JUDGE LANDIS HARSH IN DEALING
OUT JUSTICE TO ALL MALEFACTORS
Extreme Penaltie Not Bserod for Standard Oil felack Hand, "White Slayer and Bespectable Dealers in
"Moonshine" Oleomargarine Fetl Hevy Hand Merriam Heads Movement to Wrest Illinois From Taft.
BT JONATIlt.N PALM KR.
CHICAGO. April I. tpecll.
When Judge KtoeMW M. Land is
twiiwi a an of t:s.ooo.o
acalnst the Standard Oil Company he
was aalld la com quarters with
charges that he wu making a spec
tacular play to the galleries. In the
II CM of subsequent events In his court
there Is irreairr reason now to believe
that he simply was giving a manifes
tation of a conviction that on of the
best ways to put a stop to crime Is to
Impos the maximum of punishment
provided by the stautrs.
Judge Land is In recent months has
gone th limit In penalizing oleomarga
rine moonshiners. Black Hand extor
tionists and others of their ilk. The
defendants In theme case violated th
laws with their eyes wide open. They
knew the . statutes bearing on the
crimes they committed. In the face of
that knowledge they deliberately went
about their Illegal btislneex. In many
case, probably In most, they bore In
mind the difficulty the courts have In
procuring convictions, as well sa the
nominal sentences that have been Im
posed for breaches of the law.
Example to Be Made.
I do not know what train of thought
has been going on In Judse Land!'
mind, but my guess l that this Jurist
ha determined: he will make examples
of all offenders who know the law and
defy It. 11 started with Standard Oil
and his latest dealings have been with
blackmailers and moonshiners. In be
taeen these extremes are many In
stances of the court's Imposing the
greatest possible punishment within
hi pomer. In these sentences or fine
Judge Landts ha shown no vindictive
ness. according to those who have ob
served the working of his court st
close range, but has disclosed s whole
some respect for th majesty of the law
In anp!)tng It to malefactors.
Olana Alongl. eonvtrted of Illegal
ne of the malls In sending black-hand
threats to a Chicago merchant, wss
sentenced by Judge I.andtK to pay a
fine of 1100 and to serve five years In
te Kederal Prison at leaven worth.
Kan. The court emphasised the fart
that he was Imposing the maximum
punishment provided by the statute.
Iftrra Tlireaton Judge
It was proved that Alongl had de
manded tribute of $" and that he
had mailed several letters containing
threats. When the trial was In prog,
res Judge landl received letters
warning Mm that If Alongl were not
release! he would become a victim of
violence. Another admonition ap
peared In an Imitation b"in left out
side Ms chambers In the Federal build
in Judge jntl not only fixed the se
verest posnlhte punishment. but he
would allow no appeal and no stay of
execution. He wa satisfied, he said,
that Alongl was guilty as charaed and
felt that the courts should not he fur
ther cluttered nr the puhllc further
burdened for such a Alon"l.
Indicating th fear of the Chios so
Camorra. tl at ha crept even Into th
office of the Cnlted State Marshal.
Alongl was hustled off to Leavenworth
a day In advance of that given out for
that task. He wa put Into a baggage
car and the train and railroad station
were guarded by a cordon of Secret
Service men and government detectives
until the prlnoner wss well out of the
city. Italians had muttered their
threats that the Federal officers, would
never get away alive with their man.
The next day Judge Landls Imposed
the greatest possible penalty on a con
victed white slave man. Previously he
had sentenced for five and seven years
and had heavily fined half a dozen men
who had violated the laws relating to
oleomargarine. The heavier sentences
were Imposed on firm members who
j were men of wealth, education and In
timate knowledge of the laws.
Sentiment Vphold Acts.
Public sentiment clearly Is with Judge
Landls. It Is felt that -such a Judiciary
policy a he pursue Is the great
thing needful In Chicago, where failure
to procure conviction for crimes or
light sentences has bred a strong con
tempt for the efficacy of Justice. Judge
Landls can deal only with those crimes
that Involve violations of Federsl
statutes. Thst fact limits the activity
of his court In Impressing lessons on
Chicago evil-doers, but his Influence as
a man who does not believe In compro
mise with lawlessness Is felt more
strongly as time goes on.
"So far as I am concerned I am go
ing to make It a dangerous thing for
men to wrong lS-year-old girls." said
Judge 1-andls when he sentenced Aldu
dlno Mazxone to serve 10 years for
luring lorothy Schmidt from her Chl
csgo home to Muscatine. la. Maxxone
had Introduced the girl as his wife and
then had deserted her.
Merriam Has Insurgent M lesion.
The scene that followed was like
those thst were enacted In th Camorra
trial In Italy. The father of the de
fendant ran around the corridor of
the Kederal, building In a circle, frilling
again and again to his knees In prayer.
Women from Utile Italy wept, crossed
themselves snd tittered supplication
for mercy. Tw-o aged women prostrated
themselves before counsel for tne fl
fendant and pleaded with him to Inter
cede with Judge I-smlls for leniency.
The lawyer knew th Judge and re
plied there was no use.
Since his defeat f.r the Mayoralty
Charles K. Merriam has been placed at
the head of a movement to wrest th
Illinois delegation sway from President
Taft and to turn It over to an Insur
gent probably Senator La Kollette
next Summer. I.ooklng to that end Mr.
MerYlam has been down to Washington
conferring with I -a Follette, Cummins,
Brlstow. Bourne and other.
.( n his return the leading spirits of
the Toung Men's Progressive League
decided to perpetuate that organization
which was born during the city cam
paign, and to try to extend Its mem
bership and Influence over the state of
Illinois.
Inkllns of this ambition on the part
of the Merrlsm following csme out dur
ing the city campaign. The aid of Gov
ernor Deneen and even of President Taft
was scorned. Merrlam'e cmplgn man
agers showed their contempt for old or
ganisation leaders In msny ways, declin
ing their services In no gentle wsy.
Help for the Merriam element will be
extended from Insurgent Wisconsin.
Kansas. Iowa and other states where th
highest political aspiration is to defeat
President Taft for renomlnatlon. Radi
cal In these states have been longing
to Intrench themselves In Illinois. They
seem to think the time ha arrived to
make the start In earnest. The Young
Men's Progressive League Is to be used
sa the nucleus for fostering the political
plans of s Cummins or a La Follette.
Taft Not In Danger.
At this stage of the game It does not
appear that President Taft has much to
fear from either of these insurgents. The
casting of 168.000 votes for Merriam for
Mayor Is exceedingly far from meaning
there sr that many Republican voters
In Chicago in protest against the Na
tional Administration. Unless there shall
be a vast change In sentiment In the
next year Mr. Taft will be able to hold
th fort against any and all of hi party
enemies. There 1" far greater chance
that Illinois will go for a Democrat for
President in. 1912 than for a Republican
of the brand f L Follette or Cummins.
It will be a whole swing from Taft or
none at all. according to shrewd observ
ers of Illinois politics.
Practical workings of reciprocity with
Canada and of whatever changes the
new Congres may make In the tariff
are likely to be the controlling Influ
ence in Illinois In 1912. If reciprocity
works out satlsfsctorlly. President Taft
will carry off the major credit. If It
should not set well with the farming In
terests of Illinois, the blame will he di
vided between th President and the
Democratic House.
Judge Anderson of the United States
Clrcu't -Court Is doing his best to estab
lish the principle that no foreigner Is
entitled to a citizenship unless he shows
a disposition to he a gooJ citlxen. Dis
regard of the laws Is considered by him
sufficient reason why a man should not
receive papers of citizenship.
New Citizens Mast lie Moral.
In Hammond. Ind.. he refused the ap
plications of five saloonkeepers because
they kept the side doors of their saloons
open on Sunday when the law calls for
Sunday closing. Such men. the court
held, are lacking In the moral character
entitling them to credentials for suf
frage. Likewise any foreigner who d
serta his wife and hsbies In Europe and
cornea over here to start a new life Is
unworthy of citizenship. The am prin
ciple has been applied by the Judge to
several men who admitted they were not
supporting or trying to support their
wives. Judge Anderson Is said to be the
pioneer Jurist In the matter of Inquiring
Into the domestic relations of applicants
for cltlxenshlp papers. As Indiana has
a liquor law that no saloon license may
be Issued to a man who Is not a full
fledged citlxen. some undesirable charac
ters In the state will be driven out of
the liquor business and come Iniquitous
dives will be closed.
AVALANCHE OF MESSAGES FOLLOWS
VACCINATION ORDERS AT SEATTLE
City Physician Lloyd. Who Had His Training in Tropics. Fears Alaska Travel Will Spread Smallpox, and Is
Enforcing Regulations Rigidly, Despite Injury to Tourist Travel.
, OSATTLH
a Somethlns
' reigns sn
i lATTUli April . Special.)
ng akin to consternation
among Seattle transporta
tion companies and business men. on
account of the vaccination order with
respect to Alaska. The seriousness of
the situation rests not so mu--h with
Ir. Walter Wyman. headi of th Ma
rine Hospital service, a with Dr. Boli
var J. I.loyd. In rharg of the local
of Bee. Ir. Lloyd ha set out to en
force vaccination rigidly, and It fol
lows a matter of course that If he
Is permitted to have hla way the lucra
tive tourist travel with Alaska during
the season about to open will fall to
ma'l proportions or b practically
ruined.
To on not affected by the order, the
conditions arising from antagonistic
views of principal and subordinate of
fer, a curious study. Dr. Wyman ad
mittedly has no desire to be hard, and
probably Is Inclined to regard Alaska
as related to danger of epidemic, very
much as he would view California or
Oregon. There has been so little of
smallpox In Alaska, even among the
Indians, as to mark that territory al
most exempt from the disease.
Hut with lr. UoyJ th case Is dif
ferent, lie hss never been In Alaska.
On the contrary he came from the
other extreme, for he wa trslned In
F.cuador. where he has dealt with epi
demics that ravage the populace with
all the Impetus gained from .tropic set
tings and conditions. To him an order
Is a rigorous command, to be enforced
literally, and It appears that he cannot
understand that the stringent precau
tions employed in the torrid sone are
not necessary In north temperate lati
tudes. The trouble narrows to the dif
ficulty of local business men and of
Sura-eoo-Ueneral Wyman himself In
getting Dr. Lloyd to realise that In en
' forcing restrictive measures against
Alaska he Is not dealing with a "non
vaccinated country" under the tropic
sun.
Lloyd's Holes Stringent.
Hence Dr. Lloyd bes promulgated the
following requirement: "Passengers
who desire to be vaccinated by pri
vate physWians may do so. but will be
required to exchange their physician's
certificate for one bearing the seal of
the Oovernment- This can b done at
the office of the Public Health and Ma
rine Hospital Service at ill Oriental
building, where passengers msy slso
be vsccinsted. The services of the phy
sicians are free, and there Is no charge
for vaccine or the certificates."
But Dr. Wyman. who has been bom
barded by telegrams, has sought to
modify the order with respect to Alsska
passengers by wiring: "Under the or
der, vaccination Is required only In
ras they have no mark of recent vac
cination. By recent vaccination Is
meant satisfactory to your Judgment
Furthermore, vaccination ls required
only of those passengers who cannot
furnish proof of non-exposure to the
disease In the last 14 days. For this
proof you are authorized 9nder section
IS of act of Congress March J. 1901. to
take declarations snd administer oaths
so thst the order will not cause hard
ships Indicated by telegrams received
here."
Although the Surgeon-General has
intervened to the extent Indicated, the
fee'llng of nneaslness still exists.
Steamship people will breathe decid
edly easier If the situation Is cleared
up within the next few days.
While Secretary Barne. of the South
west Washington Development Associa
tion, threw a decided crimp Into the
Seattle Commerclsl Club and other or
ganizations by declining an Invitation
to a banquet of 200 citizens. It Is rea
sonably evident that the effect will be
bened.ial to Seattle. At any rate, it
will tend to closer relations among th
local commercial bodies. The topic Is
being discussed Informally, and while
definite artlnn may not b taken th
way Is open for harmony and unity
that have been conspicuous by their
absence.
Organization Is Unique.
In particular, the Chamber of Com
merce has strengthened Its lines. Sine
the attack made by Austin K. Grif
fiths, the "booster" committee, prop
erly known as the opmmlttee on
progress snd prosperity, has organised,
and It has gone to work In a way that
Is probably unique. Its ti members,
who are active young business men
specially selected for fitness, hav
taken an Iron-clad pledge to avoid per
sonal publicity. They are working un
obtrusively for the good of the cham
ber. It was they who had charge of
the reorganization of the Bremerton
Cemmercla.1 Club a few evenings ago
and they also took an active part at
Port Angeles and North Taklma. in
sisting, however, that they be kept out
of the "spotlight."
The committee Is composed of J. C.
Slater. chairman; D. C. Conover. T. U
(Julgley. Klmer Reichenbach. T. K. Pur
cell. M. J. Carrigan, Henry Broderlck.
J. C. C. Morris. II. J. Ramsey. J. W.
Spangler. K. A. Batwell. O. O. Brehm.
George I Trotter. K. L Hampton. K.
11. Sennott. Albert Lord. Asahel Curtis,
Nat A. Carle. Raymond R. Frssier. A.
K. Knoff. Dr. McKsy Jordan. , Donald B.
Olson. H. O. Brace. E. J. Loranger and
Malcomb Hughes.
The binding part of the pledge which
each of them has taken Is as follows:
To eliminate all personal publicity or
preferment In connection with my work
as a member of this committee and at
all times exert my best effort for pro
moting the success and extending the
Influence ofthls committee and of this
Chamber of Commerce." It Is entirely
likely that by the time the Southwest
Association gets ready to treat with Se
attle on questions of mutusl Interest,
the committee on progress and pros
perity will hsve something to ssy.
Their watchword, as ststed by the
chairman. Is "Intensified dignity." by
which Is understood legitimate develop
ment. In contrast with boom tactics
that only need to be punctured to flat
ten out.
Tort Townsend In Line.
Port Townsend la the latest Puget
Sound city to Join the procession where
commercial reorganization has become
the order of the day. Since uniting
with tne Olympic Development League,
the Port Townsend Commercial Club
has responded to the universal Impetus,
and has elected an entirely new set of
officers. It has taken this action at
the suggestini of Its old officers, ex-Lieutenant-Governor
Charles E. Coon,
president, and W. L. Clark, secretary.
This club." observed Governor Coon,
"has been moribund for months. Among
the members now I am satisfied there
1 a general belief that new blood Is
needed: and I. for one. propose to give
new blood a chance by resigning the
office of president, which at the time
I accepted under protest, knowing th
task to b thankless: but while I am
glad to retire from the office. I speak
the universal sentiment In proposing
to continue to fight from the ranks for
a bigger and better Port Townsend."
The new officers are: President. Dr.
O. C. O'Rear: first vice-president. Har
vey I Tlbbals: second vice-president.
Henry Blackwood: secretary. Clyde I.
Peach: treasurer. D. M. Fish; finance
committee. Peter Mutty. Phil Chase and
II. A. Hart. At the next meeting the
club will vote funds for membership In
the Olvmplc Development League and
will discuss plans for systematically
advertising Port Townsend and Jef
ferson County. ,
Belllngham. likewise. Is coming Into
line with a plan for the formation of
the Western Washington Development
League, for the exploitation of the
counties usually called the "Puget
Sound Country." A scheme of organi
zation Is being evolved by Loomls Bal-
dry. of the Belllnghsm Chamber of
Commerce: Frank T. m atson. of the
Olympla Chamber of Commerce, and
Rufus R. Wilson, of the Seattle Com
mercial Club; and It will be acted upon
finally at a meeting to be held In Se
attle Tuesday. May 1.
Invitations have been sent to com
mercial organisations at the following
towns: Anacorte. Arlington, Auburn.
Belllngham, Blaine. Bothell. Buckley;
Burlington, Coupevllle. Des Moines. Ed
monds. Everett. Eversnn, Ferndale,
Georgetown. Granite Fells. Hamilton,
Kent. Klrkland, LaConner, Lynden,
Monroe. Mount Vernon, Nooksack,
Olympla. Ortlng. Puyallup, Renton. Se
attle. Sedro-Woolley, Snohomish. Stan
wood. Suma. Sumner, Tacoma. To
ledo and Tukwlla.
At the annual public schools musical
festival, to be given In Seattle May S
and . there will be two grand choruses
of a thousand voices each. One chorus
will be composed of high -school stu
dents, and will be directed by David
F. Davie, supervisor of music for the
high schools of Seattle, and the other
will be a chorus of children, from the
Intermediate grades, under the direc
tion of Lucy K. Cole, who has charge
of music Instruction in the grammar
schools.
BLOCK 3 BEFORE JURY
CONDEMNATION OF AVEST HALF
OF SITE IS BEG CX.
Espey Estate to Contend That Prop
erty Is Worth Much More Than
$!!&, 000 Recess Taken.
The second trial .In the Government's
condemnation suit against the owners
of block S was begun yesterday, when
a Jury was selected to pass upon the
valuation of the west half of the block
owned by the Espey estate. The suit
sgalnst the owners of the east half of
the block was terminated a week ago,
when the Jury established a value of
$200,000 on that part of the block.
- The Espey estate is represented by
W. D. Fenton and A. King Wilson, who
will argue that the west half of the
block Is worth much more than 9125,
000. the ptflce which United States At
torney McCourt maintained originally
as the full value of the property. About
IS witnesses will be called by the de
fense and the Government will have an
equal number of witnesses.
The men. selected to determine the
value of the west half of the block are:
Arthur Fllnn. farmer, of Hlllaboro: J.
C. Kraemer, merchant, of Falls City;
W. A. Rlggs, of Salem; Edwin C. John
son, merchant, of Portland: Henry G.
Zelglor. farmer, of Barlow; W. E. Rob
bins, sawmill operator, of McMlnnvllle:
W. H. Sawtell, real estate dealer, of
Portland: A. L. Chute, farmer, of Mon
mouth: B. O. Case, merchant, of Port
land: W. C. Cooley. merchant, of
Brownsville: W. T. Rlgdon. undertaker,
of Salem, and T. L. Davis, farmer, of
Corvallls.
The entire forenoon was consumed In
obtaining the Jury. A recess was taken
at noon until t o'clock tomorrow after
noon. The case Is being heard before
Federal Judge Bean.
Lewis M. Head Is Candidate.
In announcing his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for Councilman
We are now betwixt 'and between Our new
building at Seventh and Alder is not yet ready to
be opened for general business. Besides it will
taKe several days to put in place the magnificent
new stocK. We had fully expected that the past
weeK would positively be the last at the old store,
353 Washington St. 'In fact,-the worKmen have
started remodeling for the new picture theater
that is to occupy the old Eilers Piano House prem
ises. The upper portions of the building have
been entirely vacated?, but there is a compara
tively large stocK of Pianos, Player Pianos, Grands
and TalKing Machines, etc., that must be disposed
of during the next few days.
Desoerate situations require desperate meth
ods. If pianos were ever slaughtered both in
price and selling terms, it is now. You can come
to our old store tomorrow and find among the
bricKlayers and mechanics many a fine piano br
player piano that suits your taste and you can
rest assured that it will be sold to you at your own
price and your own terms. We have repeatedly
said that we would not move one instrument
from our old store to the new building and that
is what we mean to do.
The remaining' days of the sale are few. There
has never been or never will be again such an
extraordinary opportunity for piario buyers in
Portland. Hundreds of homes and many of them
the finest in the city have obtained instruments
since it started. Some cf the best bargains still
remain, but depend upon it, they're here for a
very short time only.
Remember, every piano sold even at the low
prices prevailing for the next two or three days
s.rjn raerv with it thp Eilers Guarantee, the
YV aVA UV aV J Tf - -
rtroneest that can be written and bacKed by the
mnt vol i a hip and responsible house. Also bear
in mind that most liberal terms of payment, $6
or $7 a month, can be obtained on nearly every
instrument now remaining' for sale. Come to
morrow to the Eilers Music House, still at 353
Washington street, soon at Seventh, and Alder.
from the Eighth Ward to succeed Coun
cilman Kubll. Lewis M. Head says he
is against paving combines and favors
the extension of the city's water sys
tem proportionately with the growth
of the city. Mr. Head says he favors
the laying of water, gas and sewer
mains In advance of street pavements.
He also advocates an Improved street
csr service and Increased salaries for
the City Engineer and his assistants,
xi- H..H not onlv advocates a com-
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mission iorni ui . .... ----
says Ue favors redisricting the larger
W est Side waras
EUGENE TRACT SECURED
Syndicate of Capitalist Take Over
Fine Orchard Land.
EUGENE, Or.. April 29. (Special.)
Bv a deal closed yesterday, a syndicate
of capitalists represented by George D.
O'Connor and George Ford took over
from the Jack Rodman Co. 16o acres
of the Fern Ridge Orchard Tract, 12
miles northwest of Eugene. As part
payment, the Jack Rodman Co. took
over stock held by O'Connor and Ford
In their corporation. The new com
pany will be known as the Fern Ridge
Orchard Co.. and will have Its offices
for the present with the Portland, Eu
gene & Eastern Railway.
The land In question is lodhted di
rectly on the right-of-way of the P.
E & E. electric line from Eugene to
Monroe, to connect with the Corvallls
A. Alsea. which was recently purchased
by the Welch Interests. It consists
of some pf the best fruit land In Lane
County, and a good part of It has been
set to apple orchard. Right-of-way
deeds have already been secured from
Monroe to the city limits of Eugene
and A. Welch has made the unequivocal
statement that cars will be running
from Eugene to Corvallls by the end
of this year.
Mr. O'Connor is the Eugene manager
of the P. E. & E. Ry.. and Mr. Ford is
also connected with the company. The
deal Is taken here to mean that the
rails will be pushed on at once from
Monroe to Eugene, and that the or
chard tracts controlled by the com
pany will be developed at once.
GREEN FUNERAL ON TODAY
Former Mayor of Vancouver to Be
Laid to Rest In City Cemetery.
,r viwtnrrD TC.dh A or! I 29. fSoe-
V APWU cifc, ' " ' " ' -
clal.) The funeral of the late- E. M.
la.mp n Vancouver, will
be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock from the
Christian Church. The Masonic bodies.
. L i v. riwamn was a. member, will
Ol Wllltll - -
attend and will conduct the rltualistio
service at the grave in ino iiuuiii
section of the City Cemetery.
The ClarK county xr nvii.uu
. i i j .Inn- a r, A Heelded to meet
at the county courthouse tomorrow aft
ernoon and from there to the church.
. . , w -.. e the Qunerlor Court.
JUIIKC .11 uuao in , v.
named J. A. MundaVj A. L. Miller and
C. W. Hall to aran reauiuituun wi wi,-
aoience. i no uviai "
ed by the association were R. C Sugg,
j. f. stapieion anu v. 10-
. i mi . rr . . n ,1 r In Tune the A -
Kin me in a m-oj ... - - - -sociatlon
will hold special memorial
services In honor of Mr. Green. He was
a member of the ClarK County bar for
Zl years conunuuusiy.
Cmatilla Farmers to Own Phones.
PENDLETON. Or.. April 29. (Spe
cial.) Farmers of Umatilla County are
today at Hermlston perfecting the or
ganisation of another independent tele
phone company. Those particularly In
terested in the organisation are Butter
Creek ranchers, who are dissatisfied
with the telephone service now afTorded
them and who are unwilling to do with
out their phones. They are now on a
branch line of the Butter Creek Tele
phone Company, but they propose to
build their own line and connect di
rectly with the Pacific Company In
Pendleton-
WIFE'S DESCENT RAPID
WIFK OF YKAll AGO DISHOX
OKED AND VXASIIAMED.
Fine and Imprisonment Fall to Lot
of Mrs. Booth Husband Now
in Penitentiary.
From an Innocent young wife and
mother to a bedizened woman of the
streets, dishonored and unashamed, all
In less than a year. Is the recent his
tory of Mrs. Frank E. Booth, who was
in Municipal Court yesterday morning
as one of the three women arrested
In a room In the Ohio Hotel with one
man late Friday night. Her husband
is a prisoner in the Oregon Penlten
tlarv. where he was sent after escap
Ing from Jail at The Dalles and being
recaptured several months ago In the
hotel where his wife was arrested Fri
day night.
Patrolmen Helms and Gill were at
tracted to the room by sounds of rev
elry, heard from the street. As they
reached the door they heard one of the
women say, "If the bulls came now
they would be sure to catch us." The
next moment the door Swung open and
the officers entered. They found Mrs.
Booth, Christine Campbell and Anna
Pierce In the room, partly dressed, ana
in company with R. Wintersteln. All
were arrested and In court yesterday
morning Mrs. Booth and Anna Pierce
were sentenced to 90 days imprison
ment and a fine of 200. while the
other two secured continuances.
Mrs. Booth's mother, a South Port
land woman, reported a year ago that
her daughter had fled, leaving her
young bgby. She said that Booth had
been trying to get the woman into a
disorderly house and she thought he
had at last succeeded. A complaint
was filed against both parents, charg
ing them with child-desertion, and
Booth was found In Jail at The Dalles.
He broke Jail with two others, and
was found and recaptured In the Ohio
Hotel by Sergeant Kienllen and Jack
Barrett. He was returned to The
Dalles and sent from there to the
Penitentiary.
44 YEARS WEDDED ENOUGH
Olympla's One-Tlme Chief of Police
Seeks Divorce.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. April 29. (Special.),
After being married for 44 years, De
lano Myers has started suit for divorce
from his wife in the Thurston County
Superior Court alleging that she de
serted him a year ago and went to Cali
fornia, where she has since made her
home.
The old pair are pioneer settlers of
Olympla and Thurston County and their
children, now all grown, were educated
here. The aged couple were married on
December 12. 1867. He was at one time
Chief of the Olympla police and a few
years ago was employed as Janitor at
the Courthouse. He asks for a com
plete divorce and alleges only desertion.
Berry Cnlon Cuts Prices.
iT-,rT-fc dtvvp nr. Anrll 28. fKne-
nuui ,n , u... v -. i
clal.) The board of directors pf the
Applegrowers' Union has reduced the
ne haniTllnr strswherrles to 10
cents per crate from lrtt cents. The
Crop IS snowing cn-cuou l luapvtia.
The directors have also decided to
mabA a i4)ti.tlnn for TTnton stockhold
ers. In the price of arsenate of lead.
selling it ror 10 cents per pound, wnere
100-pound kegs are taken and giving a
discount of S per cent on cash orders.
Falling. Door Injures Man.
SALEM. Or.. April 29. (Special.)
Struck down by a heavy Iron door as he
was coming from the basement of the
Marlon Hotel this morning. X. L. ilof- i
Plant Your Dollars
a zizzz
Where the increase is certain. Can
any investment be safer sounder
than good . acreage, close to a
growing city ? We offer o a
place to plant your dollars where
they will bear you a rich harvest.
Reap Sure Returns
In apple orchards hi walnut cul-turez-in
every product of a rich,
productive soil in increased land
values, which alone will more than
pay interests on your investment.
Holladay Farms
Are 37 miles from Portland, in
Yamhill County; two railway lines
and another coming. River trans
portation as well. Soil of the fin
est, adjoining the great Lownsdale
apple orchards, and the famous
Prince walnut tracts. Land all
cleared and in cultivation. There
is no better proposition on the
market today. And the price?
There is nothing half so good any
where near the cost.
$150 to $200 an Acre
We are selling this magnificent
land in five and ten-acre tracts on
easy terms. Call and we will give
yoxi full particulars. Come with .
us next Saturday or Sunday and
see before jtou buy.
Gowen-Ide Trust Company
Ground Floor, Lumbermens Building,
Fifth and Stark.
fit suffered a cracked jaw and his left
ear was nearly torn off. He walked to
the office of a physician two blocks
away and his wounds were treated. It
Is believed that his ear may be sewed
back into place.
Asylum Water Rights in Doubt.
SALEf. Or., April 29. (.Special.)
Chance that the water rights for the
Eastern Oregon Branch Insane Hos-
pital may prove to be invalid was shown
today when the Governor's office was
Berved with a notice of the contest of
the water right on the R. L. Oliver
tract. These water rights have been
examined by attorneys for the state
and have been declared valid, and con
sequently the state will make a strenu-.
ous effort to preserve them.
On country slab and block wood, dry.
Edlefsen Fuel Co., you should try.
Is nothing very unusual in Oil Speculation. A per
son needs "fixing" who does not make this much
or more who acts quickly at the right time and in the
right place.
If we knew the right place to invest a few hundred
dollars in some of the oil leases near the well that
will be brought in first right here in Oregon and no
one doubts but what some one or more of the dozen
wells now being drilled in Oregon will develop into
a good commercial well, maybe a great big Gusher
this year 5000 per cent profit would be tame.
But we don't know which one to plunge on. and
it takes too much money to plunge on all of them.
Now. if you knew how to GET IN ON ALL THE
OIL FIELDS OF OREGON without putting up very
much money and at the same time be in a position
to 'jump in at the right time and place when oil is
struck you would be able to
FEATHER YOUR NEST A PLENTY.
This is what we can do for you. .The business will
be carried on by men who understand the work and
are wholly satisfactory to you.
Make Appointment Address AL55,Oregonian
SELECT THAT PIANO NOW
YOU WILL IF YOU'RE WISE
Owlnsr to unfortunate conditions.
over which we have no control, compels
us to retire from the piano Dusiness.
We regret this, but Inasmuch as It
can't be helped, our entire stock of
pianos is placed on the market at ac
tual factory cost. It has been stated by
anme dealers that n3 is simply a
scheme on our part to catch the un
wary, but we say witn an ine raipnasis
at our command that we mean just
what we say, we are going to quit busi
ness, and if buying: a piano at factory
cost means anything to you, you want
to call at your earliest convenience, a,
at the rate pianos are going, we will
soon see the end. If you don't think
this sale means everything to the pur
chaser, note some of the following
prices they tell the tale. It Is a recog
nized fact mat mere is no cosmer, uner
or better piano made than tne ivers ec
Pond, and their beautiful Princess
Grand that sells everywhere at S00,
can now bo obtained for $597, and a
magnificent upright for $:!87. You
know something about the Davenport &
Treacy piano it lias heen on tne mar
ket forty years, and they range in price
from 1400 up you can buy one now for
1294. Then there is the Gabler, Behnlng,
Melville Clark. Crown. Walworth and
others, at correspondingly low prices,
some as low as $16S. As to player
pianos we have the greate-st of all. the
Apollo, bsides other makes and prices
range from $375 up. We also have
quite a numner of slightly-used pianos,
such as Everett, Kimball, Ludwifr.
Decker & Son, Cable and others at al
most your own prices, ranging from $97.
up. Now the beauty of this proposition,
is, you don't have to pay ail cash in
order to take advantage of it. Pay a
sufficient amount down as a guarantee
of good faith and the balance in month
ly payments covering thirty months if
you like. It costs nothing to investi
gate this, but it means an awful sight
to you if you buy a piano, so let us
emphasize the matter again by saying.
If you intend to buy a piano within
the next year you cannot let this oppor
tunity slip by. Talking machines,
records and player music included in
the sale. Hovenden Piano Company,
106 Fifth street.