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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914. ' " I V RIFLE PLAYS PART F ISHER HEARING Man, Held for Attack on ex Mayor of Copperfield, Bound Over to Jury. STATE GIVES SURPRISES Woodsmen Come In From Trails In Mountain to Tell of Stranger Who Had Gun and Point to Prisoner In Dock. BAKER, Or.. July 6. (Special.) Ed Fisher, arrested after a chase In the wilds by Sheriff Rand last week on a charge of Bhootlng Henry H. Stewart, deposed Mayor of Copperfield. from ambush on June 22. was bound over to the grand Jury this afternoon after a sensational preliminary examination, at which the prosecution showed the strength of Its case for the first time, and in which there were a few distinct surprises. , That Fisher carried a high-power .zs caliber rifle when in the Imnaha Moun tains while Rand was searching for him., and that he flatly denied having a gun was the striking feature of the i-tate's case. The prosecution seemed a flimsy one until District Attorney llodwin called two woodsmen. Govern ment forest guards, who testified to having seen Fisher with such a gun far in the heart of the mountains. Brother I Witness. Harry Fisher, City Marshal at Cop perfield and brother of the prisoner, who was the first witness for the state, told of his brothers lefv" home early In the morning of the shooting, and of having said he was going to the Wallowa country. He de li. kmK,- wna unarmed ana did not possess a rifle. He then said ' . . . i hoi- o f tor the late "William Veach, who was shot at Sheridan, June 13. They found one bullet, which had entered the right side, had passed through the abdominal cavity and lodged against the ribs in the left side. The ball looked to be much larger than a 38-caliber, the size of gun used by the deputy whom Veach was assisting. Foree used a 44 auto matic revolver. The autopsy was held for the reason that the state antici pated that the defense might try to make It appear that Foree did not shoot at Veach, but had directed his fire solely at Rue, and that Rue might have accidentally shot Veach In the triangular duel. The bullet will be examined by an expert. Foree was shot through the abdomen 'by one of the officers. When the body of Veach was shipped to Oregon the officials were certain that Foree would die. His almost recovery necessitated he had talked with his brother after his arrest, ana inai mo denied having taken a gun into the mountains. Sheriff Rand then told the details of the chase through the perilous trails, rain and fog; told how Fisher, appar ently an adept at the trails, had let him get to Steamboat Xanding ahead of him, and how Fisher was unarmed when arrested, and how he denied hav ing had a gun. . Then the state produced its surprise In calling Robert H. Harrison, afarm er's son of Corvallis. who testified that he was a forest service guard, working at making trail in the Wallowa coun try He told how. on the afternoon or June 24, two days after the shooting, a stranger had appeared at the camp and had come into the tent during a heavy rain, had eaten and then gone out and brought in a rifle, which he described as a .22 Winchester pump gun. Guard Holds to Testlmoay. Efforts to shake Harper's testi mony were unavailing. He pointed out the defendant as the man he had seen In the woods and said he knew no one at Copperfield nor had heard of the case until called as a witness. Joel Meloy, of North Yakima, also a guard employed with Harper, gave the same testimony. This evidence seemed to take the derense dj surynoo ... testimony in rebuttal was offered. Stewart, the wounded man, is still in the hospital, but he is said to be out of danger, although It will be a week or two before he can leave his bed. ARRESTS LAID TO SALOONS Dry Leader Compares Portland's Record With Froliibitlon Towns. Earle A. Rowell, superintendent of the Portland "out-to-win" forces in the Prohibition party campaign, delivered an address on "Portland After Dark" at Myrtle Park last night. His ad dress was based on statistics and other information he had gathered in per sonal Investigation, he said. That Portland had 63 policemen on duty through the day and 75 police men on duty at night, when only one twentieth of the people are on the streets, was one fact cited by Mr. KowelL He declared that an increase of 50 per cent in the number, of police men at night was made necessary by the saloons. In two dry towns Hillsboro and Forest Grove Mr. Rowell said that the arrests averaged one In two weeks. He compared this record with that of Port land, using the official figures on the number of arrests here. In Portland, which he said was only 100 times as large as the other two cities, the num ber of arrests was 1000 times greater. For the first five months of 1914 Mr. Rowell said the official figures showed there had been 9298 arrests, which, at the same ratio, would come to more than 20,000 for the year. CONSTABLES TO HUNT DOG Search of Slongh Houseboats to Be Made Today on Warrant. A search .warrant was sworn out by A. F. McKay against a houseboat on the Columbia slough, near Kenton, to recover, according to the wording of the warrant, "one English pit bulldog." Taking advice from the words of a song hit of former days, McKay "tied his little bull outside." On his return the bulldog was not to be found. The rope had been cut. A diligent search brought out the report that the dog had been "kidnaped" and was being held a prisoner on a houseboat back of Kenton. Deputy Constables will searcn the slough houseboats this morning. CHECK ARTISTS MAKE HAUL City Treasurer's Blanks Stolen at Astoria and $500 Worth Cashed. ASTORIA, ' Or., July 6. (Special.) Astoria was visited on Saturday by a couple of bad-check men, who cashed bogus paper amounting to between )00 and 1500. The men stole IS blank checks from the City Treasurer's office, forged Treasurer Prael's name to them, and, filling them out in amounts, running as high as $40. cashed them at stores and saloons. One of the men gave his name as I D. Schmidt and the other i was called Morton. They disappeared Sunday morning. AUTOPSY ON VEACH HELD evidence Being Procured In Case Against Wyoming Man HILI.SBORO, Or., July 6. (Special) Dr. Smith and Dr. Steffen. of snen dan, Wyo.. arrived here this morning and held an autopsy over the body of GIRL WlSfS POPUI,ARITT CON TEST AT WHITE SAXMOSi. Mlsa Gladys Mort n. WHITE SALMON, Wash., July 6. (Special.) Miss Gladys Morton, Goddess of Liberty during White Salmon's t w o - d a y celebration, won the most exciting popularity contest ever held here. Miss Morton Is the daughter of Mrs. Pearl Morton, and is one of the prettiest as well as one of the most popular girls of White Salmon. She is a member of one of the oldest pioneer families of Klickitat County. , the trip to Oregon and the subsequent exhumation and autopsy to provide evidence. SCHOOL GUIDE PLANNED RECORD TO REVEAL VOCATIONAL TENDENCIES OF PUPILS. Superintendent Saya System W1U Auto matically Direct Student to His Proper Coarse of Study. SALEM. Or- July 6. (Special.) Su perintendent of Public Instruction Churchill said today that the County Superintendents, while in session here last week, authorized him to prepare a uniform card system for a record of the pupils of the grades and high schools in all districts of the second and third classes. ' A nmnlAtA rAPOrd Will be kept Of each child from the time he enters until he leaves school, un me caruu will be recorded not only his standings in the various subjects, but the teach ers' estimates of the pupil's applica tion for study, tne suDjecis in excels, his deportment. health i and physique. "The' record will be invaluable to the school heads and parents in plan ning the pupil's course in high school,"' said Mr. Churchill. T A.vdmnlo thft tin V ha.S filWaVS been ' exceptionally strong In mathe matics ana snows a leamus i"""" scientific work, but has been rather weak in his language work. It will be easy to determine the course for which he is naturally fitted, ir ne nas Deen l...CTnlai In attpnriflnrA all thrOUSTh his grade work, it will show the high school teacher mat ne wui neeu eye da! attention In order to get anything Irom nis nign scnooi course. "The plan is to have each teacher, send this record once a year to the of- . i v. Pnn "(it aiinnrlntAnpnt He 1 ilo ui u .. j wu.u. ........ in Ko. o xni-ri ndn Bvntem In his office, and the teacher's report .will be transcribed to tnis caro. LAND GRANT TIMBER UP OREGON CALIFORNIA ASKS FED ERAL COURT FOR SALE! ORDER, $192,000 Worth of Timber Declared "Ripe" and Some Land Included in Petition Receptts to Be Held. A hearing was conducted yesterday before JudKe Wolverton. of the United States District Court, in the matter of the application of th Oregon & Cali fornia Railroad Company to sell 181,- 000,000 feet of standing timber near Scappoose, and a part of the land In volved in the famous land grant suit involving 2.300,000 acres. The railroad company is contenaing that the timber Is "ripe," and asks to be allowed to sell It to the Nehalem Timber & Log Company, which has offered $1.06 a thousand for it, or about $192,000. The company proposes that the money shall be held in trust until the United States Supreme Court's decision in the land grant case shall determine whether the railroad or the United States has title to the land. Constantino J. Smith, special assistant to Attorney-General McReynolds, and Louis L. Sharpe, chief land commis sioner for Oregon, examined the wit nesses, with a view to recommending what action should be taken on the aoDlicatlon to sell the timber. William D. Fenton appeared for the railroad company, and A. W. Lafferty for a number of people who have squattea on land In the tract under considera tion, and who are opposing Its sale. FOUR AUTOS ARE STOLEN Theory Is That They May Be Taken ' Apart and Sold. Automobile thieves were busy in Portland July 4 and 6, when cars owned by Thomas Meienberg, S65 Sec ond street; Lee Martin, 766 Schuyler street, and by R. -B. Urfer. 430 Hoyt street, were stolen from the garages In which they had been locked. Another machine was stolen at Salem. It Is owned by Dr. C. H. Rob ertson and was stolen from a private garage. The authorities are of the opinion that the same thieves stole all three Portland cars, with the Intention of taking them apart and reassembling to prevent recognition. OREGON'S GENERAL FUND IS PENNILESS State Not in Any Financial Straits, but Counties Must Come Forward. MULTNOMAH PROMISES AID Backwardness of "Second Half Taxes Is Responsible 6 Per Cent Warrants May Be Resorted To. $2,000,000, Still Due. SALEM, Or July . (Special) For the first time in the history of the state the general fund has been ex hausted In July, according to an an nouncement today by State Treasurer Kay. This does not- mean the state is in serious financial straits, or that there is not sufficient money to carry It through the year, but it does mean that, unless some of the counties come forward with inoney at once, the State Treasurer will have' to Issue warrants which will draw 6 per cent interest until they are paid. A deficit of about $1,400,000. from the latter part of last year and the first of this one, had to be made up from the money received from the various counties on the first half tax payment. The total amount received by the State Treasurer to date is $2, 100,000, and, Inasmuch as more than one-half of it was owing, it soon was exhausted. However, there is still 2, 000,000 due, which State Treasurer Kay says will meet all expenses until the levy under the next taxes is received. All counties have paid the levy for the first half tax collection, several have paid about two-thirds of all the money due and Columbia and Tilla mook have paid the full amounts. Sev eral of the counties, however, will not be able to 'pay the full amounts to the state until the taxes for the last half have been received. Assistant 'State Treasurer Ryan was notified over telephone tonight by County Treasurer Lewis, of Multnomah County, that he probably would be able to send a check tomorrow for $200,000 or $300,000, which would obviate the necessity of the State Treasurer in dorsing warrants. The money would be sufficient to meet expenses until other counties remitted and might so simplify the situation that It would not be necessary to expend one cent of interest. Under the new county deposit law, the counties receive 2 per cent Interest on money deposited with local banks, but it would be a poor business propo sition for the counties to keep the money long in the local depositories at that rate of - interest, when the state Is compelled to pay 6 per cent Interest on unpaid warrants. The 'tax -commission. In fixing the levy of about four mills, took into con sideration all expenditures and pro vided a sufficient sum of money to pay them. In the future the commis sion will be allowed to anticipate ap nrnnrlnttons and other expenditures and. it Is believed, the levies will be 0F? for a voyage or a -''hiking" trip? "Beat in" at this 'port and stock up with a nifty suit case or traveling bag. There's a reduced price on every one, and . they're all either genu ine cowhide or walrus. Look at the reductions from the original mod est prices: Wash Suits One:Half Any fabric or color you may ask for, just one half the normal price. Crisp, new suits, ready to wear: $1.00 Suits 50 $1.50 Suits 75d $2.00 Suits $1.00 $2.50 Suits $1.25 $3.00 Suits 8150 $3-50 Suits $1.75 $4.00 Suits $2.00 $5.00 Suits $2.50 $6.50 Suits $3.25 Knicker Suits Reduced Finely tailored Norfolks in new patterns, from 5 years up. Mark the splendid re ductions: $ 5.00 Norfolk Suits $3.95 $ 6.50 Norfolk Suits $5.10 $ 7.50 Norfolk Suits $5.95 $ 8.50 Norfolk Suits $6.75 $10.00 Norfolk Suits $7.85 $12.50 Norfolk Suits $9.85 $15.00 Norfolk S'ts $11.85 Odd lots of Knicker Suits in double-breasted styles: $5.00 Suits $2.50 $7.50, $8.50, $10 Suits $3.95 $ 7.50 Bags and Suitcases . $ 5.95 $10.00 Bags and Suitcases -,5SS? $12.50 Bags and Suitcases $10.75 $15.00 Bags and Suitcases $12.35 $18.50 Bags and Suitcases $1 5.75 $20.00 Bags and Suitcases $16.95 $25.00 Bags and Suitcases .$19.8o Main. Floor Ladies' Sport Hats, $1.50 to $3 Ladies' Dusters, One-Half Price BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth Men's Bathing Suits, $1.50 to $3.50 Standard makes, moderately priced. 1 made nearly the same from year to year. BALLOT TITLE IS READY ATTORNEY - GENERAL DESIGNATES THREE INITIATIVE MEASURES. , Names Written for BUI to Abolish Cap ital Punishment, to Consolidate Two t Offices and Another Act. SALEM. Or., July 6. 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Its purpose Is to abolish the death pen alty for murder committed In the State of Oregon and fixing life Imprisonment as the maximum punishment for any crime. It repeals the provisions of the Constitution and laws in conflict with the same." "Constitutional amendment initiated by P. K. Rasmussen, Corbett building, Portland. Or.: W. M. Davis. 188 Laurel hurst. Portland. Or.,- county officers' term - amendment. Its purpose is tc om.nrf luoinn R of article 6 or the Constitution of the State of Oregon, so as to make the terms of County Clerks, Treasurers. Sheriffs. Coroners and Sur veyors four years each instead of two years, 'including these who may be elected at the regular November elec tion. 1914." "Initiated by Ernest Kroner. orces ter building, Portland, Or.; E. A. Newby, Salem: George O. Patterson, Forest Grove; John A. Jeffery, Lafay ette building. Portland, and Douglas Lawson. McKay building. Portland. Consolidation corporation and Insur- UIlO tl 17 , . I I UI.: II ID- I . . . - consolidate the office of Corporation Commissioner with the office of lnaur ance Commissioner, the latter offlrlal to transact the buslneas of both de partments, and making the office vt Insurance Commissioner elective; the first one to be elected at the biennial election In ll; Inauranre Commis sioner also l'lre Warden of the state. Repeals all acts in conflict. " Missouri rclvd 11. KM n.w In 1813 Schlitz Brown Bottle Insures Purity Schlitz cannot cause biliousness. It. cannot cause stomach or liver trouble. Pure beer is health ful "food -decayed food is not healthful. Any beer in light bottles is in danger of decay. No one who values health should risk taking tainted food into the stomach. See that Crown is branded "Schlitz." U II! (& y S3f l a jimiiiiH i Brown Bottles Rothschild Bros. to-a6 N. First St Portland, Oregon TSiit sa ic9e ml