THE MOKXiyG OREGOyiAy. MQyPAT. AUGUST 28, 1911, 6 ---- I ' ACTRESS WHO IS AGAIN HARD KIT BY FATE IN LOSS OF HOME AND FURNITURE. CONFESSED BY LEE Another Telegram That Explains Itself . - "V,a ' Boonville Man Angered When Mother Refused Him Money for His Wedding. X.--, j -lf J ... j$ . ; A:-f OWN $100 SQUANDERED rrl.xoner Phown to rtare Bern Idler Hnr Boyhood Officer Spirit Him to Reformatory Avoid Lynching. to rvA!crvnxE. ind.. ai. iT.-wmiam Le. JI years old. on Saturday confessed t-.t murdered hi father. Richard Lee: his mother and younger brother, Clarence, and then set fire to th fam ily ham at Boonvlll Thursday. In a verhal and written atatement to Fhortff Parln. Lea aaid that hi motlv w nr b-us hla parenta wouia rot cnnirnt to hl marr1a;a with Minn Taylor, which ho had planned for Thursday nliht. and would not gtv hlra money with whl.-a to aei up nnumw- Vr'na-. Whn tho confession waa man pun lie. officers started with Le In an an tomot.lle for tha tiiate Reformatory at JeffersonvlUe to prevent poaaibla mob violence. lm bad previously mul a, statement thai ha ha4 killed his father in sen rierenr with an ax after th father had murdered his wlfa and y.unger on. Wedding Fund Cone. L. saM that ha went Wednesday irht to Newbura- and called on hla fiancee. Ther talked of tha arrane menta for their wadding-. Ha had bad flOO In tie bank, but had apent It. Ha knew hta parenta haJ $30 In the house. Ha returned home Iste at nigni ana hla mother reprimanded him. Ha told her ha waa determined to be married th following day. and aha answered that he ahoulj not. that ha mutt tay at home. Gotna to hla own room. Lea (aid. he brooded until he waa 'out of hla mind, suddenly ha ruined Into tha room where hla father, mother and brother usually slept. I a-rahbed an as by tha door. ha said, "and atruck for my father, but hit my mother. My brother roe op and I atruck him. Then my father, who waa outside, ran In and etarted to rab m by tha throat. I hit him and he felt. I waa c eared mo badly that I did not know what I waa doing." Match Seta Bed Ablaze. Lea aal.l ha lit match to aea what be had done and then dropped tha flaming match on th bad where hla mother'a body lay. "The flames flaahed op and blinded me." he went on, "and I bumped Into ny room, put on my trousers and ran to alarm th neighbors." The f'.r In the Lee home waa put out before tha bodlea baa beea more than acorched and tha patricide atolldly helped tarry them out to th lawn, In sisting that he did not know how they came to their death. Lea 1 Illiterate and baa been an Idler aince boyhood, according to testimony at th coroner' Inquest, which cloaed today at Boonvllle. ALASKA CHEERS FISHER Secretary Receive Cordial We Icfj me at Cord or a. CORDOVA. Alaska. Ao. IT Secre tary of tha Interior Walter L. Ftsher arrived from KataJla Saturday none the won for hla experience In tha atorra on Controller Bay. Mr. Fisher waa ac corded a rouslna; welcome by Cordova, and was presented a memorial by tha Chamber of Commerce, asklnc that tha coal lands of Alaska be aold In tha earn manner that other Government lan1s are disposed of. Th memorial set forth that the peo ple of Alaska have confidence In th great mineral resources of tha country and assert that the withdrawal from entry of th coal Lands has completely paralysed prosrees In th territory. The memorial conclude by asking- that all unnatural Impedimenta to th develop, ment of Alaska be removed. Secretary Fisher responded by assuring- the Cordovans that he would glv. Aiaska trie earn fair treatment ac corded any other part of tha country that cam under his Jurisdiction. ! i i v. Li V.:::. : f r ' r - - MARJORIE MAJIR. MISSIS FIRE HT Apartments Owned by Crip pled Girl Destroyed. ESTIMATED LOSS $25,000 Building la Set Ablaze Iate Last Night and la Supposed to nave Been Caused by Reason of Defect In Wiring. MAN GROUND UNDER TRAIN Switch Engine and Car Cmh Oat Uf of Joe Moore. Moore, nr J. Dorn. said to live; at M il orris street, waa run down by a switch engine In th Northern Taciflc terminal yards at th foot of Marshall street, at t o'clock Saturday night and was ao severely Injured that he died at St. Vincent a Hospital two hour later. Th right lea; waa cut off below the knee and the right arm was badly crushed. H waa removed to th hoe pita! In a Red Crosa ambulance. Ia tha verrls where ha waa picked tip ha mumbled hla nam and address, which waa Interpreted to be M. Jo Moor, of St ilorrla atreet. At th hos pital he gav tha nam of J. Dorn. Jut before the accident th man In quired of T. F. Rooner. th watchman, for a place to sleep and waa referred to th police atatlon. It la believed ha lay down on the tracks to aleep. f witch Engine No. 11 and a number of cars ran over him. MAN IS KICKED OFF TRAIN fro. Beating Ills Way, Suffer Broken Back. CHEHALIS. Wash, Aug. 27 Jrry King, beatmr hla way to Portland on a freight train today, waa kicked off by a brakeman and bla back waa broken ard thia la expected to cause hla death. King Is the negro who cut a Centralla policeman seriously two years ago and waa aent to Walla Wal la to serve a two years' sentence. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Bishop this morning visited th fee Helena Hospital where King Is lying and se cured a statement. Th ax-convict aald be waa atandtcg on tba bumper be tween cara when on brakeman told htm to get off. hut aa th train was going too faat he told th brakeman he could not do so without running risk of sever Injury- According to King tha brakeman shoved him oft the fast-moving train causing him to land about 40 feet from th track, thereby breaking hla back. He la paralysed from to hlpa down. Tha Mahr Apartments. Kl North Twentieth atreet. purchased tr MIsa Marjorl Mabr with fnnda contributed by charitable cltlsena of Portland a year ago. after th little actreaa loat both legs In a railroad accident, were nearly destroyed by fir at 11 o'clock Saturday night. No Uvea war lost, but the damage to th building and furni ture will amount to fZO.OOO to l-'o.OOO, covered by Insurance. Although th fir at Its way through th walla and floora of th second and third floors of the building, flamea did little damage compared to tn loss from water. Marjorle la Cool. Throughout th excitement and or deal of aeelng all ah possessed threat ened with destruction. Hiss Mahr was th coolest of tha tenant and exhibited tha same gameneaa that marked her at. tltudo when ahe bravely faced th world, alone and crippled, a year ago. 'Just a year ago I started all over again." aald Miss Mahr. philosophical ly, "and I suppose I must start over again, now. I worked ao hard on th apartments, and thlnga war Just be ginning to run right again, but I must build It all over. ' There were it families In th build ing, a total of nearly 100 persona and It were children. Most of them had gone to bed but were awakened and hurried out of th bulldlns; without panic. Nearly all of tha tenants Im mediately thought of MIsa Mahr. and many rushed to her assistance and car ried her out In her wheel chair. tire Department Notified. W. O. Thrall and E. C Reckard. oc cupying apartment It on th third floor at th front of th building, cam home about 11 o'clock and noticed smoka coming from an opening In th folding doors. They looked between the walls In the door slide and aaw flames creeping upward. They tele phoned to the fire department and un reeled the house-hose and turned th water on th fir In apartment 19, un occupied, where flamea had broken through th walls and floor. I Jark Barry, utility player ror tha Portland Coast Leagu team, and hla wife and child ware asleep In apart ment 10. and were routed out by stif ling smoke. They had the most nar row eacape of all. aa th flames had almost eaten their way through tha floor of their bedroom. Th entire family escaped In their night-clothes, but all othe rtenants bad time to dress. Defective Wiring Thought Canse. The fir is supposed to have been reused by defective wiring or crossed wires, aa It originated between floora or walla. Th flames crept under the third and fourth floora of most of th building and up the walla until they broke out in Apartment It and burst through lb roof. Th personal belongings of nearly half the tenants were more or less damaged by amoka and water. Efforts war mad to carry furniture Into th street, but when It waa aeen th fir t under control the occupants ot th building stood outside waiting till they could re-enter. The building la owned by M. Bard A Son a. Miss Mahrs loss on furnishings wiu amount to 17000 to $3000. declaration made by Dr. William J. Williamson, of St. Louis, who spoke laat night In the First Presbyterian Church on the purpose of th "Men In Religion Forward .Movement," which la to be undertaken' here this Fall In a series of meetings. Dr. Williamson dwelt upon th necessity of Increased membership of men in church congre gations. In order that th Industrial questions could, be more practically dealt with. He pointed out the many responsi bilities that (est with the association, such as the care of alum children and the protection of underpaid shop girls. Dr. Williamson deplored the eras for wealth and luxury, and expressed the opinion that th gulf between capital and labor Is widening. He asserted that the only solution to this great question waa to be found in a atronger devotion to Christian principles. Dr. Williamson spoke earlier In th evening at a dinner In the auditorium of the V. M. C. A., which was attended by members of the committee In charge of arrangements for the Portland meetings of the Men and Religion For ward Movement. Dr. Williamson s a sruest here of President Gray, of th Hill lines In the Pacific Northwest. HEMIPTERA CLAN HERE ODORIFEHOCS BCO PAYS PORT LAND SECOXD VISIT. Offensive Little Insect Reappears, Garbed In Somber Colors and Heady for Business. A specie of tha heteropterous branch of th great hemlptera clan has made Its reappearance In Portland. People who do not care If they hurt tha feel ings of th Insect refer to him generally as the "atlnkbug," and it waa a vis itation of these about five years ago that got on the olfactory nervea of th householders of th city to such an ex tent that the threat of a second swarm thla Summer is viewed with anything but aerenlty. In their former visit th Insects ap peared in such great numbers that they mud life fairly miserable for sensitive persons. They got into the houses, they got Into th stores, they Intruded themselves and their nauseous odor into public park places and when the visitation ceased everyone waa ready to heave a sigh of relief snd breathe a fervent prayer that It might happen "never again." This Summer th odoriferous bug has mad his reapparanc at aeveral of tha Summer resorts, taking especial pleas ure apparently In coming round and breaking up pleasant parties assembled about the campflrea at nlghr. In Portland a number of them have been noticed lately in stores, tn soma of th saloons and In a few cases tn th parkways. They are a simple appearing bug. don In quiet colors, gray or black, but they won't stand for annoyance, and If one Inadvertentlr disturbs them they retaliate by mak ing th circumambient atmosphere auf ficlently uncomfortable for all concerned. CHURCH DUTIES POINTED Dr. Y. J. W illiamson, of St. Youls, Crges Men to Join Movement. That it Is through th churches that th evils which afflict society 'are to be annihilated, and that only through tha Increased support given these or ganisations by th man In th congre gations that this oaa b dona, was th CAPTAIN LEAVES SING SING Pardon Granted Commander of Gen eral Mocam. NEW TORK. Aug. 37. Captain Wil liam Van Bchatck. 72 . years old. com mander of the excursion ateamer Gen eral Flocum when It burned In Hell Gate June 15. 1904. with a loss of a thousand lives.' mostly women and children, waa paroled by the United Statea Government today, ire returned to hla home tonight from ting Sing prison. He was sentenced to 10 yesrs" Im prisonment and had served 2 4 years. LAWSON TO FACE COURT Violation of Lottery Law Charged to Boston Financier. BOSTON. Aug. 27. Charged with vio lation of the Massachusetts lottery law by "raffling" on a horse and phaeton at the county fair, of which he la chief officer. Thomaa W. Lawson, financier, waa served with a summons tonight to appear In the Plymouth County Court to anawer tha charge on Monday. F LETYla THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 26 000 OFFICES IN "AMERICA &Alzm5SttZAlX3iHKM01ll& Tmo rt vartr-rgtsrrraivV rerXVIBTc Is-ROOttS cgNroAi.-aiAAeeei Received . iS Detroit Mich, Auguct 15, 1911, E-li-F KORTirWEni'CQw", PORTLAND 0RS,' " Another and the thira national viet6ryfor FLAttDERS "20n within a month This time a clean sweep in America's hill climbing classic. The THREE speed FLANDERS "20" won event in her class Satur day at Worcester, llass olimbing Dead Horse Hill in 1 minute 1885 seconds, breaking all previous records for her class by 46 seconds, and defeating second car in her class by 37 seconds. She also beat records made by the following high powered and higher priced cars in other classes. Velie Buick, Cole, Hudson, Firestone, Oakland, Carrier on. Zrit and Empire FLANDERS "20" was the lowest prioed car in 'the contest. Dead' Eorse Hill is one mile long with a rise of over 400 feet to the milei, t newspaper accounts say coursewas slow because of bad surface and one very bad spot near finish line., . - u FLANDERS time better than time made 'in 1909 by any car less than three time 3 her price. And faster than time made last year by" any car but one of three times her "size and price. She averaged a " little over 46 miles an hour up to tiaa eight per cent grade. Strictly stock chassis. Event run under AAA. rules and supervision. FLANDERS "20" was sensation of the sixty and seventy horse power cars barely beating her phenomenal performance. ' Sending you photograph of WITT in victorious FLANDERS on) the hill. She has now only to win the three hundred mile Savanna Roarlv Raoe to prove her invincibility in speed as she proved her reliability in the Little Glidden; her staying powers in Minneapolis, to Helena Montana reliability run, and her hill climbing qualities on Dead Horse. Hill. 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