THE MOTtXrSTfr OKEGOXIAX, "WEDXESDAY, 5fAKCH 22, 191(5. I0SEBUBG RAILWAY CONTRACT HELD VOID jupreme Court Rules Against Bond Issue of $300,000 to Aid Construction. IARTER VIOLATION FOUND scburs Citizens Win Suit In stituted to Prevent Issue by City to Build I-ine Benefit by Corporation Alleged. SALEM, Or., March 21. (Special.) ntract made by the city of Koseburg th the Koseburg & Eastern Railroad mpany for the construction of a rail id from Roseburg to a point on the fth Umpqua River was held void to v by the Supreme Court, and a de e prohibiting the issuance of J300.- In bonds for the road's construc n was rendered. Justice Bean wrote ' opinion in the case of John Hun anj others, appellants, against the v of Roseburjr. The decision constl- es a reversal of the judgment of cult Judge Skipworth, of Douglas lnty. lunter and a number of Roseburg payers instituted suit in the Circuit jrt to prevent the city from issuing rids for the road's construction, con- rdlng that the contracts were con- ry to the city charter and constitu n. CHr Asrrrd to Pay .tOO.OOO. rhe city had agreed to pay the Tatl d company $300,000 for building the and also to obtain rights of way I give the company a 60 years' lease. 'ring the term of the lease the com- fiy contracted to pay the city 25 per ft of its net profits as rental and to ry logs and other forest products a reasonable price. An option to y trie city s interest in tne railroad J300.000 was given to the railroad ipany. The evidence shows that the. esti ted cost of the railroad is between 300 and $750,000," wrote Justice n in his decision. "The contract as :uted is not authorized by the rter as amended by the legal voters, other words, the legal voters of eburg did not vote to issue bonds :er partially or wholly for the efit of any persons or corporations ;r than the city." Insurance Suit Retrained. he court issued an order in the case N'. Whealdon, appellant, against the on Pacific Life Insurance Company, draining the company's receiver from t-ceeding with a certain suit in the luit Court for Multnomah County, Ail the court should pass upon the te on appeal. the case of Will K. Purdy. ap- ant, against the estate of H. D. liter. Agnes Butts and C. M. Idleman. i court in an opinion by Justice Ben . affirmed the judgment of Circuit ?e McGinn, of Multnomah County, . j uicu against ruray. tirdy brought suit for damages I nst Agnes Butts and her attorney rf. Idleman. on the srroiinH tht in ormer case evidence had been sun- -sed so that the courts had been led Into giving an uniust f- first case was a suit to quiet title tne winter estate, ther decisions follow: arah I,. Salisbury et al. vs. John Bruce lard et al., appellants. Involving' a real ie aeai; opinion by jnier Justice Moore: ult Judse Gantenbeln's Judgment for ntlffs reversed. nomas J. Wilson vs. Investment Com y et al., appellants, appealed from Mult- ah County, action on an account: opin by Justice Benson; Circuit Judge Mor s judgment for plaintiff reversed eorge W. Meek, appellant, vs. John Meelc l.. appealed from Josephine County, suit ancel lease: opinion by Justice McBrlde; ult Judge Calkins" Judgment for defend reversed. I. Hanna -vs. Alluvial Farm Comiuv. ellant, appealed from Polk County, c- lnvoiving a note; opinion by Justice nett: former Circuit Judce Holmes' anient for plaintiff affirmed. u. Lanse vs. Hood River Orchard Com . appellant, appealed from Multnomah nty, involving a contract for the sale of l; suit dismissed; opinion by Justice rls. limes E. Allen et al., appellants, vs. c. ."ii;.eiBii, niipeaiea irom .Alultnomah nty, involving the sale of land; opinion Justice Burnett; Circuit Judge Hamll s judgment for defendants affirmed, i fcal Oheuk vs. I.ee Lung et al., ap ants. appealed from Multnomah County, on on an account; opinion bv Justice son: Circuit Judge Davis' Judgment for ntlff reversed. etitlon for rehearinfM.was denied in ley vs. ladley. sought refuge in the vacant warehouse. There he remained without food or water until found Sunday evening. Although greatly weakened, the phy sicians say Appleton may recover. Ap pleton eaid he was on his way to Port land when he became ill. WOMAN FILES FOR OFFICE Iinn County Has Candidate for School Superintendent. ALBANY, Or., March 21. (Special.) Linn County's first woman candidate for a county office has formally made her declaration of candidacy. She is Mrs. Ida Maxwell Cummings, of Halsey, and seeks the Republican nomination for County School Superintendent. Incidentally Mrs. Cummings was the first candidate in Linn County to take GIRL'S GLIB TALE OF ATTACK FALSE 13-Year-0ld Vera Stennett Ac cuses Aged Italian, Then Admits Story Is Untrue. BLACKMAIL IS SUSPECTED SEBURG CONSIDERS APPEAIi i-e May Be Carried to Highest Court In TTnited States. tOSEBURG, Or.. March 21. (SDe- .) Whether or not the case of n Hunter vs. the City of Roseburg, eh was decided adversely to the tnicipality by the Oregon Supreme rt today, will be appealed to the "nest tribunal of the United States final determination will not be wn for several days, according to City Attorney and his associates. fews that both the bonds and con- rt had been declared invalid by the reme court occasioned much sur ie here, and disappointment was pent on every hand. The most that p expected by even those who were osed to the railroad and sawmill ; a slight modification of the con it. The attorneys for the citv were jcially surprised by the action of ; supreme Court in declaring the ds invalid. These bonds were at- r.ied previously in the case filed Harry Pearce, who sought to en h the city from issuing the bonds. udga fekipworth. of Lane County. ri tnat the bonds were valid fol ing a hearing in the Circuit Court e, and his decision was later af Jned by the Supreme Court. This ision was rendered last August. At time of the special election the ds were authorized by a vote of e than nine to one. entative contracts for ties and material for the railroad and mill had been prepared and actual -k on the project was to have been un within two weeks. It is prac- fclly agreed here tonight that fur r efforts to build the railroad and mill will be abandoned. L MAN IS FOUND ALONE math JJesident Lies Three -Days in Unused IMllard Building:. SEEURG. Or.. March 211. (Spe- .') Harry Appleton, of Klamath s. was found late Sunday in a ware- se near Ijillaxd ill from ptomaine on, from which he had been suffer- for several days. He was brought Roseburg and admitted to a hos 1. where he is receiving medical ttraent. ippleton said today that he was ken with illness last FYiday when alighted from a train at Dillard. condition became worse and be i rORTLAM) MAX DIES WHILE t EAST O.V BUSINESS TRIP. .UJIMJUUUUjmiU.IJIHII IULIWI II WW UJUt I II JUU J MM 1 1 U IJU M t 4 W. A. t'OUKhlllB. XV. A. Cougrhlan. of 957 Mis sissippi avenue, died at Mayo Bros.' Hospital, Rochester, Minn., Friday, March 17, following an operation. Mr. Coughlan. who was 35 years old, was East on a business trip at the time. Mr. Coughlan is survived by his widow and parents, who also are Portland residents. He also leaves four sisters and three brothers, as follows: Mrs. R. C. Wallace, Mrs. Emil FTischkorn, Miss Re becca Coughlan. Miss Charlotte Coughlan, E. C. Coughlan, B. Coughlan and A. B. Coughlan, all of Portland. Funeral services will be beld in Portland from Finley & Sons' un dertaking parlors. advantage of the new law providing for the payment of a filing fee Instead of circulating a nominating petition. She paid a filing fee of $20. Cowlitz Republicans to Meet. KELSO, Wash.. March 21. Special.) The central committee of the- Repub lican party of Cowlitz County will meet Monday at Kalama. C. C. Rulifson, of Carrolls, is chairman, and v. I Mof- fatt, of Kalama, secretary. The date for precinct caucuses and for the county convention, of the party will be determined at the meeting. Tons War Assault Case Goes Over. LA GRANDE, Or., March 21. (Spe cial.) Lem Quong, alleged Chines" highbinder, who it is alleged assaulted Eng Chong in the tong war, will not be tried this term of court, the case going over to June by court order to- oay. Child Insists Mysterious Stranger Induced Her to Tell That Luigl Siskos Dragged Her to Woods and Mistreated Her. Thirteen-year-old Vera Stennetfs glib tale of a vicious attack made upon her by an aged and well-to-do Italian, as she was passing through a wooded stretch on her way to school yester day morning, fell down under keen cross-examination in the afternoon, and the girl admitted that she had been prompted to tell the story and accuse the man who had been arrested for the supposed crime. Blackmail is suspected by Sheriff Hurlburt and District Attorney Evans and a rigid Investigation will be made today. Who told her to subject Lulgi SifTros, aged 63, to possible punishment under one of the most severe criminal stat utes? A mysterious man, smooth-shaven, about 22 years old, who wore a green coat, blue serge suit and tan shoes, says the girl. She met him about a week ago, so. she asserts, and he told her that Siskos was rich and would pay them some money if she would play her part well. The existence of such a man is scouted by the authori ties, who believe there is a more sinis ter connection behind the affair. Otrl AeraRes Man. "You're the dirty thing, and you know it," accused the girl when Deputy Sheriffs Phillips, Christof ferson and Ward confronted the Stennett girl with the man whom they had arrested on her perfect description of her assail ant. Not only had he mistreated her that day, she said, but he had accosted her several weeks before, when she escaped by flight. Later the child admitted that the only time she had ever seen Siskos be fore was when she came upon him one time whije he was picking mushrooms irt the woods, and that he never made any attempt to molest her. The original tale, adhered to by the girl through several retellings, savored of similar occurrences reported by schoolgirls in other sections of the city and which led to the recent brush clearing at Ockley Green. She was on her way to the Wood stock school, she said, and was taking a short cut through a wooded patch when a man came up behind her, seized her, blind-folded and gagged her with a handkerchief. Her assailant pro ceeded, she explained, to drag her into the woods to a clearing, where he had laid some fir boughs, some distance from the trail. He later carried her back to the pathway, threatened her with untold dangers if she told anyone of the assault, it seems, and left her there. ' So she ran to the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. i-.ewis, who live at the intersection of -Seventy-third avenue Southeast and Fifty-fourth street Southeast. Arreait Soon Follows. The description of Siskos given by the youngster was perfect. It was recognized by a storekeeper, and the man was arrested at his home, 5735 Sixty-second avenue, Southeast. Though at first accepted without the least suspicion, the girl's tale had a stereotyped ring, as though rehearsed. Detailed investigation of the occur rences revealed small discrepancies. The evidence implicating the man stopped with the girl's story. Deputy District Attorney John Col lier quizzed the girl in the morning, but she stuck to her story. Deputy Collier saw her again in the afteinoon. His questioning hit the weak points of her story. She stubbornly insisted that she was telling the truth, but in the end broke down and sobbed out the admis sion that it was all a "frame-up." Vera is the daughter of Wilson B. Stennett, of Winona, Or., and her step father, Lou Storey, lives at Merrill, in Klamath County. She has been stay ing with her grandparents and attend ing the Woodstock School. Siskos Is a well-to-do laborer. When searched at the jail he had five J100 bills and a $50 bill pinned to his 'under garments. He has lived In Portdland about 20 years and owns his home. He was released from custody last night. MRS, BOOTH AGAIN LOSES XEW TIIII, IS DE.MED TO WOMAX UNDER SENTENCE FOR MURDER. County to Fny for Transcript for Ap peal, Since Defendant la Without Funds of Her OiTn. McMKCNVILLE, Or., March 21. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Anna Booth, convicted March 11 of second degree murder, lost the first fight in her effort to avoid the penalty of a life sentence now hanging over her, when Judge Belt overruled her motion for a new trial today. William Booth, husband of defendant, was shot and killed in a brushy thicket on the edge of the Willamina River, a short distance from Willamina, Octo ber 8. Suspicions led to the arrest of Mrs. Booth and young William Bran son, and the two were jointly indicted. They were first tried together in No vember, the Jury failing to agree. They then demanded separate trials, and were each convicted of second degree murder. Branson's case Is now on ap peal, and the attorneys for the defense immediately served notice of appeal in Mrs. Booth's case on the overruling of the motion today. The contention of attorneys was mainly on the ground that the state failed to prove such a prima facie case on conspiracy as to make admis sible the acts or declarations of the co-defendant. Branson, against the de fendant, Mrs. Booth. The defendant be ing without means. Judge Belt issued an order for the county to bear the expense of the transcript. Mrs. Booth will be taken to the Mult nomah County Jail tomorrow, where she will be held pending the appeal. BROCCOLI RETURNS COME IN Iiosebnrg Growers Receive $1.S5 a Crate In East. ROSEBURG, Or., March 21. (Special.) The first returns from the sales of this year's crop of broccoli, which in cluded four carloads consigned to Chi cago, were received here Monday. The price obtained was $1.35 a crate for Roseburg, or 10 cents more than was averaged last year. Thirty-four cars of broccoli have been shipped during the past two weeks and the growers predict that not less than 50 cars will be necessary to handle the season's product. It is estimated that $30,000 will be received in exchange for the broccoli shipped from Douglas County. The growers will net $1 a crate, or about Hart Schaffner & Marx Varsity Fifty Five Styles are models designed to suit par ticular young men, that is, young men that want to be stylishly dressed. You'll find a good many variations in models to , suit your particular taste. Pinch-back effects, English models with plain, patch and sloping pock etssome models in the more con servative line. Come in and slip into one of them today. Priced Moderately $18 to $40 4 'T' Copyright Hart Sciuifoer & Manx Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Store for Quality and Service. Southeast Corner 5th and Alder. $250 an acre. Broccoli was first in troduced here two years ago and the success attained by the growers will mean the planting of several hundred acres of the product next season. Cowlitz Mill Makes Record Cut. KELSO. Wash.. March 21. (Special.) The Crescent Shingle Company, the mill near the mouth of the Cowlitz River, made a record cut of shingles yesterday, when 267,000 shingles were turned out in a 10-hour shift. The mill is equipped with three Mitchell clippers and a single block machine. It is a co operative concern and has one of the best crews of. shingle weavers of any mill in the state. Centralia Civic Club Perfected. CENTRALIA, Wash., March 21. (Special.) The Women's Civic Club, of Centralia, perfected its organization at a meeting held yesterday in the Car negie Library. Mrs. E. R. Nelson was elected president; Mrs. Mary Huntley, vice-president; Mrs. G. S. Lewis, secre tary, and Mrs. F. G. Gilbert, treasurer. Seventeen new members were added. Watch Kewt for ltunawajs. CENTRALIA, Wash.. March 21. (Special.) 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