12 TOO SAY MURDER SUSPECT ISN'T MAN Albina Residents Recall Seeing Lochard Near Scene of Crime Often. CHARGE TO ENSUE ANYWAY Realty Dealer in Seattle Is Said to Have Seen Accused Coining From Place Where Barbara lloliman Was Killed. Failure of Mrs. Bertha Nelson to Identify Leo ml Lochard as the man who rented from her the room In whc-h lit tle Brira llolimin was killed lust Marrh and positive declaration by a barber that Lochard Is not the man ho entered his shop after the mur der, were features of Investicatlon of the case yesterday. After the case had taken this tarn It was reported to the police that a man who knows Lochard saw him cnmlns out of Mrs. Nelson's lorttc-fnc-house the day of the murder. The informant said this witness is J. TV. Loftan. who Is believed to be in the realty business In Seattle. That Lochard was a frenuent vis itor to the vicinity of Mississippi avenue and Russell street where Bar bara Holxman was murdered, was the most Important bit of evi dence obtained yesterday by offi cials Investigating the case, following charges made Thursday against Loch ard by Frank Jennln-rs. Tho prisoner admitted visiting Albina frequently and persons In the vicinity who know him recalled seeing him often. Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald Is not discouraged by ttie failure of Mrs. Nelson to Identify Lochard and says prosecution of Lochard for mur der In the first degree will proceed. Accuser Called Klr. IKinnlng early yesterday morning rvputy District Attorney Fitxgerald, Sheriff Stevens. Deputy Sheriff Leon ard and Detective Day heard witnesses, whose testimony was taken under oath and written by a stenographer. First to appear was Frank Jennings, the ac cuser, who became active In the case when he heard that Lochard had made confessions of robberies tending to Im plicate him. Jennings made a full statement of his own career, admitting that he had been In the business of selling timber lands under fraudulent representations, but had abandoned the life and now is engaged in the fishing industry at South Bend. Wash. He knew little at first hand that bears on the liolr.man case, except to establish the fact of a visit to South Bend, where Lochard Is said to have boasted of the crime. Lochard admits going to South Bend. Algin McBride. a fisherman of the same place, told of a conversation with Lochard in a saloon at South Bend, where, he said, they discussed the project of blowing up a hank. McBride demurred, thinking It might be neces sary to kill a policeman or watchman, and he says Lochard replied that that was nothing; that he had done such things often and regretted none but the killing of the little Holzman girl in Portland. Woman Watraea Prlsoaer. .Afler these witnesses were heard. Lochard. having been taken from Kel ly Butte to the County Jail for great er security, was conveyed to the pro secutor's office. When Lochard was taken Into the inquisitorial chamber. Mrs. Nelson was there before him and sat for two hours or more, in a se cluded corner, never taking her gaxe from his face. Not until the inter view was about to end was Lochard aware of her presence, when he was commanded to put on his overcoat and face her. Oh, yes; this lady was out at Kelly Butte to see me yesterday, I think," said Lochard. The prisoner was taken in detail over Ms whole career. He asserted that except for thefts. Into which he. said he had been led by Kawkrs. he' had never committed a crime. He said he srved a term In the Penitentiary af ter he pleaded guilty at Koseburg to a charge of attempted larceny, only be cause he was penniless. Right Mai, ftava BurWr. He admitted being In Portland at the time of the murder, but denied any guilt In connection with Ir and sal', he had made no boasts, as were re lated by McBride. Just after the murder. Lochard went to North Yakima, and utaycd there sev eral months. Then he returned to Portland. I.nvhard admitted that be was In the habit of ilyclng his moustache and hair and bought the dye from the barber shop of '. W. Itabcock, at lt'SH Kus sell street. This plac- is almost un derneath the room where Barbara Holxman waa killed. On the day when the body was dis covered detectives visited the shop and were told of a man answering- the description of the murderer, who came In for a shave and asked for a bath, but waa referred elsewhere because the shop had no bathroom. This clew fell to the ground later, when Lochard was taken to the shop and Identified by the proprietor as a regular customer, but not the man who railed 03 tl:e day In question. Sees f Crime Ylalled. Lochard accounted for 1 is visits to the neighborhood of the crime by say ing that when he first came out of the penitentiary he worked at the Albina shops for a time. W hile there he was a patron of the Bibcock barber shop and began using the dye put up by the barber. After he left that section he kept going back to buy the dye and be shaved. When all the questions had been asked. Lochard. Mrs. Nelson. Deputy ShrrlT Leonard and Detective Day went In the police automobile to the lodging-house. There Mrs. Nelson demonstrated every movement she could remember of the murderer and Lochard was required to place himself In the positions she Indicated. ' He did so with docility and showed no emotion at beinjr at the scene of the crime. When the party filed out. Mrs. Nel son, who had eyed the prisoner con tinuously for hours, shook her head. She could give no more positive Identi fication. This ended the day's proceed ings. Lochard was taken bark to the District Attorney's office and thence to the County JaiL PreaerstUa tm Proceed. "Mrs. Nelson's failure makes no dif ference." said Deputy District Attor ney Fttzgsrald last night. I doubt If we could make much out of It at a trial, even If she were positive, and I prefer to trust the description she rave at the time of the murder. On the other hand, we have the fact that Lochard was about the scene of the crime many times, and on this, coupled with his alleged admissions, and the attempted crime charged against him with reference to a girl at Tom Word's farm, we shall proceed." The prosecutor decided not to file a murder complaint at the present stage of the investigation, as such action need not be hurried while Lochard is already awaiting sentence to the peni tentiary on his plea of guilty to lar ceny. New evidence will be taken to day and the Investigation will con tinue. William Gibson and ex-Sheriff Word will be Interrogated to establish what truth there Is in the charge that Lo chard attacked a young girl at the Word farm. Lochard. himself, says that he was showing ordinary courtesy to the girl and she became frightened. OFFICE MERGER SOUGHT Macuire Would Drop Water Board Engineer Other Changes Planned. If resolutions filed with the City Au ditor yesterday by Councilman Magutre are adopted by the Council, charter amendments will be placed on the bal lot providing for combining the offices of City Engineer and engineer of the Water Department, withdrawal of city cases from the Jurisdiction of the Dis trict Attorney and making the pay of Couneilmen tZa a week. Councilman Magulre says his resolutions are the SHOW IS" SURPRISE Railway Officials See Fine Stock at Lewiston. FRUIT LANDS ARE VIEWED Harrlman Chiefs Say Exhibition of Northwest Livestock Association Is Revelation of Possibili ties of Country. Enthusiastic over the success of the exhibition and loud in bis praise of the phenomenal development of the coun try surrounding Lewiston. Idaho. Wil liam McMurray. general passenger agent for the O.-W. R. & N.. returned yesterdty from the Idaho city, where ciai attention waa givcu w of interesting the 100.000 tourists who annually visit California In the Pa cific Northwest and what It has to offer for their entertainment. Mr. McMurray reports that the din ner was a most harmonious and en thusiastic gathering of leading busi ness men of Puget Sound and repre sentatives from this city. A general got-together feeling prevaded the as sembly and the same sentiment char acterized the toasts. RAILROAD DINNER DRAWS Women's Dlnln-Room to Be Csed That All May Bo Seated Tonight. An "overflow meeting" will be ar ranged in the women's dining-room at the Commercial Club at the railroad dinner tonight, to accommodate those whose applications came in too late for places to be reserved for them in the main dining-room. Rearrangement of the tables in the main dining-room In creased the table capacity from 2S5 to S10. which is the limit for accommoda tion of guests. With 45 more persons seated than had been thought possible at first, there remained UU 69 appli cants on the waiting list, and more re quests for reservations were made last night. The women's dining-room will ac- GROUP Or RAILROAD OFFICIALS AND COWBOYS AT LEWISTON STOCK SHOW p--' Xt -v" ' 'it'1- e.t fr . I. I A t It t . c - ts, ' ' ? , i v i ' 47 I : J Staadl via da a. O.-W ager O..W Willi H. St , . ..e extreme left U Mr. r.tvta. real estate dealer .f J"'-'"' -Jj f?.,V j So,! . H. . aaeat at Lewiston. Third to the rlaat j .1 .r. - - "7 of the f .he o.-W. U. X.i eeeoad to fcla left la J. r. i-nea, Tirr-,.,..... T , h X Tae three aeat lessen at the ntrraw rigkt of tbe picture, reaaina irem :m ZirZZr .e-t of .be O.-W. K. K. Br. Morrl of LewUton, Ud Wallace iroble. result of much Investigation, which has shown the city may save thousands of dollars annually under a better sys tem. The people will be asked to vote only for increases of the salaries for the City Engineer, the City Attorney and members of the Council. The other changes. Mr. Magulre says, may be made by the Council and the Mayor. The salary of the City Engineer at present is 1200 a month, while the en gineer of the Water Department re ceives H00 a month. Mr. Magulre pro poses to make the pay of the City En gineer f 00 and eliminate the salary of the water engineer, thereby saving 1200 a month. Conflict between the two de partments In improvement work is said to cost the city many thousands of dollars every year. With all the work umler one head these conflicts would not happen, says Mr. Magulre. Tie salary of the City Attorney at present Is 1200 a month. Mr. Magulre proposes to increase it to 1350 a month and let the attorney and his deputies handle all city cases, including prose cutions In the Municipal Court. Jus tice Courts and the higher courts. He proposes to confine the District At torney to legal work outside the city. As to the salary of City Couneilmen Mr. Magulre says the present salary Is not sufficient. "A Councilman, to transact all his business." said Mr. Maguire, "must spend a great deal -of time. I have spent as much as four days a week and used up my spare time at night looking up cases. The present salary 1. '. , a month, which is nothing at all compared with the amount of work required. The salary of rza a wee is no more than right." NEW POSITIONS ARE TAKEN O.-W. It. & X. Appointments Become Fffectlve Friday. Appointments announced by J. T. Fsrrell. president of the O.-W. R. & N, following tbe reorganization of the traffic department. became effective yesterday. A complete list follows: tSrneral passenger agent. William Mc Murray: general freight agent In charge of rates and tariffs. W. D. Skin ner: general freight agent in charge of agencies and Industrial development, F. W. Robinson: assistant general freight agen:. J. R. Stein: .assistant general passengex agent, A. C. Martin. The headquarters of the foregoing of ficers are in this city. Other appointments for the territory north of Portland also became effective yesterday. E. U. Ellis and F. R. Han Ion become district passenger and freight agents, respectively, for the O.-W. R. at N. at Seattle, Robert Lee and William Caruthera are respectively district passenger and district freight agents for Tacoina and main-line points between Tacoma and Vancou ver. Wash, not Inclusive. For the lines west of Centralis H. P. Potter be comes district freight and pasoenger agent at Aberdeen, succeeding J. F. Davidson, who has been made local freight agent for the O.-W. R. N. at Seattle. EIGHT COUPLES DIVORCED Inc Hur-bnnd and Seven Wives Are Granted Decrees. Mabel Maxwell, who said her hus band's acts of cruelty Included the throwing of a lighted cigar in her face, waa allowed a decree of divorce by Judge Gatens yesterday morning. Elsie Rise complained that Charles R. Blse was In the habit of beating her unmercifully and she also obtained her freedom. Other divorces granted were: Laura B. from Archie Helms, cruelty. Ida M. from James H. Alexander, cruelty. Fern A. from James L. Cannon, cruel ty. The decree was granted on the hus band's eross-complalnt. Lucy from Aaron Klrtland. cruelty. Earl I. from Clara I. Biddle, desertion. Mary from S. Olson, cruel and Inhu man treatment. THE LEFT HAND Plays the accompaniment the right hand accents the melody or omits It en tirely at will. Why not have a player piano that relays exactly the same way. The new Apollo will this Is real music. For sale only by Sherman, Clay Co, Morrison at Sixth. he attended the first annual show of the Northwest Livestock Association. En route home. Mr. McMurray visited Tacoma and participated in the banquet held In that city Thursday night under the auspices of the commercial organi sations of the Puget Sound cities and Portland. Exhibits Are Excellent, "The livestock show at Lewiston was not only a surprise but a revelation alike to the residents of that enter prising city and the visitors who were fortunate enough to be guests while the exhibition was held," said Mr. Mc Murray yesterday. "The show was held for three days and It was a remarkable exhibition of prtze-wlnning horses, cattle, hogs and sheep that had been gathered from all over the state. Considering that the exhibition was the Initial effort of the people of Lewiston. It was decidedly creditable to their enterprise. With the Interest and enthusiasm shown by the exhibitors. It may be depended upon that succeeding shows under the au spices of this association will be bigger and better. "Our official photographer was on the ground and obtained excellent pictures of the individual entries as well as the livestock parade, which will be used in our niovtng picture and lecture en tertainments." Orchards Are Praised. Mr. McMurray was a member of a party or prominent O.-W. R. & N. rail road officials who visited the Lewiston show. Included in the party were: J. D. Farrell, president; J. P. O'Brien, vice-president, and R. B. Miller, traffic manager. President Farrell and his associates were entertained while in Lewiston by the officers of the Com mercial Club and the Idaho Develop ment League. Following an Inspection of the orchard tracts surrounding Lew iston. Mr. Farrell praised the orchards as the most magnificent horticultural development of any section of the Pa cific Northwest he had witnessed since becoming affiliated with railroad op erations here. Among the other Portland visitors at the Lewiston show was D. O. Lively, vice-president and general manager of the Portland Union Stockyards. Inci dentally Mr. Lively made the purchase of a carload of fine hogs Included in the exhibition, for the Portland market, MUTUAL BENEFIT SEEN PACIFIC XORTHWF.ST CITIES TO WIX BY PCBIilCITY WORK. Taconia Starts Move at Dollar pin ner Which Means Much Through Co-operation of All. Returning from Tacoma yesterday, William McMurray. general passenger agent of the O.-W. R. & N, brought tangible evidence that the recent pro posal that the cities of the Pacific Northwest unite In publicity work for the mutual benefit of each was bearing fruit. It was in the nature of the cover page of a pamphlet recently published by commercial organizations of Tacoma, which gave liberal space for advertis ing the Portland Rose Festival, June 10-15. and the grand lodge of Elks, beginning July : the Royal Festival at Tacoma July 13. In honor of visiting Elks attending the sessions of the grand lodge, and the Seattle Golden Potlatch. "This co-operation plan of publicity work means the making of the three leading cities of the Pacific Northwest attractive points for the tourist." said Mr. McMurray yesterday, "and the ad vantages to each will be In proportion as those cities work along the plan of united effort which has been initiated by Tacoma. The example that has been set by Tacoma should and un doubtedly will be emulated by the ad vertising agencies of both Portland and Seattle. There is no reason why the three cities should not co-operate in their publicity work and by advertising the attractions of each help all three points." Thursday night Mr. McMurray at tended a dollar dinner at Tacoma, given under the joint auspices of the commercial organisations of Tacoma and Portland. Foremost among the subjects discussed at the dinner was the adoption of some feasible and ef fective plan for attracting tourist travel to the Pacific Northwest. Espe-1 commodate 75 persons. This is to be the "round-house," and dinner for the late arrivals will be served there, aft er which each of the guests will be presented with a folding chair and permitted to go Into the main dining room to listen to the speeches. A com mittee Is, at work preparing special stunts for the entertainment of the "round-house" party at dinner. Tho "ticket office" on the main floor, where the guests will get passes as signing them to their places at the dinner, will be opened today from 12 to 2:30 o'clock and from 6 to 6 o'clock. Among the 374 applications for places at the dinner, only five cancella tions were received and in each case the person cancelling his application was called away from the city by un avoidable business duties. The few vacancies thus made were practically unnoticeable In relieving the pressure of demands for places. a PERSONALMENTION. K. G. Nehl. of Woodburn, Is at the Lenox. Dr. O. J. Goffln. of Moro, Is at the Carlton. J. P. O'Neil, of Woodland, Is at the Carlton. H. E.' Weymouth, of Baker, Is at the Ramapo. K. P. Spauldlng, of Spokane, Is at the Portland. H. E. McKenny. of Kelso, Is at tha Cornelius. Gilbert Hunt, of Walla Walla, Is at the Imperial. w. Jt Kcovlll an Ogden banker, Is at the Imperial. William H. Packwood, of Baker, Is at the Perkins. L. D. Carpenter, a Payette merchant. is at the Perkins. Mayor-elect M. Gorman, of Cathlamet, is at the Imperial. J. H. Garrett, of Hillsboro, la regis tered at the Portland. Clarence Butt, an attorney of New- berg, is at the Lenox. Dr. Roy Smith, of Gervais, is regis, tered at the Cornelius. W. W. Ashby, of Corvallia. Is regis tered at the Ramapo. Robert H. Chuff, of Laurel. Is reg istered at the Carlton. L. F. Lampln. a Seattle Insurance man, is at the Oregon. M. T. O'Connell, a Wlnlock lumber man. Is at the Oregon. J. E. Manley. a Tacoma contractor. Is registered at the Perkins. R. Anderson, a McMinnvIlle mer chant. Is at the Perkins. W. E. Pierce, of the Boise Electrio Company, Is at the Oregon. C. G. K. Nourse and family, of Leth bridge, are at the Bowers. Grant Maya, a stockman of The Dalles, is at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stevens, of Salem. are registered at tne Lenox. L. R. Venable. a shingle manufacturer of Spokane, Is at the Lenox. J. C Moreland, of Salem, clerk of the Supreme Court, is at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Foster, of Santa Ana, Cal, are registered at the Bowers. George T. Myers, a Seattle salmon canneryman. is registered at the Port land. H. Gordon, head of Gordon & Com pany, druggists, of London, Is at tha Imperial. P. S. Davidson, president of the Hood River Fruitgrowers' Association, la at the Portland. Walter Kimball and J. H. Lehman, Insurance men of San Francisco, are a' the Bowers. J. E. Flanders, inspector of Indian agents, with headquarters in San Fran Cisco, is registered at the Imperial. C. W. Jennings, traveling passenger agent for the Sunset route of the Har rlman system, with headquarters at San Francisco, visited the Portland Harrlman offices yesterday. A. D. Charlton, assistant general passenger agent of the Northern, Pa cific, returned yesterday from Tacoma. where, Thursday night, he attended a dollar dinner tendered Jointly by the commercial organizations of Portland and the Puget Sound Cities. CHICAGO. Dec. 16. The following from Oregon are registered at Chicago hotels: Portland At the LaSalle, L H. Amos, William L. Graham. Enterprise At the Great Northern, W. E. Taggart- FITTED hT.IT CASES AND BAGS. A larse variety at Harris Trunk Mfg. Co, fith. st, near Alder, j IT'S BAKER'S AND V. IT'S DELICIOUS ISM 1 i u. - 1 iLiTTTB -. IV ' aura in Made by a - perfect mechanical', process from high grade cocoa -beans, . scien tifically blended, it is of the finest quality, full strength and absolutely pure and healthful. SOLD IN 15 LB, 14 LB, 12 LB. AND 1 LB.CANS.NET WEIGHT BOOKLET OF CHOICE RECIPES SENT FREE WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD. Established 1780 DORCHESTER, MASS. ffMBBIMiMIIB BILL HELD UP CORNELL - STREET PROPERTY HOLDERS PROTEST. Temporary Restraining Order Is sued Improvement Alleged Con trary to Charter. In response to a complaint filed by 16 property holders. Judge Gatens yes terday Issued a temporary order re straining City Auditor Barbur from giving the Warren Construction Com pany warrants or other evidence of In debtedness in payment for the Im provement of Cornell street from the south line of Lovejoy street to a point between lots 11 and 15, block 2, Ford ham Heights. It Is charged that the Warren Con struction Company has a monopolistic control of bltulithlc paving In Oregon and, bltullthlc having been named in the specifications, there was no com petition - In bidding, which is declared to be contrary to section 379 of the city charter. It Is alleged also that the cost of the improvement was inequit ably distributed, that there were irreg ularities In the proceedings preliminary to the letting of the contract, that J. W. Morris, then City Engineer, changed the plans materially without notice or authorisation while, work was In prog ress and that the contracting company did "skimpy" work. The city is also enjoined from en tering assessments against the proper ty involved In the lien docket. The plaintiffs are Joseph Clossett, Louis Burke, E. J. Labbe, Henry Hahn, Jul ius Kraemer, Letltia Clary, Walter B. Honeyman. D. M. Watson. W- A. Avery, Anna L. Hunt, ' May O'Reilly, W. W. Robinson. C. R. Carter, Frank L. Blew ett, Ralph A. Fenton and Virginia D. Slocum. ' The complaint is made that the cost of the paving constituted only a trifle more than a third of the cost of the entire Improvement and that the city officials erred in not letting the sep arate contracts. It is declared that the contracting company put in more wooden and less cement walk than was called for In the specifications and also gave short measure on artificial stone curb, stone block header, vitri fied pipe for sewer purposes, water pipe, sewer inlets and other Items. BUILDING INTEREST - SOLD P. W. Leadbetter Sells Half of Com-mon-n-calth Block for $150,000. J. P. Robertson, .of Warwick, Eng land, has purchased one-half interest in the Commonwealth block, at Llxth, Ankeny and Burnside streets, from F. W. Leadbetter, for-150,000. The title to the other one-half remain's with Percy H. - Blyth. Mr. Robertson arrived In -Portland a few weeks ago with Mr. Blyth and E. L. Ireland Blyth. He is greatly Impressed with Portland's sound commercial coif- P A? Today Xmas Neckwear AT HALF This is the livest opportunity-of the holiday season. A glance at this neckwear will suffice to con vince you of their remarkable worth. Today side frills are the most popu lar of all neckwear.' These come to us from the fore most neckwear makers in America. Made of hand-embroidered lawns, nets and laces, real cluny and real Irish French vals and baby Irish. Attractively pleated and trimmed. In the lot are many jabots, artistic in design and novel in shapes. Each piece of neckwear in a holi day gift box. $1.00 Side Frills. ..... .53c $1.50 Side Frills. 79c $2.00 Side Frills 98c $3.00 Side Frills .$1.59 $5.00 Side Frills...... $2.39 $6.00 Side Frills.. ....$2.59 $9.00 Side Frills $4.98 $15.00 Side Frills $7.95 $2.00 Jabots 98c $1.00 Jabots .53c $1.50 Jabots 79c $3.00 Jabots $1.59 $5.00 Jabots $2.39 $6.00 Jabots . ..$2.59 $7.00 Jabots ....... . $3.16 $9.00 Jabots $4.98 "llflUil MERCHANDISE &M VSiT MERIT ONUT ditions. Mr. Robertson owns other par cels of Portland realty. Mr. Robertson, P. 'H. Blyth and E. L. I. Blyth will leave Portland next Wednesday,. Intending to sail from New York on the Lusltanla December 27. The native tobacco is-cheap in Mexico. a It 1b wnolly untaxed. fed! iiiy -: ' . e- 4B llS mlmm - . imv III Mfi I Imagine a great big warehouse CvQ" "MA " jl sm fiUed with twelve thousand ? TVj, 3j - Al X' , 1 1 $M sacks of the finest Cocoa Beans, J Wfr'A & m$ m shipped from the great cocoa r ' 1 1 You -n hen know the space 'Zfrkl needed for carrying the quan- J xSy'ivI V" (3 - j I bty of nutritious cocoa htan Z V-X VV I j required to produce K Ub3l)S Ghirardeffi's Cocoa iW at of that eveh quality that has 4?" V'- ?$Rf -fi'Viv'-;.. ' tjj p-' I H marked this great beverage i -; " "' J ' jv'. ; ! ' for the years of its existence. r?v 7y:, "-vj .' . 1 D. GHIRARDELL1 CO. " 11 ' ,."''' 2d SaaFranosce Saca 1852 . ;.'?-jl-.'- fm ' i-r'; j sLjcJiMi rr-CTi n.i r m n . mrm miaii ii ii,..m Amis' wmtawaaJ t j R tJ Will Ill Mill I II I Til ..I ' 1 J"! j :" - v i iS Emit .-'TT'TrrTri-r'TrTirnTi rrirtffi-iiTT u nn wni iirir -..iJi,.....;...ff-M... i -- ' r 1 COOPER, t i - v ', i m in n iiji. iii., . j Jjii. il n i mil n ii i I rni ii i i I I. , ii 1,1 f j "-. ' a