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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1911)
v g TntLSUXDAY OrwEGOXIAy rORTLAXI), DECE3IBER 10. 1011. left today for Portland to meet with Malor Morrow, of the United States POLICE DECLARE Armv. Engineering Corps, for tha pur pose of urging upon the engineers the necessity of a recommendation ior Fifth and Stark J. G. MACK & CO. Fitth and Stark SWEETHEART SLEW further appropriation for Coos Bay Harbor. The committee Is composed ef Caotaln MacGenn. of the steamer Breakwater; Dr. J. T. McCormac, pres ident of the Chamber of Commerce, and Is Any Gift More Welcome or handsome, or more lasting, than beautiful furniture? The Chair, the Koeker, the Table, Tray or any one of the hundreds of out-of-the-ordinary pieces that Captain Edgar Simpson, of the blmp son Lumber Company. It will be asked that the engineers Spokane Girl, Murdered in Cold make a recommendation for an appro prlatlon for the preservation of the Jetty at the north side of tha harbor entrance. Tha people also want another Blood, Discouraged Men's Attentions. annroDrlation for Inner work on tna harbor. Tha present project la to make the harbor ehansel IS feet oeep ana you may select upon our lioors uns Reason, wm uiajte a me-ume u.i, ccnam be always remembered and always appreciated. Select it now, while the stocks are complete and unbroken. In particular, see our beautiful window display of gift furniture by far the largest, most varied and most interesting assortment ever shown by a local store. 200 feet wide, and it will ba asked that tha channel be made 10 feet deep and CASE 'LOVE AFFAIR,' BELIEF Jl SiCTIOJI C ITT WOMAN, A PIOMEF.R OF" IH.13, DIES ' AT AGE OK S3. I : . Irf 1 1 WW Mimrri Connectfd With IVth of 5 -Year-Old Anns Weber May Yet B Solved V-rerj Police man and Detective on Case. SPOKANE. Wash, Dec. (Spe rlal.) Annie Weber, the il-year-old f-lrl whose dead bodr was dlacovarad by North Cot workmen yesterday. wa murdered by a aweetheart whjra she had refuted to marry- "Ma ' latest theory of tha police, after -amlnlnr members of the family and for- mer employers or trie aeaa s;iri. I am mlnf out to meet my sweet heart." ware tha last words of tha lrl as aha left tha home of ber par tnti Thursday evening. They laughed at her, as she had often told them she had no younr man friend. Becoming- embarrassed, she then aid she was reins; to tha home of Mrs. John A. Finch, where she intenaea as latins In servlnsr supper. She was never seen at the Finch residence on the night of tha murder. ftlrl ttalet 1st Mmrr. Jerome M. Drumheller. for whom she worked up to two months ago as serv ant, said today that he had never seen a more quiet irirl. She had no gentle men friends of which Ms family knew. Minute searching for possible clews on the part of tha police today nrougni to llsrht the fact that the girl had walked no the river bank toward tha rarline. When she neared the top of the hill the footprints In the mud indi cated that she had experienced a strug gle with someone. Her hat was tora from her bead and lay at soma dis tance from tha body. Her purse also was cast aside and was found several feet away. No money had been taken, however. Her parents say Annie discouraged the attentions of men. particularly be cause she Intended taking a trip to Oermany within a few months. It Is this fact and the statement made by herself that she was going to meet her sweetheart that lead to the belief that a discouraged man committed the crime, Chief of Police pnuat. Captain Mar tin Burns and detectives made another thorough search of ihe surroundings today. When they returned Doust said: Erery Detective) Werktaar Oa Cmmr. "Wi think we can get the murderer, but there la nothing which we can safely give out at present. Every man on tha force is working on tha case." The strictest secrecy Is being main tained at detective headquarters, re porters being barred from even the outer offices, while the Investigation and questioning of relatives and friends ef the girl Is going on today. "It looks very much like a love af fair." said Captain Bums. "We are working oa every possible theory, but that seems the most probable at pres ent. There were a lot of men working on the North Coast bridge not far from the ecene of tha murder, but the roar of the river would drown any screams for help from their ears." There was no evidence of criminal attack nor of such an attempt found at the autopsy. Neither was robbery tha motive, as the untouched puree Indicated. SEATTLE TO CHOOSE DOCK Cltlsena Will Vote on Three) Proposed Sites on Harbor. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. t. (Special.) A public dock at Smith Cove, one on the central waterfront, extending northward from Madison street to Uni versity street, and another on tha East waterway between Massachusetts ave nue and tha westward sxtenslon of Railroad avenue are tha three loca tions which tha Port Commission has agreed to submit to tha voters at tha election to be held March . Other projects under consideration by the commission, on which, however, no definlta action has yet been taken, are a sheltered motorboat harbor at the foot of Harrison street, supple mentary to the city dock now provided for at that point and a powder dock at some suitable place where tha handl ing of dangerous explosives can ba carried oa with tha maximum of safety. HUSBAND IS EXTRADITED Oloott Says Care or Child Mast Bo Assmraed by Parent. SALEM. Or, Dec. 10. (Special.) De claring that he did not care to pay at tention to technicalities, but would cast his vote with the minor child. Acting Governor Olcott In his first extradition rase today decided to allow Pearl H. Ureen to be taken to Tacoma. where he Is wanted on a charge of failing to sup port his I-yeer-old child. Attorney Weatherford. who appeared for Green, made the plea that Green -had been unable to earn the $50 a month alimony Imposed by tha courts and as a result believes he should not be sent back to Tacoma. The Acting Governor said whether that would af fect bia guilt or Innocence waa a ques tion for the courts to decide. Green is under arrest at Albany. STEAMER AGAIN IN PERIL City of Panama for Two Days la Swept by Tremendous Seas. SAS FRANCISCO. Dec . The steamer City of Panama, which on a previous trip was forced to put back to this port In a badly damaged con dition as a result of a storm, met with a similar experience when returning from Mexican ports of call and arrived her today with another tale of hur ricanes and smashed windows. For two days, with the wind blow ing at 74 miles an hour, the ship strug gled against heavy seas. Officers who had their rooms on tha lower deck were forced to abandon them. Tba gale came on late at night. Passengers were badly frightened. MARSHFIELD MEN COMING Conference to Be Held With Major Morrow, C. S. A. Engineer Corp. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Dec. t. (Spe cial.) A committee of Marshfield men k - - i X ;' a' f.' - - . W r -" v f - Mrs. Catherine Record. JUNCTION CITT. Or, Dec. t. (Special.) "Grandma Record." who died here recently, aged II. crossed the plains with her hus band from Indiana In 1151. They settled on a donation land claim of (to acres, five miles northeast of Monroe. In Benton County. In 1873 they bought the John Miller donation claim, one mile west of Junction City, where they lived until about It years ago. when Mrs. Catherine Record moved to Junction City. Mrs- Record left 0 direct liv ing descendants. They are three children, 11 grandchildren and If great grandchildren. S00 feet wide from the Smith Mill to the bar. YAMHILL REALTY MOVING Transfers for November Show In crease Over Same Last Year. MMINNVILLE. Or- Dec. . (Spe cial.) Realty transfers In Yamhill County for the month of November In creased the receipts of the County Re corder's office &i per cent over the re ceipts for November last year, and the preaent month Is starting aa a rccora-breaker. Among the Important transfers filed for record during tha past tew days are those noting the sale of the Broadmead farm, southwest of this city, contain ing 1300 acres, sold to Minnesota and Portland paruea tor laau.ouv; me aa dltlonal purchase by the Yamhill De velopment Company at Ft. Joe at an outlay of S100.000; Bergman to Yarex Bros., of lis acres near Lafayette ior 111.000, and 11 oil leases given on lands In this section to A. L. Lord. and assigned to the Western Gas A Power Company, a Delaware corpora tion. COURT HOLDS LAW BINDING Washington Tribunal Rules on Fel low-Servant Statute. OLTMPIA. Wash.. Dec . (Special.) Although tha fellow-servant doctrine of law Is not popular with the supreme Court, and the court "has refused to make It a basis for defeating recovery for an Injured person." except In cases plainly Involving tha rule, tha tribunal has no authority to ignore it. says an opinion handed down In the court to day reversing tha King County Supe rior Court In the case of John Fren ger. of Seattle, against tha Stone A Webster engineering corporation. "There Is no escape," aaya the court. "unless the doctrine waa to be entirely abrogated and written out of the law of this state. If It Is. It must be dona by tha Legislature and not by tha courts." It Is held that one of Fren ger's fellow-workmen, and not tha en gineering company, was responsible for tha Injury which brought on tha suit. PORTLAND FIRM IS WINNER McMlnnvllle's 875,000 Municipal Bond Issue Goea to Morris Bros. MMINNVILLE. Or.. Dec. . (Spe cial.) Morrla Bros, bond buyers, of Portland, have been awarded the 175. 000 municipal bond Issue recently au thorised by tha citizens here, at par and 11800 premium. There were 1? separate blda by Coast and Eastern bond buyers for the Issue as a whole or In part. The Issue consists of 115.- 000 water main bonds, 130,000 general street Improvement bonds, and 120.000 water and light bonds, the first two denominations to be accepted by the buyers aa Issued at the option of tha city. All bear per cent Interest. Except for a provision In the char ter amendment authorising the bond issues, establishing the rata of Inter est on tha water and light bonds at ( per cent, the three Issues could have been floated at a much lower rate, ac cording to some of tha bids. Body of Man Found "ear Track. HOOD RIVER. Or, Dec . (Special.) While hunting along the track of the CX-w. R. at N about a mile and a half west of the city today, Barrett Stone nd Matt Huckler, two youths of this city, discovered the body of a man who bad apparently met death from Injuries received in falling from the overhang ing cliff. Robert Collier Diea Suddenly. Robert Collier died suddenly early this morning at his home at Seven teenth and Elisabeth street. He was 14 years of age. and was employed at the Smith at Watson Iron works In this city. He Is survived by a widow and two daughters. Alice and Grace. Pianos rented. 11 and 14 per month. Kimball. Chickerlng. Kohler. Weser. Free drayage. Kohler Chase, 17S Washington street. Read about Jimmy Dunn'a Christ mas gift, rage 1, section X. Leather Furniture DISTINCTIVE GIFT FURNITURE Special Values in Gift Pieces We urge you to examine them and make comparisons. X French Gilt Panel Mirrors $1.00 'l Leather Table Mats. $1.50 Hand-Tooled Table Mats. . . .$3.00 to $12.00 Candlesticks $1.50, $2.00, $3.00 Solid Mahogany Cricket or Footstool, in denim, priced at. $5.00, $6.00, $6.50 Solid Mahogany Trays $6.50 Solid Mahogany Rocker, high back, leather seat $15.00 Oak Hall Clocks $15.00 Solid Mahogany Drop-Leaf English Tea Table, with drawers $20.00 Solid Mahogany Library Table, size 26x40 ins., priced at $25.00 Furniture for Children Pretty Chairs, Rockers and Settees in mahog any; Chairs and Morris Chairs in fumed oak; Rockers in red and fiber-rush; Mahogany Doll's Dresser, with four-poster beds to match, com plete with springs, mattress and pillows. Here re a few sug gestions, chosen at random from our stocks : IN MAHOGANY Tilt tables, sewing tables, easy chairs, nest tables, muffin stands, rockers, mir rors, footstools, jar diniere stands, tea wagons, hum idors, candlesticks, glove boxes, hall clocks. IN FUMED OAK . Chairs, rockers, pedestals, bookcases, footstools, cel Tarettes, desks, costumers, sewing tables. IN WILLOW Couches, settees, desks, sewing tables, chairs, rockers, linen baskets, muffin stands. file - i i . iflrl i! i mw$ mm I! - 1 , fw, :; -, t ;,. J V - ' 1 -v-;,.:. "' TRAYS AND TABLES A good tray is equal ly pretty and useful as a gift. We have a solid mahogany tray at $6.50. Many others in plain and inlaid mahogany; -others with glass bottoms, lined with cretonne or Bulgar ian embroidery. Many have tea tables to match. All prices. The extreme durability and com fort of leather furniture have alwa's insured its popularity at Christmas time. We show scores of styles in oak and leather fur niture, starting in with Heavy Rockers at $7.50. In overstuffed leather pieces prices range $30.00 up to the most expensive import ed Library Chairs. We use noth ing but the finest leathers. Fifth and Stark J G..MACK (fc? CO.f REPORT ID E Condition of Defunct Vancouv er Institution Shown. DIVIDEND MAY BE PAID reposHors Hare Chance to Get Ten Per Ont More If Certain Sales Can Be Made Warehouse Claim la Unsettled. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Deo. . Spe- claL) M. B. Kles, recelrer of the de funct Commercial Bank of Vancouver, today Issued a report showing what haa been done In a financial war since ha took charge, March 30, The report shows: Collections. Loans end discounts ....ISS.S43.75 Internet .s J.7S9.37 Rentals i.nu.n Total Dtsbursemen ts. Loans end discounts Interest Hentals First dividend. 10 per cent.... Expenses Cash on hand.. ....100.042.23 ....I18.T80.SS 8.4-U.07 , ... ViiOO.OO . ... 36.4.-.4.4S .... 2.73.47 .... 30.413.uS Total f0.042.SS There Is a possibility that a tim ber sale will be made aoon and that enough will be realized from several sources to pay a second dividend of 10 per cent. This Is lnderinue. now ever. A few days ao tha receiver was forced to pay flO.000 and Interest on the Seattle warehouse, held by the Priests' Advice Led to Their Recovery Thin, weak or frail people these who take cold easily" and suftYrere of Bron chitis and Asthma, should be prepared with Eckraan's Alterative In the house. Rmarkable cares of even Tuberculous (Consumptive) persons are often accom plished. Here are two cases: "Grntlemen: On June S. 1807. I wss op erated upon for Tub-rrulsr Peritonitis at 8t. Marv's Hospital. Ko-hster. N. Y. After the operation my physicians cave me up. I waa than ursed bv a Driest to take Eck- men'e Alterative, which J did. My weight at the time was 73 lbs. I began to Improve and steadily (ained In health and strength. I now weigh 126 Iba. and am absolutely cured. (Elgnea Atriaavm eu.ii t iMtit. 80 Savannah St.. Rocheeter. N. T. "Oentlemen : I was troubled with Asthma and Bronchitis for seventeen years. After trying many remedies Eckman's Alterative wae recommended to me by our psrlsh prieet. 1 am now feeling Ane. I cannot prill It en.ougn. (funed ANNA SIAB McENTEE. Affidavit) Uacon, I1U Erkman'e Alterstlve Is effective In Bron chitis. Asthma, Hay Fever. Throat snd Lung Troubles, and la npbulldlng the sys tem. Does not contain polsona. opiates or hablt-formlnc druse. For sale by the Owl Driii Co. and other leading drugslsta. Ailc for booklet of cured rases and write to Eck man Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa., for add itional evidence. bank, with a $45,000 mortgage against It. The Ooldendale bank alleges that It also haa a claim against the Seattle warehouse. H. C. Phillips, president of the bank, was recently tried In Kalama, and the Jury disagreed. Phillips Is to be re tried In January at Kalama. Ben De Yarmon, trustee of the bank rupt firm of Rector & Daly, has filed suit In the Superior Court ag-alnst Owen Mulligan and M. B. Kles, re ceiver of the Commercial Bank of Van couver, asking for a restraining order to keep them from foreclosing on a chattel mortgage of 129,600, given by the firm to the bank December 17, 1910, when it was in the hands of J. L. Mo- hundro. State Bank Examiner. The plaintiff alleges that when the mortgage was given the firm was In solvent and that this was known, and that Phillips, without authority from the board of directors, transferred the mortgage to Mulligan to keep him from foreclosing on Kector dc Daly. Jackson Would Hold Down Value. SALEM. Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) As sessor W. T. Grieve, of Jackson County, appeared before the State Tax Commission today asking that when the Board of Equalization makes its report It will hold down the assessment in the vicinity of 30, 000,000. The assessed valuation of tha county for last year was $30,2,649. H. M. Swank Sued for $20,000. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) H. M. Swank, of Swank & Co., bankrupts, was today sued for $20,000, alleged to be due for 200 shares, of stock In the company, of which he owned 777 shares, paid up. He had subscribed for 977 shares. Everett Citizens Demand Hearing. OLTMPIA, Wash., Dec. 9. (Special.) Cltlsens of Everett have complained . - . v. - nKll Mrvlm rnmmlsHlon that the rates for water charged by the Everett Water Company are too high, and ask that an Investigation be made under the provision of the 1911 law giving the commission control over all public service utilities. The commis sion has set December 18 as the date for hearing the complaints. Christmas Presents For Smokers Don't be in a quandary about what to give your friends Come to HEADQUARTERS for SMOKERS SUN DRIES. .Thousands of beautiful pipes and a great multitude of smokers' supplies to choose from. CSS- s Calabashes We buy and sell more genuine South African Calabashes than any other three firms in the Northwest. Prices from $1.00 up. HUJrTDORS, CIGAR SETS CIGAR HOLDERS, MATCH BOXES UaSCHLESS CIGAR LIGHTERS 'ZorS-x button and you have a light) Cigars Candies We sell the BEST in the country, being sole agents for PARK & .TILFORLVS. MAILLAHD ALLEGRETTL MULLANE'S TAFFIES, PIQ 'N WHIS TLE, etc The name SICIIEL stands for the BEST in cigars. We sell no cigars that we can- not fully recommend. Special lines Mi Hogar, Garcias, Heyo de Monterrey, Romeo and Julietta. Lord Baltimore, Up mann's, La Diligencia, Lovera, etc. Examine our stock and you will find it an easy matter to make your Christmas selections. SIG. SICHEL & CO. AGENTS FOR LEADING CIGARS and CANDIES of the WORLD Phones: Main 508, A 4278 Insure in sure Insurance High Praise from Insurance Commissioner STATE OF UTAH Insurance Department 604-5 Dooly Block. Salt Lake City WUlard Done. Commisiloner. Noveubbb 29, 19T1. Continental Lite Insurance A InvestmentOs Salt Lake City. Ctah. Gentlemed: Regardlnr the results ol the es amination I have )ust completed of the Con tinental Llle Insurance Investment Com pany, 1 find that your Company has an ample surplus, that the Company's altalrs are in a heallliy and prosperous condition, and the Officers of the Continental Life Insurance & Investment Company are entitled to talcn commendation for the results they have ao coiupiisbed in the past as well as for the present satisfactory condition of Its affairs. sr "reeps olfyUy 1 Coaaussi oner of Insurance Continental Life Insurance & Investment Company W. H. Cunningham, General Msnager. Home Office. McComick Block, Salt Lake City C. J. Klitgaard Agency Supervisor . Park-Harris Apartments PORTLAND Bleiweiss & Moore General Agents . 434 Harrison Street PORTLAND CCQC Is our spe 0009 cial sale price on a dainty Baby Grand Piano. The regular value Is $750. You can pay as little a J10 as first payment. and takes years to pay the balance. We are ex elusive agents for Weber, Steele, Fisch er and Vose Pianos. Also Pianola Pianos, KOHLER 375 Washington. Opeaday A CHASE, and niaTfct