravest danger. At St. louls the river is at the danger mark and rising rapidly. Great fear Is en tertained for residents near the con junction of the Ohio and Mississippi I Rivers. Gangs of men are working night and day repairing the damaged levees. In the north the Platte River and the Des Moines River are causing much damage. The Platte Is filled with ice 1 ............ ... v. t i. viKAn ......... ; n bridges. The Des Moines River Is bc- Womun's Opinion About Other . Women's Conversation. Ines H. Gillmore In Harper's. I am a great admirer of my own sex Its stanch supporter. I pity women so much that it makes me ache to think of the life they lead. It is a feat almost beyond my mental courage to look back and down the ages and im agine what their life brought them. In and out of season I have worked for them. But I must confess that of all human beings the Average Woman conies nearest to boring. I know of no deadlier comment In the whole social i round than when at a dinner party the women rise from the table. How my heart faints at the thought of that seg regation! How well I know the round of average feminine talk children, servants, dress, small gossip and all from an unlllumlnated point of view. f tiafs I Hafs rfawen Hafj '.Billimort kColfte ySthloss iBafmore CtolAesy 1 Schloss Baltimore Clothes V af ScMoss Billimort T Mati 1 Billimort I Billimort rstMols Biltimort ketones, fShloss 'Billimort tctoftts f, Schloss Schloss fiiltimoit tOothesA r Schloss i Schloss pillimort Oofhes,; rSchtoss I Salrfmontj jCtohesJ rScAoss iBjlmoft jCtones E S I f t . ii - I n I . . . , V'-i- I Schloss . i Baltimore Clothes HawesYHswts Hats I Hats navves i Hals 33.00J Billimort Clolhesj j Schloss 'Billimort I fSchloss Dallimort LOolhts; K C'ofies A tJ r schloss are nicide for men who find pleasure and satisfac tion in dressing as well as they possibly can are made for men who appre ciate -what good . Clothes mean to them in social and business life. Desicned by SCHLOSS BROS. A CO. Fine Clothes Makers Baltimore and New York Billimort Clothtsj Schloss JBiltimon Schloss Billimort Clothts Billimort Clolhts Schloss ' ,B3llimort gomtsA Schloss 1 Billimort UldhtsJ ' Schloss 1 Billimort CtothtsA fschloss '.Billimort lactones, f Schloss Schloss Biltimort I nats ! rtfawarveTi W I Haf I Hats Style and Service is what vou want when you invest your money in a Suit. Style and service is just what you'get in every Schloss Bros. & Co. garment you buy. Yet these thoroughly best Clothes cost no more than the ordinary $15 to $40 Clothing Co. I Schloss Biltimort jkCtoftes J f Schloss ' Billimort Tsch Fourth and Alder Streets Cranf Phegley. Manager ' Schloss ' Billimort I Clolhts.i ' Schloss i Billimort 1 ketones. Clolhes, Schloss Billimort Clothes 1? Srhln Baltimore Clothes HawesA Hats $3.00 5rhl Baltimore Clothes 'HawesWHawes Hats I Hats J3.C0A.f3.00J to which no matter wmu caum found her hard and fast in the ice. but -tin tii--ht and worthy, a craft to their taste, a valuable property .u-.. elino nn matter iiiej iiiui. , - , of It. It cost them dear; the ice would not loosen Its grip on the scnooner nor would the fishermen. They might from time to time have escaped ashore; it would have been the part of wisdom, perhaps, and certainly the part of cau tion, to do so; but rather than abandon their salvage these two cheerfully reck less fellows stuck to the ship for the rest of that bitter Winter. When nav igation opened In tne spring oi special tax levy. A fine lot has been secured and inasmuch as all prelimina ries have been complied with, active work on this notable improvement will beirin within a few days, although It is to be built under state supervision, homo labor will be employed upon it us much as possible, from architectural specifications down through the various phases of merlin men 1 construction. Measure Drawn by Land Office Will low flood stage, but Is rising. lie Referred Nest Time to Head of Interior Deportment. WASHINGTON, March 30. tSpeclal. Representative Pray, author of the burned timber bill, which was vetoed yesterday, called on the President this morning and urged that he reconsider his veto so that the settlers burned out by the forest fires of 1910 may sell the timber on their lands Immediately and be recompensed In part for their loss. The President told Pray that he had retoed the bill because Secretary Klshe. Insisted that he could not understand what It meant and would not be ablj to enforce It. The President himself said he clearly understood the purport of the bill but In view of Fisher's objection he could not do otherwise than veto the bill and give Congress a chance to pass a more specific bill for the same pur pose. Pray today reintroduced his bill and will have It referred Immediately to Secretary Fisher, so that the Secretary can draw a substitute which he will be able to understand. The bill as It passed Congress was drawn and approved by the General Land Office. Klooda In uadate Homes. High water drove families from their homes in Rock Island, 111.; Waterloo, Neb., and Waterloo, Iowa; Yankton, 8. D.,; Norfolk, Neb., and Schneider, Ind., yesterday. Near Schneider a gorge In the Kankakee River broke, releasing 11 feet of water. Boats are being used In the principal streets of Norfolk, Neb. Many other cities are threatened by floods within a few hours. Warnings have been Issued to all residents of lowlands to prepare to move. prize her. NEWBERG PAYS WELCOME Opening of Carnegie Library Hon ored by Fine Programme. SCIENTIST HELD GUILTY New York Healer Pays $100 Fine for Practicing Without License. NEW YORK. March 80. The jury trying Willis Vernon Cole, a Christian SVlentlst, for "practicing medicine" without a license, returned a verdict of guilty today after 40 minutes' delibera tion. Justice tic-bury fined Cole $100. Judge Seabury said the court recog nized no bad faith In the defendant personally, and that he was simply the victim of a test case. The Justice said the Jury was entirely warranted In bringing In the verdict on the evidence In the case, and then Imposed the fine, which was paid. .u - mail cteamer slirhteil the Men think that women always talk " .", , thB i(.e and manned about men when they are alone. Would I ' skeletons. They had sub- ihai thfti wa m true! For women are 1 ... , , -1 nna hnr. ever so Interesting as when they dis-! ', - h nmB frozen herring. cuss the single aspect which men show accomplished this It was to women, for that Is the only subject cnild s play f0r them to take their that women know. Yes, -woman is often i , l)ort wnen the floe released auil, UUL nui UCI-aUM UllO IB a numau. Womanhood Is not per se a less Inter esting state than manhood. It Is only that the double standard has built a series of blockades about her. Through them she gets only peephole glimpses at life. On the other hand, I am often charmed and thrilled with the much that the average woman makes of her tiny, furtive peeps at the world. Add occasionally, of course, I come across the exceptional case the woman who has all the Instinct of her own sex for detailed observation and by good for tune the wider experience of the other. She at once takes her place with man Bingen to Get Depot Soon. BINGEN, Wash.. March 30. (Spe cial.) The North Bank road In a few days will erect a depot In the west end of Blngen to connect with the Hood lliver ferry. This will be a great ac commodation to traveling men, because when they arrived from the East or West, after dark, they had to wait until morning to take the ferry to Hood F.lectrlc lights will be strung ni..n above the salt at the social table. For ; , . , and tne rerry mv own part, I think the exceptional on both sides of tne river u woman often puts the exceptional man quite In the shade. WINTER IN A WRECK REIDS GUESTS AT PALACE NEWBERG, Or, March 30. (Special.) There was a larte attendance of cltl. sens last night to witness the formal opening of the new Carnegie Library, Just completed at a cost of $10.00ft. The library board consists of A. C. Stanbrough. president: Mrs. Abble Ed wards, necretary: F. A. Norrts, treas urer, and Miss Anna Lang ton. Mrs. Inez Hutt. C. C. Ferguson. Miss Margaret Inglls Is librarian. The building Includes a room fitted up for clubs of various kinds, espe cially for women's organizations, and the entire building Is furnished in an attr-!ve manner. . ,,.., The evening's programme Included J ROUBLEIVlArXCRS addresses by A. C. Stanbrough. presl- i dent of the board; Mayor J. D. Gor- I . don; Miss Cornelia Marvin. Slate Li brarian: President Levi Pennington of the pacific College: Mayor McPhllllps, of McMlnnvllle; William Macy; Mrs. I'nderman. and Mrs. Miller, all from McMlnnvllle. The Invocation was by Rev. George C. Rltchey. and there were musical numbers by Frances Elliott and Elmer Beuhier. King and Queen F.ntertaln Ambassa dor and HI Wife at Luncheon. LONDON. March 30. Whltelaw Reld. the American Ambassador In London, and Mrs. Reld lunched today at Buck ingham Palace with King George and guren Mary, n The function was one of a series which their majesties have given for diplomats since their return from the Durbar in India. EXILED fContlnoed From First Page.) Clark May Win Marlon County. SALEM. Or.. March 30. (Special.) The published statement of James Bar bee, chairman of the Champ Clark com mittee, that Champ Clark will be the choice of Marlon County Democrats, seems to be fulfilled by statements of leading members of the party here. Governor West said today that he nev er mado the statement that Wilson was the strongest of the candidates In Mar ion County, but he did express tho private opinion that Wilson was prob ably the strongest of the Democratic candidates throughout the state. whether any of the three men who at tempted to invade the company's head quarters were Injured or not. Several residents living in the vicin ity of the armory informed Lieutenant Comeau that they heard a wagon leav ing hurriedly from the rear of the i armory after the shots were fired. The ! man on guard last night, who Is a member of the local company and who asked to be placed In charge of the guns and ammunition because he had previously heard an attempt would be made to raid the building, reported to the officer in command about 4 o'clock this morning. Owing to the fact that the putty on the window had been removed Is suf ficient reason for the guard officers to believe that cleverly planned at- tempt had been made to enter the hall and secure a quantity of guns and am munition. It Is also the prevailing be J Ucf that the wagon which left the How Two Newfoundland Fishermen Win Salvage. Harper's. In winning salvage the Newfound landers do not seem to reflect upon the length of hardship and peri to which they must go. This Is characteristic of their lives In every respect; it Is a proverb with them that they go when they can, and leave getting back "to luck and good conduct." Not long ago an American fishing schooner, aban doned by her crew In the Strait of Belle Isle in early Winter as hopelessly lost, was carried ofr In the Ice-floe. It was the slimmest chance In the world that the derelict would ever be seen again. There was not the slightest ex pectation. Indeed, that she would be; the underwriters paid the Insurance settlement without complaint or ques tion, and crossed the schooner off for lost. But the schooner was not lost. She was sighted in her wanderings by two fl-hermen. They boarded from shore, will meet all trains on tne inunii inl and the O.-W. K. & X. A Good Mixer. Harper's Bazar. He was not quite 3, so perhaps he should not be blamed for confusing sacred and profane tradition in his nar rative. At any rate, the climax was modern. "Little Bo T Peep, she looked and looked, but she couldn'e1 find her sheeps anywhere not behind the door, or in the barn, or on the mountains, or any where. But Just then the good shep herd he came along, and he helped her look and pretty soon he found just one little baby lamb. And where you s'pose? Why, it was in the telephone and they couldn't get It out!" Asliuand Armory Work on Soon. ASHLAND, Or, March SO. (Special.) Funds now being available, the con struction of the new Armory will soon be under way, an appropriation of ?30, 000 now being ready for the purpose. Of this amount the state furnishes one half, while municlpiallty and county each raise one-quarter, respectively, by Advertising Pays for Itself HE right kind of newspaper advertising cre ates enough new business to pay for itself and bIiow a greater new profit at the end of the year than you would hav if you do not advertise. I'll steer you straight. 4C1 Wilcox Euildini 1 elepbone Main 3803 AdvertisingService The Most Elegantly Furnished Hotel on the East Side. Within Teu Minutes' Walking Distance of West Side Business Center. One Hun dred Rooms. Twenty Suites With Bath. "THE PRIDE OF THE EAST SIDE EDWARD G. KINNE, Proprietor. GRAND AVE AND BELMONT STREETS Half Block From Morrison S:. Telephone East 323 New Hotel-Opened Feb. 19, 1912 Conducted by thoroughly experienced Hotel Man RIGH f UP TO DATE LARGE, WELL-LIGHTED ROOMS, ELEGANTLY FURNISHED, AT MODERATE PRICES Hot and cold running water and telephone in every room. Elegant brass beds, quartered oak dressers, stands, etc., splendid rugs, and, in fact, all furnishings of the highest class nothing their equal on the east side of the river, and nothing their superior on the West Side. RATES RANGING FROM $15.00 PER MONTH UP THE -BEST" AT NO GRFATER PRICE THAN THE "ORDINARY" We are "oing to PUBLISH THE LETTERS of some of our customers who wanted and who were willing to pay for a GOOD heating apparatus for their homds. to the end thev might pass the Winter in comfort. The.-e people did not expect to heat a $5000 or $10,000 resilience for $100 or $150, nor did they go to a tin shop or plumber for a heating engineer. Read their letters as they appear in print. You know the writers. We CAN and WILL heat your house to your entire satisfaction if you rcally want a first-class apparatus and are willing to PAY WHAT IT IS WORTH, under a positive and satisfying guarantee to YOU as to RESULTS. No other kind of business in this line will be solicited or accepted by W. G. M'PHERSON CO.