THE MORNING
OKEGONIAN. FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1020
DEFENSE
REST T
DDAY
Montesano Trial Near
Final Phase.
Its
STATE COUNSEL NOTIFIED
0. C. island, Recalled to Stand, Re
vises Previous Testimony Re- -
. garding Alleged Raids. v,
. '
fConlinued From First Tngg,)
trout, Mrs. Maggie Stockdale, Miss
1. ucy Thrall, Nettie B. Pierce, F. C.
Camblyn and W. W. Koons, all of Cen-
tralia.and William Spears of Roslyn,
British Columbia.
Counsel for the state eeemed con
tent with showing that Dr. Thomp
son Is in his 76th year and that Post
master MoCleary is also elderly. Abel
and Cunningham, prosecutors, ex
changed persige with Vanderveer,
defense counsel, over the nature of the
testimony and even the court ventured
a jesting query.
With one exception the witnesses
testified that the two men who car-
tied the coils of rope were civilians.
Two Reported fn tnlform.
. Mrs. Xattie B. Pierce, however, as
serted that they were in uniform and
marched in the rear rank. Motion
of the state to strike the testimony
as incompetent, irrevelant and imma
terial, was denied by-the court.
B. A. Heath, Centralia, testified
that he heard a whistle blown and
saw the soldiers rush the hall, with
shots following the move. On cross
examination he placed the rear of
the column in front of the hall, re
futing previous defense testimony
that the head rested there. Testi
mony of H. L. Carter was similar.
William H. Belmont, veteran of the
regular army, who marched in the
parade, testified that he was in the
platoon behind the officers at the
head of the column and that his
platoon halted before the co-opera
tive store.
Column's Position Calculated.
The head of the column, by this
testimony, would be at the street
Intersection. .
That he turned and saw men run
ning toward the hall, immediately
after the command "Forward, march
had been given, and he then saw
shots fired from the hall, was Bel
mont's testimony.
On cross-examination he testified
that the command to march came
from the head of the parade. He had
not known that the I. W. W. hall was
anywhere in the vicinity.
J. L. Smith. Tenino, who marched in
the parade, testified that he saw the
men break ranks and that the break
?nd shots seemed to him to be simul
taneous.
Logger Tel.ls of Attack-
That he turned at the sound of rifle
fire and saw legionnaires backing
away from the front of the I. W. W.
hall, was the testimony of Robert
Jensen, logger, Centralia, who stood
opposite the radical headquarters
during the tragedy.' Ha had heard a
couple of single shots followed by
rapid fire.
On cross-examination the witness
testified that he saw one soldier
picked up, apparently slain instan
taneously. Asked if this man was
carried away from the front of the
hall, as previous state witnesses bad
testified, intimating that Arthur JIc
Elfresh was killed there, Jensen re
plied in the negative.
"Well, where was he picked up?"
asked Vanderveer, I. W. W. counsel.
"You want to know where he was
picked up?' asked the witness, tak
ing up the pointer and turning to the
map. "Well, he was picked up right
there."
State Testimony Corroborated.
The point indicated by the defense
witness was at the corner of the va
riety store, norm 01 the hall, pre
cisely wnere state witnesses have tes
tified McElfresh was killed. The de
fense recalled as its own witness
H. H. McDowell, garage man, who
previously testified for the state. To
McDowell were shown photographs
taken by the defense ipvestigators. of
the upper windows of the Hotel Ava
lon. In an attempt to prove that it
was impossible to recognize a man
leaning arom ofce of these windows.
Eugene Barnett, . defendant, had
been identified by Elsie Hornbrook,
state, witness", as the rifleman Un the
window. McDowell admitted being
present at the test conducted by the
defense when the photos were taken,
but said that he had paid little atten
tion to the identity of the.' person
used in the test. ' : -
Cecil Arrowsmih, Centralia. testi
fied that he stood before McDowell's
garage, just opposite the Avalon, prior
to the- parade, and saw a man lean
from the window.
Barnett Declared Not Man.
He asserted that he Is intimately
acquainted with Barnett and that he
was not the man. He also testified
that, following the tragedy, he met
Barnett at the Queens hotel as he was
getting his horse to return home.
lnree witnesses were placed on the
.etand to testify regarding a test made
today,' in , this city, to- .determine
whether or not a rifle flash was dis
cernible in daylight. The weapon
used was the 38-55 which the state
alleges is the gun that killed Grimm.
All three declared' that weather con
ditions were similar to those of Arm
istice day and that no flash was ap
parent. ' -
These "witnesses were Frank Near
lng, Chahalis, overseas veteran; Jo
seph Smith, participant in the parade,
and J...K. Emigh, member of the
American Legion, a Butte attorney,
wno.iB assisting tne aeiense. One or
two witnesses for the state have tes
tified that they saw rifle flashes from
the windows of the Arnold and the
Avalon. ; -v
Testimony Is Contradicted.
Another defense" wifiiejs' whose tes
timony flatly contradicts that of both
state and defense witnesses, with re
spect to an identical point, wts Will
iant Walls, who resides on. the upper
floo of the building at the north
east corner of Second' and Tower.
Walls testified that he saw the body
of Arthur McElftfesh." carried from ja
point near the' entrance to the hall
to. the corner of the variety store.. He
had not looked from his windows un,
til after the shooting ceaapd. 1
Straightforward In delivery and In
apparent refutation of statements of
other defense witnesses, that two or
three 'ounded men were before the
I: W. W. hall one of them presum
ably Warren O. Grimm, was the tes
timony of William Spears, miner,
Roslvn.-'. Who WJtft in Pffnlralla n
Armistice day.
Spears testified that he was op
posite the hall when he heard- fir
lng. . He turned to see several sol
diers at the door. One of these men
was wounded. ..
'Show the jury how' he held him
self," requested Vanderveer, antici
pating the familiar gesture of hands
over stomach, which the defense has!
contended proved' that the man was
Warren O. Grimm, ehot through the !
abdomen. - I
"He held his arm thisv.way." com-'
plied the witness. "From the way
it looked I thought he was wounded
in the arm."
The contention of the state has
been that "Dutch" Phitzer of Che
halis was 'the only legionnaire
wounded before the hall. 'Phitzer was
shot through the forearm and ran
down the street gripping the injured
arm.
O. C. (Commodore) Bland today tes
tified that he saw three wounded men
before the L W. W. Jiall as he watched
the tragedy, from his rifle post in
an upper room of the Arnold hotel. -
Previous Testimony Contradicted.
On Tuesday," while testifying in
what he declared to be a complete
narrative of his observations and ex
periences on Armistice day. Bland had
made no mention in any sense of hav
ing seen any wounded man before the
hall.
Since Bland previously testified,
several witnesses for the defense have
placed wounded men at or near the
entrance to the hall, and one witness.
John W. Patterson of Centralia, had
testified that he saw the body of one
legionnaire, whom he thought to be
McElfresh, actually carried from the
portals. Arthur. McElfresh, according
to the testimony of many other wit
nesses,"was slain instantly at the cor
ner of the variety store,, further nortn.
By actual measurements on the
topographic map of the scene, Cun
ningham demonstrated apparent in
consistencies ;n Bland's revised testi
mony. Klmer SmHh Takes Stand.
Elmer Smith, defendant, counsel
for the I. W. W. in Cowtralia, ad
mitted that he had given- the de
fendants advice on the law of self
defense and that, he had visited the
hall on the morning of Armistice day
"My sole object in going to the hall
was to tell them it "was to be raided,"
assJrted Smith, under direct examina-;
ticn. He added that lie feared any
raid upon the hall would be -followed
by the Jynehing of Its occupants, or
coats of tar and feathers.
On cross-examination the defendant
witness would not be positive regard
ing alleged conversations with Mr.
Beat of Centralia, in which he was
reported to have said that some one
would be killed or hurt if the hall
was- raided. -
He admitted that his Armistice day
visit to the hall opened with the
question, "Boys, are you ready for
the raid?"
Another defense i witness who
placed the head of : the Centralia
parade column some distance north on
Tower avenue,-and no at the street
intersection, where scores of wit
nesses have testified it rested, was
A. L. Morgan, butcher, Centralia,
who said that fie watched the parade
from the southeast corner of Second
and Tower avenue.
IS
CHAMBERLAIN' TO SEEK Hl'.".
DRED, MILLION" DOLLARS.
Information of Contemplated "Ac
tion Brought West by Engineer .
of Highway Body. '
J. SALEM, Or., March 4 (Special.)
That Senator Chamberlain of Oregon
will introduce In congress within the
next few days a bill providing for an
appropriation or ' $100,000,000 with
which to match state and county
money for highway construction in
the so-called ten western road states
was information brought here today
by C. B. McColloch, bridge engineer
for the state highway commission.
Mr. McCulloch attended a conference
of delegates from western states held
in Washington February 10 to Feb
ruary 12. ,
Mr. McColloch said the delegates
went on record favoring a continu
ance of federal appropriations for
highway work in the western states,
and an Saturday, the last. day of the
conference, appeared before the sen
ate committee on postoffices and state
roads. Although the members of this
committee would give no Intimation
as to their contemplated action, it
was the opinion of .the delegates that
a favorable report would be forth
coming.
Senator Chamberlain was present
at this conference, according to Mr.
McColloch, and in addition to urg
ing a continuance of federal aid in
-highway building in the west prom
ised! to introduce in congress a bill
calling. for an appropriation. of $100,
000,000. Should this, appropriation
finally be approved as urged by the
conference delegates, Oregon "would
receive. $1,576, 000 as its share of the
funds. ... -
LOGGING - CAMP TO OPEN
Tract Xear Coquille Bought of Gov-
ernmeht'to Be Cut.
MARSHFIELD, Or., March 4. (Spe
cial.) Among new logging camps to
be opened in Coos county is one at
Cunningham creek, near Coquille.
The Smith-Powers Logging company
purchased a section of timber on the
Cunningham from the government
and will relay a railroad into the
district that was taken up some
years- ago when the camp was aban
doned for lack of timber to cut The
section, it is estimated, will cut out
30,400,000 feet Rails for the two
miles of railroad were procured from
the government at sale of the prop
erty assembled by the spruce produc
tion division In the Beaver hill dis
trict where elaborate plans were
mftde for accommodation of 1000 men
who were to cut . spruce for aero
planes.
The logs taken rrom tne cunning-
ham will be manufactured into lum
ber at the Smith mills in Marshfield.
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. Albany Teachers to Get Rise.
ALBAJJ i, Qr. March 4. (Special.)
Albany school teachers. will receive
a material increase in salariessfor the
next school-year. Because of lack of
funds the school board has been un
able to meetl-rcjuests for a big raise
this year, but a budget $11,500 greater
is available for- next year's work and
the board has- decided to use all of
this increase for the payment Of
larger salaries. ': .
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Services Held Also for One Woman
Whose Body Will Be Brought
to Portland for Interment.
WALLA "WALLA, Wash., March. 4.
(Special.) Headed by a 35-piece band,
the funeral procession for the 11 vic
tims of the fire In Chinatown Monday
night moved io the city cemetery this
afternoon where rites of'the Chinese
Masons were held over the bodies.
After the services, the bodies of the
10 men were buried in one grave and
the body of Die Glm, the Chinese
woman Mason, was brought back to
the city and will be sent" later to
Portland for burial. Chung Hook of
Portland, son of Die Gim, will settle
his mother's affairs at Pasco before
returning home with the body.
Wong Hong of Portland, one of
the officials of the Portland lodge
of Chinese Masons, had charge of the
services at the grave. -The
body of the woman was car
ried to the cemetery in a hearse, but
the caskets of the 10 men were ar
ranged on a huge truck, decorated
with Durnle and white bunting. Ch
nese afoot and in autos followed the
bodies. Several hundred Chinese were
in the procession, many from Spokane,
Portland and Seattle. Cooked food
was placed on the grave.
Thousands of Walla Wauans at
tended the services. It was the largest
funeral ever held in Walla Walla.
Yakima. It was also decided to spend
approximately $150,000 in developing
educational institutions at Auburn,
Wash.; Uaston, Or.; Caldwell, Idaho;
Bozeman, Mont., and Sutherlin, Or.,
better to handle the academic work.
In each church in the northwest a
medical .missionary society will be
organized to train "Adventists in sim
ple treatmont of diseases in order to
handle possible epidemics in the fu
ture. Nurses will be appointed in
each local conference to act as medi
cal secretaries.
LABOR PLANS BOYCOTT
Spokane Council to Consider Limit
on Buying Clothes,
SPOKANE, Wash., March 4. (Spe
cial.) A resolution asking that all
members of organized labor of Spo
kane and their families refrain from
buying clothes of ny kind for the
next six months will be brought be
fore the sectional central labor coun
cil or tnis city next Monday night.
Labor leaders expect that it will
be indorsed by the council and an
active campaign started immediately
in the 65 unions of Spokane to wear
old clothes and cut the high cost of
living.
There are nearly 10.000 union people
in Spokane, the majority of them
men with families, and it is estimat
ed that 30,000 men, women and chil
dren will be affected by the movement.
CIVIC AUDITORIUM PLAN
The Dalles Council Appoints Com-
miUce to Make Report.
THE DALLES, Or., March 4 (Spe
cial.) The city council today ap
pointed a board of three local citizens
to determine the cost of a civic
auditorium and American Legion me
morial, the proposition to be placed
upon the ballot and voted upon at the
next primary election which will be
held in May.
A special session of the council will
be later convened to place the mat
ter before the voters. The probable
estimate of the building is set at
$80,000.
Road Petitions Granted.
THE DALLES, Or., March 4. (Spe
cial.) Two road petitions were
granted by the Wasco county court.
The O. L. Griffin road from the steei
bridge along Five-Mile creek -to Its
intersection with the Manchester
road was ordered. Its length is about
four miles. Tne question of putting
this road through has been before the
county courts here tor the last 10
years. The petitioners will do part
r the road work and the property I
owners will make settlements on
damage claims. The Sims road near
Wamlc was also granted. This Is a
mile and a quarter In length.
THE DALLES BONDS SOLD
Eight Firms Compete in Lively
Contest for $5 1,123.80.
THE DALLES, Or.. March 4. (Spe
cial.) City bonds totaling $.'.4,1:3.80
were sold at a spirited bidding mu
test in the city hall today, with eight
bond houses competing. The west
link of the Columbia highway bonds
were sold at par, which Is $2!l,fl"0 and
( premlnum of IK23. to th l.umbrr- '
men's TriiKt company of I'ortlnnd.
The general improvement hondx for
$L'5.1iJ NO mere bought by Morris Hro
of Portland, who HE red to pay a pre
mium of $r.o.
Carpenter' StrlUe l-.'nd.
ST. I ,Ol' 18. Mo.. March 4 Th SO""
carpenters who went on rtrike her
Monday voted to return 'o work
today, pending ad'urtment of rtif
fcrenceM. The carpenters demand that
only members or their craft InMend of
UUHkllled laborers be employed to un
load and carry iimleill ned hy them.
NEW ACADEMY PROPOSED
Seventh Day Adventist Session
.Lays Plans to Build.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 4.
(Special.) Seventh-day Adventists at
the north Pacific union conference at
College Place today decided to build
another academy in the upper Colum
bia conference at a cost of at least
$40,000. There are three possible loca
tions Spokane, Walla Walla and
Cannon Loaned tTniversity.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
March 4. (Special.) A small cannon
from the battleship Oregon,, which
saw service in the Spanish-American
war, was. received on the campus yes
terday from- Bremerton. It has been
loaned- to' the. university for an In
definite period of time. The cannon
is now at the barracks,, but probably
will be placed on the campus soon.
State Hospital Inmate Dies.
SALEM, Or., Ma'rch 4. (Special.)
James Courtney, received at the state
hospital from Multnomah county in
1917, died here last night. He was 30
years of age and unmarried.
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' ' Finnish Cabinet Resigns.
HELSINGFORS, March 4. The Fin
nish cabinet has resigned. It was
formed August IS, 19ia. with M. Ven
uola as premier. - ,
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Mrs. M. D. Gillespie, a well-known
beauty specialist of Kansas City, re
cently gave out the following state
ment regarding gray hair:
"Anyone can prepare a simple mix
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hair, and make it soft and glossy. To
a half-pint of water add 1 ounce of
bay rum. a small box of Barbo Com
pound and M ounce of glycerine.
These Ingredients call be purchased
any drug store at very little cost.
Apply to the hair tTrice a week until
the desired shade is obtained. This
will make a gray-haired person look
twenty years younger. It does not
color the scalp, ls not sticky 'or
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