THE MORXIXG OREGOMAX, WEDNESDAY, JUXiY Z4, lOT.
GRAFTERS TELL
PRICE DF VOTES
Lonergan's Wife Corroborates
. His Story of Selling to
Halsey.
WILSON CONFESSES SINS
former Supervisor Admits Taking
Money lYora . Both Telephone
Companies Fire Most Conven
iently Destroys Evidence.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. Mrs. Anna
Leone Lonergan, wife of Supervisor J. F.
Lonergan. was a witness today for tho
prosecution in the Louis Glass bribery
trial. She was the second woman thus
far to testify since the commencement of
the bribery-gTaft proceedings. She cor
roborated the testimony of her husband
that he accepted J4000 from T. V. Halsey,
of the Pacific States Telephone Company
to vote against the granting of a rival
franchise to the Home Telephone Com
pany. She said her husband brought the
moriey home in bills and gave it to her.
Supervisor M. W. Coffey" testified that he
accepted a bribe of J500O from Halsey
under the conditions stated, but he denied
that the vote was thereby Influenced.
Price of Wilson's Vote.
Ex-Supervisor Andrew M. Wilson, who
is now State Railroad Commissioner, was
the first witness at the afternoon session.
Mr. Wilson testified that Halsey had
handed him $5000 and had stated that he
wanted Wilson to be a friend of the com
pany and to look out for its Interests. The
ordinance granting a franchise to the
Home Telephone Company had not at
that time been passed. In addition, Halsey
had paid him $2500 if he would continue in
the employ of the Pacific States Tele
phone Company.
On cross-examination by Mr. Delmas
for the defense, Mr. Wilson testified that
he had been promised immunity by Chair
man Gallagher, of the Board of Super
visors, if he would testify for the prose
cution. This promise of immunity had
been made at a meeting of the Board of
Supervisors.
Double Cross for Sunset.
On February 20 Wilson said he
voted for the franchise to the Home
Telephone Company-and received $3500,
given him by Gallagher. This was
after he had received $7500 for his op
position to the granting of the same
franchise. He did not know from
whom Gallagher obtained the money,
but had been given to understand by
Gallagher that it would be political
suicide if he did not vote with the ad
ministration In favor of the Home Tele
phone Company for the franchise.
Wilson testified that he received $500
In gold in "January, 1906, for his vote
in favor of the granting of the license
to the so-called prize-fight trust.
Wilson also said he was paid $750
for his vote establishing the 85-cent
gas rate.
Price of Trolley Vote.
In response to a question by Mr. Del
mas, Mr. Wilson said he received $10,
000 for his vote In favor of the grant
ing of the trolley franchise at the time
that the United Railroads system was
electrlcized. The money was given
him by Gallagher in currency. He had
heard that the other Supervisors were
to get $4000.
W. W. Eaton, treasurer of the Pacific
States Telephone Company, was then
reralled to the stand and Mr. Heney
asked him:
"You testified that Mr. Zimmer
brought checks to you amounting to
$40,000 or $50,000. Was there any
memorandum kept?"
"Yes, but the memorandum was de
stroyed In the fire."
"Were these checks entered on a
separate tag?" Mr. Heney asked.
This question brought about an ex
tended argument between counsel as to
the admissibility of such testimony.
MAYOR WELCOMES DELEGATES
Taylor Makes First Public Appear
ance Since Election.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. The
opening day of the first industrial
peace conference ever held in San
Francisco was marked by strong ad
dresses and a warm enthusiasm on the
part of the delegates that augured well
for the success of the effort to bring
about better relations between employ
er and employes in this city. At the
afternoon and evening sessions fully
1200 were in attendance and close at
tention and applause was evidence of
the earnestness with which delegates
and listeners were working on the
problems before them.
1 The day was chiefly notable for the
first public appearance of Mayor Edward
R. Taylor since he assumed the Mayoral
ty. He formally welcomed the delegates
to the city In a ringing address that was
repeatedly interrupted with cheers and
the waving of handkerchiefs. In the
course of his address Mayor Taylor said:
"Let us refuse to be ruled in municipal
matter by parties or politics. . Let us
cease to Inquire whether a man is a Dem
ocrat or a Republican, a union man or a
non-union man. Let us look only to the
man."
And he announced his policy in the ad
ministration . of his office in the words:
"It shall be one of my most imperative
duties to restore the charter."
The afternoon session was consumed
in transacting the necessary routine
"business.
Professor Adolph Miller, of the Uni
versity of California, was chosen per
manent chairman.
At the afternoon session, in addition
to the Address of Mayor Taylor, there
were addresses by A. W. Scott, Pro
fessor Miller, Mr. Fairfax Whelan a'd
W. J. French.
James I). Phelnn. James G. Maguire
and Lincoln J. Steffens spoke at the
evening session.
CHANGE MOTIVE POWER?
Great Northern to Erect Power
Houses to Generate Electricity.
WASHINGTON, . July 23. (Special.)
The Forest Service today issued a permit
to allow the Northern Railroad to erect
two dams and two power plants in the
Yakima division of the Washington For
est Reserve for the purpose of gener
ating electricity by utilizing the water
powers on which it had filed. The com
pany Is also given the right to occupy a
right-of-way 100 feet wide and 10 miles
long for transmitting its power across
the reserve. This is taken to mean that
the Great Northern is preparing to sub
stitute electricity for steam on part of
its road, this change having been hinted
at by representatives of the Great
Northern at a recent hoarlng before the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
MAY BE MARS TALKING
Curious Record Through Wireless on
a Mountain Station.
Metropolitan Magazine.
Strange things are happening. For
some time past toward midnight the
receivers of the wireless telegraph sta
tions have registered," and for a long
period at a time, the signal three dots,
which is persistently repeated. It has
been proved, 'after investigation, that
from no earthly station haa such a
message been sent at such a time.
What, then, is this mysterious call?
These three dots singularly recall
three points of light which were ob
served on the planet Mars in 1901.
Midnight. ' Tap-tap-tap! Tap-tap-tap!
Tap-tap-tap! Three sharp little
knocks, short and hurried, sound In
sistently In the vast silence of the
Marconi station. The sleeping em
ployes are awakened with a start, and,
frightened and vaguely anxious, they
look at each other.
"Did you hear it? It is beginning
again. What Is It, and who on earth
can be sending It?" '
"Don't you know your Morse alpha
bet? Three short dashes mean 8.
Will that receiver never stop sound
ing S ... 8 ... S when no
one knows why it is repeating It? It
gets on one's nerves listen 1"
Tap-tap-tap '. Tap-tap-tap! "Tea, it
is true, but what can we do? Every
night this happens at midnight. As
long as S Is being telegraphed, the
receiver will register It. When they
have had enough of it they will stop."
But in the loneliness of their sta
tions so lost and solitary at the end
of the promontory, the employes at
the wireless telegraph station feel. In
the oppressive silence of the deserted
night, those painful jhlvers which the
black wing of mystery sends creeping
up the back as it files near. For
several days past these three taps
have been obstinately repeated. In
quiries have been made tit all the sta
tions in the whole world. No one has
sent forth such a message. Someone
is telegraphing, but not from this
world. It must be, then, that the mes
sage comes from somewhere beyond.
What is this obstinate little voice that
calls to us in the darkness across the
cold immensity of sidereal space.
Three dots? Wait a moment why in
1892 and again in 1901 the observers
of the heavens were talking about
three dots. During those two years,
through the most powerful telescopes,
a triangle made of three luminous
dots was distinguishable on the planet
Mars, small to our sight, but in' reality
immense, a triangle whose sides
measured several hundred kilometers
in length. TheBe luminous spots stood
out in dazzling whiteness against the
blood-red background of Mars.
KILLED BY BLANK CHARGE
Private Dead, Four Injured at Bat
tery Bradford.
FORT PLUM, Mare Island, July 23.
By a premature explosion of a blank
charge of one of the 6-inch rifle guns at
.Battery Bradford today Private George
Hammond, of the One Hundredth Com
pany, Coast Artillery, U. S. A., was killed,
and four others were injured, one man
seriously.
The injured: Sergeant Bejamin W.
Banks, who may lose the sight of hoth
eyes, and Private Hayes, both of the One
Hundredth Company; Private John Mc
Hugh and- Private Joseph McHugh, a
brother, burned on the face. The two
last-named . men are members of Com
pany K, Third Infantry, Connecticut Na
tional Guards.
Private Hammond received the full
charge of ignited powder, tearing away
his shoulder and arm. His home is in
Talbot, Tenn. Sergeant Banks is in the
hospital. Th .other injured are In their
quarters, suffering severely.
The men, under the direction of Lieu
tenant Joseph M. Myers, were engaged
in repelling an imaginary enemy. It is
believed the blank was placed in the
breech and that a burning ember was
left there unnoticed and ignited the
powder.
UNVEIL MORTON MONUMENT
Campfire Concludes Exercises In
Memory ofIndiana Executive.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 23.-A campfire
at Tomllnson Hall concluded the exercises
attendant upon the unveiling of the monu
ment to Oliver P. Morton, Indiana's war
Governor, this afternoon. Vice-President
Fairbanks and R. B. Brown, commander-in-chief
of the G. A. R., were the prin
cipal speakers at the campfire.
The oft-repeated prayer of Mrs. Mor
ton that she live to see the unveiling of
the monument to her illustrious husband
was partially answered today. She was
not permitted to view the unveiling, how
ever, as her physician forbade the aged
woman from leaving her honfe. Mrs.
Morton has been in feeble health for
some years. " . I
Governor J. Frank Hanly of Indiana
accepted the statue for the state. A
parade of state troops and veterans of the
Civil War preceded the unveiling.
Wauled Money From President.
WASHINGTON, July 23. (Special.)
August Franke, of Seattle, is detained in
an "Hsylum in this city, pending the pro
curement of proof that he has a legal
residence at Seattle. When this ia ob
tained, Franke will be sent home to be
turned over to the state authorities for
proper care. He came here last month
to collect $100,000 from the Government,
and when he undertook to see the Presi
dent and demand payment, he was taken
into custody and has been under treat
ment ever since.
Loggers Pile Up Runs.
LITTLE FALLS. Wash., July 23.
(Special.) In an exciting game of
baseball between the Fleets and the
Stillwater Lumber Company's loggers
on the Little Falls diamond, the Log
gers won out by a score of 23 to 18.
In a game between the first team
of Little Falls and a team from Lewis
County the locals won by a score of
4 to 3. Wallace. of Little Falls,
struck out 17 men, and Schriver, of
Lewis, struck out 9.
Glidden Cars Leave Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, July 23. The auto
mobtlists who are upon the annual
tour of the American Automobile Asso
ciation for the Glidden and Hower
trophies, resumed their Journey on'
schedule time today. The itinerary
provided for a run to Philadelphia over
a course 172 miles in' length and a
time limit of 10 hours and 30 minute.
An easy run was anticipated, for the
road is macadamized all the way.
Creates Forest Reserve In Alaska.
WASHINGTON. D. C, July 23. (Spe
cial.) The President today signed a proc
lamation creating the Chugatch forest re
serve in Alaska, embracing 858,000 acres of
forest land south of the main divide of
the Chugatch Mountains and between
Copper River and the west coast of
Prince William Sound.
Canton Linen
We have just received a large
shipment White Canton Dress
Linen which we bought at very
special prices, and we will sup
ply all demands. This splen
did fabric is regularly worth
$1.50 the yard. We are selling
it specially at the 7Qf
low price of, yard.... OC
A
Sale
Any Woman 9 3 $5. 00 Tan Shoe $3. 19
A sweeping Bpecial take3 id any tan high shoe we have worth to $5.00. This
means choice of many, many dozen pairs of any shade of tan shoes, with light
or heavy soles, of button shoes, lace sh oes, regular Oxford, blucher-cut shoes
in soft leather for dress wear, smart walking
boots and tan shoes from the very best makers in
the country: worth to $5.00: for today
only
Bathing Suits Are Cheap Now
.Sffyl,.egg" gal
Sale GST
Here's a bargain in decorated German China Dinner Sets. China
that anybody would be proud to have on their table, comes in dainty
shapes, and very pretty decoration s. Just 28 sets in all to sell. Those
who come promptly find substantial savings and a good range of choice.
100-piece sets, regularly 100-piece sets, regularly
worth $20.00, tf A (f worth $18.00,. CIO Zfl
special for 4lt.UU 6pecial for pl.OU
Haviland Decorated French China
51-pc. Dinner Set, $27.75 value, special $19.40
100-pc. Dinner Set, $35.00 value, special '. 525.21
100-pc. Dinner Set, $37.50 value, special 30.00
100-pc. Dinner Set, $53.75 value, special Sj537.50
102-pc. Dinner Set, $56.00 value, special 539.25
117-pc. Dinner Set, value $102.50, special 579.00
DEMENTED XEW YORKER IjAT
ER WOIXDS MERCHANT.
.
After Injuring Girl Charles Warner
Runs Amuck Until He Is Felled
by a Truckman.
NEW YORK. July 23. Misa Esther
Norling. 23 years of age, of Ridgefleld
Park, N. J., was shot and killed early to
day. It Is alleged, by Charles Warner, her
former employe-, as she was entering a
haberdasher store on West Twelfth
street, where she was employed as a
bookkeeper. Warner, It is charged by
the police, fired several shots at A. R.
Splcer. the manager of the store, while
escaping. Warner fled to the store of A.
G. Spauldlng & Company, and although
20 policemen surrounded the building and
searched it thoroughly, no trace of War
ner could be found. The police believe he
was unbalanced by business reverses and
other troubles.
Miss Norling had reached the door of
the storo when a shot was fired. Miss
Norling half reeled and looked at the
man who had fired.
"It's Charley Warner; he ehot me,"
sh cried.
Warner aliuved out of the door. A mes
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FIFTH STREET
PORTLAND AGENTS ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS
of Sho
A LIST OF SPECIALS FOR TODAY THAT SHOULD PUT ALL
ECONOMICAL PEOPLE ON THE "RISE EARLY AND COME" LIST
3 1
O
WOMEN'S HOUSE SLIPPERS Ten styles to
choose from;t come . in patent or QQ
kid ; worth to $2.50 ; choice V "
MEN'S BLACK HUNTING BOOTS 12 inches
high; viscolized double sole, that runs to heel)
regularly worth $5.00; special to
day at
The $7.50 grade for.
A special sale for today on Misses' and Women's Bath
ing Suits in several qualities, made of good material and
very tastefully trimmed. Note carefully the sizes we men
tion in each lot, and come prepared for a bathing suit bargain
that you will appreciate.
MISSES' BATHING SUITS,
made of brilliantine, pret
tily trimmed with fancy
braids, sizes 12 and 14; reg
ular $5.00 val
&!.$3.56
ues; special,
MISSES' BRILLIANTINE
.BATHING SUITS, neatly
trimmed ; sell regularly at
$4.50; sizes 12, 14 and 16;
your choice at f Q 1 f
special pJ.lJ
WOMEN'S BRILLIANTINE
.BATHING SUITS, in pret
ty jumper styles, neat blue
material, trimmed with.
s white braid; sizes 34, 36
and 38. An excellent $9.00
value ; on sale y
rjrr . Today at
We have all bathing suit accessories,- shoes, stockings,
caps, etc., and they are all low price too.
Dinner Set
senger boy saw him running with a re
volver and threw a brick which struck
the fleeing man In the back. Angered,
Warner turned and fired at the boy.
His aim was bad and he threw the
weapon at the t.oy.
Splcer, who was chasing Warner, saw
the gun and made a dash for it, as did
Warner. Seizing it before Splcer could
reach it he turned and sped up the street
to the Spaulrling establishment. Police
men, attracted by the shooting, sur
rounded the building and Policeman
Walsh, -seeing Warner fleeing up the
winding stairways to the second floor,
darted after him. The police hesitated as
he tired a shot at Walsh and when they
recovered themselves Warner had es
caped. Spicer eaid Warner, who ia about 65
years of age, had been calling for Miss
Norling each evening and that she had
complained that his attentions annoyed
her.
Warner later appeared at the hat store
of John C. Wilson, whom he knew, and
asked for a loan of J10. When Wilson
turned to get the money, Warner shot
him In the back and arm. Inflicting
wounds that are thought to toe fatal.
Warner then fled but was intercepted by
a truckman. Warner shot at him but
missed.
The truckman, to save his life, felled
Warner with a cotton hook. Inflicting a
fatal Injury. Warner vat hurried to a
hospital.
Killed by Expjoslon In Practice.
NEW LONDON. Conn., July 23. Pri
vate Hammond, of the One Hundredth
Company, a regular artilleryman, was
WASHINGTON STREET
es For
ments of styles
blue. There
a rjair. Choice
onlv at
$3.49
that you will
special
.$5.69
WOMEN'S BATHING
SUITS of Brilliantine, in
blue, black or brown; very
prettily trimmed; $7.50 and
$9.00 values; sizes 32 and
34 only, at A Q O
special the suit pT.i'J
WOMEN'S BATHING
SUITS of blue or brown
brilliantine, trimmed with
white braid; sizes 32 and
34 only; regular $6.00 val
ues; on sale at
$4.39
special
WOMEN'S BATHING
.SUITS of fine, blue bril
liantine, neatly trimmed in
assorted designs. A superb
$5.00 value, but we have
size 32 only; special for
O Q
Today at, only
"$3.19
the. suit . .
A Special on
Childs9 Sweaters
All-wool Sweaters for misses or
children ; come in many differ
ent styles; slip over neck or
button down front. Plain
white or colors, or in fancy
combinations, for little ladies
from 2 to 14 years of age.
Regularly priced at 90c, to
$3.75; special at 60J to
$2.50
killed and three members of Company
K, Third Infantry,. Connecticut Na
tional Guard of Bridgeport, were
injured in an accident at Fort Terry,
Plum Island. New York, today. Ham
mond was killed and the three mem
bers of Company K were injured by
the explosion of a bag of powder in
one of the .six-inch batteries during
a sham attack upon the forts.
REFUSE THE CITY BONDS
Trust Company Will Not .ccept
Issue for Erection of City Hall.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 23.
(Special.) It was made known today
for the first time that the Harris Trust
Company, of Chicago, has refused to
take over the 100,000 bonds for which
they were awarded the contract some
time ago for the erection of the new
City Hall. The bonding company
maintains that It haa refused to
accept the bonds on the grounds that
the $133,000 water debt should be In
cluded on the common 5 per cent fund
while the Washington state law pro
vides that It ehall be in a special 5 per
cent fund. This at last explains
the delay on the work of erecting the
City Hall, which was abandoned last
week.
Rev. 3. C. Cox, who rowed In th uni
ereity eight In the race of 1842, when Ox
ford won its first victory on the Thames,
has just. died, at the ace of 87.
SIXTH STREET
rnmer
Any Woman9 s Canvas Shoes $1.89
Here is a sale of cool Slimmer Shoes that is really a wonder. They are an ideal
Summer shoe, and you. will find plenty of use for them this season when white
is so popular. This sale gives you unrestricted choice of hundreds of pairs
of neat, stylish oxfords. There are many styles in canvas, also splendid assort
in green, gray, brown, tan, pink
are shoes in the lot worth to $3.00
for today
W -U
INFANTS' SHOES Spring heels; in kid or pat--'
ent leather; every pair in the lot worth from
$1.25 to $2.00, and th'ey come in sizes
6 to 11;' choice
MEN'S- SHOES AND OXFORDS In patent or
plain calf; six styles to choose from, and shoes
say are worth $3.50 ;
$2.69
Kimonosf$lM
Lovely
Lawn
WOMEN'S LONG KIMONOS
of prettily figured ,vn trirn'd
with bands of the same ma
terial, and plain colors. Light
weight garments for hot
. . weather house wear, well
made, good material; in light
colors; mostly regularly
worth to $2.00; . 1 OQ
special . pl7
WOMEN'S SHIRTWAISTS SUITS
Worth to A Q
$35.00 pi.ro
V ery dressy, swagger Costumes of
plain or fancy silks and nicely
trimmed. The plain colors are blue,
blacks, and browns. The fancies are
in plaids, stripes and checked effects.
They are trimmed with lace, braid
and buttons; worth 01 A. OC
to $35; special plt.Z?&
WOMEN'S WOOL- SKIRTS
skirts come in fine wool mixtures, light colors. Most of them
in the very popular plaited style. Some are quite plain
tailored models. They are well made and hand-tailored.
Good styles, good values at
nrir.es todnv
i -
Choice of Trimmed Hats to $10 98c
Chic, jaunty, dressy affairs they are, too. Smart
Trimmed Hats with plenty of go and style to them.
Many different materials to choose from and a
wealth of choice and good colors. Wings, flowers,
foliage and ribbons placed by the hands of experts
form pleasing effects in trimming; choice 'today
from $6.00 to $10.00 Hats for .; 98c
WOMEN'S READY-TO-WEAR
.HATS; regularly worth to $3.50
each; sell Today ioTQ3c
onlv JJ-
DRESS SHAPES, regularly
worth up to $5.00, sell 9Q.
at 63$ and Ji7l
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rut lAIllu run urt
ARCHIE ROOSEVE1TS PET BAN
ISHED FROM WASHINGTON.
Bulldog That Treed French Ambas
sador Ends Career as Dictator of
White House Lawn.
WASHINGTON. July 23. fSpecial.)
Pete, Archie Roosevelt's pet bulldog, has
been banished for keeps. The President
commuted the death sentence at the re
quest of Archie to exile for life, and
Pete, who moved fast in diplomatic and
other official society in Washington,
never again will rule supreme over the
lawn at the White House.
Pete got along fairly well until he com
menced to chew up common folks. A
lineman from a telegraph company had
Peptiron Pills
Ironize the blood. fed th nrre nd brain, ton
tne stomach, aid dicesuon. una cive iweti. riiiu,
natural sleep. 50c. or W- IruBgiia or by mail of a.
Hood's Pills?'
The best
stive
cathartic
After-dinner pill , purely vegetable- easy to take,
easy to operate. 2. Druttirlst or matt. C. I.
fioodCo. Lowell. IX Made lur Bood It's Good.
A Curtain Sale
Curtains wor th $8.50 C? 7C
pair, special price.
Curtains worth $9.0
pair, special price.
Curtains worth $9.00 ff
Curtains worth $9.50 & y Q
pair, special price .. P 9
Curtains worth $10.50 f O O E
pair, special price . .P
ear
or
Special one-half .price
These
T7 TT T
w
regular Cno f-f-If
V-ZlC-2011
DUCK TAM , O
SHANTERS,
extremely smart headgear for
Summer wear; bargains for
Today, and the 75c kind
sell for $iC
occasion to go In the yard where Pete
was confined and Pete took a few bites
out of him.
Complaint was made to the PreFldent
and .the President went to Washington
for the dog. Securely muzzled. Pete,
who treed the French Ambassador, was
carried from Washington into perpetual
exile.
Straw hats Ftill going at sale prices, at
Robinson & Co.'s. See pa(?e 12. -
CLUPCCO SHRUNK
I Collar. I
Quarter Size, 15c each, a for 35c.
v. CLUCTT, PEABODY A CO., 5?
f.vkeri of Clntt kod Uoatreh Shirt.
ALASKA
m AND BACK
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249 Washington Si.