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THK MUKMXi OKHiOMA.N. T1ILKSOAV, JLK , 1512. 3 GOV T S tin HARROW TRIAL Evidence Turned Over to Dis trict Attorney by Depart ment of Justice. OPPOSING COUNSEL CLASH Tve-lrnioe' Name In Connection With $10,000 Check Introduced Into Proceedings Prosecution Sj I. Ink Important. LOS ANGELES. Jun I. Clashes b- (Wffn opposing counsel whlrh resulted In fines for contempt of rourt and In dications of Federal co-operation with the state In the rase were feature! whlrh overshadowed the scant testl mony heard today In the trial of Clar enr 8. Parrow, the former Mr.Nimirn attorney, for aliened Jury bribery. The Injection of the name of Olaf A. Tveltmoe. the Pan Francisco labor leader. Into the rase waa another fea ture, although the connection of Tv.it mo waa only that of an tndorser of a 110,000 check, sent by Frank Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, to I'arrow. which waa read Into the record. t berk Held laapartaat l.lak. The check which was cashed In Han Francisco waa said by the prosecution to be one of the most Important links In Its case aralnt Larrow, as It tended to prove that the currency received for thla check was used aa a fund for th corruption of McNamara Juror. District Attorney Fredericks and tforace H. Appel, associate counsel for th defense. Indulged In an acrimonious controversy and were fined tli. and IS respectively by Judge Hutton. A remark by the IMstrlr.t Attorney, who later designated It as a "pleasantry," precipitated the clash. (everaaaeat gappllea Evldeae. The apparent Interest of the Federal Government In the cum waa Indicated by the Introduction of evidence said to have been turned over to the District Attorney by the Department of Justice. This Included the book of cancelled checks originally drawn upon the lie Namara defense fund by Frank Morri son In favor of Clarence Darrow. Th book waa taken before the Federal grand Jury at Indianapolis by Mor rison, when he was subpenaed early thla year to testify In the dynamite Investigation which resulted In th In dictment of more than a score of labor leaders. . The apparent co-operation between Government and atate In the Darrow rase was further ahown when li. 1L Flather. cashier of the Washington Hank, which had on deposit the Mc Namara defense fund, testified upon cross-examination that he first waa asked about testifying at the trial by an official of the Department of Jus tic In Washington. Defease Call Flatter. Mr. Flather waa the only wltneaa today, and when his testimony had been concluded he was served with a aub pena by th defense. Th prosecution bad asked that the witness be allowed to return to Washington, but the de fense objected, and the opposing coun sel could not agree on a stipulation which would permit Mr. Fletcher's de parture. A considerable portion of the day was devoted by the prosecution to reading Into the record all of the checks sent to Darrow by Morrison. The augregata amount of the checks waa 1210.01)0. all eicept on of which apparently waa received by th theh thief counsel for th McNamara de fense. Th exception was for 110.000, and It was drawn and subsequently cancelled on December 1, the day upon which the McNamara brother pleaded guilty. BERRY PICKING SEASON ON Hood Itlver Folk Busily Engaged In Gathering Products. HOOD RIVER, Or., Jun a. (Spe cial.) The berry-picking season Is ap proaching Its height her now and th growers are lined up at the receiving station In the city until midnight. During the past week the prlcea have held well, according to C. W. Hooker, who Is managing th strawberry sales of the Apple Growers' Union. Th fruit has been billed out at from $1 to $1.60 per crate. Fruit from Missouri and Arkansas, In the Middle West, and from Kennewlck, Milton, Freewater and th Willamette Valley have been a consid erable factor In the market and their prices having been quoted lower than Hood Rivera has made It difficult to maintain good quotations, according to Mr. Hooker. The union shipped two cars of berries last night, aa did th Davidson Fruit Company. CULDESAC PRINCIPAL OUT Secretary Commercial Club Won't l Ite-elcctcd to Teaching Job. LKWMTON. Idaho. Jun . (Spe cial.) R. R. Richmond, secretary of the Culdesac Commercial Club, and un til now principal of the public schools of that place, will not return to the latter position becauae the 8chool Board of the district refuses to accept hla ap plication In far of bitter opposition by the patrons of the school, numbering approximately 15S people. The Board refuses to say why It took such action. J. H. Moore, principal of the Ken drlrk schools, has been elected in his place. Mr. Richmond has been In Cul desac for the past five years, and has been active as a great factor In th town. 6-YEAR MYSTERY REVIVES Educutrd Woman VIk Lost Memory Raves at Poor Farm. TACOMA. Wash.. June . (Hpeclal.) A six-year mystery wss revived to day In th Insanity proceedings against Jan Doe. an Inmate of th poor, farm at Huniner. Th poor woman was found by the Taroma police six years ago In an abandoned building unconscious evi dently from the effects of a drug. Her clothing, which had been of good qual ity, was torn and soiled and her body covered with bruises. Fh waa taken to the County Hospital and after ef forts to find her relatives or friends fulled she wns sent to the poor farm. The woman never recovered her men tal balance although at times she ap peared sane, Sh gave a doxen differ ent names, among them Mauds Kuchen. of Coventry, England, and she was known by that name at the farm. Recently the woman becam violent and several times In the last two weeks attempted to set fire to th dormitory and attacked other Inmates. She spent much time putting an Imaginary class through the rudiments of grammar and hlatory. She appears to be about mid dle age. and evidently was at on time good looking. ST. JOHNS ORDERS CHANGE Council Direct City Attorney to Make New Water Rates. BT. JOHNS, Or, June I. (Special.) At the regular meeting of the City Counrll Tuesday night the City En gineer waa directed to make an esti mate of the'vaiu of the utilities owned by the St. Johns Water Company and the City Attorney directed to draft an ordlnanre eatabllshlng new rates based upon the estimates of the Engineer. It Is contended by several of the Coun cllmen that the present rates are ex orbitant, and City Attorney ftroud Is particularly artlve In an attempt to force th company to reduce Its present rates. He takes th position that the state law endows Councils of Incorporated cities with power to regulate water rates every two years, and Is more than willing to take the matter to the Supreme Court If necessary. Overtures have been mad to the water company DEFENSE SCORES IIIPEIIDER TRIAL Riley and Hasson Swear Fa mous Hammer Was Never in Their Cabin. CASE GROWS INTERESTING Courtroom at St. Helens Again Crowded Beyond Capacity. Large Percentage of Spectators Being Women Predictions Made. PT. 1IELEVS. 'Or- June S. (Special.) Several witnesses who took the stand for the prosecution In the Pender miir- WASHINOTON GOVERNOR WHO WELCOMED DEVELOPMENT CON GRESS DELEGATES AND PORTLANDER WHO RESPONDED. 'J - - - III. .-, r , ,.' r -- ii f T sin i C. C. Chaaaaaa. MarWa E. Hay. to show that th rates now charged are not exorbitant, but so far It has failed to do so. The proposed ordinance establishing new rates and providing a sever penalty If violated. Is expected to place th water company In a position where It must show thai Its present rates are not exorbitant or aubmlt to the new ratea to be estab lished by Councllmanlc order. The minimum rate now charred Is II per rtionth. and 50 cents additional for toi let and bath. It was also decided that th Fourth of July In 81. Johns should be safe and sane. Th City Attorney was directed to prepare au ordlnanre prohibiting the shooting of flre-crsckers within th confine of the city on that day. ONLY 0NEIS SOCIALIST Everett Hold Primary to Xame ' Candidate for Commissioners. EVERETT. Wash, June I. Th So cialists succeeded In getting only one of their three candidate on the ticket at today's non-partisan primary to nominal candidates for Commission ers who will replace th present City Council, 8. J. dinger being nominated for Commissioner of Public Safety, lie will be opposed at th election two weeks from today by A. A. Brodech. Th Socialists lack on vote of con trolling th present Council. Th nom inees for th other Commlsslonershlps are: Finance, T. E. Hkaggs and C. Chrlstensen; Public Works. Al Thomp son and Mayor R. B. Hassell. A heavy vote was cast. SEVEN STATES JOIN WORK (Continued From First Page.) lines suggested by the Washington executive. Legged-Off Laaa Settlers .Heeded. Governor Hay called attention to th fact that belated efforts were mad Just befor th adjournment of th last Legislature) to procure an appropriation for exploitation purpose. Aa It was shown that three of every five Eastern immigrants coming to thla state set tled In the cltle. th proposal waa mad to begin an aggressive and edu cational campaign In th Northern European countries to indue an Immi gration after th opening of th Pana ma Canal that would settle) tn logged- off lands. Irrigated sections and other farming lands of th state. Hay de clared that he was becoming eonvlnoed that such a movement was necessary, and would urge state c-operatlon at th next legislative session. C. C. Chapman, director of publicity of th Portland Commercial Club, who responded to different addresses of wel come, further amplified the settlement plan. He instated that the State of Montana, worklnc aa a unit, had de veloped th promotion and develooment plan better than any other common wealth. Chapman showed that Mon tana had won all prlxe In th last New York land show. and. as a result, bad gained new Immigration. Mr. Chap man drew the conclusion from the ex perience of Oklahoma, that Washing ton and Oregon must benefit by any general Immigration movement that at tracted aettlera to the states immedi ately east of those facing th Pacific Oregea Rep-reseated at Opeatag. Washington? land Oregon delegates war represented In th first days ses sion thla morning. A scattering rep resentation from Idaho and Montana waa reported, but the big Inrush of delegates, from Dakota, Montana. Ida ho and Minnesota did not occur until evening. Governor Brady, or inano. tele graphed this morning that h could not attend, but promised co-operation n any development plans that mlgnt be asrreed UDon. Governor Walter fc Clark, of Alaska, haa oommunicated hla views to th convention and Governor Oswald West, of Oregon. Is expected to come to Seattle tomorrow. From Seattle th boosters special will go to Tacoma and Portland, then start East over the Northern Pacific. M. Hannaford. of St. Paul, second vice-president of the Northern Paclflo and a small army of Northern Pacific officials, cam West to look after th travelers. With Mr. Hannaford are: I J. Brlcker. of St- Tsui, general Immigra tion officer: C. E. Arney, of Spokan. Western Immigration and Industrial agent: E. c. Blanrhard. of Tacoma. general manager: Henry Blakely. Ta coma, general Western freight agent; A. l. Charlton, Portland assistant gen eral passenger agent: C. R. Lonergan. Spokane, general agent and H. A. Ken. nedy, general agent at Seattle. Last year British shipyards turned eut aiore than l.Tlo.OW, tana of new shipping. der trial today failed to teatlfy In ac cordance with advance notices, and the defense scored repeatedly. The first bomb was thrown Into the camp of the prosecution during the morning session, when John Riley and Joseph H. Hasson. from whose cabin across the road from the Pender tent the accuaed man Is presumed to have stolen the revolver with which Mr. Daisy Wehrman and her 1-year-old baby were murdered, swor that they had never seen In their cabin a ham mer alleged to belong to Pender, the Instrument with which prosecution be lieves the lock of the trunk containing th pistol waa pried off. This hammer, which Is In evidence, was, according to District Attorney Tongue, found on a table In the Riley and Haaaon cabin on September 11. 111, about two weeks after th discovery of the crime, by sheriff Thompson, of Co lumbia County. Sheriff Stevens, of Multnomah County and L. 1. Levlngs, a private detective of Portland, who haa been associated with the prosecution. W Ha ee Make Adaalaaleaa. Closely questioned by District Attor ney Tongue, the witnesses said that they had several time talked to a pin kerton detective named Ferrl who has tor a long tim been In th employ of the defense, and that they had also talked the case over at considerable length with Attorney Logan of the de fense. Neither Riley nor Hasson was able to say that th revolver, which is al leged to have been stolen and returned, bad been fired off or that there were any cartridge missing. As far as they knew It was loaded about as they left It, and was In th trunk In approxi mately the saro position Riley had placed It. All they knew was that dur. tng their absence the lock of the trunk had been removed and replaced with braaa nails which war In a cup in their cabin. Sheriff Stevens will ba subpenaed to tell th story of the' finding of th de fective hammer tn the Riley and Has son cabin. Sheriff Thompeon has al ready told about It- Detective Levlngs was put on the stand In th after noon, but when court adjourned bad not yet been questioned on tbls sub ject. He rehearsed the admissions made by Pender when the defendant waa Interrogated In Sheriff Stevens' office at Portland on the night follow ing the day of his arrest as a suspect at Independence. Or., telling that the prisoner said that on the night the crime had been committed he failed to wind hla clock, milk his cow or feed th calf. Peader W ell laforaaed. Pender, according to Levlngs, also showed at that time great familiarity with th habits of Frank Wehrman, husband of th murdered . woman. Wehrman waa employed aa a baker In Portland and passed only week ends at hla home In the lonely Scappoose hula. Levlngs also mentioned that th defendant had shown an. Inclina tion to throw suspicion on several of his neighbors, this In an Interview which occurred the day of the Inquest, which preceded Pender's arrest by more than a week. Sheriff Thompaon corrob orated aa to the atatementa made by Pender at the "sweating'" In Sheriff Stevens' office, as did also Karl Her bring, one of Sheriff Stevens' deputies who Is a stenographer and who took notes of the Interview. Mrs. Rachel Bates testified that In th presence of Pender she left In the cross-roads mailbox on Saturday, September 2. the package of muslin which, together with a paper, which, th stat contends, Pender took from the Scappoose Postofflce on Septem ber 4. was found unopened In the Wehrman cabin when the bodies were discovered. Willi Chambers, of Port land, who waa visiting the Bates family at the time, substantiated her statement. The state expecte to put on the stand tomorrow or next day Guy Whitney, a clerk In ths Postofflce In Scappoose, who, according to the opening statement of District Attorney Tongue, will swear that he delivered this paper to Pender together with other neighborhood mall. J. M. Frye, who lives In the Tender neighborhood, testified that he passed th community mall bog two hours after Mrs. Bates' left the package of muslin and that the box was empty. He testified that It waa raining that night and that the box leaked, yet th next day Pender walked to his horn with some mall, a letter and a paper, and that It was dry. Th mall and package found In th Wehrman cabin also ahowed no sings of being sub jected to th weather. atate Draw reeelealea. The state deduces from ' this that Pender did not place all the neigh borhood mall which he brought from Scappoose on Labor day la the box as The Official Tickets for Bridge of The Gods Are here and can be secured at Rowe & Martin's Drug store, Washington, near 6th street. Exchange temporary tickets at once. Take advice before too late and Secure Seats Now The advance sale slows that before Saturday night, Jane 8, the absolute capacity of Multnomah Field will be completely sold out. Two shows only. Saturday, June 8, Monday, June 10. Aphis Attacks Grain, Too. SALEM, Or., June S. Discovery was mad yesterday that the Aphis this season Is not only attacking the gar dens and orchards at the Asylum Farm, but also the grain fields, and the prediction is made that unless hot weather comes soon and staya the op erations of the peat, the damage to th grain will ba great. During past years considerable trouble haa been experi enced with relation to the pest attack ing the gardens and orchards, hut this MRS. GP, EATON'S AWFUL EXPERIENCE During Change of life How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound Made Her a Well Woman. Natick, Mass. "I cannot express what I went through during; th change of lira before I tried Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com pound. I was In such a nervous condition I could not keep stilL My limbs were cold, I had creepy sensa tion, and I could not aleen nichta. I waa finally told by two physicians that I also had a tumor. I read one day of the wonderful cures mode by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and decided to try it, and it has made me a well woman. My neighbors and friends declare it baa worked a mir acle for ma. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound is worth its weight in gold for women during this perodof life. If it will help others you may publish my letter." Mrs. Marion Sweet Gr EA TON, No. 1 Jefferson St, Natick. Mass. Change of Life is one of the most critical periods of a woman's existence. Women eTerywhere should remember that there is no other remedy known to so successfully carry women through this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If yon want special sdrlce write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi dential) Lynn, Mais. Tour letter will be opened, read and answered by a womam and held la strict confidence. . s ", 1 1 Hi ' he contend-, but kept it In his tent all i night. Mike Hanson testified that I 1'ender told Mm on September t that there was some mall for him and George Caldwell, another neighbor. In i the box and that It was wet. The principal object of the state Is to show ; that the paper for Mre. Wehrman never rearhel the mailbox but waa kept, together with the package, aa a pretext for a visit to Mrs. Wehrman. The scratches which are alleged to have been on Pender's face about the time the murder was discovered were again the subject of testimony. Those railed to tell of them Included J. B. Duncan and Oeorge W. Mamsby, ranch- era of Srappooae; Verne H. Porter, a' newspaper man of Portland, and A. It. Lake, a Deputy Sheriff of Columbia ; County. Mr. ake declared that Pender had a four or five days' growth of beard when he noticed the scratches. John F. Logan, of the defense, had . previously called the attention of wit nesses who spoke of the scratches to the fact that the defendant baa a face . subject to eruption and has Intimated that the scratches. If any exlated. re- 1 suited from shaving. j C. L. Myers, a relative of the Wehr-1 man family, told of an all-night vlrgll . kept by Frank Wehrman. the bereaved husband and father, and himself outside the cabin. When he established tne fart that the child waa dead by going, Into the l.ouse and reported to Welir-1 man. the latter broke Into violent par oxsyms of grief. Myers said that he then took away from Wehrman a loaded revolver which he had lent him when tliey left Portland in an automobile at night after Wehrman had been In formed of th murder. Peader I Sarpriaed. . The witness said that they awakened Tender that night but that render showed a disposition to switch the talk away from the crime, although he expressed surprise and declared It was the first he had heard of it. Pender : and Wehrman went back to the cabin, the wltneas said, and he went bark to ' Scappoose to meet th officers. Detective Levlngs and other wit nesses have told of Pender's state ment that on thla visit to the cabin he went In by the dead bodlea and ob talned some food for the chickens after 1 suggesting himself that they would probably be hungry. Sheriff Thomp son haa testified that he fed the chirk- ' ens the nrevlous afternoon and left ' enough food within reach of them to last a long while. Th courtroom was again crowded beyond seating rapacity today, a large percentage of the spectators being women. The stat probably will con clude the Introduction of testimony tomorrow. The defense will require not more than a day. according to the state ments of Attorneys Logan and Steven son, and the case probably will go to the Jury Saturday. PLAIN TALKS UPON PUBLIC UTILITIES NO. 4. How Is Duplication Viewed in Wisconsin? In Wisconsin the State Railroad Board acts as a Public Utility Commission. Organized by Sen ator LaFollette, it stands in the front rank of public bodies for its efficiency. It has had all these years in its employment able and efficient engineers, as well as honest and trustworthy officials of public utility conditions. The Commission as a body has held that no community should have two public service cor porations, private or municipal, furnishing the same character of service. It contends that in some cases duplication of service doubles the initial cost of production, and: that every community is legally required to pro vide the fixed charge of operation and then a profit to each utility corporation before a reduction in rates can be enforced. If such is the opinion of the ablest public utility commission in America today, what conclusion is the average citizen of Portland to draw from this? It is: . That the creation of another electric light pnt in Portland places a still heavier burden upon the taxpayer and that his opportunities for a reduc tion in electric light rates are postponed to a future date possibly indefinitely. PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY Is the first time In the history of the land It Is feared It haa also extended valley, aa near as ran be learned, when Its operstlons to the clover and other It has attacked grain. The pest Is I fields. The operations of the pest may partlrulsrl v prevalent In the vetch crop i be stsyed In the orchards and gardens by spraying but this Is Impracticable when It comes to grain fields, and the only thing that will slay Its operations on this crop Is real hot weather. v. f. uMU3. ii.iVi i Tj . ii; it.... Drink El V Hold it up see how it sparkles and bubbles with life; it oy and -cooling, re owing with snap. 'Na( suggests laughter. Taste it-S!?- XV freshing V overfl Whenever you see an Arrow think cf Coca-Cola. Demand th Genuine Refuse Substitutes THE COCA-COLA CO. ATLANTA CA. 4 H'( -in a,, r . -. , - i ; j ' -j- i; BOMsflKsfaafl