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-
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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.
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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
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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&
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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
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"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
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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.
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