THE 3I0RNIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908.
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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.
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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,
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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
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The stomach and digestive canal of
man fills with gases from fermenting
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it shuts off heart action and death
EOmetimes results.
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gas at once and stops impure rood fer
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kills the effect of all odors such as
liquor, tobacco, onions, etc., or at leas.
prevents them from causing impuritiet
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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.
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sick and cured the drunkard by using
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