THE u OREGON DAILY ( JOURNAL, POIiTLAIID, , MOND Y THING, octc :r to, i:i LOSES IIR Federal Facts Court: Declares Sworn to By Dr. Keena Ef fectively ;. Disproved,!!! Federal Judge R..R Bn ia a de cision this morning ordered the claim ef Dr. James M,. Keens, dentiBt and poll Han of Jackson county, to a veluabli t. , ber homestead set aside, v In tils oral decision. Judge Beau de clared that , the facta sworn to by Dr. Keene in hie affidavit had been effe tlvely Uisoroven. Tha evidence indi cated, said Judge Bean, that Dr. Keen had never been on ,his claim a ainglo night nor had hla cabin on It ever been completed, , " , The Keena caie was tried in the fed ral court here three) weeks ago. At that time, with United States Attorney Clarence Reames prosecuting and A. K. Reames of Medford defending Dr. Keen,, the latter said the rase ; was : being prosecuted because of his political activities against . Francis 1 J. s Heney wnen me iauer wan umtea mates at torney at Portland. Despite the fact that Keen laid blame on the government land officers for permitting him to evade the home stead laws and afterwards secure pet ent. Judge Bean declared that the cirr eumstanees did not in any way Justify Air. Keene In making; the frauJulent af fidavit. ' i 4 Dr. Keen secured his patent in De . cember, 1804. ; His claim la at Big Butte,. 30 miles up tha Rogue river from Medford. Despite tha fact' that Big Butte was out a clearing In tire forest where the mall cam very Infrequently to some of the homesteaders residing in the vicinity, Dr. Keene testified that he bad been elected delegate to the na tional convention that nominated Roost velt and Fairbanks in 190. "front Big Butte, Oregon," ',.. ' CHURCH IS INSTITUTION OF. rich SAYS PASTOR Interesting Paper Read Before Ministerial Association' by w ' Dr.T, B. Ford. - . "The Church and tha Social Problem" was the subject. of a paper read by Dr. T. B. Ford before tha Methodist preach- rs at their meeting; today in Taylor street church. . Upon the conclusion of Dr. Ford's address, one member of the organization after another arose and pronounced it among: the finest produce , tlonl that bad been read before tha so ciety. , Rev. Dr. Cline compared tha writer of the paper with Herbert. Spencer, saying - that had Dr. Ford's early , environment been more favorable he would ' easily have been in the sama class, with,' tha great English philosopher, and assay' 1st. DrFord reviewed the unrest abroad In the world today. -declaring that the ociallstio movement ia the outcome of : the unrest that possesses a large ma jority of the people in every civilised country. He said that the '. church might have represented this spirit of unrest, but for the tact that the church has become a rich man's institution. .that It lacks interest in and sympathy , for the social movement and ha sub ; Ject herself to the criticism of caring only for the few and neglecting the .; masses, of favoring; the rich and des pising the poor. nut we are in toe processes' of a r change," . continued Dr. Ford. The church is changing its attitude toward the masses, and the social movement is 'undergoing change In its attitude to v ward the church. ; Tha two must get to gether, nut not in any formal way. Neither will absorb the other, neither win suppiant me otner, but socialism - ana tne church must and will wallc to; aether' in sympathy, trust, intelligence ana naeuty. - i "We are not enemies but friends and ' co-workers for 'the. betterment nf an. clety, with this differentiating fact the ; mission of the church is ' not simply iuwuire, out organic we seek to cure,. and not simply to relieve. The . cnurcn is more than a socialistic forces he is a religious force. Her supreme miBaion is religion. The church must ui iorgei tnat Jt is in the world, an .,, institution In society and ' with social aigntiicance. ' . "! . IN TElfPHONE CASE Testimony Is That tTacoma WW v e w ... , 1 w w , ."Before and After. .?.:-! -;.-.v5. VrdwIeI ta rW-Jfenraal.VVt ' fc Taooma, Wasb-r Oct 10. Testimony acalnst the American Telephone k Tele- rrap oompanjra suboldlary in Tacoma was given by two witnesses subpensed loony ey u J. wmytne. special assist' ant ' attorney general appointed . to ln vestigate for the United States govern raent the ao-called telephone monopoly in the Facifio northwest, k i , The depositions were taken' ia federal court, K. 8. Plllsbury, Faolf io coast counsel for the American Telephone Teiegrapb company, was present, as was Attorney Charles Carey of fortiand, who aaalatml Plllaburv. , ' . . The two witnesses examined were Col onei B. W. Coiner, former United States district attorney for western Washing' ton, and A. M. Richards, a former city councilman- : Both testified that - the aervlce of the Bell system in Tacoma was extremely poor prior to advent of the Home company, ana tnat arter tne independent company had been absorbed tha service was but very little better, Attorney n Plllsbury - cross-examined Colonel . Coiner to abow that the Bell system had constantly attempted to. Im prove its service generally. Many of his questions were objected . to (. by Smythe, Following the completion or the in vestigatlon here thin afternoon Smythe will go to Seattle, where be Will take testimony along similar lines. INVHEDTO SETTIE IN THIS STATE Charge Aasaolt an Robbery, v For many long houra, Charles Wei .-, unsger kept conunually watehlnf ' for Heckter McAllister, whom he accused or taking bis watch and SS in money. j ma morning in tne municipal court, Welllnsger filed a complaint against mcjuiister, cnargmg assault and rob '(Oery. ,;The complaint recites that Mc Allister followed Welllnsger from a sa loon Saturday night and took the . money ana watcn. , : Transportation Clnb Loncheon. C The PorUand Transportation club will be addressed at luncheon tomorrow by Harvey BeckwHh, who will discuss the -workmen's compensation act The luncheon . la the third of the series given ny me f club at the Multnomah hotel - OwnU ty mi MtUd fdtr Vu Uriel Natural Allcaline Water Used at meals ' 1 prtventaDyg. ' 'pepsla and re lieves Gout. In digestion and Uric Acid. Atk your Physician K? ' Mote the Name ill In readiness for Its campaign In Bu rope to secure substantial farmers to coma to Oregon to make their boraea, the Oregon Sure Immigration eoromls alon has Just Issued two books for dls trlbutlon in Germany. The first is the statistical year book, similar to tha Oregon Almanac, translated into Ger man; the other la the "Immigrant's Oulde." A third volume, known as the Oregon Album, containing about', too Sbotographs of agricultural scenes, will ej issued within a week to supplement the first two. . Though designed primarily for work among tha prospective immigrants in the old country, copies of - all three books will be placed in the Orearos ex. nibit at the Chicago Land show. y. H, sonwabe la head of the German department of the State - Immlarr atiA commission and the work; i of compiling these books has been done by him. The album, showing the pictures, will have captions In both English and German. The same book will be Issued lajer, wich Swedish captions. - Editions of tha almanao published in Swedish and Nor-wegian-Danlsh are. also planned, that the story of Oregon mav be carrUd many peoples as possible. ' ORONER TO DETERMINE BLAME FOR ACCIDENT r An inquest wiu be held TuesUay aft ernoon at 1 o'clock by the coroner to in quire into the death of John Schneider, who waa struck Saturday evening by an ambulance driven by Benjamin Buck. . Schneider was a waiter, and had been employed at the Automobile club the last four weeks, previous to which time he, wag .employod at Seattle. , He was crossing; Third street at Ankeny street Saturday evening;, when the ambulance struck him. He died on the way to the hospital. . ' . , The ambulance was going to Alder and Third streets, where C It Clark of a JUnnton lumber company bad auffered an stuck of paralysis. : Clark ia at ths St Vincent hospital. FOUND GUILTY OF ; CONCEALING GOODS ' . (Special to The Joornal.) - k Aberdeen, Wash Oct 10. Henry Suwol, Samuel Levy and Samuel Kauff man of this city were found guilty of fraudulent praclioes by a jury in the federal court at Taooma,' It waa alleged Suwol Levy and Kauff tnan and Mrs. Levy, all related, con cealed goods valued at $15,000 in bank ruptcy proceedings with, the intention Of cheating creditors. : v ' Mrs. . Levy, was , acaulttad on ana oharge aome time ago, and la to be tried on one a till pending. Oregon Miler Off to Potiola, " 2 University of Oreffon, Eugene,, Or., Oct 1 9 Floyd Payne, the University of Oregon entry in the Portola athletiO meet, left last night for San Francisco. Payne is tbs Athena, Or youth who, without the advantage of a trainer, has done the mile in 4:28, and baa nego tiated the two miles la f:t0. Payne is a freshman and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. - Dr. Chapman Lector) Tonight. ."Creative Evolution," Bergson's work, will be the subject of a lecture by Dr. C. H. Chapman in the auditorium of the Young- Men's Christian Association tonight at o'clock. The lecture is given under the auspices of the T. M. C. A educational department and is the third address la a aeries bv fir. Chapman,, : ,' Revenue Cutter Is Launched. Vallejo. ' CtL. Oct I0.The revenue cutter Guard, - the first - vessel to be built for the treasury department at Mare Island, was successfully launched today. Miss Jeanette. Crosse, daughter of Yard Captain Crosse, 'was sponsor for the vessel.' , . ' GOES JO ALASKA. AS ASS'T U. S. ATTORNEY ) "t '"'' ""' x. ',V't "ijr;, A 4 w IDlSIIOIBYilEf IIUSBAIID, f,1AY 01 Mrs. Charles HaaV! In .Critical A Ji. I ..jt,,! hl.J,. fwnuniurtf'rtvtJnmfi winter. ,' ., bought by: Police, . ffll lSilLiil AS . A SUSPECT 'CI WHITE mm nGATlOil N.A. Feery. K A Peery. who. for 21 years. ha been a practicing attorney in Portland, will leave -for Nome, Alaska, October 25 to take up his duties as assistant United States district attorney for Alaska, Di vmon mo, 2. Hr. Peery has very re cently received notice of the appoint ment and win work in conjunction with FV M. Saxton, the newly appointed dls triot attorney for that dlatriot LAWYERS FOR SHERIFF ; 'WORD ARE UPHELD District Judge Say ton this mornlns- upneia attorneys lor sneriff Tom word in the suit of Oeorge O. Bvlander against ths absrlff as an Individual for 91. as the result of the loss of ths flag which Attorney John Jeffrey car ried when ha was arrested for blocking tne street wniie aaaressinr a. street meeting August M. . In the answer filed br Sheriff Word's attorneys the assertion was made that jerrrey earned tne flag until tha Jail elevator was reaohed and that it was set in a corner when it was found ths staff waa too long to admit it being issen mio me eievaior.- it was alleged that Denutv DistHnt Attorney Seloh has the flag. Sheriff wore saia tnat neither be nor his depu ties ever had .it in their possession. Bylander claims the flag; and his attor neys naked that a portion of the defense be stricken out which was dental t JiWge Dayton, The suit will be tried later. CALIF0RNI0.CITIES ARE SHAKEN BY 3 QUAKES San Luis . Obispo, Cel.. Oct soa slight earthquake shook San 1 Luis Obispo at 1:10 o'clock this mnminr The temblor lasted several seconds and was followed by two less severe shocks. - noDies ana eanta Maria also re ported having felt the disturbances. With the exception of a few tfroken dishes no damage is reoorted. m.:i .esilu . Oil CIJ CHARGE ' CharIes Haas, the meat cutter, who shot bis wife Saturday evening, is still at larga : His wife Is not expected to live throughout the day at - the ' Good Samaritan hospital. ' She was so weak this forenoon that the district attorney was unable to get a statement from her. She has asked- that her two little daugh ters be aent to ber bedside. . i Tbs detectives, police and many neigh bors of the woman kept-up the search all Saturday night Sunday and. last night for ths husband, but thsra has been no trace of him aince he stepped out of the WUliam Hell home; where the woman was shot Friends, who know the Haas family are of the opinion that the husband has committed suicide, but the detectives are working on the theory that he la trying- to make his-escape from the city. , Drs. Fred J. Zlegler and R. J. Marsh operated upon Mrs. Haas Saturday even tng. The wound was more sarioua than at first considered, as one of the kid neys had to be removed, the bullet be ing Imbedded dose to it. Hell was shot in the side, the bullet grasing the flesh, Hla home is at 490 Bast Emerson street. where Mrs. Haas and her two children have been staying for the past 10 days In hiding from the husband, wno baa threatened ber. i " - mm H CONGER'S DEATH ACCIDENTAL Medford, Or.. Oct 10. According to the coroner's Jury which met thfa morn ing, Elmer Conger,, the young rancher who waa killed Saturday while - deer hunting, came to hla death from a gun shot wound inflicted accidentally by bis brother, Alfred Conger. According to County Coroner Kellogg, however, . Al f red Conger will be taken . before the grand Jury this week on a charge of Criminal carelessness.:-'- i.;-",. -, The coroner declares there was no excuse for the killing of young Conger and insists on an investigation. . The Conger family are strongly opposed to this aotlen. and - friends, of the family declare tne nrotner has Deen punisnea sufficiently .without any criminal pro ceeding. ' " ULLEDX5UN TOWARD ' " y HM; BOY NEAR DEATH Chehalis. . Wash., Oct ' 10. George Chllvers, 14-year-old son of Fred Chllv ers of Ctaquato,-ls near, death at St, Helens hospital here, the result of acci dentally shooting himself late yester day with a gun- belonging to Joe Mur phy, a companion. - - Chllvers took -Murphy's - gun by the muszle and as he pulled it toward him It was fired, the charge shattering ths boy's hip. Last January Sd, Murphy ahot - Henry : Baumann, accidentally, while huntingi Baumann 41ed. - Fourteen-YearrO!d Girl Said to : Have been - tnticcd Away; Federal Sleuths Act. r ." ' Deputy, United : States Marshal ArmlU ags arrested Jeanette . .Van Ztle, French woman, who also goes under the name of Sybil Sherwood, about 9 o'clock last night at a residence on Fifty-ninth street , in the - Rose City .Park district, on a charge of violating the Mann white slavery act The woman Is charged with having enticed Mettle Burke, a 14-year-old girl. from the streets of this city, taking the ohild on a debauch with several men and afterwards taking her to Seattle for immoral purposes. uniieo. aiates Attorney wiarence 4 Reames considers the case a most ag gravated one, v and recommended that the woman be held on a bond of $4000 to await action of ths grand Jury. . i The Burke child. - after,' arriving In Seattle, ahd flndln nut what waa ex pected of her, Informed the first uni formed officer that she saw on the street of her condition and an investi gation waa mada - , - , i Mattls Burks was said to have been working in a soap factory in the city when- aha - was attracted by ' Jeanette Van Zile, according to Deputy United States Attorney Rankin... She is now at the Louise Home. 1 ! . P. D, -ChhinLcrlaln Accused of UIJ 1 laU.ei H oFwii ! it w .A rr REGISTRATION sBOOKS ' WILL BE CLOSED AT. COURT HOUSE TONIGHT At o'clook this evening the doora of the registration depart ment of County Clerk Coffey's office will close for the last time prior to the November special eleotlon. All who are not regie tered or who have changed their addresses by moving- from one precinct to another slnoe regis tering must register to vote, . All who registered and have not , moved aince January 1. ltll. are ellalble to vote Without further e registering. e County Clerk Coffey - this e morning had a force of deputies ' e 1 mailing out notices of the elec- tlon to the precinct chairmen of 4 - the election boards whloh must e be displayed in the precincts. One notice is ror tne bins ref srended t, e and another for the interstate 1 e bridge. ' 1 " t f , e '- -t Demarrar to Petition. Tb hearing of ths petition of Joseph Btephanowlos to force hla brother. Mlohael, to assist In . taking care - of their . brother, Censtantlue Stephano wlca waa - Postponed by the county commissioners - until October 28, -. be oauie a demurrer-was filed by Attorney Charles ' J. Sohnable, ; representing Mlohael. ' Attorney a T. " Haas repre sents Joseph Btephanowlos. , The de murrer Is based on the oontentlon that the petition aoea not state racta aui- flcient to form a cause of action. and Another Here, ;P. V. Chamberlain, a typewriter sales man with both in- off at the knees, was arrested last nif ' t fcr bigamy; He has an eastern en 1 k wrsiern wife. It Is de clared. Iho former lives at Portland, Maine, wlill.e the other Uvea in Portland, Or.", It was. the salesman's idoa to keep the two women 8 s) far apart as posslbler as It V-m s tiaa way he hoped to keep each Ignorai, t Of tho oilier, say tlm police. Upon information fi-om the eastern wife, V, o has n, 13-year-old child, a lo oal detective HRcnr-y asked the police to local Chamberluin. They found him at the Florence apartment building, 888 Eleventh street, living with wife No. I, whom he married -one, week ago. She was : Miss ; Eva ; Zelmar - of Marshf ield, and is held, at the city Jail as a witness aarainet Chamberlain, . Sergeant Harms and Patrolman Wise arrested the couple. The young woman did not know her husband' had a wlfs and . child until told ao by the of f Icera Chamberlain admitted he had sent the wife and child at Portland, Maine, 11200 within the last few weeks, this money to apply, upon their .support. Chamberlain is employed by fhe JU C Smith .Type writer company. A preliminary hearing will be held within a few days in the municipal court. ' - r j ; iin il ' -i in pin nVOSAVTHEIRWAYTO FREEDOMrSAVED WAY ) " (BpecUl ts The Jeomat) ' Albany, Or, Oct 10.43awing through five bara in a window on theweet aide of the county Jail tome time last night, two prisoners are at large today. They were left in the corridor of the Jell through an overidrht They are Charles B. Smith and Wfniam Adams. - ' Smith was being held In default of bonds of 2000 each in two eases, charg ing him , with securing credit on the strength of a bank book, showing an alleged deposit but falling to have the money to meet the obllgatlona - - - - Adama waa being bold without bonds on a oharge of giving a worthless check In payment fo a horse, smith was ar rested following alleged operations in Sugene and Albany, and after be made a thrilling ride to Woodburo In an 'at tempt to escape. : Hia operation here are -alleged to have - involved itoo. Adams waa recently arrested at Spring field. - Both fugltlvee were awaiting the ac tion of the grand Jury: Word has been sent out to officers in outside .towns ta look out for the fugitives. " - The Sarah Bernhardt, New York. 4 Oct 0-A new drink, guaranteed to make you forget your age, was introduced in New York today. It is called the Sarah Bernhardt A pony glass is nearly filled with anisette and benedlctlne. Absinthe is dropped en top and the mixture separates cleanly. and - 25 of Injured It i Feared Are - Fatally Hurt, (Culted Pi LeoMd Wire.) Mobile, 'Ala.. Oct 20. At least 25 men were known todny to have bpen kUled in the wreck of the Mobile & . Otilo railroad troop train which crashed ' yesterday through a trestle near .State line, Mien.... ... e : i-..f.- ,lJk, Of the dead, 23 were soldiers of the . Thirty-ninth end One Hundred1 and Sev entieth United States coast artillery. . Two were members of the train crew. , In addition to the killed, v about 100., soldiers . were injured, V1 - ' " ' The soldiers, 178-. in number,, were on ; their ... way from Fort Morgan and Fort Barrancas, to Meridian, Miss.,- to , participate in the Mississippi-Alabama fair. t Near Statellne the locomotive tender Jumped the track. .The engine regained on the rails and eafely crossed a 25 foot trestle the train was approaching, ; butthe tender and three cars plunged to the ground, -f - Twenty-four corpses had been taken from ths wreckage, at noon.- and It was believed there were six others still In the debris, which would -brlng the toUl fatalities to 30. - It was also stated at noon that of -the injured,' 21 might die. ; " ; ; HUNTER ARRESTED . FOR THREATENING : OFFICER While hunting for men violating the gams laws yesterday near tbe-Brooklyu car shops, Patrolman Trout was told to run away by: James Vlcarl, an Italian, with a double barreled ahotgua rTbe officer exchanged no words with- the hunter, but walked away. letter In the day, with Sergeant Lyons, he found Vl carl in a living car near the shops and- arrested him.. .'. ': 1 Vlcarl was hunting pheasants.- Fa-, trolmaa Trout was hunting hunters. He , followed Vlcarl half a mile, when the man suddenly turned upon the police man, threatening to shoot him if he In- , slated on following him. The case will be heard Thursday In tha municipal , court- , . ' VOLUME OF POSTAL ' , i REGULATIONS-READY Published for the first time In 11 years, the new postal rules and- regu lations in a volume - of .600 pages,' strlotly up to the minute In regard to all postal legislation are 'available for r publlo . distribution, at 75 cents . the volume The "P. X A R.'a,M as, they are . commonly known, are . in much demand by attorneys and those who make heavy shipments of troods through the malls. un account oc mo parcel post the books are more popular now than evir before, The last' ons was , rinted In 1102, and so' many onanges ave been made since that time Oaf the volume is practically or no U3 whatever. . . Alleged Smugglers Plead : , San Francisco.; Oct 20.- Pleas of not guilty were entered here today before United States Judge pooling by II for mer customs guards, who are charged with conspiring to smuggle opium into this port Their cases were continued for one week. . . . , ServU Will Bo Good. f Vienna Oct 20-Servla promised, in a note received from Belgrade " today, to comply immediately with Austria's aemanas to evacuate Albania, ' , ' , u - j '. ..' -k 'V'? f., L . . , " f " Leopard Claws Actress. . Roma; Oct 20. While posing for the "morles" today, Adrtana Castamaana. an actress, waa badly clawed - by : a leopard. f . Blahop Dlstmsta Cassius, ' Washington. Oct Ifl.Mothndiat niah. op Quale said Yesterday a fat man has a better chance of beinar food than a , r r ' 'l ' Brownsville .Wooleii Mill Store Third and Stark Streets A immense Sacrifice Sale is now taking- place ; on bur-entire stock of Clothing ; and Woolen Goods in our Brownsville Woolen Mill ; Store at Third and Stark Streets-The reason pf sale is that business has beejri leaving Third Street at such a rapid rate that we ar; obliged; to dd; something7 radical to hold our trade; we must make it worth whilfe in the wayx6f reduced prices on reliable goods so that people will walk a few blocks out of their, way r- The sale which we are now running offers grand opportunities to supply the winter needs at a great saving READ CAREFULLY THE PRICED BELOW: Clothing Woolen Goods MEN'S $12.50 SUITS SACRIFICED FOR. , . . . A ....$8.50 MEN'S $15.00 SUITS. SACRIFICED FOR., $10.50 f MEN'S $20.00 SUITS SACRIFICED FOR ',..$12.50 MEN'S $25.00 SUITS SACRIFICED FOR........... $15.00 BOYS' $ 5.00 SUITS SACRIFICED FOR. . . . . Al .$ 3.50 BOYS' $ 6.50 .SUITS SACRIFICED FOR. , . . , , . ....$ 4.50 BOYS' $ 8.50 SUITS SACRIFICED FOR...... ....$ 5.00 ' $1.00 Broken Sizes Men's Wool Underwear Sacrificed for. .50c $1.25 Regular Wool Underwear Sacrificed for . .. .95c. $1.50 Regular Wool Underwear Sacrificed for ........ .$1.25 $1.75 Regular Best Heavy Wool Underwear Sacrificed for $1.35 f , 20c Wool dashmers Heavy Sor Sacrificed for ... . . , . . . 2zc . 25c Fine Cashmere Sox Sacrificed for 20c - 1 35c Extra Fine Wool Sox Sacrificed for ............. .V.25c I am on the job every day from the opening until closing of the j store. Every man who trades here will have courteous treatment and his money back with a smile if goods do not please. ' ; , St.' ' J.'L. BOWMAN, Owner. -; Sweaters Reduced About One Fourth ' - "' ' -; w ' Outing Flannel Night Shirts Reduced r ' 1 " ' . , Brownsville, Flannel Shirts Greatly Reduced . ' -. - ' r Fancy FlannelShirts Smartly Reduced ; '' v Blankets, All Weights and Colors. Reduced BROWNSVILLE OOLEH M2LL-STOEE- lean one. , 1 1 1 7