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THE JtrGIt3IXG OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, JT75CE 21.11912. 15 ROBERTS' MOTHER TRIES TO SAVE SOU Woman Bares Own Weakness and Other Family Skeletons in Murder Case. "dark of the moon." she testified, hit I aispesmon is exactly the opposite. He naa frequently threatened to kill her during- the "full of the moon." Thus did the country woman drag In an Iclent superstitions to account for wnat the physicians say they would describe I as periodical mental lapses occurring without references to the moon or the elements. She said that when at home last Winter the defendant had persisted In 1 a delusion that a neighbor was going to Burn the bouse some night while be was asleep, that he was constantly talking; to himself and that he estab lished a reputation as "Crazy" Robert by his strange wandering from one I subject to another while taking part in debates which were held at regular In tervals in the community school house. The witness raised the second laugh 4 when she said: "Jack refused .to take- part in one OLD SUPERSTITIONS TOLD aeoate- yg that the subject was toi " ' silly for argument. The title was. "Re solved, That a Man Will go Further, for l've Than for Money." "Do you call that evidence of In- I sanity?" demanded Special Prosecutor Logan of the defendant's attorneys. "You understand, of course. Mr. Parent Cains Sympathy in Court room as She Unfolds Story ef W ayward Boy and Peculiarities of Prisoner's .Relatives. ELKS TO PROVIDE AMPLY FOR WOMEN Two Buildings Are Connected to Give Quarters for "Open House." REGISTRATION ON JULY 3 I Logan, that every man baa lucid in tervals." laughed back Attorney Whit field.' . A Heals ta Take Kotea. During the course of Mrs. Pf el Iter's narrative and those of other relatives I of the defendant who bave related family history, four alienists have sat taking notes. They are Dr. E. M. ITOmwti vitll.lriinwii alinni.t nf Ta. neys that her son Is Insane. Mrs. Mary Lonla Wash., and Dr. Splro Sargentlch. t-uen t-reiiier, motner or JacK Roberts, I of Portland, for the defense, and Dr. on trial In Judge Morrow's court for the murder of Donald M. Stewart and PORTLAND PHOTOGRAPHER WEDS TEACHER IN IRVINOTON . Anxious to be of assistance in sup porting the contentions of his attor- Ronndnp on Multnomah Field Is Not Sanctioned by Commission Local lodge-Prepares "Party" for Kew York "Xewlyweds." A large force of men went to work yesterday morning to cut arches be tween the Elks' Temple and the Ore gon building, adjoining It on the north, George Hastings in an attempted auto mobile holdup March 2S, last, yester day afternoon took the witness stand and ruthlessly dragged the family I skeleton from the closet, divulging. I among other things, that she never tiad been married to Jack's father, although she bore him three children. Mrs. Freirror. now the wife of a small rancher living In the hills of I Clackamas County, nearly to miles southeast of Oregon CJty. traced the family history on both sides of the house as far back as the defendant's grandparents. .According to her story, every an cestor and relative of the young man on trial for his life has either been insane or peculiarly eccentric. Mother Uatn. Sympathy. . So lacking In stature Is Mrs. Pfeiffer that when she sits In an ordinary I chair her feet dangle a foot or morel from toe floor. She has the stoutness I of middle age. A wave of sympathy I swept through the courtroom for the! diminutive figure in the witness box. In the course of her narrative she even said that people had declared that they had doubts of her own sanity. The mother is making a brave effort to I save her boy from the gallows and evrryone in the courtroom appreciates I mat tact. Mrs. Pfeiffer referred to Jack's ua- ternai grandmother as "tricky." She testified that her own father, Joslah Johnson, had died in the insane asy lum at Salem and that her mother. frarah Johnson, was subject to unrea- SCHOOL. p.-.: V friyfr'isssM tiitir 1 -. - 7 - r I ' i i i ' ' MR. AND MRS. ELBRIDGE W. MOORE. At the First Methodist Episcopal Church yesterday Elbridge "W. Moore, sonable hallucinations, among which the well-known artist and photographer, whose studio Is in the Elks build was one that her father was in love ing. was married to Miss Florence M. Beane by the pastor. Rev. Benjamin with several other women and bad Young. After a banquet at the Ira perlal Hotel in the evening, the ooupla th-m hid In the woods nd n-,r,vnr,. left the city for a short wedding trip, part of which will be passed at the of Washington County, where she lived seashore. Mrs. Moore was a teacher In the Irvington school and is also an as a girl, on one occasion her mother, artist or no mean aoiiuy, she said, bad driven her father from their farm and he had remained away land at C o'clock the following morn' lng. The Walla Walla train will include eight sleepers. It will leave Walla Walla at 11:30 P. M., July 8. and ar rive here at 7:30 the next morning. The train from Pendleton will be one of the largest, an order having been placed lor ten sleepers, a steel coach an observation oar and a dyjiamo bag gage car. This will leave Pendleton at 3:30 A. M, July 10, arriving here at the Union Depot in Portland the fol lowing morning at 9 A. M. The night will be spent at the Country Club, near IHtrtland. The special from Spokane will be filled with Montana Elks. The train will be run from Butte to Spokane over the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound line and be transferred to the O.-W. R. & N. at Plummer. It will leave Plummer at 6:30 A M.. July 7, and arrive In Portland at 11 A. M. the following morning. It will cos sist of seven cars In the orders issued for the specials a request is made that as many of the train crew as possible be Elks. COLLEGE UNION PLANNED PHILOMATH AND DALLAS IXSTI- TCTIONS MAY JOIX. Tnlted Brethren Favor Merger of Two Schools Into One Strong -Educational Body. three months, fearing that If he re- A- E- Tamiesie. assistant superintend- turned she would kill him. and this I nt ot ,ne Oregon state insane Asyium. for no real misconduct on hit: Dart. and Dr. W. T. Williamson, of Portland, ' Religion Qa.rrel. Recalled. to VL FJ?"..- Zt'L". She related that when clergymen tlve lldes to 8ay what conclusions they came to their home to remain over L... . n th mental enmna- wSUSh! faiher,.C1'"',"ntIJ. lurrR'ed tency ot ancestors and relatives of the " rell'ou subjects: that deIeJdant from i,.t.ning. to. the teati- , ,;r" ," " r mony of Roberts' relatives. ill IJV? J,y,.Weas "i"" th"n Va Mrs. Pfeiffer created a third burst of Rmi.v .iwJi . J .V . '"""y merriment when she said that Jack had ?.mo .. i,J'nCJ 'JL.aK 1 invented among other things a new wlf- r.., "early choked bis ,ype of boat and had named it "Satanic MrPte'.'f'f'er. continuing her story i" h0?n"'to ."har'rtdJ VroSJ onn.Cfr0thi05iPf"eUrr- te,8ti,le.d hat 'cearwHh'himT: it wien hVha" haS delibertelv a,"-.rn"1 completed It. but that she had demurred coM which r.sJlted in ne?d?ath w on cround tnat "Satan miBht clalm 5rJ!; -l" "T heJ his property somewhere on the deep." vance b.inV to .J T h-V iVJT 8h. spok. of his having told her of vance. being to end her life by thisL ... "1 . ..wmii tlmekeener over the means: that a second paternal aunt waa weak-minded and had such a poor ' V V , . . . rtVl . . . K., memorv .tuI w. .ki., . fc the timekeeper had cheated him. He of absent-mindedness that the witness believed her mentally Incompetent, and that a third sister of Jack's father had I had fled to Seattle, fearing arrest. The mother insisted that Jack waa always afraid that someone was cheating him. attemnted .ulrlde bv irlnlcl rhl. n regaraeu pruoi . .... u.- form. It was brought out that this Mnlty' . T ... .,.,. aunt was Jealous of the man she aft- Family Phyaleiaa Teatiae erwards married. Mrs Pfeiffer raised Mr- P'eiffer was preceded on the a laugh to replace the sober atten- stand by Dr. Brown, who waa the at- tlon which had greeted her story when tending physician at the time of the she said of this aunt: ' defendant's birth. Dr. Brown related "After she recovered from the ef- that the mother was In poor health at fects of the chloroform the wedding that time, and that her surroundings date was advanced a month and she were deplorable. He recalled making said that she wonld willingly take It again if the date could be still fur ther advanced. Jack's Peeallarltlea Related. After expressing the belief that Charles D. Roberts, brother of the defendant's father, also had been in- the statement that the "baby would have been much better off had he died. The witness could not recall from his independent recollection the exact phy sical shortcomings of tne cniia. At that time, 30 years ago, he was prac- ticlns- at Hillsboro. Or. The first witness caiiea yesieraay sane. Mrs. Pfeiffer came down to the wa8 Frank h. Curtis, superintendent time of the defendant's birth. She , th . stat e Penitentiary at Balem , who stated that when the child was born. testlfled to the punishments received- --"" j. " " by Roberts while Incarcerated there, age. and that Jack was four year, of h punishment was proceeding, age before his ski. 1 had grown. Three c , )d BoDert, WOuld yell and Physicians M Wen her up to die ."cr although he waa aware that ".'..riS'i;"! k th baby " bT,th- h. " aich conduct Invited still more punlsh- testlfied that she was unconscious for witness said that several of three week, about that time For two " rs whom ,t had been found months after Jacks birth he showed to correct a, much a. the such slight signs of life that the "f".., w. .. . the asv- mother was unable to tell whether ha was asleep or awakn. lum. No examination of Roberts to p or awann. ... ; 1. 1 m.nl rnmntnrv or The mother then skipped to th tlra k "J T. .j, Anrln when the baby was two years old. tell- ! , ' M ' . c. I iu, r,.rti' book! ilCUlBT vquBBii ii n il grew in ins obcii i " . : . , . . , , , . t - v. yard. Every day. precisely at 3 o'clock, by prisoners during the time Bfjerts she said, the child would serenade thi " ' V7. VIT.o.V. unintelligible) "rl ra 1 n. r iuudb ui i e - - . j - neighbors and relatlvea. and would tending that the Jury was entitled to fondle It affectionately. He was brok- compare bis punisnments witn inu.e ro- enhearted. she said, when the squash celved by other prisoners. was cut Jack next centered his at- The defense finished tentlon on a saucer. So persistent did Mrs. Pfeiffer. and the state wtll start v. - w t. t.1. .H.niAn. tn H fAM..amlnatlon this mornlnff. one cer that the mother hid It. Jack will probably be succeeded on the stand learned of the hiding place and day af- by Dr. Brown, who will be recalled to ter day. precisely at 3 o'clock, he made tell the results of his examination or a demonstration before the box that the defendant for indications of Insan- contalned the saucer until the mother lty. The state -proposes to put Dra. was forced to deliver the piece of Tamiesie and Williamson on in re crockery. I buttaL Theft Father's Mania. Changing to a oiscussion ot me ae- . nrlirno fTIPUT fendants father. Illls Roberts, she de- REALTY PAnTNcHo rlutll ciareu tnat no oiien stoie, iw me wir . love of stealing, articles for which he G jj Durham Seeks to Have Philip had no use and which ne tnrew away, i She declared that she eloped to marry . V.. W. Fry Denied License him. but that the marriage ceremony was not performed and that thereafter Charging that Phillip V. W. Fry had she was afraid to leave him because cheated G, H. Durham, his former part he threatened to kill her if she deserted. ner ont of h)g gnare 0f commission on She was barely 17 when she went to the M,e of tn Bowera Hotel proper- nve who nim. sne wsirawi. ""i i ttea jast winter Durham, representee until he was sent to the penitentiary b R w Montague, yesterday after in 1S8 did she secure her release from DOOa pat "up a fiKht to have the license uu ""J- committee of the City council reiutt father at th home of the tatter's moth- F a license to conduct a real estate r, for whom she had gone to work as on.CSk a domestic when between 18 and It Backed by the recommendation of A. years oi e- reiaiea m j . It. Mills, president of the nrst national cidents in the life of Jacks f"1. Bank: TV. C. Alvord. president of the tenains w iimi no wu Willamette Iron A Steel works: nen- firmed criminal. Ladd Corbett, a capitalist, and T. Getting down further towards the Broolte. fc wealthy realty oper- present day, the witness said that ater FrT stood by nia guns and de- Oeorge Roberts, a brother of the man n,ed the charges. No action was taken. on tnat -is m me innni M the subject must be sent to the coun Blackfoot. Idaho. She testified that ell, it being before the committee) in- wnen jaca was oeiween ana s ywro i -n. of age ehe caught him Just In time to Durham sieged that he paid 3200 for prevent him splitting the head of his an JnterMt ln tne business and that grandfather with an ax. when the Bowers Hotel deal waa car- Old SapeTstltloBa Broasht Ont. rled through he should have been given ' She declared that -during the full half of it. but was not. Fry denied of the moon" the murder occurred dur- that any part of this sum should have lng the full of the moon the defen- been paid to Durham, as he said that dant Is not responsible for his actions the deal had been worked up long be and. in her opinion, cannot at such fore Durham entered the office ana times distinguish the difference. b- that he did nothing toward its con tween right and wrong. During the summation- . 1 so that additional space will be avail able for the entertainment of the thousands of lodgemen who come here to attend the Elks' National conven tion next month. The spacious clubrooms on the third floor of the 3 Iks' building wll'i be con nected by means of a wide archway with a dancehall 100 by 100 feet In the Oregon building. The combined space will be used to conduct open house throughout the week. Free refresh ments will' be served to every visiting Elk every day of the week. The fourth floor of the Elks build ing will be used for women's recep tion rooms and headquarters of the committee of Portland women appoint ed to entertain visiting wlvea. mothers. sisters and daughters or Elks. The of fices now occupied by Harry C. McAl lister, secretary of the convention com mittee, will be converted into a rest room for women. Registration Begins July 8. Within the next few days McAllister and his staff of clerks and stenograph ers will move into a ground floor room near the Elks' Temple. The number of people having business with the con vention commission has grown so ln the last tew weeks that maintenance of quarter's on the fourth floor is con sidered impracticable. Registration headquarters will be opened on the first floor of the Oregon Hotel building on Wednesday, July 3. The same day will witness the arrival of a large number of delegates. Fred C. Robinson, grand secretary, will ar rive about that time. The grand lodge officers have aban doned their plan ot coming together on a special train. Each will come separately. Most of them will head their respective . lodge delegations. Work on the court of honor on Seventh street is progressing. Sulli van & Considine, who are erecting the new Empress Theater, at Seventh and Yamhill streets, have arranged to build a temporary sidewalk on the Seventh-street side of their property. so that the court may not be broken by the fence that now extends to the euro. A. Simmons, . a cigar salesman and an enthusiastic Elk, baa rented a box at the Orpheum Theater for the en tire week of the convention and will entertain various parties of friends each evening. Roiiiif Wot Sanctioned. At a recent meeting the commission refused to sanction a proposed dupll cation of the Pendleton Roundup on Multnomah Field. They did this upon request of the Pendleton people, who expressed the belief that the proposed exhibition ln Portland would create a wrong impression of what the real Pendleton Roundup is like. While the commission is powerless to prevent the exhibitions if the promoters desire to stage them, they refuse to make them a part of their official programme. . Advices from various lodges yester day continue to bear out the fact that the convention will be a reoora-Dreak- er for attendance. "We will have the largest crowd bere for the reunion that ever assembled ln Portland In a single week." declared Secretary Mc Allister yesterday. Among the Teturns receivea yester day was one from the lodge at Water- town. N. T advising tne local com mission that George A. Lawyer, the official delegate of that lodge, left home and was married a few days ago. He will bring nis oriae wnn nim to Portland. The boys bere are pre paring a little entertainment for his especial benefit. More Specials Cosalar- Notice was received yesterday by the general passenger department of the O.-W. R. N. Co. that arrange- menta have been completed lor xne handling over that line of five more special trains of Elks. These trains are all from the Northwest and. ac cording to the reports, will be heavily loaded. They will be from Aberdeen, Wash.; Pendleton. Or.; Walla Walla, Wash.: North Yakima. Wash., and Spokane. Wash., a&d win onng to Portland not only the ElUs from those cities, but from surrounding territory to the number of probably 2000. The North Yakima tram will leave there at 3 P. M., July 3. arriving in Portland at 7:05 A. the following i day. It will include seven cars. The Aberdeen train will Include seven sleepers and will leave Aberdeen at 10:30 P. Jd. July 10, arriving in Port- Union ot Philomath College and Dal las colleges may result from the action taken yesterday by the Oregon Con ference of the United Brethren Church, in session at the First Church, East Morrison and East Fifteenth streets. Bishop Bell, Professor Drury and S. M. Jones were appointed commissioners to confer with like commtsioners from the United Evangelical Church and the Evangelical Association and seek a basis on which the' two Institutions may be united. Rev. C. C. Poling, Professor Metiser arid H. Barendrick. represent the United Evangelical branch and Rev. J. A. Ooode, J. C. Luckel and Rev. S. A. Slewert represent the Evan gellcal Association ln the movement for union. The Philomath College is the official school of the United Brethren Confer ence and the Dallas College is the of ficial school of the two Evangelical branchea. Both are old and established Institutions. The joint commission held a meeting at .noon, and adopted a ten tative plan of union. The sentiment of the commission was unanimous for consolidation of the two schools into one strong Institution. A subcommit tee of Bishop Bell, Rev. C. C. Poling, D. M. Metzger and Professor Drury, wa, appointed to complete the merger plan and present It to the conference today or tomorrow. Social and Industrial Unrest" was the subject of the morning address of Bishop Bell at the conference yes terday morning, and he pointed to the struggle ln progress at the Chicago Republican convention as showing the desire to destroy and disrupt that has developed in the Amerloan people. He declared that the spirit of unrest per meates all classes, social, political and religious and that It had be come extremely dangeroua and must be met by a complete readjustment. In the afternoon Rev. P. O. Bone brake was re-elected district superin tendent for the conference. Mrs. R. N. Lewis, of Everett, Wash., received two votes for superintendent. On motion the conference was made a single dis trict. Mrs. Dora Young, who has the Beaver district, submitted an extended report, and announced that she would write a book entitled "The Range Pilot." relating her experiences ln that district. Mrs. R. N. Lewis submitted a report on publication. 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