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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1019. EXPOSmON DRIVE TD OPEN TOMORBOW Civic Clubs of City Will Boost ' Livestock Show. $100,000 AMOUNT WANTED 1 Business and Professional Men to Be Asked to Make Liberal Purchases of Stock. Bright and early tomorrow morn- ing, exactly 99 cracK salesmen from j the ranks of five leading civic clubs of the citv will take the downtown business field for a sweeping three- j dav stock -selline- drive under coin- I niand of Campaign Director Milton R. Klepper. with the sale ot $100,000 worth of Pacific International Live stock Exposition stock as their ob jective. In order that the Pacific Interna tional's new seven-and-a-half-acre pa vilion at North Portland may be put on a sound financial basis and prop erly launched on its career of useful ness in the development of the agri cultural and livestock industry of the northwest, approximately elv $100.- B sold. That ! S by local 1 3 000 worth of stock must be s amount has been advanced supporters and banks so that the bis structure could be finished in time to house the 3000 purebred animals that have been entered from all parts of the country for the Pacific In ternational's ninth annual stockshow, November 17-22. It is to repay these loans that the clubmen will go out tomorrow morning to make their whirlwind "clean-up." They expect to enlist the interest of every busi ness and professional' man in the city to the extent of a substantial invest ment in the Pacific International and its broad educational and develop mental programme. George A. Lovejoy will head a fly ing: squadron, working independently of the club teams. In previous drives Lovejoy has carried off high honors and his special talents have been en listed by Financial Chairman Ether idge and Campaign Director Klepper for the rounding up of additional sub scriptions from big industrial and financial concerns which have sub scribed already liberally for Pacific International stock. The clubs rep resented in the drive and which will compete with each other in running up their sales of stock are the Cham ber of Commerce. Ad club. Progres sive Business Men's club. Realty board and Kiwanis cfub. Their com mittees are as follows: Ad club W. D. DeVamey. chairman: W. Vv". Harder. Ray Alhee. W. a. Kirkpatriok, G. Evert Baker. Wilfred P. Jones. A. W. Stvoes, Frank P. Tebhetts. R. S. Kearle. Charles Rafiekl, Frank Newton, Charles F. Beebe. E. E. Rattelle. Wllla A Knlpht, Walter J. Krorier. H. W. Kent. Richard V. Chllds. J. W. Hill, John C. Boyer. F. G. White. Phil B. Jenninps, Marsha! nana, Arnold Cohen, Ferry Smith, H. T. Shelley, George V. Stearns. Kiwanis club J. G. Meeko. chairman: J.. M. Mct'rakpn. H. S. Anderson. Oporce Nrtsh, H. M. Xisbet. Thomas Perry, H. C. Pownall. Thomas A. Keith. H. G. Heed, Wilson Benefiel. J. "W-. Kennedy. E. Ij. KnlKht, A. H. I.amm. V". C Unden, J. R. Halght, J. W. Williams. Hawthorne Doxy, J. S. Ball. K. S. Reed, K. C. Ward. Chamber of Commerce J. I. Abbott, chairman; C. C. Colt. W. C. Culbertson. Dr. C. W. Cornelius, Georce Lawrence Jr., H. E. Ryder. 1.. Vv. O'Rourke. R. V. Ma suire, Joseph R. Gerber. J. Fred Larson, C. A. DeCamp, M. E. Crumparker, F. H. Barstow. R. K. Doty, J. C. Sanilford. M. E. Lee, Miles Ptanrtifh. P. E. Andrews. Phil Metschan Jr., Frank Fulton. II. Papst, A. H. Levers. R. H. Stewart. Robert Bain Jr.. Leo Friede, A. I. Haley. Fred Jennings. J. ReiB. R. M. Standish. R. A. Blanchard. K. K. Kubli. Progressive Business Men's club E. E. Fdmunds, chairman: J. P. Jaeger, H. R. Biauvelt. K. C. Kasmussen. Frank Barrin Br, E. W. Tease, Todd Hazen, It. Gerald Kffinsrrr. J. H. Dundore, H. F. Chapin, Gsorte Ranch. G. M. Kyle. K. C. Eldredce. James N". Dezendorf, Winthrop Hammond, J. B. Hubbard. II. A. Calef, Ralph A. Coan, Burt W. Richards, B. W. Amesbury. Realty board GeorRe E. Englehart, chairman : Harry G. Beckwith, Coe A. Mc Kenna. GeorEe F. Mahoney, A. G. Teene. .T. A. Wiekman, George P. Gibson. George D. Srhalk. George Henry, Russell Shepard, A. i: MlcKman. waiter Al. Dailj-, w. w. Ferguson. W. W. Jordan, Philip V. V. Fry, Joseph M. Heaiy, 1.. Rees. Scott lio- zorth. A. K. Mickey. H. A. Dryer, C. E. Cunningham, Max I.ueddemann. HELD DISLOYAL TASJLVXIAX, DUBLIX PKISOX ER, TO GET MILITARY TRIAL. Australian Premier Asks for Re lease, Declaring Patriotism "Was Proved During AVar. DUBLIN, Oct. 26. The king's bench has refused a writ of habeas corpus to Father O'Donnell, the Tasmanian chaplain arrested October 18 and con fined in the Richmond barracks. The crown charged that the chap lain was guilty of traitorous and dis loyal language at Killarney and that, being subject to military control, h6 will be turned over to the Australian military authorities for court-martial. MELBOURNE, Australia. Oct. 26. Premier Huffhea has sent a cable message to Lord Milner, secretary for the colonies, asking for the 'release of Father O'Donnell. the Australian chaplain arrested October 18 on the charge of traitorous and disloyal lan guage, and ordered turned over to the Australian military authorities for court-martial. Premier Hughes declares that dur ing the war, by words and deeds. Father O'Donnell proved himself a patriot. At Dublin, Saturday, the king's bench refused a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Father O'Donnell. L SET SERVICES TO RE AT CREMA TORIUM TODAY.'4 Well-Knovvn Portland Resident Among I'ir.st White Children Born in Northwest. Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Mc Craken. one of the eldest of Portland residents, and numbered among the first white children born in the north west, will be held at Portland crema te. rium this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. McCraken was the widow of the late John McCraken. prominent pio neer business man of this city, whose death occurred in 1915. Mrs. McCraken. in her 84th year, died on Fridav last in her rooms at the Hotel Mallory, where she had re sided for several years. Death was SALVATION ARMY COMMANDER GETS D, il ' I I 4.... i, 7- - f . .. V ''' ' ! h ' - " " ' ; i . , : . . X ' - - - - i ' - - " Photo Copyright by Underwood. KV KKIJXK IIOOTH IIKI VG DKC'ORATKB. Commander Evangeline Booth, of the Salvation Army, recently was dec orated with the distinguished service medal by Major-General David E. cilianks at the Lexington theater. New York, for her work during the war. due entirely to the ailments of ad var ced age and wa not unexpected. Born in the frontier post of VV?.lla Walla, in 1813, Mis. AlcCraken was the daughter of Pierre Panbrum, who came to the Pacific coast as a rep resentative of the Hudson Bay com pany, and who was widely known throughout Oregon and Washington in the years that followed. Mrs. McCraken is survived by two sons. James R. McCraken and Robert (J. McCraken. of this city, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Hurley of Tacoma. Dr. A. A. Morrison of Trinity Epis copal chun It will officiate at the services. Fri iiids are requested to omit flowers. Mrs McCraken was a member of Trinity congregation for niany years, and was also prominent ly identified with the Oregon Pioneer association. PRINCE TO VISIT HERE WasliinRton and New York on American Itinerary. KINGSTON. Ont., Oct. . 2fi. The prince of Wales will arrive in Wash ington on November 11 for a three day's visit, it was announced from aboard the royal train tonight. From there he will go to New York to cm bark on the H. M. S. Renown, remain ing in the American metropolis for a few days, living aboard his ship while there. The Renown with the royal party aboard will put in at Halifax en route tc England, where the prince will bid Canada farewell. Thieves Operate in Trucks. HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 26. (Spe cial.) While the motor truck 'has been a boon to local orchardists, en abling them to transport their fruit to shipping points more quickly and economically than with horse-drawn vehicles, it has provided growers with another problem. Orchardists report today that numerous thefts of boxed fruit have occurred in various districts within the past week. It is believed that organized thefts may have been committed by men oper ating with motor trucks. Albany to Greet Endeavorers. ALBANY. Or., Oct. 26. (Special.) Preliminary plans are being made for the Oregon Christian Endeavor con vention which will be held in Albany, February 20. 21 and 22. Miss Faye Steinmetz of Portland, state president, was in Albany yesterday conferring with officers and committeemen re garding plans for the convention. CARm'tl; MKBCIKR-S STORY tiRKATKST HI MAX n(l( t MK.'T OK WUKLU WAR. The Hun set his heel on h a p 1 ess Belgium. He came with the gospel of "Strike and spare not!" His altar fires were the glow of burning homes. His Cardinal Mercier. sacrifices were the cleft bodies of women and little ones. The darkest day in all history rose in a. delirious dawn when the kaiser's troops tramped over the Belgian border. Whose voice was jt that bade the Belgian people hold their courage and bide their time, re sisting the invader with the strength of confidence born of faith that wrong and might cannot long endure? It was the unterrified speech and action of Cardinal Mercier. a bishop mili tant, that strengthened the heart of his martyr nation. At an early date The Orego nian will begin the publication of Cardinal Mercier's own-story of Belgium and the world war. "Here are my war experiences in their most tense ' and vivid reality," writes Cardinal Mer cier. "All the issues I fought with the occupying power, their methods and mine clearly de fined, are undeniably fixed in black and white." Watch for the release date In The Daily Oregonian. RECITAL HEARD BY 10S2 IXCREA-SKD INTEREST SHOWN IX WKEKLY EVENT. Oryan Numbers by F. W. Goodrich and Vocal Selections by Miss Harriet Leach Please. The largest attendance so far, 1062 people, formed the audience 3'esterday afternoon at the pipe-organ recital, public auditorium. At the three previous organ recit als of this series the audiences re spectively numbered 602. 832 and 819 people. As there must be 1115 paid admissions before the expenses ot an organ recital are met, in the public auditorium, yesterday's audience is the only one to reach within near distance of the paying basis. It shows that these organ recitals are steadily becoming popular attractions. Yesterday's organist was Frederick W. Goodrich, organist of St. Mary's Catholic pro-cathedral, and he chose gay, joyous selections, easily under stood, and of the "popular" description. In the Ascher and Thomas numbers, powerful, dramatic ' organ effects were deftly used. In the soft, dreamy numbers, such as the "Serenata," by Moskowski. and the "Lullaby." from a rarely-used opera. "Erminie," there lived again in gentle, colorful music. like the distant music heard in charming woodland orchestras. The vocalist was Miss Harriet Leach, soprano, who said in advance that she was suffering from the ef fects of a cold, but she sang so well and so skilfully that her cold was hardly in evidence. Her clear, shin ing voice, especially in the head reg ister, was heard to advantage in Lane Wilson's "Carmena" and Bishop's "Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark." and she sang in one instance, clearly up to D in altissimo. Her extra numbers, in re ply to hearty recalls, were "The Songs My Mother Taught Me" (Wakefield Smith), and "Smiles." PEERAGE IS WOT WANTED VISCOUNT ASTOR SEEKS AVAY TO GET RID OP HERITAGE. Wife, Meanwhile, Decides to Run for Commons Seat Vacated by Husband's Elevation. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by A rranKement. ) LONDON, Oct. 26. tSpecial.) Vis count Astor does not want the peer age which his father, once William Waldorf Astor, obtained after such a long struggle. He wants to be a com nioner and is seeking some way to clivest himself of the title which he has never desired. It is known that his automatic for feit of his seat in the house of com mons through his elevation to the peerage on the recent death of his father has been a severe blow to h'm. He refuses to accept the dictum "Once a peer always a peer," and those who support his view argue that If mem bers of the royal family can, with the consent of the sovereign, divest them selves of princely rank, there is no reason why Astor should not divest himself of his title. Meanwhile Lady Astor,- who wa cne of the famous Langhorn sisters of Virginia, decided to run for thj commons seat from Plymouth made vacant by the elevation of her hus l.&nl. No consideration for her sex will be shown by the rival parties and liberal and labor candidates will take the field against her. Lady Astor, however, has every prospect of election. Her husband in the last contest had a majority of more than 8000 and she has shared his popularity. Should she be chosen, an American woman will have the honor of being the first of her sex to sit in the house of commons. Bankruptcies are almost unknown in China, probably owing to the fact that they entail almost immediate execution. TO PAY E Pastor Says City Could Give Subsidy if Necessary. SERMON TOUCHES ISSUE Dr. Short, In Wilbur Memorial Pulpit, Says Men Deserve It Be cause They Didn't Strike. Subsidy provided by taxation should be paid by the city to the street car company that Its employes may re ceive higher wages. Such was the solution offered by Dr. Francis Burrgette Short, pastor of the Wilbur' Memorial church In his sermon delivered yesterday morn ing. The address was entitled "Chris tian Laymen." "Christianity has ever made a long and lasting call for the layman to the front but never has that call been more emphatic than now nor ever more needed," declared Dr. Short. "Personal evangelism, through the influence and instrumentality oi our laymen, is the only solution for the adverse conditions that challenge the sane and wise leadership of the times. "Wherever found, much of the world's poverty results from effort less living. Men have a right to a fair and just return for services ren dered, and this obtains in the spirit ual activities of life, however often it may not obtain in secular pursuits For illustration, our street car men ought to have an increase in their salaries for two or three reasons; they merit it, they need it. they are not striking to obtain it, neither are they resorting to that un-American business of picketing 'unfair to union labor' business in order to receive their just returns. Snbsldr From City Proposed. "If the street car company is not receiving income enough to pay its employes a just wage, then' let the city make good the amount neces sary by a subsidy, provid ng the same by taxation upon the real and per sonal property. Christianity, through personal evangelism, means the square deal and justice to those who make possible our commercial activ ities labor and capital alike. "The work of Christian laymen nas been the unheralded power of the church. Peter and John and James have been the leading lights, but the Andrews and Philips did their unconspicuous parts; and the toiling of the unrecognized is harder than that which is proclaimed abroad. Andrew is not spoken about many times in the scriptures, but he found his own brother, Simon Peter, end brought him to Jesus; he added one of the most outstanding followers to those that early devoted their lives to Christ. 'We have found the Christ,' he said. We have found the truth, the simple, unbeclouded truth. When we have learned to preach Christ, stripped of all cant. Ism and other purely ecclesiastical garmentage. his life will mean more to us and more to others." PLEA MADE FOR CHURCHES Many People In Oregon Have Xo Place of Worship, Is Declaration. "We often hear the cry that Oregon is over-churched. Let me tell you that there are thousands of people in the scattered districts of Oregon who have never heard a sermon preached, who have had no opportunity, even, to attend a Bible school. The cry also says to close up the weak churches in districts, so that powerful churches may be stronger. But what of the churchless people left behind? If we neglect them, if. we fail to give them the bread of life, will there not be qualms of conscience among us?" The speaker was C. F. Swander, state superintendent of missions of the Christian churches, speaking yes terday morning in the First Christian church. "If we would save life, we must first lose it," continued Mr. Swander, "we must live for others. If we do not, our souls are warped. In one Oregon community, with a population of 6000 people, tiere are three churches with a membership of less than 400. The work of the Lord now means the establishment of churches where the gospel is preached. There are come churches that are like weak autos, where the owners expect you to supply gasoline and oil for them. So with some of our weak churches. What is the remedy so far as our particular church is concerned? We must go after the loet people. We need two state evangelists; workers, with autos, to go into remote dis tricts, with religious literature, and we also need a city missionary In this city. We think we have a suit able young man picked out for this position, and we may have his serv ices by January 1, 1920. To do all this we require $12,000. That means $1 each from 12.000 of our church members. Think of what tl means to a man, about the price of 10 cigars. SOLUTION OF MYSTERY TOPIC Rev. Stansfield of First Methodist Church Offers Key. . In his sermon at the First Meth odist church yesterday morning on "Christ, the Key to Life," Dr. Stans field took as text Rev. 5:2, "Who Is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?" He said: "Life is a sealed book, and the pur pose of the sermon this morning is to show that Jesus Christ is the key to life, and that the best of human life can never be had except by and through him. "Some years ago. Canon Kreemantle gave to the Christian world one of the best books that has ever come frcm the Bampton lectures, "The world as a subject of redemption," In which he showed that according to Bible teaching it was not the purpose of God merely to save sn individual here and there a few out of a gener ation, but to save and redeem the world things folks order of life, etc.; that this whole world with its mystery and sin, and wicked men. and Ignorant masses, is a subject of redemption. Uods purpose in Jesus Christ is large enough to include all. and when God shall have finished his great work of redemption in this sin-touched world, righteousness shall cover the earth as the waters cover the face of the deep, and good shall be universal. "There are some who believe other wise; they hold that the world is very wicked; that it !s under the power of I the evil one; that it is getting worse Willi wfi ntr, anu win uunLinuc ig UKf w. The most they hope for is that-a few shall be sav-id, 'a remnant' out of the masses of humanity and then, ere long, the world will end in con flagration and catastrophe. "Most Christians. however, who know Christ better and trust him TAX SUGGESTED IS CARMEN'S more, believe that this world, though sin-spoiled. Is God's world, and that God is In his world, and has never left It. Through prophets and others, he has pleaded through the years, and finally came himself in the person of j .is sun, ana uvea, ana waiKHi, ana taught, and died in it and for it. That later he left his spirti here in a large and growing way; and they believe that this spirit of Christ in the world is to grow and spread un til it becomes greatest of all. and that all darkness and Ignorance and w rong are to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and God shall fill the earth. "They believe that while sin is here God also is here; that sin is mighty, but God Is mightier: that the purpose of God is that- good shall rule the world. They believe that God's pur pose will prevail; that more and more the light shall spread; wider and deeper the stream of truth shall grow, and that the world is thus moving on and up, not to catastrophe but to a consummation. The world with its tragedies and its triumphs. Its heart aches and its heroisms, is fully known by him. and redeemed by him; and as scripture affirms. "All things were created by him, and for him, and to Mm." "Christ is the key to life. Christ, who came to solve the world's prob lems and to save its life, is the only one who can unseal the book. What is ihe book? The mystery of life. Life is a mystery, sealed. locked, bound. No one can open It but the one who gave himself for the world's redeeming. There is no problem or m stery of human life that the Christ spirit cannot solve. " 'Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.' Is there anything in life that the tplrit of Christ cannot unlock, any hatred or bitterness or wrcng? The principle of appealing to the good in man instead of chal lenging the bad Is at the very heart of Christianity, and It Is the key that will unlock life's hardest prob lems. 'Christ in you is the hope of I MOTHERHOOD FOUND IN GOD Dr. V T. McElTeen Discusses Great Nature of Creator. "The Motherhood of God" was Dr. W. T. Mclveen's topic at the First Congregational church yesterday morning. "Motherhood is the holy of holies of our humanity," he said in the course of his message. "The most sacred sanctuaries of this world are not cathedrals or emples or mosques, but homes in which children are born. In nothing human Is there so much divinity as maternity. And it is be, cause of this sanctity that men In stinctively feel abides in motherhood that they treat women with chivalry and respect, honor and tenderness. A high-minded, broad-hearted, noble souled mother is the greatest thing in the world. "We have grown accustomed to the phrase. Fatherhood of God. The phrase Motherhood of God sounds at first a little strange. Yet surely there is no such limiting thing as sex in God. God is a complete and per fect personality. With his great com prehensive nature he Includes all the excellence of both men and women. It is the exigency of our language which compels us to refer to God as he and leads us to imagine that God is of the masculine gender. "Who is God? God is greater than we know. Our thought of God and the reality which God Is Is not the same thing. We only know God in part. God is too complex to be ade quately pictured by "ny one human analysis. There are excellencies In God's great nature that can be best pictured by the persistent love and the deep solicitude of a true mother. Theodore Parker, one of Boston's ec centric preachers, when he prayed aluravn aililr.sa.il Iml am 1' 1.' a , V. and Mother God.' The prophet Isaiah represents God as saying, 'As one whom his mother comforteth so will I comfort you." " TRUCK BUSINESS ASSURED LINE PROMOTERS SECURE DE POT SITE IN CIIEHALIS. Motor Traffic From Portland to Canadian Boundary Promises to Develop Rapidly. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Oct. 26. (Spe cial.) Seattle and Kverett auto truck transportation men, who plan to establish an auto truck freighting line between Portland. Or., and the British Columbia boundary when the Pacific highway across western Washington is completed, have just purchased a tract of land at the corner of Division . nd National streets here for a depot for their business. The firm plans to have garage room, storage and other conveniences where 40 to 50 auto trucks can be comfortably housed, with a repair shop In connection. . The business site secured is within a block of the Union passenger station on the Pa cific highway and ie close to the business center. The promoters believe that with the completion of the Pacific high way the bulk of the less than car load lot freighting between Portland and Seattle will be done direct from Jobbers to customers by auto truck. Already much is being done in this line. Since Chehalls is also at the junc tion of the Pacific highway and the National Park highway there is promise of much truck freight busi ness, both east and west of this city. The state highway programme con templates the paving of the National Park highway through eastern Lewts county from ChehaJis and connecting with the Mountain highway leading from Tacoma at Kibe. The western portion of this same highway, now known as the Ocean Beach highway, also will ultimately be paved to connect Chehalis with the Willapa harbor cities of Ray mond and south Bend, and thence to Long Beach points and Ilwaco. This will put auto freight Into all local points between Chehalis and those places. TREATY SIGNING DELAYED Jugo-SIav ' Delegation Awaits Au thorization to Act. BELGRADE, Oct. 26. An official announcement today says: "The Jugo-SIav delegation to the peace conference has not yet been authorized to sign the German treaty. The government is awaiting a further report from the delegation at Paris before taking a final de cision." Boy Blames Stepmother. SALEM. Or, Oct. 26. (Special.) Salem police are searching for the parents of Jesse Cook, aged 15 years, who was picked up by the officers here last night. The lad complained to the police that he left home three days ago because he could not stand the persecutions of his stepmother. Until a few days ago the family re sided in Salem but they could not be located today. Phone your want ads to The Ore Ionian. Main 7070, A 6095. mm ISV it? "..X- - - -r - n. . RUMORS OF ALASKAN DEMAND FOR RIGHTS TAKEN LIGHTLY Men Are Worrying More About What Result of New Feminism Will Be When It Arrives; Instances Cited to Show Trend. S' EWARD. Alaska. Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) All these reports about Alaska men Intending to form an organization for the protection of their "rights" are lame attempts at humor. Nothing more. There be cynics in these parts who do say Alaska men need no such organiza tion, having no rights to protect, the same having been taken over exhaus tively and comprehensively by the weaker vessel to use a humorous metaphor to ilumine a serious sub ject but such testimony Is unreliable. It is not a question of further rights for himself or the protection of what inherent rights he now claims to possess that is worrying the Alas kan male and giving currency to these alleged witlclsms about fem inine domination, but Just how far this new feminism Is going, and what its result will be when it arrives. , Justice Not Questioned. Nobody in Alaska has recently questioned the justice, much' less de nied the fact, of the Impregnable posi tion accorded woman, lovely woman, in this last frontier of the land of the free and home of the brave. Those cynically disposed ones would say it is because nothing of the masculine persuasion in these territorial parts has left either the freedom to ques tion or bravery to deny; but that is again quoting prejudiced testimony. Wherefore it may be well to instance a specific case or so of woman's pull. or drag, or what the less exact but more discreet refer to as Alaskan chivalry. Chivalry, meaning those traditions of southern chivalry of which we read is well enough in Its way; a gentle, deferential, protective sort of way; but the really, truly chivalry stuff with teeth, not to say fangs, it ours is properly bo designated, begins at the Alaska border and gains strength and potency as it moves toward the Arctic circle. And now what doubters may doubt are invited to give heed and be con vinced by this account of matters and things appearing of recent record in Uncle Samuel's Alaskan courts. InqueMt Is Kxamplf. Let's take first that Peterson in- qirest at Nome and we find the evi dence given before United states Commissioner Hugh O'Neill, sitting in his ex-officio capacity as coroner. shows that one Peterson died early Monday morning from injuries re ceived the night before and that, in anticipation of the judicial formality then being enacted, it had been agreed that the fatal injury should be at tributed to an accidental stroke on his head from a stick of firewood which hurtled upward from a block he was splitting at the time. Unfortunately for the coherency of this admirable version, some of the witnesses became confused and others Inadvertently dragged in various ir relevant and immaterial matters in no sense pertinent to the issue as pre arranged, but distinctively suggestive of other causes than a blow from a stick of firewood. Whereupon the hearing was deferentially adjourned until the afternoon on motion of At torney O. D. Cochran, who appeared on behalf of one of the lady witnesses, in order that she might refresh her memory by some hours of meditation before taking the stand. Two medical witnesses testified that the primary cause of death was a blow from some blunt instrument which penetrated the brain cavity near the corner of the left eye. Then an iron stove poker was introduced in evidence by the United States District Attorney after one of the witnesses had stated that Mrs. Bessie Baker had admited to him she struck Peterson with that instrument on the night he was injured during a heate dargument they were having over a purely per sonal and private affair of their own. Body lu Removed. Other witnesses testified to having helped remove Peterson In a dying condition from Mrs. Baker's home to the Maynard-Columbus hospital. At the afternoon session Mrs. Baker generously conceded that the state ments as given in evidence were true in fact, but expressed surprise and In dignation that the harmless imagin ary version, intended only to protect the name of a lady from disagreeable publicity, should not have been ac cepted and thtrs quietly ended the unfortunate, not to ?ay unpleasant, incident. After a brief retirement for delib eration the Jury returned a verdict " For Irritated Throats take a tried and tested remedy one tbat acts promptly mad effectively and contains no opiates. You act thatrcmedy by asking torn OS 'Si Food Show OPENS WEDNESDAY . M M iss feiii "that the deceased came to his death as a result of accidentally falling against a blunt iron instrument held in the hands of Mrs. Bessie Baker." In dismissing the. jury with the customary compliments and the thanks of the court, his honor took I occasion to say that gentlemen should really be more careful about where they fall when ladies are standing around with blunt Instruments in their hands, and. if good taste would admit of the entirely deferential and friendly suggestion, that Alaska ladies would add still further to their fame for gracious consideratenesj if they would see that blunt instruments in their hands point downward when men who are liable to fall are hover ing near. Liintr Sale Charged. And now what doubting Thomas would put h's finger in yet another wound, or perhaps think this case ex ceptional, may turn to Wrangeil and observe the trial of Mrs. H. K. Stump! for selling booze: however. there would be mitigating circumstances in this latter case much weakening its force the complaining witnesses be ing strangers registering from Seat tle were it not that after a legal plea of innocence and demand for a Jury trial, the lady was asked to take the stand and In answer to the United States attorney's pleasant query, frankly, admitted, but with a due und proper modesty, that she had accom modated them with a swig or so at 60 cents a throw, but unden the impres- J sion they were gentlemen. W hich, as anybody ought to see. makes all the difference in the world. . At least the jury saw it so, and rendered an acquittal. Liquor l Seised. The trivial circumstance that Deputy United States Marshal H. J. Wallace and Town Marshal Earl West confis cated a ten-gallon supply of booze found upon the lady's premises was then material and is now interesting only as showing an ample justifica tion for her subsequent indignation at this presumptuous invasion of woman's rights as exemplified in Alaskan life. Those contentious ones, of course, who are ever seeking occasion for an argument may say these typical Alas kan instances have exceptions or at least have had one in recent months, and point to the case of Mrs. Dan Mc Carthy who. for shooting Dan. will be jn the Fairbanks jail by the time this is printed. While there is no pur pose to concede that she will in fact ever get to jail, although she is to day upon the way from Brooks to Fairbanks, but admitting for the ar gument that she does, what boots it? Did not Dan refuse to take her to a picture show? And. of more signifi cance although In Alaska that's enough if she's tried at all, won't she be tried before an Alaska Jury? Cannery Wants Berries. ALBANY, Or., Oct. 26. (Special.) Efforts to Increase the acreage of strawberries and rhubarb in this sec tion of the state are being made by the managers of -the big cannery of the Puyallup and Sumner fruit asso ciation here. Enough fruit and vege tables of many kinds are raised near here to supply the needs of the new plant, but more strawberrler and rhubarb are needed. The strawberry acreage near Albany was plenty large, heretofore, for ordinary com mercial purposes, but the cannery could use more than are grown and the acreage is being' increased mate rially now. Salem Soldier Returns Home. SALEM. Or., Oct. 26. (Special.) F.mmett Hall, who participated in a number of the hardest fought en gagements in France, returned to Sa lem today, having been mustered out of service, at Mare Island. " Mr. Hall was quartermaster sergeant and has a splendid military record. scJke AMERICAN LEAD TTSlTrTS V WANTED 2000 Thoughtful Thrifters IF we can encourape the opening of SAVINGS ACCOUNTS by that many people by January first thus making a total of 15,000 Savings Accounts carried at the Northwestern National Bank we will have contributed still more relief from the H. C. L. and will have made prosperity more permanent. Our Savings Department is open Saturday evenings from 6 to 8 o'clock. Liberal Interest on Savings THE Northwestern National Bank Northwestern Bank Building Portland, Oregon ALBERT IS AUTO SPEEDER KING OF BELGIANS, MASTER DUIVEH, HITS 60-MILE CLIP. Monarch Pla-cs Wreath on Koose It" Grave and Visits John I. Rockefeller Jr. tl'opyrljili by the Xew York World. Pub-lish-l by Arrantienient. NEW YORK, Oct. 6. tSpecial.) Nothing but 20th century speed could have taken King Albert of the Bel gians through the schedule that he set for himself today the last he and Queen Elizabeth and Prince Leopold will spend in New York. The royal party will board the spe cial train at the Pennsylvania station about 11 A. M. Monday, stop to In spect the Hog Island shipyards in Philadelphia and reach Washington at Hi o'clock at night. In two motor trips outside the city, one to Oyster bay, where he placed a wreath on the grave of Theodore Roosevelt, and one to Tarrytown. where he visited John D. Rockefeller Jr.. the king took the wheel of his t. 'ly purchased American automo bi.e. The king showed himself a master driver. Observers said he hit 60 mile? an hour in spots. There was no doubt that he pushed his motorcycle police men escort a deal faster than it evei had expected to travel in front of a monarch. He lost the other automo biles of his party, and had to wail for them on at least one occasion. He attended mass at St. Albert's Belgian Roman Catholic church In West Forty-sevcnt a street at S A. M., and then drove straight to Oyster Bay, making the best speed down and only hitting a 30-mile clip on the way back. He was on the Manhattan side of the Queensboro bridge by a few min utes past 11 o'clock and, instead of driving to the Waldorf., as had been expected, turned north and sped to the Bronx zoo. reaching there at 11:35. lie saw the animals, shook hands with a chimpanzee, petted a big Texas gopher snake, listened to a rattle snake rattle but didn't pet it watched a wrestling match between a grizzly and an Alaskan brown bear, accepted with apparent delight a leather-bound monograph on pheas ants by William Beede. and then drove back to his hotel. Diamonds worth flOO.Oou have been obtained in two months on a farm in Ihe orance Free State. Fruit-Juices In Vials Jiffy-Jell flav ors come sealed in glass a bottle in each package. Each is rich es sence, condensed from fruit juice. Add boiling water, then this essence, and you have a real-fruit , gelatine dessert, and at trifling cost. You should know this fruity dainty. XO Ftaoort, at Yoar Grocer's 2 Packaf for 25 Cents Laxaesi Sellinq fst GtialHi T?encil uJL -flic World 17 Black Degrees 3 Copying PENCIL CO. - N. Y.