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THE MOTiXIXG OTiECOXIAX, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920 SHOOTING DF HARTH BECOMES mm Jury Doubts Suicide or Death by Accident. MURDER HELD INDICATED Theory Advanced That JEncmy Slew Handier of The Dalles In Spirit of Revenge. HE DALLES, Or.. July 29. (Spe cial.) Doubt that George A. Harth, found dead at his son's home here Wednesday, committed suicide or was phot accidentally, was expressed by a coroner's jury last night, which re turned a verdict that the wealthy rancher "met death from a gunshot wound at the hands of some unknown person." The coroner's jury made no at tempt to fix the crime upon any one. Testimony introd-uced at the hear ing that neighbors had seen a strange man in the Harth yard shortly before Mr. Harth was fatally shot tended to corroborate the supposition that he had been murdered. Miot Directly In Brunt. A careful examination of the body by surgeons revealed the fact that the gunshot wound was straight into the right breast, a fact, together with the position of the gun, that indicates that Harth could not have inflicted such a wound with intent to commit suicide, and that accidental shoot ing would have been difficult if not impossible. The position of the (run when the body was found might- rndicate a crime. In front of the Harth home was a carpenter's work ' bench. The gun laid straight on tqp of it, muz zle pointed north, as If carefully placed there. Blood spots covered the south end of the bench and Harth's body was found 6ix feet from the bench end. F.oemy Theory Advanced. The evidenc tended to show that Harth took his snotgun and left the house to shoot squirrels; that he reached the east side of the work bench in the front yard, set the gun up against the south end and stood by the east side of the bench him self. The theory advanced is that then an enemy approached on the west side of the bench, a quarrel per haps ensued, the slayer picked up the gun, took aim and shot Harth in the right breast as he turned west ward to face the person. He or she then laid the shotgun down naturally, with the muzzle toward the north, and decamped. "When the contents of the heavy bore shotgun struck Harth in the right chest he fell upon the south end of the bench, with blood gush ing from his wound, staggering in a half-circle as if to get in the house, and fell dead some six feet away, bis body falling toward the front porch. There are reasons to believe, it is declared that Harth had some unknown enemy who determined to get revenge. The belief is held that an attempt to extort money from Harth was made, and. failing in that, the alleged blackmailer killed him. The ground where the shooting took place is hard and shows no foot prints, nor are there any available finger prints on the gun to identify a person. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and Interment will be in the Oddfellows' cemetery. Mr. Harth was one of the richest and most prominent ranchers In this section, and had a large acquaintanceship throughout eastern Oregon. DEALERS BUY GASOLINE Tliree Carloads of Fuel Reported Available in Texas. HOOD RIVER. Or., July 29. (Spe cial.) All of the II local automobile dealers today signed an agreement to purchase three carloads of gasoline at a price to be stipulated later. The oil. it is stated, has been secured in Kansas. The agreement specifies that deliv eries will be made here at 10-day intervals, the first car to arrive in next 10 days. Hood River is again without gaso line, but the Standard Oil company states that a shipment may arrive by tomorrow. A trainload of gasoline, ordered from Texas by the Portland Automobile Dealers' association, with promise of a carload for local distri bution, remains lost enroute some where in California. FUGITIVE IN FOOD RAID f Continued Krcm First Page.) was general dejection and discourage ment. Tonight men and boys were eagerly waiting with rifles, shotguns and revolvers hoping for some defin ite call which would send them out at once on the chase. One reason for this revival of hope is the fact that since the reorganiza tion of the posses Wednesday none but experienced men are being sent out on the hunt for the slayers of Sheriff Taylor. In the advance par ties far off in the foothills of the Meacham creek country are only trained hunters, men skilled in the lore of the woods and plains. And I when these men sent back word that they had found the footprints of the two ring leaders in Sunday's murder out jail-break officials at posse head quarters here gave the statement full credence. Leonard Qnerle Red. The feeling has persisted for the past 48 hours that the two half- I breeds have been in hiding in the Meacham district, in spite of the fact Ithat all rumors and clews which have l.-iroused Pendleton to a feverish pitch since Sunday have proved to be sroundless. This latest report to- Inight. if true, bears out the belief f Ed Wood and Asa Thompson, who ire directing the work of the posses. Archie Leonard, police detective from Portland, has been conducting searching cross-examination through- jut the day of halfbreed Indians from he' Cayuse and Mcacam hill sections. Deputies went out to those districts ind rounded up all the halfbreed In dians and brought them to the county hail. Jlere in the courthouse some of fhese Indians have undergone a quiz zing almost equal to a third-dijjree ordeal in an effort to obtain informa tion from them concerning Hart and Owens. Although the results of these investigations were not made known. I it was admitted at the courthouse that valuable information had been ob tained from some of the Indians. Quizzing to Continue. One halfbreed is reported to have admitted that he saw Hart and Owens in this district since the Sunday jail break. Two young squaws, who are said to befriends of both the escaped prisoners, will ' be interviewed early tomorrow by Inspectors Klingensmith, Swennes and McCulloch, who are here from the Portland police department to assist in the man hunt. Little credence was placed in a telephone report received this morn ing from Guy Hill of Halfway, who told officials that an automobile con taining five men and going at neck breaking speed had passed through Halfway about Tuesday noon. It is not thought possible that the escaped men could have procured an automo bile up in this district. However, in order that every possible avenue might be covered, word was flashed to officials at Weiser and Boise, Ida ho, and to other towns in that section to keep a close watch for any strange automobile party that might appear. One of the "hot" clews on which possemen w;ere working last night near Pendleton proved a "bloomer" when they reached the trail's end and found two high school boys from Portland enjoying a swim in a nearby creek. Bloodhounds and men with rifles had tracked the boys on infor mation given by some person who thought they answered the descrip tion of two of the fugitives. Hunter Are Determined. Although headquarters officials still hope and expect something definite from this latest report which sent men hurrying to the top of Meacham hill, it was made certain today that even though outside man-hunters give up the chase at the end of the week, many Pendleton men are prepared to work the remainder of the summer in tracking down the men who killed Sheriff Taylor. Some of these close personal friends of the murdered peace officer have announced pirblicly that they will not return to their own work, until these slayers are run to earth. Fl'XDS SOUGHT FOR. "WIDOW Governor OU-ott to Urge Legisla ture to Aid Taylor's Relatives. SALEM, Or.. July 29. (Special. In lieu of any reward the state might consider proper for the capture of the outlaws who last Sunday shot down and killed Til Taylor, sheriff of Uma tilla county. Governor Olcott will go before the legislature at Its next ses sion and recommend that this money be paid direct to the widow and mother of the slain official. "I have received a request from J. L. Vaughn, mayor of Pendleton, that the state augment the $6000 reward already offered by the county of Uma tilla and the city of Pendleton for the apprehension of the murderers of Sheriff Til Taylor," said the governor today. "The state has no funds with which a reward could be paid directly, and the only action the executive could take in the premises would be to issue a proclamation to the effect that he will recommend to the next legisla ture that it pay a reward in event of the capture of the men. "I have given this matter serious consideration, and I believe that the reward already offered will be as ef fective in assisting in the capture of these men as though it were increased by any amount the state might offer; but it is certain the state can in no way repay in money for the services Sheriff Taylor has rendered. But in lieu of recommending to the legisla ture that a reward be paid, it is my intention to recommend to the legis lature that any amount that might be paid for such reward be paid in stead to the widow and mother of Sheriff Taylor. "If I thought for a moment that by adding anything to the reward al ready offered these vile murderers could be apprehended a moment soon er I would not hesitate to go to the limit on what resources might be at hand. "But the enhancement of the re ward, I am sure, will have no effect in increasing the zeal or energy of the hundreds of friends of the dead sher iff who are scouring the , country to apprehend these men. If the capture is made for the sake of the reward, the $6000 offered is sufficient induce ment to anyone. "For that reason I believe what ever the state does in the matter should be done for the widow and mother of the dead man as a tribute to the services of Sheriff Taylor services for which the state can In no way adequately repay in money." JOHNSON STILL VICIOUS ATTACK OX GUARD AT SALEJI PREVENTED BY QUICK ACTION". Slayer of Mrs. Eunice Freeman At tempts to Carry Out Threat of Killing Keepers. SALEM, Or.. July 29. (Special.) Quick action of a guard at ttie peni tentiary recently prevented Clarence Johnson, serving a life-term for the Lmurder of Mrs. Eunice Freeman of Portland a few months ago, from car rying leto execution his oft-repeated threat that he would kill the first people- who crossed his path, according to information given out by a prison attache. It was reported that while tern porarily enjoying his daily exercise in the bull en recently, Johnson ob tained a brick which he concealed, awaiting the arrival of one. of the guards. At the sight of the attendant Johnson is alleged to have made ready to hurl the brick, but was detected by another officer and overpowered. He again is in solitary confinement, ac cording to prison officials. Johnson is said to be the most vicious prisoner ever received at the prison and has boasted that he would kill his keepers at the first oppor tunity. BAKER AFTER CONVENTION Legion Meeting for '1821 Desired Delegates Carry Invitation. BAKER, Or., July 29. (Special.) With cards on wnich are printed an invitation and with several other sur prises by means of which it is hoped the American Legion posts of Ore gon may be induced to hold the 1921 state convention In Baker. J. R. Brooks. W. H. Oxley and W. E. Baird of the Baker post left to invade As toria, the 1920 convention city. Pendleton and several other cities have announced their intention of go ing after the meeting but the' local ex-service men will do everything in their power to bring the veterans to Baker. . The plan has received the in dorsement of the chamber of com merce and a guarantee of the best meeting ever will be made. Bead' The Oregonian- classified -ada". MISSIONARY OFFERS E Rev. U. G. Murphy Says Ori entals Unfairly Treated. PROBERS VISIT THOMAS "Woman Social Worker Details Prac tices Which She Says Are Dangerous. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 29. Charges by the Rev. U. G. Murphy, a mis sionary, that public officials of Wash ington had been unfair to the Jap anese in their investigations of the oriental question, and a plea by United States Representative Miller of Seattle, for new laws restricting the entry of Japanese in the United States, were features of testimony before the housing committee on im migration and naturalization at ita final hearing here today. Dr. Murphy defended the so-called Gulick plan of percentage Immigra tion, and challenged the committee's statistics showing 150.000 Japanese are now in America, most of them located on the Pacific coast. Chairman Johnson retorted that the committee had the Japanese associa tions' figures which indicated there were 85,000 Japanese in California, about 25.000 in Washington and pos sibly 5000 in Oregon. Dr. Murphy said Japanese picture brides, as a rule, were of a higher order of intelligence than the men they married. The bulk of documents' transmitted to the department of justice dealing with the attitude of Japanese in Washington during the war had proved valueless because the infor mation contained was inexact. Dr. Murphy declared. He' said he was opposed to unrestricted immigration of Japanese, but complained that dis cussion of the question has unfairly stressed the number of Japanese en tering the country without taking cognizance of the number returning to Japan. Social Worker Testifies. Representative Miller declared that restriction would operate "not only for the good of the' American people, but for the good of the Japanese as well. Unrestricted immigration would "inevitably result in making the Pacific coast an 'un-redeemed Japan' in the eyes of that nation," he asserted. Others who testified todav wnrt Mrs. Edgar Blair, a social worker. who asserted that Japanese were sell ing a "dangerous narcotic intoxicant," and that they were rapidly assuming control of the produce and dairying industries in tne state. United States Immigration Com missioner Henry M. White, who sub mitted figures relative to the entry or Japanese "picture brides and de sertions in American ports of Japanese seamen, and Benjamin Wise, former owner of a fruit stand who said he had been forced out of business hv Japanese competition. Committee Visits Thomas. This afternoon the committee visit ed Thomas, a settlement in the White River valley, for first-hand informa tion as to living conditions among the Orientals. Tonight thev planned to leave for Grays Harbor for a visit to cranberry - growing sections of Grays Harbor, Pacific and Mason counties. Later hearings will be held in Olympia and Tacoma. Representa tive William N. ' Vaile of Colorado will not accompany the other mem bers, leaving tonight for Denver. In her testimony, Mrs. Blair said Japanese brides were filling positions in Seattle that should be occupied by American boys. The witness charged that Japanese bus boys and kitchen employes in restaurants contaminated garbage sold to hog raisers if the latter were whites, but took particu lar care of garbage sold to Japanese. She accused Japanese gardeners of withdrawing produce from the mar ket and allowing it to spoil rather than sell under market quotations. SWOPE SCORES JAPANESE Representative Objects to Orientals' Unrestricted Entry. LOUISVILLE, Ky July 29. Con gressman King Swope of Kentucky, a member of the house committee in vestigating Japanese immigration to Pacific coast states, declared in a statement here today that this coun try has reached a point where we should not permit any unassimilable race to fill up our Pacific states or ny other states." He said the "priv ilege of entry of any and all immi grants should be predicated upon their ability and desire to become real, loy al, patriotic Americans." "It is rather difficult for the people of the east and south to fully appre ciate the Japanese immigration ques tion and its effect upon the Pacific coast." said Mr. Swope. "When we realize that about 100,000 of the ap proximately 150,000 Japanese in this country live in California we can readily see why the Californians view with great alarm a continued Japan ese immigration." BRIBERY TRIAL BEGINS Dentists of Jdaho Charged With License Conspiracy. BOISE, Idaho, July 29. (Special.) Trial of Dr. W. A. Myers, former sec retary of the state dental board, and Dr. V. A. Fitzgerald, charged with license bribery, is now in progress in the district court. This is the first case of its kind ever tried in Idaho. The charge is criminal.' It is alleged by the state that Dr. Myers, who is a Boise dentist, while secretary of the state board of dental examiners, ac cepted money for the certification of licenses and that Dr. Fitzgerald was a conspirator. The charges made against Dr. Myers created a sensation when made public by the state law enforcement depart ment. The state informed the jury that it expects to prove that state dental licenses were peddled over states and sold at various figures and that fact was commonly known in such states. The accused dentists deny they ever resorted to bribery in the disposition of licenses. Kelso to Have Clinic. KELSO, Wash., July 29. (Special.) Under the direction of the Cowlitz County Anti-Tuberculosis league a tuberculosis clinic will be held in the office of County Nurse Lawler to morrow. Dr. Raymond J. Cary of Seattle, assisted by Miss Lawler, will conduct the examinations, which are given without cost. 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