Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 03, 1912, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text' TIIE MORXIXG OREGOyiAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1913. 8 i - '' CO-ED TELLS WHAT CO-ED WHO IS SUING DEAN OF WOMEN AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOB $100,000 DAMAGES FOR ALLEGED SLANDER. DEAN SHOULD OE Esther Mercy, Who Is Suing Merchandise of rveril Only-. College Official for Slan der, Home III. r i I I iiiwm "Vblfe si Od. l FEDERAL INQUIRY IS TALK Anonymous Letters Beeelred by Of fidals In 9100,000 Damage Caff May Be Turned OTer to Federal' Government. CHICAGO. April J. (Special.) Either Mercy, the co-ed of the ISSO hat. the red kimono and the 1100.000 slander . salt aralnst Miss Talbot, dean of wo ' men at the University of Chicago, to day told "what a dean of women ough to be." Mlis Mercy. 1H from the (train of the trial, (pent the day home under the rare of aphyslclan. "The dean of women at a great tint verslty ha a great work to do." ahe aid. "All airls need help. They need heart-to-heart talk, sympathetic talks, not cold. Impersonal lectures, not slander and Icy. lofty sarcasm. "After all. that is all thai a dean of women need be Just Intelligently human." Despite her Illness. Miss Mercy de clares she will be In court Wednes day when the hearing; of her suit Is to be resumed. Rut two more witnesses are to b heard. They are ur. Bex-K and IT. Thorak. to be put on In behalf of Miss Mercy to reply In rebuttal to evidence brought Inio the case by the defense. Their testimony Is expected to be brief. The defense closed Monday after Harry Pratt Judon. president of the University, and Dr. Kmll O. Hlrsch. of the CongreraUon Pinal and member of the, university faculty, had -been called to testify for the defense. A series of anonymous letter received by Judge Pomeroy. Francis alKer attorney for the defense. Kverett Jen rings, attorney for Miss Mercy: Presl dent Judson and others of prominence in th case may result In a Federal Investigation. LEVI J. PENTECOST DEAD Prominent Taroma Pioneer Pavnes Ana? al Advanced Age. TACOMA. Wash April i (Special.) Levi J. Pentecost, president of the Pacific National Bank, and pioneer res ident of Taroma. age ? years, died to day at his home here following an ill ness of several months, resulting: from a complication of troubles. For weeka he had been only semi-conscious much of the time. Mr. Pentecost was born In Union County. Indiana. January 20. 1S4S. He came to Tacoma In 1S!. when ho or ganised the Cltlsens' National Bank and became its cashier. In 1895. on the consolidation of the Citliens' and Pacific National Banks under the name of the latter, he was made cashier. I.ater. when the Lumbermen" National Bank and the Pacific National Bank consolidated, again under the name of the latter, he was made vice president and manager. Me was elected president March. 1911. succeeding the late It. I. McCormlck. of the Weyer haeuser Timber Company. CANADA TO BUILD VESSELS Two upertlreadnouglit to De Or dcred by Go -eminent. MONTREAL, ApMI 2. The gevern mrnt organ In Quebec today announced that Canada will order two super dreadnoughts while the question of the complete character of the Dominion Navy Is being discussed by the Cana dian Minister of Marine and the British Admiralty. This Is regarded In political circles here as an effort to test opinion in Cjuebec which has been against Can ada's' contributing to the British navy or building one of her own. 50,000 WOMEN ENROLLED Head of V.. G. Lewis.' Correspond ence Settool 'Witness. In Trial. ST. l.Ol'IS. April I. Sidney Morse, formerly Identified with the editorial departments of New York publications and late- associated with K. O. Lewis as organiser of th People's 1'nlverslty. Lewis correspondence school, testified regarding the organization of the uni versity. According to Morse, in, 000 women at one time were enrolled with the school. Attorneys for the defense said to night lewls would be put on the stand Thursday. BANK ROBBER SENTENCED .Montana Court Sends Harlem Raid er Tp fr CO Years. FORT FENTOS. Mont.. April ;. Stanley D. Miller, convicted of bank robbery was senteneced today to 20 years Imprisonment tl.e maximum pen alty In Montana. In the bank robbery at Harlem. July 31 last, three took part. One of the trio. Billy Sanders, was shot and killed by Marshal Laswell. Miller was cap tured later at Billings. A third mem ber of the outlaws escaped and Is still at large. ONLY OFFICERS ESCAPE Chilean Gunboat HeporU Wrecked llritl.h Steamer Total Ixs. PCNTA ARENAS. CMIe. April 2. A Chilean gunboat which was sent to the asslatance of the British steamer Fox ley, wrecked on March 14. off the Chilean Coast arrived here today and reported the Foxley a total loss. Four officers of the Foxley were res r ued at the time of the wreck, the rest of the crew being left to their fate. The gunboat found no trace of them. Knglncer lo l'e Motorcycle. SALK.M. Or.. April 1. (Special.) The office of the State Knglneer has purchased a motorcycle for use of As--itanl Knglneer l.uper which will be used in Kastern Oregon In facilitat ing lnvetigatlons in onnectlon with adjudication of water rights. - v-J. a A " - 'r 4 - -v . : J f :, r. ,. tf. Jaf namtmriasniasll KMTIIKK MERC'V. ' NEGRESS KILLS 17 Head of Dusky "Church of Sacrifice" Tells of Murders. I he estimated at S935.94S.000, leaving a surplus of S1.C20.000. ' Tho Chancellor said he had taken rosy view of trade prospects, saying: "Trade throughout the world appears to be In an exceptionally healthy con dition. Conditions in the United States aro better than they have been for years. There Is one disturbing factor, the Presidential election; but I do not think that is going to have a very serious effect on the trade of the United States." FAITH PINNED IN VOODOO Woman's Strange Story Reveals That 33 Mj Merlon Assassina tions of Blacks In South Were Perpetrated by the Cult. LAFAYETTK. La.. April 2. Clemen tine Barnabet. a half-blood nogress. told story here today that the police au thorities say tliey accept as clearing the mystery veiling the killing of 20 negroes In Southwest Louisiana, and which It Is said gave clews that will fix the guilt for IS other night assas sinations of blacks In Louisiana and Texas. From Clementine's story, it appears she led a mysterious negro cult, the members of which performed the rites of "human sacrifice." The negress declared she killed 17 of the victims with her own hands. Black Mardereaa aim. The police declare Clementine told her story of wholesale slaughter with no apparent apprehension that the tak ing of human life waa a crime. Ithout reservation, ahe told her part in the 3i assassinations, but declined to re veal the names of members of the mys terious cult that helped her. The murders have been committed n the last year. As one series of kin oes was added to another In different towns of Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas, the authorities con cluded that one mind directed all. Today the negress confessed she was the directing I toad of the cult that Is known as the "Church of the Sacri fice." which lias for ths feature of Its creed the belief that by llf sacrifice alone may a person gain immortality. Hopes Plastc ! " oodoa." Before engaging in any of these crimes Clementine armed herself with "voodoo." which she got from a preacher and which ahe. and other members of her band were assured would protect them from the law. While the exact reason for the mur ders is not explained to the satisfaction of the authorities. It Is believed Cle mentine and her companions were de generate, ana tnai iiieir we&ncnea j brains evidently were affected by the Church of Sacrifice." DEFENSE TO HAVE INNING Predicted Navy Scandal Case Will Knd This Week. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 2. The pros ecution of Lieutenant Chandler K. Jones. U. S. N on trial by court- martial on charges prejudicial to Navy discipline, was concluded tonight at the end of the eighth day of the hear ing at the Puget Sound Navy-Yard. The case of the defense will be taken up tomorrow morning, and It Is expected the trial can be ended within the week. Lieutenant Jones Is accused by Lieu tenant Charles S. McReynolds. United States Marine Corps, of breaking up his home through alienating the affec tions of his wife. The prosecution pro duced evidence purporting to show that Mrs. McReynolds and Lieutenant Jones resided at a Seattle hotel, registering under assumed names, and subsequent ly Journeyed to Chicago, under the name of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Davis. INDEPENDENCE IS FAVORED Democrats in House Would Let Fili pinos Govern Selves. WASHINGTON. April 2. Resolutions looking to the neutralisation of the Philippine Islands and providing for ultimate Independence, Introduced by Representative Jones, of Virginia, were ordered favorably reported today by the House committee on Insular af fairs. Democratic members of the com mittee unanimously favored the two bills. The Independence bill would provide that beginning July 4. 1913. the Fili pinos take over gradually the govern ing of the islands and at the end of eight years. July 4. 19:11. full and com plete Independence would be theirs. The measures will be called up In the House at an early date. L0Y0-GE0BGE IS MERRY BRITISH CHANCELLOR HAS BIG VEST-EGG IX TREASURY. Budget for Coming Year Introduced n CommonsTaxes Not Reduced, but Xo New Ones Imposed. LONDON. April 2. The British bud get for 1912-12 was Introduced in the Commons today by David Lloyd- George. Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Chancellor was In the corafort ble position of having a nest egg of 32.70.000 remaining from last year. This, he said, waa the largest realised surplus on record. The loss to revenues from the coal strike has been upwards of S2.0u0.000, so that but for the strike the sur plus would have been S35.000.000. The estimated expenditure for the fiscal year . 1912-13 amounts to S934.- 2i.000. an Increase of lil.iiOi.OOO over that of last year. This is mainly due to the compulsory insurance act for workmen and the acquisition of all the telephones In the United Kingdom by the state. From the good trade outlook, the Chancellor of the Exchequer considered that It waa safe to estimate an expan sion of most of the revenue-producing taxes. He announced, therefore, that although there would be no reduction of taxation, no new taxes would be Imposed, Revenue for the coming year CANADIAN ROAD IS HIT Freight Handler Will Walk Ont If Demands Are Refused. WINNIPEG, Man.. April 2. Should the Canadian Pacific Railway refuse to accept terms arrived at by a concilia tion board in the trouble between the company and freight handlers, the lat ter, according to C. B. Beaumont, gen eral organlxer of the Brotherhood of Railway Freight Handlers, will call a strike that will tie up all freight to and from the United States. Mr. Beaumont says the organisa tions of freight handlers In St. Paul, Duluth. Detroit and Boston are ready to stand by the men In case the men In Winnipeg conclude to take this action. GARDNER RETAINS SEAT Maine Legislature Elects Him Sena tor Until March, 1013. AUGUSTA. M April 2. United States Senator Gardner, Democrat, re ceived a majority of the votes cast to day in both branches of the Legislature for United States Senator to serve for the rest of the term ending March 4, 1913. Senator Garier was appointed by Governor Plalsted on the death of Sen ator Frye. Republican, to serve until the Legislature should choose a successor. CHILDREN'S BUREAU LIKED Hooe Passes BUI Creating Xevr Branch of Labor Department. WASHINGTON, April 2. The House passed, ITS to 17. today a bill creating a Children's Bureau in the Department of Commerce and Labor. The measure has been passed by the Senate and will now go to the Presi dent for his action. Half the Journey Has Been Accomplished And We Enter the Last Half With the Launching of Our Final Removal Sale Thousands of people are stalwart in their appreciation of the economies of this great event. Ask them. They will tell you of the immense bargains It is those people who know us through and through, who know the principles for which we stand, who are our staunchest patrons. We have gained much knowledge from our Fall Removal. Sale. It has in spired us with that confidence which comes only with Public Approval. It spurs us on to the Goal of Efficiency. Every evidence of commendation urges up to greater efforts. The end is in sight, and its accomplishment will be easier than the first. When the end is reached, and the chronicle made, we shall look back upon the Greatest Mercantile Event of Western Record. Great sales are still to be crowded into the few remaining months. Watch for them daily, always re membering that our lower prices do not mean lower standards. iflercfranbise of iHent nlp ALIBI ISJONTRADICTED COCXSEIi FOR BRITISH COLUM BIA SCORES POINT. Automobiles In Which AlleBed Rob ber Says He Traveled Xot In Commission at Time. NEW YORK, April 2. At the hearinj . . i .i.ntlnn of John MC -. i i.. bnnwn ns "Austra .-samara, " . M n Mac" Who 1H ... .. tj r nn a charge o . li ... .nmmlttMl Oil SeptPm Dana muucij, - ber is last, i.nrir r, - v. r-Ainmhia government. .. j to contradict alibi evidence produced by McNamara. . vnr a that lit I n jej-rvj outas.- . ka hnnk robbery in British Columbia. McNamara was rldln doui run . . owned by Henry F. Schellinff. a Hotel prpcr, a . ? f-.n ln AfAvnr of Fort Annur c. " - le. and Thomas Goodrick and George r. w -t Kioiamit h nnd an auto- mobil builder, testified that prior to . . A Ik v MAS. Krwi 1 AH September last me iour...B " had oeen laaen ui " " automobiles and they had been con- W a e TJtr ts verted into power was""" (1 1 lot W all U Uctctu .w. - - - . . . .... nnaln TPrirflav- The case wiu conic up " - - BALDWIN MILLIONS GROW Estate, Trebled Within Three Years, Xow Ont of Debt. .e, -v-fiirT f c r-o l Anril 2. An- LUO A.iVJ&-i ... nouncement was made yesterday by J. A. Cnruh, executor of the estate of E. J ("Lucky") Baldwin, that each of the Baldwin heirs. Mrs. Hull McLaughrey and Mrs. Clara Baldwin Stocker. would receive more than $10,000,000. The value of the estate was placed by Mr. Unruh at more than $20,000,000. It consists of 2S.00O acres of land now without Incumbrance, and the average value was estimated by him at $1000 an acre. Five years ago there was doubt that the Baldwin ranches could be saved from their tremendous burden of debt. A blanket mortgage covered the estate, but the sale of 8000 acres lifted the mortgage and left $1,000,000 In the bank. The property Is said to have trebled In value during the last three years. New York Publication Sold. NEW YORK. April i'. Announcement waa made today of the purchase of an Interest In the Kdltor and Publisher, a newspaper publication, by James Wright Brown, general manager of the . Fourth Estate, formerly treasurer and director of the Louisville Herald. Jacob B. Schale, founder nnd ex-president, It was announced, retains an Interest In the publication, but will retire from the management which will be taken over by Mr. Brown, who has been elected president. ' Army Bill Reported. WASHINGTON. April 2. The Army appropriation bill carrying $95,314,711. nn Increase of $7.B37.4M over the House bill and $2,477,278 under the War Department estimates, was re ported to the Senate today from the military affairs committee. Tttat Is' Quinine THIS bank is depository for the United States Government the State of Oregon the County of Multnomah and the City of Portland. In this bank your interests are safeguarded in every way. Your account is cordially invited. Founded in 1886 Washington and Second Sts. Ommtf torn WorHt Ova tm Curm m OmJd to On Omjh Always remember the fab name.;, lxsK Cat this signature on every boa Bo. SWA We Deala-n and Make PIPE ORGANS At our Portland factory. 16th and 16th Streets and Fettya-rove Street. The Nation's Lara-eat. General Offlcea Kllers Bid;.. Alder titrret at Seventh, Portlano, ornrs. Kort y Store. PRINTING Rallns. Binding end Blank Book Maklsg. phone Mala 6201. A 2L Portland Printing House Co. t. L. Wright. Pres. and Gen. 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