The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 21, 1909, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 21. 1009. FIERY LOG DEALS DEATH TO LITTLE ROBERTA CROZIER GROKEH FEED PIPE , Jennings' Lodge Woman Re , " turns" Home to Find 11 Mohths'Old Daughter Fatal' " ly Burned; Lives 2 Hours. ; (Siwclal Dtapatch to Tbo JourntJ. . . Jen ii lnit l-Oiigv, Or., Dec. St. With her clotlu burned from bar body an1 her flesh terribly' nenred ami a trail . of fire following her iron the floor. Roberta Troslor, - tria 1 tnmonths-oll daughter of Mr and Mrs. Henry C. . Crosier, n found by her mother too lata to save the child's life. j Roberta and her three-year-old sister ware playing In front of the fireplace Monday during their ipother's absence, " .when a burning log rolled upon the . youngor child, aetting her clothing afire. i Although aha' tried to crawl away, the log rolled with her. v ' The older child ran screaming from the house, but was unable to explain the reason for her fright. The. mother, hearing the burned, child s acroa .. . rushed Into . the room and ' found baby dying. She lived two hours. in, the 18 LIVES LOST ; o-VvIN LONDON FIRE . (Cnlt-d Preie leased WIrw.) : V London, Dec It la deflnltery stat i'ed today that 18 persons lost their lives J. In tha - fire ' that ' destroyed the . great ' Ardlng A Hobbs store In Clapham sub- . . urbs at noon yesterday. ' . Eight bodies have been recovered., Ten other parsons are missing? and It Is be : lleved their, bodies He under the ruins of the store. , It la stated that the firm recently refused an offer of 15,000,000 for the business and good will. - The ruins are ' being searched for the bodies of the missing. Until - the 'smoking mass" cools It will be impossl- ble to state authoritatively the number of dead.' - ' John Burns, president of the local . ; government, board, was the bero of the fire. Burns Uvea near the store and was pausing It when the fire; was discov ered. Realizing- that heroic measures v were necessary, he rushed to the near- est barrack and called out' the soldiers. Returning with them -he made several - sensational rescues. IS .; CAUSE OF EPIDEMIC Or. Yenncy Says. He Has Re peatedly Warned City Against Supply. .'.'. i- .-.,- Warnings that Salem water Is highly dangerous have been going all unheeded from the state board of health to the Ealem eity officials during three long years, aaya Dr.' Robert C Yenney. atat health officer. , Ills statement la con firmed by Dr. Ralph C Mataon bacteriol ogist to the state board of health, who aald: .. ; "Three years ago X examined tha first ample of Hallux water. It contained colon bar-lilt. I warned against Its use. It whs shown that' the feed pipe had broken In the slough and the peonlo were drinking straight. river water. Hub- sequent tests shpwed colon bacilli until a diver found tha break, large enough to thruat hla arm In. and made re pa Ira men tne colon , bacilli disappeared. 1 believe the cause for the reappearance of typhoid indications Is due to another break- In the pipe. At the same time I heir filter crib will not filter germs. The people of Salem should not drink water from, the Willamette. ur.ienney aaya the people of Salem may Just as well as, not have water brought direct from MoUht Jefferaon. as pure as Bull Run . water from , Mount Hood, which haa proved a blessing to Portland people. Sixteen miles above Breltenbuah Springs. 70 miles from the city, the water flows clear as crystal, cold as the glacier, constant and sura If taken direct from Breltenbuah, where the hot springs and the resort are, the people of Salem will: get water mingled wun . the . resort's .sewage. . He recom mends the additional distance. ' During a conversation he said significantly: "Salem's typhoid fqver epidemic will disappear when pure water la obtained." SOCIAL Persons "V ai W Jl , w I . 1 BY PKUailXA, PltfcW oJ (Social aa ta a dally fr.mra af T Jooraal Aar aw Milu la liiawrt aucfe at akould am4 II aln4 la tba H'tli adliur ne tale pUoua It U'uta lu aVUirk la tba awnilog.) Mr. and Mrs, Thornton Williams of ftVattle will, spend the Christmas boll- days with the Joseph O. Urahama, Ml Clackamas a treat, Irvlngton. Mra. Will- lain a and Mrs. Graham are slaters. ,,.y Harmony Grange Elects. (Sneetal Dlaoatph ta Tha Journals Albany, ' . Or., - Pec. 21. Harmony grange, jvo. 3, ratrvns bf Husbandry, has elected ' the following; ot fleers to serve for the year 1910: Master, H. C. Powell; overseer," J M. Cornelius; lec turer, Mra. M. J. Roberta;, steward, E. C. Roberts; assistant sttward, F. D. Cornett;, chaplain, J. M. Propst; treas urer, George Richards; secreUry. J. M. Settle; gate keeper, J. B. Roberts; Ceres, Hattie Settle; Pomona, Archie Richards; Flora, Llnnle Parsons; L. A. S.. Viola Cornett; trustees, J. W. Propst, H. C. Powell and J. M. Cornelius. FIGHT OVER ESTATE i f- WILL WAX HOTTER ; - ' "' ' '. Loa Angeles, Dec. 21. Edwin Keating, the youngeat eon of the late Andrew J. ' W.. Keating', is 21 years old today. He reached hla majority at midnight, and at that moment a new phase .was put upon tho pending litigation Involving the disposition of the property of the Keat- lng estate, for which $660,000 haa been offered and refused. , ' ;; ., The efforts of the trustees " of the' estate, Elmer McDowell and A. W. Mc pherson. tb)(. sell tha '.property-notwithstanding- the disinclination of the heirs to part with it haa caused much litiga tion, during which the trustees were ,harged by the heirs with fraud. .V-1 Rnth fornWAll And MpPhprjinn hnvA ""been cited to show cause why they t Kliould not be removed as trustees,- and ?,Vlth tho youngest now of age It is ex- peeled that the efforts of the heirs to Kaln control of their properties will be oudoublod. Bootleggers Stand Convicted. (United Preaa Leaned Wire.) Washington, Dec. 21. The United States supreme court yesterday reversed the decision . of the circuit court of Washington In the cases of Harvey Sut ton and Robert Miller, charged with tak ing liquor to the Taklma Indian reserva tion. The contention of the government was upheld. Mrs. Osrar Overberk and Miss Katn- erlne Over back returned Friday from flva waeka' vlalt In Michigan, , Kanaaa City and Spokane. -. Mra. Stephen a. Smith of 410-Kast Nineteenth - street north, Jeft Saturday for eouttiern California, to ba at tho bedaid of her slater, who Is very 111. Mra. Edwin Bidwell left last night to spend the holidays with her mother In Sacramento. She will be Joined by hen HUHband .within a fortnlifht and they will return' home about tha middle of January,- ' i r a - Mtsa Margaret White returned last week from New York and other eastern eastern points or interest. a - Charles IJolman, who waa ' recentlv succeaaftilly operated ' upon at one. of the hoapltala, has been removed to his home on Cast Main street ','r. '"' a -. r Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Spencer, whone beautiful Swiss chalet at Bwahea la one of tha picturesque spots of the Rlverdale colony, ""Will leave early In January for New Tork and Palm Beach. Tha trip will' consume two months' time and the return will be made via southern Cali fornia. . '. . . ',-..'. Mr. and Mra. George It: ' Mayes are now occupying the Locke home at Ewa bee, Mr. .and Mra. ' Locke, having gone to Hood River, a a In honor of Mlsa Kvelyn Wilson, one of the most recent1 debutantes. T. Scott Brooke waa host at a theatre party to bps George M. Cohan in "The Yankee Prince" last night Later Mr. Brooke entertained his- party at supper at the Hotel Portland, having as his guests, Mlsa Kvelyn Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sharpe of Prlnevllle, Miss Les lie Weldler, Miss Use' Koehler, Richard Jones and Gerald Beebe. i The Fortnightly Dancing club met last night at Murlark hall. It waa n delightful affair and waa marked by the pleasant Informality characteristic of these fortnightly dances enjoyed by the young married set. a a ,A branch of the People's Institute re cently organised Is doing Interesting work in Lower Alblna. This district was formerly under the direction of the Juvenile ; Court Improvement associa tion, with Mrs. T. M. Esterly In charge. but this year It, has become the especial field of the People's Institute, with Miss Vlda Nichols IA charge of the work. Classes in sewing are conducted every rS4urtay niornlng from 10 to ' 1 1 ;3 0 ocloca. and tha faults ao far are moat gratifying to tha workers. La at Sat urday tuornlug a Chrlstniaa party waa given for tha children. There were va rious gauira and other dlveralona pro vided, to tha delight of aonie hundred young people. Light refreshments were anothar pleasing feature of the enter tainment Among fha prominent society girls helping In this settlement work conducting claasaa and therwlae assist lng are Mlaa Gladya Weldler. .ea Me- Karcher, MJas Ada Doernbechar, Mra. II M. Eterly, Mlas Viola Noon, Miss Dor othy liolbrook, Mra. Ralph Kenton. Mlas Hannah Connell and several others. a Mra William D. Skinner will leave soon after the holidays to Join her hus band In Seattle, where , the Sklnnera will make their home for some time to coma Mr. Skinner baa recently been transferred to Seattle as general freight and passenger agent of tha Oregon & Washington, the Puget sound extension of tha Harrlman lines, and left for that city last Sunday, e .. -, . Three - thousand dollars waa realised In the bridge whist tournament arranged at the Plasa one afternoon last week In New York by Frederick ' Townsend Mar tin for benefit of the. tuberculosis camp. hla pet charity. a a Mra Jane Dougherty has arrived from eastern Oregon to spend the holidays with her aiater, Mrs. May McCauley of 166 Fourteenth street They are mem bers of an- old .pioneer famljy of Lane county. , University Club Gives Dance. (Knwla! nianltrh ta The Janrnal.k Hood River, Or., De 21. The Uni versity club of Hood River held it sec ond annual dance last night at the I. O. O. F. ball. Over 100 couples were pres Try This for a Severe Cough. Take a pint of Granulated Sugar, add H .pint of warm water and stir about 2 minutes. Put 2H 'oa. of Plner In a pint bottle and fill up with the Granu lated Sugar Syrup. Take a tea ' spoonful every one, two or three . hours. The taste is pleasant The prompt results from thla simple home-made article will " surprise you. It usually con quers a deep-seated cough' in 24 hours, and is a splendid house hold remedy for hoarseness, whooping cough, oolds, chest pains, bronchitis, etc. The recipe above given makes a full pint enough to last a fam ily a long time and costs only 64 centa. It keeps perfectly, and . la .a .llir mAnovaH i.n flva mlnlllaa Children take It willingly. Plnex la the most valuable con centrated compound ' of Norwjpy White Pine Extract It la rich In all the well-known pine elements which are so healing to mem branes. None of the weaker pine prep arations can compare with -the real Plnex Itself. All druggists have It or will get It for you if requested. Strained honey can be used In stead of the syrup, and makes a very fine honey and pine tar cough syrup. Tlio . MOST in Value Tho DEBT in Quality S31 AOTA CLAUS' I HEADQUARTERS No Time to Experi ment Now! Those ly 9 ft !i, - i I 4 . ; . Rt , (in ut try-is 11 'J i:'J II i ' . w tri m. Who Are Wise Will Gome Direct Here If you are hurried and worried, if that bothersome question of what to get hangs heavy on your mind, if you have only Hajf enough time to do half the things you should do; turn to this store for the solving of your perplexities. It is a store that. will almost do your thinking for you a most prolific field of gift sug gestions. With Christmas but a few days away time assumes ari unusual value and so we've arranged everything to save you as much of it as possible. All gift things are displayed so you can see a great efficiency, cashiers and bun v dlers have been stationed at every turn. This Store Open Evenings This Week Until 0:30 v hist of Splendid Christmas Griits OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS SANTA CLAUS HEADQUARTERS IS IN OUR BASEMENT Many, Many Line Are On Sale at Reduced Prices Never were this store's stocks of gift gobds so large, so perfect and so fine as this season. Never did this store offer better opportunities to select high-grade, reliable gift goods at such low prices as are now prevailing. Never was the organization 'so well trained and per fected as now. It is a satisfactory Xmas store light and cheerful, easy .to shop in, with courteous and intelligent salespeople, to serve you. , Some Big Toy and Doll Specials Xmas Candles, per box 10c Silver and Gold Tinsel. ... 15c Silver and Gold Jinsel. . . .10 7c Xmas Tree Ornaments 5 50c Airships priced at... 25 12-inch Doll Trunks at.' 25 20c Unbreakable Tea Sets 15 75c large Building Blocks 49 75c large Picture Blocks 49 $1.75 Dress Dolls," 16 inches long, moving eyes, priced at.. 98 75c solid wood Blocks ..49 39c boys' good Story Books.. 25 25c Sailboats priced at......,.19 lie Games, all kinds, at .XO 10c Story Books, all kinds, at.. .5, 25c,A-B-C Blocks at........-.lS 25c Paint Boxes at... ...... ..19t $2.50 Steel Banks 98 75c Grocery Store. 49 25c large Board Games, assorted kinds, prfced at ....... 10 Oj)is Store 3 3Wd? for Any Oest - ; Pardon for A. P. Iieonard. , ' South Bend.Wa3h., Deo. 21. Friends 1 'j of former County Auditor A. P. Leonard, i U'lio waa convicted in tho superior court '' of this county about a year ago of cm bozKllng $136 of county funds derived from hunting licenses, and whose appeal to the supreme court waa recently de ' ctded adversely to him, have been circu lating a petition throughout the county asking Governor Hay to extend executive clemency to Leonard. The petition is now, ready to be sent to tho governor, and' contains about 1800 signatures, in cluding 10 of the 12 Jurors who found Leonard ?uUty. One of the remaining! two jurors has since died, and one re fused to. sga the petition. Talks on Teeth "By the Rex Dental Co., Dentists. . ' Pus Poison , ' Many unfortunates who have Pyor rhea (loose teeth) -and receding gums. imagine mat ic originated from a bad. stomach; Some' of the leading stoma tolOKists claim this,' and in a few iso lated caaes this may be true, but in a ; Jarga majority of cases the diseased j (bad) stomach comes from pyorrhea.) Swallowing pus is as certain poison as I arsenlo given In small doses. - Though very much slower in -its deadly devas- tation of the membrane of the intes-i tinea We know this beyond the per Bd venture of a doubt for in most cases ! almost Immediately after removing the, cause of pyorrhea the stomnch trouble' begins to respond to the treatments and , disappears with tha curing of tha pyor- . . , ;, -, , , , . y - , - ,- ,, . .- you yrta? (Bivt Offer Vou 1 t 1 t 111 1 . . 1 T '" ' ' a Variety of 3foU6ay 60065, te ' 1 1 -'.t ,: , -,..,. .-. . t - 1 1 1 qua of t)ict) (Tanttot ,!&e Toun6 in Ikrvg portla Store there never was a better time to put this store to the gift test than now. It never looked better. Stocks were never more attractively, displayed or conveniently arranged -every department is showing an endless variety of gift Dainty Tea and Chafing Dish Aprons for Xmas See Third-Street Window for' Display. Xmas Aproni, Values to 50c at 35o A fine showing of neat little Aprons, made of good quality material and shown in round or square style, daintily trimmed with embroidery, laces and ribbons. Regular values up to 50c, specially priced OP for this sale at.... ... 0JI Xmas Aprons, Values to 91.00 at 59c A fine assortment of dainty Xmas Aprons, made of fine lawns, India linen, organdie and plain or dotted swiss; all daintily trimmed with pretty embroideries, laces arm ribbons. Regular values to $1.00, specially priced for this sale.....,.'...- .59c Xmas Aprons, Values to $1.30 at $1.18 A fine assortment of pretty Xmas Aprons, made of the daintiest and finest of materials; shown in all styles and designs; all well made and exquisitely trimmed, priced for this sale at.... Regular $1.50 values, specially Xmas Gathering--Slippers for Hon, Women, Children Men's Slippers in tan or black, in Everett or opera cut, best $2.50 values, at . . ; tp.U U , Men's Slippers, in tan or black, in Romeo, Everett or 'S EA opera cut, $2.00 values 91uU Men's, s youths' and boys' kid and embroidered Slippers, best f $1.00 values DjC Women's Slumber Slippers in gray, red blue, pink; best jn, $1.00 values 05IC Women's fur-trimmed felt- Slip pers in all colors, $1.50 QQ values, special at.... JJC Women's crocheted K Slippers, pink, red and blue, ."best'-QQ. $1.50 values.. i.... .t. v .a'a'C Men's vici kid Slippers in tan and black, all sizes, $1.50 val- QQ ues, special at.. . . . ,i . . . ..;v.e7C Boys' high cnt tan iShoes, sizes 2'A to Sl4, $3.00 val- tO Crt ues, special at...... ... .vm.uU things. -salespeople are alert, courteous and eager to help you in your selections. b rhea. AJvaolar Taath, Where xmposstia. Baldg-awork la If only your front teeth are left. three or four or more, we can replace say all those that have been lost on both stars cer ir witn penect auvaoia -teeth, whilst bridgework would be Im . possibla even if you had eight or ten1 front teeth-to-tie to. - If yen have only"! two berk teeth on eutrl, side, say mo lars, we can supply all tba front. teeth, that are" missing with beautiful, serv-, lorable. lifelike Alveolar teeth. This I could not possibly be done bv - the bridge route. And where bridgework Is poKsjble. there Is no 'comparison ba-; tween the two. A Virv large, percent-I age of our wofk is taklns out bridge work put la by supposedly blah clans .' tfentista and rt-ptacing it with tha beau tiful and axtlallc Alveolar Teeth. And. ! linlike bridgework in another reopect, , It Is pra"iifiiy painieas. .no Pnriiig or ; rutting Into-the fum, nothing. to ba ' dreaded. Now, then, prices being equal, s which wotild you choee? 1 Coring Pyorrhea lnoae twth. a 4 In-' ease given up by athr-r dentliits aa ir-J rnrable. is another of nr reelaltl-a. W'a rura It abanlutely. It s a boastful (temnt ta tnk, but we can do any thing that la possible In deatlatry. and what wa do is almave of the v-ry hlah ent rlaaa Our boofcleta. Alrlar l)f-n-tiatry, are fre. Writa fnr ona If yaa rannot call. We bave aaniplea f our work to show at all tlreea rX SSVTAXi CO- WSiiUf. Hi to 114 Ablnaton Bll, liS Id t-L ' . pnwH.T, la ft 17. . . Tha peiraliar propertlea of "Chamber- ; latns OtJh Kemejy have orn tbor laaighly tested during epldf mica f In- f H Jnia, and area It was taken la t!rra . wa fcava Pot beard ef a alnfta caa ef v prices are nowhere lower; variety is nowhere broader; while quality is of that high merit that gives to our merchandise a char acter peculiarly its own. -a gift thing from GILL'S is a gift that will be highly appre ciated for many, many reasons. . Fine Line oi Xmas Goods Unsurpassed assortments at unmatchable prices. Come visit our Fancy Goods Section and see how very completely we've antici pated your holiday wants. All the latest and. favored new ideas are here represented. Every price quoted below is a holiday bargain sign. Xmas Neckwear at Special Prices FANCY NECKWEAR AT 25 An extra special offering of fancy box Neckwear, put up one in fancy box; well made, dainty pieces, that aeH at 35c to 40c each. Your OFCp choice tomorrow for only ......,, '' FANCY NECKWEAR AT An immense assortment of all the latest novelties in Neckwear, put up one in a fancy box; suitable and useful Christmas gifts. They sell flfa regularly from 75c to 85c each. Choice tomorrow..... tlllt Christmas Ribbons 2 Bargain Lots Lot 1 Fancy Ribbons up to 40c a yard, special for OC this sale at dd Lot 2 Fancy Ribbons up to 50c a yard, special for this sale at. ............. Xmas Handkerchief Specials 35c box Handkerchiefs, IQa $1.00 box Handkerchiefs, r $225 box Handker-g- 4 Q the box lOL special, the box Dtfi chiefs, the box OlstO 75c box Handkerchiefs, Cfl i-W dox ttanakercnieis, nUn w dox nanaicer- y special, the box 011 special, the box aO chiefs, the box )ddU for your own pleasure satisfaction, economy, COME AND SEE the result will be more fitting presents for all whom you re member and a big saving for you. MM ill Co. Third aa Alder oI)t 36cal 5lft Store . Third and Alder ' . BOOKS E LLE R S-STATI ON E RS Some Specials for Christmas Gilts 4 Piece Ebony Manicure, Sets , 5 Piece Ebony Manicure Seta 5 Piece Ebony Mounted Manicure Sets f 1.73 Set men's Military. Brushes.. T5f Leather Cigar Cases BO Great Specials in Art Department Lithograph Cushion Slips.. ) U -.Taptry Casnkwi Slips..... 3e German Kuny fccarlt and Squares 75 np Embroidered Scarf , iquareiC.TBf Crvii-titched Cushion Sir fl." If Gloves Are on Your List Come Here You May Purchase a Glove Certifies to lor Any Amount . There la probably no other store In the city showing a more com Flete stock of women's hijh-frade, stylish Kid Gloves than this one. t comprises such well-known brands ss F own as. Dent. Kayaer Cloret, in all styles, in all colors and sixesall at popular prices. Women s and Children s loli I Women s Cap. iirea. Glores and 25 and .... Mittens, 50c made by Dent, at. the pair....... Bay Your Glores or Glove Hands Our Stock Is at Its Best S2.C0 . ovr LA FRANCE Kid Glores at S1.00 All sires 'and ors. col- THE EUDORA Kid Glores SI. 50 Ail sizes and colors. THE MEYCrs Cre Glovtt Ti 1 ri JL in u p fimofii.