TTTE ?TCTK7rnV( OREGOXL1N, WEDNESDAY, i JULY 27, 1910.
MURDERER WADE
MKESHISESGAPE
Four. Other Patients in Crim
inal Ward Also Flee, but
Three Are Caught.
PRISON GUARDS HUNTING
Men Dash Through Grating at In
sane Asylum While Given Airing.
Christopher Smith, From The
Dalles, Is at Large.
SALEM. Or., July 26. (Special.) Five
patients from the criminal ward of the
State Insane Asylum made their escape
this afternoon. They were being given
a turn in the airing department, when
they broke through the grating and
started for cover.
The men are Frank Wade, murderer,
from near Central Point. in Jackson
County; George Bowerman, ex-convict
from Portland: Christopher Smith, of The
Dalles; Reynolds Johnson and J. H.
Kirby.
Three Convicts Soon Caught.
Bowerman, Johnson and Kirby were
Immediately recaptured. Wade and
Smith separated and made their escape.
"Wade Is considered the more desperate
of the two and attendants from the asy
lum, with guards from the penitentiary,
started after him. Wade succeeded in
making some underbrush, where ha dis
appeared from sight.
Wade was sent to the State Peniten
tiary in 1S05. after conviction of murder
In the second degree. A short time af
ter he was behind prison bars he dis
played signs of insanity and It became
necessary to send him to the asylum. He
was kept there for some time, until he
became convalescent and was returned
to the prison. Again he became insane
and was sent back to the asylum, where
he has been ever since.
Oeorge Bowerman was sent to the pen
itentiary from Multnomah County for
Iburglary December 14, 1901. He was
transferred to the asylum In 1902. and
although his penitentiary term has long
since expired, he has remained in the
asylum.
Wade Is Desperate Man.
With the coming of darkness Frank
Wade dropped from sight and there
seems small hope that the posse will
catch up with him tonight. Wade has
long been considered by officers one of
the most desperate men in the peniten
tiary. He was serving his second term,
heing sent to- the prison the first time
in the 'Sos for highway robbery.
His last crime resulted from a quarrel
in which his younger brother became lnf
pllcated with a third man in Southern
Oregon. At the time Frank Wade was
in Eastern Oregon and when he heard of
the quarrel traveled across the state to
Jackson County, and with his brother
came upon their victim in the road and
shot him down.
Officers Fear Damage.
Both were sent to prison for life,
the younger man being released after
serving a few years, it being considered
that he was dragged into the killing by
the older of the men. Wade has always
been closely watched, and In the opin
ion of the officers he may do some seri
ous damage if he is not speedily apprehended.
DELEGATES HOLD MEETING
Pierce County Republicans Named
lor Convention, Elect Officers.
, TACOMA. Wash.. July 26. (Special.)
The Pierce County delegates to the
state Republican convention held a
meeting this afternoon. S. A. Perkins
was elected chairman and B. F. Jacobs,
of Puyallup. secretary.
A steering committee of seven mem
bers was appointed and includes James
H. Davis. Walter Harvey, William
Jones, P. C. Sullivan. Walter Christian,
Harry Rallsback and B. F. Jacobs.
Each county of the state is entitled
to membership on the committee on
resolutions, on rules and order of busi
ness and credentials. Mr. Perkins
named on the committee Judge Shack
leford, George Gregg and J. C. Taylor,
respectively.
Different speakers said the interests
of General James M. Ashton was one
of the things paramount in the com
lng convention.
State today. Secretary of State Benson,
of Roseburg, filed his petition for re
election, asking that the following be
put after h's name on the ballot:
'Present incumbent respectfully asks
for " re-election to second term on his
record."
Ole p. - Hoff. State Commissioner of
Labor Statistics, asks that these words
be put after his name: "Continued-
fearless, impartial and economical ad
ministration of the duties of the office."
Chief Justice Frank A. Moore, of the
Supreme Court, has filed his declara
tion for the six-year term, and Justice
Thomas A. McBride for a four-year
term.
J. A. Buchanan, of Rosebure. filed
his declaration of intention to become
a candidate for Representative from
Jackson and Douglas Counties, com
prising the Ninth district. He has filed
on the Republican ticket and asks that
the following be written after his name
on the ballot: "Believes in majority
rule. Stands for honest and economical
government."
Sheriff Harry P. Mlnto, of Marion
County, recently indorsed by the county
BELLIIMGHAM GETS ARMORY
Big $62,000 Contract Goes to Ever
ett Firm; King Wins Also.
OLTMPIA, Wash., July 26. (Special)
-i ne state toaay let the contract for con
struction of a state armory at Belllnsr-
ham, for which $75,000 was appropriated
last year, to George McKenzie. of Ever
ett, for $62,000. arid the contract for fur
nishing the plumbing and heating sup
plies to D. H. King, of Seattle, for S49S3.
The State Board of Con-trol is trying
to aevise a plan mat will result in pre
venting the escape of convicts. Three
have escaped from the state road camps
in wie last ween. tne Doard today re
ceived a wire from Blanchard, Skagit
County, telling of the escape of John
McLaren, committed to the penitentiary
from Mukilteo for robbery.
The Supreme Court affirmed the Walla
Walla Superior Court decision in the case
of the Central Christian Churcn of Walla
Walla against Eugene Lemon, involving
the right of way across the property of
. j-?mon irum uia cnurcn. x ne decision is
in favor of the church.
MAN ASKS HEAVY DAMAGES
Pendleton Workman Wants $5000
Tor Thumb and Finger.
LA CRAXTK. Or.. July 26. (Special.)
A damage suit in which a man named
Wills is trying to collect $3000 for the
loss of a thumb and one finger while
working in the Palmer mill went to the
Jury this evening, but a verdict Is not
expected until tomorrow morning.
By Wednesday the Circuit Court will
be ready to hear 42 bootlegging indict
ment trials. A number of the defend-
ants are charged on several counts.
DECLARATIONS ARE FILED
Candidates Prescribe Legends to Ap-
pear After Their Karnes.
SALEM. Or.. July 26. (Special.)
Declarations ot intention were numer
' oua at the office of the Secretary
DOUGLAS COUNTY WOMAN DIES
AFTER ILLNESS LASTING
MANT MONTHS.
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Mrs. T. B. Cannon.
ROSEBURG, Or.; July 26. Mrs.
T. B. Cannon, one of Douglas
County's best known and most
highly esteemed citizens, died at
her home in this city late Sun
day, after a lingering illness of
several months. Mrs. Cannon was
born near Brockway, Doug-las
County, on April 28, 1864, and
was married April 17, 1877.
During her residence in Rose
burg, covering the greater part
of her life, she was popular in
social and fraternal circles. She
was a member of the Roseburg
Rebekah lodge for many years,
and had held many offices of
trust. Besides her husband, she
Is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Mary F. Lewis, of Roseburg; two
brothers, L. L. and C. P. Lewis,
and one sister. Miss Susie Lewis,
all of Roseburg.
The funeral was held at Elks'
Hall, of which lodge her husband
is a member, yesterday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, burial following at
the Masonic Cemetery. The
funeral services were conducted
under auspices of the Rebekah
lodge. Rev. Charles Wilson Baker
officiating.
BONES OF WOMAN
MURDER MYSTERY
Skeleton Sticking From Old
Sack Found on Newport
Beach by Fisherman.
MISSING GIRL RECALLED
assembly, filed his declaration with
the County Clerk to hurama a nnni.
date for re-election.
SISTER ASSERTS FRAUD
FAMILY FIGHT OVER FATHER'S
WIUCj ENTERS COCRT.
Estate of Late Linn County Resident
In Question Contest Opens
for Share of Property.
ALBANY, Or. July 26. (Special.)
Declaring that her sister defrauded her
out of her share of their father's es
tate, Mrs. Luzena E. Hood is attack
ing the will of her father. Samuel J.
Irwin, in the County Court here today.
Her petition to have the will set aside,
which was filed some time ago, came
up ror hearing before County Judtre J.
N. Duncan today.
The validity of the will is beincr de
fended by Mrs. J. N. Morris, of Leba
non, who is the sole heir to the Irwin
estate under the terms of her father's
will. Several witnesses testified in the
hearing today and the contest over the
will is being hard fought. Judge J.
rrea xates. or corvallls. and J. K.
Weatherford, of Albany, appear as at
torneys ror Mrs. Hood, while Attornevs
H. H. Hewitt, of Albany, and S. M. Gar
land, of Lebanon, are defending the
will. ...
Irwin died at his home at Sodaville.
Linn County. July 23, 1909. leaving
three children: Lubzena E. Hood, of
Philomath; John, F. Irwin, of Water
vtUe, Wash., and Elizabeth M. iSoyle,
of Sodaville, Or., who has since mar
ried J. N. Morris, a Lebanon merchant
On August 5 Mrs. Hood filed a pe
tition in the probate court here asking
for letters of administration on the
estate. This petition was granted and
she was appointed administratrix. Five
days later Mtb. Boyle appeared with a
will which had been executed by her
father. This will was admitted to pro
bate, the letters of administration is
sued to Mrs. Hood were cancelled and
S. M. Garland, of Lebanon, who was
named as executor under the will, was
appointed executor by the court.
Under the terms ot the will Irwin de
vised all of his property to Mrs. Boyle,
not mentioning his other children at
all. The estate was appraised at $4070.
For several weeks Mrs. Hood ap
parently abandoned the fight for a
part of the property but last January
she renewed it by filing a petition
asking that the will be set aside and
this petition came up for hearing to
day. Mrs. Hood alleges that Mrs. Mor
ris poisoned the mind of her father
against his other children and that she
secured complete control of him and
dictated the will in her own interest.
Mrs. Morris asserts that she lived
with her father and took care of him
for years, bearing the burden of his
care without aid from her brother and
sister, and that her father expressed
his well-defined wishes in his will,
which, she says, he made himself, with
out suggestion on her part, that she
should have all of his property for her
faithful care of him.
Bears Killed by Berry Picker.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 26. Two full
grown black bears were killed with a
23-callber repeating rifle near Olympia
the other day. James Fernell. the nim
rod who laid the bears low, was picking
blackberries when he came upon the
game. Fernell's dog treed one of the
boars, and a few moments after Fernell
shot the animal the second bear came
of Jipoa the. scene, and was also killed.
One Clew to Identity of Remains Is
Disappearance of Sopbia Nois
In October, 1904 Bag- Con
tains Strange Collection.
NEWPORT; Or., July 26. (Special.)
Bones of a white woman were found
protruding from an old gunny sack on
the beach near Williams' dock this
morning. Hands, feet and the back
bone were missing and there was little
in the sack to give a hint of how the
skeleton came to be there. It seems
to have been satisfactorily established
that the bones are those of a young
woman and that she was murdered, but
the rest is as deep a mystery as the
county has ever known.
John Schlesser, of Albany, saw the
skull sticking up in the sand as he
walked along the beach in search of
a place to fish. The sack was half
buried in the sand. Schlesser called
to Roy Hendry and R. A. Bryce, of
Portland, who were fishing nearby, and
the trio examined the gruesome find.
Beside the bones, the bag contained
a mass of wavy brown hair, which had
become detached from the skull, two
whisky bottles, of which one bore the
date of 1903, some playing cards, a
scrap of silk that evidently once was
part of a woman's waist, a small looking-glass,
bearing the advertisement of
a glove concern, and some bits of
paper. These last furnished no clew
to the identity of the woman.
Skull Is Fractured.
Dr. Calvin S. White declared that the
skull had been fractured by a blow
behind the right ear. The supposition
Is that the woman, who is thought to
have been between 18 and 24 years of
age,'' was murdered, her limbs cut off,
the body thrown into the sack and dis
posed of.
The sack with its limp human form
and the curious assortment of . junk
may have been tossed into the sea and
washed up on the beach by the waves.
There was no flesh clinging to the
bones and it was evident that the vic
tim of this peculiar mystery had been
dead for months, or years.
Coroner Carter, held an inquest over
the skeleton" this afternoon and the
Jury returned a verdict saying the re
mains were those of a white woman of
18 or 24 years', and that she had been
dead seven or eight years. The verdict
did not venture a decision that she was
murdered, but that theory is generally
accepted.
The verdict was evidently suggested
by the one plausible clew to the trag
edy of a rag, a bone and a hank of
hair that has been presented since
Schlesser dragged it from the sand
this morning. That is the story of the
mysterious disappearance October 15,
1904, of a young woman namad Sorjhia
Nois. She was a guest at the Bay
view Hotel at the time, together with
her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Alloway, formerly of
Portland, and then living on a Siletz
homestead.
The girl dropped from sight that Oc
tober day as if the earth had opened
and swallowed her. She has never
been seen since, although a search was
kept up for weeks. The Yaquina Bay
lifesaving crew dragged the bay in
vain, and the land in this vicinity was
thoroughly, scoured. When the life
savers were dragging the bay, the
missing girl's sister, Mrs. Alloway, sat
on tne dock and predicted that they
would be unsuccessful.
Captain Jacobs, of the Newport, at
that time proprietor of the Bayview,
said that"1 at the time of her disap
pearance Miss Nois appeared to be
harboring a secret sorrow. He says
she told him she would not return to
Siletz with her sister, and threatened
to kill herself.
Relatives to See Bones.
If Miss Nois did commit suicide there
is but slight chance that the remains
found today are hers, for she could not
have dismembered her body and then
dumped herself into the bag. The
girl's relatives are understood to be
on their way here to view the relics.
About the only things which offer
a . clew to the solution of what is
undoubtedly a murder mystery are the
hair, the teeth, which are well pre
served, the scrap of silk and the little
mirror. No one has yet been able to
read in them the name of the dead
woman or how her withered bones hap
pened to stick from a tattered bag' on
a lonely beach.
The supposition that the whisky bot
tles originally contained explanatory
notes and that the body drifted in from
sea has its adherents.
It is the custom of the Siletz In
diana to bury the persoaal effects with
their dead. Some of . them may have
discovered the body of a young woman
and placed it in the sack.
The father of the missing Nois girl
lives at Blodgett's Valley, Lincoln
County, Or.
the' State Senate does not expire until
January, 1913, and who is a candidate for
Governor, is In the peculiar position of
a man holding one office and candidate
for another office, who would like to re
sign from his office as President of .the
State Senate, but cannot.
In event of failure of Governor Frank
W. Benson to return from the South and
should Acting Governor Bowerman re
sign as President of the Senate, the state
would be left without a chief executive
or Secretary of State and with no way
to fill either position. State government
would remain at a standstill, as there is
no provision made in the law for filling
the office of Governor, further than the
President of the Senate.
"There are some who believe I should
resign as holdover Senator In becoming
candidate for Governor," said the acting
Governor today, "and if conditions were
different, I would be glad to do so. But,
by any strange chance should anything
happen to the Governor, the state would
be left in a deplorable condition. The
cities would fill up with thieves and
crooks from every state, as no extra
ditions could be granted, not an account
could be expended at an institution and
no auditing could be done. Consequently
If I do submit my resignation it will be
to take effect on the day the new Gov
ernor takes the reins of office."
Governor Bowerman has not filed his
declaration of intention as a candidate,
but It is likely he will do so in the near
future.
SCHOOLS NOT ALL PERFECT
Educational Association Gathers
. Statistics in Oregon.
SALEM. Or., July 26. (Special.) The
joint committee of Oregon, deportment
of school patrons. National Educational
Association, has issued a letter to the
school boards of the state as the result
of an Investigation into school buildings
and grounds. It is stated in the com
munication that much remains to be
done in city, town and rural districts to
surround the children with proper sani
tary conditions.
The committee" co-operating with the
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
calls attention to a number of points for
the school boards to consider In making
their Summer repairs. Suitable ventila
tion Is touched upon. It is asked that
the light be so arranged as to come from
the left side and the rear. Desks should
be placed at a height suited to the size
of the child. Individual drinking cups
should be used and stoves surrounded
with jackets. These are some of the
suggestions made.
The joint committee of Oregon Includes
the following members: . Professor Mary
H. Farnham, Forest Grove, chairman;
Mrs. J. C. Elliott King, Portland, secre
tary; Miss Cornelia Marvin, Salem; Mrs.
Solomon Hart, Portland, and Mrs. E. T.
Taggart, Portland.
GRAIN IS DAMAGED BY WIND
Loss to Crops Around Dayton;
Wash., Will Exceed $100,000.
DAYTON, Wash., July 26. (Special.)
Losses exceeding $100,000 have resulted to
Columbia County farmers from the heavy
winds of the last three days. Jesse
Courtney, a prominent north-end fanner,
says the loss will reach two bushels of
wheat to the acre on the average, while
In some exposed places the loss from
shattering of standing grain is over five
bushels an acre.
Fall wheat and early Spring wheat Buf
fered heaviest, while much barley "fell"
so that the heads rest point downward on
the ground. This will necessitate close
cutting, which always retards progress
and increases the- expense of harvesting.
Several yields of 38-busijel -wheat were
reported this weekt while some -barley is
going 65- bushels to the acre. Harvest
will be general this week in this territory.-
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BAD CHECK NULLIFIES SALE
Supreme Court Affirms Decision by
Judge Cleland.
SALEM. Or.. July 26. (Special.
Holding that receiving a check where
there are no funds in a bank to sup
port it merely creates a condit'onal
sale and does not pass title, the
Supreme Court today affirmed the deci
sion of Judge John B. Cleland in Mult
nomah County in the case of Charlas
F. Johnson vs. Sam Ivankovetz.
According to the facts' shown, E. C.
Adams purchased a gun of Johnson,
giving a check on the Merchants Na
tional Bank, where he had no funds.
He sold the gun to Ivankovetz and
Johnson started an action of replevin
and the court holds he is entitled to
the gun, the rule 'of an innocent third
purchaser not applying in this case.
Other cases' decided were:
William Howell, respondent, vs. Ed
gar Wheeler, et aL, appellants, appeal
from coos county; J. w. Hamilton,
Judge; affirmed. r
J. Harding, respondent, vs. Oregon
Idaho Company. appellants. appeal
rrom Douglas county; J. w. Hamilton,
Judge; reversed.
BOWERMAN CAN'T RESIGN
Acting Governor In Peculiar Position
as Officeholder.
BANK RECEIVER RELIEVED
Affairs of Defunct Scriber Institu
tion Are Being Wound Up.
LA GRANDE. Or., July 26. (Special.)
Bank Examiner E. T. Wilson, of Seat
tle, is here to check up the accounts of
the receivership of the defunct Scriber
bank. Walter Neldner, who has had
charge of affairs since the failure, has
been relieved and his books will be sent
to Washington.
A local legal representative will con
duct the rest of the business here for
the Government. Neldner has held the
recievership a year and a half and was
able to pay out in that time 65 per cent
dividends. Examiner Wilson Is expected
to have the checking done by tomorrow
night, it is believed.
Fire Destroys Mill Flume.
- EUGENE, Or, July 26. (Special.)
Fire broke out anew on the logged-off
land of the Booth-Kelly .Lumber Com
pany above Wendling yesterday, and
has destroyed about 1750 feet of log
chute. All the company's employes,
numbering 300 in that section, are
again at work in an effort to keep
the fire out of the standing timber.
Ex-Employes Sue Contractors.
OLYMPIA.. Wash.. July 26. (Special.)
Three former employes of Rajotte & Fo
bert, contractors on the Milwaukee Rail
road now building in the southern part
of Thurston County, commenced action
agaisnt the contractors in the Justice
Court today to recover the value of their
time cheeks, $25 damages and $25 attor-
Pianos Are Not Luxuries
Certainly Not a Player Piano
Some years ago the presence of a piano in the home was regarded as
a mark of affluence. But nowadays it has come to be classed as a neces
sity, rather than a luxury. The only condition under which a piano may
be considered a luxury is when it is seldom or never used.
IS YOUR PIANO SILENT?
An idle piano in the liome represents an unnecessary expense. The
money it cost is not producing returns. If there is no one in the home who
ia a proficient musician, something should be done.
To be rid of the unprofitable investment turn luxury into a neces
sity! only one course suggests itself and that is to exchange the silent
piano for one of the more advanced player pianos.
The Wiley B. AUen Co. offers for your consideration
as superb and complete a line of player pianos as
America can produce. Note well their names:
Knabe, Hardman, Milton, Emerson, JCrakauer,
Harrington, Autotone, Fisher and Angelus
PRICE FOR PRICE, the world cannot match them in values.
They are designed and made to give the very most for the money
We want you to come in and see and hear for yourself. Convenient
terms if desired, and one price! the right price to all buyers alike. Old
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304 Oak Street
Between 5th and 6th
neys fees in each case. The three men.
E. Wallen, N. L. Portier and J. A. Ball,
allege that they were paid checks which
they were assured the saloons in Cen
tralis, would cash. The saloons refused
to honor the checks and the men have
been unable to collect their wages, they
contend.
FREIGHT TRAIN IS SMASHED
Broken Flange Derails a a Cars ' at
Norton, on O. R. & N.
BAKER CITY. Or.. July 26. (Spe
cial.) A broken flange on one of tho
forward cars of freight train No. SS
caused an almost complete wreck of
the train at Norton on the O. R. & N.
at an early hour this morning-. Eigh
teen of the 22 cars were loaded with
coal; three with- scrap iron and one was
empty. The engine was badly dam
aged. The trainmen escaped uninjured.
The train was coming down the
grade at about 25 miles an hour, and
as it struck a small curve in the road
bed, the flange gave way and derailed
the car. The remainder of the train
piled up in a mass and it took the
wrecking crew 12 hours to clear the
road.
The damage is estimated at $6500.
New Town Springs TJp.
VALE, Or., July 26. (Special.)
Brogan, the new town of the Willow
River irrigation project, now has train
connections with "Vale, the last rail in
the Brogan yards having been placed
yesterday. Temporary service is be
ing maintained by the construction
train. Less than a year ago the town
site of Brogan was a wilderness of
sage-brush land, but today it is a town
of several hundred people and has six
modern white pressed: brick buildings.
Vale Land Office Busy.
VALE, Or., July 26. (Special.) :The
local United States Land Office, which
started business on July 1, is the busi
est place in Vale. Homesteaders and
persons looking for Information, with
others who want to prove up on their
land, are keeping Register Kester and
Receiver Guild over-whelmed with
work. So far, sixteen homesteads and
six desert claims have been placed on
the records, while the Minidoka &
Southern Railroad has filed for right
of way across a small strip of land in
order to get into Nyssa. the "Gate City"
of Oregon, from Idaho.
Naval Militia Man Clieyenne.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26. The moni
tor Cheyenne, which has been assigned
to the state of Washington for the use
of its naval militia, sailed today for
Puget Sound. She is manned by eight
officers and 47 naval militiamen, under
command of Commander Miller Freeman,
of Seattle, who recently arrived here on
the cruiser Washington. During the trip
the militiamen will be directed and as
sisted by officers and men of the Regu
lar Navy, commanded by Captain Owens.
SALEM, Or.. Jury 26. (Special.) AeUne
Governor Jay Bowerman, .whose term in
In Wilting
Weather
. There's coolness and last
ing comfort in
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strong and rich by thorough
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grains of which it is made,
refresh and sustain body and
brain in the natural way.
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In flavor, taste, color and purity it is tEe equal of imported
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