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VOL II.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1907.
No. 77.
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Portland Police Unable to Ob
tain Confession from
Mayor Lane's Siren.
ARE OTHERS IMPLICATED?
Opinion Prevails That Politicians
Were Interested in Conspiracy
Against Official.
Portland, Oct. 2. Mrs. Bello Way
mire, accused of being the woman de
coy used in the sensational attempt
to blackmail Mayor Lane on Thurs
day last, consented to como to Port
land this morning from Vancouver
where she had been held by Sheriff
Sappington since Saturday after
noon. Sho will appear for her pre
liminary on Wednesday morning.
In the meantime on effort is be
ing made by her attorneys, Seneca
Fouts and W. R. McGarry, to secure
the $1,000 bail required by the court,
but the taslc i3 proving a hard one.
Up to 1 o'clock no one had been
found who would go security for tho
appearance of the woman on Wed
nesday morning.
So far there have been no added
developments in the case other than
the setting of the preliminary hear
ing for Wednesday Radding and
Mandelay, the two men accused of
being conspirators in tho plot, were
arraigned in the municipal court this
morning and the caso was then set
by Judge Cameron. Both of the
men are out on bail.
Woman Holds to Story.
The woman in the case still main
tains her determined stand of in
jured innocence and it must be ad
mitted that she did well in sustaining
her part. If she is guilty of the
charges made against her she is
maintaining a very straight forward
front and story. All tho stories she
tells are the same, without deviation.
"I do not know what Mr. Radding
has told, or Mr. Mandelay, whom I
do not know at all, but I do know
that I have only one story to tell and
that is the truth." That is the way
she puts her case and sticks to it.
She declines to discuss tho facts or
go into details saying that the trial
will reveal all she knows. Until
that time she will remain silent.
And she does romain silent. Sho
talks, it is true, freely and openly,
hut whenever tho conversation ranges
close to anything vital as affecting
herself, Radding or Mandelay, she
veers off most skillfully or else says
very frankly, "I can't talk about that
now, you know."
"Mrs. Waymire says she is going
straight into the circuit court with
her story, for she wants to escape
the preliminary hearing and get past
the lower court where she thinks she
will get justice unadulterated.
"Will you waive your preliminary
hearing and go straight into the
upper, court or will you go into the
lower court first? sho was asked this
morning as she sat in the sheriff's
quarters at Vancouver.
"I do not want a preliminary hear
ing," sho said. "I want to go into
the circuit court at once, for I be
lieve I can get justice there. The
police court officers are all under ob
ligations or control of the mayor,"
continued Mrs. Waymire, "and they
would be afraid of losing their Jobs
if they did not give mo the worst of
it. I realize that it is a pretty tough
job for a woman to go against tho
mayor of a big city."
Mrs. Waymire states that sho went
to Vancouver simply to escape noto
riety and the jail. She had no in
tention of running away, she says,
and was not in hiding. Her as
sumed names were simply to asist
her in keeping out of notice.
"I did not want to be put in Jail,"
continued Mrs. Waymire in telling
why she went to Vancouver. "I never
have been in jail and I did not desire
the experience. I am willing to re
turn to Portland as soon as I can be
released on bail and have no fear of
the outcome."
Mrs. Waymire contends most
emphatically that she has no con
nection with any plot or blackmail
ing scheme.
Denies Complaints.
"I bad no reason to blackmail the
mayor or to injure him," she said.
"I am not In that business anyway.
If I thought that Radding or Mande
lay or any other person was con
nected with such a plot I would turn
on them in a minute. But I do not
believe it. If there Is such a plot
it is entirely unknown to me.
"It Is testified that Radding told
C. M. Habyl that he was going to get
$1,000 for a deal and that there was
a woman in it and that it was going
to be pulled off on Wednesday or
Thursday night of last week," Mrs.
Waymire was told.
"I do not know anything about
that. I do not believe that Radding
would have been such a fool as to
say that even if there had been such
a plot. But I do not believe ho said
it. I do not know what deal Rad
ding was going to pull off. I did
not confer with him. I had no un
derstanding and do not know that he
was in the building at tho time this
thing happened. If he was there it
was not with my knowledge, for I
did not know he was going or knew
that I was to bo there.
"You walked away with him af
ter the scene in the mayor's office?"
It was suggested, but Mrs. Waymire
was uncertain.
It has been said that I was with
him, but I do not know anything
about it," she answered. "I do not
know who I went out of the building
jwith. I was excited after what had
happened and just went away. I do
not know Mandelay, and do not re
member whether I was with Rad
ding or not."
"You went up to your room with
Radding and according to the story
had some words with him, did you
not," was the next question.
"That is an absolute lie," was the
way Mr3. Waymire made answer.
"That story-has not a single word of
truth in it. I never had any words
with Mr. Radding. We never have
quarreled about anything.
"There Is nothing I can talk
about," continued the woman. "I do
not want to discuss the case. I have
talked more now than I intended to
do or should have done. I have only
one story to tell, however, and am j
not afraid to tell it when the time
comes.
Grows Uneasy.
Mrs. Waymlro agreed to come
back to Portland without extradit'on
after a conferer.ee with her attorney
yesterday. Accordingly she accom
paniPd Detective Hlllyer to the city
this morning, reaching here a short
time K-fore noon. She was taken in
to the private office of the chief for
a short conference and was then
taken into the' woman's department
of thd jail for tho first time since
she has been taken into custody she
show?.! tlgns of uneasiness when she
found that her attorney had not been
able to find bail for her before her ar
rival. When told that she would
hav3 to go upstcirs she hung back
an instant then recovered herself
and went quietly without remon
strance. According to Scnneca Pouts, Mrs.
Waymire will have no statement to
make to tho district attorney until
she is on the witness stand.
"If Mr. Manniug wants to talk to
her she can go up and call upon him,
but sho will have no statement to
make before the trial," is the way
Mr. Fouts disposes of the subject.
The police couit was crowded to its
capacity this morning when tho pro
ceedings were opened. The crowd
was a motley one, drawn from all
walks of life, and all bound by the
common bonds of morbid curiosity,
yearning for a sight of tho three
prisoners. The non-appearance of
woman in tho caso seemed to be a
great disappointment to tho majority.
Acting on the theory that, there
was a deep-laid plot to blacken tho
character of Mayor Lane, and con
firmed in this view by strong reports
of workings of the scheme prior to
the climax of the plot, District At
torney John Mannng has taken a
new tack.and today branched off into
sources of information independent
of the suspected accomplices them
selves. A story is current that full two
months ago a person, whose name
has not yet como to light, approached
well-known people In this city and
sought contributions to a fund, tho
purpose of which, it was announced,
waB "to put tho Mayor over a bar
rel." With what success ho met is
still in tho dark, but the investigat
ing officers believe that a fund of
this kind was raised.
Are Getting Details.
Gradually the Investigators are
weaving together a chain of circum
stances that promise some startling
revelations later on. Llttlo by little
details aro coming into possession of
tho officers that denotes system.
Weeks before anything happened
thoro were things doing here and
there. Back of the plot it ti believed
FOOD PRICES
10 8E HIGHER
Heads of Families Will
Further Advance in
Food Stuffs.
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PURE FOOD LAW BLAMED
Grocers May Xo Longer Sell Adul
terated Articles Advance,
Thirty per Cent.
Chicago, Oct. 2. Housewives will
find their grocer's and butcher's bills
increased 30 per cent over last year's
prices according to estimates of
dealers who base their figures on
present conditions.
Fruits, vegetables, milk, butter,
eggs, meat, bread and canned goods
all will demand higher prices, it Is
said while the chief reason given is
a "wayward market."
To tho door of the pure food law
is placed the blame that many arti
cles formerly prepared with cheap
adulterants and preservatives are
kept from th'e market.
Fruit and vegetable crops have
been short in all sections of the
country with the exception of the
Pacific coast. Generous wages "paid
in the cities are said to have drained
the country of labor In some sections
so that crops could not be properly
handled.
Can't Get Enough Milk.
The price of milk paid hy the
dealer to the farmer has twice been
raised in the month of September.
The increase aggregates three-qimr-ters
of a cent, and on top of this
there comes a complaint from the
condensed milk manufacturers that
the supply is not sufficient.
Due to a short supply, butter ad
vanced last week until today when
jobbers were forced to pay 29 Vi
cents for the best grades. Cream
cheese was sold during tho week at
14 cents per pound while today
eggs reached a wholesale price of
23 cents per dozen. With this In
crease to dealers the advancement
to consumer rose proportionately.
The greatest shock dealt the fami
ly provider will como when the pur
chase of canned goods and dried
truits is made. These commodities
have risen steadily during the last
three years, but during tho present
season a sharp increase of 20 per
cent has been made.
Canned Goods Cost More.
Canned goods dealers say there is
a -scarcity such as never was known
at the end of tho packing season.
The tomato crop will be GO per cent
short and prices of the canned arti
cle are expected to advance from 85
cents to $1 a dozen in wholesale lots.J
Sweet corn in the can already has
gone from 46 cents to 75 cents a
dozen. Prunes constituting the
largest tonnage of California dried
fruits will advance In price 33 1-3
per cont 6ver tho average price for
tho last five years. The production
is llttlo more than an advance in
time and investigation will show,
there were enemies of the Mayor,
political and otherwise, who were in
terested In seeing the'Mayor retired
from public life, and this plan was
agreed upon as furnishing the means
of doing it more effective than any
other.
The story that an unknown man,
whoso identity it has not been pos
sible as yet to assertaln was ap
proaching people to raise a fund to
put the Mayor "over a barrel," in
dicates to tho investjgators that thero
was a plot and that somebody wa3
behind It. No motive can he attrib
uted to the actors in the scene on tho
sixth floor of tho Hamilton building
other than they were supported by
others whose names are still un
known to the police.
District Attorney Manning adhorcM
to the idea that thero was a schomo,
carefully fostered by Interested pait
les, and that Mandelay, Radding anl
Mrs. Waymire were merely tho
tools to carry It info execution. Ho
is working on this theory, and tho
first step was taken this morning,
when subpenas were Issued fo. a
number of persons who aro supposed
to have some knowledge of the work
ing of the scheme before tho bujg
llng trap was sprung a few days ago
-Bny your grecerleo at Sacchl's.
A COMFORTABLE INCOME.
John 1). Rockefeller is the
poorest man in tho world
physically. Ho is the richest
man in the world financially.
He makes money so fast that
the ery minutes work for him.'
Recent dct ciopnicnts in the
Standard Oil cases have made
it a matter of court record Mint
John I), lias an income from
Standard Oil of $42 a minute.
Forty-two dollars a minute or
$2,1320 per hour, or SO 1,480
per dny, or $1,814,400 per
month, or $21,772,800 per year.
There are other interests
which materially increase this
estimate of John D.'s annual
drawdown.
price of California peaches of 10 per
cent. The Pacific coast beans will
tost 25 per cent more than usual
while eastern beans will advance
even more.
SOMEBODY SHOULD
BUILD MORE HOMES
The demand for homes in Marsh
field is becoming greater every day
and no day passes without applica
tions being made at the Chamber of
Commerce for rooms, a house, or
even temporary quarters in any old
place where the rain will not beat in
and soak household goods. Yester
day there weie two inquiries for
places of abode and neither one could
be satisfied. Mr. Weaver of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, is hore with his family,
and Mr. JRice of Goldfleld, Nevnda,
has also arrived wlli his family. But
there are no quarters for them and
houses cannot be erected half fast
enough to accommodate the influx.
Great opportunities are open to land
lords who will construct homes for
the throng which is constantly flow
ing towards Mai-3hfield. One man
has just completed a shed on Broad
way and moved his goods into it.
He Is now engaged in building, a
house, and he is so anxious to get it
completed that ho has worked
through all the rain which fell this
week. Who says things aro not
lively in Marshfield?
Mothers' Club Meeting.
The meeting of the Mothers' Club
last Friday was well attended. Very
good and Interesting papers were
read by Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Reeder,
followed by a discussion of botn
papers by Miss Frantz.
The subject for next meeting is
"Can We Teach Children the Law of
Lovo and Practice the Law of Ro
venge?" Como out and gain the good and
pleasure that we do. Friday, Oct. 4
at 3 o'clock in tho Baptist church.
Coos River Beauties.
Mrs. Anton Wirth of Coos River
sent down a box of Coos River Beau
ties yesterday, which were put on
exhibition at tho Chamber of Com
merce. There is an interesting in
cident connected with this exhibit.
Tho apples come from a four acre
orchard where tho Coos County
Beauties was originated. Mr. Anton
Wirth, deceased husband of Mrs
Wirth, produced tho first applo of
this variety a nurhber of years ago.
Ho was drowned about a year and
a half ago.
Attendance Increases.
Prof. Golden of tho public schools,
was seen yesterday afternoon and he
said the attendance is gradually
creeping up, and now stands at 450.
He is satisfied that thero will bo a
further Increase as the school year
wears on, and particularly when the
truant officer gets busy. He also
said tho board of education has au
thorized him to offer a larger salary
for an assistant principal, which nat
urally, will bo appreciated all
around, since tho high school Is
short of instructors.
Independents Orgiiiiic.
The Independent football team
was organized at a meeting held for
that purposo on Tuesday night. Tho
momhers aro not yet named as tho
practice will bring out what tho per
sonnel will bo. Tho captain of tho
organization is Charles Johnson, and
tho manager is D. Hanson.
Notice.
Since the first of tho month Mr,
and Mrs. J. B. Cooper havo taken
chargo of the Garfield. Tho house
has been thoroughly renovated and
refitted throughout.
Try a Times Want Adv.
UlltbUN birfLb
IN NEW YORK I
Interview with Young Women
Sent to Jamestown by
Pacific Northwest.
THEY CRITICISE THE EAST
Sonic of the Remarks Which the Re
porter Heard Something
Like Sarcasm.
When tho Oregon girls were in tho
cast after dojng the Jamestown ox
position, a reporter interviewed them
while they were In New York City.
Following is tho results:
Just as we were beginning to feel
happy again tho first of June hero
and a prospect that tho chilly days
wouici soon pass anu summer
weather would como along In two or
three months, a drenching rain un
der way that promised to wash New
York and make the streets clean at
last just as these and other happy
thoughts were making us feel that
little old New York after all is not
such a bad sort of place, along comes
a bevy of farmer girls from Oregon
on a visit to Now York and takes all
the gayety out of us.
Our esteemed Oregon contempo
rary, the Pacific Northwest, recently
organized a prize competition and 17
charmi ng.rosy cheeked young women
from the farming districts in which
our wide awake contemporary cir
culates havo been here as his prize
winning guests, "seeing the sights,"
and, incidentally, "sizing us up."
That was whero Now York's pride
had a terrible fall when those 17
charming girls, having "sized us up,"
kindly consented, on their departure
last Saturday, to inform New York,
with breezy and moro or less delight
ful frankness, what they think of us.
They gave our esteemed contempo
rary, the World, their impressions on
tho eve of their leaving. Their crit
icisms may seem cold and cruel, but,
after all, It may do us good to be
"set down good and hard" by these
farm maids. It may humble and pu
rify us. Perhaps wo were a trlflo
too self-satisfied.
And what havo they to say? Miss
Manche Langley of Forest Grove,
finds us dreadfully slow four hours
slower than Oregon time. Miss
Heleno Swalno of Burns, considers us
Indifferent and selfish. Miss Mamlo
Smith of Condon, says we reverse
things, that our women aro large and
our men small, and she falls to find
high ideals hero except in our sky
scrapers. Miss Dolllo Hefty of Gar
diner, tells us bluntly that wo don't
live; wo exist. Miss Ada Metcalf
pats us on tho back and says sho
supposes wo mean right. t
Miss Edyth Robinson of Canyon
City was neither struck dumb nor
made to turn green with envy by our
ideas of fashlonnble raiment. Not
to put too fine a point on It, sho says
wo dress flashily. Miss Stella Camp
bell of Kalamath Falls, thinks that
Now York Is well, oh, yes, Now
York would bo a pretty good placo
If somebody would stop tho nolso.
And Miss Grace McCoskey is also of
tho opinion that it would bo a pleas
ant placo to live in if tho people
would movo out, for sho says thero
aro altogether too many people hero
to suit her.
What aro wo going to do about
It? What can wo plan In order to
provent tho spread of these terrible
criticisms of this great, glorious, un
swept, Tammany engineered city and
Us unhappy people?
Helping In tho Good AVoik.
Architect J. E. Cayou has plans
propared for three cottages at Bun
ker Hill for Miss Mullln of Empire.
The buildings will bo erected with
out delay and will nld greatly In re
ducing tho dearth of residences.
Miss Mullln Intends to build at least
eight cottages this winter, ad pos
sibly ten.
A I'lensaut Birthday,
Tho occasion of Mrs. Chase Mas
ter's birthday ' was fittingly cele
brated yesterday afternoon at her
resjdenco on C street. Fancy work
was indulged in by tho Mesdames J.
Johnson, Leo Brown, J. W. Snover,
C. A. Howard and Mrs. Roshman.
Refreshments wero served and a
general good time was had. The
gifts were very beautiful and ap
propriate. ,
BORAH IS ACQUITTED
Boise, Oct. 2. Senator Ilornh
was acquitted shortly before six
o'clock this afternoon of con
spiracy to defraud the United
States government of a part of
the public domain.
MAY COMPROMISE
ON LIMIT ORDINANCE
Ilnslness Piling Up In tho Council
Room. Street Car Fran
chise Referred.
At the city council mooting last
evening, the Mayor toaK occasion to
roast the Times in his inimical, good
natured way. He had a good audi
ence present to hear what ho had to
say, since the Times has printed
enought of interest to attract citizens
to the council meetings. Ther0 wa3
what might bo termed a big crowd
out to hear the discussion. Tho sev
eral matters of Importance which
wero scheduled for consideration
last night, Included a remonstranco
to tho fire ordinance, repeal of tho
tenmsterb' ordinance; consideration
of the Bell street car franchise; pos
sible action on tho midnight closing
ordinance. Who would not come out
to hear such momentous topics talk
ed of as they are In tho city council?
"And my language Is plain," said
Brete Harto in his peoni on tho
Heathen Chinee.
Likewlso is tho language in'' tho
city council so, yes, ovon more so.
When the newspaper had been
dono to a brown, the order of busi
ness was taken up. Mr. Peter Gulov
son was represented by Attorney
Snover and a voluminously signed
remonstranco of property holders
within tho fire limits wns presented
as a protest against its becoming ef
fective by an emergency clause. Tho
matter was well presented by'Mr.
Snover and ho was followed by At
torney John S. Coko and Mr. Horton,
who spoko In favor of tho ordinance
and Its provisions. Considerable dis
cussion was Indulged, and tho matter
was finally laid over until the regular
meeting of next Monday night, it
having developed in tho argument
that there was a possibility of those
Interested in tho hotel and bnnk
buildings adjacent to tho proposed.
Gulovson building being ablo to meet
Gulovson and arrange for the erec
tion of a brick building in place of a.
frame building which is now pro
posed. The repeal of the teamsters' ord
inance wns laid over until tho next
meeting.
Mr. Seymour II. Boll was present
and asked that his street car ordin
ance be considered. The Mayor re
ferred tho matter to a committee
composed of Councilmen Clausen,
Savago and Condron, who aro to re
port to tho council. This action
means careful consideration of tho
franchise by tho conunltto and like
ly a decision one way or the other
with respect to its passage. Thero
will bo meetings of this committee
to consider the ordinance and pruno
It wherever occasion seems to do
mand; to hear Mr. Bell's arguments
In Its favor and possibly to hear any
objections which intesested parties
care to offer.
Breakwater Passengers.
Tho Breakwater camo into port
yesterday from Portland with
hor usual big cargo of freight and
all her berths occupied. Sho will
leavo out this afternoon at threa
o'clock. Tho passengers;
E. McArthur, Mrs. McArthur, W.
L. Richards, Win. Wood, W. G.
Wood, J. S. Kahn, Mrs. Kahn, W.
Bardlnor, Win. Langhell, G. E. Brown
R. Bethom, E. P. Wilson Mrs. Wil
son, Mrs. Barker, Miss Wilson W.
R. Crlbben, W. E. Cribbon, S. G.
Davis, A. G. Reed, Mrs. Parry, Mrs
Montgomery, Miss Montgomery, P
Montgomery, R. Erickson, T. H.
Blrchert, II. B. Hall, W. J-M'o , T
HIckey, J. Slater, Miss Larson, Mrs.
WIsonborg, J. W. Wlsconberg, C Mc
Clelland, Mrs. Humo, E. S. McDonald,
A. Dashnoy, W. Owon, N. Dashnoy,
Mrs. Dashnoy, N. W. GUI, II. Ha-lnw,
T. A. Smith, J. E. Ljons, Airs.
Hussey, M. Cnrson, Dr. Mar' . M' 3.
Maplo, C. Johnson, R. LIndenbergor,
J. Seua, W. J. Cleaver, T, Dolan,
Mrs. Dolan, D, Roberts, L. Cox, T.
Richards, M. Yearln, Mrs. Yearin, W.
Kennedy, John Weakley, T. Weak
ley, H. Weakley, B. Weakley, L.
Weakley, F. Weakloj, S. Weakley, J.
Porter, Mrs. Porter, M. C. Smith, P.
E. Priest, T. W. Davis, W. O. Miller,
Mrs. Miller, J. A. McDonald, J. W.
Harding, and thirteen steerage- pajyt
engors.
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