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NO VIOLETS FOR LOVE OR MOHEV Florists Cannot Supply De TVilliam Mowry Killed by J . Macliiue Turning Over Three "Escape. mand for the Modest Flower at Any Price. DEATH MIEIIDS i AUTO RIDERS Oakland, Cel., Dec. 25. William Mow- t y, an aeronaut and member of the pio 4 neer family at Mowry'a Landing, near Stockton, vai Instantly killed early this rmorninff when an automobile in which w ne, iver jorgensen suiu .wu " ""' riding was upset on the Foothill boule Svard. Mowry's neck was broken. ? S , All : wre pinned under the car and Z were unable to mov until another auto- mobile party arrived at the scene and a lifted the machine by the use of jacks. Jorgensen and tho two woman were 5 only slightly injured. ': i The accident occurred near Hunter Inn. a roadhouse. , '. t ' The car waa going rapidly when one Of. the front tires exploded, throwing $ the auto out of Ha course. When the $ wheels struck the curbing: at the aide i, of the boulevard the machine turned cora- tpleteiy over. '.' . Jorgensen and. the women were bad llv stunned by the shock and were un- laun 10 uimq miivB'.wt Ihemaelve. -. , .'- " . , t When the second car approached the I driver waa first attracted by the cries S of one of the women. The big machine 3 was so heavy that It waa Impossible to move It until the Jacka were brought T Into play. . : J As aoun as the victims were removed 1 It waa seen that Howry waa either dead tor fatally hurt. ; . , ' ; , .v J The two women were .placed In the 2 second car and taken to Oakland. . ' k Jorgensen remained beside the body vi miller vhi . was notified by the members of the rescuing party. The doctpr aald death must nave been in Mowry was an engineer on the fa- fmous Morrill airship, , wmcn maae an J unsuccessful flight at Berkeley early last summer. He had charge of one . of the enginea on the monster air freak l and barely escaped death when the gas bar collapsed, injuring nearly all of the 1 passengers of the Ill-fated craft. fc The body waa taken to. the morgue ?at San Leandro. Jorgensen refused to give the names of the women who were in the car. : -.. - CHRISTMAS PACKAGES !. SWAMP POSTOFFICE ' - Hope springs . eternal- es- peclally at Christmas time. If you haven't got the Christ mas present you have been look ing for, perhaps you will get It yet. Anyway, don't give up hopes yours may . be among thousands of others that are ' piled up in the jostofflce and that will be delivered as faat as the carriers and a great force of clerks can sort them out. ! It ; will take four or five days for the- postal men to finish this job. : Christmas packages, the ma- ' Jorlty of which are registered, - began pouring into the Portland . postofflce night before last Every train brought ".loads and loads of presents. The - stuff simply came In five or six times as fast as it could be handled. As a result it was found neces- 4 sary to pile the several tons of matter in one part of the build- w ing. If there had been a force w of clerks and carriers five times as large in numbers as that now at work U would have been im-, possible for them to cope with the situation. v.. So cheer up you may get , ? it yours yet '' j TRAVELING PUBLIC WELL CARED FOR , Those of you' who had homes to go to today lust nafifrjaiy felt sort of J aorry for the traveling men and others J who were compelled to take their Christ 2 mas dinners at the hotels. But if you . 1 had seen the preparations and the busy ' ehefs at some of the hotela and cafes you would have realised perhaps that ,1 your sympathy waa not appreciated i.and you-would have envied the atran- gers within the gates, v -'J ' At the-Hotel Portland the grill is . decorated with three great evergreen trees and trimmed in true Christmas style with tiny electric lights and glit jt tering, glistening tinsel and all that sort of thing. About the walla there T is holly and mistletoe. Over in a cor ner, partly hidden behind a bower of Z ilms and leaves, an orchestra Is play Sing. There is, oh, so much to eat Tou k wouldn't believe it unless you were r lucky enough to be there yourself. Neither were the traveling man and S the other homeless ones forgotten at the Oregon. Each guest waa presented with a handsome memorandum book ? with his name in gold letters. Oreat J prepare lions for the day were also mado , at the Perkins and at all the other flrst-k- class grills and cafes In the city. ' No, yon at home, need not worry about the hotel gUesta who spent Christmas J day in Portland the hotel managers I. looked after them, you may depend upon that. t .- - J DAINTY BONBONS , J FOR PHONE GIRLS J, ' 1 : .... , If yon notice a sweeter tone t 4f .in the voice of your -private ex- i - change operator on the Home ' Telephone company a line this $ 0 ' morning you'll probably at- 4 tribute It to Christmas. Tou'll 4 be right, too. The company, fol- t lowing its annual custom estab- llshed last year, presented, every ( one of Its dainty girls with a 4 . dainty box of candy. .- jWhy Does It Cure . bbWbbbbb1bBsb1bb?- MsbbbsbbbbbbsMsIbsbbI sssBBBst bbbbVbHHMbbbbbbI ' Net because it Contains Sartaparilla, ; but because it is a medicine of peculiar? J merit) compoaed of more than twentyj J different remedial agents each flreatly ' strengthened and enriched by this pe .euliar combination. It effects phe. I nomenal cures of troubles of the blood, 'stomach, liver and bowels. . .' , . I Thus " IlrxxTs Sarsapartlla , -'cores '. rrrofula. ecsema, anemia, rheumatism, catarrh, nervousness, that tired feel Jiiff. JypP!. lo of appetite, and ;tu!!3s np the yatem. .v. There 1 no real substitute for. if. IT urged to buy any, preparation said to he ."Just as pood" you may b aure It - H inf e rler, cots lens to make, and ! jlil's the dealer a larger profit. ' - . H t ' I th otii iijQid form er la f .... . .,i t x '"-m e&.iod fruib. V " - Violets are scarcer in Portland now than rhey have been in years. Conse quently everybody, it seems, has been wanting the modest blossoms that are always so much in demand as soon as the flower of the football1 season., the gorgeous crys&nthemtmv has ended its sway. :- .,; .., .. , . California's supply of violets was cut short by frosts and the Portland flor ists have been utterly unable to meet the demand from their own greenhouses. There were a few en the market yes terday, most of which brought 75 centa a bunch. This morning violets eouldn't be bought for love nor money. "I have- had thousands of ealla1 for violets durlnar the la', few days." a well - known florist . ald today, "and haven't had enough to supply even my best customers. In most instances the people ordered something else and noon forgot the violet famine. Portland florists have had the best Christmas business on record. One of the big stores downtown did about 10 per cent more business than ever be fore on the day before Christmas. An other florist took tn so much money yes terday and had so many orders to at tend to that at noon today be had not had time to count his cash. Many of the florists and their assist ants worked all last night getting out the orders placed for delivery today. A lot of these flowers were sent out of town to the suburbs and smaller towns in the Immediate vicinity of Portland. There has also been a scarcity of roses this year. Owing to the shortage of this favorite holiday flower and the violet the florists have done a great business in th potted plant line. . One of the favorites this year was the poin setta. the Mexican Christmas flower, which is particularly-appropriate at this season of the year owing io wi that the gorgeous rea nracts usuaiiy retain their shape and color for months. The begonia Gloire de Lorraine, a beau tir.ii niant hMHni mvriads of pink blos soms, has also been greatly In demand. partly because It is new ana aiwsya i- tracts attention. . The amounts of money spent for flpwers during the last week will run thnnnnrififl of dollars. In tact. a goodly fortune was expended by the Portland, people for this luxury-r larger amount man ever- peiorn. ( , TRY TO PICTURE FISHER AS (Continued from Page One.) became suspicious of Finch, unjustly formed the belief that he was in dan ger from the man now on trial, ana de liberately invited Finch to his office to have it out with him. That tnis tneory oi u - " carry any wieigni wun nm jury ridlouled by the attorneys for the state. They say that this is the weakest and most preposterous defense of any that htve been suggested from time to time and apparently abandoned. ; Ifr is con -sldered remarkable that Finch's testi mony is entirely ainerent irom auot. Tjmi't MMnln, atstement before the jury as to what the defense expected to prove. - - :.i i - Ixrd told about Fisher s twice hitting Finch with the seal, of a lively scrim fa ee. of Fisher standing between Finch and the door where he might have escaped, of Fisher, the powerful of nhvaiaue. advancing on the less athletic and dased defendant But Finch told of being hit but once, he could remember no scrimmage. Fisher was never between him and the door, and Fisher was never out of hi; chair up to the moment he rose and leaned over toward the drawer of his desk, the moment the shots were fired. Hear Tinea in Silence. Although Finoh waa on the stand all day yesterday. Attorney Spencer did not finish his cross-examination, and the lanky defendant will resume the witness chair tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. He was under direct examina tion yesterday afternoon until 3:40, and then for nearly two hours was under a raking fire from the state's special prosecutor. ; . A silence- -unbroken, except by the defendant's voice marked the story of the killing as it was dramatically re cited. A large number of attorneys, men who knew both Fisher and Finch, and & large contingent of court house employes filled every foot of available room within the courtroom, and all bent forward to hear what the man tn the witness chair had to say in his own defense. Just after finishing his narrative of the shooting. Finch was directed by hi attorneys to suomit nis neaa ior ex amination by each juror. He passed np and down in front of the jury box. pointing "out to eacn man tne location or whEt he says is a particle of splintered Done, jarred rrom its place on i by the seal that Fisher threw from-Its place on the skull t him. At almost the same time the -hat Kinch wore at the time of his arrest, which is broken in front at a point to correspond with his damaged fore bead, was passed to' the jury for-Inspection. Both exhibits, the head and the hat, were carefully examined by the 12 men who will decide whether Finch shall live or die. Just after taking the stand In the afternoon Finch plunged into- his story of the shooting. Apparently avoiding It in the forenoon, he went into it with apparent eagerness in the afternoon, and hurried through so fast that his at torneys severs! times cautioned him to speak more slowly. He rsnswered all questions quickly, and pointed out lo cations or acted out the situations he was describing without hesitation. - Tale pf the Shooting. "Just as I stepped into the Mohawk building," he sat id. "8. 8. . Humphrey nteppedT In and spoke to me about the disbarment proceeding. He said it was too bad.' I asked either he or the ele vator boy the location of Fisher's of fice, as it had been moved to another part of the building since I had last viiii ted him. I walked rapidly to the offjee on the third floor and stepped In, almost to the desk occupied by a stenographer, whom I afterward learned was Miss Burkhart. She was sitting at her desk, with her back to the north wall of the Inner office, t asked her If Mr. Fisher was in. She said he was and as I had been invited to come over I took the liberty to open the door to the inner office and walk in. Miss Burkhart did not open the door or rise from her desk. "When I opened the door I said, 'Hello, Ralph.' and closed the door be hind me. He was sitting in his chafr and appeared to be busy writing or reading. The desk sat almost straight with-the wall, as I remember It a few inches nearer the partition than it is shown on the diagram here. Fisher half turned around and said. "What. do you want here? . - . 67 s Be Was Based. "I told him I came over to see if he would sign my petition end help me out a little. I talked a little fur ther, starting to tell him again about my circumstances and to plead with him. Then ha said, Oet out of here.' He grabbed a notary seal from his defc-itwas a nickel seal, flat and without a lever and hurled it back ward at me. He threw it back and ol er. : The seal struck my head and hat. and I think I turned my head a little, but it came so quick I. had no time to dodge. At first I. thought it was a gun. I Just saw a flash and the jam came at the same time. It sent me in .a- complete whirl, and I was dHKCd. ' -: - .- - - - - , "I do not know how long !twas, but - whn I cnine to myself mv back s egalnst the door. Whether I fell or not 1 I 4to not know. I was dared as to the immediate events after that ASSASSIN tzhp xfczl Quality li.'llfJt UTIijSllIil. H7 m : t B' iM l 1 v ''- BsSs.- i ssaaassssasrmsassssasswrilssi iss Tomorrow will be a time inferior sorts. Every value is one of exceeding merit - J .... ii 1 V f ' - 1 we"""" transcendental that all interested in the virtae of economy must appreciate and recognize their extraordinary importance anothe true signify The Blankets and Comfdiftes WONDERFUL BARGAINS Compare the follow ing special values with any found else where at the same price and you will readily see what we mean by "Best Val ues." The women of Portland have, by their liberal patron age, certainly signi fied their approval oi these clean-up offer ings. You cannot fail to be impressed with the precedented offering and one know of no other store that inducements as these. , ; ; ; , ' - A. ',';''.;. LOT 1 'Full size gray and white cotton Aa Blankets, specially priced for clean-up sale. 7uC LOT 2 Full size tan' cotton Blankets $1.25 values, extra wearing quality ; special, per , $1 00 LOT S A . line of extra large 12-4 gray cotton Blankets, $1.50 values; specially pricet Q LOT 410-4 single gray wool Blanket A light and dark; specially priced ...... OeJewU LOT 6 Full size, 11-4 light gray and fawn color wool Blankets; good wearing quality, A J fA per pair LOT 6 A line of new plaid jize, pretty colonngs, extra good values, specially priced, pair , , ; 4 . . . LOT 7 Full size Comforts, extra heavy fr dark colors; regular $1.25 values, special )uC LOT ft Full sizedComforts filledSvith white coti ton, covered with good quality soft finish f J A silkoline; special , , ... . : . ....... . .. ... .XaTlU LOT 9 Full size) extra heavy Comforts,1 covered with best . quality, sateen, plain centers, 'pretty flowered borders ; specially ( priced for A A this sale ..... ... '. . . . . f.'i crash. The next I 'realized T was against the door in a half crouching position, half down and half up. Then I saw Fisher in a position at his desk that I can iUjiatrate with a chair.. That was impressed on my mind 'indelibly. He was leaning over, practically outside of his chair. Whether he had been somewhere else and just gotten back there, or whether he was Just rising from his chair I ion"t know. Then I pulled my gtm from my right hand hip pocket, where I put it when I bought It. ''Fisher was going into his desk, the top drawer, I think, but it may have been the second one. I had been re liably Informed that Fisher had a gun, and when I saw him reaching otcr I fired the first shot. It missed him, I think. I veered my position a little, and a$ he did not stop I fired the sec ond shot, the one described by Dr. Gel iert, I inlnk. The third was an uncon scious shot. Just as the first shot was fired Miss Burkhart opened the door and screamed. . "Fisher partly fell over his chair and 1 went over and picked Tp my hat, which had been koncked oft by the seal. It was just west of the window, I think, but I cannot say Just the position. Then I walked into the hallway. I don't know how I got there, for I have no recollection of paaalng through the outer office. ' I remember the girl ran out ahead of me, and a little later I met somebody and asked htm to take me to the sheriff. ' "t hsd rallied to a supreme effort to save my life. I honestly thought ' be would kill me. I probably would have ?ot out of there if I had not been dased, or I was always close to the door, but the door was closed up to the time I fired the first shot. When t saw Fisher leaning over there it flashed through my mind, 'I am gone.' It was done In my own defense, as I then looked at it. - I had no malice toward Fisher, and not the least idea in the world that there would be any trouble when I went tn?re. I have never been a bluffer or a fighter, and I am not a believer In pgrHonal violence." . - ' ' " After this story of the shooting, Fineb was briefly led ovar the later of absorbing interest to everybody concerned in the securing of best merchandise at prices usually associated with ' icance of -Values to Values Ito Values tr fact that this 'is an un sure to please. We places before you such wool Blankets, full $6.00 events of the day. He said he could re-1 member llttla of what happened during "i nwi i our -or live noursr ie inougnt he went to the .police station, and - re membered entering the county Jail. . He did not have sense enough left to ask for a doctor .that evening, .but the next morning he asked bis cellmate and also Horace O. McKinley .to have a doctor called. -' - - -.v . The witness then told of a sore spot on his shoulder and a black and blue spot on the inside of his left knee and a bump on the .back' of his head, v He realized these Injuries Sunday morning, he said. He did not have them when he went to Fisher's office, and he has no knowledge as to how they ware in flicted. With this situation before them, the defense may argue that Fisher ssulted Finch at his leisure while the latter was In a dazed condition after the seal waa hurled, and -waa Just re turning to his desk when Finch "came to." - ' : Finch said he had an impression that he picked up the seal and put it back on the desk, but ha was uncertain about that. On cross-examination he attempt ed to describe the seal, saying it -"was without a lever and hinged at the back. This is not an accurate description of the seal, which waa shown to him. Us then said that he was mistaken about the seat in some respects, but. only saw it "in a flash." ;7v r Joror Aaks Questions. - Flnch said he could not describe the position in which Fisher's body fell. He , thought It plunged over close . to the desk, but be paid no particular at tention. Juror E. E. Howe became in quisitive on several points about the shooting, and askied questions that Finch answered. He aald be was not more than two or three feet from Fisher when the sesl was thrown. - The cross-examination, as far as de veloped, resulted largely in reiteration of Finch's earlier statements. He was nuked about a conversation with Deputy Sheriff Frank Beatty the night folldw lng' the shooting, arid several Impeach ing questions were ssked regarding it He denied that he told Beatty that he thought Usher was pointing a gun over I and truly unprecedented, and as a whole they form an aggregation so formidable and il . asss-a-i. .i ll " n n. I I .. sssmssmw , - se n si m "" "! " 111 - mammn i . u. .. Mimwh this most unusual merchandising event. WE OFFEE IN Outing; Flannel Underwear Hany Things at About Cost This is one of the very best times in the year to bick up real worthy things for almost nothing. ' It's just the lull that immediately follows the Christmas rush, and lXodds and ends are sweepingly re duced. W mention some. ' Women's Gowns $1.00, at $1.50, at ........ i .. . i . $2.00, at ...................... ; Women's Skirts ' . 1 i K . , - 1 ' . . . ;A line of women's Skirts, made of excellent quality outing flannel in solid colors, white, pink or C A blue or neat 'striped effects; 75c values, at.. 0UC ' - - : '.'-.'.- ' 'VV.'' Children's Gowns A line of children's Gowns, made of good quality material well made and neatly finished; reg- AO ular 75c ivalues, at . . : .y frOC ; ? . -i '. - . .. :. .;, Children's Sleepers A j showing of. children's Sleepers, made of extra quality Outing flannel, neatly finished; TegU' AQ lar 75calues, at fiOC ; Eaney Aprons AH fancy Tea and Chafing Dish AprfJns at about ; y2 regular' prices.; These dainty little garments are , r ' made of excellent material nd daintily trimmed; 1 with ,' pretty embroidery, laces and ribbon. Extra - good values at - " v V .-. ,'' . '.. " About One-Half Regular Price his shoulder, and denied that he said he .bought the gun because he had be come suspicious of Fisher. - He thought he mentioned th seal to Beatty, or that ha used the words ''gun" and "seal" Interchangeably,:. , Finch said - he did not- , remember bumping his bead on the bars of his cell when 'he first entered the county Jail. - He remembered the testimony on this point of Dr. G. B. Whitney, con victed -of manslaughter, and a witness for the defense, but could not say whether it was true or not. The state's attorneys are getting re buttal testimony in shape that they promise will "put kinks" in the testi mony of Vlnch and other witnesses for the defense. This will be in order aa soon as the defense rests its case, aomt time toroorrew. 1 The defense yesterday requested that the Jury be taken to the hospital where Mrs. Finch is said to be seriously III, and there hear her testimony. Judge Bronaugh said he knew nothing to au thorise such a procedure, "Out would di rect tnat her deposition be taken. The judge and an attorney from each side will probably go to her bedside today unless she is able to come to court. Floyd Matties, a watchman for the John Deere Plow' company, formerly of Eugene, told of being on Morrison street on the afternoon of November 28 and seeing C M. Kissinger at - a point opposite Fisher's, window, just about the time of the shooting. - FIBEMAX KILLED . j T IN TRAIN COLLISION Jolted Press Leased Wlre.i Spokane, ' Waah., Dec . St. The Bon ner's Ferry local passenger and freight train on the Oreat Northern collided near Almlra this morning. C Mackey, fireman, of Spokane, wss killed. Pas sengers badly shaken, but no others In jured. Mistaken order supposed to-be cuB. . - v.- Journal want ada, le a word. ' ' '"" ' A An After-Christmas Cleanup Sale in the Ivlen'B Department . Decisive Reductions on Smoking Jackets . SuiBpendersy .65 .08: .?i:50 Third Off Fourth Four th (t 1 A t Men's Gray Kid Gloves, 4) Xs A U EnH-h ITalre; RaiiIat. $1.50 Values 3 Q A Men's Kid Gloves in Brown and Tan, Hegrular 7flo Val ues for 4L0o . , ij b Men's tJndress'd Kid Gloves, SiUilned inOraysandTans, Beg. $1.50 Values, for the Clean-up Sale 166' - - ' ' ' - ' -: LITTLE' TOT III HEROIflE ROLE (Special Dlapateit to Tht tarsal) Oregon city, Dec 6. That her little daughter's intervention averted a mur der is the allegation of Mrs. M. Sutton of Milwaukie. In her complaint charg ing her husband with attempt -to kilL Constable Miles went to Portland last night and arrested C. F. Sutton, the busuand. employed as a barber in that city, who resides at Milwaukie. - Mrs. Sutton avers thai her husDana attacked .her while under the Influence of liquor Wednesday , night; that - he drew a revolver and attempted to shoot her, but was prevented by their daugh ter, who knocked the gun out of his hand and then picked it up and 'ran out of the house. ... ; ; ,.. MEXICAN SHOOTS (United Press teawa Wlra.1 San THea-o. Dec 16. Valencio Valgis. m. Mexican, shot snd killed John BuffellL an Italian cement -contractor, and wound ed Joe Mouedo, a oanenaer, ana a man named Botista while In a drunken frenzy here today. Valgis is under arrest. The Mexican Decame intoxicated ana Molledo refused to sell him raoTe liquor. Valgis drew a revolver and killed., one man 'and wounnea two Deiors ne waa taken into custody by the police. DENIED LIQUOR, Great eductions,, on all holiday ; y goods, Fancy, Neckwear, Comb and , Brush Cases Dolls, Books, Games ;, VI and all kinds of Toys.' , Itlufflers Gloves Now you can revel in bar-gains-t-now you can buy the longed-for - garments. It is the beginning of the great movement of clean up sales, and prices have crumbled. A hint to the thrifty : First comers get best choice. Here's the list . aV wwrmm v wasv Qgg.!2rcy 'gS On Alt VJU. Mufflers 01.15 SANTA CLAUS RIDES Oil IB OF A GALE- ' Much wire trouble was caused w in the city this morning by the e high wind and Portland Railway,' Light Power- company " em-' V ployea were kept busy, making Tepalrs. But , no V Instances of, w serious damage or injuries from fallen wires have' been reported The afind controlled the down e town streets and few people came out t,o, bra It, ; Hats and ". ' umbrellas, as usual, got the e worst of It except when '.. some ambitious owner tried to giva chase and fell In the mud.. '. . : The weather bureau recorded a to mils wind at S o'clock this- morning and it continued to blow strong throughout the day. It rained most of the time and the- rainfall of the past 24 hours will go, a Ions; ways -to give the die- trlct its average.' ' - :-v" V - The weather today is not un- usual for this time of year. It ' rwas much the same last Christ-. mas. A good fresh breeze, a ' bountiful downpour and moder- vate temperature. !". - ,-, Masquerade : Tonlg'tit: Muriark- hall, 'Twenty-thlrd and Washington streets. Assembly club. . ' - -W ' - ' - " , '