0wx0 ttm
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PORTLAND,' OREGON. WEDNESDAY. DECE3IBEK 1. 1915.
VOL. I.V. NO. IT.! 157.
muv Diieumn itq Jane addams is
CHURCHILL TO BE
HUGB CARRIER FOR
JURY VISITS SCENE
OF BOOTH KILLING
EIZED 'AMERICAN
BERLIN OFFICIALLY
IIHLI l uuillliu no TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
LUMBER ORDERED
GENERAL, IS BELIEF
DRIVE AT 3 POINTS
BEHIND PLAN 10 AID
CAPACITY OF STEAM SCnOONEK
1,200,000 FEET.
FliVEn IS REPORTED SEVERE,
BUT NOT CRITICAL.
bkitinii :x-4.MiNrr mkmdlu
MlhUlS IN' TIlKNCHtS.
SfS MAY BE USED
i
Washington Asks Lon
Jon for Information.
fATA SU3MITTE0 BY OWNERS
.formation Not Official, but
Regarded as True.
RAVE CRISIS POSSIBLE
rvartm-nl Mill I luhlo In Obtain
hallafaM'tana a tlnrklng or
Juira cm r In ' of cs-
acl at liar no Aire.
WArltiT". Nov. 2 Sp.clat.
ft. rula fapaMmart triad
srmal rcprcMDiAe.ua. to the Foreign
'! of toB.)a coaf9io( reports
lat .-.'. e-.too.mt to th America
r.nt-AI'aalx I ompaay w.r about lo
renuUltione by tba lirltLa Aamir-
tjr.
la lipljmail'j parlance Iho romraunl
atioo i km, aa a request far In for.
watioo) rcactroii the facta, .kiqm
tl ef t . lla In lha po.eaioai cf the
"partmeat s.ra trMoir by tha
er at the .aala. t hita th state-
vrata ar acvsplcat aa lri. the Impart
i.ot d.air.s t h.va tha B.-Una plan
frit. .4 by j lett!t Office.
bars few.. lU a Ma.
The cmmanlr.tto Is effect tmoulli
i a pru. and a .trc-a thai Iba Called
ala will not lateral such blab
ndet mtfcovl. la iha ev.nt Ibal
al Sri'jm J-uUi Ibal ba purpoaea
laka steps lo ra-rj i.itioo lb. ship.
aolcM rommuaicatio.- will be fol-
lrrrad;atty br a I'lrp protest
against Iba .atira roee.iure.
ia Iba 'lit taal lha unofficial aat-
should b v.rifi4 or any at
tempt mad aa the pari of Great Brit-
ia to aa American val It la
b'iaarf ! action wouM pr.ctpi tat a
it!fi snu. a mora grave Ibaa ear
UjaaaaU .aue fronts tht Uct.rnna.l
la ! cj.a.tnt. with Downing .rrset.
TTi. law pert ot th. d.partm.nt ar
aea.-Taalul.'i with aay pr.JBt. or
any theory at law or rttwa that would
jpport a.-H a eoursa. They appear la
believe ibal Greet Britain la preaaad
far .Mra Just at present and that aha
would ba a.sisted greatly by using
American vt.set. pending th adjudl
catloa cf taelr ca bator prise
carta
Haabla aaaalfWalla Meaalaa.a.
Tba Hwk ei.oaotJ b tha Am.rlcaa
Traoa-Atlabtlc. llua. 0K-5 a. axl
r a Hrlti.a cru..r ..ral ..b. ao
a:id taa.a into a i'an.d aa port. ba.
a r.f.rr.i to pa-tf icalt a. ana of
la a.aaal wbicb 11a Hrltial author
I'.i.a Intact auin. Tba r.port tbat
-. aa 14 ba pr.l talo b-tt:.1
t.rvkca coupiJ ads in. .tat.
x.at that b.r uoi4 oul4 ba fll.l oils
Canadian "iat Mcb I. c&sbB( tb
a. avatar i:or( tha wmlnloo aVoarL
Tba A In rulrallo. a!rai. ba.
ion.i lia I: r 1 1 1 i" citammaiit aa tb.
Wnm tat prompt. i ttr cruiaar la
ana tsa Itovkiac an4 la rvply tba
beat. Dapartmant baa r.-.lal a cart
t.t.ffi.na to tia affact that ampta
tauaa aaul4 ra anntainaj b.atttaeaaa
a. trt.4 bafra a pr'.ja court.
kaaowaaaa Aro N. lataaat.
Tia aama Una earn. 1:1a tVlnnabacv
la Irinc la It. barbor of
fluaana Air. aits a ran. of q ua
braFi'a canin4 t N.w Terk far
Mpnant la tamfr4. Conn. Tba
Traaa'Ataafic Companr. faariaa la
a ia t&a la r'i lha ehaa-a or
Uira br Fntih era r ahkri ar.
Iviitf af( ta barker. a.kr4 tba Stala
lprtm.. to ! a.afan-a trana
l&a tlrtti.n oa.rnmam ibat aba oui4
"t ba ia4.
Tba faoartoi'nt arU4 tba foralara
a'r,.-a a.4 ii a ll.a4 that I" a Pritiab
Cv.ncn.nt rowl-t m . a aaaisncaa
. araln h l isfl'Sir
.hii . v n: ni Qt i-irioM.n
a (.tela of Amr
I AmrrVi
s raarl
raarl Adtiw.
of llrill.h
Artlnn,
N!;tr Tllr. No. ' A maoaa-e
trim t ap'a:n Kaamu...an. of tha .learn
er" p ian. f tha American T'aa
Atiaett. 9ltamaht t'nrnany. which
was recen'le cast ra.J by Hrltlab
"H"' a4 takao Into st. l.ticia. wa.
f"l'i hera .4.r lr Praaljant W a-
ar. of the company. an. lai-r forward
d to tha ."lat. lvia-tm.nl at Wa.h
inafa. Tha nauaii foi owe
"St. Lucia. o. Admiralty baa
riuisi Honed ataaniabip t'dar and or-
dr4 crew to vacate sbip lnm.4ial.ir
ad as baa lah.n proaadin(s la
prtja court to ret cr us:ada a4
aUr.4 t maeter or nt. for ob-
er. IToceadinca about rev jl.lttonlt c
' S'"l9 B4 unload n a of raffs appear-
in recember 1. rrn4 inairucnona to
l .t.r t. a to di.poaal of ran. If ua
load a CAITUX HA.-iM V.-vf KX.
ilr. na(..r dacUr4 be bad tee-
arraib'd a protest to the Mala tepart
prat w.th tka rajul that an Immadi-
ata daoaand ba made on lha Hrlttan
l.rrramt.l to pravrnl this III. (at fra-
a.J
Information was a!o raeelved at tha
a'ri-e of the company n.ra mat in.
eaaiahlpa ICocklnc and Kankakee, of
tha same line. ha4 be.a re)uiittone4
tee Hritlh arovarnm.nl u.. It was
anj thai the Kankak. was on bar
way lo I'ert Mnt.. ia h. lalalasd
llardalilpa Are i:ndurrd liH-om-flainlnsl'
anj Tak or fcoldlrr
Takra lp C1Trllj.
l".t?X. FV-. I. Win. ion "prne.r
rhurchi!!. a bo raln4 aa Characallor
of tha Puchy of Lancaairr la Join Ur.at
:rt(aaa forrra In tha field, la marked
by tha Ial!y Kapraaa for early promo-
IJ to tha rank cf GnrI in
romman-t cf prlatada. Tha paper
ba h ch.Kn tb moat difficult .Thool
in lha army, for tha rfrenadter unit to
abkb ba la alfa-het under tha com
mand of Colonel Jeffreo U Bld for
ila Indif fern-a lo oeraonal comfort.
n ban Mr. Cnurchill Joined tha arena
dtera b found hlma'lf In a fireleaa
d'jeout and tuprlled with tha ordinary
army ration. Ila entered cheerfully
on bla la.h. An officer In tha aama
command, wrttliia- to friend about
Mr CeurrMlla ti perlen-ea. .aid:
"Tha flr.l nbt ha ahlerd fl.tbly
and It waa nnt lima befora wa wera
bla lo warm him up. but after partak
ing of liberal portion, of acrlcultural
laborer ration, ha thawed out and
talk.4 Intereallnsty for an hour. Ila
waa taken for a round of tha trenches
until ovtork In tha mornins. bull
In .pita of the hard -rualllnjt. ha "'
complained. Ila waa called attain at j
o'clock and lha nt mcht arter lha
usual cold (torac. ha took chre of
hia cotrpanr."
CITY GIVES HORSES AWAY
Caard C'annto Bay Anlmala I
Iran Old. ho Coancll Ionalra.
rortland. polK-a horaea. whib haa
KM. daacarded for patrol aulomoMlaa.
are lo ba fnll-fle.led cavalry .load,
of tha Oreaoa National Guard. A ma
forltr of lha Council )..t.rdaT ard
to le tha hor.ea to tha Guard free
of chre.
Tha r.ee ara all mora than I
yaara otd and theraforo could not be
parcbaa'd tinder military coda, leather
tbaa taka tba eh a nr. of lha animal,
telling Into wroraT randa. lha Council
majority Atbee. Paker and Hleck
Tot. 4 to (lira them to tha Guard.
S25 OFFERED FOR 8 WORDS
CoolrM for IralMal Mogan
Opcnrd by Hoard.
Turco dotlara and Iwelaa cent, a
word will ba tba rata at whUh tha
I'.oa. r.atlv.l Hoard will pay for lha
loaa tor tba ll Kc.iUaU accordlna;
to Ila deci.ioa at tha meallna; held at
t nap Chamber of Commerce lat nlchU
Tha rata named la even a fraction of a
cenl better than that.
Unfortunately, howetrtr. for those
who may conjure tp dreama of a thou
sand word at that rata, tha slofaa la
to ba limited to eiht word. Tha con
test la Bow open.
MR. M'ARTHURJN CAPITAL
Ort-xn Mctnbrr Undo lllmarlf A
slsned lo Ijiffrrti-a Old Room.
OR i: IONIAN NKW8 r.t T.KAC. Wa.h
Inston. Nov. 3.. Representaf Iva and
Mra. McArthur arrived In Vahln(ton
today and reclstared at tba Congreea
Hail Hotel, whera they probably will
make their home this Winter. Hepra
aantattae McArthur finds ha baa been
aalcned to tba room In tha houaa of
fice buildmr formerly occupied by
Itapresentallva Laffarty.
It pr .tentative flnnott la expected
hero tomorrow.
VILLA REPORTED INSANE
Mriksa Outlaw Clilrf ha Id lo it
t'nhlnsrd by llcvrrea-a.
N'J.t-: Aria. Nov. ) Ilia forces
detealed and scattered by tba Carranaa
army of General Manuel Dlecuea at
llcrmostlio. rranrleco Villa, tba out
law 4 Mexican leader, ha. gone Insane,
according to reports receivad bera to
day by General Alvaro Obrefon. the
Carraaxa military rfclaf.
Tha report. ba.4 apparently on
aiatem.nl. of prisoners, alt. sas that
Viilas present wbereabouta ara un
kaow a.
WOMEN'S VOTE ASSAILED
tars Molnr Opponent of Franchise
Contend llallo Waa Illegal.
DI.S M"INttJl. Nov. 34 Incomplete
canvassing of the ratjrna of Monday's
election on a street railway franchise
and Municipal Court In D. Moines
failed to revevt whether women voters
were respussible for the i majority
secured by t 'e Municipal Court prop
osition. Opponent, ef the measure will at
tack Ita legality If the women votes
carried It through, on the ground thai
tba women were not lawful voter.
COLONEL TUCKER BARRED
Rrttrvd Officer Fhjslcwllj Disquali
fied foe h-rrvk-c.
SAN FRANCIiCO. Nov. 3 (Spe
cial. Colonel William F. Tucker.
United States Army, retired, cannot get
bark to Iba active list of the Army.
The examining board of which Colo
nel Hamilton S. Wallace was presi
dent, and wnich completed Its sessions
at Vancouver Barracks. Wash., recently.
today reported lo ' department bead
quarters that Colonel Tucker was
Orders Sent to Ham
burg-American Line.
OR. BUENZ FOLLOWS ORDERS
Agreement With Steamship
Concern Is Revealed.
FUNDS PROMPTLY REPAID
larfrnfte In Conaplrary t'a Make
No Sorrrt of Origin of Money
Willi Wfclcb Cruli-rra Wcra
i;qulrjcd at Setu
HKW TOItK. Noe. 3. Tha German
rotriunrnt revealed today aa tht
prtng of tha movement to auccor
German crulsara at sea wiih coal and
supplies ship pad on neutral veaaeU
from American porta early In tba war
by testimony of Dr. Karl Buenx. man-ax-Iras'
director of tha Hamburg-American
line. lr. Ruanx took tha witness
land lata today In Iba trial of himself
and olher Un offlrlala and employes
for conspiracy lo defraud iba Lal ted
State
Dr. tl'ienx. eldrly arvd somawhat In
arm, waa assisted lo lha witness chair
soon attar W illiam Hand. Jr.. had con
cluded tha openina address to tha Jury
on behalf of lha defense. ITavlou.ly
Judx. Howe bad beard protracted ar
guments on a motion by Mr. Hand to
dismiss the Indictments.
Dr. Berst Pkelrb.a Career.
Tbla motion waa denied and Dr.
Duena waa tba second witness for bla
own causa, tha Crst bain a local customs-house
employa who Identified car
lain clearam-a papara In tha case.
Propped up In tha witness chair. Mr.
Buenx sketched his Jl-year career from
bis birth In Germany, through tenancy
of various ofticea In bla natlv land
to hla appointment to tha Gorman Con
sular service nearly J years Bio. Ha
had served bla country an road In Iba
United States. In Mexico and lu Haiti
In tba consular or diplomatic eervlre
until three years ajo, whan ba waa
made directing bead In this country of
tba Hamburg-American line's affair.
I'p to that lima ba bad been schooled
in diplomacy and law rather tban sea
faring and virtually without ax-
perlence aa a steamship man.
M ar Compare, la Haas.
In tha rail of 11J. Dr. Buenx testi
fied, ba received from tha bead office
of tha Una In Hamburg a letter which
notified him that bla superior officers
and tha German government bad
signed and sealed an agreement which
would become operative In time of war
of which thera waa no Intimation
and that an abstract of this agree
ment would be sent shortly to tha
German Consul-General In New York,
whera ba might sea it. Tha letter then
outlined tha salient point which were,
a recalled by Dr. Buenx. about aa
follow:
That the Hamburg-American Una
irorvt-,U4at on lat 2. Column
mm
.11.
V I WsBr .a 1 M O N.. a i J V -w '"W I -"-wsawaawaawaaaae I BT aw -X - VSjM 1 , VVl X
VrKnrl lo Be Constructed at IIo-
a
quiam Will Not Carry Paase-njcra.
Machinery to Bo Feature.
HCrQl'IAM". Wash.. Nov. J. (Spe
cial.) Tha Mathew Shipbuilding Com
pany, of thla city, ha begun prepara
tions for building ona of tha largest
team choonera on tha Faclflc Coaat-
Tbo keel will be laid within few days
and a crew of men la now engaged In
getting out tba llmbcra for the vea-
eL
Tba steamer will be for the F. S.
Freeman Company, of San Francisco,
and will have a capacity of 1.100.000
r..t of lumber. She will be the last
word in economic handling of lumber.
and is expected to be used in the coast
wise trade, though her cheapness of
operation -will make It posslblo for ber
lo ply through the Panama Canal If
desired.
The new vessel will have a length
on the waterllne of TO feet and a
length over all of MS. with 43-foot
beam end H-foot draft. She will be
of the double-ender type, similar to
tha Daisy Gadsby. built by tha Mathews
company about four year ago. but will
have greatly Improved facilltle for
loading and discharging. She will
have no passenger accommodations.
The new steamer ia lo ba ready to
leave Hoqutatn by June 1 for San Fran
cisco, where ha will receive her en
gines. Thl will mean the employment
of about 100 men at high wage.
SHOT HITS WOMAN'S GLOVE
Man saja Jllflc Waa Fired In Strug
gle for Ponejlon.
Gus J. Kammerer. a barber of Tl-
gard. Or was taken to tna ponce
Hon .hortly after 1 o'clock thla morn.
r for Investigation Into a shooting
affray at a rooming-house at First and
Taylor streets In wnicn iem.uv.-.
say a .r:-callber rifle wa citcnar
four times while he was trying o take
the weapon from his wife lo prevent)
her from shooting him. One shot went
rhrotizh Mrs. Kemmerer's glove.
Mrs. Kamm.'rtr
laid ber husband
tried to kill ber.
BROKEN STATUE IS SAVED
Frasinca - of "Smile of Rhelma"
Are 1'lccctl Togrthor After Battle.
PARIS. Nov. 30. The fsmous statue,
the Smile of rthelm." hattered In th
bombardmenuof the Rhelma Cathedral,
has been pre.erved.
The Soclcte National dr Beaux Arte
announced today that fragment broken
from th figure have been collected and
replaced.
WHEAT LAND DEAL $16,000"
i
Tract of 2 20 Acre Near Cove, Or.,
Changes Hands.
UA GRANDE. Or.. Nov. 30. (Special.)
Sixteen thousand dollars cash was
paid by A. a Conley today for 220 acres
of wheat land adjoining his several
thousand-acra holdinga near Cove.
Walter Rees was tha seller. This
waa one of the biggest cash deals in
recent months In this vsller.
BON VOYAGE!
Tolmino, Dolberdo and
Gorizio in Danger.
AUSTRIAN RETIREMENT NEAR
Serbians Hope to Reorganize
Forces in Albania.
MOUNTAIN GUNS SAVED
Russian Menace Continues. Though
Roumania'a Attitude Still la
In Doubt Greece Delays
Granting Concessions.
LONDON, Nov. 30. With the retreat
of the greater part of the Serbian army
across the Albanian frontier, the slow
ness of the operations against Monte
negro and in Southern Serbia, owing
to the wintry weather, and the absence
of any major operation on the western
and eastern fronts, interest in the mil
ltary side of the war la now trana
f erred to the Austro-Italian frontier.
There King Victor Emanuel'a troops
sre carrying on an energetic offensive
against the Austrian.
Itallaai Nets Tlgblenlaa;.
The fighting on this front has been
the most sustained and fiercest of the
whole war. For weeks the Italians
hare been attacking the Austrian
bridgeheads and mountain positions
along the isonxo River, and are slowly
but surely drawing; their neta around
Tolmino. Gorlzla and Doberdo.
Their attacks have been repeated
time after time againt positions
which had been most carefully pre
pared, and. while the Austrlana report
that most of these assaults have been
repulsed, their accounts are considered
here to have been so worded as to pre'
pare the public for their retirement
from Gorlzla at least.
Serbians May Be Rejuvenated.
This, for the time being, is Italy's
contribution to the Balkan operations
of the allies, for It keepa a large force
of Austrians busy and It compels them
continually to bring up reinforcements
which could be successfully employed
against the Montenegrina and Ser
bians.
The Serbians, unless followed Into
Albania. In time, will probably reap
pear as a rejuvenated army, for It is
said tbat 200.000 of them. Including
soldiers and civilians, have taken
refuge there and that they have saved
all their mountain batteries and i
portion of their field guns. Also In
eluded in this number are all . the
youths who can fill the gaps when
equipment reaches them from the
Adriatic.
Allies la Be Attacked.
German papers say that Field Mar
shal von Mackensen's army, with Bui
garians- and Turks. Is to be directed
against the Anglo-French forces in the
south, but doubtless many of them are
Conel-jded on Pafa 2. Column 4.)
Nature of Illness Not Fully Deter
mined Effect on Her Going to
Europe Cannot Bo Told.
CHICAGO. Nov. 30. Jane Addams.
settlement worker and peace advocate,
was taken to the Presbyterian Hos
pital today, suffering with a fever,
which it was said was severe but not
critical. The actual nature of her
illness has not been determined.
Miss Addams had not been feeling
well for several days. Whether her
condition will prevent her from accom
panying the Ford peace party abroad
could not be told tonight.
Last Sunday night Mips Addams ad
dressed a meeting on the subject of
peace and the Ford peace ship in par
ticularly. She frequently was ap
plauded. She once remarked smilingly:
"I thank you for your applause, for
after I sail on the Ford ship I prob
ably never shall- be applauded again."
After the meeting she explained that
her remark was based on knowledge
that the Ford mission was unpopular
"in certain quarters."
EDITOR'S SENTENCE URGED
Dutch Resent Vse of "Scoundrels"
in War Discussion.
LONDON, Nov. 30. The public
prosecutor of Amsterdam, according to
a Rcuter dispatch from tbat city, to
day demanded that a sentence of six
months imprisonment be imposed upon
Herr Schroeder. chief editor of the
newspaper Telegraaf. for having said
In a recent article:
"There are in Central Europe'
number of scoundrels who are responsi
ble for the war."
SENATOR WORKS TO RETIRE
Californiau Not to Seek Re-election
In 1917.
LONG BEACH. Cal., Nov. 30. United
States Senator Works in a letter pub
llshed here today declared ha would
not be a candidate for re-election
the expiration of his term in March,
1917.
Mr. Works is a Republican, and as
serted he could not ally himself with
the Progressives, because he has found
reasons to condemn their policies and
practices in a political way.
GOTHAM HAS 5,253,888
Police Complete Census of Greater
New York Following State Count
NEW TORK. Nov. 30. A police cen
sus of the city Just completed shows
that the greater city has 6.253, 8S8 in
habitants in its five boroughs.
The state census, completed last July,
gave the total population as 5.009,112,
but dissatisfaction waa felt "with tnts
count and at me instance oi toe oeuui
department the police compiled a new
census.
Polish Language Ordered.
BERLIN. Nov. 30. (By wireless to
Sayville. N. T.) Publication of the
new charter of Warsaw University
shows that under German control the
official language of the university will
be Polish, in which all lectures must
be delivered.
The use of foreign languages is
sanctioned only In courses of .instruc
tion in them.
INDEX OF TODAY'S - NEWS
The Weatbe.
TESTEItDAT'S Maximum temperature, J
dexree.. minimum, aegreea.
TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness, followed
by rain; cast, smiting 10 souiasasi wiuus.
War.
Italy driving hard at thre. points on Aus
trian lint, raja i.
win. mn r'oenccr Churchill may oe vou-
eraL Pass 1-
Calling of youth, debated In France. Face
Uerinany proposes to lax war prollt.. raja a.
National.
Britain ssld to plan Impressing selxed Amer
ican v.aaels Into service, lag. i.
Domestic.
German official connection with plan te aid
cruiser, trom American puris a-uw.ii.
Paaa 1.
TUirty killed by explosion in war plant in
Delaware. Face -
Henry Kord denlc. he .ent peace telegram to
Pottc i'axe
Jane Addams is taken to hospital. Fag. 1.
hports.
Aeries to meet bjracuaa xooay. x ... j-..
rcu, city Club tu give smoaer lomsui.
i'sxa la.
Albany coach caooses .lais an-siar ms"
school eleven, rase n.
Near-scanusI at Multnomah Club lizzies oui
on Inxestlxatlon. l'aga 14.
PacMe Northwest.
Aahland postmaster snot; ciora "is
Page .
Jitney bond held to be lor proieciiou i
pedestrians in Washington. Page 1.
Jury visits cene of Booth murder. Tag. I.
Hunt lumi.er carrier ordered at Hoqulara
Yard. Page I.
State valued at !C4.00n.O0O. rage 4.
Joint body to fix state line wanted. Page .
Commercial and Marine.
Cereal export increase expected this month.
Page 18.
Local wheat deaiers awslt outcome of Can
adian wheal seizure. Pag. 19.
Chicago wheat depr.ed by txpected large
contract deliveries, rasa jw.
Portland and Vicinity.
Charities needs more fuel, clothing and gro
ceries. Page b.
Patrolman tllll is Kinea ny acciuem.i auu.
from own revolver, rasa
Postofflce station robbery case wrtn jury.
City disbursement In 1015 exceed total re
ceipts, rain
Interest in electrical prosperity
crow ins. Pace S.
Postal receipts for November ahead of those
for 191. Paice IS.
Southern markets Invite Northwest products.
Paso l.
Cbshnber of Commerce opposes proposea
sDrlnkler system ordlnsnce. Page 4.
Delegate Wlckersham tells of Alaska's eager
ness to traae sua ruru."".
Pastor assails peace move at St. Andrews
rioclety meeting. Page 2.
Weather report, data a&d forecast. Page U.
Judge Warns Jurors as
He Conducts Party.
TRIP MADE QUICKLY IN AUTOS
River Swollen Where Booth
Fell, Struck by Bullet.
YATES GARDEN PATCH SEEN
On Personally Conducted Tour to
Willamina 12 Men, Who Will Try
Mrs. Booth and Branson, View
Thicket Where Death Came.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., Nov. 30. (Spe
cial.) A ride of 20 miles by automobile
from McMinnville to the spot near
where William Booth was shot to death.''
last October 8 was taken late tcday
by the jury that is to try his widow,
Mrs.' Anna Booth, and young .XVilliam
Branson for murder.
With a few notable exceptions tha
roads were in fine shape despite the
rains. Such brisk time was made tnat
the jurors, in three carloads, with two
bailiffs in charge, completed the round
trip of 40 miles in time to get back to
McMinnville for a hot dinner at 6:4i
o'clock.
Circuit Judge Bell, District Attorney
Conner and State Senator W. T. Vin
ton, of counsel for the defense, went to
the scene in another car and were
there when the Jurors arrived.
Judge Warns Jurors.
After instructing them not to dis
cuss their impressions with each other,
and that they had been taken to
view the place only so they could fol
low the testimony more intelligently.
Judge Bell conducted the jurors over
the ground in person.
He first led them to the bank of the
Willamina River, at its junction with,
a small creek about 40 feet down
stream from where Booth's body waa
found. From there he conducted them
to the fence running from the road
down the bank to the stream, beside
which Booth was found dead, under a
clump of trees.
The river, swollen by rain, now runa
several feet deep over the place where
he fell with a bullet through his heart.
Yates' Garden Patch Seen.
Next, the jurors climbed the
fence, near the road, into the garden
patch of Mrs. Anna Yates, who will bo
an important witness for the prosecu
tion. They walked about 10U0 feet
through this garden patch alongside
the thicket hedging the river, from
which thicket, it is the prosecution's
theory. Booth's slayer fired.
The prosecution contends that Mr.
Booth had trailed his wife and Branson
into this thicket and was attempting to
reach them when he was shot down.
Altogether the jurors were at tha
scein. -out 20 minutes. It had been
dark more than an hour when they
got back to McMinnville.
The task of selecting the Jury was
completed at 12:10 o'clock after nica
more veniremen, making a total of 31.
Ifad been examined. The prosecution)
had exercised all six of its peremp
tory challenges and the . defense all
but one of its 12 pereraptories before
the last Juror was chosen.
Jury of 12 Named.
Those challenged included four men
who had been passed into the Jury box
last nisht The 12 men finally se
lected are:
William Bernard, farmer, of McMinn
ville; E. H. Campbell, farmer, of Amity J
C. L. Wood, farmer, of Dundee; G. W,
Hash, blacksmith, of Newberg; E. M.
Alderman, farmer, of Dayton; Chester
A. Stringer, farmer, of Bellevue; Frank
Haynes, farmer, of McMinnville; A. A,
Haipele, farmer, of Amity; W. R. Kirk
wood, hopgrower, of Hopewell; G. Mc-
Wlllis, farmer, of Hopewell; Leon R.
Cyr, applegrower, of Dundee, and Sam
E. Cummings, farmer and ex-County
Commissioner, of McMinnville.
Judge Bell allowed only 50 minutes
for lunch, court re-convening at 1
o'clock. . He has a quiet way of shut
ting oft repetition and superfluous
questioning tbat is thought effective.
Opening; Arguments Made.
The opening arguments were nu de
before the jury went to Willamina.
District Attorney H. L. Conner out
lined the prosecution's case in about
three-quarters of an hour. James E.
McCain, chief of counsel for the de
fense, presented its side in about tha
same length of time.
It was Mr. McCain's first appearance
n court for nearly two years. For
more than 40 years he has been om
of the prominent figures before the
Oregon bar, and his faone as a criminal
lawyer is widespread. Though mora
than 70 years old and handicapped by
failing health and deafness, which have,
kept him of late years from active
court practice, he made a masterly
presentation of the defense s case.
Though he did not go Into detail on
this point, he indicated that the de
fense will go on the theory that Booth
was not shot from the thicket at all,
but from serosa the Willamina River.
District Attorney Conner touched on
the subject of the alleged relations
between Mr. Branson and Mrs. Bootli
early in his statement.
Alleged Relations to Be Told.
Evidence will be offered in this trial.
he said, to show that intimate rela
tions existed between the two defend-
-.Concluucd on Pass 6. Column 1.)
l.laaia. aa a jue.
v:
fK-1 1 10.2