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
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EAST O.V BUSINESS TRIP.
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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
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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.) The local police yesterday
were asked to be on the lookout for
John McLaughlin, aged 17, and Bruce
Brown, aged 16, two inmates of the
State Training School In Chehalls, who
escaped from the institution Sunday
night.
Says Womaris Beauty
Depends Upon Health
Health and Vigor Necessitate
Regulation of Organs
of Elimination.
Skin foods and face creams and pow
ders cannot make a woman beautiful,
because beauty lies deeper than that
it depends on health. In most cases the
basis of health and the cause of sick
ness can be traced to the action of the
bowels.
The headache, the lassitude, the sal
low skin, and the lusterless eyes are
usually caused by constipation. An
ideal ' remedy for women, and one that
is especially suited to their delicate or
ganisms, is found in Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin, a mild laxative com
pound, pleasant to the taste and free
from opiates and narcotic drugs of
every description. Mrs. Gertrude Jor
dan. 622 North Liberty St., Indianapo
lis. Ind., Hays: "It is simply fine; I have
never been able to find anything to
compare with Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. I started using it' for the baby
and now it is my family standby in all
cases where a laxative is needed."
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
in drug stores for fifty cents a bottle;
a trial bottle can be obtained, free of
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