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Ban!: at Llcdford Enters $150,600 IIc::u m onaoii SEBIJlimillK D a r ' sr r-f ri r- ' ' ' nil i m . ' V rrv IPliiriiuiMi tHj" .i)kUtuiti.a tzLy : . s !V)i!l !! HHVJ , t if Editor's Wife Tells of Cruelty of Police and Militia; Says She Was Told to "Move on" While on Street. 1 (United rri Uawd Wire.) San Francisco, March t. A graphic description of police oppression and cruelty to the striking textile workers of .Lawrence, Mas.,-was given here by Mrs. Fremont Older, wife of the man aging: editor of the San Francisco Bul letin, who has just returned from the disturbed city. After dealing with the causes which led up. to the strike. Mrs, Older said: "I went to the jail to see Joseph Ettor, the young strike leader, who was thrown into prlsoa charged with being an accessory to the shooting of Anna Lapozzi, a striker. The shot was fired by a militiaman, but instead of ar resting the commanding officer or Gov ernor Foss, who brought them there. they arrested Ettor. By getting rid of Ettor the mill owners thought they had broken the back the strike, "They would not allow me to see Kt tor, but I went Into the women's ward, There I saw 14 year old girls and mother with babies, r X shook hands with the women through the bars and tried to show them that we were In sympathy with them. "The women understood no English One of them kissed my band. I decid ed it wag I who should kiss the hand which was In jail for a principle, and 2 .did ';.. -4 V-'-v f v "Several times , 111-manered police or dered me to move faster, when X was hurrying along the street XXad I stopped to argue, it Is likely I. too, would hare been thrown into jail. -. "I visited the homes of the strikers and saw pale and anaemic boys and .girls of IS whose ayes were old, while their stunted bodies were those of chil dren of 10 and IS. "There are 15,000 men and women out vn airiKOb , Auey are u unueriea ana - underolothed. : They are flgnTTng- the mUlowners for the right to live, and it seemed a sham for the courts, militia and even the churches to be arrayed against them. Conditions in Lawrence ould not possibly be exaggerated." Y OUNG WOMEN ACCUS E POIAS! S trolted Press Xeunit Wlre.1 San : Francisco, March 6. Charges preferred by two young women against FoBtiriaster Arthur O. Flak, alleging him to have been guilty of improprieties and to have persecuted them, are believed here today to be the reason for the holding up of the postmaster's reap, rpolntment for four years. The complain, ants are Miss Mary Joesten and Miss Wattle Fltsgerald, former employes of the San Francisco postoff ice, who were dismissed from the service for the al leged stealing of magazines sent through the mallfl.' Mltss Joesten claims that Flak made Improper advances to her, and that when sde repulsed him he caused her dis missal and trumped up charges against both her and Miss Fitzgerald. The charges are being Investigated by a sub committee In the senate. 2 "WIDOWS" IN LEGAL FIGHT FOR A MILLION (CnlMI trim tmud Wlre.t New York, March 6. A bitten fight is on in the courts here today between two women, each describing herself as Ms widow, for the $1,000,000 estate of Colonel William James Sutherland, an American mining man, who died last April In England. The claimants are A(rnes Pearman Sutherland of Tacoma and Mrs. W. J. Sutherland of San Fran cisco. - The former is the woman named in Sutherland's will as his "beloved wife," but Mrs. W. J. Sutherland en tered ault to enforce her claim to the estate, alleging she was married .to Sutherland in Boston In 1874 and was never divorced. Sutherland bequeathed his entire estate to Agnes Pearman Sutherland. AZALEA RIVER TO GIVE WATER FOR 2600 ACRES Boalal to The Journal.) " Roseburg, Or March 0. The farmers of the lower 'Cow creek valley have or ganised af Riddle the Azalea River Ir rigation district, which Is a project of John G. 'White of Roseburg, to build a dam and irrigation ditches and put 2600 acres of land in the district under irri gation. The main dam will be placed in Cow creek (Azalea river) .about five miles southward from the mouth -of the - big canyon. The - main canal will - be brought dowir tothe upper end of the valley and from thore a large ditch will he run down on each side of the valley to cover all the irrigable land in the dls trlct. Each of the two main ditches will be about , six miles long, making about 17 miles of the main canals. This valley is one of the best in thejCountry and is a fine fruit growing region. This .new irrigation system will cost the land owners $34 per acre. . .,y V.,- ........ .. .W.V- ! t . t : Uji" : . J ' Building Occupied fey First National Saturday, March 2. (Special to Tb Jooraal. I Medford, Or., Maroh 6. The new home of the First National bank was thrown open for business for the first time Saturday. The new building was erected at a cost of 1160,000 and is said to be the most handsome structure of its kind in southern Oregon. Its ex terior is of stone while the interior fix tures are all of marble. The First Na tional was the first bank In southern egon to pass the million dollar mark. CENTRA RAILWAY FACES MANDAMUS Track From Union Junction to Valley Junction Must Be Maintained. . . (Salem Bimi of Tb Journal.) Salem, Or., March 6.- Upon instruc tions from" the state" railroad "commis sioner, Attorney General Crawford is preparing to start mandamus proceed ings to compel the Central Railroad company of Oregon to maintain Jts track betweenfoUnion Junction and Valley Junction," a dlstahce of about one mile In Unlcn county. The company's road extends from Union to Cove, a distance of about 16 miles. When the company wanted to discontinue the portion, in volved in the controversy, the matter was taken before the state railroad com mission, which held a hearing and then ordered the road maintained. The com pany refsues to abide by the order. FORMER POLICE CHIEF TURNS CRITIC; FINED (United' Press Leaned VtnA ' Los Angeles, March 6. For making known his disapproval of an act staged at a vaudeville theatre, a man declaring himself to be Thomas Wylle, former po lice chief of Vancouver, B. C, Is out of pocket $30 here today. He was ar , rested on a charge of disturbing the peace. KHiN Star Witness for Contestan Will Not Be Summoned by Theosophists. ' State Shore Land Sells at $7.50. (Salem Bureau ol The Journal.) 1 Salem. Or.. March s. The state land board, at a meeting yesterday, ordered that a deed be executed In favor of the town of Umatilla for about 20 acres of shore lands on the Columbia river, ad joining tha town. The state will re-1 celve $7.50 an acre for the land. The land board instructed the attorney gen eral to begin condemnation proceedings against the Savage heirs for 6.81 acres of land, which Jogs into the state prison grounds on the east side near tne rear, The heirs ask $1000 an acre for the land, while the state has offered ieo an acre. The members of the state land board contend that the land la useless to anyone but the state, as It Is low and is hedged in by prison walls. 00TSY MAY NOW SEND TOOTSY REAL SMACK PICTURED ON CARD V (United Press leaned Wire.) 4 Los Angeles, March 6. Los 4 Angeles society maids are ex- 4 4 cited today by the arrltal of 4 4 the "kiss picture," any, number - 4 of which may be slipped inside 4 4 a letter and sent to someone who 4 4 will recognize them, wherever 4 4 he may be, Just as easily as the 4 4 expert criminologist recognizes 4 4 "Four Fingered Fred" by the lm 4 4 print of his missing thumb. 4 4 The sender of the kiss puckers 4 4 her fair lips, dabs them with 4 4 powder, then presses them to a 4 4 sheet of highly sensitive paper. 4 4 When she removes her lips the 4 kiss cloture is there, its voltage 4 Is figured with ease, and Us - 4 4 Identity, say experts, as easily 4 4 may always be determined. 4 4 Shops selling the kiss print 4 4 paper are doing a flourishing 4 4 business today. ' - 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 "WIRE TAPPING" SWINDLE NIPPED IN BUD BY POLICE ' rTJnited Press Leaied Wlro.i Chicago, March 6. Three men were arrested In the Planters hotel in the act of working the old "wire tapping" game In an effort to swindle a Chicago busi ness man out of 500. The victim, whose name Is withheld by the police, was in the act of turning over the mon ey In a scheme to "clean up'- theJoeal handbooks, when the police acldentally broke into the room in search of a po ker ram a. . . . . " The men arrested are William Haw ard. of Detroit: C. W. Farewell, of Dav enport, ICwa, and William Collins, of Springfield, 111. "Too Liberar,' Pastor Resigns. Alameda, Cal., March 6. Because his views are said , to have been , too liberal to suit the members of his con gregatlon, the Rev. J. U. Perkins today has resigned as pastor of the First I Christian church or Alameda. Orcgonffifc Is the Only Life Insurance Company Exclusively Oregon has Its entire operating clant In. Oregon., makes all of its invest ments In Oregon securities only, has an unmatched record of sue- in growing, greater day cy aay, ana receives preierence rrom all discriminating buyers of life Jtieurance In Oregon, i Best for Oregonians I A. U MII.I President L. SAMUEL General Manager tome Office, Corbett Bldg., corj bia s Morrison, rortinna:, CLARKNCB S. SAMUEL Assisiani Manager (TTntted Prew tiwd Wlre.l Ban Delgo, Cal., March 6. Attorneys for the" defense in tha "Thurston will ease.-which has been inrogress here for nearly 10 weeks, and in which Kath erlne Tlngley, leader of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophlcal society, is the principal defendant, stated today that they would not call Mrs. Maretta Dixon, star witness for the contestant, back to the stand for further cross-examination, and that they had practically finished their case when Mrs. Tlngley was dismissed from the stand late yes terday. Most of the large estate of Mrs. Harriet Pattereon-Thurston was left to Mrs. Tlngley. Mrs. Tlngley took up every state ment made by Mrs. Dixon and denied them all. She then went over the testl mony, of Arthur Frlsbte, E. Jones Jar- vis and several other witnesses for the contestant, " and contradicted all their statements.. The attorneys have stated that the rebuttal for both sides will consume only about two hours, and they have stipulated that two and one half days for each slda will be ample time for the arguments. , ..." rm NORTH COAST NOT DUE IN PORTLAND THIS YEAR (Special to The Jonrnal.) North Yakima, Wash- March !. The extension of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company (for merly the North Coast) to Portland and Seattle will not he undertaken this year, according to Vice President Rob ert Strahorn, who is virtually head of the construction department. The ex tension of the street railway 11 miles Into the Selah is about all this dis trict will get this season, he thinks. Mr. Strahorn came over from Spokane to confer with state officials In re gard to some changes in the state quarry at tha Selah gap. Such read justments of the quarry work will be made as to permit the Oregon-Washington Railroad A, Navigation company to use its proposed right of way along the river bank about 20 feetabove the Northern Pacific tracks. ' The quarry will be moved higher up the hill and the rock thrown down over a slide across the tracks. Mr. Strahorn had a good word to say for tha commercial and industrial prosperity of the northwest In general and especially for eastern Oregon, which is developing wonderfully, he says. YOUTH CONFESSES HE TOOK PART IN MURDER (United PrtM ?rip4 Wlrt.t Weavervllle, Cal, March O.Breaklng down - completely,- Tom "Duncan, after hearing of the confession of .Edward Hewitt, his associate in - the crime, confessed the part hetook in the mur der February 3 of Peter Roberts. Tom Duncan with his brother, Steven, John Nelson, and Hewitt, all under 20, killed Roberts, according to the confessions of Hewitt and Duncan, after they had gone to his cabin near here In an attempt to rob him and had burned his home. Steve Duncan, the only one of the four not under arrest, is expected to be captured within a few hours.. He is somewhere In Humboldt county. The Duncan boys are half breeds and are the sons of Alonzo Duncan, an honored pioneer of Trinity county. ONE OF HAWLEY HEIRS - MARRIES MANICURIST New York, March 6.--Seldeh Hawley, one of the heirs of Edwin Hawley, the late railroad magnate, is to marry Mrs. Margaret Le Prince, a manicurist, ac cording to reports here today. . '', .'" ' a. " . Alleged Bustlers Extradited. Salem, Or, March 6. Governor West Issued ! requisition . papers, on the governor of California yesterday after noon for the return of Walter Buchanan and R. A. Culp, wanted In Malheur county on the charge of horse stealing. COLDS OAUBB HBADACHB. LAXATIVE BHOMO Quinine, the world wide Cold and Grip remedy, removes cause. See signature & W. GROVE. 86o Will bo quickly bought if you go to a Moycr store; you'll find that all tho bargaining has been done. ". :: . ' ' ' . V . . i . ;- i '- - - - j, v "i - . ----- ; , . -, ; , , . . , These $15 Suits leave no room for criticism j they're 10 eoo3 thit you will never cease to wonder how we can give you to much at to low ft price. The Mover five-store buying and telling organization makes it pot aible. It takes ft lot of looms and ft lot of tailors to make Meyer $15 Suits; we put everything Into them that we can to make them worthy. Moyer $15 Suits are good suits o good that we pay at much for them at tome dealers pay for suits they tell at $20. The moral it plain buy a Moyer Suit and save $5. , When You See It In Our Ad It'a So First and Morrison Second and Morrison First and Yamhill FIVE STORES Third and Oak 87 and 89 Third OREGON . HOTELS OREGON nOTELS WHIN IN Porlknd, Oregon TOP AT TBI . HOTEL ULTIMIA.. "Portland's Largest Northwest's Grandest Hostelry -' Absolutely fireproof 725 looms 300 Rooms With Bath 100 Sample Kooaas . . Oseaales aa tatln black la tat heart f bualaea and f aaaeial districts. Ths aiott mtfaia. cent Lobby, RttUsraat, BAllrwm, Banquet Hall aaa Public Rooms in ths West. Tho utmost it contort anacoaToalsaeo. HeadquarUrsB.P.O.E. Grant Loic Coarestioi, PortUBi, joiJ StntOPBAS PlaH R1TBS Sl.M TO CS.M PER DAT Bumi Heat trtzj Train ana Stoamec j B. 0. BOWIRS, Haiafat . J. M. BSOWBBLL, Astittsat If aaager 8TST0F8XS Or THE AXWVA.J. STATXMBWT OP VMS COLUMBIAN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OP BOSTON IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS On th . Slst day of December, 1911, made to ths Insuranca commission er of the Stats ot Oregon, pursuant to law: CAPITA!. Amount of capital paid up. ZirOOMB Premiums received during; tha year........! 1,711,611.8" Interest, dividends and rents received dur- ing the year 111,527.11 Income from other sources received during ' , tha year ............ 1478.16S.74 .11,000,000.00 ,$ 3,212,308. 5 i Total Incoma DISBUBSEMIirTS Paid for losses, endowments, annuities and surrender vnlues .t ul,lE6.1I Dividends paid to policy holders during the . ' year-- ............ : s .... : s ...... : 18.444.21 '''' Divldends paid on capital stock during the year 70,000.00 Commissions, salaries and branch office ex- penes paid during the year 1,647.44 Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year 24,698.26 v . Amount of all other expenditures ... 432,999.78 Total expenditures .'. $ l,493,S48.0v ASSETS Market value of real estate owned... .......I 40,187.78 Market, value of stocks and bonds owned ... 8,738,813.50 Loans on mortgages and collateral, etc... .. 1,871,217.18 Premium notes and policy loans............ 932,876.63 Cash la banks and on hand. ............ . .. 574,541.19 Net uncollected and deferred premiums 197,667.97 Other assets (net) 93,381.18 M .1 7.447.585.38 ' ...$ 7,447,685.33 ti Total assets . .... . Total assets admitted In Oregon, , UABIX4TTSS Net reserve ..V. 5,776.940.20 Total policy claims 110,108.78 All other liabilities (Including capital stock, .. $1,000,000 and surplus, 8165,917.64.) .... 1,660,586.85 Total liabilities T ;l 7.447,585.83 Total Insurance in fores December 31. MIL. ....... ......151,026,961.00 Busnrsas nr obeooxt xob tbx teas Total risks written during the year, Ufa ................. .S 109,566.00 Gross premiums received during the year Life ,14,286.54 Accident and health 1 1,482.43 Premiums returned during tha year., . . .y... ............ Premiums-returned during the year. . a... .... ........ ... 1,483.48. Losses paid during the year, accident and health.... T.... 2.150.78 Ixees Incurred during the vear, accident and health ..... ' , 1,263.69 Totol amount of risks outstanding In Oregon December 81 Mil, Uf 847.6110 The Columbian National Life Insurance Company -By-WILLIAM H,-MROW,-fleu'n '-' F Statutory resident general agent and attorney for service: - , .'PAUL H. SROAT, Portland, 0 1 OREGON . HOTELS , OREGON HOTELS Hotel Oregon Portland, Oregon. t Wright at Dickinson Hotel Co, Props. A.S?-IlS?aIeentrII,r if" modern Jn every respect and con. ducted on the European phut i Hotel Seattle Seattle, Wash. Wright Dickinson Hotel Co, Props. , ' ,r,'": ' HOTEL CORNELIUS " House of Welcome PORTLAND, OREGON The Brown Bus Meets All Trains. A high class modern hotel in the heart of the theatre and ahopping district ONE BLOCK FROM ANY CAR LINE Rooms Without $1.00 Per Day and Up. 1 Rooms with Bath $2.00 Per Day and Up. E. P. MORRIS. Prop. A. KRAUSE, Manager. PORTLAND HOTEL The largest and most magnificent hotel in Portland; unsurpassed in elegance of accommodations or excellence of cuisine. European plan. $1.60 per day and upward. O. 7. XAVTBUUnr, BCaaafftt. THE IMPERIAL Oregon's Greatest Hotel 350 ROOMS. 1M SUITES Whh Pifvate Baths NEW FIREPROOF BUILDING MODERATE RATES PHIL METSCHAN & SONS. Propa. NEW PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets. A Hotel In the Very Heart of Portland's Business '"',, si .1 . Activity. i i MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT Electric Auto Bus. f Cars to and from Union Depot every few minutes. I L. Q. SWETLAND, Mgr. La. R Ill The Hotel Bowei Eleventh and Stark fct. Under. New SlanaKcmciit offers all the convenience of a high fHi ti tel. with all tha comforts ot a home, liuropm plan. $1.00 per day up. American plan, t.. . Famous for It rrlll, a la carte and tabl d'hott -service at reasonabla prloea. Gpclal rates U permanent cuesta. X F. P. WIIXIAR15, MAI JAGH JOURNAL 'VATIT. AB3 r a ! r