The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, May 11, 1908, Image 5

Historic Oregon Newspapers

The Oregon daily journal., May 11, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1908)

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.4 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextqiMtq iviiuy uiiuuiu mm Notorious Woman, Known Here as Etta Lurch, Fatal ly Wounded by Bartender at Marshfield Assailant v Pleads Self-Defensc. - (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) North Bend, Or. May 11. H. Ander son, the bartender who shot and prob ably fatally wounded' Mra Bertha 'Etta Lurch Gordon, will be . taken .. to Co 1 oullle from liar.hfleld today. Mrs. Gor don la In a' serious condition and .it U believed that she cannot recover. -- -Anderson -declares he shot tbe woman In self-defense. She came to the aaloon where he waa- working ; and demanded that he return to Chi. city with her Anderson says he objected but that the woman usea a revolver to persuaaa nun The bartender accompanied Mrs. Gordon to the boat landing and attempted to ' persuade her to return to Nortn Bend alone. It was during- the altercation that followed that he ahot her. She was carried to the Marsh! leld hosoltal. - wherean operation was performed, but as her Hldneya were pierced by the ball the doctors entertain little hope for her recovery. .... mra. uoroon was arrested at Marsn field last Tuesday night. for drunken hess. tihe waa released uoon her Drom ise that she would return to this city r and remain away from Marshfield ' in the future. Anderson is said to have accompanied her here Upon that -occasion and Mra. Gordon alleges that he stole $77 from her. She says she re-4 . turaea to Aiarsnrieia to get tne man to accomcanv nr nera so ana could nave him arrested for theft, Anderson de nies that he stole the money and sticks to his story that he shot the woman to save jus own me. Mrs. oordon admits thatvAhe had a revolverwxepped in paper, her customary mode of carrying a weapon, but says she did not un wrap it ' - The Injured woman has police rec ord in all of the larger cities along the coast. tne sained tnucn notoriety about two years ago when she, laid claim to a snare or tne rortune- or bam uordon, a wealthy timber operator. Gordon ad mitted that she had lived at his house but aenled that they were married. He made the sensational allegation that the man ahe married at Vancouver was a "dummy" she had lnduoed to aid her in fleecing him of hla money. tiater it was reported that Gordon legally mar ried the woman. Mrs. Gordon was arrested at Portland at one time charged with counterfeiting. 8 he waa released on account of lack of evidence. It is suspected here that she has been recently connected with a gang of bad money men who have been ope rating; in this vicinity, , BESSIE ABOTT TONIGHT. ADMIRAL THOMAS IS XrVT STCRTOTTSTiY TTiTi (Hatted Frets Leased Wire ! San Francisco, May 11.- Rear-Admiral Thomas, the new commander of the Atlantic fleet, who was reported to jbe so ill Sunday that he had to take to his bed in the Fatrmount hotel, waa up and around early today and left ror ma riag hlD at about 9 o'clock this morn In if. The admiral admitted that he felt a lit- - V - 'A T The above picture of Bessie Abott la taken U her famous portray al of "Mlml" in Puccini's opera, "L a Boheme." Miss Abott wm be heard In a concert program at the, Helllg theatre tonight. V WALKS SO MILES TO SEE Former Comrade of "Fight ing Bob" Evans Tramps Over Hills to Reno. ship at about 9 o'clock this morning tie worn out and weary Sunday, but de rlared there was no ground for the re port that he waa quite ill and could not we visitors. He was simply tired out by the duties he was called on to per form since leaving Magdalena bay. He oafight a slight cold Saturday but It is not with him today. BROWNSVILLE ADDS x VEHICLE FACTORY (Special Dlapatch to Tbe Joarnal.l Brownsville. Or., May 11. Browns ville has a new manufacturing enter prise. W, J. Moore, a hardware dealer of the north side, has put in a wagon and Vehicle plant He will make a specialty of wagons and wheelbarrows. Several men and boys will be employed. The plant will be running In a short time. It will be a credit to the city. Brownsville has many manufactories but the citizens-are after more, It la doubtful if anv other cltv in the state of like else can boast of as (United Fran Leased Wire.) Reno, Nev., May 11. Rather than miss the opportunity 'of giving his old friend. "Fighting Bob" Evans, s hearty I handshake, ana recalling the days when rthey fought la battle together, Martin Gilbert walked 60 miles over Nevada hills . to , see the old sea-warrior when ha arrived here on hla way east.- Gilbert stood In tbe crowd of 3,000 people who gathered at the depot when tne train reacnea Keno Sunday morn ing. Evans raised the blind of his car ana saw mm. "Hello there, Gilbert!" shouted the rorroer commander of the Atlantic fleet 'Come In here and shake!" Gilbert climbed aboard. It was the nrst lime me two men had met in 14 - years, the first time since Evans, then commanding the Yorktown, threat ened to blow up Valparaiso unless the Chilean government paid Indemnity for the death of two Americans. Gilbert was then a coxswain tinder juvana, . , - v .. . BROKEN BOISE BANK SAILORS ENJOY AUTOMOBILE RIDE i (United Pr Leased Wire. J Boise, Ida., May 11.. Plans for the reorganisation of the Capital State i)tiK, wnicn auspenaeo January zi last, were approved by Judge Wood today and he fixed May 28 as the date for .re opening the Institution. A new direc torate has been elected and new capital Invested, putting the Institution In en tirely different hands. The bank has many automobiles as are owned tiere. deposits of more than 11,000,000. Mark These Days "P x Sunday -x Monday x Tuesday x Wednesday x Thursday x Friday x Saturday These are the days on which yoq should eat for breakfast. No matter what you eat on other , days, these are the "sunny days'the "red letter days" when you want, to be at the top-notch of mental s vigor and, physical power. '.' FORCE " is made ol thaVctt white wheat, steam-cooked, rolled into thin flakes, combined with the purest barley-malt -and baked. Always ' crisp" it before aervin it by poor 'Sit i into pea end warming1 it in oveti Thea serve in Iiire ' dish with cream, pilinf the flakea in one side of the dish and : '-. ' . pourin the cream ia the other side, dipping the flakes at eaten. ' ' -i jJ i- , ' , , ; -- . w ! - , Your Grocer sells it. 1 . ' . Wo ether Flaked Food is "just as good. " - One Hundred and Fifty 31a chines Engaged to Give v Tars Trip. (tJnltad Praea Laaacd Wlra.) San Francisco, , May 11. The sixth day of the fleet's stay In Ban Francisco Bay broke cold and cloudy, but tbe un favorable Weather conditions did not de ter hundreds of officers and men front coming aanore xor eight-seeing trips. The officers were taken 'about the city in automobiles, while the men boarded the observation cars. 'Headed by a detachment of mounted police, 160 gaily decorated macjilnes started out Market street, thence over into uninatown and the Umn quarter. In the party were Admirals Sebree, Swinburne, Pay ton an Sperry, Mayor Taylor of San Franctco and Mayor muii. or uasiana. . From the Latin quarter -the machines whirled out to Golden Gate Park and the beach. A stop was made on the oeacn ror mncneon and tne party then returned to the city by way of s the rresiaio. LIQUOR MEN WANT, (Continued from Fags One.) was made in Ios Angeles some eight years ago, and that one which is now in force in Seattle. If it ia adopted nere it win mane no cnange in tne num ber of saloons, but it will remove the possibility of any saloon being opened In any residence district It will in effect narrow the contest between the saloon and anti-saloon forces down to the question of whether the . aaloons now In existence in the business dis tricts shall be closed or allowed to re main. It means, in short, that all of the city outside the immediate vicinity of the existing saloons shall be declared to be perpetually dry by the city coun cil. V The liquor merchants of the ctty are not planning to reach out into the res idence districts, and- we are offering this suggestion to show our good faith towards the residents of the city," said a - prominent member of the executive committee this morninsr. "Bv the clan proposed it is intended that practically all of the city outside the business dis tricts be declared dry by ordinance of the council. "On the east side, for examble. out. side of the main business section there are about five little saloons, situated at widely scattered 4 points. These places have been in operation for years, nave been conducted in a quiet and orderly manner and have had ho com plaint made against them. They are looked upon by the residents . in the vicinity as conveniences rather than as menaces. They represent the invest ments of orderly cltlsens. In the oast the opponets of the saloon have sub mitted the question to the voters of' the districts of whether these little places should remain open or be closed and each -time the voters have decided to allow . them to remain. We therefore believe it to be the sentiment of the people affected that- the daces remain .But." continued tne speaker, "we do not ask that tne wnoie nrecinct or aia trict be open to saloons. we have asked that in these isolated instances that boundaries be drawn close about tne places, leaving an tne district ex tending on , every side perpetually in tne ary column ana aeniea to- saloons. This arrangement we consider to be fair and will, if approved by the coun cil, make it out of the question for a new saloon ever to open in the city outside or tne main xiown town dusi ness districts of the - east and- west sides." Should the council establish' the boun daries asked for, the action would not Interfere in, any way with tbe opera tlon of the local option law. It would still be tpossible -for the anti-saloon people tat call local option elections in the oreclncts where saloons were In operation and, if possessing sufficient strengin, put tne saioons out or oust- nessV' '-v . ; - The Plan proposed win be consid ered by the liquor license committee and report . made upon it to the city council, perhaps at the V meeting to be held next Wednesday. C. SMJ SIJIIH - FOUND GUILTY 'J-. - 'igmaaWBsaasBBasesBsaBBassjB : "' " '" Jury Deliberates 15 Honrs Before Coming to Conclu sion in Prineville Trial. ' (Fnlttd Prett Leaaad Wire.) . .. Prineville, . Or., -May 11. After 15 hours the Jury in the case " of C. , Bam Smith; charged with burning J. N. Wil liamson's shearing plant, brought in a I verdict of guilty, at ,12:15, o'clock yes terday afternoon. ' I j The verdict was a surprise as a d1s- agreement was expected, wagers were freely offered at two to one that If the Jury reached a decision at all the ver-I aict wouia oe acquittal. This .opinion was owing to the reputation of Iarklnl Elliott, the alleged accomplice and prin cipal witness for the prosecution, for truth and veracity. Evidence was also) offered to show that within ' the last I year millott had remarked, "We, will have to burn Ban Smith's house . and run him out of the countrv." An appeal .will be taken to the SU-i preme court. : RAIN MUCH NEEDED IH EASTERN DREGOII Crops and Banges Both Suf feringMany Streams Are Drying Up. ' (Special Diipitcb , to Tba Journal.) Pendleton, Or.. May 11.- Both the abeep ranges and the wheat crop in Umatilla and other eastern Oregon coun ties are suffering seriously for ' want of rain. For the pait two months no- rain worth mentioning has fallen, and the crops in the light land are In a most serious condition, while the wheat in tne heart or the wheat oeit is needing- rain very much. On the light soil In the southern and northwestern portions of the countv crona are turnlna yellow for want of rain, and barley Is heading 1 out at a height ol 10 to lz incnes. un the rocky lands rln would not save much of the crop now. The sheep range are suffering more than the crops. Tho dry weather has stopped the flow of water In the streams aepenaea upon ror range water, ami has dried up the grass a month earlier tnan usual, ine result is tnat uockh ere not In so good condition as usual and many lambs nave pecome lost. MAY HAVE HELD GUN (Continued from Page One.) ' c -K r"'..v '-u " i'?CT v'SV j Im&Mw bohom, bay nftFl e; mw '"IMw THIS year,B "Nemo Week" 18 more than xKWCwS ' a HI MS. JlVhRl Zv usually attractive, and there are two eood r .-. JtH "' . W M l-i diamond atud of Wolff and had paid him fop it on Friday afternoon, cauea at Wolff'a store to secure his receipt. He found it dark and the doors both locked and went away. Visited Wolff's Store. tr. Voose, accompanied by his Tjrt- nmr rtr. Relnan. visited woirrs s.ore I at about 15 minutes of six to pay for the stud. Ha had secured It some time before, paying $50 down, with 140 ow ing on It. K'naay morning xjt. vuubb atonned In to see Wolff and asked him if he would throw off anything on what was owing ror casn. wont, ne says, airreed to take 135 for the stud, a dis count of f 5. Dr. Voose explained that ne exoected ft good patient mat aay and thought he would nave tne money. He aaya that he and ur. ueinap. nis lartner, visited tne store at o:, una nr Wolff there. He Dald the money, two ISO gold pieces and received IS back in change. Were Good Trleads. I asked Wolff for a receipt," said Dr. Voose, "not that I needed it be cause Wolff and I were very good friends and had known eatb other well for some time, but because business Is business, Wolff was removing the trays from his window and counter at the time, preparatory to closing the shop, and he told me to wait until he ot ma tninas Dut away xor tne nignt. asked him if I could come back in half an hour and secure it and he said that he would be open then. "I went un to the office and returned With Dr. Belnap, the doctor going on to secure his car while I stopped to optm the door. I tried it and round it locked, This must have been about two or three minutes of 6 o'clock. Dr. ne ahon nsr near tne entrance to tne store. i am very near-sigmea, saia ur. f rTHIS year's "Nemo Week is more than ?i usually attractive, and there are two eood M 1 - . M .. A- .. reasons wny retailers are anxious io co-operate with us to make this annual event a great success. 1. Nemo Corsets are not like ordinary corsets. Each is a patented specialty that does something reduces the abdomen, strengthens. the back, straightens the form, or brings health, comfort and style in Borne way quite its own. Nemos must be u n derstood. To know Nemo Corsets is to wear them. 2. The phenomenal success of the Nemo has naturally brought forth many worthless imitations, which are so adroitly named and so skillfully mis represented that any woman who doesn't happen to know, may easily be deceived. It is only right and fair to give all women every opportunity to guard themselves against such imposition. MERCHANTS generally recognize these facts, " and desire to protect their trade by expos ing frauds "Nemo Week", gives them an excep tional opportunity to explain to their trade the inval uable patented special features that have made Nemo Corsets famous throughout the world. THE new Nemo models are of absorbing interest. Some of them are entirely new Inventions, producing results heretofore thought impossible. TPHE wonderful "Back-Resting," and the ingen ious and lissome "Willow-Shape," should be studied carefully by women of slender and me dium figure, while the stout woman will rejoice in the new "Flatning-Back" modsls in the "Self Reducing" styles, whereby graceful Princesse effects may be attained even by fleshy women. iliP iWILLO tSHAPE Jmiutarybelt SELF-REDUCING, No. 312, for tall stent figures; and No. 320, same with Flatning-Back ) dj f fi i,:. SELP-REDUCING, No. 314, for short stout figures; and No. 318, same with Flatning-Back iV SELF-REDUCING, No. 516, for toll stout figures; and No. 517, same with Flatning-Back ) A A i SELF-REDUCING, No. 518, for short stout figures; and No. 515. with bust supporters... . f OeUU SWAN-SHAPE. Nos. 205, 206. 303 and 355 $2.00 to $4.00; MILITARY BELT, Nos.30 1, 302 and 304, $3.50 BACK-RESTING CORSET, No. 351-$4.00; WILLOW-SHAPE CORSET, No. 500-$5.00 "Nemo Week" is an) educational eyent, for it teaches women how to be shapely and stylish without transgressing the laws of health and hygiene. It demonstrates that, though the first great Nemo success was the famous "Self-Reducing" Corset, the new Nemo models for slender figures are superlatively chie and dainty as well as hygienic - - - - - - " - In Every Store Where Nemo Corsets Are Sold H'7e m"l VE- diking up and down before the Wolff r& hrnsh Saw a man stand! P. n Peering in the windows, and ' h.brUfileilalt ,a m, k" "if"d Max. Drey, the peddler who sold Mar- am very near-sighted." said D?i 1 n. Jn2n,"s' 0"?orhicn- over?d eWrnanr m s Kaw T inAlAv va httr tUA nrtt " ? - e"-- vvinvuu uiu m see hi. rtetamu i am si verV near! P"6''.."?. J?W. the .criminal fo-htH " i uwuri lumunuw uuu given a cnance io vagm Mm juraaea, Inclined plead. ur. neinap was incunea io in inn i , vr , m . lannuiiGauun l num. vvchi jivcb with the two doctors on First and Yam hill streets, and he discussed the mat ter with them. Dr. Semap said that West Was not sure whether it was Thursday or Friday that he had aeon mo siranga inun in ins aup. to think POLICE CALLED TO CATCH PET C00N A tet coon with a fondness for chick ens was the cause of a hurry-up pall to pollro headquarters this morning. People living at 410 Third street, tele phoned that the animal had been com mitting wholesale depredations in their chicken , yard. The owner, who lives next, door refused to take it awav. ami they complained, made dire threats of physical violence When th uohleken own-era- spoke, of "taking smary action aaralnSt the coon, who ra.. up an adjoin lng tree whenever thev tried to caoture htm. Captain Moore notified the Dond-J STAY WITH THE JOB (flt)eetl DtiDttcb to Tba Jonrntl.) BUtl ArnmAnt ifla BdvArtfAH fni man on thii west, when seen, was positive tnat it I canal work In Klamath county at $1.76 waa Friday, his certainty being caused I a dav and has tmolovnt about all needed by the fact that ; It was , raining on at that wage. Those wo first went to Friday and ne waitea xor nis car. ji work are holding to their Jobs, as they la known positively that West walked seem to realize the difference in labor down from work - on Thursday after- conditions. Last year tho forces were noon. Beveral persons having met hint continually shlftlna. this delaylna- the and snoken to him. . I Work. This morning District Attorney Man-1 As an example of the restlessness of ning filed an information in the circuit I the average laborer, J. D. Carroll, who court charging Martin with murder in owns the Hfnley and Cantrall ranches, th first anmrnti. Th wltnessea named I had last, simmer 123 different men are William Jones, Harold H. Ttchenor, I work for him, and not one stayed long Glenn T. Howell. Charles E. Baty, I enough to draw more than I7.S0 in Thomas Coleman. Clifton R. Hellyer. I wages. John G. Golts, all of the police and detective ; departments; Arthur W. Fields, the watchmaker who thinks he saw Martin at 6t80 Friday- afternoon B00THEEL MARKSMAN THROWN INTO JAIL (8nlai Dlanatcn to Tbe Jonrnal.) ; La Grande. Or.. May 11. Visions of frontier days In the eastern Oregon sec tion wn recalled in this eitv Rut nr. day evening when a drunken stranger staggered into a saloon and -with drawn revolver made half a doten loungers dance vigorously on penalty ox naving their feet Dunctured with 45-callbnr bullets. For five minutes the place re- Tti .hA mlm fa iiav maa In muivl lAntut k IIvaIv arAnA whl 1m th hitr Shop, and office. In this city, becauw f UPto CT. Drinking: Men Not Wanted drinking men are unreliable. Competition Is too keen and life Is too atrenuous for an employer to keep men on hla payroll whose nerves are - un steady and . whose Drains are not clear. ' Every line of business Is beginning to close its doors to drinking men. Drunkenness . Is a disease and. like ergetlcally before -the point of the big I pistol. A teiepoone message Drought Chief tff Police wWalden to the scene. who soon disarmed and arrested the stranger and. locked him in Jail for a nearing inie morning. - Idaho Sunday School Officers. (SDeclal Dteoatch toTh Jonrual.t - Boise. Ida.. May 11. -At the annual most diseases, ha. It. remedy. Orrlne hoor association, which ha." just is the reliable treatment and 1 .old closed here, the following officer, were under a positive guarantee to effect a Bal!SSt cure or your money will be refunded, tary, Miss Nellie Byers, Boise; assist Orrlne is In two forme; No. 1, which ant secretary. Miss Ethel Moon, Boise; n h. without the nittlont'a knnwl- treasurer. w ooa, uoise adge n tea, coffee or food, and No. 2, Condon, Pocatello; Dr. W. C. Stalker! for those who wish to be cured. Thai, guarantee aDDllsa to both forma. Mailed In plain sealed package on re ceipt of $1.00. Write for Tree booklet, mailed in plain sealed1 "envelope. The I Caldwell; Rev. H. C. Blover, ' Council; 1 Mrs. MAinerins uameron, Chains. -fc " . L , Railroad Doings at; Dorrla. (Special W'twtca to Tba JoutbL Orrln Co Waahtnton ' fk. Cii m Clarks- . KJamatR. . ia..-Or.t May H.The r... .n aepot on. the vwornia Northeastern " "V " a. va atlUl j f F sjm 1 fHfO druggist a in Portland, v c : ' lroaa at Dorrls is now in caurM nt construction. , Newcomers . are arriving In Dorrls at the rate Of SO and 40 a day, and it Is a common cenwence. for many to be unable to find accommoda tions at nignt. s A large rorce m at work Itiat over the' htU from Dorrla. and every Indication points to the comple tion of the road la a few months. ITMAKES A M AN TIRED j 1! mm efcel efsUeaSUellBSsSeSeS I t t It To pay good money for a painting M job that check or peels , oft shortly 1 1 after application. Save : trouble, time ' and temper Jy using BAT J STATE paint and secure a Job that'll f 1 stick a. tight a. a leeoh. - ' It 'l v: - i .i :,i. ea ti THE BIG PAINT STORE j V - Jj Fisher, Thorsen S Co. ;i . . . M FRONT AND MORRISON STS. sssEsssBSsxszzsa Essssssrrszsisxsszzszszrrili we M. Laoo Pace. Lwmbcr Etcmanoc Building. Jj 1 OUR NEW POLICIES OFFER ALL THAT IS BEST IN LIFE CONTRACTS EITHER TO BUY OR SELL. Low Non-Participating Rates : High Cash Values BUPERXOR INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO REL1ABLAT ACTIVE! AGENTS. Apply to JSSZ B. SXARP, acaaage of Areata, tie t.aake Zaoaaage Bldf. ARAJVT TEACT TO BE 3L4.DE A" HOG TABU Klamath Falls, .Or,' ilay ll-W. F. Arant. superintendent of Crater Xk National Park, has Just sold his 4 SO, acre ranch, sis miles southeast of Klam ath FallSw for $12,800. W. T. Elliott and Charles Mac- or Klamath Fall, re cently from Indiana, are the purchaeera nrhey will engage extensively in the rai ng of cattle, horses end hogs, aa well as general farming. Mr. Mark was one of the- largest hog raiders in Indiana, and hlii ranch. In Klamath 'county will be made a modern b!i farm. - " The Arant ranch Iw one .f the beet known ranches in th vs;tay, Is beauti fully situated and haa the u DDearance of a fine middle west farm. It was takn aa a homestead in 1ST 1. pi lor to the Modoo war, and I. thi site f an old In dian village. The fineat Indlun rflun in this section have bean fuund on "i Arant ranch. . . Cary Land Act. ' (9ret tiMfli U Taa Jiwrsil.t Boise, Ida, May 11. The stale tit Idaho has Just received from the l. partment of the Interior a patent f - 80.008 acre of land, a part of tha ft , Falls south aide i'arey set eerreiri'l"- of 244,000 acre. TMa tract a 1 1, i for by spplicationii No. S sie l 4. ,- f!w" Coast Kurtcy CTrt. ' - ; 3ntMtri .fesr-ls'..t!,a H ! t ti co'mmerca iit have on f. i it near rhart. Jii lie. rt i ' ' roast aurtev by the t.titw i . .. geodetla aurvy.