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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 2, 1908. I BIG PLAIT AT M CHflffGES 160 .Portland and Utah Capital ! ists Back of Ji ill ion-Pol f; lar Corporation Con struction of Portland ( merit Works Begins Soon Material Will Be Bronh .; From Rosebunr, "Where Company Owns i Acreage Supply Coast. Large Entire a: i Within two weeks construction of a 1 great cement plant will be commenced ','ln Portland. This undertaking la com- 'rxnercial importance regarded as only Second to the advent of another trans- "continental railroad will be backed by corporation composed of Portland and I" Utah capitalists, with a capital atock of 'ttl.IOO.000. The company Is lnoorpo Jrated under the lawe of Utah, with half ;f the stock held by C. V. Niblev and associates of Salt Lake City, and the 'Jother half by Portland men. Supply Coast atarket. Thousands of tons of cement are used annually In Portland and Oregon, and "Other thousands of tona In ths Pacific Jnorthwest, In all manner of construction work. These enormous quantities of ca ment are shipped in from tar distant .'points, and their cost Is greatly aug .xnented by transportation charges. It is expected that this first brraklng Of the Ice in cement manufacture will j " b followed by tne ueveiopmem 01 mj Ibufitness and that the Faclrtc northwest awlll no longer be dn.enii-iit upon out- aide sources for the most Important ele ment that enters Into the construction f buildings. sidewalks, Irrigation works, railroad and county bridge and 'culvert construction. - The new cement plant will be built 4n the outskirts of Portland. It Is said ! around has been secured near Oswego, J FIRFHOUIISE FJamos, Which Threatened Coos Bay, Being Driven in Opposite Direction. Src1l niiDtrt to Ths Journal.) Mnr.ihfleld. Or. Auk, 1. -Suddenly fenrlni- in ths noitdwest. the wl"d this afternoon lifted a load of suspense rrnni the hearts of Coos Hay people when it began driving the forest fire In an op posite direction. The cttixens are rest ing In comparative security tonight. At the time the fire changed direction tne flan.es were yet several miles from the bay l'nli-ss mi unexpected storm occurs and the wind reverses, all dan ger la believe,! ever. Comparatively green timber, the re sult of a foi.si fir some yenrs BK'i. iin.1 Bcvernl hundred acr-s or suiiapHKc ,nt..i -v.-nlni Iriweeri l.'ie nay ami m. ..,!.. of the fir.-, prove, I an effectual on the flames progress toward t he sea ami aided materially In cluing Ins u; direction. HURT BY THE HOT WEATHER Lot of Beauties Take an Awful Tumble, A Proposition That AVfll Make Thing at Upper Washington 6ircet Teem With Business Why It'g Done Some Startling Figures and Full Detail. KIDNAPED GIR L HOME UNHARMED (Continued from Page One.) - railroad and river transportation is available. The buildings and grounds -will occupy 15 acres. t ne capacity ui 'the plant will be 1,000 barrels per day jThe plant will be so designed that this '-output can with but little expenditure be Increased to 2.000 barrels. C. WNtblery has extensive interests iln Utith. Idaho, California and Oregon nd is president of the Union Cement -company at Devil's Elide, Utah, a plant of 2.000 barrels daily output, which Ihag been operated successfully during fthe two yep-s of its establishment. Other Utah Capitalists. : Other Salt Lake capitalists with sub ttntlnl Interests In the Portland fac- tory are: H. G. Whitney, manager Des- i x , -. . m i"t . , 1 1 . ......... ...... r ' . . Idaho Sugar company; John C. Cutler, governor of Utah; United States Con egressman Joseph Howell of Utah; Jo eph F. Smith, director Union Pacific, .railroad; W. W. RKer. president Dee eret National bank; Moses Thatcher, "president Thatcher Wanking company; Charles Burton, cashier State Bank of JUtah. Local capitalists include Theodore B. Wileox. A. L.-MillS, L. Allen Lewis, W. r.j. Ourns, w. w. cotton, J. c Ains- Willlam Mac- home la.st Thursday. He bought us two Ickeis to Cincinnati at the nearnorn street station, ana we went over iu Moron road. When we arrlve.l in Cincinnati we went to a hotel right across tne street from the depot. I don t know what trie name of it was, but It wasr Ight across the street. There Mr. Illalr engaged two rooms, one for himself ana one ior me, and wrote our names in the hotel register. lie was ever so nice to me wnu were going clown to iinnnnnu. no stayed In Ills room ana i siayea in tne The next morning after breakfuxt he bought ma several things. lie bought me a purse and three handker chiefs, one a silk one. He also bought me a nightdress with lace on It, an un- dervest, a pair of stockings and a dress. That Is ths Cress 1 wore noma, n was nicer than my other one. That day he took me ail arouna ana showed me the city. v e went to the park and saw the animals I. think they alld It Hie nw ana arouna uio cam and up.. the steep hills. Friday night we again occupied our two seoarate looms, it was baturday morning whe n he seemed to be disturbed over somrtlilnfr "He bought two papers and read them very closely. As soon as he had begun to read one of them he looked up at me and said: I " 'I think you had better go home. 1 "I was surprised when he said that ! and wondered If it was something in the paper that made him say It. Then lie reau on aown tne paper, ana i worth. JoBeph N. Healy, V .Master, Andrew C. Smith, Walter F. Purrell. R. A. Booth of Eugene, J. N. Teal, Tom Richardson, T. W. Sullivan t Oregon City, H. P. Kimball George JIawrence Jr., A. Neppach, J. w. Fow . ler, F. L. Eotsford and W. J. Kerr, pres ' Went of Oregon Agricultural college at Corvallis. J C. W. Nlbley -will be president and the local directors are Theodore B. Wll cox, Charles E. Ladd, L. Allen Lewis, J. N. Teal and Tom Richardson. ... Vie Boaebura Bock. Lime rock will be brought from Rose- burg, where the company owns over '100 acres of the material. Exhaustive fteats have proven that the product will .t-be a high grade Portland cement un surpassed by any domestic or lmport- ed article. The product will be on 1,'tha market within a year. The establishment of this plant Is .'the consummation of quiet work cat J-Tied on since the beginning of this year. The Portland Commercial club has been (sponsor for the enterprise, and of ma fcterial aid to its organizers, Messrs. A. and J. F. Nibley. Th ese men are now ..residents or Portland and will be ac tive in the management of the plant. hlKGINIA MUM AS TO E SOUL CBUELTY PLEA (UnltM Pre Leued Win.) AthoL Mass. Aug. 1 Virginia Har jned. the actress, whose whereabouts has w-been a mystery ever since the filing, Jaome days ago. at Reno, Nv., of her euit for divorce from her hunband. E. 11 ,8othern. was located today at Athol Center, where she is the g-uf-st of Acton Iavis, the Nem- York dramatist. Mil") Harned refused to state as to whether her suit for divorce was rmsed upon ' tha -soul cruelty plm which is said kto have been i.tg groumi on which Charlotte Walker has Just obtained a "divorce from her husbanl, I r. John li. ,H aden of Galveston. Texas. i his fuce changed a graat deal. After he had read the second paper, too, not say ing anything but just reading and read ing, he threw It down and said: " 'Yes, you must go home. I have de cided I won't take you to my wife.' "But he was really good to me all the time. So after he had finished the paper and told me I must go home, I went to my room, and wrapped up all my other things In a bundle and then he said to me. " 'Do you think you can get home by yourself?" "I told him I didn't know whether I could or not. " 'Well,' he said, 'they are making such a fuss about your going away with me that I guess you had better go back home. But I'll take you back if you think you can't find tho way.' "I told him tnen I thought I could. So after I got my bundles downstairs we went right across the street to the denot. and he boueht mv ticket home again, ahd gave me $2.60, and put me on the train and told me goodbye. "Then I Just came on home. "I spent five cents for candy and five cents for a paper and I brought all the rsst home. "I reached Chicago Saturday afternoon and went straight home. They were certainly surprised to see me. When my brother took ine into my mothers room, where she was lynig on the bed, mother Just said: "'Oh! Oh!' Like that, and stretched out her arms and I fell into them. "Yes, Mr. Blair whs eood to me all the tlmo I was away and treated ma as nicely as could be. They say he is a bad man, but he was not bad to me. j Admits Assault Attempted. Noticing the failure of the child to i account lor 24 hours of the time that she was missing. Chief of Police Shlppy and Inspector MoCann late tonight ex amined her closely, and she admitted that Friday evening Blair attempted to assault ht-r and that he agreed to send her home today If she would make no outcry arxi expose him. The child said, on close examination, that Blair, when he took her to the Cincinnati hotel, engaged two rooms connected by folding doors. Late Fri day night, she declared, he appeared in her room and attempted to assault her. She struggled against him and finally frightened him away by threatening to arouse the other occupants of the hotel. The man's face became very white, she srild. ami he begced her not to carry out her threat. He promised her, she said, that he would send her back to Chicago this morning unharmed If she would not tell anyone about her exnri etic She promised, and was not mo lested. This morning he kept his promise and treated her as nicely as he had when they first arrived In Cincinnati, taking her to the theater and showering her with candy and delicacies Shlppy Incites to Pursuit. As soon as Chief Shlppy received In formation he con. rn un k ated with the Cincinnati police department by long' distance telephone, urging the detectives there to piit forth every effort to ar rest Blair at once. Snippy had secured a mlr-ute descrip tion of the man from the ("assldy child, and this he communicated to the Cln- ,r. I, i . The announcement of Filers pjano bouse on page 6 to sell an even 10U fine brand new highest grade pianos for s than what Instruments or simiiii grade and quality have ever heretofore n 'ffered In this or any other cit. and at the mime time to sell them on ajments of 16 down and Jl a week, Is hound to arouse unparalleled interest. The mere mention of the fact that the finest selected Instruments of tho four leading and largest piano makers of the United States will bo offered for sale at cut prices will be surriclent to start a stream of piano buyers to 36a Washington street The past hub witnessed numerous special offerings In the piano trade. Filers piano house is admittedly tne place where at all times the fceat of ev erything is obtainable for les money than can be secured at any other store or agency. Rut in this sale brand new pianos will be obtainable for less than they have ever heretofore been of fered In this or any other city. Hot Weather Hindered Us. The unprccedentedly hot weatner last I month naturally Interfered a great deal with piano selling. People simply would, not and could not consider a matter that Is so easily put off. We main-I tain one of the largest organizations in j the United States in the piano trade. Vacations are over. Draymen tuners, office men and all other employes of the big establishment must be kept bnny. Besides, new pianos are coming from various factories reguluily. In ; addition to selling the large number j of pianos planned for during August, we propose also to ,sell those which ! ought to have been taken heretofore. A price so low and terms of payment so eay as to make It n mere matter of sHving carfare or cigar money to getone, will accomplish the result we are after. We have the finest assortment or strictly high grade Instruments that has ever heT shown under one roor, and besides those we have many of the bet tor and medium grade plnnos sold regu larly at $250, $300 and S3C0. Some of the Sale Frloea. We offer tomorrow choice of numer ous most superb genuine mottled ma hogany or fancy oak cased regular $500 upright pianos, Instruments that we guarantee and never heretofore been sold In this or any other olty under any circumstance for less than $388; we will sell them now for $294. Forty dollars less will bny the same make In a little smaller sire, and a very little more will secure during this sale the most elaborately hand carved snd i fanciest case high grade upright that , we or other na-alers have: In stock. .l l 1 - . . 1 r n ..... j,, 1 If line unuHi nio Biiti ?n i,-3 win ne sold for $218 and $194. Still plainer styles, also good toned splendid wear ing pianos such as are usually sold for $260 and upwards are now $123, $147. etc.. etc . Please bear in mind that Filers Piano House carries the finest upright and! grand pianos obtainable in Oregon. Ourj good reputation, secured after years of careful -endeavor. Is too valuable and dear to us to permit an over-statement of facts. We take special precaution to secure only the very finest pianos j that money a'nd brains can produce. Nearly every one of our highest -priced Instruments are personally selected by ! one of our Messrs. Filers at the varl- j ous eastern factories and are the finest : made. I All pianos included In this sals are ' strictly brand new. Thev are our regu- I lar stock. They are fully and uncnndl-l tlonally guaranteed by the respective manufacturer as well as by ourselves. Delivery Is free. How to Oct Obo. With the exception of several very fancy nlanos on which terms of cav- tnent can not he less than $20 down and $10 a month, every piano in thls sale may be had at its cash cost on payment of $5 down and payment of tl a we"k. There Is no further discount ! for ca.sh, but Interest on deferred pav- ! ments at 8 per cent per annum will be , charged. This sale will be held at our city sales rooms, 863 Washington street, cor ner of Park. Be here early to secure choice. In special sales we have fre quently sold as many as 30 yes, 37 pianos each day, and we know from experience that every instrument In this sale will find a ready buyer qulcklv. Let us caution you again do not out off coming: we mean business. Kll ts Piano House, the home of the Chickl ing, the Hazelton. Hohart M. '"aide. t!in Kimball, and also New York's superb art product, the Weber, and the genuine Pianola piano. l, ,i HE STAY SATISFACTORY RANGE The Hot Air Guarantee This is the talk that you hear from the sales man, or the advertising you read in the news papers, telling you that this, that or the other range is the best, and the only one you should buy, or the only one that will bake, etc Any range that you buy will give you good service for at least a short time. Many of them, with ordinary care, work well for a much longer time, but no other dealer dare make such an offer as we make, because no other range is worth $30 after three years' use. PAY $1.00 A WEEK CsJOSJ L? 'I I 'I "IV I li"Al W3 nil u i hi u i !i ! m ! a i I uii muu it ii; i : i ;rn uLuuiim i --ik ! h m ti i'1 1 m li A w li W I ..: M ill a I I B II K I itslfflllte r I I Price $57 to $135 The Cash Guarantee This is the offer that we make to anybody who has a MONARCH MALLEABLE RANGE now or who purchases one from us in the future. We Will Give You $30 for It Even if you have used it for fifteen years. If you think, for a moment that this guarantee is made for advertising purposes only, just try us. This guaran tee is given by us because the MONARCH MAL LEABLE RAXGE is so constructed as to stfind the test of time, and when we give you $30.00 for one we can sell it right away for more money. PAY $1.00 A WffK 11 li Jl 1 ti imm mm Hill! 1 ' Easy Payments One dollar per week is sufficient payment on any article, or a whole room may be fur nished for less than" $50.00, and $1.00 weekly payment made on same. TERMS $50 purchase, $ 1 0.00 cash, $5.00 monthly. $100 purchase, $20.00 cash, $10.00 monthly. $150 purchase, $30,00 cash, $12,50 monthly. $200 purchase, $40.00 cash, $15.00 monthly. OTHER AMOUNTS IN PROPORTION. Thirty Years Experience We have been furnishing homes in Portland for thirty years, and each year has brought us a decided Increase in business. THAT ISNT LUCK. No business house can be successful continuously for more than a quar ter of a century, unless it is earnest, reliable and conscientious, and able and willing to support every promise made. Every dollar will do its whole duty here, and if misfortune should overtake you, and make it impossible for you to promptly meet your payments, our record in the past is to show that you will receive the most liberal consideration. Reasonable Prices We carefully watch the markets, buying our stock for cash in large quantities, so as to get the lowest prices. It is to our interest to sell at prices as low as the lowest. Door Mats as low as 45 Lace Curtains as low as 50 Carpets as low as BO Springs as low as $1.75 Mattresses as low as $2.00 Iron Beds as low as $3.25 Go-Carts as low as $1.G9 Kitchen Treasures as low as $2.75 Oil Heaters as low as $2.95 Cook Stoves as low as $7.50 We Meet Any Prices Made Anywhere on Anything. elnnatl police. Shlppy announced at midnight that he expected an answer within 24 hours. The police believe that in Blair they have found a man who i.as been making a practice all over the country of lur- 1 Ing young (tlrls away from home in the same manner as the Cassl'ily child. Victims May Number Scores. They have received advices from Du luth, St. Paul and several othr towns that a person snuwcrtnc the description of the Passlily kidnaper hns Inserted advertisements In newvpnpera offering i employment to K'rls oetwepn 10 and lfi veins oil n "companions" to on invalid wife. How many of thse chil dren hav.- bt-cn luroa Into the man's clutches the police have n-'t ln ;ih!e to npcortaln hut If the number of an-n-i-rs Ulair received to hh advertise ment in a ChW .Hiro nc p.. per are a criterion his victims must have num bered scores. The replies er found in liiair's room when it was searched by i.ie police today. A careful comparison of the desT!p- G in mini i i 0D J.L! ' Ul 1 1 .!' J '111" M i J li "Ml . .. ..in i . twipsrBjjjsBBss, B ! ff Portland's i . p Largest Ja : Jewelry w W Store ff THE high character of our stock, in quality, style and work manship, also by its completeness, offers good buying facilities to all who are particular in their Jewelry or Silver selecting. A careful in spection will reveal many novel ties never before seen. The prices are attractive also. cenru Txzxs An vumsni irazm :turtn Jewrt-rs. . VFTICIASR. Uwwl Importer. Sole Agents for the Patek Philippe Watch tlons of Blair and Charles Hftdley, ths alltsed San Francisco kidnaper and slayer of Nora Fuller, raised doubt in the minds of the police that they are the same man. Madley would D 0 1 years old. Blair seems about 41. Hadlev was a man of refined appear ance and (food general education. The kidnaper of Veronica Cassldy was dressed in the rarb of a miner. His Unfuaije was that of an illiterate thuush the police say all this may have i-een a dlSTjise. POLICE AT FRISCO THINK F. J. BLAIR IS CHARLES HADLEY (llearnt Nrwa by Lonfest Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Aug. 1. Detective Serjeant Edward Gibson, who for years ha been in charge of the identification t ur au here, said this evening: "1 have read carefully the description of F. J. Fuller, who kidnaped the Cas s'dy girl In Chicago, and I am con ;r.ed that he Is none other than Charles H Hadley. whom we have been seeking for six years, since the murder N'ora Fuller, a 18-year-old girl, who v i enticed from home under almojt exaetly the same circumstances "ollie Scully, a woman mho had been aeocla'ed with Hadley and who has since died, told us that he hid been connected wl;h s'ich crimes before and thnt Is how we first suspected him of t e Fuller m'irdr I am convinced that be Is a fie-,d with a particular Insane tn!encr that leads him to attack lit tle girls. Allowing for changes tn the e'g.t years since he was -here, the de scription fits rer-fet'V-" Chief of Police RigrT has instructed M his men and the police cf the whJ i-tate to watch out for Hadley. but there Is lttt'.e likelihood that he would come here ft this time. The last trace the police had ef Had ley wis reported a year ago. when be was sr'fkir.g In a mine in Welter) At the time cf the murder of Nora Filler re wis working here as circulation mnagr of the Ban Franctco Ktam lir He was last eeea In Baa Fran cis n. Jajvjary 1. 1"J. on Saturday afternnon. February a. 102. a real eetate agent found the body I of Nora Faller. ll-yeer-eid atrt. I eretrhe on e, bed In ""e of (he nwmw Inf a Ttraflt hn-j.. at 9111 Rnttr atr-f 1 ArUciea cf iter cioUacg . re tutu about the room, but there was no evl denoe that there had been a struggle. The girl had been dead 10 days. Nora Fuller left home on Saturday afternoon. January 11, and was never seon alive afterward. She went in anawer to an advertise ment for a girl to take care of a baby. On leaving her borne she told her mother that she was going to meet John Bennett, the man who had Inserted the advertisement. Bennett was known at the real estate office, where he rented the houii In which the Fuller girl was killed, under the name of C B. Hawkins. The crime waa never fixed on Hadley by positive proof. GARMENT WORKERS OX ANNUAL EXCURSION A trip on the river to Martin's Bluff. dances and games at the park and a general good time marked the annual excursion of the garment workers on the steamer J. N. Teal last Sunday. Local No. 121, which gives the yearly excur sions, waa particularly successful this year In arranging a program of enter tainment and in forming the plans for the dsy. Starting at S o'clock in the morning, the merrymakers had an entire day of fun. The big Teal was crowded with members of the union and their friends, but there was not an accident or even a minor unpleasantness to mar the day. At the conclusion of the excursion the committee, of the union drw up reso lutions thanking the office's cf the Teal for their courteous treatment during the excursion. There were a grat many Interesting athletie events and sports participated In at Martin's Bluff. The prorram there, with the winner of the prti'S. ! Bhop employes. lsdis First, Hnl Mc Far land. second. Thresa Kasper: thlru. Bertha Schcu, fourth, Ena. Klrk-petrlck- Oate r rises Flret. Mr Burdlrk: se cwd, Mr. Bprlrgerr third. Howard Springer; fourth. Mn. Cndercvl. Gentlemen. 1 00- ft ri dash Flret, L. Clerk; second Glen Livingston. Taunt ladles, te-rard dasr Flret. Raael McFsrland; aecond. Three Kas- PMarr1ed Jed,lee. JO-yard dash Flret, Mrs Baekftietoe; second, Mrs. Wood ward; third. Mrs. Chariee Korter. Tbree-iegged race First. XeanySaed- ercock and Glen Livingston; second. Mr. SmitM and Mr. Christeneen. Fat ladles" race First, Ida Wolver- lng; second. Lillian Tlmms; third, Hen rietta Uhrllck. Running broad Jump First, J. O. Jones, 15 feet 8 Inches; second, Mr. Clark. 13 feet 11 Inches. Ladles' lemon race First Bertha Bchotx; second. Mrs. Henton; third, Marguerette Smith. Phot-putting contest First, Mr. Crang. J2 feet 7 Inches; second, Wallace Jone. 32 feet 4 Inches. i'rlze waltz Ladies. Lena Eschel bocker; gents, S. P. Ingle. WELCOHE TO VICTORS WILL BE ROYAL ONE Additional subscriptions have been made to the fUDd for the entertainment of the Oregon vic tors at the Olympic games so that the total amount reached yesterday afternoon Is more than 100. New subscriptions were ma5e by Meier A Frank, Olds, Wortman A King. S. B Husten. E. J. Daly. Frank D. Hennessy. Iou Wagner and George C. Cad well. A iwore complete report of funds collected will probably be given out by the finance commu te tomorrow. A Chicago firm of contractors is about to undertake what is aald to be the greatest house-moving task en record. The operation la part of the rir.!"r cp if on the site of the new tit, S&O.ce station of the Nor?h ;ern ranrosd. A ftve-etcry brick end e'eel building. IS feet wl?e by It feet Ittig. weighing about ,60 tnfis. Is t" ir)ved a distance f shout half a block. The Job will cost lie and will rqlre three months- The bouse Is t4 he reU4 along oa raj 1 roe d tron by Biases ci- band javeka. t MURDERER OF LEE SEEKS HEW TRIAL Chinese Assassin in Tong War Files Motion to Es cape Death. ; Errors in the rulings of Circuit Jndgs Bronaugb and the admission of in proper evidence that prevented the de fendant having a fair Udal are al- lftffpd In s mnllnn for a flew trial for Lem Woon. the Chinese highbinder con- vlcted at the lost term of court oof the charge of murdering Lea Tai Hoi. The motion was flk-d yesterday after noon, the time having nearly expired. The next move will be to fix a time for hearing argument on motion for the new trial. If thla is denied, as It probablv will be, It will become the duty of Jud-e Bronaugb. to sentenoe toe convicted man to be hajiged. thle being the only possible sentence Under the verdict of the Jury. Although Judtce Hronaush waa the Junior member In service of the circuit court bench last winter, it fell to him to preside In the trial of the two mur der cases in which a verdict of first decree was returned. Thus in a short time he will be called on to pronounce the words of doom on to convicted murderers, an unpleasant duty that his colleagues have escaped The other case was that of Joe Anderson, whose case Is awaiting final decision on appeal be fore the state supreme court. A Cnlted State consular report states that 11.41a miles of telegraph linea were operated by te Imperial Chlneae Ttle graph company Id 104. The system has 14.471 miles ef wire, a snhmartne chle of 4 miles snd l? offices, of which 41 were open day and night, and I Hi tor day srvWs only. The nsmher of Instruments wsg ?4I. At he head , office in Shanghai the staff numbered , 47 and the general staff 1 ITS. while Inspectors, tlntnea, etc., brought the total up to 1.40. -