GS VALLEY MAN WHILE DESPONDENT THOMAS SIDDALL, RECENT ARRIVAL FROM OHIO, KILLS HIMSELF AT THE HOME OF HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH A. SIDDALL. SECOND SUICIDE COMMITTED Man Who Killed Himself at Kings Valley Placed Rifle in His Month and End ed Life in Terrible Way Was Victim of Stomach Trouble and Brooded ' Over the Suicide of a Brother a month Ago Had Come to Kings Val- ' law Onlv I .act Mav and I.lvnA Wttti Rrafliar ; Thomas J. Siddall, aged 58 years, committed suicide' in a shed at the Siddall home about one mile north of the Kings Val ley church yesterday, by shoot ing oft; the top of his head with a rifle. . He was afflicted with stom ach trouble and had been de spondent since a Salem physician told him a short time ago that uiere waa uu xieip ior mm. How He Did It The deed was done about nine o'clock. . Mr. Siddall used a 30-30 rifle and a soft-nosed bullet. He went to the shed at the rear of the house, sat down in a chair, placed the rifle between his knees, the muzzle , of the rifle in . his mouth and pulled the trigger. 'The entire top of his head was bibwixlofff brains antibdries scattered over the whole room. -A Grewsome Sight . The body was found by Joseph A. Siddall, brother of Thomas, wiiii wiium ne was n vine:. Joseon -and a Mr. Allen had left the . house shortly before nine and gone to the hills in search of 0-Oftt:S. MrH. SirMnll hoinrr la Ft Ko. hind. The men heard the shot but thought nothing about it. Mrs. Siddall did not hear it. Shortly after nine the men re turned to the house, and Mr. Sid dall went into the shed to get a string. There he , found his brother in the condition described. Hanging clothes hid the face from view and Mr. Siddall saw only the gun and his brother's bloody hands,, and he rushed to him exclaiming: "My God, Tom, have you hurt yourself?" It was a horrible sight that finally met his eyes: I Coroner Bovee was called, leav-1 ing here at 1:80 and getting to Kings Valley at 7 p. m. It was . so plain a case of suicide that no inquest was necessary. : The burial will be made at Kings Val ley tomorrow at 11 a. m. Brother Committed Suicide Thomas Siddall was a bachelor. He came from Ohio last May to live with his brother Joseph, at Kings Valley.. He had been ail ing and was considerably affect ed by the suicide of a brother, Dr.J.R. Siddall, atOberlin, Ohio, . about one month ago. Dr. Sid dall was a dentist, grieved over the loss of a fine cow and jumped into a cistern, drowning himself. . The bachelor brother in Kings Valley carried a clipping telling of this event and frequently read it. The past few days he had been especially " restless, constantly walking through the house, but not complaining. , None at the- Siddall home thought of suicide, but it. is presumed that his HEAD OFF OVER ILL-HEALTH IN THE FAIVHLY THUS YEAR mind became overburdened and knowing his physical condition was hopeless he decided to er,d it alL - WOULDNT THIS E Eugene Register: "A writer Lin the Corvallis Times-Gazette is playing over all the games had between 0. A. C. and Oregon since 1894 and revising the scores in behalf of 0. A. C. It that will make the Aggies feel any better there is - no objection at this end of the line. There is still sufficient glory left to satisfy the most exacting Oregon player. cerned, its games always end when the contests are over. They do not indulge in aftermaths or ' what - might - have - beens, They are always good losers. V PHILOMATH NEWS Philomath, Dec. 2. --Roy Wil loughby, a student at the Col lege of Philomath, fell while playing basket ball and injured his shoulder arid knee. It was not 'thought serious at first but blood poisioning set in and he is now under the doctor's care. Rev. Ware was a Corvallis passenger Wednesday. Miss Olive . . , Wallace and brother, Harrison, . - returned Tuesday to resume their studies at the College of Philomath after having spent the Thanksgiving holidays at their home near Hal sey. Wm. Webster was in Corvallis last Monday between trains. - A Donation Social" was ten dered Rev. Ware and family last Thursday evening. A large crowd, met at Arthur Tonge- land's grocery store and pur chased "eatables" amounting to $25, and in a body presented them to the minister, who was indeed surprised. Miss Edna Wyatt returned to Philomath Sunday after lnanKsgmng at nome east o: this city. She is a student a the College of Philomath. Claude Hyde, of . Corvallis. spent Thanksgiving with his brother, Lloyd, in Philomath. Prof. Cannon, principal of the Belf ountam school, visited f riends in this city last week. 0. B. Bowman, of Huntington WS JAR 1 ( Continued on Page Two) OOTBALL FATALITIES BADLY PADDED Investigation reveals that the published list of 26 deaths pur ported to have resulted from football during the season of 909 can not be accepted as cor rect, that the list is flagrantly swelled and padded solely for sensationalism and that deaths of football players that have re sulted from causes foreign to football are unjustly charged up against violence ' of the game under the 1909 rules. Following is a list of the misrepresented cases so far as discovered up to present writing by, the Chicago Tribune and re-presented m the Albany Democrat. Langdon Babcock, Buffalo, N. Y.; included in the 1909 -casual ity list, was dead three months before the 1909 football season begh. He died of pneumonia said to have been contracted from injuries received in a game played under the "old rules" in year 1905. Unjustly chalked up against 1909 football: - Charles E. Jacks, Denver, Col., included in 1909 casuality ist- Died four months before the season of 1909 began. He was a football player in 1906 and had not played since Novem ber, 1906. The 1909 rules were not to blame for this, 1 - Domestic Define, Massillon, Ohio.; Included in 1909 casuality ist. .Died of, consumption 5J imonths before 1909 footballs sea son began Said to have con tracted consumption during foot ball season of 1908. , Unjustly in cluded in 1909 list, . tiMorrill Ricketts, Forest, 111. Died eight months previous to football season of 1909. His name is unjustly included in 1909 list. . , , Charles Becker, Findlay, Ohio. An eleven-year-old boy. , c Was tackled in a back " lot by some schoolboys. The 1909 football rules are not to be blamed for this. He died during the season of 1909. Unjustly included. . Samuel Moore, Camden, N. J. Died eight months previous to football season of 1909. Reports jrtlBHWV I'lElf Vk VI'UI B 1 HOLIDAY Blankets Wool blankets, extra fine quality, white with pink and blue borders. Large size, price $7.50. Cotton' blankets, white and colored. Price, 75c and $1.00 Child's Sets A beautiful child's set of Chinese Thibet, collar and muff to match. , Very warm. Price $3. Infants' Knit Goods Bootees, white with pink and blue; infants' sacques, white with pink and blue ' trimmings. Prices,' 50c, 60c, and 85& Infants' silk crocheted hood, price 50c to $1.50. charge that he "died suddenly" as a result - of being kicked in the groin on Thanksgiving day, 1908; fact is he died January 21, 1909, yet his name appears . un justly in the list for the season of-1909 which began in Septem ber.. 1 - John McArthur, Wabash, Indiana. , Injured at football in 1908. Died five months .before season of 1909. Unjustly re corded in list of casualties for season of 1909. Walter J. Lufsey, Jr., Rich mond, Va. A football -player who died of pneumonia said to have.- been : contracted- during this season. - Violence under 1909 rules' not to blame. : ' : - ; Frank Trimble. Bloomington, 111. - A football player who died of blood poisoning resulting from a small scratch that was not cared fon The 1909 rules not to blame. His name is un justly included. . - Vejrne Merrill, Janesville. Wis.' Died of blood poisoning resulting from uncared for in jury of 1909 football. Unjustly chalked ' up against 1909 rules. : Russel P. Heckel, ' Pittsburg, Pa. This boy refused to tell how and.Jwhere he was "hurt. The cordner's jury has charged the injury to 1909 football, "which, is probably correct but not abso lutely-certain. v The N. Y. "Evening Mail" of Nov. 20, 1909, ' claims only five victims of football during : the season V of .1909. -This would be a remarkablyIow record' any sport. - . The above shows twelve of the twenty-six deaths not titled to a place in the list. : tor; iff out en- TRESPASS NOTICE All parties are hereby notified not to hunt, fish or otherwise trespass on my place four miles north of Corvallis, Ore. Parties violating this warning will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. John Kiger,. , ' r' P " Corvallis, Oregon. Dated December 1, 1909. ' V 12-2-Th & W-5-W. SHOPPING TDecial Picture Sale Friday and Saturday For Friday and Saturday we will place on sale 200 of the most beautiful framed pictures ever show n in the city. These are all framed and ready for delivery. T hey are very appropriate and acceptable Xmas Gifts. , ' -Size 6x8 inches, price. .. i. ...15c Size 7x9 inches, price. 15c " Size 6x11 inches, price 25c Size. 9x11 inches, price. ........ : . 35c Size 10x12 inches, price...... ...40c Size 12x16 inches, price. . ....65c Size 11x25 inches, Panel, price. ...... .... .$1.50 Size 15x20 inches, Christie Pen Sketch. . ..... 1.50 : Size 16x22 inches, price .' .1.75 , Among them are Yale, Harvard and Princeton College' Pic tures and Christie Pen Sketches. See , Window Display A SAKE PLACE TO TRADE HARES FROM ENGINE PILOT AND FEET SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM AND HE WAS THROWN BENEATH MOVING TRAIN ALMOST TO HIS DEATH GUT, BRUISED AND BONES DISLOCATED BUT HE WILL LIVE Unfortunate Victim of Accident Rather Miraculously Escapes Death- Fell - Between Platform and Rails and Was Jerked Along by Boxing -- Shows Sfranor Vifalifv anil Ha (InnA PlianrA nf Farlv Raravarv (rnvn Ma nv In. ! - juries Was Albany Man New At the UnionlStation this morn ing about 9 o'clock, Chas. Cochell, a brakeman, stepped from the pilot of a moving engine, slipped, and fell in such a way that the boxing of the tender caught him at the rear of the head and drag ged him almost to his death. As it is, Cochell lies at the Mary's River Sanitarium with a terribly mangled head, a dislocated shoulder, and bruises from head to foot. ' -, May Pull Through According to Dr. B. A. Cathey, who is looking after him, Cochell has good chances to pull through, though it is possible that some thing unforseen may . develop. The brakeman is very badly hruised oy-lhhodybjiztno bones' are broken, and his skull was not fractured, as, reported. One ear was practically torn off, .a hole was gouged in his neck and there is a cut on the back part of the head. He was uncon scious when taken to the hospital, but came around all right and is now rational. Cochell says he remembers being rolled over a time or two. 1 Very Narrow Escape The accident happened about forty-five feet from the north end of the platform. At this writing there are marks on the IS A PLEASURE HERE See Window Display - BRAKEMAfl,;STEPS BADLY HURT -- . . . on the Run. ' ties and in the - mud showing where the unfortunate was drag ged along. The distance between the platform and the rail ia scarcely more than eighteen inches and it seems miraculous that the body did not get under the moving wheels. H C. Man gus, of Job's addftion, was the only person besides the engineer of Conductor Riley's train who saw the accidentand he thought there was no hope for the un fortunate man. Cochell is an Albany man about thirty years of ; age, married but separated from his wife, and was a new man on the run. CONGREGATIONAL , ffillAirMAR IIIIIIWMIa hl lial II The ladies of the Congrega tional church will hold their an nual bazaar December 10 and 11. The first evening an oyster sup per will be served in connection with the sale. Homej-made can dies will be a special feature. Fancy work, aprons, comforts, sofa pillows and several porch swings will all be on sale. Cof fee and sandwiches will be served at any time during the two days. Come and and see us for your Christmas buying. We will be able to please you. Calla lily blooms, direct from California, will be on exhibit 12-2-lt & w Hair Rolls and Back Combs Curly net covered Hair. Rolls, all colors, price 50c Curly Hair Rolls, not covered, extra long, all colors, 25c Wire Hair Rolls, price 25c Beautiful back combs, 25c and 50c Belt Buckles Ladies' Belt Buckles in gilt, oxide or silver, in two-piece . effect, price 50c Beautiful Belt Buckles, price 25c. Lace Collars Ecru Point De Venis Lace Yoke, price $1.75. Ecru Lace Cape Collar, 7 inches wide, a beauti ful collar, price $1.50. Lace collars, beautiful assortment, 35c to 75c