THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 5, 1908.
HO DESIRE FOB
BUSH
COMPANY
Offer of Dugdale to Buy the
Portland Club Quickly
Turned Down.
WTCREDIE MAKES COUNTER
Offers to Consider Application 1-Yoin
Tncoma, Seattle and Either Van
couver or Spokane for an
Eight-Team League.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. (Special.)
D. E. Dugdale, of Seattle, on behalf
of the Pacific Northwest League, mads
a weak attempt to buy the Portland
territory from the Pacific Coasters, but
discovered there was nothnlg for sale.
In refusing the fat man's offer to take
this city, the Pacific Coast league
countered and informed Dugdale that
the League would consider the applica
tion of Tacoma. Seattle and either Van
couver or Spokane for a Class A eight
team leagao. That will give the North
erners something to think about, al
though it is not down on the books
that any aueti application will be re
ceived. Offer and Its Reply.
The telegraphic correspondence that
passed between Judge McCredie at this
end and D. E. Dugdale at the other was
as follows:
"Judge W. W. MeCredie. San Fran
cisco, Cal. If satisfactory to you,
make the Coast League an offer for
Portland territory and same is reason
able. Northwest League will pay price
for you. D. B. DUGDALE."
This Is the reply he received:
"D. E. Dugdale, Seattle, Wash. Pa
cific Coast League will not abandon
Portland on any terms for good of
sport Would consider application of
Tacoma, Seattle and either Vancouver
or Spokane for Class A eight-team
league. W. W. McCREDIE."
Four-Team Schedule Adopted.
The annual meeting of the league
came to a close this afternoon. Judge
McCredie presented an invitation to the
directors to hold their next annual
meeting in Portland, and this was so
voted. The date of the meeting was
not set, this being left to President
Kwlng for settlement.
As predicted, a four-team schedule
' was adopted, provisionally, with the
understanding that in case there
should be two new clubs admitted, that
the schedule is subject to revision. Un
der this schedule, games commence in
California, Saturday, April 4, and the
season will close Sunday. November 1.
The Portland season will open about
the second week in May. Oakland will
have the same number of games allot
ted to its grounds as during 1907.
Judge McCredie left for Portland this
afternoon.
BIDDER FOR ATHLETIC HONORS
Portland Club Launched in Albina
AVlth Large Membership.
The Portland Athletic Club was suc
cessfully organized last week in the club
apartments on Russeli street, near Wil
liams avenue. There was an enthusiastic
gathering. Including business men and
club members. Previous to the meeting
the club bad on its list 15 charter mem
bers and Increased this last Thursday to
nearly 100. An old-time smoker served
as an Incentive toward the soliciting
of a number of new candidates for ad
mission. A number of business men are
enthusiastic over" the prospects of the
new athletic club and the boys have the
assurance of financial support. Chair
man Helser called the meeting to order
and the result of the election follows:
President, Jack Helser; vice-president,
Adam Mueller: secretary, A. Anderson;
treasurer, John P. Helser. Board of
trustees. B. Reader, John Sehnell, Will
lam Lind, R. Menefee and James Farmer.
The object of the organization is to
promote athletics and club life. Athletic
relations will be established with the
Multnomah Club, Catholic Young Men's
Club. East Side Athletic Club, Y. M. C.
A.. St. John Club, Bunker Hill Club,
Astoria, The Dalles, Columbians and the
Wabash Club.
Three thousand dollars has been appro
priated for the installation of bowling
alleys, blllard and poolrooms, gymnaslem
and apparatus and the furnishing of club
rooms. The prospects for a rattling fast base
ball nine are bright. M. J. Helsey, the
Tri-City League masmate and a club
member, believes there is no reason why
the Portland Athletic Club should not de
velop a nine to compete and compare
favorably with any club or college nine
in the state. A number of ambitious
youngsters are determined to show Albina
residents their athletic ability. The club
will entertain with a dancing party in
the near future.
MCLTXOMAII BEATS Y. M. C. A.
Club Wins From Association atBas-
ketball, 19 to 5. .
The basketball game between the Mult
nomah Club and Y. M. C. A. teams,
played last night in the Multnomah Club
gymnasium, resulted In a score of 19 to 15
in favor of Multnomah. The score at the
end of the first half was 8 to 5 in favor
of Multnomah. The players were in the
best of form, showing the results of long
practice. Young and Hartman, of the
Y. M. O. A. team, made several excellent
plays. T. Wlnalow, of Salem, acted as
referee. A large crowd watcbed the
game. Following is the line-up of Uie
two teams:
Multnomah. Position. Y. M. C- A.
l.ttnt Forward.... Hartman
l.ivtnKStone ......forward......... Young
' Bellinger . LVnttr .....Forbes
Barton duarj ......Young
Alien Guard Gatea
CURLS PLAY AVJIIRLVVIXD GAME
Albany Basketball Team Sweeps
Yoodburn Off Its Feet-
ALBANY. Or., Jan. 4. (Special.)
The high schools of Albany -and Wood
burn divided honors in a double-header
basketball contest in this city last
evening. In the girls' game, Albany
won by a score of 25 to 2, while in the
boys' game. Woodburn triumphed by
a score of 30 to 20. One of the largest
crowds which ever attended a basket
bail game in this city filled the armory.
In the girls' game the local high
school completely . outclassed the visi
tors, the score being 13 to 1 in the
first half and 12 to 1 in the second.
Dolly Bending was the star point-winner
of the local team, playing bril
liantly, and the guarding of Misses
Martin and Thayer was a strong fac
tor in the victory. In the boys' con
test. Woodburn won by a whirlwind
linisli of skillful plays, after Albany
had secured a lead of 12 to 10 at the
end of the first half and maintained an
even score until the middle of the last
half. .'
FORBES PLAYS GREAT GAME
Ex-Yale Star Furnishes Sensation
for Seattle Sports.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 4. (Special.)
The playing of Robert Forbes, the
ex-Yale end, and the man who coached
West Point during the season just closed,
was the feature of the New Year's game
between the Seattle and Spokane Ath
letic clubs. Forbes played tackle for the
Seattle eleven, and put up a game that
branded him as the greatest player ever
seen in the West. He seemed to be
tjnsrywhere at once. He was the first
man down the field under punts, always
preventing Bender, of Spokane, from
running back with the ball. The old New
H-ves star was the revelation of the
Cay. and the way he played his position
caused tTie spectators to gasp. He would
block his tackle on offense, then swing
around and carry the man with the ball
for several yards. His interference work
was the best ever seen here.
On defense, Forbes would elbow his
way to the center of hostilities and nail
the man with the ball. No yardage was
made over his side of the line, as he al
ways broke up the Spokane plays before
they were started. Late in the game he
was switched to end. where he continued
his brilliant work. He is a. natural player
and Is regarded by local football men as
the greatest player ever seen on the
Coast.
Forbes played end on the Yale team
during the seasons of 1904, 1905 and 1306.
He was an All-America man during his
last year in college. It is said that he
has offers to coach a number of North
west teams next season.
Although Seattle played a brilliant
game against Spokane, the latter team
won by a single touchdown. The win
ning play was made by Hardy, the Pull
man fullback, who played for Spokane.
He gathered In a forward pass which
Seattle attempted, and ran 70 yards for
a. touchdown.
WEAK, BUT STILL HOPES TO WIN
Transcontinental Pedestrian Leaves
Hospital and Walks Onward.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa., Jan. 4. John
Walsh, the pedestrian, who 1s walking
from San Francisco to New York on a
wager of $5000, today left the Johnstown
Hospital, where he has been ill with
pneumonia since December 23. Walsh
left San Francisco Oct. 21 in an attempt
to make the trip In 90 days. He began
his journey today in a somewhat weak
ened and nervous condition, but expects
to reach New York in 10 days.
Aberdeen Will Have Team.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 4. (Spe
cial.) Manager Brown, of the Aber
deen baseball club, said tonight that
after a canvass of business men h is
assured that a team representing this
city will be maintained here next sea
son. Business men have promised
their unqualified support to the team.
More Albany Boosters.
ALBANY, Or., Jan 4. (Special.) A
new "Boosting Club" is in process of
formation in Albany. A number of
young business men are inaugurating
the venture. A meeting for organiza
tion will be held next week. Albany
now has a Commercial Club, but it
has not put forth regular active efforts
recently.
May Sutton Stay Contest Abroad.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 4. May
Sutton, holder of the woman's interna
tional tennis championship, has an
nounced her readiness to compete in
the Olympic games to be held in Lon
don this year, when women players
from many countries will compete in
the tennis features.
CLEANS OUT THE FORCE
Commissioner Bingham After the
"Crooks" In Department.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4. For the second
time Police Commissioner Bingham yes
terday dismissed a patrolman from the
police force and did so in a speech which
was listened to by all the offender's com
rades that could be spared from their
precinct. The offending officer was Le
ander E. Terhune, who was found guilty
of perjury before the trial deputy at a
department trial.
Terhune testified in court that he had
arrested a certain man after seeing him
rob a cash register in a saloon. Later it
developed that Terhune had not been
there until long after the arrest, wnlib
was made by another officer, who helped
Terhune make up the story in order to
save him, as he was absent from his beat
without excuse. The officer who really
made the arrest confessed to the decep
tion. In his speech General Bingham said ho
believed the greater part of too members1
of the force honest, but thore were some
"crooks" wearing the uniform, and they
must be weeded out. He referred to the
patrolman who confessed, arid directed
that he not be "pounded," as is the cus
tom on the force when one officer does
not support another in everything, "I
would like to catch the man of you who
would do that." said the commissioner.
"Lame as I am, I'll bet you would re
member it."
FIND A STARTLING CLEW
Police Make Discovery About Mur
dered Woman's Jewels.
NEWARK, N. J.. Jan. 4. An impor
tant discovery, which, the police state,
will enable them to name the slayer
of Mrs. Lena Whitmore, the victim of
the Lampblack Swamp murder, near
Harrison, N. J., whose husband, Theo
dore Whitmore, Is now held in custody
pending a further Investigation of the
crime, was made today when all of the
jewelry of the dead woman was found
in the safe of Harry A. Radin, a sa
ioonkeper of Brooklyn. Radin said
Whitmore had given him the box con
taining the jewelry several days after
the body was found in the pond.
Whitmore had previously told the
police that his wife had worn all her
jewels when she left home on Christ
mas afternoon. Radin informed the
police that Whitmore told him he
wanted a safe place to keep the jewels
unil his wife -returned.
Whltmofe, who is held as a suspect,
was subjected to a searching exam
ination today. He broke down and
cried earlier in the day when told that
he would probably be arraigned later,
but declined to discuss the case.
Cruiser Marion Burns.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. .4. The old
cruiser Marion was burned to the water's
edge yesterday in Visitation Bay, three
miles south of Hunter's Point, in San
Francisco Bay. The Marlon was launched
In 18TC to perpetuate the name of the
eloop-of-war Marion, the timber of which
was used In the work of reconstruction.
For a time she was in service on the
China station. In 1896 she was given by
the Government to the naval reserve as a
training ship and was eventually sold.
Perfect fitting glasses $1 at Metzger's.
SIXTEEN TRIALS
TO GET
Nebraska Woman Would De
light the Soul of George
Meredith. '
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SOME LIVING, SOME DEAD I
Just "Naturally Kept on Trying Till
She Got One That Suited" Has
Been 9 All on Good Terms and
All Like Their Ex-Wife.
OMAHA. Neb., Jan. 4. (Special) Six
teen husbands is the matrimonial record
of Mrs. Jennie Phoebe Zoover Eauren
Birchell Harris Scott Bigforu. Etc, Town-
sena, who now lives In Xndge, Nebraska,
with her sixteenth and last acquisition,
A. W. Townsend, an old soldier, who is
very much in love with his wife and
firmly believes her to be a matrimonial
prize, barring she has been drawn some
sixteen times in the shuffle.
Nearly all of her numerous consorts are i
still living. While this muchly married
lady was careful about the marriage
ceremony. Insisting upon it with clock
like regularity, she did not always ob- :
serve the formality of obtaining a
divorce. -Becoming much dissatisfied j
with one of her husbands After a few i
months' trial, she requested the minister ;
who married them kindly to scratch the '
marriage notice from his books, as she
contemplated another 'marriage and
deemed this sufficient to annul the for
mer one. She was very indignant when
informed that this by no means consti
tuted a divorce.
Husbands Like a Xew Gown.
She acquired husbands with the same
ease with which women select new gowns
and. rejected them with the same cheer
ful abandon. Her four children became
so accustomed to seeing a new step
father in the home that they found it
difficult to keep track of the different
ones. One of her sons recently com
plained that he could not write to his
mother because he did not know the
name of her latest man and therefore
could not direct the letter properly.
She preferred to keep the name of her
second husband, Simon Swing, through
out her matrimonial experiences. She
contracted the habit of matrimony early
In life, marying a soldier at the age of
thirteen, in Colorado. When she was
fourteen, she was a widow with a tiny
babe to care for. She then married
Ewlng and remained with him until five
children had been born to them.
She can hardly remember the names
of her different husbands herself and is
apt to confuse them In naming them in
rotation. She confesses to a preference
for old soldiers, as she says they get
pensions and can easily take care of a
wife.
- Husbands All on Good Terms.
Her former husbands speak well of her
and are always glad to welcome another
husband Into their society of "has
beens." Many of them still live in Coun
cil Bluffs and speak of their former wife
in terms of the greatest good will. She
has a winning way and a kindly smile
that won their hearts in spite of all.
"One year of one husband was enough
for Phoebe," said one of the former hus
bands. "Then she began to hanker for a
change. And she generally landed a man
somehow. There's lots of old maids
around Council Bluffs that ain't never
been able to git ona husband; but
Phoebe, she could git a new one every
year."
After leaving her second husband, this
frequent candidate for matrimony es
poused In rapid succession Thomas
Birchell, V. H. Scott, Philip Mumaw,
Edgar Finton, John Harris, Charles
Hitchcock, D. C. Blgford, G. W. Smith,
Henry Straw, Jesse Luman, Charles Hen
shy and S. K. Suits. The name of the
other she has forgotten.
Has One Now That Suits.
Last summer, having found single
life in the intervals of matrimony some
what monotonous, she advertised for her
sixteenth husband. Within a few weeks
she found him in the person of A. W.
Townsend, a wealthy retired farmer and
old soldier.
Mrs. Townsend is still young and good
looking, despite her fifty-eight years and
her remarkable matrimonial exDeriences.
She is very fond of her latest husbai?d
and expresses the hope that she will not
have any bad luck in this venture. She
does not consider her numerous trials of
marriage as anything unusual and Insists
that every woman has the right to keep
on trying until she has found a husband
to suit her.
"A lone woman just naturally has a
hard row to hoe," she says. "Seems like
I've had bad luck in some of my mar
riages. Just when I'd get one that was
good to me he'd up and die. - I got
lonesome living alone and I just kept on
getting married till I found a man to
suit me. That is all there is to it."
CRIMES ARE VERY SIMILAR
Two Chicago Police Officers Killed
in Exactly Same Manner.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4. While City Detec
tive William B. Mooney was lying on his
death bed In Grace Hospital last night,
just after identifying the -.Wef who shot
him down on Thursday, another police
man was shot and fatally wounded by an
other thief under circumstance, almost
Identical with the Mooney case. The first
of the two victims. Detective Mooney,
died early today.
The second victim was Patrolman
Michael D. Callahan. While on the hunt
for two companions of Mooney's assail
ant, he himself met the detscrive's fate.
Like Mooney, he accosted a little group
of men on a street corner and inquired
their business: like Mooney, his reply was
from a revolver; and, like Mooney, he
fell with a bullet wound in bis abdomen
from which his recovery is considered im
possible. So similar were the two attacks that
had not Mooney positively identified as
his assailant James P. McLean, who waa
arrested yesterday there would have been
suspicion that the same man fired both
shots. Similar in other respects, the two
crimes were alike in that every member
of the two gangs the two policemet, en
counteredthree in one, four in the other
has been captured. Mortally injured
as he was, Callahan fired a bullet which
wounded a companion of his assailant,
then grappled with him, and clung to him
until police assistance came. Through his
first captive the other members of yes
terday's hold-up gang. Including David
Anderson, whom all blamed for the
shooting, were taken Into custody. An
derson's companion, who was injured,
probably fatally, was Albert McCagg. v
Perfect fitting glasses 1 at Metzger's.
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FINE NEW ORGANS
FOR TWO CHURCHES
First Methodist, of Hoquiam, Installs Splendid,
$2500 Kimball, and St. Joseph's, of Portland,
Secures One of the Famous Vocalions.
Both Instruments Supplied Through Eilers Piano
House, the Leading Organ Dealers
of the West.
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f2SOO Kimball Organ, First Methodist Church, Hoquiam.
The dedication of the splendid new $2500 Kimball Pipe Organ
installed by the First Methodist Church
O. 3 mi r i i
touwxay. xuiB organ is me nrsi to De
Southwestern Washington, and is an
will prove a credit to the church and
dedicatory addresses were made by the former ministers. Among
the visitors were Rev. C. S. Revelle, of Tacoma, and Rev. E. K.
Benedict, of Seattle. The church was filled with an appreciative
congregation. Prof. A. A. Scott will preside at the organ.
FIRE BOMB IN Bill
Cranks or Criminals Cause a
Great Explosion.
ALL KANSAS CITY SHAKEN
Basement of Beautiful Marble Build
ing Wrecked and Ten Persons
Injured Higb Explosive
Certainly Used.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 4. The ex
plosion of a bomb in the basement of th
beautiful marble building of the First
National Bank a, few minutes after noon
today caused a concussion which was
felt throughout the city, injured ten per
sons and did about $1000 worth of damage
to the building.
The consensus of expert opinion tonight
is that the explosion was caused by dyna
mite or some other high explosive. A
piece of pipe, believed to have been part
of a bomb, was found late today in the
wrecked basement. A motive is lacking,
but the bank officials and the police in
cline to the belief that the explosion was
either the work of a crank or that a
bomb had been secreted in the basement
by would-be robbers for future use, and
had been touched - off prematurely.
No' arrests have been made and the
police are without any definite clew upon
which to work. Joseph Pech,' a Hun
garian carpenter, of this city, one of the
ten injured, was taken to the police
station this evening and questioned by
the police. No charge was preferred
against the man. He satisfied the police
that he had' no connection with the affair
and was soon released. Pech said he
was passing the building and was cut by
the glass. The loss is placed at $1000,
confined almost entirely to the basement.
Ten Injured; Xone Fatally.
None of the ten injured is fatally hurt
and the injuries of only two are consid
ered .serious. The list follows:
Elbert Ward, negro porter, cut, bruised,
serious.
Logan Wilson, bank clerk, blown across
basement room, cut, serious.
George W. Evans, member of the
wholesale drug firm of Smith & Evans,
cut by flying missiles.
Van Jean Brightwell, clerk, cut on bead
and face.
J. D. Wilson, employe of United States
& Mexican Trust Company, cut on face.
R. M. Calpmeyer, bank clerk.
Joseph Pech, carpenter, face cut.
R. W. Cole, knocked senseless by con
cussion. J. Donoldson, bank clerk, cut by glass.
Charles Grant, bank clerk, bruised.
Effects, of Explosion. . . - .
Dr. Walter M. Cross, City Chemist, an
expert on high explosives tonight gave
his positive opinion that the explosion
was caused by dynamite powder, nitro
glycerine or a combination of the three.
Investigation developed the fact that the
bomb had been placed In a totlet-room in
the northwest corner of the basement, 20
feet from the main vault. The toilet-room
was 18 by 20 feet square and was sepa
rated from the adjoniing room by a three
inch plaster partition. This partition was
supported by a steel post. The bomb
struck this post with such force that it
bent it a foot out of position; wrecked
the partition and the plumbing and sent
a cloud of dust up the wide stairway
leading to the banking-rooms.
Half a dozen basement windows with
the steel rods protecting them were blown
out into Baltimore avenue and across the
street. The building was shaken as if
by an earthquake, and its force may be
appreciated from the fact that it was
felt in all parts of the city..
John P. Pelletier. superintendent of the
fire Insurance patrol, who was standing
at the paying teller's window when the
explosion shook the building, said:
"Following the explosion there was
a - great volume of smoke and dust,
which poured up the stairway Into the
banking room. The bank was unusual
ly well filled with people. At the
moment of the explosion the crowd
turned and rushed for the south door,
leading into Tenth street. I called out
in a loud voice for quiet, shouting that
there was no danger, and rushed for
of Hoquiam occurred last
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installed in any cnurcn in
instrument which certainly
congregation. Impressive
the stairway. When I .reached the
stairway powder smoke was pouring
up the entrance way. I groped my
way down the stairs and at tbe bottom
found Ward, the negro porter.
Man Blown Across Basement. . -
"I carried him upstairs, where others
took caro of him, and returning to the
basement was soon able to make an
investigation. The smell of powder
and the hole in the basement made by
the explosion made It certain that the
explosion had resulted from a bomb
being set off.
" "There was no trace of the bomb
thrower and as yet we have been un
able to find any tangible clew to the
manner in which he placed the missile."
Logan Wilson, another of the injured,
was in the basement at the time. He
was blown clear across the basement
and probably through the partition, a
distance of 20 feet. When picked up
he was unconscious and - has not been
able to give an account of what hap
pened. J. Donaldson, the third person in
jured,, was working in his cage in the
banking room. He was cut by glass
that had fallen from a chandelier.
Every one concerned is at a loss to
find a motive for the explosion. Vice
President Abernathy, of the bank, sug
gested that the bomb might have been
placed by a disgruntled depositor unable
to withdraw his funds during the strin
gency. Window panes in the buildings across
the street from the bank were broken.
Six of the injured were hit by flying de
bris as they were walking along -Baltimore
avenue. - v
The First National Bank building is
one of the most beautiful structures In
the city. It was only finished last year
and cost close to $1,000,000. The main
floor is occupied by the bank, which la
the largest financial institution In Kan
sas City. The two upper stories are oc
cupied principally by real estate and in
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SEND UTES BACK TO UTAH
Young Men Work on Railroads
Until Spring.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. A conference
was held today in the office of the
Secretary of the Interior to determine
what shall be done with the troop of
cavalry stationed at Thunder Butte
Station, S. D., In order to maintain
peace among the Utes at and near that
place. As a result the troops will be
retained where they now are during
the rest of the Winter and in the
Spring it is expected that all the Utes
will go back to their reservation in
Utah. There were present at the meet
ing Secretary Garfield, Commissioner
Leupp of the Indian Bureau, Assistant
Secretary of War Oliver, General Bell,
chief of staff, and Captain Johnson, of
the Second Cavalry.
After the conference It was said
that all the young men of the tribe
with one or two exceptions have gone
to work on the railroad being built
near Rapid City, S. D., and there is no
warlike spirit among them. The troSps,
It is said, are merely allowed to re
main where they are at Thunder Butte
as an abundance of caution.
SEES STEAMER DISABLED
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Japanese Liner t Reports Probable
Disaster Off California. Coast. '
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. The identity
of the . steamer sighted hove to, off the
Farallon Islands, by the Japanese liner
Nippon, on Thursday evening, remains a
mystery. From all indications she has
been disabled in some way and left to
drift, at the mercy of the sea, though she
has displayed no signals of distress. The
vessel was first reported here by the
steamer Indra, arriving Wednesday from
Australia.
The tramp steamers Anguis, bound
from Guayamas to Puget Sound, and
Gotle Maru, from Hakodate to this port,
are both due in this vicinity.
" Theatrical Managers Organize.
NEW YORK Jan. 4. A new organiza
tion of theatrical men was completed in
New York yesterday, known as the Na
tional Association of. Theatrical Produc
ing Managers. More than 200 members
have already been enrolled. The associ
tion is formed for the purpose of en
abling the managers to work together
for the good of all in such matters as
legislation regarding railroad rates for
theatrical companies, the copyright law
and the better enforcement of cont-acts-Practically
all the well-known producers
of the country are included in the mem-bersfllD.
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Splendid Vocation Installed by St. Joseph's of Portland.
The new Vocalion installed by St. Joseph's Church of Portland, and, heard for
the first, time Christmas day, possesses rare beauty of tone, exquisitely pure, and
, striking beauty of design. It is a richly finished instrument with illuminated pipe
front, and with a case of solid quartered oak. St. Joseph's Church selected the Vo
calion after a careful comparison of the different makes of church organs. The
splendid record and prestige of the vocalion is sufficient assurance that it will prove
a worthy addition for St. Joseph's, and that the choice was a most wise one.
TROOPS CURB MUNGIE MOB
STREETCAR RIOTS STOP WHEN
GUXS ARE SHOWN. .
Governor Declares Martial Law and
Anarchy Ceases Military Guard
Is on the Streets.
MUNCIE, Ind Jan. 4. With a procla
mation from Governor" Hanly declaring
martial law and 600 state troops camped
in the very heart of the city, tha citizens
,of Muncie tonight are quiet and peace
able. The riotous outbreaks of the past
three days, during which eight cars were
wrecked and 11 men Injured, have given
way to a normal existence, so far as vio
lence is concerned, although the city Is
far from normal in the business and in
dustrial sense.
With the arrival of the militia before
daybreak this morning, evidence of mob
rule passed away. Not one arrest made
today had any connection with the strike
situation.
Late this afternoon the Governor is
sued a proclamation declaring Muncie to
be under martial law. but the proclama
tion made little change in the conduct of
affairs of the city. This means that the
civil and military authorities are work
ing together, the commanding officer of
the troops having the power to go above
the civil officers' orders If he deems it
wise. The soldiers will keep the streets
clear of loiterers and will be particularly
vigilant along this line after night.
Twelve companies of infantry and one
battery, and accompanying hospital and
signal corps, are here. Cars began run
ning on regular schedule and there has
been no disturbance.
About half of the employes of the In
diana Union Traction Company - at
Marlon struck today. Only part of the
local cars are running there. The trou
ble has begun to interfere with inter
urban traffic
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When the Indiana Traction Company,
which owns the ctty and interurban lines,
refused to renew its contract on January
1 with the Amalgamated Association of
Street & Electric Railroad Employes,
the 96 men employed on local cars struck.
Other union men out of work in sym
pathy took part in the agitation, which
culminated in the riots.
TONG WAR COMES TO END
Lasts Seven Tears and Costs Lives
of More Than 50.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. The blood
iest tong war this country has seen, which
originated seven years ago over a Chines
girl and tn which more than GO persons
have been killed and over double that
number wounded, was declared off at a
meeting of the various tongs yesterday
at the rooms of the Six Companies in this
city.
The trouble started over the sale of
Wan Len, a slave girl, to Lui Ng, a mem
ber of the Bing Kong tong, by Ah Wong,
a member of the Hop Sing tong. Lui Ng
paid $2200 for Wan Len, but Ah Wong de
clared that this was not full payment. A:
Lui Ng refused to pay more, war was de
clared between the Bing Kong tong and
the Hop Sings.
The first clash was in Clay street and
resulted in seven being killed and ten
wounded and since that time the fighting
has been continuous. Lately the Hop
Sings, in their desire to get back money
alleged due their tong, held up a fan tan
game at Los Angeles and in the fracas
two members of the Bo Ons, a totally dif
ferent and inoffensive tong, were shot by
the Hop Sings with the result that th
fight became general and every tong was
implicated. Seeing that the war was liable
to spread too far, the presidents of ths
companies called a meeting last Thurs
day to settle it and the upshot of it was
that Lui Ng was awarded the girl and
Ah Wong is declared to be In the wrong.
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