THE MORNING OREGON IAN, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1910.
SOCIALISTS MEET;
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Woman Scores Point at First
Session of National
Party Conference.
CALIFORNIA FIGHT OPENS
Question of Seating Delegates From
Western State Settled Only After
All-Day Contest In Chicago
Hall Fair Sex Busy.
CHICAGO. May 15. (Special.) "With
125 delegates representing all parts of
the- United States in attendance, the So
cialist party today opened a five-day Na
tional Congress in Drill Hall, Masonic
Temple.
Numerous lengthy debates, which
seemed to forecast heated controversies
when the deliberations reach a more ad
vanced stage, marked the work of effect
ing the organization of the congress.
Appointment of officers and commit
tees and hearing of a contest over the
delegates from California occupied prac
tically the entire day. A protest had
been lodged against the seating of the
five delegates from that state, Ernest
Untermann. W. Carpenter, J. B. Osborne,
J. Stitt Wilson and John H. Wilde.
Referendum Is Too Late.
The five men were chosen by the state
committee while an opposing faction had
made petition for their election by refer
endum vote. The convention finally held
the application for a referendum had
been made too late and gave the dele
gates their seats.
Another controversy, which will be
threshed out during the session. and
which may cause a split in the ranks,
is the immigration question. The Cali
fornia Socialists want the ports of the
United States closed to Asiatics, while
delegates from other sections are strong
ly in favor of the wide open door to all
classes of foreigners.
N on -voting delegates representing for
eign societies affiliated with the party
raised a clamor for representation on the
committees of the congress. Although
Chairman Morris Hilquin ruled that the
constitution expressly provided to the
contrary they insisted on arguing the
proposition at length.
Committees Cover Country.
Two committees were appointed, one on
resolutions and the other on constitution.
On the former were: C. L. Cannon, of
Oregon; Adolph Germer, of Illinois; Jo
seph E. Cohen, of Pennsylvania; W. H.
Waynick, of Washington; Algernon Lee,
of New York; W. H. Miller, of Ohio; Jas
per McLevy, of Connecticut, and Mrs.
E. H. Thomas, of Wisconsin. The com
mittee of constitution was made up of
George H. Goebel, of New Jersey: W. R.
Gaylord. of Wisconsin; John M. Work, of
Iowa; James A. Debbell, of Massachu
setts: Caroline A. Lowe, of Kansas; Ella
Reeves Bloor, of Connecticut; W. P. Col
lins, of Colorado; S. M. Reynolds, of In
diana, and J. Stitt Wilson, of California.
Several hundred local Socialists at
tended the sessions and showed a3 much
interest in the proceedings as if a Pres
idential candidate were to be nominated.
The 12 women delegates made thmselves
conspicuous from the start. In one in
stance, they scored decisively when, in
spite of opposition from a portion of the
masculine element headed by no less a
personage than Victor L. Berger. of Mil
waukee, they succeeded in placing a ban
on smoking during sessions of the con
gress. Mrs. E D. Cory, a delegate from the
fetate of Washington, was the woman who
started the fight on tobacco.
TIDE CLOSES IN ON LANDS
Life Savers Go to Rescue In Nick
of Time.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 15. Caught
on the rocks at Lands End and pre
vented from reaching shore by the
rapidly rising tide, that sent the surf
tossing about them, Adolph Wonford
and Max Small, two schoolboys, were
rescued from a perilous position to
day by John Sonason, a member of the
Golden Gate Life-saving Station crew,
and Randolph Wonford, a brother of
one of the boys.
The boys had been in wading and
Randolph Wonford was on shore when
he heard cries from the other, young
sters. Looking about he saw that they were
marooned on a large rock and that the
waters had risen about Ihem, cutting
off their chances of escape.
Summoning Sonasson. the two pro
ceeded to the cliff above the boys on
the rock and by careful manipulation
managed to lower a rope, upon which
"Wonford and Small were hoisted to
safety. A large crowd witnessed the
rescue.
MAN'S SUICIDE AUTOMATIC
Ingenius Arrangement of Cans and
Braces Discbarges Gun.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal.. May 15. After
having devised a peculiar arrangement
of cans and braces to discharge his
rifle conveniently and in other ways
making elaborate preparations for his
death. Dean Joseph Isnard, a wealthy
landowner and resident of the French
settlement at Deland, committeed sui
cide last Wednesday by Bending a bul
let through his head. His body was
discovered today by neighbors, wj.o
broke into his house after noticing ,ls
absence from his usual haunts.
Isnard rigged his rifle in a lard can,
clamping the butt of the gun antf tak
ing his place upon a pile of other cans
so that the bullet would strike him in
the mouth and penetrate his brain, x'he
trigger was released by an improvised
automatic spring.
200 BAKERS OUT ON STRIKE
Fourteen Kir. loyers Are Said to
Have Signed Xew Scale.
DENVER, May 15. Two hundred union
bakers, employed in 35 bakeries here,
struck today for an Increase in wages.
Tonight it was reported 14 bakeries had
signed a. new scale. The bakers ask
a flat increase of $1 a week, and use of
the union label.
Heretofore henchmen were paid $16 and
even men $18 per week.
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Los Angeles and Its Suburbs
Feel Several Temblors.
DISHES CLATTER TO FLOOR
Tourists Climbing Mountain to View
Comet, Badly Scared but Xo
Injuries Result Small
. Tidl Wave Follows.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. May 15. This
city and surrounding towns were vis
ited today by a series of earthquake
shocks that frightened may people
but did little damage beyond breaking
dishes, destroying house ornaments and
cracking walls of the lighter class of
fixtures.
The shocks began about 6:50 this
morning and were felt as late as 7:53 at
the beach resorts and in Pasadena,
Riverside, Redlands and San Bernar
dino, where trembles occurred last
Thursday night.
Pasadena received the heaviest dam
age ao far as reported. Several build
ings were cracked, plaster fell from
numerous ceilings, and on Mount Wil
son, where the Carnegie Observatory is
situated, the tremors alarmed many
tourists who had climbed the peak to
get views of the comet. The quake
came as a double shock with a sway
ing motion, which gave the mountain
climbers a bad scare. The houses
rocked perceptibly.
At Long Beach, the sand was washed
.by a small tidal wave just after the
first shock, shortly before 7 o'clock.
Another tremor followed and the ocean,
which had been unusually boisterous
all morning, fell suddenly flat and be
come for more than an hour as smooth
as a bay in a calm.
In this city and in Riverside, many
sleepers were awakened by dishes clat
tering from shelves to the floor.
Residents of the suburbs rushed out
of their houses, but no real serious
damage was reported. A second shock
visited -Riverside shortly after noon.
Both tremors were heavier than the
quake which shook the orange belt on
Christmas day, 1899.
SAX DIEGO" FEELS SHOCKS
As First Temblor Subsides Heavier
One Is Distinctly Felt.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. May 15. There was
a rather snarp earthquake shortly before
8 o'clock this morning. First came a
light shock lasting for a few seconds.
Scarcely had the trembling ' subsided
when there came e. heavier shock, which
also continued for a few seconds.
So far as known no damage was done.
Port Limon Unharmed.
SAN JUAN DEL SUR. Nicaragua, May
15. Telegraphic communication wtih Port
Limon, C. R., which had been Inter
rupted, was re-established today. Re
ports that Port Limon had suffered from
an earthquake proved groundless.
ORAL ANALYSIS HIS GUIDE
Continued From First Page.)
the record. For this reason deem it
proper to write you and state the facts
with such accuracy as my memory per
mits. Ballinger's Attitude Known.
"Glavis"' statement and charges were
left with me by him on August 18,
1909. I turned them over to the Attorney-General,
who happened to be in
the neighborhood, and he made notes
upon his reading. We both had per
sonal knowledge in respect to Secre
tary Ballinger's attitude toward the
Alaska coal claims, which was the
chief subject of innuendo and com
plaining, for Mr. ; Ballinger had very
early in the administration consulted
us both regarding them.
"Within two or three days after the
filing of the charges, at a meeting at
which the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Attorney-General and the Secretary
of the Navy were present, a full dis
cussion of the Glavis statement was
held. It resulted in a general con
clusion that jealousy between the
bureaus of the Interior Department and
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RULER OF GREAT, BRITAIN
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AND HIS IKE.
the forestry bureau probably explained
the attitude of the Interior Depart
ment officials, but that the Intimations
of bad faith by Glavis against Mr. Bal
linger and the others required that the
statement be submitted to them for an
swer. Accordingly copies of the state
ment were sent to Secretary Ballinger,
to Assistant Secretary Pierce, the Com
missioner, Mr. Dennett, and to Chief
of Field Service Schwartz.
Secretary Crosses Continent.
"Mr. Ballinger was at Seattle, but on
receipt of the charges he came to Wash
ington to prepare his answer. On Mon
day, September 6, Mr. Ballinger reached
Beverly, accompanied by Mr. Lawler, the
Assistant Attorney General of the De
partment of Justice, assigned to the In
terior Department. Mr. Ballinger sent
to my house onthat day the answers of
the various persons concerned with a
voluminous record of exhibits. I had a
conference with him the evening of the
day he came, September 6, and another
on the following evening, September 7.
"I talked over the charges with Mr.
Ballinger the first evening and asked
such questions as suggested themselves.
without intimating any conclusion, and
said I would examine the answers and
record and would see him the next day.
I sat up until 3 o'clock that night read
ing the answers and exhibits: so at my
next conference I was advised of - the
contents of the entire record and had
made up my mind that there was nothing
in the charges upon which Mr. Bellinger,
or the others accused, could be found
guilty, either of Incompetency, ineffi
ciency disloyalty to the Interests of the
Government or dishonesty.
Lawler Acts on Request.
"In the discussion of the second even
ing Mr. Lawler. who was present at my
suggestion, discussed the evidence at
some length. I said to Mr. Lawler I was
very anxious to write a full statement of
the case and set out the reasons for my
decision, but the time for my departure
on a long Western trip occupying 1 two
months was Just one week from Vthat
day; that I had six or seven speeches to
deliver at the beginning of that journey
and could not give the time to the prep
aration of such a detailed statement and
opinion as I would like to render in the
matter. I therefore requested Mr. Law
ler to prepare an opinion as if he were
president.
"During the 8th, 9th and 10th I gave
such consideration to the Glavis record
as was consistent with previous engage
ments, but paid no attention to the
speeches. On the 9th I telegraphed the
Attorney General to come to Beverly that
I might consult with him on the case. He'
arrived Saturday afternoon, September
11, and pursuant to an appointment made
by telephone he came to my houme on
Sunday morning, September 12. Ke then
delivered to me the draft of opinion pre
pared by Mr. Lawler and said he had had
an . opportunity, on coming from New
York, to read the answers of Mr. Bal
linger and others. I then said to him I
had made up my mind as to my conclu
sions, and had drafted part of my opin
ion, tout I wished him to examine the
full record and bring me his conclu
sions before I stated mine. He took the
whole record away.
Few Paragraphs Used.
"During the day I examined the draft
of opinion of Mr. Lawler, but it was
30 pages and' did not state the case in
the way in which I wished it stated.
It contained reference to the evidence,
which was usual, but its criticism of
Mr. Pinchot and Mr. Glavis I did not
think It wise or proper to adopt. I
only used a few paragraphs from it,
containing merely general statements.
The Attorney-General returned in the
evening with notes of the -examination
which he had made and reported to
me the conclusion which he had made,
which were in substantial accord with
my own. We then discussed the mat
ter at some length, particularly some
parts of law involved, and took up the
opinion I had finished and made a num
ber of alterations, and as the result
of that conference I determined upon
the final form I employed, and signed
the same Monday, September 13.
Oral Analysis Is Aid. -
"The conclusions I reached were
based upon my reading of the record,
and was fortified by the oral .analysis
of the evidence and the conclusfons, the
Attorney-General gave me, using notes
he had made during his reading of the
records. I was very sorry not to be
able to embody this analysis in my
opinion, but time did not permit. I
therefore directed him to embody in a
written statement such analysis and
conclusions as he had given me, file
it with the record and date it prior
to the date of my opilnon, to show my
(fecision was fortified by his summary
of the evidence and of his conclusions
therefrom. Sincerely yours. William 11.
Taft.
"Hon. Knute Nelson, Chairman Com
mittee to Investigate the Interior De
partment and Forestry Service, United
States Senate.' ,
COMET TO HIT US
BUT NOT TO
S Earth Will Pass Through Tail
Wednesday, but Catastro
phe Declared Impossible.
AURORA MAY BE NOTICED
Meteoric Shower Prophesied, by
Some, While Appendage Aothlng
but Condensed Sunlight, Says
One Solar System Affected.
and the comet, nor will the earth be en
veloped in poisonous gases. The effect
of the passage may be to cause great con
densation of atmospheric vapors, so that
automatically the earth will be provided
with a sort of shield which will be like
the lead screen used to protect X-ray op
erators. Moon Will Hurt Observation.
"When the comet approaches 'nearest
the earth, on May 18, the moon will be
full, and the conflict of her rays will
make observations of the comet more dif
ficult than if there were no opposition:
"At the naval observatory the scientists
have been watching the comet through
powerful telescopes every morning Just
before sunrise, when it Is brightest. The
observers each day can note the broad
ening of the tail and the enlargement of
the head. The . heavenly body will in
crease In apparent size and brilliancy un
til Wednesday, when it will begin to de
crease, and in a few weeks will disappear
into space, not to be seen again for near
ly a century."
ASTRONOMERS DO NOT AGREE
Some Scientists Say There Will Be
Display, Others Say Xo.
BOSTON. May 15. Agreeing that no
harmful effect Is to be experienced next
Wednesday from the passage of the earth
through the tail of Halley's comet. New
England astronomers appear not to con
cur as to the possibility of a luminous
display similar to Northern Lights.
Professor David P. Todd, of Amherst
College, thinks the Aurora effect prob
able. Professor Robert Willson, of Har
vard College observatory, said today that
there may be a darkening of the atmos
phere, while Professor Edward C. Picker
ing, head of the Harvord observatory,
doubts If there will be any effect at all.
Professor Willson said further: "There
may be a shower of charged particles,
very small but numerous, which may af
fect wireless telegraphy. There Is no
cause for alarm or fear. Cyanogen exists
only near the comet's head and the tail
is a good vacuum."
Professor Todd declares that there will
'be no more sensation than that caused by
the rays, of light from a distanct candle
on a person's hand. A proportionate
amount of cyanogen gas is radiated from
each, he says.
Leon Campbell,'- another of the Harvard
astronomers, thinks a luminous display
probable.
The increasing brilliancy of the comet
as it approaches the earth was shown to
day, when Harvard astronomers found
that the body of the comet, or envelope,
has reached proportions of nearly zero
magnitude, the highest stage of stellar
brilliancy. The rate of increase In bril
liance is Indicated by two photometric
measurements taken at Harvard observa
tory. The first photograph, of May 6, showed
the nucleus to be 7.06 magnitude. An
other on Friday, just a week later,
shorwed the magnitude to be 4.41, an in
crease In apparent size of 2.65 degrees.
Lucien Rudaux, private astronomer,
observatory at Donville, near the Eng
lish Channel, says:
"We do not yet know with certainty
whether the tail of the comet will be
in contact with our planet on-the night
of May 18 or not, there being still
some doubt as to the actual length of
the gaseous appendage. Still, there is
nothing abnormal in the length which
has been attributed to it.
"The precise nature of this tail is
unknown, although the spectroscope has
demonstrated the presence of hydro
carbons, oxide of carbon, cyanogen and
azot. It is estimated that the density
of the tail of Donnati's cpmet, in 1858,
was 154,000 times less than that of the
earth's atmosphere, and the rarity of
the gases forming the appendage of,
Halley's comet would seem to pre
clude Its penetration into the atmos
phere of the earth.".
David Gill, president of the Royal
Astronomical Society, of London, says:
"We are quite uncertain as to the
origin and constitution of any comet's
tail, and it is very doubtful (if the tall
of Halley's comet is long enough to
reach ythe earth. It is quite certain
that if we do pass through the extreme
of the tail " its constitution is so ex
cessively attenuated that no result will
be perceptible, except possibly a faint
illumination of the sky."
Andrew C. D. Crommelin, of the
Greenwich (England) Observatory,
says : .
The aspect of Halley's commet dur
ing: the last few days has been fine in
the more southern countries, where the'
sky is clearer and twilight less of a
hindrance. Mr. Evershed sends a pho
tograph from Madras, taken April 22,
showing an exceedingly brilliant head
and a very active tall, composed of
numerous streamers radiating in a fan
shape, one being curiously bent and
twisted.
There was some doubt as to whether
the tall would be long enough to reach
the earth, but if the observation made
at Semmirig, Austria, is reliable, the
tall is now over 20.000,000 miles long,
and our distance from the comet will
be only 15.000.000 miles, so that there
will be ample margin to spare.
"There is no probability that any
sensible effect wil be produced on our
atmosphere, though there Is a "chance
that an aurora may be produced, since
this phenomenon is supposed to be due
to the excitement of some rare gases
in our upper air by streams of elec
trons ejected by the sun."
Professor H. N. Russell, an astronomer
I of Princeton, says:
"I do not anticipate any effect from the
passage Of the earth through the tail of
Halley's comet, other than the apparent
motion of the tall through the. sky. The
tall undoubtedly consists of fine gases, if
not of solid particles. No special observa
tion ie planned here."
EL 9. Pickering, director of the observa
tory at Harvard University, at Cam
bridge, Mass., says:
I fear that no egect of the earth's
passage through the comet's tall will be
Twrrentible. I have no thenrv nt tha
.comet'S tall. It probably consists of min
ute particles of diluted gas, and is not
due to a nucleus acting like a lens. I
shall watch for any unusual phenomena."
"" J. M. Schaeberle, professor of astron
HARM
omy at the University of Michigan, at
Ann Arbor, says:
"As astronomers are not in posses- !
sion of sufficient data to enable them j
to predict with certainty just what .
phenomena will result from the pass- I
age of the earth through the tail of j
Halley's comet, all predictions must be
regarded as speculative and the same j
must be said of all theories as to the
construction of the comet's tail, v
;,Sly observations before, during, and
after the comet's passage of the sun j
will be made at temporary station 16
miles from Ann Arbor, and will be con- ;
fined to a study of the aspect of the '
whole sky and to special observations
of certain terrestrial phenomena."
J. A. Brashear, director of the ob
servatory at Allegheny, says:
"I do not believe we will have any
physical effect whatever from the
comet's tall coming In contact with our
earth; in fact, the material composing
the tail is so tenuous that I have ob
served stars through 200,000 miles of
the tail without any apparent diminu
tion of the light of the star. I believe
it to . be made up of corpuscles of a
hydro-carbon gas, commensurate in
size with a light wave, perhaps even J
smaller, and. although not entirely sat- !
isiactory, the arrhenius light-pressure
theory seems to be the most satisfac
tory of any yet produced.
"I also believe that the disturbances
noted in the tail of the comet of 1907
and 1908, as well as others, were caused
by magnetic disturbances from solar
storms, and it will be of great inter
est to us astronomers if solar magnetic
storms can be correlated Vifth such dis
turbances in the talis of comets." .
S. T. Mitchell, professor of astronomy
at Columbia University, New 3fork,
says:
it is very probable that nothing un
usual will be observed when we pass
through the tail of Halley's comet. The
constitution of the tail is determined
by means of the spectroscope. By it
we learn that the spectrum of the
comet's head consists of lines and
bands due to hydro-carbons, sodium and
cyanogen, with the strongest bands due
to poisonous cyanogen.
"The bands of cyanogen contribute
practically nothing to the spectrum of
the tall, so that very little cyanogen
must be present there. Moreover the
tail is estimated as thousands of times
rarer than our own atmosphere, and
as a result, when we brush through the
tail of the comet very little cyanogen
will come into our atmosphere. The
rarity of matter in the cofttet's tail, the
scarcity of cyanogen there and the den
sity of our own atmosphere in com
parison make it absolutely certain that
no harmful effects will come to us as
we pass through the comet's tail May
18."
At Lick Observatory, Cal., "W. W.
Campbell, the director, says:
"The passage of the earth through the
tail of Halley's comet will have no per
ceptible effect Upon terrestrial life, ani
mal or vegetable. It Is not impossible
that the electrical condition of the at
mosphere will be affected perceptaibly,
perhaps interfering with telegraphic serv
ice, which frequently happens during the
presence of a strong aurora.
"The origin and constitution of comets
are still unknown in most respects, but
the tails are certainly so highly atten
uated that our most perfect terrestrial
vacua are extremely dense In comparison.
Probably both minute solid particles and
isolated gas molecules are present, their
proportions varying in different comets.
It is probably a conservative estimate
that there is not more than one particle
or gas molecule ultra-mlscroscopic in size
in the average per cubic yard. The
earth's atmosphere forms a perfect pro
tecting blanker against all possible con
stituents of the tail."
EARTH IS NOT TO BE HARMED
Astronomers Hold Widely-Varying
Views as to What Will Happen.
NEW YORK. May 15. (Special.)
Opinions of noted- astronomers from all
over the world show a wide diversity as
to Just what effect the passage of the
earth through the comet's tail on Wed
nesday will have. As to one fact, how
ever, they are all agreed: There will be
no harmful effect. Some prophesy a
meteoric shower, some a lighted-up at
mosphere, corresponding to the aurora
borealis. While it is admitted by many
that there are gases in the tail, that they
can have no possible baneful effect on the
earth is agreed.
Michael Gaicobin, astronomer of the
University of Paris, Danville, France,
says:
"Instead of fear at the approach of the
comet we ought to felicitate ourselves
that we are going to have so magnificent
a spectacle. No astronomer, I believe,
really thinks the comet Is- a menace to
life on the earth. At the same time we
must admit that the nature of comets is
one of the most obscure chapters in as
tronomy. "The tendencies of scientific opinion
are that comets are gaseous bodies, and
the spectrum analysis has revealed in the
tail of Halley's comet the presence of
noxious gases. We cannot be sure tftat
the earth is to pass through the tail of
the comet, but even if it does, the gases
of which it may be composed are so at
tenuated that It does not seem to me at
all probable that any injury to the earth
or its inhabitants can be caused by this
contact."
Lowell on Way to flagstaff.
NEW YORK. May 15. Professor
Perclval Lowell, the authority on the
planet Mars, returned today by the
steamer New York from a European
lecture trp and affer a brief visit to
Boston will go direct to Lowell Ob
servatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., to make
observations of Halley's comet. .
TRUE PATRIOT LOVES HOME
Dr. Buchanan Delivers Lecture in
Selling-lllrsch Hall.
"Love of home Is the one sentiment
upon which all true patriotism rests,"
said Dr. Davidson Buchanan last night,
in a lecture delivered at Selllng-Hirsch
Hall on the subject "Patriotism, True
and False."
"The patriot," said .the lecturer, "is
the man or woman in whom the home
spirit prevails. Anything that de
praves this spirit strikes at the foun
dation of the Nation itself."
"A well regulated state," he con
tinued, "should be based upon the
principle of the human family. Tou
can have no state of which you should
be proud which is not founded on jus
tice; the same quality of justice and
true sentiment existing in the normal
family."
After warmly advocating "votes for
women," the speaker promised his audi
ence to discuss. In a future lecture, the
remedy for the present economic condi
tions. Thiscourse of lectures is being held
under the auspices of the People's
Forum.
Gold Searchers Start North.
SEATTLE. May 15. The first boatload
of prospectors bound direct for the new
goldfields on the Idltarod and the Innoko
rivers in Western Alaska left Seattle to
day on the auxiliary schooner P. J.
Ahler.
Astorlans View Halley's Comet.
ASTORIA, Or.. May 15. (Special.)
Many Astorlans arose between 2 and 4
o'clock this morning and were reward
ed with a fine view of the comet. The
tall was also visible.
Immigration seems to be on the decline,
at least temporarily.
Diamond Jubilee 60th
Anniversary Sale
60 Years in Business on the Coast
Every department represented n this great
sale. All goods sold with the guarantee that
retail price is less than cost. Below we men
tion a few of the thousands of articles on sale:
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Dresses, Hosiery, Waists, Nightgowns, Hair
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Handbags, Neckwear, Underwear, Untrimmed
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For detailed description and prices see
four-page announcement in Sunday papers.
DEATH IS MYSTERY
Los Angeles Police, Are In
vestigating Hospital.
WOMAN'S BODY BRUISED
Citizens Believe Coroner Was De
ceived by Authorities of Insti
tution and Urge Officers to
Make Facts Bare.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 15. (Spe
cial.) The mysterious death of Mrs. Min
nie Shopbell. who met with some mishap
while a patient In the Hospital of the
Good Samaritan, Friday night or early
yesterday morning, is being investigated
by the police detectives. They are work
ing on information given by citizens, who
believe that the Coroner, has been de
ceived. Circumstances relating to the death
have been enshrouded in mystery by
those in charge of the hospital, and it is
apparent that Coroner Hartwell and Dep
uty Coroner Williams were misled. The
former was not given any details of the
case and the latter was led to believe
that the woman came to her death at her
home in the St. Francis Apartments,
where she lived with her husband, Ed
ward S. Shopbell, a retired merchant.
This report was proven untrue by a
number of persons who knew that Mrs.
Shopbell was taken to the hospital Fri
day, where she was to be prepared for
an operation. Although no operation was
performed, the next report of her was
that her corpse had been taken to an
undertaking establishment. There it was
found that the left arm was broken at
the elbow and the right elbow and arm
lacerated. Her death appeared to have
resulted from a shock which came from
injuries received when she fell some
where or was thrown in a struggle.
TWO LONG GAMES PLAYED
CHEHALIS AND ABERDEEN ARK
EVEN OX CONTESTS.
Morn ins Match Runs Thirteen Inn
ings and Meeting in After
noon Lasts Ten.
CHEHALIS. Wash., May 15. (Special.)
Chehalis won the morning ball game
from Aberdeen in the 13th inning, by a
score of 14 to 13. Callahan, of the local
high school, pitched four innings, when
Osborne went into the box. Adams' bat
ting was the feature, a two-bagger and a
three-bagger by him in the ninth and
11th tielng the score and saving the game
for Chehalis. Summary:
R.H.E. R.H.E.
Chehalis 14 1" 3j Aberdeen ....13 15 5
Batteries Chehalis, Callahan, Osborne
and McBrlde;. Aberdeen, Stevert and
Cross.
Strikeouts Callahan, 4: Osborne, 6; Da
vis, Sievert and Cross, 8.
The afternoon game went 10 innings.
Chehalis tielng the score in the ninth,
when the figures footed 7 and 7. A three
base hit by Nehring almost won for the
locals. In the 10th Aberdeen scored three
and blanked Chehalis, leaving the total
10 to 7. The features were two home runs
by Brundage and Cross, of Aberdeen.
Summary:
R.H.E.j R.H.El
Chehalis 7 8 6;Aberdeen 10 10 3
Batteries Chehalis, Fichtner and Mc
Brlde; Aberdeen, Sievert. Law and Hust.
Strikeouts Fichtner. 9: Sievert. 3:
Law. 3. Double play Adams to Edison
to Nehring. Two-base hits Jans. Hust.
Three-base hit Nehring. Umpire Hus
ton. There was a good attendance at the
morning game and nearly 1000 this after
noon. '
UMPIRE IS GIVEN' DRUBBING
Game Between Sellwood and Penin
sula Team Ends in Row,
With the score standing 4 to 2 in favor
of Sellwood at the end of the sixth Inning
yesterday afternoon, on the McKenna
Park grounds, the Trl-City League game
between the Sellwood Cubs and the Fen
insula team ended in a fight.
It is said that one of the fans in rooting
for the Sellwood club called Umpire
Washburn a robber. Washburn then ad
vanced to the front of the grand stand
and roundly scored the spectators. Man
ager Scott, of the Sellwood club, asked
Washburn to apologize for his conduct.
This Washburn, refused to do, and the
fans took It into their own hands to make
an example of him. During the melee
that followed the umpire was badly beat
en about the face and head.
Umpire Washburn is- disliked for hif
flippant tongue by the fans of Salem and
the Vancouver fans, who have threatened
to run him Into the river if he ever ven
tures Into the town again. President
Nelson, of the Tri-Clty League, an
nounced last night that he would release
Washburn.
At the time that the game broie up
Sellwood had the large end of the score.
McHale, of the Sellwood club, hit a home
run over the left field fence. Scott, the
twirler for Sellwood, pitched his usual
steady game and allowed only five hits.
Ogilvie played nicely at shortstop for
Sellwood. A nunber of errors were made
by the players, but these were attributed
to the poor condition of the new field.
The score:
R.H.E.j R.H.E
Sellwood 4 6 2Peninsula 2 5 3
Batteries Sellwood, Scott and McHale;
Peninsula, Morningstar and Kelt.
( Not Love; Junt Buolnru,
Central Point Herald.
Some of us, personally, may not feel in
clined to fall Into each other's fond em
brace, but if we exercise as much business-
sense as God gave to newly-born
goslings, we will pull together in all
things calculated to benefit our home
town.
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a Premium in Every
Phase and Situation
of Life
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good ' eyes ? If one were to be
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"in exchange for his powers of
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rejected.
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If your eyes feel weak, if they
water easily, if they feel sore at
times, if they ache, if they burn,
smart or sting, if you see black
specks or long "hairs or strings"
floating in air, if light at night
appears to have a halo around it,
if objects appear dim and indis
tinct, if you have pain in the fore
head or back of your head, if you
feel nauseated or feverish if you
have any of these symptoms you
should act at once, for these are
signs of serious eye diseases.
We will advise you just what
is necessary to stop the progress
of the disease and restore the
eves to their normal condition.
One charge covers entire cost of
examination, glasses, frames.
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EYE-SIGHT
SPECIALIST
Second Floor Corbert Bldg
Fifth and Morrison.
Member American Association
Optometrists.-
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