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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1909)
THE MORNING- OREG ONI AX, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1909. MRS. NELSON RSKS THAT BODY BE HELD year-old son of T. Hagarmu, Is dead from an accidental pistol shot which, he received at noon today. Mr. Hagar man lives at Willard, but the son was helping: on the Babcock ranch. 12 miles southwest of St. John, when the acci dent occurred. Young Hagarman was at the ranch house when the shot was fired. He had been using: blank cartridges, snap ping: the hammer to scare the girl -who was cooking; for them. Then he would place a regular cartridge in the pistol and fire to frighten her. Wife of Man Who Died Trying to Find Spouse Believed to Be in Spokane. By mistake the boy. Intended to load the pistol with blank caps or" cart ridges, placed in the gun a loaded shell. He pointed the gun at the girl. It Is said, two or three times and snapped It to scare her. Then to show her there was no danger, he carelessly pointed the pistol at his head and pulled the trigger. The gun was dis charged and the bullet entered the right temple and passed through the head. FIGHT OVER ESTATE SURE ( v y Telegram Purporting to Have Been Sent From ew York Is Re ceived in Tacoma Lawyers Make fgly Charges. HAZiN6 TO BE PROBED OREGON REGENTS AVIXIj TAKE UP BRISTOIj CASE. TACOMA, -Wash.. April 4. (Special.) 'New complications were added today to the muddled situation regarding the valuable estate left by Andrew P. Nel son, the Tacoma switchman who killed himself here after a fruitless search for his wife, who disappeared last Oc tober. Coincident with the announcement from Spokane that Mrs. Nelson Is in hiding in that city. Attorney G. Mc Qtieston received a telegram from Mrs. Nelson, dated New York. In which she asked that her husband's body be held until her arrival. From today's de velopments It Is evident that Mrs. Nel son is in the land of the living, and that there will be a lively court con test over the money left bv Nelson. Nelson, according to Attorney Gar vey, intended that his estate, believed to be worth from 2ft.0OO to $30,000. should be left to the Catholic Church. Nelson died, however, before he could make out his will. Startling Developments Dally. There will now be a three-cornered fight over the estate, and unless the woman shows up before the end of the week further complications may be added to give the sensational case a dramatic close. Each day has brought some now and startling developments, and the attorneys are charging each other with attempting to "rake off a lsrse fee from the handling of the es tate. Saturday afternoon Amos Hand, a Tacoma brakeman, operating between Tacoma and Portland, called on Attor ney Charles K. George and declared he had been shown a letter by Harry Overland, a Portland switchman, who stated It was from his divorced wife In Spokane. The letter, it Is said, stated that Mrs. Nelson had been liv ing with Overlands divorced wife In that city, and the two had arranged for the purchase of a lodging-house for the accommodation of trainmen. Accompanying the letter, said Hand, was a postal-card picture of the two women taken in Spokane, showing them seated in an automobile. Hand was Intimately acquainted with the late switchman and his erratic wife, and recognized the picture Immedi ately. Think Telegram Is "Fake." Attorney McQueston received a tele gram dated in New York Saturday, which read: "Take immediate control, as my at torney, of all affairs of Andrew P. Nelson. Keep his remains until I ar rive, if possible. Mrs. Anna M. Nelson." Attorney .McQueston now demands all of the dead man's effects. Hans and Louis Mikkelson, brothers of Mrs. Nelson, who live in Spokane, identified Nelson's remains Saturday evening and left fo home. The tele gram was received by McQueston after they had telegraphed Spokane. Attor neys George and Garvey allege the telegram dated in New York was sent from Spokane and that Mrs. Nelson has boon hiding there to the knowledge of her brothers. They deny this story. Mrs. Nelson left her husband be cause. It Is alleged, he brutally beat her when he was Intoxicated. At the time of her leaving It Is said she car ried off a large part of the family fortune, the ajnount named being S3S.O00. Hearing In Portland . Thursday to Be Continued In Eugene on Following Day. The first hearing of the commission appointed by the Board of Regents of the University of Oregon to make an Investigation into the Ralph Bristol hazing episode at Eugene will be held Thursday afternoon In the offices of Frederic V. Holman. In Portland. Be sides Mr. Holman, chairman, the com mission consists of Judge William Smith, of Baker City, and John C. Aiosworth. of Portland. The matter will first be considered In a general way in this city, and on Friday morning the party will leave for Eugene, where an Investigation will be held, lasting over two days if necessary. Witnesses will be called and examined precisely on the lines of a judiciary court, and the regents are determined to learn the facts In the case. The following formal notice has been sent to all students of the University of Oregon who are known to have any knowledge of the hazing: My Dear Sir A committee of the Board of Kegents will hold a meeting in the new Engineering Hall, on the University cam- gus. at 10 o'clock in the morning of April 1909. to Investigate the Bristol bath tubbing affair. You are hereby notified to be present and appear before said committee at said time. i no registrar will approve excuses from classes during the time you are required to be present at this meeting. Yours very truly. L.. H. JOHNSON. Sec. Among the students who have been summoned to testify are the following: Wilfred Wattenberg, Chester A. Downs, James JCetll. Ray Walsh, Jack Trew, Earl Marshall, Louis McCoy, Skel Roach, Harvey Slater, Verner Gilles. Francis Risley, Horton Nicholas, L. H. Gregory George Gabriel, Carl Osterholm. Young Bristol, who is a Portland boy; became violently Insane after be Ing held In a tub of water by students or the University of Oregon. BOY BURGLARS CONFESS TWO PORTLAND LADS ODER ARREST IX TACOMA. RAILROAD SHOWS DEFICIT Glies Figures to Show That Seaside Rates Are Not Excessive. ASTORIA. Or.. April 4. (Special.) The members of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners were in session here yes terday, hearing protests of a number of business men of Seaside that the Astoria A Columbia. River Railroad Company is discriminating against that place in the matter of freight rates, the claim being that a higher rate is charged on a car load of freight between Astoria and Sea side, a distance of IS miles, than between Portland and Astoria, a distance of 100 miless. After hearing a portion of the testi mony an adjournment was taken to some date to be fixed in the future, when ad ditional evidence will be submitted. Among the matters submitted to the Commission was a report of the Income and expenses of the railroad company during the past four years, showing that its net deficit at the end of 190S amounted to t590.lM.SS. GIRL'S DEATH MYSTERIOUS Coroner Holds Inquest Over Body of Miss Barnes at Marshfleld. MARSHF1ELP, Or.. April 4. (Special.) On the belief that her sudden death was not due to natural causes, an in quest was held today over the body of Mabhie L. Barnes, a-year-old daughter of W. G. Barnes. After taking evidence, the jury adjourned until Tuesday to give time in which to make a cheuiic&l test for traces of poisoning. Miss Barnes was a beautiful young woman and belonged to a respected fam ily. The parents are inclined to be lieve that death was due to heart trouble. Floyd Fessler and Edward Richards Captured at Home of Rich ard's Aunt. TACOMA, Wash.. April 4. (Special.) Charged with eight store burglaries In Portland, Floyd Fessler and Edward Richards, aged 16 and 17 years respec tively, were arrested in South Tacoma today and are now being held awaiting tne arrival or an officer from Portland. With a lad named Allen Sharon, now under arrest in Portland, the two accused lads under arrest here burglarized two drugstores, a commission produce and a crockery store as well as four other stores in Portland. Today young Rich ards confessed to his share in the burglaries. Implicating Fessler and haron. . In one of the stores burglarized, three bank checks were taken and Sharon was captured while attempting to cash one of them. Richards stood across from the store and wnen he saw Sharon ar rested he telephoned to Fessler and with a capital of 45 cents they crossed the river and walked to Kelso, where they boarded a train for South Tacoma, going to the home of Richards' aunt, where they were found today. The robberies for which Edward Rich ards and Floyd Fessler have been arrested were perpetrated severs days ago. Both the Laue-ravi drug stores were entered and money was taken from pooh one. From the store on Washington street $3 was stolen, and J3 was taken from th store on Third and Yamhill streets. Bailey's crockery store was robbed of $6 worth of stamps, a gold watch was taken from the. Great Eastern Tea Company's . store, stamps were stolen from the Smith-Premier Typewriter Company, an.', a small amount of .rash was taken from a wholesale store on Front street. A stolen check that Sharon tried to cash led to h.s airest. He was caught at the first National Bank. Officer Harms went to the bank and arrested and brought him to the station, where he was turned over to Detec tives Coleman and Price, who exam ined him closely. Sharon confessed to the crime and gave the officers a clew as to the whereabouts of his accom plices. Detective Coleman left last night for Tacoma to bring the young suspects back with him. Richards' parents are well-to-do and live on a country place near Oak Grove. Fessler's mother lives at 96 Thirteenth street north. ALBANY GROWING RAPIDLY Postal Receipts Show Increase of $'2000 in Two Months. ALBANY, Or.. April 4. (Special.) The recvipts of the Albany postoffioe for the fiscal year ending March 31 were $15,132.14. This is a gain of almost M0O over the pst fiscal year, when the receipts were $13.13.7$. That Albany is growing more and more raridly each month is shown by th fa.-t that the biggest postal gain of the year was during the past month. In March. 1!S, the receipts were $13s.13 and during the past month the total was $lt45.tt. KILLED BY BLAST IN MINE jM fj " Basts. :-'-'i&Vei' " " .." iN'jtwlii'wwii.i.irn'awi-'.i.'iiiWiiK.- . -r iJKy' ROSE CITY PARK TWO WELL-BUILT, HANDSOME HOMES IN BEAUTIFUL ROSE CITY PARK The home illustrated above is a nine-room mo&ern bunga low, built for Mr. W. A. Patterson, of the Ideal Candy Co., by H. L. Camp & Co., contractors, on lot 100x100 feet. The interior is finished in mission fir, and makes a comfortable home, with ideal surroundings, for Mr. Patterson and his family. The other picture illustrates the home of F. W. Hender son, on Rokeby avenue. It is a well-built, substantial home valued at $4000. These houses are. with one hundred others of the same class, helping to establish this delightful tract as the choice residential section of Portland. Price of lots, $450 up, in cluding improvements. . "We are making a rebate-to-builders offer. II A RTMAN & THOMPSON Chamber of Commerce. Branch Office, Rose City Park. COAST LAND SINKS Army Experts Investigating Conditions Below Astoria. CRACKS IN WALLS OF FORT elation of Umatilla County on Friday and Saturday, May 28 and 29. Weston will make elaborate preparations to entertain tire pioneers and their friends on this occasion. Next week President S. A. Barnes will announce his appointment of committees. J. D. Lee, of Portland, president of the State Association of Pioneers, has been invited to give the memorial address. The selection of the above dates will make two events of interest to occur at Weston within one week, as the final annual commencement of the Kastern Oregron State Normal School has been set for May 23 to 25. ' J. M. O'Harra has been appointed secretary of the Pioneers' Association, succeeding- J. M. Hicks, resigned. GIVEN NEWOUiS "UNLOADED" PISTOL KILLS Boy Who Tries to Frighten Girl, Puts Bullet Into Own Head. SPOKANE!- Wash.. April 4. (Spe cial.) Tom H&sarman, Jr., the 1- Oiw Workman Dead and Second Fatally Injured, It Is Feared. BELUN'OHAy. Wash.. April 4. Will Laufman was killed and Frank Hart probably fatally injured today by an ex plosion In a tunnel of the Great Ex celsior Mine In the Mount Baker district, near Maple Falls, in this county. The news was brought to this city by William Hart, brother of the injured man. who was the o'.ly other man at the mine at the time of the accident Coro ner Wear and a physician .et'- this eve ning on a special tram over tha B. K. A B. C. road for the mine. According to the statement of William Hart, a heavy charsre of dynamite ex ploded prematurely while the mn were engaged In blasting operations. They were doing special work on oundAy and the full crew was therefore not at work. Laufman. who was standing almost over the charge, was blown to pieces1 Frank Hart was hurlad several yards and v. as injured by flying (r&gmi?ts of rock. William Hart alone was uninjured. Iauf man and the Harts arc residents et Bel-llngham. Railroad Tracks Moved to Higher Ground Height of Dykes In creased to No Avail Rook Work In the Jetty Sinks. FORT STEVENS. Or.. April 4. (Spe cial.) Army experts are deeply inter ested In Investigations now under way which show that the sinking condi tion first noted at Fort Stevens is prevalent throughout the peninsula. It has been found that some of the heav ier buildings at Fort Stevens are set tling rapidly, and In some Instances to such an extent as to cause cracks In the masonry and foundations. In the vicinity of Flavel It has recently been necessary for the Astoria Colum bia River Railroad Company to In crease the elevation of Its track in or der to be above high water. It has also been found necessary from time to time materially to In crease the estimates for the amount of rock required to complete the Co lumbia River Jetty, owing to the fact that after roek has been placed in the jetty it settles more rapidly than can be accounted for. At Wflrrenton the height of the dykes used to prevent inundation has been greatly increased. Despite this precaution damage has been done be cause of flood conditions. . Experts recently investigating the feasibility of sea wall construction at this point have devoted considerable time and attention to the cause lead ing an to this result. The proposed fire control installa tion, which includes the construction of a large observation tower some 60 feet In height, may have to be post poned pending exact information as to the cause and extent of this apparent subsidence. VARSITY ISSUES BULLETIN Xcw Number Gives Information to Prospective Students. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, April 4. (Special.) The first bulletin of the University of Oregon on its resources as an institution of education is now published. It contains a thorough de scription of the facilities for education as well as a description of the campus and buildings. It outlines the courses given, includ ing among these the courses of law and medicine, located tn Portland, and also those of the correspondence and Sum mer schools. The correspondence school has lately been established and is now coincident to the courses of the Univer sity. The Summer schcM is held during six weeks of the Summer vacation for teachers and students who cannot at tend the regular college course. The Bulletin will be sent to all senior pupils In the high schools over the state and to others interested in the University. J. M. Peterson Lies Dying Berkeley Hospital. in DOGS TRACK ASSAILANT dered them to walk straight ahead and not to turn back. They obeyed. At the stone quarry where they are employed the victims reported the rob bery. Deputy Sheriff Warren at La Camas and the authorities of Vancouver have been notified. The robbers wore derby hats, long overcoats and handker chiefs over their faces. The latter are said to have been Been at Fisher's wait ing for a train. Fair Directors Chosen. OREGON CITY, Or., April 4. (Special.) The Clackamas County Fair Associa tion has elected 6ix directors, as follows: W. H. Balr, Canby; C. il Ramsby. Ore gon City: W. W. Everhart. Molalla: George Lazelle, Mount Pleasant; John S. Risley. Milwaukie; James W. Smith. Macksburg. These, with the County Court, constitute the board of directors. The meeting of the board of directors has been called for Friday, April 9. According to Consul E). R. Birch, of Alex andria, the final authentic estimate nxe the size of the Egyptian cotton crop, now heinir marketed, at from J25,000,000 to 650.- ono.000 riounds. FACTIONS FIGHT IN CHURCH PIONEER PICNIC MAY 28 Weston Will Entertain State's Early Settlers. WESTON, Or.. April 4. (Special.) At a meeting last evening it was de cided to hold the fourteenth annual re union of the Orwon Pioneers Akso- Ono Side Seeks Removal of Priest and Trouble Ensues. WAXJUACE. Idaho, April 4. (Special.) A factional fight In St. Alphonse Catho lic Church in which one party is seeking the removal of the priest, led to an un pleasant scene at both masses today. This being the day for the payment of pew rent, when the time came for the usual collection. Father Becker started for the collection basket. Joseph Whalen, one of the priest's opponents, also made a start for the basket. He reached it first, and was jostled aside by the priest, but immediately came back with sufficient force to push Father Becker back out or tne road. He grabbed the basket and started to take up the collection, the priest calling, "I protest against these proceedings." Further de velopments are expected in the next few days. Neither party receded from its position, the opponents of Father Becker deolarlng their determination that he be removed If the matter has to be taken to the Vatican for settlement. Two Men Engage In Saloon Fight Because of Slighting Remark One Man Is Said to Have Made Regarding Woman. BERKELEY, Cal., April 4. John M. Peterson, a former master-at-arms of the revenue service, is In an Oakland hospital tonight with nine knife wounds in his, body, and William H. Wiley, a resident of Ocean View, Is hiding In the hills with a posse in search of him. The men fought early today as the climax of a family feud of long standing. Peterson's recovery is doubtful. Aocording to Peterson's brother-in- law, Frank Seltx, a private in the Coast Artillery, Wiley and Peterson quarreled late last night in a saloon. It is said that their wives had been unfriendly for some months, and Seltz states that Wiley accused Peterson of having made an insulting remark concerning Mrs. Wiley. The men went outside, and as Peterson was taking off his coat. Seits says. Wiley attacked him with a knife, stabbing him in nine places before the bystanders could interfere. Wiley made his escape. but was traced by a trail of blood to a point where he turned off into the woods. Pump that fit at Rosenthal's. THUGS GET $45 WITH GUN Hold Up Two Men in Railroad Cat East of Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 4. (Spe cial.) While walking along the railroad track in the big cut nine miles east of Vancouver, on the North Hank railroad. Ben Hanson and u. Ehegerstrin, em ployes of the Columbia Contract Com pany of Fisher's Landing, were held up at the point of revolvers by two rob bers and relieved of $45 and a gold watch. The robbers met the men on the track poked the guns in their faces and or dered hands up. One man kept them covered while the other made an investi gation of their pockets. After taking all the valuables they had, the robbers or- of courseA 'jpure IT IS fe ICANDY ALWAYS UNIFORM A. Santa ella & Co., Makers, Tampa The Hart. Cigar Co., Distributors