Morning Oregonian., July 13, 1916, Page 2, Image 2

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TITE MORNING- OREGONIAX, THTTHSDAT JULY 13, 1916.
LIES BY ORPET ARE
ADMITTED TO JURY
Early False Statements Due to
k-;. "School Boy Fright,"
Says Counsel.
DEATH MAY NOT BE ASKED
Uonal amendment to establish a normal!
school at Pendleton was given today I
in a resolution adopted by county school
superintendents of the state who
are in session here correcting; state
examination papers.
The resolution follows:
"Resolved. That it is the sense of the
county school superintendents of the
state of Oregon, in convention assem
bled, that the best interests of the
schools of the state demand increased
facilities for the -training of the
teachers, and that we, therefore, in
dorse the initiative measure to establish
a normal school at Pendleton."
PENDLETON OrJuly 12. (Special.)
The indorsement by the county super
intendents of the proposed Pendleton
Normal School is considered one of
the strongest recommendations which
could be made for the Pendleton bilL
E. E. Cleaver, who had charge of the
circulation of the petitions in the west
ern part of the state, reports that five
out of six of those who were given an
opportunity to sign were intending to
vote for the bill.
Prosecutor of Student Accused of
Murdering Sweetheart Quoted as
Saying IAfe Term Would
Be L-esson to Others.
50,000 GUARDS INSOUTH
ASSISTANT CHIEF- OP ARMY
RIVES AT SAX AJfTOSIO.
WAUKEGAK, III., July 12. Two
more summing-up speeches remain to
be made in the trial of William H.
Orpet, collegian charged with the mur
der of Marlon Lamoert
Ralph F. Potter", of tho defense, who
spoke this afternoon, will finish to
morrow forenoon. He will be followed
by James H. Wilkerson. also for the
defense, and David R. Joslyn for the
state, will say the final' word to the
jury, except for the Judge's instructions.
This programme is expected to con
sign the case to the Jury Saturday
night.
Mr. Potter's effort was the first de
tailed summary of the interpretation
of the defense of the nicely balanced
bits of circumstance, which compose
tho case. He was bitter in scoring Dr.
Ralph W. Webster, the state's toi
cologist, and in his criticism of alleged
unethical conduct on the part of Spe
cial Prosecutor Joslyn.
He denied State's Attorney Ralph II.
Dady's assertion that the circumstances
in the case must not be taken as sep
arate instances, but as a sequence, of
Instances the picture as a whole.
Lies Are Admitted.
"Mr. Dady presumes the defendant
guilty and bends every circumstance
to that end. Nothing could be more
unfair than to subject the school-boy
letters, the school-boy fright to this
process.
"They say he is guilty because he
ran away from the body and because
he told lies. He did both, but let me
tell you, gentlemen, that the man who
had calculated a murder never would
ha e run. He would have appeared
promptly with the cry 'Marion has
c ommitted suicide,' and he lied, gentle
men, as nine out of ten boys would
have lied when afraid of a whipping."
A review of tha motives which Mar
ion might have had for suicide and her
remarks on unhappiness were given
by the lawyer.
Footprints left in the snow in Helm's
woods, where last February the bodv
of Marion Lambert was found, told the
story or the tragedy more plainly than
words, State's Attorney Dady declared.
Murder Theory Is Given.
"At the three oaks," said Mr. Dady,
"Orpet persuaded Marion to, take the
poison. He was unable to stand the
sight of her death throes and his tracks
lead off alone for 144 feet to a cluster
of four trees. Here the tracks show
how he walked up and down, waiting
until he, thought she was dead. Then
he went back. There is no other ex
planation for these tracks.
"He and Marion were absolutely
alone in the woods and their tracks
were still distinct when Fred Wenban
traced them the next day. If this de
fendant, as he testified, turned back
as Be was walking away and returned
to the body,-we can account for that
frightened pacing up and down behind
the four trees only by a miracle."
Prosecutor Joslyn was quoted today
as having said the state would prefer
having Orpet sent to the Penitentiary
for life. "If Orpet spent the balance
of his life 'behind prison bars," Mr.
Joslyn Is quoted as saying, "there
would be continual reference to hi---,
and his being in prison would be an
object lesson to others who might
trine with two loves. We may yet de
cide to ask the death penalty, but I
hardly think it likely now."
General Bliss Is Expected to Reorgan
ise Forres on Border Into
Tactical Units.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 12. Army
officers here were convinced today that
the coming of General Tasker Ii. Bliss,
assistant chief of staff, would result
in organization of the National Guards
men into tactical units. Fifty thou
sand of the state troops now are near
the border, but with the exceptions of
the divisions from New, York and Penn
sylvania, the big addition to the Fed
eral army is listed in units from bri
gades to companies.
buch action is in line with the sug
gestion of General Funston, w'ho recom
mended to the war Department a few
weeks ago the division of his big bor
der command into three parts, each
part to be commanded by a Major-Gen-eraL
The adoption of his suggestion
eft large numbers of guardsmen im
properly divided and there was recog
nized immediately the advisability of a
more thorough organization.
General Funston and his .start still
ave the direction of the forces along
the entire border, due to the suspension
of the order of division.
The strengthening of the border pa
trols, especially that in the Big Bend
district, was well under way today.
A searchlight company, one of the
Army's recent acquisitions, left for bor
der service today.
Reports from General Pershing and
from commanding officers along the
border indicated no material changes
n the international situation.
AGRICULTURE BILL PASSED
Senate Takes Tip Big Naval Measure
for Consideration
WASHINGTON, July 12. The annual
gricultural bill carrying approximate
ly 124.000,000 was passed by the Senate
today in virtually the same form as
passed by the House. -' It contains pro
visions for Federal grain inspection-
and licensing of grain warehouses, and
levies a tax of 2 cents a pound on
cotton sold for future delivery.
Its passage clear Ad the way. for the
big naval bill, which was -taken up late
in the day and made the unfinished
business of the Senate.
ROADS IN SPAIN TIED UP
Cabinet Kears Strike May Extend to
: Other Lines of Business.
maukiu, via fans. July iz. A spe
cial meeting of the Cabinet was held to
day to discuss the strike of employes
of the Northern Railway and the possi
bility of a walkout by laborers in the
various trades. Among the proposals
for dealing with the situation, which
is regarded as serious, is the suspen
eion of constitutional guarantees.
The strike is now effective on all
branches of the Northern system. The
tie-up began without incident.
NORMAL SCHOOL INDORSED
County Superintendents Take Stand
for Pendleton Plan.
SALEM. Or.,
dorsement of
July 12. (Special.) In
the proposed conetitu
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Soap on Your Hair
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali, whidh is very
injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes
the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Just plain
mulsifled cocoanut oil, for it Ij pure and
entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and
beats the most expensive soaps or any
thing else all to pieces. You can' get
this at any drug store, and a few ounces
will last the while family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in. about a teaspoonful is all
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Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackags
proves it 25c at all druggists.
WantedBus-Boys
dishwashers and cook's helpers. . Men
must be non-union; $10 per week and
up. Will refund fare at end of month';
work. . Apply room 212 Pacific bldg.
San Francisco, at once.
AR-
CHAIRMANSHIP IS IN VIEW
COAST TRIP S INDORSED
Oontinud From First 'Page.)
held at Bridgehampton, and others have
taken the same view. . - -
Frederick C. Tanner, chairman of the
New York State Republican Committee
Albert P. Langtry, Secretary of State
of Massachusetts; R. K. Otis, president
of the Chicago Hughes Alliance; Eu
gene R. Pike, City Controller of Chi
cago, and W. J. Norton, of Chicago,
were among the day's callers.
Mr. Hughes went for an automobile
ride tonight and will return tomorrow
afternoon to Bridgehampton. -
Women Workers Aid.
Plans were perfected today for the
work in the coming Presidential cam
paign of the Hughes Women's Alliance
It was decided that the work'should b
under the control of a central commit
tee of 1000 women. It was also decided
that the enrollment of the women in
the country would number more than
100.000.
The alliance promises to have more
than $100,000 with which to conduct
its campaign. The field, work ' is to
start in the suffrage states, with an
exposition of the record of Mr. Hughes.
AMERICAN SHIP HITS MINE
Tank Steamer Goldsliell Damaged
but Is Kept Afloat.
PARIS. July 12. The American
steamship Goldsheli, with a -cargo of
oil, which struck a mine on Monday
nignt,. was Daaiy damaged. She was
kept afloat until she entered the mouth
of the Gironde, where - she is being
ngnterea.
The Goldsheli struck the mine 20
miles west of the Island of Cordovan
off the mouth of the Gironde.- The
forward part of the hull was' sartlv
wrecKeo.
The Goldsheli sailed from Newport
Newsi June 27, for Bordeaux. She is a
tank steamer of 8000 tons gross, bull
this year and owned by C H..RuDt. of
New York.
BOLT EXPLODES MUNITIONS
Powder Plant Is Wrecked", but No
Employes Arc Hurt." t
iKtiNiuA-u, coio.. July iz.. An ex
plosion of one magazine at the Du Pont
Powder Company at Augusta; four
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wrecked the major-. portion of the plant,
shook the town of Aguiiar. shattered
windows of houses in the vicinity for
two or three miles and temporarily
cut off telephone and telegraph com
munication with the plant and nearby
stations, - .-
The explosion is said to have been
caused by lightning. None of the em
ployes were injured. .
Hunters to Be Watched.
MARSH FIELD, Or.. July 12. fSpe
clal.) Justice of the Peace Ford, of
Bridge, has been appointed by the
game officials to issue hunting and
fishing licenses. Cridge is 20 miles
from the county seat and many tourists
visit . that section every year for out
ings. Rather than go 20 miles furthe
to obtain licenses, vacationists fre
quently go into the woods without
licenses and a number Have been ar
rested for violating the law. Severs:
residents of the Bridge district also
have failed to comply with the regu
lations and, were fined heavily.
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During: JITLjT
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During July and August
our store will close on
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thus allowing our em
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and well-earned half-
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your support to this movement by arranging to do
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UNSOHTORUN
Representative From Wash
ington Asks Renomination.
Southern Adriatic, which the Austrian
Admiralty in a statement issued yester
day declared had resulted in the sink
ing of four or five British patrol boats
by the Austrian cruiser Novara. was
given today in the following official
statement: ,
"Information received from the Brit
ish Admiral in the Adriatic is that on
July 9 the Austrian cruiser Novara
ame upon a group of His Majesty's
patrol boats on duty. The Aslrum. Spel
and Clavis were sunk and the Frigate.
Jtsira ana Ben But damaged, but were
able to return to their port. The crews
of the Astrum and Spel were taken
prisoner and. among the remainder of
the boats there were 10 killed and eight
wounded."
Support of All Voters Requested o
Coveted Seat, Xow Xot Held by
1 Any Western 31a n, May Be
Won in Congress.
OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, W ash
ington, July 12. Representative Al
bert Johnson, of Washington. today
announced his candidacy for renomina
tion for Congress at the Republican
primaries to be held September 12.
In a circular letter of announcement
sent to the voters of his district, Mr.
Johnson says:
Av hen nominated, I shall ask re
election at the hands of all the voters,
regardless of their party affiliations.
If " renominated and re-elected, and
should the next Congress be Republi
can, which I confidently expect, I shall
receive an important committee chair
manship through my length of service.
There are but 25 Important chairman
ships in the House and there are 436
members. As chairman of a commit
tee, I feel that I can still better serve
the people of the district and state.
No far Western man now holds a chair
man ship.
Perxonal Campaign Doubtful.
"Congress is still in session. If ad
Journment is reached by. the middle of
August I can get home in time to
visit some of the points in the 10 coun
ties of the district. If Congress does
not adjourn soon, I shall be unable to
make a personal campaign, but must
ask the voters generally to give con
sideration to my desire to continue to
serve them in the congress or tne
United States.
I hope that my record is such
to merit re-election. 1 have worked
long and hard for all parts of the dts
trict. No request has failed to receive
attention. I have been successful in
passing bills of interest to the dis
trict. My part in the enactment or
the bill giving $1, 000, 000 a year for
roads in the forest reserves is well
known. My Interest in all measures
for the good of the Far West has never
been questioned. My views and my
votes on all public questions are
known to all of you, and these vrews
are in accord with the ,views of a
great majority of the voters of the di-
trlct. On all record votes In Congress
I have neither dodged, paired nor been
absent. I have voted according to the
dictates of my conscience for the best
interests of district, state and nation.
No Factloa Is Influence.
"I belong to no ring or faction. As
your representative, I have endeavored
to represent all of - the people. and
shall continue to do so. From the day
I first took the solemn oath of Con
gressional office, I have endeavored to
Improve myself in parliamentary pro
cedure, in public speaking, in debate.
in committee work, in' extension of ac
quaintance, in publicity for our cities
and counties, and in every way that
would aid me better to represent our
important and rapidly-growing dis
trict. I shall continue to do so. I hope
my record demonstrates that one does
not have to be a professional politician
to be a good Congressman.
"I subscribe without equivocation to
the planks of the National Republican
platform, and to our state platform,
and will work for their enactment into
law.
- "I pledge myself to a faithful per
formance of my duty in the 65th Con
gress, and stand on my record in the
63d and 64th Congresses, durlrg these
portentous times when problems o
vital import to the welfare of the
United States have been under consid
eratton." - -
The Caspian Fea, -which Irt th largeat
body of Inland water in tho world, has an
area of about 18C.0V0 square mile.
LASSEN PEAK IN ERUPTION
Activity of Magnitude Is First for
Several Months.
REDDING, Cal.. July 12. Lassen
Peak burst into volcanic action again
yesterday, belching a great column of
smoke and powdered ejecta to an est!
mated altitude of 10,000 feet, accord
ing to reports received today.
The eruption was the first of grea'
magnitude since October 31. An Tut
break of minor Importance, the last on
until yesterday, was observed Novem
ber 24. Lassen Peak erupted for th
first time in a long period of years i
May, 1914. . .
ONLY 3 BRITONS ARE SUNK
Tlivee Oilier "Patrol Boats Damaged
. by Austrian Cruiser.
LONDON. July 12. The British ver
slon of the naval encounter in the
ORDS ASSAIL HALDANE
VISCOLXT .ACCUSED OF" HIDING
BERLIN'S TRUE FEBLING5. -
BritUh Nobleman 'With Alleged Pro-
German Sentiments Declares He
Wants K-al F'acts Known.
LONDON. 5uly . 12. The campaign
which was carried on in a section of
the press some time ago against Vis
count Haldane because of his alleged
pro-Urerman leanings before the war
broke out In the House of Ldrds today.
When Viscount Haldane arose to speak
on national education, the -Duke of
Buccleuch interposed with a reference
to the assertions published before the
Viscount resigned as Lord High Chan
cellor. that after his return from his
visit to Berlin in 1912 he made speeches
in which he said that uermany felt no
hostility towards Great Britain.
I want the noble Lord first to ex
plain his past conduct in deceiving
Great Britain as to the German dan
ger." said the Duke of Buccleuch.
Viscount Haldane replied that no
man desired more than himself that
the whole facts as to what had been
done before the war should be brought
out. He said there had been an extra
ordinary amount of misrepresentation,
untruth and inaccuracy and that the
sooner the truth was brought to light
the better.
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$800,000 ROBBERY ADMITTED
3VEAV YORK ENGINEER.
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Three Men Accused of Looting Postal
Automobile Are on Trial l 3O0,
OOO Still Missing.
NEW YORK, July 12. Thomas Ben
son and his brother-in-law, Louis
Windth, were placed on trial today in
the Federal Court on two indictments
charging them with engaging in a
plot with Edward J. Quigley to rob the
mails. These two men are specifically
charged with the theft, on February 26.
last, of four registered mall pouches
containing bonds, stocks and securities
worth more than $800,000. and jewelry
valued at (S080 from a postal automo
bile wagon on a ferryboat crossing the
river from Communipaw, N. J., to New
York City.
Part of the loot worth $504,000 was
recovered by the authorities. The re
mainder, valued at mere than $300,000,
which Benson swears he threw into the
river wrapped in a piece of oilcloth,
has not-been recovered by divers em
ployed by the Government.
At the commencement of the trial
Quigley, an engineer, pleaded guilty
and his sentence was deferred until the
end of the trial- of his alleged co-conspirators.
DR. LYMAN GOES TO PRISON
Swindler to Serve 18 Months in Fcd
"eral Penitentiary.
NEW YORK. July 12 Dr. John
Grant Lyman was taken to the Federal
Prison at Atlanta. Ga.. today to serve
a sentence of 18 months for using the
mails to defraud customers of a broker
age firm he conducted in this" city
under the name of John H. Putnam A
Col Bancruptcy proceedings had kept
Lyman in the Tombs several weeks.
After the completion of the term in
Atlanta, he will be taken to California,
it is said, to serve a term of IS months
for the operation of a Panama, land
swindling scheme.
ESCAPE MADE AT BORDER
German. Aided by Mexican, Who Ar
rests Pursuing Marshal.
NOGALES, Arts.. July 12. W, H
Schweibz, held here In connection with
an alleged violation of the neutrality
laws, escaped acrosthe Mexican bor
der today and Brad Duncan, a Deputy
United States- Marshal, who pursued
him. was arrested by Mexican authori
ties and Ik being held in the cuartel in
Nogales, Sonora.
Schweibz, who said he is an ex
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German army officer, was walking near
the line in Duncan's custody when sud
denly he Jumped across the frontier.
lie boarded waiting railway motor
car and escaped to the south while a
Mexican soldier detained Duncan.
Colonel W. H. Sage, commanding the
United States troop. Immediately insti
tuted negotiations for the release of
the tlputy marshal.
llond Aids' Guards' l'amllies.
PHTLA DELPI 1 1 A . July 12. Tho di
rectors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company today set aside $100,000 to bo
used for the relief of the families of
other dependents of employes who hav
enlisted in the Army or Navy through
the National Guam or otherwise havo
been called into active servi-.
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