THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL",
rOHTLAND, WZDN
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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.
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rmboAr t Cnmrwiy Arrnw Cnfft, .'
FIRM D
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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.
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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
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