V THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND,'. SUNDAY-MORNING. JANUARY 3, ' 1909.
HEW APPEAL
IDE FOR
RELIEF
Governor Chamberlain Calls
- on Mayors of OregoirCities
I vana Towns to Assist 1
liaisintr Funds for Earth
tr quakeT Sufferers.
Text of Governor's Appeal
; To th Mayor of all the Citlea
and Tpwns of Or;on I earnest
,4 1? appeal to a-h and alt 9(7011
w to appoint committer.) to solicit
4 subscriptions for the relief of.
those' In suffering and In wylt
4 In. southern Italy and the Islands
adjacent thereto. Destruction
4 , by earthquake. Are and flood has
. been much greater than at flrst
4 reported and those who survive
4- are dependent upon the charity
4 of the world. I-t Oregon organ
4 le. and come to their relief with
4 ', open handed generosity. Appeals
. to our peoeple have never been
4 In vain -and I hope every city and
4 town in tbls state will respond
4 liberally. Send all remittances
4 to David M. Dunne, Portland,
4 and write to him for any lnfor
4 matlon desired. I have the
4 honor to remains yours respect
4 fullyt - '- . "i
4 GEORGES E. CHAMBERLAIN, .
4 ; Governor of Oregon.
'4
Inasmuch as the people of Oregon,
outside of Portland, have so far con
trlbuted only about $25 toward the re
lief of the earthquake sufferers of
"; southern Italy, members pf the com.
mittee having the work of raising a re
lief fund in hand called upon Governor
Chamberlain last night to Issue another
appeal to ' the people of the state.
Thereby It is hoped that the mayors of
. the different cities and towns will be
come mora deeply Interested In' the
matter and that the relief fund will be
larval waIIpA durlnar the week.
All told more than M000 had been
rnllctit and turned over to Colonel
David M. Dunne, treasurer of the relief
- committee, when the books were closed
last nlgbt. Of this amount, 13000 has
; already been telegraphed to koi
Jrom which city Jt will be aistriDut
VXnnia tlmit rturfnar the week addltloi
W money will be telegraphed to the chair
nt Via roller work in Rome. J
......... .. 1 r. tn n 'i fir ' T.N mm imn
houses of the city not yet reached will
h a tart art Mdtiaav momma uy a. -n-
Arata, John Cordanp and others Inter
sted in . the work.
nhMmliM tA Aid.
Special collections ior me mu
will un utacia " V '"UJ
churches. This move wHl undoubtedly
add considerable to the total. Enter
tainments and other means of raising
money are being considered by the
church members and others who have
taken it upon themselves to help in
some way the suffering Italians.
Ov the end of the week the commit
teemen hope that something like 120,000
will have been raised and started on
Its way to the other side of the world.
- Hut even then the work will not cease
If the earthquake sufferers are etlll In
need.
At McMlnnville and Oregon City the
cities started raising runds yesterday
unit la. la nvnected that several hundred
dollars will be rained in this way. Other
- towns, now that Governor cnamoeriain
has. issued another appeal for aid, will
undoubtedly follow.
Both the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies have agreed imp
handle all domestic messages pertaff
tn to relief work free of charge. Por
tions desiring to use this means of com
munication must have the approval of
the officials or tne autnorisea reiier
committee. Public Official who are
interested in the work will also have
th free use of the wires In this coun
try.. This will amount to quite a saving
as it will allow the relief workers to
communicate with the officials or me
Red Cross society.
Xdst of Contributors. .
Additional contributions received by
Colonel Dunne yesterday are as 101
Cash II, estate of Henry Welnhard
1300. C. it Henry $20. Tull & Gibbs
$35. Olds. Wortmarr & King $100
viler Piano House (20. Hewett Brad-
lev & Co. $6, E. J. Daly $5, Martin
Rchacht 15. O. Summers $5. I). C.
O'Relly $76, cash 12, Pasquallno Fer-
ettl S, f rancesco Arata so, josepn ai.
Healy $5, Harvey O'Brvan $5, Teal &
Minor $25. estate of D; P. Thompson
$50. Rafaelo Aconiano $5, M. C. Mace
15, Al. j. jones t, ti. u. ieonara ov, u.
J. Cooney $10. Pacific Iron Works $10,
Jarvey w. Bcott zu, u. w. Kppiey. t
m. $3, Columbia Chair Works $2, Blas-
hg uramte t.;o. . n. lieoes k to.
Portland Rice Milling company $10.
Blake. McFa.ll & Co.. 110. Townsend
Creamery company $2.60. Pacific Coast
Kubber company u, tuce rneian
$2.60, F. Zimmerman Co., $S. Portland
Marble company $2, Dr. C. F. Candlanl
$20, Frank Pozsl $10, A. Quelroll $5.
Charles Herbert $5, A. G. Long $5, cash
1, Paul Dsxhsel $10, Mrs. Richardson $1,
Sol Bloom $6. M. Bellinas $5. . W.
Eheahan $10, Sold Bfcck $26, James Glea-
son jio, Anderson tiros., iiu, A. Harold
$6, C. tr. Oantenbeln $6. Ansley Bros.,
$5, F. K. Fields $5, R. Chllcott $S, Mar
tin wmcn 2u, Lamport at wnitmer &
W. L. Nichols, Riddle, Or $2.60, Sacred
Heart ctHirch $20.96, Father Bartold
OJurrer z, u Bbea Bros., $40, McKln
ley Mitchell 1. Mrs. Julia (1. Dalv It
St. Agnes Convent of Mercy $10, Union
Meat company $26, Portland Furniture
company $5,
Contributions will be receipted for
and acknowledged at the Hlbernfa Sav
ings bank, which has been madr the
jieaaquarter or cplonel Dunne, treas
rer yOt 4he relief committee.
illLLLVERY SHOP
; BAI)LY SCORCHED
A fir, caused by an overheated elec
tric Iron in which the current hart nnt
we!LjMrned f U last night destroyed
$100T worth of the stock, of Mrs. Flor
ence Garrett, who has a. mininoru .nM.
on the fourth floor, of the Washington
buildings Fourth and Washington
streets. The damage to the building
was .about $200.
The blase started at 11:30. and the
-water poured In by the firemen quickly
extinguished the flames. An alarm waa
turned in from box 17.
- - Princeton Outplays Vale. '.
"(ITMrt News by Loajrest Leaked WIr.
' Pittsburg, , Jan. 8-The Princeton
horkev team outnbiveit the Tu a...n
again tonight, winning by a score of four
to nothing. Tale could not reach th
roal on account of tho guard work of
I'eacock. ...
j . . .. .. .
JEALOUSY AH
' 1CEI1TIIE
TO KILL
-
Etl Strickland, Baseball Pit
; eher, Mortally Wounds
Sweetheart and Supposed
Rival and Then Commits
. Suicide,
(Heant Kewt by Longeat Leawd Wtre.l
Greenville. Ind.. Jan. 2. ADDearlng
unhidden at a' nartv whtcK Mlaa Helen
Harris rave tonlsht at the home of her
father, Charles Harris, a wealthy farmer
near unandier, xno.. tM tstrickland, a
vounr baseball Ditcher, shot and mor
tal lv wounded his 'sweetheart. Miss Ida
Williamson; seriously -wounded his sup
posed rival, Aima ximmons, spa or
Chandler's' leadlnsr minister, ana then
utting the revolver .barrel In his mouth
llled ilmself JnsUnUy. .
Miss Williamson was 20 rears of
age and lived In Chandler. TImmons is
20 years of age, son of the Rev. R. E.
Timmons, pastor of the Methodist Epis
copal church of Chandler. ?
Strickland was 13 vesra of are mad
Pitched last season for the Zanesvllle,
hlo, team, in the Central league. He
had been signed for next summer by
Evansville. Ind. He made his home in
Chandler with his stepmother. ,
f or a year or more Strickland has
been attentive to MJss Williamson, who
was accounted the Drettiest a-lrl tin
Chandler, and was also popular In Green-
vuie.
When she Informed him that aha waa
Invited to the Harris party and was
folng with Alma Timmons, he became
urlously angry. " i
ii you go to mat party with Tim
mons," said Strickland, growing white
from rage, "I will come out there, in
vitation or no invitation, and kill you
both."
It was about 9:30 o'clock and the
arty was at its height when the front
door opened and Strickland, appeared in
the parlor.
Ida. he said, addressing Miss Wil
liamson, "you know what I said I
would do. I am here to do it."
Then auick as a flash, he drew hla
right hand from his pocket and fired
twice.
Miss Williamson and Timmons pitched
forward from their chairs and fell at
the- feet of their partners In the games
they were playing.
Strickland watted perhaps three sec
onds to assure himself that he had not
missed his marks and then put the Lar
rel of the revolver In his mouth and
pulled the trigger a third time. A muf
fled report and he had dropped dead
near the body of his sweetheart.
CAR CAUSED
; mm death
Coroners . Jury Finds Ko
Foul Play Sheriff
Not Convinced.
That Joseph Wanas was lying In a
drunken stupor on the car track New
Years eve oerore a Beiiwood car struck
him, but that his death was caused by
the car was the conclusion of the cor
oner's Jury which yesterday afternoon
listened to testimony for nearly two
hours. The verdict was tnat the accl
dent was unavoidable.
This verdict was reached largely be
cause it was shown tnat .wenas had, in
a fit of drunken anser. left the hall 1?
blocks away where he was to take place
in an amateur tneatricai performance
less than 30 minutes before he was
struck by the car at Mllwaukle street
and. Alnsley avenue.
ueBDite tne result or tna innueat
Sheriff Stevens' men are working on a
murder clue In connection with the
death of Wanas. This clue involves a
woman, and it is her actions before and
after the car struck Wanaa that are be
ing ..especially investigated.
A moment after the car Tatanned -with
Wanas' body under the wheels' this
woman, It Is said, rushed up to Robert
wamer. tne motorman. and cr ed ex.
cltedly. "My God, who was it that
creamed?' Walker, to get all the wit
nesses possible, asked her name, where
upon she suddenly changed her tone and
am sne nad heard no one scream. She
vanished in the darkness, but in another
minute was back again with the same
question. She seemed laboring under
tremendous excitement, but again re-
tuaeo to answer any questions.
The sheriff learned yesterdav the
identity of the woman who snoka tn
waiaer. ana ner nome. wmcn is at soma
distance from the scene, was visited last
evening by the deputies, It is under
stood.
KINO FIXES UP
TOMB HOUSE
Where Repose Remains of Predeces.
sors-r-Room no Longer
Sealed. "
London. Jan. 2. -In. view of the Itlne-'a
111 health It is a matter of curious In
terest that he has recently been a-lvino-
niui.ii attention to wnat is Known as the
Royal . Tomb House, which Is situated
beneath the Albert Memorial chapel, at
tvinasor uastie. rnis vault was con
structed by George III. It Is IS feat
deep and the stone roof Is suonorted h
massive octagonal columns, wnicn also
support ranges of stone , shelves upon
which the coffins are placed. .
Among those here interred are George
in, ueorge tv, .William iv, ueorge V,
(the blind king of the . Hanoverian
Queen Charlotte, Oueen Adelaide, . the
Duke of York, the Duke and Duchess of
Kent-and-many minor princes .and
princesses. Including an Infant child CI
fnnce anq rrincess unristian.
Originally the grave Into which wvra
lowered the coffins destined to be placed
in tne rtoyaj uomD House was beneath
the choir pavement In St. George's
impci, juBt in iron i ui tne altar steps.
This stone was sealed and' the Tnmh
House - was never entered except when
tne runerai or a royai peraonaara took
place. . . :
ziawara sua iwin sums.
When .Klne Edward, came to th.
throne he developed a marked tendency
for vislttne the tomb house, whloh
contained. the remains of his predecess
ors, and these visits he has recently re
sumed. Whenever his majesty desired
to make the descent a mason had to be
renutaltloned to "roll awav" tha ttnna
jknd tha vault was explored by means of
aujte lanterns. - . ... .-
The vaults themselves have also been
considerably renovated. . The stone
shelves (wnicn are in tiers of three)
have been enclosed by massive Iron
gates, on each of which how appears a
brass plate, bearing an Inscrltotlon atnt-
lng whose remains the huae coffin ran.
tain. .,- .. . . .: '
THUS WIFE :
GillED ilLIVE
Italian Secures Exhumation
; Permit Sees Horrible
: Sight in Dreams. .
- 'TTnltee Press Leajea Wire.l
New York. Jan. .2. Ever since Mrs.
Oerardo Tramatola was burled, Novem
ber0. members of the family have
been dreaming that -"sheWas- interred
alive. So suro In their dreams are her
relative that tndav Gerardo 'I Tamltoia
of Newark went to the city hall and ap
Dlled for a writ to. have the body -exhumed.
It was granted and the grave
will be opened Monday.
Mr-wtfe-was'suppoBwi to nave oiea
of paralysis." the- widower said. ''But
the night she was buried my daughter
dreamed that she saw her mother and
that her mother told her that a white
veil, burled with her. , was choklni her.
The next night I had the same vision
and since then half a dosen blood rela
tives of the family have told ma of sim
ilar dream a"
If the body has moved since neing
put Into the casket it will b taken
as evidence that she was alive when
buried and was strangled in the grave
by the white veil which was shrouded
about her throat and head. w
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NEW BOOKS FOR THE
LIBRARY
The followln new books may be ex
amined at the public library during this
week, and will be ready for circulation
Monday, January 11;
BIOGRAPHY.
Bancroft The Life and Letters of
George Bancroft; by M. A. V. Howe. I v.
1808. .
Church Memories of men and books.
1908.
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots The
History of Mary, Queen of Scots; by F.
a. Mlgnet. Kd. 7.
BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
BaudrillartHlstolre du Luxe. 4 v.
Brand! Die Renaissance in Floreni
und Rom.
Drummond Nyt Lys Over Gmle Sand
heder. Idwald Valdemarstoget.
Maeterlinck L'intelligence des fleurs.
Riehl Die Naturaeschlchte Des
Volkes Als Grundlage Einer Deutschen
Soslalpoltttk. v. 1.
Hvendsen samaritnjaip.
Werner Fruhlingsboten.
DESCRIPTION AND ' TRAVEL,
tenock The AnJes and the Amazon:
Life and Travel in Peru. Ed. 2. 1908.
Gordon Round About the North Pole.
1907.
Harper Rural Nooks Round London:
Middlesex and Surrey. 1907.
Johnson Highways and Byways of
the Pacific Coast. 1908. -
FICTION.
B1ornon Heritage of the Kurts. .
De La Pasture. The Gray Knight.
Ilarker His First Leave.
Hood Tales of Old Sicily.
Roberts The Young Acadian; or The
Raid From Beausejour.
Rosenkrants The Magistrate's Own
Case.
Snalth William Jordan, Junior.
FINE ARTS.
Belcher Essentials in Architecture;
1907.
. Desmond ft Frohne Building a Home;
a Book of Fundamental Advice for the
Layman About to Build; 1908.
ttdminster structural Drawing; isoy,
Hum rortraits and . portrait paint.
Ing. 1907.
Lasker Common, Sense In Chess, n. d,
Welngartner Post-Beethoven Sym-
phonists; Symphony Writers Since
Beethoven; tr. by Arthur Bles. n. d.
history:
Eaton Grant, Lincoln and the Freed
men; Reminiscences of the Civil War
1907.
Jenks When America Was New: 1907
Urusov Memoirs of a Russian Gov
ernor; tr. by Herman Rosenthal; 1908.
LITERATURE.
Babbitt Literature and the AmaHcan
college; Assays in Defense of the Hu
inanities: 1908.
Halsham Idlehurst; a Journal Kept
in the Country; ed. 2; 1908.
Robertson Modern Humanists; Socio
logical studies of carlyle, Mill, Emer
son, Arnold, Buskin and Spencer; 1908.
SCIENCE.
Hasklns & Macleod Organic Chem
Istry; 1907. X.
Jenkins & Deoue Handbook for ntn.
tlon Picture and Stereopticon Operators:
1908.
Winslow Elements of Applied Micro
scopy; a xextDooK ror Beginners; 1905.
SOCIOLOGY.
Aves Cooperative Industrv: 1907.
Bullock, comp. Selected Readings In
Economics: 1907.
Burstall English High Schools for
uiroa; n ueir Aims. Organization and
USEFUL- ARTS.
Bashore The Sanitation of Recrea
tion Camps and Parks; 1908.
Do Lay Manual of Bookkeeping:
1906.
Lodge Modern View of Electricity;
sd. 3, rev.; 1907.
McCullough Engineering Work In
Towns and Small Cities; 1908.
Thomas The Ventilation, Heating and
Wilson The Sea Rovers: ln
Books added to reference department:
jiiieriiHuuiim leiioooK company in
ci iiauuiiai ijiuniry ot lecnnology: v
98-98. 6B, 6B. 34C.- 35B. : 1908.
Muther History of Modern Painting:
rev. ed., 4v.; Ifi07.
Thesaurus Linguae Latlnae; v. 1-2
nu inuex; Avuu-ua.
BOYS DESERT STREET;
GOVERN OWN CLUBS
A Ine Organizations Have Been
Formed in the Tenement House
Districts of Philadelphia.
PhlladelnhlA. Jan.. ilihnnih it
nun nren in AviaTanra fin i v ainpa Mnw
last, the Social Center society of Phil
adelphia as done much to better the
conditions or tne boys living in the
tenement house districts of the city. The
society . organises the "street gangs"
into clubs, meeting every week In the
neighborhood in which the "a-ans" r.
sides. The club Is governed entirely by
mo uuj a inemaeives. I ney are modeled
after Mrs. Humphrey Ward's clubs In
London, and aim to prevent the boys
from being brought before the Juvenile
court.
."At present the society, which is com
posed wholly of volunteer workers, has
nine ctuos, eacn witn a weekly attend
ance of from 20 to 80 boys. The clubs
have no connection with reach other.
as the plan of the Social Center society
is not to let tne memoers in tneir care
think that It la trying to keen them out
Of mischief...
A arymnaslum class f or bovs is held
everv Thursday nlaht. In the o-vmnaalum
of the Young Men's Hebrew association.
1816 Master street, and is extremely pop
ular. At tne ciuua a regular routine is
followed at every . meetlnor. thirst a
business meeting: is held, which a eon-
ducted strictly in conrpllance with par
liamentary law, by officers elected by
the boys themselves. After the business
is over games are played, one of the or
ganisations being- the - proud possessor
of a bagatelle board. Basketball gamoa
are often held and in the summer the
boys go Out to the park to play base
ball every week.
The aoclety aims to teaoh nothing, but
to have self-s:overnmententirw Thev
have no paid workers, but members of
the society, more than. 16u organise and
look after the clubs themselves. " The
society hi supported entirely by volun
tary contributions, -v,
SITS
EVERY U.S.
cm
Ha&'e No Cause to Be Proud
of Progress--Aims Swing
ing: Blow at Harriman and
Belittles. Ruef's Trained
Grafters;
Hert Newi br Loogest Leued Wire.)
PhlladelpnU, Jan. 2, "Abe Ruef waa
never the political boss of San Fran
cisco, neither was W. F. Herrln, head
of the legal department of the South
ern Pacific railroad, Ruef s fiscal spon
sor. Herrln was a tool. Ruef a dis
bursing agent E. H. Harriman waa
the boss, the corruptionlst, and he
played that .part because he wished
to exploit the California public for the
purpose of achieving his own selfish
ends," said Francis J. Honey of San
Francisco, prosecutor of Abe Ruef. con
cluding a forceful arraignment at the
City club today Just afterjuncheou. The
memDers wno naa met to near mm.
almost arose to their feet in their en
thusiasm and cheered him for a hun
dreu seconds. ,
Xntroaueea Hny.
Introducing him, George Burnham,
president of the club, recalled the fact
that Wayne McVeagh, former attorney
general of the United States had once
said that this country had more to fea4
from the black flag or corruption than
from the red flag of anarchy. "Wher
ever there Is a corrupt legislator,"' de
clared Mr. McVeagh at that time, "there
must be a corruptor and tho corruptor
is usually a man wnose position in lire
gives htm a commanding social and po
litical influence."
Mr.' Heney seems a minute 'later to
have taken this for his f?r )" a11
he said he dwettrupon the necessity of
reforming political abuses by cleansing
.the stream at tta fountainhcad.
"In the Pacific coast city all corrup
tion flowed from two sources. On the
right hand- we had the public service
corporations, corporations that wanted
something from the public for nothing
and on the left we had disorderly
houses and dives. And, strangely
enough, although the so called best citl
sens were at the head of the corpora
tions, these two sinister Influences were
Joined in an unholy wedlock, the pur
pose of the union being a prolific Issue
of ill gotten dishonest profit,
"The political boss (Ruef) was only
an echo of the real boss, the business
men who wished to exploit the people.
"But even the public service corpora
tions locally were echoes. Behind them
was the Southern Pacific railway with
W. F. Herrln at the head of the legal
department. And Herrln was also a
tool. His boss was In New York."
Here Heney uttered the scathing ar
raignment already quoted In which he
referred to all the ramifications of San
Francisco graft radiating from a com
mon New York center.
w, . wnvrs unraoa.
"We in America," continued Mr.
neney, -nave no great cause to De proua
of the Drosrress we have made in do
litlcal reform during a national life of
nearly a hundred and fifty years.
"The reason Is not far to seek. The
best brains of this country are not ac
tive in the work of solving civic prob
lems. They are dedicated to mammon,
and too. often thev strike at the very
foundation of popular government by
methods that would not bear the light.
When brains begin to take an Interest
In the country's welfare then it will be
no longer 'necessary' to corrupt legisla
tors to follow the line of least resist
ance. "I believe that in some western states
a radical departure from old time po
litical methods will In time make cor
ruption impossible,"
FIFTY 3IILLI0NS
COFFEE REVENUE
Proposal Before Ways and Means
Committee S Cents a
Pound.
Washincton. Jan. 2. A dutv An mt-
fee as a revenue tax Is understood to
be under serious consideration by the
ways and tneana committee.
Whatever action tha cnmmltht mm v
decide upon will have to take its
chances both in house and senate, and
mere is strong feeling that such a tax
would be unpopular. Therefore, with
respect to this particular question of
Imposing greater taxes upon the break
fast table, the committee will hv n
means determine what Is to be done, for
the members of both houses will have
much to say.
suear is alreadv heavilv tmet. ani
the tax is a great producer of reve
nue.
The situation, however, is one In
which the ways and means committee
In the work of tariff revision finds It.
self compelled lo consider two widely
diverging purposes.
une is to so readjust tne tariff sched
ules as may result in equal treatment
of all producers and consumers, without
the .slightest regard for revenue; th
other to find such new taxable articles
as will aid in making up the rapidly
Increasing deficit in the finances ot the
nation.
it is estimated tnat a , tax or rive
cents a pound on coffee would ' pro
duce 50,000,000, and, such an addition
to its income is greatly needed by the
treasury.
it is tnougnt to do probable that
some of the methods resorted to In the
Spanish war period may be renewed.
For war Durooses the tax unon be.ir
waa Increased $1 a barrel.
When the subject la considered for
action, strong pressure will be exerted
against any proposition to Increase the
cost of necessaries. It Is believed that
in the nresent state or the country that
action by congress which would Increase
the cost of pare-iiving would not only
prove unpopular, but would be resented
by the general public
Tariff- revision nas oeen inflated unon
largely as a measure of relief to the
consumer.
It will nrobablybe found. If the ausar
schedules, are properly examined, that
sugar Itself may be made more produc
tive to the government than it is now,
and this without any Increase of taxa
tion. Much sugar might Do imDorted Into
the country ready for consumption and
still not classed as refined sugar.
through the removal of the ' color re
striction upon imports, which operates
secretly for the benefit of the trust.
FURNITURE STORE IS
DAMAGED $75,000
" 'I ' ' '-
(Special Diipitcb to The Journal.) '
Vancouver. B. C. Jan. . . 1 A.
Smith's furniture store waa badlv dam
aged by fire early tonight The blase
spread inougij tne Duitaing ana the
firemen had a strenuous fisht tor pre
vent the flames spreading to the adjoin
ing- nuiinings.- Tne damage is estimated
at-$75,00. Several firemen were In
jured during the fire, but none seriously.
Frost Is the-enemy most dreaded bv
concrete builders. -
PARSONS
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Popular Portland sportsman, who
Is a candidate for appointment of
state game warden.
QUEEREST DEATH
PACT Oil RECORD
Man Agrees With Wife and
Stepsons, With His Life
as the Forfeit.
(United Treu teased Wire.)
Colusa, Cal., Jan. 2. L. Tate was shot
dead by hla stepson, J. R. Parker, at a
farm owned by Mrs. Tate, three miles
from Colusa,' at 10 o'clock tonight.
Parker, without warning, fired two
charges of shot into Tate's back at close
range. He claims the act was agreed to
between himself, Tate, his mother and
his brothers, five months ago, when,
according to his story. Tate agreed to
leave his wife and stay away, it being
agreed that Mrs. Tate's sons might
shoot him without warning should he at
any time retur! to the ranch.
He returned recently and had been
Staying at the ranch assisting his wife's
sons to conduct It, He and Mrs. Tate
were attending a show at Colusa last
night and returned home shortly before
10 o'clock. Tate was unhitching bis
horse when he was snot
I He was 42 years old. Parker is 85
and has a wife. They live on the ranch
, with Parker's, mother.
Mrs. Tate's first husband, whom she
divorced, was a prominent rancher of
Glenn county. - - - '
Politics atjd
Politicians
Speakers of national reputation will
address the Lincoln Republican club of
St Paul at Its annual banquet in Feb
ruary. Warren Garst, the new governor of
Iowa, Is a native of Ohio. He began
life keeping a general merchandise store
and afterwards was a farmer and bank
er. In New Hampshire as a' result of the
November elections, there will be but
25 "wet" towns out of a total of 230
after May 1 of next year.
The senatorial contests to be decided
by the state legislatures meeting in
January have narrowed down to tha
ones in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
and Indiana.
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Representative James F. Burke of
Pittsburg, one of the prominent candi
dates for the seat of Senator Knox, is
41 years old. a graduate of the Univer
sity of Michigan and a-lawyer by pro
fession. I
This year 12.J54 women .registered in
Boston to vote for school committee.
Twenty-nine years ago, when the priv
ilege of voting at these elections was
first granted to women, only 900 regis
tered, ana ror tne ronowing nine years
the average was only 1000.
George W. Wickersham, who has been
mentioned for the position of attorney
general in tne lart caoinet, is a proml-1
nent New York lawyer. His most re-1
cent connection of public interest was
his work as counsel foi" the receivers
of the Knickerbocker Trust company.
The six Democrats of Indiana who as
pire to the seat of United States Sena
tor Hemenway are John W. Kern late
candidate for vice president; state' Sen
ator T. E. Black of Franklin, former
Congressman Benjamin F. Shively of
South Bend. John E. Lamb of Terrs
Haute, Major O. V. Menales of Mount
Vernon and Edward Q. Hoffman of
Fort Wayne.
While the terms of 31 senators, more
than one third of the entire body, will
expire on March a next, 18 of this num
ber already have been elected again or
assured of reelection, either by primary
contests or by pledges of a majority of
the membership of the several state
legislatures charged with the duty of
electing senators before the beginning
VI me ne&i L-ungreiB.
The election of lonorable Kugene Hale
of Maine as Republican leader of the Uni
ted States ae.pate, which carries with It
the chairmanahm of the ant nmmit.
tee on appropriations, formerly held by
... . . ..... m.im.u . ui Auwa, rccaua.
the fact that out of the 41 years that I
the appropriations committee has exist- i
ed, the chairmanship Jias been held fort
years vy senators irom Maine and
Iowa. The Maine nredece
Hale was Senator Lot M. ' Morrill, who
served as chairman from 1869 to 1871
and from 1873 -to 1879.
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During theJlrst 4wo weeks In Jan
uary the state legislatures will meet In
Wyoming, Wisconsin. Arkansas, Califor
nia. West Virginia, Washington, Connec
ticut Delaware. Idaho, Utah. Texas,
Tennessee. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, South
Dakota, South Carolina, Rhode Inland.
Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Mlcl..
gan, Minnesota. Missouri, Montana New
Hampshire, Nebraska, New Jersey,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon,
Pennsylvania and New 'York. Later 1n
the year tha legislative bodies will as
semble In Arixona, Florida, Georgia, Ok
lahoma. New Mexico and Nevada.
After a series of' experiments .the
naturalists at the Zoological park at
Washington, D; C decided that most
of the reptiles. Including the serpent,
have extremely abort ranges--of" vision
and hearing, -v. V,
Ml HAHU FOR
REAPPOUIT
Astoria Postmaster Circu
lates Petition; Political
Fight Imminent.
(Special Ditptteb to The' Journal.)
Astoria, Or., Jan. 2. Postmaster John
Habn this everting announced that he
will beji candidate forreappointment
to the office. DuHng the past few
days he has secured the signatures of
several hundred leading men to a peti
tion which he will Dresent to the nnatnl
authorities.
Mr. Hahn was apoointed four veara
ago at the Instance of Senator Fulton,
but it is known that he will be bitterly
opposed by Fulton now. Frank J.
Carney la mentioned as a prominent can-
ornate ror tne place, ana it Is also said
that Charles Halderman, private secre
tary to Fulton, is likely to get the
place. j
'mere is some conjecture that Bourne
may try to take a hand in the matter,
as a back fire to Fulton's holdup of
the Portland appointment.
PORTLAND GIRL
III SAN JOSE
Jessie Kinsr "Identified
M'
Postal Photo and De
tective Arrests Her.
(Retnt Nwi by Losseat Leased Wire.)
San Jose, Cal., Jan. 2. A postal card
to a friend in Portland bearing the
tamp of San Jose haa brought a detec
tive from that city here in an effort to
locate Jessie King, a pretty 17 year old
girl, who disappeared from her northern
home about three weeks ago.
The detective gave no motive for the
disappearance of the girl and stated
that he has been working in the adrk
until he received the information from a
friend of the girl that she was here.
The post card is a reproduction of a
picture of St. James park and It beari
only a small Inscription In tha girl's
hand writing. It said: "Am having a
fine time Jpssle."
The girl la the daughter of a retired
and wealthy contractor of Portland. The
family lived in luxury and they can
f;ive no reason for the sudden manner
n which she left home. The girl when
last seen by her parents had left pre
sumably for a matinee performance at
the Hellig theatre. '.;
ITALIAN DOIT
Buffalo. Jan. 2. Dorando quit in the
nineteenth mile of his Marathon race
nKnuiBi iongooat in tne Fourth Regl
ment armory here tonight. After i
mnm nrhinu . n n t n . v. . .
--'--" '"-. p. t.in ibd vn u mil m a
riUnnl h.nnlr.. .Ha 1.1.. . . . .
- - , .o , hi,, a,, wuifl nini into
such a state of fatigue that after he
covered the sixth lap of the eighteenth
no no iumea irom tne tracK ahd
threw himself Into the arms of his
brother.
It was so unexpected by the specta
tors that no one realised what had hap.
aened until Longboat was seen flying
- . si"iio ana uoranao
was climbing through the ropes to his
dressing room.
Longboat fell in the second mile and
so badly Injured his knee that It be-
awuiicn m me twentieth mile
and he walked several laps before re
suming the run. From the moment
Oorando quit until the Indian broke
the tape in a final mile sprint the big
armory resounded with deafening cheers.
The pace was a killer, all Madison
Square Garden records up to the time
the Italian quit being broken, at the
eighteenth mile the runners being four
minutes ahead. One of the most en
thusiastic, spectators was Longboat's
Indian bride who sat In a box at the
fintah lln. Th. T 1 ..... - . 1 -
. ........ . ' " w .Lilian iiuiB VVIfB
tnree nours, three minutes and
seconds. ,
24
INDIAN MAKES
More Good News L
For Piano Buyers
Attention Again Centers at Eilers Piano House A Number of
Weil-Known Special Art Design Pianos' Purchased for the
Holiday Trade and Delivered to Us Too Late to Put on Display
Will Be Closed Out This Week at Greatly Reduced Prices.
High-Grade Makes and Fancy Designs Included, at Prices That
Make Purchasing Now a Positive Duty All Should Be and
Probably Will Be, Gone by Next Saturday Evening.
When a great piano house each as
Eilers announces unusual bargains, it
is sufficient to. attract the attention of
everyone who wants a piano. When It
Is promised that these bargains aro
truly extraordinary, it is safe to pre
dict that the public will lose no time In
taking advantage of this offer.
During the- coming week we are de
termined to make special efforts to find
homes for these choice pianos, that have
come to us too late for our holiday trade
and which we cannot afford to carry
over to next season, - .
Among the different ; well " known
makes included In this ' sale wilt be
found a popular Pease uptight In beau
tiful mahogany case; , a Hobart M.
Cable; three superb Bush & Gerts
pianos, hand carved designs In walnut
and mahogany cases; an old reliable
Decker & Sons; a splendid mottled wal
nut cased orchestral Crown clano: an.
other Crown in beautiful mahoranvl
case; tnree art styiea oiury az viara in
San Domingo mahogany and quarter
sawed oak; there Is also one beautiful
Lester piano left.
The above mentioned makes" are only
a few of he many art style pianos
offered during" "this special clearance.
We'll not tell you that you can get one
of these beauties for - half price, but
come and see we are- sure you will be
one of the very first buyers. The op
portunity to secure so choice and
exquisite a piano at the great saving we
are offering will probably not be pre
sented again. .-:-"' .-.
VSSO GBASDB IWCtTOEB.
In connection with the extraordinary
bargain features offered above, we have
inaugurated also one of the greatest
clearance sales of used grands in the
history of our store, including; such well
known makes a tte ftwk, Knahe. Les
ter, Kranich & l',nrh: Stcinwsv, etc.
These grands have with, lew ixw?
tlons been tak-n in ex l a as 1 t
payment toward l'ianol.- I i-moa ;:-.j
eht-r nd t'hit korinj l! imIh, 'i s r , .
in evtry instiiine r--r .-! - -
LET THERE DE
SOLID
SOUTH
l ait confesses Ambition to
Be Instrumental in Break
ing Up Dixie Land Politi
callyire Talks to Ala
bamans. "
'United Press Leued Wire.)
Aiia-nara nn Tan 9 r-.... i ...... . ni -
Taft tftrinV uAmiai1 th. 4
great object of his life to change the
a, iviupKiiuii r mj soiid soutn.
int. aa ha .,nl In.H . .. . . i. i . nA l
... " .......... ... iiia-aa i L.
as In certain other sections of the Vni
, states, aeoataoie ground on eleo-
Wis".
Tha-naaah 1. J m 'Aei
most important Judg T ft has t
lJf .n .the PRrt of delegation from
Birmingham, Al that he reconsider
his own personal feelings and visit that
city before he returns to Washington,
The Invitation was delivered by General
Rufus N. xiiiodes, who said In part: '
"We men of Birmingham regard the
result of the last election as a bene
diction from God Almighty himself to
the people of .the south over their own
rjmteat ...
Taft was plainly moved by the fer-
V'pnrv tit tha biitumiI k., k .. i . - . .
original intention and declined the In-
iwiiwi. i iirgmiini, nowever, mat
if possible he would go to Birmingham
en route home from Panama. But if
not. he would surely go there after ho
was inaugurated, he declared.
"Of course, I am touched by your
earnest words," he said, "as it' is an
i .t ' -;"a " inougniiui men
of the south, of the earnest hope that
u l n in nui 10 taae one political
complexion or another, but that It is
to become a place where politics is, as
in the rest of the country, a debatable
proposition. Politics should be, here
a elsewhere, a subject to compel the
a.LT,i.ivii ui everyone. ' .
Tart th.n 1.mi i ... v . , . ..
tlon to tour the south soon after his
lu.uuuraiiun. xie tnen said:
revnliitfin- a, a t , 1 1 . c
litlcal movement that is very much in
C.L . V oouiiuu ui me soutn.
What I welcome is an agitation which
means tnipnnni4.nn. t .n,fnn .1. . 1.
... ......... ....... .. -luii, v 1 1 c, v in
all. If the party of which 1 am thu
representative were to succeed In con
trolling two or three states in tha
aputn, it wouia Dy no means Inure -to
tha -Mnnf1t A thai- nantw t. . .
. , --------- v, .uw. ilv,i iiiv i tsitaun
that the solidity of the south's vote on
election day has made a number of
states In the north solid for our partv.
11 T fiava la Ha h.n. . V. . . 1 1 i .
approaching when there shall he no
.iv, .. . . v ,,u in, 1 1 vy , cam, 1 1, wrat, eu
far as political lines and subdivision
are concerned."
Taft then paid high tribute to the
welcome he had received iu the "heart
of the south," where he is resting. ...... ".
PICTURE CARDS
PUZZLE SLECTIIS
Annoymous postcards bearing ' the
photograph of Herman Sen warts, alias
Charles Braun, who was convicted and
sentenced Thursday for holding up the
conductor of a Rose City Park car the
night before, were received by Sergeants
Keller and Kienlln yesterday.
Across tha corner of each card la
written "Happy New Tear to you guys,
from a friend of the driver," referring
to Schwartz, who la the picture is
shown seated in an automobile, a
machine of the photograph gallery var
iety. The hand writing is apparently
that of a woman.
Keller and Kienlln, who arrested
Schwarts after a struggle In a north
tna longing nouse, are in aouot Whether
the cards are a threat or a note of
congratulation. ;
PERSONALS
Rohrt T? T. KiMr11
for Kansas City, Mo., for a three
other xelatives.
money saving opportunity and rings,
nient Wl-? Eilers senti-
SSnly's vv-orVh'6 M Th'n
aV.??1 p.r?5?of. tn Brands nga
from 4900 to 11150, but they are marked
during this sale as low as tzss up.
the lw Prices quoted, the term
reall should be cash, but our object ts
to Insure quick selling Just now; hence,
well not haggle oyer terms. If you
have $50 or 10 to pay down, alt well
and g"od; If not, bring fio or J15 and
we will send a fine piano to your home.
Balance monthly or . otherwise to suit
your convenience.
Some people, wait to buy a piano until
they have all rash, and never get one.
Others pay a little, down, the balanoo
monthly, and soon own the instrument
little realising where the money cam
from to buy ft. You pay far lees now
than the usual cash price, even though
you buy on terms, and will have, the uh
OTJ OUAKAJfTEE.
: Remember, i the famous Kllers guar-
antee of "money back if not anlist
tory accompanies; each ptamt sui.i 'i h
usual factory guarantee also with a
free exchange agreement if, afti-r on.,
year's trial, you are riot, satisfied wt'n
your piirchane. iiverr plan.i t thia
house stands back of every tuber onu- n
guarantce not only that you your
mnnv'R wm-lh l,nt ,i,.f .. .,i
satiatied with the piano from your' o'u
, icnfri'lfl,,
No matter what yo'nr f-v
be, we ran nk nt,i-: ..,
are 1cternin-1 to k, i i , i ' , , ,
pianos Rod t. r--..t v ' - . , .',
abln offtr.
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