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TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER " 17, 19I. 8 MOTHER JEALOUS, ADMIRAL'S WIDOW, WHO IS ON TRIAL ON CHARGE OF POISONING HIM. A DAUGHTER AVERS INCQAT W COMPANY THE HOUSE OF COATS Mrs. Eaton Hears Testimony Specials for Men ' That She Was Possessed by Hallucinations. Men's Combination Raincoats and ftltun nitiuvudLa niiu fabrics $10.00 uvercoats, suk Vene tian lined, in gray worsted fabr POISON CHARGE OUTLINED 115.00 values. RAINCOAT SALE MS x . tt j q. . THE HOUSE OF COATS I Largest Manufacturers m the United States 1 mm Prosecutor Says Chemist Will Testify to Arsenic In Admiral's Stom ach Defense Hints at Habit of Using Drag, PLYMOUTH. Mass.. Oct - 18. Mrs. ' Jennie May Eaton, on trial for the mur der of her husband. Rear-Admiral Jo seph Giles Eaton. U. S. N.. retired, heard today her 16-year-old daughter, Doro thy Virginia Alnsworth. support the contention of the prosecution that the mother was unreasonably jealous twrd her husband. Under the ques tloning of District Attorney Barker, Dorothy testified that her mother was easily angered ana naa continual- Hal lucinations that the Admiral was try- ine to not son the family. Dorothy, an attractive girl, spent two hours on the witness stand. She had nnt finished when court adjourned. It was the first day of testimony in the . trial. Jealousy Held to Be Motive. In the early part of today's session, Assistant District Attorney Kalzmann outlined the case for the prosecution contending Jealousy was the motive for the alleged crime. Dorothy's testimony substantiated in several particulars the nnints on which Mr. Kalzmann ha nlaced emDhasis. An indication of the probable plan of the defense was given in the cross- examination of Medical Examiner Ull man Osgood by Attorney Charles A. Morse. His Questions were aimed to bring out the possibility that Admiral Eaton might have partaken of the pol son in connection with a drug habit. The Government declares that the poison was administered by Mrs. Eaton In tea, coffee and other beverages at meals. Dorothy Smiles at mother, While her daughter was testifying Mrs. Eaton sat quietly In her chair, but occasionally leaned forward and caught Dorothy's glance. Dorothy always smiled back at her mother. In outlining his case Mr. Kalzmann admitted the case against the prisoner was largely circumstantial. Professor Whitney, the Harvard med ical school chemist, would testify, Mr. Kalzmann said, that his analysis of the Admiral's stomach revealed the pres ence of 15 grains of arsenic In concluding, the prosecutor said that if the Jury should find that Mrs, Eaton committed the crime while labor ing under hallucinations that const! tuted an irresistible impulse, the com monwealth would be satisfied with a verdict of not guilty by reason of in sanity. Admiral's Sanity Doubted. In beginning his examination of Dor othy Alnsworth, counsel placed empha sis on the relations between her older .sister, Mrs. June Keyes, and the rest of the household. Dorothy said that both June and her mother had often expressed the belief that the baby adopted by the Eatons In 1909 was pole oned, although medical experts had found no trace of poison. According to Dorothy, Mrs. Eaton Insist-a frequent Iy that the Admiral was Insane, and this belief was shared by June. According to the witness, Mrs. Eaton declared that she herself and June had been poisoned by the Admiral. To bear out these statements, Mrs. Eaton had shown the girl marks on her body which she said had been made by the Admiral's hypodermic needle. To Dor othy the marks looked like ordinary scratches, she testified. Dorothy said Mrs. Eaton had dis charged more than half a dozen maids with whom she accused the Admiral of flirting. The names of the other wom en of whom Mrs. Eaton had apparently been Jealous were mentioned by the witness. The Admiral, she said, al ways denied the charge of flirting, treating them as a Joke, while Mrs. Eaton seemed easily provoked on the subject Fatal Supper Described. Bringing the testimony down to the night of Thursday, March 6, the day before the Admiral's death, the Dis trict Attorney questioned the girl about the supper. Dorothy said that she and the Admiral had tea, but Mrs. Eaton did not. She thought the Admiral pre pared the tea, but she was not sure. They also had pork for supper. It was this pork which Mrs. Eaton said had caused her husband's Illness. Later the Admiral complained of nausea and had to leave the room. That night, Dorothy went on. her mother told her she must go right to bed. Dor othy complained that she had lessons to do, but her mother insisted. When Dorothy came home from school the next day, she testified, she found the Admiral in his room In a semi-conscious condition. She started to get him a hot-water bottle, but her mother objected, saying she had done sll that could be done. After supper, Dorothy said. Mrs. Eaton told her she could sit up only an hour and must be In bed by 8 o'clock. Admiral Dies In Night. Mrs. Eaton slept with Dorothy that night, locking the door behind her as she entered. Later Dorothy was awak ened, she said, by her grandmother, Mrs , .f ;v--- -'V- MRS. JENNIE MAY EATON. Men's Superb AU-Weather Coats in English Sltpons and Superb All- w earner uouoie serv ice and. at... Coats: $20.00 $18.00 values. $12.50 Men's and Youths' English Slip-ons in double textures' and art-proof lined Coats. $10.00 values. D30 VS Men's and Youths' $20.00 Superb Double I 1 O C A Service Coats. & 1 DU ' Men's Superb All-Weather English Gaberdines and Slip ons including many supertr Combination Overcoats and Eaincoats formerly priced at $25.00 Now $16.50 At the House of Coats Our power to lead to originate in the production of Ready-for-Service Raincoats and Waterproof Gar ments is AGAIN convincingly demonstrated in the masterly design, execution and fit of the Goodyear Rain Coat Co.'s models for Fall and Winter. Our system of selling direct from our factory to you at first cost eliminates middlemen's profits. We present a remarkable demonstration of early season coat opportunities that command your attention. A saving of 30 to 40 per cent. Men's Superb English Sllpons. . . w , i.. .. . c ....... i. . .. tlon Raincoats and Overcoats; $20.00 and 1 S2Z.00 values, special , at $15.00 Men's Superb Double Texture Engr gllsh Bhpons, English Gaberdines and Superb Combination Rain coats and Overcoats; 135.00 and S3U.UU val ues, specially priced at $18.00 HANLEY -TO ATTEND Burns Man Delegate to Con servation Congress. C. C. CHAPMAN IS PLEASED Central Oregon Rancher Declared Krst Representative Chosen by "West Able to Present Ade quately Western Views. William Hanley. of Burns, Or., was appointed yesterday by the Portland Commercial Club to represent it as a delegate at the flfth National Conser vation Congress at Washing-ton, D. C, November 18, IS and 20. Mr. Hanley is vice-president of the Oregon .Devel opment League and president of the Central Oregon Development League. Secretary Chapman, of the Commer cial Club, is elated , over the club's choice of a delegate. "It is the first time In the history of the Conserva tion Congress that we have ever had a man to present truly the western frontier point of view," said Mr. Chap man yesterday. "It Is the first time that practice haa raised Its voice against theory. The theories of the conservationists have been applied to the extent that they have paralyzed certain large areas of the West. They have tied up Alaska. Now, for the first time, the Eastern theorists are going to be told about the conditions under, which we have writhed. There has been considerable corre spondence between Secretary Chapman and the president and secretary of the Conservation Congress. The club was not keen about sending a delegate if the congress was to be a one-sided af fair. The official call for the congress de clares that protection "of our forests and waterways is the great conserva tion issue before us today, that our forests and waterways are at stake. The state Is entitled to send 15 del egates and the city five and the Cojn merclal Club, the Chamber of Com merce or the Board of Trade three. The State University and Agricultural College also are entitled to send two delegates each. President Wilson, his Cabinet and members of both houses of Congress are expected to address the congress. by Warren Dennis, of Idaho, was traded by Mr. Dennis to Mr. Williams for that well-seasoned track horse, Major Hardy. Cantatrice has been doing excellent work this year and on A soft track showed lemarkable speed. JACKSON ROAD BONDS SOLD More Than Halt of Purchase ol $500,000 Placed by Buyers. ASHLAND, Or., Oct IS, (Special.) The Jackson County Court today ac cepted the bid made yesterday on $500, 000 of highway bonds as tendered by H. B. Wood In behalf of a syndicate of Eastern financiers. He says more than half of the bonds have already been placed. The sale of the bonds has given an Impetus to the work of constructing the cement plant at Gold Hill, and a contract has been executed between the county and the Beaver Portland Cement Company for 60,000 barrels of cement, delivery to begin by June 1914. The capacity of the plant Is to be 1000 barrels daily. Jackson County warrants, bearing $ oer cent, are nearly at par, while Its highway bonds, bearing 5 per cent. sold at a premium of 11.911 on each $1000. . Ladies and Misses Ladies' English Slip-ons and A m . Double-Service Poplin Coats ; jKrJ 8f $10 garments priced at ...... . tT v Ladies' and Misses' Superb Double-Service Coats; the new English Slip-ons and Gaberdines ; regular $20.00 values at. . $12.50 TEACHERS WILL CONFER IiA GRAXDE PREPARES TO EX TERTAIJf EDUCATORS. Prominent Lecturers to Speak at Ses slons of Association in East , era Oregon. LA GRANDE, Or., Oct. 16. (Special.) -Eastern Oregon schoolteachers, who are required by law to attend the an nual convention of the State Teachers' Association, will hear a vArsatilo nrn- Virginia Harrison, knocking; on gramme when the annual session Is the door and calling: "Come quick, Jennie. The Admiral has fallen out of bed." Mrs. Eaton and Dorothy rushed to the Admiral's room, found him on the floor, partly conscious. Mrs. Eaton stayed with the Admiral while Dorothy returned to bed. She was aroused lat er by her mother, who cried: "Dorothy, I think the Admiral Is dead. Dorothy then told about telephon ing for the doctor and the undertaker. Her mother, she said, kept moaning, "Oh, what shall we do?" Her testimony regarding . her moth r"s demeanor at the time of the Ad miral's death attracted interest. In riew of the conflicting evidence by Medical Examiner Osgood and his as sistant. Dr. Frank Q. Wheatley. Os good said Mrs. Eaton was cool. Wheat ley, however, said that to him Mrs. Laton seemed excited. Lie wis County Schools Grow. held here November 24-26. Mrs. Stella Ingle, president of the association, and Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, secretary, have Just completed the pro gramme, and it will be ready for dis trlbutlon in a few days. Jess L. New lln, the Chicago University dramatic critic and educator, will have a pro ml nent place on the programme. The Palmer system of penmanship will send a lecturer to the meeting. Important phases of school work to be considered are Parent-Teachers' as sociations and rural schools. Rural schools are to have a separate depart meat In sectional ; work. Professor Shafer, of the University of Oregon, will lecture before the Parent -Teach ers' department. The La Grande Commercial Club has arranged for the entertainment of 500 or more teachers. Union County's Fair was a success. Stock and crop exhibits were better and larger than those of former fairs. Rain spoiled the racing card. The attendance was light on account of the rain. Some of the best horses In the country were htre. CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 16. (Spe cial. Reports from various outside high and district schools In Lewis County show a substantial gain in the number of school pupils. Vader shqws 236 pupils in its schools as compared with lU in 1912, and Ford's foh-on. of - city tn r si Prairie 98, as compared witn 7. county A. A, Fiddler, of Haines, who owns Delmaa, a horse that is showing re markable-speed, has bought 'from Ed Superintendent Carrier finds more in terest in the schools of the county than ever before and a larger attend ance generally. ' The world Is conramlnir more than 1,000, 000 gallons of koro.tjne every day. trottine mare Amy McKinney. at a re- ported price of (900. Charlie Wllbourne, the trainer of Delmas, will handle Amy McK'nr ey. The mare stepped a mile In 2:20 on the La Grande track without work and driven by an Inexperienced driver. Can ta. lice, owned and brought here BUTCHER IS FINED $25 Commissioner Mlckle Begins Clean up in Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) As a step In the fight against markets that are said to violate the pure food laws of the state Commls sioner Mlckle took H. W. Strelblg be fore Justice John N. Seivers. The butcher, who pleaded" not guilty, was fined $25 and costs, which he paid. This is the first case that the Commissioner has brought in Oregon City, where he has started a general clean-up cam paign. He has visited most of the meat markets and restaurants. He plans to investigate thoroughly the manner in which the pure food laws of the state are being carried out here. On the trip Dr. J. A Van Brakle, the osteopathic health officer of the county, was taken by the Commissioner to see the conditions at first hand. P0ST0FFICELEASE MADE Oregon City to Have Space in Xew $12,000 Structure. OREGON CITT, Or., Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) Oregon City Is to have a new $12,000 postofflce. The present lease of the space in the Odd Fellows build ing expires December 1 and the con tract has been let for a new building. Under the arrangements, the Govern ment will pay $1920 a year for the lease on the space that it will use. The Wein hardt estate secured the lease over two other bidders. The price that the Gov eminent pays in its new home will be twice as large as the cost of the pres ent rental. In addition, the building must be equipped for postofflce uses and the cost of the boxes and other furniture will be borne by the estate. ST. JOHNS CLUB ELECTS Commercial Organization Has 00 Active Sternberg. ST. JOHNS, Or., Oct. 16. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the St. Johns Commercial Club held here last night In the club rooms the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President. H. W. Bonham; vice-presi dent, H. E. Pennell; second vlce-presl dent, Peter Autzen; treasurer, J. N. Edlefsen; other members of the board of directors, C. C. Currin, A. W. Markle, Charles S. McGlll, A. Larrowe, W. W. Tower, P. H. Edlefsen, R G. Brand and C. R. Thompson. Reports of the secretary and treas urer were submitted and approved. It was shown that the club has 90 active members. PRUNE CROP SHOWS GAIN Douglas Yield Larger and Price Bet ter Than Preceding Year. ROSEBURG, Or, Oct. 16. (Special.) According to A. H Carson, Commis sioner of Horticulture, with headquar ters at Medford, the prune crop In Douglas County was larger this year than ever before. Figures computed by Mr. Carson show that Douglas County produced 6,600,000 pounds of prunes, most of which were sold before the picking sea son began. The prices paid this year also showed an increase over previous years. Sirs. Helen Britten to Wed. VANCOUVER, Wash, Oct 16. (Spe cial.) 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STORE OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK o do w.t of Bro.dw.y, Helen Britten, of Portland; Alfred Rickard and Olive Olsen, of Skamoka wa. Wash.; Alfred B. Sheldon and Mrs. Ida Higginbotbam, of Buxton and Mll- waukle, Or. : WIDE AREA BEING CLEARED German Farmers Expected to Take 2300 Acres Near Klamath Falls. KLAMATH FALLS, Or, Oct. 16. (Speolal.) The mystery which has sur rounded the disposition of the 2300 acres of cleared -off lands near Poke gama purchased from the Algoma Lum ber Company by Krebs Bros.. Portland hop kings, has been partly closed up. The land is to be put into tillable shape and will be dlscoped of to a colony of farmers, probably Germans. A crew was recently put to work clearing up the land, and It is under stood that work will go on all Winter if the weather permits. The lands are listed as the property of the Alluvial Land Company, which is owned by the Krebs interests. R. I. Sabin Starts Suit In Roseburg. ROSEBURG, R. L. Sabin, Or., Oct. 16. (Special.) of Portland, has filed a suit in the Circuit Court for Douglas County, in whiota he seeks to recover $6605.53 from Snyder & Co., a corpora tion, and D. N. Snyder, of Glendale, Douglas County. The amount of the claim is said to be due on a promis sory note. FRANCHISE IS GRANTED Xew Klectrio Line to Knn From Gladstone to Oregon City. OREGON CITT, Or., Oct 16. (Spe cial.) The City Council of Gladstone, near Oregon City, has granted a fran chlse to the Stephen Carver electric line through that city, and the work' on the road will be started at once through the streets. Under the terms of the franchise, the railroad will build an attractive depot in the city limits and close to the heart of the business district. It will cross the Clackamas River into Oregon City near the present wagon bridge. The rights extend over a period of 25 years. Telegraphers Meet at Roseburg. ROSEBURG. Or., Oct. 16. (Special.) Local members of the Order of Rail-1 way Telegraphers entertained J. C. Cowglll, National chairman, and Local Chairman Boyd, at the Commercial Club rooms Tuesday night. The object of the gathering was to . disouss the re cent concessions extended to telegra phers by the Southern Pacific railroad system. Under the new schedule the telegraphers have received a slight ad vance In wages as well as shorter working hours. Caldwell Physician Arrested. CALDWELL, Idaho, Oot 16. (Spe cial.) Dr, Harold Sampson, a medical practitioner, who has recently settled at Wilder, nine miles south of hero, was arrested yesterday by W. D. Busli, Deputy United States Marshal, on a charge of misusing the mails. T!i! claim agent of the Des Moines street car system received a letter from a man alleged to be Sampson declaring that his wife had been injured while using the company's system, and de manding a cash settlement. Sampson denies the charge and says that at tho time the offense was committed he was in South Carolina. The accused was taken before A. F. 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