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THE arORXTNG OREGOXIAN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 191C. SEATTLE HAN HELD: BLACKMAIL GHARG L P. Sichler Accused of Try ing to Get $2000 From Mining Promoter. WIFE HELPS PROVIDE BAIL Additional Arrest In Los Angeles Made Seattle Investigator ..Said. 1 to He ITlnie Mover In Syn dicate Preying on Nabobs. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 23 (Special.) Charged with having attempted to blackmail Samuel 1. Silverman, a local mining promoter, out of $J0OO. Louis I". Sichler, a private investigator, was arrested this afternoon hy Deputy Sher iffs Brewer and McGillivray. Sichler was released shortly afterward on $5000 bail, which was furnished by Mrs, Sichler. Carl Poeppel and A. R. Winter. Sichler. according to Deputy Sheriffs, is implicated in a confession by a woman who named him as one of the moving spirits in a blackmail syndicate which is believed by the deputies to have bilked several wealthy Seattle citizens out of large sums of money. Jlrs. Isabel-Clayburg. a milliner, was arrested in Los Angeles Tuesday on a harge of blackmail. Miss Elsie Coots, whose connection with the so-called blackmail syndicate" is uncertain, was placed under arrest in Los Angeles this afternoon. Miss Lillian Peterson, also named in the statement in possession of the Deputy Sheriffs, is now being sought by the Sheriffs office. Sichler Brand Story a Kake. Sichler branded the "blackmail syn dicate" story :is a fake and his art-est os an outrage. He refused to discuss lils case beyond the statement that he Had known both Mrs. Clayburg and A!is Peterson. He declares that he will have no difficulty In proving that be had no connection with any attempt to blackmail. j'i.. The accused man is married ana ne has three grown children. He is 47 rears old and has lived in Seattle 1 years For several years past he has had a desk in the office of a local at torney. Sichler has studied law but ha.s never been admitted to the bar. In 1911. following the collapse of the Washington Orchard & Irrigation Com pany, as a result of which W. L. De J.arm. its promoter, was indicted by the Federal grand jury and became a fugi tive Sichler was appointed receiver or the defunct concern, which was alleged to have swindled thousands of persons out of millions of dollars. Complete explanation of how the Se attle "badger" syndicate "worked its victims, all of whom are men of emi nence and wealth, is contained in the following remarkable stenographic con fession to the Sheriff of a woman. "Mrs. S " alleged member of the gang, who says she has been double-crossed and victimized herself by the more greedy members. . Her confession was taken oy a Sheriffs stenographer verbatim. "They worked like this:. G . who was a member of the" Rainier Club, produced most of the subjects. The financial agent did the photographing and had an arrangement with a firm of photographers to use their room and materials after hours to do the develop ing "Then the girls got what they could when they worked and were to be put in on the collection (the money ob tained from the victims) whenever they were in the pictures. "G then did the bluffing. He would call the man to his office and tell him he had been instructed to bring suit for divorce against some woman, and that this woman's husband had given him photographs of the man he had sent for. showing him in com promising positions with the wife in question. He would ask what the man he had sent for was going to do about it. and he usually bluffed him." Mrs. S then explained what Mr. S did when confronted by photographs of himself In G 's office. Mr. S is a man Miss Peterson and Miss Clayburg are alleged to have trapped. Broken Plate of o Avail. S. was a tough one at the start," ays Mrs. S 's confession. "G told him he had been running around with an other man's wife and that he had pic tures to prove it. "S asked to see the pictures and G showed him some. S got fussed and managed to break one of the plates. G just laughed at him and said, Why, you don't think we are so fool ish as not to have duplicates of these?' "S said 'This is nothing but black mail. I will go right down to the Prosecuting Attorney's office.' "Then G did give him the laugh and said: 'Walt a minute till I get my hat and we'll both go down to the Prosecuting Attorney's office.' "Of course, when a man would come in G would naturally show him the worst picture to start with and then the man would wonder how many more we had. "In this case S told G he didn t know whether he could get the cash as G had told him he would not take a check. "Finally &t went across the street to the bank 'and came back with the cash, but they didn't give him all the pictures they had. They never did. They always held back a bunch of them. "After this happened to S he never came back. All the pictures I know of were taken at the Twentieth-avenue house." HABEAS CORPUS WRIT ISSUED Attorney for Mrs. Claybnrg Active; Miss Coots Xot Found. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 23. A writ of habeas corpus, returnable February 29. RECIPE TO DARKEN GRAY HAIR I This Home Made Mixture Darkens Gray Hair and Removes Dandruff. To a half pint of water add: Bay Rum Barbo Compound small box Glycerine H oz- These are all simple Ingredients that that you can buy from any druggist at vrey little cost, and mix them your uif Anniv tn the scalp once a day Vor two weeks, then once every other ... .. . t . I - . . OA4 I weeK until ail me mii.uw A half pint should be enougn to ji.i ,r w-i. v1H thA head of f dandruff and kill the dandruff germs. It stops the hair rrom iaiiins relieves Itching and acalp diseases. It promotes the growth of the hair and makes harsh hair soft and glossy.Adv. was issued late today by Judge John M. York in the Superior Court on be half of Mrs. Isabel Clayburg. who was arrested here yesterday on telegraphic advices from Sheriff Hodge, of Seattle, that she was charged with being a member of & blackmail syndicate which operated in that city. The arrest of Miss Klsie Coots, a young woman who is said to have been living here recently with Mrs. Clay burg. was requested In a telegram to the Sheriff's office from Sheriff Hodge today. The telegram did not say whether a warrant had been issued or what charge, if any, had been preferred against Miss Coots. Deputies were un able to find her. Attorney's for. Mrs. Clayburg re ceived information by wire, so they said, from their Seattle correspondents to the effect that the wealthy victims of the so-called blackmail syndicate had said they would not appear in a case against Mrs. Clayburg and others accused with her. GAR SHORTAGE SERIOUS WESTERS GRAIN CROPS SAID T BE IX GRAVE DANGER. Loss Will Be Large Unless 00,000 . Cars Are Provided Within 30 Days for Illinois Alone. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Abnormal ex port trade of the Eastern states due to enormous orders for war materials and provisions from European coun tries, has resulted in the Eastern rail roads detaining thousands of cars owned by Western companies, thereby threatening disaster to Western crops, according to F. H. Funk, a member of the Illinois Public Utilities Commis sion, who arrived here, today. Accom panied by E. I. Wayne, a director of the Illinois Grain Dealers' Association, Mr. Funk left tonight for Washington for a conference with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Approximately ."0,000 cars must be provided for the movement of corn in Illinois alons within the next 30 days or a. serious loss will be entailed, Mr. Funk as- "The situation in Illinois is perhaps more precarious than in any other grain state." declared Mr. Funk. "The ele vators are full of corn, much of which ia of poor quality. Wheat and oats can wait for some time. The other grain states are not as seriously ham pered by the car shortage as Illinois." Mr. Funk said the excuse given by the railroads is that there are not enough vessels available for the grow ing export trade. It also is pointed out by the railroads, he said, that they were unprepared for this unprece dented increase in business, many lines having neglected to keep up their sup ply of equipment. There is a reciprocal agreement be tween the railroads, according to Mr. Funk, by which one road receiving a car owned by another road is required to pay the owner only 4j cents a day until the return of the car. "It may readily be seen from this," declared Mr. Funk, "that the Eastern railroads can well afford to pay 45 cents a day for the use of a car owned by another road. The per diem charge is nothing as compared with the earn ing capacity of a car in such times." CHEF STILL IN POSTAL CARD FHOM PORTLAND REGARDED AS HOAX. Police of Two Cities Agree In Dis crediting; Theory That Anarchist Prisoner Is In West. CHICAGO, Feb. 23. After a day of numerous investigations by Chicago police and Federal authorities, these authorities tonight had no definite in formation concerning the whereabouts of Jean Crones, who is believed to have put poison in the soup at a banquet to Archbishop Mundelein several weeks ago. A post card signed "Jean Crones" and mailed at Portland, Or., was re ceived by the chief of the Chicago police department, but he regarded the card as the work of a crank. Chief of Police Clark said yesterday that the receipt of a postal card by Chicago authorities, purporting to have been sent from Portland by the anarchist-poisoner, Jean Crones, evidently was a hoax, as the Portland police have no evidence of an anarchistic ring in this city. At no time within recent years has there been a tendency toward the propagation of doctrine by anarchists in Portland. They have been discour aged and hustled on, and no doubt is expressed that a single sincere member of the cult can be found in the city. In view of this fact the police are certain that Crones has not taken ref uge in the camp of the enemy, far from his brethren. The nearest known colony of anarchists is situated near Tacoma. according to Information from the United States Secret Service De partment. ALBANY CLUB PLANS HOME Purchase and Remodeling of Two Story Building Proposed; ALBANY. Or., Feb. 23. (Special.) A permanent home for the Albany Com mercial Club is contemplated in plans now being consummated here. It is proposed that the club purchase a two story building on Ferry street, between Second and Third streets, and re model it. The structure has been used for many years by the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union and the Grand Army of the Republic, being owned jointly by those organizations. MINER DROWNS IN ROGUE Edgar Batty Loses Footing While Crossing Submerged Footbridge. GRANTS PASS. Or., Feb. 23 Edgar Batty, a mining man, was drowned last ntglit while crossing the Rogue River near the Almeda mine, 20 miles down the river. Batty atempted to cross a swinging footbridge which was submerged by high water. He stepped into a hole, lost his balance and fell into the river. The body has been recovered. Vancouver Elks Show Visits Camas. VANCOUVER. Wash!, Feb. 23. (Spe cial.) Forty persons, the cast of the Elks' show given here last week, went to Camas this afternoon in automo biles. Tonight the show was put on in the Camas opera-house, which was sold to capacity. The amateur actors were given a royal welcome by the Elks who live in Camas, their families and friends. After the show the mem bers of the cast returned to Vancouver. Prosecutor Sues Caldwell Paper. CALDWELL. Idaho, Feb. 23. (Spe cial.) H. A. Griffiths. Prosecuting At torney for Canyon County, has filed suit against the Caldwell Printing Company, publishers of the Caldwell Tribune, de manding $10,000 for alleged libel. Arti cles alleging that the anti-nepotism law was being violated form the basis of the suit. MISHOFF BABY IS PROVED FOUNDLING Prince, on Realizing He Is Not Father, Drops His Suit for Separation. RUSSIAN TO GO TO WAR Reconciliation Is Not Announced, but Counsel Says 1 loyal Plain tiff Is Not Angry, but Is Friendly to Princess. NEW YORK, Feb.' 23. (Special.) Trince Miskinoff is not a. father, after all. The baby he thought his was a foundling girl whom the Princess, the former Aimee Crocker-Gouraud. took under protection. The Prince admits he was mistaken. He is going back to Russia to fight. The separation suit is ended except for the formal or der of discontinuance expected from Tuottp. ra rlr Prfriav morning. As to a reconciliation, that is another matter. The curious trial endea aDrupuy iu day after the Prince finished his testi mony regarding episodes of his life with his wife, on which he based the charges of cruelty. The Prince's at torney, John O. Oldmixon. and the law yer for the Princess, Malcolm Law rence, whispered to each other and then to Justice Clark. The ourt then recessed half an hour. "After the recess the lawyers again talked privately with the Judge, who, after a few minutes, said court was adjourned to Friday morning. Agreement Is Reached. The lawyers had' Intimated to the justice that they could reach an agree ment. He replied that one important matter would have to be established to everybody's satisfaction the identity of the- baby, which the Prince had asserted was born while the Trincess was in a hospital, April last. Jn her counter claim, the Princess had asked the court to decree there had been no issue by her fourth mar riage. , If the baby question could be settled, the Judge said, he would be in a posi tion to consider a dismissal of the sep aration suit. .Principals, attorneys and a court stenographer adjourned to a separate office. There depositions were taken in affidavit form, but not sworn to. They will be submitted to the justice later. Dr. George Foster joined the party. He said he attended the Princess when she was at Miss Alston's private hos pital in West. Sixtieth street and that no baby was born to her. Mr. Old mixon, the Prince's attorney, did not cross-examine Dr. Foster. The Prince admitted, he said, his mistake in the matter of the. baby. Prince In Kot Angry. The Princess told her story, and it agreed with that of her physician. After the conference Mr. Oldmixon said: "An amicable settlement has been reached and there's no financial agree ment. Miskinoff is not angry at the Princess. His feeling toward her Is friendly. He is honestly mistaken about the child. He now is satisfied no child was born, and the case should be closed." Questioned by a repcrter concerning the child, the lawyer for the Princess said the baby that figured in this con troversy was a poor little girl named Vera, a foundling who was fortunate enough at the age of 2 months to win the friendship of Mrs. Gouraud. "Her identity never will be established," he declared. "She will be reared and properly educated and provided for. The Princess never told the Prince a child had leen born to them." Coos County Highway Damaged. MARSHFIELD. Or., Feb. 23. (Spe cial.) The county highway between Coquille and Bandon was damaged to the extent of several thousand dollars during the high water early in Feb ruary and portions of it are impassable. The highway skirts the banks of the Coquille River in certain sections, and in one or two places the river cut the banks so deeply the road was entirely removed. Where piling is driven bulk h.o will Inn madf that future high water may not cause a recurrence of the trouble. Port Orford Beach Combing Good. MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 23. (Spe cial.) Beach combing at Port Orford, although there hasn't been a wreck there in years, has spurts when the following is remunerative, as was shown in a recent instance. During the heavy storms of January, several "Pape's Diapepsin" Neutralizes Acids in Stomach and Starts Digestion. Stops Any SournesSj Heartburn, or Food Rising in Few" Moments. The question as to how long you are going to continue a sufferer from in digestion, dyspepsia or out-of-order stomach is merely a matter of how soon you begin taking some Diapepsin. If your stomach is lacking In diges tive power, why not help the stomach to do its work, not with drastic drugs, but a re-enforcement of digestive agents, such as are naturally at work in the stomach. People with weak stomachs should take a little Diapepsin occasionally, and there will be no more indigestion, no feeling like a lump of lead in the stomach, no heartburn, sour risings, gas on stomach or belching of undi gested food, headaches, . dizziness or sick stomach, and besides, what you eat will not ferment and poison your breath with nauseous odors. All these symptoms resulting -from a sour, out-of-order stomach and dyspepsia are generally relieved five minutes after taking a little Diapepsin. Go to your druggist and get a 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin now, and you will always go to the table with a hearty appetite, and what you eat will taste good, because your stomach and intestines will be clean and fresh, and you will know there are not going to be any more bad nights, and misera ble days for you. They freshen you and make you feel like life is worth living. Adv. DYSPEPTICS ! END STOMACH MISERY, GAS, INDIGESTION THREE DAYS ONLY THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THREE STARS BESSIE BARRISCALE, LEWIS STONE AND WALTER EDWARDS In a Wonderful Story of a Self -Made Man's Rise From the Ranks And a Wife's Love That Stands the Test HAlTAr If your wife stood by you when you were poor, would you try get rid of her when you were wealthy? Mallery did. V": - &Pm Sl- f p redwood logs which evidently were lost from some California port came ashore at Port Orford and were hauled to the sawmill by D. Quellen and Charles Neu'man, who, when the logs had been manufactured, had 3000 feet of the finest lumber, worth about $90. DETECTIVE IS BOUND OVER Man on Bootlegging Inquiry Accused of Giving Liquor to Minor. NEWPORT, Or., Feb. 23. (Special.) Detective C. T. Hanner. of Portland, who was arrested last week for giving liquor to Frank Wade, a minor, had a preliminary hearing before Justice Berry yesterday, and was bound over to appear before the grand jury next August under J1000 bonds. Bondsmen were secured at Toledo, and Hanner took the next train for Portland. He was one of two private detectives hired by Prosecuting Attorney Stewart to procure evidence against bootleggers and indictments were returned against prominent citizens, but all were acquitted. Mr. Edison's New Laboratory Model $250 Demonstration and Sale of These and Other Less Expensive ' Types of Edison Machines Commences at Eilers Music House This Morning It is appropriate that upon Mr. Edi son's sixty-ninth birthday the great Unco of "Eilers has made arrange ments for nearly a carload of the derful $250 official laboratory moaeis alone, the type that Mr. iwuson himself has designated as his otliciai laboratory model. Special introductory terms of pay ment. A two weeks' demonstration and sale.' No home need now without a real tone-recreating Edison musical instrument. The Edison no tone of its own. It creates just as it receives tha same music. All the attributes ot tone ana 01 artist are redelivered. Other models will also be sold, the $200 type, the $150 type, and a new $100 style. For those who wish to secure the advantage of all of Mr. Edison's achievements and arranged our 1916 challenger. researcn ai ine lowest eAticuuituA co. mi " . combination offer, containing the new model Edison machine, and equipment of a dozen and a half of the very choicest recoras, an eaineu w. .. r -ible discs, together with all accessories, and all for the extremely low price of $119.50, payable $9.50 cash and $5.50 a month. Special Demonstration and Sale Now in Progress on becond rioor The Nation's Largest James Byrd, a printer, was last night sentenced to a term of 50 days in the county jail by Judge Coke in the Cir cuit Court. Byrd was arrested on a charge of gambling and admitted his guilt. In passing sentence Judge Coke scored the prisoner for enticing youths of tender years to participate in th6 game. JACKSON JURY INDICTS 7 Four Not True Bills Also Are Brouglit In by Investigators. MEDFORD, Or., Feb. "3. (Special.) Seven true bills and four not true bill3 were returned by the February grand jury meeting in Jacksonville Monday. A true bill was returned against E. J. Poole, who came into the limelight last Summer for the attack on a son of S. A. D. Puter. His offense was stealing a cow from the sacred Heart Hospital. James McDonald and L. Haffey were indicted for theft of an automobile in Medford last Summer; E. H. Hughes, for forgery; Frank Reed, for larceny; John O. Dowd. for burglary; Hobias Smith, for non-support of a child, and Cunningham -and Brady, for juvenile depredations. A not true qui wa.- ic- E AT LASTS Mr. Edison invented the mechanical phonograph nearly triirtv vears asro Many people in America and abroad coed it or took up the ideas he later discarded altogether In one form or another many "talking machines" (many m very handsome cases) have come down to us from a genera tion back. And they are a generation old Sr.- Edison never was satisfied with his mechanical phonograph. "Some day I'll give the world real music he said. So, five years ago he started m. He worked through chemistry, instead of mechanics, because mechanics had not givS him what he wanted. The result: The New Edison DlMus?cdr-creation. You must hear it to understand just what this means. It cannot be explained in writing. It s iust music just as music is. . . Suffice it to say that he has discarded the mechanical "talking machine" for the Edison Diamond Disc with its finely rounded diamond (no needles to change) and its un breakable records; that he has produced a musical instrument to be placed in homes where the choicest music is appreciated. These instruments, during this two weeks' demonstration and sale, will be sent to any home on free trial. won De has music xne iv .V . ,5. -h .: V v--- )W ' r x. - - , I r - i v to And a New Keystone Comedy Direct From the Fun Foundry Triangle Keystones Never Disappoint This One Is a Real Laugh Factory THE THEATER OF SURPRISES Sixth at Washington turned against J. Frank Carson, for mayhem, charged with having chewed off a neighbor's ear in a light last June. MARKET TO NORTH SOUGHT Dallas Looking Toward Tuget Sound Country Before Building Factory. DALLAS. Or., Feb. 23. (Special.) W. V. Fuller and F. J. Coad, represent ing the Dallas Commercial Club, has left for the Puget Sound country to investigate conditions there with ref erence to wood tank factories. The Dallas organization is desirous of having one of these factories locate In Dallas, and to that end sent its rep resentatives into Washington to in vestigate market conditions. F. J. Coad, one of the representa tives, will construct such a factory in Dullas if the investigation develops the fact that there is a sufficient market for the output to make such an institution a paying investment. Duped Man Is Suicide. MEDFORD. Or., Feb. 23. (Special.) In a fit of despondency, induced from financial worry, John Sutton. 67 years old. a prospector living near neagie killed himself Monday by firing a bul let through his head with a rifle. Sin ton's attorney, W. J. Canton, took tlio old man's savings on the plea that hn needed It. to reopen a suit UKiiini-t Twohy Hros., in whose employ Sut ton was Injured. Canton then disap-. peared. The $rino had been given to tlio Sacred Heart Hospital by the deeeused with the agreement that they would care for him the rest of his life. It. was on Canton's insistence that the money was withdruwn to he used In bringing a second suit. Woman (Sclent int Dfcx. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. Miss Adele M. l'lclde, widely Known for her writings on China and selentilie sub jects, died today, at her home In this city, aged 77 years. Miss Fielde, who was of Independent means, a member of an old Philadel phia family, went to China in lSGi as a Baptist missionary, and lived In China and Slam 2." years. She com piled a dictionary of the Swatow dia lect and. translated into English Chi nese fairy tales that ran through many. English editions. Miss Fielde gave freely of her tim and money to the suffrage cause, and was largely responsible for the wom en's victory In Wiishinuton In Ida. This is the new Laboratory Model now on sale at Eilers Music House. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't hear certain artists on the New Edison Diamond Disc. You can. The Edison can be made to play other makes of rec ords. And although the music of these records is perhaps not as true to the original tone as Edison's own re-creations, because of his superior method of sound development, they have been actually found to sound better than on the instrument for which they were made. l 1 in.H-n lilil'M " K 'J! ' '