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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1913. F;i!;:5T0iLsaF,;. SHE KILLS HUSBAND,; LAND SWINDLE CHARGE ; AGAINST GROSS Prominent Oakland , Family ' Victims of. PecuKarTragedy ' -Believed Insane. ... ' . '?sonerArrcst:i J4ere Said to Have Operated' in Dlf , ferent Places. ' LEADING CITIZENS IN , V;" -" iVvlii Vnm tossed WW.)'Sii;,-,'t''" Oakland, Cal., Oct 25, Craxed with t Jealousy over the alleged Attentions paid .to another woman by her husband, and tll! errievlng over, , the, death of . her k mother two years ago, Mrs. - Millie . Drown fired two shots at hr heart yes - terdsy morning In an unsuccessful at tempt t kill herself, and than, a few minutes later, shot her husband. Archer l IXjwjv twice through the head, kill' . ing him instantly. :, ..rrJ .. , - Twelve hours later Mrs. Drown at tempted to kill if rs. Maria Miller, house keener for Dr.; Henry M. Fine, in the , kitchen of the Fine borne, placing: her . revolver against Mrs.- Miller's .back as . ; Khe '. stooped to ' loolc at an . Oven, but forgetting to release the trigger lock of ; tha weapon. Then she fled.. -J - Shuns Husband's Body. . At 1 1 :3 o'clock last ' night she In formed W. If. Drown, brother of her ( husband, and a lawyer of San Francisco , or the tragedy. The woman led Drown t to the home of the couple and showed . the dead body of her husband. A physi : clan was summoned : and the polloe i .notified. Mrs. Drown was placed under , arrest early today. She is now in cell ' In the ' Oakland city prison, raving in f! coherently., ;vj..i.;:''''u'Vf.-'',.' The Drown home is a palatial one, situated in the midst of the exclusive Lakeside district- Drown was the eon of the late Superior Judge Drown of 8an Francisco, one .of the best known Jur , late of tha Paclflo coast . He left a ; large fortune to his sons. U-.-'.H ' Write Tsrcwell Vote, ' . ' ' -Mrs..' Drown . made careful prepara tlona to kill herself, according to inves- , tlgatlons of the police. On s bureau be side her bed was found the following : note: .;'::,"!. .v;--v:..ii- "f ' t "Precious mother in heaven! Forgive ,. tne for Wiling myself, ' I simply cannot . help it. I ant going to leave .Archer. ' i He is in lova with another woman ' The note ended abruptly.'.- .. In tho nightdress worn by. the woman . , are two holes Jn the left side,, powder- '. maritea. wnere'ene snot at herself. , The .bullets just grased her skin in the re- gion of the heart. , j . 7 . ; . ' t- . . .: ; .Seller Bar Taan. . ' ' -jr. ' ' Attorney, W. H. Drown believes his "., sister-in-law has acted quoerly slnoe the death of her mother, and that she was Insane when she fired .the shots. Tne , police believe that the woman . had no Intention of killing her husband. Though she Is said to have admitted to- Captain of Police Charles Bock that she ' had shot her husband and identified the revolver with which she did the shoot ing, later today she refused to talk, and will not admit that she killed htm., ' The first intimation of the tragedy .' was received by the police at 1:11 this " ' morning, when Dr. jfl. X -: Boyes tele-;-. phoned Captain Bock that he had been .-.. called to the Brown home and , there found the body of a roan who bad been ; shot, ' i Goaf esses Shooting Brown. . v ' -. Captain Bocknd Corporal A. B. Smith . rushed to the scene.. . At the - Drown , heme." they found Mrs. Millie Drown, Attorney Drown, his law partners J. K leicester and Mr. , and Mrs. William ' - Cray . Mrs, Drown refused at first to make any statement, but finally broke .. "down and confessed shooting her hue band, saying that be had slapped her . "face. '-'-, '!: "s'l? ''.f".v-:-:'i'r When she fired the shots at herself. her husband was awakened and remon strated with her., after wresting the weapon from her and dropping It on his pillow, according to the story. Then a quarrel-ensued. During it. Drown, ac cording to Mrs. Drown, slapped her in ,. the face. : Then she, reached over, ob- , talned possession of the revolver and . fired twice at her husband. .When she saw -h was dead,' she arose, dressed, breakfasted, and went . down town. . Though she hod in her handbag the re volver with ishlch she is alleged to have - shot her husband,, she bought a second weapon, 'lk'-ii, :t;ti,;- ,, J.'Tisits) Hrs. MXSUn'c0S:ij Mrs. Drown, according to her state ment, ao well as by the report of Cor poral James Flynn, who went to the Fine home, reached that house at tl:5 o'clock yesterday morning and spent the afternoon there with Mrs. MUler. Mrs. Drown was unusually friendly, v and ' laughed and Joked with Mrs. - Miller. ' giving not a hint of the grim tragedy by the shores of Lake Msrrltt . " ,k ' In her statement to Corporal Flynn, - .Mrs. Miller saldri W-;;yj. i , -r. ,r ;.V f -. "About $ o'clock . I . started to pre- , pare the evening meal. .Mrs.. Drown . waa sitting in the kitchen with me. As X stood by the stove I noticed her stoop down ond raise her skirts. f he put her : hand down in . her ; right stocking. I asked her what was the matter, and she replied, Oht nothing; X Just had a , "- ;'' Tries to Shoot Mrs. MUler.' . ';. "Half an hour later I stooped to test a cake X had in the oven. As I did so, out of the corner of my oye-X saw her 1 stoop and whip a revolver out of her stocking. I. The next moment the must sle waa pressed Against my back. , Then I felt. Iter trying to pull the trigger. . "I screamed and Jumped from the stove. Mrs. Drown then slipped the re volver in her handbag, grabbed her hat ' and coat and ran out of the door. I ' telephoned the police. X think Mrs. , Drown must be Insane." , , . i ? Knats , Xer Brother-U-aw. According ; to her i statement, , Mrs. , Drown then walked to Twenty-second and Webster streets, where she met Mrs. Gray, an old friend. T9 Mrs, Gray .she said she desired to go to San Fran cisco. The two then went to Ban Fran . risco and met Mr. Gray at Hale's store, where lie is manager.-;: . To htm Mrs. Drown aald that her husband had been ' dead since morning, and that she want 1 ed him to go with her to find her broth 1 er-In-law. ,t .,.''?,,;i.....'ft. . k The Grays and Mrs. Drown then went 1 to look for Attorney Drown, lie was at , a tlitatre and they went to hi home, where they awaited hi arrival. .. Drown was 49 years old, a native of Ban Francisco, ' and had been married IS year to Mrs. Drown. - On a charge allee-lnar land swindles promotea in Portland, SeatUe and Walla watia, jurnest 0.1 uross was arrested lest evening by Detectives Hellyer and Howell and Is held at the city Jalh The land in question, it is alleged, was rep resented to b near tha California. l)n uia was soia in parcels at 1160 each. a nit ci inoia wno rnimn a n, thai they were victimized at sUattia nontaim 1,1S TOilOWinar namca and lmnunti- Ron ting, iit-o: c. o. Davis. ttnn v jr. ninu. dell. 1B0; George H. Pad rick, $300: Mrs. ...5'". "O". loo; A. U. Mlnkler, $160: A. Huston. tlSO: XT v H,i viwv; vrariruoe UOOtnDy, $300, and I. F. tfUllH.Il, S10V. . Ole Aune and. B. M. Herman, of 780 ftuoBeveii street, thJ city, areo. claim to be victims to tha r.n nt S1KA .h They say they purchased contracts for me tana last April, but failed to re ceive deeds.- :. . ; . , , After Gross left Portland h. wttnt to Seattle, where he is charred with rsrrv- Inf on an extensive business. Arrest in Seattle followed. His case waa set for trial there last week, but hla attor ney has been continuing it from day to aay, as uross had escaped.. ..- The detectives learned that - Gross mo 10 roruana several days ago. With his wife and three children, he has been living at Killingsworta and Union avenues, The wife was made a party 10 some or tne deals. . A man by the name of U C Miller was also Involved with Gross in the swindle, but he has not been apprehended., A third party by me name of Huston, who Is also in volved. Is held by the federal author! tie. HGHT TO KEEP NAME &mmmi UNION IE INDORSE . UNIVERSITY; MEASURE W. D Fenfon Chairman of a Committee of Ten Named - Today, - petitmL Labor sssrcek Opposition or Referendirni -, on Appropriation, ; GAS MAKES RECOVERY : OF EXPLOSION VICTIMS UHDriCOO AT fl AUOOM STRUGGLE FOR LIFE DEMURRER IS FILED TO IN CIIEHALISRIVERi SUIT. IICH ATTACKS impossible Even to Get Bodies of Deadr Stockholder's. Son .'.Among-Lostr-.i , 1 "i (United Press. Leased Wlre. - f v Dawsont JM. Oct v 25. SevciUy-two corpses had been recovered from .Stag m. Denying Its reported hostility: to' the appropriation for the University of Ore gon, the Central Labor Council last night unanimously indorsed the :lnsti- Votin unanimous! (a fle-ht nw .f. I tution and by resolution voiced its ooso. fort to cbanse the name of Rmu)H I sltlon to the referendum called to block Otl th rat ml Am h.k a C?.&... .V. . lit.: . ' i.!.: ..' ''-'V..- i. ium mAmZ Z w "" wi, ; '.-. , '.(;', !:. xt 1 corpses:' nao Deen recovered , from St the Broadway ImDrovement u.iatinl t, i....i 1 . j, . .lt . " w. ivt held an enthusiastic meeUnsTVrv J1L.1,1 """"-'JX "?on coat , mine , ko, j at S :30 . ;! f mrnoon in; the Commercib buiidl ng. ,-;s ... ...j i:--.'-.:-irs!-i;-:i-;:;: f Inw.t nn.mn M,,.i. I- I .At that hour ex-Superintendent Joseph President J. C Beck oreslded. and. on I last nttrht hvth TTntvraHv 'nt rroAn I Hmltn, whor from his thoroueh" famll- V . vl S Bon, (ooay 1 quanei, wnicn .dm teen ; touring., thel aiy, wun tne workings,.' nas UKen -ifl i1 '0Wln eommltte jo 10 sUte in the interests of the appropria-j leading part In searching for Survivors D. Fenton, chairman; H. I pittock. C 1"! six delegates from wss not tiie slightest possibility that a S. Jackson, T. B. Wilcox, - T. , Scottl01? Cantl Labor Council visited the man Jfemalned alive in the rain . Brooke. J. R. Yno a n n . I unlversityat Eugene, where they werel . 1.. . i. Hoyt. W7 rX Morsan-ob faculty and shown h' "Z .'TiT. KT?1 ! T D. J. Malarkey. T- La i ..71 over th?ttnivrity plant, The dele-J"" r wgur, was nasoa Among other "thins thi cm.tt F " Alttjttnrl editor -of the . - ' w.r. will ctmf.r viih ih, i..rI. J-oor rress; u.-w. Bieeraaq, . agent otl ""''"s in m iin n tne ume ox. tne wjw conrer wit n the city commissioners ,h. niMin. t-..- r-'... I Arni,.Un . 1. lieves was .the case. .. s Condition. In the tunnel were so bad today,, that It seemed doubtful if the recovery of the mt fit (he corpse would Ws checked by wall bave inemselves but Lose Guns and Outfit, . ' In regard to th. arsi.. ; .imi . auiiamg t raae uouncii; : a. ' u, by Commissioner-Brewster, providing fSiV r?7 VM "SSf S,,?" for the change of name. WTw"jtrol of the Labor Press: Phil Pollock, . Benson Otmca. rn,.,.. i.l.ewrvrt.;-thinb association; EATON POISONED - CHILD AND SELF, IS WIDOW'S ACCOUNT t Continued From Pago One.) : ; mad and passionate nature waa when I was . having -.some 1 dresses made for June, my oldest daughter. She stood be- xore us m short skirts and with bare arms, i Suddenly the admiral jumped from bis chair and clasned her in hla arm again and again." , Bays Baby -vra PoUoned. - Mrs. Eaton then described innthM-af. xair. -us admiral on thla occasion," she ald, "acted as it he did not know what he was dolnr. and I don't ha. lleve be did. "Then w moved' to Randnnin amt lived at the beach. A few week later w adopted beautiful baby. One day we all went bathlns. - -1 ift th. Kh asleep at the cottage. When I returned I found th admiral coming from the house. He was adjusting a collar but. ton, and stared at me with wild and apparently unseeing eye , X hurried to the baby and picked him Up. He be- rn vomiting and I rushed for a doctor, offered him $1000 if he would save the child's life, but he couldn't" . x no oerenoant recounted all the de- S. Benson Oppose Change. At the meeting a letter from R. nn. on was read. Mr, Benson, who owns World ' last' nleht indorand th TTnlvw-1 " Plble. . , the Oregon hotel Bronert on Broadwav .J?25 -i if L"l LZ'.JJjl'hUrl indeed aaiu, in cisatsc: s.-T; r,,4 Glenn Harris and K. J.stack. ' webf oot r camp. . Woodmen . of the Chehalis, Wash; Oct 2B.x-City' Com' missloner Edward Deggeller, J M- Pon der, attorney, and Kusseir Ponder. 16 year-old son of the latter, had a narrow escape from drowning Thursday nigh In the Chehalis river near Rochester. - . A boat in which1 they started on -a trip to oray s Harbor waa canslsed by a whirling current and went under a Ion. Russell Ponder clung to the log until rescued by Mr. Deggeller. John Ponder was carried 200 feet downstream before maKing hi escape front the Icy waters, . Guns worth $200, including a new $128 shotgun,' were lost The boat waa lo cated later a mile downstream, but the camping outrit and contents were gone. The men sought refuge overnight at a naarby farm house and came to Chehalis yesterday morning. , r- BLAME FOR DEATH OF; ' LABORER NOT FIXED " eiiects . v ; :f i v , . ; r a resolution urainar all Woodmen-of the I uv w..part or tn mine wnere it was .-At the expense of thousands of do - JJto votaor it the ventilating fans failed Jars we have widened the street which j November 4. uvw vne main morougniare leaamg , n n . .ij. , . . . M..u;"flnmway on we oast nntm , ' noni-i inn mm e ids ta only 60, feet wide for quite a dls-IOUU Id fUM I LAPJU UlilLd I tance ana is notning' but a residence street. The- property owner of ICast Sti . SAME AS THE BOYS ARE street after th city has presented them with a bridge costing a million audi nair aoiiar....,v -;.r.'-,. - To surrender the name Broadwav on " wear siae Decause the nostal an. thorities have encountered small dlffi. cultlea tn t hiding street locations, he mu, wuuiu ua atuBuro. s " teV Testerday meeting followed on hld nr. -xoeatncai Aianasrarsr as. association when : that organisation I '"Some girl" - In South Port land want to be police girls. To this effect thev wrote Chief of Police Clark this morn ing. Vivian Mlnsky. $44 First treat is the spokesman of the gins.'' 'C.A'i v: .'.?'':. "I am aura we can do as well a the boys," wrote Vivian. Sergeant Casey, secretary to i ehir. will anawaa f,a,lw M,m. unanimously decided to use the . name e municatlon today, in , which he "Broadway"' under any and all eirnum.le wni tMd th mmnlimanti' e stanoes. -Hotel managers, representing je the chief and department for afvrvuuaieiy a,uou,ooo in hotel propw tneir interest in tne protection or erues on oroaaway. will soon meet and tne city, nut wnetner or not tno formally protest the proposed change. ! Hrls can organise 'and .carry juusiness and professional men bavins- atars ana ponce buttons is mir itiwca Dusiness along the thorl vawum ii, ougniare are a much wrought up over to proposition to cnange the name of the street as are the hotelmen, prop eny owners ana ineaincai men. Bchame Xs Seaotutoed. Denouncing the sronosed chano- --riaicuious ana a step backward In the city .progress." a number of tnatml A copy of one of the laraest nhotn. uicea ineir -ODimona in rariM tn thaiKrapns ever taiten in tna .Faomo north. f matter taflav anil avan.. ,,....lvest has 1lmt ham itrruumtmA .tn r a propositions by which any tangle re- "ckson, editor' of th Portland Jonr-1 y ?"fnon B Jont council meet- suiting - irom couse numbering on the I " lB 'renaieion'. Kouna up asso-l, " . , " v uuiei east and west side could be .trai-ht- elation. v ; - .- !a ot PlcesLnamed by him, a ened out r-r-. -I-Th photograph is 12 feet long, and "f queswonaoi women . Among the schemes proposed la one I'" panorama or the Pendleton Round mm 4 : : at, I . . . . . . . . wwwewwwwwwww ROUND-UP DEPICTED . , BY HUGE PHOTOGRAPH utterly , to clear the Network of shafu and levels -of gas. . Tfqrk In It for more than a few minutes 'at a time was ul- oioai join tnoso unprovided with oxygen helmets, and even sthe helmet men ran the risk of another explosion, which was inrosienea. momentarily. -i- t -.;' - Otto Black ano Manuel Ponamanolls. leader - of two of . th rescue parties. brought up from the mine stories of the most norrlbie scene Inside. v.-;. ', ' Corpses, they said, were1 evervhera. The heads, arm and legs of many of mem were torn off by the force of the explosion. Among the dead was William Morgan,, a veteran of 66, who had been tnrougn three previous explosions. Many of the corpes were mortifying, making them Impossible to handle. ; H. P. sJioShane, aged 1$, whose mother, atocKnoidor tn the mine, Had sent him to work in it for practical engineering experience, Was among the killed. His body and that of Superintendent Mo- Derroott have not been recovered,' HOTEL' WOMAN GETS 'DAMAGES FOR SLANDER (Baient Baresa of The JeersaL) f Salem, Or., Oct 25.Mrs, Maggie Ivl, proprietor of the CotUge hotel. ' as awarded , 1260 damages for ' alander against Coucllman a C MInton .by-,a Jury In the circuit court her yester- a.". j?mi.i bragging; BURGLAR ZiZV& t : CAUGHT "BY BULLDOG the Broadway bridge, and' annendth ln th.e. ar,na' ana th crowds In the sa eating liquors to excess. lf Volsottlag 'X Defense. 'i .Attorney J. ' M..; 6eogan.. mad:' the prefix.: "Souths for that portion of the Tle AUh A 4W A 1 t mmm ODenln lUttnMnt 'vt.i.. . .u". w neny, 4n . latter for thi defense "his' 'addS S?0""1)" " "Uon tt the w' j- - - - . : . - onwuwiy rroDBriT i mrf niM iMi was a user of d T.nH till SSl ', .n0..othw xound to, end irvza son poisoning. Dr. Fremont Smith was the first do zens witness. He testified that he met Admiral Eaton in 1106. ' HI at tenuon, ne saia, was called to the ad miral' boisterous laughter over trivial, itle. !V;" -.: ."!!-.-.'';;. Dr. Smith said he attended the ad miral' first wife and through him the defendant was installed as the first Mrs. Eaton's nurse. He said during Mrs. Eaton's illness the admiral drank heavily... . ; yj . ... -, Strong teatlmonv for the defense- wu offered by Dr. Jacob Brown. Dr. Brown swore that he sold Ad. miral Eaton 4600 tablets, each contain ing one-hundredth of a grain of arsenic He. declared he cautioned the admiral aooui . using arsenic j)ut the admiral answered that he did not care, saying if be could not be restored 'to his former vigor 'he would finish the Job himself. - .';,. i Dr. Brown, who is. 14 years eld ad mitted that he had served a term In Jail on a charge of performing an tl legal operation. - "Admiral Eaton consumed enousrh whiskey In his life to float a battle ship," Dr. Brown tesUfied. "He tried everything for his trouble, even Phos phorus." ; i : f.'EVV HOUSE NUMBERS ; " ON MONTGOMERY DRIVE To alleviate the confusion that has resulted from the renumbering ot house On Montgomery, Drive,' the city tit1ner"s office has announced that those interested may obtain the' new number by application it the city en Kimer cftice, 415 city halL Montgom iry Drive has recently been renumbered from its Initial point where It leaves Vims avenue to Its termination at 'Pat ton I. ad. Between 20 and 25 houses ere sfftwted. i.-'. ... . PRIEST'S ABSENCE CAUSE OF WORRY TO FRIENDS Due to the fact that nothing has been neard from Father Klernan of St An drews church. Ninth and Alberta streets. for a month, although he was scheduled to, return to Portland from Ireland al most three week ago, members of the congregation ars becoming uneasy over ni ansence. . ' ' . At the Cathedral residence today It waa -auted that the probability of any narm ., naving. Derail en ifatner Klernan 1 slight because In event of sickness or Injury Archbishop Christie would be notified. . .; Father Klernan has been In charge of St Andrews for four years. , The latter part of June he left Portland for a visit' wun relatives m Ireland. Sine then friends here have received postals and letters from him announc ing bis safe arrival. During his ab sence Father Daum has been taking his GOVERNOR WEST SENDS THANKS TO DANIELS ; Salem, Or., Oct 26,Iiv a telegram to miss r em hodds, his private secretary, who is In Washington attending to state matters, Governor West today expressed the thanks of the people of Oregon to Secretary of the Navy - Daniels, .The message says; -: ; i:. ; .-',. , . "The good new having reached us as to th final announcement that the bat- tiesnip ijreron. Admiral Clark eanmum. ing. would Jesd the fleets of the world through th Panama canal, I wish to convey through you to Secretary of the Navy Daniels, the heartfelt; thanks of the good people. of Oregon, particularly those of the school children who have labored so long and earnestly to have this great honor: conferred upon our tats, the good ship and her gallant commander."'.'-'' tr:.-. -'-v4, .' .f agitation. any persons, who are Interested, bowever, think favorably of the house .vuuuiDm-ing pian, wnich was strongly '' two mass meetings of Broad' way resident of th eas side, Oonuaittees Sold Joint Keetlar. rr " i wo meetings were uciu. one at tne unurcn tr cinnA ttJ, Ings, the other at the Irvlngton club. At the church meetinar. R v. imr,m --a Clarence Wheeler were appointed a committee to make recommendation. regarding the Broadwav tmru 1 . -I..w . uaai v.uw Hisaung anotner committee headed by Judge M. O. Munly was annolntil for the same purpose. The two commlt- ivoa noia .a joint meetinar mtA .. resolnUons exoresslnr unaiteZeM. Z position to the ordinance then before viiw vuwicu, proviaing that Broadway SS-V8 huld be known as -East Broadway. At th same time the committees came out in favor of th scheme of renumbering the houses east t me onage approach, so there oould be no duplication of number on th vast By adopting this nlan. it la'.nAlnAJI out that all necessity of using the pre fixes. -East." "South" or "North- would 1 0-IwyBWU5' nd tt ,troot would b known as Broadway, its entire length, Just a Intended when th change wu made. For this reason the plan is gain ing ground in all quarter and 1 re ceiving th approval of both east and west sid champion. "Would B Cn4lldlsh. "To change Broadway hack to Be v. enth street would be childish," said D Chambers of the Chambers Optical com pany today. "Broadway Is not a sic. tional -thoroughfare. Xt la not an east mvs m wpi. Biug Bireew' DUt ijb a Portland street The whole of Portland should unite in seeing that the identity of the city" longest artery for traffic remain what it is Broadway." The contemplated change to Seventh 1 nothing less than ridiculous." de clared R. M. Gray, lessee of the Broad way building, Broadway and Morrison. The nam Broadway ha given the street 'class' and I don't think any clti en, be he a commissioner or Just plain John Doe, should be commended very highly, for even agitating the question of a change.'! ; "To go back to the name of Seventh treet would ba step backward In the city' , progress," asserted i . Theodore Kruse, of the Rainbow Grill. ( . "Why don't they . change . the numbering a iinier -rant wouia ctraighten out ' all objection Broadway Is distinctively a treet with an Individuality. , It . Is Broadway, and the nam ta Interwoven with its activities. It la a great adver tising feature as It stands, but give It a number, instead of a name, and much win be lost -u'i ;;, rv i v ;;,vv ":: '," ' Call xt a haat.'.';"' . v- J. A. Cranston, manager of the Gen eral Electric company, with offices in th Electrlo building, characterised the agitation for th change a a "shame. "Everyone la accustomed to the name of Broadway," he said. -"Bftadway stands for something, and if nut to vote of the children I. am sure the 'Seventh atreef Idea would be over whelmingly beaten. There J ho valtd reason why the change, should ' be mane. 1 ' , j Those who attended the meeting of th Broadway Property Owners' Asso ciation yesterday were: . President Beck, Secretary E. T, Ames Ralph W. Hoyt F. D. Chamberlain, W. M. Knight, Phil Metschan Sr., W. I- Morgan, ? A. T Bushong, Robert Strong, Joseph and John Matschlner,. T. C Friendly, H. W. Plerong, C M. Senosky, T. Scott Brooke, J. P. Flniey, Charids MaUrkey, M. C Dickinson and W. D. Fenton. P OREGON HOTELS . 1 LUVJLJUi MK IfTl! 1 aJT amuvwii i,waya cf its GoinaEiircpcariplan OwedandOpesvued btTHC ftmTIO KSTUCGl Tfy : : IHi llflE M MM UMK I '... w w ks 13 (I Wl K UU UU U-a Ll 11 VVi vv All Unda Bpanlsh Cooking. Beat Winea , Uquors and Beers Served, , HVi HOaiUOS. . a. V'?7,-7.v'?,'i.' 1; j rv , -THJ?a HQVSB OF WELCOM - f -f .takr. AND ALDER !lSi, PORTLAND, OR. , -In the theatre and shopping ditrier, one block from any carllne. Ratea, $1.00 per. day and up; with bath jJl.S0per day and up. TAK.lt OUR BROWN AUTO-'BUS. C. w. Cornelius. Prop.; H. E. Fletcher, afe-r. C a Vsantfilae fl.1 -A" M Si ' e ' ersndstands - - I. "-, -o,,., wot. so. -a con- S'ptctur. U not an-ela., 1 ??. WftJ-S" . Wtt- but la taken aiireetiv Mm n. I llmmtr '"wsn, crwuiea wun stealing axL'ti'v -"J.i:. fU?LS? WOO.000 in five year, wa. seised by Clm7cost IlTo" TToho 2"nn .iJ?bn,nn bulldog while Its kind in the United Bute ., "'r"W him ta the police. , t OIL MILLIONS GIVEN ' TO COLLEGE WORK ' New York, Oct 25. The generaredu eatlon board,' founded by John D. Rock efeller, announced the following dona tions: John Hopkins medical school, $1,000,000; Barnard colleare. t2SO tfoA; Wellesley college, 200,000; Rlpon col lege,; IS0.00O. . -' r The sum given to Johns Honklna la conditional on the income of the staff in meaicine, surgery and pedlatlca be ing increased so that they may with draw . entirely .from- private": practice, giving their entire tune to teachinsr and study. Cases may be treated but no personal fee may be accepted. . An open, verdict placing no blame upon anyone In particular was returned yesterday by the coroner Jury invest! gating the death of Harry F. Watklns, a laborer who waa struck by a brick falling from the thirteenth floor of the Northwestern bank building. Evidence before the Jury was to the effect that Watkln had wheeled a load of brick upon the; temporary elevator - on the ground floor. " - , , . The brick were being carried to the thirteenth floor,' where one man .takes them off the barrow, while another man puta on an empty barrow to be lowered. The f two . men became confused and Jostled the loaded barrow, one brisk falling down the elevator shaft This brick struck Watkln on the head and fractured hi skulL - He 'lived at "the Eastern lodging house and had been working for the Dinwiddle Construction company only a f ew t hours when tie accident happened. The body is a tit undertaking parlors of Dunning X Mo juntee. imo relative nave Deen found. I- - - - , - SNEAK THIEF TAKES , ; MONEY, LEAVES KNIFE .-- ' -.y,.(v -.'. - Hillsboro, Or.. Oot 26. -The home of John ' Engeldlnger t and ' Ben Cornelius were entered last night by a sneak thief. ' In the former home the thief entered through a window on the ground floor, went upstairs and Into the bedroom of Otto Hopele. a relative of the Engeldlnger. from : Wisconsin, took his trousers down ' stair and robbed them of ITS. He left a pocket knife. In the Cornelius home the thief secured 180. , ' .', ,4 . , ; ; Burlington Ferry Schedale. The Burlington ferry will be operated in the future from I o'clock la the morn ing until t o'clock In the night accord ing to - an -order made by the county commissioner. .Two eight, hour, shifts were ordered, .the change te occur at-1 o'clock In the afternoon. Under the new schedule the -ferry will be operated earllea. in th morning and will, not rua a lat at night J i '' .jTa sfy . S ';. rt'-;- .-. .;. . " ' .'-.y-.: 'v..: .A::.v'.:v Complaint of Frank Stettler Is Declared Faulty in - Many, ; Impprtant Particulars, " s District , Attorney Evans this morn ing filed a demurrer to the suit of Frank C. Stettler, paper box manufao turer,1 In which Stettler asked that th industrial welfare commission be en Joined from putting into effect its or ders regulating the pay and hours of women factory employes. , The demurrer contends that the com. i plaint does not Allege any unreasonable ' exercise of police powers, that it docs not allege that the orders are. not ntw essary for the health and general wel fare of the women of the atate, nor does it allege, the demurrer states, anv confiscation or injury of property, nor that the legislature delegated any legis- ' lative powers to the commission, nor that the plainUff will be deprived of property or -liberty Without due nrnnaaa of law. The complaint does not allege, th demurrer says, that gtetUer la de nied equal protection, nor that he a. nied Judicial review a to the reason-V ableneas of the orders, v s , . With District Attorney Kvaaa mm m'.- soclated, as couftsel for the commission, i. Attorney General A. M. orfn i ': D. J. Malarkey, who drafted the min- : imum wage bill creating thecommission, X The members of th - commission are Rev. Edwi V. O'Hara, Miss - Bertha Moore and Amadee M. Smith. ' District Attomev Xhrana.eaM ,-h.; understood the demurrer will be argued next Friday, Circuit Judge Cleeton be- v fore whom the ease la nendinr. haa an. nounced that he will rush th case to a ' decision o that it may be taken to the upreme court at lh earliest possible , Journal Want Ads bring -result.' AMUSEMENTS. RATHSKELLER GRILL -. CABARET r:;.''i;'".'.- Entertainment durino lunrhl -dinner and after tne . theatre MISS RUTH BIGEXOW ' and - the '.: ' ENTIRE' AMERICAN BEAUTY REVUE CHORUS I ' 1 , '..',-'.:, ..''-'''.V.''..f THE HOTEL OREGON ORCHESTRA SIGNOR PIETRO MARINO !fVa;''':a, Musical riifctof -.-.' HOTEL OREGON . wxxorr-xxozTrov xotbs co arrep.' Ohas. Wright, President. .-..so, w,. efieawBon. nutgur virsoTor, M-rii w'i ':vH''H SEATS VOW. Itrxninx LIE I I V THEATSX - VJ11U as Morrises Psenes Msia t and A-11M TONIGHT 8:15 &BB0W piutiMAT. TOMORROW Tee wldebz-dleeiiased pUy n .-ifleinre Bvealncsi Lower fleer 11 BO 11- KalMev. ti j?- :T"nenw nutineet Satire tewtr iiTmi i DmKvnJ ''pe, poo. -.'-' ' ' w ... -i v SEATS SOW fiELUNO ' 7 ; mail osDima Mcxrvxa jtow 3 SS, NEXT MONDAY wil rrloe Kstiaee Weaaesday 0-iL:inIll oenryiviuier "THE RAINBOW" ' A eptrklug Prsmatle Comedy ' I - . By '.AY By Thomas v Wrynlnrs: Lewer floor, jo rows, 12, 13 rows tl.fiO. Balcony 1, T6e, 80c. Bpedsl price mat. WL: tmvmmr floor St M ii n.L... Tee. oc, . , 'I , Jl. 'f It rwesT Pew ewo alps? J .JMj''? Critic who have traveled all Over the world say the entertain. , men t given in the Arcadian Garden -at Hotel Multnomah thla week . is superior to any they have seen to Europe or America, : " HOTEL - MULTNOMAH ; : :''ANN0UNCEMENTlliii EXTRAORDINARY 'v'''''v..'.''..;i'''?-f.i..:?.-V-..'..: Entire Change and Styfe of Program in THE ARCADIAN GARDEN , The Greatest, Attractions Ever Presented In any . " ; - m ' 'JCafe in America. y:;l,X'--4 AV ';'! REFINED ANP SENSATiONAL Alliston arid Trucco v ; aa .1 ..v-,i, , V International Dances, featuring Staircase Waltz, The Tango and Whirlwind, Texaa Tommy. , ; - " ' ". , Alio ... r r ' I DeHalde and Edwards ': .Sensational Dances, presenting THE KISS j "VVAtTZ ftnd'Til '' r ' tAURA JANIS. Lyric Soprano ' . . ' " . . . SIGNORE BRANO, Tenorl . ' , . ; THE FOUR MASQUERIA SISTERS , . , .THE HOTEL MULTNOMAH ORCHESTRA, tinder the . , , direction of Herman .8, : Heller ," ;.-j:,:-A,. Entire Prrgrart During the Merchants' 50c Lunch 1I;36 ' . . Until 2 P, M., and Dinner and After the Theatre , 11. C. BOWERS!' Manage ; . , i LOUIS r. REYNOLDS. . Assistant Manager;) , - Table Reservations for New Year'jivEve May Be Mad Now , " r - - lAA4 A'''- AA-i'-i:A'--A ONE WEEK ONLY i ;mauguraUnt the eee 4? v ond week of the new1 5 . era In motion picture : V .theatrical, v , . , iiiary Picliford ;; j Belasoo'a Talented' " ' . Tpung ;Aotress in a ' y ,r;photo-play version of - "IN THE BISHOP'S CARRIAGE" SHOWS. laioo x. lt30r.BC, BiOO V. M, 40 P.M. loor.at. roov.K. ttoor.x. Balcony ...,,10o Lower floor,. 20c Box seats.. .S0o Box seats may be reserved by Phone., Marshall 880. A-2M7. &A8T SAT TOO AT. - MRS. FISKE 'nan or thb nm- - Bsavrxiaia" V . - Bkar, tr. " Horns of the Popular Biker PUysrs. Ust time . toniiUt-AU thl. wkpeorg; M. Ooisn'e Ftmndrd on'ths femons Chester storle.- Makes ryu eulle lust to think about it. Eronlnss E5c. ' toe. SOo. 76e. M,t. Sal. If., OOo. Mil Wl. ' U ts, Zie. hnt week,- starting Sunday aiatlBatw-The Hanse Stxt, Doer." . ' VvAaJwaM J . I . .... . . " wiwjneieo vseseviue - . v . XH SEftrENI Of XB KXXjfe ,1 .With rranets Younr A Co. : V ; ' - It BAWOINO OIHI.8--J, ' VV.r . SEVEN BIO ACTS . ! THBIE SHOWS DAILT - : i fidxea and first nnr balcunr rrd. ' Tlphona A-2i; sad Wain 4618. M H JiIvl SsaiL Sts. '" "'";"" ';' '',' " ' ,' I f . . WEEK OCT. SO Leonard and Onslow' la - "THE LITTLE WIDOW'.' frioes! Visbts, IBs and tei Mstlaas, say seat 16. ., - ' Columbia Theatre :'':,. Sixth and Washington - .'.'. PECTAt PHETEHaED SEIVICI ;. ' i Wgger; snd Hatter, 1'hsn Ber. V ' , Frature fcir 'Blir Oponlnc WedciNdif t ' s ,y "the rtOZEsT 'XEllr,'; A Thtllllnf Pslha Drama ef the Alaiks Wilds. "! 1 ' lw ADMIEBIOUT 1D :A a;