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GRILL DETECTIVES
IN MJliniH TRIAL
Lawyers for Defense Arraign
Them Severely in Clos
ing Arguments.
FITZGERALD TO FINISH
Will Make Last Plea for Prosecu
tion This Morning, When Case
Will Go to Jury Martin
More Serious.
' All of yesterday was consumed In
pleading for th acquittal of Edward
jr. Martin on the charge of murdering
Nathan Wolff. It had been planned to
Kive the problem Into the hands of the
Jury lato In the afternoon. But when
Martin's lawyers began talking lor
Mm, pointing out the inconsistencies of
the prosecution and the improbability
of guilt, they did not get through until
4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. With a
brief half hour left, the state was un
able to complete its final demand for
conviction. So the case will not be
rlven to the Jury until sometime this
forenoon.
Kvery bit of evidence that has been
offered in the case was taken up by
Messrs. Fouts and Jeffrey, In behalf
cf Martin. Some of the circumstances
which have not been explained satis
factorily, such as the finding of a
Moody overcoat and shirt, said to be
Martin's, were attributed to the zeal of
tiie Police Department.
Grilling for Detectives.
The detectives came in for a severe
rrilling. It was charged openly that
having failed to arrive at an honest so
lution of the murder mystery, they
chose a victim to meet their theories,
fitted what circumstances they could
to him and invented such other evidence
as mifrht seem needed. In this cate
gory came the overcoat wrapped about
a rifle from Wolff's pawnshop and
possibly the gloves found in Martin's
eul tease.
There can be no doubt that the Jury
was Impressed at the showing in Mar
tin's behalf. Through the long hours
of the trial their Interest did not flag
In what was being said. One Juror, an
elderly Individual with whiskers,
looked bored. But this expression has
been with him from the first, and is
considered characteristic
Fitzgerald to Slake 5Ialn Argument.
On Deputy District Attorney Fitzger
ald falls the task of offsetting the show
ing made for Martin. This official says
Jie is certain of Martin's frullt. He says he
is taking more than ordinary interest
In, this case and will do his utmost
towards seeing that a red-handed, bru
tal murderer does not escape the gal
lows and again be let at large upon
the community. It can be assured that
lie will not handle Martin with gloves.
The last word that will be spoken
In Martin's behalf, in this trial. Is now
before the Jury. The state will have Its
opportunity to finish tonight. Mr. Fitz
gerald's remarks will reach the Jurors
after a good night's sleep, when many
of them will be In a receptive mood.
At a time like this he would seem to
have an advantage
Martin Is More Serious.
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Now that the trial is in its final
stages, Martin lias become more serious.
He smiles less frequently and listens
to every word with a grave interest.
Ills revelation from the witness stand
Wednesday, as to his incursions Into
the North End seems to have aroused
the resentment of Mrs. Martin some
what. She was In court while the pleas
in his behalf were being made. But
when Martin essayed to kiss her dur
ing a recess of court, she turned partly
away. He persisted and finally was
successful, but there was no show of
affection on her part.
In his opening arguments Mr. Fouts
paid his respects at length to the state's
evidence, pointing out Haws and incon
sistencies. He said the testimony of the
detectives should be taken with a grain
rt salt, as they rlalnly had to find a vic
tim, and finding one. would stop at no
means of convicting blm. On the same
grounds he said the testimony of Mn.x
Jirey, of Mrs. Wolff and of other Jewish
people should not be given too much
credence.
Police Want Conviction.
"The police told them Martin was
frillty." said Fouts. "They wanted him
convicted. They were willing to swear
lils life away that vengeance might be
wreaked .for the murder of Wolff. Drey
said he sold Martin three shirts a few
evenings before the murder. He was sure
ft It. He said he showed thtse shirts
nt the Plaza block for the first time. But
Jook what Solomon and Levitt, two more
cf Wolff's co-reliclonlsts. say: That Drey
showed Martin the shirts In their pres
ence in Solomon's pawnshop. In their
jinxiety to claim a victim they overreach
themselves and become entangled In the
Iiieshes of their own lies.
"And as to this detective department.
Who would beiieve one of these men
when they are working to prove that
they had been right In singling out some
loor, unfortunate victim and would hang
lifm for a murder mystery which they
mild not. with their shallow abilities,
solve fairly? The words of these men are
r.ot to be relied upon. Tou gentlemen
perhaps would not believe the words of
n thief. No more would I want to believe
the word of one of these vultures.
Pawnshops Are Fences.
"Who murdered Wolff. If Mariln
didn'tr they ask. Why. It Is a well
known fact that all these pawnshops are
nothing more than fences for robbers,
thieves and yeegmen. Wolffs place, I
am told, was one of the very worst. Is
it not probable that he had trouble with
some of these criminals he dealt with,
that he dealt unfairly by them so that
i.imt of these men killed him? Who were
these men that Mr. Giles saw talking
with Wolff at a quarter to S the night of
the murder? Has that question been an
swered? Has Mr. Giles' honesty been
questioned for a single Instant? And
who were those men who turned the
lights on and off in Wolff's place some
time between :30 and 7 o'clock of the
night of May 1 and then walked out, one
zulng south and the other north? Alfred
Halden told the truth about those men.
That girl Irene Fry. who was brought
here to discredit him. was coached by
the detectives. She is at the Home or
the Good Shepherd and. like all of her
e:ass. she is anxious to have the favor
of the police.
Explains Away Bloody Coat.
"About J'ne overcoat and gloves: Does
It seem reasonable that Martin would
carry away these things and wear them
about openly? He Is no such fool as r.U
that. The testimony clearly shows that
Martin had a -mtt. dark raincoat for
months previous to the murder and that
Is the c"iit which is tiguring in this case,
to Uut other coat, the on found cov
ered with blood in South Portland, what!
testimony Is there here to connect mat ;
coat with Martin? He once naa a coat
of a somewhat similar snaae. cut jou
can't hang a man for that. And. besides,
there isn't a thing to show that the
stains on that coat are blood, let alone
the blood of Wolff."
In concluding. Mr. Fouts made a plea,
for acquittal, saying the man who had
followed the flag in Cuba, who had risked
his own life twice to save the lives of
others, who had the advantages of educa
tion and early refinement that Martin
had, was not going to commit any such
atrocious murder as this. His address
was exceptionally well delivered and he
was congratulated on every hand as
court adjourned for noon.
Jeffrey Closes for Defense.
Mr. Jeffrey closed for the defense ef
fectively, taking up his address as oon
as court reconvened at 2 P. M. He, too,
pointed out the inconsistencies in the
state's case.
The detectives in this case evolved a
theory as to Jhe crime and then set out
to get a victim Martin proved the vic
tim." he said. "Instead of going after
the truth they decided that the crime was
that of a drug fiend. When they found
such a man they applied what circum
stances they could to prove his guilt and
then manufactured what others were
needed."
Mr. Jeffrey said the last words that
will be said in Martin's behalf during the
trial and he pleaded feelingly for his cli
ent's release. There was a brief recess
and then Mr. Fitzgerald occupied the last
half hour in demanding that Justice be
dealt out and that the Jury be guided by
a sense of duty and not by sentiment.
He was little more than started when
adjournment for the day occurred.
Revolver Xpt lo Be Offered.
A revolver was produced in court early
In the afternoon which was said to have
been the revolver Martin borrowed from
Mrs. Grubb. It was found in the posses
sion of Joseph Grundy, who bought the
weapon from W. O. Hastings, a pawn
broker. Hastings said a man named
Schmidt sold It to him May 6. and that
Schmidt complained at the time of hav
ing been "bilked by paying $1.60 for the
gun to some drunken fellow up in the
Plaza block about a week ago."
Martin Identified the weapon as the one
he got from Mrs. Grubb the afternoon of
the murder, but Mrs. Grubb said she
could not be certain when the gun was
shown her. The weapon Is defective,
the hammer catching In Just the manner
Martin said that Mrs. Grubb's gun acted.
There was talk of asking that the case
be reopened for the introduction of this
evidence, but upon Mrs. Grubb's refusal
to identify the weapon, this idea was
given up.
DAHO SUNDAY LI GOOD
REFERRED TO BT GAXTEXBEIN
AS BEST HE HAS SEEX.
Parsed In 1907, Not as Religious
3feasure, but as Police Regula
tion Text of Act.
In rendering his decision in the Cir
cuit Court, by which he decld.rd the
Oregon Sunday law unconstitutional.
Presiding Judge Gantenbein' recom
mended the Idaho Sunday law as "the
most admirable that has been brought
to the notice of the court." This lawi
Is covered by five sections, the first
four providing for cessation of business
on Sunday, and the fifth for punish
ment of any public official who violates
its provisions. The effect of the law.
with a few exceptions, is the same as
the Oregon Sunday law which was de
clared unconstitutional, but because it
does not state on its face that it is a
religious enactment. Judge Gantenbein
in his decision, classed it as a- police
regulation.
The Idaho law was pased by the Leg
islature of that state in I9u7, through
the energetic efforts of Rev. G. L.
Tufts, Pacific Coast representative of
the International Reform Bureau, a re
ligious organization having for one of
its objects the promotion of Sunday
rest throughout the United States and
the world. The text of the Idaho law
follows:
SUNDAY REST. Section 6823. The first
day of the wek, commonly called Sunday,
is hereby set apart as a duy of public rest.
BUSINESS TO KB fit'SPEXDKU. Sec
tion i-'4. It shail be unlawful for any
person or persons In this state to keep open
on Sunday for the purpose of any business,
trade or sale of goods, wares or mer
chandise, any shop, store, building; or place
of business whatever; Provided, that hotels
and restaurants may furnish lodging- and
meals, and. Provided, that this section shall
not apply to livery stables, or to stores in
sofar as the sale of medicines or sick-room
supplies are concerned, or to undertakers
while providing; for tle dead, or to news
stands insofar as the quiet sale and de
livery of dally papers and magazines is
concerned, nor to the sale of non-intoxicating
refreshments, candles, and cigars. Any
person or persons violating this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con
viction thereof shall be nned In any sum
not l-eam than $25 nor more than $100, or
shall be Imprisoned in the County Jail not
to exceed 30 days, and upon a second con
viction shall be punished by botii line and
Im priBonment.
SALB OP LIQUOR AND PUBLIC
AML'KMKXTS. Section 8S25. It shall be
unlawful for any person or persons in this
state to keep open on Sunday any saloon,
or place of any kind or description In which
spirituous, vinous, malt or any intoxicating
liquors are at any tltiM sold or exposed for
sule, to be sold or exposed for sale; or to
give, or sell, or otherwise dispose of any
spirituous, vinous, malt or any intoxicating
liquors except as provided for in other parts
of this chapter; or to koep open any the
ater, playhouse, dance house, race-track,
merry-go-round, circus or show, concert sa
loon, billiard or pool room, bowling alley,
variety hall, or any such place of public
amusement. Any person or persons violat
ing this section shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be
fined in any sum not les than $30 nor more
than $250 for each offense, and shall be
punishment by Imprisonment In the County
Jail not to exceed 0 days; and upon a
second conviction any license which may
have been granted for opening and main
taining any such place of business shall
also be rendered void, and shall not be
ivnewed within two years next thereafter.
HORSE RACING ON SUNDAY. Section
It shall be unlawful for any person
or persona in this state to engage on Sun
day In horse racing. Any person or per
sons violating thur section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction there
of shall be fined In any sum not less than
$5 nor more than $100, or shall be Im
prisoned in the County Jail not to ex
ceed 30 days, or shall suffer both such fine
and Imjjrisonment.
PUBLIC OFFICERS TO ENFORCE ACT.
Soction S27. It shall be the duty of
ea-h prosecuting attorney. Sheriff. Con
stable. City or Town Marshal, or any and
all other public officers in "this state to in
form against and diligently prosecute any
and all persons guilty of the violation of
the provisions of the four preceding sec
tions, either upon credible Information as
to any such violation, or upon reasonable
cause to believe that there has ben any
such violation. Any snld -officer who shall
refuse or wilfully fleglert to Inform against
and prosecute said offenders against the
four preceding sections, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be punished by fine of not
les than $50 nor more than $500, and the
court before which said officer snail be
tried shall declare the office or appoint
ment bold by said officer vacant for the
remainder of bis term.
SIAXt'FRS' MI STAKE PEOPLE'S GAIX
$25,000 Stock New Fall Style Shoes
Labeled lacorrectly.
Admit mistake and order shoes sold.
Bannister, Kneelar.d. Slater and Moral,
$t and J7 grades. S;!.S5; S4 and $." grades,
JJ.So; women's $3.50 and $4 grades, $2.45.
Dellar. 2ifl Morrison, bet. 4th and 6th.
Olympla Beer. "It a the water." Brew,
ery's own bottling. Phone. Main 67L
A S467
CASE IS INTRICATE
Jury Has Difficult Problem in
Wolff Murder Mystery.
HOW CHARGES ARE MET
Defense Has Explanation for Every
Item of Strong Circumstantial
Evidence That Has Been
Offered Against Martin.
Here is the murder mystery problem in
its several aspects as it will be submitted
to the jury for solution today at the
conclusion of arguments in the case of
Edward H. Martin.
At the hour Nathan Wolff was mur
dered, Martin was not at home or in hla
accustomed haunts. The first seen of
him was late at night, when he appeared
at the door of h!s home in Sellwood, and
asked admittance, said the state.
During this time Martin was asleep In
a barn near his home. He went home to
find hla wife was out, at 6:30 P. M., lay
down to wait for her in the barn, fell
asleep, and did not awaken until 11
o'clock, replied the defense.
Mrs. Martin upbraided her husband be
cause his face and hands were cut arid
lacerated when he entered the house late
on the night of the murder. Although ha
had been with her the night preceding,
she had noted marks of no sort. Nor had
those associated with him the afternoon
of April 30, the day before the murder,
noticed any marks on his face, said tha
state.
How Cuts 'Are Explained.
These marks were on hla face the night
before the murder, although they were
inflicted after dark. Martin skulked past
Mrs. Martin on reaching: home the night
previous to the tragedy and left before
she was up the next morning, so that she
would not see the marks, responded the
defense.
These marks were Inflicted on Martin
by "Wolff in his desperate struggle against
assassination, said the state.
They were inflicted by persons unknown,
at an hour unknown, in a disreputable
house unknown and in a manner un
known, said the defense.
Martin pawned his own revolver a few
hours before Wolff was murdered and
then went to South Portland and bor
rowed a cheap 3S-callber revolver from a
friend. Mrs. Alice Grubb, g.ying he want
ed it for target practice, and would re
turn it in a few days.1 He did not return
the revolver. Wolff was shot in the back
of the neck with a 38-caliber weapon, said
the state.
Sold Gun, Declares Defense. N
Martin borrowed this gun as described,
and on the pretext referred to by Mrs.
Grubb. But Instead of murdering Wolff
with the revolver he walked with it to the
Plaza block, where it fell from his pock
et. He explained to a chance observer
that he had it along to sell, and struck a
bargain with the stranger, selling the gun
for tl.50, said the defense.
When Martin was arrested he sworo
with vehemence that the marks on his
face had been inflicted by a cat at his
home He kept by this story with per
sistence until City Physician Zlegler made
an examination of the wounds and said
they could not possibly have been caused
by a cat. Then was evolved the story of
the trouble with unknown persons in an
unknown house, said the state.
Martin told the story of the cat scratches
so that his wife might not come to know
he had been frequenting disreputable
houses in the late lamented badlands of
North Portland, replied the defense.
Mrs. Wolff Identified Coat.
Martin had on Wolff's overcoat when
he was arrested by the police, said the
state. The overcoat was recognized by
Mrs. Wolff, by her little daughter, by the
clerks in Ben Selling's store who sold it
and by friends of Wolff.
It was Martin's own coat. He bought it
from a Jew peddler In front of the Port
land Hotel four months before the murder
and his closer friends remembered hfu:
lng seen It on Martin many weeks before
the crime was committed, replied the de
fence. What was Martin's overcoat, the one
his fellow employes at the City Engineer's
office had seen him wearing prioi to the
murder, doing in an old coupe In South
Portland covered with blood and wrapped
about a rifle that had been taken from
the Wolff pawnshop? demanded the state.
This wasn't Martin's overcoat at all,
replied the defense. It was a coat sev
eral shades lighter than the one Martin
once owned. Martin gave his coat of
that description to a peddler. The pres
ence of the gun and coat in South Port
land was doubtless due to questionable
police methods.
Gloves In Martin's Suitcase.
What were Nathan Wolff's gloves do
ing In Martin's suitcase at the Belvedere?
inquired the state.
Either these were not Wolff's gloves
or else they were placed in Martin's
suitcase by malicious persons bent on
seeking Martin's conviction, responded
the defense.
Martin's shirt, one of the three he
bought from Max Drey, was found cov
ered with blood in the rear of a hotel
In North Portland. This shirt was Mar
tin's and the blood stains Joined to the
stains on a collar left behind at the
scene of the murder. Furthermore, this
collar was precisely similar to the one
found on Martin when he was arrested,
as was the shirt, said the state.
Martin bought but one shirt from
Drey and had it on when he was ar
rested. Drey was incited by a feeling
for his fellow-Shylock, Wolff, to per
jure himself and seek the conviction of
Martin. As to the coincidence of the
collar, that might have occurred to
anyone, as the average man wears just
such collars as figure in this case, re
plied the defense.
Had $40.50 When Arrested.
Martin was hounded by poverty, and
pawned his revolver the morning of the
murder. But when he was arrested,
he had 140.50 with him and since Wolff
was robbed as well as murdered, the
money must have come from that
source, said the state.
He borrowed money from a loan shark
who believed him to Le working for the
city and pawned his revolver in ordf r to
get all the money possible toijolhcr to de
ceive his wife Into thinking he had not
lost his position, said the Jefonse.
But he had separated from his wife
two days after the murder, a peculiar
thing in itself, and why should he seek to
fool her after this? said the state.
Martin intended effecting a recon
ciliation, said the defense.
There was no other motive apparent
for the murder, of Wolff than that of
robbery and revenge and none other
than a morphine fiend such as Martin,
who would be likely to commit a mur
der In such an atrocious manner, said
the state. ,
Witness Saw Two Men.
Wolff was a Shylock, proprietor of
piace mat ca.ierea to mieves mm
ugs and he might. easily have aroused
th
th
enmity or desperate men or mis
class.
Besides, -Alirea f aiaea aawj- cwo
men leave the store. fter switching
out the lights, about the hour of the
murder, replied the defense.
Alfred Balden was perjuring himself.
He said he was with Irene Fry between
7 and 9 P. M. of May 1. Miss Fry said
he left her about S o'clock, said the
state.
So many strong circumstances could
not well shape themselves about an In
nocent man. said the state.
What circumstances were lacking at
Martin's arrest were manufactured by
the detective force, said the defense. By
telling people of Wolff's nationality
that Martin was guilty they bad no dif
ficulty in securing testimony of any de
scription needed, especially from Mrs.
Wolff, who identified the coac and
gloves, the defense said.
Portland Is Poor City
for the Iceman
Pare, Cool Boll Run Water Cats
Sales far Below Average Else
where, Decrarea Manufacturer.
I If the good old Summer time when
the people are hot and thirsty, the
ice man reaps a profit sufficiently
large to enable him to pay the mort
gage upon the hereditary castle of the
foreign prince whom he has selected
John Barrett. From Recent
Photograph.
for a son-in-law. People cry for Ice,
homes are tenantless without It, chil
dren must have It, and they get it one
pound delivered to ten pounds ordered,
lost" balance charged to shrinkage and
incidentally to the ice manufacturer's
big side of the ledger. That is the
cream of the consumer, so far as Port
land is concerned. In the East it may
be a reality, but here it is a delusion,
and an ice manufacturer has seen fit
to dissipate the dream.
Promised that his name would be
withheld from publication, the manu
facturer said that Portland was the
poorest Ice distributing city in the
country, and he traced. the lack of busi
ness to the town's even temperature
the year round, and the excellence of
Bull Run water.
"Bull Run," he said, "Is such a cool
ing drink that not a single family in
the city requires iced water during the
Summer. All they have to do on the
hottest day is to turn on the faucet
for a few minutes, let the standing
water run out and then give you a re
freshing glass. Some families take ice
for salads, or to cool beer or wines,
but not for any other purpose. Not 10
per cent of our trade comes from the
families. Ninety per cent of it is from
the hotels, restaurants, creameries and
saloons. Recently, we reduced the fam
ily rate for Ice from $14 to $10 a fon,
but the trade showed no Increase.
"During the year ended today, Port
land used only about 20,000 tons of ice.
The year before we did not use nearly
so much, and in 1906 the amount was
smaller. The same year Los Angeles
used 75,000 tons of Ice, and this year
It will use 60,000 tons. Los Angeles
used 76,000 tons. Los Angeles has no Bull
Run water. Spokane, a smaller city, used
30,000 tons so far this year, and Seattle,
which is not as large as Portland, about
60,000 tons. Here are letters substantiat
ing my statements," and the ice manufac
turer produced letters from the principal
Ice companies In the three cities In
verification of his assertions.
"Portland people do not know what
blessings they have in an even tempera
ture and Bull Run water," he resumed.
"There is little need of the Ice in tha
homes, and the temperature is such
that not more than one-quarter of our
storage rooms are ever occupied at one
time, and we have room for 100 car
loads. If we had a New Tork day out
here those quarters would be filled.
As it Is now they are practically empty,
and it is the same with the other ice
factories."
WHEAT OF LITTLE VALUE
Farmers Find Alaska Variety of
Very Poor Quality.
J. H. Hutchison, 352 Roland avenue,
has Just returned from Julietta, Idaho,
where he found that some farmers have
been growing the new variety of wheat
known as the Alaska wheat. He
brought back a number of heads grown
by Abraham Adams, of that locality,
who raised 70 bushels of Alaska wheat
this year. The heads are heavy with
the grain, but it is found the kernels
of wheat are lacking in starch and
gluten, when ground up becoming
largely bran.
Mr. Hutchison says the farmers of
Idaho do not take very generally to
the new variety. He believes it is not
a new kind of wheat, as was reported
by some who said It has just been found
In Alaska, but that it is Identical with
the seven-headed Egyptian wheat that
was tried in Idaho a number of years
ago.
RATHER
FASCINATES ONE
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Toasties
"The Taste Lingers"
Made of Pearlv White Corn by
Postum Cereal Company. Limited,
Battle Creek, Mich.
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SEES GREAT CHANGE
John Barrett Is Impressed by
Portland's Progress.
TALKS OF TRADE GROWTH
Diplomat Believes That City Can
Strengthen Commercial Relations
With American Republics' as
Well as the Orient.
John Barrett, Director-General of the
International Bureau of the American
Republics, reached Portland yesterday and
will spend a week here on his way to
Seattle, where he will confer with the di
rectors of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Ex
position in regard to the participation of
the 20 Latin-American republics he rep
resents in his position as head of the bu
reau with the rank of envoy extraordi
nary and minister plenipotentiary.
Mr. Barrett delivered addresses at the
recent National Irrigation Congress at Al
berquerque and the Trans-Mississippi
Commercial Congress at San Francisco,
dealing with the progress of the South
American nations. He will speak at the
Commercial Club Monday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock directly following the noon
luncheon. His subject will be, "Oregon's
Commercial Opportunities on the Pacific."
He is to be the guest of honor at a re
ception given by the Royal Arcanum Mon
day night and another by the Knights of
Pythias Tuesday night. He will be en
tertained also at a number of private
luncheons and dinners while in the city.
He will leave for Seattle next Wednesday
night.
Soon after his arrival in the city yes
terday, Mr. Barrett visited the Court
house and registered. He explained this
action by saying that while he might
not be able to reach Portland on elec
tion day, he should do so If at all possi
ble. Anyway he said he felt it his duty
to. take the opportunity to register.
Entered Service From Oregon.
Mr. Barrett fjrst entered the diplomatic
service from Oregon and he expressed his
pleasure yesterday at returning to Port
land for a visit. He said:
"When I compare Portland as I see it
today with what it was when I first came
here IS years ago, I am almost astounded
at the wonderful development of the city,
and tt makes me prouder than evev be
fore to be one of its citizens. During the
last two years I have had occasion to visit
nearly every town of corresponding size
in the United States, and I can sincerely
say that I do not know of any other that
shows more solid growth and indications
of more permanent prosperity.
"If Portland will take advantage of Its
splendid location with reference to the
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'And He Looked This Way"
And discovered that the shortest and best route from Chicago to Pittsburgh,
Harrlsburg, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New York is over the
Pennsylvania Short Line,
"And He Looked That Way"
And found that the Pennsylvania System also presents excellent lines to the
traveler towards Indianapolis, Louisville, Dayton, Springfield, Columbus and
Cincinnati,
"And When He Saw"
The convenient time tables and read of the Pennsylvania's 18-Hour Special
from Chicago to New york, and of its other fast through trains and superior
travel comforts, he was convinced that
"There Was No Man"
Who could truthfully proclaim shorter lines, quicker lines or better lines
from Chicago to principal cities of the East and South than those of the
Pennsylvania Short Line. Then
"He Slew the Egyptian"
Because he had lied to him I The Pennsylvania Passenger Agent Is taught to
tell the truth concerning his line "without fear or favor."
"And Hid Him in the Sand"
Where all liars ought to be hidden! The truth regarding the incomparable
passenger service of the Pennsylvania Railroad System is its most valuable
advertisement. " Hence these few words I"
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Infci FC1N1MSYLVA11A UlrU- rwi-uurv about it. It can be obtained of the Agent of
anv Connecting Line, or by calling at Pennsylvania Short Line Ticket Office, 248 South Clark Street,
Chicago, or by addressing C.L. Kimball, Assistant General Passenger Agent, No. 2 Sherman Street, Chicago.
The Way
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WATER DRINKERS SELDOM HAVE RHEUMATISM
Also Tells of Splendid Prescription
for Oregonian Headers to
Make Up.
"The people here do not drink
enough water to keep healthy," ex
claimed a well-known authority. The
numerous cases of kidney and bladder
diseases and rheumatism are mainly
due to the fact that the drinking of
water, nature's greatest medicine, has
been neglected.
Stop loading your system with medi
cines and cure-alls; but get on the
water wagon. If you are really sick,
why, of course, take the proper medi
cines plain common vegetable treat
ment, which will not shatter the nerves
or ruin the stomach.
To cute Rheumatism you must make
the kidneys do their work; they are
great future of the Pacific' Ocean and con- 1
tinue its efforts to get a share of the in
creasing Pacific trade, there is no reason
why It should not become one of the prin
cipal commercial entrepots of the Western
ocean. Not only should it look to the
vast trade of Japan. China, and the Phil
ippines, but It should get in touch with
the 6000 miles of Central and South Ameri
can coast line bordering on the same
ocean as Oregon, having a population of
20,000,000 of people, and annual trade val
ued at $650,000,000. If Portland does this,
she will come into her own."
Looks for Close Flection.
In discussing the political situation as
he had seen it In the East and Central
West, Mr. Barrett remarked that on ac
count of his position as a diplomatic and
international officer he could not express
any partisan opinion.
"I can say," he continued, "without
trespassing on the delicacies of my posi
tion, that this "campaign is probably one
of the closest that has been conducted in
the last 20 years. Even the best authori
ties, while putting on a brave face, feel
at loss to tell Just what the great masses
of people are going to do. The independ
ent non-partisan vote this year is far
greater than ever before. The polls that
have been taken in advance by the party
managers have put them entirely at sea.
"Espcially is this true in the pivotal
state of New Tork. Whether you go into
a club of rich men or try to get the
views of the people along the waterfront,
you meet with such a diversity of state
ment that the situation is much clouded.
Almost everyone with whom I have talked
is firmly convinced that New York will
decide the election. That is, Mr. Taft
can hardly be elected without it, and Mr.
Bryan will hardly carry enough states in
the Central West to put him through
without New York's Urge share In the
electoral college.
"There is one very interesting feature
of this campaign that has not generally
been noticed. The foreign countries, espe
cially the principal nations of Europe and
both Japan and China in the Orient are
watching the outcome with more inter
est than any campaign since that of Mc
Kinley and Bryan in 1S96. The Europeon
papers are devoting a great deal of space
ennsyivani
Short Line from
of
pleased, after having given -otioune a tair
ard
the filters of the blood. They must
be made to strain out of the blood the
waste matter and acids that cause
rheumatism; the urine must be neu
tralised so it will no longer be a
source of irritation to the bladder, and,
most of all. you must keep these acida
from forming in the stomach. This
is the cause of stomach trouble and
poor digestion. For these conditions
you can do no better than take the
following prescription: Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound
Kargon, ono ounce; Compound Syrup
Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by
shaking well in bottle .and take In
teaspoonful doses after each meal and.
at bedtime, but don't forget the water.
Drink plenty and often.
This valuable information and sim
ple prescription should be posted up in
each household and used at the first
sign of an attack of rheumatism, back
ache or urinary trouble, no matter how
slight
to the speeches of both Mr. Taft and Mr.
Bryan, all of which Is evidence of the
growing importance of the United States
as a great world power."
MAKING SALOONS PURER
Respectable Women Are Evidently
Missing a Great Chance.
PORTLAND, Oct. 15. (To the Editor.)
Will you let me stand alongside of Z. I.
Zlper? In my opinion there is no element
so lacking: In the saloon attractions of to
day as that of respectable women. In fact.
It Is very rarely a respectable woman ever
enters a saloon. Our Councilman lc friend,
Mr. Baker, must greatly deplore this con
dition of society. For some -reason- re
spectable women seem to "feel above" the
saloon, and when Mike Hogan and Sever
Svenson come In from the lopping camp, of
the jolly Trlptolemus from the tod banks
drifts Into Portland, not a sang bleu female
meets them in their favorite saloon and
they mpst wash down their sighs with thf
common herd.
It's not right, Mr. Baker. It's not
square deaj for Mike and fever and the
fish man.
And I further suggest that Mr. Baker
provide a guillotine for those uncultivated,
ignorant policemen who cannot discriminate
between respectable women and the other
kind in a saloon. If this cannot legally
be done, let the fiend's salary be reduced
$100 per week and the fellow be compelled
to board at the highest-priced hotel In
Portland.
No punishment is too great for the man
who cannot distinguish between respecta
bility and otherwise in a saloon.
Let it be no defense for him to declar
that "all women look alike to me in a
saloon." H. S. HARCOURT.
Woman Sent lo Asylum.
Mrs. Mattie pp.rke, of Oregon City,
has been declared insane and sent to
the asylum at Salem. The present con
dition of her mental faculties is said to
be the result of cerebro spinal menin
gitis, from which she suffered 1 $
montns ago. She is 23 years old and
has two children, one of whom is IT.
days old.
Chicago
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