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E MORNING OREGONIAIf, -" THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 191 G. EfilBALMER IN PECK CASE MISSING STILL PRINCIPALS IN REMARKABLE MURDER CASE UNCOVERED IN NEW YORK. IllllinDnilllllllllBIIHIIBIBIIIBIBIIlHIRBElHlllllllEIlIIBI H IE H IB H n n n H f 1 Store Opens ,,. y-"5'. Store Closes Daily ffiZ&2h .Mfe Day at 8:30 A. M. Wjf&Z at 5:30 P M Saturdays fYV&ffi Saturdays Phone: S Phone: Marshall 50SO The Most in Value, the Best in Quality A 2112 - - v -. -V .-" . ,?r . S - '. ',NV. :- i .;. : . -. . : . - I k - . .. " ' ' ' f ft " s . f n n H m Prominent Murder Victims of . Former Years Sent to L Same Establishment. r DUAL LIFE QENIED NOW Attorney for Dr. Wnlte Says Client Was "Stringing" Prosecutor In. L; Confession Woman Demands Talk With Prisoner. L y. . WW YORK, March 29. District At- I torney Edward Swann centered his ef forts tonight on finding- Eugene Oliver Kane, who embalmed the body of John E. Peck, wealthy Grand Rapids drug gist, to whose murder his son-in-law. Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, has con fessed. Kane's arrest has been ordered on the charge of conspiring to commit a crime. Dr. "Waite is said by Mr. Swann to have asserted that Kane accepted J9000 in cash and a check for 19400 as part payment of $25,000 he was to be paid lor swearing that he used arsenic in embalming Mr. Peck's body. This ar rangement, Waite said, according to the District Attorney, was made after n autopsy on Air. Peck's body disclosed the presence of a large quantity of ar senic. Dr. Waite, In statements made to the District Attorney and others, is said to have confessed not only to poisoning Mr. Peck, but placing germs of viru lent diseases in the food of Mrs. Peck, who died at "Waite's apartment six weeks before her husband. Employing Undertaker Quizzed. John S. Potter, the undertaker who liad charge of Peck's funeral and who employed Kane as embalmer, was ex amined tonight at tha District Attor ney's office. He reiterated denials that he had any part In the, alleged negotia tions between Kane and "Waite, excepr to send Kane to the dentist's apart ments when Dr. Waite desired to know the formula of the- embalming fluid used on Mr. Peck's body. He did ad mit, however, that he received a let ter from Dr. Waite asking him snd Kane not to telephone him, as Dr. Waite believed his telephone wire had been tapped and also telling him he need cot worry about his check. Kane embalmed the body of Mrs. Katherine Adams in the famous Moli neux case, and Potter was the under taker who attended to the body of "William M. Rice, for whose death, Al bert T. Patrick was tried. "Woman Trie to See Prisoner. Ineffectual efforts were made by Mrs. Margaret "Weaver Horton, Dr. Waite's friend, who has been closely questioned by the District Attorney, to obtain permission to visit Dr. Waite at Bellevue Hospital. Her attorney, Har old Spielberg, Intimated that If neither he nor Mrs. Horton is allowed to see Dr. Waite tomorrow he will take some action. Mrs. Horton, In a letter to Dr. AVaite, today expressed her sympathy and confidence In his innocence. "Walter R. Deuel, attorney for Dr. Waite, in explaining his client's story of a. double personality, told to the District Attorney and his associates last night, said that Dr. Waite . was "stringing" the prosecuting attorney. Emphatic denial of reports that financial or other assistance has been or will be given by tnera to Dr. "Waite was contained in a statement Issued by the members of the Peck family after a conference here today. The statement was signed by Mrs. Catherine Peck, sister of John E. Peck; Percy S. Peck, his son; Mrs. Percy S. Peck; "Wal ter Drew, their attorney, and also said "to represent the opinions and, feelings" of Mrs. Clara Louise Waite, the youog dentist's wife. The assertion is made that Miss Peck, assisted in financing the lnvestigatiqn by private detectives which preceded that of the District Attorney's office. CONDON KILLS RABID DOG Animal, Biting Others, Is Shot After AIl-Kigbt Search, ' CONDON. Or., March 29. (Special.) 'After an all-night search, a mad dog that made its appearance In Condon Saturday afternoon was shot and killed early Sunday morning by Fred Pygg. The animal had bitten several other valuable dogs before Its' presence was discovered. Marshal Wehre has ordered all dogs muzzled and has killed 25 since Satur day. Everything possible Is being done to prevent the spread of the epidemic. MILLIONS T0BE SPENT (Continue From First Page.) vj? , JIT - - If IT . 1 ! f 1 1 'j-''1 V 8 SHIPS ADVOCATED i ! ("J I r - f f ft V J Assistant Secretary Roose- t -x . , ' . Ln f i - " 1 1 , -war I This development will be arranged to keep pace with the growing trartje. The company has appropriated $1,020. 000 for "miscellaneous improvements" on various parts of the line. This Item will care for the completion of the ter minals, roundhouses and shops at The Dalles, and at Pilot Rock. It also will pay for the construction of industry tracks in Portland, Seattle, Spokane and other traffic-producing centers and cover divers unforeseen costs that nec essarily must be met for various pur poses within the year. W illing to Oblige. Judge. r "Have you a stove lifter I could bor , row?" asked the woman -who had Just movea in. "I'm sorry to say I haven't, but my husband is a piano mover," suggested tba woman next door. Ex-Governor John A. Dtx. of Xsw York. Is looking for a Job, bavinc failed in buai- t not lonir ssro. ELL-AW Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists. EARLY BEGINNING URGED 99 Special Showing and Sale of "Dove "r WTVv "TVS Just Arrived A Complete Stock of These "Silk Texture" Undermuslins All New Styles in Combinations, Chemise, Drawers and Skirts at Attractively Low rt Q Q Prices 50 to pl.i0 These "Silk Texture" garments are so well known among our undermuslin patrons that we need to make no comments on their many good qualities and un , usual merits suffice to say that each and every gar ment is of the finest special "Dove Process" Nainsook, Cut on full and distinctive lines and extra well made and finished throughout. Each garment not only bears the famous "Dove Guarantee of Merit," but is also sold with our own assurance of guaranteed satisfaction. You have choice from lace and embroidery trimmed. Gowns in Empire and high-neck styles at 75$ to S1.98 Envelope Chemise, in all sizes and styles, 75 to SI. 98 Corset Covers, in all sizes and styles, at 50 to 98c Combination Suits, in all sizes and styles, 98 to SI. OS til ; ll Eedfern Washable Kid Gloves $1.50 We especially recommend these fine Kid Gloves as worthy of your best consideration. They come in the fashionable one -clasp style with embroidered back and full pique seam. They can easily and satisfactorily be washed with soap and water. A full assortment of new and staple shades to select from in all sizes.' Battleship gray, oyster, pastel, coffee, ivory, tan, pearl gray, etc. An excep tionally fine glove J1 tZf at low price, pair ipl3vl Picture Frames 45 A sale of Platinoid Picture Frames in oval styles. They come 5x7 inches and contain the picture of Mary Pickford. The kind regularly soWC. at 65c, reduced to rOC Top (l,t(l Mn. Harry Horton, Beau lful "Voting Singer, Who Occupied "Studio" "With Dr. A. W. "Waite (.Rltfht). Who Hm Confessed Murder of Ills Pa.rents-ln-L,aw, Mr. and Mrs. John K. Peck. Sirs. Peck's Portrait Is Shown In Center and That of Her Husband at I,mfr Left. Percy Peck, Their Son. Who Caused Autopsy W hlch Disclosed Murder of His Father, Is Shown at Lower Rlsht. End ins of European War in Draw Regarded as Possible Without Removing Present Causes of Friction With Europe. WASHINGTON, March 29. Ap propriations by Congress for eight new eapltal ships this year, double the number proposed In the Administra tion's five-year Navy programme, was recommended by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt today in concluding his testi mony before the House naval com mittee. Secretary Daniels will appear tomorrow as the last witness to be heard before the' committee begins drafting the bill. His examination is expected to require several days. Mr. Roosevelt - explained that the recommendation -for eight ships Im mediately represented his personal views and not those of the department. Kleht Ships This Year Favored. "I believe the Government and private yards could take care of eight capital ships this year," he said. "I think it would mean a great step for the moral effect upon the country and also our international relations. If Germany should continue to build at her present rate of three ships a year. our programme of three and one-fifth ships in five years would not quite catch up, but would mean a gain. "We would probably pass France, with which we are now neck and neck." Questioned about Japan's navy. Mr. Roosevelt said both Japan and Germany were reported to have secret building funds and programmes. Representa tive Farr, of Pennsylvania, asked how much stronger" the American Navy was than the Japanese. "That depends on the scene of opera tions," replied the witness. "If the fleets were kept apart, we are about three to two. If the operations were in Japanese waters we are about equal. Japan probably would be superior in extreme western waters. If they at tempted to come over here the condi tions would be reversed." Dradnaushts Command Seas. Emphasizing the need for battle cruisers, the Assistant Secretary said dreadnaughts had . won the principal victories in Europe without firing a shot, by keeping the seas clear of the enemy fleet. He expressed belief that there was a possibility of the United States being Involved In war even after a European peace and declared that the Nation "was richer and weaker than ever in history," with great potential resources, but unprepared to withstand an im mediate martial shock. Recalled for cross-examination by Representative Calloway, of Texas. Mr. Roosevelt said If the European war re sulted in a draw, most of the friotlon in international relations which might affect the United'. States would con tinue. Discussing the naval militia, he said, farm boys were mora easily trained for naval purposes than men with mer chant ship experience, and therefore he considered militiamen more valuable than civilian seamen. Battle Cruisers Needed. The Assistant Secretary emphasised the Navy's need for battle cruisers. "As this war pronably will last two we will authorize then would be com pleted, would , not we better hold our horses?" asked Mr. Callaway. "Not at all." Mr. Roosevelt replied. "These ships might be completed just at the psychological time. I am unwill-. ing to admit that at the end of the war and exhaustion of the belligerents this country would cease to be exposed to possible danger." Regarding submarines, the witness admitted the 1200-ton fleet vessel was purely an experiment. Recommenda tions of Admiral Grant, commander of the submarine fleet, for the 800-ton type, he added, represented the general opinion of officers of the service, but not that of the department. COLLEGE AIDE HELD RAILWAY CAN BE SOLD WRIT HASTENS EVEXTS IX CASE OF WESTERN PACIFIC. Trustee of S 50,000,000 Bonds Permitted to Start Separate Suit to- Deter mine Issue of Guarantee. SAN FRANCISCO. March 29. A writ ot mandate compelling the sale of the Western Pacific Railroad asked of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals by the Equitable Trust Company, of New York, was denied today by the court. The road is In the hands of receivers. The higher court, however, annulled the orders of the United States District Court which commanded the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Com pany, guarantor of the "Western Pa cific bonds, to become a defendant in the Western Pacifo foreclosure suit. The court's denial of the right of the District Court to force the Denver & Rio Grande to become a defendant virtually means that the "Western Pa cific can be sold immediately. The Equitable Trust Company, trustee of the $50,000,000 defaulted Western Pacific bonds, was permitted by the higher court to prosecute a separate' action in the New York Fed eral Court to determine the obligations of the Denver & Rio Grande as guarantor of the $50,000,000 Western Pacific bonds. SIX 60 BACK TO PRISON ME WHO LEARNED COUNTERFEIT INO IN PRISON SENTENCED. ii iiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiniiriiiiiiiiiiif iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL I 1916 QUEEN CONTEST Good for One Vote Void After Tuesday, April 4, 1916 . Name... Organization This coupon will count one vote when properly filled out and , sent to Portland Rose Festival Contest Department, 337 Northwestern National Bank Building. Coupons must be EE neatly trimmed and put in package with number of votes E written on top. Main 1430. E Eliiiiiiiiiniinifiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin terms by of the They all Teacher of "Scnso!" at Walla Walla Gets Five Years None Want to Return ts Former Scenes. SAN FRANCISCO. March 23. Six counterfeiters of a 5 Federal reserve bank note, who learned how to coun terfeit in prison, were sent back to prison today for varying Judge Maurice T. Cooling, United States District Court, pleaded guilty. Henry Davis, who was the teacher of the counterfeiting school In Walla Walla, Washington, prison, was sen tenced to five years in - the Federal prison at McNeil Island. Walter Grant to three years, Charles Crooms (col ored) two years. Edward Frohn three years, John Meade one year and Perry Welch was sent to the county jail for a year. Secret service agents arrested all of them when they started to flood the Pacific Coast with a poor imitation of a $5 note on the San Francisco reserve bank. Others, alleged to be of the same gang, are under arrest in Portland and Seattle. None of the men sentenced today wanted to go back to Walla Vt alia. Women's Association Presi dent Accused of Fraud. MISUSE OF FUNDS CHARGED Society Women Declared Victims and Friends' Photographs Said to Have- Been Shown as Girls Benefited by Donations. CHICAGO, March 29. Photographs of June Gentry and Jessie Macey, names of girls given by Miss Mabel Sturtevant as among those for whom money had been solicited from Chicago society women to aid the girls through college, were introduced today at the trial of Miss Sturtevant before Federal Judge Humphreys. Then the Government, which is en deavoring to prove that Miss Sturte vant used the mails in an effort to de fraud society women, put on the witness stand originals of the photographs. Miss Sadie Walmer. of Merriam. TCan., and Mrs. Guy M. Wood, of Mollne. 111. Each witness testified that she had ex changed photographs with Miss Sturte vant as a friend and each denied that she had anything to do with her as resident of the Association of College Women Workers. The Government charges that It was through the asso ciation that money was obtained which Miss Sturtevant is alleged to have said was to be used to aid girls through col lege, but which, the Government main tains, was used for Miss Sturtevant's own benefit. The photographs were used, accord ing to Postal Inspector Clarahan, as illustrations in a booklet which the as sociation published in connection with biographies of girls who had been aided. June Gentry had been repre sented as a writer for magazines who was reported by Miss Sturtevant. the inspector said, to be on a walking tour in the Cumberland Mountains. Miss Jane Rowland, of Chicago, and Miss Clara Ayers, of Lincoln. Neb., ex students, testified they had worked in the office of the association and so far as they knew the funds were used only for legitimate work of the association. BABY SCORES ANNOUNCED Union Hears Result of Recent Eugenics Contest. - - UNION, Or., March 29. (Special.) The scores made by the 25 babies in the eugenics contest held, in this city ehort time ago under the direction of the Woman's Club, wero received today. Two babies, Frank Myron Ricker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ricker, and Rodney Kitchen, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney J. Kitchen, each scored 99'"2. None of the 25 contestants scored lower than 90. The tests were conducted by Mrs. Bayley, of Portland, assisted by a num ber of the local doctors. LET POSLAM HONOUR SKIN Its Power to Soothe and Heal Is Ready to Serve You. Don't regard Poslam merely as name, an unknown Quantity. Try it for any skin affection. You will ap preciate the service it can ' perform for you by removing all annoyance and causlntr the trouble to disappear. Poslam is harmless. Lo not hesitate to apply it over any broken-out sur face; that Is just what, it is for: to soothe, pacify, purify and heal. Use for eczema, pimples, rashes, in flamed complexion, redness, etc. ' Poslam Soap, containing Poslam, is an aid to health of skin and hair. Try daily one month, tor Dath and toilet. For samples, send 4e stamps to Emer gency Laboratories, 32 -West 25th St., New lone City, bold by all iruggista. Black Silk liA'OES 98c Yd. For Values to $3.00 An elegant line of high-grade Black Flouncing and Allover Laces at a bargain price. The Allover Laces come in 36-inch "width and the very newest effects, silk radium, silk shadow, silk net and embroidered silk, in dozens of pretty patterns. The flouncings are shown in 27 to 40-inch widths. Oriental Net Top Laces embroidered in elaborate flor al patterns. Imported Silk Chantilly Flouncings in an extensive variety. Regular $2.25, $2.50 and $3.00 quali ties. Priced in this sale at,QO the yard .270C 36-Inch Width in White, Cream and on Ecru, Choice This Sale at, Yard iC 'Various Patterns in 75c to 98c Qualities A great lot of dainty Shadow Allover Laces to close out at this bargain price. They come in an extensive variety of conven tional and floral patterns in white, cream and ecru. A desirable high-class lace for making of Spring waists, in qualities oq regularly sold at 75c to 98c a yard. Your choice this sale C S3 Maind'bas ait 1.981 Fine Morocco, Real Seal and Pin Persian Handbags shown in all desirable styles, black only. They come with fancy lining and two or three-piece fittings. Regular $3.00 lines on J -1 QO sale today at the low price of Regular $2.00 Handbags $1.49 Many new shapes in Goat Seal Leather Handbags, well made and finished with silk linings; black only; in lines A Q regularly sold at $2, for P 1 sfrl n H n n R n a H H n B H R H a a ia SB H R m H n a H n "fl to H H a n n H H n H n R R H H n H H i H R H H H iHIIIHIIiaillUHIHIIIIllIIBIlIlIIBliaUiailBBIIIlBIIIBIGU Each said she had received the full; amount of her pay. Board of Examiners Named. CANiON CITT, Or- March 29. (Spe cial.) The sixth, seventh and eighth grade board of examiners for the pres- nt school year have been appointed by County School Superintendent W. W. Austen as follows: Mrs. Jennie W. Matlock. Canyon City: Rufus E. Bible, Hamilton, and E. W. Kimberling. Prairie City, sixth grade; Robert B. Harryman, Monument: Mrs. Jennie Crlaze, John Day, and Robert B. Olp, Mount Vernon, seventh grade, ana u. Lee Williams, New Perkins Hotel Fifth and Washington Streets, Portland, Oregon REDUCED ROOM RATES The homelike stopping place for those appreciating the dol lar's full worth. YouH feel at home here and it's so handy to stores and " theaters. ' The Perkins Hotel Restaurant is serving exceptionally good Breakfasts and Luncheons for 25 and Dinner 35; Sunday "Chicken Dinner 50d Prairie City; Miss Roxie M. Denny, Canyon City, and W. S. Caverhill, Long Creek, eighth grade examiners. Mrs. K. J. Butrlck, of Roseburgr, Dies. ROSEBTJRG, Or., March 29. (Spe cial.) Mrs. E. J. Butrlck, aged 43 years, and mother of eight children, died after an illness of two months. Mrs. Butrlck had lived in Roseburg for about 20 years, and was a mem ber of the Rebekah lodge of Drain. She was born in Kentucky, and came to Oregon 30 years ago. She first located in Eastern Oregon, but later came to Douglas County, where she had since made her home. She is sur vived by a husband and eight children. Only One "BROMO QUININE." To ret the renulne. call for full name. LAXA TIVE HKOMO QUININE. Look for signature of K. W. GKOVE. Cures a Cold In oua Day. 20o Colorado uses more than two million elec trical horsepower every day to run its Industrie. An average of B0. 000 documents are signed by President "Wilson each year. LP NON-SKID The RIGHT Tire At The RIGHT Price There are no ifs, ands, or buts about Fisk Non-Skid Tires. They're right, with the right non-skid qualities and the right price plus fisk Free Service in more than 1 00 Branches. They still cost less than plain treads of many other standard makes. Compare These Fisk Prices Grey Non-Skid Casings and Tubes Size Casing Tube Size Casing 3 x 30 31 x 30 4 x 33 10.40 13.40 22.00 2.60 41 x 35 3 1.20 41 x 36 2.95 4.25 31.55 3730 Tab 5.55 5.70 6.90 Ttsdc S- W Huk Rcf. U.I. Fu. Ott. Tim. taR.-tira? (Bay Msk) mmnn 5 x 37 Fisk Tires For Sale By All Dealers The Fisk Rubber Company of N. Y. General Offices : Chicopee Falls, Mass. 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