ttte Mommro oregon-ian. Wednesday, july 26, ion. DOUBLE MURDER CONFESSION WEAK J. H. Wilson. Who Admits Kill ing Cobles at Rainier, Tells No Details. PROSECUTOR IS CHARY Attorney Declare SNectloiihancTa Statement May Be Canned by Pioneered Brain Prisoner Kef owe to Repeat Tale. I OI.TMPIA. Wash.. July IS. tPpe j clal) "Toil know you did not nlll f them." stormed Mm J. 11. Wilson, wife - of the section foreman at Ralnlrr. when he told her he had confessed murder Ins; Archie Coble and hta brlda of 17 with an as aa they lay asleep In their - home at Kalnier. the ntsht of July I. -Do you know what 1 did?" asked Wilson of bis wife. "No." he replied. " ' "I killed those two people out at Rslnler." he said. Thn when hla wife protested he broke down and, cried bitterly. If Wilson did kill tha pair, he l not auilty of the murdrr of the Hill .. family In Portland last June. Wilson In the presence of John NT. WIIon. Prosecuting Attorney, and hhrtff Oaston. after a few questions. " told about the rrlme this mornlnc Seated In the office of the Prosecuting Attorney he declared that a week be- '. fore tha crime ha waa walkin down the track whn a voice ald. "Whv don't you kill nomebody?" He aah! ... that query haunted hint all tha time. He feared he would kill a aeetlon hand Sunday nlrht. On the nlirht of the crime he declares ha went borne after work and slept In the tent, bat remem ber nothing else. Petal la 'ot Told. -In tha mom Inc. when I woke up. I fett unasy." he said. "About every - month I would have one of those In sane epella come ovsr me and then . my wife and I would quarrel. Tues day morn In a I found blood In tha tent, but It didn't worry me much, elthoneh I thoueht I had answered .the question that haunted me. When the ded bodies were discovered I . knew I had killed them althouch 1 do not remember any of the detail. I told about Fetersoa leaving camp so that I could convince myself 1 didn't do It. But that blood! I'm glad I told -about It. I waa glad when they ar r'd me." ' Questioned and croaa-qneatloned aa to detail, he wonld not. or could not Clve any. lie ay ha know he did It. because he felt be -would havo to kill Mrs. roble." When aked to make a tatement to tl(n thl afternoon Wllon refued to i re-tell hla etory. In reply to quea l . tlons ba admitted everything over again. t onfron Thought Weak. Prosecuting Attorney Wilson aald to night that tha confession la weak, and he believe tha etatemanta made may shatter the state' case. He declarea he does aot know whether Wilson com mlfVd the crime or only think he tld. because hla mind baa been dwell Inr on It. Wilson admit ha la a moral pervert. H has five children tha oldet i and tha youngest 1 year old. Mra. Wllaon Is normal In every way. The theory advanced by the Catheya of Portland a to tha kind of a moral pervert who committed tha deed I aubtantlated by tha etatrmenta of Wilson. Another attempt will be made to get a second statement from Wllaon a the authorltlaa declare what they have ""now I" worthless, and. If anything. ' helps Wilson, who aayi he committed the crime but glvea no detail, showing stsrns of Insanity. So reward haa ever been offered for - - the capture of tha murderer of tha - Coble. Wilson was section foreman at R'n lar for six montha. When John Mal ' fi-iecn. an aged lunatic, waa arrested. Wilson tried to etlr up a movement to lynch him. Later he threw suspicion ' on Swan Peterson, a 0-year-old tramp. Mr. Wilson, wife of the prisoner, waa i tlrst to suspect him. She knew of hi drgsneracy. and called the attention of the authorltlea to clews agalnt him. "There 1 no doubt In my mind that " I killed Archie Coble and hi wife. Wilson confessed, "but I have no main; ; ory of going to their home that night, lie and Wlfo Quarrel. Two weeks before tha murder ha had aertoua trouble with hla wtf. ha said. '.r, They wsra living In a tent. They had had many bitter quarrel, ho said, but tha last trouble aeemed to affrct him mora trian any preceding It. -A week later." he said. 1 wu walk ing along the railroad track, when I . heard a voice say "Why don't you kill . somebody T -I don't know where tha voice cama - from. It worda kept prey In a on my " mind. Tha n!ght before tha Coble murder I waa afraid to sleep In the "section-house let 1 should murder soma of the men there. o 1 slept In a " tent that night. I kept worrying aU : the day. Monday.- On Monday Mra. Wilson went to Ta r coma, and Wilson alept In the tent. -I had a terrible beadacha Monday. ' " ha said. -I remember going to bed ' tnat night In the tent, and then I can't recollect anything until Tuesday even ing, when thy discovered the two bodies. Aa soon a I beard they bad - found the bodice I waa afraid I bad "done It. My mind aeemed giving way. Wife Tell Authorities. -Whsn I wakened tha morning after the murder there waa blood In the - -tent, but I thought probably 1 bad - suffered from aosebleed In the night. A serious flaw In Wilson' state ment Is the fact that when hi wife - returned home some hour before tha discovery ol the bodies, ba told ber to say nothing about the blood stains In ' . the teat. Mra. Wilson. however. . promptly notlfld the Thurston County . procutor. Wilson's word to hi wife would Indicate that he realised that It . waa necessary to suppress knowledge aa to the bloodstaloa Wilson Is IS ' " ,er old. and n Canadian by birth. He bad been working with the section ' gang In Rainier for sis. month before the double murder. Before moving to Rainier be waa In King Couuty for about a year. ' W lleon Not Hill Murderer. 8hrt!t Maaa. of Clackamaa County, who Investigated tha Coble eaae. de clare there la no connection between tha Coble murder and the murder of the ll'U family at Ardenwald June I. ' altbouab both crime were committed ' for tha aame motive and In tha same manner. WUon haa hown that he was fir from Portland at tha tlma of the Hiil murder. OREGON FACULTY MEMBER RESIGNS TO HEAD MUSIC PARTMEJfT AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. DE- t : ' ! " 1 I ' -v. ... ?. .? .-. l ... j L- J.L 1 PROFESSOR IRTIO M. GLKJT. : A CLE N QUITS OREGON Music Professor Will Go to University of Washington. LARGER FIELD CALLS HIM State l'nlvrrtlv Student Hojtret Departure of Faculty Member W1m FDundod IntercollegU ale Athletics There. VXIVERSITT OP ORBGOX. VMgene. Or July 15. (Special.) Announce ment baa been made that Professor Irving Mackay Glen, dean of the school of muslo and head of the department of early Kngllsh language and litera ture at tha University of Oregon, haa resigned to become director of music at the University of Washington. Professor Glen hag been a member of the Oregon faculty elnre 1S9T and haa alwaya been very close to the atudent body. He will leave Eugene with his family In a few weeks for Seattle to enter the laraer field. rrofrssor Glen waa graduated at tha University of Oregon In 104 and then look graduate work at John Hopkins University until 1S97. In his senior year at Oregon he won the Falling oratorical prls of 1 1 SO and took an active part In all branches of atudent activity. Widely known as -Father Of Base ball" at the University of Oregon, the departing savant might properly be called tha father of Intercollegiate ath. letlca a welL In the t-'prlng of 1894 he organised a naieball nine, the first athletic team at Oregon, and aa Its manarer took It to Corvallla for the first tilt between the state Institutions. Tho Oregon Agricultural College won the game. 12 to 29. For many years Professor Glen has been chairman of the three fnculty committee student affairs, athletics and senior atandlng which most vital, ly concern the student body. He has been a member of the governing ath letic council elnre Its Inception. Every glee clnh that aver repre sented the University haa hern led and drilled by Professor Glen. He also founded the custom of having a play. In 1S. and" haa been Its guiding spirit ever since. In the realm of music. Professor Olsn Is favorably known throughout the Paclflo Northwest. He haa participated In virtually every musical festival of not In the Willam ette Valley and for four year hnd charge of tha music at tha Ashland and Gladstone Chautauqua meetings. At rommencements since ISO! ona of tha feature baa been the playing of the orchestra under tha direction of Professor Glenn. President Kane, of Washington, who made tha class ad dress her this commencement, was so welt pleased with the work of the commencement orchestra that ha add ed to Inducements previously given the Oregon man and finally gained his point. Although his fine baritone voice haa attracted several manager of grand opera, he haa refused to go on the stage. With hla arrival the department of music wilt be placed on a higher rat ing at the University of Washington. For tha first time, drareea will he granted In It aa an academic depart ment and the director of -music will rank aa a regular faculty head. Cil-F.X TO KrCCKEI KIMBALL Washington University llccrut Act on rrel!onl' Iteeomruentlatlon. SEATTLK, Wash., July 15. (Bpeclal.) Irving M. Glen, for 11 yeara dean of the deoartment of music at tho University it Oregon, waa alerted head of the muslo department of tha State University by the Board of Regent at their meeting today. The recommenda tion waa made by President Kan. Tha naw muslo director will have a pro fessorship In the faculty, with full charge of the Stat University musical department. Instrumental and vocal, aa well aa the orchestra, glee club, band and student choruses and operatic pro ductions. Professor Glen take tha position left vacant by the resignation last 8prtng of Charles O. Klmhali. who left the uni versity and retired to Eastern Wash Inrtnn. owtna to Illness In hi family. Professor Glen Is a brother of Mrs. A. 8. Kerry, of thl city. He waa eager to come to Seattle and did not obtuln an Increase of salary over that ba received In Oregon. INDIAN WAR VETERAN DIES Edwin Billings, or Hoscburp, Came to California In Early Day. ROSEBURO. Or.. July 15. (Special.) Edwin Billings. 91 year old. for nearly a quarter of a century a resi dent of Pouglaa County, died at hla bom In Roseburg Sunday. Death re sulted from Infirmities attendant to old aire. The funeral was held Mon day, burial following at tha Masonic cemetery. Mr. Hillings 1 survived by a son. Edward BIlllnKB. and a daughter, Mrs- Albert McGhehey. both of Jtose bum. Grandfather- Billings, as he was best known by hi many friends and acqualntancea In thla locality, was born In Thatchnm. England. In 1820. When 1 years of axe he decided to emigrate to the United States, and f 1839 ha sailed for New York City, where ho ar rived after an eventful voyage. There ha remained for soveral years, then proceeding west and. locating at Sacra mento, Cal. During his residence In that city he was engaged In the mer cantile business, and aside from sup plying the usual city trade, furnished supplies for thousands of laborers, who were at that time employed In con structing the Southern Pacific railroad. Leaving Sacramento. Mr. Billings re turned to New York, where he remained I. f . r ' .-" V r.rfwla Billing, Callforala rioneer aad Indian War Veteran Who Died at Roae-barg. but a short time when he again drifted west and located at Orovllle, CaL In this town he lived almost continuously until 1(90. when ha removed to Rose burg to live with Ms son.' Mr. Bil lings was twice married. His first wife died In New Tork, while his sec ond wife la burled In California. Mr. Rilling Is a veteran of the Civil and Indian wars, having aerved In Com pany E. First Regiment. Nevada Vol unteera. Ha waa a member of the Christian Science Church, and also of Reno Post No. It. Grand Army of thla city. MAN KEEPS 112,000 TROUT John Teal, of Dallas. Haa Private Hatchery That State May Buy. DALLAS. Or.. July 2i. (Special.) John Teal. ex-County Commissioner, and ona of Polk County's leading business men, operates one of the largeet private rtsh hatcheries In Oregon. He has three ponds. In the largest of which are good-slxed trout: In another are 15.WO mailer trout, and In the third are 15,000 small trout. Water for tho ponds comes from a spring, snd is constantly changing. Tho state la now trying to buy the hatchery, which la well equipped. Game License Reach 9000. MEDFORD. Or.. July IS. (Special.) Fishing and hunting licenses to tha extent of 14000 have been sold by tha county this eaon. Two tbouaand forty-seven fishing permit and 811 hunting licensee le the record so far thl season and the hunting haa Just begun. The fishing season will be over In three weeks and the number of angling permits may not reach mora than 2500. Last year the ealo of hunting and B.'hing paper totaled 117S0. AGREEMEr, IT NOT KEPT, IS RULING F. W. Leadbetter Victor in Su preme Court Over W. P. Hawley. STOCK VOTING INVOLVED Action t Replevin $50,000 In Bonds Is Successful, Lower Court Bclns Reversed Other De cisions Handed Down. SALEM. Or.. July 25. (Special.) F. W. Leadbetter. In the Supreme Court today, won a victory over W. P. Haw ley when a case appealed from Mult nomah County was reversed in an opinion by Justice Burnett. In substance the allegations of the complainant were that Leadbetter was owner of 1S0.0O0 worth of the bonds of the Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Company. He delivered those to Hawley, it was alleged, on an agreement that Haw ley, who asserted that he wa a stock holder In the company, should retain the ownership of his stock and vote It as directed by Leadbetter, or allow Leadbetter to vote It at all tho otock holders' meetings for the protection of his Interests, to all of which It was set forth that he agreed. Iyoadbetter Would Replevin. Afterward, learning that Hawley owned no stock In the corporation, Leadbetter brought action to replevin the tSO.OOO in bonds and obtain $9000 damages as well. It was set forth that the contract waa Illegal and void, as against public policy. The lower court found In favor of Hawley. In hla opinion Justice Burnett holds that conceding, without deciding, that the contract was Illegal and void as to public policy, the contract Is an ex ecutory one. lnaamueh as Hawley never fulfilled his part of the agree ment. "The principle underlying ouch af fairs l that until the Illegal contract la executed the law will aid In the recovery of the money paid or the property dellverad In part performance of the Illicit enterprise," write Jus tice Burnet. "But when -It Is fully ac complished tha courts will ba closed to both parties and will leave them with out a remedy. . . . On the defend ant's theory of tho contract's being against public policy, the plaintiff had not passed the place of repentance, the agreement being yet executory; and a ha Is proceeding In disaffirm ance of the contract he had a right to be heard before the Jury and take its verdict. The Judgment Is reversed." Lewis Cae Affirmed. The lower court Is affirmed In the case of Mertle C. Lewis vs. the Port land Railway. Light & Power Com pany. In the lower court she obtained a Judgment of $.1600 against the com pany for personal Injuries. Other cases decided today were: Du fur OH Company vs. T. W. Enos, et al.. appealed from Wasco County; W. It. Hradshaw, Judge; affirmed in an opinion by Justice Moore. Louise Jones vs. Thomas E. Jones, appealed from Clackamas County; J. U. Campbell. Judge suit for divorce; reversed and remanded In an opinion by Chief Justice Eakin. a. S. and Llnnle Rel vs. ETrnma L. Savage, appealed from Polk County; William Galloway, Judge; suit to es tablish a trust; reversed In an opinion by Justice McBrlde. Christine Salens vs. Queen City Fire Insurance Company; appealed from Multnomah County; J. B. Cleland. Judge: action to settle the right to an Insurance policy; affirmed in an opin ion, bv Justice Burnet. A. N. Wills vs. O. and Fred Zanello; appealed from Multnomah County; W. N. Oatans. Judge; suit to foreclose me chanic's Hen; affirmed in an opinion by Justice Bean. GIRLS THOUGHT BURGLARS Coming Home Late From Auto Ride, They Climb Through Window. EUGENE. Or., July 25. (Special.) Mistaking Patrolman Thompson for a burglar, K. E. price, who lives at West Twelfth and Olive streets, emptied a double-barreled shotgun at him Sun day night, missing the officer by a few Inches. The policeman, who was coming down the alley In response to a telephone call from Price, who believed that burg lars were attempting to enter the home of F. B. Dunn, his father-in-law, next door, also mistook Price for a burglar and was about to take a shot at him when he was forestalled. Both men then began maneuvering to cap ture each other and the comedy of errora was only terminated by their accidental recognition after the entire neighborhood had been aroused by tha chase. Tha cause of all tha trouble proved to be the two daughters of Mr. Dunn, who, returning late from an automo bile ride, found that the door had been accidentally locked, and were trying to enter their rooms through a window. BRIDGE TRAFFIC HEAVY 60 Trains Daily Are Handled Over Columbia River Span. VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 23. (Bpe clal.) Sixty or more freight and pas senger trains are handled daily over tho big ateel draw-bridge across the Columbia River at Vancouver, by tha aid of the new Interlocking block sig nal service, which makes It Impossible tor an accident to occur on the bridge. The Interlocking device, built at a cost of 155.000. Is so arranged that men In the tower on the bridge can follow tha movement Of all trains ap proaching or leaving the bridge and trestles. A train cannot pass unless it has a clear track, the switch being automatically locked, but If the track Is already clear tha train need not be stopped at all except for the draw. The block system Is used on the entire Northern Paclflo line from Portland to Tacoma. ment be submitted to a vote of the people of Chehalls. The petition waa referred to the City Attorney and Ju diciary committee to investigate and report at the next meeting of the Council. The City Treasurer, F. J. Al len, reported that he had paid off 112. 000 of the bonded intebdneas of the city, $7000 of which waa on the light fund, and $5000 on the sewer bonds. Within the last year he kept tha sink ing fund so invested that they earned the city $727.48 more interest than the annual interest due on them. This sur plus was turned into the current ex pense fund. Councilman Charles Dlockman asked for a leave of absence until October. The motion was declared lost. Mr. Dieckman said that the reason for the vote was because he was favor able, with Counellmen Green and Sul livan, to a municipal water plant, while the opposition to him were friendly to the proposed BO-year grant to the Washington-Oregon Corporation. Councilman Fechtner replied warmly to Councilman Dleckman's accusation, declaring himself favorable to a mu nicipal plant if possible to build it. CARRIER RULING MADE SHIPPER A"D TRAFFIC LIfK 3IAY FIX FREIGHT VALVE. Washington Supreme Court Holds That Shipping Agreement Applies In Case of . Loss. OLTMPIA, July 25. (Special.) For the first time the Washington Supreme Court has passed upon the amendment made to the Railroad Commission law in 1907, and in the case of the Car stens Packing Company against the Northern Pacific Railroad, the court in reducing the verdict of the Pierce County Superior Court, said that whlla under that amendment a common car rier cannot escape its common law li ability by reason of a contract, yet the amendment does not prevent the carrier and the shipper from agreeing upon the value of a shipment. In the case In question the packing company sued for $821 and recovered $71J. which the Supreme Court cut to $356.65. The packing company shipped a car load of hogs and sheep from a point In Oregon to Tacoma. Near Vancou ver the train was wrecked and 108 sheep and two hogs were killed. The railroad had a contract signed by the shipper, whereby the value on a aheep was fixed at $3 and on a "hog at $10. The lower court held that the contract was void and that the market value had to bo paid, but the Supreme Court decides otherwise, saying tho contract Is not unreasonable; that tho common law liability has not been avoided, and intimates that the value fixed is a reasonable one for all sheep and all hogs as the market prices fluctuate and the rate in a measure is based upon their value. Although the members of the Public Service Commission w411 not discuss the case It Is understood that they agree with the court's Interpretation of the law. YANKEES ARE BUDDHISTS Three Americana Ordained as Priests In East Indian Sect. SAN FRAN'CISCO. July 25. Probably for the first time In the history of Buddhism, native-born Americans have been elevated to the priesthood of that cult in tho United States. Thomas Dry-den. W. T. Moody and Solon C. 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(Special.)- Complaining that a large number of automobile owners are bitterly op posed to the new law which requires such owners to pay two registration fees in a single year. K. M. Sherlock, of Portland, has written to Secretary Olcott placing: the matter before him and requesting- an opinion from the Attorney-General. Sherlock contends that tho original license fee paid the first of the year under the old law is a contract and that the state In pass ing the second law has Impaired- the obligation of that contract by requir ing payment of a second license fee. A billion talks a year take place over the telephones of New York City. COMMISSION PLAN LIKED Chehalls Citizens Petition Council for Vole on Charter. CHEHALIS. Wash.. July iS. (Spe cll At the City Council meeting last right a petition waa received signed j by lis names, asaing m m pr-. posal for a commission form of govern- TEMPERATURE At Bayocean Monday 2 P. M. 70'; at Portland 98' At Bayocean Tuesday 2 P. M. 68; at Portland 839 Get out of the hot, stifling city, with its heat, its dust, its hot winds and all of its inconvenience and spend your week-end where the cool ocean winds make lif e worth living, and the surf, forests, still waters of the bay, fishing, strolling and 100 other healthful recreations are constantly inviting you to participate. The Tremendous Popularity of Last Week's Special Cut-Rate Excursion From Portland to AYOCEAN and RETURN for SS.OO Was so satisfactory that another trip will he run Saturday, July 29, returning Monday evening at the same rate, $5.00 round trip. -ACCOMMODATIONS- Limited to 54 passengers. First come, first served. Last week 22 came too late. Make your reservations early. THE FINEST WEEK-END TRIP OUT OF PORTLAND Passage Must Be Secured at T. B. POTTER REALTY COMPANY A 6291 720 CORBETT BUILDING- Main 7270 NOTE Dock at foot of Belmont St. Boat leaves at 6:50 A. M. No tickets sold at dock or on the boat. (