TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 26, 190S.
AFTER HOT CHASE
EVERY MAN'S OFFICE
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FORGER
CAPTURED
Great Crowd Joins Police in
Pursuit of Young Man
Through Streets.
YOUTH ADMITS HIS GUILT
Declares Following Races Led to
Cause of Cndolng Which Has
Landed Him Behind
Prison Bars.
After ma.ilng unsuccessful attempts to
pass worthless checks at the Harris
Trunk Company, the Imperial Hotel and
Olds, Wortman & Kin, A. R. Helller,
ag-ed 19 years, from Little Bock, Ark
endeavored to escape from the big de
partment store, at Fifth and Washing
ton streets, et 5:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon. He was pursued by several hun
dred men, women and children and was
captured In the rear portion of1 the
Honeyman Hardware Company's store, at
Fourth and Alder streets.
Helller was overtaken by Policeman
Nelson. Deputy Sheriff Goldstein, K. K.
Kubli and others, and was escorted to
police headquarters by the two officers,
where he made a full confession.
"I have been traveling around the
country, playing the races," said Helller,
"and I used up a big bunch of money.
Since leaving my home in Little Rock,
1 lost heavily on the races and drew sev
eral sight drafts on my uncle, William
Loeb, a clothier of Little Rock, and he
refused longer to honor the drafts. Being
without funds, I cashed a $50 check on
8weeney & McCarthy, 1W9 Fillmore street,
San Francisco, and then came up here. I
tried to secure money by passing forged
checks here and failed."
Much excitement followed the pursuit
of Helller, as the scene of his sensational
flight and capture is in the heart of the
business section of the city. He was
lockefl up in a cell, and an Investigation
of his story will be made by the police.
He did not succeed in passing any bad
checks here, so far as known, and it may
be that he will be turned over to the San
Francisco authorities, if It proves true
that he is wanted there, as he says he is.
Helller first appeared In this city at
the Imperial Hotel, where he sought to
cash a check for $50, on the Merchants
National Bank. He talked with Phil
Metschan, Jr., but the latter declined to
cash the paper or to advance any money
on It until assured as to the character
of the applicant. Helller declared he be
longed to the Los Angeles Lodge of Elks,
and Mr. Metschan telephoned to Secretary
Clyde M. Bills, of the Portland Lodge,
asking him to inquire by wire of the Los
Angeles Klks' officers. This was done,
and It developed that Helller is unknown
to the Los Angeles Elks.
About the time the information came
from I-os Angeles. Helller appeared at
the store of Olds, Wortman & King, and
tried to cash a check for $20, saying he
was an Elk. He was detained while
Inquiry was made of Secretary Bills, and
the latter instructed that Helller be held
until Mr. Bills could reach the store. On
the way, Mr. Bills met K. K. Kubli, a
well-known printer, and together they
rushed to the store, at Fifth and Morrison
streets. When Helller spied Secretary
Bills, he made a wild dash for the Fifth
street entrance, in a desperate effort to
escape. He was pursued, however, and
caught, hiding in the rear of the Honey
man Hardware Company's store.
At police headquarters Helller said that
at Denver he played the races heavily,
and had to make several sight drafts on
his uncle. The latter, in a letter received
by the prisoner while in San Francisco,
sold he would honor no more orders. This
left Helller without money, and. in des
peration, he began forging checks.
PULL EUCH OTHER'S HI
WOMEN FIGHT OX ATLANTIC
CITY BOARD WALK.
Sequel to Three - Thousand - Mile
Chase Brings Furious Females
Into Police Court.
ATLANTIC CITY. July 25. (Special.)
The story of a 3000-mile chase across
ihe continent by an angry wife after
a recreant husband, which ended in a
hair-pulling fight with the other wo
man on the board walk, has just been
told In the police court here.
The tale was told by Mrs. Sarah S.
Dunn, of San Francisco, who waa in
the prisoner's dock, charged with at
tacking Mrs. Elizabeth H. Holmes, also
of San Francisco, in front of a cafe on
the board walk at an early hour this
morning. The fight had been a lively
one. of the hair-pulling order, lasting
with varying fortunes until the com
batants were separated by two police
men. Beautifully gowned, and covered with
jewels. Mr. Dunn created a sensation
when she was led to the dock. Ac-
dent of San Francisco and worth half
' a million in her own right. About a
- month ago, she said, her husband per
suaded her to give him $120,000 for the
purpose of lnveatlng in a certain mine,
which he believed would be profitable.
Instead of buying the mining stock
he left for the East, she says, with
Mrs. Holmes.. Becoming aware of this,
she started In pursuit. Though often
losing the trail, she refused to grow
discouraged, and finally located Dunn
and his companion at Atlantic City.
Very late last night she shadowed them
to the Cafe, and when they came out ad
vanced to confront them.
"Then Mrs. Holmes said something
to me I could not stand," declared Mrs.
Dunn, "and I slapped her face. That
started the fight."
Though technically guilty of dis
orderly conduct, the Mayor suspended
sentence, considering the unusual feat
ure of the affair, and Mrs. Dunn was
discharged.
CITY PARK CONCERT TODAY
Pe Caprio's Band Will Render Con
cert This Afternoon.
There will be a band concert at the
City Park this afternoon, commencing at
i:30 o'clock.. Signor De Caprio has ar
ranged a programme largely classical for
the occasion. The programme follows:
Grand march "Tannhauses! Wagner
Overture "Phedre" ' Masanet
Waits "Pant In Paradise" P Caprlo
Clarinet aolo "II Ba'.lo in Maachera" . . Verdt
Stanor Biacone.
Grand selection "Macbeth" Verdi
Intermission.
Salute "Histolre D un Pierrot" . Mario Costa
Keverte "The Wayilde Chapel". ...Wilson
"Uanee of the Bayaderes" Rubinstein
Fantasia "The Dylnj Poet". . . .Gottschalk
March "En aocettes" Daudanard
A. & Cabrlo, Director.
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SUR
E OF GIG VOTE
Oregon in Line for Taft, Says
Williams.
WILL WORK WITH CAKE
Member of Republican National
Committee From This State Feels
Confident on Return From
Colorado Springs.
R. E. Williams, National committee
man from the State of Oregon, has re
turned from Colorado Springs, after a
conference with Frank Hitchcock, man
ager of the National Taft campaign.
Mr. Williams prophesies that Oregon
will give Taft a big majority in No
vember. . "Ours is a Republican state," said
Mr. Williams, "and there is no reason
why we should not carry it by a big
majority."
Mr. Williams, together with Judge
W. M. Cake, chairman of the Repub
lican sta(e central committee, will con
duct the Presidential campaign In Ore
gon. There will be a meeting of the
various county chairmen during the
flrs week in September and at thai
time the plans of the campaign will
be discussed and arranged.
Outline Plan of Campaign.
"The meeting will be held for the
purpose of outlining the various plane
for the campaign, and arranging the
details," he said. "Judge Cake will
be at home by that time and we pro
pose to make it one of the most vig
orous campaigns that Oregon has, ever
seen.!'
Judge Cake, who is chairman of the
Republican state central committee, has
gone to Boston as a representative of
the supreme lodge of Knights of
Pythias. He attended the conference
of Republican leaders with Mr. Wil
liams at Colorado Springs.
"Every state west of the Missouri
RWer was represented except Nevada,"
said Mr. Williams, "and Oregon's rep
resentation was by no means outdone
by the other Western states."
Campaign funds will not be distrib
uted in Oregon as freely as breezes
from the Pacific Ocean. There will
be much conversation, but very little
cash.
"Wo won't have a great deal of
money to spend," said Mr. W 11 llama,
"for the simple reason that there la
little to be spent. The National ap
propriation for this stats is practically
nothing, for they believe that Oregon
should go Republican without much
expense or effort on the part of the
committee. Judge Cake and myself
think so also, and we have no doubt
but that Oregon will give Taft a big
majority in November."
Oregon Election a Surprise.
Prominent Republicans from other
states were deeply Interested in the po
litical situation of Oregon, he said.
On every hand there were inquiries
concerning the possibility of a Dem
ocrat representing this state in the
United States Senate, and urgent de
mands that such a political catastro
phe be averted, if possible.
"Many of the most prominent polit
ical leaders of the West seemed to
think that Oregon's political standing
was gone if she sent a Democrat back
to Washington." he said. "They could
not understand how this state should
have given a Democrat the popular
vote, for they all know it Is a Republi
can state. And they cannot under
stand how a Republican Legislature
can vote for a Democrat to represent
them, when they know the state ar
the people of the state want a Re
publican." .There will be several prominent mem
bers of the Republican party who will
8p?ak in Oregon before the election.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, will likely be
one of the speakers, and others will be
announced later.
Cake to Stay in East.
'We will have a few really good speak
ers and they will deliver several ad
dresses in this state," said Mr. Williams.
"Senator Borah will probably be one of
these speakers."
Judge W. M. Cake, chairman of the state
central committee, will remain in the
Bast until the latter part of August. He
is now attending' a National meeting of
the Knights of Pythias, and on his return
will take charge of the National cam
paign of this state. He and Mr. Williams
will personally conduct the details of the
campaign.
Mr. Hitchcock stated that Mr. Taft, the
Presidential nominee, was deeply grate
ful to Senator Fulton for his efforts In
his behalf during the National conven
tion at Chicago. Senator Fulton's work
there was of great assistance to Mr. Tart,
he says, and the nominee fully appreci
ates what Oregon's representative has
done.
Senator Fulton enjoyed the distinction
of being the only person besides the Na
tional committeeman and state chairman
who was invited by Mr. Hitchcock to at
tend the conference.
ELKS HOLD BIG PARADE
Many Lodges Send Delegates to Ded
. lcation in Centralia.
CEXTR ALIA, Wash., July 25. (Special.)
Eight thousand people witnessed the
Elks' street parade here tonight, the
event marking the close of the two-day
celebration attending the dedication of the
new home of lodge No. 10S3. The principal
address was delivered this afternoon by
Maurice Langhorne, of Tacoma.
Four hundred visiting- Elks are in at
tendance, representing almost every lodge
in Washington and a number in Oregon.
Half a dozen visiting delegations brought
bailds with them. The entire business
porton ot the city is decorated with
purple and white lights and bunting. At
the principal street Intersections large
arches span the streets, beautifully dec
orated and lighted. The city presents a
fine sight.
The festival is the biggest Centralia has
ever known. Following the street parade
a carnival was held.
BACK FROM EUROPE.
Discoverer of Instantaneous Eye
Testing Method in City.
R. A. Thompson,' who made himself
well known throughout the Northwest
as a skillful optician and at one time
owner of the leading optical Institu
tion of Portland, has just returned
from an extended visit to Europe.
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R. A. Thompson.
While absent'he acquired no little fame
as the originator of the method of
instantaneous testing of eyesight.
The results of his experiments and
Investigations were given widey pub
licity by both the American and for
eign press, and the physicians of Eng
land, France and Germany, before
whom practical demonstrations were
made, unanimously declared it a great
aid to science.
Mr. Thompson traveled extensively
on the continent of Europe, giving lec
tures upon his discovery. He visited
nearly every city of note from Dublin
to St. Petersburg and from Rome to
Norway. He returns to Portland with
the intention of opening a modern and
model optical institution as soon as
he secures a suitable location.
Reflects the character and conduct of his business. Makeshift
and tawdry office furnishings will never attract patrons or secure
the confidence of clients. Our stock of handsome office furnish
ings is new, complete, and, quality considered, very low in price.
Our desks include all sizes and
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For the office floors Carpets and
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FIFTH AND
STARK STS.
BACK TO DESPISED SKIRTS
MRS- AIGISTA SEIB REGRETS
FORCED TRANSFORMATION".
era were Patrick Francis Murphy and
Henry White, American Ambassador to
France. The day. said Mr. Metschan. was
celebrated almost as loyally as if the
banquet had been given in an American
city.
Explains Why She Chose to Mas
querade as Man for Nine
Years.
NEW YORK. July 22. Mrs. August.
Seib, the young woman who masquer
aded as a man for nine years, was back
in the little restaurant she runs, 641
Sixth avenue, Thursday.
"We'll see if Augusta Seib, in spite
of those blamed petticoats, can't get
along as well here as Qus Seib did,"
said she with a smile, and she kicked
the skirt of her neat and becoming
dress.
Mrs. Seib. as previously reputed, was j
overcome by heat at Broadway and
Sixty-second street. She wore a man's
clothes, but in the hospital, treating
her for one form of heat-stroke, they j
put her in an iced bath and Gus Seib
was frozen out, so to say.
A learned magistrate sentenced Mrs.
Seib to five days' Imprisonment in the
workhouse for having dared to wear
trousers in public.
"I guess every Ironest girl who- works
for a living and who has to fight her
way In big, insulting. New Tork, will
understand why I pretended to be a
man." said Mrs. Seib yesterday.
"I have an old mother in Germany
to support. Here I married a man who
promised to do everything for mother
and me, and he turned out to be a big
amist. Then, one day. I saw a younger
man who looked very much . like me,
and I thought to myself. 'Why should
not I be a man and earn more money,
and be rid of the pestering attentions
of men who were born that way?" So
I cut off my lovely blond hair and prac
ticed wearing men's clothes for a while,
just as I am pra ticing wearing these
skirts now.
"Pretty soon I got a place as a waiter
at the Waldorf. Outside the dining
room I used to say 'damn it' just like a
man, and once in a while I went out
with other waiters and had a glass of
wine tr two.
"I had some funny experiences. A
waiter was In love with a nice girl and
she made eyes at me. He got jealous
and started to thrash me. I had a cut
over the eye. but Just like a man. I
told everybody, 'You ought to see the
other fellow.'
"No. we're not going to sell our res
taurant. I have done nothing wrong
and I'm going to make an honest living
In spite of these" and she kicked her
despised petticoats.
Celebrates Fourth In Paris.
In celebrating the Nation's natal day
Phil Metschan. who Is touring Europe,
spent the Fourth of July in Paris and
has written an interesting account of the
day's happenings to his friends here. A
dinner was given in Paris on the Fourth
by the Paris-American Chamber of Com
merce. . A number of prominent men at
tended, and Included In the list of speate-
White Slave Dealers Foiled.
CORUN'NA, Spain, July 25. The em
barkation at this port of a number of
young women on board the Spanish
steamship Isla de Panay prior to the sail
ing of the vessel, nominally for Tener
iffe, aroused the suspicions of the local
authorities and today an Investigation
disclosed the fact that dozens of y:ung
girls, mostly minors, were stowed away
on board the steamer. The authorities
forced all the young women they found to
disembark. Some of the girls, it was
.learned, had been bought from their par
ents while others had run away from
home. The most plausible explanation of
the occurrence was that the girls were
Intended for the white slave traffic.
Fame.
Chicago Tribune.
"Who was James Boswell?" asked the
teacher of the class In English literature.:
"He was Dr. Samuel Johnson's press!
agent," answered the young man wlthi
I the bad eye.
An Anchor to Windward.
Jeweler You say the inscription you
wish engraved on the inside of this ring
Is to be, "Marcellus to Irene"?
Young man (somewhat embarrassed)
Yes. that's right. But er don't cut the
"Irene" very deep. Harper's Weekly.
A FOOD DRINK
Which Brings Dally Enjoyment.
A lady doctor writes:
"Though busy hourly with my own
affairs, I will not deny myself the
pleasure of taking a few minutes to
teli of the enjoyment daily obtained
from my morning cup of Postum. It Is
a food beverage, not a stimulant like
coffee.
"I began to use Postum 8 years ago.
not because I wanted to. but because
coffee, which I dearly loved, made my
nights long weary .periods to be-dreaded
and unfitting me for business dur
ing the day.
"On advice of a friend, I first tried
Postum, making It carefully as sug
gested on the package. As I had al
ways used 'cream and no sugar, I
mixed my Postum so. It looked good,
was clear and fragrant, and it was a
pleasure to see the cream color it as
my Kentucky friend always wanted
her coffee to look 'like a new saddle."
"Then I tasted it critically, and I
was pleased, yes, satisfied with my
Postum in taste and effect, and am yet,
being a constant user of It all these
years.
"I continually assure my friends and
acquaintances that they will like
Postum In place of coffee, and receive
benefit from Its use. I have gained
weight, can sleep and am not nervous."
"There's a Reason." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
"The Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the abeve letter T A new
mc appear from time to time. They
are srnolne, trmr, and full of human
Greater Bargains and
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$1.00 Lace Curtains, each .' - 35
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Extra heavy Huck Towels 9
Extra heavy Ticking 81-3
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$12.00 Black Voile Skirts 6.50
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Men's Work Shirts 39
Men's stiff bosom Shirts ..23
Men's Golf Shirts, $1.25 value.... 39
Boys' Suspenders ...5
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Men's Balbriggan Underwear '. 29
Men's Cotton Mesh Underwear 39
Boys' Jerseys 63
Men's Bib Overalls 49
Men's Black Sateen Shirts 43
Windsor Ties 19
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Waiter Aprons 23
Cooks' Aprons ' 29
Boys' Waists 19
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