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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1010. H CIS I'. II. 17 IP Verdict Favors ' Manager Livestock Show Who Sued for Salary of $3000.- of V. II. Wehrung came out victor In hit ult against the Portland Country club & .Livestock association this rooming when the sealed verdict returned last evening was read, awarding htra 000 for hla eervlcea M general manager of the 1909 felr. " .'. , ; . K. Tills la the full amount ued for by MVhrung iiwlef his contract. Judge tie I iml, in hi Inatructlona to the Jury. X .1.1 flown the rule that the , full sum wuHt be given if the jury u ." - w ..i.r.m had a contract or.n " farmed the dutle of gen eral manager under an "mnt with those who assumed to act for the BH.rlatlon. such work not I Ming . ... it n hv tho dlrectora dur m the life of the agreement. 1 he "rt aleo told, the Jury that It we not quo.tlon to whether Wehrung was Krx.d manager or a poor ...i,.i.nttaitT nerformed the datie. rw t. .r.nmpnta In the caae J." -" r;r jnhn Mining. . m summing up for Wehrong called the d rotors of the Country ciuo ''Y dr-n." "babies." and -"coward aj i h.,nvi nn turv would allow written contract to be turned down after v.. hail haen renuerea. inn . 17 . . w , . w The Jury retired at !:: o clook y- tcrday afternoon ana a wrum rrached until after s'clo "bowing that there was conalderama difference nr nnlnion In the Jury room. Tne ie tlmony In the case how that Wehrung 1 obligated to pay the estate or i. jj. "Wisdom 1200 of the 13000 for work done by Wisdom prior to hla death. MRS. EATON ARRIVES Vs SAFELY IN CALCUTTA Many Portland people -will be Inter ested to know that word haa been re reived from Mr a. E. Q. Eaton, 29 East r'Utb street, of her aafe arrival In Cal cutta, India, of January 2. lira. Eaton la a member of the Church of the Xaxarene and haa been sent on ).r present missionary tour by. thoe people In Portland who are supporting children In India. She sailed from 8an Franclsoo November U and will be rnne about el months. On he$ way back ahe will vlalt Palestine, aa well na stopping In New York and all of the principal cities, where ahe will tell of her tour. . """" ' , , - At noon, on January I.- she entered the gate of Hope school and wa given a moat beautiful welcome by the native L - J I-IIU.J'U J. I 1 !!!. 11 Ui. 1LIUI girls, who placed ' garlands of flowers around her nock and sang a "beautiful song of wulcome, A devotional service j then followed, In which all took part. The school at Calcutta Is maintained by the people at large; , but the Church of the Naaarene Daya the rent and the worker. '': -. ' ! COACHMAN'S WILL ' 1 : GIVES FORTUNE TO - y MARY E. BOOTH! PfRSONAlXf (BoHal ! It a dully fratura of Tb. Jonrn.l. ' to InMrt ui h nir .hunld tb Mx-lvtr xlltor or t.l. (Continued From Page One) An ene wi.hlnf ocd It It. nod 1 pbone it before 10 e'vlMk la tb. pwrolnf.) Miss Anita Bums prnalded over an will not eiibtnlt td nial-admlnlatra lion 01 our niiairs. . Ignore the Chief. "Wa do not expect anything from Chief of Police Co. He la the tool of Mayor Simon. He will not turn a finger until he gets orders, I do not trust feorga Cameron, district attorney ,The oesi cviuence in tne world oouidn t get through his office to the srand Jury and have any effect But we have our remedy and we will uae It." me jaat expreemon was In answer to a queatlon If the manlclpal associa tion floes not Intend to sue out an in- filed, and that Mrs. Uoolh was named for the amount. ' ' ' At the time of the eonteat of the will of Airs., Vinton. Ih which Nelson was left the estate,. Mrs. Booth was the most active in contesting the will. Blie had been the favorite cousin of Mrs. Vinton, who had made her small be quests at stated Intervals. Mrs. Vinton had no children or heirs closer than four cousins, who are Annie O. Cook. Seattle; Mrs. Fannie Goodrich, address unknown;. Mary E. Bailey. Maaaachu aetts. A woman by the name of Fannie uunoar also claimed relationship. xelioa Was Ooaclunaa. Ai Nelson, the coachman, stepped Into me v in ion noma In the tlma of nmmA Ha continued to live in the same home. and when Mrs. Vinton met with the ao- cioent, wnicn took her from the so ciety into which she prominently flg urea, Nelson gave her. more care and attention, i After looalng her hands, the woman never went out in social plrclee. She continued her husband'a bualncaa and erected an elaborate hotel and thea tre in Springfield which she called The Nelaon. Thla was in honor., of her coachman, and the courts took this into consideration in deciding the contest when it came up. airs, uooin ana ner husband came west, and settled In Portland. She an nounced she would not be active In at tempting to secure any money from Vin ton at his death, and for this she was given goodly-sums from the woman. When Mrs. Vinton died, the money was not sent, and It was then the contest was started by the Portland woman. through Attorneys King nd Goldstein. rather: Wat Inventor. . the father of Vinton was the In ventor and original manufacturer of the celluloid collar and cuff concern. This buslneas was handed down to the son. who left It to his widow, and at-her death It went to the coachman. Little is known of Nelson. However. it la known that he took the horses from Oregon to Massachusetts. The last pair he sold was to Vinton, who en gaged him to break them, and when this was done, ne remained in his em ploy. -Nelson was also, very close to the manufacturer and acted in many ways as hla advisor about the home. He waa not married to the widow, but was his care and attention to her that placed him in the position to be the. beneficiary under her will. unusually pretty luncheon in her Nine-Ijunctlort to prevent another boxing bout . . i. -. . . iHAi i . i . - ... L ... Thomas M. Osborne who was recently' ohoaen chairman of the ' Democratic j league of New York, is looked upon as likely candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor. " fflfflHE mm VANISHESAHD OUT-OF-ORDER RIBHEYS ACT! RHE Just a. few. doses regulate, the Kidneys and end Blad- - - jj er missry. No man or woman here whose kid neys are out-of-order, 1 or who suffers from backache or 'bladder misery, can afford to leave Pape's Diuretic, untried. After taking several doses, all pains in the back, sides or loins, rheumatic twinges, nervousness, headache, sleep lessenesa, inflamed or ewollfa eyelids, dizziness, tired or worn-out feeling and other symptoms of clogged, sluggish Kidneys simply vanish. , . Uncontrollable urination (especially et Mght), smarting, discolored water and all bladder misery ends, v' , ' ' The moment you suspect the slight est kidney or bladder disorder,' Or feel rheumatism pains, don't continue to be miserable or worried, but get a flfty ent treatment of Pape's Diuretic from 1 1 "" - your druggist and start taking as dl rected, wllh the knowledge that there Is no .other medicine, at . any price. made , anywhere1 else, in the world, which la so harmless or will effect so thorough and prompt a cure. . This unusual preparation goes direct to the cause of trouble, distributing lis cleansing, healing and vitalising lnflu ence directly upon the organs - and glands affected and completes the cure before you realise 1W - A few days' treatment of Pape's Diu retic means, clean,, healthy, active kid neys, bladder and urinary organs and you feel fin. , . y . ' Your physician, pharmacist, banker or any mercantile ageney-wlil tell you that Pape, Thompson A Pape, .of Cin cinnati, Is a large and responeible medi cine concern, thoroughly worthy of your Confidence. , , Accept only Pape's Diuretic fifty cent treatmentfrom any drug store anywhere In the world. FURNISHING SPECIALS .Today we begin a general clearing in our fur- , nishjng department. . Our new spring goods are-; coming in we need the room. ; FANCY VESTS, $5, $4 and $3.50 kind, now. $2.35 GOLF SHIRTS, $K50, $1:00, 75c kind, now. 148 WOOL SOCKS, 50c, 35c and 25c kind, riow . .20 ' Special savings on underwear, night robes, paja--mas, woolen shirts, .etc. It will certainly pay you to invest now, even for future use. ' ON CLOTHIERS .166-170 THIRD STREET, . . teonth street home yeatcrday. Encir cling the table, which was centered with jonquils, were Miss Use Icoehler, Mlsa Evelyn Wilson, Mlas Frances Wileon, llaa Eva Jones. 'Miss Hazclton Wil liams, Mlas Caroline Burns, Miss Mills Weaelngor, Mlsa Mary Adair, Mlas Mar. garet Hoot, Mlas Dorothy Morrison, Mine Leslie Wetdler and Mrs. Thomaa Sharp, , Mrs. Charles E. Wolverton was hos- teaa at bridge yesterday at her Hobart Curtis apartments, entertaining more than a score of friends informally, Mrs. Wolverton awarded carnations and vlo lets as prises, those honored being Mrs, Ralph Wilbur, Mrs. eoiomon lurscn and Mrs. Frank. Kerr. ., . , ...-, . . . e Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hodson enter tained at brldi-e in hef home, 10H Thur man street last' night There Were five tables of bridge, and the prise winners wr Mrs. R. Durham and it A. oar- gent ,' .. . ' Mrs. 8. W. Church and Miss Ruth and Genevieve Church, who are now at Co- lombo, Ceylon, will sail neitt week tot Cairo. After a tour of Egypt, tney wu travel leisurely over southern Europe, and noanibiv onss their summer in Switzerland - , 9 V Judga Charles II. Carey ha returned from an extended trip east. While in New York, Mlas Evelyn Carey, who Is in a Naw York fin shing scnooi, was with her father. ... . Mlas Delta Waleon will leave tomor row morning ror an iniereauu- inp through the east ahdouth, Miss Wat- inn will sro direct to Ithaca, N. Y.. where she will be the gueat of Mr. and Mrs. William It. George. Mr. George is the founder of the George 'Jurnior RenubUc association, with the reform of wayward children as 1ta object, and Is a figure of national prominence; un March 17 he will deliver a lecture in Portland.' Later. Miss Watson will visit New York'and Washington, and Ih the latter city she will visit Senator and Mrs. Thomas Gore of Oklahoma. From Washington MIf Watson will journey to Lexington. Ky.; Omaha and Lincoln, Nth. In Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings . Bryan will entertain her at their home. Prior to her. departure a number of informal affairs have." been given for Miss Watson. Mrs. Thomas Connell and Miss Han nah Connell are spending a few daya at their farm near Hlllsboro. . , ' , - - At the meeting of the Woman's club to be held Friday, the program will be devoted to "Civics." The speakers will be Rev. Benjamin Young and D. Bolls Cohen. Dr. Young's subject Will ,. be "Women In Civics" and Mr. Cohen will talk oh "The Child, the Parent, and the State." '-.: ,' - ' 1 'S J'- e ". i , The annual meeting of the Florence Meade Mission circle and election of of ficer will take place tomorrow after noon at 2:30 o'clock at -the residence ot Mrs. Ellis McLean, 93 East Eighteenth street. All Interested are Invited to be present ; f - . l; -..r'- . " BAIN ON WARPATH' s AGAINST BOXING; -' . . FIGHT TO FINISH 1,1 fContlnued From Page One.) " a lot of feows who want to bruise each other. We are going to "get at the root of the condition which will permit such things to exist We are going to sea if officials who were elected, to enforce the law will enforce it , Tie "Hlgherope." "Frankly, we have nothing to hope for from the present officials, who have been sworn to enforce the law. Permis sion 'was granted the fighter to carry on their bouts before they ever began. It was all prearranged. ; I tell you, there la a system almost criminal Jn some of the city offices. I will not say which now, but we will say later..' And we are going to make good. ' ' ' I want Jack Grant and his crowd to know that we .care nothing for him or them. They are not worthy of no tice. But the condition is. This is a conflict between men who misuse, pub lic office and the citizens of Portland TM7 A IB n Dental Parlors DR. HILLIS C JOHNSTON, Prop, and Mgr. 362 WASH. ST.; COR. PARK . PHONES: Home, A-7102; Pac, Main 8296. MOhly the Best" Materials and workmanship fern-' ployed in this office. t Hours 8:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. Open evenings from 6 to 8; Sun. days from 9 to 1. aaM JLit. The Journal PICTURE COUPONS Are 'appearing on page 2 every day.'' ,: Don't forget to cut them out. Do you know that croup can be pre vented? Give v Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse or even after the croupy cough appears, and It will prevent the attack. It Is also a certain cure for croup and! has never Deen Known to rail. . In the city until the merits of the pres ent contest have been determined In the courts. jsck urant was up here to see me twl;e." said Mr. Bain. "We went over this business together, I told him that we were opposed to the contests, al waya were and always would be. We nave not changed our poaltlon uor will we. But we wilt not tell them what our plans are so that they could find some way of preventing our carrying 'Ihenj out . . , ' ! ;" , . Cans XI rrlaeflghtlng. , I will say, though, that I think the crisis is at .hand. The outcome of thli contest will be to determine whether or not Portland shall be wide open to prize fights or closed to unlawful ex hibitions. We know we have the right on our aide.-' We know we have the evi dence to show that we are In the right and that prize fighting has been going on in Portland." . "Wa would be glad to have a tern porary Injunction sued out against, us, then thresh this matter through, the courts, give It. to the grand Jury, or use any other means of showing wheth er we are right or . wrong." declared Max Michel, president of the Roee City Athletlo club, this morning. Some Of the recenUbozlng exhibitions. which the municipal association alleges are prise fights have been given under the auaplces of the club. Mr. Michel added to his first statement: . People Commend Exhibition. "We have, been giving - exhibition which have been supported and com mended by the best people of Portland. We have had no intention of wrong doing and have done no wrong. . And w are not going to become die aggressor now. If the municipal aneoolatlon wishes to . sue out. a temporary . injunction against us, "-let It be done right away, not Just before our next contest I don't know whether: or. not" they could get sn injunction from the courts, but I believe if they did it would be the means of showing that we are right W match fellow who are equal in weight, . skill and strength. We pay each equay. There 1 no doclalon. They do not go Into the contest with the In tention of doing each other Injury.- Who Is there to say that they get this in tention after the bout ha commenced? 2"! will say frankly and finally, that we Intend continuing our series of ex hibition Just as we have planned them. We. are going on about our own affairs. The exhibition have not been money makers for us, but they have been en tertaining to thouHanda of Portland peo pie and I cannot conceive, of. eny tva.- son why we should be interfered with. GILL PROMISES SEATTLE SHALL s BE WIDE OPEN (Continued From Page One.) drawn out controversy, tnaamuch as great turni of money have iurn. spent under his direction annually Xor many years. The handling of money has built up behind tne engineers omco a i" lltlcal machine that would do credit to New York or Philadelphia. I each city election some people have arUen and rebuked him, but al ways with ultimate. dfat of purpose. For Thompson has held firmly hla grip on hi office apd ha become more and more of a political power. Would Pinnl Thompson, But a new condition arose thla year, 80 bitter had grown the oppoaltion to Enalneer Thompson and his method's that twq candidates for mayor openly announced that they would not reap Dolnt the enatneer. In one caae. that of A. V. Boullllon, Republican candi date for mayor, the campaign before the people was made aimo&i soieiy on tne proposed discharge of Thompson, mere had been a ion, bitter right Deiween Boullllon and Thompmin, and the peo. pie were thought to have taken the part of Boullllon pretty generally ' When Boullllon was president of the board of public work bt urged that a public record be kept and that the board, not the engineer, control the work laid out by the city council. Thompson was' so firmly entrenched that he secured the dismissal of Boutl lion and then the fight begun In earn est -.. ; v '" Oava Vp Moral right ; Taking ' a hleh record plan as the foundation of hi campaign A. E. Grif fith announced his candidacy for mayor, He urged play ground for the children and city parks vigorously, but the peo ple could see . nothing . but .the . fight down in the restricted district Grif flth withdrew from the race, dl rusted., but determined to renew the fight next year. Gill then plunged In for open town nd received much sup port. I-, .. " , . .. .. . 1 : William Hickman Moore, ex-mayor and prominent Democrat of the north west . entered the race zor mayor on a conservative piatiorm. ,, judge juoore served on the superior court bench for many years and was a prominent mem ber of the state senate two terms, when Democrats were few. HI popularity elected him mayor Of! Seattle, but the politician defeated him at the close of the first term. Conditions became re pugnant to him. and his friends and he again offered to erve the city. r , JPoUtlciaa Us B01oards. Great flaming posters have been plastered on the billboards of the city, etven to telling the people how to vote This Innovation enme wllh the direct primary, having never been tried hrre before. Huge picture of the candidate remind one of a coining show. I,abor holds the balance of power In Setttle. It la eatlmated that nearly 1J.0U0 men are member of labor or Bonlzatlone. and they are pretty well lined up in the rempHlan. The aspirants for office fellow: ." r ' Mayor. Hiram Cham- Gill, Republican: A V. Bouillon, Republican: Ben U. Humes, Republican; William Hickman Moore, Democrat; Oliver T. Erlukaon, Dcrao- oral. Treasurer. Ed LI Terry. Republican; William F. Proaser, Republican; Louis , Gilbert Democrat - : Comptroller. Harry W. Carroll. Republican; Wil liam J. Uethwelt, Republican; John A. Connere, Democrat Corporation Counsel t Scott Calhoun, Republican; Clay Al len, Democrat. . , - ; " CoanclUnea-at-Ziarge, . J. D. Jones, Republican; V, IL Hur'd, Republican; H. II. Kulles, Republican; B. B. Williams, Republican; J. W.. Bul lock, Republican; Thomaa W. Miles, Re publican; George McFarlane. Republi can; Emu J. uranut, KepuDitcan; cor win A. Towneend. Republican; Jamea Stephana, Republican; Frank P. Mullen Republican; E. F. Blaine,' Democrat; D. Thomaa. Davlea, Democrat ' ., ConacUmea. ' Firs Ward James Conway. Ilepub Ucan;IL P. Decker, Republican. Second Ward Eugene Way,' Republic can. Third Ward J. J, Smith, Republican; II. N. Cottle, Republican; Joseph Schlumpf, Republican; J. IL Lyons. Re publican; Orange Jacob. Republlctfti; S. P. Wilson, liemocrat Fourth Ward Frederick 8awyer, Re publican; -C. C Cherry, Democrat . Fifth Ward H. r , Jackson, Repub Mean; James Y. C. Kellogg, Republican; J. Scott Ecker. Democrat. J Sixth Ward Arnold Zbingen, Repub lican; A. M. Brltt Republican; George Harrison, Democrat. Seventh Ward Edgar K. Allen, Re publican; Frederick W. Browne. Re publican; Thomas P. Revelle, Repub lican;. P. Agnew, Democrat Eighth Ward William Thoemlng, Republican; Charles W. Melville, Re publican; E. L. Blaine,' Republican; CL B. Bagley, Republican; J. H. Hemcr, Democrat , Ninth Ward J. 11. Denney. Repub lican; F. 8. McCultough, Republican; D. N. Smith, Republican; IL 8. Carr, Re publican; F. . S. Stelner, Republican; Alex McKlnnon, Republican. ' ' Tenth Ward John B. Metcalf. Re publican; John M. Wolfe, Democrat; George V. Gau, Republican; R. T Rey nolds. Republican; O. X. Huntosh, Re publican, t , . . . ' , Eloventn ward Henry Clay Llttooy, liepuhlUati; Ozio I.. Nilen. Hi pnHlcan; ('. C Jlarcey, Hepubliciin; W. IL Weaver, Republican; 15- T., Hhoff, lte puhlicnn; iJ. 1. Churchill, Democrat. - Twelfth Ward Van R. 1'Uraon, Jt publlcan; 11. (!. . Kellj. ltiullkan; Charles Petrovltaky, lemHTat; W. IL IlirioM. Republican; E. S. Seymour,- Ite puhllean. Thirteenth Ward V. IL Jleme.ii. Ita. publican; Jamea T. Armstrong, Ilepuh llcan; A. E. Ruff ner. Republican; J.W Holton, Republican; II. O. Bohlke, Dem ocrat; C. A. Sehneldwr, Republican. Fourteenth Ward Max Wanlall, Re publican; itealo H. Bryan, Democrat; C. -0. Poland. Rupublican. , COLONEL SW0PE , KILLED BY POISON . VERDICT OF JURY (Continued from Pa One.) of the late Colonel Thomas H. Swop , of Kansas City, whose death is being Investigated, will aart his claim to the Swope fortune, according to an an nouncement by Attorney Ai B. -Knoll of this city. 1 Knoll announced that he had bcn retained as chtef counsel by tha claimant. According to' Elmer fiwope, prior to the Civil war the colonel married a' Mis Carryall, a southern woman. When' the war broke out the coluncl Joined the Union army, while the wife returned to her home In the south, where son was born. Elmer Swope dalma.to.be that son. He declared that the war divided the family and that his father never knew that a son, was born to him. He claim that hi mother died broken hearted and that he was reared by an aunt THREE DIE IN FIRE y ; AT JERSEY SHORE, PA. ; , v (I'nltied Praaa teaaad Wlra. . .' , Jersey Shore, Pa,, Feb. 9 Three? per-; son met death in a fir that destroyed . the First National Bank building her early today. A. L. Dravenatadt an gd " man, was Instantly killed when he leaped from a third story window. Dravenstadt wife, ! year . old. waa . . burned to death. The firemen wera un- able to rescue her from the window from which her husband leaped. imam O Connor alao wa burned to death. He waa 82 year ot age. The fire is auppoaed to hav been "" caused by crossed electrio wires, . ' t ! Congressman John A. T. HulL who haa represented the Seventh district of Iowa for 20 year. Is again to have a fight for renomlnatlon. His opponent., will be Judge Solomon F. Prouty, who cum -within 40. vote of securing the nomination at tha laat primaries. Judge Prouty is identified with the "progress ive" ' faction of Iowa Republican and 1 known a a close friend and advlaer of Senator Cummins. ' v - v, taurelhurst is from :5itp..lO;.Minirtfei In than Other Residence dditio on Sale in Portland and on 2 fclarlines Closer Now , . ! This is one of the many reasons why purchasers of high-class home sites choose ! i " : Laurelhurst in preference to other tracts much farther out. It explains the high " sales for January in LaUrelhurst. It requires only a visit to , this property to make , , one realize the immense advantages of Laurelhurst over any other section of the -', ; v " East Side. Laurelhurst is restricted property and there can it' no shacks erected . . 7' . -... next to a fine home, and by reason of the maghificent view. which can be had in , . t ' , . ' all directions Laurelhurst (is ideal hpme property As an investment it is abso- : ' .s : ' ' " lutely safe and sure, for it lies in the heart of the most exclusive residence district . ' y . of the East Side, , where values are high, prices low and property always in de - mand. Laurelhurst ,is the last available high-class property in this section. "'' Sales in taurelhurst. ior the Month of "Jah--uary Reached a Total of $146,750 : !- , ' , f ' ' ' I ' . ' " . This large record of -sales is t another indication of the fact that the public aopre- ... . . .. ciates what is being 'done in Laurelhurst.: The many superior features of Laurel y ' . y hurst over any others residence addition of Portland are apparent to every visitor " ' , to the property. Let us show you Laurelhurst in our automobiles and you will 'at' , : v ; 4 s!. once see the advantage of investing. here. If you are in the market for a home .; - - .site, you want it locate in a section where no apologies are necessary and where .. . . you may feel'assured that you could not have placed your wife, and family in 'a ' ' ,' more choice . neighborhood. The word "improvements'' applied to a real estate ( . " addition mean everything or anything. In some additions it means graded streets, ' - V water and sidewalks. -In Laurelhurst it means"; 4 1 ' 1 . : Asphalt Streets Cement Walks - 9 root Parkways-Shade TreesWater--Sewer : Gas--Gluster Lights--Etc. , '-::': 51 L cur .WSCAR. I at j. r?no AlLiii' i Mwia i liillrJl B I - , Mil llfTTT-TnnniMBsaTsiaaSi I I . 1' ATTTHOBIZED BBOKXB& Charles X. Henry Co. Wakefield, Fries Oo. Geo. St. Bchalk H. P. Palmer-Jones Co. Rolmes Si Uenefee i C iau ft Ton Borstal , ! . A- Maeki ft Kountra K. r, Bryan ft Co. Prtck-Dodds Co. - Bnff-ICleinsorge tand Co,1 1 'Dubois ft Crockett Realty Co.- The Addition with Character IrelKin5t &x Lots from $750 Up MV iTMtSUf 1 ro ? " Terms -10 Cash V Monthly , 622-52S Corbett Bldg. . .". Phones: Main 1503, A-151S 1 J