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0 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1. 1010., FROM EAST 111 IIS PLOTS CbllieM PUBLIC MONEY l ' ! Food 'Opens Wide lb Ca.cs WMorningv I BMETS PRIBSE I'flinSIIFIIND. 7"7M. i This Allegation Against Ballin- ' fc -l '" "''-!!!: B ' ger's Friends Brought Up I I i 'f'To :jJ ; in Affidavits. ' f - - W! . ill f ,:,('( ,. I I . "--, .wo 111 Postoffice Inspectors Seeking Men Known to Be Leaders of Dangerous BandLearn of Operations Here. Following close upon, the conviction of 14 members of the Lima Black Hand sang In Toledo, Ohio, Saturday, pott office Inspectors and local federal au thorltles are endeavorlrig to certain th whereabout Of Michael Angelo Lima of Portland, Or., and Antonla Lima, uncle of Michael Angelo, and leader 1 of the eastern band. Antonia Lima la known to have been In Portland recently.- ! - Michael Angeta Lima, who for three year liyed1 with hi three brothers, wbo run a fruit stand at 104 First street Portland, la wanted on a charge of en deavoring to extort $5000 from Napol eon Greoo, a prominent Italian mer chant of Portland, and Other wealthy members of the colony,' by means of Black Hand letters. . , - Xeara ' of Operations. Foetof flee Inspectors flrat learned of the operations In Portland of agents of the eastern Black Hand ran-, when Se bastian Lima, Oulaeppe Ignoffs, Ajtoe tlne Marfla, VJneenao Arrigo, Salvatore Jtuso, Sevarlo Ventola, Antonla Vlcarlo, Salvatore Deffiraa, Col ogaro .VI carlo, O. nonroia, rippino Golba, Salvatore Arrl go and Francesco Ehadara, were arrest ed In Toledo, Ohio, and Marlon, Ohio, In connection with the dynamiting of one Italian home and . the extortion of money from hundred of others. Headed : by Antonio Lima, formerly collector of cuatoms for Sicily, the gang ueea a Banana store In Marlon, Ohio, for headquarters.. When the place eva raided, letters from all over the United State were found In the safe, telling of the operations of hundreds of agent of the mafia. Among the letters were sev eral supposed to have been written by Michael Angelo Lima of Portland, and postmarked "Portland, O." In the letter the wrfter told of the financial condition of Portland Italians. Amona; the names of Portland Ital ians mentioned was that of Napoleon Greco, one of the wealthiest in the northwest ,'' "He is our blood enemy," one of the le tters, when ' translated, said. Other Port rand Italians were averred to be "blood enemies." Investigation proved . to the postof fice Inspector, among them E. C. Cle ment, that Greco had received Black Hand letters. The first one was djtttd Juno tf. 1909, and four; followed at in terval of several weeks. Five thou sand dollara was demanded. Oreco did nor pay.' . Immediately after being notified of the contents of the Marion, Ohio, let ters, the postoffice Inspectors put the Uma fruit Ktore, on First street, and t lie home, under watch. City Detectives Ticnenor and Howell were detailed Jto lu'lp. : : ri'- , .., .' ' ' . " ' ' Xtim Make Escape.' , Michael -Ar.gelo' Lima, against whom burden of the evidence rested, es- aped4 and r.as not alnce been seen, houith reports have It that he and his uncle, Antonio Lima; the leader of the (treat band,' are in the neighborhood (I' Portland. Federal authorltle are elated over the conviction of the Ohio Black Hand gang, especially io for the reason that It is the first time in the. history of llier United State that such has been Seined in a pure Black Hand case. Al ways before, the cases against the Italians suspected of ' being, connected with the Black Hand gangs, have fallen tli rougn because of the timidity of Italian witnesses, who feared for their lives, ' Though convicted, new trials were granted Agostlne Marfla of Denlson, Texas, Vincenzo Arrlgo, a fruit dealer of Cincinnati,. Ohio, and Salvatore Itlzzo, a section hand of Marion, Ohlo. Sebas tian ; Lima and Oulseppe'"' Ignoffo, his brother-in-law, both of Marlon, Ohio, were given 16 and 10 years In the fed eral penitentiary at ' Leavenworth, Kan., respectively. Other convicted and sen tenced were: , ; Sevarto Ventola of Columbus, Ohio, rjnlti4 prnw tMee Wlr.l Washington, Feb. 1. Affidavits have been rocured tending to prove that the contingent fund of the senate ha been used to send agents to gather and suppress evidence which might have been brought out against Secre tary Bellinger. Person who procured these fact assert they have absolute proof of this misuse of the contingent fund and will be a bin to brtng it out In a manner to make the dfscloaure the most lensatlonnl tiling yet published. LEARIN I MAY PAY OLD BANK CW Action looking to the Assumption of the affair of the defunct Oregon Trust & Saving Bank by the Clearing House association and the payment of all claim against the failed bank on or before February 12 will. It Is trongiy believed, be taken at the annual meet In of the clearing house banks, to be held at the United State National bank at 1:80 o'clock thi afternoon The committee appointed two week agd by President R. Lea Bame to look into the present condition of the r,e celverehip ha completed it work and will submit its report, to a run meet ing of the clearing house dlreotors. While the content of this report will not be known lnadvance of the meet ing, there is strong reason to believe that the clearing nouse oanm wm make otne arrangement for taking over the remaining aaeets or tna uregon Trust and settling with the unpaid depositor without further delay. WHITMAN COLLEGE AVAILS NOTHING : FIVE BEATS AGO So . Says President . Smith of Visitors Show Wonderful . it- -tit. n j ' . X 'I I i ' j n: ', . uiiy neaun Boara in nenun- pi speea ana win nu ciation of Commissioner.; Last Half. "We shall hereafter Ignore Dairy Com- 1 j T. S0ct jit. I Ml j the.' capet V thou two years. Antonio Vlcarlo of Denlson, Texas, ; two years, i .Salvatore Demme ' of Bellefontalne, 1 Ohio, two years, and Cologaro Vlcarlo ? of the same place, two years. 1 Oraaio 'Rohfola, Pittsburg, Pi., six T years. . Pippin Oolba of Mead villa Fa., four , years, i Salvatore Arrlgo of Cincinnati. Ohio. f four years, and Francesco Shodara of Cincinnati, Ohio, two years. -r '. Just how many Portland Italian re ' celved Blank Hand letters the postoffice Inspectors do not know for the reason that the majority are afraid to report ' them. Italian merchants, other than ' Oreco, who were mentioned In the let ter captured at Marlon, deny having received Black Hand letters. ' Vltto Vittl, an Italian owning a gro cery store at Filth and Sheridan streets, I admitted to' The Journal some weeks ago, that ' he , paid J100 in three pay ments, to men who represented them selves to be agents of the Black Hand society. - Weet Free Heretofore. - Heretofore the west has been com paratively free from operations of the . Black Hand vendetta, and metnbera of i . rages of the blackmailers have btji , confined to the larger cities of the east, ; , where Italian have' colonized In large i rumbers. -But with the employment of ' , . Italian by the transcontinental rail ways and the consequent establishment of settlements In the more densely pop ulated communities, signs of the pres ence of the original criminals have been found. Americans Incorrectly Phrase an members of the southern races Ital ians.'" said 8. A. Connell. superintend ent of the secret service for the north western district, who has run down a number of bands of foreign counter feiters. The ordinary Italian Is a peace-lov- Ina. law-abldlag, happy sort of fellow. Whatever wrong he may do is done spontaneously. But it Is the Sicilians to whom we look for crime, and espe cially the bloodthirsty outrages of the Mafia, which Is really no organization, aa la popularly supposed. .Records will show that nearly all Black Hand crimes have been committed by Sicilians. And it Is a, peculiar fact," too, that the ma jority of counterfeiters are natives of Sicily. "Reason for the fact that So many Sicilian are criminals, as advanced by criminologists, are innumerable. Per haps the most plausible is that the Sicilian ia a hardier, more daring and less refined man than the Italian. Law is little known in Sicily. 'Italian criminals, too. Invariably coma to the United States. After com mittlng a crime In his mother country. the Italian, referring broadly to the southern races, almost Immediately takes steamer for America. For Italy, unlike other nations, makes no attempt to extradite criminals. Once a criminal escapes from Italy, no attempt, is made to bring about his return. "As the United States offers better advantages than any other country, the Italian criminal naturally heads for New York. " Thousands of Italians have colonised In the city and offer refuge. "Inbred in the average Italian is a 'dread of the Mafia. Supposed, origin ally, to be a great band of criminals organized to prey upon thoae to whom the world had been good, tradition tells horrible stories of the bloodthirsty crimes committed. To the Italian child the Mafia holds the same relation as the 'bogie man' to the American youth. "Naturally Imaginative and emotion al, fear of the Mafia holds through life In the mind. of the native Italian. At the present day. Black Hand out rages are committed by Individual and unaasoolated gangs. Italian are more communicative about their personal business than are we American. They ten private secrets one to the other. Criminals, learning that some certain Italian is prospering, lay plans to 'fleece' and blackmail him. The usual plan of operation begins with the send ing of what ia commonly known as the Black Hand letter. "Usually written on rough paper, the handwriting is disguised. A certain sum of money Is usually asked and a time, place and method of paying over the cash arranged. In 99 cases out of 100 Black Hand gangs 'make good Re fusal to accede to the .demands of the blackmailer almost invariably leads to death or destruction of property. "Conviction of men suspected .of b ing member of Black Hand gangs is moat difficult Witnesses, Italians In nearly all cases, .refuse to testify truth fully. Death, in many eases, , has come to informant. 'Witnesses have been seen to take the witness stand, begin tneir, testimony with the evident inten tlon of telling the truth and .exposing piots, out stop at some mysterious slg nal from the audience, probably .from tne accused himself, and thereafter re fuse to answer question " " . w V ; "The name "Black' Hand' catne into general usage when a mtimber of New York Italian received Mafia letters on wrapping paper. With great falackthands Tiolnt An , . nan.' hI.h... - skull and crosbonea, 'drawn In- red.' " :- , v, V ' I ril. ,J ', .. :? .. "r X Section of exhibit In Meier & Frank's Btdre. "Foodvllle," a miniature city, spark ling and bright and clean, opened Its gate to all comers, this morning, on the fourth floor of Meier A Frank's store. As the fifth annual pure food exhibit of Meier & Frank, Foodville at once evi denced Its popularity by the opening crowd It drew. Fifty exhibitor from the local representative of pure food manufactories mad the little city a place of ystematlo' noise and turmoil as they declaimed their rival attrac tions. So many and o generous were the sample given that the visiting housewives were scarcely able to carry them all home in one load, ' On the same floor the Curtis flying machine of Henry Wemme 1 being ex hlbltcd. All 'the proceeds of tta demon' tratlon are to be used In swelling the good road fund. ' (RpacUl DUmMi Th Journ.t j JmlMlonar Bailey," declared" Dr. Alan v Oregon Agricultural Coiige,. t Welch smith, president or me city coardi us. or.. yeD. a.-wy c"u' r of health, followlnjr a meeting of the I of speed that continued througho. ooara neia mi morning in in cuy i aecona nan or me pm"" hall. He" added: "Bailey ha. ' never I O. A. C. last night, the '."Whitma. done anything to help us and never will. lege crack team won out dt W expect htrthln fron him and have I of It to J. It wa in many way received nothing. He doe not Intend to most eenaatlonal game ever, piay h.ln lia Inn mim. atlll ..f..e... An I lh Inml f nnr. The SCO re at ' our own feet. enforcing the law reaulr-lof the flrat half was JO to lne noor milk the best wav we Van. ra. I vor of O. A. C nd the spectat nrdUaa nt him I tied back 4tt their chair expecu When the milk question Ma brought I Beaver to J11 up anoinerie 11 n In tha hnird mutlnl th mnmln. I I Of bolnt "1 rt . the SeoOnd TiHU. D' wa voted that havlna rir. Smith, ra- Mlalonarle had an unpleasant u i . - r . . . ..' ... I . .nrlni nn tVia lnat tlWDI. Officer Wheeler, work In the laboratory Playing with a , fierceness tha of the dalrv eommlssloner is nnaat la. never been. urpasjiea ty a ieam .r .v.. . m. a. u jieemlnalv defeated. they cr miiM llii viuvr waa 111 au V m in. i . . i tall a city labflratory in the city build- everything berore, tnem inn a , Ina- . TMm win k. r. and by uperb passm on thepi Smith said. Dr. Smith' final renunciation of hope that the state dairy and food com mlssloner Will avar ha of anv aM 1n helping to procure clean milk lor Port land by enforcing the state law. which he 1 elected to enforce, followed the T.'' " t ill the while, while C ... ... . , mayor oimon ana Qneri i; , wra tha briah aiOl I, wi v aa,a.via - , unt up: z W' KI-KI OVERJOYED AT WIFE'S RETURN AflOLPHE WOLFE NEW Man Monkey Again to Wed Woman Who Just Di vorced Him. SPOILED A GOOD MEAL WITH A BAD STOMACH Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets will turn a Bad Stomach into a ' Good One in 5 Minutes; Why will people go on-suffering from , Indigestion . and topsy . turvy stomach, i when Ml-o-na 1 guaranteed to. cure or ..'.'money back. :fy 1 , Ak Woodartt. Clarke ft Co. -1 If a physician, a specialist in etemach dmeaeet came to you knd aald: "PU fix I vp that miserable worn out 'stomach: for o:u er money back. .;,;.. .'. ;,- i I ll make 1 a rood ae new, so that ) ju won't uf fer from any distress and can eat what you want without fear of ; nfferjns, or money back. I'll cure you of ln.?tgeMinn or" mooey back, would turn rfewft hla offer. - ( i .',' ' v . ' .'-'"--.: And when you are offered Ml-o-na avoniacn woieu made-from a preecrip tlon better than 90 Der ront e ach specialists know how to WTlte, are ?V narrow minded and con tinue to suffer from indigestion, or are you going to be fair to yourself and try Mi-o-na on the money back agreement Ask Woodard, Clarke ft Co. "::.. Ml-o-na stomach tablets will put your tirml,J? Th 'hP that a l dan! Ss ..llKn"' bniu". nervoul fCh and ..tomach dh, S$ 1?' of ,h Price W which Mio-na stomach tablet are so-?-pnly (0 pent for. a large box t 4r t'- Lr?wh!- at Wood Clarke A Co., who guarantee them, Jjf.li orders filled,' charge prepaid by Bd.tw Mi-o-na. Buffalo, N, T. . ,-rtn " -V ' ' Kl-ICt, mn-monkey, hub-a-hub m'lth a new note of Joy today. Hi barbarlo chant sounds like sweet song. The tearj that trickle over his striped face are tears of Joy, and he laughs with the crowd that laughs at him. Never far from him as he sits, an advertising caricature) before one of the moving picture shows, is a picture showing a golden-haired little woman and hand some boy. "My lost loved ones" la written above it in a trembling hand, but below in firmer script 1 written today, "Found again, January 30, '10. All' well that ends Well." This is the secret Close over hi heart rests a marriage license, gotten this morning, giving le gal sanction to the plans of Harry L BHta to wed for the second time Lottie K. Wilson, i In Seattle on the 7th of January they were divorced, and ever Blnce, until a letter came, KI-Ki's eter nal hub-a-hub has been a sorrowful drone that some way seemed to pro. duce more' than the usual number of laughs from the crowds that stopped to listen. to him. "I am hajSpy, so happy, I can't hold it" he said. "My queen has come back to me. Why, she's my very lire, and she came to me, to me, do you hear? and asked me to forgive her! What did I have to forgive? I asked her. She had come back to me. There was only happiness for me. She's worth more than a million dollars to me, worth more than life, and nothing Bhe could do could make a difference. But oome with me. I want you to meet her." 1 On the way over to the lodgings on Salmon street Kl-Kl told his pathetic story. "Nine year ago we were mar ried In Muscatine, Iowa," he said. "We were so happy! I was older than she, and she seemed as much I ke my daugh ter as my wife. , All over the world we traveled togetner. i was anenumR to my business and making money. ne was making me happy. Then We went to Seattle and they paid me big money at the exposition. At last I decided to go to San. Francisco, and I left my wife. 'Goodby, dear, he said to me when I went, the tears running down her face. WrIte to me every day.' "I did write every day and she wrote to me. But two 'hour after I left she rented a room to a saioon man namea Edwards, and his wife. That woman hypnotized her; turned her love away from me. When I came tacK sne toia me she had sold all we had, and wanted a divorce that he had met a man who was her life. I told her she could have a divorce, could have all I had, could have my life. .Then I went away from her."- ' Kl-Kt had reached the little house on Salmon street that in Portland ha has been calling home. He pointed 'to a canary bird singing as though she would burst her throat. "That" he said, "has been my only friend since my wife left me." - Within was a little woman busy with wedding preparations, while on the floor the boy played. I gave her my room when she came and I moved for a little while," Kl-Kl explained. "But tomorrow night before all the world we will be married again. I want all the world to know she is my queen, the finest little woman of them all, the one woman for rue. , -Wee-gong to be married right up on the stage before them all. She made her mistake, and it -was for the public. I have done worse things and no one ever knew. But I am no better because no one knew and I can't re proach her unless I reproach myself. Kl-Ki, man-monkey, went back to the moving picture show on Seventh street, put on hi uncouth akin clothing and striped hla face black and white. But he hub-a-huhbed with a happiness the grease paint could not conceal. or to. morrow night Is his wedding night and the license Is resting close over hla heart . ... HEAD OF CONCORDIA 7 4 (V BULLET WOUND IMPAIRS H E Ai Thompson, Victim of Taxicab Robbers, Will Lose Use of Left Ear. Captain Belt and" enational I hooting by Cox and Barnes, the! tna acora ana in a umor Ing the last few minute of the they gained a lead of three point, held it until tne nnai nnu Read and Horton. the 'two tlve forward for O. A- CX, pJay fit Co commissioner's failure to keep a prom ise made to Mayor Simon and other city Officials. Bailey definitely prom L"Vt,- n offanal ised to appoint city milk Inspectors as 1? ? ottm deputy , etate dairy commissioner la "' ' iht f urur q give mem authority for work outalda tha iv u. n .- I nounces that he will not keep his prom- lae, ana u is laaen taat b this action he intend to aeparate hlmaelf from no. operation with city health protecting , TSZSZ B.U ! Should B Made. Sera Kim On. I ir L 9 Rnhatltutaa Burdl'i I-think It Is possible and nrnn.r TAit V.vnApn for Keck. Re fori! commissioner Bailey to appoint city I plegate. ...... '. iui uruutT aairy commu- l 1 1 i loner,' said Mayor Simon. "I am In I Umpona Mills Sold. w w,u t the appointment. I nin.teh to The Journal, think they hould be made." Oakland. Or.. Feb. 1. The L'n- Reed .......Right forward..... Horton Left forwara..... Keck .... Center Pugh Right guard. ... Si Brooke Left guard.... Field goals Reed 1. Morion i Adolphe Wolfe. With 160 members enrolled and with every Indication of a most successful year, the Concordia club last night held it annual meeting. The board of di rectors organized before the meeting and Adolphe Wolfe, of the firm of Lipman & Wolfe, was elected the president , For the past six years the club has been headed by Max Flelschner. Mr. Wolfe is the second man to be elected president. He is one of the hold-over members of the board of directors and one of the leading workers of the clul The other officers elected were: F. 1L Rothchlld, first vice president; Newton Blsalnfrer, second vice president; Louis Rau, secretary; Stgmuml Frank, treas urer, and I. B. Levy, assistant secre tary. The board of directors is com posed of J. Louison, K. BlsBlnger, F. H. Rothchlld, M. Markewitz, Sol Blumauer and A. C. Bernstein, new members, and Adolphe Wolfe, S. Frank. Louis Rau, A. Feldenhelmer, A. R. Jacobs and C. H. Bauer, hold-over members. Tiiat no lack of intention prevented the taxicab highwaymen of last Friday night from being murderer wa evi denced this morning when Ir. E. H. Anthony removed one of' the bullet fired by the robber from Manley Thompson' body. "This bullet" said Dr. Anthony, "would have pierced Thompson' heart had it been deflected so much a a degree from the .course it took." The bullet, fired at Thompson by merchant The of some of Vf th of Oakland -j nsaction. Mr. I eratlng the mil tha larger of the two robber while he was grappling with th smaller on the porch ,. Svir.lv th. tntentlnn nf th! law of the Seven urn hn... . 1 1 " obviously the Intention of the law Mayor Simon said that he was 'look-1 Flourlna- mills, located at Oakland, ing Into Bailey's -efusal to keen hla h. anM hv W. A. Taylor to V promise to the mayor In appointing city Bridges, a local merchant The mu. inspectors as leputy dairy com. I far nt HO acres o mlssloner, In order that rhevt men I firminv land north whom the city employ and pay should j eluded lp the transaction be vested With authority from the state I who baa been Derating official to make Inspections outside the I the past 10 years, will retire j c,ty. . ranch in Sutherlln valley 1 I rinnl..l.... n. M - I - - if w...,ii,ooiuii(rr oaiini BMnounctmtnT I jr .k. W 1.-11 . . I . . -.'' ..... . c,cra .ip na np auuioruyi Lorenio van Arw-rgv-seem to be refuted by a familiar see- ..... ... tL. j.1 viun wi ln amry imw a aaoptea py tha Oakland, Or.. Feb. VI4 aiaia iwiaiaiure in ISO 6. Section 2 of 1 A..rr .n mwA resident chapter i09, pages J48-9 read: county, died at his h&na In What tbe XAw Say. I yon, eight miles west of C . "Th ald commissioner may also an- January 18. The remain we porfit other deputies who shall take and at the Oddfellow cemetery file a like oath, and hall hold their of- January g. flee during the pleasure of the commis sioner, and who shall perform the duties prescribed by the commissioner, and who shall be compensated by the commissioner." Thi section follow one "giving the commissioner authority to appoint an assistant who shall be paid by the state. CABLE ANNOUNCES C MISS SMITH'S SAFETY 1 ICnlred Prese Leased Wlre.l . '.f . T.' W . n.l... ...I.I A. Xi ron cabled today : that ; Mies Susie A. Smith, daughter of Mrs, Preston Smith Of. Portland. ,Orn ,le well ana ' happy at Paris. . Senator Chamberlain, whose request elicited Bacon's telegram, has a letter from Secretary Knox, saying thit as far as known - all Americans at -,PaTja are: safe, few- having moved to get away from, the flood encroach ment on dwelllng.--E- i ; :t -,f 1 PERSONALS Marlon F. Dolph, who ha been for several ' years in the law office of Dolph, Mallory & Simon, has retired from his position with that firm, and has Opened an office of hla own in the Mohawk building. PILES Quickly Cured Instant Relief, Permanent Cure- Trial Package Mailed Free to All in Plain Wrapper. We want every man and woman, suf fering from the excruciating torture of piles to Just send their name and ad dress to us and get by return mall' a free trial package of the most effective and positive cure ever known for this disease, Pyramid Pile Cnre.y ' rne way to prove what this great remedy win do in your own case, Is to just fill out free coupon.' and send to us and you will get by return mail a free sample of Pyramid Pile Cure. Then after you have proven to your self what it can do, you will go to the druggist and get a 50-cent box. Don't undergo an operation. ODera- tions are rarely a success and often lead to terrible consequences. Pyramid Pile Curo reduces all inflammation, makes congestion, irritation, -Itching, sores and ulcer disappear and the piles simply Quit ' No knife and It torture. No doctor and his bills. For sale at all drug stores at 60 cents a box. Free Package Coupon - Fill out tfi blank lines' below with your name and address, cut out coupon and mail to the PYRAMID Rlk COMPANY, 240 "vrSfii Bldg., Marshall, Mich. A sample of the great Pyramid Pile Cure will itl?2, H en.t . you at one by mail, FREE, In plain wrapper. : V - ' ' - ' ' . - ' ' - -Na me , vi jr; vs v. Street v ............. City and State...,...;...,,,.,,. of the Seven Mile house, had entered the right breast so close to the region of the heart that it was impossible to see now it could have missed. Pierc ing the right lung, it finally, lodged in the muscles, of the back, from which ur. Antnony removed It this morning, Is Ordinary Ballet. 1 ne Duuet was from an ordinary mcap .09 canoer gun. it was not mashed by contact with the bones of the breast The uglier wound of the two Is in Thompsoa's cheek. This he received irom tne gun of the smaller highwayman with whom he was fight- i"K ivr me wnen we larger man in terfered. Ihompson. When seen this morning -v .uiwiiii nominal, , was in high spirits and talked freely. "I never had any idea that I had a chance to live. Now I know some Way that I am going to get well," he said. i hose fellow not only intended to murder me, when I resisted, but they intended to kill the chauffeur that drove the taxicab. I remember dis tinctly hearing them say that when they got him down the ron thw murder him in cold blood to keep him from Identifying them. It was a gool thing that he ran when h aa rZ nAVAn nrntiU V. a. . . l,K3 .r u uav" Deen hie to run " Ihompson Is a man of rather large frame and strong. He affirmed this morning that he had started in to kill whenT"'. f the two h'Khwaymen, when the larger man who had been standing in the background came to .... yoi a aBBlBiance. Smaller Bobber Weak. nft. - mil . nine reuow wa not nearly so 111 .h.al.h'm. rlht and would have """""" uata m spiie or the hole in my face if I had been let .i. ww" thing took me so much by, surprise that I did not have time to . had Just stepped to the door liir .1 ry'.a.?' w ee who is coming, when tne nine reilow fired. I am ready to ii x ntui nearrt him to hold up my hands I would hav dnn- t a. I rrl, H.W.I. W a '-' . Zl u s nav Deen ,n lot of "uu imiure. nave nren n lrnl... K... T " r.lll 2: yever wa "hot before, to allow the appointment of an In definite number of deputies, stipulating only that the . burden or their support shall not fall upon the state. The laws of 1909 authorise the appointment of three state paid deputies by the commis sioner, .but this new law does not repeal the old. . A new German composition metal, known as "elektron," the exact Ingredi ents of which are a secret are said to be - I Stiff Joint) become elastic and pliant by MIMEN Prieea, 9So. 8O0., and $t.OOf about two thirds as heavy as aluminum. I fflfiPFR'S FOI I OWFRS GIVF REASON FOR THEIR BE' my life." 7. "Thompson's is one of ih. markable cases Of quick recovery lever my lire." declared Dr. Anthony. 'The chief ill effant n re wound in his cheek will be the loss of ",s "paling in me lert ear. Tha h.,u. passed through the middle ear and Is now lodged at the base of the skull I do not know whether we can ever aet It It was reported from HheHe Ht-m.l..i office,, this morning that little definite progress had been made in the search for the highwaymen, whn nn in-i day night after Impressing Chauffeur iv T uley. ana M machine into their service, looted Twelva utii- . and followedjt by the attack upon nou" .which Manley Thompson was, shot. Special Services Continned. Because of the Interest request of members of the church it has been decided to continue special c' ""v 0 weea in the Vernon Presbyterian chhrch. East vinot-.L and Wygant streets. Rev. J E. finv der of the Piedmont churrh-i. as evangelist Meetings are hM R?J,,nG "w8 AC.k,,W,th 8peclal mu Key., u. w. Arms is pastor. Kin Knopf at Bake. Baker CUy. Feb. 1. Tha rZ.rl' partment of the Baker City high school 1ws prepared a German play, inin vJfSS TCwJU1Je pro8ent to the publio on Wednesday evening, February The farce will be-staged under thTdi-' rection of Miss Gertrude (Funk, head hf the German department, and promises to be a successful affair With a theory that human health Is dependent on the stomach and with a medicine which he says proves this the ory, L. T. Cooper, a comparatively young man, has built up an Immense following during the past year. Cooper ha visited most of the leading cltie of the country, and In each city has aroused a storm of discussion about his beliefs and his medicines. Wherever he ha gone, people have called upon him by ten of thousands, and hi prep aration ha sold in Immense quantities.! The aale of thi medicine 'has now spread over the entire country, and 1 growing enormously each day. In view of this, the following statements from two of the great number of followers which he now has, are of general In terest. ' "NV V. Marsh, residing at 217 South Daly street Los Angele, Cal.,. has the following to say upon the subject of the Cooper preparations: "For more, than a year "l experienced the most intense suffering, due to a form' of stomach trouble which the doc tors called catarrhal gastritis. After eating I would fill up with gas, which caused frequent belching, The abdom inal area would expand until I could scarcely breathe, causing great distress. At such times I could not keep still. but paced the streets for hour until the pain subsided. "Frequently I went without eatlna rainer man enaure tne torture that was sure to follow. Liquids were the only kind of food I could partake of with safety. I had spells of dizziness, and became badly run down through suffer-.! ing ana lack or proper nourishment I tried various remedies in search of re lief, but they failed to help me. some time ago a brother member in a lodge to which I belong urged me to try the Cooper remedies. ...?u uciiim ueiuuilBiruiQa III AjOU He stated that to his personal edge they had been of great bu others in a like condition, audi strength of his recommendatlor cured a treatment' of Cooper's IS covery. j "It proved helpful from the fir and n less than a week I was regularly and heartily, without .' enclng any bad effects afterw-; 1 - --kd I ... . . 1 11 taklnor the full treatment I I well and enjoy living for t in many months, now hearty supper, then go to like "a healthy boy, I feel I can hardly realize I am tl Cooper , New Discovery ha marvelous change in meit J that was claimed for It" Another statement by Stewart,' 109 W. Madison street Is as foyows: "I have had V trouble for years, and. anyone w. flicted ths way knows .what 'ait distressed feeling it causes. J, time I have felt that I would. gW any price to be cured, rt was b ; dent that I heard of this man Ci remedies. I immediately made mind to buy a treatment of him It for about two weeksr and it i. V Bible to tell how much good it h7 me. .1 feel altogether different.,. 1 more life and energy than I havi for year.: This medicine certalhlyi stimulate and strengthen the wholt1 tern. ; Tired feeling and weak cono of the stomach has entirely passed r 1 feel well again." , " ,- ' Cooper's New, Discovery is sold lr druggists. ; If your druggist cannotf ply you, we will forward you the ft of a druggist in your city who , j Don't accept ,"omethlng Just as goq ; The Cooper Medicine Co., DAyton, I i 1 1 11 1 1 " ' . " ' i OH People Don't Die of Old Age They die from liver complaint. Their ayitems become poisoned from the waste matter clogging them due to constipation. For instance, Rheumatism js,a disease caused by this poisoning from bad liver and kidneys. If v you are old and ailing, or if anyone you love is old and ' aflin g . Get a 23c Box ol ;;-; f, X?- TAKE ONE TONIGHT YOU 11 FEEL SETTER IN THE MORNING Better tbn pills tot titer ills became it sou Dot grip does not tear theiyrtem to plecet; bat acts surely aad easily.' It cures conitlpatlon corrects the 1 llYei-TSweetens the stomaci- helps tba kidneys snd tones np lbs wbola system. Neve rlpe " or sicken. - . : I SKIUMOKli DKUU COMPANY "."-'Of.'"1 "1 !' 1 v -