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' THE - OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 191Q. ESE STOLE HIS lit SADIE NEER GETS m 250M 1 BE San Francisco Man Asks State Department to Find Where $70,000 Nurse and High Officials. Wins First Prize in Meier , & 1 Frank's Letter Writing Contest., V Prises have been warded In th con- ncac test. oDon for nil school children be tVClll rwvmw ,Wf(n the 4(fM of t tnd u tot thbet letter telling why the children visit the Meier A Frank it ore In preference to others. Tlio contest ha been run nlng for six months end thousands or letters, have been received. Friday 1250 automobile was given Sadie Bell Neer of 724 East Salmon street, winner of the first prise for jrlrla, and Keith Klgglns, of 850 Fourteenth atreet,' who f Ritrclat DUmtoh to Th JoarnxL) San FranclBOO, Feb. 6. Tha dlaappcar km nf rhrtM filled "with silver and roxtly iewels and the looting of an - tat f many thousands of yen will be (got the boy'a prise. the subject of International Investlge- y Teachera aa Judges, tlon. . if the stat department tas-a.upi, MlM faBny p0rter. Mine Kate Caha charges that hava lust been filed wlthl)in an Miss Jessie Parka, all teachera 1L pivacntatlv Julius Kahn. by H, ui in the rortiand public acnooia, actea aa Kpclnajer. of thla city. Kpplnger accuses high Japanese offl ciala at Yokohama o.f having made away, with tlio greater part of a fortune left by his grandfather, Louis Epplnger, for. mcrly of San Francisco, and the owner of the famoua Grand Hotel at Yokohama. lie haa also asked Representative Kahn to demand, through the atata de partment, an esplanatlon of tha oonduct I and fcctiVityi or consul uenerai ii. a. Aimer, nv uv hama, who Epplnger , declares abould hava protected the eatate, as tha prop, nty of an American. II charge that Miller seemed willing to allow the Jap anese to loot tha eatate. . . . Hiara officials 8upcUd. One of th specif lo charges la, that Osawa San, a nurse employed by Louis Epplnger, made away with a chest con taining 110,000 worth of allver. Valu able Jewelry, also disappeared between judges, working all day on the letters. The Klgglns boy Is only II years told, The prise letter written cy aai Neer follows; "Children Ilk. ' to vlatt Meier aV Frank's store for many reason a Thla great shopping center is alwaya so busy anil an brlmmlnc with attractions that It cannot fall to Interest every . child who likes to enter a place bustling with "Many new and wonderful things are frequently exhibited at tba Meier & Frank store. As children are always delighted with novelties, they alwaya make it s point to go ther a often as thy receive an opportunity, r, ' , XUk Every Department, "Children Ilk to visit every depart ment of th great a tore, but th one that la of particular lntereat to them ia Toyland. Her. there is a splendid as the time of Louis 'Epplnger' death and I aortment of toys of every kind, all toys the grandaon's arrival - at - Yokohama, that ar familiar to children and count soon after he received th newa that he less others that' they have never Been was sol betr to mora than 160,000 yen. or heard of. . Collusion between th nurse and high "During th daylight Toyland 1 very officials at Yokohama is on of th lines beautiful, but at night, when the many of investigation that bas been suggested light, are shining and all Is . bright. to th stat department. lit la so grand that It aeems an en- Epplnger returned today from Wash-1 chanted fairyland into which on has lngton, where he had placed Ills cane I suddenly drifted. . Hundreds of de- gainst the Japanese officials in the lighted children go there dolly, arid hands of Representative Kahn. Out I never tire of gazing at th wonderful of his grandfather's fortune, th value sight of which, In American money, was 175,- "Another aource of enjoyment for 000. EDDlnger has been able to recover I children Is to look down from one of but $5000. Through the state depart- the upper stories upon the throngs of FEDERAL GRAND IIIDVUI Jl II I PCT. Jill HILL UU BUSYHEXTVEEK Witnesses Summoned to Show That National Packing Co Suppressed Competition in New York State. (Called Pre teased WlrO Chicago, Feb. t. Tha .federal grand iurr which Is investigating th alleged beef trust, has been heretofore only "scratching the surface" of th mach lnatlona Which th government' charges up agalnat th : Chicago packers ana plans to dig deep early next week Into transactions participated In by them. Besides witnesses from New -York, oth ers from Nebraska, Texas, Missouri and many other. states will be examined. These witnesses hava been gathered to gether by .William TC. Modaria, npecfal assistant ' attorney general, .who has been en era sod In a two week's "atlll hunt" . . These witnesses wer summoned. It s said, to ahow that the National Pack Ing company pot only tried to suppress competition In . New York and other states, but was successful In buying out th independent oompaniea In New York state. The necessity of examining these Witnesses Is expected to extend th inquiry for another month. . United States Attorney Sims declines to state how long th Inquiry will take. A number of officials of the Na tional and other packing companlea her wer examined by th grand Jury today befor It adjourned until next week. ment he hopes to fore those who looted the estate to disgorge, and he hopes to secure an Investigation of Mil ler's alleged Inactivity while th allver, Jewele and other property wer being carried away. Ipplnger's Own ttatement. busy people below on the first floor. Bids on Elevators. In the Meier & Frank store are many elevators and the children en joy riding up and down upon thorn. The children una to visii me'Mei tc Frank atore becauae they alwaya Louis Epplnger was on of th best have a .vry pleasant and interesting known Americans in th Orient He lived for years In Japan. Of the dlssl- . . . I . . . . r T I pauon oi ma esisia ii. u. .cppinger said today "My grandfather died only a few months ago. The estate waa worth 150.000 yen. I went at once to Japan. When . I arrived I found, that there remained only $5000 that could get hold of. But X learned that a nurse, Osawa San, had got away with $10,000 worth of allver. A lot of Jewelry waa stolen and the. estate waa wrecked Japanese officials wer at th bottom of. these thefta, "The case has just been laid before Representative Kahn. I have em ployed Attorney Franklin Bull of San Francisco to handle my Interests. He aay declares n was Tne amy oi ine con-1 sul-general to protect the property." time, one that ia worth remembering.' Sadie Bella Neer, 721 East Salmon atreet Th letter by Keith Klgglna Is writ ten in rhyme. The first atanxa reads: "The Chrlstmaa shopping days - are past, but the large trade will alwaya last at the Meier A Frank store. "We - children to the great store throng; ; ' ; , "Our Joy there eager td prolong "W stay ... ' ' "Each day "Till the olnnlnr mnnr ' "Rinirs as a slanal to be'vone. "With a sigh w children turn to go, "Happy yet because w know That our joy may bo renewed each CRUSHING DEFEAT OF MADRIZ ARMY (Continued From Page One.) "At Meier & Franks.' MAYOR INSTRUCTS BAILEY TO ACT JUDGE DUB0SE DIES AT SEATTLE HOSPITAL fBoeclnl PIsDstcb to The Jonrotl.1 Seattle. Wash., Feb. 6. Judge Dudley O. Dubose, a central figure in Nome af fairs for the last ten years, the original of a character in Rex Beach's novel "The Spoilers," and the Alaskan at torney for large corporations and east' era miUionariea, died at the Seattle gen n;..t n;., nA,m;:A . eral hospital today, after an illness laat UireCtS Dairy UOmmiSSIOner tO ing two months. Judge Dubose came aown irom jNome last ran in railing AppOint' DepUtieS tO Help health, and toward the end of November nno vaaru tivui atacv aniiiiivu io ca.. liiu hotel Butler to the hospital. Mrs. Alice Coche, his daughter, was. at the., bed aide when he died. -Judge Dubose waa Identified with the Mayor Simon sept Dairy Commission-1 Seward, peninsula railroad company, the r Bailey a formal request yesterday to I Northwest Development company, The deputise city (snllk Inspectors.' - I Taylor Creek Ditch company, the Fair This followed Bailey's assertion that! haven Water company, the Kougarok he would make no move toward helping Ditch company. The Nome Publishing the city procure pure milk until he .'company, and represented John D. Ken City Get Pure Milk. was protected by written communlca tlon from the mayor. , The letter sent by the mayor reads: "I beg to advise you that It Is the purpose of, the city administration to enforce the milk inspection ordinance recently enacted by the "city of Port land and to that end it Is important that we shall have your aid and co operation, which I assume and Indeed mn assured by you, you are willing to give us. . .v.- 'v;v ; "To this end It is important that you shall appoint as deputy stat dairy and food commissioners , the following named employes of -.the city of Port land: D. W. Mack and. Herbert Silver wood. . In my opinion, you have ample power to make these appointments and the city of Portland will assums all responsibility for th payment of the . salaries and expenses while in th field of these . appointees, and will protect you and the stat against any loss that may be sustained by reason of any ac tion ' in this respect. Awaiting your early attention to this matter, I beg to subscribe myself. Very respectfully yours, JUtiKi'll SIMON, , "Mayor.? yon, of New York, James A. Duke, Senator Thomas A. Darby; of Florida and other eastern millionaires in their Alaska interests. He also, waa a stock holder and -attorney for the Alaska Banking and v Safe - Deposit ' company which is made the scene of th riot In "The Spoilers." PROF. PEAVY TAKES POSITION AT 0. A. C. ISpdeUl Dl.psteh to The Journal.) Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallia, Or., Feb. . -The Oregon Agri cultural college haa been - remarkably fortunate in securing an able successor to professor Lake, head of the school of forestry, who has left Corvaljis; with the privilege of a leave 'of absence for one year and a half to take up special government forestry work at "Washing ton. D. C. His successor Is Professor George W, Peavy. of San Francisco, who for a number of years, has been in the, forest service in the Pacific coast ;ttes.l';:'-iav'v-t:'::a"f:' ' : Professor Peavy's government rank is that of chlf of planting In the states of California, and Nevada. . He resigns this posltioi) and will immediately start wort a bad''of the school of forestry at O. A.T5. f Professor Peavy-has had t an extended and distinguished service f' in lucatlonal and forestry affairs.; He is ' graduate of . the- literary depart- uier.t of the University of Michigan and. s Sfrred six years as high school princi- rl in Michigan j achools. Professor rtm' retired ' from high school work i t rtudy forestry as the attractions of t t- profession- appealed to - him very i tti'oagly,:..;,: ."J,--- ini--,s; ,ii i ' i i ii i I'm n, ii , rfm ii . . ' ' - t'e A HUnitad, page six, section1 one. WOMAN ARRESTED FOR OBTAINING MONEY Mrs. Mary Parker, formerly of 629 Belmont street, waa arrested yesterday afternoon at Tacoma on a warrant is sued in Portland for obtaining money under false pretenses. She is aocused of borrowing money upon household furniture which she had purchased on the Installment plan. Clarence R. Wagoner, of tha , Lewis building, and O. K. Paulson made com plaints to the district -attorney that they had loaned the woman money. They say when the loans became due it was discovered the furniture which she had given, as security was owned by an other: firiiw She i stated when borrowing the 'money.:' that, th furniture was' her own.,' Ba 8.' Parker is the husband of the woman, v They lived at Arieta a year ago. ; ishe -left . Portland January 14 and went' to Tacoma. - CLUBS GET TOGETHER ON BIG PROBLEMS Delegates .were appointed yesterday by rthe- South Portland Boosters' asso ciation ' to attend- the meeting of . the United Bast Side Push clubs next Wed nesday evening. The tiuestlons to come ud for discus slon, ' especially ; the deepening of the channel from Madison bridge aouth to Sell wood, and also of building a bridge acroea the river at Sellwobd, are of vital importance to the South Portland people. Tlje question, of lighting First street from Burnside "to Columbia, has been taken up by the club and will be pushed through. Contracts for the Job will be Signed next week. MULTNOMAH SOCCER TEAM. BEATS OCEANICS Th Multnomal.-soccer footbair team defeated the Ocean lea yesterday on the Multnomah field, 6 goals- to one. The Oceanics played in poor form, while the Winged1 M players were-exceptionally good in all deaprtments of the gam. terlor towna are rallying to tha support of tha revolutionary chief. Volunteers have flocked to Chamorro's standards in great numbera and it is estimated that General Estrada has now in the field (000 fully . armed and equipped men to continue the war against Madrls and his followers. Later messages from the front indicate that the Government forces -are in a critical position. Generals .Vasques and Rlvas, com manding th Madrls forces, are hemmed In at Santo - Domingo, completely aur- rounded and facing Inevitable capture. By a hurried flan march General Chamorro has reached Comcapa, 48 miles from Santo .Domingo,- while General Mena occupies a strong position at Santo Tomas, with,-the Madrls forces be sieged. i- :- Th Madrls forces have no power of communication, all wires now being in control of . th revolutionists and all roads being held by the revolutionary party. Chamorro now holds all th roada and lines of communication to the interior, while Mena haa complete con trol on thla aide from Santo Tomas to Rama and ther is nothing to prevent Chamorro from advancing to Grenada. Bvolatloiilat In Control. Reports from th front now confirm th statements that the revolutionary army is in complete control from Chon talea to Grenada and General Rlvas is only awaiting the advance of General Chamorro before joining , the forces of Generl Aurella Estrada in the hills six miles from Managua, where the rebels ar encamped. When they combine they will march upon Managua, which Is th destination of the Estrada forces. It is believed her tonight that th end of. the war Is In sight th surrounding of General Vasques -practically ending hostilities. Reports from revolutionary headquarters indicate that the Madrls policies are as brutal as those of former President Zelaya. A courier who arrived from General Chamorro, bearing mes sages to General 'Mena, has been cap tured and shot to death without even a trial.' . ' PREDICTS v. ll l -1l l asss l l SSBaBBM-BSMSM-SWSS ' f '" ' At Banquet ;of Dealers Martin ;C. Banfield Says Short V : - age Is'Certahv ; CAPTAIN SHIPLEY, U.S. N. INFORMS GOVERNMENT : OF MENA'S VICTORY ; I (TTnlted I-rms t"d Wlr. Washington. Feb. 6.-r-Report of an other victory of th insurgents in Nic aragua today is regarded In official cir cles here as foreshadowing1 th speedy downfall of President Madrls, who suc ceeded zeiaya. . : ; --: A message ; from ' Captain Shipley of th Des -Moines, from Bluefields today, says: ..'". V -: V ' "Reported that ' General Mena, com manding the revolutionary forces near Acoyapa, defeated the rear detachment of Madrls' army, numbering 600. " Many prlsoners were taken. Th casualties were not reported, but ar said to be heavy; General Mena Is proceeding west to Join Chamorro. Th entire Mad rls forces, commanded by General Va auex. are retiring westward ana are between tha . positions : of Mena ana Chamorro. It Is reported that the rev olutionists hold all the lines and roads and that the Madrls forces are demoral Ized and in danger. .The revolutionary force is estimated at fiooo." y Chamorro was reporter yesterday at Boaca, 60 miles from Managua.:. and it IS , believed h is how Very near the capital. With the Madrls forces be tween two .Insurgent armies,., it Is be lieved that an end to the situation will soon d effected. - - . Trials and tribulations of ,Th fuel dealer, ;;witn , several , minor . topics of interest, wer Included. In subjects which cam up for discussion at a ban quet given by th Portland Fuel Deal ers association at the Edelweiss Grill last night. for than 60 Portland. fuel dealera attended th banquet Just a touch was added to th oc casion by Martin C. Banfleld, president of ,th Banfleld-Veysey Fuel company, wnen n retanea tne story or tna ruel famine of 106. when he was arralaned by interests ss th "Slabwood King of Portland. He told of th mantle- in which h had been unjustly critic! led and tinged his address with sensation alism, when h predicted -a fuel famine of Ilk seriousness for 1JU. . ;, Xrdlots ghortaf. "I bid you take care." he warned th fuel dealers. -,"8uch a condition as w experienced Id 1906 will prevail again, and I would not b surprised If w felt sever shortsg In 111." In his address. W. N. Day. rareatdent of th Western Fuel association, which was organised In Spokane' to take In fuel dealers of th states of Waahlna. ton. Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming, invited the Portland Fuel Dealers' as sociation to affiliate Itself. II laid particular stress on th extrem value of organisation and made averments significant of th success of affiliation In Spokane. , " At th next regular meeflns- of tha Portland fuel dealers the question of banding with tha Western Fuel As sociation will b discussed. Georg Kstea acted as toaatmaster at th banquet of last night Ills ad dress of welcome, delivered On behalf of the president and other officers of the association, was expressive of th objects and purposes of th organisation. Business Growing. , j Among guests of th association at ! th banquet was F. f. Hunt " traffic manager of the Oregon Water Power company. Answering a tbast to "Th Railway Traffio Department," Mr. Hunt told of th growth of th fuel business in Portland aa evidenced by the amount of hauling dona by th company which . he represented. Thir ty-five per cent of th freight business of the O. W. P. cam Indirectly or di rectly through the wood and coal deal era was on of hi assertions. "Hardly a day passes that we do not handle at least 26 carloads of wood for Portland dealers," said Mr. Hunt. "In th year 1809 w were compelled to purchase 20 extra wood cars, and this year w expect to get 20 mor with which to handle th fast Increasing business." Prices Will Increase, x Mr. Hunt predicted that a few years only would seer rfce wood supply of Port land' diminishing at an alarming rate, and prophesied that prices would neces sarily rise with the increasing demand and decreasing supply. Interesting addresses were made by H. M. Kimball, C. C. Churchley, A. It Edlefson, C. R. Aylesworth and others. The banquet of the fuel dealers was unique in several respects. Free from internal strife and with the spirit of good fellowship and good feeling in evidence, the affair was informal in a great measure. Several amusing tele grams, one supposedly from ex-Presi dent Roosevelt wer read. - Even the menu and program, headed "Order Sheet and Fuel List" was novel. TIIEISKED IB HOED UP M. P. TRAIN While Passenger Speeds From Pittsburg io Cornell, Kansas Trio Relieve Travelers of (United Press m Win.) t - Pittsburg, Kan, : Feb. 6.- Three masked robbers held up Missouri Pa cific passenger train No. 81, east bound. between Pittsburg and Cornell early to night and robbed tba passengers of sev eral hundred dollars. On man was relieved of $82 and another lost a big roll of bills. Every passenger was robbed of all th cash la his possession. Th trio boarded th train at Pitt burg and aa soon as th train pulled out Into open, country they retired Into the '.mens room. .When they emerged they wor handkercblofs over their faoes and carried revolvers. -. They locked th doors' at either end of th chair oar and began shooting, firing about 20 shots. Th fusllad f factually .terrified th passengers, most of whom wer foreigners, and they wer ready to deliver. . , Zfo Passenger Esoap. : ",. On robber stood at each door with drawn revolvers, while the third passed his hat down the aisle. They took only cash, but no passenger was allowed to escape. Th conductor and brakeman wer in the smoking car when th robbery began. By th time they could get to the chair, car and break open the door th train had mn tha alx miles to Cor nell and th robbers jumped from th car platform juat as the train pulled Into tha outskirts of Cornell. They es caped in th darkness. Trainmaster Crawford and Chief of Police Skinner of Pittsburg went to Cornell on a special train and organ ised a posse to hunt th robbers. SI BATHS FOR SMALL BABIES Glass Sun Baths to Be Buil : :; 'on South Side of the: , . ) Baby Home. . . ' ONE MAN KILLED II FATAL WRECK (TTnlted Press Lsased Wire.)' Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 6. On man was killed and three persona were fatal ly injured in a collision between trains No. 36 and No. 40 on the Florida and East Coast railroad in South Jackson ville today.- The cause of th collision has not been fixed. The dead: One unidentified man. The Injured: Conductor J. E. Ed wards, Flagman -Ostranger, Mrs. J. M. Schumacher, wife of a prominent bank er of Jacksonville. The three ar in Jacksonville hos pitals and are expected to die. Workmen are removing the wreckage, which consists of five cars, and trains are using the tracka of the railroad as usual tonight. CHEAP DANCES BAD y DUNG GILS BUYS SIXTH STREET t a LOT FOR $85,000 Chapin ft Herlow. representing I. Low engart sold to A Montana capitalist yesterday a SO by 100 foot lot on the east side of Sixth street between Pin and Oak for 185,000. Th property ad joins th Oxford hotel on th north and is improved with a two story brick faced, frame building. The buyer, whose nam Is withheld for th present recently cam to Port land with the intention of making heavy inveatments in business property. He plans to put up a substantial brick building on hia Sixth street . purchas within th year, , . V , MILITARY ACADEMY COMPLETES FIRST TERM FAIR COMMITTEES POSTPONE MEETING Owing to the Inability of several of the members to attend, the meeting of the fair committee of the Oregon Manufacturers' association, and tha Tl . 1 17-.. I JL Tt.ntA.W Kn 1 was postponed indefinitely. . Both presidents, netcner Linn and E. I Thompson, were out of town, and several other members were unable to attend. The meeting will probably be held. Monday or Tuesday. AKIMA'S MAYOR IS ; AFTER GAMBLERS - ---v--' --' : (Bnertil DltDatrk to Tn Joarastl North Yakima,., Wash.. Feb. t. Mayor P. M.- Armbruster announced today that he. would have "presented at th council meeting Monday night an ordinance to prohibit percentage' gambling. .He wants , this ordinance ' because seven gamblers arrested a week ago .were dis charged becaue they could not be con vlcted under th prnt aiaie late . "Moonlight" dances, (h "Frisco glide," and other similar steps at the dance halls have been placed on th taboo list by the , police. , Lest night 'Captain George Bailey and two 'plain clothes men visited the halls in the downtown district and notified tha proprietors that better order must be maintained, The practice of allowing young girls to at tend without escorts was also forbidden. Many complaints have been made to the police that young men go- to dance halls to meet and entice young girls away. . The downfall ot-many girls, it Is said, has been ' traced to ; such ac quaintances. . The girls are admitted free. -r Many immoral women have at tended the dances where they would in fluence girls to accompany them. ' Lola G. Baldwin visited the halls Friday night In her report, she states that officers should be provided by the proprietors, and that an admission fee should toe charged. RAID POOLROOMS IN V LENTS AND ARLETA Balds on the poolrooms In Lents and Arieta were made last night by . Con stable Lou Wagner and his deputies, who . found ' wide oppn gambling ' and many minors In tha places. Nlnteen boys were found in the pool room of J. Scott at Arieta, Many of them were playing poker. Scott was ar rested for allowing minors in his place. .Douglas M. Woodflda was also arrested. Six boys wer found playing pool in his place. . ' ; , ..- V" - At tients tne pooirooms of w. w. Connors and Henry Helntt were raided. Four boys found in the first place and seven la th second. All were playing pool. ' Bach proprietor was released upon ball of $100. - . . The first term of the school year mos-io has juat been completed at th Hill Military academy. Many lmprovu ments have been made in th buildings and th equipment of tha Institution. Th faculty has been enlarged and con siderably strengthened, th - discipline has been made stricter, and was rigidly enforced. Consequently, tha results ob tained so far bav been most satisfac tory. Tha Toll of honor for the term, com pc-sed of qadets having obtained a gen eral average of 90 or mor In their stu dies and 100 In deportment, was made by the following cadets of the academic department: Lieutenant W. K. Phillips, Vancouver, Wash., 92 l-J; Corporal L. W. Barnhart, Sniff els. Colo.. . 812-8; Cadets E.' StenbergV Mlnnapolis, Minn., 2-3: a F. Strobel, Portland 90 1-5: R. Clark, Portland, 90. In tha prepara tory department, Cadets R, E. Stanton, Milwaukee, 9S, and L. M. Mills, Port land, 92, "made the roll of honor for th term. In addition to these cadets, th fol lowing mad tha honor roll for th last month: Sergeant A. H. Bell, Portland; Corporal W. St Martin, Carson, Wash.; J. R. Coon, Oswego, Or.; L. E. Garrison, Portland, and O. P. Wlnningstad, Os weao. Or. A competitive arm was lieia Friday night by the members of C company, the the bronze medal was won alter a spir lted competition by Cadet Meredith Esk ridge of Portland, After the drill th cadets ana about ISO invited guests enjoyed a very pleas ant informal hops In the gaily decorated armory. . -' HAMILTON GOES TO 1- PRISON NEXT WEEK ' SmH.i DtsDttcb to The Jonrnal.l Olympia, Wash., Feb.. 6. Mondayth state will dismiss the two suits pending agalnat Ortls Hamilton, former adjut ant general, in the Thurston county su perior court, and Hamilton, who has been convicted ox larceny by emDezsie ment and sentenced to from-1 to 10 years in the state penitentiary at Wal la Walla will drop his appeal to th supreme court , i: - He will-be taken early next week from the county jail In Qlympia, wher h has been since last May, to Walla Walla, Hamilton is the state officer who squandered $37,000 of the public money buying Jewels and automobiles for his affinity, It Is , understood bo will not ask for a pardon Inside of five years. :. TO FIGHT MOVE - t - TO CREATE NESMITH (BoeeUl Dlsoatcb to Tfes Journal.! Eugene,. Or., Feb., 6. -A delegation from the Eugona Commercial club at tended a meeting of . the Springfield Commercial club last night and arrange ments wer made to cooperate In the fight against th proposition to create Nesmith county out of the southern part of Lane and the northern part of Doug las. Th clubs will send delegations to a meeting at Roseburg on February 19, at w hich, time th campaign against the new county will be formally, launched. .V.. ! . ' . ' Th directors of th Baby horn ar contemplating th building of a glas porch on th south side of their new building. This, if constructed, will pro vide a fin place for a sun bath, where th little ones may get rosy cheeks' and new life, Th architect ia preparing th plans, so estimates may be made and bids asked. If the expense is not too great. It will be built this spring. ' Th sise of th porch will b 11 by 24 ft Th general health of the babies is ax cellent A remarkable thing about It all Is, that In the last four months only one death has- occurred. This was baby of four days and very low Vitality when received. . Th experience of th board in thel efforts to glv th little ones thr the very best car! In time of sickness or otherwise, has proved that th good mother la the best nurse. - Tha matron tlrey.now, have at the home, and who haa been tfter more than five years In .this capacity has Von laurels for herself in th car of these little) ones. -. There are 42 babies at the , home; which has' been about. the average- for aom months. Tba 'directors feel great ly encouraged in this good work, and when the horn Is properly endowed, and th "monthly contributions" no longer are required, they will hava reached the goal they have long sought - Owing to th Inclement weather on Tag Day," th reoelpts wer only $6300, as compared with $8800 tha previous year. The home, however, la In no Im mediate distress - for money, as they bav sufficient funds in th treasury to last several months. , v It will ba necessary to resum th col lection of monthly subscriptions, and continue this method until a proper en dowment is provided.' Should this not be done, th horn would be In arrears at the end of th year. H1DLEREC0RDS Iron Ore Vein -Struck.' "''--(Spectsl DhpatcB -to Tbs Journal. . ' Hood River. Or Feb. 6. !onBlderabla excitement was created in Hood River today as the result of the rich Iron or vein struck by P. S. and Frank David eon while drilling a well in- the Willow Flat section. The. vein was struck at a depth of J50 feet: After drilling into th vein seven feet It was found to be practically of tba ame grade through th en tiro section- or th lead, v Wew York. Feb. 8. On world's rec ord was fractured, while another waa equaled, by th midwinter athletic car nival of th Irish-American Athletic Club in Madison Square Garden tonight The Teiay ' team, composed of Tank Robbins. Jo Bromlow, Henry 8chaaf and little Abel Kivlat Bettered th world's figures for the 2400-yard relay by three fifths of a second, covering the distance in the sensational time ox t:0S 1-6. In th second heat of th To-yard dash Bobby Cloughen equaled W. A. Schick'a record of 7 1-5 seconds. , Clou irhn won in a stirring finish from his club mate, Billy Keating. -: John J. Eller hung up a new world s record for the 70-yard low hurdle event In th first heat Eller bounded over th nhntaclaa from scratch In th record smashing timeof i 2-6 seconds, sup plementing L. O. Blackmer's record by on fifth of a secona. . . CHICAGO TO BE FIELD OF BATTLE mom;: Half Mi!li6n Dollars to Be Spent in Hottest Campaign In H'"s--frtory : of . Country-f7200 i Saloons Affected. , V l ani (Uolt'd Vnm Leased Wire.) Chicago, Feb. 6.- Between now th second week in April half a mint' ' dollars will b spent In Chicago ii wets' and 'drys' to decido whether t) city shall keep Its 7300 saloons or sh go "dry." , . . ' : On the result of this Issue, anti-t loon leaders declare tonight hang tit rate of the saloons in many of tha larg est cities In th country. . I Th fight was precipitated by tha fir, Ing of a petition oontalnlng 74,00 harries, which assures th placing of th- wet" and "dry" question on. th offlclu ballots. J .. ' i Realising how vital to them th re suits will be, both sides announce ' plan tonight for th greatest campalg; In th history of prohibition and locc option in this country. ' Active campaign work has already d gun. and by the end of th next week Is expected th battl will b ragli with unprecedented foro. Th United Societies, personal Libert club, Liquor Dealers Protective assort: tfnn RrVAra' nmunnltlitnn At m. 1ol;, meeting tonight decided to merg thr membership Into on organisation fight th combined forces of th, An Saloon league. They appointed a co; mlttee to investigate th petition. . fraudulent signatures In sufficient nut. bars to reduc th petition to less tha' 61.000 names can be found th right l hold th election will b attacked in th courts. t Chicago saloons, distillers and Draw er pay $7,790,000 to th city annually, i MEDAL CONTESTTO BE ; HELD IN PORTLftRD MAN DIES IN COUGHING FIT Following a. fit of violent coughing H. M. Hawatt, of 600 Jefferson street, was removed to Bt Vincent's hospital at 10 o'clock last night and died" there shortly after midnight this morning. Hawatt had called at the office of Dr. Jouls Shane, In the Dekum build ing, and It was while h was there that he was seised with the 'coughing spoil. When, his condition continued to grow worse an ambulance was called.' Phvalclans worked over him for two hours at the hospital, but' were unable to save hla life. A hemorrhage caused by the coughing hastened death. Hawatt was unmarried ana aoout s years oiu. Notarial Commissions. . (Salem Bnreso et Ths JoumL) Salem. Or- Feb. 6. Notarial commis si nna have been Issued to W. T. Eakln, Astoria; O. Fredenburg, Mount Hood; R. C. Churchill, Selma; Gilbert,! King, Ontario: J. Albert Beckwittt and A. K. Zeller, Portland, and J. A. Denny, Imaha. i The plan of awarding medals for pro ftclencv In oratory, the selections ren dored to be on the subject of tb pro hlbltion of th liquor traffic, was orlgl nated by W. Jennings Demorest of NeW Tork in AprlL 18. The first contes -was held in the Bedford Street Metho dlst Episcopal church. New York .City, May 'of the same year. The following year Mr. and Mrs. De morest Introduced the work Into the stat of California, and In less than three years it had spread from ocean to ocean, and from th lakes to the gulf. Into Canada. Nova Scotia, New Bruns wick, Australia, Hawaii, Soutir' Af rtea morest's idea was to' present temperane f truths in an attractive guise to large au! dlences, and hla medals were given t J of charge on condition that no adrr. f slon fee be charged or collection tak Up to September 1, 1894, Mr. Demo had given away 34,000 medals at a cot of $76,000. , The Womans Christian Temperane TTnlAn wna nni itnw In rAPOffnls .' , value of this splendid educational tern, and soon members of the orgai tlon adapted the Idea of medal cont to Its many lines of work. Recitation books, embracing oralioi on prohibition, total .abstinence, scler tiflc temperance, anti-narcotics, frat chlBe and social purity, were publljir-' medals were designed with emblems of the W. C. 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