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THE OREGON : DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. FRIDAY, EVENING. DECEMBER 18, 1908.
ELECTRIC POWER
C0I1II1II HEBE
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Representatives of Big Com
. ponies; of ( Pacific; North- ?
west Exchange Views.
' .Representatives' of all the larger elec
tric power . and traction companies of
the Pacific northwest are In convention
today at the Commercial club. Three
business sessions are to be held during
the time the delegate are here, the
convention adjourning tomorrow even
ings ' t. ' v;, - . ;
Tomorrow afternoon the delegates
will be the rueits of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power company in. a tour
of the city )n observation cars. Fully
164 of them listened to the addresses
of welcome of President C. i W. Hodson
of the. Portland Commercial club short-
. ly after the session . was opened this
mornlnx, jpapers on electrical problems
met by the power companies were read.
"Uniform Accounting' and a "Uniform
Method of Computing Rates and the
Possibility of Uniform Rates for Small
Companies" were the subjects taken up
this morning, three men .speaking on
each question. These, with Mr. Kodson's
address, filled up most of th morning
session. On -the first topic: Frank
' Dabney of the Seattle Electric company.
C. N. Hugglns of Portland and E. O.
Robinson of the Jlm.Creek Water, Light
A Power company, were the speakers,
while the second was discussed by M. C.
Oahorn of the Washington Water Power
company, Morton Ramadeil of the Seat-tle-Tacoma
Power company and F. 8,
Jacobson of the Tumwater Light ft Pow
er company.
This afternoon's program follows:
"Taxation." Paper by H. L. Bleecker
of Seattle, James B. Howe of 8eattle. A.
C. Woodcock of Northwest Oas & Klec
trlc company, - and A. Welch of Port
land. - v 1 -
"Taxation of Public Service Corpora
tions," J. M. Easterday of Tacoma.
"Publicity" papers by W. J. (Srarribs
of Seattle, H. L. V Bleecker of Heattle,
John D. Oary of Ofeays Harbor and' Car
los Cox of the SkagUa Improvement com
pany. .'... , . -
Tomorrow morning's session will con
vene at 10 oclock' and adjourn at 2. At
2 o'clock -the delegates will- meet- at
First and Washington streets to start
s on the tour of the city, and at 6:30 to
i morrow evening will . close the session
with a banquet at the Commercial club..
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tides of cheap jewelry, fountain pens,
and Christmas presents' for Portland
people.
That the train robbers were Ignorant
of the general character of the express
carried on No. 1 is shown by the fact
that they ordered O. H. Huff, the ex
press messenger, to open the "through
"safe." , The through safe usually has
a large sum of money In it, ranging
itnywher from 125,000 to over $100,000.
No. 1 carries only a small safe, and
last night Huff had between $2000 and
$4000 In It. His quick wit saved this
to the company, for taking the money
FOR -
Christmas
There la nothing so
beautiful or accepta
ble as jewelry. See
the. elegant assort
ment of Christmas
novelties at the
"Style Store."
EASTERN
OUTFITTING CO.
Cor. Wash, and Tenth
The Store Where,
Tonr Credit Is Good.
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out of the safe he secreted It behind a
Pile of baggage and the only fash se
cured was $3.30. taken from Huff's own
pockets, i. Huff's courage In saving the
express company's money has been, re
ported to headquarters and will doubt
less . result ' in a handsome Christmas
present. t .. .
' -Assistance TTmUis.
Any resistance he -might have made
to the robbers would have been useless.
Besides the nitroglycerin they used in
blowing open the car door three good
sued Bottles filled with nitroglycerin
were left lit the express car and , were
found when the train pulled. Into Port
land last night. They were locked tip
In the express company's vault at the
union depot last night and at the in
stance of Oeneral Agent Beckwlth were
sent to DOlice headquarters. 'When
Chief Grttsmacher was told what the
Dottles contained he declined- positively
and emphatically to either touch them
or have them left In Dolice headnuarters.
Bo the messenger carried them to the
oince oi Hneriit Stevens, - where they
are being kept. 1 ...- V
- The "soup' as It Is technically known
among yegg-men, will be pouredVinto the
river today or tomorrow. TheXbottlea
will be saved as possible evide
The robbery occurred shortly before 9
o'clock last night, eight miles' east-of
rortiana. oetween the station oftQra
ham and Clarnle. Graham Is thelfirst
station beyond East Portland at is
near Montavilla. Clarnle Is threes and
a half miles further east. The lffrhts
or foruand are In plain eight 1 from
either station. rr
' Za Tturovgh Train.
The Portland special is the "through
train from Chicago and carries most of
the first class travel over the Harrlman
lines from the east into Portland. It
is a 10 or 12 car train, most of the
equipment being Pullmans. The last
stop made before reaching Portland Is
Hood River. No. 1 left Hood River at
6:18 o'clock, after dark. Two tramps
were riding on the little platform in the
forward end of the exDress car and
were spoken to by three other men who
tried to enmo on tne "blind" as the
train ns pulling out. of the Hood River
station. -v .
The newcomers were told there was no
room on the blind and so they climbed
on top and rode there until Clarnle had
been passed. About one mile west of
Clarnle they climbed down over the
fronf end of the express car and the
tender or tne locomotive and ntlcklnir
revolvers In the faces of Knglneer
George E. DOnlon and Fireman Mark
H. Bon, ordered them to stop the train.
Donlon put on the air and when ttw
train stopped two of the men ordered
Bon to come back with them and un
couple the mail and express cars from
the rest of the train. Bon was slow
about It end one of the men "broke
the connections himself. As the con
nections were broken Bon started to
run. He was fired at several times by
the robbers but was not hit, and man
aged to get around to the observation
car at the rear of the train and notify
the conductor and the passengers.
notifies Voiles.
Conductor Dunn went to a neighbor
ing farmhouse and telephoned the po
lice, wnne jurakeman u. u. tticnards
secured another telephone and called
up the railroad operators. In the mean
while the two robbers, who had left the
locomotive cab, returned and ordered
the engineer to run down the track a
mile. While they were running towards
Portland, Huff, the express messenger.
took out the valuable money packages
from his safe in the second car and re
placed them with other packages of
small Value. When the robbers blew
pon the car doors it was these pack
ages they secured.
When they had finished with Huff
they made the engineer uncouple the
locomotive from the express cars and
carry them down the track ns far as
Montavilla. where they jumped off and
disappeared. No attempt was made to
molest any of the passengers.
Officers Seat to Bowie.
As soon as the police were notified of
the robbery they sent out all the avail
able men in a special to the scene of
the affair and also attempted to cover
the entire east side thoroughly, paying
particular attention to tne streetcars
on the Rose City and Montavilla lines.
Sheriff Stevens In. the meanwhile sent
out deputies in automobiles and covered
the slough, Sandy, Base Line and Sec
tion Line roads to a point 12 miles out
Of the city. The police in an automo
bile covered the Powell Valley road, but
no sign of the robbers could do louno.
EXPRESS MESSENGER
HUFF TELLS HOW
HE SAVED MONEY
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"I knew It was a holdup," said Mes
senger O. H. Huff, "as soon as I heard
the shots and was aware that the cars
were being uncoupled. My first thought
was to save the money and valuable
packages that were In the safe. I
opened the car door and looked out, but
one of the robbers took a shot at me.
and I hastily closed the door again. I
opened the safe, grabbed the packages
of money and valuables and bid them
under a - pile of trunks. Then, as I
knew the robbers would expect to find
something In the safe.' I took some
packages that were of comparatively
little value and put them In the safe
In place of. the money .packages.
I heard two explosions and the door
of the rear car was blown open. Then
the robbers sprang Into the car I was
in, shoutlnsr that they would kill me
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Express Messenger O. ' H. Huff,
whose presence of mind pre
vented loss of large sum.
If I , made any resistance. They had
their guns In their hands, and I knew
that It would be useless for me to try
to fight them off, so I did not attempt
to resist, especially as they threw tne
flash -from -"an electric pocket light, in
my eyes and blinded me so that I oould
not see for the moment.
"As soon as they got' Into the car,
they ordered me to open the safe, and
seeing the uselessness of refusing. I did
as they told me. They were evidently
prepared to blow open the safe, if I did
not open It. as they had two bottles of
nitroglycerin with them. They left
these In the car and I brought them on
to Portland with me.
"The men took all the packages there
were In the safe, but I don't think they
got much, as I had hidden all. the most
valuable packages. Before they left they
robbed me of all the money I had on
me, only $3.30. This was all the cash
they got for their work.
"I am sure one of the men was a
Swede, though he had his face black
ened. He appeared to be nervous and
kept threatening me. Another looked
like an American. He was tall and
wore a mask. I don't know what the
third man looked like.
"I am glad anyway that I succeeded
In savin? the money that was in the
safe. I don't kiow how much there was
of it, but I think there waB between
$2000 and $4000."
FULTON IS OUT
(Continued from Page One.)
MIL CONTINUES
TO ACCUMULATE
Many Letters and Packages
Come for Von Neida,
Alleged Swindler.
' A great pile of packages and letters
has accumulated in the postoffice dur
ing the last few days. . The pile has
been Increasing to such an extent that
persons have noticed It and many of
them Imagined that It consisted of
Christmas presents that the postoffice
employes were unable to handle owing
to the holiday rush. But they are
wrong.
Although the Christmas rush at the
postoffice is on in fulKorce, the pile of
mail matter In question has nothing to
do with the holiday business. These
letters and packages are all addressed
to C. K. Von NeTda. alias the Pacific
Apron company, against whom a fraud
order was lsKued by the department
some time ago.
Von Neida Is the North Dakota man
arrested by the federal authorities on
a charge of using the mails to defraud,
his scheme, the inspectors say, being
to victimize poor old women who were
desirous of making a little pin money
at home. Von Neida is out on $500 ball
put up by his brother-in-law, Fred C.
Cook, a Portland building material
dealer.
These letters have been pouring into
the Portland office at the rate of from
200 to 800 a day for weeks. Von Neida
advertised extensively in the newspa
pers of the east, south, middle west and
over all the country In fact. The mail
being held by the department is from
everywhere, most Of the letters con
taining money. Eventually, when Von
Nelda'o case is disposed of by the au
thorities, the money orders sent by the
women will be returned to them by the
postoffice officials. Von Neida says he
came td Portland for nls health. ; The
Inspectors say he came here to put Into
effect one of the boldest swindling get-
rtcb-qulck schemes, ever unearthed in
the northwest. - - .
His case will ' be presented to the
next federal grand Jury, which ' meets
some time after the first of the new
year.
SUICIDE THEORY
IN CHAPMAN CASE
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(United Press Letted Wire.)' '
Eureka, Cal., Dec. 18. Oscar Chap
man, a storekeeper of ' KlarhathK who
was found dead In his store. Is believed
by the authorities to have committed
suicide. Their investigations tend to
show the first theory la erroneous,
that ("hunmn wan nhnt hv the same un
known person who killed Bert 'Porter
ana josepn vierra during me mm
month. It is known that Chapman had
domestic troubles and tnat nis wue
had started a suit for a divorce.
WOULD-BE- SUICIDE
WELL KNOWN FABMEK
(Special DUpatch to Th Journal.)
' Eugene, Or.,' Dec. 18. The man who
was found dangllnK at the end of a
rope tied to a bridge stringer near
Junction City Wednesday and when cut
down ran away, proved to be Henry
loreiz, a rarmer residing near mere.
Lioreti is suDject to attscas or men
tal aberration and It was during one
of these attacks that he attempted
suicide. He is confined to his home
from the effects of the strangling. It
Is probable that had he been discov
ered only a minute later he would have
been dead.
LOOKING FOR NEGRO
WITH HATPIN MARKS
(Tnlted Press Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles. Cal., Dec. 18. Detectives
are seeking a neirro bearing wounds
made by a hatpin in the hands of Miss
Mae Leffler, who was beaten and robbed
by a colored footpad last night. Miss
does not bind a legislator to vote against
his politicalconvietions, the senator
contends. v
Takes Liberal Tlew.
However, he concludes his letter with
the statement that perhaps the State
ment No. 1 members of the legislature
have given the mater consideration,
and have arrived at their own interpre
tation of the law.
In this way does the senator practic
ally announce that not only Is he no
longer to bo considered a candidate for
reelection, but lhat he Is ready to quit
the game. His letter Is practically a
surrender to the popular sentiment of
the people of Oregon, who have refused
to be led away from the principle of di
rect election of United States senators.
It looks to those who have kept tab
on the Oregon political situation as if
the senator had lost heart at last and
was throwing up -his hands through
sheer hopelessness. Ho misread the pop
ular mind In his efforts for reelection
from the first to the present time. He,
advised by his friends of the old regime,
decided that the people were not In fa
vor of the plan adopted by themselves
for the direct election of senators, and
he became a candidate In opposition to
that theory. He met defeat and then
decided on revenge.
Oa.ni Hot Profitable.
He went to Washington to secure aid
from Roosevelt. Taft and Hitchcock, and
failed In his mission completely and dis
mally, and at the last, discouraged, has
concluded that the game la not worth
the candle. Therefore he Has decided to
quit and let the future. 'take care of
itself. He has no real desire to be sen
ator, he says.
This changed attitude of the senator
rings the curtain down on any live op
position to the election of Governor
Chamberlain by the legislature, is the
belief of every one who has heard of the
change. Without a leader, opposed by
the most prominent and highly respect
ed men of the state and menaced by the
desertion of those to whom they looked
for support In the organization of th
legislature, the cause seems utterly
hopeless.
The Fulton opposition to the will of
the people has in reality and In truth
"blown up." Nothing but the fragments
remain and they are. dismembered.
Tomorrow and Mondav last davs for
discount on east side gas bil's. Don't
overlook gas appliance sale.
A LITTLE DOWN
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of Holiday Gifts
TO SELECT FROM
GET BUSY THE TIME IS SHORT
Don't wait until the last day to do your Christmas shopping, when alls.tores will be jammed,
clerks tired and weary and they cannot give the proper attention to each customer.
THIS STORE is stocked with an- endless assortment of Holiday Goods which are useful and ap
propriate. Our prices are low and lower than in most of the stores.
FOR LADIES FOR MEN .
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Furs' - Belts Swell Neckwear Gold and Filled Watches
Feathef Boas , Fancy Combs Fancy Suspenders 'Gold- and Filled Chains
Fancy Silk .Underskirts Bracelets Gloves Lockets
Fancy Messaline Waists - Handkerchiefs . Dress Shirts Fancy Socks
Silk Umbrellas Fancy Sweaters ' Fancy Vests ; Fancy Sweaters
Robes Gloves Silk Umbrellas Mufflers
CREDIT TO YOUR CONVENIENCE
In making your Christmas purchases you are privileged to' pay ,in weekly or monthly payments.
SPECI ALSONE -TIRD TO ONE - HALF OFF
1 . " i On Ladies' Suits, Coats andMiIlineryvTake advantage of this sale
Saturday Is Hosiery Day
The Great Glove, Umbrella and Hosiery Boose ef the West
Four Suitable Xmas Gifts:
Bring
your
(JOl AC'omen s pure silk black hose, ytl fjyt
VSrr7 beautiful hand embroidered l)ISkfTJr I
lXVNKy patterns. In neat Xmas boxes. J TV AM llr
"$2.45
REOULAs $6.00 AiVES. jr27
ifV Women's pure silk '' 0lmeft h,'-0 VT
-"SJV lisle soles, others all silk. In a larso J7
r T voi-leti- of colors. Including pink. sKy.
navy gray, tan, champagne copen.
lavender, green, we and black.
HJBOVX.AB $1.75 VAXVXS.
LEMON'S
GLOVE ORDERS
for man, women and
children honored
with the best gloves
In the world, can be
filled In Z.ennon'a
chain of stores
Portland, 8 a 1 1 1 a
and San Francisco.
309 Morrison St., bet. 5th and6lh, 0pp. P.O.
Leffler was accosted by the negro while
sne was on her way to the county Hos
pital to visit her brother, who la se
riously ill there Realizing her dan
ger the girl drew a hatpin and suc
ceeded In wounding her assailant. ev-
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east Morrison st,, near grand ave.
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)LIDAY NOVELTIES, TOYS DOLLS,
g GAMES, APRONS, FANCY CHINA, SLIP-
5 PERS, HANDKERCHIEFS, UMBRELLAS,
3 FURS, FANCY SUSPENDERS
S All at Reduced Prices Tomorrow
g But five mor. shopping days before ChrisUnas.
18 Every dollar's worth of holiday merchandise must
be disposed of in that time. Thousands of gift ar-
m tides marked at Goodbye prices.
S ' A HOLIDAY SALE OF
f Gift Articles at Tremendous Savings
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CHRISTMAS TREE CANDLES
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Entire stock of high-grade fancy
silk web Suspenders; 75c and
85c values, packed in individual
boxes TOMORROW ONLY
FurTrimmed Slippers
200 pairs of the "Dolge" felt
Romeos for women, large fur
trimmings, buckle on vamp, all
colors; $1.50 quality
98c
Handkerchiefs
Pure linen, plain hemstitched or
initials, for ladies or gentlemen;
best 19c qualities, at, each,
lOc
TOYS, DOLLS AND
$1 Magic Lanterns
DOLLS' DISHES
50c Doll Dishes,
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Fur Collarettes
AT HALF PRICE
Black sable and brown Coney
Neck Furs, long and short
sizes, satin lined, identical with
the $5 and $6 kind sold at higher
priced stores TOMORROW
$2.98
Knit Shawls
10 dozen cream white all-wool
knit Shawls, large sizes, good
weights and pretty knit designs;
the 85c and $1 qualities,.
Tea Aprons
30 dozen white lawn Chafing
Dish or Tea Aprons, the hand
somest line in town; entire line
of 75c and 85c qualities at, each,
GAMES ALL REDUCED
$1 Automatic Automobiles
SAIL BOATS
50c Sail Boats
Genuine Japanese Silli j
Fine Embroidered HANDKERCHIEFS, CUSH
ION COVERS, SHAWLS and Other Fine Goods.
A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE given with each sale
amounting to $3.00.
S. BAN & CO.
34 NORTH THIRD STREET, COR. COUCH
Finest Japanese Store in the City of Portland.
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THE J. K. GILL CO.
Portland's tdmal Gift Storm
THE J. K. GILL CO.
Corner Third and Jtldtr Strieti ,
Books Make the Most Acceptable Xmas Gifts .
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