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CALHOUN JURY IS
BAPTISTS TORN UP
SPECIAL SESSION
IMAGINED DISEASE
FATHER IDENTIFIES
INSANE MAN CAUSE
OF PANIC AT MASS
EN
OVER PROF. FOSTER
CAUSE OF, SUICIDE
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FAMOUS .SPECIALIST KILLS HIM
SELF AT ST.' LOUIS. ;
CHICAGO
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UNABLE TO AGREE
Poll Shows 10 Jurors
for Acquittal.
SLAIN SIGEL Gift
GOULD
EFFORTS MADE TO OUST HIM
FROM MINISTRY.
WOMEN SCREAM WHEN HIS
YELLS FILL CATHEDRAL.
CAUSE. OF WORRY
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Olympia Wonders.What
Will Happen.
RAP
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JUDGE CRITICISES JURY LAWS
Calhoun Says Heney Bribed
and Court Hostile.
ONLY FIVE BALLOTS TAKEN
Prosecution Announces It Is Ready
to Proceed at Once With Another
. Trial Final Act in Drama
of Case Quickly Played.
orrrsiofcs
BROUGHT
VERDICT.
TJT BY
Calhoun Mid. after the verdict:
"The record of the case demon
strates that my trial was most un
fair. ... The Judge wa hostile,
the Aulltant District Attorney
bribed and the administration of the
criminal law of this state disgraced.
I propose at the proper time to sub
mit formal charges against Heney
for having received bribes and
against Spreckels and Fhelan for
having paid them.
Heney said:
"I am ready to try this case again
and I will go ahead tomorrow If
necessary.
Judge Lawlor said:
There must be something wrong
In the laws of the state when it
takes three months to empanel a Jury
to try any Issue. . . . The people
should take some step's toward the
simpliflcatton of Judicial procedure."
SAX FRANCISCO, Juno 20. Terminat
ing In a disagreement of the jury, with
ten men determined on acquittal and two
steadfastly resolved upon conviction, the
trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of the,
United Railroads, came to an end at 12
o'clock today. Five months and a week
had elapsed since the wealthy streetcar
magnate made his first appearance In
court to answer to the charge of offering;
a bribe of J4000 to a Supervisor to obtain
a privilege for his corporation, and a
period of 24 hours had been consumed
In fruitless deliberation.
Not until each Juror had pronounced as
hopeless the prospect of & verdict was
the order for their liberation made by
Judge William P. Lawlor. Prosecution
and defense- gave assent to th dis
charge and the proceeding ended within
15 minutes.
Attorneys "Will Not Comment.
The trial, which will stand as a record
In the history of Western litigation for
many a year, ended quickly and without
demonstration. The courtroom In Car
penter Hall was well-filled but the sud
den climax did not permit of an attend
ance gathered from far and near, such
as characterized the five days of argu
ment and the vigil of last night. The
defendant and his attorneys, as well as
the chief officers of the prosecution, re
frained from comment upon the disagree
ment when It was recorded and quickly
departed from the courtroom. J
Only Five Ballots Taken.
But five ballots were taken, as It de
veloped, and three of these were within
the first few hours after deliberation had
commenced. Vpon the first vote the Jury
stood eight for acquittal and four for
conviction. Two of the four Joined the
majority upon the second ballot. One of
the remaining two who voted for con
viction announced his determination to re
main out a month If necessary In defense
of his position. Noon was the hour fixed
for the Jury's appearance in court and all
the principals were In their places when
the session convened.
Judge Lawlor announced he had ascer
tained, before coming to court, the Jury
appeared to be hopelessly divided. Asked
If there was any hope of a verdict, each
Juror answered "no" when his name was
called.
Judg Criticises Laws.
After ordering the discharge of the Jury,
Judge Lawlor drew his chair to the- edge
of the platform nearest the Jury-box and
addressed to the 13 men some informal
remarks, criticising severely the laws and
the usages that made possible the ex
penditure of three months in the em
panel of a Jury and congratulating and
thanking them upon their worth as citi
zens. He declared the courts were utterly
belplees to prevent such occurrences and
recommended that the Legislature be in
fluenced by the people to make altera
tion in the laws that governed court pro
cedure In the empanelment of Jurors.
I'nder the orders of the court, the at
torneys will be expected to fix a date for
another trial upon the same indictment
at tomorrow morning's session of court.
Heney Ready to Try Again.
"I am ready to try this case again and
I will go ahead tomorrow if necessary,'
said Mr. Heney an hour after the ad
journment. "In a long statement issued by Mr. Cal
houn tonight he said:
"Of course I am disappointed at the
failure of the Jury to acquit me of unbiased
charges that have been brought against
me. I should have liked my vindication by
the jury to have been absolute. And yet
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Rockefeller Takes No Part In Storm,
- - but Clergy and Laity Demand -Removal
of. "Heretic." .
CHICAGO,- June 20. (Special.) The
University of Chicago and . Baptist
circles generally, are in a tremendous
state of excitement over efforts to oust
Professor George Burnham Foster from
the University - faculty - and - also from
the Baptist ministry.
Lowering clouds on the horizon por
tend a great storm tomorrow at the
meeting of the Baptist Ministers' Con
ference. Heated utterances from pulpits
ana rising murmurs from -the-laity in
dicate a fierce revival of the attack
on Professor. ' Foster. . -
The tempest will break if Rev.' John
ston Myers persists in his determina
tion to demand the - removal of the
"heretic" from the University faculty.
As matters stand, the church so
cieties are in 'peril of disruption and
the University is rocked by vehement
factions.
John D. Rockefeller, through thls sec
retary, has announced he will-fake no
part in the bitter controversy. He says
the employment of teachers and pro
fessors lies wholly with the University
board, and he declines to take sides.
BLACK HAND GANG HUNTED
Authorities Confident Organization
Exists in British Columbia.
VANCOUVER, B. C. June 20. (Spe
cial.) The murder last Friday night
at Revelstoke, B. C, of . an Italian
named Fred Orsattl. by Black Hand
desperadoes, is believed to show the
existance of an organized gang of
Black Hands in British Columbia.
This suspicion, which has existed for
some time in the .minds of police In
various large towns of the province, is
now, being actively worked upon as a
result of the latest mutder, and local
police are making strenuous efforts to
uncover evidences of members of the
gang in Vancouver.
It is also believed that the two men
said to be responsible for Orsattl's
murder, are in hiding, either in this
city or mar here, and the police are
looking for them. The men wanted for
connection with the crime are Frank
Shllda, ex-convict, of Seattle, and Vln
cenzo Romeo. Jt has been learned that
the murderers laid for their man all
day Friday, catching Orsattl late at
night, when they cut his throat from
ear to ear.
BIG LINER HITS VESSEL
Zeeland Collides With Unknown
Ship During Dense Fog.
SOUTHAMPTON, June 20. The Red
Star steamship Zeeland, from Antwerp,
for New York, put in here tonight, dam
aged as a result of a collision ' east of
Dover with an unknown vessel.
The Zeeland was proceeding slowly
through a dense fog when she struck the
vessel amidships. ' Boats were lowered at
once from the steamer, but no trace could
be found of the unknown vessel.
BIG FLOODS ON ISTHMUS
Heavy Rains Cause All Rivers to
e Overrun Banks.
PANAMA, June 20 Heavy rains
throughout the past week have caused
great floods all over the Isthums, and
in many places the crops are ruined.
The Chagres River has overrun its
banks, but without damage to the
canal. .
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OUTLINED PROGRAMME SIMPLE
Complications' Enter,, Though,
1 With Fights- Promised.
SCHIVELY-BITTER AT HAY
Declares in Outburst Only Personal
Aggrandizement Is Dominating
Impulse Report. Not Made '
Public as Was Ordered. -
WHAT MAT HAPPEN-AT SPECIAL
SESSION OF WASHINGTON
LEGISLATURE.
Insurgents may start fight for new
presiding -officers, thus prolonging
session. . . .
Should Ruth be re-elected President
of Senate, he may chance personnel,
of committees. "
Six bills vetoed by Governor Hay "
may be brought up again.
Method of ousting ' Insurance Com-'"
mlssloner Schively from office may
cause trouble.
If new investigating 'committee Is
appointed, politicians will have dan
gerous club.
Schively attacks Governor Hay and
swears he will not resign his office. -
BY J. H. BROWN".
OLTMPIA. Wash.. June 20.-SpecIaI.)-Offlcial
Olympia. by; which is meant the
state elective and appointive officers, is
spending anxious hours these days
wondering just- what is to, happen after
the special session convenes -here next
Wednesday afternoon.
It is anybody's guess what will occur.
The-administration, - Governor Hay and
the people of the state as represented by
the leaning newspapers, are demanding
that the Legislature simply choose again
Its old of fleers, receive and act on the
report of the legislative Investigating
committee and adjourn after a mighty
short session.
It sounds simple enough, but there hap
pen to be complications. To begin with,
the matter of re-electing old officers Is
by no means, assured. Both. President
Ruth, of the Senate, and Speaker Meigs
of the House, have their enemies. Some
Senators who want a: short session and
would be willing to let Ruth retain the
Presidency may get sore because of
Ruth's bitter personal attacks publicly
upon the Governor and therefore start a
contest for that position. Similarly.
House members who are opposed to Hay
men who would have ordinarily made no
fight on re-election of Meigs, may start
something If they think Hay Is to con
trol Meigs In naming the House members
of the proposed general investigating
committee.
II u til Bitter Against Hay.
Maybe there will not be enough of these
insurgents to prevent reorganization on
the old lines. If so, that will help toward
a short session, while on the contrary, i
change-In presiding officers will probably
stir everything up. .
Again, judging from Ruth's present
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TWO PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN GREAT BRIBERY TRIAL JUST CLOSED AT SAN
J. HEXEV.
Dr. '.'Justin Steer- Ends Illustrious
- . . . . ,
Career, Fearing Aneurism, 'Wnich. :
Doctors - Deny : He - Had.
ST. LOTJIS, Mo., June 28. (Special.)
Dr. . Justin Steer, professor of clinical
medicine ' at Washington University,
noted throughout the country as a lung
specialist, killed himself . early this
morning at his home.wlth prusslc acid,
because he was unable : to. bear . the
pains of supposed .aneurism, which
other physicians say be did not have.
He left this note: , ' '
"No one is responsible., for this i but
myself. I have been a patient sufferer
with intense pains in my chest since
1895, and they are now unbearable. ' I
think I have aneurism of the . aorta,
but physicians who examined me did
not ' agree with me. Funeral and in
terment private;- no - flowers.. .Justin
Steer." . ; .
" Dr. Steer was born in St. Louis in
1849, and was educated here and in
New York.- . He is- survived by. his
widow and a brother.
At the time of his death he occupied
the chair of clinical medicine at Wash
ington University and was an active
member of the St. Louis Medical So
ciety, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, American Medical Association and
American Association tor Advancement
of Science. .
PEARY MAY- BE AT POLE
Friends Estimate Time for Success
ful Dasb Has Elapsed.
WASHINGTON, June 20. Friends in
this city of Commander Robert Edwin
Peary, the explorer, who left last July
for the frozen North, said today they be
lieved Peary, by this time, has planted
the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole.
No news has been received from Peary
since he left Btah. North Greenland, Au
gust 17, 190S. for a dash as far Into the
Ice-bound seas as the Roosevelt, his specially-built
vessel, would carry him before
being frozen in. If he has been success
ful in reaching the pole, the news of his
discovery wIl not reach a point of tele
graphic communication until August or
September. If he has been unsuccessful,
he will remain in the Far North and try
again next Spring.
AErVALHONEYMOON . ENDS
Balloon . Pittsfield Comes ' Down
Arter " Pleasant Trip.
HOLBROOK, Mass., June 20. The
balloon Pittsfield, which ascended from
Pittsfield early today carrying Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Noble Burnham on their
aerial honeymoon, was brought down
about a mile from the center of this
town this afternoon after a pleasant
trip.' The distance covered was about
120 miles as the crow files. William
van Sleet, pilot of the balloon, found
the big gas bag was being taken in
a direction that if followed would carry
it out to sea and consequently was
forced to land. .
TWO DROWN FROM BOAT
Man and Niece Go Down, Wife Has
Narrow Escape.
EDDT, Mont., June 20. While at
tempting to cross the Clarks Fork
River here today in a frail boat, E. P.
Courtney, a deputy forest guard, : and
his 5-year-old niece, Imogene Wilde,
were drowned and Mrs. Courtney barely
escaped dath. Courtney was a deputy
guard in tne ijaDinet Forest and was
formerly a well-known newspaper man
of the West.
PATRICK
Will Save Body From
" Pauper Burial.
CHINAMAN IS STILL MISSING
Police Regard Search Now as
Hopeless.Task.
BAGGAGE-MAN GIVES CLEW
Tells of Two Mongolians Answering
- to Descriptions Who Had Tickets
for .Vancouver Unopened Let-,
ter in Washington May Help.
NEW YORK, June 20. Leon Ling, the
Chinaman suspected of murdering Elsie
Slgel, may never be found. The police,
accgrd'.ng' to a statement tonight, regard
the search for him as well-nigh hopeless.
However, the mutilated body of the
girl . left behind ifl a trunk in his room
will not be burled in the Potter's Field.
Paul Slgel, the father of the dead girl,
claimed and positively identified the body
at the morgue tonight; admitting for the
first time the victim was his daughter
Elsie.
The girl's mother, now In a sanitarium,
had previously identified the. Jewelry; an
other woman had identified . the under
clothing and relatives had said the mur
dered girl was Elsie Slgel, granddaughter
or General Franz Slgel. Until tonight,
however, the - father had maintained
silence.
Stomach Is to Be Analyzed. -
Elsie Slgel's stomach will be analyzed
at Columbia University. While the
autopsy determined that deafh-probably
was due to asphyxiation, whether she was
choked, smothered under ; a pillow, or
drugged, bound with ropes and left to die
horribly in the trunk, is as much a mys
tery as is the whereabouts of Leon Ling
and his pal. ,
Chu Gain, manager of tho Port Arthur
Restaurant, who was detained last night
as a witness, was held today without ball
until Tuesday. He has admitted he knew
Elsie Sigel well and had incurred the
enmity - of Leon Ling and that both he
(Chu Gain) and the girl had been threat
ened with death.
Mrs. E. Smith, who professes to have
known the . family well, suggests the
victim Is not Elsie Sigel, but -a myster
ious "Nellie." who had figured in Leon
Ling s love affairs.
"Nellie" May Have Been Killed
Mrs.. Smith holds it is possible that
Elsie and the Chinaman were preparing
to elope when "Nellie" appeared, created
a scene and was killed. The substitu
tion of the clothing and the packing of
the body in the trunk complete this
feminine Sherlock Holmes theory.
. Captain Carey, of the bureau of homi
cides, will not permit the mass of letters
found jumbled with pictures of ballet
girls in the room in which the body was
found to be published or even their con
tents indicated.
The mission in Chinatown where Elsie
Sigel taught has been closed.
Funeral Not From House.
Mr. Sigel. at Ills home tonight, said
the funeral would not be held from
the house
"The disgrace has been keen enough
FRANCISCO.
CALHOUX.
Thomas Evans, San Francisco Brick
Mason, Is Hurried to Street
and Locked In Jail.
A panic was started at the Cathedral.
Fifteenth and Davis ulrost. -h
morning, after the worshipers had
assembled for 9 o'clock mass, when a
ucuienieo. Dnckiayer. Thomas Evans,
rushed up the middle aisle, yelling
"Father McDevitt! Father McDevltt!"
at the top of, his voice. Women
screamed and climbed on the seats,
while the audience surged out of the
door, delaying the mass at least 15 min
utes. Evans was hustled from the
church by three men, and taken to the
County Jail XnfCho police, where he is
now confined.
Evans has . been llvimr of t..-i.
Hotel, 350 Glisan street. He is said by
tne proprietor of the hotel to be a
hard-working man, not known to drink.
He was employed hv the Knrth.t
Bridge Company as a bricklayer on the
annex to St. Vincent's Hospital. He
has a wife and' two children living at
1235 Fulton street, San Francisco.
Father McDevitt, who was crossing
the street to the church vestry at the
time of the panic, said the man visited
him Saturday night, and after making
a small donation to the local church
work, began to rant. Ha
what was said that the man had been
confined in a New York insane asylum.
The man wished to see the priest again
at . 9 o'clock Sunday morning, but as
Father McDevitt was very busy, he
made the appointment for Monday
night. .
HIGH' DUTIES TO BE MET
Canadian Manufacturers. Planning
' Measure or Retaliation. '
OTTAWA, June 20. (Special.) Cana
dian manufacturers dcla th. a mo-
lean tariff revision, will force Canada to
maae radical changes in her custom
tariffs also. That the adoption in its
present form .of the Aldrich tariff bill
must result probably 16 a widening of
the British preferential tariff by Canada
is the opinion freely expressed by the
uiucers oi me tarirr department of th
Canadian Manufacturers' Assncintinr,
who are now here on business with the
government.
That important tariff changes will be
announced next Spring is the opinion
held by many, but the extent of them
is depending much on the developments
at Washington. There may be no gen
era Increase as affecting the Impor
tation into Canada of American com
modities, although in many lines It will
be vigorously urged, but a widening of
the British preference at least is al
ready being pressed upon the govern
ment and plans aro being laid for more
actively and aggressively agitating
such a policy.
GIRL CADETS GO INTO CAMP
Co-Eds of University of Puget Sound
, to Try Soldier Life.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 20. (Special.)
A detachment of young women from
the University of Puget Sound will
pitch their tents at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition Monday at noon, and
for six days they will demonstrate
their ability to conduct a model mili
tary camp near the stadium.
President L. L. Benbow, of the Uni
versity of Puget Sound, and other mem
bers of the faculty, will be present
occupying the officers tents during
the encampment and the fair soldiers
will be under the direct charge of Miss
Gertrude M. Horner, director of the
musical department of the college, in
which department the young women
are students.
LOST, HE DRINKS HIS BLOOD
Man Wandering on California Des
ert Becomes Desperate.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., June 20 Is
rael Swartz. of Boston, was rescued by
prospectors on the desert after he had
been three days without water, and
brought here today.
He lost his way. and, driven to despera.
tlon by thirst, opened veins in his arm
and drank the blood that flowed from the
cut. When found he was trying to dig
down to water with his hands through
the dry bed of Black Creek. He will
recover.
KING TO REVIEW FLEET
Imposing Pageant Planned for
Cowes, July 31.
LONDON. June 20. At the close of
the coming . maneuvers, it was an
nounced today the King will review
the' fleet at Cowes on July 31. The
review will be the most imposing naval
pageant ever seen in British waters.
Some Ru8Slan mfn.nr.-.. a 111 i
"to be in the vicinity and undoubtedly
me Emperor will be a spectator.
CHURCH IS DYNAMITED
Rectory Wrecked, but Priest and
and Household Escape.
NEWARK, June 20. With . dynamite
in tomato cans, an attempt was made
today to blow up the Catholic Church
at St. Roco, with its Italian congrega
tion and the adjoining rectory. Father
James Zuccarrelli, the pastor, and his
household escaped, though the front of
the rectory was wrecked.
Say $40,000 Year Not
. Needed for Gowns.
ONLY ONE SPENDS AS MUCH
Mrs. Potter Palmer Exception
Pointed Out.
BRAINS AND $3000 ENOUGH
Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor Declares
Good Dressing Does Not Depend
ITpon Many Gowns Exorbi
tant Amount, Say Others. '
' CHICAGO, June 20 (Special.)
Clothes of Chicago women of
fashion don't cost anything like $40,-000-
a year, according to those who
know whereof they talk, despite the
fact that such a sum is "absolutely es
sential," in New York, in the opinion
of Mrs. Howard Gould. .
Chicago women interviewed today
thought the amount mentioned by Mrs.
Gould was "absurd." It was declared
no woman in Chicago, with the excep
tion of Mrs. Potter Palmer, spends an
amount approximating the Gould sum.
Mrs. Harold McCormlck is said to spend
a considerable annual amount, but she
does not draw checks to the amount
of 40,000, it is asserted. .
Although Chicago women do not
spend as much as their New York
sisterst they are thoughf to be Just
as well gowned, though not possess
ing such multiplicity of dresses.
Amotvnt Seems Absurd.
"The amount of $40,000 seems to me
to be absurd," said Mrs. H. C. Chat-field-Taylor.
There is not a woman in
Chicago who spends anything like such
a sum, with the exception of Mrs. Potter-Palmer.
I do not think so great a
sum is In the least necessary 'for a
woman to be well dressed. Chicago wo
men are probably as well gowned as
New, Yorkers, although, they may not
buy so many dresses in the course of
a year. The maximum amount spent in
Chicago is probably about 1 10,000 and
many extremely well-gowned women
do not spend half that amount.
"If a woman has taste, discrimina
tion, and uses brains regarding her
wardrobe, she can be - beautifully
dressed for $3000 a year. Good dressing
does not necessarily depend upon the
ownership of scores and scores of
dresses."
Few Chicago Women Spend So Much
Mrs. A. B. Dick was also of the be
lief that $40,000 is an exorbitant amount
for one year's sartorial bill.
"That amount Is not spent by any
one in Chicago, with possibly one or
two .exceptions," she said. "It is surely
not necessary and seems to be iulte
too large. A woman can dress on much.
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INDEX -OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. Off
degree ; minimum. 53 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Horses killed in riot at Paris steeple-chaae.
Page 8.
Canada will alter her tariff schedule to meet
Aldrich bill. Pace 1.
National,
T&ft not likely to make western trip this
Summer. Page 2.
Lorlmer's seat in lower House to remain
vacant balance of term. Page 3.
omestio.
Calhoun Jury disagrees: magnate charges
Heney was bribed. Page 1.
Brazilian Minister talks to Wisconsin grad
uates on America. Page 2.
St. Louis doctor suicide fearing disease
ethers say he does not have. Page 1.
Father of Elsie Sigel Identifies body;
search for missing Chinaman appears
hopeless. Page 1.
Chicago women declare Mrs. Gould's al
lowance for gowns is absurd. Page 1.
Baptists torn up over attempt to oust Pro
fessor Foster from ministry. Page L
Sports.
Coast League scores: Portland 5, San Fran- -Cisco
1 : Los Angeles 5-1, Oakland 4-0;
Sacramento 4-6, Vernon 3-0. Page 8.
Northwestern League scores: Seattle 3,
Portland 1; Spokane 5, Vancouver 1; Ta
coma 8. Aberdeen 7. Page S.
Pacific Northwest.
Official Olympia worried over what will
happen at special session. Page 1.
Ford car No. 2 in ocean -to-ocean race
passes Baker City. Page 3.
Bishop Scadding delivers baccalaureate ad
dress at University of Oregon. Page 4.
Senator Rydstrom believes plans for Wash
ington capltol are inadequate. Page 5.
Industrial.
Weiser men to spend $1,000,000 in reclaim
ing 20.O00 acres. . Page 12.
Levees being constructed at Clatskanle to
reclaim swmp lands. Page 1'2.
Mount Hood Railroad building six-mile ex
tension. Page 12.
Rich gold strike sends mining men into
Pierce district. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity. '
Dr. C. H. Wheeler will 'be appointed City
Health Officer. Page 14.
Election of R. L. Sabin a School Director
at polls today seems certain. Page 13.
Many members of Oregon Bankers' Assoc! a -4
tlon to pass through Portland en route
to Seattle for Tri-State Convention.
Page 9.
John McCrum. carpenter. Is killed by car
at East Washington and Grand avenue.
Page 14.
Dr. Brougher, recently made a Shriner,
preaches on Masonry. Page 13.
Radium as cure for cancer is tested here.
Page -4.
Willamette River will soon begin to re
cede. Page 13.
Insane man causes panic at Cathedral
mass. Page 1.
Calvary Presbyterian Church installs new
pastor. Page 13.
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