r, r rV,x-Tx-n OTfF'J'MN. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1012. PENDER'S ANXIETY TARGET OF STATE PENDER MURDER TRIAL JURY PHOTOGRAPHED 02f VISIT TO SCENE OF KILLING. - PLAIN TALKS UPON PUBLIC UTILITIES NO. 3. . Defense Indicates Prisoner Feared Weasels Among Chickens, However. , CURIOUS CROWD GATHERS ( on rtroom Is Thronged on First Tny of Tfullmnnjr Much of Kvl-dence- Is Circumstantial In discreet Juror Kkcused. T. HELENS. Or, June . Bpeclal.) The alleged ntnomnMi of John Ar thur Pender and hi anxiety to net away when he and other neighbors war summoned to the lonely cabin elx miles inuthwtil of Scappoose, In which Mm. Palsy Wthrman and her I-year-old baby war murdered Bcptem ber 4. Ull. waa an Important part of tha testimony developed at today's ees alon of the trial of Pander, who la charged with tha crime. Tha state la aeeklng to convey to tha Jury the Im pression that hla unrealn.ee waa rauaed by tha proximity of the bodies of Ma allayed victims and by his fear of suspicion. Questions ssbsd on rross-examlna-tlon by John T. Logan, one of tha ac cused man's attorneys. Indicate that tha defense will contend that hla anxiety waa caused by fear that waa aela might devour hla chickens. In fart, according to Mr. Logan, mora than a acera of them fell prey to these animals the very nsxt day. Coroner Hherwood said that Pender trembled when taken Into tha cabin to Identify tha bodlea. Today waa tha flrst on which actual testimony was taken. Tha courtroom was crowded and many ould not cat In. Wttaeaaee stand. The wltneae examined Included Sheriff Thompson, who outlined a por tion of tha circumstantial evidence on which It Is hoped to secure tha defend ant's conviction; Mrs. Elisabeth Blercks, a neighbor, who gave tha alarm which led to the actual discovery of tha mur der; It. P. Hunter, a deputy sheriff of Multnomah County, who visited the Wehrman cabin .with other officers of Multnomah and Columbia counties the day after the dead bodlea ware found: Fraak H. Hherwood, Coroner of Colum bia County: George Grant, a deputy sheriff of Columbia County, whs resides at Bcappoose, and A. N. Creadlck. a phy elclan of Portland, who performed a post-mortem on the bodlea of mother and child. Ir. Creadlck testified that .Mrs. Wehrman had been shot twice through the head and.onca through the body and that two bullets had entered the back of the baby's head and a thtrd below tha tight ear. The front of the mother'e skull had alao baen crushed in with a blunt Instrument. Tha wltnaas said that this wound might have been reused by a blood-stained hatchet which waa found rn tha Wehrman cabin and which was Introduced In evidence. Tha wounds were powder burned, he said. Indicating that tha murderer shot at cloae range. According to Sheriff Thompson and Deputy bherlS Qrant tha defendant ap parently knew oa tha day that the crime waa discovered that they would b back. up that road again soon. At this time na on sxoept tha officers knew anything about tha murder, tha only other person who baa a sus picion being Mrs. Slercks, who drove to Bcappooae to report her failure to aaeura admission from Mrs. Wehrman on two visits on succeeding days, eher llt Thompson, who happened to bo In Krappooae, and Deputy Kherlff Grant left at one for the Wehrman cabin, passing Pender's tent both going and returning. Peadev Calls OeTUers. On the way up Pender, aooordlng to the testimony of tha officers, railed to know where they were going and Grant replied, "up the road a little waye." On tha way back they saw him standing In front of hla tent. The day fallowing, whan Coroner Hherwood and others wars at the scene of the crime, Pender la alleged to have said to Grant In tha prasence of Thompson. "I hollered at you fellows when you wsra going to aVappooee yesterday. I wanted to aand down by yon for some shingle nails." The question Is: How did Pender know that they were likely to be back that way again? Attorney Lgen on eroea-examlnatlon asked If Pender had not really said that ha wanted them to have shingle nails sent up to him. but both wit nesses vigorously denied that thla waa the tenor of his rsmark. Reveral articles ware Introduced In evidence. Including the paper ad dreeaed to Mrs. Wehrman. which Dis trict Attorney Tongue declared he would prove Pender took from the Poatofflca at Bcappooae en tha day of the murder, and a package which was left in the croasroada mall bos by M re. Ft. K. Bates on ffeetember S for Mrs. Wehrman. These articles, Hherlff Thompson stated, were found unopened In the Wehrman cabin when he broke open tha padlocked door on Septem ber and dlaeovared tha bodies. Tba theory of the stats la that tha defend ant used their delivery as a pretext to vlelt Mrs. Wehrman on the night of the killing. The teatlmony ao far has already ahown an Intent on the part of tha murderer criminally to assault tha woman. Revolvera Exhibit. Proof that Mrs. Wehrman fought In defence of her honor and that her life probably paid the penalty of her ef forts waa afforded by a lone 32-call-ber revolver bullet Introduced In vl dence. Tha other six bullet intro duced were all ll-ealber. those with which ths mother and child were killed. Tha atate haa promised to pro duce evidence to show that Mrs. Wehr man had a Il-oallber revolver. Thla bullet was dug out of tha wall of the cabin by Dr. J. II. Flynn, of Heap poose, who wss one of those preeent with Coronea Hherwood when the bod lea were taken In charge. Tha revolver disappeared from the cabin and It Is preeumed that the murderer took It with him when he left, padlocking the door buhtnd him. HtlU another exhibit la a hammer with aj defective claw, which waa found In the Klley and Hasson cabin, from which tha revolver with which the killing waa done la alleged to have been stolen and to which It waa re. turned. The Kiley and Hasson trunk, from which the prosecution contends the defendant took the revolver. Is also In evidence. The lock shows proof of having been removed by wrenching and waa crudely replaced. District Attorney Tongue said In bis opening atatement that the atate will prove Pender's ownership- of ths ham mer with tba defective elaw, .and will also introduce evidence to Indicate strongly that ha Is ths man who stole and replsced the pistol Furthermore, he said, it will be shown that the bul lets which killed Mrs. Wehrman and her behy were fired from tbia identical gun. The prosecution makes oa aecret that a defect In the bora of the pistol which Isavaa Its mark on tba ead of mm fr- . .1 ' '"' '" ' ' f y.--. - 'v;vhi.- ' ; - T ... h -.7.1?$ - V , i N W v - f 1 Above. Jary aad Offlrtala ttutt by Caenera Before Cakle Below, Defend ant Joha Anbar Feeder 4 la Teaaeaa), Cbarsird Wltk aiaytaar Woesaa. the bullets Is the means by which this will be sccompllshed. " aweatlago.May Aid State. ' Sheriff Thompson told the story of a "sweeting" which the prisoner un derwent In the office of Sheriff Stevens st Portland on the night following his arrest at Independence, Or. At that time, the Sheriff aald. the defendant ad mitted having failed to wind hla clock, feed his calf or milk hla cow on the night of the murder, which omissions the prosecution takes to indicate great mental perturbation. On cross-exami nation. Sheriff Thompson became eome-J what confused as to some of the. re marks ha declared had been made by Pender that night, particularly as- to whether the prisoner had aald that be lighted a lamp In the tent about T o'clock on the night of the crime. This Is Important. In. view of the fact that the atate proposes to produce a wlt neae who la' said to have coma by the tent on hla way to Bcappooae shortly after T o'clock, and who la prepared to say that there waa no light, which. If It la true, would Indicate -that the defendant waa away from hla 'tent at the Identical time. It la believed from all clrcumatsncea, the murder occurred. The prteoner haa atated that ha - re mained at hla home all night, and that the light burned continually till morn ing. . - Mcratchee which are alleged to have been on Pender's fare tha day follow ing the dlecorery of the crime also, formed tha subject of testimony. Sheriff Thompeon. Deputy Sheriff Hunter, of Portland, and Coroner Sher wood teetlfled to their presence. The defense haa Intimated that Pender has a face Subject to eruption and that tha scratches. If any existed, resulted front shaving. One Jarer Indiscreet. A surprise waa sprung before the trial started today whan District At toraey Tongue eald that counsel for both sides had stipulated to sxcuss Juror George R. Hyde. In bis P'eoe Alhert Adams, a rancher of Deer Inland. was drawn. All tha attorneys on either side would ssy was that Mr. Hyoa nao been indiscreet In bis remarks touch ing upon tha case after ha had been sworn to be a fair and Impartial Juror. John IC Btevenson. who mads ,ths opening statement for the defeoee, re ferred to thd arrest of Pender at In dependence. Or, a few weeks after the murder, as a "comedy of errors. Sheriff Thompson, he said, was so disgruntled on dlecoverlng that Pender had a return ticket to Portland and did not con template flight that he left him prao tlcally unguarded on the way back ta Portland. Tha Sheriff teetlfled he waa sitting In tha train within four sssts of ths ons occupied by the prisoner and hla wife, whom the defendant was krk from the hoo fields. Mr. Stevenson rsferred to Pender's failure to attempt eseaps as proof of his In nocence. He promised thst ths defend ant will take everything. FLYER SEES DEATH Vancouver Aviator Has Drop Through Vacuum in Air. GREAT HEIGHT SAVES LIFE the stand and explain HOSIER CROP BEST YET BIGGEST EAKTKRX DKAUOtS r RAISE APPLE YIELD. Lark of Good Roads Is Greatest Re. qulrement for Vpbulldins; of Wasco County. C. A. McCargar, one of the pioneer apple-growers of the M osier district, was at tha Multnomah last night on a short business trip to Portland and spoke enthusiastically of tha proapect of the appla crop of hie district for the present season. "This year's crop will far surpasa that of any previoua year. In fact none can be compared to It." he said. "The Mosler district will prove this year that It baa no superior in the world for Yellow Newtowna and Spltx enburgs and on land that is much less sxpenslva than that of any approved nnla.vravlnf district. "My crop last yeaP was handled by Btclnhardt Kelly, of New York, ths biggest dealers in fancy fruit in the United Stetas, and they said tha apples were the best that came out of ths Northwest or any other place and there waa ao criticism to bo made of tha pack or quality, resulting In their bringing tha highest market price. Wa who grow annlea In ths Mosler district know that thla statement la true, as tha ap ples reach their perfection wiutoui ir rigation or other artlflcal aid and under thess conditions the trees will produce as many ancles as elsewhere. "Tha great need of tha Mosler district la better roads, so that tfia farmers can market their products, and while ths tsxea of Wasco County are nign. very little of the money la devoted to the real upbuilding at tha county. The farmers and orchardlsts bava taxad themselves heavily for new roads and with tha added burden of building a new courthouse, uey cannot do mora in Justice to themselves. Even with this handicap the district la growing pro digiously and nothing can keep it from becoming one of the largest producers of hlh-grsds apples In the world. All the-"Spring Mskl- song hits can be beard at Kllere Muelo House, talking machine department, second floor. Machine Takes Sheer Dop .'of 100 Ffeet Before Planes Catch Air. f Is 100 Vct Pmm Ground r When Controlled. "VAKCOtTVKK. BARRACKS.- Wash.. June e. Speetal.) Dropping sheer 100 feet In his aeroplane. Stlaa Chrlatoffer aon. aviator, last night missed death by the barest margin, while flying above the barracks. Only tlie tact that Christ offerson was flying at' a great height eaved him from a like fate to Parmalee, killed at North Yakima Saturday. - Ascending Just at dusk Chrtstrfffsrson circled aver Vancouver and tha barracks.- . Tha ascent was mad In a com paratively quiet - atmosphere, but on reaching a height of 1000 feet or mora, tha aviator encountered gusts full of air holes. It was with difficulty thst ha kept control of his machine, and spectators below were alarmed to eea it dip and than suddenly drop direct for fully 100 feet, with Chrlstnfferson flgtlng to re gain control. This tha aviator finally accomplished when within 100 feet of the earth. Ha at onca turned hie ma china and descended on the barracks' drill ground. "I wouldn't take a chance like that again for fl0.v00. said Chrlstoffsrson. "That waa tha eloseet call I bava aver had and I thought surely my time bad coma. Tha air waa puffy and full of holes, and my machine dropped 100 fast befura I passed that apparent vacuum and struck tha atmospheric cushion. I waa able to right my machine than, but only with difficulty. I -will not go up again whan the air la ao treacherous." SALMON MARKET GROWS Pngetmnnrl hhlpa 40 Time More in May Tbia Year Than Last. SEATTLE. Wash.. June . (Special.) Kx porta of canned salmon from Pu get Sound In May were nearly 40 times aa large aa the corresponding month last year. Tba months' exports aggregated 110. SI4 pounds, compared with 73t pounds In May. 111. Tle salmon shipped by water from Puget Sound last month, waa valued at f 17.281. compared with (II In May. ltll. Tha month'a shipments indicated. among other things, that canned sal mon Is becoming, more and mora a world-wide staple, for exports were made to nine different countries during tba month, whereas a year ago ship ments wera made to only three coun tries. Following la a comparison table: Shipments Qusntlty.Lba. to lot:. lll. Australia 1.424 . British India .-. ...... 144 Bfih So. Africa li.nnn. Chlls 4."0 Ecuador ....... Is :o 1400 Scotland 1.2X rhlllp'ino lal'ad 1.2o P'rtug-ee Africa 3..0 4.BO0 Strait iM'Im'u 2.ju .Total ... 10.l4 T.J4S Value 1U12. mil. SoS 1.M-0 .. t:iT !. lu o .... , 420 2"0 tlT.2!S ! BERRIES SUN PRESERVED White Salmon Growers Find Good Markets for New Products. WHITE SALMON. Wash, June 4 (Special.) Shipping "Sun Preserved Strawberries" to Alaska Is what J. C. F. Holcomb Is preparing for. So well known has thla brand of home pro served White Salmon berries become that orders are coming from all parts of the United States. Mr. Holcomb and his wife formerly were In the pickle business In Minne apolis, know how to handle fralt. and In the course of experimenting dis covered the process which Is making the Whlta Salmon berry again famous. As soon ss a fev of his hurry-up ad vance orders for this year are filled Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb will take ateps for the organisation of a company to turn out ths fruit en a large scale, which will mean much for this section of tha country. WATER USERS GIVEN TIMH September 15 Is Dale Set for Hear ing In I'matllla Hiver C'ae. PENDLETON'. Or, June 4. (Spe cial.) The bearing of tha adjudication m yvaiiMir We've dived ri$ht into the wash suit proposition and now. make an interesting proposition to anyone inter, ested in getting- the right va cation tog? for the little toddlers NOT the kind of goods exploited in dry good stores. SPECIAL AT 00t TODAY Wash suits in Russian and sailor blouse styles for ages 2 to 10 years. You must see them to appreciate the splen did values. I IOVJCIothingC( JLii Val M 166-170 TYrd Stn ,0. Street Bet. Morrison and Yamhill of water rlghta of tha Umatilla River and Ita tributaries, which haa been conducted for the past ten dsys at Echo before Commlaaloner Charles Cochran, waa transferred from Echo, Or, to thla city yesterday, and after a busy session at thla place waa ad journed until September IS, when all uaers may have opportunity of pre senting their cases. Water-usera have been represented by a number of Pendleton attorneys, while Oliver P. Morton, of ths Recla mation Service, has appeared for ths Government. DRAIN EXPECTS RAILROAD Surveyors' Arrival and Rumor of Line to Coos nay Excites Interest. DRAIN', Or!. June 4. (Special.) A party of railroad surveyors passed through here yesterday. From tha best Information obtainable they wera Ore gon Electric men. They looked over South Drain carefully evidently look ing for room for yards for a terminal. They have a man here now contracting for a lot of supplies for the party and evidently they expect to ba around here some time. A well-known local capitalist has been talking electric railroad from Drain to Marshfleld. M claims to have sold some stock and nrgotlatsd for fn right of way with farmers along tio proposed route. He asys there le a man ready to take the matter up when the proper time comes and fur nish all tha money necessary to com plete the. project. Whether thla haa any connection with the eurvey party remains to be prevsn but It Is tba gen. eral impression here that It haa. Drain may yet be the first point to have railroad ronnertlon with Coos Ray, whether the Southern Pacific builds or not. FINANCIER IDAHO SUICIDE Robert Klddrr. Ileoently JVorn Chi cs go. Hangs Keif In Barn. POCATELLO, Idaho, June 4. (Spa clal.) Robert Kidder, prominent busl nesa man and financier, of Idaho Falls, commlttsd suicide last night by hang ing himself In his bsrn. Tha body was found this morning. lie was a recent arrival from Chicago and Invested heavily In farm lands, business property, erected a costly resi dence and started wagon factory. It la believed his investmento wera too heavy and financial difficulties caueed the rash act. lie leaves a widow, but no children. Klnglc Tax Opposed. ALBA NT. Or.. June . (To the Ed. tor.) At the session of the Linn Coun ty Pomona Orange June 1, the follow. Ing resolution was unanimously passed and the secretary waa Instructed to send a copy of the eaine to The Ore giintan for publication: "Whereas, We believe that tlie Urangers of Oregon are opposed first, lsst and all the time to any form of single tax, therefore be it resolved that we, the members of Linn County Pomona Pstrons of Hoehandry wlh to go on recoM ee Duplication of Investment in a Public Utility What is meant by duplication of investment in public utilities? Simply this two or more companies in the field where one can render the service required. Take two electric light companies for instance; both issue bonds and stock to build power plants far out in the mountains, auxiliary steam plants in the city, install a net-work of poles and lines for the distribution of its electricity and construct conduits where required. All this, where duplication of plants in a single community exists, is a sheer waste of money and the burden falls, in the end, upon the consumer, for the fixed chargesinterest on the investment enter largely into the elements of rate-making We have every reason to believe that our years of occupancy of the field, our splendid corps of experts, our thorough knowledge of the busi ness conditions of the city, give us a decided ad vantage over anyone who may enter the field. "But what about the customer? What hope has he for lower electric light rates when loaded up with a duplication of bonds and stock? What difference is there between watering stock and duplication of the bond and stock issues through the creation of two or more unnecessary plants to supply a single market? PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY opposed to the use of the Psclflc Orange Bulletin for any article favor ing aald single tsx. " T. M. MITCH ELI. Secretary Linn County Pomona. Albany Iloo.tera Visit Kugene. ErCKNE, Or, June (Special.) Six automohllea loaded with Albany boosters Invaded Eugene Just before noon today to advertise the celebration of tha coming of the Oregon Flactrlc and Invite the co-operation of Kugene. An Informal reception was held at ths Commercial Club rooms and luncheon ass served at tha Osburn. Railroad Man Bnya Land. WHITE SALMON", Wssh... June 4. (Special.! W. E. Watrous general su perintendent of transportation, (treat Norlhsrn Rsllwav, Ft. Paul, toured tM section a couple of daya last week, and before leaving purchased IS acres rf orchard land of C K. Clackwell for himself and friends In Ilia tail. A portion of this Is In bearing trees, the s-reater part still lo be Improved, which Mr 'Watroiia will hava dona this year. A poreus tleae fr veetllstlnn le belns ma1. In Franc., the hulas b.lua email enonah to .v-hirte Sii.t and draff. I am a power for great good if you do not abuse my use. In cases of need--1 do my work well. I am a builder up of health and strengthin the hospital or in the home. For the invalid or the convalescent for the tired or over worked I offer a great help. ' . . A little of me goes a long way. I have been among you for three generations. I'm known as Cyrus Noble throughout the world. W. J. VAN SCHUYVER Sc CO., General Agents, Portland, Oregon e