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M ' THE OREGON , DAILY ' JOURNAI PORTLAND, ; MONDAY EVENINO, MAY 22 1911. dtlNb Al lAUKtU IVfAY oh IIVIrKUVhU V' V T.' "'. j i - ' . I Moody Says No Law Requir ing Chief to Close Houses Collier Says Was Crime.' 4 An attack upon the Indictment againat Chief of Police Cox la being made today ' by hie attorneys. - Argumenta oonaumed the greater part of tba forenoon aee , alon In the clroult court, and will ba resumed thla afternoon. Attorney Ralph Moodw for the chief contenda there la , no law in Oregon requiring the ohlcf of police to euppreaa dlaorderly houses, ( v -which the chief la accused of falling to da Ieputy District Attorney Col- Her contenda that eonduotlng a dis- orderly resort la a crime, and the chief . la eappoaed to attempt to suppress all . erlmea. ' The arguments on thla point were pre cipitated by an argument over the rela- tlve responsibility between the chief of ,. , police and the patrolmen. The atate i contenda In thla case that the chief la reeponalble for the failure of the poll ; men on the beats and otherwlee Co j auppreaa the reaort. Attorney Moody contend! he la not "If the chief of police would give ordera to cloae die orderly houaea and be In earneet la the ; natter, the patrolmen would cloae them,' aald Deputy Collier. "The atate contends that The chief never laaued any ordera to cloae the place. The :. atate alao contenda that In view of an underatandlng that they would not be tnoleeted aa long aa they did not make much nolae, the landladies con ducted the places, and by ao doing vi- , , elated the law." i Attorney 'Logan naked Zepttty Collier why the district attorney's of floe did not prosecute the Inwatea and land ladies of resorts. To this. Collier re plied that the police would not get the . evidence. ' Mrs. F. C. Hyde, 12 West Park atreet, waa called aa the first witness. . , She testified making oomplalnta to the police about a resort at 7t west Park street, and nothing waa dona She .:. aald abe made a complaint personally ' to Chief Cox the last time, and the place made leaa nolae than before the oora-plalnt Southern Pacifio Will, Take Up Plan to Use Electricity on West -Side Route." CHINESE FIGHT 1IH INSURGENTS Report That Over 200 Orient ; ; als Are Slain at ; - Torreon. , , Electrifying of the Fourth atreet line of the Southern Pacifio will be one of J the proposed proleota to oome up for killed in a ht h.tMn h Mninn discussion at the meeting of the Har- insurrectoa and Chinese . at Torreon, rlman directorate In July of thla year. I Mexico, today, aocordlng to a dispatch While it la underatood that plana have I received b Bam Wanh. owner of the oeen eavancea lor me irsjjsiuruiauon ( International hotel at Culdad PorflrlO of motive power, the matter has not yet Dlaa been -given offlolal sanction. The transfer of the water power site of the Southern Paolflo at the bead water of the Clackamas river to the Portland Railway, Light h Power oom pear last week, aa reported In The BOOSTERS TOVORK FOR VVASCO JAILBREAKER 81 E ILLUMINATION The Portland Comma rical club' will have a large delegation of boostera at me meeting -to be held thla afternoon at the city ball by the waya and means oommlttee of the city council when the auoject or the city Illuminating . the brtdgea and principal atreet corners dur ing the Rose Festival will ba discussed. The proposition Involves an exoendl- lure or aoout 11600 ana at former times wnea the matter waa brourht ud the ounoll Indioated no inclination to favor Eagie rasa, Texas. May 23. Two ine proposition. But the nubile anirited hundred and twenty-five Chinamen wera oltlsena believe that thla money would Signing of Peace Treerty. Juares, May 22. No peace treaty waa signed under more extraordinary clrcunj atancaa than that which' brought the Journal of yesterday, doea not mean , '"Won In Mexico to an end, Fran- that the Southern Pacifio haa aban doned the - Idea of .electrifying, Its Fourth street and other lines, for pro visions were made In tha transfer by which the Portland Railway, Light A Power company will supply the South ern Pacifio with the dealred power when needed, Engineers of the atreetcar eompaa'y are now at the power alte' planning construction of the work started about three years ago by the Southern Pa- nd after a brief conference It was de- clno oompeny under the supervision f I oiaeo. aa the document bad been Cisco Madero Sr. and Judge Carbajal, together with the newapaper corre spondents started for Juares from -El Paso at 1:10 laat night after an hour's wait for Senor Pino fluarea. It waa expected that when Suarea failed to ap pear be had previously gone to the Jnarea eu stoma house. The peaoe automobile dashed up to tha anatoma bouae shortly before 10 o'clock. Senor Suarea failed to appear be well apent and that tha city fathers enouja reconaider their former decisions. Delegates representing the Commercial club will be O. F. Johnson chairman or me promotion oommition; C. C. Chap man, maanger of the club; Honorable B. W. Mulkey, chairman of the committee named by Mr. Johnson and paraonnel of whloh la aa foUowa: F. CL StetUer. Hugh MoQalre, W..J. Clemena, Dwlght Edwards, ,F. A. Freeman, a C. Craig. aranx u. ttigga, w. B. Cole, I O. Col ton. 8. M, Luders, F, C Wassermaa, H. K Haak. Robert It Strong. Chief Engineer Flood, with headquar ters at San Franctaoo, The Southern Pacifio oompany baa employed about T5 men regularly olearlng ground for the reservoir and these men will con tinue work. It la underatood that It will take about three rears to com plete the project which It la estimated will develop from tWQt te 7L00I horsepower of energy. mm. Fl 1 CROOKED m 816 E ARRIVES CIRCULATE PEimW MORRIS PARDON A petition for a complete pardon for w. cooper Moms, the oonvloted cash ier of the defunot Oregon Trust dc Sav ings bank now on a 10 days' reprieve rrom the state prison, la In clroulatlon by the banker's friends. It will be pre sented to Governor West Wednesday or Thursday. Hla reprieve terminates Fri day, at which time he will be impris oned lr the proposed evidence la not held sufficient by the atate oourt, which evidence the attorney for Morris rep resented to the governor would be pre- Matertal for the Crooked river bridge " " court. Is now arriving from the eaat and Prea- mmr rnenaa or tn oonvloted banker Went C. R. Gray of the Oregon Trunk 'Kning- the requeat for a pardon. elated-thla morning fhat the atruoture "J1 forth that Morrla la only one .will be ready for the operation of ' everal a!rec.tor" T10 h" beca i- .w .a a... mv- k.. 1 oonvloted or made to suffer, and that will be one of the highest (n the world j u u"Ju,t 10 mak h'm uffar, while m viuvia eu ifw. Auomey eeneca Fonts and Alex Sweek. renresentlnr and will be all steel and conoreta ' The - . track baa been laid to the bridge and la now being laid beyond the bridge to , ward Bend. "Bend will be the southern terminal of the Oregon Trunk and we do not plan any feeders for the present" aald Mr. Gray thla morning, "but feedera and farther extension will be discussed when investors take deeper interest In railroad eonatraotlan." GRAND JURY REVIEWS 3 COUNTY OFFICES' WORK i County Commissioner W. L. TJghtner was before the grand Jury thla morn ing, reviewing with that body the work ings of all county offices, but moat of j Morrla, started the petition Saturday. They Insist that Justice should be cor rective. Instead of punitive, and Morris Bhouid never be confined in prison. drafted, to algn the pact on the steps of tha building, all parties agreeing to alow Suarea to algn It today. Then and there and without further parley the paot waa signed under the stara with the newapaper men contributing pada of paper to furnish sufflolent light for the signing. The fountain pen of Franclaoo Ma dero was used. In watching one of the commissioners slowly aorawl hla name the man forgot the burning match he held and nearly spoiled one of the sig natures when he suddenly dropped It. The commissioners hugely enjoyed the humor of the situation, and when it waa all over they embraced in true Spanish fashion. The flood of messages arriving for Madero, most of them protesting against the peace plan, grew ao great thla afternoon that the rebel chief or dered that no more be aent to hla quar ters. IMPR0 ENT BONDS SOLD AT BIG PREMIUM MUM CORNELL Par and lL per cent premium waa paid today for Portland publlo improve ment bonds. The waya and meana committee of the council aold tSOf.000 worth of bonds at these figures and allghtly less. The Security Savings & Trnst company waa arwarded $200,000 of the bonds at 101 l-. A Seattle, bank got f 109,000 at There were all told II blda sub mitted, all above par. This la the best price secured In a long time for publlo Improvement bonda and Indlcatea a loosening up of the bond market. HA MAN RUSH INTO IS DETECTED IN TIME "GRANDAD" CLAUSE County- Surveyor Sees One Stick Head Through ' . Hole In Roof, ci ' . (Special nanstcsi e The jearaaLl The Dallee, Or, May II. Eleven mea confined In tha oounty jail here would have made their escape had It not been tnat county surveyor Mohr discovered one of them putting his head through the roof of the Jail yeaterday forenoon. The prisoners had been permitted to go into tne corridor wnue the aherlff waa absent from hla office and no one but the jailer waa about They tore a niece oz sneet iron rrom the eelllna? of the corridor, then cut a hole In the tin of tho roof and were making their escape through the sunt optnlng through whloh inree pnsonera escaped laat aummer. NIEw OR IS INDICATE D (Speelal DUottck to The Joan&L) Vale, Or, May IL Work haa begun in the local railroad yarda on tbe first depot of the Oregon A Eaetern railroad, which 1a eventually to be built from Vale Into the Interior and on across the atate to the Deschutes road near OdelL With the building of the new paasenger depot numeroua other Im provements are due In the local yarda, such as the fllllnx In of the larre tract Obtained by the railroad company, the laying or several miles of ralla for switching facilities, the putting In of a large amount of cement walks and nark ing around the new depot. In all amount ing to an expenditure of over 116.000. Contractors Baylee McDonald, a local building firm, were awarded the con tract and are to have the new denot oompietea within twe months. The large freight depot, completed a few months ago. la one of the larrest in uie intermountain country and pres ent Improvements go to show the Har- riman people are preparing to make a rush into the interior oourtry. HIE SALMON B ERRY SHIPMENTS ARE BEGUN PASSES ON ill it ami IN ALAoRA r News of tho death of Judxe Wilbur Cornell at Dawaon, Alaska, haa reached roruana Judge Cornell waa 70 rears old. He waa well known here and at the time waa apent In diacusslng the , ilT "T " "J '-Wfc ''nVwspap-Jneai He te. nifaM aiSaZh!?... prominently Identified with processes. . No report has been made by the grand Jury on the point, but the county commissioner seems oppoaed to the prac tice. All other offices will be dlsoussed although at present It Is stated that no particular points are to be covered. CARPENTER STRUCK BY UNITED RY. CAR; DIES COLWELLMCIEDBY UNITED STATES SENATE (Cntted Press Leased Wirs.1 Washington, Kay afe The sea ate thla afternoon rejected the nomination of H. B. OolwelL nominated bv President Tar pouuca in California and in this atate. 1 to he federal marshal of tha second The Cornells came to Portland from j district of Oregon. Ohio In 1164. The Cornell road, one of the leading thoroughfares of the northwestern section of the olty, was named after the departed Jurist Wilbur Cornell established the Port land Union, a weekly newspaper, and he afterwards became the owner of a newspaper at Walla Walla, jsawira jr. Cornell, a Drotner, waa . yt , kijv w ui ruiunuu, urn Having; maae 1 v4- Ait- . wi. v. - , flUpertal Dlipetea te Tbe JearaaLl White Salmon. Or.. May 13. Six crates of berries were shipped to Se attle by Ira Rowland Saturday. Thirty orates or gooseoemee were alao aent out by White Salmon gardeners. Packing houses are up, pickers have oome with packs on back, families of Indians have pltohed their , teepees near the patohes and picking will be general by Tues day, Notwithstanding early frosts, the vauey wiu Harvest one of its heaviest crops. 250 REWARD OFFERED FOR SLAYER OF HERDER (BpecUl Dispatch to Tee JearaaL) Vale, Or, May tl. The Malheur county court baa Juat offered a reward of I50 for Information leading to tha arrest and conviction of the party or parties who murdered tha Basoo aheep- neraer. Anjei urrucnue. In Sand Hoi- H I SOU I Oklahomsf M ?asure : Barring Negroes From Voting Is Heia to Be . Unconstitutional. V-"' ' ' . (Calted Press Leased lte.t ' ' : Oklahoma City, Okla- May.il-The United States circuit court- here today declared unconstitutional : the Vgrand- rather clause" amendment which barred 40,100 negroee .from participation in elections. It waa a Democratlo meaa ure. ,v.'". ; h,j.V -V Federal Judge Cottsral overruled the demurrers to the lndlotments whloh charged certain election officials with having Interfered with the ncgreea.la the exercise of their - constitutional lights by enforcing an aducitlonal teat during the general 1 election, laat No amber. : ------ Judge Cottsral declared that the 'so- called "grandfather clause" constituted a detriment to tbe negroea rights under the nth amendment to the federal eon stltutlon, and that It accomplished In directly that whloh waa not permitted mil nDiiMiuinfjn-; 0LLI UllUimilUMU Coast Police Instructed;; tp Arrest" Tobacco Millionaire;; M ,yiolatesf His Parole: 4 ' :'' fDnlted rrsM Inw) Wtre.1 k 'Ct Louis. Mo, May II Tha police of Los Angeles, San Franclaoo " and Long Beach, Cal, wars today requested by telegraph by tha aherlff hare to ar rest Charles B. Drummond. the tobacco millionaire, on a charge of bigamy. It is reported that Drummond la on xne const. . He violated bis parole, It Is said. eloDinsr to Paris after his third marriage while he was aOU undivoroed from hla aeoond spouae, " - dlreoUy. i' IVE HURT WHEN AUTO CUTS TRUCK IN HALVES i . (Ualtee Pras LeaeeS Wlre.t Chicago, May II Five Persons were seriously Injured here today when a Dig passenger automobile collided with an ntA triiAa? Tltaa m. IB awaM-n. .Ik S .UU .U- I -e TUXl easisw ajVUfciS , VI VU1B IUIJ. UM I Hllla Srt M thai fs 14 am 11m aaatga. iL. diligent search by the authorities I end tore an n.k r. n. k. k. 7 ainoe the tragedy, nothing haa been The Injured passengers were scattered "-"'" ora naa eiapeea oe i along tne street for nearly a block. in Biicnxi tBftrnoa ax in, mnrnnr ana wnen ne ana nis deputies went out tDn hlltfC AniililTTrrr" to the scene all tracks were obliterated UKuANIZC ' COMMITTEE OnI mv nine ka ...... .4 I easa asv VU WU4U WJW ajfvuiVUa I .. . - 1 Urruchua had been herding aheep for I tconunned From Paga Ona) MonUe Owlnn of Bolee, Idaho, who has I Ita ImmedlaU adoption in our olty.' Ve large flocks ranging ever the hlUa have wtraoat eenf ldenoe In the ahiitt buuui ui iaim Qijf a ui ume er tneiB" ioiary. ei joaepn nunon, inde murder be . was berdlna la the Sand I pandent-otmunlkalon-aroTarnmeiit rand l. Hollow country. Hla aamo tender waa date for mayor, who has declared un. away alter provisions and on hla return I Quivooauy xor commission government, ne round urrueb.ua In a dying condi-l "na Poga njm our loyal support for tlon and rushed him off to a' naia I election to the office to which he has hospital, where be died a week later I 9n nomraatea ny nearly tooo of hla fellow oltlsena. We further pledge our- selves to vote early on June I. and to urge upon every cltlaen of Portland the importance ox doing likewise." Peatore Fromlsed.N Advocacy of tha ImmedlaU adoption' or me commission rorm of government in to oe one or tne features of tha 8i mon campaign. In bis acceptance of me nomination the mayor went on rec ord til thla regard, and ha la now con sidering appointments to be made on the. aAmMlraA &e9 4 a m m-n.j m . I 'w vviuuubvvv ui li IVUiUU w Kuinnriisjn Truf.S.TJM by the city eoundL The work of are dead here today as the result of ths 2jrLnfthi ch,lr w,m "P dlsoovenr of five aces la a deck of cards !?thmtl.d,Uy an r.!7.ta to Urm '' uiour ii wm om reaay I or snbmlaaion to the people. It li pointed out that Rushlight haa not yet declared without recovering oonaclouaneaa. FIVE ACES IN DECK DEATHS CAUSE FOUR with which the mea were nlavlna noker. Dick Sendrio, who waa auaneotod of be- rrr rotttaV, TRAINS CRASH 2 KILLED; 5 INJURED DEAD GIRL'S RELATIVES, CHRISTIAN NAMES ONLY SIGNED. CAN'T BE FOUND -a. Joseph Koskela a carpenter, age 61 w - nieniber of the real estate years, employed by the Weat Oregon 1 tiTm ot -Tlah, Watklna & Cornell. He Lumber company at Llnnton, waa in- 1 Ued ta 180 atanuy Killed at 8:10 thla morning by being struck by a United Railways ear. He was on his way to work. He failed to hear tbe whistle of the car aa he stepped from behind a box car. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He leaves a - large fanlly, the oldest child being a girl If years old. Suspect Turned! Loose. .. (tJnitd Press teaacd Wire.) ; Offden, Utah, May 22. Bryan CVHare ana victor Clore, who have been held in the county Jail here charged with the robbery of the Southern Pacifio overland limited train on January I last, were discharged today under orders of Magis trate Murphy, who declared there waa not aufflclent evidence to hold them. , i ; if Experts Opinion: Statement by Mines Jt Par iah, Bealty Operators of !Los Angelas, CaL v "We believe the CERTIFICATE OJC TITLE sys- ', tern to be the only modern, up-to-date way of handling trensfers of property, and for safety, dispatch, con venience and economy we do not believe it possible to devise a bet ter method." TITLE M? TRUST COMPANY . Paid-Up Capital $250,(XX).00 LEWIS BUILDINQ Fourth and Oak of the announcement of deorare B Cox that he had retired from politics for good. The announcement came aa a surprUe to the lead era In his atate- ment Cox aaldi "I pave served ths Repuhllcan party e for !' yeara Henceforth I shall do- e wi mjruiii vo Duamesa ana my own oomforta." "BOSS" COX RETIRES; REPUBLICANS SCURRY .Oslted PreM Lea WIre. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 22. There la a scurrying here today amonx the lead- era of the Republican party aa a result Salem, Or, May It. -Marlon e county may have to pay the bur- lal expense of a woman who la dead here, not because ahe la . e poor but because her relatives cannot be located. She has a large packet ot recent letters, aU bearing the stamp of comparas tlve wealth and refinement but all algned almply by the Christ Ian namea of the writers, who are In Elmlra, New York. The young woman, whose name was Buolah Reynolds, has been 111 here for over two months but (trotted Press teased Wlre.l Milwaukee, Wis., May li. Two men were instantlly killed, a third probably fatally Injured and fonr others pain fully hurt today when two freight trains on the Soo line met head on at Doollttle Crossing, near Grars Lake. The dead are Fireman James Casey and Conductor Fred Miller, both of Fond uu PRISONER TRlSS TO alleged to have ahot and killed 'hla brother, Charles, and Andrew and Rooco J-opoia, brothers, and Walter SpUeah. Dick Sendrio is said to have fired Into the crowd after the ether players had beaten him up. tlon, but has Intimated that he would oppose sailing a special election because ot the expense Involved. Journal Want Ads bring resulte. The Cost of Glasses When you think of having jrour eyes examined and of the possi bility of wearing rlaiies, the matter of cost naturally irises, A in everything' else, good work, careful, skillful work, is apt to cost mora than work less good. -There is, nothing you buy for your personal use that you ought to be rnore careful about, that you can afford to have the best of, than these glasses that you re going to depend on to. pre serve nd assist your eyesight The reason that I have succeed ed so-; well and that my business has grwn ao satisfactorily, is that the BEST WORK is given and a reasonable price is charged. THOMPSON m Second Floor, Corbett Bldg. FIFTH AND MORRISON STS. RESOLUTION ORDERS j LORIMER INQUIRY m (United Press Leased Wlrat Washington, May II. Chairman Xil- iing-nam or mo aenate committee on I prl vileg ea and electlona introduced a resolution hls afternoon ordering that the committee Investigate the election of L rimer. On Dillingham's request the resolution was laid on the table. Lo rimer was not present when Dil- ungnam'a resolution waa introduced. I Attached to It waa the report of tbe Illinois aenate committee declaring that CCPADC. IO IM IIIDm 1 11 la tne belief of Ita members that COlHrUf lo iniJUntlU Lorlmer had been corruptly elected. The uiningnam resolution also declares that the Illinois senate investigators were Impeded by "what we believe to be the unwarranted action of a certain Judge." We Have the Goods brand new, too, as advertised Pete Kellyra 140-day prtaoner at the Llimtort rock pjle, led an attempt to break from the rock nil laat nlo-ht hut : for hla palna sustained a fractured knee, when he Jumped from a window In the guard house to a rock nUe ton feet j below. . The bedding in the prisoners' quar ters were being aired and Kelly was assisting in brlmrlnx in tha- clothe I He secured a pair of plncners from the (Salem Boreao of Tbe Joannl.) Daiem, ur May it. UWlng to a I dearth of information upon which to axt, the state board of standardlsatton relatives and mends to suppose , "" uverne ana tne other named 01 coneges, m session today, will prob- A I blacksmith shop with which he out tha hopeful to the last and led her ' Wlr" natung.in tne window. Two men, STANDARDIZATION MEN CAN DO LITTLE TODAY $138e$148 and Up Better Hiiny Only a Few More Days she was recovering. Thla la In dicated by the frequent expres sions In their letters of gratifi cation that she was Improving. AUTO KILLS CHILD; A DRIVER ARRESTED (United Prau I Bin Ban Francisco, May W. White- SCfiMITZ' FRIENDS DENY HE IS "BROKE" (Specie Dboiitch to Tbe Jonnul.l San Francisco, May 21. Denial was made here today by friends of ex-Mayor head, accountant for the Diamond Bub- - ted etolrr thaTbVl. "aSTK ' of 7 0r-.ay Wohn Robert, ber company, who waa at tha whi T " LVL thaLD .1.Jbr?ktf n ,n of Seaside, aged 67, waa killed resterdav an automobile whloh the police aa ran a? aXJiJ Zl. 7. L I??n 1 mo,nr while cutUng down a tree near uvwn Fi5d "I80 .umped but scaped- Injury, ably take only temporary action. Forme fh Vi .17- v ,, CBplurea Deror8 for coUecUng InformaUon will be pre- ior larceny. He waa sent to the rock . .T r ..T"1 the national board will standardize the Oregon colleges. The members of tha board preaont are President Campbell, W. Riley, MoMlnnvllle college; Edward O Harra, . Portland, and State Sopertn- piie early in March. He now occupiea a cot at the oounty hospital. Hla ln Jurlea are very serious. J0HIT ROBERTS, SEASIDE. KILLED BY FALLING TREE iiffilS? &JJ&. l-snorrow in" Mexico." A"ftSS.3 ! ZTVLXR 5SS5U? w r.nrt.r t niitl Z i lDB ex-mayor aaia the latter had recent- 1 son of Portinrt ... and w.I ehH. Vk- ?.!"r ; returned from Mexico where he Stowell's home l-h. T ii aTI unrt of nltro-glyoerlne for muddy wa- I ,. .i. . , . . . . .. . , tor unit th Hf nt nna man .nil .uk. EXPLOSIVE IS HUNTERS' TARGET; ONE IS KILLED (tTnlttd Pru. LmimS Wlr. Muskogee, Okla., May 22. Mistaking and was booked at the city prison on uujwere ui manaiaugntsr. PETITION TO TAFT IS PRINTED; LARGEST EVER CIRCUUTED IN OREGON The petition f the count w court to President Taft and seo- rotary of war for an evening period of closed bridge draws was printed today and will be forwarded to Washington tomor- row for the signatures of Ben- a tors Chamberlain and Bourne, and Congressman Lafferty. It. will be presented to the presl 4 dent, secretary of war and other members of the cabinet the lat- tor part of this week. The petition la the largest ev er circulated In Oregon. It la algned by all the state, oounty and city officials, together with 4 the offloera of almost all the clubs, lodgea and organizations In tha city. It will be aent to Congrteaman Lafferty. alnca ha la the representative of thla dla- triot In congress. He will have the assistance of Senators Cham- 4 bertaln and Bourne In present- lng it to tho president," and his e cabinet bought 100,000 acres of land at 40 cents an acre. U. OF 0-. FRIENDS ARRIVE TO SCRUTINIZE PETITIONS Salem, Or., May 22. Senator I E. Bean and Judge Potter of Eugene ar rived in Salem this morning and will turn the searchlight upon the univer sity referendum petitions. Every name will be checked over and the petitions thoroughly scrutinized. BLAIR, WANTED AT BAKER, CAPTURED IN SPOKANE j epone, w aan., May zz. Qeorge F. ( Blair, wanted ainoe July, $902, at Baker, ( Or on a charge of larceny by bailee. was oaptured m a library of hla home here laat night and will probably fight extradition, though he refuses to dis cuss the case. Local detectives have been hunting him two months. NEW WAR SECRETARY TAKES PORTFOLIO TODAY Washington, May 22. Henry 1 Stimson, the new secretary of war, suc ceeding Jacob M. Dickinson, resigned, was sworn into office today. The trans fer of the office was upt marked-hy-any elaborate ceremony, . r ; - i In runnlna awav whor. it i S. .Ji. ably fatally wounded another. Clarence was caught He died at onoe. the t ! na'r,S?-. Mokkeeper In a bank at having atruck hla head, a m. i uaia.. ana itawara Bright, son head. aix cniiaren eurvlve. GROOM FINDS BUTTONS MISSING FROM WEDDING SUIT; yVEPDIJIG IS LATE (ItpecUl Dlip.tch tn The JotirnaLl rfOrenco, Or., May 22 Bent on playing what the Dernetratoi 4 considered a "smart trick" some- one broke into the rroom's room e at the Westfall residence on Sec- ond street yesterday and nut th. 4 buttons from, the wedding suit, delaying tha marriage ceremony of Roy Allen McDowell and Miss 4 Ruble Estello Westfall, which 4 was. to have taken place at 2:80 o'clock. Tba groom, with other 4 young men of the town, haa been 4 keeping bachelofa hall for aome J months past, so being used to the task, ha giet at work re 4 placing the buttons. The work: 4 waa done In haste, hut waa not e accomplished In time - for the e ceremony to. be performed on schedule time at 2:80 o'clock, be- lng performed about II minutes later. . ,: - :- . a. of a real estate man of the "aamo plaoe, were hunting today when they discov ered the oan of jthe explosive. Using it ror a Target, ujey nred a shot from a 22 calibre rifle. Henderson was killed instantly and Bright la not axpected to recover. :;96.$in.$i26 ' W(fl''!MialalBJrT5aV,W "Sj ! ? 1 ;' niKiiiipiJ'.'w)1 1 ' III fM ri irrt fPr ft NIECE OF JOE LANE, DEAD AT RENO, WILL C ?E BURIED IN OREGON Reno, Nov, May 22. Mra ? wmurea ian wnite, nleoo Of e I 4 General Joe banet first govern- ,a e or oi uregon ana a pioneer of the e Pacifio coast, died in this city e yesterday, aged' 70 years. Mrs. 4 4 White, who waa the mother of e Alderman Fred L. White of Reno, e waa a native of Kentucky and 4 9 span many yeara at Koaeburg, V ur, wnere ounai wiu occur, The -e 4 dead woman la aurvlved by a e twin sister, Mlsa Kate Lane, and 4 a son at whose home ahe died. 4 f . Jure, wnue, alter traveling along e e : the coast for a few yeara, came to Reno 40 years ago and had - 4 lived her since that time, " . u-v: - ..V . . I $laWeek pays for A Piano Ask to see tha follow ing bargsfng 'tis o, WELt KNOWN MAKE $96, Hallet A Davig $137, :; Player Piano $325.. , 'Nevcr have wehad fuch a great demand for pianos as dfiring t " tw uaje imw wc auuuuntcu mis wonacnui saie ox instruments We bought for spot cash ' a Portland dealer's entire. atnrW nj piano! at 50 cents on the dollar, a price which is practically less than cost, and we are now selling them at positively the lowest prices and easiest terms that" a' brand new' instrument has ever been sold for in Portland of any other city. ; ; " v 5 i Just think of it:- For $111.50 we srive vou a modern. hmnf n L warranted piano,, a smaller site, costs only $98 now. Other styles are im.jju ana , we also arrange so that you can secure one en little payments, : ' , Surely there never was an opportunity for buying good pianos at WW 1 such little prices . as now. Remember, there are only a limited numher nt tti. r,!,. . you naa uetier come tomorrow. : i ' . - 111-FOURTH STREET '"' -