THE MOEXTN'G OREGOXIAN. "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1915.
MR . WEST - GRILLED
AT
BAKER
HEARING
Methods of ex-Governor in
Copperfield Matter Bared
. on Witness Stand. . '
PUBLICITY IS ADMITTED
former Executive, Cross-Examined
by Attorney for Saloonman, Is
Forced to Tell ot Kaids
i and Explain Causes.
BAKER. Or.. April 13. (Special.)
Policies of Oswald West during his
Governorship of Oregon were bared
and explanations of them demanded to
day in Circuit Court. His methods of
vice crusades and publicity were
brought out. with his explanations of
why "he sent Fern Hobbs and the State
Militia to Copperfield January 1. 191.
Some of these methods were so se
verely grilled that when court ad
journed Mr. Wests face was flushed
and he showed that he had not enjoyed
the three hours of cross-examination
by James H. Nichols, attorney for Will
Jam Wiegand, who is suing the ex
iovemor for JI500 damages caused by
the confiscation of his liquor and sa
loon fixtures when the Militia closed
his saloon at the time Copperfield was
placed under martial law after .Fern
Hobbs' visit. The courtroom was
jammed to suffocation and a times the
crowd forced a recess to ventilate the
room. i ...
Mr West's refusal to extradite
Martin Knezovitch, a Copperfield
saloonkeeper. from Caldwell, . Ida.,
after Knexovitch had been indicted by
the Baker County grand Jury, he said,
was because it would have aided Mr.
Nichols, attorney for the town of Cop
perfield. and because there were no
state funds.
Strong Personality" Factor.
He averred that Mr. Nichols and
C. T. Godwin. District Attorney, were
partners and that because Mr. Nichols
bad the "stronger personality" Mr.
Nichols unconsciously Influenced Mr.
Godwin so Mr. Godwin did not act in
the Copperfield case before the raid.
Mr. West admitted that be gave out
to the . press all telegrams and orders
in connection with the copperfield
raid.
"Didn't you know that you were di
recting the eyes of the United States
to the "lawless element' of Baker
County? Didn't you write an article
for the American Magaaine concerning
the Copperfield episode, and .weren't
you and Miss Hobbs snapped by a mov
ing picture man on the state house
steps. Just before she set out for East
rn Oregon?" asked Mr. Nichols.
Publicity Is Admitted.
The ex-Governor admitted the pub
licity through the press and the maga
zine article, but could not recall the
moving-picture incident.
"I merely wanted the people to know
what was going on." he said. '
Asked regarding his desire for notor
riety, he said he had not sought noto
riety, had at ail times been sincere and
his modesty was a matter or opinion.
"Were you sincere in sending a young
girl to such a hellhole as Copperfield?"
shot Mr. Nichols.
"I was. I wanted to show the people
cf the state that anybody, even a 100
pound girl, could do the Job when
clothed with the authority of the Gov
ernor." Cost of Raid Eatlmated-
Mr. West said tnat the cost of the
Copperfield raid might have been $2000.
but was not sure. When asked why he
had not spent more on investigation in
preparation for It, he replied that funds
lor that purpose were exhausted and
that while he was In office he had bor
rowed $1500 to advance personally for
vice crusade work, but that the state
had reimbursed him.
"I am out quite a little yet." he said.
He rehearsed his cleanup campaign
Jn Salem and Portland and said that
both cities had been greatly improved
as a result.
"Did vou give the courts any chance
to try the'se Copperfield men, as you
had such good evidence against
them?" he was asked.
"I told the District Attorney and the
FherirT of the results of.investigations.
he replied.
He said that he considered Mr.
Wiegand worse than a bank robber,
ind as an outlaw, and that he con
sidered that he had enough evidence
to have secured his conviction.
Officials Are Accused. .
Ho also said that during his con
versation with Sheriff Ed Band and
District Attorney Godwin In Novem
ber, prior to the raid that he "knew
they were stringing him in their in
formation concerning conditions In
Haker County. " .
"I knew from personal investigation
that Huntington was a hell-hole and
that there were disorderly j.laces run
ning wide open in both. Baker and
Huntington." he said.
He said he closed the saloons at Cop
perfield because he had sent young
jnen with the Militia and that as some
of the people were carrying guns, he
feared trouble.
.-"I knew from experience that whisky
and ammunition mixed make trouble,"
he said.
Causes Are Reviewed.
ln direct examination the ex-Governor
reviewed the causes leading to
the raid
He said the nearest be had ever been
to Copperfield was when, he visited
Kagle Valley in 1910. He had never
seen Copperfield and was unable to
investigate this and some other cases
hecause he did not have time.
He praised Colonel Lawson. and said
tie Colonel had telegraphed tr htm
from Copperfield January S asking for
instructions to" seize and destroy the
liquors and fixtures, but that he tele
graphed back to seize the things and
ship them to Baker in the name of the
Ctate of Oregon. He said he did all
this as Governor and; not as an in
dividual. This morning his faoe wore a bored
expression, but when the recess . was
granted' he recovered his spirits.
It makes a man feel .prosperous to
be sued for J4500. even when he knows
he hasn't that amount," he remarked.
Mr. West was on the stand all day.
His cross-examination- will be com
pleted tomorrow. The case probably
will go to the Jury Thursday.
HUNDREDS MOURN EDITOR
Wilson Among Those W ho Condole
With Widow of W. R. Nelson.
KANSAS CITY. April 13. Funeral
services for William R. Nelson, editor
of the Kansas" City Star, who died early
todav will be held next Friday, it was
announced tonight. Bishop Cameron
Mann. Episcopal bishop of Florida, will
have charge of the services. Bishop
Mann and Mr. Nelson bad been personal
friends since young manhood.
Telegrams paying respect to the
memory of -the - editor -and expressing
sympathy with the relatives, which be
gan to arrive soon after his death was
announced, grew into the hundreds to
day. - A telegram from President Wil
son, addressed to Mrs. Nelson, arrived
tonight. .
WASHINGTON, April 13. President
Wilson sent the following telegram to
night to Mrs. William R. Nelson, the
widow of the editor of the Kansas City
Star:
"May I not express my deep sympathy
with you in the loss of your husband?
The whole country will mourn the loss
of the great editor and citizen."
EARLY SPANJS INDICATED
Second Inspection Made of Present
Colombia Bridge at Wenatchee.
WENATCHEB. Wash., April 13.
(Special.) It is evident that the Great
Northern Is considering seriously the
building of the Columbia River bridge
this Summer, contrary to the statement
made by Chief Engineer Hogeland when
he was in Wenatchee three weeks ago.
At that time he, in company with his
staff. Inspected the present structure
thoroughly, but not with any intention
of abandoning it immediately.
H. G. Hastle, Great Northern engineer
of SDokane. and O. S. Bowen, assistant
chief engineer, with headquarters In Ee.
attle. inspected the bridge Friday a sec
ond time. The Columbia Drioge was
built in 1893. when the Great Northern
built to the coast. It is still in good
condition, but will not Btand the strain
of the heavy Improved equipment used
by the railroad.
WEEK MAY BE COLDER
Temperatures Below Normal Are
Predicted lor Pacific Coast.
WASHINGTON. April 13. Weather
predictions will be issued by the
Weather Bureau hereafter every Tues
day with forecasts for the" week, be
ginning the following day. The new
feature will take the place of a weekly
general forecast, formerly issued each
Sunday, but discontinued owing to in
terruption of cable communication be
cause of the European war. The first
issue of the forecast today, for the
week beginning April 14, says:
"Pacific states Generally fair
weather with temperatures below nor
mal. Showers are probable the latter
half of the week in Washington and
Oregon."
Scarcity of- Oxen in Oregon
Argues for Good Roads.
George Hintea, After Valo Search
Among Pioneers for Yoke for
Demonstration, Hopes ' Negative
Bond Issue Votes Will Be as Few.
GEORGE HIMES, secretary of the
Oregon Historical Society, has dis
covered that oxteams have passed al
most entirely out of style in Oregon,
as the roads that oxteams used to
travel are passing. Mr. Hlmes had
written to several pioneers asking if
they knew where a yoke of oxen could
be found for use in the demonstration
parade in favor of the road bonds.
His letter to W. L. Crissey, of the
promotion department of the Chamber
of Commerce, which follows, indicates
how "the world do move" and how the
old style of travel has become wholly
obsolete: '
Dear Sir: In response to your inquiry the
other day about the possibility of finding
a yoke of oxen 1n the vicinity of Portland
or in the Willamette Valley, 12 letters were
sent out with self-addressed and stamped
envelopes. Up to the present seven replies
have been recelvd from different parties-
all pioneers between the years 1844 and 1852
from 10 to 180 miles from Portland. The
question sent out was: "Do you know of
anyone in your vicinity who has a yoke of
oxen, or anyone who may be likely to know
where a yoke of oxen could be found?"
Some of the replies are as follows:
No.
I came to Oreg-on In 1850 and have al
ways lived here iCleone). Have made ox
yokes br the dozen; have driven them on
the road to Portland; followed the plow be
hind them; I am a farmer always expect
to be; the auto is a time-saver and I use
one
From Newberg: I do not know of an ox
team in Yamhill County, although there may
be some up in the hills towards Tillamook
or in logging camps. Son of a pioneer of
1839.
From Dundee: Our vicinity has none; If
I strike the trail of a yoke I'll halloo. Pi
oneer of 1852.
From Newberg: Do not know of a yoke
of oxen anywhere. It has been five or six
years since I have seen any. A pioneer of
1844.
From Eupene: I know of two yoke of
oxen one yoke on the coast and one west
of Monroe, Benton County, but do not know
the names and addresses of the owners.
Pioneer of 1862.
Hence you see. Mr. Crissey. that oxen
are "a back number." Likewise those who
vote against the bond issue.
CUPID WINS LONG FIGHT
Sweethearts in Kansas 20 Tears Ago
Wed After Other Mates Die.
KELSO Wash.. April 13. (Special.)
A romance which had its start more
than ,20 years ago In the East resulted
In the marriage here Sunday of Mrs.
Paari Brock, of this place, and John
T. Feynolds. of Phlllipsberg. Kan., by
Rer. .S. McMinis. These two were
sweethearts in Kansas in 1S92, but be
came estranged through some misun
derstanding and afterwards each mar
ried -' -
Through the course of years each of
Do Your Duty.
You may be sure that every
enemy of good roads will veto
against them .today. . The only
way to overcome this opposition
is t6 vote' affirmatively on the
bond proposition. -Don't neglect
your duty. "
them -lost their companions and a cor
respondence ' between the old-time
sweethearts resulted in a decision to
unite their lives. Mr. Reynolds at once
came West They expect to make their
residence on the Coast,
Permit to Drain Lake Sought.
SALEM. ' Or.. April 13. (Special)
Samuel . T. Lockwood, of Portland, to
day made application to the fetate
Land Board to drain a lake in Town
ship 1, North Range 2 East, Multno
may County, which is Just outside the
city limits. The application has been
referred to State Engineer Lewis to de
termine the feasibility of the proposed
project. Mr. Lock wood desires to pro
ceed under tbe Thompson swamp land
drainage act and thinks the work can
be done for 31405. 'He wishes to drain
the lake so the land may be pastured
Women Peace Delegates Sail.
NEW YORK, April 13 Forty women
delegates to the international women's
peace -conference at The Hague, headed
by Miss Jane Addams. of Chicago, sailed
for Rotterdam today, aboard the Holland-America
line steamer tooxdanu. - -
HIGH COURT SAYS IT
MAY RETRY OASES
Amendment of 1910 Is Con
sidered Grant : of Full
Power to Alter Verdict.
MAN'S DAMAGES' REDUCED
Justices Hold Tribunal May Decide
on Transcript and Change Any
Civil Judgment at Will-r-Case
From Multnomah at Bar.
6ALEM. Or.. April. IS. (Special.)-
Holding that a constitutional amend
ment of 1910 gives the higher tribunal
the right to retry certain cases ap
pealed from the Circuit Court, the Su
preme Court today. Justice McBride
writing the opinion, affirmed and modi
fled the decree of the Multnomah court
giving William D. Hoag a verdict of
$30,000 for - personal injuries against
the Washington-Oregon Corporation,
G. M. Turner and Art Gilmore. -
The opinion, which was concurred in
by Chief Justice Moore and Justices
Bean and Eakin, fixes the verdict for
the plaintiff at $14,000.
Justices Benson, Burnett and Harris,
in dissenting opinions, declared the
amendment to be contradictory in its
terms and urged the necessity of ad
hering to the old procedure.
Electric SBock Injures.
While In the employ of the Washington-Oregon
Corporation the plaintiH
was permanently injured by an electric
shock. Negligence on the part of the
company and its agents. Turner and
Gilmore, was charged. The court held
that the trial judge erred in Instruct
ing the Jury that sympathy should not
be eliminated entirely in its reaching a
verdict.
The majority opinion contends that it
was the intent of the voters when the
amendment was passed that legal pro
cedure should be facilitated and that
the Supreme Court should be empow
ered to send a case erroneously tried
back to a Jury or itself retry it In the
way it would examine an equity case.
Tbe amendment says:
In actior.s at law, wh-;re the value in con
troversy shall exceed $20. the right of trial
by Jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried
by a Jury shall be otherwise re-examined In
any court of this state, unless the court can
affirmatively say there Is no evidence to
support tbe verdict. ...
Court May Make Judgment.
If the 8upreme Court shall be of opinion,
after considering all the matters thus sub
mitted, that the Judgment of the court ap
pealed from was such as should have been
rendered in the cane, such Judgment shall bo
affirmed, notwithstanding any error commit
ted during the trial; or, if in any respect the
Judgment appealed from should be changed,
and the Supreme Court shall be of opinion
tha: it can determine what judgment should
have been entered In the court below, it
shall direct such judgment to be entered in
the same manner and. with like effect as
diM-M are now entered In eaultv cases on
appeal to the Supreme Court; provided, that
notning in tnis section man oe conotruwa t
authorize the Supreme Court to find the de
fendant In a criminal case guilty of an of
fense for which a greater penalty Is pro
vided than that of which the accused was
convicted in the lower court.
Jury Trial Considered.
Justice McBride said that if the
clause, "in actions at law where the
value in controversy shall exceed $20,
the right of trial by jury shall be pre
served," stood alone it would be ob
ligatory to send the case back for re
trial, as has been the custom.
But it does, not stsnd alone, the opinion
continues, and it is apparent it was intended
that the succeeding language of the section
should essentially modify the conclusion
which would naturally arise from consider
ing the clause last quoted as isolated and
distinct from all that follows. . . . Now
the mischief which this amendment was de
signed to remedy was that long-standing and
crying one of litigation unduly prolonged and
justice delayed by unnecessary retrial of
cases. The right to trial by Jury must be
considered to be preserved in the modified
sense that is indicated by section 8 of article
7, as amended. The sentence, "the right of
trial by Jury shall be preserved," is an in
Junction primarily upon the Legislature and
courts of first instance.
Justice Burnet Dissents.
After citing contradictory features of
the amendment. Justice Burnet says:
"However much they may have been
deluded by those having the -passion
for tinkering the Constitution, unless it
is absolutely unavoidable, we ought not
to consider that the people have stulti
fied themselves by saying in one breath
that 'no fact tried by a Jury shall be
otherwise- re-examined in any court of
this state,' etc., and in the next that
the Supreme Court may not only set
aside a verdict at pleasure but must
also' render another in its place on the
mere printed report of contradictory
testimony."
Justice Harris says:
"The question of the amount of dam
ages suffered by the plaintiff was a
question of fact tried by a jury. If
the finding made by a jury Is to be set
aside, then the cause should be re
versed. If there is to be a new trial it
should be by a jury and not by this
court."
Justice Benson says: "That there
may be instances wherein the third
sentence can be usefully and fairly ap.
plied without inconsistency is un
doubtedly true, but not in any case in
which this court presumes to question
the finding of a jury upon the. facts.
The preservation of the right to a trial
by jury is. in my opinion, of far more
Importance as a safeguard against in
justice than any benefits to be de
rived from a speedy disposition of litigation."
TRADE BALANCE DECLINES
More Than $17,000,000 Favoring
America Shown Last Week.
WASHINGTON. April 13. Secretary
Redfield reported to President Wilson
at the cabinet meeting today that the
Department of Commerce foreign trade
figures showed a favorable balance for
the United States of $17,679,267 last
week. This was smaller than the bal
ance tbe week before.
Mr. Redfield also reported that 103,
967 bales of cotton were exported last
week, bringing the total since August
1 to 6,845,480 bales.
Columbia Ferry Landing Likely.
VANCOUVER, Wash, April 13. (Spe
cial.) That Columbia street and prop-
n ... aUaf,nt n it will be trie tem
porary ferry landing Is now the general
beliel or ail conceruea uu miB mue Ol
the river. A big meeting will be held
here tomorrow afternoon, when it is
hoped the matter will be settled definitely.
Logger Drowns at Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, Wash., April IS. (Spe
cial.) Gus Anderson, a - logger about
35 years old, either jumped or fell into
k kialic TlivnT last nieht anA wan
drowned Recently he had been work
ing in Saginaw camp No. 4, and came to
Aberdeen yesterday. He was a resi
dent of Aberdeen for several years. His
relatives all reside Jn . Sweden, . , ,
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MOTHER, ILL, KILLS FiVE
WIFE OP RANCHER POISONS CHIL
DREN AND HERSELF.
Neighbors Declare Spokane Woma
Despondent Because ot Hus
band's Financial Reverses.
SPOKANE, Wash, April 13. The
bodies of Mrs. Luther A. Leonard and
her four children were found dead In
ihA f,mllv home here today. The po
lice reported Mrs. Leonard had poisoned
her children and then naa poisonea
herself.
The children were: Constant, a girl.
11 years old: Lutherine, a girl. 8 years
old; Lon, a boy, 7 years old, and Leon
ard Jerome, 6 years old.
The husband and father is a rancher
3 1- .3 .-i- tn crnr 1 i U wlfA With &
tLIlu uau mcu nv- .
long-distance telephone calL When he
could not get a response ne icioiiuuucu
a neighbor to go to his home. The
neighbor found the five bodies.
Neighbors told the police that Mrs.
Leonard had been desponaent because
her husband had met financial reverses
and that she had been 111. The four
children had been put to bed for the
night before their mother killed them.
JOHN C. MONAHAN IS DEAD
Part Owner of Hotel at Pendleton
Victim of Heart Disease.
PENDLETON, Or., April IS. (Spe
cial.) John G. Monahan, 51 years old,
who was associated in the ownership
and management of the Hotel Pendle
ton with Fred T. Block, a former em
ploye of the Hotel Oregon, In Port
land, died last might at St. Anthony's
Hospital from heart disease, with
which he had suffered for several
months. He and Mr. Block were at one
time associated together in the man
agement of the Hotel Bryon, at Bell
ingham. Wash., and later went to Port
land, from where they came to Pendle
ton last Fall.
A son, John, Jr.. who is in Alaska; a
daughter, Erma, who is a student in St.
Mary's Academy, Walla Walla, and a
brother, Thomas Monahan, of Belling
ham, survive. The body will be taken
to Colfai, Wash-,, tomorrow, where the.
funeral will take place. Mr. Monahan
had large business interests in Colfax.
Grants Pass Firm Incorporates.
SALEM, Or.. April 13. (Special.)
The Hell Gate Canyon ana Coquille
Power Company, with headquarters at
Grants Pass, today filed articles of in
corporation. The capital stock is U
000,000. George E. Sanders, Grants
Pass; George W. Sorenson, Grants
Pass, and Wharton Plummer, Chicago,
are the incorporators. The company
plans providing power for the city, for
Irrigation and other purposes.
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