Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 09, 1912, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNIIS'G OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1912. CONDEMNED MEN'S FATE IN BALANCE Governor West Not Decided on Action He Will Take Be fore Friday. REPRIEVE FOR ONE LIKELY Job a M. Taylor Is BelieTed Slated . for New Trial and Xoble Ffcul der Also Hopes Xor Ex ecutive Clemency. SALEM. Or., Dee. 8. (Special.) The fate of some ot the condemned at the Stats Penitentiary, whom popular ru jnor has stated would be granted ex ecutive -clemency, is still In the bal ance. Governor West declared positively today that he has reached no final de cision as to what shall be done with these men and aDnarently his eventual decision seems to be further removed In his mind today than it has been for a number of days past. It has been frequently rumored that because of the circumstances surround lug hi case. John M. Taylor, from Har ney County, would be likely to receive executive clemency, to.nd it was thought that there has been a chance lor xso bleTaulder. Governor Is Investigating. - When asked as to these men today the Governor declared unoqulvocably that he has no Idea as to what may be done with them, but admitted that an in-eUe;atlon- la being made into the cases of some of the condemned prisoners. An affidavit prepared by Attorney J. X. Weatherford, of Albany, has been submitted to the Governor, bearing on Taylor's case, but the executive did not grive out its contents. Taylor and his attorney seem to have some hops that the case may be reopent-d In tne su preme Court. If this Is done It will operate as a stay of execution and the Governor will not be compelled to pass on his case as an executive unless the Supreme Court should decide adversely to the contentions which are put for ward. Victim Exonerates Slayer. Taylor's case has peculiar features. He was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of A. H. Perry in Harney County. Perry, it is ai leged, had been hounding Taylor for weeks. Insulting him on every possible occasion, showering him with threats and making life so miserable that in final desperation Taylor drew a gun and shot Perry through . the body. Stand I rip directly behind Perry was Robert Settlemeier, a close personal friend of Taylor. Through the irony of fate the bullet, which passed com pletely through Perry's body, struck ' Settlemeier. Before he died Settlemeier mads a statement absolving Taylor from blame and declaring he was Justi fied In shooting Perry. It will probably be a few days be fore the Governor makes his ftnal de cision as to what will be done with the condemned men, whom rumor states may receive executive clemency. GARRISON' SEEKS NEW TRIAL Condemned' Man Insists Alleged Vic tim Still Lives. ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) Declaring that the body Identified as Roy Perkins was that of another per son, and that he is in possession of evi dence indicating that Perkins still lives, Frank Garrison, of Coos County, who la confined In a death cell at the state penitentiary awaiting execution next Friday, today made a final appeal to District Attorney George M. Born, of Roseburg, to use his influence in se curing lor him a new trial, or a stay ot execution. District Attorney Brown says the condemned man was twice convicted of the murder of Roy. Perkins and was twice sentenced to die by the court. Following the first trial, which was one of the hardest fought legal battles In the criminal history of Coos County, Garrison's attorneys appealed to the Supreme Court with the result that the verdict of the lower court was reversed. The reversal was based on the grounds that Garrison made an involuntary con fession on the advice of a detective. In the second trial Garrison was con victed without the confession and sen tenced to death. The murder of Roy Perkins, for which Frank Garrison now awaits exe cution, will go down in the criminal history of Coos County as one of the most heinous crimes ever committed in that section of the state. Perkins and Garrison had been friends for a long time prior to the murder, and during the few months preceding the tragedy had been gath ering cascara bark on lands owned by Captain Harris, near Sumner. On the day preceding the homicide Perkins went to Marshfield. collected his money and deposited it In a bank, returning to Sumner from Marshfield by boat the night of the tragedy. A lit tle later Perkins Informed friends that .e was going to Marshfield to have Garrison arrested for the alleged theft f his goods in his absence. He then left Sumner on foot and started for East Marshfield. About 7 o'clock that night Perkins was last seen alive when he passed the home of Mrs. Smeedburg, which Is situated about three miles from Sumner and seven miles from Marshfield. About 20 minutes later Gar rison was seen on the road leading to Marshfield. HGHT STARTED TO SAVE UTE fctay of Execution May Be Asked in Case of John Taylor.N ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 8. (Special.) John M. Taylor, one of the five men condemned to die at the state peni tentiary next Friday, may not hang then if plans inaugurated by J. K. Weatherford. of this city, are suc cessful. Taylor's family in California employed Mr. Weatherford recently to look after his case and in reviewing the testimony today he became con vinced that manslaughter Is the great est crime Taylor could have been charged with under the evidence and will try to secure a new trial. He telegraphed attorneys at Burns today to appeal the case to the State Supreme Court and if the appeal is not perfected in time an effort will be made to have Governor West grant a stay of execution. Mr. Weatherford is not endeavoring to have the sentence com muted or secure any less punishment than death provided Taylor is guilty of first degree murder, but wants an op portunity to appeal the case and have it reviewed by the Supreme Court. Mr. Weatherford says that from the story of the crime, which occurred near Andrews, Harney County, there was no premeditation on Taylor's part, but thtt the shooting occurred during a quarrel between Taylor and A. H. Perry, the man shot. ' He says that Perry atacked Taylor, and that as PIONEEE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, HEADER OF THE 0 RE CK) NIAN FOB SIXTY YEAES. V ; V -A h 'X s ... isilliiflilif a f, - . ? -CvS; v ! ..w-n n . - . s.-..., nriissinV' " -i ' f-T ' -- " JOHN FRANKLIN FIERCE. FORGET GROVE. Or., Dee. 7. (Special.) Eighty-one years old and a native of Massachusetts and a reader of The Oregonian since 1S52, John Franklin Pierce, of this city, has resided in Washington County continuously for 60 years. Mr. Pierce was born at Taunton, Mass., September 9, 1831. and at the age of 6 years remove, with his parents to Peoria, I1L, where he passed his boyhood days. In company with Joseph Preston, brother of the then Surveyor-General of Oregon, Mr. Pierce, In the Spring of 1852, engaged passage by ox team for Oregon, arriving In Portland October 10, of the same year. Settling In Wash ington County, he acquired a donation land claim of 160 acres, near Green ville, and until 1874 actively followed farming. At that time . embarked In the general merchandise business at Greenville, receiving a commission as post master the same year, an office he retained for 17 years, when he resigned. Be also sold his business and moved to Forest . Grove, where he has since resided.' Mr. Pierce, in 1859, married Miss E. A. McNemar and to them five children were born. They are all living and are as follows:1 Mrs. Mary .Vollum, Mrs. -Elsie Dashlell, E. W. Pierce, all of Portland; Mrs. Alice Thomas, ot illlwaukle. and Mrs. Clarissa Ireland, of Forest Grove. Immediately after locating on his Washington County farm, in 1853, Mr. Pierce subscribed for The ' Weekly Oregonian and has been' a constant reader of both the daily and the weekly issues of this paper ever since. For the 17 years he was postmaster at Greenvillej Mr. Pierce acted as agent for The Ore gonian. In addition to serving as postmaster at Greenville, Mr. Pierce was at one time Assessor of Washington County, besides being elected to other minor offices. - . Perry was a much larger and also much younger man than Taylor, and boasted of being a leading prize fighter of the United States Navy,, In which he served ten years, .Taylor snot in, self defense. A fact that is said to nave piayea an Important part in Taylor's convic tion was that the bullet which kilieu Perry went through his body and also killed Robert Settlemeier. who was not in the quarrel. Taylor was an artisan, well driller, ard went to Harney County from San Luis Obispo, Califor- ia, Mr. Weatherford has letters irom the Circuit Judge there and the Rep resentative in Congress from that dis trict saying that Taylor Is a member of a good family and bore a good repu tation there. PRODUCERS TO BE TAUGHT Short Course Arranged for Men and Ladles of Washington. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. -8. (Spe cial.) Farmers, fruitgrowers, livestock men. chicken-raisers, oairymen ana women will be given a chance to go to school for a week the latter part of February, in this city, to attend the movable or Short-courss School, of fered by the State College, of Pullman in co-operation with the Vancouver Commercial Club. Arrangements are being made for the institute and all residents of Skamania and Cowlitz counties will also be invited to attend. Women will receive a short course in domestla science. Five or six experts from the State College will deliver lectures. The coBt will be practically nothing, a small registration fee being charged. Pro fessor H. W. Sparks, advocate of the charplt methods or destroying stumps, is now here completing final arrangements. It is planned by J. V. Fike, County Superintendent, to hold the annual meeting of school directors at the same time. Chemistry of the soil, its power to hold water, fertilizers, dairying, poul try-raising, fruit and grain pests, their prevention and. eradication, and many other topics of Vital interest, will be Included in the lectures, which will be given by experts in their particular lines. 50 TAKE OCEAN PLUNGE MUIiTJfOMAH PARTY AT BEACH FINDS REAL ENJOYMENT.-,." 30 JOIN CATHOLIC ORDER aucouver Knights of Columbus En tcrtain Visitors at Feast. VANCOUVER, Wash, Dec. 8. (Spe cial.) Columbia Council. Knights of Columbus, lnitated a class of 30 into the order here today, beginning the work early and not ending the ban quet. with whloh the proceedings closed, until a late hour tonight. Though Columbia Council was not es tablished here until about two years and a half ago, it is one of the strong est In Washington, and several of Its members hold state offices. The banquet was served In the Co lumbia Hotel dining-room by women of the Catholic Church. Many prominent Knights were present from Portland and Washington cities. 'Weinhard Estate to Build. EUGLNE, Or.. Dec. 8. (Special.) Intention of the Weinhard estate of Portland to erect a business and office structure on its property was an nounced here yesterday, following a visit of Paul Wessinger, of Portland, general manager of the Weinhard inter ests. The ice plant now occupying the property will be removed to a site ad Joining the Southern Pacific Railroad. The property is opposite the building of the Eugene Commercial Club, ex tending 160 feet along West Night street from Olive to the alley and back 80 feet. Steel and concrete construc tion Is to be. used, according to Mr. Wessinger, and construction is to begin In the early Summer- Water Almost Warm Despite Winter. Majority Do Not, as Usual, Only Parade Dry Land. Mid-Summer sunshine ruled Clatsop Beach during the stay of the Multno mah Club excursionists. In fact, so al luring was Old Sol's wondrous smile that a number of the Portland-to-the-Paclfio pleasure seekers remained over for a more extended enjoyment of Gearhart's December charms. The special train chartered by Chair man Watkins, of the Multnomah Club swimming committee, returned to Port land last night with three score happy faced excursionists aboard In tow of Dow Walker, superintendent at the club. Chairman Watkins and party re mained behind further to enjoy the surf and sunshine. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watkins, Miss Grace O'Neill and Dan O'Neill. Ordinarily surf bathing, in the Pa cific Ocean in December and January is a sort of mock heroic feat of dev iltry. Of course everybody is expect ed to don a bathing garment and pa rade the beach to the tune of clicking cameras. Generally, too, the photog raphers outnumber the bathers, for there's many an alibi mixed up in the little black box. But Sunday nearly half a hundred ex cursionists seemed to find real enjoy ment hidden in the swirling breakers. Everybody was out In abbreviated cos tumes, racing up and down the sands, diving -under the huge combers and riding the waves. Arthur Allen, Ar thur Cavill, Bert Farrell. Miss Vivian Marshall and others essayed the ocean rollicking both morning and afternoon. The inclosed natatorlum also pre sented an animated scene, the more timid preferring the briny liquid at 73 degrees rather than the 45 degrees of the Pacific, The register shows that on December 9, 1911, the date of the first Multnomah-Gearhart trip last year, the ocean temperature was- con siderably closer to the congealing point, with the mercury around' 37. One of the hits of the Gearhart jaunt was Miss Marie Strube, the nine-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. c. G. Strube. The child is a wonderfully de veloped swimmer and diver and plunged into the surf with all the assurance of a Fiji pearl diver. Professor Cavill first took charge of Marie a year ago In the Yamhill tank. Six months later she swam the Willamette River, and Cavlli predicts the Coast championship for his protege by tne time she reach ea II years. - The official roster discloses a galaxy of aquatic stars on the trip. Among the most prominent were: John Mc Murray. Northwestern 100-yard cham pion; Norman Ross, 220 and 880-yard Northwestern champion; James Fulton, Arthur Allen, Frank Watkins, Miss Vivian Marshall, Miss Grace O'Neill, Mrs. Frank Watkins, Miss Hattie H. Ellery. Mrs. Ray Watkins, Mrs. H. Young and Mrs. E. S. Howe. The excursionists were joined sun- day at Gearhart by a delegation of ho- telmen. who have been holding their annual convention at Seaside. Among the visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Phil Metschan. Jr.; Dr. C. W. Cornelius,- L. Q. Swetland, Ed Jorgenson, John H. Williams, of Tacoma, and P. A. Foley, of La Grande. 'I have been on many Multnomah Club trips, but the one at Gearhart Saturday and Sunday was the most en joyable I ever had," declared Hal Rasch last night. "We are going to try to make these trips twice each Winter,' said Bert Farrell. "In addition to the December jaunt, one will be taken in February, and if this proves successful, every February will be featured by a trip." FILIPINO LIBERTY BE 1 POSTPONED Democrats Now Talk of In stalling Own Governor General First. JONES BILL DISAPPROVED Effect Would Be to Take "Snap Judgment," Say Opponents of Immediate Action Congress Does Not Know, They Say, WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (Special.) Independence for the Philippines is not as near as recent reports from Wash ington have indicated. Already there are signs among Democratic leaders of the House of a desire to postpone con sideration of the Philippine question. Following the President's message con- cernlne the Philippines came tne an nouncement today that Representative Jones, of Virginia, chairman oi tne House committee on Insular affairs, will attemnt to Dress his Philippine lnde pendence bill to passage through the House before ennstmas. There is strong feeling, however, among the Democrats who are Gov ernor Wilson's most active supporters aerainst precipitate action witn tne Philippines. These men are opposed to the Jones bill in its present form. They hold Congress does not know enougn about the subject to know wnat amena ments to the bill are necessary, uney believe that the duty of the inoomlng Democratic administration will be to relieve the oresent Philippine commis sion and Governor-General, sena to tne islands a Democratic administration and await the recommendations of the new Governor-General. i Delay Strongly Urged. They insist Mr. Jones' programme Is In effect a demand for a snap judgment. based on the erroneous idea that tne Philippine question was the main Issue in the recent campaign. They believe no legislation concerning the Philip pines should be had until tne regular session or congress in uecemoer, in, nor Bt that session until the report of the Democratic Governor-General of the Islands is made and has been careiuny considered by President Wilson and nis Cabinet and by friends of the Adminis tration in Congress. It is no secret here that tne piatiorm committee of the Baltimore convention last Summer declined by a unanimous vote to commit the party to the Jones hill on thn ir round that nobody in the party knew much about conditions in the Philippines and that the party owed it to the country not to legislate on the subject until it should be able to get fl'st hand information concern ing the whole matter through its own representatives .at Manila. Caution to Be Watchword. The Democratic leaders here say, substantially: We are going to keep faith with tne pledges of our party In regard to this Republic's continuing to run a 'crown colony" against the consent of the peo ple of the colony; but we are not going to give the Republicans a vestige of excuse for bowling 'scuttle.' After having formally declared to the world this Nation's purpose regard-Ins- those islands, we are going to post pone further action until we get the renort of the first Democratic Governor- General. We are not going to set up any straw men for Mr. Tart to icnocK down. The Boston anti-imperialistic society Is not running the Democratic party." PERS0NAL MENTION. S. B. Crouch, of Roseburg, is at the Multnomah. W. L. Thompson, a Pendleton banker. is at the Imperial. Francis M. Tupper, of Vancouver, B. C is at the Bowers. John Fulton, of Wasco, registered at the Seward yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. FT. L. Reld, of Harris- "It is to laugh"! at "food-trusts". With Campbell's Ox Tail Soup in the house you always have a whole some nourishing dish at hand no mat ter how high the food prices go. k In this palatable soup you get the delicate meat and marrow of large selected ox-tails; beside the rich broth which is blended with tomato pure; contains small diced vegetables, and is flavored with choice imported sherry. As savory and satisfying a soup as you ever tasted. Order a dozen and time. 21 kinds save wW I lOcacan . QgHfl f Look for the red-and-white label SSSfagJ 1 1 , .- - - .-, ------ :V:.--.i';".'-.' burg, were registered at the Oregon yesterday. . R. w. Cary. a business roan of Esta- cada. was registered at the Multnomah yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W. ' TJ. Sanderson, of Nyssa, were registered yesterday at the Bowers, Asa B. Thomson, an Eastern Oregon stockman, is registered at the Imperial from Lcho. 'A. B. Barbur, a merchant of Prlne ville, accompanied by Mrs. Barbur, is at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Matlock, of Pen dleton, were registered yesterday at the Perkins. C a Penny and G. W. Smith, stock men of Pocatello, Idaho, were at the Perkins yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Chamberlain, of San Francisco, were registered at the Portland yesterday. J. H. Bulmer and family, of Winni peg, were among tourists registering at the Portland yesterday. George ' B. Dukek, president of the Condon National Bank, was registered at the Imperial yesterday. J. T. Hinkle, State Representative- elect from Umatilla County, was reg istered at the Imperial yesterday from Pendleton. R, G. Henderson, a merchant and postmaster at Chemawa, accompanied by Mrs. Henderson, was at the faeward yesterday. J. K. Weatherford, a prominent law yer of Albany, accompanied by Mrs. Weatherford, was registered at the Im perial yesterday. J. M. McDonald of Bill & Caldwater, F. L. Weidener, of Hood River, is reg istered at the Seward. O. A. Berger, a buslnes man of Seat tle, Is at the Cornelius. L S. Clarke, a Corvallis lawyer, was at the Bowers yesterday. R. M. Gaston, a merchant of Astoria, was at the Imperial yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fridley, of Brook ings, S. D., are at the Cornelius. E. T. Barnes, a Salem business man, registered at the Multnomah yesterday. Ben McCaffery, a real estate dealer of Redmond, is registered at the Per kins. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Davis, of Steven son, Wash., are registered at the Fort- land. D. D. McKay and family, of Clats- kanle, are registered at the Multno mah. M. Senders, a merchant of Albany, was registered at the Multnomah yesterday. R H. Johnson, of Walla Walla, was In the city yesterday, registering at the Portland. L. B. Laughlin, a McMinnvlIle mer- chant, was registered at the Perkins yesterday. New York City, arrived in Portland Saturday night. He is a guest of W. C. Kavanaugh, with whom he will go to Pasadena, Cal., to spend the holidays. P. W. Harries, publisher of a poultry paper at oeame, is nera m ucn annual poultry show in this city. He is registered at the Cornelius. J. D. McKennon, a well-known Union County resident and ex-member of the Oregon Legislature, was registered at the Imperial yesterday from La Grande. O. F. Darling, president of the Invest ment Building & Trust Company, de- gjm iou ii ..n.-----. - j - - where he will meet Mrs, Darling, who has been visiting in me jcnai- xnj will return to Portland in about two weeks, Charles H. Rowley, for the last five years connected witn tne nuriumu.. Imperial and late manager of the Ho . ..i xAW,.a . . ,1 r- wrls-ht & Dickinson. has departed for San Francisco, -and will -assume tne management ui wie new Hotel Washington, Grant avenue T U .,.. hull hv tbA FlAiHh- hackers. This hotel will open the first of the year. CHICAGO, Dec. 8. (Special.) Port land people registered at Chicago ho tels today are as follows: At the Great Northern, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Barnum: at the Lasalle, Mr. and Mrs. Fielder A, Jones. RAILROAD GRADERS STRIKE Trouble With Contractors' Employes Near Monroe Not Thought Serious. MONROE, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) Men, thought to be emissaries from the Industrial Workers, put in their ap pearance at the railroad camps south of Monroe yesterday, and last night practically all the men employed on the Portland, Eugene Be Eastern grad ing job walked out. pending the con sideration of a demand for an Increase of wages. The grading in that section is now nearly completed and the con tractors do not seem to be worried over the situation, professing to be able to obtain all the help they need. Officials of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railroad Company in Portland say they have heard nothing of the trouble near Monroe, but are Inclined to believe that it is not of a serious nature, inasmuch as it has come on without the preliminary troubles which generally precede serious strikes. The railroad company has nothing to do with the laborers, the grading work being in charge of Flags & Standifer, contractors. Cold Weather Hints Your experience of last Win ter has likely taught you a lesson in economy. You re member that little or rather big bill from the doctor after a long sickness caused from a damp house after do ing the family washing. Prevention is Better Than Cure Send vour family wash to the PALACE LAUNDRY. With one of the most modem laun dries on the Coast we are in a position to SAVR YOU MONEY both on ROUGH DRY and dressed work. We EXCEL in every branch of ' laundry work. Of Interest to the Whole Family Father, Jimmy or Nellie no more carry the broken shoes to the cobbler's.. The PAL ACE LAUNDRY calls for and delivers to all parts of the city FREE. Shoes re paired while you wait at our downtown shop at 131 Eleventh Just South of Washington PHONES TUW East 1030 y ' B 2113 . 0-12-9-12 J. H. J. , The Winter Breakfast Which includes Grape-Miits and Cream Will have one dish that has both engaging flavor and true nourishment the strength-giving, life-sustaining factors which exist in wheat and bar ley, stored there by Summer's sun for Winter's comfort. And remember Grape-Nuts food is more tnan "something good to eat" It is a brain and body builder rich in the vital phos phates so essential to the daily rebuilding of the tissue cells of the Brain and Nerves. Grape-Nuts carries in most digestible form the food elements that make muscle, vigor and nerve. "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Pure Food Factories, Battle Creek, Mich, Knowing how and' best materials produce a flavor found only in Orange Blossom Candy ROVtt MARTIN - EXCtUSIVt AGENTS DRUGGIST RECOMMENDS Vinol for Eun-Down People. If any one person should know the value of medicines It is the druggist who dispenses them and from our ex perience we want to say if people in this vicinity only knew the value of Vlnol, our delicious cod liver and Iron tonic (without oil) at this season of the year, we would not be able to sup ply the demand. This Is because Vlnol is a combina tion of the two most world-famed tonics, namely, the medicinal curative elements of cods' livers without the oil, and Iron for the blood. Vinol tones up the digestive organs, purifies and enriches the blood, pro motes healthful sleep and a normal appetite. Old people, delicate children, run down, overworked and tired women, should try a bottle of Vinol with the understanding- that your money will be returned if It does not help you. Wood- ard, Clarke & Co., Druggists, Portland. Or. P. a For pimples and blotches try our Saxo Salve. We guarantee It. Mamma Says its saie tor Childrerii CONTAINS NO OPIATES Fur Sale by All Proncff.