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TF 3I0RMXG OREG0XIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1908.
WEBSTER URGES -HALL'S
ACQUITTAL
Able and Earnest Argument Is
Made in Ex-United States
, Attorney's Behalf.
ELOQUENT PLEA TO JURY
Attorney for Defense Contends That
the Government Has Utterly
Palled to Support Charge
of Conspiracy.
CASK REACHES JCRY SATURDAY
Judge "W'ehster, for the defense, will
not conclude hl argument to the Jury
In the John H. Hall conspiracy case
before noon today. Francis J. Henry,
for the Government, will follow, and
hlsj closing address will occupy the
afternoon session. Judge Hunt will
probably Instruct the Jury tomorrow
morning so that the case will finally
go to the Jury shortly before noon
Saturday.
Ably and with Intense earnestness Judge
Lionel R. Webster yesterday advocated
the cause of John H. Hay, ex-United
States Attorney, before a Jury in the
United States Court. Counsel was unable
to conclude before court adjourned at 5
o'clock and will resume this morning: at
30 o'clock. Although his argument was
confined to a review of the teetimony
almost exclusively. Judge Webster pleaded
loyally and eloquently In behalf of the
man who for years had been his faithful
and Intimate personal and political friend.
Judge Webster prefaced his address
with a brief discussion of the responsible
duty of a Juror together wlt a definition
of the charge of a conspiracy on which
Hall Is being tried. At the outset of his
remarks, counsel for the defendant took
issue with Mr. Heney, who, In his
opening argument Wednesday, asserted
that the failure of prosecuting officials to
discharge their duty and to enforce the
laws was rotting and decaying the very
foundation of a republican form of gov
ernment. Judge Webster denied that the adminis
tration of justice in this country was of
such a character that suggested alarm
but he declared that the danger lay In
the possibility of Jurors, sitting In the
trial of accused men, being Influenced In
their verdicts by facts and circumstances
entirely foreign to the specific viola
tion with which the man on trial was
charged. He then cailed the attention of
the Jurors to the fact that in the Hall
case they should not consider evidence
extraneous to the case under considera
tion when deliberating on a verdict.
Denies Conspiracy Agreement.
It was repeatedly emphasized by Judge
Webster that It was Incumbent on the
prosecution to show that an agreement
actually was entered into between Hall
and the other defendants before, under
the Indictment, the conspiracy charge
could be established. He quoted from
the Indictment which charged Hall and
the other defendants with conspiring to
rommit an offense by "preventing and
obstructing the free and unobstructed
passage and transit over and through
certain public lands." Reviewing the tes
timony of the Government, Judge
Webster maintained that there was no
evidence to show that Hall had ever en
tered into an agreement or understanding
of any kind with any of the defendants.
As to the alleged conversations Hendricks
and Steiwer each had with Hall, counsel
denied that there was the slightest
evidence of an agreement having been
formed between the parties. Further
more, Judge Webster referred to the fact
that the Indictment charged that the con
spiracy was entered Into on February 15,
1902, while the alleged conversations of
Hendricks and Steiwer with Hall, when
the conspiracy was presumed to have had
its Inception, were held more than a year
prior to the date of the alleged unlaw
ful understanding charged In the Indict
ment. Judge Webster contended that for years,
even subsequent to the passage of the
act of 18K5, the public lands of the coun
try had been very generally trespassed on.
He averred that the offense was not con
sidered serious by the Government, whose
policy had been not to be too rigid in the
enforcement of the fencing law. Be
sides, persons maintaining unlawful en
closures were frequently granted exten
sion of time In which to remove the
fences complained of. In support of this
contention. Judge Webster referred to
President Roosevelt's message of Decem
ber 3 last. In that document, the Presi
dent admitted that the act of 18S5 was a
had law but pointed out that all of the
fences, whether they were hurtful or
beneficial to actual settlers, were unlaw
ful and must be removed. In that mes
sage the President said he considered it
an outrage that the Administration should
be obliged to demand the enforcement of
such a law but It was Intimated that
only through the vigorous enforcement of
this statute could Congress be expected
to awaken to a realization of the. situa
tion and enact legislation providing that
the public lands should be leased. That
these unlawful enclosures were patiently
tolerated by the Interior Department until
as late as 1907 was another contention of
Judge Webster, who quoted from Secre
tary Hitchcock's report to Commissioner
Richards in January of last year, when
that official directed that steps be taken
to effect the removal of all such fences
on April 1, last.
Delays in Trials Charged.
But why should there have been such
a demand for the Immediate prosecution
of the unlawful fencers? inquired Judge
Webster. He referred to the fact that
more than three years ago many residents
of the state were Indicted by a Federal
Brand Jury for land frauds. Several -of
them had insisted on being tried ' but
the cases were delayed while the ac
cused were help up before the public,
charged with a serious offense against the
Government. In fact, asserted Judge
Webster, the case on trial was not brought
Into court until Hall had gone to Wash
ington and personally demanded that he
be given a trial.
While discussing the apparent laxity
of the Government In enforcing the fence
law. Judge Webster eharged that the
first case In which a prosecution was
made In this state for maintaining unlaw
ful enclosure of public land was brought
by Hall In 1!KX) in the Jesse Carr case. He
further represented that not a single
prosecution of the kind has been in
xtituted in the United States Court for the
I)itrlct of Oregon since Hall left the
office of United States Attorney December
31. 1904.
Judge Webster referred to several of
the witnesses that hud been called? by the
Government to prove the alleged con
spiracy against Hall. Counsel charged
that ths failure of Heney to call C. E.
Loomis, an ex-Special Agent, was In It
self an admission that the testimony of
Loomis would have been damaging to the
prosecution and favorable to Hall.' As an
excuse, said Webster, the Government's
prosecutor says the reason Loomls was
not called was because his word could
not be believed on oath. But, followed
counsel for the defendant, after believ
ing Hendricks, Zaehary, Brownell. Sdren
sen and Stelwcr, all of whom had either
been convicted or were charged with per
jury, why should the prosecution disbe
lieve anybody? .
Political Situation Reviewed.
Judge Webster briefly reviewed the
political situation in Oregon in 1901. when
the Republican party, he said was di
vided into two factions the Simon and
the Mitchell wings. Steiwer, he said, was
an avowed member of the Simon faction,
while Hall and Hendricks were affiliated
with the Mitchell element, the lines be
tween the two factions being more sharp
ly drawn than between the Republican
and Democratic parties. He ridiculed the
idea that Hall under the circumstances
could or did exert any Influence over
Steiwer, as alleged by the Government,
in the election of United States Senator.
The records, asserted Judge Webster,
showed that Steiwer at the 1901 session
voted consistently all the time for H. W.
Corbett, and at no time supported either
McBride or Mitchell. Had Hall gone into
the conspiracy with Steiwer and others,
as charged In the indictment, in order to
control Steiwer's vote for Senator, as
contended by Heney, and then failed to
keep his part of the agreement, . would
not something have been said by which
the character of the alleged conspiracy
would have been disclosed? asked Judge
Webster.
"Hall has been .charged with having
had an Interest in the politics of the
state," said Judge Webster. "Thera, is
no reason why he should not have taken
an Interest in politics. The country will
be the better off when every man makes
politics a part otf his business. It is a
business of the American citizen and
should not be neglected. He should know
something about political conditions and
should know public men. Not all poli
ticians are Belf-serving. There are many
who through friendship and devotion to
principle do what they can to make the
state the better for their having lived."
WANT STOHM III-SEATTLE
POLICE OF THAT CITY CHARGE
HIM WITH ROBBERY.
Young Man Who Boasted of 50 0
Hold-nps May Be Sent Back
to Sound Metropolis.
That he has committed 500 highway
robberies is the boast made by William
Storm, a well-dressed and intelligent ap
pearing young fellow held in custody by
the local police at the request of the Seat
tle authorities. William Storm is the
name of the robber, although during the
past five years he has traveled under a
dozen "or more aliases. He admits that
he has been following robbery as a busi
ness and has fared well In his nefarious
trade.
Whether he has really held up 500 men.
as he says, may or may not be true. The
police are Inclined to believe he is exag
gerating. It is known, however, that he
has been active for the past year and that
at least a score of Seattle residents have
had tha doubtful pleasure of peering
down the muzzle of his revolver.
Storm, who looks more like a college
man than a thug, was arrested by the
police on information furnished by James
White, a clerk. White says Storm want
ed him to go Into the holdup" business
with him, saying there was no danger
and large profits. Later White told of
the proposal.
When arrested Storm was armed. When
arraigned In the Municipal Court yester
day, he explained his ownership of the
gun by saying he was unknown here and
had the weapon to protect himself with
In the event he should get into trouble.
While he was being examined a letter
was received from the Seattle authorities
containing a photograph of a young thug
wanted in that city. It was clearly the
picture of Storm. The picture was hand
ed to Judge Cameron, who held it before
Storm and asked him if he had ever seen
the picture. Without changing color.
Storm said ho was unacquainted with the
original of the photogroph.
Afterwards, however, he saw he was
cornered and dropped the bluff. When
taken into the detectives' room he ad
mitted being the robber wanted in Seattle
and then said laconically that he had
"done 500 stickups" in his day.
In order that he might be held pending
a full investigation of his record. Judge
Cameron sentenced the young man to 10
days In the City -Jail on a vagrancy
charge.
BANKS WIPE OUT DEBT
Loan Certificates Issued by Clearing-House
Are Canceled.
That every dollar of the- loan certifi
cates issued by the Portland . Clearlng
House Association to the local banks to
aid them in making thler clearings dur
ing the recent stringency has been paid
Is the cheering news contained in the re
port of the loan commmittee of the
clearing-house to the association. The
committee held a meeting yesterday to
prepare this report. Loan certlfionto. m
-the total of Jl.000.000 were issued by the
association, ana tney were of consider
able assistance in the time of financial
stress. All the banks have paid their
loans in full.
The clearing-house certificates in com
mon circulation in Portland durimr the
stringency, amounting to over $1,000,000,
all have been redeemed with the excep
tion of about $17,000. The banks are fak
ing this paper up as fast as they can
get hold of It, and would have disposed
of all the emergency money if it had been
presented. The small amount still out
standing soon will be redeemed.
The loan committee of the clearing
house is composed of B. A. Wyld, of the
Security Savings Bank: A. L. Mills, of
the First National, and R. Lea Barnes,
of the United States National.
CHANCE FOR PAPERMAKERS
Coast Mills to Have Same Opportu
nity as Easterners.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 6. Senator Ankeny and
Representative Humphrey have secured
an agreement from the Bureau of In
sular Affairs that next year it will ask
the Public Printer to' Include in his next
annual call for bids for paper an invita
tion for separate bids for the Philippines,
f. o. b. Manila. This will offer manu
facturers on the Pacific Coast an oppor
tunity to compete on paper for tho Phil
ippines and will also retain for the Bu
reau the option to accept Government
Printing Office prices, f. o. b. New York,
should they prove more favorable than
bids for delivery f. o. b. Manila.
The Senator had called the attention
of the Bureau to the fact that the bids
for 1!08 required delivery in New York,
and that this was unfair to the Pacific
Coast manufacturers, who could not bid
under the terms of the call with the fac
tories on the Atlantic Coast. The policy
of the War Department Is to buy from
the office of the Public Printer.
Perfect fitting glasses 1 at Metzger's.
CAHMEN LEARNING
TRAINDISPATCH!NG
School Conducted by Officials
for Employes on 0. W.
P. Division.
WILL FACILITATE TRAFFIC
Standard Railroad System Will Be
Adopted on Mount Scott and
Oregon City Branches Faster
Service and Greater Safety.
Trainmen on the Oregon Water Power
division of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company are attending a school
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING SCENE IN COURTROOM
PlfS- '
in train dispatching that is held In the
men's room at the company building, at
the corner of Hawthorne avenue and
East Water street. Two classes are held
daily and the men are provided with text
books on the subject,- which they take
with them on the cars, and during leisure
moments about their work they study the
subject from the books.
Officials of the company carry on the
school, and within a short time examina
tions will be given the men to determine
the thoroughness with which they have
learned their lessons of the past few
weeks.
The instruction given' the men is pre
liminary to the change In the signal sys
tem of the Oregon City" Una and the
Mount Scott division. Practically the
standard railway system of dispatching
will be adopted, the present telephone
system being done away with as much
as possible. Semaphores will be put in
along the line, and on the Mount Scott
division the block system will be relied
upon almost altogether.
n the Oregon City line the block
signal system will be used for a part of
the distance on the single track road.
Under this system tha road practically
operates itself. On the remainder of the
line the dispatcher will direct the move
ment of trains, and orders will be
handed to each train crew at principal
stations Just as In the dispatching of
steam railroads.
The semaphore system is expected to
add greatly to the safety of travel on
the lines, and is more and more needed
as the density of the traffic is increased.
It will also reduce delays and will re
move a large burden from the dispatcher.
Telephones will be used less than at
present, a large part of the signals being
automatic. t
At Golf Links Junction a signalman
will be on duty all the time that cars
are running. This point has become a
busy Junction, with a number of O. W.
P. lines converging there. This signal
man will govern the movements of trains
at that point and will be in direct com
munication with the chief dispatcher.
The new System of operation will be
put Into effect Just as soon as the appa
ratus is Installed, which will be within a
few weeks. The men are rapidly becom
ing familiar with the new rules, and it
Is expected they will be able to carry
out the new methods of operation without
a hitch when It la put Into effect.
Sutherland Chosen Director.
Curtis G. Sutherland, in charge of the
office of General Manager O'Brien, of
the Harriman lines, has been elected di
rector of the Oregon Railroad & Navi
gation Company, and of tho Oregon &
California Railroad Company, at recent
meetings of the stockholders 'of these
corporations, to succeed the late Colonel
William Crook3. Mr. Sutherland Is also
a director in a number of smaller Harri
man corporations, the Oregon Eastern,
the Oregon Western, and others.
URGES PURE DEMOCRACY
Levi W. Myers Stands Up for State
ment Xo, 1.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) It seems to me that the politi
cians who are trying to discredit the
primary election and the election of
United States Senators by popular vote
do not fully realize the temper of the
people.
The intelligent, thinking elements In
the Ropublican party, especially, are
very much in earnest, and they will
not be baulked.. If they can secure
what they want, through the party,
they will be satisfied, but if they can
not reach it in that way they will try
some other method. A political party
Is not an end, but only a means to an
end. Party is good only so far as it
will give voters what they want. If
it will not give them what they feel
they rightly ought to have, they will
cast It aside.
Men of conscience and principle are
disgusted and feel wronged by the
corrupt party or practice of the past.
They are disgusted with "boss rule"
and the contests and feuds it leads
to. and they will have no more of it.
If the party can be put on fair, decent
ground, it may be revived, and may
regain respectability and prestige
even to the extent of commanding the
admiration and support of The Ore
gonlan. But the old resrirae ought not
and cannot be reinstated. It would be
as easy to put a year-old rooster back,
into the shell that hatched him as to
do that.
The rank and file have decided to
have more to say. In future, in the
formation of tickets and the nomina
tion of candidates, and they want to
do It through the primary election. If
the managers take that away from
them, they will be driven away.
The rank and file are also disgusted
with senatorial elections, as they have
been conducted in the past, and are
determined to correct these abuses.
The body of voters see In the United
States Senate the stronghold and de
fense of corrupting influences in the
Government, and they have resolved
to take a hand in Senatorial elections
In future, and no wheedling or pre
tense will defeat that purpose. Who
over undertakes to defeat It, will be
run over and trampled" under foot. The
common voter sees that it is only
small men who want to climb Mnto
large places, who are afraid of a pop
ular vote. A man really fit for the
place of United States Senator, is not
afraid to' trust his chances with the
people. The small man who wants
more than his personal deserts would
give him, pleads "party," and "loca-
two
tion," "our part of the State," etc.
The really strong man goes beore the
public, conscious of his strength and
worth, and is not afraid that he will
be overlooked or lost in the shuffle.
And so, in my opinion, if the mana
gers defeat the primary election, and
Statement No. 1, as they appear to be
trying to do, they will kill the goose
that might lay golden eggs, if she
were properly treated.
Men can only act continuously to
gether, and political parties can only
be held together, on principle. When
the prominent men of a party descend
to personal motives, they breed con
tention, faction, disgrace and defeat.
It is in the very nature of things that
this should be so, and no skill of po
litical management can prevent it.
There is but one way to party unity,
permanence and success, and that is
by placing principle and high purpose
at the head of the procession, and
then marching to the music they make.
LEVI W. MYERS.
FIRST CLASS GRADUATES
TWELVE STUDENTS LEAVE EAST
SIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
Rev. George B. Van Waters Delivers
Address to Scholars Completing
Course Auditorium Crowded.
The first class graduated from the East
Side High School last night. The audi
torium was crowded with the relatives
and friends of the pupils and the plat
form was appropriately decorated with
Oregon grape. Professor H. H Hefdman,
tha principal, delivered a brief address of
welcome, remarking that It was not only
the first commencement day, but In a
way a dedication of the auditorium:
The programme was opened with a
piano solo by Miss Osie Barlett, which
was followed by a vocal solo "by Dom Zan.
Rev. George Van Waters delivered the
address to the graduating class. His
subject was "Education." He empha
sized the necessity of development of the
powers of mind and independent thinking.
He spoke with pride of the beautiful new
East Side High School building as credit
able to Portland and the state.
H. C. Campbell, of the Board of Educa
tion, presented the diplomas to members
of the class. He spoke of manual training
in the schodls and said he believed in
training the hand and the head at one
and the same time.
1 The .following received diplomas:
English course Edward James Atckison,
Elta Clark, Eva Irene Fortmiller, Kate E.
Hlckllng. Charles Albert Lewis, Jr., Robert
Lynch McDonnell, Paul R. McKercher,
Helen Lois Ostrom.
German course Ralph H. Baug-hman.
Lillian Blaseh. Mary Alda Burke, W. Homer
Marls.
The first honor pupils were: Lillian
Blasen. Elta Clark, Eva Irene Fortmiller,
Kate E. Hlckling, Charles Albert Lewis,
Jr., W. Homer Maris. Robert Lynch Mc
Donnell, Helen Lois Ostrom.
City School Superintendent Rlgler, As
sistant Superintendent Grout, J. V.
Beach and Mrs. L. W. . Sitton, of the
Board of Education, were present.
Actor Dies at Eugene.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) Har
old Graham, an actor who played the
part of Patrick Drew in the "Kerry Gow"
company, died at the Eugene general
hospital this morning of cerebro-spinal
meningitis. He was too eick to appear
when the company played here Monday
night, and was taken to the hospital.
Tomorrow and Monday will positively
be the last days for discount on West Side
gas bills. Portland Gas Co.
COMMISSION'S!
TO BE REQUESTED
South Portland Manufacturers
Sign Petition' for Con
nection of Tracks.
REFUSED BY HARRIMAN
Millmen Will Demand That State
Board Compel Southern Pacific
to Route Cars Over the
Front-Street luine.
A strong petition to the- Oregon Rail
road Commission, asking that body to
compel the Southern Pacific to permit a
AT THE H ALL TRIAL
connection between its tracks and the
tracks of the United Railways will be
made ready for presentation today. It
will bear 17 signatures, each representing
a prominent manufacturing Interest in
South Portland. A part of the signatures
were obtained yesterday. The remainder
will be secured today and the document
will go forward to the Salem headquar
ters of the Railroad Commission not later
than tomorrow.
In case it Is found that the Oregon Rail
road Commission has not power to compel
the connection desired, the manufacturers
will prefer their request to the Interstate
Commerce Commission. They are deter
mined to leave no stone unturned to gain
their end and are confident they will suc
ceed. '
AH that is desired is the laying of about
60 feet of track connectihg the United
Railways line with the Southern Pacific's
Yamhill Division, near the south boundary
of the city. The laying of this track will
cost the Southern Pacific nothing. The
United Railways will put in the rails,
asking only the consent of the Southern
Pacific to connect the two lines. By the
laying of this fiO feet of track, a detour of
96 miles via Whiteson and the West Side
division of the Southern Pacific to reach
the terminal grounds in North Portland
from South Portland can be avoided.
Manufacturers Lose Temper.
The manufacturing Interests of South
Portland, where there are many factories,
have exhausted amicable means to bring
about this connection of the two rail
roads, but without avail. Conferences
have been held with General Freight
Agent Miller of the Oregon lines of the
Harriman system and General Manager
O'Brien has been appealed to. These
sessions have accomplished little and the
final decision of the Harriman Interests
was that the connection would not be
granted.
"After carefully considering this mat
ter, runs General Manager O'Brien's re
ply to the request of the South Portland
manufacturers dated January 22, "we
have decided that we cannot do so for
the reason that the United Railways orig
inates no business in which we are inter
ested, nor can it deliver us any, the road
at present being merely a switching line,
and I cannot see where a connection
would be of any value whatever to this
upon receipt or tms communication, the
manufacturers decided to act. They held
a meeting and mapped out a plan of cam
paign, having for its purpose the securing
of the friendly offices-of the Oregon Rail
road Commission. They will not stop
there, however. If it is necessary to go
further to accomplish their object.
"It would be greatly to our advant
age." said H. H. Jones, manager of the
Jones Lumber Company, which has a
big mill in South Portland, "to have
the connection between the Southern
Pacific and the United Railways tracks
made. Then we would be able to get
cars, when we want them. As matters
stand now, it takes several days to get
a ear, for the Southern Pacific has to
haul the empty from North Portland
about 100 miles around by Whiteson
in order to reach our mill, which is
perhaps a mile from the North- Port
land terminal.
District Bottled TTp.
"The Southern Pacific evidently
thinks (t can hold our business by
shutting out everybody ele, and does
not consider our Interests in the mat
ter. The connection may not do the
Southern Pacific any particular good,
but it will help us. The company wants
to keep us bottled up, but we want an
outlet."
"Because of the differential now
charged by the Southern Pacific on
shingles and lumber for the haul
around via Whiteson, we are forced to
haul our product to the North Port
land terminal yards in order to meet
the competition of other manufacturers
In our line," said W. F. Dillon, man
ager of the Gold Medal Shingle Com
pany, who Is circulating tne petition
to the Oregon Railroad Commission.
"The Southern Pacific has refused
pointblank to give the manufacturers
along the Jefferson street line needed
facilities, and we Intend to insist upon
their doing' the right thing by us.
"Delays in hauling freight around
via Whiteson from South Portland to
the North Portland terminal are detri
mental to the best interests of the
manufacturers and do not permit of
progress In manufacturing that would
be realized If the desired connection
were made. Particularly is this true
of livestock interests In that district.
We have the Zimmerman Packing
Company there, and two days' delay,
as is. not unusual, because of the
roundabout route over the Southern
Pacific lines is very detrimental to that
business."
Suffer by Differential.
"The connection between the two
lines Is very much desired by manu
facturers in the South Portland dis
trict for a number of reasons." as
serted George E. Streeter, manager of
the Pacific Coast Door Company. "There'
is a differential of from 5 to 10 cents
a 100 pounds charged against lumber
products when shipped Into the East
ern Oregon, Idaho and Utah territory.
Shipments destined to points taking
more than the 40-cent rate do not have
to bear the differential. This is a point
against us under the present conditions
and would be removed if we had a
direct route to terminal yards without
having to pay this differential for a
long and useless haul. This differential
is not required of mills down the Co
lumbia River or elsewhere In the state.
"There is another feature that ap
peals to manufacturers In the South
Portland district. During car short
ages It is very difficult to get cars.
They are ordered for us and leave the
terminal yards all right, but on their
long journey around the West Side
and Yamhill divisions to reach us they
are gobbled up by other mills that
want cars Just as bad as we do. We
find it is almost impossible to get
empties during times of car shortage
for this very reason. It is a long haul
around that way and there are many
switches that the empties can run into
on the way. On the other hand, if this
connection Is made, cars can be spotted
for us overnight."
At the Theaters
What the Freas Agents Say.
JOIiXiT FRAXK DAXIEIiS.
FaYorlte Comedian Scores Another
Hit With "Th Tattooed Man."
Tonight and tomorrow night at the Heilig
Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets,
the attraction will be jolly Frank Daniels
and his excellent supporting: company in
Victor Herbert's latest comic-opera success,
"The Tattooed Man." This well-known fa
vorite began his engagement last evening to
a crowded house and Judging from the ap
plause and laughter Mr. Daniels has again
made a big hit with his many Portland ad
mirers. This happy combination of star,
tuneful and catchy melodies together with
Mr. Daniel's always-pretty chorus, about
goes "the limit" for a musloal play. A
special-price matinee will be given tomorrow
afternoon f Seats are selling at the theater
for the engagement.
"DAVID HARUM" MAKES A HIT
Largest Audiences of the Season
Flock to the Baker.
"David Harum" as a play seems to possess
all the magic power to please people that It
does In the book form, and at the Baker this
week has attracted many of the largest
audiences of tho season. Of course all the
Interest centers around David, that original
and whimsical country banker and horse
trader, whom Edward "rVestoott made so
genuine that many people believe he Is a real
character of history.
IVho Gets "Teddy Bear" This Tim?
Tomorrow matinee of "Peck's Bad Boy," at
the Empire, another big "Teddy bear" will
be given the child under 12 who guesses near
est to the correct number of people In the
audience, and since patrons of this popular
theater have learned that thie guessing con
test Is strictly fair and open to all who at
tend, a great deal of Interest and keen com
petition has been the result.
"The Train Robbers."
Three more performances remain of "The
Train Robbers," at the Star Theater. These
will be tonight, the matinee tomorrow and to
morrow evening. A Western play by a
Western author, dealing with train robbers
and the officers of the law. It is a drama
which rivets the attention from the first act
to the last. Seats can be reserved by tele
phone. The Wolves of New York."
There has been a continued record of suc
cess ever since the Allen Stock Company gave
Its first performance of "The Wolves of New
York at the Lyrlo at the opening of the
week. Thousands of people have crowded
Into the cosy Alder-street theater to witness
the splendid performance of this great melo
drama, and every one of them has been
pleased.
HOPPER'S SALE TODAY.
Advance Seat Sale Opens for De
Wolf Hopper in "Happyland."
This morning at 10 o'clock at the box
office of the Heillg Theater, Fourteenth and
Washington streets, the advance seat sale
will open for the excruciatingly funny
comedian, De Wolf Hopper In "Happy
land." This ever-welcome funster together
with Marguerite Clark, the petite actress and
-a supporting company of 50 people, will be
the attraction at the above theater for four
nights, beginning next Sunday, February 9.
"Happyland" Is conceded to be the most
brilliant American light opera since "Robin
Hood," and In many ways it Is the most
pretentious score that Reginald DeKoven
has ever written.
A special-price matinee will be given
Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock.
"Charley's Aunt" Next at Baker.
There has been an unprecedented rush for
seats to see "Charley's - Aunt," which will
open the week at the. Baker next Sunday mati
nee. Portland has not had an opportunity to
see this greatest of all laughing comedies for
nearly four years now, and. so powerful is Its
reputation as a laugh-getter that its memory
Is as green as an Oregon Spring, and every
body is evidently going to take advantage of
the chance to see it.
"As Told in the Hills."
Pamnena was a little Indian baby girl
whose father, a big chief, led an attack on
an emigrant train and was killed In the ngbt
Ing. He left his little girl and she fell to
the cars and keeping of a kind-hearted couple
of emigrants, who cared for her and educated
her as their own daughter. Her after life,
filled with Its wild longings to return to her
native condition at times Is all vividly told.
"The Girl and the Lawyer."
The next attraction at the Lyric will be the
Allen Stock Company In the beautiful new rural
comedy, "The Girt and the Lawyer," which
Franklin Fyles has Just written. The piece
was intended as a starring venture for one
of America's foremost comedians, but the
financial stringency prevented Its New York
production, and the Lyric management was
fortunate enough to secure It for its Initial
production in stock.
"Chinatown Charley" Coming.
Next Sunday afternoon and all week "Chi
natown Charley" will fee played at the Star
Theater by the French Stock Company. Here
Is a sensational drama whlohi caused unlim
ited comment in New York last season and It
Is now produced in stock for the. first time In
the West.
Leading Magician.
Alblni, the leading magician of vaudeville.
1
School Girls
who grow pale and sallow,
show loss of appetite and
ambition, are short of breath
and subject to headaches and
dizzy spells, e in a condi
tion that no parent should
neglect. Dr; Williams Pink
Pills are the tonic best suited to
correct this condition, are safe,
harmless and always helpful.
A booklet of valuable information
entitled "Plain Talk! to Women,"
will bo lent free to any woman. It
is particularly interesting to mothers
of growing girls who become pale,
thin and listless as they approach
womanhood.
Br. Williams'
FIMK FIIXS
At all drusrtal or direct fmm
Dr.WUliamt Medicine Co., Schenectady,?. Y.
ji ,-THiia uu( mi x DOXW, Sa.0.
will come to the Grand the coming week es
the head liner on a new programme. Alblni
brings another new illusion and he has never
failed to show one that the public could solve.
3foxt Week at Pantages.
Bartholdls, with a troups of 36 cycling
cockatoos will bs feature at Pant ages
Theater next week. The birds ride minia
ture bicycles on wires suspended from the
stage to the gallery, and perform many
other odd tricks. Seven other exceptionally
good acts will complete the new show.
AT THE V A X7D EVTLID THEATERS
At the Grand.
At all times high-class and refined vaude
ville entertalnmeat can be found at the Grand.
This week there Is a bill which Is full of nov
elties and melody. Gray and Graham have
a comedy musical act Which is the noisy hit
of the bill. An act which pleases all Is Min
nie Mlddloton and her military girls, who sing
and look well. This U a girl act which has
worn instant favor.
Show at Pantages.
For a couple of hours of bright entertain
ment no place excels Pantages this week.
The time passes unnoticed with the array
of comedy acts, burlesque, music a:id nov
elty. The Colby Four are the feature and
they have proved themselves one of the
best musical and comedy features ever seen
here. The United States Four have a good
singing act.
RECITAL TONIGHT.
Mr. John Clair Montelth, Soloist.
Ellers Piano House will give the tenth
of this season's recitals tonight In their
recital hall, corner Park; and Washington
streets. Mr. Monteith's splendid baritone
voice will be heard in a group of charm
ing songs. Admission will be entirely
complimentary, but tickets for seats
must be secured by calling at Eilers
Piano House before the concert.
ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.
Ladies', Misses' and Children's fleece
lined union suits, vests and pants,
worth up to $1.25, going at 25c to close
out quick, at Le Palais Royal,
Washington street.
Banquet to Raphael AVeiH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. An elabor
ate banquet waa given tonight at the
Fairmont Hotel to Raphael Weill by
many friends of the well-known philan
thropist of this city. Speeches eulogizing
Mr. Wfclll were made during the course
of the spread. Many prominent citizens
attended. The banquet was given in ap
preciation of the honor recently bestowed
on Mr. Weill by the French government'
in presenting him with the cross of tho
Legion of Honor.
Metzger, jeweler, optician. 342 "Wash.
Whether it "rains or
shines," the man whose di
gestion is good usually "en
joys the weather."
Good digestion is mainly
, a question of the right kind
of food.
Grape-Nuts, made by a
food expert, contains all the
nutritious elements of wheat
and barley and is so care
fully baked for many hours
that the weakest stomach
can easily digest it.
It contains also, the nat
ural organic phosphates
which combine with albu
men in the system, to re
build brain and nerve cells.
To enjoy any old kind of
weather, keep your diges
tion good i.e., eat Grape
Nuts regularly.
"There's a Reason. " Read
the booklet. "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.