Morning Oregonian., May 18, 1916, Page 20, Image 20

THE MORNING OREGDMAir. TnURSDAT, MAY 18, 1DJ0.
SUSPEGT IS CAUGHT
PROMINENT DIVORCEE, DAUGHTER OF PIONEER GORE FAMILY, WHO WAS MURDERED MONDAY NIGHT; MAP SHOWING SCENE OF CRIME; AUTO USED BY ASSASSIN,
THOMPSON RECORD BAD
AND OWNER WHO WAS POSSIBLY MURDERED. AND ONE VICTIM'S HOME.
CLACKAMAS HAS KNOWLEDGE OK
MAXV ROBBERIES DOXE,
Bennett Thompson Captured
on St. Johns Street.
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WOMAN REPORTED IN FEAR
Attorney Indicates Alibi Will Bo
Offered for Thompson, Who, on
Arrest Handed Election Card
'Tliat Ward Gave Me."
(Continued From First Page.)
topics. and Deputy Ward handed
Thompson an election card of Sheriff
.Hurlburt. vith the blood-stained bat.
Fhirt-Bleeve and laprobe found near the
ttcene f the woman's murder was a
blood-spattered election card bearing I
tne announcement of Sheriff Hurlburt.
Xools and C lothinK Similar.
Deputy "Ward noticed that Thompson
was carrying some sort of pipe or tool
wrapped In a newspaper, under his
arm. Jitney men to whom the mur
derer applied before hiring an automo
bile noticed that he carried something,
wrapped In a newspaper, under his arm.
He told them he had tools for well
digging or pump-repairing work. A
blood-stained newspaper was found in
the automobile. Evidently it had been.
wrapped about the instrument which
was used In dashing out the brains of
the Jitney driver.
Another thing remembered by Deputy
Ward was that Thompson, when seen,
was wearing a pair of overalls, muddy
about the cuffs. In the house of Mrs.
Jennings was found a pair of overalls,
such as described by "Ward. The Deputy
Sheriff could not identify them posi
tively, but said that he thought they
were the ones he saw on Thompson. A
trouser and coat hanger lying on the
bed In the room of Mrs. Jennings son.
In connection with a. disarranged
closet, leads the authorities to believe
that the murderer changed his clothing
there.
Motive for the homicide Is obscure.
Itobbery Is still clung to by the au
thorities, but this theory was shaken
lata yesterday when the two valuable
diamond rings and a gold watch -owned
by Mrs. Jennings were discovered in
a secret hiding place by Mrs. Eliza
beth "Wilson, of Salem, a sister. Not
a cent of money was found In the
house, however.
A large leather purse had been
opened and was lying in the room
where the body was found. The small
Inside purse was missing. Drawers in
the dressing table were evidently ran
sacked and there was eome disturbance
of effects In the back bedroom and
dining-room.
Mony Borrowed for Last Trip.
TUstman. the Jitney driver, was re
puted to have had $165 on his person
the daj of the crime. Later, friends
Bald that he had paid most of his money
In a final payment on his new auto
mobile, and that the rest had been de
posited in a cigar store. It was said
that he was forced to borrow money
" for some gasoline with which to make
the trip with the murderer a trip that
was made on the spur of the moment
for Jl an hour, after other Jitney driv
ers had refused to take the man to
Sherwood for such a low fare.
Mrs. Jennnigs had no Immediate
neighbors. A house a few hundred feet
distant, on her own property, was va
cated May 7. E. E. Kasparek, who as
sisted the Portland officers in the
search yesterday, formerly lived there.
F"ear of Thompson Reported.
"Mrs. Jennings was talking to ma
the day we moved," said Mrs. Kas
parek to a representative of The Ore
gonlan yesterday. 'She said she would
be afraid when we were gone because
she was alone in her house. I know
she was afraid of that man Thompson
for she told me one time that she
would not have him get mad at her
for the world."
Mrs. Kasparek positively identified
the profile picture of Thompson printed
In The Oregonlan as the man who had
worked for Mrs. Jennings and who had
been a frequent visitor at her house
during the last month.
Neighborhood gossip had it that Mrs.
Jennings was well acquainted with
Thompson's record but that she had
known him for more than a year. James
Thompson, a brother of the suspect,
lives at Sherwood, two miles from the
Jennings home, with his wife and 12-year-old
daughter. He could not be
found yesterday, and It was reported
to Sheriff Reeves that he had gone to
Oregon City Tuesday.
Three hundred yards from the home
of Mrs. Jennings was discovered a
cuff and part of a torn sleeve in the
roadway. The cuff bore a plain gold
link. There were reddish brown stains
on the -cloth. Automobile tracks in the
dust showed that a machine had
Bwerved to the side of the road at this
spot.
Search through the brush at the edge
of the road revealed a Panama hat,
streaked with blood stains, an election
card of Sheriff Hurlburt, blood
sprinkled, and a green laprobe bear
ing blood clots, fragments of flesh and
matted, blood-soaked human hair. - The
roDe was identified as that in Rist
man's jitney, and the hat and sleeve
were partially Identified as belonging
10 me missing man.
Dust Sprinkled Over Blood. '
Dust had been scooped up from the
roaa nere in nandfuls. The seat of the
car in which the murder occurred con
tained pools of blood on which dust
had been poured to hide the crime
trace.
Deputy Sheriff Phillips, of Portland,
assumes that it was at this spot the
murderer disposed, in a desultory
manner, of the outstanding incrimi
nating evidence of the slaying. He Is
supposed to have continued on his way
to the second murder, secure in the be
lief that should he be accosted the
murder clews would not be evident.
The murder Is supposed to have oc
curred long Berore this spot was
reached, as a thorough . search of "the
woods did not reveal another trace of
the dead man.
The dead woman was killed by blows
from a sledgehammer, " Inrlicted by par
ties unknown to this Jury,"! read the
verdict of the Coroner's jury which sat
t the inquest held in the home of Mrs.
Jennings yesterday by Coroner I. E,
Barrett, of Washington County. The
hearing was brief, and only the testi
mony of those who found the body was
taken.
The jurors were John E. Hedges,
Walter Hess, John Roberts. Millard
Johnston, Jasper Hess and C. G.
Schmokel.
WOMAX KNOWN IN ItOSEBtTRG
Mrs. Helen Jennings Ex-Husband
and Son Silent Over Tragedy.
ROSEBURG, Or.. May 17. (Special.)
Mrs. Helen Jennings, who was brut
ally murdered near Portland Monday
night, lived in Roseburj for a number
of years prior to the time she became
estranged from ner husband, O. O.
Jennings. She Is survived by a son
who is employed in a Roseburg moving
picture theater.
O. O. Jennings, first husband of the
victim of the murder, is a Southern
Pacific engineer, and makes his home
in Roseburg. Neither Mr. Jennings or
the murdered woman's son would com
ment on the tragedy today.
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Left Fred Riatman, Missing; Man Who
- f-c" v suun. Ki .Tin. draninaja. : rmrr mra. jennmgr Home on u lunrt, in v nich Crime W an Committed. Bottom Left, Automobile Owned by Fred (French?)
Riatman, Which Was Hired by Aaaaasln. Right Sketch of Interior of Jennings Home Where Crime Waa Committed.
INSPECTIONS ARE ON
Excursion Steamers Being
Checked Under New Rules.
LIFE PRESERVERS CHANGED
Permits for Season Are Asked and
Others Will Be Issued Later.
Federal Officials Are Seeing-
New Law Is Obeyed.
Application of late regulations, as
well as amended rules, and the fact
excursion vessels are being prepared
for the 1916 season, has made this a
decidedly active period for United
States Steamboat Inspectors Edwards
and Wynn. Incidentally, some of the
new "safety-first" precautions demand
ed do not please the steamboat fra
ternity, but must be complied with.
One of the most recent changes is
the substitution of larger ring buoys
on the river fleet, it being prescribed
that the Inside dimensions be 17 Inches
and that the diameter of the outer ring
of the buoy measure 30 Inches. The
filling must be solid cork. There has
been a question with sorae steamboat
men whether they would be permitted
to carry the smaller buoys as long as
they comply with the law and supply
the specified number of larger ones.
The Inspectors only Insist on the
number of regulation buoys, and it is
optional with owners whether they
carry the old ones as well. The latter
measured from 12 to 16 inches across
the opening and ground cork was per
mitted as a filler, but only solid cork
is now permissible.
The rules provide for a maximum of
four ring buoys on river steamers, that
being for the larger steamers on pas
senger runs and in the excursion trade,
and others will carry three, two or one,
depending on size and trade, one buoy
being prescribed for small tugs tow
ing. In addition, the regular life-pre
servers must be provided.
The Inspectors are now going over
all passenger vessels and those for
which special excursion permits are
asked for during the Summer are be
ing checked to ascertain that they
carry all equipment, so when a permit
is sought there will be no question as
to the safeguards for passengers. The
inspection of . the Bailey Catzert was
started yesterday and she shifted to
the- plant of the Willamette Iron
Steel Works to have a few staybolts
fitted on the boilers. The Inspection
will be finished today.
ALL- BAG SHIPS COME HERE
Britisli Steamer Barolse Latest List
ed to Load Cereal.
San Francisco advices confirm t
ports of a few days ag:o that the Brit
ish steamer Barotse, which is the third
May Have Been Murdered. Center
vessel taken this season for bags and
gunnies from Calcutta for San Fran
cisco, will come here to load a grain
cargo for the United Kingdom. The
vessel has been out of Calcutta about
10 days.
That means all of the bag ships will
make Portland, as the British steamer
King Malcolm is due here tomorrow
with a part cargo from Calcutta, hav
ing unloaded some within the Golden
Gate, and will work wheat for Lon
don, while the Japanese steamer Ata-
gosan Maru. which left Calcutta two
weeks ago, comes to Portland, though
she will proceed to Puget Sound to
take on her outward cargo.
XORTHERX PACIFIC IS BACK
Turblner Relieves Sister Ship and
Both "Will Operate Xext Month.
Overhauled from stem to stern and
glistening with fresh paint, also hav
ing new steering: gear and rudder, the
fast liner Northern Pacific has re
entered the San Francisco-Portland
run and arrived at Flavel yesterday,
bringing- 181 passengers and a party
of contract laborers for various points
of the Northwest.
The Great Northern has gone on the
dry docks for her regular Inspection
and overhauling as well as repainting
and will sail on her return voyage
to the Columbia River June 1, resuming
the three-times-a-week schedule.
LrMBER FLEET IS CLEARED
Great Activity Prevails In Port
land Harbor.
Nine vessels cleared and eight en
tered at the Custom-House yesterday.
Of the outbound fleet the steamer
Johan Poulsen's cargo was 700,000 feet
of lumber for San Francisco and in
ward 2107 barrels of asphalt. The
steamer Nehalem cleared for San Pedro
with 750,000 feet; the tug Henry J
Biddle towing- barge No. 40 with 70,000
feet for Anchorage, and the steamers
Alcatraz with 300,000 feet and the
Brunswick with 4jO,000 feet for San
Francisco.
SHIP TO LOAD WAR STORES
Port landers Hope to Dispatch Vladi
vostok Cargo After August.
In ballast for Seattle the Japanese
steamer Mayachi Maru sailed last night
and there she takes on a full cargo of
Russian war supplies, sailing then for
Vladivostok.
It was reasoned here that the
steamer could have been loaded out
ward at Portland as well as on Puget
Sound with Vladivostok freight being
handled from the Bast via Portland for
the northern harbor by the O.-W. R.
& N. , Company. It is believed some
understanding will be reached through
which war cargo will be provided here.
NEW YARD IS BEING RUSHED
Fill to Bo In Place Next Week on
Virst Building Rapid.
That the mould loft" will be com
pleted in advance of the time estimated
and other buildings will be hurried so
that there will be no check in the
plans for laying down the first vessel
is the expectation cf J. B. Bowles,
Section ef Tualatin Valley, Arrow Showing
president of the Northwest Steel Com
pany, who said yesterday that the
substitution of the large dredge Wil-.
lamette for the dredge Portland was
assisting in the fill at the site of the
new yard, and he thought the last of
the material would be In place in an
other week.
The fourth steamer contracted for
has been sold and, steel for the first
being already in transit, the officials
are exerting every effort to get pre
liminaries under way so actual build
ing of ships may be undertaken as
scheduled. w
Xews From Northwest Ports,
GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. May 17. iSoe-
cial.) The steamer Helene, which will
clear tomprrow mornlnc for San Francisco,
will stop at Wlllapa Harbor to take the
steamer Carmcl in tow, the Carmel having
lot her rudder inside of Willapa. harbor
several days ago.
JrianKinf or the Interior or the steamer
Oregon, being built here for Wilson Bros.,
was completed yesterday. The shipbuilders
now expect to launch the ship by July 13.
me steamer Coronado cleared today for
San Pedro from the Anderson and Mlddleton
mill. ...
Six steamers arrived this mornlnjr from
California ports. These were the Daiay Put
nam, loading at the National mill. Ho
qulara; the Solano, loading at the Amer
ican mill. Aberdeen: Lindauer. loading at
Wilson mill, Aberdeen ; Celllo, loading at
Blagen mill, Hoqulam; San Jacinto, load
ing at E. K Wood mill, Hoquiam, and the
Daisy Freeman, loading at the National
mill, Hoqulam.
The. steamers Quinault, Fair Oak. Wll
lapa and Shasta are due tonight or tomor
row from San Francisco.
COOS BAY. Or.. May 17. (Special.) The
steamer Adeline Smith sailed, last night
for San Francisco at 9 o'clock.
The Government dredge Col. P. S. Mietato
has been working on the bar for the past
three days without Interruption.
Sailing today at noon for San Francisco,
the steam achooner Yellowstone carried lum
ber from the North Bend Mill & Lumber
Company plant.
ASTORIA. Or., May 17. (Special.) The
steamer jwecanicum arrived today from San
Pedro and went to the Hammond mill to
load lumber.
The gasoline schooners Tillamook, Ahwa
neda and Patsy sailed for Coast points today
witn zreignt irom Portland.
The steamer Northern Pacific arrived from
San Francisco this afternoon bringing i
full cargo of freight and a fair lLst of pas
senger. The barkentlne Echo sailed today for Au
stralia with a cargo of lumber from, the
North Pacific mill.
A wireless message received today by the
Columbia River Packers' Association states
that on May 10. the cannery ship St. Nich
olas was 175 miles from the mouth of
Nuphagak River and all were well on board.
The steamer Sue H. Elmore aalled today
for Tillamook with freight.
The schooner Dejla arrived today from
Coast points with a cargo of dairy products.
The steam schooners Alcatraz, Brunswick
and Johan Poulsen arrived during the night
from San Francisco, bringing freight for
Astoria and Portland.
The steam schooner Santa Monica sailed
this morning for San Francisco with a
cargo of lumber from Westport.
Bringing freight and passengers for As
toria and Portland, the steamer F. A. Kil
burn arrived this morning from San .Fran
cisco and way ports.
The pilot schooner Joseph Pulitzer, which
has been Inside for a couple of days after
water and auppliee, left today for her sta
tion off the mouth of the river.
The bar tug Oneonta left this morning for
Portland, where she Is to be overhauled,
and the tug Wallula. which has Just been
repaired, has gone Into commission.
As Captain Reed, of the Wallula. Is taking
a month's vacation. Captain Johnson, of the
Oneonta. has ben transferred to the com
mand of the Walliila. -
. .Marine Notes.
Captain TMk Selke, widely known hore
because of his former connection with the
"Rig Three" flet, is at Astoria with his
present charge, the Hammond steamer Ed
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KITCHEN
Gore Farm Where Mrs. Helen Jennlnca (formerly Mrs. O. O. Jronlnita
gar H. Vance. The steamer Necanlcum.
a?o of that line, is loading there, having
arrived from the south yesterday.
Lumber Laden for Melbourne, the bark
entlne Kcho sailed from the Columbia at
1 ::i0 o'clock yesterday.
Carrying a large load the steamer J. N.
Teal, of The Ualles-Cnlumbla line, leaves
th is morning for Lewis ton and way points.
She Is to carry 14 automobiles and heavy
shipments of merchandise.
Arriving last night from Oregon and Cal
ifornia ports, the North Pacific steamer K.
A. Kilburn Is scheduled to sail on the re
turn tonitrht. The Breakwater. In the same
service, is looked for Monday and will leave
again the following night.
One Item on the manifest of the gasoline 1
schooner Enterprise, entered yesterday;
from Slletz Bay, was SUttO feet of spruce j
lumber, and another was 40 cases of cheese. '
The gasoline schooner Mlrene was .cleared
for Waldport with 44 tons of merchandise.
Aboard the Associated Oil Company's
tanker Wm. . Herrin. an arrival yesterday
from Avon and Monterey, were 45.OU0 bar
rels of fuel oil and l&bd barrels of gaso
line. Captain Smith, of the propeller Sacaja
wea. spent part of yesterday afternoon
alongside the draw rest of the Morrison
street bridge, dragging for davits lost from
the steamer Grahamona more than a week
ago, when she was struck by the swinging
draw and badly damaged.
United States Inspectors Edwards and
Wynn officially issued a certificate to barite
No. 40 yesterday, she being the first of the
lumber-laden fleet to be started for An
chorage by the Columbia Contract Com
pany. The barge was In tow of the tug
Henry J. Bldule4 In command of Captain
Alfred Haugen, while G. W. Brown was
signed as master of the barge. The next
will be started in 10 days in tow of the
ttig Samson, and, as each carries 700.000 f t
of lumber. It is not expected to be long
before the entire Government order of e.
000. OOO feet is delivered, though a better
Idea of speed will be obtained after the
first voyages. 0
To the Northwest Steel Company has been
awarded a contract tor turning out material
for a wireless plant tower at the Bremer
ton Navy-yard .that Is to bo Che second
highest the United States Government has
built.
The Willamette River at Portland will
fall steadily for the next two or three days,
is the weather bureau forecast, and reports
received yesterday show the tnake. Colum
bia and Willamette to be faliing at all
points.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DUE
Name.
Beaver
V. A. Kilburn
Great Northern...
Breajcwater.
Rose City
Lear.
DUE
Name.
F. A. Kilburn
Great Northern...,
Beaver. ..........
Yale
TO ARRIVE.
Prom
.Los A n geles . .
.Sn Diego.
.San Francisco.
, San Diego. . . ..
Loa Angeles...
.Los Angeles. . .
TO DEPART.
For
.San Diego.
.San Francisco.
.Loa Angeles. ..
Date
.in port
,.ln port
.In port
May 21
.My 21
.May 2
Date.
, May JS
. Aiay
May
May
.May
May
. May
.May
. May
. May
May
. ts. r, to u a...
. 8.F. toL A...
. San Francisco.
. San Diego
Los Angeles.. .
San Diego.
..Fan Diego
Loa Angeles. ..
Harvard. ........
Ce;llo
Breakwater. . .
Hose City
W a pa ma. .......
Wli lamette
Bear
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. May 17. Arrived Steamers
Johan Poulsn. Brunswick and Alcatraz,
from San Francisco: W. F. Herrin, from
Monterey; F. A. Kilburn. from San Diego
via. way porta. Sal 11 Japanese steamer
Mavachl Maru. for Seattle.
Astoria. May 17. Sailed at 4 A. M.,
steamer Santa Monica, for San Francisco;
st 7:.W A. M-. steamer Sue H. Elmore, for
Tillamook. Arrived at R A. M., steamer
Necauicum, from San Francisco. Arrived at
l:;tO A. M. and left up at 2 P. M., steamer
F. A. Kilburn, from fan Diego via wav
ports. Sailed at 9:40 A. M.. gas schooner
Delia, for Cloverdale: nt 12:40 p. M.. gas
schooner Patsy, for Coast porta. Arrived at
1:10 P. M.. eteamjp Northern Pacific, from
San Francisco, sailed ac 1 :30 p. M-, barken
tlne Echo, for M elboume.
San Francisco. May 17. Sailed at 5 A. "M..
steamer Multnomah, for Portland. Arrived
at 11 A. M.. steamer Breakwater, from
San Diego and way ports for. Portland via
TV
Saw ITM G
way ports. Mav 16 Sailed, steamer Shut
Yak. for Portland.
Sau Pedro. May 17.1 Sailed Steamer Rose
t-ii y. ror Portland via san b rancisco.
Seattle. Muy 17. Ship St. Nicholas, from
Astoria for Nushagak. was 17a miles from
Nusnafrak at H last merit.
Astoria, May 1 l. Arrived down at 3 P.
M . barkentlne Echo. Left uo at P. M.
steamer V. F. Herrin. Arrived at ft and left
ii o at 8:30 P. M., steamer Johan poulscn,
from San Francisco. Arrived at S a no.
left up at 10::: P. M., steamer Brunswick
from San Francisco. Arrived at V ana
left u at 11 p. M.. steamer Alcatraz.
f rm San Francisco.
Seattle. May 17. Arrived Steamers Hiim-
boidt. from So-ith eastern Alaska : North
western, from Southwestern Alaska W. S.
Porter, from San Francisco. Sailed Steam
ers Aroiine. for Anchorage; Ravalle and
t-poKane. ror southeastern Alaska.
Antofagasta. May lt$. Arrived Steamer
Minnesota, from San Francisco for Liver
pool.
Ouavanuit. May IS. Sailed Steamer
buecta. from Christ la nia for San Francisco.
San Franrisco. Mav 1 1. Arrived Steam
ers Haniy. from Coos Rav: Thomas L. Wand.
from Everett ; Bandon. from Y equina Bay.
rai ten cMeamerg Muitnoma n, tor rortiana
Mukilteo. Mills and Queen, for Seattle
Matsonla. for Honolulu.
Balhoa. May IS. Arrived Guernsey, from
aan i ran Cisco.
Crlstobel. May 17. Arrived B art rated,
from l-iverpool for Victoria. B. C.
Antofagasta. May 17. Sailed Curacao, for
san Francisco.
Marconi Wireless Reports.
(AH positions reported at a P. M.. May 17
unless otherwise designated.
Hyades. Honolulu for San Francisco, 239
miles irom san r rancisco. May
Pennsylvania, San Francisco for Kobe,
jiMd mues irom an Francico, JM ay a.
Cuxro, Honolulu for Seattle, LvOS miles
irom Cape Flattery. May lx
Lucas. Seattle fr El Segundo, 208 miles
norm or ci nefcunao.
Willamette, San Pedro for San Francisco,
L.t ml lea north of San Francisco.
Adeline Smith, Coos Bay for San Fran
ciso. IUO miles north of an Francisco.
Ruck. Port Anireles for Monterey, 110
mues nortn oi Monterey.
Multnomah. San Francisco for Portland,
o mnes nortn or .point Arena.
Mills. Martinez for Portland. 132 miles
nortn or Martinez.
Queen. San Francisco for Seattle, via Vic
tori a. seven miles south of Point Arena.
City of Para. San Francisco for Balboa
12X0 miles south of San Francisco. May 1.
Colusa. Balboa for San Francisco. 11 SO
mues outn or tan Francisco. Mav 1.
Speedwell. San Francisco for tan Diego,
oi" mues soutn or san Francisco.
Wapama. San Pedro for San Francisco. 45
miles west of San Pedro.
Jim Butler. San Francisco for Santa Rosa
lia, Mexico, 340 miles south of San Fran
cisco.
Rose City. San Pedro for San Francisco,
20 miles east of Point Conception.
San Juan, Balboa for San Francisco, 60
mil south of Sn Diego.
Drake, with barge I1 in tow. Richmond for
Seattle. rW mi!e north of Richmond.
Coronado. Aberdeen for San Francisco, 15
miles south of the Columbia River.
Klamath. San Francisco for Seattle, six
miles north of the Columbia River.
t'ongree. Seattle for San Francisco, 3ft
ml ies north of Arena.
Yosemite, Oraya Harbor for San Franxlsco.
four miles north of Northwest Seal Rocka.
ED WRIGHT IS WELCOMED
Public Service Commission Candi
date Gcis Enthusiastic Kcceptlon.
HEPPXER. Or.. May 17. (Special.)
Ed Wright, candidate for nomination
to the office "of Public Service Com
missioner, is campaigning in Umatilla,
Morrow and adjoining countes. Mr.
Wrlsrht was given an enthusiastic re
ception at Pilot Rock and Heppner dur
ing his brief visits, a large number of
ranchers and stockmen joining the
business mm of these towns in giving
him a hearty welcome.
At Heppner. the center of a large
stock distrli-t. Mr. Wrlprht met a num
ber of stockmen from Northern Grant
and "Wheeler counties as well, who re
ported strong sentiment in his favor in
their districts.
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He Wa Sent to Reform School
for Theft of Bicycle.
OREGON CITV. Or., May 17. (Spe
cial.) Bennett Thompson, better known
here as Ben Thompson, the man who
is suspected of having killed Mrs. Helen
Jennings, was reared in Clackamas
County and his name appears several
times In local court records.
In 1898 he was sent to the State Re
form School for a year for stealing a
bicycle from K. M. Rasmussen. On his
return to Oregon City he worked In
the paper mills. Fourteen years ago
he held up a car on the WMUamette
Falls line In what is not West Linn.
Thompson placed a pile of ties across
the tracks, and when Motorman Aubrey
Miller and Conductor William M.
Thorpe were removing the ties, he
stepped from the brush with a gun.
Unaided by a companion. Thompson
successfully robbed the passengers and
the crew of the ccr.
Thompson then began a remarkable
scrips of robberies in Clackamas and
Multnomah counties. He never worked
with a partner and earned the title,
"The lore highwayman." He was
caught in Portlend for robbing Dr.
Hawk and sontenced to 20 years in the
State Penitentiary. While in Jail in
Portland, he confessed to the car rob
bery and other crimes here. Among
his victims was Henry Meldrum. After
serving nine years of the sentence
Governor West paroled Thompson.
A year ago last Winter, with two
companions, he attempted to rob a
store at Kelso, but the proprietor of
the store, armed with a gun. wounded
one of the trio, Dutch Streib. and drove
eff the other two. Scores of men in
Oregon City and West Linn are per
sonally acquainted with Thompson.
Sheriff Wilson and District Attor
ney Hedges- were at the scene of the
crime today. The Gore homestead Is
two miles from the Clackamas County
line.
LABOR SHORTAGE FEARED
Government to Aid Xortliwest in Ob
taining Harvest Hands.
SPOKANE, May 17. An acute short
age of labor in the Northwest during
this years harvest unless the crop is
short it' as predicted here today by
Henry M. White. United States Com
missioner of Immigration of Seattle.
Mr. White departed for Colfax to look
nto crop . conditions, and arrange to
open a Government employment agency
to supply farmers with help.
An af?encv has been established at
Kennewick to assist the bcrrygrowers
In obtaining pickers.
Veaaels Kn tared Y eat 43rd ay.
American t earner. Johan Poulsen, cargo
of asphalt, from San Franciaco.
American steamer v. r . it err in. cargo oi
oil. from Monterey.
American steamer ehalem, general cargo.
from San Francisco.
American steamer Beaver, general cargo.
from San FTanclavo.
American steamer Alcatraz, Dai last, irom
San Francisco.
American steamer Urunswick, general car
go, from San Francisco.
oaaoune schooner Mlrene. general cargo.
from Waldport.
uasciine scnooner tnierpnse. general car
go, from Slletz.
Veeel Cleared Yesterday.
American steamer W. F. Herrin, ballast.
for San Franrlnco.
American steamer Nehalem.. Tr.O.OfW feet
of lumber, for San Pedro and San Dlero.
Jauanese steamer Mayacni juaru. pauasi.
for Seattle,
American steamer nearer, general cargo.
for San Francisco.
American steamer Alcatraz. aw.wv tcci or
lumber, for Sun Francisco.
Gasoline scnooner Mlrene. general cargo.
for Newport via way ports.
American steamer prumwicK. lou.uvi im
of lumber, for San Francisco.
American bars. No. 4U. iOtMW" tcet or
lumber, for Anchorage, In tow of tug Henry
J P.M11e.
HAVE ROSY CHEEKS
AND FEEL FRESH AS
A DAISY TRY THIS!
Says glass of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisons.
To tea the tinge of healthy bloom
In your face. V see your skin pet
clearer and clearer, to wake up with
out a headache, backache, coated
tongue or a nasty breath, in fact to
feel your best, day In and day out. Just
try lnside-bathlng every morning for
one week.
Before breakfast each day drink a
glass o. -cal hot water 1th a teaspoon
ful of limestone phosphate in it as a
harmless means of washing; from the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the
previous day's Indigestible waste, sour
bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweet
ening and purifying the entire alimen
tary canal before putting more food
into the stomach. The action of hot wa
ter and limestone phospate on an empty
stomach is wonderfully invigorating. It
cleans out all the sour fermentations,
gases and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast.
A quarter pound of limestone phos
phate will cost very little at the drug
store, but is sufficient to demonstrate
that Just as soap and hot water
cleanses, sweetens and freshens tho
skin, so hot water and limestone phos
phate act on the blood and Internal or
gans. Those who are subject to con
stipation, bilious attacks, acid stomach,
rheumatic twinges, also those whose
skin is sallow and complexion pallid,
are assured that one week of inside
bathing will have them both looking
and feeling better in every way. Adv.
PIMPLY? WELL, PONT BE!
People Notice It Drive Them
Off With Dr. Edwards'
Olive Tablets.
A Dimply face will not embarrass
you much longer if you get a package
of Dr. Edward's Olive Tablets. The
skin, should begin to clear after you
have taken the tablets a few nights.
Cleanse the blood, the boweia and
the Jiver with Olive Tablets.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are the
successful substitute for calomel
there'll never any sickness or pain af
ter taking them.
Dr. Edwarde" Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and Just as effec
tively, but their action is gentle and
safe instead of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Clive Tablets is
ever cursed with "'a dark brown taste,'
a bad breath, a dull, listless, "no good"
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed witij
olive oil: you will know them by their
olive color.
Dr. Edwards spent years among pa
tients aftVicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result
Take one or two nightly for a week.
See how much better you feel and look.
10c and 'tor. per box. All druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company. Colum
bus, O. Adv.
t