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.
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i
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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)
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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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