Morning Oregonian., June 17, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

THE MORNIXG OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1903.
WITNESS MOTHER
SHOOT HUSBAND
Children Alone Can Decide
Fate of Woman Who Has
Taken Man's Life.
SHE ACTS IN SELF-DEFENSE
Turns Gun Onto Insane Brute, Who
Seeks to Kill Wife and Chil
dren Tragedy at
Bellingbara.
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. June 1.
Ipon the testimony of 12-year-old
Lloyd Edmisom and his 10-year-old
sister. Lulu, rests the ultimate fate of
Mrs. Frank. Egelston, their mother, who
today shot and killed her second hus
band. Krank Egelston, and who will to
morrow be charged with murder In the
first degree.
The children were in bed in the room
in which the shooting occurred, and it
Is only upon their evidence that the
plea of self-defense to be made by the
woman can be based. Aside from a few
minor witnesses, they are the only ones
who can give any facts concerning: the
case, as they were the only ones present
at the time or the shooting.
Keeks to Drag Her I'roin Room.
The children today gave clear, lucid
and consistent statements to the Prose
cuting Attorney to the effect that their
Aepfathor had entered the room, loaded
bis gun and. after declaring that he
would shoot his wife, had attempted to
drag her into another room to murder
her. It was only after she had tried in
vain to loose herself from him, they
say. and after he had repeate'dly said
that he would shoot her, that she finally
fired upon him. The children were ex
amined separately, but their statements
coincide in every particular.
Cigarette smoking, excessive and in
cessant, is said by Ggelston's relatives
to have occasioned the melancholia
which finally culminated In . homicidal
mania, and under the influence of which
he attempted to shoot his wife.
Xot Sorry She Killed Him.
Since the shooting the woman has been
calm and collected and states that while
she regrets the necessity, she is not
sorry for having shot her husband. She
says If she had not done so, he would
have murdered the whole family, and in
this she Is borne out by the statement
of her children.
CARRYROWEL TO TACOMA
Famous Silver Trophy Delivered by
Portland Masons.
TACOMA, Wash., June 16. (Spe
cial.) The committee of Willamette
Masonic lodge No. 2, of Portland, Or.,
consisting of Frank Robertson, Wal
lace McCamant, D. Solis Cohen and W.
R. McKenzie, brought the famous trav
eling silver trowel, first started upon
its journey by Justice lodge No. 753, of
New York. It was presented to Le
banon lodge No. 104 tonight to remain
about a month, until a request for It
comes from a lodge in another juris
diction. Willamette lodge No. 2, of Portland,
received the trowel on the evening of
April 20. 1908, At the presentation to
night addresses were made by Frank
Robertson, worshipful master; Wallace
McCamant, senior warden; D. Soils
Cohen, Junior warden; W. R. McKenzie,
senior deacon, Willamette lodge No. 2,
of Portland.
FIND NO TRACE OF TROUB
Roseburg Youth Believed to Have
. Deserted W ife and Children.
ROSEBURG, Or., June 16. (Special.)
No trace has yet been found of
Charles Trouh, who mysteriously dis
appeared from his home here Sunday.
Troub, who is 21 years old, with a
wife and two children, left home Sun
day morning, stating he was going
fishing. Since then no trace of him
has been found. His fishing tackle
was found on the bank of the river
and It was thought he might have been
drowned. The river, which is very low,
was thoroughly dragged, but no fur
ther trace of him was discovered.
Before coming to Oregon from Ohio,
some two months ago. It is said, Troub
Indulged in a. runaway escapade. He
Is said to have told a friend he was
sorry he ever came to Oregon.
HODGINS QUITS OLD JOB
Resigns From Sheriff's Office to Be
come United States- Marshal.
BOISE, Idaho. June 16. (Special.)
Sheriff Shadrack Hodglns, Just ap
pointed United States Marshal to suc
ceed Ruel Rounds, deposed by order of
the President, today tendered his res
ignation as Sheriff of Ada County to
the County Commissioners. The Com
missioners have called a special meet
ing for next Monday morning to act
upon the matter, and to appoint a
Sheriff to nil the vacancy. Five candi
dates are in the field, and it Is sug
gested that there are a number who
may go after the place as dark horses.
W. I. Thrallkill. W. II. Sherier, W. C.
Lane, C. E. Marsters and W. J. Driscoll
are avowed applicants for the appoint
ment, and It is rumored that Under
Sheriff C. C. Sigglns Is a receptive candidate.
Tacoma Waterfront Notes.
TACOMA. June 16. With 110.699 bush
els of wheat, valued at J98.000, the French
bark Bidart, Captain Laine, cleared to
day for Queenstown, Falmouth or Plym
outh for orders.
The Kosmos liner Anubis arrived to
day to load 3000 tons of freight for the
West Coast.
The River Forth completes her cargo
tonight and will probably leave out about
noon tomorrow.
The steamer Governor was In port to
day discharging freight from San Fran
cisco and taking on grain cargo.
The steamer Bertha, of the Alaska
Pacific Steamship Company's fleet, ar
rived today from Alaska with ore for the
Tacoma smelter. She will proceed to
Seattle to complete her cargo for Alaska,
leaving out June 25.
Varsity Twirler In Box.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 16. (Spe
cial.) The Oregon City Grays have ar
ranged a game on the Canemah Park
grounds next Sunday with the Wabash
m of Portland. Neither team has
suffered a defeat this season, and the
line-up of the Grays will be effectively
strengthened by the addition of several
men who have been playing with the
Papermakers of the Tri-City League.
Robinson, or Hurd, who has been in the
box for the University of Oregon team,
will pitch, and the make-up of the
team follows: Shaw, catcher; Roberts,
shortstop; Hill, first base; Telford, sec
ond base; Kruger, third base; McFar
land, right field; Douthit, center field;
Long, left field.
KICKS AT HIS DISTURBER
V. T. Mills, Socialist, Resents Fre
quent Interruptions at Moscow.
MOSCOW, Idaho. June 16. (Special.)
Before 600 men, women and children, at
a picnic in the city park, Walter Thomas
Mills. Socialist, of Portland, and once
editor of the Saturday Evening Tribune
of Seattle, and Thomas Neill, of Pull
man, fired the first gun in the county
Socialist campaign here today. Mills
spoke on the topic, "Public Ownership
of Monopolized Industries.
Mills, after being interrupted several
times by M. E. Poysen, a real estate
dealer here, who had seated himself
upon the speaker's stand, kicked the
latter. Poysen raised no further dis
turbance, but was run in later by the
Chief of Police, and released after being
taken to the City Hall.
Carnival for the Fourth.
HOQUIAM, Wash., June 16. (Spe
cial.) A contract has been effected be
tween the Young Men's Progressive
Club of this place and a carnival com
pany by which the latter will show
here six days during a Fourth of July
carnival which is predicted to be one
of the most elaborate ever held on the
harbor. Arrangements are also under
way for a man to assume charge of the
barbecue features.
Chehalis Claims Another Victim.
ABERDEEN. Wash., June 16. (Spe
cial.) Victor Whalen, aged 39, was ac
cidentally drowned in the Chehalis
River last night. It is thought he fell
In when the water was low, and be
coming fast in the mud, was unable to
make an outcry or come to the surface.
His body was found when the tide was
out.
Still Giving Away Kbses.
ROSEBURG, Or., June 16. (Special.)
Roseburg is now using her roses as a
means of advertising. Since Roseburg
was so well advertised at the Portland
Rose Carnival by the distribution of
roses there,, the ladies' auxiliary of the
Commercial Club has been distributing
roses to the passengers on all trains
passing through the city.
Mead in Cosgrove'a Stronghold.
GARFIELD, Wash., June 16. (Spe
cial.) Governor Mead and party, who
are touring Whitman County in an
auto, arrived in Garfield today, remain
ing here an hour. While here the Gov
ernor shook hands with dozens of
farmers and business men of the city.
The party left here about noon for
Pullman.
Court Corrects Cupid's Error.
OREGON CITY. Or.. June 16 (Spe
cial.) Lillium M. Kendall has been
granted divorce . by default from
Charles F. Kendall, Judge McBride
signing the decree of separation,
June 10.
REPLIES TO DR. LAPHAM
Takes Issue With Some "Abomina
tions of the Lord" Mentioned.
PORTLAND. Or.. June 15. (To the
Editor.) The social conditions of today
will be settled some day by men ana
women who know what mankind is.
who know its errors and how to remedy
them, who have learned from the school
of observation and reflection. The social
questions are not to be settled because
this or that "Is an abomination to tne
Lord," before or after the flood. The
flood will not figure much in the read
justment, neither the.tribal lord of any
people of any clime or any time, 'those
'lords are bugaboos brought out by a
craft who wish to frighten women and
children Into obedience to their own
notions.
That same lord, alluded to by Dr.
Lapham, is not accepted as a safe guide
today by any known society on the face
of the earth. At least not the original
lord and until lie has been evolved to a
higher conception of decency. Even our
reverend brother does a dozen things a
week that were an abomination to this
lord eating ham, rabbit, sausage, eating
before washing his pedal extremities, or
manual carrying an umbrella on , the
lord's day, having coin in his pocket
when he approaches the lord's holy altar.
There are recorded in the holy writings.
events which evidently were not an
abomination to this same lord, but which
would be abominable to any member of
this wicked generation. Just glance over
a few passages about Judah, David and
two of the children of this holy man.
I would arise to my feet and remain
standing while these terriole people that
Dr. Lapham names, pass by, if I knew
that they are doing something to change
the social conditions where love Is not
free but chained. Dr. Lapham has no
more respect for marital love than have
I, but I cannot regard the command of
theologians as true, that would make
woman the chattel of man. Woman has
no will she has not even power over her
own body, In health and disease, in cheer
and sorrow, in wealth and poverty, in
plenty and want she Is under her god-
Joined husband who has rights she must
not under penalty of offending this lord
(and the clergy) disobey. Much of the
wickedness of today has come about by
virtue of such lord-obeying cruel, un
reasonable. Impossible (to most people)
ana unjust compulsions.
Why is it (if true, as the doctor de
clares It to be) that women are oftener
advocates of this new conception of the
marital relation than are men? Can not
the doctor see that It Is they who have
suffered for ages ever since the church
stepped in and made a sacrament of what
was before a civil contract? "What God
hath joined together" fudge! There is no
character in history with such a lack of
sense as to Join some people I know,
people wno stood before one of this
lord's supposed advocates and were
Joined together sacredly for life by God.
Let us not throw away our reason and
be frightened by and flood or lord story,
abomination or no. I never saw a wo
man, that was halt decently treated by
ner nusnana, DUt wno would stand up for
the "love to death" idea. I don't know
to women more than to man. Possibly
much about Mrs. Eddy, but if she did say
true. sut is not tne cnurch, the whole
that marriage is not the best thing she
church with Its 400 denominations, sup
is agreed with the teachings of that old
ported today principally by women? Who
bachelor who knows so much about the
Inferiority of woman the saint, Paul. She
is also in a position to point to Jesus
as agreeing with her at least in his
practice. If Mrs. Eddy puts herself ud
above the Pope of Rome, as he says, it
ought not to disturb Dr. Lapham or my
self.
Dr. Lapham says these "isms" appeal
does more to support the clergy of Port
land today bishops and priests than the
women? And they believe their eternal
welfare depends on it! Dr. Lapham be
gan his discourse by frightening us with
the lord; he ends it by frightening us
with the devil. You pay your money and
take your choice. I am on the outride.
2 B.
ORDER NOT OBEYED
Transport Sherman Will Re
main in Columbia River.
QUARANTINE LAW STRICT
War Department Now Without Juris
diction Over Vessel Some of Sol
diers May Be Disembarked
From Her Today.
ASTORIA, Or.. June 16. (Special.)
Despite the fact that late last night
the Secretary of War Issued orders for
the transport Sherman to proceed to
the quarantine station at San Francis
co, tne vessel still remains- at the Co
lumbia River station, and there sh
will lie at anchor until her fumigation
is completed and she is formally re
leased from, quarantine. Under the
rules of the department, the Sherman,
so long as the quarantine flag Is fly
ing over her, is under the direct con
trol of ihe Marine Hospital Service, the
same as a merchant vessel would be,
and the War Department has no au
thority over her movements. The only
persons having authority to permit the
Sherman to leave the local quarantine
station are the Secretary of the Treas
ury, Surgeon -General Wy'man and Dr.
Holt, the local quarantine Officer, so
the order issued by the Secretary of
War had no e.tect. """
This afternoon Dr. Holt released SS
of the passengers from the transport.
They were those on whom vaccination
had worked satisfactorily or who have
had smallpox before, and the -greater
portion of them left for Portland on
this evening's train. They include
civilians, discharged soldiers and Navy
men and insular officers and their
families. Several more who have been
passed by the quarantine officers will
probably be released tomorrow. Ar
rangements are also being made to
take a few of the soldiers who come
under the Immune class to "Vancouver
on a river steamer tomorrow.
It is expected the entire force can
be disembarked and the Sherman fumi
gated so that she can leave the station
by next Sunday, but a considerable
portion of the passengers will be com
pelled to remain in quarantine until
the 14 days elapse. No new cases of
the disease have developed, and the
man who is ill 'is progressing satisfac
torily.
Among the passengers released from
quarantine this-afternoon was Judge
Kincald, of Manila, who is a delegate
from the islands to the Democratic
convention in Denver.
Father and son had a dis
agreement at the Battle of
Bunker Hill but that's an
old story.
Son used to have to buy all
his clothes (as well as his tea)
of father, but has learned to
make better ones himself now.
Every father and son in this
town can buy the best of the
best right in our store.
Today $16.65 buys men's
best $25.00 suits. This is the
special reduced price on ac
count of store enlargement
COUGAR ATTACKS WOMAN
Springs I'pon Her as She Hangs Out
Clothes Dogs to Rescue.
NEWPORT. Or., June 16. (Special.)
Word has Just been received from Salmon
River, in the northern part of the county.
of an exciting battle with a cougar, in
which a plucky woman, Mrs. P. Gladwon,
carried off the honors. In the light, which
lasted for half an hour. City Engineer
Morris W-ygant and a United States In
spector bore a part.
The cougar entered the yard of Mrs.
Gladwon while she was hanging up
clothes. She did not- observe the beast
till It was within 25 feet of her. She
then turned and saw it ready to- spring.
She screamed, and as the brute leaped
toward her threw an armful of clothes
over its head.
Her cries and the snarls of the beast
instantly attracted the attention of Mr.
Wygant and several others, who were in
the house, and they entered the arena
backed up by several dogs. For 20 min
utes it was nip and tuck between the
dogs, the enraged cougar and the men.
Finally, after tearing the clothes to pieces
and injuring a couple of the dogs, the
animal made its escape into the brush.
apparently uninjured.
alterations.
display.
See the window
IKS
166-170 Third Street.
roughly tweaking the nose of H. E.
Beagle, and shoving his gun barrel down
the throat of h s bedmate, Louis scnaerer,
until he gagged, took Beagle's watch and
chain. He was after the latter's $250
diamond stud, but Beagle had placed it in
a safety deposit box the day before.
When the pair went to bed at midnight
they moved the bed 10 feet across their
room at the Oaks Hotel to place It under
a light so they could read, and the bur
glar, who was secreted under tne bed.
was obliged to roll along with it. He
made his escape after threatening to blow
off both their heads if they made an out
cry. Twelve Granted Diplomas.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 16. (Spe
cial.) The commencement exercises of
the Barclay High School were held to-
night in Shively's opera-house and 12
young men and women were presented
diplomas. The class address was de
livered b,y Dr. Clarence True Wilson,
of Portland, and Mrs. Kathryn Warde
Pope was the .soloist. Sertha - A.
Wourms gave the salutatory and Laura
Ekern the valedictory, and the follow
ing orations were delivered: "The
Spirit of Liberty," Raymond F. Olson;
"Ideals and Realities," Edna Kinney;
"The Class," Elizabeth Cooper.
BURGLAR GETS IMPATIENT
Takes Rough Revenge After living
Under Bed Three Hours.
SEATTLE. June 16. Out of revenge for
waiting three hours while his prospective
victims chatted, a burglar this morning
crawled out from under their bed and
Marine News of Seattle.
SEATTLE, June 16. The Canadian
Pacific Railway has cut the Seattle
Vancouver rate to $1, to meet the cut
of the Puget Sound Navigation Com
pany, and a new feature has been
brought to the front In that the Great
Northern Railroad has been involved
in the fight. The latter will cut Its
rates from Seattle to Vancouver unless
satisfactory assurances that the two
lines of steamships will adjust their
lifferences are given in the near fu
ture. A wire from Nome announces the
arrival of the steamships from Seattle,
the first vessel in being the Victoria,
of the Alaska Steamship Company. The
vessels should have arrived six days
ago, and the companies have been los
ing approximately $11,000 a day for
each day they have been overdue.
The steamer- Perdlta broke her tall
shaft off Richardson, In the San Juan
A Musical Investment
WOULD YOU MAKE AN INVESTMENT AT THIS TIME IF
YOU WERE CONVINCED THAT YOU WERE BUYING A PIANO
AS CHEAPLY AS THE DEALERS BUY THEM? DO YOU REAL
IZE THAT OUR BUYING IN LARGE QUANTITIES ENABLES US
TO BUY AT WHAT IS KNOWN AS JOBBERS' PRICES, AND TO
SELL AT WHOLESALE TO DEALERS AS CHEAPLY AS THEY
COULD BUY OF THE MANUFACTURERS? SUCH IS THE CASE,
AND WE ARE OFFERING TO INDIVIDUALS AT THIS TIME THE
SAME PRICES THAT WE ASK THESE SAME DEALERS. JUST
ONE HUNDRED PIANOS TO BE SOLD; NO MORE, NO LESS, AT
THESE FIGURES. SIMPLY TO REINTRODUCE OURSELVES TO
YOU AFTER AN ABSENCE OF SEVEN YEARS.
WE ONLY ASK YOU TO CALL; WE HAVE NOT THE TIME
TO CALL UPON YOU. WE ARE OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL
NINE O'CLOCK, AND IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH OF YOUR
TIME. WE WILL NOT TRY TO FORCE YOU TO BUY IN FACT,
WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BUY UNLESS YOU ARE CONVINCED
THAT WE ARE DOING JUST WHAT WE CLAIM., LET US SHOW
VOU A NICE PIANO, VENEERED CASE AND IVORY JvEYS, FOR
$137. YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN A PIANO OF ANY KIND OF.
FERED AT THAT PRICE. WE HAVE LOTS OF THEM IN MA
HOGANY OR OAK CASES. STILL A BETTER ONE FOR $153,
AND SO ON. THINK IT OVER. YOU CANNOT, IN JUSTICE TO
YOURSELF, OVERLOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY.
The Wiley B. Allen Co.
80-SIXTH STREET.
PORTLAND.
CAM
AS for SUMMER
A large line of 1 90S ebony-finished Seneca
Plate Cameras, ranging in price from $7.50
to $f4.00.
Metal Telescopic Tripods, extra well made,
$2.00 to $7.50.
Wooden Tripods, the largest assortment on
the Coast, $1.00 to $7.50. .
Ansco, Lumire and Ensign Films; Cyco, Argo
and Artura Developing Papers.
USE PURE
DRUGS
It's the constantly increasing trade and
demand for pure drugs and our frequent
purchases to supply this demand that
keeps our stock of drugs fresh and pure.
In addition to this, we employ an experi
enced staff of pharmacists, educated both
theoretically and practically, to . wait
upon the public. Our checking system
does away with the liability to mistakes.
We don't employ men who make mis
takes we can't afford it. We want the
public to know that our drug department
is the largest, best equipped and most rea
sonable quality considered of any in
the Northwest. If you haven't already
found this out, a trial will convince you.
U-AR-DAS
SPECIALTIES
U-ar-das Bath of
Benzoin. A de
lightful prepara
tion in toilet form
for perfuming the
hath. Leaves the
hody with a pleas
ing odor and adds
luster to the skin.
Package of 9 tab
lets 50
U-ar-das C 0 m -plexion
Soap. Pre
pared from pure
vegetable oils. Cake, 15. Box 40
U-ar-das Cold Cream, keeps the skin soft and
smooth, good after shaving. Jar 40
ALL KINDS OF PICTURE FRAMING
RELIABLE
WATCHES
Everyone should have
a watch, but it's not
necessary to have an
expensive one. ' In
gersol watches are
not cheap watches.
They are good
watches cheap, and
each one is guaran
teed for a year
guarantee is inside
case.
Gunmetal or nickel case Sl.OO
Nickel plated case 51.50
Ladies' "Midget" $2.00
WE ARE OPTI
CAL EXPERTS
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Let us advise, you what is best for your eyes
as consulting opticians we are at your service:
Our optical department is in charge of & reli
able graduate eye specialist, who has at his
command a complete assortment of the latest
optical materials. Give him a trial and you
will like his work
WE REPAIR BROKEN GLASSES.
Optical Department.
WOODARD, CLARKE & CO.
Exchange 1 1
Home A61T1
DRUGGISTS
Fourth and
Washington
Islands, and was towed to Seattle by
the tug Tyee. She will go into dry
dock tonight, and be out tomorrow. The
steamer Lydia Thompson will take her
run to Bellingham In the interval.
The steamer Tallac arrived from San
Francisco with explosives and general
cargo. The steamer Admiral Du Perre
arrived from Havre via "West Coast
with wines and liquors for Seattle." The
steamer Suveric, Captain Shotton,
cleared for Yokohama with 22.700 sarks
rxf flnni. t Attn nnn i
rasks of bottled beer, 1200 cases of
suimoii. jouu cases, ot condenst-d milk
and other general cargo.
Spring styles Hanan shoes at Rosenthal's.
H
RE
SALE
Having purchased 1000 cases of Canned Meats
from the National Packing Co. (the labels being
slightly damaged) we will sell at 40c on the dollar.
This includes everything in the canned meat line
186 MADISON ST., CLOSE TO BRIDGE