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TTTT: MORXTXG OREGOXTAX. MONDAY. AUGUST 16, 1SI5. ASPIRANTS EMERGE FOR STATE OFFICES Presidential Race Is Not Ex pected to Detract' From Interest in Oregon. MR. WELLS IS MENTIONED Insurance Commlsloorr Denlee In tention to Be Candidate Ajaln. Secretary of Slate Job to Be Biggest Flam. Althonch th Presidential race will tinri thi nAlar attention of the voters nest yar. It 1 apparent that there will be no lack of Interest among otftc-sekera for some of the more Important honor that the people of Orecoa will bar. to distribute. Inasmurn aa neither a Governor nor a L'mted State Senator Is to be elected, the principal office to be (Hied will be that of Secretary of Stat. Already tare or four and possibly flv candidates are considered aa pos sibilities for the Republican nomina tion. It Is understood that Ben W. Olcott. the Incumbent Secretary, will be a can didate to succeed himself, although -It Is too early for him or for anyone else to matt a formal announcement of in tention to run. K. IX. Baldnla P aeetlv Caadldatc Another prospective candidate Is Ed ward D. Baldwin, secretary of the Re publican state committee, wbo la re ceiving much encouragement from Re publican leaders In various parts of the state, tfome of the principal Re publican papers In Western Orenon al ready have pruned (Uttering notices based on the prospect t.'.at Sir. Baldwin will enter the primary contest. llarver Wells. State Insurance Com missioner, has been sursested aa a can dldate In many quarters, but Mr. Wells persists In denjrinc that ha will be In tao ra.-e. lr. Wells formerly was treasurer of the Rrpubllcan ststa com mute and was appointed to hie pres ent Dos:t:on by tlovernor Wlthycorahe. Max Ceblhar. County Clerk of Marion County. It la understood, has been en tertaining too thought of dropping his hat into the ring, but recently Mr. .-hlnr dsclared to friends that he win not be a candidate l( Mr. Olcott la a candidate. Mr. Cerrey'a Xass MnHeeri. Then tf.era Is the possibility that John B. Coffey. County Clerk of Mult nomah vuoty. will be In the running. Many of Mr. Coffer's friends are urging bins to enter the primaries, but be has given them no encouragement. Some students of the state constitu tion have raised tha question of Mr. oleott's eligibility to sen more then teto years of his four-year term In IB event of Ma re-election, basing tnrlr theory on article a. section 1. wh!-h reads: Tbere shall be elected by the quali fied electors of the state, at the time and places of choosing members of the- Legislative Assembly, a :cretary and Treasurer of Stale, who shall severally held their offices for the term of four years, but no person shall be llglbl lo cither of said offices more than eight In any period of li years." Mr. Olcott was appointed Secretary f sitate by Governor West to aucceed the late Frank W. IVnson on April 17. 111. II filled Mr. Itenson's unexpired term, and meanwhile, in the Fall of 11J. was elected to succeed himself, fader a strict Interpretation of the foregoing provision It would seem that tie would be eligible to serve only until April 17. ll. but article S. aec tlon li. It Is believed, would permit him to serve another full four-year term. Aataortry Qaefea. This section reads as follows: "In all cases In which It Is provided that aa cfr.ee shall not be filled by the same -person for more than a certain 'number of years continuously, sn ap pointment pro tempore shall not be reckoned a part of that term." Among the other Important state emre ta be filled next year will be two places on th Public Service Com mission. I'nder the law passed at the last aeastoa of th Legislator on Corumia sioner must b elected from Eastern Oregon and th other from the stale at large. The terms of Commissioners Clyde R Aitrhtson and J. K. Campbell will expire. Mr. Attention. :t Is under stood, will be a candidate to succeed himself from the stale at larre. As both Mr Campbell and Frank J. Miller, tha third member of the Com mission. Ilv in Western Oregon. It will be Impoestbl for Mr. Campbell to run unless he rune against his colleague, ilr. Altcblsun. in th state at large. l&aaera Oregoa Aspirant Oat. It Is reported that Henry J. Schilder- mao. at present corporation commis sioner, may be a candidate for the Re publican nomination against Mr. Attchl- aon. Several aspirants already are In the ff!d for the Republican nomination In Ilastera Oregon. principal among them are James J. Kyle, who has been Mayor of Manrleld ever since tha town waa organised: Frank Service, of La Grand, and T. J. Mshoney. cashier of th First National Bank of lleprner. Two members of the Supreme Court are to be elected neat year to succeed Chief Justice Frank A- Moore and As S4ctt Justice George IL Burnett. Th terra of John D. Mlckle aa Stat 1-airy and Food Commissioner also ex pires next year. It Is understood Mr. Mtckl will be a candidal to succeed himself. phla. a leader of the "back-to-tha-par-ty movement. Is In San Francisco on a tour cf th Cnlted State In aa effort to realign th forces of th Repub lican party. U the proper man la nominated by the next Republican convention for President there will be no difficulty In electing him.' Mr. Wood said tonight. "What w need Is a National Adminis tration that will bring about perma nent commercial relief. Wa must obtain such relief through th Republican par ty, revivified and reunited." Mr. Wood expressed Interest In th norpartiaansnip movement In Califor nia. "Too can't destroy political parties by law. Neither Hiram Johnson nor bis Legislature ran do that." he said. Mr. Wood will remain here It days and then continue hla trip to stragettc political points throughout the country. H will Co his utmost to have Phila delphia selected as the next convention city. EDUCATORS BEGIN TRI MR. Al.ntlRW AX HEADS PARTY OPV To OAKUVU CO-WESTIOS. THEATERS EACH LET ONE 1SIC1 60 Managers Defy Union and De cide to Hire Only as Large Orchestras as They Wish. Travelers Leave ea Trala Carrying Tw Carleada of Teachers aad Mesa trera of Collegiate Alassaae. A party of Portland educators. headed by City Superintendent Alder' man and Assistant Superintendent Rice. left Portland yesterday for Oakland, where they will attend the annual convention of th National Educational Association. August If to ft. Th party took Southern Pacific train No. SX, which bore. In addition, two carloads of teachers and educators from various Northwest points and three cara carry in the 70 members of the Collegia! Alumna, who had been visiting here. O. M. Plummer waa a member of the Portland party. He Is to represent th school Board of Portland at tha gain erlng. He la president of th school administration section of the association and will have charg of a portion of the programme. He will preside at luncheon August 20 at Lb Oaklan Hotel, at which about COO admlnlstra uv officials are expected to be pre' int. Superintendent Alderman will serve aa acting president of the departmen of exceptional children. He will give aa address on wbat Portland la doing for those children. Principal Draper, of th Sbattuck School: L. & Wiley, principal of th Montavllln School; W T. Fletcher, of the Couch School, an Mlas Grace Ie Graff, principal of th Kenton School and head of the Grad Teachers' Association of America, are other Portland teachers who will tak part In th convention. Among th prominent Northweet edu cators who were Included in th spe cial party are: Stat Superintanden Davie, of Montana: Stat Superintend ent Josephine Corliss Preston, of Wash tngion; Mlsa Ruth C Hoffman, prt mary supervisor of Kllensburg. wash. C. C T ho mason, club leader of the Washington Stat educational depart menu Stat Superintendent Churchill was to board the train at Salem, and Pre si dent P L. Campbell, of th University of Oregon, at Eugene. The Portland people will not only attend the convention at Oakland, bu they plan also to tak part In the cel ebration of Benson day at the ban Francisco fair. STATE SHOOT SEPTEMBER 9 General White Announces Date for Guard Practice. Adjutant-General George A. Whit announced Saturday that th annual stat rifle shoot of th Oregon N tlonal Guard will be held at the Clack amas rifle range September . 10 and 11. At that time teams of five men each and representing- each of the In fantry companies, the Coast Artillery companies. Troop A Cavalry and th Naval Militia will compete. September . 7 and bave been set aside for pre' Itmlnary practice for the competing teams. There Is a great deal of Interest be ing shown In the stste shoot, owing to the fact that the men making the best showing will b chosen to "represent the state at the National shoot to b held In Jacksonville, Fla. Guard companies to be represented bv te.ims In the state shoot are: Ash land. Medford. Roseburg. Cottage Grove, Eugene, Albany. Salem. Vtoodburn, I'allas. McMlnnvllla. Cores 11 la. Oregon City and Portland. SELLING CAMPAIGN BEGINS City Starts Oat tolit-llors Tomorrow to PI-poe of Woodpile. With Its prices down to the standard market price, th city wil. aaunrn a campaign today to dispose of l.o. cords of wood cut last Winter at the camps for the unemployed. Tli wood, which is ail first-c'.ass No. 1 fir. will be offered st II i a curd, with an addl t onal charge for each ha t mt.e cf hsuilng beyond the first half mil from Tweaty-seventh and llaleigh streets. Ftv solicitors will enter the field to morrow to get orders. They will be paid a commission of S per cent, or S?Vs cents a coro or a. I oraers tney secure. The solicitors are Mrs, Georee M.-Cord. widow of the Iste George M-ord: P. C. Hut. II. K Murphy. W. R Webb and J. W. Beckett. "BACK TO PARTY" URGED rhlladclpolan Tours Country to Ad vise Republicans to Vnlte. HAV FRANCISCO. Aug. IS. (Special.) Csing the personnel of the 112 Na tional Republican convention as a basis. Ldwarl Randolph Wood, of Pslladcl- BACKFIRING SAVES TOWN lire Sure pa Timber Owned by 31 rs. C. X. I-arrabce Xear Bcllingham FELI.INGHAM. Wash, Aug. IS. Through the efforts of scores of resl dents of th community, th little mill town of Alkl. pour miles north of here, was saved today form complet destruction by a forest fire that w sweeping In the direction of the cluster of houses driven by a strong wind. By ludiclous bsckfirlng the fighters sue reeded In e'fectlna; a safety strip about the place. A mill, a church and schoolhouse were saved. Watchera are on duty tonight, but It Is not believed the fir will cross ths burned strip, Th bias Is traveling over th large tract owned by Mrs. C X. Lerrabee, widow of the millionaire landowner, of -Portland. Or. and this city. At lesst two other fires In the county sre seriously endangering much green timber tonight. YOUTH LOSES TWO FINGERS Lad With Hand Imbedded in Moss Minos Digits as Ax Falls. VANCOUVER. W'aslL. Aug. IS. (Spe cial.) Morris Swan, aon of Mr. and Mrs Floyd A. Swan, of this city, lost two niwMle linger: on the right hand yes terday, when out In the woods with his brother. Floyd Swan. Morris Imbedded Ms hand in a moss-covered log and Floyd was trying to see how far he could Imbed the as he had In th old log. Not noticing Morris'' band In th moss, he struck Into th log. but cut off th two flncers. A doctor arrived half an hour later and seaeJ the ends of the ringers on In an experiment to see If they could not b saved. It will not be known for several days If this operation la a suc cess or not. CLARKE H0NEYCR0P LESS Propping of Output to Third Is Laid to Cloudy Weat-hcr. VANCOCVER. Wash.. Aug. IS. . "pe dal.) Reports from all parts of Clarke County Indicate that th honey crop thla year will be about one-third of what It was last year, owing; to th unusually damp, wst and cloudy wa:ber during the Summer months. according lo J. A. Christiana, pioneer beeman. Mr. Christians has charg of th bee department at the Columbia River In terstate Fair, and he has been trying to get a number to make exhibits this ear. STRIKE THOUGHT PROBABLE Empress, Pantagea and Lyric Pre pared to Proceed Without t nlon Music; Labor Body Discusses Advisability of Withdrawing. Relations between tha theatrical managers and the union orchestra mu sicians, which bave been severely strained for the last few months. reached a crisis Saturday night when the Empress. Pantagea and Lyric Theatera each discharged one musician, on the a position In the Bureau of Animal In dustry. Washington. D. C, salary $1000 to I1S00 per annum; assistant In pois onous plant Investigations, male. Bu reau of Plant Industry. Washington. D. C-. salary $1200 to S1500 per annum; cheesemaker, male. Bureau of Animal Industry. Washington. D. C, salary 11200 to $1440 per annum: September $ , marine engine and boiler draftsman, mala, for a position in the . United States Navy-yard, Portsmouth. N. H., salary $3.53 to $5.63 per diem; Septem ber 14, petroleum engineer, male, for field service in the Bureau of Mines, salary $2500 to $3000 per annum; Oc tober (. mlcroanalyst, men and women, for a position In the Bureau of Chem istry, Washington. D. C salary $1200 to $1440 per annum. Complete Information and application blanks may be obtained from T. V.' Hutchins. local secretary, Postoffloa building. BARRACKS BAND IS HOME Programme for This Week at Van . convex Is Announced. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.. Aug. 15. (Special.) The famoua Twen ty-first Infantry Band has returned from the Clackamas target range in Oregon and will continue the popular band concerts in tha post. Not a few automoblling parties motor here for the evening concerts. F. G. Butler is bandmaster and com poser. The following- programme will be given this week: MONDAY. ACDST 1. March. "Manhattan Beach" (Sonsa): over ture. Th Four Ases of Man" (tAcboer) grand selection. 'Xucta de Linmirmoor" lOonlsetti); musical apotheosis. "The Meet ing of the Three Emperors' (Farbach); ex cerpts from "Madame Sherry" (Hoechna). TTTESDAT. AUGUST IT. March. "Th. High School Cadets" (Sousa) , VICItUI,, . . U W UUUKI, V . ,1.1 , ,uim b. Country Wedding; c. Wedding March and dance (Uaritnto); grand selection, "Carmen (Biaet); concert gavotte. "Woodland Chimes" (Smith); popular medley, "The Grand Slam1 l . THCRSDAT, AUGUST 1. March, "Hohenxollern Ruhm" (Fried' mun); overture. "Pique Dame" (Suppe) Slavonic Danes No. 4 (Dvorak); selection, "Lady Luxury" (Schroeder); patrol, "The Crack Regiment" ITobanl); themes from "Marltana" I Wallace). ground that diminishing revenues makej oriental caprice, "El Maueresque" (Bernler) it impossible to maintain the present- slsed orchestra. Th union musicians held an Informal meeting following th theater mana gers' action last night and considered the advisability of withdrawing from the theatera entirely. It la probable that when the thea tera open for thatr regular perform arcea this afternoon the regular mu sicians will refuse to play unless the men discharged last night are rein stated. To meet such a situation the theatri cal managers are prepared to proceed with their shows without union music. Serieas Trouble la Prospect. Lest night's action by th theater men reduces tha orchestra In the Em press and Pantages Theaters to four men each and cuts th Lyric orchestra to two men. Th managers of those houses previously tried to cut down their orchestraa to these proportions, but the union musicians threatened to quit rather than aubmlt to the proposed reductions. That forced the theaters, for th time, at least, to continue their musical forces on the old standards. Tt.e latest trouble between the Lyric. Pantia-es and Empress houses Is a di rect outcome of the difficulties that Involved all the theaters In the city earlier In the season. With the ap proaching reopening of the Baker and Orpheum theaters the present trouble assumes serious proportions. Both these house. It Is understood, will sup. port th other theaters in their at titude. , It Is said that the musicians union s prepared to plac "unfair" banners n front of every theater in town that does not employ the number of union men that the union wants them to era ploy. The managers say that they are not making money and cannot afford hire the number of men the unions want them to employ. Right to Fix Xoatber Malaialaed. Moreover, they maintain th right to hire th number of men they please regardless of tee dictates of the mu stclans. They allow, however, that the union can name the scale of wages. which seal they always have paid. A reflection of the present difficulty developed at the HelUg Theater last week, when Al Joleon s "Uanclng Around company appeared. This -om-pany carries Its own orchestra, but wanted to supplement It with nln lo cal musicians. Th Hellig management asked the musicians' union to furnish nine men at the prevailing rata of wa-rea. The union refused to furnish the men unless tha Hellig agreed, on all future occasions, to employ no less han nine men. Tha Hellig refused. The show wa given all week with only the company a own musicians. I I Id I Monday Reductions in Many Departments T-a -s . i - -IT -x ". f Keaa tne special items uver i,areiuny fdrugs Things Reduced That You Want and Need DRUG COUNTER One pound Choice Bird- I C. seed at. 3l atlr.d.M.a?nM5c, 2 for 25c Wood-Lark Mixed Spices QCn for pickling, the can aJu One pound Hospital Cot-OCn ton for AO" One pound Merck's Sugar OC. Milk for PATENT MEDICINES !aCri.CaPi.l:40C derinD..an-.39C 60c Wyeth's Sage andOQn Sulphur at O0U $1.00 Wyeth's Sage and 7 Op Sulphur 3u ktrlSOTC II X.clZz $1.50 Fellows' Syrup on I 17 sale at .' W I I $1.00 C a 1 d w e 1 l's Syrup Dnn uvu Pepsin. . $1 Sloan' Liniment. $1 Sloan'sOnn II llSDropEOCn L.uuu t at uiu RUBBER AUTO STOLEN YEAR FOUND Two Arrested In Cabin Near Gari baldi Charred With Theft- After being stored In a barn near Garibaldi. Or, for more than a year, n automobile owned by Roy P. Read, of tha Dinnworthy Construction Com pany, was recovered Saturday by uep- ty Sheriff Phillips and Beckman Th officers arrested Claude Smith and Belle Makln in a cabin near Timber. Or. and charged them with the theft of the machine. The deputiea returned last night to Portland with the machine and their risoners after covering more than 300 miles In an automobile and a consid erable distance on foot during the chase. The car was stolen on August C, 1914. Smith, who was convicted of stealing lotbing since that time, is said to a confessed. NEW DISTRICT OPPOSED Boundary Board Denies Petition for Base Line Road School TTnlt. The District Boundary Bosrd took p for consideration Saturday a peti tion asking for the creation of a new school district on the Base Line road out of portions of school districts 7, 2s. S and 40. Th board decided to deny th petition. Speaking of the action of th board yesterday County upertntendent Armstrong said: "The board thought it not best to create a new district because it would be at the expense, both in number of children and assessed valuation, of the other four districts. The policy of the board Is to consolidate rather than subdivide districts and thus trengthen tha schools rather than weaken them.' MORGAN BELMONT MARRIED Wedding of Banker' Son Is Social Kvent at 'erwport. NEWPORT. R. I, Aog. IS. (Spe- sL) Korean Belmont, son of August Belmont, the banker, and Miss Mar garet F Andrews, daughter of Mr. and re. Paul A. Andrews, were married here today la the villa of the bride's parents. Rookery HslL In Bellevu ave- u. As this Is the height of th Newport season, th wedding gathered together practically the entire Inner circle of fashionable folk from th cities of th ast who spend a month or more her very year. The two officiating clergymen were Bishop Thomas F. Doran. of Provi- encw. and Rev. James T. Ward, of dt. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. EDERAL POSITIONS OPEN Civil Senicw Examinations to Fill SclcnrJflo Jobs Are Set. LAD RESCUES YOUNG GIRL Leonard Greer Saves Vivian Waller From Water at Seavlew. What might have proved another sea drowning was averted through the prompt action of Leonard Greer, of Lurelhurst, when Miss Vivian Waller last Tuesday fell from the rocks at eaview while returning from a picnic. loung Greer and Miss Waller, witn Miss Elclna Greene and Thad Wilson, had been to Beard Hollow on a picnic. On the return to fceaview they tried to go around the fishing rocka near Seavlew. Miss Waller fell in and, be ing unable to swim, sank once be fore she was rescued by young Greer. Miss Waller was uninjured, though a little frightened. Miss Waller la th 14-year old daughter of Frank Waller. East Forty third and East Flanders streets. Leon ard Greer Is but 14 years, but Is an excellent swimmer. The young folks have returned from the beach. POLICE WATCH NEWSBOYS Yelling or False .News Will Arrest In Future. Canse "Extra! All about the United States declaring war on Mexico!" as a "news ' appeal to the Itinerant nickel doesn't go, in the future, un less the truth of the matter is that the United States has done that very thing according to the orders riven his men by Chief of Police Clark. When a newsboy shouts sensational things, officers must Investigate at once, and see If the sensations prom ised by the "newsies" aro to be found in the paper. If not, the order is that the "newsie" be placed under arrest at once. This order was Issued not only at the request of people who had been fooled by the youngsters, but by the newspaper publishers of Portland, as well. HAITI NEAR STARVATION Appeal for Aid Promptly Heeded by American Red Cross. WASHINGTON, Auff. 15. Famine has ollowed in the wake of the Haltlen revolution and the American Red Cross heeded today an appeal for aid for suf fering natives of the Island republic. A report from rt ear-Admiral caper- ton, commanding the American forces In Haiti, declared there waa suffering for food among the poorer people in Port-au-Prince. He said there had been at least one death from starva tion. The Red Cross at once turned over $1000 to the Navy Department, which is telegraphed to Admiral Csperton for relief work. m Bit tic Bath Ing S 1 1 ppers j Qj, $1 Fountain $2.00 Bath 1. 29 W'm Deliver MAZDA LAMPS and C1.arc Mo More See Oar Baieneit Drp't, GOODS E0c Bath-I Q In? Caps.. wu $1 Hot-Water $1.2S H o t -Wat r7Qn Bottle....' 31 Main Flowr PERFUME DEPARTMENT Bells Theatrical ColdOEp Cream, one-balf pound 0 1 Cucumber and Elder Flower Cream, excellent for tan ".d."u.nb"rQ:.20c, 50s, 75c Colgate's Toilet Water, assort- s?sd:"25c, 40c, 50c, 75c 60c C. H. Berry's Freckle n TUU Main Floor. Cream at. FILMS QUICK! H.r six. ewv- K-e ma Films Will Please Ves we get them at or oeiore 11 in the morning and have them ready for you by that same afternoon. CUTLERY DEPT. 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"00 Pigskin Cigarette Cases, I f)Q res. $1.50, special at. . . W I iU3 Black Morocco Cigarette Cn. Cases, reg. 75c, special at www Genuine Cowhide Suitcase, 24 inch, Cross make, regu-(T no lar 112.00, special at...i30 Free OZ?K STAMPS with all ice cream or soda pur chases in oar Tea Room or at the Soda Fountain from 2 P. M. until we close at 9. 1 BABES HISTORY Modern Valjean In Chicago Thwarts Foes. PERSECUTION IS REVEALED Changes of Name) for Business Kea- sons Said to Have Brongbt on Long Train or Trouble and Blackmail. CHICAGO, Aug. ft. Over at 108 South La Salle street there is a modern Jean VaUean who. for months, he says, has been, harassed by hidden foes attempting t.o maae capnai ui past. Yesterday he turned. He oug up this selfsame past and laid it bare to Immunize himself against blackmailers who. he says, have been trying to make of it a commodity. He is Alfred Clover, president or tne Roval Life Insurance Company. He Is a self-made man of the rugged type. He can look back to the time when as an orphan newsboy and a wharf rat his home was an empty wagon, a shed or some dry spot picked out on a pier beam. His relatives in Georgia had all been wiped out by the Civil War or its effects. Started aa Office Boy. He can recall the day he stepped into the office of the Prudential Insurance Company and obtained his first steady Job as an office boy. Then followed the long nights when he taught himself to read and write. That was the be ginning of Clover's past. The rest he tells himself. The large diamond which glistens in the front of his boiled shirt shows that he has prospered, the lines in his rugged features tell why. "I worked lor wnat I got." ne saia, and I worked hard. I went right up the line from office boy, fighting all the way. until I came to be known as one of the best insurance writers in the country. I made -money, lots of It. but I spent it as I went. I was liberal toward my friends; most men who've knocked about are. Why He Chaaeed His Name. "Then I began jumping about. There is an understanding between insurance companies not to employ another com- pany's agent within two years after his leaving any company. While working for the Prudential I was limited to one state only. So when I changed towns and went from one state to another or went Into the employ of another com pany I changed my name. I suppose that Is part of my past. It was a matter of business exigency. "Three years ago I started the Royal Life Insurance Company on a shoe string and made good from the jump. When they saw me getting along the blackmailers got busy. They named me 'Mr. E. Z. Mark.' I think they must have a special directory with my name at the top of the list. Two years ago I gave my note to a friend for $1000 to help him out. He was unable to cash it. When he heard I was making money he cited me for the debtors' court on the year-old note. Just because I didn't want him to trim me I went into bankruptcy. Some more of my past. Blackmail Bluff Falls. "Then the insurance papers began to attack me. I have never paid one cent of tribute. Among other things they accused .me of violating the blue sky law of Ohio by selling stock in the company. I have a letter here I m keeping as a souvenir. The writer asks for $6000 for 'Axing" things with the courts and officials in Ohio so I would not be prosecuted. He hasn't fixed anything and his blackmailing bluff didn't work. "In the last year there have been at least 50 attempts to blackmail me. They come from persons I never heard of. That s why I think tney're in sort of combine. They mention these things I ve told you. It isn t business rivalry. ' I know all of the insurance men and there isn't one of them small enough to stoop to such tacticsr Sned by a Stranger. "Then to add to all my former troubles here comes a man and sues me for $26,000 personal damages; why I don't know. I don t even know who he is other than the name which ap pears on the praecipe. His lawyer will give me no information." The suit was nied. ny fti. m. Lyons through Attorney Cochrane. The lawyer would not tell a reporter who the com plainant is. "I am not ready to say anything about this case until I file the particu lars," said Mr. Cochrane. "I have until August to do that. It Is not a busi ness affair, but purely for personal damages. I can tell you this much. No compromise will be reached out of court except for the full amount asked." "I never have made compromises and I'm not going to begin at this late day," commented Mr. Clover. of 1175 East Twenty-third street North, started out at 1:30 yesterday afternoon to make his way in the world. The police were notified last night to look for him. WHITE SLAVERY CHARGED Diamonds Valued at $2000 Held as Negro Women Testify. Diamonds valued at more than $2000 and the property of Mrs. John L. Wyllle and Nadine Lytle, both colored, are being held In the vault at police head quarters while their owners are testify ing before Federal authorities. Mrs. Wyllie was arrested with her husband and Alice Smith Thursday by Patrol men Hunt, Martin and Webster, and Miss Lytle was taken at 'the same time. Mrs. Wyllle is a witness in the case against her husband for white slavery, and Miss Lytle is held for alleged par ticipation in contraband traffic; in yen-shea. Police Seek Boy Wanderer. Carrying a bundle with his spare underclothes wrapped In a plaid blanket. Victor H. Thompson, aged 10. CONVICTS MAYBUY CANDY Warden Adds Sweets to List Inmates May Purchase.. ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 8. Candy has been added to the list of articles which inmates of the Federal prison here may purchase, and Warden Fred G. Zerbst said recently that nearly S00 of the 1195 prisoners had taken advantage of the privilege. The warden recently announced that each month each prisoner might pur chase and keep in his cell two pounds of candy. , He has checked up the re quests and found the selections ranged from boxes of bonbons to marh mal lows, cocoanut bars, peanut brittle and gumdrups. The prisoners also may buy tobacco, chewing gum, soft drinks and magazines. MAN OF 80 BESTS THUG Knocks Him Out When He Is Held TJp and Threatened. E ASTON, Pa., Aug. 8. Irwin Reich, an SO-year-old Civil War Veteran, of Eaerton, on his latest pedestrian tour to Marble Hill, Phlllipsburg, was con fronted by a burly stranger, who de manded money. Reich shot out his right arm and, hitting the assailant on th point of the Jaw, felled him. The fellow dropped his weapon, a chisel, and Reich is keeping it as a souvenir. J. B. REYNOLDS IS COMING Secretary of Republican National Committee Dne in September. James B. Reynolds, secretary of the Republican National Committee, will leave Washington within a few weeks for a visit to the Pacific Coast and is due to arrive her about the middle of September. Edward I. Baldwin, secretary of tne Republican State Committee, received a telegram from Mr. Reynolds yesterday advising him of the Intended trip.' It is probable that Mr. Reynolds will con fer with local Republican leaders on the outlook for next years National campaign. r LAND LEFT SALVATIONISTS Wealthy Nonagenarian Leaves Whole Eetate to Army. WARREN. Pa.. Aug. 15 The Salva tion Army of America comes into pos session of (40 acres of oil land worts $190,000, besides large estates In Eng land, value unknown through the death here todsy of Henry Cobham. who, for 50 years, has lived in a rep lica qf the Cobham castle In England. Cobham was-a nonogenarian and tn last descendant in this country of an old English line of nobility. Relative will contest the will. 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