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3 THE MOTIXTXG OREGONIAN. TITESDAT, JTLY 30, 1D12. HARROW TESTIFIES i WOMAN WHOSE TRIAL ON CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MUKDilB BEGINS, AND HT7PBAND WHO ACCUSES HER. , BEHALF Merchandise of Aeril Orilx- - BOO! OF GIRL MAT BE MISSING NURS 1 IN OWN 1 - Mystery of Dorcas Snodgrass' Disappearance Thought to Be Solved by Discovery. CRIME THEORY ADVANCED PHrt of Xame Found on Clothing or Corpse in Stream Near Catskill, New York No Marks of Violence Are Pound. ALBAXY, X. T., July 29. The mys tery of the disappearance of Miss Dor ras T. S nod grass, a nurse, who had been missing from her sister s home Mount Vernon, X. Y., since July 17, is believed to have been solved by the finoJns of the body of a young woman yesterday in Dubois Creek, near Cat skill. The body Is said to tally with the description of the missing young wom an and the name, I. b nod grass, was found upon her corset-cover. Another initial, believed to have been a "D," had been obliterated. Ilelatives of the young woman are on their way to Cat- ttkill to view the body. James Young, while rowing on the creek yesterday afternoon, found the body lying face downward in the mud and reeds. It evidently had been in the water for some time, as decompos ition had set in. On the body were expensive belt buckle, a diamond ring and a Christian Endeavor pin. Her pocketbook, containing $2.45, hung on her arm. The position of the body when found was such that the authorities believe , it could not have drifted into the creek from the Hudson River. No murks of violence were found. One theory put forth Is that she may have been drugged or poisoned and thrown into the creek. 1MCOTHER GOES TO SEE BODY lU-M-riiuion Agrees With Missing Mount Vernon Nurse. NKV YORK, July 29. William Snod urass, of Meyersdale, Pa., went to Cat kill. N. Y today to view the body of a young woman found in the Catsklll River there, on the possibility that it may be the body of his sister, Miss Dorcas Snodgrass, who disappeared from her sister's home at Mount Ver non, X. Y., on July 17. It had been reported that Miss Snod Krass is aboard the steamship Minne haha, now on her way to Southampton, but until this is proved or disproved, relatives are following every clew. The body at Catskill tallies in many re spects with the description of the miss ing nurse. 'r, f&s iVt A tir tr-.-S'? -; I Mr. and Mm. Kiitr H. fcrn, of -ftwV .. ' v 1 RODGERS lIOJA CANDIDATE Bull .Moose Leader Denies He Will Enter for Congressional Race. - SALEM. Or.. July 29. (Special.) t ieorge K. Rodgers. who was perma nent chairman of the Bull Moose party meeting in Portland, denied the report today that he will become a candidate' for Representative in Congress from the first district on that ticket. Mr. Rodgers was reported to be con sidering seriously becoming a candi date against W". C Hawley, present in cumbent and candidate for re-election before the primaries. At that time he (lesired becoming a candidate on the Republican ticket, but finally decided not to bake the rare. Had he done so, however, it was his intention as ex pressed at that time to appear as an an ti-Administ ration man and a fol lower of Roosevelt. "I have not the remotest Idea of be coming a candidate for Congress at this time, any report to the contrary notwithstanding." he said today when questioned as to his attitude. "Had I become a candidate it would have been before the primaries, but I will not be come a candidate now. I believe it the best policy for the third party to center all of its efforts on carrying the state for Roosevelt, and 1 am opposed to any move to place a state or Congressional ticket in the field." DRUG GIVEN GRACE Man Who Says Wife Shot Him Excited in Courtroom. ACCUSED WOMAN IS CALM ALLEGED FUGITIVE HELD Fumes Landers Accused of Jailoreak in Alaska in 1901. T.OS ANGELES, July 29. Chai gcd with having broken out of Jail after having been convicted of robbery at Nome, Alaska, in 1901, James Landers was arrested by Federal authorities here today and lodged in the County Jail, pending the arrival of Alaskan of ficers. Landers mas taken into custody in a restaurant where he was working as a waiter. He had been seen there sev eral days ago by Frank Hattan, a rest dent of Los Angeles, who was In Nome at tire time of the jailbreak and who said he recognized Landers as a con vlrr. Hattan notified the Government of ficials, who communicated with the A'askan authorities, who in turn asked that Landers be arrested. PIONEER PRINTER PASSES T;o Pensioner. 63 Years Old, Die t Sanatorium at salcni. SALEM, Or., July 29. (Special.) Archie Boui-A-arr. 63 years old and a pioneer printer in practically all the la1in;x newspaper offices and print ing shops in the Northwest died at the Willamette Sanatorium today. He was (he only pensioner on the rolls of the International Typographical I'nion here and probably th only one in Ore pon. Hi funeral will take place tomor row afternoon. His death was due to a peculiar com bination of circumstances. A few days aso he was found lying on the floor of his room in a semi-conscious state. He had been there for two days, suf ferinK a paralytic stroke, and in fall in? he was rendered unconscious by striking his head on the furniture. Difficult to Please. Washington Star. "What's the reason nobody will sit into a game with Broncho Bob." Well." replied Three-Finger Sam, "Boh is a nice feller, but he got so fretful we got tired of tryln" to please him. The only way to convince him that he was gettin' a square deal was to stack the cards so that he could win every time." Defendant, Placed on Trial at At lanta for Alleged Attempt to Kill Her Husband, Bnters Plea of Xot Guilty. ATLANTA, Ga., July 29. Daisle Ople Grace was placed on trial here today, accused of having attempted to kill her husband last March. Mrs. Grace ap peared In the courtroom early, and af ter the charge against her had been read, pleaded not guilty, bne appeared cool under the gaze of spectators. The jury was quickly chosen, after which Grace was carried into the courtroom. Grac was worked up to such a pitch of excitement that a trained nurse ad ministered a hypodermic. Mrs. Grace looked frequently at her husband, but finally hitched her chair about so that one of her attorneys obscured her view. After quiet was restored, the prose cutor called the first witness for the state, R. A. Wood, a policeman, who went to the Grace home on the morn- ng of the shooting. From a cot in the courtroom, the hus band, Eugene Grace, faced his wife and was expected to aid In direction of the Drosecution. Grace reached here this morning, from Newman. Ga., where he had been since last March. Mrs. Grace, who has been at liberty under bond for several months, was ex pected to direct her own defense. She has steadfastly denied having had any part in the shooting, which took place in the Grace home in a fashionable res idence district of Atlanta. Various rumors were In circulation as to the defense which would be made by counsel for Mis. Grace, but no infor mation in this connection could be ob- j tained. Before leaving Newman, Ga., Grace reiterated his accusation of his wife with the declaration "That woman shot me, so help me God?" site on the bay, being president of the Willapa Bay Development Company with offices at 410 Lumbermcns build ing. His firm was Lucas & Bagley. Last Friday he sold the nite to nephew of James J. Hill, the railroad president. "Rennels was the new man he took down, who was to manage the sale of the property. F. A. Lucas intended to stav there a shor'. time until an order of lumber which the mill is turning out was completed. "My little boy, Ke.-mit, and my wife had been for three weeks visiting her mother at Falls City. They returned last Thursday night from there. Mrs. Lucas had planned on going to the bay about two weeks before school started. But Lucas came up and when the sale was made I told her she had better gi out with F. A. Lucas, as it would prob ahlv bo her last chance. During the three weeks she and Kermit were vis iting her mother, my daughter, Lolita, was with Lucas at the bay. When he came up last week he told of the fine time she was having and that she went in bathing nearly every day. Of course that put Kermit on the tiptoe of ex peotation. "F. A. Lucas sold his general mer chandise store at Falls City to Walter L. Tooze. Sr., father of Walter L. Tooze. Jr., who was arrested yesterday at the Oregon National Guard maneuver camp for mutiny. Courter and" his family live at 240 Farragut street. Peninsula station, about two blocks from F. A. Lucas' place. Bii Ml 13 FOUND K. TRASK, OF OAKXAXD, LO CATED IX SAX JOSE HOTEL. LAUNCH STRIKES, TWO DIE (Continued From First Page.) afternoon and will be taken to Port land tomorrow for burial. Kennels has a wife and five chil dren in Portland. Lucas' wife and two children are in California. COIRTEK HAD PHEMOXITIOX Husband of One Saved Wondered of News He Might Hear. Henry C. Courter. husband of one of the rescued women and father of the two children who were saved, had a premonition yesterday that he would hear news from Willapa Bay of a drowning. "I am not a believer in impressions or premonitions," he said last night. "But it flashed through my mind two or three times today. "What if I should hear that they were out in that launch and were drowned, or that the chil dren were drowned while in bathing? "Lucas, who was a neighbor of mine here at Peninsula, was always having hair-breadth escapes, while his brother, who was drowned, seemed to be con tinually having ill-luck. Once Lucas, my neighbor, who used to have a saw mill and general merchandise store at Falls City, and who has a -small mill at Willapa Bay, was struck by the cable of a donkey engine, and everyone thought he was dead. But 'he revived, and was all right in a short time. "L A. Lucas, or 'Delmar as we called him, bought what he thought was, a fruit ranch in California. But he found that pests prevented the raising of much fruit. So he left his wife and two little children there at the ranch, about a half mile from the nearest neighbor, and a short distance from a sanitarium in Lake County, and came to Oregon to work for his brother, in order that he might meet the payments on his land. F. A. Lucas will see, of course, that the wife and children in California are cared for, but this will be very hard for them. "Another narrow escape of F. A. Lucas was when he was trying to cross the bay in stormy weather in an old launch of a fisherman who lives on the bay. Even the tisherman thought they would not reach the shore. Mr. and Mis. Lucas were down tnero all Winter. "F. a. Lucas was promoting a town- With Family He Goes to California in Auto Wanders Away Health Had Been Bad. SAN JOSE. Cal.. July (Special.) Charles Trask, the elderly man who mysteriously disappeared Sunday even ing. was located this morning by the police at the Menlo Hotel and I turned to his anxious family. Sunday evening he and his family came to San Jose from Ashland, Or., and stopped at the Garden City Auto Company's garage to get gasoline. Mr. Trask told his family that while his son Avery was buying the gasoline he would step Into a nearby bakery and buy some cookies. Upon his failure to return a few minutes later, a search was started and after fruitless results from the efforts of his wife and son. they asked the assistance of the police, who Immedi ately took a hand in the affair. The city was scoured last night, but no trace of the man could be found. The story that Trask told the of ficers, was that when he came from the bakery he could not find the automo bile or his family and set out to locate them. Confused by strange surround ings he wandered around the streets until about & o'clock and was then taken in charge by two kindly dis posed strangers, who took him to the hotel and saw that he was safe for the night. TRASK OWNS FIXE PROPERTY Family Leaves Ashland for Long Trip to Benefit His Health. ASHLAND. Or., July 29. (Special.) C. E. Trask has been a resident of this city about two years, coming to South ern Oregon, from the Dakotas. On July 24. with his wife and four children, he left in a large touring car for Southern California points, intending to visit friends at Visalia and other points en route, since which time nothing what ever has been heard by friends here of the family's whereabouts. Trask was an invalid and the outing was primarily taken for Ihe benefit of his health. BOSTON STRIKE IS AT END Conductors and Motormen Win AH Points Sought From Company. BOSTOX, July 29. The strike of the conductors and motormen of the Bos ton Elevated Railway Company, which lasted for 53 days and is estimated fJ have cost Jl,O28,0OO, was ended to night, the strikers winning every point sought. The strikers will begin to go back to work tomorrow. Attorney Denies Holding Con versation With Franklin About Bribery. THIRTEENTH JUROR USED Nell Jack told me I was his first Relle h told m I was his last. love. Defense Demands and Obtains Prom ise of All Documents in Hands ot Prosecution Check to Be Used in Evidence. LOS ANGELES, July 29. Clarence S. Darrow, on trial for alleged jury bribery, .took the witness-stand in his own behalf today, well toward the close of a session which began with the discharge of L. A. Leavitt, juror, because of illness and the substitution of A. M. Blakesley. as alternate juror. In the brief time he was on the stand today. Darrow , contradicted testimony bv George Behm and Bert Franklin which had been considered as damag ing to his case. The long-expected appearance of the noted lawyer-defendant in the role of witness came after a second futile at tempt by the defense to get posses sion of the grand jury testimony of O. A, Tveitmoe. the San Franci.yo labor leader, and a successful effort to secure certain documentary evidence now held by he District Attorney. , Prosecution Yield Point. After several hours of oratory and the placing on the stand by the defense of Assistant District Attorney Ford, the prosecution unexpectedly promised that tomorrow it would give the de fense copies of any documents specifi cally named and which were in pos session of the prosecutor. Chief Counsel Rogers, of the defense, said he desired any telegrf-i or letters sent by Darrow between July 1 and De cember 2, 1911, to Samuel Gompers, John R. Harrington, Edward N. Nonkels, Leo Rappaport. and Frank M. Ryan.,- Ryan at the time was secre tary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers and Rappaport, attorney for the same or ganization. The documents were wanted, accord ing to the defense, for the purpose of refreshing the memory of the witness or to be produced as evidence in support of his testimony. Mr. Darrow gave his age as 56 next April, and said he had been practicing law for 36 years. He gave a brief his tory of his various important employ ments and a brief account of his record as n representative of organized labor, detailing the numerous cases in which lie acted as an arbitrator, in many of which, he said, labor disputes were re ferred solely to him by both sides in the controversy. Darrow then told of his reluctance in accepting the McNamara case and the Influence brought to bear upon him by leaders of organized labor to de fend the accused dynamiters, which finally resulted in his coming to Los Angeles. He narrated in chronological order his preparations for defending the brothers. Asked about his relations . with George Behm, uncle of Ortie McManigal. Darrow said that Behm and Mrs. Mc Manigal had visited his home in Chi cago, where Mrs. McManigal com plained of the manner in which her husband had been treated by W. J. Burns, the detective. Burnn' Activities Recited. "She told me," continued the defend ant, "that Burns, through his agent, Malcolm McLaren, had shadowed and followed her every place she went, and had asked her to go to Los Angeles, I where Burns would provide her with a position. She did not want to go under those circumstances, but did want to see her husband. "I told her to get what money she could from Burns and I would give her the rest needed to make the trip. Sne said she wanted her uncle to come with her because of her poor health and Behm said he would come. I asked Behm to use his influence with McManigal to find out whether the stories printed by the newspapers and purporting to come from him were true and said that lr tney were not, i would defend McManigal along with the rest, if desired. Behm told me at that time that an uncle or a brother of his had seen McManigal in Toledo and that McManigal had said he was em ployed by the National Erectors' Asso ciation. I have since heard this from another source." Money Offered Behm. Darrow said he promised to pay Behm's expenses and for the time he lost from his employment as well as the salary for a man to look alter his farm; that he gave him a total of J400. but Behm asked for more and was refused. I had no conversation at any time with reference to getting McManigal to change his testimony," said Dar row emphatically, "and I never gave him any money for that purpose." Attornev Rogers then Drougnt up tne chronological sequence of the defend ant's narration. Did you hear Franklin say here," he asked, "that the first time you ever pnoke to him concerning the bribery of jurors was on October 5, and that on the succeeding day, (jctODer t. you gave him a check for J1000 for such purposes?" Yes." Was that true?" I had no such conversation with Fran"klin." said Darrow. "Nor did -I give him any check on October .6 lor anv oumose. I did give mm a cnecK for $1000 on October 4. and I think I gave him the next check about October 15. 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Made with a slightly raised waist line with a panel back and slightly rounded tunic front Trimmed with three or five large self-covered buttons. Wash Skirls, Selling to $4.50, Removal $1.50 About thirty skirts in this lot made in plain tailored styles with strapped seams and high waist line or regular waist line. Panel back or with inverted pleat and kick pleats at the side. These skirts are of white pique, cotton poplin or natural linen. $4.50 Mohair Bathing Suits, Removal $2.95 Pretty, stylish, well-made and excellent wearing bathing suits of a high grade of navy blue mohair. Made with square Dutch necks and deep sailor collar. Trimmed with black and white braid and a plaid trimming which forms a panel in the front. Women's 50c and 55c Union Suits, Removal 33c Union suits for women of a fine ribbed white cotton, full size and perfect fitting, nicely trimmed and finished throughout. They are made sleeveless and with low necks. These union suits are all new fresh goods, having been received but a few days. $1.50 to $2.00 Short Crepe Kimonos, Removal 98c , Persian and flowered designs in crepe kimonos. Made with high or low necks and long or short sleeves. Some belted at the waist, others made ' on peplum, many with round necks and turndown collars and the V neck styles finished with bandings. Sizes 36 to 44. $2.25 to $2.50 Long Lawn Kimonos, Removal $1.79 A very fine lot of long kimonos of lawn, swiss or dimity in flowered patterns in light blue and white, pink and white, lavender and white. Made'in the Empire style and belted style. V shape necks, round necks and square cut neck styles. Finished with bandings, insertions and collars. All have loose kimono sleeves. 200,000 IS VERDICT Hammond Lumber Company Gets Big Award. POWER SITE-CASE CLOSES One of Ivargest Damage Assessments in iristory of Marion County In volved in Action Hill Peo ple Believed in Deal. verdict of $200,000 was awarded the Hammond LiimBer uompany Dy a jury tonight in Judge Kelly's court in con demnation proceedings brought by the Willamette Power Company to secure power and water rignxs on me -dicil-enbush and Santiam Rivers. The Jury reached a unanimous ver dict. This is one of the largest ver dicts, if not the largest one, ever given by a Marion County jury. The jury also held in its findings', which were extensive, that the pur poses for which the power is to be used will be for a public use, which allowed the jury to grant the right to condemn and assess the damages. The power company condemned lands belonging to the power company for a power site as well as part or tne stream involved near Detroit. The lumcer company, in its answer, first asked for J524.000 damages and later amended Its answer asking for ?970,000 damages, being by far the lar gest amount of damages ever asked in a Marion County case. Just who is behind the Willamette Croisan, of Salem, Is president of the company. James B. Kerr, of Portland, and John H. McNary, of Salem, both attorneys for the Hill lines, appeared for the power company, and from their appearance it is intimated that the Hill people are endeavoring to secure control of the power site. Artist (surprising a burglar) Stay just where you are for five minutes. The light effect is simply fine! o You Have Decided You have tried the ordinary brands of ice. cream. You have tried Pure Cream lee Cream the honest kind. You have decided to always buy Pure Cream lee Cream, be cause it has proved to be the best and the price is the same., Phone in your order now for some for dinner tonight. PHONES MAIN 764 A 2276 ' SPEND YOUR VACATION IN THElINS PW? 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