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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 23, 1910.
RIVER PIRATES ARE
SAFE BEHIND BARS
Men Alleged to Have Stolen
Two Launches and Loot
Now in Toils.
CLEW GIVEN BY FARMER
George Feran. and George Burke,
Taken Into Custodyat Woodland,
Caught With Goods, but Fall to
Tell How They Got Them.
Upon the charge of having stolen two
launches, valued at $3500, and a boat
load of loot consisting of miscellaneous
at Feran's 'suggestion and that they
both drew up the anchor, of the stolen
Hattie. Feran says that the boats
broke away from their moorings and
that he had floated down the river sev
eral miles before he was aware that
he was away from shore and that
Burke would not let him go back.
Burke and Feran were capture!
through information furnished by I.
Buchman, a farmer, living near Wood
land, to whom Burke and Feran tried
to sell one of the boats and some of
the stolen tools. Buchman's suspicions
became aroused and he secured a boat
and came to Portland to notify Harbor
master Sneier. The men being outside
the city limits and outside the jurisdic
tion of Captain Speler, the farmer was
referred to the Constable's office.
ADVENTISTS TO CONVENE
Delegates From Four States to Ilold
Ten-Day Session Here Soon.
The North Pacific Conference of the
Seventh-Day Adventists will be held in
Portland from February 10 to 20. A large
attendance is expected from all parts of
Oregon. Washington. Idaho and Montana,
and arrangements are being made for the
largest meeting of Adventists that has
ever been held In the Northwest. Elder
F. W. Martin, of the Portland district,
is in charge of entertainment features.
The following high church officials are
expected at the conference: Elder George
A. Irwin, vice-president of the general
ALLEGED RIVER PIRATES, ARRESTED FRIDAY, TO BE GIVEN
HEARING MONDAY.
Cieorgre Feran.
f - - 4 X
George Bnrkc.
articles ranging from brass boat trim
mings to the complete furnishings of a
houfJ, George Feran and George Burke,
who were captured near "Woodland,
Wash., on the Lewis River on Friday
afternoon by Constable Wagner and three
of hlf deputies, were remanded to jail
yesterday and will have their preliminary
hearing before Justice Olson, on Monday
afternoon.
Feran and Burke are regarded as the
most consummate river thieves who have
ever fallen into the hands of the authori
ties, and by their arrest it Is believed
that scores of ttiieving depredations,
which have been committed all along the
Willamette River, will be revealed.
At the time of their arrest all of the
loot was found In their possession. Be
cause the boat in which the arresting
party made their trip was too small for
towing purposes the stolen launches and
the loot they contain were left where
they were found, but arrangements were
made yesterday whereby Harbormastr
Speler will charter a towboat for the
purpose of bringing the stolen property
back to this city. Captain Speler will
leave at an early hour this morning.
Loot Is Most Valuable.
From a hasty inspection of the loot
Constable Wagner estimates its value at
close to $2000 and has reason to believe
that when Identified It will prove to be the
proceeds of many riverfront burglaries.
Two rifles, some expensive tools and
fine quality brass lanterns and lights
already have been identified as stolen
from the Sunbeam, a 45-foot launch
owned by W. K Roberts, which was
broken into and ransacked on the night
of December 20 while it was made fast
at the Willamette Motor Boat Clubhouse
at ' Ross Island.
W. H. Matheson, Newcastle Hotel,
Third and Harrison strets. is the owner
of one of the launches recovered. It is
the, Mattle C. Hoover. This boat is 6S
feet over all and has engines of 22-horse-power.
It is valued at $2300. The other
boat, the Hattie, is owned by H. Fried
man, who lives on the Linnton road, near
the Claremont Tavern, is 45 feet over all
pd is valued at $1200.
One information of felony charging the
theft of the Hattie already has been
filed at the District Attorney's office, but
with the developments expected from the
Identification of the loot on the boats it
Is believed that charges of burglary may
' follow. Conflicting stories are told by
, both men, who have been kept separated
since their arrest by Constable Wagner.
Each accuses the other.
Feran swears that he was held a pris
, oner by Burke, who, with a loadel
automatic revolver In his holster at all
times of the day and night, Intimidated
him and threatened his life. Burke
ridicules this and retaliates by charg
ing that Feran tried to chloroform him
during his sleep. The local authorities
have been notified that the Government
officials are seeking- Burke for stealing
some things from a Government boat
at Cascade Locks.
Feran Thanks Officers for Freedom.
At the time of the arrest Feran with
tears in his eyes thanked the Con
stables for his release.
"This man would have killed me If I
had remained with him much longer
and I was afraid of my life to attempt
to escape," he said.
When Constable Wagner and his
party advanced upon Burke, who is
regarded as a dangerous man. Burke
tried to d-aw his weapon and fire, but
Deputy Constable Gardner fired a shot
over Burke's head to intimidate him.
".'f you had been here alone," he
shouted ot Constable Wagner, "I would
never hsve surrendered."
Festdes having an extra magazine
loaded with cartridges ready for use
In his revolver. Burke had on a cart
lldge belt which contained about
twenty more rounds of ammunition.
Burke lives In St. John. He is known
among tho police as a ''bad" man and
has been held under suspicion of river
front burglaries for several years, but
has always managed to elude the of
ficers and escape prosecution on ac
count of the lack of evidence. Feran
Is believed to be an ex-convict who was
sentenced o the penitentiary in Cali
fornia for eight years for highway
robbery. Feran. however, denies this.
Both he end Burke have been scow
dwellers along the river front for a
long lime, although not lving together
Feran claim the household goods
aboard the boats as his property, but
canrot explain how he came into pos
session of It.
Burke claims that he owns an In
terest In the Mattie C. Hoover for un
paid wages and for work put upon the
boat In repairs authorized by her
owner. Burke says they left Portland
for the mouth of th Columbia River
conference of the church; I. H. Evans,
treasurer of the I general conference;
Elder C. W. Flaiz, president of the North
Pacific conference, and Elder George E.
Langdon. vice-president; Professor M. E.
Cady, president of Walla Walla College,
and also educational secretary of the
union conference; Elder A. J. Breed, in
charge of the religious liberty work of
the union conference, and Elders K. C.
Russell, . president of the Montana con
ference; J. M. Wllloughby, of Idaho;
F. W. Mellls, of Washington ; F. S. Bunch,
of Oregon, and Elder Langdon, of the
Upper Columbia conference.
COOKERY TO BE TAUGHT
Portland Woman to Instruct Cor
vallis Domestic Science Classes.
Mrs. Ellen Rawson Miller, of Portland,
has been engaged by the School of Do
mestic Science and Arts of the Corvallls
Agricultural College,' and win begin im
mediately a course of Instruction on
cookery in class hours five days of each
week.
Mrs. Miller is a graduate of the Ames,
la.. Agricultural College, and has' taught
cookery in the high .schools of Toledo,
O., and Des Moines, la., afterward tak
ing charge of the Seattle Y. W. C. A.
domestic science work. It is expected
that her course of instruction will de-
FORTLASD WOMAN SUCCUMBS
TO PARALYSIS AT I'll I K-VILLE.
Mrs. S. F. Poynter, Deceased.
Mrs. S. F. Poynter, aged 62
years, wife of O. P. Poynter, of
Portland, died at Paulina. Crook
County, Oregon, December 14.
Death was sudden and due to a
paralytic stroke.
Mrs. Poynter was born at
Logansport. Ind., June 19, 1847.
She leaves a husband and eight
children, five of whom are daugh
ters. The sons are S. P. Poynter,
of Paulina, Crook County, Ore
gon; H. Poynter, of Klamath,
Or., and Harry Poynter, of
Ballston, Polk County, Oregon.
The daughters: Mrs. Daisy
Flippin, of Portland; Mrs. Emma
Dawson, of Newberg; Mrs. Mollte
Seoggin, of Prineville; Mrs. Anna
Whitson, bf Portland, and Miss
Lena Poynter, of Portland.
velop Information on the subjects of
catering, marketing, food values, cooking
and serving meals in the home.
From a secondary position, the course
of domestic sciences is to be placed in
the front rank of studies at the college.
A new kitchen has been established and
furnished for the use of students. Dress
making, pattern-drafting, basketmaking
and a special course on house furnishing
will be taught. Arrangements also will
be made for special Instruction In sani
tation, home hygiene and the latest
methods of laundering and gardening.
CARD OF THANKS.
Wish to thank my many kind friends
for their tender sympathy and kindness
during the illness and after the death
of my loving husband. Joseph Tuefer.
.. .. MKS. JOSEPH TUE.FER.
FORGERY IS CHARGE
Young JVIan Led Astray by Evil
Companionship. '
MERCY SHOWN TO YOUTH
Roommate Who Was Estranged
From Family Because Letter Tell
ing of Mother's Death Was
Stolen Refuses to Prosecute.
Leon White, a young man from Til
lamook, who got .into bad company,
was one of six against whom indict
ments were returned yesterday by the
county grand Jury. White had been
arrested on several charges, but hi3
youth saved him from the extreme
measures of the law. The charge on
which he was Indicted yesterday was
that of forging a check for 23 on the
Ashley & Rumelin bank. B. D.'Ogden
advanced the money.
Other indictments returned yesterday
were against G. H. Langmo, charged
with uttering a forged check for $11.60
to Louis Hess,' December 23; George
Haigh, committing larceny in a dwelling-house
January 1; James Thompson,
forging a check on the Merchants Na
tional Bank for $28.25 on December 4;
and two against A. J. Cavala for forg
ing bank checks, one for $25 on Ladd
A Tilton's bank, and one for $100 on
the United States Bank of Portland.
Harry Lemon, charged with aiding
an immoral woman, and Marion Downs,
charged with robbing Joseph Blackey
of $60, escaped Indictment.
White was arrested on several
charges soon after his arrival In Port
land. Complaint was made to the po
lice that he had opened a letter ad
dressed to his roommate, a young man
also from Tillamook. abstracted a
monej- order for $75 and destroyed the
letter, which gave information, of his
mother's death, the money having been
forwarded that he might pay his fare
home to attend ' the funeral and buy
clothing for the occasion. The young
man's family, believing that he had ig
nored the summons wholly, became es
tranged from him. White escaped
prosecution because the injured man
wished to avoid publicity.
George Haigh was charged by the
police with having committed thefts in
dwellings, and when arrested he tried
to explain his wrong-doing by saying
that the approaching holidays had
found him without money to buy- gfs
for his wife. Rather than disappoint:
.her, he said, he began robbing houses.
COURT ASKED FOR RECEIVER
Pacific Export Lumber Co. Says
Campbell Co. Delinquent.
In a petition filed yesterday, the Pa
cific Export Lumber Company asked
the Circuit Court to appoint a receiver
to take charge of the affairs of the
Campbell Lumber Company, as a re
sult of a failure of the latter to pay
a debt of $58,000 alleged to be due the
plaintiffs.
The long petition sets forth the var
ious holdings of the company, includ
ing valuable timber rights in Washing
ton, and closes with a statement that
the "Campbell company is cutting this
timber and rapidly disposing of the
holdings that should go toward satis
fying the debt alleged due the Pacific
Export Company.
Originally the amount due the Pa
cific Export Company was $81,766, It is
said, resulting from certain contracts
entered into between the two com
panies. A part of this amount has
been paid, it is set forth, and the com
pany is alleged to be delinquent for the
remainder.
Auto Company Sued.
S. D. Briggs, whose buggy was
struck on the Base Line road Novem
ber 14 by an auto belonging to the
Lloyd Automobile Company, andAJriven
by Arthur Mitchell, has brought suit
against the company for $500 for per
sonal injuries, $300 for the killing of
his horse and $50 for the injury to his
buggy. At the time of the accident
Briggs was accompanied by his wife
and child who escaped without Injury.
Charging Cruelty, Divorce Asked.
Susie Shipley, in her divorce com
plaint, filed yesterday against Roy W.
Shipley, on the grounds of cruelty, de
clares that he struck her a blow that
knocked her to the floor. She also
charges that during last November his
conduct toward her was especially bad,
and that he frequently swpre at her.
Elsie Hardy has asked for a divorce
from Iral Hardy on the grounds of desertion.
Divorce Granted to Mrs. Stitt.
Mrs. Adelia Stitt has been granted a
divorce In the Circuit Court of Wash
ington County, at Hillsboro, from
James C. Stitt, on' the ground of cruel
and inhuman treatment. She was
granted the custody of their two children.
Good Habits
Pay
in
Good Health
Bad habits cost money,
time, aches, ails, trouble.
What's the use?
Coffee drinking is a bad
habit for some people.
Go to the primer class if
you haven't yet learned that.
It's different when you
drink
POSTUM
To prove this to your own
satisfaction change from
coffee to well-made Postum
for 10 days.
"There's a Reason"
Postum Cre&l Co.. Ltd.
Battle Creek. Mlnh.
Nowhere else can you make such a small expenditure realize so much. Compare Prices and See. This sale continues, only seven
days more and the reduced prices are made on the newest and most desirable goods. Only once a year you get such an opportunity.
Oak Extension Tables
Reduced
$16.50 Values at $11.70
This is the price of a six-foot Round Oak Extension Table, like illustration.
$20.00 VALUES AT $14.50
This price for a six-foot, claw-foot, Solid Oak Extension Table.
$25.00 Values at $19.75
Quarter-sawed and polished 'Tables at this price. j
1
m $2
f ft v yu 1 1 iji u n.
"'' '" I
9 Morris
Ghairs
$18.90
- v The cushions alone, of fine Spanish leather,
Pl fil J) 1 0 00 6X6 worth the price we ask for the whole Chair.
The frame is fumed quartered oak and the seat
cushion is filled with steel springs under
felted cotton.
CHILLESS
Iron Bed at
Morris Chairs in Velour $7.65
6.85
These beds are the latest plain
Chill ess style, finished in cream
enamel ; are double size and have
seven spindles, head and foot. Do
not overlook a good thing when you
seet it.
SANITARY COUCHES
$4.75
Finished in Vernis Martin, like illus
tration ; make a double bed when
open.
z e mi r i Trw
35c Matting at 29c
Heavy Fancy China, double the
veight of ordinary 25c goods.
.31
Tmitnflnn T f V Fr-
$11 Oak Library Table $7.45 Couches as Low as $9
Exactly like the illustration; solid oak, golden finish; Genuine Leather Couches as low
size 24 in. by 42 in., with drawer, only a few at $7.45 as . . - .... ... . . . . -$21;.00
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CEREAL MILLS COMBINE
ew Concern to Build Iiargre Factory
on Klver in St. John.
The Pacific Northwest Milling: Com
pany has been incorporated as the re
sult of a combination of the Oregon
Flake Food Company and the Pacific
Coast Corn 1 Flake Company, both of
which have operated in a. small way
for several years past. In turning: over
the holding's of the two old concerns,
provision has been made for a. large
Increase in the capital stock, the in
stallation of new machinery and the
construction of a larger factory, docks
and other equipment necessary to the
operation of a plant with a capacity
of 1000 cases a day. Ground has been
purchased in St. John and the works
will go up along: the Willamette River.
William C. Kelm,' who has been In
the grain and cereal brokerage busi
ness at San Francisco in the four years
that he has been absent from Port
land, has returned to assume the man-
isyii&
Sweet Peas
, Early Plantings
uive r uiesi r lowers
We make a specialty of supplying the
finest sweet-pea seed grown, and offer
the best of the rare new SPENCER
and UNWIK types, true to nama. di
rect from the originators. We also
grow our own select strains of some of the
finest new varieties, and if you want to be
sure of having the best in sweet peas, plant
"Diamond Quality" true seeds.
FOR EARLY
SPRING PLANTING
ROSES FRUIT, SHADE AND ORNA
MENTAL. TREES BERRY BUSHES
JAPANESE LILIES AND ORNA
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DIAMOND QUALITY
' . True to Name Roses
are .the finest obtainable, and our immense
stock, comprising the best of the rare new
types and-the most desirable of the standard
varieties,- is now ready for delivery.
SPECIAL A few choice two-year-old
"LYON" Roses for im
mediate delivery $1.60 Each
Phones:
Main 4040 A-6015
Call or Phone for a Copy of
Our 1910 COMPLETE SEED
ANNUAL
PORTLAND SEED CO.
Prompt Deliveries FRONT AND YAMHILL
Honeat Values
agement of the business. He formerly
was connected with Foster & Klelser,
of Portland, as manager. Dr. Joseph
McChesney is president of the new
company and Joseph C. Collier is sec
retary and treasurer.
The raw material for the manufac
ture of corn cereals will be purchased
in Nebraska, the difference in freight
rates between the shelled corn and
the manufactured products which come
to this market from the "East being
largely in favor of the Portland com
pany. It is figured that this advan
tage will open the market In every
town from Alaska to Southern Califor
nia, as well as the Middle West. Th
new establishment will employ 125
men.
FREE ASTHMA CUBE.
D. J. Lane, a chemist at 120 Lane Bldg.,
St. Mary's, Kansas, manufactures a rem
edy for Asthma in which he has so much
confidence that he sends a $1 bottle by
express to anv one who will write for it.
His offer is that he is to be paid for it it
it cures, and the one taking the treat
ment is to be the judsre.
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DS. B. E. WRIGHT.
-CLASS DENTIST
Is the cheapest dentist, no
matter what the charge.
"We give you only the best
at the most moderate prices
that it is possible to pro
duce this class of work.
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Gold and Porcelain crown Jj5o
Gold Fillings $1.00 and up
Silver Fillings 50 and up
Cement Fillings 50
Enamel Fillings $1.00
Porcelain Fillings 51 and up
Full Set of Good Teeth on
rubbe.r $5.00
Best Set of Teeth on rub
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Best Set on Celluloid $7.50
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SUNDAYS 0 A. M. to 13 31.
Fourteen Years in Portland.