TTTE 3UOHNING OREGOXIA5 THURSDAY, " OCTOBER 12, 1916.
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ROSSI TELLS OF
SCENE, FATAL DAY
Shooting of Dahlquist, Follow
ing Wife's Admission, !s
Blank, He Says.
GBEAT LOVE IS RELATED
Struggle lo Save Woman From Vice
or Drink, Forgiveness on Vari
ous Occasions and Final
Downfall Dramatic Story.
WALLACE, Idaho. Oct. 11. (Special.)
During most of todayls session H. J.
Rossi, on trial for murder, continued
the story of the 10-year fight against
his ivife's liquor habits. Rossi broke
down many times. Asked if his wife
would be here to testify for him, he
replied: "If I were to be hanged- or
imprisoned for life. I would not permit
her testimony to save me."' Asked
why he did not grant her a divorce
when she asked for it, he replied: "She
was my wife, bore my name,
J. C. English. C. P. Melcouronnf, F. A.
Ilosgeit, J. C Ainsworth. William Al
bert, Edward Altstock, George 1. Ba
ker. E. M. Brannick, Charles F. Beebe,
James T. Barron.- M. F. Brady, Edward
Cookingham, G. E. Chamberlain, John
F. Carroll. James F. Clarkson, E. G.
Crawford, D. F. Campbell. John Casey.
James P. Cooke. D. M. Dunne, Frank
Dooly, John F. Daly, Kobert Dieck.
Edmund Ehrman, J. D. Farrell, I. K.
Fleischner, Franklin T. Griffith, L. C.
Gilman, James B. Kerr, E. K. Garri
son, Roderic -Grant, Joseph'!!. Healy.
Frank Heitkemper, P. J. Had ley. Joseph
Jacobberger, Dan Kellaher. J. D. Leon
ard, M. G. Manley. D. J. .Malarkey.
Natt McDousall, Dr. Ben S. Norden. J.
V. O'Brien. H. L. Pittock, W. E. Prud
horame, John M. Scott. Ben Selling.
Roger Slnnott, Adolphe Wolfe, John M.
Gearin, J. B. Yeon, John F. O'Shea, Guy
Talbot. Walter McKay.Dr. E. A. Som
mer, Ambrose Cronin, W. A. McRae,
Phil Metschan. John Cronan, M. J.
Clohe.ssy, John Manning, J. N. Teal, Dr.
C. S. White. P. E. Sullivan. John Mc
Entee, George Dunning, M. J. Malley
and A. S. Benson.
SEATTLE LIQUOR IN
CARLOADS IS SEIZED
Ex-Policeman Caught in Raid
Is Declared to Be Leader
of Ring of Importers.
COURT CITES MAYOR GILL
MINDREADER IS STAR
PRIXCESS WAHI.ETKA HAS AMAZ
ING NUMBER AT STRAND.
Musicians, Ventriloquist uri Film Story
Round Out Well-Chosen 1.1st
of Offerings.
sure as God is in heaven, she would
have been in the gutter in four weeks.
1 felt I owed her protection."
The defendant states that at numer
ous times when his wife was drinking
he had to strike her in self-protection.
"She was a demon,' said Rossi, "and
would throw knives, plates, anything.
at me without provocation
pober she was most penitent, would
chide herself and not allow me to re
proach her. I did not have the heart
to go any further."
Rossi testified he always had faith
in the woman, never losing it until put
in jail ' after the tragedy of June 30,
when he learned of her infidelity in
timated by Attorney Gray at the time
his wife sought a divorce in 1914. He
said he realized that a woman addicted
to drink was liable to be immoral and
guarded against it by not allowing her
to be alone. ,
Seene Before Tragedy Related.
Rossi, between sobbing and chok
ing, told how he went home June 30
and fo md his wife drunk in bed, struck
her and demanded to be told who had
been with her. She answered, "Gabe
Dahlquist." he said. Next he remem
bered being outside the bedroom and
again when he came to in the Samuels
Hotel lobby, when spoken to by a
woman, and ho had a weapon leveled
at Dahlquist. Asked if he recalled
shooting Dahlquist, he said: "I hjave no
recollection of firing a shot."
Later, Rossi testified he had a dim
recollection of trouble in the hotel, but
knew nothing from the time he left
nomm until after the tragedv. Rossi
said he had no recollection of putting
me revolver in his nocker. did Tint
know where he got it, but that it was
nis own revolver.
Rossi testified that he denied shoot
ing jjaniquist when told of the traeedv.
saying: "I did not know it, I am sorry
Rossi reviewed his struggle against
his wife s drink habit, showing how he
naa ne treated first at one sanitarium,
hen another,. and constantly kept a
muse or mam wun ner, the expense
running up to thousands of dollars a
nonth and leading him to bankruptcy.
lie told how his hopes were built up
i:o sub quii aruiKing ror weeks, per
haps months.
He told how he decided to quit her
when he learned she had been deceiv
ing him while in California during the
Winter of 1916: how he sent for her
to arrange a separation; how he held
her off for three days after her return;
how she pleaded for reconciliation,
casting herself at his feet and kissing
his shoes, how finally he gave in.
"Because I Loved Her," He Says.
"Why did you give in?" asked the
prosecution. With choking voice, tears
flowing and body shaking, Rossi said:
"Because I loved her, always had loved
her and could not keep my hands off
her. could not keep from taking her
in my arms."
Letters written both by Rossi and
by his wife showed that the love of
the man was a mad infatuation; that
he loved her fiercely despite her vice,
that he could not let her go. Two
years ago, when his attorney suggested
separation and intonated infidelity.
Rossi resented it and was insulted.
"Never until now did I entertain get
ting a divorce," said Rossi, "but since
my confinement I have changed. I am
mrougn witn her now."
Princess Wahletka, a beautiful Indian
maiden from the land of the Cherokees,
tops the interesting bill at the Strand.
Princess Wahletka is' a mindreader,
who understands all the ins and outs
and as of telepathy to such an extent that her
audience hangs on her messages as if
hypnotized. The Indian maid has a
peculiar, soft voice, which carries dis
tinctly. Her answers to questions
written and held in the questioners
hand are given in a rapid-fire manner,
with no hesitation and with amazing
results. Wahletka certainly has her
When audiences guessing.
A merry iwam are cuzari lhu dc:iji.
a man and a maid, who offer great va
riety in musical novelties, playing on
the telephone and various other bits
of room furnishings. The Tazwell sis
ters are a dancing duo, who delight
with tlieir dances, old and new. They
appear first in quaint old-time cos
tumes and return in modern futuristic
dress and dance accordingly.
King Cole is a ventriloquist who has
Jerry ' for his dummy partner. '1 he
conversation -is full of jokes and
achievements in ventriloquial art.
The featured picture is "me feociai
Buccaneer," a modern Robin Hood the
ory set m a fascinating picture or
blended Oriental and American life. J.
Warren Kerrigan is featured as a mod
em, young man, who adopts Robin's
methods and robs the rich to help the
poor.
MRS. KENT IN OREGON
WIFE .OF CALIFORNIA REPRESEN
TATIVE, SIFFRACE SPEAKER.
Uimband Is Prominent Worker for
Wilson, While Spouse Labors to
I nseat Kxttnllve,
Mrs. William Kent, wife of Repre
sentative Kent, of California, -will ar
rive at Medford today on her tour of
Oregon in the interest of the Woman's
pa,rty. She will speak at the various
towns en route to Portland arriving
here on Friday, October 20. That night
Mrs. Kent will address a meeting in
Portland, and the following day at
noon will address the Women's Political
Study League, probably at Hotel Port
land. On Monday evening, October 23,
Mrs. Kent will speak at a mass meet
ing at Central Library Hall.
Mrs. Kent represents the sharpest
contrast among notable men and
women where the wife and husband are
of opposite political faith, and active
in their opposition. Congressman Kent
is National Chairman of the Woodrow
Wilson Independent League and is
working hard to re-elect President Wil
son. Mrs. Kent is vigorously work
ing to offset her husband's activity in
behalf of Mr. Wilson and is doing
everything in her power to unseat the
Executive. She says:
"Mr. Kent, who is an ardent supporter
of suffrage, does not see the situation
as I see it.
"His is the man's psychology, the
psychology of the enfranchised class.
-He believes that other policies ad
vocated by President Wilson transcend
in importance the Federal amendment
for suffrage.
'But Mr.- Kent is loyal to his convic
tions, and I am loyal to mine."
Kx-Suloonkeepcr Alleges Violation
of Injunction Protecting Drug
store, but Mayor Says Edict
Affected Another Address. '
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 11. The po
lice raids on liquor depots in the south
end of town last night and today fol
lowed an address delivered last night
at the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion by V. R. Putnam, police sergeant.
who told an audience that a carload of
liquor had been shipped into Seattle
yesterday morning and distributed.
It is alleged by the- police that E. J.
Margett, ex-policeman, who was ar
rested today, is at the head of one of
three rings of liquor importers oper
ating in Seattle. Margett is held on an
open charge. On his person were found
$2350 cash and papers indicating large
transactions with a San Francisco
wholesale liquor house. Among the
papers was a bill for 200 cases of
whisky shipped from San Francisco
October 3 and which apparently has
not yet reached Seattle.
Mayor Cited for Contempt.
An order requiring Mayor Hiram C.
Gill to appear next Monday and show
cause why he should not be adjudged
in contempt of court was Issued today
by Superior Judge Smith. The order
was issued on petition of J. O- Secord.
ex-saloonkeeper, who alleged that the
police had destroyed $1764 worth of
liquor taken from his drugstore at 651
King street in violation of an injunc
tion issued by Judge Smith last Mon
day.
The Mayor alleges that the liquor
was found at 653 King street ana
therefore was not protected by the or
der of the court, which specified b&l
King street as the premises which
should not be entered.
Women's Bondsman Arrested.
S. G. Lindon, professional bondsman
for women arrested on charges of dis
orderly conduct, was arrested last
night and held on an open charge.
Sewed in his clothing Ahe police found
$1400.
Early today another carload of
liquor from San Francisco arrived at
the Oregon-Washington freight yards
south of the city, and the contents, 10
cases of whisky, were promptly seized
by deputy sheriffs.
Later the police seized 72 cases of
whisky consigned to a liquor concern
in Juneau, Alaska, which the police say
does not exist.
Ex-Policeman Taken In Raid.
It is said that orders were tele
graphed to San Francisco today, cancel
ing heavy shipments of liquor to Se
attle.
E. J. Margett, who was dismissed
from the police department several
months ago on charges of having tipped
oft liquor raids, was arrested when the
police raided a building in the southern
part of town and seized loo cases or
whisky. Margett was found in the
building and was locked in jail without
bail.
The raid was made upon information
obtained from William Edmunds and
Harry Smith, who were caught earlier
in the night driving an automobile
truck containing 48 cases of whisky,
REPUBLICAN GAIN HEAVY
Defendant told how. after maVins- un I u i-. : n n
with his wife last August, the hap-1 .
piest times of his life followed; he be
lieved his wife had gotten control of
nerseir: ne authorized the expenditure
or large sums for alterations in the
elegant, home and for furniture.
r leaving nome ior Boise on
June io he had placed in the bank $2500
subject to his wife s check, to pay me
chanics working on the house. He
said that after the tragedy she left.
taxing tne sum with her, and that
while in jail he got bills running up to
$10,000 for repairs on the house and
ior lurnlture.
Mrs. Rossi is out of the state, and is
nor. expected as a witness in the case.
ur. v. j-. Williamson, of Portland, is
now on the stand giving medical testi
mony.
ine defense announced that it will
conclude its testimony late tomorrow.
i ne courtroom was crowded today.
Party Growth.
ALBANY, Or., Oct. 11. (Special.)
The total registration in Linn County
for the general election this year is
10,794.
Though this is an increase of only
34 over the county's total for the elec
tion in 1914, the Republican gain over
the registration of two years ago is
944. The Democratic gain is 28. The
lesser political parties all show a loss.
The voters registered this year are
divided among the various parties as
follows: Republican, 6186; Democratic.
3504; Prohibition. 404; Progressive, 25;
Socialist, 244; independent, 366: mis
cellaneous, 23; refused to give political
affiliations. 42.
RECALL TARGET SHIFTED
Threat of Action Against Others of
Council Made In Protest.
TACOMA, Wash.. Oct. 11. (Special.)
In spite of Commissioner Drake's
protest that the case be submitted to
the people on the recall started by the
Citizens' League, the Council today
adopted a resolution transferring him
from the light and water to the depart
ment of finance. Commissioner Atkins
was transferred from finance to public
works and Commissioner Gronen was
changed from public works to light and
water. The change becomes effective
Monday.
"I protest against this action," Com
missioner Drake said when the resolu
tion was read. "I don't want to stop
the recall against me, but I am willing
to go before the people squarely on the
issues. If you insist on putting this!
thing through you may find that it I
won't cost any more to recall five Com
missioners than it will one."
BENTON CAMPAIGN IS ON
Hughes Meetings Are Held at Philo
math and Corvallls.
I ORVALLIS. Or.. Oct. 11. (Special.)
representative Hawley and Judge
DOG STOPS ANGRY BULL
Farmer, Unconscious, Is Saved When
Animal Tries to Gore Him.
CLATSKANIE. Or., Oct. 11. (Special.)
-Pearl Hessong, a farmer living at
Marshland, four miles west of this city.
was attacked by a bull and narrowly
Stephen A. Lowell spoke to two crowded escaped being gored to death early to-
m Demon UOUntV tndnv Tho I nie-ht
iirst meeting this afternoon at Philo- While Mr. Hessong was driving the
. . vinci in urvaius mis i cows to tne Darn the animal made a
-ciiinB. rush from behind and before Mr Hm.
.lllrfe-A Tn-alT -n.a.3 1. . : i , I . . ....
- -., co ,. j,, lucpai speaK- i song couia protect himself he was
knocked to the ground unconscious. His
er at eacn or the meetings, speaking
vii mc seiicmi campaign issues from
the Republican standDoint.
He was followed in each instance by
Representative Hawley, who pointed
out wherein the Democratic Congress
naa maae excessive expenditures of I
money, snowing up the weaknesses in
the Democratic tariff and made nortu
nent criticism of the Administration's
jncxican policy, ana closed with a stir
ring appeal for the sunport of Hughes.
FUND FOR HOME STARTED
cattle dog, however, came to his assist
ance and drove the bull away, saving
his life. Medical aid was immediately
summoned from this city. It is thought
ne will recover.
CLUBHOUSE. IS ENLARGED
Snowtihoe Fans of Portland to Have
Better ' Quarters.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Oct. 11 (Sdc-
Prominent Men Act as Patrons for Pr"??f ,Sno.w"
Oswego Orphanage.
In connection with the campaign that
is to be conducted to raise funds for
new buildings at the Christie Home for
Orphan Girls near Oswego a public re
ception is to be held at the home next
Sunday afternoon. Announcement was
made yesterday that the following men
have consented to act as patrons for
the fund-raising campaign for the or
phanage:
Dr. A. C. Smith, W: D. Wheelright.
ness and professional men. within the
next few days will be doubled in ca
pacity. Mark Weygandt, Mount Hood
guide, with a crew of four men, is
rushing to get the work completed be
fore bad weather seta in.
The- original Snowshoe Club home
was erected in 1910. The addition is
simply an enlargement of the hewn-log
structure, giving tne guests more room.
Mr. Weygandt js also adding a bath
room, a luxury that the Winter outinor
parties have heretofore been forced to
forego,
OREGON SHIPS PEPPERMINT
Willamette Valley Growers
$1.55 on 4000 Pounds of Oi
Get
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 11. (Special.)
Growers of peppermint in the Upper I
Willamette "Valley are preparing to 1
ship 4000 pounds of peppermint oil, dis
tilled in Oregon, to A. M. Todd & Co,
of Michigan, the largest mint manu
facturing concern in the world. O. H.
Todd, of Eugene, brother of the "pep
permint king." is paying the Oregon I
growers $1.55 a pound for the oil.
It is estimated that 9000 pounds of I
the oil will be distilled in the Willam
ette Valley this year, largely from the I
older- mint tracts - in the vicinity of I
Albany.
Germany is one of the large consum
ers of peppermint oil, and O. H. Todd
predicts that after the war the price I
will go to $4 a pound.
ECZEMA ITCHED AND
BURNED CONSTANTLY
Used Resinol Soon Entirely Cured
Mar. 10. "I had itching eczema for
almost four years. My shoulders, neck,
arms and just below the knees were af
fected. It was simply a constant itch
ing, burning, smarting sensation. The
part below my knees was frightful. It
would itch so, and with the least
scratching become so sore, I could hard
ly stand it to bend them. I could not
possibly sit down because I would nat
urally have to bend my knees, and that
I could not do. I could hardly do my
housework. I had tried different soaps.
ointments, salves, liniments, etc., all too
numerous to mention all to no avail.
At last I learned of Resinol Ointment
and Resinol Soap and used them ac
cording to directions. That night was
the first time in many that I slept in
peace, and in a short time I was en
tirely cured." (Signed) Mrs. G. C. Silsby,
Box 30. Rockville. N. Y.
All druggists sell Resinol Ointment
and Resinol Soap. For samples, free,
write to Dept. 5-S, Resinol, Baltimore.
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