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THE SODAT OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVE3IBER 10, 1919. OF PENDER ASKED Spanish War Veterans Ask Governor to Act. GOOD REPUTATION CITED Resolutions Declare Comrade to Have Been Innocent of Murder of Daisy Welirnian. SALEM, Or., Xov. 15. (Special.) In resolutions adopted by Scout Young camp, United Spanish War Veterans of Portland, and received at the exec utive offices here today. Governor Olcott la urged to grant John Arthur Pender, now serving a life term In the Oregon penitentiary for murder, a full and unconditional pardon that he muy eat Thanksgiving dinner at home with his family. The resolution eets out that action of the camp was the result of due and careful deliberation, and has the indorsement of more than 100 of its members residing in Mult nomah county. In reviewing the murder and the subsequent conviction of Pender, the resolution says: On or about September 3, 111 1. Lalsy "Wehrman and her little son, Harold Wehr man, were brutally m urdered near fcicap pooHC, Columbia county. In such a manner aa to convince the ordinary intelligent person that the murderer wa.3.M. fiend in buman lorra. Alter a legal struggle, lasting two years, John Arthur Pender, a young man. then living near the scene of the murders, was convicted of the crime and sentenced to life Imprisonment. This, in brief. Is the .history of the "Wehrman murder case, the conviction of Pender being based purely upon circum stantial evidence. The evidence surround ing the crime, however, shows that the criminal wht committed it must have been a degenerate and a moral pervert, devoid ol sense of honor, humanity or de cency. Whereas, John Arthur Pender is a man whose whole record shows him to be a pi;rbon of good instincts and of high moral standard, believed by all his friends and acquaintances, his lawyers and his fam ily to be innocent of this terrible crime. Even the judge who heard the case, the district attorney who prosecuted the ac tion and many of the witnesses, doubted his guilt. Pender served during the Spanish-American war in the famous Utah battery, which made a splendid record. Pender's friends speak of him in the highest terms, saying that "he was a splendid soldier, of such moral character and disposition that he held the confidence arid respect of his comrades at all times, and his unselfish deotion to duty and manly conduct marked him as the best type of American fighting man." It does not seem possible that a man of this type and character couid be guilty of a crime of the nature wf the Wehrman murders, and it seems to us that the ruifty party or parties are still- unfound and unpunished. Pender has bravely as serted hia innocence, and his many friends have worked unceasingly for his pardon and vindication. The time has now ar rived when Pender should be uncondi tionally pardoned, or receive the benefit of a doubt, which he was clearly entitled to and should have received at the hands of the jury which tried him in Columbia county. - (- Kcouf Young camp. No. 2, United Span ish War Veterans, therefore unanimously, unhesitatingly and unqualifiedly request that your excellency, as governor of the state of Oregon, at once grant to John Arthur Pender- a full and unconditional pardon, and we assure you that it is pur honest belief that our comrade is not' guilty of the crime for which he has spent so many of "the best years of his life In the Oregon penitentiary, nor do we believe that you can find any considerable num ber of people anywhere who conscientious ly believe him guilty of this terrible crime. 2,200,000,000 marks In peace times. The bank estimates that 15,000,000, 000 marks of German paper money Is held abroad and that about 25,000, 000,000 remains In Germany. German Industry, according to the bank, has been held In check by the revolution, political unrest, strikes and unwillingness to work. Many firms and Industries are said to have been able to keep going only by using reserve funds. The unfavorable status of the mark In the world exchanges is attributed to the flood of German money that has gone abroad to pay for imports estimated at 1,000,000,000 marks since the revolution. At present the bank sees a tendency toward a decrease in the number of strikes and toward an Increase in coal production. POLING KITCHEN OPENS O. A. C. Men to Get Good Meals at . Reasonable Prices. OREGON' AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvalli3, Nov. 15. (Special.) The dining-room of Poling- hall, the men's dormitory, is now open to the public. An average of 200 meals are being served each day. Sleal tickets THIRTV-YEAR RESIDENT OF" I WOIIUIII R DIKS l. PORTLAND. . ! ! tit - !! '- -a" It Mrs. Martha Ode. WOODBURN, Or.. Nov. 15. (Special.) Martha Ann Lee Powell Ogle of Woodburn, who died in Portland yesterday, was born April 22, 1837, at Sweet water,. Menard county. 111. She was married to the late Jacob Ogle on October 21. 1856. at Co lumbus, Adams county, 111., and moved to Oregon with her hus band and family in 1870. They settled on 160 acres three miles east of Salem the same year. The family moved to Woodburn in '1889. Mr. Ogle died in Wood burn on June 1, 1911. Surviving Mrs. Ogle are two sons, Charles L. Ogle of Wood burn and Dr. William O. Ogle of San Francisco, and four grand children. The funeral will be held in .Woodburn Monday. 1 MAN, BUM FRAUD LOSS OF 40-ACRE FARM HOME LAID TO SCHEMERS. Properly Deeded to Pair, AVlio Re turned III Treatment, Is Plaint; Cancellation of Papers Aim. An old etory, but none the less pa thetic, is that told by Christian Ras mussen, aged 81, in a complaint filed In the circuit court yesterday in which he recites the loss of a 40-acre farm home in eastern Multnomah county to allecred schemers who took advantage of his feebleness and credulity. Unmarried, Rasmussen lived in qui etude and peace, he asserts, until May 25, 1918. It was then that he yielded to the importunities of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burkholder, which had been continuous for a considerable period prior to that time, he declares, and conveyed to thera his home, valued at $5000. In return for this gift, the Burk holders promised the old man, who was infirm both in body and Vnind. it is maintained, that they would sup port him for the remainder of his life, treat him with kindness and consid eration and make his life enjoyable in his declining years. The payment of $50 in cash also was provided. Shortly after the deed had been re corded, the aged plaintiff asserts the new owners began a course of ill treatment, which consisted of refus ing to talk with him. requiring him to live "as an unwanted dog" on the premisses, not giving him a fit place to sleep or a suitable or friendly table at which to eat. Not even the $50 was paid, he avers. Finally the alleged acts caused Ras mussen to leave his former home, he eay-3. The suit seeks to have the deed canceled and the property return!. by the week sell for $5.60 and sinsrle meals are: 'breakfast 15 cents, dinner cents and supper 3a cents. Miss Sibylla Hadwin, housekeeper or tne dormitories, . and Miss Cath erine McFarland, assistant In house hold science, are in charge .of the hall and dining-room. Overhead expenses have -been reduced to at.: minimum so a good variety of wholesome, well- cooked food can be served at a rea sonable price. - A few of the students earn their board by serving and assisting in other -ways. The kitchen is equipped with labor-saving devices. MORE STUDENTS TO GO C. J. JENKS AT SPOKANE Head of Sons of American Revolu tion Entertained. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 15. C. J, Jenks, president-general of the Na tional society of the Sons of the American Revolution, was the guest at a luncheon given by the board of directors of the Spokaie chapter of me orKa-nization nere toaay ana was entertained at a banquet tonight at which members of the local chapter and of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution were present. He will go to coast cities from here. on a tour of the country in the in terest of the society. Hunter Shoots Self by Accident. A cartridge accidentally exploded-in loading his shotgun on a hunting trip near St. Helens yesterday resulted in F. W. Isherwood. 1054 puimby street, manager of the Bridge & Beach Man ufacturing company, with offices at 395 North Seventeenth street, being taken to St. Vincant's hospital with a badly injured left hand. Reports last night were that he would prob ably lose his left thumb and a portion of the hand. Auto's Plunge Causes Arrest. When D. B. Lively, hotel man. drove his automobile onto the sidewalk a short distance from the police head quarters and broke one wheel of the machine early yesterday morning, he was placed under arrest. He was charged with reckless driving while under the influence of liquor and hia bail was placed at $200. He will be tried in municipal court Wednesday. r KIRSCHBAUM-CLCXHElS 9 Copyright. 1919, A. B. Kirschbaum Company Good Clothes Are Easiest To Buy And It Pays To Buy Them It's no effort to purchase Kirschbaum Clothes. ,You can pick no style but a correct one- no fabric but all-wool no workmanship but the best; All you need do is choose the model that best becomes you. Our courteous and experi enced salesman will keep you straight on that score. $30 ?4o to 50 You will find here and only here the new de signs in' Kirschbaum Clothes for young men and men. Phegley & Cavender Cor. FOURTH 8C ALDER STS. iiiiiiiiiiii.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIiiiiiIiitiIIiliiiIIIII,IIIIllII,IIiI(IiIIIiIIIiI1XiT Staples 13 sag 2 Prices Are LESS Than Present Wholesale Cost Short Lines Broken Sizes of the Season's Best Sellers and in Many Instances New Stock CAVES ROUP TP START HIGHWAY OFFICIALS NOW ON GROUND IX JOSEPHINE. . - Marble Holes of "Oregon Will Be Linked to Grants Pass by New Auto Route. GRANTS PASS. Or.. Nov. 15. (Spe cial.) The building of a highway to the Josephine county caves is to pro ceed without further delay. The for estry department has approved the project and issued instructions cover ing the location survey preliminary to letting the contract as soon as grading is possible in the spring. J. M. Myers, highway- engineer, and D. A. Price, chief of party, connected with the bureau of public roads, ar rived in this city this morning and later left for the Grimmett ranch on Sucker creek, where they will estab lish headquarters. Pack animals are being provided and camps will be es tablished on the Cave creek route next week. Mr. Myers states that their instruc tions are to proceed upon the Holland end of the route, which will ultimate ly be a loop connecting Sucker creek and Williams creek. The road is to be 10 feet wide. The grade on the hillsides will be 12 feet wide and 14 feet on more 4evel ground. It is proposed to run down Cave creek, crossing the point at Lake creek to Grayback, and proceed down Grayback to Sucker creek. The rul ng grade will be 5 per cent, with a 0-foot radius the maximum curva ture. On completion of this road the Mar ble Halls of Oregon may be reached from Grants Pass by automobile to Kerby, on the Grants Pass-Crescen City highway, then to Holland and the Grimmett place. Willamette Allowed Additional Delegates to Des Moines. WILLAMETTE UXIVERSTTT, Sa lem. Or., Nov. 15. (Special.) In ad dition to the six delegates which the university is permitted to send to the Pes Moines student volunteer con vention, the Kimball School of The ology will have a quota of one repre sentative for each ten students en rolled. This fact became known at a committee meeting of -the nominating body last night, attended by state Y. M. C. A. Secretary John H. Rudd of Portland. . ' Accordingly the Kimball delegates will be selected this week, and plans will be under way immediately for the raising of the extra funds. The selection of the delegates will be left to the same committee, of which John Medler of Wasco is chairman. FRANK BURNS POST, AMERICAN LEGION, OF CONDON, HOLDS ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRJCTION. MONEY PRESSES ARE BUSY Germany . Has Vast Increase in Paper Circulation. BERLIN, Nov. IB. The Dreedener tank of Berlin states that circulation of paper currency in Germany amounted to 40.125,000,000 marks on September. Si, last, as compared to ai. -ts... . - " . v t VI .-7- i ! Arx: - tit. "rK V if - ... - i i: VIEW OF PARADE ON NOVEMBER 11. ' CONDON, Or, Nov. 15. (Special.) Frank Burns post. No. 15. American Lesion, of this city, celebrated Armistice day. November 11, by a parade, patriotic programme and sporting and social events. A large part of the city's population witnessed the parade of ex service men, and attended the other affairs. Speakers at the afternoon, programme were T. A. Weinke, ditrict attorney, and Attorney D. N. McKay. Jack Kennedy of Condon and Ted Thye of Portland wrestled to a draw. The wind-up for the day was a big dance with a large attendance. LAND REVENUE PARCELED Multnomah to Get $19.59 From Sale of State Lands. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 15. (Special.) A total of 41a2.3o derived from 5 pe cent of the sales of public lands In Oregon today was apportioned among the several counties of the state. Harney county, which has 6,357,1 acres of these lands will receive $431.40, while Multnomah county, with 288,640 acres, will received only 119.59. Under the law this money can be used only for improving, building and maintaining county roads and bridges. The following summary, prepared by Sam A. Kozer, assistant secretary of state, shows the county apportion ments: Baker. S132.90; Benton. 129.88: Clacka mas, $80. 96; Clatsop, $35. 6; Columbia, 128.75; Coos, $70.71: Crook, S130.03; Curry, $65.06; Deschutes, $130.84: DoukIeb. $213 Gilliam. $52.16; Grant, $19631; Harney, $4.11.40; Hood River. $23.58; Jackson. $123.17; JeUeraon, $70.93; Josephine, $70.05; Klamath, $260.54; Lake, $343.98: Lane, $200.31: Lincoln, $43.78; Linn, $97.42: Mal heur, $429. 2:t: Marlon, $51.86; Morrow, $87.95: Multnomah, $19.59: Polk. $30.79: Sherman. $36.31; Tillamook. $48.86: Uma tilla. $137 81; Union, $90.64; Wallowa, $13650; Wasco, $101.76; Washington, $31.75; Wheeler. $74.01: Yamhill, $31.01. Women'sHigh-GradeShoes Reduced U X GROUP 1 VALUES UP TO $16 Gray kid top shoe with pat ent vamp, turn sole and Louis heel; patent vamp, fawn buck top, military heel style, all gray kid lace shoes with French heels; brown kid shoes with military heels, patent leather, with buck tops, and many others of the season's favored numbers $10.80 GROUP 2 VALUES UP TO $12.50 Tan calf boots with LXV heels, gray kid boots with military heels, combination styles with black vamp and gray kid top and military heel Gunmetal vamp, gray buck top, brown kid vamp with matched cloth tops are offered at . $7.80 GROUP 3 VALUES UP TO $10 Smart boots with black kid vamps and gray cloth tops, high or low' heels and short Jines in black kid lace and Tjutton shoes. But little more than half the regular price $5.80 20 DISCOUNT ON RHINESTONE AND CUT STEEL BUCKLES Men's Short lines, broken sizes of the season's best sellers and a good showing of new stock all to go at away less than you thought possible to pay for good shoes. GROUP 1 VALUES UP TO $12 Men's shoes of black calf stock; blucher lace style with round toes. Tan blucher lace shoes with round toe and rawhide slip. Also tan Munson last Army shoes with heavy soles. A shape for every foot in this large group. Sale price, a pair $8.80 GROUP 2 VALUES UP TO $10 Englishers in tan and black stock, mahogany calf shoes with heavy or light soles on the Eng lish last, also gunmetal calf shoes in blucher lace sty'.e on the round toe last. Big savings here, and 'no sacrifice of quality. Sale price, a pair $5.40 GROUP 3 BOYS' SHOES Worth $6 Boys' heavy sole tan shoes . on the Army last, the kind that make such durable school shoes, and the most sensible, comfort able shape you can get for growing boys. Our regular $6.00 grade in this sale at $4.80 Discount on all CHILDREN'S SHOES. Such well-known makes as Laird Schober, Melanson, J. Edwards, Holland and Excelsior Boys' Shoes, etc MEN'S MERCERIZED HOSIERY A make we specialize on, and when it takes a reduction you get excep tional value. All standard reinforced. 29c Many other items are very interestingly priced for this sale less than wholesale is the rule. 11 GEE' Known for Good Shoes, Best Makes and Service. 229 WASHINGTON STREET BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH rni.iinmiiimiii.mi.imimm ago and was sentenced to a term In the etate penitentiary. Frazier's op erations In Lane county are said to have netted him several thousands of dollars. La Center Girl "Wedded. LA CENTER, Wash., Nov. 15. (Spe cial.) The marriage of Miss Marjorie noueri, uniy uaugnmr vi x-. u. nu bert, pioneer merchant of this place, and James t. Keys of- Portland oc curred here Wednesday afternoon. Only immediate relatives witnessed the ceremony. The young couple will reside In Portland. Read Th Oreponlan classified ads. Toctors of 2 Counties liaise Fees. SALEM, Or., Nov. 15. (Special Members of the Marion and Polk county medical association in session here today boosted their fees to meet the steadily advancing coot of living. Hereafter a day visit within the city imits will cost 3; night visit within the city limits between 9 P. M. and 7 A. M-, 95; visit to contagious dis eases, 95; country calls, $1 a mile in addition to regular fees; office consul tation, $2; telephone consultation, $1. It has not been determined whether the charges will go into effect imme diately or January 1. Lane Man's Sentence Stayed. SALEM, Or.. Nov. 15. (Special.) The Oregon supreme court today granted a motion for stay of execu tion of sentence in the case of the state vs. E. J. Frazier of Lane county, pending an appeal of the action to the United State supreme court. Frazier was convicted on a charge of forgery in Lane county more than two year ORGAN VOCALION Suitable for Church or Moving Picture House TWO MANUEL BASS PEDALS FIVE FOOT STOP LEVERS ' FOOT SWELL WITH-ELECTRIC MOTOR AND BLOWER COMPLETE GUARANTEED IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION WILL SELL AT HALF ORIGINAL PRICE Seiberling-Lucas Music Company 125-127 Fourth St., Bet. Washington and Alder Multnomah Hotel Wher Home Comforts Abound T Portland, Oregon Elegance and comfort combine to make enjoyable your stay at the Multnomah. 00 cory rooms, beautiful mezzanine floor and lobby, and superior service at reasonable rates. 'i Uarage In connection. - Erie V. Hanser, Presides. B. Campbell. Hinarcr. The Palace Beauttfal X3 !-? G7 lie B31SSB1::: 3 ru . - r str w mm a t . 3 4 KINDS OF LAUNDRY HIGH GRADE FINISHED WORK ROUGH DRY ECONOMY FAMILY WORK WET WASH