11 the woman's ward at the City Jail yes- J terday. "I Just hata these skirts and I J will not wear them If I can get out COURT-ROOM YELL of It She was arrested on a vagrancy charge and waa sentenced to 0 days' Imprisonment. after living several months In Portland In masculine guise. Closing Out STI Sha appeared for her trial In the garb No Clew to Postoffice Site Given by Special Agent. TIIE MOIiXING bltECOyiAy,. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1910. CHOICE NOT KNOWN !R5 KERSHTRIAL she had worn on the streets, aiairon Simmons required her to don feminine apparel. She abominates skirts and loses no opportunity to denounce the custom of wearing them. Her hair, cropped like a boy's. Is growing long again, and she will make a presentable feminine figure by tbe time her term Is ended. PRESS CLUB GETS STAR Lew Wells, Blackface Comedian, to Appear In "Night Off." SALE "Give Her 15 Years, Judge," Is Cry of Woman Who Is Ejected by Bailiffs. HILL IS NOT CONSULTED PROGRESS MADE ON JURY JTospertlce Juror ruw I-aurhtor Whrn He Defines Capital Pun Ishment "Punishment at Slate Capital." "Glv her li rnn Judge. Give her a (quirt deal. Fiuserald. Yelling these word at Judge Morrow and Deputy District Attorney Hizcerald tfurlnir the Inipanrtltng of tbe Kervn Jury -Mertlay. a mtddle-arrd women who ad pertakrn too freWy of liquor was ejected from the courtroom. Before court oponed the m coitt-cd by Deputy Clerk 3iuchtel to be weeplnv and muttrrtr.g to liers-if that Webb didn't care anything for Mrs. Kersh. but that JIra Kenhe ettir.ony convicted lilm. Kapld protrrens a made In the sec tion of the Jury which Is to try Mra. rr!e Kersh for complicity with Jeaae y. Webb In the murder of William A. Johnson last June ' at the New Grand Central Hotel. Eight Jurors had been passed for mum when uotirt adjourned at 320 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At 7: P. M. Judge Morrow resumed court asain. hoMing the night cession to ex pedi: buriDM. Fonts lias Appendicitis. Soon after court convened yesterday Attorney Poutsi representing Mrs. Kersh. was taken til. and word came later that he was suffering from appendicitis. This Vave Attorney John C. McCue alone to defend her. Deputy District Attorneys iltsiteraW and Collier represent the state. William Montage, an Ironmolder living at M Commercial street, was accepted In srlte of the fact that he said he had formed an opinion about the case from newspaper accounts, and attendance on part of the Webb trial and the first Kersh trial. He said be found a seat one day and stayed four hours. He beard part of Webb's testimony, he said. Montage said he baa ten children, the elder 38 years old. John Miller. ex-Sheriff of Vancouver. Wash., now a salesman, living at St East eevencyrslxtli street North, qualifled as a juror. tkbmldt Causes Laughter. J. C Schmidt caused a ripple of amuse ment by telling the artorneya that capital punishment means punishment at the state capital. He waa asked further If he Is a native of America, and when lie ar.saered In the affirmative, was asked in what state be was born. He replied, "Crmany."'- He waa excused. Fred W. Rlchter. a musician, was ex cused because of scruples against capital punishment. O. P. Hanson had not taken out hi second ttlsensilp papers, and was excused. James Brown, a timber dealer, was excused because he la op posed to the death penalty. William Eastman was also opposed to ' capital punishment, and was excused. C. M. Will, a salesman, said he could not return a verdict of guilty If the evidence were only circumstantial. Last night's session was fruitless, six prospective Jurora reporting, but not one qualifying to serve. Suupenas bad been Issued for ten. Ona was sick, another had gone to Sweden, a thtrd to Kournanla and a fourth to California. O. Btelch and H. A. Townsend bad prejudice against the death penalty. K. J. McKenna could not qualify because Ieputy restrict Attorney Collier is his attorney in another case, and R. Amato .ould not understand unusual English words sufficiently to qualify. John Ker was excused because It was Impossible lor him to arrange bla business so he could leave It. ATFVflTT IS DIVORCE CACSE rortland Saloon Man Sued for Sep aration and Alimony. John I Cooper, proprietor with Pete Bummers of a saloon at 11S North Feventh street. Is being sued for a divorce by Carrie Cooper, who says be left for parts unknown wtth another woman. The WHO says sne na no nieans of support for herself and child, and ssfcs the court to allow her IlOua and li a month. Presiding Judge Cleland Issued temporary Injunction against Cooper yosterrtav. preventing him from sell.rg the saloon, and compelling him to ap rtir st 2 P. M.. Pecemher II. to shjw l.y th order should not be made .rmniHiiL Mrs. Cooper says the se lf on ts worth 14000. and that ini profits are $1000 a month. She says she memei i ooper tiput nd that It was on November 2 thtt be deserted. A 5sh of color will be added to the Portland Press Club's show by Lw Wells, one of the best-known black-face comedians In vaudeville. This dusky comic la preparing a spe cial monologue for "A Night Off." which he will embellish with a num ber of local hits. Members of the club are supplying him with material that JTO CLOTHES nOlCHT IN YEAR Wife) Sajw Husband Is Bad TrOTlder vand Cites Threat to Kill. Comolalnlng that her husband. O. If. Fee. threatened to throw her out tf the window last Kebrutry. that he bas bought her no wear.ng apparel a'nee she married him. and that he is of a roving dtspoittllon and left her for three months while she was slrk. are replies of Mrs. Vlnnle Kee to a divorce suit. The Fees married July 19. 1. and four months later Kee l said to hsve lett. Mrs. Kee complains also that loon after the marriage he brought to Live with them his two sons by a former marrlase. and that they have abused bt. She tiki that she be given the divorce. Canal Company I.oe Verdict. It. i Vaughn recovered l44. from the Canby Canal Company by the ver S'ct of a Jury In Judge Kavanauch's Jepartmeni of the Circuit Court last nicht. Vaughn sued for this amount en a motor, a claim having been as ii;nd to him by the Kllbouroe At Clarke Company. The defendant slalmed a horse-power motor a-as erdered. and a 3& horse-power motor tent Malarkey. Seahrook Stott a ere Vaughn's connsel. and WeMbrook tr West brook appeared for the defend sou GIRL ABOMINATES SKIRTS idele Trffrrle Will Petition Gover nor for Special Permit. "When I get out of this pla-e I am foing to petition the Governor for per mission to wear men's clothes. said tdele Pefferl to anotber prisoner In t OLD FIKSIDKNT OP BAY CITY DIES l. TILLAMOOK. e i ir - ti - Wllllaoa C. Mortons TILLAMOOK. Or.. Dec. . (Spe cial.) Death ended the career of a typical pioneer wben It claimed William C. Morton, an old resi dent, of Bay City, who died In Tillamook Tuesday. Born In West Virginia In 1831. be moved with hie parents to Michigan In 1844. On his own account he moved to Indiana, and In 1S5S went to Iowa. He crossed the plains to California In 1862. and recrossed them In 1885 to Wis consin, where he lived 20 years. Mr. Morton came to Tillamook In 18S7 and lived near Bay City until three months ago. when he moved to Tillamook. He la sur vived by his widow and a son and daughter L. E. Morton and Mrs. W. C. King. his efforts may have the proper Port land flavor and seasoning. The services of Wilson. Franklyn and company have also been secured for the entertainment at the Heillg. Monday night. December 19. Thl organisation will present a dramatic sketch that bas found much favor In other cities. Mr. Wells will appear In "A Night Off through the courtesy of the Or pheum circuit and because of his own good will toward the newspaper men, while the Wllson-Franklyns Join the entertainment under similar circum stances from the Pantages circuit The exchange of tickets sold to busi ness men at the preliminary canvass continues at Sherman, Clay A. Co.' store. It will conclude at 8 o'clock Sat urday night, after which there can be no reservations until the general ex ehange and seat sale begins at the Heillg box office. December If. HOOD LINE AFTER GRANT Railway Official Here to Ask Coun cil for Franchise. Preparations now are being made by R. C. Glllls, chairman of the board of directors of the Mount Hood Railway, to apply to the City Council for a franchise to permit that road to enter the city. Mr. GlUla, who arrived here Tuesday, win have a tentative form ready In a few days. While here Mr. Glllls also will Inspect the work blng done on this road and will have a full report of conditions for th officers and stockholders who live In le AngMes when he returns to his borne In that city early next week. RAIN FALLS IN TORRENTS Yesterday's Povrnponr Accompanied by Hall for Few Minutes. Of the four-tenfis precipitation re ported yesterday tor the 24-hour period ending at S o'clock, more than one fourth, .12 of an Inch, fell In less than five minutes. The heavy rain began at 2 o'clock and fell In torrents, accompanied by hall. Old-timers declare it was one of the heaviest rainfalls In Portland In years. Joe Day. private detective, resident of portlsnd since 18&8. said It was the heaviest he bad aver seen here. LIQUOR MAN HEAVILY FINED One Sells Without License Tatooer Gives Children Llqnor. Barney Haffey, a North Fnd saloon keeper who was convicted by a Jury In Municipal Court of selling liquor with out a license and on Sunday, was fined $li0 and fC5 on the two charges yes terday by Judge Taxwell. Notice of ap peal was given. For giving liquor to a' boy of IT and a girl of 13 u Kranse. a tattooer fre quenting Erlckson's saloon, waa fined $100 In Municipal Court yesterday morning. Numerous witnesses. testified thst the children were Intoxicated and that the boy was. through that fact. In jured by being run Into by a streetcar. Corvallls Passes Pog Ordinance. COBVALLIS. Or, Dec . (Special.) At the last meeting of the City Council, a dog ordinance waa passed prohibiting, dogs running at large in the corporate limits of the city. Op position has sprung up and petit. one are now In circulation to refer te ordinance to the legal voters of the city. , Aeroplane and airship exports ha- hn ntr4 la Frttlsh foretsn tree. tallcttr foi lh ftrst tlTjie. U'h shipment smo-inted to I21.l: In (ptuntser and to liJ.tMi) In uia months this year. I Treasury Department Desired More Defnlte Information Regarding: Local Real Estate and Same Has Now Been Obtained. Within the next week or 10 days Portland probably will know the loca tion of the new postoffice site. This was the opinion of Joseph W. Roberts, special agent of the Treasury Department, of an Francisco, who was sent here to Investigate the vari ous sites offered, relative to the price, proximity to railway stations and fa cilities for distributing malls, and who finished his duties yesterday and left last night for San Francisco. The re port will be mailed from San Francisco Immediately upon his arrival in that city and In all probability a selection will be made by the department soon after Its receipt. Tafl's Friend Xot Consulted. J. W. Hill, schoolmate and personal friend of President Taft, who was ap pointed special agent to select a site and has made his recommendation, was not consulted by Roberts In his Inves tigation. Postmaster Merrick, the Chamber of Commerce, tho Commercial Club and other civic bodies, recommended a site which was offered at a much less fig ure than any of the others. Special Agent H1II did not consult the Post master, and he also Ignored the civic bodies which the Postmaster advised with In selecting a site. Special Agent Hill has not disclosed his Instructions nor Indicated hia cbotce. Special Agent Is Mum. As Special Agent Hill was the spe cially designated representative of the Treasury Department, the fact that Special Agent Roberts, of San Fran cisco, was sent here to make an In vestigation subsequent to Hill's report Is regarded by real estate men as con clusive evidence that the Treasury De partment desired more definite Infor mation about the local situation. "Any Information concerning the site of a new postoffice In Portland must come from the Department," said Spe cial Agent Roberts last night "I sh&. mall my report as soon as I arrive at San Francisco, and I see no reason why the Department should not make a decision In the near future. Of course, there Is sometimes an Immense amount of business before the Department and It takes time to get at these matters." NOTE INDICATES SUICIDE ROSEBCRG CITIZEX PTXS LET TER TO BUNDLE. Saloonman Gives Police Clothing of George A. McKnlght With Ap parent Farewell Message. Detectives have received a letter and a bundle of clothing from the proprie tor of a Burnslde-street saloon which Indicate that George A. McKnlght, former resident of Roseburg, committed suicide In this city about six weeks ago. The articles, turned over to Detectives Coleman and Snow yesterday, bad been In the saloon about that length of time, and nothing Is remembered of the man who left them. The bundle contained two pairs of overalla and a blue shirt. The letter, fastened to the bundle and written in a neat hand, follows: "Portland. Or., October 12. Let It be known that I. George A. McKnlght, being of aound mind did on this 12th day of October bequeath all personal property due or may become due. to my wife, Mrs. George A. McKnlght (Kmma J. Bushnell). Roseburg. Or. (Signed.) rttRGE A. M KNIGHT." "May she be happy without me, as I have nothing; to live for without her. G. A. M." Detectives hope to trace Mcknight, but It Is thought he made away with himself. DIVORCE SUIT MAY BE CACSE McKnlght' Mothcr-ln-Law Say He Often Threatened to End Life. . ROSEBURG. Or.. Dec. . (Special.) Mrs. George McKnlght Is a daughter of Mrs. Mary Bushnell. of Roseburg. and Is well known in this section of Doug las County. She married McKnlght about a year ago. Soon after the couple moved to Portland, where they made their home. When Informed tonight that her son-in-law had disappeared, Mrs. Bushnell expressed little surprise and said he had probably committed suicide. She said McKnlght was of a Jealous dispo sition and had attempted to end his life by drinking carbolic acid when a resident of this city. She said he Is also addicted to strong drink and while under the Influence of liquor has fre quently threatened to commit suicide. He was employed as a carpenter here. Mrs. Bushnell received a letter from her daughter today In which Mrs. Mc Knlght Informs her that she had filed suit for divorce. To this fact she at tributes her son-in-law's disappearance. Mrs. McKnlght's address Is unknown to her mother, as she received ber mall through the general delivery. BED SET AFIRE BY FIEND Prisoner, Craving for Drug, Would Die, and Curses His Rescuer. NORTH TAKTMA, Wash.. Dec. . (Spe cial.! 9aJd to have been crazed by lack of morphine. Frank Johnson, an alleged drug fiend, set Are to bis bed In -a cell mt the Onunty Jail lent night. It took the Jailer half an hour to revive him after he had been dragged suffocat ing from the cell. He cursed the Jailer for pulling him out, saying, "Why didn't you let me die?" Medford Asks Larger Library. UEPFOHD, Or, Dec 8. (Special.) The City Council of Medford has under a tax of one-fifth of a mill on the SB.Ul'U.uvv ukhcu iftiunuun OI IIIW cay public library. The library at present them children, but the quarters and number of books are Inadequate. , Baker's Valuation Increasing. BAJvER. Or., Dec L (Special.) A sum- OF TI H. B. Litt Stock The Whole City of Portland Turns Out to Lift's Sale This ereat stock of the world's best merchandise for half its value is unprecedented in the annals of merchan dising It is known coast-wide and the world over that Litt carried the best merchandise that money could buy. Stratton, Jonniason, Max Swartz and other high class makes, which are 11 . ILJf . I Ui Pr5A to be sacrificed at once. Xour choice of any garment during this sale ill' '11(111 llil O 1 IIlvC- r.o,nc Rnhfs Tailored Suits. Silk Petticoats, Waists, Millinery WW eaVsftWJ mr J ' Opera Coats, All Go in this Jonniason Sale at One-Half Price $400 Gowns and Opera Coats, i2 Litt's price. . .$200 $350 Gowns and Opera Coats, y2 Litt's price. . .$175 $300 Gowns and Opera Coats, y2 Litt's price. v.$150 $2o0 Gowns and Upera uoats, y2 uax s price.... .qxo. litt's Tailored Suits, Strattons, Jonniason's, Max Swartz's, Handled and Sold Exclusively by Litt $90.00 Tailored Suits. IS'SS $80.00 Tailored Suits $40.00 $75.00 Tailored Suits. . . . .- SrviX $65.00 Tailored Suits $32.50 $60.00 Tailored Suits. .-. .-: .. . . . . . .-.$30.00 $50.00 Tailored Suits .$25.00 $40.00 Tailored Suits .- $20.00 $35.00 Tailored Suits .$17.50 WORRELL'S SAMPLE CLOAKS and SUITS SUCCESSORS TO 351 Washington St. H..B . LITT ' Opposite Grand Theater mary of the assessment roll of Baker County for 1910, prepared by the County Assessor, shows a great increase In the value of tillable land, city property, live stock, and other items. The assess ment does not Include assessment of rail roada and other corporations, which has been fixed by State Board of Equaliza tion. When these are put on the rolls, the total will be above 26,00O.00O. The rice production of Japan exceeds in quantity 260.000.000 bushels a year: tea nearly 0.000.000 pounds a year, and silk more than 15.000.000 pound a year. Hazelwood Candies are not like the candies most people k now. 1 hey have the good ness :artd character of the home-made kind that every palate craves. Order now for Christmas. Complete line of fancy boxes and baskets. The Hazelwood 388-390 Washington St. Special Attention Given to Mail or Express Orders Piptl Markinderb: By 1A Robert Fulkerson, Ploffman HOW many of you, comfortably reading your papers ona mile-a-mirrute train, stop to. think of the engineer? One in a thousand, perhaps, and Mr. Robert Fulkerson Hoffman happens to be tne. He has put the locomotive engineer into a book for tkt ttier 999 to read and understand. Get the book, read the chapter where Mark- Enderby makes his race "against time, against water gone low in the boiler, against the deluge and fierce flaming light- New Mexico," and see if it doesn't thrill jaa as no tale of railroading has ever dose. "illustrated hy W. H. FtsUr, $1.50 A. C McCLURG & CO., Publishers NOW ON SALE AT YOUR BOOKSTORE The Famous I tie Lamp wiinmnuseu j-igiu 6hould always be used where several people sit, because it does not strain the eyes of those sitting far from it. The Rayo Lamp is constructed to give the maximum diffused white light. Every, detail that Increases its light-giving value has been included. The Rayo Is s low-priced lamp. Tou may pay $5, $10 or even $20 (or other lamps and get i n.nt!v container but tou cannot eet . mviv -f - ' a better light than tho Rayo gives. This season's Rayo has new and strength ened burner. A strong, durable shade-holder keeps the shade on firm and true. Easy to keen Eolished- ss it Is made of solid brass, finished nickeL . ' Once Rayo User, Always One. Dnkn Bvtrtwkm. If not t yam. mitt for dttcrip&m W0W circular to tkt nnrtst tgtncy of fht W Standard Oil Company Hilly f aacorpbrstes) 0!M - t e iiHiiiiilliyiiitimiiuiMM'"ul:""'1t LINK COUNTY CROOK COUNTY HARNEY COUNTY MALHEUR. COUNTY 800,000 ACRES, GRAIN, ALFALFA, FRUIT and TIMBER LANDS For Sale in Large and Small Tracts by OREGON AND WESTERN COLONIZATION CO Owners of the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road Land Grant. E. L. MARVIN, ' Western Agent, 268 Stark Street, Eailway Exchange Building, Portland, Oregon. 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