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Pages 13 to 22 Section Two PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MOSSING, JUNE 23, 1907. NO. 25. VOL. XXVI. Drugstore I,wtit Cat Price. In Portland CTn on standard Fu4 Remedies, Drnica, J5 Toilet Articles, EstablUhed 1850--FIFTY.SEVEN YEARS IN BUSINESS-E.tabli!ied 1850 Oman, KMf e o Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are Always the Lowest nw Novels All the newest 1.18 Fiction, standard nov els, paper novela and many 91.18 books af 50c. Delineator and all masjaslnes. Tomorrow Morning We Are Going to Give Portland Women Their Pick Among 60 Highest Grade Tailored Suits, $18.50 They are not left-overs, bad patterns, bad sizes or heavy weights. In the first place, we haven't got any such clothing as that. In the second place, if we did have, back to the market it would go. The assortment comprises all the newest and best styles of the season, in black and colors. The materials are Panamas, broadcloths and fancy suitings, in light, medium and dark shades. The skirts are all made in the newest plaited effects. The offerings include: . 10 Suits Sold Regularly at $60.00 7 Suits Sold Regularly at $50.00 8 Suits Sold Regularly at $45.00 21 Suits Sold Regularly at $40.00 14 Suits Sold Regularly at $37.50 Choice Tomorrow at $18.50 These are the very highest grade suits, in a great variety of smart models not usually obtainable at such a remarkable sale as this. Many richly embellished, others severely plain, all reflecting those smart attributes of fashion which belong to Lipman-Wolfe styles. How Long Will the 60 Suit. Be Here, Think You? Be as Early as You Can TOMORROW Morning. New Midsummer Hats, $5 New Models Just Received From New York Exclusive Summer Dress Hats, in entirely new midsummer styles, controlled by the fashionable milliners of New York and Chicago and the Lipman-Wolfe School of Style. They are light in weight, introducing the latest Parisian shapes and very out-of-the-ordinary. Certainly . PC AA very exceptional values for only 4p&JJ $3.50-$3.75 r Purses, $2.48 A special sale of these most stylish of all purses, made of finest solid German silver, each purse guaranteed. The popular small-size, in latest fine etched designs, French gray finish, separate center partition, strong chain handle.' Regular $3.50 and $3.75 values on sale for $2.48 38 Tailored Walking Skirts Vals. to $15 at $7.85 A remarkable sale of just 38 highest-grade tailormade Walking Skirts, all new this season, made of striped, checked and plaid Panama cloth and fancy men's wear materials, made in the latest plaited and band-trimmed styles, selling regularly up OC to $15. The biggest kind of an opportunity at only. . . . . P .OO Sale Taffeta and China Silk Waists Vals. to $7.75 for $ 2.98 j6' .- 5" V Another nf nnr hitr sn:atinna1 Waist Tt-m i tmSrr" isT 1 $yft1 sales that will create intense t ment tomorrow, after you have our windows and when the full signify cance of this great offer becomes comes I known. Waists of finest chiffon, taffeta and china silks in black and in white, made in tailored and fancy lace and lace insertion trimmed styles, with full length and and j-length sleeves. Regularly sold up to $7.75. Your choice while they last v- $2.98 Reg. $2.75 Women'sKnitBlouses, $1.89 For Monday only we place on sale 375 Women's Knitted Sweater Blouses in fancy. weave pure wool yarn; V-shape neck and turned cuffs. The ideal Summer garment for outdoor, seaside and sporting wear. They ' come in red, white and the popular SSI flQ shade of gray. Regular $2.75 values on sale Monday for P X.OJ7 r'yaof Cnlo "vF Regular $2.0 Lace Curtains on Sale for $1.53 VJlCdl OalC KJl Regular $3.00 Lace Curtains on Sale for $2.39 ; Regular $4.00 Lace Curtains on Sale tor ... ..$3.19 T flPl f 111tfl1TI Regular $7.50 Lace Curtains on Sale for. .... .5.98 JjQWW VtlA I-C1X1I.IJ Special Bargains in Hammocks and Curtain Materials Fancy Challies, 10c 30-inch Fancy Challies pretty, soft fabrics for Summer wear in Oriental figures and stripes. An ex ceptional bargain, 10C $4 Suitcases, $2.98 $9 Suitcases. $6.98 Special sale of Straw Suit Cases, -waterproof and very light, shirtfold and straps; $4.00 values $2 98 Straw Suit Cases, with shirtfold, extra fine weave, heavy leather J4L "I Q corners, 24x36-inch size. P.iC Leatherette Suit Cases, with shirtfolc, good locks aad bolts; $2.25 flj-f 3Q value, for pi..VH7 Solid Cowhide Suit Cases, with straps, shirtfold, extra well-made; reerular $9.00 value; for $6 98 Straw Hand Grips, fancy linen lined, heavy leather corners; 511 OR regular $3.00 values, for. . Victor Sa.$lDown firs iaster's VOICE Lipman, -"Wolfe & Co. will de liver a Vic tor Talking Machine and 12 rec ords of your own choice for $1.00 " down and $1.00 a week. Come to the Victor Hall in ' the store and hear the new records played. Kimono Crepes, 23c A beautiful soft material in choice de signs for long kimonos; rich Oriental colorings in pink, blue, green, red and lavender ; . unusually good O O values; yard .-. sWJw GOUNTY EMPLOYES SECURE SIGNERS Obtain Most of Signatures for Referendum Vote on the ; Driscoll Act. CURRY FAVOR WITH BOARD Measure Petitions Are Aimed at Is Bill Passed by Legislature Giving Sheriff Control of Prisoners. Salaries Go Skyward. Nearly five months ago when House Bill 243, known as the Driscoll Act. giving the custody and control of prisoners to the Sheriff of any county having- more than 100,000 inhabitants, was passed by the Legislature, and it was decided to submit it to the peo ple under the referendum, the County Court promised the voter, of Mult nomah County .that the circulation of the petitions would be free of expense to the taxpayers. That signatures would be obtained by "prominent peo ple" who had volunteered their ser vices was the promise made by County Judge Webster and energetically re iterated by Commissioner. Barnes and Llghtner. .The task has been com pleted and the petitions, bearing 6500 signatures, are now in the hands of the secretary of State. But It now appears that the prom inent people" who circulated the pe titions were none other than County Judge Webster, Commissioners Barnes and Llghtner and various county em plpyes. By a strange coincidence the most active of these county employes have since received Increases In salary. Standing out boldly among the army of signature-seekers are nine relatives of Commissioner Barnes, employes of the county, who obtained 540 names to the petition that has for Its purpose to retain for the County Court the privilege of controlling the county's prisoners. Figures that are obtain able in the office of the Secretary of State are not fabrications. Some of Willing Workers. Here is a digest of the list which shows how the County Court clroulated the petitions "without expense:" Signatures County Department Obtained. County Assessor's office. ......... .. . 180 County Auditor's office 20 Burnside bridge , 300 Morrison bridge 740 Madison bridge l,OHO . . . S20 . . . 140 . .. 120 . . . 640 . . . 8SO . .. 20 en- . .. ISO .. .1.780 Steel bridge : Ferry, J. F. Caples... Ferry, W. S. Mason.. Ferry, L.. R. Webster County Court , County Fruit Inspector Court House Janitor, carpenter, glneer Roads and Bridge Supervisors...., Total 5.SS0 Nine relatives of Commissioner Barnes were extraordinarily active in circulating the petitions. Six of them are employes of the county. The following list shows their efforts: Signatures Names. solicited. J. H. Adams. Burnside bridge tiO F. G. Forbes, Ferry Caples 40 C. Hutchinson. Steel bridge 60 YV. H. Robertson, Ferry Webster.... :.W0 S. F. Scott, Steel bridge....' 100 E. D. Barnes. Morrison bridge .'.100 F. Collinson, son-in-law 20 C. D. Starr, son-in-law 20 M, H. Carter, relative by marriage 20 Total 640 - Beginning with the County Court it is noticeable that both officials and clerks were active in devoting the county's time to securing signatures to petitions for the purpose of killing the Driscoll act. County Commissioner Llghtner obtained a list of 60 signatures, which, it is said, included the name of Jack Matthews. The name of County Judge Webster does not appear on the list, as a solicitor, but his handiwork is recognized in the petitions which came in from outlying cities, where he passed his recent vacation of a month. Neither does the name of Commissioner Earnes grace the list, but his influence to block the Driscoll act has been exerted through the activity of his relatives by blood arid marriage. Robert Shaw's Good Work. Robert Shaw, secretary of the Commis sioners' board and the next man to County Judge Webster, exerted himself more than others under the supervision of the County Court and obtained 200 names to the pe tition. Shaw was not obliged to leave his office to swell the list of petitioners. Scores of visitors came to his sanctum dally and those who were known to be legal voters were confronted immediately with the pe tition, either before or after the trans action of business. Like Secretary Shaw, Fred G. Buchtel, secretary of the County Board of Relief, did not have to leave the Courthouse to solicit. He obtained 100 names from among the people who etther called upon - the county for relief for themselves or asked it for others. S. Bullock, the aged bailiff for County Judge Webster, did well for the petition considering his years. He not only se cured 20 names for the pet petition but took nine-tenths of the affidavits of the circulators who were obliged to take oath that the signers of the petitions were legal voters. J an 1 to Ned Kehoe, who devotes most of his time to caring for Judge Webster's chambers, left his usual routine long enough to obtain 60 names. Albina C. Bigger, a carpenter at the Courthouse, solicited 100 names for the petition and C. H. Powers, the Courthouse engineer, filled one page of the petition by secur ing 20 names. County Fruit Inspector Richard Deich. who depends entirely on the County Court for his position and salary, as do the workmen about the Courthouse, obtained 20 signatures. Assessor's Men Were Busy. In the -County Assessor's office 180 names were obtained for the petition through the efforts. It is said, of W. C. North, head of the field deputies. North's name does not appear as a circulator, but six of the deputies directly under his supervision obtained the names credited to his office. North is a relative by marriage of Commissioner Barnes, and was once accused by on. of the bridge tenders of assessing all county employes to each to carry on the campaign of Judge Webster and Commissioner Barnes a year ago. The first official act of Commissioner Barnes after the election was to raise the pay of North from $75. he received under the former assessor. Colonel Charles McDonell, to J90. Later he was rewarded by another raise In pay, making his salary $12o, and since the circulation of the referendum petitions he has been placed on the payroll at 13o. Prominent among the active workers in the County Assessor's office was H. Vierick, Jr., an ex-bartender, who is ac cused by ex-Sheriff Tom Word and others of obtaining names to the petition by informing men he approached that the document was favored by Sheriff Stevens. The three pages of the petition filled by the efforts of Vierick bear many erasures caused by the revooatlon of signatures of voters who asserted they were deceived into affixing their names. In th County Auditor's office the County Court found a willing solicitor in the person of Hazel T. Page, who secured 0 names to the petition. What Brldgemen Did. Going from the courthouse to the river it is found that extraordinary ef forts were made by the bridge tenders under pay of. the county to obtain names for t.he petition. On the Burn side trldKe 'eight tenders procured 300 names. It is noticeable that the list of solicitors from this bridge does not contain - the name of Alonzo Perkins. Perkins complained at the courthouse a month ago that he was discharged for refusing to circulate the petition. He also asserted that he had called down the ire of the County Court by refusing to be taxed an additional $5 for the campaign after he had con tributed $5 for the benefit of Judge Webster and Commissioner Barnes in the primary contest. . Perkins Is a Mexican War veteran more than 80 years old and refused to circulate the petition, though advised to do so by Sheriff Stevens, rather than lose a position he depended upon in his old age. On the Morrison street bridge 10 ten ders secured 740 signatures, of which A. B. Llghtner, a brother of Commis sioner Llghtner, contributed 140, and "Uncle" E. D. Barnes, brother of Com missioner Sarnes father, obtained 100. On the Madison street bridge nine tenders gathered 54 pages of names, a total of 1070 signatures. This bridge is the star locality among the bridges for signatures. Tender W. A. Hart col lected 260 names and E. S. Elliott se cured 160. Joe Acton, an ex-wrestler, also a tender on this bridge, secured 100 names. In conjunction with great activity shown by the tenders of Madi son street bridge. It has been alleged that their efforts voiced their gratitude to the County Court for overlooking their neglect In leaving the bridge gates ajar when the draw was open, thereby endangering many lives. On the Steel bridge six tenders ob tained 320 names, which represent 16 pages of the petition. ' Quota From Ferryboats. The three ferries contributed 900 names, the boat named after County Judge Lio nel R. Webster taking the laurels by giv ing to the petition 640 signatures. Among the circulators of the petition on the fer ryboat Lionel R. Webster was F. D. Matthews, a .brother of Jack Matthews. The road supervisors gathered 90 pages of names, or 1800 signatures. H. B. Chap man, superintendent at Kelly s Butte, takes the prize among them by collecting 1SI names. The entire list shows that county em ployes and", relatives of Commissioner Barnes obtained practically 6100 names of the 6500 on the completed petition. Aside from those directly connected with the county and receiving pay from It, many others indirectly concerned in county affairs had a little to do with. swelling the petition. Among these was Louie Eberling, who has the contract for feeding the prisoners in me county jail. He was instrumental in obtaining 20 names. Robert Shaw, secretary of the County Court, obtained an increase of $25 month, and Fred G. Buchtel. holding like position with the County Board of Relief, was given a similar raise. The workmen at the Courthouse were in creased $45 in all,, and the clerks in the Assessor's office received a general raise of $60 a month, exclusive of the bountl ful increase allowed W. C. North. Tenders on the Burnside-street bridge received a total raise of $60 a month, and those on the Madison-street bridge a to tal of $55. On the Steel bridge the raise was $40, and on the Morrison-street bridge On the. three ferries a raise in pay was made which amounts to $155 a month. Among the road supervisors the increase in pay amounts to $293 a month. According to the foregoing figures. It is estimated that the increases in pay for county employes who circulated the peti tions amount to $838 a month, or $10,056 a year. This total is reached without fltturing in the value of the county's time that was probably used. PROFESSES LOVE FOR ERRING WIFE Charles Reynolds, Who Shot Wife's Lover, Says She Was Hypnotized. WANTS HER BACK AGAIN ACCIDENT T0 A PIONEER G. A. Burt, of Yoncalla, Knocked Down by Runaway Team. G. A. Burt, a well-known pioneer of Oregon, had a narrow escape from death in a runaway accident at the corner of Grand avenue and East Main street at 11 o'clock last night. Mr. Burt, who is 84 years of age, was on his way to the home of his gratidson, at 26 East Market street, when he was knocked down and trampled upon by a runaway team attached to a delivery wagon owned by the Martont Com pany. No bones were broken, however, and the aged man's injuries, while painful.- are not thought to be serious. He was taken to his grandson's home. Mr. -Burt came to the city last week from his home at Yoncalla to attend the pioneers' reunion. NEW JERSEY MAN LEADS Jack Hobens Scores 224 Strokes In Golf Championships. PHILADELPHIA. June 22. At the end of the third round of the 18 holes in the National open golf champion ship, which is being, played over the Philadelphia cricket grounds, Jack Hobens, -of Englewood, N. J., led the field with a tot of 224 strokes. Hobens .set a new record for the tour nament yesterday with a clever 73, and this gave him a narrow lead, Gil bert Nichols, of Woodland, being sec ond, and Alec Ross, third, with 228. Nipper Campbell, of Boston is fourth with 230 and Fred Brand, of Allegheny, fifth, with 231. Willie Hoare, the Salt Lake City pro fessional, totals 252.- Iq Command of Louisiana. WASHINGTON, June 22. Captain Richard Wainwright, at present on duty here in connection with various - naval boards, has been selected to command the battleship Louisiana to succeed Captain Couden, who Is to be promoted to Rear-Admlrai. Murderer of Professor Hibblns Has Broad Charity for Woman In the Case, Despite Her Dam aging Confession. While Charles H. Reynolds nervously paces a cell in the County Jail, under the cloud of a murder charge for ktlllng Professor George Herbert Hibblns, of Walla Walla, Wednesday, he still swears undying love and fealty to the little woman, his wife, for whose sake he sped the fatal bullet. I know, I cannot believe otherwise but that she was hypnotized by Hibblns into loving him," he said to an Oregonian re porter last night "Under that Influence . she was helpless. It accounts for all. I know It. I will never believe anything else, even though she might say it her self. Till this great trouble site was al ways to me a true, a faithful and a lov ing wife. "What I have is hers. If it is my lot to be acquitted and freed, or whether I am not, it will always be the same. If I am freed I do not want a separation from her, for I still love her. I was only fill ing my part of the marriage vow to protect 1 her when I shot Hibblns. But while I have a dollar left half of it shall be hers." But Mrs. Reynolds says no. Calmly yet firmly she said last night that she thought she never could live with her husband again. "I think it would be best for us to sep arate," said she. "I can't feel kindly towards him, though I know he is sin cere. There is only this to it I loved Herbert." Such Mrs. Reynolds continues to call the man whose true name it has been learned was Hibblns. "Did he hypnotize me?" she continued, in surprise. "Why, I never thought of such a thing before. Did he? No, no. I I am sure he didn't. We were Just at tracted to. each other, that is ail. He didn't hypnotize- me." ' The statement made by Reynolds is the first one concerning his wife that he has consented to give out. "I want to show that I feel nothing of bitterness against my wife." he gave as his reason. "I hon estly believe that she was hypnotized. It is my desire to shield her to every possible extent." Dramatic Scene at Morgue. Outside the morgue Friday night there was a dramatic meeting between Mrs. George Herbert Hibblns, wife of the dead man. and Mrs. Reynolds. The widow fainted when she saw the other woman, but later talked calmly. "I was coming out of the morgue and met Mrs. Hibblns on the street," said Mrs. Reynolds. " 'If he deceived you he deserved his fate,' she told me. She said that Herbert was to have met her In Se attle Sunday, and that he was deceiving me. I dpn't think so. She was not bit ter, but seemed to feel sorry." Despite the full confession made by , t ,,i M R.vnoldH. discloslnar her criminal Intimacy with Professor George Herbert Hibblns, her husband, Charles H. Reynolds, must answer before a jury for slaying the Walla Walla musician. District Attorney Manning charged him with murder In the first degree yesterday. Ignoring the unwritten law phases of the case. Reynolds will be arraigned before Presiding Circuit Judge Cleland next Tuesday morning. The information accusing Reynolds of murder will undergo a change before the prisoner's arraignment. The document gives the name of the dead man as George H. Herbert, which has been as certained to be his stago name. His true name, as given by his widow Friday night. Is George Herbert Hibblns. Mrs. Hibblns came here from Seattle late Fri day night, and, after establishing her identity, removed the body from Flnley's undertaking establishment and shipped it for Interment at Walla Walla. She re mained In Portland but two hours. Mrs. Hibblns said she was the real owner of the Walla Walla property left by her husband, but had deeded it to him to avoid trouble between them. She said she and her husband had lived hap pily together when employed In the same city. As was her husband, she Is a mu sician, and at present is employed in the Seattle Theater orchestra as a drummer. Hlbbihs and his wife worked together in Portland for several months a. few years ago. He was employed as the leader of the orchestra at Brickson's Cafe, and his wife played under him. The widow will apply for letters of administration of the estate. Reynolds Hears Charge Calmly. Reynolds heard of the charge of mur der In the first degree being placed against him calmly. "In a way." he said, "I expected my freedom, and I was confident first-degree murder would not be the charge. When I take the stand I will startle all Oregon by my statement. It will be three times worse than my wife's confession and expose more." Mrs. Reynolds Heard of th. murder charge being lodged against her husband without emotion. "I am nervous and did not know enough about law to know what would be done," she said. "I hope for the best." Yesterday afternoon Reynolds was per mitted to visit his home on Fourteenth street, the scene of the murder, to obtain a paper he desired to place in the care of the Sheriff. He was accompanied by Sheriff Stevens and two deputies, and made the trip In an automobile, hand cuffed to one of the deputies. The meeting between Reynolds and his wife and two children was a cold affair. When he stepped' into the house Mrs. Reynolds spoke to him about selling the furniture and renting the home to a woman who wished to move in immedi ately. "There is no hurry, , Lulu, said th husband. "You didn't wait when you shot," re torted the' wife. No further words passed between them. Reynolds gave his wife the key to his I trunk and returned to the County Jail,