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AMUSEMENTS.
HEIL.IO THEATER (Broadway, at Taylor)
David War-field In the comedy-drama,
"The Auctioneer." Tonight at 8:15 o'cloclt.
BAKER (Broadway and Sixth, between Al
der and Morrison) Baker Players In
"Hejuvenation ut Aunt Mary." Tonight
at 8:15.
I.TRIO (Fourth and Stark) Musical com
edy. "The Merry Liars." This after
noon at 2:30 and tonight at 7:80 and 8:10.
Vaudeville,
ORPHEUM (Broadway at Stark) This af
ternoon at 2:15 and tonight at 8:15 o'clock.
PANTAGES (Broadway at Alder) Per
formances 2:30, 7:30 and 9:80 P. M.
MARCUS LOEWS EMPRESS (Broadway
and Yamhill) Continuous performance
Xrom 1:30 to 6:30 and 6:30 to 11 P. M.
Moving-Picture Theater.
RATIONAL, Park and Stark.
PEOPLES' West Park and Alder.
MAJESTIC! Park and Washington.
NEW STAR Park and Washington.
SUNSET THEATER Wash, and Broadway.
COLUMBIA Sixth and Stark.
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Oregon.
United Artisans to "Watch." The
United Artisans will hold a "watch
party" on New Year's eve at ths
Masonic Temple. Invitations have been
cent to all assemblies and a general
Invitation extended to members and
their friends. The programme will be
followed by dancing. The programme
Is: Remarks, U B. Reeder, chairman;
musical specialty, Hollister and Par
eons; Scotch Monologue, H. W. Rus
sell; the college duo, singing "The
Portland Rose," composed by Brothers
Ingram and' Moffatt, Hudson and
Thomas; readings. C. H. Bressler;
eoprano solo. Miss Margery Maxwell;
violin selections, Mrs. June Reed;
whistling specialty, Daphne Bissell;
presentation new" plan certificates, L.
B. Reeder.
Methodist Ministers Meet. The
Methodist ministers of Portland held
their regular meeting yesterday morn
ing in the First Church. Bishop R. J.
Cooke, In the address of the day, urged
all the representatives of the various,
churches to stand loyally by him in
the week of services that began last
night at the First Methodist Church.
Co-operation was assured the bishop by
ell the assembled ministers. Plans for
the year-end services and the watch
service Thursday night were per
Jected. Enoch Bretteli, Buried. Enoch
Brettell, who died early last week, had
been an early settler of Sellwood. In
early days. Mr. Brettell operated a
small steamboat between Sellwood and
the downtown districts of Portland. Of
late years, he made his home with
Mr. and Mrs. B. lC. Wever, at Mil
waukie. Or., being1 the father of Mrs.
Wever. He was 75 years of age, and
e. member of Sellwood St. Johns Epis
copal Church. Funeral was held from
Dunnlng's Chapel, Rev. John D. Price
officiating. -
Cold Stops Road Work. The work
on the Mount Hood automobile road be
tween the Toll Gate and Government
Camp has been stopped on account of
the cold. The ground is frozen to
the depth of b!x Inches making It im
possible to operate the plow and
scraper. It Is not known when work
will be resumed owing to the death
of the owner of the road, E. Henry
Wemme. Fire In the Welch Hotel, last
Tuesday, was quickly extinguished by
several men.
M. A. Ross Post Elects. The M. A.
Ross Post, No. 41, Grand Army of the
Republic, of Gresham, ha3 elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
v-ommanoer, William Butler; senior
vice-commander, George Knieriem;
Junior vice-commander, W. T. Sher
wood; adjutant. J. C. Bates; chaplain,
O. Thomas; officer of the day, O. S.
Murray; officer of the guard, George
F. Murray. Officers of the post and
corps will be installed at the first
meeting in January.
Auto Factory Nearly Done. As
surances are given, that the Beaver
State Motor Company will start its
plant at Gresham in a short time.
Frank McCrillis stated that the factory
there would be in operation within ten
days. There is being installed at the
factory a milling and boring machine
for use in manufacturing the different
parts of automobiles. It weighs two
tons. This machine, with cutters and
tools already ordered, will complete
xne equipment.
W. H. Weed Is Buried. Funeral
services for the late William Henry
Weed, who came to Oregon in 1853,
were neia yesterday from the resi
dence of his daughter, Mrs. F. A, Jack
son, 43J liast Sixteenth street North
"where the death occurred early Sun
day morning. Rev. W. G. Eliot. Uni
tarian pastor, officiated. Interment was
at Greenwood Cemetery. A daughter,
tnree sisters and a brother survive
air. Weed.
Holt Names Society Elects. The
Holy Names Society of the Sacred
Heart parish, in Benedictine Heights,
elected the following officers: Presi
dent, A. Weber; vice-president. J.
Kuemper, and secretary, Charles Lair.
A relief committee, consisting of
Charles Becker and Charles Lair, was
appointed to look after needy families
In the community. A special com
mittee will arrange for several social
functions and plays.
ihreat to j.ili, charoed. For an
alleged threat to kill several men in
a North End poolhall, Frank Karaoff
yesterday morning was held to answer
to the grand jury by Municipal Judge
fctevenson. bucn threats meet with
little sympathy from the Municipal
Court and In the majority of 6uch
cases of late the offenders have been
bound over on the felony charge.
Assault akd Robbery Charged.
Waiving examination before the Muni
cipal Court, Robert Granville and E.
P. Montgomery, colored, yesterday
morning were bound over to the grand
Jury on charges of assault and robberv.
J. A. Marshall was the complaining
witness, declaring tnat he was at
tacked by these men and robbed on
Christmas day. He identified both
prisoners as his assailants.
Loan Firm Incorporates. Articles
of incorporation for the Fifty Mutual
Association, whose duration Is to be
99 years, were filed yesterday in Coun
ty Clerit Coffey s office. The company,
capitalized at $5000, proposes to do a
mortgage, loan and realty business.
The incorporators are Albert Lischne
sky, H. Cohen, S. Freeman, M. Wilnit
sky and is. Mates.
Sandy Women's Club Meets. The
Sandy Women's Club met last Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. J. Lenartz for
b. discussion of European expansion
"American Neutrality in the Presen
War" was considered. "The Beginning
or the American Janrr was the sub
Ject of a paper. The next meeting of
the club win be Thursday, January 7,
at the home or Mrs. c 1J. Purcell.
Deaconess Auxiliary to Meet.
The Methodist Deaconess Auxiliary
will meet tomorrow at 10 A. M. at the
home of Mrs. H. C. Clair, 445 East
Twenty-eighth, street Horth.
Rev. Charles Rutherford "Weds.
Rev. Charles Rutherford, brother of
Mrs. C. A. McMillan, of Sellwood, who
had been in Sellwood on a vacation
from his mission field In South Africa;
last week married Miss Stella Webster,
at McMinnville; Or. Mrs. Webster is a
graduate of the McMinnville College
and is a trained nurse. She had taken
a post-graduate course in mission work
and expected to enter the mission field
in China. Rev. and Mrs. Rutherford
have gone to Hartford, Conn., where
the former will take a post-graduate
course. He Is also a graduate of Mc
Minnville College. The couple will re
turn to Sellwood early next June and
later sail for India.
Maimilian Halet to Be Buried.
Maxmilian Haley died Sunday at his
home, 251 Glenn avenue, aged 77. He
was the father of Arthur J. Haley, of
Monmouth, Or.: A. C. Haley, of Port
land: Eluon M. Haley, of Falls City,
Idaho; Mrs. S. J. Donaldson, of Poca
tello, Idaho; and T. F. Haley, of Port-
PARALYS1S IS FATAL TO
VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR.
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Leonard Agiew. '
Leonard Agmew died at his
home at 493 East Thirty-fourth
street, Saturday night from a
stroke of paralysis. Mr. Agnew
was a former Pennsylvanlan,
having come to this state in
1909 from Tlonesta. He - was
born in Jefferson County in 1842
and passed most of his early
days there.
He seryed during the Civil
War In Company B, 135th Regi
ment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
After the war Mr. Agnew came
to Forest County, where he was
located until he came West. He
was in the hotel business for a
number of years and also In the
lumber business. He was Sher
iff of Forest County for three
years and also County Commis
sioner for three years. After
coming to Portland Mr. Agnew
was In the hotel business for
two years.
He is survived by his wife,
three daughters, Gertrude, Alice
and Sarah, and four brothers
and one sister In Pennsylvania.
land. The funeral services will be
held today at Monmouth. Or.
Modern Warehouse, terminal track,
paved street, four blocks from Wash-
ngton St.. 40,000 sq. It. Iloor space.
Holmes & Menefee, 209 Ry. Exch. bldg.
Adv.
LINNTON LINE PLANNED
PURCHASE OF UNITED RAILWAYS
TRACK IS PROPOSED.
O.JM. Clark and Otber Boiinni Repre
sentatives Ask Company to Put
Figure on Property.
If a deal which ia now pending is
closed O. M. Clark, of the Clark-Wilson
Lumber Company, and & number of
business people of Linnton will pur
chase the tracks of the United Rail
ways Company between Portland and
Linnton, and operate the line as an
independent freight and passenger
railroad. The company has been asked
to name its low.est figure.
The United Railways Company in
tends to give up its Linnton service
early next year as a result of the
refusal of the Board of County Com
missloners to permit an increase in
the rate of fare.
It is understood the proposed pur
chasers desire to have service over
the line from Linnton to the North
Bank station. Information as to the
negotiations was imparted to the City
Commission in Portland yesterday by
Mayor Schaefer of Linnton. who asked
the Council to defer action on a pro
posed rreignt irancnise to the com
pany within the limits of Portland for
THE OREGONIAN ANNUAL
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on sale Friday morning, Jan
uary 1. Copies desired for mail
ing will be rolled in neat green
wrappers, with necessary post
age. Supplies of The Annual
will be available at various
prominent street corners, as well
as at The Oregonian office,
where addresses may be left.
Copies all ready for mailing will
be sent anywhere in the United
States and its possessions, Can
ada 8nd Mexico for 10 cents.
The price for single copies un
stamped is 5 cents each. Be
sure to send copies of The An
nual, Oregon's greatest advertis
ing medium, to your friends in
other states. Look for the
green wrappers.
three weeks. By that time it is ex
pected the company will have sub
mitted a figure and the Linnton people
will decide whether or not they will
accept.
Should the Linnton people make a
deal it is said the company may con
tinue as it is at present without get
ting a new franchise. In this even
the tracks on Stark street will remain
for the benefit of passenger service
from Linnton. The United Railways
Company would operate the freight
service on industry tracks within the
city, while the Linnton people would
operate the passenger and freieh
service between Portland and Linnton.
Protested Saloon Blown Up.
HYMERA, Ind., Dec 28. Enemies of
Walker Wilson, a saloon-keeper, are
believed by the police to have been re
sponsible for an explosion of dynamite
which early today demolished f our bus!
ness bulldlngrs here. Two saloons, on
of them Wilson's, and a meat market
were destroyed, and, a dozen other
An
Invitation
The public is cor
dially invited to make
use of our Accommoda
tion Service for the
supply of War Tax
Stamps for legal docu
ments of any nature.
Title and Trust
Company
Title and Trust Bldg.,
4th, Near Stark
buildings damaged. Wilson recently
was named in affidavits filed before a
Justice of the Peace, charging the saloon-keeper
with operating his place
illegally.
TAX CHANGE IS PROTESTED
If Payment Date - Should Be Set
Back Portland Would Suffer.
Having investigated and found that
the city would be unable to operate,
should the State Legislature pass a
bill, as proposed, changing the tax col
lection dates, members of the City
Commission are protestfng against the
ntroduction of the bill. It is declared
the city would be forced to suspend
business for six months because there
would be no money available.
As the law stands at present taxes
are collected semi-annually, the first
payment being due April 1 and the
second September 1. It is proposed to
change the payment dates to May &
and November 5. It is declared by the
city officials that should this be done
the city would have to suspend opera
tions about March under present con
ditions. There would be a big deficit
at that time and the city is unable to
ssue warrants unless the money is on
hand to pay the amount and is forbid
den to borrow money.
City Auditor Barbur and other of
ficials presented facts and figures to
Ben Selling yesterday and last night
appeared before the Multnomah County
delegation and presented the same
arguments and figures.
SHOPLIFTER FACES TERM
When Parole Is Broken, State Docs
Xot Advise More Leniency.
Having broken her parole, granted
by the Circuit Court, Louise Entriken,
confessed shoplifter, was remanded to
Judge Cavanaugh by Municipal Judge
Stevenson yesterday afternoon.
Miss Entriken was sentenced to a
year in prison for shoplifting, but was
paroled upon her promise to sin no
more. The last offense occurred in the
store of Olds, Wortman & King, where
on December 23 she tried to steal a
pair of silk hose, a bottle of perfume
and some valuable earrings. She ad
mitted taking them, saying that she
wished to make Christmas presents of
them.
Much leniency had already been
shown in her case, and the state, rep
resented by Deputy District Attorney
Deich, while expressing sympathy,
could not recommend any further leni
ency.
CANTATA WILL BE GIVEN
Choir of Rose City Park Church to
Present "The Everlasting Light."
"The Everlasting Light," a Christ
mas cantata, will be given by the choir
of the Rose City Park Methodist Epis
copal Church tomorrow at 8 P. M., in
the Mount Tabor church, corner of
East Slxty-frrst ana Stark streets.
The cantata was composed and the
text arranged by Ira Bishop Wilson,
Mrs. W. C. Schmidt will direct the sing
ing. After an organ Introduction the
story of the birth of Christ is told.
Among the themes introduced are
these: "He Shall Feed His Flock," "The
People That Walked in Darkness," "Thy
Light Is Come" and "There Were
Shepherds." The final chorus is an
Hallelujah." This entertainment is
free.
MOTHER BEATEN, CHARGE
Hulbert Dwyer, High School Boy of
' 18, Arrested.
For an alleged attack on his mother
after he had been drinking pure alco
hol. Hulbert Dwyer, a high school boy
18 years old, was arrested yesterday by
Detectives Coleman and Snow. The at
tack Is said to have occurred Christmas,
when Dwyer smashed furniture and tore
down curtains when his mother refused
to let a companion of his enter his
home at 9T1 East Nineteenth street,
later threatening her with a. revolver
after using his fists.
"Red" Sullivan, alias Wolfe, was ar
rested with Dwyer. He was with Dwyer
most of the day the attack Is said to
have been made. The arrest was made
yesterday in a poolroom at Alberta and
Seventeenth street on the complaint of
Mrs. Hays, the boy s mother.
BANDS ON ARCS APPROVED
Plan for Lights to Point Out Fire
Alarm Boxes Wins Commission.
Members of the City Commission ap
proved last night the plan worked out
by the Fire Bureau for the painting
of the upper "parts of arc lamps near
fire alarm boxes with red circles. The
Council, after dark, went out and saw
some of the lamps which have been
marked In this way for demonstration
purposes.
The red part of the globes can be
seen for long distances, and it is ex
pected they will be of great service
In indicating the location of the boxes.
Lights have been marked at Eleventh
and Market streets. Eleventh and Di
vision streets. Fifth and Oak streets,
First and Flanders streets and at Front
and Lovejoy streets.
PASTOR TO ABSENT SELF
Rev. A. Jj. Hutchison, of Third Pres
byterian, Leaves Merger to Flock.
That his flock may discuss the pro
posed consolidation of the Third Pres
byterian Church and the Hawthorne
Park Presbyterian Church without re
straint tonight Rev. A. L. Hutchinson,
pastor of the Third Church, purposely
will remain away from the meeting.
Rev. A. J. Montgomery probably will
preside, ,
Annua:!. Clearance
Big Reductions in
Brownsville Woolen Mill Store
Third and Morrison Streets
EDDIE BELL SENTENCED
THREE COMPLAlSiTS FILED AFTER
IMPRISONMENT IS ORDERED.
Parole, for Larceny Granted Recently
by Judge McGinn May Be Re
voked and Penalty Imposed.
For robbing the till of the grocery
store of Mrs. s B. King, at East Sev
enth and Stevens streest, Eddie Bell,
known to the police as an old offender.
was sentenced to six months' imprison
ment by Municipal Judge Stevenson
yesterday morning. Bell was convicted
a short time ago of the theft jf a mo
torcycle.
Bell entered the store of Mrs. King
Saturday while she was out of the room
and was discovered rifling the till by
H. Morrow, a fireman, who grappled
with him. Bell broke loose and ran and
when nearly captured picked up a Btone
with which he knocked Morrow to the
ground. H. Faber, a son-in-law of
Mrs. King, then arrived on the scene
and'after a chase caught Bell and held
him until the police could be sum
moned. Within a few hours after Bell
was sentenced three other complaints
against him had been filed with Deputy
District Attorney Deich. .
One charges Bell with the larceny
of an $85 diamond ring, a $25 watch,
a $7 bracelet and $12 In cash from
Josephine Bennett, of 226 Taylor
street; a second with the larceny of
the room of B. H. King, at 410 Haw
thorne avenue (Hislop Hall) ; and a
third with the burglary of the room
of P. J. Peterson, at 890 East Morri
son street. In the latter two com
plaints Tom Summers is charged
equally with Eddie Bell. Summers has
been arrested and will come up for
trial Thursday.
Bell was paroled recently on a lar
ceny sentence by Judge McGinn and
this parole may be revoked and the
former sentence served.
WRITS CLOSE 9 SALOONS
FIXTURE SALS3 TO LIQUIDATE
LIENS MAY BE DIFFICULT.
The Mae, Widely. Known In Days
Tenderloin, and Tannensee Grill Are
Amons; Latest to Make Exit.
Writs of attachment have "closed
nine Portland saloons within the last
four days, and Constable Weinberger
declares in some cases he will have a
hard time selling the bar fixtures for
enough to liquidate the liens against
the saloons. None of the places tnus
closed had yet paid their 1916 license
fees.
Amone the saloons closed was tnat
of Frands Thomsen, at 36 North Fourth
LOCAL BUSINESS SITUATION
GIVES TANGIBLE EVI
DENCE OF PROGRESS.
A composite" picture of the
present business situation and
outlook, as gleaned by minute
examination of scores of manu
facturing, trading and profes
sional businesses of various
sizes in Portland and throughout
the state, is stated by W. D.
Whitcomb, of the firm of Whit
field, Whltcomb & Co., certified
public accountants, to appear
thus:
Cash has been carefully con
served and good balances are
available to handle future ex
pansion. Collections have received un
usual attention and the accounts
are therefore in good condition.
Stocks have been reduced and
all dead or surplus stocks have
been eliminated. This is espe
cially true of "the finished prod
ucts in manufacturing busi
nesses. Therefore new stocks will
soon have to be manufactured
and the payroll thereby Increased.
Loans, especially short-time
paper, have been curtailed great
ly, so that, to a large extent, the
working assets are unincum
bered. Altogether, the retrenchment
of recent months has only served
to place local business in a more
healthy condition than ever, and
thereby to prepare it for handling
the huge flood of orders which
has already started.
street. During the heydey of Port
land's tenderloin, and when gambling
was run openly, this place was widely
known as The Maze, and was perhaps
the most richly furnished of all the
North End saloons. The Tannensee
Grill, at Fourth and Madison streets
the revocation . of whose-" license has
recently been before the City Council
for consideration, was another one
closed yesterday by Constable Wein
berger. A writ of attachment, tacked to thn
door of Ed Villa's saloon at 375 North
Sixteenth street. Saturday, was burned
off by some marauder Sundajr night.
, This is bargain time the time that we clean house by closing
out all broken lines and small lots of goods left from our Fall busi
ness. Hundreds of people have learned to take advantage of this
opportunity to supply their needs at a great saving in price.
Come to this store as soon as you can; see our bargain tables,
where a saving of fully one half can be made on many articles.
Deputy Sheriff Phelan later discovered
that a quantity of liquor and cigars,
part of the goods under attachment,
had been stolen by some one who en
tered through a rear window. A search
warrant for the proprietor's house was
issued yesterday at the Deputy Sheriff's
request.
Most of the proprietors. Says Con
stable Weinberger, own little stock
now, as they did not anticipate con
tinuing business after January 1. Their
chief properties therefore are the bar
fixtures, and these are said to be prac
tically valueless since Oregon went
"dry."
Besides the Tannensee. the Maze and
Villa's saloon, those closed by writs of
attachment are:
Merchants' Cafe, Parker & Hunt, 201
Alder street; Steve Seva, 64 Vi North
Sixth street, two attachments; George
Safford. 254 Front street, two attach
ments; the Alexander the Great, An
drew Dariotis, 36 North Fourth street;
H. E. Swanson, 1104 Corbett street;
James Wilson, 54 North Third street.
Tho attachments on these saloons
wire for liquor, cigar and electric
light -bills or for rental.
TWINS EMPRESS STARS
MELNOTTE SISTERS SING AND
DANCE BEWITCHINGLY.
"Bower of Melody," Second Headline Act,
Also Charms Slang Prince, Lively
Couple and Acrobats Are Cheery.
The Melnotte twins, airy, graceful
girls, first of two headliners at the
Empress Theater, sang and danced and
capered into the nearts of Portlanders
yesterday. They are bewitchingly
graceful nymphs, who charm with their
song and patter.
fcllver-toned band Instruments and
golden-voiced singers are featured in
the second headline act. A veritable
Bower of Melody" is presented bv
Frank Bohm under the direction of
Bert Sheridan. Ten musicians present
tnis spectacular musical production
Anna McMahon, soprano, charmed Yes
terday's audiences with her clear, bell
like voice, and Wanda Menning'a work
on tne harp was excellent.
One of the most brilliant selections
was that of Henry Waak on the
monster tuba. The other members all
received hearty applause.
A. Page From the Dlctionarv of
oiang- is aptly named. Jack Prince
ton is certainly a "prince of slang
and he gets hi8 line of talk over
with zip and dash. Agnes Yale, as the
poor, little, stranded actress of the
Road to Ruin company makes a
genuine hit with her innocence and
unhappiness. They were heartily ap-
piauaeo.
Dancers who slnr and slnirers who
dance are Stanley Warner and Pauline
Corbett. Miss Corbett sings, especially
Her voice is unusually good and she
sings "Mary. You're a Little Bit Old
Fashioned," with a quaintness that is
delightful. She is a dark, petite girl,
light and graceful as a dancer, and ex-
cellent as a singer. Stanley ably sup
ports ner lr singing and dancing.
XMp and Tuck are acrobats and con
tortionists, who are as limber as their
names indicate. They do unusually good
bits of work. The Aerial La Vail
present daring "stunts" aloft, their
thrillers making one s head whirl.
Good music and motion pictures
round out the bill.
Divorces Sought; Grounds Various.
In answering Peter Capporell's di
vorce suit, in which cruelty was al
leged, Agnes Capporell yesterday filed
a cross-complaint alleging cruelty on
the other side of the family. Sarah M.
Ordway filed suit for' divorce from
William J. Ordway, saying that he de
serted her, and Iva E. Shaw wants sep
aration from E. K. Shaw because of
cruel and inhuman treatment.
New Year's Dinner
at the
"Rainbow"
On New Year's day we will serve
a table d'hote dinner for $1.00 and
we will make a special rate of $1 .00
per pint for imported French tham
pagne. Make Your Reservation Now
All Departments
CHARITIES FUND $5027
FINAL TOTAL FOR CHRISTMAS RE
LIEF BREAKS RECORD.
Food, Fuel and Clothing Aid Many
Needy and Grocery Department
Proves to Be Big Factor.
Tho final total, announced yester
day, of the Christmas relief fund of
the Associated Charities is $5027.38.
This is the largest fund for relief work
that has been raised by any charitable
organization in the city and surpasses
the records of many of the other cities
of the United States of larger popula
tions than Portland.
The Charities has raised annually a
Christmas relief fund for three sea
sons and each season the response
from the people of Portland has been
more generous than ever before. The
fund is devoted entirely to relief work
and is administered through the work
ing force that the Charities already has
built up, so that every dollar of the
special Christmas fund goes to the
poor.
Food, fuel and clothing for depend
ent families through the Winter months.
help for families that are temporarily
n straits, until they can get on their
feet again and become self-supporting,
these are the forms of relief that the
fund gives out.
The cash donations represent only a
part of the contributions of the people
of Portland. Large gifts of clothing,
fuel and food supplies have been re
ceived, and the grocery department,
that was opened by the Charities only
a few months ago and Is maintained
by donations from charitable citizens, is
proving a most Important factor.
The last report of cash donations
yesterday follows:
Previously reported S4.99i.6S
John V. Reisacher
30
A. L. Gill
23.00
1.00
1.00
3.00
1.00
Cash
W, E. S'A-engel & Bon
G. F. Peek . .
Cash
.S5.027.HS
MURDER TALE RELIEVED
PITTSBURG PREPARES TO SEJID TO
PORTLAND FOR ROSBfAR.
Police Are Notified That Steps Will
Be Taken to Extradite Man, Who
Repudiates Confession of Crime.
Extradition papers" are telng made
out in Pittsburg for Ernest Rosnar,
and a police officer will be sent here
for the man soon, according to a tele
gram received by Captain of Detect
ives Baty yesterday. This is taken to
mean that Pittsburg officials are con
fident that the confession of Rosnar,
made to the Portland police three weeks
ago. is founded on fact, and that the
man being held here In Jail on a 30
day sentence for drunkenness may be
a murderer.
Since Rosnar"s confession as to the
killing of Mrs. Mathew (Elizabeth)
Mann In Pittsburg July 4, 1902 or
1903, word has been received from
Pittsburg that a woman was killed
mysteriously in the identical manner
Rosnar described, but that the death
had been considered due to a stray bul
let In a Fourth of July celebration.
The first admissions of Rosnar were
made when he was Intoxicated. Later
he denied assertions made by him to
Detectives Goltz and Abbott. He re
fuses to sign a confession. Rosnar has
made various conflicting statements.
He said the woman had been killed ac
cidentally and that he did not do it.
He also has declared that his entire
Sale
confession was a fabrication, his object
being to obtain his transportation back
to his family in Pittsburg at tha ex
pense of the state.
A JOLLY JEW YEAR
At Hotel Gearhart "By-the-Sea." Spe
cial dinner Friday and Sunday. Through
train New Year's eve. Golf course in
fine condition. Information 100 V. 4th.
Adv.
Hog Cholera Epidemic Halted.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 28.
(Special.) The officials who have been
fighting the outbreak of hog cholera
believe that the epidemic Is at a stand
still. No fresh cases have been report
ed for eight days. The officials state
they will not relax vigilance, as care
Ipssness would start the epidemic anew.
ORIGINAL
GENUINE
The Food-Drink for all Ages
Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form.
For infants, invalids and growing children.
Pure nutrition, upbuilding the whole body.
Invigorates nursing mothers and the aged.
More healthful than tea or coffee.
Take no substitute. Ask for HORUCK'S
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Merchants, Attention
The Entire Stock of the People's
Clothing Co., one of Astoria's
Greatest Stores
Must Be Sold
At 12 o'Clock Noon, December SO.
It Goes to the Highest Bidder.
Particulars under proposals in
vited, this paper, today.
Automobile School
Winter Term
Clashes Now
Jrorminjc.
Other
Money-Earning
Courses
M ech an ical Draft
J'harmacy
Physics
Plan Heading; and
Estimating;
Public Speaktns
Salesmanship
Spanish
b'horthand
Surveying
Sliow Card Writ
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Vocal Music
Wirel's Telrgrap'y
Accounting
Advertialnc
Architect drafting-
Automobile
Bookkeeping
Boys' School
Chemistry
Civil Service
Electricity
English for For
eign Men
Freehand Draw
ins German
Y. M. C- A.. Taylor and Sixth Streets.
Catalogue Free.
HOTEL
CORNELIUS
The House of Welcome
Park and Alder Streets,
Portland, Or.
In the theater and shopping dis
trict, one block from any car
line. Rates $1.00 per day and
up. With bath, $1.50 per day
and up. Take our Brown Auto
'Bus.
C. W. Cornelius, President
H. E. Fletcher, Manager.
WANTED
CHAIRS TO E.ECANE.
School for the Adult Blind.
11th and Davis.
For particulars call J. F. Meyers.
Phone Main 548,
Slip
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