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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIA2C, PORTLAND. MAY 1G, 1920 SALEM ARTS LEAGUE CLOSES YEAR'S WORK Display Marks End of Most Successful Season. NOTABLE PICTURES SHOWN sentative. ler "sleeping sickness" was brought on by an intense de votion to a senior graduation thesis that of taking the blood pressures, at all hours of the night, of three Reed women for four weeks. Misses Con suelo McMillan, Ann Shepard and "Polly" Kerr lent themselves for the test. The close of the experiment yester day gave the researcher a chance to "turn in." Success of Association Largely Due to Efforts or Mr. and Mrs. Gil- oert of "Capital City. SALEM,, Or., May 15. (Special.) As a fitting climax to the year's work, the Salem Arts league the past week gave an exhibition of works by artists of the Pacific northwest in the Hotel Marion. The exhibitors in cluded many who were represented In the recent display in the Portland museum of the work of artists of the northwest and also the spring exhibi tion of paintings by the Portland Palette club. The pictures aroused much en thusiasm among Salem art lovers who assembled in large numbers to view the works, which have been augment ed by loan pictures, the property of Salemites. Among them were the Madonna, by Sassaferato, owned by Colonel E. Hofer; "Pool in the Des ert," by Aken, owned by Mrs. F W. Bpencer, and "Indian at Drinking Place in the Desert," by A. "W. Best it California, owned by Miss Sally Bush. A special display was made today in the Salem public library of the sketches by Fred Strickland of Port land, which comprise a complete pic torial diary of bis trip to Germany and return, and which were exhibited in the Central library in Portland in 1919. Mr. Strickland was present and in the evening gave a talk on his work. ri' 1 it., ..V;littnrt n Tl ri t 1 f i T nlf. tures follow: "A Pool in the Desert," by Louis Aken. Loaned by Mrs. V. W. Spencer. "Indian Irinklns at Pool," by, A. W. Best. Loaned by Mrs. A. N. Bush. "Irlfung Kotr." by J. Marion Crook. 'Autumn Afternoon," by J. Marion Crook. "Karly Spring" (Bush's pasture), by R. Monroe Gilbert. 'Eastern Autumn," by Paul Morgan Gus tin. "New England Village," by Paul Morgan Custln. "Nootka Indians" (near Astoria), by Paul Morgan Gustin. "Redwoods in California." by Frank Heath. "Snowy Owl," by R. Bruce Horsfall. "Great Blue Heron," by R. Bruce Hors fall. "Ca-nada G(se on Klamath Lake," by It. Bruce Horsfall. "Three Sisters," by R. Bruce Horsfall. 'Mount Hood, Karly Morning," by R. Urtice Horsfall. "Mount Hood Blowing Snow Banner," by K. Bruce Horsfall. "The Pioneer," by R. Bruce Horsfall. "Nassau Hall" (Princeton university), . by It. Bruce Horsfall. "Bran on the Hill." by Clyde Leon Keller. "Mount Tamalpais," by Clyde Leon Kel ler. "Moonlight on Lower Columbia," by Clyde Leon iveller. "Winter Landscape " bv Clyde Leon Keller. "Springtime," by Clyde Teon Keller. "Dawn." by Clyde Leon Keller. "Sunset on the Alaska Coast," by Clyde "Foothills of California," by Paul Lau ritT.. "Juno Afternoon in California," by Paul Lauritjc. "Summer Breeze," by Paul Lauritz. "First Signs of Spring in Alaska," by Paul Lauritz. "In the Studio." by Charlotte Mlsch. "The Old Boathouse." by S. Mizurio. "Autumn Scene." by S. Mizurio. 1 "Sunset." by Mrs. Laura Pratt. "War Sketches," by Fred Strickland. "Still Life," by Henry Wenz. , "Pushing Off, the Boat Alaska," by Henry Wenz. Marine," by A. Sheeley. Loaned by Mrs. L. S. Sheldon. "The Madonna," by Sassaferato. Loaned BT. Hofer. "Lupin in Bloom." Rev. Melville T. "Wire. The Salem Arts league Is cloelng a year that has resulted in much good in an artistic way and-a more ambi tious programme is being worked out for next year. . Besides lectures, the league has had classes in art appreciation, literary appreciation, writing, outdoor and life sketching, music and Interior decorating. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Gilbert, who for years conducted the Frame Shop in baiem, were responsible for the Arts league being formed,, and they nave woxea arduously for its con tinned success. Mrs. Gilbert has served the league as its first presi dent and Mr. Gilbert has given much lime to the life and out-door sketch trig classes. - WEEK GENERALLY FAIR Forecast Tor Coast States Says Temperatures Will Be Normal. WASHINGTON, May 15. The weather predictions for the week be ginning Monday are: Rocky mountains and' plateau re- r ...... . ................ i f4 L :: : t - i Mm. Monroe Gilli, president Salem Arts leasae. FIGURES GIVE LIE TOSENTIMEWTALISTS Average Life Sentence LessThan Seven Years, Is MURDERS ARE NO. EEWER Since Capital Punishment Abol ished in Oregon 3fost Cold- S v Blooded Crimes Done. . . gions showers early days, generally fair thereafter; temperatures near or slightly below' normal. Pacific .states Generally fairj nearly normal temperatures. MORE " TRAINS PROMISED Pre-War Schedule lo Go Int Kf fect on Spokane Line. Additional service to the east and the restoration of pre-war railroad schedules are promised in the an nouncement yesterday by L. C. Gil man, president of the Spokane, Port land & . Seattle railroad, that two new trains will be added May 30 to and from Spokane. The new trains are a night limited from each ter minal, leaving Portland at 7:10 o'clock and Spokane at 9 o'clock. In addition two new locals will be added to and from Lyle. A fast morning train will leave Portland at 7:45 o'clock, arriving at Spokane at 9:35 P. M., carrying the North Coast limited equipment. The morning train from Spokane will leave at 8:25. hauling the Portland equipment of the Oriental limited. The night train from Spokane will haul the North Coast equipment and the night train from Portland the Chicago equipment of the Oriental limited. The local train to Lyle will leave Portland at 7:35 A. M., and from Lyle at 2:30 P. M. REDMOND MEETING HELD uapustd or 1 hrcc Cities Gather in Successful Conference. KiiDMOND, Or., May 15. (Special.) - uno or the most successful confer enccs ever held by the Deschutes Bap fist association was that which closed here last night with an address on "nelitrious Education," by rr. George H. Young, formerly of Albany, now director of religious education of the fcuptist Mate convention. The Baptist churches of Fend Prineville and Redmond were repre srnted. Among those who spoke were Itov. K. R. Johnson, Dr. W. B. Hinson ot Portland, and H. H. De Armond, H, C. Doty and Mrs. S. S. Stearns. V. A. Ayres of Prineville was elect ed moderator and Mrs. J. W. Cabeen of Redmond, clerk. The next meeting will be held at Prineville in 1931. LLEGAL SAJE ALLEGED Gasoline Dealer Is Chareed With Breach of Ordinance. A warrant for the arrest of Richard Hughes, who is in charge of a gaso line tillLng station at Sixth and Bel mont streets, was issued in the mu nicipal court yesterday, on complaint of Captain Roberts, assistant fire marshal. Hughes is alleged to have sold gas oiine in excess or a quart in a con tainer other than that provided for by the ordinance. The complaint is the outcome of fire Friday noon at the home of Mrs. H. G. vVerbold, 176 East Seventh street, which started from a fruit jar rf gasoline which the woman had for cleaning some clothing. She was burned about the face and hands and the fire did other damage estimated at $50. According to Captain Roberts, the woman purchased the gasoline at the filling station at Sixth and Belmon streets. JUSTICE YELLS "MURDER' Woman With Five Wicked Lookin Knives Invades Office. -t .NEWPORT, Or., May 15. (Special Karly today Miss fcstuhl, who is al lcgred to' be sligrhtly demented, walked into Justice W. M. Berry's office pulled five dangerous looking: knive from her belt, quoted a few lines Shakespeare and announced her in ten Hon of cleaning up the place. The justice, without waiting fo coat or cap, bolted through a bat- window and rushed up Front street shouting "murder" in several differ ent languages. City Recorder I. Harding, hearing- the alarm, wen over to Berry's office, disarmed th woman and succeeded in quietin her. -v The district attorney has been no tified and it is expected some action will be taken to restrain her free. dom. OMAHA MAILG0ES BY AIR First IMane to Chicago Carries 2 00 Pounds of Letters. CHICAGO. May 13. An aerial mail plane carrying 200 pounds of letters arrived in Chicago from Omaha at 6:30 P. M. The plane, piloted by D. YVald. left Omaha at 1 o'clock. Ray Benedict made the flight from Chi cago to Omaha today, inaugurating the first westward extension of the ir mail service from Chicago. The service will be maintained daily except Sundays and holidays. Wonderful lander's, 010 Krench pearls at Fried "Washington. Adv. SALEM, Or., May 15. (Special.)-r-Any amount of figure-juggling on the part of sentimentalists who would put a bounty upon crime by coddling and protecting men and women sent to prison does not alter the records at the state penitentiary, which show that the average term served by per sons conviaed of murder 'in which life sentences are imposed is less than seven years. These figures cannot be disputed and stand out prominently against any and all arguments that are now being waged against the re- adoption of capital punishment in Oregon at the special election to be eld on May 21. .... . That murders in Oregon have- not ecreased since capital punishment was abolished a' few years ago is "fa lcated by the prison records, which show that nine men have been re ceived at the penitentiary - for this crime during the last 12 months. In addition to the number if men jjre ceived at the prison for this offense. the records also show that with the xception of one or two instances the last year's murders were among the most cold-blooded ever committed in this state. Johnson Case Cited. Probably the most blood-curdling of the homicides in Oregon since May 131S, was that involving Clarence Johnson, who is now in the peniten tiary serving a life term for the kill ing of Mrs. Eunice Freeman of Port land. Johnson previously resided in California and at one time was com mitted to the penitentiary at San Quentin for attempting to murder his wife. Mrs. Freeman, who at that time was engaged in prison reform work Oregon, heard of Johnson's plight and interceded in his behalf. She worked for years in an attempt to gain his release, and finally he was paroled to her custody. jonnson men leit California and went to Portland where he was em ployed in -the shipyards for a few months. On August 15, 1019, he went to Mrs. Freeman's home at 42 Fourth street, and finding her alone, beat er head to a pulp with a gaspipe. After a careful search of the Freeman ome and the appropriation of about $40 and some jewelry, he then de parted and went to a nearby hotel where he had planned to meet a woman whom he alleged had refused to receive his attentions. In a state ment to the officers after his arrest Johnson admitted that he had in tended to kill this woman as he ex pected she would Up him off to the police. ' ' Keepers Are Threatened. Then, with all the cunning of a desperate criminal, Johnson went quietly to the Union station in Port land and boarded a train for Seattle. From there he took passage on a boat to Alaska where he was arrested by federal officials and returned to the scene of his crime. A few days later he was arraigned in the Multnomah county circuit court, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder and was sentenced to a life term in the penitentiary. In a subsequent statement to Port-:- land officials, Johnson was quoted as saying that he would no,t have killed Mrs. Freeman had capital punishment been on the statute books. Since his arrival at the prison Johnson has displayed an ugly and treacherous disposition and has repeatedly threat ened to Kill his keepers To avoid this he has been kept in solitary con- iinement. Another murder, which, at the time of its commitment aroused the en tire state, occurred in Multnomah county on November 22, 1919, when James Ogle, David Smith and Walter Bannister shot and killed Jasper N. Burgess, state highway commissioner. and George E. Perringer. The vic tims of this double tragedy resided at Pendleton and were in Portland at tending the annual livestock show. Robbery was the motive of this crime, but neither of the victims was given a chance for his life. Sheriff Brntally Murdered. Edwin Allen Primrose, also under life sentence, brutally killed Ralph Gibbons, chief of police of The Dalles, after robbing a bank at Washougat, Wash. Following the robbery at Waahougal. Primrose, Dolph Lewis and a third man went to the home of the former's brother-in-law, where they, were surrounded and arrested by the officers. Primrose was se curely tied pending removal to jail and placed under a guard named J. A. McOulloch. " In some- way Primrose removed the ropes that bound him, took aim with his revolver and sent a bullet crash ing through the guard's arm. The bandits then escaped to the timber. A few days, later word was received at The Dalles that they were -en route to that city on a train. ' Ac companied by the sheriff of Wasco county, Mr. Gibbons remained in wait. The three men were placed under arrest and had reached the main' street of the city on.. their way to the! jail when Primrose pulled out his! revolver and shot Mr. Gibbons. The first bullet apparently did not prove fatal, whereupon the officer was shot a seond time. A half hour later Primrose was- again arrested and locked in jail. At the followine term of the circuit court for Wasco county he was indicted and upon pleading guilty to a charge of mur-j der' was sentenced to a life term in I the penitentiary. Lewis, his com panion, was convicted of man slaughter. Pardon Is Expected. Primrose, the officials say, has been a model prisoner since arriving at the penitentiary and believes he will be pardoned by some kind-hearted executive during the course of the next few years. Charles A. dorey of Morrow county, who said he suspected that Alfred Shafer had been Intimate with his wife, rode a horse to where the latter was working in a harvest field and without warning shot him dead. In all, four bullets were sent into Shafer's body. Morey then rode to Lexington, where he surrendered to the officers. He was tried on a charge of murder, with the result that 11 of the jurors stood for con viction and one for manslaughter. Morey afterward pleaded guilty to the charge of murder, however, 2nd is now among the "lifers." Another murder, almost as brutal as the one involving Mrs. Freeman, occurred at Astoria on November 28, when William Oscar Wilson and Peter A. Brainier went to the . store of Frank Gowan, a .'Chinese mer chant, and murdered him. As the men entered the store they asked for a pair of shoes, and had partly negor tiated a deal for their purchase when Wilson whipped out a revolver and ordered Oowan to throw up his hands. Gowan was then carried to the rear of his store, bound and gagged, and relieved of his watch, money and liberty bonds. FOR County Assessor - ; tor irfiffiiffwminmihMiift'rtttaflifMii irinn- nitifciiTTiiil -"; JVo Mercy Shown. For fear of being heard in the store, the bandits later removed their vic tim to the basement. Wilson and Branner then started up the stairs, whereupon Gowan uttered a few cries and succeeded in attaining a sitting position. Wilson then walfced over to his victim, and, placing .the barrel of his revolver within a few inches of Gowen's breast, opened fire. Gowan fell dead. Both Wilson and Branner - were afterward arrested and are now serving life terms. W. W. Wilder of Umatilla county killed Bert- MeXeece because he imagined the latter had stolen some of his money. This shooting was un provoked, according to the testimony offered at the trial. Wiltier had been drinking bittrs prior to the shooting, and had had a bad reputation for sev eral years. Wilder arrived at the prison on February 12, 1920. Under the proposed law restoring capital punishment in Oregon, it is discretionary with the jury to impose the death sentence or inflict a life sentence in the penitentiary. Be cause of this fact, men of Johnson's stripe probably would swing for their crimes, while persons convicted on less conclusive evidence probably would be given the benefit of the life sentence. . 5 This discretionary power, officials say, removes any possibility of an in nocent man bring hanged, while per sons who plead guilty to fiendish murders such as have occurred in Oregon during the past year, may be handled and made to pay a-penalty corresponding with the seriousness of their crime. , MAJOR Hiram U. Welch 0. 14 ON THE REPUBLICAN -BALLOT. Major Welch has served as a valuing officer of Multnomah coun ty in the administrations of four assessors and is at present chief field deputy in the office. He has the indorsement of Assessor Reed, who says of him: "Major Welch is an experienced and competent valuing officer, is a man of splendid executive ability and judgment, is familiar with the fundamentals of taxation and the laws pertaining to it. and is fully qualified to fill the important of fice of county assessor. His service in the army in the Spanish war, in the Mexican border trouble and in the world war entitles him to the special consideration, of the vot ers." Major Welch's slogan: "Long ex perience in the assessor's office a sure guarantee of efficient serv ice.V ' "(Paid Adv.) COUGAR STEALS CALF v Pears and Other - Animals Cane Excitement Xear Toledo. TOLEDO, Or., May 15. (Special.) A large cougar Thursday Killed a calf on the farm of Ge,orge Leedy, four miles north of Toledo. Tlie calf was carried into a deep ravine. Mrs. Leedy, armed with a small rifle, set out to find the calf, not knowing that there wa a cougar in the vicinity. After following tracks a while she came suddenly on the body of the calf which had recently been left there by the cougar. The footprints of the cougar were clearly discernible. A hunting party under Arthur Nye was organized. Cougars have been furnishing much excitement for Lincoln eounty sports men. Nash brothers of Nashville re cently bagged a big bear, and Tues day a hunt 'near Chltwood resulted in the killing of three coyotes and a bobcat. The Largest Retailer of Shoes West of Chicago One may go into store after store and not see the wide se lection of summer styles that we are show ing unhack neyed styles that are desirable and ' dis tinctive: All moder ately priced. rv MM E-1210 One of many new Dixie ties. Above model in soft brown kid with French heel. $13.50 CRAWFORD BOUND OVER Hood River "ex-Instructor Waives Preliminary Hearing. HOOD RIVER, Or., May 15. (Spe cial.) R. Clay Crawford, ex-physical instructor of the Hood River high school, waiving a preliminary hear inw. was bound over to grand Jury to 380 Washington Street 308 Washington Street 270 Washington Street 270 Morrison Street Los Angeles Portland San Francisco day by Justice of the Peace Onthank. I Crawford is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses from W. M. Bailey, principal of the high school who declared that he signed a note for $500 for Crawford, the money to be used in bringing an airplane here lor passenger service. . Crawford' has beel unable to fur nish bail, fixed at 1U00. A volunteer committee, consisting of R. L. Foust, Harold Hershner and Kent Shoe maker, are endeavoring to obtain counsel for Crawford. Michigan Is the leading state in the production of sand lime brick, fol lowed by Minnesota and New York, Remick Song and Gift Shop is your piano idle? 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