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1 4 - - T1I1S. MORNING OREGOyiAX. FRIDAY. MARCH 31, 1911. 1 i M """"""" - ' - : 1 1 DARKNESS SAVES HAZERS OF CO-EOS Pullman Girls Unable to See Male Students Who Raid ed Dormitory. INQUIRY IS BEING MADE Ia-lty I Determined ta Itooer CaUly rrtt- ntu Are Said to Ximbrr rir five lltinms lasadcd t.lrU Xo Hart. rVULMAJ. Wash. March S.Spe Ul) CommlllMi of dtM-lplln of the .'o!lt farnlt? and tudent bodr were la session throuvhout th day r" rlTlB evidrnr Iradinc to the drtec toa of the students autlty of haslna In th B'.rra dormitory last .Monday nuchL It developed that flv room had been molested aol probably not to esceed f-.ur male studmt irt Implicated. At present all doubt u to th Identity of lh. la not proved, but a mmbr of th cammltlw this evntn .aid that th raw olmt Ml student waa prac tically cl"'d and epred confidence tnat tha jther aunty parties will ba detected la which cava punlhment will b at l-at expulsion from the college. At the time tha rooroa were entered and bed. overturned In which the girl were sleeping It waa dark In Stevens Kail and In. Inmatea were unable to Identify the Invader except by their vol ea. Ia)- More Work Krqolred. It will rentre fully another day for te lnv.t!ulln roramlltee to complete Ita labor. Ilaav. wet conducted to Uv as usual. Trier haa been no trte of students; there ha been no nLbilri of the colle campua and tie a:orlea circulated to th'ai effect hara been denounced In a public IndijrnaV'on meeting mm false or overdrawn. The eiory published In The Oregonlaa ha bern potn-nentled by thoae familiar with the facta aa being a truthful and eor rert history of tha episode, mo far aa known. A report that Mr. Andrew, precep tr rti Sleren IhilL the rlral dormi tory. rcMa-ncd la totally unfounded. Mr. Andrea arwerta b haa no Inten tion of rce nln. Student are taking n activ Intere.t In the Investigation and are aldlrit the faculty dlactptln com nl'tee to get at the facta. Ottnnr O. I. Waller, vice-president of the eolleite. who la In charge durin; the itwnrt of President Bryan, haa promised the full details as soon aa they . re secured. No Concealment Intended. "We are trying to conceal nothing." aald he. "We wish to set at the fart and will then five them In full to the public. Wa hop the sensational stories published In soma newspaper will not be taken a the truth until the full statement of all fart I aet forth by the commute, which la mora anxious than any one to learn tha truth. There will be no whitewashing." The faculty of th Stale College and the Pullman Chamber of Commerce have Issued an open letter to the press and copies are to ba sent to the par ents of arery girl residing In tha dor mitory. The statement relate what Tha Oregoolan printed this morning; and says only fire girl were molested. A matt meeting; of 40 student held In the chapel at S:J thla evening; de nounced the act and pledged the sup port of all to assist the committee In ferreting out tha guilty parties and cheered vociferously when soma who had been under suspicion were exon erated by the committee. The commit tee has examined all of the glrla In tha dormitory who knew anything about the affair, and all of tha young men who were upon the campus near Stevens Hall that night. Tomorrow will ba deroted to summing up the avl-. Srnee taken and a verdict will prob ably be rendered tomorrow night or Saturday. Ht Rooms Kntered. The erhlence thus far brought out llscloaea that five rooms were entered ind seven or eltht girls were dumped out of bed. The boy entered the room, el led the bedstead by the aide rails and turned It over on It side, rolling the glrla out on the floor. The bora then fled to the next room and repeat ed the operation. There were no lights In the room, aa light are always put out at midnight, and It waa Impossible to recoernlxe any of thoaa In the room. The alarm was sounded, tha boys fled and llghta-were ordered on. None of the glrla waa Injured and the report published that tha girl had been roughly handled la entirely with out foundation. None of the testimony shows that the boy laid hand on any of tha glrla nor moleated them further than turntna the beda on their aides and roll Ins: the occupants out. with trapdoor, so that dirt mar ba dumped Into tha ravine and be of ser vice In filling It- The committee will also request tha health authorities of the city to encompass tha removal of several objectionable barns along the gulch, and In addition to this will con sult the City Engineer on the proposal to renew the Marquarn gulch sewer and extend It to tha top of the hill. Coun cilman Belding will act with the ap pointees. Kncou racing report were received a to progress In securing, by condem nation and easements. richt-of-way for the propoaed South Portland boulevard. The sentiment of the meeting was that If the tendency on tha part of certain property holders to demand exorbitant price for their property is not abated tha boulevard should be put further up the side of tha hill than is at pres ent contemplated. R. L. Mill, who will contet the Re publican, primartea for a nomination for Councllman-at-large. was present, and many of those In attendance at the meeting slimed his petition of candi dacy. Further than this politics did nut enter Into the discussion. The sum of $10 waa voted to be used with a almllar sum for the miton ira nrovement Club In istrlbuting argu ments to voter In favor of the pro posed amendment to tha city charter which would have the cost or mis paid front the general bridge fund when they are naed Instead of bridges. The Second-street fill, m hlch Is to ex tend from Sherman street southward on Second street, replacing a bridge, should be paie from the bridge fund. nr Kouth I'ortlana conienn. .. kintal out that there I an an nual tax levy of one-fifth of a mill for bridge purpose and tnat taxation wn. not be increased should the voters of the city act favorably on the amend meat. SUSPICION DOING HARM, SAYS BLACK Ex-Governor of New York De plores Constant Nursing of Wrongs. RAILROAD LAWS ASSAILED SPECIAL SESSION ASKED WESTEKX WASHINGTON ACTS AS VNIT IX IEM.M. of Meeting to He HcM by Development AMrtK-tatlona 10 varrj '"N to Governor. ABLRDEKX. Wash.. March . Spe i i . -r- i. . t.u.i in hacking th Southwestern Washington Ievelopmen a. j.a-.lnatln III m-ft II) Association in n . pel a ibowlnv from frtttle nd Tacoma business .nteresis 01 ujr I II I I U. w a . - . w i ... .... amilh trgll. th Abe deen Chamber of Commerce ta expected . t l (Mllnr to to go on recora ai be held tomorrow at noon as favorln a apeclal session of the legislature t con. luer roau itii" While the sentiment In this city has ... -...iu...l either war for the ouretlon of a trade boycott agaloat th Sound cities, still the determination among business men appears to be to force Seattle and Tacoma to show their cards and thla extra legislative aession appears a good openinH r poae. V. J. I"atterson. president or the Development Association, is expected to lead th argument at the meeting to morrow lor " " r v ' - . ... . It Is not believed that there will ba much opposition to me proj . . there may be a debate. Aberdeen a ac tion In the matter will probably deter mine the action of the commercial or ganizations of other cltie in the South west, all of which will likely be urged by the resolutions Aberdeen will pass to fall In behind the Development Asso ciation snd present a solid front to th Sound cities. Action here follows similar action In . . . t V, . . already tne iHorinwem. - ' . - asked a special eesidon. Belllngliam Is expected to louow suit. move to be made In either King or Plerca County will occur at Seattle to night, where the Seattle Auto Club 1 holding a special meeting to determine It action. ....... . i 1. aKPArjlln. tO v limn anoiiiT " ' - advices received here today. It la ex pected that all Western Washington, outside of Seattle and Tacoma. will be lined up aoiiaiy tor ine rvu. . . inn Tlin It m'tll he more IDt extra er.iv.i. - than ever up to Seattle and Tacoma and that Is wnai me ou ih-. . the Sootbweat are playing for. 11 ia deeds, not word, we are de- M i . v. - it,, .i ma linn Is manaing. " -' - summed up by K. C Finch, chairman of . . I . . . r f II,. PlH the good roaa. - vrlopmrnt Association, who has been a leaaer in ii ' ; . -. . 1 1 . u .n with. V neiner or no uw"-""" -' stand all tlUs pressure remain to Xp COLE PETTY POLITICIAN Man Vnder Arreat al HI Fa so IVc fore Grand Jary Here. Louts D. Cola, under arrest at Rl Paao. T.x.. oa a charge of securing money by Impersonating an officer of tha t'nlted States Army. Is well known la Portland, where, fur several years be actively participated In politics. Aside from holding a deputyshlp In the Couaty Clerk's ofOce at one time. Cola never attained any prominence. 11 waa a politician of the "rounder or "ward heeler" type and made a busi ness of playing th political game, al thouga for a time he was engaged la bwelaeea under the firm nam of cola A Cole, manufacturer' agents, with of fices In the Worcester building. Shortly before leaving Portland Cole figured In a grand Jury Investigation but escaped aa indictment. lie was charged with fraudulently mortgaging property In his possession, belonging to aa Kastern firm for which he acted as agent. Subsequently Cola is said to hare fleeced a young man. whom he had taken into a partnership, out of about I ;. J. Sam Cole, son of th El Paso prisoner. Is now accused In Municipal Court of passing worthless checks. Rel atives are seeking to make good th shortage and secure a dismissal of tha charges against the young man. BULGARIANS ARE FREED Grand Jury Finds Murder Charge I Not Proved. Plet Moto"s charges against several Bulgarians that they had murdered Theodore Atjam. a Macedonian, failed to convince the County grand Jury. which yesterday returned not true billa against the prisoners. Jim Johnson. O. Uaoto. George Pete. T. Slavot and Tom Vuman. Moto. who la a Macedonian and a bootblack, had told tha police he had overheard 17 Bulgarians plotting to kill Atjnm. Becoming frightened, he said, he left the house, and when he returned later he saw the body of the man In a pool of blood on the floor. Moto said he crept off to bed. and when he arose the next morning the dead body was gone and the blood stains hsd been washed from tha floor. What seemed to confirm the boy's story waa th fact that the body of a man. tied in a aack. was discovered at Martina dork, almost at the time the boy declared At Jam was killed.. Al though that was nearly two years ago. no clew to the Identity of the body had been found. Some of the attorney for the men charged with the crime appeared at the court-room aa soon as the grand Jury made Its report yesterday and applied for ordera Immediately freeing th men who were being held in JalL RAVINE MAY BE FILLED booth Portland Club Would Fit Bridge With Trapdoors. A committee of five waa appointed at a special meeting of th South Port land Boosters la St- Lawrence hall last night to visit th City Engineer's of fice and secure advice on th feasibili ty of fitting: the brldgea oa First and Front Ireeta, over Alaxquasa culch. REALTY BOARDWILL MEET ExcurrUon to lie Made Saturday to Goldsmith's 11111 Regrade. Notice to members were sent out yes terday by the Portland Realty Board of an excuralon to be held next Saturday afternoon to the plant of the Lewi A Wiley Hydraulic Company at the head of Northup street, where Goldsmith's Illtl Is being torn down with hydraulle giants and sluiced Into Guild's Lake. This property Is being converted Into residence lota and will be known a Westover Terrace. A number of members oX the board have been asked to lend their automo biles for th occasion and the start will be made from tbe entrance to the Spald ing building at ::30 F. M. The plant ran also be reached by tbe W car from Fifth and Washington streets. A committee to take charge of tbe excursion has been named consisting of George K- Clark, J. Frederick Larson. G. B. Cellars. E. Brong and J. J. Read. American Cyclists Second. BERLIN. March 10. The Internation al six-day bicycle race, which ended to day, waa won by Walter Rutt and Johan StoL tha German-Dutch team, which covered JUi miles. Floyd Met Far land and Jarnea Moran. the Amer ican team, waa second, about a third of a suit behind. - - President Baer, of Philadelphia A Reading, Declares Power Given Interstate Commission Will Fall by Its Own Weight. PITTSBfRG. March $0. George T. Baer. president of th Philadelphia A Reading Railroad; Frank 8. Black. ex- Governor of New Tork. and J. T. Mc Cleary. secretary of the American In stltute of Iron and Steel, were gueets of honor at the annual dinner of the Traffic Club of Pittsburg- tonight. Special trains from New York and Chicago brought many Important rail road members, among them bflng rail road Drealdents. Willis King, vice- president of the Jones Laugblln Steel Co.' was toastmaster. In his address. Mr. Black declared that he had "no messsge that was not con veyed bv every rising; sun. If I have anything to say. It Is not so much a message as a protest. Kx-Govcrnor Black Protests. '1 protest against that spirit of sus picion and unrest that distorts our views and puts hostility in the place of friendship. If I could reach all the oeoDle on the railroads I would say stop the constant nursing of your wrongs, which have been prociaimeu and magnified until they are almost a National lamentation. Change these lonesome songs for National beatltudca. "If that change should start and move along, the business of the coun try would spring to Its feet and con fluence and union with their tremen dous power would set the tide toward National prosperity and peace. President Baer. speaking as a law yer, reviewing the laws governing ran roads, said: -The legislation of tha country baa gone forward and Instead of merely correcting evils and devising remedies to prevent their repetition, it seeks to take the management of transporta tion companies out of the hands of their owners and to have Government clerks and officials determine policies and fix rates. Laws Are Confusing. "IT. Y, . v a mow a aeries of laws SO confusing that with the aid of the best legal talent In the country one is not ble to determine Just wnai tne law m. r K.iinv, . lawver. that to the extent that the Interstate Commerce Commlulon Is given power on Its own Initiative to make rates and thereby control property which the Nation does ..a nvn it i. ri.i.entlon of Legis lative power, which if It existed at all In Congress cannor. ne oeifimicu. The power will fall y Its own ex- i ..i-). The interstate Com merce Commission as a mere physical problem, cannot nx rates or riuBHi lo tion for the railroads of the .United States. "The demand of the hour Is to stana steadfast in the maintenance of what we believe to be Just and right, and to m.h.m one nrnfi.rtv in due consider ation for public interests and trust to the wisdom or me American ptuijio not to turn the management of the .v-.t.m of transportation the world has ever seen over to politicians and to political organlxationa. Give to the winds your lesri. BARTENDERS ARRESTED FOR SALE OP LIQCOR. DlMtrlct Attorney Aroused When Abo rigine Fails to Testify and Bench Warrants Follow. Frank Freeman and John Tlnard, bartenders In Krlckson s saloon at Sec ond and Burnslde streets, were ar rested byi Deputy United States Mar shal llammersley at nine o'clock last nia-ht upon bench warrants. They are charged with having sold liquor to an Indian. John Doe ana iucnara dm Indictments were returned against them by the Federal grand Jurr which completed Its deliberations Wednes day night. v nen ne issued ins oencn warrants Federal Judge Wolverton fixed the ball at f 250 each, and the men deposited the cash with United States Commissioner Cannon last night, and were released. Custer Wallulatum Is the Indian to whom they are alleged to have sold the liquor. lie Is from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, i nese arrests win be followed by others unless tbe selling of liquor to Indians ceases at once. 'We are tired of having our jnaian wltnrssea who are in attendance upon tbe Federal grand Jury or upon the court during the trial of cases, drunk every time they are brought to Port land, said Deputy united males At torney Maguire last night, "and we are treiared to arrest every saloonkeeper and bartender In Portland If It is neces- aarrv In order to put a stop to this thing. These two arrests, which will be vigorously prosecuted, win serve as a warning to all other saloonkeepers In town that we mean business. The next time we have a grand Jury and have Indian witnesses here we shall have awents to keep watch upon them and to notify us of any Infraction of he law. There are both state and Federal laws against selling liquor to these men. and all persons who at tempt thus to override botn statutes will be summarily dealt wirh. "The minimum penalty which th court I permitted to Impose for each Infraction of the law I a tlOO fine and daya In Jail. The Judge may Impose a fine a high a he aeea fit. for the law placea no limit upon It- The only limit to the punishment would be a fine or Imprisonment which the higher courts would hold to be cruel or Inhu- n. Besides the Portland dispensers of whisky to Indians we have 14 other liquor sellers under Indictment who live In other parts of the state." United States District Attorney He- Court was aroused to action when an Indian Imbibed so much liquor one day last week be lay all one afternoon In a corridor of the Federal building, dead drunk. Tha District Attorney was compelled to order him cared for at the Government s expense. Intoxicated Man Rons Amuck. "While in an intoxicated condition, Pe ter Bobllc ran amuck at the corner of ! "I Suffered Years With My Back." Backache resulting from weak kidneys,' a bad cold or other cause, usual renders the sufferer unfit for work and often results in per manent disability. "I suffered for years with my back, or kidney trouble, and Jiave tried a number of remedies from different physicians. More-than a year ago, one of our local druggists induced me to try Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pilis and after using them some three months I found a decided improve ment in my kidneys, and I am glad to say that I hope soon to be fully restored to health." J. P. Allen, Ex-Judge City Court, Glasgow, Ky. As long as pain is present in any part of the body rest is impossible and the system becoming weakened is exposed to any form of disease to which the sufferer may be inclined. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills by steadying the irritated nerve centers, make refreshing sleep pos sible, thereby enabling the body to recover lost strength. As a remedy for pain of any description Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills are unsur passed. Sold by all druggists under a guar antee assuring the return of the price ef the first box If no benefit result. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. West Park and Washington streets and broke the Haielwood shoj- window at a late hour last night. The window cost about $76. He then proceeded to a post card store next door and broke a sec ond plategiass front. Officers Abbott. Meyers and Blackman happened to pass by and placed the man under arrest be fore he could do further damage. UAC MURDERS THREE SOUTH FRAJRrE RANCHER, TRAILED, SHOOTS SELF. Deputy Sheriff, Fearing; More Blood shed, Wounds Madman In Cabin. Victims Men Neighbors. EVERETT. Wash.. March. SO. Otis N. Weeden. a rancher of South Prairie, eight miles northeast of Darrlngton, armed himself with a rifle, went to the homes of William Klnker, John RInker, and Jack Smyre and shot and killed all three men early today. Smyre and the Kinkers owned all or South Prairie, a little flare In the moun tains. Weeden returned to his bouse where he found a Sheriff's posse. "When he saw that he was about to be captured Weeden shot himself. It Is reported that he is fatally injured. He was turned over to eitieriff StevenBon of Skagit County. No cause for weeden a action is known, but it Is believed that he be came Insane suddenly and went on his murderous expedition. Smyre was the first man to be shot by Weeden. who came upon him early this morning; while he was at work In the barn. According" to Information re ceived here Weeden and Smyre engaged In a short quarrel after which Weeden shot Smyre, killing him instantly. He then visited the home of Will limner. whom he killed by firing through a window. John RInker was also killed in his own house. As soon as the ranchers on tne prai rie learned of the murders a poRse was organized and started In pursuit of Weeden who fled to the woods and made his way to his ranch. Late today the posse surrounded tne honse and an Indian woman, who lived nearby, was sent in to demand Weed en's surrender. The fugitive refused to give himself up and when the wom an returned with his message the men outside heard a shot from within. Rushing to the door they saw Weeden lying on the floor suffering from a serious wound. His srun was pointed toward tne aoor and fearing that he would open fire on the men who were about to enter. Deputy .Sheriff Donovan fired at Weed en, wounding him a second time. Re- oris received here tonight are tnat Weeden's injuries are fatal and that he cannot live long. Weeden is a bachelor 40 years old. De la Barra Crosses Boundary. LAREDO. Tex.. March SO. Senor De Rarra. the new Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, arrived here at 1:30 tkl afternoon. After a StOD Of an hour he proceeded south and will ravel direct to tne . ny oi r r-r'-T- - .a,.'"ji.'-i. -.. .-.-..J - Facts to Know and Use in Buying Clothes AH wool in every thread. ; All silk in every seam. Absolute guarantee with every suit. All these with your style, your fit, your fabric in a Hart Schaf frier & Marx Spring Suit is here where everything else is of the same quality. 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