Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 23, 1908, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTHE - MORNING- OREGONIAN AVISPspat, - jjKpiajiBisjre - -as, -- tbwu- SOMETHING NEW "LITTLE BUCKEYE" POSTCARD PROJECTORS ,,, Buckeye Post Card Projector, Electric or Gas. Will magnify postal in colors the full size of bed sheet. So simple a child can operate without trouble. The weight is small 2y2 to 5 lbs. complete. Electric Projector has one 24 C. P. light to two 50 C. P. light. Will take voltage up to 125. Household voltage 120.' Price, $5.00,; $7.50, $10.00. Gas machine fitted with gas mantles, one 65 C. P. to two 80 C. P., attached to any gas jet. All connections go with outfit ready for operating. Price, $5, $7.50, $10. A great machine for persons having a large collec tion of postal cards. PYROGRAPHIC OUTFITS Excellent line of Burning Sets, from $1.75 to $7.00. We are headquar ters for Pj'rog raphy Goods and can save you 20 to 40 per cent. FIRE FOUNTAIN PENS - rarkpr Fountain Pens $2.00 and np Conklin's Self-Filling Pens . 3.50 and np Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens $2.50 and up AYoodlark Popular Fountain Pens 51. oO GREAT ONE-f ALF PfflGE SM EVERYTHING ON THE THIRD FLOOR AT HALF Higri-Grade Potteries, Artware, Imported China, Hammered Brasses JUST THINK OF BUYING THESE GOODS AT HALF Stouffer's Hand-painted China Imported Hand-painted China Hand-Hammered Brasses Hanging Basket Austrian Ware Bozane Royal Bonn Ware Imported Waste Baskets Candlesticks (100 shapes) Imported Bonaparte Ware Japanese Bronzes Royal Doulton Cloissone Wares Delia Robia Imported Amphora Bombay Reed Baskets Japanese Kouchie Ware Cedar Chests Japanese Dinner Gongs Teplitz Ware Bavarian Vases Tiffany Ware ' Imported German Steins f A ( vJ SEE THE GREAT VALUES FOR 25c Many articles worth up to' $3.00 We only mention a few of what you can buy. Toilet Sets . ....25? Handkerchief Boxes. 25e Smoking Sets 25 Infants' Sets ..25 Collar & Cuff Boxes. 25d , Jewel Boxes 25 VALUES UP TO $3.00 YOUR CHOICE FOR 25c The above are on the Third Floor. DAINfY CHRISTMAS PEREDMES This is Portland's exclusive Perfume Emporium, and yre have the finest lines of imported and fomestio perfumes, in bulk and in fancy packages. S8.00 MIRRORS FOR $3.60 EACEI Great values in good Mirrors a fine gift for anyone. Splendid assortment, in ebony, mahogany, oak, birdeye, etc. TRIPLICATE MIRRORS FOR 4 LESS Makes a fine gift for a woman or man superb display and at the lowest prices ever offered. . SHAVING SETS AT ONE-FOURTH OFF The grandest showing of fine and medium-priced Shaving Sets all kinds, at One-Fourth Less than regular prices. CAMERAS AND KODAKS $2 TO $54 A nice Camera or Kodak is always a pleasing jgft We have the assortment and prices to suit, from .UU to 5o4.1HI SAFETY RAZOR COMPLETE FOR $1.00 The famous and popular "Ever Ready," 12-bladed Safety Kazor, at the modest price of " You will find this Razor perfectly satisfactory. Why not try one as a gift? FINE OPERA GLASSES $4.75 TO $28.00 Finest Opera Glass-fine for ladies and girls. .$4.75 to $2S.OO INGERSOLL WATCHES FOR $1 EACH This is a dandy Watch, and will make the boy real proud to be an owner of a good timepiece. CHRISTMAS UMBRELLAS $1.50 TO $20 Fine Umbrellas for men and women-all handles. $1.50 to $20 , GILLETTE SAFETY RAZORS FOR $5.00 Nothing better than a Gillette Safety Razor. If it is dot liked, we will exchange ior aujiuuiS FREEDOM IS GIFT Governor Hoch, of Kansas, Re leases John Collins. WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER Prisoner Sent to Penitentiary in 1898 on Testimony of Negroes. One of Whom Later fun esses to Perjury. TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec 12. Governor Hoch late this afternoon pardoned John Collins, now serving a life sentence In the Kansas penitentiary for the murder of his father, a well-to-do real estate man of this city, in May. lSfS. Collins will be freed Christmas day. The Gov ernor believes Collins innocent. The Collins case was one of the most remarkable criminal cases In this part of the West. Young Collins was & stu dent at the Kansas University at the time of his father's death. He was con victed upon the testimony of three ne rroen. all of It beinK circumstantial in character. At the trial the slate set up the plea that Collins wait In love with Miss Frances Babcock, a wealthy young society woman of Lawrence. Kan., and that Collins planned the killing of his father so that he might Rain insurance which the senior Collins carried upon his life. One of the negroes, upon whose testi mony Col line was convicted, has since written a book asserting that the testi mony of the three negroes at the trial was part of a. plan of young enemies of young Collins to ruin him by fixing the responsibility for his father's death upon him. The elder Collins was 'found dead in bed one morning after a visit to bis eon at Lawrence. TAFT'S COUSIN SAFE HOME Broken Launch Knglne on Ifiuitlng Boat Causes Delay. BERKKL.ET. Cal., Dec. 22. Dr. Fred erick D. Taft. third cousin of President elect Taft. who. with his cousin, Walter J. Watson, was thought to have been lost while on a hunting trip to Bouldin Island, returned to his home today. The only mtshap that occurred to the men was the breaking down of the engine of their launch, which left them helpless for a time and caused them to suffer consid erably from the cold. recently consolidated; an ordinance for additional filter bedg.for the new filtration plant: Heberton-street railway ordinance: a resolution to pave a portion of Fourth avenue with wood block and "others pend ing before Councils. All the Councllmen are candidates for re-election In February. William Brand Is pre-ildent of -the Common Coun cil; Ferguson, formerly a reform Councilman ; Wasson, chairman of the finance committee; Soffeil, chairman of public works committee, and Klein, who is serving his first term, is a well known river man. Among the lawyers who approved the prosecution are: Thom as Patterson, J. Ross Sterrett, M. W. Acheson, Jr., and David T. Watson, an attorney of International fame. All these have signified their willingness to prose cute the defendants without compensa tion. Peteetive Ftorced to Resign. Director of Public Safety Lang today demanded the resignation of Captain of Detectives Edwin T. McGouga. This action followed' a conference between the Mayor and Mr. Lang last night. Mr. Lang said today: "My reason for asking Captain Mc Gough for his resignation has nothing to do with the arrest of the Councilmen. There was another reason and a more perlous one. but what it is I will not discuss." Reports are in circulation, however, that differ from the director's state ment. Captain McGough Is well known throughout tne country as a clever detective. TALK FRUIT TOPICS 0. A. C. Professors Hold Insti tute at Hood River. SPRAY EXPERTS DISAGREE 0. R. & N. REFUSES REPORT WASHINGTON" BOARD PROPOSES TO BRING SLIT. BIG GRAFT IN PITTSBURG Continued from First Pais.) Klein.. J. C. Wasson. T. O. Atkinson, Jacob Siffel, W. H. Melany and Hugh Ferguson. Former President W. W. Ramsey and Former Cashier A. A. Vilpack. of the German National Bank, are also accused. An additional Information against Brand. Wasson and Klein charges them with bribery and corrupt solicitation. All the Informations were sworn to by Lensard De Wolf, secretary of the Voters' League, and formerly a political writer on a local paper. Robert Wilson, superintendent of the Municipal League of Scranton. Pa., is described as "the man behind the gun." Mr. Wilson, assisted by a corps of private deteetives. whom he brought to this city from Scranton. gathered the evidence snd says the Voters' League Is back of the prosecutions, and It la the intention to make Pittsburg as clean as Scranton ) today. In making Ocranton clean, Mr. Wilson aaid prominent men were com mitted or were sent to the penitentiary for long terms. Many Charges of Corruption. The seven Councllmen. It is formally alleged, conspired with each other, and with other persons unknown., to secure the passage, by bribery of the members of the Select and Common Councils of or. dlnances and resolutions designating the depositaries of the -city: bridge ordi nances: bond ordinances for freeing bridge between Pittsburg and liegaenyt Railroad Declares Figures Are Not Obtainable Commission In sists They Are. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Dec. 22. (Special.) The State Railway Commission will bring suit in the courts to compel the O. R. N. to comply with the laws and the orders of the Commission with re spect to .an annual report. Secretary Calderhead, of the Commission, has just returned from Portland, where he was unsuccessful In his efforts to pursuade the railroad officials to make the report the Commission wants. J The Commission insists that each road report In detail on earnings and expenses within this state. The O. R. & N. re ports such details as to its whole sys tem, but refuses to segregate state busi ness. The Oregon road contends It can rot make up such a statement accur ately from Its records, and that no law can compel the company to furnish ap proximate figures. ' The Railroad Commission assert that at recent hearings here the road put on its own witnesses to testify as to Just such facts, and insists that If such data can be produced by the railroad for use where it will benefit the road, such data can certainly be procured for the Com mission reports. H0LC0MB AGAIN IN COURT Seattle Doctor Persists in Refusal to Pay Alimony to Ex-Wife. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 2i (Special.) Dr. A. H. Holoomb, who has kept the courts busy for a year as a result of the divorce action brought against him by his wife, was today ordered by Judge Frater to pay J100. two months' alimony, or go to jail. This afternoon be filed a supersedeas bond. This Is the second appeal of the same kind he has in the Supreme Court, the other being from an order of the court last December, directing him to pay $550 back alimony. Judge Frater denounced Holoomb for endeavoring to .eva.de the payment of alimony and for attempting to disobey the orders of the court. Alois Jauernig Not Guilty. BOISE, Idaho. Dec 22. (Special.) Alois Jauernig was found not guilty to day of the murder of William C Sim mons. The Jury was out li hours. The murder of Simmons took place on Sep tember 4, 1308. on his farm In Highland Valley. As he was going out to milk his cows, he was shot from ambush and Instantly JUed, . . Cordley's ' Views at Variance t"ltb Successful Apple-Growers Meet ing Largely Attended and Vis itors Given Vote of Thanks. HOOD RIVER, Or, Dec. 22. (Spe cial.) Today's session of the farmers' institute was marked by a large at tendance and many Interesting discus sions and addresses. The advocacy by Professor Wihycombe, of the Oregon Experiment Station, of diversified farm ing for Hood River was the subject of much comment. Several orchardists tried to figure ont how they could keep a cow or two on $1600 an acre land, but state- that they have been unable to make good. The morning session of the institute was opened by B. R. Tucker, a well Xnown Hood River grower, who gave an address on "Pruning." Mr. Tucker advocated pruning a tree for wood rather than to get fruit when the tree was young, stating that It injured the tree more to bear four or five boxes of apples when It was four to five years old. A stalwart, thrifty tree was necessary, be said, to bear a heavy yield of fruit, as it grew to maturity. C E. Bradley, chemist of the Oregon Experiment Station, followed Mr. Tucker with a talk on "Soils-." explaining the elements that were necessary to grow fruit and what should be done to avoid exhausting them. Cordiey Starts Discussion. A. B. Cordiey, the station's ento mologist, took up the subject of apple scab and told of the experiments that had been made at the Agricultural Col lege to obtain the best fungicide, with the result that lime and sulphur showed the greatest percentage of clean fruit. This statement on the part of Mr. Cordiey aroused a warm discussion among Hood Rivr's apple experts, who had obtained successful results from bordeaux mixture, and gave the professor a busy half hour answering the arguments and Questions they shot at him. Mr. Cordiey maintained, however, that he was satisfied that lime and sul phur would be found the most efficient if applied as directed and at the proper season of the year, which it seemed most of the Hood River growers had not done. The advocates of bordeaux were C. H. Sproat, president of the Apple Growers' Union; E. H. Shepard, edlor of Better Fruit, and George I. Sargent, formerly a member .of the Oregon State Board of Hortoculture, but now a prosperous apple grower here. Song Smoothes Out Ruffles. To smooth the ruffled feathers of the two spray advocates. President Murray Kay, of the local Horticultural Society, announced that Miss Florence Hanna would entertain them with a song, which that young lady did so effectively that she was forced to respond to an encore. The deliberations of the institute were wound up by Professor C I. Lewis who talked on "Clover Crops and Irrigation with Reference to Fruit Growing." Mr. Lewis said that the time was at hand when Hood River orchardists must look to maintaining the plant food of the soil in their archards to prevent Its exhaus tion and recommended as a remedy the planting of clover crops. TJjeee, he said, should be planted in the early Fall and allowed to grow until the trees com menced to show life In the Spring and then be plowed under. How to Tse Irrigation. In discussing irrigation Professor Lewis said what the orcbardist should know was not how much water to use, but how little. In experiments made at the substation of the experiment station m tba Bosua River Valley 4t had, fcoen .found that more fruit grew on trees that were Irrigated than did on trees that were not. Where too much water was used the fruit was too large, punky and tasteless. Where too little was used It affected the appearance of the apple, lessened the yield and slse of the fruit. The meetings are considered the most beneficial and successful ever held at Hood River, and a vote of thanks was given the visiting delegation from the Agricultural College. SEEKS CHRISTMAS IN . JAIL Worn and Sorrow-laden, Old Man Desires Asylum. CHICAGO, Dec. 22. (Special.) A rag ged, gray-haired man walked Into the Maxwell-Street Police Station today and stood In front of the sergeant's desk. He said he was Joseph Caldwell and that he had passed through 60 years of life in this world, most of them Joyful, the last of them anything but Joyful. "Don't force me to wander the streets on Christmas day sergeant. Put some charge against me and have me sent to the Bridewell. My wife died a few years ago and memories of the past are haunt ing my mind," he said. "Whenever the holidays draw near I think of her and the good feasts we enjoyed together in the old days. Put any charge against me that you want. Just so long as you send me where I will not be roaming the streets on Christmas day." "I believe you are sincere In what you have told me," said Judge Bruggemeyer, "and I will grant your request." HOTEL GUESTS VACCINATED Police Guard All Exits While Quar antine Officer Punctures Arms. SEATTLE Wash., Dec.22. Two hun dred and ninety-nine men residing at the Hotel Norman, on Teeler way, this morn ing bared their left arms and submitted to vaccination. Three doctors, a quar antine inspector and his assistants and four policemen helped in the work. The health squad appeared at the ho tel at 5 o'clock this morning before ony one had time to leave the house and oil entrances were guarded. Severtl tried to escape by the rear stairs and the fire escapes, but found policemen waiting and were led sheepishly back, here was no disturbance, however. As soon as a man had been veccinated, an Inspector stamped hto left hand with a purple pencil to show that he wae en titled to go and he was then allowed to pass the police. This afternoon the hotel was closed and fumigated. MATLOCK GUILTY; , FINED Pendleton Authorities in Control of Liquor Situation. PENDLETON. Or., Dec 22. (Special.) Deciding that it would not be profit able to attempt longer to defy the City Council. Dee Matlock, who was arrested recently on a charge of selling near beer without a license and, who had de clared he would carry his case to the hlgehst court if necessary, this after noon changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on two counts. He was sentenced to pay a $50 fine on one, while sentence on the other was suspended during good behavior. This Is regarded as a signal, victory for the city and an admission on the part of the saloon men that the city is in control of the situation. UMATILLA LOBBY NAMED Business Men to Co-operate With Legislative Delegation. PENDLETON,' Or., Deo. 22. (Special.) A legislative committee of 16 members from the county has been appointed by the Commercial Association to work in harmony with the Lmatilla County dele gation In an effort to secure from the Legislature measures which are particu larly desired. Chief among ..iese are the experiment farm for the Umatilla pro ject, an increased appropriation for the Weston Normal, a branch asylum and an amendment to the good roads law. iL. B Gwlnn president of th State Bankers' Association, is chairman of the committee. EXTENDING EUGENE LINE Rails Arrive for Completion of Branch to Springfield. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 22. (Special.) Another consignment of rails for the Portland. Eugene & Eastern Railway Company's line was received today, and a further shipment is expected some time this week. At the present time cars on the Eugene-Springfield run stop at Judkins Point,, but the grading and trestle work have been finished to the Springfield bridge, and as soon ns the rails arrive the track will be laid at once and cars will begin running clear through-. Two large new cars will suon arrive. IRRIGATIONISTS TO MEET National Convention in Spokane August 9 to 14. SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. 22. The sev enteeth National Irrigation Congress will meet in Spokane. August 9 to 14. 1303. This date has been set as most conven ient for thoBe desiring to visit Yellow stone Park, the Seattle Fair and Alaska in connection with the congress. George E. Barstow, of Barstow. Tex., president, and B. A. Fowler, of Phoenix, Ariz., are officers of the congress. The board of control has organized at Spo kane with R. Insinger, chairman, and Ar thus Hooker, secretary. Elks to Keep Open- House. Arrangements are being made by the house committee of the Elks Club to keep open house on Christmas day. An elab orate lunch is to be served to members and the rooms decorated with greens. There is to be no function this f ear by the lodge itself, it having been decided to omit the Christmas tree feature that formerly was made an Important event in the holiday season. Snow in Umatilla County. PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 22. (Special.) Umatilla County wheat fields are cov ered with a mantle of snow tonight. Not very much has fallen yet, but in dications are that more will come be fore morning. Farmers have been wanting snow for some time, and are therefore happy. Aberdeen Logger Drowns. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 22. (Spe cial.) Frank Valentine, aged '35, an CHRISTMAS AT THE COAST Through train to Seaside. Leaves Union Depot 6 P. M. December 24th. A. & C. R, R. R. SPECIAL DINNER AT MOORE HOTEL TICKETS AND PARLOR OAR RESERVATIONS At 122 Third St. and Third and Morrison Sts. employe of the Union Mill Company, while working on a ran oi -day, fell into the Chehalis River and was drowned. His body has not been recovered. Nothing is known of his relatives. He was a single man. . tt" h 1 1 n m ciftnsphow. a wealthy manufacturer, was probably fatally injured, and his daughter was seriously hurt Monday, when their automobile .kidded on a elippery pavement and collided with a streetcar. "The Great Glove, Umbrella and Hosiery House of the West." Len non'B Glove Orders redeemable at all times at Lennon's stores in Portland, Seattle and San Francisco. GREAT UMBRELLA SALE 309 Morrison for Holiday Gifts 5000 Men s and Women's Umbrellas on Sale at $3.45 Regular $6.00 values, covered with guaranteed waterproof silks, mounted with beautiful pearl and gold, pearl and silver handles; also thousands of different stylos of handles to select from. pni REGULAR Umbrellas recovered and repaired on premises. Umbrellas engraved free of charga. Umbrellas crated and parked for shipment in stylish umbrella boxes. 309 MORRISON, OPP. POSTOFFICE BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH. Steamship "Breakwater" Sails From AINSWORTH DOCK FOR COOS BAY POINTS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 8 P. M. n r..c FIRST CABIN $10.00 Passenger Fares second cabin $7.00 Including Berth and Meals. Ticket Offices at Third and Washington Streets and Ainsworth Dock.