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If EDITION " No. 86. iV fiEar . SUNDAY MEMRER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS. VOL II. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1907. II SUCCESSFUL Local Architect's Plans for $75,000 Hotel Accepted by Committee. SEVEN IN COMPETITION llostlery should Bo Ready by First of April, 1008. The Arrangement. the The plans drawn by C. M. Hlmebaugh for the $75,000 ho- tel for Marshfleld were .acccpt- ed yesterday by th0 building committee of the hotel com- pany. Mr. Hlmebaugh, the ar- chltect, has been a Marshfleld rpalrlpnt. hItipp. Inst .Tnnuarv. coming from Chicago, and dur- lng his residence here he has made an enviable roputatlon In his work. He has, among other buildings to his credit, the C. A. Smith ol3ce building, which Is a model of modern work. The $75,000 hotel for Marshfleld will be ready for patrons next spring and when It is completed, the city will boast of tho best hotel In south ern Oregdn. Tho members of the company which was organized to build the hostlery will spare no ex pense In making this structure and its furnishings and accomoda tions, the very best that can be ob tained. The hotel will be a credit to Marshfleld, and the bay. The plans of C. M. Hlmebaugh were selected as most nearly meet ing the ideas of tho committee as to the style and class of building they wished to erect. The structure will be practically live stones, m """Cludinc a Kround floor basement the hotel proper, two stories The rooms and baths, ana an attic. rooms ana uatus ana """- ' scheme or Mr. i'i-- smco there aro many things which are dei.artu?el ?rom the ordinary ami every day architecture. The buildlng will bo 92 feet square, thus leavinc an eight foot driveway around the building. The principal entrance will be at the centre of the building on C street, and will be directly Into the basement, as uib visitor enters, he approaches the stairway which leaas to uiu "" floor, Including the lobby, 4Sx3G feet, the hallways will be on the same level, but the dining room, grill room, general parlor and ladles parlor will be above the lobby level about two and a half feet, following in a way, tho scheme of the Portland The dining room will be commodi ous and will occupy a space of C2x 34 feet. The grill room will occupy 51x17 feet, and will bo under the court which extends to tho top or the building. The roof of the grill room will bo entirely of glass, thus diffusing the light arranged for by the court. The general parlor will be 16x22, and the ladies' parlor 10x14. In the other part of this floor will be the kitchen, 34x28 and arranged with every convenience known to late builders. The next two floors will contain 54 bedrooms, -with toilets and baths, closets, pri vate telephones, hot and cold water, electric lights. An electric elevator will be installed at one side of tho The attic will be partitioned and arranged so that the total number of rooms will bo brought up to 70. 'the basement will contain the bar and billiard room, baggage room, and sample and store rooms. The style of architecture will he monolithic re-lnforced, concrete, un less the committee sees fit to change the scheme. The points will be con structed of tho finest pressed brick, and the general effect will ho very pleasing to the eye. Mr. Hlmebaugh, who will immedi ately set to work on the flnal plans and specifications, says it will bo somewhere between six weeks or two months before the -details can be worked out. Immediately upon their completion, bids will be adver tised and material will be on hand to proceed with the work when the con tract Is let. Mr. Hlmebaugh will supervise tho construction and it is believed Marshfleld will have a modern hotel ready for transients -within live months. It Is something of a pleasure to Mr. Hlmebaugh's friends that he was successful In having his plans adopt ed. There were six other sets oi plans, some by more or less noted Oregon architects, yet the committee selected Mr. Hlmebaugh's drawings, not through tho fact oi uis ubiub " local resident, but because they ap- gon ot cassle Chadwick, made ar pealed to them as likely to bring rangements today to have the body about the best results iili. Xr.at Pnmn HPIifnil (f!. New York, Oct. 12. Supreme Court Justice uiancnaru sigueu an .. if ..nA1 ... Cnn order toaay airecuuB cuuuoui m. m- irhnmoc n Plntt. to file within ". . ! Ik. .nllnn nt Xf fl O 10 aays, answer iu mo uvuuu. u ...- C. Wood for divorce. Tho order nrnvtriBtt that. In tlia OVOnt OI lanuru r ,,i;c i.- .j. ....sr to comply wjin iub umci, " will be deemed abandoned. FIRST OF SQUADRON LEAVES HAMl'TOX ROADS Washington, Oct. 12. Tho president's policy of strengthen ing the defenses on the Pacific coast was practically inaugurat ed today by the departure from Hampton Roads df the special service squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Tennessee and Washington, on a long voy age around the coast of South America to Magdalena bay, where tho two ships will go through regular maneouvers , with the cruisers California and South Dakota. Rear Admiral Seebro Is In command of tho special scrvlco squadron. CONDUCTING GIRL BUREAU IS CHARGED II. II. Hlgley Is in Jail Accused ol Improper Use of Mails. Portland, Or., Oct. 12. H. H. Hlg loy, a large, corpulent man with an extremely bald head, was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Mc Swaln yesterday afternoon and lodged In jail on default of furnish ing $1000 ball. Assistant United States Attorney Cole has lodged a serious charge against Hlgley. He Is accused of havlnc used the malls to procure young girls and women to lead immoral lives. His system, according to tho nhnrrro nfrnfnct lilm wns tfl ndVertiRO in the rural papers for "100 or more young women wanted as housekeep ers. "Tho Gem Correspondence Club" was the medium through which the scheme was attempted to be worked. After an answer had lippn rppolvpfl to tho advertisement. correspondence would follow, if the Intended victim were suucientiy gul lible. This finally would result In an Improper proposal being made to the young woman. Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin got trace or pUcrlnv'cj colipmp nnil slip lent her assistance to Postal Inspector Rich es. A bogus answer was sent to one of the advertisements and the Inside wnrlrlnfra nf thn nlnn worn rPVPnlnii. A wnirnnt lma lippn nut fnr HIcloV fnr RPvprnl tlnvs. but until vesterdav afternoon the officers were unable to ,' ntn n! althmlch hIa office at ---" , : Thlr(, streeti wag visited several times. Mr. McSwain was In tho postoffice yesterday about h o'clock when he saw Hlgley open- lng box 47, to which his mail was ad- drrsspd from the correspondents an- sworlng tho advertisements. Hlgley was ushered unstalrs into the mar- shal's office. He was indignant, but was piucuu iu um tuuu j.m w ui nff Hlgley waived examination this af ternoon before Commissioner Sladen and was bound over to the grand jury under $1500 bonds. WASHINGTON TRIMS MULTNOMAH ELEVEN Portland Football Players Outclassed by university Micvcn iroin Seattle. Portland, Ore Oct. 12. Tho Uni versity of Washington eleven out played the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club football team here to day, winning from the local men by a score of 10 to 0. The Washington men scored on two touchdowns, one 1.-. nnnli Ttnlf Wn fnnl WJ1R kicked. The university boys from the klckoff in the first half showed supremacy both in the bucking and kicking de partments, outpointing Multnomah reneateaiv. rne ieature was a buu sational 35 yard run made by Clark, university halfback, in the second half. Killed Wife and Himself. Hpipnn rw 12. A record sneclal from Havre says that Roy Reed, of Portland, shot ana Kinea ms wue, Sylva Reed, in the office of Hotel Havre, and before anyone ccruld in terfere, blew his own brains out. From what can be learned, the cou ple had been married ten years. nntnpatln rolntlnnR hfipamG Strained over a year ago and divorce pro ceedings were insututeu uy aire. Reed. Order Case Is Continued. San Francisco, Oct. 12. Judge nnnnp. rnntlnned fnr nno week. thO nprnltiirmnnt nf T Pnrtnr Ashe and Luther Brown, indicted for kidnap ping Fremont Older, managing eu- Itni- of th Snn Prnnnlsco Bulletin, and former supervisors A. M. Wilson and M. W. Coffey, indicted for ac cepting bribes. Luther Brown was indicted yesterday for subornation of nerlurv In connection with tho Older kidnapping, and today fur nished ball in ten thousand uouars. WILL 11URV BODY IX WOODSTOCK, OAXADA Columbus, Oct. 12. Emil Hoover, of his mother taken to Woodstock, r'nnnrln fnr lmrlnl. Tho boilv la at an undertaking establishment, and th0 public were allowed to see it tuis aiternoon iirmlfriiifT fnmiumv looses 81000.000. H t "-..,... I 1 1 Artt 19 VlinHll t ll ft ")"" - - """" ,; dredging company's dredgQ and Its nronerty at urovilie, was uuriiuu : :...... . i. yesterday. The loss la a Tiundred thousand. EAT MIES S One Grower in Umatilla Coun ty Realizes $70,852 from 1907 Crop. BIGGEST WHEAT CHECK Eastern Oregon AVIieat Men Rido In Automobiles Were Formerly -Poor Men. Pendleton, Or., Oct. 12. Eastern Oregon has had an excellent crop year. It is ever a good country. This has been one of the banner years, but a real failure has never been known. All eastern Oregon counties produce wheat. Umatilla alone pro duces one per cent of the total out put of the United States. Six mil lion bushels has just been har vested. What is believed to bo,tho largest check over paid to any one grower of wheat In the northwest has just been received by George E. Perrlnger of Pendleton, who got $70,852 a few days ago from the Pendleton repre sentative of the Pacific Coast Eleva tor company, for this season's crop, raised on about 3,000 acres of Uma tilla county wheat land. Much of this land was leased from Indians on the Umatilla reservation, while he owns many hundreds of acres him self. O.v Curt lo Automobile. Many of the wheat H'nss who are going about the county In expensive automobiles came to Umatilla county in the early days with but a few dol lars, took up land, and tolled, and tolled, and today they spend tholr winters in California. At present there are about 1,100 Indians on the Umatilla reservation, which has an area of nractically 1 GO, 000 ncres, one-third of which is cultivated wheat land, rented to white farmers at an nnnual cash ren tal of from $2 to $G per acre. A small number of the Indians cul tivate their own land in a crude way, but the majority rent the lands and receive pay semi-annually, In April and October, from the white renters. The total Income from rents is estimated at $200,000 per vear. the bulk of which is spent in Pendleton by the Indians. Many of them carry larcie accounts In tho big stores. The government has recently made a now ruling to tho effect that nil white renters of Indian lands on the reservation must reside on tho land, and all those leasing lands In the fu ture must complv with the new1 law. It is said that this will cause the renters to farm smaller tracts, as few of the big renters wish to live on these lands. There Is room for many more homes and manv more people In east prn Oregon, under tho Irrigation pro jpcts, in the wheat, mining and, fruit districts, and the population will be materially Increased in a few years' time. MAGILL OPENING ARGUMENTS HEARD Defense Says Former Mrs. Magill Had To Go Outside Family For Friends. Decatur, Oct. 12. Assistant Dist rict Attorney Miller, of DoWltt county, opened the trial of Fred and Fay Magill today. The prosecution will endeavor to prove that Fred Magill murdered his first wife, Mrs. Pet Magill, by strangling her after he had given her chloroform, and that his present wife, Mrs. Fay Ma gill, was accessory before fact. Judge G. KInham, stated the case for the defense. He admitted there had been close relations between Fay Graham and Magill. This was at the earnest request of Pet Magill. The defense contended that It was owing to an unfriendly feeling be tween Maglll's relatives that Pet Ma gill was driven to suicide. Also It was theso unfriendly relations that forced Pet Magill to make ari in timate of Fay Graham for Pet had to go outside the Magill family to gather friends. RATES WILL HOLD Western Olllcluls Deny That Colonist Rates Will ho Withdrawn. Salt Lake, Oct. 12. R-tw-'r tho report from Chicago that a meet ing of passenger agents of western railroads it was practically decided to withdraw homeseokers low ratos for winter and spring general pas senger agent Spencer, of tho Orogon Short Lino, said that so far as the Short Line, Union and Southern Pa cific wero concerned the report was without foundation. Mnrroro Rebellion Collapses. Washington, Oct. 12. Private but authontlc reports received in this city from Morocco indicate the .early cpllapse of the rebellion against the sultan, headed by his brother, the pretender. Tranquility is being rapidly restored. W I HE FREIGHT SHIP FOUNDERS Cypress, 440 Foot Steel Boat, Lost on Her Second Lake Trip. ONLY ONE MAN ESCAPES Second Mute, Pitt, So Severely Ruf- feted nnd Exposed Tlint Story Cannot Be Learned. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Oct. 12. Bound down from the head of the lakes on the second trip she has made since she was launched at Lor ain, Ohio, August 17 last, the flno steel freighter Cypress, 440 feet long, foundered last night in Lake Superior, off Deer Park, taking down with lier 22 members of her crew. Second Mate Pitt, was washed ashore on a life raft, and Is the only person left alive of the ship's peoole and his condition is so critical that since he was found on tho beach he has been only able to gasp out tho namo of the sunken shin and the fact that 22 lives were lost. Pitt is suffering from drendful exposurp In the waters of Lake Superior In addition to the buffeting he recoivod from the breakers. Until he recovers suffi ciently to talk of the storv of the wreck, the exact cause nf tho stout steel ship foundering fill not bo defi nitely known. Deer Park Is about. 30 miles south of Grand Marals on' the head of Lake Su?erior. Several bodies from tho wreck have been washed ashoro nnd two aro known to bp those of the first mato and watolunnn. Marino men pu'egest. as n possible explanation of the founder ing, the theory that the engines be came disabled and that the plates onened and the ship sprunk a leak and that thp hptches may not have bpen securely buttoned, permitting the steamer to fill with water from tho waters washing over her deck. REY0NLDS BANK OF VALDEZ CLOSES DOWN As Consequence. Ahiskn Homo Rail way Work Is Suspended Work men Have Xo Funds. Seattle, Oct. 12. A special cable from Valdez, Alaska, to tho Post Intelllngencer says: All work has ceased on the Alaskan Homo Rail way as a result of the closing of tho Reynolds bank. Three hundred employes have come In from along the line. Officials are unable to pay the men and trouble is feared. Tho city authorities quickly swore in 50 special officers to handle the crowds. All saloons wero ordered closed and sleeping quarters and meals aro pro vided for the unemployed men. The authorities will endeavor to send tho men out by tho first boat, but there Is uncertainty as to the possibility of this action. No serious trouble has yet been experienced In handling the men and tho authorities believe there will be none. There is about $30,000 belonging to Valdez business men now tied up in the Reynolds bank and If this is not released by November 1, great hardship will be worked on houses that have to make payments at that time. FOR IXTERFEREXCE Burlington Telegraph Operator Hands of Federal Olllcers. in St. Joseph, Mo. Otc. 12. Joseph Powers, a Burlington telegraph op erator at Waldron, Mo., Was arrested by United States authorities charged with Interfering with commercial messages and train dispatches. Tne olllcers expect to make further ar rests. The operator sought to har ass the Western Union and Associat ed Press operators who took strikers' places some tlmo ago. Austrian Monarch Dangerously III. Vienna, Oct. 12. This night was a critical ono for Frnncls Joseph. His majesty's physician is visibly be coming more anxious. Tho fever nf tpn dnvH siiGm to have exhausted wonderfully tho traiued system of tne monarch. Hnytl Rubbles Again. Kingston, Ja., Oct. 12. Mail ad vices from Hayti stato that 1G men wero sentenced to death thoro for conspiring to overthrow tho govern ment. Tho country is quiet, but many fear a revolution. Buys a Fine Home. Mr3. Statesman, who has complet ed a deal with tho C. A. Smith com pany for tho Dean rosldenco on Nob Hill, feels greatly pleased with tho bargain she riiade. Tho houso Js a well built structure of eight rooms and stands on a line eminence. Thero is a plat of ground 50x100 feet. Mrs. Stutsman was asked if she did not think it was putting on too much style to occupy such a fine resldonco. Her answer was: "Mover rainu inai; I guess I've earned It, nnd I hopo to enjoy myself in it." Tho family will occupy the placo some time in November. BOWLSBY ACQUITTED IX ASTORIA COURT Portland, Oct. 12. A special to the Oregonlan from Astoria says J. II. Bowlsby of Marsh fleld, was today declared inno cent by a Jury of murdering C. C. Jennings. Bowlsby accused Jennings of misconduct with Bowlsby's wife. Tho grounds for acquittal were "Insanity." The unwritten law figured in the case, but in the charge to the jury, it was stated there is no such thing and the jury was directed that they should not give such a plea any considera tion. TUNGSTEN LAMP PROMISES WELL Metal Tested ns Filament Incandescent " Globes. in Washington, Oct. 12. Tho tung sten ores produced In the United States In 19 00 amounted to 928 short tons, valued at about $349,000. The putput for the year Is a gain of 12C tons, or 15.56 per cent, in quantity, and of $89,191, or 29 per cent, in value, over the known pro ruction of 1905. Tho noticeable rise In the prlco of tungsten during 1905 continued dur ing 190G, and the production was stimulated accordingly. There was, however, a very great discrepancy In the prices paid for ore in various places, as there is almost sure to be when an article Is produced spas modically In widely separated and often little known localities, while at the same time the market Is limit-. ed nnd the Isolated small nroducorsU. TTniiir,a ti, - ...i,ii. ., have slight chance to become ac ,. , , . quainted with buyers and market conditions. the greatest producing locality In 190G was Boulder county, Colorado, but tungsten mining was also carried on In California, Arizona, New Mexl lco and Washington. The Boulder county ore is wolframite, but the de posits In California are chiefly scheel Ue. No production of tungsten was reported from the deposits of Alaska, Connecticut, Oregon or Idaho, but considerable development work was done at Osceola, Nevada. Now de posits of scheellto havo also beon found at Murray, Idaho, where It Is hoped that production will soon begin. During tho year experiments that have been carried on for a long time prouueed a wonaeriui incanuo3ceiu searching for over a year for a new lamp, the filament of which is made continent In tho Arctic seas, .Dr. of metallic tungsten. Tho ordinary George P. Howe, with Flrs.t Officer carbon incandescent lamp used a s, starkersen and four members of largo amount of electricity,, while its tno Anglo-American Arctic expodj profitablo lifo Is very short, andtion, returned to civilization yeater- many attempts have beon made to ,inv nftnrnnnn nn hrtnrri tlin wliollno- construct a lamp that would give a uetter ngnt wuu less power. "" tungsten lamp promises to be as useful as any, but only a few lamps of this typo havo been put on tho market, as n number of details con nected with the manufacture remain to bo worked out. Tho lamp gives a brilliant white light . ol : v ery pi eas -1" wpn'MlBlt lng quality and I'ffrs a dlact tain members of the party had per advantage In that, U properly made, ,Bhed n t, , through cold and 'Slnn?! was luckUy incorrect. AH which is said to be used In flroproof- Ine cloth for curtains, drapery, etc., and as a mordant In dyeing. Tung sten salts aro also extensively used In silk manufacture, being added to tho silk with tho dye to give more apparent weight to the fabric. The production of tungsten in 190G is reported by tho United States geological survey In an ad vance chapter from "Mineral Re sources of tho United States, Cal endar Year, 190G," by Frank L. Hess, geologist, In connection with the statistics of production of cer tain of the rearer metals. HELD ON GRAVE CHARGE Negro Accused of Sending; Infernal Machine Ik Malls. Los Angeles, Oct. 12. Burr L. Harris, a 19 year old negro boy, was arrested on a charge of attempting to assassinate airs, neien wuiuwra-. on, by means of an infernal machine sont her through tho malls ana ioittIon aro BWOrn not to divulge tho le in the hotel in which she Is manager. BllUs of tneir discoveries exeppt to Ho has beon arraigned and will havo.H, nmmntnrQ nf Mm n,in-toi,in,- a preliminary hearing October 18.(Thft most northerly point ranched " V ., x, l "'". .; ' . rioalwas latitude 72 degrees, 20 minutes, in jail. Harris steadfastly denies Tno wlmllng steamer Narwhal any connection with tho repeated Cftll0(1 at pian,, lBmnd ,, too!t. attempts upon Mrs. Mathowson's lifo and attributes his arrest to spite up inn'o MTfi on her part. RIPLEY'S RAILROAD MUST PAY FIXES Los Angoloa, Oct. 12. After a brief deliberation, tho jury In the cawo pf tho Santa Fo Railway com pany, charged with rebating ship ments, today rendered a verdict of guilty on oil nccouniB. The maxi mum flno for tho offense is $1,200, 000, and thomlnIinum $GG,000. Ship Wiih Afire. Now York, Oct. 12. Tho Austrian steamer Gullla, which arrived today from Trieste with 7G3 paEsongers, had a narrow escape from destruc tion by 11 ro In mid-ocean during a violont F.torm on Octohor 3. Tho crow fought tho Hames all day hoforo they wore extinguished, whilo tho panic-stricken passengers prayed for help, A IIP n fok tD "ST it Pr"fit ' : H Oi Mbh 1 HiSBIIIlililB i ii H Hfl tB FOURTH GAME World's Championship Lost to Detroit by Four Succes sive Defeats. NATI0NA1S THE STRONGER Work Through the Scries Was Mucb Better Than the American Leaguers'. Chicago v 2 Detroit 0 Detroit, Oct. 12. Tho Chicago National League Baseball team this afternoon, at Bonnett park, won tho world's championship by defeating the Detroit American League tcani by a scoro of 2 to 0. It was the fourth successive victory for tho Chi cago team in as many days. Taking advantage of every slip made by tho local plnyers and running bases cloverely, they scored two runs in the first two Innings, whilo tho Detroit team did not succeed in getting ono man over tho home plate. The weather was raw and cold, and -entirely unfit for baseball. The official count of attondanco was 7,370. Mullin and Brown both pitched well, but Brown was tho ' Rtemllnr. olvimr hut nno imn nn imii i Ainu,,, o Ull vt wuu ui vilii;ji uc voloped Into a run In tho first In ning. Thorn was missing from the play of tho Detroit team this after noon tho dash and vim which char acterized them while at tho head of tho list in tho American League. Chicago's base running was a feature of the visitors playing, stealing bases; figuring materially In scoring of both: their runs. EXPLORERS REACH CIVILIZATION AGAIN Will Xot Say Whether They Found New Northern Continent in tho Arctic Regions. San Frnnclscn. Oct. 19 Aftor- steamer Narwhal. Tho mombors of the expedition looked none tho worse for thG tlmo spont , tho nort, Dr Genrg0 P Howe, who NhaT lcnnrK0 of tho Bch0oner Duchess of Bedford, In which tho hardy little pnrty embarked on their northern safe and well. Only three of them wore at present loft up north, and they were woll furnished with pro visions and not iu any dangor. Tho Duchess of Bedford sfirtod from Victoria, B. C, May 20, 190G, nnd steamed north through tho Ber ing straits. After passing the .Arctic clrclo tho weather was very cold", notwithstanding that It was the mid dlo of tho summer. Tho Duchess of Bedford behaved splendidly In tho northern waters. After meeting with much stormy weather tho schooner reached Flaxman's island and be came firmly embedded in tne ice Oc tober 17. While tho vessel was fixed In the Ico Captain Mlkklessen and Ernest Lofflngwell, tho leaders of tho party, both of wliom wero members of the Baldwln-Zelgler expedition, went on an oxnloring Journey over the Ice In pllshed. The members of the expedi tion, which was to ascertain whether any great body of land oxlsts to the ISSrth of Alta d t rtDSnlSI: nmi. 8 Bajd to have boon nronm. piislied. Tho members of tho xoiipdl- !... - . off six of tho nine members who "om- posod tho exploring party. While out In' nn open boat nar Horschol Island tho second mafo of the Narwhal and two men wpra at tacked by a whale. Tho whale "fmelE tho bow of tho boat with his a-1 antf smashed it to plccos. Tho throo men woro capsized .into the ley wnter and" were with difficulty roscupd y" their companions In tho other bontT Holmes nought. Some commarclal friends of Mr Holmes gavo a parade yeetordnv In his honor, A largo bunch of the hoys decoratod tholr hats with ndve Uso ments of ."Lighthouso Soap" which Is told by tho recipient of tlu. losh. and marched through tho Blarico hotol and into tho barroom, where Holmes did tho right thing. Will Cnmuicui'o Addition. Work will bo commonced iJitfc week on tho Mllllcoma club ai turn to tho Lockhart building. 1 4 riirr ME"."