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TTTR MnitXIXO ORT-nOJTTAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBEK 12, 1913. CRIPPLED MOTHER OF FOUR DESERTED husband on Leaving Takes Family Funds Wife's Sew- ing Is Only Income. CHRISTMAS PANG FEARED Associated Charities' Fund Will At tempt to Thwart "Sad Ending" That Seems Inevitable Chance j for All to Aid Here. coxnuBPnojf s to tits chkist- XAS RELIEF FTCDk. Previously reported ........142.8 Jess R- Sharp 2.00 U fiamtiel 1O.0O Rud Bim 3 on Portland rordage Compur... 6.00 Cecil H. Bau.r 2. SO Horace D. RamsdsU. ......... 10.00 Dr. E- J. Labb 10.00 Mra. E. J. I-ahba &. Dr. C. Wiggles 3.0.) C B. Haak. S Cisa . lO'W Cash 10 Mrs. P. J. Mann S.Ort Cal .: Ueorge M. Strong Star UiwrT 10. OO lira. A. H. H 1-00 Total .- ..943.80 Contribution may bo acnt to Sec retary V. R. Manning. 411 Commer cial felock. or Treasurer R. 8. How ard. of the Associated Charities, with La Ad TUton. or to The Ore-gonian. There 1 a. woman who Is a cripple. but that does not prevent her from working to the rery limit of her abil- She has to work, (or she bas lour llttl daughters who must be clothed and fed and oyer whose heads a roof must be kept ana perhaps on cnris. mas eve there must be some semblance of a home celebration of Christmas pro vided. That latter goes really without say ing. One of her little girls Is 1J years old and may perhaps be able to under stand that Santa Claus does not call upon everybody alike. But then there ' Is a . girl 8 years old and ono years old and a wee little thing 4 years old. Who would care to brush away from them now the Christmas Illusions, which it is the divine and Inalienable right of every child to possess and to find In some degree realised Sett-las; I a come Source Sewing ia not a very remunerative occupation, especially when the Jobs do not come In always with regularity, Still that Is the sole source of the lu ll rrinDled mothers Income. The father one time carried all the burden of breadwlnnlng for the little family. No. the children are not orphans. One day. not Ion,? ago. the father apparently grew weary of the task of providing for his crippled wire ana his four little girls. So. he amassed what funds he had at hand and the woman found herself with the whole burden suddenly shifted to ber own shoulder. Nobody cares for a story with a sad ending nowadays, so It will never do to gon on and finish this story by telling of how the little girls woke tip on Christmas morning and rushed to their stockings only to find that Santa Claus and Christmas is not true every where: nor to tell of months of hope loss struggle on the part of the mother, after Christmas had fallen cold and flat, to turn out enough sewing by Incessant work to keep the rent paid and the grocer's bill collect away from the door. Such an ending would have a particularly unpleasant twang to it, right here In the heart of the holiday shopping rush. -' Sad EadlBg" Mast Go. So arrangements are beinb made to do away with the "sad ending" not only to this story, but to scores of other little stories just like it that are be ing lived here In Portland today. To Christmas relief fund which Is being raised by the Associated Chari ties, with the co-operation of The Ore gonlan. Is the means whereby the story teller Is made able to tell how the little girls found their stocking filled with gifts on Christmas morning, and how through the Winter months the weight of the burden of supporting the family was eased slightly off the shoulders of the little crippled woman, so that they might all live happily together In their little home, ever afterward." Money from citizens of Portland Is coming In to the Associated Charities in every mall for the Christmas relief fund, and many other donations are being given in the form of grocery supplies and clothing. Did anyone ever tell you that In half a hundred families which are among those for which the Christmas relief fund is being raised, there are little a-irls who declare that their highest dream of Christmas bliss would be to find on Christmas morning that Santa Claus had brought them a beautiful hair ribbon? much she ought to get. She held the1 threat of applying for a divorce over me constantly." Despite the feeling apparent between husband and wife. Dr. Coe dlspUyed the sentiment of a young lover In his answer to one question asked him by Attorney Joseph In cross-examination. The doctor had discussed a trip to Europe he and his wife made several years ago. on which, he remarked, he had spent a third of his money on Jewels for her. "Tou have spoken of your wife's dia monds." said Mr. Joseph. "Tou have diamonds, haven't you?" I have one diamond, which I think a great deal of because my wife gave It to me." replied Dr. Coe. "She bought It for roe herself." A . usual. I auDnose.' Interjected At. torney Clark cuttingly. "I suppose the husband furnished the money." Gift Ctuta for AIL Yes." said Dr. Cos. "but that made no difference In the gift. I think Just as much of It. because my wife gave It to me herself." This diamond Dr. Coe wore in a rins on a flnsrer of hla left hand. As he sat In the witness chair be frequently clasped his hands together, sometimes pointing the two index fingers toward the floor. He was clad In a dark business suit, set off with a tie of dark red material with a small white stripe and simple pin. He evinced consid erable eagerness In giving mucn or am testimony, but on cross-examination several times appeared reluctant to an swer some of the sharp questions oom. barded at him by Attorney Joseph. Once, after a question, no am noi re ply for a moment, and Mr. josepn started to Tepeat It- "I heard toil" returned ur. woo crisply, "but I am Just thinking now to answer It so aa not to fall Into a trap. I'm afraid you'll take my answers and make them Into something against ma - "Well. TtJ not trying to help yon.' retorted Mr. Joseph. Mm - vnterdar sat beside Attor ney Haney. She was gowned In the same cream serge tailored suit she had worn the previous day. During part nf the tnomlna- session she seemed to be avoiding Dr. Coe's gaze, but later she looked directly at mm as no fled. Fortnae Lost by MUmaeagesseat. i. til. direct testimony Dr. Coe to viewed at great length his financial difficulties. In which, as he testined. he had been plunged by hla wife's expen sive tastes in houses. He went In detail Into nis transactions in Eastern Oregon, which he said would have quickly made him a fortune If those who managed his affaire had treated him fairly, and then Into his trip to the. Orient for his health. "Who do you mean by those who managed your affairs V asxea Attorney l-lnrlr "1 mean Mrs. Coe," said Dr. Coe. He explained that she could have extri cated him from his difficulties by sell ing the house. Investing the money In bonds of the irrigation project and mnvlnr with him to Stan field. Or. "She wouldn't do It," he testified. "She said that she had a standing In this community socially and politically which she was not going to lose. Ho charged that his wife's manage ment of his affairs while he was re cuperating In the Orient had nearly ruined him. Forteae Ttru Tables. "I went away president of two banks. vice-president of one other and direc tor In others," he testified, "and with a comfortable fortune, and I came back to find that I was a bankrupt and ow ing a auarter of a million dollars. "But I put my back up against the wall." he added with fire, "and I fought the thing through and saved my creu- lt." Dr. Coe's cross-examination had hardly begun when a question about a bond issue from Attorney Joseph caused Dr. Coe to exclaim excitedly: If this bond Issue had gone through as Mrs. Coe planned. I would have been locked no In an Insane asylum in tin fornta and made to sign an agreement to lose everything but my clothes. He declared that hla wife had a plan n have their son. ueors-e tur. meei him at the boat In San Francisco and commit him at once to an asylum. And I know from my own experience in such cases, he continued wnem ently. "that If a patient is brought to an Institution with certificates to his lnanltv from three doctors, and if an other certificate were signed by his own wtle, a doctor nerson, auu no were brought by his own son. Be d have about as much chance to get away as a jackrabblt before a band ox wolves. Wife Worries About Health. He declared that his wife had got oninions of doctors as to his sanity for that nurnose. on tne nana yee terday, Mrs. Coe toW how she had in- aulred of physicians anout nis symp toms because she was worried about his health- Mr. Joseph pressed Dr. Coe as to nis present assets. "What do you consider vnnr nresent worth?' he asked. Dr. Coe said about 1:5.000. He said he was getting only J50 a month from the Medical Sentinel, or wnicn ne is nuhllsher. The attorneys nor airs. oe iroreo heavily -when they got from Dr. Coe the admission that he had signed and riven Mrs. Coe a written statement. hlch thev Droduced. confirmatory o Mr Coe's contention that his share In ih Sanitarium Company, and with It the flvn-vear contract from the Gov ernment for caring for Alaska insane. irrr.iritlnir about 160.000 a .year, ana the only liquid assets of their posses DREADNOUGHTS NO Naval Experts Now Question Effectiveness of Great Fighting Vessels. NEW THEORIES LAUNCHED PEACE EFFORT IS FAILURE ContlnnM From First Pa je. and I'm going to keep it. You're good hustler and you'll have to look out for yourself." laaeraoee Preaalusas 97000. He went on to detail that at that time he was paying $7000 a year for life Insurance, probably more than any other man In Portland, for annuity of $50 a month for life for Mrs. Coe If he should die. He said that he found himself with this big house on his hands, no money to meet his oblige tions. all his available capital used up and his sanitarium in competition with a medical trust. "The house." he explained, detailing some of Its luxuries, "had a pipe organ and a special piano made by Steinway for $201)0. besides our old piano. It was specially wired with seven miles of electric wiring." . Mr. Coe came near breaking down later in the day when his testimony led to what he asserted was Mra Coe's attitude toward divorce. "She used to speak of it in a trifling . sort of manner, as If it didn't amount to more than ceding a banana," the doctor aald. Haltingly, he added "And she would -talk of it Jokingly what to me was the most terrible thing that could happen, before our boys, and they had to listen to it. Dtveree Threats Freeeet, "She would tell us that she would go to Oregon City by one car. and come back with her divorce on the next one. And she told of one woman, mar ried only eight months, who got 124. 000 in her divorce, and asked how slons. bas been signed over to her In a nrevinns settlement. Dr. Coe con tended that this agreement was wauo hv him onlr as a family transaction, in strais-hten uo his affairs at that time. Mrs. Coe to act as trustee wnu the understanding that tne property was to be nut back In bis name. The agreement produced by the de fen.e. dated Aorll 1L 1911. read: To whom It may concern: mis certifies that I have sold and trans ferred to Viola M. Coe any residual in terest remaining In the Coe Interests formerly held by me in the Sanitarium Pomnanv. over and above the claims of R. M. Tuttle against me, wnere same Is held against said Interest, mis i confirmatory of a former deal mad between the undersigned and Viola M. Coe. and Is this day fully confirmed In a settlement In which the under signed has fumed over to said Viola M. Coe certain properties in iuii sat isfactton of all claims held agains the fnlumhla Land Company and th undersigned for monies advanced by her. amounting to some 33.uuu. ac cording to the claims of said Viola M. Coe made upon the undersigned. "HENRY W. COE. A letter of the same date to Fred Kr'.bs. produced by Mr. Joseph, read: "Dear Sir: In a settlement made th! dav with Mrs. Viola M. Coe. for th monies she claims to have advanced In the Interest of myself and the Colum bia Land Company up to date, I have turned over to her certain properties and have received a full release of all her claims against the Columbia Land Company and myself. In this transfer to her. I have turned over my Interest In the 100x100 corner of Twenty-flftn and Marshall streets. Please accept notice. HENRY W. COE.' Mrs. Coe's attorneys assert that these documents fully confirm Mrs. Coe contention that the sanitarium, and with it the -valuable Government con tract, which Is the real basis for th present property fight preliminary to the divorce trial, belong to her and not to Dr. Coe. A n-w trial was granted In a ease In Philadelphia on the dlseorery that one of the men who had eat en the jury was a deaf mute and hadn't beard a word of the testimony. LONGER FIND FAVOR Brltteh Admiralty's Flan for 'Naval IIoHday Sets Seafaring Men of World to Thinking Future Engines to Barn Oil. LONDON, Dec. 11 (Special.) The rival great powers of Europe are wait ing with certain natural anxiety the authentic details of the British Ad mlralty's new plans. Sensational ru mors have been afloat In the Chancello ries for some weeks as to possible star tling and marked changes In the future policy of British naval shipbuilding. and there Is no doubt that the whole t theory or the value or areaanougnts and super-dreadnoughts Is now In the balance, and that many naval experts have begun to question whether, after all. these terrible monsters are worth their price. No diplomatist took seriously Win ston Churchill's recent offer to Ger many to agree on a limit to the two country's naval programme for the year 114 least of all. Winston Church ill himself. In the ranks of the British government are a small, but powerful and exceedingly vocal group of poli ticians who are determined at almost any cost to stop the present mad race In armaments. To reduce this band to impotence was the sole object of Win ston Churchill's offer. He knew this plan would be laughed out of court before he put It Into words, but he did It with his tongue In his cheek be cause it was all part of his game. And his game, in blunt words, was to obtain the colossal sum of $250,000,000 for next year's British naval estimates. Germany Walks late Trap. Germany did not see this as a nation. and walked bald headed Into Churchill's trap. Such hot scorn was poured on the naval holiday project that even the peace-at-any-price advocates In England took umbrage. Just as Church- Ill Intended .they should. Now their claws have been cut, and they can only sit and wring their hands. Navel economists In the United Mates and In Europe, however, have genuine cause for disquietude. There Is, for example, the enormous Increase In the cost of Individual units or tne BNtisn fleet, which has doubled within the last few years, and now largely ex ceeds $10,000,000. Behind this cash fact has to be placed the steadily-growing fear that, after all. these monsters may not prove the decisive factors In war at sea that every nation feared they would when England started In with them, and, in pite of much hos tile criticism, based her naval standard on their range end their power. John Leyland, the British naval ex pert, certainly Is under no delusions as to the grounds that make this hostility to dreadnoughts something that may be wisely laid to heart In Europe and In the United States. He holds that the Increase In power and range of the sub marine, and the destructive character of the mine, have brought new and vital factors Into the dreadnought problem. There also Is general belief that the next great naval war win oe between England and Germany, and If this be the fact well, the North Sea with Its misty atmosphere will be the possible scene of combat, and engage ments then will not necessarily Dt fought at the extreme ranges for which super - dreadnoughts are especially suited. English W arships rrltlHaerl. He also points out: T. - ho look back upon the hlio.-y of warship building during tie last half century discover a character of Instability which. It Is alleged, has given England warships til adapted to its requirements almost over tne wnoie period. Assuming that the dreadnought policy Is right. It may be asked: Why did we build the great race of the rcyal sovereigns and the mighty fleet cf th naval defense act. and were so e'.v.ed when we possessed them? This would, of course, be to lose the sense of his torical perspective. "Sclentlflo progress and mechanical developments place new means In the hands of the shipbuilder, and wnat was undreamed of becomes possible. But still more evident, when we come ,to think of It, Is the inability, at every state of history, of the human mind to penetrate far Into the future and anticipate the conditions of a time which has to come In order to oe realized. In the days r wooden sail ing ships the development wss slow because the conditions changed little, but in these days of enormous and rap- Id changes long prevision becomes less and less possible. "To censure the admiralty for bavins- built dreadnoughts would be ab surd. The dreadnought was the great fruit of the ripest naval experience of the time. Deductions from all the ele ments of modern science, mechanical nrorress. and tne lessons or war, ma neuvers, exercises ana tria.s preniaeu over her birth. The great and splen did Idea was to hit first and to go on hitting, and with that object to have the most powerrui run ana speea which would enable the assailant to choose the range. "To enter the self-contained and self-sufficient engine-room of a ship nrovlded with Internal combustion en glnes Is a practical revelation or the fact that we are on the threshold of a new era. The oll-englned battleship Is not . with us yet, but few people question that It Is coming nearer. And If we do not require boilers, coal bunkers and many other things which are In existing ships, what will be the effect on design? Shall we build big ger ships or smaller? What will be the ratio of alue assigned to the gun, to the torpedo, to speed and to the cost of the ship? What will be the relative value aitlgned to the battle ship and the submarine? "Let us tread cautiously on this last ground, for. If experience may guide ns. it is mad policy to build small ves sels to the detriment of vessels of power." IRISH BAC0NIS SCARCE Girls View Feeding- Pigs as Beneath Notice, Explanation Offered. DUBLIN. Dec. 11. (Special.) Pig rearing Is no longer a popular occupa tion among the farming class In Ire land and black Is the outlook for Irish bacon. Various causes have been ad vanced recently to account for this de crease In pig production In the Emer ald isle. Some experts attribute it to the disappearance of landlordism that certainly onee had a most stimulating effect on the enterprise In the old days when the small farmer's pig was the bank upon which the landlord drew for Q'iO Washington Street OJ4 0'iJ OneOoor West Broadway 119 Washington Street 049 j4j One Door West Broadway O'lJ ii t ti ion.vui i i' ..t-i pM-L-i The House g&i of Coats Pre-Inyentory Price Sale Only a few weeks preceding stock-taking, January 1. The entire stock must be reduced to a minimum. The con tinued dry spell this year finds us with more stock than we should have, com pels such drastic and tremendous price reductions much earlier than has been customary. Any purchase will exceed your most hopeful expectation. Come! It is hard to conceive the tremen dous Coat bargains that will pre vail here the next few days. There will be wonderful crowds, wonderful buying, as we predict the bargains will compel a quick response, as we intend to make a speedy reduction of stocks with out regard to cost. Pre-Inventory Price Sale EngSvGeSines RAINCOAT English Slip-Ons New Balmacans Men's Superb Double Service Eng- ilish Slip-Ons Single and Double Texture 9.00 SLipons at.S 4.75 $12.50 E. Slip-ons $ 6.25 $18 Eng. Slip-ons $ 8.25 $20 Eng. Slip-ons $10.00 $22 Eng. Slip-ons $11.00 $25 Eng. Slip-ons $12.50 $30 Eng. Slip-ons $14.80 $35 Eng. Slip-ons $17.50 $40 Eng. Slip-ons $20.00 MEN'S SCOTCH TWEEDS, in cravenette material, with or without belts, in Raglan or Derby shoulders. Regular $23.50 value, fhl 1 CL Choice for. ..J 1 1. J Real, Practical Holiday Present for Father, Mother, Sister or Brother The New English Ga berdines for Men and Women That smart, new All Weather Coat for season 1913. $22.00 Gaberdines $11.00 $25.00 Gaberdines $12.50 $30.00 Gaberdines S15.00 $35.00 Gaberdines 817. SO $40.00 Gaberdines $20.00 Women's Cravenettes Reduced to $17.50 A most stylish and particu lar Raincoat for utility wear, made of imported fabrics; the most desirable colors and mixtures; in plain mili tary and convertible collars. Beg. $33 values ... $17.50 Women's Slipons and Mohairs Cut to $5.75 English Slip-Ons of double texture fabric, and poplins, in blue, black and olive shades. Reg. $12 values. . . $5.75 Ladies' Superb Double Service English Slip-Ons Single and Double Texture $9.00 Slip-ons $ 4.50 $12 Eng. Slip-ons $ 6.00 $13.50 Silk Poplin Slip-ons $ 5.90 $18 Eng. Slip-ons $ 8.25 $20 Eng. Slip-ons $10.00 $25 Eng. Slip-ons $12.50 $30 Eng. Slip-ons $14.80 $35 Eng. Slip-ons $17.50 In aU the newest shades; made in patch pocket, belt back. Jlaglan and Derby shoulders. A perfect dress garment for all occasions; $27.50 and $30.00 values. Priced for f 1 Q C f this sale t)lODU Sift All Garments Are Subject to Change - After Christmas Men's Superb All-Weather Combination Raincoats and Overcoats $16.50 Coats $18.00 Coats $22.50 Coats $27.50 Coats $32.50 Coats $37.50 Coats l. Off. lo Off. U Off, lo Off. i" Off. lo Off, .$ 8.25 .$ 9.00 .$11.25 .$1355 .$16.25 .$18.75 MEN'S CRAVENETTES NEW BALMACANS RAIN TOPCOATS r$15 Coats $20 Coats $25 Coats $30 Coats $35 Coats $40 Coats V Off. V" Off. V Off. Vo Off. y off. y off. .$ 7.50 .$10.00 .$12.50 .$15.00 .$17.50 .$20.00 Alterations Free Boys' Black Rubber Coats, a standard style of extra quality; snap buckle fastenings. Regular $5.00 value. Sale tf O C price tjDssateOO Boys' Slip-Ons, in English can tons and cashmeres; double tex ture, stitched and vulcanized seams. Ree. $7.50 O ""7 P" values. Sale price. Mail Orders sent via Parcel Post. State bust and length Unclose P. 0. money order or check. measnre. 343 WASHINGTON 343 One Door West of Broadway, ronnerly Seventh Street NCQAT C0MRANY OpeaSamrdayTill 10 P.M. Girls Capes, in red and blue; made of fine waterproof fabrio, in lustrous finish ; $3.00 and $4.50 values. Sale price, tf C C $2.50 and tj 1 .DO Girls double-texture Slip-Ons, English cantons and cashmeres; stitched and cemented. Regular $7.50 value. Sale price $3.75 his yearly rental. Others, however, put forward an entirely different reason for the decline and the consequent hitch price of Irish bacon at the present time. There Is, It seems, a fastidious type of young; woman S row Ing- up in Ire land that regards pla- feeding; as being entirely beneath her notice. It la as serted. This damsel prefers emigra tion or factory work to service In a farmer's house, where a part of her dally occupation might consist of attending- to the requirements of the plg rery. In fact, many of the larger farm ers In the south and midland counties, who specialized In pig- breeding;, have been obliged to discontinue their op erations because they cannot get the necessary labor. Young womn can be no longer obtained at wages from .$40 to $50. a year, and those who will take on domestic service at all will stipulate-that they must not be called upon to feed pigs. Such is the attitude that the Im proved conditions of living has pro duced among the peasant population of Ireland. GENERAL'S SONMN POVERTY Pitiful Story Told to Police When Ring, Found, I Restored. DlDia riu 1 A A rnmanA revealed Itself In a Paris police station this week when a yojng man In tatterea iA.Ka an, . with til 1 -f t arm In a nn k. niimilnr th annearance of a gentleman, presented himself to the follce, inspector ana mrneu a valuable pearl ring, which he said hs had found In a gutter. The Inspect or demanded his papers of Identifica tion, and was greatly surprised when he discovered that the name of the wretched-looking youth was Vicomte de Bourgogne. son ef the late General de Bourgoirne. who held a high com mand In the French army II years age. The young man said his father died, leaving 14 children to divide an ex. n.ir mall fortune. He himself has been graduated from the cavalry school at Baumur and bad held a com mission In the army, but his career had been destroyed when a motoring accident left him with a paralyzed arm. He fell Into poverty, and. not wishing to appeal to the charity of his friends, was now living in destitution In a garret which he shared with three others in an obscure part of Paris. Seldom Wiltmore, an Englishman, enjoys h distinction of blng th only European ho has ventured to appar at the natlvs bar In Frrpt. Mr. V.lllmor Is noted Arabia scholar, and his plssdings hava rr.loil lbs native Judicsa with admiration, for ran-:y have they listened to such fluent. SICK, SOUR STOMACH, INDIGESTION OR GAS Take "Pape'a Diapepsin" and in five minutes you'll wonder what be came of misery in stomach. Wonder what upset your stomach which portion of the food did the dam agedo you? Well, don't bother. If your stomach Is in a revolt; If sour, gassy and upset, and what you Just ate has fermented Into stubborn lumps; head dizzy and aches; belch gases and acids and eructate undigested food; breath foul, tongue coated Just take a little Pape'a Diapepsin and In five minutes you wonder what became of the indigestion and distress. Millions of men and women today know that It Is needless to have a bad stomach. A little Diapepsin occasion ally keeps this delicate organ regu lated and they eat their favorite foods without fear. - If your stomach doesn't take cars of your liberal limit without rebellion; if your food Is a damage instead of a help, remember the quickest, surest, most harmless relief is Pape's Diapep sin, which costs only fifty cents for a large case at drug stores. It's truly wonderful It digests food and sets things straight, so gently and easily that It", Is really astonishing. Please, for your sake, don't go on and on with a weak, disordered stomach; Ifs so unnecessary. Adv. Christmas and New Year's Excursions VIA Great Northern Railway . .$ 5.80 . .$ 7.50 ..$ 8.80 . .$11.40 . .$13.75 TAC03IA and return . SEATTLE and return EVERETT and return BELLING II AM and return '. VANCOUVER, B. C, and return. Other points in proportion. SALE DATES Dec. 18th to 24th inclusive. Return Limit January 5th TRAINS LEAVE NORTH BANK STATION 10 A. 1L. 5 P. M, 12:30 MIDNIGHT. Tickets. sleeping and parlor car res ervations at City Ticket Office. 343 Washington Street, Morgan Building, and at Depot. H. DICKSON, City Passenger and Ticket Agvnt, Telephones, Marshall 3071, A-22S6. ORIENTAL LIMITED FOR ALL POINTS EAST DAILY. AT 7:00 P. M.