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VOL.. XLIX NO. 15,308.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER
20, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WALL STREET SEES
BIG MONEY TRUST
TOURISTS WARNED
GETS HO
BELMONT HOME IS
PLEDGED AS BAIL
OF POET
AVIATORS' PRIZES
WAGE INCREASE T J
75 ROADS WANTED
OFF FROM CANTON
WILL NET $80,000
JOB
IS
NEW THING
AMI-FOREIGX FEELING IN
RICH WOMAN, IN NIGHT COURT,
LOS ANGELES MEET OUTDOES
CHINA CAUSES ALARM.
FREES GIRL STRIKERS.
PRIOR COXTEST OFFERINGS.
9AYN0R
INSANITY
COACHING
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Men of Millions Acting
in Concert.
MORGAN UNQUESTIONED HEAD
Power Over Credits and Cash
Assets Is Enormous.
TERMS IN ITS OWN HANDS
Government's Operations Could Be
Crippled by Refusal to Finance
Bond Issuer Promotions
Under Control.
NEW YORK. Dec. 8. (Special.) So
close have become the alliance and amal
gamations of leading financial interests
In "Wall street during the last three
months that almost the absolute control
of the country's financial affairs is now
centralised in the hands of a few men,
who are acting 1 concert. A money
trust has come into existence, with J. P.
Alorgan at its head, the most gigantic
combination of capital in the world.
There Is no concrete definite organiza
tion to thle latest trust; no legal incor
poration, no elected directors, no list of
stockholders. To use the descriptive
phrase of the financial world, it is simply
a "community of Interest."
Morgan Unquestioned Leader.
Representative members of this com
munity of interest, men who would be
directors of an Incorporated company,
are: J. Pierport Morgan, private banker.
Its unquestioned leader; George F. Baker,
chairman of the board of directors of the
First National Bank; James Stillman,
chairman of the board of directors of the
National City Bank; 'William Rockefeller,
vice-president of the . Standard Oil Com
pany; Henry C. FVick, capitalist; "William
K. Vanderbllt, as representative of his
family Interest.
It ' would be Impossible to figure the
total of direct and Indirect capital now
centralized in this money trust. To begin
witli. the banking firm of J. Plerpont
Morgan & Co., being a private co-partnership,
makes no public reports, yet current
report places its deposits at J160.000.000,
which Its directors can utilize to advan
tage in financial operations. The assets
of the three insurance companies con
trolled by the group. Invested largely In
bonds of railroad and industlral com
panies, aggregata considerably more than
i. 000. 000,000.
Power Is Extensive.
Hens are some of the things the trust
eould do:
It could call $300,000,000 of loana over
Bight and ruin any adversary.
It could reduce credits to such a degree
as to cause extreme -money stringency
and great commercial distress.
It could tie up the cash, holdings of New
Tork banks by demanding certification of
checks for enormous amounts.
It could deplete bank reserves In New
Tork by causing shipments of cash to
any part of the country.
It could make money rate of Interest
almost as it chose, from 2 per cent to 100
per cent on call loans.
It could cripple the financial operations
of the Government by refusing to pur
chase any bond Issue.
It could" dlrtate the financial operations
of the great railway systems and expand
ing Industrial concerns.
It could, and does dictate terms and
actions of every company promotion that
is important enough to be financed in
"Wall street.
TOY STOVE CAUSES DEATH
Christmas Gift Prove Fatal to
Child Mother May Die.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Dec. 19. A toy stove,
which her father had given her today
instead of waiting until Christmas, re
sulted in the death of Minnie Coming, 6
years old. The girl's mother, Mrs. Cath
erine Coming. Is not expected to live and
Iher father was slightly burned.
The child started! to build a fire in the
etove. as she had often seen her mother
do. by pouring on kerosene. As soon as a
match was touched to the oil. the ch Id s
clothes were enveloped In flames. Her
mother. In trying to extinguish the flames,
was burned so badly that physicians say
her recovery Is doubtful. The father, Ed
ward Coming, was burned while rescuing
his wife.
SHERMAN'S SON INJURED
tieneral's Offspring Falls From
Train in California.
. SANTA BARBARA. Cal.. Dec. 19.
Father Sherman, son of General "William
Tecumseh Sherman, la In a sanitarium
here, as the result of an accident which
brought him close to death on his ar
rival here two days ago.
As his train came Into the station,
leather Sherman was standing on the
steps of the car. He lost his balance and
fell underneath. Just before the wheels
reached him a train man pulled him from
tils perilous position.
Father Sherman was badly bruised and
shaken up and was removed to St. Fran
kls Sanitarium,'
Trip of American Globe-Trotters Cnt
Short on Advice of Viceroy Who
Fears Impending Riots.
NEW TORK, Dec 19. (Special.) Frank
C. Clark, under whose direction 660 citi
zens of the United States are touring
the world on board the steamer Cleveland,
of the Hamburg-American line, took
prompt steps today to protect his charges
when he learned that anti-foreign feelings
In China gave Indications of culminating
in an uprising upon the occasion of the
forthcoming visit of the passengers to
Canton.
Immediately upon ascertaining that the
Viceroy had officially called attention to
the danger attending the visit of the
Americans, Mr Clark sent the following
cablegram :
"Herbert Clark, Care Packet Line,
Manila: Herald cable announces anti
foreign feeling Canton. Viceroy request
ing Washington to prevent your visit,
fearing riots. Take no chances. If the
American Consul at Hongkong warns the
slightest danger, substitute Macao for
Canton.
The "Celeveland Is at Manila, Philip
pine Islands, today," said Mr. Clark.
"The tourists are to reach Hongkong
Thursday, December 23, and it was
planned to run up the river by steamer
to Canton. If there is any evidence of
ill feeling I will see that the entire Can
ton part of the trip is abandoned."
LIKE BROTHER, MAN ROBS
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Los Angeles Attorney Emulates Rel
ative and Steals; Caught.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec 19. (Spe
cial.) Emulating his brilliant brother,
Lamar Harris, whose suicide In Chicago
after robbing a bank several months
ago caused a national sensation, Leslie
Harris, attorney and mining man. was
c&njrht In ' the nr of robbinsr the safe
of the McFarlane Shirt Company in broai
daylight this afternoon.
He managed to get away and fled to
an office building, where, it is alleged,
he hid several hundred dollars of the
loot. He was captured as he stepped
from the elevator to leave the building.
With the exception of 200, all " the
money was recovered. He had thrown
it into spittoons In the hallways and Over
transoms. A boy who helped in the
search found a package containing gold
and greenbacks to the value of $200 and
ran away with it. The police expect to
catch him.
Harris' wife, the daughter of Abner
Rose, a capitalist of this city, only re
cently returned from Europe, where she
studied music. - - -
FRENCH bAUD ROOSEVELT
Newspaper Welcomes ex-President
as" National Idealism Messenger.
PARIS, Dec. 19. The Temps, extolling
the election of Theodore Roosevelt as a
foreign associate of the Academy of
Moral and Political Sciences, pays high
tribute to Mr. Roosevelt's political and
moral creed and his Insistence that neither
individuals nor nations have the right to
shirk their duty. The Temps concludes:
"Peace is praiseworthy, but Its desir
ability has been unduly exaggerated, if
inspired by fear. Mr. Roosevelt recalls
to our age that 'war is an evil, but not
the greatest of evils.'
"Especially as the messenger of Na
tional idealism, he merits the eminent dis
,tinction conferred upon him by the in
stitutlon."
ENGLISH POET. ALLEGED
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Mayor M'CJellan Gives
No Helping Hand.
ROPES ARE LEARNED ALONE
New Head of New York Ready
to Take Charge.
LIBERAL POLICY EXPECTED
Ex-Justice Interprets Llqnor Law as
Meaning Closed Front Door, bnt
Quietly Opened Side Entrance.
His Chance One of Greatest.
BT LLOTD F. LONEEOAS.
NEW TORK. Dec. 19. (Special.) Ex
Justice Oaynor has practically completed
arrangements for taking control of the
City Hall. He has selected the bulk of
his cabinet, and outlined his policy in a
number of speeches. The average cltixen
Is now willing that he and his aides
should have a reasonable time in which
to make good.
The shabby way Mayor McClellan has
acted toward his successor has gained
the latter much sympathy. For many
years "courtesy" has been the watch
word of outgoing officials. It has been
the custom for the man who is stepping
out to ask the "next fellow" to come in
and get pointers.
For example. Controller-elect Prender
gast has been browsing around the
finance department for several weeks
learning everything he can about his new
job. He has even attended meetings of
the Board of Estimate, and been accom
modated with a chair immediately behind
that occupied by Controller Metz. The
result Is that Mr. Prendergast has a good
general idea of the duties of his office,
which will prove of value when he steps
In to take control. ..
Sheriff Foley is a Tammany Democrat.
His successor, John L. 8hea, la a Repub
lican' district leader. But Foley has ex
tended the right hand of fellowship to
Shea, and the latter is row in a position
to jump right In. He khows the ropes.
McClellan Will Not Help.
And it is the same story all the way
down the line except in the Mayor's of
fice.' '
For McClellan has utterly Ignored Gay
nor, despite the fact that when he (Mc
Clellan) went to the City Hall, Mayor
Low extended him every courtesy.
The Mayor has not found it convenient
to observe the long-established custom.
and send a letter to Mr. Gaynor, inviting
him to attend the remaining sessions of
the Board of Estimate and Apportion
ment. Politicians are freely discussing
the matter, but none is able to explain
why McClellan has not followed the prece
dent. He has refused' to make any state
ment on the matter and Judge Gaynor is
equally non-communicative.,.
That the incoming executive has very
little use for his predecessor is shown by
the fact that when he recently desired
information as to the city's debt limit,
Gaynor sent a letter to Controller Metx.
Many citizens are wondering why he did
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INSANE, WHOSE SPECTACULAR COURSE HAS REACHED CLIMAX IN DISAPPEARANCE,
AND HIS WIPE
MR. AS D . MRS.
Mortgage of $100,000 Given to Help
Shirtwaist-Makers and
Suffragists.
-JBW TORK, Dec. 19. Mrs. O. H. P.
Belmont demonstrated early today: that
she has the interest of ' the working
women at heart. Three o'clock " this
morning found " her In the night court,
awaiting the " disposition of the cases' of
four women shirtwaist workers charged
with disorderly conduct in connection
with the strike.
. Several lawyers were retained by Mrs.
Belmont to defend the strikers, but with
the approach of morning they had dis
appeared, and, when the girls-were called
to the bar, no one was present to appear
for them.
Mrs. Belmont here stepped into the gap
and offered ball for the girls, tendering
her home In Madison avenue as security.
"Is your home worth $800?" inquired
Magistrate Butts, in routine' manner and
tone.
"I think it is," replied Mrs. Belmont.
"It is valued at 1400,000, ., but I think
there may be a mortgage upon it for
$100,000, which I raised to help the shirt
waist strikers and the women suffrage
movement."
The seourity was accepted.
COOK WITHIN EASY CALL
Friends of Explorer Bejieve He Is at
Chriotiansand, Norway.
NEW TORK, Dec. 19. Intimate friends
of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who are on
pins and needles, pending the decision on
his data at Copenhagen, said tonight that,
intheir belief, Dr. Cook is at the home
of a friend in Christiansand, Norway,
within easy call of Copenhagen.
It is thought that Dr. Cook left this
country on the steamer United States,
which sailed Thanksgiving day. Walter
Lonsdale, the explorer's secretary, is
known to have sailed on the vessel.
NAPLES, Dec. -19. The rumor spread
here today that Dr. Cook was aboard the
steamer Saxonla and a crowd formed at
the wharf to greet him.
The captain of the Saxonla said he had
been notified that Dr. Cook Intended to
cross on his steamer, but was detained,
and asked the company to transfer his
ticket to the Carmania.
SATOLLI SERIOUSLY ILL
Relapse . Follows . Improvement and
Symptoms Are Alarming.
ROME! Dec. 19. Cardinal Satolli, who
recently suffered a relapse from nephritis,
was slightly .Improved this morning and
insisted upon a chaplaiji celebrating mass
in the sick room. He also took com
munion. His condition this afternoon was much
worse. ' Alarming symptoms developed
and there was some delirium. Grave fears
are entertained for the -cardinal's recov
ery. Many telegrams of Inquiry have
been received from America. -
LINERS SWEPT BY GALES
Hurricanes From Eastward Delay
Voyages to Enrope.
LONDON, Dec. 19. Incoming trans-
Atlantic liners report terrific weather. The
Carmania, New Tork and Amerika ar
riving at Queenstown and Plymouth re
spectively, today, were all greatly de
layed.
Four days out -they met hurricanes from
the eastward, with mountainous seas,
which continued until Saturday night.
WILLIAM WATSON.
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After Boer War Watson
Broke Down. '
TWICE CONFINED IN ASYLUM
Second Attack Follows Period
of Storm and Stress.
EGOISM - ALWAYS MARKED
Like Nietzsche and Sjmons, Later
Insane, Watson's Self-Confidence
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Strong Characteristic Won
derful Poem Follows Illness.
NEW TORK, Dec. 19. (Special.) Will
lam Watson, poet of genius, who, accord
ing to his brother, Robinson Watson, is
suffering from mental aberration, is still
in seclusion, and all efforts to discover
the place of his retreat, or incarceration,
have been unavailing.
Robinson Watson's declaration that his
brother was unsound mentally has but
confirmed the suspicion that has been
gaining ground here steadily for the past
fortnight. Vague whispers that the man
who wrote the "Woman with the Ser
pent's Tongue," that called forth a storm
of protest for its violation of all the un
written laws of English hospitality in
heaping insult on the Asqulths, mother
and daughter, who had entertained the
poet in their home, became gradualy less
vague that Watson was Insane.
Aked Intimates Insanity.
Dr. Charles F. Aked, pastor of the
Fifth-Avenue Baptist Church, which Is
popularly called "Rocke feller's Church,"
Intimated Insanity as a reason tor the
famous poem. - Others, following his
lead, took up the discussion, until it came
generally to be believed that the rarely
gifted man was laboring under a mild
form of insanity that was responsible for
the attack made, in his poenu . -
Then Robinson Watson cams out with
the admission that his brother once be
fore had become Insane for a time after
the stress of the great mental effort re
quired In writing "Lachrymae Musarum,"
which he gave to the world on the death
of Lord Tennyson, in 1892.
Story of First Insanity Told.
- The statement of his brother, Robinson
Watson, of Montreal, that the poet was
insane 17 years ago is borne out by the
following account, in part, of his mis
fortune, from the St. James Gazette of
London of December's, 1892:
"John William Watson, the poet
whose "Lachrymae Musarum' upon the
death of Lord Tennyson and other lyrical
works have recently attracted much at
tention,' was yesterday brought before
Aldermen Wellman and Cantrell at the
Windsor Guild Hall upon the charge of
being a dangerous" lunatic'
. Love. Affair Responsible.
"About 12 years ago Mr. Watsonmet
with a disappointment in a love affair and
this induced for a time a strong suicidal
mania. The care and attention of his
friends, combined with a visit to Algiers,
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Winners During Aviation Week Will
Divide Small Fortunes in
Airship Contests.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 19. (Special.)
More than SSO.0O0 in prizes will be
awarded to winners of events during
Aviation week.
The prizes at the international aviation
meet at Rhelms aggregated less than
$40,000. '
The prizes have been apportioned by the
merchants and manufacturers' committee.
in charge of Aviation week, aS follows:
For aeronauts. Including aeroplanes,
H5.500; for spherical balloons. 122.500; for
dirigible airships, 113,100; total, SO,800
Elaborate rules have been formulated
lor the government of the Judges, but in
general the following Classification will
be made: There will be prizes for speed,
for duration of time in the air, for high
est altitude attained and for longest
flights. These will apply particularly to
aeroplanes.
In the balloon division, prizes will be
awarded on the basis of distance. This
particular contest is likely to be as in
teresting as any other, for most of the
balloons entered should be able to clear
the California stae line, and under favor
able air conditions, may go as far as the
Rocky Mountains.
Dirigible balloons also will be judged
largely on the ability of their operators
to keep them going over a long distance.
BOYS IN BLUE REMEMBERED
Every Soldier and Sailor to Get
Christmas Feast This Year.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Every sol
dier and sailor In the service of the
United States will celebrate Chrjstmas
at the expense of the Government.
The Government will give the 17,000
sailors of the Atlantic battleship fleet
an unusually fine spread at New York.
Last year the fish of the sea cheat
ed the bluejackets out of the dinner de
signed for them. It happened that the
Navy Department had sent out ahoard
the steamer Republic a large quantity
of cranberries, nuts, apples, turkeys and
other Christmas dainties, valued at
61,191 for the battleship fleet at Gib
raltar, then on its cruise around the
world.
- The Republic and the Christmas din
ners sank after a collision.
A policy has been adopted In the Navy
of taking the bluejackets periodically to
some big port where they may enjoy
life to the fullest. The British navy of
ficials, claim to have discovered that
after such periods of hilarity the
sailor Is more contented at sea.
In the Army special dinners will be
served at garrisons and posts.
NEW FOOTBALL DISCUSSED
Ios Angeles Man Would Combine
Rngby and American Game.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dee. 19. (Spe
cial.) A" new American football, which
combines all the advantages of the Rugby
and intercollegiate games now played in
this country, is the Idea of Fat Kigglns,
a well-known Los Angeles football star.
Higgins Expects to organize two teams
to play the new game, and by trying out
all the combinations and plays which he
has devised, to evolve a set of rules su
perior to anything heretofore adopted.
By demonstrations from actual play he
expects to obtain an entirely new game
that will solve the present foot ft! 1 prob
lem. To bring thla plan to the attention of the
intercollegiate rules committee, Higgins
last night sent an Invitation to Walter
Camp, Inviting a delegation to come to
Los Angeles and Investigate the new
game aijd co-operate in its development.
If it proves satisfactory, Higgins antici
pates united action by all football con
ferences and associations.
ELKS' CLUBCALLED BAR
Twenty-Five Lawyers to Defend
Brethren Arrested In Reno. ' '
RENO, Nev., Dec. 19. (Special.) There
Is much comment concerning the trial of
the Elks which will occur tomorrow af
ternoon. Every lawyer In this city who
Is an Elk has tendered his services to
the Elks lodge and every effort will be
made to have the Elks who were arrested
declared not guilty. . More than 25 law
yers will appear to defend H. J. Cosse,
S. M. Sample and J. ; M. McCormick, the
Elks who have been arrested on the
charge of conducting a bar without license.
One lawyer said today that the dispens
ing of liquor In the Elks' Club does not
amount to a sale, as all the Elks own
the liquor, and what they pay for the
liquor served to them Is used to replenish
etock.
City Attorney McDowell declares that
he believes he will be able to convict the
Elks and compel the club to pay a license.
The action of the city has created an
uproar.
SMOKER BURNED TO DEATH
Bathrobe Catches Fire as He
Lounges in SitUng-Room.
MEDIA, Fa., Dec. 19. Thomas Valen
tine Cooper, a member of the Pennsyl
vania Legislature from Delaware County
and formerly collector "of the Port of
Philadelphia, was burned to death at his
home today.
When smoking a cigar in the sitting
roof of his home he either fell asleep or
suffered a paralytic stroke. His bathrobe
caught fire and he was dead before the
flames were discovered by his family.
Vote of Brotherhood Is
Unanimous.
RAISE IS 5 TO 40 PER CENT
Lines Affected Employ About
75,000 Men. .
COURSE IS NOT INTIMATED
Railroads Have Been Expecting This
Move and Are Preparing to Meet
Demand When It Shall Be
Made Larger Systems Hit.
PITTSBURG. Dee. 19.-The Brother
hood of 'Railway Trainmen Monday will
serve notice on 75 railroad companies
east of the Mississippi River, that an
increase in wages wl"l be demanded
of from 5 to 40 per cent. W. G.. Lee,
National president of the brotherhood,
tonight refused to intimate what action
would be taken in case the demand is
refused. It is said the recent refer
endum vote of the trainmen regarding
the demand for an increase resulted in
a practically unanimous vote in Its fa
vor. About 7S.000 members of the brother
hood are employed on the railroads
affected.
ROADS PLANNING FOR TROUBLE
Proposed Increase Demand Affects
AH Large Systems of East.
NEW TORK, Dec. 19. The acUon of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, -as
announced in Pittsburg today, was
not unexpected in New York.
Knowing that the referendum vote was
being taken, railroad heads are preparing
to meet the situation, and several con
ferences have been held within the last
two weeks looking to a settlement of the
difficulties.. ...
Involving, as it does; all the great
lines in the Bast, it will be Impossible
to predict what course ' each road will
pursue, but It is probable that the roads
will stand together on the broader Issues
at stake.
TELEGRAPHERS FOR STRIKE
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Big Four Employes Finish Referen
dum Vote.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 19. With a refer
endum vote of telegraphers in the employ
of the Big Four Railway completed to
night, J. J. Dermody, fourth vice-president
of the Order of Railway Telegraphy
(Concluded on Page 5.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 40
degrees; minimum. degrees.
TODAY'S Threatening wetner with light
ram or snow; easterly ivinos.
foreign.
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Jose Madrix acclaimed by people of Man
agua; Estrada refuses landing; of peace
envoy. Page 4.
Fear of antl-foreisn riots in China drives
away American tourists. Paga 1.
King Leopold's body In state, thousands pay
last homage. Page 3.
fttcaragu&n Insurgents may demand pitched
and decisive battle within week. Page 4-
Chinese court In turmoil over efforts of
two women to be Empress Dowager.
Page 4.
National.
Senate awaits Taft's consent to begin Ba.ll-inger-Pinchot
investigation. Page 3.
Collector Loeb approves payment to Rich
ard Parr of moiety in sugar fraud
cases; may reach $1,000,000. Page 4.
Domestic
Frederick F. Kellner, Jr., -of Louisville, fol
lows in vain clews of missing daughter.
Page 2.
Mrs. O. H. P- Belmont pledges 9400,000
home as bail for girls on strike. Page 1.
Golden State Limited hits curve too fast in
Arizona; two dead, many hurt. Page S.
William Watson, English poet, saidi to be
' Insane; has been in asylum twice . be
fore. . Page 1- ...
New York sees gigantic "money trust" as
outgrowth of recent alliances. Page 1.
Runaway girl of 17 arrested with man of
40 after trip Seattle to San Francisco.
Page 3.
Cold wave covers wide area. Page 12.
Employes of 75 Eastern roads will demand
wage increase of 5 to 40 per cent. Page 1.
Los Angeles will give $80,000 in prizes
aviation week. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Fern Hill residents of Tacorai, In mass
meeting, protest 10-cent fare. Page 5.
Union Pacific to route freight through to
Puget Sound after January. Page 12.
War between Walla Walla and Pendleton,
with photographs as weapons, outgrowth
of anti-saloon campaign. Page 5.
Body of woman severed by car found In
Seattle lake; Coroner believes she was
murdered. Page 5.
Sports.
DesoUe warning that he may be classed
professional in future, O'Brien will boa.
as scheduled, tonight. Page P.
Portland boxer to go against fast San Fran
cisco lad Tuesday night. Page 8.
Baseball fans favor removal of Long as
league secretary. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland I. W- W. members give money to
aid cause In Spokane, page 14.
Red Cross stamp sale reaches total of
700.000; $10,000 needed for work. Page 14.
Evangelist at Silverton. says Ingersoll re
canted, agnostics are wroth. Page 9.
Police believe professional highwayman
guilty of five of last week's dozen "hold
up" crimes; Chief Cox offers personal re
ward. Page 12.
Vancouver completely changed in appear
ance by building activity. Page 13-
State Bacteriologist reports Salem water
tmpurecausing fever epidemic. s Faga
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