? ttit vnnTn OREGONIAX. MOND.W, .
PRIL 20, 1912.
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VICTIM
CAUGHT
FOUND SAFE
Man Who Lured Aged Farmer
From Home Jailed by Po
lice in Portland.
SOLE SURVIVOR OF CHAMPOEG CONVENTION OF MAY 2, 1843,
ASYLUM COUP EXPLAINED
II. frank Allen After Hi Capture
in Portland Tells roller How He
Planned and Executed I
rape om Institution.
TVhtle peace officer in thre coun
ties were searching j-rnterdav for J.
M. Berry, an acrd. man of Hlllsboro.
aupposetj to have brrn dcoyrl for pur
poses of extortion by II. Frank Allen.
n escaped lunatic. Allen was ter
rorises a rltlscn uf Portland yesterday
nd was arrexted by Patrolman Sims.
tmultaneou.ly. newa came from Salem
that Ierry bad arrived there on the trip
Induced by Allen, the purpose of which
was to obtain the release of Berry's
new-phew from the Inune Asylum. The
belief entertained by Hlll.'boro author
ities that Berry had drawn a large
amount of money at the behest of Allen
was found to be a mistake.
A Ilea Seeks Fries.
Allen made his appearance yesterday
at a sars ire at Kat Twenty-third and
Belmont streets, kept by C K. Ilol-
romb. x-Clerk of Washington founty
and an old acquaintance of the dement
ed man. This was the first definite trace
found of Allen sine he bound an at
tendant at the Insane Asllum and
escaped with three others i week ;u.
Allen, whose dementia takes the form
of a hallucination that he Is a bU busi
ness man. htran sending lonaditance
calls orer llolcomb a telephone to Jill
parts of the system, partly In seeking
the serTtees of private detectives at
tl a month salary, tie also made ef
forts to obtain possession o a revolver.
He submitted to arrest, but became verv
oratorical at the City Jail. He is held
for return to Salem.
Allen talked rationally to the officers
and took upon himself the credit for
planning the roup by which he and his
rompsnions escaped from the asylum. It
was he. be said, who "stron-arnied"
an attendant as be was lounging- in a
barber chslr. bound him and took his
keys, bv means of which escape was
easy, lie threw no Ilsrht on the present
whereabouts of his companions, but
said he had been traveling ever since.
Deteettv Make Sea re k.
Berry. Induced by Allen, came to
Tortland Saturday and proceed to Sa
lem to see his newphew In the asylum.
The report that he had drawn a Urce
amount of money from the bank caused
arave uneasiness, when Portland detec
tives and Washington and Marlon
County Sheriffs were unable to tret any
trace of Mm Saturday night or until
late yesterday.
BEKRY TF.I.LS OK EXPERIENCE
Hlll5boro Resident Not So.-pli-lou
of Inunr Companion.
HIIXFBORO. Or April IS. tSpe
claL Alarmed over the circumstances
surrounding the departure of John L
Berry, an aged Htlisboro resident. In
company wtlh II. Frank Allen, an es
caped lunatic. Berry's son. Frank, this
morning Instituted search and found
his fattier at Salem at the home of
Alexander Potter, a carpenter and
friend of the family. Tue father said
that be had taken the train for Salem
at Jefferson street. Portland, and at
once had gone to the home of his friend.
He said that Allen, who said he was a
physician, made no demonstration en
route from Htlisboro to Portland, ex
cept to be very anxious about the II
which must be paid for the tig. This
money Mr. Berry gave him. with t!
more to pay the alleged doctor's fare
to Salem, where they were to meet
Monday morning.
When apprised of the fact that he
hsd made the trip to Portland with an
Insane man Mr. Berry expressed sur
prise, and said that his companion had
talked of nothing but of being a brain
specialist all the distance. Allen de
clared that he would have Berry's
nephew. Joe Fryear, now In the asylum
at Salem, cured In a few weeks If he
could be brought to bis Portland office.
Allen, the escape, was In the same
ward with Fryear at Salem, and from
Fryear had learned that he had an
uncle by the name of J. M. Berry at
Htlisboro. Yesterday Alien hired a
team In Portland and arrived at Htlis
boro In the forenoon. He made Inquiry
at the Hotel Washington as to the resi
dence of Berry, and obtained the de
sired information. He drove to the
Berry borne and Introduced himself as
a specialist on insanity, and aaid that
recently he had been at Salem with a
patient, and bad witnessed brutal treat
ment of Fryear. the nephew. He then
told them that he had influence at the
state Institution, and that If the elder
Kerry would go with htm he could get
Fryear s reelase. take him to Portland
to hia private sanitarium, and In a few
weeks have him cured, at no expense
to Frysafs relatives except the simple
matter of transportation and the cost
of the rig to Hlllsboro. which he repre
sented was IS. He told Berry that he
was ready to go back, and that they
must move quickly. Berry, who Is T4
years old. went to the bank and drew
lis from hla meager savings.
In a telephone conversation today
Mr. Berry declared that never again
would he take a ride with a stranger
under any circumstances. Berry has a
wife and two sons here, snd one son In
Montana. He was born In Missouri In
1131. and came to Oregon In 1ISS. set
tling In Linn County, near Albany. He
ms in the Indian wara of 1ISSS-S. and
draws a pension. The old man has a
great affection for bis nephew, now In
the asylum. In whose behalf be made
the trip with the maniac.
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Washington County Farmer ay Xo
Harm Was Attempted.
Su:M, Or- April . (Special. J.
M Berry, of Hlllsboro. who rode with
Frnnk Allen, escaped lunatic, from
Hlllsboro to Portland yesterday, was
found today at the home of A. Totter.
Twentieth and Mill streets.
-Allen tl thlnjc he gsve me that
name when he arrived at my home
toM me that he was a. physician and
that he could effect a cure for my
nephew, who Is In the asylum." said
Mr. Berry. "If that man Is Insane,
there must be many mors Insane men
out of the asylum than In. He could
n.t have been more sollcttous for me If
i- had been my father, and I had no
.'t that he was Insane, nor did any of
iiis actions Indicate It."
Mr. Berry said he only drew enough
money from the Hlllsboro bank to pay
for the team. He Intends to remain
here tomorrow and visit bit nephew.
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REGKONS WRITER
K. X. MATTHIKl.
PIONEERS 10 MEET
Birthday of Civil Government in
Oregon to Be Noted.
EVENT SET FOR THURSDAY
Native yin of Slate to Hold Cele
bration at Chanipoec Ex-Governor
Geer and E. V.
. Ilolmnii Will Speak.
Next Thursday will be the 9th anni
versary of the birthday of American
civil government on the Pacific Coast.
The act of the people that day only
10! persons assembled by the adop
tion or the report of a previously ap
pointed committee. waa the startlnir
point of the provisional government of
Oregon. The. people livlnu in Oregon
at tills time numbered less than 300
Americans. This organisation performed
erery function of the National Oovern
ment of the I'nited States until March
3. IMS. wnen the Oregon territorial
government was set up by the procla
mation of Governor Joseph Lano. an
appointee of President Polk, by which
act Oregon was formally admitted to
the Union.
For thtwelfth time this event is to
be celebrated under the auspices of F.
X. Matthleu Cabin of Native Sons of
Oregon. Ex-Governor T. T. Geer will
act as president of the day and the
principal address will be given by
Frederick V. Holman. president of the
Oregon Historical Society. . F. X. Mat
thlou. the only person now living who
was present years ago and who voted
for organisation, will be present.
ChampoesT can be reached br boat
leaving foot of Taylor street at 1:45 A.
M- or by electric car from the Nortn
Bank Ie'pot at :15 A. M.. which will
reach Wllsonvllle in time to Intercept
the boat at 11 A. M.
nay bridge. These ure very Important
links in the system. Without having
obtained the franchises for them, the
company is now engaged in laying the
tracks n Sandy boulevard and Mil
waukie street, pursuant to an agreement
reached at a recent conference be
tween Mayor Rushlight. Councllmen
Baker and Burgard and representatives
of the company. Pavoments are being
put in on both streets and It was de
sired that the tracks he laid ahead of
the Improvement, so the company con
coded the point and started work at
once.
Tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock,
the committee will consider the pro
posed franchise on Fourth street, ap
plied for by the Southern Parlrtc. which
ocsires to double track and electrify
that branch of Its system.
FRANCHISES UP TODAY
COMMITTER WILL. TRY" TO UX
TAJk'GI.K PAKE RKGCLiATIOX.
Street Included In Measure Arc
Sandy Boulevard. MllwauUe and
Seventh S. P. .Matter Due.
Consideration of the proposed ordi
nance, carrying a number of franchises
for the Portlsnd Railway. Light A
Power Company, will be resumed at 10
o'clock this morning by the street com
mittee of the City Council. George I
Baker Is chairman and the other mem
bers are John M. Burgard. George D.
Dunning. Tom X. Monks. James Ma
gulre, Allan It. Joy and William
jjchmeer.
Ijist Thursday the committee met
with the streetcar company officials
and discussed various features of the
f rapthls'S. but the members were
deadlocked on a clause regulating fares
and adjourned without rescuing any
definite oeclslon. Only six of the mem
bers of the committee were present at
the last session. Councilman Magulre
being absent, but this morning It Is
expected that the full membership will
be present and that the committee will
either recommend the franchises to the
Council or refuse so to recommend. .
F. I. Fuller, vice-president of the
company, told the members at the last
meeting that bis company Is opposed
to the clause regulating fares, as none
of tbelr other franchises specifically
gives the Council this right and he said
that the sale of bonda would be ham
pered to a great extent by the Incor
poration of such a provision.
City Attorney Grant Inserted thla
provision, he said, to protect the city
In future. He said that he dtd not be
lieve that any Council would ever care
to reduce the fare from five cents, but
that he believed the city should have
such a right In case It desired to exer
cise It.
Among the franchlsra Included In the
ordinance ar those for the Sandy
boulevard. Mllwaukle street end Sev
enth street, connecting with the Broad.
POLICE RAID OPIUM DEN
Officer Arrest Chinese and Three
White Visitors.
Opium weighing .more than eight
pounds and worth nearly $100 was
found by Sergeant Klenlcn. Patrolmen
Hutchings and Stewart, in the estab
lishment or Ah Hong. 387 V Everett
street, when officers raided the place
early yesterday. They arrested the
proprietor and three visitors Frank
Anderson. Frank Howard and Mabel
Wilson, all white.
The house has been under surveil-.
lance and haa been raided frequently.
On account of the number of American
visitors seen going Into the place, the
police term it one of the worst opium
Joints In the city.
The quantity of opium was hidden
In a closet In the floor, covered with
a linoleum. The rooms were full of
opium smoke when the raid was made.
None of the visitors was smoking.
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
S. E. Carr, of Spokane, is at the Port
land. P. A. Marsh Is registered at the Cor
nelius. I R. Wallet, of Eugene, Is at the
Carlton.
L. H. Strelgel. of Baker, is at the
Oregon.
E. B. Pchull. or Pendleton, is at the
Perkins.
Emmett Callahan, of Baker, is at the
Portland. . .
R. C. Crosby, of Dundee. Is at the
Multnomah.
C. D.' Hartxell, of Fossil, is registered
at the Imperial.
L. A. Stoop Is registered at the Im
perial from Elgin.
It V. Waldron. of Newberg, is at
the Perkins Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. L. 8. Mayes, of Baker,
are at the Carlton.
Herman Wise. ex-Mayor of Astoria,
Is at the Multnomah. 4
H. A. Scott Is registered st the Cor
nelius from Hlllsboro.
T. A. Crawford, of La Grande, is reg
istered at the Imperial.
H. F. Laut Is registered at the Ore
gon from North Yakima.
J. B. Lacy, a business man of Sher
wood, is st the Cornelius.
l H. Plnkham. Jr an engineer from
Spokane, is at the Bowers.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa Scadden. of
Butte, are at the Portland.
G. A. Judd and G. B. Johnson, of As
toria, are at the Multnomah.
Mr.- and Mrs. A. B. Fredenthal, of
Marshfleld, are at the Perkins. .
Mr. snd Mrs. R. L. Ryan are regis
tered at the Carlton from Fairfield.
L. J. Chapman, of the Ontario Com
mercial Club, Is registered at the Im
perial. A. MacCorquodale, general passenger
agent for the O.-W. K. & N. at Spokane,
Is at the Portland.
J. C. H. Ivlns, proprietor of the Hotel
Ivlns, of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Ivlns
are at the Oregon.
Robert E. Twohy, of Twohy & Bros.,
who haa been engaged on a project
near Vancouver, B. C, Is at the Bowers.
J. G. Wood worth, of St. Paul, traffic
manager of the Northern Pacific Rail
way, and Mrs. Woodworth are at the
Multnomah Hotel.
CHICAGO, April 38. (Special.) W.
M. Kollasch. of Portland. Or., Is at the
Great Northern Hotel: James Turnball,
of Portland, Is at the Grand racinc.
A CIGAR OF QUALITY.
Don't con-fuse the "Sam Sloan" cigar
with "cheap and nasty" products sold
for th same price 5 cents. ; No brass
bands, no big inducements to dealers.
Just a quality cigar which you will ap
Portland Man Boards Prairie i
Schooner for Long Over- j
land Jaunt. j
OLD MEXICO IS GOAL
H. K. Wcslgate. of The Oregonian,
and Wife Head South In Nomadic
Kn.-hion for "Local Color" for
Pictures, Stories, Health.
Provloned for a six months' cruise
In a prairie schooner and armed with
several slabs of bacon, some hams, a
case of eggs and other edibles to be
used in emergencies when fish refuse
t. rise to a fly or dive to a mouthful
of other halt-tempters. Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Westgate this morning hitched
a team of fractloue cayuses to a canvas-covered
wagon and headed for the
open. They are off for a six months'
camping trip that will rary' them
through Oregon and California to the
border of Old Mexico.
Mr. Westgate is a newspaperman and
left the copy desk of The Oregonlan
Saturday night. Before oomln? to Port
land lie was In the employ of the
Spokesman-Review, of Spokane. He has
worked for many of the big dailies be
tween Pittsburg and the Pacific Coast.
Including the Chicago Tribune. Salt
I.a ko Tribune. Great Falls Herald. Los
Angeles Herald and Examiner and
papers in San Francisco. Mrs. West
gat is a clever pen and Ink artist and,
will Illustrate stories of the trip as
written by her husband.
Trip Plaaned for Tea Years.
The drive to Southern California will
be made by easy stages of eight or ten
miles a day. and tho Westgates will
camp several days at a Ume at places
sffordlng good fishing or material for
Mrs. Westgate's pen. Mr. Westgate
says he has planned this camping trip
for ten years: that he is tired of bend
ing over desks In newspsper offices and
of filling his lungs with bad air and
tobacco smoke.
In speaking of the trip, Mr. Westgate
said:
"We will aim to make about ten
miles each day. on an average, but
when the fishing is good, or the scenery
appeals to us and we wish to stay
longer, we may stay in camp at one
spot for a week.
"Hunting, fishing, monntain hikes,
sketching and obtaining pictures and
data for a series of newspaper articles,
will make up our programme.
Iove of Writing Lores.
"Our plans now. which are subject
to change of course, call for a wagon
Journey to lxs Angeles, and we expect
to reach tho Southern California city
about October or November.
"Among other articles. I expect to
contribute a series of little stories to
the newspapers on' 'What the Owners
of Small Farms and Orchards In Oregon
snd California Are Doing.' obtaining my
Information first-hand and going Into
details when describing Just what has
been done, and what may be done, by
the Investment of a small amount of
money, coupled with hard work. In be
coming an independent and carefree
tiller of the soil In the Pacific Coast
States."
STATE TO SEND EXHIBIT
OREGON WILL SHOW HEALTH
riCTURKS IN EAST.
Moving Films of State Institutions
to Be seen at International Con
gress on Hygiene.
Plans have been perfected by the
Oregon State Board of Health in con-
Junction with several other societies.
to have Oregon represented in a spe
cial way at the Fifteenth International
Congress of Hygiene and Demography,
to be held In Washington. D. C. Sep
tember 23-28. Beside making an ef
fort to send a large delegation to reap
the benefits to be derived from the ex
hibits, a plan Is on foot to have motion
pictures of state Institutions and of
places where sanitary measures are
employed.
Some time ago a committee was ap
pointed to arrange for an exhibit from
Oregon. The committee consists of
Mrs. W. B. Ayer. Mrs. Jtooert H. late.
Mrs. A. E. Rockey, Dr. A. C. Smith and
Dr. Calvin S. White, chairman. Dr.
White yesterday received a letter from
John T. Fulton, secretary-general of
the congress, saying that a moving
picture exhibit such as outlined would
be acceptable.
It Is arranged to have motion pic
tures taken of the various state Instl-
Health U tho foundation of all good
look. The wise woman realizes this
and takes precautions to preserve) her
health and strength through the pe
riod of child bearing. She remains a
pretty mother br avoiding as far as
possible the suffering and dangers of
such occasions. This every woman
may do through the use of Mother's
Friend. This is a medicine for
external application and so penetrating
In its nature as to thoroughly lubricate
every muscle, nerve and tendon in
volved during the period before baby
comes. It aids nature by expanding
the skin and tissues, relieves tender
ness and soreness, and perfectly pre
pares the system " .
iaf.rth9iV
Mother's Friend AVZAPsTlO
Is sold at drug JVVW
stores. Write for free book for ex-
pectant mothers, which contains much
valuable Information.
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Bulk Cocoannt, pound at lbC
Fancy old Potatoes, 11 lbs. 25
Old Dutch Cleanser, 3 cans 23
25c Crescent Sardines at 17
Cut. Stringless Beans, special,
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Standard Corn, dozen cans at
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Maine Corn, 3 cans only 32
Solid Packed Tomatoes, special
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Jap style Rice, 5 pounds 25
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Fancy Cream Cheese, lb., 24
25c Blue Label Catsup, btl. ISc
Fancy New Walnuts, lb., 17
Cottolene, medium pails at 55o
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Lard, medium pails, at 70
Lard,' large pails only $1.35
tutlons, and also of the principal water
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and other institutions about the state
In which the sanitary measures em
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plan to show Orea-on scenic views. In
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The object of the congress Is to study
the relative mortality of different sec
tions, the effects of climatic conditions,
of food conditions, the welfare of the
child, child labor, infant mortality and
ways and means of prolonging life.
Every state in the union and most of
the foreign governments will be repre
sented at the congress.
Rate on Logs Cut.
OLTMPIA. Wash., April 28. (Spe-
clal.) The public service commission
has entered a formal order holding: tliat
the differential rate on Iocs between
leys than and more than ten carloads
should not exceed ten cents, and has.
therefore, granted the prayer of the
Central Mill Company, of Buckley, for
a reduction of the rate on logs shipped
from Buckley to Tacoma. The Northern
Pacific Railway was the defendant in
the case.
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