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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1910)
TIIE MOKXIXG OKEOOXIAX, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1910. ' ' ' LO R I M ER JACKPOT WORKING E XPDSED Legislator Tells How He Was Paid $1000 to Vote for Senator. BROWNE GAVE OUT MONEY RrpreerntatlTe Ikx-kcmcyrr Ie rlam Minority Ix-ader Flrt Ap proached" Him on May 2 6. Caab Handed Him Jnne CI. CHICAGO. Sept. . Representative H. O. C. Beckemeyer. on the witness stand today before the lo rimer Investigating .. o.tiflBi that he received ! after he had voted for Senator . Lorimer and that the money was paid to Mm because of his vote for the Junior Senator from Illinois. Beckemeyer was the third Legislator In thla hearing to confess that he was irtrrn money for his vote In the Sena torial election. Representative White and 8tate Senator Holstlaw being the, other. Counsel or Lorimer brought out In croea-examlnatlon that Becktmeyers vote for Senator Lorimer was not Induced by the promise of any payment. Browne Paid Money. Beckemeyer, who has been a witness In both the trials of Minority Leader Lee ONell Browne, testified that the WW was paid to him by Browne, who aid. when he gave the witness a roll of bills: "Here's the Lorimer money. Senator Frailer, of Tennessee, shortly before Beckemeyer left the witness stand, questioned him closely on a the Incidents to which the witness had tes tified and Beckemeyer said In reply that prior to voting for Senator Lorimer he Jiad not had any conversation with Browne or anyone else. In which any thing was said about receiving any bene fit for his vote for Senator Lorimer: that he had never had any dealings with Browne that would call for the payment sf the money and that he took the money and used It for his own benefit and never rave It back. Many questions of counsel related to Beekotneyer being In the custody of an officer of the State's Attorney's office for a long period, and Senator Heyburn expressed surprise. Question of Duress Arise. "Can It be poeslble.the Senator said. vthat there Is a law which authorizes an officer to keep a man in custody without any charge or Indictment against him?" Attorney Hanecy declared there waa no such law and he was prepared to anrue that the witness had been under duress. Ia response to a later question from 'Attorney Austrian. Beckemeyer said he waa In custody partly at hla own re quest, as he had told the State Attorney that he would like to have some one to protect him and that he did not consider himself under duress or restraint. - Beckemey-r testified that he voted for Fonator Lorimer on May 24, 19-. and on the evening of May M he had been called lo the room of Minority . Leader Lee O'Xell Browne. - - - Persuasion Wins Lawmaker. "Browne said to me." declared the iwltneas. -'what to all this talk about your not voting for Lorimer?" I replied that I thought for a Democrat to vote for Lorimer would kill him. the Demo crat, politically at home. Browne then told me that many other Democrats were going to vote for lorimer and that It would not hurt roe. I talked to other Democrats and found that some of them were going to vote for Lorimer and -1 decided to do so mywilf." Witness then told of going to St. Louis t the request of Browne and receiving liro for h vote for Lorimer. "I met Browne at St. Louis June a. and Browne handed me a roll of uoney, which he said was J1M0. I jaunted It and found the mm correct. As he -handed It to me Browne said, "thla ia Lorimer money." Witness) said that on July 15 he went to St. Louis again and waa given S9W by Representative Robert R. Wilson, who Beckemeyer said, was acting' for Browne. Witness said this waa his share of the Jackpot." . Perjury Indictment Given. At the opening of the Inquiry today. State Senator D. W. Holstlaw waa re called to the witness-stand for further examination. The first questions touched the experiences of the witness before the grand Jury of Sangamon County, where be waa charged with complicity in bribery in connection with the purchase of furniture for the State House at 9pringtleld. Wltnesa admitted that the grand Jury Indicted him on a, charge of perjury, growing out of hla testimony concerning the furniture purchase. He was Indicted on May IS. 1910, he aid. and made his confession the fol lowing day, after which the Indictment gainst him waa quashed. The quashing of the ndlctment. Mr. Holstlaw declared, waa pursuant to a promise made that it would be his reward for testifying truth fully to what he knew about the vote for lorimer. The State Senator said his con fession signed at Springfield was true, and that he had made it as a matter of duty. GILL RETURNS TO SEATTLE CContlnu.d From Plrt ! It Is true. I shall be the first to taks Kwmr. artlon.N -And what about Max Wardalir the Mayor was asked. 1 1 1 caa V r tf ' li n te. I v ii . - - -I believe that Mr. Wardall Is con rlentlons and performing his duty as he sees It." replied Mayor Gill. "It Is probably true that Wardill lacks the experience to handle the situation but his Intentions are all right and his efforts to keep the city clean cannot be criticised by anybody. So far as 1 can see. there. has been no great change. Long ago. several men came to me and wanted to open dance halls. I told them that under Judge Gilliam's de cision In the Dreamland Pavilion case, a dance hall where no liquor is sold and which Is conducted In an orderly manner was clearly within the law. I saw no objection to that sort of dance halL However. If the dance hall which has been closed has been selling liquor and has been run In a boisterous man ner. It Is proper that It should be closed. I should have closed It had I found that condition. Mayor Speaks of Policy. "As for any general clean-up move ment. It has been my policy from the ' beginning to keep the city free of men wbe live habitually from the earnings of painted woeoaa. The police depart- SICK HEADACHES AID DEBILITY AFFLICTED THIS KA58A8 W0XA3. Dr. Williams' Pink Pllla Cured Her After Other Remedies and Treat ments Had Been Tried In Vain. There is no mystery about the fact that Dr. Williama Pink Pills are both a blood builder and a nerve tonic, nothing un reroeniafd by science in the power of these pills to core severe nervous dis orders as wail as diseases of the blood. Ir. Williams' Pink Pills are a specific for anceniia, r deficiency of blood. Hence tliey are a remedy for all nervous disea.ps which ret lit from, or thrive under, amemic conditions. One such trouble ia nervous headache and the success of the tonic treatment through the blood is thus described by Mrs. Walter Anderson, whose address is R. F. D. , Xo. 1, Valeda, Kans. She says : Ever since I was a child, I suffered with sick headaches and when I was thirteen years of age I had a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism in my limbs, which were terribly swollen. I suffered intense pain and from that time until I took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I suffered a genera) weakness. There was a con Ftant pain through my head and I never saw a well day. I was weak, generally iimn nrl had nn ambition to work. My blood waa thin and I lost in weight. 1 Was tired ana lamruia an vi wis uuir. 1 Viort nn armotito and IDT Stomach WBS nf nr. lor WrKmpVpr I WSS chilled I was troubled with rheumatic pains in my limbs. I was very nervous and was often confined to bed for a week. Tw ilnrmn HiH not tin ma a Tjarticle of good and they did not seem to know what aued me. a iter i naa vxa miiier their care for some time, my f atherdecided a hava mf.f-v Dr Williams' Pink Pills. I could see that tliey were helping me alter taking a lew Doxea tor my sireujcva amw U L. AnJ Kaa)rh fliAftnneArpd. I have bean in very good health since. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are unequal ed for the treatment of even the most severe nervous disorders, such as neu ralgia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance ana .locomotor ataxia- vumi. mi uo blood and nerves tliey are used every--i, rii tha mitMt success, buildinz up wasted bodies and bringing the glow i . . . . it i i of health to pale ana sauow cneeKs. Our booklet, "Diseases of the Blood," ha ar.t frM BWin thr TWlUPtft of SH V sufferer from impure or impoverished blood. ... rr William' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 60 cents per box ; six boxes for 2.60, by the Dr. Williams Medicine company, ocaenecmuy, ment has had orders to throw them Into Jail as fast as they were found. I had reason to believe that this order was being carried out. "The day after election I met a com mittee from the Public Welfare League and said that as eoon as the Dearborn- street Improvement work was finished I would move the restricted district to a less objectionable location. I shall keep that promise. The district will be moved shortly. GUI Againwt Graft. I shall be pleased to give my assist ance to any movement which has for Its purpose the elimination of gran, ir thece has been any It has been without my knowledge. I have sanctioned none of It. and 1 shall do what I can to punTHh those found guilty. Tomorrow I shall be In my office all day. and I shall begin at once an Investigation of these charges." In the party which returned this evening were A. V. Hemrlch. owner of the yacht Rainier: Prosecuting Attor ney Vanderveer, Councilman Schlumpf, C. L. Becklngham. Joe Dlxard,. Oscar Mauer and Cecil Upper. league Busy With Petition. The Public Welfare League says that It has collected a great quantity of evi dence against the city administration. but at present Is confining ltseir to the recalr movement against Mayor GUI. The recall petition will be put In cir culation early next week, according to the league. One man In each voting precinct will have charge of the peti tions. A member of the -executive commit tee of the Public Welfare League esti mates the amount of graft money col lected from vice In the laet six months as $500,000. The gross-Income of a 100- room house Is nearly $5000 a week. "Wappy" to Be Investigated. . If Wappensteln returns to Seattle he will be aummoned at once before the Council Investigating committee for In vestigation. This committee Is headed by Councilman Blaine, who presided over the committee of 1901 that caused the removal of Wappeasteln from the detective force and pronounced him un fit to be employed on the police force. This committee aleo condemned Chief of Police Meredith, who was removed from office and shortly afterward killed in a street duel. COMFORT NOT NEEDED TAFT SAYS DOXT GIVE IXDCCE MEXTS TO CRIMINALS. Prison Congress Warned Against Making Prisons Too Comfort able for Lawbreakers. WASHINGTON. Sept. ZS.In receiving the delegates to the International Prison Congress In the east room of the White House. President Taft cautioned them against making prisons so comfortable as to furnsh a motive for violating the law, and also warned against associating prisoners who were mere' offenders with hardened- lawbreakers. The . President said that sometimes, when he had visited the prisons of this Government, he had thought they were stronger in theory than in practice. He expressed the hope, however, that this Government now had prisons that Illus trated at least some of the Improve ments that the prison congress recom mended. He said that Attorney-General w i r lln. Wk-kersham. wtte had given some atten tion to the matter, would attend the con gress to receive suggestions. The opening sesnion of the annual con ventlon of the American Prlscm Associa tion was held tonight, at which Amos Butler, of Indiana, president of the or ganisation, delivered his annual address, taking as his subject, "Convicts and Con servation." The Amerlvan association will close Its convention Saturday and the opening se sion of the International Prison Congress will be held Saturday afternoon. The convention will continue during the week. DEMOCRATS NAME TICKET Rhode Inlanders Assail Cannonism, It Rallinger and Tariff. imftvinrvpp T 1 Rent Panrfi I nui i l'i.-'v i-. ... - i -- dales for the 0ve state offices and for In v - Values to S4.QO Fine . gaff or Toilet Articles-We Are Exclusive Agents for CrGloves and Leathers, Orange Blossom Candy, Likly Trunks '4a The store where goods are marked at what they're worth, NOT at what we" think they will bring. Patents $1.00 Paine Celery Compound 69 $1.00 OzomuLsion 72 50c Wampolis Forniolid Magnesia. .35 $1.00 Harper's Headache Remedy. .. .73 $1.00 Russell Emulsion 79J $1.00 Stearns' Wine Cod Liver Oil 69t? '$1.00 rhillips' Emulsion 69 $1.00 Scott's Emulsion 79 $1.00 Waterbury Cod Liver Oil 79 $1.00 Bovinine 79 $1.00 Thillips' Phospho Muriate Qui nine .'...69 $1.00 Manalin 69 $1.00 Wampolis' Cod Liver Oil 67 $1.00 Amriers' Emulsion 71 $ $1.00 Barolyptol 67 $1.00 Creolin 69 2."c Garfield Tea Syrup 16 $1.00 Sanmetto 71' 2."c.Laxol 16t 50e Jaynes' Vermifuge 34 $1.00 Tonds' Extraet 65 v At "Wood- J ewe I ryiaiPrice. 50c and 75c Braid Tins, set with Bril liants 37 25c Barretts and Combs 19 50c Barretts and Combs :36 50o Brooch, a pood one for the price.. 29 75c Brooch, will wear well 6S Jet Barretts and Combs, HALF PRICE Fancy Hat Fins, ONE-FOURTH OFF. Fancy Chains, Necklaces, Fins, other odd pieces, ONE-FOURTH OFF. Rubber Goods $2.00 White Rubber Combination Syringe and Water Bottle. . .$1.39 $2.00 Best Red Rubber Water Bot tle, size 2 $1.49 $1.65 White Rubber Water Bottle 9S $1.50 Maroon Fountain Syringe, 3 hard rubber tubes, rapid flow, 3-piart 98 $1.00 Ladies' Spray Syringe, regular size 69 75c Infant Silk Covered Diapers. . .49 $1.00 Atomizer .'. 69 Minnesota i i , : ' : KepresenwiiivM uum o frional districts were nominated by the . - j . V. n ..,. n n .1 Pfttl. . . i .W-M 41.- f'nnrrpt) Democrats iuau- gremlonal convention, and a platform assailing the tariff, Cannonism and the retention of Secretary Ballinger In the Cabinet was adopted. gon The ticKet louows: uuvti Waterman, Providence; Lieutenant-Governor. Dr. Phillip E. Clarke. Newport! ,- . A. aa Altwrli. Arrhnmhault. snow Vb.o per company was riTremij . . . 1..-. . .. n.....l InHn I. nPV. nazaras. ii , au"i ii' " - Providence; General Treasurer. Trls- AVIATOR tnm naorocK, eBit-iij; iupc.t.... Flnt District. Georfte E. O'ShauKhnessy. Providence: Second District, Thomas F. Cooney. Cranston. ' The convention also pledned the Demo cratic candidates for the Reneral asoemhly to support Jud(?e Arthur U Brown as a successor to United States Senator Ald- Funeral of rlcn. Lewis A. Waterman, the candidate for Governor, is a graduate of Brown Uni versity. INSURANCE COMPANY QUITS Unfortunate Oregon Haiards Cause Withdrawal of Sliawnce. SALEM. Or., Sept. 29. (Special.) In surance Commissioner 8. A. Kozer re ceived word today that the Shawnee Fire Insurance Company, of Topeka, Kan, after sailing; through troublous financial ssas for many months, had de rided to a-lve ud the fight, and has with drawn from transaction of Insurance business In the State of Oregon. Its business being- reinsured with the Na tional Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford. Conn. has been learned that the Shawnee had reached out and secured a larger volume of business than Its capital and surplus would warrant. An examina tion of the company's affalcs has been progress for many months In the Handbags for Ladies-All Latest sWff .a w -rir will Re Chareed on Your Next Month's Bill No Mail America's Largest Popular-Priced Drug Store's Bargains for Friday and Saturday The Truss Expert Is Now With Us Jardinieres Are Greatly Reduced Don't Fail to Attend This Big Sale 83c 7-inch Lowelsa and Mat Green Jardinieres on sale at 59 $1 23 8-inch Lowelsa and Mat Green Jardinieres at only 89 $1.75 9-inch Lowelsa and Mat Green Jardinieres at only $1.29 $2.50 10-inch Lowelsa and Mat Green Jardinieres at only $1.69 One-Fourth Off on All Brass and Odd Jardinieres. Stationery 3oe Box White & Wyckoff 's Au tocart Linen, in three differ- ent sizes S6 25c Aluminum Collapsible Drink ing Cups .' 15i 60c Hurd's Lawn Finish Bos Sta tionery, in plain white 42 $1.00 Values in Bridge and 500 Leather Cases, including ruled tally pad, special 67 25c Box Plain Linen and Paper and Envelopes 17 $1.25 Post Card Album, with Cab inet Oval Photograph in each cover, holds 400 cards 87J $1.00 Fancy Cloth Covered Post Card Album, holds 300 cards. 78i 35c Black Cloth Covered Post Card Album, either end or side opening, holds 300 cards. .. .21 100 Calling cards, printed 25 FOUNTAIN PENS FILLED FREE. Brushes '.Ti 1. i. i .1 IS ; We have just received a large shipment of the celebrated Howard Hair Brushes. These brashes have no superior for dur ability, or appearance; ask to be shown our new Ladies Military Brush. Re member we carry the largest assortment of High-Grade Brushes on the Pacific Coast. Every brush warranted. 25c Asst. French Tooth Brushes. 16 50e Hard Rubber Dressing Combs 39 75c and Soc Asst. Celluloid Combs, especially good value 49 25c Folding Pocket Comb, two styles 17 35c Hard Rubber Dressing Combs 19 $1.00 Cushion Back Bristle Hair Brush 59 $1.50 Double Bristle Cushion Back ' Hair Brush $1.19 $2.00 Asst. of Hair Brushes, at.. $1.29 35c Assortment of Hair Brushes. 21 Toilet Needs 50c Robert ine," for the face, a liquid 29 25c Swansdown Face Powder. . . 50c La Blache Face Powder 31 15c Cake Liquozone Soap, 6 for..25 25c Cuticura Soap 15 $1.00 Potter's Walnut Stain. .. .. .79 50c Dandcrine, for the hair. ...33 50c Pebeco Tooth Paste 40 25c Euthymol Tooth Paste 15 25c Mumm, kills body odor, 2 for 25fi and Virginia departments, Dut nas now Deen aisconnnueu. The Shawnee last year received t i Q Q 7 9C In n-maa nramhim from Ore policy-holders and paid a gross loss oi ttiDd.ay. i ne average " was 11.96 and the net losses paid, com pared to the net premiums received. cent, lnaicaiins mai unfortunate In its Oregon CHAVEZ BURIED Dead Peruvian Marked by Tribute to Courage. DOMODOSOLLA. Italy, Sept. 29. The funeral of George Chavez, the South American aviator, who was fatally In jured after having accomplished the un precedented feat of, flying from Switz erland over the Alps to Italy, was held today. The occasion was remarkable In the matter of tributes to the cour age of the youth. General Splngardl, Italian Minister of War. sent a special representative, and the populace of the town and the sur rounding country followed fhe body to the church. Floral tributes came from all parts of Europe, and thousands of peasants tramped down the mountain sides with arms filled with mountain flowers. One little girl laid on the casket a bunch of edelweiss, that blooms alone amid the eternal snows of the Alps, bound with a ribbon, on which had been written: "Gathered among mountain peaks over which you flew." An autopsy revealed that the avia tor's heart was displaced by the shock of the fall, when a wing of his aero plane collapsed as he waa attempting to aMght. L ;, .! Handbags All our $5.00 Seal, Calf and Wal rus Hand Bags, new Fall shapes, special ...$2.98 Hand Bags, BlackJ Brown and Tan, outside pockets, inside purse, - values to $4.00, on sale $2.26 Soft Leather Calf Bags in all shades, for shopping, from 75 to $2.50. ONE-HALF PRICE. Umbrellas Umbrellas, with waterproof cover ing, steel rod, riveted frame, new handles; values to $1.50 98 Our complete line of Pocket Flasks, safety top, nickel and gold lined cups, Seal, Walrus and Alligator covering, from 50 to S8.0Q; ONE-HALF OFF Sundries $1.25 Ever Ready Flash Light com plete 77 15c Pkg. Toilet Paper, 4 for 25 $4.00 Vapor Bath Cabinet $2.98 $7.50 Electric Battery, complete with fittings $4.98 $1.00 Alarm Clocks 79 $2.00 Pocket Knives 97J $3.50 Fine Bracket Shaving Mir rors $1.98 $1.75 Fine Bonnet or Hat Mirror. .98 $5.00 Fine Nickel Chafing Dish. $3.98 $4.00 Alcohol Flat Iron $2.98 $1.00 Alcohol Curling Iron Heater. 77 $1.25 Veri Soft Feather Duster. . . .88 I HAVE MORE RESPECT for the man who holds you up at night for your purse, than I have for Mr. High-Priced Op tician that Bulla and cheats you because he can. His fitting la no better, his lenses no better, bis values no better than mine at the following prices Quoted by all, or nearly all, the prom inent Eastern opticians. Lenses in Your Frames $1.00 Lenses in Alnmnico Frames $1.50 . Lenses in Filled Frames $3.50 1 Staples, Jeweler 162 First Street. Near Corner Morrison Large Stock Complete Assortment Writ or Call for Prices Wholesale and Retail O. B. Stubbs Electrical Supply Co. No. 61 Blxtfcj itreet, VPortlaad, Or. pheacx.Maln I'M, A IBOO. WVUIV Fourth Floor Drugs At "Wood lark" Pricea 10c Glycerine and Rose. Water (for the'hands), bottle 6 15c Borax in pound pkgs. (best qual ity) 9 10c Alum in pound pkgs. (best qual ity) 7 10o Gum Camphor (use it in ward robes), pkg 7 50c Vanilla Extract ("Woodlark" brand). Made from the pure bean, bottle 40 40c Crude Carbolic Acid (for disin fecting), bottle 33 25c "Sunshine Metal Polish" (a liquid polisher) 19 75c Hektograph Mass (for copying) can 65 35c Absorbent Cotton (for hospital use), pound 2 25c Peroxide of Hydrogen, pound.... 19 50c Pure Cream Tartar, pound 31 d 10c Pure Soda Bicarbonate, pound:... 5 25c Carbolic Acid (a household disin fectant) bottle 16 25c Pure Castor Oil (Crystal brand), cold pressed, bottle 14 25c Spirits Camphor, bottle 18 25c Sweet Oil, a superior quality, bot tle 17 15c Cotton (J.-& J.) Very choice ar ticle, pkg. H 25c Asst. Corks, the most handy thing in the house, special price per box 20 2oc Mixed Spices (whole for pickling), cau 200 35c Liquid Soap (a saver in soap buy ing; try it) 25 25c Denatured Alcohol (for chafing dishes), bottle 20 15c Loofah (Japanese Sponges), extra size, each H 10c The Manyuse Oil (Rust Preventa tive), can 70 35c Bed Bug Banisher. (It kills them), bottle 250 25c, 35c and COc Bay Rum (put up in fancy bottles for stand use; a good quality bay rum). 50c DEKAFA (the new coffee); any one can use this brand; can. ...... .450 25c "Woodlark" Green Soap (a supe rior article) 200 tjir.. Wines Liquors Cordials Ask About the New Beverage PINEAPPLE JUICE Simply Delicious. Take some Home. WE DELIVER FREE. $1.00 Pure Old Bourbon Whiskey 690 $1.00 Fisher's Pure Rye Whiskey 740 $1.25 Clarke Bros. Bourbon, bonded., t 90 75c Brice Pure Malt Whiskey 59 $1.25 House of Lords, Scotch $1.0 'S5c Rock, Rye and Tolu, for colds.. 690 $1.00 Blackberry Cordial, for Summer complaint 790 $1.25 Best English, Old Tom Gin 890 $1.00 Pure Juniper Gin 790 $1.00 Buchu Gin, for the kidneys 790 $1.00 French and Italian Vermouth. .790 75c Port, Sherry, Angelica, Tokay, Hock, Reisling, Madeira, Mus cat 44 r MM fill m mm mmm i TALKS on TEETH By the BEX DESTAt CO., DEXTISTS, De Gustibas non Est Disputandum There In no disputing- about taste.) Looks count for naught If the quality must be sacrificed. Why not both? If you get it In dentistry, you will have to come to us eventually: why not now? It's rather a slangy expression but ap propriate here. When you buy a bar gain In dentistry your name is dut with the rain on it. For quality go to the quality shop; you can't get It from the junk dealers. Nor is It to be found on the bargain counter of dental par lors. Don't, we beg of you, try to buy bargains in teeth. Go to the topnotcli ers. It's the cheapest in the end- ami it's teeth insurance la the years t come. Only one premium to' pay the first cost. We would like to refer you to as manv of our patients as you would care to eee. All will tell you that the work is all we claim for it. Among thes ai-e many of the beatknown people o this city and state. Briffly. the ALVEOLAR METHOD is as follows: If anv one is wearing a partial plate or bridge, and has two or more teeth left in either law, we will supply a full set, without using plates or brldgework, that will be practically as firm in the jaws as nature's teeth, and as perma nent and more beautiful. . The work is practically painless, and carries our guarantee of satisfaction. Curing pyorrhea (loose teeth), a dis ease given up by other dentists as in curable, is another of our specialties. We cure it absolutely. It's a boastful statement to make, but we can do any thing that is poswlble In dentistry, and what we do Is always of the very high est class. Our booklets. Alveolar Den tistry, are free. Write for one if yon cannot call. We have samples of our work to show nt all times. THE REX DEXTAL CO., DEXTISTS, 311 to 314 Abington bldg.. lOilft 3d st. Terms to reliable people. ; ' i X