4 ' TIIE MOUSING OREGOXIAy. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1911.
ninnrn i if i
UAH
JONES, BACK, TELLS
1Y HE STOLE COIN
Defaulting Cashier of Hotel
Oregon Returns, Influenced
by His Wife.
MERCY IS NOT PROMISED
KmrxMiler Say Tart or Ulgottcn
Fund Went to Church Contrite
Prisoner to Help ex-Employers
Straighten Brmks.
Emaciated. seedy and looking 10
year older. Charlea W. Jones, default.
lng cannier of the Oregon Hotel. Is with
his wife and son at their home at US
East Twenty-seventh street, ready and
willing to submit to any action that
mar be taken aitalnst him by his re
cent employers.
He returned roluntarlly and says ha
will assist as far as Is In hla power to
straighten the affairs of the hotel com-
pany. !! acknowledges having; stolen
13000 and he I charged with having
misappropriated 13000 or S400O to his
Own use.
Jones declares the stolen money was
used In personal legitimate channels
and that while he stole from his em
ployers, he was no dishonest for the
parpoM of enriching himseif. Of the
Iinoo he acknowledged having stolen,
About IS00 went to different branches
of the Methodist Church. In the work of
which he was actively Interested.
ral hundred dollars was used during
the Illness of hla son. street assess
ments and Interest charges took a few
more hundred dollars and as yrt he Is
unable to recollect what became of the
balance except that loans to friends
aggregating probably $?0'J. made the
lllgotten purse dwindle.
Wife Brlaaa lllsa Bark.
On the day he disappeared In Sep
tember the booka showed a loss of
IJooo. Jones says that sum was not
taken that day but represented former
thefts at different times that be bad
concealed In his accounts.
The return of Jones was the result ot
efforts of hla wife who had promised
air. Dickinson and Mr. Wright, pro.
prletora of the Oregon Hotel, that she
would Inform them If she should heas
from her husband. Recently she re
ceived letter from him In Minneapolis.
where he said he was engaged In a res
taurant, washing dishes at $7 a week.
After notifying Mr. Dickinson she
wrote asking If be would come back.
He telegraphed "Vet," If a ticket were
forwarded. The ticket was sent to him
tnii Instructions to meet George W.
' Joseph, attorney fur the hotel, at Spo
kane. Jones did as he was tcjld and
later Mr. Wright and Mr. Dickinson
Joined attorney and captive at Spokane.
Ail four returned to Portland yesterday.
ft agreement. Attorney Joseph became
I responsible for the custody of Jones and
I permitted him to join hi' wife at their
home.
What action will be taken against
him has not been fully deckled and
will not be until later, as Jonea Is will
ing to accept any course that may be
taken. He will devote u few iays to
straightening the book of the hotel
company, pointing out where his pecu
lations are and showing the way he
f s oncealed them.
Roamlas; la Rerosstri.
j ' Jones says his departure from Tort
f land was not premeditated and was
j 1-rtnrlpally accidental. He knew that
r -fre had reached the point where, his
: defaloatlons would be discovered and
1 had decided to make a clean breast
of It to Mr. Dickinson and take the
consequences. It was his vacation
' lime and on going to the hotel he
I found Mr. Dickinson had gone to Pu-
' get Hound. He then decided to go Into
the country to fish and think the sit
uation over. He boarded the wrong
car with only a few dollars In his
v pocket, and landed In Vancouver.
While sitting there a soldier offered
to sell him a ticket to Tacoma for
:10. which he bought with the
j thought that he would meet Mr. Dlck-
inson there and confess. At Seattle
he found that Mr. Dickinson was at
Il'ellingham. Then he became excited
and first thought of running away.
r ached British Columbia and from
tht time on he .had a hard time ex
i Idling. He served as a farmhand In
J I'algary and did odd Jobs along the
)tn of the Canadian Paetnc. generally
J ri'ling between dtTferent points in box-
-.irs and often going a couple of days
tthout eating.
Klnally he reached Michigan. Ms na
tive state, and for a time worked as a
't Irm laborer near Hastings, using sev-
1 . M . . M rf.rhpH MlnnminAlli
I about October 1. where he made his
J headquarters until summoned to come
ba.-k by hla wife.
In no way does Jones Implicate any
' one In his peculaltons nor does he in -:
tlmate that anyone had knowledge of
' them. However, as the amounts
I known to he mtsslnx are largely In
i aeess of the sums he confesses tak
ing, some other explanation wit rave
to be made to make the books bal
ance. sa Mr. Dickinson.
75 AT CLUB LUNCHEON
Vsncosirr Commercial Organisation
to Have One Wecklj.
VANlDL'VER. Wash Dec II. t.pe
rtaL A mid-day weekly luncheon, held
by members of the Vancouver Commer
cial Club, at Hotel St. Elmo Wednes
day, was attended by T5 and the event
marks the beginning of a custom to be
continued. James J. Payer, of the
Portland Commercial Club. told the
meeting of what is bring accomplished
by similar organisations in Portland,
and gave much encouragement to the
movement started here today.
H. L. Moody, who was delegate to
the National Irrigation Congress, re
cently held In Chicago, made a report.
It was decided! to have LJoyd Du Uols.
president of the club, to appoint one
man each week to arrange the pro
gramme. This man will be allowed to
appoint tw others to asaist him.
in, the Elks- grand lodge convention
commission has sold the privilege ot
Issuing the official programme for next
July's convention to Portland publish
ers, who will Issue 125,000 copies.
It Is also agreed that the Elks will
be given 60.000 copies for free distribu
tion to visiting members. This number,
it is figured, will supply one copy to
each visiting Elk. as the estimated at
tendance of lodgemen will be SO. 000.
The remainder will be sold at nominal
prloes.
When the Elks solicited the Portland
business men for their IIJ5.000 enter
tainment fund they promised the mer
chants that they would ask them for
no further contributions In the way of
programme advertising or for special
purposes. The contract witli the pub
lishers strictly prohibits the acceptance
of advertising from any Portland firms
or Individuals. Community advertising
alone will be accepted. If the Commer
cial Club In any city or town of Ore
gon, Washington or Idaho wants to ex
ploit Its resources and advantages it
will be able to buy space in the book
but the advertising must be of a gen
era character.
While the Elks realise that they can.
not prevent or restrict any enterprising
Individual from publishing a "pro
gramme" and soliciting advertising
matter for It. the only official pro
gramme, the one Issued by authority
of the lodge, will contain none except
ing a limited amount of community and
foreign advertising.
ALASKA
IS
Wickersham Says Territory
Could Support Millions.
ITANANA LIKE SCANDINAVIA
ELKS PROTECT MERCHANTS
I'rofTinime !old With ProrUo That
It Contains No Portland "Ada."
On condition that Portland business
gnaa vtiU not be soiKitcd (or advertu-
AT THE THEATERS
"SI-VEX DATS."
ntasslaacea Related by Mary Rob
ert. Rlaebart and Avery
!the Ilelllg Theater.
CAST.
i James Wilson Aubrey Brattle
! Dallas Prow a Cbauncey Monroe
T. m Harbison Edtrard Farrell
, Officer Flnnnltan Gordon Burby
Tabby MrGurk. burglar. Fred Cousins
Hobbs. a footman Bert Main
Bella Know.. x-Wllson)
Madeline Wlothxop
! Anne Brown Jean Patrlquln
Kit McNalr Grace Valentine
Aunt Seilna Florence Robinson
BY LrOXE CASS BAER.
TP HAT funniest of comedies. "Seven
I Days" which kept Portland laugh
ing uproariously last season for seven
whole performances, has, like all good
things worth preservation, chased all
over the country making other folk
happy since that time and now comes
back to us at the Heilig to stay until
Sunday night.
Comparisons are most odious when
they concern things theatrical, but it
takes no stretch of imagination to
notice that the present company Is
better than' the all-round cast of ex
cellencies who were responsible for the
brilliant performance last year.
Three of the principals. James Wilson
or "Bubbles" as his friends familiarly
dub him; Bella, his ex-wife, and that
delirious character Aunt Sellna, are all
enacted by the trio of capabl who
first gave them to us as type when
beven Days was here before. Every
body else Is new some of them have
never played In Portland before.
Grace Valentine, a gorgeously lovely
creature with patrician features and
form divine that seemed moulded Into
the most wonderful raiment Is Kit. the
bogus wife of Bubbles. Miss Valen
tine's assets are not all of the visual
order, however, for aha la a dissembler
of actual worth. She's a natural-born
Kit, and plays the role quite as If
she had written It around her own
abilities and wanted It portrayed accordingly.
Her comedy Is dainty always, and
her moments of fury and distraction
are delightful. She never overdoes an
action, and throughout she plays with
taste.
In the role of Bubbles, Aubrey
Brattle Is displaying the same finesse
and general charm that marked his In
terpretation of the role ' st season.
Lvldently he hasn't grown one bit tired
of It, for he brings a spontaneity and
camaraderie to the part that cannot be
assumed or mistaken. And he Isn't
quite as plump as he waa. although his
lines (In the play not his figure) would
indicate that he s a walking adver
tisement for "before taking" obesity
cures.
Chauncey Monroe, a slender, lazlly-
movlng Individual, who drawls tan
tnllxlngly. makes capital out of the
role of Dallas Brown, whose sole rea
son for existing, in the play. Is to serve
as a foil for the least to say "peculiar"
actions of Mrs. Brown, who dabbles in
the occult. This role Is In splendid
keeping. Jean Patrlquln having given
It so much attention In detail that her
portrayal becomes a comedy gem. She"f
la positively the pivotal laugh of the
play, at times, particularly when she
"demonstrates or movea things." And
when she "sees things" she is a med-
ey of mirth. Her almost plfflicatlon
was the most real acting bit and In no
sense over-drawn: a part she could
easily have distorted.
Florence Kohlnson as Aunt Pel ma.
the stronz-minded. keeps close to the
discriminated line of perfection and is
seven particular kinds of howls In her
scenes on the roof garden.
Gordon Burby slides up ana down the
woodllft alarmingly and most comi
cally as the perfectly nice policeman
In search of a possible thief, and Fred
Cousins as that thief. Tubby MrOurk,
the gleeful burglar, 1 richly funny.
To Edward Karrell fall the dignified
role of Tom Harbison, the rejected
suitor of Kit, and whose enforced stay
at the quarantined house, of which he
believes her to be mistress. Is all the
more pathetic because the audience
being "In on It," wishes It could set
him right. Madeline Winthrop as
Bella, a part she maKea catty and
comic, with Kreil Main as the footman,
complete the dandy fine cast.
Seven Davs Is chock full and run
ning over with "doings," all of the sort
that are too funny to be embalmed In
cold typo.
It Is one of the few productions that
has lived and will continue to live up
to the reputation made for It by Its
long and pronounced success In New
York and about which no press agent
need bother to invent tales.
It's sure hilarious and well worth
seeing, even twice. I'nlil Sunday even
ing and Including that date this farce
comedy remains at the Heilig, with a
Saturday matinee.
'Come l'p and Help Vs Fight Gug
gcnhelms" Is Delegate's Invita
tion at Land Show Idaho
Wins Prize for Potatoes. '
ST. PAUL Dec. 23. This was Wash
ington and Alaska day at the North
western JLand Products Show, repre
sentatives from those regions occupying
the center of the exhibition and lec
ture stage.
-The feature of the programme to
night was an address by James Wicker
sham, Delegate to Congress from
Alaska, who told pf the resources of
the territory and their comprehensive
un development.
Mr. Wickersham said that the Tanana
Valley alone was capable of support
ing 10.000.000 people, but the popula
tion at present was not more than a
"drop In the bucket," He compared
this district to Norway and Sweden,
saying that Alaska was just as rich In
an agricultural and climatic way as
those countries, to say nothing of the
wonderful mineral resources. Mr.
Wickersham made a plea, for more
settlers.
"Come up and help us fight the Gug
genhelms." were his parting words.
It was announced tonight that Idaho
had taken the sweepstake) prize for
the best bushel of potatoes. The name
of the exhibitor was not given.
Tomor:. w will be Montana day at the
land shew.
FEDERAL CONTROL IS URGED
James Wickersham Says It Will Be
Salvation of Alaska.
ST. PAUL. Dec 21. "Federal con
trol." said James Wickersham, dele
gate to Congress from Alaska, here to
day, "Is the only salvation of Alaska.
Mr. Wickersham, who la on his way
to Washington, spoke before the Cur
rent Topics Club.
"As things are now." Mr. Wicker
sham said, "the Guggenheim-Morgan
Interests control not only the territory,
but the real seat of the territorial gov
ernment, which is In Washington.
Mr. Wickersham said the act drawn
by OlfTord Plnchot and James It. Gar
field was about the only saving legisla
tion that had ever been enacted for the
territory. He criticised the leasing
plan aa dangerous and as a move to
tighten the grip of the "interests" on
the resources of that country.
fEEOWfllflDE PREY
CHRISTIANS, FAILING TO OB
TAIN REDRESS. ORGANIZE.
i
You can take advantage of these
bargains even If you're short of
money. Open aa seeosnt. Your
credit Is good. Were giad to ac
commodate you, especially at this
time, when everybody is ' short of
f und."
LADIES' TAILORED SUITS
SPECIAL $14.75
Some suits In this lot sold up to
127.50. Terms If you want them.
FURS-FURS
AH Fvfti 20 er ceat off this weeltu
Cuh r credit.
MEN'S SUITS $18.75
All our $22.50 to $27.50 Suits (ex
cept blue serge) .pn sale at
Caab or credit. .
WASHINGTON Near PARK
HAJtSTlC IWR BW&UPSWRS
Store Opea Evenings Till Christmas
of the money and sandbagged and, af
ter lying in the rain for two hours, re
covered consciousness to find himself
at home.
After Motorcycle Patrolman Maddux
had questioned Steine for several min
utes and received the information that
he was out of work and owed money,
Stelne refused to talk further and
would not explain to other, officers who
were hastily summoned to the hotel on
the report of the alleged hold-up.
Mnrder and Pillage Are Rife, and
. Stale of Anarchy Is Reported.
' Bulgarian Assembly Acts.
' t
LOXDON. Dec 21. A dispatch from
Salonikl. Kuropean Turkey, to a Lon
don news agency reports a condition
of anarchy throughout Macedonia.
Murder, pillage and brigandage are
rife.
Twenty-seven assassinations nave
taken place within the past month
within two hours' Journey of Salonikt
all the victims being Greeks. The
Christians, finding it Impossible to ob
tain redress, are organizing bands wiin
the object of killing the Turks.
SOFIA. Bulgaria. Dee. II. In the
national assembly here today an Inter
pellation was submitted regarding the
anti-Christian outrages In Macedonia.
Premier Guechoff announced that sev
eral arrests have been made in connec
tion with the Istlb massacre, and that
the persons charged with the crime
will be tried by a court-martial.
The outrage referred to by the
Premier took place on December 9,
when a bomb was thrown m a mosque,
11 persons being killed and 20 Injured.
ROUTE IS. ABANDONED
SEVENTH - STREET FRANCHISE
NOT TO BE SOUGHT.
40 TOTS MAY MISS SANTA
Bojs and Girls at Fraxer Tietentlon
Home Face Sorry Holiday.
HAY ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
New Member of Washlnjrton Publle
Service Commission Not Chosen.
OLTMPIA, Wash Dec 21. (Spe
cial.) Governor Hay, upon his return
today from Eastern Washington, for
mally accepted the resignation of
Chairman J. C. Lawrence, of the Public
Hervlce Commission. Governor Hay
says that he does not know aa yet
who will be appointed to fill the va
cancy, declaring be baa not aelected
he man. The letter of acceptance fol-
's:
I have your letter of November XT.
endering your reaignation as a mem
ber of the Public Service Commission,
and I hereby accept the same, to be
come effective on January L IMS. Very
respectfully yours, M. F- HAY.
"Oeveraor. .
While everyone Is absorbed Just now
with thoughts of how they may best
bring Yuletlde cheer to friends and
loved ones with bestowal of gifts and
otherwise and generous hearts are
searching out In every section of the
city poor whom they may help to par
take of the season s gladness oy giving
of their own share, there Is every dan
ger that 40 boys and girls at the fra-
ser Detention Home will be doomed to
dlsappolnment when Christmas eve
comes.
In common with other little boys and
glrs, the Inmates of the Fraxer home
have been counting- the nours to cnnsi-
aa eve. In expectation of tne gooa
things that mystic time should have In
store for them, but thus far they seem
to have been forgotten.
Superintendent Baker, or tne nome.
last night appealed to The Oregonlan
to let the public know of the boys and
girls at the Detention Home and of
their Christmas needs. A knife, a
pair of shoes V any small present to
lot the recipient know that Santa has
not overlooked him or her would be
acceptable, says Mr. Baker. Only two
donations for Chrlstmasahave thus far
been received at the home. -ne was a
packet containing stockings and little
articles of dress and the. other was a
packet containing a large number of
Christian Science publications and some
scraps of qulit pieces.
The boya and girls at the home are
placed there by the Juvenile Court,
either because they have no parents or
because their parents neglect to care
for them or are unable to do so. Any
contributions will be called for If the
home, at East Fifty-second and Has
aalo streets. Is notlfled.
Holdup Is Believed Ruse.
Faking a holdup to stave off the Im
portunities of the landlady ts the latest
advantage taken of the wave of crime
which la sweeping Portland, say the
police who Investigated W. M. Stelnes
report of hla being held up on his way
from Eighteenth and Washington
streets to his home at the Beaver Ho
tel. Twelfth and Marshall streets. They
say that Ptelne pretended the hold-up
and losa of $33 to two men who, he
says, sandbagged him. because the de
mand for rent anf payment for gro
ceries became urgent and he had not
money to pay.
,t- , , w,a rnnmi at the Bea
ver! reported to the police that he met
Stelne on tne doorstep auu i-n.o
hlia that he bad been held up, robbed
Street Railway Will Withdraw Ap
plication for Line From Jeffer
son to Broadway Bridge.
Representatives of the. Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company
will go before the street committee
of the City Council at its next meeting
and withdraw the company s appllca
tlon for a franchise on Seventh street
from the Broadway Bridge to Jeffer
son street. This announcement was
made ofticlHlly last night by J. E. Wer.
lein. representing the street railway
company. In an address before the civic
council of the Commercial Club.
"Seventh street property - owners
have declared that unless the company
applied for a franchise from the bridge
to Jefferson street, they would oppose
the entire franchise," said Mr. Werleln.
"The company, after consulting trans
portation experts, found that it would
not be practicable to route its cars
crossing the proposed Broadway Bridge
up Seventh to Jefferson before making
a loop and returning throufah the busi
ness district and give its patrons In the
section of the city served a satisfac
tory service. j
"For this reason It has been decided
by the company to abandon Its plan
for the present so far as Seventh street
Is concerned and request the enactment
by the Council of an ordinance giving
us the privilege of extending our sys
tem on Sandy Boulevard, East Harri
son and Eastmoreland. The people of
.those sections of the city are entitled
to the extension in service they are
asking and the company Is 'going to
furnish it Just as soon as the franchise
can be granted and the extension can
be made."
Discussing the franchise that has
been applied for. Mr. Werleln went
Into the measure extensively. He In
sisted that the franchise covered only
such streets as were necessary for
the proposed extensions in the com
pany's system and give to outlying
districts the service they are demand
ing. Ha called attention to the fact
that the proposed franchise was not
in any sense a blanket franchise from
the fact that it terminated at the
same time other franchises now held
by the company expire.
"The railway company has absolute
ly nothing to conceal In this matter,"
explained Mr. Werleln. "The only in
terest the company has and Its purpose
Is to co-operate with the people of
this city and give them the very best
service that Is possible. Its Idea in
seeking franchises for additional ex
tensions Is to keep pace with the re
markable growth of Portland and In
every possible way contribute to mak
ing a bigger, better and more progres
sive city."
TelegTaph Lines Seixed.
LONDON. Dec 21. A Teheran dis
patch to the Times says Russians have
seized the telegraph lines nt Mehrand
The Army of
Constipation
Is Growing Smaller Evas? Day.
CARTER'S LITTLE
UVER PILLS are
tespoauble -Ihey not
only giva relist
they permanently
cure teastipa.
ties. Mil.
liooa see
them for
aesa, laoifsstiaa, Sick Headless, SaBewSkia.
SHALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SHALL PSUCt
Genuine -aUar Signature
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FOR CHRISTMAS Gifts that
have use as well as beauty, for things
men want and wear, and keep a long
time, this is the place to come
Hart Schaffnerx
..&Marx
clothes make a fine Christmas gift; practi
cal, serviceable and durable
Suits $20 and up
Overcoats and Raincoats $18 and up
Tuxedo and Dress Suits $40 and $45
Special Sale
CopyTijrn Hma Sciufacr 6c Wm
$ 5.00 House
$ 6.00 House
$ 7.00 House
$ 8.00 House
$10.00 House
$12.50 House
Coats,
Coats,
Coats,
Coats,
Coats,
Coats,
Lounging
Lounging
Lounging
Lounging
Lounging
& Bathrobes
& Bathrobes
& Bathrobes
& Bathrobes
& Bathrobes
Lounging & Bathrobes $10.00
$
$
$
$
$
4.00
4.80
5.60
6.40
8.00
Combination Sets
$3.00 Set, including Silk Hose, Tie,
Suspenders, Arm Bands and Gar
ters, in Christmas boxes. . .$1.95
$2.00 Set, including Suspenders,
Tie, Arm Bands and Garters to
match, in boxes $1.5o
$1.25 Set Silk Hose and Tie to
match, in boxes .95
Fancy Suspenders
$1.50 Suspenders in boxes. .$1.10
$2.50 Suspenders in boxes. .$1.65
$1.50. Bacmo Pique Kid Gloves,
this sale $1.10
Merchandise Orders
issued for any
amount
fain i if
W 7H, 11 II. O A .
Third and Morrison Streets
and Khol. the prcvlnce of Axorbatjar.
Northern Persia, and Astaxa. on tne
Caspian Sea. -
Constructor Rloe Is Dead.
Information reached Portland last
night that James Rice, of the steel
construction firm of Smith-Rice Com
pany, died yesterday at San Francisco.
Manager Henry, of th Portland office
of the company, was notified of the
death yesterday, and left for San T"ran
cisco last night. About a week ago
Mr. Rice ;passed through Portland for
San Francisco to undergo treatment,
believing at the time that he had pto
maine poisoning. There it was dis
covered he had appendicitis, 'end a
fw- days- ago he underwent an opera
tion. He was 27 years old.
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