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THE llORXISG OREGOXIAX, THUKSDAY, JXTLY 20, 1905. SHOPS RAIDED; TICKETS TAKEN JTTEMFTTO BIN i WOMAN TO DEATH PORTLAND'S NEW COUNCIL BEGINS TO MAKE CITY LAWS Warrants Issued Charging the Scalpers -With Larceny and Forgery. Her House Set On Fire by Persons for Whom Po- -lice Are Looking. BOTH SIDES DETERMINED PLOT ALMOST SUCCEEDED jJerelopments Come Thick and Fast in "War Being Waged, by Hall roads Against Cut-Rate Ticket Men. Developments In the war against the ticket scalpers came thick and fast yes terday and last night. Demurrers to complaints were argued in the Municipal Court, new warrants were issued against the defendants, two cut-rate ticket shops were raided by the Sheriff and signs, tickets and office paraphernalia confis cated, and the end is not yet at hand. The cases of Caspary. Stone and An derson, arrested some days ago for il legally offering railroad- tickets for sale, were called yesterday In the Municipal Court before Judge Cameron. A. C. Spen der and Dan J. Malarkey appeared as .special prosecutors in behalf of the state and the railroads, and Attorney John Ditchburn appeared for the defendants. Ditchburn filed demurrers in all the cases when the arrests occurred, and these were argued yesterday afternoon. The demurrers were to the effect hat the law was unconstitutional and that under the law there were not sufficient trrounds stated In the complaint. A decision will be rendered by Judge Cameron Friday, to which time the other cases were con tinued upon request of the defendants. Story of Stolen Ticket. But If the defendants 'SMirprf tarlly through the demurrer and the con tinuance the prosecution scored still more ,-iyily before the day's end. M. Aker, wg man who came to Portland a fp ago from Mankato. Minn., stated Le lawyers aidinc in the nroserhtinn that he had his return trip ticket stolen from him by Caspary, Stone and Anker ion. It apnears from the vnitne- mnn'K story that he went to see the firm re garding furnished rooms, that they ob tained oossesslon of his ticket, and then told him that he would better stay In -Portland because wages were good here, and that they would sell his ticket and et something out of it for him. He 'protested, he says, but they refused to deliver his ticket to him. and subse quently sold It to William Hanson for .&v sum 01 Hanson is being retained f witness for the prosecution. Be lts 01 tnese tnmgs. Attorney Malarkey so cnarges 01 larceny to be placed sst Caspary. Stone and Ankcrson may. aucnioon. caspary was 10 l;nd placed under arrest by Deputy r Moreland last nlcht hut Rtnn Inkcrson have not been located. addition tO this. Other ('wdnnmfnto . 5VfcJihe jueo of warrant bilng sworn out charring Caspary and Stone with iursery. ine prosecution claims to have -lutti .-nuns mc scnexne oy wnicn the scalpers defrauded the railroads to be one species of forcerv. wit declare when the cases otme to trial that these scalners woulH Kmmnn .ticket to a man and at the same time tree to fix matters so that he could use ut wiinout trouble. After selling the ticket they had the customer practice ne signature or tne man to whom the ctcer was originally Issued. While he yj umg this they would address cn , Jpjies filled with blank paper to the ame of the man to whom th ti,-wt -originally belonged' get them from the . aoVfflce after thev had ,and give them to the purchaser to show i case the conductor desired identifica- nun. iUMii, 10 get aneaa or the man sit VTT 5 ' 0 nas been nay,nS particular I attention to coupon tickets because of the : , . - ""J .u oume siuuon a lew . i mitee out on the line, with n ninnt. lytfarilar to the gatekeeper's they would psnomie me coupon, ticket, thus vali- ifl" o tar as tne gate was con- i.rnea. The customer would show the cket to the local station, at the gate. ?t It punched and pass through. After Jtting on the train he would produce lie coupon ucKet ana the conductor see g what he supposed to be the perfora- jnaae by the gatekeeper, would pass fe ticket. The use of this punch by the alpers was the cause of the warrants for foraerv. V Ticket-Shops Raided. In addition to these two separate blows given the scalpers. Sheriff Word, ac companied by three deputies and Attor aey Malarkey. descended upon the ticket shop operated by Caspars'. Ankerson and Stone on Irving street, between -Fifth and Sixth, and that operated by Billings. Testard and John Doe, on Sixth, between Hoyt and Irving, and raided them. Tickets were confiscated, over 100 belnsr found. Signs designating the place as a cut-rate -ircjeet shop were removed, niaced in m. .van and taken to the courthouse, pieces oj- paper were xouna where customers had beea learning to forge the name of the tickets they purchased, and all were saved for evidence. Photographs of these places were, taken before the signs were removed, to be used as evidence in the cases. The warraats were not served for the reason that someone had tipped, off the raid to the proprietors, Testard being the only man-caught Henry A. Koach, of Chicago, assistant to tne cnairman or the railway Hfket BreiectlVA bureau. u-n nisn nr... ent"5?aa the raid took place. He is in the eity to aid in the prosecution of the brokers. "We are determined to break up these scalpers," said Attorney Malarkey yes terday "Not only do they defraud the railraaaa, but they defraud the people wHfeinir the" tickets, commit forgery and larceny, as has been shown, and-the whole system Js demoralizing. The law specifies that .it k Illegal to use any room as a ut-rat ticket shop, to display signs set ting forth that such a place is a cut rate tfefeet skep, and to engage in the .Mlt..fife Ifafe.t liuAlnttC. In. anv Xliefce atea are clearly breaking the laws fi the atote aad should be punished and their haalnees Broken up." The warrants upon which the raids were ooade -wete toeed'.from Justice Reld's pourt. The warrants for larceny and Jtonrery were Isswed from the Municipal 'Court, ana officers -are looking for Stone tpj Ankereon,- whose whereabouts are not knWa! Caspary would Bay nothing Kt ittatttswflaralng ate partaers' where aoouts. It ie believed they are in the -,:ity ana -wH be arreeted today on the Pthcr two efcargag. The Peaer lUo Qcande haa eeiab- Jfhed'.tai txtfH ptUMMa suuraara steetos- ;&r rrte TVwtbuul .snd .Davar. ;caiar peland Rt sat Vi, .fjj . ' ind antvlnc in Denver afteraoofl i -ot - Tim ir 11 PAUPER LMOB WANTED IN WEST Californians Resent Plan ' to ' Ship Poor Immigrants From East. MEN WITH MONEY NEEDED Immigration Problem Comes Up Be fore Conference of Charities and Correction and Views of East and West Clash. Last night's session of the Conference of Charities and Correction was rather a lively one from the Easterners' view point, fpr when the subject of 'Neigh borhood Improvement" resolved Itself into a warm discussion of the immigration problem, California came to the front with a lew things to say and said them in most audible tones. Miss L.oulse Mont gomery, of Buffalo, chairman of the com mittee on neighborhood improvement, pre sjded, and Mrs. Florence Kelly read Dr. Walter W. Weyl's paper on "Immigra tion" and opened the discussion. While Mrs. Kelly took some exception to Dr. Weyl's opinions, she asserted" that im migrants should be more evenly distrib uted, and that the West was the place Xo send them in order to relieve the con gested conditions of New York and other cities. The tenement evils, with which this worker Is so well acquainted, were deplored, and she put the question "Why should we go on providing sick poor to nurse?" Speakers who followed had varied views, the majority of them seeming to be of the opinion that to restrict Immigration would not bo the democratic thing for this country to do. One said that he be lieved the immigration evils were greatly exaggerated, as no one took Into con sideration the number who returned each year. The thing to do was not to re strict It but to realize that our future citizens would be their descendants, as many of the best and most sturdy fam ilies of the East were descendants of the 50.000 convicts whom England once un loaded on the colonies. Distribution, he claimed. Is very necessary and the selec tion of the Immigrant is an' important matter which should be left to the dis cretion of this country if the open-door policy is to be maintained. Miss Lathrop. of Hull House. Chicago, said that the only native American is the Indian; also that our immigrants are drawn from the most vigorous classes in Europe. The discussion passed around and so much was said in favor of sending the laboring immigrant class West thai the California delegates couldn't stand it any longer and took a -hand in It. W. A. Gates, sec retary of the California State Board of Charities, told the convention that neither California nor tony other state In the West wanted laboring Immigrants, but wanted settlers who had money to buy their land and become agriculturists. Chinese Exclusion Favored. "The Chinese exclusion law," he said, "Is favored by every state on the Pa cific Coast, and we are going to stand against the Importation of "coolies from China or Japan or any other nation, for our experience has been tjjat they are a detriment to our country and eventually crowd out the white agriculturist." Other Californians were on their feet to voice his sentiments, and the attempts of the eastern delegates to apply conditions In New York to those in the far West were unavailing. While California's stand was good-natured. It wan nevertheless a firm one, and many Easterners declared that they never realized before how strong the sentiment against coolie labor Is In the West. There was an Interesting programme yesterday. Dr. Graham Taylor's address on "Labor and Charity" being one of the best features of the day. The morning sectional meetings considered topics which lead up to the subject of criminals, dis cussed at the general session at 10:30 A. M. The committee on criminals dis cussed "State Reformatories:" the com mittee on needy families. "A Collocution," and that on care of the sick. "The Finance of Hospitals and Co-Operation of Char ities With Hospitals." Reforms In Crlmlaal Procedure James A. Leonard, who was slated to report for the committee on criminals at the general session, wa not present, so his paper was deferred, and Dr. Graham Taylor occupied, his time. Judge Oscar Hallam. of Minnesota, delivered an able treatise on "'Needed Reforaos in Criminal. Procedure." which was followed by an imated discussion. Judge Hallam said: "To effectively ieveat crime punish meat most be swift -a sure. Setae of the rule aad yeaetfeea of law afeavM be atedHlea. ProbeMy the meet pratMc source of cemplrtai Is the Importaac given Jy the law to the technical forms j of procedure In criminal cases, errors and irregularities In indictments and in the course of criminal trials if they do not affect the substantial rights of the accused should be disregarded. The right of appeal has been abused. And appeals .... . i. 1 . 1 1 r i 1 j Hiu.n.t.ii n.. IcviiuiiLimro snuuia UU W lift i IJXl. Wb.. j criminal procedure snouia oe ovcrnauicu to bring it into harmony with the spirit n nA noMla nt lh lfmn Wo ahmilrt np V I more attention to the substance and less to form, but the rights of the accused should be 'surrounded by ample safe guards. But no proposed reform should infringe upon the right of trial by Jury." Today's Programme. There will be an excursion to the open air sanltorlum this afternoon, when the delegates will inspect Portland's new in stitution for caring for and curing con sumptives. Today's programme i 9:00 A. M., section meetings In room A. committee on state supervision and administration; topic: "What Has the Public a Right to Know About Public Institutions." etc. In room B, committee on neighborhood Improvement; topics: Th vv!nir of Tlftrranh Hill F"Jhr- men of San Francisco Bay." In room CTJ committee on children; topics: "Ethical Culture In Institution." "Industrial Causes of Delinquency." In room D, com mlttce on visiting nursing: topics: "Co operative Work." "Training la Connec tion With Hospitals." 30:30 A. M., general session Subjects: "Report From States." "Statistics," "Training of Social Workers." "Working men's Insurance"; reports of committees by Graham Taylor. Amos W. Butler. Frederick L. Hoffman. Alexander John son: conference 'business. SKO P. M.. xreneral res&lmi SuhlMt ; "Care of the Sick"; report of committee and addresses by Nathan Bljur, New1. York; Dr. Norman Bridges. California: Dr. Walter Llndley. Los Angeles: Dr. lee K. Frankel, New York; and others. WILL EXHIBIT THE JACKET STAIXS OS GARMENT WILL BE SHOWN IX COUKT. Miss Mamie Hart Swears She Was Drugged and Maltreated Even ing of rtie Fourth. In order to afford Miss Mamie Hart time to bring her Jacket Into court to 4 exhibit green stales upon It, the case I of the city against Paul Relcker was t continued at S o'clock yesterday af ternoon by Municipal Judge Cameron, i The defendant is charged with permit j ting the complaining witness to be drugged In his establishment, the Ger rauu roof garden, at 6 o'clock, the , evening of July 4. Miss Hart, a beautiful woman of the I brunette type, declares that she was j drugged and maltreated, robbed and I locked up In a very small room at the garden resort. Twenty-sixth arid Up ; shur streets. The defense sets up that ' she was unused to drinking beer, that she drank too" much and became drunk, i They claim that sne -was lockeJ up In : order that she might be protected from the gaze of the curious and kept from i falling Into the Hands of the police, i Miss Hart, who was the last witness J for the prosecution, told Judge Came j ron that she tool: violently 111 after I drinking the last glass of beer and that after going to a private room, she threw up a green substance, whicn.ls still visible on the jacket she wore. 1 She claims Uiis is proof that she was I drugged, and the case was continued for the purpose of having an examina I tion of the matter. I Policeman Hillyer. of the Upshur : street station, told of rescuing the ( young -woman from the garden: of flnd j ing- her locked In the little room and of finding the watch and chain she wore j In the poseesslon of the proprietor 1 Four young men and MI6S Rose HamH 1 ton testified that they drank with Miss Hart in the roof garden, but that when they left her. at about 5:30 P. M-, she was not drunk. Another witness who re mained with her until she excused her self and went to a ladles' room, swore that after she went In. he saw Floor Manager Kennedy and other men enter there. He went out and saw to It that the police were notified. Attorneys John F. Logan and Judge Alex Sweek. for tlje defense, agreed to let the case go to the court without offering arty evidence. It was after this that Miss Hart told Judge Cameron about the Jacket, and Deputy District Attorney Haney. - who conducted the case in the absence of Deputy City At torney Fitxgerald, asked for a contin uance. It is said that In caac the charge of drugging I not sustained, a charge of selllngl Iquor to an Intoxicated per son will be filed against Paul Relcker. DAYLIGHT DOWN COLUXJHA. Oa T. J. retter, Qata eC Blrer Beats. Deat MU It. T. J. Potter sails for Astoria, and North Beach as follows: July 15. IS, 20. 3. BtfO A. Jolr 2. 12:01 P. 3a. Dan't fall to see the Lower Columbia from decks of this maarnMcent boat. Particulars aad O. R- & X. Summer book by asking C W. tiner. city ticket saeat, TWrS a4 WasMac streets, Pertlaad. tHac Kr Xrmear cwrea er T"M Hrmc- let ere yum; AGfllNSTCLOSED BOX . .. . . , , . , Councilman Gray Jntroduced New Measure Yesterday.' POSTPONE DECISIVE ACTION Council Approves Recommendation for Increase of Firemen's Pay and Acts on Street Improvements. The Chambers of the City Council proved a strong drawing-card for all clajs yesterday afternoon, because It was generally supposed that some definite action would be taken with reference to the adoption of a new box ordinance. The liquor men were well represented among the spectators, while the Mu nicipal Association was also out In strong fdrce. but If anybody came with the ex pectancy of witnessing a sanguinary con flict between the contending interests, the Idea was disappointing, as everything passed off as peacefully and lamb-like as If the proceedings were a Quaker camp meeting. The programme outlined yesterday was carried out to the letter, with the possi ble exception that nothing final was done on the pronoed measure, and it is be lieved that this pha.e of the situation is going to prove the source of an im menre amount of mental anxiety, to say the least. Alter all the routine business had been finlticd. Auditor Devlin an nounced an ordinance that had been in trodced by Councilman. Gray by request, he said v and after it bad been read the first time Its alleged author arose and moved that It be referred to the liquor license committee, which was agreed to without a dissenting voice. A special meeting of the committee will be held this afternoon to further consider the ordinance and Immediately upon the adjournment of the. council, a number of Its members got together and agreed to a call for a special meeting of the entire body for 2 P. M. Monday, at which time It is believed some sort of an ordinance will be ratified, although It is conceded that the measure submitted at yesterday's session will be amended con siderably. The ordinance provides that liquor shall not be sold to be used in any apartment or room having lcso than ICO square feet of floor cpace. that all boxes must be en tirely open on the side next to or facing any hall, hallway, passageway or room, and prohlbltx maintaining of any private or separate entrances for any particular class of customers, or display of signs signifying that any entrance Is specially Intended for ladle? or families. The liquor license committee of the City Council, to whom was referred the meas ure that is likely to be the cause of so much speculation In the near future. Is composed of the 'following members: Thomas Gray (chairman). W. T. Masters. W. T. Vaughn, John Annand and H. W. Wallace. Nothing was done relative to the elec tion at a president of the body, there be ing such a relaxation after disposal of thebox ordinance matter that none of the members felt disposed to consider any further busincs. but adjourned so hur riedly that no day was mentioned for re asserobling. Favor Increasing Salaries. The report of the ways and means committee approving the Increase In sal aries of the Fire Department in accord ance with the schedule adopted by the late Executive Board, met with unani mous approval, and all went serene until the question came up relative to. the amount of licenre to be exacted from the Oaks. The license committee at a meet ing on the preceding day had agreed, af ter much deliberation, to a blanket rate of S?Y) a quarter, exclusive of the charge of S12S a quarter for the liquor license, besides a good round sum -for restaurant privileges. Councilman Sharkey could not see it that way. however, and thought the committee had shown partiality to the Oaks maaagement In not aseeosing tbem the full amouBtf without taking anything Into consideration, and aaoved that the matter be referred back to trie license committee, which was .finally agreed to. and it was Intimated that all sides would be given an opportunity to air their objectless. The Flegel "sand" ordinance, a relic of the old Council, was, anally burled, and an 'ordinance passed lacreasing; the Council cosssiittees as follows: Streets, from five to xeven; vewers and drainage, five to seven, aad licenses, three to fire. Sharkey introduced a reaolatiea raising the pay of the dry detectives fro 90S to 2115 a moath, aad It was referred to the coafimlttee oa ways and ateawi. A resotutlea waa adapted eatabtlefeiag the grade of all street In Seltwaad aad another dlspeaalag with the ap eager Jor City Halt after Jaly 3L ise n ooatawa grave-jwi. gagainn wm up agala. Vavgha aMkiag a eioaweat jita. -against peratttttac tasai. ie.be cbaniplf ii. taa baak aravt! prijOsiiiOB. The resolution on the subject was laid on the table until the next regular meeting. Projected Street Improvements. Cord Scngstake and others were granted permission to erect a drinking fountain near the Intersection of Hassalo and Lar rabec streets, and ordinances providing for the time and mahner of Improving the following streets were passed: Twenty-fifth, from the south line of Johnson to the south line of Savicr; Couch, from the west line of First to the east line of Fourteenth: Second, from the north line of Morrison to the south line of Gllsan: Seventeenth, from the north line of Elizabeth to the south line of Clifton; Monoroe. from the east line of Borthwick to the east line of Mississippi avenue? East Main from the west line of Kth to the east line of East Thirtieth. Ordinances were adopted fixing the cost of the following sewers: East Washing ton, from the west line of East Thirty ninth to the sewer In East Washington at East Thirty-eighth street, at a cost of 5331.55; East Madison, from ICO feet west of the west line of East Twenty ninth to the. sewer In East Thirtieth street, at a cost of 32SS.70; Benton, from a point 23 feet north of the north line of Dupont street to a connection with the eewer in Benton street at the south line of Dixon, at a cost of $361.55; East Thir tieth, from the center line of Hawthorne avenue to the sewer In East Thirtieth at ! East Taylor street, at a cost of J113I.&). 1 and assessing the cost of improving Pow ell street, frorn the cast line of Mllwaukle to the west line of East Twenty-first at ncxao. ANTI-CIGARETTE MOVEMENT Xewsboys Take "Up Reform Alter Hearing Isc Counsel. Judge Lindsey. of Denver; Judge Willis Brown, of -Salt Lake; Judge Mack, of Chi cago, and Judge Frater. of Seattle, all of whom preside over Juvenile Courts, and who came to Portland to attend the Con vention of Charities and Correction, ad drcsed a large gathering of boys at the Courthouse yesterday - afternoon. Includ ing many newsboys. Judge Lindsey made a characteristic speech replete with good stories that won the boys over completely. He told of the work of the Juvenile Aid Society, which be said had done more to help the boys In Denver and had accomplished more good than the police force. He Impressed upon his hearers the worth of doing right. Judge Willis Brown spoke entertaining ly, and devoted his remarks principally to the cigarette habit. In which he is much interested. Announcement was made that the news boys Intended to organise a union in the evening, and Judge Frazer tendered them the use of the courtroom. Judge Brown was Invited to attend. When the boys assembled at S o'clock It turned out that Bob An lerson a man from Seattle, who calle dhlmself a "Jour neyman newsboy." desired to organize the boys Into a union, and has sold some of them badges costing 20 cents each. He outlined his plans, but they did not meet with favor by Judge Brown, who turned the gathering Into an anti-cigarette meet ing. Sam Cohen was elected president, and Judge Brown promised to send all the boys anti-cigarette badges from Salt Lake uyuu JUS (ClUiU llUiliC. . MORTGAGE FOR $lb,000,000 J Portland General Electric Company's Property Is Encumbered. A mortgage for XI 0.000.000 by the Portland General Electric Company In favor of tne United States Mortgage Trust Company, of New York, was filed for record In the office of the County Clerk yesterday. It covers all of the property of the company In Clackamas' and Multnomah Counties, including- the Willamette Falls power plant at Ore gon City, and surrounding- real prop erty: also the power plant in North Portland, the Alder-street property, etc Franchises already acquired and to be hereafter acquired are likewise embraced In the mortgage trust instru ment. The duration of the mortgage is 30 years. The Instrument provides for the immediate Issuance of 34.000.030 bonds 'and to Issue bonds to the amount of 1 6,000,000 later on from time to time as may be required whea adfdtlonal plants and franchises have been ac quired or Improvements needed to be made. There is also a p-rovisioa that 32.300.300 bonds In the hands of the Central Trust Company. New York, are to be redeemed. The document Is a large one covering about 109 printed pages. It Is signed by H. W. Goode. president of the Portland Geaeral Elec tric Company, aad was filed by the Title Guarantee & Trust Company. Heat Kills Trainer of Monkeys. NEW YORK. July M. Jacob Cook, far X years an atteadaat in Central Park, -whaae death from beat has jst eeesrred. -was one of tke best-kaawa tralaers. of Bioa-keys la the werM. He aatered the park service as a labarer, bat It waa aet teas before he became aaehed -to the BMaagerie, aad anally became WeatMed. exchHtvely with ..the aMH&ey-heate He ahawed the greateet ageotUa ferrate peas there, aad nursed ataay aCtheat throwch Imms tttaeea. ... t The tiataMrV graataat' triwphe -war V ..... J . U, tfe - - - 9 Oawlar" dXUtT Crawler " 10m, which iryi, nifji ftannwt tions. and learned innumerable tricks. Cook was noted among other things for his peculiar Idea of an enjoyable vacation. It was to visit graveyards and copy In scriptions from tombstones. .Year after year, accompanied by his wife, he made pilgrimages to the cemeteries not only of New York and the suburbs, but far into New England, and Invariably returned with an interesting collection of epitaphs. Hangs Himself to Escape Gallows. ST. PAUL. July 19. Edward .Gotts chalk. under sentence of death, com mitted suicide by hanging In the county Jail this afternoon. During the temporary absence of his guard. Gottschalk tore a piece of ticking from his bed, and, wind ing one end about his neck, fastened the other end to a hook in the wall n. the cell, raised himself from the floor and strangled to death. Gottschalk In February last murdered Christian Schlndeldecker, a butcher. In. his shop on a business street, hacr ng his victim to pieces with a meat-cleavcr. A young fellow named Joseph Hartmann was associated with him In the crime. Soon after the murder the body of Hart mann. heavily weighted with Iron, was found In the Mississippi River near Fort Snelling. His skull had been crushed. Gottschalk confessed to the murder of Hartmann. claiming he acted in self defense. He denied having killed Schln deldecker. paying that he watched outside while Hartmann murdered the butcher. Use of the Telautograph. A dispatch from Seattle of June 23 re ferring to the telautocranh as tnn rnstlv for uae on ,ne Pu3et 3ound forts haa I ucen ucnicu uy juajur . -a. viias?fora. : in charge of the Signal 'Corps, for the Department of the Columbia. The telau tograph has been used in the larger forts of the country and it is expected it will 'be introduced on the Sound. Kansas Editors Coming-. Members of the Kansas Editorial Asso ciation to the number of ISO will leave Kansas City by special train August -I,, for a visit to the Fair. They will make the trip Westward over the lines of the Union Pacific system, and will arrive In Portland about a week after starting the trip, with stopovers at several points en route. Kills Enemy, but Hides Cause. ROME. Ga., July 13. George Wright, city passenger and ticket agent here for the Southern Railway, was shot and killed today by Vincent T. Sanford. Sanford refused, to talk, and the cause of the tragedy Is not known. A Poor Cook Makes SEND DEMAND that it be boiled full 15 minutes AFTER ACTUAL BOILEte BEGINS (not only 15 minutes after the pot is put on the stove). A. curious chemical change takes place between 12 and 15 minutes after Postum begins to boil. This change .releases the food element and pro duces a crisp, snappy coffee taste so fetching that the makers have bea many4imes accused of mixing coffee in. But that is false. The fulL analyse of Postum made by the best American authorities shows that it-is aad only of the selected parts of cereal grains treated by complex methods a the factory. . Postum Is Absolutely Pure . ' " and entirely free from the smallest grain of coffee. - Remember you get a -charming coffee taste if you insist on havia- jeiet PosAm made right, and that is easy. Full and simple direction o package. Remember also that when you leave off coffee you step the arafaaar of stomach and nerve centers and give Nature a chance to keal yjcaas. In this work: Postum is a most powerful aid, for yoa set fcly ara jeer hot morning beverage, but take a liquid food coat&InIg tW very rtwww Nature, must have from which to rebuild the gray, matter ia arre Niko and brains that have been broken down by coffee. "Tea days' trial works wonders. , Small matter what form of ;stotaack, heart, kiasey or aerwwM Sm9met yoa May have, for the probabilities are that your troubles law ripaatad. from a servo system thrown" out of balance by eoffte. - Prove yar ewn case by leavia o coffee 10 days aad wf Faetaaje It maybe wrth more tham a gold, mine to ye. 6tt tke little beak Tke Km! Tfccre's a Seventy Years Old and Living Alone, 3Irs Dolour Is Attacked at Night by Yoang HoodlumsTrag edy Narrowly Averted. They was reported to the police yester day morning what appears to be the dia bolical attempt of parties unknown to cause the death of a gray-haired woman of TO years of age, living alone, without relatives or friends, by burning. The in tended victim Is Mrs. Dufour. who lives in a little cabin on one of the flats of the old rock quarry at the head of South Sixth street, and the attempt upon her life was made at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Alone in the world, weakened by age. Mrs. Dufour settled herself on the quarry fiat several years ago, furnished a small hut. and has been peacefully spending her days. Her helplessness became the In centive for young hoodlums of the neigh borhood to torment her, destroy her garden, kill her chickens, and In other ways to annoy the one who would not and could not do them harm. She patiently endured It, not even informing the police, until a month ago, when a large boulder was sent crashing down the hill behind her cabin at 3 o'clock In the morning, tearing Its way through the shell-like- house and narrowly missing striking the occupant That was told the police, and detectives watched for a time, but were unable to catch the perpetrators. A short time ago the officers discon tinued their vigilance, and. the annoyance began again. Yesterday morning It almost resulted In a tragedy. About 4 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Dufour awakened to hear the crackling of flames and to And her home filled with smoke. She arose hastily, dressed and rushed outside the house, to find that a Are had been kindled against the side of the building. The flames were already eating their way Into the wall. Rushing back into the house Mrs. Dufour obtained a pail of water, which she dashed on the flames. She repeated this several times, and afterward made an attempt to scat ter the burning sticks piled against the wall. She succeeded In staying the prog ress of the flames, and after a time In ex tinguishing the blaze. She had no assist ance whatever and It was only through her hard work that her home was saved. 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