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THE , OREGON DAILY JOURNAL.'; PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY . 25, . 1008.
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Paris Professor Points Out
iho Educational Value of
V Terpsichorean Art.
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"SEEK ISSUING"
VECETADLE COMPOUND
California Guide Has Pipe
Dream and Thinks He
Sees Volcano1.
(United
Los Angeles,
I 'row Leased Wire.)
Cal., Feb. 26. O. Henry.
Paris. Feb. 26 That dancing should
... . .,. - .nlrltllfll PXITClSO lS
thV theory advanced by Profelr Gir- I who la guide for the Topanga Oil com
.' w' .... ,.. Hriivorint lectures pany, has created some excitement here
- h. .nhlBct. lie fays ldltji.esa
the mother of every vice and that the
danelng master ran do much to over-
ng r
It
-... .i-.t,iiriiiir u scheme or educa
tion in which dancing plays a larwa
j.art and appeals to other dancing
coaches to he serious and high minded
In the pursuit of their culling.
SATS BIG RESERVOIRS
WILL PREVENT FLOODS
Government Expert Urges tlio Cob
struction of Large Storage '
Dams Near Rivera.
la i by announcing that timers Is a volcano In
I. as Pul gas canyon. He declared that J
a crevice opened and smoke was rolling
from it. 1
Henry's story has been confirmed by
Thomas Mowry and somo friends. They
saw smoke pouring down the de.jp gulch
and coming lip from the loose sIihIu
which forms the wans anil floor of tho
canyon. Digging through the Ihobo rock
they found d-hot atones, and nt laxl
the ground beneath them became so
hot that they fled In terror.
They speak confidently of the sub
terranean flrea as a miniature volcano,
but A. F. Wllmot, an oil man, believes
lyiiif
r Washington. Feb. 2. Flans to pre-
vent the annual floods that visit the
greSt river valleys of the country, dev
astating millions of acres of land, de
- ; straying millions of dollars' worth of
property and costing many lives, have
been formed by M. O. Leighton, chief
wydrogrepher of the L'nited States gov
. ernmenU
Mr. Leighton proposes tne cunning or
a' series of detention reservoirs, near
the rivers, which shall be kept empty
during the greater part of the year and
held In readiness to store temporarily
the flood waters that arise in the late
winter and spring.
' " The water In these reservoirs would
be held until the low water stage In
: the rivers, when it would be turned Into
the- channels, making navigation pos
sible the year round, and also furnlsh-
. Ing water power for many industries.
BAB ASSOCIATION
v ' T0MEET TODAY
' The annual meeting of the Multnomah
County Bal association will be held
this evening In the courtroom of de
- pertinent No. 1 of the circuit court. The
purpose of the meeting Is the annual
election of officers of the' association
and the transaction of the regular rou
tine business such as usually comes up
for disposal at these meetings.
. Great Interest Is being manifested
among the members of the association
' In the contest for the offices for the
coming year, and It is expected that
there will be a nvcly meeting as the
result of this Interest
I he pressure of gases would cause
an upheaval of the earth," said he, "and
an even greater sinking after the gas
escaped and the oil was burned out"
DOUBT INDICATED
(Continued from I'age One.)
MEN AT LOS ANGELES
LAID OFF BY ESPEE
' ,.. (Unite. Press lotted Wire.)
IjOM Angeles, Feb. 25. Three hundred
and seventy mechanics employed in the
shops of the Southern Pacifio on the
oast side have been laid off This Is
the second batch of employes on the Los
Angeles division to feel the sharp re
trenchment policy recently instituted by
Harriroan- on every division of the
Southern Pacific.
Of the full working force, a trifle
over a quarter still remain at work. Ac
rordlng to Inside Information, the shops
at Sacramento are due next to feel the
; edge of the retrenchment ax.
; POSTAL SAVINGS BANK
BILL INTRODUCED
(Bpedtl Dispatch to The Journal.)
'Washington, D. C, Feb. 25. The pos
tal savings bank bill, Introduced by
Senator Knox, provides that 2 per cent
interest shall be paid on all deposits,
- and that these savings be deposited in
national banks In localities where sav
ings are accumulated. The national
banks made depositories are to pay a
rate of interest to be determined by the
. postmaster-general and the secretary of
the treasury. The postal savings ac
tount for each person, firm or corpora
: tlon Is to be limited to $500.
No other medicine for Woman's
ills in the world has received such
wide-spread and unqualified en
dorsement as has Lydia JL Pink
ham's Vegetable ConiDOund. made
potif hoefnooTnw0?ich im. c.Xn nre" " to native roots and herbs.
No other medicine has such a
record of success for woman's dis-
eases, or sucn nosts 01 grraieiuj
friends as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
v egetable Compound.
For more than 30 years it has been
: - rr- - the standard remedy lor icminine
arew a toucning picture 01 ner next re- -- . .-v, j
union with i.er child, besmirched as sue ills, Inflammation, ulceration, and
would he oy tlio stigma or Her convic
tion, and during tlio recital Airs. Way
mire sobbed silently Into her handker
chief.
Mr. Logan asked how it was that the
mayor ot a great city like Portland
could find so much time to give to a ,
common waitress when the affairs ot !
the city were pressing upon him He 0f development,
argued that It was the beauty and the j r
friendlexs condition of the woman that
appealed to him und turned him from
the path of right. He said he now uu
der stood why it was
so hard to reach the ma
' ' i (juuiiL uuniucaD, mill tij ii ti ho .iihi '
there were so many wrangles with the yield to it: also deranged organs,
cuuucii. xi nau ueen oecau me mayur M:
needed the time to keep dates In hli
private office. Harry Lane, he said,
was made of the same meat us the
rest of mankind, had the same feelings
and was burdened with the same fall
ings. He was no better than the rest
of mankind and did not call Mrs. Way-
mire to his private office to
what was good In' her charac
what was had.
Pay no. more for the Best, because you can get them for that price
at the E,ASTE,RN D1LNTISTS, 2m Washington Street
consequent Spinal Weakness.
It has relieved more cases of Bafck
ache and Local Weaknesses than
any other one remedy. It dissolves
and expels tumors in an early stage
Irrpcularities and periodic rains.
Weakness of the btomacn, inrtiges-
that it had been . tion, Bloating, Nervous Prostration,
'hywwVh" Headache, General Debility, quickly
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causing pain, a ragging sensauons
and backache. Under all circum
stances it acts in harmony with the
female system.
It removes that vrearinsr feeline.
te?vebut extreme lassitude, " don't care "and
1 M want - to - be - le ft - alone " feelinjr.
Je'srte .lrVhdatw,t Sf'hTworid excitability irritability.nervousness,
Qizziness, iaim.ue. BiefpiensiiesH.
flatulency, me lancholyorthe"blues.
These are indications of Feminine,
disorders, which this medicine over
comes as well as slight derangement
m a 1 ir! i . li
n tne tvianeys 01 eiiner sex.
Women who are sick and want to
get well should refuse to accept any
substitute for 1,-ydia K rmkhanrs
Vegetable (Jompound.
case since the early
that man had ftlwayn put the blame on
woman, that he had always tried to
shoulder odium onto the back of some
one else. It had been the other fellow
who was the guilty one. He read the
account of the fall of man from Genesis
and closed with an eloquent appeal for
the Jury to acquit.
Mr. Malarkey took up the closing
statement of the state nt 2 o'clock. His
argument was an eloquent and earnest
one. In which he reviewed the testi
mony holding It up in the light as It
appeared to the prosecution. He dilated
on the characters of the defendants as
shown by their testimony and their
mode of living and pleaded with the
Jury not to blast the reputation and
good name of Mayor Lane because of
the flimsy stories told by Raddlng and
Mrs. Waymlre. He referred, as Mr.
TOgan had done, to flie quotation from
Shakespeare In Which It was said that
he who stole the purse stole tra&h, but
he who made away with the good nnme
of a man robbed him of a priceless
boon..
Following Mr. Malarkey's address
Judge Gantenbeln delivered the charge
to the Jury and gave the case Into Its
hands.
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Any tooth in the mouth we crdwn with solid gold,
22 k., guaranteed to be the best, (hi rr
for $4.UU
PORCELAIN CROWNS
Any Porcelain Crown made no matter what they
are called or how they are made. rfi a rr
Our pricp is i!p4UU
BRIDGES
Solid Gold Top, Solid Gold Backs,
Porcelain Fronts, per tooth.
Solid Gold Teeth, 22 k. bridge,
per tooth
$4.00
$4.00
INVITATION FIRE AT
THE MISSES SANDS'
PLOT TO MURDER
Only Fireman Asked to Function
Finds Maid Fighting Blaze
With Atomizer.
(Continued from Tago One.)
tend to cast reflections on
general cn account of the
;NEW COMPANIES
FILE INCORPORATION
Articles of incorporation of the fol
lowing companies were filed with the
county clerk: yesterday:
-.Modern Telescope Bag company;
James McKittrlck, J. S. Kalisher and A.
Kallsher; capital stock, $5,000.
Pacific Correspondence school; Q. W.
Eetts, W. W. Wagoner and K. P. Ba-
ber; capital stock, 7,500.
Coast Range Timber company: Rub.
sell E. gewall, R. R. Oiltner and Louis
iJ, jtteed; capital stock, $100,000.
that would
Italians in
crime.
The anti-clerical party, so-called, as
far as can be ascertained from corre
spondents, Is not composed solely of
Italians. There are many foreigners
nmong them other than those who come
from Italy. There is also In conniv
ance with them an element of that char
acter of American-born persons who
once aimed viciously to undermine
church Influence In the United States.
BAKER PIONEER DIES
A HIS HOME IN EAST
U'REN ANNOUNCES
SENATE CANDIDACY
(Special Dlspsteh to Th Journal.
Oregon Cltv. Feb. 25. W. S. U'Ren,
the : well-known attorney of this city
ana lamer oi me initiative and refer
endum law. has entered into the polit
ical field and declarer himself a can-
Oldate ror United States senator, and
will make the race against Cake and
Fulton.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Baker City, Feb. 25. The intelligence
has been received by Walter Kernald of
the First National bank of this city of
the death on February 12 of Luther
French.
Mr. French was a pioneer of Baker
pftilnlv (nmlr - hara In th T.A anA in. ' HCCm
eating in Auburn, thence In Sumpter ' enough to extinguish
anu Bumpier vauey. tor :'U years or
more he was enguged in placer mining.
cident bv which a loe rolled over htm ! chlefs of a..Volu.Tlt.ee.r company of mnld
and from which he never recovered. 1 va" f , 1 n'; ia"y s mrd ,wa8 !-u-t-
few wars ago he came to Maker I '"'-" " "ner on me
nmuiMiiK w ctl J . in
'You will greatly oblige the Misses
Sands by sending one fireman to their
home, No. 11 East Eighty-fourth street,
as soon as possible "
Such was the polite Invitation which
came over the 'phone to fire head
quarters yesterday, says the New York
World. Delicate emphasis was laid on
the word "one." Fireman Reilly of
engine 22, a polite young man, was
ordered to accept the Invitation. He
hastily smoothed his hair, Jumped into
bin best uniform coat and ran to the
big white stone house where the Misses
Anna and Louise Hands reside.
An English butler admitted Reilly,
and after admonishing him to wipe his
feet conducted him sedately to a hand
somely furnished room on the second
floor. In It Is a large fireplace flanked
by lil r beveled mirrors. Smoke was
wreathing and circling from behind the
wainscoting under the mirror, and it
was Instantly plain to Rellly's prac
ticed eye that the hidden blaze was
j gathering lorce. i
j "We did not want a lot of firemen'
t trooping through the house." one of the
Misses Sands told Reilly, "so we tried I
to put it out ourselves, but we did not
to succeed Will you be kind
the blaze? Hut
do not, we beg, soil the carpets nor
break the mirrors."
The Misses Hands were acting as
L L. WHITE, Chief of Staff
All other work same price, proportionately.
Call and satisfy yourself that we have but one
price and that we do not misrepresent our work.
We emphatically assert that no better work can be
done in Portland at any price. Absolute guarantees.
Eastern Dentists
nVA Washington Street, Bet. 4th & 5th Streets Room 510
A few years ago he came to Baker
City to reside and about a year ago he
went to relatives In Massachusetts,
where he died at nearly 80 years of age.
HAYES UNMINDFUL
OF TEDDY'S PROTEST
ri'nlted Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 2f Apparent! v un
mindful of President Roosevelt's strong
uypiisiuun to niH proposal Japanese cx
ciumon law, .representative Huyes,
California, today appeared before the
foreign uffairs committee to address
the committee on the subject.
The Californian declared that the
whole Pacific coast is unanimously In
favor of the measure. The bill tightens
me ufiineeo exclusion law and suhjects
the Japanese to the name condition
that govern the admission of Chinoso
Representative Kahn also addressed
the committee.
waitress was hnr
rying with carafes of Ice water; the
laundress was Industriously operating
a flower sprinkler from the conserva
tory, snd the cook was filling a cut
glass celery bowl at the nearest wash
stand. Other maids were carefully
mopping the carpet where the water
dripped.
"ou see," said RelT.y to the servants
who were flitting around him, "I
forgot to bring mv manicure set with
me, so I can't tenr down the wains
coting and get at the fire."
"Oh. of rnurso tx-o ran lo,l M
f j set," said the lady's maid
"Will a nut pick do'' There are any
number of them,'' suggested the re
sourceful waitress.
Belli v ran to the telephone, tossed
Hsjde the butler and caller truck No
13. Its men put out the fire In it Jlffv
and without smashing a mirror. But
the damage was SB00.
HILL PREPARING TO
BREAK INTO CANADA
It. money is the
; question,, here's a
V; $1.50 Shirt for
; $1.15, and the $1.25
? make at 85c.
CLOTHING CO
rlG5-168'Third St
(United- Preas Leased Wire.)
Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 25. James J.
Hill has spread a large force of engi
neers over a stretch of 1,400 miles be
tween Brandon, Manitoba, and Calgary
Alberta, preparing, it Is said, to parallel
the Canadian Pacific system. Two
years ago Hill made elaborate prepara
tions for carrying out this same scheme,
but withdrew the engineering forces be
cause of the financial depression.
GRAFTS HIS SKIN
uponjfi son
Famous Surgeon Decides on
Daring Method and Saves
Boy's Life.
New York, Feb. 25. -Robert H. M.
Dawbarn, visiting surgeon to me cuy
and polyclinic hospitals, who six years
ago won the Samuel I). Gross prise for
original ' research in surgery, has,
through a daring operation in siun
graftmg. saved tRefce o hi-; own son.
None or tne pnyait"." .
talk about the case, although many Are
ware of the racis. V.
nr. Wont Sfiventv-ioui in
Dawbarn refused to discuss It.
The young man whose life was saved
Is Waring Lennox Dawbarn, a Junior of
Princeton, and an all-around athlete
On December 10 he was brought home
suffering from an operation for appen
dicitis. The conditions were such that
when the cavity was entered for the
purpose of removing the appendix it
was found to have become infected, and
septic peritonitis followed.
For weeks the temperature of the
young man gave little hope of recov
ery The gangrenous condition extend
ed to the Incision, ami much of the skin
had to be cut away. When things
mended so that the life of the patient
was In no danger, the wound refused
to heal, and It was necessary to resort
to skin grafting.
Them is no doubt that many volun
teers might have been found among the
young men s rrienas ror m purpose,
hot tho father, who had watched and
advised in the Illness of his son, de
cided he would perform the operation
himself, and with the skin from his own
body.
Selecting places on his body where
patches might be taken while he oper
ated with both hands, the surgeon took
the necessary cuticle and gratted tnem
tee formally indorsed William H. Taft
last night, and thereby foretold Its
probable rejection of the state central
committee's request for unofficial prl
marl eg May 2.
The Taft resolutions were Introduced
by Tom Magee, after T. R. Sullivan had
secured postponement of consideration
of the state central committee's call for
primaries and convention.
The resolutions follow:
"Resolved, That the Republican county
committee of the city and county of oa
Francisco hereby Indorses the candi
dacy of William H. Taft Dor the office
of president of the United States, and
pledges Itself to an earnest effort
secure for him a solid delegation from
California to the national Republican
convention.
TnOMAS CAR RUNS
ON RAILWAY TIES
(United Press Leaned Wire.)
Chicago, Feb. 25 The Thomas Flyer,
the American car in the New Tork-to
Paris race, left the snowy wastes, of
northern Indiana this morning and
started to bump along the tied of the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern ' rail
road on the last lap In the run to Chi
cago, ll was expected that they would
arrive nere snortiy arter noon.
The French and Italian cars whldh
were stranded at New Carlisle finally
siartea loaay under tneir own power,
The rain had changed the roads into
sticky, slippery slush, making it hard
for the cars to run. The farmers re-
rusea to givo tne foreigners a hand.
GIRL JUJIPS FROM
HIGHEST BRIDGE SPAN
(United Preas Leased Wire.)
Dubuque, Iowa, Feh. 25. Miss Nellie
Losso, despondent because of the pov
erty of her family, made a desperate
attempt to end er life ry leaping from
the topmost span o- the high bridge
into the Mississippi river. Her drees
kept her r. iove the water and she float-
cu ior sou yards, when Ice harvesters
pulled Uer tut with pike noles. The
girl was seriously injured.
Newcboy Accused of Theft,
. (SPecUl Dispatch to The JonrnsI
ine Dalles, Or., Feb. 2S. Ell Crosby
a 14-year-olri newsboy of Seattle was
tr.l" requ""t of "he
.-" or Beau e nn t.
H was taken to Seattle yesterday.
HUNGRY PEASANTS
LEAVE FOR SOUTH
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Madrid, Feb. 25. In accordance with
notices lately sent you concerning the
I sum ring or the peasantry in Spain.
i there now come advices of the arrival
at Ln Palma of the steamer Bellver,
crowded with hungry peasants emigrat
ing to South America.
Advices from ("omnia, tell of alarm
ing movements of associations of labor
ers, who refuse to pay the tax on lands
known as the "thirds and Jfths," with
the result that many lands are being
deserted, so that the cry ... tho parlia
ment of the liberals that Spain needs
colonizing seems to be a reality.
MORROW IN RACE FOR
CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP
(United Press Leased Wlr.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 26. Robert O. Mor
row? of Portland this morning filed his
petition with the secretary of state for
nomination to the office of circuit Judge
ror ine rourm juuiciaj uisinet on the
Kepuoncan' ucaet.
BANK PRESIDENT IS
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD
(United Press Lesaed Wire.)
Des Moines. Iowa. Feb. 25. The Green
Mountain Savings bank closed today
and PresHent Stuart M. idcDiarie is
under arrest tn Omaha oa a charge of
Illegal banking.- V . .
i unon his bov.
I 116 WOUnU, II IS Ham, in licnium uu c-
lv, and in a short while the young man
will return to Princeton.
REPUBLICANS INDORSE
TAFT FOR PRESIDENCY
(United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Feb. 25. By a vote of
18 to 9 the Republican county Commit-
"Great Day At Lima
Our
"Jackies"' tarried yesterday at Lima
in i'eru,
And the populace decided that the boys
should not get blue,
So they gave them some "amusement"
some fascinating "sport"
'Twas "exciting," 'twa3 "ecstatic." J. la
the telegraph report.
A herd of bulls were led Into a large,
a spacious ring,
Then Jabbed with spears and pitchforks
till they mada the welkin ring;
When one toward a matador with light
ning speed did dart.
And Instantly impaled him with his
horn thrust through his heart.
Another had his windpipe from its
moorings torn away.
And still another's liver wj.s bestrewn
along the way:
And 'ladies." too, enjoyed the "grand."
the 'dear," "ecstatic" sport;
At least this is the story in the tele
graph report.
UNION LAUNDRY
Cleansers and polishers Of human gaf-
. meats, e
Tols. A-1233. Main 398.
Second and Columbia.
WIRELESS OPERATOR
TELLS FISHY YARN
(United Press Leased Wire.)
San Diego, Cel.. Feb. 26. A wireless
operator employed on one of the steam
er lines between Sitka, Alaska, and Se
attle, who arrived here today, states
iiieti on iiio lane ii ip uuwn ine coast a
passenger filed a telegram addressed to
his wife, aboard the steamship Cam
pania, several hundred miles at east
on the Atlantic ocean, and received a
reply in less than three hours. The
message was sent to a shore station on
the Pacific coast, transmitted across
the continent by wire and then flashed
to the French liner at sea.
The feat Is unique in the history of
wireless telegraphy.
SEARCH FOR RICH
GERMAN'S FORTUNE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb.'-e5. Believing
that Bernard Qraass, the accentrlc Ger
man bachelor, who died in the United
States hotel Monday, buried $50,000 In
gold on a ranch at the head of the Ban
S'ernando valley, several men who knew
the old man have decided to dig for the
supposed fortune. ,
Although it is known that Oraass made
thousands of dollars out of bees and
speculation, only $300 of his money was
found in a safety deposit box following
hts death. He died Intestate and his
property, valued at $12,000. Is in chariru
of the public administrator.
uraass uvea on a Dee ranch for SO
years and often came to Los Angeles.
BIG LEDGE OF PURE
COPPER IN MONTANA
(Special ninpatrh to The Journal.)
Helena. Mont.. Feb. 26. The first dis
covery of virgin copper In large quan
tities- ever maae in Montana, according
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TMC eiNTAUM eOMVaNV, HUV TOSR S1TV-
to prominent
made only
mining . men, has been
a snort distance from thla
city in a claim owned by residents of
Diiion. jjutte ana Bunset, The prop
erty is situated - between Helena and
Winston. The lead was discovered sev
eral days ago at tho 80-Joot level, and
a close investigation revealed a vein of
Vt feet of nearly solid native copper.
A large 'lump of thi ore exhibited fn
Helena and Butte created a decided sen
sation In mining circles., - When it was
learned that the copper was unalloyed
and that there was an abundance of It
"Where this came from" the surprise
was all the more pronounced, and es
pecially In Butte.. The property gives
every Indication of becoming one of the
leading copper producers of the state.
EEUTERDAHL WILL
AGAIN TRY KNOCKING
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Callao, Peru. Feb. 25. -Henry Reuter
dahl, the marine artist, who is accom
panying the fleet and whose criticisms
of the alleged defects tn the United
States navy have caused such wide
spread comment, win mane no reply to
his critics so long as he Is a guest of
the fleet.
TT savs. however, that he will renlv
specifically to all of them immediately
upon ois arrival oome. t
Famous Peds in Six-Day Grind.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Kansas City, Mo Feb. 25. More than
a score of pedestrians of ' established
reputation, representing naif a doson
nationalities, started hire yesterday
tn the six-day walking match arranged
by the Missouri Athletic club. The con
testants will walk 12 hours a day, and
the match is advertised as a world's
championship event.
Among the contestants are David
Hartley, a famous Canadian long-distance
walker; A. L. Corney of Chicago,
champion 100-mile runner of the world;
W. A. Hoaaland of Auburn. New York.
champion six-day walker, and Henry j
Messier of Milwaukee, one of the fam
ous old-time, pedestrians.
O.
Has Entertained Millions.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New Tork, Feb. 26. The Eden Mu
see, one of the familiar landmarks of
West Twenty-third street, was decorat
ed with a lavish display of flags and
bunting today In celebration of Its sil
ver Jubilee or twenty-fifth anniversary.
The place of entertainment was opened
a quarter of a century ago, when tho
wax works shows were enjoying the
sunlight of popular favor. Within a
few years almost every, city of conse
quence in America had its "fnusee," but
the institution in West Twenty-third
Street stands today almost the sole sur- .
vlvor of the legion, all the rest having ,
fallen victims to the fickleness of tho
novelty-loving public. , . ...
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