The Oregon daily journal., May 21, 1909, Page 2, Image 2

case soon TO
BE IN HANDS
OF JURY
Ei-Cashier Straus Takes
Witness-stand and Says
;.He Was Made Fall Guy
i When Shortage in Funds
Was Discovered.
Charles A. Straus, placed on the wit
ness Bland In his own defense before
tha federal court today, testified In
ringing tonea to hla evidence of the
charts - that ba ever embeszled any of
the funda of the Portland postoffice. Hs
denied point blank that hla flrat lay
off, taken April 18, was made necessary
by celebration of the election on April
17, 1908, bat that It waa because of tha
erlous condition of his eyes, which had
been giving him great trouble for sev
eral months.
At that time. April 18, Straus de
clared, he had the certain knowledge
that he waa going blind. He had al
ready visited an oculist, a specialist In
his line. -who had declared that his tana
waa desperate and that there was ab
solutely no hope of his ever recovering
any strength of vision, but that on the
other hand. It would be only a matter
of daya until he entirely lost his night.
.At this Juncture the specialist. Dr.
John Nlcholaa Coghlan. was placed on
the witness stand and his testimony
confirmed the statement of Straua. Dr.
Coghlan added that Straus came to aee
him on April 14. 1908, and that he had
told him In order to conserve his eye-i
sight he must give up his work. At
that time Straus had about one tenth
normal vision, the cause of his trouble
being a gradual atrophy of the eye--balls.
Ktrii In s-lvlnar an outline of his life.
stated that his first employment In t
Portland was as fireman, driving a hose
cart. Later he became clerk of the
circuit couTt under Dan J. Moore, and
still later obtained employment at the
.postoffice aa mall collector. In the post
office he was promoted from one posi
tion to another until he became cashier.
round Old System in Tog-ue.
- Coming into the office as cashier he
found a rather antedated system of
bookkeeping to which be conformed him
self. The great amount of work and
"' the deficient . equipment furnished
caused much delay so that no report
for any quarter was ever gotten off
on time.
After Straus had taken ft vacation be
cause of his eyes. Postmaster Mlnto
brought to him the first information
concerning the shortage In the stock
room. Later the Inspectors took up
with him the shortage of $4090 In the
cash account.
. "I took their word for the shortage,"
testified Straus. "I believed In them
then as I believed they had faith tn
me. I still have that faith In them,
and believe their checkup was correct
in showtnar a shortage. I simply can
not explain what was the cause of that
shortage. .since I know I did not get
i the money. I told them then that I
was the fall guy, but that I waa not
to blame for the condition of the cash.
I thought that possibly Miss Bollman
had made some mistake In making up
the accounts. She was comparatively
new to the work; there was a great
1 mass of detail for her to handle and
there would have been no surprise had
she missed In some places."
"Did you take at any time any of
the funds of the postoffice, and If so
: have you any money now in your pos
session belonging to the postoffice or
anywhere else other than to you?"
questioned Attorney John F. Logan.
To both of these questions Straua an-
- awered emphatically no.
- Cross examination of Straus was left
unui ine anernoon session. It is con
sidered probable that the case will
go to the Jury tomorrow.
Part of the morning session waa
taken up in hearing the remainder of
Mrs. Straus' evidence. This related
to their household expenses and con
tained her statement that she had never
been given nor knew Straua to have any
money above his regular salary of 8125
a month. 4100 of which he gave to her
as the financier of the family.. "We did
not make a success of our restaurant on
Sixth street and Alder because of "the
shadow of this trouble hanging over"
said Mre. Straus. "We were worried all
the time with the preparation for the
trial."
. In Behalf of Defendant,
Henry K McGinn, an attorney at
law. testified during the morning to the
- high reputation for honesty and ve
racity and business acumen which
Straus -had borne tn Portland previous
to his trouble in the postoffice
-Straus concluded his testimony by
telling of his disputes with ex-Postmaster
Mlnto over the appointment of one
Dr. Storey from Washington, aa a clerk
In the cashier's office to supersede Miss
Bollman. 'He seems to have a pull
with the department and I will have to
find a place for him.' waa the reason
assigned by Mr. Mlnto for wishing to
put the man onS said 8traus. "I fre
quently asked him not to supersede
Miss Bollman, who wss a valuable as
sistant, but to give me more help In the
office as with the Increase of business
OXE IS THREE ..
Sverj Third Person Poisoned by Coffee,
It la difficult to make people believe
that coffee is an absolute poison to at
least one person out of every three, but
people are slowly finding It out. al
though thousands of them suffer ter
ribly before they discover the fact. A
New York hotel man says:
"Each time after drinking coffee I
IMUmH rM fit... nt-vmia .. n 1 . J
that I was unable to sit five minutes In
on. place, was also Inclined to vomit and ,
Hurrerea rrom loss or sleep, which got
worse and worse.
"A lady aaid that perhaps coffee was
the) cause of my trouble, and suggested
that I try Postum. I laughed at the
thought that coffee hurt me, but she in
sisted so hard that I flnallv hxA nm
Jostum made. I have been using it In
"" , vi wtxw ever Biucv, inr i noticed
that ail my former nervousness and Ir
ritation, disappeared. I began to sleep
perfectly, and the Postum tasted as
good or better than the old coffee, so
w hat waa the use of sticking to a bever-( clothing, tend to the majority of his
age that was rulnlnj me? I meals and send him awav every morn-
"One day on an excursion up th in witn a well filled lunch basket. He
country I remarked to a young lady attempted to free himself by blaming all
friend osher greatly Improved appear- the trouble on the matrimonial agency,
net, 8he explained that some time be- but made a sorry showing In court yes
fore she bad o.uit using coffee and taken I terdav afternoon, and. when Justice 01
Posfum. - I sen offered to marry mm and save him
"Hhe bad gained a number of Bounds
and her former palpitation of the heart,
humming in the ears, trembling of the
hands and legs and other disagreeable
fee'tngs had disappeared.
"Kht. .MHtfflinended ma tn null rrtt
end take Postum and waa very much
mrprlwed to find ; that I bad already
made lbs change.
"fifie sad! her brother had also re
reived great benefits from leaving off
txffee and t all lug rostum. ,j"i iiere s
a Rea.on." " ''.,
lira.1 "The Itoad to WellvlUe, In pkgs.
Kvrr read the. above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are g-e-nulnc, true, and fall of
there waa much ' more-' there than two
. persona could reasonably attend to.1
I In referring to the statement by In
spector wayiana mat straua had been
able to read' the time afroiri" the clock
on the wall of the Inspectors' office
when he waa being' examined before
them, fctraus declared this atateinent
to be untrue, that he had not arrived 10
minutes late as the inspector said, but
that he had come early and waa there
Duiore tne oiner inspectors arrived. It
was at thla time that he waa asked to
sign an agreement certifying that he
was satisfied with the inspection made
of his accounts, that the shortage was
mere ana tnat ne Old not believe any
different result would be arrived at
through any further Inspection.
"She la a crown of glory to her hus-
nand," and an ancient philosopher In
offering tribute to a good woman and
this was the thought of every listenur
to the story of a true wife's sacrifice
tor an afflicted and accused husband.
as Mrs. C. A. Straus told It very simply
In the federal court room yesterday
arternoon. Every sentence she uttered
was manifest of her aunreme belief
in her husbands innocence of the charge
tnat ne emoesziecl more than 84000 of
the government funds.
"His eyes began to fall during
January or lyus ana l spent many
sleepless nights wondering what our
future would be if his trouble became
serious as It threatened. It became
difficult for him to attend to bis work,
and evenings he would come so depress
ed because he thought ha was - i 1 1
Dilnd. l tried to cheer him up and not
ahow how worried I was. too.
"On the day of the primary election
of April. 108 he came home mom
depressed than I had ever seen him.
Then he told me that hla eyes bad been
so bad he could not aee to mark his
own ballot."
"But Mr. Mlnto said that Mr. Straua
confessed he waa out celebratln- with
the boys and needed a layoff," inter
rupted Counsel John F. Logan.
Denies ' Truth of Statement.
"Mr. Mlnto knew that statement waa
not true when he made it, and I can
not understand why he should have
made It." answered the wife, showing
anger and for the first time appearing
to realize that even on the witness
stand she must fight for her husband's
liberty.
From that moment the court room
was still as Mrs. Straua went on with
the story of how she had cut the hoiiue
hold expenaea in two to aave money
to pay the oculist who was treating
her husband's eyes. Then how she
opened up a little restaurant on Sixth
street to help pay expenses; her hus
band remaining at home to care for
their little girl and for hla share doing
the washing for the family.
"I never had any money beside Mr.
Straus' salary at any time. Mrs. Straus
continued. "He always told me every-S
thing; ne caned me his attorney, wimn
we talked over the shortage at the posc
offlce he suggested that .possibly one
of the railway mall clerks' pay rolls
had been overlooked. This would Juit
about have made -up the deficit. Mr.
Straus eyes became worse and .in ad
dition he had an attack of rheumatism.
He had to go to the aprtnga and I
stayed at home to run the restaurant
and pay lor his treatment.
In this way Mrs. Straus told the
homely, pathetic little story of how sho
had tried to take her husband's place
as provider for the family "when he
became unable to work. All during
the recital the little' 10-year-old daughter
leaned over the table used by the law
yers nodding her head la confirmation
of what her mother aaid. and apparently
wishful of going on the stand to add
her mite of evidence for her father's
sake.
Before the government closed its case
yesterday afternoon United Statea Dis
trict Attorney John McCourt recalled
ox -postmaster John W. Mlnto to the
witness stand for the purpose of show
ing by questions that there never had
been any unfriendly feeling between
the postmaster and cashier previous to
the discovery of the shortage In funda.
Testimony on Both Bides.
F. C, Miiehe, receiving teller of the
First National- bank was used as
witness by both government and de
fense. He testified that the figures
showing postoffice desposits at the
bank were correct, and he also ' stated
that Mr. Straus was very punctual In
making deposits, and was withal a man
of excellent reputation.
Qua J. Schlra. a watchman and fire
man at the federal building while
Htraus waa cashier stated that the
negro porter, Gus Waterford, was In
the custom of bringing his colored
friends Into the basement of the post-.
office for the purpose or holding little
celebrations. Schlra aaid he had seen
the stock porter. Steve Richards, asleep
in the stockroom, and that many times
the door was left open and practically
unguarded. This evidence referred
back to the time when two boxes sup
posedly full of stamped envelopea were
found to contain worn out mail sack,
while the stock had disappeared. It
waa the purpose of the defense to
,ehow that Richards. Watrford, or some
or their xrienaa wno were in me naon
of visiting them might have taken the
amount which made a shortage in the
stockrom.
Assisted Straus la Voting.
H. D.. Wagnor, Judge of the election
In t the primary of April. 1908, testified
that he had marked Straus' ballot for
him, Straus complained that he waa
unable to see. Other witnesses were
put .on the stand by the defense for
the purpose of showing that the work
in Straus' office too great for the force
allowed in the cashier's department.
In rebuttal Miss Mary Young, now
a timekeeper, staged for the govern
ment, that at one time ahe had worked
as substitute in the cashier's offloe,
and that she and Miss Bollman had
been able to do all the work, aa well
as find time for some reading and fancy
work.
WEDDING BELLS
RIG FOR BUSICK
Matrimonial Bureau Deliv
ers the Goods to Mrs.
Sadie Miller.
Mrs. Sadie Miller, who lives out In Al
berta, Is now Mrs.' R. Buslck, and Busick
no loneer faces the penitentiary. - inci
dentallv the Mer-Ul Matrimonial agency
has made rood, and can point with pride
to its achievements, justice rea n
son married the couple this morning and
sent them away with Ms blessing.
It was not. however, a blessing that
Justice Olsen gave Busick last night at
tne conclusion of the testimony on the
lTxJS1 J5
bv Mrs. Miller. He denounced the man
roundly, told him what he thought of
him and bound him over to the grand
jury and increased hla ball from 11000
to 000.
Busick met Mrs. Miller over a month
ago at the Merrill Matrimonial bureau.
centive, after three calls became en-
267 Clay street. He became very at
gaged to the women and later wished to
break the engagement. In the mean
time, however. h had been visiting reg
ularly at thft little home owned by Mrs.
Miller in AiDerta, let ner wasn nis
from the penitentiary he jumped at the
chance.
GATENS' REFERENDUM
UP TO PETITIONERS
(Special Dttpateb to Th. Journal. t
Salem. Or., May 21. It Is now up to
Henry McOlnn or tv. S. U'Ken to man
damus Secretary ' of State Benson to
compel htm to file 'the Gatens refer
endum petition which asks that the ait
of the last legislature creating an addi
tional circuit Judge . for Multnoman
county be referred to the people at the
next general election. The secretary of
state has notified Mr. U'Ken that lie
'will hot file the petition. ' ' 7
CLEAR DillLDIIIGS
FOR ROSE EXHIBIT
Large Number of Workmen
Kept Busy at the 1905
Fair Grounds.
Whitewash, water and a large amount
of sweeping have brought the California
building at the fair grounds In 'which
the rose show la to be held this year,
to a condition almost as neat as it was
the day the fair opened. Arrangementa
for Installing the tables and booths are
now being made.
The Forestry building too, is being
put Into tip top shape for the opening
of the rose show, for adjacent aa It is
to the California building, a large num
ber of visitors are expected there. The
miniature hatcherv Is being repaired in
a number of places while the dust and
dirt are also being removed.
Down in the den of the festival asso
ciation where the big floata are being
built, all "Is bustle snd hurry, for the
floats are now receiving their finishing
touches. Within a few days 22 big
Btudebaker wagon, donated by that
company especially for use in the "Spirit
or the Uolden west" paraoe will do ae
llvered to the den and the floats will
then be raised upon them and made
ready for their trip through Portland's
streets. The artlats in charge or the
work have It well in hand and expect
everything to" be in readiness- for the
opening parade.
Prealdent Ralph W. Hoyt has almost
completed arrangements for the opening
of the festival by President Tart, wno
will touch a button on his desk in
Washington communicating a signal for
the ringing of bells, blowing of whiatlea
and other noise producing engines and
officially declaring the festival open. As
a reward to him for his efforts it is
Slanned to send him by the Oregon
elegation In Washington a huge basket
of roses to be presented Just before
the time for touenmg me outton.
LEGISLATOR Oil
CAPITAL POLICE
Charles J. McDonald Will
Also Take a Course at
Gonzaga College.
(Washington-Bnreao of The Journal.)
Washington, May 21. C. J. McDonald,
member of the legislature of Oregon,
was today appointed a member of the
Washington police force. He will live
next door to Gonzaga college and carry
on his studies while lining nis piace
at the national capital.
Charles J. McDonald was ellected to
the house of representatives from Mult
nomah county and served during the
last session of the legislature. He, so
the story goes, was elected largely
through a misunderstanding which gave
the popular Impression that he was
Charles E. McDonell, recent candidate
for mayor of Portland.
During the session Mr. Mcuonaia in
troduced an anti-cigarette bill pat
terned after the Washington state law.
and several bills asking lor a readjust
ment of the salaries of various Mult
nomah county officials. - ' None of the
measures passed.
Prior to his election Mr. McDonald
was a school teacher, and later was en
gaged as a bill collector by one of the
Portland corporations.
FOOiliTl
FOR MAYORALTY
Kellaher and Albee Wijl File
Their Petitions Today
or Tomorrow.
Four candidates for mayor of Port
land will be In the field by tomorrow
night, if the plana of the two inde
pendent candidates work out as ex
pected. Senator Dan Kellaher Is at work to
day stringing his petition together and
expected to have it ready for filing
thla afternoon. Senator H. R. Albee
the other Independent candidate expects
to file his petition tomorrow. -Judge
M. G. Munly, nominated by the Demo
crats at the primaries. Is already on
the list, as Is Joseph Simon, the Repub
lican nominee.
Plans are being laid for the cam
paigns of all four of the candidates.
The city central committee of the Re
publican party will look after the In
terests of Mr. Simon. The Democratic
city central committee, will take care
of the candidacy of Judge Munly, hav
ing opened headquarters and made
ready for an aggressive campaign.
Senator Kellaher Is also preparing to
get into the field In an active manner
while the friends of Mr. Albee will
boom their candidate for the nomina
tion. Frpm the beginning of next week it
la expected that the campaign will take
on some semblance of life and that
there will be all kinds of political ex
citement from that time on until the
election day of June T.
NEW INCORPORATION
ARTICLES ARE FILED
The following- articles of Incorpora
tion were Hied mis morning:
Security Land & Investment com
pany; capital stock. $200,000; Incorpora
tors, M. A. Albin, W. V. Clarke. George
W. Lawrence.
St. Clair Investment company; capi
tal stock, J35.0Q0; incorporators, W. F.
Fliedner, W. I Morgan, Joe A. Boyce.
Hawthorne Brochet company; capital
stnrk 1111000! Inrnrnnrnlnra. .T W
H.
Stone. J. D. Harrla. J. Herbert. I
Portland Building & Realty company;
capital stock, $f000: Incorporators, A.
H. Kaher, Helen H. Geren, John A.
Collier.
The Health Dept.
,. '
SarsaparlUa, It Will destroy the) tin-
countable horde of Kerm-enemle. that
are attacKing you every moment or
vnnr life
Hood s fiarsaparUla will keep ' you
free from or- will cure you of scrofula,
ecrema, rheumatism, catarrh, anemia,
that ttred feeling and all such ali
ments. It effecta Its wonderful cures, not
simply because It contains sarsaparllla
DUt because it combines the utmost.
remedial value, of more than 20 differ-
em ingreaienie. ii urgea 10 Duy any
preparation said to be. "just aa good" '
you may be" ure It is inferior, co.ta ,
ir. moV. inrl vlM Jh rie.l.- .
larger profit.
-. -.
in your ooauy system is iookcq after peace conference toaay 'adopted a plat
by million, of littl. soldier. In your ft huerCTW.S:
blood thoi. corpuscle, constantly ence, the complete development of a
fiohtina for van. ". 1 ytem of arbitration, the establishment
ngntinfl tor you. of a court of arbitral Justice and tho
If this army is well fed and kep negotiation of a treaty of arbitration
healthy and .Irons;, by taking- Hood' ! e'o latfo?m S?ge.' that the v..
SECOINLKOUT
BY
County Superintendent Is
Called to Adjust Trou- .
ble at Silverton.
Silverton, Or., May SI. When nine
students of the high school walked out
of the schoolroom yesterday morning
by order of the board of directors, who
allege refractory conduct, they were fol
lowed by the entire school with but
one exception. Hugh . Small remained
in hla seat until he was dismissed by
the principal. No school was held in
the high school building during the day.
The trouble arose over students dis
regarding an order of the board by go
ing upon the premises after achool
hours to diSDlay class colors. The riv
alry terminated In ouite a war In which
some damage was done to the building
and furniture. It waa supposed that
matters had been satisfactorily adjust
ed until Wednesday evening when the
board served notice of suspension upon
Otto Dahl, - E. Harvey, Wallace
Cooley, Robert Wray, Launna Evans.
Chester wooicott and Irwin Brooks.
Professor Ray took exceptions to the
board's ruling and employed Rauch A
Salts, attorneys of this city, to inves
tigate the points of law in question,
and an opinion waa reached that the
board had acted beyond its authority,
eooad Walkout by Pupils.
School was resumed in the afternoon,
but the board notified the principal
that the order- must be obeyed and
again the entire school Walked out. The
situation waa placed before County
School Superintendent Smith who came
over from Salem In an auto, arriving
80 minutes after he had received the
message. He notified Mr. Bowser,
chairman of the board of directors that
the board had overatepped Its authority,
and Instructed the principal to resume
school at once. School was resumed
again this morning.
FAVOR BOH
II
South Portland Improve
ment Association Passes
Bridge Resolutions.
Resolutions were passed by the South
Portland Improvement association last
night condemning the action of certain
people in trying to have the location
of the Madison bridge changed from
Its present site to Market street and
asking the people of Portland to vote
down that bill and to vote for one call
ing for. the building of a new high bridge
at the foot of Sherman street.
The club thinks that certain parties
having business interests at 'the east
approach of the bridge are trying to
have the mind of the voter' confused
by suggesting the change and to ulti
mately use the change for its own use.
They are sure that the present location
la the one for the Madison street
bridge but also are aure that a new
bridge la needed higher up the river.
1. C. Luckel presided at last night's
meeting. The following are the reso
lutions adopted:
"Resolved that we, the cltliens of
South Portland, are firmly opposed to
the removal of the Madison street
bridge from its present location to
Market street, or to any other street,
and steadfastly oppose the diverting of
funds voted for the rebuilding of the
Madiaon street bridge to any other
purpose, project or enterprise other
than that for which the people intended
and voted.
Be it further resolved that we are
firmly set in our opposition to the con
struction of a bridge at Market street
and in favor of the measure for the
construction of a bridge at Sherman
street, and of the reconstruction of the
Madiaon street bridge and the proposed
high bridge at Broadway. And we
therefore appeal to all taxpayers, voters
and fairmlnded citizens to vote at the
coming June election against the nefar
ious acheme foatered and financed by
a virulent and pestiferous corporation to
dlyert the lunaa or tne maoison street
bridge for the construction of a bridge
at Market street.
EVIDENCE TO PROVE
CHARGE WAS. LACKING
"Wanted to meet a congenial com
panion; young lady who is good look
ing preferred?'
It was In answer to an advertise
ment in a local paper of this kind that
Mrs. Emma J. west wrote to young
R. J. Wallace, who had Inserted the
advertisement and soon after a letter
from the young man was received ac
cepting her Invitation to call. Wallace
called, as per arrangement, and found5'
himself racing a cnarge or larceny,
"He acted like a perfect gentleman
while he war at my home," stated Mrs.
West, "but after he bad gone I missed
my diamond ring,- worth $180, and so
had him arrested for taking It"
As there was positively no evidence
with which to connect young Walleye
with the theft of the ring he was dis
charged by Judge Van Zante this morn
ing. 12-YEAR-OLD CROOK -BOY
KILLS BIG BEAR
(Saeolal Dlntatch to The Journal.
Bend, Or., May 21. Arthur Vsn de
Vert, aged 12 years, has the honor of
outdoing his father in chasing a large
cinnamon bear and dispatching It with
a rifle, unaided. Father and son were
advised by two women pcsslng along
the road that a bear had frightened
them and Immediately the chase was
taken up with dogs. The animal was
forced to seek shelter In the branches i
of a tree, where young Van de Vert
shot him dead before the arrival of tha !
ender Van de vert. A dosen bears were )
killed hv the famllv last vear. a rinuirhi
jter. Miss Grace, dispatching one with a I
rifle, while traveling alone along the
Deschutes river. W7 P. Van de Vert ii '
an old resident or this section.
PEACE CONFERENCE
ADOPTS PLATF0R3I
(United Press Leaaed Wire.)
Lake Mohonk. N Y. Mit 51 Th.
' , T . ' - "
ment examine -Into the possibility ofi
'arTf1 on land'nd'".? a.i
to war ouogeis.
Millionaire's House Burned.
tDnlted Frees Leased Wlre.1
Burllngame, Cal.. May SI. Estimates
today place the damage done by tho
fire1 which destroyed the Joseph D.
Grant home here, at 1200,000. Tha
millionaire's house waa' totally des
troyed last night despite tne efforts of
the society Deonle of thla mi-inaiu.
colony, who turned out and fought the
"'. - isxir.n or cosuy suits
"? ricnl'2y,r,-Tn rant bouse wm
Valued l at $i;0.HH, an.art gallery cost
"r inn ..u.wuu , ana lurnilure. Prt.
a-hran and wines worth at least HO -000
completed the loss. i
HIGH
SCHOOL
AID SHERMAN
FINISHED LUMBER
HAY BE REDUCED
fa - ; v "";:':':nfa
Schedule Not Decided Yet;
Will Depend on Fate
of Rough Lumber.
Washington, May J 1. -It was an
nounced today that the aenate finance
committee bad determined to reduoe the
proposed rates on finished lumber. The
concessions nave not been decided upon
as yet snd will depend largely upon
what action is taken on rough lumber,
Senator Culberson of Texas made a
bitter attack upon the protective tariff
roasy. Me aeciarea tnat it increased
-the cost of living out of all propor
tion to the increase In waves and en
abled American protected manufacturers
to sell cheaper to foreigners than to
home consumers. He charged that the
present bill aided the trusts and that
the Republican party was bringing
about a centralization of power at
Washington.
La FoIIette Amendment Lost.
Washington. May II. The La Fol
lette amendment, relating to extract of
queoracno, was aeieatea yesieraay ar
ternoon by a vote of 88 to 19 and the
committee amendment restoring the
Dlngley rate of half a cent a pound
waa agreed to.
Senator Aldrlch's amendment to put
a tariff of three cents a gallon on cot
tonseed oil was withdrawn after Sena
tor Tillman atated that nobody in the
soutn cesirea it.
The Aldrlch rate of J cents a nound
on white lead was adopted by a vote
oi ft to sz. mieven JtepuDiicans voieu
with the Democrats against the com
mittee. Cummins announced that he would
offer an amendment providing that
whenever substantial competition ceases
upon any article In the United Statea
the American market for that article
be thrown open to the world.
Four City Associations Be
come Affiliated With
State Association.
Four city associations became affili
ated with the Oregon Retail Grocers'
association this week as a result of a
campaign through the southern part of
the state by President S. L. Kline and
Secretary C. B. Merrick of the state
association. They are the city associa
tions in Ashland. Cottage Grove, Med
ford and Grants Pasa.
These four cities were visited in three
days and special meetings called In ad
vance for the purpose of bearing Messrs.
Kline and Merrick put forth the ad
vantages of the state association. At
each and every one of them their argu
ments prevailed and the members voted
to enter the state association. Each
city will send delegates to the conven
tion here In June.
Ashland was visited Monday afternoon
where after making a hurried visit to
that town the officers were even more
hurriedly placed on a train and taken
to Medf ord where they talked that even
ing. Thursday evening Grants Pass
was v visited and Wednesday Cottage
Grove.
"We found very progressive associa
tions in these places," saia secretary
Merrick this morning, "and expect to
reap much benefit from their addition
to the state association. They win an
be represented at the national conven
tion.
"We are getting more and more en
thused over the coming convention here
every day now and expect It to be
"the banner one both In matter of at
tendance and good to be derived by the
delegates."
" Tear for Stealing Beer.
San Franclaeo, May 21. Far stealing
a wagon load of beer from the front of
a local saloon, jonn waiBn win spenu
a year In the state prison at Folsom.
He waa sentenced after pleading guilty
to a charge of grand larceny.
When this . under - price
Talking Ma
chine Sale
ends, you 7
not soon
again buy such fine ma
chines and records under
price. . Pay a dollar a
week. Eilers Piano House.
Tho Lqq
GROCERS GAII!
MORE MEMBERS
oing
"Leaf is the cream of lards. There is not enough of it to
supply one-tenth of the people."
Here is a frank admission from the leading lard packer that
nine-tenths of the people are using other than leaf-lard the only
lard that is even safe. So you see what a chance you have of
getting ' purity when you buy lard. You are simply taking
chances on a hog-fat product of disreputable ancestors and doubt
ful cleanliness, j - :
On the other hand when you buy Cottohne you get a pure
vegetable product It is better and healthier than lard because
its source is clean its process of manufacture is clean, and it is
marketed in clean, air-tight cans that shut out all odors and con
tamination.
COTTOLEKEis Guaranteed "r -
i thoriccd to tefnnd your
money in case 70a are aot pleased, after having given Cottoltn a fair test
Never Sold In Bulk f? KJEf&S Ia 1$
. ii tight top to keep U clean, fresh and whole.
, some, and prevent it from catching dust and absorbing disagreeable odors,
such a. fish, oil, etc c. .
COOk Book FreD :por Zcstarnp to pay postage, we will nail
j ' ''PURE FOOD COOK BOOK"
, edited and compiled by Mrs. Mary J. Lincoln, the famous Food Expert, and
containing nearly 300 valuable recipes, l-
Made only by THE N.
'rJaturoG' Gift from tho Sunny South"
FUNERAL SERVICE
FOR II. II. ROGERS
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Machinery of Great Corpora
tion'Silent as Tributes
Are Paid.
New York. May 11. Machinery of the
Standard v Oil company - throughout the
world was haked today during the fu
neral eerrtoes over tiie body of Henry
H. Rogw-s.- .
Revf Ztabert Collyer, pastor of the
Unitarian' church of the Messiah, paid
high tribute to the deceased.
His sermon was followed with a brief
tribute by Rev, John Haines Holmes,
associate pastor of the church.
The church was filled with, friends Of
the 'dead multi-millionaire and the
easket waa piled high with flowers.
After tne service tne ooay was taaen
tn Pairhaven. where it will lie in state
tomorrow before Interment.
Anty Drudge and the Youngwiles.
Mr. Ymngvrife"IoGi Skooduzns want to dink out of
Dada's coffee tup 7",
Mrs. Youngwife "Oh, Lovey, he's Bpilled that coffee
on himself. That's the twenty-eighth little frock
he's just ruined. Those stains don't come out"
Anty Drudge "Oh, yes, 'they will, Mrs. YouBgwife.
Just you use Fels-Naptha in eool or lukewarm
water, and you'll have no trouble in keeping little
Napoleon's frocks clean and white."
A friend that will save you three
fourths the work and all the. drudgery of
washing is a friend indeed.
Fels-Naptha is that friend.
Bring it into your laundry and kit
chen, give it a change to do the work
you've been pounding out by main
strength, and Fels-Naptha will be your
close friend not for a month or a year,
but for life.
Fels-Naptha saves you not only work
and time, both summer and winter, but
makes your clothes sweeter and cleaner,
preserves them, makes them wear longer.
It saves you the coal or gas necessary
to heat water and j boil the clothes, as
Fels-Naptha does its cleansing in' cool or
lukewarm water.
All that's necessary on your part is - to
follow the easy directions printed on the
ired md reen wrapper. I
lard fQcIiGr
K. FAIRBANK'COMPANY, Chicago
DUE TO JRRITATION
4 The violent expulsion of air from the
lungs, through the mouth, the- result of
an irritation in the air passages, la w nat
s commonly known as coughing t?s
in turn Irrltataa """ ."
i ,,7" K" " "iimjous membrane
atucVwWcue
.To relieve . a cough and at the same
.7 wio 1 1 1 1 in tea mem
brane, the following simple formula will
ba found most effective. Take a half
ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine compound
pure, two ounces of Glycerine and a half
nlnt lf firm1 WhUksv ui. -w . .
and use in doses of a teaspoonful every
four hours. Thla mixture makes a quan
tity sufficient to last the average fam
ily an entire year, and is said to break
up a cold in twenty-four hours. Pur
chaae the ingredients from the" Skid
more Drug Co., or any other first class
pharmacy.
.. Virarln Oil of Pins Gnrtinounri mm la
put up for dispensing only , In half
ounce vials, each vial securely sealed in
. rnunrf wooden csks. Tha rnnln
prepared only by tha Leach. Chemical
uo., uncinnan, v. -,
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