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TTIE 3I0RXLXG OREGOXIAX, THUK SDATt MARCH - 5. 1908. ANARCHS IT TRIES TO KILL OFFICER Gun Knocked From Hand of Chicago Man Who Turns on Detective. I archistic. it miroose being that of swing ing or educational body, although the songs were directed to the workingmen. and. according to Edelstadt, were "radi cal." , Because Averbuch. the dead would-be assassin, was a member of the Edes stadt Society, and therefore a disciple of Tolstoi, Edelstadt believes that he was no anarchist. that twHef being strengthened by the fact of the man be ing an orthodox religionist. Edelstadt declares that though his society believes in no form of government, it does not favor violence. FOUR MEN ARE ARRESTED JoIlce Hate Complete Lists of Sus pected Italian 1'Rpds?' and Are ; Tracing Every Clew to Plot Against Chief Snippy. CHICAGO. March 4. Late tills after noon detectives went to a rooming-house at 166 Henrp etreet and arrested Gregory Krish and Oava Herbursliak. said by the police to bo anarchists. While being taken to the patrol-box, Krish. it is charjred. drew a revolver and attempted to shoot one of the detectives. The re volver was knocked from Krish's hand. A knife was also found in Krish's posses sion. A further search of the prisoners re sulted Jn the finding of over 100 cart ridges. The men told the police that their homes are at 387 Sixth street, Mil waukee, and that they had been living here anlv a few days. They refused to discuss the finding- of the cartridges. Two Other Prisoners. Continuing their efforts to unravel the supposed plot to assassinate city offi cials, the local police this rrlornlng ar rested two more men who are alleged to be anarchists. The prisoners are Charles YaniatlB and William Stadweiser. who were taken in differeet parts of the city and each denied knowledge of the plans of Lazarus averbuch to kill Shippy. Harry Shippy. son of the police official, and who was badly wounded while as sisting his father to overcome the anar chist, was declared by physicians at the Augustana Hospital to have passed a restful night. Despite the desperate na ttier, of hiB wounds, the . young man is said 'to be improving and to have good chances for ultimate recovery Have Iilst of "Keds." The arrest of Yaniatis. which took place n the Ghetto district, was made on in formation given to Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler yesterday by investi gators of the White Hand Society, an or ganlratlon formed somo months ago to combat the activity of the Black Hand Society. A complete list of suspected Italian anarchists now resident in the city has been furnished .by the society and further arrests are expected. Stadweiser was arrested at North Hal stead street and Sheffield avenue, be cause ho via unable to give a policeman a satisfactory account of himself. When taken to the police station a revolver was found In his possession and he was held on a charge of carrying concealed wea pons, while efforts are being made to trace hia supposed connection with anar chistic societies. State and city officials were again in conference at Mayor Busse's office. Al though no announcements were given out as to the subjects discussed. It is known that th announced Intention of Kmma Goldman to speak at an anarchist meet ing In West Taylor street next Friday night was one of the .nir.ters considered. It was hinted about the City Hall that the woman agitator will not be allowed to speak In public if she comes to Chi cago, on report going so far as to Inti mate that sieps for her deportation are being considered. riF.XVER EDITOR THREATENED Article In Catholic Monthly Calls Forth Menace. IIEXVF.R, March 4. Arthur L. Cal lopy, editor of the Western Home Jour nal, a Catholic monthly, received through the mail today the following threat written on a postal card, at the bottom of which was drawn a black cross: If you don't stop trylnR to hurt the work Inam'an by writing aalnt him in your mairatlne you will find yourself where the print t. Tt)is is a warning-. M. Mr. I'allopy believes that the threat was called out by an article in the last Issue of the Western Home Journal written by Rev. Hugh L. McMenamin, which denounced anarchy in all its forma. THREATEN" I.OS AXCF.I-ES CHIEF VA amine to Officer Who Has Broken l"p Street Meetings. AS ANGEliBS. March 4. Chief of Police KUward N. Kern, who has recently caused the arrest of over a dosen Social ist orators and broke up several street demonstrations, today received a postal card which has been interpreted as of a threatening character. The card not of the engraved variety sold in local stores, and by erasures and the addition of skull and cross-bones, has been made to read: "May the chicken soon be hatched that will scratch on your grave." A black band points to the printed warning: "We will get you before the first chicken is hatched." Threat to Blow Cp Town. GOSH fix. Ind.. March 4. Wawaka. a town of 100 Inhabitants. In Noble County, has received a letter postmarked New York City. In which T50 is demanded from the town within two weeks. The letter says' that if the money Is not delivered to a certain point In New York the town will be blown to atoms. It is signed "Anarchist." It has been for warded to the Postal Department at Washington and steps are being taken to KLard the town. A vigilance committee Is being organized and officers will meet every train pulling Into Wawaka for the next two weeks. Need to Deport Anarchists. NBW YORK. March 4 The advantage of the bill introduced in Congress by Con gressman Bennett, providing for the "de portation of anarchists is expressed by ConimlMioner of Immigration Watchorn. of this port. The commissioner states that he has always done everything in his power to keep anarchists out of the coun try, but says he knows of no way in w hich they can now be deported. He be lieves that the passage of the Bennett bill would be of great benefit to the country. Denies Averbuch Was Anarchist. HL'TTB. Mont.. March 4-Abraham Rrielstadt. founder of the Edelstadt So ciety in Chicago, which anarchistic or ganization was raided by the police fol lowing the attempt upon the life of Chief Phippy. ia a resident of Butte, conducting the Chicago shoe store in this city. Edelstadt talked freely of the society and denied that lta principles were an- Deport All Alien Anarchists. SAX" FRANCISCO. March '4. Acting upon the order Issued by Secretary Straus, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, providing for the deporta tion of all alien anarchists, from the United States, the local immigration offi cials having jurisdiction over California are to confer immediately with Chief of Police Biggy for the purpose of outlining a campaign against, all anarchists in San Francisco, Lob Angeles and other im portant cities in this state. Xo More Street Oratory. SAX FRANCISCO, March 4. The Park Commission today passed a resolution that speech-making of every character will no longer be permitted in the public squares. EWING SOS UP PERRINE BILL" WILIi UMPIRE COAST LEAGUE .GAMES. President Selects Him Instead of McCarthy After Negotiations Over Pay Have Hung Fire. SAX FRANCISCO. March .4. (Special.) Fred Perrine. known to the many thou sands of fans on the circuit of the Pa cific Coast Baseball League as V'Bull." will handle the indicator along with Umpire Jack O'Connell this season. Per rine and J. Cal Ewing-. president of the league, met for a final pow wow this afternoon, and when the session was ended. Bull had affixed his signature to' the contract which Ewing handed him. and the deal was closed. Ewing had his choice between Perrine and Jack McCarthy. It was simply a question of terms, both men holding out for higher salaries than the head of the league saw his way clear to pay; The matter hung fire for three weeks, and in a sort of fit of desperation Ewing, true to his word, sent for Perrine. Senate Strikes at Poolrooms. FRANKFORT, Ky.. March 4. A com plete divorcement of poolrooms and race track bookmaklng in Kentucky is made in the anti-poolroom bill passed by the Senate today. The bill legalizes betting on racetracks and forbids poolrooms. German Car Wins Race. ORMOXDE. Fla., March -t. In the Ormonde-Daytona Beach tournament today the 125-mile race for amateur drivers was won by Louis J. Berdgoll, in a German car. In 1:53:30 1-5. GERMAN CAR AT CHICAGO Brings Up Rear In Long-Distance Automobile Race. 1 " CHICAGO. March 4. The German car in- the New York-to-Parls automo bile race arrived In Chicago tonight, after struggling for several days over the muddy roads of Northern Indiana. French car Xo. 2 is still in Chicago, and the American car was laid up for the night in Omaha. French car No. 1 was reported in the vicinity of Des Moines today. OMAHA, March 4. The American car reached here at 11:35, and will remain until 8 o'clock Thursday. The driver reported a trip through mud several inches for the last 5r miles. BOONE, la.. March -4. The Italian car arrived here at 8 A. M., and left at 8:43. ARMY CAR AT LEAVENWORTH Great Feat of Automobiling in Mud and Snow. LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. March 4. The military automobile, which left New York Friday, February 18, for Fort Leavenworth, carrying a message from Major-General Frederick D. Grant to commandants of Army posts all along the route of the Xew-York-to-Paris race through the United States, was received with great enthusiasm when it entered the post here today. To receive the car, the Leavenworth Automobile Club ran up the road to- Atchison and escorted the tourists to the fort. The trip from Xew York was made in 15 days. The machine left Xew York on Tues day morning. February 18, and per formed the remarkable feat of catching up and passing the Xew-York-to-Paris racers, which had started three days earlier. The trip is made in midwinter, when the roads are deep In snow and ice. for the purpose of proving the value of an automobile in time of war when messengers might be forced to make trips of thousands of miles, carrying dis patches that could not be sent by rail or wire. The car followed as far as possible the route of the New-Tork-to-Paris racers, traveled light, and is the same car which took part in the recent 24-hour race at Morris Park, when it defeated 23 of the best foreign and American cars. JAPAN MADE NO THREATS Wants China to Release Vessel and Pay Damages With Apology. TOKIO. March 5. Officials of the for eign office today made the following statement to the Associated Press: "Japan has issued no ultimatum and has made no threats to China in connec tion with the steamer Tatsu Maru's il legal seizure. We are depending on the good sense of the Chinese government to release the vessel, express regrets and pay damages." The situation is unchanged. , The Japanese steamer Tatsu was seized at Maco, February T, by Chinese customs cruisers on "the charge that her cargo of arms and' ammunition was Intended for Chinese revolutionists, although con signed to a merchant of that place. Cheaper Lumber In Pendleton. FEXDLETOX, Or.. March 4. (Special.) The Umatilla Lumber Company, of this city, announced a cut of from 10 to 30 per cent to take effect tomorrow. Man ager Pro bet says he doesn't mean a war on prices, but that the reduction is made to stimulate building operations in this city. He also saym they have been for tunate in making a good buy of 1,000.000 feet. LEOPOLD GIVES f Surrenders .Congo Independ ent State to Belgium. FEARS ACTION BY POWERS King Makes Sweeping Concessions Releasing Crovrn Domain and Control of Both Administra tion - and " the .Budget. , BRUSSELS. March' 4. The sweeping concessions made by -King Leopokl in the new treaty which provides for the annex ation of the Congo Independent State to Belgium, are attributed to his dread of Britis-h intervention, backed by the United States. The Klnj.lt is said, would rather run the risk of facing an internal ac counting of his 'stewardship than the former contingency. An official forecast- of the new. treaty indicates that King Leopold not .only surrenders the crown domain In the Congo, the revenues from which he had enjoyed personally, but " he yields also control of both the administration and the budget of the Congo to the Belgium Par liament. The Cape Fcrrat properties in the South of France, which the King also throws in, were bought out of his Congo profits. REACH AGREEMENT OX COXGO Belgian King and Government Set tle Disputed Points. BRUSSELS, March 4. It Is an nounced that King Leopold and the Belgian Government have come to a complete agreement on the question of annexation of the Qongo Independ ent state. It is stated in official cir cles that the agreement was made possible by an important concession by the King in consenting that the Par liament have control of the Congo budget. In addition, the King secured for Belgium the magnificent domain of Capo Ferrat, In the South of France, reserving for himsolf the use of it, however, during bis lifetime. The government on Its part agrees to propose that the chambers vote a special fund to carry out certain un dertakings In the Congo and in Bel gium, which fund will not exceed $12, 000.000. and at the same time a special annual credit of 800,000 will be in cluded in the Congo budgets for 15 years for the construction of hos pitals and other institutions In the Congo. PLAGUE IN HUNT PORTS MALADY OX INCREASE IX SOUTH AMERICA. Read Sharkey's Sunday ad. San Francisco W'aened to Guard Against Introduction of Pest From Incoming Vessels. SAN FRANCISCO. March 4. The Cit izens' Health Committee reports that official advices have been received from Washington stating that the bubonic plague is increasing in virulence in South American ports, and particular ly In the ports of Ecuador and Peru. It is added that six additional cases of plague have appeared at Nagasaki, and 30 additional cases at Osaka, Japanese ports. In view of the trade relations of these ports with San Francisco, the 'committee advises that every effort be made to prevent the introduction of the pest from these ports. The executive committee has author ized the purchase of 10,000 cage and B000 snap traps, with a large amount of poison and disinfectants. The re ports of the Federal health officers show infections to be decreasing in most districts in the city, while 1 1 the districts known as Infected districts it still remains at about 1 per cent. BETRAYS NAVAL SECRETS? Russian Minister Charged With Giv ing England Information. ST. PETERSBURG. March. 4. An In terpellation was Introduced in the Douma today by Conservatives demanding ex planations from Admiral Dikoff. Minister of Marine, of the charges current in naval circles that Russian naval secrets had been communicated to Vickers Sons & Maxim, the English shipbuilders. In con nection with the construction of the new Russian cruiser Rurlk by this firm and that these secrets were thereby rendered available to other nations. Tt is alleged that the armor, guns and shells manufactured by Vickes Sons & Maxim were unsatisfactory. The Minis ter of Marine, instead of replacing this material direct from Russian factories', it is alleged, ordered supervising experts to instruct Vickers Sons & Maxim to prepare the armor according to a secret process worked out at the Kopline fac tory and furnishing plans of Russian eight and ten-inch guns to the English firm when the English shell failed to meet the high velocity requirements insisted upon by Russia. The Russian war office is giving care ful consideration to the possible develop ment or aerial warfare, both offensive and defensive. Waxworks Feed the Flames. BAYONNE. X. J., March 4. The wax plant at Constable Hook was destroyed by fire today. loss $125,000. JUST THE SAME - AS THE DOCTOR Will prescribe for you. you will find n Hood's Sarsaparilla if you are - in need of a good tonic which thousands do at this season; or If you need something for your appetite, or if your blood is impure. Hood's Sarsaparilla has been tested for these purposes a million times. It is a physician's pre scription svlth a record behind it. And it Is the most economical medicine you can buy 100 Doses One Dollar. Ran Dam "I was in the civil war and my exposures at that time cause me to run down easily. Hood's Sar saparilla hits my needs exactly, as it gives a thrill of new life and 'builds me up each season." Capt. J. P. Thompson. Registrar of Deeds, Lowell. Mass. Hood's Sarsaparilla In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets called Sarsataba.' 100 doses l. The Tea Room ' Delicious,- appetizing lunches are served here in the Y. W. C. A. Tea Room on the seeond floor. Shop pers should take advantage of this convenience. Well - cooked, well served lunches at small cost. Spring Goods For every department are arriving daily. Each express and freight adds to the completeness of the as sortment. Spring styles show forth in every aisle. We cordially invite you to come and inspect them. Tha r$dayHousekeeper s Day 200 Dozen Fine Huck Towels, Sp'l 1 OCts. AOEa. A good-sized Huck Towel, with hemmed edge and Jacquard border. Very soft and absorbent and a grade that sells regularly at considerably more than this price. We've provided an ample . 18c number for a busy day's selling, but must limit customers to 12 each today BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK. Pure flax linen. A goodly assort ment of desirable patterns and a regular 7oc quality. Spe- ?Q cial, Thursday, the vaid. v7C MERCERIZED TABLE DAMASK in fairly g-ood width; pleasing de signs, regular' 50c quality, QQt Thursday's price, the yd.'ff&C PATTERN TABLE CLOTHS. Fine damask, plain or hemstitched bor der, worth $2.00 each, flf f AO Thursday pl,tO FRENCH LAWN, very sheer, 40 inches wide, worth 35c the yard, a Housekeeper's' Day spe- Q9. cial at .6C WIDE HEAVY TOWELING. Pure Scotch linen and regularly worth 18c the vard. 1 Ar Thursday JC HEMMED TOWELS, cotton huck with hemmed ends. A lot. of 500 dozen on sale at a very spe cial price. Choice, each. ...' Lace Curtains mlifHALFiKit chert Needs AT HALF REGULAR Drape your windows with these curtains and buy them for about half what you would pay under ordinary conditions. We're having a sale of odd pairs. Yon have choice of many styles, including Irish Point, Brussels, Arabian or Renaissance kv? effects. These are Ka.mnles in one or two DairS lots: some sliehtlv mussed from handling, but alls to be sold at remarkably reduced prices. $3.00 values selling for . $3.50 values selling for. . $4.00 values selling for . $4.50 grades now only . . $5.00 grades now only . I $7.50 grades now only . . $1.65 $1.95 $2.25 $2.65 2.85 $4,25 OTHER VALUES AT .$5.00 1 ,.$6.50 $9.00 values selling for . . $12.00 values selling for... $15.00 values CO flfl selling for ....JO'UU $17.50 grades now only. . . . $25 grades -now pnly.... $50 grades now only. $9.00 $12.50 $25.00 v - -n i . 14 i.a,-'iiij,.,iscvfr . ri.. - i it .1 Seamless "Ivory" Enameled Teapots, whita porcelain inside, nickel-plated covers and copper bottoms, also nickel plated, Thursday half price. $1.75 values for.88 $1.95 values for.. 98 $2.65 Teapots 1 00 for Jl.dA 90.T:?p:i$i.45 $3.15 values ...$1.58 $1.25 Scales for Jr.1!.... $1.05 Kitchen -Set, consisting of 3 knives, Ojlf a. ww 70c Cake Boxes.. 59 15c Whisk in Brooms for. 8c Vegetable Brushes, with- En handles Kitchen Knives . . .5 Egg Beaters S G r an i t e Iron Sauce pans, 2-qt. size, 1 C special at '"W 4-qt. size, now... 24 special TOILET PAPER AT 3c A ROLL SIMILAR REDUCTIONsltXTTT Tfll Toilet Paper in 5-oz. rolls, regularly 5c each, special at 35c the Oil dor.en, -or, eacb...,ww Bath Soaps in violet or bouquet odors. . Large 10c cakes Cm for .0" TOILET SOAPS, 12 cakes in a box; special at 33c, or, the 0 cake White Wax Paper in rolls of 24 sheets, each, n special... Toothpicks, best qual ity polished wood; a large box, spe- . in. cial at UU SAPOLIO, for hand or kitchen use, on sale at . this special price,. "7p the cake ' New Suits $19.50 and $22.50 Covert Coats $5. 00 Up There are some models like the one illustrated here, but most of them are in the smart short jacket effect, which is strongly featured in these we mention here, and the' materials are plain colors or the most wanted fancy suitings. All sizes are to be found in the assort ment. The plain colors are : The popular Copenhagen blue, black, brown in many shades and navy blue. Then there are some strikingly handsome striped designs in good color combinations. Trimmings are small but tons, lace, braids, pleats and vest effects. Exceedingly smart costmnes at very low prices, and we enthusiasti cally recommend them as ex ceptional values. $19.50 and $22:50 Ea. A Covert Coat is wellnigh indispensable to any woman. They can be worn in alt sea sons and on practically all occasions. For those, who prefer a more dignified style than the short jacket model, we have the long coats in loose or tight-fitting effects. This Spring brings a re newed demand for this al ways popular garment, and many distinctly new models are shown. For the best styles of course you'll come here. . Covert Coats in many models are being shown Priced At $5.00 and Up MM LETTER MED FORD A'D ALTON" PtPILS WILL CORRESPOND. Professor McBrea to Revive Lost Art by Exchange Between Illinois and Oregon Towns. tT. LOUIS, Mo.. March 4 (Special.) Wofessor H. T. McBrea. principal of the eighth frrade ot the Lincoln School at Alton. 111., announced today that his pu pils would be given a practical course in letter-writing, consisting of actual corre spondence with the pupil of the Medford, Or., school, and other schools in distant parts of the country. After reading letters written by his 144 pupils on topics of their own choosing. Professor McBrea has decided that Iella Bauer, .aged 14. ljs the best letter-writer. Her letter will be sent to the prise letter writer of the Medford, "Or!, school", whose letter to the Alton pupils was read. Leila's letter contains a description of Al ton, mention of the Piasa bird and the cliffs of that name, an account of the daily work of pupils in her grade. "Letter-writing is becoming a lost art," said Professor McBrea today. "A number of teachers throughout the country are trying to revive interest in the art." ROY MAY BE AMERICAN Othcrv. ise His Extradition Cannot Be Secured. WASHINGTON", March 4. Question of the citisenship of Paul E. Roy, whom the State of New Hampshire is seeking to have extradited from France in connec tion with the murder of George Carkins, brother of Glacia Oalla, has been raised at the State Department. If It should he decided that Roy had actually been nat uralized or even declared his Intention before the killing, as alleged by the state authorities, the State Department offi cials have no doubt that his extradition can be secured, but not otherwise. Read Sharkey's Sunday ad. RESIST TRIAJLJN OREGON Los Angeles Land-Fraud Defendants Fijrht Removal. LOS ANOSL.ES, March 4. Six residents of Los Angeles indicted in connection with Oregon land frauds today began proceedings in the Federal Court be fore Commissioner Vandyke to prevent their removal to Oregon for trial. Owing to the probable delay in the arrival of witnesses and to the fact t'hat a series of motions to dismiss will be made, the proceedings will probably occupy a week or more. The defendants are all promi nent business men of this city. The six defendants are David M. Good win; William D. Gould; Lee R. Myers; George L. Stearns; Warren Gillellan and R. W. Kenney. Two others indicted at the same time, A. H. Hedderly and Richard Hynes, did not resist removal. It was decided that the case against Good win will be the first taken up. AH motions today for quashing, setting aside or dismissing were overruled by Com missioner Vandyke, clearing the way for the actual introduction of evidence. The cases .against the six defendants date back ta April, IWJ, whta ludic Uncut were returned against them in Oregon, charging them with conspiracy to de fraud the Government in the matter of Oregon lands and timber claims. Stricken in Senate Gallery. WASHINGTON. March 4. D. J. Bren nan, of Flagstaff, Ariz., was stricken with heart disease in the Senate gallery today. He was removed to the Casualty Hospital, where he died an hour later. IIEBIG COMPANY Extract of. Beef Wonderful for ita economy and good ness. It is all pure condensed beef, so condensed that it contains but a small percentage of moisture. The beef from which one pound of it is made would cost over six dollars. A 3-oz. jar will make 16 break, fast cups of delicious, sustaining bouillon.