TITE MORNING OREGONTAN, SATUjTff7. JUNE 1. 1012.
PENDER CAS
iE JURY
IS HARD TO SECURE
Special Venire and Regular
Panel Exhausted at Begin
ning of Trial in St. Helens.
CAPITAL PENALTY CAUSE
Talesmen Balk on Convicting Ac
rusod M urrlerer on Circumstantial
Evidence Opening Statement
Expected Today, Ilowfter.
ST. HELEN'S. Or.. May II (Special.)
A special venire of 1J talesmen and
ail the mfmbtri of the regular panel
having barn exhausted without irrur
Ing a Jury to try the esse at the state
aaalnst John Arthur Pender. accused
rf the murder of Mrs. Daisy Wehrman
and her I-year-old eon. Judge Campbell
tlila afternoon ordered Sheriff Thomp
aon to summon 1 more men to report
for Jury duty tomorrow morning. The
Indlrtmrnt charges only the killing of
ine woman, tne other charge being held
jn reserve.
There are now 11 tsleemen In the boa
uhject to peremptory challenge. The
defense today exercised three perempt
ory, excusing Andrew Erlrksnn,
farmer; J, T. Johnson, a liveryman, and
Norman Merrill, all of Clatskanle. The
state excused peremptorily John W.
Foster, a farmer who lives near Wist. '
Capital Paalabmeat Opposed.
The difficulty In securing a Jury Is
caused by the fact that many of those
rslled for examination in opposed te
capital punishment or averse to con
victing on circumstantial evidence,
which Is the only character of evidence
which the state has against Pender.
Judge Campbell Is saving a great deal
of time by ascertaining the sentiments
of veniremen on these questions pre
vious to their examination by the at
torney. In all 15 veniremen underwent ex
amination today. Of these nine were
passed for cause. IS stated that they
would not return a verdict of guilty
because of the death penalty no mat
ter how convincing the evidence pre
setted by the prosecution, and five de
clared they would not b parties to
hanging a man on circumstantial evi
dence. Those passed for causa and yet un
challenged are J. P. Archibald, a farm
er of Uoble: Oeorge H- Hyde, of Tank
ton, a farmer: James Catena, a farmer
tit Peer Island; Henry M. Olson, farm
er. Marshland; William Anderson, a re
tired farmer of Srappoose; H. C. John
ston, a shingle manufacturer of Clats
kanle; E. M. Pavey. a dredger man of
Clatskanle; G. K Kobertson. a laundry
man of Ft. Helena; John Topjoy. ft.
Helens, transfermsn; W. J. Delta, of
llalnler, retired, and B. F. Lee. Deer
Island, lumber manufacturer. The de
fense has still nine peremptorlea and
the state five.
It la anticipated that a jury will be
secured before noon today and that the
opening statement of counsel will be
Made this afternoon. District Attorney
Tongue la prosecuting and John F.
IjOgao and John II. Stevenson, attor
neys of Portland. axe appearing for the
defense.
Although as V. Lee. one of those
passed today, stated that ha would act
n hla own conception of the degree
f proof required from the state In
reference to accepting the Instruc
tions of the court on that point and
that he would vote for acquittal If he
felt there the slightest possibil
ity of hla making a mistake. Judge
Campbell would not allow a challenge
i fTered by District Attorney Tongue.
The Judge held that the Juror was con
founding fact with law.
In hla opening statement this after
tioon District Attorney Tongue la ex
pected to-glve a minute description of
what the state hopes to prove. The
state's case la baaed entirely on cir
cumstantial evidence and It la adirltted
that much will .tenenri nnnn Ih. mH,
V a or Its presentation.
State will Plrtara rriaae.
Y The evidence to be presented by the
1 state will tend to show. It is stated.
I that Pender took from the postofflce
1st rtcappooao on the morning of Sep
tember 4. mi (Labor Day. a paper
addressed to Mrs. Wehrman. who with
her husband and I-year-old child lived
in a lonely cabin alx miles northwest
if ricappoose. The husband was ab.
I.ent to Portland. The state will en-
deavor to show that Pender kept this
I paper in Ms tent. In the same general
neighborhood aa that In which the
Itvehrmaa family lived, and about
'nightfall took it and a package ad-
dressed to Mrs. Wehrman. which hi
liad taken from the croasroada mall box
1 1 wo aaya previously, to the Wehrman
loabin. where he attempted to criminally
assault the woman.
On Wednesday. September . the
bodies of Mrs. Wehrman and her baby
verje round In the cabin. Six bullets
lisd been discharged Into their heads
t and bodies. It was later discovered
tiat the cabin of Mike Hasson and Joe
i F iley, who lived across the road from
.fender, had been entered during their
' absence, and that a trunk, containing
revolver of the same caliber and
i general characteristics as that with
'bleb the crime was committed, had
, been broken Into, The revolver waa
In the trunk after Riley and Hanson
I discovered that the lock of the trunk
i had been taken off and rudely replaced.
but the state. It la hinted, may be able
M prove, because of a necullar rlefer-t
Iln one of tha rifles In the bore of this
tin. that It waa the Identical ona with
is'hlch tha killing waa done.
A mass of circumstantial evidence of
kind la to be presented. Including
admissions made by Pender at the time
f his arrest that he failed to perform
-tveral customary chorea on the even-
Sir believed to have been that of the
luiirder. The actual taking of evidence
111 occupy probably a week.
I
seat class ever graduated from the
Albany High School, received their
diploma at the seventeenth annual
commencement exercises of the school
last night.
The graduating exe clses were held
In the First Methodltt Church. Tha
programme of the exercises follows:
'Instrumental aolo by Miss Madeline
Rawllngs; Invocation. Itev. D. II. Leech;
chorui by tha Girls" Glee1 Club; aolo by
Helen Hulbert; address. 'The Making
of Men." J. Hherman Wallace. A. M., of
the Department of Public Speaking of
McMlnnvllle College; duet by Kate
Watrous and Gordon Ryals; presenta
tion of diplomas by Walter M. Parker.
President of the Board of Education;
senior quartet. "Just a Song at Twi
light. by Gordon Ryala. Thomaa Fer
guson. Dean Crowell and Floyd South:
presentation of official letters.
Stanley Van Winkle, presld-nt of the
Athletic Association: (-horns. Boys'
Glee Club: benediction. Rev. F. II.
Ueselbracht.
The members of the graduating class
who received diplomas are: Kva Ade
line Hooper, Letha Feme Ilolman, Cora
Hewea. Zlna Glen Byers. Helen Carrol
Hulbert. Margaret Templeton Jacks,
Caroline Frieda I.uther. Helen Marie
Muxsv. Clare Elizabeth Morgan. Klmo
A. Ohllng. Minnie Wave Rlsley. Jee
semy Lillian Roberts. Carrie Adeline
Roberta. Mary Harriet Smith. Eva
Skaar. Pauline Jameson Stanford, Ruth
Graham Thompson. Maude c. Blount.
Fred Martin Curry. Flovd F. South.
Kate llobart Watroua, Samuel Irvine
Achesnn. Edmund Gill Anderson, liar
old Gilbert Archibald. 1-averne B. Bee
son. Lyle R. B l(t bee. Dean P. Crow
GEHTRALIA GREETS
BOOSTER THRONGS
Development Meeting Brings
Record-Breaking Crowd to
Washington City.
AEROPLANE FLIGHT IS SEEN
tar- -See-
rell.
Timms Ad Club la Hotl at Banquet
and Delegates Visit Ball Park
Postofflce la Dedicated and
' Library Cornerstone laid.
CKVTRALIA. Wash, May 11. (Spe
clal.) Visiting delegationa to the mid-
Summer meeting of the Southwest
NEW HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATED YESTERDAY AT CENTEALIA
MODKRX BULDI.MU PIT VP AT COST OF HSZftO.
Thomaa K. Ferguson? Arthur Benja
min Lelninger. Rodrick Allen MoCal
ley. Victor Hugo Leweaux. Ralph Mills
Kenton, Charles Ohllng, Edmund Mar
tin Parker, Gordon P. Ryala. Arthur
Raymond Tomllneon. Robert Lansing
Stewart. Marshall Wyman Dresser,
Vera list el la Baldwin.
The class of fleers are: Lyle R. Big
bee, president: Mary Harriet Smith,
vice-president; Edmund Gill Anderson.
secretary; Helen Carrol Hulbert. treas
urer. '
RAILWAY LAYS SURVEY
MULTNOMAH CENTRAL DUE TO
BEGIN' SAXPY BRANCH.
Right of Way In I'pper Hood River
Valley la Bring Secured Resi
dents Are Hopeful.
TiRESHAM CARS TO PARADE
Ivcighborlng City to Send Represent
t latlon to Rose KrMlval.
ORESHAM. Or.. May 31. (Special.)
A division of nearly 30 automobiles will
represent Gresham In the Rosa Festival
parade on June 13.
At a meeting of the Commercial Club
ast night a committee waa appointed
make full arrangements for tha
L vent. '
Mayor Shartiick will proclaim a hol
iday for June 13.
ALBANY GRADUATES 39
largest Clasa In History of School
Awarded Diplomas.
AI.BANT. Or May II. (Special.)
rhlrty-ntn students, forming the lar-
SANDT. Or, May St. (Special.) The
Multnomah Central Railway lompany
whlch Is building from Cottrell to
Sandy. Is making preliminary surveys
through the upper country east of here,
and If the proper right of way and
property Inducements are given by the
settlers, the proposed extension from
here will be started Immediately.
President E. R. Ernsberger and Wll
Ham Blonder, ex-contractor for the
recently purchased Mount Hood Rail
road by tha Portland Railway. Light
Power Company, wltn other contract
ors, has thoroughly gone over tha coun
try and estimate that It win take
year to build tha road, costing 140,000
a mile.
The route or the railway will be up
the Clear fork of the San6 River,
south of Bull Run and Lost Lake cross
Ing at Halo Pass north of Mount Hood.
Going over the Cascade Mountains, the
road will tap tha upper part of the
Hood River Valley. The people around
Welches are offering the company big
Inducements to keep on tha old aur
vey. which would paaa through their
community.
A Commercial Club has been organ
laed at Flrwood. with V. L. Mock preal
dent and Ed Hart secretary, to secure
right of way for tha company and do
velou the country. Mr. Blonder ad
dressed the club, shorn Ing the benefit
of the railroad. Marketing of produce
la very difficult now. It being neces
sary to haul to Bull Run or Boring.
There Is no doubt but what the line
will pass through the Flrwood country.
Property owners of section 2f. town
ship 3 south. 7 east, are offering great
Inducements to secure, the railway
through their territory.
Many homeseekers have gone through
the Sugar Loaf country, which will be
tapped by the extension. Land every
where about here Is In great demand
and ao far la selling very reasonably
from 150 to 1100 an acre. Eastern peo
ple are pleased with the prospects of
Bandy Valley.
"INNOCENCEJS EXPLODED
Portland Boy Who Posed as Novice
In Crime Reoog-nlaed aa 'Veteran.'
SEATTLE, Wash, May 31. (Special.)
Walter hi. Layman, tha ls-year-old
youth sentenced to threw years at the
I'nlted Statea Penitentiary on McNeil
Island several months ago by Judge C
H. Hanford. In tha United Statea Dis
trict Court, after confessing to obtain
ing I1S00 through passing spurioua
money, was today iden tided by Ser
geant Walter Hogan, of the Spokane
police force, aa Elmer Harris, arrested
In that city in 1x01 on the same charge.
Because of Layman'a youth and hla
claim that he had never alnned before.
Judge Hanford modified hla sentence,
giving him two years less than Richard
Mclntyre. through whose Information
Captain Thomas B. Foster, of the Gov
ernment Secret Service, waa enabled to
break up the spurious money gang op-.
orating In this city. Faulkner, sen
tenced this week to the penitentiary,
was the last of tha gang out of prison.
Friends of Layman have been busily
engaged working toward a parole for
him becauaa of his youth and appar
ently clean record. With Hogan's
Identification today Captain Foster de
clared tlist he would fight tha parole
with all the meana at his command.
layman a parents and family llva In
Portland. His father came to Seattle
following hla arrest here by Foster and
asked the court to have the bumps on
his head examined. Examination dis
closed nothing which could be used for
the benefit of tha boy In alleviating his
sentence.
Washington Development Association
began to reach the city thla morning
and tonight more than 600 were on
hand to represent the several Commer
cial Cluba that are members of tha as
sociation. Tomorrow la the big day
of development meetings as well aa the
banner day of the Hub City Festival
and It la believed Centralis will enter
tain the blggeat crowd In the history of
thla city.
The Olympla delegation. 100 atrong,
waa the first to arrive end waa closely
followed by big delegationa from Roch
ester. Raymond and Grays Harbor
towns. Olymplana came In automo
biles. Tha Tacoma Ad Club members
reached Centra'.la at 3:4S o'clock this
afternoon and were met at tha depot
by the Centrr.lla Ad Club, Olympla Ad
Club and several hundred visiting del
egates. A street parade followed, af
ter which tha entire proceaalon attend
ed the Stat League ball game between
Centralla and Chehalls.
Taewaaaaa Hoata at Feast.
Tonight olTloera of the Centralla
Commercial Club. Chehalls Cltlsena
Club, Development lAasoclatlon and
Mayors Thompson, of Centralla, and
Coleman, of Chehalla, and others were
gueata of the Tacoma Ad Club at a ban
quet at the Centralla Hotel.
Claude Berlin, an aviator, made a
sensational flight at th fairgrounds
today. Berlin ascended to a height of
1700 feet and remained In tha air 10
minutes, flying to Centralla, circling
over that city and returning. The flight
waa aeen by thousanda on tha streets
of thla city. Berlin attempted an
other flight at the ball game this after
noon, but the wind waa too strong.
Central la'a new postofflce waa dedi
cated this afternoon. W. H. Cameron,
an attorney, delivering tha dedicatory
aadreaa. Toe cornerstone of the SIS,
000 Carnegie library also waa laid, un
der direction of tha Masonic lodge of
Washington.
The first masting of tha Southwest
Waahlngton Development Association
waa held thla morning in tha audito
rium of the new high achool. A new
constitution and by-laws were adopted.
Caaatlratlra PnvMn Chaagea.
Under the new constitution county
cluba each will elect a vice-president
to tna association and these, with other
omcere or tha association, will com
pose tha executive council, which will
have practically entire management of
tha association. A eliding seals of feea
for club membership, not to ba less
than 125 nor more than $50 a thousand
population, was adopted. Tha matter of
fixing assessment rates la left with tha
executive council, aa waa the matter
of employing a publicity agent.
A good roada aeaslon waa held to
night, which was presided over by J.
K. Bawes. State Highway Commission
er. J. W. Roberta addressed tha meet.
Ing.
Centralla'a new union denot will ha
dedicated tomorrow. More than 100 of
ficials of three roads operating through
Centralla have signified their Intention
of attending tha dedication and aa in
teresting, programme haa been arranged.
preme Court the mandate In the Scheu-bel-Olcott
case, which issues a peremp
tory writ of mandamus against Secre
tary Olcott compelling him to put the
Clackamas single-tax petition on the
ballot. The formalities were gone
through with today, the petitions
nied and the matter will go before the
people.
Mr. TTRen stated that there will be
two other counties In the state that will
vote this year on single tax under tha
1010 amendment, which allows cities
and towns to provide for taxation and
exemptions within their own borders.
These counties are Multnomah and
Coos. '
He stated there would no further ef
forts made In other counties In the
state along this line this year. Every
effort, he said, would be directed
toward the enactment of the gradusted
single-tax amendment. In event this
should carry and any one or all of the
other measures should carry, he statea.
there will be no conflict, even as to the
provision In the county tsx smendment
which provides that It shall he "sub
ject to any general law hereinafter en
acted. He save that the county meas
ures would be subject only to such pro.
visions as are carried in the general
graduated slngle-tsx law, and what
provisions of the county laws which
might extend beyond those of tha gen
eral law would still prevail.
CEMENT PLANT BUILDING
Huntligfon's New Industry Will
Employ 150 Men.
BAKER. Or.. May 31. (Special.)
According t President William A. Ba
ker, of the Pacific Lime ft Gypsum Com
pany, and director In the Acme Cement
Plaster Company, tha plant near
Huntington wllbe completed Sentem
ber 1 and 150 ncn will be employed,
turning out 800 tons of finished cement
plaster dally. Mr. Baker, with other
officials, visited the site of the plant
tortay. where materials are already on
tne ground.
The main building will be three
stories. 60x20 feet, constructed entire
ly ofsteel end cement. It will cost over
1100.000 and will be one of Oregon'a
greatest cement plants.
Several other buildings will be erect
ed. Including a hotel for the men, there
being nothing at the spot now but
small frame manufacturing plant. I
la expected that Gypsum, which la
flag station on the Snake River now.
will be a town of too before the snow
flies.
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We're making a spread
we reach out over the whole
field in thu thirt game. The
winners are new designs
in figured or striped combina
tions. $1.50 and $2.00 per.
fect-fitting Shirts, special
for today only
For real solid Summer com
fort come and get a cool.
cosy home for your two feet.
$4.00 and $5.00 Oxfords, in
tans and black, are on spe
cial sale today QIJ
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rT JL-lA VJL N 166-170 3rd Sl
Always Reliable
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ROGUE FRUIT CROP HEAVY
Valley Promjrlc Largest Yield In Iu
History.
MEDFORD, Or, May 31. (Special.)
According to the statistics of Professor
O'Gara and the Southern Pacific Rail
road, the Rogue River Valley will have
the largest fruit crop In its history In
The following comparison with 111
nas been complied: x.
Carloads. 113 Pears. 150: aonles.
co; peaches. J; small fruits, B; total.
700.
Carloads, 111 Pears. 117: apples SI
peaches, 10; small fruits. 3; total. 311.
The largest previous crop was In
110 when 634 cars were shipped. But
ror tne cold and rainy weather In
April and May It la computed there
would have been 800 carloads, tha lm
poverlshed fertilisation and consequent
dropping having materially decreased
the output
This Increaso may be largely attribu
ted of course to the Increased acreage
annually coming Into bearing.
cltL) Burglars broke Into Tracya Jew
elry store early thla morning and lifted
from the display window several rifles
and pistols. Nothing else waa dis
turbed. Entrmnc was effected by
oreaatng tna plate glaaa with brick
taken from the adjoining building.
which was being repaired. y clew to
the burglars haa been obtained, Tha
plate glass was valued at 150.
JEALOUSY MARS PARADE
SPANISH - AMERICAN VETEIIANS
WON'T MARCH WITH C. A, IT.
Position Taken That Grand Ma re ha 1
of Grand Army should Bo Vet
eran, Xot Son of Veteran.
PORTLAND MEN ON EXCCRSION
Conunorclal Clob Representative to
Attend Development Convention.
Joining a party of bus! ness men frnm
Vancouver. representatives of tha
Portland Commercial Club left at (:1I
thla morning In a apeclal car for Cen
tralla. where they will attend the con
vention of the Southwestern Washing
ton Development League. C. C Chao-
man. secretary of tha Oregon Develop
ment League, went to Centralla Thurs
day night and will probably return to
Portland early tomorrow morning with
me rest or tne Portland party.
The personnel of the party from
Portland follows: J. C Hltt. v A. J.
Klngsley, C. "D. Joslyn. & M. Klna-.
Graham, Dukehart. U B. Murphy. J. L.
M. 8betterly. Jr., J. J. Saver. William
McMurray. W. D. Skinner, R, B. Miller.
A. C Spencer. A. D. Charlton. Joseph
H. Toung. president of the Spokane.
Portland A Seattle Railway: K. p.
Cbllda. Oeorge T. Chllds. C, L, Smith.
R. B. McFadden. J. H, Ctirrey. Robert
H. Rerst. J. C Lappln, W. B. Mersereau,
U W. McDowell. H. A. Benson.
Mr. Sayer waa not able to begin ac
tively to fill the list for the excursion
until late yesterday afternoon, and
most of those who joined the party
were secured within a few hours be
fore It became necessary to cloaa tha
lists.
0SPREY HAS MISHAP ON BAR
31achlnery of Gasoline Boat Pat Out
of Commission.
MARSHF1ELD, Or.. May II. (Spe
cial.) Vh!U she was crossing the bar
or Rogue Kiver at Oold Beach some
thing happened to the machinery of
the gasonna boat Osprey and aha waa
lert helpless without power.
Another boat came to the rescua of
the Osprey In time to prevent a serious
accident, lha machinery will be over
hauled before the boat can be put Into
service again. This Is the third time
In the past few months that the Osprey
naa nad an accident, only a few weeks
ago she was thrown up on the beach at
Kogua River, but waa saved and haa
been on tha drydocks at North Bend
undergoing repairs to damages caused
oy ner beaching.
MILLINERY BIRDS HARMFUL
Vancouver Strawberry Grower
. Shoot Chinese Pheasants.
Will
RAW FRANCISCO. May 31. (Special.)
Discord marred tha observance of
Memorial day at tha Presidio yesterday
morning. The jealousy said to have
existed on the part of the Spanish-
American War veterans because of the.
promlnenca given to the (irand Army
or me Kepubllo cropped out and the
two organisations inarched to the Na
tional Centaury each In Its own In
dividual parade-
Rebuff rust tha Spanish-American
veterans at tha gates of the Presidio.
wnen tneir flag escort arrived there.
The eacort was armed and
stopped and compelled to disarm by
Lieutenant Hardaway. U. 8. A acting
under oroere. Hardaway Informed the
flag eacort that no arms were permit-
lea inside the reservation.
In behalf of the 8 Danish -American
War veterans It waa said that the
custom of escorting tha flag with arms
bad always been observed.
At tha National Cemetery the Span
ish-American veterans' parade waa
broken and the members entered tha
cemetery aa Individuals.
The cause of the dissension between
tha Orand Army and Spanish-American
veterana was that the grand marshal
of the Orand Army parade waa a son
of a veteran. Colonel Clarence 8. Scott,
Tha Spanish-American veterans took
tha position that the grand marshal
should have been a veteran.
lAjniiL visK, waan.. May n. (spe
cial.) Protesting against tha law
which protects the Chinese pheananta.
which have tecome so numerous In this
county that they are Injuring his valu
able strawberry crop, L. J. Johnson.
a fruit-grower, served notice on Elmer
Bar beau, deputy game warden, that he
would short tha next birds he saw In
Ms rtrawberry patch.
"On many plants," said Mr. Johnson,
"I round rive and six berries packed
Into by the festive game bird with the
millinery plumage, and it made ma
mad.
"LID" STAYS ON AT ALBANY
Midnight Closing Ordinance Held
Valid In Test Case Decision.
ALBaN'T, Or., May 31. (Special.)
That Albany s midnight closing" or
dinance Is valid was the decision of
Jwe Oalloway today In sustaining
the demurrer of the defendant In the
case of R. C. Churchill vs. the City
of Albany.
Judge Oalloway held that the city
baa authority under Its police power to
enact the ordinance the constitution
ality of which waa attacked In thla
case.
This ordinance provides that all
plaoes of business selling soft drinks
and cigars must close at midnight and
retrain closed until t o'clock In the
morning.
CHRISTOFFERSON WILL FLY
Three-Passenger Machine to Be Caed
In Trials Next Week.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 31. tSoe.
claL) Silas Chrletofferson. who Is test
ing out a Curtis biplane In the artil
lery grounds, working for F. A. Ben
nett, of Portland, is to attempt a flight
with an aeroplane built for three pas
sengers some day next week, Mr. Be
nett today announced. The wings are
much larger than the one-passenger
machine, the engines much more pow
erful, are aet ahead of where the pas
sengers sit. and when In flight, with tha
three passengers and driver, will weigh
almost a ton. The present machine. I
with two passengers, weighs Il&o
pounds, and la driven by an eight-cylinder
engine, the same one used by Glenn
Curtis In nls famous night down the i
Hudson River.
ChristofTerson Is to fly from the ton
or Hotel Multnomah Tuesday of Rose
Festival week.
For over 60 years the
house of Ghirardelli
has been making
products from the
health giving cocoa
bean.
For these 60 years, every
effort has been put forth
to make these products
unequalled.
In our Cocoa we have
produced a product that
for freshness, smooth
ness and uniformity
has no equal.
Cocoa is a delightful
drink if made this way:
On cup of milk and one lump sugar for
each person, heated in a double boiler.
In a cup or bowl mix ona tea.poonful
coooa for each person, with sufficient milk
to make a thick liquid; add this to tha
hot milk. Lilt top boiler out and boil up
once. Stir well whan serving add sugar
to taste.
and be sure you make it of
Ghirardelli's
Cocoa
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war contest, and this was accepted on
condition that the scene of the contest
be the banka of the canal, m-lth the
contestants on either aide and the rope
extending across. The losers were
grlttv enouo-h to hold on until six of
their men were In the water neck
deep. The anchor man let go before
he got wet. Ills comrades, as a pen
alty for helnx deacrted, then threw
him In head ffrnt. A big crowd of
townspeople witnessed the content.
MANDAMUS WRIT IS ISSUED
l" Ron Seonre Mandate Which
Means Petition on Ballot.
PALKM, Or.. May 31. (Ppeclal.) W.
8. CRen today aecured from the Su-
MINE BLAST KILLS FISH
Thousanda of Minnow 7ie and Sal
mon Are Stnnned by Explosion.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 31. (Special.)
When tha submarine mines that bad
been laid Just below the Fort Stevens
wharf were exploded a couple of days
ago. thousands of sardines and other
small flsh were killed. In the neigh
borhood of ZOO salmon were stunnad
by the shock of the explosion and came
to the surface for a short time, but
soon revived and sank. Dosens of the
salmon were picked up by persona In
srrtlt boats.
The steamer Major Ringgold that has
been acre for several weeks aaslatlng
la the mine-laying practice aalled for
the Bound today.
Mall Order House Incorporates.
SALEM. Or May II. (Special.)
Articles or Incorporation were filed to
day - In the Secretary of State's office
for the Co-operative Supply House, of
Portland, capitalised at IJ.ono.000. The
Incorporators are: H. Irby Knox. Henry
D. Allen and Oeorge J. Hodder, all of
Portland. The company will 40 a mall-
order buslnesa. The capital stork of
the corporation will be divided Into
200.000 shares, having aa equal value
of 110 each.
Today!
"Special-Sale" Day for
Economical Piano Buyers
Burglar Secure Strong Armament.
GRANTS rA&S. Or, May Jl-(Epe-
Oregon City Pay Honor Dne.
OREGO.V CITT. May IL (SneclaLl
Decoration aay was observed by Meade
oet. urano Army or t.ie Republic, and
the Women's Relief Corps. Exercises
In honor of tha sailor dead were held
at tha brldga, and more elaborate ex
ercises were held in the Shively Thes-
ter. Mayor Dlmlck being president of
the aay ana oeorge c. Brownell tha
orator. Several hundred persona as
sisted the veterana In decorating tha
gravea In Mountain view cemetery.
Contest Ixntt, Plunge Is Penalty.
LEBANON, Or, May II. (SoeHaLl
Beven young men. Treahmen in tha
Lebanon High School, took a plunge
In tha Santlam-Lebanon Canal In thla
city yesterday afternoon as a penalty
for their defeat in a contest of
strength In a tug-of-war with an equal
number or sophomores. The contest
arose from a challenge from the fresh
men to tha sophomores for a tug-of-
Valley Gem, oak $ 85
Scharffer, mahogany ...$115
Furlong-, mahogany ....$145
Warn or, oak $150
Tpmplpfon, mahogany.. .$165
Theiln. mohoirany ..,..$175
Mart-hall & Wendell,
walnut $225
Hallrt & Davis, mahog
any $240
Bush & Lane, mahogauy.$287
All of them slightly used.
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