THE MORNING OREGONTAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER Sfi, imO
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CcicyiUIe Authorities Desirous
of Ending Situation.
MARSHPIKLD, Or.. D 25. CSpe
cial.) Harold Howell, wno has been
held in the county Jail for several
months and passed through two trials
for (he alleged murder of Lillian
Leuthold, a 16-year-old girl of Ban
don, probably never will be convicted,
according to judgment of Coos coun
ty people who have watched the case
closely.
Judge Coke this morning discharged
the jury of the second trial after
It hart been out since Friday night
at 5:30.
Foreman Adams reported again this
morning that the Jury could reach ho
agreement and that they had given
the case careful consideration. It was
said the jurymen stood seven for
conviction and five for acquittal, and
If this Is the case the state lost a
slight advantage secured In the first
trial, when eight were for conviction
and four for acquittal.
Ball has been offered for Howell's
release. It is said, but the officers
say he cannot be released and will
havo to undergo another trial prob
ably, as District Attorney John F.
Hall has declared he will insist on a
third trial before he will be satisfied.
There are some who believe the
evidence If produced In some other
court jurisdiction might be considered
differently by a Jury of men not resi
dents of this county, and some expect
there will be a change of venue.
However, nobody who Is connected
with the case has put forward that
possibility, and the third trial will
beyond doubt be held at Coqullle.
Should a third trial result in a hung
jury It Is believed the authorities
would feel they had done the'r duty
by the public and would likely not
press for any further hearings.
It is not stated when the third trial
will be called, but owing to the fact
the boy has been held in jail so long
and the desire of the authorities to
have the situation ended it will doubt
less be at the next session of the
Coos county circuit court along In the
early spring.
GEORGE PAULO FOILS HIGH
WAYMAN' NEAR OSWEGO.
Revolver, Discharged in Scuffle,
Causes Injury; Patient Brought
to Hospital.
Attempt at a daylight holdup and
robbery near Oswego yesterday aft
ernoon wan thwarted by George
Paulo, 28, when he sprang upon the
Intruder in his cabin and grappled
with him. Paulo is at Good Samari
tan hospital in Portland with a bullet
hole in his hand as a result of the
encounter.
Paulo and a brother were in their
cabin near Oswego when the robber
came through the door flourishing a
revolver at the brother, who con
fronted him. George Paulo was lying
on a couch which the opened door
partially concealed. Before the rob
ber could cover him also with the
revolver, George sprang1 upon the
man, grasping his throat with one
hand and the gun with the other. The
robber threatened to shoot, and did
discharge the weapon In the scuffle.
At the report of the "pistol the brother
fell over the couch and the highway
man fled. George Paulo turned his
attention first to the brother, believ
ing he had been wounded. Instead,
he found that the young man had
merely fainted, while he had received
the bullet through one hand.
Robbery was the only motive at
tributed to the intruder.
PETER MEANEY IS DEAD
Resident of Clarke County Comes to
Oregon In 1875.
Peter Meaney, Portland and Clarke
county. Wash., died at his home, 6021
Fifty-fifth avenue southeast, yester
day, at the age of 73.
Mr. Meaney was born m County
Clare. Ireland. July 4, 1846. He sailed
for America in May, 1872, landing
at New York. He lived in Kansas till
1875, when he came to Portland. Here
he worked at various occupations
and was employed as a freight
handler for the Oregon Steam
Navigation company during the com
pletion of the Cascade locks. In 1879
Mr. Meaney took a farm in Clarke
county. -near La Center, living there
until he retired In 1917, making his
home In Portland. He Is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Mary Meaney, and
six sons and four daughters: Mrs.
Ellen Allen of St. Helens, Or.; Stephen
J.. John D., Dr. Philip T.. Patrick M
and William K. Meaney and Mrs. N.
J. Day, all of Portland, and Peter J.
Meaney of Salem.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow morning at 9 o'clock from
the parish house of Our Lady of Sor
rows. Rev. E. C Fallu officiating.
Interment will be in Mount Calvary
cemetery.
ALBANY ELKS ENTERTAIN
Children Under 13 Years Guests at
Christmas Event.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 25. (Special.)
Several hundred Albany boys and
girls enjoyed a Christmas event yes
terday afternoon as the guests of the
Albany lodge of Elks. All children
in the city under 12 years of ago were
Invited) and the majority of them at
tended. Tne children met at the Elks' tem
ple tand then marched to the Globe
theater, where they enjoyed a motion
Picture show and a. programme ar
ranged under the direction of Mrs.
Percy R. Kelly. Each child then re
ceived a Christmas remembrance. The
committee of the lodge which han
dled the event consisted of A. J.
Hodges, Charles H. Burggraf and O.
D. Austin.
French Boxer Wins.
JERSEY CITY. N. J., Dec 25.
Benny Valgar, the French boxer,
scored a decisive victory over Georgle
Brown In an eight-round bout here
today. .
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ILL CHILDREN CELEBRATE
HOSPITALS OBSERVE HOLIDAY
IN REGULAR FASHION .
Santa Clans Minus Whiskers Fails
to Stop Youth From Taking
Gifts at Good Samaritan.
"Aw, that Santa Claus wasn't a
man; she didn't have whiskers,"
loudly proclaimed one of the boys
In the children's ward at Good Sa
maritan hospital Wednesday after
noon after the holiday saint had paid
a visit to the little invalids and de
parted. The youth in question, how
ever, took particular' pains to say'
nothing about his views on camou
flage until he had made sure that
he had received all the presents in
tended for him. Yesterday most of
his aches and pains were forgotten
and he is stuffing himself with candy
and operating Jumping jacks tied to
his iron bed rail.
This is just one of the 16 patients
In the ward who is supremely happy
In the thought that he received ab
solutely every gift he coveted most
this year. Even Master Billy, the
sunniest one-legged youngster that
ever pushed a wheel chair around
among the beds, has the pride of his
heart, a complete phonograph of his
own.
St. Vincent's hospital arranged an
entirely different sort of entertain
ment and every child who could be
moved was put In a wheel chair and
placed in the procession that went
through the corridors of the big build
ing, spreading cheer everywhere. This
rolling parade was led by a nurse
dressed as Santa Claus. Next came
a tree on a wheel chair, a stretcher
full of gifts and a vlctrola playing
a march. Gifts were distributed when
the procession was over.
Decorated trees were placed In the
boys' and girls' wards and another
JOYFUL AND PATHETIC
INCIDENTS REVEALED
Real Christmas Spirit Marks Many Festivities, Whether at Home
Hearths, Elaborate Parties or Institutions for Care of Less Fortunate.
Entertainers on the Hippodrome
circuit who are many miles away
from home enjoyed the hospitality of
Manager Ely far into the small hours
yesterday morning when they were
guests of the theater at a dinner-
dance in the Oregon grille. A spe
cial table was laid with covers for
over 50 actors and members of the
staff, who repaired to the hotel after
the show had closed at 11 o'clock
Wednesday night. The affair con
cluded with dancing on tho Hippo
drome stage.
Manager Ely was presented with
a golf set by the employes and, al
though he know nothing about the
game, this gift, he declared. Is suffi
ciently attractive to lure him to the
greens. He Is also displaying a gold
fountain pen from the players who
Just left, and Sam Myers, also of the
theater, was the recipient of a
present.
Little Girt Names Her Doll.
"What are- you going to call your
dolly, Bernardetta?" somebody asked
a little crippled girl, whom a- num
ber of generous people were helping
have a good time. Generous response
came to the reminder that this 12-year-old
child, who is paralyzed in
both legs, would be supplied with lit
tle Christmas cheer through her fam
ily, who are barely able to supply
the widowed mother and six children
with the necessities of life, and Ber
nadetta received a long-coveted doll.
She looked at It, stroked its hair,
and remarked, "I named her Annie
Laurie before I got her."
Several gifts oaxne to The Orego
nian for the chnd and one kind
hearted father volunteered to visit
her home and take her a wheel chair
his own little boy had once used.
Shopgirl Astonishes Shopper.
A tired shopgirl had spent most of
the Christmas week handling peevish
customers in the stocking depart
ment. Wednesday, when she was so
worn out she was counting the hours
until the store would close, she was
transferred to the nightgown counter
in the basement.
T want to look at nightgowns," a
prospective buyer asked a few min
utes later.
The girl's befuddled mind was else
where, maybe in the stocking depart
ment. "Shall I show them to you in
white or black?" she inquired of the
astonished shopper.
Santa at Portland Hotel.
No more cosmopolitan gathering
can be imagined than that which as
sembled around the gigantic Christ
mas tree which graced the lobby of
the Hotel Portland Christmas after
noon for the annual distribution of
toys, horns, balloons and candy by the
management of the hotel to children
of the city. The young gift-seekers
was taken downstairs to the room of
a ten-year-old boy whose parents are
too poor to provide him with holiday
remembrances.
RECLUSE IS FOUND DEAD
Charles- Peschell's Body Discovered
on Floor of Cabin.
OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 25. (Spe
cial.) Charles Peschell, 48, who re
sided alone in a cabin at the foot of
Mt. Hood, was found dead on the floor
of his hut early yesterday morning
by John Greenwood, an employe of
the Araway hotel on Sandy road.
Peschell had been shot through the
heart with a shotgun, which was ly
ing near his body.
Near the dead man was a note,
which, read: "Don't blame anybody.
I did It myself." Sheriff William Wil
son was notified of the death and left
yesterday afternoon with Coroner F.
Jchnson to conduct an investigation.
Greenwood, who discovered Pes
chell's body, told the authorities noth
ing had been disturbed about the
cabin, and that the circumstances In
dicated suicide.
EUGENE BONDS PROPOSED
Issue May Be Voted Upon When
May Primaries Are Held.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 25. (Special.)
A special city election in Eugene for
the purpose of bonding the city for
the purchase of additional fire-fighting
equipment, the purchase of an
aviation field and the erection of a
concrete bridge across the mill race
on Eighth avenue East, is being agi
tated. If the election is called It
probably will be held at the time the
May primaries are held.
It Is estimated that new fire-fighting
apparatus will cost the city at
least t20,000 and the cost of the
avia'tion field and bridge probably
will bring the total to J50.000.
wene not- children of guests In the
house, but were mostly "children of
the poor," many of them with pinched
faces, whose Christmas joy centered
about the simple gifts bestowed by
the generous old Santa Claus who ac
companied each gift with a happy
smile. There were eager little Ital
ian children; fair-haired sons and
daughters of Norway, and almond
eyed Japenese and Chinese, with a
liberal sprinkling of "newsies." The
event was made additionally festive
by a generous young woman guest In
the hotel who sat near the tree dur
ing the distribution and handed to
each youngster a dime, with: "Merry
Christmas, and now you can go to the
movie." During the afternoon hun
dreds of balloons and several boxes of
toys and bags of candy were dis
tributed. Hospital Patients Hear Carols.
Patients at St. Vincent hospital
wakened yesterday morning not with
the cockcrow, but with the sound of
voices chanting Christmas carols out
side their doors. Early in the day
groups or sisters went through the
corridors of the big building singing
nonaay nymns ana other songs.
. At Good Samaritan hospital wher
ever It was possible the wards were
decorated with evergreens and red
and green festoons. Numerous visi
tors distributed gifts to everybody in
the building. Nurses were tendered
a party and tree at the nurses' home
on Wednesday night by St. Barthol
mess guild.
Peninsula Hank Gives Bonus.
Among those to whom Christmas
Joy was handed out in the form of
cash bonuses were the employes of
the Peninsula National bank. Christ
mas eve each employe received a
check for an amount equivalent to 10
per cent of the salary received for the
year. The directors of the bank
authorized this action at their regu
lar meeting last week, but withheld
knowledge of It until the hour when
Santa Claus Is supposed to start his
annual drive behind a fleet pair of
reindeer.
Police Receive Presents.
Police Captain Moore was presented
with an elaborate revolver case by
the members of the day relief yester
day morning at roll call. The case
was made to order, especially de
signed to fit the captain's revolver,
and was fitted with a telescope, ram
rod, shell cases and gun oil.
Captain Inskeep, of the first night
relief, received a complete set of table
silver as a present from that relief.
Captain L. A. Harms, of the flying
squadron, received a merchandise
order as a present from his men.
Chief of Police Jeklns was presented
by Captain Harms on behalf of his
men with a pair of gold cuff links.
Mrs. Jenkins was presented with a
beautiful marble clock.
BURGLARS TAKE NO REST
CHRISTMAS IS MARKED BY NU
MEROUS ROBBERIES.
Woman Reports Purse Snatched ;
Homes Entered and Many Val
able Articles Are Taken.
Burglars, prowlers and various
members of the light-fingered gentry
were busy celebrating the Christmas
season Wednesday night, according
to a series of thefts and burglaries
reported to the police yesterday.
Jacob Rosenburg reported that his
home at 250 Shenandoah terrace had
been entered through a window and
a quantity of clothing and silverware
taken. The articles missed Included
a fur, three suits, 2 sack-coats, four
silk shirts, one pair- of shoes, table
linen, a brown velvet dress and some
silverware.
O. B. Hanson, 167 King street, re
ported that he lost an overcoat In
Lelghton's restaurant.
Mrs. R. A. Ott. 4848 East Sixty-
fourth street, reported the theft of
a double-bitted axe.
A man snatched a purse contain
ing $14 from Mrs. W. A. Johnson,
4855 Sixty-fourth street Southeast,
according to a report she made. She
said she was walking down Sixty
fourth street at the time.
F. H. Fordyce. 766 Qulmby street,
reported the theft of a purse con
taining a $20 bill, a $2 bill and some
Small change.
Mrs. Dunlop. 334 East Tenth street,
also lost a purse containing $33.
An overcoat was taken from the
express wagon driven by C. L. Price.
577 East Twenty-eighth street North.
A. P. Price of Oregon City reported
a traveling bag containing some per
sonal belongings having been taken
from his automobile while it was
standing on Stark street near Fourth.
Workmen at the Pacific Car &
Foundry company lost a quantity of
tools, according to a report made by
H. C. Hodgkins, manager at that
place.
A thief entered the Pomano hotel,
31 North Second street, and took
a suitcase, a suit and a sweater be
longing to one of the guests.
ROAD BONDS ARE OPPOSED
Cottage Grove Grange Favors Im
provement by Direct Taxes.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Deo. 25.
(Special.) Cottage Grove grange is
opposed to county road bond issues
of any kind, and in a resolution just
adopted It expresses a doubt as to the
ability of the county court econom
ically to spend the $2,000,000 proposed
to be voted by a special election. The
grange goes on record In favor of
good roads built by direct taxation.
The Cottage Grove country seems
to be solid against the proposed
bonds. Not a voter has yet raised his
voice in favor of them since the ten
tative programme for the distribution
of the money has been made public.
Masonic Lodges Install Officers.
GRESHAM, Or., Dec. 25. (Special.)
Gresham Eastern Star and Masonio
chapters held a Joint installation and
banquet in Masonic hall last night.
Mrs. O. J. Brown, installing officer,
and Mrs. O. A. Eastman, marshal,
seated the following Eastern Star of
ficers :
Mrs. J. C Shultz, worthy matron;
Mrs. S. B. Hall, associate matron; Mrs.
Carrie Powell, conductress; Mrs. E. W.
Metzger, associate conductress; Mrs.
Emma Smith, chaplain; Mrs. "William
Ott. marshal; Mrs. O. J. Brown or
ganist; Mrs. Wendell Cleveland,
Elcta; Mrs. H. V. Adlx, Martha; Mrs.
Herbert Ellng. Esther; Mrs. John
Cannon, Ruth; Mrs. George Tucker,
Ada.
The Masonic installing officer was
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CATARRH AND STOMACH TROUBLE
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Sold by Laue-Davls Drug Co., Third
and Yamhill. AUv,
W. H. Congdon and those who will
serve are W. K. Hamilton, worship
ful master; William Metzger, senior
warden; A. Hammar, Junior warden;
E. W. Metzger, senior deacon; Archie
Meyer, Junior deacon; C. J. Lund
qulst, treasurer: C. Peterson, secre
tary; E. W. Aylsworth, senior stew
ard; C. G. Schneider, Junior steward;
Chase St. Clair, tyler. The music was
In charge of Miss Elma Hovesdgarde.
PORTLAND,SEGGS DEARER
Poultry Organizer Shows How
Association Boosted Prices.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Dec. 25.
(Special.) U. L. Upson, general man
ager of the Oregon Poultry Produc
ers' association of Portland, addressed
a meeting of the poultrymen of this
section at the commercial club Mon
day afternoon. He showed what the
effect of organization has been upon
the price of eggs In Portland, having
with him a chart which showed that
before organization In Oregon the
Seattle price was always above that
of Portland, while under organization
the Portland price during the present
year has gone ahead of that of Seat
tie and consistently remained there.
He predicted that without organ
lzation and with three times the usual
number of pullets coming Into laying
In the spring, the price of eggs will
drop to 20 cents a dozen without co
operative selling.
BOMB CASE YET MYSTERY
Person Who Mailed Infernal Ma
chine Not Yet Found.
Little progress has been made In
the search for the person supposed to
have mailed a Christmas bomb pack
age to Mrs. Fred Fink, 723 Marlon
street. Seattle, from Portland, ac
cording to federal officials. Postal
inspectors are working on the case,
but have found little in the way of
clews.
The package Is supposed to have
been mailed by G. F. Johnson, 215
Fifth street, but no such address has
been found, and a music dealer of
that name has Informed federal offi
cials tha4 he believes the person who
sent the package attempted to use his
name as a "blind." but failed to ob
tain the correct address
LAND TRANSFER PROMISED
Deal May Clear Ball Run Reserve
of Private Holdings.
Exchange of 4000 acres of land in
the Bull Run reserve for land outside
will be made If a transaction Just
closed Is approved by the secretary of
agriculture, according to announce
ment made yesterday by T. H. Sher
rard of the Oregon national forest.
This deal practically clears the re
serve of privately-owned land, and
gives the Portland watershed added
protection. For several years efforts
to this end have been under way.
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RADIO CARRIES GREETING
!rIIIPS OF PACIFIC FLEET GET
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.
Manila, Honolulu, Guam, Samoa,
Pago Pago Are Reached
by Communication.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Deo. 25. Partic
ulars of the manner In which Christ
mas greetings were flashed to Amer
ican naval craft In all parts of the
Pacific and China and Japan seas
were given out today at the high
powered radio station here.
The greetings of Secretary Daniels
of the navy were sent to the station
by telegraph because of the large
amount of work being handled by the
radio stations on the Atlantic coast.
This message was relayed by the San
Diego station as Christmas was
dawning. It was picked up and
acknowledged by the naval craft
scattered along the Pacific coast
from San Diego to Nome, Alaska, and
by naval radio stations at Manila,
Honolulu, Guam, Pago Pago, Samoa,
Mare island and Bremerton.
The station at Manila flashed the
message to American navy vessels
Sale of Women's Seasonable
FOOTWEAR
ilr5 800
Pair 1
JOHN S. GRAY'S. Syracuse, New York
High Grade Ladies' Shoes
$10.00 to $12.50 Values at
No Exchanges or Refunds All black kid, black kid
vamp, cloth top, leather French heels, lace and button.
Sizes 1 to 9, widths AAA to D. Best values ever offered.
Out-of-town orders receive prompt and careful atten
tion. Business hours 9 to 6 including Saturday.
KNIGHT SHOE CO.
342 Morrison Street, near Broadway
Hart, Schaffner
& Marx Overcoats
Coats for the young fellows as well as
their fathers.
There's a nice run of good patterns and
styles. All sizes.
Coats From $30 to $75
Suits From $40 to $80
Uan
on duty along the China coast from
Hongkong to Chefoo. Even the
little gunboats on patrol duty up the
Yang Tse river received the greet
ings within an hour, aocording to
the radio operators.
The local radio operators exchanged
greetings also with the French
naval station at Papeete In the South
Pacific and with the American oper
ator at Coco Solo in the Panama
canal zone.
TRAINS DELAYED BY RUSH
Holiday Mall at Eugene Reported
Unprecedented.
EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 55. (Special.)
Due to the extremely heavy Chr'st
mas mall and rush of passenger traf
fic, all trains In this part of the val
ley are late, according to local ticket
agents. The Christmas mail Is un
precedented, say the agents, and it
takes two or three times as long as it
ordinarily does to load and unload It
at each station along the line. The
trains are from one to two hours late
In arrlvfng In Eugene, due to this
cause, and the additional baggage
handled on account of the large num
ber of people traveling at this time Is
another factor in causing the delay.
Feed Cutter Injures Man Badly,
COTTAGE GROVE, Or, Deo. 25.
$3.95
& Co.
Gasco Bldg.
Fifth and Alder
(Special.) Ralph Lynch of Lorans
was seriously Injured In an accident
with a feed cutter. He was endeav
oring to replace the drive belt when
it became entangled In the fly wheel,
tore the machine loose from the floor
and turned it over onto him. He sus
tained five broken ribs, an injured
shoulder, badly bruised leg and arm
and a gash on the face. His condi
tion Is so serious that he cannot be
removed the distance of 12 miles to
a hospital and has been threatened
with pneumonia. It was thought there
weife no internal injuries.
Sleeping Sickness Fatal.
SANTA BARBARA. CaU Dec 25.
John Brazil died In this city today of
sleeping sickness. He had been asleep
for 15 days.
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