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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1914)
THE MORSIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1914. IS 1NSHERMAN First All-Steel Train Comes in Morning and Great Crowd Attends Fair. RACING EVENTS ARE GOOD Motorcycle Contest Between Two Men Kroni Grass Valley Exciting . and Later Man From The Dalles Defeats Winner. BT ADDISON BENNETT. MOriO. Or., Oct. 9. (Special.) This has been a sort of record-breakln day for Sherman County. In the first place, the O.-W. R. &. N. Company ra the first all-steel train that ever ' reached Moro, the county seat. Thi trajn of seven coaches was a special from The Dalles. It arrived here thi forenoon on schedule time. It was Jammed full of people; they were packed In as closely as a bunch of shin gles. The train from the south, which ar rived earlier, also was filled to th vestibules. Added to those brought in by rail, automobiles, buggies, saddl horses all manner of conveyances poured In until, when the crowd as sembled at the fair grounds, it proved to be the largest number ever assem bled in the county. About 60 autoir.o biles came from "Wasco County, princi pally from The Dalles, and each, ma chine was loaded to its capacity and in many cases almost beyond. The day has been fair. The only drawback was that for an hour or so in the early afternoon there was quite a strong east wind, but not enough to Interfere with the sports. Events as Good as Any. Sizing up the races of all sorts, the trick riding and the bucking contests, it must be said that the vast crowd saw about as interesting events of the kind as can be witnessed at any of the fairs in the Northwest. There were in all some 16 events, most of them racing. While there was no particularly fast time made, all the horses being from Sherman and Wasco counties, the heats were close enough in almost every in stance to bring the audience up stand ing at the finish. A lively race was on between two motorcycles from Grass Valley. Olds and Davis were the riders, and Davis won rather easily. Then The Dalles people got busy and patched up a race between one of their best men and Davis. Machine Gets Kink. The latter ran rings around the man from The Dalles for the first mile, and had the race so well in hand that it looked like he would win by a half mile; but, alas, his machine got some sort of a kink in it on the back stretch and The Dalles man won. It was said the Wasco people thereby gathered in much lucre. The chariot race was again hotly con tested, but Messala lost out to Ben Hur by a close huish. The fair will continue tomorrow, and it seems certain that when the gates are locked tomorrow night and the treasurer counts the cash it will be found that the fair of 1914 was by far the best patronized of any ever held in the county. ' 2UO Autos In Grounds. As an evidtice of the "poverty" of the Sherman County farmers it should be mentioned that more than 200 auto mobiles were in the grounds this after noon. Of these fully 95 per cent are owned by the wheat and stockgrowers vf Sherman. After all, the best feature of the Bherman County Fair was the interest taken in it and the support given by ihe people of The Dalles. It is- true this was a reclprocative movement on their part to return the courtesy of the outpouring of the Sherman County people at the Rodeo and Fair recently held in Wasco County. With The Dalles visitors today came the Hooligan Alley band, a grotesquely-arrayed aggrega lion of alleged musicians, the poorest of whom or which, as the reader pre fers, was ex-Mayor Judd Fish. GRAVITY WATER TURNED ON Ccntriilia's New System Tried for First Time Meets Needs. CENTRAUA, Wash.. Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) The first gravity water from the intake 14 miles up the north fork of the Newaukum reached Centrali this afternoon. The work of bringing the supply down was necessarily slow so as not to damage the pipe line by a rush of water. The first water through the line is being turned Into China ditch and. will not go into the reservoirs and distributing system until it is clear. but the commissioners promise that Centralians will be drinking it at their Sunday dinners. It will take nearly two flays to flush out the distributin system. DAY RECORD ONE GQDNTY j ASHLAND NORMAL GAINS ! Kepublican Indorsement Makes All l'arlies Supporters. : ASHLAND. Or.. Oct. 9. (Special.) Local delegates to the meeting of, the Republican county central committee held at Medford yesterday returned eiated over the fact that previous to adjournment the committee unani mously adopted a resolution warmly indorsing the State Normal at Ash hind. This is in line with a uniform indorsement of the measure by all po litical parties. The passing of the reso lution carried with it an implied appeal for everybody to support the proposi tion. Bert Anderson, of Medford. was elect ed chairman of the committee and H. F. Pohland. cf Ashland, secretary. WELL SUNK AT PRINEVILLE l'imlins of Artesian Water May Solve Problem of City's Supply. PRIXKVlLLi; Or., Oct. 9 (Special.) A tlow of artesian water was struck yesterday in I'rinevtlle within three blocks of the business section. The stream is four inches in diameter and comes from a depth of 160 feet. The people are elated over the dis covery of the water, as the water now furnished the city is of poor quality and the problem of supplying a good' grade of soft water for domestic use has been a. perplexing one. Toledo Mill to Resume Soon. TOLEDO. Or.. Oct. 9 (Special.) The Toledo sawmill, which is owned by the Moore Lumber Company. . was shut down a few days ago on account of iacK oi space in wnicn to pile the lum- J ber. The Bandon. which has been mak ing the run between Toledo and "San Francisco, is reported on the drydoska of that place undergooing some repairs. 1 he steamer Fifleld left San Francisco yesterday for Toledo, taking the Ban doc's run . for this trip, it Is under stood. Upon arrival of the Fifleld the mill will start operation again, GRAIN DANGERS ARE SHOWN Machine-Flailed Wheat More Sus ceptable to Smut, in Experiments. rT'T .T.MAN Wash.. Oct 9 (Stmrlal 1 Although farmers probably will not welcome tne idea or nailing their wheat seed, as was done generations ago, ex periment work of the state college in dicate that a certain amount of pro tection from the smut plague ia to be secured in this way. It appears certain that practically all machine-threshed grain is injured so far as its value as seed is concerned. Microscopical examination showed that PORTLAXD ACTRESS HAKES HIT WITH ELll.liGE IN NEW YORK. Corinne Kielly Barker. Portland has sent few aspir ants for histrionic laurels who have advanced more rapidly than Corinne Rielly Barker. Last season, upon reaching New York, she came under the no tice of that spectacular mana ger, "Al" Woods, who offered her a part of a "model" in one of his New York companies be cause Miss Barker is built on the lines prescribed by the fash ion dictators, and therefore able to show clothes to wonderfully good advantage. Later she was offered the role of Ethel, the English girl in "Peg o' My Heart." but wisely hesitated to venture on Broadway inexperi enced in the technique of the stage. Knowing New York makes allowances only for their own old favorites. Miss Barker left New York to go to work in stock in Toronto, Canada. There, in the Shea Stock Company, headed by Adele Blood, she showed remarkable adaptability to the work and was cast for important roles. The steady grind of stock worked wonders with the young actress and again Mr. Woods heard of her. In looking for someone to fill the part of the sister of Julian Eltinge in the "Crinoline Girl" he decided on Miss Barker. The Eastern papers gave her flatter ing notices after the opening in New York, commenting upon her naturalness and finished work quite as much as her youth and beauty. in most machine-threshed wheat the root sheath covering nearly always is broken. With the hnvo f:i r-t :n mtn i, Washington station mao i ........... 1 comparison of results secured from uano-sneiiea and machine-shelled wheat. The In if . t n ........ i .. . . . ... . j, ni,p, ctl. ble extend showed plants of lower vigor and greater susceptibility to smut than was true or tne hand-shelled wheat. LIQUOR DEALERS INDICTED Technical Point to Be Decided in Clatsop County. ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. 9. (Snecinll V. L. Carlson. Nace Grant, E. L. Wincke bach, J. H. Duncan and J. P. McCann, wholesale liquor dealers, were indict ed by the Circuit Court grand jury on charges of selling liquor in "dry" ter ritory. The defendants have been al lowed until November 2 to plead, as Judge Eakln will be away during the coming three weeks. Each of the de fendants is accused of having sold in toxicating liquor in the precincts which have been voted "dry" under the local option law. It is understood there will be no dispute as to the facts in the case, the question at issue being one of interpretation of the law, as to where a sale Is actually consummated. JUDGE JEWELL IS DEAD Josephine Official Is Survived by Widow and Xine Children. GRANTS PASS, Or.. Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) Stephen Jewell. County Judce of Josephine County, died this morning, aged 67. For eight years he had been County Judge. He was born in Grove County, Kentucky, in 1847, and moved to Texas, when 25 years old. He came o Oregon In 1887 and settled on a homestead three miles from Grants Pass. - Judtre Jewell was at his office Yes terday attending his duties, althousrh his health had been declining for some time. A widow, five sons and four dauch- ers survive him. The funeral service will be held at the Christian fThni-ch Sunday afternoon. BANK ROBBER SENTENCED Man Arrested in Portland Would Go to Prison Without Guard. SPOKANE. Oct. 9 Genrn Vf VCo- tin pleaded guilty in court today to a daylight robbery of a local bank, and was sentenced to rvo tn -ia . - i .1.1. 1 J J. U J C1 1 f in the penitentiary. Martin.- who was arrested in Port land held the bnnlc Ki... L i ... . . : i.ii., wun a bottle which he said contained nitro- ! 1 1 - !. 1. J 1 ,1 A . V. . . . ' J ' ' 1 1. u. ... I--, i-i-i n; sentenced Al ar- tin roniiMtri that V. .i ka 1 1 . - - i' i. hi iu n i;a 1 1 J -o to the penitentiary with the commit ment papers but without a guard. The judge told him that rested with the Sheriff. Roseburg Lodges Greet Official. ROSEBURG, Or.. Oct. S. (Sncll 1 The several branches of the Oddfellows' l-ooge joined In a big meeting here to night, when George W. Wright, of Al bany, grand patriarch of the Independ ent Order of Oddfellows, naid th. order an official visit. The programme included brief addresses, followed by-refreshments. iKSiitiliiilwi EX-FOOTBALL STAR IN CONSPIRACY NET Victor M. Place Accused of At tempt to Stop Evidence in Seattle Chinese Case. OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED AVarrants Charge Efforts to Get 1.1st of Persons Capable of Preventing Lum Kong's Testimony Before Grand Jury, October 13. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 9. Victor M. Place, a prominent Seattle attorney, formerly a Dartmouth football star and afterward coach at the University of Washington and at Notre Dim Uni versity, was arrested late today on a reaeral warrant charging conspiracy to suppress Government evidence in the case against Frank H. Tape, the former Federal immigration interpreter ac cused of aiding Chinese to enter the United States illegally. Warrants for tha - . others alleged to have been parties to me uuupracy were issued. Other Warrants Served. Soon after the is Tape's attorney, warrants 'were served on Tape and Lng Dan, alias China Dan. who Riirre-iriarari t. - - - . v. . . cu (.1113 police Wednesday for protection. A "lna"t aiso nas been issued for Hartig Norman, who wn -... . ., Saturday night charged with attempt ing to bribe a deputy United States ....o.i uu who is at liDerty on $5000 bond. Other irrul. j - cAjjcuieu soon. s y- a Chinese, was ordered , t, " Dona as a witness. Bond for Place and Tape was fixed at $7500 and for China T t . . , a t n ,i -en . vvv. j idLc gave bond. Tape was already under $7500 """ cnarge or smuggling Chi nese, but earlv tnnin D v,o i able to raise the jj,i,nti.,i kj quired on the conspiracy charge.- wie warrants upon which today's ar rests were made charge that the de fendants COnsnlrpH tn nv.ntn State Senator Daniel Landon and others w.c "allies oi tmnese ana other persons friendly to and having influence with Lum Iv o n ir who u-,n,i,i . v. i fluence with Lum Kong or deter him J or inumiaaiion from testifying truthfully before the grand jury when It convenes Ortohi- la .... ..j . original charge against Tape. .uiiiH -rvoiiB, wno was one of the prin cipal witnesses against Tape, was shot and killed Spntpmhpr ' r. , v. : supposed to have been Ching Gow, who was found dead in a Japanese hotel last Sunday. Check Fieurt, n cast. In furtherance nf thn niin,i nnn spiracy to prevent Lum Kong and other .c,,cIICS irora tesiiiying against Tape it is said that Tlsia ... i .- ' $10 to Norman to be used In influencing jjc. imviui; cnuwieage or the names of witnesses to divulge them. The charge that Lum - Kong was killed to prevent him from testifying before the grand jury is not Incorpo rated in the complaint charging con spiracy. AlthoilP-h tha i - uiuuci llttS that this was the object of what they icsiiu as a muroer. Ching Gow, the , muruerer oi LuniKong, is al leged to have been a. narfit tn th. spriacy. Althbugh.the Coroner has mat inning i uow committed suicide by hanging. Federal agents as serted that thfllT WAPA . . I . .! .1 , had not been killed by Chinese who icarea ne woum be caught and impll cate them In the murdpr rxt i .,m A note DurnnrHntr tn Vi -. , T ' ten by Ching Gow exonerates China iaii ui connection witn the Lum Kong DROWNING VICTIM FOUND Body at Astoria Likely Another of Missing Leggett Passenger. ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. 9. iSnetal 1 The body of a wom& supposed to "have been one of the passengers on the steamer Francis H. Leggett, which was wrecnea. recently, was found on the shore at Sunset Beach by J. L. Beding- field. a clamdigger. It was brought to mis city toaay Dy coroner Gilbaugh. The body is of a heavv-set woman of medium height, but the only means of identification are four rings on the lingers, une oi these is a plain gold band, one has an opal and another a garnet setting, while the fourth is a signet ring with the letter "V" in a Tiffany text . scrolil. The owners of the craft have been notified and a de scription of the body sent themv with a nope mat iney may be ableno estab lish its identity. WASCO TAXPAYERS UNITE League to Fight 8 -If our Measure and $1500 Tax Exemption Bill. THE EAT.I.KS Or rw -c.-i At a meeting- horA .nt. ..., j.. . i Wasco County Taxpayers' League was lv""w .o Usui lue proposea ?i&00 per sonal property exemption initiative measure and IT Ren's universal hour law. The executive committee of the league consists of F. L. Hough ton. J. L. Kellv .1 C Uncti .. j ' . - -.IL.H 1 ttllU Grant Mays. The committee will try iueoii'h a similar league In Sher- 11. 11- 1 1 1 III J. - - . ' me laoi DUie Legislature, will be brought here by mo League aionaay night to speak against the two measures which the le&ETUA iS rtTlM.ll. Unl W i 1 1 " - . ..i.iui luupeis say the two measures will be snowed "i in liiib county. JUDGE - RECORDER PUZZLED City Charter of Albany Causes Quan dary Due to Election. ALBANY. Or., Oct. 9. (Special.) Judge F. K. Van Tassel, City Recorder, is in a quandary as to who is going to swear him in as a voter. The city charter specifies that the City Recorder is tpa only person quali fied to swear In the voters as they register and provides for a temporary recorder only in the absence of the Recorder. No provision is made for a deputy. Judge Van Tassel may be forced to wait until election day and be sworn in by the number of freeholders required by law. MOSIER WAREHOUSE BURNS Town Carries AVater Buckets to Check Spread of Blaze. MOSIER. Or.. Oct. 9. The warehouse olH.11. West burned here Wednesday 1 night. The fire was first noticed at 11:20 and the alarm was soon spread. By hard fighting the fire was confined to - the one building and one boxcar filled with hay waiting to be un loaded. The loss will reach J600U with 3000 covered by insurances At first It looked as though the Mosler Fruit Association bullcing ws doomed but men carried water In buckets and tubs nr.d oakea the build ing thoroughly and saveo It. LAND GRANT TAX AT ISSUE Southern Pacific Official Suggests Alternative In Douglas County. ROSEBURG, Or, Oct. 9. (Special.) Declaring that the Oregon & California Railroad Company had been divested of all right, and title to certain grant lands, situated in varfSus sections of Oregon, and that the 'title was now vested in the United States Govern ment. Judge Colvlg, tax agent for the Southern Pacific Company, appeared before the County Court today 'and adked that the Sheriff be restrained from issuing delinquent certificates against the lands Involved, and which were still In litigation. Judge Colvier nlnn Kticff-Ktri that tha county omit the grant, lands from the asseesmeni rolls, and thereby elude paying that part of the state tax. which would amount to approximately $25,000 a year. RAILROAD MEN ON VISIT Great Jiorthern Officers Complete Tour of Agricultural Fairs. M. J. Costello, assistant traffic man ager of the Great Northern, and Fred W. Graham, Western industrial and Im migration agent for , the same road, both of Seattle, were in Portland yes terday after completing a tour of the various agricultural fairs In Oregon and Washington. Graham Is preparing to go to Red mond next week to attend the annual potato show. He takes a particular pride in this show, as he is credited with being the originator of it. The Great Northern, they report, is continuing to handle a steady move ment of immigrants to Montana, which for the last few years has been the mecca of persons in the Bast seeking land and homestead property. CONFERENCE HEARS TALKS Rev. Mr. Fullerton and IteT. Mr. Mahy Address Presbyterians. An(auspicious event among the Pres byterian ministry and the missionaries of the state was the conference held yesterday In the First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Mr. Fullerton, West ern secretary of the board of home mis sions in the Presbyterian churches, and the Rev. Mr. George G. Mahy, of Phila delphia, corresponding secretary of the permanent committee on evangelism, were the distinguished visitors who presided at the conferences aqd gave the local men many helpful suggestions. Chairmen of missionary committees from all over the state were present and shared in the discussions. In the evening Dr. Mahy and Dr. Ful lerton gave inspiring addresses in the Westminister Church. A. large number of men and women attended the lat ter meeting. RICH FARMER IS KIDNAPED Unmasked Men in Auto Seize Victim in Broad Daylight. DES MOINES, Oct. 9. Two unmasked automobile highwaymen, each carrying a revolver, kidnaped Charles Ashworth, a wealthy Polk County farmer, today in broad daylight and not 20 feet from the main street of Valley Junction, a suburb of Des Moines. K. D. Wagner, a business man. broke away from the robbers and escaped after they had re lieved him of a $1000 diamond ring, his watch and all the money he had. The men stopped Wagner and Ash worth in an alley back of Wagner's saioon. tney demanded $10,000 from Wagner and SlOoO from Ashworth. Sheriffs deputies are searching for tne Kidnapers and Ashworth tonight. Three men were arrested on suspicion. NAGGING SPOUSE DIVORCED Several Suits for Separation Begun in Judge Cleeton's Court. Judge Cleeton vesterd.iv trrantA divorce to Marsraret Nice from .t t Nice, on allegations' of nagging and violent conduct. The custody of two cnuaren and fstt a month alimony were awaraea. Eva McKaV. Who mnrrin ff.-int, "VT Kay in Medford in 1905, sued for divorce, alleging desertion. Annie Buck bee sued her husband, Charles, alleging he called her vile names and refused to support her. The custody of three children and $50 a month alimony are asiteu. iviartna suea Arthur TJ. Smith Queen Fashion and King Cotton Patriotic American women have started a movement to unite Queen Fashion and King Cotton. In other words, they have set out to impress their sex with the de sirability of favoring cotton goods at this time. Cotton, the great American staple has been hit by the war. ' It3 price is low and that, of course, means lower prices for cot ton goods. Every yard of cotton goods con sumed at this time is adding to the prosperity of the country. The stores are favoring the move ment by offering many attractive values as our advertising shows. Fifteen Pianola Actions FREE To the first 15 people call I no- tmt.tt we will give absolutely free, a pianola action with anv Diana miri.hnii fn- $200 or more. We have a lot of medium grade pianos that we are going to sell at even less than $100. some of them fos $14 or $18. but the higher-priced In struments, the instruments that sell usually for $500 and $600. now go for only a little over $200. and for each one of these pianos we are going to give, absolutely free, a pianola action, so that you can play the piano either by hand or with the use of music roll and a lot of these music rolls we have we are going to distribute free. We mean that tonight at 12 o'clock there snail not be a single piano left. Every thing must be sold, no matter what it bring - Remember the place. SS8 Morrison street, the Piano Failure sale of iioule Bros. Adv. A Gri 1930. The "Can't-bust-'em" Series 8:30 A. M. Ready for charging desertion. The custody of a child is asked. Edward N. Welnbaum brought suit against Naomi Welnbaum, charging nagging and vexatious treatment that interfered with his business. MORE CANADIANS ENLIST Yukon Sends First Volunteers for Second Expeditionary Army. OTTAWA, Ont Oct. 9. The first vol unteers for the second Canadian ex Who wouldn't be a hoy again ? TTERE are bargains galore today for you eager --- lads, as well as an abundant display o new suits and overcoats at very moderate prices. Every specially -priced article bas been reduced for to day's selling. 50c for boys' $1.50 felt hats; tan, brown, gray and maroon. A great bargain. 95c for boys' $1.50 sweaters; turtle -neck and V-neck styles; gray, navy, white, cardinal and brown. 7 to 14 years. 59c for boys' 75c flannel blouses with military collars. 6 to 15 years. 75c the garment for boys' $1.25 and $1.50 two piece natural gray wool underwear. 8 to 16 years. $1.50 for boys' fine $2.00 Irench flannel blouses in beautiful stripes. 7 to 16 years. 79c for boys' $1.00 K. & E. blouses; new stripes in madras and soisette. 6 to 16 years. Boys Ruff neck Sweaters $1.25 to $5 Boys Pajamas $1.00 to $1.50 Clothes for Boys To clothe your boys properly and economicallv is not merely an incident with this store it is one of the vitally important duties that receive con stant, painstaking attention by a corps of men skilled in this important work." You'll find here the largest stocks and the best makes. Boys Norfolk Suits $5.00 to $12.50 Extra Trousers Free Boys' Balmacaans $8.50 to $15.00 Children's Balmacaans $6.50 to $10.00 Second Floor Elevator Ben Selling Morrison Street at Fourth . School. peditionary force are on the move. They comprise a machine-gun battery raised in the Yukon by Joseph Boyle, a wealthy miner. The force is being raised from among the many veterans of the South African and Spanish American Wars who are in the Yukon. The first 100 started from the North today and 400 more will follow by the next boat. They will train a short time at Victoria. B. C. and will then proceed East. Their journey to the front is 7000 miles in length. M Ola 11a Farmer Pound Dead. MOI.ALI.A, Or., Oct. 9. (Special.) The woman who knows what's what alwajs demands Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate, because she knows and appreciates its true worth. In addition to its value as a tempting and strengthening beverage, it can be served and used in many practical ways. As a flavoring for puddings, ice cream, candy, cake, icing, sauces, etc., it is without an equal. Begin using it to-morrow. In hermetically sealed cans. Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate is the only original ground chocolate. It has been used in Western homes for over a third of a century and its ' popularity is growing day by day. D. GHIRARDELLI CO. Siac 1852 Sn FruoKo Thm high quality 0 at th sain low prie you ha-re always paH. Charles Fricker, a your.g farmer who resided several miles south of this place, was found dead on his farm bv his hired man Thursday. Mr. Fricker had been ill for some time. Last Winter he went to Florida with the hope of recuperating. Since his return he has been gradually growing weaker. His death is attributed to a violent hemorr hage due to tuberculosis. The title of doctor was invented for tlta especlal benefit of the learned lnenilus o? the 12th century. The title was conferred by the T:niversity of Bolotma. The first nitcto:' of medicine was William Gordenio. who rtf,(l the title from the college Kt Astl In 1829. e 3gr U& jjp IT