The Oregon daily journal., February 16, 1908, Page 46, Image 46

THE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL ' PORTLAND, j SUNDAY IQRNINO.' FEBRUARY. 18,, 1908.
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REALESTATE
Spokane Dealer Tells of Pur
chasers Willing to Buy '
at Half Price. : .
FEW SACRIFICE - ;
SALES MADE, HOWEVER
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Raaltj Snaps Generally Taken Up by
AgenU Themselves -No Necessity
to Offer Genuine Bargains td Out-
' aiders. - :; ' -
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A Spokane real estata dealer. has' been
felling a it porter on tha Spokesman
Hevlew his recent sxperteno with bar
gain hunters the clue of would-be In
feators who spend a good share of their
iTea - looking for a gllt-edg piece of
property that can be had for It per
pent or.its value.
"Bargain days are ' not possible In
ha real estate business, but wa have a
bargain hunters' day , just the same,"
-nused the broker the other day after
pe had assured a woman that ha didn't
iave any Improved city property that
ould pay 21 or 30 per cent on- the In
vestment.
"Unfortunately," he continued after
ha ' woman had danartiwl "w. mnnAl
ell marked down lots on certain days
niu- iuu niara mem up .vgain. The
aahloq In lots does not change and the
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Residence of J. N. Drown, Thirtieth and Thurman Streets.
round does not WM.r out and when
aluea are oetabllshed It Is best not to
ut them. For tbis reason a large num
er of people will buy real estate.
"Many women never buy anything ex
ept -at bargain sales. They will do
'Ithout sugar, waiting until some
rocer Is selling a pound more on the
ollar. and If necessary they will buv
heir clothing late In the season to get
at. a oargain.
' Bargala Hunters Busy.
"Real estate men have always been
b some extent' troubled with this class
it buyers, but during the last three
)r four months they have been legion,
in some manner the Impression got
broad that real estate would take a
Ig slump. Peoplo got the Idea that
roDerty would sell for about half what
k had been bringing, and many, of them
eciaed to trade their savings accounts
;r orooerty. nrovided thev could trrt
-L for half vslue.
"They besieged real estate offices In
warms. . Most of them were women,
lealers wer surprised and delighted at
property, but he will not make a pay
ment until he consults her again.
Nine times out of ten he never comes
back.
Real estate bargain hunters may just
as well learn now as ever, that there
are very few sacrifice sales, - that Is
where a man gets property for half
what It Is worth. Such bargains are
very rare, and they do not get past
the agent himself.
"In Illustration of this point I heard
a good traveling man's story. A drum
mer who was new on the road and was
Impressed with' himself and his Job,
went into a country, hotel where baked
beans and sausage were usually the
topllners on the bill of fare.
T"Waltah,' he said Impressively,
"bring me a porterhouse steak; and,
waltah, cut It two Inches thick. Then,
I would have It pared on top with a
sharp knife, roll ll In butter and sprin
kle with plenty of condiments. When
It is done, please garnish the platter
with a few strips of lean Bacon and
mint leaves.'
"The waiter absorbed the order as
best he could and went to the proprie
tor. He repeated what the traveling
man had said, not omitting a single
frllk The proprietor sniffed the air
and turned on his heel, 'Go back to
that hobo,' he said, 'and tell him If we
had anything like that In this hotel I
would ant It mvaelf.'
"And that Is the attitude of the real
estate agents toward sacrifice sales. If
there Is any property on the market for
hair its value the dealer is going 10
grab It hlmselr.
EAST SIDE PROPERTY
AUSTIN WOfil IS
CONCRETE
BUILDER
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Residence of H. Springer, Green ATenue, Cedar Hill.
Marion County Man Buys
Extensively in Rose City
Park and Will Build.
Hartman A Thompson closed two
transactions in Rose City Park lots last
week Involving the transfer of IS lots
lor a consideration or ,uuo. une saie
covered 10 lots which were purchased
by Mr. Edmiaton of Marion county, who
?aid 4,uuo ror tne property. Me intends
o improve a part of the purchase with
a handsome residence this summer and
make it his future home. The other
deal was with C. Rchneuer, who bought
five lots for 12,000, and who has em
ployed an architect to prepare the plana
for a modern bungalow, which will oc
cupy one of the lots.
J. A. Herdman has purchased from C.
H. Thompson a lot on Weldler street
between Bast Fifteenth and East Six
teenth streets, on which he lnteads
building a modern home to cost $5,000.
otto W. Nelson, wno recently pur
chased a auarter block on the corner of
East Ninth and East Clay streets, Is
making preparations to Improve the site
by me
tares.
erection of five two-story cot-
P. A. Gtlihore has let the contract for
the. erection of a modern two-story
dwelling In Irvlngton to cost between
$4,000 and $6,000.
Texas Teacher Also an Ex
pert in Handling Ce
ment Industry.
Mrs. E. M. Barrett of Austin, Texas,
Is said to be the only woman concrete
block maker in the world. She has
made a study of the cement and con
crete Industry, and knows It thoroughly
In all of Its details. In addition to be
ing a. cement worker, Mrs. Barrett is
at the head of a school for defective
children. She made with her own hands
the blocks that were used In the con
traction of her school bulldlnes. She
Is now preparing to make blocks for
barns, sheds, outhouses of other kinds
and fences upon her farm near Austin.
bne says tnat ane is convinced mat con
crete Is the coming building- material.
and that it will prove to be the poor
man's salvation, particularly in the
semi- arid region of the southwest,
where other building material is scarce
and high priced.
Mrs. Barrett has oeen conducting a
campaign of education In the use of
cement among the farmers. 8he urges
tnat concrete construction should be
adopted upon every farm. At a recent
meeting oi tne Texas Farmers congress
she gave a demonstration in concrete
block making and the various uses to
which the material could be put upon
the farm. 8he delivered a lecture to the
assembled farmers. In which she point
ed out that they could, with the exer
cise of proper energy, make concrete
material and mortar upon their farms
and build their own dwellings, barns,
chicken houses, fences and other Im
provements at far less cost ethan if
stone or lumDer were used, tine stated
that the necessary materials that enter
Into concrete construction are nearly all
found upon the farm, and that the
farmers themselves could do the block
making and the construction work,
thereby saving the expense that would
have to be borne If the work were done
by professional contractors and builders.
TONE OF REALTY
MARKET IS FIRM
Many "; Sales Are Made - at
Prices That Are Well :
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DEALS IN ACREAGE '
v.-'; TEACTS IN SUBUEBS
Wide Range Taken In the rorduae
of Property Showing an Upward
Trend In the-Price of Portland
Property.
The real estate department Of The
Journal a week ago today showed
very encouraging condition. There were
then reported a number of good-alaed I
sales, Including two pieces of Improved Bt;rt of tha Uw. I emphatlcaliv'deny
OPPOSED OHIY.TO ,
STATEMENT NUMBER 1
Hodson Denies He Is in Con-
spiracy to Overthrow,
Direct Primary.
To the Editor of Tha Journal In the
numerous editorials you publish from
day to day you iterate and reiterate
that a conspiracy has been entered into
by divers and sundry parties to over
throw the direct primary law and as
sort that I am a party to that con
piracy. I certainly would know It If
such were the case; but I don't know
anything about It X am not opposing
the direct primary law. I am opposing
candidates for legislative nominations
on tha Republican ticket who subscribe
td that portion of the law known as
Btatement No. 1, but in doing so 1
am not violating or outraging a single
provision, or seeking to overthrow the
law. . '
You continually urge that Statement
No. 1 la tha "orux. the essence, the
business propsrty, a large number of
homes valued at from $1,400 to $1,000,
besides several acreage tracts and In
numerable unimproved suburban reaU
dence lota. '
During the past week, the condition
of the market has not materially
changed, stales have been numerous
and nave taken a wide range. The
most noticeable thing In connection with
the recent transactlona is tne fact tbai
In every Instance tbe prices paid were
fully up to anything asked or paid fur
such property during the most accent
uated period of the realty movement.
Tins is tne very peai reaiure or an.
and indicates plainly that Portland
Froperty holders are not sxeptu-ai of
he values here. They are confident
that their Investments are good, and
are determined to hold on until the
time comes, as It aurelv will, when they
will reap a rich reward for their confidence.
While the volume of transactions for
the past week did not equal that of the
woek before, which was doe to the clos
lnr un of two larae sales of central
realty during the week ending February
still the individual transactions were
greater In number and the character
f property dealt in took a mucn wider
range.
One important Bala.
An Important sale closed during the
early part of the week was that of a
residence and 60-foot lot at the north
east corner of Thirteenth and Madison
treets purchased by Mrs. JennleJJwett
from Herman R. Burkj for $7,760.
M. A. Schuster has purchased from
auch aaaartlona. The "crux, the essence,
the heart" of tha direct primary law is
tnat tne memuers oi eacn puuuci par
tv tlnataad of the bosses) shall be per
mitted to nama tha candidates who shall
oppose the candidates of other parties
at the general election. That Is what
the law waa enacted for, that Is what
It does. Primary means .beginning, not
ultimate. . Tbe attempt to make tha pri
mary law reach over Into and apply to
the general election is contrary 10 im
spirit. It was enacted for the purpose
of settling differences in parties and
not dlfferencea between them, Tha law
Is not mandatory or even directory In
respect to Statement No. I; If It were,
why the effort to pass an amendment
at this time to maae it ODUgaioryr ln
law plainly provides that candidates for
legislative nomination may inciuuw
Statement No. 1 in their petitions; or. If
tliey be unwilling to sign sucn state
ment they may include Statement rxo.
I; or, If they be unwilling to sign
either No. 1 or No. t. It is specifically
provided they may have printed on tbe
Oiriciai oanot any statement m
choose to make, either aa to their sen
atorial preference or any other matter,
These assertions can not be gainsaid.
Exercising the privilege of either does
not oppose tne law in one single partic
ular. I am exercising the right which
tbe law gives me, and acting wholly
within the spirit as well as tha letter
of the lsw. You certainly will admit
tnat an three or tne apove mentioned
paths open before the prospective candi
date, and that he Is fully oomplylng
with the law by following either. Of
course, conceding your position thai
mere is notning eine in tne law save
m, P.,ferB.i'i? ,.?JLh .JL li Statement No. ' there could be but one
teenth and East Fourteenth streets concluion. you ar6 entiMed to your
i opinion, I to mine. We shall
near Alnsworth avenue. The property 1
CHILDREN WELCOME
TO APARTIfirH$E
An anti-race suicide apartment house
is the next Important building enterprise
projected for Portland. The building as
at present planned will cover two
blocks, and will have accommodations
for 100 families, no matter how strong
mav be the tendency in each to over
come the suicide of the race.
Walter T. Mills, who Is the promoter
of the enterprise, has secured an option
on two blocks In Waverlelgh and Is
seeking to enlist local capitalists to the
extent of subscribing for a small por
tion of the stock of the corporation that
proposes to put up the building.
jne ouuoing is to oe Known as the
Old Mission Villa." It Is to be of re
inforced concrete construction and will
be practically fireproof. ach apart
ment will be provided with all the nec
essary conveniences of a comfortable
home, Including an electrical apparatus
for cooking, electric llahts. private
baths, hot and cold water, clothing ward-
rooes, etc inere win Le a central kin
dergarten where all the children of the
"villa" mav gather and Plav. Tha win
dows of each apartment will open onto
an enclosed porch which will be fitted
up as piaynouses. -
In fact every effort Will be marie tn
make the building a children's paradise
where the little ones will not come In
contact with gouty old bachelors, crusty
old maids, nor married couples devoted
to tne tneory or race suicide.
is remarkable Increase In tnaulry for
iroperty ngm in tne miast or tne
hurry. But they soon found the ratio
fetween tneir naies and number oi, In
luiries was not un to the former aver.
gey Very few of the Inquirers made
jurchases. They permitted the dealers
O drive them all over the city, showing
lem innumeraDie nouses or vacant lots,
nd after a day or more had been con
umed in showing them, they would
ently break the news that they had
BOO to Invest in a $3,000 house marked
town to $1,500 and paying 20 per cent
m the investment.
Ii "Not -6- per cent . of these bargain
lunters make purchases. Many of them
Ire SUii gciutf num uj.iii:v iu UIJ.1C9,
iuy they will not buy. Some of them
,lready are known and when they enter
n office the agent is apt to discover
iliat he does not have any property of
ihe kind they are seeking.- Such of
'riem as finally buy will invest In cheap
jits far out from the center of the city,
ji large per cent of human beings think
nythlng is a bargain that Is Cheap.
I . The Chronic Spring Bnyer,
UBesldes these bargain hunters the
pal estate man has the chronic spring
fuyer, who decides once a year that
(e is going to dwn his own home. It
bmti on him every year like the spring
'5ver, and he begins to make the roundel
. t tne various real estate ouicea. jyvery
ealer is sura he has a cinch sale if he
as novar met Mr. Spring Buyer before.
wants a home; is tired of paying
snt: ha is going. to put his rant Into
roperty of his own and get something
neaa. j-te never aivmgeo - jui now
luch money he has to put into a heme,
ut. Intimates that he has enough. Often
e becomes enthusiastio over a certain
ousa, and . the deal seems as good as
losed.: Tha agent spends a fat com-1
iission in his mind two or tnree times
ver. t But the man wants to talk It
ver once more with his wife; he Is
are,, however, that ha .. will take tha
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Three Residences : And 1 Double) I3atk'Ballt-,JX -Ernest Kroner, Front and Curry. Streets. t --; ;
Is unimproved and was sold for tS.000.
A modern residence on ,ast Anaeny
street, between East Eighteenth and
East Nineteenth streets has been sold
to Eva J. Christie by H. P. Palmer;
consideration $3,600.
John C. Barcroft has sold to Jessie
B. Horton a vacant lot at Front and
Hooker street South Portland, for
$3,000. .
A fractional lot occupied by a cot
tage at East Yamhill and East Twenty
fourth streets has been purchased by
H. S. Young. The t roperty formerly
belonged to Q. A. Thomas and was sold
for J3.Z80.
Otto W. Nelson has purchased from
K. B. Beck a house and lot at the south
east corner of Eant Ninth and East
Clay streets: consideration $$,600.
John II. Bliss has sold to Joseph E.
Marcy two and a fraction lots In Sell
wood for $2,260.
Other Bales of Xrfts.
Otto F. Hoffman has purchased from
Ojeorge Durbach a house and lot at the
northwest corner of Pare street and
Vancouver avenue: consideration $S,600.
A two-story cottage occupying a frac
tional lot at Sixth and Sheridan streets
has been purchased by Henry P. Roar
from James WlthycomPe for $2,550.
Henry Martloff has purchased from
Alfred Thompson two acres In the
northwest corner of the John Wauld
Donation Land Claim; consideration
$3,100.
Charles E. Tlmmons has sold to Wal
ter H. Lasher his Woodlawn residence.
situated on Madrona street, between
Claremont and Calumet streets, for
$1.00.
C. L. McKenna has purchased from
H. F. French a house and lot in Mult
nomah addition on Minnesota avenue,
between Skldmore and Prescott streets;
consideration $1,800.
W. J. Hofman has purchased from B.
M. Lombard two lots In Broadway ad
dition; consideration $1,382.
R. W. Wilbur has purchased 7,000
square feet on Cornell road, at the head
of Lovejoy street. The property for
merly belonged to W. L. Brewster, and
was sold for $4,200.
In the same vicinity Gay Lombard
purchased from John Peters 6,000
square feet for $4,180.
w R. Beckett has sold to Harry M.
Relton a cottage in Vernon; considera
tion, $1,700.
Seal on Xiownsdala street.
Knapp & Mackey have recently sold
to a local investor the property at 211
Lownsdale street for $7,600. The same
firm has closed a aeai ror me saie oi a
five acre tract In Mlnthorn addition
fnr tl 7K0.
One of the largest sales made during
the week was that of two full blocks in
Portsmouth addition, eacn containing
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SZ iota, which wno pui liiudu v.- .
Webster snd D. B. Thomas, from
ripnrrn V. Stivers for $15,000.
The quarter block at the southwest
rnrnpr or Front and Meade streets.
South Portland, has heen purchased ny
John Johnson from Franklin Drake for
Block 6, Fern wood subdivision, has
been purchased by O. N. Verstug from
Oeorge is. (jiarae ror st.uvv.
W H. Scott has purchased from R.
H. Mason a two story frame residence
occupying a 60 loot lot on jxenaiem
street between Ninth and Tenth
streets, Sellwood consideration, $4,000.
A cottage on East Davis street, near
East Thirtieth, has been purchased by
Louisa Olcesefrom T. U. Stlmson for
$2,500.
John C. Meyer has purchased the
home of J. E. Bonebright on East Yam
hill street near Prettyman avenue; con
sideration. $2,260. .
Three lots occupied bvva cottage, lo
cated in Electric addition, near Tre
mont Park, has been sold by Oregory
E. Matten to 8. V. Davldor for $2,000.
Mrs. Georgia S. Birreli has purchased
from E. B. Holmes a 7B by 100 root res
ldence site on East Twentieth street
between Brazes and Knott streets for
$1,500.
FOX HUNTING.
Marketrucn Take Up a Chase
Refuge on Ilonse Tops.
From the Westminster Gazette.
During a recent run of the Essex and
Suffolk foxhounds the good people of
Wlvenhoe had the novel experience of
seeing their town invaded by hounds
and huntsmen and of looking on at the
death of rcynareV in one of their streets.
It is not long since the New Cut was
the scene of an even more startlin- in
cident, when a full grown fox suddenly
appeared trotting along the middle of
the street when marketing Was at its
busiest. To a man every coster deserted
his barrow and witn cries or "Tally-ho!"
joined in the chase. Dashing toward
Blackfrlars road the fox soon doubled,
and darting under a fruiterer's barrow
sought refuse In a wheelwright's yard,
where he waa found firmly wedged in
the spokes of a cartwheel and carried
off in triumph by a second-hand furni
ture dealer.
A fox was recently chased by tha Bel
voir hounds into Aslackby village and
went to ground In the churchyard; an
other sought refuge on the housetops in
Hullavington village and was dislodged
by - means of a ladder, while
still another was killed . In -the
dining-room of Gay hurst house, the
residence of W, . W. Carllle, formerly
member of parlliSiaent for' North Bucks.
see what
the members of the several parties say
on this subject when the proper time
comes. i'erhaps from a Democrstlc,
Populist, Socialist or other minority
party standpoint your contention la cor
rect. If you are bent solely on securing
the disruption of the majority part
or elevating to official position members
of the minority parties. That la the
kind of politics wnlch seeks to succeed
by adopting whatever methods may be
necessary to win, on the hypothesis that
the ends justify the means.
In your statements that there Is
being an attempt made by myself and
others to coerce "the people," to force
"the people," to make It impossible for
"the people" to do this, that or the
other thing, you show scant apprecia
tion for the intelligence Of those same
"people" when you even suggest that
such a thing can be done. Should I
finally decide to become a candidate
for the office of senator from Mult
nomah county, you may rest assured
there will be no attempt at coercion.
xorca, intimidation or anything else
along that line. The public will be
plainly advised that under no circum
stances will I vote for a Democrat for
United States senator. If an officer
of that political faith is wanted, ha ca
be secured by electing: a Democrat!
legislature, 'but certainly not by elect
ing me. If elected at all, I will be
elected by Republicans, and not by
democrats, iiepuoucans win not ex
pect me to vote for a Democrat, nor
win i ao it. witn a piain understand
ing to this effect on the part of the
electorate, there can be no deception,
i would prereraDiy vote ror tne Ke
ublican who receives the highest num
er of votes at the Republican prl
manes, out snouid ne not oe a can'
dldate before the legislature, still
would I vote for a Republican. Aside,
num muse wmu nave auiiuuuueu in em -
selves as candidates for that office, I
Know oi no one wno seeaa or would ac
cept It; nor do I know of any plan
being made, or to be made, looking
toward tne cringing out or any otner
candidate.
I have no fault to find with Just criti
cism or tne puduc acts or a public
man. but I do object to having motives
ascribed to me wnicn l db not enter
tain, and having words put into my
mouth which I never uttered. In lino
with this statement I wish to protest
against you saying I oppose the will
of the people. If the Democrats and
others who are advocating Statement
No. 1 are the people, then I am op
posed to them, out I will have to be
shown that such are In reality what
you claim. If your definition of "the
people" be true, what of the thousands
who, like myself, are opposing State
ment No. 17 Are tney entitled to any
consideration? Are they not "the peo
pie" also? Assertions are easily made.
You have made many In times past,
gome have not been verified. Possibly
GOLD PLEHTY, DUT
GRUB SO SCARCE
Su?itna Tempts With $20 to
- $30 4o the ran; Star-y
ration the Price.
"(pedal Dbpetek te Tbe learaal.) ,
Seattle, Feb. U With untold quantU
ties of gold almost within their grasp
hundreds of prospectors who are flock
Ing Into ths Busltna oountry have been
forced to beat a hasty retreat to Vatdes
apd Fairbanks to avoid starvation, ae
from ths north-on ths steamship Kara
toga for the purpose of buying ma
chinery. - ' , , . t
"There Is all kinds of sold there
Msrrltt said today. "Men are getting
out from $29 to $30 a pan by the stoplna
process, snd labor is paid $1$ and $16
a day, but there is no use for anybody
A mi. In ...I... t. . fc..A I J . .
dreds have lust found this out, and have
been obliged to return to Fairbanks 160
mllM ....... Ato V.IJIa. O ,1 A , I A 1 .
tant. to get supples. I know of one
far i y irom rairuanas tnat was oongea
o turn back after It had succeeded In
getting witnm zu miles of jewan. tna
valley. . '
ti iivn i inn inri was noi nouin
food at Valdes creek, tha cart of tha
valley where I come from, to keep five
men this summer, I had to pay $$ a
pound for bacon, rice and cornmeal for
mv docs. Little thlnaa Ilka eanUa .
command fabulous prices. X expect
that, there will lie from 10,000 to 11,000 .
men In the country bv fall. Tha new
uiKuwrj miui iai laai xaiL. xam
pay streak runs for seven miles.",'. v'
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WIFE CAUSES ARREST
Had Quarreled Over Former ,
Marrlaire With Woman's
Cons in. 4,
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Plalnfield, N. JV Feb. 11. -Coming
from Philadelphia to make peace with
his wife on the question of a former
marriage to her cousin. Samuel G. .
Wood was arrested hers today, charged
tery. ne was neia nnaer szvv nau zor
court.
At the hearing oerore Justice er tha
Peace Mundy, Wood was declared a
bigamist the charge being preferred by
the parents of wife No. 1. Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Seader. They told ths justice .
that when Wood married their niece.
Miss May Seader, he waa already ths '
husband of their daughter - Lavinln. .
vvooa aemea me oiaamy enmrn.
said he had been divorced from bis ;
first wife, and in this ha was backed '
p by his sister, who came to helo him
make peace with wife No. 2.
The aaaault for which wooA waa mr.
rested is said to have been committed '
that time to the horns of his mother. '
In-law and tried to indue wife No. 1
to return to Philadelphia with 'him.,:
After a heated Interview he Is said to
ave attacked his wife and her mother.
after which he left town.
wood was married to wife No. 1 last '.
June. Later he went to work for father-
in-law No. 2, and the marriage to May '
Seader resulted from attentions be paid
her at that time. '
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you may make more of the same kind.
I tnina you are maamg some in con
nection with this Statement No. 1 busi
ness at the coming election. We shall
see.
Now, as to the use of my name in the
future, If you find it necessary 4.o criti
cise or mention me (which I trust you
will not), I ask that you first ascer
tain from me whether you are correct
ly Informed as to my views. Do not
criticise upon hearsay. Very respect
fully yours. C. W. HODSON.
(The Journal is not aware that it
has misrepresented in the slightest par
ticular the issues involved in Statement
No. 1. That statement embodies the
principle that the will of the people
must prevail, which is the vital prin
ciple of the direct primary law. De
spite all the sophistries that may be
advanced by Mr. Hodson or any one
else, the man who strikes at Statement
No. 1 strikes at the principle of popu
lar rule, and therefore, by Indirection
at least, strikes at the direct primary
law. But Mr. Hodson Is entitled to
credit for a frank atatement of his
views. Ed.)
DENIES SLIGHT TO
KING BY PRESIDENT ;
Says Leopold Was Not Refiued an
Invitation to Visit This
Country. -
Washington, Feb. 11. Assistant Sec-
retary of State Bacon this afternoon ,
authorised a denial of the widely pub
lished story that President Roosevelt ;
had refused to extend an invitation to
King Leopold, of Belgium, to visit this
country.
By Inference, rather than direct as
sertion, it waa mada to appear that
within recent months King Leopold had t
sought an Invitation which had been
rafueed.
It is denied bv Assistant flcrtrw
Bacon that any Intimation which could '
be construed as coming from tha king '
had been received within bis term of
service In the department which now "
extends over a period of three years.
It ia pointed out also that tt h nv
been the policy of ths president to In
vite foreign rulers.
- The way has been divM fn th t-
ldent to extend an invitation . i v. '
chose to do so; but he has declined. If
the president should invite the ruler of
one European country, ha wmiit
to Invite otbers. -
Some few months ago Kins; GaVlos of ;
Portugal, whose recent aaaaaainaMnn
has startled the world, proposed to visit 1 '
Brazil. In order to make his visit more
attractive, Braall sought to have the'
United States government . invit h v
king to America. The Brazilian embas
sy was informed that such an Invitation
could not be extended.
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DREW CHECK FOR 1,000 v.
KISSES; WIDOW SUES
Signer Weds Another, and Breach
of Promise Action I -',.' M
Results. .1
PHONE RECEIVER IN
POCKET; LIEE SAVED
Man to Escape Drowning Climbs a
Telephone Pole and "Cuts
In" on the Line.
Seaford, DeL, Feb. 11. H. W. Carty,
district manager at Salisbury, Maryland,
for 'the Diamond State Telephone com
pany, had a narrow "escape from -death
on the march across Nantlcoke river
near 3rianna. a town 30 miles from here,
last Saturday. .
That he did not succumb to the cold
and exhaustion was due to tha fact that
he had a telephone receiver in bis
pocket and atrength to climb a pole. -
His horse got off the road-Into the
river, taking the vehicle and driver with
him. Air. Carty bad strength enough to
swim to a nearby pole placed in the
water, and then climb it He . "cut In"
with his receiver and. told tha operator
at Salisbury of bis plight and asked
that help be sent htm;.
After considerable delav men In hnata
were sent to hla rescue, f indlflg him
v ,"t ,u""ciuub, mm spias in ths
pol holding bim, - v t , . .
Newark, N. X. Feb. 11. When tha
breach of promise suit of lira Mar
garet Ives, a widow, against Edward
G. Koenlg, an ex-widower, comes up
for Jersey adjudication next spring, the
friends of .both litigants promise to at
tend in large numbers.
Mrs. Ives, who at the decease of her
husband was supposed to be woman
of lara-e means, btnn k ...it
Ko.e.nJ?-ye8ter?a Sn ' forth that
until it was known that tha lata i"
Ives had left little instead of much alia
was besieged .by suitors, of whom
Koenlg was the most ardent. waom
Koenlg, she avers,,, wrote her 21 n
teresting letters and gave her a che X
that ahe couldn't caah. cneilt
The check Is on the Federal hank
and la for, "1.0Q0 kisses." navahla t !
MrlTf.a' " cheoJt wasPdl,iy pre
sented. It seems, and a facetious .tilled
wrote on tha back f d. ". uer
Bank cannot honor, Maker will hv
to pay tn person." . "" wm nave
. Koenlg-married annth'n. .. .
now ; Mrs.. Ives demands'. $50,000 'dauii
Change of Blind.
Tha tattooing erase was the rs-e
among; the smart set at the time f ti
South African wart it Is now tha V!.'
rf ,':;" """Vu V'" "umr.ier c!i
5r- .V'"''""' .f1"" wno three ij
Trvl t n AhasS Ham
wa uw vyot SlliVII, -
:tA tatooer said. that this r !r
thrlves on love. A girl came i ,,, (
studio tha other day sjid h.i -i i,
Jim Curly'tattoed sn her ii ...
-About half-past s the pi xt i rr?
tha girl knocked at ills door m, t ,
being remonstrated with sxhl; -i ,
ears If yer chargea me tiv sm;
'Ere, kiver this tip.' she ex:Uim-.. I
lag tha tattooed arm.
is I is - 'H aa.
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