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CONTRACTOR KILLS
THEN SURRENDER
Frank Porter, Steam Shove
Engineer, Shot at Early
Morning Hour.
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATES
TrnnM Start OtT iMnUf tO
Wagons and Crist ComM Mod
da? Followed lr ShooUn
Tuesday Inqurst Held.
Frank Porter, a steam-shovel -n.r
' shot and Instantly killed by
"harls E- Fott. a contractor nd
M. employer, at Kt Tenth and Btnn
streets, yesterday mornlna- at
o'rlnrk. following an alleged attempt
by Porter to shoot the engineer wno
surrerdrd him. Porter dropped with a
bu!l through Ms head and died almost
Instantly.
Pntnra went directly to the police
station and surrendered himself. US-
lnir that he had shot In seir-oetense.
Torter. who lived at S Kat Harrl
son street and had a wife and step
daughter, had been In Pottage's em
ploy during the progress of a lob of
strel-graiilng at the scene of the
shooting. There had been some slight
friction because Porter. In operating
Ms shore!, had damaged one or two
wagon beds, and because he did not get
along well with his helpers and had
discharged a number of them from time
to time.
Trouble at Crisis Monday.
Pottage, according to his own state'
. -n monatrmtt azalnst the fre
quent necessity of hiring green men.
and he and Porter had words about
the. matter last Monday. Porter and
hla foreman. J. P. Kruder. era It the
w Xf thnnvti Pottaare.
he says, asked them to remain, at least
for to remainaer or me oay. m -engineer
was hired and went to work
yesterday morning.
Pottnge and John Farrell. an nncle of
Ms wlf-. stayed with me snores an
r j T V. . ....W n nvnf Hal-
lowe'en mischief and partly. Pottage
says, because he had beard of threats
they could not run the shovel no on
should. At o'clock yesteraay morn
ing the crew reported for work, and a
few minute later Pottage and Farrell
started home. They had gone but a
block whea they met Porter ana n.ru-
.kt.. .t nnM rmlt- Pot-
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tage anticipated trouble and turned
bark.
Immediately upon reaching the steam
shore). Torter drew a .is-callber re
volver. Pottage shouted to him to put
dowa the weapon and lear the place.
Then. It Is alleged. Porter swung
around until the weapon covered Pot
tage, who drew hla own rerolrer and
fired. The bullet struck Porter In the
middle of the forehead and he dropped
dead, with hla own weapon under him.
It doe not appear that he succeeded
In firing It. though Pottage said after
ward that he thought at the time that
he himself waa shot.
Sa Krndrr Cried, "Shoot Him."
During th short spar before Por
ter fell. Kruder. according to Pottage,
s'ood near by and cried repeatedly.
-hoot him." Kruder denies that be
said this, but admits that he shouted
' other words. Pottage declares that
Kruder was th cause of th trouble,
and that he Inslred Porter to go back
to the work, armed with a weapon.
Pottage, after shooting Porter, at
once went to the police station and
surrendered himself to Policeman Oru
ber. He wept as he related th affair
and said that he supposed he had been
hasty, but that he fired to ear hla own
life. He was turned orer t Captain of
Irtecttres Moor, who assigned Detec
tives Hellyer and Maioncy to the Inves
tigation. Pottage declared that th only un
pleasantness he had had with Porter
was th single remonstranc against
the frequent discharge of th helpers.
He said that be paid Porter and Kru
der a dal'.y bonus of 12 above their
seal of wages. He alleges that after
the unpleasantness on Monday. Kruder
and Porter attempted to tie up th
machine, by tightening bolt and clog
ging oil du-ts so that th parts would
heC
Paving Concern In Case.
Officials of th Independent Paving
Company, to whom th steam shovel
belongs, say that Porter returned to
the work yesterday at their direction,
they contending that the crew should
he hired by the owner of th machine.
When the two men appeared at th
work they found the new crew ready to
go to work and became angry.
Pottag lives at Tt Borthwlck street.
. He has a wife, but no children. He I
only 31 years of age and has been la
th contracting business for himself
several years. II was disinclined to
discus the shooting until he had con
ferred with an attorney, but repeatedly
averred that he fired becaus h
thought hla own life was In danger.
Pottage waa released from custody la
th afternoon, upon recommendation of
th District Attorney, the grand Jury
having Investigated th case and re
fused an Indictment. This action re
sulted from th testimony of Arthur
Clark, an offlc man of the Independent
Paving Company, who supported Pot
tage's statement that Kruder and Porter
had mad threats th day before that
no on should run th steam shovel un
less they did. An Inquest will b held
by Coroner Norden today.
COIN FORCEDJJN SPEAKER
statement That Mrs. Armor De
manded Loss Replaced Is Denied.
,o trace bss been found of th
money stolen from th purs of Mrs.
Mary Harris Armor, th prohibition
lecturer. Saturday night. Th amount
missing Is fit.
At a meeting Sunday afternoon L H.
Amos told of th theft and when th
contribution was taken, th audience
responded by giving an usually Urge
donation. Th statement that Mrs.
Armor told ber hearer that they would
ex reeled to make up her loss Is erroneous-
Sh said that she could not
allow th audience to make good the
amount atolen and refused to appeal
for such a collection, which was taken,
however, against her wishes.
Mrs. Armor left th city Monday and
Is now lecturing la Eastern Oregon.
PERSONAL-MENTION.
James A. Murch. of Ealetn. Is at th
Lenox.
It. N. Dryer, of t'matilU. Is at th
Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. Joha Klger and Mrs. a
X. King, of Corvallls. are staying at
th Perkins.
TV. B Ewlng. of Dallas, Is at th
Portland.
H. 8. Browning, of Hood River, is at
th Perkins.
X K Flynn. of Sllverton. Is staying
at th Lenox.
B. K. Lawson. of Cottag Grove, Is
at th Oregon.
J. L. Hershner. of Hood River. Is reg
istered at th Lenoxs
Mrs. L. TV. Robblns. of Molalla. is
staring at th Oregon.
Mrs. J. M. Ralston and son. Roll.
of Albany, are at th Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. F. 11 Mytlnger, of
Pendleton, are at th Cornelius.,
Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Grover. of La
Grande, are staying at th Oregon.
A. H. and L. P. Hubbs. of Lebanon.
are at th Portland.
L. A. Olds, of Grass Valley, Is reg
istered at th Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Stone, of Sheridan.
are staying at th Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. H. TV. Day. of Whit
Salmon. Wash- ar at th Perkins.
Misses Mabel and Louis Adams, of
611 vert on. ar staying at th Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Reed and Mrs. TV.
O. IMmglas. of Aberdeen, Wash, ar
staying at the Portland. .
fat f inn w 1 Snec!aL Port
land people registered at Chicago ho
tels today as follows: At in unira
Pacific. F. A. Jackson, Blaine R. Smith.
v. w turiMi: at th Breevort. Miss
Annie L. Fulton. Mrs. Mary Scott M:
rs
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We announce the following ladies as judfies of our Doll Show: Miss Lillian p Brier
DREDGING STOPS,
SAND SUPPLY ENDS
TALES OF NOME DENIED
RETrRXIXG MIXER SAYS CITY
IS MALIGNED.
W illiam Flielle Declares Gold Tbere
Was Never More rientlfuL
Dredges Bus;.
That th reports recently published
concerning quietness In business circles
and deterioration of Nome. Alaska, ar
false. Is declared by William Flxello,
who loft Nome October IS. Mr. ns-
II made th trip on th steamer I'm
alllla. arriving In Seattle last Wednes
day.
"Nome has never been In a better
conditions thsn now." said Mr. Flxelle,
-There wer 14 dredging machine In
stalled there this yesr. and It Is con
templated to put In 20 more next sea
son. Last Mummer witnessed a greater
prosperity In Noma than was enjoyed
by th city th previous year.
"Nome has gone tnrougn a cnange
recently Inasmuch as it Is now a rror
substantial town. It naa always oecu
a "wildcat" camp. Peopl would go In
there, aoend a lot of money and go out
again, but now people are going m
there to stay, and permanent Invest
ments snd Improvements are being
made. Man v new buildings wer con
structed Isst year.-among them bring
a courthouse and a large tins nan.
-The Pioneer Mining company too a
II. 000.00 out of that district last year,
and It figures that In thr of four
years It will be taking out 11.000.000
each year. The output of Nome this
year was almost $1,000,004 more than
last year.
"Noma has not seen ber best aays.
She Is bound to be a fin city, be
cause there ar many districts which
depend on th city for their supplies.
Squirrel River, where a new strike was
made recently, gets Its supplies irora
Nome, while th Kuskoqutm and Ida
torod country depend mainly on Nome.
and It Is getting to be the headquarters
for miners of a vast territory.
-Nome la also the first plac along
th coast where th Ice breaks In th
Spring. Thu th early shipping ter
minates at that point ana supplies ar
distributed to th various districts.
Ther was not a man Idle In Nome this
vear. and th business men have had a
better season this year than over be
According th geological reports.
there Is a vast undeveloped territory in
Norn, which will turn out million of
dollars."
Mr. Flsell has cxtenslv interests la
Nome, and Intends to Install a large
dredger on hla property next year.
NEW CREMATORY DELAYED
Lack of Blower Will Delay Opening
for AnoUicr Month.
Anothetv month must elapse befor
th new Barbae crematory win b
ready for operation, owing to the fail
ure of th contractors to procure befor
that time what la known as a blower
o be used In th crematory. This in
formation waa presented to the City
Board of Health at Its meeting at th
City Hall yesterday morning by th
Public Works Engineering company.
th contractors.
It Is the deslr of th builders or th
new crematory that th city shall per
mit the men now operating the old
crematory to work In th new estab
lishment for a time previous to Its
being officially turned over to th
city. Th contractors ar willing to
pay for th time required ior tins
work.
From th Dental Association cams a
request yesterday to ' th Board of
Health that th city provide th or
ganisation with a clerk to look after
th room In which th association will
car for th teeth of school children
and others who are not financially
able to pay dental bills. Mayor Simon,
however, refused to approve this.
-W have provided and fitted up a
room for th Dental Association." said
the Mayor, "at considerable expense,
and while It Is for a worthy cause. I
don't see that w can provide them any
thing more-
SAMUEL G. BLYTHE HERE
Saturday Evening Tost Who's Who
Writer Seeks Material.
c ...! n rtivthe drifted Into town
. i-v kMpinr &11 fh, eheerv at.
mosphero'notlceabl in his page of th
turday Evening roil, wnicn aeaos
ln.M, hlatorv of the trreat
nd near great, under th caption.
ho s no, ana n ay.
'.. . K aftarnnAB Rlvthe Vtl th
guest of th Portland Press Club and
entertained a large gathering with
. rmnt hnntlnar trio In th
Rocky Mountains. Blyth only weighs
4 pounds in condition, ana as ue is
iw somewhat over weight, th tales
r his chasing antetop ana noting as
guide for tourists were most realistic
xr- nivtha ! remembered in Port
land as th correspondent who wrote
ah, .htnnlnr flO 1 b 1 1 1 1 lea Of th
Pacific Coast and dealt with th output
crajrnsa on ua awaumwim
,K fnaat to Btir addl-
1 BVW VM " "
tlonal material for his pK In th
Poat. lie was entertained while her
by hla friend. U. u. uveiy. r mm
Portland th correspondent will go to
Seattle.
YBfanna th Jansneee authoress.
who in private life ! Hrt-ai Bab-
cock, erorns to attend a social affair unloes
It Is 1va at nwrht. The dajlisht she uses
for olf. So taectnatod Is sne with the
evune that ah mrTAm m"Ot of nar time,
naa stve Is set wrtuag. aa the llaaa.
Building Operations in Cit1
May Be Delayed Because
of Action.
M'INDOE SUGGESTS RELIEF
Dredges Can Operate on Private;
Property Cntll Boats Are Sup
piled With Bock Crushers, He
Says and Stands Firm.
Suspension of operations on several
new buildings under construction In
Portland Is threatened through the fail
ure or Inability of the dredging con
cerns on th Willamette River to com
nlv with the orders of the War De
parunent prohibiting them from dump
ing screenings Into the channel, and
the consequent closing of six dredging
plants.
Fearing this result, the trustees of
the Chamber of Commerce, at their
month lv meeting yesterday afternoon
requested Major Mclndoe. the Federal
engineer In charge, to stay the execu
tion of his order for 90 days, to allow
the dredge men to equip their vessels
with rock-cruehlng machinery.
Major Mclndoe positively refused to
yield, and pointed out that his orders
could be obeyed very easily without
endangering the dredging, and cons
quently the building activities of th
city.
-They have been promising me for a
year and a half that they would elim
inate the necessity of throwing th
heavy material back Into the water,
but they have failed to do anything."
he said. 1
Mclndoe Suggest Relief.
-There is no need at all for them to
shut down their plants. In th first
nlace thev could deposit th rock on
scows and remove them o the shore to
be crushed later. If they do not want
to do that they can go outsld th
channel and operate on private prop
erty. By paying a few cents a yard for
the material they could wort at in
edge of the stream until they hav
equipped their boats with rock crush
ers.
"I am not offering these suggestions
for their consideration at all. They
know these things a well as I do. I
i lust DOlntlng oot th ways tn
which they con avoid closing down
thoir Dlants. so that th impression
need not go out that the War Depart
ment Is tying up building ana otner in
dustries In Portland.
"It is not my Intention to treat tn
reauest of the Chamber of Commerce
with disrespect, tut It wouia o ui
consistent for this department to re
sclnd sny of Its previous action in th
matter. This question has been befor
me for many months, ana th area go
men ar Just as familiar with th situ
ation as I am. They knew long ago
what would be done, and naa plenty
of time to arrange their boats to com
ply with the new regulations.
Delicate. Situation Presented.
"Th oblect of Issuing th orders
waa to nrovld relief for th river trai-
flo that has suffered by th deposit of
th heavy rocks In hug mounds along
th stream. Complaints from ail Kinas
of craft have been frequent. A sus-
nenalon of th order would grant no
relief whatever, and would only aggra
vate the threatening danger and delay
the final adjustment of the difficulty."
It was wtlh some trepidation that
the Chamber of Commerce trustees took
up the dellcat question, as the mem
bers did not want to be placed
In a position of Interfering with th
functions of the War Department.
Their Interest In th matter principal
ly wtlh reference to the danger that
It will be difficult for the contractors
on euch new structures as the Yeon,
Selling and other buildings to obtain
ravel and the probability of throwing
a large number of workmen out of
employment. It was tn sens oi uie
directors that th Chamber rema'n
nasslv In the contest between th
dredgemen and th Federal officials.
Following statements by contractors
nd owners of dredges that work
would be suspended If the orders went
Into effect yesterday, that being th
day set by the Wsr Department to
hav them go Into effect, th request
was sent to Major Mclndoe.
Operation Are Suspended.
Official of th dredging companies
Insist that shipping interests have not
been affected by the work of their
boats, and that th only grievances ar
those of member of th Portland
Motorboat Club who have strayed Irora
the regularly-followed channel.
In addition to th wort on tn larga
buildings, sidewalk construction may
also be affected. Uiey say, as most 'of
the gravel used In that work is ob
tained from th river boata,
The Columbia Digger company, th
Star Sand Company, th Columbia Con
tract Company, th Portland Sana com.
mi nr. Nlckum & Kelly and th Western
Towing V Transportation Company, th
largest companies aoing ousiness on
th river, closed their plants tem
porarily yesterday morning and an
nounced that they could not continue
operations until they had provided
their dredges with rock crushers. In
the meantime th various mausiriea
that have been depending upon them
for sand and gravel ar In danger of
having their supply cut off. The de
mand during th present building sea
son has been unusually heavy, and.
with th boats working to lull capacity
they hav had difficulty at times to
supply It-
The river men say iney ar just as
certain that they cannot proceed with
their work as Major Mclndoe Is deter
mined to have them cease working
under old conditions.
FRAUD TRIALS HASTENED
Defense in Mountain Home Land
Cases Soon Completed.
ROTSE Idaho. Nov. L (Special.)
The defens In the Mountain Homeland
fraud trial rested Its case today, in
whirlwind tactics followed by counsel
for Daniels. Colthron and Griffiths, re
sulted in a more rapid termlnstlon of
th testimony for their side than th
government expected. All three de
fendants entered denials to the charge
of conspiracy. Th case will go to th
Jury tomorrow.
The government elected to ask for
a conviction on the conspiracy charge
and announced It had abandoned that
of subordination perjury. The de
fense moved the nurt to Instruct th
Jury to return a vrn'a t of not guilty
on the latter charge ami the-court said
that It would. The defense requested
that th case be submitted to th Jury
without argument. Th government
Miss Louise Poulson, Miss Helen Simon, Miss Lucille Purine an
d Miss Maida Hart
The
Greater
Olds-WoHmar-liiiiig' Store
Great aAaiiiiiial Ooll
ow
THnrsday, 1 Friday. Saturday
.OO in Gold Coin, for Prizes
$250
Entries Will Close Today at 6 P. M,
Get Dolly ready for the Great Congress
of Beavttifvtl Dolls Every hind of doll
-will be shown attention Prizes -will be
given to all exhibitors The pretty doll,
the comical doll, the original doll, the best
dressed doll All are eligible to prizes
This "Big Doll". Show will be held in our
4th floor "Toy Land" the largest and
most complete toy store in all the West.
Frizes in Gold Coin instead of toys
or merchandise This Show will be con
ducted by the individual who originated
and has conducted all of Portland's suc
cessful doll shows Enter as early as pos
sible E-ntries will close"""at 6 P. M. today
$250 in Gold Coin for Prizewinners
i s ; '
Class A Best Dressed Doll, all sizes eligible 7. . $25 in Gold
Class A Second Best Dressed Doll, all sizes eligible, $15 in Gold
Class B Largest Best Dressed Doll, 24 in. or over . $2Q in Gold
Class B 2d Largest Best Dressed Doll, Sg4 m. or over, 1U in uoid
. $20 in Gold
Class C Best Dressed Doll, 7 to 24 inches long
Class D Best Dressed Doll, 7 to IP inches long
$15 in Gold
Class D Second Best DressedTboll, 7 to 16 in. long . $5 in Gold
Class E Best Dressed Doll, not over 6 inches long, $20 in Gold
Class E 2d Best Dressed Doll, not over 6 ins, long, $1Q in Gold
Class F Most Original Dressed Doll, first prize . . . $2Q in Gold
Class F Most Original Dressed Doll, second prize, $1Q in Gold
Class G Most Comical Dressed Doll, first prize . . . $2Q in Gold
Class G Most Comical Dressed Doll, second prize, $1Q in Gold
Class H Best Dressed Boy Doll, 1st prize $1Q, 2d prize $5 in Gold
Class I Most Original Dressed Character Doll . . . $1Q in Gold
Class K Handsomest Paper Doll in the Show .... $1Q in Gold
To Girl Entering Greatest Number of Dolls . . . . . $25 in Gold
And a Handsome Gift to Every Exhibitor in Our Great Doll Show
Great Sale Dolls and Doll Apparel, 4th Fl. Entire StocK Reduced
demurred and tomorrow will be given
over to argument.
Judge Dietrich rerusea 10 uniiv -ment
because counsel could not agree.
ST. JOHNS' PETITION 0. X.
Annexation Document Signed , by
Sufficient lgal Voters.
AHboueh It u thought thst th peti
tion of St. John citizens for th annexa
tion of that part of th Peninsula to
Portland wa Invalid because the name
of many who signed wer not found on
th registration books. Deputy Clerk
Schneider. In checking over the peti
tion has ascertained tnat encoign oi me
voters who aimed had registered, mak
ing th petition all right.
Th. auestlon. therefore, will go before
th voters, although It will be upon a
ballot separat from uie ncitei ior ma
election of county and state officers. Th
County Clerk will distribute these spe
cial ballots at the polls wwn tn Dauioua
for th. general election.
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"Husband's Blow Alleged."
Ada Conklln filed a divorce yesterday
against J. Conklin. charging desertion.
They have two children, of whom sh
desires the custody. She married Conk
lin at Omaha. Neb.
Masrarie McCaughey has brought suit
to recover J3043. which she say is duo
as alimony the District Court of Polk
County, ordered paid. She has filed the
divorce decree which severed her mar
riage to Perry A. Williams. In this she
wa given Wo a month. She says Wil
liams failed to pay the alimony for 87
months.
Another Wreck Victim Dies.
Chris Anogonostou, one of the sev
eral Greek laborers who were injured
in the wreck on the United Railways
at Tualatin HilL in which five of his
countrymen were almost instantly
killed, died at the Good Samaritan
Hospital last night. H will be buried
beside the other victims In the Rose
City Cemetery. Members of the Greek
society have volunteered to defray the
burial expenses.
Umatilla County Grateful
In th proposed division of Umatilla
County, the Umatilla River is tn lino.
It leaves the Wenaha Springs and pool
in Umatilla County and the Jiotel and
sanitarium in the other. Umatilla
County people feel very grateful for
the pool.
Under the proposed law to regulate
county division ln-th future a com
mission will have the right to correct
such gross errors before It Is sub
mitted to the voters, and then only
euch as are In the affected territory
will be required to vote.
(Paid Advertisement.)
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Planting Season Has Commenced
THE FINEST STOCK OF ROSES IN
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Magnificent variety of evergreen
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Large Shade and Fruit Trees.
Send for Free handsome illustrated
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