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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO. MARCH 8. 1908. THUGS II Oil HID Body of One-Armed, One : Legrpul Man Swathed in HE- MIKES TELL OF in it Prosecution Closes Case Against Wynne for Kill ing Du Puis. der for Money. When Judge O'Day adjourned court V nil t ari v iflimnAn tlt .vMmifji f ,r Blankets Found in River th prosecution m the case of John . i mi i wynna. cnargea wun me muruer in ntbpoKane ineory, Juur- w. h. du puis, bad practically been concluded. Beginning with the evidence of Martin Denny, In whose saloon the killing- tok piece.-- Deputy District Attorney Ifaney placed on the stand two other eyo wllnosses of the killing. W. J Shanks and Edwin Switzler. Their testimony differ only In detail. going to show that the men quarreled ufier Wynne had bantered Du luls for not buying some of the drinks, ami Hint Wynne fired three shots after Penny had rushed between them and jiuhiUd them auart. Judge O'Dav temporarily sustained the objection of the defense to the trs GREAT F100D III MICHIGAN (SpeeUl Dispatch to The JearaaL) . ; Spokane, Wash., March 7. A -"cold-blooded ni ardor was revealed today whon the body of an unlden- tlfled man wa3 found wrapped In .blankets and a portiere and soma Three Persons Drowned and Valuable Property Is De stroyed by Rapidly Rising Stream Loss Will Reach i Millions. bad Clot bin drifting in tha flnokana tlmeny of John A. MXeary, en Jmpoil . . . . , J ant witness to jiver. The covering waa tied on se- eorely with , a window cord. The body was found lodged against a dam by D. M. Mease. The body was that of a man of average height, about 40 years old. One leg had - evidently been amputated several years ago, below the knee. The left arm was cat off a the shoulder . There was a bad cut. on the cheek and jaw. The officers believe the man . was murdered far money and thrown , Into the river. Every pocket was tamed lnslda out, bearing out the Jheory of murder for money. The body is thought to have been in the wp.ter for two months. The fcalr waa black and slightly gray. . The heed was slightly bald in front. r the suite. yn me in formation the name of the witness was given as "A. M'laren. and the Judge held that thla discrepancy was too reu under the strict rules of criminal lan At the same time, he withheld final action and will hear argument on the point tomorrow, ao M wiryi testimony mar vet come in. ins imumuiir im needed to sunrort the case of the prose cutlon In relation to threats alleged to have been made against Du Puis oy W vnne An unexpected goo a wora ior un oe- fendant waa spoken by Patrolman Snmuel 8. Young, who arreste.l Wynne after the shooting. Asked on cross examination If Wynne made any re slstauce. the officer responded: "I have arrested many men in my time, and I have never arrested a man that was more gentlemanly than W ynne. Carl testified to the booklni 11 FUR HARGIS ESTATE ; Heirs of Dead Kentucky Uce Feudist Quarreling Over His Money. tain Ealley of the police force i or Wynne art the arrest. lie said Wynne had blood on his lip and his overcoat was torn. Wynne asked that a doctor be sent for, and this was done. Patrolman John J. Edgrnon. wno vlnlted the scene of the killing: soon after the shooting, was called to the stand, but his evidence was unimport ant. Tomorrow the defense will present its evidence. The opening statement or l B. Heeder Indicated that the defence will be double-barreled. It is claimed that Wynne acted In eeir-derense ana that he was temporarily Insane at the time of the shooting. To support the latter theory It Is proposed to show that In earlier years the defendant was crippled and afflicted with St, Vitus' , (United Press teased Wire 'Lexlngon. Ky., March 7. A struggle . for the control of the $100,000 estate . left by the famous feudist, James Har - gla, to his son. Beach Hargls, now in .. Jail charged with murdering his father, , w the dead man's widow and daughter is aid to be going on among the rela- tlves of the dead man. and a vendetta has been declared against the young ' man. Suits have been filed against the estate of the dead mam ' Beach Hargls is taking no part as f yet In the contest over the will, his i, only determination, It is said, being to , area ria or me norrmie preaicament in wnicn ne finds himself. ; Ancient enemies of the family are . active In efforts to stir up more trou- sua. MOTHERS fill AT WASHIN TO International Congress Will Open First Session at Cap ital Next Tuesday. (Hearst Kew by Longest Leased Wire.) Washington, March 7. The first In- ternational congress of mothers will open lit Washington next Tuesday with reception by President Roosevelt at the White House. The sessions of the . congress will continue until March 13. Forty-eight foreign countries will be ' represented, in addition to delegates ap- pointed by the governors of states as special representatives. The president has appointed Elmer Ellsworth Brown, commissioner of education, to represent ; the United States. r . One of the chief speakers at the con st frryss will be Judge Benjamin R. Llnd- v my of Denver, Juvenile court judge. : '' In the list of speakers are Included Dr. J, Harvey W. WUey, chief chemist of the r United States government; Charles P. Netfl. commissioner of labor; Clifford AV. Barnes. Martin C. Brumbaugh of ' Philadelphia; Dr. Luther H. Gullck, Ed ward Allen of PerUJbj.1nstitute, Boston, and other. "Museums of Safety Devices" and v general Industrial hygiene have been es- tabllshed by the governments of Hol land. Germany. France. England and .. several other countries of Eurona These lo - magnificent work in educating em- ployers and employed, as well as the I public generally. BENEFIT SHOW TO BE GREATEST EIIEI! Rose Festival Association Has Arranged Splendid Program for Friday. One of the most Imposing theatrical programs ever presented In the north west will be rendered at the Rose Fes tival benefit performance, which will be given at the Marquam Grand theatre Friday afternoon. The show will he made up of the most attractive features of the theatrical week, each one of the local play houses supplying free of charge the cream of its "bill of fare." The benefit is being handled by George L. Baker, assisted by sub committees of the Rose Festival asso ciation. A band of 60 pieces has been donated free of charge by the Portland musicians' union and thia, the largest musical aggregation ever brought to gether In the Rose City, will parade through the main down town streets Just preceding the show. An enlarged orchestra of nearly 40 pieces has also been donated by the musicians' union to furnish ths muslo during the per formance. Manaeer Baker is arranging a tenta tive program for the benefit and will personally attend dress rehearsals and opening performances oi au auracuona that are to hold the boards the coming week In order that he may select the cream of each local bill. The Hose Festival management will place the Denent ucgeis on saie tne first of this week and will guarantee every person who attends the show the "biggest run for his money" he ever had. The entire proceeds will go to the Festival fund as the contribution of the local theatres, and the show Is mainly given for the purpose of allowing all residents of Portland who have not con tributed to the fund, so far. to add they mite to the fund. The general admis sion to the benefit will be $1. and It Is believed that the house will be parked to the doors, for the reason that this Is the least possible contribution that the Festival could ask from the general public. (Hurst Hrwt by Longest Lnsed Wire.) Detroit, Mich.. March 7. Three per sons drowned, two dying and several others hurt In a railroad accident re sulting from a washout, many trains held up, acotes of bridges and hundreds or dams wasnea out, aioca arownea oy the hundreds of head. These are the I riood 24 hot In the last 2 4 hours. Clarence Plttlnger. a farm hand, was drowned near Flint early this morning. He was driving home when his sleigh i upset In a ditch filled with water, atunned by the fail, be waa drowned. Garnet Anderson, It years old. waa drowned near Tekonsha early this morn ing while returning from a dance. He attempted to drive acroaa a bridge that had been washed out. Wlloiar Duvel. It years old. with his tether started across a bridge whlcn was covered with water near Monroe. A huge cake of Ice swept down on them and knocked the horse, buggy and Its ore-Una nta Into the river. The father! strugled out but could not save his son. ' Near Holland a Pere Jdarquelle work! train ran on a trestle weakened by the floods and the engtne and 13 cars went' down. Engineer Hoffman is dying and i five other men are badly hurt. At Albion tonight Joseph Deltxke at tempted to get away from his flooded homo In a rowboat The rushing water overturned the craft and Del tike was almost dead when he was rescued. He prohnblr will die. Property damage re sulting from the flood will total several millions. o Do Your Eyes Tire? There are only two ways you can rest the eyes keep them closed or wear las$ci that will correct their defect and relieve the pain. Our Optometrists guarantee satisfaction. 2000 People Over 2,000 people since the opening of our Optical Depart ment, about one year ago, are wearing our glasses with the best of results. Don't Ran Any Risks! When your spectacles do not feel right your eves are suf fering. We are always glad to help yon. Call and see us. 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Hay s Flo wer&Gardeo Seeds meant Newi br Longest LesMd Wire.) Chicago. March t. The humor of the flood conditions In Chicago's outlvlng sections passed today and grim tragedy took its place. One man was drowned, numerous families were rescued In boats and patrol wagons after suffering the keenest diatress, and life In Gace Park. Chicago Lawn and portions of Irving Park became almost unbearable. Joseph Empke. a farmer, was drowned the street within the limits of the Ity while driving from Blue Island. H failed to see that the bridge over a slough he had crossed previously had been swept away. One ramily was rescued by the police, ftor a patrol wagon had been driven to a point 60 feet distant, where the water was up to the horses' necks. By the use of rafts the police transferred the family. Hetty Green, the richest woman In America, Is charged with direct and primary responsibility for the flood In the Gage Park section. Mrs. Green, who owns much property In the dis trict, does not want to pay for sewer Improvements. DERBY AFTER JOB III SECOND DISTRICT Announces Candidacy for Congress on River and Irrigation Platform. Senator Smoot of Utah confronts a hot fight for his seat this year. The legislature to be elected In November will choose his successor. The Ameri can party and the Democrats propose to raise the Issue of church and state, claiming that Smoot and the Republi cans really represent the Mormon church, and that Mormonism will never get Its deserts until state and church are separated by an overwhelming vote of the people. Clothes Made to Order Don't pay high prices for ready-made clothes when a suit of made-to-order y Clothes will give you A Perfect Fit And assure you style and wear. 500 Patterns X To select from, including a large as tsortmenti of -browns and grays, in V SSJdVad atl- We would I be pleased to have you call, whether or ; not you intend purchasing now? i trouble to show goods. :CSCBAEFER&CO. -u y MERCHANT TAILORS . t23H Washington; Street, Near Sixth : (Raleigh Bldg, Second Floor) Andrew Jackson Derby, who, as his name would Imply, Is a Democrat, has announced his candidacy for the Demo cratic nomination for congress from the Second district He pledges him self among other things to serve' the people honestly and to do all in his power to promote the cause of irriga tion and the improvement of the Co lumbia river, should the people of the district see fit to honor him with the nomination and subsequent election to the office now held by Congressman W. R. Kills of Pendleton. Mr. Derby Is an attorney at Hood River and has many friends throughout Wa.sco and Uherman counties, where he Is very well known and highly re spected. He is a southern man by birth, liuving heen born at Livingston, Ala bama, May 1, 1877. He received his academic education at Livingston Mili tary academy. In 1900 Mr. Derby moved to Portland and was graduated from the University of Oregon law achool in the spring of 1&04. He was admitted to practice and followed his profession here for a year when he moved to Hood River, where he has since been practicing; law with much success. Mr. Derby was a Democrat ever since he was old enough to take an interest in things political. As a resident of eastern Oregon and the Columbia river district he is earnestly interested in the advancement of irrigation and the Improvement of the Columbia river. OHIO TO HAVE DIRECT VOTE FOR U. S. 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Fine Silk, sizes 30 to 42 83.00 Stout Silk, sizes 30 to 42 87.50 Egyptian Thread, sizes 30 to 42 84-00 Extra Stout Thread, 30 to 42 86.50 Perfection Body Brace. $2.00 values 8 1.75 FREE DESCRIPTIVE PAMfrtjLKT ON REQUEST. 1 J as Woodlark's Concentrated Rose and Fruit Spray, For Roses, Garden Greens, House Plants, Small and Large Fruit Trees TELEPHONE YOUR ORDERS TO Exchange II. A 6171, A 6172 A SURE DESTRUCTION TO IS. SECTICIDB and FUNGICIDE INTIMATE QUERIES STIE GERMAN IRE Hamburg Press Severely Criticise Branch of Big Am erican Firm. Measure to Have All Parties Pick Candidates Same Day Sure to Bo Enacted. Columbus, Ohio. March 7. The house of representatives has passed the Bron son bill providing for general prlmar- leo by all parties on the same day to nominate candidates for county, town ship and municipal offices. Efforts to extend It to congressional districts were defeated by politicians, but they made no effort to eliminate a provision which says the names of United States senatorial candidates shall be printed on the ticket, and the people may thus express their choice to the general assembly. The Huffman senate nrlmarv bill has already passed the senate, and an agreement has practically been reached by the warring Huffmanites and Bon sonltes that both bills shall be passed and sent to a conference committee, which shall consolidate them into one for final passage. HUSBAND'S COMPLAINT "FADES IN THE WASH" (United Press Leased Wire.) New York. March 4. Irvlnsrton-on the-Hudson has nroduced a strange mat rimonial tangle. Involving William Bur- juit ana nis wire, wno have been mar ried oniy a rew months. last Monday s newsoaDers contained mis notice, signed Dy JJurkitt: "My wife, Lillian Burkltt, having left my bed and board. I will not be re sponsible for debts contracted by her." ivot to be outdone In this ad-conducted war. Mrs. Surltitt retaliated by printing the following: "Mv husband. William Hurkltt of Nn S7 Sneedwav avenue. Irvlncton ntr owned my bed; my board f waa com pelled to earn at the washtub.' , m Reporters yesfierday were unable to find either husband nr !( im R,r. kltt, neighbors said, wa-yout at work. Hamburg, March 4. The local branch of the Chicago packers. Armour & Co. Is severely criticised in the newspapers "for asking applicant for clerical po sttlons impertinent personal questions. The questions objected to are set forth In an aonlicatlon blank which each as pirant for a clerkship has to fill out and sign. The following questions seem to have offended German sensibilities the most: "How many members of your family are dependent upon your earnings? "Have you ever been guilty of any irregularities, or were you ever accused oi suchT "Are you temnerate in the use of in toxicants, and have you always been temperateT "Do you clay cards, or are you ad dieted to any other hazard games for money? "State whether or not you have ever been in financial difficulties, and what arrangements you made with your creauorsT Are there any court proceedings pending against you. end what ia the amount of vour debts. If anv?" The commercial press, as well as the aaines, assail Armour & Co., and Her man clerks are warned not to lower themselves bv asking the Chlcaao sack ers for work unless the latter agree not to Insist uDon their fillino- out and sign ing uie application blanks. PRISON DECLARED GREAT DOPE SHOP (X'nitd Press Lested Wire.) Lipceln, Neb., March 7. Discovering that the Nebraska penitentiary is a "gigantic dope shop," Prison Physician R. E. Glffen this evening recommended tha the prison be placed under quaran tine in order to check the importation of narcotics into the institution. Mystery, baffling and Impenetrable. surrounds the source of morphine sup ply. I Is believed that a company com posed of rich men smuggles tha drug within the prison walls. Governor Sheldon said tonight that the most rigid regulations would be adopted to stamp out the evil. Of tha 460 prisoners. 150 have become veritable morphine fiends. The victims refused U betray the smug glers, i wo or me oenvicis assert a eagu exists and those who "neachn league exists and, those who "peach" J STUDENTS SPANK GIRL SUFFRAGETTE Handsomest of Militant Branch Allows Her Assailants to Go Free. London, March 4. The militant branch of the suffragettes has been making the most desperate efforts to hush up the outrageous assault recently made by a gang of medical students on Miss Chrlstabel Pankhurst, one of the youngest, pluckiest and handsomest of the suffragettes. Miss Pankhurst had been attending a meeting and was lured away from her companions after the speeches were over by a band of students who num bered about 10. Having got her In their Sower In a small room they locked the oor and having submitted her to vari ous, not serious, but humiliating- India-. nltles they each deliberately spanked her In turn and then let her go. Miss Pankhurst was for aendln fnr the police, but her friends in, her, as they said it would harm rather man advance tne cause, ho the meriinal students have eacaped all punishment ana me surirageties never even men uon Liverpool. SUICIDE, IN JAPAN. Becoming More Frequent Women and Young In x Majority. A Russian statistician, M. Tarnowsky, authority for the statement that .i. e nas increased mora than Kn rr cent In Japan in recent years. While me numoer or cases was about 111 tn 00,000 Inhabitants In the early nineties, i ib nun in f i i'hmh n r annn ii .. The old-fashioned method of hara-kiri plays no part In the Increase. It Is practised If at all, only by members of HiBuor classes. Hanging and drowning are the usual methods of the yeupie at large. women furnish a verv unusual nn. portion of these tragedies. Whereas the proportion of the whole numhnr nt ulcides to the population is about the same as in France, the number of women suicides is about twice a great In France one fifth of nil fa .nn.A.. imately are of women; in Japan they are two fifths. Jealousy is the usual motive. For find Fnnith nn kn kill themselves for this reason there are 1,800 Japanese women. Another strange feature la h. ni- coclty of those who are tired of life. In France about 7& children under is years of age commit suicide everv year: n JaDan tha number im 22K t about 21 out of every 100 suicides and in JaDan about SR are than na ntn of age. The women r relatively a Si off j o I I, WQM 1 o o POISON A noted doctor says that wrong glasses are worse than poison, while correctly fitted eye glasses are better than tonics. If you are nervous, have headaches, eyes smart or water, vision defective, etc., let us make a careful examination free and see if your eyes, are not at fault. Permanent cure can oniy be had by removing the cause. Drugs only relieve by deadening the nerve feeling. We only prescribe glasses when absolutely necessary. TO FT Dr. B. J. MILLS, Assistant. Ill Sixth Street, Between Washington and Startf. asrlHiiin it mti ami.ttwiy jalSi larger proportion among the young than the old. ' Women in "Japan furnish only 8 ter cent of the total criminality of the em pire, so Tarnowsky concludes that' they are more virtuous yet more unhappy than European women. enact a law prohibiting the employment of female laborers for more than 10 hours a day, in which the state of Ore- ' gon is involved, was argued before tha supreme court of the United States re cently, and that tribunal ruled that tha law was valid. The right of a state. legislature under the constitution Of the United state to ntntloa ip la answering aaertlsenRtS herein. Journal, pleue El
