THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL", rOHTLAND, WZDN i- "rt t JULY i:id. dupesdfgolored pkihiiemed While Parson Does Time for Bigamy White Girls Suffer Starvation and Other Tor ments in Devotion to Him. t7nlt4 PmrttaMd TPlre.J Washington, July 20. The police to lay took charge of three white girls, two of whom axe dying and the-third nearly Insane; who are alleged . to -.be 'victims of the mysterious machinations of Rev. Jonah Sturdevant, a negro now nerving a term in Jail at Baltimore for bigamy, t ' Hilda Johnson a Norwegian, whom .. the-. negro recently married and who was recently a mother, Is .dying at a hospital for negroes,-" ',i--V-' V, Gertrude Monson; also a Norwegian, was found dying In a Georgetown hos pital, and Addle Codding, nearly Insane from hunger, was found In an unfur nished room over a negro hovel. - The Monson girl, the police' declare, was dying as a result of long' fasting and the strange punishments she had inflicted upon herself in the belief that the mysterious incantations ' in tome way would, result in the liberation of Sturdevant. , .--;"!. . , . ' Monson Girl Has Pellagra. The Monson. girl Is Buffering also from pellagra, the police say, and they assert that her condition is- due to the privations she has undergone as a re sult of the religious mania that controls her. She does not know, they declare,' that she is a sufferer from this disease; but thinks the wasting away; of her body is a sacrifice for Sturdevant rnd that her suffering will shorten. his term of punishment. Sturdevant. the police say, Is the lead er of a sect rfr fanatics, and he has gathered little . bands of 'people about him in New York. Philadelphia, Boston and Newport News, as well as in Wash ington. , In Baltimore,-they declare, he beat a woman with a leather belt He lid not deny the charge, they allege, but said he was driving, the devil out of the woman's body. The three white girls were found as the result of a search conducted by Olga Eranton, who traveled from Nor way in search of the Johnson girl. When she found her she reported to the police, and through the clues furnished by Miss Johnson the other' victims of the negro fanatic were discovered. ,. : . Called by the Almighty. - .-, Addle Coddlns and Gertrude Monson had been Jiving in the room in which the Codding lrl' was found. The Cod ding girl was almost Insane from hun ger. 4, There was" no food in the room. Her religious frenzy had not been damp ened by her1 experience, and though she was so weaX that her voice quav ered and sank, she sang : unceasingly a peculiar chant which the police say Is a part of the Sturdevant ritual. 1 When she had been cared for Miss Codding defended the negro preacher. ' "I have been called by the Almighty,' she b Id. "Since the age of 12 I have intended. In response to that call, to go to-African. 1. shall go now as soon as I ran,. .(Brother, Sturdevant' . received a revelation. -Wn-kiowlng- thlsj followed mm. lie has been imprisoned, but our sacrifices will open the doors." Sturdevant, It is declared, had a negro wife in Baltimore when he married the Johnson girl. ; It Is tor, this that he has . been, puLiu Jail, According to- the police; CHOICE OH BALLOT Spokane. July 20.- County "Auditor R; W. Butler, on the advice of , Prose cutor Fred Pugh, today held that there must be a first and second choice vote for United States senator in the pri maries September . IS. This ' clause of the primary taw, 'heretofore overlooked In the state at large, injects a new and uncertain : element . into ths senatorial fight 'Two years ago there were but three candidates for United States sen ator snd but one vote was accorded each elector. -? , The primary law says that when four or more men aspire for congressional nominations, which is held ..here to mean the senate and the house, under the definition iof the term laid -down by Webster, there shall be a first and second choice vote accorded to ths electors. Auditor Butler, who is pre paring to print the official ballots for Spokane county, will gettha Republi can primary ballot out (wffclrf first and second choice columns In the sena torial race. ""' "vvr?..;;,. NEEDED RAIN IS V- " FALLING IN UNION " r . (Special Dlgpatcb to The JooruU . X Grande, Or., July 20. For the J first time within a month It is raining In Union oounty today. - Leo's Anniversary Mass, Rome, July 20. Today being, the seventh anniversary : of the death of Fop lieoXin. a solemn , memorial mass was "celebrated at the r Sacred Col lege in the presence of the pope, the cardinals and other high dignitaries of the church, the dtplomaltlo repreeenta tlves and a number of other invited , guests.v. 'v"''':-;' ':i?f--' ' r s w e m as-ai wm Ly EvanUon with $uttouhoi AT THE NEW "COLLARS- PR SUMMER. HicK oovb for kelrr Inw nanth (r Mmfo aad plantr of rooi for thm he to did in. i ..- Uo.eeeh,tfras. rmboAr t Cnmrwiy Arrnw Cnfft, .' FIRM D J A" ARROW BOARD APPftOVES 0 Fifty Thousand Posters to Ad vertise Features of Live stock' Assn's Exhibition. The first official announcement of the advance program' of the Portland Fair & Livestock association fair to be held at the Country Club, September 5-10, was approved iy the executive board at a. meeting held yesterday afternoon at the Commercial club; , ' ' Fifty thousand posters announcing the complete general program of ; the fair are being printed and will be dis tributed - broadca t all - over -the north west during the next few days. . The features of the fair will be the livestock exhibitions and the races for which a 110,000 bankers' purse has been orierea ror trotters and a $6000 hotel purse for pacers.' There will be balloon ascensions and aeroplane contests for purses of 1100 and 1200. .Besides this the program win include .six. day relay races for automobiles and motorcycles, bronco riding, athletics, equestrian exhibitions and rough riding stunts. r : - r; Midway features. . One of the features will be a midway with 100 attractions and. a $6000 three nights show. A 100 niece band will furnish the musle for the fair. Dunbar's 60 trained goats will furnish a whole show by themselves, while 60 clowns will heipt to amuse the :. assembled crowds. A vaudeville show will also be featured. .-. - The $10,000 guldeless pacer. College Maid, win perform again. Horses from all over ths United States will be brought in. It is believed the races will be the best ever held in the north west. Demonstration "trains from the Southern- Pacific, the O. K. V N.,; the Northern Pacific and the Great' North ern will be exhibited on the grounds. . Ths livestock exhibition will include prize pigs, blooded bulls, fat cattle and crowing roosters. According to the present outlook the entry list for the show will be, much larger than last year. ' . .'. .: Reduced rates . on all the roads to Portland will be In effect during the fair. Adequate transportation to the grounds is promised on both the steam and electric lines every day of the show. .LL, .iJ'Zu."- uj.-.1;..i-t A promotion committee , from the Commercial club, oonslating of C. , F. Johnson and C. C. Chapman has been given charge : of the advance sals of tickets. A committee of 60 young men will work under ttie committee and their work will be divided so that the ,whole territory will ; ds coverea thoroughly. Tickets will'. be on sale In a few days at all the stores. - - A committee headed by Julius Meier was : appointed yesterday to make ar rangements, for stiles at the entrance to the grounds. , ; : , ; . . , , A meeting of the directors of the as sociation will be held tomorrow after noon at 1:30 o'clock In the Commercial club to. arrange final details for the lair and ger things in working order. Another reminder of the way the dele gates to the state convention which H to -meet In Portland tomorrow, 'were se lected 'comes with the current' issue' of the Fossil journal, which contains a re port of the proceedings there at which the delegates from Wheeler county were chosen. ' ' . The report in this paper shows that when ths time came for the scheduled meeting of the county central commit tee on July 2, only one member of the committee, W. W. Steiwer, attended the meeting. Two other men holding prox ies came, ';fi' :.. ,k l r. A temporary organlaatlon was effected and ft meeting called for July 9. . During ths week letters were sent ts all the members of the county central commit tee and the long distance telephone was Used to get them to come. Again Stelt wer was in' attendance and one or two other men. . These men selected the del egates to the stats convention and issued their credentials in the name of the majority of ths central committee of Wheeler county. This delegation came to Portland solid for Jay Bowerman for pgovernor and are now doing their ut most to secure his nomination. 1 k The meeting which selected the state delegates decided "not to hold a county assembly, but to depend strictly upon the primary law for the nomination of the county officials." ' MALHEUR COUNTY WELL REPRESENTED Malheur county, although the far thest from Portland bad a representa tion equal to two-thirds of Its bar at the lawyers' convention yesterday: Those present were: : C McGonagill, Dalton Biggs, W. H. Brooke, A. N. SoHrs. C. C Wilson, George Hayes, J. A. Hurley, R. M. Duncan, Lea Blodgett SUNDAY PICTURE ; SHOWS HARMLESS, SAYS MAYOR KIME , (RDKUlDltDttch toTbeiInurDal.1i Cottage Grove, Or., July 20 ' Mayor A. W. Iflme has gone, on ; S record as favoring Sunday pic- e R ture shows, providing the eiter- 4 4 talnment is of a moral character. The question came up during a 4 'regular session of the city coun- 4 ctl. Mayor Kime declared one '- tnasi had as much right as an- : 4 4 . other to run a picture, show on 4 4 Sunday,' and Inasmuch ' as the 4 churches had exhibited pictures 4 4 on these days, he could see no 4 4 reason why others should not ', 4 4 ne permitted to do likewise. ' 4 4 TTb mayor's position has ere- -4 4 ated a stir, in local religious clr- 4 4'-Clf.s. where the opposition to the 4 4 Sunday theatre originated about 1 4 4 a year ago. At that time a pe- 4 4 tltlon asking the council to close 4 4 the picture shows on the night 4 4 of the seventh day was circulated 4 4 among business men and others, 4 4 and was largely signed. The pic- , 4 4 ture shows were ordered closed .4 5 JJceneeeauce4ftc-,4 . cordingly. There la a movement 4 under way to urge upon the al- 4 dermanic body the need of keep- 4 ing the playhouses dark on Sun- 4 days. . FA WHEELER VOTERS PlIIMBFOH Port Members Will Place Prop osition Before Voters at Next November's Election; $50, 000 for Sites. (Snpctnt Dlopitch to The Joarml.) Marshfield, Or., July 19.Purchas Ing sites for future public docks for the CoosBay dtles ' is oneof the Impor tant stepi planned by the members of the commission of the Port of Coos Bay. Among ths first things consid ered along i with the improvement of the harbor, channel and rivers after the commission was formed was the, puis chase of public, dock sites, v At present Marshfield and North Bend have sufficient, docks for all of the shipping business, but the commission Is considering the future. .In Marsh field all of the docks ars owned by In dividuals or companies 'In the past there have : arisen at times In a small way the possibilities of dock owners monopolising' and charging whatever they wished. The consolidation' of Marshfield and North Bend as one municipality' is an eventuality" which everyoaeseema to wish realised and the port commission will work along this line and one dock site will be purchased for both cities. Henry Sengstacken, secretary of the port commission, Is enthuslastlo on the subject of public docks. Mr. Sengstao- ken says:" . , "Of course we do not need to build publio docks at this time but right now is, the time to buy the site as it can never be purchased at a lower figure. Later on when ths city. has grown the water front will be expensive and It might be out of the tower of the port District to secure a desirable site, I favor buying enough water front to allow for the building of a publio dock that will take care of all ocean traf fic that may come Into Coos .Bay. I think we should buy at the very least 609 feet of water front It should not be less than that - - . Publio Socks Necessity. "There Is no hurry about bulldlna th aocas ana warehouses, hut the sue once acquired we will as a port la the fu ture, be able to build docks whenever the private wharf, owners show a dis position to charge exorbitantly. If Coos Bay expects -to develop as a shipping point as we all believe she will, there must be publio docks and the port having been formed we believe that the port district is the ons to own the dock sites. "It has been my - observation that public docks at some time in the his tory of the place become an absolute necessity. We should profit now by the experience of other places. Our idea is to. have docks and warehouses which can be uaed by all vessels at a reasonable and uniform chars, and thus remove the possibility of any ons company controlling the water front." W. P. Evens, president Of ihe nort oommlsston went on record in favor of tne plan in his first message to the members of . the, ' commission and the plan was , at once '. adopted. Tha commission members believe if the port owns ons big public dock site it will be better than if each of the cities had srnauer municipal docks. .'The t commission will nut the mt ter of the harborjjmprovement-t-aj " " ii) ii ut -election mis fall One of the questions to be voted upon wnr d whether or not the com mission snau appropriate $50,000 for me, purpose or buying dock sites. Three automobile accidents in which two men were . injured were added to Portland summer record ' yesterdav. Twor drivers were arrested for sneedinir. two others were caught exceeding the legal limits, but furnished excuses wnion won their freedom, and warrants were Issued for-two more Joseph Grant of Tacoma. a Vortwn Paciflo brakeman, was. struck at the corner or Hixtn and' Washington streets last night by- a machine driven by T. H. West of 6S0 East Pine street. Grant was thrown a number Of feet, hia hmiv bruised and cut and his clothing badly torn. He was removed to the residence ui tnenas 2iu fara street, where a physician attended his Injuries. William Sullivan, aged 82, a laborer, was struck by a machine driven by an unknown man. at . First sjid-Rurnside sireeis last evening. The driver did not stop to ascertain the injnrles of his victim C?4l 1 T 1 ..n n wMM . 1 . . ... ' . ..,.. wuiMiBii nao icvtjxi wi me uoou Samaritan, hospital whera bruises- nrt cuts were dressed, after which he left the hospital r ' o'vv.v.' -A machine driven by ClZ)Rin& carrying his father and Judge Llbby lunicu irvm jvnoi.i street . into - union avenue yesterday afternoon and was struck by a southbound streetcar. The left wheel of the auto was smashed and the occupants tossed about, but none was injureq. ratroiman bims stopped a machine going 8 OL miles an hour on UnlomiTe"hue yesterday, and was about to arrest J C. Putron of the Union hotel, the driver, when he was told that the other occu pant was Dr. J. K. Locke, who was re sponding to a fall from a woman who was seriously 111. Sims permitted them to go on. A short time later he caught M. . C Glbbetts, 899 Hhry building, speeding 25 . mrles an hour on Grand avenue. Glbbetts. also did not have a number on his auto, but explained that he was trying out a new machine and (the patrolman released him. ! The first arrest by one of the officers mounted on a motorcycle was made yes terday by Patrolman I K. Evans when he took W. T. Masters into custody for speeding his machine at Sixth and Haw- tnorne streets. ( Frank J. Snyder, cnaurreur,' was- arrested on Halsey jsireei ny fairoiman Birke Charged with .excaedljisvihqspeedjlmlts, ' Postal Changes In Oregon. , ' Liwyrtlaeton Burno of The Journal Washington, July 20. An additional city delivery letter carrier has been authorized for The Dalles, Oregon. . ine rouowmg Oregon letter carriers have been promoted by the postof flee de- semetttt-eratrts-yB.ssr'Arth'Hr L: WlbTe" and Donald J. Calvert from $600 to 8800; Pendleton, Clarence Roach from $1000 to $1100, Glen Finch from $800 to 2900; The Dalles, Willis G. Fagan from $600 to $800. T - - - - , . -Star postal service has been ordered established from Olex to I)lcV)a. TWO INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS DIKIIIill'IORi! .Officers Elected and All Busi ness Done in Short Session. Mrs. Frances Buell Olson of St. Paul, superior chief of honor, who ad dressed the convention tddafc The grand lodge of the Ancient- Order of United Workmen held its biennial convention yesterday at the W. " O. W. halt; at East Seventh and Bast Alder streets.-- Asld " from the election of officers and the appointment of several committees, .about , ths only important item or business transacted was the re ducing of the salary of the grand re corder from $160 4o 8125 per month. The officers elected for a terra of two years were as follows: Phillln Ge- vuts, past grand master workman; George T. Baldwin, grand - master workman. Klamath Falls; Harry ( McClennand, grand foreman, RosebUrg; Peter H. de Arcy, grand overseer, Salem; J. M. Dick son, grand recorder, Portland; R. L. Durham, grand receiver, Portland; . C. E. Balrd, grand guide. Baker City ; Jesse Spencer, grand inside - watchman, Cor vallls, a P. Cathcart grand outside watchman, Marshfield. The officers were installed by Ralph Feeney, grand masted' workman; F. Berchtold, past grand .master workman, and J. E. Wer leln, grand guide) , ., i 'A committee consisting of Edward Werleln, R. L. Durham. Ralph--Feeney. Dr. David Walker arid H. C. Herrtn was annotated to confer .with th e-ranA 'lodge of the Degree of Honor concerning a consolidation, with the A. O.. U. W. The committee from the two bodies will meet this afternoon at 8 o'clock in ths W. O. W. hall at East Seventh and East Alder streets. . , V' . "' Ninety-four delegates representing 85 lodges wereijireaent at the convention. The following committee on credentials was appointed: W. M. Parker, of Al bany; C. J. Wheeler, of Portland; F. Wynn, of Portland; J. D. Johnson, of Marshfield; A I. Coad, of The Dalles; Ralph Feeney, of Portland; N. Clark, ot Hood River; J. ML Plttinger, of Ash land; JL A. Wlnkler-of Ashland; P. T, Harbour, of Wester; C. SCheubel, of Ore gon. City; A- C. Brown, of Lebanon; C, A. PobJ.' of Astoria; G. L. Ford and W.. J. 8hannon..- - - j The grand lodge' of the Degree of Honor also continued its session this afternoon,- when the biennial election of orncsrs will be held. 1 A talk on fraternal congress rates by Mrs. Frances Buel Olson was ths main number on the program yesterday. A lecture by R. F. Robinson, county superintendent of schools, was the f. ture of this morning's session of the In stitute or tne yatnoiic BJducatlonal asso ciation which is being held this wv St Mary's academy, Fifth 1 and Market sureeiSx The application of the studies in the schools for the real activities of Ufa was the theme of Professor Robin son's address.- "We must train the child for the real things of life," said the speaner. , ; mere is a public . demand for industrial training in the schools. and this is the expression. of a demand to make book work merely a means to an end and to prepare the child for so cial efficiency. -The schools must equip the child for. active work In whatever occupation; he may -enter. ' :, practical talk on the teaching Irtiid InH4riiirBcOTieariir pi. high f jtieverena uernara ftiurpny gave - a schobL ; Miss Holman lectured to an an preclatlve audience on school musle as taught in the lower grades. Miss Hel en JV" Burke spoke on- "Language in the Intermediate; Grades," Miss Severance on "penmanship" and Miss Doyle on "Method or Recitation in Reading." The semiannual meeting of the instl tute and election of of fleers will be held tomorrow, at 10 a. m The program for this afternoon will be: : 1:30 p. m., religious Instruction: The Training . of the Imagination; First Book, Rev. P. C. Yorke; D.-D. 2:lf p. m., music numbers. 2:80 p, m., round table discussion: The Physical Geography of Oregon, by a sister of the Holy Names. (Room A.) " 2:30 p. tn.i penmanship department, Miss Severance. v: (Room B,) ' . v $300,000 INVOLVED IN 7 SALE OF POWER PL'ANT The Wasco Warehouse & Milling company.-has sold Its nower nlant nn th White ; River- to the Columbia Light 4 Porttand Gas & Coke company. About $300,000 - was involved in the deal, which was closed Monday night. The mills and warehouses of the company were not Included In the deal. f " fc 1 ' 1 ' ) ti " ' 3 ' ( ' 3 f V s- -1" v;. ' H . , ' - ' i ( , V ' ' y i 11 EFFICIENCY ' IS SCHOOL'S PURPOSE .'i ' "''"-: ( iournJ Waax A4 brio 'results. , nnif ri n r RITfflDl'ffi HI'ffllLPOilD At 8 o'clock this afternoon Deputy Coroner Frank Dane and physicians who were summoned were still working over the apparently lifeless body of 7-year-old. Everett Gllman, of 1101 Ellsworth street, who tumbled from a raft Into the pond at Ellsworth and East Thirty-seventh streets this afternoon, and was not pulled out for mors than ahalf hour afterward. - ; V- ' s .. . Details are scarce. ; Attendants at the Babv 1 home.: whlr-h ''in' ahnnt a. hlorlr distant from 6ie pond, say that about 1 o'clock two boys rushed up to the doors of the institution and said their brother was drowning.', Before men from tha home got to the pond the ioy'a body had sunk for the last time. The -boys said 'they had been; playing they were pirates and bad been paddling, about on a raft They said, their brother jast fell in. -V; v.''. ; V The boy was the son of F. C. Oilman. ' A comprehensive plan, covering - tha water needs of the Seventh ward and ad jacent ; territory . was agalji advocated last night by the water committee of the Seventh Ward league. It will be pre sented to the water board at the next meeting, and efforts mads to have (t taken up Immediately. : - .(V. 5 . - The commutes met in ths office of Ben Rlesland In the Falling building, and some bitter comments directed at the water , board , were mads and the slowness with Which that body has act ed toward the Seventh Ward league's re quests noted. '-- j. . ' ; Temporary relief . given by ' having Bujl Run water turned Into the Fleck water system did not do much good.. A small benefit is noted, butc the cry is for a complete water system, sa- the rapidly growing territory can . be well supplied, for home and lawn use. ; : . - Two plans are to be submitted to the water board. The ons supplying Sell wood and other districts follows: ' . "Beginning at ths lower Mount Tabor reservoir, No. 2, with a 88 Inch main and following Division street to Twenty- sixth street, reducing to a If inch main down that street to Holgate, thence down, to Twenty-eighth street, south to Kelly avenue, west to either Twenty third or Twenty-first, thence south with a 12 inch main to Douglas street, west to Grand avenue, with a connection at Fifteenth street to unite the new pipe Una with the present 10 inch main on Umatilla avenue. ' . - v ? Outllns of Plan. ... An outline of the plan for supplying high districts from ths upper reservoir fOllOWSX;'-..-' -' "Beginning at the upper Moun Tabor reservoir, No. 1, with- a 20 inch main, running south along the property owned by the .city to the' Section Line road, thence with a 10 ' Inch lateral to the city limits, "with,1 the- main pips line of 20 inches following Division street, west to Fifty-second street, commonly callod Mllwaukie avenue, thence with a 18 inch main following south along this avenue to the city limits, with a 12 Inch main following Division from Mil wauklo west to Thirty-ninth street, then with a- 10 inch main, down Thirty-ninth "to Holgate, also to 'run a 10 inch main east from Mllwaukie avenue on Woodstock avenue to the city limits, also a 10 Inch main west on Woodstock avenue ' to Thirty-ninth street" k- ' The following men signed the com munlcatlon: G. A. Johnson, Woodstock Push club; Walter Adams, Sellwood Board of Trade; L. W. Darling, Midway Improvement club; Rev. Father Gregory, Brooklyn, improvement chid; w. w. Chapman, Alta Vista Improvement club; E. F. Moldenhauer, Kenilworth Improve ment club; Lv B.. Rice, Waverly-Rich-mond Improvement club; Dr. Hamlltcm Meade, South Mount Tabor Push club; 1L CrofU, Seventh SWard Auxiliary league, and Ben Rlesland, president of tha Seventh ward league. . SHADE IS CANDIDATE FOR WOODMEN OFFICE 'Herman Shade, one of the proprietors Of the Columbia hotel, today entered the race as a candidate for ons of the head managers of ths Woodmen ot the World. W. C North and Congressman W. C Hawley are also candidates from this district, xnere are live neaa man agers of the Paciflo jurisdiction to- be elected. f ' . ., - ' Shade has "been clerk of Portland camp No. 107 the past ll years, and was-actlve-in promotlng-thft- Woodman hall at Alder and Eleventh streets, of which building hs has been treasurer the past seven years. THREE ICE HANDLERS . ARRESTED FOR SELLING -SHORT WEIGHT CHUNKS 4 In ths fight to protect house 4 holders who buy ice, three more 4 arrests were made yesterday by - - m.yJMF rltt Caste'. the Ice Delivery 4 4 company, Harry. Joy of the Lib erty Ice & Coal company, and.H. L. Klser of the city market, were taken into custody charged with selling short weight, and Klser was fined $10 In municipal court this : morning. Sentences Were suspend the : cases , of Casteel and Joy. "People who buy Ice should insist on getting it by the pound," said Buchtel this morning, "as it insures punishment if they are deceived in the weight Many people simply ask for 10 or 15 cents' worth at a time, and no particular weight is guaranteed, undoubtedly many buyers .are being defrauded, but if they will use ordinary Intelligence In buy ing ice .and then are cheated, we -will soon correct the" prac tice." 44 - Trufttjr Escapes at Salem. , ' Salem, Or., July 20. Albert- Craw t oraausteicpgylct. ,.empU)yadat the state fair grounds, escaped from the guards yesterday afternoon. Craw ford was serving two years, having been sent up from Umatilla county, His term would ,havs expired in December. Crawford is the fourth trusty to escape recently-while emulayed outside the prison walla.- - ,,.... -- .... SEVENTH WARD HOT SATISFIED I GOOD CAUSE Subscriptions for Crippled Mar- jory Mahr Aggregate $2000 and Fund Is Growing. Portland's society? women 'are demon strating that "all ths world's akin," for touched by the plight of pretty Marjory Mahr, member of the chorus of th Arm. strong Musical Comedy . company, who was maimed and crippled for life, they are esohewlng pleasure to help swell the DeBBuijuna wijicn has grown to a Sum In the neighborhood of $2000, Keen interest. Is taken in. attractive little player who is fighting for life in the Good Samaritan hospital. Ths physicians say she nrohahiv win live. If she does the monev -whih 'i being gathered for her now wilt be heed ed, for she .will be incapacitated for work, and shehas no ons upon whom td depend. : ' . - ':.. Mrs. .James Met WoodL wha has been pcomlnent In all. charitable work in Port land for years, Js putting in much of her time' to help the unfortunate girl. By, personal solicitation she has collect ed tnore than $100 and to her many have pledged euma wlftch will amount up to at least $200 In all. Mrs. Wood has not confined her efforts to Portland alone; but has written to 'many of her friends, asking them to help. The result Is that many out-of-town people, among them Portland residents who are passing ths summer at the beaches, have mallod checks to. her. or have written thathey Mrs. Eleanor' Martin, a prominent so ciety woman of San Francisco, Cal., and Mrs. Maria A. Smith : gave checks to Mrs. Wood to be givea to the trustees of ths fund. Clubmen and others are taking up the work and imsoma ot the larger men's clubs subscriptions are be ing taken. - In every strata of society kind hearted ' persona are working to make ths future happy for the chorus girl. srw There Is ' rivalry among . the . society women who are soliciting subscriptions, for each is working to collect the largest amount, and . many are being thus spurred on to greater effort. Until af ter the benefit performance at the Lyric theatre, July 28. is held, there will be no poeltivfe means of ascertaining just what' has" been given to the girl, for so mmy have refused to buy tickets but have merely left money without giving their names.. Bu It Is known that ths fund derived from ths sale of tickets and subscriptions is mors than $2000, N The "Live Wire" dinner, plans for which attracted so much attention in Portland, will be held at o'clqck this evening In tha dining room of t the Portland Commercial club. Between 75 and 100 of ths' younger members of the club probably 'will attend. C. C. Chap man, manager of ths promotion bureau of the club, will act as toastmaster, and there will be many speakers who will siv thres minute talks. - . -i C. C. Craig is -the. originator of the "live Wire" Idea. It contemplates organ islng - the -younger spirits-;-of -the club Into a booster committee, and at ths same time glvs them a chance, to get acquainted with business men? ot tha ctty and all members of the club. The men who are Interested in the scheme prophesy that ths "live wires" will do more to promote the Interests of Port land than any other subsidiary organisa tion. ''' ' Ths program for tonight's Sinner fol "Let's Get Busy," C. C. Craig, origi nator of the live wire Idea. Former president Progress and Prosperity club of Oakland.' "Express Yourself," Hsrvey Beckwlth, president Portland - Commercial - club, reneral agent Wells, Fargo A Co. "Tun,e Up, Boosters." G. F. Johnson, chairman promotion committee P. C. C and general manager: Sherman, Clay. & "Wlll-Bes Are Better tlThan Has- Beens." . Dr. J.. R, Wetherbee, former president Portland Commercial club. "The New Multnomah Club," W. A. Holt president Hultnomah Amateur Athletic club. ' . . "It Pays to Bs Lively," D. O. Lively. general agent oruana i. union biock vards. ': fiy--.':'":s ; "juice for ths Llvs.Wlre," t.'V. Bar bour, assistant to president Portland Railway. Light & Power company. "Steam, and ' Mors Steam," William McMurray, general passenger agent or Oregon Railroad & Navigation company. ' "Out of the Mife," x Julius L. Meier, msnaaer Meier & Frank company. - olts1rAxtron,C,-CrColtrprestdeiri tinion Mat comnany . "New Furniture in ths Old House." Fletcher Linn, president Oregon Furni ture comnany. . -..c'. .v.',-.. -"Getttna Tour Name in the Paper " a B. Piper, member board of governors of p. C. C and managing editor of Ors- gonlan. - :n : - omeer Hha Panacea"- VT.-T." Wood ward, member promotion committee , of P. C. C. and secretary-treasurer Wood- ard. Clarke & Co. "Good Timber Here," F. H. Ransom, member board of governors P. C C. and manaaer-SJastern A Western - Lumber company. . . - "Electrlfvlna- ths Line,"- F. H. Fogar- ty. ' assistant general freight agent Mnrthom Paciflo railway. "Young Men's5 Commercial - Associa tion.'' Walter A., Cross Of Y, M. C, A. "Rosy Prespects' Ralph W. Hoy t. nniflent Portland Rose Festival. "Build a Convention Hall," Jshn T, Carroll, manager Evening Telegram. "Remember ths Chamber," E. C. Gilt ner. secretary Portland Chamber of Commerce. , "Begin Now," Edward Newbegln, man. ager R. M. Wade & Co. : v ' "Shouting. Pushing and' Shooting." tV, E. Coman. general freight and passen- ger agent of Seattle, Portland and Spo kane railway. ;-,'.:,. .xs-j;r- ' "Do It and We'll Print It. George ;M. Trowbridge, editor The Journal. . "Enlisting and Organizing," -"Calllns-of- Membership Roll." " " v "Election of Officers and Perfecting Plans.". ;i:-i.,,:-...r,i vyy s: .-: "No Dues Except To.,"- .. . Bridge Breaks and Injures Man. . .'iSMlil PliDttoh tn Th lonrnaLI scroes Hear r;Kru-w--wiWr-tiTvl ons .half sduthwest of Wallowa, broke down with Charles Shine, who was cros stng it with a -load of sawlogs for the .at .. W.I nan it.a.1.. Williams sawmill. Shine sustained one or two broken Tibs. His horses were uninjured. The bridge had been byllt for Some IS or 19 years and the timbers ha "LIHRES'lLL . GROSS AT DINNER MHZ UiiUL ill) Intercepted Message Discloses Bloody Program of Nicara-) guan President Two Insur gents Executed.. ,v . . -(United Frets -Leeud Wlre.V New Orleans, July 20.Presldent Ma- drla of Nicaragua has ordered all revo lutionary prisoners shot. If an inter- - cepted telegram purporting, to have been sent cy mm . to General Koberto Gon- sales Is authentic, . Gonzales is In. com mand of the MadrU, forces at Stin Lbaldo. Many insurgents prisoners are known to be under his-charge. The Intercepted message read; ' "t trust into your hands the salvation of the fatherland and the giving of a seyers lesson to the revolutionaries who are in your! neighborhood. Shoot with- , out fear or consideration the revolution ists whom you may capture by attack and the prisoners whom you may have. tyve orders to leaders or your patrols: to watch.. There, is danger in the road from San Ubaldo to Acoyapa. Madrli, commanding general." TKe teleeram fell into the hands of the rebel General Mens, who, declared ' that on the same day two Insurgents ; were executed-, at Charco Muerto. A copy was sent to ths provisional government's local representative to be forwarded to lha American state de partment ,' , " BRIDE OF ONE WEEK V wis DISILLUSIONED ! ' That he Induced her to Indorse bad checks.' to the amount of $190 is ths charge' made by Mrs. Rufus At Pattyi WiUlams avenue against her hus- band of . a week. One of the-checks . was given to Jacob Casteil or 665H Washington street on whose complaint. Patty , was arrested yesterday by De tectives Snow and Coleman and held for ths .grand Jury In municipal court ' this thorplng. ' - "I was lonely and he aoDeated re- -. spectable, so I married. Mm," says Mrs. Patty. "He represented himself as part owner of the Western Salvage company , which burned in the Exposition, build- -Ing fire and said he needed money. Now I learn he was only aa--smploye. He-deceived me. In a cowardly manner and I will be glad to see hin go to jail." r;x - It Is a Kansas womarf who has been granted a patent up6n Jk fan provided with a sheet of absorbent material to hold water to aotually cool the air which it agitates.' - - : " - ' - LAST CARLOAD AR RIVED YESTERDAY Only Forty , Memberships Now , , ! Remain Open, in filers Hj IU 'Piano" Clubi.' V I i CHOICE OF M AN V FINE MAKES. Members Buy High-Grade. Pi-, arios at Wholesale Prices Membership Applications -Must Come-in Quickly Now v This Week Sees End. , -. The last carload to go to the Pliers Co-operative Piano Club Buyers, ar rived at our wholesale depot in North Portland yesterday. Never has there , been such a combination-of advantages offered music lovers as given now In Ellers Co-operaUve Piano , Clubs. All told five clubs have been formed In order to meet the desires of all piano buyers ip thelf preference of make and price. - - - All previous big selling records have been broken. Nearly 800 pianos have already been delivered to club members. ; The clubs are closing one week sooner than expected, as the limit of 824 mem bers will undoubtedly oe reached In ths next few days. Only 40 memberships now remain open, and this week will , sea these more than taken up, judging , by the rate members are now Joining. And no wonder, when you think of what . they save and are -able to get for so little' money.v 4-(: -. t'Mir CXVB MIIEBEM PAY WHOX.ESALB ; - :;,:.,," Mtxcxs. Sc.-; V Out of five clubs, two ars now filled, and only a few memberships are avail able in the three clubs still open. These' clubs embrace the most dependable pinosv-on jvhlch mPttthers aaya-$U3-to $264. A f 460 piano may be bought by olub members for $297.80. a $660 piano for $35, and so on. . Payments of $tI6 or $1.60 weekly Is all -that is required to . buy your choice of any of these pianos. You'll never miss the money, H amounts to so little.. w , VXa WOIID1! BIST PIAK08. The finest and best makes of pianos, Including the glorious Chickerlng, ths time honored Decker, the Sohmer, the Lester and the famous Kimball are to be found only at Ellers Muslo Hoise. rwsr EirtKArQSL. .ll: : " If you are a Club Member (and any one can loin) you can buy a piano for no more than you would pay if you had to rent one. Every home, worthy to be termed such, can now own a plana on the Club Plan. Remember, only depend-.. able pianos are ever sold by Ellers Muslo House, and every piano in this -Bale is accompanied by a guarantee of the maker as well, as of Ellers Musio House. ;. .("' TBXZ TO ClttrB: MEMBEBS. ' 4 In addition fo thfi immense .saving on . prices, and low terms of payments se-. -cured by Club Members, each Club Member receives free muslo instruction,: free 1 insurance, free tuning -and free ; delivery.. It would not be possible -to make this astounding offer,, if It were ., not - for the co-operative feature "-.of Ellers P'ano Clubs. By disposing of over 800 ulanos In one' sale we are ? thereby able to make lower prices, bet ted terms, and the above fre-a4 van- tare. These advantages cannot be se cured after clubs close, because we can . not- duplicate these prtces on single' sales. Those who' come too late will have to pay regular prices. Prlces ad-, vance-tha minute clubs close. , So don't delay a moment, if you have any- lde a of ever owning a piano, for you. will never have another opportunity to buy ft:" , , t TJt r.r-iTr TvjTiTrr V" ow.o . - St. where, thoueh.lt may not look It from the outside are, however, four large floors devoted to tM r greatest ' displ$y of pianos In the west. .Make N your choice here, and Join the ' club. Your plann. will be ' delivered ' at once. EILERS MTTSIO HOUSE, OreRon's Iarg est, Leading and . Most Responsible 10PUT TQ DEATH PRISDKDFWAR t'inno ueaiera