Morning Oregonian., May 26, 1916, Page 2, Image 2

THE OKEGOXTAN, FRIDAY, MAT 2G, 191G.
118 TEXAHS TO BE
COURT-MARTIALED
DEFENDANT IN MURDER TRIAL WHO TELLS REMARKABLE STORY
OF PETTY CRIMES IN EFFORT TO SAVE HIMSELF.
METHODIST BAN 0!l
DANCING RETAINED
Store Opens
Daily
at 8 :30 A. M.
Saturdays
at 9 A. L
Store Closes
Daily
at 5:30 P. M.
Saturdays
at 6 P. M.
Hion si Mn?psor
Militiamen Who Failed to Re
spond to Call for Service
t Must Stand Trial.
Cards and Theater-Going Also
Continued Under Prohibi
tion by Conference.
Pacific
Phone:
Marshall 5080
Home
Phone:
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MR. BAKER ISSUES ORDER
EXPULSION PENALTY KEPT
Men Subject to Fine or Imprison
ment -Secretary Says Trial
Will Be Held Under
Dick Ijaw Trovisions.
WASHINGTON, May 23. One hun
dred and sixteen Texas militiamen who
have failed to respond to the call for
service on the Mexican border will be
tried by court-martial by order of
President Wilson. The offense for
which they will be tried may be
punished by fines or imprisonment, as
the court may direct, with the approval
of the President.
Secretary Baker announced today
that the guardsmen would be tried
promptly under the Dick law, revers
ing a previous decision to delay action
in order to deal with the cases under
the new Hay-Chamberlain army reor
ganization. The President himself will
appoint the court-martial and Major
General Funston has been instructed to
recommend its members, a majority of
whom must be officers of the Texas
National Guard.
Trial Only Now Involved.
So far no steps have been taken to
ward prosecuting New Mexico and
Arizona guardsmen, who like the
Texans have failed to "present them
selves for muster." A further report
from General Funston regarding them
is awaited.
Secretary Baker tonight issued the
following statement explaining the
action of the War Department. One
hundred and sixteen members of the
Texas National Guard are reported to
have failed to present themselves for
muster when called upon by the Presi
dent. Under the Dick bill they would
be guilty of failure to present them
selves for muster.
"When the pending Legislation is
approved and the militia of the states
is reorganized and federalized there
under, the obligation of the enlisted
men of the National Guard will be to
preserve the constitutions of the United
States and their respective states and
the lawful orders of the President and
the Governors of their respective states.
Thereafter, when the President issues
a call to the National Guard, the call
will, of its own force, muster each
member of the National Guard into the
Federal service and it will no longer
be necessary for the men to 'present'
themselves for muster.
Bill Remains In Force.
"The offense denounced by the Dick
,bill, therefore will be impossible as. it
will not be required that the men
Fhould 'present' themselves for muster.
The, Dick bill not being repealed, ex
pressly remains in force. The 116 men
in question having taken an oath to
preserve the constitution of the United
States and to obey the lawful orders of
the Governor of Texas, and, not having
yet taken an oath to obey the Presi
dent as commander-in-chief, must still
present themselves for muster. They
are capable, therefore of committing
the offense in the Dick bill and are
therefore liable to punishment.
"I have decided to have the court
martial assembled by command of the
President and have asked General
Funston to recommend the members
thereof. While I shall not prescribe, I
shall be inclnied to recommend that
the proceedings be abated in cases
where the men are willing to take the
oath."
SLAYER ASKS NEW TRIAL
J. Li. Sutherland Files Petition In
Court at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 55. (Spe
cial.) J. L. Sutherland, attorney for
Charles A. Meyer, convicted of murder
in the second degree by a jury in the
Superior Court May 13, for killing
John Kramer at Hazel Dell on the night
of. December 25, last, Wednesday asked
the court to grant a new trial. Hear
ing of the petition was set for Monday,
May 29.
In the motion for a new trial, it is
alleged that the verdict of the "jury
was not in accord with the evidence,
which tended to show that Meyer was
never the aggressor in the fight fol
lowing which the shooting occurred, ac
cording to the petition. The petition
also alleges that the court erred in
not allowing certain testimony.
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tobacco plants.
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Hood's Sarsaparilla is helping thou
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DR. ARTHUR WARRE.V WAITE.
WAITE BARES GRIMES
Friends and Classmates Tell
of Mental Peculiarities.
WOOING OF WIFE DETAILED
Ten Dollars Stolen From Fiancee's
Mother, Confesses Dentist on
Witness Stand In Trial for
s Murder of Father-ln-Law.
(Continued From First Page.)
sented, to marry him. He hung his
head a;r he admitted the theft of a ?10
bill from Mrs. Peck's purse while at
the Florida resort.
Telling of his betrothal to Miss Peck
he said, that two weeks before tbeir
marriage he almost broke the engage
ment. "I was not so sure of her love," he
explained.
He then told of coming to New York
with his bride and taking an apart
ment on Riverside Drive. Soon after
establishing himself here, he formed an
acquaintance with Miss Katherine Peck,
the elderly and wealthy aunt of his
bride, which soon developed into an
affection on her part which was recip
rocated bv him to an extent. He said
his aunt-in-law was "always very kind"
and that on several occasions she of
fered him money, but he refused to ac
cept it.
Later Walte sold real estate lor jmiss
Peck and invested the money. Several
months after his marriage he received
$30,000 from her with which he opened
a brokerage account in his own name,
paying her 2 per cent interest. Subse
quently she intrusted him with about
$20,000 more. Finally, his personal
funds and Miss Peek's became so con
fused he could not tell which were hers
and which his.
Wife's Aunt tint Robbed.
"How much did you steal from Miss
Katherine?" he was asked.
"None whatever," was the reply.
Waite declared all Miss Peck's funds
either had been returned to her or were
still on deposit. He eaid that while he
was in the hospital after his arrest he
signed a paper turning over to her not
only her own money, but all that of his
own which he had mixed with it.
Earlier in the day Waite's brother
Frank had told of having this paper
signed.
AVaite said he put ground glass in a
can of marmalade and gave it to Mic&
Katherine Peck prior to his marriage.
He also put disease germs in a can of
fish and gave that to her. Afterward
he frequently gave her various germs,
including typhoid, while he was study
ing bacteriology.
Germ Experiments Kail
He tried to produce the germs him
self, he eaid, but his cultures failed,
and he purchased them. He was able
to tuy germs of diphtheria, pneumonia,
influenza, spinal meningitis and other
diseases.
"What did you want of the germs?"
he was asked.
"I wanted ..to give them to certain
people," he replied.
The trouble with the germs, Waito
said, was that they were not virulen.'
enough.
He began to take an interest in bac
teriology long before his marriage, he
explained. After he had given germs
to Miss Peck for a while, he became
discouraged, he asserted, because of his
lack of success. He put the germs in
her food, but he denied that he gave
her arsenic.
Bacteria Given Wife and Mather.
"Was there any arsenical flypaper in
her room?'" the dentist was asked.
"Oh, yes," he answered. "I read some
where of an arsenical flypaper, which
if treated and put in a. person's pocket
would cause death, so I got some and
put it in her room."
"Did you administer any bacteria to
Mrs. Peck?"
"Yes, soon after she arrived; I had
beer, working on them for some time
and had them all ready for her."
"How often did you give them to
her?"
"Quite often. I put them in her food
on the first day she came and she grew
ill almost immediately."
He had given Mrs. Peck millions of
germs, he said.
Asked how many kinds of germs ho
administered to Mr. ""Peck, Waite replied-
"Typhoid, diphtheria, pneumonia and
others. I gave him a spray and put
diphtheria and later pneumonia germs
in it and had him spray his throat
every time he went out. They had no
effect and I tried to make them
stronger.
"I put water in the sheets on his
bed so that he would catch cold, but
he didn't. I also put a chemical com
pound In his room which would create
a poisonous gas, .but it failed to pro
duce results. One night I turned on
the gas, but the superintendent of the
building came up and turned it off.
"I gave him arsenic a few days be
fore he was planning to go away. I
got 80 grains, I think. I think it was
three or four days before Mr. Peck died
that I began to give him arsenic. I
gave him a. little at first and increased
the dose until all of it was gone. I
gave him the doses in his food. Once
or twice it was in eggnog and once in
rice pudding and then once in hot
milk."
Waite told of sleeping on the couch
on the night before his father-in-law's
death so as not to disturb his wife. He
got up an hour after retiring, he said,
and administered chloroform to Mr.
Peck.
Waite Fond of Mrs. Morton.
Telling of his acquaintance with Mrs.
Horton, Waite said he heard her sing at
a theater hofe last Fall and went fre
quently Just to hear her. He met her
behind rfle- scenes, he said, and saw
her every day after that, becoming
"very fond of her." v '
"Did she seem to reciprocate?" asked
Mr. Deuel.
"She did," Waite replied.
He then told of taking up with her
the study of foreign languages and
dramatic expression.
"At 10 o'clock in the morning," he
said, "we used to go to school together.
Then we would have luncheon some
where. Afterward .we would go to the
Plaza (where their 'studio' was lo
cated) or I would take tier to her mu
sic instructor and would return for
her. Then we would go to the Plaza
and study languages and play for a
couple of hours. In the evening we
often went to the opera together."
"Did you ever meet her husband?"
the witness was asked.
"I have seen him."
Affair Kept From Wife.
"Did you ever tell your wife about
Mrs. Horton?"
"No."
Waite then related his efforts to in
duce Eugene Oliver Kane, the em
balmer, to put arsenic in a sample of
embalming fluid which was to be sent
to the District Attorney's office. He
gave Kane $9000 down, he said, and
agreed to give him $40,000 more later.
"What was your purpose in admin
istering germs to all those people?"
"I wanted them to die."
"Why?"
"I wanted their money."
"When did you first get this idea?"
"About the time I first met Miss
Clara Peck."
Early in his examination tonight,
AVaite admitted that he had had de
generate traits since he was a. boy.
MILITARY ORDER ASKED
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON RE
NEWS REOTEST FOR. COPY.
Exclusion of Foreign-Born Americana
From Mine-Laying Boats Not Dis
crimination, Says Secretary.
WASHINGTON, May 25. Represen
tative Johnson, of " Washington, re
newed to Secretary Baker today his
request for' a copy of a War Depart
ment order supposed to require the em
ployment of native Americans only on
Army mine planters because inforraa
tion as to the location of mine fields
is regarded as a most confident mili
tary secret. ,
Representative Johnson had been in
formed that a sixth member of the
crew of the planter Ringgold at Ta
coma had been discharged because he
is not American born.
Secretary Baker, according to Mr.
Johnson, disclaimed any intention of
discrimination against American citi
zens of foreign birth, and said the dis
missal orders had been signed as rou
tine matters upon recommendation of
officers of the Coast Artillery Corps,
under which the -planters operate.
Negro Vote Has Balance of Power
In Deciding Question Which . Is
Fonsht Through in Face of
Serious Opposition.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y., May 25.
The penalty of expulsion provided In
paragraph 2T1 of the discipline of the
Methodist Episcopal Church .for mem
bers who play cards, dance, attend toe
theater or engage in other similar
amusements will remain In effect for
another four years at least, as the re
sult of action taken today by the gen
eral conference. An attempt led by
Chancellor James B. Day, of Syracuse
ijniversity,-to obtain the removal of
the prohibition failed by a vote of 434
to 360. The figures are almost Identical
with those of four years ago when a
similar proposal was defeated.
paragraph 271 of the discipline,
which is the basic law of the church,
was enacted in 1872 and has remained
virtually without change.
Ncicrocs Hold Balance of Fowcr.
It has been urged as a basis for re
moval that this section is never en
forced and that the specific warning
which is given in another part of the
discipline should be sufficient to con
vince members that the church
strongly disapproves of these diver
sions. The opppsite contention has al
ways prevailed in the conference, bow
ever, that by withdrawal of the pen
alty the church will indicate that it
favors lifting the ban completely.
The balance of voting power was
held today by the 80 or more represent
atives of negro conferences who threw
their support almost " solidly against
any change. The foreign delegates
were about equally divided.
A majority of the others, particularly
from the eastern part of the United
States, voted for removal, although
nearly every delegation was split. Bal
timore, Newark, New York, Philadel
phia and Rock River, 111., voted over
whelmingly for' the change. Detroit,
Illinois, New England, Ohio, Upper
lowa, soutnern uamornia, northwest
Indiana, Minnesota and West Ohio also
gave good majorities. Pittsburg, Wis
consin and Kansas were equally di
vided.
- Every Member Put on Record.
Puget ound and Columbia River.
Washington; Erie, Pa.; Holston, Tenn.;
North Indiana, Maine. Northwest and
Southwest Kansas and Southern Illi
nois were strongly opposed. Every
member was placed on record individ
ually.
The conference shut off all debate by
deciding to proceed with the voting as
soon as Chancellor Day had read the
report of the 'minority asking for a
change, and Frank Neff, of Tulsa,
Okla., had read the opposing recommendation.
After a long discussion the confer
ence voted not to elect a .successor to
Bishop-elect William Fold F. Oldham,
who was corresponding secretary of
the board of foreign missions, but, to
restrict the number of secretaries to
two.
It also was decided to postpone fur
ther the balloting for editors of the
church publications which had been
made an order of buslnesa for the day.
The conference voted tonight to
transfer the headquarters of the church
temperance society from Topeka, Kan.,
to Washington, 13. C
Tobacco Ban Is I'rared.
The total abstinence by Methodist
church members from the use of tobac
co is urged in another report.
Polygamy and the social evil are
condemned by the committee on tern
perance and public morals. 'The en
forcement of laws prohibiting the
former is urged.
Regarding the social evil, the com
mittee asserts that neither segregation
nor punishment by fines is a remedy,
The community should officially expel
and disperse vice, it continues, and the
state should provide Industrial settle
ments for the mentally deficient and
an honest place in society for those
mentally capable. .
"Parents and others charged with care
of the young ought to give careful con
sideration to the proper education of
our youth to the end that there may
be health of body, purity of mind and
righteousness of life, the report con
eludes. Action will be taken later.
MANY OFFjCES SEEK MAN
C. R. Wade, Voted For for Five Jobs,
Nominated for Senate.
BANDON, Or.. May 25. (Special.)
C R. Wade, an attorney of this city,
was mentioned as a candidate for more
different offices by the voters at the
primary, than any other man in the
state.
Although his name did not appear on
the ballots, it was written in on both
the Republican and Democratic tickets.
He received the nomination for Senator
from the Eighth SenatorialT)istrict en
the Democratic ticket, and also re
ceived votes for Justice of the Peace on
both the Republican and Democratic
ballots. Democrats also voted for him
for Commissioner of the Port of Ban-
don, for County Central Committeeman
and for State Representative.
School Gives Slay Pageant.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 25. (Spe
cial.) Marking the close of the schoo
year A May pageant was participated
In this afternoon by the pupils of the
Frankton School on the Columbia
River Highway west of the city. The
pageant was given under the direction
of Miss Aldine Kartmess.
Big Religious Pageant
Eleventh St. Playhouse, Eleventh and Morrison
TWO NIGHTS
Friday and Saturday, May 26 and 27, 8 'Clock
Under Auspices of Portland" Epworth League, Featuring
Biblical History.
130 in, Cast, Besides Chorus and Orchestra
Given Only Twice Before in United States, With Big; Success.
Seats on Sale . '
SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.
' , Admission 25c and 35c
I
A Great "Clean-Up" of Broken Lines Women's
Gowns and Combinations
Dozens of Pretty. Styles in Muslin and Crepe With White and Colored A
Embroidery Trimmings; Values to $1.25 at .OvC
A varied an extensive variety of styles to select from, but don't fail to come early, for you know there
is something in first choice. The gowns are all cut full to size and extra well made. They come in
good quality muslin, trimmed with a variety of fine swis3 baby edges and serviceable cambric edges.
AI30 pretty designs in soft crepe, edged with white or delicate figured color combinations. We also
include' a fine lot of Combination Suits sample garments in many styles and materials, but Cfl
sizes 34 and 36 only. Regular values run up to $1.25 your choice Bargain Friday at only .OvIC
Closing Out of Broken Lines Children's Play Suits and Rompers, on
Priced for Bargain Friday's Sale at
Broken Lines in Values to 85c 60 different styles in well-made Play Suits and Rompers, of good qual
ity ginghams, crepes, chambrays, etc. broken lines from our regular stock sizes from 1 to 6 years,
in plain colors, checks, stripes and small figures. Attractive wartn weather play garments, regu- OQ
larly sold up to 85c on sale Bargain Friday at mtJC
EXTRA! Wool and
jPlnsli Auto Rofoes
Plaid and Mottled Styles, Regular CO QQ
$5.00 Grade, at . p.i?0
Only 50 in the lot, so don't delay your coming if you would
profit by this sale. You have choice from fine Wool Robes
in plaid styles, finished with fringed ends; also Mottled
Plush Robes, with tape-bound edges. Regular JJO QO
S5.00 lines Bargain Friday at p6J70
Women's Coats $9.45
For Values to $15.00
A splendid variety of models to select from in flare-back and
belt effects finely ' tailored Coats in check velours, wide-wale
cords, poplins and white chinchilla most every size in lines
regularly sold up to $15, priced as a great Bargain Q JE
Friday Leader at P7xO
An Important and Timely
Sale of Women's Fine
I Cotton
Union Suits
Correct Summer Weight;
Short Sleeve, Low Neck
Models in Knee Length;
35c Grade, on Sale f Q
Friday at 1 iJC
Few women will care to miss this
sale of fine cotton, Summer-weight
Union Suits shown in low - neck,
sleeveless styles, with tight or lace
trimmed knee. Perfect-fitting gar
ments, in all sizes regularly sold at
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gain Friday at .1SC
Friday! Your Last Opportunity to Purchase $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50
Pumps and Oxfords at 98c Pair
The season's greatest saving opportunity to purchase Women's and Misses' Pumps and Oxfords 2000
paifs in this special sale one, two and three-strap Pumps and button or lace Oxfords, in all styles and
leathers patent, vici, velour, gunmetal, etc Styles for street and evening wear. Broken lines in vari
ous sizes and widths, with McKay or hand-turned soles. Regular $2.50, $3 and $3.50 lines, Pur-QQ
chased by us at extraordinary price concessions, and offered to you the Same way. This Sale, pr, 30C
COMFORT SHOES for home wear, in all sizes and styles; plain toe, with patent tip, front gore QO
and elastic side. Priced to close at, pair .'OC
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World Watelk.
Portland is preparing its
TENTH ANNUAL
ROSE FESTIVAL
The most gorgeous event will be the
Floral Vehicle Parade
Thursday, June 8th
Enter your private car. Your service vehicles should
be in line. Encourage your employes to enter. This,
the most elaborate and artistic parade the world has
ever seen, will be shown to all mankind in motion pic
tures. Every effort made by you adds just so much to Port
land to Oregon and to your own prestige. It adds
material value to your business and to your property.
The spirit of Portland is calling for your co-operation.
Get busy. Decorate. Do your "bit" for Portland.
Miss Valentine Prichard, Mrs. Guy W. Talbot,
Marshall. 2270 Secretary Main 1629 . Chairman
Rose Festival Office Main 2S00
Oliver K. Jeffery, Director in Charge
Call, WriS rPIhoinie
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