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8 TIIE ''MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1920 u IT NOT MESS E TO PENDER PARDON Judge Eakin, Who Sat Trial, to Write Olcott. at MASS MEETING PLANNED Cl atm omen of Stat and Portland (May rnite In Effort to ;i Obtain Freedom. Circuit Judge Eakin of Columbia county -who acted aa trial judge, -will not offer resistance to a pardon for John Arthur Pender, who has served nearly nine years of a life sentence for a crime of which hundreds con tend he is innocent. Judge Eakin at Astoria yesterday told a committee interested in fenders case that not only would he refrain from opposing an executive pardon, but he would address a letter to Governor Olcott in which that stand would be reiterated. Members of the committee who con ferred with Judge Eakin felt that Governor Olcott would receive such a letter on Monday next, when the chief executive returns to Salem from .a va cation at Cannon beach. The com mittee consisted of W. "N. Gilbert and John Renshaw, representing the Spanish-American War Veterans of Ore gon; Mrs. R. E. Bondurant of the Oregon Prisoners' Aid society; Mrs. G. J. Frankel, representing the Ore gon State Federation of Women's clubs, and Mrs. Alexander Thompson representing the City Federation of "Womens" clubs. The conference with Judge Eakin lasted fully an hour, and the commit' Ice reported that the final under standing was clear that the Jurist would not offer resistance to any par don at the hands of Governor Olcott. Maaa Meetiaa; Plana Discussed. Plans which would call for a mass meeting of club women not only of Portland as a city but of the state as well, were discussed. Reports from other sections of the state make It plain that. new evidence discovered in the case should be aired; that the least justice that can be done the prisoner is to consider such evidence In regular meeting before the gov ernor. Pender, who was convicted at his recond trial of the murder of Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and her 6-year-old child in September, 1911, has contin ually maintained his innocence. John Sierks, confined in the asylum for criminally insane at Salem has con fessed the murder, giving details that lead many to believe his confession. However. Sierks later repudiated that statement. . Attorney Roscoe Hurst, Teon build ing, who Is interested in the effort to free Pender, worked on the case from the time efforts were first made to gain him a rehearing. Yesterday he pointed out various details of the Sierks confession that fitted exactly with detail of the actual crime, in cluding position of the body of the dead woman and the arrangement of her clothing. He said: Detail Come Light. "Sierks, In his confession, said that when he first entered the Wehrman cabin, on the day of the murder, Mrs. Wehrman fired a shot at him as he stood by the door. No such detail had ever been published, and Sierks could not possibly have 'known of this had he not been the murderer. In vestigation revealed a .32 caliber bul let lodged in the woodwork of the doorframe. He told of the position of the body in detail, and of the ar rangement of Mrs. Wehrman'8 gar ments. That detail which be gave had never been printed. "Later, Sierks said, when he repud iated his statement, that he had read fuch fact In the papers. A complete search of all papers of the state, and particularly the paper which he men ttoned, failed to reveal Its ever being printed. Sierks told where he had thrown, or buried, a gun. His state went proved correct." Those who seek an investigation for Pender, point to the character of the crime as evidence in his favor. An attack was made on Mrs. Wehr man, after she had been riddled by bullets and naCKed with an axe. Pender, a veteran of the Spanish American war. who was respected by his commanding officers and friends In and near his home, main taininpr a family, of whom physicians taid he was absolutely normal, could not commit such an act, they say. Sierks, examined also by physicians. u plaeea In that category of hu mans whose instincts coincided with those of the murderer of Mrs. Weir Juan. Mrs. Pender Remains Loyal. Mrs. Pender, wife of the convicted man, has remained loyal to her hug .band since conviction, and today la working in his behalf. She hourly awaits some word from the gover nor that the matter will be probed. No mass meeting of those interested In the convicted man will be held It was said in response to Inquiry yes . terday, until after an opportunity Is had by the governor to look into the matter, on his return from his vac lion. They hope for such action early tci corxuncr wwr. the general board of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen be in creased from the present board of 24 members to 48 members, equally divided between employers and em ployes. A resolution decrying any practices within the organization that did not conform to the principles of democ racy. -was also adopted.- President N. P. Coleman read hie annual report, showing progress of the 12th district, comprising the Columbia river operations. Secre tary Abbey reported on the strength of the various locals, showing- em ployers of 62,000 men affiliated with the organization. This represents about 75 per cent of the number of men working within the district, it was pointed out. Dr. T. Tharaldsen, sanitary officer for the district, re ported progress. Treasurer E. M. Whi tertian read the annual financial report. A resolution recommended to the general board that all plants wish ing to operate more than eiht hours a day, in emergencies, do bo only after taking the matter up with the legion's local. The annual meeting: of the gen eral board will be held In Portland when all district conventions are ended, the time set being Septem ber 20. INGRATITUDE IS COSTLY L. H. PAQUE FIXED $10 AND SKXT TO JAIL, FOB 10 DAYS. Once Assessed for Speeding He Is Saved by Deputy Only Later to Be Caught by Same Man. Two sentences from two judges for two offenses were the lot of L. H. Paque, speeder, yesterday. Ingati- tude cost him ten days In the county jail and forgetfulness a fine of $10, though technically both sentences were for speeding. Last June Faque was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Bailey for shattering state speed laws on a county highway and was fined $20 by District Jud; Jones. On his way out of the court room in custody of the deputy sheriff. Paque confided that he did not have $20 and would have to serve out the fine in jail if he could not round up some friends to loan him the money Touched by the young man's plight, Deputy Sheriff Bailey, heedless of the tradition that officers of the law are heartless, told him to "beat" it and to show up by nightfall with the $20. When next seen by Deputy sheriff Bailey, Paque was "making" 40 miles an hour on Sandy road Thursday morning. Arrested, he gave the name of "Frank Pierson," not recognizing his former benefactor. He was taken efore ' Judge Jones a second' time yesterday. After reading him a. lec ture on gratitude. Judge- Jones re voked the old fine of $20 and sen tenced Paque to ten days in jail. From the courtroom - of . Judge ones, Paque was taken to the court room of District Judge Hawkins, who was wearing speeding' cases yester- ay, and arraigned on the latest harge. It was there he drew'a fine of $10. ..- OREGON GIRLS' FIRST POWELL VALLEY TEAM WISSER AT SPOKANE. Oldest I 15; Two Are 14; Team Preserved 54 8 Quarts Food stuffs Daring Summer. LOGGERS ELECT OFFICERS XOTAXi UEGtfOX MAY IXCREASE OEXERAL BOARD TO 48. Annual Session: to Be Held in Port land Following All Dlsl i - ; trie Sessions. About 30 delegates yesterday as scmbled at the annual convention of district 12. Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, held at the Fort land hotel. The delegates elected district officers for the ensuing yea and, adopted resolutions which will be placed before the general gov rning body of the organization for Adoption. Each district of the legion elects four . employes, four employers and two alternates as officers. Thos cnosen. yesterday were: Employes W. A. Pratt of Portland. J. J. Drill of the Eastern. A Western Lumber company, T. L. Kay, logger of the Inman-Poulsen Lumber company a the Mount solo operations, an -Charles Docker of the Bridal Ve Lumber company's logging outfit near Palmer, Or. The employes' al tornate will bs Ira Nelson of th Jtammond Lumber company, Astoria. Employers: E. D. Kingsley, West , Orepon Lumber company, Llnnton - 3. V. Fowler, Eastern fc Western Lumber company, Portland; J. W Thompson, Westport Lumber com , j-any. Westport; R. H. Noys, of th Noys-Holland Logging company Portland. The employers alternat Is N. E. Ayer, of the St. Johns Lum bet- company. Mr. Aysr introduced a resolution, which - . adopted, providing- .that IS AUTOS KILL MORE PERSONS IHffl W 126,000 Lives Snuffed Out in 19 Months in United States. 21,000 . ARE CHILDREN Three grammar school girls from Powell Valley yesterday added more laurels to their record for canning and ndustrial club work when they cap tured first place at the interstate fair at Spokane. News of the victory for Oregon was contained in a telegram from Miss Helen Cowglll, county club leader, who took the team with her to the fair. The girls are champions in this state, having won first place at the Multnomah county fair last year and at the state fair. As a reward for the latter achievement they were given a summer course at O. A. C. and have Bince given demonstrations at Sylvan school, CorvalUs, in a hardware store at Gresham and last week at Cascade Locks before a large canning club. Members of the group are Millie Nelson, Amy Gustafson and Etta An derson, the oldest 15 and the other two 14 years. They are of Swedish parentage and have worked under dif ficulties, as they are from large fam- lies and have shouldered much of the labor on the farm. As a . team they canned 548 quarts of foodstuffs this summer and In addition, each canned separately about 275 quarts. This is the first time Multnomah county has. caTrried off the honors at Spokane, where teams are sent from Montana, Idaho and Washington, as well as Oregon. National Safety Council Extending Teachings In All Sections, Says Accident Expert. Every 35 minutes, on the average, life is snuffed out in the United States from automobile accidents. During the 19 months in which this country participated in the great war nearly twice as many were killed in this country by t.ns most aeaaiy oi ai; modern mediums as were killed on th hiittlef ields of France. Such were the startling- statistics presented by David Van Schaack of Hartford, conn., in an aaaress ire- fore the Progressive Business Men s club at the regular weekly luncheon and meetinsr yesterday noon in tne Benson hcttl. Mr. van Schaack l well uualified to speak on the acci dent problem, having been on of the early supporters of tne National Safety council, later president or the council and at presem a memoer of the executive boaru. air. van Schaack is director of the- bureau of iTiiiection and uccldcnt prevention or th-5 Aetna, Life Insurance company, Hartford, Conn., and is on a business trip through the Pacific nrrthwest at this time... He expects to. leave this evening for Seattle. 9 - Safety . Work Outlined. The speaker outlined the work of the National Safety council and showed how. in cities where intensive campaigns along salety lines had been held, the . number of accidents naa bean conside4bly cut down. If publ.c sentiment can be aroused, he declared, the large proportion of the accidents, hcth Industrial and traffic, can be eliminated and thousands of human lives saved every year. During the 19 months this country was in the war, said the speaker, the country lost 50,150 men in Europe. During that same time 126,000 people were killed in this country as the re sult of-accidents, largely of a prevent able nature.- Of this number 21,000 were ' children ot school age. More than 90,000 -were - traffic accidents. practically all of Which were .directly traceable tp the automobile, .following Mr.. Van Schaack's ad dress the Progressive Business Men's club went, on record as Indorsing the work .of the National Safety council. - Schools to Teach Safety! .-H, H. Herdman, manager of the Oregon and Columbia basin branch of the National Safety - council, was called upon and told of some of the most recent accomplishments of the local branch. State Superintendent Churchill has indicated that hence forth instructions along the lines of safety will be an Integral part of the class work In schools throughout the state, he, said, and will make arrange tnnnti tn hn va tht tes.chrs nresent in struclion along this line Ito students In all classes. Safety Instruction will also be introduced iji the commercial courses at the University of Oregon and in the Industrial courses at Ore aron Agricultural college. Mayor Baker acted as chairman of the day and In Introducing the speaker emphasized the fact that city officials mike laws, not because of personal whim, but in order to protect the life and property of citizens, and that as such all laws directed to that end should have the earnest support of the publie. issued a statement showing that Theodore Roosevelt's family is 100 per cent back of Harding and Cool id ge. Captain Archie Roosevelt has ac cepted an appointment to the execu tive committee of clubs and organisa tions of the republican national com mittee for the mid-west region under Major Kdnyfed H. Williams. " Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt. Is now actively campaigning for Harding and Cool idge in Ohio. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is now on a speaking campaign through the west, and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sister- of the late Colonel Roosevelt, is actively participating in the campaign in New York and .will go west. Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt are going about the coun try invoking the name of Roosevelt and claiming to represent the pro gressive policy of the revered republi-' can. Who has a better right to speak for Theodore Roosevelt In this cam paign, his sons, his daughter and his sister, or the fifth cousin. Franklin D. Rooseevlt? DISMISSALS NOT UPHELD DUVE -THOMAS VERY ILL ACTRESS TAKES EXOCGH POI SOX TO KIILi 2 5. In Jack TMckford'e Qnick Action. Giving Wife First Aid Com . mended by Physician. PARIS. Sept. 9. Olive Thomas, mo tion picture actress, is lying In a critical condition at the American hospital at Neullly, where she was taken several days ago suffering from mercurial poisoning. An of ficial statement Issued by Dr. Joseph Choate, an American physician, says: "The situation is serious, but re covery Is hopeful." It is learned, however, from a re liable sourse, that the condition of Miss Thoma Is extremely critical, and that her recovery is doubtful. Dr. Choate said today that the actress had swallowed a solution of alcohol preparation, containing 12 grammes of bichloride of mercury, sufficient to kill 25 men, but he added that she had taken it through error. Recently Miss Thomas, it is said, had been suffering from nervous de pression, and had expressed fear for the safety of her husband. Jack Pick ford. According to Dr. Choate, it was only through the prompt first aid given by PiclWord on his return to the hotel where they are staying, that Mrs. Pickford is alive, now. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9. Olive Thomas and her husband. Jack Pick ford, left here more than a month ago for a brief pleasure trip in Europe, for which they sailed from New York August 12. 8. fc- green stamps tor cash. Holman Fuel Co. Mala SS3. 50-11. Adv RATE 'RISE IS DEFERRED STATE BOOT DECIDES HEAR I"0 31CST BE HELD. Commission Holds Public Interests Will Be Injured Under Pro posed Xew Schedule. SALEM, Or., Sept. 9 (Special.) The Oregon Public Service commis sion, in an order issued here tonight, deferred until December 8. 1920, op eration of the intra-state tariffs of the American Railway Express com pany, providing increases ranging as high as 1214 per cent for the trans portation of milk cream, buttermilk, condensed milk and ice cream. The order sets out that the rights and interests of the public will be injuriously affected If the new rates are to become operative September 10 as provided by the company's pro posed schedule, and that a hearing should be held by the commission to determine the lawfulness of the proposed charges. Although no date has been set for this hearing it prob ably will be held within the next four weeks, according to members of the commission. Pending hearing the express com pany is bound under the commission's order to transport milk, cream, but termilk, condensed milk, and ice cream under the rates contained in the present tariff. Xewbcrgf Bakery Burns. N'iJW'BETRG, Or, Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) The Dave Smith -bakery at 404 First street caught fire from an over heated furnace Tuesday night. Prompt response of the fire department saved the block of wooden buildings from destruction. The rear of the building was gutted, the loss being; about 11500 covered by insurance. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. TWO PATROIMEX AXD MAX SUSPENDED. HOSE- Half Year Given W. I. Scott, C. F. Parker Gets- One Month, and Lee Crain 60 Days. Three city employes, two members of the police bureau and a hoseman in the fire bureau received hearings be fore the civil service bureau, and In each case the order or dismissal was reduced to an order of suspension. Lee Crain, a hoseman In the fire bureau, who was discharged by Com missioner Bigelow, on a charge of answering the wrong box at a fire, and also of placing apparatus in his charge several blocks from the fire to which he had been called, was ordered suspended for two months from the date of his discharge, August 18. W. I. Scott, a patrolman, who was discharged ?uly 14 by Mayor Baker, following a hearing before the effi ciency board of the police department on a charge of taking liquor from a "bootlegger" and falling to report his action to his superiors, or to turn such liquor over to the department, was ordered suspended for six months from the date of his discharge.' Members of the civil service board did not believe that the evidence pre sented was conclusive, although In making the suspension It was stated that his actions were suspicious to such a degree as to warrant punish ment. C. F. Parker, another patrolman who was discharged on a charge of seizing opium and failing to make a report of his action, drejv suspension for one month. Evidence presented at the hearing yesterday indicated that Patrolman Parker had actually forgotten the seizure of the opium, and no evidence was produced to show that he had at tempted to dispose of the contraband. The opium was found in Parker's locker five days after the seizure, fol lowing a report made by outside per sons. MARTIN A. CLARK APPEALS SUPREME COURT ASKED TO DE CIDE IX MURDER CASE. CUPID OUTWITS SHERIFF Phone Message to Stop Wedding '" Received, as Honeymoon Starts. . KALAMA. Wash.. Sept. 9. (Special.) James D. McFarland, of Seattle, 22, and Hattie Mae Parker of La Center, Wash., giving her age as 18, obtained a marriage license at the county auditors office yesterday morning at 8:30 o'clock and were married at 9 o'clock by Justice Comer. The girl's brother, V. Parker, appeared as a witness. At 9:30 o'clock the sheriff of Van couver notified the sheriffs office In Kalama to stop the marriage as the girl was only 16. The newlyweds were then. on their way to Clarke county. T. R.'S KIN FOR HARDING Two Sons, Daughter and Sister Are Waging Active Campaign CHICAGO, Sept. 9. t republican national -(Special.) The committee has Lane County Man Serving Term Following Conviction of Slay ing Charles A. Taylor. SALEM, Or, Sept. 9. (Special.) Martin A. Clark of Lane county, who is servinsr an indeterminate terra of from one to 15 years in the peniten tiary following conviction on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the slaying of Charles A. Taylor, has appealed to the supreme court. Clark and Taylor had been friends for several years, according to the records before the supreme court and in July, 1919, went hunting some dis tance from their homes on the upper McKenxie river. Taylor was shot and killed while on the trip, with the re suit that Clark was afterward ar rested and indicted in the Lane county courts. He was afterward tried and convicted, but Judge Skipworth set the verdict aside on the grounds that the evidence adduced at the trial did not warrant the findings of the jury. On the second trial before Judge Skipworth, Clark again was convicted and later sentenced to a maximum term of 15 years in prison. Because of the length of time intervening be tween the two trials, Clark has been in the prison only a few months. The most damaging testimony offered by the state in the case was the fact that the bullet found in Taylor's body was the same as those found in Clark's gun, which was an exhibit in the trial. 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