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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1913. GIRLS EMPOISONED GAUDY Ai FRUIT Strychnine Placed in All Food While Mrs. Delia Earl, of Montavilla, Is Away. FORMER ROOMER IS HELD J. B. Koare, Arrested Dy Sheriff AX ter Investigation, Denies Guilt. Keeent Quarrel Is Basis for Placing of Suspicion. Strychnine ou the sugar, the candy, the fruit, in fact on every edible In the house, and her daughter and her daughter's playmate lying seriously ill was what greeted Mrs. Delia Earl, who lives on Ninety-second and Hoyt streets. Montavilla. on her return last night from a visit to her married daughter. As a result or an investi gation J. B. Beare was arrested, charred with Dolsoning the food. Mrs. Earl left last Friday, leaving her daughter. Ruby, who is only la years old. under the care of neigh bors. The girl stayed with them all the time until yesterday afternoon, when she returned to the house to pre pare for her mother's return. With her went her playmate. The two ate some candy that was In the house and Immediately became vio lently 111. The mother arrived short ly afterwards. Kinetic ! Poisoned, Too. Her first Idea was to administer an emetic. To do this she procured some salt and poured over It the water In the kettle. Her daughter had no sooner tasted it than she spat it all out. ex claiming. "It tastes the same as the caly." Mrs. Earl then discovered that strychnine literally covered all the food. She telephoned to Sheriff word. Last night tiie Sheriff, accompanied by deputies, made an investigation and found that the case In no way had been exaggerated. They brought back nu merous samples of the poisoned food and continued t work on the case all night. The candy that the girls ate was pal atable when the mother left home on Friday, for 'all had eaten of it. Suspicion stents) on Beare. After questioning Mrs. Earl. Sheriff Word learned that J. B. Beare. who had lived at the house for the last three or four years off and on, had left, owing to a disagreement. He came to Portland In 1907, having separated two years previously from his wife, whom he married in New York in 1904. He and Mrs. Earl were planning to build a house, but had had a disa greement over the proportion to be borne by each, so Mrs. Earl said. Then other matters crept into the story, Beare alleging that Mrs. Earl had too many friends. On one occasion the police were called in late at night to arbitrate a quarrel and the two parted on by no means good terms on January 13. Sheriff Word last night went to the Troutman Hotel. Second and Madison streets, and arrested Beare. He was taken to the County Jail, where he is held, charged with an attempt to poi son the girls. Beare, at the jail, denied all knowl edge of the affair, saying that they had separated only on a misunder standing and that nothing was further from his mind than such a deed. SECRET BALLOT IS TAKEN Telephone Men May Have Voted Con trary to Offer Made. With 250 members present and proxies of fully 100 more in the hands of the secretary a secret ballot was taken last night at a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Electrical - vorKera, icai ao. na, as 10 me ac ceptance of aha proposition of the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph Company with reference to the demand for an increase of wages. The secret ballot will be sent to San Francisco to the district council to be canvassed and from all the different locals in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Ari zona and part ot Idaho that were taken at the same time. The demand made by the Electrical Workers was for a flat rise of 50 cents a day and this was replied to by the company with an offer of a rise of 25 rents a day for about 40 per cent of its employes, and It is on this offer that the secret ballot is being taken. At the meeting the only indication of how the vote was beinpr cast was that ubout $0 per cent of those present spoko against the acceptance of the offer of the company. 95 SOLDIERS EXECUTED t Contlnued From First Page.) tion on the understanding that Go mes will be appointed in his stead. David de la Fuente. chief of staff to Inez Salazar. the rebel General who had accepted the Gomez claims, win take the proffered position on the Huerta Cabinet. Demands May Be Met. In this way It Is expected to put in immediate effect the rebel demands for distribution of public lands. As Minister of Agriculture, Gomez would be empowered to settle the agrarian problem to the satisfaction of the rebels, it is asserted by rebel agents here. This arrangement is given as the reason for the failure of Aldape and de la Fuente to accept the posi tions offered by Huerta, fearing to arouse complications with the follow ers of Gomes, who had been offered nothing by the party in power at Mexico City. Aklape, now at San Antonio, Tex., will leave soon for the national capital to lay the plans for pacification of the northern rebels before General Huerta and his advisers. De la Fuente and Go mez are both under bond on Federal In dictments issued in Texas. BlSlXF.SS IS AT STAXDSTIIX .New York- Firms Fail to Deliver Orders to Mexico. NEW YORK. Feb. 14. Exporters and importers with Mexican connections awaited with anxiety today further ad vices of the situation in Mexico. Ship ments and contracts aggregating mil lions of dollars are held up, pending restoration of order. Much of this busi ness is for foreign account, chiefly French and German. It Is understood that a contract recently made by the Madero government with a big elec trical concern here has been canceled. A. . rrl tAilsT that scores of American and foreign corporations were preparing to fight claims against the Mexican government. These are in addition to damages sustained by the Southern Pacific Company in the re cent revolution, and range from a few thousand dollars to sizable fractions of millions. They probably will be pre sented to the State Department at Washington. Bankers identified with the Mexican government during the Diaz regime took occasion to deny all knowledge of a reported loan to the new administra tion. BORDER m,li BE PROTECTED Governor Colquitt Gets Assurance That Troops Will Be Sent. V AUSTIN. Tex..' Feb. 24. Governor Colquitt received a telegram today in forming him that the Federal troops will move back into their former posi tions along the Rio Grande in the Big Bend section of Texas. This region, embracing about 200 miles of border, was left unguarded by a recent movement ' of the Federal troops. IWILSOli TO DECIDE FATE OF "OREGON" Present Administration Will Take No Action on Relegat ing Old Warrior. TURN VEREIN AHRACTS RCSSIAX DANCE IS MOST SPEC TACTLAR EVENT. PROTEST NOT UNEXPECTED Professor R. Genserowskl Trains 200 Athletes of Both Sexes Who Perform at Heilig Theater. The Portland Social Turn Vereln's annual gymnastio exhibition at the Heillg Theater last night was greeted with a packed audience which was en thusiastic in its applause. Professor R Genserowskl bad trained 200 ath letes of both sexes and all ages rang ing from 7 up, and 14 different exhibi tions resulted. The most spectacular number was the Russian dance of the women's class. Dressed in vari-colored Rus sian costumes and timed with Russian music, this group overpowered the feelings of the audience, which kept applauding long after the curtain went down, but there were no encores given. The march of all the classes at tne beginning aroused everybody. Even an usher said: "I usually read during the shows, but I won't miss any of this one." The snap introduced into every thing, including the walking in the en trance and exit from the stage and the rhythm caused by the drill soon had everybody "doing It," that is, keeping time by drumming with their hands or feet. "The Loreley." a classic dancmg drill of the second girls' class, accompanied by a song by the girls, who were dressed in white, with long hair, was second only to the Russian dance in popularity. The advanced exercises on the hori zontal bar by the prise-winning team was an exhibition of wonderful skill and strength, but the similar exercises. as performed by boys who preceded this team, were even more popular on ac count of the skill shown by the youths under 12 years. The apparatus exercises by girls un der 16, performed on parallel bars, Ger man horse and lumping rod. demon strated clearly how much can be ac complished by girls when properly trained by an efficient gymnastic In structor. The Indian club swinging by the grown women was a contrast to the dumbbell exercises of the girls un der 12, inasmuch as the children were lively and the grownups serious and sedate. The pyramids of the Junior men's class found the partakers In all kinds of perilous positions. Other numbers were the wand exerciea and tug-of-war by boys under 15, marching, running exercises and games by boys under 12 and a Swedish folk dance by girls un der 12. The entire exhibition was marked with one of the most healthy gather ings of young people that might be found anywhere. Giant physiques, beautiful figures and pink complexions won the admiration of everybody present VETO MAY HIT RIVER BILL President Said to Obect to Amend ments as Added. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. The annual rivers and harbors appropriation bill was passed today by the Senate, after a prolonged fight. Amendments added to the bill brought predictions that it would be vetoed by the President. One of those amendments was the Connecti cut River dam bill, which had been passed by the Senate a week ago. The bill as reported to the Senate from committee carried an appropria tion of $48,091,745, an increase of $7, 218,787 over the amount authorized by the House. Several amendments adopt ed by the Senate Increased this sum materially and those, together with the committee amendments, will be threshed out in conference with the House. The bill of Senator Newlands, of Ne vada, providing for the creation of a river regulation board to take over all river Improvement work, also was adopted. OFFICER LOSES PRISONER One of Three Arrested by Patrolman Adams Makes Getaway. Breaking loose from Patrolman Adams, one of three men he had arrest ed made good his escape last night on Williams avenue, despite the fact that a couple of bullets from the policeman's gun winged their way after him. On the complaint of L. W. Clark, the officer had arrested the three men as being part of a gang of peddlers of stolen jewelry. When searched they had no Jewelry on them but the com plainant was so sure of his men that the officer determined to take them to the K. K. Linn market for identifi cation there. It was on the way that the one man broke loose. The other two, giving the names of F. and H. Joseph, were held at the station on a charge of vagrancy. NEGRO IS SERIOUSLY ILL Johnson Reported Worse, but Doc tor Makes Denial. CHICAGO, Feb. 24. Jack Johnson, the pugilist who has been ill here for some days with pneumonia, was re ported worse tonight and rumors were circulated that he was dead. His phy sician, however, stated that Johnson had rallied and was not in danger. The crisis of the pneumonia Is some days away. Adam Smith Is Arrested. Adam. Smith was arrested last night by Patrolman Schirmer on a charge of assaulting Fred Dubbs with a danger ous weapon. The two men were in con versation at 95 North Third street, when Smith suddenly pulled out a Jack knife and stabbed Dubbs with It, but not seriously. He had the knife on him when arrested. He was taken I to the police station. Secretary of the Xavy Disposed to Let Question of "Scrapping" Old Sea Fighter Go Over to Suc cessor in Office. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lnirton. Feb. 24. It will be up to th next Administration to determine whether or not the. battleship Onego shall be "scrapped," as recommended by bureau chiefs of the Navy Depart ment. Krretrv Jfever: to whom this Tec ommendation was made is not disposed to act on it, inasmuch as officers wno retraiv! the Oregon as obsolete, are willing she shall remain on the active list until after the completion of the Panama Canal, in order to lead the naval parade through that waterway socretarv Mever is disposed to let rec ommendations lay over for the next Secretary of the Navy. The Navy Department Is not sur prised at the storm of protest that has arisen over the action or bureau cnieis In fact aiirh orotest was anticipated but officers who favor "scrapping" the Oregon maintain that sentiment can not be considered when 'it comes to maintaining an efficient Navy. It has always been the custom of the Navy to dispose of warships when they be come obsolete and those who now rec nnmmc that the Oreeon be "scrapped," Insist this rule should ap ply to historic battleships as well as to less famous craft. . However, it is admitted, that with a change of Administration there may come a change of policy and there Is a rtosslbillty that President Wilson and his Secretary of the Navy may dis- agreo with those who want to throw the Oregon in the discard. Bv the time the new Administration opens the Navy Department will be flooded with -protests against "scrap ping" the Oregon, At" the same time the upkeep of the Oregon is costing several hundred thousand dollars each year and Democrats of the naval com mittees of the Senate and House are likely to indorse some plan taking the Oregon off the active list. CLUBMEN ARE HELD UP ROBBERS STOP MTJITXOMAH MEMBERS ; GET NOTHING. - Others Are Informed of Affair and Search Is Made bnt Kb Trace of Footpads Is Found. Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club was seething with excitement last night, a pair of holdup men, evidently amateurs from their actions, fruitlessly attempting: to reap a golden harvest from Winged "M" members. Dick Grant, the Hill Military Academy sprinter, who is a prospective member of the Multnomah Club track squad, and Otto Mattern,' another member, were waylaid by the gunmen. Grant was leaving the club about 9:30 o'clock, after a strenuous evening of indoor gymnastics, and had reached a point opposite the King residence near Stout and Salmon streets, in the shade of the Multnomah Club Iron fence, when a man stepped out from the shadows and another ran across the street, each presenting a pistol with the cry of "hands up," Up went Grant's hands, but his wits remained In their customary location and when he informed his attackers that he had no money with him they backed him down the alley where the club fence turns and then walked rap idly away. Grant entered the club from the field and sounded the alarm, a half dozen fellow-members rushing for the spot in an effort to catch the law-breakers. Ere they hau walked 60 feet Otto Mattern came tearing towards them with . the cry that he also had been approached by the holdups, but had proved too fleet of foot for them and thus escaped. The clubmen scoured the neighbor hood for half an hour, but no traces of the men were discovered. BLOCK SIGNALS INSTALLED Automatic System Between Vancouver and Tenino in Operation. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) The new automatic block sys tem installed between Vancouver and Tenino, on the Northern Pacific, was completed today and now trains leave here without running orders, except where they should be cautious, "owing to soft track, or other dangers. The blocks work by batteries, the rails carrying the current. On straight track, the blocks are about two miles apart, but on curves and more danger ous places are closer. When the track is clear the blocks read green, where there is a train In the block, red shows, and when they should be cautious, yellow. - CITY WARRANT WITHDRAWN Vancouver Citizens Protest Purchase of Burial Ground. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) The $7500 warant issued by the City Council some time ago for the purchase of a cemetery site, payment of which was held up by court proceed ings, was officially withdrawn tonight at a special meeting of the Council. Widespread protest voiced against extension of the burying ground within the city limits was given as the cause for this action. ' t Torpedo-Boat Bid Requested. VALLEJO, Cal., Feb. 24. The Navy Department ordered the Mare Island Navy-Yard today to submit bids for the cost of constructing torpedo-boat tender No. 2. authorized at the last ses sion of Congress, with a cost limit of $1,400,000. Plans and specifications will be forwarded at an early date. JEWELER RELATES HIS GRATIFYING EXPERIENCE Thinks Plant Juice Is a Wonder ful Remedy and Tells of Its - Benefits to Him. There is probably no more popular man in San Francisco than air. fli. Green, of the well-known firm of Green Brothers, wholesale Jewelers at 717 Market street there. Mr. Green now belongs to the Plant Juice enthusiasts, and Js warm in his praise of the new remedy that has won so many friends in the short time that it has been on the market in the West. Mr. Green said: "The Plant Juice waa certainly the candy.' In my case excessive smoking had Irritated my throat until it finally caused a catarrhal condition. In try ing to clear my throat of the accumu lations I would bring on a fit of coughing that would Jar my whole body so that I felt sore as though I had been bruised by a fall. I would cough until my eyes would get blood shot and badly puffed underneath; my throat was so bad that I thought my tonsils were affected. . Plant Juice had stopped all this; my throat does not feel as though there had ever been anything the matter with it, the swell ing has., all gone down from under my eyes. I would not have believed it possible for any remedy to effect the change in me that Plant Juice has in such a short time." Plant Juice is new, made from the juices of fresh medicinal plants gath ered from all over the world and com bined with the greatest skill of mod ern science. It Is a rare combination of all that Is newest and best, and its effects upon the human organism are truly wonderful. This is an age of city sick people, dyspeptic, brain fagged, nerve wrecked, liver and kidney dis eased, the result of modern ways of living. People are surfeited with medi cines that clog the system; their nerves crave some new essence; their vital organs demand some new life force. Plant Juice gives them this; it Is dif ferent from anything they have ever tried. Call at The Owl Drug Co., Seventh and Washington,' today and get a bottle from the special Plant Juice man there. If it does not do you more good than anything you have ever taken your money will be returned. It is understood that the department intends rushing work on the collier. VOTER'S JOB IS HUSTLER Two Hundred Women Register in One Day, bnt Only 10 Men. About 200 Portland women and ten men registered yesterday. The notice able feature of the women's method of registering is that they give the in formation called for promptly. From Foster road came a number of women who registered as "independ ents." . From another precinct two women of the 'same family registered at the same time. Their place of resi dence is the same. The elder regis tered as a Prohibitionist, the younger as a Socialist. The Socialist and the Democratic vote is about equal. The Progressive vote Is practically negligible. The Re publican vote is 85 per cent of the total so far. "Housewife" is the prevailing "occu pation." Few clerks or store employes have registered. About ten have given their occupation as "homemakers," one being a woman of 73. One man gave his occupation as "hustler." Ope young matron yesterday, accom panied by her husband, gave her party affiliation as "Prohibitionist" "Oh, cut that out! That's a Joke," de clared her companion. "Put down Re publican . there. She's a Republican. I'm her husband. I'm one." It was pointed out that she was registering, not her husband. Then he entreated her to look at this in a business way." She succumbed. . DEER SLAYERS SENTENCED Prolific Hunting; Camp Maintained v on Lindsay Creek la Report. HOOD RIVER, Or, Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Martin Frame, Martin Stahl and Wesley J. Coon, Indians, and Gust George, who pleaded guilty this morn ing before Justice of the Peace Buck to charges of slaughtering deer out of season, were fined $50 each. They were unable to pay and .were sentenced to Jail for 25 days each. The prisoners left for The Dalles today. The men had camped on Lindsay Creek, about 15 miles east of the city, and bad been killing deer for two weeks, according, to reports from the vicinity. Luis S. Fritz, deputy game warden, of The Dalles, learned of the hunting camp Friday. The officer says the men killed eight deer last week. They bad three when arrested. BIG DREDGE IS DYNAMITED Guggenheim Property on Alaskan Creek Damaged $25,000. t DAWSON, T. T Feb. 24. Dynamited by some person or persons unknown, the Guggenheim dredge. No. 1, at the mouth ot the Bonanza creek, was prac tically completely destroyed last night and damage amounting to approxi mately $25,000 was caused. The action was malicious, the dyna mite having been stolen from two powder-houses near the scene of the outrage. Explosives were evidently placed in the hull of the dredge, which was of the Bucyrus type and originally cost $25,000, being the finest in the North. So far no clue likely to point to the Identity of those responsible for the destruction has been found. Mr Wmdle Sam ft Ifte 1 home Uncle Sam is particular on what he puts his seal of approval. His little green stamp crowns every bottle of Good old wsissism Bottled In Bond because it measures up to his high Standard of Purity. You will find it a "royal good whiskey." Not only in purity, but in quality and fine flavor, it is everywhere recognized as The Best Rye in the Field R0THCHILD BROS., Distributors, Portland, Oregon. THREE BOYS ARRESTED POMCE KIP IX BUD PIOT TO ROB J. K. HAVKLY'S OFFICE. Two Lads Who Make Escape as Of ficers Enter, Are Fonnd in Bed Presumably Fast Asleep. Gaining entrance with a flled-down key, at their second attempt, three boys were caught at 10:30 o'clock last night before they had had time to steal anything- of value from the offices of J. K. Havely, a district magazine agent. When Patrolmen Schirmer. Lelsy and Evans arrived on the scene they found John Conley hiding under the desk. but the other two had made good their escape. From the one, however, the officer gained the addresses of his com panions, and after taking John to .the police station went after the other two. One of these was William Conley, brother of the first boy, who has been up before Judge Gatens in the Juvenile Court on a charge of stealing bananas and oranges. William Conley was in bed at 691 Fourth street, presumably fast asleep. The other-boy, Frank Webber, who lives at 225 Mill street, had been a cool witness of the removal of the first boy to the station In the wagon, it was discovered, when the officers arrived at his house, for they recognized him as a boy they had seen. He, too, at tempted to prove that he had been in bed all the time, but when the cloth ing was thrown oft he appeared In all his clothes. The boys admitted this was their second attempt, for they had seen Mr. Havely counting sums of money in his office. On this occasion the safe was empty. Webber Is almost IS, the elder Con ley boy, William, is IS and the younger is 14. The first named wqrks for a department store at $7 a week, the younger Conley for another large store at the same wages, and William Con- ley formerly worked for the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company, so the boys told the police last night. Fred Glafke Seriously Hi. Fred Glafke, father of W. B. Glafke. of 1148 Tburman street, is seriously 111 at his home. He tras stricken with paralysis three weeks ago and has been unconscious since. The doctors hold out little hope for his recovery. Mr. Glafke was born in Germany and has been a resident of Portland for 18 years. Clatsop County Taxes Paid. ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 24. Sheriff Burns this morning turned over to the County Treasurer $20,514.05,. the amount col lected on the 1912 tax roll during the past week. In making these collections a 3 per cent rebate, amounting to $628.59, was allowed. The collections thus far since the roll was opened to tal 137,202.78. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriage License. LTONS-BOOTH Tracey S. Lyons, Con don, Or., 27. and Merta J. Booth, 25. HILDEBRAND-TUTTLE Colonel Hllde brand. city. 26, and Azura Tuttle. 21. MACOMBEK-FKANKE Raymond L. Ma. comber, city, 34. and Nettle F. Franke. 21. BROWN-KESTEKSON Frank H. Brown, city. 83. and Besa Kesterson, 29. SUMMERS-WHITE Bruce W. Cummers city, 88, and Hettle White, 84. TAUSCHER-WATZ Fred Tauscher, Jr., Hillsdale, 27, and Pauline Wats, 28. WEEKES-JUDSON Percy E. Weekea. Oakland, Cal., 28, and Besa Gould Judsoa, 28. HOWARD-CUMMINS G. A. Howard, city, 28, and Pearl Cummins, 27. COOKE-RHODE Herbert Cook, city, 22, and El ma Rhode, 18. DENNIS-NE1TZEL. Burt B. 'Dennis, elty, 30. and Adelaide M. Neitzel, 20. Births. BERNSTEIN To the wife at Henry Bernstein, 707 Wayne street, February 11, a (irl. LAMBERSON" To the wife of R. A. Ltm beraon. 483 Rodney avenue, February 12. a Ctrl. ARMSTRONG To the wife of George Armstrong. 932 Thurman street, February 17, a girl. HUGHES To the wife of J. R. Hughes, 381 Fifth street. February 22. a girl. BROCKER To the wife of H. 'A. Wrecker. 5834 Forty-eighth avenue Southeast, Feb ruary 17. a son. NOONAN To the wife of Robert Noonan 1287 Sandy Boulevard, February 15, twin boys. PANTLE To the wife of T. V. Pantle. 2153 Seventy-sixth street, February 20. twin boys. CASTELL To the wife of A. S. Oastell, 608 Gordon atreet, February 17. a girl. DOUPE To the wife of Charles Doupe, 545 ij Kerbv street, February 3. a girl. HAMILTON To the wife of G. S. Hamil ton. East Forty-second and Holgate, Feb ruary 10, a son. 8TANIELS To the wife of H. B. Stanlel. 193 North Sixteenth atreet. February 19, a son. JOHNSON To the wife of F. Johnson, 475 Morrison street, February 21, a girl. Many Noted Beauties t'se Walnut-Tint Hair Stain to Retain Their Attractiveness. Nothing gives a woman the appearance of age more surely than gray, streaked, or faded hair. 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A heavy snow, which has fallen along the whole of the Bulgarian lines at the front will prevent military operations for some days. - Vaevinmnreisa tr Wh& a mass, will 2S2V 222 f&Sm3'2,2 Mabels, ot4 ystii will tas&di?.fta2&& why S2l vC3S 220 &i?fek