THE 3IORXIXG- OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1909. lo M.fllC. SHOOTS OFFICIAL HIMSELF E. R. Woodard, Superintendent of Athletic Club, Inflicts Fatal. Wound. FRIENDS KNOW NO MOTIVE Wife Returns From Shopping to Find Husband Lying in Pool of Blood In Bathroom Books In Perfect Condition. K. R. Woodard. superintendent of the Multnomah CTjh. marie a desperate and probably successful attempt at suicide late yesterday afternoon at his homo in the Mnrdaunt apartment-house, Eigh teenth and Everett streets. lacking himself inside the bathroom of JiLs suite. .he placed a revolver against Jils temple and fired. The ball entered his head immediately above his right ear. emerein? from the top of his head and Inflicting what is believed to be a fatal wound. At a late hour last night his death was expected momentarily. Motive for his desperate deed Is BtlU Wiintinp. thnuKh his friends assert he had suffered severely in recent months of stomach troubles. This motive, however. Is not accepted by the police, for last night's attempt was the second he has made recently. Three weeks ago he at tempted to commit suicide with chloro form, but successful accomplishment of his deed was frustrated by the arrival of friends and the summoning of a phy sician. Woodard remained at his apartments yesterday afternoon, after eating lunch eon with his wife and affectionately bid ding her good-by. She went down-town to attend to some shopping and he re mained at home. An Intimate friend called him by telephone shortly after 2 o'clock and talked with him a few mo ments. Woodard seemed to be In the best of spirits and health. AVife Finds Apartment locked. His wife returned soon after 5 o'clock In the afternoon. She attempted to enter the apartments, but thought her key refused to work. She called friends who live in the adjoining apartment, and they admitted the Janitor by opening their own apartments. The Janitor in this way succeeded in opening the apartments of the Woodard family. Mrs. Woodard was overcome wth the horrible spectacle she beheld. The bedroom and sitting room were empty, but on the floor of the bathroom, a re volver by his side and resting in a pool of blood, lay her husband, breathing heavily and apparently In the last throes of death. Friends were called in from neighboring apartments and rendered what services they could. They summoned Dr. A. W. Kaird, who caused the man to be removed to a bed and remained with him until a late hour. He did everything within liis power to save the life of the patient, but hopes of recovery were abandoned as soon as the wound was examined. It was discovered that he had locked the doors of his apartment, closed the bath room door and fired the fatal shot. The revolver was fully loaded, with the ex ception of one cartridge that the suicide had exploded. Previous Attempt a Failure. Three weeks ago Woodard attempted to end his life by chloroform. The op portune arrival of friends prevented a fatal termination of his attempt, and he was revived. The story of the attempt was suppressed. However, officials of the Multnomah Club, accepting one of the ordinary causes for such an attempt, employed experts to go over the books of the club. These experts, after a thorough exam ination, pronounced Woodard's accounts to be in excellent condition. Conse quently motive for his deed of last night Is doubly mystifying. Woodard went to the Multnomah Club five years ago in the capacity of collec tor. He held that position two years and three years ago was promoted to the position of superintendent. Before his acceptance of a position with the club he lived in San Francisco, and while there married Miss Foster, daughter of Captain Foster, of Oakland. His wife is suffering from hysterics as the result of her husband's, desperate deed. Woodard's mother is in St. Vin cent's Hospital, said to be dangerously 111. The news of her son's deed has been withheld from the aged woman. Woodard served as deputy for four years under lnn J. Moore, when the l!ter was ("l.-rk of the State Circuit Court for Multnomah County. PROGRAMME IS PLEASING J-jitcrlalnment by Knights of Colum bus Draws Crowd. The Portland lodse of Knights of ' Columbus last night presented an Inter esting musical and literary programme for the benefit of the Christian Brothers' Business College, at Alumni Hall, Orand avenue and Clackamas street. The af fair was a huge success and was at tended by a throng which comfortably filled the large auditorium. From the time that John M. Casey, grand knight of the Portland Council, K. of C, opened the programme with a few remarks until the very last number, the audience mani fested its enjoyment. The feature number on the programme was the singing of the Treble Clef Club, under the directorship of Mrs. Hose Coursen Reed. This number comprised tiie rendition of Pierne's "a?renade" and Strauss' "Greeting tr Spring." y a chorus of 17 feminine vocalists, led by Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed. Each song whs greeted by enthusiastic applause. The club is comprised of the following voice: Soprani. Miss Hilda Hegele, Miss IIta Watson, Miss Beulah Cad well. Miss Catherine Covach, Mrs. Helen Brigham-Gregg. Mrs. Helen l.ytle-Ellls. Mrs. Sanderson Reed and Mrs. J. E. Howard; altl. Miss Alice Juston, Miss Clara Howell, Miss Vida Reed, Miss pcironella Connolly, Miss Sarah Glance, Mrs. J. Ernest 'Laidlaw, Mrs. J. S. Monte. Mrs. C. W. Sherman and Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed, director. A dainty number was the piano solo rendered by Miss Hazel Daley, a pupil of Professor F. W. Goodrich, Instructor of piano at the Christian Brothers" Col lege. Mies' Daley rendered the "Cachou cha Caprice," with a Chopin waits as an encore. John Fleming Shields, JAj. B., delivered an oration on "Wash ington and the American Ideal." Professor Frank G. Elchenlaub ren dered several solos on his violin. He was encored repeatedly and responded liberally. The Nordstrom brothers, two very clever youngsters, contributed & comedy duet. In which they were accom panied on the piano by their sister. Two German comedians. Fox: and Urquhart, were funny in a way that succeeded in pleasing. Daly, a juggler of consider able merit, assisted in amusing the audience through the courtesy of Pan tages Theater. Angela May. assisted by J. Louis MacEvoy, in a "Music- mud ale," presented an amusing little- iarce, while Cliff Phillips, another Pantjjes at traction, rounded out the evening's en tertainment with a pleasing monologue. Washington's Funeral as Told 109 Years Ago Account ' as Published la lister County ?" Y.) Gasette, Under Date of January 4, lMOOnd Writ ten at Georgetown, December 20, 1779. CEXTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 22. (Spe cial.) Wahlngton's birthday was observed by the Centralia schools with exercises at the Washington build ing today. An Interesting part of the pro gramme was the exhibit of a paper loaned to the schools for the purpose by Mrs. G. H. Landrum. It Is a copy ofl tho Ulster county. New York, Gazette, bearing date of January 4, 1800. This! paper contains an account of the death and burial of George Washington. Following is the account under the caption Washington entombed, with spel ling and punctuation unchanged: Gerofretown. Dec 20. 1779. On Woflnemlay last, the mortal part of WASHINGTON the Great the Father of his Country and the Friend of man, was it ROSEOFOREGON" in its re HOME "Rose Planting Day" Observed as Official Start of Rose Festival. STRAW HATS IN EVIDENCE In Balmy February "Weather, Two Dozen Flowers Typical of Port land Are Set Out by School Children Before 500 People, About two dozen roses were set out in the grounds surrounding the Forestry building yesterday, on "Rose-Planting day." the day which has been 6et apart by Portland as sort of an official start of Hoyt, president of the Portland Rose Association, was Introduced. Hev said: "I can do little more at this time than bring you the greetings of the Portland Rose Association, and ex press admiration for the enthusiasm displayed iere in these rose planting exercises. This section of the city was helpful a year ago at the Rose Festi val, and far and wide the reputation of Portland has gone as a rose city as the result of the distribution of roses by the Peninsula. I might tell you many things about the plans for the coming Festival, and what we are do ing. The pictures of the floats have been; sent broadcast all over the coun try, and Portland has gained a repu tation that it could not have secured by any other means. And so again I say I bring the greetings of the Rose Festival Association, and congratula tions to you for your enterprise and enthusiasm shown on this occasion." After music by the band, Mayor Lane delivered a short talk, speaking mainly of the promising future ol the Peninsula, which he predicted would soon be a great commercial and indus trial center. He expressed regret that he had not located on the Peninsula himself. Dr. Dav. Raftety, member of the Park Board, was the speaker who brought good news to the. crowd. He said: "I am one of the old-timers, having lived here 46 years, and- hence- know many of tho people here. Many have been before the Park Board. X think I can give you Information that will be acceptable. Plans have been pre pared by Superintendent Misohe for the Improvement of Columbia Park that will cost $25,000. This money TO GREET VISITORS Oregon Will Shower Fruit and Flowers on Epworthians. LOCAL LEAGUES TAKE IT UP 1 Portland Cabinet Asks Aid of Other Divisions to Make Delegates' Journey Through State Memorable. If the movement initiated by the cabinet of Portland District Epworth League, receives the support of the Methodist Episcopal churohes through out the Willamette River Valley, the thousands of Epworthians who pass this way going to or from the Inter national convention next July will have ample reason long to remember this section of the West. It Is planned literally to shower special trains with SCHOOL CHILDREN PLANTING ROSES AT FORESTRY BUILDING ft . : : . :V ,.V i -a P ' - Vol I 'A ! . . v. : 4 is i V 1 -x Cl . V la V ,:- : ,3 5 ' i 1 J - x if s f i 1 1.01113 HOYT, THE LITTLE DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS RALPH W. HOVT, IS SKEN I THE FOREtiROiHD DRESSED IN WHITE, HOLD- 1NU LL'THER BIRBAXK'S KEW OREGON ROSE. comlnned to the tomb, with solemn honors and funeral pomp. A multitude of persons assembled, from many miles around, at Mount Vernon, the choice abode and last re(dence of the il lustrious chief. There were the groves the spacious avenues, tho beautiful and sublime scenes, the noble mansion but alas tte ausust Inhabitant was now no more. That great soul was a-one. His mortal part was there Indeed; but ah! how affecting! How awful the spectacle of such worth and greatness, thus, to mortal yes, fallen! Yes! fallen! fallen! In the long and lofty Portico, where oft the Hro walked In all his glory, now lay the shrouded corpse. The countenance till composed and serene, seemed to de press the dignity of the spirit, which lately dwelt in that lifeless form! There those who paid the last sad honors to the bene factor of his country, took an impressive a farewell view. -On the ornament at the head of the cof fin was Inscribed SURGE AD JUDICUM about the middle of the coffin, GL.ORIA DEO and on the silver piate, . GENERAL. GEORGE WASHINGTON Departed this life on the lth of Decem ber, 17t'. Aet. 88. Between three and four o'clock the sound of artillery from a vessell In the river, tiring minuto guns, awoke afresh our solemn sorrow the corpse was removed a band of music with mournful melody melted the oul Into all tenderness of woe. When the procession had arrived at the bottom of the elevated lawn, on the bank of the Po tomlc where the family vault is placed, the cavalry halted, the Infantry marched toward the Mount and formed their lines the Clergy, the Masonic Brothers, an,d the citizens, descended to the Vault, and the funeral service of the Church was per formed. The firing was repeated from the vessell in the river, and the sounds echoed from the woods and hills around. Three general discharges by tlte Infantry the cavalry, and II pieces of artillery. which lined the banks of the Potomlo back I '5. K. R. Woodard, Superintendent of Multnomah Club, Who K tally Shot Himself Yesterday. of the Vault, paid the last tribute to the entombed Commander In Chief of the Armies of the United States and to the de parted hero. , , , The sun was now setting. Alas! the Bon of Olory was set forever. No the name of WASHINGTON the American President and General will triumph over Death! The unclouded brightness of his Glory will Il luminate the future ages! Widening of Villa Avenue Discussed At an enthusiastic meeting of the Mon tavllla Board of Trade last night D. W. Butler was present with a resolution to kill the widening of Villa avenue, on which work has been done for the past two years. The resolution recited that the widening; would work a hardship and cause endless litigation. William De Veny spoke against tho resolution and Mr. Butler for It. The chairman ruled the resolution out of order, when Mr. Butler appealed from the decision of the chairman, but the .decision of the chair man was sustained and the resolution was defeated. Next Wednesdny is the time set for final hearing on the widen ing of the avenue, and the object of the resolution was to destroy the work that had been done to get the wide street, but It did not prevail. the famous Rose Festival. Some 75 school children participated in the ceremonies and about BOO people were there to witness them. Straw hats and white gowns were much In evidence, typifying the wonderful climate of Oregon, whicli makes the roses grow in such lavish profusion. The great est interest centered in the "Rose of Ore gon," Luther Burbank's new creation, which he named after this state. A spray of the new flower, sent by the wizard of vegetable life, was planted by little Lou ise Hoyt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Hoyt. The Oregon rose was officially received on behalf of the city by Mayor Harry Lane, at the hands of Dr. Emmett Drake. The Mayor lifted a straw hat, saying as he did so that Portland's climate Is balmy, even in February. Between 60 and 60 little gilrs between the ages of 7 and 12, and half as many boys, took part In setting out the rose bushes, as the crowd circled around the little plat where the sod had been turned. The planting was under direction of Mrs. J. W. Minto, president of the Rose So ciety. Mr. Hoyt, president of the Rose Festi val, presented to each child an autograph of Joaquin Miller, "the poet of the Sier ras,'" who had sent word It was impossi ble for him to be present. In his address Mayor Lane said: "If Los Angeles or Seattle had the climate which would grow such roses as we have In Portland, they would blow about it, and lie about it, and laud their respective cit tles to high heaven." Then, with straw hat In hand, he officially received, in the name of the city, the Oregon rosebush. F. V. Dunham, acting director-general of the A-Y-P Exposition, followed the Mayor with, an address In which he spoke of the resuits of organization and of centraliza tion. He said: On behalf of the trustees of the Alaska-Tukon-Pauiiic Exposition I must thank you for your courtesy in inviting our participa tl'on in the ceremonies of Ito?e Planting day. and convey to you the regret of our dlrviotor-general, Mr. Nadeau. ttiat the im perative demand that he take his place at the head of the exposition excursion to California, and that only, hasi prevented his attendance In person on this occasion. Your courteskja and co-operation during the period of our struggle for material de velopment, and the strength that would be born of a un!ty of our forces. Inspire the text for my remarks. "One for ail, all for one." When Mr. Hutchin states to me that the people of Portland have rasled a fund of $100,000 for the purpose of rendering fes tive a week in the year of your municipal life, and tells me that the entire manage ment and disbursement of these moneys has been left In the hands of a limited committee with absolute power to act .nd to create and to materialise such a fete and spectacle as the Pacific Northwest has never before witnessed, you teach all of us tho supreme possibilities of organization and the lesson that lies In centralization. It Is to experience and to age that we must look for these lessons, and we. the younger city, filled with a desire to succeed and to accomplish and to build greatly, have much to learn from the methods that have been evolved from the organized action of the people of the city of Portland. Or. Rivalry, honest, open rivalry .Is the best of stimulants, the keenest of spurs and the tonic of communities. But let It be friendly rivalry the rivalry of brothers the rivalry of friends one quickly to be abandoned the face of a common danger, or a mutual advantage. Bishop Charles Scaddlng offered an In vocation, and music was furnished by Brown's Band. BOSE-PLATIG OX EAST SIDE Iarge Crowd Attends Exercise at Columbia Park, on Penlnaula. " The Peninsula Rose Association, as sisted by officials of the Portland Rose Festival Association, held rose plant ing exercises yesterday forenoon In Co lumbia Park, near University Park, in the presence of 700 people. Music for the oocaslon was furnished by the St. John, Peninsula and North Alblna bands, which united as one organisa tion, under the leadership of S. B. White. A special car conveyed the musicians to the park. W. J. Peddl cord, president of the Peninsula Rose Association, presided, and made the ad dress of welcome to the crowd assem bled in the park. Following an invo cation by Rt. Hr. Jeffrey, Ralph W. will be expended In drainage, beauti fying the park and in building green houses. Some of these trees will have to be taken out, but others will be planted. I think that the plans will be adopted at the next meeting of the Park Board. We are spending this money at Columbia Park as we have no other grounds over here. We have lecommended the purchase of a por tion of the W. K. Smith tract, all we could,' and it will be beautified. The Park Board has been criticised by the people of North Albina. but we did the best we could. In the early pioneer days at the big dances there was usu ally a sign up In a conspicuous place, Be careful and don't shoot the fiddler; he is doing the best he can." And so I would say be careful and don't shoot the Park Board." W. Wynn Johnson followed in a strong address on civic organizations, showing what they had done for the country In making cities and towns beautiful, and elevating the life of the people. Francis Clarno delivered an eloquent talk about the beauties of Oregon and its wonderful climate. Then followed the planting of rose bushes In the central part of the park. Some also were planted on the out skirts. Many people attended the exer cises who had not been In the park since the worn of Improving the grounds was started, and these were loud In their praise of what had been done. A NEW ONE. Wednesday will see the opening of the Penny Arcade at Sixth and Alder. AU new and latest mechanical devices to "be operated for 1 cent each. Good Iioud Talk at Goldendale. GOLDENDALE, Wash., Feb. 22. (Special.) A good roads lecture will be given here tomorrow evening by Samuel Hill, president of the State Good Roads Association. Mr. Hill, In company with several civil engineers, has visited Europe and has studied road-making in those countries. fruit and flowers, as well as other evi dences of Oregon hospitality and Ore gon" resources, and an effort to ob tain the co-operation of the churches at Ashland Cottage Grove, Grants Pass, Medford, Roseburg, Albany. Eu gene, Salem, Woodburn and Oregon City to this end has already been in augurated. It is confidently expected that the plan will be adopted in all these places, and that each will vie with the other in a display of the re spective fruits and flowers of each town. At a recent meeting of the district Epworth League cabinet, plans for the projr handling of the delegations bound to or from the International con vention at Seattle, July 7 to 12, were discussed. Dr. W. B. Holllngshead, su perintendent of Portland district, ad vocated the plan to shower fruit and flowers upon visiting delegations as they pass through the Valley towns, and to show them every conceivable attention. The Idea was at once adopt ed, and the president was directed to communicate with the pastors of the Methodist Episcopal churches In the towns named above. The Portland district league will care for the delegations while they are in this city. Plans to that end are being made by the cabinet, and it has been definitely decided that a rose and card of greeting will be given to each Ep worthlan passing through the city, both going to and returning from the convention, and in addition, about 10, 000 copies of a special Epworth League number of the Pacific Christian Ad vocate will be distributed to the visit ors. Special services and a league headquarters will also be provided. A committee consisting of Dr. W. B. Hol lingsnead, toy Glass and H. A. Kll lam has been appointed to investigate the feasibility of securing a special train for Oregon, to be run to Seattle under the auspices of the District Ep worth League. Survey Party at Goldendale. GOLD END ALE Wash,, Feb. 22. (Special.) Surveyors. whose move ments are on the quiet, are camped about six miles east of town. ' FROM NEW YORK WORLD. APRIL 8. '08. LAST TWO MONTHS ENJOYED LIVING FOR FIRST TIME The following statement was made by Mr. S. J. SimDSon on Thursday after noon in connection with the Cooper preparations, which have created a sen sation throughout the West and now being widely discussed In New Tork. Mr. Simpson, who lives at No. 979 President street, Brooklyn, said: "According to my experience, this man Cooper is Justified in his claims that his medicine will actually put the stomach in good condition. I have had chronic stomach trouble for several years past. 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In a short interview Mr. Cooper said: "I have been in New York a little less than two months. So far as I can Judge there are now about fifty thousand people taking my preparations. Before I leave there will be not less than one hundred thousand, as the number Is Increasing very rapidly and people are Just beginning to learn what-my preparation does. I expect to fully prove before I leave New York the claim I mane when I arrived, namely that stomach trouble is the great curse of the 20th century among highly civilized races and that it is responsible for ninety per cent of all Ill-health. "My medicine does nothing but regu late the stomach, yet I have people come to me daily and tell me that it has relieved them of many and various ailments not generally recognized as due to stomach trouble. "It is easy enough to verify this statement. An hour spent in listening to what people who call to see me are saying, who obtained my medicine some time ago, will prove what I say beyond a doubt." 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