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liOSKIIUIUl, DOUGLAS COUNTV. OIUX'ON TIllltSDA Y, APHIIj tl, 11)14.
No. 138
MORRISON CAMPBELL SHOOTS AND KILLS JONH BECKER AT CLEVELAND
GIVES SELF UP
Dispute Arose Over
Pasture Rights.
Cow
MURDERED MAN LEAVES BIG FAMILY
Campliell is 03 Years Old While His
Victim is 37 llody Found
Ily Xeighlors Early
TI)is Morning.
Because of a dispute over pasture
rights, John Becker, aged 37 years,
is dead and Morrison Campbell, aged
63 is facing a prosecution for man
slaughter. Both the dead man and
the slayer lived near the Cleveland
postoffice about 12 miles west of
Roseburg.
About six o'clock this morning;
Campbell left his home and went to'
the gate of the pasture field which',
has been the bone of contention bo-j
tween the two neighbors. It seems:
, that Becker has rented from Edward
Von Pessellt of this city, a certain
pasture field. Adjoining this field is
one owned by Campbell. There is J
no fence between the two fields.
Becker has been in the habit of pas
turing his cattle on this land. Oni
account of the fact that there is no!
fence between the two properties
Becker's cattle have roamed onto
Campbell's neids. This statui thejLuredby Means ot Moving
trouble. Campbell's farm is situat-
ed back of that of Becker and Camp
bell has had a right of way across
rrcAvri:;
Campbell, Becker plowed up the right
ot way. i ins it is said riho sun eu
up trouble between the two.
When Becker arrived at the pas
ture gate this morning he found
Campbell already there. The latter!
notified the former that he could not
put his cattle in the field any longer
"until the matter was settled. Becker
then approached the gate and at-!
tempted to open it. Campbell then;
pulled a gun and told Becker that;
there was not use to try to put the1
cattle in today. The two men argued
the matter for some time accord
ing to Campbell about a hnlf.au,
hour. Finally, according to Campbell,
Becker started toward his own home
and remarked "Well, I'm going
home to get my gun and we'll see
whether I'll put my rattle in the field. (
When he had gone about 20 feet he
(Becker) turned in his tracks and,
came at Campbell, who was leaning
on the gate. Becker grabbed Camn-j
bell by the arm and tried to pull him
from the gate. They scuffled for;
some time and in their efforts got:
to a point about 30 feet from the
gate. In the meantime Campbell,
"had again pulled his gun and then
shot three times. One nf the shots
took effect, penetrating the breast of
Becker, who fell to the ground. The;
bullet wna later found by Coroner
.lewett to have lodged just beneath;
the skin at the back. j
Campbell then left his victim and
returned home where he milked his
cows. Htt his breakfast and then went;
to his room and secreted his 38 cal j
bre revolver. He did not tell any of
his family about the shooting. With-;
out saying anything to anyone he;
left the house and started to hoof it'
to Roseburg.
He arrived here about ;
12:30 o'clock and went to the sher-l
iff's office. Sheriff Quine had gone-j
to dinner, and upon hia return to -
the office found Campbell there wait.:
inu to give himself up. I
Campbell gave a coherent, logical the United States estimates his ord
narrative of the whole affair to the; ern will call for that number of
sheriff and newspaper men. He did:
not express any regret over the ter-j
ribe affair. He was calm and self j
possessed throughout the tragic re-!
cital In fact he of all those present j
seemed to effect the least emotion;
over the $rama which snuffed out!
the life ot another fellow being. j
An Inquest will probably be held
tomorrow morning, district Attor.
ney George M. Brown was commu
nicated with by tele .one at Port
land and he will lei& the the city
tonight, arriving her tomorrow
morning to attend the preliminary
hearing.
The murdered man leaves a wife
and four small children. Campbell
has a wife and one adopted daugh
ter living with him.
Kl'UKNK AUTO FIKK
TJUCK IS WmX'KKl)
Kfrcmaii 1 tushes to Scene on Motor.
cycle and Extinguishes llluzc. I
EUGENE, Or., April 15. When
the Eugene motor fire truck was
wrecked while turning a corner on a
slippery pavement, Fireman H. D.
Briggs today picked himself up,
seized a hand-extinguished, snatched
a motorcycle from a passerby and
continued to the fire in time to save
the house, which had caught from
electric wiring.
The huge truck, weighing 10,000
pounds, plowed its way through a
concrete curbing, six inches thick,
and was damaged. Richard Faye, a
fireman, was hurled on to a soft
lawn, 15 feet distant. Xo one was
injured.
The fire chief was obliged to drive
the machine, in the absence of the
regular driver,
Pictures.
reserves short 100,000 men
slump Accounted for by Fact
of
Young Men Colonizing Canada
and Australia Oldest
Barber Retires.
LOXnOX, April 16. The secret
of the British Office's strenuous and
spectacular campaign for recruits Is
out. It had been suspected that the
army was hard up for men when the
authorities a couple of months ago
began inserting full-page advertise
ments in newspapers throughout the
country pointing out the delightg of
army life, and supplemented this ap
peal with a flood of posters and
pamphlets and finally a moving plc
turo film which it now develops, is
now being shown in almost every
town in the United Kingdom. The
reason, it now develops, Is that the
military establishment, including re
gulars, special reserves and territori
als (militia) is short nearly 100.000
men. The regular army enlistments
alone fell 2,225 in the past year, ac
cording to the annual report of the
war office, just published, and the
present strength of this branch, 247
arid, is less than it haH been for a do.
cade, Officials attribute the slump
to the greatly increased emigration
of young men to Canada, Australia
and other outlying dominions, compe
tition by the navy, and tho better fa
cilities now afforded for getting em
ployment in civil life through the
government labor exchanges.
To Send fl.ooo.ooo Uc in Parcel
Vttst Packages
PAUKERTOWX. O., April
16.
carry
Uncle Sam's parcel post will
about 6,000.00(1 queen bees from this
place during the coming summer in
small jiackageg destined to all part
of the civilized world. H. G. Quirin
who operates the largest bee farm in
queens. Last year Quirin Bhipped
qtlcn ees with their "e.BCorU" of
working bees. In little parcel post
packages to all parts of America, Eu
rope, Japan, Cuba, China and the
West Indies.
Quirin has raised queens he valued
at 300. These however were extra,
ordinary stock. The regular stock
are worth from $1 to $3. In addition
to his queens, the bee nffl.-nate ex
pects to have employed about 50.
000.000 workers the coming season
making many tonB of honey.
ARMY RECRUITS
TARS JUBILANT
Ships of Atlantic Well Under
Way Southward. ,
MEN DELIGHTED AT PROSPECT ACTIVITY
Pacific Squadron Ordered to Sun
Dieo Held in Readiness for
Action Powers Leave 1
Matter with L. S. j
(Special to Tho Evening News.) ;'
ABOARD "THE ARKANSAS' by
Wireless via Cnpe Hatterau, April
16. Under clearing skies the At
lantic Division of the United State::
floet is steaming southward at &
speed of 12 knots an hour. It is es
timated by Admiral Badger that
T:tmpiso wilt be reached A'ednesday
noon. The crews of the war ships are
enthusiastic over tho prospect of n
little activity. Acting under orders
from tho navy department Admiral
Badger refuses to answoi all ques
tions propounded by newspaper cor
respondents, concerning the Mexican
situation.
Pacific Fleet ut San Diego. -WASHINGTON,
April It.. Secre
tary of War Danie's has ordered As
sistant Secretary of the Navy Roose
velt, now at San Francisco, to take
personal charge of the movements on
th0 Pacific fleet in connection with
the Mexican situation. . The Pncffic
Division will rendezvous at San Diego
preparatory to leaving for Mexico, In
event future developments neces
sitate such action.
Ilatitl8 Off Policy.
WASHINGTON, April 16 That
the powers w.ll continue thi-iv hands
off policy in the Mexican affair, and
will leave everything to tho United
States, became known today through
the German Ambassador Count ven
Bernstorf following a ct.nierence
with Bryan.
Major Butt, Titanic Victim,
Honored by $50,000 Memorial
ltd?! )jj rr.i
III II I Willi I I BUI Hi1 'Ulill" !! Will I Ill IH I I I Ullli in
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pf. i -Ifiimtf'T .d&M.Miw
Tholes by American PrcM A"!atlon.
DEDICATION of the JWI.o") concrete memorial bridge for automobile
trarile between Augusta and Somervllle. (in., which bus been erected
as a tribute to the late Major Archibald Butt, military aid of former
President William II. Tnft and who wns a Titanic victim, wns sched
uled for April 14. Distinguished guests from civil ami military lite from va
rious parts of the United ritnt-s. among them former President THft, e in
Tlted. Funds for the building of the memorial structure were rnlsed partly
through subscriptions of Temple-.'Oyes lodge. No. XI. F. A. A. M., of Wash
ington, of which the Iste Major Ilutt was a member: throw: an appropria
tion made by th.clty of Augusts gnd through public solicitations of sut-
scrlptlons by a coBiftttee of Georgia society wo n. Major Ilutt was iOi
Ore of Georgia At(4fP former President Taft (left) and Major Butt, one
thf last photNk4( alui taken; at bottom
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ATTKXTIOX K.VSTKISX STAItS
There will b0 a regular meet-
ins at the hall tonight (Thurs-
day) at which Mary X. Hies-
acher. Grand Worthy Matron of
Oregon will bo present. A full
turn out of members is wished.
WOULD AllOLISI! Til 14
DICAiril l'KXAl.TY
SALEM, Or.. April 15. Tho vot
ers of Oregon will have another op
portunity to determine at tho com
ing election whether capital punish-
nieut shall be abolished.
Undismayed by tho overwhelming
defeat of the proposition at the lust
election, Paul Turner, of Portland,
member of the Anti-Capita! Punish
ment League, submitted to tho Sec
retary of Stalo today for approval as
to form, an amendment to tho con
stitution providing for the abolition
of capital punishment. H0 said the
amendment would be offered at tho
November election.
Mr. Tumor proposes adding to ar
ticle 1 of the constitution and repeal.
Ing all sections conflicting with It,
tho following:
"The denth penalty slinll not be
Inflicted upon any person under the
laws of Oregon. The maximum pun
Ishniont which may be inflicted shall
be llfo imprisonment."
It is reported that Mr. Turner Is
responsible for the amendment and
that tho Anti-Capital Punishment
League Is not co-operating with lilm.
The law provdes that all measures
for initative and referendum must
b0 submitted to the Secretary of
State for Inspection as to form.
.
OIHLDItUN'S CAItXIVAL Ql'KHX
Tho ballot boxes for voting in tho
Queen's contest are located In all
tho drug store's Instead of at the dry
goods stores ns Btuted by error In the
News or yesterday,-' and the prize Is
$5.00 to bo used In purchasing a
suitable outfit for the occasion. The
jr.0.00 award Is for tho Carnival
Queen, while that Tor tho Children's
Queen Is I'i. 00 as stated above.
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AitXnXm-
the memorial Dnnge rrom moaeL
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Auw' ill
I'LL SALUTE
YOU SALUTE
Huerta Thinks "Reciprocity'
Proper Thing.
SHIVELY BELIEVES RETURN SALUTE RIGHT
O'Slumglmosxy Advised in Matter
Upturn Salute Xot to lto Taken
ils lU'cogniziiu; lluorta
(ovei'iimeiit.
(Special to The Evening News.)
WASHINGTON, April lti.Prosl
dent Wilson Implied this afternoon
that llucrui's offer of exchange of
salutes between tho Mexican fort and
United Stntes war ships was accept
able to tho administration. That Is,
Wilson said, precedent provided that
u salute, fired as an apology, should I
be returned. The president did not
say that the crisis was ovor, however.
Ho merely confirmed Urynn'a state
ment that tho situation wns very on
co.uraglng.
Late this afternoon tho president
instructed O'Shaughnessy nt Mexico
City to tell lluerta that his offer to
saluto tho American flag would bo
accepted, and that in accordance with
naval precedent the United States
ships In tho harbor would return the
salute. This ends Mlie crisis, it is
stilted, unless Mexico falls to comply
or congress disapproves of the agree
ment. r:
H'lii'i'la Is Willing.
WASHINGTON, April 1(1. Huerta
has expressed his willingness to sa
luto the United States colorH on the
condition that American ships In tho
harbor at Tamplco return tho salute.
Acting Charman Shlvely, of tho sen
ato committee on foreign relations,
admitted this oftvrnnon that he had
officially advised that such answer
to the demand of the United States
be transmitted to Charge d'Affalrs
O'SliaUKlinessy. "This stipulation,"
said Sliively, "la merely a request
that (ho usual forms bo complied
with. Of course, If the Mexicans
salute tho flag, wo will firo a return
salute. This, however, will not con
stitute recognition of Huerta as
head de Jure of the government of
Mexico. It i8 recognition only or
tho defacto gvernment. Just as our
demands wer(. a recognition of a de
fucto government. There Is no de
Jur(. government In Mexico to recog
nize. I suppose liuerta's compliance
with the demands will em the pres
ent tension nud leave tb(, whole sit
uation Just where it stood before
this Tamplco fneldent came up. la
fact, I cannot think of any other way
in which the situation can work out
If Huerta does what he seems to In
tend doing."
.Many IMmlgrei- Willi Shlvely.
The question as to whether this
government could return n salute fir
ed by lluerta federals without recog
nizing the Mexican govsrninent as
maintained by the dictator. Is an
acute one. Many here openly ills-
agr with Chairman Shlvely of thej
foreign relations committee. Sena -
tor Lodge contends that to atiMWerj
the salute would be an American
back down.
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UNTIL .lldl'ST
flOI.DIli: Af'H. Or.. April 1.1.
.ludgo Coke closed the regular April
j ter, of the circuit court with a
I night Houston inst night, when the
j following indictments were returned
! by the grand jnry:
Ceorgo N'. Nayer, for th0 killing
of Wlllnrd E. Isenhart, at CMielco,
Or., last February, charged with
manslaughter. 0 Noyor was out hunt
ing and shot Isenhart, mistaking him
for a deer, so ho declared.
Kdmund Ecrs, for the kllllo of
John flush, on the Sixes Illver,
was also cha.d with manslaughter.
Gggera claimed to have mistaken
AIMtlly IX HISTOIIV. . .
Naval experts figured that
the vangua:- of Via United
Slates Atlantlj flast would leach
Tamplco April 21.
April 21 will bo the sixteenth
anniversary of the declaration
of war against Spain,
Tho Revolutionary wnr began
April 19.
The Civil war began April 14.
Bush for a deor.
Witnesses for the state failed to
appear and the Cooley case was con
tinued. As no Jury was drawn, no
cases will bo tried until the August
term of court.
STATE LOSES
ITS CASE
SALKM, Or.t April 15. Declaring
that Ado ney General A. M. Craw
ford h'iimlpd h.t side of tho ease iu
tho suit iui a writ of mamt&muB
brought by Guy L. Wallace & Com
pany, ji torneys-ln-ract for the Com
mercial Intor-lnsurers exchange,
Portland, Stato .Inminuice Co in ml a
aloner J. V, Ferguson Btatod today
ih.il tl r opinion handed down by tho
Bupremo court yeatordny allowing;
a writ of mandamus directing tha
lnurance comuilionor ia ltMue Wal
lace & Co., a license would allow
InterhiHurers In this stato to run wild,
without restraint or supervision, it
(ho decision Is allowed to stand.
Tho decision ltwolf, which waa
written by .lustico Burnett, points out
wherein Homeono bundled the case
and Commissioner Ferguson says the
bungling was done by tho attorney
general.
"Accompanying tho pleadings In
tho case are sundry exhibits," says
Justice Burnett In his opinion, "and
what seems to be testimony taken be.
for a stenographer and notnry pub
lic; but tbeso were not presented to
tho court at tho hearing, although
section 025. L. O, L., states that "In
tho supremo court the writ may be
allowed by th court or any Judge
thereof but shall be tried and deter
mined by tho court; and all Issues
of either fact or law therein shall be
tried by I ho court. "
Commissioner Ferguson says two
days were Hpoiit taking testimony In
tho case and the opinion says this
evidenco wan never presented to
the hearing.
Ah a result thej caso was deter
mined entirely upon tlii pleadings
Instead of taking Into consideration
the fnets, wheh, If considered, Com
insKliuier Ferguson says ho Is confi
dent would have resulted In a dif
ferent outcome.
Commissioner Ferguson sifl It wus
not a riifHtlou of law but a question
of farts that should hav been sub
mitted to the rourt, as ho admitted
that the company had compiled with
the requirements stated In tho law ro.
I lat ing to lntrinsurers but that the
t factH show that the company has ro-
fused to allow supervision by the In-
I hiiraiu-o department and that the
! '""I1"IV' contract misleading
on the face of it, and it was theso
IlllllUH which lie wanted presented to
the court.
Commissioner KergiiHon asked At
torney tieuernl Crawford for an ex
planation of why the evidence wiih
not pri'H'-nied to the court and Craw-
! ford said h didn't
i thought it had been
know, as he
Mr. Ferguson will petition for a re
hearing, and aiso said that he would
attack the constitutionality of the
law liivohjj-d as It exomptg Interln
surers from regulations which are
Imposed niton other Insurance con
cerns. 1IB said next time he would
have an attorney who would give the
proper attention.
Kenner? Qulno formerly with the
..yiarth Toggery has resigned his posl-
tlnnOnd will take up the simple life
on hit father, ranch near Riddle.