Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 30, 1912, Page 6, Image 6

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    ALASKA COMBINE
"THIRD DEGREE"
We Are Demonstrating Bass Island Grape Juice A Fine Tonic
A Food and Medicine A Free Trial if You'll Call
NATURAL PRODUCT OF OREGON PRESENTED TO JAMES J.
HILL.
CASES DISMISSED
TACTICS CHARGED
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Attorney for Defense in Hum
phrys Trial Says Brothers'
Statements Not Voluntary.
CASE GOES TO JURY TODAY
Iiidcncf Asa Inst Pr. Xortli Is Brief;
Alleged Ixv InlelllRence, of Ac
cawit Ine to Cloe Relatlon-
hlp of Tarents, ArgTiincnt.
roRV.AI.l.lS Or.. April i. (Special.
When the ilt-frnne rested Its ease in
tt-e Humphry trial thin afternoon At
torney Jeffre made several motions
to the Rcneral effect that the Jury be.
Instructed to direa-ard all evidence as
to the confe8ions made by the two
brothers an. I made an extended1 arma
ment, citinit numerous authorities In
lrhalf of 1 is motions. He contended
that the confesalons irera involuntary
and hail not been freely made by the
defendants, but that the testimony
proved that the Humphrys were
nK-ntaily weak and had been subjected
to severe questionings under conditions
that made the examinations an appli
cation of the "third dex-ree."
He assorted further that the written
confession of Charles Humphrys. pre
pared by I'lstrtct Attorney Tona-ue. of
Washington County, and signed by
Humphrys could not be taken Into con
sideration by the Jury, as It was not
in the language of the defendant, but
of the man who wrote It.
District Attorney Bryson made a
brief argument against the motions,
which were overruled by Judge Hamil
ton, who held that the testimony did
not show that the confessions were ob
tained by threat or promise and were
under the rule obtaining In this state
ntltled lo go to the Jury.
Rvldeare A cat ant Dr. Xarta Brief.
The defense made but little showing;
In Its promised effort to prove that
strong evidence existed against Dr.
North as the murderer of Mrs. Orlfflth,
introducing only the testimony of Sher
iff Gellatly. who told of the reason
that made him suspect the dentist, who
vii arrested soon after the murder
and released upon a preliminary hear
ing. The defenne Introduce a number of
witnesses from the vicinity of Dallas
and Yoncalla. who testified that the de
fendants had always borne a good rep
utation and were below the normal In
Intelligence. A physical reason for
their mental Incapacity was advanced
bv the evidence of W. H. Jackson, of
Yoncalla, and Miss Frances Jackson, of
Portland, brother and sister of the de
fendants' mother, who said that the
mother and father of the two brothers
were first cousins. The purpose of this
evidence Is not to claim Insanity as a
defense, but to show that the men are
easily Imposed upon and that their
confession were only the assent by
weak minds to the suggestion of
stronger intellects.
The state holds that the men are far
from Imbeciles, but have a degenerate
Intelligence and are of the type that
only would commit such a crime,
rase Cioea ta Jary Tndajr.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Arthur
Clarke began the opening address to
the Jury on behalf of the state and
had not concluded when court ad
journed for the day. He clearly and
strongly reviewed the testimony that
had been- Introduced. ' The case will go
to the Jury tomorrow.
In part. Deputy Prosecutor Clarke
said: "A norrld crime has been com
mitted and the evidence Is in the hands
of the state's Attorneys appointed to
prosecute James and Charles Humph
rys. fpon their arrest, both men con
fessed before numerous witnesses, giv
ing horrible details of the murder. This
evidence and these confessions you
l ave before you. Tou have been told
how Mrs. Elixa Qrlfflth. a frail widow,
highly regarded by all her neighbors,
lived alone on an isolated farm: how
her friends on the morning of June 1.
Jll. found her gone from her home
and the house In disorder and after a
brief search discovered her dead body
in the shallow pond with abrasions on
her neck and wrists evidently made by
e. rope that was found near the body.
One finger nail was torn, doubtless In
the struggle for chastity and life
against the cowardly brutes who as
saulted her. Fresh scratches were seen
-n the face of Oeorge Humphrys the
morning after the murder, which he
did not hear at o'clock the evening
before. Every detail In the appearance
of tbA bedy of the woman and in the
torn-un condition of the house tallies
exactly with the description of the
crlro given In the confessions of the
defendants- Their guilt Is certain.
13 TIE IN LINN COUNTY
Candidates Mnt Cast T.ol to See
. Wlto Win- Nomination.
A LB A N'T. r April !. Special.)
There were 13 tie votes In the primary
election in Linn County. One of these
was for a nomination for Justice of the
Peace: four were for nomination for
Constables, and eight for election as
rounty central committeemen. Of the
latter Ave of the ties were for places
in the Republican committee and three
on the I democratic
In all vf these cases there was no
candidate on the ballot and names were
written in. and two or more men each
received one or two votes each.
For the Republican nomination tor
Constable of Justice .District No. I. at
Lebanon, four men tied, and in two
other Instances three mvn tied. All of
those who received tie votes have bn
not i fled to apepar at the County Clerk's
offlre and cast lots for the nomination
yr election.
I'rj;r4ivr Flglit at Klamath Falls
KLAMATH FALaA Or, April 29.
iSpeci.il. The progressive faction in
Klamath Falls la beginning what is to
be a hard fight for supremacy in the
coming city election May . 10. At a
meeting to choose candidates for the
various officers, Friday night. Fred T.
andereon. 4nmmbcnt was Indorsed for
Mayor. J. W. Siemaaa for City Treas
urer. A. L. Leavltt for Police Judge,
and Councilmen for ail the wards were
indorsed. It Is the Intention of the
voters of the progressive faction and
the friends of the charter recently
adopted to support only new, progres
sive men.
Chclinlii Candidate Arc Oat.
CHF-HALI. Willi., April J. Spe-
, Ul., w. K. Bishop. Deputy County
Attorney "of Lewis County f-r several
ears, hs announced his candidacy for
County Attorney to ccess Judge J.
i: Huvton. c.errre R. Va'krr. a well
known nieril.ant also has announced
candidacy for County Auditor.
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WILDCAT CAIOHT WILU9 OK CLATSOP COIXTV.
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HILL GETS WILDCAT
Railway Chief Presented With
'Made in Oregon' Product.
BEAST SENT TO ST. PAUL
Weighing 35 Pounds, It Is Captured
by A. K. Thompson, of Soa.slde,
Or., on Humbug Mountain
In Clatsop County.
SEASIDE. Or.. April IJ. (Special.)
To add to his collection 'of Oregonia,
James J. Hill will receive a wildcat In
a few days. So far as Is known Mr.
Hill has no Idea that the animal Is
en route and the first Intimation he
will receive will be its arrival on Ms
doorstep.
The brute, which weighs 33 pounds,
was captured recently on Humbui?
Mountain. Clatsop County, by A. R.
Thompson, of Seaside. It was placed
on exhibition In a store here where It
attracted the attention of a party of
visiting railroad men.
"That'd be a great present for the
'old man'." one of them remarked.
Mr. Thompson was standing by.
"Say. what would be the way to go
about it to send that to Mr. Hill?" he
asked.
"I'll send It to him." remarked George
H. Smitton. assistant general freight
agent of the Great Northern Railway.
-All right: ship It tonight." said
Thompson. "And tell Mr. Hill that's
just a sample of what Oregon can
raise."
Hmltton first made overtures to Gen
eral Superintendent Rogers to freight
the miniature tiger to Portland in his
private car which was lylns; parked
in the yards.
"Nothing, doing." remarked Mr.
Rogers. "1 am taking no chances with
a tiger and my car Is not a circus
special."
As Smitton Jumped on the train he
ordered the local agent to ship the
cat and It left for Mr. Hill's St. Paul
address tonight. Telegrams hae been
sent along Its route of the diet which-
mu
men are warned not to come wlthi
reach of Its steel cage. The animal al
ready has destroyed two stout cases
with Its vicious claws.
Just what Mr. 11111 will think when
exhibit A of Oregon's wild animals
reaches him Is left to conjecture.
been given to the Terminal Company,
which wants to hold It. and which com
pany has already started the laying of
a double track on Front street. Mr. M ti
lls has stated that he Is willing to take
a franchise In some other part of the
city, and It Is likely that this will be
granted him.
The terminal franchise Includes a
rommon user clause, but Mr. Mlllis
states that the Southern Pacific Is not
willing to be forced to pay tribute to
another company to run over their
tracks, and wants a franchise of it
own.
The Terminal Company, now building
Its line In Marshfield. has asked for a
hearing before the Council at North
Bend, but so far no franchise has been
granted the terminal In that city.
H. A. Sumner, representing the Pa
cific Coast Line and the I'aclflo Great
Western, proposing to build from Eu
gene to Coos Bay, has also been In the
city and has applied for a franchise in
North Bend. The Wllsel Company, of
Portland, said to be connected with the
Sumnrr interests, has purchased 450
lots from the Simpson Lumber Com
pany for 175,000. This property Is in
the west part of North Bend and near
to where the Southern Pacific lias a
right of way from its proposed bridges
Three of Six Indictments
Charging Coal Wharf Mo
nopoly Found Void.
LIMITATION STATUTE USED
$10,000 Creamery Incorporates.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. Aoril 2. (Spe
cial.) The Lewis County Co-operative
Creamery has filed articles of Incor
poration with the County Auditor. The
time Is 50 years and capital s.ock $10.
0U0. The five trustees named to man
age the business art George H. Tucker,
T. J. Long, J. Frase, R. B. Silva and
Charles Gussell. Chehalls Is named
as the principal place ot business. This
company has been assured a site and
$500 cash with which to noli) erect a
building In this" city. The company
expects to be able to secure regularly
the milk from between 2000 and 3000
cows
Seven Corporations and Seventeen
Individuals Prominent on Coast
Made Defendants in Con
spiracy Charges.
JUNEAU. Alaska, April 29. United
Suftcs IMstrtct Judge Thomas K. Ly
ons today dismissed three of the six in
dictments returned Feoruary 15. charg
ing several transportation and coal
oompanies and their officers with con
spiracy in restraitn of trade in viola
tion of the Srehman anti-trust law. One
indictment was upheld and the other
two were sustained In part.
The indictments dismissed were Nos.
734. 735 and 840. T he first charged the
defendant companies, the Canadian Pa
cific Railway Company, the North Pa
cific Wharves and Trading Company,
the Pacific and Arctic Hallway & Nav
igation Company (which controls the
White Pass & Yukon Railroad), the
Pacific Coast Company, the Pacific
Coast Coal Company and the Alaska
.Steamship Company with having con
spired and combined to monopolize the
coal business at Skagway, Alaska, by
having the Moores Wharf Company,
owned by the North Pacific Wharves
& Trading Company, purchase three
wharves at Skagway and close all but
one. tl was also allegad that an agree
ment was made with the Pacific Coast
Coal Company's representatives where
by the latter was to quit the coal busi
ness in Skagway.
Statute of Limitations Ved.
Indictment 735 -charged a conspiracy
to monopolize transportation between
Skagway. Alaska, and White Horse, Y.
T. It recited that the White Pass road
purchased three aerial tramways op
eratln gover Chllkoot Pass between
rea and Lake Llndemann and dis
mantled them, at the same time buy
ing the Bracket wagon road and de
stroying it. thus acquiring for their
railroad a monopoly of the traffic be
tween tidewater and the head of navi
gation, on the Yukon River. In sus
taining the demurrer to this indict
ment Judge Lyons held that prosecu
tion was barred by the statats of limitations.
OETINGER'S TRIAL BEGINS
Killing of E. W. Mutch In Defend
ant's Saloon Investigated.
Ernest L. Oetlnger, who Is under In
dictment for socond degree murder for
the killing of W. E. MtKch In Octlnger's
saloon at S First street on the night of
January 19 last, went on trial In Judge
Gantenbein's department of the Circuit
Court yesterday. Nine prospective Ju
rors were passed for cause. Court ad
journed shortly after i o'clock in the
afternoon because there were no mora
veniremen on hand to be examined. It
Is expected that a jury will be secured
today.
There were no eye witnesses of the
homicide and Oetlnger's atoTy of it,
whloh he will tell on the stand In his
own behalf, is that he shot in self de
fense. Mutch, who, although a pros
perous man. had a criminal record, is
alleged by Oetlnger to have abused him
to the point where shooting' was neces
sary. The strength of the state's case lies
In the fact that Oetinger dragged the
body of the dead man out the rear door
of the saloon to a court and for a time
e OLD SORES
If an old sora axlsted simply because the flesh was diseased at that
particular spot, it would be an easy matter to apply some remedy directly
to the place that would kill the germs; or the diseased flesh might be
removed by a surgical operation and a cure effected. But the very fact
that old sores resist every form of local or external treatment, and even
return after being cut away, shows that back of them Is a morbid cause
which must be removed before a cure can result. Just as long as the
pollution continues In the blood, the ulcer remains an open cesspool for the
deposit of Impurities which the circulation throws off. S. S. S. cures Old Sores
by purifying the blood. It removes every traoe of Impurity and taint from
the circulation, and thus completely does awav with the cause. When
st be prepared for it. and railroad i 8. S. S. has cleansed the blood, the sore begins to heal, and it Is not a
surface cure, but the heaung process Degins at the Dottom; soon the dis
charge ceases, the Inflammation leaves, and the place fills In with firm,
healthy flesh. Under the purifying and tonio effects of 6. S. S. the system
is built up, and those whose health has been Impaired by the drain and
worry of an old sore will be doubly benefited by its use. Book on Sores
mad Ulcers and any medical advioe free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
RECLAMATION WOnK DUE
Federal Knflneer Take Vp Project
on Indian Lands.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or, April
(Special.) Work on the proposed recla
mation project on Indian lands near
Modoc Point. 10 miles north of this city,
will be started this, Summer, according
to a report circulated Saturday, fol
lowing the return here of A. L. Hill,
an engineer in the United 8tatea Indian
service. Mr. Hill made a thorough In
spection of the project.
An appropriation of $50,000 was made
at the last session of Congress for the
project, but the money was held up on
a technicality. According to men In
terested thla money is to be reelased
soon.
Under the project 9000 acres of dry
land on the Oat irrigated and 1000 acres
of swamp land will be reclaimed.
ROADS ACTIVE ON COOS BAY
Three I.lnen Seek, Franchise In
Marshfield District.
VI AIISH FIELD. Or.. April (Spe
cial.) With three different railroads
wanting franchises in the Coos Bay
cities, the railroad situation here Is
more promising than it has ever been
t any previous time In recent years.
The Southern Pacific, through C. J.
Mlllis. who Is now in the city, has made
application for a waterfront franchise
In North Bend. The earliest date at
which this can be granted is June 18.
and the Southern' Pacific has promised
to bcKln work within to days from the
time the franchise Is gi anted. Mr. Mll
lis has also requested that he be given
a francMse 'In Marshfield. In this city '
ths waterfront franchise has already
ixcursion r ares
East
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denied hl aruilt after the discovery of
th body. Attorney lxsan and Stev
enon. who ar dffxniilna; htm, dtrlare
that he simply became panic stricken.
They promise to produce evidence to,
show that the victim of the phootlnp:
waa a rouirh and violent man and that
he was abusing; the defendant on tha
n!rht of the fafalltv
IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS
that a great master like Stevenson can stir the
Jieart of the public with the simplest of words.
The art is rare, Tjut in the May number of
Everybody's Magazine is an article which has
this power.
Read "BIG BUSINESS AND THE
BENCH." Read it carefully and earnestly.
Unless we are much mistaken, you will find
that in this plain and temperate statement of
the facts there is something that has gripped
vour heart and stirred both your imagination
and your indignation. For here, presented in
the simplest way in the world, is a most tre
- mendous indictment leveled against our busi
ness methods as applied to our judiciary. Get
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