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TTTE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1911. IDE OPEff TOWN FORMES PORTLAND BUSINESS MAN AND HIS CHILDREN. ' VICTIMS Of AUTOMOBILE EXPLOSION. BRIDGES APPROVED M'GABTHrS PLAN Sari Francisco Police Shaken Up, Lid Keepers Being Sent 1 I 0t t 1 IT 10 me auDurns. MAYOR ARRANGES UPSET Reorganization Means Shifting of 400 of Rank and File In F rep aration for "Ubcral Policy" of U Admin Watratton. SAX FRAXCISCO. July t. (Special.) -The regime of the Paris of America and the administration along liberal lines today casts Its shadow before It In the greatest shifting of officers and men that the police department of San Francisco ever has known. Orders hare come through the office of Chief of Police "Qus" TVnlte, snuffling the commands of ail but one of the cap tains and affecting about SO chaoses among: the lesser officers and the de tective force. When the reorganlxa tlon is completed It Is expected quite 400 of the rank and file will have been shifted about on the police checker board to set the nma properly for The play for a liberal administration. Duke Sent to Bay- Vlw.. As was freely predicted when "Qua White won the legal battle for Ms of fice of Chief. Captain Duke, Is re moved from the central station to which he was called by Seymour to close up gambling which Captain O'Day did not curb. He la relegated to the Bay-view district. Sergeant Xayne will no longer restrain the Ori entals from (rambling; their heads off In Chinatown. Sergeant Btrdsall. of J the Southern station, takes hie place. Captain Kelly comes to the central Station as second choice for the post after Captain Gleeson refused to ac cept the post and to be responsible for a "wide open town" under his di rect command. Banished Captain Recalled. Captain O'Day Is called In from the Jngleslde station to which he was ban ished by Seymour, following the gam bling scandal and the death of Gustav Postler in the Saratoga Club. He goes to the Bosh-street station. The changes In the detective force are no lesa drastic The violent upset in the police de partment was arranged In the of flee of Mayor McCarthy, and the general orders under the Chiefs authority are typewritten from the" office of the ilayor. ! T V- n t y r-: hi V '.3-V I . . . ft L ' v ) MVRM KKLLV, WHO WAS KILLKD, HOBABT AD HOMER KELLY. "'; . X. B. Kelly. I v j - -. i . j :: Angela Keilr, GIRL IS "RAFFLES" FARMERS' LAUGH AT UNION Harvest ITands Combine. In Walla Walla Valley Pmpnned. WALLA WAJLA. Wanh.. Juljf . fSpect&L) Protesting the reported lowering of harvest wages and de manding a raise. In view of the bumper crop about to be harverted. Itinerant wage earners are forming a harvest hands union, by means of which they hope to Increase their yearly toll from the farmers. . "Prices offered this yesj- are from Rt rents to f 1 lower than last year, when they should be higher. In view of the fact that we will have much harder work with the heavier grain of this year."" says W. H. Scott, who Is taking the lead In the matter. "We want good wages and we will have them or there will he little wheat harvested In this valley." Farmers deny there Is any cut In prices, but stand firm In statlrur there will be no rise and laugh at the pro posed union. Matron Recognizes Burglar in Man's Garb as Woman. VICTIM'S EYES ARE KEEN WINSLOW HERE FOR TRIAL Man. Ac-cased of Duping Woman by Marriage) Denies Charge. SEATTLE. Wash.. July . (SpeclaL) Albert F. Wtnslow, arrested In Seattle following an Indictment by the Multno niah County grand Jury, last Tuesday. and released on bond, was surrendered today to the Superior Court by his bondsmen. He was turned over to the custody of nty uetectlve Charles Phillips and to night he was delivered to a Portland officer and left for that city. Wlnslow la charged with duping Mrs. era aiurnrr. or Lui Angeles, into mock marrlsge and depriving her of rersona! property worth several hun dred dollars. Including a fSAO diamond ring. He denies the charges. FALL OFF HORSE FATAL Jlatnier Telegraph Operator Dies After St. Helens Accident. Thrown from a horse and with his skull fractured. Arthur Perkins. 13. a telegraph operator of Italnler. was found on the rned near St. Helens late Tuesday afterrtnon and was brought to Portland. Two hours after his ar rival on the morning train, Wednea lay. he died. Little was known of Perkins except that he was from Boston and had rela tives in Massachusetts. He was not married. The place where he fell waa not far from the place where R. B. !.amon. Portland attorney, was Injured totally Monday. AUTOMOBILE BLOWS UP if'tntlnued From net Pa. ) ery well known in forUaoil. where he aaa engaged In the automobile business Tor many years before removing to San Francisco. When news of the accident was received by Dr. Richmond Kelly, a close relative, he left Portlamlt once for Grants Pass, where the Injured are In the hospital. In a telegram to his wife yesterday he said that both the boys were In very erlous condition, but that Kelly and his daughter. Angela, were not so badly fcnrt. The body of Myrna Kelly will be brought to Portland for burial. Mr. K'Hy and M children left San Francisco on June IS to attend the an nual reunion of t!ie Kelly clan In Ore gon. After that they vl sited friends In 2' art land. Nocturnal Prowler Keeps Mrs. Ann Williamson of Colorado Springs Covered by Revolver aa She Make Her Escape. COLORADO SPRINGS, July 6.- female "Raffles," attired In mans clothing, the police say, has been per petratlng the many burglaries that have occurred in the fashionable North tna district of Colorado Springs during the last several weeks. That the burglar Is woman was not known until Tuesday morning. While robbing the home of Mrs. Anna Williamson. S30 Hast High street, the girl allowed a heavy watch fob. which she was In the act of re moving from the dresser, to strike asalnst the furniture and awaken Mrs. Williamson. The latter saw the girl burclar standing near a window, a street light showing her form to be that of a woman attlrod In man s clothing. The burglar pointed a large revolver at Mrs. Williamson, keeping her closely cov ered: then the "female Raffles" care fully made her exit through the open window. EW YORK HAS NEW 'RAFFLES Dressed In F.venlng Clothes, He En tera Fashionable Brooklyn House. NEW YORK. July . Adventures rivaling those of the Invincible "Raf fles" were laid bare to the Brooklyn police last nlrht. when "Lieutenant Karl Von Metx-Meyer. of the Norwe gian Army." as he styles himself, was arrested on a charge ot burglary. Smiling and eelf-possessed. Von Metx Meyer entertained the officers with stories of bow. attired in evening clothes and carrying a cane, he entered at least 18 fashionable Brooklyn resi dences, generally while the occupants were at dinner, and took articles val ued at tr00. Von Mctx-Meyer ssys he comes from a prominent Norwegian family, and came to this country to study banks and banking laws on a three years' leave of absence. Ill COURT OITWOUKS OF DEFfSE SHOWN BIT XO TLEAS MADE. Counsel Takes Exception to Charge Against Ironworkers Official and HI Brother. LOS ANGELES. July C Outworks of the defense thrown about John J. Mc Namara. secretsrv of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, and his brother James, were reached today when both . men appeared betore Judge Bora well in the Superior Court and were aked to plead to 1 charges of murder filed In con-net-1 Ion with the blowing up of the Los Angeles Time. No pleas acre entered. John J. Me- Ktnars cohtiaeefl. throuaU. counsel. 1 that he was extradited for dynamiting in connection with an explosion In the Llewellyn Iron Works, and could not be tried on any other charge unless the prosecution was willing to admit the crime of kidnaping. As to the Lewel lyn Iron Works situation, he took the same position. The same counsel, acting for James McXamara, answering the murder charges, asked that the indictments be Quashed, a-ivlnn- as res-sons. Xfjanv of them were technlcaL Others alleged bias on the part of the grand jury, mal ice on the part of the counsel and abuse and intimidation of grand Jury wit nesses. Arguments were ordered con. tinued tomorrow at 1 p. M. GRANGERS' PICNIC SUCCESS Wnshougal Scene of Real Celebra tion of True, Pioneers. " ABHOUGAU Wash.. July , (Spe cial.) The Grangers' celebration and picnic held here Tuesday was one of the best of Its kind ever held In this place. The historical and Industrial pageant was nearly a mile long and was representative of the past history. present Industries and development of this section of Washington. The girls" Oak Grove band, of Portland, furnished the music. Prominent In the parade were some of the old time pioneers of Washougal and vicinity. Mayor Smith headed the procession. Kev. c. T. Clapp delivered the oration, and the literary exercises In the Wsshougal Park Hall were es pecially interesting. me urangers ot mis region were well pleased and highly complimented over tne success or their gathering. DUCK'S CRAW YIELDS GOLD Section Hand Plows l"p Land Find More, Without Success. to CENTRALIA. Wash, July 6. Gold nuggets In the craws of several foals killed near Centralla and Chehalls, as well aa other parts of the county, has lead to the belief that gold exists in paying quantities In Lewis County. The latest to find gold In this way are Ex- Chief of Police Townsend, of Chehalls: I Phillip Deuher, of Jackson Prairie: Councilman Dleckman, of Chehalls, and Oscar Weeding, of Lincoln. borne of the nuggets found in the dead birds weighed several ounces. George Coapauloe. a section hand of Centralla, found a big nugget In the craw of duck the other duy and ploughed up the land about hla home In a frantic search for the metal, but without success. CULT, SAYS WIFE Mildred in See's Flat With Consent of Both Parents, Says Woman. DANNER MYSTERY DEEP Witness Declares He Talked With Father of "Haxel," Who Brought Snlt Against Prophet, Who Sought Compromise, He Sajs. CHICAGO, Julr Mrs. Felicia Bees, mother of Mona Rees, concluded her testimony in the See trial today and Mrs. Stephen Bridges, mother of Mil dred Bridges, followed her on the wit ness stand. Mrs. Rees said that Stephen Bridges, who alleges that See mistreated his daughter, was at one time appointed president of the Absolute Life cult, his duties being of a business nature. At torney Cantwell asked If Bridges had not made two contributions of $1000 and JS0O respectively to the cult, but Mrs. Rees was not allowed to answer. She was allowed to say, however, that Bridges had made about SO different I contributions. Mrs. Bridges testified that she was responsible for Mildred, but that the girl was left at See's flat with the con sent of her father. Mildred heard the "Book of Truth" read publicly. Considerable testimony was heard in an endeavor to clear up the mystery surrounding "Hazel Danner, whom the defense asserts Is a myth. A suit Is pending against See In which George Danner asks for 50,000 damages for the alleged abduction and mistreatment of his daughter. Mrs. Bridges said she had been a convert to Absolute Life for six years, but had never known "Hasel Danner." John F. Rosen testified that he talked with George Danner about filing the suit and that after It bad been filed he was called on the telephone by Francis J. Callahan, one of the attorneys for See's defense. Callahan, he said, sought to compromise the damage suit. He asserted that Hazel Danner was not a myth, but was In the city at the time of See s preliminary hearing. Her home, he said, was In Indiana, but she disappeared while the Federal authori ties were looking for her as a possible witness. In the cross-examination of Mrs. Rees early In the day she was asked: "The defendant. See. has kissed you. hasn t her Without hesitation. Mrs. Rees an swered: "Yes, the same as my father, mother and brother have kissed me. "Ton let him kiss you without ques- 'tlon, dldn t you? "He never kissed me unless there was occasion for It for Instance, saying goodby." Graham, given out tonight, there were many bits of advice for the young wo man. . One sent early In December, 1909, warned her that the stage held but a "heartless, soulless life," and for her to "marry some rich young fel low whose companionship will be worth more than all the worthless admiration of a cheap stage." Waiting for Widow, He Says. In another letter he said: "1 am a cross, crabbed and ugly old cove, and such a nice letter from such l a pretty girl shas turned my head. In the first place, you know I am a di vorced man, forbidden to marry; seo ond. any man who has failed to return the love of a woman desperately In love with him would cbunt It a crime to try matrimony on a girl for the second time. In the third place, I am too old, so all I can do Is to wait for a widow or divorcee who has had all the matrl monlal experiences she wants for life, and so we will just be good friends. "we will go traveling and autolng to gether and have pleasant talks and such things. There are several dozen widows and divorcees here I intend looking over very carefully before I return, but I will make no selection before I hav talked It over with you. Letter Writer Enthuses. "There la a widow, right small, about 40 years old, very pretty, and only slightly damaged that I hear a lot of good about. . She is very shapely an I will get your opinion of her. Sh has a nice little nose and black hair. She says, she does not like Chicago, The dirty streets, the hogs and such things remind her of her late husband. New York Is where she wants to live, and she has an ample fortune to do what she ploases with. Bhe is a little black rid white dream." In another letter. Miss Graham was advised aa follow: "Keep your head. Don't touch wine, beers, or liquors. They will ruin your complexion. You know the stage Is not my advice. If you need anything:, I will help you. Sorry you SDent that X180O. but a star at T2000 a week. suppose, has to buy 145 or $50 hats.1 E EXPERT BOARD TO STUDY BAT TLESHIP'S HILL. MILLION OUTLAY ASKED JACKSOX COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR ROADS. Chief of Engineers In Charge of Raising, Thinks Origin May Xever Be Disclosed. , WASHINGTON. July 6. A board of naval experts is being selected by the Navy Department to Btudy the hull of the battleship Maine, In Havana har bor, as the water Is pumped from the cofferdam now surrounding the wreck. i ne jvavy Department officers are confident that the examination will prove the correctness of the findings of the Sampson board, which decided that the explosion which sank the Maine was caused by a torpedo or mine and that the explosion ot the ship s magazines followed. In view of the renewed Interest at tachlng to the actual cause of the de struction of the Maine, General W. H. Blxbea, chief of engineers; who has Just returned from liana va, today Is sued the following signed statement: The work of unwatering the Maine so far proves nothing aa to the origin of the explosion of the maga zines, but already shows such exten slve destruction from the forward part or the boat that It Is quite probable that fuller unwatering will fall to give any proofs either way as to the origin of such explosions. I have so far made no reports or statements aa to the origin of the explosion." Fruitgrowers Join Merchants In Campaign to Raise Big Fund. Asphalt Surface Planned. MEDFORD, Or.. July . (SpeclaL) That $1,000,000 dollars will be expend ed In the improvement of Jaokson County roads depends on the outcome of Investigations now being made by attorneys to ascertain whether or not the law will permit the bonding or the county to that extent. Should the findings of the attorneys be unfa vorable, the Medford Commercial Club will petition Governor West to call a special session of the Legislature to make provision for the issue. The county Is now spending tnou- sands of dollars In macadamizing highways and the Improvement of the Crater Lake road is one of the big projects under way. Fruitgrowers, rarmers ana mer chants throughout the valley are urg ing the adoption of a systematized campaign for better roads. It is the aim of the valley residents to put the highways in this vicinity on a par with California thoroughfares. Work on the asphalt roaa to cen tral Point Is under way and the road to Jacksonville has been completed for some time. Lime Postmaster Recommended. WASHINGTON, July 6. Representa tive Laflerty has recommended Frank Tomlinson to be postmaster at Lime, Baker County. 809 MORRISON ST, Special Announcement Dents Gloves $1.50 TALE OF SHOOTING TOLD (Continued From first Pare.) lawyer went on with constant objec tions. Stokes met Miss Graham at a dinner In Lexington, Ky.. he said. He had taken her out automobile riding, had written her when she waa at Memphis, Chicago and other points and also had entertained her at his Lexington farm. She had gone from Memphla to Lexing ton at his telegraphic request. She left the next day. Stokes said. , Gifts Made to Woman. The first cash present he had given her was $250, or $300. he did not re member which on the occasion of one You never heard of women's Dent Gloves before for less than two dollars. They're the genuine Dent. And as Lennon's are the leaders, they 're. here first at one-fifty. 1 vest time in history that Dent's sold for this price. Genuine Cape Gloves, Dent's make, in all sizes, at, the pair $1.50 1 -1 fennon's J "FINEST EVER," HE SAYS of her visits to Lexington. Stokes admittea it Eastern Visitor Tells Manager Cord- ray That East Is Behind. "If any Eastern city had an amuse ment park like the Oaks and one-half the attractions offered by your fine park. It would be known from the At lantic to the Pacific," declared Ivsn Robertson, a Chicago amusement park owner, to John F. Cord ray, manager of tho Oaks, yesterday sfternoon. The Eastern visitor said It was his opinion that "Pat Conway's famous Irish band was the finest musical or ganization In the country. With Mrs. Dun tee. the virtuoso, Conway la now at the Oaks. OREGON ARTIFICIAL LIMB CO. Has Xew Manager. B. C. Llnstrom. who is probably the best known orthopedist In the country. haa been engaged by the Oregon Arti ficial Limb Co., !6 Yamhill street, Port land to design and fit their braces. trusses and artificial limbs. That the work this company Is now doing Is ap preciated by the physicians and sur geons of the Northwest Is rhown by the large number of orders received from the znedioal fraternity, waa a telegram from him to Miss Graham that caused her to go to Lexington, but he declined to identify a particular telegram that Miss Graham's counsel produced. When he waa asked ss to the time he had Invited Miss Graham to remain as his guest at Lexington, there waa objec tion by Stokes' counsel. The young womsn's attorney Insisted that the matter had an Important bearing on the shooting. Assuming," the attorney said, "that h'e Inveigled her to the farm and that she went there believing that she would meet a large number of persons and as soon aa she found no one there, she went away, would not that have a bearing on the motive?" Then it was that Mr. stokes testi fied that Miss Graham had left his place at Lexington "the next day." Salutation Are Formal. The bundle of letters that drew Stokes to the girls apartment was made public by the court. They all began with the salutation. "My Dear Miss Graham." or "My Dear Miss Lil lian," and most of them concluded with "Yours, sincerely,- or -yours truly. Stokes concluded his testimony shortly before adjournment. The case will be continued tomorrow Seasoned Wood OAK ASH FIR Green Wood SLAB BLOCKS COAL DOMESTIC STEAK Banfield-Veysey Fuel Co. Mala 853 75 Fifth St. A -335a Portland Printing House Co. X. Wris&t, Prca. and Caa. sMia Weak, Catalogs and Cammarcaai PRINTING ataUns. Binding and Blank Beek Mail, Pbons: Mala 20l. A S2S1. luib and Taylor atresia, Portland. Orovoa. JAMES BRAID SAYS: No athltne can do hlnuelf jusUca If his feat hurt. Many thouaanda ara using dally Allen's Foot-Ease, th antiseptic powder to be shaken lunto the shoes. All the prominent GoVfers and Tennis Players at Augusta, Plnfburst and Palm Beach pot much aatis fnflun from Its use this Porlnc. 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