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ft T OFFICERS OF NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL IN SESSION, AND GIRL WHO WAS STAR WITNESS YESTERDAY FARMERS SAY "WE Tit Owl Cut Rate Drug Department Y- BE IDENTIFIED 'T GET IT Mr fv Lena Cavender, of Topeka, Kan., Corresponds to DescriDtion. Leaders of Equity Society At tribute High Prices to Dealers. THE JrORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1910. AMALPAIS VICTIM DON -1 1 It IT l I ? , : 1 f V ! I ' - - - I i i MISSING SINCE SEPT. 25 rather Telegraphs She Had $1000 With Her and Police Think This May Account for Murder Vltli View of Robbery. SAX FRANTISCO. Feb. 7. (Special. ) "Was L.2na Cavender. of Topeka. Kan., the woman whocJe skeleton was found last Friday on the slope of Mt'Junt Tamalpais? Does any one know where Lena Cavender i today? An Associated Press dispatch received this morning from the Kansas capital reads: 'Green Cavender. who lives here at S15 North Kansas avenue, believes the bo of the woman found on Mount Tamalpais. near San Francisco on Friday, is that of his duKhter. Miss Lena Cavender. who went to the Coast last September from St. Joseph, Mr. "Her father heard from her on Septem ber 25. and she then wrote from Seattle tiiat she was poing away and asked th family not to write to her. She had $1-300 In money when she left Topeka and in tended to En to Africa as a missionary. "The description of the body found In California tallies with that of Miss (lavender. She was 40 years old and had been a teacher in Xebrsk." Police Trace Miss Cavender. Acting upon this information, the po lice have communicated with the steam ship companies at Seattle and with the missionary societies in that city, trying to trace the movements of Miss Cavender from the date on which she last com municated with her father until the time of the difcovery that a murder had been committed on the Tamalpals "Hogback" and that the victim' was a woman answering the general description of Lena Cavender. After receiving this information. Cap tain Anderson immediately wired the To-' peka police for a more accurate descrip tion of Lena Cavender something definite as to her wearing apparel and Jewelry, and complete details of her life and trip across the continent, covering the time lip to the date of her disappearance. A detective was instructed to make a tour nf the hotels and lodging-houses of San Francisco to learn whether Lena Caven fler ever reached this city. Color was given to the belie! that Hie victim of the Tamalpals murder i-s the daughter of Green Cavender from the statement In the dispatch that she had with her a thousand dollars In money, and the fact that an arm of the skeleton and a purse were missing when the body was found. On the theory that Miss Cavender was the victim of a murdern. the police believe that after writing to her' father In September last she came to San r'rancisco hy way of Portland; and that, upon arriving here, she. like the ma jority of touristR. took the trip to Tamalpals and was there murdered for the money she carried. An examination of the marks on the clothes which en veloped the skeleton showed the trade mark of the Spencer Company, of Port land, Or., on the coat hanger of a tailor-made suit of blue ladies' cloth. Clothes Do Not Identify. So far the police have been unable to identify the murderer's victim by the hat or shoes, although they -have got Into communication with both the Spencer and the Rosenthal companies and are satisfied the garments and the footgear were bought at those places. The jewelry found with the skeleton shows a surer way to settle the matter. It consisted of a Seth Thomas watch, made an years ago. with keystone case, ra.se numbered 2,161.149: works num bered l()!i.r20 : repair number 1089-W.; number on rim 61.1411. Neck chain from J. Lynch & Co.. an Kastern mall order house. Imitation tortoise shell back comb with Imitation, amethyst. A gold washed filigree bracelet, with stones. It is presumed by the police, lacking any Information of this subject from the father of Miss Cavender. that this Jewelry was worn by her when she left Topeka. In the case of the watch, par ticularly, they are certain that if it be- longed to the daughter of the Topekan, lie will able to identify the other trinkets found with the skeleton. Pending the receipt of further informa tion from Cavender and from Seattle and Portland, the police are still working hard to clear up the mystery. They do not take it for granted, of course, that Miss Calender was the victim, although her failure to communicate with her .father since last September Is another strong impaction that some dive misofr tune must have befallen her. In an effort to secure other claims. Coroner Sawyer is having washed today the clothes which enveloped the skeleton, with a view to discovering any other marks that might lead to establishing the identity of tho murdered woman. It is possible that Iena Cavender is still some where alive and that the skeleton is that Ml some other unfortunate. Walter T. Solenbergcr. of Mill Valley, reported today to Coroner Sawyer that last Summer he saw a young woman fitting In almost every detail the descrip tion of the dead woman, start up Hog back trail eacii aSturday morning for eight weeks. "She looked as though she might be a school teacher." said Solenberger. "She was always reading a letter as she walked by my houee and started up the trial. .ird seemed so absorbed in it that she paid no attention to any one and never slopped as she passed. I would say that she was one of those peosons who like to take long walks and are nature-lovers. It ap;eared that she made it a regular practice to lake the walk on Saturdays." Conorncr Sawyer arranged to go up the trail thu afternoon to get the rock with which the woman's skull is supposed to havae been i. rushed. The little knoll on which the. skeleton w;ls found might well have Nn chosen as a place to rest and it is considered probable that she might have been attacked and killed while she was continuing her reading or writing on the beautiful spot which overlooked the bay. Athletic Prizes Are Loot. ORANGE. X. J.. Feb. 7. The police hero are looking for a clever thief who has a penchant for athletic trophies. He secured it) gold medals, a gold watch and a man tel full of silver eups from the home of Ovdice Bianchi, who is a graduate of New York University and was a winner Ht many Intercollegiate and club athletic '.Jicelei. lude t.illH-rl Presides in South. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 7. The United States iivuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit convened in this city lodav. Judge Wiiltair. B. Silbcrt, of Portland. Or., pritf fcf 4 S S : X :.tt .: ' - . ' . te- , " O . - 1 3L SHOOT RULES NEW Many Changes Made for Na tional Meet WORD "PISTOL" PASSES Military Parlance Hereafter to Be "Revolver" at Camp Perry. Many Changes in Kules as to Range and Firing. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. As a result of the recommendations of the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, which have been approved by the Secre tary of War. the National rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, which will be held beginning Monday, August 22. will pre sent many new features of gTeat interest to the shooting profession. The National Board met in Washington in January, with 19 of the 21 members present. It was agreed that the restrictions in regard to preliminary shooting on the range. In iforce last year, should be rescinded. The matches of the Ohio State Rifle As sociation and the National Rifle Asso cition of America, will be held prior to the National matches under arrange ments to be made between these asso ciations and the War Department. The Ohio authorities tendered the use of Camp Perry range and equipment, and the board gave a vote of thanks to the Governor for the same. The equipment includes the messhall, and this year it Is expected the mess will be placed under the direction of a Rpgular Army officer. Congress appropriating $12,000 for the mossing of the competitors. Colonel R. K. Evans, who has been executive officer of the last thre Na tional matches, has been selected by Sec retary Dickinson as executive officer for 3910, and the rules were amended to pro vide for two assistant executive officers, one of them to be from the .organized militia. A great advance was made in ,the rules governing the Tlistances and the shooting in the matches. The 800-yard range was cut out entirely from the National team and individual matches. Instead of the rapid fire being on a bullseye target, target D" will be sub stituted for target "A." . Target "D" carries the figure of a man prone, and a shot in the figure will count 5, a shot below the figure 4 and others 3 and 2. The competitors will be lined up and fire by odd and even numbers, the former firing first. The pieces will be loaded, and when all are ready a signal will be given and the targets will rise and remain in position for 20 seconds, and then disappear. As the targets come up the competitors will sink to the ground, with one knee on the ground and an elbow on the other knee. The five shots must be fired or otherwise each unexpended cartridge will count as a miss, and firing may bo continued from the time the target appears until it disappears. Any com petitor having a defective cartridge, a disabled piece or more than five hits on his target must fire again. Only "battle sights" may be used in rapid fire. An important change of a technical character has been made by the National board in substituting the word "revolver' for the word "pistol" wherever found in the rules. This marks the passing of the "pistol" from military shooting. The am munition for the National revolver match will be selected on the same lines as that for the rifle matches. The classification in the National team match will be the same as last year but based on the resoilta of 1909. No change was made in the prize list but the provi sion requiring the team making fifth place to drop two men and the sixth team to drop one man was stricken out. SILETZ LAND TO BE SOLD Interior Department to Hold Auc tion Indians to Get Money. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The Senate haft passed a bill authorizing the sale of the Slletz Indian lands, reserved by the treaty of 1892, approved by Con gress in 1894. The bill proposes the sale of the lands by public auction or sealed bids, as the Secretary of the Interior may pre scribe, the proceeds to be divided among the Indians. Lands containing water power sites are reserved from the provisions of the bill. The Klamath Chamber of Commerce has asked to have the allotments of K lamath Indian lands completed, so that provision may be made for the opening and settlement of the remain ing lands. YVajte Compromise Reached. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. The board of arbi trators in the wage controversy between the Illinois' Central Railroad and the union telegraphers reached an agreement today. The finding will be made public tomorrow. Iletzler Elected Itoad President. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. Howard G. Hetzler whs elected president of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railway today. v .W1' IP m4 TO" f 4- Mi g ; .eaify maimiiMi y.M MIIHI MuimffT I Ml II I II I HJ ' : lis - ' ' W"K - mm - - if ' - " f 5 ' "MISS DOROTHV HKSLER. HARSH WORD USED Navy Surgeon Pleads Guilty to One Charge at Trial. DOCTOR DENIES FLIRTING Covtles Says He Sought to Meet Miss Hesler Merely to Show Her Way to Party Given at Wife's Home. CContinued From First Page.) - ho had. but that it was none of Robnett's business whether be returned it. He dented ' that he used violent lan guage to Dr. Cowles, but admitted ho did nee the epithet Tr. Cowles had men tioned. This -was after Dr. Cowles had called him a "cur." He did not threaten Dr. Cowles. and at the dance he prom ised Miss Hesler that he would not say p.nything to Dr. Cowles. Miss Hesler Shows Ring. Mies Hesler took the witness stand, and. flashing a diamond ring in the eyes of the court, declared that she Jiad been engaged to Dr. Robnett since November and that Dr. Cowles not only tried to meet her, but wanted to send her flowers and candy. Miss Hesler eeid she ap pealed to Dr. Robnett to save her from Dr. Cowles and that the incident fol lowed. Tomorrow there will be arguments and by Wednesday the findings of the court will be wnt to Washington. AILING SAVED FROM FIRE Savannah Hospital Burns, Uncon scious Patients Rescued. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Feb. 7. Fire this afternoon destroyed a portion of the Park View Sanitorlum. a private hos pital containing a large number of pa tients. At3 o'clock the fire was under control and all the patients reported safe. A number were carried' from the burn ing building unconscious. 'BOOSTERS'" TOUR ENDED Hoseburg Commercial Club Con cludes Douglas County Visit. OAKIAXD. Or.. Feb. 7. Saturday saw the conclusion of the Roseburg Commercial Club tour of Douglas Coun ty. The delegation of business men reached Oakland Saturday - afternoon from Sutherlin. and was met at tile sta tion by the reception committee. The ' f O I Roseburg business men declared that Oakland was the cleanest city they had inspected, and that her residences, yards and fences were in better repair than others. After touring the nearby surrounding country, the delegates and a number of Oakland's prominent citizens sat down to another txirkey dinner. Kine turkeys are raised all over Dougles County and each place visited entertained with a turkey dinner. More turkey shipments are said to originate at and around Oakland than from any other point in the United States. The Oakland Development League held a special mass meeting at the Oddfellows- Hall in the evening and listened to Publicity Manager Darby Richard Bon expound his advertising plans. The Roseburg business men returned home on the Saturday midnight train. On February 16 Douglas County day will be celebrated at Roseburg, and the citizens of each town on the Southern Pacific Railroad are arranging for special cars. An old-fashioned barbecue din ner ill be served at 6 o'clock. Dr. An drew C. Siriith, of Portland, has been asked to deliver an address on good roads and Messrs. A. H. Carson, of Grants Pass, and E. L. Smith, of Hood River, have been invited to lecture on "Fruit Lands; Scientific Methods of Planting and Culti vation, etc." STOCKS TUMBLE AGAIN ANOTHER DAY OF IXEXPLAIXED WEAKNESS SEEX OX 'CHANGE. Steel Common Drops to 7 5 3-8, Loss of 4 5-8 Points Over Closing of Saturday's Market. NEW TOR K, Feb. 7. This was another day of extreme and almost unexplained weakness on the Xew York Stock Ex change. Stocks tumbled steadily throughout the session under the pressure of enormous liquidation, accentuated by lack of sup port. Despite the absence of specific rumors of a disquieting nature, quota tions broke through the low records of last week and having new low levels, not of the year alone, but also for the period dating as far back as the boom of last Summer. Although not the center of decline, Steel common dropped today to To3. a loss of 4 points over" the closing price of Saturday and over 5 points over the quotations of a month back. The selling of copper shares was tre mendous, American Smelting common dropping to 774, Amalgamated Copper, to 713s; Anaconda, to 46: Utah Cooper, to 44. Reading fell an even five points: Union Pacific dropped 4; Southern Pa cific 4. while losses throughout the active Epeculative list ranged from two to six points. Took All Hi Money. Often all a! man earns goes to doctors or for medicines, to cure a Stomach. Liver or Kidney trouble that Dr. King's New Life Pills would quickly cure at slight cost. Best' for Dyspepsia, Indi gestion, Biliousness, Constipation, Jaun dice. Malaria and Debility. 25c at all druggists. The maiden name of Nassau street. New York City, was pie Woman's lane. It was opened in 1690 hy a man named Kay. wno obtained the right to make it & cartway to what Is now City Hall Pari FIGURES SHOW CONTRAST Padding Put In Prices After Prod- . ucts Leave Farm Dairymen Ex- act Share by . Inaugurating Pxycott in Middle West. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. (Special.) "The fanners are not responsible for the htfeh prices of food," was the statement today of C. O. Drayton, of Indianapolis, presi dent of the National "Union, American Society of Equity. , "The farmer receives little more than he did before the prices of foodstuffs soared- to the skies. From hogrs to ap ples this is true. In every particular is the farmer taking all the risk of produc tion and g-etting only a moderate price for his output "The dealers are the ones who are responsible for the high cost of living and we propose to show that it cannot be laid at 'the door of the farmer said Mr. Drayton before the convention of the Milk Producers Association. The dele gates are meeting with the determination to form a National organization for the protection of the farmer in his dairy and other products. Farmor Gets 7 3 Cents, Dealer $1.50. "I am here to give facts." said Mr. Drayton. "Let the responsibility rest where it belongs, but it doesn't belong on the farmer's shoulders' One of these facts cited was the price of $1 and less paid to the farmer for JftOS wheat and Its rise to $1.50 when it reached the hands of the speculators. "Why, one of my correspondents continued Mr. Drayton, "sold 2000 bushels of 1908 crop for 73 cents, and that pa me wheat after ward soared to the $1.50 mark.' Senator "VV. F. Rondebrison, repre senting the Trl-State Dairy Association of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, told the delegates how the organization which he represents managed to bring the dealers into line. Big Profit to Milk Dealers. "We found." said Mr. Rondebrison, "that the producers of this territory were getting but 9 or 10 cents a gallon for milk that the dealers were selling for 8 cents a quart, and it looked -as if it were time- to go to work, so wo did. We formed our association and these dealers paid no attention to our demands, eo we didn't send any milk to market. "We kept this up all during the month of August, until the buyers saw that we meant business and they offered us from 14 to 16 cents a, gallon, so we began marketing our milk again. "I find that the average producer all over the country now gets 14 cents in the Winter and 11 cents in the Summer, so you can see for younse-lves who gets the profit at 8 cents a quart to the con sumer FOOD FIGHT TEST NOW OX Crusade on High Prices Has Become Endurance Dispute. XEW YORK, Feb. 7. With extreme cold weather tending to drive quota tions up and the first wave of enthusi asm in the crusade against the high food prices receding, the campaign in metropolitan territory settled down to day to something like an endurance contest. The week opened, however, with pros pects of trouble for the combines al leged to be illegally keeping up rates for necessaries of life through misuse of cold storage and other means. New York and New Jersey renewed activities in the campaign. Attorney General O'Malley. of New York state, is credited with the intention to invoke an old injunction against the packing companies granted in the Supreme Court in 1902 and forbidding them from fixing meat prices and preventing com petition by agreement as to rates and supply. . Regulative ordinances introduced In the New York Board of Aldermen and aimed practically at cold storage evils are to be pressed for passage. In New Jersey the Hudson County Grand Jury today continued its inquiry Into the business of the great storage warehouse of Jersey City. PORTLAND FIRM HAS SOLUTION Plan Would Permit U. S. Official to Make Prices Temporarily, OLYMPIA, Wrash.. Feb. 7. The. Hazle wcod Company, of Portland and Spokane, has submitted to Governor Hay and by the executive to the Secretary of Agricul ture, at Washington, D. C, a suggestion resulting from the high cost of living dis cussion which is out of the ordinary. The suggestion is in the following letter to the Governor, which has been forwarded to Secretarj" Wilson at the National cap ital: As our Xational Government has decided to investigate the cost of living, particular ly that part pertaining to the distribution of food products, and as it Is desirable that this investigation should be of the fullest extent and undoubtedly will cover the entire country, we would like to submit a propo sition which, would be briefly as follows: That the United States Senate or Secre tary of Agriculture, or both, select their representative and put him in charge of the '.Hazel wood plants, be to dictate the prices of our company for HO days, or, if thought better, for one year. .Vs our different plants throughout the Northwest do in the neighborhood of $2,000, uoo worth of busi ness a year of strictly food products that enter into the actual cost of living, we be lieve that ours would be one of the best in this section of the country to demonstrate what is right In the way of profits, the ex- AND CALLING CARDS W.G. SMITH & CO MUASH ING TON BLWrn WASHINGTON WHEN Rl'BKKRX BECOME NECESSARY and your shoes pinch, shake into your rhoet Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart ing, sweating feet, and takes the sting out of coma and bunions. Just the thing for pat ent leather shoes, dancing narties and for "Breaking in Xew shoes. Many people can not wear heavy stockings comfortably with out shaking Allen's Font-Rase into th shoes, gold everywhere. 2"c Sample j-'REB. Address Allen Olmsted. l4e Bv w.. L.1 a t accept any substitute. Merchandise of Merit Only 1 5 th Anniversary Sale yggg Corsets The Nemo people have celebrated their fifteenth business birthday by bringing out the greatest corset they have yet produced. It's a "Self-Reducing" model; and its big new feature is a most ingenious figure-reducing device called the iastiKops iiandiet. 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It's a great value SIMPLY AS A CORSET, and you don't pay a cent extra for this invaluable new feature. Full Lines of Nemos for Every Figure $2 to $10 New Spring Suits and Waists Arriving Daily New Hats for Early Wear JustReceived Beautiful Novelty Wash Fabrics Exquisite Silks Are Now Displayed Choicest St. Gall Embroideries on Sale New Swell Mannish Shirt Waists Immense Assortment of Valentines A NEW BOOK BY AMELIA RIVES THE COUNTRY OF SLENDER SWORDS The New Petticoat Flounces Are one of the latest inventions for the benefit of woman kind in general. .Women who are in the habit of making their own petti coats and choosing individual materials for the flounces will delight in this innovation which is attracting wide atten tion in our Lining Store. The wonder is that someone has not thought of this practical idea before. ' These new flounces or ruffles come in several attractive styles and of various materials. They are easily attached to the skirts. . Of percaline at 65c each. Of sateen at 85c each. , Of peau de soie, $1.25. pense of operating a buatneas, the prices that should be paid to the farmers, and the prices consumers should pay for food prod ucts delivered. Joint South Pole Trip Decided- Today WASHINGTOIN. Feb. 7. Whether the IS. Altmmt $c (En. HAVE NOW READY THEIR SPRING AND SUMMER CATALOGUE. No. 101, OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S GARMENTS. ETC A COPY WILL BE MAILED UPON APPLICATION JJFiftli jkmxws, 341Ij atui 35tl? Btrttts. Km $nrk. $5 5CLT-REDUCIND BANDLET. National Geographic Society shall accept the offer of the Peary Arctic Club of New York and join in a joint expedition for the discovery of the South Pole with the steamer Roosevelt will be decided tomorrow afternoon by tho board of di rectors of the Geographic Society.