14 THE MORNING- OREGOMAN, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1909-
ATTEMPT TO KILL
WOMAN IS FOILED
Engineer Stops His Train Just
in Time to Prevent Das
tardly Crime.
LIKE A PAGE FROM FICTION
Vn known Man Beats Feminine Com
panion, Throws Her on Track In
Front of Flying Ijocomotlve.
Affair Is Mysterious.
complimentary dinner at the Commercial
Club, tendered by the members of the
Portland Implement Dealers' Associa
tion. Mr. Darrow has been local manager for
the John Deere Plow Company for nine
years, previous to that representing the
Molina Plow Company at Omaha. Mr.
Darrow has been vice-president of the
Chamber of Commerce and is a past
trustee of the Commercial Club. He
leaves Portland to take up the manage
ment of the Whitman Agricultural Works
at St. Louis.
Those at the dinner were: H. W.
Mitchell. E. Newbegin, Mr. Waterbury.
H. Klostermann. I. S. Stapleton. M. M.
Lane, Percy Freeman. W. A. Wildrick,
C. A. Kincaid. Mr. Truse, H. O. Tenney.
O. M. Scott, J. O. King, L. W. Karna
han. W. O. Munsell. J. A. Freeman. W.
B. Bailey. II. L. Staver, C. R. Archerd,
J. S. Beall, W. L. Johnson. C. Heid
brink and Charles DeWitt.
MAY KEEP SERVICE DOWN
E. B. "Stoner, veteran engineer on the
Astoria & Columbia River line, defeated
a dastardly attempt at murder at 12:10
o'clock yesterday afternoon by stopping
his locomotive just as the pilot was
within a few feet of a well dressed
woman, who had been hurled on the
track ahead of the Astoria passenger
train by a male companion. The identity
of the would-be murderer and his intend
ed victim remains a mystery, in the face
of persistent inauiry by police detectives.
Running three minutes behind schedule
and Intent on pulling into theUnlon Depot
on time, Stoner did not pause to investi
gate the affair, merely stopping his en
gine until the woman was oft the track
and her assailant abandoned his plan.
Immediately after reaching tie depot he
notified the police. But the couple dis
appeared, oddly enough walking together
from the scene of the occurrence towards
the city. It is believed they had been to
the Claremont Tavern, and that they had
been drinking, as the man struck the
woman across the head with a beer bot
tle before casting her on the track ahead
of the train. Inquiry at the roadhouse
named failed to supply a clew.
Stranger Than Fiction.
Outside the realms of colored fiction
and sensational melodrama, the experi
ence of Stoner Is without a parallel in
the local police records. Those who saw
the affair say the man was in desperate
earnest in his attempts to kill the
woman. Twice he hurled her before the
swiftly-moving train, belaboring her on
the head with a beer bottle, when she
crawled off the track the first flme. So
Intent was the fellow on his fiendish pur
pose that he did not spring back from
the danger zone until the oncoming lo
comotive was less than 20 feet away. The
woman was prostrate and dazed and
would have been crushed to death ex
cept that the engineer set the emer
gency brakes. Six feet is the space by
which her life was spared.
The strange attempt on the woman's
life occurred Just Inside the city's north
ern limits, at a point on the railway a
mile below the North Pacific Mills. En
glneer Stoner was bringing passenger
No. 20 in from Astoria and was running
about 40 miles an hour, being three min
utes late.
Saw Them at Distance.
He discovered the man and woman
when they were 1500 yards ahead. They
were standing beside the track, evidently
to await the passing of the train. There
was no evidence, that they were quarrel
Ing. A big brown sefter dog was stand'
ing on the track in front of them and
as the train drew nearer, Stoner saw the
woman step onto the track, seize the
dog by the collar and pull it out of the
way.
This seemed to supply her male com
panion with the inspiration for murder,
for In a flash he seized her about the
waist and threw her bodily across the
rails. She lay an instant, and then
crawled to one side. The fellow seized
her again, but the woman fought des
perately. Stoner saw the ruffian strike
her with a beer bottle he was carrying,
but she continued struggling.
Realizing that quick action was re
quired of him, Stoner put on the emer
gency brakes. As he approached he
shouted at the fellow to desist, but the
woman's assailant did not jump from
the track until he thought himself In
danger of being run down. Evidently
he did. not think the train could be
stopped in time to save his victim.
When he saw that his plan had
failed, the fellow, who seemed to have
a disregard of consequences, attempted
to board the train, but Stoner lost no
time in getting under way, and left him
behind. Looking back later, he saw
the man Walking- towards the city be
hind the train, with the woman stand
ing at the foot of the roadbed, looking
after him.
Can Find No Clew.
Detectives Coleman and Price, who
were given charge of the case. Immedi
ately upon a report being made to the
police, were at the scene before 1
o'clock. Ihey thought at first the trou
ble had been between scow-dwellers,
who are numerous in the vicinity. But
Stoner's description of the couple did
not agree with that theory. He said
the woman wore a new Spring suit,
evidently, of expensive pattern. She
was about 35 years old, and had a
"flashy" appearance, he said. The man
was about the same age, and wore a
neat black suit, with a light fedora
hat. A detailed description of the pair
could not be obtained.
All knowledge of the mysterious cou
ple's Identity was denied by scow
dwellers. Several said they saw them
leave the place together, -walking to
wardsathe city, seemingly quite recon
ciled. The woman's forehead -was
smeared with red. they said, doubtless
from wounds Inflicted with the liquor
bottle. The man, too, was bleeding
about the face, possibly from having
been scratched In the struggle with the
woman.
Might Kecognlze Couple.
"1 believe I would know them again
if I saw them," said Mr. Stoner. "I did
not look them over with great care,
but they impressed me as of the North
End variety. I noticed that the woman
was very dark and looked like Portu
guese. "There is no doubt about the man's
purpose," the engineer added. "He
fought hard to have the woman run
down by the train, and his plan would
have worked had we not stopped when
.we did. It is the most unusual experi
ence I have ever had. Those two peo-.
pie acted as If they were merely watt
ing quietly for the train to pass until
the woman pulled the dog off the track.
Then the man was on her like a demon.
She fought hard, but was no match for
him, especially when he was beating
her over the head with a heavy beer
bottle."
TTnimproved Streets Drawback to
Postoffice Extensions.
The fact that street and sidewalk
improvements have not kept pace with
the growth of Portland in the outlying
districts may militate against securing
additional carrier service, says Post
master Young.
Conditions in some of the Portland
additions have been called to the atten
tion of the Postmaster in connection
with his application for more carriers,
and it is pointed out that the depart
ment has a hard and fast rule that
carrier service will not be extended
along unimproved streets.
This drawback to the increase of the
service is found in Mount Tabor, Mon-
tevlsta. University - Park, Highland,
Woodlawn and Portland Heights.
H. B. Hall and A. H. Baldwin, repre
sentatives from the Postoffice Depart
ment, who have been in Portland in
vestigating the need for additional fa
cilities and more employes, completed
theft- work yesterday. While their re
port will be made direct to the depart
ment. Postmaster Young is confident
that the outcome will be the installing
of the mailing division in a new loca
tion near the Grand Central station, in
quarters at least 50x100 feet in dimensions.
DROPS DEAD ON STREET
Mrs. Mary S. Collier Prominent in
Irish Organization.
Mrs. Mary Stalney Collier, widow of
Jeremiah Collier, and well known
throughout the state, dropped dead near
Clay and Chapman streets at 6:80 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Death is supposed
to have been caused by hemorrhage. Dr.
A. E. Rockey performed an autopsy on
the body last night. Mrs. Collier was
37 years old, and leaves a baby girl.
rane, z years or age.
Mrs. Collier was thu daughter of James
Franey, who, about a year ago, was
killed in a streetcar accident on Jeffer
son street. Jeremiah Collier died at St.
Vincent's Hospital about two months
ago. He was a member of the firm of
Drlscoll & Collier. Mrs. Collier was a
member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, and was
also a member of the executive board
of the Irish history department of the
same order. The time of the funeral
has not yet been set.
Amusements
What the Press Areata Bay.
"When Knighthood Was In Mower."
The last two opportunities to see Baker
stock Company In tie beautiful romantic
play, "When Knighthood Was In Flower."
at the Bungalow, will be this afternoon and
tonight. At tonight's performance Manager
Baker announces that the latest returns
from the local primary election will be
read between the acts.
Lyric Matinee Today.
There's a matinee at the Lyric today,
when the bill will be "At the Old Cross
roads," the famous play of life In the
South, which has made thousands laugh and
weep In all parts of the country. Special at
tention given to the children ; there's not
, line In the play they should not hear.
Last time tonight.
COIL
UIMA
BEACH
ITS GREAT SUCCESS
DUE TO AN IDEA
It's the Idea back of Columbia Beach that is making it such an unprecedented
success not the mere fact that a happy combination of natural circumstances
a perfect beach, crystal lakes, silvery streams and shady groves, favor this
resort as an ideal spot for a home..
.What is the Idea? It is to transform this huge tract with its mighty dis
play of ocean and smooth .beach, its silvery lakes and streams and perfect
groves into a resort of the first magnitude, importance and desirability into
a resort from which everything questionable is banished, into a resort where
liquor is tabooed into a resort where a man will want to take mother, wife,
daughter or sister to build a city by the sea where the people of the North
west can find quiet, recreation, rest and health not only during the warm
months, but during Spring, Autumn and Winter as well in brief, to plant a
seaside resort of the first caliber in easy reach of everybody in the Northwest,
and fill the great demand that exists for a resort of this character.
. It's the Idea back of Columbia Beach that made it the most talked-of, the
most compelling and the most successful real estate project in the Northwest.
It's the manner in which the management is rapidly pushing to comple
tion this new seaside city the lavishness with which money is being expend
ed in improvements on hotel, bathing pavilion, athletic field that is influencing
the public to invest at Columbia Beach at an enthusiastic rate. In a week or
so we will be able to show you a series of photos showing the big amount of
work already done.
Don't you wTant the facts in detail? Send for the illustrated Booklet it
tells the story truthfully and well. . .
THE
PORTLAND
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Special rate tnaOe
to families and sln
icle gentlemen. The
management will be
pleased at all times
to fehovr room and
aire price. A mod
ern Turkish bath es
tablishment In the
hotel.
11. c. BOWERS,
Manager.
HOTEL OREGON I
CORNER SEVENTH AND STARK STREETS
Portland's New and Modern Hotel. Rates $1 per Day and Up Z
European Plan.
WRIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL CO, Props. Z
HOTEL PERKINS
Fifth and Washington Sts.
lit the heart of the business and shopping district.. The
most modern and up-to-date hotel in the Northwest.
Local and long-distance phones in every room. Rooms
with private bath, en suite and single. Large and
modernly equipped sample-rooms.
ELEGANT GRILL MUSIC
'Bui meet all trains.
Bates 91 and v.
FRANK A. CLARK, Manager.
AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS.
CI oft Ing: Performances at Orplieura.
The programme for the present week at
the Orpheum closes with the Sunday even
ing performance and if you have not availed
yourself of the opportunity of seeing tt do
not delay In securing reservations, for the
bill Is playing to capacity houses nightly.
Marshall P. Wilder, the noted author, lec
turer and humorist, Is one of the several
hits, and there are other corking good acts.
Pantages Next Week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Lucas, who are
making their first American tour on the
Pantages circuit, will be seen here next
week at the Pantages Theater in a series
of Impersonations from Charles Dickens
famous books. Two scenes from "Martin
IMPORTANT EVENTS
SCHEDULED FOR
COLUMBIA BEACH
June 19. Northwest State
Conference Y. M. C. A.
July 3, annual reunion,
Behnke - Walker Business
College.
July 6, Oregon State Baptist
Assembly.
COLUMBIA TRUST
COMPANY
MAIN FLOOR, BOARD
OF TRADE BUILDING
Cutrally f catl
Mdm !ipr.T-mta;
Imperial Hotel
Seventh and Washington .
PkiL Matocluua Jb Sou,
B'nl Hbawa
Rates
J. F. DAVIES. President
C. 0. DAVIES, Sec. and Treas.
St. Charles Hotel
COMPANY (Inc.)
Front and Morrison, Portland, Or.
EUROPEAN PLAN ROOMS 50c TO f 1.60
riRST-OLASS RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION -
Chuzzlewit" will be followed by an Imper
sonation of the hypocritical Uriah Heep.
x Grand Attractions.
There is a bright and cheerful vaudeville
entertainment at the Grand this week,
which will hold the boards until tomorrow
evening. King and Bailey, two young col
ored comedians, on the Williams and
Walker order, have the headline position
and are assisted in their big singing and
dancing .act by four dusky belles.
COMJ&G ATTRACTIONS.
"Merely Mary Ann" Tomorrow.
"Merely Mary Ann" will open at the
Bungalow tomorrow afternoon for the week,
and it is a play that gives nearly every
member of Baker Block Company an ex
cellent chance for strong acting parts. Miss
Jewel will play the title role originated by
Eleanor Robaon, and Sydney Ay res that or
Lancelot, the composer, in which Edwin
Arden made his greatest hit In New York.
BANQUET TO R. L. DARROW
Vellow Implement Dealers Give Him
Farewell Dinner.
To bid farewell to R. L Darrow, a
large number of implement dealers and
representatives gathered last night at a
STOPPED TRAIN IN TIME TO PREVENT RUNNING DOWN
WOMAN THROWN ON TRACK. .
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K. K. STOEU, ENGINEER OX ASTORIA Jt COLUMBIA RIVER PAS- J
4 ' v SENGKK TRAIN'. I
Baader-La Yell Trio Orpheum.
The Baader-La Velle Trio of cycle riders
are experts in their line, and they make It
their boast . that there is not a trick in
cycle riding that they cannot duplicate, if
not Improve upon. This trio are known as
the Dare-Devil" riders, and they have
science which is the product of much prac
tice ana a great amount 01 nerve.
An Artist io Triumph.
A spectacular and picturesque act is that
presented by Marie Lecea Brackman, at the
Pantages Theater this week. "The Galns
boro Girl" is a scenic triumph in four
parts, "The Duchess of Devonshire," 'Mar
guerite's Gardens," "The Eternal City" and
the grand finale, "A Heavenly Vision.
"A Wild Rose.
"A Wild Rose," a unique playlet, will be
the chief feature on the new programme at
the Grand Monday. This will be offered hy
Mr. and Mrs. Forbes. On the bill will also
be the man who created the Uncle Josh
records for the phonographs and many oth
er novel and original specialities.
W1H Revive Famous Play.
Next week, beginning with Sunday mati
nee, the Lyric Stock Company will be seen
in "Ten Nights In a Barroom." the great
temperance play, which every child -and
every aduit ougnt 10 see again, it win do
a good revival, well cast and staged. Seats
now on sale for entire week.
WHIPS SON OF NEIGHBORS
John Heath Arrested for Taking Ex
ception to Boy's Remark.
Johnny Rubens, .13 years old. grot a
sound drubbing yesterday morning for
calling in question the veracity of Mrs.
John Heath, 1040 Glen street. Her hus
band administered the thrashing and.
later, was arrested for assault and bat
tery. The boy, who lives in the Heath neigh
borhood, was passing the place when
Heath seized him &nd accused him of
having invaded the Heath strawberry
patch.
'I didn't do it," pleaded Johnny.
"But my wife saw you," insisted Heath.
"Ah. you're wife's a awful liar," said
Johnny. And now he eats his meals
standing up. The case will come up In
the Municipal Court today.
NEW "TRAIN DE LUXE'
On Exhibition Today.
Another of the magnificent trains in the
Soo-Spokane-Portland through servic
will be on exhibition on Fourth street,
north of Oak, between 1:15 and 3 o'clock
this (Saturday) afternoon. This one is
of Canadian Pacific design throughout.
and though differing In details and color
ing from the new R. & N. trains. Is
also superbly equipped. The pubjic cor
dially Invited.
Ockley Green Defeats Vernon.
The first game of the finals In the Gram
mar School League series was played
yesterday. In which Ockley Green
defeated Its rival in the second section.
The contesting team was Vernon, which
went to the wall with a score against it
of 22 to 3. This puts Vernon practically
out of the running, as the team has now
nines to go against which have very high
percentages to their credit. The remain
ing games in the finals promise to be
hotly contested, as the nearer the teams
come together the more interest Is taken
in them.
WE HAVEMOVED
To 144-146 Fourth, opposite Honeyman
Hardware Co. We have no connection
with any other stores. Goodyear Shoe
Company.
BOCK, BOCK TODAY.
The last car of Pabst's Milwaukee
draught bock beer' for this season will
arrive this morning. S. A. Arata & Co.,
Araia ros. ..
Oiling of Road to Be Discussed.
At a "meeting of the South End Im
provement Club, to be held Monday night
at 8 o'clock m Webber's Hall at Fulton.
the proposition of oiling the White House
road from the Intersection of Kelly
street and Macadam road to the old
White House, will be discussed. At this
meeting it will be determined whether
NOT DRUGS
Pood did It.
After using laxative and cathartic
medicines from childhood a case of
chronic and apparently incurable con
stipation yielded to the scientific food.
Grape-Nuts, in a few days.
"From early childhood I suffered with
such terrible constipation that I had to
use laxatives continuously going from
one drug to another and suffering
more or less all the time.
"A prominent physician whom I con
sulted told me the muscles of the
digestive organs were partially para
lyzed and could not perform their work
without help Of some kind, so I have
tried at different times about every
laxative and cathartic known, but
found no help that was at all perma
nent. I had finally become discouraged
and had given my case up as hopeless
when I began to use the pre-dlgested
food, Grape-Nuts.
"Although-vl had not expected this
food to help my trouble, to my great
surprise Grape-Nuts digested immedi
ately from tha first and In a few days
I was convinced that this was just
what my system needed.
"The bowels performed their func
tions regularly and I am now com
pletely and permanently cured of this
awful trouble.
"Truly the power of scientific food
must be unlimited." "There's a Rea
son." Read "The Road to Wellvllle," in
pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A aew
one appears from time to time. They
are sreoutne, true and f nil of kimai
Interest.
Park St., between
Morrison and Alder.
THE
CALUMET
HOTEL
A Strictly First-Class and
Modem Hotel Containing 1 70
Rooms. Only American and
European Hotel in Portland.
Xxmg Distance l'hoaes
In Every Rcora.
free 'Bus Meets
All Trains.
Rates American, Vt. OO per day and tip.
K&tcs European, Sl.OO per day and op.
Per month, stng-le room and board 45 to
$65. according to room, for two. $75 to
$110.
Board, without room. ...., .$30 per month
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ELEVENTH OFF WASHINGTON ST.
Beautiful Grill Room
American
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Bates to Tfemlllea
Our Bus Meets All Trains
Sample Suites with Baths for Traveling Men.
MODERN COMFORTS MODERATE PRICES
THE CORNELIUS
"The House of "Welcome," Corner Park and Alder.
Portland's Eon Ton Transient Hotel. Headquarters
for the traveling public. European plan. Single,
$1.50 and up. Double, $2.00 and up. .Our free
omnibus meets all trains.
C. "W. CORNELIUS,
Proprietor.
N. K. CLARKE,
Manager.
the road will be oiled its entire width or
only partially. It Is expected the ex
pense for this work can be consideramy
reduced by hauling the oil out on the
electric carline. All residents of the dis
trict are requested to attend the meeting.
New North Bank Officials.
President Francis B. Clarke, of the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
Company, has appointed C- M. Fowler
as traveling freight and passenger
agent, with headquarters in Portland. '
At the same time A- L. Ruff goes to :
Spokane as general agent for the road, j
Recent additions to the IVench army's ,
field equipment wore several automobile re- ,
ingerators to transport irean meat.
Idaho - Carey - Act - Lands
Snake River Valley Twin Falls
Country.
Idaho Irrigation CompanysProject
Engineering and Construction "Work by
J. G. White & Co., Incorporated.
50,000 Acres Will be Opened by Draw
ing, Under the Supervision of the
Idaho State Land Board.
Shoshone, Idaho, June 8, '09
Registration WillOpe n June 1
Closes June 7...19Q9
IT WILL PAY YOU TO COME TO SHOSHONE,
IDAHO, AND INVESTIGATE.
Write
C. B. HURTT
Mgr. Land Sales Dept., Boise, Idaho. .
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