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' THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2S, 1914.
AGO
, BY COMPACT,
ISNEUTRALORQUND
Gutierrez Agrees to Permanent
End of Siege; Hill Is Not
to Follow Him.
NO ADVANTAGE IS LOST
Continued Safety of Border Towns
Depends on Washington's An
swer to Plan Submitted by
General 'Scott.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Secretary
Bryan received word unofficially to
night that the plan proposed by
Brigadier-General Scott, chief-of-staff
of the United States Army, for the pre
vention of firing Into American terri
tory along the Mexican border. 'haa
been agreed 'on by all factions.
Enrique C. Llorente, Washington
agent of the Gutierrez government, of
-which General Maytorena at Naco is
a supporter, was advised that the lat
ter had accepted the plan suggested by
General Scott. It provides that Gen
eral Hill, of the Carranza forces, should
abandon Naco and be permitted to go
unmolested to Agua Prieta, already
held by a portion of his troops. Gen
eral Maytorena, who has withdrawn
his forces southward from Naco. would
agree not to occupy Naco, Sonora,
which would thenceforth become abso
lutely neutral.
Maytorena Is Satisfied.
As Maytorena already holds No
gales, a port of entry, he is said to be
lieve that the arrangement was neither
to his advantage nor detriment. From
the viewpoint of General Hill, the con
tinued possession of Naco was said to
be of little value, because the May
torena forces besieging it from the
south prevented the further transpor
tation of supplies obtained through
the port from the United States. Re
tiring to -Agua Prieta, Hill, it is be
lieved, will be enabled to defend him
self better against all attacks.
From the American point of view the
arrangement was favored because
fighting at either Agua Prieta or No
gales would not be close enough to the
American towns to produce the same
situation as had existed for several
months at Naco, where stray bullets
constantly fell on American soil.
Villa Reports Harmony.
Mr. Llorente said he bad a telegram
from General Villa to tho effect that
harmony prevailed between Gutierrez
and all the chiefs. Llorente therefore
thought the statement issued by the
private secretary of Gutierrez last night
charging Villa with .disobedience of or
ders was due to a misunderstanding
which could not have resulted in any
thing serious.
NACO, Ariz., Dec. 27. Now that the
retirement of Governor Maytorena's
Villaistas from the siege of Naco. So
nora, has made Naco, Ariz., safe for the
time being from stray bullets perma
nent safety for border towns depends
on further conferences Brigadier-General
Scott will hold with the Sonora
factional, leaders.
It is understood the success of his
mission hangs largely on Washington's
answer to the plans submitted by Gen
eral Scott last Thursday, in which the
chief of staff of the United States Army
is believed to have suggested the crea
tion of a neutral strip along the border.
ITURBIDE'S ARREST7 ORDERED
Villa Furious When He Hears ex
Federal Governor Has Escaped.
MEXICO CITY, Dec 24, via El Paso,
Dec. 27. (Delayed In transmission.)
General Villa telegraphed officials at
Chihuahua tonight to remove Eduardo
Iturbide from a northbound train and
to return him as a prisoner to Mexico
City. Iturbide acted as Governor of
the federal district for a- short time
alter the Carranza forces evacuated
the capital. On the entrance of Zapata
lie was compelled to go into hiding, as
his arrest was threatened.
It was said that he was concealed
in one of the foreign legations of the
capital until two days ago, when he
wus smuggled Into the drawing-room
of a sleeping car and started on his
journey to El Paso. When this became
known General Villa became furious,
saying:
"A foreigner, an American named
I. eon Canova, who claims to be a rep
resentative of Secretary of State
Bryan, smuggled Iturbide into a car
and attempted to get him across the
American border. He had no right to
do this and has meddled unwarrantedly
in Mexican affairs. Iturbide must be
brought back to Mexico City and stand
trial for the offenses of which he is
charged."
CARRANZA 3IIXISTER HOPEFUL
Ileforms Promised as Army Makes
Slow Advance.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. It was an
nounced by the Mexican bureau of in
formation tonight that a telegram had
been received from Dr. Atl. of the Car
ranza ministry of communication at
Vera Cruz, as follows:
"Have just reviewed our line of de
fense from Orizaba to Apizaco, consist
ing of more than 30,000 well-equipped
troops. There is great enthusiasm and
loyalty among the soldiers and th
people. The constitutionalist chiefs
have agreed to advance slowly. In or
der to establish political and social
reforms. Mexico City will be ours in
less than two months.
"Many reports of victory claimed
by Villaistas are without foundation
no truth in them. Puebla and Guadala
jara were evacuated for the purpose of
isolating the enemy.. The .organiza
tion of the revolutionary confederacy
is now definitely established. The
Mexican people are with the const!
tutionalists. There is perfect harmony
and unity of ideas and purpose among
the generals and the chiefs who are
fighting for the people s cause.
S. LOWENGARDT AT REST
Many Friends Attend Fnneral Serv
ices at Home and Cemetery.
The late Samuel Lowengardt was laid
to rest yesterday, with impressive cere
monies at his home and at the' ceme
tery. Many friends attended the last
Tites. The Oddfellows were in charge
of the services at the cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers were Julius
Kraemer. Samuel May, Joseph Berg
man. Sig Sichel, Horace Smith and E
K. Sharon. Active pallbearers were
Fred M. Seller, Max S. Hirsch, Percy E,
Stowell. Gus Rosenblatt, Rudolph
Hochuli and J. H. Haak.
Rabbi Jonah B. Wise officiated at the
services at the home of Mr. Lowen
gardt, at 528 Irving street.
CHRONOLOGY OF CHIEF EVENTS OF WAR TO DATE,
PROGRESS OF PAST WEEK.
December 22- Premier Vlvianl of France, declares for "war without
mercy" until permanent peace is made "possible. Both Chambers of
French Parliament sustain war appropriation programmed
December 25 Seven British warships raid naval base on' coast of
Germany, with assistance of hydro-aeroplanes. Fog checks battle. In
vaders escape.
December 28 Germany demands new exequaturs of foreign Consuls
In Belgium cities; believed to be forerunner of formal assumption of
sovereignty. Delicate diplomatic issues involved for United States to
consider.
EARLIER EVENTS OK THE WAR.
June 28, 1914 Grand Duke Francis Ferdinand, heir to Austrian
throne, and his wife assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, as result of Pan
Slavic propaganda. ,
July 23 Austria sends ultimatum to Servia.
July 28 Austria declares war on Servla. Russia mobilizes against
Austria!.
July 29 Austria bombards Belgrade. s
July 81 Germany demands that Russia demobilize. Belgians and
Germans order mobilization.
August 1 Germany declares war on Russia.
August 3 German troops enter Belgium.
August 4 Great Britain sends ultimatum to Germany demanding
respect for Belgian neutrality. Germany declares war on France and
Belgium: Great Britain declares state of war exists with Germany.
August 6 Austria declares war on Russia.
August 7 French enter Alsace.
August 10 France declares war on Austria
August 12 Montenegro declares war on Austria. Great Britain
announces state of war exists with Austria,
August 15 Japan sends ultimatum to Germany, demanding that
she withdraw ships and evacuate Kiau-Chau, China.
August 17 Belgian capital moved to Antwerp.
August 20 German army , enters Brussels.
August 23 Japan declares war on Germany.
August 25 Austria declares war on Japan.
August 28 British fleet victor in sea fight in Heligoland Bight.
Germany losing cruisers and torpedo-boat destroyers.
August 31 St. Petersburg becomes Petrograd again.
September 3 French capital moved to Bordeaux.
September 5 Great Britain, France and Russia sign agreement to
make no peace save together. .
September 7-German right wing under Von Kluck, after having
approached within few miles of paris, begins retreat from the Marne.
September 16 Russians reach Przemysl.
September 21 German submarine U-9 sinks British cruisers
Cressy, Hogue and Aboukir In North Sea.
October 9 Antwerp capitulates to German forces.
October 16 Germans enter Ostend, on English Channel. British
cruisers sunk by German submarine.
October 17 Four German destroyers sunk by British cruiser In
North Sea.
October 20 Japanese occupy Ladrone Islands, in Pacific Ocean.
October 27 British super-dreadnought Audacious, third In tonnage
and' armament in British navy, sunk by torpedo or mine off north
coast of Ireland. .
October 29 Turkey's warships bombard Russian ports and sink
gunboat; Prince Louis of Battenberg resigns as First Sea Lord of
British navy because of Austrian birth.
October 31 Turks annex and Invade Egypt; German submarine
sinks British cruiser Hermes.
November 1 British squadron defeated by German fleet off Chil
ean coast.
November 3 Great Britain and France formally announce state of
war with Turkey.
November 7 Tsing-Tau, German stronghold In China, falls.
November 10 German cruiser Emden destroyed by Australian
cruiser; German cruiser Koenigsburg bottled up.
November 26- British battleship Bulwark blown up and sunk near
mouth of Thames from explosion of own magazine.
December 2 Austrian army occupies Belgrade. ;
December 7 Germans occupy Lodz, Poland.
December 8 German commerce destroyers Scharnhorst, Gnelse
nau, Lelpsiz and Nurnberg destroyed off Falkland Islands by British
fleet. Cruiser Dresden escapes.
December 14 Servians recapture Belgrade and Inflict decisive de
feat on Austrians.
December 16 German fleet raids east coast of England. Hartle
pool. Scarborough and Whitby bombarded. Eighty-four persons,
mostly civilians, killed.
GIRLS TO GIVE DANCE
Kappa Kappa Gammas to Be
Hostesses at Ball Tonight.
PORTLAND ALUMNAE TO AID
Decorations to Bo In Chapter's Col
ors Membership Numbers Prom
inent Women In AH Lines
of Current Thought.
The Multnomah Hotel ballroom to
night will be the scene of one of the
larger of the season's formal social
events among-the college folk of Port
land, with Beta Omega Chapter of
Kappa Kappa" Gamma at the Univer
sity of Oregon in Eugene the hostess to
more than 100 couples.
The. college co-eds will be assisted
by the Portland alumnae. Among these
is Mrs. GeOE&e Gerlinger, a member of
the Board of Regents of the University
of Oregon. Both the members of the
sorority and the local alumnae have
planned f OTffiis event for more than
month. .
Sorority Colors to Be Decoration.
The dancing-room will be decorated
simply in two shades of blue, the so
rority colors. The patronesses, in ad
dition to Mrs. Gerlinger, will be Mrs.
E. E. DeCou, of Eugene; Mrs. F. L.
Chambers, of Eugene, and Mrs. Orlando
Davidson, of Portland.
Kappa Kappa Gamma is the oldest
and the largest of National sororities
in this, country. It was founded in
1870 and has a membership of more
than 6000 women, many of whom are
recognized as National leaders. Among
the well-known Pacific . Coast mem
bers are Mrs. Anne Gilbersleeve, dean
of women at the University of Cali
fornia, and Miss Catherine Everts, a
dramatic reader of note. Martha Tar
bell is also a member of the organization.
Coast Has Four Chapters.
It has 38 active chapters among the
larger American colleges, four of which
are on the Pacific Coast. These are at
the University of Washington, the Uni
versity of California, Stanford Uni
versity and the University of Oregon.
The Oregon chapter was established in
1912, and is one of the most influential
and active sororities at the university
in Eugene. Its members take a leading
part in the student body life and ac
tlvlties. They also stand high scholasti
cally. The present membership is composed
of the following: Miss Louise Allen,
Eugene; Miss Margaret-Stauffer, Port
land; Miss Genevieve Cooper, Inde
pendence; Miss Alva Wilson, Glendale;
Miss Jesse Purdy, Medford; Miss Ethel
Loucks, Portland; Miss Marion Reed,
Merlin; Miss Grace Reed, Merlin: Miss
Mildred Broughton. Miss Celeste
Foulkes, Portland; Miss Roberta Veal.
Albany; Miss Pearl Reigard, Marshfleld;
Miss Gertrude Miller. Moscow, Idaho;
Miss Marjorie Cogswell, Portland; Miss
Rose Seiler, Spokane; Miss Constance
Cartwrlght, Salem.
At Eugene they occupy one of the
larger sorority houses near the campus.
OLD THEFT CONFESSED
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$500 Jewels Traced to Vancouver's
ex-Dogca tcher and Friend.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec 27. (Spe
cial.) Robbery here last March of jew
elry valued at $500 was cleared up last
night by the arrest and confession of
Steve Russell, former dogcatcher, and
Mike Martin.
George P. Larson, manager of the
Columbia River Interstate Fair, lost his
suitcase March 7 and learned later that
his wife had placed her jewelry in the
suitcase for safe keeping. .
The prisoners say that after hiding
the suitcase they had agreed to throw
tho jewelry into the river and that
Russell, in violation of that pact, had
kept three of the diamonds. Disposal
of these gems led to the arrest.
FUNERAL PACT RECALLED
Neighbor to Conduct John Sho rip's
Services to Keep Promise.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Deo. 27. (Spe
cial.) Two years ago John Shopp, an
Austrian, and Mr. Gossett, a neighbor,
agreed that the survivor would conduct
the other's funeral.
Mr. Shopp died today at Orchards.
To keep his pledge. Mr. Gossett . will
conduct the funeral Tuesday at the
Limber chapel here. Mr. Shopp came
to the Coast from Tyrol. Austria, in
1881, returning eight years ago for
his bride, Miss Rosa Clotz. Three
children, Andrew J., Marie and Rosa,
and the widow survive. Mr. Shopp
lived for 18 years in Douglas County,
Oregon.
WINGING OF TAUBE
PRECIPITATES FIGHT
Germans Rush to Defense of
Fallen Plane, Losing It
and Trenches Also.
DRAGOONS SAVE INFANTRY
Frenchmen Hashing to Capture Fly
ing Machine Are Near Defeat
When Horsemen Hash Up and
Rout Foe With Lances.
BAR-LE-DUC, France. Dec. 9. (Cor
respondence of the Associate Press.)
The Petit Parisien gives the following
account of the capture of a Taube aero
plane and the trenches commanding
the valley of the Suippe:
"The French batteries had been play
ing on the German positions all day
and the observers reported that the Are
of the three-lnchers was precise and
deadly; consequently the appearance
of a Taube flying machine over the bat
tery position was no surprise. The
French gunners were commanded to
cease firing in order not to give access
to their whereabouts, and the 'Taube
sailed away, seemingly having tailed
In its mission. It came back again,
however, and after dropping four harm
less bombs on Sampigneul, it let fall a
few dangerously close to the French
batteries. The position had been dis
covered and the necessity of bringing
the machine down before it could get
back to the German lines was vital.
Shot Brings Woman Down.
"Muskets were aimed from every di
rection, machine guns were turned
toward it, and even the three-lnchers
came into action. In a perfect storm
of shell and bullets the Taube was soon
in a bad way; it made an effort to turn
and fly, but it was -seen that it had
been hard hit; it tipped considerable,
then obliqued toward the earth and
landed with a heavy shock in the plain
of Aghilcourt.
"The French infantry had watched
the action from the trenches, and the
machine had no sooner touched the
ground than the entire line dashed for
ward to capture it. The Saxons in front
bad also been looking on, and they came
at double quick to defend the machine
around which the two detachments
ciashed. There was an indescribable
melee for a few minutes. In which it
was impossible to separate the French
and the Germans.
Dragoons Root Saxons.
"The aviator had been killed by a
bullet In the forehead when he was
about to disengage his machine, but
the Saxons put up so strong a fight
that the issue had become doubtful
when a joyful cry went up from the
French infantry: 'The dragoons! The
dragoons!' At full gallop a squadron
of French dragoons came into sight
from Goda; with lances ready they pre
cipitated themselves into the fight and
put the Saxons to rout.
The machine was captured, but that
was not enough for the infantry, who
charged with the bayonet and took the
trenches that commanded the valley of
the Suippe.
Dr. Morrison Goes East.
Dr. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church, left last night en
route to Chicago to be present at the
consecration of Dean Walter Taylor
Sumner as bishop of the diocese of Ore
gon in the Cathedral of Saints Peter
and Paul, January 6. Dean Ramsey, of
St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, and Arch
deacon Chambers, of Portland, will go
to Chicago also to be preesnt at the
ceremony.
MEMBERS OF KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA ALTJMNAE WHO ARE AMONG
DANCE HOSTESSES TONIGHT.
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gramme. Efforts are being madto to
obtain Dr. E. J. Bulgin, the evangelist,
as the principal speaker of the evening.
The programme is in the hands of Rich
ard E. Randall, religious work director
of the association.
MISS JE.'SIH LULET AND MISS OLIVE VI.NTOA.
Real Beauty la Prima Donna and
Dansease and Makes) Audience Gasp.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry Please.
The new bill at the Orpheum will
stand comparison with any of the best.
All of it was put together with a view
to getting laughs. And it gets them.
Frederick V. Bowers, the singing
comedian, who is remembered of the
days of "Sweetest Girl in Paris" -and
The Ham Tree and who wrote "Be
cause" and "Always" and a dozen other
try-these-on-your-piano favorites, has
the headline place. .
Freddie Bowers has made a boiled-
down musical comedy for his offering-,-with
himself for hero-slnger-come-
dlan and a real beauty, Ada Ripel, for
prima donna and danseuse. For good
measure he has put in two little ebony
dancers and mimics, who keep their
toes off the floor in perpetual dance.
Miss Ripel wears lovely frocks and
one daring Gaby Deslyish un-frock
that causes gasps of admiration and
amazement. Mr. Bowers frolics about,
sings delightfully and shares the spot
light with his clever partners.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry are one
of the thousand-power incandescents
that can return and return and return.
They may have broadened out a bit
their comedy Eit, "The Rube," but for
laughing purposes it remains the
same. Jimmy is the hayseed stage
door Johnnie who pursues Dazie Dat
zleman (the comely and joyous Mrs.
Jimmy) into her stage retreats and
almost makes a conquest. Jimmy's
ballad about "Handsome Is as Hand
some Does" is a musical atrocity that
fetches tears of Joy, and his rambles
Into art bring down the house. But
Jimmy the rube has his day, and after
Dazie has triumphed ana we, witn her,
have poked fun ad lib, the rube exits
smilingly with the joke turnea on ua
zie and us. He was doing it on a bet
Charles F. Demon, the "narrer fel
ler." and he's a funny "feller," is back.
A careful optical analysis shows he is
one-millionth of an inch thicker. His
act remains practically the same. He
grabs tunes out of the air, the old hat
rack, the big bassoon, a violin and his
oiDe-oiccoIo. Then he winds up with
his Scotch bagpipe song and the kiltie
that wont behave.
A pair of acrobatic wizards in terpsl
chore are the Australian McLeans,
Docima. who has more hair than 10
average women, and Eddie, who strives
to nlease. Docima unwinds ner nock
of reddish hair in the call of the dance
and Eddie mixes hair and girl in an
omelette of whirls and mad careening.
The act Is sensational and is distinctly
orls-inal. i
Alfred Wallenstein, a boy "cellist.
and Grace Adele Freebey. who accom
panies him on the piano, have an -artistic
act that could unbend a bit and
be livelier with profit. Rebla, who
looks like a stick of licorice except for
his bored white face. Is an uncon
cerned farceur who juggles lazily and
with deft surety. He sustains Interest
every second he is on, whether he's
smashing cigar boxes in polite "ruff
house" or nonchalantly picking balls
out of space. Opening the bill is a
trio of good-looking athletic young
maids, the Aerial Costas, who follow
a life of picturesque hazards on the
bar.
Y. M. C. A. Plans for New Year's.
A New Tear's night celebration at
which a good time is scheduled is being
arranged at the Y. M- C A- An exniDi-
tion. the work of pupils of the educa
tional and vocational departments, will
be one of the features of the pro-
8 PLACES ARE ENTERED
One Attempted Highway Robbery
Also In Day's Crime Kecord.
A burglar carried a cash register
from H. W. Bonham's store at 1031
Denver avenue to Alberta and Gay
streets last night, removed the cash
from the till and threw the register
away. There was only a small amount
of money In the till.
Mrs. A. I Williams, 193 Willamette
boulevard, saw the burglar carrying
the register along the streets, and the
matter was reported to the police.
Seven other burglaries and an at
tempted robbery were reported last
night.
S. C. Tucker, 460 Fifty-second street
North, reported that his home had
been entered through the basement
window and a quantity of jewelry
stolen. A watch-was stolen from Nels
M. Nelson's home at 433 East Fifty
fifth street North.
The homes oJ. H. Adams. 440 East
Fifty-fourth street North; IJ. J. Jugg,
437 East Fifty-fifth street North, and
O. E. Simson, 268 East Fifty-second
street North, were entered, but noth
ing was taken. The police believe that
all , the burglaries were the work of
one man.
John Buckley, 267 Tillamook street.
and G. E. Raynors, 198 Willamette
boulevard, reported that their homes
had been entered, but nothing was
found missing.
F. O. Taylor, who lives in the Em
press Hotel, Sixth and Stark streets,
told the police that two men tried to
hold him up near the Multnomah Hotel
about 11:15 P. M.
THUGS BEAT AND ROB
Michael C. Plank Lured to
Room and Battered by 3.
MISS GRACE DODGE DIES
Heart Strain Fatal to Noted Philan
thropist and Educator.
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. Miss Grace H.
Dodge, widely known as a philanthro
pist and prominent . in educational
work, died here today at her home after
a short illness. Her death, it was said,
was due to a heart strain.
Miss Dodge was especially interested
In the work of the Young Women's
Christian Association and was chiefly
Instrumental in forming the present Na
tional board, of which she became pres
ident. As a memorial to her mother she
gave $250,000 toward the board's new
building here.
WILSON PLANNING TOUR
Mexican Policy to Be Defended on
Way Home From San Francisco.
WASHINGTON. Dec 27. President
Wilson, it became known today, plans
to speak in several cities on bis return
trip from the San Francisco Exposition
next Spring, and his friends expect
him to reply to recent attacks on his
Mexican "policy and other Administra
tion policies.
It will be the first trip across the
continent that Mr. Wilson has made
since becoming President. Already the
President has received Invitations to
speak in many cities and an announce
ment of his itinerary is expected in the
next few weeks.
Child Study Society to Organize.
A second meeting to organize a Port
land branch of the "Society for Study
and Education or Exceptional Chil
dren" will be held In Superintendent
Alderman's office at o clock P. M.,
January 8. Several branches of this
National organization already have
been established In different cities of
the United States and Portland took
the first steps some weeks ago toward I
establishing one here. j
WOMAN AND TWO MEN HELD
Crime Kevealed "When Victim Is
Found Dazed on Street by Police
mart Ring and $9 5 Taken by
Gang at Bennett Hotel.
Lured into a rooming - house Sat
urday night, where he was robbed
of $95 and a valuable Scottish Rite
Masonic - ring and beaten by two
men and a woman. Michael a.
Plank, of 533 Belmont street, building
superintendent for Umbdenstock &
Larson Homebuilders' Company, was
found dazed and wandering on the
street by Patrolman J. W. Morelock
yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. Rob
ert Wilson, who has a long criminal
record; Mrs. Wilson and Harry Ful
chur were arrested yesterday afternoon
by Detectives Snow, Coleman, Goltz
and Abbott for. alleged complicity in
tne attack. and robbery.
Mr. Plank, who was treated at the
Emergency Hospital by Assistant City
Physician Rice for ugly scalp and
face wounds, identified the two men
and woman arrested as those who at
tacked and robbed him. -The ring was
in possession of Fulchur.
This crime is one of a series of hold
ups and assaults that has made the
month of December one to be remem
bered in Portland police annals. The
prediction by William A. Pinkerton,
noted detective, who was in Portland
last Fall, that this Winter would see
an unusually large number of such
robberies, has thus far been fulfilled.
Mr. Plank had been drinking with a
man whom he did not know, the police
were Inrormed, and was invited to the
stranger's room. No. 31 in the Bennett
Hotel, at Second and Taylor streets.
There another man and a woman were
found, drinking beer. The woman i3
said to have made .a proposal, which
Plank refused, at which he was at
tacked by the three. Broken beer bot
tles were the weapons used. Plank
was badly cut by tho glass and beaten
Into insensibility. He awoke in the
morning in a deserted room wfiich re-
sembled a shambles, his blood bespat
tering the walls and broken glass lit
tering the floor and bed. Later it was
ascertained Mr. Flank had been robbed
of $95 and a Masonic ring, valued at
$100.
Staggering to the street, Mr. Plank
came upon Patrolman Morelock, who
was on his way to report for day duty.
He was immediately taken to the
Emergency Hospital, where his injuries
were treated. Detectives Snow, Cole
man, Abbott and Goltz made the in
vestigation which led to the arrest of
the trio.
"Bob" Wilson, one of the men ar
rested, was convicted of burglary by
evidence obtained by Detectives Cole
man and Snow in 1910 and was sen
tenced to serve four years. He was
paroled by Judste McGinn. Until lately
he was in Oakland, but had been in
Portland for several weeks with the
woman, who posed as his wife.
Fulchur was arrested at Front and
Alder streets, while riding in a taxi
cab. He was wearing a suit of clothes,
shoes and hat recognized as having
been stolen from Jack Daly, a room
mate, with whom he had left a blood
spattered brown suit. A ring, recog
nized as Mr. Plank's, was found on his
person.
Methodist Services Begin Tonight.
The year-end services in which all
the Methodist Churches will unite this
week will commence toniijht in the
First Methodist Church, Twelfth and
Taylor streets. Bishop R. J. Cooke will
preside at all the meetings. On Thurs
day night there will be a watch serv
ice for the outgoing year. Ministers
of all the Methodist Churches in Port
land will assist the bishop in these
services.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
LOST Sunday nisht ut Majestic, brown
beaver muff: finder return, phone B 2473,
Tabor 1304. Call zS2 E. 62., corner Madi
son. Liberal reward.
Mirth, Music
and a Menu
Befitting the occasion, will be yours
for thorough enjoyment if the
Imperial Hotel Grill
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11 Special Table d'Hote Supper 10 P. M. If
W to 1 A. M., $2.50. jf
Jft - Cabaret, Balloons and other enter- M
W, taining features are programmed. , vj
J New Year's Day f)
L Table d'Hote Dinner $1.50.
F ;30 to 9 P.M. Music. . 0$
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