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TniT MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1903. 14 P s 01 IS DELINQUENT Jury's Verdict in Less Than Hour Causes Mother to Have Hysterics. MAY GO TO REFORMATORY Cnless Case Goes to Supreme Court, Hoy Will Be Sent to Salem Is Given Good Character by Teachers and Associates. Jackson Reld was held by a Circuit Court Jury to be a delinquent child yesterday afternoon, because of hav ing shot and killed Georgre DeMars at the Exposition grounds last August. Although It had been set up that the 12-year-old boy fired in the face of what lie believed to be serious danger of an attack by DeMars. who was flourishing an oar at the time. .the Jury took the view that boys and re volvers are a bad combination and that Jackson was not following: a normal course of conduct when he laced DeMars and shot him. The jury was out less than an hour, retiring- at 2:Z0 P. M. and returning: with its verdict at 1:15 o'clock. The boy took the ver dict quietly, but his mother broke into hysterical crying. Time was at once asked by attorneys Idleman and Ksterley, representing: the youthful prisoner, to ask for a new trial. The arxuments on this question will be presented at today's session of the Juvenile Court. It is thought an ex tension of time will probably be asked Jf the motion is denied, the boy will be sent to the Statle Reform School unless the case is taken to the Supreme Court and a rehearing: ordered. lawyers Dispense With Arguments. Taking of testimony was completed just before adjournment at noon. When Court reconvened at 2 P. M.. it was decided by the lawyers to dis pense with lengthy final arguments. Judge Gantenbein delivered his in structions, advising the Jury that the case was a remarkable one and possi bly difficult to decide. He pointed out that Jackson Reld was charged with being a delinquent child because of having violated a state law. that gov erning murder in the first degree. If the Jury was satisfied that murder or homicide had been committed. and that it was not justified under the plea of self-defense, then a verdict declaring the lad a delinquent should be returned, the Court said. But if It was found that the boy had acted In self-defense when he killed George JipMars, then a verdict of acquittal should be returned. Testimony was developed during the forenoon to show that young Reid had been thought well of by his playmates. ty the neighbors, by the teachers at the Chapman school and by his Sun day school teacher at the First Pres byterian church. Miss ary O'Connor and Miss Annie Carey, teachers at the Chapman school, took the stand to say that the boy had always demeaned himself properly in the . classroom. Miss Nichols said his deportment was always excellent at Sunday school. DeMars In Great Passion. Testimony was also adduced tending to show that George DeMars was in a raging passion when he rushed to wards j'oung Reld with an uplifted oar. Roy Baker, who saw the killing, said DeMars seemed to he after the lteid boy and not after the Reid dog, which had been barking at John De Mars. He admitted that Jackson set the dog on George DeMars, but said -this was not done until the man start ed behind the chicken coop after hav- ing been ordered off the premises. Charles Schemp, the boy's stepfather, said many tough characters are in the habit of prowling about what is known as Government Island. where the Schemp home Is located. The step father said it was frequently neces sary for him to be away from the premises and that when away he looked to Jackson to protect his sis ters and the other little children from -tramps. Lafe Pence said he hired Schemp as -watchman and gave him Instructions to keep marauders off the island, be cause there has been much trouble Ith thieves and tramps. L. Irons, who lives near the Schemp home, told of the difficulty he has had with tough characters thereabouts. One night, he said, he returned home just Jn time to see the place blown up by dynamite. He caught the dynamiter, who is now serving time in the Oregon penitentiary. Hoy's Good Character Shown. Rev. Father Murphy was called to (the stand to describe a picnic attended Vv a party of Catholic young people. Jle said the Reld boy happened on the -jarty anal was extremely .courteous, showing them about the place and junking himself useful in many ways. Patrick Iruln. ex-Captain of Detec tives and Inspector of Police, was then called in the capacity of an ex , jiert in revolver shooting. By his testimony it was expected to show that in firing a revolver without aim as young Reid did it was only an ac cident that the bullet hit DeMars. Unluckily for Bruin, Deputy District Attorney Thad Vreeland happens to Ye something of an expert on revolver shooting. He belongs to shooting clubs and has gone into the scientific Aspects of the game. On direct examination. Captain Bruin duly set out that he was in the United States service for a period of 22 years and that during the last few years of his service he was captain of constab ulary in the Philippine Islands. "How many years have yau been rising revolvers In the service?" Mr. Trveland asked on cross-examination, (by way of Impeaching Bruin's claim to being an expert. Testimouy Causes Smiles. "Twenty-two years." was the prompt "What's the trigger pull on a service pistol?" "The regulations require seven pounds." .Presiding Judge Gantenbein. who commanded a battalion of infantry in the Islands, and who Is himself an au thority on shooting, couldn't fight hack a series of smiles which en wreathed his face. "Then a team of mules must be used to pull the trigger." suggested the prosecuting officer. "And what is the range of an ordinary pistol?" was next asked. "A hundred to two hundred yards," replied Captain Bruin. Now isn't it a fact that 75 feet Is the extreme range?" "No. we used to shoot up to 600 yards In the- Army. In fact I killed a man once at 1000 yards with a mauser pistol. The Government gave me liot'0 for doing it." "You must have scared him to death?" suggested Mr. Vreeland. "No. there was a pretty big hole in him when I got over there where he was" said the former constabulary chief. The Jury which held the Reid boy to be delinquent was made up of David J. Burness. A. J. Farmer. H. D. Gates. J. W. Chamberlain, C. V. Dangertield and C, V. Kddy. GRAND JURV PROBING POLICE Looking Into North End Regulation. Visits Atwood Hospital. The county grand Jury began yester day to probe Into the manner In which the police enforce the law in the North End. It is probable that the result of its investigation In this particular case will be incorporated Into its report at the end of the month. Whether or not the discoveries made will result In the return of indictments against officials In the Police Department is not yet known. During the past few days the grand Jury has been taking in a number of county institutions, among them being the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. It is known also that the talesmen paid a visit Wednesday to the hospital conducted by the Drs. Atwood, at Tremont station. It was after their return from this Insti tution that Judge Gantenbein issued a bench warrant from the Juvenile Court for the apprehension of two children claimed by Miss May Petty, the matron of the Atwood maternity hospital. It is asserted that the two children. Flossie, S years old. and Florence. 2 years old, have been permitted to remain in the operating-room while operations were be ing performed, and that Miss Petty is not a proper person to have their custody. Pending the hearing in the Juvenile Court the children will remain in the care of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. It was thought that habeas corpus proceedings would be begun, but owing to the delay which this would occasion in getting the case before the court. It Is thought that such action will not be resorted to.. SAYS WIFE WILL NOT REFORM G. K. Beecher Airs His Troubles In Divorce Petition. With the statement that he has tried In vain to reform his wife, George K. Beecher has brought suit in the Circuit Court to obtain a divorce from Minnie Beecher. They were married at Oregon City. January 17, 1904, and have one child. Beecher says that his wife has been ..... . .. ...... 1 in him trontinff- him with contempt and at the same time courting the favors of her male ac quaintances. In July, 1904. while they worA tivlnir at I.ents. he savs. she went away and remained four weeks. He also declares that sir montns later she eloped to Salem with O. E. Seeley. The Ladles Aid Society became Inter ested in the case, after the pair had been arrested, says Beecher, and wrote to him about the matter. He says he hirirri ii wife to return to him. which 'she did, in the custody of a deputy sheriff. The escapade was puonsneu In the Salem papers, says Beecher. The husband says his wife continual w n.viariAri th.ir child, freatientlv re maining away from home during 1907 until arter mianigm. in uecemuci, 1907, she deserted him, he says, and has . ....... wi Biihnntrh h has done everything In his power t0 Induce her BUCHANAN ESTATE APPRAISED Building Chli-r Asset of Property Worth $208,083. i no emie J L u. I ...... . - heen appraised at J208.083.99. George ... . . . n . T T". K. WalKins, r . j. r. im p i aim - -' port In the County Court yesterday. 1.1- 1 . - anj C kln.lr AH cast nail ui i a.iu " . ....... . i i i i . i Kn Ann Thla I'Oril&llu, IB uppmiDcu b . k . v ' - Is the property on Washington street. near tnitn, on -iicu me un.... building stands. City, improvement bonds held by the estate are entered In the appraisers' report at their par value. J25.183.35. The estate has cash deposited with the Portland Trust Com pany to the amount of J15.316.93, and with the First National Bank -to the amount of J4803.72. Captain Buchanan was well known In Portland, having been at one time a member of the Port of Portland Commission. WILL FIGHT VOTE CAST ANTI-ANNEXATIONISTS TO CON TEST ELECTION. Certain Residents of Mount Scott District Do Not Want to Come In to Portland as Was Decided. Territory In the Mount Scott district, embracing section 7. 8, 17 and 18 and a fraction of another, is now part of Port land by? virtue of the large majority cast for annexation at tne election jionaay, unless the opponents of annexation suc ceed In having the election declared Ille gal, on the ground that it was not a gen eral one. The antl-annexatlonlsts have given out that they will fight the annexa tion of this district to Portland on this ground, and they look to the Supreme Court to declare the election Illegal. The lower court held that the Presidential election is a general one, and It is con sidered Improbable that the Supreme Court will interfere now that the vote has been taken and so large a majority has declared for annexation. The total vote cast In the district was 1310. of which 757 were for and 453 were against annexation, the majority In favor being SO. Last June there was a majority of 100 against coming Into the city, but the experience of last Summer, when water was short, evidently changed the tide in favor of annexation. The population of -the -territory Is esti mated from 5000 to 7000. There are about 1700 dwellings In this section, practically all owned by the occupants, the propor tion of home-owners being estimated at 90 per cent. The present water supply is mainly from the Woodmere Water Com pany, but the population has outgrown the plant and the next problem will be to get Bull Run water as soon as possible. If there is to be relief from the suffering caused by last Summer's shortage, action will have to be taken soon. It has been suggested, that a 24-inch main be laid from Mount Tabor and con nected with the present system as a tem porary arrangement to get water before next Summer. A member of the Water Committee points out that such a pipe line can be laid the some as a sewer under the recent amendment to the City Char ter. At Woodstock and Tremont citizens are supplied bv the Fleck water plant. There are also several other smaller water plants. The district east of .Montavllla, which was also voted in, Is a strip half a mile wide by two miles king, and contains but a small population. The former territory will be added to the Seventh ward and the Montavllla territory to the Eighth ward, making t.iem the largest wards In territory and population In the city. BU1ESS IS QUICK TO FEEL IMPETUS Merchants Report Increase in All Lines With Election of Taft. BANK CLEARINGS ADVANCE Traveling Men Also Say That Orders From Coast Merchants In t crease and Are No Longer Conditional. Wholesalers, retailers, bankers, real estate men and business men generally declare that evidences of a return of public confidence and marked improve xnetn in business conditions as a result of Taft's success are already manifest, and predict Immediate and Increased activity in all lines. As conclusive proof of the improved tone of business resulting from Taft's election, the local bank clearings for the day Immediately following the elec tion were the highest since the finan cial depression a year ago. Indeed, only twice has the mark been exceeded. On Wednesday the total clearings were Jl, 839.270. The highest clearings for Portland were on March 11, 1907, when they totaled Jl,884,096. Sales Show Big Gain. One of the signs of the times, or at least one of the signs that begin to figure since the election, is the differ ence experienced by traveling men rep resenting Eastern wholesale and im porting houses in placing orders on this Coast. At the principal hotels trav eling men say that a noticeable change has taken place in the 'form of orders given. For the past few weeks orders were given for goods with "a string" attached being given "hold for ship ping instructions." That meant but one thing, according to the salesmen, that the orders were subject to can cellation In the event the election would go a certain way. Salesmen say, almost without ex ception, that orders taken in the last two days are given without this pro viso, which they figure out means that with Taft's election assured Coast mer chants are anxious that goods ordered shall come through without delay. A few expressions of Improved con ditions given yesterday by local citi zens follow: Wholesale Men Pleased. Wholesalers generally expressed sat isfaction with the result of the election and declared that already there are signs of Improved business conditions. A renewal of confidence on the part of the public and consequently a gen eral impetus to business conditions Is already perceptible. It is said. "The effects on business conditions as the result of the election will be gradual," said I. Lang, of the wholesale grocery firm of Lang & Company. "There will be no instantaneous or rapid change, for business does not move that way, but the change will be gradual and constantly for the better. And it will be noticeable from this time on through the year 1909. I think that within the next year con ditions will be considerably above the normal." "There Is already a marked Increase In business and customers and the pub lic generajly express a more hopeful and satisfactory tone," said J. Durk heimer, of the wholesale grocery firm of Wadhams & Company. "Every one seems to be satisfied and there is a marked Increase in business. The In crease will continue gradually until things are In even better conditions than they were. Business men gen erally, I think, have felt that the elec tion of Taft meant a return of pros perous conditions, while they felt that the election of Bryan meant the oppo site." Looks for Record-Breaker. ' "Business will pick up shortly to such an extent that it will perhaps ex ceed anything we have ever had," said Mr. Falling, of the wholesale hard ware firm of Failing, Haines & Mc Calman. "For several months the pub lic has been too busy talking and think ing politics to attend to business. But today business went with a rush and the effects of Taft's election were Im mediately perceptible. The next two months will be better from a business standpoint, in .my opinion, than any corresponding period for years." . "It is too soon after the election to tell Just what the effect of Taft's suc cess will be," said J. Smith, of the Marshall-Wells Hardware Company. "But there is certainly a better feeling on the part of business men and the public generally which Is noticeable even now. There -will be very good business conditions from this time on." "The result of che election is very satisfactory - from a business stand point," said Charles Franklin, of the firm of Franklin '&. Company. "Busi ness already shows a quickening, and the effects of Taft's election are already perceptible in business circles. Busi ness will contiue to Increase and Ore gon especially will benefit, for it is bound, to be the mecca for Intending homeseekers." Railroad Work to Go Ahead. "While we feel that the result of the Presidential election will benefit us greatly, we do not believs that the work we have In hand would have been af fected one bit by the election of Bryan," said an official of the Harriman lines. General Manager O'Brien was out of the city on an official tour of the lines, and the statement was given by another officer of the company. "We have," continued the official, "al ready improved 116 miles of the 221 miles of track of light rails which the company had Intended to replace with 75 pound rails long before the election. Be sides we have nine steel bridges in course of erection, and the straightening of the line to The Dalles. This work will cost Jl.000,000. Besides, we have placed orders for J2.000.000 worth of equip ment, and we believe work upon one or two projects will be begun. The result of the election makes the early beginning of the work mora probable, but I may say at the same time that this work would be done anyhow, so great is the confidence of Mr. Karriman In the fu ture of the Northwest." Colonist Movement Expected. "Now that the election is over and the country will have a settled policy for the next four years, the railroads will go ahead with all the improvements they had contemplated," said Assistant Gen eral Passenger Agent Charlton, of the Northern Pacific. "The financial in terests will go ahead with the work In tended, and the result will be an en largement of both freight and passenger traffic. Colonists will arrive in large numbers, for a great many people have been holding off In the East only for an opportunity to get a chance to settle in Every Man in Port land Who Has Any Economical Tenden cies Whatever Should Be Attracted by This Most Extraordinary Value -Giving Sale RAINCOATS . We are making Raincoats for men and women that have a distinctness of style, and the materials are thoroughly cravenetted. A tailor-made Raincoat fits better, wears longer,looks dressier. $20 to $40 FOR TWO DAYS H?Srt2? We offer regular $35 suits of cheviot, cassimere and tweeds (new Fall goods) for sip i " : to f ; 1 i : "J v V J ' This is, without any question or doubt, the greatest opportunity to buy first-class, tailor made clothes that has ever been offered in Portland MM ORE The time when a man is looking for full dress clothes is here. Columbia-tailored full dress and dinner suits are recognized and accepted by good dressers. $40 to $60 Grant PheIey Mgr. Seventh and Stark the Pacific Northwest. The opportunity Is now advantageously offered and they will dispose of their holdings and come West." 200 NEW SUITS. 200 Women's Fine Tailored Suits. J23, J30 and J3S values at, special, $11. 98 each. On sale today (Friday) only. Everything In the house at and below cost. -McAlien & McDonnell, Third jind Morrison Deficiency of the Pnblic School. PORTLAND, Oct. '21. (To the Editor.) It has been the writer's conviction for some time that our public schools of today are deficient in results as compared with those of 40 years ago. Our children get a smattering of knowledge of many sub jects, but that knowledge is so incomplete, so confused and Jumbled in their minds, that they are -more poorly equipped than their fathers were, with the mastering of fewer and more fundamental subjects. Our present system also Increases the nervousness of the pupils and impairs their eyesight The future generation will be a nervous, bespectacled race of men and women. The penmanship taught makes slow writers, and is a bar to employment in many business houses. The present system suppresses individ uality and originality, and tends to make men and women all of one type, and one mold, who act alike and talk alike, ex pressing thought principally in slang. Perhaps It is for this reason that men of genius, or even of great success, usually come from Isolated rural communities, where thei-natural tendency to grow is not thwarted by the compressing system, the frittering curriculum, and the nervoul tension of the city schools. What we need is less breadth, mora depth less repression, more freedom: lest cramming, more assimilation. Personally I will be glad to see in our press fuller discussion of our public school system, and the offering of candidates for election to the school board, committed to mar r' UlJ and efficient methods. O. iL SCOTT. BEGIN CANVASS FOR FUNDS ROSE FESTIVAL TO START OX ACTIVE CAMPAIGN". Solicitors Called in During Election Time Will Be Started Out Again to Raise Sloney. With Interest in the National election subsided, the Rose Festival will now actively renew its financial campaign to raise the necessary fund for carrying on the third annual floral exposition during the second week of June next year. It was thought best to call In the solicitors last week In view of the fact that the directors of. the Baby's ' Home were making their strenuous campaign, and it was also found that the Presidential campaign was militating against the suc cessful canvass for money for the local celebration. The East Side bids fair to run the man agement of the Festival a merry race in the hunt for coin, for the committee of the East Side Business Men's Club has already organized and will begin a re lentless crusade before the week iover. This organisation- of "boosters" has the support of the United East Side Push Clubs and the Peninsula Rose Association. The big federation of im provement clubs plans to cover the en tire East Side by districts and the Penin sula people will take care of the terri tory which they represent. President Ralph W. Hoyt of the Festi val Association will call a meeting of his executive committee within the next day or two and at this gathering the com plete plans for a sweeping canvass will be made. Up to the present time the Festival has secured without any campaign pledges what will run over the $10,000 mark, and with only a few hired solicitors in the field. Almost all of this money has been contributed voluntarily and much more is in sight. ' The plan as now outlined is to limit the financial campaign to a whirlwind can vass of not more than two weeks' dura tion, and the mark toward which the as sociation will strive is $75,000 and if pos sible J100.000. The public interest mani fested in the campaign will alone deter mine the amount subscribed. Aims Blow at Deserters. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. An earnest plea for additional prison accommoda tion is made by Captain E H. Camp bell, Judge-Advdfcate-General of the Navy, in his annual report. The Judge-Advocate-General also recommends legis lation to increase from a maximum of one to two and a half years the period during which a deserter from the Navy may be imprisoned. He believes that such an extension of the penalty to make It equal to the punishment pro vided in the Army would effectively les sen such desertion. Captain Campbell recommends legislation authorizing the entire sentence of a summary court martial, Including the loss of pay, to be carried Into execution upon approval by the senior officer present Instead of upon approval by the Secretary ot .the Navy. This suggestion is made in or der that annoying delays in the execu tion of sentences may be avoided. Father Helps Police Catch Son. CHICAGO, Nov. 5. After a search lasting since May 8 last, William De Berge, son of George DeBerge, under In dictment for the alleged theft of $500, from the Prairie State Bank, of this city, was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyo., yesterday. It is said the clew which resulted in DeBerge's arrest was fur nished by the boy's father, who wants him prosecuted. Miss Paula Mohles, daughter of Paul Mohles. to whom young DeBerge had been paying atten tion, disappeared when DeBerge left last Spring. Two months later the girl was . brought back to Chicago by her par ents from Long Island, New York, where she had gone, the police say, with De RECIPE FOR BACKACHE AND KIDNEY TROUBLE Directions to Prepare Home-Made Mixture Said to Be Splendid. To make up enough of the "Dande lion treatment," which Is claimed to be relieving nearly every sufferer who uses It for backache, kidney complaint, sore weak bladder and rheumatism; get from any good prescription phar macy one-half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion, one ounce Compound Kar gon and three ounces Compound Syrup of Sarsaparllla. Shake well In a bottle and take In teaspoonful doses after each meal and again at bedtime. 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