The Oregon daily journal., December 21, 1908, Page 2, Image 2

(IDENTIFIED AS TRAIN ROBGER
THE EXPRESS
I ROBBERS
f ' '
iTrainmcn of 0. I?. & X.'s
Portland Special Say Men
? Arrested for Saloon Hold-
j up Also Robbed Train Last
j: Thursday Night
.it : ;'
i Two of the three holdup men now
fvndef arrest In the eltv Jail for saloon
r robberies were positively identified this
. afternoon by EnKineer Oeorge Uonlon
' and Freman N Bon of the train rthat
iwai held up near Fairvlew station
'Thursday night, aa the train robbers
who blew open the exepres car and se
t cured about $J00 worth of valuables.
' ! According to Huff, the express messen
Benson, the Swede, was one of the rob
bers who bad his face blacked and
t , uk ananjllnBu on a crnt Ovjf
'Johnson, the other man. has been ideiv-
i tinea as we leaucr i "
r robbers. . .
3 Accordln to Huff, the express messen
trr, the third man under arrest at the
station looks like the fellow who re-
mained with him while the train was
' bolng uncoupled, but he Is not certain
;of the Identification.
tr. It Is claimed by the police that Van
derhoof. the tramp under arrest at the
county jail and being held as a witness,
" ; was certain that the prisoners at the
f city Jail were the train robbers, but did
' not dare make his Identification com
plete yesterday, because he was accom
' panted by a deputy sheriff.
The police say that the train crew
, visited Vanderhoof yesterday, and that
'he told them he was certain that John
son was the man who rode with him
' from Hood River to the scene of the
r holdup. . ,
This leaves rival gangs of train rob
bers In both the city and county Jails.
iHoth city and county authorities , are
. certain they have the right nneit '
FATE STRIKES
Il'JO AT ONCE
North Yakima, Wash., Pec. tl. Jo
fseph I.- Perry, 21 years,, pf age, while
i rabbit hunting with two boys yester
fday was acddently shot in the leg
Jwith a 2-caliber rifle, in the" hands
,of Carl HartweN, and died Jn the wag
on while being taken home, the bullet
having penetrated an artery.
I At the same time Morton Perry, hi
'father, fell from a wagon on the street
In thiscity and Injured his hip so severe
fly that he will be crippeld for life. The
'only other son In the family Is lying .at
the point of death with pneumonia.
'urges purchase
, of park lands
"Unless the city takes speedy action
to provide for the sale of park bonds
before the Vlrst of the year the park
board will lose 4500.900 now available
for the purchase of park sites," said
Superintendent Mische of the park de
partment this morning.
A meeting has been called for lata
this afternoon when it is hoped the
park board will adopt the report of Su
perintendent Mlsche and Landscape
Architect Olmstead upon .the acreage
which they recommend for purchase by
th city.
Only a few dsys remain In which to
sell the' 1500,000 bond issue appropriat
ed this year and if the bonds should
not be sold before January 1 the ap-
froprlatlon can not ba used next year,
n such an event the park board would
be left with only the 1500,000 -appropriation
authorised for the year 1909.
The charter provides that not more
than this amount can be taken from
the park fund in any one year.
LAUNDRY LICENSE
TO BE ABOLISHED
The license committee of ths city
council, at Its meeting this afternoon,
decided to recommend to the council
that the license tax on laundries be
abolished on the ground that the prices
of materials used in the business have
. doubled since the license was imposed.
The city now derives about IlIOO a year
revenue from this source.
TISIT SCENE OF MURDER
OF LAWYER FISHER
' ' The Judge, .he Jury and the defendant,
a,RAomnanl4 bv tha attnmeva fnr tha
state and the defense in the Finch mur
der trial visited the office of Ralnh
H. Fisher In the Mohawk building this
afternoon. The purpose of the visit was
to demonstrate to the Jury the scene
or tne muraer or inner ana to recall
the scene enacted there when Finch
and K1H"1 KlKher.
STOP AM
THINK
Seriously on the subject of Life In
surance. There is no excuse for not
being Insured nowadays. The co.U is
little, the benefit great Let us talk
with you on the subject if you are not
already Insured.
Columbia Life &
Trust Company
V. M. Ladd, President
S. I. Lockwood, Vice Pres. and Gen.
Mgr.-.-.
Home Office
LUMBER EXCHANGE BUILDING
PORTLAND, OREGON
i i ii, gga , , ' '. .....
CAUGHT BY
Package: Stolen From 0. R.
& N Express Car Found
on Suspect's Person-
Raincoat Gires Clue'" to
County Detectiyes.
Run down by a succession of clues
originating with ; the discovery of a
slicker near where the O. R. & N.'i
Portland special was held ujp last Thurs
day night, one of the three train- rob
bers ia said to be a prisoner in the
county jail at the present time, while
a second will probably be arrested
within the next few hours. The evi
dence agairistrtho men was laid before
the' grand Jury this morning: by Sheriff
Stevens, and indictments will probably
be returned against the men in a day
or so." ,
the man now under arrest in the
county Jail has riven no name to fhe
authorities and bis identity so far as
past history is concerned is a blank.
He has roomed with a-respectable and
thoroughly honest family fn the north
end whose name is being kept back by
the sheriff until he can complete his
coup and arrest one If not both of the
other robbers. The arrest was made
In the bouse of this man by Deputy
Sheriff Archie Leonard and . Special
Agent J. J. Fitzgerald of the O. R. & N.
Blloker Gives Cine.
On the morning following the hold
up of the train near Fairview station,
the detectives found a slicker that evi
dently had been dropped by one Wf the
robbers while running. Sheriff Stevens
and the railroad agents learned that
one of the bandits had been seen wear
ing such a slicker Just before he Jumped
on the train at Hood River. . Some
diligent search among north end room
ing houses on the part of Leonard and
Deputy Frank Beatty, aa well as Spe
cial Agents Wood and Plover of the
railroad company, located a man who
had worn such a slicker. The officers
looked him up and found that he was
respectable, was regularly employed,
but kept roomers.
' The' next move was to ssk him if
he had missed a slicker. He told the
deputies that he had looked for tha
garment Saturday, but couldn't find ltt
and didn't know what could have be
come of it unless one of his ' roomers
nadborrowed. it. i-.
rind Goods On Rim.
The officer waited, for this man to
return, surprised mra wnen ne oiq ana
arrested him. When be was stripped
thav found one of the Dackares taken
hron':the looted express car hidden in
nis doming. ......
Hs was examined Ty both the detee
tlvsa. tha Pinkertons and the sheriff,
but would make no statement and was
locked up by himseir in a remote pari
of the JalL The landlord of the room
ing house Is being kept as a witness.
Vanderhoof. the tramD. hss not yet
been brought to the mysterious prison
er's cell to Identify him. The -trainmen
concerned In the holdup are still out of
the city .
DENTIST SUES
HIS ATTORNEY
On tfea rrntinA that he avercharred a
client to the extent of 500, A. P. Tifft,
a lawyer, has been made, the defendant
in a damage suit Drougni oy r. u. Aus
tin, a dentist. The case is on trial to
day before Judge Clsland In the circuit
court
In his complaint Austin alleges that
he was arrested several months ago on a
charge or practicing dentistry witnoui a
license, and that he emnloved Tlfft to
defend him. Austin was rearrested
three or tour limes oy tne ponce on
other separate informations, and each
time paid Tlfft, as he says, 125 for ap
pearing as his attorney. In addition to
mm. me comDiaim recites, inn arew
down the doctor's ball money, amounting
to several hundred dollars, under tne
pretense that be had an order from
Austin to do so, and converted it to his
own use.
The case against Austin was carried
to the circuit court, and he was ac
quitted, but before ha was through with
the trial he was out of pocket nearly
$800. He alleges that Tlfft had no per
mission to draw down his ball money,
and that he was charged an exorbitant
fee by the lawyer. He has asked the
court to cause Tif to return to him
the sum of 1500, in addition to the costs
and disbursements of the case now on
trial.
11TIIEY GETS i
FIVE YEARS
After being found guilty of man
slaughter by a circuit court Jury, after
only 30 minutes' deliberation, O. B.
Whitney was sentenced by Judge Cleland
this morning to eerve five years In the
state penitentiary and to pay a fine of
$100.
Whitney was charged with causing
the death of his fiancee. Miss Mabel
Wlrts, by administering bichlorida of
mercury. The penalty for manslaughter
is. a sentence in the state prison of
from 1 to IB years and a fine in addi
tion. -
When anked by the court if he bed
anything to say why sentence should
not b pronounced Boon him this morn
Ing Whitney remained silent and after
me penalty nao , Deen imposed hie at
torney, John A. Jeffrey announced that
he would prepare a motion for a new
trial within the next five days. '
HEAT FORlilNT
SCOTT CAR UIIE
fialenu Or., Doc 21. Ward B. Swops,
president of the Mount Scott Improve
ment antioclatlon. has filed a formal, pe.
tition with the railroad commission ask
ing that an inveetliratlon be made and
If conditions wsrrani. that the Portland
Railway. Light - Power company be
compelled to Install heaters In the cats
running on the Mount Scott division.
OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY .
REVEALS SECRETS
OF JIGHT RIDERS
Witness Also Implicates All
3Ien 3Ww on Trial in
the Rankin Case, '
srTnftAil Ptm. r.MS 3Tlr.
Union City, Teun., Dec. II, Frank
irti inror u confessed nitrht rider.
years of age, took the witness stand
vrinir in th. trlnl . of the nlsht riders
accuaed of the murder of Captain
(juentln Rankin, lie was Drougni irom
ih hirraclia. wher'a he had been held
fin custody by a detachment of eoldlera.
Alter testirying ne was remuveu wiui
out being seen by the crowds, so thor
oughly had the precautions been made
to guard ms sarety. .
Fehrlnsrer related in detail the Inner
secrets of tha nlglt riders' organization.
He gave the oaths 'which were exacted
of Its members, and he revealed the
passwords, the secret meeting places
and the mysteries of the night riders'
ritual.
- In the course of his narrative he im
plicated all eight of the defendants in
the work of the organization, relating,
in- nertioular. that Johnson, one of the
defendants, administered the riders'
oath to. him on a certain night last
summer, when the two met on a lonely
road. ; ,
"Fehrlnger related in detail the story
of the killing of Captain Rankin, posi
tively Identifying four of the prisoners
as members of the band who were
present with him on that occasion. He
explained that he . had received word
from Tld Burton that Colonel R. Z.
Taylor and another man were at , the
Walnut Log hotel and he added that he
was ordered to- proceed there on horse
back. , He , teMfiel that a number of
riders were also given instructions to
go to the same place. " : e
Fehrtnger related the incident of the
whipping of Mrs. Emma Johnson be
cause she would not disnvfew -tfer divorce
suit pending against br husband, the
man who' administered the night riders'
oath to him. . ,
busIessSeI
favor raise
The board of education has voted to
raise teachers' salaries an average of
15 per cent. But this proposition must
be submitted to the taxpayers at the
annual taxpayers' meeting, at which
the levy will be fixed. How they will
vote is, of course, not certain. Most of
the business men who have expressed
any opinion as to the proposition to
raise salaries still adhere to the state
ment that teachers are an underpaid
class. Not having looked into the
details of the teachers' payroll they are
willing te leave the matter of raise in
salary to the Judgment of the school
board, which, has made a study of the
matter, V
This l the attitude of A. L, Mills,
president of the First National bank:
"I am hardly in a position to express
an opinion," hs said this morning. "I
do not know what the teachers are re
ceiving, and it would be foolish for me
to say whether or not they should be
paid more. However, I do not believe
that teachers are as a class poorly.- paid,
and I think we ought , to pay the public
school teachers of Portland as much as
they are paid anywhere else. We 'Ought
to bay them all we can afford to.-
C. F. Adams, president, of the Secur
ity Savings Sc Trust company and of
the Portland Gas company, expresses
himself in similar fashion,.
. "I don't know what our teachers are
getting now," he said, "and I can't say
whether or not they ought to be given
a raise. But I do know that there is
not one teacher out of a hundred who
la paid an adequate salary. I think we
ought Ho pay our teachers all we can af
ford to nay, but I don't know whether
or not we can afford to pay them more
than .they are getting now.
A. B. Steinbach said that he had not
looked into the matter and did not know
what salaries are being paid now. Con
sequently he did not feel that he could
at this time express any opinion in the
matter.
"But," he said, I do think that we
ought to pay as much as any other city
pays. And I know that living expenses
are a good deal higher than they were
a few years ago."
C W. King, of Olds. Wortman A
King, is also of the opinion that Port
land should pay its teachers as much
as any other city pays, taking into ac
count the relative cost of living. And
like the others, he bellevtes that teach
ers are as a rule underpaid. But the
present proposition to advance salaries
16 per cent he stated this morning he
had not looked Into and could not, there
fore, express an opinion upon it.
Dr. J! R. Wilson, principal of the
Portland academy. Is one who comes
out strongly in favor of the increase.
"I think that, by, all means, the
teachers of our public schools should
get this proposed increase In salary."
said Dr. Wilson. "Of course, the mat
ter is one which doesn't affect me. But
I do know that the secret of rood
schools Ilea not so much In having finq
buildings as In having good teachers.
And to get good teachers, we must pay
good salaries."
ASK GUARANTEE
OF DEPOSITS
Guarantee of bank deposits was the
subject of a day long conference be
tween the banking committee of the
state grange and Representative-Elect
Arthur Orton at the Commercial club
yesterday. The legislator has the draft
of a guarantee law which he will pre
sent to the legislature next month. He
is working in harmony -witn the state
grange. .
Yesterday afternoon H. Herschberg,
of Independence. William Grlaenth-
walte of Oregon City, J. N. Henry of
Hnerwooa and r.'M.. uui oi Kstacada,
the members Of the grange committee,
met with - Mr. Orton to discuss the
measure. It was decided to make the
guarantee feature of the proposed law
its principal point, letting the ma
chinery of Its enforcement remain with
the present banking law, which may
be amended in some particulars.
Ths preliminary draft of the law
will be prepared in line with the de
cision of the conference of yesterday,
and will be again considered at a meet
ing to be held January 2. The measure
finally decided upon will be sant to
every member of the legislature and
will also be Sent to the different
granges of the state. These bodies
will . make a united effort to secure
the passage of the law by the legisla
ture. .... . . . . ..
THEATRE FIREMAN
ORDINANCE VETOED
Mayor Lane this afternoon vetoed the
ordinance Introduced by Councilman
Baker, owner of the Baker and Bunga
low theatres, to have the firemen main
tained in the various theatres of the
city paid for by the city instead of by
the theatres .themselves as it done at
present., The reasons given by the
mayor for his veto were that it was not
the duty of the city to pay for . the
firemen which were kept there for the
special benefit of the city and that the
cost would be too great for the city..
, jOneral Manager J. P. O'Brien of the
Southern Pacltic left yesterdayrrnr .the
eant. He will spend the holidays In
Chicago wltn. relatives and will be away
until January I. - '. ,:r -
ORDERED TO
USE SUE
BLOCKS'
3Iayor Vetoes Street Hail
way Company's Ordinance
Annulling Proceedings for
Improvement of Belmont
'' Street.
The Portland Railway. Light Power
company must 'pave its portion of Bel
mont street from East Fortieth to East
8ixty-second street with atone blocks,
unless two thirds of the council over
rule Mayor Lane's veto. The mayor'a
message disapproving the rescinding or
dinance passed by the council at its last
meeting was filed in the auditor's office
this morning. . ., - '
Bv this ordinance proceedings fof the
tmnrnvament nf Belmont street were an-v
nulled, ynder an emergency Clause at-
tacnea to uiv inwaurv . i -u b?
the necessary 12 votes, but 10 council
man east their ballots for Its passage
and City Attorney Kavanaugh ruled that
as an ordinary out it nao passuu. x us
mayor declared the ordinance dead,' but
owlnir to the city attorney's ruling he
vetoed It to be on the safe side.
The railway gave notice in open ses
sion Of the council, through Vice-President
Fuller that any attempt on the
part of tha municipality to compel the
company to lay ,the stone blocks would
be fought in the courts. . . .
The city executive board let the con
tract December 14, as the mayor had
declared the repealing ordinance dead.
If nroceedlnas must be Instituted again
and the railway company's demand that
it be allowed to pave with the same
material used in the rest of the street
frranted the cost to property owners,
n the estimation of the board, will be
greater than the extra cost to the com
pany, under present conditions. .
Mayor Lane explains bis reason for
vetoing the ordinance In the following
words:
"Unfortunately for that company (re
ferring: to the Portland Railway. Light
& Power company, however, the pro
ceedings in this instance had advanced
so far tnat in tne opinion or tne execu
tive board a greater injustice would
be done to many others if such proceed
ings had to oe started over again, ano
for this reason thev awarded the con
tract for the improvement of Belmont
street December' H."
TWELVE MEN CHOSEN
(Continued From Page One.)
come 'up to the Plggott affidavit ap-1
pears to be a serious mow to tne de
fense. It Is a corresponding encour
agement to the state, which declares
that 'the defense will' be unable to bring
any witnesses to that effect. Of course
Watts, who was with Kissinger, saw
no moss than his companion, and the
corroboration of Finch's story of shoot
ing in seir-aereuse must come irom
other sources. . ,
Finch. - however. . still aoDears - to be
confident and he continued to direct
the conduct of his case this morning
durlnflr th final atao-ea nf tha aalaetlnn
of the Jury; He suggested vnkny ques
tions, conrerreo rrequentiy witn nis at
torneys, and now and then smiled broad
ly over some feature of the discussion.
His aged, mother was again in court
this morning, and on his war back to
his cell, after the noon adjournment, he
gave ner a resounding kiss.'
f irtyx talesmen were examined all
told in securing the lurv. and tha da.
fense had one peremptory challenge un
used when the twelfth man was accept
ed. The defense slipped a cog here
as they lost count of the number of
challenges, and believed their list had
Deen exnaustea. Tne acceptance or the
last Juror while one challenge was left
to them, will make it difficult to con
tend that they were deprived of the
opportunity of securing a fair Jury, this
being a point that the supreme court
has specially noted in cases where the
peremptory challenges of the defense
were not tu usea.
' Senator ay in Court,
Senator Thomas B. Kit of fialam
brother-in-law of Fisher, was one of
spectators in ine courtroom this
morning. His name has frequently
been mentioned during the selection of
the Jury, the defense belnr careful tn
ask each talesman as to his being ac
quainted with Kay.
It was 11:30 o'clock when both sides
announced that they were satisfied, with
Albert Sunderland, completing the Jurv.
Judge. Bronaugh excused the Jury until
a c cioca, as tne time wss too snort to
begin the actual trial before the noon
hour. The only diversion of the morn
ing session was furnished by Charles
F. Lord, attorney for Finch, who called
attention to an article published in a
Sunday newspaper, which he declared
was "a scandal and an outrage, and a
reflection on the court, the Judge, and
the machinery of Justice." lie wanted
the privilege Of asking the jurors al
ready chosen as to whether they had
read this article. And he was allowed to
do so. He learned that not one of the
jurors had read it
A little later Lord asked another
talesman who had just been called about
having read tbls article. The man did
not remember, and the attorney started
to read a part of It, tn which Finch
was referred to as a "fiendish murderer"
and a "renegade attorney." He waa in-
terrnpted by judge ijronaugn, wno saia
he would prefer net to have the read
ing proceed.
Very well, your honor, It Is. just as
well." said Lord. j
"Mr. Lord was afraid the Jurors had
read this article, and now he Is reading
it to them hlmseir," remarked Deputy
District Attorney Fitzgerald.
looking for TsobjiicaUtUa,
That the defense is arooinc around
In the hope of entering a technical ob
jection that will defeat the verdict If
r men - is convicted waa again made evi
dent when a reauest waa made tn noil
all the Jurors to learn whether or not
they had read one of the Sunday news
papers, and ; again when the examina
tion or a talesman was objected to ron
the ground that members of a special
venire should not be allowed to serve
until the regular panel Is exhausted.'
The only result of these tactics was
to cause lung delay while the 10 Jurors
already accepted were- questioned and
while the clerks checked over the regu
lar venire. Not one of the Jurors had
read the Sunday paper referred to, and
Judge Bronaugh held that the oblaetinn
made regarding the exhausting of the
regular panel was not well taken.
H, F. Yates of Montavllla, the !rst
Venireman called this morning, was ex
cused because of defective hearing. Wil
liam Steadman of Sellwood was ex
cused by the court because he is ?
years old and his hearing is impaired.
W. H. Musser was accented by both
sides after stating : that he had no
opinion and had read about the case,
in an indifferent way. ; .. He lives at
474 Yamhill street, is a widower, and
came to Portland from Philadelphia
three years ago. -He said that he has
been building bouses and selling, hav
ing retired from regular business.
T. H. Foster qualified by his answers
but the defense used its vlerenth per
emptory challenge to excuse him.1 Just
why he was not satisfactory was not
apnarent. but Finch did not want htm.
The Jury waa then completed bv the
acceptance of Albert Sunderland orlOOu
Mellnda avenue. He was formerly en-
f;aged in mining and stock raising,-but
ihs retired from active business. ie
said he had read about the case In some
of the newspapers, but had no opinion
and
EVENING. r DECEMBER 21.'
ROBBED BY
'; KEY TAPPERS
Western Union Detectives
Uncover System of Petty
Graft in Washington. . "
Through the arrest recently at Rlts
vllle, -Wash., of the Western Union op
erator at that point the secret service
men of the telegraph company claim to
have discovered the existence of a sys
tem of petty theft of telegraph tolls,
the totabamount of which may amount
to a considerable sum. ., . ,
The story that this Is a gigantic sys
tem permeating the entire western field
Is believed to be entirely without
foundation on account of the fact that
it would be virtually impossible for
any system of peculation among tele
graph operators to be- successful long.
It appears probable that there have
been a few individual cases of petty
pilfering through : collusion - between
various operators, but ; the amount
stolen cannot be large. ;-...
It is stated that the "tealing .
been done, not by regular Western
Union operators but by local opera
tors in small towns. ; The aystem by
which it is alleged the work has been
done Is an understanding jmong vari
ous of these local men. For Instsnce,
ths operator at Rltzvllle might take a
message foe. transmission, to' another
townTTlTs would have to have an un
derstanding with . the '-other operator,
and then. Instead of booking the mej.
sage, would pocket the, toll and divide
with the receiving operator. ,
It Is Impossible, however,, that .any
nxh avm emitd Innar he kept dark.
or that roofjo than j few dollars a
month could possimy pa owivbu irom
it run rina fhlnar. tha Western Union
system of bookkeeping is one of the
most intricate in commerujw u?,
there is also a complicated and exact
svstem of checking and balancing. Be
sides, In small towns like Rltivllle,
most -of the business Is done on a
mnnthlv hasla and there are. very few
cash messages - received for transmis
sion. The toll for any one message
wnnM rarolv ba triors than 25 or 40
cents, and if ths operator poeketedthIs
small sum, he would nave to aiviueat
with the operator at the other end,
inra both the transmitting and the re
ceiving operator must book the mes
sage, and lr one or tnem aid so ana me
other did not, the discrepancy s. would
soon be discovered. , . ,
At any time an extra operator might
be put on for a day, and If he were not
In on the graft, he would unwittingly,
bv booking all messages, expose the
plot. It Is possible that an operator
rnlsht steal a few dollars la a consider
able length of time, but such thefts
could not long go on witnoui me gumy
man being caught.
It Is stated that some of the opera
tors got too greedy and to avoid hav
ing to divide-the proceeds of their dis
hnneatv with the man at ths other end.
of the line, took messages which they
did rTot transmit, putting the money for
them Into their pockets, and that com
plaints of people who had filed mes
sages never received by the addressee
led to the detection of the system of
stealing.
I. N. Miller Jr.. general superintend
ent of the western division of the
Western Union, states that only one
arrest hss been made, that of the Rlti
vllle operator, who has confessed and
implicates several other operators.
Carl Markstrom Makes Queer
Move and, Is Thrown
Into Jail. "
Carl Markstrom attempted a man
euver 'last night which has not been
explained, but which took Me-rkstrom
into the city jail in a hurry, w nils Of
ficers Shaffer and -Leavens were wait
ing at Second and Flanders for the pa
trol wagon that they might send in
three drunken men then In their cus
tody, Markstrom walked up close te
the prisoners. He was told to stay
farther away, but instead opened his
coat, displaying a revolver, which he
aimed at Leavens.
Shaffer turned quickly to - seise the
man, whereupon the gun swung directly
toward his breast. Markstrom was but
two or three feet from the policeman,
and Shaffer, not having time to draw
his gun, promptly knocked tne gun irom
Markstrom's hand.
Markstrom waa not drunk, and It Was
believed he was attempting to hand
the revolver, wnicn was loaoea. to one
of the three prisoners. These men. were
Kidwara .Edwards, John urady ana jsqk
Maher, ' arrested for being drunk and
tliimwing glass Into the street.
This afternoon Markstrom's friends
convinced the police of Markstrom's In
nocence of any attempt to hold up the
two policemen at whom he aimed his
revolver. The charge was suddenly
changed ' to simple drunkenness and
Markstrom was fined $2.
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DRAWS REVOLVER
Oil POLICEMEN
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Silycr Toilef Sets, Military Sets,
Navy Sets and Gents' Sets
We have a very large assortment of these sets and we are offering a special
discount as we must dispose o f these before the holidays.
We are out of the high rent district and can save you 20 per cent on
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A guarantee
Sflsnn
1803.
TO
AID CRUSADE
Presbyterian Ministers Will
Cooperate in Fight on ..
' Tuberculosis;
Rev. Henry Marcotte and Bev. D. A,
Thompson were appointed a committee
to represent the Presbyterian Minis
terial association and to -cooperate in
all possible ways with the board of
directors of the Open Air sanatorium
In establishing and, maintaining a free
dispensary fur the tubercular popr of
this olty, at the meeting held this
morning. Miss McNamara of the sana
torium spoke to the association of the
great need for education along the lines
of prevention and clean living, and said
that it is the purpose of the board
of directors of that association to onen
-such a dispensary after the first of
tne year, unless this shall be done by
the Visiting Nursa association . with
funds from the Holly stamp sale.
: It would be the purpose of the dis
pensary, she ' said, to have a nurse to
visit the tubercular poor' In their homes,
and to give free treatment to those who
cannot afford to ge to physicians. --She
urged a general enlightenment, espe
cially en tha subject of expectoration. -
Vsny people ask if I am not afraid
at the Open Air sanatorium," said Miss
McNamara. "Why, that is the only
place in which I feel safe. I don't feel
safe at the corner of First and Alder,
or wherever men congregate -and in
dulge in promiscuous spitting."
The paper of the day. was by C'-A.
Phipps who spoke on "Evangelism and
the Child." " He presented an able ar
gument for greater upbuilding of the
church through j the children Mr.
Phipps said that at present only about
10 per cent of the children taught In
the Sunday schools become members Of
the church, and that through the vari
ous agenoies only about 1 per cent
of the remainder were brought- into the
church afterward. He said that. In
spite of tne great advance made, in sun
day school' work the church Is not
using its possibilities to the full. He
suggested that the revival method of
recruiting the church had been too
larselv used to the exclusion of the
educational Influence within its , own
ranks.
The association voted to emit next
Monday's meeting aa it . would fall
within the holidays.
DALIES PHOTO
GALLERY ROBBED
(Special Dlieafch to The Jonrnal.r
The Dalles. Or.. Deo. 21. -The ohoto-
graph gallery of B. A. Gifford wss en
tered some time last nlaht and"tl25 In
cash taken. Entrance was gained by a
pass sey. ins autnoniies oeneve tnat
the theft was committed by some one
familiar with th"e premises, since the
money was placed In a small tin box
and concealed In the gallery when the
office was closed last night. No clue
to the robbery has been found.
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C CPU
Piano
Barga
A Elgh-Grade Used Piano Better Tbaa a Cheap New One
A FINE. SLIGHTLY USED PIANO FOR ONLY
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others have been out on rent, and since being returned have
been polished and tuned and are none thf worse for their slight
Another well-known New York
used, at
Still another upright in excellent condition, left with , d 1 AC
us bv family going to China, now only. . ........... 1) 1 jjo
Others at prices far below their actual value. Come and in-
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- vcsugaie tnesc luniuuuw.
GRAVES MUSIC CO.
Ill Fourth Street, North of Washington.
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Watches, Jewelry and
Silverware
with every article that leaves our store.
ISO Third Street Opposite Baker
Hit CAUSE
OF STOCK
TUiiilL
Report of Harriman's Hlness
Costs Union Pacific $19,
1 000,000 in Value Big
; Losses in Other Securities
Magnate Indisposed..
tSpecUl Piipttcb te The Jon mil. 1 v
' New York, Ieo. SI. Mr. Harrlman's
slight Illness cost American securities
fully tl00.000.000 in the New York
stock market today. - Of this amount
Union Pacific lost fully lit, 090,000 in
value while Southern Paclfio was down
almost an equal amount during one pe
riod of the stock market session today.
Therefore the illness of the railroad
king coat himself and investors in his
two pet securities fully 126,000.000. And
the doctor's bill has not yet been count
ed. - - Xeport Turns Tide.
Publication of .the report ithat Ed
ward H. Harrlraan was quite ill. al
though nothing serious waa anticipated,
turned, the usual holiday quiet of the
stock market into a raging turmoil
with scared speculators and . Investors
taking the first opportunity to unload.
While Harrlman interests gave Union
Pacific - very j strong support at the
opening of the market this morning and
put the price-a full point higher than
the previous closing the price soon
began to melt and the bottom value for
the day -was reached around 1744, or
t point under the previous day. From
this low figure there waa some re
covery later in the day.
The same sort of affair was shown
by" Southern Pacific, which opened
PoUit, higher with the strong support,
but heavy and- persistent selling
brought about a reaction which carried
the security down to 116V4. or 2
points under Saturday- Like Union Pa
cific, there was a recovery from the
low point Just previous to the closing,
but. this la said to have come from the
Harriman -crowd, - . ..
- The teat -of the market was badly
affected and heavy declines were showu
in the price. - -.
FREIGHT WRECK' ON
- SOUTHERN PACIFIC
A freight wreck resulting In the de
railment of three boxcars took place on
the Southern Paclfio near Brooks early
this morning and delayed No. 18, the
Oregon express from San Francisco,
three hours. The wreck was caused by
a broken carwheel and the damage was
slight.
Extraordinary
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Here are to be found a number of
slightly used Pianos which are very
desirable .! instruments -- sweet tone,,
beautiful case designs, well-known
makes worth in many instances near
ly double the price quoted. -'
. Some have been taken in exchange
as part payment toward the beautiful
.Sohmer or a Hallet & Davt$", while
make, only slightly
..$167
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