The Sunday Oregonian., January 28, 1912, Page 10, Image 10

TITE SUNDAY OREG ONI AX, PORTLAND, . JANUARY 28, 1912.
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SLEUTH- CHARGED
BY FRANK IUL HYAN
Ironworkers' Head Says De
tective Tried to Kill Him
With Revolver.
WARRANTS ARE ISSUED
Complainant Save Operative for
National Erectr r' Association
Attacked Hint on IWnaI to
Discuss Alleged Threat.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. IT. Charges
that ha assaulted and attempted to
kUl Frank M. Kjran. presMent ot the
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workecs. war mada In
warrants Issued tonight against Kobert
J. Foster, a detective.
Foster, who la employed by Walter
Drew, counsel tor the. National Erec
tors' Association. In gathering; evidence
for th Federal grand Jury tnvestiga
tlon of the drnamtta conspiracy, aald
ha visited the Iron workers' neadquar-
tora tmiav to Inquire about a report
ti-.at Drew waa being; "shadowed" about
the country.
Ryan said that after he had refused
to discuss the. subject and had forced
the de-tectlTe out of the door ha was
atruck by Foster with a revolver. One
ef the warrants charge that Foster
struck Ryan with premeditated malice
to kill and murder.
Detective Active la RiM.
F.arly In the grand Jury Investiga
tion of the dynamite conspiracy. Foster
assisted In a raid on the offices of the
iron workers' headquarters, formerly
occupied by J. J. Mc.Nimara, the con
victed secretary-treasurer of the anion.
Correspondence and books belonging to
2Jc.Ns.mara were aald to have been ob
tained.
"X went to the Iron workers' offices
to Inquire about a report which con
rerned Mr. Drew," said Foster. "Today
I received Information from Chicago
that certain men were trying to find
Irew because of hla work In Retting
evidence about the dynamite consplr
acy. 1 merely wanted to teU Ryan we
knew about It.
Ryan said he told Foster to see the
Iron workers attorney about It.
Rewarel fer Drew's Head neated.
"The story that Foster told me con
corning the report that SaOOO had been
offered for Drew's head was absurd,
said Ryan. I told him I did not want
to discuss it. but he Insisted, and after
I had forced him out of tha office ha
drew a revolver and began hlttlDg me
with it."
Ryan, who lives In Chicago, baa been
Iiere to consult with tha Iron workera
of thla city regarding certain evidence
obtained tor the use of tha grand Jury,
and had set the date for her return
home, but tha day before she waa to
start waa taken 111. Beside tha two
children here, she leaves two daughters
and one son In Iowa. Tha body waa
taken East today, accompanied by tha
children, to Dennlsnn. la.
UMATILLA CONFAB CALLED
Reclamation Engineer to Confer at
llermlston Over Project.
E. Q. Hopson. supervising engineer,
and D. C Henny. consulting engineer,
of tha United States Reclamation Berv
Ic i In Portland: Q. P. Morton. Deputy
United States Attorney, of Portland,
and John H. Lewis. 8tats Engineer, of
Salem, will leave Portland tomorrow
for llermlston. where they will meat
A. P. Davis, of Washington, chairman
of tha Board of JLhlef Englneera of tha
Reclamation Service, and H D. Newel U
who Is In charge of the Umatilla proj
ect. All will confer at llermlston with
tha exception of State Engineer Lewis,
who will be prevent only at the public
heatings to be held at Pendleton and
Arlington.
air. Lewis, who Is not a member ot
the Board of United States Engineers,
wtll outline any possible requirements
of state control of water and advise
the public on any points that may arise
aa to the Jurisdiction of tha state. The
Board of United States Englneera has
RATE FIGHT BEGUN
Millions in Freights Involved in
Struggle.
ADVANCE "IS THREATENED
Hearing Will Open in Chicago Mon-
day-Roada Declare They Will
Xot Recede Unless Commis
sion Compels) Them To. .
CHICAGO. Jan. 17. (Special.) A,
riaantlo struggle between every rail
road operating In the western part of
the country, scores of commerlciai or-
ganlaatlona and thousanda of ahlppera
In cltlea and towna throughout the
Weat will be begun In Chcago Monday
at a hearing before George N. Brown,
chief examiner of the Interstate com
merce Commission. The issue, which
mighty Fang race, called Jannde. Its
people number 600,000 and are Increas
ing rapidly. The whole nation la push
ing eastward from lta native region.
near the sources of the White Nile.
Dr. Nekes says that the people are
amazingly Intelligent, powerful physi
cally and fond of work and have an
astonishingly rich language. They can
express in native idiom the most mod
ern ideas of modern things such as
cigars and telephones.
The people are divided into three so
cial classes freemen, freedmen and
slaves captured In war. Their religion
consists partly of ancestor worship and
partly of belief in ghosts. They con
sider that all evil cornea from witch
craft and sorcery. Hence they cava
witch finders.
Regarding women as the source of
all mischief, when a chieftain dies, the
people beat hla widows to make aura
they punish the right one.
Nekes regards them aa intellectually
on the level with Europeans of the mid
dle ages. He saya they have the earns
fixedness of purpose unspoiled by mod
ern softness.
Strong efforts are to be made by tha
German government to persuade these
rapidly-multiplying people to settle In
the new German territory, where they
will be looked after carefully until they
are fully able to provide for themselves.
C00KEEY TAUGHT WITH SUCCESS TO WILLAMETTE VALLEY
STUDENTS.
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Lfrty- - i r
RETAILERS ARE BLAMED
PACKERS COSTEXD THAT THEY
MADE LOW PRICES.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLASS AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
INDEPENDENCE. Or, Jan. 27. (Special.) A class In domestic sci
ence, organized by Miss Carrie Pimm in the Independence High
School, has proved, highly satisfactory. Miss Pimm Is a graduate of
Oregon Agricultural College, in the class of 1)11. Her work here was
so successful that Superintendent Stockton, of the Eugene schools, se
cured her to put in a course of domestic science In that city. Mtss
Mary E. Cate. of Corvallls, a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural
College in the domestic science and art department, class of ltlO.
takes up the work In the high school here.
Sale Made at Leas Than Cent
Pound Profit, Dealers Got Re
mainder, Is Asserted.
CHICAGO, Jan. 27. Efforts to show
that the retailers were largely re
sponsible for the high price of dressed
beef were made by counsel for the de
fense at the packers' trial today.
On cross-examination by Attorney
John Barton I'ayne, Stelner G. Lang-
her, margin clerk at the Q. H. Ham
mond A Company plant of the Nation
al Packing Company at Chicago, who
was on the stand all day, read long
Hats of shipments from plants of the
company at Chicago. Kansaa City, St.
Louis, Omaha and St. Joseph, Mo., to
how that In 1909 the actual selling
price of dressed beef to retail dealers
in Eastern cltlea ranged from S to 1
cents a pound.
The figures read showed that in thla
period, a large part of the shipments
actually was sold by the packers at
leas than 7 centa a pound and in many
Instances tha profit was less than 1
cent a pound. These sales were cited
by the defense to refute the Govern- j
ments contention that the packers
profits on fresh meats were excessive,
VANCOUVER ELKS PRIMP
Para do Uniforms Ordered and Lodge
Is Oat for Prize.
VANCOUVER. Wash, Jan. 17. (Spe
cial.) Vancouver Lodge of Elks, No.
III. has already ordered sulta for 364
member, to be worn in tha parade
when the National convention of the
Grand Lodge of Elks Is to be held In
Portland. July S. Vancouver alma to
win the first prise for the largeat num
ber of members, outalde Oregon, in
line. A special steamer will be char
tered and run to Portland and tied up
at the dock there, and the Elka will
march from the steamer to Join the pa
rade.
The suits to be worn by the Elks
wl.l be white flannel Prince Albert
coats, with two rows of large pearl
buttona down the front, white trousers,
white shoes and white silk hata with a
purple band. They will carry nobby
eanea and streamers of Elks' colors.
Arrangements are be ng made to en
gage the bands from the Secend Field
Artillery and the Twenty-first Infantry,
which will be e;atloneJ here then, and
a r. re ana arum corps.
Vancouver will also try for the fat
man's prise, as the lodge here has
member who weighs almost 400 pounds.
no Jurisdiction on water rights or the
use of water.
Mr. Davla recently was a consulting
engineer on the Panama Canal. Not
long ago he visited Turkestan nnder
detail by the Russian government to
Inspect an irrigation project Involving
1.000.000 acrea of land. Mr. Newell has
had charge of the Umatilla project and
haa carried out all the surveys and in-
veatlgatlona of the Western project.
Involves millions in freight rates, is
whether the roads shall be permitted
to put Into effect on February 15 next
a long list of changes In what Is known
aa the Western freight classification.
It is charged that the rail carriers.
by shifting hundreds of classifications.
are aeeklng to achieve the same re
sults, so far aa advancing freight ratea
are concerned, that they attempted to
obtain In the big freight rate proceed
ing decided adversely to them by tha
' Interstate Commerce Commission
TIPTnM I ANnS WITHIjkAWiU I year ago.
HomeMead Entries Restricted
Those- With Preference Rights.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Waah
Ington. Jan. 17. In a public notice is
sued today by the Secretary of the m
terlor far the ODenlng of the third dla
trlct of tha Tleton unit in the Taklma
Irrigation project. Washington, it Is
stated that until further notice no
homestead entry will be allowed for
any farm unit shown on plats except
entries of those persona wvio are en
titled to preference rights to irrigable
lands in the district and iney are urn
Ited to one farm unit.
Such Dersons will be notified by reg
istered mall that they will be allowed
to make homestead entry for one farm
unit. The Oral Installment of charges
for building la 1I7J0 per acre of Irri
gable land andTTor operation ano main
tenance I1.S0 per acre, a total of JS.0
per acre.
STATE'S POWER DEFINED
Regulation of . Charge and Rate of
Pabilc Service Corporations Fixed.
OLTMPIA. Wash, Jan. J7. The State
Supreme Court today held that the
power ef the state to regulate the
charges and ratea of public-service
corporations, as vested in the State
Public-Service Commission. Is para
mount to that of the municipalities.
and Issued a writ restraining the lower
courts from interfering with the ratea
of the Independent Telephone Company
ef Seattle, as fixed by the Commission.
The new rates are higher than the
old. but the court aays that if the
Commission can lower ratea It can
raise them. It Is specifically stated.
however, that cities may regulate by
TELEPHONE LINES JOINED
Chextalls and Rural Companies
Reach Agreeable Adjneunenu
CHEHALIS. Wash, Jan. IT. (Spe
clal.) All dlfferenree between the local
telephone company and the Sliver Creek
rural company have been adjusted al
ter month of controversy, and the lat
ter baa been connected with the local
avatem. Under the agreement the Sti
ver Creek company will cut off certain
of Its connections with Cowlltx Prairie
section and readjust lta lines In the
southern part of the county.
A total of ! new teiepnones in me
country to the east of cnenaiis are
added to the Hat that may now be
reached through the local system. Thla
city haa one of the moat extenalve rural
telephone system of any town on the
I'aclflo Coast.
franrhlH rA arrflnanra in4 tH.t ,.
state power only supersedes that ot rilTflFF Tfl RP R111LT S0flN
r when It Is exercised. I
the municipality
REVISION WORK DELAYED
Proposed Tax Commission Change
to Walt Until February.
SALEM. Or, Jan. 17. (Special.) It
probably will be the latter part of Feb
ruary before the commission to revise
the tax commission of the state holds
another meeting. A desire to wait un
til after Commonwealth day at Eu
gene may make some difference In the
date aa State Tax Commissioner Gallo
way has been arranging plan so that
the subject of taxation will be thor
oughly discussed there at that time In
as many of Its phasea as possible.
The various members, who were as
signed the task of handling the datalla
In connection with the six or seven
bills, which It Is probable tha commls-
sion wtll pas on before they are sent
to a vote of the people, have from time
to time reported that progreaa la being
made, and It Is probable that by the
t-me the next meeting closes these bill
will be well nnder way toward formu
lation. If not entirely completed and
In readiness for tbe voter.
Connell Northern' Activity Revive
Riunor of Early Work.
ELLENSBtTRQ. Wash, Jan. 17. (Bp.
claLl The Connell Northern Railway,
a subsidiary corporation ot the North
ern Pacific, today filed a deed from
the slate for a tract of land three
miles from the Columbia River In Kit
titas County. The land la for station
purpose on the Ellensburg-Rltavlll
cut-off. the right of way proper having
previously been bought to within 12
miles of Ellenaburg.
This revives the report that the cut
off, which will anorten tne roam una
between Spokane and beattle 100 mile,
will be built thla Summer.
WATER CONTRACT DRAWN
Central Oregon Irrigation Company
Fall to Sign Draft.
Mother on Visit Dies.
B INC EN. Wash.. Jan. 17. 4 Special.)
Mrs. Catharine Thama. wife of Jur
gen Thama. died Thursday. January IS.
aged t Mrs. Thama waa the mother
of John C. Thama. a prominent businesa
man here, and M!sa Minnie M. Thama,
assistant postmaster. Mrs. Thama came
sere te visit her caoldrea Lvst Summer
6ALEM. Or, Jan. 17. (Special)
Sidetracking, for a time at least, th
Benham Falls project, the Central Ore.
gon Irrigation Company representatives
.mi the Desert Land Board completed a
draft of a contract on the remainder of
the project tonight.
That this may re oniy irnmiv., SB
before, however. Is evidenced by tne
fact that neither siae sisrnea iu ana
then refused to do so tonight. This Is
taken aa an indication that even fur
ther changes may be made. The agree
SALE, RETURNS $120,000
R, A-i Proudfoot Sella Quarter Block
at East Third and Bnrnside.
The quarter-block at the northwest
corner of East Third and Burnside
streets was purchased of R. A. Proud-
foot yesterday by local Investors for
$120,000. The ground Is Improved with
four-story reinforced concrete build
ing used for hotel purposes. The prop
erty Is considered one of the most cen
trally-located on the Eaat Side. It
djoina the holdings of the Southern
Pacific.
It Is rumored that the sale of this
parcel is the forerunner of other ac
tivity in that district.
The railroads declare the changes are
I reasonable and that they do not pro-
to I pose to recede from their position un
less compelled to do so by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. Leaders
01 many commercial oodles contend ,..., UKDnnilDTIO CCtCC
that the alteration, are radical and lm- WOMEN HARC0URT S FOES
pose a heavy burden upon shippers gen
erally.
Plana for presenting arguments and
evidence to Mr. Brown were discussed
at a meeting today. Those present In
cluded representatlvea of commerclil
organizations In Indianapolis. Detroit.
Minneapolis. Kansaa City. Des Moines,
Pittsburg. St. Louis and Chicago. There
also were present members of the North
Dakota Railroad Commission, Kansaa
Public Utilities Commission. Okl
homa Corporation Commission, Texas
Railroad Commission and Iowa Rail
road Commission.
Secretary Life to Be Made Uncom
fortable by Suffragette.
LONDON, Jan. 27. Lewis Harcourfs
life Is to be made miserable If the suff
ragettes can do anything to make It so.
In reply to a deputation Harcourt. who
Is Secretary of State for the Colonies,
reiterated his opposition to woman suff
rage, and the head of the deputation
declared that the women of Great Brit
ain would do all in. their power for
his discomfort.
FROSTED ORANGES SOLD
Peddlers on Street With Spoiled
Pratt Jobber Issue Warning.
Frosted oranges are being shipped
from Southern California to Portland
and are being sold by peddlers on the
streets of this city. Tha principal
fruit Jobbers have tried to stop the
movement, aa the sale of such fruit
tends to Injure the trade In good
oranges, but without success. Two
carloads of oranges that had been froz
en were received from the Los Angeles
Citrus Fruit Auction and offered to
peddlers at 11 a box. The lowest Job
bing price ot sound oranges is 12.16 a
box. The peddlers were afraid to
touch the frosted article, however, un
til it had been paased upon by the
city Market Inspectors and tha health
Authorities. These officials. It is said,
paaaed the fruit and the hawkers lost
bo time in getting it upon the streets.
There is about aa must Juice In one
ef these frosted oranges as In a cro
quet ball and a person buying any of
them on the street corners Is not like
ly to repeat the experiment. Still the
peddler get their profit and that la
ail they care about it.
A part of the Los Angeles shipment
has been sent to nearby towns. One
bundred boxes were ahlpped by express
to Salem yesterday, and the authorities
of that city have been warned by fruit
men to look out for them.
WELL-KNOWN INSURANCE MAN
ACCEPTS POSITIJI. WITH
IMO.N CE.MBAL LIFE.
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DERAILED CARS TAKEN FAR
Two Freight Vehicle Carried 3-4
Mile and Train Are Held TJp.
EUGENE. Or, . Jan. 17. (Special.)
Derailment of two freight car three
miles south if Eugene today delayed
paasenger train No. 18 for seven hours
and No. 10 for two hours. Southbound
No. II was held back four hours.
The cars were dragged three-quarters
of a mile and fell Into a culvert before
the engine stopped.
RACE OF FUTURE IS FOUND
Tribe Beat widow ana Believes in
Ghosts, bat Multiplies Fmat.
BERLIN. Jan. 17. (Special.) Dr.
Nekes, an authority on Africa, has
found In the neighborhood of the new
German territory surrendered by the
French a tribe he describes as the
"people of the future," assigning to them
the virtue of civilized people as well
as tbe original strength and "manll-
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ent as It Siena, earring a iw mmw I "-- -- - .
changes. Is a those previously drawn. Tbe new nation la a branch of the J
D. C. Herrlr.
Mr. Herrln haa ent; ed into a a
ten-year contract as state man- e
ager for Oregon with the Union
Central Life of Cincinnati, with
offices at 301 - 1 - J Hothchild
building. - e
Mr. Herrln Is a native Orego- e
nlan, and has been Identified with
the life insurance buaiuess of this
state for years. His many friends
will be pleased to learn of hla J
connection with the Union Cen-
tral, one of the eminently sue-
cessful life Insurance companies
of the United States.
Its resourcea consist in large
part of mortgage loans over
160.000,000 which the company
says is yielding over six per cent
Interest, and secured by prop
erty .valued at more than $235.
000,000 by sworn appraisement.
It lsa pleasure to represent a
company whose results to policy
holders are unexcelled, and whose
whole business career haa been
one of unquestionable honor and
Integrity.
Wanted
tenant for twenty - foot store on
Washington street. Nominal rent.
Apply 323 Glleaa Street.
See Our Other Advertisement Today, Back PaseThis Sec.
THE MEIER & FRANK STORE Fifth, Sixth, Morrison and Alder Streets.
300 Mew Spring Suits
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Just m BY t
xpress
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NTJR garment chief's first 'move upon his arrival in New
York, barely a week ago, was to gather these new
Spring Suits and hurry them here by fastest express!
Most of them are handsome, strictly-tailored Blue
Serges, Whipcords destined for great vogue this Spring
and Mixtures.
First showing tomorrow in a special section, second
floor. They are not included in any other groups of Suits
mentioned elsewhere in our advertisement today.
SO New Blue Serge Suits, Priced $25.
100 New Blue Serge Suits, Priced $35
30 Exclusive Blue Serge Suits at $45
40 New Blue Whipcord Suits at $40
Misses9 Blue Bedford Cord Suits, $20
New Mixed Tweeds and Whipcords at
$25, $30, $35 and $40
m
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Second
Floor
TELEPHONES PACIFIC, EXCHANGE 4; HOME, A 6101
TAKE ADVANTAGE OPPORTUNITY
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rianos.ai
At the Lowest Prices Ever Quoted Before in Portland.
nd
Pianos
Read Our
List of
Remarkable
Offerings
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Pianos, the names of which are household words, must be disposed of at prices
which will never again be duplicated. We must positively clear our floors Ine
first week of February will find men at work with hammer and saw and cjnsel,
transforming our store into one of the 'most beautiful in the City of Portland;
bringing into realization a dream which has been forming for months past. This
work cannot be done properly in a store crowded with pianos. We will not per
mit it. Progress will be slow, work expensive, pianos damaged, customers dis
satisfied; in fact, there are many reasons for our decision to sell our pianos at
these prices at this time. You will note that this list contains the names of well
known makes of pianos. We repeat: Take advantage of this opportunity.
$750 J. & C. Fischer Grand, slightly shopworn 58
$625 Weber Piano, mahogany, slightly shopworn. . -$500
$450 Vose & Sons Piano, mah., lightly shopworn 350
$500 J. & C. Fischer Piano, mah. slightly shopworn . . $350
$500 J. & C. Fischer Piano, wal., slightly shopworn. . 350
$500 J. & C. Fischer, dull mag., slightly shopworn. . .340
$375 Kohler & Chase Piano, returned from rent 275
$450 Wheelock Piano, slightly used. 290
$350 Weiler Piano, slightly used 22t
$375 Draper & Sons Piano, slightly used 2I
$350 Andrew Kohler Piano, slightly used .290
$300 Kohler & Campbell Piano, slightly used 235
$650 Kohler & Chase Player, mission, slightly used. .52o
$300 Stafford Piano, slightly used. 210
$300 Hoffman Piano, mahogany, slightly used 190
$350 Kohler & Campbell Piano, mah., slightly used. .245
$300 Andrew Kohler Piano, oak, slightly used. 190
$450 Chickering Piano, ebony case, slightly used 125
$400 Kranich & Bach, ebony case, used 90
$550 Autopiano, mission' case, slightly used 375
On terms of $5, $6, $7, $8, $10, $12, $15 per month. Old instruments taken in
. exchange and satisfaction guaranteed.
IS & c
PIANOS
AND PLAYER - PIANOS
375 WASHINGTON STREET
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