THE MORXIXG OREGOMAX. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1914. MAN SLAYS BLIND WIFE AND HIMSELF Mrs. May Harris, Sightless for 16 Years, Killed as She Lies in Bed. MURDERER LEAVES NOTE Ax and Razor Are Death Tools Used In Lodging-House at 21 Xintli Street Xorth - Woman Threatened Often. FATALITIES . OF TUESDAY. A. J. Linden, 25, 119 East Flanders street, was struck and killed in a collision of a motorcycle and aa auto truck at Bant Seventh and Bel mont streets. Isaac M. Moore, 78, blind and part ly deaf, committed suicide In his homo at 1075 East Twenty-ninth street. North, by shooting. May Irwin Cooper Harris, 48 years old. of 21 Ninth street. North, was murdered by her husband fol lowing a quarrel early yesterday. Oscar Harris. 3S, of 21 Ninth street. North, committed suicide following the murder of his wife. Body of Fred Miller, about 35 years old, was found off Ross Island. lot. Ordering him to step forward he saM: "I want you to tell me where those mines are that you laid." "I'll die first," said the sailor, straightening up. " "Very well, then." replied the Cap tain, "you are going to die first, any way, if any of us do. You have helped lay these mines. You know precisely where they are. We are going to hunt for them and your position is going to be right in the bow of the ship, so that if we hit one of them you surely will be the first man to die." He ordered the prisoner directly in the bow and then steamed ahead over the waters known to be mined. The end of the story is that this Teasel picked up nearly 300 mines while the captured prisoner was kept in his posi tion of danger. IXDON, Sept. IS. On account of the scarcity of wheat in Holland the association of Dutch bakers has sanc tioned the usea of a so-called "tulip bread." in which one-third of the flour used is made from ground tulip bulbs. The bread is said to be nourishing and Oscar Harris, 38 years old, a black smith, crushed the skull of his wife, Mrs. May Mclrwin Cooper Harris, 4S years old. with & small ax and cut her throat with a razor. Harris then used the razor fatally on himself. The murder and suicide were com mitted probably early yesterday at the rooming-house of the Harrises at 21 JJinth street North, while Mrs. Harris, who had been totally blind for 16 years, was in bed. The bodies were found at 1 P. M. yesterday. The double tragedy probably took, place some time in the night. None of the lodgers or the housekeeper, Mrs. Laura Maxfleld, heard any outcry. Harris had threatened his wife, sev eral times, it Is said, and he choked her so severely Laoor (Jay that it re quired the combined efforts of Harris and Mrs. Maxfield to revive her. On another occasion, Mrs. Maxfield says, Mrs. Harris rame running Into her room with tears in her eyes and exclaimed: "Laura, he'll murder me, I know he will. Oh, what shall I do?" Tragedy Is Discovered. The Harrises retired early Monday night and no noise was heard from their rooms, which are situated on the ground floor at the rear of the build ing. Mrs. Maxfield first suspected a tragedy about noon, because of the lion-appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Harris. She looked into the side window, the doors having been locked. and saw Mrs. Harris' body lying on the bed, with the bed clothing wrapped tightly around her. Mrs. Maxfield summoned the police. Harris was lying on the floor, ' his head under the dresser. From the con. dition of the furniture and instru ments of death detectives theorize that Harris struck his wife twice on the head with the ax. Her skull waa frac tured and blood and hair were found on the ax. Note to Mother I,eft. It is supposed that Harris then re turned to the kitchen, placed the ax on the table and wrote the following letter to his mother: "Mrs. S. J. Harris, 1500 East Sixth "Street, Topeka, Kan.: "Mother, I could etand it no longer, Oscar. My. my, Oscar." Then followed crosses, which are taken to mean kisses. Harris then returned to the bedroom, the detectives deduct, and, seeing that his wife still breathed, took a razor from the bureau and slashed her throat. Harris then cut his right wrist and lay down beside his dead wife. That Har ris rose and went to the dresser and clashed his own throat before the mir ror also is indicated, as the mirror and walls are splattered with blood. Mr. and Mrs. Harris were married two years ago. Mrs. Maxfield says Harris frequently came home Intox icated and threatened to kill his wife. Mrs. Harris fcad been married three times before her union with Harris. Jack Mclrwin, a son of Mrs. Harris, resides across the street from the scene of the murder and suicide. RECALL MEETS CHECK COLUMBIA. ELECTION STOPPED BY RESTRAINING OKDER, County Court Demands Hearing Upon Constitutionality t Ijiw Before Issues Are Submitted. ST. HELENS, Or., Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) Coming on the heels of the or der of the County Clerk setting the date of the recall election in Columbia County for September 22 is a restrain- 1 n it nrHcr from fi-rr-wi 7 . a : stopping proceedings until after a hear ing is held. The County Court and a taxpayer as plaintiffs are named in the petition. The Clerk, and the Sheriff are cited to show cause why the election should not be canceled. The constitutionality of the recall law is questioned and the complaint further alleges that the Clerk cannot include in a recall the office of the District Attorney, as the bill cre ated him a state officer until the elec tion of 1916. On an economy platform and prom ising harmony and co-operation with the State Highway Commission in its plans for the construction of the Co lumbia River Highway, the following have been put into the field for county offices: County Judge, A. L. Clark, Kainier; Commissioners, A. E. Harvey, Clatskanie and C. F. Keelan, Deer Is land; County Attorney. O. R Metsker. of St. Helens. ir r . -a Mrs. May Harris, Murdered hy Husband, H I jtxe-r Commit ted Sulfide. the War Ministry has recommended its use in the army. A special to the Daily News from Rotterdam says that the German Min ister of Agriculture has issued a cir cular declaring that the cereal crop is not so good as expected, ordering the manufacture of alcohol cut down 40 per cent and recommending that farm ers conserve, the food supply by dry ing potatoes on a large scale. Instruc tions are being given in the country districts as to the use of potato meal for the manufacture of bread. LONDON, Sept. 15. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Petrograd says: "One of the most venerable ikons in Russia, representing a vision of the virgin to the Russian saint, Sergius Rodonejsky, at the time of the over throwing of the Tartar yoke, has ar rived from Moscow at the headquar ters of the Grand Duke Nicholas Nich- olaevitch at the front. It was received by the Grand Duke and his staff and a procession of clergy. "This ikon has accompanied the Rus sian armies since the time of Alexis, father of Peter the Great." FATE OF 8 UNCERTAIN CANADA WOULD SEND RESCUE SHIP FOR KARLl'K MEN. Government Awaits Word Prom Captain Bartlett Before At tempting to Kind Explorers. OTTAWA, Sept. 15. The Navy De partment of the Canadian government is waiting for more definite word from Captain Bartlett of the ill-fated Stefansson exploration ship Karluk be- lore deciding to send a relief expedi tion into' the Arctic to look for the eight missing members of the Stefans son party. Captain Bartlett is aboard the United States revenue cutter Bear, which arrived at Nome with 11 survivors Monday. The department will ask Captain Bartlea whether he believes there- is a chance that the missing men are alive. The department has asked the Rus sian government to instruct its officials along the Siberian coast to keep sharp lookout for the men. The steamer Corwin. which was equipped and sent north by Jafett Linderberg, of Nome, a friend of Stefansson, on a rescue ex pedition, is still in the Arctic Ocean, but Is expected to put Into Nome Bnnn . BEAR, LIKELY XOT TO War Incidents Beyond Roar of Gun Add Interest. Mine-Layer Forced to Occupy Dan. seer Point Daring Search Tulip Bulbs Substitute for Flour Ven erable Ikon Accompa-- Oar's Field Army. ONDON. Sept. 15. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) A story is going the rounds here thnt whn one of the British mine-hunting boats captured a- mine-laying trawler manned by Germans In the North Sea the Brit ish Captain lined up his captives and picked out the weakest looking of the Revenue Cutter Too Useful to Take Survivors to Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash, Sept. 15. Revenue cutter men here believe the United States Government will not accede to Captain Robert A. Bartlett's request that the seven white men of the Kar luk's crew brought to Nome by the Bear be conveyed to Seattle on the Bear, which could give them better care than passenger steamers could. It is pointed out that the Bear is needed urgently in the Bering Sea dur ing the next six weeks. The season of navigation in the Arctic is now nearly ended. There are three whalers, besides the steamer Corwin, which are yet to arrive at Nome, it would be risking life to send an expedition now to seek the Karluk's missing men. A vessel entering the Arctic would be frozen in the ice almost at once. ASHLAND NORMAL WANTED Cottage Grove Commercial Club In dorses Return of School. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Sept. 16. The following resolution was adopted by the Cottage Grove- Commercial Club Monday night: Be it unanimously resolved. That the Cottage Grove Commercial Club again go on record as heartily favoring the adequate support and maintenance of all necessary higher institutions of learning. To maintain that position, we pledge our votes and support, and we urge the voters of our city and sur rounding community to co-operate with us, in the re-establishment of the Southern Oregon Normal at Ashland Mrs. Mary Boectmann Dies. OREGON CITY, Or.. Sept 15. Spe cial.) Mrs. Mary Boeckmann, who has lived in the Stafford district lor the past 30 years, died at her home at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, after an ill ness of seven years. The funeral was held this afternoon. She is survived by three children Mrs. Claus Peters, Ern est Boeckmann and Miss Minnie Boeck mann, all of Stafford. She was a na tive of Germany and 80 years old. License to Wed Secured. OREGON CITY. Sept. 15. (Special.) Fred Holm, of 1566 Everett street. Portland, and Albertine S. Kornbrodt secured a marriage license here to day. NAT RAILWAY IQNAL OF MEXICO SEIZED Constitutionalists Take Over Property Covering Securi ties of $300,000,000. OWNERSHIP IS ASSERTED Property Heretofore Has Been Oper ated by Xevr York Man and Board of Directors Foreign Hold ings' Status in Doubt. WASHINGTON. feept, 15 Consul John R. Silliman reported from Mex ico City today that the Constitution alists have taken possession of the Na tional Railways of Mexico and re named them the Constitutionalist Rail ways of Mexico. Mr. Silliman reported that General Carranza's government bad taken pos session of the lines on the ground the Mexican government owns a majority of the stock. The authorized capital is J220,000.0i0 gold, of which practically all the common stock is held by the Mexican government. The system has a total mileage of more than 6000. most all standard gauge, virtually covering Mexico. Securities Total Nearly $300,000,000. There are various issues of bonds of tha principal company and the constit uent companies tha system absorbed in 1909. The total of stocks and bonds is nearly $300,000,000. This action has raised a disturbing question In the minds of officials here. No action will be considered, however, until the interested American bankers and bondholders have been heard from. General Carranza's explanation is that his action is warranted because the Mexican government owns a ma jority of the stock and that a large part of the minority is owned by Mex icans. Inquiry has been' directed to New York to ascertain just the amount of the American and other foreign in terests in the railways. Officera Are Superseded. The understanding here is that while the Mexican government, in order to encourage the building of these rail ways, subscribed a majority of the stock and indorsed the bonds, this was done merely to encourage a new enter prise. The road has been operated by a president, E. N. Brown, of New York, and a board of directors, much as other similar enterprises in the United States are operated. Now all of the officers have been superseded by Constitutionalists The question, uppermost in the minds of observers here is whether the in tegrity of foreign-held bonds will be guaranteed under the new regime. CLACKAMAS FAIR OPENS Possible Showers Cannot Drive Big Crowds Away, Say Officials. OREGON CITY, Or, Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) The eighth annual Clackamas County Fair will open at Canby tomor row morning and will close Saturday night. The majority of the department heads and the officials of the associa tion, spent the day on the fairgrounds completing the final arrangements and accepting many exhibits. From the interest taken In every part of the county and the enthusiasm of exhibitors, the officials of the associa tion have decided that, even though it rains tomorrow, the opening day crowd will exceed that of any previous year. The fact that the German programme for Thursday has been canceled will not lessen the usual big crowd on Ger man day, in the opinion of Judge Grant B. Dimick, president of the association. THE DALLES CHANGE NULL Supreme Court Holds Redisricting of City Wards Is Illegal. SALEM, Or, Sept. 15. (Special.) Holding that the charter amendment redistricting the city is Invalid, the Supreme Court today declined to compel the City Council of The Dalles to call a special election. A writ of mandamus was asked by Peter Fleck, a resident MOTHER OF H. C. WOHT3IAX, OF PORTLAND Filial, PASSES. IT A' t - v 4 1 i Mrs. K.lixjt A. Womui, Mrs. Eliza A. Wortman, widow of the late Jacob Wortman and mother of H. C. Wortman, of the firm of Olds, Wortman & King, died yesterday at her home in McMlnnville. Mrs. Wortman was 84 years old, having been born near Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1830. When a young girl she moved with her parents to Iowa and was married to Jacob Wortman in 1850. In 1S52 they crossed the plains and settled on a ranch in the Willamette Valley near Ore gon City. Later they moved to Canemah, then to Lane County and eventually to McMlnnville, where Mr. Wortman was engaged in the banking business until his death in 1904. Mrs. Wortman is survived by three sons, John Wortman, pres ident of the First National Bank, of McMlnnville; Dr. J. L. Wort man, of Brownsville, Tex, and H. C. Wortman, of Olds, Wort man & King, Portland. The funeral services will be held today at 2 o'clock at the family home in McMlnnville. In terment will be made in the Ma sonic Cemetery there. VL SEE THAT .CURVE (Trademark registered) Everybody Wants Their Glasses Right The power of the lens must be right.' No care is too great; no trouble too much; no test too severe to insure the correctness of our lenses. We reject them for trifling errors. Glasses if Needed as Low as $2.00. Thompson OPTICAL INSTITUTE 209-10-11 Corbrlt Hide., Fifth and Morrison, Second Floor. 2 DRUGS i It' v 5 i of the city. The amendment divided the city into Ave wards and provided that every ward be entitled to two Councilmen and two water commis sioners. At the general election eight Coun cilmen were elected in new wards and the Council refused to order an elc tlon to choose two Councilmen in. the proposed ward one. The court holds that supporters of the charter amendment proceeded In ignorance of the ordinance prescrib ing the manner of exercising the initia tive prerogative, and failed to have the measure published according to legal requirements. TILLAMOOK FAIR OPENS EXHIBITS INCLUDES LARGE NUM BER OF DAIRY CATTLE. llllic Test and Competition for Beat Cheese Among Events That Are Attracting Attention. TILLAMOOK, Or., Sept 15. (Spe cial.) The Tillamook County Fair opened today with an unusually large number of exhibits. They include a large number of dairy cattle. The fair is under the management of a board, of which J. H. Dunstan is president, William G. Talt secretary, and L. M. Krauer a member. The following are the superintend ents: Livestock, Dr. J. E. Reedy; milk and cream, F. W. Christensen; poultry, H. Booth; vegetables and fruit. It- Y. Blalock; flowers, Mrs. Anna Billings; domestic baking, Mesdames Conover and Hill; needlework, etc.. Miss H. Crenshaw; painting and photography, Mrs. Lola M. Shrode; better babies' con test, Mrs. Mary F. Dunstan. Two events which are of reat In terest are the milk test and the com petition for the best cheese. Nearly all the cheese factories in the county have entered and are competing for the prizes. About 125 entered for the better babies' contest, and nearly 100 took the examination, but the result will not be made known until Friday, when the prizes will be awarded. ilOfliATION IN DOUBT WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS SEKIt IKG TOGA MAY APPEAL. Georgre Turner and W. W. Black Each Claim Victory, and Evn Official V Count Mr Not Settle It. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 15. (Spe cial) With both sides claiming vic tory It Is conceded that the official count and probably court proceedings may have to determine who won the Democratic nomination. for United States Senator. Chief Deputy County Auditor' Bar rail, of King County, today announced that he hoped to have this county's of ficial count completed this week. Latest returns from the canvass in several counties and the unofficial es timates already made give a small lead to George Turner over W. W. Black for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. The Turner forces claim the nomination by a plu rality of more than S00. At the Black headquarters at Ev erett the assertion is made that Judge Black is leading by 85 votes. Irregularities in the Snohomish County vote officially canvassed today at Everett are cutting down Black's lead there. DAMAGES ARE AFFIRMED Supreme Court Upholds $75 00 Ver dict for Messenger's Death. SALEM, Or, Sept. 15 (Special.) In an opinion by Justice Ramsey, the Su preme Court today affirmed the verdict for $7600 damages of the Multnomah County Circuit Court in the case of M. C. Beaver, administrator of the es tate of Don Beaver, a messenger boy killed in an elevator accident, against Mason, Ehrman & Co. The boy was operating the elevator at the time of the accident, which the defendant charged he had no right to do. Justice Burnett gave a dissenting opinion. If it was not Intended that he should operate the elevator the court held that it was the duty of the agents of the company to prevent him from doing so. Other opinions today were as fol lows: J. C. Clearwater, appellant, va. Clarence Forret; sppeaied from Marion County; salt regarding horse; affirmed. D. R. McCann, executor of the estate of Margaret Burns, vs. H. C. Burns, et a I, ap pellants; appealed from Mnltnoraah County; motion to strike out amended bill of ex ceptions allowed. w. A. Booth, appellant, vs. City of Prlne ville: appealed from Crook County; lnvolv ins title to real property; affirmed. John K. Wicks, appellant, va. Frank B. Sanborn; appealed from Clatsop County; ac tion for money; reversed. Eravid G. Smith, appellant, vs. William McDafiee, et aL; appealed from Ortnt County; petition for rehearing;; denied. City of Portland vs. Arthur F. Miller, et ouble Stamps Till 2 Today 8 W A R C L A R K E C a A "Wood-Lark" Fountain Pen at 98c For child or sire. Water man and Conklin Pens (the genuine). Rites-Well Ink, 10c, 15c, 25c Full pints, 50c; quarts, 85c Our Pen Doctor can Vfix" your pen, no matter how sick STICKS R. Gloves Syringes U Water Bottles Crutch Tips B Nipples Atomizers B Ice Bags Air Bags K. Bathing' Caps Dolls R Tubing Balls Competent salespeople, men and women, to serve you. RAIN $1.50 Warranted Umbrellas, S1.09 8 ribs, rustproof. Plenty of finer ones at very attractive prices. $155 Fountain Syringe 88i You may not know it, but right here in Portland in bur store is displayed the finest and most complete line of high grade rubber goods on this Coast. We sell Candy lots of it. People like it. It's pure. It's good. TODAY 60c Buttermilk Chocolates, pound.. 4S 25c Jellv Beans 18 Still we are selling the wonderful $1.50 Wizard Triangular Polish Mp QScj DRUGS "WOOD - LARK" SPICES are right. For 50 years we've bought and sold the best. Twice the strength and cost no more. "WOOD-LARK" FLAVORING EXTRACTS give that rich, fruity flavor which every good housewife wants and every healthy appetite demands. Healthy Colore for cakes and candies Lemon, Blue, Strawberry. Just like burglar and fS fire insurance an Ever Ready Flashlight, these dark nights; mighty convenient; put one in your pocket; keep one under your pillow. 50c Camelline 33 25c Sanitol Face Powder 16 25c Mumm, 2 for 25 25c Frostilla, 2 for 25 Egyptian Complexion Lotion SI. 00 Harmless a delight to the user. ; i firtmn-s We carry Instruments of precision for every calling or industry Barometers, Thermome ters, Hydrometers, Hygrometers, Compasses, Field Glasses. "WOOD-LARK" BUILDING Alder at West Park al appellants; appealed from Multnomah County; ault to enjoin maintenance of cer tain building acroas Millers avenue; af firmed. I. H. Turner, et al, vs. E. T. Bray, appel lant; appealed from Marion County; suit for commission In real estate deal; affirmed. Hattte Roy Smith vs. A 1 go ma Lumber Com pany, appellant; appealed from Klamath County; action for ejectment; affirmed. Fred N- Perkins, appellant, vs. Ida M. Perkins; appealed from. Coos County; di vorce action; modified. Anthon Erkern vs. J. D. Casey, et al., ap pellants; appealed from Multnomah County; action to collect rent; reversed. A petition for a rehearing was denied In the case of Toomey vs. Casey; mppealed from Multnomah County. PACIFIC BREAKS RECORDS Enrollment at University la Heavy and Outlook Is Bright. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Gro-re. Or., Sept. 16. (Special.) Registration at Pacific University in the first two days surpasses all former records. The freshman class promises to reach 50 In the next lew days. Prospects for football are exceedingly bright with plenty of new material. All of last year's team will be back with the exception of Captain Taylor, who was gra.duateJ last June, and Burllnghnm, who goes to Stanford this year. Coach Takel has called, for football practice tonight. The new departments of business and domestio science are proving popular as shown by the early registration. mm You realize that comfort in clothes is mental as well as physical; if you don't feel right in the clothes they don't feel right on you. The only way to get comfort in clothes is to get clothes that are made for comfort. We make them. The right style, the good fit, the right quality create the comfort. ' Pay, say $1$. It's good judgment. Ask to see our clothes at that price. Hart Schaffner & Marx SAM'L ROSENBLATT & CO, The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes. STOPS HEADACHE, SPECIAL For This Week Only Flat Lenses taken in exchange as part payment on Tories JfXRTSQ us your flat lenses and we will deduct their value from the purchase price of Toric Lenses. The wearer of Toric Lenses is not annoyed by seeing the rims of his glasses they gve a wider range of vision look better and wear longer. This Exchange Offer Is Good For This Week Only So Bring in Your Flat Lenses at Once. If you are unable to call, telephone and we will send a boy, who will re turn your glasses in an hour. PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. Columbian Optical Co. Floyd Brower, Mgr. 145 Sixth Street. Between Alder and Morrison. Try the NEW SHORT LINE To SPOKANE PaIN f NEURALGIA Don't Suffer! Get a Dime Pack age of Dr. James' Head ache Powders. You can clear your head and relieve a dull, splitting or violent throbbing headache In a moment with a Dr. James' Headache Powder. This old-time headache relief acts almost magically. Send some one to the drugstore now for a dime package and a few moments after you take a powder you will wonder what became of the headache, neuralgia ami pain. Stop suffering it's needless. Be sure you get what you ask lor. Adv. of the OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. Daily Train Service, Effective Tuesday, September 15th, as follows: No, 12 Limited 8:00 9:45 10:25 1:20 3:55 7:55 M. Lv. M. P. P. P. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. Ar. THE PORTLAND Hood River The Dalles Umatilla Ayer Junction SPOKANE No. 11 Limited :20 A. M. 5:13 A. M. 4:30 A. M. 1:50 A. M. 11:22 P. M. Lv. 8:30 P.M. Ar. 7: SHORTEST ROUTE BETWEEN PORTLAND AND SPOKANE Effective same date, a new Local Train will be put in service between Portland and The Dalles, as follows : No. 8 4:00 P. M. Lv. 6:40 P.M. 7:30 P.M. Ar. No. 7 Portland Ar. 10 :00 A. M. Hood River 7 : 35 A. M. The Dalles Lv. 6:50 A.M. 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