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11 CONDON LEAVES THE "DRY" PATH Saloons at Gilliam's .County Seat Will 'Reopen No vember 15. TEXAS AWAITS H. CLAY PIERCE If She Ever Gets Him She , May Send Him to the Pen for Five Years. " LAW HIKED IS HOST JABFUL Makes Old Soldiers Joyful, and . Worries .Those in Charge Over Them. ToSclcdYori Oregon Temperance Lectur er Opens Campaign in Quaker City. Seven Alaska Miners in Trouble for Torturing Supposed Thief. ' -.' ....!- Don't wait until the holiday rush is on. Y6u can do it, .' , THE OREGON -DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING. .NOVEMBER 6. , 1908. JRS. Ullill III : PHILADELPHIA MAICA R H - y A sur In: Tit U Inftu A, (SnceUl DUpatch to The Journal.)- Eugene, Or., Nov. 6. To test the validity of the city ordl- nance prohibiting the eal.e of 4 near beer In Eugene. Charles F, Kuthe.- a local cigar dealer, waa arrested yesterday afternoon. He was found guijty In polled court and was fined $25. His attor- 4 neys wl(l at once take the case 4 to the circuit court, and If de- 4 elded against him will carry It to the supreme court 4r (Special DUpatch to Tar Journal.) Condon, Or., Nov. 6. Condon's "dry" spell under local option Is about to be a thing of the past The city council at Its last meeting gave an understand ing to the saloonmen that tbey would be given licenses to run their places of business beginning November 15. The council has been guided In its decision by' the action taken in the Med ford case, Condon's charter being similar to that city's. The main contention was whether the license should be raised and the number of saloons limited to the five In business when the local op tion law took effect, or whether the li cense should remain at 1600 and the number of saloons unlimited. The coun cil favors the raising of the license to $1,000. The- residents of the city are agitated over the prospect of wet" days again, after they had voted for a dry town, but the city needs the money to run Its bonded water system. During Condon's five months "dry" spell marked changes have taken place, but not for the worst, as predicted by a great many of the anti-local option law. Ten places of business have been started, one livery stable Is being built, and an Imposing structure, the home of the St. Thomas academy, costing $30,000, Is Hearing completion. OLD COUPLE FIGHT OVER THEIR WTULTII (United PrcM Leased1 Wire.) Eureka, Cal., Nov. 6. Charging that her husband Is insane and that he will soon have to be confined In an asylum Mrs. J. B. Watkins, wife at an aged millionaire lumberman, is preparing a defense to a charge of attempt to com mit murder filed against her yesterday by her husband. Mrs. Watktns Is out of Jail on $45,000 ball and declares she will adduce some startling testimony at her preliminary hearing tomorrow. Watkins caused the' arrest of his wife after a long series of domestic troubles. He charges that on October 23 she tried to shoot him and that the failure of the cartridge to explode was all that saved Ms life. Watkins says his wife tried several times tp kill him. He says that she was Intent on getting his mil lions and one time tried to bribe his chauffeur to run him over a cliff in an automobile,. 1 Mrs. Watkins says her arrest is spite work and that her husband Is trying to rob her of her share of the proceeds of big timber sales. The old people "have been living apart for some time. The attorney for both sides had almost arranged a settlement, when Mrs. Watkins filed homestead rights on the residence, over the pro tests of her husband. Her arrest fol lowed. The family Is one of the most promi nent In northern California. FINE OF JAIL FOR SPEEDY CHAUFFEUR (United Preaa Leased Wire.) New York, Nov. S. Jailed for ex ceeding the speed law, Ellis H. Kult. a chauffeur, has two similar charges pending against htm, after conviction yesterday of escaping from an officer who had arrested htm for a similar of fense. The total result Is a sentence against him for $160 or 20 days in the Tombs prison. Kuln was employed as a demonstrator with an automobile firm when he made his first sensational speed record, lie had a Wealthy merchant and three wo men In the machine on a demonstration trip, when Motorcycle Sergeant Nerney told him he was under arrest for speed ing. Kulp turned on the power and the machine began a dizzy career that left the policeman far In the rear. The automobile was not stODoed tintil the merchant compelled Kulp to allow htm and the three hysterical women to leave the vehicle. letter Kulp was arrested for speeding In another Instance, was recognized by Nerney and additional charges of speed ing and escaping arrest were brought against him. CARUSO RAVES AND CUSSES SOME MORE (United Preai Leased Wlre.t "New York, Nov. 6. "I am not mar ried. It Is all false. It Is a damnable lie to blacken my reputation. It must be stopped." Enrico Caruso, the famous tenor, walked up and down his room In his hotel and waved his arms as he de nounced the story that he had married a rich American girl, Lilian Q. Ber bours. The story was printed In an Italian newspaper, LTeeatrl. According to th paper, Caruso had not been separated from his former wife more than a few weeks when he received a letter from Miss Berbours stating that she had much money. The paper says a meet ing followed the missive and a mar riage followed the meeting. "The story originated In South Amer ica among some of my enemies," shouted Caruso to a newspaper man. "From there It was sent to Germany to turn my friends against me. From (Jermanv It went to Italy and from there to Paris and now It has come here. It must be stopped. CHINESE CHILDREN SING FOR PRESIDENT (Dotted PfMia Leed Wlre.J WRSninglon, rvov. o. fNine uimimi- tlve Chinese children are preparing to return to their homes in San Francisco j after having accomplished the object of their visit to the capital by singing' American songs for President Roose-1 velt. Each possesses an autograph pic-; ture of tne enter executive anu proua recollections of this entertainment here and at Philadelphia, where the chorus had been attending a meeting uner the auspices of the Methodist church. '. All of the children are girls with the exception of one, a 8-year-old boy. None is more than 13. years of -age. They are the pick of the oriental rescue home in San Francisco, where Chinese orphan children are rescued from the slums and educated. The youngsters sang "My Country, Tis of Thee, and conversed with the president. ... ... The little boy delighted the president by remarking durtng the Interview, When I was In Lincoln I was for Bryanrbut here 1. am for Taft." , . k i Only Ono "BKOatO QTOmre" That la LAXATIVR HiUMQ Ql.lNIXlt. Vnr for the algnature of E. : W. Qmre. Ud too World ever to Core a Cold lot On Day. 2Sc (Special Dliaatca to The JoaraaLt Austin, Texas, Nor. . The attorney general's office hopes the. report will prove true that Henry Clay Pier:, chairman of the Waters-Pierce Oil com pany, will voluntarily come to Texas next week to stand trial on. the long pending indictment against him. It marks the beginning of the end of a ease that has cost the state of Texas a vast amount of time and money. Every ef fort will be put forth to try the cao without unnecessary delay. It will be called before Judge Calhoun of the Fifty-third district court, but it- is be lieved an effort will be made to get a change of venue. The troubles between the state of Texas and the Waters-Pierce OH com pany date back nearly a decade, but the charge against H. Clay Pierce on which he Is to be placed on trial datas back to two. years ago this month. It was in November, 1906, that the Travis county grand Jury returned an Indict ment against Mr., Pierce charging him with false swearing. . The lndiotment charges that Pierce, on May 31, 1900, mado an affidavit that the Waters Pierce Oil company had not entered In to any agreement or understanding with any corporation, partnership, firm, or individual to regulate the price of any article, or commodity. It charges that at the time Pierce made the affidavit he knew that the company had entered Into an agreement with the Standard Oil company, tjohn D. Rockefeller, John D. Archbold, H. H. Rogers and others to control the price of oil In Texas, an J that the Standard Oil company had Ac quired a controlling Interest in t lie Waters-Pierce company. A vigorous fight has been made y Mr. Pierce to prevent extradition to this state. 1 His last recourse was ex hausted two weeks ago, when the su preme court of the United State denied his motion for a rehearing and sus tained the lower court's decision that Mr. Pierce must stand trial before the Texas courts. Perjury In the state of Texas is pun ishable by imprisonment in the peniten tiary for a term of not less than five years. The minimum punishment for false swearing is two years. MASHER CAPTURED AFTER MAD RACE rUnltad Preaa Laaaed Wlro.) San Francisco, Nov. 6. Marcelle Hu sen. a Swiss butcher, Is out on ball fol lowing accusations brought against him of annoying the women guests of tlie Fairmont hotel yesterdaSP. His captors were Police Captain Duke and Former Mayor James D. Phelan, who cn ight the alleged masher after a race of sev eral blocks In automobiles down the precipitous slope of Nob Hill. Police headquarters was notified late in the afternoon that a man was ac costing women at the hotel entrance. Captain Duke' Jumped into the police automobile and hurried to Fairmont He tackled Husen. who Is twice his size, and after a struggle Husen broke away and ran down the hill. He was followed by Duka In the machine and by former Mayor Phelan, who saw the last of the fight as he emerged from the hotel. Phelan sprang Into his ma chine and the race was on. Several blocks down the hill Husen fell and Duke and Phelan were on him in an instant. The man was handcuffed and removed to police headquarters. "Crosses Continent to Fight Liquor," la the heading over the following de scription appearing In the Evening Tele graph of the arrival of Mrs. Ada Wal lace Unruh In Philadelphia: " 'Within Ave years the whole United States will have become "dry." Within seven years an amendment prohibiting the liquor traffic will have been Incor porated tntb the constitution. Within IS years people will look upon the use of liquor as they now look upon the use of drugs.' "This is the way that Ada Wallace Unruh defines the future of the prohibi tion movement. Mrs. Unruh Is official lecturer of the W. C. T. U. She Is in Philadelphia to .conduct a campaign of a week against the demon drink. "Seaborn Wright of Georgia was to have headed the onslaught, out at the last moment he withdrew. Hence Mrs. Unruh was hurriedly summoned from the W. C. T. U. convention at Denver to fill his place. "Mrs. Unruh addressed her first meet ing last night. Her schedule of speeches extends through till Monday. She plans to conduct several noonday shop meet ings among the working men. She will try to win them over to the prohibition movement. "Mrs.- Unruh Is a veteran campaigner for her chosen cause. For 25 years she has lectured In Its favor. She has seen it leap to sAjccess. Now she predicts its future. " 'One half of the population of the United States today Is living in dry ter ritory,' she says, 'and 75 per cent of this territory has been won from the liquor Interest within one year. The growth of the temperance movement is one of the most remarkable things In modern history. " 'Georgia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mis sissippi and North Carolina are our new solid dry states. Our old ones are North Dakota, Maine and Kansas. Most of our other strongholds are by counties In local option states. Gradually our hold Is becoming complete. " 'Of course, the last stand of the liquor men will be made in the great cities. Under the local option plan we could not win them. But this can he overcome. We have a state election, the country districts have the -power, and the cities find themselves dry. In a short- time they realize what a real benefit it is. Atlanta, which cried out against us at first. Is now with us. " 'People ask us "What will take the place of the saloon as the worklngman's club?" The answer Is simple. The Young Men's Christian Association, with lis wonderful educational advantages; the Institutes, all sorts of humanita rian organizations, will not only replace the saloon, but will benefit our men in stead of making swine of them. " 'Tlie remarkable spread of prohibi tion is not due to a hysteria, but to the fact that sober thought shows that It Is best. That is why we are winning, and shall continue to win.' " Kaiser Ordered to Duty. (United Prw Imtri Wl-e.) Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash.. Nov. S. -Word has been received here to the ef fct that Lieutenant Commander L. A. Kaiser, who was seriously injured when thrown from a horse he was rid ing on Balnbrldge island several months ago, has been ordered to duty on the Colorado. He was engineer officer of the cruiser Washington when the acci dent happened. 1 B B f""""" tra rmmmmmi it n g """"i hb "Your Boy and His Books" A poorly nourished boy doesn't like school he lacks the mental vim and physical vigor that give an appetite for study. The ideal food for school or workshop is Shredded Wheat because it combines all the ele ments needed for making brain and muscle. A Breakfast for Buster Boys Shredded Wheat Biscuit with hot milk or cream. Your grocer sells it. a a Heat in Oven Before Serving. a a onE? Transfer Patterns For a Work Bag Pin Cushion and f Jewel Case. Will be given free with the Sunday Journal of November 8th. The big bunday Journal is 5c (United Press Leucd Wlra.) Valdeg, Alaska,. Nov. I. Seven men are to be tried next week at Valdes for the attempted lynching of J. K. Ken ney at Lake Creek, near Cook Inlet, last fall. The trovjble arose over the reported theft of $2,800 In gold dust from one of the miners. Kenney was accused of taking the dust. A posse consisting of Ed Cone, D. cManus, T. D. Elllxson, Frank Dunn. Frank Church Ill, Charles Harper, A. R. Young and Bam Wagner strung Kenney up to a tree and threatened to hang him unless he returned the gpld. Kenney Insisted on his Innocence, although he was left hanging until nearly dead, and the men finally released him. In addition to criminal action against the lynchers Kenney has filed a civil suit asking for $26,000 damages. Only five of the members of the posse have been arrested. V m 1 11 Change in Potter's Schedule Effective at once, the O. R. A N. steamer T. J. Potter will leave Portland for Astoria every night except Satur day at 8 o'clock. The change Is that the steamer will leave Sunday night In stead of Saturday night. (UnlUd Press Leiaed Wire.) Los Angeles, Cal., Not-. 6. The offi cials of 8awtelle, where the soldiers' home Is situated, are endeavoring to discover a means whereby the sale of Jamaica ginger to the old soldiers may be stopped. The complaint of the offi cials of the home Is that the soldiers purchase enough ginger for 20 cents to set them on a Jamaica ginger jag for 20 days. "It not only Intoxicates but It erases the men," said a prominent official to day. "It is killing off the veterans by the score. While we have some men here who can drink a bottle of It in a few swallows, I can't stand more than a drop or two on my tongue. It Is so strong. Sometimes the mixture contains as htgh as 98 per cent alcohol, although the usual quantity is 85 per cent." The" district attorney Is making an Investigation but cannot see .his way to prosecute' the sellers, as the drug Is sold generally and has medicinal qual ities if properly used. Boxing and Wrestling Six fast matches tonight at the Mult nomah club gymnasium at 8:30 sharp, between i the M. A. -A. club and Seattle Athletlo club. Admission $1.00.- more conveniently now; besides, you 11 find a larger se lection to choose from. Our Easy Payment System Makes it possible for anyone to secure DIAMONDS, WATCHES and JEWELRY, which are the most ac ceptable of holiday gifts, without considerable outlay .or paying any more than were you to pay cash. Compare our prices with those of other jewelers. We save you money on every article. MARX & BLOCH Largest Diamond Dealers in Oregon : ' 74 Third. Next to Western Union at - 7- - . ... .ja ft o SAffdaiy rag U We announced in yesterdays' papers a two-day's sale for Friday and Saturday that startled the whole community C Tailor-iamfe Suite dumb Cheviots. Cashmeres and weeds All Brand New Fall Patterns 00 Valines Reeuhr. $35 jwv y r i " Y mi . o Every Suit in the lot is a regular $35.00 value and would cost $40.00 in most shops; will be built up in true COLUMBIA-TAILORED fashion the same as though sold at regular price This opportunity lasts until tomorrow night Our store will remain open until Ten P. M. Saturday Night GRANT PHEGLEY, MANAGER SEVENTH "-yep i ' i f - V.- , . a-
