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HTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11 1603. IT WT HELP IF CHOKED WIFE FOR WATCI-ILS Lunatic Turns Decrepit Gun on ' Probata JUdga Cutting - of Chicago. :, ; Thought Sh Stola Picture) of Charles Todd Knocked Over Em bankment. Receiving Mor "tal Injuries. v ;;. Another Woman and jBo . Ha Beat Her. ; On Easy Payments for XMAS DOES SO BECAUSE HE WANTS A NEW DEAL AND NOW MRS. HEATH ' HAS SECURED DIVORCE TRIES TO ESCAPE - --TERRIBLE DEATH STRUCK BY TRAIN; -soon expires- HIE-SIIOhlUDGE and '. t And to .Cap the Climax It Appears 1 That th Wifa Didn't Take the ' . Photo From Kubby'a' Pocket at Because he believed hla wife had taken a photo of another woman from 'hla pocket. Earl R. Heath choked hor ; and told her if tha photograph waa not ' back 1a tha pocket whan ha returned ' from work In tha afternoon neither aha The-ehlldien would ever -llvo leave ' the house. This waa the teatlmony of lira. dna F. Heath before Judge Beare In the -state "Circuit court thla morning ? at the trial of her suit -for a divorce. i Heath ta a dispatcher, employed by 7 the O. W. 1.. aald hla wife. Mra. Heath'a alater testified that aha knew ' that Heath had been In the company of . i the woman whoee ptotur he bad while . Mra. Heath and-the children were at . tha beach .last eummer with Mra. rHeath'a ' mothen, 1 Heath never went ?hoae without swearing at hla wife, ac t cording to the testimony of the slater. ' Mra. Heath denied taking tha photo i grsph, ... v i. v The litigants were married in .thla dty in March. They have two ' children, Oay. aged years, and Archie. ' aged 4 years. - Their custody waa ' awarded to their mother. Mra. Heath 'was given a divorce and 110 a month f alimony. Chester V. Dolph appeared aa : her attorney. Christina Reed waa granted a dl ' vorce front George D. Reed on the ground of deaertlon beginning ' at 1 Adrian, Michigan, in 1193. They were married at that ' place In December, ' i 1811. ' Mra. Beed testified that bar husband had left her on a number of i occasions, but had always returned un- : til the last time, when he went away and sent for hla clothing. She- aald she had never aeen him since that time. ' Mra. Read waa represented by Attor l nay George W. Joseph. ; CHARGE AGAINST k ; . STORE MANAGER Aa Information charging 3. IX. Wor rell, manager of the Golden Eagle store, with unlawfully employing a minor waa filed In the atate circuit court thla morning by Deputy District Attorney Bert K, Haney. The specific charge agalnat Worrell', is -lhat he employed Mabel Patterson, aged II years, for mora than ! hours In one day; Ball waa fixed at lite. Deputy Haney aald that Manager Worrell had been warned ' repeatedly by Mra. Millie R. Trumbull agalnat violating tha child labor, law.' .-. '' 'DAUGHTER ARRIVES AT - THE BURRELL HOME ";:-. A little daughter arrived thla mora f lag at the Hawthorne park home of Mr. ' and Mra, Walter F. BurrelL The little . gin ahowa tha keen discrimination of her, father In Selecting the handsomest , home on the east side, with an" enormous , "lawn ta play on. aa aha grows a little .older. . ,.',.. ' . V '- ' Marine srotee. Astoria. Dee. Jl. Arrived at - noon, steamer George W. Elder and schooner Mabel Gala from San Francisco. The outside public will usually Judge Jhe Justifiability of a strike by the test of success. - - Springa Into " Air to Escape Loco-- motive, but Pilot Beam Strikes Him and He Dice From the Injuries So Received. ' , v "r. ' At the moment he waa in mid air. In the act of Jumping from the center of the railroad track to save himself from being run over by a west-bound O. li. & N. train, Charles Todd waa struck by Ua..BlU)t,beanxpteiouiMUlsaand hurled down an etnbankment, receiving Internal injurlea which resulted In his death at Good Samaritan hospital at an early hour thla morning. - Todd waa conscious up to tha time he : passed away, and en hla death bed he told of tha peculiar manner In which tha acci dent occurred. Todd haa been In tha employ of Wil liam Moagrova, a contractor for tha Pa cific Coaat Construction company, which la engaged in grading the roadbed of tha O. B. at N. in the vicinity of Mult nomah Falls. He had remained at the construction camp, which la eome dis tance east ef -the falls, until late Bun- day night. .About 11 o'clock ha atarted down the track for tha falls. He said he heard no aound of the approaching train, the fleet warning of danger com ing to him when the rays from the headlight shone full upon him aa the locomotive rounded a curve a few yards behind him. - . . . . Jumped Into tha Aim. Realising- hla danger, , Todd Jumped high in the air from the center of the track where he bad been walking, but tha pilot beam atruck him before his feet touched the ground. He waa hurled with terrlflo force dowa the embank ment. The train crew found him a few mlnutea later. He waa taken on board and brought to the Good Samaritan-hospital where for a time It waa thought he would recover, but tha Internal in jurlea proved fatal. - The remalna lie In OTnley'e undertaking rooms, where they will be held pending an Inveetlgatlon which will probably be made by the coroner. Deputy A. L. Flnley eald thla morning that he desired to get testimony from some of the rail road men, which will probably take him to Multnomah Falls thla afternoon. i STRIKERS WILL HOLD (Continued from Page One.) nounced today that tha regular day service haa been entirely resumed and the cars will run tonight -on all lines. Including tha St. Johna Una. He atated that while a full service would not b given, It would be sufficient to handle aU traffic.". i . ; '. Tha atrlka committee of tha Car men's union, consisting of seven mem bers, does not believe in union men and women making martyrs of themselves by walking miles to thtlr work in the morning and miles back again In the evening. The committee last , night adopted, the following resolutions: "Whereas, Several sister unions have aeen fit to place flnee on their members for riding on cars during present atrike of Union No, 111; and "Whereas, The Carmen'a union deeply appreciates this action, but not wishing to force undue hardship on our fellow workers, some of whom . live many miles from the heart of tha city; be It "Resolved, That the Carmen'a union. No. 131, doea hereby auggeat to our ala ter unlona that the privilege of riding to and' from work between the hours of S W. B. Burton, International Vice-President of Amalgamated Streetand Electric Railway Employes of America. to S a.' m. and 4 to T p. tn. ba granted until further notice." . StaUlvan Mot Arrived. ... - IS. J. Sullivan, international vice-president of the L B. E. W haa not yet ar rived In town and the electrical workera will take no aympathatlo action until he la on the ground. & J. McKenney, secretary of the Carmen'a union, la confined to his room by Illness today as a result of the atraln occasioned by the atrike. He waa taken auddenly sick last night. - As a result of the feeling engendered by the strike, union men are today circulating petltlona which will be pre sented to the city council aaking that the ordinance granting a franchise to the Portland Railway, Light A Power company to install a steam heating plant be referred to the people under the referendum at tha next general election. VIOLENCE ON CARS Police looking for Kajt Who gsnt Bul let Through Wladow. A search la being made by' the police for the person who fired a shot through a window of a Holladay avenue car near Crosby street last night. When the car waa passing the street named and Holladay avenue at 10 o'clock lest night the passengers were, thrown Into great excitement by the audden ahatterlng of one of the wlndowa. Motormaa J. 8. Hicka heard the report of a run at the aamatlmo-and It Is jtboughtthata rifle of amall caiiDre waa - usea. u ne matter waa . reported to the police and several detectives were detailed to make an Investigation. No clue to the culprit haa been unearthed. An exciting row between a man sup posed to be a- atrike sympathiser and Conductor Blair of a Sixteenth atreet car occurred at o'clock last night The conductor demanded fare from an un known man atandtng on tha platform and aa Informed by the stranger thst he waa a fireman. Upon demanding to see hia badge Blair waa atruck In tha face by the rowdy. The blow shattered the glasses worn by the carman and he waa badly cut about the face. . Several passengers who witnessed the assault Interfered and tha man fearing arrest alighted from the ear In a hurry. - He is now being sought by tha police. - . AL KADER TEMPLE ELECTS OFFICERS At the annual meeting of Al Kader Temple, Ancient Arabia Order Nobles of tha Mystlo Shrine, at tha council rooms last night the secretary's report waa read, ahowlng a total membership of an Increase of 71 since last year. OSleera were elected aa follows: Doug las W. Taylor, illustrious potentate; J. G. Mack, chief rabban; U O. Clarke, assistant rabban; William H. Oalvanl, high priest and prophet; Archie Thur low. oriental guide; J. W. Newklrk, re elected treaaurer; B. J. Whitehouae, re elected secretary. B. J. Whitehouae, George H. Hill, Rob ert Lutke and C W. Lowe were aelected aa grand representatives to the imperial council at 108 Angeles, May T and -, 1J07. GENTLEMEN Bemember, Ton Cannot Afford It. Coma to the atore where you cannot make a mistake for your Christmas presents. Every article we carry In stock will bear the cloaest criticism. MoAUen ac McDonnell, the store noted for beat goods at loweat price. Malste Makes a Blander. . Bishop Coleman of Delaware waa de scribing In Wilmington aoma of the adventures that had marked his sum mer walking trip through Pennaylvanla and Maryland. For many years the bishop haa devoted hla vacation to walk ing, covering in 10 daya 100 miles or more. . . "The sexton of a quaint old Maxy- land church." he said, "ahowad- through the cool, dim. building one warm afternoon, and aa we were de parting pointed to the Bible on the leo tern and smiled. x " 'A atfange thing happened laat Sun day In ' connection with that -Bible.', he aald. We - had a atrange minister preaching here, and when he opened the book he came upon a notioe and read it out with all due solemnity. " It waa a request for the congrega' tlon'a sympathy and prayers for John Q. Giigga, who had been deeply afflicted by the leas of hla wife.' "The aexton . pauaed ' and chuckled softly. . "'You see, sir,' ha aald, our regular minister had' been using that paper aa a bookmarker more than a year, and John Q. Griggs, in a natty gray ault, sat In a front pew with the new wife he had taken Juat the week- before." "Will your highness have the rich white man's only aoa cooked or served au naturelT" asked the cannibal king's chef. . . "Cook him' thoroughly,", replied . hfa malesty. ' Raw heir la very bad for me. . . Hat Certificates :If you know that he needs a Hat and that a good one would be an acceptable present, buy one of our Hat Certificates for $3.00 and present it to him. He can select his style and we will fit him with a Beaver Hat None better made. Christmas, Specials for Boys With every Boy's Suit or Overcoat purchase from now until Monday night we will give a handsome CHRIST MAS PRESENT. Come now, before .the as sortment is broken. 'STORE OPEN NIGHTS UN TIL CHRISTMAS I -i I f r i w avi6r Special makes and special values in Shirts for Christmas. At $1.00 we have twenty dif ferent combination of colors. WE KNOW . JUST WHAT WOULD SUIT HIM 1 'Come In and look over our splendid assortment of Christmas novelties. ' Not a young man among all of your acquaint-. - ances but would appreciate any present from among this lot. Here also are Smoking Jackets worth $6.00 to ,$7.80. Specially priced at $4.85. ' Dressing Gowns and Bath Robes in the new fancy patterns, regular $5.00 and $8,00 grades. Priced now at $3.05. . . Silk Umbrellas with Congo hardwood handle's, : sterling silver mountings, a most acceptable present, especially priced at $1.35. Estate Loafing Along in Cutting's " Court Eight Years, He Says, and Another Incumbent flight Bo Swifter Does No Damage. ' (Jeuraal Special Service.) Chicago, Dec. 11. A man, who the police say,, la Insane, fired at Probata Judge Cutting In the entrance of the elevator In 'the criminal court building thla mornJngfaxUlnUng-J'If jrou don'4 Settle that estate I'll kill you." , The Judge slapped the man'a fare and deranged his aim. Hla revolver, Nyhlch waa of ancient make, defective mechan Ism and amall calibre, failed to work thereafter as the man pulled the trigger while the Judge held him for the police. The man gave the name of Frank Ellerbrock. aged 60, aaleaman. He aald: "I am Interested tn an estate worth $30,000. which haa been In litigation In probate court etght yeara. I got no satisfaction and thought If I killed Cutting I would get a Judge who would gtva me abme action." NO RESCUE (Continued from Page One.) . ."At $I.i30our" bef make of white and fancy Shirts in plain and pleated bosom..; "t '-.,. , , " '' f '--.' ' ' ; . Also a special line of fancy col- ' ored Sateen Night Robes a most. acceptable Christmas gift they are the $l.lO ones. Special at $1.15. , RDloiHl! CttsKuhnPropV ' Complete Outfitters for Men and. Boys 166 AND468 THIRD STREET, MOHAWK . : BUILDING ( :' Do you think you'd "put your" foot in it" if you -make a present of-a pair of shoes at Christmas? .'; Not if -you .boughtthis tind.- A f n Specials in patent leather, every detail richly finished, for dress occa sions, packed in a handsome box and. specially priced at $3, $3.50 and $4.00, Also a fine line of Business Foot wear priced at $2.50 to $4.00. Ing which rescuers . worked night and day to reach him. a pipe waa driven Into the pit under the car through which to pour milk to the Imprisoned man. led Throng Tube. At the upper end of th (0-foot'plpt a man haa been stationed every hour, day and night. It haa. been bis duty to keep Hicks entertained to keep his mind off his terrible predicament. A week ago he was reading tha paper to Hicka when the aound of tha picks, aa the rescuers attacked a wail of rock ln- thelr effort to reach and release hjm. were borne to Hicka. A phonograph waa attached to the pipe to amuae Hicka and divert hla mind. Hicka called often for favorite pieces and became particularly attached to "Under the Bamboo Tree," which reminded him of the Philippines, where he aerved once. .- "How did you' feel thoae first two daya before It waa known you were allveT" was asked Hicks just before his rescue. , . aald waa XeU. ' "It waa Jiell." he said. There waa no need to aak whst- he meant he had told the whole atory in three worda. "Could you move or could you aeef" " "Tea. I could, after a couple of daya, He on my back, and I worked a place big enough to sit up a little by stooping and putting my head agalnat my knees. I had four matches, so I eould see how mv cubbv-holelooked.'1 Time moved in cycles for Hlcdcs. The first ended when he fetched out hla plug of chewing tobacco. It waa this that saved him from starving. After another almost measureless space of time heJ brought forth a little ointment no. With this he waa enabled to catch milk and water aa it came down tha pipe. The third epoch in hla existence of a human rriole waa when he laid hla hand on a corkscrew- Thla had a hollow wooden handle, which, when cloaed. held the corkscrew. Hicks broke away the metal and had a tube In which he could Insert In the opening in the pipe and drink much more easily than before. Thanhs for Matches. . . "When I came to the matchea I felt mlahty rood." he aald. and It waa aa thouah he aald: "I thank thee. God. for having given me those matches out of thy woundroua bounty r The four matchea gave him an Idea of hla surroundings. He waa enabled to define the lncloaure In which he la en tombed, so that he gave ordera for the rescue work. He warned the supenn tendent of the work not to eome directly toward him In the drift, aa was being done, aa he feared dangeroua results. Tha direction 'of the tunnel was then changed In accordance with his sugges tions and tha hour of hla deliverance was put off daya. The rescue men were 11 feet from Hicka when he made the critical discovery, but the change made It necessary to run ID feet Xescne Work Clow. While in aoft ground the reseuerg were also in dangerous ground, and the advance waa almost aa slow as It waa In the hard rock, for they took every precaution in timbering to protect them selvea and calculated every thrust of the pick to guard against driving Into some debris, which la In Imminent dan ger of falling on Hicka with tha slight est Jar. The last hours of tha work of rescue have been devoid of any sensational features. Grim determination, light ened by a ray of hope,, marked every count on the big -Work. Tha battle la not ended, however, for tt cannot be de nied that the relapae which will neces sarily follow the release will be a se rious one. Every preparation which money ean buy haa been provided by the company for the care of the miner after hla re lease. He will be blindfolded at once and placed on a car. . Slightly Kixed. From the New Tork Times. In small country newspaper offices, where the codv aoea from the editor to the compositor, then, after printing, di rectly to the subscribers, the-need of a proofreader la often felt, in thla con nection William Allen White,' tha Kan sas newspsper -man. tella of an amus ing break made by a boy In the office of auch a newspaper In thst state. In "making up'' the forma tha boy got the galleys mixed, with the following result: The-flrst part Of the ohjtuary of (in Impecufiloua crtlaen had been dumped In the forms, and the next hnndfuj of type came from gHey In which, waa a de scription 01 a rire. The subscribers were greatly startled when they came to the paragraph, which read thus: "Tha pallbearers lowered tha body to tha grave.' It waa consigned to the flamesv There were few, If any. regrets, for the old wreck had been an vesnre to the town for - veara. Of course, there ww.JndlylduaLJoaabut4 that waa fully covered by Insurance. There' Is No Need for You to. Pay an Exorbitant Price Simply Because You Buy Them on Credit Since we instituted our plan of "easy payments" quite a. number of imitators have come into .the field, but none of them seem to hve caught the "personal tone" which char- 4 ' acterizes our business. j - . . ' ' By "personal tone" we mean the individual guarantee, which we give to every customer, of full value, quality of -goods purchased and willingness-Oa-put-the-inQstJiberal. construction upon our business relations. 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He had been reckoned a confirmed hater of the 'othe aex,- and so 4,"- waa with considerable curiosity that his frlenda sought out the reason for bis step. . r -What aid r n h n spiiaaa to Oriental Curios Store We hold no-auction as we mark ohf goods with plain fig--iures. Wc have a nice and beautiful line of Xmas goods. We carry the best grade of Oriental art goods, and at the lowest prices. We afford all an opportunity to come in and ' inspect our. line and it will be found to please you better :. , than elsewhere. ' , I THE WESTERN IMPORTINO CO. - SOUTHWEST CORNER SIXTH AND ALDER cz::::Sz:::r:r:zatxiEzxc2izzxz:: that old face for, Wckr asked aoma One. ,':' . ; ''Pha ain't n beauty that'a right," r-u -1. wi.A ... lid that there Rirmi . t . ' v ...... dog of mine, he waa simply ptnhV tnr someooay 10 ioor ir mm waa away at tha pit. I Couldn't bear ta leave htm by hlsself, so I hlta on the Ida at marryta'. aha ain't handsome, that old girl, but she'e mlhtf good company for the dog! , Tawaey Waa a Blacksmith. RprcwnullT Jaates A. Tatrsey stnv Bnti. m.ntlhnHl s 'pnMlsle eueeeeeot ef Mr. Cannes Is tbe speeder's etaetr, see Jset tnraed M sag la a Mtlve ef reaaarWaaia. TrUt ta beeealag s Uwyer be werked as S i.. i i. .... . -;'-N A
