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THE MORMXG OREGOXIAN, WEDXESDAY, JT7XE 1. 1BTO. 3 ERRING PRINCIPAL COMMITTS SUICIDE Discovery of His Unbecoming Conduct Too Much for H. L. McCann. IONDON GIRLS ACCUSERS Tnder Guise of Consoling Motherless 1 6-Year-Olds, They Sar He Was Guilty of Indiscretions Ment ally Unbalanced Is Hinted. CONDON, Or., May 31. (Special.) ITnable to stand the disgrace of threat ened dismissal for unbecoming con luct, H. I. McCann, principal of the Ullliani County High school, committed suicide some time yesterday afternoon oy shooting himself through the head R'lth a 32-caliber revolver. His dead body was found this afternoon by Sheriff Rogers, following a several hour search, by the side of a deserted cabin in a lonely canyon five miles northwest of this city. An empty vial that had contained alcohol was found beside the body. 1-ess than a month ago Professor McCann was re-elected principal of the county high high for another year. With enthusiasm he at once Jnaugurat plans for important rhanSs in the curriculum by which the. efficiency of he school work could best be promoted. Only last Friday night he took an ac tive part in the annual commencement exercises of the institution of which he was principal. Girl Students Accuse. The first Intimation that McCann's relations with his pupils were other than proper came ten days ago, when two 18-year-old girl students reported to their parents that the principal had been guilty of indiscretions. These young girls, who are motherless, re lated that McCann on frequent occas ions under the guise of consoling with them, carressed and kissed them at every convenient opportunity. Indignant relatives of tne girls im niediaely referred the alleged miscon duct of McCann to the attention of members of the county high school board and demanded that his resigna tion be asked. Yesterday an official note was addressed and mailed to the errng principal, summoning him to ap pear before the board at a special session tomorrow and answer the charges against him. McCann left his home early yester day morning, telling his wife that he had considerable business to transact and did not know when he would re turn. He attended to a number of business matters and was last seen alive about 11 o'clock yesterday fore noon, walking out of the city in the direction of the cabin where his dead hody was found. McCann evidently killed himself early yesterday after noon. . McCann 51 Years Old. McCann was 61 years old and leaves a wife and three grown children, one eon and two daughters. He came to Eastern Oregon three years ago from the 'Willamette Valley and for two years was principal of the Wheeler County High School at Fossil. A year ago he came to Condon, having been elected principal of the County High School in this city. Previous to com ing to this section of the state Mc Cann, who was an able educator, was employed in the public schools at Ore gon City and McMinnville. At one time he was for a short time associate editor of the Oregon City Courier. MALACCA WOMEN BOSSES Travelers In Malaya Find Weaker Sex Is Strongest. SINGAPORE. May 31. (Special.) oman has no need to clamor for her rights in that region of Malaya lying Immediately behind the Malaccas, ac cording to officials who have been studying them. The tribes are of Sumatran origin but have long been settled in their present quarters. Women alone hold land and the headship of the tribes runs by right on the woman's side. Men are dependent on their womenfolk and are never given real authority. Taken all around the villages are prosperous and the population happy and contented. Though so emphati cally tho under dogs the men are sloek and free from care. When they make a move they announce their In tention of settling in this or that head woman's village there to be a very humble servant of the powerfully banded female government. Divorce is not unknown but such Is woman's su periority that it is the man who loses his maintenance by the decree. MAIM DISROBES IN COURT Paris Lunatic Fond of Taking Off Clothes In Public Places. PARIS. May 31. (Special.) An indi vidual afflicted with a mania for divest ing himself of lils raiment on the most unseasonable occasions at the Palais de Justice had Already acquired some no toriety there for his queer performances, when he reappeared the other afternoon, slipped into an empty law court and, throwing off his garments, proceeded to cry in stentorian tones, "Murder!" and "Klise!" although there was neither an . apache or woman near the epot. He fol lowed this up by driving his fist through r-anes of gtass. Municipal guards rushed into the court and then flew to press a barrister's gown into service, pending their final success in inducing the poor creature, who was shivering, to allow them to help him resume his clothes, which had been stowed away in a parcel behind one of the doors. Then they took him to the depot at the Prefecture of Police. After having been detained for a while, the lunatic as set at liberty, and there is a good deal of amused speculation at the Palais de Justice as to the probable date of his next exploit in this odd line, which, it Is to be hoped, will not be atten pted in a full instead of an empty court. PORTLAND TAKES STRIDE fConMnued From First Pa Re. 1 greater than Portland's when the reverse should hold true. This is by the simple expedient of clearing every day in Port land, while in Seattle the figures are car ried over from day to day. Lumber Shipments Heavy. Important lumber shipments were made during the month, the coastwise business leading with a total of 11, 207,- 800 feet. Foreign lumber shipments -were also heavy with 7,157,493 feet dis patched, valued at 88,84.4i. Ship ments of flour amounting to 11.667 barrels, show a revlvol of this class of trade, April shipments having amount ed to nill owing to the burning out of local plants. A tabulated schedule for the flrBt five months of the year and of 1909' for J the building permits and real estate transfers Is here given: Building Permits. BRITISH FOLK GOME Permits. January : January.. 170 February. 322 March . . 44y - April . 5J5 May ..... ZS2 Value. Terrolts. $431,415 1.3J0.540 1,651.13 1.142,400 $401,415 S39 423 OfiS ' 1T ASS Value. 338 cmf 624.11o l'.47.'l'.5!1 2.014.772 1.803.645 Totals.. 1837 S5.440.135 2(332 $0,922,117 Real Estate Transfers. Deeds. January .1233 February .1332 March ...18t5 April 1US15 May 1702 Amount. $2,201,948 2.0U3.33S 3.062.350 2.53S.032 3.225.15U Deeds. 1503 1471 2UC3 2017 1U63 Amount. 2.328.8f2 3.013.208 4.200.86:1 2.973.068 2.804.14a Totals. ..7S47 $13,109,927 8717 $15,924,083 BRITISH MOVE IS VITAL PLAX OX FOOT TO CURTAIL ELECTION" EXPENSES. Case of Sir Christopher 1-urness. Shipping Magnate, Brings About Unusual Action. LONDON. May 31. (Special.) Big? re sults are looked for as a consequence of the unseating of Sir Christopher Furness, the shipping: magnate, as Liberal mem ber of Hartlepool, because the legral ex penses were exceeded, by $20 worth of pt amps and $500 was spent on a proces sion of miners in his favor on election day. Sir Christopher is not only turned out of hits seat he can't stand there again in the new contest that has been ordered. Probably his son will succeed him. Everybody knows little things can throw a successful candidate out in Eng lish politics. Britishers rather pride themselves on their corrupt practices act as a proof of the morality of their politics. They deceive themselves. But in this case Furness loses his seat main ly because an ardent admirer named "Wallace, hearing a procession was to be organized against Furness, imported 500 miners to demonstrate for the Liberal candidate. The miners came on free railway tickets, got all the refreshments they wanted and took gratis rides on the Hartlepool streetcars. The judges thought Wallace's action was well known to tho campaign managers and therefore was an illegal act necessitating the voiding of the election though Sir Christopher Furness was personally blameless. But apart from the merits of the case the country is taking stock of the big fortunes spent in politics. So lavish is the personal expenditure in contests that able but comparatively poor men are kept out of the arena. It is probable even more stringent regulations will now be drawn up to limit the amount allow able for elections. Of late years the rich candidate always has a big pull in having numerous automobiles for taking voters to the polling booths on election day. It is curious to find how such a matter as a ride in a fine car can turn hundreds of voters in a sharp contest. Justice Phillimore, in delivering judgment in this Hartlepool case, particularly drew the at tention of Parliament to the automobile abuse, with a view to imposing restrictions. CONVICT CRIES FOR JAIL Homesickness for Cell Cause of Strange Plea. PARIS, May 31. (Special.) "For Heaven's 6ake send me back to )ai. I am homesick for the place," cried Pierra Fanahr as he dropped on his knees be fore the Oommissary of Police of the Faubourg Montmarter. He looked weak and hungry and the Commissary thought he had a mental case in hand till on inquiry he found the man really -was an ex-convict. Finishing a 20-year sentence in January, Fanahr had been given $125 -with which to begin life again. But the convict was a pigeon for the thieves- of Pari6, who robbed him and left him penniless and friendless In the streets. "I had friends In the convict settle ment at La Guyane," he said. "I was happy for 20 years there. I don't want to commit a crime, but have pity and send me back." Instead, Fanahr is now being looked after by a. philanthropic society at the instance of the Commissary. FOOTBALL TEAM ARRESTED Whole Squad Suffers for Accidental fatal Kick. PARIS. May 31. (Special.) Football in France has some warm admirers, but the authorities are scared of It. At a match at Lons-le-Saunier. not far from Berne, a player named Oudet was kicked In the stomach end died. Now the whole team of 15 players are under arrest. For the police can't dis cover the man whose foot did the fatal damage. It was a sharp scrimmage at the moment end the culprit himself doesn't know he did it. The boy's parents are urging the po lice on and refuse to believe it Is impos sible to discover the "miscreant." They decline to agree the kick was accidental, for they are not much accustomed to the risks of the game in out-of-the-way parts of France. TURKEY ATTACKS ARTIST Party of Golfers Rescues Man After He Is Seerely Injured-. LON'DON, May 31. (Special.) A Staf fordshire artist, while sketching near Hanley. was attacked by a turkey and had an exciting encounter with the bird, lasting a quarter of an hour. ' " The turkey approached the artist from behind and made a sudden attack. With his sketch book the artist aimed a blow at the bird's head, but missed, and then sought refuge behind a tree. The turkey pursued him and injured him quite se verely. A party of golfers finally came to the rescue and killed the turkey. Convicted Slayer Loses Fight. OLYMPIA, Wash., May 31. (Special.) The State Supreme Court today sus tained the conviction in the Lewis County Superior Court of Joseph Ware, who on May i5, 1909, killed a man named Corp. He was found guilty of manslaughter on hi3 plea of self-defense. Tourists From Europe Will Visit Rose Festival. PICTURES OF CITY ATTRACT CARD OK THANKS. To friends attending the last sad rites of our departed husband and father. William G. Landauer. thanks; also for the floral contributions, the services of pallbearers and church choir. Yours in bereavement. MRS. LANDAUER AND FAMILY. J. Harry White, of London, Is Here to Make Reservations for Party of 200 Newspapers of Paris Give Space to Festival. That Europe, also, has heard and has hearkened to the call of the Rose Festi val, was indicated yesterday by J. Harry White, of Fairchild, London, staying at the Cornelius Hotel. "I am ' one of a party of over 200 who will visit Portland expressly to see the Rose Festival." said Mr. White. "We got talking over the Fiesta spirit one day last year after seeing some illustrations of things in this country in the Illus trated London News. "I have about completed .making the reservations for our people, who will ar rive here next iTueeday. I propose run ning about a little and making a few side excursions, but we shall all be here for Rose week. "Of course you know that roses are the flower of England; as ihey seem to be of Portland, but in few sections do they grow in the open in the wonderful luxuriance I have observed here." Mr. White said he believed that upward of 1000 visitors to the Rose Festival might be expected to Portland from the other side of the water. He sajd he had learned this from steamship agents. "Why," he said, "even Le Petit Bleu (a Paris daily) devoted considerable space to an article on the city of roses recently. "Our own party are all imbued with the 'see things' spirit and we intend to 'do' Oregon thoroughly while we have the op portunity. I have been here once before some years ago and that is why I have been deputized to hurry ahead and make the necessary bookings. But, I must confess, the city presents entirely new aspects. At my last visit I do not re member roses being mentioned. Now everyone, with characteristic American Impetuosity, has seized one of the most charming attributes of this city's natural growth and is making it become known as something that helps the building up of the 'Portland spirit.' "I am a little surprised at the lack of decoration. But I am afraid that even this land of hustlers will have to hurry considerable to cover these tall buildings with electric designs and bunting before next Monday." MUCH EXPECTED OF ARMOR German Naval Authorities Adopt New Krupp Output. LONDON. May 31. (Special.) The perennial conflict between guns and armor has attained a fresh stage by the adoption of a new type of armor-plate for warships by the German naval au thorities. For some time the Krupp fac tories have been manufacturing plate of nickel-tungsten steel, instead of the nickel-chrome steel hitherto used for that purpose. It is claimed for the new plate that it has a resistance to penetration of from 10 to 12 per cent higher than the Krupp armor previously employed for the ships of the German navy. The whole of the Dreadnoughts now under construc tion in German shipyards will be armored with the new nickel-tungsten,steel plate. At all events, it is significant that the Germans are at present arranging con tracts with the Wolfram Mining Company of Panasquiera, Portugal, for the whole of the output of tungsten ore from the La Guarda mines for the next three years. Hitherto British manufacturers of armor-plate for the navy have been pay ing a royalty of J50 per ton to the Krupps for the right to make armor according to the Krupp methods. The patents on this process have recently run out, and now- the famous German works are in the field with a new tungsten steel, which is reported to give much better results than the so-called "Krupp non-cemented" armor-plate. . The British test for ships' armor is to T-!SS hfavy Ptiles with a velocity of 19o0-foot seconds. In the recent tests the new German armor-plate is said to oTt-i projellea 't" a velocity of 2250-foot seconds, a very important !?ZSnCT claImed 'or the tungsten- t tl V . that' whlle " is y equal to the old in surface hardness, it Is much tougher and moae resistant, and is free from any tendency to brittleness, and is therefore less likely to crack under the hS'T&cKy-r project,les BtHkin SUN CAUSES EXPLOSION Chemicals in Drug Store Window Ignited by Hot Rays. lrEW, TOK', 31.-A fire follow- ITJL, !xf'8ln yesterday afternoon destroyed the drugstore of Frank Vas q.UeZ'. L No8' 295 27 East 149th street. The Bronx, and caused a panic among the tenants in the house. It is Relieved that the sun caused bottles of chemicals to explode. Patrolman Glp, of the Morrisania sta tion, sent in an alarm, and, hurrying back to the house, found the hall filled with smoke, hut . -j vuc eucceeaea in getting out except Mrs. S. Valentio, on invaiia, and her daugh ter. Olp took them up in his arms, one after the other, and carried them to the street. WOMEN RUSH FOR. BABES Consignment of New York AVaifs Eagerly Taken in South. NEW ORLEANS. May 3L-For the third time this year a stork train has reached here from the New York Foundling Asylum. In charge of three Sisters of Charity, 59 tots landed at the Union Station this morning and were pounced upon by a mother-hungry horde of women of comparative wealth and refinement. There were not enough waifs to go around by 300. Twenty-five of the foundlings were parceled out to good homes in New Or leans. Another 25 went on to Kansas farmers, while nine will be carried to foster parents in Memphis. PEERESS AIDS SOCIALISTS Countess of Warwick Has Conrage of Her Convictions. - LONDON. May 31. (Special.) The Countess of Warwick has th courage of her convictions. As the owner of the Easton estate she possesses the right of presentation to certain livings situated upon it- A few years ago, when one of SA CRIEI CE SALE GIRLS' and MISSES' WASH SUITS and DRESSES Comprising our entire stock of NEW GOODS This is our FIRST SEASON in this line, consequently there are no old goods nor left-overs, but only choicest exclusive styles all to go at ONE-HALF PRICE fflH 1ST1! i k: - 18 Lit ? ii 1 HA ii .1 tf., i h nil mm I I f I II. fill Everybody knows that no exaggerations are ever permitted in any of my ads For this reason our SALES are always successful and well patronized. IF YOU WANT GENUINE BARGAINS you will do well to call early BEN LIN LEADING O" CLOTHIER these fell vacant, she appointed the Rev. I Lamar, who celebrated her 10th birth- i on the part of the detectives to obtain J. Maxted. a well-known Socialist par- I day since her sensational marriage a service on the bridegroom. Newlan L. son. Now another has fallen in, and this I few months ago. may lay claim to being I Lamai.t 32 years, who, it Is alleged, en- time she has given the living to a still better known Socialist, the Rev. Conrad Noel, who is a prominent advocate of Socialism. What the Tory churchgoers In these "parishes think of the action of the Coun tess Is not known, but It possesses, at any rate, the recommendation of being consistent. CONCERT PRODIGY FOUND Polish Girl Startles French Musical - ' . Critics. PARIS, May. 31. (Special.) Another Polish concert marvel has been dis covered in' Mademoiselle 'Alexandrowicz. Though only 17 " years old she has so glorious a voice that even -hardened critics are enraptured. They describe it as at once limpid, pure and of great range. Having conquered Parls she is to go to London next year and thence to America. Her father was professor of music at Warsaw, but three years ago he died, leaving her in charge of his countryman, Jean de Reszke, who trained her. BRIDE OF 10 ASKS DIVORCE Child-Wife Says She Was Enticed Into Marriage. MEMPHIS. Tenn., May 31. Provided the court grants her decree of divorce applied for today, Nellie M. Johnson Oh, My Poor Back! No Trouble at All to Know When Your Kidneys and Bladder Are Diseased. Tou don't have to have a doctor or anybody else to tell you - that. When your kidneys and bladder become weak, exhausted and diseased, the symptoms are very plain and unmistak able. You must first understand that all kidney and bladder diseases are directly due to uric acid poison in the system. Those wearisome, continuous back aches those excruciating, sharp, stab bing pains and "catches" in the back, hips and groins (when you attempt to lift something or to straighten up too quickly) those rheumatic pains and twinges all signify kidney and blad der disease. Then take warning for foolish neglect may soon mean serious and fatal consequences. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills have afforded prompt and permanent relief in every case of kidney and blad der disease no matter how far ad vanced where they have been given an honest trial. Uric acid cannot pos sibly resist the marvelously cleansing, antiseptic, soothing, healing and cura tive action of these Pills. They insure positive relief and freedom from all conditions or symptoms of kidney and bladder diseases, as above mentioned. They also prevent (or cure. If taken In time) many far more fatal diseases such as diabetes, dropsy and Bright'a disease. Mr. Wallace H. Brunner, 3214 Ohio St., Omaha, Neb., states that these Pills cured him entirely of his kidney trouble. And Mr. Brunner Is only one of many thousands. E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago, 111., want every man and woman who have the least suspicion that they are af flicted with kidney and bladder dis eases to at once write them, and a trial box of these pills will be sent free by return mail, postpaid. Do it today. world 0 " w,c tlced his bride from her home, driving Papers in behalf of the child-wife to the residence of Rev. E. R. Overby, were filed after several months effort I where the nuptial knot was tied. Desertion is alleged by the pretty lit tle miss through her parents. A recently Invented rescue stretcher for mines has oxygen tanks, at one end, opening into a (bag- in which a man's head and shoulders may be placed. PORTLAN D SPOKANE FLYER BETWEEN PORTLAND AND SPOKANE DAILY Leaves PORTLAND at 6 P. M. Arrives SPOKANE Next Morning 7:30. A Strictly High-Class Limited Train Electric Lighted Throughout. - Promptly: on Time Stops at Hood River and The Dalles. Its superior equipment includes an Observation Car, Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars, Dining Car, Tourist Sleeping Cars and Free Reclining Chair Cars. Purchase tickets and obtain all desired information at the City Ticket Office, Third and Washington Sts., or at Union Depot. WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon