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1TTT: 3IORXIXO OKEGOXIA WEDNESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 27, 1911.
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COMMITTEES BUSY
ON CHARTER DRAFT
Conference of Simon and East
Side Bodies Awaits Action
of Amendment Framers.
PLAIN PRINCIPLES ADVISED
Sr-rclal FJ ret Ion for Adoption or Re
Jertlon of Measure Depend fpon
Work of Members Council
Refuse Ordinance.
Fy hnMlna; two meetlncs each week
and dally committee conference, th
ieop.es charter committee (East Side)
eiperta to complete It revision
tn enjr cnarter to conform to a com-
n.lir.p plan of g-overnment not latrr
than November 1. If neceuarjr to fin
ish the work by that time, arrange
ments will ha made br which the sen
cral committee will meet more fre-
qt'nt iy.
"W expert to complete the eonsld
.ration of all proposed amendment to
th present charter within the nttt 10
)." said A. K. Clark, chairman of
this committee, yesterday. "Tae vert
out amendmenta will then ho turned
over to the aperlal committee on re
vision, which will arranire the amend
ments In proper phape tor submission
tn the voters. This work should be
completed In It entirety not later
than November 1.
To what extent th two charter re
vision committee will consolidate their
efforts, a ha been proposed. Is
question. Delayed on account of the
sickness of E. C. Bronaugh. chairman,
tire committee appointed by ex-Mayor
bimoD r. as mad but little progress,
tesssaltlee U DlrUr.
The subcommittee, consisting; ,pf
uag rroBmirn, n uiism r. v oooward
and Oeora B. Cellars, appointed
eral week aso to prepare a prelim
inary draft of a commission charter,
ha not completed Its work and Its
members have announced that they will
be unable to do so before Friday of
the present week
Even then. It la understood, the com
mlttee will be divided In th recoro
mendatlon. Mr. Cellars belnr unable
to agree with his conferees In soma
Important details.
I'ntll this tentative draft ha been
finished, the Simon committee will not
be In a position to confer with the
people' charter committee. Th Simon
ubcommltt has decided to prepare
and submit only th amendments ac
tually required to adjust th present
charter to a commission government.
When these amendment have been
drafted It la proposed to submit th
amended charter to the other commit
tee for Its consideration and with th
hop that both committee will agree
to submit to th voter one form ot
charter that will insure to the people
an expression for and aralnst a pure
commission form of government.
Merit Cwsuilratlea Favared.
The member of th Simon committee
desire that the voter shall have
opportunity to pasa on a plain com
mission charter, onembairaaed by aa-
merou amendmenta which necessarily
would not affect th commission plan
whether adopted or rejected. The Si
mon committee will eek to have all
such amendments, not directly relating
to commission government, submitted
as independent measure, to be con
sidered on their merit.
The Indication, however, are what
at in rata in cimon committee u
progressing, the ast Side committee
will have completed lta work by the
tag of his absence at the beach, stole
the trinkets. Mr. Seton haa nursed
grouch against the police. Before
going away, Mr. Seton asked the police
to keep watch on his house. .
When the committeeman returned
home and discovered his loss he made
a report, but week went by and his
cu&T button continued missing. Then
be obtained a list of the pawnshop In
town and spent his spare hours visit
Ins; them.
Dropping Into "Uncle Joe's" shop, on
North Third street. Mr. Seton began
hi usual Inquiries, when hi eyes
focused on the sleeve link worn by
the clerk. Saul Matus.
Ther they sre now." cried th
commissioner. recognising his lost
property. He obtained a complaint and
caused the arrest of Matus on a charge
of receiving stolen property.
Mr. Seton then learned that a suit
of clothe stolen from Judge Ganten
beln. waa In the am place, and he
ent for that victim.
In Chief Stover's office there as
sembled Mayor Rushlight. Judge Gan
tenbeln. Mr. Seton. Chief Slover and
Captain Baty. and In a body they went
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PENDER
IS TO BE
HELD FOR MURDER
Sheriff Thompson to File Com
plaint Today Alleging
First-Degree Crime.
CLEWS DEEMED STRONG
Harry C. McAllister.
It didn't take Harry C. McAllI- t
ter. the newly-elected secretary I
of the Elks' commission having
the details of the big 1912 con- i
ventlon In charge, long to get
down to work yesterday. A corps J
of men waa pressed Into ervl"a J
assisting him in arranging an of-
fire on the -fourth floor of the
Klks" temple, and In a few day
he will be ready to maintain J
regular hours. f
Application from Eastern and
Pactf le Coast lodge for 'informa
tion and hotel reservation con
tinue to pour In. It I estimated
that fully 45.600 Elk will be In
Portland during th big week
July to 14.
to the pawnshop, where Judge Ganten
beln Identified his missing suit. A
"Tuxedo- loat at the una time. 1
till gone.
I am glad Mr. Seton found his cuff
button.- aald Captain Baty yester
day, "but I don t think my men should
be Warned for falling where he sue
ceeded. I have one man detailed to
watch 157 places where stolen good
are likely to be disposed of, and he had
1(4 reports to run down tn August.
some of them Including dosen of
article.
DOCTOR'S" AUTO STOLEN
Machine) I-ft at Medical BaMdJng
Taken by Expert Driver.
time the Simon committee gets ready to
hold the conference that have been
proposed and agreed to by both bodies.
Although a definite date has not been
fixed for a special election when the
proposed commission charter are
be submitted to the people, the East
11 committee confidently expect
have lta charter filed with the City
Auditor by November s. or the re
quired 40 day before January . th
cat originally decided upon for th
election. An ordinance naming Jan
uary 9. however, when presented to
the Council for passage several weeks
ago. was referred to the Judiciary com
mlttee. on the theory that the time for
special election saould not be set until
tile measures to be considered bad been
prepared properly for submission un
der the provisions of the city charter.
The ordinance Is still before the Ju
diciary committee-
Latest of physicians to surfer at the
hand of unknown automobile thieves Is
Dr. H. X. Keeny. with offices in the
Medical building, who lost a large car
of latest model In front of his office
Monday night. An experienced driver.
It ts thought, stepped Into th machine
and drove It off.
Pr. Keeny -reported bis loss to th
city police, and Deteclves Snow and
Ackerman wera assigned on the case.
They hare not been able to determine
whether the machine waa stolen for
profit or taken away by Joyriders who
have abandoned It. The car carried
state license number 4 : 1 3. and th fac
tory number was 512. S4S. It waa a
flve-iasenger car. painted black, with
a canopy.
Suspect's Captor Outlines How
Woman and Child Were Killed
Xear Soappoo Xoo6e Is Pen
alty if Conviction Ensure.
So strong has become the evidence
against J. A. Pender, held as a suspect
n th Wehrman murder case, that
Sheriff Thompson, of Colombia County,
who was In Portland yesterday, an
nounced that he will today file at St.
Helens an Information charging Pen
der with murder In the first' degree. In
Oregon this means. In case of convic
tion, death by hanging, barring Inter
ference by the Governor.
Sheriff Thompson and Detective
Levlngs. who have worked without
cessation on the case, believe they
have built up a strong chain of evi
dence Indicating that the suspert now
held In the Multnomah County Jail
may be the murderer, who. with a 38
ca liber revolver and a hatchek. snuffed
out the live of Mr. ralsy Wehrman
and her 2year-old son. Harold, tho
evening of Monrlny, September 4.
Itefuslng to tell the source of his
Information, holding that the mouths
of Informants might be closed as a re
sult. Sheriff Thompson yesterday drew
a vlyjd and detailed word picture of
the scene at the cabin of the Wehr
man family on the evening of the mur
der.
Tragedy Details Recounted.
He details the various events and
circumstances as follows:
"Mrs. Wehrman had Just come In
from feeding the chickens and putting
them away for the night. She put
some bacon In a frying pan and placed
the pan on the stove preparatory to
cooking the meat for her evening meal
and was standing In the cabin, still
with her rubbers on. when the murdr
er appeared on the scene. He had I
his possession the package of stenciled
muslin left In the crossroads mall baz
Saturday afternoon by Mrs. Bates ana
the newspaper addressed to the vic
tim's husband, which had been taken
from the Poitofflce at Scappooser tha
suns day.
"He was Invited to enter and tmme
dlately after doing ao handed . Mrs.
Wehrman th paper and the packago.
The table was across the room and
sho turned to place them on the chal
that being th object nearest her. At
this point tha visitor attempted to
throw his arms around the woman or
come In close contact with her In some
way and aroused her resentment. Ira
mediately there flashed across her
mind what she had rehearsed to neigh
bors and friend scores of times a her
line of conduct In Just such an emerg
ency.
Woman Grasps Hatchet.
"She reached for the hatchdt and ob
talned It. At once there began a des
perate struggle for It possession, the
man. being the heavier, shoving the
woman gradually back toward the bed
aa the tussle continued. Mrs. wehr
man's S2-eallbr revolver was lying on
a piece of two-by-four scantling
the head of the bed. The hatchet was
wrested from her by the superior
strength of her assailant, but by thl
time she was wltrln reaching distance
of the revolver. She made a desperat
lung for the gun and seized It.
As she was swinging the weapon
around toward her assailant with her
finger on the trigger he seized her arm
and forced It sharply back over her
head at the same time striking her
tunning blow on the forehead with
the hatchet. The woman fell back on
the bed but as she did so the revolver,
which she had sought to train on her
assillant went oft, tha bullet going
wild. The bullet Is In the possession
of tha Investigators.
Slayer Takes Revolver.
"Panic seised th murderer and be
poured three bullets Into different
parts of her body, one going through
hr head, and three into the body of
the child, emptying the gun. The
body of the woman waa then partially
disrobed and later waa dragged Into
the position in which It waa found. The
murderer left a few moments later,
taking Mrs. Wehrmsn's revolver with
him and padlocklnj the cabin on tha
outside."
It ha now been established beyond
a question of doubt that the single
thread of hair found by the officers In
the left hand of the murdered woman
came from her own head and not from
that of her slayer.
ALASKANS ARE AWAITED
Grand Camp Here Plans to Greet
Arctic Brotherhood Assembly.
Tentative plans for the entertain
ment of the several hundred delegates
expected to attend the 11th annual
Grand Camp of the Arctic. Brotherhood
here November 14. 15 and It. were
formed at a meeting of the Arotle Club
last night at the Commercial Club. ,
It waa decided to appoint a commit
tee to raise J5000 by subscription
among the business men for the Alas
kans' entertainment while In Portland.
The delegate will be met at the depot
by a band and escorted to their hotel.
grand ball and reception and a ban
quet will be tendered them at the Com- I
merclal Club, and a theater party will
be given the women In the party.
Men's
Raincoats
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Jimmy Dunn again to the front.
Another consignment of 'Raincoats
just arrived.
Some astounding values this time
Read on: In this shipment I have
received some English Gabardine
Raincoats that I am goiug to put
tomobllea win ba provided to take the I on sale at the ridiculously low price
Northern visitors to places or interest i 0f
about the city.
All the leading business men oi tne
various Alaskan cities are members of
the Arctic. Brotherhood and a large
majority of them are expected to at
tend the annual gathering. This 1
the first time that the Grand Camp ha
come this far south.
WOOL HEARING IS BEGUN
Testimony Taken Here aa to Rates
Paid by Western Men.
RICHARD CARLE TELLS
SECRET Off HIS YOUTH
Comedian Modestly Reveals Lillian Bnssell Mystery of How He Preserves
His Perennial Beauty and Charm.
Examiner Prouty. of th Interstate
Commerce Commission, yesterday began
taking testimoay in the Federal build
ing In the case of the National Wool
growers' Association and tne National
Mohalr-growera' .Association before the
Interstate Commerce Commission af
fecting freight rates on wool and mo
hair la all parts of th Vnlted States.
The Commission has been taking testi
mony In various cities that are central
points for shipping and receiving wool
and mohair. Examiner Prouty began
the hearing la Portland yesterday to
get testimony of th Western growers
and Western railroad. Th Oregon
tat Railroad Commission la also a
party complainant In th Portland hear
in if.
Th examination, which will takeser.
eral day, ts conducted by J. T.
Marrhan.l for th Commission. Clyde
14. Altchlson. of the State Mall road Com
mission, is presenting the estate Cora
mission's side of tha rase. The Na
tional Woo!-row ere' Association Is rep
resented by . O. Johnson, of Shoshone.
Idaho: and the National Mohair-growers'
Association bv R O. Uaker. of Sil
ver City. N. M. Chief Counsel Donnelly,
of the Hill roa-li. represents that sys
tem, and the Harrlman system la rep
resented by A. C. Spem-er.
There Is aa array of witnesses for
both sides, th wool and mohalr-growera
being represented by officials of
their state or a inlzattoa and individual
growers, and th railroads by their
traffic, managers.
SETON DISCOVERS LOOT
Police) Commissioner Finds Pawn
broker Wearing His Caff-Links.
Attorney Wsldemar Prion, member of
the police committee of the Execu
tive Board, by private sleuthing has
found his missing cuff buttons, which
the detective department waa not able
to find In six weeks' search-
Since the day six weeks ago when
thieves brok Into hi house, at 4
JsUlwaokle street, and taking ad van -
FT LEONE CASS BAER.
sxlCHAKD CAtu-c waa in tn mioei
Kof rubbing daub of thick pink
paint Into tha round and shining
hairless dome that stretches between
his perpetually raised eyebrows and
the back of his fresh-laundered cellar.
"Doesn't take me long to make up."
h grinned affably. "Once I get my
fare fixed lta merly a matter of chang
ing neckties.-
Mr. Carl might be any en of sev
eral person he la not. H is much
like a patent-medtclne man. one of
thoea who used to travel around In a
linen duster and sell small-town folk
"somebody's liniment, good tor man and
beast." Again you size him up as an
vangellst one of the quiet exhorters.
who wrestle deliberately with your
soul. He might be a floor walker even
at Ulank Brothers' Emporium, so mild,
msnnercd and solemn In his bearing.
All of which he Is not. bv any manner
"tf means. On th other hand, he
never woul.l measure up to the Bertll
lon requirements of an actor.
First of all. he lacks the primary
essential he does not like to talk
about himself. I had to follow him
around the conversational corral before
I finally lassoed him. "Tell me," I
urged, "the Lillian Hussell secret of
your perennial youth and beauty."
L'nder the pink paint a deeper glow
suffused his plump cheeks, for he Is ot
the constant and unchangeable type.
Many, many years ago. when 1 waa in
plKtaile and pinafores. 1 saw the
funereal, long-legged Carle, and he Is
apparently no older, no younger today
than then. There Is the same glossy
smooth top aforementioned, the big eye
glasses over which be peers Inquiringly,
the generous teeth tht crowd to peep
out of the small mouth that always
stays half closed. There la the same
quiet apparel quiet almost to stagna
tion hanging loosely and Joylessly
upon his spar frame.
Someone once called him a "human
needle." He reminds me of an eminent
ly respectable animated umbrella.
"I have." quoth he. referring to the
secret of his preserved youth, "a few
rules ot conduct. Follow them. and.
like me. old age will nerer sleuth along
your trail.
First Don't drink too much water.
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KNIGHTS TEMPLARS MEET
Grand Comma nderr of Oregon to
Gather at The Dalles.
The Grand Cdmmandery. Knights
Templars of Oregon, will hold their an
nual session tomorrow at The Dalles.
The present officers are W. A. Cleland,
crand commander: Henry B. Thlelsen
deputy grand commander; William E.
Grace, grand generalissimo: I I
Jenree. arand captain-general; L. G.
Clarke. Junior grand warden; B. G.
Whitman, grand treasurer: James F.
Robinson, grand recorder; W. F. Lar-
away. grand prelate; B. E. Kidder,
2 rand standard bearer: D. G. Tomastnl,
grand standard bearer; W. H. Flana
gan, grand warden; T. C Hanford.
grand captain.
The programme will Include read
ing of the grand commander's ad
dress, receiving the grand represen
tatives from other Jurisdictions, report
from committee on foreign corre
spondence, grrand treasurer and grand
recorder, and annual reports ot other
committees.
Henry Roe. grand senior warden.
died this year.
POTATO CROP DOUBLED
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Beaverton Man Has Two Yields Off
Same Ground in Season.
W. E. Batts, of Beaverton, Is ac
complishing the unusual feat this year
of harvesting two cropa of potatoes
off the same ground.
Mr. Batts planted an acre of pota
toes March 1 and harvested them July
S. He sold them at a price ranging
from 2 to 4 cents a pound and re
ceived 217 for the crop.
Immediately after harvesting the I
first crop he planted another one. It
Is growing well and by the middle of
October, he says, he will be able to J
harvest the aecond crop, which, he I
expects, will prove fully as abundant
as the first.
Y. W. C. A. CLUB TO WALK
'Raln-or-Shiners'' to Scale Mount
Scott Xext Saturday.
Miss Lyflla Myrick and Mrs. Martha
Fowler will chaperon the "Raln-or-
Shlners" of the Young Women's Chris
tian Association on their weekly Jaunt.
Saturday afternoon. The party will
leave the Association building at 2
P. M.. ride on the Mount Scott car to
the end of the line and then climb
Mount Scott. A picnic luncheon pre
pared by bonfire will follow.
Mrs. Edwin Gould, of Hood River,
visited the Portland association Batur-
dav. in quest of suggestions to aid
If Yoa Want
glair Get
Sviissco
Bwissco Grows Hair, Stops Sajidniff
and .Restores Gray or Faded Hair
To Its Natural Color.
Swisso Brings Oulok RasaJU.
Ewlssco produces astounding results
auickly it has amazed those who
have used It. We will prove It to you
if you will send 10c In sliver or tamps
to pay postage and we will send you m
trial bottle ana our voaaenm iesu-
fnnnljtls-
There Is no excuse for baldness.
Write todav to Swlssco Hair Remedy
Co.. 3C41 P. O. Square, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Swl-sro Is on sale at an aruggieis
and drug departments at 60c and 11. OU
bottle.
For sale and recommended In Port
end by
THE OWL DRUG CO.
Second Don't ever go to bed. If you
una you can t do without some sleep,
never take over two hours of It. and
never ur.tll early In the mdvning. I
don't. Third Never "be licked by the
first punch. Four Keep a buoyant
temperament. If you haven't been
blessed with one. you're a pessimist and
education le the only thing that go
ing to help you. Fifth Keep your
conscience chloroformed. Six Have an
nntrammeled paet if you can. If you
can't, you'll have to worry along some
how, but you'll be handicapped a bit
If it becomes widely advertised. Seven
Above all keep all the youth you ever
had right on top of the deck.' Keep It
where you can get at It easy. If yon
have a young heart you can dispense
with all the rest and If you have all
the rest and not a young heart and
plenty of memories of childhood days,
you are to be oltled. I hope I may re
tain that one possession above- all
oUisra,"
FOLEY'S
HONEY M2 TAR
COMPOUND
For over three decades a favorite
household medicine forCOUGHS.
COLDS. CROUP. WHOOPING
COUGH. BRONCHITIS, HARD
and STUFFY BREATHING. Take
at first sign bf a cold. Quick, safe
and reliable. The Bee Hive on the
carton is the mark of the genuine.
Refuse sustitutes.
Mrs. Anna Pelzer. 2S2S Jefferson St
So. Omaha, says: "I can recommend
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a
sure cure for coughs and colds. It
cured my daughter of a bad cold and
m v neighbor, .'ilss Benson, cured her
self and her whole family with Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound. Everyone
In our neighborhood speaks most high
ly ot It aa a good our for cough and
colds."
Fes Sal kr AH Progs,!"-
$14.75
As sold in the stores on the 6treet
for $20.00, $22.50 and $25.00. In
the same shipment some light weight
rubberized coats have arrived.
$10.00 Coats for $5.0O
$15.00 Coats for $10.00
My $30 a month rent and system of
buying does it.
Jimmy Dunn
Room 315 Oregonian Bldg.
A Gtsssd Terns to Begin
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Your Subscription to
the work for the young people of her
city. Plans for a recreation hall and
suitable literature were discussed with
Miss Lina Balis James, general secre
tary of the Portland association. Mrs.
Gould Is a relative of the Gould fam
ily of New York and has given much
for philanthropy.
Portland Firm Lands Contract.
EUGENTS. Or., Bept 26.--(Speclal.)
At a meeting of the board of trustees
of the Eugene Commercial Club yes
terday, the contract for furnishing the
new home of the club was awarded
to Meier & Frank, of Portland, through
their Eugene representatives. The
club will occupy the entire second
floor of the Bonnett building on West
Ninth street, which Is expected to be
readv for occupation by October 1. A
housewarmlng will be held shortly af
ter this time, and Invitations will be
Issued to all the clubs in tne vaiiey
to attend. "
The New Serial by one of the most popular of
contemporary novelists begins
in the October Number
THE TUSFSMSTILE
By A. E. W. MASON
Author of "The Four Feathers," "The Broken
Road," etc. It opens with a dramatio earth
quake In the Argentine.
C oner al Grant's Letters
to General Beale. Intimate
letters of the great soldier
to a life-time friend.
Cleveland's Adminis
trations, by James Ford
Rhodes. With reference
to Civil Service Reform.
What Organized Charity Has Done for the Poor Is
the subject of Jacob A. Rus'S A Modern St. George,
A brilliant article about
the life and work oi Liszt,
by James Huneker.
Hamburg and Its Har
bor, by Ralph D. Paine.
Illustrated.
The conclusion of Mrs.Wharton's Ethan Fromo. One
of the greatest stories this author has ever written.
The Greatest Horse Show The International of
London. By E. S. Nadal. Illustrations by Fred. Pecram.
Short Stories, etC; OtOm Prospectus sent free upon request.
aT ' w oe tha nttxt throa month m Ihm ptrb-
i&f36CiZ$i UlferS . t so rib her-s magazine
' offr mxtrmordlnnry Indmommmntm
to mny onm who mmaarmm a Kpaclflmd number of mubaarlatlonm to tho
MmgoMlno. Aganl wantod in nary town. Wrltm now? for Book lot A,
giving t uli pmrtlculmn. Addrmmm SCRIBHER'S MAOAZJME, MowYormzOlty.
Thro Dofarm m Ymar Twmnty-flro Canto a Hmnbor
Every One of Our Corks
Crowns Is Branded
Imitations
or
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To protect our customers we must
expose the dishonorable methods
of unscrupulous dealers who offer
inferior beer put up in dark
colored bottles the same, size and
appearance as Schlitz Export bottles
but without label.
This imitation is sold as Schlitz
Beer, under the pretext that the
label has been washed off.
To avoid being served with a
cheap, inferior beer, please examine
the cork or crown and see that it
is branded like those here shown.
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Be sure you get what you
and are paying for.
order
Phones $
Henry Fleckenstein & Co.
204-206 Second St.
Portland, Ore.
TM Made MilmEiiEiee-FaiiOEis