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.::.IEOiiSI!E M UPON HOLD IE li HOARDED WW dy of Chinaman Found Gar roted in Chair Before Pile of Coins: Believed Work of Highbinders. '""."7" 7; it?nltd Prm Leased Wire. Iff Anareles, March 11. Garroted In ft chair placed before a" table upon which ws spread 1389 in gold, a por tion, of his savings of years, the body rf Wah Lee, believed to be a tong leader,- was- found . today by - the police in his oriental curio (tors In China town. - -.' An extension of the tong war from other coast cities, the police assert, probably vai responsible for the crime. .Wan was bound securely to the chair, a silken bit forming an effective gag. About his neck was a fine silken cord in two loops. One loop had bitten deep into the flesh, apparently causing death by alow strangulation, the other being c arried behind the . chair and twisted into an ingenious tourniquet. ""Wttbln a foot of the Chinaman's face, on the table, the gold waa spread. It had been taken from a strong box Tinder a bad, which contained more than $1000 in gold. v - The 1)0 was left open. According to the belief of the police, Wah's murder ers slowly tortured him, to death, com ' pelllnr tilnrto bold hhr failrng-gaxa-on the gold he "had hoarded. An expres sion of terrible agony contorted the features. Thus far .the police have no t-lue to the Identity the murderers. fi 01 I SB SPEAKER IN ACTION LIKE Films Will Be Used to Boost Champ Clark in Campaign for Presidential Nomination (Col ted Preii Leaned Wire. ' Washington, March 11. Mounting the rostrum in the house today, Champ Clark addressed a body of legislators for the benefit of moving pictures which will be used to boost the speaker in his campaign tor me jjemucrauo nomina tion for president The house floor was lighted by elec tricity, strong mercury lights being ar ranged to throw a vivid glow on Speak ir Clark. With the official reporters and clerks lined up before the rostrum und the feergeant-at-arms grasping the silver mace, the speaker, holding the gavel said: VThe honse will be In order." The official staff then rose, assumed a prayerful attitude and then resumed their seats. The reporters grabbed their tablets, the pages rushed to and fro, the clerks read the Journal and Speaker Clark pu. on his most lifelike frown. FAULDER GUILTY OF HE FAVORS DIRECT VOTE OF THE PEOPLE r - 1 heme a m ClllMI m. SIX BOATS MlSSiilS Little' Fisher. Craft May Have Been Lost in Storm Off Southern Stretch; Wreck age and Body Washed Up. 1ST DEGREE MURDER (Special to The Journal.) Klamath Falls, Or., March 11. Nobel Faulder charged with the murder of Louise Gebhert, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Faulder shot Gebhert August 6 In the railroad construction camp on the Natron cut off, 40 miles north of this city, lie testified he believed Gebhert had pois oned his dog. Gebhert was camp 'cook. Faulder will be sentenced Wednesday. Judge Benson Bays the verdict call for the death penalty. It Is the first time that Judge Benson must Impose the death sentence. An appeal to the su preme court will he taken. DELARM PROMISES D RETURN WHEN WELL Cnlted Prera Leased Win.) Seattle, Wash., March ll.-rW. E. De Larm, the financial wizard who disap peared after his 5,000,000 irrigation "company's collapse, will return here aa soon as he recovers from an appendi tis operation. This statement was Is sued by his attorney today, ; DeLarm Issued a purported statement In which he puts the blame on lawyers and brok ers, claiming that his projects would have won out had it not been for them. AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL COMPLAINED AGAINST Eleven men, an of whom "have paid from S20 to 140 to William H. Franklin of 208 Railway Exchange .building for instruction in an automobile school, with promises of a position on comple tion of the course, appeared at police station this morning and protested to Chief of Police Slover against the prac tices of the map, claiming that they have learned nothing and have had no instruction that is worth anything to them. They also assert that they have appealed to the district attorney for ltelp in getting their money back or l aving the promoter of the school pros ecuted for obtaining money under falfo pretenses, but have been informed that nothing could be done. , - : Chief Blover turned them over to the (U toctlve department, which will inves t irate' the alleged school. An effort will -be. made to straighten the affair (i;t and a demand by the entire eleven im r will he made on District Attorney Cameron, personally, for action In the r.Mir. The "school" Is an old black uiHh ehop at Seventeenth and Petty s rove streets, with two dilapidated ma t hinea,,..".;.;""-..-'i."'",'. ', .' .-.VrV l-"': .';.','';.". The victim of the ."school'! Who ap i fHred at police headquarters 'this morn )? are: 1J. Ehrenstarm, 762 Missls Mi pi avenue: A. Garrison, 309 Kupene nreti Joseph Vincent, 1444 Kant Gil- ti tretH: Fred Miller, US West Park; G. . E. Montgomery, SlQft , Sixty-eighth street southeast; Lawrence Toen.tes, '. -i.ci'.uvcEAVaaU.; . a. . M. .. Balr-4? st iorty-seventh street; A. A. Smith, l'.;tst Twenty-first street north; W. K. A1 !, Vancouver,' Wash.; It P, .Fal , .corner, Wash., and E. A, Borry, : .: j - i, attest. :- -, : . Gus C. Moser Gus C. Moser, 35S Thirteenth street. Saturday afternoon filed his declaration of. intention as. a Republican candidate In the primaries for nomination aa state senator. Following his name on the ballot, the candidate wishes this slogan to be printed:- "Statement No. 1, good roads, a greater Oregon, household ex emptions, economy and efficiency." Mr. Moser Is a well known attorney and was a deputy district attorney in tne ad ministration of John Manning. In " his declaration he promises Mf elected to adhere to the following principles: "I will not only at all tlmea comply strictly with the provisions of State ment No. I, but will favor a further memorial to congress urging ah amend ment to the constitution providing for the election of United States senators by the direct vote of the people. "Favor progressive legislation: econ omical, but not parsimonious appropria tions; good roads, built Jointly by state and counties on an equitable basis; an Interstate bridge across the Columbia; exemption from taxation of household goods In reasonable amount." vEST ADVOCATES State Should Own All Public Utilities, Including Insur- ; ance Business, Says. ownership of all publiq utilities, lnclud. lng a telephone system, In an address before the East Side ' Business Men's club at luncheon in the Sargent hotel this afternoon. , . 1 He Btated , his belief that the state should. go into the insurance business and thus turn into the revenues of the state the premiums that he said now enrich outsfriA InsnranPA mrmraHnna This, explained the governor, would de crease the tax burden. ''.( 1 Governor West said that the board, romttatlnar nf iha ffnvomnr sf staU and state treasurer, should, he oeiievea, renaer an accounting of - the needs of each of the state institutions months before the legislature meets, so mat every citizen of the state may learn through the columns of the dally newspapers exactly what appropria tions are needed to run the state's busi ness and what the legislature will be called upon to appropriate. ... Present Method Blind. "That legislatures are extravagant in appropriations Is due to the fact that they have been going at this matter blindly," said the governor. "I think it the duty of the board entrusted with the administering of the state's busi ness to ascertain the facts about the needs of the institutions and report In a business like way that will guide the members of the legislature In their ap propriations. The-governor said that yesterday he visited Shell Rock on the Columbia and there arrange to install a convict labor camp for the construction of the diffi cult piece of road that is to connect Hood River and Multnomah , counties. The expense Is to be borne out of the $10,000 donation made by S. Benson, millionaire lumberman.! "Within two years," declared Governor West, "there will be a first class road between Hood River and Portland along the Columbia and Its value will be in calculable for commercial purposes and scenio beauty." - "I am in favor of public ownership of all public utilities as soon as we are ready to take them over, manage and operate them," was the first statement of Governor West to the members-of the east c side clubw- who' crowded the luncheon room, . .-.. ' Prevent Watering of stock. "But until we learn more about the values I think .we should be content with regulation, Regulation " of the publlo utilities and the telephone sys tem, too, will acquaint the public and the legislature with real values and prevent watering of stofkl When we buy public utilities I think the assessed Valuation, of .,. DroDertiea-ahnuid . h- guide to the people and that, In' equity. aopui, -ze per cent .snould, be added to the assessed valuation in arriving at a fair purchase Drice. I think bearin now in fifutin on takine ' over nt.k.11. ...1,1.1 (iuuuu uiimies. , "I think the state Bhould go Into the Insurance business. Insurant come in from the outside and are mak lng Immense profits, and if the state were to Issue life, fire and accident in surance the revenues could be turned into the state and the burden of taxa tion reduced. The reason state taxes were so high last year was because It was necessary to meet the appropria tions of the legislature the first -year following its meeting. This year the taxes will be much less. The plan we have of rendering accurate information about the needs of state institutions will he put into operation, this year and will result In permanent savings la taxes." IColtrd' Preae Leased Wire. six little fishing boats from San Din go, each carrying a captain- and two men, are reported missing toaay, ana ell may have been lost la the terrific storm off the southern California cost Saturday night and Kunday. ' Captain George P. Werner and a sail or perished off LaJolla yesterday when the fishing schooner May capsized and the remains of - an unidentified man were washed upon the rocks at LaJolla, A close watch Is being kept today along the coast for missing craft. Yosemite Pounded by So as, (United Preaa Leaned Wlra. San-Pedro, -CaL, March 11. After pounding for 18 hours In a gale off San Pedro harbor and on a dozen occasions narrowly escaping striking on the gov ernment breakwater, the steamer 'Yo semite Is In port today, her superstruc ture wrecked, one anchor gone and her deckload of lumber lost. Her crew, ex hausted by the long fight, were taken to-a hospital. The Yoaemite broke a crank shaft while enroute to San Diego. She was aided to port by the steamer J. B. Stetson. . The Yosemite left St . Helens, Or.. March 4 with a cargo of lumber for southern California. 7 Municipal Pier Wrecked. ' ICnited Presa Leaan Wire. Long Beach, Cal., March 11. Wreck age of Long Beach's 150,000 municipal pier Is scattered along the beach for miles today. Damage aggregating $40, 000 was done the structure-by the gale that Is passing today, and It may . be necessary to demolish what remains. Pendleton School Girt Loses Tresses. Pendleton, Or., March 11. It became known this morning that some miscre ant cut off part of the long braid of hair, of Miss Mildred . Flnnell, high school girl, on Saturday evening while she was In a moving picture theatre. She had unusually beautiful tresses which were wore In two long braids. Feeling a tug at her hair she gave It a pull Just as the scissors snapped and thus saved a big portion of the braid. The man immediately left the theatre, followed by the girl, but he escaped be fore she could summon an officer. Injured In Collision In a rear end collision at Missouri and Lombard streets at T o'clock this morning, between a Mississippi avenue par which jumped the track and a Ken ton car which was following so close that It eould not stop, J. R. Wallla of 170 Watts street sustained a badly in jured leg. The man was taken to his home. ' The cars were slightly damaged by tha crash. . SSCO'SrhLCii.ii: fflilS AT SHASTA Espce Head to Meet "Oregon First" Specials Half Way to Exposition City. a J . - -a ..... a- a J Oregon's first commensurate response to California's loyal cooperation in the Lewis & Clark fair is the -'Oregon First" special that, leaves Portland at noon tomorrow. The special and the Shasta limited running as a second sec tion will carry 250 of the state's best known citizens to aid the Oregon Pan ama-Paclflc exposition commission In selecting the site for the Oregon state building at the 1915 exposition. The exposition commission has tendered to Oregon : at the Instance of Julius L Meier, chairman of the Oregon com mission, the first selection of all sites for the building. , From the departure at noon tomorrow until the arrival In San- Francisco Wednesday evening at E:20 o'clock, ev ery stage of the Journey has been re duced to rigid schedule. San Francisco's welcome to the "Ore gon First" delegation will begin with a greeting from a delegation of exposi tion officials at -Costa -Riea,-two .hours before arrival In the metropolis. It will. In fact, begin at Shasta, where General Manager Fee of the Southern Pacific passenger traffic, will meet the special and personally attend It Into San Fran cisco. . - , . . , -v.,;- -. The special will carry 'a SO foot Ore gon fir which was secured this morning by jLJTeclLarsan. ltiil mark th chosen site of the Oregon building. It will bear a plate with the words: "This Oregon fir marks-the site of tha Ore gon building selected by the Oregon first delegation, March 14, 1918 When the building Is constructed a' two foot section of the fir and the plate Will oc cupy a place of honor, . - The official delegation from the Port land chamber of commerce jf.a an nounced this morning, consisting of A. a Smith, F, A. Jacobs, W. C. Bristol, J. B. Yeon, Herman Metzger, Guy W. TalbOt.:.."" :-''-'t,. VA EVmY- - -'V'-"'. Final details of preparation for the excursion were considered by a meeting of the general committee on arrange ments, together with, the stunt commit tee, consisting of Louis A. Colton and Charles F. Berg at luncheon today with Mr. Meier. A notable poetic -contribution to the program by D. Soils Cohen was included by special arrangement in the program. First Is an apostrophe to San Francisco, and then "Oregon's Mes sage," with these lines:', ' 'When the sunset is red and Mount Hood's hoarv head ; Is ablaze with the twilight's caress: Then Shasta's pure white in the mel lowing- iigni Also smiles In the same beauteous- ness; .... - ...-..:. . .. "Thy proud lily's bloom And our rose's peri u me, - Bless toaether the same western air. And the gold and the. green in thy orange groves seen . Can alone with jour -apples compare." " Woman. Is Hart, " Mrs, K A. Martin was injured yester day afternoon at Second and Burnside streets by car No. 333, and was rushed to St Vincent's hospital,, Her injuries, however, were not very serious and Bhe was taken to her home this afternoon. "1 Jt. m t a By the Oldest General Mujic Store in tha City, Which Has ScU Its Warehouse and .Must ' Dispose of Its Stock of Pianos Ski , ' I $300 ,, i Will dp& 3 J r fl io I v UL -m; 'L -) Every Piano Must Go . WAV) - $325 1 1 $162 J $10 V 1 r va $1.50 1 ' I ,l: Reasons Why Some time ago a good opportunity offered, so we sold our piano warehouse, ground, building and all, at C5, 4J7r9 Park -street,-North, and we have now- been compelled to give -complete possession, hence this general sale of our large stock of pianos and player pianos brand new ones, some used in , demonstrating, and others of discontinued styles and as we are determined to sell every one of them within the next 10 days we are offering them at much lower prices than have ever been heard of before. . We doubt if one piano will remain unsold by the end of this week. This is the first general sale of pianos that we have had in 14 years in the music business 'and we are simply forced inttj this one. At one time we were forced to sell off our rent stock, and an other time we. bought out a competing dealer and sold out his pianos at bargain prices that have never been duplicated since by any other dealer, and in this, our first treneral sale, we are offering vou bie er values for less money than has heretofore been attempted in the history of piano selling. Here are some ortne Dargams: . ' . Steinway Grand ... ...... . .$485 Hardman Upright . . . . . , ... .$265 Ludwig , $230 Wagner .... $157 Marshall & Wendell . ". ; ... . .'.$185 Smith & Barnes . ... . , ..... .$265 Emerson . . . ............. .$165 Hoffman ... $180 Gardner & Son $162 Bradford Player .$375 Smith & Barnes . . . ....... . .$178 Bradford $235 Everett $185 Hallet & Davis ......$125 Ivers & Pond . . . . ... ..... . .$145 Strober ....... . ... ... . . . . . . .$237 If you are In doubt as to our reputation and standing for fair dealings, ask any music teacher in the state, or any business manin fact, ask our business neighbors. If they tell you we are all right, then come in and investigate and verify for yourself every word that we have here to say. ; Little Down -Payments Graves Music Co. Ill FOURTH STREET Famous Kranich & Bach, Chickering Bros., Etc Store . ' Open Evenings' RULES HOMESTEADERS CANNOT FILE BY PROXY (Cnltrd Preaa Leased Wire.l Washington, March 11. The -' United Btatfta supreme court today decided that homesteaders under the timber and stone jet cannot file a claim by proxy without , '?Lf .OyoPftl examination of .!.'.. 1 'ieeislou was Han36d"aoi'n lit the casa nf Mm Kr... ua , land near , Rosebure. Or.. fti. an expert , woodman examine the land. I v.. wlvcr cenirying; tnat It was not-fit tor grtciilture. ' - ..7iV ' . H I 1 B 1 la 1 i i I ims . ta0 : Mem W(D)(D)U(B PdDPlsiinii Ta2toi?ta Co09 ' Me, 322 Morrison Street Our new Spring and Summer stock has just arrived, and we arc now dis playing the most beautiful, designs and patterns of the woolen world. Ex clusive designs in Irish and Scotch Cheviots in those shades of gray and tan. English Hairline Worsteds that make you stand out as a tailor-made man. Rich Canadian Homespuns and Shepherd Plaids. Never before have you seen such rich novelties. . WE SPECIALIZE SUITS TO ORDER AT THAT OTHER TAILORS ARE ASKING $35 AND $40 FOR 7 Our guarantee: If trie clothes are not made satisfactorily to you, it won't cost you anything. That's how we've done business the past season, and you may believe us, we have built up one of the best tailoring businesses in 1-?!tv an , roP in at your first opportunity and let us meas ure you for one of those nobby pattterns before trje tailors get busy. EdDEflEsiinii Portland Hotel Clock rm on 1 -r. I o ri i rm rrr l-l (II - iZJ . -. " f 322 Llorrlion Street