TTTE MORNING OKEGOXIAX. WEDXESDAY, JUNE 21. 1911.
RUSHLIGHT'S AX
GIRL'S VIRTUES
EXTOLLED BY SEE
Lirwmblfe G&.
JL eroharidiae of terll Only..
To Use a Familiar . French Expression
This Sale of Midsummer Hats Is "Comme il faut"
WOMAN WHO SACRIFICED REPUTATION IN VAIN ENDEAVOR
TO SAVE MAN FROM LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
Fire Chief Campbell, Police
Captain Bailey and Two ;
Sergeants Slated. x
Writings of Prophet of "Abso
lute Life" Are Read in
Courtroom.
INSISTENT RUMOR HEARD
CROWDS SEEK ENTRANCE
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I.carncJ of Sect In Portland
from Correspondence With
Her Mother In Chicago.
CHICAGO. June 10. A long line of
people. schoolgirls and boys and women,
young and middle-aged. struggled for
an hour today to get Into the court
room where the trial of Evelyn Arthur
See. founder of the "absolute life" cult.
charged with abduction, waa held.
Manuscripts of two of See's books.
containing the history of the cult, one
of them written In Jail, were admitted
as evidence.
Mrs. Lucille M. Bridges, wife of the
chief witness and mother of the girl
for whose alleged abduction See Is
being tried, filed an answer to the di
vorce suit recently begun by her hus
band. In which charges of undue Inti
macy with See were contained. Bridges
left his wife soon after the exposure
of the See eult and the subsequent In
dictment of See.
Writings Are Introduced.
Prosecutor Burnham then read Into
the record a numDer or extracts from
See's book. In one passage See wrote:
I am he whom It was announced
would come to lead you unto him whom
all men seek. I am now supreme, for
by me all must be led unto him who
sent me."
The defense tried to show that the
extracts had not been written by See
but by a "spirit" which had See for Its
amanuensis. The prosecutor read
many pages through which See claimed
to be a divine agent for the purpose
of purifying the world and creating a
new rare of men and women, all to be
physically and spiritually perfect.
Further on. Prosecutor Burnham.
quoting See. showed that Mildred
Bridges was called his chosen one. "his
treasure." and "the Idol of his heart."
Girl's Mother Praised.
Her mother waa highly praised for
giving her to him. and promised the
greatest glory In the next world.
Mildred was spoken of as "the high
est In this body." aa containing "all the
virtue of all. the strength of the
strength of all. the sweetness of the
sweetness of all. the gentle grace of
the gentle grace of all. the queen
among women, the wife of the lord, the
wife of See's spirit." and In other
equally glowing terms.
She was. the book said, the fulfill
ment of the work of the "absolute life."
being, the family, the horn and the
married life, from which the new race
was to spring.
Of Mona Rs. See wrote, according
to Burnham. that Mona first learned of
absolute life In Portland. Or, through
correspondence with her mother. Fe
lltla. who was the first person to un
derstand, to aecrpt and to receive ab
solute life. She came to Chicago In
1)0? to aid In compiling the books.
GIRL DIES OF PNEUMONIA
IIm-uc fatal to Sufferers Prom
Spine Injur;.
OR Ei S"N C1TT. Or, June 10. (Spe
cial Mls May Kambo. well-known
and popular young woman of this city,
died at the home of her foster parents.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kambo, of Sixth
and John Adams street, early today
after an Illness alnce February. Mi
Kambo was recovering from her In
juries to her spine sustained last Win
ter when aha was taken with pneu
monia.
Miss Ram bo was born at Caldwell.
Idaho. March IT. 1S1. and at the time
of her death waa :0 years old. Her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammer,
died soon after her birth and she waa
adopted soon after by Mr. and Mrs.
r.ambo, and had resided most of her
life in this city, where she baa many
friends. She leaves besides her fos
ter parents, one brother. Jay Hammer,
of this city. Her only sister. Mrs.
James Sklllman. died about a year ago
In Colorado.
Mtsa Kambo waa an accomplished
musician. The funeral services will be
conducted on Thursday morning from
the family residence at 10 o'clock. Rev.
J. R. LandsborouKb. pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, will officiate. The
burial will be In the Mountain View
Cemetery.
MORO TO HONOR PIONEERS
Ills Picnic and Celebration Planned
for July 4.
MORO. Or, June . Srecial Elab
orate preparations are being made for
the annual Pioneers picnic and celebra
tion to be held July 4 at Ie Moss Sprints.
Sherman County. A balloon ascension
and automobile race will be features of
the day. Attorney George Mowry. of
Moro, will deliver the oration.
More than people attended the cele
bration last year and a greater number
Is expetcxd this year. The Sherman
County hand of 5 pieces has been en
gaged. C U Montgomery, of Moro, will
be one of the special marshals of the
da.
BANK BOOKS UNDER PROBE
1 jert to Kxamlne Accounts of Van
couver Institution.
VANCOCVER. Wash June 10. Spe
clavl. J. W. Ferguson, an expert ac
:ountant. Is t arrive tomorrow to be
gin experttntg the books of the Com
mercial G.ink of Vancouver, which
tailed for about ftoo.ouo December Is.
Il. Martin L. Plpea has been retained
to autst Fred W. Tempes aa special
prosecutor.
There Is a general Impression
broad that the bank officers, 11. C
Phillips, president and Gilbert Daniels,
as cashier, will have a chance to tell
what they know of the business of the
bank on the witness stand. Mr. Phil
hps experts that he will be arrested
and he wtll tell bis story then.
An attempt ha been made to have
the depositors pay for expertlng the
books and a subscription la being
taken
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SACRIFICE IS VI
Woman Gives Reputation but
Man Must Suffer.
PARDON POWER OBDURATE
To Save Mrs. Schmidt's Honor, Dr.
Clemlnson Mad Refused to Offer
Alibi, Now He Goes to
Prison for life.
CHICAGO. June JO. The sacrifice of
fered by Mrs. Anna Schmidt, of St. Louis
an offer of her honor,, so that a man
too chivalrous to avail himself of the
right to call upon her aa a witness,
might be saved. Is likely to be In vain.
The pardoning power has listened with
deaf ears to Mrs. Schmidt's atory.
Dr. Haldan Clemlnson. of Chicago, was
accused of the murder of his wife. He
wss arrested, tried and convicted, all the
while maintaining silence. The verdict
of guilty was appealed both to the
Appellate and Supremo Courts of Illinois,
nd aftlrmed both times.
Now the only chance remaining lies In
his being able to secure money enough
to perfect an appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States. Even If
he should accomplish this. It la consid
ered doubtful that he would win.
Mrs. Schmidt has known all the time.
If her story Is true, that Dr. Clemlnson
waa with her the night that the murder
waa committed. She declares that not
only did Dr. Clemlnson leave her too
late to have committed the murder as
charged, but that when he did leave he
was too near helplessly drunk to have
committed the crime even If be had been
In time.
Mrs. Schmidt kept silence until Dr.
Clemlnson waa convicted. Then she was
moved by his sacrifice, she says, and by
a sense of Justice, and went to Chicago
prepared to face it all. She told the
world of her shame, and a motion was
made for a rehearing, but the motion
was denied.
This eleventh-hour festure did not Im
press either the Governor, the pardon
board or the courts, and the sentence
stands.
DAKOTA WHEAT FAILURE
CHOP CONDITIONS ARE WORST
IX HISTORY OF STATE.
Fields Are Badly Burned In Three
Counties Cereal Goes Vp Four
Cent In Chicago as Result.
CHICAGO. June 20. Heavy purchas
ing of wheat here today followed re
ports from South Dakota that crop con
ditions are the worst In the history of
the state.
Three whole counties. Coddlngton.
Clark and Spink, all large producers,
were represented as being practically
a failure for wheat this season. Accord
ing to experts, the fields in general
have been badly burned, and. where
green streaks are still left the long
continued hot weather la drying the
plant in the milk.
An advance exceeding 4 cents a
bushel during the last i hours showed
the extent to which speculators here
had been stirred up. The September op
tion today soared to SOS cents against
S cents last night and lHSS
cents at the preceding close.
Big sales to realize profits hindered
a further advance and at one time led
to a lively reaction.
The greatest rise today was for the
July delivery: at the apex, the advance
showed a bulge of 2 Vic over last night.
reaching tic flat. Under heavy profit
taking, however, the close was lc be
low the top figures of the day.
OFFER MADE FOR BLOCK S
Government Would Par $10,000
Less Than Verdict.
United States District Attorney Mc
Court yesterday offered A. King Wilson.
representing the Espey Estate Com
pany. tlSS.000 for the west half of
Block S and Dr. Andrew C. Smith S1S5.-
000 for the east half of the same block.
which the Federal Government desires
as a si is lor us new i-oruana post-
Photograph copyrighted by Gor Grantham
MRS. A.MTA SCHMIDT.
office. In each case the offer was fSOOO
less than the valuations set by the
Juries which tried the condemnation
suits.
Dr. Smith was Inclined to accept the
offer, but Mr. Wilson refuses to take
less than the Jury's valuation. $140,000.
He offered the Espey half of the Gov
ernment August 1, 1910 for 1125.000.
The offer was refused and he was forced
to stand the expense and trouble of a
condemnation suit and Is now deter
mined that the Federal authorities must
pay the amount fixed by the Jury If the
property is to be obtained.
Mr. McCourt contends that the valua
tions fixed by the Juries, 1200.000 for
the east half and IH0.0O0 for tk) west
half, are in-each case 116.000 too high.
He Intimates that Judge Bean will be
asked soon to release the owners of the
property from selling at the juries'
figures unless the deal goes through.
LEVY CAUSES STRIFE
FACTIONAL FIGHT ENTIVEN'S
SHERIDAN' SCHOOL MEETING.
Putting Tax at 5 Mills May Result
In Shortening of School Year,
Is Assertion.
SHERIDAN. Or.. June 20. (pedal.)
Fractional strife, growing out of the
election of two trustees and the amount
to be appropriated In the school tax
levy, made the annual school meeting
for the City of Sheridan, held yesterday
a lively affair.
The Sheridan school tax of last year
was 18 mills and It was asserted by
the "liberal" faction that to cut the
levy to 11 mills would give a fair re
duction and at the same time, an ade
quate tax. The "S-mlir faction, com
posed principally of the heavy tax
payers of the town, urged a 6-mlll tax
for the coming school year. This fac
tion carried the vote on the levy.
This action meis that the school
year may be cut short, for a provision
in the motion carried provides that as
soon as the funds from this tax are
exhausted there shall be no further ex
pendlture such aa would incur a bond
ed Indebtedness. There Is considerable
feeling over the result of the elctlon.
many Sheridan cltlxens declaring that
a state of affairs whereby the school
year may be shortened on account of
an Insufficient school fund, is the will
of a minority only.
O. D. Hamstreet and C C. Scroggin
were the Trustees elected to serve for
the coming year.
TEN" SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNITE
Cltlxens About Elmlra Combine for
Rural High School.
EUGENE. Or.. June 10. (Special.)
At their annual meeting held yesterday.
10 school districts adjoining Elmlra
voted to combine Into a rural high
school district under the new state law,
The vote was overwhelmingly In favor
of the plan, and contracts will he let
at once for a building, that achool work
may be begun In the Fall.
The Irving school district voted to
erect during the Summer a two-story
building, half of which will be used
for grade work, and the other half for
a high school. Several other districts
will probably unite later with Irving.
IIILLSBORO PLANS SEW SCHOOL
Mayor lias ley Is Elected Director and
Peter Boscow Clerk.
HILLSBORO. Or.. June 20. (Special.)
At the annual school meeting held
here today H. T. Bagley was elected
director to succeed A. A. Morrill, whose
term expired. Peter Boscow was re
elected clerk " without opposition. A
resolution waa passed Instructing the
directors to report at an early date
on naming a site and the cost of a
new school building, preliminary to an
election for a bond Issue.
Mr. BaKley, the new director. Is the
present Mayor of HUlsboro and has
been attorney for the school bond.
TWO JOCKEYS ARE HURT
Horse Killed In Accident on Okla
homa City Track.
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 20. Jockeys
Robert Small and J. Denny were seri
ously hurt In an accident In the first
race at the Fair Grounds here today
and Edna S-. the horse ridden by Small,
was killed.
The accident occurred on. the first
turn when Witness, ridden by Denny,
went down and Edna S. stumbled over
him. . Both Jockeys were thrown hard.
Small sustaining a concussion of the
brain. Denny's collar bone was broken
and he was badly bruised.
Edna S. was owned by H. T. Bachlor
Co, of Dallas.
Leader of Blaxeflghters Said to Have
Created Discontent and All
Seem About to Lose Places
for "Good of Service."
Fire Chief Campbell, Police Captain
Bailey and Police Sergeants Goltx and
Wanless are said to be In line for dis
missal from tne city's service when
Mayor-elect Rushlight assumes the
duties of office ono week from next
Saturday. It is said that they will all
be let out untler the general clause of
the civil service "for the good of the
service."
Chief Campbell declared last night
that he had heard no Intimation of any
Such intentions on the part of Mr.
Rushlight, as far as his case was con
cerned, and said he could see no rea
son for It. The only reason he could
think of, he said, was In connection
with the trials of firemen, against
whom charges have been preferred
which were sufficiently serious to war
rant fines, suspensions or dismissal.
This, he said. If not agreebate to the
new administration, can easily be rem
edied by shifting this responsibility
from the chief and his aaslstants to
the fire committee of the Executive
Board.
Rumor Puzzles Chief.
That Chief Campbell is to be re
moved. Is being discussed over all the
city In the various flrehouses. and the
rumor spread so thoroughly yesterday
that the Chief was asked about It last
night. He was unable, he said, to un
derstand how It started or why his
services are not acceptable to the
Rushlight administration.
Chief Campbell has been at the head
of the department for many years.
with the exception of two years when
Fennoyer waa Mayor. He was let out
at that time for political reasons. In
the last part of the Lane administra
tion, two years ago, an etrort was
made by Lane and his friends to dis
place the Chief, but, it failed.
Chief Campbell has Incurred the en
mity of a good many of his subordi
nates in the past years, and there have
been complaints from them that he
has been unfair and that he "plays
favorites." 'He recently was criticised
severely by members of the Sellwood
Board of Trade for finding, with his
assistants, that George W. Stokes, then
captain of engine company No. 20. at
Sellwood, was guilty of various serious
offenses. Stokes was reduced to the
ranks and this decision was upheld by
the Civil Service Commission. It
caused a great uproar In the depart
ment. Stokes quit the service.
Numerous men have been fined, sua
pended or dismissed on recommenda
tlon of Chief Campbell and his assis
tants, who have steadfastly maintained
that their findings were purely for the
good of the service and were In no
manner brought about through bias or
prejudice.
Three of Police on Slate.
In regard to Captain of Police
Bailey, It Is said that his record during
the past two years has been such as
to lead the power-to-be to believe that
his presence oh the force Is detri
mental; that he has created endless
trouble among the officers and men
and that his general conduct has been
such that he Is not wanted In the
department under the Incoming ad
ministration. He Is one of the oldest
officers In the service and by many Is
credited witn being one of the best
Informed men there.
Sergeants Goltx and Wanless. ac
cording to reports, are slated for re
tlrement because of their records dur
ing the two years Just closing. Both
have been In charge of the North End
district. Goltz on the first night re-
jier ana Wanless under the second
night relief.
FENWICK ISN0T GUILTY
"P.-I." Managing Editor Cleared of
Criminal Libel Charges.
SEATTLE. Wash.. June 20. (Spe
cial.) After listening the whole morn
ing to the instructions of Judge Wil
son R. Gay. In Superior Court and the
argument of the lawyers, .tne Jury was
CENTRAL
BANK
Our location, organ
ization and equipment
fully abreast of the re
quirements of the com
munity we serve.
All accounts, regard
less of amounts, -welcome,
if in good faith.
Open Saturday even
ings from 6 to 8.
MERCHANTS
SAVINGS & TRUST
COMPANY
CAPITAL $150,000.00.
Officers and Directors:
VT. II. Fear President
Willard Case Vice-President
O. C. Bortzmeyer Cashier
E. M. Hidden. .. .Asst. Cashier
Gustavo Freiwald, Geo. N. Davis
James B. Kerr.
The Smartest, Most Becoming Untrimmed Hats
Selling Normally From $2.25 to $3.95
Today, Special $1.39
By reason of a very advantageous purchase, we are enabled to announce
a sale, in which women who participate in its economies are not likely to
forget.
Tagal, Hair and Milan Untrimmed Straws for Summer, in Black, Burnt,
and Natural.
We illustrate a few of these Hats to give you an idea of the styles.
There are over a dozen selected shapes, every one reflecting the most
popular model now in vogue for Midsummer wear. Pictures do not do
these hats justice and for that very reason customers will be the more de
lighted when they see the hats On Sale When the Store Opens.
given the case of A. R. Fenwlck. man
aging editor of the Post-Intelligencer,
accused of criminally libeling L- H.
Darwin, manager of the American and
Reveille, In Bellingham. returned a
verdict of not guilty.
Judge Gay charged the jurors that
they should consider statements that
Darwin had forced Bellingham firms to
advertise only so far as such state
ments bore on whether Fenwlck was
convinced of the truth of the article
that he published about Darwin.
This article was to the effect that H.
line
Schlitz is sold
ir j ii
tect its purity from the brewery to your glass.
The first Schlitz was brewed iri a hut
over 60 years ago. ,
Now our agencies dot the earth. Our
output exceeds a million barrels a year.
If you knew what we know about beer,
you would say, "Schlitz Schlitz in Brown
Bottles." ' A
That Made M il
J. Welty. president of the failed. Home
Security Savings Bank, had obtained
silence in the papers by carrying ad
vertising when the- bank was financial
ly weak.
McXabb Murderers May Be? Caught.
ROSEBURG. Or.. June 20. (Special.)
Sheriff George Qulne, of Roseburg.
and former Deputy Sheriff ,Tom
Walker, of Coos County, are today
searching for three strangers who are
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beer in a light bottle.
Most brewers
of least resistance.
Light starts decay even in pure beer.
Dark glass gives protection against light.
in brown bottles,
Phones ji?5n6 ' ;
Henry Fleckenstein & Co., .
204-206 Second St., ' .
Portland, Ore.
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way fxee Famous
suspected of murdering Alexander JIc
Nabb In his lonely cabin near Brock
way on Wednesday. The suspects are
said to be en route to Coos County and
consequently the officers in that local
ity are guarding all avenues of escape.
It Is the officers' belief that the men
will be run down tomorrow.
Attacking the air at the center instead
of at tne ends of the blade, a new aero
plane propeller Invented In France la said
to require leas power to obtain a given re
sult than the old nty!e propfllper.
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