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THE MORNING- OBEGONTAN, THURSDAY. SALARY 2fi, 190& f CHOPS OFF HIS HEAD Mayor Schrnitz Removes a Police Commissioner. SAYS HUJTON IS IMMORAL Appointee of the Executive Has Re cently Been Very Active In a Crusade In the Bay City Tende'rloln. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan- 25. Mayor Schmltz caused a sensation in the police department this afternoon by summarily removing from office Police Commissioner H. W. Hutton. The . Mayor In his com munication to the Police Commissioners assigns as his reasons for removing Com missioner Hutton grossly Immoral con duct and improper practices as a .public official. The Mayor gives minute details of al leged improper conduct by Hutton, and mentions the name of a girl, whom, he declares, was but recently In short dresses. Hutton had recently been active In the matter of suppressing public vice. He was foremost In the campaign against certain sections of the tenderloin dis trict and some months ago had himself appointed "special chief of police" to arrest Inmates of a notorious nlace which had secured an Injunction against Chief wittman. Hutton. when seen tonight, denied the truth of the Mayor's alloca tions. Hutton was appointed to office by ayor bcnmitz. JUDGE SCORES A SNAPSHOTTER Tar and Feathers Good for a Man Who Dogs Steps of Others. OREGON CITY. Or., Jan. 23. (Special.) Judge McBrlde today In the divorce suit of Dr. Clayton S. Seamann against Mrs. Blanche Seamann awarded tho dlvnm tn "Mrs,, Seamann, who may resume her maiden name, Blanche Byland. Each Is to pay his own costs and the custody of the child, which Is a charge of a San Francisco foundling asylum. Is to be vested with Irs. Seamann. In reviewing the testimony. Judge Mc Brlde rpmnrkpfl tho thnra Y,aA Vosn of fered evidence to substnht!nt oh infidelity that had been made one against wie owicr ana neia mat airs. Beamann was IndlBCreet In conduct! spondence with one W. I Page, of Port land, although the offense did not involve the commission of adultery, the charge tjiai was sougnt to Be proven. Judge McBrlde made some pertinent re marks as to th testimony nf a a urnK ler. a local Thatncrnir the case as a witness for the plaintiff and testified that he observed Mrs. Seamann tnd an unknown man In a comnromisintr position in a Dark near his hnmo "I would not believe under oath," stated lUdce Mr'RrMp "anv mnr nrVin n4.L. xnat ne seeics to procure snapshot photo graphs of persons whom he finds In i comnromislncr noaltinn. Such n mon moral pervert." In concluding his re marks thn JudsrA intimate tVint tha (n. diclous use of tar and feathers or a horse- wnip properly appllea could but prov beneficial treatment for any roan who en gages In such business. COLFAX ELEVATOR BURNED. Company and Farmers Lose Thou- y sands of Bushels of Wheat. "COLFAX. Wash., Jan. 25. (Special.) Fire destroyed the Pacific Coast Elevator Company's grain warehouse and elevator at Diamond, nlno miles west of here, last night. The building contained 25.000 bush els of wheat, of which 20.000 bushels were owned by the company and the remain der by farmers. The names of the farm ers and amount of Insurance, If any, cannot be learned here. The elevator company carries Its own insurance. The fire Is supposed to haVe originated from lis office stove, in which a Are was burning when the agent. Charles Tor rance, lft the building at 6 o'clock. The total loss Is placed at $30,000 on the ware house and contents. Six boxcars on the O. R. & N. track were destroyed. The company will rebuild the warehouse before next harvest. Rain had fallen for two days and was still falling when the fire occurred. This enabled citizens to save other buildings close by. ARRANGE FOR A SETTLEMENT Eppinger Creditors Will Confer With Lawyers of Grain Firm. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 25. In the midst of the proceedings today before Judge Mu raskey relative to the apportionment of the $102,000 received for grain found in the Eppinger warehouse at Crockett after the collapse of the Arm, the court was asked by Attorney Powers, representing the Ne vada Bank, that an adjournment be ta ken while the attorneys Interested discuss a compromise of the matter. After an hour's delay the lawyers an nounced that they had arranged a sched ule of settlement which would be sub mitted to their clients, the various banks of the state which lost when the Eppin ger house fell. Next Saturday officials of the banks will meet and consider the allotment proposed by the attorneys, and Tuesday the settlement. If accepted and adopted, will be ratified in court. The attorneys stated that those banks holding warehouse receipts would be the preferred creditors. BURIED JEWELS RECOVERED. Supposed to Have Been Stolen From Pasadena Hotel. PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 25. Another large lot of jewelry, valued at $5000, sup posed to have been stolen by the trio of hotel thieves now in the Pasadena Jail, has been recovered by the local police. It was found in a secluded spot a short dis tance from the clubhouse of the Pasa dena Country Club, on South Lako ave nue, by Captain of Police Austin. The Information on which the find was made was given to the police by John Morgan, one of the young men now in jail, who was frightened by statements made by another of the bellboys at the hotel., who had In some way obtained knowledge of the matter. Morgan ad mitted that he had burled the jewelry, and told the police where it could be found. Morgan refused to tell where It came from. PRICE OF LOGS ADVANCES. Demand for Timber on Lower Colum bia Is Increasing. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 25. (Special.) Tho best grades of yellow fir logs In the Lower Columbia River district are selling at about $7.50 per 1000 feet, an advance of 50 cents within a few months, and the In dications are there will be another similar advance before Spring. The demand for lumber Is good. Some of the. mills are said to have sufficient orders to keep them running for three or four months. As a result the demand for logs, especially' of the best Quality, Is constantly Increasing. None of the big logging camps have as yet resumed operations and as near as can be learned few if any of them will start up before the latter part of next month or the 'first of March. It is estimated that between 20,060.010 and 25.090.090 feet of. Iocs are still tied up at the headwaters of the se'eral streams In this 'vicinity, ori ac count of the lack of freshets sufficiently heavy to bring them out. These are dis tributed among the various streams about as follows: WashougaL 10.OD0.OM feet: Gray's River, 10,000,000 feet, mostly the property of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Company; Klatskanlne, 2.003,000 feet; Lewis and Clark, 2.000,000 feet. JUNKET FOR IDAHO MEMBERS Legislature Proposes to Adjourn for a Four-Days' Trip North. BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 25. (Special.)-The question of a legislative trip through Northern Idaho was up In both Houses today. Nine-tenths of the solons and ten tenths of the attaches want to make the trip, but nobody has heard from the con stituency and there may not be time for correspondence on the subject. The plan to take a four-day trip to Jorth Idaho, visiting Moscow and Lewlston, and swing through the Cocur D Alenes. has been discussed among members for sev eral days. Yesterday It became public property through ' the receipt by loth Houses of Invitations. The Senate re ceived Invitations from Moscow and Lew lston. Senator Lewis, of Latah, moved accept ance of the invitations and that a confer ence committee be named to make ar- ONE OF THE EARLIEST ife Hiram Lodge, No. 7, of - Iowa, being raised In that lodge April 12. 1845.. The Late William Thomas Osburn, Just before starting across the plains. At the time of the first Masonic gathering In the state he was present, and he was one of the signers ot the first petition for a charter from the Grand Lodge of Mis souri to organize a lodge In this state, which was later organized as Multnomah. No. 1. rangements, the Legislature to adjourn for four days and the members to draw no pay during their absence. After some dis cussion as to whether the salary could be waived, during which members gen erally assented to a proposal to remain over the 60-day limit long enough to make up for the time spent on the trip, a sub stitute motion was adopted referring the invitations to a committee of three. The president named Senators Hart, "Wayman and Lewis. The House received only one invitation. That was from Moscow. Representative Mullaley, of Latah, moved acceptance of the invitation and that a conference com mittee be named. Adklson of Idaho, Ma gill of Nez Peroe. Turner of Bingham and Richards of Ada opposed the proposed trip so vigorously that the motion was with drawn In order that the members might be given opportunity to confer beforo act ing finally. The desire to visit Northern Idaho Is al most universal among the southern mem bers. The only debatable question has to do with the possible effects of the trip oa legislation. Wordy War Over County Division. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 23. (Special.) The Senate commit teo on county lines and boundaries held a spicy meeting this after noon. It was a continuation of the hear ing on the bill to create Clark County out of the northern part of Kootenai. At torney C. L. Hcltxnan, opposing division, and Senator Taylor, of Kootenai, author of the bill, and its principal advocate at the meeting, clashed several times, the retorts occasionally being decidedly pun gent. At the opening of the session Heltman filed a protesting petition from Hope and said another was on the way from Bon ner's Ferry. A letter from K. Wana maker, a merchant ot Hope, vigorously protesting against division, was read and filed. State Auditor Rragaw appeared and entered his protest against division. He said it would be disastrous from a coun ty financial standpoint. Representative Sage, of Kootenai, added his protest. Heltman, continuing his argument be gun Monday, declared division would 1 work a great hardship on the county. Senator Taylor opened his presentation of the case of the divlsionists. Referring to the claim that Heltman represented the people of Kootenai County, Senator Taylor said If he did he also represented the railroad corporations and the Hum bird Lumber Company, for which he had been counsel In actions to avoid payment of county taxes, a series of litigation that ho claimed was responsible for county warrants going below par. Taylor had not concluded when the com mittee adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. Heltman frequently Interrupt ed him with denial and biting sarcasm. The exchanges were not always ot a complimentary nature. NORTHWEST DEAD. James Trickness. SHERWOOD, Or.. Jan. 25. tSpeclal. James Trickness, an old and highly re spected pioneer of Yamhill County, died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Lizzie Bailey, January 30. Mr. Trickness was born in Jiles County, Tennessee, March 3, 1STS. From Missouri he crossed the plains to Oregon in 1SS3 and took up a donation land claim on Parrott Mountain, in Yam hill County, in 1S54. where ho lived until a short time before his death. An aged wife and three daughters survive. They are: Mrs. Lizzie Bailey, TVllsonviHe, Or.; Mrs. James -JJonncy, Colton. Or., and Mrs. Sophronla Jones, of Sherwood, Or. He had 26 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. C. A. Robertson. LA GRANDE. Or., Jan. 25. (Special.) C A. Robertson, one of the early settlers of Union County, died In La Grande this morning from the effects of a Mroke of paralysis, aged 55 years. He was sick only a short time. Mr. Robertson leaves a wife and several sons in this section. Injunction Against Council Dissolved. OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 25. (Special.) In a decision rendered this morning, Judge McBrlde dissolved tho injunction that was brought against the members of the Oregon City Council restraining them from entering Into a perpetual franchise nvlth. the Southern Pacific Company, cov ering Railroad avenue. Sacramento Sees tto Rise. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. 25. Although there has been a heavy fall of rain In the upper -part of the Sacramento Valley dur ing the past few days, there has been no perceptible rise in the Sacramento River at this point, where the river is 10 feet below high-water mark. TO LENGTHEN LINES Street-Car Stockholders Plan Year's Work, WILL TAP THE WEST SIDE Portland Consolidated Company De cides on Many Improvements Dur ing Coming Year Enlarge in Several Respects. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Portland Consolidated Rail way Company was held yesterday aft ernon in the offices of Vice-President C F. Swlgert. A full quota of the stockholders was present and listened to the reports of the president and OREGON PIONEERS EUGENE. Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) "William Thomas Osburn. one of the earliest pioneer of this state, died at his home. In this city, at a late hour Saturday night, a red 81 years. He was raised In Iowa, the son of pioneer stock, and spent hli youth on a farm In the southern part of that rtate. As soon as the earliest movement of emi grants to Oregon began be was one ot those to sresa his way through the difficulties irtilch beset those who croued the continent with ox teams at an early day. On his arrival here In the Autumn ot 1S45 he settled near Chain poet, which was at that time a sort of center of population, where he remained for about a year, when he went to California and spent sev eral years during the earliest gold ex citement, atter which he returned to Oregon and settled. He was one of the oldest residents of this county. Mr. Osburn was. without doubt, the senior Mason In the State of Oregon, In point of time served. He took great pride in this fact, and was always one of the most active members of his lodge. He received the degrees in other officers and the outlining of plana for the year to come. The same board of directors was elected for 1905 which as been serving the company during the past year, or since the organization of the new com pany out of the Portland Street Rail way Company and the City and Sub urban. The new board of directors for the year will be: A. L. Mills, president; C. F. Swlgert. vice-president; J. C Ainsworth, treasurer; F. L Fuller, gen eral manager, w. A. "White, of New York, being the fifth director. At the conclusion of the stockholders' meeting; the members of the newly elected board met and elected officers no changes" .being made In the list over that of last year. The coming year will be one of prog ress In the history of the Portland Con solidated Company, though not so many or so great changes or extensions will be made as are probable In the futuro after the extra work incident to the Lewis and Clark Fair has been done. New Cars for Summer. There are now 20 cars under course of construction in the shops of the con solidated company, all of which will be ready to put on the road by the early Spring. Besides these, other cars will be remodeled, new motors will be placed under the Summer cars in place of transferring- the motors from under the Winter cars, as has been the case In the past, and many extensions will be made in the service to mete the de mands of Exposition travel. One thousand tons of steel arc now on the road to Portland for use in ex tension work which will be rushed to completion during the first part of the year. This is in excess of the ma terlal required for the Improvement work now being- done on the Twenty-third-street line, from Thurman to Washington streets. The rails and other material for this Improvement are now on the ground and ready for use. This work on Twenty-third street is the result of the general plan now being carried out ot Improving the sys tem from end to end. The light rails are being taken out and heavy grooved steel rails put In the place of the old tracks. This work, which Is now Just begun, will be finished In a couple of months. Line to Hillsboro. The only big extension which will be undertaken during the next busy year wll be the construction of the Portland Hilsboro line, now under consideration by the raangement of the .Poriiana con solidated. The preliminary survey for the line up the Balch Canon, near Wil lamette Heights has practically been completed, but other surveying; parties are now at work fqr the company. One line is being run up tho Fulton road and another up the Canon road. These surveys will all have been completed In a short time and then the actual work of construction win be begun Just as soon as the management of the com cany is able to decide, through the ad vice of its engineers, which Is the best route to take. As. soon as that question Is settled the right of way will be se cured and the bids asked for the con structlon work. It Is the intention of the company, not only to take the best route available, but to begin construe .tlon by the middle of the Summer at the latest. PLACING THE BALL-PLAYEBS. Gosslo Concerning the Placing of Various Players Runs Wild. There Is certainly a bright lot of young men writing baseball news on the San Francisco papers. In a recent issue of an afternoon paper of that city, a young man who has been wearing his gray matter to a frazzle in a rain endeavor to get Jim Jeffries to fight the negro. Jack Johnson, comes out with the statement that Cal Ewlnr. owner of the Oakland team, trad ed Second Baseman Schlafley. to Seattle for Ham Iberg. Shades ot the original man who mad mistakes! This Is screamingly funny. Manager McCreedle traded the "teasing pitcher, Ibcrg, to Oakland for Schlafley but just how Seattle butts Into the deal Is not known. Iberg has placed a top notch limit to his salary, a limit that Cal Ewlng does not want to meet, and now the Commuter magnate, who believes he knows Just what Iberg Is worth, is willln; to trade him to any club, or anybody. Had Iberg been a negro, the Bulletin man's mistake could have been overlooked. but Ham Is the whitest kind of a white man. While speaking of Seattle, it might be well to mention that Rubs Hall, who Is having his own troubles getting together a team that will suit the Slwash fans, fires his reasons -for not reslfaug- Carlos Smith. When the Seattle fans learned Smith was not to be a member of the i 1985 team, there was a loud "holler." Smith was the rightflelder that Jack Mar shall traded to Seattle because he was not good enough for Portland. Parke Wil son made a crack player out of the South erner and he became a prime favorite in the Sound city. Hall says he did not sign Smith because Smith, on account of his wife's health, wanted to stay In the South. The truth ot the matter Is that Smith refused -to play with Seattle be cause, like Charley Shields, there was a nice slice of salary cut off his monthly check. Toledo and Little Rock aro having a monkey-and-?arrot time over the services of Bill Hurley. Hurley Is one of Dug dale's pets, and for a time was a member of the Portland team. The way these two minor league cities are fighting over this ordinary player and to tell the truth. he Is hardly that fans would be led to believe he has Frank Chance, Fred Tenny and Harry Davis backed off the board as a nrstbaseman. No matter what Hurley might have been, the truth is, at the present writing, that Bill Hurley Is not even a fair ballplayer. It now develops that Jack Sheridan, the much-touted American League umpire. who wrote to President Bert for a berth on the Coast League, was only bluffing. Sheridan was not unlike Eastern ball players, who broke out in print that he wanted to join the Pacific Coast League. When those fellows want more money they threaten to come to the Coast. This was Sheridan's lay. He wanted more money from Ban Johnson, so he sent his terms to Mr. Bert. Johnson heard ot It and had a talk with Sheridan, and it must have been something like this: "Ban. If you don't Rive me more money, I'll go to the Coast." Johnson evidently replied: All right. Sheridan' you re a good um pire, and some times a good fellow; I'll give you more money to stick with the American League." Sheridan stuck. Now perhaps there's a chance for J. Ira (Slats) Davis. Detroit will not let Pitcher Siovall go. so Rues Hall has another disappointment in store for him. Stovall would have made Seattle a good man, as he is popu lar there, and has always been successful with the minor league world. He won few games for Detroit last year, but he may de better this season. His ad mlrers claim he was the victim ot hard luck and poor support. LACROSSE CLUB MEETS Plans Are Discussed for Having a Whirlwind Team. Plans for 1905 were talked over at a largely-attended and enthusiastic meeting of the Portland Lacrosse Club held last night at the Multnomah Club. Dr. Walter B. Braden presided. After discussing the lacrosse outlook and taking into account that the athletic programme at the Lewis and Clark Exposition had not yet been completed. it was decided not to elect officers for the ensuing year, until a meeting: to be called early in March. It was reported that tne annual meeting of the British Columbia la crosse league, including clubs from "Vancouver, Victoria and New West minster, and probably Seattle, will bo held at Vancouver, B. C, Saturday, and while It Is not at all possible that Portland will join this league, because of the distance between the rival cities, Charles A. Stewart, of the Portland Lacrosse Club, may attend to canvass the lacrosse situation and report. Sev eral of the members said last night that a game might not be played this season between Portland and Seattle, as the latter club usually wanted gilt edged terms and the lion's share of the gate receipts. The general opinion was, however, that. If Seattle can be induced to play In this city. Seattle will not be in it with Portland, as tne latter club, expects to have an eleven that will be second to none on tho Pa clfic Coast. Many experienced lacrosse players in British Columbia have al ready expressed a wish to join the Portlands in order to be In this city during the Lewis and Clark Expos! tlon. The meeting also looked into flnan cial matters and appointed a commit tee of three to attend to this part of tho subject. A letter was read from Macdonald Potts resigning as secre tary and treasurer, but the meeting refused to accept Mr. Potts resigna tlon ns nlB services are neia in nign esteem, and It will be difficult to re place such a willln? worker. PAPER CHASE SATURDAY. Hunt Club Will Take a Cross-Country Ride. The Hunt Club will hold a closed paper chase on Saturday afternoon at 2:30. The start will be at East Fourteenth street and the finish on West avenue. At a re cent meeting of the board of directors It was decided that other than members of the club could not participate In any of the club events except by card of Invl tat Ion. Blow to Bookmakers. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Jan. 25. Six well played favorites won at Ascot today and the books, suffered the severest shock of the season. From Wee Gui, winner of the first race, down to Montana Peeress, which took the last, every winner was backed for thousands. The unbeaten 3-year-old Descuento, added another bracket to his list by taking the third race in easy fashion In fast time. Emper or of India beat a good field In the mile and a sixteenth event, barely outstaying Flo Bob. Weather clear; track fast. Summary: Three and a half furlongs Wee Girl won. Father Catcham second, Dorothy Frev third: time. 0:42U. Brooks Course Position won, Ray sec ond. Varro third: time. 1:33;. - Slauson cours Descuento won. Witch Hazel second, Bluecoat third; time. Mile and a sixteenth, handicap Em peror of India won, Flo Bob second, Prin cess Tulane third: time, !:. Six furlongs Dod Anderson won, Tyrol Ian second, Aunt Polly third; time, 1:134 MJle, selling Montana Peeress won Golden Light second. Bronze Wing third time, 1:414. Results at Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 25. W. R. Con don won today at Oakland. Three favor ites came "home first. Weather clear; track sloppy. Results: Six furlongs Educate won. Sir Preston second. Hlpponax third; time, 1:154. Futurity course Sol Ltchtensteln won, Pickaway second, Dora I. third; time. 1144. Five furlongs Misty'a Pride won, Albert Fir Eecond, Tramotor third: time, 1:03. Mile and an eighth, handicap W. R. Condon won. Sals second. Captain Forsee third; time. 1:554. Mile tnd E0 yards Major Tenny won, Clnclnnatus second. Anvil third; time. 1:50. Mile and 50 yards Hooligan won, Sala ble second. Mapowell third; time. 1504. O. A. C. to Play Basket-Bali Here. A fast game of basket-ball Is scheduled for Friday night, when the Y. M. C. A. first team will meet the Oregon Agricul tural College team on the Association floor. The Y. M. C. A. team is composed of picked players, and this will be their second game of the season. As the Cor- vallls players have a crack reputation the Y. M. C. A. boys will have to put up hard test. The line-up will be: Y. M G. A. Foiitlcn. Corrallis. Durrand ...F Swan. Capt Thornton F Stokes Llrlngstoa ..wC, Cato Freeman. Cjt G Etelwer Echrassm G Eiaehart ONE We want a thousand little girls in Portland tp have flower gardens next Summer, so we've arranged to present that many little gardeners with the necessary seeds to start a garden. All they have to do is come and ask us for them next Saturday. , TO GROW FLOWERS IN EXT SPRING YOORCKHaT IS GOOD WE WILL GIVE AWAY 1000 PACKAGES OF FLOWER SEEDS Commencing next Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, we will present 1000 little girls (under 14 years of age) with packages of assorted flower seeds and tell them just 'how to grow them successfully. Wouldn't you like to have a garden of your own this Spring ? Then have some grown person bring you to our store and we will give you a fine start for a pretty garden. Better come Saturday, sure. We've only an even thousand packages to give away. COMMENCING SATURDAY NEXT AT 9 O'CLOCK LULL BEFORE STORM Developments on Horizon in Land Frauds'. PHELPS PLEADS ILLNESS Juror Who Has Been Missing Says He Has Been Sick, and Will Go Home When He Is Able Many Witnesses Examined. The land-fraud investigations are about to come to some kind of a climax. if there is any truth In the old adage of tho lull before the storm. Yesterday Mr. Heney and the jurors were at work all day. finishing the examination of the remaining witnesses in the investi gation of the Butte Creek Land and Livestock Company. Several witnesses were examined and the work was prac tically closed up. The future developments of the jury are becoming more interesting as the days pass. The same .silence is main tained at the headquarters of the in vestigations. It is the general opin ion that something is due and that the end of the week will see what it is. Carl Phelps, the juror whose disap pearance caused -so much comment dur ing the past few days, has explained that he has been very sick and could not therefore report for duty as he should have done. As soon as he re covers from his illners and Is able he will return to his home. Light Suit Against Centralla. CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan, 23.-(SpedaI.) -The Centralla. Electric 'Power Corn- WE WANT THOUSAND LITTLE GIRLS pany, through its attorneys, George Dy sart and Merritt &. Nudd, has served no tice on the City Council of Centralla that It has commenced proceedings against the City of Centralla for the collection of $773.91. claimed by the company to be due for power furnished the glty to run the electric light plant and not paid for. At the meeting of the Council last week this bill was rejected. SEEKING THE BODIES. Police Hope to Dig Up Bluebeard's Wives His Method in Marrying. CHICAGO. Jan. 23. Medical authorities have been called to aid the police in de termining whether an insidious pjison could have prduced nephritis, to which all but one of the six dead wives of "Blue beard" Johann Hoch succumbed. According to certificates signed by at tending physicians, all of the women whom Hoch Is alleged to have murdered died of this complaint except Mrs. Mary Steinbecker. Her case was diagnosed as gastritis, or inflammation of the stomach. Physicians gave the opinion that arsenic might cause death In such a manner that the symptoms could be confounded with those of nephritis. Tn the belief that Hoch may have con cealed the bodies of murdered victims in his house on Union avenue, where Mrs. Marie Welker Hoch died, the police are planning to dig up the cellar. They will give the house a thorough ransacking from cellar to garret and tear down walls If necessary. Police Inspector Shlppy was informed today that, while Mrs. Marie Welker Hoch was dying in her home, her hus band was casting about for another wife. Two, days before the death of his wife an advertisement appeared in a German newspaper for a. wife. Mrs. Emllie Fisch er noticed the advertisement and," not knowing tha.t the man was her sister's husband, answered It. Waiting for Cheaper Wool. B.03BBUP.G, Or- Jan. 2a. (Special.) Judge Hamilton today denied the petition of the Simpson Lumber Company. Coos County, for the. appointment of a receiver for the Js'QTth. Bend Woolen Mills. The TOLL CrGGBJ. 1 MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS motion was opposed by T. W. dark, manager of the mills. A custodian will be placed In charge until wool Is cheaper, when the mills will reopen. Engineer Scalded to Death. PORT ANGELES. Wash., Jan. 25. (Special.) Oliver VanTassell, third engi neer of the steamer Olympia, who was scalded Friday night last by an explosion, of the boiler on the steamer Olympia, died at the hospital here last night. MIGHT HAVE SAVED IT A Lot of Trouble From Too Much Starchy Food. A little boy of 8 year's whose parents did not feed him on the right kind of food was always nervous and suffered from a weak condition of the stomach and bowels. Finally he was taken down with appendi citis, and after the operation the doctor, knowing that his Intestinal digestion was very weak, put him on Grape-Nut3 twice a day. He rapidly recovered, and about two months thereafter his father states: "Ifa has grown to be strong, muscular, and sleeps soundly, weighs 62 pounds, and his whole system Is In a fine condition of health." Name given by Po3tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. It Is plain that if he had been put pn Grape-Nuts at an earlier period in his life, and kept from the use of foods that he could not digest, he never would have had appendicitis. That disease Is caused by undigested food decaying In the. stomach and bowels, causing irritation and making for the growth of all kinds of microbes, setting up a diseased condi tion which is the active cause of appen dicitis, and this Is more marked with people who do not properly digest white bread. Grape-Nuts is made of the selected parts of wheat and barley, and by the peculiar processes of the cooking at the factpry, all of the starch Is turned into sugar ready for immediate digestion and the more perfect nourishment of all parts of the body, particularly the brain and nerve centers. Read the little book. "The Road to WU--ville," found, in each package.