TniT MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1903.
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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.
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heen appraised at J208.083.99. George
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K. WalKins, r . j. r. im p i aim - -'
port In the County Court yesterday.
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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 ;
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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.
Those who have tried it claim that
It acts gently but thoroughly on the
kidneys, relieving backache and blad
der trouble and urinary difficulties be
fore you realize it. Many cases of
rheumatism are known to have been
relieved within a few days, the pain
and swelling diminishing with each
dose.
Tht simple-recipe is said to strength
en and cleanse the ellmlnatlve tissues
of the Kidneys so that they can filter
and strain from the blood and system
the poisons, acids and waste matter,
which cause not only Rheumatism, but
numerous other diseases. Every man
or woman here who feels that their
kidneys are not healthy and active, or
who suffers from any urinary trouble
whatever, should not hesitate to make
up this mixture, as it is certain to do
much good, and may save you from
much misery and suffering after while.