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15 TIIE srORXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY. XOTE3IBER 1. 1910. MURDER EVIDENCE IS CONTRADICTORY That Webb Met Johnson in Spokane Saloon Told in Kersh Trial. JOHNSON PROMISED TOWED Saloonkeeper Testifies lie Knew Woman Va to Become Wife of Mao Now Dead 'Hotel Clerk Recite Trio'a Arrival Here. It wu Jm P. Webb instead of Wil liam A. Johnson who eurceeted gains 10 U New Grand Central Hotel whan tha party arrlvad at tha Union Depot, ac cord ine to the testimony 'of two bus men. placed on the witness stand yester day In the Carrie Kersh murder trial. C. C Cooper, now bus man for the Foster Hotel, but who waa bus man for the Qulmby Hotel on Juno Ju, tha day Johnson was murdered, said ha was standing by his baa when Johnson. Vlrs. Kent and her little boy cam from the depot. They hesitated, he said, and both he and George B- Curley. bus man for tha New Grand Central. be-an quoting them priors. He said they were Inclined to take the (Julmoy bus. when Webb came up and pointed toward the Grand Central bus Then Mrs. Kersh took something from her purse, he said, which looked like checks. There were a couple of pieces of paper, ha said. These sba gave to Webb. Webb Is Spokesman. Curley. bus man for the Grand Cen tral, said he did not see Mrs. Kersh hand Webb the checks, but beard Webb aar. "No. let'a go here." He said Cooper called out that he had better get Webb a couple of badges, as he was a good "runner." "What kind of a dump la this, you have got?" Is the question Curley said Webb put to him on the way to the hotel. He replied, he said, that "It la a nlre. quiet family hotel." Curley ad mitted on cross-examination that ha had had three or four drinks of whisky be fore he took the witness chair. New testimony for the state and also for the defense was siren by X H. O'Neill, proprietor of the Elite saloon. Spokane. He said he met Mrs. Kersh last May. He knew her as Hay Web ster, he said, and she bad a room In the Vincent Hotel, over his saloon, at 23 Howard atreet. in Spokane'e restricted district. Deputy District Attorney future raid endeavored to show by O'Neill that Mrs. Kersh waa entertaining Johnson at the same time she waa living with Webb. O Nolll Knew Trio. "Mrs. Kersh became acquainted with William A. Johnson In or about my place." said O'Neill. "I knew Webb also. He came Into the saloon one day Just after Johnson had thrown down a lot of money on the bar. "What did Webb say to you on that occasion?" asked the Prosecuting Attor ney. "He remarked that that man Johnson is pretty fat. Isn't hot What did he mean by fat 7" asked one of the Jurymen. "I took It to mean that Webb thought Johnson was pretty well off financially." answered O'Neill. This testimony contradicts that of Webb at hla own trial that he had not seen Johnson until he saw him on the train, coming to Portland. Johnson Promised Marrlace. On rroes-ezamlnallon O'Neill corrobor ated Mrs. Kersh's statement that John son had promised to marry her. "I was well acquainted with Johnson." he said, '"lis made nYr place his head quarters. He waa much Infatuated with Mrs. Kersh. I thought he would go crasy over her." "Did he ever tell you ha would marry herr axked counsel. "He did. At one time ha Intended to buy the lodplnc-h.nise above my saloon, but he changed hla mind. Ha said he had decided to leave Spokane with tha woman on account of her undesirable reputation In that city." The witness said he saw Mrs. Kersh and Webb to crther Just once after alia began to go wlttt Johnson. W. J. Pluvcr. conductor for tha Pull man Company on the run between Spo kane and Portland, said Webb told him at Spokane he wanted to ride In the last ' car. and was sent to the ticket office for t a ticket. He said .Mrs. Kersh told him. when he went to take up her ticket, that she wanted a berth In tha last car. that she had friends In that ear. Johnson was then sitting by her side, he said. She paid for the berths, he told the Jury. He saw them later on the rear platform, and Webb asked hltn later if they might play cards. He ssld ha sent them to the day coach. Expressman Is Positive. William Shaw. tha expressman, through whom the detectives caught Mrs. Kersh and Webb, was positive he took the Webb and Kersh trunks to the hotel about 10 o'clock, or at least before noon, it was S:1S when he started from the hotel wltn the bloody trunk, he testified. Webb helped lift tnef trunk In the wagon. George Karll, day clerk at the hotel, said Webb told him to send up tha bag gage as soon as It arrived. Webb regis tered as A. C Powers, of Nome, he aaid. David Stein, a pawnbroker, created some amusement when cross-examined about a statement that Mrs. Kersh had two pavkagea of billa each three Inches thick. He waa asked aa to their color, and waa positive they were "United States colors." BYE TO KNTF.Il PLEA FRIDAY Man AiTttsed of Maltreatment of I-anrrl Stemler Arraigned. Alfred Fy. accused with Dr. R. 1 Gillespie with the eommlslson of "in art which grossly outraged the person of l-aurel A. s-teroler. and groaaly out raged the public peace, health and de eencr." we arraigned before Presid ing Circuit Judge Cleland yesterday afternoon, and allowed until Friday to enter hla pica, it Is alleged that ha and Gillespie wrongfully maintained the Crystal Springs Sanitarium from Sep tember 1. 10 to October last, that they imprisoned SOS persons there, among them Laurel A. Stemler. and that they beat, bruised and maltreated tiiemler and other patients, causing them great bodily pain and mental suf fering. It la alleged to have been tha duty of Dr. Gillespie, as superintendent and medical director of the Institution, to furnish all persons confined In tha Institution proper medical treatment, food and proper care. He Is alleged to have neglected to do this. Luther Adcox. William Boyd and Grace Bales were arraigned en a charge of Inducing a lT-year-otd girl to visit aa infamoua house, and pleaded not guilty. It. Kennedy ' was arriagned ' on the 1 charge of obtaining rnour under fmlM ' pretenaes from H. B. Riffle Aufuit 19. It le chara-ed that he wronrfuiiy ob tained tlOOft for a third Interest la commission buelneaa whloh be did not SOX FIGHTS WILL OF MOTHER John H. EUerson Say Parent Was Incompetent and Influenced. Testimony in tha suit of John H. El lerson. to set aside the will of his mother. Anna. Elisabeth Ellerson, waa heard by County Judge Cleeton In the county court yesterday. Tha aetata Is valued at $15,000. Ellerson was cut off with $100 on tha ground that he had already received his share of his father's property by a deed to 100 acres of land In Wash ington County. He says his mother waa Incompetent when tha will waa made, and waa Influenced unduly by her daughters. Alice M. Ellerson and Ida H. Shelton. Harriet J. Ellerson and Elisabeth D. Hunt, also daughters, and Mrs. Sua King, granddaughter, were also remembered In tha will. . Husband Alleged Flirt. Allowing that Alfred Baker Cunning ham, foreman of Engine Company No. 15 on Union avenue, flirted with his u'-year-old cousin, Juanlta Jack. Min nie Laura Cunningham filed a divorce suit against him- yesterday. She was married May 20. lSOS. Her maiden name waa Hlrshherg. DOCTRINE MUST BE FREE REV. MR. ELIOT SAYS DOGMA HINDERS PROGRESS. Best Type or Modernists In All Churches Are Doing- Construct ive Work, He Maintains. "The Modern View of tha Bible, and Its Relation to the Question of Cer tainty and Progress In Religion," was the toplo upon which Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jst- spoke Sunday morning at the Unitarian Church. Mr. Eliot said that tha recent controversy In the com munity concerning tha nature of Biblical Inspiration and- Interpretation had served a good purposs in clearing the air. "If it Is true." he said, "that one of the leading orthodox ministers of tha city has declared publicly that anyone who says that tha Bibla Is not ths "Word of God' Is a liar, It certainly tends to show that there are many In the Protestant orthodox body who still hold that tha Bibla has some peculiar mlraculonsness of origin and trans mission which exempts It from the or dinary rulea of scholarly research. On the other hand, an able edltoilal la the Catholic Sentinel sets forth un equivocally the position of the Roman Catholic Church aa tha Infallible guar antor and Interpreter of tha Bible. "Again the clear-cut and manly state ment from Dr. ford, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Is typical of tha position of aa Increasing mi nority In tha Protsstant orthodox churches who are openly and clearly on modern ground In their view of the Bible. Along with thess clear-cut views of Catholic and Protestsnt ad herents It haa been also clearly ahown that there are still many whose trum pets give forth an uncertain sound." The speaker said that the reason those who still honestly hold to the tra ditional view of the Bible feel such concern over the advancement of mod ern views Is their belief that the lat ter views tend to supplant the old cer tainty in religion by a wilderness of uncertainties. "Those who believe In tha Infallible authority of tha church." ha continued, "share this trepidation with those who believe In the Infallible authority of Scripture. For those who lean upon the Infallibility of Scripture or church. It Is obvious that all religious move ment outside the bounds of that au thority is aimless wandering. It Is a truism for those who postulate Infalli ble authority la book and church that all views and all methods of research and proof that differ with these au thorities are uncertain." The speaker referred to Cardinal Newman's saying: "To know history I to cease to be a Protestsnt." Bald Mr. Eliot: "Aa between believers in the Infallibility of the ohurcb and be llevera In the Infallibility of tha Bible. I hold that Cardinal Newman Is right. But as between believers In any In fallible authority at all and all trua modernists in all churches. Newmsn is wrong. To know history Is to aban don both the Roman and the Protestant Orthodox doctrines of Infallible au thority. "The previous question has been moved la Rome Infallible? Is the Bible infallible? No affirmative ans wer is passible except the blankly dog matic answer without reasons: or elm answer based on facts and reasons. But If facts and reasons are appealed to In proof of the contention of the super iority of the churchor the Bible to tha ordinary method of dealing with tacts and reasons, then the very con tention of the opponents of biblical and ecclesiastical Infallibility la ad mitted. "Beneath present differences among modernists In all churches there are undercurrents of certainty In both method and result that far surpass any certainty that any dogma of Infallibil ity can offer. And at the heart of what Is Indeed often bewildering enough In the dissonance of Individual belief and utterance there are possi bilities of true progress beyond any In the fixed creeds." Mr. Eliot maintained that the princi pal cause of religions uncertainty In the present day and the chief hind rance to theological progress and the advancement of religion. la the fatu ousness with whiou the majority of Christians have clung to the dogmas of Infallible authority. He held that tha traditionalists of all schools are to that extent hindering and destructive, and that tha best type of modernists In all churches are doing the genuinely pro gressive and constructive work, and that the day haa coma when a doctrine that cannot stsnd freedom cannot, or ought not. to stand at all. fIREBUG ATTEMPT FAILED Tar Placed On Woodlawn House but Flames Are Quelled. Firebugs In Woodlawn at midnight Ounday attempted to burn the house of Roila Fairhurst. located on Glenn avenue, between Atnenrorth and Holman streets. Mr. Fairhurst bad been In bed only a few minutes when be discovered the house on ft re. He succeeded In finding the main path of tha flames Immediately and with sufficient water st hand, he was able to extinguish tha lira before much damage was done. Upon investigation, a bucket of tar was found under a corner of the house. Mr. Fairhurst k greatly distressed over tha matter and le of tha opinion that tha attempted arson wss the work of soma Insane person. Officers are working on tha case. nnralxiniia. a ew patented alley of alum inum, dtseorerid by ir. Weeks, chemist st Maxim works. Is ssjd to b as strons as aiet and a!moet aa llsht aa aluminum. New works at Birmingham will manufacture it. paralumla may be a help la arutioa.. KN ABE'S The World's Most Famous Piano Will Be Sold Exclusively by The Reed-French Piano Mfg. Company, Sixth and Burnside We take great pleasure in announcing to the public that the celebrated William Knabe & Co. piano will be sold by us exclusively. Four carloads of Baby Grands and beautiful uprights will arrive the first of next week. We Must Make Room During the next five days we will hold a clean-up sale on slightly used and second-hand pianos, offering them at ridiculously low prices. The sale starts this morning at 9 o'clock. Most of the pianos are good as new and before next Saturday night at 10 o'clock we expect to clean out the entire as sortment. They must go'. REED "From Maker to Player THREE GREEKS SOUGHT COMPANIONS OF DOLIAMIS MAT EXPUUX HIS DEATH. Theory That laborer Wu Murdered and Then Robbed Is Held by Local Detectives. Three Greeks who were with K. Dol iamia tha day of his supposed murder, near Mount Tabor, two weeka ago, and who disappeared from tha cltr the ni.hi i-niilil nrobably teil how the man came to his death. In tha opinion of Lletectives joieraan ana Snow, who are working; on the case. The hodv of Dollamls was found Sun day morning, with a bullet hole througn nis noaa ana wun u, partially rifled. About 120 waa left in . i. t - .. Kn , I , .nnun that the 111. " .- rr " man had more money only a short time betore. Inquiries mads by tha deteotlves yes- . J ,-A Vi a nollamla had leru. u.i. .J..' (--. . - been employed with a railroad section (puis: at UUXton. tie came ui on October is and was last seen alive at t o'clock the afternoon of October 21, when ha went down Sixth street, accompanied by three of his coontry i.it.wi the office of ths O. R. A N. paymaster and drew 184 in wages. Members oi tne urte. cwwiu the men together also saw tha three ... .- .v. ..itv hi wu of the Union Station, at 10 o"clock that night. The theory is that after Dollamls drew his pay he waa aecoyea to . . . rp.iu.H mnniiir.rf and robbed. Tha section foreman at Buxton told the detectives that tne man proo-oijr u.u over $200 at tha time of bis death. The robbery theory is supported by the fact that an inner pocket in the man'a vest was ripped, as if to remove something. On ths body was a square of paper, such as tha Greeks use to wrap up their money, which they sel dom Intrust to the banks. Friends of ..- . -. v .hat he was of peace- f ul and cheerful disposition and that the sulciae tneory ia v"i'"'"" brother of Dollamls is employed at the r. nin. unm ind will reach tha U11 vuu pii. . ' - city today to add hla Information. An Inquest will be ncia py mc v...., K The Addition With Our Automobiles Run Between Our Office and the Tract Every Hour - FRENCH PIANO MFG. CO. and if murder Is found to have been committed, the detectives have expec tations of oapturlng the murderers. ' SPAN PLANSJVEAR READY Modjeskl Writes That Task Will Be Complete November 8. Mayor Simon yesterday received a letter from Ralph Modjeskl. tha Chicago engineer who haa charge of preparing plans and specifications for the Broad way bridge, saying that plans snd sll will be resdy about November S and will be forwarded aa soon after that date aa possible. Mr. Modjenkl also wrote that ha will arrive In Portland about November IS. There Is no doubt," Mr.. Modjeskl says In his letter, "that a contract can be let promptly and work on the sub structure commenced early In Decem ber. I do not believe that time would be gained by the city undertaking the foundation work." The mass meeting to consider ways and means of effecting the retirement of tha Port of Portland Commissioners will bo held at the Armory next Friday night. County Judge Cleeton. who has charge of the Armory, donated Its use yesterday to the committee in charge of arrangements for the meeting. There will be about 20 speakers, in cluding Lionel R. Webster. Martin L Pipes. Osborne Mlddleton. C. W. Pul ton, John F. Logan, W. P. Olds, W. F. Woodward, Rev. George B. Von Waters and H. J. Parkinson. Each speaker will be limited In time and evsry phase of the Port of Portland Commissioners' activities will be delved Into. Pennsylvania Officials to Visit. Samuel Moody, of Pittsburg, and C. L. Kimball, of Chicago, passsnger traffic manager and assistant general passenger agent, respectively, of the Pennsylvania system, will arrive in Portland Tuesday evening, November 17. on a tour of Inspection of the North west and Pacific Coast country. They will remain in the city several days and will be the guests of local repre sentatives of. the country and other railroad men. Tha Pennsylvania of ficials will travel In a special car and will stop at all principal cmes Chicago and Portland. They will go from here to San FTancisco. E N BLOCKS 39, 4- O AND 41 KENTON is destined to become the industrial and commercial section of Portland. Do you realize what that means to you? Purchase a lot today before they are all gone. Don't put it off. Take an L car and transfer to the KENTON car. Our tract is right at the end of the line. Our salesmen are always on the ground ready to serve you. Terms 10 per cent down, 2 per cent per month. - CO-OPERATIVE 520 Railway Exchange NEW THE HOUSE OF BARGAINS BIG MEN ONE FOR STATE SAM HILL AXD W. H AX LEY WORK FOR OREGOX. Bfarrhill, Wash., Resident Talks Good Roads and Burns, Or., Not able Favors Jay' Bowerman. The Portland Hotel, yesterday after noon, was the scene of meeting by two of tho foremost citizens of the North west, men who stand for Its progres sive development and conservation of its products. "Hello, Bill." "Hello, Sam; how about you?" Sam Hill, of Maryhill, Wash., was the first speaker and uncovered his gray locks as he saluted William Hanley, of Burns, who answered the greeting from across the Columbia River. As The Oregonlan replaced his head gear Jim Hill's son-in-law said: "Please say to Portland and Oregon that I am endeavoring to aid Oregon in Its good roads campaign. I went to Prineville at the request of good peo ple and talked to them about good roads and especially about the great highway from the Willamette Valley to Vancouver and along up the Columbia River to Spokane. . "Then Governor Brady of Idaho asked me to come to Boise to talk on good roads, and I am just returning to my home." With tho commendation of Mr. Hill, Mr. Hanley then talked of conditions in Central Oregon. Mr. Hanley wanted first to put in a good word for Jay Bowerman, Republican candidate for Governor. "It is up to Oregon at this time to repudiate the actions of our Pinchot delegation in Congress," said Mr. Han ley. "Right now Jay Bowerman stands for the only plan open to the people of this state to break into the pasture where our resources are locked up. New railroads are projected Into Cen tral and Southern Oregon. The rail roads must find their way over the val leys where there is no tonnage, and it must be created. "Our delegation in Congress as rep hv Chamberlain and Bourne are said to stand for the Pinchot policy an Assumed REALTY CO. Marshall 2248, A 1274 HOME Read the List Emerson $100, Kranich & Bach $295, Hallett & Davi3 $278, sweet-toned Willard in mahogany case for $197, new sample Goetzmann, worth $425, for $275; Steinback & Dreher for $195, Gardner Bros., in ebony case for $75; this piano is in good condition. A fine player piano almost new for $450, six-octave Farrand & Votey organ for $65, Schubert, worth $475, for $295, a great bargain, and'many other attractive bargains upon which the most satisfactory terms can be arranged by. the week, by the month or by the quarter. Now is a good time to make arrangements to secure a fine piano for the family before Christmas.' Early Christmas shopping always gets the best results. In look ing around, don't pass us by. Drop in and be shown. of keeping these resources locked up. However much we may admire the per sonalities of those gentlemen, the time has come when we must declare for or against Oregon. Thousands of people are seeking the central and southern portions of the state, but few are stay ing. The reason is that they cannot see a market for their wares. The election of Bowerman and the platform on which he stands mean the first chance for expansion. "We want conservation, in the sense that the timber shall not be sold for less than it is worth, or on an acreage basis, but the farmers of Hartley Coun ty want the East to let us alone in our growth." ' DR. T1MMS IS MOURNED State Medical Council Expresses Re gret at Sudden Death. At the special meeting of the council of the Oregon State Medical Associa tion. Dr. Katherine Manlon was elect ed treasurer to take the place of Dr. Edna Tlmms. who was recently killed in an automobile accident. The fol lowing resolutions were also adopted: Whereas. In the dispensation of provi dence the treasurer of our eociety, Dr. Edna D Tlmma, haa been -suddenly called from the duties Tand responsibilities of life; and Whereas. Dr. Tlmms occupied a warm plaTnUie esteem of the medical profes sion of the state ; therefore be it Resolved. That in her sudden and deplor .hl death we recORnize the loss of a phy Slclal i who was faithful. Intelligent and sympathetic in her association with her K'vXVhlt'e Profession of the rJ.m mon; us. and that the sympathy of "association Til Therewith tendered to the SfembSTof her Trtly. o have sunned esK Tne'tV'c'opy SfWrSS-Si-i 1 spread upon the minutes of the council ind ?hlt another copy be sent to the family of deceased. Pennsylvania Station Opened. Invitations to attend the formal opeti inir of the new Pennsylvania passenger etation in New York have been received by local railroad officials. Some of them may accept. Although the station has been in use for several weeks. 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