10 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTXAyP, DECEMBER 3. 1911. A POSSE OF 500 WIN IN RUNNING FIGHT Small Town Near Bellingham Shoots Up Desperadoes. One Will Die. 40 DYNAMITE BOMBS USED Following Saloon Bobbery Irat Cldsras " 6 tart Chase Across Co an try On e Man Bnllet-RId-dted Other Surrender. BELLI NO HAM. Wlih, Dec. I. In a pitched battl yesterday at Sedro Woolley. a small town outh of Bl- llngham. participated In by BOO dttxens and two desperadoes who had hold up and robbed a saloon, on of the high waymen vu riddled with bulleta and will die. whll the, other, after a des perate hand-to-hand encounter, sur rendered. The names of ths two men are Wal ter Foots and Fred James. . As soon as they found out they were suspected, th highwaymen, followed by a posse, had to run to the outskirts of th town, where they barricaded themselves behind loirs at the foot of an embankment and opened Ore on their pursuers. Dyaasalf Ala Vaed Rifle, shotguns and sticks of dyna- mite were used with which to dislodge the men. After Foot had been shot ' Into unconsciousness and blinded by exploding dynamite, his pU James, used op bis remaining amraunlttlon and then surrendered. The cltlsens escaped without injury. James has confessed to a number of burglaries. James was uninjured In the fight. In which more than loot shots were tired and 40 'dynamite bombs were hurled against the logs behind which the men had fortified themselves on the bank of Pkagtt Hirer, halt a mil from Sedro Woollry. Early yesterday morning two masked men entered a Sedro-Woolley saloon and lined the proprietor and habitues up airalnst the wall and rifled the safe oc tTvO. backed through the door and disappeared In the darkneas. In tne afternoon two men entered the same saloon and asked about the holdup, arousing the proprietor's suspicions by their questions. The saloonlst tele phoned for Marshal Jasper Hoi man, who ordered the men to surrender. Covering the Marshal with guns, they stripped him of his watch and money and took hla revolver, while the cus tomers In the saloon stood aghast. Raaalag FteM Fellewa. Dashing Into the street, the despera does, now unmasked, started for the Fkaglt River, half a mile away. A halt dosen cltlsens gave chasa in an auto mobile and a running battle occurred. Half a mil from the town, where the highway parallels the Skagit River, the men leaped over the hiKh bank of the stream and took refuge behind a pile of cedar logs and opened Or on their pursuers as they appeared on the bank. Falling to dislodge the robbers after two hours of firing, dynamite was used, wtth now 100 citizens taking part In the fight. With fuse lighted, the explosive was burled over the river bank a stick at a time. After sticks bad been thrown and exploded In and near the holdups' stronghold, firing ceased. With bis hands above his head. Fred James leaped upon the lor and asked for mercy. He was unhurt, but his partner was riddled with bul lets and part of his face torn away by a dynamlt bomb. Four members of the posse were slightly Injured by bullets from the automatic, pistols with which the men defended themselves. All the money stolen from the saloon was found on the men. The men are well known In several SksgU County towns and are suspected of being the l-rritr.itun nf several recent holdups. DESPONDENT MAN SUICIDE Spouse Walks to Estranged Wife's Betlslde; Swallows Poison. EUGEXE. Or, Dec. !. (Special.) Entering through a window at 4 o'clock In the morning. Into the room occu pied by bis estranged wife. Charles Loughery awoke her with the declara tion: "I have Just taken poison and I bavs com home to die." Twelve hours later. In spit of sU medical attention, the man was dead. Mrs. Loughry. alarmed at the man's entrance, and seeing the box of arsenlo he had. called her mother and brother, with whom she has been living sine the estrangement. As they entered the room Loughery was swallowing the poison. At first he appeared to re spond to such treatment as Is avail able on a farm, miles from town, but later he became worse and a physician waa called. To the doctor and two wit nesses he told where he got the poison, saying that he bad secured It on his statement that he wanted to tan a hide. II bad walked all night from Harcola. 2S miles away, to the farm of his wife's parents. The Loughery had bean married fnr about four years, having one child. They separated last Summer. ELECTION STIRS CITIZENS Pendleton Mayoralty Contest Is Ab sorbing Attention. r EXDLETOf. Or, Dec J. (gpeolal.) Not sine Pendleton was a village has there been such a hotly contested municipal campaign as the on which will terminate In the election Mon day. Nearly 120.000 has been wagered on the result of the Mayerallty elec tion, the contestants being W. P. Mat lock. ex-Mayor, abd Roy Raley, a young lawyer, who has been sctlng as City Attorney under Mayor Murphy. The curious situation of the church and saloon elements lining up together Is seen In Matlock's support. Th church people declare Raley was un faithful as City Attorney, while th saloon mea and gamblers ars hoping Matlock will open th town. DAMAGE SUIT DEFERRED . Jrane Sohlffrr Allrgee) Ale Carson' Remarks Hart. AfJTORlA. Or, Dec. t (HpecleU Th esse of Jean Schiller against 11m r-. n .. fnw .rial If! th Circuit Court today, waa continued until the February term on account of th chief witness being away. Th action waa brought to secure damages for alleged defamation of character. Th complaint aaserts thst th plaintiff made an agreement with A. F. Bryant for leasing a atore at Rainier for a period of three years, but that the defendant told Bryant the plaintiff waa a "Gipsy," a "fly-by-night," and also made other slanderous remarks about him. By reason of these statements, th complaint alleges. Bryant refused to execute th lease to th plaintiff. Continuing, th com plaint asserts that on account of these slanderous remarks tha plaintiff's char acter waa damaged to th extent of 11000. and by losing th leas on th store th plalntlT was put to a needless expense of 1500 In moving his stock of goods. Me therefore asks for a Judg ment In the sum of 11500. As no other cases are set for trial th Jury was excused until further orders of th court. IMS. FRYETAG ILL LONG WIFE OP GLADSTONE'S MAYOR LAID TO REST MUD AY. Well-Know n Clackamas County Res ident Prominent In Church and Charity Work Among Friends. OREGON CITT. Or, Dec. 2. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Emma Alena Freytag. wife of Oscar E. Freytag. of Gladstone, who died at the family home Tuesday even- yun.' e.nr"e:. .A;-" ' j f. -a, jgrr- -vJ , v! V '- H - r .-. - - ' :;;M'tv:l I.al Mra. Kn A. Freytag, Was. l-ald to Hest at Cladatoae Friday. Ing at I o'clock, had been 111 for soma time. Mra Freytag waa taken to tha St. Vincent's Hospital about three month ago for medical treatment, but her condition became so that It was thought advisable for her to return to her home at Gladstone, where she longed to go. and where her health has been failing gradually until death end ed her sufferings. Mrs. Freytsg was well known by many her and In different parts of th country anil has been active in church work, being a member of the Congregational Church. She waa also a member of th Rebekah Order. Sola Circle. Women of Woodcraft. Mllwaukl Orange. Mrs. Freytag always extend ed a helping hand and bad a kind word for her friends. Mrs. Freytag was born on th land claim of Mr. and Mrs. P. U. Rlnearson. her parents, who wers among th prominent Oregon early ploneera who crossed th plains by. ox-team. tn was born on July I. 17. and resided at th old bom until ber marriage to O. E Freytag, who was In business for several vears her and later moved to Gladstone. Mr. Freytag Is Mayor of Gladstone, and Is on of th prominent residents of that place. Mra Freytag la survived by her hus band, on son, Clayton, and on daugh ter. Miss Orva. and three brothers. George. Edward and Jacob Rlnearson; three step-brothers, peter Rlnearson, William Greaves. Richard Greaves, and two sten-slsters. Mrs. Edward Callff. of Estacada, and Mrs. Braixell. of Fort. land. Th funeral services were neia xrom th Congregational Church Friday aft ernoon. Rev. E. S. Bollinger, of Port land, assisted br Rev. Edwarda. offi ciated, and th services at the ceme tery were under th auspices or th Rebekah Lodse. LACK OF SERUM FATAL Pendleton laborer Die or Tetanus After Cavela Injury. PENDLETON. Or, Dec I. (Special.) Harry Leese. a young laborer, who suffered a broken ankle wnen caught by a cave-In while digging a aewer ditch on week ago. died of lockjaw at St. Anthony's Hospital today. He waa recovering from th effects of the comparatively alight accident until Wednesday evening, when symp toms of tetanus developed. Lack of sufficient quantity of th serum wtth which to combat the disease, either la Pendleton or Portland. Is directly re sponsible for th death. Th victims mother, Mra Item Abler, of San Francisco, has been noti fied. SNOWS HALT SURVEY WORK Extension of North Coast on West Mile of Cascades Walt. TACOMA. Dec. 2. Locating survey work on th west side of the Cascades for the extension or the North Coast, of the Harriman System, to the Sound has ben suspended until Spring, because of heavy snows. Th locating survey crew, under Engineer Holwell. hss re turned to Tacoma and the work will not be resumed until Spring. The crew waa at work on two routes, on by Bear Gap and the other by Natehes Pass. A crew Is still at work on ths sast side of th mountains. Th road must have complete data as to Its rout before It csn get a right of way through th Government reserve. Clnb Gives Dance at Hood River. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Pea t. (Spe clal. ) With mors than 100 couples In th big ballroom, many of whom were guests from different Northwestern cities, th Hood River University Club gar Its fourth annual hop last night. Th danc waa th most enjoyable affair ever given by th University Club. Portland guests present for the event were: Miss Luclle Smith. Miss Frances Oberteufer, Mist Frances Nelson. Miss Kemna Klosterman. Miss Dorothy Nswhail. Miss Marjorl Forbes, Miss Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Rogers and James H. Polhemua Coking coal S.7. KdJofsen ' yard. C.'-'-4 . . ... . l ; ' ' v " EVARS DENIES GUILT Wife of Philomath Banker in Court to Hear Pleading. DEMURRER IS OVERRULED State May Not Attempt to Secure FurUtrr Indictments Until Pres ent Cases Are Tried Man ager of Creamery Witness. CORVALLIS, Or- Dec. 2. (Special.) James Evars, Indicted as Evans, smiled broadly when th Indictment charging him with forgery was read last night. This afternoon he pleaded "not guilty" with a strong voice, when arraigned on that Indictment, but there was no trace of amusement In his demeanor. He wss neatly dressed and well groomed. Mra. Kvars. who has visited th County Jail dally since her husband's Incarcera tion, was In the courtroom with two women friends when the cashier of the wrecked Philomath bank answered to the forgery charge. This indictment charges that on th 25th day of March. 1911. Evars mad and forged with Intent to defraud, a promissory not for 1400, purporting to be signed by Octave Voget In favor of the Philomath Creamery and indorsed by It to the bank and held by the bank as a bill receivable asset. Evara was president of the oreamery company and mad the Indorsement for tha creamery. It Is understood that Voget, who was superintendent or tne cresmery, asserts thst he never signed such a note. Evars' attorney filed a de. murrer to the Indictment, but It was promptly overruled by Judge Harris and th trial was set for next Tues day. Monday morning Evars will plead to a second Indictment charging him with making a false report of the bank's condition to th Stat Superintendent of Banks at the close of business. Sep tember K, of this year. Several other indictments against htm were expected today, but as wit nesses in other cases have been appear. Ing before the grand Jury, it la prob able that the state will not seek fur ther Indictments against him If con victions on th two present charges are secured. IAN NAMES LIKED CURATOR OF HISTORICAL SO CIETY GIVES DATA. Official Would Substitute "Red' Stan's Title lor Those Not Sup ported br History. A LB ANT, Or, Dec. 2. (Special.) Speaking before th Linn County His torical Society In this city this week. George H. Hlmes. of Portland, curator of the Oregon Historical Society, pre sented an Interesting discussion of In dian names. 11 also told many facts and Interesting anecdotea of pioneer history of this part of tha state. Mr. Hlmes said ha waa heartily In favor of th present movement for th restoration of Indian names In Oregon geography when th nam Is estab lished by history. But ha said he was opposed to th substitution of fsnclful Indian names not supported by history, for names now well established. Illustrative of his position he re ferred to th wall-known controversy regarding th name of Mount Rainier and th effort to substitute th nam Tacoma for Rainier, on th ground that It was th old Indian nam of th mountain. He said Tacoma, or a word that sounded like it In th tongue of th Puyallup and Nlsqually Indians, was a nam for any anow-capped peak and not this one in particular and that Rainier Is th hlstorlo nam of th mountain, given It In 1T93 by Captain Vancouver, a British explorer, who also named Mount Hood, naming both Hood and Rainier for English admirals. He said th nam Tacoma waa first broached in 186S. aftsr th mountain had been called Rainier for 70 years. Th speaker said he favored tha re storation of really hlstorlo names, how ever, such as Mount McLoughlln for Mount Pitt, and announced that h had Just received word from ths National geographlo board that th rang of mountains In th northeastern corner of Oregon, known as. Cornucopl Ttnge. powder River Mountains and other names will henceforth be known officially as the Wallowa Mountains. He said he had recently discovered from authorltatlv Indian tradition that th nam Wallowa was an Indian word for -fish-trap." The name "Willamette" Is an Indian nam meaning "green water." th speaker said, and he said that he had ascertained thia from different sources. II also held that the present spelling of. the word Is th correct on as dls tlngulshed from "Wallamt" or "Wal lamut" and that the Oregon pronouncl atlon la correct, aa distinguished from th way It Is pronounced In th East ern psrt of the country. Ha also said that th names of both the Santlam and Calapoola Rivers, Linn County s leading streams, are hlstorlo Indian words, though there Is an unssttled controversy as to tha correct spelling of th latter. Th nam Calapoola oomea from th Indian trlb which lived throughout the present Willam ette Valley, south of Oregon City, and Santlam was a big chief of th Cala poola tribe. Mr. Hlmes said that the Indiana called the present alt of Salem "Che meketa" meaning a "place of rest" Ha said he had ascsrtalned that Jason Lee, the pioneer Methodist missionary, mho named Balem. was cognisant of ths In dian name of the place and its mean ing, but that he had come from Salem, Mass., and that by a curious coinci dence th nam of th place where he had lived meant th same as th In dian nam for th place where he had located so he had accepted th English word in honor of his former home. He said the nam of Champoeg cam from an Indian word pronounced "cham-poo-lck," which waa th nam of a herb which grew on the alt of Champoeg. Mr. Hlmes presented considerable In teresting data on th origin of th nam "Oregon." He said th origin of th word had never been ascertained but he presented what historical facts bad been gleaned regarding Its early use. He said th nam first appeared In print In a writing of Captain Jona than Carver, an explorer, in 1768. Car ver used ths word referring to th Oregon River, now tha Columbia. But In his writing there Is no hint of where he heard th nam, though th conclu sion is reached that Carver, who hd penetrated Into the Rocky Mountains. In what la now Montana, must have heard the word or something that sounded Ilka it. from the Indiana la referring to this river. Th seoond place th word appeared . :fi I BONDS We will consider offerings of first class Municipal and School Bonds. Also well se cured Improvement Bonds. "We serve also as Trustee in industrial issues of bonds, and in all proper relations pertaining to prop1 erty interests. Our experience in these matters will aid you. Write or call if interested. N MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY Capital $150,000.00 W. H. Fear President Wfflard Case, Vice-President O. 0. Bortzmeyer. .. .Cashier Walter H. Brown, Asst. Casr. in pr'nt, th speaker said, was In tha well-known reference In - Bryant's poem. "Thanatopsls." Mr. Hlmes told of unearthing a map printed In 1836 on which the Rocky Mountains are re ferred to as "Oregon, or Rocky Moun tains." He also told of writings about that data which said that the word Oregon was an Indian name, meaning "baclc-bone of the continent." The nam Is applied only to the river In the writings In which it first appears and was not applied to the country later called "The Oregon County" until about th time of the treaty with Eng land, whereby the United States se cured thia country. SEATTLE PROBES LIVING Cost Will Be Investigated and Re sult Anxiously Awaited. SEATTLE. Wash, Dec. 2. (Special.) Th cost of living In Seattle will be Investigated by a special committee by th progress and prosperity commute of th new Seattle Chamber of Com merce. Ths committee believes that this Information, It true, should be spread, with other Information con cerning this olty, broadcast through out the land, irrespective of how many commission merchanta planning to go Into business are turned to other and more expensive cities. Th report of this special committee will be awaited with interest, for It means good campaign literature to at tract th outside wag earner to Seattle If the cost of living shall prove lower her than elsewhere. . MAN SPLITS WOOD; DIES Walla Walla Resident, Aged 65, Found Dead Near Woodpile. WALLA WALLA. Wash, Dec. 2. (Special.) While engaged in splitting wood at the horns of his sister, Mrs. John Mackln, Fred Noltlng, aged C5, dropped dead today. A short tlm before his death he ceased cutting wood and came to the house, complaining to Mra Mackln that he did not feel welL Afterward he grew better and returned to his taak. A few minutes later th sound of th blows of the ax ceased and Mrs. Mackln. on Investigating, found her brother lying dead near tha woodpile. Mr. Noltlng, who was unmarried, was born In Germany, but had lived in this vicinity for th past to years. BOYS' CLUBS IN SESSION Oregon-Idaho Representatives Are Meeting at Corvallla. CORVALLIS. Or, Dec 2. (Special.) Th sixth annual atata boys' con ference, uVider the auspices of the Oregon-Idaho Y. M. C. A, which has been In session at the Oregon Agricultural College since lat Friday, will close Sunday. Between 175 and 200 boys from different parts of Oregon and Idaho are In attendance. Shepard Hall, the Agricultural Col leg V. M, C. A. building, haa been th canter of activities. The boys war allowed to use the big swimming tank Saturday aftarnoon and the li brary and sitting-rooms have been In constant use. Vancouver Debaters Win. GOLD END ALB, Wash., Deo. I. (Spe cial.) Vancouver won from Golden dale in the lnterscholastio debate on the question of state or Federal control of the oonservatlon of the natural re sources of th Nation. Vancouver had th stats side of the question and out classed Goldendale on all points ex cept team work. Members of the Van couver High School team are Magda lene HJertaas. Lloyd Hathaway and Lester Wood; Goldendale High School, Miss Marion Wilder, Dan McEwen and Hubert Vincent. Judges were Miss All Miller of The Dalles, Superintendent McLaughlin, of the Hood River schools; H. E. Kramer, of Goldendale. The Vancouver team was accompanied by Professor Herrlck as coach and Mra Sterling aa chaperon. The debate was held In the Star Theater and a banquet and reception waa tendered th Van couver team after th programme. Whisky Sale) Is Alleged. ALBAXT. Or.. Dec S. (Special.) Looking through th windows of th Franklin House, in this city, last eve ning, while Jamea Blackburn bought a drink of whisky. Sheriff Smith arrested J. BUyeu, who la charged with making th aals, on a charge of violating th local option law. Blackburn secured a mug containing a drink of whisky and a bottle of ginger-ale and turned them over to the Sheriff. Eugene Building on Increase). ECOEXE, Or, Dee. 2. (Special.) Building permits Issued in Eugene for this year to December I exceed th total for 1810 and December promises to exceed th same month laat year. Realty transfers for Lane County con tinue to keep above $200,000 a month, th total registered for 11 months of 1911 being $J,35,S5& fly 'Tm'L. -J l.w-. When Laurelhurst was platted, two and one-half years ago, the owners of the property had uppermost in their minds the desire to make it possible for the dis criminating element of Portland's population to acquire a homesite in a district where every requirement of comfortable home-life would be at hand. That we have succeeded in our desire and intention to provide Portland with a residence park, as nearly perfect in all its appointments as nature and skillful engineers could make it, is shown by the fact that more than 200 home-builders have .purchased sites and built elegant homes in the tract during the past 20 months. This is a record that has not been even approached in any other high-grade, ex clusive residence section in the city. How would you like to have a home with such an environment? Remember, that when you buy a lot and build a home, you are not providing yourself and family with just a temporary place of residence, but you are providing what will become the dearest spot on earth to you and yours a place of comfort and rest, where you will spend all your remaining days. In Laurelhurst you will have everything in the way of improvements that civilized man requires. All there now, ready for you. Not promised at some future and unknown date. We will help you finance the building of your home in Laurelhurst. If you have saved up, say $300 or $400, we can put you in your own home, and then you can begin to make your monthly rent check pay for your home in other words, your rent money will begin working for you instead of for your landlord. Come in and let us explain our plan for helping home builders. It will interest you intensely, if you are a renter. MEAD & MURPHY, Selling Agents 522-526 Corbett Building Phones Main 1503, A 1515 OFFICE AT TRACT PHONE EAST 989 ASK FOR SALESMAN VALE ROAD TO EXTEND OREGON" SHORT LIVB OFFICIAL MAKES STATEMENT. Work in Malhenr Canyon Declared Preliminary to Cros-State Track Sure to Come. SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec 2. (Spe cial.) When asked regarding th Vale extension of th Oregon Short Line today, W. H. Bancroft, vice-president and general manager of this road, said: "The work now done In Malheur Canyon, Just west of Vale. Is merely preliminary to the building of the USED BY For DYSPEPSIA MALARIA and BILIOUSNESS Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Fifty-eight Years of Unparalleled Success--Never UU1U in jy Bulk X PITTSBURG, - vEH..f f iJ HAXDSOME HOME IV LAURELHTJRST Central Oregon cross-state line. Malheur Canyon affords the only prac tical pass, so that the road will have to go through there. "We therefore feel that the work will not be wasted, although wa have no definite plans to glvo out regarding tha future. We would not do this work if we did not intend at some time to finish the road. "A large fores may be put on th work and the construction rushed In the Spring, but our plans are not yet mature." HOOD RIVER DEAL STOPPED Batchelder Get Out Injnnctlon Against Officials in Ught Case. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Dec. J. (Special.) County Judge George Culbertson YOUR FATHER -AND- GRANDFATHER THE HOSTETTER COMPANY - - PENN. s , .7'" . : 4 t ? " - a- today Issued a temporary injunction against the Mayor and City Council denying them the power to let the con tract for city lighting here to th Hydro-Electric Company, a rival concern of the Facifio Power & Light Company, though the latter company had put In a bid below that of its rival. This la another move In a fight which has been in progress here for some time. Ths Injunction Is issued against E. H. Hartwig, Mayor, and the Councilmen, J. F. Batchelder being the plaintiff in the case. November's Rain Slight. The monthly meteorological summary of Portland as compiled by the Weath er Bureau for November shows tha mean temperature to have been 46.0 and precipitation 2.64. The normal pre cipitation for the month Is 6.47. The prevailing direction of the wind Is southwest. Its Purity Guaranteed fssnM 2? S3 iTV?'t"lil. Insist on Getting the Genuine