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TTIE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1909.
WILLS FAILS TO
WN
Sibil
E
Colleagues on License Com
mittee Decline to Join in
His Reforms.
ED B LAZIER IS ACQUITTED
Charges of Gambling Result In
Stormy Session, in Which Mem
bers Indnlpe Freely in
Personalities. .
actiox of MQrou license
COM-MITTEE.
Heard evidence In the case of Ed
Blazler. In whose saloon Council
man Wills' found 3$ poker-players,
and acquitted Blazler. after the
stormiest session on record.
Continued the case of Edward
Martin, charred with permitting
curobllng In his First-street saloon,
because he has appealed the case.
Dismissed the charges against
Burner HaflTry. saloonkeeper, charged
with setilns; liquor on Sunday and
operating a disorderly house.
Dismissed the charges of selling
liquor on Sunday in the case of
John A. Lee. proprietor of an Alblna
saloon.
The members voting against revo
cation are: Councllmen Cellars.
Rush:ii;ht. Vausjhn. Wallace. Drls
coll: to revoke, wills and Bennett.
Councilman Wilis met his Waterlool
as a reformer. In so far as it lay In the
power of the liquor license committee of
the Council, which met In special session
yesterday afternoon to take evidence In
the case of Kd Blazier. charged by Mr.
Wills with permitting jramblinK to run in
bis saloon at Third and Burnside streets.
The session was replete with startling sit
uations, unkind remarks and scathing
denunciation of the chief prosecutor by
his colleagues; and to make matters
worse. Councilman Bennett, elected tem
porary chairman to replace Councilman
Cottel, resigned, was attacked by Coun
cilmen Rushlight. Driscoll and Baker in
a verbal clash and forced to permit the
introduction of all kinds of outside testi
mony. At the end of the session Mr. Wills
found that he had not scored a sinple
point; that he had not been sustained
once during the whole session, and that
every one of the cases brought by him
were decided against him. In fact, he
was the one on trial. It was nemarked by
several of those present, and at times
the uproar was so strong that even some
of the members of the cornmittee were
heard to cry out. "This is a howling
farce." and "Wills is on trial not the
saloonkeepers."
Ir. Cottel Steps Out.
Frevions to the assembling of the com
mittee, which is composed of seven Coun
cllmen, Chairman Cottel. of the Kifth
Ward, tendered his resignation, leaving
the committee headless. Mayor Lane
accepted it with some reluctance, after
endeavoring to persuade the Councilman
to stick to the task and "help to clean
up Portland." Dr. Cottel replied that
be had stood all he could; that he ts op
posed to the initiation of reforms by the
Council, and that he would no longer act
with the committee. At 2 o'clock, the.
hour set for the meeting, the City Hall
was crowded, many of those present being
police officers, detailed to give testimony
in the various cases. Messrs. Wallace.
Bennett, Wills and Rushlight were the
first members of the Council to arrive,
and they decided to proceed. They
elected Mr. Bennett temporary chairman,
and the battle started.
Shortly after the opening of the ses
sion, other members strolled in, and a
little later Dr. Cottel appeared. His
presence was the signal for considerable
comment, as some of the belated mem
bers did not know he had resigned. Mr.
Rushlight moved that Dr. Cottel be made
to come within the row of desks and pre
side, unless he could show that Mayor
I-ane had officially accepted the resig
nation, but this Dr. Cottel refused to do.
saying he had finished with the business.
The committee proceeded until Mayor
Lane, with Mr. Cellars in tow, walked
briskly into the room.
Gentlemen," said the Mayor. "I have
designated Mr. Cellars to be a member of
ho liquor license committee, in place of
Dr. Cottel, who has "cold feet," and who
has resigned. Toil can elect your own
chairman."
Cellars Announces His Policy.
. Mr. Cellars took a seat at the table
with the other members while the case of
Barney Haffey was being heard, and
immediately made himself familiar with
the evidence given up to that time.
"None of this kind of business for me."
commented Mr. Cellars, after learning
the evidence. "I am not going to come
to the City Hall and spend my valuable
time hearing cases where the police have
not even made arrests; I move that this
case be dismissed."
Before many moments passed, the
motion was put and carried, and out
went Mr. Haffey, retaining his license.
He had not been fined the maximum
whan In the Police Court, and Mr. 'Cel
lars announced:
"My policy in these cases will be that
I will never vote to revoke any man's
license until the Municipal Judge fines
them the maximum, and they still per
sist in violating the law. Until such time,
the Council has no business fooling with
the cases."
When the case of Blazler came up, Mr.
Wills was outside in the lobby, and Mr.
Rushlight demanded that Mr. Wills come
In, as he said he had a question to ask
him.
I was told in the presence of a wit
ness," began Mr. Rushlight, "that Mr.
Wilis said that he did not expect any
revocations in these cases; that they have
been fixed.' ,1 want to ask if Mr. Wills
said that."
Didn't Say Cases Were Fixed.
"I never said It." declared Mr. Wills.
"Well, Mr. Wills says he did not say
It." continued Mr. Rushlight. "Maybe he
didn't; I don't know, but I know that
we are entitled to our opinions In these
cases, the same as he is, and If he did
make any such statement, it is a false
hood." Before the case of Blazier had pro
gressed far, there was a fierce parliamen
tary squabble. Chairman Bennett ruling
against "outside" testimony, things not
pertinent to the case, and Mr. Rush
light immediately appealed from the
ruling: the ruling was upheld, but the
Councilman and his friends on the com
mittee at once cried. "Tou're trying to
bulldoze us." and "Tou can't bulldoze
the committee; we'll have it out in the
Council," and they made such an uproar,
charging one-sided methods and "gag"
rule, that Mr. Bennett finally "threw
up his hands," and permitted all kinds of
statements and questions to go in as a
part of tiie case.
Witnesses for the prosecution included
Mr. Wilis, who was mercilessly assailed
by his colleagues. Mr. Wills was charged
with being "small," of "butting in" and
of "wishing to get political capital" out
Of the event, but he stood his ground,
and maintained through It all that he
merely went on a tour of the district to
ascertain facts, and that he came across
gambling and other violations of the law
and decided to call in the police.
;o!tz Is First Witness.
Sergeant Goltz. who has charge -of the
West Side district on the first night relief,
was the first witness. He said he had
often seen men playing cards in Blazler's
saloon, but never saw money change
hands.
Lawyer S. C. Spencer, representing
Blazler. said he would admit that "who
ever gets 'stuck' In a card game pays
for the drinks." He said the proprietor
permits this.
Councilman Vaughn asked Sergeant
Goltz how he accounted for the fact that
Mr. Wilis caught a company of men in
a game, and the Sergeant said he could
not tell. He answered Councilman
Driscoll by saying he knew of no gamb
ling In Portland.
"What are your orders?" asked Mayor
Lane, "when you And gambling or any
lawbreaklne?"
"Why, to arrest them," replied Ser
geant Goltz.
"Are there any other orders from any
one?" asked the Mayor.
"No. sir." replied the Sergeant. "We
have strict orders, and these orders have
been read to us nearly every week.
"Wills Tells of Gambling.
MV Wills then took the stand, and
tnM of his visit to Blazler's saloon, pre
cisely as published in detail in The Ore
gonirin at the time. He said he had no
trouble entering, and no trouble in seeing
th came In full progress.
Mr. Snencer Introduced a bronze piece
Hie size of a to gold piece, and closely
r.oniiHTir one. He a.sked Mr. Wills
If It was one of these or a gold piece. Mr.
xvtiia taid ho could not say positively.
fi-. Vaur-hn demanded to know if Mr.
Wills positively knew there was gamb
ttns tiiA reniv was that it was
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Mr. Rushlight questioned a portion of
m.- wills' rcrjort dealing with the class
f mm who were in the saloon that
night.
Rennett ruled that It is im
material what class was there, and
Messrs. Baker. Rushlight and Driscoll de
clared that "von cannot Dunaoze mis
committee." Mr. Rushlight appealed from
th decision, but lost. There was such
an uproar among members of the losing
faction that they finally clamored lor
opening of the whole question, and
Chairman Bennett said he would permit
T,i-tViinr to i-o in as evidence.
Mr Knslillght then asked Mr. Wills
Viow he knew that "many men in the
cninnn had families." and that "doubtless
many a poor wife has gone to bed
hungry." as a result of Blazler's place.
Mr. Wills replied that he is fully satis
fied such is the fact.
RIazier Scorned by Wills.
"Tills man here," said : Mr. Wills,
pointing to Blazier. "should have been
put out of business long ago. Many a
woman as I say, has suffered as a re
sult of this man sitting here."
Mr. Vaughn took up a long time getting
Mr. Wills to tell whether conditions are
any better now than live years ago,
when gambling ran wide open and the
city took, fines from the games each
month. Mr. Wills replied that he sup
posed gambling Is not now so open,
"but " he added. "I do not know who
rrota Hia fines now."
"I can answer as to who closed gamb
ling." spoke up Mr. Cellars. "It was
Sheriff Ward."
Mr. Wills would not say whether he
regards conditions any better than for
merly; he said the orders of Mayor Lane,
if given, have not sufficed to close
gambling. Mr. Vaughn asked Mr. Wills
if the orders of "the Chief Executive
have no weight with Mr. Wills, but Mr.
Wills said he knows gambling is running,'
no matter what orders have been issued.
The special officer who acompanied
Mr. Wills on the expedition was sworn,
and bore out the statements of Mr.
Wills. iV .
"Is there anything in the rumor that
Mr. Wills has promised to make you
Chief of Police when he becomes May
or?" asked Mr. Spencer.
"Mr. Wills is not going to run for
Mayor or any other office," promptly
replied Mr. Wills.
"Oh, I've heard such ante-election
statements before," replied Mr. Spen
cer. "It don't go with me."
Phillips Case Conies l"p.
Martin Phillips, arrested recently for
permitting gambling In his saloon on
First street, announced that he had
appealed his case to the Circuit Court,
and upon motion of Mr.' Rushlight the
committee decided to await the result
of the appeal.
Barney Hoftey, charged by Policeman
Stlllwell with selling liquor on Sunday
in the rooming-house at 84 Third stree
North, when a raid resulted in the ar
rest of Hoffey and six roomers, among
them two women, who were later con
victed in the Municipal Court. Hoffey
is proprietor of a saloon below. Po
liceman Stewart, a member of the raid
ing squad, attired himself as a la
borer and purchased a bottle of beer.
The police finally confiscated 80 bottles
of beer and a lot of whisky.
Policeman Stewart said the house had
a bad reputation, and Mr. Rushlight
asked for a definition of "a rough
house." The officer said a "rough
house" is a roomful of loud, boisterous
men.
"Well, you wouldn't call the City Coun
cil a rough house,' would you?" asked
Mr. Rushlight.
"I can't say," replied the officer.
"I don't belong to it."
Mr. Cellars, who was named by May
or Lane to succeed Dr. Cottel, declared
he would not "waste any time" listen
ing to evidence in a case where the
police have not caused arrests.
He then moved to dismiss the case,
end It was carried. Those voting to
dismiss were Councllmen Wallace,
Cellars, Rushlight, Driscoll; voting in
the negative was Councilman Vaughn.
John A. Lee, proprietor of an Al
blna saloon, charged with selling liquor
on Sunday, was also discharged.
WELLS LAVISHED
T
00
WOMAN
East Side Bank Robber De
serted Wife and Babe for
Denizen of Underworld.
RECOGNIZED BY EMPLOYES
Man Returned by Sheriff's Deputy
Said to Be Thief Who Scooped
$15,400 in Gold and Cur
rency Into Sacks.
Instead of a skilled bank-robber and
experienced criminal, the daring leader of
the trio that raided the East Side Bank
December 7, was merely the fast-going
head of a family, whose fondness for a
fallen woman and attendant shortage of
funds drove him to plan the desperate
act. The culprit is Claud V. Weils, a
local bartender, who was brought to
Portland yesterday morning In Irons by
Deputy Sheriff Archie Leonard, who ar
rested him In a Tacoma lodging-house
Wednesday night. ,
With not a penny left of the totOft said
to have been his share of the $15,4011
plunder. Wells has been tending bar at
Tacoma for several weeks past. For a
time, before getting that place, he was
dependent on charity, his meals and room
being paid for by the Bartenders' Union
at Tacoma. The money was spent most
ly on his inamorata. Not a cent went to
his abandoned wife and baby, who have
been residing at East Eleventh street,
near Davis.
.Never Lost From Sight.
The fellow's arrest brings to an end a
chase that has been kept up ever since
the robbery, but does not end the case,
for his two accomplices are yet at large.
Sheriff Stevens and the Pinkertons have
kept Wells In' sight continually and have
allowed him to remain at large only In
order to perfect the chain of evidence
against him and get information regard
lng the identity of the other two men in
the crime. The accomplices are known
to be experienced Eastern criminals.
Wells has been identified by employes
of the East Side Bank as the fellow who
scooped up the bags of gold and roils of
currency. Although the identification is
not complete. Sheriff Stevens is confident
that the evidence against the fellow can
not be broken and that neither complete
Identification nor a confession are needed
to land him in the penitentiary.
Wells Is known to be the man who lost
$2400 of his loot by sending it to Ogden
as third-class mail, addressed to "John
Price." The money was delivered to the
wrong "John Price," and Wells would
have been arrested when he called at
the postoffice, the authorities say, except
for the nervousness of a clerk, which suf
ficed as a warning to the fellow. He ran
out of the postoffice, boarded a streetcar
and reached the depot Just as an Oregon
Short Line train was pulling out for Salt
Lake City. He left the train at Weeds
Cross and, again evading the authorities,
worked his way back to the Coast, going
to Seattle and later to Tacoma. He
spent money right and left until it was
gone and then, after being dependent on
acquaintances for a time, went to work
at Tacoma.
Went on Wild Debauch.
Although the robbery occurred late
Monday afternoon, it has been learned
by the Sheriff that Wells remained in the
city until Friday, carousing and spending
the bank's money wildly in company with
the notorious woman In the case, whose
.name is withheld by the officers for the
time being, lie cnanged several large
bills, but the entire police department
was not able to get any trace of him.
They were on the trail of an entirely
different man.
Wells was asleep when the Portland
officer went In on him in company with
Pinkerton. The hurried him right
through to Portland, taking the midnight
train out of Tacoma and reaching Port
land early yesterday morning. The ac
cused man declined to make any direct
admissions concerning his part in the
hold-up.
The prisoner has lived in Portland for
several years, working as a bartender.
He was a member of the Bartenders"
Union, and as such served on several
committees of the Federated Trades
Council. For more than a year he Is said
to have been enamored of the woman in
the case, during which time he neglected
his family. When he levanted from Port
land after the robbery he left his wife
a trail of debts to meet, but no money,
the officers say.
factory terms could be agreed upon (not
withstanding Mr. Duniway says my bill
was intended to turn him out of office
and confiscate his plant).
The body of men set over him by the
provisions of my bill Included himself.
so I can see no justice In his statement
that he was to have no control over the
printing office. My bill further provided
that the State Printer should have full
control over the printing plant, employ
all of the mechanics and laborers with
the right to discharge the same at his
pleasure
Mr. Duniway is not honest In his state
ments as to the provisions of the bill. He
met with the Joint committee when the
measure was unaer consiaeration ana me
bill was changed in some respects to meet
his Ideas, and after the bill was amended
to meet the views of a majority of the
committee it was submitted to Mr. Duni
way and approved by him, though he
contended that he would much prefer to
leave the office on the fee system with
the rates reduced. He told me personally
that the bill as passed by the House
treated him fairly.
Now, as to the substitute for the House
bill as it came back from the Senate.
Senator Bailey introduced In the Senate,
Senate bill No 223, on February 9.- This
bill purported to amend the various sec
tions of the code fixing the rates for
state printing, and it is thlsbill that was
substituted by the Senate, title and all,
for the fiat salary bill passed by the
House. The substitute was never read
but once in the Senate, and the House
bill was never read there except by title,
and I venture to say that not five mem
bers of the Senate know today what the
provisions of either bill are. It came
up on the last day when everything was
HEAR GRAIN RATE CASE
Railroad Commission Fixes March
1 6 for Taking Evidence.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 26. (Special.) The
Railroad Commission has fixed March 16
as the time for conducting investigations
and hearings as to the reasonableness of
grain rates on the Elgin branch, the Pilot
Rock branch, the Condon branch,, the
Heppner branch, the Shanlko branch
and also on the main line of the O. R.
& N.
Several hearings have already been held
regarding the grain rates on the O. R.
& N., the testimony thus far having been
taken at shipping points In Eastern Ore
gon and chiefly in behalf of the ship
pers. The hearing on March 16 will be
held In Salem and the evidence will be
chiefly on behalf of the railroad com
pany. This will probably be the final
hearing.
Hawaiians Invade Cuba.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 26. A project
Involving the expenditure of over 11,000,
(XX) in establishing a sugar plantation in
Cuba has been undertaken by a number
of Hawaiian capitalists, several of whom
arrived here en route to Havana. A tract
of 25.000 acres of land already has been
purchased for the prospective plantation. Jand purchase Ms plant, provided satis-
ABUSES li STATE PUTINS
K I0PRE S ENT ATI VE BEAN AN
SWERS IR. DUNIWAY.
How and Why a Saving to. Oregon
Was Defeated In the Senate by
Interested Members.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 25. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonlan of this morning there
appears en Interview by Willis 8. Duni
way in reference to the printing law
claimed to have been passed by the Leg
islature at its recent session in which
interview Mr. Duniway has seen fit to
impugn my motives In introducing and
causing the passage in the House of a
bill providing that the State Printer be
placed on a fiat salary, instead of being
paid by the piece, or under the fee
aystem as now provided by law.
The charge that the bill Introduced by
me to place the printer on a flat salary
was a vicious measure, or "conceived in
spite." or "nourished in malice" is abso
lutely false, unwarranted and done for no
other purpose than prejudice the minds
of the people of Oregon against putting
this officer of the state on a salary, as
are our other state officers. Mr. Duni
way evidently thinks that he can pre
vent such a step and thereby hold on to
the state printing graft until he, like his
predecessors, becomes sufficiently rich as
to retire from further active business.
The bill Introduced and passed the House
did not affect the emoluments of Mr.
Duniway during his present term, but
provided that after January, 1911, the
State Printer should receive as full com
pensation for his Services the annual
salary of HOOO per year. The bill pro
vided for a state printing board, to con
sist of the Governor, State Printer and
State Treasurer, who should have con
trol of all the public printing and bind
ing; the purchase of all paper and sup
plies necessary and required in the pub
lic printing; should purchase a complete-
printing plant and Install the same for
us by January, 1911, but in so doing was
to give the preference to Mr. Duniway
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Claud Wells. Arrested for Bank
Robbery. ...
in rush order, and the only consideration
given to the bill was by Senator Bailey
and Senator Beach, both of whom I am
Informed have an eye on the state print
ing office. This substitute bill does not
do what Mr. Duniway claims it will do
In a reduction of the cost of printing to
the state. The bill was drawn by Duni
way himself and he knows that no re
duction whatever is made In the job
printing, and that that is where the
large profit to the State Printer is. A
small saving might possibly be made to
the state on the book work, but even that
will not materially reduce the graft to
the State Printer that has been simply
legalized robery since 1878.
In 1907, tiie Legislature passed a make
shift of a bill to place the State Printer
on a salary, which was vetoed by the
Governor for the reasons set forth In his
meesage- as follows: "The demand has
been general for a number of years that
the State Printer be placed upon a salary
and that his duties in connection with
the office be prescribed by law. Instead
of carrying out the demand of the people
about which there can be no mistake,
the Legislature has undertaken to shirk
its duty and has enacted a law pro
viding for the election of a State Printer
at the general election to be held in
June, 1910, and placing his salary from
and after that date at $4000 per annum.
The bill In its present form is crude and
was evidently written in haste and was
Intended doubtless as a make-shift to
avoid the responsibility of enacting a law
to place the present State Printer upon
a salary, as they have the undoubted
right to" do under the provision of an
amendment to the constitution of the
state adopted at the last general elec
tion by a majority vote of the people.
But if the law In other respects is ample
why should this Legislature anticipate
work which might be done by that which
is to convene in 1909? That body may
have less hesitation than the present
one about carrying out reforms which the
people have demanded. It may not hesi
tate to apply the knife where this has
halted and hesitated. Either the people
of the" state or the next Legislature may
conclude to enact a law that will place
the State Printer upon a salary and cer
tainly nothing can be lost by vetoing a
bill which practically does nothing except
to fix the salary of an officer to be
elected in 1910."
The amendment to the constitution
mentioned carried by a majority of near
60,000.
Now, If Mr. Duniway, who is such a
benefactor of the people as to volun
tarily draw his own law to reduce his
own emoluments kindly tell the people
and taxpayers of the state how he earns
the sixty-odd thousand dollars paid to
him for the state printing for the years
1907-08; if he will tell the people why.
after saving the state $26,000 during the
past two years there was a deficiency of
over $30,000 in addition to the $60,000 ap
propriated in 1907; if he will explain
why his services to the state are so much
more valuable than any other state
officer, so much so that he should have a
salary equal to that bf the Governor,
Secretary of State and State Treasurer
combined, and then some, perhaps the
people of Oregon will accept his argu
ment In favor of fostering the graft
system in regard to the state printing.
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BY LILIAN TINGLE. "
THAT "aristocrat of vegetables,"
asparagus, is steadily coming
down in price, and is to be had
this week at 20 to 25 cents a pound.
Creamed asparagus with poached eggs
on toast does any one know a more
delicious, simple luncheon dish for a
Spring day? And eggs are down to
25 cents, too. Egg plant, however, is
not. It comes new from Florida this
week at 50 cents a pound. Bermuda
onions and new potatoes are also recent
arrivals.
Otherwise the variety and prices of
vegetables are about the same as last
week. Dandelion greens are to be had
at 20 cents a pound. There is a good
supply of nice blanched chicory. Spring
onions are taking a prominent posi
tion. Nice artichokes come at two for
'25 cents. Tomatoes cost 25 cents a
pound. There is excellent heart-celery
at 25 cents a bundle, and less ex
cellent green beans and peas at 30
and 25 cents a pound, respectively.
Among the "usual roots" celeriac is
inviting, and so is oyster plant.
In the fish market smelt has been
selling all week at about 5 cents a
pound, but was expected to cost 8 or
10 cents today. Chinook salmon has
been much in demand at 20 cents a
pound and steelhead salmon at 15 cents.
Salmon cheeks are offered at about 75
cents a pound. Lobsters are decidedly
scarce at 35 cents a ponnd, but crabs
are much more plentiful than they have
been lately. Delicious sea trout are
selling at 20 to 30 cents a pound. Stur
geon costs 20 cents. California smelt
is in again at lo cents a pouna, ana
catfish, sole, shrimps and halibut are
all the same price. Red snapper and
black cod cost 12 cents and flounder,
Derch and herring 10 cents.
Poultry prices are rather higher, par
ticularly as regards chickens, which
cost 20 to 25 cents a pound. Broilers
cost 35 cents a pound, turkey and duck
30 cents. Geese range from 20 to 30
cents.
The first "Spring lamb" Is to be seen
already, but it is decidedly "skearce"
and high at present.
Of fruits there Is little to be said
Just now. except to mention the com
narative cheapness of oranges and lem
ons. which may perhaps suggest to the
forehanded housewife a provision of
marmalade or "orange chips," candled
peel, lemon syrup (bottled for Summer
drinks), lemon marmalade, pickles and
"Russian relish." Bananas are threat
ening to go higher in price; pineapples
cost 40 and 60 cents each and grapes
50 cents a pound. There is rhubarb for
Spring pies at 15 cents a pound and
apples all the way from $1.45 to $5 a
box.
CLUB TO ASSIST IN WORK
Women Are Urged to Support Con
servation Movement.
At the business meeting of the Woman's
Club, yesterday afternoon, an earnest
appeal was made by Mrs. Cleveland
Rockwell, vice-president for Oregon of
the National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress, for the assistance of clubwomen
and others throughout the state in the
work of rousing and increasing interest
In the conservation of streams and for
ests. It was also announced that con
servation reports and other literature
had been received from Washington, D.
C, and that the forestry department of
the club woula aid in tneir aistnDuuon.
The club voted its support to Dr. Wylie
in the cause of pure food. A resolution
signed by all members of the club will
shortly be rorwardea to Washington,
D. C-
It was resolved that letters of sympa-
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thy in their bereavement be addressed
to Mrs. Rothchlld and Mrs. Abenroth.
The programme of the afternoon was In
the hands of Mrs. Lucy Edwards Bruce,
leader of the newly-organized department
of dramatic expression. The opening
feature was an effectively played come
dietta, "A Fair Encounter," by Mrs.
M. Baruh and Mrs. Roscoe R. Giltner.
By way of interlude, Miss Delia M.
Bradley gave a charming reading of the
touching "Mother" chapter from "In the
Morning Glow," by Roy Rolfe Gllson.
Following this came an amusing sketch
entitled "A Nice Quiet Chat," played by
Mrs. Herbert G. Reed, N. G. Matin and
Miss Hazel Hoopengarner.
Three Phone Companies Apply.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Feb. 26. (Special.)
A joint committee from the leading clubs
of the city has arranged to Investigate
the plans and promises of three telephone
companies desiring franchises. The fran
chise of the Pacific company expired sev
eral week9 ago, and the company has
been operating since without franchise or
license. The Home Company promises an
automatic system costing $120,000 In event
that It is granted franchises in Hoqulam
and Aberdeen. Another company, com
posed of local capitalists, is also seeking
franchise concessions.
Opium Conference Closes.
SHANGHAI. Feb. 28. The Interna
tional Opium Conference held its final
meeting today.
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TURKEYS, LB 12 5 O
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Skamokawa Butter 75c Roll
Ranch Eggs, dozen 25
Honey, Comb 15
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Scotland reared a
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race on oatmeal por
ridge. The brawny
Scot was an out-door
man with a digestion
like an ox. But you
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and live out of doors to
digest H-O.
Tt's different from the raw oat
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hours under high pressure by a
patent process. It retains all the
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' When do I get more. "
Oliver.
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