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TITE 3IORNIXG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1914. C. E. POTTS ON TRIAL FOR WIFE MURDER Jury Panel Exhausted at Can yon City and Special Venire of 20 Is Issued. DEFENDANT IS PROMINENT Death at First Thought Due to Heart Disease, but Body, Exhumed Six Months Later, Shows Hjoid Bone Broken ; Arrest Follows. CANTON CITY. Or.. June 8. (Spe clal.) The trial of Charles E. Potts for the murder of his wife started in the Circuit Court today. The regular Jury panel was exhausted and a special Venire of 20 Jurors from four widely separated portions of the county was Issued. Thirty Jurors were examined and six were accepted. It is believed that by Wednesday the Jury will be procured and the opening: statements tnade. Witnesses continue to arrive from Chicago and Los Angeles, and a. num ber of the medical profession have been ubpenaed as expert witnesses. One of the strangest circumstances In the case is the fact that the hyold bone was found fractured six months after the death of Mrs. Potts when the body was exhumed. It is said that the legal battle will be over the expert tes timony in relation to fracture of this bone.' A number of witnesses from Los Angeles will testify as to the good character of the defendant and of the tender attention he had always paid to his Invalid wife. Potts and his wife arrived here last July from their home in Los Angeles to visit Mrs. Potts' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McOarvln. near Mt. Vernon. After being here for a few weeks Potts rave the alarm early one morning that his wife was having some kind of a fit. Mrs. McGarvin rushed to the bedside of her daughter Just as she expired. It was said that death was due to heart disease. A discoloration of the neck aroused suspicion. After the funeral' Potts left for Los Angeles. After six months the body was exhumed and the postmortem showed that the hyoid bone was shattered and the arrest of Potts was ordered. He has been confined in the county Jail for four months. Potts is a member of the Los Angeles Board of Trade and reputed to be prom inent in business circles. VETERANS WILL GATHER ADERDEBlf TO HAVE 700 SPAJflSH AMEMCAIf WAR VETERANS. Farade 'and Other Festivities Planned. Centralis Makes Canvass lor Next Year's Meeting:. ABERDEEN, Wash.. June 8. (Spe cial.) Aberdeen will open her ' four days' entertainment of 700 Spanish American Veterans, coming from all parts of Alaska and Washington, with a parade Thursday morning, and a ball and reception for the visitors Thursday night. The special train, bearing the Bound and Eastern Washington dele pates, will arrive Thursday morning at 7 o'clock, and at 9 o'clock a parade headed by a band. Company G, Wash ington National Guard, city officials, Commander Clader and his staff, hun dreds of citizens and members of all local patriotic organizations will es cort the visitors to the Knights of Pythias Hall, where the convention will open routine business soon after wards. Friday will be given over to the elec tion of officers, routine business and a tour of the harbor in automobiles. The trips will extend through the business and residence districts of both Aber deen and Hoqulam, through the larger mills and fish-packing plants and prob ably through the Country Club grounds. Friday evening will be given over to the festivities of the Military Order of the Serpent, the play organization of the veterans. The parade is to be one of the most gorgeous and fantastic staged here, and will be featured by the appearance of a snake over 100 feet in length. Twelve automobiles will be necessary to carry it. Officers will be installed Saturday, the convention city for 1915 picked and llnal business completed. Centralia seems to have made the -best canvass for next year's convention. GRADUATES HEAR SERMON Vancouver's Class of 4 1 Attend First Presbyterian Church. ' VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 8 (Spe cial.) Rev. H. S. Templeton, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of thl city, tonight delivered the baccalaureate sermon for the 41 graduates of the Vancouver High School. The Juniors of the high school acted as ushers and decorated the church in an artistic manner with sword ferns, pink roses and scarlet ramblers. No services were held in the Con gregational, First Baptist or First Christian churches, so that the congre gations could attend the services in" Mr. Templeton's church, which was tilled. LA GRANDE PIONEER GONE Ji. A. Harrison, Resident of Union County 49 Years, Dies at 73. LA GRANDE, Or., June 8. (Special.) H. A. Harrison, Judge of Union County when the county eeat was moved from Union to La Grande, died at his home in this city today. He came here from Luzerne County, Pennsyl vania, and had lived in this county continuously since his arrival, in 1865. He was 73 years old and leaves a widow and two children. OSTEOPATHS MEET FRIDAY (State. Association Plans Elaborate Two-Day Programme. - Papers, discussions and demonstra tions will comprise the programme at the annual meeting of the Oregon Oste opathic Association, to be held in Portland next Friday and Saturday, at the Multnomah Hotel. Among the important papers will be one by Dr. Katherine S. Myers on "The Movement for Better Babies." Dr. A. B. Cunningham, of Seattle, secretary of the Washington State Association, will present a paper on "Neuritis, Its Care and Treatment," discussion of which will be led by Dr. E. B. Haslop, of Port land. "Goiter, Probable Causes and Rational Treatment." will, be Presenter! bv Dr. F. J. Feidler, of Seattle. Dr. Carolyn Allen, of The Dalles, will lead the dis cussion. A paper on "Cause and Treat ment of Adenoids and Hypertrophled Tonsils," will be read bv Dr. H. F. Leon ard, of Portand, with Dnr Gertrude L, Qates, of Portland, leading in the dis cussion. Dr. Leonard will use clinics in presenting his subject. Considerable time is to be devoted to demonstrations of technique, which will be divided into four sections, each section rotating until all have gone over the practical work which will thus be covered. Dr. B. H. White, of Salem, will give the technique of the cervical region. Dr. F. E. Moore, of Portland, and Dr. W. H. Arnold, of Vancouver, will demonstrate the upper thoracic area, confining it to the upper six dor sal vertebrae and ribs.' Dr. Elizabeth Lane-Howells, of Corvallis. will dem onstrate the technique of the pelvis. Ostepothic and orthopedic clinics will take several hours. A paper on "Mod ern Laboratory Methods, including X Ray with Demonstrations and Interpre tations," will be another feature of the meeting. Officers of the Oregon Osteopathic Association are: Dr. D. D. Toung, of McMinnville, president; Dr. Elizabeth Lane-Howells, of Corvallis, first vice president'; Dr. Katheryn Reuter. of Portland, second vice-president; Dr. J. A. van .Brakle, of Oregon City, secre tary; Dr. William G. Keller, of Port land, treasurer. PANTAGES BILL PLEASES TRUTH "COMPELLING PLAY" OF . ALL-STAR ENTERTAINMENT. Other Act With Sense and Nonsense Declared to Complete One of Best Offerings of Present Season. Whoever planned the Rose Festival entertainment at Pantages chose wisely and well. There's not a number that doesn't strike 12. "Truth," which is a demonstration of social economics and a splendid argument for every side of the big subject, headlines the bill. "Truth" is based on Pope's lines Vice is a monster of such frightful mien. That to be hated needs but to be seen; But seen too oft' familiar with her face we xirst endure, then pity then embrace. Its story is based on news accounts of the vice commission in the State of Illinois. A long array of exceptional talent is displayed in the actors who have the roles. The scene shows, first, the corridor leading to the commission chamber, where a half dozen women who had been arrested in a raid on a dive had come to testify before the commission concerning their lives and the whys and wherefores. A represen tative of organized labor is on the com mittee and gives excellent argument for his side of the case as laid in contrast with the side of the employer, which side, too, is represented in able speech. The girls tell sordid stories and into each one creeps the longing for a reformation. An act that almost stopped the show yesterday was Bob Finlay's nonsensi cal songs and stories with the two slim, dainty Tates girls helping out. They have a ballad about a kiss that touches everyone's funny bone. The two girls are graceful dancers and wear smart toggery. Clayton and Lennle are a couple of merry nuts. Clayton Just wears a Sunny Jim smile, dispenses personality and beats the pie out of Lennie, who makes up as an unusually stupid Eng lish chap. Their rendition of the "Green Grass Growing All "Round" brought down the house. A truly wonderful acrobatic act is offered by the Five Gargonis. two pretty, lithe little girls, a wee lad who handsprings like a pinwheel and two big Gargonis. They make human ladders four people high out of them selves and amaze by their fearlessness. Opening the bill is the best cycling turn of years. The two brunettes offer It, Brunette being the name, not the color. MUSIC TEACHERS MEET NORTHWEST CONVENTION OPENS BUSINESS SESSIONS HERE. Artistic Concert in Lincoln Hall Last Klstat by Prominent Musicians Is One Feature of First Day. Two business meetings, one after noon recital-reception and one public concert, all well attended, marked the opening sessions yesterday of the Northwest Music. Teachers' Association convention. Proceedings opened with a pipe organ recital by Lucien E. Becker at the Colifrabia Theater. At 10:30 o'clock the first business meeting took place at Eilers' Hall, when an address was made by Edgar S. Fisher, of "9w all a Walla, Wash, president of the asso ciation. Papers were read by Miss M. Edith Jones, of Lewiston Idaho, and Mrs. Emma B. Carroll, of this city. Mrs. B. E. Tait, business manager of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, talked on the work and success of the orchestra. A luncheon was given by the Musicians' Club. At the afternoon session Mordaunt A. Goodnough played two piano solos and Mrs. Mary Cahill Moore gave a demonstration of "Fundamental Music Teaching." with the aid of a class of one dozen school children.. The re ception was given by the Coterie Musical Club. Lincoln High School auditorium was filled last night to hear a concert of artistic distinction. The programme included an instrumental trio by Mrs. Beatrice Hidden Eichenlaub, Frank G. Elchenlaub ana Charles Duncan Raff, cellist: John Claire Montelth, baritone; Mrs. Virginia Spencer Hutchinson, con tralto; Mrs. Pauline Miller Chapman, mezzo-soprano; Mrs. Thomas Carrick Burke, pianists; Charles A. Case, tenor. Seattle; Miss Ruth Darrow, soprano, of Walla Walla, and James R. Hutchinson, Mrs. Carrie A. Beaumont and Ellas fclum, of Walla Walla, piano accom panists. The concert was a big suc cess. The business sessions will be resumed today. 0STE0UATH WILL FIGHT Dr. J. A. Van Brakle, Health Offi cer, Demands Recognition. OREGON CITY,"or.. June 8. (Spe cial.) That he would bring charges against every physician in Oregon City who has not filed the monthly reports with him, that every case not reported would be brought to account, and that the Oregon Association of Osteopaths was behind him to the end and the National association with all its resources, if necessary, was the statement of Dr. J. A. Van" Brakle. acting County Health Officer, whom the doctors of the "regular" school seek to Ignore. "I am preparing my evidence now, said Dr. Van Brakle. "In a few days I will go before County Attorney Hedges and seek to have him press my case in the courts. If he refuses I have another course I can take. The Oregon association Is behind me, and if it becomes necessary we can secure the aid of the National association. "This is a fight to the finish, and we will leave na stone unturned until the highest court in the state, at least, has rendered Its verdict," WEST WILL LECTURE Oregon's Governor 'Emulates . W. J. Bryan. "VACATION TRIP," HE SAYS Understanding Is That Proposed Lec tures Arc to Be Made at Cliau tauquas, Although Governor Xow Does Not Say This. SALEM, Or, June 8. (Special.) Announcing that he had promised, to make several addresses in Eastern and Middle Western states on prison re form, and deliver a Fourth of .July oration in West Virginia, Governor West said tonight that he would leave here next Monday to fill the engage ments. He said further that he would visit numerous penal and other elee mosynary institutions while away, with a view to improving conditions at the Oregon State Institutions. While admitting that he would spend several days in Washington, D. C the Governor denied - that he would go there seeking an appointment under the Democratic ' Administration. He declared his mission there would be solely In the Interest of state matters pending before state departments. There are rumors, however, that the Governor would like to be chairman of the Alaskan Railway Commission, which will carry with it a salary of about $10,000. When asked today if he expected that appointment. Mr. West replied: "There is nothing in that." In telling of his proposed trip he said: Vacation, Says Governor. "1 am simply going to take a vaca tion. I have not had one for a long time, and when I have been away from Salem I have been Just as busy as one could be. Other officials around here take a month off for a vacation and it is about time I was taking a rest. I have .promised to make several speeches on prison reform, and I shall make a Fourth of July address in West Virginia. My object in visiting the penal and other eleemosynary institu tions Is to obtain ideas for adoption here. For Instance, we have had plenty of work for the prisoners at the peniten tiary on the roads and state farms and making Improvements at the institu tions. However, with the exception of the roads everything has been pretty well taken care of, and it is now nec essary to think of some indoor work for-the convicts. We have a variety of industries in which products may be manufactured for state use and at the same time not have the prisoners compete with free labor. It is my inten tion to see what work Is being done by the- prisoners- where I visit for the benefit of the Board of Control in ex tending the work at the penitentiary." Chantanqnana to Hear Governor. While Governor West did not say so. it is understood that a number of his addresses will be made at various East ern Chautauquas. Announcement was made some time ago that be Intended to make Chautauqua speeches during his vacation this Summer, but he has never admitted that he had bookings made for a Chautauqua circuit. He also has not said whether he would be 'paid for the speeches, but it is presumed that he will receive sufficient financial return at least to pay the expenses of his trip, as was the case several months ago when he delivered an address in New Tork City on prison reform. HIGHWAY MEETING CALLED Columbia Court and State Commis sion to Discuss Differences. CLATSKANIB, ' Or., June 8. (Spe cial.) A good roads meeting will be held in Clatskanle Tuesday night wltn Governor West. Major Bowlby and other State Commissioners present. The Columbia County Court will also ber present to thresh out some differ ences with the State Commission con cerning the State Highway Commission survey for the Columbia River High way. A meeting was neia at tit. .Helens a short time ago but little was accom plished. The dispute over the route has re tarded the work of the contractors, who are on the ground ready to begin grad ing. FRUIT, SELLING DISCUSSED Secretary of North Pacific Distribu tors Speaks at Newberg. NEWBERG. Or- June 8. (Special.) H. C Sampson, secretary of the North Pacific Fruit Distributors, which in cludes fruitgrowers of Oregon, Wash ington, Montana and Idaho, addressed an audience of business men at the Commercial Club rooms last night in relation to the work that has been ac complished by that agency in finding a market for the fruit of those states at remunerative prices. He was invited to come again, and a meeting will be arranged for Wednes day, June 17, In the afternoon. The Newberg Fruitgrowers' Association has a membership of nearly 600, and a local organization probably will be formed to become a part of the big association. Saloon Ban on Ceded Lands Holds. ' WASHINGTON. July 8. The policy of the Federal Government in closing all saloons in the Indian lands ceded to the United States In 1855 and now con stituting a greater portion of the State of Minnesota north of the 46th parallel was upheld today by the Supreme Court. . If it is the skin use Santlseptlo Lotion. Adv. FOR an appetizing breakfast, -a delicious luncheon at mid day, or a delightful table d'hote dinner in the evening, The Portland will please you. The surroundings are admirable, the serv ice faultless. Breakfast, 6:30 to 12. Luncheon 11:30 A. M. to 2 P. M. Afternoon Tea, 3:30 to 6. Table d'hote Dinner, 5:30 to 8. Service in the Grill to 1 A. M.; Music. Entrances on Morrison, Yamhill, Broadway and Sixth. THE PORTLAND HOTEL G. J. Kaufmann, Manager. ttjortland is a city of well dressed people," remarked an JL . lie gathering Appoint yourself a committee of one to make every Rose Festival visitor say the same thing. Special Carnival Week Showing of Suits $20 and $25 Only yesterday we added new arrivals in smart pencil stripes, of blue and black, from the famous shops of Stein-Bloch and Atterbury System. Medium weights, for all-year-round wear. Visitors from out-of-town, welcome to Ben Selling's! Take this opportunity of seeing our great assemblage of fine Clothes, for men, women and children. We believe it is safe to say no store in the Northwest shows so mart) Straw Hals as you'll find here. New rough straws, sennets, Panamas, Bangkok, Milam new high crown styles are especially popular. Exclusive Portland Agents for Dunlap Straws, $5.00 Brewer Straws, $3.00 BEN SELLING ( LEADING CLOTHIER Morrison Street, at Fourth APPLES TO BE AIDED German Ships, Bringing Beer to Coast, -Mean Market. 50-CENT RATE PREDICTED Lane County Fruit Growers Hear ?few Message From Fruit Distribu tors' Association and Will Join New Branch In Portland. EUGENE. Or.. June 8. (Special.) German beer will prove & tremendous boon to the fruitgrowers of the Pacific Coast, according: to H. C Sampson, sec retary of the North Pacific Fruit Dis tributors Association, who spoke to the Lane County fruitgrowers here today. He declares that, upon the opening- of the Panama Canal, the German vessels that have brought largre cargoes of beer, which, he says. Germany expects We Give Green Trading Stamps HANAN SHOES have the style of the smart est custom models and af ford the wearer absolute comfort. Rosenthal's Sole Agents for Portland Two Stores 129 Teat St.. Bet. Washington A Alder, For Men and Women. S08 Washington, Wilcox Bide For Men Only. (USB 1 We Give '. Green Tradiag mi o tamps IB dressed people," remarked an v,j - fJJLb'i ft t) - out-of-town speaker at one pub- SA'A, , ' the other day. to ship to this Coast, will have empty bottoms In which to carry back Oregon and Washington fruit. The rate to Europe, he states, will be half what it is at present. Apples can be shipped to Germany for 60 cents a box and be sold there as cheaply as in New York. Mr. Sampson bases these statements upon a series of conferences with the managers of principal Eastern steam ship companies. He states that he has been working 18 months and has trav eled 19,000 miles to determine how the Northwest is going to market ' 12,500 carloads of apples which new orchards In the Northwest are about to produce. The railroads, he says, have not re r Bottles Wwmm-- ft Pure Beer Is Food Schlitz is made pure. The Brown Bottle keeps it pure from the brewery to your glass. Light starts decay even in m pure beer the light bottle is in sufficient protection. Why . should you risk impurity? See that Crown is branded "Schlitz." Ttat Made RflilivanaEcee B frigerator equipment sufficient to han dle this business. Effective organization of growers in the Northwest and the opening of the canal, with the Immediate development of a European market, are the factors to solve this problem, he declares. ' "When I went East I realized that the canal means everything to the fruitgrowers of Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Eastern Montana," he added. The Hawaiian-American line has six big steamers, the Grace lines will have four steamships, the Cosmos line, the Hamburg line, the North German-Lloyd lines, all will have empty bottoms in which to carry refrigerated fruit from A natural question. Every Every manufacturer who squarely and honestly HMAn4CJJ Rothschild Bros. ao-26 N. First St Portland, Oregon Is this the Pacific Northwest to Europe. The Eugene fruitgrowers at their meeting agreed to send a representative to Port land June 20, when two new branches of the North Pacific Fruit Distributors' Association will be formed, with head quarters in Portland. POISO OAK t IVY t Use Santiseptic Lotion. 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