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ENGINEER PRISONER
FIVE YEARS IN MINE
Taco-man EscapesFrom Mex
'. ican Guards and Gets Home.
REBEL TROOPS ARE LED
Stony of Terrible Conditions in fn
tteBgvotind Prison Are Told by
American on Return.
men's club of Tacoma today seven
members were elected to the board
of trustees. Ernest Dolge, retiring
president, was appointed by the club
as representative of the Tacoma dis
trict on the committee from the West
Coast Lumbermen's association which
will appear In Washington, D. C. De
cember 14 to argue against the rul
ing of the internal revenue commis
sioner on inventory values.
The new trustees elected and who
will select the officers for tne club
for the coming year were Paul Johns,
Waterway Mill company; W. Yale
Henry, Clear Fir Lumber company:
George J. Osgood, Wheeler-Osgood
company; J. E. Manley, Manley-Moore
Lumber company; T. L. JIandforth,
Lindstrom-Handforth Lumber com
pany; Frank W. Smith, Pacific States
Lumber company, and Ralph Dick
man, Danahar Lumber company.
WAR HERO GAINS LIBERTY
; TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) The world war had been
fought and won and he didn't know
jl thing about it. He, was Mate Ma-
gulre, an American engineer and
piauuate of the Boston Institute of
, Technology, who for six years was a
'jsoUlier of fortune in the rebel army
of Mexico and for five years and
elht months a prisoner at hard labor
"in the Mexican salt mines, .during
which he never saw the light of day
or a newspaper of any kind. Maguire
.reached Tacoma a few days ago after
;a thrilling escape from the mines in
which he had been condemned to life
i imprisonment after his capture by
the Mexican federals. He has just
; taken a position in the county en-
gnneer's office in Tacoma.
, His story of soldiering as an offi-
cr in an American troop fighting
for Madera and later under Villa,
. his personal experiences during the
'years of Mexican disruption, his final
: capture and years of imprisonment in
the Chihuahua-salt mines and lastly
1 his escape from the mine in the uni-
- form he had taken from a drunken
guard, and long journey on foot to
' the American border, are just a few
; of the features of Maguire's thrilling
( expediences.
Life Term Is Given.
' Young and adventurous. Maguire
joined a troop of Americans who
were fighting under Madera. He be
. came second in command of all the
, troops and was part of the time di
rectly under Villa. He was truly a
soldier of fortune.
' But one day Maguire and two other
officers went into Chihuahua be
cause they had heard trouble was
biewing there. They entered a can
Una through a rear entrance. Here
; they found several of Huerta's offi-
cers carousing. They had nothing to
i do but surrender to them. They were
; gagged, tied and taken 65 miles on
J horseback to the headquarters of the
American half breed. General Hill,
! serving vnder Huerta. Here at a
; general courtmartial they were sen
tenced to life imprisonment in the
'. salt mines of Chihuahua.
'It was worse than a death sen
tence to us" said Maguire. "We had
heard about the conditions of the
salt mines, where unbelievable con
ditions were existing, and the work
ers were being just tortured to death.
! "We were dropped some 1500 feet
in the ground in a bucket. We felt
; as though we were being buried
- alive and when at last I stepped into
the mine with its few dim candles,
the famous lines, 'All hope abandon
ye who enter here' entered my mind.
i 1 1 was just pure and simple hell.
Rats, gila monsters, scorpions, liz-
j ards, lice and every other imagin
able underground creature were in
the surroundings. Food consisted of
- beans and pancakes, which to look at
would turn an ordinary person's
ctomach.
World" Lost Five learn,
. That we might get a little tobacco
we sacrificed part of our meals. No
medical aid of any sort was available
and the death rate ran about one
I prisoner a day. There bodies lay un
; covered for weeks sometimes. In all
the five and two-thirds years I was
in there, I never saw as much as a
' newspaper or magazine. In fact I
didn't know there was such a thing
as the world war.
' "But fate at last favored us. The
guards, we noticed, were on a ca
rousal that evening. When they
..came down the shaft we ended their
careers with blows from huge stones.
Wft donneC their uniforms and made
off. I went toward the American
border, which was 139 miles, and the
. ether two officers went down south.
"Well, now I am here, thank God.
Ambition for adventure is wonder
. ful. but adventure itself of this sort
. it far from entertaining."
Maguire is going to make a sys
tematic search for his family, whom
he left i. 1906 to go to Peru cn an
expedition.
AMERICAN UEGIOX HELPS F. O.
JACOBSOX OUT OF JAIL.
Jnry at McMinnville Unanimous in
Recommendation That Judge
Suspend Sentence in Case.
MeMIXXVILiLE, Or., Bee. 11. (Spe
cial.) Frank O. Jacobson, ex-service
man, totally disabled by wounds over
seas, possessor of a crolx de guerre
and French citations for bravery, ar
rested as an accessory with Lee Wey
gandt in the burglary of the Miller
Mercantile store at Sheridan, was set
free by a jury in Judge Belt's court
yesfrday. Jaccbson's'stvry was told
by Slate Comm.inder Gilbert of the
American Legion in The Oregonian a
few days ago. after a full investiga
tion. Jacobson was in military hospitals
nine months and when discharged was
awarded $80 a month bv the govern
ment, but for some unknown cause
this was cut to $24. Living" in a cheap
lod.ng house in Portland, he met
Weygandt, who induced r.jm to join
in burglary.- Jacobson has been in
jail 20 days awaiting a nearins.
Circuit Judge Belt was interested
by reading the report of the investi
gation made by the legion and had
Jacobson brought into court. The
latter offered a plea of guilty and
asked to be sentenced immediately.
Judge Belt called a jury to act with
him in an advisory capacity. The
jury, after hearing Jacobson's story,
were unanimous in their recommen
dation, which was heartily concurred
in by Judge Belt, that sentence be
suspended, that the prisoner be set
free and that the local post of the
American Legion be asked to look
after him. and get his compensation
reinstated.
Commander L S. Hopfield of the
legion .post, assisted Jacobson to go
to see his aged mother, -who lives at
Silverton, Or., and get his few belong
ings, when he will return here to be
cared for by the American Legion
post.
SI10TT UP FOR CABINET
OREGON IAX IS GROOMED FOR
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.
Governor Davis of Idaho Also Con
sidered by Western Congress
men for Post.
Fine Diamonds, Jewelry
Watches and Silver
At Interesting Prices
Although manufacturing and importing
costs on diamonds, jewelry and allied lines
have not been reduced, yet we have carefully
adjusted the prices on our offerings, in order
to meet the downward trend in other lines.
There has been no sacrifice in quality. For
fifty years the name Friedlander's has meant
the best in jewelry.
Important Holiday Displays
Throughout the Store
Rings
Diamond and Platinum Bar Pins
Cluster and Solitaire Diamond
In Settings of Gold or Platinum
Richelieu Pearls $10 to $250
Unusual Values $35 to $60
American and Imported Wrist
Watches
The Largest Showing in the City
Chelsea and Seth Thomas Clocks
Chiming and in Bronze
Important Reductions in Fine Silver
Flatware and Hollowware in Sets
and in Complete Services
Beaded and Leather Hand Bags
and Fine Mesh Bags
at 10 to 40 Reductions
FOR GIFTS THAT LAST, AT
RIGHT PRICES, SHOP AT PORT
LAND'S HALF . CENTUR Y - OLD
DIAMOND, WATCH AND JEW
ELRY HOUSE
Established 1870
310-312 WASHINGTON STREET,
Between Fifth and Sixth Streets
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LIQUOR GIVEN DR. C0E
2 00 Gallons of Bonded Whisky Is
Tifrned Oxer to Sanitarium.
If a popularity contest were to be
startled in Portland today there is no
doubt that Ir. Henry Waldo Co
'would win hands down, for yesterday
he was the recipient of 200 gallons
of high -proof bonded whisky from
the United States govern ment. Dr.
Coe is the proprietor of Morning-side
sanitarium near Montavilla, where
the Insane from Alaska are cared for.
land the liquor was released for their
medicinal us The donation came
from the secretary of the interior.
During the time that prohibition
has been In force in this district gov
ernment agents have managed to cor-
, ral many gallons of the spirits, and
the collector of internal revenue now
has some 250 gallons on hand. It is
: said that the other 50 gallons in the
stock is unfit for human consump
tion. I The release yesterday was accom
plished through the United States at-
torney's office.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Dec. 11. (Special.) It
was revealed this afternoon at the
ccpitol that senators and members
of congress from the west are dis
cussing just two men for secretary
of the interior.
One of them is D. W. Davis, gov
ernor of Idaho, whose boom was
launched here about two weeks ago.
Thfi nthr is Xiphnlas .T Sinnntt r& r-
pies a splendid position in the con
test by reason of being the chairman
of the house public lands committee.
Senator Borah has been urging
Governor Davis for the place should
President-elect Harding name a west
ern man. It now comes out that rep
resentatives from the west, and espe
cially those serving on the public
lands committee, have been carrying
on ah active campaign for Mr. Sin
i ott for several days.
As sponsor for the water-power
bill and the coal, oil, sodium and t
phosphate land leasing bill. the j
Oregon representative gets credit for
having accomplished a great work in
unlocking the natural resources of
the west in a manner fair to the peo
ple and to those who Invest their
cupital in development.
He is also popular with the advo
cates of an elaborate reclamation
policy. Governor Davis, too, has a
good record on reclamation and is
well known here in that connection,
because as president of the Western
States Reclamation as55ocia.ion he ap
peared here a year ago at the head of
a delegation of western governors
asking increased appropriations for
reclamation development.
FOR SEALS INCREASING
BERING SEA HERD MULTIPLIES
IN ALASKAN WATERS.
the wind brings the scent of a fe
male seal to the shore. From then
on the bulls are enemies. As the fe
males arrive they become the posses
sion of one or the other of the bulls.
' APPOINTMENTS NOT MADE
" County Court Refuses Appropria
tion of $10,000 for Armory.
" SALEM, Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.)
i 'All special appointments which have
J-been sought of the county court, in-
eluding a bee commissioner, county
nurse and appropriation of J10.000
with which to aid in the erection of
- an armory at Silverton. were reject
ed today. Inability of the county to
- grant the concessions without ex
; ceeding the 6 per cent limitation
amendment was given by the court as
'-. the reason.
,". The budget of estimated expendi
- ture of Marion county for the year
1921 Indicate that J32.S15 less will be
".'expended on roads and bridges this
:': year than last.
Levies requested for various pur
! poses and eliminated from the budget
by the court probably will be re
. ferred to the voters.
INFANT MURDER CHARGED
Nurse Accused of Killing Children
at Wyoming Hospital.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 11. Mrs
William A. Schultz, who was ar
rested in Dalton, Neb., was arraigned
here today on a charge of having
murdered two infants after she had
been discharged as a nurse at. a
private hospital here.
Mrs. Schultz, according1 to the story
which County Attorney Lane says
was told him by the owners of the
hospital, was discharged early in
November, but remained at the hos
pital for several days. On November
13. he says, two infant g"irls lied.
The stomachs of the children were
sent to a Denver chemist, who said
he found colic medicine containing
poison in them.
CLUB ELECTS TRUSTEES
Lumbermen to Tlsputch Delegate to
Washington.
TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of. the Lumber-
Pine Timber Xearly Exhausted.
HALFWAY, Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.)
Cutting down the last piece of pine
timber in Pine valley has started, the
work being done on the H. W. B, Rob
inson farm near Halfway. Two wood
cutting outfits are sawing the trees
into 16-inch wood, cutting on shares.
There is an SO-acre. tract heavily
wooded with yellow pine, which will
require two or three winters for cut
ting. Not many years ago Pine val
ley was thickly grown with pines, but
it has been cut out and the land put
under cultivation until in many places
only an occasional pine can be seen.
A few small clumps of trees and pine
thickets are left, just enough to tell
how Pine valley got Its name.
I nitecl States Steamship Saturn
Brings 23,062 Skins and Total
of Animals Is 548,473".
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) The herd of fur seals which !
spends its summers on St. Paul and
St. George islands in the Bering eta
continued to increase in population
this year, according to a report
brought south by the United States
ship Saturn this week. The seal pop
ulation is now estimated at 548,473.
Twenty-three thousand and sixty
two seal skins wei'e brought out by
the Saturn, and have been shipped
east to be prepared for the market.
Nearly 3000 additional skins were left
on the islands owning to heavy
weather. A few more will be taken
this month, bringing the total for the
year to 27.000, the limit set by con
gress. With a few exceptions, the skins are
those of "bachelor" seals. An at
tempt has been male by the govern
men agents to kill off as many as
practicable of the young males in
order to prevent unnecessary fight
ing and killing in the harems. This
season every seal had an average of
41 wives.
It was stated at the Seattle office
of the bureau of isheries yesterday
that the skins taken this year might
not be offered for sale for many
months on account of unstable condi
tion of the fur market. A year ago
seal skins sold at J140 each, but by
spring the price dropped to "0. There
is no definite price now.
The seals have been leaving the
Bering sea for some weeks on the
start of their long annual cruise to
tropical waters. A group will be seen
on the beach, when one will suddenly
strike off for sea and then the ani
mals will be seen no more until the
following spring. Harems break up,
the bulls forgetting about the cows
and the cows losing and not looking
for their pups.
Next spring the bulls will be the
first to arrive at the islands. They
will live in peace with one another
for days, until the time comes whrn
ARMY STORE CALLED FAKE
Complaints Charging False Adver
tising Filed With District Attorney.
Complaints charging false adver
tising were filed in the district attor
ney's office yesterday against K. W
Sullivan and G. H. Kelly, proprietors
or the Army retail store, at Fifth and
Pine streets, the charges being pre
ferred by Charles W. .English, man
ager of the better business bureau of
the Portland Ad club.
Mr. English charged that the firm
is indulging in false and misleading
advertising in that it is operating a
store purporting to be an army store,
which, as a matter of fact, is a pri
vately owned institution.
Grubbing Out of Trees TTrged.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) The Hood River experiment
station has scheduled a meeting of
growers for some date early in Jan
uary, when problems arising from
the heavy frosts of a year ago will
be discussed. The station has urged
growers to take steps to thoroughly
overhaul their orchards this wir.ter
and cut out all trees irreparably Injured.
Student President Recovering.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Dec. 17. Special.) Carlton Sav
age, of Waconda, president of the as
sociated students of the University of
Oregon, is reported to be improving
from an illness which has confined
him for several days to the university
infirmary. ;
Alleged Gunman Brought Here.
PRINEVILLE, Or., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) Deputy United States Marshal
Willis took Pat Fivy, alleged moon
shiner and gunman, to Portland this
week. Fivy, who was arrested
charged with shooting Henry Koech
December 3 at his ranch on the
Ochoco and running a still, could not
produce the $1000 bail required and
was bound over to the federal court.
Koech was taken to The Dalles hos
pital and is reported improving.
KG GIRL
or bouncing boy, full
of vim robust, are a
delight in any home.
Scott's Emulsion
helps keep both young
and old, well-nourished
and strong. Do
not deny strength
building Scott's
Emulsion to
your children.
Scott&Bowne.Bloomfield.N.J. 20-39 -
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Butter Sent as Yule Gift.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 11. (Special.)
Having received a letter from her
A Wonderful Sale
Don't Miss It
Ma this -Suits
Overcoats
7 P
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With manufacturing costs now on the decline, we will be able
to sell you clothes next season considerably lower than the
regular price of this year.
We are not going to carry over our present stock. We will
greet you next season with new goods. The 40 reduction now
in force is sending these good clothes out at a mighty rapid pace.
Clothes of Quality Reductions That Are Genuine
$40 Suits and
$50 Suits and
$60 Suits and
$70 Suits and
$80 'Suits and
$90 Suits and
Overcoats
Overcoats
Overcoats
Overcoats
Overcoats
Overcoats
$24
$30
$36
$42
$48
$56
Blue Serges and Full Dress Clothes
i3 Off
These suits and over
coats are our regular
stock. Fabrics and
tailoring of the finest
quality. '
MEN'S WEAR
On account of the
tremendous discount
given, the terms of
this sale will be cash.
Corbett Building, Fifth and Morrison
mother in Ramsey. England., telling
how the population of that country is
still on war rations as to fats of all
kinds, and that the allowance of but
ter is one ounce a week for each per
son. Mrs. B. A. Williams of this city,
this week forwarded by parcel post a
3-pound package of Oregon creamery
butter. about the most suitable
Christmas gift she could select.
Official Count Announced.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) The official count of the Elma
town election showed that two coun
cilmen on the people's ticket and
one on the citizen's ticket were elect
ed. A. H. Fleming was elected treas
urer without opposition. The vote on
councilmen stood, E. C. Gooty, 234;
E. W. Rail. 185; M. L. Dawson, 178;
C. D. Hendry, 173; J. W. Brewer and
Frank Watkins, 175 each. Gouty and
Rail ran on the people's ticket, and
Dawson on the citizens.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
And I Haven't
Forgotten a Soul
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WILL you be able to say-that when the mail
arrives on Christmas morning? It is so easy
to forget that the best way is to start now
and make a list of every one to whom you want to
send a Christmas card. -V
And remember your friends do appreciate such
thoughtfulness.
IRWIN-HODSON
Exclusive designs in Christmas Cards
- and Novelties.
387 Washington St.
Engravers
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tructlon. The rivets are
driven cold under terrific air
pressure. The hotter the fur
nace gets, the tighter the
Joints are sealed. They cant
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The Fire Pot is lined with
high-grade fire brick made
from the same clay used to
line the crucibles of the great
steel mill blast furnaces. This
brick withstands 1500 degrees
more of heat than cast iron.
The pot is trainht. Ashes
can't cling and clog fire.
Should a brick ever give out
it can be replaced through the
door at small expense. When
a cast iron firepot cracks, the
whole furnace has to be torn
down and the expense is J30 or
more. A Quaker pot is known
to have lasted sixteen years
without repairs. Also the fire
brick holds heat longer.
The ro mbuntlon ehamber
averages a cubical content of
16,000 inches Iftrsrrr than in
any other type of furnace.
The hot blast consumes all
gases and saves fuel.
The Quaker furnace humidi
fier has an extra large evapo
rating surface. It keeps the
air through the whole house at
the proper degree of humidity,
Quaker heat properly mois
tened by humidifier is more
comfortable, more healthful
and costs less. Properly mois
tened air takes less heat and
therefore saves fuel.
Four sizes. Heat any num
ber of rooms, and use3 any
fuel.
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