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THE 3IORXING OREGONIAX. SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1913. NEW GRECIAN MONARCH AND CONSORT, WHO ASCENDED THRONE YESTERDAY. GRAZV PASSENGER LOOSE ON STEAMER usic tor easier i ime Victor Victrolas and Suitable Records 1V a, - w ' . 3 t re I ( " I Canadian Being Deported Sud denly Breaks Bonds and Cannot Be Found. TRACE LOST IN GALLEY Oilier Passengers on President Are Much Alarmed and Lose No Time In Scampering Ashore When Vessel Docks. SAX FRANCISCO. March (Spe - c!sL Terrorizing scores ef passengers ' aboard the Coast liner President, as she nas passing- through the Golden Gate - at daybreak. John White, an Insane '. passenger on his way to British Colura . bia for deportation, broke away from the leash that bound him to his bed In the second cabin and disappeared. Pursned by members of the crew and passengers, he hid somewhere on the . big passenger steamer, and up to a ' late hour tonight had not been found. ! passengers were tAken from the vessel '- as speedily as possible when the liner reached Broadway dock. In the fear of an encounter between the madman and his pursuers. Inspectors Aid la Search. Word of tiie maniac's escape was ' sent by wireless to Immigration In spector Alnsworth at Angel Island, and . a corps of Inspectors was dispatched to tne President in the cutter Golden Gate. They boarded the President , while she was proceeding along the bay . find are assisting In the hunt, can Francisco police aro guarding the ves sel and every porthole Is being watcnea . to prevent hite s escape. The last seen of White was when he raced wildly Into the galley. It is be lieved that be armed himself there with - knives or cleavers, and a clash Is ex .pected when the hiding madman finally is apprehended. White, a Canadian, was arrested in . I.cs Angeles for Insanity and ordered . deported. He was being taken north to Vancouver in custody of an officer. The guard had quartets in the llrat ; cabin and kept his prisoner under guard in the second cabin. It was - feared that the presence of the madman . In the first cabin would annoy other passengers. erased Mai norms Bonds. During the trip 'vrwte behaved well and gave his guard little trouble. Last night, as usual. White was strapped to his bed. At daybreak, as the Presl- dent was steaming through the heads. White burst his bonds and made a leap from his stateroom. Scores of passengers and several , members of the crew on deck saw him dash into the galley. He was followed, ' hut no trace of him could be found. Passengers and members of the crew quickly organized and a systematic search of the vessel was begun. Every nook and corner of the big liner, from ; the innermost recesses of the bold to the lifeboats, have been searched, but no trace of White has been found. White went to Los Angeles recently ' for his health, and there became de ! mented. His family at Vancouver noti fied the United States Immigration offi cials at Los Angeles that they would care for him and approved his deporta tion. SPIRIT REFUSES TO TALK l'reaclirr's" Spiritualistic Argument Wins in Seattle Conrt. SEATTLE. Wash., March 21. (Spe cial Judge Frater yesterday gave A. J. Speckert, a Spiritualist preacher, permission to open a trunk for the pur pose of ascertaining what Insurance was carried by John J. Jacobson, who committed suicide by shooting on March 19. Jacobson is said to have committed suicide on account of estrangement from his wife, who had ldentlrted her self with Spiritualism. Mr. Speckert, representing Mrs. Jncobson, yesterday told the court that Mr. Jacobson prob ably was a member of one or ni3re fraternal Insurance orders, but had no property in sight. "I desire permission to open the dead man's trunk." he said. "Why don't you communicate direct with the spirit Jf the dead and ascertain what orders he belonged tor' asked Judge Fratr. The pastor shifted his position uneasily, blushed a little and said: "Vour Honor, the spirit Is in the dark, it Is unwilling to communicate with me." "In that case." said Judze Frater, "you probably would be Justified in opening the trunk. You may have per mission to do so." CHILEAN AVIATOR ROBBED steamer Sails for Portland With Monoplane, Leaving Owner. SAX FRANCISCO. Murch II. (Spe cial.) George Alberta Roberts, an aviator recently of Valparaiso, Chile, who arrived here yesterday on his way north, told the police today that he had been drucged In a saloon near the water front In the night and robbed of Jl-7. a diamond ring and his gold watch. While Roberts was recovering from the effects of the poison, which he says was given him In a glass of beer, the steamer Geo. W. Klder, on which he was to have sailed for Port- land. left port, taking with it Koberts' monoplane, which was stored in the hold. For some time Roberts was teacber in a military school at Valparaiso tor the Chilean government. Contract Brine Good Fljrure. MARSH FIELD. Or.. March (Spe cial.) lteturaing from Portland this week, where he had purchased ma chinery to double the capacity of the plant. Manager Wetnich of the North Bend Manufacturing Company said he had made contracts for the product of the local plant at satisfactory prices. T;ie local firm had been turning out about sO.000 doors per season, and now expert to double that figure, the most . of the contracts for their output being taken as far south as San Diego and Los Angeles. Deputy Assessor Gets Own System. DRTAD. Wash, March 31. (Special.) C. P. Staeger. of this city, at present ne of the Deputy Assessors, has Che halls and Centralis "backed clear off Ihe boards." when it comes to install ing a gravity water system. He laid a two-inch wooden pipe from his place a distance of 2400 feet to the headwa ters of a spring in the nearby hills. i:d from this source has a fall ot over li0 feet of pure lee-cold spring wa ter. His house and that of his brother. Chester Staeger. have been piped. Pipes have also been laid over the yards and bams, thus giving excellent fire protection. KING TAKES OATH Constantino Formally Placed on Throne of Greece. CABINET JOINS CEREMONY Brilliant "Weather Brings Ont Big Crowds In Athens, Gnus Boom Kojral Salute and People Cheer Xew Ruler on Way. ATHENS. March 21. King Constan tino, of Greece, took the constitutional oath of office in the Chamber of Depu ties today under auspicious circum stances in the presence of the highest officials ot the state and the entire Parliament. The Metropolitan of Athens, who was surrounded by the members of the Holy Synod In full canonicals, offered prayer and then read aloud the oath, which the King repeated In a firm voice. The King then signed the oath, and all the Cabinet members and the Metropolitan countersigned It, amid the hearty cheers of the deputies. A salute of 101 guns was fired when the royal procession left the palace for the Chamber of Deputies. Brilliant weather had brought out great crowds, who cheered the Kins on his way, ana the military bands, stationed at Inter vals, played the National anthem. DEALERS AVOID CLASH LrMBEKJIEX TELL OP EFFORTS TO PREVEXT COMPETITION. Sales Made at Times to Consumers by Producers, bnt Business in Re tall Territory Is Not Sought. MILWAUKEE. March 21. The Mil waukee hearing In the Government's anti-trust suit against the Northwest ern Lumbermen's Association before Clark McKercher, Assistant Attorney General, lasted only a few minutes to day. Frank M. Clark, manager of the John Schroeder Lumber Company, testified that the volume of the company s busi ness with consumers showed there was a demand for sales of sash, doors and blinds, and that the Northwestern As sociation and the Wisconsin Lumber- en's Association have tried to prevent the sales. He cited one instance where the Mississippi Lumberman bad scored his company for what It said was a sale direct to a consumer at Rochester, Minn., but which Mr. Clark said had been a sale to a retailer who had re quested that the lumber be shipped to Kochester. lie testified, though, that his com pany was willing to sell direct to the oroducer at any point, whether he was a retail dealer or not, but, he said, the company made no active effort to ob tain business at tne points wnere tne retail dealers were operating. BUSINESS MEN AID FAIR Hood River Folk Donate Prise for School Industrial Exhibit. HOOD RIVER. Or.. March 81. (Spe cial.) A committee composed of Pro-, feasor Thompson. Judge Castner and Joe D. Thomison. appointed by the Commercial Club to arrange for the in dustrial school fair to be held here this Fall, have Interviewed local merchants and business men and have secured suf ficient aid to promise an event that will surpass that of last year. A pre mium list of several hundred dollars, consisting of cash and merchandise, has been pledged by business and profes sional men. While the contests will over all forms of rural activity, the main In terest will center in poultry-raising. Poultry fanciers have donated 13 set tings of fine eggs, which were dis tributed among the 1J5 applicants by allotment. TEAMSTERS GO ON STRIKE Tacoma Cnion 5Ien Quit TOien In crease Is Refused. TACOMA. Wash, March II. (Spe cial.) Demanding an Increase in pay arxl recognition of their union, the union teamsters employed by the Ta coma Truck Company struck today. The men demand an lofaje from a fe&T V V rl : ' - " V- A KIXG CO8TAXTI.E ASD al EEJT SO PHIA. flat rate of $16.20 a week to J2.75 a day. with time and a half overtime for all work after 6 P. M. There are 250 union teamsters in Tacoma and 1500 teamsters employed. Up to this time the employers have maintained open shop, and the fight started to-day is backed by the union, which will carry the fight to every barn in Tacoma. The petition for recognition of the union was presented to A. K. Johnson, proprietor of the Tacoma Truck Com pany, this morning. He refused to consider It and bis union teamsters left their teams. Other employers of Union teamsters will be served with notice of a strike or recognition of the union. Every teamster in Tacoma will be Involved in the trouble according to the union officials. The president, Labronh, and the oth er union officers declare the strike may be carried to other cities and towns in Washington where open shop Is maintained. BRYAX SAYS SMALL XATIOXS HAVE FEARED BIG ONES. Wilson's Policy Toward China and Soutb America Intended to In spire New Confidences. LIXCOUT, Neb March 21. Declaring that In the past smaller nations had been afraid to admit a foreign mer chant of the greater countries lest a battleship follow. Secretary of State Bryan In an address today before the Lincoln Commercial Club explained the policy of the Wilson Administration with regard to China and South Amer ica and declared that it would cause a friendly feeling in those countries to ward America. Mr. Bryan suggested that the city erect a Btatue of Jefferson as a com panion to the memorial to Lincoln on the capital grounds here. A rumor that has been current in Lincoln for Borne time that Mr. Bryan contemplated selling Fair View, his su burban home, was denied today by Mrs. Bryan. She said Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Hargreaves, Mrs. Hargreaves being her youngest daughter, would make their home at Fair View and keep the hcute open during the residence of Mr. aid Mrs. Bryan at Washington. IMMUNITY OFFERED GIRLS Government Insists Only in Punish ing Drew and Caniinetti. TT .. 1 nn,.AVnmAn vrllJ lint' nrflSACIltfi Miss Marcla Warrington and Miss Lola Norris, tne two eacramenio buiwihj . . . 1 1 I , V. girls, wno ran away iu nenu u II. T rWrrva Cjl TklAW fn TTI 1 Tl t t i . if they do not embarrass tho proceedings now pending against the men in the case, according to a statement made to night by United States Attorney Mc Nab. The young women are now out on bonds in the Juvenile Court of Sacra mento, while Diggs and CamineM, who are both married men. are awaiting prosecution under the Mann act. SALARY PETITION DELAYED Hood River Club to Urge More Pay for County Oriicers. HOOD RIVER. Or.. March 21. (Spe cial.) The plans ot a number of the Heights citizens to start a petition to refer to the people a bill to Increase the salaries of the officers of Hood River County, which was passed re cently by the Legislature over . the Governor's veto, failed to materialise when the last meeting of the Heights Improvement Club was held. J. T. Holman. president of the Heights Club, eays that the document is being prepared and will be circulated soon. Broom Handle Factory Is Next. MARSH FIELD. Or, March 21. (Spe cial.) With a dally capacity of 7500 bandies a broom handle factory is a new industry to be established on Ken tucky Inlet. This makes the third In dustry for that tributary to Coos Bay In the last two weeks that has been opened, the former ones being a saw mill with a dally capacity of 45,000 feet and a coal mine In process of develop ment. The mine has now reached the 0O-Ioot level and it is expected that It soon will begin shipping coal. . Hood River Library Aim. unAn DIVL'P r,- xrnrfh 91 fRnp- A 1 J . . ' " " " " ' has adopted a resolution Instructing the proper autnorme iu uegm vl uitCj ings whereby the city charter may be ..v. . fhnt thA rltv mav acauire property to be used for a library site. The limit of Indebtedness for library purposes Is 17000. A special election h. In the near future to vote on the amendment. SUTBO FALLS If! M Hydroplane Collapses in Seas of Golden Gate. GERMAN STEAMER RESCUES Wind and Giant Combers Imperil Lifeboat, but Costly Air-Water Craft Is Towed Ashore, Completely Wrecked. SAN FRANCISCO, March 21. (SpO' cial.) Adolph Sutro, the millionaire aviator, and a passenger with whom he was flying over the Golden Gate, nnrrnwiv escaoed death In the bay to day when their hydroplane collapsed half a mile from Fort Point, sending both men into the heavy seas of the Golden Gate. The pilot, who recently obtained his license, is a nephew or tne late ex Mavor Sutro. As the men struggled to keep afloat and shouted for help tney were signtea by the crew of the Fort Point llfesav ing station and surfmen put out to their aid in a power-boat, manned by Captain J. S. Clark and six men. While the llfesavers were rushing to their aid, the German steamer Salatis, bound for Hamburg, lowered a boat to aid the pair. A stiff breeze was kicking UP heavy seas. The Salatis' men reached the men just as the lifesavers came to the scene. They assisted the surfment In lifting the aviator and. his passenger into the surfboat. A heavy galis impeded the work of getting the wrecked hydroplane Into tow. A line finally was attached to the flying machine and the lifesavers start ed back for Fort Point with the ex hausted and drenched airmen. Considerable difficulty was encoun tered on the return trip because ct the wind and the giant combers which threatened to overturn the lifeboat. Medical aid was given both Sutro and his passenger as Booy as they reached the lifesaving station, and after n hour's rest they were able to leave for their homes. Young Sutro's costly hy droplane was eventually towed ashore, a complete wreck. GARDNER SCORNS PLACE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS NOT "BIG ENOCGH." Secretary Lane Canvassing: Field Carefully, for There Are Many Active Applicants. WASHINGTON, March 2L Ex-Senator Gardner, of Maine, having refused the offer of Commissioner of Pensions, It was learned today, friends of Dr. O. C. Gentsch. of New Philadelphia, O, have renewed their efforts on his behalf for the place. There are several other aspirants, however, and Secretary Lane Is understood ts bave canvassed the field carefully. Mr. Gardner Is credited wXth refusing the offer because ho and hie friends did not believe the place was "big enough," and his friends ventured the opinion that he deserved something better. Mr. Gardner had been prominently men tioned for the position of Secretary of Agriculture when President Wilson was making up his Cabinet. Among the candidates are several from Indiana, backed by the Indiana delegation in Congress. Henry C. Bell, of Robinson, I1U, Is said to have strong backing. ALASKA ENTRIES MADE Five Dog Teams Reported for Big Annual Sweepstake Event. NOME. Alaska, March 21. Five dog teams already have been entered for the annual all-Alaska sweepstake race to be run over the 412-mile course from Nome to Candle and return, April 3. The entries now In are the dogs owned by Mrs. C. E. Darling, of Berkeley, Cal., and A. A. (Scotty) Allan, of Nome; John Johnson, Fay Delzene, Percy Blatchford and Alek Holsen. Entries will close April 1. The Darling-Allan team -won the last two races. The John Johnson team of Siberian wolves won the 1910 race and set the record of 74 hours, 14 minutes and 20 seconds for the distance. Abduction Charge Sustained!. CHEHALIS, Wash., March 21. ;Spe- The Victor-Vietrola will bring your kind of music right into your home. Your kind of music perfectly rendered by the World's Greatest artists whenever you wish to hear it, O Come, All Ye Faithful-Trinity Choir n Tb; Joy to the World Trinity Choir..., J Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Jarvi3 "1 Christ Arose Haydn Quartet J Rock of Ages Trinity Choir, ...',' mr Lead, Kindly Light Haydn Quartet.. Stille Nacht, Heihge Nacht (Silent Night, Holy Night) Schumann Adeste Fideljs Westminster Chimes Lead, Kindly Light, and Nearer, My God, to Thee Westminster Chimes Face to Faoe Hemus ,. How Firm a Foundation Trinity Choir Sanctus from "Messe Solennelle" Trinity Choir Coronation Trinity Choir Doxology Trinity Choir....... Victor-Victrolas at $15, $25, $40, $50, $75, $100, $150 and $200. ments of $5 Monthly and Upwards , ,! IL'ISI'.'Uf claX) Roy Burchette was found guilty of abduction by a lury in the Lewis County Superior Court yesterday. Bur chette was tried Jointly with Hugh Kilpcre. the latter being acquitted. The men are barbers at Centralia. The accucation against them was that they had enticed two young girls of that city into a room in the Hope block. Burchette'a former home was Olympia. W. B. Wheeler Sued tor Divorce). MARSHFIELD, Or, March 21. (Spe cial.) Alleging, among other things, that her husband perjured himself to send an enemy to the penitentiary; that be caused her much misery and mental anguish by relating tales of his life before he married her, Mrs. Clara B. Wheeler asks for a division -of the property of the family In her peti tion for divorce, which she filed against her husband, W. B. "Wheeler. The Wheelers were married in Portland in 1010. Wheeler la a rather prominent figure in the county and owns consid erable property here, among other tracts being 60 acres of tldelands on the bay. 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Biliousness, coated tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stom ach or Constipated bowels. Cascarets belong in every household. Children ust love to take them. POSLAM BRINGS FREEDOM FROM SKIN DISTRESS I Poslam stops itching, cools, soothes and comforts as soon as applied, rap idly cures eczema (even in two weeks), acne, tetter, all forms of Itch and clears red noses or inflamed skin over night. Day by day this work Is repeated by Poslara with uniform success, and this positive merit is alone responsible for the magnitude and constant Increase of Its salea Its users have found that in actual accomplishment all claims made for Poslam are greatly exceeled. POSLAM SOAP is so pure that It may be used in the mouth for cleansing teeth and gums. It Is especially adapt ed for use on tender skin soothing and delightful. Best for baby's bath. . . icAj. iprlce, ix. ents) and Poslam Soap (price, 2: cents). For free samples, write to the :e- - 1 t wes, 31 West 2sti. Street. New York City. 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