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THE. OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY" 22, 19lu. : ARMORY COMFORTABLE; N READY FOR CO l ' ' J ? - ' f !; - . 1 ft ' i, " ' A, Mme. Schumann-Helnk. The Schumann-Helnk concert at the Armory tomorrow evening will be given before one of the largest audiences ever gathered In Portland for a musical vent. The demand for seats has been absolutely unprecedented and the vol ume or out of town orders has sweuea Into a tremendous current. The Armory Is being made over Into a regular concert hall, the entire floor will be comfortably covered and the fires are nowi going full blast In order v. . to mane me piace reauy comroriaDie. TJ There are several other good changes r,, being made which will make for the comfort' Arid convenience of the music lovers. Seats for the concert are now on sale at the Sherman Clay store and will be until tonight, opening there again tomorrow morning at 10. The concert Is tomorrow evening at the Ar mory at 8:15 under the direction of Lois Steers-Wxnn Coman. WILL EXHUAfE BODY OF MRS. EDITH PEPOON (Continued From Page One.) had contained laudanum and morphine, In the. room Mrs. Pepion had occupied before death. One bottl-j which, ac cording to the label, had contalnod mor phine, was found In Pepoon'n room. Crossan, In the meantime, had Inter viewed a physician as a means of as certaining the symptomH and offects of strychnine poisoning. Hi was told lhat convulsions and rigor mortln, such as Mr. ' Pepoon suffered, fo!low-;d the taking of a quantity sufficient to kill. So Crossan told the two women he had purchased a bottle of strychnine several weeks before He find Pj.ron had used the poison wlm wnieh to kill gophers. Fearing me children mitrht find it, Crossan nid it In a, bucket of poisoned wheat, whlon huitjr In an eld shanty several hundred yards from tne cabin. He told only Pepoon of the hiding place. ! After telling the two women of the hiding of the poison, Crosan rim to the shanty. When he returned he was breathless 'and agitafd. "My God," hp said "the strychnine Is gone." round Emptj Bottlo. ' Then the three resumed the search over the house. It was Mrs. Vv'olcott who found an empty bottlo, which cor responded, according to Crossa-i, to the vial which had contained the strych nine. It was lying fa?-3 downward on a top shelf in the pantry, adjoining tl;e kitchen, when discovered. The label was gone. Crossan satd he had poured strychnine from the bottld a few days before Mrs. Pepoon's death and ht:d noticed that the paper lab-jl.'was loose. A small quantity of dark-colored liquid which still remained Jn the vifil uroved, upon examination, to be strychnine. Crossan, too, was suspicious because of the sudden departure of ;he paroled convict, Roy Wilcox, before the arrival In Northport of the mother and sister of the dead woman. Crosstut had accom panied him to town, and had asked Mm his objective point. "Oh, Tm going to Chicago to see my folks," the convict said. Crossan saw Pepoon .'ater. I "Wilcox," he ventured, "has told me he Intends leaving." "yes," said Pepoon, tne ' theological student, "he Is going to Chehalls." Stories Conflict. When Crossan arin law the convictr he was told another story. Wilcox said he was going to Chehaits, Van.. to get his clothing and personal effects. He has not been seen In Chehalis for more .than a year. Well, good bye, Crossan," said the convict, "I must go to the bank before I board the train." . The old homesteader informed the city marshal of the Intended departure of the paroled convict. H was told the officer could do ' nothing unless the prosecuting attorney swore outa war rant. Crossan thereupon Investigated at the Northport National bank. He found that Wilcox had cashed a check for 100, drawn to his favor by Pepoon. Wilcox, being a paroled convict, was entitled, under the law, to only $15 a month and room and food, and. he had worked for Pepoon only 20 days. Pepoon, It has been found, harrowed J200, to be used, he said, to defray the expenses of the funeral of his dead wife. He did not, however, pay any money toward the fu neral expenses, and Mrs. Wolcott. only a few days ago sen the Northport undertaker a check li payment. Although a reward of $60 has been offered by the state of Washington for tile-capture! and "detention of Wilcox, the convict has not been found. Charges may be preferred. In this connection, against the Walla Walla -penitentiary official for not properly distributing circulars. ik-,': , : ,',,,.-. t, ,'. Mrs. Wolcott and Mrs. Pugh returned to Portland, leaving tne Investigation In the "hands of Crossan. When the old homesteader ., wrote, that ha had .tried without success to persuade Prosecuting Attorney H. O. Klrkpatrlck to make a full Inquiry, Mrs. Wolcott went back to Northport and Colvllle, . lh county seat . Mrs. Wolcott, Crossan and Klrkpatrlck conferred. The motherland tha home steader repeated their stories.'. '"Mr, Klrkpatrlck Insisted on having Dr. A. B. Cook, coroner of Stevens county, called in, and we sent for him," Is Mrs,: Wolcott's statement., j ' "Dr. Cook said it was a plain case ot murder," said Mrs. Wolcott, 'Mr. Klrki Patrick asked him if he would go on the stand and testify that in his opin ion, Mrs. Pepoon had met death from strychnine poisoning. , Dr. Cook . an swered that he would o testify, un hesitatingly," ' A ' v " 1 . Promised to Investigate. Klrkpatrlck. so Mrs. Wolcott says, promised to take up the case Immedi ately. ' " "But "up to this time," she said, "we have' not found where he has done any thing. There are a dozen or so. wit nesses he could examine, Due an say he has .not questioned them." Mrs. Wolcott went next, In company with Klrkpatrlck, to call on Assistant Attorney General Iee, in Spokane,; Wash., and then went alone to Inter view the two other assistants. T. V. Tanner and W. F. Maglll at Olympta, and to see Attorney General W. P. Bell at Seattle, with whom she talked for two hours at the Arlington' hotel and uhmllted her testimony. . Despite repeated demands. Dr. Roy Wells, health of fleet' at Northport at the time of the death of Mrs. Pepoon, bas. not. Jo the knowledge ot Mrs, Wol cott, submitted a death certificate ac ceptable to either Dr. Elmer Hag, state health officer. Coroner Cook, or the Women of Woodcraft, In which organi zation Mrs. Pepoon took out a 11000 life Insurant policy in favor of her hus band, three weeks before her death. Woman xniormea. Mrs. Wolcott also believes that through Klrkpatrlck or other officials. Maude Keller, to whom Pepoon was joined In wedlock soon after his wife's deiUh, kept in touch with the move ments of the Investigators. Feeling In Northport Is bitter against the authorities. Rev. Elton F. Splcer, pastor of the Presbyterian church, two weeks ago preached a sermon In which he denounced them for not pursuing the train of evidence. He dramatically de scribed the death of Mrs. Pepoon, the failure of the authorities to Investigate the manner In which she died, the es cape of the convict and the subsequent marriage of the husband and Mauao Keller. Rev. Splcer told of his efforts to get the custody of the year or so. old baby, now held by Pepoon, on behair of the Boys' and Girls' Aid society. I can see nothing but a picture or my daughter dying In agony," said Mrs. Wolcott. "1 am determined to have this case Investigated thoroughly If I must keep on trying until my dying day. Klrknatrick said he Could not unaer- Of the girl who had born murdered Mn cold-blood. I have no money and only a little, property, but I am willing to sacrifice It .all,': , y , , , I LID TO GO ON ALL ' SEATTLE DANCE HALLS CnHl Vmt leawHt Wlr. . Seattle, Feb. 22. Every publlo dance hall In Seattle will be closed at. ones If the city arid county officers act. on Attorney General W. P.. Bell' Interpre tation of the law as DaBsed by tha state legislature In 1909. ."'. Urging the necessity of carefully con sidering tnis law. which seems to pro hlblt any woman from remaining In a dance hall, whether liquor is aoia' there or not. Judge Ronald Instructed the grand Jury In open court to go to the ooitom of the charges, against the Dreamland dancing pavilion, which was closed by the grand jury last Thursday night and reopened on Friday. ! Attempt on Zelayn's Lite. ' - , (United Ptms Loixd Vfir. Port J.lmon, Costa Rica. Feb.. 21 That an attempt on the- life of former President Zelaya of Nicaragua1 'was made as he was embarking on a steam er en route to Belgium is the substance of a story printed In a San Jose paper. According io tne story, which is gen erally credited, a young Nlcaraguan whose father's estates had been confis cated by Zelaya tried to stab the former president. Zelaya saved himself by shooting his assailant through the arm. The man who attacked Zelaya la said to be a, member of one of the most promi nent families of Nicaragua. The af fair, the paper said, was quieted by the authorities at the request of Zelaya. REVENUE CUTTER " HONORS MEMORYv K . OF WASHINGTON Journal want' ads bring results. A? noon today . the ITnlted States revenue', cutter Manning fired the presidential salute of 21 auns In honor of the birth- dav, of the nation's first chief ruler. In sDite 'of the Inclem- encvof the weather a consider" - able crowd gathered at the foot of Stark street to watch a cere 4 ' rriony unusual to Portland, but ,one that la observed the world over by the war vessels of Cncls , Bam. Development League Electa. (SpecUl DKpatch to The JouroaM 1 White Salmtm, Wash., Feb, 22 The Whlta Salmon Valley Development league Saturday elected Us officers and Jl rectors for the present year as fol lows: ' - ' K. E. Mills, president; J. Morgan Lewis, secretsry; Dr. George F. Jewett, treasurer; directors, William Olson, N. A, Ingram, G. W. Needham. Frank P. Egan, M. J. Van Vorst, 11. 1 Simpson, George S. Smith. . Murdered Man Identified. Seattle, Feb. 22. The man killed In a fight with his partner In their room In the Phoenix hotel, Sunday night has been Identified as - Nikefor Federoff. a Russian, by Mr. and Mrs. T. P. King, owners of a rooming house. They say he was a worklngman of good charac ter, and that he has a wife In the city. He left home Sunday afternoon for Vancouver, B. C, to work In the mines, they say. Contest Is Talked of Everywhere OTHELLO Company Will Give Away Fruit Land, City .. Lots and Cash Certificates to Readers of This Paper Who Will Write an Advertisement. Some people say there i a science of advertising. Also some people say that only by mastering a long course of technical training can one acquire trie secret of writing an interesting story. But the Othello Improvement Company, the most progressive group of City Builders in the North west, believe differently. The famous "Sunny Jim" adver tisement, said by many experts to have been the greatest series of ad vertisements ever published," were written by a young girl, not yet out of her teens. She had never had any training for the work of advertise ment writing, or even in the art of composition. Jack London, one of the greatest, if not indeed the greatest, of modern stand my Insistence. I told him ne strrv writir"h-iaeta th (irt h?,t couia unaersiana u lie wciu mo mumo SAD STATE SHE WAS IN Mrs. & H. Smith of Abbottsburg, In a Sad State Ha Written She Almost Wanted to Die Now Feeling Better. Abottsburg, N. . C "I suffered greatly, every month," writes Mrs. G. H. Smith, of this place, and have done so at times, ever since I was fifteen years old. "At one time my suffering was so great I almost .wanted to die, ana when my baby came I was very sick for twelve long hours. I thought sure I would die, and my baby did die, So I decided to take Cardui. "The first bottle did me so much good that I have used it ever since. Now. I have three fine babies, and am never sick over three hours since I began to take Cardui." At all times of pain and weakness, you should take Cardui, to help re vive your flagging forces, drive away j the pain, and restore the balance of j true health. When the health part of the scale is too light in the balance, a little j Cardui will soon tip the beam the right way. The reason is, that it is a specific ! remedy, prepared to assist the proper i working of the womanly organs . . . i. : i - . . . i . 1. . . : . I wiine rApericiicc !nuws. inai u is ; successful, and has been so for over 50 ycafs. Pure, strictly vegetable, perfectly j harmless, Cardui is an ideal remedy for delicate, ailing women. j N. B. Write to: Ladles' Advisory! Dept., Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat-1 tanooga, Tenn., for Special Instnifitions. I and 64-page book, "Home Treatment for Women," sent in plain wrapper, on request. he has less than the average "school learning." Neither of these cases, however, prove that a .liberal education is not to be desired. But they both prove that the brightest, freshest, most na tural ideas often spring from the mind unhampered by the traditions of schoolroom and rule book. l he Othello Improvement Co. has cmjjiuycu auvcrusing experts, trained writers and teachers to write for it a little story to be entitled "WHY SHOULD I INVEST IN OTHEL LO." The officers and directors of the company have tried their hand at the same subject, but without satisfaction to themselves or .their associates. All the efforts have lacked that snap that vigor that unaffected naturalness which makes a story ring true and real. So the OTHELLO IMPROVE MENT CO. has decided upon a novel plan, of securing the little story it wants to use in its advertising mat ter. It has concluded to give away as awards for merit to those readers of this newspaper, who will take the time to sit down and dash off a brief little story upon the subject, "WHY SHOULD I INVEST IN OTHLL LO," valuable gifts as follows: For the story declared by the iudees to be the best, an acre of fruit land at Othello Highlands will be given. For the story declared to be next best, a beautiful building lot in Othello will be given. For the next, or third best, a cash certificate, good for $100 upon the purchase price of any lot or fruit tract at Othello, for sale by the Im provement Co., will be given. The value of the awards should in duce every reader of this newspaper to sit right down and write a little composition of not more than 500 words and send it to the OTHELLO IMPROVEMENT COMPANY'S OFFICES in this city, 219-220 Com mercial Club Bldg. It does not cost one cent to enter the contest. There is no condition whatever. . Any person can enter. The winning story will undoubtedly be submitted by some one who least expects to win. . In order to give full information to those who may not know all the facts about Othello, the company has had a little booklet published, con taining full details. This booklet will be given to anyone asking for it at the company s offices in this city. Othello Improvement Co., 219-220 Commercial Club Building, Portland, Oregon. P. B. Newkirk, Managing Director. Phone Marshall til. Ofice open from 10 A. M. to 9 P. M. Sherman wa& Co. Sixth and Morrison Opposite Postoffice IfcidinbinEars eafness USETHEOU MARSHALL'S CATARRH SUTULifi ftt all Drug gilts, or sent prepaid by C. M. Keith. Mfr.. Clevwtwnrt. Ohm Z5C 1 wilt Ec c0Up(ekd wigust 1,1310. jlidass, desirable pesi&neeisites Wouldn't you like to hear Washington and Lincoln make addresses? Of course you would, but that is impossible. Many of their noble sen timents remain, but their voices are stilled forever. How different had they lived in the present day! The Victor would have preserved their voices for future generations just as it does President Taft's. ' You tan hear htm on the Victor. And you can have the United States Marine Band ('The President's Own") and Pryor's and Sousa's Bands play selections for you whenever you want. , 'Come in and hear the Victor find out what a wealth of music and entertainment it has in store for you. There is a Victor for YOU$10 to $100; Victrpla $125 to $250, .Terms to suit. ; " : ' ' ' v.. " ' c Now Idea -Patterns All Styles All Sizes lOo THE MOST IN, VALUE THE BEST IN QUALITY Idea Mag-a- March ; Noinber lOo The Most Weaves in All Shades The Most v Weaves in All Shades Big Showing of lew Spring Silks It is by far the largest and most complete assortment ever displayed in this city, and buying in such large quantities enables us to provide unusual values. This interesting sale comprises the newest, prettiest and choicest fabrics ever shown at such low prices. The styles are spring's best the colors are those most in vogue. It is a sale well worth full consideration. Included are: Tokio Pongee Genuine 75 Gents Genuine Imported Tokio and Rajah Pongee Silk, warranted all pure silk. Comes in a splendid weight of-tmusual wearing quality.- Has a rkh, lustrous finish. Shown in all wanted shades cream, black, pink, light blue, tan, rose, brown, green, navy, wistaria and apricot. You will find no such silk values at any other store in the city. 34-inch Hand-Made Shantung Pongee dl in natural color, beautiful fabric, at 24-inch Genuine Rajah Pongee in any wanted color, pure silk fabric. Special. , . Fancy ' Str ip ed Taffetas at Si. 00 At this sale it will be possible to select the ma terial for a new silk dress or waist and save 25c on every yard. It's a special sale of Fancy Striped 'Taffetas, the season's most popular silks, and the assortment consists of an unlim ited number of exclusive designs in the newest spring colorings in neat shadow stripes, with iacmiard over-designs, in the new gray and two-toned effects. Full 27 inches wide. Best regular $1.25 grade. Special for this sale at $1.00 Natural Colored Pongees Only 50c, 65c, 75o and $1.00 A most remarkable offering a special sale of Natural Colored Pongees shown in a great assort ment of different weaves. Plain.-rough, new corded, diagonal, rep and Ottoman weaves novelty weaves, etc., etc. These silks will wash like linen and are always in style. The correct fabric for spring wear. Priced at this sale from 50 toJjSl.OO a yard. 27-in. Natural Color Shantung Pongee, 71- 27-inch Natural Color Shantung Pon- dT AA I JL Kce, pretty silver-Dieacn nnisn. 1. . -tyi vv shown in all the new weaves. Special. gee, pretty silver-bleach finish. Sp'l. Your Choice While They Last. Another Sale$l Shoes We still have some 800 pairs of Women's and Children's Sh&es and Oxfords in broken lines 6 close out at this ridiculously low price. If you have not already supplied both present and fu ture needs, don't neglect this splendid saving opportunity. Values Up to $4 at $1 a Pair Good Styles in All Leathers About 800 pairs in this sale. Our Morrison street window display will give you an idea of the styles, and as these offerings are taken from our regular stock there is no need to speak of quality our object is to dis pose of all broken lines and odd sizes as quickly as possible, and former selling price or worth has not been considered. Prominent among the offerings are the following lots : . CHILDREN'S VICI KID SHOES in straight lace and blucher, with light and heavy soles and patent tip, $1.25 to $1.50 values. MISSES' SHOES in lace and blucher, light and heavy soles, patent tip, values up to $2.00. LITTLE GENTS' SHOES in box calf, satin calf, vici kid and patent colt, lace and blucher cut, values to $1.75. BOYS' SHOES in vici kid, box calf and kangaroo calf, both lined and un lined, values up to $2.50. WOMEN'S ONE-STRAP SLIPPERS, Three-Point Slippers, Plain Toe Oxfords, Straight Lace and Congress Comfort Shoes, values up to $2.50. d On a nair tn an at SI .OO 7 xnese ana many uiiici oijrso, m ymuva v r ' - -- t y N ; . , Inspect Our New Undermuslins the new styles in Undermuslins. They are going fast at the present prices, so hurry to them if you want to get first choice of these beautiful wear things. Muslin Drawers, $2.00 Values at 98c An extra special offering of women's Drawers, made of excellent quality nainsook or cambric, shown in the circular or regular style and daintily trimmed with pretty, QQp embroideries and laces. Regular values to $2.00, specially priced for this sale. . Ol Corset Covers, S1.25 Values at 89c A choice offering of Corset Covers, made of good quality nainsook and tastefully trimmed with pretty embroidery, laces and ribbon. An extra large assortment to OQp choose from. Regular $f.2S values, priced for this saje at JV i fjj j a Pair Mi Mfifii II WSL. 1:111 Muslin Skirts $1.39 A fine showing of women's Skirts, ma'de of good quality cambric and trimmed with embroidery, insertion and extra deep flounce of fine embroidery to match; other styles have embroidery and lace in sertion alternating. These garments are , made extra wide and finished with cam bric dust ruffle and undcrpiece. Real $2.00 and $2.50 values, specially (PI OQ priced for this sale at tJ)XOi $1.00 Muslin Gowns at 75c A choice selection of women's muslin Gowns, made of fine quality nainsook, cambric or heavy muslin. They come in the high or low neck style, with long or short sfeeves. All made good, full size and values, neatly finished. Regular $1.00 r7P les, priced for this sale til JOlg' JLM tJW X&X'JTl Vc&l 111 W tll Crisp, new and fresh, faultless in weave and finisTi, accurately describes .our choice display the brightest, choicest gathering of filmy cotton beauty ever displayed in local circles so early; peer less assortments that fairly whisper thoughts of warm spring days all marked at Our Usual Moderate Prices New Ginghams at 12fc a Yard We are now showing an unusually attractive line of New Dress Ginghams of best standard quality, hundreds of styles to choose from, in light, medium and dark colors. New Percale at 12&c a Xard Our new spring line of 36-inch Percales is the best we have ever had. All the new spring styles are represented. Plain shades, stripes, dots and figures in medium and dark colors. Madras Waistings at 25c A splendid line of New Madras Waistings, white ground with neat stripes, dots and figures in shades of blue,. red and black. Thev come full -12 inches wide. Xew I.inen-Fhiishcd Suitings in all the new plain shades, 12 inches wide. Special OA at, the yard &UC New-Mercerized Poplins, a very desirable fab ric, in plain shades, 27 inches wide. Q Special at, the vard iDC Mercerized Rajah in all the wanted plain shades, 27 inches wide, special for this sale New Pique Waistings, light colors, in stripes and figures, 27 inches wide. Special j -at, the yard . . ; XuC New Waistings in self-colored silk stripes, vciy pretty.. 2 inches wide. SpecjaJ at, the yard . 35c this sale OC at- this 4ow price, the yard