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10 : V 1 THE' OREGOH SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUMDAV ' MORNING, CCTo'bER .5; 1913. 1 t PUFFSOFREO HAIR IN rT,lAN'S TRUNK LEAD TO 1 1 ARREST AS MURDERER 4 - f Tango Devoted" Held' as" Sus ; . pect in Killing" of Mrs'. Alli ! ; son-Rexroat in Chicago, JW (Oaltod Pkh Letted Wire.,) " . : Chicago, Oct,. 4. Two puff of red ; dish ' brown womio'i . hair, found In a ' , trunk In th room of Edward G. Spen . ' cer, ; solicitor,- and corresponding In - v color ' with th hair f th murdered ; , woman, caused the police to redouble ' their effort tonight to connect Bpen- Ft ter, who I held a a suspect -with the . death of Mr. Mildred AUUon-Rezroat, ' tfreur tango Instructor, who wit shot - 'and then thrown under a, freight train ' '.'In a lonely ravine near ."Vayne, . I1U ' on week ago. 1 '. . v .:., . Assistant Chief of Polloe Schuet tlr,v who took personal ' charge of ; the case after Spencer was taken , In custody, - put the prisoner through a saver sweating thi afternoon and f repeated the- ordeal tonight. Buhut , .' tier emerged from the second exam- ' inatton, by no means convinced that - Jf the detective have the right - man. j ' "Spencer ' answers in .nearly " every ,; particular the description of the man, , -1 who accompanied the dancing - teacher ? Into the ravine," . the assistant chief ) declared,; "but the fact that he I a alxfooter, whereas all the witnesses ex- ' " cept one, have described , th murderer i a a man about ( feet I incbea , tall. t nearly upset th dope. ,. . - , -- tov betters u Big Trunk, la. the suspect's trunk were found a : j sheaf of lov letters from women, but aoDarently none were from Mrs. Alii aon-Rexroat The puffs of hair were taken ; to, detective .headquarter ana found to be of the same color a a ; switch identlfled-as th one ; worn by the murdered woman on th night of v th tragedy, and found two day later In Chicago railway yard,-SQ; mile from tha seen of thicrim. , . : t Spencer admitted, according . to the ( police, that h la a tango devote and i that b: bad danced at the academy ' where Mrs, Alllson-Rexroat was an In. atructor. He admitted that h was fa . miliar with tha locality where the mur "v der wa. committed.;' At one time he '' vm a brakeman on the Joliet tc Eastern ' railroad and later a motorman on the Aurora, & j Elgin . Electric Jlne. Th t mangled body of the dancing teacher was found wlthiri a few rods of th In " terseotlon of th two line, near Wayne. .OlalM X Ma' Alibi. :-:'- I "! . Spencer, however, denld knowing' th 1 murder victim. R declared that sine ; he quit railroading h bad been em- ployed aolicitlng ad for theatre cor- tains and that b would be, able to i esUbllsh an alibi if .allowed , to com v tnunicat with bis friends. . i ,; n Professor Frank Oleson, proprietor of th dancing " academy ln: which Mrs. Alltaon-Itexroat taught, will be asked td look ' at Spencer; upon hi return from l Springfield, 111., tpmorrow and . e I whether he can Identify him a th man t wha frequented th dancing school and t'nbart shows with th tango instructor. i Oleson wa at th stat eapitol today i- looking 'five photograph 'i of lioensed Illinois chauffeur on th theory that th murderer 4nay hav been a chauf- TO HURRY PROGRESS ! President Wilson Would Have p- Senators Speed Up a" Bit t In Considering Measure: ' . i -' Washington. Oct 4. President Wll f son tonight was credited with a new ; plan to "exert moral pressure" on sen l at .Democrats for a., "speedings up" f. on the ' currency bill. Representative Olass, chairman of tha house banking committee,, let it be known that' on t Monday lie would Issu a caustlo state . ment naming the Pemooratio. fenators ! responsible for delay. , it wa reported that "this Indirect at I tack, to be . followed by others, ' in ,j Hpeecnes ana statements, is part or a ; program, designed to fore the Insur gent Democrats Into line, conceived by I President Wilson. A two weeks' time limit ' for hearings on the . currency meastr was tentatively fixed by - th I 'www .VVV L.l V. noon. v MAIL CARRIER ASKED , PATRONS TO CONTRIBUTE . Seattle, Wash., Oct 4. '"On account of t th High cost of living X And It so hard Peking out a living that X thought, you CURRENCY BILL 4i might bs willing to contribute JlO centUrr.or; cpenly ;a monin xtr neip me over in nara " time,", was the substance of a letter , written by a King county rural mall de , i livery mn to the residents' jupon his route, within the last fortnight. w'r Th letters were forwarded to Wash ' ' Ington. X). C. local postofflce officials -being In some doubt as to their author- ' Hy to deal with the rural mall carriers ' with whom special contracts are made. , Th carrier, whose nam ba not been given out referred feelingly to hi poor ,. old horse, and expressed the hop that li was not Imposing upon Uncle Sara's ' patrons asking them to come to his reljef. . ' ;' ' ... 1 Little. Betting on World's Series. ? .New Tork. Oct ,4.t With thousands readv to bet at even money on tho ; world's series, comparatively little wa laid today, the fans upparently holding .. off for fear of accidents until Monday, : On atocg exchange tiroker has 140,000 ' waiting for a call by some on who likes . th Wackmen. The largest single wager i recorded, today wa 1300 even On 'the ' Rural Carriers Named. '. . ' IWtrtilDctm Bona ef Tke Jooratl.) : Waahlugton. IX C, Oct, 4. Rural mall ' carriers hav been appointed to fill va cancies s follows; . ',-',.,','';, Oervals rout l-OtW U. Schwab, vie Srott Jones; Hood 'Itfve, rout 2 Charles 1. Mowers, vio Clarence E. Piil leni Kewberg, route 2 Bocy L, Hanvllle, vie Cherlea H. t'hrlstenson. : Willamette Law Wifl Open. Falem. or.. Oct 4.Villamett Law Ff bool wllH open Its .doors f or .regis tmUon Monday morning. There are 46 onrolled in the registrar' offic for me first year course and' several more . - net4 to appear r tor th : first MRS. ROOSEVELT ACCOMPANIES. HUSBAND 'If ) . i ... ; "I ii- i P 1 ' ' : Mrsr'Theodore Roosevelt, who sailed v. ; 8outh 'America aboard the WOUID-KEEP: SULZER FROM RUINING MMfBYMIFYING Belief Grows He Will Not Take . Stand. but Will' Resign the Governorship, . Albany, , Oct , 4. Governor ' William Sulser I tonight suspended hetween two powerful opposing forces. . .One la the desire to appear before' th high ..court of i Impeachment .which la now trying him for "high crime and misdemeanors " - and make a ; statement attacking .Charles . F. Murphy and the Tammany forces,-who. Sulxer ; alleges conspired to bring about impeachment The other Is th irrevocable order of D. Cady Herrlek and Harvey D. Hln man, coppiel. for the governor before the. impeachment . cpurt that their dient roust hot appear In person at th trial, combined with the growing ' de mand jef many, of th governor former political associates that be refrain from appearing at th trial because they fear be would, drag them down in his at tempt to attack th Tammany force. -.Has Blight Bop of Aoanittat , . It is believed that Governor Sulser Is Inclined to listen to the latter force, es pecially, since some of hi associates bave succeeded in convincing him that he has little hop for , acquittal at, the hands of the .Impeachment court For the first Urns since tBe trial opened, the gov ernor: evenly admitted amour ., his friends today that he felt that th odds were all against his getting a favor able verdict- Coupled with thl ac knowledgment, the unvrrniA- muUam .n. Of th charges which be so much de sires to hurl in the teeth of the assem bly wmcn composes the majority of the court tnat the 'Jury is packed." Anotner important feature which li expected .to Influence Governor Sul ser to decide not to tak th stand was the announcement that within th last two days, counsel for the assembly board of managers of Impeachment bad discovered two contributions of 110.000 which haver not been, brought Into the trial. 'iS v-. - i Bis 9fns : Xs Unknown, ; merits of 'the different-, plans, tlo time dnaWs near;, when . hlscounsel : will be forced to go before 1b court end pre sent the evidence for: the defendant. The nature of the evidence Is 'the question, of the hour In 'Albany. "What will be the defense" ha be com next In Importance to "Will Sul ser tak the stand In his own. dofenser: ' It wa decided ' tonight that IjouU A. Saracky will b placed on th stand Monday morning when the court ' con vene. This witness will tell how he pent $11,000 for campaign f purpose without toe knowledge ; of t Mr. Bulser. This will account for a large portion of the , money r which . tlu prosecution allege . tli goVWh6r failed to .', men tlon in his sworn statement concern ing bis -campaign expenditure . which Jt is required. .by, law., ' :, - V s Monmouth Sees State Fair.il w ! Monmouth, Or , OiH. 4.- Over 800 or-f mal and high School students left yes terday , morning , on; a special i to 'the state fair; at Saletn.o They returned j In th evening, . Many oltlrens of Mon mouth also went on th excursion tralff and In automobiles. The roads were FRIENDS; u ' l ' ""' i Saturday from Ne. York for teapashiD Van Dyke. . . ? RATES E SAYi TARIFF Loss "of Revenue From" Lower , Duties to Be Offset by Ex ,. pansion of Trade. ;' . (By the Intenutlunsl News Service,) ,", .'; Waehlngton, D,.C, Oct. 4. Treasury officials today estimated roughly that about' $100,000,000 of foreign merchan dise held. n bond, or held a . cargoes awaiting the signing of the new. tariff law, began today to be unloaded for appraisement at the reduced rates of duty. This mean a , loss In revenue on this-aggregate of "about 110,000,000 as compared with what had been .derived under, the 'Pay ne-Aldrlch , law. "" The "exact figures will not be known until the reports" frdm various collect ors - reach the department. These re ports In the rough will .begin to come in Monday. Definite results cannot be ascertained for some time, however, as good are. to ,be released under the Payne-Aldrich rates to expdite busi ness, the difference botween the two rates to be rebated later on,,. - -Xnorease in Imports Prsdlcted, r Those who hav had charge of the bill in both house of congress hold that Imports will be largely increased .be caus.of the reduced . rates which they say will lead to a 4arger consumption of merchandise. The degree' of Increase in our, foreign trade will depend upon th way the domestic, manufacturer mt tbe foreign reduced cost - Th L'n-, derwood-SImmon law has been halted by It frnmers as a "competitive tarlfr in that it has reduced rates to such a 1 point where domestic manufacturers must handle their output in competition with foreign producers cn a' more even- basis, -t ; 1' ; , . . - FREEWATER OfiCHARDISTS ..PLEDGE COOPERATION FreewateY, . Orl, Oct ' 4; One of tbe largest meetings of fruit growers ever held in this valley was that of Tuesday night to'hear an addresa-by J. Hi 'Rob bins, president of, tlie North Pacific Dis tributors' company. D. C; Sanderson proalded at the meeting. ' Mr, Robblns 1 spoke to the growers on the problem confronting them, .and told of the work of th North Pacifio Distributors' aiso- Ciatlonv : ' : 'I'A ' ' In an adopted resolution local growers pledged themselves to work together for the best Interests and protection of the fruit. lndusary. -' I:,-.. HOOD RIVER RECALL ! -: ; nivCM fmcim IRJIDCTIIC 'I Hood River, Or., Ort.-.i-The fight In ! Rood i River county ,, for , the. recall of , County Judge Castnnr end Commission i ers McCvirdy and Putnam -has been given " new impetus on the result of a, resolu tion drawn up by , a' number of well known business - and professional men. disapproving the. action taken by the recall committee, consisting of A. L Ma son, V. C Sherrleb, K. C,. Miller and J. H. Shoemaker in revoking, th reoall upon 1L ENCOURAG IMPORT III! VII EXPERTS ANANlASCLUBADf.lffS: LIFEMEMBER ELY ' .. : ... . M i.'.."-.. ...... . ,."..JT'. ll Colonel "Roosevelt ! Starts -for ' South America bdt Fires a 1 Parting Shot, v, ? j ; ' (By the International News terries.) r' Jfew- York, X Y., Oct 4 Colonel Theodore, Roosevelt' departure today for South America, where he Is to break 'into 'the, lecture field, has not dampened . his - ardor . as recruiting of ficer of the Ananias "i club. , William Barnes Jr.,. is again denominated a liar, and Associate Judge William E. Werner of the court of appeals I charged with am endeavor to wheedle Roosevelt In order, to get, the'plac f chief polic of :that.burt;.''.:v:pv.,.;''?.!',H':v-;' in explaining why he reit called upon to. attack Judge Warner, Colonel Roose velt said he had been annoved bv the repdrv widely, circulated, -hat' th pro- gressives nsa sought to make a deal with the Republicans, involving a pro gressiva endorsement of Judge Werner. Colonel Roosevelt said: , ' i1 r "Th truth of th matUr is that th other aid (meaning th Republicans) sent Mr. Stern of Rochester 'to - Teddy Robinson (Progressive ) state chairman to say that he fWerner) bad altered his mind about the workman's compensation decision to which, I bave objected and that if he bad to give that decision now be woujd give it th other wy. " - Offers to Xak Beat. ' : . , ? "I t told Judge , Wefner that If : be would ; make that statement publlo I would ' do what 1 1 could ' to indorse, but that If he made th' statement, only In - private I could do nothing. Mr. Robinson received Mr. Stern , and was In ; the room with, me when I talked over tha telenhone with Judas Warner. KMr. Ransom, our candidate for city court; juage, was mere aiso ana van tU you th am thing. "I did not want to say anything about this story and I hav waited purposely. tor two or three days, there for to see it Judge Warner would not correct -:lt himself, t am impelled to speak now only because Judge Wer ner ha kept silent while this story was being circulated by his friends. "In bis talk just befar he went up the gangway, the colonel got around to Mr, Barnes, in a chanc way telling the story ; be had heard attributed ' to the state chairman, and then adding: ' . "That la one of Barnes habitual lie.'' ' ' B Quotes BarMS. Mr. Bams was quoted by Colonel Rooaevelt as having said that the colo nel In his Rochester speech had uttered several aentence regarding Judgo Wer ner that were not In hi original notes. The Inference that It seemed to Route volt that Mr, . Barnes wanted to draw was that the colonel had deferred at tacking the Judge untir he found that overtures were being mad' looking to Republican support of th Judge on a Progressive Indorsement ' Brancli.-Station for Baker, i ' . (Wsshlnetea Buret of Th JooraaL) Washington, D. C, Oct 4An order Tna . been Issued establUhlng . station No. 3, at 430 Second street Baker, ef feotlT November, JU .;.' , .. . ..i- ner ing. WE mm WiLLfAM BARNES mm A high-grade stove, possessing the; latest improvements in construction and;de- . ' sign. An especially ...powerful heatel attractively - ornam The material used is of the very Ijest -body, is made" of VVo6.d?s Body Steel, C Can . J ' . also be f urnished, with heavy :cast-irQn;', bod y;$58&v fiffiti $$f. i0f!hiffc'Mk . . . ivnumi- wim . waijaiiu the more expensive grades,: . avmoke-tiniiiig pnnc ;ing door, rendering the stove absolutely airtight when draft is closed; coal grate with A draw. center arid, patent cut-off grate f or1 wood.T -v- '1'' "'k t:::X,'One'.dfh'e-most:SUCCWSfut;f wiai mt. vwai aiiu, .c,.uuuuHiuj vvu9iuucut yiuuuuMJC, 4; UI10N, iiiUNCicaa V:? I y s. )) -A V ! ;fiainend;rnax Sa " U AtVTT.; ' rZiJ, ' w ' r PRISON COMMISSIONER J wwmnmi . , -". v" 1 Photograph by International Nw Bervlc. Thomas Mott Osborne, chairman, "of the New York State Prison Com mission, 'who has entered Auburn 'to eervo a sell'lmpoaed sen tence for the purpose of studying conditions under which prison ers live. OELRICHS MUST TELL ALL ABOUT ACCIDENT He andGlrl Subpenaed to Tes v tify atvPoliceman's Hearing, (By the Interostloul N'r Berries.)' New York, Oct, '4. Following th dis missal of t be .case against Herman Oel rlchs, in which . he had ' been held . n tlOOO -bail on the charge of feloniously assaulting Miss Lucille B., Singleton, Po nce commissioner waioo announcea tc hight h ' would make :an. Investigation te determine thai motive which caused Miss Singleton originally to charge that he bad been atabbed by Oeliich whan h. was a war that' hec, injuries had Arife and Craif t Limbert Furniture has taken the straight lines and solidity of the embodied them in patterns to fit modern uses afnd' requirements. of making; usefulness 4he important requisite of every pattern: . caDinjetmakin& it makes use of, the best and strongest, methods of construction, never at' tempting by superficial -methods to hide eviden:ces,of sound joints and secure pinning The ' true charm and, beauty of, this, furniture i&found in the4 construction itself , and in this man-: . a lasting usefulness is moulded into the hiost-sincere: form of beauty in furmture-mak- In. its .solidity and permanence it. reflects Dutch 'stiirdiness and thoroughness -fn the ) beauty of its patterns and in the, richness and color ; harmony : of preserves. the;mastery'of.;putch;arl ',;: - ;vV ARE NOW, SHOWING RECENT ARRIVALS OF THIS LINE OF FURNITURE IN, 77 llW-,lAf:12- uaivuiui vuiuuiiii.u autw-uidu and which' ha By the use pf4his principle, r ? A H Witt ii? : V IS VOLUNTARY .CONVICT'; been caused, by . the breaking of the windshield of the wrecked automobile. A a part of this investigation, el rich Siid Mia- Singleton will be subpe naed to appear at the police trial of De tective Trayer, who was . suspended for failure properly to report the wreck of the automobile. -and subsequent state ment mad-by Oelrlch and th girl. . Miss Singleton today packed her trunk preparatory to returning .. to 1 Dsllas, Texas, with her father Edwin Singleton, reputed to .be a wealthy mining man, and who was expected to arrive in New York late tonight iy?-, Bojr Clerk Arrested. ' After several amounts' of money had been, taken from, the '"office of Albers Bros, Milling company, g. watch , was set yesterday- afternoon to apprehend the guilty ,person. .The sum of $30.10 was. marked .and . sent; 10 th . offic. George Neilseitf a. clerk, received It placed It in' his socket and 'was there upon arrested. . He is 18 year old and wa turned over to th Juventl court ...Some peopl act foolish and then get sore becjtuaa their neighbors find ltout , . Can. ittllolt-l atlUXlalb-oiiart.- , the inflow of air is, so regu-' raves ifyy !IE WiLL GET FULL MEASURE OF ' ; LIFE IN PENITENTIARY Prison'' Reformer, Who; Turns ' Convict to Get Inside, Facts Goes Limit in'i His Inquiry.; :" f . f , J ' "u ' u J.: " . . ' .' i- sjssssjssjsss4sBSs;' -(' , '..,!, yv . ,i . . . ':,''-,',, t ' y . ' ' Auburn, N. Y.', dct Thomas' Mott Osborne, millionaire investigator " and prison reformer, who went Into Auburn ' prison as ef means to learji real condi tions, Is getting plenty Of T,local color' According to an unconfirmed report to night he Is locked up ; in the nenlten- ' tlary Jail for Insubordination. Day keep- - ra coming out tonicht told the stnrv Warden .Rattlgan "is: out pf town and -hi subordinate officials refused to talk. . .wnen Osborne, chairman of the state prison commisgion, entered prison a "Convict Brown.'', h arranged that ha should be treated as the other prison- , ers and so far h has obtained all the realism he could desire. , He has been; ; eating prison fare, .staying in his nar row cell a long as the others, cleaning . up his cell and learning to make ban-. gets.' - , ,;' .,., ,'r , The 'long wait" as th prisoners term th SO hour from. Saturday evening t , Monday morning, is the worst oeriod ' of the -week, and Osborne demurred to : spending the time in his cell. , t- - Exonerated by Coroner's Jury. Henry Gedrge, the scavenger who ran . over and killed 7-year-old Fred Nellsen Friday afternoon, was ;. exonerated by th coroner's, Jury yesterday afternoon at the ' inquest s George testified, and other evidence indicated he did not see , tn boy or know be had been killed un- til, told so by son of the scavenger. ' Th boy lived at 644 East Eighth street With his parents. He had been at the playground opposite the Alblna Home- stead school , building , and bad started across th street when the scavenger wagon came down the street at a rapid rate. The 'driver had a covering over ' the seat, therefore waa unable to ' ' th boy.'.'-. ' !' Presented With American v Flag ' A large American flag, the gift of th George Wright "Post Women's Relief. Corp No. 2, will be given a prominent ' piac in th juvenu court in the future., Th presentation ws made yesterday with appropriate ceremonies by th women of the corps. Mrs.. A. W., Willis. patriotic instructor of the corps, recited a poem on the flag and Judge Gatens of , tn juvenile court expressed th thanks or th court for the gift . With the re petition of the Lord's Prayer the cere monies closed. '.' ". ' . :, , 7 Charged "With" Smuggling?? Tuesday next Deputy Jailer Ed Ken nedy will return to Seattle as a witness against Charles Louis, charged with . smuggling by the federal government. Kennedy waa In Seattle last, week but returned to his work when the cas - was continued, . a ' , t t Pensions for Oregdnians. . , (Wishlogtea Bursas ot Tas JoornaL) : ' ' Washington. D. C. Dot i Pensions bav been granted to Luclpda C Bush, ; Portland, of US, 'and ' Ursula Duka. Hoed River, $1J. :,. . :' :..' ,v f . older Dutch designs and It has preserved the aim ?. True to the old masters in . its leathers, and finishes if ; - - 'i v'Y fi i OSBR ft jjl mmM U.I III 't-.i. i'i i. '-v''! i'' V.'1. 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