5 aroiwixn oKEnoyiAX. wedxesdat, febrtaiiy 21.' 1018. rnr WOMAN ORGANIZES OAKLAND BIGAMIST AND SIXTH WIFE, WHOM POLICE OF NORTHWEST ABE SEEKING. FIRST TAFT CLUB Mrs. Krebs, of San Francisco, Prominent in Society, Is , Sponsor tor Move. OTHERS READILY ENLIST rmldfflt of Lumber Company I KnthnMsMIe Orrr Campaign to r-rcure Republican Nomina tion, for President. BAN rRANCIFCO. Fen. 10. Ppo rlaL To tin. Abblo E. KrH presi dent of the Caapar Lnmber Company, on of tho B: widely anown oclety loader and clubwomen of the elty, ' the honor of orfanlalnaj tho flrt women' Teft CJub In California, and. oa fr aa is known. In the fntted Ftatea. Mr. Kreb ka ltTd at tha Palaea Hotel for tha laet few years, betnar ona of tha flrst to reserra apartments In the new bulldlnc. Phe has also a country home, bat he has registered la 5an Franclsoo and will make tha Palace tha flrst meeting ptaca of tha Taft Club. Tha ornlxatlon work of tha club Is now ensaalnc tha attention of Mrs. Krebs and a number of en thusiastic lieutenants and tha full membership will ba published within a few daya Abaut 100 representatlrs women of tho elty. many of whom ara known throuchout tha state, hava ajlren their nsmes and p!eded their support to tha club and the statesman whom they want for President. Mrs. Krebs will call a public meet ins: of the organisation within tho nest ttw days and at that tlma will an noanca tha plan of campaign outlined by tha eoteria of women who have her cabinet In tha preliminary work. -pcorae of women haa for many weeks besoucht ma to organise a Taft Club." she said, "and I haa not been unwilling. It seems to ma there la no better tlma than the present for tha great army of strong. conserratUa Re publican women to show their color and. by organising, to announce that they haa no patience for tha vacil lating uncertainty and indecision of that wing of tha party which did not know until yesterday where It was going to bestow lta support." Mrs. Kreba baa ample means. Insur ing plenty of leisure to gWe the club tha best that la In her. She haa busi ness ability of a high order and she haa the polsa and dlsnlty which come of many year In society and aa the head of a great business firm. Hhe will put her whole soul Into tha work. MTAIN'S ORATION WINS Ralph Hoffman Second In Contest at Willamette. SALEM. Or, Feb. 10. Spoc'aL In v conteat held In the Willamette Uni versity chapel this evening under the auspices of the Willamette Prohi bition Oratorical League, Harry O. Mc Cain won first plsc and Kalph Hoff man finished second, four contatanU were In the race. Kach delivered well prepared orations. The winner's delivery was clear and pleasing and tha subject matter han dled by him seemed especially adapted to his style. The winner of tonlahfs contest will compete with the other Oregon col-l-e orators a little later at McMlnn vllle. for state representation to ba sent acalnst the other orators of the oortnweat colleges In the Spring st the contest to be held In falem. The oration delivered were: "Pro. hibttlnn. a National Issue." 'George Huntington Curry. "The Poor Man a Club." F. S. Fran cis. "Public Opinion and the Liquor Prob lem." T.alph Hoffman. -Liquor vs. Liberty." Harry O. Mc Cain. The Judges on eomfoitton were Rev. A N Avlson. Roy Shields and Walter Wlcalow. Judges of delivery Judge Moreland. Mls Devls. Professor V. K. Fargo. BISHOP VISITS ASHLAND Committee Look Over Proposed Sit for Hots School. ASHLAND. Or, Feb. :. ( Special.) Flsuop Charles Fcaddlng. Rev. F. B. Robinson and John Kollock. a commit tee representing the board of trustees of Bishop Scott Academy, arrived In Ashland tolay from Poriiund to pass two days here looking over the city end particularly Investigating the ttate Normal School property here, with a view of securing it as a location for the re-eetablishment of tha Bishop Peott school for Boys, which It Is ex pected to reopen shortly. The City Council and Commercial Club previously bad made a pledge to the committee to urge the stale au thorities, to whom the property was .resnted for school purposes, to re linquish It. now that It Is not desired for a slate school, and the State Board of Education has agreed to recommend such action by the next Legislature. The committee, expressed great sat isfaction at the prospects for the se curing of the property for the purposes desired at a meeting of cltlxens to night and there Is much enthusiasm here over tha favorable outlook for tha permanent -establishment here of sn educational Institution under Epis copal auspices that It Is promised to make tha lending boya' boarding school In tha Paclflo Northwest. COLE CASE GOES TO JURY o Veddlct Keached I.ate at ManU Attorney Attack 7vldence. ' The ease of the state against E. W. Cole, an ex-pollce sergeant chsrged with grafting from women of the un derworld, went to the Jury In Judge Morrows department of the Circuit ,-oort at S o'clock yesterday afternoon. Late last night the Jury waa locked .tp without having reached a verdict. The argument occupied tha entire day. Waldemar Seton. who appeared as special prosecutor at tha request of Mayor Rushlight, opened for tha state, and TVputy District Attorney Psga dosed. For the defense tha argument Aaaa Mllaeath. Made a Wife by Tergal Marrtaca Leeae pr. Mlltaa Abra basn, Alias Harry Vtfstwese Cooper, Alias Kraeet Meora Chadwlek. was made by E. 8. J. McAllister. The attorneys for the stale ridiculed tha Insinuation that Mayor Rushlight Is seeking to "get" Cole because of tha Utters activity In behalf of Jo seph Simon during the last municipal campaign. They strove to belittle the evidence of the defense as to state ments msde by Patrolmen Fuller and Larfleld exonerating Cole, contending that these men had only turned stale's evidence when It became apparent that the "game was up" aa far as they were concerned also. Mr. Beton referred to Cole as'"a vulture preying on unfor tunate women, greedily forcing them to disgorge more and more money un til they were forced, perhaps. Into other avenues of crime necessary to existence." Mr. McAIl'ster"s argument wa large ly sn attack on the evidence offered by the witnesses for the state, whom he called "self-confessed ' grafters and women who have sunk to the lowest dregs." He had. he declared. Impeached every witness called for the prosecu tion, and contended thst not a scintilla of evidence tending to estsbllsh the guilt of his client had been produced. Cole, he vehemently asserted, was be ing made the victim of political re venge and he a,cored the city admin istration because the women who tes tified against Cole, according to their own evidence, are being allowed to operate disorderly houses without po lice molestation. TRAIL GROWS COLD All Trace of Bigamist Is Lost in Seattle. CHICAGO MAY BE SHELTER REGALLNOT REQUESTED TAFT AVD CABINET DISCUSS CO LOMBIAX INCIDENT. Oakland Police- Tclesraph Order for Arrest to Windy Otlj, but Wily "Doctor" May Have Once More Eluded Tliem. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10. (Spe cial.) Although dispatches were re ceived last night to the effect J.h' Abraham." alias "Sir" Harry U est wood Cooper, and alias several other names, had been found In Chicago CaptaUt of Detectives Peterson, of Oakland. ..Id tonight that he had no dt formation, beyond the fact that he has been Informed that the man was there and had telegraphed ordering bis ar rest, Tha elu.lvs -doctor ba. not yet been taken by the police of tha Windy City, and there Is no definite In oration'., to whether he arrived there, or "doubled on his tracks, and took another route. Tha trail was completely lost In. Se attle. That he bought tickets In Se attle under the name of Murphy, and that these ticket, read to Vancouver. B C. is known, but a telegram was re ceived last night by Captain Peterson of the Oakland police from the chief of police In Vancouver saying that no trace of Dr. Abraham or his bride could be found there. Colombia May Be Told That Kno Contemplated Negotiations Look ins; to Settlement. WASHINGTON. Feb. President Tart took up the Colombia situation with hi Cabinet today and later dis cussed It with Huntington Wilson. Act ing Secretary of State. No official statement was made of what action had been taken by thl Government. It was declared authori tatively that the Vnlted States did not contemplate asking for tha recall of Senor Osplna. tha Colombian Minister. A report was current that a full ex piation of tha attitude of the United Ftates In the present controversy had been cabled to American Minister Du bois at Bogota, so that he might In formally advise Colombia. It Is believed that tha Colombian government now will learn from Mr. Pubols that Secretary Knox did Intend the Initiation of some negotiations that might terminate tho. troubled rela tions that grew out of the revolt of Panama from Colombia. Whether In view of such Information Colombia might Issue a special invitation to Mr. Knox Is said to be based on the char acter of the negotiations which Jia would begin, the t'olomblsn governr ment being most Insistent on arbitra tion through The Hague tribunal, rather than through any commission of diplomats. NEW YORK WITNESS HEARD Testimony-Taking Proceed In Hol-brook-Altchion Case. Additional testimony was presented yesterday against K. B. Holbrook and John K. AUchlson. on tr'al In the Fed eral Court for alleged conspiracy to defraud tha Government of desert claims In Eastern Oregon through non bona fide entrymen. The principal witness of the day wa Robert F. Hail, of New Tork .who said the defendants, .as agents for the Ore gon Land at Water. Company, had in duced him. while he was a resident of Portland, to flle on a claim on the Co lumbia River, west of the mouth of the Umatilla, for which he waa paid 140 In cash and all traveling expenses and hotel bills. He had no Intention of taking possession of the property, he said, and conveyed all Interest in It to the defendants soon after the entry was made. Mr. Hall came all the way from New Tork to testify. Other wit nesses who have given similar testi mony are Robert Catlin. Mrs. Augustus C Nelson and Mrs. E. B. Holmes. The Government alleges that through these dummy entrymen the company conspired to obtain Illegal title to Irri gation claims near the Umatilla project from the Government. Although not nominally a defendant, the Government 1 seeking to establish the same facts as to J. Thorburn Ross aa against AUchlson and Holbrook. Robert Magulre. Deputy United States District Attorney, who Is han dling tha rase, said that the decision of Judge Gilbert of the Federal Court In San Francisco, upholding the em ployment of dummy entrymen In the case of the Barber Lumber Company, would have no bearing on the case be lngJrieAiVat ... . . NIXON OPPOSES SHIP BILL FTee Registry, Under American Ownership, Declared Hurtful. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Lewis Nix on. New Tork shipbuilder, appeared today before the House committee on merchant marine and fisheries and op posed bill that would admit free to American registry forelgn-bullt .hips owned by American cltlxens. "Such legislation," Mr. Nixon said, "would be hurtful to the American shipbuilding Industry, unless other legislation Is adopted to offset the dis advantages to American builders." Mr. Nixon urged a return to discrimi natory duties in favor of American ves. sels and a tonnage tax. Misguided legislation in 1828, he said, had brought about a removal of the differential tax and the United States through this had made a present of 11.000.000,000 to other nations. Spectator at Dice Game. Liable. NORTH TAKIMA. Wash.. Feb. 20 Spectators who watch the shaking if dice for drinks or the matching of coins for cigars will be liable to a fine not to exceed 1500 or 0 days In Jail or both. If an ordinance which already has passed first and second reading Is nopfd flnnllv hy the rity Commls- Si 1 BBS? Z r fm. "I'm Presi dent of the Boosters' Club in This Pleasa n t Little Burg. They've Been Trying to Hand Me Money All Evening and It Kind ef Spoils the Game to Have Them Willin? to Fart With It." Don't miss hearing Jim and Blackle hear their clever say ings laugh with them and at them. You'll agree with me that the best show of the year Is GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGF0RD To he given Monday. Febru ary 36th, under the auspices PORTLAND AD CLUB AT THE HEILIG THEATER The Ad Club Is composed of optimists we're all boosters fur a bigger and better Port land. V We're giving this show to raise fun. is to entortain tiv hundred "Live Wires" from all over the West at the Taclflc Coast Ad Men's convention In Juno. Hear the Ad Club yells Hear Clark make a speech Hear Charlie Berg tell YIDDISH STORIES And all for Begnlar Prices SOc to $2.00 Tickets on Sale by All Ad Club Members. This Ad Is the Product of HERBERT W. LITTLE'S Ad Factory, 513 Board of Trade Bldg. Tomorrow's ad by Chas. F. Berg, Member of Executive Committee doners. The ordinance will come up for final passage Monday night. WATER RIGHTS CONTESTED Daker County Farmers May Sue to Kstabllsh North Powder Claims. BAKER. Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) Farmers representing 120 claimants, owning 21.000 acres of land, met today and decided to enter a formal objection, to be lied with the State Water Board of Control, against the adjudication of the board on the North Powder Creek rights. The matter may develop Into one of. the largest suits of Baker County. Two years ago the State Water Board sent out Its surveyors to lay out and settle the dispute which has previously arisen over the water rights along the creek. The report of the board gave to each landowner one-half Inch of water to the acre, but to a power, com pany a larger percentage, claiming the priority of 1870. To this part a num ber of the older residents object on the ground that their right Is older and that the decision Is unjust and dis criminating. And It Is possible that tha objections will be filed upon these grounds. Others of the landowners along the creek object to the amount of water allowed them by the board, holding they are entitled to more. LABOR QUESTION SELECTED Valley Colleges Will Debate Big Problem In March and April. ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.) "Resolved, that boards of arbitration with compulsive power should be es tablished to settle disputes arising In the United States between employers and employes." Is the question which has been selected for discussion in the debates for the championship of the Collegiate Debating League of Ore gon this year. 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Entire Third Floor Elevator Service N BELLI r0 LEADING CLOTHIER Morrison, alt Fouairftlbi Street and also In tho final debate on April 26 when the winners of each of these preliminaries will meet for tho cham pionship. It has not been determined yet which side of this question will bo supported by the different schoolB. The team to represent Albany College will be chosen at a try-out to be held next Tuesday. The debaters who will enter this try-out are: Arthur Hodge. Alexander McLean, Amy Olmstead, Jes sie Telford and Harry Fuller. Redskin Asks Bootlegging Stopped. PENDLETON. Or., Feb. 20. (Spo clal.) Columbia George, recently pa roled from McNeil's Island by President Taft, after having served 12 years for tho murder of an aged Indian woman, has appealed to the business men and citizens of Pendleton to stamp out boot legging among the Indians when the redskins come to town. The appeal was made through Rov. J. M. Cornellson, Presbyterian missionary to tho Indians on tho reservation. George says he is trying hard to bo a sober man since his release from prison, but he finds It hard to resist his old-time thirst when tho bottle is boing continually thrust under his nose by unscrupulous boot leggers or by other Indians who have been supplied with the firewater by the whites. Executors File $18,350,000 Bonl. CHICAGO. Feb. 20. The will of tha late Richard T. Crane waa admitted to probate formally hero today. A Joint bond of $18,250,000 was filed by Rich ard T. Crane, Jr., and Charles R, Crane, sons of the Iron master and executors under the will. r Suit "Wear a That's Built for You Whv wear a ready-made suit when I will positively guarantee to build a suit to your measure with style, fit, comfort and individ uality for the same price and in many cases actually less. This is possible by the large volume of my business and the perfect or ganization o"f my establishment. 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