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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNING. EBRUARY 13, 1910. BER SAYS BOPP WAS VELL POSTED ON COUNTRY , r st iii ' istea vu tne aeciarauon . or u jow JCClareS IT Germans VYerebra in heavy hardware of the state. Implicated in rlOtS lie Could Have Directed Them. GERMANY DENIES CHARGE ape Says Aarut BasteUs, German Employe of Government, Eas Been Asked to Be sign aad Befnsed. - Complicity Xa Bonled. Berlin, via wireless to Say. Till, U I, Feb. 12.: U. P.) : The charge a German . agent was responsible for the. f Ira- that destroyed h Canadian parliament building's at Ottawa , is utterly false, the North 3r- c . man Gazette, official organ of the German government, d- . clared today. The government organ added that the destruction : of the buUding by such a means would have been a detestable aadnon- sensical crime. 'mm V Ottawa. Ont., Feb. 12. (U. P. TTithout making the direct charge that Krana Ropp, German consul In Ban - rancisco, ana rormer consul general la-'Montreal, may have been con nected in some way with the myetert s as fire which .recently destroyed the i arl lament building', Charles Marcel, -t. P., today declared that If Bopp hap pened to b implicated in any plots tsralnat Canada he was well acquainted with the conditions in this oountry and in a position to direct any operations desired, x , . . , Bopp I now' under Indictment in Tan Francises' for violation of Ameri can neutrality 'and instigating plots' t gainst Canadian properties. Bopp zmw Ottawa. Marcel declared in: the bouse last right that Bopp attended the opening c f parliament here ' and was well equipped with information regarding the buildings and condltiona in Ottawa tenerally. , - Bopp. was a frequent visitor to Ot tawa while stationed at Montreal. He ci ten- attended .parliament and was a frequent, visitor at both' houses. ' Iiopp was also acquainted with many of the leading officials, particularly at the ; trade and - commerce depart ment -He was also tha medium of communication between the govern ments Of Canada, and Germany, when the sur-tax on German gooda entering this country was removed a few years t 0. - ;-apes Diseass Situation. riots .and" recent fires continued to receive sreat attention In the papers today,- The Free Press carried a report-that August Kastella, mechanical su perintendent of dredges in the de partment of public works, ' had been a -sited - to resign. He ' is - a aid tokJbe" a .:ermam by birth. v The Free Press as serted? that Kastella was naturalised only after the outbreak of the war and that his resignation -was asked as a result of agitation against the em ployment of. Germans in public ser vice. ; Kastella is said to have re fused' to resign. ' Bopp Scoffs at Insinuations. Saji Francisco, Feb. 12. (U. P.) "Yes,! heard that story before," said Consul ; Bopp tonight when informed -t the . Marcel insinuations aeainst " X"es, I dropped a time bomb in the rarllament buildings several years ago. It was to explode in 1910." The consul scoffed at the surges' t ions, as he has at the United States indictments. ' Consul Bopp, Vice - Consul von elmck. Counsellor Kaufmann of the Gorman embassy, Turkish Counsel Hall end, a number of prominent business r t4' shipping men will appear Monday :.t federal court to answer to indictments- charging neutrality violations. i:opp is accused of being a bombplot t r. ; Von Schack and others are charged with a part in the "Sacramento expedition" to supply a German squad ron 'from this port. A rabbit canning factory has been started in Argentina In the hope of ri elding" some portions of the country of a pest in a profitable way. "1 fl Lens lees with flW(D purposes Look up--look down; the di$ taut 'scene be-, comes sharp and distinct, and She printed Page is clear and: easy, to read. xch U the Comfort and Helsful s ' of . Thompson's JCryptok ensee f, ' " rtiompsoii Optical Instltxie - - 9-1 0-1 1 COREETT ELDG. . -ill, Afi3 WORRISON STS, M Si SB mW. as Shortage Exists in , : Finer Steel Grades Calif oral - Bulwan Dttlm Deeiare TUj Zs Trn and Say the Condition '-"feaas Tronble a 0M of We. v Santa. Barnard, CaL, Feb. 12. P; N. S. That there is in the United States today the big-great shortage' of the- fin er grades of steel which has ever ex isted -was the declaration of the job today. That thl. 'condition case of war was pointed out, - j "We sort of took, stock while we were together," said ' E. N. Coffman, secretary , of the association "and the shortage of the rinest grades or steei was amazing. Xt la setting now where it is so valuable it ought to be locked in safes. ; ' , despondent: GIRL PREVENTED FROM LEAPING INT s Young Stenographer Seized by Passerby as She Was About to. Jump Off Bridge. ' ;-Jilted, penniless, ' hungry. Bessie Hall ad ay, 19 years old. a stenographer, threw her umbrella into tha Willamette from the south side of tha Broadway bridge last night and bad mounted .the rail to follow after when Harold Frederiekson of 221 Cherry street grabbed her skirt and pulled her back. Frederiekson, with a companion, was walking across tha bridge when his attention was drawn to the girl stand ing hatless oa the middle "Of theln-tdge over the draw. He stopped to watch her. . . ; From the opposite direction came H. H. Hanson, member of the "harbor police, whose attention-was drawn to all three. Thinking the men were pos sibly mashers he stopped to watch, too. . .. .. ' The girl threw her umbrella into the river and climbed to the rail. 8h bad her hands outstretched for, a dive when Frederiekson pulled her down after a Struggle. Hanson took her to police head quarters, where she told' the officers In charge that she had expended her last dollar for room rent .t the Oaks hotel and that she had not eaten all r day yesterday. Unable to find a po-, sition and heart-broken because her f intended had cast her off, she had re solved to end her life, she said. Bessie Hailaday came to Portland six months ago from Seattle and has been out of employment a great deal of the time. Her mother lives in eastern Oregon. ' ' - She was given something to eat aft- reau today. State- Department . Ponders Two Views ' ' Yi . 1 1 . ' - ' Test tft eraaajr' X)ecree Concaralng Slnktny of Merchant Vessels Creates Two Opialoas. . Washington, Fet. 12-(U. P.) With tile arrival late this afternoon of the text of Germany's decree that she will sink armed merchant vessels without warning, two opinions came to the sur. face in the. state department, on the question of the United States. assent-, lng to such warfare. While the department leans toward recognising ; the validity of the Ger man stand, the opposite view was de veloping positive strength, due to the apparent difficulty of deciding wheth er a, gun mounted on & merchantman I DRIVER is for defense or attack. The depart- bonds tonight, while the other five ment has held that one gun, usable , were held in separate Jails to keep Only for defense, is allowable. The j them from communicating. . strength of the viewpoint opposed to Declaring they had secured a con the Teutons has the basis also that fession from one of the eight, federal for the United States to admit such a change of rules, while war is go ing on, wouia ne an unneutral act. Germany goes into its argument with admass of detail. For 15 type- 1 noon, Michael J, . Flannigan, a saloon written pages the position that altered : keeper, held In connection with the conditions have made changed rules of ' robbery and his wife, secured their warfare imperative, is buttressed with j freedom on bonds of $50,000 and $10, quotations from international law. i 000 respectively. Mrs. John J. Zeck Secretary Lansing will study the! text carefully before he makes It pub lic Austria's announcement on the same subject probably will reach the department tomorrow. Plant of Portland Inventor Installed Wisooasla Ttrm Win Sxperlateat With, acaealaexy to Make Se&atnxed Aleo hol Jrxom Sulphite Waste. - Appleton, Wis., Feb. 11 An exper- I uuenuu puwi is Deing lnataiiea at the Klmberly mill of the Kimberly-Clark i company, which, Jf it meets with ' the claims of Charles Marohand, of Port land, investor, will enable blm to put vn vn nuirset e.vuu gallons dally - 61 denatured alcohol, worth $650. which Is now being dumped into the river. Mr. Marchand estimates that 200, 000,000 gallons a year can be saved from the various sulphite slants of : the country and if his invention meets : with the expected success, he will limit the output to hold up the price. Charles Marchand, reported as hav ing invented a process for making de- ' natured alcohol from the waste of sulphite plants, resides at 107s East ; Davis street. He is at present in Appleton attending the installation of his plant, Mr. Marchand has rtsldAd in Portland for the past five years I and is the inventor of processes used! in the manufacture of a number of . chemicals and drugs. He is expected iback in Portland in about six Weeks. Boy of 16 Indicted . On Murder Charge X'B- : '- :' ' ' "" 1 "T" ' ' ''. - r. kTottth AJUsied to BSTO Killed Two- f Tear.014. Qoasla . Because She Cried ' SWw Tmmtt With aim. : : Boston. Feb. 12.i-fa P.iCharged with having killed his two-year-old eouBln because she cried. Harold Craft. 18. was indicted for first degree mur der here today. . . - Craft was arrested soon after the body f the little girl was found at the. home of his parents. The child was struck down with a stick of wood. Young Craft had beeo left to take care of the baby girl. .. WISCONSIN student ; CONFESSES HE WAS : VHH GIRL AT DEATH Officers Seetc Evidence -of a Trick Suicide Pact or Sui cide by False Pretenses. 1 .. , i INNOCENCE IS ASSERTED Prosecutor Bays ZTo Folsoa Waa round : oa Orpet aad Murder Prosseatioa Hot Justified, As Tot. Chicago, Feb. It (t N. S.) Wil liam H. Orpet, s. University of Wis consin student In Jail charged with the murder of 18-year-old Marian Lambert, his jilted sweetheart found dead at the scene of their secret tryst in the woods near her Lake Forest home, tonight confessed that she wa dead when he left her , That confession, piled on top of the day's list of developments, started him on the way to the Waukegan jail, a murder suspect and started the po lice on the trail of further evidence on what they thought might prove a trick suicide paot or suicide by false pretenses. Coafesaloa Xs laade. After visit to the scene of the tragedy on his arrival at Lake Forest from Madison, Wis., today Orpet broke down and confessed to State's Attorney Oady that he saw Miss Lambert swal low poison and that she was dead when he left. From his cell in the Jail he admitted that the Lambert girl had the right to appeal ' to him for protection, which he did not deem it advisable to give, but protested that he was innocent of murder. His clothes, taking tip the story where he left off, yielded stray grains of sugar which the police seized as a clue in the. direction of the trick sui cide pact. . A old aad Sugar rig-ore, "I am not yet ready to start a mur der, prosecution but it is possible that a sack of prussic acid and a sack of sugar figured in this," said Dady In conference with Mayor Lewis of Lake Forest and James King, foreman of the foreman's Jury. Backing their theories, a letter was produced with its telltale story of the .Plane for the fatal meeting. In that letter "Bill" told -Marian" that "if verything- is , not all right by that time, it will be, then leave it to me. Oouid TsTot Zeave Ker. "No, no," queried Orpet in his cell. "She wanted me to leave hee and I told her that I could not do it" . I do not believe we will be Justified in goings ahead and prosecuting - this boy without further evidence, stated the prosecutor in the same conference. "Was any evidence of poison found upon the boy?" inquired. Mayor Lewis. "No, there was not," was the reply. "We made a thorough . Investigation tonight. It might be a suicide pact, though, I bardly think it is probable. We must - remember that this -young man-is shrewd college Student. It is possible that a sack of sugar and a sack of the poison might have figured here.', ' j. y,:; r.;.-: Three Suspected of Big Theft Give Bos Man Xeld for $573,500 mereaae Stamp Bobbery Gives $50,000 Bonds i Kelliff Theatre Burglary Confessed. : . Chicago, Feb. 12.(U,:P.)---Three of the eight suspects held 'for the rob bery of the St.Paul government..build ine? of 1578.000 worth, of ' revenue stamps early in January were free on authorities said other arrests were due. When arraigned before . United States Commissioner Foots this after- was freed on $500. ueorge Bissett and Eddie Leonard accused in warrants as the actual rob bers, were held on failure to give bonds of $100,000 each.' Mrs. Leonard's bond was set at $26,000. Zeck's bond was fixed at $10,000 and Frank Bissett was held on suspicion without bond. The Blssetts, brothers, were ar rested this afternoon when secret service men broke into their room and overpowered them. - Zeck yestsrday admitted to Chicago police officers that he participated in the Heilig theatre burglary December 25, 1910, when $2100 in cash was Stolen. Appropriation Gets i Approval of Wilson Toad Provided for ..Trade Commission Trip to Vottth America, la Kerch oa Warship or British Steamer. Washington, - Feb. lzU--U. F The president today approved a $40,000 ap propriation for an international joint high commission's trip to South Amer ica early in March. At the same time it "became known " the commission xormed to promote trade between the western continents will have to make on a British steamer. Reserve Banks Buy Municipal Warrants "Federal Beserve : Board Statement - . Shows Twcrease . la Bmca Seeaxltles of $5,000,000 la 'Past Week,' Washington, Febi 12. (T, N, S. : Investments of federal reserve banks in municipal warrants Increased $5,. 000.000 during the past week, accord ing to a statement of Hie banks, con dition on Feb-. 11, Issued today by the federal reserve board. .-. t 11 V" ' ' --r- . Payment Is $10,000. ; ' Interest and Installments on paving and sewer assessments totalling $10, 000 were paid by the Ladd Instate yes terday to Oity Treasurer Adams. - This la the largest single payment on "bond ed -street, and ..sewer assessments re ceived in many months. Pastor's Daughter And Man Arrested 5 -i,.--,- .... - .. :-' , :-'-'-.- . V '- f'''- "'1?"--'issssa ' - Bovelty' Arsat Kay Be Charged With B3aaaplaa" Pretty levr ear-Old attle CMrl. ' - - - ' v- r . SeatUe, Febr. 12. U. P. Marlon Davis, the pretty l-year-old daughter of vRev. 3. S W. Davis, a local Presby terlan preacher, was arrested in a Ta coma hotel this afternoon; and at the same time, T. W. Peterson, 2T, novelty agent and former newsboy, was a rested in a hotel one block distant. The couple were brought here, where it is understood Peterson will be charged with kidnaping. No charge has been filed against him yet. Peter son claims he met the girl in Ta cotna. 'Where .she bad gone, to vlelt. COUNTRYWIDE SEARCH HAS BEGUN IN EFFORT TO LOCATE DR. LYMAN Get-Rich-Quick Swindier Was Seen in Washington Thurs day Is Report. New. Tork, Feb. 12. (L NU B.) Dr. J. Grant Lyman, who fled from New Tork Wednesday after taking more than $300,000 from credulous invest ors, was In vvashington Thursday, ac cording to word received by Assistant United States District Attorney E. M. Stanton today. Photographs and a description or Dr. Lyman have been sent to every large city in the United States. Secret service men and detectives in every section of the country are looking for him. Louis Thonet Lyman's confidential man, was taken before U. S. Commis sioner Houghton and remanded In de fault of $15,000 bail. In the late af ternoon his attorney appeared .with representatives of the two surety com panies. Bail was reduced to $10,009 and the bond signed. It was ? stipu lated that two detectives shall ac company Thoney at all times. His heating was set for next Thursday. Gorham Tutta who went on ur. .lay man's bond in Los Angeles and who has been in New Tork seeking him since last September, said today, "I never met J. Pierpont Morgan, but if Mr. Morgan had a better mind for fi nance than" Dr. Lyman, he must be a wonder. "My confidence in Lyman was mis placed and X have determined that I will spend the balance of my life and every dollar I have to see him pun ished. - "It has already cost me more tbsn $5000,; bat I believe he is too danger ous a man to be free. Thonet today -said Dr. Lyman had drawn- $68,000 from the bank a few days before lie disappeared. Dr. Ly man gave. Thonet $800 to purchase- a diamond pltv and a watch, the clerk said. HO has turned over the Jewelry to hi. attorney. - ! FoiireslIonroeKIs Visited by President With. am. WHsOa X Views Bauncn- ing of Steamer and Enjoys Outing; Betum Will Be Made Today. Newport News, Vt, Feb. 12. L N. S.) President and Mrs. Wilson, ac companied by Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the President's physician and two secret service men, arrived nerovthis, oven ing aboard the yacht Mayflower. After spending an. hour - inspecting Fortress Monroe, they boarded a motor launch and witnessed th launching of the standard Oil company's ' steamer Charles Pratt at the Newport News shipyards. Going ashore at Old Port Comfort. President and Mrs. Wilson spent an hour walking and again boarded the Mayflower. It is expected that the party will sail tomorrow afternoon about 5 o'clock. Their program for tomorrow was kept secret. The visit to Fortress Monroe was purely informal at the request of the president. The party viewed the for tifications unattended except by the commandant. Colonel Haynes. - Be cause the presidential flag was not displayed when the Mayflower entered the roads, no salute was fired. . 1 1 11 ! 11 1 i. 1 i iii m v 295 Jitneys Running Under License Plan Zn latter Part of Summer, Before Bey- mlatioas Became Bf fectlve. About 400 Cars Were Operating. There are now 295 Jitneys In opera tion in Portland which are. licensed, according to figures compiled yester day by Jitney Inspector Gill, and It is believed that this figure includes practically all the ears in operation. - At one time during the latter part of the summer it was said that there were about 400 machines in operation. Under the ordinance, ail machines have to follow designated routes and pay a monthly license fee to operate. v - - ' Bank President Held Guilty of False Claim ... ; " H. D. Curtis of HaUey, Idaho, Con . vlcted of "Presenting" "Talse Claim to Shoshone County for $4160. - Boise, Idaho, Feb. 12. (U. P.) H. D. Curtis, president of -the First Ns tional bank of 1 Hailey, was found guilty tonight In the district court t Bhoshone of presenting a , false claim to Blaine county.- The amount in volved in : the transaction was $4180. Curtis will be sentenced Monday.; Briand Has Gone to . : Visit Italian Front French "Premier While There Win Con- tmr WltJt Blag; , Vlotor Bnunannel i and Osnsral Oadoraa. Rome, Feb. 12. (U. P.) Premier Briand left Rome tonight for "the -Italian front," where he will confer with King Victor Emmanuel and General C adorn a, .. . . . . , - .Operated by an alarm clock, a poultry-feeder, patented -by a Calif oraian ooens doors at, a set-time .and per- Imits grain to fall Into a trough. CUMMINS STAGES AN ATTACK 0HW1 ADDRESS AT ST. PAUL Candidate forlG. 0. P. N6mi inatioh Says'le Blushes fca Mexican Record of U. S, : CALLS 1 PRESIDENT WEA! Bldlenles :Xzeparedaeas Volley -. a Says R Has Met With XU no-' : cess la Foreign Beiatloas. ' - - 4 et. raui.tMinn,. ieb. 12. cu. p; ; President Wilson was ridiculed for his' vacillating! views" on preparedness, and the Mexican and European situa tions in a speech by Senator Cummin tonight before the Lincoln Republican- club. It la in the Minnesota primaries mat wimmini said n intends to make the first test of his presidential1 strength. "No real red-blooded American ever will turn to the page which record: the conduct of this administration t6- ward Mexico . without blushing," said Cummins. "Z-do not charge the P rest dent with wrongdoing, but weakness and vacillations are sometimes worse than wrongdoing." In - dealing with EhrroDean belli!- LSON IN gerents and in maintaining the dignityTfajid more than a year ago. and that of our position, the state department has met with ill success," be said. Criticises 2reparedaesa. Vfn "We nave written too much, arguee too elaborately, reasoned too nloeljfc and have been often lost In a perf fog of words.. We have lost some the prestige and distinction which 1 former days illuminated the Ameri name. m jm a.s 11 1 "C-Jal -P pre-w" dent began at Pittsburg- with a moder- -k. . . -t little, so that In five years we roigh have a navy like Germany's or Ja. v ilv w uR.Wmember whether; anv other robber- nave a navy like Germany's or Jai ThTrJlj tt, pan s. By the time he got to St. Lbuii work oI bUnMl( and Forffuson. he abandoned every American concept s,x Berry's sttory Doubted, tlon and boldly declared the United4 Before be limped Into police head States shouM have a navy incom par- Quarters and asked to be arrested yes ably better than any nation on earth.1 rday afternoon. Berry, with Fergu- wwits .sonabl. Prepared.- .rr- !. M t i . . . there.! for another day would have found i him insisting on a navy strong er thtn the? combined navies of the world I and wpon a race an armanent that Would bankrupt the richest na tion under te sun." 4'l Administration Plan Outlined. Newl york,, 'Feb. 12. (U. P.) Speakv lng at j the annual Lincoln dinner of the Lincoln club, ' Brooklyn. Congress-. man Julius Kahn, of California, out-l Knl tV. nli,'. a v.n ,kl.l the administration is forming. The! speaker made it clear that he does- not believe in a large standing army. ; ,H said the scheme by which. 25,000 i or 35,000 men, especially young men, would be called- into military training for j a month each year, is much better than the continental army plan. He said that for the first time in the1 history of the country a broad. Price Has Bee From $17. Oct-of-Town Folks This Is Portland's credit center. We guarantee you a saving worth while on any article that you select. 0,ur 3 S years experience in furnishing homes means more than low prices 4t means the lowest terms imaginable. Selec t any article in Our entire store and take a full yeaf to pay. In ordering this rug ..toy mail,: send 35c extra -for burlapping. Write as in any language. White Cross Section Cleaners Embody .efficiency, durabil ity; simplicity of construction, lightness, coupled with strength and ease of operation. Terms 75c Per Week I II - a uif t rr tjG rr u,it& v utt jut , Robber Husband to Return .' . .. ;- . . Thinlyxand Poorly Clad Mother and Tiny Babe Found in Sparely Furnished Shack, Almost Without Food. ' In bar Illy-furnished rooma at i04 East Thirty-second street, Mrs. Nicho las S. . Berry, . 17-year-old mother, waited all Friday night 'and all day Saturday for her husband to return. It was not until after the 19-year-old husband had walked - Into . the police station in this city and asked to be arrested as a highwayman that the girl mother learned Berry was the chief actor In more than a score of holdups of Japanese farmers in - the country east of tha city. - The bouse m which the young wife was found is almost devoid of furni ture. There is little food in the cup board. The girl mother and her baby are thinly clad 4n cheap clothing. Berry and bis partner in crime, B. E. Ferguson, 18 years old, are in the county Jail awaiting indictment and trial for robbery. i; ; - ' f The chief concern of Berry appears to be for the girl, who is left alone to, care for their. 6-weeks-old; baby. . Wife E11 Sc Money. V "She has no money," said. Berry fe 4st nisht in the ! county Jail, "and there was little to eat in the house when I left. She has no friends and tin nlnil.M on whom aha can call In jf An emergency. Mrs. Hooplnger, who -ibecu pies part of the house in which we lived, probably would not let the girl starve, but that Is her only hope. 1 unless the county helps her out... Berry says he was married in Fort- Mf his wife's parents . are living he Moes not know - where Chey could be rzound. "Probably they are In as bad tlx a we are. anyway," added the boy. V "Tea.' I helped in all the holdups ;'vpf Japanese farmers near Gresham and hbn the Base Line t roaa. in fact, i planned, tnem ana erguson, my eousln, helped . out. We " needed the -nriAt rteill how mm farm. a were robbed and professes) not to i fta uiit hnMunii on the east side war t -&mm" ?a t?Dta,JZJZ of If V-" " - ."" resham. They obtained little money. watch and a few trinkets of no ; iomprehenslve legislation covering a j definite military policy is being f orm ilated to cover all : emergencies at all f' mes.. ; "No-nation Is the sole arbiter of Its jestiny, Kabn said, "We may not '.ant to' fight. All of us 'love peace. '1 "The duty -of the "hour calls for tvery American citizen . to stand be hind the .president and congress in the framing of legislation that will pre pare our land against war." f. Losses Should Be Lesson. I Springfield. IlL. Feb. 12. (U. P.) st the annual Lincoln anniversary panquet ; here tonight Senator Law rence T. Sherman, of Illinois declared J hat half of the losses in the Civil war ras were due' to lack of preparation. .i jj " 1 f ' mZut p& Tl 11 -75 You. Save Pay at the Rate of SOc Per to Op) ssst --v: ; BEAUTIFUL DESIGN very attractive small-figured design jAeffect is offered here our "Standard" sets, which should prove to be a very 'either the dining, living or sleeping-room, colors .are two-tone brown and green. Anticipating a large iale of this extra special, we bought an enormous 1 Xiuantityr However, that there be no dlsappointmenir ve limit them not more than two to a customer. HDWARDS9' QUALITY For the price there Is nothing like these rugs on the S inarket todax- A great amount of service can be got t n from them, as they are closely woyen from elected Oriental wool and made only with one seam , Vlnsjead of threeas usual, and we urge you to order .yours early in the week. The quality of dyes used insures the colorings in these' rugs to be first-class. 3A GOOD F"lAdu T-O TRADti: value. The watch was found on Fer guson when he was arrested by M. M. Squire, deputy, constable of Gresham. Berry says he took the money ob talned In. the robberies, but t,hrew it away when en route to the city, e fled when Ferguson was arrested,' -and when ; Deputy Marshal McKlnney of Gresham gave chase, Berry turned and fired several shots at the officer. JWceording. to Berry's story., which is doubted by Sheriff Hurlburt and his deputies, the- boy has had only one former adventure in crime. That was - when he and Ferguson stole the motorcycle of C. O. Windle last summer, rode the machine to Cali fornia and were arrested and brought back to Portland. They were sen tenced to from one to five year for this escapade, but paroled. . Insists Xt Xs JMrst Xeldnp. "This is my first - holdup Job," in sisted Berry, When brought to. , the JaiL "X tried to come straight to the oity to give myself up after Fergu son was caught last nlht. But it wa almost dark when X started from Llrurveman station, where we encoun tered the officers. In some way. X be came lost and X wandered all night." Berry's story of wandering .does not tally with the time he reached police headquartera He did not surrender until after 1 o'clock in. the afternoon. Although he was bedraggled and foot sore, officers are Inclined to - believe the story of his eUl-night walk Is ex aggerated. ...... ' -.;.-:. Xfasbaad Away Bleats. " Deputies Ward, Phillips, Beckman. Stevens and Christofferson hurried to the scene of the robberies Friday night Immediately upon, receipt of informa tion of the holdups at - the sheriff's office. They searched the country in the vicinity of Llnneman station and watched all night at the Berry shack. Mrs. Berry told the officers her hus band was not a ' criminal. . The girl admitted Berry was. away from home frequently at nlcht, but said he never brought loot or money home upon re turning from nocturnal excursions. "Nick has been out of employment for a long time," said the grirl. hold ing the tiny bundle to her breast, "and it has been hard sledding with the baby and other expenses." Berry says hs is 19 years old. - In appearance; be is 25. "Half of the losses, half of the time and half of the money spent would have been saved had the union been prepared," Sherman said. "This should be a lesson-now.". . . Couple Were Brutally Murdered. Flemlngton. N. J,; Feb. 12. L N. S.) Richard Wyckoff. aged 10, and his housekeper, Katherine Ann Fisher, aged 78, were brutally murdered on their lonely farm on the side of Cour land mountain near here Thursday night, "- The - aged man had been de capitated by, a. blow from an ax, while the woman's skull was crushed. Wtaen writing or ealuiic ; ea sdvertinera. please menttoa le JournL (Adr.) TWO SIZES So that you may be sure to get one bf these, we offer them in two sizes 9 feet by 10. feet 6 Inches, or 9 feet by 12 feet We offer this wonderful value despite advancing costs. Our prices remain as low a ever, because," months ago, ,we bought longon rugs, anticipating that within a short time-carpet mills could not get materials for manufacturing purposes. In an all-over tapestry Brus-i popular rug for ii EDWARDS CREDIT This offer 1$ for every honest man and woman.. We . do not require 'you to own real estate or have a bank ' account No matter who you are, what you do or , where you live, you can buy as much as you want and pay on our convenient weekly or monthly plan. -To our old customers .we invite you to call and see these beautiful rugs and add one to your account 4 On " SVIFT MEN ACQUIRE ANOTHER BIG . TRACT IN EASTERN OREGON Umatilla Farm Near Stanfield Added to Harney Holdings Recently Taken Over. OBJECT STILL A MYSTERY "Frank Boaaelly Transfer "Lands to - Company Organised by Big Chi earo "raokiag Interests. The Uastern Oregon Livestock com pany, recently formed by the Swift packing Interests, has added to its Immense holdings in eastern Oregon hv h. v.i,M.V.A 9 what I IrnAwn aa Umatilla farm near Stanfield, accord ing to word received in Portland last night. The property went to the livestock company for 9230,000, title being transferred by Frank Donnelly, sec retary of the Swift Packing company, Chicago. Umatilla farm is what is left of sold to Donnelly several years ago for $166,900. - Early this month It was announced that the Swifts had purchased a halt interest- in - the Blltsen Valley Land company, holdings of the" Corbet t es tate ox jroriiana ana w 1111am iiar.iey ln Harney county. ; Incorporation of the Eastern Oregon Livestock company to handle the property followed. ' There is considerable speculation throughout the state as to what vse the Swifts Intend to put the lands, whether for reclamation and subse quent colonisation or for the raisinff of livestock on & large scale. Portland representatives of the big packing firm state that they are not at liberty at this time to make pub lic the future plans of their superiors. With the acquisition of the Umatilla farm following ; so closely upon the purchase of the Harney county lands announcement of other purchases in the near future will not be unexpected. Court Orders Koars Of Animals to Stop Xiions and Tigers la Circus Winter Qnarters Interfere With the Bleep of mHiam r.n.ln. rioiirt iitilaii. ; Venice, CaU, Feb. 12. (U. P.) Hereafter, when lions and tigers at a circus' winter quarters here roar and howl, they will have an injunction flashed on them ordering silence. Judge Charles Wellborn issued the restrain ing order at the request of Venice citi zens who said the animals' noise Inter fered with, sleep. v - Indlsa Is Oklahoma Delegate. Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 12. U. P.) The first delegate elected 'from Okla homa to the Republican national con vention is a Cherokee Indian, a stand patter and la tininstructed. He iS,E. W. Frey. of Sallisaw. v.itfci1 l s-iv - r One-Thifd Week r Scwinij Machines The ELDRKDOE SPECIAL automatic droohead, automatic bobbin- winder - full set etel a 1 1 a e timents -guaranteed 10 years. S3S. 01 Cash 25c Week