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Y '.. 'i EOON ENT TM (! U ' i I J nljf Clatfcawa CawM J II A ' h( l"l I II -vT 'l Mot ( H( lf Cawnty. . T Vakly tnl.feiM ( 4 K tflta. 0ff1ia . It MUM Ml' anil an WB. . FORTY NINTH VI AH N. I. OUKdON CITY, OltKOON Fit I DAY, MAHCII VV. ESTABLISHED lUt ALE i EIGHT BEES KEEP IE. CALAVANBUSY WEEK NOW CLOSING, MARKS CLI MAX Of YEARS SCHOOL WORK. P0P11AK MOB! LH SP01G.G KATCHCS IS EVIDClfT EVLRYWUOE T OHt Spall Entire Splllng loch I Srl j a ly School Btantf nil ltd and Baa Hale n Sme Oay. MINIS DO NOT ACCEPTCOURT'SOFFER A rprMi,laOie r ut K. II. Co Hi A rumiKifif, iba Portland sm-oiihi ill ho tipaMed Hi eounty'e took llaat fall. a"?lday Muaad a warrant fr IS. Iba turn alto r4 by lha rounty court rr Ilia oil. Colli A company iirvwiitrd Mil for oji h U h h court rrfu4 lo pay ua lha ground thai II dirtbiunl. Tb LIU checked over certain linn reduced and other (Hint aalrd and a arrant for l' 3J HI or dared dran. Tba arrounlant refuea to laka lb arrant a full payment fur their rlalin. although they ara III In! lo laka II If II la understood thai It If (if part payment. RECALL IS PRY TO KW alaiiiJardiiailoa rallle ami Ighl spelling I keep County Mt'l Hupertntrtidriil Calavan as J Huprrvlaor Prenlon Vt-dilrr and K Mct'orn.Uk buay It hour day all Ibl (rrt rrt1ay night marked lha peaalng of hal baa been probbly lha moat active ek of achool urk In lha county thla w:hol year, Huprliilndrnl Calatan spent the ak In lha etrrn fart of lha ro.mty lib Hupervlaor MrCormlrk aixl Her gea r"ocd of lha Katarad achool. hlla Huperlntendetit Vrdder rindu l ad four palltng bee In bit dlalrM un Bldd Hupervlaor Veddrr and 8uperlotnil ant Calavan rrluimd lo Oregon City KrMay In lima lo dlrorl lha arlllii( bra at (ilaiWtnna Friday artirnun una ( Iba largeat of Iba weak. Ulad atona. Jrnnln ImIko. Concord, I'ark ilaca. Weal I .Inn, llullon and Cani'mah cboul rra rciirrntcd wltn learn Ulu I'h.rlnllO lluiucntn. of Weal l.lnn. on first place la lha flrat dl vlaloa, rompoard of lha fourth and fifth grade, and Mia Zcniiab l.rtw rll of lha aaino Mhnol, mi awoi.il. Ar lie Head, of ClaiUtona, oo flral In lha aacond dlvlalon, cuuiihimiJ of the I nam a from lha aUtb. icvrlith and ia-tith iradra. and Mia Mlllan Bnd i mm. of Concord. erond. tine hundred and ninety pac In lha pell Inf book vara rotrarnd In lha accond dlvlalon befora all the ipidleri ware vated Ratarada. 8prlntcr, Carfldil. Ocorno Currlnvllle. ICli' Crrvk Dooalaai Rldita and Tracy war rp- rolcd at lha be Uld at KataraOa Tueailay. Ilundrmt from every part of the KMacada aecllon turned, out Mlaa llrrtlia Derore, of Eatarado. and Mia Mary Kly. of Ealacada, won flrat and anil In the flrat dlvlalon. and Kmt'it Hjrnnlnn. of Kataca.la. and An nxtta Davla, of Garfield. In the ec ond. The vlalt of Buperlnlendeiit Cal van. rrlnclal VXri and 8pcrvlior McCormlck to Bandy Vnlncduy look on the nature of a double culiiuratlon for In the afternoon the achool home a crowded at the aprlllng bee and at nlxhl the achool wm atnndardlicd Many came In from the oullylnK ooun CE ELEVATOR USE C. RANDALL RANDALL DEMANDS BIO MOIST I OPERATED AT. LIVE WIRE LUNCHEON. SUSPENSION BRIDGE COMMITTEE KM) BK MAIN TRUNK LLNEE Dr. L. L. Plcaan. Dr. H. . Mount. D. I by, W. A. Huntlty and A. C. Howland Will Work With Waal Linn Body. Declaring that inenibera of the flty council ahould be recalled If they per il! In their neglect lo put lha public elevator Into operation. Oeorg Ran dall made an earneat plea for the atart- Ing of the M lift at the Live 'Wire luncheon Tueaday noon. He recited lhal the people of Ore gon City had voted JISOOO eeveral rear ago for the ronatructlon of the elevator running from the level of Xtaln at reel to the bluff; that the lift ha been completed for a king while; that lha city I paying Intercit on the bond and that the people are demand ing that the elevator ba operated with out further delay. Mr. Randall'! talk rained ronaldor- ahla IntercRt, but O. D. Eby counselled moderation and aald he wai an re that the water would be act tied within a few month, and ho advised a waiting. policy. Main Trunk Una Osmund an nounced the appointment of tho fol lowing committee to promote the pro posed new bridge acroaa the Wlllam ette at Oregon City: Dr. U U Plckcna Dr. Hugh 8. Mount. O. D. Eby. W. A Huntler. A. C. Howland. Adam and C. II JAKE LEVITT IS II ELD TO ANSWER SERIOUS E OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALIE PRETENSES ALLEGED IN INDICTMENT. ARREST. HADE CI HmNYIUf IS SURPRISE TO MERCHANT Portland PrUnda Quickly Rale HflOO Bonda Charge Based an Al lagae) Lean of $4,000 In Auguet. 1110. 4 NEW PIANO IS PUT TO USE a IV CANEMAH LEAGUE a - a a Tba Kll'f pUno. prrwhltd ly a lha l.'ntarpriaa at tin i.Iom of -a a lha Kbuaef of "! I ainl(a I'l 4 a lha Canritiab l'tiir,m league, 4 a waa Irlrd out frllay alil.t ln 4 a a wall allandwl Jli' glteu 4 a al Htoka't ball. A Buii,l-r ra. a ad lha piano at II trial al a a a public anlertalntiitiit and all said 4 Ibat It sa well nh the lime 4 and rnergy required lo secure It. 4 CONSPIRACY, THE CHARGE AGAINST mm iller . . .i in- .nil T. w. Buiuvan, I AUBHIB BUU K,. 11. try district for the spe ling bee and I dH,( Metly ,he of bib, ...a... - rR(ci on ,hB portiand Railway, ugnt ft Tower Co. between Oregon City and Onk flrovo, but no definite action was taken. Mr. Sullivan, who Is connect ed with the company, explnlned tlmt the rates were not based on mlleaKO altogether, and that Portland waa used by tho State Railroad commis sion as a base. Mr. Dye aald the rate of 15 cents between Oregon City and Oak Grove for flvo miles was dis criminatory, In that tho rato between Portland and Oak Grove for eight miles Is 10 cent Charles Pnrkor and E. Kenneth Stanton were named a committee to take up tho road oiling quostlon H was announced that on the first Tuestlny In April Gny T. Hunt,' a mem standardisation rally. Bandy, Klrwood. Kelso, Colrell, Do ver, llohemla. Mill Crest. Cherryvlllo, Hull Run, Marmot and Sundy Rltlgo took part In tho pelllug boe and Miss Ella Ileers. of Cotrcll, and Mlsa Helen Moulton. of Snndy, won In the first dl vision. Miss LouUe Gogc-. anl Miss Mary Danlols, both of Sandy, took the honors In tho turner classes, F. K. Ileckwlth, clerk of tho Sandy union high school presentod a gold bracelet to Miss Peers, the wlnnnr of tho first division, and a gold watch to Miss IxmiIho Oogor. Damascus, Hills Vlow. Union and Rock Creek wore represented at the spelling beo nt Poring. Miss DulBy V, boards and commissions. EXPERTS FIND STEEL Wad.loll, of Rock Creek, and Leslie. ,)or of ,h6 leRlBl(llure from Clackamns Ooh or. Of DnniasCUS, Wore me uesi , ,l,l ), nreannt and tnllc on spoilers In tho first division, and Miss )0 propoMI consolidation of various Henna nnrion, oi union, nuu mi Mnrthn Ahplunalp tlod for first place In tho second. Miss Karlan and Miss Abplnnnlp spoiled every word In tho book boforo the attempt to doclilo tho winner was given up, Whlskoy Hill, Elliott Pralrlo, Mori dlnn and Ninety-One woro tho con testing schools nt Whiskey Hill school ThnrHilnv aftornoon. Pon PI- .suns anil Francis Ponn, of Morldlnn wero tho winners In tho first division The county court has received from und Miss Ruth Pnrnes, of Elliott Prnl-Nho Orogon Agricultural colloi?ont Cor rle, and Woltor Scott, of Ninety Ono, vallls a report on tha condition of tho In tho second. cables and lnr9 of tho suspension RiiBBolvlllo took throe of tho four bridge, which, boiiio had though, might leading places In tho spoiling boe havo been weakened by electrolysis. Tuesday at Maplo Grove. Only three The report says that In pieces taken I schools tooK pnrt, tno inira noiug uoa- rrom mo nriuge more is no evuienta vor Lake. Hnmpton Vlsko, of Russel- Lf crystnllno structure and that the vlllo, and MIrb Ada Shorninn, ofMiple hron Is of a fair qnnllty, Orovo. woro the wlnnors In the first division, nnd Alfred Poyles nnd Vera FlBko, of RiiBRelvlllo, In tho sooond. Tho boo nt Mullno Monday was un usually well attended, teams from Mu llno. Liberal. Union Mills nnd Oak Grovo. tuklng part. Mnry Trulilngor, of Union Mills, Mason Honeymnn, of Liberal, MIbs Mnrgnrel Donnolly, of Lllierul, and MIbs Mildred Maplo, or Mullno, winning. Monte ChrlHto, Glnd Tidings, war- Jake Levitt, for tha last 10 years oan.-r or a doming store nert ana at prearnt proprli lor of an ratabliah-i mrnt al MrMlnnvllle, arreatedl Tburalay morning al McMlnnvllla by Hherlff Wllaon on a charge Of obtain lug 5.000 from tba Flrat National bank of thla city under falaa pretense, lie wa rrlraeed lata Thursday after noon under 11,000 bond furnlahed by J. Welnataln. CM) Front afreet. Port land, and II. Fendel. Cl CorU tt street Portland. Tba arreat waa made following a se cret Indli tmi-nt returned by the grand Jury at the eeaalon that ended Wed neaday. It la alleged that Mr. Uvlll went to the bank and borrowed tS.OoO repreaentlng Ibat ba waa worth 17, 500, It Is charged. The state claims that he had a financial statement with him at the time the loan was made bowing tha value of his stork, the amount of cash capital on hand, hi Indebtedness and other Items of like nature that were manufactured for the occasion. Shortly after tba loan was alleged to have been negotiated In August, 1910. he went Into bankruptcy. At the courthouse Thursday after noon. Mr. Levitt declared that the charge were false and that he "would make the bank sorry that I am ar rested." He denied the exlstance of a loan. Mr. Ievltt came to Oregon City about 190S and engaged In business at a south Main street location. 1-ater he moved to the corner of Seventh and Main atreeta, considered one of the beat business locations In the city. Several months ago he sold bis busl nes tntcreda hore lo Miller ft Obit of Portland. He also operated a store In Astoria until a few months ago when bo entered Ms latest business venture at McMlnnvlllo. He waa ac companied Thursday by his brother, S. J. Levitt, of the Regal ehoe store In Portland, and a party of other Port land business men. Mr. I-cvltt's arrest was a complcto surprise to. him, he said. From Mc Mlnnvlllo ho waa taken to Portland where several friends discussed the matter with him and offered to go his bonds. Ho will be taken before Cir cuit Judge Campbell today to enter a' plea. He aald last night that he would nswer not guilty. Jake Levitt, arrested Thursday morning at hia atore at MrMlnnvllle by Sheriff Wilson on a charge of ob taining $5000 from the Flrat National bank of this city under false pretenses. entered a plea of not guilty Friday morning In the circuit court through his attorney. George' C. Itrownell. He will be tried April 24. Mr. Levitt, who waa for 10 years a leading merchant In this city, is now out under $1000 bonds, furnished by Portland friends. INFORMATION CONCERNING SHIP. PING OF SUBMARINES WAS SOUGHT. CONSUL'S SECRETARY AND FREE Lffl DETECTIVE ALSO HELD Allcgad Brlba, Originally I1S00, Cut to $1000 Nine BUI of Lading Found In Bad of Ship ping Clark. IS THE CARVER ROAD AND CURTIS PLEAD Martin Parsich, J. W. Curtis and Jimmy Pudorlch each entered a plea nnnm. Oak Lnwn nnd Yoder competed of not guilty lit tho clrcuK co-.rt Tues WedneBdny at Monte Chrlsto and the day afternoon. They were bound over winners wore Hor.nl Roxford. of Yo- nt tho last session of ilia grand Jury dor, MIbs Edna Hays, of Monte Chris- but tnoir arraignment was postponed, (ft, and MIbsos Dorrla McRobcrts and Parsich la charged with assult and Dorrla Sklrvln, ! one of tho Slavonian woodchoppers Ralllos were held at Kelso, Rock arrested March 6 near Tualatin. He Creek, Poring and Sandy and each one will be tried April 26. The other two attended hv Superintendent tai- men are cnargen wiiu luauuurj avan, Supervisor McCormlcK and Per- crimes. Curtis will be tnkon before tens Ford. At the Boring rally, a the court April 27 and Uudorich, April ai.nnpr wna served. 28, i r - - Construction on the Portland & Oregon City railway hns boen prog ressing through Milwaukle and be tween Mllwaukle and Ardenwald through the Scott place. Through Mllwaukle the grading 1ms been completed nnd most of the track hns been laid, llotween Mllwaukle and Clackamas grading has boen fin ished and the bridges have been built. It is expected the cars will be In oper ation to Paker's bridge, on Clackamas river, on or about July 1. Stophen Carver Btated that Baker's brldgo would be as far as tha lino would be built this year. Whether the track will be laid on Esst Seven teenth streot In Portland, will depend on the outcome of tho referendum. The company has right of way for en trance nonr the Southern Pacific track. SEATTLE. March 17. Dr. William Mullrr. Imperial German ronaul at Se attle, and hla secretary, II. M. Schula. were aerved with not Ire of arrest to day at the conaulat". The) were charged with conspiracy In attempt ing to Influence corruptly John Mur dock, an employe of the SeaUle Con struction ft Drydork company, by In ducing bim to sell business secrets of his employers. i Consul Muller and his acritry are accused of offering M unlock a large cash consideration to ftn.lih them In formation bearing ou: Ambassador nernatorffa charge tbst the Seattle! corporation was shipping gnock-down submarines to the liritlnh government via British Columbia. The Information against the Ger man reprcseutatlre. filed hr County Prosecuting Attorney Limdln. Jointly charges them and Dan Tarnlsasky, a free-lance detective, with conspiracy. Murdock and the detective were ar rested last night on a Joint grand lnr- teny complaint and wi re dotalned at the county Jail until this morning. when Murdock, who will be held by the prosecutor as tho stato's principal witness, was released on $1000 ball. The warrants for tha arrest of Consul Muller and his secroUry wen served on the mthrough their counsel. Murdock. !2 years old, has been em' ployed as assistant shipping clerk at the plant of the Seattle C onstruction ft Drydock company for tho past two years. In a stateu,cut to the prose cuting attorney the youth says the ne gotiations for the delivery of the In formation said to nava been sought by Consul Muller wero still penJing when Murdock was airested. He had orlglnully demanded $1500 for his work, he said, but had subsequently agreed to accept $1000. He declared that, although ho had some of tho In formation ready for delivery at a con ference held at tho consulate last even ing, there was a bitch when he re fused to deliver this until (he money was forthcoming. Nine original bills of lading were also found there. DECISIOHOFIIICH COURTSAVESTIIE COUNTY $50,000 WEST LINN LOSES ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ROAD TAX FROM CLACKAMAH, "BsasssaaJwaasiBs 4 ACTIONS EY .THE? JOBS M NO'rY PROBABLY EE WITHDRAWN Plan of Spaelal Chtr Hara ti Enact Clause Directing Payment of Road Taa I Killad 8 Ruling. TO Fl A aaxlng for the county of S4 0D4 as made Tueaday abeo the a'ipfati.e court ruled for the county In the Wet Llnn road raae. The opinion practi cally denies tba rltlax of the state tha right to leglalate county tairs co!lt d within tblr boundarlea Dlatrict Attorney Hedges with the aaalatanra of f). N. Hick represented the county. The ruling. It la thought, will et.d at once the suit agalnat the county by West Llnn. Mllaaukle. (JUdalcc nd Canby and the threatened s-Jlt tf Oaargo. It will t'ao probably put to an end the movement In Oregon City for a charter amendmmt directing that the county shall pay 100 tx r cent of the road money collectod within toe city to the city. The Wt-st Llnn suit asked for all the taies collected within the town since II waa corporated. The town el the county now receive a percentage of the road money collected wlthla their boundaries, so the town across the river aaked for the difference be tween the percentage received and the amount collected. The case wa first tried before Judge Campbell here and the town won. The county promptly filed a notice of appeal and the raae was argued before tba higher court last month. Soon after West Llnn filed Its suit. Mllwaukle put In a claim for road money. Then came Gladstone and Canby. Oswego ha been considering filing a suit agalnat the county and la Oregon City many favored a special election to put a clause In the charter directing that all road money collect ed in the city be turned over to the city. Tbe total of claims of this na ture la about $50,000, according to a rough estimate of District Attorney Hedge Tuesday afternoon. SPECIAL flfCTION SOON AUiOST SOKE l'OlTl.AM. Or.. Mar. IJ-l'..l bllltlr ttial a an-!aj lotion lll U teld boil fall la ruoalilcr Ma ttt lb Ibtaaure it by M.a rtM cg! 11 ma aeaui lo te lo.rratiiig It la awarrnt Ibal tartou group vl Internum raoc ar a'-abulitg to h iAa Iba rrfurvadtita agalntl aciaral of tba bill thai lha Uaauaker wm1 Hut 60 ona aat to take lae raapoo alMllly ot (rutting tha !iayrr of Ilia atale to th eiicae of loo w. ahkb ould I Iba prPai of a perlal !-- tli-n. Anoeg the saeaaure prominent! eunaldvraJ aa BbLJert for tba raferea dura are Iba Jtitaaila court bill and tbe highway aaglaaar bill. BODY OF BRIDE OFIIJTHfOlD III WELL Oil FARM COMPLETE MVSTERV SURROUNDS OEATH OP WOMAN AT LOWER LOGAN. ra w GUT M.S. WEEK IN CLACKAMAS FIELD WORKER OF STATE NOR MAL WILL VISIT MANY OF COUNTY'S SCHOOLS. OF 2000 FEET 111 PIPELINE CERTAIN SAVING IN LINN'S MILL DISTRICT IS OVER 1100 FEET, SAYS RANDS. HIGH Pra Of NEW PIPE KAKES SHORT ROUTE POSSIBLE South Fork Commission Will Open Of ficaa In Matonle Building Be fora the End of This Week. FRANCIS JOSEPH DISCUSSES DE FENSE WITH MINISTER OF WAR. SUIT AGAINST CANE ED The suit of T. Nicoll agaiKBt Pen Patton, a deputy game warden of Es- tncada, for malicious proscciticu was thrown out of the circuit court Thurs day when Judge Campbell Instructed the Jury to return a verdict of not guilty. District Attorney Hedges rep- rerented the warden and George C. Brownell the plaintiff. Mcoll was arrested last November and tried in Entacada on a charge of hunting without a license. ROME, March 15. The Italian min ister of posts ami telegraphs today ls biiod orders suspending the exchange of telegraphic money orders with Aus tria-Hungary. Ordors also were issued suppressing the traveling po&tofflce on trains bound for the Austrian frontier. According to a dispatch from Vien na to the Messngcro, Emperior Francis Joseph today had an extendod conver sation with General Ritter von Kro batin, the Austro-Hungarinn minister of war, on the subject ot the defonno of tho dual monarchy on the Italian frontier. The report in Rome that Francis Jo soph absolutely rejected the ldcu of any territorial concessions to Italy hns been given authoritative denial. The situation in this regard seems io be that the little Austria Is reluctantly disposed to concede is so iuadeiuate compared to what Italy would accept that an understanding seems hopeless. M. S. Pittman, field worker for the state normal school, arrived In Oregon City Monday. He will spend a week with County Superintendent Calavan and talk at many schools. Thla morning he will appear ht the Gladstone school and shortly before noon at the high school here. In after noon he will accompany Superintend ent Calavan to Maplo Lane where a spelling bee will be held and Wednes day he will go to Milwaukle. On their way to tbe north Clackamas town, Mr. Pittman and Superintendent Calavan will visit a number of schools. Mr. Pittman visited Stone school yesterday afternoon with Superintend ent Calavan and was favorably im pressed with the spelling bee held there. It was Mr. Plttmnn's first ex perience with a systematic schedule of spelling bees. E A total saving of at least 2000 feci baa been made poaalble In the South Fork pipeline by the ubtltution of steel for wood, according to the etl matea of Engineer H. A. Rand. The largest cut la In the Linn's Mill dlatrict where 1140 feet will be saved In tbe canyon of the Abernathy. An engineering party under 8. A. Cobb waa put In the field the first ot laat week but It waa not until recently that tba full extent ot tho saving became known. Owing to the fact that a iteel line la capable of standing much higher pressure than wood and the fact that the original survey waa based on tbe consideration that a wood line would be used, the careful attention to grades and pressure Is not necessary and Instead of following tbe side of the canyon In order to gain elevation, the route now goes directly down the canyon and np the other side. Other cut-offs than the saving In Abernathy canyon are possible by the substitution of steel for wood. A party Is now busy In the Clear Creek canyon where a cut-oft of several hundred feet la possible, and several other points along the line will be resur- veyed before the end of the month. The use of steel also makes unneces sary. the construction of several trestles. The careful hunt for cut-offs made by Engineer Rands is taken to show the caution being exercised before act ual work Is begun, when a checking of the survey would be almost impos sible. Before tbe end ot the week, the of fices of the South Fork commission on the second floor of the Masonic building will be opened. They will be in charge of Engineer H. A. Rands and Fred Greenman, clerk ot the com' mission. The rooms nave been re- flnished for the use of the commission. KfiTKIR SUICIDE KQ3 FOUL PLAY THEORIES ARE CEBTADf Motlvaa for Salt Dtructlen Are Lack ing, While 6eJy Ha Ne Brulae r Mark to Indicate Murdar. STUDENTS TO BECOME L LOCAL COUPLE WEDS. Stella Kellogg and A. C. Roseubcrg, of thla city, received a marriage li cense from County Clerk Harrington Wednesday. They were married by County Judge Anderson. With the end of winter and the com ing the spring, thire is a notable In crease in the acreage of cleared land in the county, according to reports that are being received here from ev ery Boctlon of the county. Many farmers have taken the ad vantage of cheaper labor afforded dur ing the winter, Just closed, and have prepared large stretches ot "jungle' for planting of wheat, potatoes, oats and other crops common to the coun ty. This is particularly true In the Macksburg district. The building ot the Willamette Valley Southern has probably stimulated this work. With a week of clear weather, many of the spring crops are now in the ground and the farmers are busy ev ery day when tho sun Is out. LEWELLEN ESTATE PROBATcD. The estate of William J. Lewellett, the pioneer merchant of Springwater, was probated in the county court Thursday by Mrs. Martha Jane Lewel len, his widow. Tbe estate is valued at $10,000. Mr. Leweilen died in Port land March 4. LOT ACROSS STREET FROM HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE USED FOR GARDENS. School garments will be established for the local schools to be used in con nection with classes in agriculture, ac cording to action taken Thursday night by the school board. Mr. Barnholzer has offered the use of a lot across the street from the high school for the use of the pupils. The classes in agriculture will be giv en practical lessons in their study un der the direction of Instructor James H. West. Vegetables will be planted at once. Spring vacation begins April 5 and will last one week and the schools will close June 11 for the summer vacation. Bld3 will be asked fcr leveling the high school grounds. Complete mystery surrounds tbe finding or lha body of Mr. Mlnnla K. Armatronf. a bride of ntontb. Moo day noon at her farm home In tha Gar field d'.itrlrt. four ml Ira from tUtara da. Motive for suicide, ronaldrred by some tue prvbable rauae of her d.-atb, have not been found, while there I no mark on ber body that would lead to a murder theory. Her husband left borne al I o'clock Monday morning for the field and returned at It o'clock to find bis wife abaeuL After searching Ibrourb the bouae and yard, ht dis covered that the lid of an old well near tbe back porch waa off and a ararch revealed the fact that his wife body waa at (he bottom. Neighbor were railed and Acting Coroner John Blever and Attorney Cbarlra Btevers acre notified. Tha verdict of the coroner" jury wa that the woman "came to ber death by drowning from ran- unknown." A further investigation will be conducted a quickly a poaalble. Tbe coroner's party return d to Oregon City early Tueaday morning. One hundred and fifty dollars, left In the house by tbe husband waa not found up to I o'clock Monday night when Coroner Slcvers left. The the ory ba been advanced that tha house waa robbed and Mrs. Armstrong thrown Into the well In order to make It safe for the robber. However, ther la no algn of violence In or around the house and the body ot Mrs. Armstrong la not bruised. The last person to see Mrs. Arm strong alive Is J. W. Haille. a driver on a milk route out of Estacada. He made bis usual call at the Armstrong home at 9 o'clock Monday morning and found Mrs. Armstrong in an ap parently normal condition, he said at the Inquest Mrs. Armstrong'! maiden name was Miss Minnie K. Pierman. and was 25 year old. She was tbe daughter ot a prosperous Lower Logan farmer and waa well known in that section ot the county, where she spent the greater part of her life. The finding of $150, hid by Mrs. Mln nle K. Armstrong before her death Monday morning, Wednesday weak ened considerably the theory that she met with foul play and strengthened the belief of Sheriff Wilson and Acting Coroner Slevers that the woman com mitted suicide. The finding of the money, securely hid, followed search that began Monday afternoon and lasted almost continuously until Wed nesday morning when the husband with the aid ot neighbors located the funds. Several days before Mrs. Arm strong's death, Mr. Armstrong gave her $150 to put away. After her body was found at tbe bottom of a 40-foot well Monday morning, the husband with the help of others Including Cor oner Slevers. began a search. The theory was advanced that she bad been shoved down the well and that her assailant had escaped with the money. The search was renewed Tuesday with vigor and lasted until late that night, but still with no re sult, but Mr. Armstrong, determined to settle the robbery theory, began again his hunt Wednesday morning to be rewarded with success. At no time did Sheriff Wilson or Coroner Slevers take much stock in the murder theory and the finding of the money confirms their belief. The lack of scars on the body and the fact that there were no signs of struggle around the well or In the house, to gether with the finding of the money Is now taken as almost conclusive evi dence that Mrs. Armstrong took her own life by the officials. J. W. ALBERT TAKEN TO SALEM. J. W. Albert, a resident of Oregon City since Inst fall, was takrn to Sa lem' Wednesday by Constable E. E. Cooper, to face a charge of not sup porting Ms children who are living in the capital city with their mothe. Albert came to Oregon City with, his two oldest children after be and his wife had reached an agreement to live apart. He has been employed in a local mill. RMONT SCHOOL 1VI Both first and second places in the first division were captured by pupils from the Clalrmont school at the spelling bee held at the Maple Lane school Tuesday afternoon. Maple Lane Clalrmont, Mt. Pleasant, Henricl and Beaver Creek were represented. Neva Loney and Unlce Proffit were the pupils who won first and second places at tbe bee In tbe first division, and Gertrude Pohlander, of Beaver Creek, and Myrtle Muralt, of Henricl, were tbe winners In the second. County School Stiperintendt Cala van and M. S. Pittman. of the state normal school, were at the bee. Mr. Pittman made a short talk.