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CONDEMNED MEN
AWAIT FRIDAY FATE
One Jests as He Faces Eter
nity, Another Denounces,
Third Says He Is Calm.
last opportunity given the condmned
men to see 'outsiders or express their
views to the public until they mount
the scaffold, to. make their final publio
appearance. '
Some wagers are being placed here
that none of the men will hang, others
that all of them will not hang, others
that two will be commuted and still
others that there will be but one com
muted. Some bets have been made at
long odds that all of the men will
not hang.
A small disturbance occurred at the
prison today when a convicted man
was instructed to manufacture some
springs to be used In connection with
the springing of the trap next Friday.
The convict rebelled and declared he
would go to the dungeon before he
would make the springs. Persuasion
GARRISON IS REAL JOKER
Roberts Is Sullen, Then Rants on
Various Subjects, All Interspersed
AVlth Either Real or Feigned
Symptoms of Insanity. '
SALEM, Or Dec 7. f Special.)
With one Jesting in the face of
eternity, another alternating between
prophecies of Scripture and violent de
nunciation while pacing the narrow
confines of his death chamber, a third
calmly consulting with his lawyer and
preparing an affidavit stating that he
can meet life or death with equal
calmness and the other two sullenly
denying themselves to all from the
outside world except spiritual advisers,
the five condemned men at the State
Penitentiary who axe scheduled to cross
the divide next Friday presented vary
ing aspects to newspaper men today,
who were admitted in groups to Inter
view them.
Practically the whole gamut of emo
tions was displayed in these five men.
While H. E. (Jack) Roberts alternated
between the sullenness of the criminal,
the moroseness of the beast and the
rantings of a religious fanatic, all in
terspersed with either real or feigned
symptoms of insanity, Frank S. Garrl
Bon Joked and laughed with his In
quisitors, protested bis Innocence and
poured forth such a torrent that he had
to be restrained lest he talk through
out the day.
Garrison offered the proud boast that
In his early days he had been the
"classmate, schoolmate and seatmate"
of Mayor Rushlight, of Portland. "Yes.
he and I were boys together," declared
Garrison. "We used to go to the old
No. 2 school I think they call it the
Kiernan school now."
Trio Favor Death Penalty.
The three men who were Interviewed
Roberts, Garrison and Tayloi- all
seemed to favor capital punishment.
The other two men Noble Faulder and
Mike Morgan kept to their cells and
refused to be Interviewed.
Roberts believes in the approach of
the millennium and quotes Scripture
from the book of Daniel to back his
assertions. To him. he declares, a com
mutation of sentence would mean an
opportunity to be present at the grand
fJMil coming of the Messiah, and for
ti.t reason he declares he would like
to have his sentence commuted.
' "But if I have to go where people
exDect I will go it will be to shovel
brisistona for Curtis, ex-superintendent
of this place; Warden Bengen ana cap
tain rtiiam Fisher. I will do some
shoveling in their cases, too," was his
parting shot.
Roberts is sentenced to die for the
murder of Donald Stewart and George
Hastings in Multnomah County.
Garrison Asserts Innocence.
Garrison declares absolutely that h
Is innocent of the crime of killing Roy
Perkins in Coos County.
"I was convicted by perjured testi
mony," he says. "Ex-Marshal Carter,
of Marshfield, killed Perkins. I am
satisfied of that from evidence which
I have obtained. He secured a con
fession from me under duress and at
the point of a pistol. I know that
Perkins was alive 24 hours after it was
claimed he was killed."
Laughing and Joking, Garrison pre
sented a picture of anything but a man
whose death Is only six days away.
Only once did he flinch. "Well," said
Chaplain Bauer, "I know that If you
have to go you will be well prepared,
Mr. Garrison." .
Convict Grown Pale.
At that remark Garrison gazed with
a glassy stare at Bauer and became
ashen pale. His hands clenched tightly
about his chin and his face contracted
nervously and spasmodically. For once,
apparently, the full horror of the gal
lows and his impending doom was
brought home to him, and it required
several seconds before he could regain
his composure. Then he laughed good
naturedly. Garrison has been an inmate of the
Oregon Penitentiary on five previous
occasions.'
"Twice I should have served my
term." he said: "Three times I was
legally guilty, but I know that I was
morally right."
John M. Taylor, who killed A. H.
Perry in Harney County, is a. mild
tempered, mild-appearing man, ap
parently a typical stock and range
man. He would say but a few words.
He declared that his conscience was
clear, that the killing which he was
responsible for was not a deliberate,
cold-blooded deed, and that he would
be willing to face eternity with a clear
conscience and with the knowledge
that the law had erred, or that should
he be commuted to a life sentence
he would be satisfied!' that the law
had not dealt unjustly with him.
Taylor Prepares Affidavit.
During much of the afternoon Taylor
was closeted with J. K. Weatherford,
en attorney, of Albany, preparing an
affidavit probably for submission to the
Governor.
At the same time Roberts was
closeted with the Rev. Mr. Faulken
burg, an Adventist minister. Roberts
Is firmly convinced that the war in the
Balkans and recent developments mean
the rapid approach of the end of the
present regime of this earth.
Mike Morgan and Noble Faulder have
been reticent and retired as to their
crimes ever since being placed In the
prison. Faulder has declared himself
to Chaplain Bauer as "a rough guy."
He says he had but two years of
schooling, that he was compelled to
Join the church at an early age, that
he was six years before the mast and
that he has had but two delights in
life, "work and whisky."
Morgan, who killed John Tork in
Josephine County, is almost as reticent
as Faulder, although Faulder refuses
to give any definite statement as to
his antecedents.
Taylor Han One Hope.
Taylor's one hope Is that his mother,
who is -aged and feeble and in ill health
in California, will never know of his
plight. He declares she knows nothing
of it now and that "he "would rather
die ten deaths than that mother should
know where I am now."
Faulder and Morgan are the only two
who lay their crimes at the door of
"booie." Morgan, in a drunken frenzy,
Faulder. In a whisky-saturated life,
see their downfall in liquor. Garrison
declares that he neyer drank and has
smoked but little.
Today was the first time' in years
that an iron-clad rule of the prison not
to allow interviews with condemned
was ever stopped.
Roberts was in a rather violent
mood today. He fluctuated in emotiorf
from the raglngs of caged tiger cat to
the denouncing avenger, the half
erased Imbecile and the eleventh-hour
penitent.
It is probable that today will be .the
POLK COUNTY WOMAN IS
POULTRY EXPERT.
Mrs. Tl lnnle Braden.
DALLAS, Or, Dec. 7. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Winnie Braden, sec
retary of the Polk County Poul
try Association. is known
throughout the state as a breeder
of fancy poultry. Owing to her
efforts, the Polk County Poultry
Association has become one of
the best of Its kind in the state.
She has given much of her time
to the association and has been
the moving spirit in two success
ful poultry shows.
The annual poultry show will
. be held in this city during the
middle of December, and the ar
rangements for the same have
been largely In the hands of
Mrs. Braden. Mrs. Braden is one
of the few women In thl3 city
who take an active interest tn
Dublic affairs. - She Is an ardent
member, of the Dallas Commer- J
cial Club and attends - regularly.
finally resulted in his undertaking the
task.
SPELLING BEE PLANNED
EAST VANCOUVER, ORGAXIZA
TIOX IS ACTIVE.
Civic Improvement, Law Enforce
ment and School Betterment Aims
of Clark County Association.
VANCOUVER, Wash, Dec 7. (Spe
cial.) A regular old-fashioned spell
ing bee is to be held in the Harney
schoolhouse by the Civic Improvement
League of East Vancouver, which was
organized In that part of the city eight
months ago. Sides will be chosen by
captains and the winners suitably re
warded. Moving pictures were shown in a
Vancouver school house for the first
time Wednesday night, by the League.
They were part of a programme which
Included musical numbers and other
forms of literary effort.
The object of this organization Is to
foster civic Improvement, encourage
enforcement of the law, co-operate with
the public schools for their betterment,
provide mutual entertainment and In
culcate obedience to the laws. In speak
ing about the organization President
Mumford said: "Organically we are not
related to any other league, but socio
logically we are related to every move
ment made for 'civic, betterment. We
shall be careful not to oppose any re
ligious movement or other work car
ried on for the publio good."
The officers of the League, elected
Wednesday night, are: President, E. M.
Mumford: first vice-president, B. W.
Bayley; second vice-president. N. L.
Carter: secretary. C A. Gill: treasurer,
Mrs. Will Durgan: sergeant-at-ams, G.
S. Gillis: assistant, Ray Woods; local
Improvement committee, Mrs. A. W.
Schoonover, Mrs. T. A Cate and Mrs.
G. S. Gillis. The programme committee
is. Professor B. A. Berry, T. A. Tate
and D. E. Lunsford.
The league is desirous of entering
into communication with similar organ
izations in the Northwest. -
CYRUS H. WALKER ACTIVE
Oldest Living White. Child Born
West of Rockies Is 74 Now.
ALBANY. Or, Dec. 7. (Special.)
Passing the day writing letters in be
half of increased pensions for Indian
War Veterans, Cyrus Hamlin Walker,
the oldest living white child born west
of the Rocky Mountains, celebrated his
74th birthday today.
Mr. Walker was born December 7,
1838. at the Whitman Mission, near
Walla Walla, Wash, his father. Rev.
Elkanah Walker, being a missionary to
the Indians. He came to this state
when young- and has lived in Oregon
all his life. 'Mr. Walker is hale and
hearty ' and gives Indications of cele
brating many more birthdays.
He is now serving his second term
as grand commander of the Indian War
Veterans of the North Pacific Coast.
He is also serving his second term as
chaplain of the Oregon State Grange
and -has been chaplain of Grand Prairie
Grange near this city, most of the time
for the past 15 years. He has the rec
ord of having organized 43 new
Granges In Oregon. Most of these were
formed In the past lew years, jjuring
the past 12 months he has instituted
seven new Granges.
BAND ON WOMEN PLAN CLUB
Article From The Morning Orego
.... nian. Enthuse Fair Folk.
BANDON.-vOre, Dec. . 7. (Special.)
At- a well-attended meeting of the
women of Bandon it was decided to
form a woman's auxiliary to the Ban
don Commercial Club. Mrs. L. P. Sor
enson read to the meeting an article
from The Oregonlan on commercial
clubs for women, which reading did
much to enthuse those present.
A box factory is being built near
here by George Geisendorfer The
bulk of the boxes will be spruce. All
modern machinery is being installed
and the factory will be one of the most
up-to-date on the Coast . , '
Fifth and Stark
J. G. Mack & Co;
Fifth and Stark
Christmas Furniture
This Is a Store of Many Suggestions
Here Are Only a Few of Them
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This large overstuffed Easy C C
Chair, cov'd in figured taffeta 9 JJ
$20
for this
Solid
Mahogany
Sewing
Table.
Viewing our window displays and displays throughout the store will suggest many things
that you would probably not think of, and which make permanent, pleasing and inexpensive
gifts. We'll hold any selection for delivery when and where you may direct.
$23
Cfi for this Colonial
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Nest of Tables, of solid hQO CA
mahogany and hand-made' v
This Solid
Lamp,
wired com
plete, at
$32
Home Desks
In waxed golden oak", in
fumed oak, in Circassian
walnut, iu birdseye maple
and in mahogany. Some of
their prices: $11, $15, $18,
$20, $22.50, $25, $27.50,
$30, $32.50, $35.00, $40.00 . .
and up.
A Wl ' J
jsxm Vviiairs ana , y
Kockers
Designs that will im
press you as being differ
ent from the ordinary.
Even as low as $15 are
some of solid mahogany.
Others at $18.50, $22.50,
$27.50, $35, $40 and up.
Overstuffed Chairs, up
holstered in denim, as low
as $25.
Davenports
With exposed frames ot
mahogany and oak, and
the overstuffed types. $55j
$75, $110, $125 and up.
Library Tables
A splendid showing of
them, in the fumed oak,
the waxed golden and ma
hogany. Priced at $17.50,
$20, $22, $25, $30, $35, $45,
$55 and up. -
Sewing Tables
Most of them of mahog
any. A few in golden oak
and walnut. $18, $22.50,
$25, $30, $35, $40 and up.
Umbrella Stands
. In solid mahogany, as
low as $12, and at $18,
$20, $25 and $30.
Nests of Tables
Of solid mahogany and
English oak. At $22.50,
$25, $30 and $35.
Smoking Stands
Solid mahogany, most
of them, .with brass ash
trays and match' holders',
at $7.50, $8, $9 and $12.
Portable Lamps
Artistic lighting pieces
in candelabra and other
designs, wired complete
and ready for attaching.
Solid mahogany. At $15,
$18, $22, $30 and up.
Cheval Mirrors
In white enamel as low
as $20. In Circassian wal
nut as low as $35. In solid
mahogany as low as
$"47.50.
Period Pieces
in Old Oak
- Faithful reproductions
of famous period designs
of the Elizabethan, Wil
liam and Mary and other
periods. Tables, Chairs
and Davenports. Cane
seats and backs. An Arm
Chair in one of these
period designs as low as
$19. Others at $22, $25,
$27.50, $30 and up.
Desk in mnhoganv.
With 1 drawer $18.50
With 4 drawers $30.00
This
Umbrella
Stand,
of solid
mahogany,
$15 sjfr
Sample Squares of Drapery and Upholstery Fabrics
Suitable for sofa pillow top and other Christmas art things. Brocades, Damasks,
Silk Tapestries, Silk Armures, Cretonnes, Taffetas and Linens, averaging- about
24 inches square. Prices special at 15c, 25c, 40c, 50e, 75c and up to $1.50.
J. G. Mack & Co.
Colonial Arm Rocker, with wind
back and solid mahog- (JjOA
any frame HJU
$12
for this
Solid
Mahogany
Smoking
Cabinet.
-Fifth and Stark
Sb!
Handsome Colonial Davenport, solid mahog- tO'7 CA
any frame and best upholstery, hair-filled yO.JU
Solid mahogany Piano Bench, -j C
with cabinet top, at...
Music Cabinet, mahog
any, with draw
er, at .' . .
:: $25
Library Table, Colonial design, solid
mahogany, with top mea- K(
suring '30x48 inches vpTi.OU
CHILDREN TO CONTEST
POULTRY COMPKTITIOJr IS TO
TAKE PLAGE IS 1913.
Youngsters Wishing to Compete In
Raising or Chickens Should Act
Before February 1 .
catipu rw ro,. T rSnAii.l.- The
following- statement has been issued by
. i .i Cnnarlntondpnt nf Pub
lio Instruction: "William F. Kaplinger,
or Salem, tne sponsor oi u xamvuo
Kaplinger potato race for school chil
dren last SDrinir. again is showing his
interest In the industrial work of the
public schools and his genius as an
advertiser. Last Spring he offered
han una tf. the. finest seed po
tatoes to as many school children who
made application ior mem. i pui-
- .. wna tA SM Who
fUBV Ifl t.lL (.wii.w- -
could raise the best and the most po
tatoes from the one potato allowed
each competitor. The result was the
best display of potatoes ever seen at
the fair, with the first prize awarded
to Eugene Dumont for 12 boxes, all
raised from the one potato.
"Now Mr. Kaplinger is offering set
tings of eggs to the boys and girls
wno win enter wc puumy lu"lli,l .
191S. The boys and girls this coming
.. A-a .a rnloA nniierh psrirs and
chickens to pay for the public schools.
Mr. Kaplinger oners nve Bbiiu&a v
Light Brahma eggs, free of charge. The
in D nn thu.' All wishintr to
LIU1IU -J
take advantage of this offer must send
their names -to w. r. luipnnsa, o--
em, before yeoruary i.
the names of all applicants will be
shuffled together, in the office of L.
R. Alderman and the first five drawn
out will be the five to receive the eggs.
"Mr. Kaplinger also offers a trio of
Brahma chickens to the boy or girl
who exhibits the best trio of any breed
of Asiatic chickens at the State Fair
next FalL"
FRUIT MEN BANQUET SOON
Milton Growers' Union to Dine at
Walla, Walla December 19.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec 7.
(Special.) A. W. Simmons, of the Mil
ton Fruit Growers' Union, was in Walla
Walla yesterday arranging for the an
nual banquet of the fruit growers at
the Milton Odd Fellows Hall. December
19. L. M. Brown, secretary of the Wal
la Walla Commercial Club, will give a
talk illustrated with motion pictures of
the valley.
The banquet is an annual affair. The
business session of the union Is held
after the first of the year.
Mr. Simmons stated that practically
all of the fruit Is out of the lower end
of the valley. There are a few cars
of Ben Davis yet In the warehouse
awaiting sale, but the rest have been
sold. While the fruit brought low prices
in most instances, Mr. Simmons said the
Union fared better than many other
associations in the Northwest.
AT NAU'S WlAflMACY.
One-fourth off on all holiday goods
. B1,.4.l.a t,DnHhnri. Deitch ladies'
CbUU nuuu,.B, ... a 1
bags, perfumes, cutlery, manicure goods.
umbrellas ana arcosmB j- vv....
Sixth and Alder streets. .
Good Coal: Edlefsen. Rlwy. Exch. 6.
KINFOLK PROVIDE FEAST
GLEXWOOD COUPLE OBSERVE
GOLDEN WEDDIXG.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Zimmerman Cele
brate Day With Children
and Grandchildren.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 7. (Spe
cial.) An Innovation at a golden wed
ding celebration at Glenwood was in
stituted Sunday when Mr. and Mrs.
G. Zimmerman, surrounded by nearly
half a hundred of their' descendants,
celebrated the day of their marriage,
just half a century before. Their sons
provided the feast, their daughters
cooked It, their granddaugters served
it and they and 'their great grand
children and those not needed in pre
paring the suroptuos bajnquet, ate it.
Two tables were "served, 15 at the
first and 19 at the second one. All of
their children were present but two
"I did not think 60 years ago that
I would ever have such foolish chil
dren to spend their money for such
luxury," said Mr. Zimmerman, when
he and his wife were showered with
many beautiful and costly gifts from
their children and grandchildren
The venerable old couple are in good
health and In comfortable circum
stances on their "Leaning Oaks" farm
in the heart of Glenwood Valley, where
they located in 1872. Their first home
was a log cabin. They left their rela
tives and friends in Iowa, November
32, 1871, going by rail to San Francisco
and by boat to Fort Vancouver. The
BEGINNING MONDAY
AN ALL-STAR ATTRACTION
. MYRTLE HOWARD
"A NIGHT AT THE - CABARET"
10 Boys All the Latest Song Creations
Girls 10
ARCADIAN GARDENS
Portland's Favored Dining Place Cuisine and
i Appointments Unexcelled Service Supreme.
- HOTEL MUKFNOMAH "
H. C. BOWERS, Manager.
GEINER THIGPEN, Asst. Manager.
Glenwood School was built on one cor- I and a Congregational Church on an
ner of the original homestead In 1889, other corner in 1908.
Oh! The Pity of the Homes
that buy cheap pianos
for they are the ones who can least afford to make a mistake.
When they buy, they buy for a lifetime. All instruments look well
and sound fairly well when brand new. But in a year or so many
are worthless, for thei-e are hundreds- of instruments going into
homes today that snouia never De sola. Ana
'in proportion to what they actually receive, .
they pay three to ' five times more than
what they would pay for an instrument of
known merit and reputation.
Time is one- Judge who can tell you
whether you have bought well or not. But
he tells too late. The other Judge is ''repu
tation.", Whv not set an opinion before
you buy? Ask why the Kohler & Chase in
struments are indorsed by ovei 3000 of
Portland's leading musicians.
Keep away from the cheap . commercial
pianos. They are cheap in quality as well
as price. We have the best pianos iu the
world. Look over this list of old standard
makes. They are the STANDARD OF THE
WORLD the famous Weber, the old relia
ble Fischer, "the Vose & Sons, the Steck,
Kohler & unase, iionler Campbell, the
Andrew Kohler the best in the world for
the money. The genuine pianola, including
the Steinway, Steck, Wheelock, Stuyvesant,"
Stroud, and the famous Weber Pianola.
Here you will find beautiful upright
pianos from $200 up.
Players from $485 up.
The largest piano house in the West. Wholesale and retail.
HP
Terms to Suit You We Rent Pianos
375 WASHINGTON ST.
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without encroaching on the use of your car
Phone between 10 A. M. and 4 P. M. We call and deliver.
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