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12 MARTIN CASE TO BE GALLED TODAY Prisoner on Trial for Murder of Pawnbroker Nathan Wolff. SAYS HE WILL BE FREED Accused Is Id High Spirits and Says His Imprisonment Has Saved Him From Awful Habit of Tsing Morphine. Edward Hugh Martin, ex-Lieutenant la th United States Artillery Corps, and Hon of a wealthy New York real es tate broker, will be placed on trial for hi life In the Ptate Circuit Court today. Prosecution and defense are ready to proceed and It waa announced last night that no delay will be asked when the rase ia called thla morning" at 10 o'clock. Martin again avowed h! Innocence of the atrocious Nathan Wolff murder, last night. In a happy mood at the rear approach ff his trial, he Jested with his fellow prisoners, telling- them that they would lose his company In the course of a few days, as his inno cence was bound to be eetabllshed. "There Is a reason for my feeling particularly good and taking a new In terest in life." he said by way of ex plaining. his high spirits, which might seem Incongruous because of the ap proaching trial on so serious a charge. "I suppose the ordinary man would fel resentful at being locked up here for month and accused of such a hor rible murder. I do resent the accusa tion, but not the confinement to Jail. It has been the most beneficial ex perience of my life. It has served to break me once and for all time of the morphine habit. Tried OfU-n to Quit. 'When I came to the County Jail." Martin continued, "it did not seem to me that I would be able to get along without drugs. I had tried every known method. Becoming a slave to the stuff when I had yellow fever af ter the Cuban campaign, I had tried many times to quit the habit. I went abroad after leaving the Army, took treatment In a private sanitarium, but it would come back to me after a time. It Is so easy to get that habit and so hard to get rid of It- A man may make up his mind to quit, but when he gets to suffering the tortures of hell and knows that one little powder will re lieve him and that the one little powder la within hla reach, he Is apt to loee his self-control, no matter how strong hla wilL Those who have become slaves to the drug through sickness know how true this I. "The first few weeks in Jail were horrible. Then the craving for drugs became less. I couldn't get morphine even if I wanted It. And after four months of restraint, I find the desire has left mo altogether and I am a new man. "Toil can see for yourself that I am a new man." and Martin bared his arm, showing old scars left by hypo dermic needles. "I have gained 85 pounds in weight and never felt better In my life. "It sounds paradoxical, I know, but here In Jal I have been a free man, free from something a thousand times worse than Iron bars. Now that I am free of that habit. I am ready to free myself of the horrible charge which circumstances have thrown about me. I am innocent and the truth will come out." Defense In Good Shape. Attorneys Seneca Fouts and J. A. Jeffrey, who will defend Martin, say the evidence In the man's behalf Is In excellent shape. They would not say exactly what line of defense would be followed, but it is understood an alibi will be relied upon to get Martin clear. "The public has heard a great deal of what the police dug up against Martin." said Attorney Pouts, last night, "but when his side of the case Is fully presented, the situation will be entirely changed. I believe that he Is innocent and that he will be acquitted." District Attorney Cameron, on the other hand, seems to think the state's chances of scoring a conviction are not to be underrated. "Our evidence Is in good shape and can be connected up," he said. Max Dray, the principal witness for the state, is in the city and ready to take the witness stand, so it was an nounced last night. Drey was brought here from his new home in Chicago to tell of having sold Martin a shirt, the same shirt that was found covered with blood after the murder. Trial of the case will likely extend over a week or ten days. The secur ing of a Jury will be taken up the first thing this morning. This will occupy at least two days. If not longer. Then will follow opening statements, intro duction of testimony, final arguments and deliberation by the Jury. The state's testimony bring chiefly of a circumstantial nature will have to be Introduced with deliberation and in the fae of continual legal fighting. Crime a Fiendish One. The Nathan Wolff murder was com mitted on the night of May 1. Wolff, a pawnbroker, was found murdered in his shop. lie had been shot and hacked with a hatchet. The murder occurred about dusk. It is believed, and the body was found shortly after dark. The murderer robbed the store of Jewelry. There were evidences of a struggle with the murderer. Martin was suspected. The detect ive force, under Sergeant Baty. scoured the town for Martin but could not lo cate him. They finally gave up the search, concluding Martin had left town. Baty accused Martin publicly and was arranging to have descriptive circulars sent out to nearby towns. Martin was about town, as usual. stopping at hotels as a result of a breach with his wife. He read of Ba ty's accusation while in a saloon a quarter of a mile from the police sta tion, telephoned to the police at once and surrendered himself to the baffled gum-yhoe men. STANDING TIMBER SUPPLY Census Being Taken Amount for SS Years Computed. WASHINGTON". -Oct. . The Na tional Conservation Commission has caused the first comprehensive at tempt at the census of the standing timber In tne I'mted States ever un dertaken The commission needs the Information to help complete Its In ventory of the country's natural re sources which It will include in its re port to the President, and since that report is to be submitted on the first of next year, it needs the information at once. In consequence the work on the census has been started with a rurh and Is now well under way. Es timates as to the amount of standing timber in the United States range all the way from S22.S62.000.00O to 3.000. 000,000.000 board feet, a difference of more than a trillion feet in the views of the best qualified authorities in the country. In the opinion of the forest serv ice, the most carefully prepared esti mates yet made are those or Henry of 1900. which placed the total stump- age at 1.3S0.000.0JJ.00O board feet. Mr. Gannett was recently chosen by tne President to compile all the informa tion gathered for the commission. The census is expected to give an accurate basis for computing how long our tim ber supplies will last. The consensus of opinion Is that the present annual consumption of wood Is about ICO.000,00 5.000 board feet, or something more than that. A leading authority has placed It as nign as l.0.000.000.000 board feet- Assuming that itumpM' of 1.400.000,000,000 board feet, an annual use of 100,000,000,000 board feet and neglecting growth In the calculation, the exhaustion of our timber 'supply Is indicated in 14 years. and assuming the same use and stand with an annual growth of 40,000.000.000 feet, a supply for 23 years Is indicated. STATE IV. C T. 0. MEETS RECORD ATTEXDAXCE AT 2STH AXJTUAL SESSION. IVhlte-Rlbhoners Complete Organ ization and Will Take Up Formal Business This Morning. The twenty-fifth annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Oregon was opened yesterday in the Taylor-Street Methodist Episcopal Church. At the morning session which commenced at 10:30 o'clock only general officers were present. The official board meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock, when plana were discussed regarding the field work, institutions, and other departments per taining to the organisation. The results of these deliberations will be presented for action at the sessions of the conven tion. This year's meeting promises to be one of the largest held In Portland in many years. Delegates arrived yesterday from Baker City. Milton. Hermiston, Philo math, Hood River, Newberg. Dallas. Ash land. Grants Pass, Roseburg. Eugene. Echo and Albany, and delegates from other sections will be In attendance at the morning's meeting. The opening business session will be called to order at 9:30 o'clock this morn ing by the state president, Henrietta Brown. Following the praise service, led by Mrs. Louisa Round, the report of the executive committee will be presented. This will be followed by the appointment of committees. Reports will also be pre sented at the morning session by the cor responding secretary, auditor, and treas urer. Owing to the fact that Rev. Eugenia St. John, of Kansas, Is obliged to leave, the city tomorrow, the programme has been changed to enable her to speak at to night's meeting. At the home of Mrs. O. P. M. Jamison, ES3 Main street, last night a reception was held In honor of the officers and delegates who are attending the conven tion. Among those who attended waa Mrs. St. John, guest of honor. Following Is the programme for today's sessions: Morning session Praise service, devotions led by Mrs. Louisa Round. Convention called to order by State President Henrietta Brown. Reading the Crusade Psalm respon sibly. Singlnc. crusade hymn, "Olve to the Winds Thy Fears." Prayer. Roll call, re sponded to by quotations from the writings of Miss Wlllard. Report of executive com mittee; appointment of committees; report of corresponding secretary; report of audi tor, report of treasurer; introductions; noon tide prayer. Afternoon session Devotions, led by Mrs. Inman: music; president's annual address; music; report of "T" secretary: report of L T. I secretary; discussion; organisers' re ports, Mrs. I'nruh, Mrs. Harford. Mrs. Bleeth. Mrs. Hidden, Mra Wolfe, superin tendent of Eastern Oregon District. Report of lecture bureau, Mrs. Ward Swops, Port land; reception. Evening session Devotions. Rev. Clara O. Esson; special music. Professor Belcher and choir; lecture. Rev. Eugenia St. John, of Kanaas: sliver and gold freewill offering; benediction. The officers of the Union are: President, Mrs. Henrietta Brown, Albany! vlce-presldent-at-large, Mrs. Ida Barkley, Portland; corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. W. Inruh, Arleta; recording secretary. Mrs. Ida Marsters. Roseburg; assistant recording secretary. Miss Prances E. Gotahs.ll; treas urer. Miss Hessle J. Shane. Portland; sec retary of T. W. C. T. V.. Mrs. Cora Henkle, Grants Psss: secretary L. T. L., Mrs. Jans M- Donaldson, Portland. Following is a list of the chairmen of convention committees: Finance committee. Miss F. E. GotsMall; parade, Mrs. J. M. Donaldson; entertain ment. Mrs. I M. Christian; lunch commit tee, Mrs. Rebuff; decoration commit tee, Mrs. Mlnnls Ounn; publicity committee, Mrs. a. W. Unruh: music committee, Mrs. Patience Woolworth: badges committee. Mrs. 8. Alice Hanson; banquet committee. Mrs. Ella J. Clinton; reception committee. Mrs. Ella G. Hlmes; train committee. Mrs Edith whltesldes; literature committee, Mrs. Ward Swope. DRINK BEER FROM GUTTERS Wild Scene in Indiana Town When Kegs Are Emptied by Police. CHICAGO. Oct. Cutters of Ham mond, lnd., ran brimming with liquor yesterday. Derelicts from the city's slums fell over each other in a mad fight to drink from the foaming current. Thousands of other men and women cheered as barrels of beer were poured into the sewers and bottlea of wine were cracked and thrown on the city dump. Four thousand dollars' worth of liquor was spilled by the authorities as a wholesale libation to the county option law. The wine and beer had been seized two months ago in a raid on four "blind tigers" near Whiting. The liquor had been kept stored in the basement of the City Hall. It was destroyed by order of Judge Reiter. The county option law was passed a few weeks ago by a special Legislature convened by Governor Hanly at Indian apolis. Chicago Gets w Holiday. CHICAGO. Oct. f. The City Council last night passed an ordinance estab lishing a new holiday in Chicago. Oc tober 1!. Columbus day. The ordinance provides for the closing of all mu nicipal offices on that date, except fire, police and health departments, in hon or of the discoverer of America. The Council's action was taken upon peti tion of the Knights of Columbus and was unanimous. On ths occasion of the late Jubilee of the town of WUheimsburr In Grmuy the burrmlster rcivtd a teleitram. signed by all the uamsmed lris of the place, ad vising hint to set married and saying; that son of the underlined had any objection to becomlne his wife. Peaches fe. Over 12 Inches in Circum ference E0R $250 PER ACRE YOU GET .piv ALLEY Wmlmmmllmmf Jm) COUPON W. C. HARDING LAND CO., Portland, Oregon. I would like to know more about your proposed trip to the ROSEBURG HOME-ORCHARD TRACTS next Sat-, urday. Please informe me how I can make the trip with you at no expense. NAME ... ADDRESS TO TOE LINE New Committee Strict With City Contractors. TIME EXTENSIONS DENIED Mayor and His New Advisers Show That They Will Enforce Penal ties for Delinquency Except on Most Definite Gronnds. Indications are that the City Execu tive Board, as now constituted, intends to enforce the rule against delinquent contractors and compel them to pay heavy fines for . delays In completing; street Improvements. At an informal meeting of the Board, held yesterday afternoon, very few extensions 'of time were allowed, and those were for ex tremely plausible excuses, and iri no case for a great period. Many long time requests from the Pacific Bridge Company, Concrete Construction Com pany, of which Elwood Wiles is presi dent and manager; C E. Pottage and Harry Howard, were refused, at least temporarily, and the applications were left In the box. It was noticeable that a fine of $40, recommended by the old street com mittee to be levied against M. J. Con ley, a contractor, was reconsidered and the recommendation reversed. This is taken as a slap at Robert L. Sabin, ex chairman of the committee, who re cently resigned, because he could not get along with the Mayor. Permits Are Held Up. There were several applications from Harry Howard for extensions of time, one on Marion street, on which there had been granted 500 days' time, and In this instance the contractor sought 30 more days in which to complete the work. The application was laid over. Similar action waa taken In regard to several applications from C E. Pot tage, a young contractor, who is said to be facing ruin because of the large number of streets he has taken and his Inability to fulfill the contracts. Elwood Wiles, of the Concrete Con struction Company, is another who ap parently has taken more contracts than he is able to handle. At least, this is the opinion expressed by the Mayor and the members of the Board, while considering his petitions yesterday. He wanted extensions of time on a lot of streets in Irvlngton, on the site of the old racetrack, which are being im proved as a district. The order of the W.G. MADE f&mMimWA TTTFT 7sTTThOaTTT A Easy Terms of Payment Land Set Out This Fall No Cost for Trees No Cost for Pruning and Spraying for Inter-tree Cultivation No Cost for Seed Board In this Instance was that Wiles must bring in the signatures of all property-owners affected, showing that they want the extensions sought for, and that the matter will then be con sidered. An application from the Pacific rnmnanv fn (i n extension of time caused liayoj- Lane to say: This company Is in the same class with Pottage and Howard always behind time on their contracts." , It was over applications of time from this company that Mayor Lane and Mr. Sabin fell out. The latter recommended extensions of time, without penalty, and the Mayor sharply criticised the action, resulting in Mr. Sabin's resig nation. One Extension. Is Granted. However, ( the Board yesterday granted an extension of time to the Pacific Bridge Company on Killings worth avenue, as it was shown that the contractors were back in their work because of the delay by the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company in laying Belgian blocks. An applica tion from Elwood Wiles for an exten sion of time on East Ninth street from Belmont to East Yamhill, following the Killingsworth petition, was re fused, showing the Mayor to be still fighting the Bridge Company. This was evident, as the company wished to en ter into an arrangement to haul gravel to the scene for Wiles, when Mayor, Lane said: "Your company is the same one which is far and away behind in its contracts with the city on East Side fills, is it not, Mr. Simons?" Manager Simons, of the Pacific Bridge Company, replied in the affirma tive, but explained that it was thought to be a good thing for the city to as sist in opening up East Ninth street. The extension was denied. The holding up of a large number of applications is unusual and shows that there is a disposition upon the part of the members of the Executive Board to press the contractors "into more prompt fulfillment of contracts, or to levy fines. It has served to create great concern among the contractors. INQUIRY LAYS SUSPICION Creston Merchants Wrongfully Ac cused of Incendiary Fire. B. L. Barry, of Dayton, Or., adjuster for the insurance company that carried a policy on the store of Cranfill & Deter, at Creston. this county, has completed a thorough investigation into the causes of the fire that recently destroyed the store and contents. The policy was paid in full and the adjustor insists that Cranfill & Deter were unjustly accused at the time of the fire. "These men certainly had the worst of it," said Mr. Barry. "They are young men. just starting in business, and my thorough investigation convinced me that there were absolutely no grounds for the suspicions and accusations directed against them. We paid the loss in full." The cow tree of Venezuela is a natural dairy Its sap Is very aim liar to milk and la used as such by tha naUvsa IMAGINE A When the ROSEBURG HOME OR CHARD TRACTS have all been set out to trees, as they will this Fall, what grander sight could one imagine next Spring, with thou sands of young trees shooting their first buds into the open? When this magnificent piece ; of bottom land is set out to orchard this Fall, CRUSHED IN SEWER Two Workmen Killed in Tunnel at Brooklyn. HEROIC WORK SAVES THIRD Robert Kayhko and John Jardinnen Dead as Result of Cave-in, While Frank Matson Is Rescued by Fellow-Laborers. Caving in of a sectiop of the Brooklyn sewer caused the death of two workmen and the severe Injury of a third, at 3:30 o'clock yesterday morning. The dead men are Robert Kayhko and John Jar dinnen, The injured man, who is at the Good Samaritan Hospital in a precarious condition, is Frank Matson. Bravery of his fellow-workmen was all that prevented Matson from being claimed as a victim of the tragedy. Buried under broken timber and tons of dirt and gravel, Matson's position was dangerous to approach on account of the possibility of a second cave-in. But a gang of men under Jesse Hannam, a civil engineer, forgot their own danger in the work of rescue and finally took the injured man out at 10:30 A. M., after he had lain all but buried for nearly seven hours. An ambulance was in wait ing and Matson was hurried to the hos pital, where his recovery is looked for. The accident occurred 65 feet under the surface of Taggart street at a point be tween Grand avenue and East Sixth streets. A gang of men composing what is known as the graveyard shift waa at work in the big sewer when, without warning of any kind, tons of dirt and gravel fell In, burying Kayhko and Jar dinnen and pinioning Matson. Other workmen ran out, fearing the cave-in would extend, but later they re turned and Hie rescue work was begun in earnest at 5:30 A. M. The air was foul, the walls insecure and the rescue work was difficult and dangerous at all times. Matson could be seen under the dirt, gravel and broken timbers. An effort was made to pull him from under the debris by means of a rope but this Tailed. It was found later that his leg was caught under a strip of timber. Opiates were given him In order to lessen his suffering until he could be extricated. On being taken to the hospital it was found his left leg had been broken be low the knee and that bad bruises had been inflicted. There were evidences of internal injuries but last night his re covery was looked upon as certain. The workmen were employed by Paquet, Hannan & Joplin, contractors who are digging the sewer. Kayhko was 31 years old and single; Jardinnen was LAM) Fruit of every description grows to highest perfection in the now famous 3 Years lOOO-ACRE it will have the distinction of being the largest single orchard in the State of Oregon. Looking at it again in the Summer, when the po tatoes, onions, radishes and scores of other vegetables are growing, one who is fortunate enough to be the owner of one of these tracts will swell with pride and satisfac tion to see what has been ac complished. By our method of ex- 36 years old and unmarried; Matson, 44 years old. Is said to have a wife and three children in Finland. The body of Jardinnen was recovered during the afternoon but that of the other victim was yet under a great heap of dirt end gravel last night. An in quest will be held as soon as both bodies are at hand with a view to learning if proper care was taken by the contractors to safeguard the men working in the sewer. ELKS' FIRST FALL FROLIC Excellent Programme Is Being Pre pared for October 15. The Portland Elks are planning the opening of the social season on the night of October 15, when a big meeting is to be held in the hall of their building, at Seventh and Stark streets. The pro gramme being prepared promises to out do the many splendid entertainments given by the Elks in the past, and the committee hopes to do even better than their fellow members who have bad former performances in charge. Sig Werthelmer. one of . the hardest workers in the Portland lodge, is chair man of the committee in charge of the programme for the approaching social. He Is assisted by W. W. Bretherton, who has had experience on entertainment committees of former years, and John A. Johnson, manager of Pantages vaudeville theater. With such a committee on which to depend for amusement, the Port land lodge. No. 142, is awaiting the date of the approaching jinks, confident of a jolly evening. It Is expected that the spacious lodgeroom will be crowded to ETkD C A F 17 lUK ijALe. GO. ribs h u A -v.U?- i I r - IT'! ' f' ' ,; V Perfect in Appointment, Ideal Location, on a Quarter Block, Unsur passed View. A Home of Refinement, Comfort and Beauty. Price H. W. LEMCKE IF YOU GO WITH US SATURDAY YOU WILL SEE THIS VALLEY IN ALL THE GRANDEUR OF FRUIT HARVESTING TIME Harvest of Crop Sale of Produce Division of Profits Reduction of Payments Income and Home ORCHARD -ploiting the UMPQUA VALLEY, we are virtually setting a ram up in business in a business that will never fail to produce a splendid in come for his entire life. It seems to us that the inter-tree develop ment ought to bear all cost of the land, after the first payment and a few installments. Come with us Saturday to Roseburg and see what you think of it. 80 Fourth Street Ground Floor Corner Office Board of Trade Bldg. the doors when the fun making com mences. Wheat rust Is limited to no section or (Trade of grain, but Is encountered all the world over. GIOVE BARGAINS AT Lennon's Women's 1-clasp Cape Gloves, ''Dent shades," $1.50 value 95 Elbow length genuine French Kid Gloves, black, white, tan and brown, $3.50 values, for only $2.19 Women's fine Lisle Hose, 35c to 50a value; black, tan, white and fancy colors; greatest value ever offered at, the pair 15 Umbrellas repaired and recovered at the very lowest prices. 309 Morrison St. Opp. Postoffice. THE M0ST ATTRACTIVE bungalow in the city $4250 210-211 Corbett Building. Main 1177; A 2635.
