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TH MAKES T
DENIAL OF MURDER
Young Howell Unshaken
Cross-Examination.
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ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED
IVoy llcc-alls Incidents of Day Girl
Wus Killed and Xcvcr Gets
Muddled by Lawyers.
MATSSHKI liLD, Or.. May 13. (Spe
cial.) When 15 -year -old . Harold
Howell finished his denial ot the mur
der of Lillian Luethold at Bandon. hia
recital of his movements, on the day
of the murder and had gone through
a close cross-examination in the cir
cuit court at Coquille today he was
us composed, as. any one in the court
room. His testimony was in no way
different from the story told at tho
first and second trials of the case and
he was not broken down on any point
In the cross-examination.
The boy answered all questions in a
quiet manner hardly expected of one
so young and used sood language. He
was not in the least angered when
cross-examined by Attorney Dexter
Ilice of Roseluirg, but when pressed
for details regarding incidents .which
did not apply directly to his testi
mony h-e said he would not make any
guesses and did not intend to get
"muddled." He admitted that ho had
fixed the incidents in connection with
the time of the murder firmly in his
mind after Tie had been arrested.
Murder Klatly Ieoled.
When asked if he killed Lillian I.eu
thold he said. "I certainly did not."
He said he did not know who killed
the girl and that the most he knew
of the case was what he had heard
In the courtroom during the three
trials.
Among garments he identified as
having worn the day the girl was
killed was a pair of khaki trousers
which the prosecution alleged carried
blood spots in the left pocket. Tho
boy admitted that the trousers Were
the ones he wore. He told of having
cut his left thumb a week previous
and showed the scar to the jury. The
gun which the prosecution claims
fired the bullet taken from the mur
dered girl's head was an exhibit in
the case. It has been rebored to fire
a 2tt-caliber bullet. Howell said he
borrowed the gun from his uncle,
carried it hunting the day the girl
was killed and as far as he knew
it was never out of his possession, as
he put it in his own bedroom when
he was not hunting.
Da)' Events Recalled.
Tho defendant said he reached his
home about 6 o'clock and ate supper
and before 7 o'clock was at the Lewis
house playing with the-boys of the
family, whom he helped to carry in
wood- and drive home the cows. He
claimed to know nothing of the girl
being dead until the following Mon
day night, when he heard the news,
He said he was excited and hurried
to the place where the body was
found.
He said that when the officers came
to the house and asked to see 'all
the guns he brought them all out, in
cluding the rebored gun, but did not
tell that it was rebored because he
was not asked and had no chance to
make any explanation about it. He
admitted that when returning from
his hunting trip with a companion
the day of the murder two of his
shells were not accounted for, but
thought they must have been lost out
of his pocket when playing With his
companion. He also admitted that
he and his companion were near
where the body was found, but earlier
in the day.
Boy'a Story Unchanged.
There was nothing new or different
from the story the. defendant told at
the first two trials. Alexander Mcin
tosh testified positively that it was
about five minutes before 6 P. M.
when he heard two shots in rapid sue
cession from the direction where th
body was found. Several witnesses
told of the Howell boy playing with
other neighbor boys as early as 7:30
in the evening and that he did not
appear in any way excited or differ
ent from usual.
The prosecution in closing the testi
mony for the state had Policeman
L.'raddoek of Portland give expert
testimony as to scientific measure
ments of marks on bullets and on the
one which was taken from the girl's
head. He talked of measurements
down to one ten-thousandth of
inch, but was not permitted bv Judge
Coke to give his opinion as to whether
the bullet taken from the girl's head
was nred from Howell s gun.
The case will not go to the jury
until Monday or Tuesday, as there are
still about 40 witnesses to be ex
a mined and some will be introduced in
rebuttal by the state.
PLUMBERS MEET TODAY
First Delegates to Convention Ar
rive at balem.
SAL.KM. Or., May 13. (Special.)
- Plumbers from all parts of Oregon
'. commenced to arrive here tonight to
attend llirir annual convention, which
starts hero tomorrow. These session
will continue until Saturday night
i The speakers include William
'.. Woolley of the trade extension bu
reau. Harry L. Hanson of Montana
y rank J. Kllmm of California i
Charles Pullman of Portland. Mr.
V Hanson and Mr. Klimm are members
" of the board of directors of the na
M tional association. Proposed additiona
..t laws for the Improvement of sanitar
' conditions will be one of the chie
topics discussed at the convention
according to the advance guard o
i- plumbers arriving here tonight.
Hcsidcs the business meetings, th
programme Includes a banquet- an
.- inspection or the state institutions
FARMER HURT BY TRAI
frigluoned Team Stalls" Wagon
Railroad Crossing.
KOSEBUrtO. Or., May 13. (Sue
cial.) While driving a fractious team
and attempting to ero.- the Souther
Pacific track at Oakland late yester
day afternoon, the wagon loaded with
wool, was struck by an oncoming
train and Mid Moore, a farmer, prob
ably fatally injured, while Mrs. Moore
and J. L. Thornton, who wore in the
wagon, escaped with comparatively
slight injuries.
Mr. Moore saw the train approach
ing from the south and believing he
could make the crossing drove onto
the track, where the team, frightened,
stalled.' The wagon was demolished.
.... . .
HUGE FUND UN ASSIGNED
Stale Industrial Accident t'ommi-
tiioo Files neport.
PALEM, Or., May 13. (Pnecial.)
An liii.i.-Flgned surplus of $$41, SIS. 51
YOU
!!1
! shown in t he rpnArt nrnared bv 1
the state industrial accident commis
sion hjere today and. filed with Gov
ernor Olcott.
Assets set out in the report include
bonds in the hands of the state trea
surer amounting to $3,691,261.65; cash,
$316,978.14; cash in bank, $98,477.67;
premiums in course of collection, $40,
093.69, and accrued interest estimated
at $60,385.83.
In the liabilities are claim reserves
in the. segregated fund totaling
$2,302,777.90; amount to be set aside
to bring the segregated fund up to
the necessary requirements to June
30, 1919. $3,225.36; accrued interest in
segregated fund. $40,000; reserve ca
tastrophe fund, $73,397.89; reserve re
habilitation fund, $121,256; reserve
necessary to meet claim payments
covered' by outstanding final settle
ment voucliers, $2500; reserve per
manent partial disability npt over 24
months, $88,175.35; reserve, estimated,
based on actual experience, to take
care of pending claims, $703,850.14;
unearned premiums, - $20,865.50; un
claimed claim-warrants, $3,581.87; un-
aid bills as of April 30, paid in May,
4.988.78; unpaid medical aid refunds,
959.22.
The total if liabilities $3.J6o,578.47 ;
nassigned surplus, $841,618.61, total
liabilities and surplus, $4,207,196.98.
WIFE HELD IMMODEST
MINISTER- ENTERTAINED IN
NIGHTLY ATTIRE" AVERRED.
Thomas J. Blosiek Seeks Divorce
Alleging Mouse Continuously In--
Tested AVIth Preachers... j '
Three unordained ministers, pTeach-
rs of the Apostolic I'aith. "cohtinu-
usly infested" the home of Thomas
Blosiek all hours of the day and
ight, is his complaint In a divorce
suit filed 'in the circuit court yester-
ay against Mrs. Sade Blosiek. One
these men was entertained in
iglitly attire" by Mrs. Blosiek, de
clares the husband.
The Blosieks were married at The
Dalles in 1916 and went on the hus
band's 320-acre farm near Shaniko,
orth $6500, to live. Blosiek asserts
that his wife quarreled with her
eighbofs for miles around and corn-
polled' htm to sell the property ana
ve her all the mftney.
After coming to Portland the-hus-
and complains that hia wife forced
ini to keep her son, George Hayes,
ged 34, an alleged Canadian draft
dodger, in their home. Blosiek as-
erts that Hayes also was wanted in
Vancouver, Wash., for the embezzle
ment of $1800 from the government.
Mrs. Blosiek filed suit for divorce last
October, but it was dismissed by
Circuit Judge Belt, avers the husband.
Mrs. Anna J, Laniberg was tola, ny
er husband that she was "too old to
live with," she declares in a divorce
complaint against J. A. Lamberg.
She asks possession of a grocery store
t 440 Kast Burnside street.
Mrs. Mildred C. Miall was a Cali-
fornian and loved California more
than her husband, C. M. Miall told
Presiding- Circuit Judge McCourt yes-
erday in a default divorce case. She
left him to return to California, he
said. The decree was awarded on
grounds of desertion.
Jessie Nelson was granted a divorce
by default from J. ID. Nelson by Judge
McCourt.
Other- divorce suits filed yesterday
with County Clerk Beveridge were:
Marie against Claude W. Hurst and
eannette against Henry Lngersma.
WOOD SPEAKER IS HEARD BY
ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE.
Danger of Nominating Man With
Doubtful Record or One Not
Firm on Strikes Discussed.
rtOSEBURG, Or., May 13. (Spe-
ial.) The Leonard Wood campaign
for nomination to the presidency
opened in real earnest here last
ight, when Montaville Klowers of Los
Angeles spoke in behalf of the gen-
ral s candidaifcy. W hile the audi
ence was not large the enthusiasm
made up for. any deficiency.
Mr. Flowers spoke In glowing
erms of General Wood as the one
man who could restore confidence
and bring about better economic con
ditions He sounded a note of wani
ng against the danger of nominat-
ng a man whose record has not
been established or who might fail
to deal firmly with outlaw labor
strikes.
Meeting the charge that the Wood
campaign was too lavish with money.
Mr. Flowers stated all money used
was received from legitimate chan
nels and honestly spent, and said the
work was financed by William Eroc-
iwi, ic iiiii j iui 1 ii i; euau manuiac-
turcr, manager of the general's cam
paign, and - other wealthy men. The
speaking here was under the direc
tion" of the local Wood club. rr.
Seely. president, introduced' the
speaker.
LINN PI0NEERJS BURIED
James W.' McKnight Laid lo Rest
at Saiul Ridge Cemetery.
ALBANY, Or., May 13. (Special.)
Beside the grave of his wife, with' UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
whom he crossea- the plains to Ore- 1 gene. May 13. (Special.) Miss Grace
gon on tneir wedding trip 88 years
ago. the late James W. McKnight.
prominent Linn county pioneer who
died in Portland Monday, was burled
yesterday in the cemetery at Sand
Kidfje. about 11 miles southeast of
Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. McKnight were mar-
rlod on the day before they started
from Iowa for Oregon and their long
journey across the plains and moun
tains was their honeymoon. Mrs.
McKnight died about ten years ago.
Representatives-of all of the pioneet
families which settled in Linn county,
about four miles west of Lebanon,
where Mr. McKnight took up his do
nation land claim in 1852, attended
the funeral. -
Children who sur.vive are Frank E.
McKnight of Vale. George W. Mc
Knight of Vale, ex-county judge of
Malheur county: D. B. McKnight of
Albany, ex-county assessor and ex
county judge of Linn county: Miss
Ida" McKnight of Vale, Miss Roma
McKnight ot Vale and Mrs. Winnie
Armstrong of Portland:
Engineer Submit Report.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 13. (Spe
cial.) The report of the board of en
gineers for rivers and harbors
reached the Vancouver chamber of
commerce this afternoon. The report
goes into detail about the proponed
30-foot channel from the Columbia
river' interstate bridge to the mouth
of the Willamette river. Data are being
secured to place before tho board and
a special election has been called for
June 15 when the question of $130,000
for a proposed dock, and buildings
will be voted upon.
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.
M'AHTHUR If INFLEXIBLE
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PLUMB PLAN" ADVOCATES AT
PORTLAND REBUKED.
Charge That Originator of League
Sanctioned Revolution Reiter-
a ted by Representative. ,
OREGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, May 13. Representative
McArthur reiterated today in a letter
to the Plumb plan league at Portland,
Or., his charge that Glenn E. Plumb,
head of the Plumb Plan league, had
sanctioned revolution in his testimony
before the house committee on inter
state and foreign commerce.
Mr. McArthur replied to a telegram
sent him May 8 by the Portland; branch
of the Plumb Plan league denying
that Plum'b had preached revolution,
defending the character of "Labor,"
the Plumb Plan organ, and challeng
ing him to a Joint debate. Mr. Mc
Arthur wrote:
"A careful reading ot Mr. Plumb's
testimony reveals a studied effort
on his part to convey to the members
of the above committee the idea that
there would be a revolt or revolution
among the railroad workers of the
country if congress should fail to
adopt the Plumb plan. -.. .
"I reiterate my statements as to the
Plumb Plan league paper called 'La
bor.' published here in Washington.
This pa,per is doing more than any
other agency in the country to create t
discontent among those who toil for a
living.. Instead " of' endeavoring to
bring about a better relation between
capital and labor, it is widening the
breach by Its continued campaign of
inuendo and falsehood.
"Your statement that my vote on
the railroad bill was controlled by
Wall Street and that I voted to vali
date $8,000,000,000 worth of fictitious
securities, is false and without foun
dation. -Your statement thaj you are
compelled to bear additional expenses
in order that you may have some rep
resentation in Washington is entirely
out of place. -
"I am quite-willing to serve you as
individuals, or as members of any
proper organization with which: yoil
may be affiliated, but I will not take
orders from the Plumb Plan league,
or any similar concern organized for
the purpose of browbeating and in
timidating public officials into doing
something that will ' prove a curse
rather than a benefit to the American
people. The. doors of my office are
always open to the people of my dis
trict for the transaction" of any legiti
mate business which they may have,
"I reiterate my statement that the
Plumb Flan league is an organization
wjiich is living off the earnings of
the railroad men of the country who
will some day wake up and find to
what extent they have' been bunkoed.
The heads of this league are living in
ease and luxury, in fashionable hotels
and palatial suburban mansions ot
Washington and ate living, off the
sweat of those who man trains, and
who do the other hard and,uncom
fortable work of railroading."
PITTSBURG TO SEND 300
A. A. PROTZMAX TELLS PLANS
OF SHRIXEHS.
Portland Attractions Praised and
City Urged to Make Most
of Convention.
"There will be nine cars in our spe
cial train and probably 300 people in
our party from Syria temple of the
Shrine," said A. A. Protzman of Pitts
burg, who arrived in the city yester
day from San Francisco for a stay of
a few days. Mrr Protzman is Pacific
coast director of the Baptist new
world movement and expects to be
here during the Shrine imperial ses
sion, the first he will have attended.
"Almost every city through which
I pass, or where I stay I meet Shrin.
ers from many temples who are going
to make Portland their mecca this
year," continued Mr. Protzman. "It
looks to me to be the biggest session
from the point of crowd which the
Shrine ever has held and though I
haven't seen much of Portland yet I
can't blame anyone for wishing to
make the Portland oasis this year.
Your weather has been most delight
ful and what I have seen of the Pa
cific coast your scenery surpasses
anything all along the line. Your
Columbia river highway is your
great asset and it should be utilized
to Uhe greatest possible extent. Would
that Pittsburg had anything near
like it.
"We will be quartered at the
Seward. Imperial and Multnomah
hotels and I know all the boys from
Syria will be more than satisfied.
and I must say from what I have
seen, AJ Kader is greatly to be praised
for what it already has done in the
plans of entertainment which also
surpass anything of which I, hereto
fore, have heard at Imperial council
sessions. Though we will not be rep
resented Dy our patrol or band, we
will make some noise and everyone
will know we are here aa soon as
we arrive.
"Might I say just a word for Port
land and Oregon. This great con
clave means everything to you. Make
the most of it."
MISS EDGINGT0N HONORED
Oregon Graduate Heads Women's
oourimiisin rr.wniiiy.
Edgington, graduate of the Univer
; sity of Oregon with
y of Oregon with the claBs of 1916.
was elected national organizer of
Theta Sigma Phi, women's national
honorary journalism fraternity, at its
recent national convention held in
i Madison, Wis. Miss Edgington, who
IS now secretary of tha department of
' journalism and instructor in short
story at the University of Washing-J
ion, is a memoer or Oregon l neta
chapter of Theta Sigma Phi. While
here she was a. major in the school of
journalism.
Miss Lyle Bryson, who represented
the Qregon chapter at the convention,
has just returned to the university.
FLYING LOG KILLS MAN
Fellow Logger Gets Broken
Leg
at Same Time.
CLATSKANIE, Or., May 13. (Spe
cial.) Merlin Gold was instantly
killed Monday at Hammond Lumber
company, Camp No. 10, along the
King line, by a flying log. He was
from Idaho, and single.
.A fellow logger, V. Ross' legr was
broken by the same log. He has a
family and lives at the camp.
RANCHER, 0NB0ND, GONE
II. W. Buckingham, Accused of
Theft, Missing; Horse Comes Home.
EUGENE. Or., May 13. (Special.)
H. W. Buckingham, Coburg hill ranch
er, arrested a few days ago on the
charge of the theft of 22 head of
sheep and who has been out of jail oa
$2500 bond, has disappeared and bit
bondsmen are now endeavoring to
find him. He told his wife Tuesday
that he was going: out on the hills to
round up some cattle. This morning
his horse came home with one stirrup
broken and the bridle gone. Mrs.
Buckingham expresses -the belief that
her husband met with an accident,
but his bondsmen and the officers ex
press themselves of the opinion that
he has left the country.
Investigation today reveals that
Buckingham mortgaged his cattle to
the Western Bond and Mortgage com
pany of Portland for $11,000, to a Eu
gene bank for $3000, and to the bank
at Coburg for a considerable, sum,
upon the representation that he had
270 head, but today when representa
tives ot the mortgagor and the banks
counted the cattle only 108 head were
found. A warrant has been eworn out
for his arrest on the charge of ? ob
taining money underfalse pretenses.
MISS WUEST IS INVITED
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PORTLAND ART TEACHER; IS
ASKED TO REPEAT LECTURE.
Because of Limited Time in East,
Trip to Make Talk in New
; York May Be -Precluded. i
Miss Esther Wuest, upei'vlsor of
art in the public schools, has been
asked to repeat the lecture she gate
last Friday before the Western Art
Teachers' association in Detroit at
Pratt institute. Because ot her limited
time in the cast she does not expect
to be able to get to New' York to do
this.
The lecture, which was illustrated
with scenic Oregon slides, approached
art from an entirely new angle and
Miss Wuest has written that many
people have inquired about Portland
and asked to look at the pictures
again. Her subject was-"Environment
in Design a message From Oregon"
and was distinctly a .home product
booster. When she spoke the super
visor wore a dress in batik pattern
symbolic of her homo date
It had woven into the design the
beaver, Oregon grape, ocean, seagulls
and deer. The pictures "shown were
familiar views from this section, such
as Crater lake, Multnomah falls and
Mount Hood, These were then ap
plied on other slides to conventional
design, largely for commercial pur
poses, such as fruit' box labels' and
the like. All of the latter slides were
reproductions of the work of chil
dren in the Portland schools and
brought forth much inquiry.
CITY COURTEOUS -SOUGHT
Portland Urged to Adopt "Com
pany Manners" for Shrine Weekj
Portlands "company manners" dur
ing Shrine week was the topic of
discussion yesterday at the weekly
luncheon of the Press club at the
Benson hotel. After the Shrine chant
ers had fired the first barrage, Judge
Robert C. Wright and W. F. Wdod
ward told the diners just what the
average citizen is expected to do dur
ing the convention.
"Get the- habit of courtesy," said
Jud'ge Wright. "Let us convince
folks we haver company manners all
the time." ".,
"It is poor policy to mulct visitors,"
Mr. Woodward declared. "Will they
go away regarding Portlanders as
true gentlemen or graftera and hogs?
We're not going to figure on the
amount of" money they leave, but
rather on the pleasant recollections
they carry away."
$120 TAKEN BY ROBBERS
Woman and Three Men in Jail on
Conspiracy Charge. ,
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 13.
(Special.) H. T. Fleming. 20 years
old; C. Dill, -20; Mrs. Ida Nerton and
James Allen, charged with highway
robbefy, today entered pleas of not
guilty before Cedric Miller, justice
of the peace. They are being held in
jail, as they were unable to furnish
bail, which was fixed at $5000 each.
It is alleged that Met Koporic of
Portland was riding in an automobile
with Mrs. Nerton and was decoyed to
the Reserve-street road, where he was
held up by Fleming and Dill, who
secured $120, Mrs. Nertort assisting
the robbers. Mrs. Nerton was arrested
here and Fleming and Dill in Port
land yesterday. The officers recov
ered $62. Dill and Fleming are alleged
to have confessed. Mrs. Nerton and
Allen gave the address of 101 Four-
- teenth street, Portland.
GEOLOGY CLASS FORMS
University Groups to Study Area
on Rogue River. '
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON,' Eu
ene, Stay 13. (Special.) First of
the outdoor summer school courses
Riven in jteolosy by the University of
Oregon will be a three weeks' survey
of a small cretaceous area on the
Rogue river, near Medford, from June
21 to July 10. The class, which will
be directed by Dr. E. L. Packard, pro
fessor of geologry, will bo restricted
to not more than eight or ten. The
five who have already signed up are:
victor- Husband of tgsone, Claire
Holdredge or Trent. Merjill D. Ely of
Portland, Newton Estes and Hubert
Sclienck. both of Eugene.
Thl work to be taken up is directly
tn line with work-already started by
Dr. Packard for an extensive study of
the cretaceous formation in the state.
ALBANY HAS-NEW PASTOR
Rev. A. D. Tiwmton Takes Charge
- of Grace Presbyterian Churcli.
. ALBANY. Or.. Mav 13. fSnecia'l.l
Rev. A. D. Thomson, who came to
Albany a few months ago from Chi
cago.' was installed last evening as
pastor of Grace Presbyterian ehurch.
He succeeds Rev. A. M: Williams, who
resigned the pastorate to accept the
presidency of Albany college.
The installation services were held
in the church, with Ir. Wallace Howe
Leo, dean of Albany college, presid
ing. Dr. Lee preached the inaugural
sermon and Rev. W. V. McGce of Al
bany gave the charge of the pastor,
and Dr. O. T. Morgan of Albany col
lege the charge to the congregation.
EUGENE TO. AID CARAVAN
f
CUy to Undertake to Provide for 3 0
in Ad CJuh Party.
EUGENE, Or., May 13. Spcia.l.)
Eugeno citizens will undertake to
provide free sleeping Quarters and
free meals for 30 enlisted men of the
army who m-111 accompany the Port
land Ad club's catavan that will stop
here 'on the night of May 18. accord
ing to announcement of Will (i. Steele,
manager of. the chamber of commerce.
Yesterday he received a telegram
from the chairman of the committee
in charge at Portland, asking if this
could be done. Private citizens, who
will be in the caravan, will pay their
own way.
E FOILS
DANCING GIRLS SPREAD FAME
OK 3IEDFORD COUNTRY. .
Series of Similar Entertainments
to Presented at Chamber
of Commerce Luncheons.
A dancing charade, so baffling that
none of the diners at the Chamber of
Commerce was able to Interpret It
when it was presented yesterday noon
by the- house committee, celebrated
the fame of Medrord, Jackson county,
as a horticultural center. The master
of ceremonies. Jerry Bronaugh, chair
man of the"committee. at length was
forced to" reveal its significance.
.Two lissome, pretty dancers, at
tired in Spanish costume, invaded the
dining hall at the luncheon hour, and
were announced as they trod a Cas-
tiliaff measure to signify the name
of an Oregon product. .Everyone gave
It up after scores of wild and hilari
ous hazards, when Chairman Bron
ough announced that the dancers rep
resented "a Med ford pair," i. e., "pear,"
a fruit that la perfection in the Rogue
River valley. Whereupon, as thougn
the entire assembly had. been success
ful in solving the charade, pint bot
tles of ketchup, made from southern
Oregon tomatoes, were distributed as
prizes.
The charade Is the first of a series
that Will Be staged by the house com
mittee for the promotion of general
aequaintance with Oregon communi
ties and their products.
Close attention of the many lunch
eon patrons was held by the brief
talks of high school students in be
half of the higher educational millage
measure. The students' set forth that
they desired, to attend Oregon's uni
versities and colleges, and had been
advised that these were now crowded
to .capacity Ktiit were without funds
lo expand. Tiiey pieaaea mat regon
high school students be enabled to
complete their education in the home
state.
, Students who spoke . were George
Bronaugh, Lincoln high School; Ralph
OSiesy, Jefforson high school, and Miss
Bernice . Powers, Washington high
school.
CASE TO TEST BED LAW
PRISONER TO BI3 CHARGED
WITH "BEING" I. W. V.
Object .of Deputy District Attorney
19 Application of Act to
Old Blembcrs.
To get a ruling by the Oregon su
preme court on puzallng phrases of
the criminal syndicalism law. Earl F.
Bernard, deputy district attorney,
seeks,' to present a test case in the
local courts at an early date. He will
ask that a new indictment be re
turned by the Multnomah county
grand jury against one of 24 I. W. W.
now in the county jail awaiting trial
that a demurrer to this Indictment be
sustained by a trial court, and that
the .case then be appealed to the
supreme court for decision.
in this test indictment, Bernard
would charge the I. W. W. with "be
ing" a member of an organization
seeking to accomplish industrial and
political change b violence instead
of "becoming" a member, as the
statute Is worded. This in the belief
that the supreme court may hold as
obvious the fact that the. Oregon law
intended, to reach old offenders as
well as new members of the I. W. W.
that it was patterned after statutes
In other states, and that the law was
supposed to read "being" instead of
"becoming."
The indictment also would char
the I. W. W. with "helping to organ
ize by soliciting members for such
an. organization. The present law
reads, simply "helping to organize
wh-iH Circuit Judge H. H.- Belt held
in ine joe Launay case meant to
found the, I. W. W. itself, not organ
izing for "der tag." though Laundy
was known as an "onganizer."
BOARD TO READJUST PAY
INCREASED WAGES ASKED IX i
NAVV AND SHIPYARDS.
Body Representing Labor and Gov.
ernnicnt Departments to Make
Award July 1.
WASHINGTON, May 13. Read
justment of the wage rates for skilled
labor in all navy-yards and ship
yards ooerated by the government
working on government contracts will
be made before July 1, by a special
board representing the navy depart
ment, shipping board and the or
ganized crafts.
Appointment of the board was
agreed upon today at a conference
between Secretary Daniels, Chairman
Benson of tho shipping board and rep
resentatives of the metal -workers,
wood workers and building tradeB
unions. The readjustment will affect
about 70,000 men in navy-yards and
138,000 in shipyards.
Wage levels now fn effect were
fixed by the Macey boar II In October,
1918. No specific demands for in
creases were presented by the men at
today's conference, but they con
tended increases should be large
enough to cover the advance in cost
of living since that. date.
Officials at the navy .department
pointed out today that, with a fixed
appropriation for ship construction
and repair.- any increase in. wages
would necessitate a proportionate
reduction in work at the yards. ' It
would mean fewer ships in commis
sion, they declared, unless the ap
propriation were Increased.
FIRE WARRANT. IS ISSUED
Warehouse Operator Is Accused of
Blockading Escape Aisles.
A warrant for the arrest of "John
Doe" Hcaly on a charge of violating
the city ordinance by failing to keep
the aisles leading to fire escapes clear
in the building at Tlurteentn and
Movt street, occupied by Mealy Broth
ers, was issued in the municipal court
yesterday and added a new phase to
the fire which Tuesday1 caused the
death of John Kampf, an employe at
that place, and .a loss estimated at
$7r..ooo.
The complaint was sigrid by Cap
tain Fred W. Roberts, assistant fire
marshal,., who has been making an
Investigation.
The charge is made that chairs and
other household furniture were in the
passageways leading to the fire
escapes, contrary to the city ordi
nance. The ordinance carries a penalty of
not less than $10 or more than $100
for & first offense, Deputy City
Stadter announced.
A coroner's jury Wednesday night
pronounced the management of Healy
Brothers guiltless of criminal liabil
ity for the death of Kampf.
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TRAFFIC RELIEF PLANNED
BLOCK NEAR STATION MAY BE
LEASED AND FILLED IN.
Proposed Scheme Entails Removal
of Buildings and Construction
or 3 6-Foot Roadway.
Members of the city council are at
tempting to work out some scheme
whereby traffic congestion near the
union station may be relieved. The
council will view property adjacent
to the station this morning- and it is
probable an effort will be made to
lease a block bounded by Sixth. John',
son, Irving streets and the Broad
way bridge, to be utilized in carrying
out a plan proposed by Commissioner
Barbur.
The plan would require the re
moval of all buildings on this block,
a move which has already been agreed
upon, the filling in of the block, the
building of a 36-foot roadway. on the
west side of the property from John
ADVERTISEMENT.
MOTHER OF FIRST
AMERICAN SOLDIER
KILLED IN FRANCE
Mrs. Alice Gresham Dodd, First
War Mother of the Nation,
Gives Entire Credit for Re
covery of Her Health to the
Well Known Medicine, Tanlac.
The following remarkable endorse
ment of Tanlac was given recently
v.v- jm Alice Gresham Dodd, at the
Gresham Memorial Home. Gavin Park.-j
Evansvillc. lnd., wmcn nome was pre
sented to her by the patriotic people
of Indiana, as evidence of their ap
preciation of the services rendered, to
his country by her eon. Corporal
Tmos r. Gresham. the first American
soldier killed in France Expressions
nr evmnailiv were received by Mrs.
Dodd from a.11 parts of the United!
States, ana me uBn"iiv"rB v.
country carried the story of. the first
"war mother." v
Dh..ir nf hf fton's rieth re
sulted in the setious breakdown of
Mrs Dodd's health, but everyone will
learn with interest and pleasure that
she is now In splendid health again.
When seen at her home recently she
made the following statement, giving
the entire credit for her recovery to
the well-known medicine, laniac.
After my dear boy's death; I had
a general breakdown in health," said
Mrs. Dodd. "At first it was juaf in
digestion. My food used to upset me
and I had to diet myself very care-fu-lly.
which wasn't much hardship aa
I lost all desire to eat. Then I had
an attack of rheumatism, with severe
pains in my shoulders, back and arms.
Sometimes I used to aufrer a great
deal, and my joints would get all
swollen up and stiff. I Was able to do
very little about the house, and at
times couldn't even cook a meal. I
got very nervous and restless, and at
night would lie awake for hours, and
lost many a night'fe sleep as a conse
quence. , . '
"A friend of mine had received a
great deal of help from Tanlac. and
it was she who advUed me tdttry it-
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son to Irving street, and the cutting
away of the corner at Sixth and
Johnson streets.
By carrying out this Idea, one-way
traffic could be the rule for vehicles
going and coming from the station.
The flllinff in of the block would
provide parking space for automobiles
during normal times, and during the
Shrine convention could be used by
bands and patrols upon their arrival
in Portland.
The general Shrine committee is
working with the city in the plan and
has offered financial assistance to
wards filling in the block.
School Superintendent Quits.
LEWISTON. Idaho, May 13. (Spe
cial.) The resignation of F. W. Sim
monds. superintendent of the Lewis
ton schools was accepted yesterday by
the city school noard. Mir. Klmmonds
has accepted a position with the
United States" Chamber ot Commerce
at a considerably higher salary. He
has been prominent educationally in
the northwest for the past seven
years, having come here from Man
kafo. Kansas. He is now president
of the Idaho State Teachers' associa
tion, and state director of the Na
tional Education association
.Mits. alio: .nt:stiM dodo,
of ;avla 1'irk, Kvaimvillr, lnd.
I am ao glad I did for it proved the
best medicine I have ever taken. It
soon gave me a good appetite and
seemed to settle my stomach so that
I was no longer troubled with lnd
gestlon. I don't know what it is to
have rhoumattc pains now, tho swell
ing and stiffness has all gone out of
my joints and I am able to do the
work of the house with the greatest
ease. My nerves are now steady and
strong, 1 Rleep fine at night, and I
feel better in health than ever before
In my life. I shall alwnys be grateful
for what Tanlac has done for me, and
shall recommend it every chance I
get."
Tanlac is sold In Portland by the
Owl Drug CO. .
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CROTCH
OCTOBER A 1912
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W. R. McDonald,
Candidate for Joint IXeprrnentatlve
for Multnomah and C'lackMoaa
Count Ira In the State Legisla
ture. "I favor such legislation as will
protect our country, preserve law
Hnd order, and will enable men Hnd
women to enjoy the prosperity
that is bound to come from the
healthy development of Oregon."
He is a mc m li e r of Portland
Loiiie of Klks and belongs to
Willamette l.odirr. No. 2. A. K. and
A. M.: Oroaon Oomnianriery, No. 1,
Knights Templar: Al Kader Tem
ple of the Shrine; iSul Raizoe
tlrotto, No. : the Multnomnh
Club and the Oregon Slate' Motor
Association.
VOTR 0, K.
Your Support Mill He Appreciated.
(Paid Adv.' by . P.' Pierce.)
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