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OMWON CITY, OKI-WON, I'lMDAV, MUUVAUY 1010.
IITABLISHtO im
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FIFTIETH YEAR-No. I.
TWO FIRES HIT
OREGON CITY
ONE
AFTERNOON
JUSTICE OF PEACE BIEVERS II
PRINCIPAL LOSER IN BLAZE
STARTED BY STUB.
f IRE CHIEF FROST SEES HIS
OWN OFFICE CO UP IN SMOKE
On Men It Hurt Whtn Peeslna Street
Cir Forces Hosecart Upon
' Curbing Fir Found Neat
to Movlt House.
Two fires hit Oregon City Wednes
day In lh abort epaco between 1
cclork In tho afternoon and 11 o'clock
that night, and damage totaling 252!
wae done. J. K. Fisher, who ni eland
lug on (ho curbing on Main etrcet be
tween Seventh and Sixth, was hurt
when lrc(car forced a hoeecurt
against hint.
A summary of tho lire losnee fol
lowi: Rchram estate I 21
J(.hn N. Hlover 50.0
GuMav Freywald (00
Tho flmt fire waa discovered about
3 o'rlock In tho afternoon In a vacant
building next to thn (irnnd theatre.
Manager Schram put out tho tiro with
thn aid of chemical extlngulshcra and
a small hoiio. It waa caused by do-fix-live
flue.
Ono Man la Hurt
Tho Fountain hone company re
sponded to tho Drat call. J. K. Fisher,
a painter working In tho 6, 10 and IS
cent aloro wua standing on the curb
watchlnx tho flromon mnh by when
ho waa hit by a hoae cart and knocked
to tho ground.
Ho waa taken to tho offlco of Dr.
Orel Welsh and bin woundi dreitacd.
Ho hai a deep gtwh In hit faro and
lila none la broken.
Flro Chief Front declare thut a car
which followed closely behind (he
Ik mo caro la responsible) for tho Injury,
.'and said Into Wednesday thut ho In
teifrlud to learn the imiiio of (ho motor
man and hiivo him arreiited. Accord-
ItiK ( thn atutoinont of tho head of tho
fire department, tho enr waa follow
Iiik i lone behind tho hosecart an I
forced It up cn tho curb.
Juttleo Offlco Burned.
Tho Nccond lira did considerably
nioro dutmiKO. It wna dlncovered about
10:. 10 o'clock by Patrolman George
Woodward In tho rour of tho offlco of
JuhIIco of tho Peaco Slovora. Men
from thn Kountalu bono company rc
t-ponded (o tho call and few minute
lifter tho nlarm wax Hounded wero ut
work on tho hluxe.
JimtU o of tho Peaco Slevcrs wna the
principal loner. Ho estimated IiIh loss
at $2000 of which about ono-thlrd Is
c overed by insurance.
Tho hulldliiK was owned by GtiKtnv
Freywald, of Portland, and tho dnmuKO
to tho bulldltiK Is estimated ut $"00,
which Ih well covered ly ItiHiiranco,
Cauaa la Not Determined.
Tho causo of tho second hluxo ha
not beon determined. A number of
poHHlbla can sea of tho flro have been
suggested. Jtistlco of tho Peaco Slo-
vera la not Inclined to bnllevo that (ho
bln.o woh cauwd by defective wiring
or by tin ovorhontod stove. Tho blaxe
tuny hnvo beon caused by a carelosBly
thrown cigar or cigarette Rtuh,
Ilecont records of tho Juntli'0 courl
wero Raved, and (ho docket was pulled
from (ho flro.
Fire Chief 8eea Office Burn.
Flro Chief Front, who In bIho con
stable, fought the flro and at tho same
tlmo watched his own offlco, which Ih
with Juutlco Sieve, burn.
Two JapuneHO, Jim Yommamoto nnd
Yama, lived on tho nccond floor of (ho
building, but they Raid Wednesday
night that their Iohh was slight.
Firemen Deserve Credit.
In both flroB tho volnnteor firemen
responded within a fow minutes from
tho time tho alarm was Hounded. Thn
Freywnld building In a franio structure
and for a tlmo threatened to tnako a
warm blu.o, but was. under control a
fow minutes after tho firemen arrived.
W0I1AN APPLIES FOR
HOUSEKEEPING PERMIT
"I want a permit to keep bonne for a
alliKlo man," rriintil a middle aged
woman of County Clerk la llarrlnx
ton Huturday. Hho waa accompanied
by a man.
"You n.ean you waul a mailing
limine?" Mla Harrington aiiked.
"No. I am keeping hnuw fur two
men and the neighbors will talk," alio
Irplloil. "Now what I want la a per
mlt from you allowing too to work for
thorn."
'Thl I not u matter for tho county
clerk," Mlai HarrliiKton replied. "Von
had better nee District Attorney
Hedge."
Thn couple went to tho office of tho
dlMrlrl attorney, who advlm-d tho
woman for her own aake to find other
employment.
Fi
IRIN OS VE O
HOUSES ADMITTED
30-DAY TRUCE IS
DECLARED BY THE
PORTLAND TONGS
WITH MURDER HONORS EVEN,
TROUBLES BETWEEN FAC
TIONS MEDIATED.
ARMISTICE BULLETIN BRINGS
JOY TO CHINESE FEARING DEATH
Peace Society Engineers Meeting at
Which Agreement I Signed Two
Killed In Gunplay Between
Rival Socletlee.
BY W. H. NEWMAN
CONFESSION COMES SOON AFTER
ARREST BY SHERIFF WILSON
AT OSWEGO.
OIL SCATTERED AROUND SHORT
BURNING CANDLES, HETHOD USED
Evidence Is Secured by Dlatrlct Attor
ney and Sheriff After Several
Montha of Quiet Work Sen
tenced from 3 to 7 Year.
Annually enonuli water Roca to
waBto Jn Umatilla river to Irrigate
100,000 acres of land.
Twenty-tour hourt after his arrest
on a charge of arson, William II. New
man, aired C.1 year, will be on bli way
to tho atato penitentiary to begin his
sentence of from three to seven years,
Tbo arnnd Jury, which ended Thurs
day a four day ichhIoii. returned a sec
ret Indictment. Sheriff Wilson went to
Newman's homo at Oswego Friday
morning and put him under arrest.
District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges
hhowed Newman aomo of tho cvldenco
that has been accured against him, and
ho entered a plmi of guilty. Ho was
taken before Judge Campbell' Friday
afternoon and aentenred. He will be
taken to Palcm this morning.
Newman says he set throe buildings
on flro In Oswego last summer. Tho
three houses aro close together, and
his method, ho said, was to plant short
candles on tho floor and scatter oil
around tho candle.
Tho flro broko out about 2 o'clock In
tho morning and those who w ero awak
ened by tho flames saw only one bouse
of tho three wna burning. Tho other
two houses were apparently safe. A
short time later flro broko out In the
other two Iiouhcr and all three were
burned to the ground. Tho suspicion
of tho officials who heard of the fire
was aroused hv thn i-lri-imiuliini-na im.l
District Attorney Hodges and Sheriff !cnuso of peace.
Wilson began an Investigation which
lasted for several months before an
arrest was made.
Newman lias lived In 0wego four
years and has a family.
When confronted with tho evidence
secured by (ho siato, Newman finally
broke down and said. "It's no uso. I
set tho fire."
I'OHTI.ANI), Ore., F-b. 21. A truce
I't t ween warring Portland branches of
tbo Hop Sine and Itlng Kong How
Leoug tongs was declared today at i
o'clock.
At the headquarters of the C'blneao
llenevolenl association, Fourth and
Davis street, on tha third floor, rrp-resentatlvt-a
and dignitaries of tho
battling aoclctlna solemnly pledged
themselves and their clansmen to re
frain from war during the following
month. Tbo meeting waa bold at the
Instigation and under the direction of
tho Chinese Peace society.
For two hours varloua phases of tbo
sltuutlon that haa cost two live and
disabled two other tonamen within the
past wek were discussed by promt
nent members of tho parties at strife.
In tho end the advocates of harmony
gulnud .heir point.
Happy with the auccess of his cf
fort toward settlement. Mo Ie Tong
vice-president of the Chinese I'euce
society of Portland, hurried with
proclamation of the truce to the but
Utln wall at Second and Oak atreota.
Two burden have been committed
since the plana for peace were begun,
One How Long died in 81 Vincent's
hospital of his wounds, received Won
day. With swift vengeance came the
killing of a reputed Hop 8lng early
this morning. ....
Tho peace scx-lety, with truo Orient
al blaudncKs, held to Its original com so
and produced rosulta that tho white
man's law waa powerless to bring
about.
The peace conference at Fourth and
Davis streets combined tbo chiefs of
every Portland tong, between 16 and
:0 In number, with the head men of
the Hog Sing and Ding Kong tongs
and tho delegates of tho Peaco society,
Tho Peaco society Is hopeful of x.
tending tho armistice Into lasting
peace. During tho next low weeks
numerous confvrcnccs will bo held
looking to a permanent treaty.
Mo I.ee Tong, vice-president of tho
Portland peaco society, Is optimistic,
as Is also tho secrctury, Ijeong Jeu
Hlng. "There will bo no more shoot
!ng for at lenst a month maybe nev
or, he said.
From San Francisco It Is reported
representative of tho Chlneso Six
Companies Ih hastening ta Portland to
add that society's Influence to tho
eS
.18 IN RACE
FOR COMMISSIONER
THIRD MAN ENTERS PACE FOR
PLACE IN COUNTY COURT
IN MANY ENTERPRISES.
If
C GOBAN ER'S
HOME WRECKED BY
POWERFUL
BOMBS
W. A. Proctor, prominent cltlsra of
the Handy and CottrHI districts. Hit
urday declared his Intention of run
nlng for the Kepubll'au nomination
for county commlssloM r. The decis
ion romes after careful coinlclt-ruUon.
It I Mr. proctor's Initial aaranre
In politics.
Mr. Proctor came to Cls k.unss conn
ty about quarti r of century axo, and
at one lima worked for llarvry K.
Cross when the tatter ran a sawuilll
on the Clackamas. I iter be went to
the Handy dlatrlct, and Is now con
nected with several rn'erprlsee In that
section of the county. He Is vice
president of tbo Clackamas County
bank at Sandy and ona a largo In
terest In the Straus Lumber company.
Ho la a member of the present grand
Jury.
Mr. Proctor is the third candidate
to appear for county cornmUiiloner. J.
W. heed, of Kstacada, and W. II. Ilotte-
miller, of Clarkra, announced they
were In tho race some time ago. Wil
liam II. Mattoon, of Viola, Is the retir
ing commissioner, and will pot be a
candidate for re-election.
HE SAYS WIFE WAS
TO
Charging that hit) wlfo was rude to
tho servants and treated them in such
a milliner that they often loft thereby
forcing him to socuro now aorvantH,
C. L. Davtcs filed a suit In tho circuit
court Saturday tisklng for a divorce
from KshIo E. Dnvlcs. They wero innr-
rlcd January 8, 1907, In Spokane He
uhIih for tho custody of their chlldron.
Circuit Judgo Campbell Suturday
signed ii decree separating Frank K.
Mason from Myrtlo Mimon and Lilly
Rico from Goorge 11. Hlce.
JURY'S VERDICT IS
VICTORY FOR W.V.S.
GEORGE GRIFFITH LOSES FIGHT
AGAINST CONDEMNATION PRO
CEEDINGS OF ROAD.
WILLAMETTE WOMAN HIT BY AUTO BUT
WILL RECOVER: DRIVER IS FI
NED o50
Mrs. Margaret Martin, of Willam
ette, Ih Bcrlously 111 at tho Oregon City
hospital as a result of an automobile
accident near tho enHt approach of tho
suHpenslon bridge Saturday morning.
Slio was etnick by an automobile,
driven by W. II. Portonw and pinned
iiKHlnst an Iron railing on tho north
elilo of the Andresen building on Sev
enth and Mala streets. So securely
woh she caught that It woh neceHsnry
to pull the car away before she could
be removed. Dr. Hempstead was call
rd and took her to the hospital.
Dr. Hempstead said Saturday night
that his patient was rapidly rallying
from the shock, and that he did not
believe there were serious internnl In
juries, as reported Saturday afternoon.
Portouw was arrested by Chief of
Police Illanchnrd on a charge of violat
ing the town's traffic ordinances, plead
cd guilty beforo .Recorded Lorder and
was fined $50. He was driving fast,
end was on tho wrong slilo of the
bridge His father recently bought a
store nt OreenHburg, Washington coun
ty, nnd he was on his way from Mount
Pleasant to their new home.
Mrs. Martin and Miss Cora Hunt
wero crossing tho brldgo when they
encountered Portouw. Ho apparently
lost control of the car, swung around
to the left side of tho bridge, narrowly
missed Miss Hunt and hit Mrs. Martin..
Mrs. Martin Is the wife of Mathew
Martin and the mother of five children.
8he Is a sister of William McLarty, of
Oregon City, and Is well known here.
After 65 minutes deliberation, a Jury
in the circuit, court Saturday returned
a! verdict for the WlllnmcUo Valley
Southern nnd agnlnst Reorgo Griffith
In nn action to condemn a right of way
nlong the river bnnk south from the
company's terminal yards. Griffith
was awarded $125 for his property, a
sum which had been previously ten
dered by tho railroad.
Griffith contended tho Willamette
Valley Southern was seeking to boctle
up river frontage In (ho northern part
of town, nnd could not legally condemn
the atrip of land, Tho Jury's verdict
la considered a victory for tho rail
road. Griffith auked for $1000 dam
ages in ciiso the court held a right of
way could be condemned across his
land. C. D. Latourette represented
Griffith and O. D. Eby, E. A. Clark
nnd Judge Grant R Dlmlck appeared
for the railroad company. Tho trial
began Thursday.
Charles T. Tooze is defendant In a
similar suit filed by the Willamette
Valley Southern. His case was orig
inally set for Inst Friday, but owing to
the tlmo required to hear tho suit
against George Griffith, it has been
postponed to next Friday.
ITHCOMBE
IS
mm
BEFOR
E
BARLOW GRANGE
BOYS AND GIRLS OF TODAY ARE
ADVISED TO STICK TO FARM
BY GOVERNOR.
STONE SHATTERED, EXPLOSION
HEARD FOR MILES BUT
FAMILY ESCAPES.
THREATS AGAINST ITALIAN ARE
HADE IN LETTER HELD BY POLICE
Attack la Sequel to Bank Fallun
and Woman and Her Son Art
Taken Into Custody Neigh
borhood In Panic
WILLAMETTE VALLE) M SUPPORT
5,000,000 PERSONS, HE DECLARES
Marketing Problems One of Most Im
portant Before Granges, Say
Executive O. W. Eastham
and Other Talk.
WANTS LICENSE CANCELLED
H. Kyllo, father of Edwin Kyllo of
Aurora routo N"o. 2, came to Oregon
City Saturday In an effort to get the
mnrrlge Ucenso Issued by County Clerk
Harrington enrly In the week to his
son and Geneva Shaw, of Cnnby, can
celled. Ho carried with him the 11-
Governor James Wilhycotubo spoke
at a meeting Tuesday of the Twentieth
Century grange at Harlow, taking for
his speech a dual topic, George Wash
ington and agriculture. The two sub
jects wovo themselves together, ho
raid, because tho nation's first presi
dent was a farmer as well as a soldier
and statesman.
The state's executive made a strong
plea for tho boys and girls of today to
'stick to tho farm, holding up its many
advantages. Tho Wlllametto valley.
which ho declared was fertile and
large enough to support 5,000,000 per
sons, offered unusually attractive fu
ture for the tillers of the soil.
One of the principal problems that
confronted the granges of the state,
Governor Withycotnbe said, waa tho
adoption of a plan whereby the larn'o
marginal difference that exists . be
tween tho prlct the producer receives
and tho price the consumer pays be
eliminated to the betterment of the
farmer. Tho prohibition law, the gov
ernor declared, put tho people of the
state In a better poslton to reap tho
benefits of tho state's natural advantages.
O. W. Eastham, Oregon City attor
ney, explained preparedness; Presi
dent Everhart of the Pomona grange,
Professor Bnrst and L. J. Allen, of the
Oregon Agricultural college, and Coun
ty School Supervisor Drenton Vedder
wero on the day's program.
Tho part the governor was to play
In the meeting was well advertised
through tho southern part of Clacka
mas and tho northern part of Marlon
counties and Harlow hall was crowded
to its doors when the meeting was
called.
The meeting began at 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning, nnd Governor
Wtthycombe arrived from Salem unat- j
tended at 10:23. Ho was received at'
tho station by a committee from the
grange, which was headed by Presi
dent C. M. Glddlngs. Mr. Giddings and
MIh8 Pearl Hays, secretary of tho
grange, had charge of the meeting. At
11 o'clock a luncheon was served
which was prepared by the women of
the grange.
After the luncheon, tho afernoon ses
sion was called to order by Mrs. Anna
M. Whito. Johnson Brothers' orches
tra of Canby furnished music for the
afternoon, and members of the execu
tive committee of the grange explained
the purpose of the organization.
The Twentieth Century grange Is
one of the oldest In the state and dates
Us origin back 40 years when It was
known as Harlow grange, No. 262. In
1903 the grange was reorranlzed, and
since that time has been known as the
Twentieth Century grange, the sugges
tion of the name being made by Mrs.
In October, 1914, the
CHICAGO, Feb. !. Modestlno Mas-
troglovanul't recent bank failure found
an echo at 6: CO a. m. today In a bomb
explosion at bla luxurious bono al
3719 Grand boulevard, an explosion so
terrific aa to awaken tho whole South
Side. The entire front of tho big atone
residence It la a double dwelling, one
aide being occupied by the banker's
family and tho other by the family of
Ira J. Mix, wealth dairyman was
blown away, tho big gray stones being
cracked and broken.
"Enemies," tald Maatroclovannl, as
he staggered out through the dusty
aperture that formerly had been a wall
of solid masonry. In bis band be held
letter, ills thought had gone back
to It w hen he relalzed, after a few mo
ments, what bad happened.
To put them on-the street, blow
up, burn or kill If tho money Is not re
turned.
It was the threat Incorporated in a
U tter written in Italian for nearly all
the depositors In the Mastroglovannl
bank were Italians and bearing the
signature of the wife of one of his
creditors.
There was a great gap where the
facade of the Mastroglovannl residence
had been. One could look into the
rooms at the torn and cumpled oil
paintings and the smashed furniture
and bric-a-brac.
The bomb had been placed there to
kill not to frighten. Its destructive
power was so great that it reduced to
bits stones weighing tons, and the de
tonations was so great as to arouse
residents as far south, of South Chicago
and aa far north as the loop.
What was regarded as the most un
usual feature was that the Mastroglo
vannl family, five In all father, moth
er, two sons and a daughter escaped
without a scratch. The bed In which
the former banker and adviser of those
of his nationality was sleeping was
shattered.
'The bomb had the effect of reducing
the masonry, tons of it, but did not
reach the Interior," said Captain Ste
phen K. Healey. "Had It been placed
beneath the house not one member
would bo alive to tell the story."
A woman has been taken Into cus
tody by the police. Mastroglovannl has
been threatened many times since the
failure of bis bank. Letters, however,
aroused in him no terror of assassina
tion.
BUTTE CREEK FJULHS
T BY BEAVERS
KAI-KM. Ore, Feb. 17. Wbethe
Game Warden Shoemaker r be bel
liable for dumafre occasioned by tho
depredations of beavers was the ques
tion euhmllted by tha governor's office
to Attorney General Hroo for aolu
tlon.
I'eclarlng that three of bla clients
had suffered damages from thene ant
mala, E. P. Morrotn, a Woodburn at
torney, reient'y wrote the game war
den demanding a settlement, and say
log that unleta one waa effected, he
would bring a legal action for damages.
According to bla communication Albert
H. Kent baa suffered damagea amount
Ing to II4J.W; William Fry claims
damages totaling $1S, and Mrs. Mary
Morrla aiwrts she suffered damages
aggregating $715. All live on Ilutte
creek In Cla kamaa county.
WILHOIT SPRINGS
HOTEL WITH TWO
COTTAGES
BURN
FIRE AT RESORT OF UNDETERM
INED ORIGIN DOES OVER
tdOOO DAMAGE.
CHEMICAL EXTINCUISHEBS USELESS
IN ATTEMPT TO CHECK FIRE'S SPREAD
McLarens Intend to Rebuild Hotel
Tims to Take Cars of Summer
Visitors Building Was
SO Years Old.
In
GENERAL FUND GETS
II
CLERK HARRINGTON HELD $71
UNTIL WORD WAS RECEIVED
FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL.
cense, which canot bo cancollcd. Clerk
Harrington wrote across the page in Mary S. Barlow,
the marriage license record book the 'Present organization was effected, and
words, "Not used." now the grange has 52 members.
When members of the 1913 legisla
ture framed the prohibition law they
had so many things to remember that
they left ono out. District Attorney
Hedges Thursday received an opinion
from Attorney General Drown in which
he holds that fees received from en
forcing the dry law shall go Into the
general fund of the county.
The law provides that the county
clerk shall collect $2 for approving the
bonds of pharmacists and shall receive
a small foe for carrying out other pro
visions of tho act. County Clerk Har
rington has collected $71 from these
sources, but tho law makes absolutely
no provision for taking care of tho
fund.
Clerk Harrington referred tho matter
to District Attorney Hedges, and he In
turn wrote to the attorney general,
who declared that, while the point was
not covered definitely 'n the statute.
in such a case it wou'd be understood
that the money would go to the gen
eral fund of the county.
Tho Wllhoit Springs hotel and two
cottages at the resort, which Is located
nine miles above Molalla, were burned
to the ground between i and S o'clock
Monday monlng with a loss- totaling
over isooo. There was no insurance
either on the buildings or any of tha
furnishings, and the cause of the fire
has not been definitely determined.
The hotel, which contained 40 rooms,
was built between 45 and 50 years ago
by John Wllhoit and was owned by the
Wllhoit Mineral Springs company. R.
S. McLaren, who with his brother,
Frank W. McLaren, control the prop
erty, were at the sprints when the Ore
occurred.
The hotel Is shut down during the
winter, and only one guest was there.
Frank McLaren and the guest left the
building after breakfast and a few min
utes after 8 o'clock saw flro break out
They tried to extinguish the blaze with
chemical extinguishers, but their ef
forts were useless. Little or no fur
niture was saved, and the fire spread
to two of the nearby cottages which
are used In the summer by campers.
The fire started In the middle of the
building. There was no electrical wir
ing in tbo house, and R. S. McLaren
said that the only possible theory of
its origin so far suggested was that a
flue in the center of the building was
defective.
Wllhoit Springs draw thousands ev
ery summer from all parts of western
Oregon, and Mr. McLaren said a hotel
probably would bo built beforo the be
ginning of the summer season. How
ever, he added that definite plans for
tho future had not been made.
The hotel was of frame construction,
but in good condition In spite of Us
age.
RIOT STAGED III
LEGISLATURE AT
OKLAHOMA CITY
LAWMAKERS HEAVE INK STANDS
AND BOOKS AND SPEAKER
FLEES FROM SCENE.
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY INVITED
TO "COME ON" BY REPUBLICANS
Chairman of Republican State Central
Committee la Knocked Out Dis
order Cauaed by SobetltuU for
Late "Grandfather" Law.
RITENOUR WINS VERDICT
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 1J. Tumul-
tuous scenes occurred In the Oklahoma
aouse of re.presentatlvea.Jate today
while the member were voting on a
lection of an election law designed to
take the place of the famous "grand
father law," which was recently de
clared unconstitutional by the United
States supreme court, because It In ef
fect disenfranchised the negro popula
tion of the state.
Partisan feeling over the new meas
ure Anally culminated la an outbreak,
precipitated by charges of corruption
and the passing of the lie between
members, during which Ink bottles,
paper weights and other fixtures of
the members' desks were used aa
weapons and a set battle seemed in
evitable. Democrats maaaed and ad
vanced toward the Republican and Socialists.
Arthur If. Gelssler, chariman of the
Republican state central committee,
was rendered unconscious by Repre
sentative Lorts E. Bryant of Big Heart.
Osage county.
The proposed law ia the product of a
Democratic caucus. It had passed the
senate and was up for final passage
In the bouse lata today, with Republi
can and Socialist members offering
vigorous opposition.
Geissler was on the floor through
the courtesy of a visitor's permit Is
sued him as RepuMk-an etato chair
man.
Representative Paul Nesbltt, Demo
crat, of Pittsburg county, bad voted In
favor of the proposed law and as he
announced his vote Representative
Sams, Republican, taunted Nesbltt with
being "unfair" to Republicans.
Nesbltt replied that be was raised
In a section where the Republicans had
overridden him with corrupt practices
and that he bad no desire to be fair to
Republicans.
'They probably took you ' for tho
crook that you are," shouted Sams.
"If you make that charge you are a
liar," replied Nesbltt
Sams arose in his scat and shouted
toward the Democratic side of the
house "Come on."
In an instant every Democratic and
Republican member of the house was
on his feet. Ink bottles and paper
weights were fired back and forth be
tween the belligerents.
The Democratic members advanced
through the aisles toward the Repub
lican members and the speaker of the
house, A. S. McCrorey, left his chair
and rushed out of the legislative halls. '
The Democrats greatly outnumbered
the Republican combatants and after
the harmless volley of books had been
thrown tho melee died out of Its own
accord.
FIVE KILLED IN WRECK.
Frank Ritenour secured a verdict for
1 100.10 In Justice of the Peace Sievers"
court Friday against C. L. Newman.
Ritenour, who was represented by Wil
liam Stone, alleged that a contract
which he had with Newman to cut 1000
cords of wood bad been broken, and
Newman, In defense, declared that
Ritenour himself was guilty of a
breach of contract C. H. Dye repre
sented Newmau.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 21. Rigid
investigation of the disaster at South
Cheney Sunday, when the Northern
Pacific's eastbound North Coast Limit
ed, No. 2, train crashed Into the North
ern Pacific-Burlington train, No. 42,
killing five men and injuring three
others, was begun here today by state
and county officials. A thorough effort
will be made to fix the blame, for the
disaster.
Two of those killed when the North
Coast Limited smashed into the rear
end of the stationary Burlington train
were state officials, who were on their
way to Walla Walla, One of the vic
tims waa an employe of the Northern
Pacific railroad.
WOMAN WHO IS ALLEGED TO HAVE
EMPLOYED NEWMAN TO BURP
IHO
HANS SCHMIDT IS DEAD
OSSININQ, N. Y., Feb. IS. Hans
Schmidt gave his life in the electric
chnir here at dawn today for the mur
der of his sweetheart, Anna Aumuller.
He went to death calmly. His dying
words were for his old mother in Ger
many. Father Cashln, prison chaplain, who
had prayed with him through the night
hours, accompanied him to the chair.
Both the chaplain and the guards were
surprised at the condemned man's
haste. Disregarding the usual meas
ured tread of the death march, Schmidt
erect and unfaltering, hurried to the
chair.
E
111 OSWEGO ARRESTED BY SHERIFF
Mrs. Mary C. Wells, aged about 60 In the affair, pleaded guilty and was
years, under Indictment or the grand
jury on a charge of burning her three
houses in Oswego to Becure insurance,
was brought to Oregon City Monday
by SherifT Wilson. She was arrested
at Newport following the action of the
grand jury last Thursday.
Mrs. Wells is alleged to have offered
sentenced to from 3 to 7 years in the
state penitentiary. Saturday he was
taken to Salem by Deputy Sheriff
Frost.
Mrs. Wells will be arraigned before;
Circuit Judge Campbell Wednesday.
Her arrest follcws several months of
quiet work on the part of Sheriff Wil-
W. H. Newman, of Oswego, $225 if he son. District Attorney Hedirea and nf.
would set fire to her bouses. New-1 flclals of the ins'.iranre companies ln
man placed lighted candles In the i volved. She is al'eqed to have carried
three houses, and sprinkled oil around I $1400 insurance on personal property
the candles, according to his own con-: in the three bouses, and $S00 on the
fession now in the bands of District houses themselves. Newman declared
Attorney Hedses. j that while he was promised $225 for
Newman was arrested last Friday by ; his share in the affair, he received only
Sheriff Wilson, confessed to his part $25.