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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1914)
TTTT3 TirORXTXO OKEGOXTAN. TnUBSDAT,. DECEMBER Fri o o SEE Si is VEi f9 t-n Ti vi. 1 : . . JBwy Isfoiv and Save Come to our store any day this week and go through the entire stock at your leisure and when you find the suit which pleases take it along at th nominal price of There are hundreds of suits actually worth $20, $25 and $30 and it's just like finding money when a man can take his free pick and choice of any suit regardless of cost, selling price or profit for only $15. Suits Made to Order Choice of large, variety of $25, $30, $32.50 and $35 Suits Now "We have had to start something, and it's getting big ger and better every day. Judging from the way the suits are being measured up in these stores, the peo ple still know a good thing, especially when it's backed up by a responsible firm. It may be of inter est to know that these special suits at $20 are being cut and made by our highest-priced men, and they are receiving the same attention as if $40 was being paid. Brownsville Woolen Mill Store Third and Morrison Sts. o rp? JPrices Were Never So Low Keep warm in one of these coats and buy it now while we are giving the free pick and choice of any Overcoat or Balmacaan in either of our two big stores for only They are not fifteen dollar coats but our regular $20, $25 and $30 garments PANTS the Seats Are Free! For the Choice of 7000 Pairs of $4, $5 and $6 Pants Here's where the man with one leg beats the game, as he pays only $1.50, or just half price. Our pants fac tory was compelled to close down, leaving over 7000 pairs of pants unsold. Come to either of our two stores and take as many as you wanj a $3 the pair. 1 Seats Free! J$1.50$1.50 mm mm mm1 Mm J. L Bowman & Go. ' Manufacturers and Retailers of Tailor-Made Clothing Third and Stark Streets tei&m luta ",e MeePs oacK to i our DacK ana ino cotton Aaded m tne Making 4 . o O O Mill INSANITY TO BE PLEA Ex-Judge of Wallowa County Denies Guilt. REPAYMENT IS PROMISED Dclcnsc Will Cite Accidents to Al leged Defaulter Which They Will Contend Have Caused Tem , porary Mental Lapses. ENTERPRISE, Or., Bee. 3. (Spe cial.) J. A. French, ex-County Judge, appeared in the Circuit Court before Judge Knowles Tuesday to answer to charges contained In lour indictments found against him by the recent srrand jury. They charge forgery and obtain ing money by false, pretenses. Mr. French resigned when the grand jury began its investigation three weeks ago. He pleaded "not guilty." The courtroom was filled with men from all over the county to hear the plea. The probability is that the trial will besrln in the middle of next .week. While no intimation of the line of defense was given at the arraignment, counsel for the former county official said afterward that It would be insan ity. Attorneys Boyd and Burleigh have been searching into Mr. French's past life and they have gathered, a mass of testimony of all kinds to support their point. The unusual features that have been so conspicuous in the case are cited as indicating that Mr. French has been suffering from mental lapses. He and his wife own about 1120 acres of land, mortgaged, for J6000, Their equity is worth perhaps $25,000, and they have few debts aside from the mortgage. For a man with such resources to be forging road vouchers and widows' pension claims month after month is regarded as strange. The lawyers say they will show that Mr. French was warned some months ago that he was suspected of misap propriating county funds, that evidence against him had been found and that he was watched. Notwithstanding this he continued uttering the iiogus vouch ers and cashing the warrants, it is said, in the same old manner. In fact, he had turned in a lot of these vouchers a few days before the grand jury met and they were held back and no war rants drawn, awaiting action in the courts. When he was a boy in Virginia he fell off a handcar which passed over him. He received injuries to his spine from which he never recovered, it is alleged. The theory 3 that the phys ical injury affected his mental organ Ism, bringing on periods of mental de rangement, making him irresponsible at times. Two years ago Mr. French tried to hold a refractory horse, which reared, striking him full in the face, and this accident is spoken of as contributing to his supposed periodical mental lapses. Friends who have been close to Mr. French will testify of strange acts in his private life. It is said, which can be explained only on the ground of periods of mental disorder and distress. Alienists and physicians also are ex pected to testify regarding his mental and physical condition. Mr. and Mrs. French, the lawyers say, will repay the county in full the money misappropriated, amounting to between $1200 and $2500. Arrange ments to do this have been made. Dairy Company Quarantines Herd. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 3. (Special.) A quarantine has been placed on the Attalia Dairy Products Company ranch at Attalia by the own ers themselves. Notices have been posted forbidding any but employes to enter the limits of the grounda This is to guard against the foot and mouth disease making its appearance. There are 70 head of Holstein cowi on the ranch. SOCIALISTS ARE FEW Recent Election Shows Wash ington Again Safe. LIQUOR ISSUE PARAMOUNT Approximately 25,0-00 Electors Vote on Measures Only Ioss of Boll Moose Strength 30,000; Old Party Gain 6O,000. OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 3. (Special.) The complete official returns of the general election, made the subject of study by observers of all political par ties here, serve to emphasize the re turn of Washington as a Republican stronghold and the heavy losses suf fered by both the Progressive and So cialist parties. A peculiar feature of the election was that while the total number of ballots cast was nearly 60,000 greater than in 1912, the combined vote for all representatives in Congress was only about 25,000 greater than the vote in 1912.. The vote for United States Sen ator this year was only 25.000 greater than the vote for Presidential electors in 1912. indicating that the prohibition issue attracted about 25,000 voters to the polls who displayed no interest in electing political officials. This bears out pre-election prophecies of political observers who asserted) that the "wet" and "dry" issue would draw to the polls thousands of women who other wise had no desire to vote. Comparison of the vote of the sev eral partiea for United States Senator, with the vote for Presidential electors two years ago, is made: Vote on Vote on Presidential United States lectors Senator Party 1912. 1914. Gam. Republican ..... 70.445 130.479 60.034 DemocraUO S6.840 " 91.733 4.893 Progressive 113,698 8.1.282 30,41 Socialist 40,134 30,234 9.900 Totals 311,117 335.728 tJ4.ll L4ss; fincrease. The Prohibition party, in spite of the issue of statewide prohibition and a complete Congressional ticket, polled only 9551 votes for its candidate for United States Senator, as compared with 9810 votes for Presidential elec tors in 1912. JOB AGENCIES ABOLISHED Washington Governor Issues Edict on Employment Measure. OLYMPIA, Dec. S. Governor Lister today issued a proclamation putting into Immediate effect . the initiative measure adopted at the last election abolishing private employment agen cies. Today is the 20th day after the election, on which the initiative amend ment provides initiative measures shall become effective. The employment bill and the pro hibition bill were the only ones adopted. The Governor has not pro claimed the operation of the prohibi tion bill because of the injunction case brought against it, Indian Gets Time to Prove Case. DAVENPORT, Wash., Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) The case In which Thomas Ba con, a half-breed, of Plummer, Idaho, is seeking' to break the will of Russell M. Bacon, a pioneer of this county, who died a year ago, leaving an estate of $50,000, Wednesday was continued to January 4 by Judge Joseph Sessions, on the Indian's showing that important witnesses were not present. When Mr. Bacon died he willed his property to nieces and nephews, except $25, which was bequeathed to the contestant, who said he was a son of Mr. Bacon by a squaw. SCHOOL Oil WHEELS Series of Farmers' Sessions Planned by College. RANGE OF STUDY IS WIDE Schedule Provides tor C4 Visits to as Many Different Places, Each Lasting Five Days, Com mencing Xext Tuesday. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. Or.. Dec 3. (Special.) The most extensive piece of work ever un dertaken by the extension division of the Oregon Agricultural College for the benefit of the farmers of the state will begin December 8, when the first of a series of Itinerant schools will be beld In Molalla and Kstacada. The complete schedule for the schools, though not definitely arranged, calls for 24 ses sions, in 24 different parts of the state, each school to last for a period of five days, and the entire schedule covering over three months, ending March 27. Two schools will be In session at the same time. Six members of the staff of the ex tension division of the college will de vote all of their time to instructional work in the itinerant schools. The subjects treated in lectures and demon strations will Include those of greatest local importance to farmers and house wives. The various branches of agri culture and marketing will be dis cussed, special attention being given to local problems. A feature of the schools this year, which Professor Hetxel, in charge of the extension service of the college, believes will add much to the effective ness of the work, will be the centering of certain work on certain days. Al though, the work given will cover a period of five days. It will not be neces sary for a person to attend throughout the entire session In order to receive instruction in particular branches In which he is most interested. For ex ample, all of the work In horticulture will be given on one or two days, and that In dairying on other days. The same rule will apply to all of the branches treated. Following the Estacada and Molalla schools there will be sessions at Forest Grove and Monmouth from December 15 to 19, and at Lebanon and Albany commencing December 21. After the holidays the schools will be held in Marion, Lane, Josephine. Lake. Klam ath and Douglas counties, and in a number of Eastern Oregon counties. Kelso Strike Arbitration. Is Hope. CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec 3. (Spe cial.) The labor difficulties In Kelso between the McLane Lumber & Shingle Company and the Timberworkero Union is reaching an acute stage and as a result a special meeting of the Kelso Council was held last night to see if some settlement of the problems involved cannot be reached. Repre sentatives of both sides of the contro versy outlined their side of the story, and it is hoped that as a result of the meeting a form of arbitration may be arranged. A Safe Christmas Is the Happiest Equip the Tree Electrically Avoid the dangers and chances of turning "Xmas"vday into a day o sorrow. An electrically lighted tree is superior in every way to the old candle method. Does away with the dirst and dnst and makes a much prettier effect. An equip ment purchased this year will last for years. CHRISTMAS TREE OUTTITS FROM $3.00 UP Store O. 1 T T"l . i Store open btubbs fclectric Co. p Saturday Saturday Evening. "Everything Electrical' Sixth at Pine. Evening