12.
NEW CLEWS POINT
TO
MRS
MADDUX
Patrolman Also Thought to
Have Been in Auto, or at
Least to Know All.
MRS. BECKER STILL SILENT
Chain of Circumstances Convince
Officers They Have Right The
ory of Tragedy In Which
Sirs. Real Was Killed.
Positive in th belief that Mrs. Haxel
Maddux, wife of Police Patrolman Mad
dux, of 87 East Ninth street, was In the
mysterious "big; red touring car" that
ran down and killed Mrs. May Real, of
10 East Sixth street North, on Linnton
mad. the morning of AuKust 5. suspicions
held for the past few days by Constable
Wagner that the patrolman was In the
car with his wife at the time, or at least
knows all about the tragedy, were
strengthened by developments last night.
That a full and complete story, including
every essential detall of the killing, will
be forthcoming in the next few days is
the belief ef Constable Wagner.
A chain of evidence is being woven
around the pair. Gradually, clew after
clew is developing In the case, tending
to substantiate the original theories,
which followed the Inadvertent "tip"
given the authorities and those Inter
ested in the matter by. Mrs. Rudolph
Becker, of 874 Savior street, close friend
and confidante of Mrs. Maddux.
Refusing to baffled at the mask of
silence Mrs. Becker assumed when her
name was brought Into the affair pub
licly, the Constable and associates have
worked hard, spurred on by the constant
development of facts and suggestive inci
dents, driving them to conclusions, at
first entertained only as theoretical possl
t ill ties.
Vi.-rited Ciraliam Garage.
By far the most important fact thus
far brought out. which the officers have
divulged, was learned last night when
C. E. Helium, an employe of the Gra
ham garage. Sixteenth and Washington
streets, said Mad-lux. attired In civilian
clothes, visited the garage between 5 and
7 o'clock on the morning of the tragedy,
inquiring the number of a car. This
query, said Helium, was put to a painter
named Gore, who was then employed
There in carriage repair work. Gore Is
still In the' city, but could not be located
last night.
' In the face of this is Maddux's state
ment to Wagner and newspaper men
Thursday night that he went home on tin
night of August 4 and. not feeling well,
did not come down town until the after
noon of August 6. He also said his wira
was at home when he got there, after
ward admitting she might have been out
as she "sometimes" went out motoring
with other people.
Another circumstance of a damaging
character, already exploited, la that Mad
dux obtained "sick'" leave from Police
Captain Moore on the night of August
6 and was seen at an early hour the fol
lowing morning, by Police Sergeant Klen
lan. In an automobile with a woman.
This he reported to Captain Slover. The
report later came to the ears of Chief
Cox, who demanded that Maddux furnish
a physician's certificate of illness. This
he failed to do and was "docked" the two
days' pay.
Supporting the belief of the officers
thar Maddux and his wife were occupants
of the machine is the original statement
made by Mrs. Becker, who recited the
complete story" of the killing, omitting
only the names, adding: I
"But they didn't care whom they killed.
They even went out on another 'Joy ride
the next night.""
Again for the fourth time Mrs. Becker
was asked by an Oregonlan reporter
last night to tell what she said she would
last Wednesday night "providing Mr.
Caldwell advises me to." This promise
was to give the names of the occupants
of the car which killed Mrs. Real, whose,
identity sfte positively professed to know.
"I will 'tell the grand Jury the truth'
when I appear before It Monday," she
replied.
"Do you mean to say you will tell the
jury what you promised to tell me If i
Mr. Caldwell advised you to?" her inter
viewer persisted.
"I cannot answer that question," she
said, and all succeeding efforts to ob
tain an answer to the query' failed.
Constable Wagner Is firm In the belief j
File will not tell what she knows. Others
who are acquainted with the situation
are of a like opinion. It was said last 1
night on good authority that Mrs. Mad
3ux and Mrs. Becker held a conference
and an agreement was reached Thursday
night, following Mrs. Maddux' release,
Bfter being taken In custody by Constable
Wagner as a suspect in the case, and
the published announcement that her
connection with it resulted from the story
told by Mrs. Becker.
Mrs. Maddux visited police headquar
ters at 12 o'clock on the same night, look
ing for her husband. Prior to that time
she called the Central Police Station on
the telephone several times Inquiring for
i Mm.
In this connection an incident occurred
which Indicates that Maddux was aware
from' the tlrst of the Inside facts in the
case. Maddux left the station about 10
o'clock, saying he would go straight
home antl ask his wife if she still main
tained she knew nothing of the killing
and telephone the result back to head
quarters. Not until after 12 o'clock did
he make good his promise, saying Mrs.
Maddux steadily maintained her first po
sition. A few moments later Mrs. Mad
dux again telephoned to the station In
quiring for her husband.
On tiie same night, prior to 12 o'clock,
when Mrs. Maddux visited police head
quarters. Mrs. Becker was seen In the
ttffice of her attorney. George W. Cald
well, In the Abington building. It was
while being interviewed there that Mrs.
Becker made her absolute denial of con
necting Mrs. Maddux with the affair.
She also refused, under advice of Cald
well, to make any statement about her
promise to divulge the names, "provided
. Mr. Caldwell advises me to," made on
the previous night at her home.
Mrs. Becker's Silence Puzzles.
What puzzles the officers most Is the
cauf-e of Mrs. Becker's sudden silence
and why Maddux and his wife should
want to suppress their identity at the
tim -. as the death of Mrs. Real Is gen
erally acknowledged to have been purely
accidental. It has been advanced that
Maddux would loee his position In the
Police Department because ft his rid
and tr? fact, now known, that they
secured the machine illegitimately, say
the officers. In addition to this It has
been set .forth that possibly there were
other occupants- of the car. who desire
to suppress their Identity. No one of the
Real party has yet been able to give a
description of the occupants of the car
or to state definitely how many people
were In it.
As to why Mrs. Becker refuses to tell
whax aho knows, toe officers are mysti
fied. It is known, however, her attorney,
Caldwell. advl?d her to keep silence,
but there are believed to be other and
more Important reasons. That Mrs.
Becker and Mrs. Maddux have reached
an understanding was evidenced by Mra
Becker's whispered instruction to Mrs.
Maddux todo as she told her. In ad
dressing her Mrs. Becker u'd the name
Ethel. This was the name which she
inadvertently mentioned In the Interview
with Joseph. This was overheard at the
time and was spen as' the couple were
leaving the District Attorney's office.
Attorney George Joseph has related the
circumstances in part which led him to
suspect Mrs. Maddux of being In the car
and which led to her being taken into
custody by Wagner. It was through John
E. Blssner. a brother of Mrs. Becker,
now engaged in the automobile livery
business In Portland, (that It become
known to' the attorney that Mrs. Backer
alleged she knew the occupants of" the
car. He visited Mrs. Becker and she
acknowledged she did know. Prior to
this time she told the same story to Con
stable . Wagner, who did not take it
seriously then. She refused, however, to
give the names of the people, but during
tha conversation in alluding to the wo
man in the car she told of her living
on the East Side and spoke of her once
inadvertently as "Ethel."
Mrs. Maddux Indicated.
Joseph learned that a woman known
as Ethel Wilson had been autoing on the
Linnton road. Mrs. Becker also said the
woman in the case was ill and had been
for several days. Information from an
other source pointed suspicions toward
Mfs. -Maddux. It was leasned she some
tiiries went under the name of Bthel
Wilson, although h,er first name Is Hasel
MERGER PLANS TO
SPEND 5,000,000
Northwestern Corporation to
Go Ahead With Work of De
veloping Northwest.
ELECTRIC LINE PROJECTED
Road From Dayton to Columbia
Rirer First on List of Extensions
to Be Undertaken Willam
ette Company Controlled.
With J5.000.000 at its disposal to pay off
old bonded Indebtedness and to utilise
fbr improvements and extensions, tha
Northwestern Corporation, with which
has -been merged the Willamette Valley
Company, will Inaugurate extensive de-
COUPLE BELIEVED BY CONSTABLE WAGNER TO HAVE BEEN
IN AUTOMOBILE THAT BULLED MRS. MAY REAL.
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and her last name Wilson, for she Is a
daughter of George T. Wilson, a eon
tractor, living t 2S9 East Forty-seventh
street.
In company with Wagner he visited
the Maddux home. Mrs. Maddux, it was
stated, was ill. but met- them In a wrap
per. Her mother, Mra. Wilson, was at
the house at the time. Mrs. Becker had
alluded in her story to the mother of
the "woman." saying she was old and
it would break her heart if she knew
of it. '
Mrs. Maddux was taken in an automo
bile to the Cliff Inn on IJnnton road,
where the party In the machine which
struck Mrs. Real stopped before leaving
for the city. This machine is undoubted
ly the one which hit Mrs. Real, as every
other one out on the road at the time
has been accounted for. Manager Rath
Identified her as one of the occupants.
RANKIN FUNERAL MONDAY
Last Tribute Will Be Paid to Busi
ness Man.
fhe funeral of M. B. Rankin, president
of the Independent Coal & Ice Company,
who died at his residence 534 Clifton
street on Friday, night, will be held from
the family residence at 2 P. M. tomor
row. Dr. J. H. Cudlipp. of the Grace
Methodist Church, will conduct the serv
ices. The pallbearers, all old friends and
business associates, will be Dr. A. 3.
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The Late M. B. Rankin.
Nichols. J. 1 Hartman, R. L. Durham.
F. I. Fuller, John Corklsh. A.- W. An
thony. A. Jubits and Dr. F. D. Homan.
Interment will be in Rlverview Cemetery.
Mr. Rankin was 65 years of age and
was a native of Athens. III.' He came to
Portland In 1SSO and engaged In the stock
and horse business and soon after en
gaged an the lumber milling business.
About five years ago he organized the
Independent Coal & Ice Company.
' He is sarvived by a widow, Rachel
Tomiln Rankin, to whom he has been
married for 38 years; by twobrothers,
J. H. and C. N. Rankin, both of this
city,' and by four children, - Orvllle M.
Rankin, Howard Tomlin Rankin, Ariaa
Rankin and Mrs, Frank J. G alien. ur.
velopment work in the Pacific North
west. Having already gained control of light
and power companies In Washington and
Oregon, the merging therewith of the
leading public service corporations of
seven cities has made the Northwestern
Corporation one of the most powerful of
Its kind in the Northwest.
The mortgage of the entire holdings
for 15.000,000 to -the Germantown Trust
Company, of Philadelphia, recites that
the instrument was executed for the pur
pose of paying oft bonded indebtedness
and "for the purpose of providing funds
for extensions, Improvement and better
ment of its property now owned or here
after acquired."
Ilne From Dayton Proposed.
One of the extensions planned, it is
reported, Is the construction of an elec
tric line from Dayton to the Columbia
River. Surveyors for the company are
now in the field, but have met with
strategic warfare from a Dayton com
pany and a light Is on for control of a
power site and dam on the Tukanon
River. "
Aside from enabling the merged com
panies to 'issue bonds in a large amount
attractive to investors, the deed
filed' in Albany Friday transferring
plants from the Willamette Val
ley Company to the' Northwestern Cor
poration apparently means only that all
these enterprises are now merged with
others in Washington, Idaho and Ore
gon under one governing body. The same
capital has been backing both the North
western Corporation and the Willamette
Valley Company for months. In fact ever
since the Northwestern Corporation was
formed.
When the capitalists now back of the
company first began operations In the
Northwest, they confined their work to
the Willamette Valley and hence Incor
porated the Willamette Valley Company,
with headquarters at Salem. When they
began branching out Into Eastern Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, a new company,
the ' Northwestern Corporation, was
formed, with headquarters at Walla
Walla, Wash., Though the Valley plants
continued operation under the old name,
they have been under the management
of the Northwestern Corporation and
It developed today 'that the offices at
Albanj'sind other cities have been making
reports for several months to the head
quarters of the Northwestern Corpora
tion. Hence the deed from the Willam
ette Valley Company to the Northwestern
Corporation merely merges companies
owned by the same capital and was prob
ably necessa.ry as a -preparatory step
in the preparation of the big mortgage.
Same Capital Behind Both.
That the Northwestern Corporation and
the Willamette Valley Company are
owned by the. same capital Is Indicated
by the fact that Clyde A. Heller Is sec
retary of both companies and the deed
and" mortgage were drawn up and ex
ecuted In the same law office In Phila
delphia. John C. Stevens signed the deed
Company and Isaac W. Anderson sub
scribed his name to the mortgage as pres
ident of the Northwestern Corporation.
The Portland offices of he two corpora
tions adjoin each other in the Fenton
building, i
The Northwestern -Corporation Is incor
porated under the laws of Washington
and Its headquarters are at Walla Walla.
Its scope of operation is limited to the
States of Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
so whatever development It contemplates
will take place in these three states. The
purpose of tire company, as recited In the
mortgage. Is to purchase, lease and oth
erwise acquire, construct., own, maintain
and operate waterworks. waterpower
plants, heat and power plants, gas plants. )
street and interurban railways in the '
States of ashlngton, Oregon and Idaho.
The complete list of property which the
Northwestern Corporation now owns In-
In Announcing
the arrival of
Our Fall and Winter Woolens
which include English and
Scotch Tweeds, French
- and GermanWorsteds and
Domestic Cloths we wish ,
to state that
. Our Scotches . .x
will be the leaders for the
. . Season of 1909-1910
Suits, etc. $25, $30, $35
and upward
WILLIAM JERREMS' SONS.
108 THIRD STREET
(Editorial in Saturday Evening PoBt.)
Bad Eyes and Backward Pupils
Of the five hundred and sixty thou
sand pupils in the first eight grades of
the public schools of New York City,
one hundred and sixty thousand, or
nearly a third of the whole, are above
the normal age. for their grades; and
the great cause of this backwardness
or "retardation" is not late entrance
Into the schools, but slow progress.
The subject has been, investigated for
the Board of Education, and the results
of examining some ten thousand cases
were published the other day in the
School Superintendent's report. The
most surprising result is that in the
cases examined, physical defects were
slightly less common among the back
ward children than among those who
werev hot backward. The only xcep
tlon warn defective -vision, which warn
more prevalent nmouo: retarded than
anions, unretnrded pupils. These' cases
show, also, that all physical defects
except those of the eye tend to decrease
with age that Is. forty per cent of
seven-year-old children had eularged
glands, but only six per cent of fifteen
year.clds. At seven, twenty-five per
cent of the' children had adenoids; at
fifteen, only three per cent. But among
eight-year-old children, seventeen per
cent had defective vision, and among
the fourteen-year-olds, twenty-seven
per cent. This report, of course, Is not
conclusive; but, in any event, it will do
no harm to keep watch of the child s
eves. If your children's eyes are defective
or if thev are backward in their studies
take them to Thompson, the sight ex
pert, located in suite 209 Corbett Build
ing Fiftii and Morrison streets, second
floor. He will advise you just what is
necessary to atop the progress or the
disease and restore the eyes to their
normal condition.
eludes the street railway system of Walla
Walla; the interurban. line from Walla
Walla to Milton and Freewater; the
power plant on the south fork of the
Walla Walla River In Umatilla County,
which transmits power to Walla Walla
and Pendleton; the electric light systems
and gas plants In Walla Walla and Pen-
,V.A n-a-or lirnlv KVStem. BOWPt
plant and electric light plant in Albany;
the transmission cables irom me uu
trt Pnrvnlli, and the svstem
of poles and wires in Corvallls; the water
supply system, the power plant and elec
tric light system in Springfield; the trans
mission cables from the power plant at
Springfield -to Eugene and the electric
light system in 'Eugene; the gas plant
franchise in Eugene; the electric light
system at Dallas and Monmouth;
the water supply system and electric light
system at Independence; the gas plant
at North lakima, nasu., aim u 6
plant at L-ewiston. Idaho.
DRUG FIRM TAKES LEASE
Will Occupy Large Quarters in Im
perial Hotel Building.
A large drug concern has purchased
the leases -on the properties in the Im
perial Hotel building, occupied by Jack
King's poolroom and Beck s cigar store.
The property in the new lease "also in
cludes a part of the Imperial Hotel bar,
which will be shifted when the new part
of the hotel is occupied at the first of
.V... ito i- Thn lenses on this oropertv
have seven years still to run before ex
piration. The aeal was nrainui.-uuuui
through the agency oi . -c-,
real estate broker.
v. nnnav hv these leases Is
40x80 feet In slie. being 40 feet on Wash
ington street and 80 feet on Seventh
-foot onrt includes both the ground floor
and the large basement. It will be en
tirely remodeled and occupied oy tne new
lessee with a large retail drug store.
Broadway Extension Rushed.
The extension of the Broadway elec
tric line to East Twenty-fourth street,
it is promised, will be completed before
October 4, on which day President Taft
is to lav the corner-stone of the First
Universalist Church, at East Twenty
fourth and Broadway. Construction
work is being hurried so that the rail
way company can accommodate the
crowds who will wish to attend the
services.
New Push Club.
The Mount Scott Commercial Club
has been organized with . the fol-i-.ino-
nfflcei-K: President. M. A.
Rogers; secretary, E P. Tobin; treasurer.
J. H. Donaldson, rne ojud is consmcuns
the question of securing electric lights
- t .onto The Portland Railway. Light
& Power Company offered to put in elec
tric light at the rate of 18 montn lor
arc light, and $1.35 for S2-candlepower In
candescent lights. These rates are con
sidered too high, and the matter of erect
ing a private electric plant is being con-
"Tid Bits"
the little book n every pack
age of .
Post
Toasties
Tells how to make ttvo dozen
or more good things better.
AT GROCERS.
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$5.00
oys' School Suits
GREATEST VALUES
IN THE CITY
Our SPECIAL SCHOOL SUIT, with two pairs of Knick-
erbocKer trousers, sewn witn siik, noia
fast buttons, double-stitched seams, pure
woolen fabrics, unequaled "for wear
Our REGULAR SCHOOL SUITS, made for the hard
usage of school days, all new styles,
every size 8 to 16 years Up -town
- stores say $5.00 for equal quality ....
FOOTBALLS GIVEN AWAY WITH ALL BOYS' SUITS
WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD ITS SO
Third and Oak
XllOL ailU i am
. First and Morrison
$3.95
sidered. It is- urged that there would
be ample patronage for such a plant in
and around the suburb.
PUPILS LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
V
T 1 nn n .Arira thm rtlllfVIv With
their text books and avoid congestion In
i t v mil I
tneir Aiaer-sireet eiur, iuo i.
Company will have a Ftock of High
School books for sale Monday at 133
Tenth street, near Alder, formerly the
Woman's Exchange.
THIS IS TOE BEST
TIME
OF
THE
YEAR
FOR A SEW PLATE Oil BRIDGE,
As there is little or no danger of sore
gums or other troubles while the warm
weather lasts. Our plates give the
mouth a natural expression, and will
prove a lasting comfort.
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.DR. W. A. WISE
President and Manager.
22 Yean Established la Portland.
We will give you a good 22k gold
or porcelain crown tor. 3.o0
Molar Crowns...
22k bridge tectn....... 8.00
Gold or enamel filling 1.00
Silver fillings...........
Inlay fih.nss of all Kinds.... 2.no
Good rubber plates..'.... J S.OO
The best red rubber plates T...0
Painless extraction
Painless extraction free- when states
or bridge work is ordered.
Work guaranteed for 15 years.
THE WISE DENTAL CO.
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The Falling HIdK.. 3d and Wash. Sta.
Office Honrs S A. M. to 8 P. SI.
Sundays, 9 to 1.
Phones A aud Main 208.
Wanted
at Once
A falter of Used Violins
Graves Music Co.
Ill Fourth Street.
Ask for Mr. Si J. Storey, Man
ager Violin Department. .
2 5 G ood SquarePianos
Last week we distributed all of the square pianos that we had in
stock, as promised in our advertisement.
We did not have pianos enough to meet the demand of people who
did not feel able to purchase a piano now and give their children
lessons, but wanted to give them the benefit of a musical education. .
Their appreciation of our offer and the pleasure of the children
repaid us for our distribution of pianos, and to help those who did
not get a piano we make the following offer:
AVe will pay cash for every good square piano offered us, or we
will take them in part exchange for any new piano in our large stock,
' and make an unusually liberal offer for it. If you want to help others
help themselves, come forward with your square pianos.
This liberal policy of the Graves Music Co. has been the talk of
the city for a week, and many compliments have been paid us for our
generosity, but it is a part of the policy of the Graves Music Co. to
help their customers, and you will find it a pleasure to trade with us.
We would like to show you the artistic Kranich & Bach pianos
and give you the reason why they are selected by discriminating musi
cians. Tll pianos are not alike, if they do show the same general ap
pearance, and there is individuality in the style, finish, tone and con
struction of the Kranich & Bach piano that will appeal to you.
You will find the Kranich & Bach pianos in the homes ofyour
musical friends. Compare them with other pianos and you will under
stand why they were selected.
Prices are as low as possible consistent with quality. Terms are
made to suit' the convenience of our customers.
Graves Music Co.
Ill Fourth Street, Portland, Or.
Everything in Music. Wholesale and Retail.
B. K. WALKER, LL.D., President.
A. LAIRD, General Manager.
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