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THE MOKXTXG OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1910.
PORTLAND
WOMAN
DESCRIBES SHOCK
Mrs. Walter S. Cooper Tells of
Terror in Cartago During
Warning Earthquake.
PEOPLE IN WILD PANIC
Sirs. K. AY. Berry Receives Letter
From Daughter Who May Be
Victim of Latest Temblor.
Other Three Weeks Ago.
Vivid description of the -warning
earthquake shock that preceded by
three weeks Wednesday's catastrophe
at Cartago, Costa Rica, is contained in
a letter to Mrs. F. W. Berry, of Port
land, from her daughter, Mrs. Walter
S. Cooper, who resides with her hus
band and children in the shaken city.
Mrs. Cooper is a Portland grirl who
married Walter S. Cooler, a clergyman
of the Church of England. The cere
mony was performed in Cartago.
For some time prior to the disaster
Mr. Cooper was in England, whither
he had gone to place two of his chil
dren in school, but hope is entertained
that he had returned to Cartago to be
with Mrs-. Cooper and the younger
children at the time of the shock. Mrs.
Berry is making efforts to get into
communication with her daughter,
fearing that they may have been vic
tims of the upheaval.
Vivid Account Given.
Mrs. Cooper's letter, which is dated
Cartago, April 14, gives a terse "and
realistic account of the panic which
followed the first shock. She says:
"Two nights ago we were sleeping;
we heard the dogs' barking furiously
In the streets and then tha most sick
ening shock came on, accompanied by
a deep, fierce, subterranean thunder. It
did not take long to light a candle and
place it on the ground and dress in
boots, etc., which I have not yet ven
tured to take off. The little girl of 12
who has been staying here since the
children left dressed, too, and I got
the old woman servant to do the same.
Feeling sure mischief was brewing
after such an ominous growl. I col
lected the children. I had just got
Ridley Into his combinations when the
walls and everything began to clatter
and walls and floor dance to and fro
as if suddenly taken possession of by
Eatan himself.
"It was as if the house, ceiling, gar
den were pulled to and fro by some
Unseen power. The subterranean noises
as of carts tearing over the stony
streets, the mountain Irazu trumpeting,
the people screaming every imagin
able noise at once. I snatched up my
terrified little son and the little girl,
Christine: I forced open the door; I
was flung out of it, down two steps
and was tossed from one side to an
other; mercifully keeping on my feet
till I was rolled to the glass door. The
shock lasted 23 seconds, they say. How
I prayed that the doors would not jam!
The little girl had the presence of
mind to snatch a thick tablecloth from
the dining-room as we passed, and I
rolled Christine in It. Various Jamai
cans joined us as we passed out into
the middle of the street, avoiding over
head wires, to a quiet side street.
Shocks Continue All Xight.
"After a time we were alone and sat
down in the dust in te middle of the
street. One Jamaican, confirmed at the
new bishop's last visitation, threw a
blanket for Ridley and the Jamaican
servant carried him. I had to stop her
groans and interjections and prayers
and preaching: they were terrifying the
people. By and by a family came tto
seek us and asked us to come to their
garden, and we sat out the night with
them.
"The shocks went on from time to
time all night. Only one made the
house give a crack. It is not badly
cracked, however. And all yesterday
and night they have continued at in
tervals, very much slighter than they
were. It seems that there is a new
volcano forming not far off about six
miles, they say and that two moun
tains are in eruption beyond San Jose,
Barba and Poas. The lady with whom
I stayed in Agua Callente tells me that
there is hardly a house there on the
southwest side that is not more or less
badly cracked, and the spring of hot
water is not running. Evidently the
water has sunk by the canal having
gone down farther into the earth.
Many reports are current, none relia
ble. Only God knows; only He can
kelp.
Terror Uoes Xot Abate.
"People are steeping in the depot
and parks, spending the days in the
house with front doors fastened open.
The Governor of Cartago issued a cau
tion for none to remain inside last
night or for the present. The streets
are full cf people sitting in their door
ways or in carts.
"Do not be alarmed. All is well. All
must be well. 'The Lord hath been
mindful of us.' "
Mrs. Berry visited Cartago about four
years ago. staying several months. She
describes it as being about 6000 feet
above the tea, with a climate very
much like that of Portland. Recent ar
rangements have been made by which
the employes of the Canal Zona are
allowed to spend their vacations at the
hot springs which are mentioned by
Mrs. Cooper as having stopped running.
PERSONALMENTION.
Pr. W. A. Rogers has moved to the
Seward.
Thomas Packer Is In Portland from
Klamath Falls, registered at the Ram
apo. A. E. Nolan, a merchant of Tillamook.
Is at the Oregon, accompanied by Mrs.
Nolan.
O. E. Silverthorn and family, of La
Grande, are among the arrivals at the
Oregon.
Mrs. Frank Patton. wife of an As
toria banker, arrived at the Portland
yesterday.
A. S. Bennett, a well-known attorney
at The Dalles, is registered at the
Ramapo.
H. S. Graves, forester for the United
States, is staying at the Portland dur
ing his visit to this city.
R. F. Lytle, identified with the lum
ber Interests of Hoquiam. Wash., Is at
the Cornelius for the week.
A. Geiser, engaged In raining in the
Baker City district, is one of the prom
inent Oregonians at the Cornelius.
A. JC. Moores. capitalist, whose ener
gies are devoted to the advancement of
Salem, is staying at the Imperial.
Ed Kiddle, past grand master of Ma
sons for Oregon, from Island City, yes
terday registered at the Imperial.
J. R. McCraken, of Husum. Wash-
t arrived at the Kortonla, yesterday andI
will visit his father. Colonel Mc
Craken. W. H. Rogers, from Condon, put up
yesterday at the Perkins.
O. E. Vanosse, a merchant at Mc
Minnville, arrived at the Perkins yes
terday. Mrs. Vanosse is with him.
Mrs. Minnie Washburn, prominently
identified with club work in Oregon,
who lives at Eugene, is at t' -.or-tonia.
H. E. Christlanson and wife, of Sea
View, Wash., are visiting Portland
friends, making headquarters at the
Seward.
C. M. Carran and William Waldron,
timber brokers at Detroit, Mich., are at
the Cornelius while investigating Coast
conditions.
J. Bremmer came 'from Astoria yes
terday to investigate the prices offered
for salmon, and Is at the Perkins, ac
companied by his T.-ife.
A. X. Solis, an attorney from Ontario,
is at the Imperial while gathering
first-hand information of the Hill In
vasion of Eastern Oregon.
J. M. Maddox, connected with the
management of the Western Union on
the Pacific Coast, came from San
TOUXG WOMAN" TAKES OLI
SUNDAY, MKS OX I KID AY.
it
Miss lngrer M. Johnson, Who Lived at
919 East 'inth Street.
Miss Inger M. Johnson, assistant in
the office of Dr. E. A. Pierce, and a
well-known East Side yoang woman,
died at an early hour yesterday
morning at her home, 919 East Ninth
street, south, after a short l'lness.
From a severe cold contracted Sun
day pneumonia set In that could not
be thrown off. Miss Johnson was
born in Norway, and came to Port
land with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Johnson, 23 years ago. She
was educated in the Portland public
schools and was 29 years old. She
is survived by her parents and has a
number of relatives in Portland.
The funeral will be held Sunday
from the Norwegian Church, on the
corner of East Tenth and East Grant
streets, at 2 o'clock.
Francisco yesterday and is at the Sew
ard.
A. C. Hawkins, a banker of Elgin,
111., and his brother, A. K. Hawkins, of
Blue Earth, Minn., stopped at the Ore
gon yesterday on their way to Bend.
Or. They hope to secure favorable lo
cations for investments.
RESPITE IS GRANTED
UNITED RAILWAYS HAS TWO
WEEKS TO TAKE ACTION.
Counsel for Hill Interests Promises
Company Will Do Right Thing
if Council Is Not Hasty.
"Give the Hill interests a chance and
they will make everything right," was
the burden of the speech of L. R. Web
ster, counsel for the United Railways,
when the proposed ordinance by Coun
cilman Dunning, revoking the Seventh
street franchise of the company, came
up for action before the street commit
tee of the Council yesterday afternoon.
Upon motion of Councilman Rushlight,
seconded by Councilman Kubli, the sub
ject was postponed two weeks.
Ralph E. Moody, representing prop
erty owners along Seventh street, de
clared that his clients will be satisfied
with nothing less than the forfeiture
of the franchise referred to, and that
the Hill interests, which have just tak
en over the electric road, cannot "make
everything right." He asked for Im
mediate action, saying that there is no
use in delaying It, as the property own
ers insist upon having no carline on
Seventh street, and that the United
Railways Company had had the grant
four years, but has done nothing all
that time.
General Manager Wickersham, of the
United Railways Company, declared that
James J. Hill and associates have the
Interests of Portland at heart and that
they will In no wise do anything that
will impair the city's growth or cf
fend its citizens.
"All Mr. Hill wants is time to pick
up the details of this business, it be
ing a new property," said Mr. Wicker
sham, "and you will find that the car
line will be handled in a manner highly
satisfactory to the city. He and Mr.
Stevens wish to consult over it before
the Council acts, and that is the sole
reason we ask you to give us a little
time."
Councilman Wallace expressed tte
opinion that the company's carelessness
had brought about the situation and
that the Council should vote to revoke
the franchise at once.
Councilman Dunning, who introduced
the revoking ordinance last session, is
not a member of the committee and
had no voice in the action taken yes
terday. He came In after the vote was
taken, and expressed surpri.3 and dis
approval of the committee's action,
feeling that the franchise should be
revoked.
Speaking for the Hiil interests. Judge
Webster said that, if the committee
would postpone action for two weeks,
no further time would be asked for and
that the company wiH do no work on
the street in question pending the re-suit
Grange to Discuss Constitution.
Woodlawn Grange, Patrons of Hus
bandry, will discuss the advisability of
holding a constitutional convention in
Oregon at the regular meeting to
night. There will be speakers on both
sides of the question. The subject Is
part of the regular educational programme.
A Rernlar Tom Boy
was Susie climbing trees and fences,
lumping ditches, whitling. always get
ting scratches, cuts, sprains, bruises.
bumps, burns or scalds. But laws! Her
motner just applied Buckien s Arnica
ssaive ana curea ner quicK. Heals every -thlnnr
hen.la.hle Tloil. lTlrrs. Kr.xm.
Old Sores. Corns or Piles. Try it. 25c
Adds Geathful Qualities
to the Food
Economizes Flour,
Butter and Eggs
ft
made from Royal Grape Cream
iy of Tartar
No Alum No Lima Phosphates
WILSON HIT BY
IB
CHARG
E
Promoter of Boxing Says Mu
nicipal League Agent
Tried to Blackmail.
WORDY MEETING OCCURS
Trial of Director of Oregon Athletic
Club Drags Throughout After
noon Without Reaching Stage
for Final Disposition.
Charging John "ST. Wilson, of the Muni
cipal League, with7 attempting to black
mail him in connection with his arrest
for conducting boxing exhibitions, Patrick
Maher, managing director of the Oregon
Athletic Club, stopped Wilson in the
hall outside of Justice Court in the
Worcester building yesterday afternoon,
and openly questioned his motives In
causing the arrest. Wilson promptly
denied the charge, which joame near lead
ing to blows between them.
"You are a damnable Canadian liar,"
shouted Maher.
"Now don't get vexed, Mr. Maher,"
said Wilson.
"Yes, I will get vexed." said Maher.
advancing on Wilson. His attitude was
threatening and friends of the two
stepped in and separated them.
Prior to the heated debate, Maher had
said that, by Intimation, an offer of
peace through questionable methods was
proposed by Wilson. It occurred Just
after the taking testimony in the cases
of Maher and Lou Hubbard, a negro
boxer, who were arrested last week at
the instance of Wilson, as a representa
tive of the Municipal League. They were
charged with unlawfully conducting and
engaging in prizefights. The case came
up for trial before Justice Bell at 2
o'clock and it was after 5 o'clock before
all the testimony was in. At its con
clusion, arguments were continued until
today.
Maher Discusses Case
"Wilson and I were talking in the hall
before the trial, ' 6aid Maher, "and the
proposition came up that the Municipal
League would permit boxing contests
at the Oregon Athletic Club, the Mult
nomah Amateur Athletic Club, the Police
Athletic Club, the Rose City Athletic
Club and the Pastime Club, providing a
person to act as censor of the fights
could be appointed and agreed upon
mutually.
"Wilson then said to me he guessed
that would be all right and looking me
In the eye with a peculiar wink, said:
Tou go and see the attorney for the
league.' I have been a man of affairs
long enough to know what he meant, but
I didn't propose to be held up in any
such way. Jack King and Sg Meyer
were with me at the time."
After the spat in the corridor, Wilson
went down out of the building rith
John Bain, president of the Municipal
League. Maher followed a short distance
behind, calling out to Wilson, said: "You
can't hold me up. I am going to sue
you when this thing is over with."
The case dragged through the after
noon, owing to the tedious questioning
and long recitals brought out by the
state's attorney. Charles E. Lenon, who
had been specially retained by the league
to prosecute the case. This disposition
was the cause of a sharp tilt between
Lenon and Attorney John H. Stevenson,
who with Bert Haney and Charles A.
Sheppard, appeared for the defendants.
Wilson on Stand.
Stfx witnesses, including Wilson, were
called for the prosecution. The parti
cular exhibition upon which the arrests
were made was the Oregon Athletic
Club smoker on the night of January 20,
1910. Wilson, on the stand declared that
the exhibitions were prizefights and that
they were brutal. In qualifying as an
expert he said he had witnessed five ex
hibitions in his life, while a policeman
at Winnipeg, Canada.
Patrolman Aekerman's testimony was
valuable for the defense. He declared
pointedly that the exhibitions were very
tame and in no way compared in point of
brutality with prizefights he had wit
nessed. Maher testified that no prizes
were offered. The defense had several
witnesses on the stand.
afternoon, beginning next Thursday. At
each lesson, different subjects will be dis
cussed and all requests for special dishes
granted. The hall we have selected is
both convenient and comfortable and ev
ery courtesy will be extended. We shall
not limit the attendance to our consum
ers, but extend a cordial invitation to
all the ladies of Portland."
The Gas Company certainly has the
right idea and will no doubt meet the ap
proval of all interested in good living.
MERE BAGATELLE IS $500
Mr. Adams, of Xew York, Loses
Pocketbook; Doesn't Mind Much.
The loss of a trifling matter like $500
and an ancient pocketbook did not add
any wrinkles to the brow of Charles
L Adams, of New York, when the mat
ter was brought to his attention yes
terday. "Guess it's gone, all right," remarked
Mr. Adams, as he strolled up to the
desk of the cashier at the Hotel Port
land. "There is more where that came
from, and I'll Just stroll over to the
bank. By the way, some honest man
may find it on the streets and return
it here. If he does, give him $50. Sorry
to trouble you. Thanks."
Leaving the description with the par
alyzed hotel clerks, Mr. Adams walked
away, humming a light tune.
Upon returning to the hotel, where
he is staying with his wife, after a
walk around the city, Mr. Adams dis
covered that his pocketbook was gone,
he could not tell how. It may have
been lost or lifted by pickpockets, he
said. But in any event, it was a mat
ter of small concern to the gentleman
from Gotham-
WIL
ALATTO
PARK ,
PORTLAND'S MOST SCENIC ACREAGE
Only 25 Minutes' Ride From Chamber of Commerce
On the West Side Five-Cent Car Fare
Ideal Location for Country Home
ACRE TRACTS $200 AND UP
Terms 10 Per Cent Down, 2 Per Cent Per Month
WILLALATIN PARK Offers a magnificent view of the mountains and
rivers. Two macadamized roads run through Willalatin Park,
making one of the nicest drives out of the city. The close prox
imity of Willalatin Tark to Portland, being within a 5c car serv
ice, with its commanding location, makes it an excellent location
for a country home. A lot as far out on the East Side will cost
-four times as much as a "Willalatin Park acre tract. Come to our
office and make arrangements to see "Willalatin Park,
Office Open From 9 to 11 A. M. Sunday.
WILLALATIN INVESTMENT GO.
214-215 Board of Trade, Fourth and Oak Streets
HEAVY SENTENCE IMPOSED
Cigar Dealer Must Spend. 9 0 Days
rounding Rocks.
One of the heaviest fines for disorderly
conduct ever imposed in the Municipal
Court was given Leo Weingarden, a
i Burnside-street cigar dealer, yesterday
morning in Municipal Court. Rose Bab
cock, the woman arrested with him, was
sentenced to 30 days in Jail, while Wein
garden must pay a line of $200 and serve
90 days on the Linnton rock pile.
Weingarden also faces a charge of at
tempting bribery. He will be given a
prel i minary hearing in that case next
MISS TRACY'S COOKING
School Will Open Thursday After
noon Christensen Hall Place
Selected.
The (Portland Gas & Coke Co., under
whose auspices Miss Tracy will conduct
her school, anonunces that the first les
son will be given Thursday, May the 12th,
at Christensen's Hall, on Eleventh and
Yamhill strtets.
Mr. H. M. Papst, general manager of
the company, says: "We have delayed
opening our school until we could .secure
the services of a teacher of ability. Miss
Tracy has a reputation as such and is
known as an authority on cooking. She
is a graduate of Eastern colleges and has
had extensive experience as a teacher
and lecturer. The lessons which Miss
Tracy will give will not be simple dem
onstrations of gas ranges; our school will
be an educational institution. Scientific
instruction in all branches of cookery will
be given each Tuesday and Thursday
Monday morning. He is accused of offer
ing Detectives Carpenter and Price, the
officers who arrested him and the woman,
$100 each to s ear falsely in his favor
at the trial.
Weingarden is also suspected of oper
ating in the "white slave" traffic. Sev
eral girls, who are known to have worked
for him, say the officers, have disappeared
mysteriously.
patrol wagon cavorted and kicked . as the dry blades pierced him Inter
about, though suffering intense pain I nally.
BEER BRINGS ODD HUNGER
Man, Insane From Beverage, Thinks
He Is Horse and Eats Hay.
Crazed from an excessive indulgence
in young beer, said to have been fur
nished him free at a local brewery,
Frank Willis, a laborer, imagined him
self a horse yesterday morning, and
went into the brewery stables and
took possession of a stall. To carry
out the delusion he lay down in the
stall on a pile of timothy hay and ate
of the dry grass to such an extent
that, when discovered, he was almost
dead.
The police were notified and Ser
geant Riley with Patrol Driver Gru
ber, went to the brewery. They took
the drunken man to police headquar
ters, where he was given relief. Willis
continued whinnying in imitation of
a horse, and after being placed In the
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& BETTER HEALTH
Will come, naturally, if Syrup
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used, when a pleasant laxative
remedy is needed, to cleanse the
system gently yet effectually and
to dispel colds and headaches
due to constipation.
Its world-wide acceptance as
the best of family laxatives, for
men, women and children and its
approval by the most eminent
physicians, because its compo
nent parts are known to them
and known to be wholesome and
truly beneficial, are the best
guarantees of the excellence of
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna.
To get its beneficial effects,
Always buy the genuine,
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Buy a Lottie today to have in the house when needed.
After Reading About the Blizzards in the Middle West
WHICH CAUSED 1 00,000,000 DAMAGES TO THE FARMERS
Don't yon think that thia condition will brine mora people to Oreson?
Don't tou think Oregon land, on account of climatic condition, la
bonud to trow In value In the next three years t
Don't yon think an investment in Oregon lands Is bound to brins; Dig;
returns t
If you believe this, -why not Invest your money 1 n Orcgoa landsT . The
safest Investment In the -world that will brins; bis; returns.
WE ARE FORMPiG A PERCRASIXO SYNDICATE
to buy up 15,000 acres of the best selected fruit and -wheat lands In Yamhill,
Sherman, Morrow and Gilliam Counties. All these lands are mostly im
proved, 8000 acres in crop, with about twelve million feet of excellent timber.
We can buy these lands for an average price of 1 per acre, which we will
sell In small farms from S30 to $50 per acre.
We have 600 applications for small farms and we will sell the entire
tract inside of two years.
we will sell you 1, i. lu, lira, or as many unus as you wisn at izs.uu
per unit.
InK 6 per
months, mvordlnff to fifties.
This proposition should-appeal to rich and poor, to men and women who
want to make a safe investment with big returns on their money.
BON'T MISS THIS OPPORTCSITV. COME AT ONCE.
Foreign Department
Union Bank & Trust Co.
235 Stark Street,
Portland, Oregon.
Phones Msln 02, A 3669.
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