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10 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1910. I0TED SLEUTH SERIOUSLY ILL; maw FIRST PICTURE OF STEAMER KENTUCKY V, t Thomas Byrnes Served on New York's Police. Force for Thirty Years Has National Reputation for Bravery. if t I x X v'l u 9 New Tork," ". 1U Ex-Suerlnten-dsnt of Police Thomas Byrn Is srl- ouly ill at hit horn in Wst -Seventy- seventh strset and It Is feared by the doctoni and the member of the Byrn-s t amlly that will not recover from hi Ulnsss. which is described as acute in- diaestton. The patient la nearly TO j-ar old and his constitution, once re markably robust Is no longer astuia enough to resist disease jor lo'thro off its debilitating effects. I Byrnes retired from the police de partment in J S9S. after more than thirty yeara f efficient service. . Arter nis retirement he had a private detective agency for a time, but soon ne aband oned that buslneas and retired into pri vate life altogether, living11 quietly at 1 . 4 XJt- WALLA WALLA, WASH., " .DISCOVERS A SISTER CITY IN AUSTRALIA ,. i , t, (NmcUI TXiniiteh The Journal) Walla Walla. Wash, Feb. 11.-. e The people of this city were ' e somewhat astpnlshed today to e learn that this is not the only e "Walla Walla" on the map, that a town in far off Australia car, e rlea the same title of desiana. 4 tlon. A letter in, that part of the coantrr might go to Walla e Walla, New South Wales. If the e latter part of the address were V icri-oii. ana tne act thatMhla e e cure peculiar and euphonious e nam has been. used elsewhere Is. ) V a source or sorrow. . It only, e 4 now remains to find whether the 4 Australian have a slogan, "What V vaua wan a want is You."; - w ENGLISH INSTEAD OF 1 FOR DEBATE The steamship Kentucky recently wrecked off 'Charleston, 8. C, from which through, the ue of ".wireless telegraphic apparatus the earned. 47 persons were successfully rescued. 1 When her operator flashed the signal for help, two United states war vessels,, two tugs and another steamer headed for her at the top of their speed-A. short time after the rescue was made, the Kentucky, went :to: the Ijottom. his tremendous power and Influence for the purpose of grafting. Mr. Byrnes was made superintendent of the entire police force In ISM and filled that posi tion ably and to his everlasting credit uniu ne reurea . rrom tne service n 1196. The reoord of Mr. Byrne' work dur ing tha thirty years of hi oonneotlon with the New York police department would make Interesting reading matter, Many . of , the case which he handled hi. Two daugh During' ill. 1 W ? Pl ror. carter Mr. Byrne accumulated, a hand some fortune wnicn lie increasea con Iderably by occasional "flyerr'ln Wall atreetc .. ' ' -' ' . " : ' ' , reared By Crook.. Although IS year have elapsed since Mr. Byrne retired from the metropoli tan police department. the memory of hi wonderfully effluent ervic 1 sun fresh and stands out In bold contrast to the deplorable Inefficiency of the police department at the present time. During Byrnes' regime he was so feared by the crook, that many of them, who l.ad been notorious, emigrated to other part of the world; while at the present time the city la overrun with criminal of every kind and the police department seem helpless and absolutely unable to find any clue in scores of. the most startling and heinous crimes. Byrnes was appointed a. policeman on Dccmeber 10, 1S62. He aerved a patrolman five or six years and accum ulated a -large amount of knowledge which later . became of . great value to him. In due time he became sergeant, which position he held about 10 years. ' He made a study of . criminals and crimes and even when he was but H . sergeant, knew nearly every crook in the city. He first attracted , attention by saving the lives of three person at a fire and a short time after that he was made captain. ' - - , Bask Bobbery Briars ram. . The Manhattan Bank robbery offered an opportunity for the exercise of hi remarkable - genius as a detector of crimes and criminals, only a few' month after his appointment to a captaincy, He landed the robbers In prison and they were onvicted . in due time. Hi re . ward was an Inspectorship." He ,wa put in charge of the detective-bureau and built p that branch of the eervlce to a standard of efficiency which It -had never ; before approached and which it 4 tiever regained after, he - left , the ssr ' vice. He continued the study of crim inology and personally Investigated and studied every case of crime in the city He came to know New York as no other man had ever known It, and he had a way of turning up at the most unex pected times and places, Tho crooks became filled with superstitious fear of the man and it Is not surprising that in the course' of time Byrnes be came the hero of countless roraanlo anj sensational stories - and yarn which went from mouth to mouth and made Byrne appear endowed with almost su pernatural . powers of. penetration -and divination.? ; ' - ' . , ? Oritftaatea Tklxd Degree. , Byrnes proved hlmeey a man of ex ceptional energy,' ability and determina tion. - He never shrank from hard work and often would work ; on' important cases - for twenty-four hour in . a stretch. His persistence was proverbial and he was never known to abandon a case until he had exhausted every re source and had sifted the clues to the very bottom. . Although he had sur rounded himself with the best detec tives obtainable In the country, he never depended upon them altogether, but did most of the work himself. , It was under his regime that the so called "dead line" was . drawn for the protection of the financial district in the lower part of the city and it was Byrnes who originated and used - the "Third Degree'' in the ' most effective manner to obtain confessions from sus pected evil-doers. His methods were criticized by some person as too se vere and .even inhuman, but there was never a complaint of Inefficiency or the slightest suspicion that he ever usel cf the' crime but brought about their conviction and punishment, : have be come famous in the annals of crime. His work was full "of surprises .and never lacked In drama tlo effects and picturesque, setting. , Many of hi ex perience and achievement have been utilised by fiction writer and author of detective stories and have thus be come familiar to a large circle of read ers. , - "::"x . a. UNCLE SAM TURNED , ' OUT CROOKED COINS John Hartman, a traveling man of Newark, N. J., yesterday reported to the local office" of the secret service that he had been given two counterfeit half dollar. Neither of the, coins would ring, he said, and he was satis fied they .were bogus. . " Investigation by the officers proved that both coin were Issued by the San Francisco , mint In 1899, but In some manner had been cracked In the making. By a peculiar coincidence Mr. Hartman had gotten, the two eracked coin of the same date at the earn time. Frequently," explained , Steven Con- nell, superintendent of the secret serv ice, "we are given cracked coins, which people think are counterfeit One hun dred and fifty tons pressure I put on sheet metal while It is being stamped and cut into coins, Sometime - the sheet cracks and all the coins are cracked so that they won't ring. In these days sounding . hoard are ueed and all coin , are tested before being sent out of the mint. But In 1809 no attempt ,wa made at the mint to discover whether or not the coins would ring perfectly. ."Nearly all counterfeit coins, with, the exception of pure lead coins, will 1 ring -when ' thrown on -a hard aurf ace." u ? -.i'-Vx , ' ' Equipment for Berkeley Xlbrary. (t7bited Pre Leartd Wlra.1 Sacramento, Feb. 11j flan for -the installation of book stack coating 673,- 950 for the, new Boaltr library at the state university a Berkeley have- been approved-by 'Governor GHlett. The li brary when completed will rank with the finest university libraries of Amer ica! : . ; - THE STRANGER V - WITHIN OUR GATES D. C. Blair, Payette, Idaho, Payette Is coming to the front by leaps and bound. There are probably fewer knockers la ouf little city; than In any other of It age In the slat, i Work on a new sewer system is soon to b com menced and a new city park Is the next good thing coming our way. There are many Ideal, sites and it is something we should hay had long ago.' - Grant DeLano, Plnedale, Wyo. For years my fellow ranchers and X have raised beef almost exclusively. This .(Special Dbpatch to The Jearaalt Jaugene. Or., . Feb. . II. -The Eugene commercial club ha decided to accept ui eouinern iacino publicity, depart ment's offer to Issue an Illustrated book let on Eugene and vicinity three times winter we have aold our herd and have I yar aiar for page ad in the Sunset gone out of the business because, at I wsasslne for a year, besides numerous the nresent nrlces of beef cattla on tha roiaers ana other literature to-be fur hoof the business doe not pay the same lina by tne company, for 13000. returns on our capital w can get in other lines. Certainly the cattla raiser cannot be blamed for the present high price ox meai. . Gilbert GUbertson, Rocky Ford. Colo. I The Great 'Western Sugar eocnDanv oas mace puduo it contract for arrow. era of sugar beets next season, offering the best term ever given in this Indus try in Colorado. , Immense quantities of I beets were grown in this section last year, but under the terms of the new contract we . expect tne amount to be I doubled, as every available acre of land will be given over to beet culture. German speaking societies of Ore gon will debate prohibition with Ore gon Prohibitionist In Engllah, .Otto Kleeman, president Of the. sooletles, yes terday announced , to W. B. Crltchlow, representative of the Prohibitionist. that he would; withdraw a stipulation Originally made that If the debate should take place the contestant should speak In the German tongue. - . . Mr. Kleeman also announced that Col onel Hofer of Salem would be invited to speak against prohibition on behalf of the German speaking aocletlea, and that a data which would be most congenial to all would probably.be about March IS, when the annual conference of the societies will be held. - , -,'WS will .invite F. McKercher secre tary of the Equitable Saving ac Loan association, to defend prohibition," ald Mr. Crltchlow. ' "We will be dealrou of having Judges appointed to give a decision upon- tne debate, if We can find Judge who can look at the question Im partially and without prejudice.. , We Ul . debate this question: 'Resolved: That state 'wide prohibition would be I beneficial to Oregon.'" ; u - Now Sawmill Btnrfa. Fugene, pr., Feb, 11 The new saw mill recently built, at ' Springfield by Fischer ft Halley began operations to day, sawing a few logs on Jiand. The mill has a capacity of 80,000 or 60.000 feet per dSy, t -''' f ' -Lr... WEICa, YOURSELF BEFORE USING Weigh yourself beforc",n""nc,ns" t use Bamose, the great flesh forming food. - Tha wonderful sale on this prep- ana tlon since first Introduced In Portland and the remarkable, result following It use have made leading irugg!t uch enthuslastio believers In the great value of , Bamose that they give their personal guarantee to refund the money tf Samose will not make thin people fat . and restore strength and health to those who use It. , . . This Is a strong guarantee, but Port land druggist have seen so many of . their customers who a few week ago looked like walking akeletons become plump and well, solely through the use of Samoa that they feel they cannot . ay too mucl to Induce people to try It This marvelous flesh forming food is assimilated as soon as It is taken into the stomach. . makes good . rich blood. tones up the weakened system, helps to assimilate the food and makes tha user., plump, well and rosy. . . . k , Sent postpaid on receipt of price, too. , Headers of The Journal can obtain Samose from Woodard, Clark A Co. ' ' m 1 1 1! SSI i1 Klamath Falls Odd Fellows may build I a DricK.oioca nexi summer. H You Want the Best v ' 1. J ". 1 not much of it to , outfit yourself in. the most perfect style, best of ma terials knd workmanship suits that., have, style, fit and. quality. ' The Best $3 Hat in the World Is (Godl The Best $3 Hat in the World Make j&. small cash payment on any suit -in the house, and then pay weekly. You will not feel the outlay, yet keep well dressed. ' , - . ' ; mi tmmnmm: 1 Wm- jn v. ty 'JL-. n i 1T aasamaaaaaaaaasaasaaasaaaaasaamajsaaaaaa eaaassaaeaaaaaaajaasaaaaaaana BEN SELLING S W. nL lllil LEADING EAST" SIDE DEPARTMENT STORE COR. EAST MORRISON AND UNION AVENUE Tomorrow Starts Our Second Annual E r, - . f !- fCVx, :i , -v ' & -fr'- ') ii7i"Vt : if'wa'jf .1 y Jj In Our Big Bargain Basement Salesroom A gathering of merchandise from everxi department in the store. Odds , and ends of Shoes, Remnants, Hosiery, Shirts, Waists, Underwear, Hats, Umbrellas, Skirts, Overalls, Bed spreads, Bedding, Women's Hats, Capes, Towels, etc., etc. Not enough of any particular item to classify and describe in detail in this odd lot, yet the assortment in general is large and varied. . Cost or former price has not been considered in making the Rummage Sale prices, but the one thought of making a price so low as to close out all lots rapidly. . , Come and see tor yourseu. Basement salesroom. , : , . i All Montavilla cab run through .L-aureinurst. ynly 10 minutes ride. Take car on Washington street, oetween ttth and First Salesmen on the ground. Office 522 Corbett Building. - The Journal PICTURE COUPONS. Are ' appearing, on ; page 2 every day. ' : : - -; "' - . "? ; . ' -r- : -.'. - - -'f- , ' -1 ' " "' '" ' , ' 'f fcJ '. ' .. ' '. Don't forgfet to -cut them out.. Our Greatest Sale o SWEATER ...COATS; A1 SATURDAY ONLY Sale on Main Floor ALL SIZES 34 TO 41 HEAVY-WEIGHT RIBBED SWEATER COATS IN DARK MOTTLED GRAY, TRIMMED WITH EITHER BLUE OR RED, AND WITH LARGE PEARL BUTTONS. " -These garments are well made, perfect fitting, and, while made, especially for men; can be worn by women. REMEMBER that these sweaters have never been shown in this city for ; less than 75c, and it was a most lucky opportunity that enables us to offer them tomorrow at 40. No phone orders, none C. O. D. Not over four to a person. ; - - Women's Spring Style (t Q 4 T Dress Skirts, oh Sale !M Very handsome new styles in Gray Wide Di agonal Pleat Skirts, and Black Panama Pleat Skirts. ' , ..,."?- 40c Corset Cover Embroider Sale 28cYd. , SEE THE WINDOW . Large assortment of 18-inch wide Corset Cover iipmoroidefy. . , are made oi;cariacity;to meet every heating requirement and are - -constantly growing in favor with those who appreciate quality arid -efficiency. They' are easily managed, economical, durable,1 con- venient and always make good. , Our work is'thorough and we in vite exacting specifications. ,v , . v , , TheW.CS.MclPlhi Go. ' :-J. ;-;SS Glioaii Street j ?i:'r ' . ' 0 HEATING 'AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS.' ' - Hot Water, Steam, and Warm Air Apparatus. ' - , . .. . j Pacific Coast. 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