THIS 310KM3iCx OKEGOSIAJT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 191";
17
HTZSIMMONS NEAR
DEATH AT CHICAGO
BUSINESS MEN IN
FRANCE LEND AID
FORMER CHAMPION FIGHTER AT DEATH'S DOOR WITH
PNEUMONIA.
Greatest Shoe Bargains in All
America Are Here at the Bis Store
WTSi'ti This Store Closes Saturday at 8 P. M.
Ex-World's Champion Heavy
weight Pugilist Stricken
Wrth Pneumonia.
PHYSICIANS' HOPE FAINT
"Lanky Bob" Is Removed to Hos
pital 'When Condition Is Dis
covered Dangerous Wife by
Her Husband's Bedside.
CHICAGO. Oct. IS. Robert Fitzsim
mons. former champion heavyweight
pugilist, is in a local hospital, dan
gerously ill from lobar pneumonia. Mrs.
I'itzslmmons is in constant attendance
upon her husband, who has been ap
pearing at a suburban theater until
yesterday, when his condition became
suddenly worse and he was rushed to
a hospital.
F'hysicians at the institution late to
day said there was small hope for the
patient's recovery.
News of the nrnsnActivo flpo th rr
Itobert Fitzsimmons cast a shadow of
gloom over the many frionds of the
former great middle and heavyweight
viinmpion in mis city.
as me I nrniT p inmninn ti-.i t-
known the world over, was a personal
menu 01 jacK urant and other Port
land fisht experts and in the many
imes uiat ne was in Portland on his
theatrical tours of the country, he was
a viuitor with Mr. Grant
Fitzimmona was born in the town of
j-ieiston. Lornwall, Kngland. June 4.
JSB2. A tall and rangy chap he soon
broadened into an athlete of promise.
Bob was one of three brothers. He
claimed the protection of three nations
Kngland, where he was born: New
Zealand and Australia, where he was
raised, and the United States, where he
passed most of his manhood. He was
a naturalized American citizen. He was
known .as a Cornishman, a Xew Zea
lander, an Australian and an American.
Bob la Indifferent Pupil.
Bob's father was a miner. He was
of a roving disposition and when Bob
was about nine years old the head of
the Fitzsimmons family decided to leave
Kngland. So with his family he board
ed a ship for New Zealand. Arriving
there the elder Fitzsimmons settled his
family in a little place called Lyttle
ton, where he obtained work as a min
er. The three Fitzsimmons brothers
tramped three miles to school each
morning and back again in the after
noon. Voting- Bob was an indifferent
Ktudent, timid and bashful in every
thing but athletics. Running and
jumping were his favorite pursuits.
At 11 years of age Bob decided he
hud enough of school life and went to
work In a grocery store. At 12 years
he was known as the best fighter in
the village. Then Bob turned to black
cmlthing at Timaru, where his elder
brother had moved. It was at Timaru
that Bob saw his first boxing match
and decided that it was the life for
him. Ho had a quick eye. was agile,
possessed unusual strength and was
equipped with a good brain bo that he
oon acquired and mastered the few
principles of the boxing art that he
aw displayed.
Bob pestered the promoters of the
Timaru fights until the latter decided
to lot him have his first battle. His
Initial fight was with a blacksmith
who worked in the same shop with
him. Bob weighed about 140 pounds
while his opponent tipped the beam at
20 pounds. He keeled his fellow
worker over in jigtime and from then
on he was the village champion.
DempKry Ik Brnten.
lie later came to the United States
and his first fight of any prominence
was with a boxer named Black Pearl
in 1SS1. which Fitzsimmons won in
four rounds. Stories of his prowess
began to circulate in the United States
and there were numberless demands for
Ills appearance in the different rings.
His first big fight was with Jack
Irmpsey whom he knocked out in IS
rounds at New Oilcans. Later he
fought Peter Maher and kept on mow
ing down the fighters as they appeared
in the ring with him.
Bob won the heavyweight champion
ship of the world from James J. Cor
bett at Carson City. Nevada, March 17,
1S37. He held the world's title until he
met Jeffries in isp;i, when the latter
knocked Fitzsimmons out in the
31th round.
The lanky heavyweight essayed a
number of times to try and regain
his lost title, but his attempts were
fruitless. He did manage, however, to
drfr;it Jim Daly, Kd Ininkhiirst, Gus
l.uhlin and Tom Sharkey, but when
he tried again to mix with Jim Jef
fries in San Francisco in 190:! he was
knocked out in the eighth round.
lie later fought Joe t;riin, Cieorge
Gardiner. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien,
Jack Johnson, Bill Lang and JDan
Ssweeney.
Fighter's Iteacb Iw Long.
From a fighting standpoint Bob
Fitzsimmons was a physical freak.
Although standing 5 feet 1 1 i inches,
he never weighed more than 170
pounds, and In the great battles of his
heavyweight career he declared he
weighed in the neighbohood of Ji8
pounds. Spurting cartoonists made fa
mous the Australian's almost top-lieavy
figure the rnomous shoulders, the
long arms, the narrow waist, small
hips, seemingly pipe-stem legs, and the
freckles with which hi entire body
was dotted. Fitzsimmons had the un
usually long reach of 75 inches.
WAGNER OFF FOR BEND
JlOCOE TAI LOR'S RIBS BROIvEX IX
Tl'ESBAVS EVEXT,
I liable to Meet Perry Brooks la Cca
tral Oregon Tonn Victor Take
V Place on Quirk otlce.
Jack Wagner, punched himself into
a match the. other night at tho Pa
cific Athlctjc Club show, when he
mauled Tloscoe Taylor for six rounds,
handing him a severe beating.
It was discovered yesterday that
"Wagner smashed two of Taylor's ribs
in the bout. Taylor was to have fought
Percy Brooks in Bend. Or., tonight and
as he is unable to get around, much
less box teji rounds with a middle
weight. Wagner consented to come to
the rescue of the Bend promoters and
offered to take Taylor's place against
Brooks tonight. His offer was ac
cepted at once and Jack left for Bend
Jast night to meet Brooks in a ten
round battle at the Bend Hippodrome.
Wagner is none the worse for his
cix-round setto with Taylor and is in
fc-uud shape They do not make them
ROBERT FITZSIMMO.S.
any tougher than Wagner and slow,
but sure he is convincing the Portland
fistic fans that he is a good boy and
can hold his own with the best of
them at ICS pounds. He will be giving
away nearly 20 pounds in weight to
Brooks., but expects to beat him be
cause of his aggressiveness and hitting
powers. Brooks recently fought Billy
George in Bend.
TROTTER SETS XEW RECORD
Bertha Dillon, Three - Year - Old,
Goes Heat In 2:03 H .
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 18. The setting
of a new world's record for a three-year-old
trotter by Miss Bertha Dillon
and the defeat of St. Frisco by his old
rival. Mabel Trask, featured the rac
ing card today at the Lakewood track.
The new record was established in
the second and final heat of the Matron
Stake for 3-year-olds when Miss Dillon
trotted the heat in 2:03',. The purse
was for ?5830, the largest offered so
far at the meeting. Harvest Gale and
Worthy Volo divided second and third.
Mabel Trask won in the free-for-all
pace against her old rival, St. Frisco.
In the first heat the chestnut mare
won by a nose. In the second heat she
broke badly on the last turn and St.
Frisco cantered in. In the third heat
St. Frisco took the lead at the start
COAST I.GAGl'K MAV DROP
PORTLAND, IS RK PORT
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Oct. IS.
("Special.) Plans for a special
meeting- of the J'acifie Coast
League to bp held in San Fran
cisco one week after the close of
the season have been made, it
was announced at the close of a
con fere nee held here today by
John Powers. Tom Oarmody and
Henry Berry.
This meeting:, which was sujr
Kested by the McCredies. will be
for the purpose of considering
the baseball situation jrenerally
and especially the outlook for
191S. .Shortening- the season and
the advisability of dropping:
Portland will be among the mat
ters discussed.
and maintained it until the last quar
ter, Mabel Trask winning by half a
lenerth.
Two-year-old class trottinier for all 2-year-old.",
added money, two in three; $300
added
Kmh Mainheet. br. f., bv Malnaheet
(Mnrphyi l l
IVter June, ch. h., by Peter the Jreat
Miners '2 1
Tnixton. b. c, by San Francisco (Cox) U 3
Time. 2:t0t. 2:0!ii.
Matron stake. No. S, for 8-yeard-oId trot
ters, two In three: value. $5Srl.S0
Miss Bertha Dillon, ch. f., by Dillon As
worthy i Srrlll t t 1
Harvest Gale, br. f., by Tho Harvester
Cos 4 2
Worthy Volo, ch, c, by Axworthy (Mc
Donald) 2 4
Kelley Ie Vorest also started.
Tim. 2:07s. 2:0:1. 4.
Krce-fnr-w.il trot, two In three; $1300
Mabel Trask. ch. m., by Peter the
Great U'ox 1 2 1
St. KrlsOo. bv San Francisco fGcera 2 12
Hose IX, b. by Petroniua (Wright) Sou
1 inie. - :i . . :u., .
2:H class, trottins, three in five; $2500
'unfinished).
Bneelli. b. h.. by Bcrtini
Wh1te 6 4 1 1 2
Peter Chenault. b. h.. by Peter
the Great (Murphy) 4 15 6 1
lKfsy Todd. b. m.. by George
I.eavitt Tod (McDonald . . . .2 2 3 4
Straight SMi. Busy's L,assle. Miss rerfection
also started.
Time, 2:7ai. 2:0fi,r. 2:. 2:Q7, 2:07 U-
KIDDIES GET AUTO RIDE
l'oor Children to Sop "Jack and llic
Beanstalk."
Scores of "kind-hearted automobile
owners will lend their machines tomor
row morning to transport the poor chil
dren of the city, the orphans and the
Hoys' and Girls' Aid Society, to the Ma
jestic Theater, where the film. "Jack
and the Beanstalk." win be shown, as
a free performance.
The little people of the Day Kursery
of the Fruit and Flower Mission, the
lads and lassies of the Orphans' Home,
and a large number of public school
children are included in the Invitation
sent out by J. J. I'arker, who is host
for the party. All poor children will
be admitted free. Chaperones and com
mittees from the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will accompany the smaller
gUCEt5.
Baseball Summary.
BMTfr Battiaft Arerasert.
AR H. A v.. i AT?. IT. Ave.
Oriircs. ... :i!4 1S5 ,R31'"l!ihr . 11 .2.".
Williams. T-'3 .Hl.TSIsMn 1C ,:S:
Wtlie 7T Ln: ,.ioo'Hou-k. . . l'7 .-"o:
Farmer.. tTS lrt .-fll Baldwin.. IIS 47 .L'lO
FWrton... s .2S I'in-llt 17.". :I.1P!
Rodgprs.. or. J.1X .-'." Pnner 27.11M
H'llocher TrtH .271 Brentou. . 11 -'0.17.1
I.e .H l.'i Dailoy 12 1 .084
Gardner. 4- 10 Jumes. . . . 33 2 .057
Mow tbe Series Stand.
Tariflc Ooat League Oakland three
frames. Portland no same; alt Lake two
game,. :in Franctvjo one same: Vernon
two game. 1. 05 Angeles ou same.
W here tbe Teams Are Flmyinc This Week.
PmclMc Coapt leafrue -Portland at Oak
land. San Francisco at kialt laka, Los
teles at Vernon, c-
s ' 3t S
DR. COOK MARKED
Assassination of Explorer Part
of Conspiracy.
REVOLT IN INDIA PLANNED
Hindu Tells of German Scheme to
Get Into British Dependency
. and Start Rebellion
Anions Natives.
CHICAGO. Oct. IS. Dr. Frederick X.
Cook, the Arctic explorer, and a crew
of 19 sailors were among- those marked
for assassination by the leaders direct
ing the plot to foment a revolution in
India to embarrass Great Britain
during the war, according to testi
mony Riven by Sukumar hatterji, a
Hindu priest. In Judg-e Landis' court at
today's session of the trial of tJustav
H. Jacobsen, Chicago real estate dealer,
and his three co-defendants charged
with conspiracy.
The plot against Dr. Cook and his
party. Chatterji said, was revealed to
him in Manila by George Paul Boehm,
one of the defendants.
"Boehm said that he had planned to
kill Captain Cook and his crew, who
were to make an expedition to the
Himalayan Mountains," said the
witness. "Boehm was to assume the
name of Captain Cook and the other
men in our party were to assume the
names of the other sailors who were
to be killed. I protested and the as
sassination did not take place. It was
Boehm's plan to go through India under
the guise of an explorer and foment
a revolt against Great Britain. The
plan was to either kidnap or murder
any British officials, detectives or spies
who interfered with our plans."
The witness said he came to this
country in 3 912 to study journalism,
but later he was induced to take part
in the alleged plot by lieramba L1
Gupta, one of the defendants. He told
of meetings held In San Francisco in
1915, at which plans for the alleged
plot were discussed, and of going to
Manila with the alleged conspirators.
The witness later was arrested with
others and brought back for trial.
On cross-examination, Chatterji ad
mitted he had been Imprisoned for six
months in India before he confessed.
GIRLS' LETTERS ARE SEIZED
Vnltcd States Marshal Seeks Evi
dence of Plot Against India.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 18. Apart
ments of Miss Amy Dudley, said to be
a W'rlter. and Miss Marlon Hamilton,
were raided by United States Marshal
James B. Holohan today following in
formation that the women had letters
relating to an alleged plot to overthrow
British rule in India.
A suitcase full of letters and other
papers was seized. The women were
not arrested.
MULE SKINNERS AT SCHOOL
Several Hundred Men at Camp Lewis
Taught This Gentle Art.
TACOMA, Wash.. Oct. 18. (Special.)
Regimental supply companies at
Camp Ltwis have hefn ordered to pre
pare for service. This means the in
struction of several hundred men in
mule "skinninp." and the distribution
of mule teams and Army waftons to the
companies. These units take the sup
plies from the bases up to the firing
line. The instruction will be given at
the Thirty-first Waf?on Company.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. K. Coleman,
Captain James Como. camp quarter
man ter. and Second Lieutenant Charles
F. Startzman were ordered as a board
to recommend changes in the railroad
terminal at Camp Lewis to facilitate
the hand line: of supplies.
2 OFFICERS TRANSFERRED
Sixth Company O. A. C. Sent to
Med ford on Guard Iuty.
FORT COLUMBIA. Wash.. Oct. IS.
(Special.) Lieutenant Smith, of the
Twelfth Company. Oregon Coast Artil
lery, has been transferred to the quar
termaster department at l'ort Colum
bia, where he will be material officer,
quartermaster and police officer. Lieu
tenant B. B. Williams has been as
signed to duty as First Lieutenant of
the Seventh Company. Oregon Ooast
Artillery. Kort Columbia.
The Sixth Company, from Cottage
Grove, has been sent to Medford to do
guard duty,
Pershing Obtains Appointment
of Auxiliary Civilian Ad
visory Board.
EXPERTS WILL CO-OPERATE
Purpose of Xew Council Is to Give
Supply Purchasing Officials
Full Benefit of Valuable
Information.
PARIS, Oct. 10. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) The newest
adjunct of the Cnited States Purchas
ing Board, which was created several
weeks ago on the initiative of General
Pershing, is an auxiliary civilian ad
visory council composed of five or six
American business men resident In
France.
These, men, whose names have not
yet been made public, have been asked
to lend their assistance to the board
in its gigantic work and to facilitate
its operation by advice on conditions
and prices in France, and by giving the
board the benefit of their expert
knowledge whenever it may be needed.
The decision to create this auxiliary
council is only one of the strides the
board has made in the few weeks of its
existence. Its chief. Colonel Charles
G. Dawes, a former Controller of the
Currency and president of the Central
Trust Company, of Illinois, has already
surrounded himself with nearly a
dozen expert quartermaster officers,
who are purchasing officers also of
their respective branches of service,
and is rapidly co-ordinating the work
of purchasing supplies for the present
as well as the prospective armies in
France.
The task with which the purchasing
board is confronted and on which it is
now working about IS hours a day is
the accumulation in Europe of all sup
plies of every nature that may be
available, in order that tonnage may
be saved and so that there may be a
minimum of overlapping and duplica
tion. In accordance with this plan, the en
tente countries are being scoured for
every kind of war material that may
be available from food of all- kinds to
airplane par and from iron piping to
woolen blankets.
The board is working with the co
operation of both the French and the
English army authorities. It expects
to be able to import, and probably will
itself transport from England, the coal
supplies that are reeded during the
coming Winter.
Not the least of the benefits of the
board will be the control of competi
tion, so that prices will not rise as a
result of one department bidding
against another.
POULTRY FEED IS CHEAP
Wheat Damaged by Fire Offered at
Attractive Price.
Wheat that was charred or otherwise
damaged in a fire at the plant of the
Ground Feed Company. I? ail road ave
nue and Lewis street. October 11. is to
be distributed among poultry and stock
owners at a nominal rate through the
efforts of W. B. Ayer. United States
food commissioner for Oregon.
In all 25.000 bushels of wheat were
held there and that spoiled for general
use amounted to about 300 tons. Mr.
Ayer referred the matter of using the
wheat to K. L. Potter, professor of the
animal husbandry department of the
Oregon Agricultural College. The lat
ter made an examination of the grain,
deciding that it should be made avail
able as feed for hogs and poultry.
Professor Potter has informed Mr.
Ayer that the grain could best be used
as feed if mixed with shorts, middlings
or barley, as it carries a greater per
centage of charcoal than is ordinarily
red.
Mr. Ayer has in turn taken the case
up with the Ground Feed Company and
advised the owners to dispose of the
grain at a feed value not to exceed $13
a tor and not to destroy the grain "un
der any circumstances. It has been
sacked and is being offered for sale.
MISS MAMIE FLYIMN NAMED
Portland "Woman Will Head War
Work Entertainment Committee.
Miss Mamie Helen Flynn, chairman of
the entertainment committee of the
Girls' National Honor Guard, has been
named head of the music and enter
tainment committee of the war work
council of the V. M. C. A. in this dis
trict. The committee will have charge of
general entertainment programmes for
the soldiers and sailors in this part of
the country in which the Y. M. C. A.
is directly or indirectly interested.
Miss Flynn's work in the interest of
the Honor Guard benefits and other af
fairs have won her special recommen
dation. HOOVER NAMES PORTLAND
City Will Re Publicity Distributing
Center for "orthwcst.
W. B. Ayer, food administrator for
Oregon. received a telegram from
Washington yesterday stating that
Portland has been selected as one of
five distributing centers. for publicity
for the big pledge card campaign.
News , stories will be wired from
Washington to the Portland office for
release to the papers of the follow
ing states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana. Articles of general pub
licity will also be sent to Oregon for
distribution throughout the Northwest.
Musical IVuinbers Are Pleasing.
The Wisconsin Society held its reg
ular meeting last night at the Ar
canum Hall. A general business meet
ing was followed by a programme
which included a piano solo by Mrs. U.
Durham, the Highland fling by the
Mathis sisters, and a vocal solo by
Miss Harriette Burland. The evening's
pleasures were completed with an hour
of- dancing and "500." At a late hour
coffee and sandwiches were served. The
meetings of the society are held on
the third Thursday of the month at the
Arcanum Hall. All former residents of
Wisconsin are urged to attend.
Last of Clackamas Quota Called.
OREOON' CITV. Or.. Oct. 1 g. (Spe
cial.) The local draft board has been
instructed to call the remaining 13 per
cent of the first draft Army of Clack
amas County. November 2 la the date
pet for the men to report to Sheriff
Wilson. Pevon men constitute the remaining-
15 per cent. , .
LADIES' SHOES
5000 Pairs Ladies' Fine High-Grade Shoes
S2.48, S2.98, S3.98, S4.98
Worth op to $7.50, including all the
newest two-tone as well as plain pat
terns, in grays, blacks, fawn, mahog
any, tans, patents; also white. All
sizes from 1 to 8, AA to EE width.
Ladies' fine shoes, worth up to
$7.50, now on sale at
With either low, medium
CHILDREN'S
Children's Shoes 15,000 pairs
special prices are as follows:
Children's $1.00 Shoes priced r7Q
at,' the pair '
Children's $1.50 Shoes priced QO
at, the pair 70
Children's $2.00 to Q1 AO
S2.2-; Shoe at DX0
$2.25 Shoes at
Misses' $2.25
$2.50 Shoes at
"BdS1.98
All sizes in black, tans, in white and patents, cloth
and kid tops.
HIGH TOPS
Q.A QQ for 5Icn's $6.50
0t70 and $7.00 12-inch
High Tops.
QJT QQ for Men's $7.50
iDO.VO and $8.00 14 and
16-inch High Tops.
gO QQ for Men's $5.00
OO.tO 12-in. High Tops.
Q9 QQ for Boys' $4.00
D.UO and $4.50 12-inch
High Tops.
S2.48 B oy s'
$3.50 8 and 10-in.
High Tops.
MORALS ARE SAFE"
Y. M. C. A. Man Declares Camp
Temptations Nil.
DR. IRVING FISHER SPEAKS
Alcohol Mu-t Be Banned if Soldier
Is to lie Protected, Vale Pro
fessor Tells Hygiene
Society.
rrogrress in social hygiene was re
ported at the sixth annual meeting of
the Oregon Social Hyjriene Society at
the Benson Hotel last nierht.
Or. Irving Fisher, professor of po
litical economy at Yale University, and
active in the work of the War Council,
was the speaker of the evening-. He
spoke on the social evil in war time
and on methods to combat it. One of
these, he said, is the abolishment of
alcohol needed in order to attack the
social evil effectively. He is chair
man of the sub-committee on alcohol
of the "War Council.
"The war," he said, "is a protest of
humanity against Oermanity. It is a
demand for purity against impurity,
and ideals for purity should pro through
all armies, especially our own. We are
prolng to fight venereal diseases in the
Army. The soldier should be taught
loyalty to his women folks as well as
loyalty to his country. The appeal
should be made to his higher instincts
and better impulses."
Profesnor Coleman Speaks.
Professor Norman K. Coleman, for
mer professor at Heed College, now
head of the educational work council
of the international committee, V. M.
C. A., at Camp Lewis, said he came to
bring a personal word from that camp.
His message was a hopeful one.
"As far as my observation goep." he
said, "the Army camp is the safest place
your boys can live in. The military
organization of today makes tempta
tions to vice very scarce, compared with
the temptations of the cities."
Professor Coleman said men with
venereal diseases at the base hospitals
were civilian cases and these men will
be returned to civil life. The menace
in these Instances, he said, will be
found in the communities to which they
return.
or(het Condition Told.
He declared military precautions,
backed by special education, protect the
enlisted men and the military authori
ties arc intelligent and aggressive In
carrying on the work.
A statement of conditions in the
Northwest was given by John McCourt,
representative of the Fosdick commis
sion on training camp activities of the
War Department.
W. K. Woodard introduced Professor
Coleman, newly-elected president of
the society, and chairman of the meet
ing. Other newly-elected officers are:
Vice-presidents. A. K. Flegel. Leslie
Butler. Hood River; P. L.. Campbell,
president University of Oregon: W. J.
J Kerr, president Oregon Agricultural
' - , ... . '""j, xruuieton;
treasurer, Adolphe Wolfe; executive
secretary, Harry Moore; recordnig sec
retary, ts. L. Kddy. The committee in
charge of last night's dinner was W. F.
Woodard, S. 1 Kddy and H. W. Stone.
FARMERS WILL ORGANIZE
Agricultural Councils Proposed in
Many Counties of State.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis. Oct. 18. (Special.)
Farmers of the state are endeavoring
to organise their work to meet the
changed conditions In marketing; and
LADIES' $1.50
slippers ,
Ladies' high cut
plush trim'd Felt
TU w
S2.48, S2.98
$3.98, S4.98
brown, wine,
or high heels.
SHOES
in stock. Today':
purpie. ah sizes.
Slippers, the pair, OSt
inTrrWTTTIfMBrWWMM lliTffMraallBBrMlir iTB! TTTf nsTWBTaiamwi
1 Misses' and Children's Scuffers
2000 Pairs Ladies' Fine Pumps on Sale
at 1.98, $2.48, $2.98
These come in all the new leathers black, white
and colors; also fine satins black and colors. Every
Mail Orders
Wholesale
Corner Fourth
other phases of farming brought about
by the war. A number of counties are
forming agricultural councils where
the men will meet and plan their work.
Douglas County farmers will meet at
Grants Pass Saturday to form their
agricultural council and will be as
sisted by State Leader Paul V. Maris,
of Oregon Agricultural College.
Polk County will form an agricul
tural council as soon as possible. The
Polk County Farmers' Union met in
Dallas this week and urged that J. li.
Larson be appointed county agent.
DALLAS WOMAN SUCCUMBS
Miss Zaidcc Palmer, of Postofficc
Stafr, Passes at 4 6.
SALEM. Or., Oct. IS. (Special.)
Word was received liere tonight of the
death of Miss Zaidee Palmer, which oc
curred this afternoon at the homt' of
her sister, Mrs. Ura Cosper, at JJallas,
Or.
Miss Palmer was widely known in
this section of the Valley. She was 46
years old, and for 28 years had been
employed at the locnl Postoffice in tho
stamp or greneral delivery windows. She
was considered one of the most expert
readdressers in the Postoffice service
on the Coast. Besides Mrs. Cosper she
is survived by a sister, Mrs. A. K. Cros
by, of The Dalles, and a brother, Fred,
of Portland.
RIDDLE PEOPLE PLEASED
Message Received Today Says Town
AVill Remain on Iligliway.
RIDDLE, Or., Oct. 18. Special. )
The citizens of Riddle are plea.sed be
cause of a message received today that
the town will not be eliminated from
the Pacific Highway.
Simon Benson, chairman of the State
Highway Commission, was first op
posed to the Riddle route, but later
consented to have the new road con
structed by way of this town.
As a result of Mr. Benson's decision
the County Court will soon beprin work
on the Kiddle section of the highway.
Salem Red Cros Ships Paper.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 18. (Special.)
Eighty-five thousand, five hundred and
sixty pounds of waste paper, practical
ly two carloads, were shipped to Port
Inn d today by "Willamette Chii pter of
the Red Cross, as the result of a paper
drive inaugurated here last Ka turd a y.
Sort in jet, packing and weighing of the
paper was completed today.
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GREENFIELD
Change of Time
GREAT NORTHERNRAILWAY
COAST LINE SERVICE
BETWEEN
PORTLAND-TACOMA-SEATTLE-YANCOUYER,B.C.
Effective at Once
Train 456 "The Owl"
will leave Portland daily 1:00 P. M. instead of 5:00 P. M. as here
tofore, making same stops as formerly, arriving Tacoma r:50 P. M.,
Seattle 7:15 P. M., connecting with ORIENTAL LIMITED for all
Eastern points.
H. DICKSON,
C P. & T. A.
348 Washington
Street.
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JUST ARRIVED
From Eastern markets, the latest styles in tan
tones and plain colors, with Louise heels and
the new three-quarter heels. Don't pay fancy
prices for your shoes. These are specially
priced
S3.98, S4.98, S5.98
QQ. T
yoc Pair
fur or
Juliets.
l - -
errav and V','--. Js-
Broad toes, heary soles.
These come in gun
metal, patent and dark
tan leathers. Special
prices as follows:
Sizes 5 to 8
$1.70
Sizes 8'z to 11
$1.08
Sizes 11' to 2
S2.4
pair a beauty and worth
up to $5. AA to E widths.
Every lady's foot can be
fitted; long and short
vamps. On sale at $1.08,
$2.48 and $2.08.
Filled Same Day as Received I
Special
Notice !
This is our
only store.
D o n't get
confused.
and Retail
and Alder Streets
LITTLE ONE ESCAPES
DORRIS FORSYTIIR IS SAVED BV
SAFETY APPLIANCE.
Strnek by Car, Tiny Tot Rldm Tvro
Blocks in Front of Willam
ette TroUey.
. OREGON" CITY. Or., Oct. IS. (Spe
cial.) Little Dorris Forsythe. only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe, of
Willamette, had a miraculous escape
from death by hMnr run over by an
electric car at Willamette Wednesday
afternoon. Hor life was saved by tho
proper working: of a new lifesavin
appliance that had just been installed
by the streetcar company a few d ys
aao and the presence of mind of thy
motorman, Charles Kenney.
The Forsythe home is located near
the electric car line, and little Durrix
had toddled out onto the track. Xo
sooner had she reached this when the.
car came in sipht. The motorman saw
the child, and applied his brakes grad
ually, so that the now appliance, would
operate properly. Tho little grirl van
removed from the track and carried to
safety. When the car had been brought
to a stop two blocks further, Dorris,
who was grasping with both hands tho
lifoHaving appliance, was removed.
The motorman said that the little
one's eyes were on him during the
time she was being carried by the car,
and seemed to rather enjoy the situ
ation. As the crowd of people gath
ered about the car when Dorris was
being" removed she became moru
frightened by the many ttrange fanes
than by her predicament in being
picked up by the electric car.
LIQUOR TRIALJNDS TODAY
Testimony Shows That J. M. Crai
Shipped Whisky Labeled Beer.
Concluding arguments in the con
spiracy cawe against J. M. Craig, a 1 -loged
violator of the Federal la w by
misbranded shipments of liquor to this
state from San Francisco, will be heard
this morning by Federal Judge Hean.
It is anticipated that the jury will re
turn an early verdict.
Craig's former partners and employes
testified that he directed the shipment
to Oregon of whisky labeled beer.
With the except ion of Cra ig, whose
son testified against hini, all named in
the indictments hav pletded truiltv.
Telephones:
Marshall 3071.
A 2286.
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