The Sunday Oregonian., August 30, 1908, SECTION TWO, Page 12, Image 24

THE SUNDAY" OEEGOXIAX, . PORTLAND. AUGUST 30, 1908.
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(IERSTDID FREELY
ADMITS HIS GUILT
Embezzler Is Caught in Port
land After Search of
u Four Months.
TAKEN By TO SEATTLE
Assistant Managrr of
' snrance Company Is""P
' Wreck From' Remorse
Prolonged Debauch.
ern In-
ndV.
After evading the police of many cities
'for four month., being wanted on a
chance of embezzlement by the Northern
I Life Insurance Company of Seattle, Q.
IH. Klerstand. formerly assistant general
'manager of that corporation, waa placed
' under arrest at Fourth and Washington
r streets at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
' by Detective Sergeant Jones and De
fective Tichenor. Broken in health and
k spirits, and as weak as a child when
'taken Into custody, Klerstand made a full
' confession of his crime and begged to be
' sent back to stand trial.
When interviewed In a cell of the City
'Jail. Klerstand admitted the truth of the
charges that have oeen preferred against
;hlm. and declared himself to be the most
miserable man In the world. Ever since
.ha fled from Seattle, he said, he has
been tormented day and night. In a
vain effort to forget his crime, he took
'to drink, and Is now in a pitiable condi
tion. Sleep forsook him, and wherever
I ha went. . ever trying; to evade the
authorities and to keep his mind off his
unfortunate deed, he could think of
' nothln? else.
After fleeing from Seattle, Klerstand
I said, he went direct to Chicago, where
i he drank heavily. Wishing to make
amends, he wrote to his company head
'quarters In Seattle to General Manager
"T. M. Morgan, asking an opportunity to
'return and "make good." No reply came,
'and he spent a long time, wandering
about In the small towns near the me'
ftropolls. trying ever to avoid arrest. Two
! weeks ago he determined to come to the
Coast, and he reached Portland last
Thursday. He hoped that he might find
tfrlends here, who would assist him In
arranging for an adjustment of his af
fairs with the Seattle firm, but he found
none, and went wandering about, unde
termined what to do. The police of all
I Coast cities having been notified, how
j ever, the detectives picked him up yes
j terday afternoon oti the street and took
him to police headquarters, where he waa
' locked up.
. "This is the first relief I have experi
1 enced since I left Seattle, four months
ago," said Klerstand. when seen In his
jcell. "For months I have been the most
1 miserable creature on earth: I could not
taleep, neither could I eat I tried whisky
as a means to forget what I had done,
but It proved worse than useless; my
crime was always In mind. I am guilty
of the crime changed: I speculated in
j mining stocks on the exchange and lost:
I it's the old story. After losing what I
had saved of my owt. I used money be
longing to the company, to which I had
'access. I took J500 of that, and now
comes the disgrace of the thing. I don't
i care for myself so much, but there is
1 one from whom I wished Q much to
' keep this awful thing. But It's of no
. u;e now. I am anxious to return to
Seattle and let matters take their
course."
Chief of Police Grltzmacher notified
Chief Ward, at Seattle, and arranged to
have Klerstand taken to that city on the
11:46 o'clock train last night by Detective
Coleman.
Early Arrivals in New Fall
Fabrics Included in Nicoll's
Great Reduction Sale
IT'S NOT OFTEN you can have your choice of NEW FALL AND
WINTER FABRICS AT ACTUAL COST of MATERIAL and MAK
ING, but this is one of them, if you hasten to place your orders,
as sale will close in a few days. ,
Suit Mid Extra Trousers of Same
or Striped Material, to Order . .
$25to$50
Satisfaction iruaranteed In all cas.
Garment to order In a day if required.
Full dress and Tuxedo Eults a specialty.
"-WILLIAM JERREMS SONS.
141 SIXTH STREET. CORNER ALDER
REFUSES TO PUBLISH LIST
Major Kennedy Will Not Disclose
Names of Campaign Subscribers.
If subscribers to the campaign fund
of either of the two political parties
In- this state want to find out how
their hard-earned dollars are expended
they will be obliged to get the infor
.matlnn personally from the men who
handle the money. At any rate.
list of the contributors, together with
' the amounts subscribed and a -state
ment of the disbursements, will not be
published. AH this because Major J.
.p. Kennedy, chairman of the Multno
imah County Republican central com
'mlttee, has declined to entertain such
an agreement proposed by George H.
' Thomas, chairman of the Democratic
'organization In this county.
A week ago Chairman Thomas ad
"Pressed a letter to Chairman Kennedy
I In which he suggested that the two
chairmen agree to publish before elec
jtion day a sworn statement of dis
bursements, together with the name of
each subscriber contributing a sum ex-
ceedlng $20. The Democratic chairman
further stipulated' that the agreement
'should Include an understanding that
no contributions should be received
'from corporations. He mailed the let
jter and patiently awaited an answer.
I At the time Major Kennedy ' was at
the coast, but upon returning yester
'day the Republican warhorse dictated
;a reply in which he refused to enter
I tain the proposal made from the ene-
my s camp.
According to Major Kennedy, the
publication of campaign subscriptions
and the manner of their disbursement
would be an unheard-of proceeding In
this state. Not favoring precedents
of that kind, the Republican chairman
wrote Chairman Thomas yesterday as
follows:
"In reply to your esteemed favor, I
beg to state that not to my knowledge
have any of my predecessors In the
office I hold entered Into agreements
with the opposition as to the manner
of conducting- political campaigns, and
I assure you I have no inclination to
ward establishing a precedent of that
character. Furthermore, In regard to
the rights of the public In the prem
ises. It seeems to me that ample pro
tection Is afforded by the provisions of
the Huntley bill."
Bungalow Theater, the renovated ande
built Empire, hundreds of friends and
patrons .of the Baker Stock Company vis
ited the new home of the company last
night. An orchestra entertained them for
several hours. The new house was for
mally opened last night and the Baker
company will appear there next Sunday,
beginning the season of 1908-09. The
company this year Includes practically all
the old favorites of last season. The
Bungalow Is artistic In Its arrangements,
jts entrance, box office and other ar
rangements carrying out the design ot its
name. The site is regarded as one of the
most convenient locations for the patrons
of a playhouse in the city. The enthusi
asm of hundreds of visitors last night In
dicated a season of great success for the
Baker company In Its new home.
WIFE PICTURED AS VIXEN
F. C.
Billups Flies Comprehensive
Complaint for Divorce.
F. C. Billups has one of the meanest
wives in the city If half the things he
says about her are true. . He makes
his accusations in a divorce complaint,
filed with the State Circuit Court yes
terday afternoon.
In the first place, Mrs. Billups has a
temper that Is simply vile, he says.
Then she is net at all choice in the
use of "swear words" when angry.
She goes to dances and sometimes
comes back the next day, is not Infre
quently seen in saloons, has a great
fondness for other men and without
much discrimination as to their char
acters, and haa been known to pass
herself off as an unmarried woman,
he adds. In view of these little eccen
tricities, added to the fact that she has 1
been totally and entirely missing for
something like a year, Billups sug
gests that he ought to be allowed a
divorce. They were marlred In 1887
at Ellswood, Iowa, and have been in
Portland three years.
WILL GREET BAR
Portland Plans Reception to
National Delegates.
LOCAL LAWYERS CONVENE
Visitors En Route Home From Seat
tie Will Eat Luncheon at Com
mercial Club and Take Auto
Ride Throughout City.
TRADES COUNCIL DISBANDS
OLD MAHOGANY
On Sale for Two Weeks Longer
At 13th and Washington, a branch
of 310 Madison ave.. New Tork. Those
who desire something out of the ordi
nary, something different from the re
production which any Tom, Dick and
Harry can have would better avail
themselves of the opportunity which
Miss Traver la now offering.
GUESTS AT JHE SARGENT
Special rates to resident guests. A
few delightful rooms for rent. Inspec
tion cordially invited.
. Reception at Bungalow Theater.
CaptivaUd by the splendor of the new
New Labor Organization Will Take
Its Place Otober"2.
On Friday, October '2, the Federated
Trades Council, as it Is organized, will
cease to exist. It will be succeeded by
the Central Labor Council, the new
central body of organized labor in this
city A constitution and by-laws for
the new Council have been adopted and
the various unions of the city are now
selecting three delegates each as mem
bers of the new organization which
will be the governing body for all mat
ters pertaining to the interests of la
bor in Portland.
In the reorganization of the new
Council care has been exercised to har
monize the factional quarrels which
have for some time embarrassed the
operation of the central body of the
trades unionists.
PAVETTE, IDAHO, PASTOR AC
CEPTS PORTLAND CALL.
Rev. Harry Leeds. ew Paator
Mlspah Presbrtertaa Church.
Rev. Harry Leeds, of Payette,
Idaho, has accepted a call to be
come pastor of Mizpah Presby
terian Church, at Powell and
East Thirteenth streets, and will
arrive during the coming week to
enter on his work next Sunday.
Rev. Leeds occupied the pulpit of
this church for two Sundays this
Summer and made a favorable
impression, so that a unanimous
call was extended to him. He
graduated from Princeton Sem
inary In 1901, and took a charge
In Anawell Valley, N. J., but en
tered the mission field In 1902.
beginning in October in a mission
church in the Nei Perce Prairie,
where he .continued 'until called
to the Payette Presbyterian
Church In 1905. He Is a graduate
of Midland University of Chica
go. 111., and also a graduate of
the class of 1901. Princeton Theo
logical Seminary. Both Rev. and
Mrs. Leeds are excellent musicians.
Lawyers from all - over the United
States, who have been attending the
annual contention of the American Bar
Association at Seattle, will be enter
talned In Portland tomorrow Practi
cally all the delegate are to stop over
here and It was decided at a meeting
of the Multnomah Bar Association yes
terday forenoon to make them feel
their welcome and have cause to re
member Portland and Oregon for many
a day to come.
Full plans for entertainment were
drawn up at the meeting which was
held in Judge Gantenbeln's courtroom,
The main features of the entertain
ment will be a luncheon at the Com
mercial Club at 1:80 P. M. and a visit
to points of interest in automobiles.
Lawyers and business men will 'turn
out in a body to receive the visitors
and every visitor will be made to feel
welcome and glad he came from the
happy moment of arrival until the sad
hour of departure. '
On motion of Robert T. Piatt, Judge
Gantenbeln, who presided at the meet
ing, named the chairmen of three com
mittees. Mr. Piatt was named to head
the committee on luncheon. R. W. Mon
tague chairman of committee on recep
tion, and G. W. Stapleton was -named
to head the committee on automoblling.
These heads of committees afterwards
selected a staff of co-workers, as fol
lows: - i-
Reception Arthur Langguth, T. G,
Greene, C. U. Gantenbeln and J. K.
Kollock. i
Luncheon L. E. Crough, R. B. Fish
er, J. F. Booth and A. E. Clark.
Automobiles Joseph Simon, A. C.
Emmons. Thad Vreeland and Russell
Sewall.
The following notice was drafted last
night by the luncheon committee:
All members of the local bsr desiring to
attend the complimentary luncheon given
to the visiting members of the American
Har Association at the Commercial Club on
Monday noon, who have not already signi
fied their intention of attending, must hand
in their names- to the chairman of the com
mittee. Robert Treat Piatt. Board of Trade
building. tbone Main 417. before 10 o'clock
Monday morning.
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KNOWS WHERE M. DREY IS
Witness Against ' Martin Will Come
When Wanted, Says Manning.'
John Manning, former District At
torney, gave out a statement yester
day, in which he said that he knows
the address of Max Drey, said to -be
an Important witness against E. H.
Martin, charged with the murder of
Nathan Wolff. Mr. Manning says that
Drey went to Chicago, and that he is
now. engaged In business In that city.
and that he will come to Portland
whenever wanted..
Mr. Manning says that he knew when
Drey left Portland for Chicago. Mr.
Manning said that he supposed Drey
was reliable and that Drey will be ob
tainable as a witness, if the state will
pay his railroad fare when he Is wanted
to testify. Mr. Manning says he will
supply District Attorney Cameron with
Drey s address upon application.
Drey s absence from Portland was
discovered Friday night by Policeman
Lytle, who tried to serve Drey with
subpena, but found that Drey had left
his former home several weeks ago.
Lytle Inquired In the neighborhood and
found that Drey had left for Chicago,
and so reported to headquarters.
ASPECIA
S. FALL SUITS
We have made EXTRA
ORDINARY preparations
this season and determining
to OUTCLASS every other
store will show you suits at
this price that are called bar
gains in other stores at $20
and $25. FIT, GUT, MAKE
and FABRIC FIRST
GLASS in every way See
our window display You
will not be disappointed.
WHEN I0D SEE IT IN OUR AD IT'S SO
Oat
First and Yamhill
she had iteceived nothing In return, as
promised. Benbow would not comply
with her request, and his arrest Is the
result.
Travels 20 MOes Day,
Gets Nowhere
Elevator Operator, If He - Holds Job
Three Years ' and Half, Will Have
Gone Distance' Equal to Earth's
Circumference. -
A
N elevator boy with a statistical
mind began to make figures yester
day, and the results surprised him not a
little. He found that he travels about 20
miles a day, but gets nowhere after all.
If he holds his Job three years and a half,
he-will travel far enough to go around
the world.
One of the airship pilots in the Wells-
Fargo building was the one to compile
the record of his travels, and when the
other operators were shown the statistics
they were astounded. Then they decided
to enumerate the people carried each day
In the three cages tltat run up and down
the wells in the center of the building
from the ground to the 12th floor. It was
found that between 3800 and 3900 people
enter the building every days and that
about 1200 passengers
tween floors.
are carried be-
Goes to Jail for Stealing Suitcase.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 29. (Rpecial.)
Within ten hours after he was caught
stealing a suitcase at the Southern Pa
cific depot tn this city last niRht, Harlan
H. Combs, a property man with a circus,
was In the Linn County Jail serving a
sentence of 90 days.
Thompson
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The
Internationally
Indorsed .
Optician
CHARGED WITH SWINDLING
A. Benbow Arrested on Complaint
of Mamie Ready, Xurse.
On a charge of swindling Mamie
Ready, a nurse, out of 1300. C. A. Ben
bow, president of the Commercial Ab
stract Company, with offices at 332 H
Washington street, was arrested late
yesterday afternoon by Constable Wag
ner and Chief Deputy Constable Kler-
nan. Ball was fixed at J700 cash, and
being unable to raise that amount at
that time of day, he was taken to the
County Jail and locked up. He denies
the charge. '
Bcnbow's company deals In all kinds
of business -enterprises, investments
and realty, and in that capacity he re
ceived from Mrs. Ready, who lives at
744 Hoyt street, the sum of $300 for
Investment, according to her allega
tions. She alleges that the money was
o be placed where It would return in
terest of $10 a month.
After waiting a reasonable length of
time she demanded ber money back, as
"R." A. Thompson, an American Op
tician, astonished the medical world
last evening with an important discov
ery for ight-testing.. In a practical
demonstration before . professors of
the faculty they unanimously de
clared it a great aid to science."
From Le Plitero. the" leading daily of
Paris, June 18, 1908.
By the 'Thompson System' of
sight-testing, - a- mistake in fitting
glasses is impossible. He certainly
proved it last evening."
' From the British Optician. London, May
20, 1008. . . -
The , rapidity and accuracy with
which Thompson corrected Astigma
tism, Myopia and Hyperopia is noth
ing short of marvelous. "
Dr. O. H. Moree, one of Germany's fore
most physicians.
THE "THOMPSON SYSTEM"
HAS BEEN INDORSED BY THE
GREATEST SCIENTISTS 01 EU
ROPE. Notwithstanding the advanced
methods and knowledge employed in
testing the eyes, NO CHARGE is
made for this service.
We Guarantee to Fit the Most
Complicated Cases. Perfect-Fitting
Glasses as Low as $1.50.
Thompson Optical Institute
209 00RBETT BLDG., FIFTH AND
MORRISON STS.
The Most Modern and Best Equipped
Optical Parlors in Portland.
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THAT no permanent success was ever attained through trickery and sub
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different classes of Pianos. t
THAT there are some Pianos much better than all others.
THAT the Steinway Piano is, the world over, recognized as -the acme of
achievement in piano construction.
THAT it is our policy never to misrepresent anything, nor allow our sales
men to do so. '
THAT we know that this is a good policy, because through strict attention to
these methods our business is growing rapidly.
THAT it means a great deal to have our statements about the quality of our
Pianos fully backed up by the Pianos themselves.
THAT the Pianos you will purchase from Sherman, Clay & Co. in any of their
. large stores in the Pacific Northwest, will be the highest quality that
the', with 3'ears' experience in choosing, can buy.
THAT in selecting a Piano you should choose wisely. If you buy at "The
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THAT reliability, honor, reputation of the firm, and quality, name, and work
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