THE 3I01TXTXG OKEGOXTAK, SATURDAY, DECE3IBET5 . 1916. NIGHT RIDERS' TRIAL WILL BE HASTENED return to the claim of Mrs. Vanderpool JAPANESE SHIP BEST and her son. Claude. inAugust, 1913. ll'D WIIUCBS WHS OH LXLO O LfiLU WUCU court adjourned. NEW WHISTLE IS WEAK Brldgeman Does Not Hear Gentle Dreadnought Under Way Sur passes American Plans. Signal Given by Sierra. 6 so T fT nT"r TI T! Uury Obtained at Tacoma to Hear Alleged Plot to Rob Homesteader. FACTIONAL FEELING BITTER Because of Intense Animosity Ei- hlbited Between Opposing Sides, Judge Names Two Bailiffs to Keep Eyes on Jury. ' TACOMA, TVaeh.. Dec. 8. (Special.) i Determination of the attorneys on both sides of the North River "night riders" cases to not prolong the trial more than necessary was shown today In a stipulation reached between coun sel as to the testimony of the first witness called for the Government G. A. C. Rochester, receiver of the United States Land Office at Seattle. After a few minutes of Judge Roch ester's testimony, which related en tirely to the locations and filings on the land on which the stirring scenes of January. 1914, are supposed to have occurred. United States District Attor ney Allen asked for a recess, which was granted by Judge Cushman. During this recess It was stipulated between counsel that Judge Rochester ehould prepare a written statement of his testimony which should be sub mitted to counsel and read In court. In this manner several hours of testimony taking were gained. 35 Examined for Jury. The Jury to try the 13 Pacific County men charged with having conspired to prevent Mrs. Margaret Ross and others from exercising their homestead rights in the North River country was ob tained at noon after 35 members of the regular and special venires had been examined. r' t3n account of the Intense feeling ex hibited by both factions in the case. Judge Cushman ordered the Jury kept together in the custody of two bailiffs during the trial. Xhe Jurymen will te permitted to telephone families or busi ness associates, but will not be allowed to receive any communications. The Jury Is composed of Frank Mc Nitt, hardware dealer, Cenralia; George Unger, retired. Tacoma; R. C. Mubly, lumberman, Tacoma; Luther Cliff, sign painter. Tacoma: Walter B. Cessions, clerk, Tacoma: Fred Pente cost, lumber broker, Tacoma: C. B. Lyons, farmer. Amboy. Clarke County: Thomas Irving, dairyman, Cathlamet; O. A. Foss, launch operator, Tacoma: Van E. Williams, Northern Pacific land department, Tacoma: W. C. Babcock, realty dealer. Tacoma; John Donahue, lumberman, Tacoma. Four Special Agents Aid. United States District Attorney Allen opened the case for the prosecution. One of the principal witnesses will be Mrs. Margaret Ross, who was Instru mental in bringing the prosecution. The Government will be assisted by four special agents who investigated conditions in the North River country. Earl A. Ross, son of Mrs. Margaret Ross, a witness called by the Govern ment today, gave testimony which had direct bearing on the indictments of the 13 "nightriders." Mr. Ross is 28 years of age, and at present a resident of Tacoma. Mr. Ross related the circumstances surrounding his first coming to Wash ington as a member of the crew of the U. S. S. Virginia in 1911 and his return to the state in 1912, after serv ing his full enlistment. In May, 1913. he visited the North River country, walking from Cosmopo lis direct to the land, upon which his mother later filed a homestead claim. Home time waa taken In describing the route taken at this time, the peo ple encountered and Mr. Ross' actions for several days after his arrival at the Vanderpool claim. Mr. Ross told of finding this claim and getting the aid of a Mr. Wheaton, the owner of the next claim, to aid him in running the lines. He asserted that he found the Vanderpool cabin, which had been ap parently unoccupied for many months, either outside of the claim lines, or directly inside the line. Visits Are Described. Ross told of the several times he came to the claim, and of how his mother and brother. Earl, erected a cabin 200 feet above the Vanderpool cabin on the steep hillside and of his aiding in finishing the cabn. Mrs. Van derpool was first seen according to the witness, in August, during which time en altercation occurred between Earl Ross and A. A. Bradley, resulting in the arrest and trial of Mr. Ross on an assault charge. With the greatest care being taken hy counsel for both sides, that no ele ment of hearsay or surmise entered into the testimony, many of Mr. Ross" an swers were clipped short, but were of sufficient clearness to Indicate that the Ill-feeling began between the Ross fam ily and some of the residents, with the Serve it hot! -You'll like this new juice of Orego n's famous as a Winter' drink -At your dealer's 10 -up fiKip Book fr ' 1 i -a r-3 1I w m In- ogahberrj .;5.k.-rr Captain Anderson, of the new motor ship Sierra. -is on a still hunt for a whistle that will wake the echoes, for one now on the vessel has failed to attract attention of bridge tenders here, and he fears that it is too weak for ordinary purposes at sea, such as pass ing signals. When coming Into the harbor a suc cession of signals was given for the Broadway bridge draw to open, and, as there was no. response, the ship was moved almost beneath the bridge and a megaphone used to inquire of the tender why he disregarded orders to open. He replied that if those aboard wanted to pass through they should whistle. He had not heard the signal, which is operated with air. Oregon Legislators. . Koi. 80-90. A V, ' Jf Frederick Steiwer (Rep.). Senator-Elect From Umatilla County. PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) In accepting the State Senator ship from Umatilla County, Fred erick Steiwer, of Pendleton, is violat ing what is, perhaps, the only request his father ever made. J. F. Steiwer the father, did not say, "My son, do not smoke, chew nor drink," nor lay down the Ten Commandments, but did advise him never to go to the Legislature. J? rederick Steiwer la thoroughly Ore- gonian. He was born in Marion County in 1883, and received his education in the public schools of the county. Ore gon Agricultural College and the Uni versity of Oregon. His father. J. F. Steiwer, was born near Jefferson, Ma rion County, Oregon, and his mother (Miss Ada May), daughter of Samuel May. at one time Oregon Secretary of fatate, is likewise a native Oregonian. The Umatilla Senator was graduated from the University of Oregon law school in 1908. and practiced for two years in Portland. He then moved to Pendleton and became the junior mem ber of the law firm of Phelps & Steiwer. He served as Deputy Prosecuting At torney under Judge G. W. Phelps and Judge Sam Van Vactor. In 1912 Steiwer waa elected as Prosecuting Attorney of Umatilla County. As a prosecutor he has been signally successful. Steiwer was elected on the Repub lican ticket this year to nil the unex pired term of Senator J. N. Burgess, who resigned last Spring. He was married to Miss Frieda Roesch in 1911, and they have one daughter. Of the 90 members of the coming Oregon Legislature one was found whose innate modesty impelled him to decline to furnish either portrait or facts concerning himself for a sketch for publication. He is Frank A. Rowe, of Wheeler, Or., Republican Representative-elect from Tillamook County. Mr. Rowe is president of the Nehalem Valley Bank, of Wheeler; president of the Nehalem Company, of Wheeler, and director in the Bankers' Mortgage Com pany, of Portland. He is prominently identified with all movements making for progress and development of his county and state. As far back as I can remember." Mr. Rowe says. "I have pot sat for a pho- cograpn oi mysexr. one tnat l have, taken when I was 8 years of age. would not be exactly appropriate for publi cation at tnis time, I think." W ith the exception of Mr. Rowe's, portraits of every member of both houses of the coming Legislature have ending with the present one been published in The Oregonian since elec tion day a month ago. SINGER SEEKS LIBERTY NORMAN A. HOOSE CHARGES HIS WIFE WITH DESERTION. Well-Known Portland Tenor Recites In Complaint Bon His Sponge Annoyed Him. His wife would wake Him at 4 o'clock In the morning to berate him for bring ing her west; she would walk on the roof of his home and about the house in the rain, hatless, to annoy him; she would ridicule his work as a teacher of vocal music, and try to persuade him to give up his musical ambitions, are allegatiOTS of Norman A. Hoose, a well- known Portland tenor, who filed suit for divorce from Gertrude E. Hoose In the Circuit Court yesterday. Mrs. Hoose deserted her husband November 3. 191. and they have not lived to gether since, it is asserted. Mr. and Mrs. Hoose were married In Philadelphia in 1902. In 1911 they came to Portland, and he took up hia work here as a singer and vocal teach er. His wife was Incompatible, he charges, being envious of his profes sional attainments, and would ridicule him. and often interrupt 'his engage ments to annoy him. On one occasion she flapped his face in a church where he was tenor soloist. It, is re counted BUILDING LAW DISCUSSED Realty Board Also Hears Talk by Mark Woodruff on Tourist Traffic- The provisions of two proposed amendments to the mechanics' lien law were discussed before the lunch eon meeting of the Portland Realty Board at the Hotel Benson yesterday by the authors of the measures. J. B. -Final gran and C S. Robinson, Portland attorneys. The plans of the Pacific Northwest Tours Association were outlined by Mark Woodruff, who spoke in behalf of an appropriation of $25,000 by the state Legislature to be donated to the common cause, together with similar amounts from Washington and Brit ish Columbia, 1 A It - OFFICIAL WARNS CONGRESS Navy Must Keep Abreast of Activi ties of Other Nations, Admiral Badger Tells Committee, Ex plaining 1913 Flans. WASHINGTON, Dec 8. Japan Is building a larger, more powerful and swifter battleship than any built or planned for the American Navy, Rear Admlral Badger, of the general board, today told the House naval committee, explaining the board's recommenda tion for larger ships In the 1918 pro gramme. The Japanese ship, he said, will have a main battery of 12 15-inch or 16-lnch guns agaiust 12 14-inch guns on American vessels now building and eight 16-inch for ships authorized last year. The characteristics of battleships proposed by tne general board. Admiral Badger said, called for 13 16-lnch guns, a speed of 23 knots and a displace ment of 40.000 tons. The tendency abroad, he said, was toward heavier, stronger, faster ships and the Navy must keep abreast of that movement. Admiral Badger and Rear-Admiral Fletcher, also attached tolhe general board, agreed that speed in excess of 23 knots was not desirable at this time, as it would Increase the size of ships without giving any substantial added advantage. Members of the committee questioned the two admirals as to the value of heavy armor for battleships in the light of naval engagements of the present. The officers agreed that an armored ship had the best chance to survive and pointed out that the British battleship Warspite had faced the fire of the Ger man fleet in the Jutland fight without being sent to the bottom, as were lighter armored ships. I AUTO 'TANKS' ARE BUSY ALBANY REPORTS MUCH LIQUOR TRAFFIC FROM CALIFORNIA. l Supplies Are Destined for Portland and Seattle Whisky Discolored by Novel Containers. ALB ANT, Or.. Dec. 8. (Special.) Portland evidently is preparing well for the bone-dry regime. That the Pacific Highway Is being used dally by scores of liquor-laden cars traveling from the oasis at Horn brook, Cal., to Portland, Is the testi mony of people residing along the highway, other autoists and garage men here, and in other nearby cities. Most of the cars which pass through here now are loaded with bottled goods. wane the majority of the travelers are bound for Portland, importations are by no means limited to that city. Because several Washington cars sim ilarly laden have passed through here recently. Most of these cars were driven by residents of Seattle. In order to carry a larger quantity. some autoists are using gasoline tanks In which to store part of their cargo. Some car have been fitted with auxil iary tanks in which to hold the gaso line, while .the' main tank is utilized for whisky, despite the fact that the ac ton of the liquor on the tank colors it materially. This was shown here last week when one of the tanks was emptied and the whisky found to be almost black. The owner said, how ever, that by putting a precipitate in the liquor it would clear up rapidly. Local police arrested some of these liquor freighters" here last week. It was found, however, that the present law does not prohibit importation. BRAZIL PICKS OREGON MAN Horace Cardinell, of Agricultural College, to Be Pomologist. MEDFORD, Or., Dec 8. (Special.) Horace Cardinell, a graduate of Ore gon Agricultural College, 1916, who has been working on local fruit ranches. has been appointed pomologist of the Brazilian government at a salary of J24O0 a year, with transportation and expenses. He will be assisted by seven other American fruit experts. Their work will be to establish the apple In dustry in that country. According to reports received by Mr. Cardinell, there are only eight acres in Brazil planted to apples, the fruit selling there now at $1 a dozen. With one exception, all the members of the delegation, which sails from New York in a few weeks, will be made up of Pacific Coast fruit men. On the 17-day trip to Rio Janeiro the members will have a Portuguese tutor to teach them the language. CITY GASOLINE PARTLY OIL Spokane Mayor Cancels Contract After Fire Trucks Stall. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 8. Mayor Charles W. Fleming today ordered the gasoline contracts between the city and a large oil company cancelled. An investigation by the city laboratory showed that samples of the gasoline contained as high as 19 per cent coal oil. Mayor Fleming, in ordering the con tracts cancelled, quoted Instances where the city's Are trucks and police patrol wagons had been stalled, because., he said, of the poor quality of the gaso line. The manager of the oil company In an interview said the gasoline is up to the standard. and that the city's trou ble may be due to some, old engines and cold weather. WHISKY IS CONFISCATED Four Trunks Left at Union Depot Contained 3 Gallons of Liquor. Four trunks of perfectly good whisky, which have been unclaimed at the Union Depot since November 10, and the remainder since November 21, were confiscated by Deputy Sheriffs Chris tofferson and Flaherty on the order of District Attorney Uvans yesterday. They were from California and ar rived on the Southern Pacific addressed to "Wilson," no initials or address be irg given There were five five-gallon kegs and three 'hree-gallon kegs. Cecil Rhodes Friend Talks. MOSCOW, Idaho. Dec. 9. (Special.) L V. Thomas, of Coeur d Alene, former ly financial advisor of the late Cecil Rhodes, gave the assembly address at the university the past week. He spoke entertainingly concerning the life of the great financier and philan throplit. 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Jifiy-Jell is now, and always will be, the largest adver STATE CHARITY IS EYED LEGISLATURE TO DISCUSS SUPPORT OF SECTARIAN INSTITUTIONS. Oregon Constitution Provide Tbnt no Appropriations Shall Be Made for Such Purpose. SALEM, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) It developed here today that the Question of appropriations for charitable institur tlons coming under the control of re ligious denominations Is very probable to have an important place in Legis lative discussions next month, when the task of pruning state expenses Is before the law-miking body. Section 6 of the bill of rights of the state constitution provides that "No money BlAll be drawn from the treas ury for tie benefit of any religious or theological institution, nor shall any money be appropriated for the payment of any religious services in either house of the Legislative Assembly." Many thousands of dollars are ap propriated by each Legislature for charitable institutions which are domi nated and controlled by religious ?cta ICC Making Powder Passed by the Board of Censors 1st The manufacturer with tho rigid tests of the laboratory and factory. 2nd The wholesale grocer with his high standing and desire to handle only reliable goods. 3rd The retail grocerwho desires to handle only those brands he knows will please his customers. 4th The food officials with their rigid laws for the purity and wholesomeness of food products. 5th And most important, you, N the housewife with your desire for purity, efficiency and per fect satisfaction. 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Should such appropria tions be done away with, it is thought possible it may mean the abandonment of state aid for all private charitable institutions. DEMURRER IS OVERRULED Way Cleared for Settlement of Crook County Division Case. BEND, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) With the overruling of the defendant's de murer in the county division case, pending In the Circuit Court before Judge Duffy, the way has been cleared for a speedy settlement of the affair, so far as the lower court Is concerned. It Is understood that the defendant, who ig County Clerk Brown, in his offi- D essert back to old-style gelatine. You will never use artificial flavors. You will never have your flavors come mixed with the gelatine. They grow stale in that way, and the boiling water scalds them. Jiffy-Jell opens up a new era in quick, eco nomical desserts. You will serve it a thousand times, to everyone's delight. Please start now by serving one meal with our compliments. Let Jifly-Jell argue for itself. 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