The Sunday Oregonian., January 07, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JANUARY 7, 1912.
FRIENDS GOME 10 j!
1 OF ALEXANDER;
11
Confessed Embezzler of O.-W.
R. & N. Funds Has Many
Offers of Assistance.
ARREST WILL BE MONDAY
Hallway Officials Will Go Before
Grand Jury and Give Evidence aa
to Forsrrlc Wild I.lfe Not
I.ed. Sajs Accused.
TYhll a warrant for the arrest of
Temple TV. Aleander. self-confessed
O.-W. R. X. emboxiler. rests In the
poo k el of a detective who keeps him
unier constant surveillance an who
will arrest him llon.lay mornlnir. hun
on- j
ard I t
ds- 1 I
dreds of friends hare come forw
to the younc man's assistance, bond
men have off-re1 tiielr services for the
low bond asked by the railroad com
pany and offers of financial assistance
running Into thousands of dollars have
been recelveU by hint.
While he sat last night and brooded
over his troublo and could see rood
only In his voluntary return from Chi
cago, ahere efforts of detectives had
fallal t trace him. the telephone bell
ran repeatedly with the calls of
friends and one tolerrapb messenger
af:er another delivered messages at the
door.
KlMsna Ttsrkra (leart.
"I have been a fool 1 know It."
Alesander ' said as he discussed hla
plight, "but sometimes It almost seems.
worth being a fool when you can have
friends rally to you like they have
ral'd to me today.
"Never In my life did I Imagine I had
sn many friend. 1 thought when a
man was down bis friends gave him an
additional kick. I know differently
now. All over the Northwest I have
heard from one fellow after another by
telesraob. Follows that I never
thought cared two plna for me. have 1
telegraphed offers of money. If my i
ball had been I J .) insteaa oi inn
I believe I could have secured It today.
"And best of all. I know now that if
I ret 41 years for this my wlfo will
he waiting at the door for mi when
I get out.
Mrs. Alexander, who la a beautiful
woman, smiled In hearty assent to her
husband's remarks.
('art Precede re Mystery.
Alexander was nervous. Re did not
know what would be the court pro
cedure and asked questions concern
ing the legal processes that may now
take place.
lie learned that it waa the intention
of the officials of the O.-W. It. N. to
send before the grand Jury Monday
morning Ralph Blaisdell. auditor, and
.Richard Koehler, purchasing agent,
who will present to the Inquisitorial
body specimens of the forged vouch
ers. Koehler'a signature, which waa
forged on a number of the fatal SS.
which have proved the young mans
undoing, will be denied by him. Rail
road clerks who have knowledge or
the facts will also testify. .
Alexander will be left in peace to
day but a formal arrest will be made
tomorrow. As his bond la already
prepared ready for filing, the process
of serving the warrant will be a form
ality. If the young man la indicted, his
rase will come before the February
term of court.
Plat a e i f la Told.
Just how It was that hla peculations
were discovered became known yeater.
day.
When J. P. Farrell waa appointed
president he desired to put In the pur
chasing department O. W. Saul aa as
sistant purchasing agent. As there
were no duties for such an office the
services of Mr. Alexander, who acted
as timber clerk, were dispensed with
on Lfecember 1, Mr. Koehler furnishing
Alexander with an excellent testimon
ial. Two weeka later Saul called up Alex
ander, "Say. come down and see ma
tonight, will you. Alexander? ha said.
"Thia timber business has ma wor-
rled."
tjure." replied the young man. but
two weeka returned from his honey
moon. Then Saul askd Alexander how it
was that in one month there had been
payment for Inspection of approxi
mately t:oo.00 worth of ties, when the
most that came from Boring in any
one month waa I'i.OOO. Alexander ex
plain"! the matter In generalities, but
a waa warned.
"Then a friend In the railroad office
"tipped off that suspicions had been
aroused, that hundreds of vouchers
were being scanned and. terrified and
unnerved. Alexander fled t:.o city.
Wife Esertsi laflaeaee.
As he went he wrote his wife and
told her of the trouble ha was In. And
while she could not reply to hla letters
until she heard from him In the East,
yet she began writing then and there,
and the gist of her communications
waa: "Come back and face It out." "For
the sake of the youngsters and me."
waa one appeal she made, alluding to
his step-children.
Although Alexander had offers of
financial assistance which would have
carried him to Kuropo. aa ha waa able
to prove, he decided to come back. He
communicated with the railroad of
ficials, lie received funds for hla trip
from Salt Lake City to Portland. His
wife traveled to Baker City to meet
him and with him returned to the
city. While even now Mr. and Mrs
Alexander scout the Idea they were un
der s'irvelUsnre. there waa no time
form Salt I-aSe to I'ortland that their
lo-tl"n was not known.
Whit di.l you d lfh the moneyT"
was natura.! the first question asked
Alexander.
"It s this way." he replied. "I don't
exactly know. When I read In the
papers that I followed the primrose
path, that I led a gay and riotous life,
that champagne and cocktails were my
evening and morning refreshments. I
Just get staggered. As a matter of fact
there has never been a time when I
led the gay life. Sunders 1 have taken
my wife and the youngsters out for
long automobile rides end " au' know
that runs into money. I was fond of
going to the theater we went to
gether. I patrontxed a tailor, and
tailors will not make clothes for aoth
Ing. The money just wsnt, that's all.
and for my Ufa I could not Bay bow.
Denial la Made.
"Now, perhaps you've read about my
hardwood floors being unpaid for. Well,
it's not true: thev were a wedding
present to me. The rurnlture Is not iio. The importation oi raw ma
mlne. It belongs to J. f. Msck Jk Co.- I terlals shows a heavy decrease, ajnount-
;." ald Mrs. A:exander, "and i lng to I4S.000.000. the largest Item of
after this came up I went to Mr. Mack I which Is cotton, which accounta for
and told him of our trouble and asked ' nearly SIJ.100.000. The meat Imports
him to take awav the furniture, as It ' decrease! X2.S00.000 and oils S12.500.
was unpaid. He declined to do so and J 000. On the other hand there was an
we can only call him another friend." j Increase In food imports of more than
Incidentally, other friends took care J IU.40e.00s.
SELF-CONTESSED EMBEZZLES
PANT WHO WILL GO BEFORE
TEMPLE W.
of the various liens on the house and
furniture, and the deputy constable in
M,.M,lflA was nald.
Alexander Is a S2d degree Mason and
waa secretary of his class: he Is an
Elk and a member of the Portland Ad
Club and other organisations.
"1 have Just got this to say." he re
marked finally. "I want to take my
medicine properly. Whatever I get I'm
not going to holler." I have no kick
coming. The railroad company has
treated me splendidly. I understand It
will assist me In obtaining some clem
ency. All I want Is some time and
somehow to get another start, and you
can bet that I shall walk the straight
and narrow path from now on."
Railroad officials declare that tn all
probability no attempt will be made to
surcharge the forged vouchera on the
banks cashing them. For this to be
done the vouchera would have to be
resurrected and Intricate problems in
bookkeeping worked out-
PcRlLS OF IRIS TOLD
RAILROAD SURVEYORS MAKE 60
MILES OVERLAND.
Food Supply Exhausted, Men Are
Compelled to Resort to Diet
of Rloe Dally.
VANCOUVK R, Wash.. Jan. i. (Spe
cial.) M. U Coovert. of Vancouver, to
day received a newspaper clipping from
his brother, J. W. Coovert, telling of
his thrilling experience and hardships
la surveying a line for a railroad In
Canada. Mr. Coovert Is well known
here and In .the Pacific Northwest,
where he has assisted In surveying and
constructing many railroads, one of
them being the Oregon Klectrlc from
Portland to Salem. The story reads:
"Starved out through Inability to get
food supplies and unable to Journey
south f.irough the Impassable snow
which covered the trails at Blue River.
SO miles distant, a Canadian Northern
engineering party of men. In charge
of J. W. Coovert, waa compelled to
abandon camp at tha North Thompson
Crossing and return to civilisation in
an overland tramp of miles to Teta
Jusne Cache.
"In a four daye' walk the half-famished
men were obliged to cross a sum
mit and wade through deep snow until
they reached a point near Tete Jaune.
on the Kraser Kiver. where better trav
eling conditions prevailed.
"The surveyors, having run outof
other food, were obliged to subsist on
a rice diet. Karh member of the party,
when tha distribution took place on
the data of the rush out. was allotted
five pounds of the life-sustaining
cereal. Fifteen men. In charge of Mr.
Coovert. reached Vancouver. B. C,
Wednesday."
COLLEGE BANDJS FEATURE
Programme of Winter Function at
Corrallls Is Outlined.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEOE, Corvallls. Or., Jan. . tSpecieA)
The Military Band concert at the Ore
gon Agricultural College will be held
on January In tha opera-house. This
la an annual affair which is one of the
most attractive features of the Winter
season at Corvallls.
Captain Harry Beard, leader of the
band. -ae been fortunate this year in
being able to have a large number of
candidates to choose from. It has been
possible throughout the year to have
two bands. For the concert they will
be Joined.
The programme will contain sev
eral Interesting descriptive pieces aa
well aa some of the better known
marches and overtures.
British' Exports Heavy.
liONPOX. Jan. . British exports for
111 as shown by the Board of Trade
returns, reached a record total of U.
171 41J.J00. or an increase of tlls.488.
44 ever ltl. Manufactures and food
account for almost the whole of the
Increase, cotton textiles alone being
$70,000.00.
Imports for the year totalled 13.402.
T.7i. which la only Ill.510.7i5 over
FROM O.-W. E. & N. COM-
GRAND JURY TOMOREOW. 1
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ALEXAXDEH.
M TREES TOPPLE
EVEIir STREET HAS ITS QCOTA
OF. DESTRCCTIOX.
Failing of Temperature After
o'clock Is Signal tor Crash
ing Throughout City.
Damage to shade trees, shrubbery
and foliage undoubtedly cannot be es
timated In dollars and cents. It is safe
to aay. however, that no disaster be
fore In Portland'! history has caused
more general destruction than the
present "thaw." Every street la lined
with branchea and uprooted trees,
which fell under the strain of the thick
coat of Ice. Thousands of beautiful
pines, firs and hardwood trees were
split so badly by tha breaking branches
that they will die. and hundreds more
were so shorn of their branches that
they will be of no value as shads
treefor ..."
done last night after o'clock, when.
!n addition to the rain and sleet, the
mercury dropped materially ana aaaea
to the Icy burden of the trees. For
hours the residence streets resounded
with the snapping and cracking of
branches.
The destruction of trees Is not con
fined to any particular district, but Is
crneral In the residence district. The
Xact extent of the damage will not
be known until today.
In the City Park a number of trees
lost branches and othera toppled. Su
perintendent Mlsche reported that the
main trouble was with the softwood
trees. Tha ornamental shrubbery,
which Is mostly hardwood, stood tha
weight of the Ice without breaking.
Much damage waa alao done to the
young trees In other parks about the
city, despite efforts of park employes
to brace tha branches.
Falling telephone poles caused con
siderable dsmage to trees also. The
poles. In falling, often carried limbs of
trees, and In one or two cases fell
against trees and caused them to topple
with them.
The trees caused much trouble to the
street railway company. Branches fall
ing over the trolley wlrea and brush
ing against the ear windows wera re
ported In aome aectlona and in many
Instances traffic delays were occa
sioned. CHINESE WILL CELEBRATE
Portland Residents to Show Loyalty
to New Republic.
With almost 2000 subscribed by the
Chong Hwa, tha council of Chinese
merchants of Portland, the parade of
Chinese Monday to celebrate the prea-
idency of Sun Vat Sen as tha head of
tha new Chinese republic win be neio.
1 weather conditions permit. More
than 1000 Chinese residents of Portland
will be In Una when the parade starts
from tha new Chong Hwa Hall at l( n
Davis street at' 7: JO o'clock Monday
,!. it la estimated by Lee Quin, sec
retary of the Portland Young China
Association, who Is in charge of the
ra lr
Invitations to the Mayor, the District
Attorney. City Auditor, Chief of Police,
Cuuntv C'.crk and the president of the
Commercial Club were sent by mes
senger yesterday, after permission to
hold the parade and to set off crackers,
and oth-r fireworks were secured.
Starting from Third and Davis streets
the procession oi marcners. automo
biles and carriages "will go to Glisan
street on Third street, to Fourth street,
to Pine, to Second, to Taylor, to Sixth,
to Hoyt. to Fourth, to Davis and to
the Chong Hwa Hall.
an Chinese business houses in the
old and new quarter will be closed In
( honor of the day. Speakers at the -Yuen
lvlm l-um inu ..'. i . u .
the Chinese block at Fourth and
.Flanders streets, ana tne snangnai
restaurant at second ana u sireeia
will address audiences of Chinese fol
lowing the parade.
A picture of the new president. Sun
Tat Sen. will be a feature of the parade,
and American flags will be carried,
with the two flags of the new republic
More then 100 autos will be in line, it
Is thought. George W. Wilson, counsel
for the Chinese, mill take csre of In
vtted American visitors to the Chinese
places, following the parade.-
The Cain-Rice Shoe Company invite
their friends and their friends to visit
them at their new location, 14 Alder
street
STORM KING HOLDS
COUNTRY IN GRASP
Intense Cold Causes Great
Suffering Chicago Has
Food Famine.
MERCURY IS NEAR RECORD
Homeless In Windy City Seek in
Vain for Escape From Icy Blasts.
Temperature Lowest In Tears.
150,000 Are Unemployed.
CHICAGO. Jan. (Special.) The
whole country north of the Gulf tier of ;
t . r i. In h irrln of intense cold to- '
night and there Is intense suiienng on
every hand.
There Is a general, heavy fall ot
snow throughout the Lake states and
the Missouri and Mississippi valleys.
situation by tying op traffic in many j
Instances and preventing the measurea (
for relief that would be taken promptly
tinder circumstances more nearly nor
mal. Telegraph and teiepnone com-
n.nl.i hav exneriencerf trouble With
their wires In virtually every section.
Chicago Poor Suffer,
rtiirn Mma in hava led the coun
try in the intensity of the suffering
caused by untoward and unexpected
weather conditions. It Is estimated
that the number of unemployed in the
city la not less tnan lau.vuu, a ma.
it may be much greater than that.
There are at least 1200 in the municipal
lodging-house and the various po-
i . . i ...(.. V. vt,n the num.
IICV '""'B .. ...
ber cared for by private charities can
not be estimated with any degree of
t I, nttlnBr wind.
accuracy. i un " " . ....... a .. .
which seems to make Chicago's 15 de-
. . .....1 n Its
g-rees dciuw wm iuj -
power of inflicting misery, to 25 de
grees below.
The streets are a glare of ice. Horses
have been falling all day and the hu
mane societies have been called upon
to put several to death.
There has been an omciai enon i
ii - .nut. fnKfm hilt diffi
culties of transportation have made
these enoris oniy par.i.ij'
Food Famine Serlona.
. i .... tsirifl-. tn double
the allotment of food and fuel made
. i H.. Va,m who could not
call for and" deliver their own supplies
in many instances D
without.
t. In mnnv nolntS in th6
Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys
have Deen me lowest m j
enrtv decrees below xero was reported
from Wisconsin and Minnesota to
night, and It Is growing coiuer. .u
the north shore of Lake Superior cold
records for a quarter of a century
have been broken.
Many Deataa Reported.
A doxen deaths were reported in
Chicago as attributable to the cold,
and this ratio Is believed to have been
maintained throughout the country. A
news dispatch from New York says
that even the morgues have been
thrown open as places of shelter, so
great is the demand upon the authori
ties From St. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City
and other Western cities come similar
stories. The streetcar service of St.
Louis was brought completely to a
standstill by the heavy fall of snow,
though St. Louis, with a temperature
five degrees below sero, waa one of
the relatively -warm spots of the Val
ley It was much colder In the north
western part of Missouri and Jn
Omaha.
Gas Saeply Froxesu
Kansas City suffered the added dis
comfort of a froxen gas supply. Many
thousands of families depend upon gas
exclusively for heat as well as light
and were provided with neither sub
stitute fuel nor stoves in which to
burn It. These Instances were fre
quent and many of them were acute.
Thoss who had facilities for burning
coal were confronted with the greed
of dealera who charged exorbitant
prices. . . .
Reports from the country districts
are uniformly that livestock are suf
. . ..lj ,nrf hnneer. but it
hss been a prosperous Fall and most ot
the farmera are supplied with feed and
will be able to remedy the situation as
soon as they are able to move about
more freely. It la doubtful whether
there will be any serious loss In this.
'"More discouraging than- tonight's
weather Itself Is the fact that the
weather forecasters, at local potnts and
at Washington, hold out little hope for
Immediate improvement. Everything
points to at least another' day of bit
ter cold, with the same snow and sleet,
and It may last Indefinitely the fore
casters themselves will not say. Sun
day, at least, will be In every respect
a repetition of Saturday, they say, ex
cept that It may be worse.
PORTLAND JS CUT OFF
fCont.pqed from Ft ft Paga.)
the Portland Railway. Light & Power
Company are all tied up. '
Telegraph service into and out of
Portland waa badly crippled last night.
Both the Western Union and the Pos
tal companies were at times reduced
to one wire each. The Postal Company
late last night was operating to Seat
tle and San Francisco direct, while the
Western Union reached San Francisco
by way of Chicago.
Astoria Rainfall . Heavy.
In the vicinity of Astoria a constant
rain has been falling for the past 3
hours, accompaniea oy a com cjsi wmu.
Later in the day In the City of Astoria
the rain for a time turned to a soft
snow, which fell for a short time only.
According to information late last
night the tetal rainfall for the past 24
hours In Astoria was 2.55 Inches. At
11 o'clock the barometer stood at 30.10,
which is Indicative of colder weather,
and with a moderation of the storm it
is feared the Columbia will be blocked
with ice and slush.
o the north of Portland news comes
that Centralla Is experiencing one of
the heaviest snow storms in several
years and it has wrought considerable
damage. Telegraph and telephone wires
re down and tha city, with the excep
tion of one wire. Is practically cut oft
from the outside world. The switch
board at the Centralla depot blew out
in the afternoon, setting the station on
Are. and hundreds of telepnones In the
city have been put out of commission
by wires breaking under the weight of
the snow.
Worst Storas Is Seesu
At Chehalls the worst snow storm of
the Winter is In progress. Many tele
graph and telephone wlrea are out of
V
off Special Sale
of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Men's Suits, Overcoats
and Raincoats
$20.00 Garments now
$22.50 Garments now
$25.00 Garments now
$30.00 Garments now
$35.00 Garments now.
$40.00 Garments now
One-third off on Black
20 per cent off on Blue and
Big Reductions in Men's Furnishing Goods
Men's Underwear
Two-piece and union suits Cooper's, Win-
sted Hosiery LO.'&, Juunsing auu uufcuui.
1 nn Oarments. this sale
$1.50 Garments, this sale. . .
$2.00 Garments, this sale..
$2.50 Garments, this sale..
$3.00 Garments, this sale..
$4.00 Garments, this sale..
$6.00 Garments, this sale..
Choice of Any $15 Overcoat or Raincoat for $10
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
THIRD AND MORRISON
service and the electric system is also
out of commission. The snow is heavy
and owners of buildings have been busy
all day shoveling the dead weight from
the roofs of brick and other blocks.
The fire alarm system, excepting one
East Side line, went out early in the
evening on account of falling trees and
poles, and all night it was not possible
to ring in an alarm from any of the
alarm boxes. Linemen were busy try
ing to set the system back into work
ing order, but as fast as repairs were
made new breaks occurred. The con
ditions have been made more serious on
account of the depleted telephone serv.
ice and the Inability of the fire com
panies to receive calls from telephones
er from headquarters.
SEATTLE IS WADING IX SLUSH
Paget Sound City Passes Most Un
pleasant Day of Winter.
SEATTLE, Waslu Jan. . (Special.)
Smeared all over with slush Seattle
has experienced one of the most un
pleasant days of the Winter The tem
perature tor the past 24 hours has
?anged between SS and 1 and I most ot
the day. a wet soggy snow has been
falling, which lies an Inch or so deep
in the residence sections on vthe hills
but melts as It falls in the down-town
"hereglon of comparative warn,l
.earns to be limited to the margins of
the salt water, as a few miles back It
is reported that the mow lies on the
ground several inches deep, the temper
ature being too low for melting. A
"ight. rather warmish wind Is blowing
which is helping to melt the new fallen
Tnow and send fhrongh the gutter, and
streets streams of muddy
Indications are that during the night
th. ..mperatur, may fall -";
on "he ground In town In the morning.
Snow Heavy In Tacoma.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 6. ( Special. )
WUh 7Si of 7.6 inches of snow ln 2
hours, as registered at the Une
States Weather Bureau at 6
Tacoma Is having its first taste of Win-
drop beiow aa - , , h
at South Tacoma. was reported to be
.vfi inches deeper than the figure, j
of the weatner
Climate Failed
Medicine Cured
It hss been absolutely shown that rest,
fresh air and sood food do help many
Alterative Is a medietas made
toftS? "re of Tuberculosa I. ha, cured
. . Atmmmm .evln and Main. uiien
ZZS Tcooklni unusual yet cures resulted.
w. u. d urs. that Bckmsn-s
Alterative should be used In every ca of
Tuberculosis. In sddltion to good, nourish
to, and fresh air. which w. .11 need.
The facts the evidence of cures that
.. kL- made are Interesting reading.
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Youths' Suits and Overcoats
,
. 813e3r
$15.00
S16.65
S20.00
$23.35
$26.65
Overcoats.
Black Suits.
$12.50 Garments
$15.00 Garments
J18.00 Garments
Boys' Suits
$ 5.00 Garments
$ 7.50 Garments
$10.00 Garments
MEN'S $2.50 HIGH-NECK JERSEYS, all
wool, in Oxford, brown, ma- rt "9 J JJ
roon, navy and black, now. 1 I v
MEN'S $3.00 ALL-WOOL COAT SWEAT
EES, in oxford, cardinal, brown, gray with
navy border, brown with tan border, cardi
nal with navy border; this (!0 1 f
sale 4ado LJ
50c all-wool Gloves 35
v te
SI and $1.15
$1.35
$1.S5
$2.25
$3.00
$4.50
CHICAGO L05IN3 FAVOR
6T. LOUIS AXD BALTIMORE COX
TESTIOS POSSIBILITIES.
City on Lake Limits Money Offer to
Expenses Only and Insists on
; Auditing Bills.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Among mem
ber, of the National Committee In the
city, the belief Is growing that the
contest for the Democratic convention
soon will narrow down to Baltimore
and St, Louis. New York and Denver,
however, will continue in the fight to
the end. Each of the four cities named.
If Is said, will make an offer of 1100.
000 to cover the expenses of the con
vention and to be put to such future
use as the committee desires.
Chicago's chance for the convention
is eald to be suffering from two handi
caps. A number of the Democrats are
opposed to meeting In a convention hall
"dedicated" only a week or two ahead
by tbe Republicans. Chicago's mone
tary offering Is said to be limited
strictly to the expenses of the conven
tion, the Chicago convention committee
to audit all bills.
Urey Woodson, secretary of the Na
tional Committee, expressed the belief
today that no action would be taken
looking to Presidential primaries.
"The expenses will be far beyond
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- Auto connections to Prineville, Bums and other interior points.
' CITY TICKET OFFICE, FIFTH AND STARK STREETS
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our means." h i said. "It cost the Demo
crats 140,000 to hold primaries in Ken
tucky alone."
ROOSEVELT FELLS TREES
Despite Vow of Silence, Colonel Is
Again in State of Siege.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Jan. S. Colonel
Roosevelt and half & dozen other men
chopped down trees today In the woods
surrounding the ex-Presldenfs home
at Sagamore Hill. When Colonel Roose
velt was not wielding an ax he was
giving directions. To all Inquirers the
Colonel sent word that he would say
nothing.
After more than a year of compara
tive obscurity Oyster Bay is again
achieving prominence. When his un
successful tour through New York
state, in 1910. in behalf of Henry L.
SUmson, Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, ended. Colonel Roosevelt went
into retirement, but as a result of re
cent political developments Sagamore
Hill once more is In a state of siege.
Despite Colonel Roosevelt's refusal to
talk politics, a squad of correspondents
has camped in the village.
Revival Meetings to Close.
The engagement of Dr. Herbert
Yeuell at the Central Christian
Church revival will close Sunday night.
An effort has been made to persuade
Mr. Yeuell to remain another week, but
he says he is late for his next meeting
at Bloomington, I1L A movement is on
foot to obtain the doctor's promise to
return for an extended mpeting
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