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3 CUPID HAS EYES TWIN SISTEES, SEPARATED "SINCE BABIES, WHOM CHANCE REUNITES. Rich California Widow Is Re ported to Be Engaged to French Actor. SHE HAS DAZZLED PARIS THE MORNING OREGONIAN.- TUESBAT, .. SEPTEMBER 12. 191f, MRS GflUUD Woman AVho Inherited Several Crocker Millions Is Seen Fre quently In Company of M. Max, Bernhardt's Leading Man. PARIS. Sept. 11, (Special.) Gossip on the boulevards has It that Mrs. Jackson Gouraud, who was Miss Amy Crocker, of San Francisco, before her first matrimonial venture. Is to take her fourth husband In the person of M. Max, the well-known French actor who Is known In the United States through his appearance there as lead ing man for Sarah Bernhardt. The engagement has not been an nounced but the fascinating American widow and the noted thespian are seen frequently In each others company. Is said that they appear very devoted Mrs. Gouraud and her money have dazzled Paris all Summer. She nas ppeared everywhere, wearing th smartest frocks, and has entertained lavishly enough to make even Parts take notice. The widow likes Paris, which adds color to the theory that he will become the wife of one of its striking figures. Before she came abroad this time Mrs. Gouraud was rumored at different times to be engaged to various gay young blades of New York, but In each Instance she was emphatic In her de alals. ' Mrs. Gouraud inherited several Crocker millions In California. Her first husband was Porter Ashe and her second husband Harry Gilllg. It was when she was married to Jackson Gou raud, however, that she began to at tract most attention in New York, Lon don and Paris. Gouraud was a widely known club man, man-about-town and nrst-nighte '.n New York. They were apparently rery happy together. An interesting feature of their domestic relationship was the fart that a younger brother of Gouraud married Mrs. Gouraud's daughter by her first husband. The ralr were later divorced, however. Jackson Gouraud died about two years go. BAGS SAVE AIR POSTMAN Sacks Prevent Death When Mall Blrdman's Craft Falls. LONDON. Sept. 11. Hubert, one of the aviators of the aerial postal serv Ire inaugurated by the British post office last Saturday, sustained a bad accident this morning, and only the mall bags which the flying postman waa carrying from Hendon to Windsor Castle saved him from an almost cer tain death. Hubert had lust got away from Hen. don with 200 pounds of mall when the machinery of his aeroplane went wrong and the machine crashed to the earth, burying the aviator under a mass of debris. Both of Hubert's legs were broken and he suffered other Injuries, but the mallbags on top of him acted as a - buffer and saved him from being crushed to death by the weight of the engine. STRICKEN CITY GUARDED Martial Law Declared at Scene Cholera Riots in Italy. of CHIASSO, Switzerland. Sept. 11. Massafra, the Italian city, where, ac cording to information, mobs burned the cholera hospital and carried the :bolera-strlcken patients through the itreets, waa declared today under mar Mai law. Twenty additional persons have been Hrrested for attempting to release chol era suspects who were under observa tion. Excesses arising Jrom the Govern raent's preventive measures to com' hat the plague are reported from sev eral other Italians towns. In some places doctors suspected by the lnhab Hants of distributing poisons have been attacked. 1 BULLION THEFT REVIVED Convict Said to Hare) Confessed Fart ' In Fairbanks Crime. DENVER. Sept. 11. Charles Everett, alias John P. Blocker, who was sen tenced recently to serve ten years In the penitentiary at Canyon City for defrauding the Fremont County Na tional Bank and the Florence State Bank of $1400, has confessed that he participated in the bullion robbery at Fairbanks, Alaska, August 10, 1910, ac cotdlng to detectives entrusted with the task of solving the robbery. It is said that Everett Is also wanted In several cities of the Pacific Coast on charges of defrauding banks of amounts aggregating $50,000. BUILDERS SOUTH FAIL Saunders Construction Company Owes $24,000 President Gone. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 11. The Saunders Construction Company, a local building concern, was adjudged bank rupt by United States District Judge Van Fleet today. Liabilities were given at $84,750 and assets JS0.460. It was said in court by counsel for the company that F. O. Farrell. the president, had left for Panama, leaving the affairs of the company in such shape that It was necessary for Samuel R Lovejoy, secretary of the company, to take the pauper's oath in default of payment of fees. JAMES R. KEENE BETTER Progress Great After Operation. Physician Takes Rest. LONDON, Sept. 11. James R. Keene. who was operated on for stomach trouble at a nursing home here last week, is making such good progress toward recovery that his physician left London today for a holiday. Mr. Keene expects to be out within a fortnight a wall as ever. fv " V Y ' f$f& ; v; ; O -' : w " m W MARGARUT VEAIL AND MARIE FREEMAN. CHANCEBHINGS JQY Twin Sisters, Shopper and Clerk, Reunited in Store. MEETING STARTLES GIRLS Taken From Children's Home and Adopted by Different Families, Two Suddenly Face Each Other Over Counter. INDIANAPOLIS, IncU. Sept. 11. (Spe cial) A pretty 16-year-old girl from Wichita. Kan., who is visiting in this city, went Into a big department store here the other day and was startled nearly out of her shoes when a faith ful replica of herself waited upon her. The salesgirl, of the same age, also looked amazement at the customer. In vestigation later revealed that the girls were twin sisters, separated since they were babies. The girl from Wichita is Margaret Veail and her duplicate in the depart ment store is Marie Freeman. When the twin sisters were 16 months old they were taken from the Children's Home In this city. Margaret was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. George Veall, of Wich ita, and Marie was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Freeman, of Indian apolls. The children grew to. young woman hood without knowing of the other's existence. Marie Freeman learned only a few months ago that she was foster child and had a twin sister. She came across some old letters. Theso missives did not reveal where her sis ter was, however. While selling ribbons and notions in the department store, Marie . Freeman wondered frequently where her sister was, and if she would ever set eyes upon her. It was Indeed during on a of these reveries that there appeared before her. on the opposite side of the counter, a smartly tailored, living breathing reproduction of her own self. Have you any began the girl in front of the counter. She stopped to stare at the clerk. The salesgirl stared back. "Can it be " It was. In a second both girls were chatting about their resemblance and they realized they were sisters. An in vestigation of the records of the Chil dren's Home Society proved It. The girls have been almost Inseparable since they discovered one another. covered by berrypickers today. The man had evidently been dead two or three months and nothing was found by which to Identify him. No trace of any discarded clothing was found. RAIL OFFICIAL PROTESTS Safety Bills In Congress Would Bankrupt Roads, He Says. NEW YORK. Sept. 11. F. O. Melcher, vice-president of the Chicago, Rock Isl and & Pacific, In a letter published here, calls attention to the serious na ture of pendlnar railway legislation in tended to safeguard employes and pas sengers. He points out, for example. that one bill introduced into Congress requiring all roads to discard their wooden equipment after January 1, 1912, would cost the railroads more than $630,000,000. Other bills now pending would require the roads to en large their clearances at a cost of $444, 000,000 and to Install the universal block signals at a cost of JJ87.000.000. To comply with these three laws would call for an expenditure by the railways of $1,361,000,000. This is 10 per cent of the net capitalization of all the roads In the United States, which amqunted to $14,338,575,000 at the end of 1910. . The September ScJe of Manufacturers' Sample Blankets Slightly Soiled and Slightly Damaged At Just About Half Regular Prices 5000 pairs' of, white and gray woolen blankets from the largest and best woolen mills in America. Some of these blankets are slightly sbiZed from machine oil some with rough sel veges and a great number of travelers' sample blankets slightly soiled from handling some with imperfect weaves. ' , In the majority of cases the imperfection is so slight that it can hardly be detected, yet prevent them from being sold as perfect blankets. White, tan and gray 10-4, 11-4, 12-4 sizes. The vast purchase which we negotiated far in advance for this sale will prove none too large as the bargains are the greatest we have ever offered before in a sale of this kind.' Blankets worth Blankets worth Blankets worth Blankets worth $4.00, now $2.19 pair $5.00, now $2.49 pair $6.00, now $2.95 pair $7.50, now $3.49 pair Blankets worth $8.50, Blankets worth $10.00, Blankets worth $12.50, Blankets worth $15.00, now $4.45 pair now $5.85 pair now $6.85 pair now $8.45 pair Mm Mfe si Q). Merchandise of tteril Only. FOOD PRICES FUSING Sugar, Coffee and Potatoes Climb to High Figure. BIG HATS NOT HEALTHFUL CANNED GOODS EXPENSIVE ORTLAND MAN SUiGIDE E. J. 3 HESTERS HA2TGS HIMSELF IX DENVER HOTEL. Electrician Thought to Have Been of Tnsotind Mind, Following Ac cident Two Months Ago. DENVER. Sept. 11. E. 3. Meyers, an electrical worker, en route from Port land. Or., to Cleveland. O., committed suicide early today by hanging himself to a bedpost in his room in a local hotel. The authorities believe Meyers was demented, as he had attempted to leap from a Union Pacific train near Cheyenne Sunday afternoon. When the train reached Denver, shortly after midnight, Meyers was taken in charge by an officer, ' who scorted him to a hotel and left word that he be called In time for his east- bound train. The body was discovered by a bellboy sent to awaken him. E. J. Meyers was a member of Port land Electrical Workers Union No. 125 and came to this city about a year ago from Cleveland. He was employed by the Portland Railway Light & Power Company as a lineman and continued that occupation unui xwo montns iro. At that time ne met wim an acci dent while repairing a broken trolley ire on the East side. Meyers fell from the platform of the repair car and his bead was Injured. The accident ffected his mind so that at times he acted strangely, although he was never known to exhibit any signs of suicidal mania. His brother. M. E. Meyers, is also an electrical worker and is em ployed on the new Multnomah Hotel. Man, Long Dead, Found Hanging. BELLIKGHAM. Wash.. Sept. 11. Hanging to a tree on the shores of Chuckanut Bay. three miles south of this city, the corpse of a man, dressed only In underwear and shoes, was dls- Doctor Says Women Are Benefited by Little Bonnets. BOSTON. Sept 11. Fashion's tend ency during the last few years to ward smaller hats for women has re sulted in a distinct improvement In the condition of the sex. according to Dr. ueorge w. Oalvln, head of the emer gency hospital here. "Many women wonder how it is they find themselves able to do work which a few years ago they wouldn't ' have dreamed of attempting," says Dr. Gal- a bushel; today the prices range from 85 cents to more than a dollar. Is Only Bright Spot In Situation Declaration of Experts That Per sons Setting Simple Table Xeed Not Fear Winter. NEW YORK. Sept. 11. The cost of livine- la soaring once more, btatls vin. "Should they desire to know the tics Just compiled show that sugar is reason, they need but think of the de crease in the size and weight of their hats, and they have the answer to their question. Wellesley and Radcllffe girls are every year gaining in their class room averages and are gradually sur passing young men in their studies. It is a significant fact that most college giria wear no nats at all. PRAYERS LEAD TO ARREST Gotham Police Consider Man Fa natic for Interceding for Rich. NEW YORK. Sept. 11. For the fifth time within a week, the police early to day had occasion to arrest a religious fanatic for praying in front of the homes of the wealthy on Fifth avenue. The man arrested was found kneel ing at Forty-ninth street, a crowd of people watching him, a part in rever ence and part in smiling mockery. The kneeling man was oblivious to every- ining out nis prayer. At Fowler Hospital, where the police took him, the man said he had recently "got religion" at a Bowery mission and had been called to Intercede for the wicked rich from the asphalt of Fifth avenue. He was removed to tha peycopathio wara at ceiievue. TAR THREATENED LAWYER Prosecutor of 13 Who Abused Kan sas Teacher Is Warned. LINCOLN. Kan- Sept. 1L Threats that he may be subjected to a coat of tar and feathers have been made against -ouniy prosecutor W. W. McCanles. who Is directing the cases against a aozen men ana boys charged with com- puclty in the attack on Miss Marv Chamberlain, the young school teacher, who was tarred by a mob near Shady 2iena, jvan. Public sentiment in the county Is at a nign pucn. selling higher than In 12 years, that potatoes are costing as much as l.lu a bushel in the field, and that the price of coffee is Jumping toward unknown heights, The outlook is not pleasant lor tne housewife in the coming Winter. Eco nomic experts declare that food prlcea will be higher, in many instances, than tiv wrA last year, but give some hop by adding that the man who sots his table with plain, everyday fare, avoiding fancy brands, need not have undue anxiety. It is nointed .out, generally speaump, win, ttin Acentlon of coffee, sugar, po tatoes and a few canned vegeiaoies. the present month of September was ushered in with conditions more fa vorable to the consumer than was the case a year ago. un 'i""""1' nork was auotea at i a Darrei, wholesale, as against $24 on the same ,-. in lorn? the wholesale price of hom 1. a little more than 15 cents pound, as compared with 18 cents in the early Fall of last year; Western lard is selling at a fraction more than 9 cents, as against more than 12 cents i sentAtnher. 1910: and butter and Acre-. Br both comparatively reasona ble and a few cents cheaper retail than in last Sentember. Flour of good quality is selling at lowest retail prices at I5.S& a Darrei. the same price that prevailed at this tiro lnjct vear. and bacon may be naa at some stores for 20 cents a pound, as Atnet 23 and 25 cents a year ago. The average famll steak costs about unfa a nound. as It am lasi rau. thnuht ATnerts say that with all feed ing crops snort u is noi ubumij beef will go higher as the Winter pro gresses. The cost OI poultry win us 4150 determined by cold storage noiaings. Indications art that the shortafe of po tatoes is serious, not only in xnia coun hnt In Great Britain and Germany, In the Fall of last year one could buy good potatoes in the field at 55 cents HIGHEST MURDER CHARGED Kansas City Man, Who Slew After Filing Divorce, Is Held. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 11. Robert F. Curtis, who shot Henry C. Oumbel In a downtown hotel Saturday, inflicting wounds from wnicn Mr. liumbel died yesterday, was charged with first-degree murder and held without bond here today. "Emotional insanity," is is said, will be his plea. Shortly before shooting Mr. GumbeL Curtis had filed a suit for divorce, naming Gumbel in the suit. How to Banish Wrinkles Quickly 1 Don't waste your money buytnsr strengthening plasters. Chamberlain's Liniment is cheaper and better. Damp en a piece of flannel with it and bind it over the affected parts and it will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all druggists. (From Guide to Beauty) If thA averaee woman only knew it. It is not so difficult to preserve the youthful contour and velvety smooth ness of complexion. Every woman hates to see her face wrinkled or baggy. and practically every one has experi mented with some sort of patent rem edy in the effort either to remove such condition or ward it off. As a matter of fact, the most effec tive, remedy in the world is one that any woman can easily make up herself at home, in a moment s urns, ijet ner take one ounce of pure powdered saxolite, which she can purchase at any drug store, and dissolve it in a nair. pint of witch hazel. Apply this re freshing solution to the face every day. The results are surprising and instantaneous. Even after the very first application a marked improvement is apparent. The wrinkles are less in evidence and the face has a comfort able, smug feeling of firmness thatjs most delightful. Adv. FATHER IS ACCUSED BY SON Colorado Man Says Parent Kept Him in Jail Till He Gave $10,000. GRAND JUNCTION. Colo.. Sept 11. Charging his own father had thrown him into Jail and kept him there until he signed a document conveying to him property worth J10.000, Morris Haggerty, Jr., has brought suit here against Morris Haggerty, Sr., to set aside the deed he had signed. Young Haggerty said he had Inher ited the property from his mother. According to his story, seven years ago, when he had Just become of age, his father so mistreated him that he was compelled to leave home. He went to Salt Lake, and on reaching there was arrested and placed in Jail. A few days later, he claims, his father arrived in Salt Lake and then insisted he would keep young Haggerty in Jail until he signed over the property. PROHI CANDIDATE DRUNK Minneapolis Aspirant for Office lined for Spree. MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 11. J. C. Rus sell, Prohibitionist candidate for Mayor of Minneapolis in 1902, was fined today on a charge of drunkenness. He said he was out of politics and had spent the Summer gardening. Telephone Controversy Ends. CHEHALIS, Wash., Sept 11. (Spe-cial.)-j-A.fter a long-drawn-out contro versy, extending over a period of sev eral years, the Chehalis Telephone ex change and the Silver Creek Company have made terms with each other and in future the latter will have direct connections with' the local exchange. The Silver Creek Company was the original rural line In this section and about 213 subscribers come into town on the deal. J. Y. Coffman, manager of the exchange, states that the Silver Creek Company comes In on the same terms as other rural lines of which Chehalis is now a great center, which will make 664 rural telephones ex tending service Into every part . of Lewis County. The controversy be tween the two companies 'was recently heard before the State Public Utilities Commission, which has not announced its decision. Whether or not the action Just taken is an indication of the de cision that would have been rendered Is unknown. PIG TO BE FAIR PRIZE Marriage in Balloon to Be Feature . at Clark County Show. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 11. (Spe cial. A greased pig, one of the kind built high up from the ground for running, will be turned "loose in the Clark County Harvest Show grounds in October, and will be given to the man, who, slnglehanded, overtakes the porker and holds him captive five minutes. Another novel attraction will be the marriage of a Clark County couple in a captive balloon. To this couple, which will be chosen tomorrow morning at a special meeting of the board of dlrec- tors of the fair association, will be given enough of this world's goods to start housekeeping. Eight applications have been received by the directors. It will include a complete household set. free license and a minister's, fee, end other presents. Centralia Holds Street Carnival. CENTRALIA, Wash., Sept. 11. (Spe cial.) Final arrangements have been made for the street carnival to be held in Centralia this week In connection with the Southwest. Washington Fair. The carnival will open tomorrow night Fifteen shows have been obtained, the majority of them coming from the As toria exposition. The carnival Is under the direction of the Centralia Amuse ment Committee, an organization com posed of numerous local business men, and was arranged as a source of en tertainment for the numerous visitors who will make their headquarters In Centralia and Chehalis during fair week. Telephone Girl Hurt by Lightning. GRESHAM, Or., Sept. 11. During the hard electric storm which prevailed here yesterday afternoon, lightning struck the wire leading to the tele phone central office, burned out the switchboard and badly shocked and singed the hair and eyebrows of the operator, Miss Oshurn. Gordon The GORDON habit is a hat habit no man wishes to break Hats A. B. STEINBAGH & CO. TRAIM ;:v ROUND-UP Eye PORTLAND FOR PENDLETON THTJESDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 14TH, AT 8 O'CLOCK Arrive Pendleton Early Next Morning. Standard and Tourist Sleepers and Day Coaches! ROUND-TRIP TICKETS . Good for Return Till Sunday September 17th Purchase Tickets and Make Reservations at our City Ticket Office, Third and Washington Streets, Portland. WM. McMUREAY, GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT.