THE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAy, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1909.
GIVES DETAILS OF
FIENDS' TORTURE
Ella Gingles Says She Was
Drugged and Cut by Her
Assailants.
TAGGART NOT INVOLVED
Lured Into Bathroom of Hotel, Girl
Says Man and Two WomeH
Overcame Her Tied to
Tub and Abandoned.
rmCAHO, July 7. (Special. Klla Gln
Blrs today related to the jury and a
packed courtroom lier story of how a
man and two women tortured her in tho
"Wellington Hotel the nisrht of February
J. It was the moFt sensational recital of
this extremely sensational case, and tho
younpr Rirl with bahy-hluo eyes never fal
tered as sho faced the Jury and related
th most revolting details and afterwards
displayed the cuts on her arms and wrlst3
said to have been inflicted by Mrs. Bar
rette In the fight to strip the Kirl of her
clothing-. After the girl had been removed
to the hospital 23 cuts !n all were found
upon her -person. Those upon' her knees,
sh3 testified, were made by the unknown
man because she resisted him.
Iured Into Bathroom.
The bathroom attack happened six
weeks after the girl had first been as
saulted by an unknown man, Mrs. Bar
retts and Mrs. Kenyon. In their room at
the hotel. Today the Rirl said she went
back to the hotel shortly after 6 o'clock
In the evening; to collect for some lace
from a Miss Arnold. When she knocked
at what she supposed was the door of
Miss Arnold's room, it was opened by a
man who told her Miss Arnold was ex
pecting her and that she was in a bath
room farther down the hall, washing some
handkerchiefs. He volunteered to Lhow
her the bathroom, and, when she entered,
she found Mrs. Barrette there Instead.
Then the man struck her on the head
and when she regained consciousness she
was partially undressed, lying on the bed
in Mrs. Barrette's room. This was at 7
o'clock in the evening, and she testified
she was held there a prisoner until 2
o'clock In the morning of the following
day.
Chloroformed and Slashed.
Her recital of what happened during
that time is absolutely unprintable. Vile
miggestlons were made to her, she says,
and when she fought, a towel saturated
with chloroform or "some sickening.
weet-melllng stuff," -was put over her
face. This did not make her fully un
conscious, and fhe man got on a chair
and called over the transom to another
woman, who passed over some greenish
oandy. The Gingles girl says they forced
her to eat one of these tablets, and she
then becamg unconscious.
Finders Cat When She Resists.
Meanwhile the man and the two wom
en were drinking wine and plying the
girl with wine. She says she had re
tained a gown and corset cover and part
of her lingerie, and that Mrs. Barrette
sought to tear these off. When the girl
clung to them, she says, the man sug
gested1 cutting her -fingers, which was
done until she was forced to release her
grip. Afterwards, when she resisted him,
he cut her knees and legs until she sub
mitted. At 3 o'clock In the morning, she testi
fied. Mrs. Barrette came Into the room
and announced the hour, saying they
musf get the Gingles girl out of there.
She was then carried back to the bath
room and tied to the legs of the tub.
where she was found after she had man
aged to scribble a call for help and push
it under the door.
Tom Taggart Xot Implicated.
The girl testified today that she did not
know Tom Taggart. that h'j never wrote
to her. and never did her any Injury.
She said the unknown man handed Mrs
Barrette 50 for assisting him in his at
tack upon her (Miss Gingles). She also
reiterated her statement that they asked
her to go to French Lick Springs.
Scores of women and even schoolgirls
were turned away from the courtroom.
Judge Brentano commented on the pres
ence of women and girls, in the face of
published statements showing that much
of the testimony In the case was unfit
for publication. He threatened to photo
graph every woman present, at which
several of them fled.
ECCLES TO GO OVER ROAD
Capitalists to Inspect Morgan-Guggenheim
Properties.
CORDOVA, Alaska. Julv 7.-S. W Ec
cles. president of the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway, and his party,
arrived today on the steamer North
western for the purpose of making a
tour of inspection of the new line. Work
on the road has been progressing rapidly
and everything is in shape for the re
ception of the party being brought by
Oeonge W. Perkins, of New York, on
the steam yacht Yucatan.
President Eccles will remain here until
the arrival of Mr. Perkins, when the
entire party will start Inland to inspect
the railroad and other properties con
trolled by the Morgan-Guggenheim in
terests. SAYS COURJJS PACKED
(Continued From First Page.)
and that the committee personally ex
amine the record. Thayer voted with
Palmer on this suggestion. David,
Bird and Chairman Halsey voted this
motion down on the assertion by
De Wolfe It would hamper his ex
planation of his charges.
De Wolfe went at length Into the
case of Addle bherman, of Tacoma,
against the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, which was decided against
his plaintiff by the entire court except
Parker, and which was the basis for
De Wolfe's original charges against the
entire court. The decision in this case
was written by Gose, of Walla Walla.
It came out that De AVolfe took this
case on a contingency fee after three
Tacoma attorneys had advised the
plaintiff she had no cause of action.
Although the decision was rendered
June 15. De Wolfe has until August 14
to present his motion for a rehearing,
and friends of the court assert these
charges were made to induce the court
to change its decision.
Insurance, Suit Instanced.
Briefly, Mrs. Sherman sued to recover
on a 2000 policy on her husband's life.
Tho company had taken an assignment
of the policy nd loaned the full eurren-
der value to Mrs. Sherman and other
beneficiaries. They paid the Interest two
years, then, on default of interest, the
policy was cancelled by the company.
Three years later this suit was brought.
The court says that, inasmuch as the
loan represented the lull surrender value,
the beneficiaries got as much from the
policy as they would have received had
it been sold, and therefore they have no
case in equity, and implies that, had
they believed there was any merit, they
would not have waited three years before
bringing the suit.
West Seattle Election Case.
The other cases into which De Wolfe
went at great length were some in which
he had appeared as City Attorney of
West Seattle. These included the decis
ion of the Supreme Court sustaining the
decision of the King County Superior
Court fining De "Wolfe for contempt for
advising West 'Seattle officials to disobey
an Injunction issued by Judge Yakey re
straining the holding of a special elec
tion, and t'he decision of the high court
holding that special election invalid. The
Supreme Court based Its finding upon the
fact that less then one-fifth of the reg
istered vote Mad been cast at the special
election, and fhe court was of the belief
that, because of the issuance of the in
junction and the light vote, there had
not been a full, fair and free exercise of
the elective franchise on that occasion.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETS
EIGHTH ANNUAL. CONVENTION
BEGINS AT SEATTLE.
Many Delegates Stalled by Floods In
East, but Every Train Comes
In Crowded.
SEATTLE, July 7. With the flags of
the United States and iGreat Britain
draped above them, the delegates to the
eighth international convention of the
Epworfh League met today on the great
drill floor of the Armory and listened
to addresses of welcome and responses.
A number of the speakers dwelt regret
fully on the fact that thousands of East
ern delegates were not yet here, owing to
floods delaying trains. Hopeful news
from blockaded travelers was received,
however, and every frain that arrived
brought delegates. There was no session
tonight.
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, of San
Francisco, presided today. In the open
ing song service the new Epworth League
song book, prepared under direction of
the board of control, was used for the
first time, and Professor Charles H. Ga
briel, of Chicago, led the singing. Mayor
Miller, for the city, and Bishop Charles
W. Smith, of Portland. Or., for the Pa
cific Northwest, welcomed the delegates.
Rev. Dr. J. E. Moore, of Fresno, Cal.;
Bishop William A. Quayle, of Oklahoma,
president of the League, and Dr. A. C.
Crews, of Toronto, responded.
WOMAN: ROOT OF ALL EVIL
Prof. Wlllett Denounces Fair Sex
for Many Reasons.
CHICAGO. July 7. Women always
were, are now and probably will remain,
extravagant, socially ambitious, unscru
pulous and generally responsible for a
large part of the evils of life, according
to Professor Herbert L. Wlllett. of the
University of Chicago divinity school, who
lectured on "The Social Teachings of the
Prophets" yesterday. The professor al
leged that women were "as wicked" in
the time of Amos and Hosea as they are
today.
Professor Wlllett told the Summer
school that of all woman's faults, her so
cial climbing was first. He blamed the
society germ for the opresslon of the
poor and the recklessness of the rich and
drew analogies between the state of af
fairs In ancient Israel and contemporary
life.
"The moral levels of a nation can never
rise higher than Its womanhood," said
Professor Wlllett.
SEVEN CONVICTS FREED
Pardons and Paroles Granted From
Idaho Penitentiary.
BOI3E3, Idaho, July 7. (Special.) The
gates of the Idaho Penitentiary swung
outward yesterday to seven convicts The
list of those freed is as follows:
George W. Hix, Bannock County, man
slaughter, 10 years, had eerved four years
and was paroled in 1908. Pardoned.
Frank Mitchell, Shoshone County, for
gery, eight years from December, 1904.
Pardoned.
A. M. Stangle, Bannock County, grand
larceny, had served a year. Pardoned.
Henry J. Frey, same.
Richard Troxel, Bingham County, jail
breaking, five years. Pardoned.
Ed Ward Streeter, Oneida County, grand
larceny, five year, served two. Paroled.
Mrs. Mattie McCormick, Washington
County, statutory offense, one year. Par
doned. Action on all other pending applications
was deferred.
MAY SUTTON WILL MARRY
Tennis Champion to Wed Harry B.
Ham, Banker of Mexico City.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 7. Miss May
Sutton, of Pasadena, the champion
woman tennis player of the world, will
marry Harry B. Ham. a banker and
capitalist of Mexico City, according to
an announcement made here Tuesday.
The date of the wedding has not been
set and formal announcement of the
engagement was not to have been made
until October, but after her victory over
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss in the state cham
pionship at San Rafael on Monday, Miss
Sutton whispered the secret to some of
her girl friends and the news soon
spread.
Miss Sutton's easy win over Miss
Hotchkiss. the National . champion,
showed that she has lost none of the
skill which has made her the premier
woman tennis player of the world.
PEARSONS WILL GIVE ALL
"Sage of Hinsdale" to Spend 90th
Year Helping? Colleges.
CHICAGO. July 7. Daniel K. Pearsons
the "Sage of Hinsdale," already famous
for his munificent benefactions to the
small colleges of this country, said last
night that he would devote the remainder
of this, his 90th year, to distributing
among the various educational and phi
lanthropic institutions of this city his last
million dollars.
This will round out the sum he always
Intended Chicago to have, and leave him
a relatively poor man when he celebrates
his 90th birthday on April 14 next.
Mr. Pearsons declined last night to In
dicate what institutions will benefit by the
remainder of his large fortune. Mr.
Pearsons has already given away consid
erably over $4,000,000,'
L
PERU'S CASE
Either Bonaparte or Devlin
Smirched by Documents
Wickersham Has.
ARE REFUSED TO SENATE
Secret History of Land-Fraud Cases
Believed to Show That Bona
parte or Devlin Used
Perjured Evidence.
(Continued From First Page.)
General, there appears to be no means
of prying into the innermost secrets
of the land-fraud and other prosecu
tions conducted by the Attorney-General
and his assistants in co-operation
with Secretary Hitchcock and the In
terior Department.
Signs of Russian Methods.
Could the packages sealed by Mr.
Bonaparte be laid bare to inspection,
unwritten pages of the history of the
land-fraud prosecutions In Oregon, In
Idaho, in California and elsewhere
would be given to the public for the
first time. There has always been much
which the Government has never said
about these prosecutions; much that
has never been explained. The missing
link is not found In the open records
of the Department of Justice; it must
exist in these packages which Mr. Bona
parte sealed before he retired.
Not all of the contents of the Perrln
package was uncovered by Mr. Wicker
sham. The lid, however, was raised
high enough to satisfy a committee of
inquisitive Senators that the methods
pursued by the Department of Justice,
under Mr. Bonaparte, were not methods
expected In a free republic, but rather
the methods that might be resorted to
by the Russian government In the pur
suit of anarchists. The little that was
ascertained showed conclusively that
the courts were being misused; that
Government agents were resorting to
practices not countenanced by the law,
and that marked men were being start
ed for the penitentiary, even in the ab
sence of evidence justifying conviction.
If such a thing was done in one case,
asked the Senatorial committee, is it
not reasonable to presume it was done
In others? That question can only be
answered by breaking the seals of Mr.
Bonaparte, and it is evidently the pur
pose of Mr. Wickersham to protect
those seals against even the demands
of the United States Senate.
Convicted by Perjury.
Early in the special session of Con
gress, President Taft sent to the Sen
ate the re-nominatton of R. T. Devlin
as United States District Attorney for
the Second District of California. The
nomination was referred to the com
mittee on judiciary. Immediately tele
grams were received by the chairman
of the committee stating that protests
were to be filed against Mr. Devlin's
confirmation. Accordingly, action was
suspended. In due time the charges
arrived. Then the Devlin nomination,
together with the charges, was turned
over to a subcommittee consisting of
Senators Piles, Wash. (chairman);
Borah, Idaho, and Overman, North Car
olina. The subcommittee found that reput
able citizens of San Francisco charged
Mr. Devlin with using perjured testi
mony in securing the conviction of
Perrin on a charge of fraudulently ac
quiring timber land in California. The
Protestants informed the committee
that evidence to this effect could be
found in a report made to Mr. Bona
parte by William R. Harr, special
assistant to the Attorney-General, who
had been sent to San Francisco to
make specific inquiry Into the manner
of conducting the prosecution of Perrln.
Witnesses against Mr. Devlin came on
to Washington; so, also, did Perrin.
accompanied by his attorneys. Perrln
brought with him the records of his
trial. Through his attorneys he asked
that the Harr report be laid before the
committee, asserting that that report
not only exonerated him, but showed
up the injustice of his prosecution and
the unfairness of his indictment. Per
rin's sentence, prior to the renomina
tion of Mr. Devlin, haa been reversed
and remanded by the Circuit Court of
Appeals, and a new trial ordered on the
ground that perjured testimony had
been admitted at the first trial.
Harr Report Betrays Truth.
-The subcommittee became satisfied
that the Harr report was Important,
and addressed a letter to the Attorney
General asking that It be submitted to
them. The Attorney-General replied
that the report was in the confidential
files and could not be sent, but he of
fered to submit It for inspection to the
members of the subcommittee if they
would agree not to make public Its
contents.
That report proved to be all that had
been claimed for it. Not only did It
show that Mr. Devlin, in prosecuting
Perrin, had used testimony known to
be perjured, but it threw Important
light on the manner in which Perrin
had been indicted. As heretofore stat
ed in The Oregonian, the report showed
that when the grand jury was investi
gating the Perrin case and before it
had reached any conclusion, W. J.
Burns, then a secret service employe of
the Government detailed to land-fraud
work, went before the grand Jury, said
that he had just come from Oyster Bay,
where he had had a conference with
President Roosevelt, and informed the
jury that the President wanted Perrin
indicted. From the Harr report it ap
pears that the Indictment of Perrin was
largely attributable to the influence
of the statement made by Burns.
Wickersham Refuses to Give Up.
When Burns' part in the indictment
was uncovered, inquiry was made to
see whether the committee could in
any way reach him, but the Attorney
General informed them that Burns Is
no longer in the Government employ.
Had he been on the Federal payroll It
is probable the committee would have
demanded his immediate dismissal.
Whether Perrin has any redress against
SGANDA
HIDDEN
Burns because of Burns course before
tne grand jury is a question with
which the committee cannot deal.
Having learned from the Harr report
that Perrin had been convicted on per
jured testimony, it devolved upon the
subcommittee to ascertain whether re
sponsibility for the use of such testimony
rested upon Mr. Devlin or upon his su
perior, the Attorney-General. Senator
Borah, for one. said he was not willing
to refuse confirmation to Mr. Devlin
when the Harr report clearly Indicated
that the prosecution of Perrin, in a sense
at least, was being directed by the De
partment of Justice. What he wanted to
know, and what the subcommittee later
asked, was whether Mr. Devlin of his
own volition employed perjured testi
mony to convict Perrin, or whether Mr.
Devlin was instructed by Mr. Bonaparte
to use such testimony in order to obtain
a conviction. Mr. Borah suggested that
this evidence could be only obtained from
the correspondence that passed between
Mr. Bonaparte and Mr. Devlin. This
correspondence the Attorney-General de
clined to furnish, even in confidence, to
the subcommittee.
Devlin Case Hung Up.
Upon this state of facts the subcom
mittee was unable to reach any agree
ment, and therefore reported back to the
full judiciary committee as to all its find
ings, but with no recommendation. Then
the full committee made formal request
upon Mr. Wickersham for the Bonaparte
Devlin correspondence. Again Mr.
Wickersham refused, although the com
mittee had pledged itself to treat the
matter as confidential. Mr. Wickersham
stated that it would be Inexpedient to
produce this correspondence because It
related to a case then pending in the
courts the Perrin case awaiting retrial.
The Senate has no power to compel
the Attorney-General or any other of
ficial to furnish it with confidential mat
ter from his files, and there appears to
be no way in which the sealed corre
spondence between Mr. Bonaparte and
Mr. Devlin can be obtained. In the ab
sence of this correspondence, however
correspondence which, it is believed, will
fix responsibility for the use of per
jured testimony upon either Mr. Bona
parte or Mr. Devlin, the Judiciary com
mittee declined to take any action upon
the nomination of Mr. Devlin and he con
tinues to serve under his original ap
pointment. It is assumed that the Presi
dent will give him a recess appointment
as soon as Congress adjourns, and will
again send in his nomination when the
regular session opens next December.
What action the judiciary committee
will take depends on developments.
Without the Bonaparte-Devlin correspon
dence or its equivalent relieving Mr.
Devlin of all responsibility, Mr. Devlin
cannot be confirmed. Indeed, if he is
unable to transfer responsibility to some
of his superiors his nomination will be
rejected next session. It will certainly
be rejected if the correspondence is
later made accessible and shows that he
alone is responsible for using the testi
mony of a perjurer.
Devlin Denies Responsibility.
In justice to Mr. Devlin it should be
said that he himself disavows all re
sponsibility for using perjured testimony.
He maintains that the case was handed
up -to him after Perrin had been in
dicted, that he personally had nothing
to do with and had no personal knowl
edge of the grand Jury proceedings, and
that he simply tried the case on the evi
dence given him by the Government.
When Perrin was in Washington he
called on Air. Borah to discuss his case
and the Devlin nomination. He informed
the Idaho Senator that there was a re
port In the Department of Justice (the
Harr report) showing that his conviction
had been brought about by the use of
perjured testimony. Mr. Borah said to
Perrin:
"I cannot believe there is such a re
port in the Department of Justice, un
less it is by a man in whom they have
no confidence."
It was only a few days later, after
Mr. Borah and other members of the sub.
committee had seen the Harr report,
that the President, on recommendation
of Mr. Wlchersham, sent to the Senate
the nomination of William R. Harr, then
assistant to the Attorney-General, to be
promoted to Assistant Attorney -General.
Upon inquiry, the Attorney-General in
formed the committee he had recom
mended Mr. Harr's promotion because
"he was one of the best, most responsible
and most reliable men in the Depart
ment." When this explanation was of
fered, Mr. Borah replied that there was
in his judgment no possible explanation
of the Devlin-Perrin matter except such
as would leave either Mr. Bonaparte or
Mr. Devlin in a very questionable situa
tion. Mr. Harr was confirmed.
Might Expose Bonaparte.
Members of the Senate subcommittee.
who are more familiar with this caso
than any one else outside the depart
ment, are of the opinion that Mr. Wick
ersham is afraid to make known the full
record in the case lest if will show most
criminal malfeasance in office on the
part of Mr. Bonaparte, for it is known
that there has been for months in the
Department of Justice a report by a man
admittedly of highest standing, exoner
ating Perrin. the man who has long been
pursued; and there is behind it all a
threat that he will be further prosecuted
in face of the Harr report. For Mr.
Wickersham. in his letter to the Senate
committee, states that he cannot Dro
duce the record because it relates to a
case still pending before fhe courts. His
meaning is clear.
Incidentally, it will be seen, Mr. Wick
ersham. finds himself In a very embar
rassing situation. If he orders retrial
of Perrin, he must ignore the report and
iraainga or sar. iarr. In whom he has
expessed the utmost confidence, and must
do so in the face of the showing that
Perrin, in the first Instance, was indicted
through the statement made by Burns
before the grand Jury, and later convicted
on perjured testimony. If he orders the
case dropped, he virtually admits that
his predecessor was engaging In legal
prosecutions along vicious and unjusti
fiable lines. Sucii a course would reflect
not only upon Mr. Bonaparte, but upon
the entire department. Moreover, to drop
the case against Perrin would weaken
Mr. Devlin before the committee, and by
recommending his renominatlon the de
partment has vouched for both his ability
and his reputation.
Bonaparte or Devlin Guilty.
Throughout the entire investigation into
tho Devlin-Perrin case. Mr. Borah has
been the most aggressive inquisitor on
the Judiciary committee. Having had
personal experience with the old Depart
ment of Justice, he knows something of
its ways and wants to learn more. He is
decidedly opposed to such star-chamber
proceedings as were indulged in in the
days of Mr. Bonaparte, and, could he
have his way. would lay bare to the
country fhe full Inside history of not only
the Perrin but many other land-fraud
cases prosecuted under the direction of
Mr. Bonaparte. From the inception of
the pending case, the Senator has insist
ed upon knowing the true relations that
existed between Mr. Bonaparte and Mr
Devlin. Without those facts. Mr. Devlin
or Mr. Bonaparte must necessarily be sac
rificed. Personally, Mr. Borah is not
willing to sacrifice Mr. Devlin to save the
reputation of Mr. Bonaparte, yet he is
nor willing that Mr. Devlin shall be con
firmed without knowing the relationship
between the two men. After unearthing
the Harr report, which for months had
been suppressed by Mr. Bonaparte while
the prosecution of Perrin proceeded, Mr
Borah believes nobody Involved in the
case could be culpable to such an extent
as Mr. Bonaparte.
If the papers now under seal are not
produced before the Judiciary committee
next Winter, Mr. Devlin's nomination will
be rejected, but the committee, in reject
ing Mr. Devlin under such circumstances
will feel that it possibly is making a
martyr of an Innocent man to oroteot
another higher up.
STOCK, LEASE AND FIXTURES OF
CRAWFORD SHOE STORE
Bought by C. H. Baker, of California.
To gain a foothold in Portland with an established shoe
location as a nucleus we have purchased the "Craw-
tord." Uur business in California grows by leaps and
bounds, simply beeause we give our customers bigger
shoe values than they can get at other stores. The same
policy will be followed here.
Entire Stock to Be Sacrificed at Once
Sale
Crawford
Prices Are
Stamped
on the
Shoes by
theFactory
; LOS; ANGELAS
TEACHER AS LEADER
Speaker Says Belittling of Hirr
Is National Suicide.
KEEPING BOYS ON FARM
Professor Robertson Says More Edu
cation Will Do It Kight for
Presidency Hinges on Book
Trust Question.
DENVER. July 7. "National suicide
lies in the direction of belittling the
teachers.
"If the future Is to be satisfying as a
Nation, the teacher must be regarded as
a leader and not a teacher of letters.
"Starve the colleges; starve the peo
ple." .
This advice from James "W. .Robinson,
president of McDonald College. St. Anne
de Bellevue, Quebec, was given to the
members of the National Educational As
sociation. Mr. Robertson spoke before a
general session of the association in the
Auditorium. He said that the agricul
tural schools must be more closely allied
with the rural schools to bring about the
desired end of keeping the boys on the
farm.
Ignorance Hurts Farmers.
"It is not a matter of a little education
being dangerous." said the speaker. "It's
the vast remaining ignorance that hurts
the farmer of today. He wants p. little
education for his son. but he doesn't want
to pay. He doesn't -want more education
because he thinks his son will leave him.
This is where he is wrong, because if
the son knew more the farmer's acres
would be worth more."
Dick J. Crosby, of the l.nited States
Department of Agriculture, pleaded for a
closer relation between the rural schools
and the community. He wanted to shift
the emphasis from the three "R's" to
good cooking and the ability to make
fences where required.
T. H. Fairchild. Superintendent of
Schools of Kansas, and others also were
speakers.
The old controversy between the uni
versity and the normal school as to
whether the latter is able to fit men and
women for teaching came up again at the
meeting of the normal department.
Henry O. Williams, dean of the State
Normal School at Athens, Ohio, spoke of
the normal school. He said that the
name does not make the school a place
for the training of teachers, any more
than the title "professor" makes an edu
cator. Book Trust Causes Figlit.
Allegations of allegiance to the "book
trust" cropped out this afternoon In the
campaign for president of the association,
when it became known that J. J. Joyner,
State Superintendent of South Carolina,
would be a candidate. Some of Dr.
Joyner's friends announced that their
fight would be against the book trust,
and that their efforts would be to defeat
Ben Blewett, Superintendent of Schools
of St. Louis, and J. H. Phillips. Superin
tendent of Schools at Birmingham, Ala.
The failure of the project to place El
mer E. Brown, United States Commis
sioner of Education, in the presidency, is
said to be due to the "book trouble." Mr.
Brown declines the honor rather than"
become identified in a fight with the so
called "octopus."
The election of officers will take place
tomorrow noon.
STATE IN OIL BUSINESS
Texas Independent Dealers Com
plain About Waters-Pierce Sales.
GALVESTON, Tex.. July 7. Indepen
dent oil dealers are complaining over the
State of Texas competing with them in
the sale of oil from the Waters-Pierce
Company's property, which is being op
erated under a state receivership. The
independent dealers say the state is op
erating the seized property under a re
ceivership which permits cheap prices and
an accumulation of great profits.
- The complainants point to the tfact that
the earnings of the Waters-Pierce proper
ty for five weeks were 170,64.7, or 40 per
old!
Starts This Morning at 9
"We intend to install our own complete stock without
delay. All "Crawford" Shbes must go; no one line of
shoes is complete enough for our ideas of serving all the
people.
There are no old-style shoes in the entire "Craw
ford" outfit; all leathers are represented in high and
low shoes for men and women and every pair must be
sold to make room for our own stock.
Latest Shapes, Patterns and Designs
Shoes for Men and Women
Reg. $5.00 Shoes Now S3.85
Reg. $4.00 Shoes Now $3.35
Reg. $3.50 Shoes Now $2.95
.;;". ; SAN FkANOISCd
cent on the total assets of the concern in
Texas, valued at Jl,852,OO0. -It Is charged
that these profits are far in excess of
what the Waters-Pierce Company earned
under trust operation and protection.
TO GUARD MEXICAN BORDER
Stringent Measures to Be Adopted .to
Keep Out Chinese.
EL PASO. Tex.. July 7. Daniel J.
Kcefe. Commissioner-General of Immi
gration, acompanied by F. W; Berkshire,
chief inspector for Texas, reached this
city today on a tour of inspection of the
entire Rio Grande border, preliminary to
establishing stringent regulations to pre
vent smuggling of Chinese across from
Mexico.
It is said that Government inspectors
will be sent to Mexico to keep watch on
Chinese immigrants.
IS BAKING POWDER FOOD?
Agricultural Department Bureau
Takes Up Question.
WASHINGTON. Ju"ly 7Among the
many knotty problems of vital interest
to the housewife which the pure food
and drug board of the Department of
Facts for Weak
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
It Makes Weak Women Strong.
Sick Women Well.
liv'eZJiZZr n?" V"" ffec,ted nd ' the "me time . general re tor. -
JL ?. tb. Whle ystem- 1 cures female complaint right in the privacy
foceTTr1;. Z m?nece"rT the disagreeable questioning, examinations and
local treatment so nn.versally insisted upon by doctors, and so abhorrent to
every modest womnn.
We shall not particularize here as to the symptoms of
those peculiar affections incident to women, but those
wanting full information as to their symptoms and
means of positive cure are referred to the People's Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser 1008 pages, newly revised
and up-to-date Edition, sent free on receipt of 21 one
cent stamps i to cover cost of mailing only; or, in cloth
binding for 31 stamps.
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V.
THE SCENIC CLACKAMAS
SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1909
FARE 75c ROUND TRIP
A train to Estaeada every hour, from 7 A. SI. to 6 :50 P. SI.
Trains for Estaeada, Cazadero, Boring:, Gresham, Fairview, Trout
dale and intermediate stations will leave East Water and Morrison
streets as follows:. 7, 7:50, 8:50, 9:50, 10:50, 11:50 A. M
12:50, 1:50, 2:50, 3:50, 4:50, 5:50, 6:50 P. M.
Additional trains for Gresham leave at 7:50 P. SI. and 11:33 P. SI.
- Returning, trains leave Estaeada for Portland as follows: 6:55,
9, 10, 11 A. M.; 12 noon; 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 P. M.
Cars from Troutdale and Fairview will connect with these trains
at Linnemann up to 8:30 P. SI.
Additional train leaves Gresham at 6:30 A. SL
MEALS, ESTACADA HOTEL, 50c
PORTLAND RAILWAY,LIGHT&POWERCO.
TRAVEL BY SEA
TRAINTIME NOWEQUALLED V'Jr,
Daylight Ride Down Columbia and Through Golden Gate
KateS 1 & Deck mwA4$ljU LOS ANGELES $22.50
S. S. State of California (L.. K. Xopudrr, Maatrrl nll. SntnrdaT SAM.
w AJ FRANCISCO PORTLAND S. S. CO.
M. J. ROCHE, C. T. A, 143 Third St. Phomea A 1401 HT.i. jm
J. W. RANSOM, Docfc Ae.t. A I n nv o r t L T o r IMion p m-- A 1 234? M fn. IfM
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W y Shoes by
1 the; Factory
I -PORT LAN D
Agriculture has been called upon to solve
is one as to whether the effect of alum
of various kinds is injurious to health.
At a hearing today to representatives
of pickle and baking-powder manufac
turers, Luke E. Wright, ex-Secretary of
War, made an exhaustive argument in
support of the proposition that baking
powder was not subject to the provisions
of the pure food and drug act. He con
tended that, inasmuch as baking powder
was not used for food, fhe law would not
apply.
The term "food" in the pure-food law
is restricted to those substances which
are used for food, but the department
always has construed this section to em
brace food and substances which enter
into the composition of rood. The mat
ter was taken under consideration.
POPULAR ROUTE EAST.
The new Soo-Spokane-Portland line is
the popular route to the East. Their
train de Luxe is the finest equipped trans
continental train now in service. Broad
vesUbuled, electric-lighted, buffet-library-compartment-observation
cars. A solid
train. Portland to St. Paul without
cr.ge.
Why not secure office reservations in
Portland Railway. Light & Power Com
pany's beautiful new "Electric building."
ready for occupancy by December 1, 1909.
See George J. Kelly, land agent, at First
and Alder. .
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