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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN. FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1913. SGANDALTQO mUGH FOR IS. MEBRIAM nit; i" - ll - I nr. apt ArmV UNICer 5 Wlie UOIIciU&ea dlally received fled, and she plays with complete un derstandinir. Her piano touch la powerful for a young woman, but Is tempered and shaded to the demands of the score end -moods of the com poser. Her selections were mostly of the soft, dclirat . poetic, sentimental school. Including: the lone, difficult "Ktudes Symphonlques" (Schumann) the Waener-Lisst "Spinning Sons:, a group of Chopin studies, and a group of three from L.lsr.t. his "Liehestraum. "Vatee Impromptu and "Twelfth Rhapsodic iirnum UI TCI I D nc IIIHI1 IlLLu ui BEATING BY NEGRO Under Strain Husband Sends Physician. mis Biackmore was cor. Judge to Decide Todav as to d and encored- I ' ' Admissibility of Johnson's Brutality as Evidence. SUIT MAY BE WITHDRAWN Mr Currier chose for rendition the song cycle "Ellland"' written by Alex ander von Fielits. and well-known to Portland baritones. It represents the romantic but hODeless love of a youn monk for a fair nun. but the poetry of the event Is shattered when the Abbot discovers the love verses, and a time of repentance follows. These, exerpts von Flelitz has set to LEGAL TANGLE APPEARS Judge- Graham, Seeking to Effect Reconciliation, Induces Captain" to Iiet Wife Bring Action on Grounds of Desertion. PAX FRAXCISCO, May 8. (Special.) When the Merrlam divorce case was called today In Judye Graham's court Mrs. Bessie C. Merrlam. from whom Captain Henry C. Merrlam. U. 8. A.. Is seeking a divoroe, was not' present. Her attorneys explained her absence for the first time since the sensational trial bejran three days ago. They said she had suffered a complete break down early last night and had been tinder the care of a physician through out the night. Attorney Judson Keevea. for Mrs. Merrlam. saM that her collapse was due to a nervous breakdown, and not to hysteria. Therefore, he said, she would not be able to appear In court before next Tuesday. Captain Seads Phyalclaa. Attorney Walter Linforth, for Cap tain Merrlam. said that no one felt sorrier for Mrs. Merrlam than her hus band and that If she would allow him to lo so. Captain Merrlam would send a physician In addition to the one al ready In attendance to treat her. The offer was accepted. Captain Merrlam, through his at torney, announced that he had been apprised by his superior officers In the Army that no criticism would be directed asrainst him If he submitted to the suegestlon of Judge Grah snd withdrew his suit for divorce How Mrs. Merrlam to bring a count suit on the ground of desertion. He said that he would not contest her rharees and that he would be willing for Mrs. Merrlam to have the custody rf their daughter, with the proviso that he may see here whenever he wished. Mrs. Merrlam's friends are daily ral lying to her side, and today she was surrounded by a group of a dozen or so women, who say that they are con fident she Is Innocent of the charges which Captain Merrlam has preferred as-alnst her. Most of these are friends whom she knew In girlhood. Reconciliation In Hoped For. They, as well as Judjre Graham, are endeavoring to Irrlng about a reconcil iation between the young couple. It has been brought out in the trial, 'and In troduced into the record, that Captain Merrlam kissed his wife goodbye two years ago, and never returned to her home. This fact, said the Judge, con stituted a ground for divorce and the wife then could preserve her good name. It was in, trying- to make up her mind what couVse to pursue in the Judge's suggestion that Mrs. Merrlam's splendid grip on herself snapped and she succumbed entirely to despair. She said that she had been brought up a strict church woman and that she did not believe in divorce; that she did not want a divorce on any grounds. She was told that only by suing for di vorce, by placing herself In the role of plaintiff, would she be spared the pain of a trial to the bitter end with her husband as the plaintiff. FfVERAL OF OI.D-TI DEST OF PORTL.A BE HELD TODAY 1MB HE5I- X D WILL. DAY. Phraseology t kuWki. 7 3 v. ; : ? of I Xew Turn to Cas .John J. Camp. - The funeral, of John J. an old resident, who died Camp, at the ted I am I to I er- home of his son. H. I. Camp, 819 Kast Salmon street, Wednesday, will be held today from the resi dence at 1:30 o'clock, with inter ment -In Mount Scott Cemetery. Mr. Camp was born in Philomath. Litchfield County, Connecticut. December IT. 1835. In 1862 he moved to Illinois, and came to Oregon in 1876. settling on Doug las Hill, on Powell Valley Road, and started what became widely, known as Walnut Farm, as it was the largest walnut farm In the state. Residing here until 1903, he moved to Seaside, where he was stricken with paralysis, and was brought to the home of his son in this city. He Is sur vived by his wife and the follow ing children: H. It. Camp, of Camp & Du Puy. of Portland: George J, Camp. Portland;. Kdgar L. Camp, of Oregon City; Mrs. Anna Haun, of Freewater, Or., and J. Otis Camp, of New York. Rev. K. Nelson Allen, will con duct the services. Indictment Gives Pugilist's At tire In Court Toned Down. Schreiber Woman Witness. CHICAGO. May 8. Whether testi mony that Jack Johnson beat the white women with whom he associated is to be permitted in his present trial on charges of violating the Mann law. will be decided by Federal Judge Carpenter tomorrow. Belle Schrleber, the woman Johnson Is said to have transported from Pittsburg to Chicago, told on the stand today that Johnson had pro vided the money for trips from Chicago to New York and from Chicago to Oakland. The last words of her testimony to day brought up the question of his treatment of women. She had testified to coming here from Boston in 1910. 'Did you have any discussion about coming here?" asked Assistant District Attorney Parkin, conducting the prosecution. Woman Tells of Blown. . "No discussion," said Miss Schrleber. 'He beat me up so bad " Objections Interposed by the defense stopped the witness and court .adjourned. Miss Schrleber will resume the stand tomorrow. Judjre Carpenter raised the question of a legal tangle over the phraseology of the Indictment, which charges, that Miss Schrleber "gave herself up to Johnson for immoral purposes." The question Is going to come up. he said, "whether a lost woman can give herself up to immoral purposes or whether she can only give herself up to salvation." The effect of Judge Carpenter s cen sorship of attendance at the trial was apparent In the empty benches today. A few negro friends of the defendant and a half dozen white men consti tuted the audience. For appearance in court the fighter has discarded his diamonds and other jewelry and presented himself In a subdued shade of blue appareL At the I Union Station, where Johnson went meet a friend before court opened, h was hissed by the crowd. Estelle Henderson, alias Painter, pro prietress of a resort in Pittsburg, tea tilled she had dismissed Belle Schrei ber from the house. The Government had hoped to show that this action was due to the Schrleber woman s asso elation with Johnson, but objection of the defense to this line of examination r mw i ill jf Am-. fl - was sustained. delicate, haunting music of fairy I gro Sends Money. oeauty, and the different studies were Miss Schrleber testified that she first admirably sung by Mr. Currier. His met Johnson in 1909. in Chicago, when vmce was epienaia ana ringing, his she was 22 vears old enunciation good, and phrase-making. I Johnson went to New York, but intelligent. Mr. Currier is now easily called her up by telephone and sent her one oi me opsi aai-rouna lieaer-bart- money through his manager, she aald. IWHM VL lW rOClMC lOBSC J aCCOm panist was R. J. Hutchinson. REPUBLICANS IN CAUCUS MANX OPPOSES PLAX TO REOR- GAXIZE CAMPAIGN BODY. COURT TO OPEN AT DALLAS Jude Kelley to Begin Regular May Term Monday. DALLAS. Or May 8. (Special.) Judne Kelley. of the Third Judicial District, opens court in this city tomor row. Tomorrow and Saturday will be devoted to the disposal of motions and demurrers and the regular May term will commence on Monday. The most Important cases are: Will iam Ellis and others against the City of Falls city, to restrain Falls City from levying an assessment upon prop erty abutting upon a former county road for local Improvements, and the damage suit of the Adjustable Klectrlc Socket Company, of Dallas, against the Salem Iron Works, of Salem, for 117, 994 damages. In the criminal department the grand Jury will take up the charge against xreu Stevenson, railway mall clerk, who is out under bonds on a statutory accusation. House .Members Decide to Delav Ac tion Until Congress It con venes in June. WASHINGTON, May 8 About 50 Republicans In the House met tonight to discuss an early reorganization of the Republican Congressional cam paign committee, but owing to the op position led by Republican Leader Mann the meeting took no action. The call for the meeting had been Issued at the Instance of Representative Gard ner, of Massachusetts, who recently announced his candidacy for the chair manship. Representative Ech, of Wisconsin. sought to urge a resolution to provide for the committees reorganization but Mr. Mann opposed it, saying that if pressed he would make a point of no quorum. Representative Mann suggested that there would be plenty of opportunity for conferences when the members re turned to Washington in June. Representative Moore, of Pennsylva- one of the leaders of the "old ard." announced today his intention of resigning as secretary of the Con gressional committee and relinquish ing his place as the Pennsylvania Rep. resentative on the committee. Mr. Moore is one of those opposed to the movement to reorganize the committee. She went to New York to visit the fighter, paying her expenses from money sent by Johnson's manager. When Attorney Parkin, representing the Government, attempted to bring out details of the young woman's re lations with Johnson, Judge Carpenter ruled that Inasmuch as these were ad mitted he would refrain from pollut in? the ears of the Jury with them. The Schrleber woman told of living In Oakland and San Francisco as "Mrs. Johnson." Before the Reno fight she said that Johnson telegraphed her to come to San Francisco and that he fur nished the money. She made the trip, In the Johnson party were a girl named "Hattle and Mrs. Painter (Ei telle Henderson) she said. MITCHEL WILSON'S IN COLLECTOR. CHOSEX BY PRESI DEXT HIMSELF. TELEPHONE HEARING ENDS u Application to Discontinue Stations Taken Older Advisement. SALEM. Or.. May 8. Special). On the completion todav nf th. tBi raony in the hearing of the aDnllcatlon I .. . ... Customs at New York at the Presl of the Paciflc States Telephone and DALLAS MERCHANTS IIWlTF dents request. At no time has Mr. Telegraph Company to discontinue K7 Mitchel been a candidate for the of- Lettcr Too Many in Xame Sent to Senate Will Xecessltate Sec ond Nomination. WASHINGTON, May 8,-Varying re ports as to who originally proposed John Purroy Mitchel to be Collector of the Port of New York brought to day from the White House a state. ment that President Wilson himself had requested Mr. Mitchel to take the office. It became known that Senator O'Gorman and Secretary McAdoo both concurred in the selection after Mr, Wilson had suggested Mr. Mitchel. The White House statement was as fol lows: 'Mr. John Purroy Mitchel has ac cepted appointment as Collector, of stations in the State. W. A. Phillips, superintendent for the company, was the chief witness. The principal reasons assigned for a r . Discontinuance ox tne stations were V, that some of them did not pay; that in soma cases iinea naa neen sold, and in other cases the agents had proved unsatisfactory. No one appeared be. fore the Commission to contest the closing of the stations. WOMAN MADE COURT CLERK Federal Tribunal Overturns Prece dent Century Old. WASHINGTON. May 8. Overturning a century-old tradition, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to day appointed a woman to be assist ant clerk of the court, empowered with all the duties imposed by law on such an official. The distinction was conferred on Miss Elizabeth M. Meigs, who for 22 years has been doing service for the court as copyist. She Is the first wom an since the organization of the dis trict's highest tribunal to hold an -official position in that body. ENGLISH ARTIST IN RECITAL Miss Iiosa Blackmore Is Assisted by Aaron H. Currier, Baritone. Retail Dealers' Association Affiliates With State Organization. DALLAS, May 8. (Special.) The business men of Dallas decided last night to organize a Retail Merchants' Association and to affiliate with the State Retail Merchants' Association. A permanent organization was effected. with the following officers elected: President. H. A, Woods; vice-president. Wlilis Simonton; treasurer Kugene iiayter; board of managers, J. R. Cra ven, p. A. Finseth, J. C. Uglow. V. Si. i-oughary and George Scott. The now association will meet a rain within a week and adopt a constitution and by-laws and elect a permanent secretary. fice. He feels himself to be under ob ligation to conclude certain Important matters now before the committee of the board of estimates and appointment of the City of New York, of which he Is chairman, and he . is reluctant to surrender his present office while these remain unfinished. The President recognizing the importance of these public matters, is willing that Mr. Muellers assumption of the office of Collector, if confirmed, shall be post poned until June 1 to permit him to complete his part In these matters." hen President Wilson sent the name of Mr. Mitchel to the Senate yes. terday. the name was spelled b mis take "Mitchell." and this will necessi tate the sending of the nomination In a second time. YARMOUTH TO WED AGAIN Prospective Bride, Much Senior In Age, Has $3,250,000. LONDON, May 8. The Marquis of Hertford, former husband of Alice I a haw, or Pittsburg, whose marriage was annulled on her petition in 1908, is bdoui to marry again. The prospective bride of the Marquis, who is better known as the Earl of I Yarmouth, is Mrs. Moss-Cockle, who is much his senior in age. She has a for tune or si.z&o.ooo left to her by her former husband. Member of Parliament Shoots Tiger. CALCUTTA. May J . (Special.) The Indian newspapers are congratulating Mr. MacDonald, the British Labor IS. P who is now in this country, on having shot his first tiger, which, it is as serted, measured nine feet in length. JIcAdoo Guards Treasury Secrets. WASHINGTON, May 8. Secretary Tailored Suits That Were $38.50 Anniversary Sale Price $25.00 Perfectly tailored suits em bodying all the best points of a made-to-order garment. -There are plain tailored and novelty styles. Of serges, bed ford cords, whipcords and fancy worsteds. These suits represent the season's best styles, many of which are cutaway models. Every jacket is lined with silk. They can be had in black, navy, Copenhagen, brown and grey. The skirts are cut in the newest gored and draped styles. Third Floor. The New Summer Shoe Styles For Men, Women and Children In Both High and Low Cuts Are Now on Sale Men's Shoes at $4.00 a Pair - ' Blucher lace oxfords in tan and gimmetaL Medium high toe and Goodyear welt soles. Also vici kid and gunmetal calf shoes in lace style with half double soles, dull full round toe with tips. . Boys' Shoes at $2.75 a Pair "Very handsome tan calf oxfords, built on the high-toe last ' and with medium weight soles. Misses' and Children's Slippers Misses' patent-leather aukle strap slippers with turn soles. Sizes 11 to 2 for $2.00; sizes 8y3 to 11 for $1.50; sizes 5 to 8 for $1.25; infants' sizes, 2 to 5, for $1.00. Ankle Strap Slippers, With Welt Soles Natural shape in white nubuck, patent colt, tan and dull calf. Sizes 11 to 2 for $2.50; sizes 8 to 11 for $2; sizes 5 to 8 fc- $1.50. " Women's High Button White Boots, $4 to $6 White Nubuck button boots, made over receding toe last, with light welt soles. 1 7-8-inch Cuban heels.' Women's Black Suede Pumps, $4 to $5 A medium round-toe pump with semi-short vamp with a one and seven-eights-inch Cuban heel. In sizes 2 to 7. Women's Oxfords, $3, $3.50 and $4 Hand-turned sole oxfords, the. most comfortable shoe for Summer wear. Made over "comfort last" in soft vici kid with low heels, blucher lace style. Basement. Friday Bargain Sales Throughout the Store Picture Framing by Experts Lowest Prices New Mouldings Just in Sixth Floor Women's Doeskin Gloves Are Ready for Summer Wear There are reasons for their popularity. They help to give a woman a smart, well-dressed appearance, and they wash so well that they can be easily kept looking fresh. Our doeskin gloves are made of soft, pliable skins, correctly cut, handsomely finished. Special, $1.19 a Pair An excellent quality pique sewn, fastening with one large white clasp and stitched backs. At $1.50 a Pair Fine quality of doeskin, with one clasp, P. X. M. seam sewn. Same style, with heavy embroidered back. Special, $1.39 a Pair This is a special glove of fering and is one of the" best chamois gloves you can buy. in natural color only. P. X. M. sewn. One pearl clasp. $3 Long Cloves, $2.48 A I6-button length nat ural chamois glove of ex ceptional quality, rim Floor. ssaaBsaHHSiHBSssassssssw 11 Silk Dresses That Were $32.50 Anniversary Sale Price $18.50 Dresses fashioned of silk fabrics that are just the thing for the Summer days. Cool, practical and serviceable ' for afternoon as well as theater wear. Of silk poplin. Crepe de Chine and fine French serge. There is the fashionable -Nell Rose shade. Navy blue, the becoming tobacco brown, Copenhagen, a soft green and a rich grey. Some of these dresses ex press the latest note in tailored fashions, while others are draped and trimmed in many novel effects. Third Floor. 1850 Xpmanof c& fix oTMerdiandise of cJ Merit Only" 19.3 New Bae deckers Just Arrived Paris edition of 1913. $1.80. Great Britain, $3. Germany, $2.40. Italy. $2.40. Switzer land. $2.40. McAdoo took another step today in his campaign to keep secrets of the Treas ury Department from going- to outside interests when he forbade any Treas ury records being- shown to anyone outside the Department, Congressmen included, without his written permis sion, and announced that he- intended to deal summarily with Infractions of his new order. ' Japanese, to Make Quassia Chips. INDEPENDENCE, Or.. May 8. (Spe cial.) Frank Matomi. a Japanese, has had machinery installed for the pur pose of making quassia chips that are used in spraying hops. He has re ceived 150 tons of logs from Japan and will begin chipping them next week. The freight alone on these logs was more than $1701). ES2X7d LIGHTHOUSE SPECIALS THK KAMOVS "FANSTEEL" $3.50 PLATIKOX Absolutely guaranteed for ten years.-Heats quicker, holds heat longer. i there fore less I current. Kcono-ateEg?-my. Both THE I KOV. ....-.) TOATfc:it....tM For $5 .so FRI. SAT. AT THE LIGHTHOUSES A Flrat- DnJlas Oil Well Miss Rosa Blackmore. the Kngltsh pianist, assisted by Aaron H. Currier, baritone, appeared in concert last night In the ballroom of the Multnomah Hotel, and the occasion was a pleasant musical success. Miss Blackmore, who is a graduate I aker place. A full of the- Leipzig Conservatorium of Music. I been hired, and all to Bo Finished. DALLAS, Or May 8. (SDeclaL) Having secured additional funds needed to carry on its work, the Dallas Pipe & uu company win commence opera tions soon upon it well about three miles south of this city on the Whit- crew of men has arrangements are Blood ik & pianisi oi aiaunguisnea ability oeing maae io open worK and com- vhom It Is always a pleasure Jo hearlmence drilling by the first of next in reci Lai. tier art is aana ant', digni-l week. Needs the purifying; effects of nJOOO Sarsaparllla NOW. Get it today. TIRK5 C11KAPKU Three ways to buy clothes Mpre and more people are demanding Port land Glazed Cement Sewer Pipe. They realize it helps to cut down sewer taxes and safeguards the public health. YOU buy your clothes in one of three 1H70 ire T T 111V,11 UU Jf J U L11111IV 1J 111 v ways. best way? i. You may "made-to-order." know what tailor $2 5, go to You a custom -tailor and have them have delays; "try-ons"; you don't you're going to get; and if he's a cheap $30, $40 you don't get very much. 2. You may pick out a piece of cloth from a book of samples; send your specifications away somewhere; and wait. If the suit "makes up" as you expected, if it is trim med as you hoped, if it fits as you want it to, you're lucky. - 3. You may go to a dealer in our clothes; see them ready, not merely a piece of cloth; see how they look on you, not in an illustration or on a dummy figure; see the linings and trimmings, not merely words about them; see how the suit fits, before you buy, not after; see if it's becoming to you, not just guess at it; and take only a few minutes of your time. This third way is right; you pay less than in i; and get more value than in 2. As a demonstration of it, ask any dealer in our goods to' show you one of our suits at $25. Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers Sam'J Rosenblatt & Co. Exclusive Agency of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes Northwest Corner Third and Morrison 1