TTTE MORNING OTtEGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, ArRTL 10, 1913.
MOTHER WILL TRY
TO SAVE ROBERTS
Attempt to Be Made to Show
Slayer Suspect Fired Gun
at Chinese Pheasants.
SON TOLD HER OF CRIME
Woman Urclarrs. That Prisoner In
formed Her That He I, ad Read
of .Automobile Holdup In
' I'apcr at Store.
MCLI.VO. Or, April 9. I Special.)
Mr. J. O. rfctfer. mother of it. E. Rob
ert, accused of murdering George
Haatings and Donald S. Stewart, two of
an automobile party on the White
House Road near Brlarwood ou the
night of March I, will try to prove
that her aon used the shells misslrtg
from hi belt In shootinf at Chlneae
pheaaanta on her farm, before he left
to hunt for work.
The Pfclfers live on a 40-nere farm
13 miles from Oregon City. They rent
the farm from W. F. Maddy. an em
ploye of the Western fnlcn Telegraph
t'ompany. .Mr. ffeifcr la an Advetlst.
and sella books explaining hi- religion.
Roberts waa arrested at the Pfelfer
arm by Sheriff Stevens. Mrs. Pfelfer
aaid that the first time she knew why
her son was arrested wai when she
received Tho Weekly Urrgoniun last
Friday.
oa Telia Mather at rlaae.
Her son. she aald. had read about the
murder at a counfry store and had
mentioned It to her. remarking; that
he had been In the vicinity. She la
anxious for him to receive a prelim
inary trial that she may be able to
Vive evidence, and la worried leat she
Is not notified of the lima of the trial.
Mra. Pfelfer said that Jier son was
arrested for stealing burro when he
u IS year old. lie h i bought the
burros In lwahlncton 1 had sold
them, making a prom niifriclent to send
him to schoul in Aftorja for nine
months.
I'pon his return he learned that the
burro had not been treated properly
and tried to buy them. He waa un
successful and so he stole them and
ii convicted and sent to the Fenl
tentlary. Sometime after hi releaa he waa
found wtih some toola n hi possen--lon.
which had been stolen from tho
residence of a member lf the firm of
Uns c Co. Mr. PfelfeJ said than her
son was urged to rl-ad guilty, aa the
possession of the stolen goods was
sufficient to convict him. and. being
promised a small term. Jte did so, al
though he asserted he hniight the tool
from a man named Mc Kirov, For this
offense he was sentenced to a term of
sis years In the renitentiary.
Mather Aeeoaea MeKlray.
MrKlroy. according to Mrs. Tfelfer.
had lived in a boathouse on the Colum
bia River, near a boathouse In which
Mrs. Ifelfer lived with a former hus
band. There waa a third and unoc
rupied boatliouc nearby, which both
used as a torerHm. Mr. Pfeifer said
that McKlroy stole a sock of her pota
toes and burned tha sack, to hide his
.-rtmc-
I am soory the nam" f Roberts'
mother has been given publicity In con
nection with the arrest of her aon.
said Sheriff Stevens last night. "It lias
always been the policy of my office to
spare mothers and Bisters of prisoners
what pain and distress we can. ltow
ever, since Roberts mother's name has
been made public. I will say that wnen
we arretted Roberta we Informed Mrs.
Pfelfer that her son wa again In cus
tody and explained to (her the nature
of the chargra against mm.
prisoner to rivK lawyer
Roberts Does Not Want Man to Go
Into Cae for Publicity.
While no fewer than 20 Fortland at
torneys are scrambling to get the ap
pointment by Circuit J':!ae Kavanaugh
of attorney for H. K. Rohertshe er
rojivlrt. suspected of tlie attempted
nldup and tho double murder of
rorge Hastings and Lmnald M. Stew
art, the accused man 1 considering
which attorney of the number to select.
Yesterday for the first time, the surly
suspect Informed the officer that he
wanted an attorney to represent nun in
the trial In which It I apparent he la
going to put up a fight. Immediately
sheriff Steven notified Presiding Jude
Kavanaugh and R.vlerts wa called Into
:he Judse's chamber. Several names of
attorney who have fkd for the p'
-Hiiulmtnt were referred to Roberta,
out he was not willing as yet to make
a selection.
"Everyone ha got It in for me." said
Roberts." "I don't want to get an at
torney who will get in the rase merely
for the advertising It will give him. I
a-ant someone who will handle the
uii tor me despite the fact that the
'tste pay him."
Judge Kavanaugh told him to think
it over and report to him whenever he
made up hi mind on an attorney. Last
night Robert ja,v no Intimation as
to hi selection. When Roberts waa
first arrested, the rush of lawyers to
the Ceunty Jail beaten. Since the ar
rest there have been no fewer than 39
ttornevs at the Jail to see Roberts.
.Ml ha been refused Interview with
the prloner. at his own suggestion.
Sheriff Utevena VnJ the other officers
working on the rase passed yesterday
checking up on some jf the detalla of
t:e evidence worked up against the
prirottt r. The officers went to the
ece of the crime and had talks with
e fral persons, but secured no addl
tiotil information of importance.
L . r ... i
torney jonn 1 1. rirrnaiiii nam oern
ned by Charles Stewart, father of
of the murdered boys, aa special
nrriecutor against Roberts. Mr. Steven-
n has been keeping careful tab on
the developments and says h believes
the oflWrs lave strong evidence. The
grand jury protably will .take up the
-ae before the en-l of the present
week. "
Irving Uupton. who also wa shot. Is
recovering fr.-m Ms wounds. Ha Is atlll
rrnnned to his Led at bis home In the
IexenJorf Apartment.
everyone in tha audience, both men and
women. Joined in a rousing demonstra
tion for Mr. Evans as their choice
among the candidates who are entered
in the primaries for that office.
Mr. Evans, in an address, out
lined This conception of the Importance
of the office of District Attorney. "I
shall endeavor, if I am elected," he
said, "to surround myself with the
cleanest and most capable men avail
able, ao that the people may be saved
the expense of hiring a high-priced
private prosecutor when a case of
great Importance arises."
The defendant in any case the state
might be prosecuting Is entitled to
every chance that can be fairly given
him. said Mr. Evans. The audience
applauded heartily when Mr. "Evans
declared: "If I am elected to fill the
office of District Attorney, there shall
bo no "third degree" under my admin
istration." "Third degree"" methods,
he 'contended, are poor policy.
"Moreover" he said. "1 believe simple
fairness to the prisoner demands that
he be given to understand fully Just
what his legal rights In the case may
be."
Touching open the advisory position
the Prosecuting Attorney holds In re
lation to the, grand Jury. Mr. Evans de
clared that he hold power in his lianda
that makes It possible for him to pro
mote or thwart the ends of Justice.
Reviewing the prosecuttons tinder
the "white slave" lawa in tho office of
the I'nlted States District Attorney,
Mr. Kvans showed that out of 19 cases
In the past year. 18 conviction had
been secured. The state, ho said, has
fallen down In similar prosecution.
Ralph Coan presided at the meeting
and Rev. J. Diamond Corby Introduced
Mr. Kvans. K. H. Whltefleld closed tha
programme with an address.
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ADVISED BY FISHER
RECALL OF JUDGES fill
CHAKLE-S FULTON DISCUSSES
SUBJECT AT BANQUET.
Secretary Suggests Use of
Panama Equipment for
Line in Alaska.
IMMEDIATE ACTION URGED
ret
one!
HELP IS PROMISED EVANS
personal Campblgn to Be Made for
C'a-nt Ida ic.
Kifty men. In the audience of about
1 attending tie campaign meeting
held at the Inl verbalist Church In
Irvinrton Morlday night, declared their
'ntentlori to attend other meetings and
e. take up acute personal solleita
.lon io win to'es for Walter H. Evans
for District Attorney. U. O. Lively,
the first speak'e on the programme.
ro-de a tl".i for a campaign of per
sonal work. I'r,;or to this declaration.
Law Would Work Hard-kJp on 311'
norlti. He Smys The Majority
Could Take Care of Itself.
The enactment of a law for the re
call of Judges will work a hardship
on those compelled to go Into court,
was the statement of Charles W. Ful
ton. ex-lnlted States Senator, before
the Brotherhood of the First Congrega
tional Church at a Banouet at the
church last night. He said tne United
States Constitution established a coy
ernment br law. not by men. and that
the Constitution aimed to protect tne
minority as well aa the majority. The
majority, he aald, could always taKa
rare of Itself.
He pointed out that if Judges are
compelled to learn the popular will be
fore rendering their decisions. they
will sacrifice the rights of those be
fore the bar of Justice to their own
selfish Interests.
"If we need roursge in any place in
all this land of ours, said Mr. Fulton
"we need It on the bench. A corrupt
Judgi Is an awful curse, we have had
the weak Judge yes. but the corrupt
Judge, thank tiod. verv rarely. I see
but little difference In the ultimate con.
sentiences to the people between a cor
nipt Judge and a cowardly Judge. Kach
Is equally dangerous if not equally
vicious.
"We need men on the bench whose
consciences will not be drowned by the
voice of the mob. but who will listen
to the still, small volnce of conscience
and who will decide tho case at bar
according to the law and the evidence.
"I believe In holding Judges, as other
men. responsible to the law. If they
vlolv.e It. punish them. If they are
corrupt. Indict them and prosecute
them. Tiie" are men. and only men.
They are no more sacred than any other
citlxen.
"The recall of Judges. In my opinion
Is sufficiently fallacious, but the recall
of decislona Is the limit of absurdity.
Why should the great body of the peo
ple take up the rase of Smith against
Jones and determine whether the Con
stitution has been properly Interpreted?
In the first place the people would not
study the question with the fidelity and
earnestness necessary to a proper solu
tion. We would soon have a library of
constitutional construction that would
mski a philosopher crazy.
"Judges sit. not to know what the
majority thinks about a rase, what the
prejudice of a. community may be,
whether it wants this man hung, thla
mar. mulcted In damages, or this man
deprived of hi home and fireside, but
to know the facts and determine what
Is Just and right."
HOLTZ BACK FROM TRIP
Department Store Manager PleaM-d
With Conditions EaM..
Aaron Holts, of the new Holtx de
partment store, at the nortrwest corner
of Fifth and Washington streets, now
nearlng completion, has returned from
I Is trip to New York City and other
F.astern niwrkrt. He said that buyers
of the various departments are now on
their way home and that upon their
arrival they will begin to arrange their
stocks tor the opening, which will take
place about June li.
'I'm mighty glad to be In Portland
again." he said, "and I also want to tell
you that the Rose City I on the men
tal map of every Kan tern man I came
in contact with.
"I never saw retail business any bet
ter. The stores, big and little, depart
ment aa well aa exclusive, were all
crowded. You can guess at the crowds
when I tell you that there were at
least I."0n people In the millinery de
partment of tilmbel's during the aft
ernoon I was there. One thing I found
that pleased me was that no whole
saler seemed to have an overstock, a
condition of things that speaks well
for the future In manufacturing."
BATTERY A GIVES BALL
Armory Scene of nrtltlant Afrair At
tended by '400 I'rrsoni.
Battery A. Field Artillery. Oregon
National Guard, gave Its annual ball In
the Armory last night, which was at
tended bv 100 persons. Mesdames Wil
liam K. Flnxer. Iee M. Clark. Frank I.
Randall and William Kosenstochr were
the patronesses. ' .
The room was decorated In red and
yellow. The lights were covered In
these colors and also there were col
ored streamer. In the middle of the
room was a Sergeant'a tent, pitched
and furnished for field duty.
The scarcity of military uniforms
was noticeable, most of the men wear
ing civilian clothes.. The dance lasted
until the early hours and was much
enjoyed by all who were present.
Judge Disagrees With Jury.
f4ll VTT 1 .V u...h. ft it a nt.i.l.t
tuil rB r. v nnninii.il I.
bk1""' William Taylor. J. S. Fellows
and J. W. nilllngham. prominent cltl
sens of Sprlngdale. found guilty by a
Jury yesterday on the charge of Incit
ing elnt The e a . n.. . ...
cnt fight between the wets ani drys
wnicn cuiminaica in a meeting or me
Sprlngdale Council at which revolvers
were drawn and bloodshed seemed Imminent
Caliinet Member Would Do Away
With Commissions ricnty of
Supplies on Hand to Build
From Tidewater to Yukon.
ORKGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
Ington. April . In letters to the terri
tories committee of the Senate and
House of Representatives, Secretary of
the Interior Walter Fisher has strongly
urged the passage by congress of a. bill
which will provide for the Immediate
construction of a railroad from tide
water to the Yukon River, Alaska,
without waiting for a commission to
form, make long and tedious Btud'es of
the situation, and then report to Con
gress on the advisability of a. Govern
ment-owned railroad in Alaska.
The Secretary wants the construction
of such a trunk-line railroad author
lzed, and he asks author'ty to take over
much of the material, machinery, etc,
now in use at Panama, but soon. to be
abandoned. Not only does Panama af
ford all necessary material for con
strurting and equipping a railroad In
Alaska, but It also offers all the engi
neering skill and labor reiulred to
carry this enterprise through.
Mr. Usher la favorably Impressed
with the bill introduced by Senator
Jones, and says that under this measure
prompt action can be taken for the de.
velopment of adequate transportation
facilities in Alaska. The bill Is drawn,
he says, along the general lines of tha
legislation under which the Panama
Canal has been constructed.
Posae Changes Urged.
Some changes ar suggested, but In
the main the provisions of the Jones
bill are retained.
Secretary Fisher expresses the hops
that Congress will not delay the con
struction of a trunk-line railroad In
Alaska by authorising at commission to
make a study of the entire transporta
tion situation In that territory, and
urges "legislation definitely authoris
ing the construction by the Government
of a trunk-line" from Resurrection Bay
to the Yukon. .
In hla report to Congress Secretary
Fisher says: ."The work at Panama Is
nearlng completion. We have there an
engineering and executive organization
which must soon be disbanded un
less we seize this opportunity to
transfer as much of It as may be
needed to Alaska. It Is an opportunity
that should not be lost. There is at
Panama a very considerable amount of
machinery and tools suitable for rail
road construction, and also of railway
materials and equipment which the
Isthmian Canal Commission has been
using In Its work, but the need of which
will rapidly diminish during the com
ing months, and all of which must ulti
mately be sold, much of It for prices
far below Its real value for utilization
in Alaska." '
Murk Material aa Hand.
He points out that the Canal Com
mission has been obliged to build much
more railroad than can be permanently
utilized ai Panama, and the surplus
could be transported- by water to Alaska
at comparatively little cost. It will be
released at Panama aa rapidly as it ran
lie utilized In Alaska, if the necessary
legislation I immediately passed by
CongTess. There are 2&0 miles of 70
pound rails which have been in con
struction sen-Ice on the Isthmus for
more than three years and cost $11 per
ton. Fifty miles of It will be available
by December 31. next. 100 miles by June
30. 113, and the remainder by June
30. 1J14.
There I also available sufficient ex
cavating equipment, locomotives, tools,
etc,, and 24 American Locomotive Com
pany locomotives, which will not be re
quired at Panama afte the construc
tion work on the canal Is completed.
There are also 32 narrow gauge loco
motives, which would be available for
certain features of the Alaska railroad
work, which will be retired at Panama
by the end of the present year. Also,
there 1 ample narrow gauge equip
ment, lnclud-lng tracks, cars, etc.. to
maintain spurs to the main line rail
road. If so desired.
Rolling "toek Available.
In addition to all this, the Secretary
reports that there are boo steel flat
cars. 1600 wooden flat cars and a num
ber of dump cars that can. at small
cost, be made available for use In
Alaska. The locomotives, excavating
machinery and wrecking outfits, steam
drill, plledrlver outfits, etc.. will prob
ably be adequate to construct and equip
the Alaska road until trarrio increases
materially over that now ant'eipated.
The essential thing for the develop
ment of Alaska." says the Secretary,
I the construction of a railroad from
tidewater to the Valley of the Yukon,
thus connecting the greater interior
waterway system with the coast, and
there with the world. I suggest that
Resurrection Bay be the tidewater
terminus of the railroad, as that has
been selected as a coaling station for
the Navy Department, and I believe
Congress should consider whether the
development of thl harbor and the
construction of a railroad from It to
jlK V ' ft If. you're well dressed, you're'a. J
aV MA, ' i ' herald of prosperity; you're -worth I fj!
tVj$( y ' Jl more to your employer to your- wMM
I sJyfPA jcM -J t ofvn business than you arc if jffjM;
; V MfeiM "v S poorly or carelessly clad. You'll' LPfflB
L " Hlf Sjy J " - rr feel your worth -when you're J ImMfm
VlJ i dressed in -worthy -clothing.-- I p
l ill ':WeVe;tHefmakmg-;of.:mucH;prosperity here. 11
WBilM !i : in 4his-men's -good-clothes' shop;:. we'll be Rwfl
pP! Slad to telP yn t Tour 'share-' . . - 8
li Tlie "prosperous kind of clothes costs only l
WW'Wf 'i M 1 - $20 to $35. Lots of good fabrics tailoring
Pfjp I I that's faultless. Suposc you come in and i
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the Interior would not be Justified upon I and the Burnside bridge approach.
military and naval as well as upon com
mercial considerations."
I.raslsjg Plaa Advised.
Secretary Fisher recommends that
the Commission to have charge of the
construction of the Alaska railroad
should have authority to lease or make
operating agreements with existing
railroads, rather than construct an en
tirely Independent railroad, or to ac
quire any of the existing roads for this
purpose. He thinks, however, the Gov
ernment should own outright Its main
trunk line from tidewater to the Yukon.
Now that Secretary wishers views
are of record, efforts will be made at
an early day to ger committee action
on pending bills providing for a Gov
ernment railroad an Alaska.
Railroad Fill 'earlns Completion.
The fill on the blocks of the Southern
Pacific Company for the new East Side
freight depot and freight facilities In
nearlng completion, and will be tinifched
this month, when work will be started
on the depot building on Kast Oak and
East Soeond streets. I nree piocks
will be filled between East Oak street
That part between East Oak and Bast
Ash streets have been tilled - tne-' re
quired height and the ground has been
staked oft for the depot. The material
pumped from the bottom of the . rlvr
Is gravel mixed with sand and will
make a solid fill, with little or no set
tling. Sanitary conditions will be great
ly Improved on all the blocks and much
material haB been carried northward
and will cover the muddy bottom of
the lowlands nearly to East Flanders
street.
Mrs. Lou Iwi3 Passes On. .
Mrs. Lou J. Lewis, a native daugh
ter of Oregon, an wife of one of the
founders of the Willamette Iron Works,
died yesterday at St. -Vincent's Hospital
following an operation. Mrs. Lewis
was the daughter of Mrs. Rachel E.
Beer, a pioneer of 1347, and one of the
few who escaped death in the Whitman
massacre. Her father was Robert Beer,
a Mexican War veteran and pioneer
Oregonian. Mrs.' Lewis -was horn -In
Yamhill County In ISot. Her husband
died several years ago. She Is . sur
vived by two sons, Owen J. Lewis, of
San Francisco, and Herbert Lewis, of
Portland. Mrs: O. N. Denny, who also
escaped from the Whitman . massacre,
is a half-slBter. The funeral has not
been arranged. , . , . ..
Samuel: Hill to Lecture.
' Samuel -HilL'-president -of the Home"
Telephone Company of Portland, will
glvi a. free stereoptlcon lecture at the
First ; Presbyterian Church tonight.
showlnjy ' scenes along the ' Columbia
River in 'contrast with scenic spots i-t
France. Italy, Germany, England and
Scotland.
Instancing the fact that In th Boer, war
"It took shuts to hit a man,., the cele
brated rifle shot. OnmuniiFAn, says: 'Tn
spite of Improvements in the. power, pre
cision and rate of Are -of modern weitpons.
the percentage of hits was immeasurably
greater IQQ years a co than it iw fxtav.
WATCH FOR PHOTO CONTEST
COME ON ALONG TO
EASTM ORE L A N D
You .can buy
White Shoes at
anj" or the lead
ing shoe stores
BUT
WHITE
HOSE
Must be boupht of Lennon'a
if vou would have them right.
FOR WOMEN
White Silk Lisle Ilose, 23S
39?, 50
White Pnre Silk llose, 50S
75?, $1.00
Men's and Children's Hose, Too
309 Morrison Street
The House That Quality Built
I have three sworn enemies
the drunkard,
and the man who craves roug
heavy
drinker,
1
strong, high-proof
whiskey
Cyrus Noble
Bottled at drinking strength