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aroiwixn oKEnoyiAX. wedxesdat, febrtaiiy 21.' 1018.
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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.
Thra question will be discussed In
tho preliminary debates on March Z9,
when Albany College will meet Willam
ette University and McMlnnvllle Col-lea-e
will contest with Pacific College
pona
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and also In tho final debate on April
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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.
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and their books which every
one is reading and talking about
The Case of
Richard Meynell
By Mrs. Humphry Ward
- l"he romance of a man who re
volts against the established order.
It is a strong story in Mrs. Ward's
best style.
READ THESE TWO OPINIONS
In The Case of Richard Mey
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done the best work of her literary
career. In "Richard Meynell she
has come into her own again. The
story itself is strong, deep with
human feeling and compelling in
its interest. Sacramento Union.
A Reader says:
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opportunely, in a time of depres
sion and literary drought. I read
it once, quickly and eagerly, for
the story, you know. Now I am
giving it a second, and more care
ful, perusal It is a fine piece of
work, fulfilling all the promise of
'Robert Elsmere.'
"Both as story and argument it
seems to me a much better book
than that. My sympathies and
oonvictions are so markedly on the
side of the Modernists that it is a
rare pleasure to me to have their
cause argued so clearly and ably.
The
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and woods." Washington Evening
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