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3 DECEMBER 2. 1911. TIIR MOKMC UKJKtiOyiAXT. SATUTIDAY, PRETTY KIRS. CREEL IS STILL UNHAPPY Holiday Removal Sales Are Launched Today All Christmas Merchandise at Removal Prices NEW PHOTOGRAPHS OP TWO GIRLS ON TRIAL CHARGED ' WITH SHOOTING NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE. r : , ii Beautiful Wife of Chilean Re turns to New York Incog nito and in Tears. STAY ABROAD IS SHORT American Woman WJio Advles Girls 'ot to Marry Spaniards AVill Not Say Whctlirr She Ha Secured Divorce. XEW YORK. Dec. 1. (Special) Mra. George H. Creel. Jr.. who sailed from New York weeping November 2. haa returned In tears, and on the same. I teamer In which she Bulled. When he I went away ah said It was to get a di vorce from her husband, a wealthy Chilean, to whom sh was married about a year ko. She refuses to say whether she got her dlvorc or not. Mrs. Crx-I Is very beautiful. Many artists have said that she la the. moat beautiful woman In America. Duke, princes and wine airents have courted her. It Is said that one of the best known and wealthiest wine merchants had fallen In love with her. of her af fiilrs Mrs. Creel will say little, except that she has been very unhappy and that Spaniards do not make (rood hus bands for American girls. Her husband Is a Spaniard. When Mrs. Creel returned on the rtmer La Savole. the- same In which she sailed a few weeks previous, she was booked as Mrs. M. Rue. She kept to her cabin throughout the. voyaife. Jewel aaa K-r Werfsj i:woe. At the. pier, on the ship's arrival, she said she was an American woman vis iting her native land. She swore off 115.000 worth of Jewels and furs, and went to the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Van Rnslmer. 30J West Seventy-fifth street. Interviewed there. Mrs. Creel would not admit that she was the. weeping Mrs. Hut who came to town on the l- Sivole. She) had been weeplns;. she, said, but had arrived two days previous on tha Lusltanla. She said Mrs. Rue was her sister, but would give no In formation concerning lier and her hus band. But the captain of the La Savole recognised In Mrs. Rue the weeplns; Mrs. Creel, who went abroad Novem ber J. Mrs. Creel Will Tell. -People like to gossip." said Mrs. Creel when she was informed of this. "Did you iret your divorce In Lon don?" she was asked. -I will not tell you." was the reply. A large bouquet of Airerlcan beau ties was presented to Mrs. Creel by a middle-aged man when she sailed for I.ondon. She declined to say who this man was or whether he was the same man who met her at the pier when she returned. In connection with Mrs. Creel's tears and present unhapplness. It Is recalled that when she was married to Creel she Informed her friends that she was happy for the first time In her life. When she left her husband and an nounced her Intention of suing for di vorce, she made known her views upon marriages between Americans and Spaniards. CRIME WAVE RUNNING HIGH Thieve Reap Harvest While Police Prepare for Own Defense. CHICAGO. Dec. 1. Forty burglaries, more than a score of highway robber ies and several pickpocket thefts re ported to the police Thanksgiving eve and night, brought the toll of the pres ent crime wave to Its highest propor tion. In only a few of these cases have, arrests been made. The total of burglaries and holdups this year has run far larger than be fore. Each year residents havs become accustomed to a marked Increase In crime as the cold weather starts and the criminal classes who have spent the Summer on the road return here for the Winter. This year, however, many police, commanding officers and patrol men have been occupied preparing de fenses against rharn.es of the Civil Service Commission and the crime rec ords have grown steadily. HAX FRANCISCO. Dec 1. Three thousand dollars' worth of Jewelry was stolen here last night while the victims were engaged In eating Thanksgiving turkey. Three residences were entered. WATER-USERS ASK TIME Arizona Governor Would Be Liberal Toward Homesteader. CHICAGO, Dee. 1. Governor Richard E. Sloan, of Arizona, speaking before the National Water-Csers Association her today, declared for a liberal exten sion of time to homesteaders In paying back to the Government the money lent them to carry on Irrigation work. The five years they are allowed la far too short.- he said. "It should be extended to !0 years or at least IS." Fulton H- Sears, of Fallon. Nev pres ident of the association, said that the association would formulate a peti tion to be allowed to take soma part In the Government's Irrigation schemes. Klamath Falls Hotel Opened Today. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Dec. L iSpeclal. Speakers have been an nounced for the hnnqurt with which the new I3fti).u0') White Pelican hotel will be opened In this city next Satur day night. Judge Henry L. Hcnaon. of the Circuit Court, will be toastmaster. the responses to be made by F. D. Mad ison. Julius Meier, of Portland: Arthur Arlett. San Francisco, contractor for the structure; O. X. Wendltng. of San Francisco, vice-president of the Klam ath IeveIopment Company, which pro jected the hotel: Mayor F. T. Sander son and Attorneys C. M. O'Neill and C. F. Stone, of this city. Ju ice George Nol.md was to have been the opening spei-.ker. but on account of the tragic death of his son Virgil, electrocuted at Kuirene. will not be on the programme. A larce number of guests have been Invited from Portland and San Fran- isci. f f i 'A . 1 ? i- A V r 1 v I ' A ... -AY- ' t. LII-lsIATf GRAHAM AXD ETHEL CONRAD. WOMEN TAKE STAND Employes of Stokes Testify Against Lillian Graham. MILLIONAIRE STILL ILL Hotel Proprietor Not In Court When Stenographer and Clerk Assert Showgirl Pursued Him After Marriage. NEW YORK,. Doc. 1. (Special.) Lillian Graham, who with Ethel Conrad Is on trial charged with trying: to murder W. E. D. Stokes, the millionaire proprietor of the Hotel Ansonla. kept telephone vires hot calling Stokes dur ing the past four years and made fre quent efforts to see him after he was married, declared two women witnesses today. One was Marlon Brophy. Stokes stenographer, and the other was Agnes Haade, floor clerk at the Ansonla. Miss Brophy asserted that sometimes over the telephone. Miss Graham gave messages to Stokes under her own name, and sometimes she used other names. Miss Brophy said she was familiar with the showgirl s voice. Miss Haade testified that she had warned Miss Graham to keep away from the Ansonla after the marriage of Stokes. She said she asked Miss Graham what sho wanted there, and then told her to go away lest she cause trouble between Stokes and his bride. Miss Graham used a word I seldom use" continued Miss Haade. "She said? What do I care for his Denver red-haired wife" Mlsa Haade also said that Just before she went to Europe Miss Graham threatened to commit suicide because Stokes refused to give her money. While Miss Bropby was on the wit ness stand the defense tried to show that the letter Introduced Wednesday. In which Miss Graham told Stokes why he need not fear to have her As his guest on his Lexington farm, was a frame-up." and written after Hss Graham visited Lexington, but Miss Brophy declared sho had never seen the letter before. Mtss Brophy denied that Htokes made her his confident In his affairs with women. She was shown the clothing worn by Stokes the night he was shot and asserted that they were the kind he usually wore and not a disguise. Stokes was not In court today, al though the trial proceeded as usual. Mr. Stokes Is still contlned to his bed by an attack of acute Indigestion. Daniel (uggenheim Convalescing- NEW TORK. Dec. I. Daniel Guggen heim, one of the wealthy family of cap italists. Is convalescing afer a surgical iteration performed early this week. The operation, according to his sur geon, was to relieve an ailment of minor nature, which, however, threat ened serious complications. It Is ex pected that the patient will be fully re covered In a few day raupcra Arc Over 2 Per Cent. LONDON. Dec. 1. (Special.) The statement of persons In receipt of re lief In London Just published shows that there are 102. 4i paupers, of whom T3.S31 are In the workhouses and I.2il (including r8 children boarded out beyond the unions and 11.71" other children under 16 years of age) are on the outdoor lists. The total Is lower by 1MH than that for the correspond ing period of 1910. and this Is cbleny due to the removal, of the pauper dls qualtncatton under the old-age pensions act. The number of paupers repre sents a rate of J.5.T per 1000 of the pop ulation. Linns Fair Sei Fall to Die. ALBANT. Or.. Dec- 1. (Special.) Not a single member of the feminine sex died In Linn County In October. The report of the county health officer t'tr the month shows H deaths In the county during October and that all of them were males. The male sex won out In the births, however, for 15 of the II Infants born in the county last month were boys and eight were girls. Of the 1 who died last month five had lived the allotted three score years ana ten and eight of them had lived mora than half a century Posters are so called because In former times the roads and footpaths of l.onJon were separated tr lines o' pusts on which announcements were pasted. Chairman Emery and A. H. Sanders, of the board. The cotton report will be sent to the White House a few days later. Under the act creating the Tariff Board it Is not expected to make rec ommendations for tariff regulations to Congress. Its reports will show the, comparative cost of production of wool and cotton In the various states In the United States and abroad, but It will not contain conclusions as to any rate. It Is said that In his tariff misases, the. President doe not now Intend to go any farther than the board. UNION TOLD TO DISBAND Government Holds There Is Conflict With Oath, of Service. CHICAGO, Dec. 1. What employes of the United States mall servica, termed an attack on their union organization was received here today In a general order from C. P. Grandficld, First As sistant Postmaster-Generar, calling on all secret organizations In the service to disband Immediately. The order was aimed, the men say, at the National Federation of Postofflce Clerks, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, to which most of the men here belong. The order does not affect any employe who belongs to fraternal secret or ganizations outside the postal service. Membership In secret organizations was termed "inimical to the Interests of the Government," as being Incom patible with the employes' oath of service. WOOL DATA NEARLY READY Cotton Tariff Keport to Follow ' WlUiln Few Pays. WASHINGTON. Dec 1. The much discussed report of the Tariff Board on the wool schedule of the Pnyne Tariff and the wool Industry will be In the hands of President Taft not later thun December 11. This prediction was made at the White House today after a visit of OREGON STEAMING NORTH BattleMiip Carrie Prisoners to Serve I lest of Sentences. f BAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 1. Th bat tleship Oregon steamed from battleship row today and started for Bremerton Navy-yard. She has aboard prisoners who will serve the remainder of thelr time on the prison ship at that station. Klamath Falls Vacates One Office. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Dec. 1. (Special. ) Refusal of property owners who had plumbing done nnd paid the plumbers, to pay the City Plumbing Inspector. J. H. Shannon, his $1 fee for passing on the Job. baa led to the Citv Council declaring his office va cant. The disagreeable attitude of property ownere on the matter was brought to light when Shannon pre sented a bill for 1222 for various in. spectlons. nnd returned to the Council a lot of bills against house owners which he was unable to collect from them. In appointing the Plumbing In spector It had been the city's aim to make the office self-supporting, which was found to be a Utopian dream. City Attorney Manning has drawn up a new ordinance, which will provide for col lections In advance In theTorm of per mits. It will provide for a commission of three Councllmen to pass on the fit ness of plumbers licensed to ply their trade In the clty . Insurance Company Klects. FOREST GP.OVE. Or.. Dec. I. (Spe cial.) The annual meeting of the Pa cific Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Forest Grove, established In 1908. was held this week In this city. F. A.' Watrous, who has been secretary of the company since Its or ganization, was appointed Inspector of risks. Other officers elected tor the ensuing year were M. S. Allem presi dent: Charles Hlnes. vice-president: Marlon Markham. secretary: M. S. Allen. J. A. Watrous, F. A. Watrous, J. N. Hoffman and Charles Hlnes, dli rectors. The same motive the same deep thought the same determination that was characteristic of the preparations for the opening of our great removal event has again been employed in this Unparalleled Holiday Removal Sale Now are brought forward for your conviction and approval the departments devoted to the sale of holiday merchandise. For weeks past these buyers have been impatient chafing under the restraint placed upon them eager to add additional laurels llwlit waU talt was the command. Wearing apparel and dry goods must be disposed of first. When the time comes you shall have the opportunity to demonstrate to the public whether or not you can equal the unparalleled success of your fellow buyers. Today the bonds are removed and every department in the store selling Xmas merchandise springs forward, announcing to the pub lic a sale of Xmas merchandise in which every article is deeply reduced. Immense stocks crowded to overflowing with the mightiest assortments. Xmas things collected from foreign lands and at home. ... , Gifts for every member of the family. Useful, ornamental and for personal adornment. Gifts that carry with them intrinsic worth aside from their associations in short an Xmas store crowded in -every nook and comer with holiday merchandise, at prices that have brought this sale to the attention of the people of the entire Northwest. 1 Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Gold Jewelry Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Sterling Silverware Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Gold Filled Jewelry Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Rich Cut Glass Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Plated Table Ware Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Leather Goods Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Beaded Bags Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Vienna Hand Bags Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Stationery - Holiday Removal Sale Entire- Stock of Men's Smoking Sets Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Plated Toilet Sets Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Men's Shaving Sets Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Men's Furnishings Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Holiday Ribbons Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Christmas Handkerchiefs Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Xmas Neckwear Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Framed Pictures Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Russian Brass Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Chinese Trays Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Ivory Baskets Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Children's Books Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of New Gift Books Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Art Needle Craft Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Indian Blankets Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Perfumery and Toilet Articles Holiday Removal Sale Entire Stock of Beautiful Furs Store Opens Today at 9 A. M. 1 Go. Merchandise of Weril Only,. Store Opens Today at 9 A. M. SJUtKEY 5CL Woman Accused Inspired by . Youth, Is Report. DIAMOND BROOCH IS GONE llepulect Son of Famous Evangelist Allod to Have Soujtht Money From x-YVlfe or Assessor Who Faces Charge. SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 1. (Special.) Search of the pawnshops in San Francisco and the trans-bay cities is bein" made for a diamond brooch which H. C. Cutting, president of trie Tolnt Klchmond Canal & Land Com pany, accuses Mrs. Mary rode. di vorced wife of Assessor Washington Dodge, of San Francisco, of stealing from Mrs. Cutting. The alleged theft Is thought to have been Inspired by the demands of Harry Sankey on Mrs. Dodge for money, ac companied by threats of suicide In the event of her falling to supply his neds. Young Sankey Is said to be a son of Ira D. Sankey. the famous evan gelist and companion of Moody. , According to the story told by Cut ting In reporting the loss of the brooch to the police and sheriffs In the cities about the bay. Mrs. Dodge abstracted the Jewels when serving as a nurse to the two Cutting children in the coun try home, Daisy Farm, near San Lo renso. In the absence of her employers Mrs. Dodge left Daisy Farm and has not re turned. The brooch was missed at that Unfa. In her room letters from Sankey wcro found, saying that he was staying at a lodging-house at Oakland, was short of money and meditated sui cide. The letters referred to other occa sions when. It appears. Mrs. Dodge had given him financial assistance. ATLANTIC VOYAGES ROUGH Passengers Bruised by Being Tossed on Stormy Seas. ju n-c.i? 1 yj v . . . " - Celtic, which arrived here today from - . - , . . ..-1,1. ,a.r(fl( wnther .New aorti, mci w.im, while crossing the Atlantic. Several members of the crew were injured by the great combers that broke aboard the vessel. The passengers were or dered below decks for safety. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 1. The Ger man steamer B-nndenburpr. which ar rived here today from Bremen with more than 1200 passengers, reports the stormiest crossing In years. Many of the passengers, especially those In the steerage, were bruised by being tossed about. Idltarotl Trail Open. SEWARD, Alaska, Dec. 1. The trail from Idltarod to Seward is in excellent condition and 1000 persons are expected to come out over the trail In the next two months. The first arrivals made the Journey in 21 days. Those- now on the trail are hurrying so as to reach Seattle by steamer before the holi days. Strike Guards Dismissed. BOISE. Idaho. Dee. 1. The guards maintained at the Glenns Ferry shops of the Oregon Short Line Railroad since the beginning of the shopmen's strike, were dismissed tofcay. There has been no disorder at Glenns Ferry. Jackson Comes to Portland. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 1. Under orders Issued to day by the War Department, Colonel James Jackson, retired, will move his headquarters as Instructor of the Ore gon militia from Salem to PorUand. CHARLES FRAflGIS DEAD EX-AMBASSADOK HELD POSTS FILLED BY FATHER. Diplomatic Service Begun in Athefis and Continued at Austria Hungarian Court. TROT, N. T.. Dec. 1. Charles S. Francis, proprietor of the Troy Times and late Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, died early today. Charles Spencer Francis was equally well known as a diplomat, a newspaper man and an athlete. His diplomatic experience began with three years resi dence at Athens, where he was secre tary to his father, John M. Francis, then United States Minister to Greece, Roumanla and Servia. From 1S06 to 1910 he was Ambassador to Austria Hungary. Both of these posts were pre viously held by his father. Mr. Francis was born in Troy, June 17, 1S53. He was graduated from Cor nell University in 1877. At college ho repeatedly won the single scull and long-distance running championships and In 1876, on Saratoga Lake he won the intercollegiate single scull cham pionship, making a world's record for two miles, which still stands. After leaving college, Mr. Francis entered the office of the Troy Times, which his father founded in S51. Duo Confess Burglaries. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 1. (Spe cial.) Ansel Current, 30 years old, who was arretsed in Seattle, and Alfred Croyden, 17 years old, arrested in Port land, charged with burglarizing the stores of B. P. Youmans, Hayes ami Bowers & Brown, several weeks ago, today pleaded guilty and confessed to the crime and asserted that a third man. William Amerod, who has had one prison term, was one of the party thnt broke Into the stores. Strong Healthy Women If woman is strong and healthy in a womanly way, moth erhood means to her but little suffering. 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