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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1908)
TJIE MORNING OREGON! AX. WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 8. 1D0S. 11 DAYLIGHT IS APPEARING rum J y jMw m m $2 2 I whol Since October 28th the bank p a n i c this big store, like many others, has been in financial darkness. The strain has been terrific the efforts put forth tre mendous to keep this big plant from striking the rocks of financial' ruin to save this store for Portland and its cus tomers. The two banks we deal with have stood loyally by us our thousands of. customers have been generous in their pa tronage and coteries of "Shylocks" who have been impatiently sitting-around in a circle licking their chops, thinking each day that the next would surely give them the long-coveted oppor tunity to pick the bones of this grand store, are doomc'd to dis appointment. Ve have nearly paid out 100eents on the dollar, but we want $7500 THIS WEEK And to get it quick and to celebrate the first glimpse of daylight we have had for five months, we will give remark able bargain sales each day this week. Three weeks ago we sold to an outside dealer our entire remnant odd and end stocks of underwear, waists, hosiery, and cleaned it out every scratch. We now open these departments and lines again with brand new, fresh stock (guess some didn't expect this) and to cele brate and advertise the fact they go on genuine bargain sale prices. WE WANT $7500 THIS WEEK to clear the 100 cents on the dollar. People, it's up to you We've done our part. Look at the offerings right in the height of the season. YOU'LL GIVE IT TO US, WE THINK Wednesday and Thursday Your Choice of Any Lady's Suit in House Wednesday and Thursday Only SPECIALS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY $5.95 Your choice of any Skirt in the Ck house Wednesday and Thursday.... JJT"a-J Your choice of any Silk Petticoat in the house. Values up to $20.... Your-choice of any Waist in the house: values up to $22.50; Wednesday and Thnrs- CC C)E day at the very special price of.... -P'Jss" New stork of Ladies' Hose. Your choice 7 ff of any pr. of hose in the house; vals. $1.50 Your choice of any Coat or Jacket in the house; values $27.50; Wednesday and CT Thursday at special price, only P J Merchant Tailoring Dept. Men's Suits to Order We are making hundreds of them and can make hundreds more. If you need a suit YOU CAN HELP US By Giving in an Order And Notice We have a special proposition on men's suits whereby you can get two for one. Yor information rerardintr this apply .in person to the manager of this company, Mr. ,T. M. Acheson. esale an d Retail Jo Mo ACHESON CO. Fifth and Alder Sts. CONFLICT ON STAND Witnesses Tell Opposing Sto ries in Trial. ROBBERY IS THE CHARGE Convict Testifies That Klmrr Wills AslMed In Hold-Vp of E. J. Maxwell on T.nt Side LfR?t Spring. That on or more witnpses perjured themselves in te?tifyinr beforo & jury in Judge Bronauph's department of the Cir cuit Court yesterday afternoon was ap parent, for thojr statpmrnts were directly Bl variance. The caae on trial was that nf the Mate Agalnvt Rimer Wills, alias Klmer Johnson. He was charped with having assisted in holding up and robbing R J. Maxwell, on the night of March 17, Irsi year, on the Southern Pacific tracks near their intersection with Hawthorne avenue. When placed upon the witness stand. Maxwell said he wa on his way home between 9 and 10 o'clock that night, when he saw two men standing near the path hft usualy took, so he took to the railroad track, going south. The men pounced upon htm, put a revolver to his head and took all his coin. George Fraer, 30 years old, was con victed of the crime and sentenced to the State Penitentiary to serve a term of from five to 30 years. He was brought to Portland to testify yesterday, and said that Wills was with him, and that th two divided the plunder. He said the two thrn .lumped on a train for Roseburg. Frank Curtis, warden of the State Peni tentiary, was called to the witness stand, and In response to questions put by Attor MarMahon. for the defendant, said that he had soken to Fraxer at the Peniten tiary about the robbcrV In compliance with the request of Mr. MacMahon, and that Ftaser had said the 'Seattle Kid." not Will, was with him and assisted in the hold-up. This testimony came out af ter a strenuous objection from Ieputy I Met riot Attorney Seabrook, who is prose cuting the. case. Wills' testimony was to th effect that the night before th hold-up he passed Maxwell's cWn while on his way to get a change of clothing, as he was working on the steamer Northwest at the time. The steamer plies between Portland and Kelso. Wills said that on the night of t?ie hold-up he was in Kelso. He said that on th night of March 16, Fisher and the "Seattle Kid ' were hanging about Maxwell's hut, ready to "pull off the job." Wills also told of an occasion when Max well drew forth considerable money in the presence of the couple at the Rhefnpfalz Hotel. He said the reason Fraser had tstlnd against him was because there wa "bad blood" between them. He re ferred to a visit paid him at Gaston by lVteetives Jones and Tichenor, and said they offered him a light sentence if he ou!d plead guilty. James Lee. a farmer living 3o miles northwest of Gaston, con firmed Wills testimony with reference to tfca detectives' offer. Mr, Tichenor, bow ever, referred to Iee as having "21 in dictments against him." Mrs. Johnson, Wills' mother, said her son had worked for Storey St Brooks and on the North Bank road. Sh testified as to her son's good conduct. Wills, who is 19 years od. was arrested at Gaston In January. Deputy Seabrook was In the midst of the closing argument when the hour for adjournment came last night. The case will probably go to the jury this morning. SET DATE FOR ROSS HEARING Manning Will Appear Today Before Salem Court. District Attorney Manning said yester day that the indicted officials of the Title Guarantee A. Trust Company will be given a speedy trial. He will go to Salem to day to ask that the date be set for the trial of J. Thorburn Ross. This case will be tried first, because Mr. Ross has asked for a trial separata from T. T. Burkhart and John B. Attchison. Mr. Manning will take with him the original papers filed in the bank cases, duplicates having been made by the County Cleric to keep In Multnomah County. County Clerk Fields copied more than lVtt pages of informations, answers, re plies, motions, demurrers and affidavits, but he decided to make no copies of the reports about the Ross bank which were printed in the newspapers. As a result, the newspapers will not be sent to Salem, but will be kept on file here. WILL BUILD BIG DRYDQCK SEW COMPACT ANNOUNCES CONSTRUCTION IN PORTLAND. Float to Accommodate Vessels l"p to S500 Tons Will Be Installed This Summer. FATHER AND SON ARE GUILTY Plead Topelher When Confronted With Larceny Charge. Believing that further protestation of their innocence would be unsuccessful. Richard Bauch and R. H. Baufrti. father and son, yesterday pleaded guilty before Judge Oeland. A charge of larceny had been filed against the son, while the father was accused of receiving stolen property. They will be sentenced Thurs day at ! P. M. It is charged that the younger Baugh. with Victor Hollander, stole 17 pairs of corduroy trousers, eight pairs of plain trousers and four suit eases from the Southern Pacific Company on February 86. Hollander pleaded guilty sometime ago. but said he had been staying with the Baughs, and had been led into the affair. Anto Owner Must Pay. Fred S. Chapman was awarded $400 damages by a jury in Judge Bro naunrhs department of the Circuit Court yesterday In the suit brought by him against J. B. Kelly. The plaintiff alleged that Kelly's automobile flew down the Llnnton road at the rate of 30 miles an nour. frightening his horse so that he reared up. fell down and died. Chapman sued to recover. '529.S5. Southern Pacific Mader Defendant. The Northern Pacific Terminal Company is no longer a party to the suit of Richard Shields for WX500 damages. Judge O'Day granted the motion for a nonsuit yester day In case Shields Is allowed damages for being struck by an engine at the foot of the stairway leading to the upper deck of the Steel Bridge, the Southern Pacific Company will be defendant In the case. Tomorrow and Friday will positively be the last days for discount on West Side gas bills. Portland Gas Company. Frea canay wits children's shoes at Rosenthal a. Seventh, and Washington, A new floating drydock, designed for the accommodation of vessels ranging up to about 3500 net tonR. is to be con structed In Portland Harbor this Sum mer. This important addition to present facilities of this sort will be undertaken by the Oregon Drydock Company, recent ly incorporated by W. H. Corbett, w. c. Alvord. William L. Brewster and Alvln Boody. The prospectus of the company, which has just been issued, states very con vincingly that proper provision for dock ing and repair of vessels of the class named has become a positive necessity at this port, figures being quoted from the tonnage statistics of the port which show that not only has the net tonnage of all entering vessels Increased from 4K3.433 tons In 1904 to 843.245 tons in 1907. but that over 90 per cent of all vessels which this large tonnage represents are of 3500 net tons or under, no account be ing taken of nn aiready numerous river and harbor fleet. Mention is made of the inability of the large Port of Portland dock to care for vessels of thic class at proportionately reasonable charges, it being clearly ex plained that docks of large size must be operated at their maximum capacity, or nearly so. in order that a fair degree of operating economy may be attained. That a drydock should be, so far as possible, conveniently located and equipped for all classes of repair work Is fully gone into and the manner in which the new dock will meet these requirements could not be more complete. i ft will be built and operated alongside the ship dock of the Willamette Iron A Steel Works, the latter company to pro vide all .extraordinary labor. and equip ment, necessary for the operation of the drydock-. By this arrangement the new dock will be supplied with a complete outfit of heavy lifting and hoisting ma chinery, air compressors, electric light and power, in fact every device which may be required for the prompt and economical dispatch of ship repair. The construction of this dock will un doubtedly add greatly to the reputation of Portland as a snipping point, it being far behind In Its facilities of this char acter when compared with other cities which do not. or but slightly, exceed it in importance as a maritime center. Seat tle and other Coast cities have been more alive to the necessity for shipping conveniences of this sort, and if this city is to maintain the commercial position it now occupies and Is to expect a con tinuance of the growth of this sort which it has recently enjoyed, convenient and adequate accommodations for docking and repairing vessel which form such an important. proportion of its total ship ping tonnage must be provided. Ogdn. Utah. An extra west-bound freight train was surrounded at Lucln about 1 o'clock Tuesday morning and a refrirerator car loaded with meat was broken open and robbed of a large number of hams, bacon and meat. The five trainmen were utterly nnable to cope with the herde of hobee. Help Him As your doctor if there is one single injurious thing inAyer's Hair Vigor. Formula published everywhere. Axiers HairViqor S NEW IMPROVED FORMULA J A very delicate matter, to be sure, but do you think your husband is as good looking as he ought to be? Help him out! Offer to buy him a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor if he will only use it. Removes dan druff, keeps the hair soft and smooth, gives the proper finish to the general make-up. We have no seoretsl We publish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Miu. GREEKS TURN ON FOREMAN FRANK M'GEB STOPS ATTACK WITH REVOLVER. Foreign Workmen, When Dismissed, Grab Picks and Cause Sensation In Front of the Postoffice. W'hat promised to develop Into a well defined riot broke out on Sixth street. In front of the Postoffice annex, early yes terday morning, when Frank McGee, fore man of the street Improvement gang now operating at that point, dismissed half a dozen Greek laborers from service. Declaring that there was prejudice against them, a large number of the Greek workmen joined the men who had been discharged In a disouslson of the in cident, and violence must have been de cided on. for several of the Greeks, sell ing picks, rushed at McGee. The foreman, who has but one arm ran at first before the maddened foreign ers, but was being outstripped when ha turned, whipped" out a revolver and kept them off by threatening to kill the first man that approached him. They hovered about for a time and then withdrew go ing for advice to an Americanized mem ber of their race. They were told not to attempt violence again, but to resort to rt,!fWe .k V!?t f beinK m)"y treated. la?eJ h ,reeks- Iynovlc. went P "S !ta.t,on and complained with ? "?ndUCtJn thrtentng them with a revolver. He was referred to Deputy City Attorney Tomlinson, who Is sued a warrant for McGee's arrest on a charge of exhibiting a deadly weapon. On being arrested McGee said he had been threatened on Monday by the Greeks, who had taJcen a dislike to him. For that reason he had provided himself with the revolver, fearing an attack which he could not ward off In his crip pled condition. He put up $100 ball for ap pearance in court today. A fnry day In London means that the residents are compelled to run up a gas bill of frem $so.ono to 7S one SWIFT SPENDING MILLIONS ON THE PENINSULA attend"LOVELEIGII"opening TOMORROW SPECIAL! SPECIAL! SPECIAL! This week only. This elegant strictly high-erade solid oak stool, finished golden or weathered oak, nphol- x, Boston leather, or verona velour. A very fine seat for hall or parlor, it is 18 inches inohoc Tli. m.i Tf.ii.n i 4L:. ' i : firin v.. tu:. - &z 1 eyp r',. l. stered in genuine h?athe high and seat is 16x18 inches We Carry a Full Line of Furni ture, Rugs, Linoleums, Carpets, Stoves, Ranges, Window Shades, Curtains, Bedding and All Other House ' Furnishings 1$L75 I; Special This Week Visit Our Store and Let Us Prove to You That We Are the Most Reasonable " Priced Furni ture Store in Portland, Cash or Easy Payments INDEPENDENT FURNITURE COMPANY COMPLETE HOUSEFURNISHERS Our Prices Are Positively the Moat Reasonable in Portland Greea Front Building 1 04-1 06 FIRST STREET B.t. Wa.hin, ton and Stark SU
