THE SUNDAY OREGOIAX, ' PORTLAND, NOVEMBER SI, 1909
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FAILS TO IMPRESS
Scientists Skeptical After See
ing Eusapia Palladino
Perform Feats.
FAMILIAR SPIRIT FOILED
Much-Vaunted Medium Cannot Do
Any Better Than Americans.
Only Tilts Tables, and Seances
Are Not Vorth Trice.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. (Special.) Eusa
pia Palladino, the Italian woman who
came here lately with a great reputation,
and who is supposed to have marvelous
powers on account of the interest which
jhe has excited in Europe among eminent
dentists, has not shown any unusual
mediumistic gifts in the seances which
aha has given this week. Her first seance
laet Sunday night for newspaper report
ers was followed by several during the
week, from which' newspaier men were
excluded and to which scientists and
psychical Investigators were admitted.
Many Spectators Skeptical.
In all these nocturnal gatherings such
feats as Madame Palladino performed
were done In the usual eplritualistic way,
and many of those who attended ex
pressed scepticism. Dr. John D. Quack
nbos, the well-known New Tork author
ity on hypnotism and psychic subjects,
said today:
"1 have attended hundreds of seances
held by American mediums, all over this
oountry, but I venture to say that there
was not one of them that could not only
duplicate, but excel the powers of Eusa
j pia Palladino. The room In which the
' seance was given was darkened.
Foiled by Counter-Suggestion.
"Mm Palladino had all the old para-
pheraalfa Inseparable from those me
'diumlstlo sittings. Ordinary table-tilting
(resulted, but the medium failed to move
the table while I was one of the circle.
This automatic phenomenon Is common
I to all ordinary mediums, and no better
.than dozens of American psychics can
I do."
Dr. Qnackenbos, after telling how by
his counter suggestion he kept her fa
miliar spirit, whom she calls "John."
from acting, declared "her tricks not
worth even 32.50 for a sitting." It bad
been announced that Jj would be charged
for admittance to her seances, the num
ber of persons to be limited each time.
MRS. READ FOUND GUILTY
-
Denver Woman Convicted on Charge
of Extortion.
DENVER, Nov. 20. Mrs. Allan F. Read
was found guilty of attempted extortion
by a jury In J urine Shafer"s court today.
A year ago Mrs. Read attempted to
force Mrs. Genevieve Chandler Phlpps
to give her $100,000. threatening to blow
her up with dynamite unless she com
piled. The Jury was out 18 hours. Attorneys
for Mrs. Read set up the plea of insanity.
There was no demonstration when the
vrnlirt was announced. Mrs. Read took
the verdict coolly. Counsel for Mrs. Read
immediately moved for a stay of 10 days
in which to prepare a petition for a new
ti-:el. which the court granted. Pending
i his motion, however. Mrs. Read was re
fused bail, and a few minutes later she
watt taken back to Jail.
Mrs. Read was indicted on two counts,
assault with intent to commit larceny and
assault to commit burglary. She was
found guilty on the second count, the pen
alty for which Is imprisonment for from
one to 14 years.
WOULD DRAIN AWAY TRADE
received the contract for tiling the first
and second floors of the building, the
and office on the first floor placing
a marble base, and doing other work
of the kind, and this excellent Im
provement Is now about completed. The
Pacific Electric Engineering Company
has rewired the building, from thu
basement to the big lights on the dome.
J. G. Buick. superintendent, declare
the old wiring was In such a condition
that it is a wonder the building was
not burned long ago.
A. F. Peterson, who had a contract
to make a multitude of repairs in all
parts of the building, has completed
the work at the contract price of $8000.
Nearly all of the Interior of the Cap
itol has" been repainted. In a week or
ten days the last crew of workmen will
have completed Its work and removed
Its paraphernalia from the building.
The Improvements have added im
mensely to the appearance of the Cap
itol". The glistening marble floor, the
new lights and the freshly-painted
walls give the entire Interior a bright
and Inviting appearance. The seal of
the state reproduced in tile In the"
center of the lower floor and directly
underneath the dome. Is-much admired
by visitors, notwithstanding some of
the critical have been bold enough to
intimate that some of the features of
the seal are not true to the original.
RAIDERS SWEEP CURS
ST. I.OCIS WOMEN SWOOP DOWN
O.V VEHICLES.
Parcels Post Feared by Colfax Mer
chants After Inquiry. -
COLFAX. Wash., Nov. ro. (Special.)
Merchants are opposed to the parcel post,
which they say would result in the send
ing of large sums of money from this
country to the catalogue houses in the
large cities. The matter was discussed
by business men who investigated to as
certain what amount Is now being sent
out from here to these houses and the
results were astonishing.
Investigation at the Postoffice' showed
that two catalogue houses had received
$640 In six days preceding the lnvestiga-
tion and that for the 3o days preceding
there had been sent through the Colfax
Postoffice $3100 to these two houses, an
average of more than $100 per day. This
Is sent by Postoffice money-order and
does not Include money sent by express
or by bank drafts. If this ratio applies
, to other towns, it means that 100 towns
' the size of Colfax would send more than
$3,850,000 a year to these houses through
Postoffice money-orders alone.
ALMA BELL TO TESTIFY
Will Tell Story to Heln Cnwritten
i.avr Defense.
AVBCRX. Ca!.. Nov. 10. Alma Bell
probably will take the stand herself Mon
day to tell the story by which her attor
neys hope to establish that the slaying
of Joseph Armes was not murder, but
Justifiable an aft of Justice such as
would be sanctioned by the so-called un
written law.
The defense is expected to shape its
questioning of the accused young woman
in such a way that no attempt can be
made by the prosecution to bring her
moral character into question. In his
statement for the defense. Attorney U.
I.. Chamberlain promised to show that
Alma Bell and Joseph Armes had been
engaged since 1906, and that she there
fore had a right to kill him when he
refused to shelter her from disgrace by
making good his promise. The prosecu
tion will seek to show that Alma Hell
was engaged to three men other than
Armes.
CAPITOL HAS NEW DRESS
Improvements Costing $50,000 AVill
Soon Be Completed.
SALEM. Or, No-. 20. (Special.) Th
extensive Improvements at the Capitol,
which have been under way all Sum
mer, and which will coat the stata
nearly $50,000. are nearlng completion.
The F.mplre Tile & Mantel Company
Men of City Aid In Crusade, Armed
With Brushes to Keep the .
Scats Clean. ,
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Nov. 20. Employes of
the United Railways of St Louis tried
'for two hours the other day to keep a
group of excited and determined women
from boarding the cars of the Spring
avenue line. The women, who were armed
with brooms, dusters, mops and other In
struments for cleaning, had resolved to
assist their husbands, members of the
Northwest St. Louis Improvement Asso
ciation, in the work of Improving tho serv
ice and condition of the cars they are
obliged to use.
Repeated appeals to the traction com
pany for cleaner and better cars proving
of no avail, the residents of that section
of the city have taken the matter into
their own hands and are determined to
have clean cars if they have to do the
work themselves.
After the car crews had eluded the wom
en for a time, they were obliged to give
up to the power of numbers, and one car
after another was boarded by details of
sweepers and scrubbers, the strenuous ef
forts being continued until every car on
tho long line had been made to look IGia
a Dutch kitchen or a new market.
The first conductor who received a load
of the busy cleaners attempted to collect
fares from them as he took them towards
the downtown district. He was given
frosty stares In lieu of nickels, and gave
up trying. .
This action of the women patrons of
this line comes after the announcement
that their husbands were going to organ
ise whiskbroom brigades, whose duty shall
be to dust off every passenger who Is
obliged to ride on one of the Spring-avenue
cars, which traverse the dustiest por
tion of the city, and are provided with
seats which are said to resemble the
benches in the little red schoolhouse fath
er used to attend.
This brigade has a central organising
committee of 23 members of the improve
ment association. It la planned that each
of the 25 shall enlist the services of two
more men. thus insuring at least two ush
ers and brushers to each of the cars.
Patrons will be conducted to their seats,
except during the rush hours, the usher
preparing a nice clean' spot for each one
to alt on. As they leave the cars they
will be assisted to alight and will be thor
oughly brushed before the car Is allowed
to proceed.
Among the women who took part In to
day's effective demonstration were: Mrs.
W. H. Blemes. Mrs. George Ledbetter
and Mrs. Louis Herzog. Their husbands'
are all prominent In business.
HOME TO COST $1,000,000
Howard Gould W1U Erect Summer
House on Long Island.
NEW TORK, Nov. 20. (Special.)
Contracts for the construction of a
country house at Port Washington.
Long Island, have been- confirmed by
Howard Gould, j The plans show the
structure will have a frontage of 228
feet and depth of 110 feet.
This new. "Castle Gould," as the resi
dence will be known, will be started
as soon as the present frame structure
the Goulds have been using as a resi
dence is demolished. It will be a three
story and basement house, equipped
with all modern improvements, Includ
ing electric elevator, with garages, sta
bles and outbuildings. The cost of the
Goulds' new home will be about $1,000,
000. The original "Castle Gould," erected
In 1902 at Sands Point, Long Island,
in which Mrs. Gould retains a dower
right, was designed upon the lines of
Kilkenny Castle, In Ireland. The new
castle will be on the plan of an Eng
lish manor house. While It will not be
as pretentious in size as the Sands
Point house, it will be its equal in
equipment and landscape effect.
200,000 CAN'T FIND WORK
Woman Secretary of Unemployed
Wants State to Own Factories.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. The Wain
wrlght Commission, made up of mem
bers of the Senate and Assembly and
appointees of Governor Hughes to in
vestigate the operation of the employ
ers' liability act. the causes of indus
trial accidents, unemployment, and lack
of farm labor, continued its hearing
in the City HalL
The first witness was Cora D. Har
vey, the National secretary of the Na
tional committee for the unemployed.
Miss Harvey said there were 200,000
men and women in New York who are
willing to work, but who could not se
cure employment. She stated that the
state should own and operate factories
for the manufacture of the necessaries
of life, should open mines and improve
tie public highways. She declared that
the state should be the employer and
should not do the work through con
tractors. In reply to a question by Chairman
Wainwright. Miss Harvey said she had
no other plan except the opening of
factories by the state, by which the un
employed could procure employment.
I Lane School Boards Meet.
EUGENE. Or.. Nov. 20. (Special.) The
annual convention of the Lane County
school boards was held today with 69
chairmen of school boards present and a
larger number of clerks and teachers.
State Superintendent Ackerman was In
attendance. The principal topics discussed
were "School Sanitation," "School Fairs, '"
"County High Schools'' and "Rural School
Supervision."
Can be best supplied here our stock
includes everything that is BEST in
WEARING APPAREL for MEN and
BOYS
Assortment is greater than can be found in
other stores
QUALITY coupled with MODEST
PRICES is the keynote of our success
MY GUARANTEE, backed by 40 years'
business experience in this city, goes
with EVERY GARMENT
ANY BOY OR GIRL
Should be able to secure one of these Autos FREE.
It only requires a little ENEEGY and PERSEVERANCE.
Your relatives and friends will surely be buying something we
sell for THANKSGIVING, and there is every reason why they
should buy it of us, as our prices, quality considered, are the
LOWEST anywhere.
This being TRUE, you ought to be able to direct them to our stores,
where every purchase of as little as TEN CENTS will secure you a
vote a ten-dollar purchase 100 votes, etc.
FOR GIRLS we have Misses Coats and Raincoats, Peter Thomp
son and Varsity Suits, Misses' Capes and Middy Waists.
-Why not enter the contest TODAY? If you want an Automobile,
this is your opportunity to obtain one without cost.
BEN
LEADING
CLOTHIER
BLAZING OIL SPREAD
Man Filling Lamp Strikes
Match, Horribly Burned.
RESCUER IS ALSO INJURED
Accident In St. John Hotel Causes
Loss of $2 500 and Endangers
Lives of Many Firemen Work
Dressed In Best Clothes.
Pearl J. Smith, a boarder. was fright
folly and perhaps fatally burned, much
personal property destroyed, and gen
eral loss of about 12500 was sustained In
a fire last night at 8 o'clock In the White
House Hotel at Burlington and Decatur
streets. St. John.
The Are was caused by the explosion
of about 40 gallons of distillate oil when
Smith, attempting to fill an oil stove from
the liquid In the tank, lighted a nlBtc;
The flame came In contact with oil spilled
on the ground and the flames spreading
from this to oil In the tank caused It to
explode, spreading the burning fluid -In
every direction. The chambermaid of
the hotel, Mrs. Umberhtll. cried to Smith
to stop trying to put out the flames on
the ground but he persisted.
Smith was a mass of flames Instantly.
An Italian. Domineck Floco. seeing
Smith's plight, attempted to save him
from burning to death by throwing water
over him. The water served to spread
the flames and Dioco was also severely
burned about his face and eyes.
The wounded men were taken to the
residence of Mrs. J. C. Scott, where their
Immediate wants were attended to by
a daughter of Mrs. Scott, who happens
to be a trained nurse. Dr. A. W. Vin
cent, who was called, found scarcely
an Inch of Smith's body 'that was ot
seared and his hair was burned com
pletely off. His clothes were burned
completely off and the flesh In spots
was burned to the bone.
The three children of Mrs. Umber
hill, the chamber-maid, were asleep
In --an upper room at the time of the
fire. She rushed up the hallway and
rescued them but later in the turmoil
they were lost and the mother was
greatly distracted until It was found
that the children had been taken to the
Kiversldo Hotel and put to bed.
The St. John fire company extin
guished the blaze before .the entire
building was destroyed. The firemen
were having a dance at the time of
the call and although dressed In their
good clothes, they performed their
work heroically.
The hotel was managed by Mrs. Fos
dlck. About 30 men were rooming In the
building and several lot all their per
sonal property. James T. Weise lost
three promissory notes, valued at tlSO,
X and T5, respectively. Fioco. the
Italian, lost all his clothes and ISO in
cash.
Pearl Smith has been working as a
pipe-fitter for the St. John Lumber Com
panr and i about 40 years old. His
mother, Mrs. Jennie Smith, living In
Colly. Kan., was telegraphed last night
that her son was In a critical condition.
A man named Gllman, living In Heppner,
Or., a friend of Smith's, was also notified,
and It is expected he will come to care
for him. Smith had no relatives in this
city.
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BED WRECKED IN DREAMS
Gridiron Heroes Mistake Footboard
for Their Goal Line.
GEORGETOWN, Del., Nov. 20.
Dreahiing that they were bucking the
line in a football game, Torbert Wil
liams and Larcy Dennis awakened to
find that they had kicked the covers
on the bed across the room, knocked
the footboard out and were pummeling
each other, while their shins and feet
were cut and skinned in their efforts to
make a touchdown.
Both are enthusiastic football play
ers. Dennis' father was awakened by
the scuffle and heard one of the boys
cry, "I've made the goal."
Going into the room, he was surprised
to find the boys fighting.
Lut year S785 boats paaMd through th
Sues Canal.
HERMANN TO ASK DELAY
ATTORNEY WOULD DEFER
TRIAL TILL AFTER HOLIDAYS.
Case May Be Long Drawn Out and
Heney Is Asked to Set
Later Date.
Binger Hermann, ex-Representative
from the First Congressional District,
whose trial on an Indictment charging
him with conspiracy to defraud the
Government of public lands, will be
set in the United States Court tomor
row! spent yesterday in the city con,
suiting with hi attorney. J. M. Gearln.
Mr. Hermann came to Portland yes
terday from his home at Roseburg,
but denied himself to newspapermen.
He Is staying at the home of his sou,
Schiller B. Hermann, on the East Side.
Mr. Gearin yesterday held a confer
ence with Francis J. Heney, special
assistant to the Attorney-General, rel
ative to the time which shall be fixed
for the Hermann trial, but the result
The Indigestion of
Growing Children
Weak, Sickly and Emaciated Boys and Girls Usual
ly Victims of Chrome Dyspepsia.
During the developmental, or grow
ing period of life." the stomach is un
der greater strain than in any other
epoch, for the reason that bodily
growth is rapid in children, and the
system requires a considerable amount
of material to construct . new tissue a
much greater amount than after full
growth has been attained.
In the adult, all that Is required is
a sufficient quantity of food to rebuild
the worn-out old tissues, but In chil
dren, an extra amount of well-digested,
nutritious food is necessary to build
up strong muscle, bone, cartilage,
teeth, nerve, blood and brain.
Well-fed children with strong diges
tions invariably grow to be large,
powerful, healthy men and women,
with sound minds and sound bodies;
while children who are sickly, nervous,
peevish. irritable. and continually
tired-out," are nearly always victims
of indigestion, and never attain their
full growth, or an average amount of
strength, unless the stomach weakness
is cured before reaching adult life.
During the adolescent, or formative
period of life, parents should make
every effort to build up their children,
so that good health, a strong consti
tution, and an abundance of vim, vigor,
vitality and energy may be an Inheri
tance In later years. Too often the
mistake is made of attempting to
build up the bodies Of weak, sickly
children by dosing them with nerve
and blood tonics, or the emulsion of
cod liver oil, which tend to upset the
stomach and thus make matters worse.
STU&KT'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
will build up and strengthen weak,
sickly, under-developed and slow
growing children, by digesting their
food thoroughly and assisting in its
absorption and assimilation. They di
gest food of every kind very complete
ly, including the vitalizing albumen
of eggs, the fibrin of meats, the casein
of milk and cheese, and the carbo
hydrates of bread, rice, potatoes, etc.,
so that the system Is supplied with all
the material which Is essential to con
struct large bone, heavy muscle, strong
nerves, a well-developed brain, rich,
red blood, and plenty of sound, healthy
flesh, producing broad shoulders and a
goodly height and general develop
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nowerful in mind and body, see that I
their digestion is kept strong and ef
ficient, and If found weak, give them
Stuart's DvsDeosia Tablets after each
meal, in order that they may get the ,
full benefit of the food they eat, ana
you will be rewarded by seeing them
attain a far better than average de
velopment, and besides you may " be
saved many a doctor's bill.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are .for
sale by all druggists, price fifty cents.
A free sample will be sent you, if your
name and address is forwarded to the
F. A. Stuart Company, 160 Stuart Bldg.,
Marshall, Michigan.
of the meeting was not announced.
There Is every Indication tnai tnis
case will prove the longest of any of
the land-fraud trials which have been
held and it is known to be the desire
of Mr. Heney to have the date of the
trial fixed as early as possible. In
view of its probable length, llr. Gearin
is understood to be desirous that the
trial be postponed until after the holi
days, believing that it cannot be con
cluded before that time should It begin
as soon as a Federal jury can be Im
paneled. It will be impossible to call a
United States jury before the latter
part of this month, making It doubtful
ii . n t,ll Vtn eel,j.-ted and
niiriiiri j im-.t u w
the trial disposed of before Christmas.
As a result of the conference Mr.
Heney said he would take the subject
under consideration and reach u defi
nite decision before the Federal Court
is convened tomorrow morning:. .
In addition to fixing the time for
the Hermann trial, it is expected that
Heney will tomorrow move tho dis
missal of a number of the pending;
minor indictments which were returned
as a result of the land-fraud Investi
gation five or six years ago.
The oldent waiter In Germany, aue 7T.
recently retired from nn av" -.
GREAT SACRIFICE SALE OF
Read This, It Will Surely Interest You
We have quite a number of sample pianos sent us with a view of
our taking the agency for same; also a number of discontinued agency
pianos, that we will close out way below the actual selling price. As
some of the pianos are handled by other dealers here, in justice to the
trade we will not quote prices, but if you will call and see them we will
convince you that it means a saving of $75 to $120. according to the
style and make. Here is a partial list; perhaps the piano of your
chpice is among the list:
One FISCHER, large mahogany, best style.
One FISCHER, fancy burl walnut.
One BRADBURY, very fine, fancy mahogaliy.
One KURTZMANN, art style, very fine.
One MERRILL, beautiful mahogany.
One CROWN, Orchestral Grand, fancy burl walnut.
, One BUSH & LANE, largest size, mahogany.
One CONCORD, very beautiful case. j
One STROHBER, fancy mahogany.
Two VICTORS, large oak cases.
. We are very anxious to close these out quickly, in order to make
room for our regular stock, now arriving, so if you are looking for a
real money-saving piano bargain, be on hand Monday morning, bright
and early, as they will not last long at the prices named.
Some Second Hand and Slightly Used
PIANO SNAPS
Everett, oak case, $250; Hobart M. Cable, almost new, $250; Cable,
size, slightly used, ?aso; Cable 6; sons, walnut case, no, rvim
!n fino Annrlitinn. $210: Werner, nice, large, fancy case, $190;
large
hail ;
Schumann, fine condition, ?1S&; Killings, nice practice piano, xj.j,
and squares from $40 to $65. Any of the above will be sold on easy
payments. We also have some sample 88-note player pianos that we
will sell at a big discount.
An investigation of these pianos and prices will imply no obliga
tion whatever to purchase, so do not fail to call and look them over.
HOVENDEN-SOULE PIANO CO.
106 Fifth Street, Next to Perkins Hotel.