Morning Oregonian., July 13, 1907, Page 3, Image 3

THE MORNING OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY. JULY 13, 1907.
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Oregon Worrfan Sent to Insane
Asylum at National
, Capital.
TRIES TO SEE PRESIDENT
Former Editor of Burns Haunts Cap
itol Until Police Seek Her.
Had Taken Refuge With
. Some Poor Negroes.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU. "Washing-ton,
July 12. Mrs. Mina Wilson WU
marth, of Burns, Or., was this morning
committed to the Government insane asy
lum in this rlty on the report of two
police physicians that her mind was un
balanced as a result of excessive use of
morphine.
Mrs. Wilmarth came to Washington
about 10 days ago and from the time
of her arrival it was noticed that her
actions were most peculiar. It was not
until last night, however, that she at
tracted the attention of the police by
talking wildly and boisterously on the
street. Her actions were witnessed by a
policeman and she was taken Into cus
tody. This mornim? Bhe was carefully
examined and physicians quickly recom
mended that she be sent to tha Govern
ment hospital for the insane.
Friends May Take Charge.
A telegram was sent by the police to
Mrs. Wilmarth's mother, Mrs. Charity
Wilson, who lives at PrineviUe. advis
ing her of her daughter's detention and
asking If she would come for her and
take her home. If relatives or friends
do not take charge of her, she will be
brought before the Marshal's Jury some
time within six weeks and be given a
court hearing to determine whether or
not she is of unsound mind. She will
then have an opportunity of testifying in
her own behalf, and friends, if she has
any here, will also have an opportunity
to testify. Their testimony will be met
by that of physicians from the asylum,
who will have charge of her during her
temporary confinement. If the Jury
should adjudge her Insane, she will then
he recommitted until her sanity returns.
Tha Government hospital Is the largest
institution of the kind In the United
States, and Mrs. Wilmarth will be sure
of the very best treatment while there.
The physicians who have examined her
believe she can be cured by proper treat
ment, but this will probably require six
months or more.
Seeks Office for Self and Davey.
Mrs. Wilmarth says she fled from Burns
because her friends there were trying
to put her in an Insane asylum. She ap
parently left home with S500, but arrived
here practically without, funds. She
wanted to see the President, the Postmaster-General
and Secretary Garfield on
various missions, but according to her
own statement, her principal object in
coming was to secure appointment as
Receiver of the Burns Land Office. She
' said that Frank Davey, recently Speaker
of the Oregon House, had removed to
Burns with the expectation of being ap
pointed Register of the Land Office, and
declared that it was at his suggestion
she -ame here to secure Mr. Davey's
appointment along with her own. She
believed President Roosevelt was a
friend of hers and would make the ap
pointment. Nevertheless, she offered a
newspaper man $300 to use his Influence
with the President to have her appoint
ed. She became greatly disappointed
when she learned that the President and
other officials were out of the city, and
talked of going to Oyster Bay, but, when
told she could not see the President ex
cept by appointment, gave up the trip.
Talks of Land Frauds.
She had been a candidate for post
master at Burns, and said she was de
feated by conspiring enemies. Mrs. Wil
marth wanted to talk with the Postmaster-General
about what she declared
to be gross misconduct of postmasters In
Oregon. She said there was not an hon
est postmaster in the state; that all were
opening mails and abstracting valuables.
She also talked rambllngly about land
frauds, and had a conference with
Acting Secretary of the Interior Wood
ruff, to whom she gave particulars of
various alleged fraudulent land trans
actions near Burns.
Because of her, frequent visits to the
Capitol and her ' peculiar actions while
there; the curiosity of the Capitol police
was aroused and they decided to Investi
gate Mrs. "Wilmarth, but when they went
to her hotel they found she had been
requested to give up her rooms and had
gone to live with her negro washer
woman. Inquiry at the home of the
negro family elicited the information that
no white person was living there, but
after her interception Mrs. Wilmarth's
belongings were found in the negro
household. She had been there two days.
Begs for Morphine.
When placed in restraint, Mrs. "Wil
marth went quietly to headquarters, after
being assured that friends were going to
provide for her, but last night she begged
plteously for morphine. During her stay
here she visited five different physicians,
each of whom prescribed morphine, but
each warned her he would not give her
a second prescription. Her supply of the
drug was exhausted when she went to
the home of the negroes, and most of the
time she was there she was confined to
her bed.
For some years Mrs. Wilmarth pub
lished the Harney County News at
Burns, and It Is the belief of physicians
here that her hard work in the news
paper office impaired . her physical
strength and that this In turn led to
her present condition. She had In her
possession letters from persons well
known In Oregon, which Indicated that
at one time she was well and favorably
kuown. Her ultimate recovery is ex
pected. LOVE-SICK YOUTH A SUICIDE
Woman of the Demimonde Cause of
Tragedy In Port Townsend.
PORT TOWNSEND, "Wash., July 12.
lolet Wade, a young woman of the un
derworld, giving her home as Portland,
was the cause here today of Arthur J.
wf"' on of a rIch canneryman on
Washington Harbor, this state, taking his
life after attempting to kill the girl. Sul
livan first shot himself m the head, then
turned the gun on the fleeing woman,
missing her.
The approach of a policeman stopped
the love-crazed youth's flight and he
sent a second bullet into his own body
directly beneath the heart. Despite two
wounds, either of which ordinarily prove
fatal. It required the entire strength of
Officer Helser, himself a young Hercules,
to wrest the weapon with one charge re
maining, from the maddened man
Sullivan expired a few. momenta after X
IS
MIRTH
MQRPHIN
VICTIM
the second shot. The Wade woman was
an inmate of a dance hall here, until the
resort was recently closed by the police.
AVILIj replace big sawmill
Wind River Company Decides to Re
place Burned Structure at Once.
CASCADE LOCKS, Or., July 12.
(Special.) Fire made a clean sweep of
the Wind River Lumber Company's
plant at tnis place last night. All that
remains of the finely equipped modern
mill of 100,003 feet daily capacity is
a heap of ashes and twisted iron.
About four million feet of lumber piled
In the yard was destroyed. All resi
dences were saved, the up-stream wind
confining the fire to the area between
the railroad track and the river. The
loss will reach $150,000: A full line
of insurance was carried..
The 'company employed 125 men In
the plant here and about 200 men In
the logging camps on the Washington
side of the river. The mill Is the only
Industry here and Its destruction Is a
severe blow to Cascade Locks, as prac
tically everybody living here was de
pendent upon It, directly or Indirectly,
for a living.
It is the intention of the owners to
rebuild at once. .The destroyed plant
was built by the Wind River Lumber
Company In 1901, and this Is the first
loss by fire which the company has
sustained.
BOGUS LORD BEHIND BARS
VALET'S MASQUERADE GETS
HIM INTO TROUBLE.
Poses aa Titled Britisher, Marries
Rich Women and Dupes Numerous
Prominent Business . Men.
CHICAGO, July 12. (Special.) A Brit
ish valet, who for months under the
name of a brother of his former em
ployer, Cecil W. de Molyens, an English
lord, swindled Western miners out of
thousands, married a wealthy girl In
Australia and another in Chicago, and
caused so much trouble that the real live
lord was compelled to hasten to the
United States to save his good name,
was arrested in New Tork today on in
formation from Chicago. A picture of the
young man which was today shown Lord
de Molyens resulted in the Identification
of the man as a former valet of Colonel
F. de Molyens, brother of the lord.
The police today learned that the
fraudulent lord first went to Australia,
where he met a "beautiful as well as
wealthy young woman. He posed as
Lord de Molyens, seemed to have money,
flaunted hts elegant manners before her,
used a crested card with the De Molyens
coat-of-arms and various other subter
fuges with which he blinded the woman
to his real self.
During the time of the Boer war In
South Africa the man is supposed to hava
bien in Chicago. He Imitated Lord da
Molyens In manner and dress, and circu
lated the report that he had been depu
tized by the British government to pur
chase supplies for the army In tha
Transvaal. He is said to have purchased
large quantities of canned meats and to
have sold them for his own gain, while
the hills were sent to the office of tha
British consul. He Is also said to hava
swindled Western mining men of large
sums. "
The real Lord de Molyens visited Chi
cago a short time after the close of tha
Boer war, and hearing of the scandal vis
ited the detective headquarters to make
Inquiries about his double. Today he
learned that the crook had been arrested
in New Tork.
The circumstances of the arrival of
Lord de Molyens and the news of the
arrest of the impostor at the same time
form one of the most peculiar Incidents In
the case. i
SALEM CHERRY FAIR CLOSES
E. H. Shepard, of Hood River, Tells
of Merits In Union Work.
SALEM. Or., July 12. (Special.) The
Salem Cherry Fair closed this afternoon
after a very successful three-day session.
Arrangements have been made for hold
ing the cherry fair here every year,
though the date will probably be a lit
tle earlier In the future.
The principal address at the meeting to
day was that by Manager E. H. Shepard.
of the Hood River Fruitgrowers' Asso
ciation, who spoke on co-operation, among
fruit-growers. Mr. Shepard said that
growing fruit Is one thing and selling it
another. The grower, who must be busy
cultivating his orchard and gathering the
fruit, cannot take the time to watch mar
kets closely nor can he stand the expense
of sending and receiving the many tele
grams necessary to keep him in touch
with the fruit buyers. Bf organizing an
association and working through a man
ager the growers may do collectively
what they cannot do Individually and
thus market their fruit as well as grow It.
Mr. Shepard also emphasized the value
of co-operation in enabling growers to
maintain a high standard of quality and
packing, in which particular growers will
become careless If each manages his own
individual business separate from the
others.
An address was delivered by George
Dekum on "The Walnut" and one by A.
G. Tillinghast on the "Distinguishing
Marks -Between Superior and Inferior
Seeds, Plants and Trees."
The visiting nurserymen and fruitgrow
ers were taken for a drive through. tha
fruitgrowing districts this forenoon.
NEW THEATER FOR TACOMA
Pantages Plans Erection of Struc
ture Costing $100,000.
TACOjjA, Wash., July 12. (Special.)
It Is .officially announced that the
Pantages Theater Company will con
struct a new theater building In Ta
coma. The building will be located
either on Pacific avenue or C street
and not far from South Ninth. The
probability is that It will be on Pacific
avenue.
The new theater building, Including
the ground, will represent an Invest
ment of not less than $90,000 and may
reach $100,000. It will be of brick and
stone and will accommodate between
1200 and 1300 people.
REFUSE TO DIP THEIR SHEEP
Farmers In Linn and Lane Counties
Evade New State Law.
EUGENE. Or., July 12. E. N. Hutchin
son, Federal Sheep Inspector, while in
Eugene yesterday stated that the law re
quiring the dipping of all sheep In tha
state is being pretty generally complied
with everywhere except in Lane and Linn
Counties, where the farmers and sheep
raisers are Inclined to evade It. He de
clared that this action may result in the
quarantining of the two counties, when
no sheep could be shipped out or in. Some
farmers in this vicinity have dipped their
flocks, but a large majority of them in
the county have refused or neglected to
do so.
A villager of Cauterets, in tha Hautes
Pyrenees, vas gathering wood brought
down from rne mountains by avalanches,
when he found a human head incased in
a block of ice. It is believed to be that
of a Parisian who was lost on the Tegur
last Summer,
Teddy Bears for
OUTING HATS
Greatest variety of
Summer Millinery for
vacation and outing
wear ever carried by
this or any other Port
land store.
Jaunty Straw Sailors
$2 Vals. 98c
The. Summer girs ' costume is not complete
this year without a smart, banded sailor.
In its simple elegance there is an attract
iveness that nothing else can match. Spe
cial for today, we offer fine quality Milan
Straw Sailors, well made, in the most cor
rect shapes, with all-silk ribbon QQn
bands, $2 values, for only
See Window Display
Sale of Japanese Hand-Made Batten
berg Scarfs and Squares, Reg. $3.50,
$5.00 Values $1.397
not worth at regular sale $3.50, and others as high as $5.00. ' 3Q
Special pj..O7
Regular $1.50 Children's Dresses $1,19
Regular $1.25 Children's Dresses 85c
Children's Dresses in pink, blue,
styles
IMP Li TO
CATCH BOXTON
Acting Mayor Describes How
Heney and Burns
Caught Him.
CONFESSED FOR IMMUNITY
Telephone Officials Forced to Admit
Halsey Was Shipped to Manila
Under Pension When Bri
bery Was Exposed.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. Mayor
Charles Boxton, Major of Volunteers In
the Spanish War, head of the department
of dentistry of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, twice elected Supervisor
of the City and County of San Francisco,
the first of the city officials to fall into
the net spread by the bribery-graft pros
ecution, today on the witness stand in tha
Glass trial testified in detail the story of
his entrapment last Fall, at the home of
one Roy, who bought for 1500 his vote
against an ordinance prohibiting child pa
tronage of the skating rinks only to turn
him over to the law.
He told how Rudolph Spreckels, F. J.
Heney, District-Attorney Langdon and
W. J. Burns' "and a dozen others outside
the doors" walked in on him and con
fronted him with statements of proofs
and threats of punishment: how they of
fered to let him go free if he would "turn
up" his confederates and accomplices In
side and outside of the Board of Super
visors ; how he agreed, and a written
guaranty of Immunity was drawn up and
signed and placed In Mr. Bpreckel'a
pocket.
Delmas to Prove Perjury.
Both the direct and the cross-examination
of Boxton was concluded within the
day. Other witnesses called were Homer
6. King, a Bank of California official, a
director of the Pacific States Telephone &
Telegraph Company, and Henry T. Scott
and Frank F. Drum, respectively presi
dent and director of that corporation.
On the cross-examination of Boxton,
D. M. Delmas began laying the founda
tion to show that Boxton Is a perjurer
and that, therefore, his testimony against
the Children's Vacation July Butterick Patterns August Delineator 15c
Established 1850-F1FTY-SEVEN YEARS IN BUSINESS-Established 1850
Good Merchandise
A great special purchase
of a European importer 's
sample line of Japanese
hand- made Battenberg
Scarfs and Squares, in
about 25 different de
signs, all very rich and
exclusive p a 1 1 e r n s of
Battenberg Lace. The
Scarfs are 20x54, 18x54
and 18x50 ins.; Squares,
30x30 inches. Not one
piece in the lot that is
Children 's D r e s s e s, of
chambray and percale, in
pink, navy, black and
white checks; ages 6 to
;4,',:!....$1.19
Children 's Dresses, of
gingham and chambray;
French and Russian
styles, ages 2 to 5 years.
Regular $1.25 OtZn
values OOL-
white, plaids; sailor and jumper t"f QO
pl.0
Glass to having accepted a bribe from
Halsey, of the telephone company, is not
worthy of belief.
The examination of Mr. King was to
draw from him the statement in effect
that Louis Glass, as acting president of
the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
Company, was the only official who had
authority to sign checks or authorize dis
bursements. Shipped Halsey to Manila.
Frank Drum was questioned at length
about his part In the renting of rooms
in the Mills building by Agent Halsey for
the alleged purpose of paying bribe
moneys to the Supervisors.
The examination of Mr. Scott was to
determine, among other things, when
the story of bribery prosecution broke, if
Glass shipped Halsey out of San Fran
cisco In disguise to Manila, gave him a
position there with a telephone company
of which Glass Is president, and also
caused him to be carried on the payrolls
of the San Francisco company as a pen
sioner In the sum of J175 a month. All
that Mr. Scott would testify to was that
Halsey did go to Manila and that he
(Scott) put him on the payrolls as stated,
though Halsey "was no longer an active
employe."
As Saturday Is the Jewish Sabbath,
when no court can be held In the Israel
Synagogue, adjournment was taken until
Monday.
DIN AN IGNORES NEW MAYOR
Police Chief Insists Schmltz Is Still
His Boss.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. Municipal
governmental affairs have become still
more complicated by the action of Chief
of Police Dlnan, who yesterday refused
to recognize Charles Boxton as Mayor of
San Francisco and refused to take orders
from him. ,
LABOR UNIONS HOLDING OUT
Langdon's Plan for SctimitV Succes
sor Falls of Approval.
. SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. The labor
organizations of this city have refused
to indorse District Attorney Langdon's
proposed convention to select a new
Mayor. The Building Trades Council
last night rejected the proposition, and
tonight tha San Francisco Labor Coun
cil, by the close vote of 69 to 68, laid
Langdon's communication on the table.
The Merohanta' Association today chose
three delegates and suggested that a
two-thirds vote fee necessary to a choice.
The Board of Trade sent a letter to
Langdon criticizing his plan and stating
that unless there was a larger represen
tation of the professional element In the
convention the board would not send
delegates.
The Chamber of Commerce elected
three delegates conditionally. Tha con
ditions were that the convention should
contain more professional men and that
the two-thirds rule be adopted.
Langdon said today that the two-thirds
rule was a matter for the convention to
decide and that tha selection of 16 new
Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are
29c, 35c 50c and 75c
Half Hose for 19c
This great special sale of the swellest
styles in Men's Half Hose embraces an
entire sample line of the newest 1907 pat
terns of a great New York importer. His
entire line of samples, regardless of
former price, goes on sale at this one low
price, including maco and lisle, in all
solid colors, black, plaids, stripes, novelty
designs, embroidered figures, -jq
etc. Sale price only XiC
Sale of Women's Black Hosiery
50c, 75c, 85c Values, 29c
mm n. J- J
Extra Salespeople to wait
CONTINUED TODAY SATURDAY
Sale of 25c, 35c 50c, 60c Wash Goods, at 11c
Absolutely the most sensational value-giving ever presented by a Portland store at this season of
the year a great clearance of new and desirable 1907 white and colored Wash Goods for Sum
mer in evening dresses, children's wear, kimonos, sacques, waists, etc. White and all colors,
new designs, in light, Summery voiles, batiste, madras, organdies, dimity, Swisses and "II
linens. Regular 25c, 35c, 50c and 60c values, for today's sale A AC
Short Kimonos, Sacks vfs $2 98c
Women's short Kimonos and Dressing Sacques, made of white Dotted Swiss, -white lawn, fancy
figured lawns, fancy figured dotted Swiss. All the newest styles of nightingales, kimonos and
dressing sacques, with fancy scalloped edges, with or without collar and belt. Regular g q
values to $2.00; special for today 4OC
Supervisors would be a natural se
quence to' the selection of a Mayor. It is
conceded that some new plan must be
formulated, as the labor people have de
clined to send delegates.
PORTLAND STANDS HIGH
Leads Country in Building for Last
Six Months.
CHICAGO, 111., July 12. (Special.) The
Pacific North Coast still leads the entire
country with its remarkable bulldjng
gains. For the month of June Portland
shows a gain of 119 per cent. Salt Lake
City holds the post of honor, with a gain
of Til per cent, while Spokane comes next
with 442. Tacoma shows 180 and San
Francisco 267. Other remarkable gains
are Topeka, Kan., 167 per cent; Chatta
nooga, Tenn.; 214; San Antonio, Tex., 182,
and Indianapolis, 124.
New Tork shows a loss of 26 per cent.
St. Louis decreases S3 per cent, while Chi
cago struggles into the Increase column
by 9 per cent. Minneapolis' gained 6 per
cent, while St. Paul lost 30 per cent. Tha
remarkable gain In Salt Lake City is due
to two $500,000 buildings.
Building operations for the first half of
the year for the entire country show a
decrease of IS per cent. In all of the big
cities there was a decrease. New Tork
leading with 84 per cent, Chicago 15 and
Pittsburg 41, while of the other large
cities Philadelphia saved the day with a
gain of 2 per cent. Even St. Louis, which
has recently experienced a boom the like
of which was never before known, fell
off 14 per cent. Brooklyn, which has been
making remarkably high records for
years, remained stationary.
The North Coast cities make a splendid
showing for the half year, Portland with
a gain of 78 per cent, Seattle 47, Spokane
62, Tacoma 33, while Los Angeles, the
most conspicuous point in Southern Cali
fornia, has a loss of 27 per cent. In some
of the interior cities there were heavy
gains. Indianapolla 46 per cent, Minne
apolis 22. San Antonio 43, Detroit 16,
Allegheny 17 and Davenport 8.
BELGIAN ARMY IS EXPOSED
Major Lemalr Throws Light on
Affairs In Congo.
BRUSSELS, July 12. Major Lemalr,
who served 18 years in the Congo, and
who resigned when notified he would
be prosecuted for cruelty towards na
tive soldiers, retaliated today by pub
lishing a sensational exposurs of the
conditions In the native army. He de
clared the soldiers are merely brigand
who raid the populace, assault the
women and burn the villages.
The Major says that when he at
tempted to protect the natives by In
flicting severe punishment upon the
troops, his disciplinary measures were
overruled by his superiors. He in
sists that the real object of the Congo
administration , in preferring the
charges was to get rid of hlrr
Always the Lowest
5000 of Women's Black Stockings of every
style and high-class, imported grades Fine
black lisle lace boots, allover laces, gauze
lisle, gauze cotton, garter tops, crowfoot; in
fact black hosiery of all descriptions, all fin
est imported qualities, real Hermsdorf dye.
The qualities are equal to those given in our
famous 29c sales, and the fine weaves and
desirable color make these the greatest
bargains of the season. Every woman who
wants to be sure of getting her share ought
to be here early in the morning. Regular
50c, 75c, 85c values. A bargain that will
bring an enthusiastic crowd of
shoppers, at only
on you. Extra wrappers to save you
Orders. See window display.
M YORK IN STRIKE ZONE
TELEGRAPHERS THERE ORDERED
TO PREPARE.
Ready to Go Out at Moment's Notice.
2,600 Men Affected la
Gotham Alone.
NEW TORK, July 12. Announcement
was made by the Telegraphers' Union
tonight that all the men here, 2600 In
number, in both the Western Union and
Postal companies, had been notified by
National Secretary-Treasurer Wesley
Russell to hold themselves in readiness
to go out at any moment.
Tonight's announcement was given out
by Charles E. Mclnerny, secretary-treasurer
of Local No. 16, of the Telegraphers'
Union. Everything depends on the suc
cess or failure of United States Commis
sioner Nelll to bring an end to the trou
ble In San Francisco.
"It will not be necessary to call a meet
ing of the local to take a vote when we
receive the order to strike," Bald Secre
tary Mclnerny. "This Is one of the cases
where such a formality can and will be
overruled. The strike will be against
both the Western Union and Postal com
panies, though the main grievance is
against the Western Union. President
Clowry, of the Western Union, notwith
standing his statements from time to
The Kidneys
When they are weak, torpid, or stagnant,
the whole system suffers. Don't neglect
them at this time, bat heed the warning of
the aching back, the bloated face, the sallow
complexion, the urinary disorder, and begin
treatment at once with
Hood's Sarsaparilla
which contains the best and safest curative
substances.
In nsnal liquid form or tn chocolated
tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $L
WEDDING
AND VISITING CARDS
W.G.SMITH6C0.
WASHINGTON BUILDING
Fourth and. Washington Streets
Waist Sale
Great Summer Sale of
Lingerie Waists offers
startling values not ad
vertised. Price reduc
tions sensational.
29c
time. None C O. D. No phone
time, has shown no inclination to live up
to the pledges he gave In his letter to
United States Commissioner Nelll. The
situation is getting worse. Instead of
better."
Postmaster at Seaside.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 12. Presi
dent Roosevelt today appointed Edwin
S. Abbott. Postmaster at Seaside. Or.
, COFFEE
Schilling's Best is five
degrees of goodness, be
ginning with good.
Your grocer returns your money if you don't
like Schilling's Best; we pay him.
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CLUPCCO SHRUNK
Collar:
Quarter Sizes, ijc each, a for 350.
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SICK HEADACHE
Positirely cured by theso
little Pills.
They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A pan.
feet remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi.
ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongncj
Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. Tay
Regulate the Bowels., Purely Vegetable.
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