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titu Or EiF'blSt ilKllSElT 1D1EIICE ME i : li - i te r. . Ji"i to 80 Before Any Speech Is Made; I. H. Bingham Tries to Line 'Em Up. 1 - Eugene, Or.. March 2. The mere sug- resuon inn mere naa oeen some au txpense In connection with the meetitfg eminded scores who' had Come to the Sugene theatre to boost for the nomina tion of Roosevelt that they had press rig engagements elsewhere. ; Probably 400 ' men had gathered, brought. In by a week's advertising: of !he meeting, and following the band 'ar filch'- had traversed the business itreets, former Senator I. H. Bingham ;alled the meeting to order, and cut :ing out speech making, suggested that teps be taken to perfect temporary or ganization. 'Mr. Blugham declined the :halrmanshlp for himself,. and H. E. flattery was selected. Attorney W. B.' tones "vm -elected secretary, without t dissenting voice, and Fred Stickler ft'as named treasurer.- Chairman starts an kxodu. ' "While the chairman was selecting his tomniittee on organization, some - one lug up some blanks for the signatures f thoee who would support Roosevelt, and it was in announcing these that the :hairman made the suggestion about the tost of the meeting and started the sxodus." , , , . ,'.s!. The organization committee shortly afterwards reported, recommending that the temporary organization be made per manent and that there be an executive lommlttee of the three officrs and two thera. ; : Half a dozen candidates were tamed for the two places but Mr, Bing tarn and Mr. Svarverud declined, leav ag four. Vote on these developed about 10 Interested voters, and Mr. Bingham tuggested that the executive committee ke increased to seven, which was done. ' Bingham "Warns Bepublloans. ' Mr. Svarverud thought the crowd was ieing disappointed In .that there were io speeches and suggested Mr. Bingham. -: Upon a call for Bingham, the former lenator took the floor for a time, his principal point to warn Republicans Jiat the solid south is going to try to sarry tho convention for Taft. but that rtoosevelt, disregarding his own prefer- snces and previous Intentions,, has an wered tha call of the people, and, that anless the Chicago convention names Mm as the Republican candidate, -there is "going to-be something happen." r ' - Chairman Slattery pledged his ;sup sort- to Roosevelt because of his. advo tacy of the Oregon system, and the ueeting thereupon adjourned. ROOSEVELT PETITIONS :-.GOlNT0rTHESTOVE- IN HOOD RIVER COUNTY (fltwlil to The Journal. " Hood River, Or., March 2. Candl' Sates for state district and county of llees are becoming numerous. ' Friends it N. J. Slnnott of The Dalles who will make the race on the Republican ticket Tor the nomination for member of con gress for the Second Oregon district, ire making an active canvass for him here as are also those of W. R. Ellis. Mr. Slnnott Is interesting himself in the randldaey of Jonathan Bourne for I' nl ted States senator and will get into the progressive Republican ranks. " - For state senator .three candidates nave been announced two of which are Hood River men. W. B. King former ly of Baker, is being urged to become i candidate for the nomination on the Republican ticket, and A. J. Derby, who represented Hood River county In the' house at the last session of the legis lature, has declared his intention of running for this office in the Demo cratic camp. . In Wasco county D; J. Cooper will try to win the state sen atorial toga In - this district.. ' '-r 4 J. M. Bchmeltzer at nresent eountv System of Dock Building Attracts Model of Unique Tlan for Construction of Foundations, and Inhibition 1 at Multnoiniili Hotel. :. 1 i -U .3 - f Picture shows compartments in concrete base which may be filled with water and sunk, where foundation will remain permanently. On display in one of the windows of the Multnomah hotel is an Interesting model of a system of dock and light house 'foundations which Is attracting considerable attention. This system of foundation is of concrete with compart merits and ran be feuilt at any point de sired, towed to the place where it. is to be permanently located and allowed to fill with water. Sinking Into, place, It cannot be removed jand will remain in its position forever. . :--The dock foundations can be built in sections or in one piece And the fact that it cad be built at one place and moved to another makes it exceptionally useful where it is designed to take the place of a dock already in use. Another use for it that makes it, to be desired is that the dock can be built and towed to a point where 1t is practtrally impos sible to do continuous construction work on account, of the weather conditions. The Tromanhauser company is build lng a breakwater on this system for the Canadian government: at Goderlch, Ou tarlo. :.: - - ' ." ' ,.- - . .-: ; treasurer of Hood River county, has come out-for the nomination for state representative and Attorney S. W. Stsk another Hoed River manrWtll ask the people to support him for the nom ination for this" office. It is under stood that both candidates, who are Republicans, will sign Statement One. 13. C. Smith ft local attorney, former ly president of the Hood River Com mercial club, has thrown his hat in the ring for the nomination for district at torney of the Seventh Judicial district Mr. Smith's opponent is W. A. Bell of The Dalles. Both aspirants are Re publicans, i , Petitions sent', - here recently1 for Roosevelt met with- a chilly reception. Nobody could be found who would cir culate them and they were . finally thrown into the stove in company with a large poster asking the voters to sup port him for president ' . " STATE CONVENTION IN it WASHINGTON, MAY 15, WILL BE SIGNIFICANT (SpwIM to The Journal.) , - - Aberdeen, Wash., March I. That the state Republican convention, which con venes here May 15, will decide the poli cies of the state for years to come and show the strength of all candidates for th presidential nomination is the pre diction of politicians here, j While it is believed that the state is for Taft, no poll has been made and it is hard to say whether or not accurate poll can be made. The women's vote, for the first time a factor in national politics in Washington, adds an element of un certainty to the already uncertain con dition caused by the direct primary law. ': " "" "f T' ' ". ' Roosevelt has the pledge of Senator Miles Polndexter and the mayors of Ta coma and Seattle. No open declarations have been made for. Taft by any promi nent politicians, but. even - insurgents' concede, that the state has little marked E Go M ORRO W f I; : giiiiliiilieiv : r- ' CIRCUIT; JfUDG " , DEPARTMENT NO. 2 REPUBLICAN CAN'DIDATE : ' FOR RE-ELECTSOM -f frald 'Adv.) progressive tendency at Ws time. Seleo tion of delegates will: be made by the Qid-rasmoned county convention plan. -Caueuses-nd--prtmartes-will"beheld on May S and only Republicans allowed to vote. Cheballs county will have 20 seats in the convention and the total number of delegates will be 266. WILSON IS ORDERED . TO WARN YANKEES; DANGER IS SEEN (Continued from Page One.) said, succeed Orozco as commander of the federal troops in Chihuahua state. General Tnes Salazar said tonight that he ha divided his forces into four brisradea nt lnnO men enrh anil w11 move tq the south when he is satisfied that the line is open and- all bridges repaired. As ; he has impressed into service the only two engines in Juarez, which, arrived then! tonight, it is be lieved he plans to start south Sunday, t Chihuahua advices received In El Paso today say the city is quiet, has prac tically no defense and will fall easily into the hands of Salazar. The whole country, the advices say, is swarming with rebels and -many fine ranches and rich mines have been abandoned because there are no men to work thom. The Vasquistas in Juarez have an abundance of money and have paid cash for all supplies, buying several carloads in El Paso. It is not known who is financing the movement, but Vasquistas say they are doing their own financing. 'Late today Vasquistas customs men seized 440 cans of contraband" opium in JuaVez, which was consigned to a local Chinaman. It is worth $15 a can and will be sold by Salazar and the money added to his campaign fund shovOn in the pathetic letter the wrote to her friend, A. D. Leach, who visited' her a few hours btTore the tragoily ftiul counselled her aa to ways out ot ner difficulties. The letter Is written In two sections. the first bein? dated VM.irch 'lft. early a. m., and addressed Hear r riena. This part la written in ink in a reason ably steady hand. ' The second yart is dated Marcli 2, and Is written in pencil, the writlns showing more nervous state of mind. The letter says: ' ( Remember all the time you still have work to do I want you" to do me a ravOr'Frea" TCeTar an J 3fy li wmiPl his heart toward me enough to that he will heed my last wishes for his benefit I want him to go to school. It was a grief tp me always that I hd to keep him out. He will need a good friend. I could wish he could go to the O. A. C. Mr. Ressler there lined to be the kind of a man I would with for his friend. I, pray you do not grieve for tis. You must live to watch over your own. I've done what little I pould , to help you over some ruts. I "Wish I. need not have given you this' blow-. I , cannot help it. , ' . j "Tien I've been cross with you late-J ly it was to keeD from breaking down. torsive me ana ne gooa ana' aon i worry.-" It""' is only " another pebble crushed beneath the Iron heel. Myriad has gone oulte a way down.- I pray BUlueiiuiiK limy iiuyiT'ii in oiuj tutu nnu send him up. Then indeed rhy life and death will not have been in vain. Re member I told you J should . remind you of your promise to help me If 1 asked. I ask von to be kind to Rus sell and not to fret over any of us. I J have appreciated your friendship even If I did scold. I wish .you the best of success and thank you for all you have, done for me." . , Here the letter breaks and the lead pencil writing begins. , m With, the Horror of it. "'Be strong and forgive me the shock. Had I been, able to think of any way to get away without shocking any one I would have done so. I could not raise the money to get there on. I am not ' able to work and I cannot sit here and go through what we did once and all the time 'that gnawing misery for! RusseJl. Poor boy 1 If only I might have bidden him Godspeed. I am . ill waulhQo.r.rot...othlalimeJ ulouj would not make it easy for me, but of course you are right. I fear I cannot hold out but I must try. I cannot leave them to face alone what I have tried so hard to do and. have failed? failed! And I was stronger than any of them. No, I cannot leave them here. But woe la" r8 : to have to send them borne. At least', they are innocent. Time Is passing and I must to work. But O; God hav4imcrcy.i. Lhave prayed4 for some other Way, but find none. My brain reels. Good bye.",' From the date on the first section of the letter It Is evident the letter owas already written when Mrs. Leach visited her, and as the visit, was mado In the evening, undoubtedly she had In her possession the cy.anlde of potassium which she gave tci the children and her self. . t, ; ' f . Sees Children Die First. The writing on Jthe back of the en velope found In the tent Indicates that she waited until after the death of the children before taking poison herself. The words "for all time" w,ere written four times. Below tjhem were the words: "The rest - are at peace. Gold help me." . 'i . ,..,. , An Inquest was held tonight and the Jury returned a"verdiet that Mtb. Jein son and the children Came to their deaths- by. polsdnlpg with cyanido of potassium administered by Mrs. Jelll son. i It was expected that Mr, SWnnson, the woman's last 1 divorced husband, would reach here tonight, and perhaps her son RusBel, but . they did not appear. Immediately after )he discovery of the tragedy Chief of Police Hamilton tele phoned to Swanson and he said hit would come. TERRIBLE POVERTY OF ' JELLISON FAMILY IS , SHOWN AFTER DEATH (Continued frontpage One.) on North Liberty street, close in. She received $10 a week wages, and Russell was employed as delivery boy at W, S. Fitta' fish market, receiving (S a ,w eek. Mrs. Jelllson continued to spend as little as possible and began paying ac cumulated debts. .. - : . v . . "Last January she and Russell quar reled again,' She - tied the boy and flogged him. He disappeared t,ne fol lowing Saturday night, Before leaving Russell talked the matter over with his employer, who advised' him to. go to Swanson, the boy's step-father. After reaching his destination Russell wrote a note to h)s mother, sending it to Fitta for delivery, in which he advised his mother' not to treat the other children as she had him or they would do as he had done. "X Am Done With You," 'When it got late Saturday night I guess you had the strap ready for me," the boy wrote, "but I was hundreds of miles away then. " You have whipped me for Ihd last time. I am done with j During the coldest weather ' of the winter the famlly: lived, in the house, but about a month ago moved into tfie tent at the rear and sublet the house to Mr. and, Mrs. Sinclair. Working during the day, the mother left the four small children' In the tent. Most of the time there was no fire and neighbors say they worried about the condition of the' children,, especially the baby, but that Mrs. JelUson held her self aloof so that no one offered help. Decides to Ooo Colorado. . She gave up the place at the cafeteria a week ago and said she was going to Colorado to her sister. She sold what effects .she could to former neighbors In the outskirts of Salem and announced she waB going to leave- this - morning. Friends "urged her to send the children and remain and keep her position at the cafeteria, ""What vouli there be -in life for me without my children?" she replied. "I have .made up my mind we shall all go together." .Last night two of the Pratt boys were down to see the family shortly after supper, and they seemed to be In good spirits, ' Mrs. JelUson was heating water to give the. children a bath before start ing on the trip,- she said. She did not receive payment for some of the effects sold, so she gave Instruc tions for the money to be deposited in the United States National bank to the credit of her son Russell. - Salem has, been greatly stirred , by the tragedy, and all day crowds of peo pleavecfedntirericlertaklng establishment to view the bodies. As many as 60. men, women and children have been in Una at once. lnKlitMnto her mental- anguish and hsr ilfief for her oldest son, Xtumol, is Resolutions Adopted. Resolutions expressing , the grlof of the members at losing Comrade Henry West by. death have been adopted by the Peter A, Torter Circle, No. 5, La dles of the G. A. R. The circle ex tends its sincere sympathy to the be reaved family and has ordered that the charter be draped In mourning for a period of 30 days In memory of the departed ..comrade. , .. . . ,. CHILD MO ECZEMA iraiffl TERRIBLY Small Sores All Over Face, Scratched, Which Made Them Worse, Could " Not Sleep. Cuticura Soap and . .. Ointment Cured Her. ITU W. 20th St.. Chlcaro. III. "Mr child uffered greatly with eczema. First i mat: sores began in a few places on her face nd then all over her lace, becoming larger, , The child scratched tliera, which made them worse. They itched terribly and she could not sleep. . The Itching msde her cry often, but medicine did not seem to help any, This ' bad listed three weeks when I sent for Cutl-. curt 8on ind Ointment. The result was gre'at'. Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured ' bet and we highly recommend them.; (Signed) Mrs, Krai. November, 1911. k V 4.VJ.VA V A VAVA VA V A V AVA VAV AVA VAV A V AV1VAV1 VAVAVAVAVAVA V AVAVAViViV IViVl V i , FACE FREED FROM PIMPLES Through Cuticura Soap and Ointment 1 retrerry Stn New VejkrK About two years ago there suddenly appeared on my --fees-end-forehead- pimples and blackheads.:: The pimples were scattered over my lace. They were sore and caused plenty of pain. I suffered much from them. I tried several different remedies. I declared it. was hope less to remove those pimples from my face. "About four, months ago a friend recora--mended to me the Cuticura Soap and 01n-. ment, I med them nightly and almost Imme diately 1 found the desired results. First I would smear the affected parts with Cuticura Ointment aitd leave same on my face for five minutes. Then I would wash my face thor oughly with Cuticura Soap and warm water. After doing this for three weeks 1 found my face free from pimples and my sufferings at an end. I always use the Cuticura Soap now.". (Signed) Sydney t'nger, Nov. 22, 1911. ' Cuticura oap and Ointment are sold everywhere, Sarapl of each mailed free, with, 32-p. book. Address, "Cuticura," Dept. T, Boston. Tender-faced men should shave with Cuticura Soap Sharing Stick. A HARDMAN PIANO $210 Original price $175. Practically as good as new. mm SIXTH AND BUftNSIDEV 4 4 ' 3 i I si a V' - Jlulthoitiah Establishes a New World Record in Hotel Success! An Appreciation The Inimitable Portland Spirit has made possible the record-breaking success of its first truly Met ropolitan hostelry the Hotel Multnomah the first known hotel of this high character to meet with such enthusiastic support from the very day of its opening as to show an actual profit in the first mwith of its existence. - The Success of This Enterprise is due as much to the builders of the hotel, the firms which equipped and furnished it and the management, which provided Portland with the best in Hoteldom, equal to the best anywhere on the Continent, -us to the splendid, enthusiastic support of the citizens of Portland the gem in the string of Western cities I This splendid support gives Portlandjthe l distinction pi being first In placing a hotel of. the size and character of the Multnomah on a paying basis from the very day of its openings .'. :.'..: ''','.';-''. ! ,:. , ":.:: :, ' :: :;: :.:', V. "'... .S--;;:;::" .:,,: ":.;: :.' ... v .,.,..'"::'". .!: The Faith of the Management in the growth and progress of Portland and its willingness to sup port a hostelry which would be a credit to the city has been more than realized. Its hopes' of giving Portland the best hotel that is possible to build and equip, with the appointments and service of the highest attainable excellence, and its earnest and sincere desire to show every traveler the courtesy and service found only in a few of the best hotels of New York, have been fulfilled and Portland has shown its appreciation by its generous support. The Management Will ,. Unceasingly , strive to continue to merit the patronage and support of Portland's -citizens, in constant effort not only to keep up the high standard already established, but to improve it if it is found possible. ' Every Guest of the Hotel Multnomah will be a booster for Portland. His almost first impression of Port land will be of a hotel where he will find his every wish of comfort and convenience anticipated and the service of standard seldom met even in first-class hotels. The Appreciation of the -:-Manment rr is voiced in this Announcement by its hearty thanks to the City, its progressive citizens, its clubs and associations, its business houses for their generous support, for their interest in this enterprise and . for their assistance in making it a success a success unprecedented in the annals of hotel history in the world. Th management of the Hotel Multnomah feels a lasting and deep gratitude to all those who helped in the creation of this magnificent hostelry and all those who subsequently contributed so generously toward its success in their enthusiastic and splendid support of the new enterprise. - - Multnomah Hotel Company Manager, , 4JJ C l c c 1 I i i r