The Oregon daily journal., January 22, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

THE OREGON pAILY JOURNAE, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1S03.
REELECTED
irardvvaremcn Retain Presi
dent in Office Portland
Will Probably Be Chosen
: Permanent Headquarters
" ", of State" Association.
-
POIRE HOW HID
III DIIIGY 101,
i
Likeness of ;Bcn Holladay
May Soon Hang in the'
City Hall. 5: v-
Portland will probably be mads the
permanent headquarters of the Oregon
Etats Retail Hardware and Implement
Dealers' association whan the matter of
choosing the next place for the etats
convention arlsea this afternoon.
' The buslnesa of the convention has
trten carried out so quickly and wall
that the delegates are all pleased wltn
Portland as a convention ojty and are,
anxious to return bf re for future con
vention - " "' ". .. m ' m
Instead of holding the election of of
E. II. Brannlck, Who Spoke
Before State Hardware Dealers.
fleers this J afternoon ss ha been
planned the election was held quietly
yesterday afternoon during tha execu
tive session of the retail men.
President H. J. Alt now was re
. elected unanimously. H. O. Garnott,
vice-president. Frank Dayton of Port
land reelected treasurer, and Drew
J rlf fin. Eugene, member of the execu
tive committee.
- Speak Against Faroe! Fost.
The committee on resolutions will re
tort this afternoon and recommend that
the action of the officers of the associa
tion In condemning the parcel post be
Indorsed by the association aa a whole.
This morning's seslon was devoted to
listening to addresses by members of
ih .ittrn on trade and teohnlcal
uhicts. O. M. Scott spoke on "A
Goodly Lftndf ft Btook well on "Buy
ing and Selling,, and Harry N. Prltch
rd on "The Mistakes of the Dealer a
, ren Through, the Byes of the Traveling
, Salesman." . '
' Mr. Prltchard said that frequently the
country dealer overstocked on unsal
able articles and then held them at
prices which were altogether too high,
lie declared that he had known men to
handle out-of-date pieces which they
had never any crfence of selling and still
refuse to cut prices.
"After you have Inventoried, a thing
' three or four times cut the price In
two and tell about It In your window
. and tha nnwimanars" said Mr. Prltch
ard. -If that is not enough give It to
some church fair or other charitable
mii-Dose. But don't let It tase up val
uable spaca and valuable time any
longer. . -
f Hot on Collections.
' "Many things you are holding alto
gether too nign. xou mustn t wpoci w
make as much profit on kitchen war as
on pocket knives. The things that don't
sell easily should be given away as
prizes with kitchen rang or other
large . sale."-'.'-, ;-. . . .. - -- '
B. M. Brannlck, better known to the
nn the "Country Dealer vs. Collections."
He said that the Implement business Is
one of the best and cleanest so far as
collections are concerned, in the coun
try. After a wagon has been used a
?ear It is almost always possible to sell
t for enough to cover aU, the dealer's
expenses. '
. , Too raeny of the country dealers, how
ever, failed to keep their collections up
to the right standard and in mat way
not only worked a hardship on them
selves by ratling to maxe money ia
their business but made the accounts
owed by them to the Jobbers equally
.- slow In collection.
. " Too often, " said Mr. Brannlck, " the
- v country dealer is a poor collector, and
. whenever he is hard up you may be par
ticularly sure that Is the reason. - I
, think tbs jobbers and manufacturers
are largely to blame for thla They ex
tend too long credit to the retailers who
In turn fall to-force their customers to
pay up on time.
" i Valley Residents Good Payers. .
it He said that the Willamette valley
5 has proved to bo one of the best locali
ties la the country for prompt payment
because of the diversity of the crops.
There are so many different crops raised
not oniy in tne wmamette valley but
la eastern Oregon as well that the farm
er la always taking in money and there
fore able to keep up all payments
, promptly. '
'(he farmers In Idaho snd eastern
Washington, however, raise wheat ex
clusively and are paid for their crops
only onca a year. Therefore in dealing
with them he advised that the dealert
Insist on their being paid every year, at
soon after the -marketing of the wheat
crop as possible. Collections have
never been better, than in the present
: ; year, declared Mr. Brannlck. despite the
- fact that . money has been scarce in
cities. . . .
Fred y.'Bolger spoke on "The Cost of
. Doing Business," 1 I. Gilbert on "The
Pleasures of the Traveling Man," and
John Hardy on "Window Display."
Mr. Hardy, who is in charge of the
Jloneyman Hardware company's win
dows, said that advertising is simply
the placing of your name before the
publ lo in a manner that will attract
buslnesa to your store.
Good Advertising Pays,
"There are two methods of advertis
ing that are thoroughly practicable and
that should be utilised by the hardware
oealer: First, newspaper advertising,
and second, good shop window displays.
A choice of the two methods is de
cidedly in favor of newspaper advertis
ing. A well written advertisement if
pliiced in a paper of rood circulation
will carry an Individual message to a
greater number of people In a shorter
Fpace of time than can be accomplished
l.y any other means. It enables you to
Kreet all your regular patrons and at
the same time 'extend the open band to
auy prospective business.- ....
lie wno uses plenty or printers Ink
will be looked upon as progressive, up
to date and rarely if ever found asleep.
J:ven a three-line ad, if frequently
changed la its wording and run eon
etanuy In your dally paper, will print
jour nam indelibly on the public
Iiilnd.1. , . ... , , , ....
i.sst rtfjrht the -nual banquet was
hHd in the PortUCl hotel and was a
l.i mii-rwu. : John 8. .Real I. acting as
taistinaster, JutroUueed Governor Chaw-
Councilman Balding viU Introduce a
resolution In tha city council this after
noon requesting that space be allowed
for the hanging of a huge portrait of
Ben Holladay, at present In tha custody
of Curator Georee IL IUmes of the
Oregon Historical society. . j-
Holladay - was tha pioneer ' In the
transportation movement west of the
Mississippi river and as early as 1869
had what was known as the pony ex-
Frets carrying malls scrota the plains.
Alar ha ownad tha overland mall sys
tem and still later. In 18, commenced
his railroad operations on tne racmo
coast by building a line XO miles long
ont of Portland to what Is now known
as Gervais. . ....
An Interesting Incident In this con
nection is that Mr. HI met, who was
at that time in the printing business,
printed the first railroad time card ever
used In Portland. It set forth the arri
val and departure of trains over the
Holladay Una. , k
Mr. Balding has been anxious to have
the portrait hung ia a conspicuous plaoe
insteaa or tiiowmi u to remain wuuw
in a dingy record room, where it is
stored at present. The painter of the
portralO Is unknown, but tne worn was
well executed, and Mr. Hlmea and Mr.
Ralrltna- hoth declared today that It la
a splendid likeness of Holladay In his
prime. The painting was done in 1(68.
In speaking of Holladay and his work
today, Mr. Holding ld: a -
"No other map 3lu so much to bring
transportation taclllties to the Paciflo
coast as Holladay. He was ths pioneer,
snd for that reason I believe bis por
trait should be placed in one of the
light wells In the city hall, where it
can be seen by visitors.
When I was a young man Houaaay
was the area teat cian on tne coast.
His energy snd ability won him recogni
tion everywhere, and that ha ia so little
known to the present generation Is a
freat misfortune. Holladay struggled
or the people of the coast in a- way
that dt serves better remembrance. All
of his life's work wss along the trana-
portation una, ana tne present develop
ment of the coast la duo largely to, hit
efforts" '
Mr. Beldlng will also ask permission
from the council to drape what is be
lieved to be tha larrctt American flaa?
on the Paciflo coast in ths light well
with the picture. The flag was owned
by Cnptaln Thomas Mountain, who had
it madr for the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
the tepubllc, July 4. 1878,
At the celebration in 1876 It was fluns
from, flagstaff 800 feet high In the
Plata ' block. There Is no nlace larre
enough In the city hall to hang the
flcr. but Curator Hlmea d eel are t that
It an be so, draped In the light well
that It will not obstruct any .of ths
WHY IS A POLICEMAN 7
DOONLNT SAYE,TH NOT
Why la a policeman T , ,
Max Schulptus, private watchman for
several ramuies near xenui sou
thinks be knows. . . - .
James t Handiey. 408 Hall atreet, ana
Roy Mllner, 81-year-old son of Mra
ir-rannia H Miinap 414 Hall street, aa
well a numerous other residents In the
ne shboi-hood. sre not saitsiiea wun
Uchulplus resaona. , a.
Hphu n mi hvi ins tniw.r ia a umr.
Sunday evenlna- at 8 o'clock . little
Russell Handiey. who Is only 18, and
is rather small for his age. was walking
lAwinli his home, and was Within a
block of the house when the tsll form
of a man stepped from ths shadow of
tha traaa in tne J. inni w auaun
e-rounda at West Park and Hall and
called to him to stop.
"Won't do It," said the little fellow
hurrying on. M ...
XOU won t, en, cniim vm iu umn
proved to be Schulplus, a deputy
sheriff and private watchman for the
Watson property. Then he gave chase
to the fleeing child ana brought mm
around. , , .
"What' do you want of me T demand
ed the boy. '
XassUigatee Tnon are a IswaL
"Are you a hlghwaymanf said
Schulplus waving a formidable looking
gun in tne air. . t
"Of course not," said Russell "what
right have you to stop met"
.1.. - .k.rf " atiaavava
BchulDlus. "and I atop all auspicious
characters." . ..
But by this time nusseira ratner,
who is a confectioner aad haa a shop
at 40 Washington street, came to the
rescue and took his "auspicious- loos
ing child home.
Last night at 8:11. Roy Mllner, who
lfves with his mother at Eleventh and
Hall, passed the Wataon grounds, his
hands In his pockets and whistling ths
Merry Widow waits. , - '
Aa be started to- cross, the atreet
two men Jumped out behind him and
demanded where he lived.
, ."Go to Tophet." remarked young Mll
ner, stopping the waits just long
enough to answer. '
"Well. I'll stop yon," called out the
watchman, and gave chase to young
Mllner. Palling out his ever-ready re
volver be fired at the youth, the shot
whistling by his bead, and finally
bringing np In tha window, of a bouse
half a block away. 1
Mllner who supposed of ' course he
wss beinff pursued dt a mgnwayinui,
called for help and only ran the faster.
Tha apeed oonlett was short but furious.
. asotasr. Mother, g moss t ot Me.
Pantlna- like a horse afflicted with
heaves, frightened out of two weeks'
salary,' his .hair stanemg perpendicular,
Mllner reached the door Of hit homo
onlv to find it locked. He pounded the
front panel wltn both nets ana screamea
"Murderl help! murder!" at the top oi
nia voice.
mil
. f united rrets Lettea Wire.) .
Boston, Matt., jTaa. a What threat-
aaa to be tke most dettruetlve firs la
The door oneneif and Mra Mllner. the I tha history of Chelsea la ragls thla
boy's mother, a termed forth Just M ai,a nMt ai ana.
Schulplus dashed up to 'the prostrate , .
youth wheeslng and aputurlng like a eonaoin e ran dertof plant -ef John
f -cent toy engiaa ijuawwr avnnara m atpu sueets.
"Klevate vour chin and' fold yOUf I ... . .Mniu kiu. .i
ears, " panted Schulplus aa he dashed I it . 4W
ii n the Irch. "Look as. much like, a " eare that mote than one body
,u, yvivn vva mmt . -
thus- as nosalhle. I have reason to be
lieve that you are. " Mra. Mllner atood
before him terrified. ... 1
By this time most of the neighbors
nad srataared arouna tns aiuner resi
dence and aomeone sent In a riot call
to the police station.
. Across tha street Miss Addah Lewis
who, durlns- a week's, Illness has occu
pied a summer bedroom, awakened ,by
I I.. 11. f " Uurilav 11
bounced from bed and I mm
Into hysterica and ths efforta
hara nf tha household to
physician for her added to the general
confusion. 4
fiareams of murder and heln had
alarmed the whole nelghmorhood and by
this time frightened races were appear
ing at windows and men hurried out on
their xront porches.
A Fame With a Fela.
may be to the ruins. , ' '
Tie Saat Jiostoa fire department has
been appealed to to send apparatus. A
anaber of tenemeat-dwellers were over-
come by amok tat were rescued by
firemen aad nslghbora,
- a-V,.
ADHEH TO SEE
E
EESTIVil
L
While Bchulplua was still trying to mnnstPTSl Will TTnlil ThMf
than tha MflriAP rMln.nfli 1 '-'vvww.m ...
determine whether the Mllner residence
was a robber's den,' the patrol wagon
reached the acena, bearing Detectives
Price and Klnnlen. Thev made a min
ute Investigation and cross-questioned
Mllner closely. , Then tney went aown
street and examined the window pane
broken by Dchulolus wild shot. The
crowd followed. ...
Price examined the window.
"This is considerably more serious
than I thought," he announced to the
waitmar ana exDectant oopujace aainerea
about, "the pane's broken on both sides."
' Midsummer Xonyention
During the Week.
A telegram received at Rose -Festival
association headquarters thla morning
from B. L. Dasent announced that the
Paciflo Coast Advertising Men's assoc..
f Inn arhlh (a hnlitlna- ita umluniintl
uymi inuni auuir nu oiniuwu. n.i.1.. n-nr.! ki
Were taken to the police station, where L"M" i i 2 ,T iTi.Wk i7r ihl
both were later released. The h"i 1 LTJl.r.Mnn ?i Hn. f ..tii
of the department had been upheld, mld-oummar convention during festival
Why ia a policeman T
light
DOME BACKS
T. ROOSEVELT
Oregon Senator Says Hughes
4 Announcement Will Force
the President to Hun.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Jan. 12 Senator Bourne
of Oregon declared today that the
Hughes announcement of last night is
tha very thing that he had been looking
and hoping for.
"It means that Roosevelt will be re
nominated," declared the senator. "New
York is lost to Taft. The only way the
prrsiuer.t can prevent tne nomination
iroin going ;o a reactionary, the only
way he can have his nollni nrrtii
out is to tans taa nomination himself.
SECURE MANY NAMES
OH PORT PETITIOr
j.X .... . . . .
About 400 Signatures Dajlj
Attached to Chamber's
Commission Bill.
HELPED TO MAKE HISTORY
BOTH IN OREGON AND ALASKA
-L.
George A. Brackett. a pioneer who
haa lived In Minneapolis since It was a
town of 800 persons.'-the first agent of
the Northern Pacific railroad, and who
built tha wagon road over the White
Pass In Alaska, Is at the Hotel Port
land. Mr. Brackett came, here with
Samuel Hill, son-in-law of J. J. HIU.
and who is president of the Washing
ton State Good Roads association.
During the early days Mr. Brackett
crossed the plains with Colonel Crooks,
assistant to the general manager of the
Harrlman lines, who died in Portland
several weeks ago. .
In several other ways has Mr. Brack
ett been associated with Oregon his
tory and with men of prominence in
the earry day a Ho was with General
Slgsbea during the Indian campaign in
which Colonel Crooks also took part
At the bsttle of Ball's Bluff during
the civil war Mr. Brackett was with I ;:.'.; V,V. Lk V ...
peneral Stone In thermy of the Po- nlace. subscribed small amounts to tha
week, next June.
This convention will bring a urge
number of tha brightest .advertising
men In tha west to Portland and all
have nromlsed to do their beet towards
boosting for the Rose Festival and tha
Rosa City. Tha convention wlU be held
from Juno 1 to , t
The . Transportation nuiidlng at . tne
Lewis and Clark fair grounds, with a
floor space of (09 by 180 feet, was to
day secured by tha Festival association.
and will bo used as a building In which
to construct tha floats ror tha Festival
parade. It la one of tha most desirable
buildings for the purpose in tha. city
and will bo put In shapa at once. '
it is proposed oy tne onicers oi tne
GROCERS TQ
ASK GUESTS
1
National -Convention to Be
Invited to Come to Port-
land -Next X?ar Lunchv
eon Giyen ; py , the ; union
, jueai uojinjaiiy. f . -.
"AT HOME WITH THE GRIP" ;
tomao. At tha time General Baker, an
Oregonlan. was killed, Mr. Brackett was
not far away. Afterward he took
charge of the dead soldier's body and
sent it to President Lincoln at Wash
ington.
Mr.
festival fund double or triple their do
nations. More money Is needed by the
association, and It Is suggested that in
stead or allowing tne -Hose Festival to
suffer tha citlaens of Portland should
. ... , . n . . i an ivffrTiDinxia mcir vuwur w attract
.eferalTay.e"H71.trirmanke,.n hli home eflonl
In Mlnneanolla The route selected bf
Mr. Brackett over the White Pass lq
Alaska la tha line selected by the rail
road officials when the road was built
from Skagway to White Horse, and
which Is now In operation.
F
.On-
li
$20 WORTH OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS
AWAIT THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER
' About 400 names dally are coming In
on the referendum petitions started by
the navigation and waterways commit
tea of the Portland chamber of com
merce for the purpose of amending the
Port of Portland bill at the next June
election. 4t is expected that all tha
names necessary will be secured this
week. . f-.
The Petitions must have annroxlmnta.
If 1,600 names to Insure the placing of
the amendment on the June ballot. It is
intended by tha committee to get 1,760
signatures, to make certain of havinar
Tha petition was circulated today by
J. C. Flanders. E. W. Wrlaht. J. fi.
Laldlaw, M. Mosessohn and others, and
names were rapiaiy aignecu it is pro
posed that the municipality of Portland,
Includina all of Multnomah county west
of the Sandy river,' which constitutes
me jurisdiction oz tne .fort or Port
land, shall vote uson the measure.
The question to be decided is whether
the Port tf Portland commission, a body
of men appointed by the governor, who
nave cnarge or river ana narbor im
provements and regulations on the Wll
lam ette river, shaU bo given the duties
and powers-which the state legislature
conferred upon the : Port.: of .Columbia
commission at the last session of ths
legislature. - .., ..;. -
The fort of Columbia bill was nulli
fied by the supreme court, on account of
opposition In Clatsop county. Itls said
that the city of Portland and the whole
Willamette valley la vitally Interested
in having the provisions of the Port of
wuiumoia Din carried into , enrect, ana it
has been proposed by tha chamber of
tiwinierce to provider a way out; or tne
dilemma by attaching the duties Of that
commission to the already existing Port
of Portland commission, which has .been
pruvea ana established as a valid com-
uiiasiun. ' if . H , ' i 1
VETEKAN OF B0EK WAR
DIES AT LOS ANGELES
(United Press teased Wlm.
Los Angeles, Jan. 22. ieorge W.
King, a veteran of the Boer war. was
found dead in bis room In a hotel on
First street this morning. The dead
man was fully dressed, and the cause
of death will not be known until an
autopsy is held. King waa attached to
the engineers' corps of the British
army in South Africa, i-.; - v j . ,
berlaln; who welcomed the guests to
Portland. Mayor Lane was unable to
be .Present, but - Dr. A. A. Morrison
spok in his pla?e.n Thomas T Devlin
spoke on 'Pontics and Finance Colo
nel E. M. Brannjkfk spoke follcltously
and referred to Governor Chamberlain
BsOroRon s next United States senator.
Other speakers were: F. 8. West, John
t'reslaent XL J. Altnow. .. . , ..
The mystery surrounding a package
of stamps found In a streetcar the week
before Christmas and which is now in
possession of Postmaster Mlnto Is un
solved. All told there were $20 of
stamps In the envelope. They were
found by -""Mra. Ottrander, 28 East
Thirty-second street in a Morrison
street car. They were left In tha car
seat presumably by a young girl.
No advertisement of the loss has
ever appeared in the newspaper Mrs.
Ostrander kept the stamps several
weeks, thinking aome one would adver
tise. Afterwsrd she turned them over
to the postmaater. . .
The stickers were made up of 1 and
cent stamps snd most ot them had been
separated from the sheets In which i
stamps are usually purchased In large
quantities. At first it waa thought that
a Christmas ahopper had dropped the
package.
since no one nas apparently ever
mane any errort to reciainv tne prop
erty it is thought that possibly the
stamps had been stolen. All stores and
particularly the department houses re
ceive hundreds of dollars' worth of
OF
ELEVEN CHURCHES
Delegations Frbm ' Divided
Denomination Pass Resolu
tions for a'Consolidatidn.
A movement to bring the 1108 nation
al convention. of American Retail, flro
eerg was Inaugurated by the state con
vention of Oregon Retail Grocers at this
morning's session. The proposition met
wits ,. tha enthusiastic approval of the
members of the state convention,, who
cheered to the echo the speech of Wil
liam McHenry, passenger agent, of the
Harrlman lines, when he declared that
Portland la the natural convention,' city
of tha Padfio coast, and that tha Uar
rlman'road would lend all possible as
sistance In bringing the big ' grocers'
convention to this cltv. J' '
k .,aUh. 11.... a,amIam a 4na
j Ml. V. J. . C .i i J Bik.llilUH v ta.V
fact that Han Brancisoo had already naa
tne. national grocers convention, ana
that tha state association of California
rowers would in all probability Instruct
Its delegates to vote for Portland when
tns selection or a city ror the iu con
vention Mm a nn at the national conven
tion to "be held in Boston . next May,
He also aad that . Seattle already had
mora conventions scheduled for 1808
than tha could entertain, and that no
opposition nee pa reared . irom , tnat
quarter.
Delegation lot Boston.
Dan Kellaher voiced tha aentlment of
the Portland delegation when he prom
Ised the support of every commercial
organisation in tha city In the cam
paign to land the convention, - At this
afteraoon's session of the convention a
atronr delegation awlll be named to go
to the Boston convention and present
tna claims or roruana ror the national
convention.
Alisky.'hall Jwas filled with grocers
xrom aii over the state,, when tne aeo
ond day's aeaslon was called to order at
1 o'clock - this morning.. President
Carney read a telegram from Mayor
Wise of Astoria, who was down for tha
first address oa the program, expressing
regret at not oeing aoie to ne present,
but promising to te oa hand for .to
night's banquet,
. K. H. Greer of Hlllsboro made a abort
talk oa "The Benefit of Cooperative
Delivery In Small Towns." He re
countedbls own experience as a retail
groosr from tha time when he delivered
ma goods in a wnseioarrow to tne pres
ent time, when all tha merchants ' of
his place employ a common delivery
system at a saving of 78 per cent of
the former cost. In the general dis
cussion that followed it was unani
mously agreed that the cooperative sys
tem is a vast .improvement over the
old methods.
Off to the Big; Loaefc.
Secretary Merrick announced that
two cars were at Third and Morrison
:.fhU. is so general that In . many ,of- .
flees and mercantile houses, buslnesa IgJ
almost suspended. . The epldemlo may
yet, break the record of that Of 1888,
the worst la history. If you are drowsy,
languid or low-spirited. It , you hava .
headache, backache, -or ere "ftvertaluW
J- Jt-1.- 4.,.. . t
wun ui.j, a, nose or liooa S illls
to move th bowels and begin treatment
with Hood's Sarsaparllla. the toe to the
grip -germ ia tha blood, and tha best
appetiser, stomach tonlo and. strength
giver. V . l , ... ...
A Bad Attaea'1 had a bad attack
Of the grip. X got a botUe of Hood s
Saraaparilla and It saved me a big Coo- '
tor's bill, Did., me mora good than any
ether medioine.', Mra. ; Allc Barf,
Smyrna,'. Pa. ,f ; . v. ;.
A Oood Kedlolnea'1 was down with
the grip and a bottle of Jlood e Sarsa
parllla. brought me np and made me, feel
like, a new" woman. I aecommend Hood's
to all who want a good medclne.P
Durell Nu rf ord, , Clsmont. ,Vi. ; ,
'. Jlood'a . Sarsaparilla . is sold, every
where, ' In the usual liquid, or la' Ub.
let form caller Barsatabs. One hundred
doses one dollar,., v . -i a ,
FRISCO'S RISE FIlOLl?
RUINS HARD TO BELIEVE
" . -Zi ' " ' , .-v . ' ' , . !t . .
Progress Made in Rebii Id
ling Burned CltjWbh- i
:! v'def ot thePaciflc. !f
"Walk np Market street In Sanrran
clsco, remain awhile-and then retrace
your stops aad you can appreciate the
great progress being made to rebuild
the city which was .practically rulaed
by f Ira less than two years ago." aald
Fred Russell, a lumber dealer of Do
rena, . Oregon, at - ths Hotel Portland
thla morning. Mr. Ruasall'a hum, la. In
San Francisco, bat his lumber ml Us era
near Dorena. v ' . r
r was in San Francisco several da vn
ago and marveled at tha Work of rehab
Itatlon. For insuncs. on tha new Pal
ace hotel ateel ' frames are being put
Into plsca so fast that ona can sea the
atructure crow over nltht. y' ..;
I Waa actually aarnnlahait at tha man
of - workmen and machinery. - Sevan
huge derricks are used to assist tha
Workmen In the nnnatrurtlnn. et tha
eteel work of thla one building alone.
i me present rata the palace win be
completed la a year or possibly 18
months. It Is being erected on the
same ground, but is to be mora of. a
skyscraper than the "old -hotel, which
waa anown arouna tna worio." . i .' ,
NEW STANDIKG C i
COMMITTES NAHED
With C. W. Hddlon. reelectod pres
ident of the Portland Commercial club,
tha following officers will be assocl-
MYSTERY HAIJGS
0'ER20-T0HTHEFT
Castiron Now in Foundry
Had Numerous Owners
and Resting Places.
Stealing 20 tons of cast Iron that
was to have been used in the construc
tion of a laundry at Ninth and Davis
streets, hauling It away with trucks
in broad daylight and disposing of it
to the Leach foundries In South Port
land and St. Johns Is the somewhat
astonishing charge that William A. Ha
ley, a former deck hand and longshore
man, Is facing in tha circuit court His
trial ' began before a Jury in Judge
Gantenbeln's department Jthls morning.
Halev admits that he took the iron
and sold it, but denies that he stole
it. He says he bougnt tne iron irom
W. H. Moore, former president of the
Oregon Trust & Savings bank, who
owned a one-sixth Interest in It. He
says he paid 8200 for it and disposed of
it for about $360.
Those who owned an fnterest In tht
iron, aside from Moore, are Em 11
Schacht, Frank Litherland, Alexander
Bweek, A. N. Mills and R. A. Preston.
They owned tha property at Ninth and
Davis streets and were preparina- to
erect a building for a laundry compan.
But the laundry scheme fell through
and the structural Iron was removed
from the street. Where it was origin
ally delivered, to the vacant lot.
The disappearance of the Iron front
the lot was not discovered for more
than a month. Schacht then started to
trans it and located it in the Leach
foundries, where it had been sold for
scrap Iron by Haley. It Is asserted that
the Iron was worth 81,180.
Moore did not take the stand this
morning, but is expected to testify this
afternoon to contraaict tno oerenaant a
statement that ha sold the Iron to
Haley.
COURT RULES TALBOT
MAY TELL TROUBLES
Men from tha United. Brethren
church, . the Methodist Protestant, the
Evangelical association and the United
Evangelical church met last night as
guests of the Men's club at the United
stamns In their mail order business I t, .u..,v. ai.,,.. th
SKT.t?!!18.- ' these several denominations. Seven
VSVXA senSsage. .povar of
Xl? no -JnanSaHrtV bo.tofnce to .MiAlJJi
iiVh A "iZ Thl. hi HVt,,,ni J Denominations erst began to Da oia-iil'n-A'a.'
b' rturned t0 cussed all over the country and about
vmw MM.... . I tha aam tlma tha ttvA H.va nflTAIlrfl I
branchea began to consider a union.
There were many public meetings to
get at the sense of the. people, and later
some one suggestea tne union ot tne
twn nes-otlatina- divisions. This has
IIIIIUIIt.il I Minna h.iin faUroA nf nn.rilln hut Imt
night's was probably the first publio
meeting in tne wnoie country zor con
sideration of this further union.
:llirriiriT i Bishop Bell or the united Bretnren.
Ill II III llll who has recently returned from tha
ViiWkiiwiHii hvi that" such a union la inevit
able and is being everywhere talked of.
Dr. C. K. Cline of tha Methodist Church
m -n i VE J ir 1 was present ana opinea tnat tnis meet-
Sneriff FearS ACCllSea Man Ing would have national Influence. The
B i resolution araiteo vy kmv. n. v.. cam
Will IiVnOnPn hV Kev. a. b. winter ana ttev. rneo
HU1 JJC AiJUUUCU dore Schauer will be sent to alt the de
Ulnntniin I nomlnatlonal papers, to the bishops
ill uii ui.ua ju.uu. land the general conferences of the four
denominations. Tne resolution reaas:
"Resolved. That the naatora and lay-
. . . v v . i iiinit ruiirBHKiiuiiivv v ii v;a, vnui i.iica
iawiston, Mont., Jan. mr-tamea or- ,.AthTed with the Men's club of the
ueii, a rancner living; ju mues irom First unitea ureinren cnurcn, express
here, has been arrested for the murder to our respective general conferences
of Mrs. Fred Schulter and her four the inspiring hope and earnest desire
children on a raaoh two mllea out for tha organlo union of tha following
Ranchers discovered the Schulter denominations: Tne unitea metnren,
honiA nn firm Hnnrlftv mornlntr and later I the Protestant Methodist, the United
found that every member of the family Evangelical and the .Evangelical Assocl
had been murdered. Footprints from atlon. -
the schulter nome to tne resiaence or
Nordell were traced and his arrest fol
lowed. - V ?
Nordell buried his wife a short time
ago under what are said to have been
peculiar circumstances. Since then he
has been Infatuated, with Mrs, Schulter's
eldest daughter, who Is 16 years old.
A lynching Is feared. The sheriff has
cauea ror volunteers to protect tne
prisoner.
Read the double page of East Sids fra
news In Thursday's (tomorrows) Jour-
nao. Kuns every Thursday.
ARREST RANCHER
rnn t Miinnrno
run u i
BECOfilES WIFE OF
WEALTHY HEW YORKER
DRIED APPLES SWELL
AND RAISE BUILDING
OFF ITS FOUNDATION
Madge Hastings
Portland Married to Fred
erick Van Patten.
of
- (United press Leased Wire.)
ftsn Francisco. Jan. 22. Nothing has
developed In the Talbot divorce case
tnriav. -with the excentlon that Judse
Seawall, decided that all evidence could
be admitted within a period of two
years before the divorce suit was filed.
He also ruled that because Talbot con
cealed his troubles it was no reason
why he cannot bring them to light now.
Will of Eugene White, ' i
The will of Eusene White was filed
and admitted .to probate in the county
court today,.- It disposes of property
worth
to the
tooay. . it ojsposes or property '
(8,000, all of which Is bequeathed 1
widow, Emma White, .
Jfspecltl tHspitch to Tne JobiubI.)
Roslyn. Va Jan.; 8?. Water; 4
pouring Into the cellar of Lang- 4
ley's grocery where tons of 4
dried . apples had been stored 4.
caused the rlut to swell to such ;
an extent that the frame build-
ing over the basement waa .4
moved from its foundation. The
swollen apples are being taken
out of the cellar today and the ? 4
store building will be replaced 4
on the foundations. : ,4
Langley bought all the dried 4
apples he could during the fail. ; 4
The basement under his store 4
waa used as tha atore house. The 4
cellar was flIed 'with all the 4
dried fruit that -could possibly 4
be crowded into It Last night 4
a water pipe leading to a. brew- 4
ery broke and the. water ran 4
Into the Langley cellar, The 4
apples began to swell at once 4
and slowly but surely tha build- 4
ing . was moved several Inches ' 4
off the foundation, . 4
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VAnnouncements have been received
of the marriage of Mrs. Madge Has-
things to Frederick Van Patten, a mil
lionalre wholesale milliner, of New
York. Mrs. Hastings, It will be re
membered, was left a widow about a
year ago by the death of' her husband,
turnest Hastings, in a raiiroaa wrecs.
Mr. Hastings had shortly before ter
minated an engagement with the Baker
theatre s leading man.
Mrs. Van . Patten wea born In Port
land, the daughter of Dr. Chapman, for
many years meoicai orricer or tne ucci-
aentai ana urientat Hteamsnip com
pany. Her mother died during the
child's babyhood and the " child- - was
reared by hercgrandmother in Spokane.
She Is a. cranddauahter of the late
Governor Lane of Oregon, and aecond
cousin of Mayor Lane. Mr. and Mra
Van Patten have gone to Europe on
their wedding trip.
Street Grader Wanted.
C. J Van Zlle. a surveyor of North
Bend, Oregon, has written that -a com
petent trading- contractor who under
stands street grading and has the neces
sary outfit to move earth cheaply,
quickly and in large amounts can se
cure sufficient work of that kind from
the city and citizens of North Bend
on Coos Bay to supply him with work
tor many montns. ,. .. :.-. jm.
. '!.?.- . ' i - ; ftftCfiK
In snlwvriit advertisements herein, plfote
tteotioe) Tat oorutL ,.
two cars were at Tnira ana Morrison ..... vio-nraMa, ,, w.i..
streets to convey the delegates to the1"-. Vice-president. Hugh -Magulre;
union Meat compaay a plant, at Fourth I "TCrelKry, xnompson; assistant
ana uusan streets, where lunch would , -ecretary, uoraon a. i-e
be Served. The company bad prepared
an elegant dinner, which waa thorough
enjoyed by- tha 100; or mora members
bf the association. - .-... : .,
At thla afternoon's session a number
of Important subjects are scheduled fo(
discussion. ;.,.
Herman Wittenberg, manager of the
Paciflo Coaat Biscuit company, will talk
on "Maintenance of Retail Prices," fol
lowed by an address on "Credits" by
E. M. Brannlck of the StudebaJwr com
pany. A. H. Devers, of Closset ft Devera,
will talk oa ."Organisation."
Eleetion of Offloera. ,
The last thinar on tha nramm tnr
this afternoon will be tha election of
officers, the "selection of delegates to
the national convention and tnavseleo
tlon of a place for holding theNnext
state convention. -At
the Hotel Portland tnnta-h . tha
members of the convention will be the
guests of tha Portland jobbers at a ban
auet ..........
President Carney delivered his annual
address at yesterday afternoon's
slon. He spoke, among othef things, of
the harmonious relations existing be
tween manufacturer, jobber and retail
er. Anere is no reason' said the presi
dent, "why the manufacturer and Job
ber should not cultivate the friendship
of the honest retailer nor stand up for
the liahtS and protect the Intaraata nt
such retailers. An honest retailer has
great Influence with his customers. He
is the man who comes In closest touch
With the daily life Of tha ennaumara.
and if he la an Intelligent merchant, he
can almost dictate tha brand of goods
that he Sells." Ha also referred to
the work of the association In securing
needed legislation at the hands of the
last legislature. '
At tha close of yesterday's session, a
meeting of the Beaver State Merchants'
Mutual Fire In sura nee Association was
called. This organisation waa formed
at the annual convention of the grocers,
held in this city last January, and its
membership is confined to members of
the . Retail Grocers' Association. The
following directors of the insurance
association were elected; C. W. Ingram,
Pendleton; F. J. Carney, Astoria; C. W.
Stubbs, B. J. Dresser and D. C. Burns
Portland. - -
nnl,n Ha.. a ...
..V.-.VW.S, v.. v. w x vi, ucaaur-sr,
Ifidward Ehrman. -For the new year the
club will hava a special finance com
mittee.. About 860,009 will be rtletd
to furnish the new club hulirilna- ,
The- standing- committees appointed
'for the year 1808 -ares.' , ..; ft -: -
Membership F. Dresser, t chalrtnant
George W. Simons, vice-chairman; -T.
W. B. London, Thedore B. WUoox, Hugh
McGutre. House B. 11 Trumbull,
vunirmun; iioya v. wentWOrtn, VlCe-
chalrman: Edward Ehrman, Big Slchel,
H. L. Thompson. Auditing Jonn C.
Alnaworth. chairman: W. B. Glafka.
. . v. i . e, . v . . n , . . K
Tivi-vrauroiiiqj c. ii. Mctranen, r. ijres
ser, George W. Simons. Library .and
property Dr. J. R. Wetherbee. chair
man; T. W. B. Londdn, vice-chairman;
iruraouiii uoro j. wemwortn.
W. B. Olafke. Reception W. B. Glafke,
chairman; Dr. J. R. WetherbeeT: Vice
chairman: E. H. McCraken, Sig-Slchel,
Edward Ehrman Special Finance The
odore B. Wilcox, chairman: E. -L.
Thompson, vice-chairman; T. W. B. LOn-
aon, .onn u. Ains worth, Hugh McQuira,
M'KINLEY SURE TAFTi f
WILL CARRY COAST
" ' (United Press' Le.atd WImlV'
Washington, Jan. 83. Representative I
MCKiniey, or uaiirornia, who is an act
ive Taft campaigner ' said today that
tne announcement or Jiugnes candidacy I
would not affect tha-situation in Call-1
fornia, or anywhere along the coast
He declared that California will be in. I
structed for Tsft and that Waahinston
and -Oregon will do the same, whether!
uugnes runs or keeps out or the race...,
Escaped From Sanitarium.;
Jacob Jensen, K patient at tha Cryfifol
Springs sanitarium, escaped from that
institution yesterday and the 1 poll
hava been asked to aid In the sear
that ia being made for him. Jensen
has been an inmate of tna institution
for several months and was being
uraiwi ior mna -lorm or , aementia,
Tha officials of tha Institution declare
that he Is perfectly harmless and; that
ha is probably wandering about without
apparent purpose., i s,
ADMEN WELCOMED
BY BERKELEY PEOPLE
(United rrees Letted Wire.)
Oakland, Cel., Jan. 28. Tha dele
gates of tha Pacific coast Admen's
association were entertained todav bv
a trip to Berkeley, where the Berkeley
cnamoer or commerce ana -citizens
Joined In welcoming their visitors.
Tonight Manager George Ebey of the
Orpheum theatre has thrown open the
noun to uiem ana inev win attena in
ft uoay. .....
ONE TRAIN WAS 10 "
MINUTES LATE TODAY
4 All In all .the trains did well 4
4 today but one of them was late : 4
4 and that about 10 minutes. 4
4 - Northern Pacific No. My due at ' 4
4 7 o'clock, arrived on time. 4
4 Southern Pacific No. 18, due 4
4 at 7:6S, arrived on time. . - 4
4 Southern Paciflo No. .18, due 4
4 at 11:80, arrived on time. 4
4 O. R. St N. No. 3;, due at 8 4
4 o'clock, arrived on time.' 4
4 O. R. A N. No. 5, due at 9:46. 4
4 arrived 6n time. 1 ' 4
4 Astoria & , Columbia No. 21, ' 4
4 due at 13:15, arrived on time.- 4
4 4
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; -"PERSONAL. - .
J. Q. Woodworth. of St' Paul, traf fin
manager of the Northern Pacie, is at
the Portland accompanied by his wife.
Mr. Woodworth has been making an
inspection of the Hill lines In the north
west.
J. A. Veness. of Winlock.-Wsshlnrton.
who is building a home in Portland, is
at tne uregon, - accompanied by. Mrs.
Veness.
George 8. Long, of Tat-oma, western
Sgent for tha Weyerhaeuser lumber syn
dicate, is at the Portb"?'
"'V.V. , :'- )'' .!- '.
NO TIME TO ARGUE
MATTERS NOW
Factory Says Few Remaining
Pianos Must Be Sold With
out More Delay. " ' V; ;
There are only a few mora of the
nign-grade instruments left which were
embraced in. tha two-car shipment made
to our Portland representative who
encountered financial -troubles and
could not take them, and which we have
been disposing of at forced sale at the
office of the City Transfer & Stor
age company, at 108 Front streetrather
than snip them back to tne factory at
nuuiuuiuu imeni expenses.
These instruments are so well known
here 'in Portland that; you doubtless
nave menus among your own acauaint
anees who own one of them. They ar
stricuy nign-graae, 01 an oiq-estaDiisned
make, and 'have beerr always sold by
our regular representatives ; at; 8t5o,
8600 snd 8550. nut the prices which we
are quoting now in order to dispose of
tnem in snort oraer to avoid storar
eharges. Insurance, etc, are so radically
requcea, ana so mr- Deiow - ine prlcrs
that vou would be obllired to rav at
anv rparular retail cstahllahmnnt tnri
equal1 quality tnat-' you-wui not need1
to be urged to buy, I am sure, wherf.
you -see them.'..- -w- ?C ---t.--j 1: -,-. 1
See them at once, Tou'U find them'
splendid Instruments; they contain manyi
patented, exclusive features - that - are!
lacking in other high-grade pianos. Thej-t
represent some of the best examples cf
hlgh-elass piano building ever turned,
out from, my factory. - You'll like their
tone, and their finish, and their care-
rui construction. Ana you u recognise
in them a tremendous bargain. But
you must - make a point to come at.
once. There are oniy a rew more cm
hand.1 Remember tne location, in thoi
warehouse of the City Transfer & 8tor-
age company, at 108 Front street, be
tween . a wasninvton ana HtarK streets,
v I F RAMMACCIQTTI, '
. . 'i factory Agent. .
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