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, THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, rc:;TLAHD. TUESDAY EVENING, C 14. 1 ILECEOCfllSSII. W INLA FRANCE .j SViNDLEPROSE State" Seeking V Find Where Body Used in Plot Was Pro - cured. - -' i-:r -V-:: if i With Q. Q. Ryan, chief clerk of the district attorney's office, on tha stand, , biobI of the morning lii the case of Jamea C- La France waa spent In read- .. ing th0 second portion of La France's verbal - confession. The ; first part of the confession waa read by Deputy Dis trict Attorney 'Magulra at the , hearing last Friday. La, Franca accused, of ' having defrauded the Modern Woodmen of the World out, of 13000 Insurance money. i,.:;;f :y..'-fl -;y.; a": V ; The original confession waa made by La France, It la said, to several mem bers of the district attorney's staff early in May. it was taken down in short hand by Deputy Magulre and Chief Cleric Ryan. Ryan this morning; read the Prt taken by hlra. La. Franca, now. .;.. ever, has repudiated this eonfeeaton, and nag entered a plea or not guilty, .' , The confession, ;s read by Mr.. Ryan, brought out that La France repeatedly - made visits to-Portland from Ban don, registering always at the Multnomah hotel i Ha was attracted , to Portland the first" time by the expected arrival of a birth In his family, but did not dare to visit his home for fear of being recognised, It la declared. ' Further por tions of the evidence dealt with big buel ness dealings In Bandon. . ." ; The state will endeavor to find out where the body which was believed to . fee La France's was procured, and work ing to this end Crave orders yesterday to have It exhumed. It Is likewise hoped -that the identity of the body can be dls- covered. . I . t'g'.AA.A I Among the witnesses i for the state this morning were W. J, Wilson, coroner of Clackamas county. JL F. McQrath, deputy collector cf customs, who as clerk of the Modern Woodmen of the World, transacted the insurance bus!- , ness with both La France and his wife, ' E. .Duncan, a" meat gutter, of 1321 East Thirty-third street worth, and A'. D. Morris, who worked on -the La France ease as a private detectlvs.,;'j"v";; '. . ( McGrath's testimony ' waa principally In the nature of Identification of -the ln- ; a u ranee policies and other papers, which which he. In capacity as clerk, had. pre. vloualy handled. Duncan testified to having seen La France In the Washing- ton market subsequent to his reported : death. :,,ArAA AX-' Counsel for the defense Interposed ob jections to testimony throughout the morning, but were Invariably overruled. The case was resumed with a. a. Ryan on the stand at 3 o'clock this afternoon. FELT NEED OF ARREST ' AND SO CALLED POLICE .: ;-.: '.A-A.y.. : A woman giving the name of Mis l'ell Vaughan, - who resides in apart-, rnents on Tenth street, has no objec- j tlons to the police or the police sta tion, but she has a decided aversion to a' patrol wagon, f In:, fact Mlas .Vaughan likes policemen : so well that she called up headquarters tbl Tnorn ,lng and requested that an officer be sent to bar address, 'to take care of her. "I have been celebrating," she said, "and I need to be taken care of." - Miss, Vaughan particularly requested, however, that an officer come - alone and not to send the wagon, The po. lice have their Ideas About the -proper ,, method of transportation to the station house and sent the patrol,1 neverthe less. - ";.'. s" v-..i It had barely arrived at the apart rnents when Miss .Vaughan began to tnake the, most strenuous objections to the Indignity ot a ride, expressing a willingness to walk but a decided aversion to riding.. The-suaslve powers of the officers met with a violent ob jection. Miss Vaughan resisted strong ly and with good . effects,' giving Of ficer C. R. Johnson and Driver Sltaeffer the tustle of their lives. 6h was -charged with drunkenness. WOULD LET CHINESE ' SOLVE OPIUM PROBLEM ; A'A:'-'.' .A,M:r'Z ! , 'r i' '' I O '. "You need not take up the time . of tne court witn - tnese cases against Chinamen - charged with smoking or viaiting opium , Joints,". . said . Circuit Judge McGinn to Deputy: City Attorney Stanley Myers this morning. , "Unless It can be shown that white people are Involved I" will not hear them. "If white people sire Involved I 'will rive them every day - and every dollar I can and be sorry I cannot give more. Let the Chinese work out their awn solution of the opium problem, - It does no good to prosecute them." . ;.....--,.- Ab Bam, charged with amoklng opium, and Ah Tong, Lung Fong and Charles Hn, charged with visiting; a place where opium was smoked, were up on appeal. All these cases wre dismissed. Ah Sam-was given a five-day sentence in municipal - court and. the others were sentenced to five days and fined f 10. E. A. Sullivan, former deputy city at torney, defended; them. w,, ',. .-.i v, CIVIC LEAGUE WILL V DISCUSS ISSUES TONIGHT " Tonight at I o'clock In room H" of the . public.- library, the Oregon Civlo Kaeue wilt analyse and discuss the mer , Its of issues t be voted on November 4. including workmen's compensation ct, University of Oregon new building appropriation, state university building repair fund, sterilisation aet and the county attorney act.- Committee have gathered data and learned the statu of similar. legislation In other states,, All Interested are Invited "-to 'attend. .;i':;::x-,. " Lincoln Btef fens will speak, under the auspices of the league Thursday even in in Library half. The talk will be ; jrce iq llie puojia-;,.' v, :-4-vv. ---. 'it r - i i ' ' ' ' " -' '-t'- ' v SylvU ; rankhnrst Disappears. LOhdon, Oct II. The police had not ecn able today to find Miss Sylvia f'ankhurat, who, arrested while she was addressing , a suffragette meeting her last night, was rescued by the auffrag. ettes, .The militants were Jubilant over their victory In the encounter.. , j MUitorjr. Aviator KUled,. . ' Berlin. Oet . I. Lieutenant Koentg, military aviator, fell (00 feet when hie aeroplane's wings collapsed, and was Ulled. ::.:,.-,. '..- i - ' 1 ii MEMBER TOA10RROW r.IOHNING AT 9:30 SHARP tEGINS THE GREATEST ZUOE SALE OF THE AGE. XUrvN TO PAGE 13, , . cimoN HIS GIVEN fffiiraElTLE Sales Scheduled for, Thursday Are ' Postponed; .-Enough "Money,- raid I n tor I merest The sale of property on which bonded improvement: assessment Installments are delinquent which was scheduled for Thursday morning: has been indefinitely postponed, ' owing tp the fact that a number of ' owners- - have ' already paid the delinquent interest on the Improve ment. A little longer time Is to be given those who are still delinquent, then If the interest .is not paid the property will go under, the city auctioneer's ham mer. - W- ;!: --' ":;:' The i property scheduled . for sale Thursday' is delinquent "on only a part of the Installments , although Interest has been due for, some time. The first sale was held last Thursday when about 200' pieces of property were sold. ' All of . the . pieces disposed of - were those on which the entire amount of assess ments and' interest .were delinquent. V An attempt was made several daya ago by the city commissioners to ar rive at tome sort of plan by which the sale for Thursday could be postponed, and on the advice of City Attorney' La Roche it was decided that all property owners who paid the interest on the bonded Improvement assessments imme diately would not have taetr property sold.: :".':.'v'',', 3,x:'.v..;.-''-':, ',;'.. ' City Treasurer Adams said this morn ing that enough . money had been re ceived from those delinquent In the payment of the interest to pay the In terest on Improvement bonds now due. He stated, however, unless the interest, at least, is paid,, the property will-be soia at a uma iq ue uxeu tacer. , OPPOSE NEW . TRAFFIC LAW '....' ..-:-':,:-r. Hv''.:r ';11-:w,i-'.' Objection From ' I'edestrUin! Folnt .;.'T;- ;,.f of view liaised. Although officers and members of the automobile club are urging that the pro posed traffic ordinance' be passed by the city commissioners, Individuals who are not owners of . automobiles have started to voice protests. Yesterday af ternoon' a number of machine owners discussed- at - length, with -Mayor Albee several provisions of the new measure. The provision of the ordinance which , prohibits pedestrians' In the congested ! distrtef fronv crossing street except at established crossings and then subject- Ing them to the Whistle of the traffic patrolman la meeting with objections. . Perhaps -the ' most .strenuous objection we made by Commissioner will H. Daly, yesterday afternoon. The proteat or sUted that the automobile owners were trying to have the city conflnls. sloners legislate only In their favor,' The ordinance also provides that a pedes trian, crossing street must oross st right angles and not diagonally. The protestor stated that this was also ob jectionable. 'ifM-f:iii-.. y.''''';y,;.ii';.:,',' Automobile owners contend that aim liar traffic law are enforced In east ern cities and Is proving satisfactory. The ordinance, they say, 1 to minimise accidents. v . BUDGET IS CUT , $20,900 Lighting , Fund Estimate for 191f It Itednced. r The budget committee clipped $20,000 off budget estimates for 1914, - Commissioner-Will ' H. Daly had asked for 3315,000 for a lighting fund to be need, In lighting the city. The committee ex-f pects to shave 3(00,000 off ; the entire budget estimates for 1914. , v, - " Mr. Daly - told the committee of tho heeds of the city as to lighting, and a compromise was effected whereby only 398,000 will be allowed. This amount 1 enough. It I, stated, to install 600 more arc lights and pay the mainten ance cost of those now in use. Tho committee decided, however, to allow 39000 to be used to redeem lighting nonas aue oerore June, , The committee,' consisting , of Com missioners Brewster and Blgelow, City Auditor : Barbur, . Purchasing Agent Wood and Civil Service Secretarv Tun- DaiNQUEi BONDS mm per, tooK up several other items of tieVtaii wimins tooK. district Attorney utilities department Among those dis cussed was the $10,000 for the employ ment of hydro-electric engineer and telephone engineers These men are to be hired with a view of establishing a municipal' lighting plant and an Inter changing telephonic system, .va " . .''MMiMelawaevMas'i;, ' l''' ; '''it'' ' j. - '. BO LOS TO BBrSED City . Engineer to Bare Substitute 7; for Grub- Hook and Axe. ; S ' If in the neasr future you ee a num ber of . sunburned individuals armed with bolos in your neighborhood do not be frightened for they are not Fllloinos on the. warpath, but merely survey men of the city engineer's department They win use the boios to cut down under brush and shrubbery Instead of grub hooks and axes. , Robert Q. Dieck. commissioner of nub ile works, this morning told the mem bers of the engineering department that more satisfactory results could be ob tained through the use of bolos than, axes or other Instruments which might boused. ..,.-:(, !',--,,.. ECOXOMY 1H WATCinVOKD Commissioner Dieck Outlines Plan 'h:?i'-y':.to Bureau Bda.:'.:i.v Wlth "economy as his watchword. tentative plans were outlined this morn ing by Commissioner Dieck to the bureau heads of his deoartment for. re- "duct Ion of the outside working force to tne minimum. ; departments that will be affected are the city engineer's di vision, sower division, bridge and high ways division, 'street insDection work and others - . . ... u:"1 AH of the bureau "heads were called Into Mr, Dleck's office this morning and the plan was gone over in detail. - In stead of laying off emoloye from one division when work is finished, the em ployes are to be transferred to other divisions where they may be needed. Only employes Vitally necessary areto ,'';y'ii;;?v.'i'ii;'iJ)?i. ' '. "ii 'I'tf&i'jtytfa'' - - Mayor'AlbeA Bujy'-iaker'?; ' Mayor Albee is .slated for three ad- dresses in one 4g tomorrow, besides his regular council meeting and other work. He is to give a talk to the mem bers of the Mothers' congress 1n, the morning, another at the. University, club at noon end another before society at RATE REDUCTIONS : ARE! W POSTPONED UNTIL DEC. 1 C.WaniniW"Ort;'4h Commero commission this ? afternoon extended until December 1 the time for the recently ordered reductions In express rate to become effective. The commission refused to revise the rates, Ignoring the requests of attorneys rej resenting th express companies, 4 1 , H0BS0N CHALLENGES - J0NDER1W 10 JOINT DEBATE IN ALABAMA Dispute Between fiival Sena torial Candidates .Not Ended : Declares -Congressman,- - (United Pnws Leased Wire.) Washington. --Oct H Consreseman Richmond Pearson Hobson was not dis posed today to drop the quarrel he had with Congressman -Underwood on the floor of the house yesterday. He sent a challenge to underwood to meet him in Joint debate In their home state, Alabama, ; and . asserted that If Underwood tried . to give .. people ; the impression that be was 'with 'the lat ter, he, Hobson, would Insist on a clear statement from the secretary of state ror nis position. , - v- .Vi" i -s-i Unless Underwood .'presses, the mat ter, he added, however, that he would not ; drag Bryan's nam' Into -" the con troversy,' because,, he aald, "I - do not see how he can support a reactionary type of politician." . The Hobson-Underwood feud arose from the fact that both seek the Ala bama senatorship. Explaining the fact that,;' though now opposed to bim, be supported : Underwood -for the. Demo cratic presidential nomination at - the last convention, ; Hobson said he did not then know that Thomas F, Ryan had contributed; $35,000 to the Under wood campaign' fund. - .' : ; , : , f Ha asserted that Underwood was "a dummv .used by his managers in : the interest of wall street." ana tnat m he was ; a dummy' then he could be used again by the liquor or any other interests,": .- .- '..-',... v ' . v,v i Underwood denied all that Hooson aald - and cited his record In support of the denial. He remarked, also that Ryan gave $10,000 to President .Wil son's campaign fund when he- wa running for governor of New Jersey but struck out that part of his speech before It Went " Into the congressional record, word having been sent to him from - the White House that no such contribution wa ever received. WILKINS CAUGHT; , ADMITS MURDER OF LOU WINTERS . j r" -1 v 1 v - (Continued From Page One.)' at the Hoosler hotel. Front and Jeffer son streets, was the Instrument of death, he said. It has a common wood en handle, rather narrow and weak looking and with a thin metal covering. The parasol evidently would not stand the force applied in making the wounds inflicted on Winters. ! "No, I don't see how I could have done that with the parasol." be said, as he looked at the corpse. "I may have had Something else In my, hand then. I don't know: X didn't know Just what waa doing." : ';".. ITawe Another Van. , An aocomplice, , whom '.-he called 'Jack," waa implicated by Wilklns in hi statement This is regarded by Chief Clark and the detectives ssa fabrication on the part of Wilklns. They say that no other person worked. with Wilklns in the commission of the crime. Wilkin said he met "Jack" in BUrnstde street beer room. "Jack" had "mooched" him for a dime, and Wil klns Invited him to accompany him on the expedition that resulted In the death of Winters. "Jack", waited on the other, side of the street, said Wilklns, while he sat in the fronr window of the real estate office. "Jack", aignaled him with a faint call when Winters left the street car and stepped towards . his home. ' ' -' -'-A-'- Then Wilkin accosted Winters, later assaulting him, and after everything was over. "Jack" was nowhere to be found. He has : not seen him aince, Wilklns declared. The mysterious "Jack" was described as wearing a black suit and a black felt hat and having a very dark complexion. After the confession, Wilklns, at hi own request, was taken t the spot where , the crime was committed, ; at Boise and Milwaukle streets. , There In Evans and Detectives Ttchenor and Hellyer over the ground. As, the big police touring car drew up in ine rroni oi mt winter s resi dence at 833 Milwaukle street Mr. Winters, the widow, was seated in the machine of her brother-in-law, A. v J. Winters, in front of her home. ' i- "There he is; there's the dirty dog," screamed Mrs. Winters, pointing, at Wilklns. aitting In the back seat be tween the two big detectives, ; : "Did you hear what she satdj" quer ied Wilklns of Detective Tichenor. -v;. He was hurried away from the ma chine to avoid hearing more from the hysterical woman,' who collated later, her emotion overcoming her. : ' . The night of the crime, Wilklns said, a couple of shirt were hanging on a clothesline In the Winters back yard. "Jack." the mysterious accomplice, sug gested that those shirts be used to tie up Winter when they caught him. Tu this Wilklns demurred, as the clothe ' shed We 111, r "5 III , ( I III . "--' H . I .1.:- Jl K it J 1 main i.la f Fourth Street ' - - Corner of - Morri.cn ' " A were too cleam Then . "Jack"' cut , two lengths of rope from a tent Jut; back of me real, estate office -and- these-were to be used in tying up Winters. To District Attorney Walter H. Evan tne concession 1 made - by Wilklns, this mornings In' Chief Clark's office at the police tatlon-1 far from unstisfc toryv.' ' z At. !-''' ' -:. ' "There .are a number of detail in (hi statement" declared Mr. Kvans, "which do not connect in any way with the facts as discovered by jh detec- iivea. iie noes not explain, tne presence of the mask In the bushe a few yard awayw and hi whole attitude ha been one of protection to himself." t ; ubstaace of Confession dives. "HI confession would indicate that he had acted entirely In self defense,1 said the district aXtortoy.::rfcS'M-:':A , In substance the confession, which was made , in a private consultation be tween the district attorney, his stenog rapher, T. G. Ryan, Chief Clark and De tecttvec Tichenor and Hellyer, follow Wilklns premeditated the crime for a number of days previous. When in Spo kane, on Ala way from Kootenav. Idaho. where he had been to visit his wife's relatives, he hooked ud with a man whom be thought would be a good part ner m neiping ni;n to rorce Wlntera to tell where hi wife waa. Later this fel low lert Mm and Winter came to Port land. k:iAflJ,- f'W-iAii- 'i-.'l '&iia.', : Three or four days before the assault wa made, r Winter connected with He and. "Jack"-, followed Winters for , wwvn, -ot'.w " .m. JX, .1, W 1,1.11. . UIDL several days to make "Jack" good and sure of hi man. ,';:..; One night with ."Jack." he came faoe to face with. .Winters, his ,wlf nA daughter,; Mis Frankie Winters, ? and zoiiowea tnem to. the streetcar sution. .On Saturday nlsht the two want tn the Winters residence to compel Win ters w mu inem wnere Mrs. Wilklns W,',t"..''. ' ..'-..'.'. Jack", waa, with him for a while. When they went Over the detail of -the anair in hand. On the clothesline hack or the Winters' home they found bans?- ing two shirts and a shirtwaist "Jack" suggested using them to tie - Winters with, but Wilklns did not want to dirty the clothes, and they. cut two lengths of tent rope instead. Wilkin did" not know what became of the rope. . ; Wilkin planned to stop Winters when ha came from the car and Interview him, Then if Wlntera refused to tell where hi wife waa the two were to compel him to. It wa with that purpose in mind that the ropes were secured. . They arrived at the scene at 10 o'clock. and went through all the paper in Win ters' desk In the real estate office In an effort to find a clue tp Mrs. Wilklns' whereabouts. Every paper was torn and thrown on the floor. a t At 10:30 Mr. Winter and her daugh ter came home, and the two watched them go Into the Winters home. At about 13 o'clock Winter came. . He left the Car, violin in hand, and started for his home. Wllklna slipped from the of fice and accosted Winters, -jv'i-.-' ; "Then." related Wilklns. "Winters be gan calling me name and telling me to beat if , . Ken Fight la Street. , ' The two grappled and Winters made an effort to get away, v They fought across and down the street and Win ter wa downed, Wilkin hitting him over the head with the paraaoL At that point the mind of Wllklna waa very hasy. He could not remember Just what happened. He left Winter lying In the atreet. he said, and went south on Milwaukle street to another street leading west that wa paved, and at the end ef which there was a stair way leading down to the right of way of me rortiand -Railway, Light ft Power company' track to Oregon City. On uus no came oaca to we city, "h-aA: From that point a more lucid descrip tion of .Wilklns' movements were made by Detective Tichenor, whose details coincide with Wilklns' tala. - "Wilkin stopped that night at the xiooaier noisi, at rront and Jefferson streets," said Tichenor, "and next morn ing at 7 o'clock took the car for Van couver. H Intended getting away from Portland, but was undecided whether to go eaat or south. "About 1:30 yesterday morning he applied xo is. js. isaunaer at the North ern Express office at ' Vancouver to caan nis s. e. it s.. check for 371.30. time for working aa a plledrlver- engineer aown lowaras Astoria. Saunders fused to cash It --."vv , "Then tie went to the residence of Mrs. M. w. Rio at 1314 Harney atreet She la the wife of an engineer on the 8. f. at o. witn whom he was acquainted. She let hlra stay at her house while she went to a grocery store and cashed the cneck. -; .y.v-. ; xv.,r;":v?AA '.;' "Afterwards Wilklns went down : In the railroad yards In an effort to make aome arrangements about renewing his lodge membership In the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He paid out about 310 in dues and waa awaiting to connect up with , the president of the lodge, an engineer named Ryan; before geiiing away. .-,, r-- .-,..-. :.A-A "H slept In" the roundhouse last night and the minute he stepped out of the roundhouse, three of us were on -him. L. E. McCurdy, night sergeant of po lice at Vancouver.; seised him first and the Portland detective, Hellyer, Tich enor and Price, who had worked on the case unceasingly, were around hlra im mediately. Patrolmen Smith and Mo Leod assisted In the capture. '' - A,, ,., . Wilklns war taken to -Chief of Police Seciiat,' office in' Vancouver, and for two hour, denied any connection with the crime, and said the statements that had been, mad were untrue- Later he oonfessed. ; . ,:.V.-,i Ar";'. , You're apt to miss your guess on this rain question these days ; Why not let your' overcoat be a ".Water- , 'and be sure? , . These come in a splendid assortment of models and . fabrics ; for all j sorts of weather water proofed Convertible collarsr-and a number of noticeable exclusive features worthy of your consideration hand tailored in proper styles by KUPPENHEIMER at; . . ' ' V ' - Twenty-five dollars V , Others $15.00 to' $40.00. , v- Gus Kuhn, Pres. . Give S. & II. Green Trading; Stamps. V 70 J lU!0;u LLIERY In Fire Shuts Off Air Shaft; Own- Jers- Would Seal Up Mineio "Save Property, -: - l.'nlte4 Press Leased Wlre.V Cardiff. Wales, Oct 14. Five nun. dred and sixty men and boys were en tombed tonight in the Universal coal mine at Slnghenydd, 10 mile from here, it - was certain that many of them wera already dead. Of saving those who still lived there waa no hope what, ever. The timbering Inside the entire mine was burning. : forcing the. aban donment or rescuing work at 7 p. m. That any or the men would be burned to death, however, was deemed unlikely. The fire had rcbed the intake ' air shaft and it seemed certain that, long Deiore tne . name could reacn. tnem, they would have dted painful but still comparatively merciful deaths by auf focation. 1 .fW-.. h?rAAA ,:::!"?;: ;, 'AhAA Xxplosloa oanaea jmJfiA'f The fire - followed aU gas ' explosion Just after the day shift of miner had descended the shaft this morning. Ao cording to official' figures, there ,wer mi men in ma, mine wnen tne Diast oc curred. ,'..,-'.-? ArAA-'i It was so violent that several men were killed at the surface, one man $0 reec away xrom tne shart entrance hav ing his head torn from hi body. Aroused by the terrlflo fraah of the explosion, tne , member or tne night shift of miners were speedily on the ground,-almost to a man, volunteering their aervice for . rescue work, r The ventilating and hoisting machinery had Deen completely wreoked. however, ao that much difficulty waa experienced in even entering, the mine. ' escn Work Dangerous. f A way into the worklnas waa finaliv found through art"' adjacent shaft but even then rescue work waa carried on under - circumstances of ... the greatest danger. Avai--- a ':ri'xA-:.-A'i!;i ".s.. By desoerate exertion 171 nf thk mn In ' the mine at the time of the v. ploalon -were gathered together, how ever, and brought to the surface before me rre naa gained such hesdwav aa to drive out the rescue parties. v4?,r Ai-.-v ; Many or the Tescuers went in their grief at being compelled to abandon the imprisoned men to their fate, and some had to be dragged out forcibly, so dev termlned were they to continue their efforts even If their own.)ivi nnM ,h. t--L;f Besetted .Are Burned, Of those who were rescued nun ne ttle miners were badly burned and aome probably will succumb to their inlur. lea. 'v-t..iw,!VC'i-,, j!'..i.:,''.A ..-. ;.. ,:: r As has 'happened before in Rna-land. the mine owners 'were talking tonight of sealing up the mlpe a a mean of smothering, the fire, arguing- that, aa the men Inside cannot be saved in nv event, there a. is no reason why their property, too, should be sacrificed. It seemed doubtful, however, if publlo opinion, whiob has been outraged in this way in the past almost beyond the point of endurance, would permit such FarhUy secret were aired and mere men were raked most - unmercifully over the coals at today's meeting- of the Rotary club, held at the Multnomah ho tel. . Today was ladles' day, an- annual occurrence, when the wives,- sweet hearts, mothers and other women of the Botarian families are Invited guests. Th biggest surprise of the day was sprung when -Mr. Fred Bpoeri. wife of themanager of the Pacific Telephone & .Telegraph company, announced that while her husband might he manager ' pnone company, n waa th manager of the' boma 'aAaI .j-,;- The salesmanship talk contest was won by Mrs. F. ,W. Patt who spoke in behalf of her husband' a ladies' tailor ing establishment She claimed to have merely started when th bell rung. he' cnttnt were F. P. Young, j. ty aiiter, A.,'MeitKemper, j, H. Dunford, who won second award, and William Toung, who read a long poem. Af tsr these talks every woman kuest was caHed on for a speech, and it wa 'v secret were aired. ,; - , ' Petition for Guardian. . That the pereonal -' property t left; by onv My Liine. wno died June 0, 1312, may be properly cared for in be half of two chlldrehyBue Ling, seven years Old and a - daurhter anil Rua wuong, rive year old and a aon. Sue .ey x,ine. their father, has petitioned Tor - appointment a - guardian of the cnuaren. The personal property left was valued at 3354. of which the chil. orsn are entitled to one half, f s - : ' ' The '( Steinbach Store 0 in TRAPPFfl ;INVALES;FACEOEATH -'t";-:r.ri ROTARIAN VOMEN GIVE OPINIONS ON MANKIND Coin i.III ViSIT PORTLAND '''--- ..'.-;,,,.';--. ) Plan Operation of j" Vessels ' From Coast to ! r ' ' Coast, R. C Emery and Harry Livermore of Boston, - Mass., representatives ot tlie Emery Steamship .company, urrlved n Portland today to take up the pronpec: for trade between New Knglund and the Paclflo northwest through the Panama canal. Tne company' ha a fleet of six vessels and Is constructing lx more, designed especially as lumber carriers, The ship already built are of medium capacity, but the new ones Will be of 9000 ton register, The company ha a large lumber yard under construction In Boston and proposes to handle Paclflo coaat lumber eaatbound and bring west tne product of New .Knglandf-machiu ery, shoes and manufactured good gen. erally. n.''-A A, aaa:-&. '-,-. i-: It, 1. Cleveland, another member of the company, will arrive tonlgbV The party wa entertained at lunchean today at th Arlington club by H. L. Cprbett a boyhood friend, of, -Mr.; Livermore, and several lumbermen were, introduced to the visitors. - Mr. Corbett will sive an other .-luncheon ' tomorrow i for - further oonrerenoe on the trade prospect, ' -i A number of Importers met the Bos- ton : men at the chamber of commerce this afternoon for discussions of other phase of the proposed new line of transporutlon.-';-- i,-1v, ti .--Vi,-. ; . , ! SUPREME COURT . : r IN HURLBURT'S FAVOR 6AXX (Continued From Page One.) Hurlburt' claim that tha atonic hari h.n l'a . m . mm. j f.iHhki ..,.y.i,-; ;"'"V Oct" $65,000 by 1 Decision. By. winning his suit in' the state uprem court today W. H. Hurlburt come Into possession of 36S.00O and approximately 37,000 Interest which haa accrued slnoe Ciroult Judge Kavanaugh paaoea judgment In favor of th plain tiff almost two year iM.'5,-i:;, A suit for a similar amount is now pending against Morrisi Brothers in tha circuit court it is being brought by the admlclsuator of the estate of the taie wiuiam T. Mulr. Mulr wa gen eral attorney for the O. W. P. while Morn brothers held controlling inter est The case probably will com , to inai sometime in January, and It is an ticipated the action of tha . supreme court in upnoiding Huriburt'a conten tions will have material bearing upon me muir caa. .i-.a -- Both cases are outgrowth of loo verbal business understandings alleged to have been entered into between Mor- Brother and Hulburt Mulr and George L s Brown, respectively. In -1304. Hulburt wa president , and general manager of the O. W. P. & R. R. company).. Mulr was general - attorney and Brown chief engineer. About this time an understanding waa arrived at whereby, each official was to be given looo . shares or company stock. In ad dition to their regular compensation. In Hulburt s case, a stock certificate waa issued, but later Hulburt turned it In on the understanding . that he was to receive a new certificate in the name Every Act a Feature The Oregon Cabaret for- the coming week Is presenting many ; entirely new. song specialties both, solos and choruse.. ! -v. You'll Like MISS 1 " MINNIE RHODES. :, The Dainty Little; , Hinging Soubrette; ' AlS-'f--', f-,'"'r MISS 'AA"'.V'A: ' RUTH BIOELOW, ' Soprano Soloist and the -"AAA AMERICAN ' . BEAUTY RKVUH CHORUS. The Hotel Oregon, , ORCHESTRA. Under ,the Direction PIETRO MARINO. Has a Splendid Pro-i. srram Prepared That j 1 OU'll. BANKRUPT Peters' Furniture . Great Chance for Those Starting s Housekeeping A-AfA'AAr'i ".;' rt .:-'.-.. f 'A'AA 6HWTH ST., COR. PINE - f You'll Surely 4 Uke.t V f pi , : DUBXWtt - , 7 a &VBOX, naammtMi a3td -Arrrm ' r 'h. f&A Merchants' - BVAlllSB OBIZ.X.S OAITXXITABT All kinds Spanish Cooking. Beet Wine, Liquors and Peers Served, " . , .' Ui saoasisoa. ; of-F. S. Morris & Co. ; ir i , ivi certificate, neither dl.l i .. ,m latter . received Jiiu.u.M) nlu n Brother sold the O..W, I', to the t l, interest In 1906. Later Hulburt deniHnded a scttiei nt and -was.: refused. ' lie brought unit !( 1910 and -the: case wn d- ui .i i.( hi favor the year following. Worria Broth ers then, filed bond to assure payment In case they lost and appcala-l to tin state1 supreme -court, , which j dacl-id against them today.--'-' ; .. Mr. Hurlburt was formerly sreniral pas senger agent for the old O. It. & N. and for years was an active railroad man, : , "Journal Want Ads bring result. JTOU'LL do-better " ; "V--work if youUke . an hour off'at . v noon. and-enjoy the . , , well-served dishes!' so , - 'daintily prepared' "at the imperial; Grill. . - LUNCHEON" Fifty Cents AMUSEMENTS HaBlLI G a Menisoe ' :rhtm lUla $ esa A-)183.v;;h,;; . , I0OAT-T TDO; T0K0EKOW 1 Afternoons 3:S0, l.veaiafS 3:30. -X0TI0V rXO.ITSXB, THIS TEAJl'3 POPULAR PRICES Aftemeos , lkt i,; la Ivonlnts. -Hall orsaie Vow - , Boa Of floe amis Opens toaay '-'!, 3SjaNEXTTHUR. tpooial trim Mat. Saturday ;.::.''' WiUlaw yaTerskam''fraaoata"A.;":-, Bis Owa paetaoular yroduotloa, , : A, ahakoapaaxs 'a Oraat tmj, -,.--.-. JULIUS CAESAR - v With .roUawiag tan,J-- " WILLIAM FAVERSHAM V-T 'r'Vf; 'Bis - Oostano:iColllev&vsIiv"ii' i Bf,-', R-BcXehs.-;-''; -'.- . ., 160 feeple-apeolal Onaoitr. - - i' - Sveainrs Lower Floor, 33.00, 31.30, . : Saioosy, 31-W,' o. We, Saturday . Batlaee-LM, f 1.00, , T3e. 3W ' TRXA TM BAUI 3. A-MSe. Home of the Popular Bakar riayors., JloolghU I all week. Hatlnets Wedueaday and Batorday.,. fSBl MSUmvnmwu limwi, criminal ;. . I e9 whit- iIiivt mathoda. Intent -and ' lM.lU.lWf, .-"-, , - , V , m -. . . U. OK. U. ,Ka . ' uB, oka hvi xamA tiHf-tfain Mac. v.",p ail mu. : Next week "Oet-Riob-auiek WaniBsford.' fj Jtieseway am aww m.ms WEEK wCT. 13. 3 Boris VrUkia Koailjuia i, Banuals Oo. la "A Say .at Ellla IaUni Tom xally. oeanora J Faatataaeopa, Foyolaf Jno Also Bros.' Bazas ana flret m k.lwv iaal lail effloo epos from 10 A. X, to 10 1- K. nn A-ls9.'laaia asis. Ourtals 3:30. T:li and :10. LI jHIstdt m WTZX OCTOBIS 13 Laonar and Oaalow in a taf tned saualoal eoaady playlet "The Xn4 of - Mmia. Klrth esa spaoiaiiaa, xims- I day aight, atolstto ooatoat. Tridar Bight, ahorua Irla' cootatt, rrieat boos, aay seat, 16, Mann, man jiiai wut aw. Kt- Columbia Theatre t 8lxtband Waahlnttoa. Opea 11 a. m. t U 9. . vi.,in nada aanaelally attraetWe to women ' and ehlldroB. Prosraniae gaodar to Wadoaaday r Ttea old fllrl.'' (liuiiiir drama): "Maver Known to 8mlle,, (Blosraph comodyH .'The Millionaire's Ward," (Paths drama); "Bcontln a Terrible Ortme,' (Btofraph eomady)! Matt PeanU, Dareitone; aarp a orcpaoira. aa ioo-mUmibbioii-4n y v ; B. LfiADMGARDT IFfniRFQli;' A Cy"" ' . A UNIQUB SERIES O'P'V? .ILLUSTRATED ?E D U. . i CATION AL LECTpRES r ;VV BEARING (UPOft THE I t HISTORY -OP HITMAN r ' ' CIVILIZATION ' . $S -':-. At .. yt:',"jZ S -V uncoln: HIGHSCHOQL ;;t; Park. and Market Streets " ' . Wednesday, Oct 15, 8 P, M. :-' "Florence, the Pearl of Italy" Thurtday, Oct 16, I P,, M. ( ; "Rome, the Eternal City" Friday, Oct 17, 8 P. M. -X "Pompeii, the City of the Dead" Saturday, Oct 18, 2 P. M. , "The Catties and Legends of 'the Rhine" Tuesday, Oct 21, 8 P M. " " 4 '"Sweden and the Swedes?; Wednesday. Oct 22. 8 P. M L -"St Petersburg and Moscow" Thursday, Oct 23, 8 P. M,.": ---An Evening with the Stars" Saturday, Oct 25, 2'P. Mi-i i ? , "Shakespeare and Shake , -vgpeare'a England" ...... V Under the Auspices of the Port-, land Education Association , Ccsrse rickets ...... $2.C3 Sta'C-AiiniiiwOB . . f SOc Teaclcri'tedStuics!i'Ccurse$l.C3 . . . . . 25c .UaAaJMWll U' ) ' ' ',' , 1 1 - i, -' jow-jrarBUETOH-itw ' vf :f ROUND-UP 1 2Sc