MO-RNIN'G OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1908.
JAPAN Pi! GET
MONEY IN EUROPE
Capital Ready to Take Lease
on Mikado's Nationalized
Railroads.
WON'T LOAN ON WARSHIPS
development or Island's Resources
Will Be Aw-lstcd, but Japan
Mum Curb Her War
like Preparations.
TOKIO March IS. The Government of
Japan. nn'lins that the lf-imposed bur
den of nationalized railroads is likely to
prove too heavy, is now engaged in con
sideration of tentative projects for reliev
ing Itself and at the same time serving
the double purpose of huildlngr up the in
, duHtries of 4he country, providing adrtl
' tional exports for its subsidized steam
ship lines, and. lucreaHlnsr its own income
by the revenue derivable from increased
production. To tho layman, nothing pre
sents so difficult a problem at the present
time as that of hish finance in Japan. .
The tremendous outlay on army and
navy has been and still continues to be
the point on which statesmen, politicians
and financiers are quarreling. With 66
per cent of its appropriations Riven to
the three divisions, tinance. army and
navy, necessarily but little is left for the
so-much-neeiled improvement of the rail
roads, and in the present condition of the
country the $40fi.00u,on0 that must be paid
to the old railroad companies will strain
the Ingenuity of the financiers who have
undertaken the reorganization. Mean
while, but little can be done to extend
the trackage through those sections of
Japan where there is much need for de
velopment, and to improve and equip the
present lines in such a manner as to en
aWe them to fetch and carry in an ade
quate degree.
Kailroads Badly Needed.
It Is iulte realized by commercial men
who opposed the nationalization of the
railroads at the time the question came
up. and by those who favored the move
ment but have since, changed theHr views,
(hat without a network of railroads in
the island it would be impossible to de
velop resources, and consequently Impos
sible for the government to adjust its
finances so that in future years its in
come may meet Its necessary and legiti
mate expenses.
It is In this connection that financiers
and railroad men from foreign countries
have been In conference for the last
month or more with certain leading men
In Japan. It Is understood that the prop
osition now finding favor Is that the
railroads of Japan should he leased for a
period of years to a private company or
syndicate which will take from the shoul
ders of the Japanese Government the
financial burden and responsibility it has
undertaken to improve the situation,
which will pay to the government a cer
tain percentage, of profits and will under
take improvements and extensions" tinder
a given schedule. The plans In this con
nection are at present entirely tentative,
hut it may be stated that they have as
sumed a somewhat concrete form, and
that under certain conditions. European
financiers have expressed their willing
ness to undertake the work. It is point
ed out that when the Government of
Italy nationalized the railroads many
years ago, it discovered, like Japan, that
the undertaking was likely to hamper
the normal movement of the country's
tinance and that a plan somewhat sim
ilar to that now under consideration
here was adopted with great success. It
is doubtful, however, if anything more
definite along these lines will at least
be made- public until after the coming
general election.
Won't Loan for War Supplies.
The Influence that has undoubtedly
prompted Japan to at least take into
consideration this question of the future
conduct of the railroads is stated to be
the fact that, in view of the financial
necessities of the coming 12 months,
financiers believed that a foreign loan
was Inevitable and that the foreign mar
kets were sounded. It then developed
that Kurope and America regarded the
naval and military policies of Japan,
which It has thought indicated an ex
pectation of trouble, as fatal to Japan's
credit as & borrower to large amounts
in the foreign field. In other words,
Japan has been told that money will not
be forthcoming for the building up of
an army and navy beyond such standard
as it is reasonable to expect Japan to
maintain, and that the financial world
would prefer to see Japan really and in
earnest developing her resources for the
betterment of her people than taxing
those people for an army and navy
which, rightly or wrongly, are said to
be destined for aggression sooner or
later.
The reply of the Japanese Government
to this seems to have been that the
financial programme of the future con
templated a very large reduction of ex
penditures on the army and navy. But
tlivtso who were in a position to lend
money, apparently rejoined that they
would prefer a guarantee as to the ex
penditure of money loaned, and added
that In common with so many penple In
Japan, they thought the nationalization
of the railroads quite as great a mistake
as too rapid and ambitious plans for
army and navy.
Japan Takes the Hint.
The outlined proposition, therefore, to
which the Government of Japan has lent
an ear and which It is now considering,
is that a syndicate of Kuropean finan
ciers will assist Japan in working out
the financial problem of the future, pro
vided the Japanese Government is con
tent that this financial relief shall he
applied to the betterment of her railroad
system and for Internal development.
The project is large, but there is an in
dication that the syndicate is serious in
making the proposition, and Japan be
lieves that by only such a plan can for
eign capital to the extent of 2tG.ooft.onn
or W.mo.OeO yen be induced to regard
favorably the investment in Japanese
frecurities.
CANDIDATES SHY IN LINN
(Statement No. 1 Said to Be the Rock
on Which They Split.
ALBANY. Or.. March li iSpeclal.)
"With only about two weeks remaining In
which to file petitions for nomination, not
a ."ingle candidate for the legislature has.
yet formally declared his intention of
running In lnn County. This county will
elect three Representatives this year. The
difference of opinion over Statement No.
3 js the supposed cause of this paucity of
aspirants for legislative honors.
Though they have not filed their notices.
of candidacy, it is practically certain
that F. M. Brown, of Brownsville, and
E. El L'pmeyer, of Harrisburg, two of
Linn County's Representatives- at the
last session, will run for re-election, and
that W. B. Blanchard. of Brownsville,
will, aiso be a candidate. All are Re
nnhlicans. It is said that Mr. Brown
will si?n Statement No. 1 and that Mr.
L'pmeyer and Mr. Blanchard will not.
No Democratic candidates have yet ap
peared for the Legislature and it is said
the Democrats are waiting to see what
position the Republicans take in rela
tion to the now famous statement. The
Linn County Democrats are strongly In
favor of Statement io. 1- this year, thus
reersing their position of two years
ago. At the 1906 election not a single
Democratic candidate for the Legislature
in Linn County signed the statement. Of
the three Republican Representatives who
were elected at that time, Mr. Brown
and Mr. Holt had signed the. statement
and Mr. Upmeyer had not.
However the election goes, this year,
Linn County will have two men in the
Legislature who will be unpledged as to
candidates for the United States Senate.
Both of the hold-over Senators, who were
elected two years ago. refused to sign
Statement No. L They are Joint-State
Senator Frank J. Miller, of Albany, who
is a Republican, and State Senator Mil
ton A. Miller, of Lebanon.. a Democrat.
For the first time in years, probably
since the county was organized under
the state government. Linn County will
elect every county officer this year. All
of the four-year terms expire at this time
except that of one County Commissioner
and this office is vacant by the death of
County Commissioner H. R. Powell, thus
making every office in. the county expire
this year.
FIND BURGLAR IN STORE
Captain Bailey and Five Patrolmen
Catch Cracksman Redhandcd.
Captain of Police Bailey and Patrol
men Barzee. Edgerton, Porter, Abbott
and Lelsy captured a burglar in the act
of rifling the till of the La Grande
Creamery at 3:30 o'clock yesterday
morning, and locked the fellow up, af
ter finding $84.85, the contents of the
cash register. In his pockets.
The man gave his name as G. H.
Black, and is believed to be an experi
enced crook. He gained entrance to the
creamery by forcing the lock on the
rear door, which opens on an alley in
the rear of the store.
Patrolman Barzee, in passing the
place shortly after 3 o'clock, was at
tracted by a slight noise, and immedi
ately notified headquarters of his sus
picions. Captain Bailey and the other
officers responded to me call, and ef
fected an entrance, after surrounding
the place. While officers stood guard
at both entrances. Captain Bailey and
Patrolmen Edgerton. Porter and Barzee
entered the store, and came upon the
burglar in hiding behind a pile of
crates in the rear of the place. The
man was unarmed and made no resist
ance. Chief Grltzmacher yesterday com
mended Patrolman Barzee for his vigi
lance and quickness of action which
made the capture possible.
ESCAPES, BUT IS CAUGHT
Man to Be Sentenced for Forgery
Recaptured After Search.
SAN FRAXCISCO, March 15. Raoul
Borgel, who escaped from a Deputy
Sheriff nearly three weeks ago, was ar
rested today by the police.
Borgella was to have been sentenced on
two cljarges-. aX. forgery, to which he had
entered a plea of guilty in Judge Dunne's
court on February 31. but next day while
In the custody of Deputy Sheriff Moore,
he induced his custodian to permit him
to go into the basement of a saloon, and
escaped through a trap door and over a
fence.. AVhen arrested he was talking
with a woman in a dancehall and upon
seeing the policemen started immediately
for the door and as he approached it at
tempted to draw a revolver from his hip
pocket.
DEATH PENALTY IN RUSSIA
Kxtreme Sentences Are Passed
Through Czar's Domain.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 15. A
large number of death sentences were
passed today in various parts of Russia.
Those who will suffer the death penalty
include 10 robbers at Krementchug.
four robbers at Kiev, three men who
made an attack upon the postofflce at
Proskurov, three brigands at Lodz, a
peasant at Karkov and two political
prisoners at Kursk.
At Yekaterinburg, seven men were
sentenced to be hanged, and one to im
prisonment for life for an attack upon
the counting-house connected with a
mine, the property of one of the Coun
cillors of the Empire.
FIRE ENDANGERS LIVES
Kii t lie Attempt to Pestroy Denver
Apartment-Houe.
PEXVER, Colo., March 15. Panic,
caused by fire early this morning in
tho new Bernard block, situated at the
corner of West Tenth avenue and
Eleventh street, and used principally
as living apartments, came near result
ing in wholesale loss of life to the in
mates. All were rescued, ilo on being
injured. The fire is said to be of in
cendiary origin, as today's fire was the
tenth discovered in the building within
the last few months.
WOMAN SLEEPS 40 DAYS
Expected Either to Awaken Today or
Else to Die.
LOS ANGELES. March 15. Tomor
row is the 40th day on which Mrs.
Beulah Hawkins, the woman who has
been in a trance at the County Hos
pital, has been asleep. Many believe
the woman will awaken tomorrow,
which will make her sleep of the same
duration as the one several years ago.
It has been suggested that if the wom
an slept over the 40-day limit she
would die. ,
MAKE PASSPORTS TO ORDER
Fraudulent Manufactory Inearthed
by Tokio Official.
TOKIO. March 15. The Government
has unearthed a fraudulent passport
manufactory at Aomori. a seaport town
in Northern Japan. Several arrests have
been made, including two police officers,
who are charged with having sold over
300 passports to America for 300 yen each.
Federal Court Clerk.
CHATTANOOGA. March 15 Judge
Charles D. Clark, of the United States
District Court, died today, aged 61
years- He was appointed to the Fed
eral bench in 1895 by President Grover
Cleveland.
WORST STORM OF
IS
fContlnued From nrst paice.l
from Pendleton are that the line to
Spokane was open up till late last
night, but dispatches from Eastern
Washington and Idaho points indicate
that much havoc is likely in that sec
tion before the worst has passed.
Downfall in Willamette Valley.
Willamette Valley points are apt to
suffer considerably, though no great
damage has been done so far and the
train service on the Southern Pacific
has been maintained without interrup
tion. The rainfall has been unusually
heavy throughout the Valley and all
tributaries to the Willamette are leap
ing up their banks steadily, hour by
hour, and are expected to keep on ris
ing for several days.
'A number of log booms In the Cow
litz River have been ripped loose from
their moorings and are hurtling down
the river. Much valuable timber has
already been carried away, but farther
than that no damage has been done.
Northern Pacfic trains are being de
layed by land-slides and are being
operated with caution throughout
Western Washington.
General Superintendent M. J. Buck
ley and Division Superintendent D. W.
Campbell, of the O. R. & N are in
charge of clearing away the huge
land-slide near Wyeth, but up to a
late hour last night their local of
fices had received no word from them
as to the condition , of the track or
when traffic can be resumed. It is
understood, however, that an attempt
will be made to send the regular east
bound trains through on normal sched
ule this morning.
Willamette Rising Rapidly.
Between 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon and 6 P. M. yesterday the Wil
lamette River came up five feet at
Portland. There is a strong current
running and indications point to a
steady rise for several days to come.
Heavy rains have fallen throughout
the Valley and all tributary streams
are bank full.
During the 24 hours ending Sun
day at 5 P. M. 1.82 Inches of rain
fell. Between noon Friday and last
evening the precipitation was 2.82
inches. The amount of rainfall for the
24 hours just passed has been exre'eded
for the month of March three times
since the establishment of a weather
station at Portland. In 1S77 the fall
was 2.35 inches, in 1883 2.25 inches
in 1902 1.85 inches. The rainfall was
steady but at no time was there an
excessive downpour.
The wind attained a velocity of 52
miles an hour at North Head and at
Tatoosh Island. The general direction
was south and southwest. The storm
is moving rapidly eastward and this
morning is raging over British Co
lumbia. Storm warnings are still out
over Coast ports and strong southerly
winds are looked for today. Rain will
Irontinue, but not steadily as yester
day. Portland did not .suffer from the
storm. People kept generally within
doors and only those ventured out
who were compelled to do so.
IlAHO IS IX A BAD WAY
Railroad Communication Stopped.
Worst Flood of Years Threatened.
LEWISTON. Idaho. March 15.
(Special.) What promises to be the
worst flood in years is now rising in
the Clearwater tributaries and already
Lewlston is cut off from rail communi
cation with the outside world. Hun
dreds of feet of track are washed out.
several bridges are out of line and in
danger of being swept away, and two
heavy slides have covered the track
along Potlatch Creek, between Arrow
Junction and Troy.
Rain has been falling for 24 hours,
and a warm Chinook wind melting the
snow In the lower mountains has
turned small streams into rushing tor
rents. Clearwater River has risen 10
feet, in the past 48 hours, and "is now
rising at the rate of two inches an
hour. Full from hank to bank, the rag
ing water has torn out the false work
under the O. R. & N. bridge, now under
construction, and workmen are bolting
and strengthening the structure today
to keep it from collapsing.
Snake River is slowly rising, but the
great flood comes from the Clearwater,
which is muddy as the Missouri at
flood time. Under the Snake-River
bridge a quarter-mile from the conflu
ence of the two streams, the back
water from the Clearwater has risen
seven feet.
General Agent Jordan, of the North
ern Pacific, said today that he feared
the flood would stop trains for some
time, although the full extent of the
damage has not yet been determined.
He reports several washouts and two
slides, but would give no assurance
as to the resumption of train service.
Kendrick is cut off from all com
munication with the outside world, as
the telephone wires are all silent, but
Julietta. three miles distant, is in
touch with the situation. No mail has
been received or dispatches sent today,
and it is feared that the railroad will
be unable to handle it for several
days.
Lapwai Creek, generally called I.azy
Brooklet, is on the rampage, and Cul
desac is threatened with floods. This
morning the mill flume broke in sev
eral places and torrents of water
flowed down through the streets. The
lower end of town Is now six inches
under water, and the river is still ris
ing. The bridge approach in the center
of town was carried away, and the en
tire structure may go next. The creek
Is so high that the Culdesac water
works are flooded and the city ls'with
out drinking water.
MOXTESAXO DAM GOES OUT
Chehalis River So High All Mills
Are Forced to Close.
MONTESANO. Wash., March 15. (Spe
cial.) The heavy rain, which started
Thursday night, still continues. The
Chehalis River is higher now than it has
been for five years, and the Wyr.ooche
and Satsop Rivers are raging torrents.
The high water has done much damage
already and more will follow unless the
rains cease.
Part of the dam of the Montesano Light
& Water Company went out last night.
A jam of drift and logs formed above
the wagon bridge over the Wynooche and
for a while it was thought the bridge
would go. but only two or tnree pilings
were taken out before the -jam was
broken. The Northern Pacific Railway
bridge was also In danger. The Chehalis
is so high that all the mills were closed
down yesterday morning.
PEXDLETOX IS THREATEXED
TerrHic Storms in Mountains Send
Vmatilla Over Banks.
PENDLETON. Or.. March 15. (Spe
cial.) With the water in the Umatilla
River nearly ten feet above low water
mark, and with a rise of three feet in
nine hours. Pendletau is again threat
ened with a flood. The water is now
only about two feet.. lower than it was
two years ago, when 'the city suffered
RAGING
great damage, but the new levee is hold
ing in good shape so far. A portion of
the lower end of town is flooded, caused
by the water backing up around the
lower end of the levee, but no particular
damage has been done so far, though it
will probably be possible to ride on some
of the main streets with a boat by morn
ing. It has not rained much here today,
hut a terrific storm is raging in th'3
mountains at the head of the river. . The
city is cut off from railroad communica
tion on both the east and the west and
will be for another 18 hours at least. A
large slide and washout at Duncan, 30
miles east of here, has caused trains
from the east to be held at Meacham,
while the slide at Wyeth is stopping the
trains from the west. The line to Spo
kane is still open.
SWEEP ALL STREAMS CLEAN
Floods In Chehalis County .Wel
comed by the Loggers.
ELM A, Wash., March 15. (Special.)
Heavy, continuous rain has, prevailed in
the Chehalis Valley for several days past.
The Chehalis River, running over its
banks, is still rising and the highest
water in many years is now expected
and being- prepared for. There was a
steady downpour of heavy rain all
through the night, and it continues to
day unabated.
Not a log will be left in any of the
creeks and rivers, every driving stream
will be swept clean, so great is the flood
raging through Chehalis County at this
time. Logs that have hung for years on
gravel bars and high, banks will go down
to the booms on Grays Harbor. Loggers
on driving streams welcome this rain.
The new dam of the Elma Light & Power
Company on the Cloquallum has stood
the great pressure of high water splen
didly and all doubts of its stability are
now removed.
CITIZENS BLOW UP BRIDGE
FLOOD CONDITIONS IX WALLA
WALLA MOST SERIOUS.
One Bridge Washed Out hy High
' Water Roaring Torrent
Through Center of Town.
WALLA WALLA. March 16. Not for
years has this city faced so serious a
situation as it does this morning from
the floods which have come down from
the Blue Mountains and have made Mill
Creek a roaring torrent. At 1:45 A. M.,
as far as can be learned, the following
Is a resume of tonighfs damage:
The Fourth street bridge has been
washed out; part of the Third street
bridge has been blasted out; the gas
works have been flooded and are closed
down: Main street, from above Sixth
street to the O. R. & N. passenger depot
is reported to be under water. In the
business district the water is rapidly fill
ing basements. Outside of the city, as
within, flood conditions are apparent in
all parts of the Walla Walla Valley.
HOOD RIVER USES CANDLES
Electric Plant Out of Commission.
Xo Trains Either Way.
HOOD RIVER. March 15. (Special.)
High water and landslides caused by
the heavy rains of the past two days
have placed the Ciy of Hood River in
darkness and without railroad commu
nication since yesterday. It was an
nounced by the light company early
in the evening that it would not be
possible to operate its plant tonight,
owing to the flooded condition of Hood
River, from which its gets its power.
The volume of water coming down
this stream today is said by a member
of the company to exceed by two feet
that in it at any time since the com
pany has been in business. Churches,
hotels and dwelling-houses were forced
to resort to the primitive candle for
light, and with no trains either way,
and with no daily newspapers. Hood
River residents today were forced . to
take a step backward 20 years.'
MA.NV SHIXGLE BOLTS LOST
Cowlitz River an Angry Torrent,
Sweeping Away Much Timber.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. March 15.
(Special.) The heavy and continuous
rains of the past few days have swollen
the streams in this region and the Cow
litz River is now a very angry-looking
torrent, filled with logs, bolts and trees.
The shinglemen were at first delighted
at the assistance they were receiving
by the waters in .getting their bolts
down stream, but their joy is now some
what tempered by the fact that many
bolts will be carried away and lost, owing
to the fact that the booms at Kelso are
filled to overflowing and the big boom
at the mouth of the Cowlitz is not in
commission. While the river is high and
still rising, no great fear is felt of dam
age by flood, other than the loss of
timber.
BRIDGE THREATEXED AT KELSO
Dynamite Used to Loosen Log Jam
That Forms in Cowliti.
KELSO. Wash.. March 15. (Special.)
The steady downpour of rain for the past
three days has caused the river to rise
15 feet at this place. It is filled with logs
and shingle bolts, several large faffs
having broken loose further up stream.
The bridge over the Cowlitz at this point
was threatened for a time today, a .large
jam of logs hanging to the middle pier.
Dynamite was used to loosen the jam
and men will be stationed at the bridge
to keep any more logs from jamming.
The bridge was carried away a year
ago by a jam of logs. Several washouts
are reported from up the river and a
large fill on the coal railway to the Con
sumers coal mine has been washed away.
The river is still rising.
Xecanicum Over Banks.
SEASIDE. Or.. March 15. (Special.)
Seaside is in the grip of the wildest
storm it has experienced for years. The
Necanieum has swept over its banks
and flooded the adjacent country. A
rise of three feet more will probably
result in serious damage.
Loggers are disappointed because the
storm has cut a new channel, prohibit
ing any logging operations for the
time being. The barn on Charles John
son's ranch, eight miles above Seaside,
is surrounded by a raging torrent.
Heavy Rains- at Albany.
ALBANY. Or.. March 15. (Special. )
One of the heaviest rainfalls ever re
corded at this city occurred last night.
In the 20 hours previous to 8 o'clock this
morning 2.32 inches of rain fell here and
most of it was during the night. Pools
of water formed in all low places. Ac
companying the rain last night was a re
markably heavy wind, but no material
damage is reported.
Wind and Rain at Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or., March 15. (Special.)
There was another heavy rain storm to
day accompanied by high wind, and the
rainfall durins the day was 3.1 Inches.
The rrecipitation duHnsr the three days
at 5 o'clock, this sureninf. wju tL
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Laces-
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Petticoats-
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Regular $8.75 val
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Swiss nainsook and cambric
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Values to $1.50 yard 49c; val
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BULLETS HIT THREE
Rejected Lover Seeks to Slay
San Pedro Family.
A
KILLE
TURN BY POLICE
Crazed With Jealonsy, Oracio El
gueta Fires at Mother, Wounds
Two Girls and Shoots In
valid Grandfather on Couch.
SAX PEDRO, March 15. What may re
sult in a double tragedy was enacted to
night at San Pedro when Oracio Elgueta,
a lumberhandler, shot and probably fatal
ly wounded 11-year-old Margaret Manes,
wounded 7-year-old Minnie Shackleford
twice; shot her grandfather James
Shackleford through both shoulders: fired
at Mrs. A. Manes and being himself
killed by police officers who were at
tracted to the spot by the sound of the
shots.
Mrs. Manes, her daughters Margaret
and Minnie Shackleford, had been seated
in the front room of their cottage, the
door being open. Suddenly Elgueta ap
peared in the doorway and opened fire
on Mrs. Manes. He fired one shot be
fore the woman ran to the window and
jumped out. The man then turned his
gun on the woman's daughter, firing a
shot which hit the little girl's left
breaet. passing clear through, piercing the
right lung. The man then fired two shots
at Minnie Shackleford. the first shatter
ing her left hand the other passing
through her right arm.
Elgueta then passed into the next room
where Minnie's grandfather, a cripple,
was lying on the sofa. The man fired
two shots at the old man, one taking
effect in each shoulder.
Elgueta then left the house and started
for bis home. Policemen Inman and
Logan who had been attracted to the
spot by the sound of the firing, pursued
the fleeing man.- The fugitive ran to
the yard of his home where he reloaded
his revolver and opened fire upon the
officers. They returned the shots and
Elgueta fell dead, shot through the
heart.
Elgueta was a rejected suitor of Mrs.
Manes, and jealousy of her led to the
shooting.
Pounded Brass for Lincoln.
BIN'GHAMPTON". N. Y March 15.
Irwight Fuller, of Hancock, who is said
to have ben private telegraph opera
tor for President Lincoln during the
Civil 'War. was killed on the Eric
Sunday's Full-Page Advertisements
$22.50 Suits
$15.45
A-
1 'J, ' f ..
Made of all-wool Pan
ama in black, navy or
brown; jacket is silk
lined. New plaited
Skirt with fold. A suit
that we are selling
j regularly for $22.50.
tracks at N'arrowsburg Friday after
noon. . Mr. Fuller was about 70 years
old.
HAYTIEN TROUBLES AGAIN
Dispatch Tells of Many Killed in
Street Fights.
LiOXDON. March 16. A dispatch has
been received here from Fort Au Prince,
Hayti, to the effect that serious disturb
ances have occurred at that place. Sev
eral persons are reported killed in street
fights and many arrests of prominent
men have been made. Rumors of several
summary executions, the- dispatch says,
are in circulation, but at the hour of
filing the dispatch this had not been
confirmed. . j 'y
WILL FAST -TILL HUNGRY
Schoolteacher on ' Thirty-Fifth Day
of Fast Says She Feels Better.
LONG BEACH, Cal., March 15. Miss
Etta Priecilla Grove, the young woman
schoolteacher of Chicago, who expects
to break the record made several years
ago by Dr. H. S. Tanner, when he fasted
40 days in New York, concluded the 35th
day of her fast today. Miss Grove says
that the feeling of hunger has passed
away and that she feels better each day.
She says she will not break her fast until
hunger returns to such an extent that
she thinks it necessary to do so.
SEEK BODIES IN THE RUINS
Two Victims of Xatchez Explosion
, Recovered Yesterday.
NATCHEZ. Miss.. March 15. Today
has been one of ceaseless activity for so
ciety officials and the volunteers ' en
gaged in searching the ruins of the
Natchez Drug Company's five-story build
ing which was wrecked yesterday by an
explosion of gas, causing the death of
eight persons, and at nightfall the bodies
of two of the victims had been discovered
Cleveland I.aub, the chemist in charge
of the laboratory, and Inez Netterville. one
of the young women employed in that de
partment. NEW KIND STUDENT DUEL
Slash Each Other on Bare Backs
W'ilh Canes In Ring.
LISSA, Posen, March 15. Fifteen
minutes slashing with a cane was the
limit of endurance of one of the an
tagonists in the newest form of stu
dents' duel, which has just occurred
outside this city, where it has been
decided among the students of the
technical high school to dispense in the
.1
-Dresses:
Ladies' taffeta silk Princess
dresses, newest jumper style, in
black and colors, plaid silk
trimming, $18.50
$12.79
values
-Waists
Hand embroidered waists of fine
batiste, made with tucked yoke,
elbow sleeves. Regularly $7.50
values. For Mon
day $3.95
-Silks
1500 yards Fancy Silks, in ex
quisite new Spring 1908 pat
teras, in a wide range of colors.
Regular $1.25. -Sale
98c
Pongees
Imported Shantung Pongee in
the natural color, much wanted
for coat suits and automobile
coats. Regular
$1.75 value
$1.39
-Suitings
L2Z to $1.50 Imported Novelty
Suitings in checks, stripes,
plaids, etc., 44 to 48 inches wide.
All colors. . 0 si
oc
Sale
-Suitings
$2.00 quality Tailor Cloths, in
new stripes, checks and mix
tnres, strictly all wool, 56 inches
wide. For this
$1.69
sale
-Batiste
Pekin Batiste, white and tinted
grounds, corded stripes, floral
designs, colored printed designs.
fa1"!. ..12'2C
future with the deadly weapons for
the decision of affairs of honor. The
students met at a chosen spot where
the Beconds marked out a ringr. The
antagonists then stripped to the waist,
each was handed a cane of equal
length, and they then stepped into the
ring. To the on-lookers their ribs,
arms and backs presented the appear
ance of having been flayed.
SPEED TESTS SUCCESSFUL
Scout Cruiser Birmingham Exceed
Government Requirements.
BOSTON, March 15. The new- scout
cruiser Birmingham came into port
late today, having completed her trial
trips and exceeded the Government re
quirements in her official tests.
The Birmingham left here on Thurs
day for her 24-hour 12-knot test. Her
record was 12.228 knots per hour.
The cruiser on Saturday morning
started on her 24-hour 22-kriot ' test.
This proved equally successful, the
vessel maintaining a speed of 22.665
knots.
In a four hours' endurance run
earlier In the week the Birmingham
developed an average speed of 24.32
knots.
NEW YORK
DENTISTS
4TH An MORRISON STS.,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
CHALLENGE THE WORLD
No charge for painlena Extraction
when other work l ordered. We were
the first and only Eastern Specialist
to advertise and do first-class dent
istry absolutely without pain at mod
erate prices.
We have always associated with u
the world's most Famous Dental
Experts.
Do not be misled by unscrupulous
advertisers who resort to scar-hoad
advertisements to entice the unwary
to their offices.
Pay no tancy fees until you have
consulted us- Our continued success
Is due to the uniformly hifh-xrade
work done by jrentlemanly operators.
We make a perfect set of teeth tor
1500.
When they are made by the
DENTISTS
They are guaranteed, with a pro
tective guarantee for 10 years.
Gold Fillings ft-
Silver tilings B0
Sold Crowns. ?k....r 6.00
Br) rise Work. iZk 6.00
We are making a specialty of
Porcelain Bridge Work.
Largest and best equipped dental
establishment In the world
DR. A. C. FRO OH. PROPRIETOR.
Hour 8 SO A M to P. M.