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15 TTTT! MrmNTXG OREGONTAr. TUESDAY, 3IAKCH 28, 1911. I WITNESSES DOUBT HISSING'S LUNACY Idea of Feigning Insanity May Have Come at Lambert Trial Is Intimated. CASE GOES TO JURY TODAY Cirmlng Arfuim-nt In Trial of Wlfe- Slaye-r to Be Thin Moraine lc- frndaai Mill Maintains At titude of UstWsneea. Frd Nicholson causrd a snsatloo yes terday In the caaa of Jans Wiillam Mas sing, being tried In the Circuit Court on a charge cf murdering bla wife, whan In rebuttal of lha evMenre presented br tba dfena to prora mat Hasslng baa Insane tendencies, ba asserted that t. defendant, after attending the trial f Lambert, who shot bla wife, had said that Lambrt would escape punishment bx-stu- of bla alleged Insanity. Hasslng'a alleged prediction cama true, and It was not lone afterward that Has slnc klllad hia wlfa n almost tba aama way. Closing argument In tha caaa will ba mad thta morning and tha Jury will retire early In the day. That the cane baa arous.d mora than ordinary Inter est waa made evident yesterday by the rrnwfl of people who attempted to fnrce their way Into the courtroom to listen to the last of the evidence and the argu ments of the attorney. HaoMng'ft Attitude Mutsrag. Massing attitude waa the aame yes terday aa It haa been throughout the trial, and nothing said by witnesses or attorneys seemed to roune him to tha reallxattnn of what waa going on abut him. The only time he changed hla position and withdrew hla eyes from toe table In front of h'm waa when the -court adjourned yeaterday afternoon, when he looked up at hla three sisters who crowded about him and held with them a subdued conversation. Dr. W. T. Williamson, at one time superintendent of the State Inaana Asy lum, waa placed on the atand yesterday morning to explain the varioua phases of insanity, but he did sot expresa his opinion regarding the Insanity of Haa alng. He treated the subject of Insanity from Its sclentltlc possibilities, and told what might be the result In a case like Hasslng'a. where the mental de rangement waa in the family. In rebuttal to the evidence presented fcr the defense alone the I'ne of Insanity waa the testimony of a number of wit nesses placed on tha stand by tha state. This evidence bad a tendency to weaken much of that presented by the defense In regard to the weak point In the men tal ability of Massing. Actions Soma Sne. Mrs. I. Albin. who bad been for many years an Intimate friend of Hasslng'a dead wife, testified that she had never seen anything- about llasalng's ectl. ns to 'adlrate Insanity. In rebuttal to the testimony of Mur derer Webb, Jailor J. C Taller testtned yesterday that he had seen nothing about Massing to Indicate that ha waa Insane. Doctor 8. E. Josephl and William House, who bad examined Haaslng In regard to hla sanity. teaUfted that they bad been unable to discover In lUselng at the time they examined him anything t.i Indicate that he waa Inaane. Dr. Josephl said be waa of the opinion that Massing had been feigning Insanity. Dr. K. B- McDanlel. who had treated llasalng after the killing, returned to the wltneee .land yeaterday and testified that Hasslng had appeared, while In his rare, to ba sane. Emll Hedman. Mrs. Masslnge brother, was recalled to tes tify also, and ewore that he had never seen anything In the conduct of tha a. cased man that would Indicate In sanity. I. Anderson, who had been associated with Hasslng In a buslnesa way. testified on t-half of the stale that Hasslng bad never exhibited Inaana tendenclea. Testimony I Compktod. The taking of testimony was completed bv 11 J odcx-k yeaterday morning, but court was adjourned until 1 o'clock be fore the anturaenta were begun. Deputy District Attorney Joseph IL Page made the opening argument for the Mat.. Ha reviewed the evidence carefully, and endeavored to prove that mere waa nothing In Uie acta of Hasslng to Indicate that be waa Insane when he killed bla wlfa Ha branded the de fendant aa a man of mean Instincts, anl said that the very acta that are alleged by the defense to Indicate mental lapae were simply the acta of a naturally mean men. V. U. Cooper, one of Hasslng attor ney, took tip the argument In behalf of Ma client, when Pg had finished. He also reviewed the evidence, but In a way to show that Hasslng waa subject to in sane actions. ... . , When court adjourned John J. Jelfery. attorner tor Haaslng. waa making his final effort to save Massing" life- Al though the defense produced no evidence at any time in an attempt to prove that Massing had not "red the ahot that killed hla wife. Mr. Jeffery wanted the Jury to look with favor upon Hasslng because, he declared, there had not been conclu r,v.1denco that h. had killed hi. wife Mr Jeffery then took np the argument of insanity aa an excuse for the crime, lie wt:i complete bis rurontw,hf" court convenes this morning, and will be fallowed by Deputy District Attorney ritagerald. who will make tha Anal speech In behalf of tha state. Courthouse Notes. Contending that aha had received ln Jurles to her tongue while her teeth were belnr drilled and worked upon at tha Rex Dental parlors. Susie Burke brought ault against the Rex Dental Company yeaterday In the Circuit Court for $5049. Julia PImon. aa guardian ad litem of her 11-year-old daughter. Clara Smith, Bled suit yesterday against Frank Man ning for f 10 aa damages for Injuries alleged to have been sustained by the girl In being run over by Manning's automobile at Washington and Ella streets. January IT of this year. PERSONALMENTION. L I Funk. of Oskalooea. la., la at the Bow arm. U Thomas and wife, of Clatakanle. are at tba Perkins. A. C Sanders, of Glendale. registered at tha Oregon yesterday. C 1 MacKensl and wife, of Colfax. Wash-, are at tha Oregon. O. 8. Smith, a real estate dealer of White Salmon, la at the Imperial. J. f. Frank, of Franka Tours, la reg istered at the Bowers from Chicago. A. J. Dealjr. of Wardner. Idaho, waa registered at the Perkins yesterday. R. C Weecott and wife, ef The Dalles. were registered yesterday at tha Cor nellus. Q. W. Ingram, a merchant of Moun Hood, waa registered at the Imperial yesterday. fteorge Steelhammer and wife " were registered yesterday at tba Corn el I ua from Sltverton. Herman Wise. ex-Mayor and merchant of Astoria, was registered at the Im perial yeaterday. , Herbert H. Mock. Mrs. Mock and son. of Wichita. Kan., are In Portland to make their home here. Mrs. J. P. Guerrter and Miss Constance Guerrler. of Centralis. Wash., were reg istered at the Cornelius yesterday. H. C. Atwell. president of the State Horticultural Society, waa registered at the Oregon yeaterday from Foreat Grove. I. a. Wilson. Interested in the coal mining industry, waa registered at the Oregon yesterday from Centralla. Wash. Z. G. Spalding and J. H. Barker, prom inent bustness mn of San Francisco, were registered at the Bowera yeater day. I C. Drummond, of Boise, Idaho. Is In the cltv looking for a site preparatory the proposed establishment of a sash and door factory here. CHICAGO. March 17. Speclal.) Portlaud people registered at Chicago hotels today as follows: O. H. Flor- slWEST NAMES THREE Mears, Goodman and Esterly on Port Commission. ESTERLY TO ACCEPT PLACE Governor, in Making; Appointment, Declares Board Muit Do Its Work and Trio la Chosen That Quorum Slay Be Had. Governor West yesterday appointed S. M. Mears. Joaeph Goodman and H. M. Keterly as membera of the Port of Portland Commission to succeed C. F. the courts decide that the measure is constitutional, and only routine busi ness will be taken up pending the out come, of the litigation. OREGON PIONEER IS DEAD Sirs. Mary A. Ross ffaa Resident of Portland for 33 Tears. Mrs. Mary A. Ruse, a well-known pio neer woman Bnd wife of Dr. Hiram N. Russ, died at her home. M East Eightieth street. Montavilla, v Sunday, after a short Illness. Mrs. Russ was born In Indiana 69 years ago. She moved with ber parents to Wisconsin, where she was married to Dr. Russ October 10, ISM. With her husband she crossed the plains In 186, reaching Salem. Or., in IMS. They resided In Salem. Albany and Eugene for a short time, when they moved to Portland, where they lived for K years. Three years ago Dr. and Mrs. Rusa celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. During the Civil War Mrs. Russ was Interested In the sanitary work in behalf of Union soldiers. She la survived by a husband. Dr. Hiram K. Russ, and the following chil dren: Mrs. Mary Estelle Guthrie. Port land, Or.: Mrs. Ida Belle Warren. Oak MEMBERS APPOINTED TO COMPLETE POET Or PORTLAND COMMISSION. i L '"':-' ,; v; : - . '. ' . .- --.4'. . v-T-: ..'--XjX-".- 1 ' - r? f - . v 9 1 if if i Jeaepk Goodsaan. S. sf. Msa I'M, H. M. Ksterlr. ance. at the Brevoort; A. W. Bartlett. at the La Salle. CHICAGO. March r. (Special.) Ore gon people registered at Chicago hotels today aa follows: From Portland Mr. and Mrs. W. C Plattery. at the Congress: Mr. and Mra. Frank L Smith, at the Auditorium. From Raker A. B. Jacobs, at the Great Northern. NEW TlRK. March IT. Special. ) Northwestern persona registered at New York hotels today are: From Portland M. J. Burns, at the Seville; N. Fox. at the Marlborough: A. W. Raymond and E- A. Lundberg. at the Manhattan; A. J. Lilburn and A. R. Palmer, at the Breslin; C. W. Smith, at the Hoffman; M. C. Small, at the Broadway Central. From Seattle J. R. Wilson. , at the Bartholdl; J. I. Parker and Mrs. J. L Parker at the Grand Union: Mrs. F. I Ftske. at the Latham.. TALE LIKE ENOCH AnDEN IIVSRAXD KETrRXS TO F1XD HIS WIVE REMARRIED. rrs. Mary Wlfland Asks Annulment of Marriage to K. A Schulta After Finding Spouse Alive. In a suit for annulment of ber mar riage with B. A. Schultx, Mrs. Mary Wleland recites In her complain, filed In the circuit Court, the story of a mod ern Enoch Arden In the form of her l-ml husband. J. A. Wleland. Whether Wieland was shipwrecked on a lonely Island during the yeera his wife thought hlro dead, when she married SrhulU. la not told In the ulroree complaint. The chief difference between V leland ana Enoch Arden la that the former will probably regain bis wife. As twin aa the complaint was) served on Schults he went to the office of At torney Seneca Fonts yeeerday and con sulted him regarding fighting the annul ment, aa far as property Interests are concerned. The woman has considerable property In her name, to which Schults la thinking of putting In a partial claim. Mrs. Wleland aays In her complaint that she married Wleland October I WW. On April I. law. Wleland disap peared, but whether he enlisted and went to the Spanieh War. which broke out about that time. ls not explained. At any rate, the Information' waa brought to her that her buaband waa dead, and believing thla to be true, she married Schults. July 1. 1SU. at Minneapolis. Minn,, and lived with htm aa his wife until she discovered, in ISO, that Wle land waa still alive. As soon as she found out that she was not legally married to Schults. Mra. Wle land left him. and haa sine lived apart from him. She asks the court to annul her last marriage, and give It tha legal stamp of a contract entered Into with good faith, although not binding. Schults. who Tj a waiter at the Oregon Hotel, when aeen yesterday waa not Inclined to discus the sffair at any length. He aald that ha knew of Wle land'a having previously married the woman be had wedded, but thought that Wleland was dead. He said ha was unable to tell the whereabouts of either Mr. or Mrs. Wleland. He acknowledged tbat Mrs. Wleland waa possessed of con siderable property. SCHOOL TO BE CONTINUED Y. M. C. A. to Maintain Complete Course) Cntll Juno 1. So rapid has been the expansion of the educational department of the Port land Young Men'a Christian Association In both the day and night scnools that It has been decided to maintain com plete courses until June 1. The regular night term Is now ending; snd the Sprtng term wlU begin next Tuesday, ending June 1. In the paat the Spring term has not been an Important part of the Y. M. C. A. course, as the attendance haa not been large. This yesr. however, the school haa grown rapidly and the at tendance promises to remain heavy throughout the remaining two montha. "There la such a general demand for the day and night courses the T. M. C. A. Is offering." aald Secretary Stone yeaterdav. "that we do not feel that the association would be filling Ita Held in Portland If we should rut down our coursea at this time. We are not only going to maintain our present classes, but several new courses are to be added." Adams. W. t. Wheelwright and J. C. Alnsworth, who refused to qualify. The Governor stated that the Com mission must do Its work and he haa named these mombers so that the Com mission will be placed on an active working basis, with a quorum with which to do business. Of the new appointees Henry M. Es terly. aa attorney with offices In the Corbett building, is the only one to assert positively that he will serve. "Governor West called me on the long distance phone today and tendered me the appointment and I accepted," said Mr. Estoriy. Mears Is Noncommittal. S. M. Mears. president of the Port land Cordage Company, said that he had been absent from the city more than four months and was not familiar with features that had arisen in con nection with the Port of Portland's af fairs, but until he ha received official advices that his name had been selected for a place, he expressed a disinclina tion to make a statement. "It waa entirely a surprise to me and the only Intimation I received was from the press." said Joseph Goodman, secretary of the Goodman Bros. Shoe Company, when asked last nipht for his views on the Commission. "I had not even thought of such a thing and until I have time to consider the appoint ment I do not wish to discuss It." Mr. Mears Is looked upon as strong material by many, as he has figured In public life In connection with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce and other work. Salt to Be Fressed. As soon as It la known whether all appointees ara willing to serve, steps will be taken to press the proposed suit to determine whether tha old Commission remalna In power or the men holding Gubernatorial commissions step Intd otfice. Meanwhile the affairs of the organi sation are being conducted as of yore, all departments being managed on the same basis and work carried on as orig inally outlined. Since tha Commis sion took a stand apainst vacating of fice on the ground that the recent act creating a new. body waa unconstitu tional, no new business has been transacted. There will oe notnina "u" brarrasa the new i:ommision Grove, Or.; Mrs. Emma McKercher. Port land; Mrs. Anna Hatrx. Los Angeles, Cal., and several grandchildren. She bad a wide circle of friends In Portland and other portions of the state. Tne funeral will be conducted at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon from Grace Baptist Church, Montavilla. and the burial will be in Rivervlew Cemetery. nhould EDITOR BROWNE Of the Reekford Moraine Star -About seven years ago I ceased drinking coffee to give your Postum a trial. . , "I bad suffered acutely from various forms of Indigestion and my stomach bad become so disordered as to repel almost every sort of substantial food. My general health was bad. At close Intervals I would suffer severe attacks which confined me In bed for a week or more. Soon after changing from coffee to Postum the Indigestion abat ed, and In a short time ceased entire ly. I have continued the dally use of your excellent Food Drink and assure you most cordially that I am Indebted to you for the relief It has brought me. "Wishing you a continued success, lam Tours very truly. J. Stanley Browne, Managing Editor." ' Of course, when a man's health shows he can stand coffee without trouble, let htm drink It. but most highly organized brain-workers sim ply cannot. The drugs natural to the coffee ber ry affect the stomach and other organs snd thence to the complex nervous sys tem, throwing It out of balance and producing disorders in various parts of the body. Keep up this daily poisoning and ejerloua disease generally super venes. So when man or woman finds that coffee is a smooth but deadly ene my and health Is of any value at all, there Is but one road quit. It is eaey to find out If coffee be the cause of the troubles, for ft left off 10 days and Postum be used In Its place and the sick and diseased conditions begin to disappear, the proof la unan swerable. Postum Is not good If made by short boiling. It must be boiled full IS min utes after boiling begins, when the crisp flavor and the food elements are brought out of the grains and the bev erage Is ready to fulfill Its mission of palatable comfort and renewing the cells and nerve centers broken down by coffee. "There's a Reason." Get the little book. "The Road to Wellvtlle." In pkgs. Kver read the above letter f A aew owe appear from tlase to time. They are aeaalae trwe, and fall of aasaaa latcreaC MURDER SUSPECT FREED Identification Not Made of Man Taken at Salem Sunday. Another belief of the police that the murderer of Barbara Holzman had been captured went glimmering yesterday when Mrs. Bertha Nelson was unable to identify as the man who had rented a room from her March 14 George F. Brown, a suspect picked up in Salem Sunday and brought to Portland yes terday by Detective Day. The man suited the description fur nished by Mrs. Nelson better than any who had been previously brought be fore her. He had the brown mustache tinged with gray, the pallid cheeks, age, height, weight and other character istics of the man wanted. Mra Nelson, In order to satisfy fcsrself thoroughly, placed the man In the same position in which the man being sought stood when negotiating with her for the use of the room in which the body of Barbara Holxman was found March 16. She ad mitted a striking Ukenees to her lodger, but was finally forced to shake her bead In the negative. Grants Iass Team In AVHd Flight. GRANTS PASS, Or, March V. (Spe cial.) In an exciting runaway Sunday, James Flowers escaped death narrowly. He had Just rounded his team on to the SIxth-etreet paving, when an automo bile rushed by and rnifntenea tne Dig I UhLflP 03 VACATE Only a Few Days Left to Dispose of Our Immense Stock We have disposed of our lease on the Litt store at 351 Washington street and must vacate by April 15. Our entire Spring stock has been marked down re gardless of cost. ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OF FERED IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND. SALE STARTS 9 A. M. TUESDAY New Lingerie and Marquisette Dresses All Go in This Unrestricted Removal Sale Most of these new Frocks are Parisian models; in others, features from imported models, are cleverly adopted and introduced. .All are distinguished by some of the out-of-the-ordinary in design, coloring and trimming. You have your own choice at a great Removal sale .tteaucu on. If i i IPS ml $6.95 $12.50 DRESSES now only.. $20.00 DRESSES, nowJ2 95 sfs:..n..:$16.50 ny $25.00 only . $30.00 DRESSES, nowlj gtj $35.00 DRESSES, no'w'24 95 AH Silk Pongee Tailor-made Suits, now at HALF PRICE Spring Models in New Tailor-Made Suits 35 new models to select from. Plain and braid-trimmed styles. Men's mixtures, srray, tan and cream Serges and the new black "Wool Back Satins, Whipcords and Diagonals. Farewell prices are so astonishingly low every garment .will soon be gone. We are only too glad to say farewell to them, as our landlord wants the premises and we must vacate. $35.00 SPRING SUITS Q94 95 now paSsTsaJ lS fow0!.8.8!.! $27.50 $25.00 SPRING smTS 14.95 $30.00 SPRING SUITS now ' $50.00 SPRING SUITS $34.95 Advance Styles in Women's Street and Afternoon Coats Present displays include distinctive models in black satin, fine mixtures, serges and diagonals. Top Coats in imported tweed diagonals are : at $ 1 2.95 s . ?.0A;.S. $24.95 at$14.95 g00 C0ATS D0W at$29.85 '$19.85 Satyf.?.0A.T? $34.95 $20.00 COATS, now only $25.00 COATS, now only $30.00 COATS now only ......... v... NO GOODS SENT ON APPROVAL WORREI 351 Washington St OPPOSITE GRAND THEATER delivery team. Flowers was unable to check the horses until they had reached L street, circled a block, and again wept up the same atreet. They were then brought to a standstill by someone from the crowd of onlookers. Flowers' frxnt waa lammed through the wagon- bed and he was unable to dislodge It In the mad race of the steeds. Despite his danger he kept a cool head and managed to keep the team In the streets. Gladstone Warriors Beat Drums. OREGON CITY, Or., March 27. (Spe cial.) Peter Wells, of Gladstone, Is the leader of a drum corps composed entirely of old soldiers. It is said to be the only G. A. K. drum corps on the Coast com posed solely of old soldiers. Wells and his drum corps will participate In the Astoria Centennial. All members of the corps live in the Willamette Valley, and all saw long Bervlce In tnecivu war. An Appetite r- ILpSt somewhere between Midnight and Dawn, between Lobster Lane and Crab Alley. No use looking for it in condiments or drugs Nature will restore it in a natural way if you eat Shredded Wheat and live a simple life. The delicate, porous shreds of cooked wheat, which are full of body-building nutriment, are easily digested by the most delicate stomach. Puts you on your feet when everything else fails. mm wheat mm heated in the oven to restore crispness and served with, milk or cream (hot milk in Winter ) wiU supply all the strength needed for a half day's work and will keep the stomach sweet and dean and the bowels healthy and active. Also deliriously wholesome when eaten in combination with stewed or fresh fruits. Try them for breakfast for ten days and you will eat no other cereal they are so satisfying and strengthening. Your grocer sells them. THE ONLY CEREAL BREAKFAST FOOD MADE IN BISCUIT FORM