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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1908)
THE 3I0RNIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908. Facsimile of First Page of The New Year's Oregonian The Accompanying Illustration Is a Reproduction of one of the Many Striking Pictures That Will Be Printed in the Special Edition of The Oregonian to Be Issued Tomorrow $twwmx$ jj BtifflttM. a vnu xlviii no. ixo, Portland oreohw mipn jakuart i i9o rmrR nvt: :KiTt ....r -:f . .- . ,1 Z4g ife r 1- . ?;Vrt -tim jPv i) m-i f; tort :lt s W I v vvV! tf" F7W? mi fiwl-' - ill i A I - r . i IIM i HE ANNUAL will review the industrial and com mercial progress of Oregon and Portland during the past year. It will contain numerous articles dealing with the vast resources of Oregon and their development. Portland's trade growth will be emphasized and particular attention will be paid railroad extension and new industries. The edition will be replete with excellent illustrations of scenes in Portland and the state at large. Besides articles by staff members and numerous statis tical tables, a wide range of subjects will be covered by the following specialists: John II. Lewis, State Engineer; Dr. James Withycombe. director Oregon Experiment Station; Dr. C. H. Raffety, member Portland Water Board; E. T. Mische, superintendent Portland parks; T. B. Wilcox, president Portland Flouring Mills Company; Professor Hugh II. Herdman, principal East Side High School; Dr. T. L. Eliot, trustee Reed Institute; E. A. BeAls. forecaster United States Weather Bureau; Judge M. G. Munly, president North East Side Improvement Association; J. C. Ainsworth, president United States National Bank; II. W. Stone, secretary Portland Y. M. C. A.; Charles K. Henry, real estate dealer; Dr. Luther R. Dyott, president Portland Ministerial As sociation; Benage S. Josselyn, president Portland Railway, Light & Power Company; C. A. Bige low, president United East Side Push Clubs ; Miss Mary Frances Isom, librarian Portland Public Library; William McMurray, general passenger agent Harriman lines in Oregon; U. S. Grant, farmer; Allan B. Slauson, manager realty department Hartman & Thompson; John West, Port land manager Benson Logging & Lumbering Company; W. C. Knighton, architect; A. B. Bateman, secretary Mosier Apple Growers' Association; Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jr., member Portland Charter Commission ; R. B. Miller, general freight agent Harriman lines in Oregon ; C. F. Swigert, president Port of Portland Commission; B. I. Dasent, secretary Albany Commercial Club; S. B. Vincent, sec retary Manufacturers' Association of the Northwest; W. K. Newell, president State Board of Horti culture; R. H. Jenkins, assistant general freight and passenger agent Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway; G. W. Boschke, chief engineer Harriman lines in Oregon ; Guy W. Talbot, general manager Oregon Electric Railway Company; F. P. Baumgartner, agent California & Oregon Coast Steam ship Company"; Russell Hawkins, of Whitney Lumber Company; E. E. Lytle, president Pacific Rail way & Navigation Company; A. King Wilson, lawyer; Professor C. I. Lewis, Oregon Agricultural College; E. H. Shepard, editor Better Fruit; N. D. McCall, farmer; Olof PJrickson, dairyman; W. D. Wheelwright, president Portland Export Lumber Company; P. A. Miller, farmer; W. II. Wehrung, president Portland Country Club and Livestock Association ; Judge C. II. Carey; A. E. Gebhardt, secretary Oregon Fish and Game Association; Ralph W. Hoyt. .president Portland Rose Festival As sociation; J. M. Patterson, secretary The Dalles Business Men's Association; P. A. Cappard, poultry raiser; W. S. Hurst, farmer; E. W. McComas, wheat raiser; A. B. Wastell, secretary Oregon & Washington Lumbermen's Association; Charles A. Malboeuf, district freight agent Southern Pacific Company; Peter Kerr, of Kerr, Gifford & Company; George M. Hyland, capitalist. The Annual will be of interest to every citizen of Oregon and just the number to send to your friends in the East. It will be sold for 5 cents a copy. Postage in the United States, Canada, Mexico or the Insular possessions is 4 cents a copy additional; foreign countries 7 cents. Send in your orders today. BOTH WIVES LEFT Denver Shooting Reveals Dual Desertion of Women. WIVES TELL SAD STORIES stole my wife. I killed him. Now, what Is there WTonif In hat?" Mrs. Bell, from her cell last night, pleaded wich Chief Armstrong to be per mitted to see her husband, who Is also closely confined In Jail. "I think now that everything is clear," she ia Bald to have said to the Chief. "Bert was right and Dury and I all wrong." "I want to see Bert and tell him so," she said. Her reouest was refused.. RELIEF IS PLEDGED HOPES FOR CONVICTION Mr. Bell Says Her Husband Failed to Support Her. and Sirs. Dury Has Similar Account for Coroner's Ears. DENVER, Dec 30. That Charles C Iury came to. his death from the ef fects of two Ktinshot wounds: that the icun from which the shots were flre-1 ws.8 !n the hands of C. Burdette Bel!, nd tnat the kllMnc was" felonious. Is thu verdict of the Coroner's Jury ren dered today In the. inquest Into the ceath o! rury. The death occurred Monday afternoon as the result of I'ury i meeting: with Bell, who charged that Dury had stolen his wife and was living with her in a rooming-house in this city. Both Dury and Bell are from Ohio. Dury being the son of Professor 'harles Dury. the ornithologist of Na tional fame, living at Cincinnati. Bell Js from Dayton. . Mrs. Bell told the jury of recent In cidents In her life. She said that Bell had not supported her for several months: that she bad been working. at different things In order to help sup port herself and child: that she met Dury through responding. to an adver tisement for theatrical ' performers: that a week before the shooting she went to live with him at the Leon apartments. She also stated that she had decided to break up the relations existing, and that she had told Dury of her intention. Wife's Pitiful Tale. Dury's wife, who Is afflicted with tuberculosis and lives in a tent at the outskirts of the city, told the Jury that she had not seen her husband except to meet him casually upon the street In several months. He had not been contributing to her support, claiming that he was out of work and had no money. The body of Dury will be sent to Cin cinnati tomorrow. Positive He Did Right. Bell will permit of no modern plea in I defense of the killing when placed on trial. According to a statement attributed to him. Bell will leave his case to the horse sense of any Jury, and "brain storms, emotional insanity or anything else of that kind" will be avoided. . He aid: "I will trust my case to the hands of any 12 men that you can pick up in the streets. I. believe that any man fit to be called a man would do exactly as I did Vnder the circumstances. Another man Heney Desirous of Making Strong Case Against Patrick Calhoun. NEW YORK. D"C 30. Francis J. Heney, San KVancisco's special graft prosecutor, who was recently shot In the courtroom by Morris Haas, an ex-convict, who later committed suicide, and who is sojourning a bit In the East, recovering from his wourd, is now in New York, hopeful of securing the conviction of Pat rick Calhoun, president of the United Railroads of San Francisco, on a charge of bribery. Mr. Heney talked freely of conditions in the Pacific Coast city, and laughingly denied that ie intends going to Pitts burg to prosecute the Councllinen in tiie recently exposed scandals of that cit.y. Sneaking of the Calhoun case, Heney said: "Yes, I hope to obtain a conviction. I do not think that the fact that Tirey L. Ford, the attorrey for the railroads and Calhoun's go-between, was acquitted on a charge of bribery in connection with the granting of an overhead trolley fran chise by the supervisors will weigh in favor of Calhoun. The public- sentiment out there seems to be that Ford was nothing bat a servant, who did as he was told. "Yet, strangely enough, a Jury that would send Ruef to prison would acquit Calhoun before the first word of testi mony was taken, and vice versa, and I would not want to have to try Ruef be fore a Jury that had condemned Calhoun The business men of the town, and I use that term broadly, would Just as soon see Ruef go i:p as not, but they would make an awful clamor if Calhoun were convicted. They have made an awful clamor even before he has been brought to trial. That Is a funny situation, but ii does not exist aione in oan rxan- cieeo. Mr. Heney will remain in New York for four or five days, and then return to San Francisco, where Calhoun's trial Is set for January 5. Governor Mead Calls for Aid for Quake Sufferers. SAYS TIME IS BIG FACTOR Own Gun Kills Him: PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., Dec. 30. Robert E.' Cost, a Corporal of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Company, Coast Artillery, garrisoning Fort Casey, was accidentally shot and killed while duck shooting yesterday. With his company commander, Frank B. Edwards. Cost was engaged in erect ing a blindThe flight of a flock of ducks caused him to reach for his gun. In drawing the weapon toward him one barrel was discharged, the full charge entering his face. The dead man was a native of Ala bama, enlisting a year ago at Denver, where an uncle resides. Greatest sale of men's shoes begins Saturday. Look for announcement in tomorrow's Oregonian Importance of Forwarding Contribu tions Quickly Is Dwelt Ipon and People Are Crged to Give What They Can. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) Governor Mead today Issued the following proclamation, calling upon the people of the state to render aid to the suffering thousands of Southern Italy and Sicily. "Whereas, An appalling calamity has been visited upon the southern portion of Italy and the Island of Sicily, result ing In the loss of thousands of lives, the widespread destruction of property. the devastation of -crops, the wreck of business, the ruin of commerce and untold suffering, distress and want: and "Whereas. This condition will be fol lowed closely by famine and disease, .two terrible agencies that accompany all such natural cataclysms; and "Whereas. This condition can be greatly alleviated by the generosity of sister countries', promptly exercised; and "Whereas, In such an emergency time Is a gravely important factor in rendering needed assistance and the heart of charity throughout the civil ized world Is wrung by the awful mis fortune that has befallen the afflicted people of the devastated district; "Now. therefore, I, Albert E. Mead, Governor of the State of Washington, urgently appeal to the generosity of the people of this rich commonwealth, asking that they Immediately assemble In the centers of -population and through organized effort raise . funds for the relief of the suffering thou sands of Italy and forward the same to the stricken people through the Secre tary of State of the United States." OREGON ALSO ASKED TO HELP Governor Calls Cpon State to Give All Aid Possible. SAIHM, Or., Dec. - 30. (Special.) Gov ernor Chamberlain tonight- issued a proc lamation urging the people of Oregon to contribute toward the relief of the earth quake sufferers In Italy. In his proclama,- To All the People of Oregon The terrible calamity whlrh has visited the people of the southern part of Italy, and the adjacent islands ha excited the tenderest sympathy of the whole world. Following In the wake of a most terrible earthquake, fire and famine threaten with destruction the re maining population of the devastated sec tion unless the necessities of the people be promptly relieved. Oregon has never been slow to respond to calls upon her generosity, and I appeal to her sons and daughters to come to the relief of the afflicted of other lands as promptly and as generously as their ability will permit. Remittances sent to Colonel D. M. Dunne, of Portland, Or., m ill be -received and forwarded at once to the sufferers. (Signed) GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor. Seattle Pledges Relief Fund. SEATTLE, Dec. 3tf. The minister of every church in Seattle, all the philan thropic organizations, the Red Cross and others interested in the relief of human ity, notified the Italian Consul, Dr. J. A. Ghighllone. this morning and assured him of financial support and their willingness to cooperate with him hi any way possible for the relief of the sufferers from, the disaster that has devastated a vast ex panse of Southern Italy. MATCHES ARE FATAL Boy Burned to Death and Home Destroyed. CHILDREN ALONE IN HOUSE OBJECTION TO TAXATION Ex-Tax Commissioner Eastcrday Sets Forth His Views. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.) The threat of Assessor Railsback, of Pierce County, that he will seek to Induce the coming Legislature to abolish the Tax Commission, has brought out a sugges tion from J. H. Easterday, ex-Tax Com missioner, which meets the objection Railsback makes to the present law. Ka st onlay said today : To the revenue laws I nave but one amendment to urge. At present all operat ins railroad property Is valued as a whole and apportioned back to the counties ac cording o the number of miles of track In each "county. One mile of track, for all practical purposes. Is of the same value as any otlfler mile, aow to add to the value of this track all depots, coal sheds, side tracks, machine-shops, warehouses, wharves. office buildinps, terminal ground, and smearin used or unused. whether It over the track from Idaho to the Pacific ocean does not seem to me to be fair, reasonable or Just. l ne values 01 tn aepoi punaings in ne ttle. .Spokane and North Yakima have been distributed over hundreds of miles of road. Blocks of irround In Bellineham. Seattle. Ta- coma and other cities on which a rail has never been laid, and on which, in all rea sonable probability, never will be used for years to come, are taken from tho local assessment roll and contribute toward this smearing process. " rt the heart or the city of Tacoma we have what is dlgnifed by the name of head quarters building. The first floor of. this building is mostly all taken up by the land department of the railroad. On the second ana third floors are team- hip, Irrigation, coal companies and the man agement of six different railroads, none of which ane evea on the map of Pierce Coun ty, yet this is called operating property and can not be assessed locally. A cardinal principle of equity In taxation for which I have battled long and for which I intend to battle, is that property shall be assessed t the place of its location and where it receives protection of the law. i ne property tnat 1 nave enumerated has a fixed and not a transitory location. It is there that it receives police protection. If It is stolen or there is a tresoass. It Is the local courts to which the owners look for redress. It is there that fire companies are maintained for its protection. The workman on such property, if injured, goes to the local hospital, his children attend the local schools. Having received all this protection and benefit, right demands that the county wherein property Is located should receive the benefit of the tax. Mother Goes to Visit Neighbor and Fire Is v Set During Absence. Father Overcome Trying to Rescue Child. KENT, Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.) Crawling under a bed the springs of which fell upon him. the four-year-old son of Michael Dolan. living near here, was found this afternoon In the ruins of a fire which took the life of the little fellow and left Dolan and his wife and two other children without a home. At an early hour this morning, Mrs. Dolan went to visit a neighbor. While she wan gone her youngest child set fire to the house in an upper story. Two children aged 6 years and 8 years, were downstairs and heard the screams of the little fellow upstairs. The children fled for help, and when Mr. and Mrs. Dolan reached their home it waa a mass of flames. Dolan attempt ed to get in the building and was over come. The baby's body was found later, pin ioned under the springs of the bed, where it was evident he had crawled in his fright. Playing with matches is believed be the cause of the tragedy. to UNDUE INFLUENCE ALLEGED COURTROOM CROWDED TO HEAR CONTEST OF CALDWELL WILL. self and used undue influence to secure his father's signature to the document, which governs the disposition of a $73. 000 estate. William Caldwell, of Albany, the other co-executor of the will, was on the stand all of yesterday afternoon and the con tinuation of his cross-examination took most of the morning session. George W. Caldwell will be the last witness for the executors and the contestan's will then begin the introduction of their evidence. It is now believed that the hearing, which U being conducted before County Judge Duncan, may not be concluded this week. The people who attended the hearing yesterday crowded the County Courtroom until Judge Duncan was forced to use the Circuit Courtroom for the afternoon ses sion and the remainder of the hearing will be conducted there. The memoranda introduced by the exec utors, which Is in the handwriting of V. H. Caldwell, directs substantially the same bequests to the heirs as is given in the .will, but the contestants aver that there are some radical differences be tween the will and the memoranda. The bequest of J10.000 to charitable purposes has a far different construction in the will, the contestants assert, than is in dicated in Caldwell's memoranda. In the notes his wish appears to be that this sum should be set aside for orphans among his own descendants, his children, grandchildren or any of his heirs who might e-er need assistance. The clause of the will which makes this bequest, attorneys for the contest ants allege, is so ironclad In its provi sions for its disposition that it shows fraud In the construction of the will. This clause follows: T bequeath to George W. Caldwell and "William Caldwell, as trustees, the sum of S10.000, said sum of money to be devoted by thera to charitable purposes: and I will and direct that" bo far as possible they de vote said sum of money to the aid und benefit of orphans; and that their decision in th matter of the disposition of Fald funds shall be absolute and final, and that they act as such trustees without bonds. million feet of logs are now in the storage boom near Wlllapa for distri bution to the various mills in the city. Lands Put on Market. GOL.DKXDALE, Wash.. Dec. .10. (Spe cial.) Many thousands of acres of North ern Pacific land lying in this county have just been put on the market. This land is selling for about one-fourth what It is worth. Breath Odors Removed by Charcoal Onions, Tobacco, Decaying Food, Al cohol, Stomach Oases, and Im purities Foul the Breath, Charcoal Purifies It. A GREAT STORE FOR EUGENE Olympla Boar. t-u the water." Brew, ery'a own bottling. Phonet. Main (71, 846V. Construction of Charity Clause, At torneys Contend, Shows Fraud by Ironclad Wording. ALBA NT, Or.. Dec. 30. (Special. ) George W. Caldwell; a Portland attor ney, took the stand Just before noon to day in the Probate Court here in the hearing of the contest of the will of hia father, V. H. Caldwell. He testified in defense of the will, under which he is a co-executor and a leading beneficiary. He said he wrote the will at his father's di rection and Introduced notes and memo randa left by his father to substantiate this fact. It is stated by the contesting heirs that he wrote the will to suit him- Hamptoil Bros. Buy Prominent Property for $18,000. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.) F. L. Chambers today sold his lot on the corner of Sixth and Willamette streets to Hampton Brothers for $1S, 000. The lot has a frontage of 75 feet on Willamette street and 160 feet on Sixth and is one of the best business locations in town, across the street from the site of the new Government building. Hampton Brothers announce that within a year they will erect a modern three or four-story structure, princi pally of stone, for the largest depart ment store between Portland and Sac ramento. This lot sold four years ago for about one-eighth of the price paid today. ; . Severe Storm at Raymond. RAYMOND, Wash., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) Raymond has been visited by a severe storm for the past few days. The wind has blown a gale, and rain has fallen in torrents, occasionally ac companied by sleet. The tides and the Willapa were the highest in recent years, but no damage resulted. Log gers took advantage of the high water to float their logs to deep water. Ten Trlnl PackHKe of Sloart'i Charcoal Loaengea Sent Free By Mall. The stomach and digestive canal of man fills with gases from fermenting and decaying food. Such gases impreg nate the breath, filter through the system, spread disease and in large quantities extend the stomach so thai it shuts off heart action and death EOmetimes results. Pure, simple willow charcoal absorbs gas at once and stops impure rood fer mentation. It sweetens the stomach, kills the effect of all odors such as liquor, tobacco, onions, etc., or at leas. prevents them from causing impuritiet to arise. The willow is renowned for its cura tive properties and ancient legendarv lore is filled with its use, by barbarianf and civilized men. As early as 600 B. C. the ancient Chaldeans were sagel) curing disease by charcoal and every monastery of the old world healed the sick and cured the drunkard by using powdered willow charcoal. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are pure willow charcoal, compressed with honey into a delicious lozenge. They con- , tain nothing but sweet willow charcoal and honey. One may eat a box of then: and feel only benefit from so doing. Two or three after a meal will be a sufficient guard against bad breath and the same amount eaten just before bed time will Insure a pure breath upon arising the next morning. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges tone up the blood, the liver and the stomach. They are great laxatives also, but eat ing largo numbers of them does not Increase their effect in a painful man ner upon the bowels. They are gentle, powerful and pure and their popularity and tremendous sale give them the stamp of public ap proval. Go to your druggist today and buy a box, price 25 cents, or send us your name and address and we will send you a trial package by mail free. Address F. A. Stuart Co.. 200 Stuart BIdg., Marshall, Mich. ELMHURST kJSa 7 &Ts9V 7Cl
