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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, FORTLAND, SUNDAY- MORNING, DECEMBER h ;IS10. LIDAY SHOPPiiJG iSlUSIIESB REUD FOR 1910 Merchants ' Declare .Business Increased ; at Remarkable Rate Over 1909 During the Christmas- Season. ' ' Christmas shopping of 1S10 went on the record last night as the bluest and best in the history of Portland. Biggest In point of -volume and best as regards quality Of goods and the ex ceptionally orderly manner in -which it was handled.' This, the merchantg say, Is attributable to the early shopping movement, which was well heeded this year. A tremendous amount of busi ness, but comparatively little crowding oven at the last moment. f he unpleasant experiences of former years, when shoppers and employes were rushed, jostleif iand' worried near unto death, were absent this year, and every body feels thankful for It And it Is said that, Judging from the number that inarched in the army ofsUoppers, Santa Claus 'must have visited every one of Portland's 207,000 inhabitants. Few could have been overlooked, unless the venerable, gray bearded gentleman, who still prefers a'reindeer team to a chug chug wagon,- followed In the footsteps of a poor census taker and missed one tenth of the people. . - . , ' Increase Great. Some dealers declare that the holiday trade will show nn 'increase of . 60 pr cent as compared with that of last year, when it was the largest in volume up to that time. They' point to the In crease as an unmistakable indication of the city's growth in population as well as general prosperity. .- , . "One thing. I noticed, particularly," said a dealer,., "the people seemed to know better than ever what they wanted and they had the money to pay for It." W. P. Olds of Olds, Wortman & King, expressed particular satisfaction because 0 the -fact that the shoppers shopped early and avoided the rush. He siild he hoped it . would ever be thus. for it benefits the public, the employes and the employers. ; "This- Christmas season was by far the largest Portland has ever seen," fcald Mr; Olds,, 'Early shopping was a very great, advantage , to ; the employes, the store and the public, Our store was comfortably - filled at ; all ; hours from emiy in the morning till ' the closing hour, yet there was no crowding. The shoppers had elbow .room and the clerks cmld fflve them the attention that we wish them to give. A'AA , ; ' - Shopping- Begins Early. :"This year the holiday .shopping be gan three or four weeks before the holidays. In former years people have rmld off to the three or four last day That means a big difference, not only in Waiting upon the" customers but also In making deliveries. This year" we .had no trouble at all and our delivery eone has been increased to eight miles in earn direction north and south, to tha nina.tintla. nnttt In thA nnt nnrt five miles to the west. , That means 16 miles north. and south and, 14 miles. east and vest, , "Portland Is now-' getting so rnetro politan that early shopping can be dons without inconvenience , to anyone; afi least we fpund it. of great advantage to au concerned." , v i r , ' v ;, 'There never was a season more suit able than the present to everybody," said Julius Meier, of the Meier & Frank company. TX speak from the stand point of the public as well as the em- pioyes or our store and ourselves. The trade was bigger and better than ever . nu nit; muni BauoiHuiifry in me mniuiy of our store, dating' back to 1857; All Customer Barred, Karly shopping was encouraged, and I believe the public sees the advantage of attending to their shopping In good season and that the . good example set this year will prevail In the future." U. D. Ramsdel, of Lipman; Wolfe & Company said . he,, believed the books of his store will 'show an increase of (0 per cent "of Christmas trade over .that of last year, and last year's vol ume was the largest on record up to that time. He said it appears that the city is prosperous and well pleased. IL C. Holmes, manager of Woodard, Clarke & Company, spoke in a similar vein. He said the public appears to have begun to fathom the advantages of early shopping, for the volume of trade was almost as heavy three weeks ago as during the last three days. This made it possible to serve the customers with as much attention as under ordi nary conditions. . . , . . , 1 . And similar expressions came from hundreds of other dealers who cater to the holiday trade. HOLIDAY IN JAIL It was "out again in agam" with Jim Casey, a well known character Jn police circles, yesterday evening. ; Jim wanted to spend one sober Christ mas, and 44 days ago asked Municipal Judee Tuxwetl lo t.fntf.n Mm ' Hn that be.' wonld sef "Olt ::tr'1twlf::plW'"Cbrtt- teas era In this way, he expected to scapa the temptations that .have made him so well known tothe police. : Yesterday afternoon at, 4 o'clock, Jim walked into the .police station. He had come direct from the rock pile at Linn ton. He announc-d that he would stay on the water wagon last night After visiting with the station men and his old-time friends in jail, ' a visit was made to some iriends oh the outside? The, temptation was , too strong, how ever, for he was Kicked up at o'clock, and spent the night in the city Jail. Casey has spent about 99 per cent of his time the last in years In the city Jail and on the rock . pile, , For a long time he was - ept at the . station &n a trusty, for everyone could trust Mm. He usually tells the municipal Judge how many days he wishes to be Mintc-need, the last time he was before t lie court, the request to be- let out on Christmas eve was .made. . This was 44 days ago. ' ' ' In Casey's better days, he was a me chanic, and was in the employ of -the Yi'estlnfhouse people. ' He was sent west to install the air brakes on the O. OR. A N. trains, and was later foreman of the Khops for that road here. He also claims the distinction of being the in ventor .of a very important early feature of the sir brake. A few years ago he t"-k to heavy drinking -and It "was not! tang until, ne wwrf a minnidr usure mi tt.e police station. Journal Vent Ads bring'results. OFFICER PREVENTS y to H Shouts Timely Warning, to 50 People as Train Backs' Into Shed. Through the alertness of Patrolman Helms, about B0 people were saved from possible injuries at the North Bank depot this evening, when A, & C train No. t backed Off the track - and completely demolished the shed at the end of the tracks. ' V The orf leer saw that the train was backing up at a much higher speed than was usual and shouted to the people in the shed to, get out All ran forward and when . the observation car struck the shed It crumbled like so much pa per and was pushed into the street A telephone polo saved a taxlcab from being 'demolished and the ; noise of the crash frightened , the team hitched to a transfer 'bua The horses ran away and saved the .'bus from be ing smashed. ? The team was caught before it had run a block. Nobody was' Injured and all the damage done, amounting to about (260, was to the shed. . All traces of the ac cident were cleaned away within an hour; -except the pile of broken timbers at the side Of the track. -' The derailed car; was pulled back onto the track- without any difficulty The train was backing in ready for the trip to Seaside and was put in running or der before time' to leave,' "?i Robber Held Up Saloon and Secures $100; Cornered in Gulch," ' (fioeclal DlmMt4i to Tb JonmaLt Everett, Wash. Dec 24.Mike Don nelly, a half breed negro and the mar shal , and several , citlxens of Snoho mish this afternoon, fought a duel with revolvers ; and rlfs, but no one , was wounded. .Donnelly, .who early In the morning held up the saloon of McButss and Jessup at Sultan and secured 1100, was recognised by the marshal at Sno homlBh this afternoon and called upon to surrender. He declined and a revolver" duel at Close range followed. ; ; Donnelly fled In the direction of Blackman's? lake, taking refuge in the thick underbrush, of a swamp ''gulch,. Late this afternoon the 1 deputies from the sheriff office and several citizens left for Snohomish to join in the search for the wanted man. In the battle City Marshal Norton of Snohomish, received a slight wound In the abdomen. ' F Postoffice Employes Have a Record Breaking Day . Many Foreign Letters. " tCalted rre Leuefl Wlre.i - t ... New York, Deo. - 24. Seven thousand postoffice. clerks In the ' central New York postoffice and the 40 sub stations are immersed 'tonight in the most gi gantic task -of Christmas mail distribu tion that ever confronted a postoffice force in- this1 country. It is . estimated that 4,000,000 letters and packages .were received during the day and that mil lions more will arrive during the night, and tomorrow. ' , The foreign mall alone brought over on the Mauretania. Teutonic George Washington, St, Louis and Lusitania filled 21,690 (jacks and' weighed 1,952, 100 pounds.'!: It contained .20.000,000 let ters and post cards and about 60,000 pieces of second-class matter. YOUNG WIFE SUICIDES. . ON CHRISTMAS EVE (failed Ptm Leaaed Wlrct ; New York, Dec. 24. In ber beaotl fully appointed apartment in the Daw son Arms, with , tables stacked wtth Christmas presents, .Mrs. Marguerite Luersson " killed herself tonight ! Her husband, George M. Luersson, had been called away by business and had kissed her' goodbye.;" v. ..VV:,;' W:;. ; He had just entered the elevator when he heard the pistol shots. Rush- to.,.fcaJfc-4iit- the apartment ha found his wife dead. Mrs. Luersson was 23 years old and a' pronounced beauty. Her home was in Canton. Ohio. Only a few weeks ago She and her husband returned from an extended visit to Europe. While there Mrs. Luersson : had been compelled to undergo a surgical operation and, she feared she would have to go again under the knife. : ' STARVATION FORCES MAN TO APPLY AT HOSPITAL Cntted Prm Leaw4 Wire.):- -Hew York, Dec 24. Too honest to steal, too proud to beg and unable to find work, John R. Smith, who says he Mves in Princeton, 111., in despair today sought admission , to Bellevue hospital. His emaciated appearance gained him admission at once, and after being given stimulants, he was removed ,td a medi cal ward, where his case was diagnosed as starvation. 1 - ' 1 . Smith said he had had little, to eat for SI days, and has slept in hallways and the streets for two months. :, One Miner Killed. (United Prrtw Ltmed Wire.) . ' Tulsa. Ok la-, Dec 24. In a cave-in In the Mohawk mine near here,-Anton Kammen, abed 27, was killed, and 10 other minors injured. Of the offspring ' of insane 'persons only about SO per cent are sound men tally. , kKSSt IN TONS 0 MAIL MRS. EDDY S HEIRS ID GROUND FOR BIG LEGAL BUTTLE Lawyers for George W. Glover and Dr. E. J. F. Eddy Plan Attack on Legacy Devised . to Scientist Church. . (By tlie lotprnattnnal News Berrlo. ' New York, Dec 24. Mary Baker 0. Eddy, the founder cf Christian Science, baa left as a legacy - to : the cult she created the gravest crisis in Its history. She did this unknowingly, ; of course, when in her will she made the Mother Church her residuary legatee and be queathed to it the bulk of her estate, which conservative estimate fixes at close to $3,000,000. ' -. : No doubt remains that the heirs of Mrs; Eddy her son, George W. Glover, and her adopted son, Dt, E. J. Foster Eddy, have reached a final decision to fight for possession of this fortune," " It is already certain that former trnl ted States Senator William E. Chandler, and other distinguished , counsel . repre senting the bers, are determined upon a line of legal action, which will raise unique- issues and arouse international interest. , V wax to B Attacked, Not only will .the will of Mrs. Eddy be attacked as illegal under the statu tory laws of Massachusetts, hut there is every promise, of a separate proceeding which will be directed against Christ ian Science Itself as a movement against public policy. , , :' ' The lawyers for the Eddy heirs did not have far to look for the keynote of their proposed attack upon the Christian Science leader's will. They found It In the revised laws of Massachusetts for the year 1902, In' section 9 of chapter ?. It reads: . r-. - "The income of the gifts, 'grants, be quests and devises made to or for the use of any one church, shall not exceed $2000. a year, exclusive of the Income of any parsonage, land granted to it or for theuse of the ministry." That is all there is to it a brief, plain. unclouded provision, of law that had been hidden away among .the Massachusetts statutes for more than half a eentury, but which were re-enacted eight years, ago. " . ' The heirs seo in this law a sure bar to the inheritance - of the ' fortune by the Christian Sclen tist church. , . v They will take the position that the 111 Is llloirol unM. 4),,l In nnlnt of fact, Mrs. Eddy made no disposi tion of her property and that, a eondU tion is created Identically the same as if Mrs. Eddy died intestate. 'V v: --;; lawyers ( rind Looy-hole. . ' Mr. Chandler and. his associate law yers have had to get around one seri ous obstacle in, preparing their plan of action. This was the .agreement of settlement made last year between Mrs. Eddy and her sons in which the heirs pledged themselves not, to contest any wm sne- migm leave, tsut close stu dents of the situation believe that, the resourceful lawyers have a safe and sure way out of the,dUflcultyj,'Vv'"J',.,', - Mr. Chandler early plans to keep his clients within the strict,, letter of their agreement so that no Interest of theirs under the settlement .t shall j' be edan gered.; This he doubtless proposes to accomplish by moving in the matter through a bill in equity which, while compelling the courts to pass upon the legality of Mrs. Eddy's will, cannot be legally construed as a 'contest of the will. '- :-.'': ' ' Prominent iawyers; who have had an inkling of the campaign plans under consideration by counsel for the heirs predict a legal battle that will furnish the record of modern litigation with its most sensational chapter. v." (rolted Frew Tinned Wire.) : " Paris, Deo,. 24. Having predicted the French floods of this year Mme. De Thebes the most noted of Paris sooth sayers, caused a veritable fright among her hundreds of followers today by forecasting that, I91J will be fraught wtth many calamities for France. ' "Water, water everywhere; mourning in a smiling country," she prophesied, after calling to consultation her "un der power.' "Paris will have her share of acci dents," she says. "'Twice at least our city will be the scene of popular pas sions and the : forces xf nature. For three days the whole city will be in mourning. ' We shall go through sod confllcta A powerful and envied man will emerge thence with: Increased pres tige, v. Then he will be master of the hour and battles will follow, battles of words and. ideas,' .with tumult every where.; A new era will open for France and a party which no longer exists will be revived. , "Beware, beware of the mountains. The center of Europe and the Pyrrennes will suffer 'surprises." . Patrolman Hansen shot and killed an unknown man at 1 o'clock this morn ing at Third and Couch streets, after a running battle of, several blocks. - He died as the police officers were carrying him Into St Vincent hospital. Patrolman Abbott had a soldier under arrest at Third and Burnslde streets, Sergeant Wanless attempted to disperse a crowd that had gathered. Two strangers lnterferred, and Detective Coleman then placed one of them under arrest . The prisoner? partner drew a gun,' and began firing at the detective and police Bergeant one 'bullet passing through the latter's sleeve. Four shots were fired, and he then ran up'to Second and Couch streets," wbete Deputy Sheriff Baty began firing at the man, who. had reloaded bis gun, and again fired at the following officers. 1 Patrolman Hansen was running after the man, and the two were firing at each other. A bullet from th patrolman's pistol struck the man In "ITi c TiiouThrfc ffdT fi iS t o p p o IT.' " ' , "."' The man under arrest by Tetective Coleman, and who was' handcuffed, es caped in the fight. SEER PREDICTS DHPPEB SHOT AND KILLED , IN PISTOL DUEL I'-,- : si,. - '"'-A, " ' ".. """" ' I ; ... ' ; - : - , v - 'X.rv'f.vV:-:;A-.. X- "vV .v-V-'-'i V-'..jf-"3,- .-: George W. Glover, the only son ot Mra.JMary Baker. Glover Eddy, the - v founder and late head of Christian Science. This picture was taken .as he was stepping from his carriage at the grave of his niother In - - Mount Auburn cemetery,' Boston. V-V Alleges Imposed Upon in His Capacity as Guarantor of Honest Avoirdupois. (By tile Internitloo: N!r SerrtrO Douglas, Neb., Dec. 25, A suit filed today In the district court here by Jim Dahlman, the' cowboy 'mayor of Omaha, promises to : give the complainant as much publicity as he earned. In bis re cent unsuccessful race for ' governor. The allegations in Dahlman's till are interpreted to indicate conditions like ly to produce sensations in. a -number of municipalities in which two competing scale companies have fought : for the installation of their scales. ' . ' Dahlman is suing the Toledo Com puting Scale company of Toledo, Ohio, to force it to pay Judgment for costs amounting , to (1449.36. found against him and the inspector of weights and measures In the suit of. the Money Weight Scale company vs.. Dahlman and Pegg in the United States circuit Court in 1906, when the Inspector, by direction of the mayor, refused to seal a certain type ; of money ; weight Jca'le.' -' In his bill Dahlman r eges .that , lie was induced by the representatives of the Toledo company to order his dealer to condemn a certain type of . Dayton money weight scale. '.Dahlman also al leges that the Toledo company promised to furnish him with counsel to defend any -suit. If breught, and to pay Judg ment against him and his sealer. He now demands that the Toledo company keep its promise. ' , -. . By giving the outside of the hull of a high speed motorboat sharp angles in stead , of curves, as : customary, a de signer prevents . water being thrown aboard as usually is the case. - STORE CLOSED ALL DAY TOMORROW M6ND AY Y 4 n f i l--4 If. 5TH and STARK' TIE KILLED AS TRAIN HITS AUTO Deliverymen on Truck .Lose Lives When .Baltimore '& Ohio Train Hits, Machine. (Cnltefl Preu J Wlrt.t ' Cliester," Pa., Dec. 14, Three men who had taken Christmas cheer to many fam ilies were instantly killed tonight near Prospect Park, when a Baltimore & Ohio train smashed into a heavy automobile delivery truck belonging to Straw Bridge & Clothier; of Philadelphia, ' The Dead;. ' EDWARD LANDIE, 25, driver, Phil adelphia, ' , 1 JOHN ECCLE& 22.. helper, Philadel phia. - ' LEON " MALSBAROER, 1, helper, Philadelphia s 1 , . The men had been delivering Christ mas goods and were returning to Phil adelphia when '., the, accident , occurred. Fragments of the heavy truck were scat tered for a quarter of a mile, the mang led bodies of the dead being found 200 feet from the scene of the accident. , JUNGLE KING FALLS" " ; BEFORE GERMAN PRINCE ' (tJnlled Press Leased Wire.) Bombay, India, Dec. 24. The crown prince of Germany has Joined the rank of the other royalties who havo. slain their first tigers in India.' While hunt ing yesterday near Jaipur the crown prince brought down a splendid male tiger near the spot where" the czar of Russia, the late King Edward, and King George of England, killed their first tigers. . Later in the day the crown prince slew a wild boar with his spear, showing great courage In the face of the on rushing animal. QUR Regular Annual Clearance Sale will begin Tuesday niorning. It is the only sale e hold and is eagerly awaited each year by thousands of buyers, who know and want good furniture, and who appreciate the opportunity of buying it at most unusual prices. s " Qur. entire stocks which are very large and very exclusive, will be offered at substantial reductions, with only a few reservations, ' a y - ILIilSEIZEDCy CIISTOffi AGB1TS Instrument Brought Into Coun try by H. 0. Havcmeyer Reported as Confiscated. ,v. (I'nttod Preas teted Wlro.) . New York, Dec. 25. According, to "the New York World yof today.' Henry O. Havemeyer, genius of the sugar trust, who died in 1907. smuggled a violin known as the Klleswifler Stradivarius Into this country through the port of Boston In September, 1905. , The violin was seized by two special agents of the United States, at the res idence of Mrs. H. O, Havemeyer, widow of the sugar magnate, the World's story ssys, upon Information given Collector Loeb about throe months ago. ' The violin la Valued at over $10,000 and is said to havo the finest tone of all in existence today.. According to infor mation received by Collector Loeb, the violin wasNmusgied into the port of Boston in Septembers 1905, , says the World. V The actual act of - smuggling was committed, It is averred, by the second officer of a steamer making the Boston run. A representative' of H. O. Havemeyer then met the ship's officer at the . Hotel Somerset and there re ceived Jie violin, it is alleged, and brought it to New York and turned It over to Havemeyer.'. United States Supreme -Court - to Hear Arguments on , . Oil and Tobacco Coses. Washington, Dee. 24. To decide whether the Roosevelt trust busting pol-, icy shall he;perpatuated 'In law, is the tas. which confronts the supreme court of the United, 6"tatee with the beginning of the new year. During the week be ginning January 2, , the highest court will hear argument In the famous Standard Oil and tobacco trust cases. On its, decision hangs the future of the Sherman anti-trust law. If the tri bunal holds the law constitutional and disbands the two trusts,' It will be a triumph for the Roosevelt policies; if It decided the measure to be Unconstitu tional the "predatory corporations' will have won their bi; victory, ' ; . Nine hundred millions . of dollars of capital lies behind the great monopolies, which the government seeks to dissolve, ' Should the supreme court sustain the decision of the circuit courts, the hun dreds of subsidiary corporations which comprise the twos corporations, must .be conducted as separate entitles, the enor mous aggregate of stock must, be dis tributed to holders and the whole elab orate plan of fcontrol of petroleum and tobacco demolished. : ' ESTRANGED COUPLE FORGET DIFFERENCES '.New York, Dec. 24. After being sep arated for 16 years, during "which time they had not seen one another, . John R. Rogers, theatrical manager, and Ms wife, known the world over a few years ago as Minnie Palmer, the greatest soubrette of her time, met by chance at a Christmas Eve party at the Hotel Albany tonight, kissed and' made up. ' special. BIG TRUST CASES WILL BE HEARD Announcements nff WW- j gy, .er . Q ,. .! IIDISEOMIS DECLARED BOOi! TO r.lEDIOAL SCIEIICE Professor Therlich of Frank-' : fort Finds. Substance That Will Banish All Disease Germs From Body of Man. (By tlie International New Scr?li') New York, Deo. 24. -A- new substance has Just been brought Into existence that will, . drive ' from the human .-, body- all -germs of every, known disease., J This ' PrftfAHMAf liMtviar in MnnrlntanHnrt nil,!. the famous ''606,' a specific which I'm. f essor Paul Thorjich of FrankCbrt pre- sented early this year to medical science. 0 "In my opinion it is the most won derful Christmas ? present ever given ' the people of the world," said Dr.' Sam uel , W, Lambert, dean of. the College of r- Physicians , and Surgeons, noted physician and leaden In his profession. : He. seemed most enthusiastic over . the great find, which he himself and others of the, medical fraternity only thii week have learned ' has been brought to light ,, ' 1 Testimonial of ' Riga Anthozlty. . The' greatest discovery 'In medicine announced in J910,' continued Dr. Lam bert, '"was this , '606, From it came the new remedy justi announced to the medical profession. Only a paragraph has appeared so far In regard to.it The Journal of the American, Medical asso ciation, , In the issue of December 17, stated, after referring to disturbances in the body of the patient af tpr the use of '606': . - . - "Eltner never uses methyl alcohol, so that 'the disturbances cannot be ex plained In this way. He used for the injection a mixture, of what was left in two tubes of "606," the rest of the con tents of the vial having been used in another case. ... " The tips of the tubes were fused again to protect the remaining contents and he thinks that the beat applied In the fusing must have modified toe drag within in some way to rendei; it more toxic. Experiments on animals with the "60;6- after it has been heated seem to confirm this assumption' of a toxio modification' of the drug under the lni fluence of heat' Greatest of Kedloal Dlscoverte. ' "Tills is a new idea," continued Dr. Lambert . "It means so much that I fear it wiU sound - exaggerated, You can readily understand what the driving of disease germs from the human body means. It , is, a I hava said, the greatest thing In the' life of medical re search that haa been brought to usagv and overshadows , the other - wonder, 606.' '.v,Vj-v ''- ' "AU members of" the medical profes sion are most interested and highly de lighted with the outcome of vprofessor Eitner'S accidental discovery. To say that It will mean revolution In surgery and the medical profession, is to put the matter in its mildest form." i - , PITCHER NAGLE'GOES 7 ' TO PIRATES NEXT YEAR : (United Press teased Wtre. Pittsburg,. Pa, Dec.. 24. Walter Na gle, of the Los Angeles team" of the Pa cific league, -'. Will . be added to the Pittsburg staff of pitchers. President Berry of the ton Angeles club tonight in a telegram, accepted the offer made by the Pittsburg club for Nagle's ser vices next season,' - . . , To reduce 'the , dampness in walls a machine has; beenr invented In Erg' land to cut seams in them, half an inch wide, Into which are inserted lead sheets covered with asphalt felt S 5 5TH and STARK!