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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTJLAND, DECEMBER 24, 1905' i . i . " PREHY POSTAL . CLERK IN JAIL Charged by Government With Theft From the Oakland Postoffice. $7000 TAKEN IN A MONTH Miss Lulu Bowen Has Been Em ployed at Substation for Some Time, and Lives "With Her Mother in Fine Home. OAKLAND. Cal.. Doc 23. Charged v.ith a shortage of 57COO in hor account 8. Miss Lulu Bowen. a pretty cWk employed at Substation No. 1, Oakland Postofflee, was taken into custody tonight by Assistant Postmaster Paul Sohaffcr and Deputy District Attorney Brown, and -is now occupying a cell Jn the County Jail. Em bezzlement is the charge against her. Miss Bowen is a daughter of Mrs. Mary F. Bowen, and lives with her mother in a fashionable residence. She has been employed at the substation under Mrs. Matilda Brown, the superintendent of the station, for many months. Her alleged shortage covers a period of one month. Tho big amount was made possible by the heavy Christmas rush at the office. The peculations are said to have been made in the stamp and money order de partment. According to Postmaster T. T. Dargie. the, disco, very of tho juggling in accounts was made by Postal Inspector It. R. Munro. who came into town unan nounced and went through tho books. Miss Bowen was denied to all interview ers at the jail tonight, in compliance with the order of District Attorney Brown. It Is Impossible to learn what has become of the large amount of money Miss Bowen is said to have taken from tho office. EXPLAINS TO STEVENS POJjT Mead Alleges Adjutant Kcmovcd, J'rom Home Was Inefficient. PEATTLB. Wash.. Dec. 23. (Special.) A six-page letter from Governor Mead ex plaining the appointment of C. N. Beals as Adjutant of the Soldiers' Home at Ortlng, J on tne ground mat ex-Aajuiant u. u. Conger was inefficient and protests were filed against Civil War survivors who ap plied for the place, was read before Ste vens Post, tonight. This is the largest Grand Army organization In the stale, and Go-ernor Mead asked the post to re scind its former action in condemning his appointment of his brother-in-law. Accompanying tho voluminous commu nication were copies of letters written the department commander and the Everett post. After they were read the post unan imously ordered they he placed on tile and Ignored the request for rescinding the former action. HOLCOMI SEAItCJl GIVEN UP All Hope or Finding: 3Iait Lost Idaho Mountains Abandoned. in ROIPE. Idaho. Dec. 23. The last of the searchers for William Holcomb. who was JOht in the mountains above Noal on Xo lemoer came in tonight. All hope of imamg tne man alive has been abandoned, and it is believed ho Is buried under tho snow, not to be discovered until Spring. Canadian Flour Is Undersold. VICTORIA. B. C' Dec. 23.-Mr. Melan. Canadian agent in Japan, telegraphs that the imports of Canadian flour for the ear ending September 30 shows $33,118, compared with ?7l.OG3 for the previous year. He says the decrease is due to the supply of American flour at lower rates. Yale Wins at Basket-Ball. ATLANTA. Gn.. Dec. 23.-In a basket ball game which bore a striking resem blance to football, in point of roughness laic defeated the Atlanta Athletic Club here tonight by 31 to 10. Billy ttthrar ids Can Wrestle. LNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Dec. 23.-(SnociaI.) In a wrestling match here tonight Blllv Inwards, of Portland. Or., won two out o'f three bouts from Charles Leonard, of New Jirsry. ENGLISH DRINK LESS. King Has Set the Example Abstemiousness. of Toronto Mall. There is much loss drinking and much less drunkenness in England than there was 20 years ago. In Liverpool. In Lon don and in Portsmouth. 1 have not seen a scoro of "drunks" in two months, and I hao been about In hi I sorts of places to "n inch a reasonably respectable man might go. and have met with all sorts and con ditions of people. Tho most wonderful in stanco was perhaps at Portsmouth, during tho visit of the French fleet, when the illy was full of sailors bent on Jollifica tion, and when one would naturallv ex pect to sec a certain latitude, and 'raorn than a few cases of artificially elevated spirits passing into grotesque seriousness and the final stupidity of inebriety. I saw the elevated and exhilarated donfeanor every saloon was crammed full of vehe mently festive tars, who were drinking -ind singing, and toasting each other with great enjoyment and good feeling. Some were drinking win that the Psalmist re joices in with thankfulness as "making glad the heart of man.' and some-were unnKing beer. The doors were wide open 'ie afternoon sun shone in. revealing I cr iiung. and for those who like a jo. "T'ng. laughing, singing, jubilating crowd h was evidently the ne plus ultra of a ood time. In some places honest women, lie sisters and cousins,, wives and moth- -s of the British tars, were taking their g".as.s of beer or wine with unashamed, honest fa.-es, nnd Joining in the general h lar.ty let there was no tipsy, bad conduct- not a single case for "the, Ports mouth Chief of Police in a special rejwrt nade at the close of the festivities said hat not a single instance of drunkenness t ad come under the notice of himself or ' Is men. a statement that brought tears of gratification to Admiral Caillard's eyes. The reasons fpr the wave of sobriety that has undoubtedly passed over this .xiuntry are to be sought for in sevoral places. In high circles there is less drink ing, first of all. becausv King Edward has succeeded In cutting down the supply or wine at a big dinner from 10 or 12 dozen bottles to three dozen. The roval influ ence has been most unmistakably in favor of a dignified temperance In intoxicating liquors. He does not drink much him self, and society follows his example. Ho Is no teetotaler, but ho set? the fashion of using and not abusing the gifts of the Almighty in the way of wine. Again, there arc a great many rich Americans over here who entertain lavishly, but their extravagance does not run "in the direction of Inordinate wine-bibbing. At luncheon and dinner they prefer apolllna- ris. or tome selection from tho great va riety of sparkling waters that are now placed before the well-to-do public. At the clubs, where 20 years ago you would see a score of bottles of wine or beer, you now see but one. Beer Is going out of fashion, and a critical taste In table waters Is Increasing. As for the general public, they are giving beer tho go-by because It Is so very difficult to get a glass of good beer. Never was seen such an Instance of atro cious greed overreaching Itself as that pupplied by the wealthy brewing firms of England. They have had things their own way, they have had any amount of capital to work with, and Immense Par liamentary Influence. They have worked the "tied-house" proposition for all It wag worth, and thus have got the retail trade entirely Into their own hands. But. with very few exceptions, their avarice has outrun their discretion. Instead of giving the public honest liquid brewed from malt and hops, they have pursued a policy of scientific adulteration with glu cose and chemical hop substitutes till the public have become disgusted with their product and turned to tea and ginger ale. "The tied-house. Is the asylum for the refuse and sweepings of brearcrles, whose best beer bears Jut as much resemblance to the real thing as gooseberry wine docs to champagne." writes an authority on the subject. This Is one reason why the public have turned away from beer. It is no longer palatable, and-its percentage or aiconoi is very low. The brewers have "robbed the poor man of his beer." the publicans arc crying out that their trade is going. In a large number of saloons tea and coffee are being told, and you see numerous advertisements of these milder drinks in many of the public houses. As a consequence, brewing stocks arc in parlous state, and the brewers are finding out that hey have killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. EVER HISSED HIS LOAD PILOT i:OIM2 Hit 12 A KS FROM THE OKX5GON EXPRESS. When Driver Mow Dona Ills Machine at Marj-svllle lte Floda No Train Behind Htm. MARYSVILLE. Cal.. Doc, 23. (Spe cial.) A peculiar incidont in the way of railroading occurred early this morning. Tho north-bound Oregon ex press train wag running in two sec tions as usual and at Wheatland. 1C miles south of here, the socend section with two engines was pulling away from thu station and was well undcr hoadway whon the pilot engine broke away from the -gucond locomotive and cars of the train. The engineer did not know it and the north wind prevented him from hoar lug tit signal whistle. He reached MarysviUe on time and slowed down at the station and only then did he dis cover timt he had no train. It was nec essary for tho engine to stay here until tho southbound Oregon" train passed and then follow it back to where the crippled train was stalled on a elding above Wheatland. CARRIES BULLET IN BRAIN California Child of Four Has n Re markable ltccovcry. CHICO. Cal.. Dec 23. (SpodaU An examination with the X-rays has estab lished the fact that little May Atwater. aged four years, who carries a 22-calibor bullet in her brain, has completely re coVered from the Injury. Two weeks ago the child was accldentlly shot by a C-year-old playmate. The bullet entered the skull near tho corner of the right eye and that it penetrated the brain was obvious from the fact that the brain matter oozed from the right ear. Although death was predicted, tho child rapidly recovered and is now able to run about and play as before the accldont. Today sho was brought to Chlco and twice tested with the X-ray machine by Drs. Browning, Watts and Harvey. The wound could be traced through the skull and into the brain, but no trace of the bullet could be found, owing to the density of the brain matter. It was de cided Indefinitely to postpone an opera tion for the removal of the missile. Police Find Glass Thief. CHICAGO. Dec. 23. In the arrest today of John Ryan. 1312 Wabash avenue, for tho theft of J1500 worth of cut glass and fine china from Pitkin A Brooks. Stato and Lake streets, by whom he was em ployed, the police say they have stumbled upon a "fence" used by a large and wcll organlzcd gang of thieves. Ryan's wife was also arrested and she is being held until an Investigation can be made. Ryan admitted tho theft from the store where he worked. The police found in Ryan's rooms scores of valuable nieces labeled as Christmas gifts. They found a trunk filled with costly china, bronze and ar ticles of glass to the value of J1M0. The police declare they have evidence to show that large quantities of stolen goods had been shipped into Chicago from Milwau kee. Minneapolis and other nearby cities. aggregating more than 20.000 in value. For weeks Ryan Is alleged to have packed goods "short. concealing pieces of cut glass and articles of bronze in his pock ets. Dies on Her Doorstep. EVANSV1LLE. Jnd Dec. 23. (Special.) Mrs. Lizzie Clark. SO .years old. was found dead today In front of hor door In Upper Water street, with hor liattd hold ing the door-knob. She had evidently bee dead several hours when found. Death was due to a sudden, attack of heart dis ease. Bad Men Fight Duel. GUTHRIE, O. T.. Dec. 2t (Special.) John Queen, a member of the City Coun cil Of Perry, fatally shot U F. labors in a duel today. Lobers shots went wild, missing Queen. Aunt Polly's Political Philosophy AY. uncle, what is a pesslmistT "A pessimist. John well, there are a number of them things here in Oregon. Ther are optimists, pes simists. Oregon mists; bt a pessimist. John. Is a feller" what looks or the dark side of things." "Jonathan Dournc Is not a poss4mst. Is he. uncle? t "No. John; he is just the opposite of that. But Ezra Smith is. when he says he Is not a candidal for Governor, just because he hasn't faith onouph in himself to ask his friends to sign his petition. He has been monkeying with woolly aphis and codling moth so long nnd fooling with Paris green, that he must have got some of them pests Into his head. "Say, uncle, don't you think spraying would make him come out?" "Yes, maybe; but here comes your Aunt Polly. Let's talk religion; she has it in for politics." 'For the Lord's sake, will you and John ever git the chores done up? Setting hero toasting your shins and talking politics! Overheard jta tell Jim McCain that he knew George Steel was not a candidate for Slate Treasurer. Just because Georgo told him so. I could see Jim laughing to hlsself when you told him that. There is only one dead sure sign a man Is crazy AID OF What Is Being Accomplished by Government and Pri vate Enterprises. HOMES FOR THOUSANDS Vast Area In. Various Districts or the State Drought Under Cultivation and Others Will Soon Be Irrigated. Montie B. Gwinn, of Boise. Idaho, chairman of tho executive committee of the National Irrigation Congress, is spending a few days la Portland, on his way to Sacramento, where be Is to confer with Governor Pardee, who Is president of the congress, regarding several important measures In connec tion with the next meeting, which Is to be held at Boise next Fall. "The people of Idaho arc taking a great deal of Interest, said Mr. Gwlnn. "in the business men's excursions that have been given under the auspices of the Portland Commercial Club recent ly. We don't want to take anything away from Oregon, but we do want all or tiie overflow, by which I mean we can use all the people who come from the East and arc not satisfied with your state. The Irrigation projects now being -fostered in Idaho will open splendid opportunities for settlement. for many thousands of acres of agrl cultural lands will be reclaimed by this means. Empire in Southern Oregon. "Southern Idaho Is boing Utorally hunt into an empire by means of Irrl gat ion canals. Put In a nutshell, thcro Is in Southern Idaho fully 5.000.000 acrs of land subject to Irrigation, and exclusive of twice that area of grazing lanos. or mis great acreage. 2.257.095 aors arc already under canals and S2S.I1 acres are In a hlrh stat of cultivation. The Projects now an proved by the. Government will reclaim 130.000 acres under what Is known as the Minidoka project. In LlnoolA and cassia counties, and 30S.000 acres In Ada and Canyon Counties, known as the Boise-Payette project- These two enterprises will call for the expend I ture of fully $12,000,000. and the mer expenditure of this sum will make an era of good times unprecedented. The Minidoka project Is under constnir. tlon.. and the BoIse-Pvette nmM m imc uamming or the Koine Rl-er. tv cuuMiuruon or two mammoth res ervoirs will be commenced next Spring. jn suaition to these there Is the -Twin rails project, mished to completion i, private capital and reclaiming 270.000 acres the largest irrigation enterprise ever miucrianen uy private capital In me i nua states. There are also nth or irrigation calials under way In Fre mont. Oneida. Blaine and Owyhee v.uuuca. m auauion to the present cnmpicica canais of 3S00 milos. re claiming 2.257.095 acres, and construct ed at a cost or "?,32,023. Work In Boise Valley. The order signed by Secret rv r ih. Interior Monday directing the construc- uon oi an immense storage reservoir In the canyon of Boise River, together with directions for beginning work enlarging the Rldcnbaugh and New York canals ana ouiitung tne Deer Flat rrcrvnlr removes tho last obstaclo In the way of tho Boise-Payette project of the Govern ment Reclamation Service, for which the vo eminent nas set aside t3.Oitt.G0ft. This will add 330.0) acres to the 205.OM acres already under existing canals In the Boise j.. , ,.. win cui up into wjjd or 7000 farms of average size In Irrigated dls- "Converting Jarkson a Lake Into a res ervoir at the head of Snake River n-ut cnablo that stream to water 1M.0CO acres of additional land, which will come under tne enlarged plans of the reclamation project at Minidoka and the private cn tcrprise xt Twin Falls. 'Tho Twin Falls Company has com pieiea its laterals so that all of the 240."M acres uiwer mat system will receive wa ter the coming year. That companr has another project covering 130.VO acres on the north side of the Snak River, work on waicn win Dcgm next Spring. Camas Fralrlc Project. w ork is in roax on the Camas Prairie project, a company of Chicago capitalists, covering 70.0J acres of land In Elmore County; tho Wood River sys tem. In Blalno County, of S3.0W acres; the Brunoau project. In Owyhee County, of 110.000 acres; the Canyon County ca nal-, besides a number of smaller enterprises, indicates the extent of the irrigation enterprises bring conducted at i this time. Outside the Bolse-Payolte and Minidoka projects, private capital, mostly from the East, Is carrying on the work, the laws being such tliat tho local com panies may bond their enterprises, and with the land and water secured, tho se curities are considered a safo investment. "Southern Idaho has at the present time 38W miles of irrigation canals, costing a total of J10.32,0("Oi. covering 2L22S.OCO acres. Only about half of this amount Is now under cultivation, though settlers are re ducing the amount of uncultivated land very rapidly, and there will be little left at the close of the coming year. Will Give Excursions. "Excursions io Ik given the delegates to the. National Irrigation Congress will be run to such places as will gtve them for office, awl that Is when he says he would rather take a licking than get back into politics, and his wife don't want him to have it and all that moonlight on tho lake cbromo business" "Say. auntie. Joe Simon has qiit polities this time for good." "Who said so Jim McCain or George Steel?" "George Steel told uncle so the other day in Portland." "Did pa. tell you Joe had it In for Cham berlain for appointing Johnny Gearin Sen ator? No? WelL pa ,wlll get that dose next thne he sees him. and pa will stand out by the gate In the rain all day. wait ing for people to come along to tell "cm. And say. did George Chamberlain cry and take on because Senator Mitchell died?" "Yes. Polly; and I jest couldn't help cryln myself, for George didn't want to appoint nobody. You see. Republicans are mad now because he appointed a Demo crat, and Glneral Klllfeather and Pat Powers and Alex Sweek would have been , mad If a Republican had got the Job. I uau in J . loo. "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly fer a man to be anything but a politician, so says HI Plummer. And, pa. If yoo and John mill do the chores. I'll pat away the dishes and we'lb discuss T. T. G.'s moon light on the lake. Don't talk politics or you will spill the milk. Gear-In and Geer willing to get In hurry. John." IT LANDS Start' the new year by gifing yonr wife a savings passbook made oat in her name, and show ing a balance of $10, $20 or $50, as a New Year's present. It would then be hers to spend all or part as she might desire, bnt she would no doubt take advant age of our savings plan and re ceive the 4 per cent interest, com pounded end-annually. OREGON trust 6 SAVINGS BANK Sixth and Morrison Streets OFFICERS W. It. ilOOItE. President. E. E. UTTLE. V!ce-Pre!dsat. W. COOPER MORRIS. Cashier. DIRECTORS W. R. Moare. E. E. Lytic Leo Fried. W. IT. Coselasd, W. Coooer Morris. an opportunity to see construction works In all stages of development, as well as xr'.trrc farming carried on under this- sys tem has reached tho highest state of per fection. Last year ono SJ-ccre wheat field threshed out an average of 72 bushels to the acre: oats yielding 110 bushels is not uncommon. Reports from the sugar beet factories give the average this year at over lfi tons, with top yield at 12 tons In the Teton Basin." EXHIBITIONS BROADENED HAVE GREATLY PUBLICS VIEW. No Other Public 1'aactlen so Succew fnl a a Trade Getter Bright ens Small Terras. New York Herald. For a woman to be connected with either journalism or horse affair. was so unusual as to excite comment until recent years, but what would our grandmothers have said of n young woman editing a magazine devoted ex clusively to horses? Among the critical writers who came to New York to re view the recent horscshow was Miss Minnie Mclutyre. perhaps the only woman in the world who can lay claim to this distinction. As th-s editor of Bit and Spur she Is known to devotes of the show ring everywhere not Only as a clever writer, but as a capital Judge of the fashionable type of horse. When asked one day at the Garden to tell how rhe came to choose a voca tion so unusual for a woman Miss Mc- .Intyrc talked interestingly of the growth of the fashion for horseshows ji the West and of her own experience She Wild: "I suppose T am the gradual evolu tion of the horse show the Western show. let us say. Ten years ago Kansas City blazed the way for the function In the West by putting on the first affair of Its kind at Falrmount Park, a syl van spot iome six miles from the town. It was reached by a wheezy dummy line that covered our company frills and noses with showers of dust and landed us there in rumpled stale, but the very word horscshow had its fas cination because Us meaning was draped In mystery, and when you recall that to It was tacked the word 'fanes what wonder society made the pilgrim age to sec what was meant a society circus of bareback riding by airy danseuscs? "Incredible, since the Garden show had been running ten years? No. there are lots of people from the West who never get to New York anv quicker than they get tot heaven. Our first show was cruuc.xbut it was novel and en joyable and people liked It, I remember Mmc Marantettc did some timber tak ing with old Kllemaki-r ana. opened our' Western eyes to high Jumping. We had some pacing dogs, demonstrations of cross saddle riding and some carriage pair classes, all decorously long-tailed animals to tho family phaetons. "Our piece de rcslstanco was a riding club that lined up for maneuvers. There were about a dozen men folk beautifully done up In white duck with white duck caps with broad visors. Louis Strands, who was then In Kansas City buying horses, happened on the spot and as the club filed past him In dian fashion he called out to the sec rotary: "Hello. Ashbrook. Is this the annual butchers' parade?" "Of course we dldn t know what nad housings were 'from a billy goat.' as one man expressed It. but the aplomb of a blu ribbon hung before soclutr was an Incentive to learn ergo, a Held for the Horse Show Monthlr. founded by A. K. Ashbrook. who man aged tho Horscshow. A jingle of mine on the 'fancy affair In one of the Sunday dailies Impressed him with my perspicacity on the horse: he hunted me up and I became a part of the early fortunes and struggles or the Western horseshows. "Some one has sagely said: "Never reveal your process.' so I will snare you details or how I mastered the dif ference between a sawhuck and a walk trot horse and learned to distin guish the oft leader from the night mare. "Continual visiting about the vari ous shows gave mo the opportunity of picking up a large, useful and miscel laneous lot of Information.. And this I know to be true no single public function begins to touch the horscshow as a general trade tretter and n a" I ungmcner oi xusty iittus ignorant proud towns Into more metropolitan lines. Nowadays people are rational about horses. To own. talk, drive or ride :t horse Is considered smart. The horse- show has revolutionized public Ideas." Develop Stanislaus Water Power. AUGUSTA. Me, Dec 23. Tho develoo- ment of the Stanislaus River, about 13) miles southeast of San Francisco. CaL. so that S.& electrical horsepower may be had U operate mines -2nd mills. Is the object of the Stanislaus Water Power Company, which was organized today un der the laws of Maine, with a capitaliza tion of 513.0M.0Mi This Is the holding company. The operating company was formed recently under the laws of Con necticut, and is known as the Stanislaus Electric Power Company. The control of tho river will be utilized also for Irri gation. The syndicate supporting the movement Is represented by Tucker. Anthony & Co.. of Boston, and C. C Cuyler. of Cuyler. Morgan &. Co and Frederick L. Eldredge, of the Knickerbocker Trust Comnanv! New York. Brolftn "Wheel Kills 3Ien. GUNNISON. Colo.. Dec 23. Engineer Oscar Nelson, of Cimarron, and Fireman Joseph Luce. of Delta, -were crushed to death under the locomotive of an east- bound freight on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad today at Ccbolta. 350 miles southwest of Gunnison. A wheel on the locomotive broke, causing it to leave the raits aad topple ever with the mea underneath. - i . Merry Christmas !f Buffet . ' . . . 5118 Ladies' Desk . . 5541 Mission Rocfeer . 6413 Parlor. Divan . . 6989 Cucfcoo Clock . . 6167 Parlor Chair . . 6002 Parlor Lamp . . 5335 Umbrella Stand . 6373 Reception Chair . 6892 A?minster Rug . 6763 Covell STORE WILL TBI HSZERS Naval Academy Investigates Abuse of Coffin. MIDDY WHO STOOD ON HEAD Authorities to Hold CuttrtOIartlnl at .nnnpoiis Searching1 Inquiry Started Into Class Customs In Vogue at School. ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Dec S.-(Specia!. Midshipman Trcnmore Coffn. Jr., of Car son City, Ncv will be placed on trial before a court-martial next week for hazing Midshlpmun Jordan P. Klm brough. of German town. Tenn. It was announced at the Naval Academy that the court will probably be convened on Thursday. There will be six members of the court. Including the Judge-Advocate. The ranking member will be a Com mander, to be selected from those offi cers on duty at the Naval Academy. On account of interruption of their other duties, it was found impracticable to se lect all of the members from command ing officers, nnd the Navy Department has been askei to detail officers from "Washington. The detail of the court, therefore, has not yet been announced, by Admiral Sands, superintendent of the Naval Academy. Th charges and specifications against Midshipman Coffin are now being pre pared In the office of the superintendent. The single charge, of course, will be that of "hazing." and the specifications will be that Midshipman Coffin compelled Midshipman KImbrough to stand on his head until he was rendered unconscious. Midshipman Warren A. Vanderver. of Moynt I lolly. N. J., a member of the sec ond class, who is also under arrest for his connection with the hazing, will not be tried until the court disposes of the case of Coffin. The charge against Van derver Is that of neglect of duty In not reporting the hazing of Klmbrough when it was in the line of duty for him to do so. as he was in charge of tho floor of Bancroft I loll, where the offense was committed.- Whether any additional cases of hazing have been established against any mid shipmen by the board of Investigation de tailed by Admiral Sands the authorities will not disclose, as the report to be submitted after the board adjourns will cover this question. It Is admitted that the testimony given by the fourth class men before the board clearly shows that hazing has ben Jn full swing ever since the new class entered the institution last June. Asked whether the Investigators had found any hazing of a more brutal na ture than was that of young Klmbrough, an official stated today that there had been cases where the -victims have suf fered great hardships at the hands of their tormentors, but It Is supposed that in Klmbrough Is of weaker constitution than the others of the new middles, and that he could not stand the torture for a long period. COFFIN SAYS HE ILZED. Nevada Midshipman AVUI Make Spir ited Defense at Court-MartlaL WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. (Special.) Senator Nixon, or Nevada, sent his sec retary to Annapolis today to Interview Midshipman Trenmore Coffin, of Carson. Nev.. who Is one of the dozen boys Im plicated In the hazing of Midshipman Kirabrough. of New Jersey. Young Coffin freely acknowledge! his complicity In the offense, and he is the only midshipman who has confessed. He has engaged coun.cel. and will make a spirited defense at the court-martial, which will begin December 27. Coffin's defense will be that hazing la a regular thing at the academy which cannot be stopped by one midshipman, but should be dealt with by Congress. His counsel will make a strong plea against his dismissal on the ground that Midship man Meriwether was merely reprimand ed for a much more serious offense. Ef forts will be made to Induce all the boys Implicated to confess and throw them selves on the mercy of the court. In the hope that the court-martial may recom mend light punishment pending more definite legislation on the hazing cases by Congress. Indicted for Lottery Fraud. CHICAGO. Dec 23. Former Stat Treasurer Henry "Wulff was Indicted yes- We appreciate the patronage of Portland's and Oregon's citizens and wish all our friends an'd customers AMerry Christmas Our Christmas business has been the largest in the history of our house and we are thankful for it. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 Will witness the beginning of our Big Clearance Sale With EVERY ARTICLE REDUCED Furniture Co. 184-186 First and 185 Front Streets CLOSED MONDAY ALL DAY terday by the Federal grand Jury, as president of the Continental Finance Company. J. W. Loeb. secretary of the concern, also was Inulcted. There are two charges, sending letters and adver tising matter through the mails concern ing a lottery, and sending letters through the malls with intent to defraud. The indicments were returned to Judge Betheau. The affairs of the Continental Finance Company were- aired last July. Suits were started against "Vfulfr & Loeb. and the latter was held to the federal grand Jury. Wulff. however, escayped this pro ceeding on the plea that he was not the executive officer of tho company, though his name and prestige were used to at tract Investors, who lost around JISO.COO. Wulff now will be compelled to stand trial with Loeb. RELAPSE INTO BARBARISM Appalling Criticism or the Loudon or Today. ' Kvcrybody's. It will appear as a strange and awful fact that In the first of tho countries we are to consider In these papers tho in fluence of civilization has become so weak that in the centers of great modern cities, surrounded by wealth and sumptuous dis play, millions of. men and women are daily and visibly relapsing- Into barbar ism. After a long descent from the race roost talked about and boasted of. and after all tho aids oC tho most advanced modern life, the fruit there is the type of a dreadful creature, deformed In body ana miiui. cursed with inherited disease. j helpless and hopeless, bringing into the worm other creatures more wretched than himself, darkening the glass of civ llixation with tho sinister portent of his naggard face. It will appear that this product of city life In England Is increas ing so rapidly and becoming so threaten ing that natural commissions aro formed to consider him and how to mitigate tho plague of him. and yet he increases, and yet all tho excellent plans and schemes that help others and lighten other bur dens never reach him nor diminish his numbers nor take from the national life the shadow of his presence. It will ap pear. I trust, that ho is tho natural and perfect product of the system of un checked and insatiablo greed, of the sys tern of class and caste which forms Eng land's problem as It forms ours; and that theso systems having proceeded much farther and existed much longer in Eng land than in the United States, it Is pos slblo for us to stop now and consider whether wo really wish to erect Stepneys and derkenwells In our own cities. INDIAN MURDERER FOUND iugltlvc From Justice AV11I Face Trial for His Crime. KANSAS CITY. Dec 23.-(Speclal.) Robert L. Folsom. a. full-blooded Choc taw Indian, was taken to Durant. L T., today where he will be tried for the mur der of Alfred Strickland, another Indian. Folsom is the first Choctaw ever known to -violate the traditions of his race and flee from Justice. On the theory that a Choctaw never jumps his bond, Folsom was released after being charged with the murder. He disappeared shortly af terward, allowing the time for hi3 trial to pass without putting In an appear ance. Search was Instituted, and he was arrested in Utah. The case of Folsom recalls the case of Walla Toka. a Choc taw who toured the country several years ago with an Indian ball team while under sentence of death. Walla Toka after ward? returned to his tribe and paid the penalty. BOUND FOR C0C0S ISLAND Party of Treasure-Hunters Is on the "Way From England. VICTORIA. B. a, Dec 23. Word has been received here that the bark Carina, 42S tons, left Falmouth, England. Novem ber 20. with a party of treasure-hunters bound to Cocoa Island. Victorians Inter ested In the new company, formed at Olympla, Wash., to send an expedition in search of t,he Cocos Island treasure, say the company's schooner will be sent to Victoria soon to be placed under the Cana dian flag before starting. "Wife's Story Acquits Banker. TERRE HAUTTE. Ind.. Dec 23. (Spe cial.) Walter Jutlngen. ex-cashier of the Paris. IIL. National Bank, accused of embezzlement, juggling bis books and dynamiting the bank, was acquitted to day. His wife's evidence that he held his baby in his arms at home when the bank wa dynamited, acquitted the ac cused man. Packages to Be Fumigated. HONOLULU. Dec H, via Victoria. B. pJ Indian Stool 5305 Mahogany Pedestal 5346 Reel Rocker . . 6737 W. Oak Footstool 6845 Carpet Sweeper . 6389 Wine Set Water Set Jardinier 6453 6376 6445 Gold-Framed Picture 5599 Gold-Framed Picture 6218 C Dec. 23. Owing, to health conditions here and reports of bubonic plague ex isting. Dr. Cofer. Federal quarantine officer, has announced a new regulation under which all packages of freight or express leaving here for the Coast have to be fumigated. This order is to satisfy the San Francisco health authorities. There has been no plague case here now for about five weeks and it Is announced that all quarantine restrictions may be removed at the end of this month. JCccclvcr Sues President. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23. Receiver Ksscn. of the People's United States Bank. Hld suit in the St. Louis County Circuit Court today against E. G. Lewis, president, and the directors of the People's Bank on a note for 5146.375. The answer of the de fendants, filed at the samo time, admits the making of the note, but says it was Issued without consideration and that I had been released, discharged and sur rendered by the bank before Essen's ap pointment as receiver. AT THE HOTELS. The Portland S. S. Oppnhclmer and wi. 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