THE 3IORNIXG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 14. 1910. CRISIS IN STRIKE REACHED TODAY Pellard Suits MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY Pellard Suits TWELVE-YEAR-OLD PORTLAND LAD, SUPPOSED POSSESSOR OF OCCULT POWER, AND HIS MOTHER TALK OF STRANGE HAPPENINGS. Tailored Suits for Misses and Little Women Union Leaders Demand Neces sities of Life Dispensers Quit. Lipman, Wolfe & Co. leadership in wearing apparel for misses and little women is attained by keeping in close touch with styles, designs ' and fashions for their particular demand. The vogue for simplicity in these suits, expressly for young girls is exemplified by our showing of new Spring garments. OPEN SHOP, FIRM DEMANDS Arbitration Is Considered Natural Method of Settling the Trouble, But Railroad Men Declare the Union Must Be Recognized. PHILADELPHIA. March 13. In order to strengthen the sympathetic etrike, the Central Labor Union today directed, that all milkmen, bakers, grocery clerks and other dispensers of the necessities of life remain away from work tomorrow and until the grievances of the striking carmen are adjusted. This means the reaching of the crisis in the strike whether or not this latest call is obeyed. Attracted by a fire In a boxcar on a railway siding In Kensington a crowd of several thousand persons collected late today. Small boys threw stones at some of the police and later the windows of a number .of cars were broken. Aside from this outbreak, cars were run without molestation and there were more cars in operation than on any other Sunday since the strike began. The police and the traction company officials agreed in the statement that the situation is' Improving hourly. The rough element that the company hired when the strike began Is being weeded out and a better class of men now operate the cars. Fares Show Strike Breaking. "And we are getting the fares, too," declared an official. "Where two weeks ago 300.000 fares were collected in one day, yesterday 750.000 fares were turned In. This is. of course, accounted for, In part, by the fact that we are running more cars and people are using them more freely." The settlement of the strike is still uppermost In the minds of citizens in Philadelphia. Nearly everybody consid ers arbitration as the natural method, but the company insists there is nothing to arbitrate. The officials and directors stick to their original declaration that the union will not be dealt with and they are appar ently just as determined today as they were three weeks ago. Officials of the union are just as de termined that no settlement will be ac cepted that does not include-full recog nition of the union. Company Demands "Open Shop." The company offers to take strikers back and does not demand that they shall drop their union and membership, but insists that the union shall cut no figure in any peace negotiations. In other words, the company is for the "open shop." It Is not believed that any effort to seoure outside intervention or the medi ation of the Civic Federation or of Pres ident Taft, or of any one else, wilr bear fruit. The company officials are silent regard ing yesterday's action of the Interstate Railways Company increasing to 23 cents en hour the wages of motormen and conductors in Trenton, Reading. "Wil mington, Chester, Lebanon and Norris town. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company now pays 22 cents an hour, with promise of increase to 23 cents on July 1 to men employed more than one year. The authorities look for a big break In the ranks of the sympathetic strikers to morrow. Many have already returned to work and the police canvass, it Is said, shows thousands will do so tomorrow. A superintendent at Cramps shipyard declared today that, despite the extraor dinary efforts of the leaders, not a sin gle one of 6000 employes of the big plant walked out. According to police' information, hun dreds of the sympathetic strikers at the Baldwin J.ocomotive Works will return to work tomorrow. The bricklayers and carpenters, it is said, will resume Monday or Tuesday, and other trades will follow. ECONOMIC WARNING GIVEN Kansas Merchant Figures Drinks In Terms of Merchandise. TOPE K A, Kan., March 13. (Special.) Prohibition is a settled question in Kansas. Four years ago the saloon and the "joint" disappeared, and a year ago the drug store was barred from the sale of liquor, even for excepted purposes, as prescribed in the state constitution. One of the most striking methods yet resorted to as a warning to the regular drinker comes from a merchant in Ef fingham. Here is the proposal: "Any one who drinks three drinks of whisky a day for one year and pays ten cents a drink for it can have instead at my store: 200 pounds of granulated sugar, 25 pounds coffee, 20 pounds tea, 0 pounds prunes, 20 pounds raisins; 50 pounds rice, one barrel crackers, 100 pounds hominy, 50 cakes laundry soap, 25 cakes toilet soap, five dozen clothes pins, 20 gallons coal oil, 100 pounds salt, five pounds pepper, ten pounds fetarch. 100 pounds beets, 25 cans to matoes, ten pounds soda, 25 boxes matches, 20 cans salmon, 100 yards muslin, 100 yards calico, 50 yards ging ham. 50 yards sheeting, 50 yards outing flannel, 25 yards toweling, 50 yards lace, live pairs lace curtains, five pairs blankets, ten pairs shoes. 25 pairs hose." POLO COLLISION FATAL John Dustin Freeman Dies From In juries Received at Coronado. SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 13. John Dustin Freeman, one of the most expert ,polo players in America, died in a hos pital in this city today as a result of injuries received in a practice game at Coronado yesterday. Mr. Freeman's pony and that ridden by R. Weiss, of the Southwest Polo Club of Los Angeles, collided, and Mr. Freeman was struck on the head, sus taining concussion of the brain. Colonel Hofer Recovering. E. Hofer, the Salem editor who was Injured Saturday on the East Side throug-h being- struck by a streetcar, is reported to be improving at St. Vin cent's Hospital. His injuries are not serious and he is now regarded as be ing1 on the highroad to recovery. : .' :lk:mmmimmmmm&m:Mmm. smm-j: mmmmMm ' - i , . I -1 J ' -" 1 if' ' ' ' ERNEST HARPS. DR. GILBERT ERRS, SAYS MRS. HARPS Mother of Mysterious Bay Firm in Conviction He Is No Trickster. Is 'CONFESSION" WAS FORCED "Dr. Gilbert Peeked at Me TTntil I Was Half Crazy," Says Lad In Physician's Home Roast Is Hurled Out of Range Oven. That the supernatural manifestations attributed to Ernest Harps, the -12-year-old boy, were genuine, and di rected by an unseen power operating through the lad. is the conviction of his mother, Mrs. Anna Harps, his kins men and a score of witnesses of the occurrences who have come forward with caustic disapproval of the con clusions reached by Dr. J. Allen Gil bert. The confession Dr. Gilbert says he got from the boy was made merely to escape the rigid questioning of the in vestigator, according to an explanation the boy made yesterday, when telling of the surveillance he underwent in the physician's household. "Dr. Gilbert just pecked away at me until I was half crazy," said Ernest. "I just got sick of listening to his questions, so I told him I did every thing he said I did about smashing the dishes and things in grandma's house on Marshall street.- I told him I did not know anything about how the plas ter fell off the wall or how the table fell over in Uncle Harry's room; and I don't, either." Mother Tells Her Convictions. For the first time since the strango occurrences of last October. Mrs. Anna Harps, the lad's mother, gave out her opinions relative tg her son yesterday. "There is no question about it and 1 don't hesitate in saying I am firmly convinced that my boy has some super natural power about him," she declared.. ' am his mother and have been with him since babyhood. I think, therefore, I am in a position to know him better than any one individual or any number of people who never had seen Ernest before the occurrences noted last Fall. Quite naturally since that time I have watched every action of his closely, Things havo happened, since then which have never crept into print, and they have con vinced me beyond a doubt that he pos sesses some peculiar power." Mrs. Harps expressed considerable in dignation over the conclusions reached by Dr. Gilbert and the distorted reports of his report which appeared in a local evening paper. Investigation Is Unasked. "Why Dr. Gilbert should even hint that Ernest is a" fraud is more than I under stand," she said. "In the first place no body ever asked him to make an investi gation, but when' he took charge or Ernest for a month during my illness in November he saw things happen in his home that should warrant him in not call ing Ernest a trickster. "It was only three weeks after the strange things happened in the Marshall-street house and while Ernest was staying at Dr. Gilbert's home that a roast flew from the oven of Mrs. Gil bert's range and w-as dashed violently upon the kitchen floor. Ernest was in j the parlor at the time. Following this a ucavy uaK aiiiing laoie in me UDert home was turned upside down by some unknown force. At this time Ernest was in an adjoining room. "Both Dr. and Sirs. Gilbert were of the opinion that Ernest was account able for these manifestations. "In view of these facts, why does he get up before a body of men in his profession behind closed doors and say blandly that the boy is a fraud?" Ernest Harps will celebrate his 12th birthday on the 28th of this month. Since the first of the year he has been a pupil at the Ladd School and lives with his mother at the Valley Hotel, on Second and Main streets. He displays extraordinary intelligence for a child of his age, and evinces a keen interest In the diversity of opinions for which he is accountable. He makes little or no effort to "gain notoriety." as he has been accused, but, on the contrary, he is of a retir ing disposition. Yesterday he reluct antly recounted his participation in the manifestations and was the author of statements which lend credence to the claim that he is possessed of some uncatalogued power. "Every time the furniture dances and things begin to slide around the room," (44 1 1 : MRS. he said, "my eyes begin to hurt just as though I'm blind, then I feel like another person I can't tell what kind of a person. Then I get weak and sick, all over." He recalled a day just before Christ mas and a few days following his de parture from Dr. Gilbert's home, when he was with his mother at the Valley Hotel. On this particular day the boy told how his mother was washing dishes in the kitchen while he was in another room in the front of the build ing. They were the only two in the rooms. Ernest told how he was suddenly overcome with weakness and remained sitting silently in a chair in the front room. His mother in the kitchen in the rear had about this time filled a dishpan full of water and dishes and set It in the sink. Noting the silence of Ernest In the front room, she left her duties to speak to him. She stepped to the kitchen only long enough to call to the lad and receive a response. When she was about to return to the sink a moment later she was astonished to find the pan, water, dishes and all had been lifted bodily from the sink and deposited .upon the floor in the center of the room. Not a drop of water had been spilled nor a dish dis turbed. Mrs. Harps confirmed her son's version of this occurrence. Fraud Verdict Decried. "I was thinking of mamma washing dishes Just at the time she called me," said Ernest, in his attempt to advance a solution of the transit of the dish pan. The accusations made that the boy is responsible for various strange oc currences In the series of manifesta tions and that he used material means, are laughed at both by witnesses and by kinsmen of the boy. "W"hat object could he have in using cords, strings, wires and similar means to produce the manifestations?" they ask. "Or how could he successfully perform the feats under the close observation of a score of persons? "The boy possesses a stronger power than I do." said Professor J. E. Willey, a hypnotist who recently vieited Portland and experimented with the lad, with the consent of Mrs. Harps. Yesterday she told of the extreme methods tried by the hypnotist to place the lad under his power. After he had resorted to every method he kneVr, Professor Willey gave up. He subsequently reported his con clusions to European scientists. Dr. Gilbert's report has met with a storm of protest both from persons who witnessed the happenirgs and from the lad's relatives. "Rottenl" is the terse opinion advanced by Harry Sanders, uncle of the boy, who resides at &46 Marshall street, in the house where a dozen witnesses saw a two hour upheaval of furniture and crockery on the afternoon of October 2S last. ' Druggist Believes in Boy. "No legerdemain, no sleight-of-hand, no trickery, no bamboozling on the part of the boy, but something too deep for me," says T. E. Lyons, a druggist in Allen's Pharmacy across the street from the Marshall-street house, who witnessed the happenings. "That lemon pie proposition was enough to convince me that Dr. Gilbert is mis taken when he says Ernest Is a fraud," declared J. W. Dernbach, part owner of the Vlley Hotel, who was an eye-witness to the antics of furniture and cooking utensils on several occasions when Ern est was in the place. Mr. Dernbach, Mrs. Harps, a patron of the hotel and the Harps boy sat at the table in the dining room one evening in early November. A lemon pie soared upward in full view of the diners. In its flight it passed over their heads and fell to the floor. 'There were no strings or wires on that pie, and I know how well Ernest likes pie," said Mr. Dernbach. REINS TIED, MAN DRAGGED Team Runs Away With Plow, La Center Farmer Hurt. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 13. (Special.) With the reins tied around his shoulders while he was plowing near La Center yesterday. C. G. Smith, a farmer, was dragged 150 feet by the team, which was frightened when the singletree struck one of the animals on the leg. Smith finally freed himself from the lines. The team then raced several times around the field, dragging the plow, which was broken to pieces. Smith was badly bruised but not seri ously Injured. ST.-MARTIN'S SLAYER HELD Charge Is Reduced to Manslaughter and Bonds Fixed at $2000. STEVENSON. Wash.. March 13. (Special.) After a preliminary hear ing which began at 2 P. M. Saturday and was only concluded at midnight, Robert Brown, slayer of Isldor St. Mar tin, was held to the grand jury for trial in bonds of $2000 on a charge of manslaughter. There Is much dissatisfaction among the friends of St. Martin, who had ex pected Brown would be held on a. mur der charge. Brown is still in Jail, but hl friends say he will be bailed out Monday. ANNA HARPS. DIES IN JAIL Picked Up Injured From Street, Thrust Into Cell. NAME OF E. E. ROSS GIVEN Seattle Policeman Finds Youth in Front of Saloon and Sends Him to Hospital, but Attendants Re turn Victim to Jail. SEATTLE. March 13. E- E. Ross, a well-dressed young man 22 years old, was found dead on the floor of the re ceiving hall at the city jail by his cell mates this morning. The name of the unfortunate young man was learned from the band of his hat, but his address and occupation are unknown. From a letter taken from his person when he was booked at po lice headquarters', it appears that his parents live at Hastings, Neb. A policeman found him in front of a Second-avenue saloon Saturday even ing. He had fallen and apparently was severely injured. He was sent to po lice headquarters with the request that he be placed In the emergency hospital. The hospital attendants thought that he was intoxicated and sent him back to be locked up In the Jail, where he died, unattended, during the night. MAN FORGETS NAME, HOME Vancouver Prisoner Is Puzzle, Un able to Account for Daze. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 13. (Special.) Declaring in a whisper that he doesn't know who he is, whence he came, and unable to account for his loss of memory, a man supposed to be J. Chadwick, is detained at the City Jail here. He attempted to walk across the drawbridge over the Columbia River last night and reached the first draw when he was stopped by the watchman, who attempted to get him to go back, as no one is allowed to walk over the bridge.. The man appeared to be dazed and stood in the middle of the track. He was led to the depot, and taken to the jail. He was not drinking. When Chief- Secrist attempted to get the man to talk, he refused to reply. A pencil was placed in one hand and a sheet of paper In the other, but he took no notice and stared into vacancy. The unknown is a laborer, wears cor duroy trousers, a corduroy coat with fur collar and a blue woolen shirt. In one pocket was an employment slip from the Red Cross Employment Bureau, 20 North Second Street, Portland. It was made out February 2S to J. Chadwick, who signed a contract to go to work for Deeks & Deeks. contractors, for J2.25 a day. He Is about 35 years old. has a light mustache, and is apparently a Ger man or Scandinavian. The mysterious prisoner was in jail several hours before he was able to speak or hear. FEE REFUSED BY OLD MAN After Testifying Against Assailant He Does Not Want Money. DAYTON, Wash., March 13: (Spe cial.) "Pride and Poverty" might be the title of a little drama in real life enacted here yesterday, when Wllhelm Wiegand, 70 years old. well-known pioneer, who was assaulted and cruelly beaten by Mark Owens, a laborer, on Sunday, refused to take the t2 witness fee due him as prosecuting witness against his assailant. Tears trickled down the care-worn face of the old man and his frame shook with sobs check strawof emotion when -the two silver dollars were laid "in his hand a hand which in former years had amassed . a fortune." but which later, loosening its grip, had let the wealth slip away, but he proudly spurned the money, saying, "Please give it to the county." Judge Holman finally prevailed on the Septugenarian to take the fee and reluctantly he placed" the silver In his pocket. He was at one time United States Marshal at Laramie. Wyo., and was an intimate of General Lew Wal lace and Bill Nye. State College Is Examined. STATE COLLEGE. Pullman. Wash., March 13. (Special.) The state legis lative investigating commttee is now at Pullman, examining the student member ship records of the institution, inquir ing Into the curriculum and making a general but thorough examination of the general financial and teaching policy of the college, Howard Taylor and W. C. UN Misses ' and- Little Women's Tailored Suits In sharkskin, wale diagonal and serge, in all the pastel shades for Spring. The suits are hand - fashioned by ex pert tailors. The coats are 32 in. long and lined with Peau de . C y g n e, the skirts are made with the new plaited fashion. Our showing is very complete, the styles are exclusive. No other stores specialize in these suits. ' $30 IT Tailored Suits These suits possess distinctive style touches modeled on the identical lines of foreign examples brought over to this country for that purpose. In fabrics the range is broad, embracing every well-known material ; in colors you have the choice of all the Spring shades. For years this store has been known to give the best suit value for $25. This Spring we are certain, from observation, that our claims are again well sustained. We invite your inspection of these suits. We invite compari son. It's then that the true worth of these suits will be appreciated. We pay more for materials, more for tailoring, more for lining and finishing for these suits than any other house in the City of Portland. LaVida and W. B. sults. Miss White doesn't sell corsets. Come and have a fitting. You are not obligated to purchase. McMasters. Representatives in the House, and Seator P. L. Allen, chairman, are the represetattves of the state committee. Senator H. O. Fishback and-Representative J. C. Hubbell are absent. MILLS ADOPTING CEMENT Raymond Plants Use it for Building, Fire Danger Less. ' RAYMOND, Wash.. March 13. (Spe- The Royal Bakery and Confectionery, Inc. The Great Portland Bakery That Always Invites Inspection of Distinction Corsets Misses' Miss White, an ex pert corsetiere from New York, is demon strating W. B. a n d La Vida Corsets at our store this week. Miss White is not a s a 1 e s w oman. Her mission is different. Miss White is like a physician to a pa tient, not like a drug gist. Miss White points out to you by demonstration how properly to corset yourself in a becom ing, graceful fashion, wit hout harmful or unco m fortable re Hats with a deal of refinement and taste trimmed in our own workroom, by s o m e of our best trimmers. Shapes and frames entirely new with this season, anti, re markably becoming and stylish. Many of the hats turn off from the face or up on one side. This gives them a very chic appearance and requires only a little trimming. There is no disputing the fact that you see five hats" here to one in any other store. You could choose with your eyes shut and cial.) The Willapa Lumber Company is installing a Grand Rapids dry-kiln in a concrete house, which will make it fireproof. The building is 30x150 feet, divided into two compartments, one for dry heat and the other for wet heat. The capacity is 40,000 feet of lumber, or two cars, a day. This building had been completed, but due to the frosts before the ce ment was dry, the roof fell In and had to be rebuilt. It is expected that the kiln will be completed within three weeks. i Misses ' and- Women's Chic Shepherd Checks Pretty New Shepherd Check Suits, fashioned in strictly tailored styles. The coats modeled in the 32-inch length, with in laid collar and patent leather belt, silk lined and perfectly finished in tailoring, the skirts are full plaited. Also other styles in the very latest fashion fads for misses and little women. -$27.50-0- Selling at $25 Easter Hats $5 make no mistake. Millmen are beginning to use cement for building about their mills. Cement buildings lessen fire danger and are a great saving in the cost of insur ance. Alleged Bad Check Passed. HERMI8TON, Or., March 13. (Spe cial.) C. A. Smith. bearing several alias, was arrested here by Deputy New port and taken to Pendleton on a charge of passing forged checks. Smith is said to have passed a bad check on a grocery firm before coming to Hermtstoji.