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' TIIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAy, rOKTLAXP, JANUARY 14, 1912. T 3 OF FAMILY HELD FOR WHIPPING FOE Mother and Two Sons Found Guilty of Attack on Fruit grower, Aged 60." WOMAN LEADS IN FIGHT .Mr. II. Hrlhlng Convicted of Third Degree Axaiilt for W ielding Lash Sa Victim Slandered Her. Vancouver Case Ends. VANCOCVER. Wash.. Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Henrietta Helbing. who horsewhipped John il. Holt, a promi nent fruitgrower of Sara, at Knapp'a Station, last Hummer, and who. with her two sons. Harvey. 16. and Allen. 23 years old. were charged with second degree assault, were found guilty of third-degree assault by a Jury In the Superior Court, last night. A sealed verdict was brought in at o'clock today. H. K. Bellinger, a neighbor of Mrs. Helbing. was fined $100 and costs at the last term of court for taking part In the fight at the time lloff suffered facial disfigurement. The fight was the result of a neigh borhood row. which began about three years ago over the moving of Knapp's Station. Mrs. Helbing alleged that Hon had made slanderous statements about her and her daughter. 8he testified yesterday that she went to the County Attorney twice and asked that he bring suit against Hon. he said the prose cutor refuse) and that she told him she was going: to take the law Into her own hands. The horsewhipping fol lowed. Vlettsn M Years Old. On the witness stand Mrs. Helbing admitted that she went to Knappas station, when Hon was going home from Vancouver, and that she horse whipped him. Her sons assisted In the fla-ht which ensued, and In the melee H"(T sustained two black eyes, a twisted nose, two broken ribs and many bruises. Kvldenre was Introduced tending to show that one of the Helbing boys knocked Hon" down, and kicked him hen down. Dr. J. M. P. Chalmers and Ir. R. P. Wlswall testified that lloff was badly Injured at that time, and that they cared for him and gave him medical attention. Hon was laid up for many weeks, and managed later to hobble around with the aid of a erne. He Is nearly 40 years old. Both of the Helbing brothers and their mother testified that neither of the boys struck Hoff at all. The horse whip which Mrs. Helbing nsed was exhibited and admitted as evidence. The rase attracted much attention. It la unusual here for three persons to be tried at one and the same time on the same charge. Wesaasi Blasaea Pwnsler. Mrs. Helbing asserts that If the County Attorney had Issued the war rant when she asked, she would ndt have been compelled to protect her honor and would not have been forced Into court. Bad lurk seem to be hounding the Helbing family. It lost about 00 In the Commercial Bank failure, one of the daughters married a man not liked by her parents and the horsewhipping is likely to cost mother and sona a heavy fine, besides attorneys' fees. The Jury which found the mother and sons guilty of third-degree as sault was composed of Fl A. Pratt. EL A. Blackmore. William Hlgdon. P. P. Nelson. J. C Wyatt. T. W. Robinson, P 8. Adams, Elmer Snyder. William B. Dubois. R. A. Ma nary, F. O. Lester and J. T. McDonald. NEW OFFICERS AT AURORA J. V. Sadler Succeeds J. G. Miller a fyor of City. Al'RORA. Or.. Jan. 13. (Ppeclal.l The new administration has taken charge of affairs. J. W. Padler. Mayor, and S. A. Miller and A. H. Will. Coun cilmen. having taken the oath of office. The City Recorder's report showed the city to hare a rash balance on Decem ber II. 1911. of 111. The city has reached the limit of Its Indebtedness, unless further Increase be authorised by a vote of the people. A'.l street Improvements have been paid for from the general fund, even the sidewalks, until quite recently. There Is now some talk of making all future street grading and other im provements a charge against the abut ting property as In other cities. The Council last night chose the fol lowing city officers for next year: George Fry. City Recorder: Gene Gar rett. City Marshal: J. W. Fry. Super intendent of Water Works; Ernest J. Snyder. Superintendent of Streets. The retiring Mayor. J. J. Miller, haa been either Mayor under the new char, ter or president of the Council under the old charter (which provided no Mayor) for nearly 1 years. He la 74 years of age and declined to run for office again at the election In "Decem ber. EUGENE LEVY30.7 MILLS tonnty Tax IS Mills. City 11.5 and School District F.l'GKXE. Or.. Jan. 1J. (Special.) Poub.lng of the county's share of the state tax. Increase of the minimum required a pupil In the schools, and gain In other "forced" taxes, compelled the County Court to decide on a U-mlll levy for the county for the coming year. The total tax thus raised will be more tan ll". of which the state will re.-etv II.' I. oo and the schools l.0i0. Koa.ls will require an unusual amount tMs yar because of the small Im provement of last year. Last year the county purchased a poor farm and erected necessary buildings, at a cost of liO.rtOO. In Kugene the tax rate will be IS 07 n tlie lino, there being a US mill Ity lew and t school district levy. Four mll'.s of the city levy are required to provide for Interest on bonds out stand ng. t!.e major portion of which were issued to provide public utilities, installation of which la not yet com pleted. PHI LO MATH BANK FORMED Portland Man to Be President of Xew Institution. riHLOMATH. Or, Jan. 11. (Special.) A new bank was organised here this week to be known as the Philomath State Bank with Jess R. Lasswell. a banker and capitalist of Portland, aa president: M. R. Drury, president of Philomath College, vice-president, and H. D. Moreland. cashier. Mr. Lasswell began his banking career in Kansas, and still owns a controlling interest in a state bank at Hoyt, that state. For the past few years he has been inter ested in banks, real estate and timber lands in different parts of Oregon. Mr. Moreland. until recently was cashier of the State Bank at Morris City, 111. The directors of the bank are S. T. Wyatt. Jess R. Lasswell. M. B Drury and H. I. Moreland. who with the fol lowing named citlxens of Philomath constitute the stockholders of the new Institution: Professor E. H. Castle. O. J. Frlnk. Dr. C. H. Newth, A. W. Wat- kins. George A. Bennett. The new bank will open for business I on Monday, in the Henkle building on I Main street. The corporation has pur chased a lot on the corner of Main and DAIGHTER OF PIOXEER ORE OO.V PHVSICIA74 DIES AT ASHLAND. Mrs. C. B. Watsss. ASHLAND. Or.. Jan. 1J. (Spe cial.) Mrs. C. B. Watson, born Klla JCldtwood. died here Janu ary 4. Her father, the late Dr. J. H. Chltwood. was a pioneer Oregon physician, who resided In Marion County and later here for many years. Mrs. Watson was born In 165 at Sllverton. and was married In 1874. the family home ever since that date with the exception of a few years, having been at Ashland. Mrs. Watson was a leader In Ashland literary, social and women's civic organizations, and was one of the founders of the Ashland Public Library and was connected with It as a trustee at the time of her death. Besides her husband she la survived by a daughter and a son. Mrs. J. F. Kimball, of Klam ath Falls, and Chandler W. Wat son, of Ashland. O streets where a reinforced concrete building, suited to banking purposes, will be erected In the early Spring. AIM OF CriURCH IS TOLD BISHOP SCADDIXG TALKS TO 1'XIVERSITY OP OREGON MEN. 'Clmrches Relation to Present Spirit of Social Cnrcst" Is Topic Discussed by Minister. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Jan. It. Picturing "The Churches' Re lation to the Present Spirit of Social Unrest" to the men of the uni versity last night, the Right Rev. Charles W. Scaddlng. D. D.. Episcopal bishop of Oregon, asserted that the mission of Jesus upon oarth was to effect social welfare through the In strumentality of inspired Individuals, and hinted that some of the socialistic dogmaa now being urged are at' tangent with the views of the church. Basing his argument upon "Thy Kingdom Come" clause of the Lord's prayer, the bishop declared that the common factor of the very many inter pretations of the expression "Kingdom of God." found in the New Testament Is social, and that, while Jesus worked on Individuals and through individuals, his larger end was a social one. He said: He did not come to this earth to raise certain solerted Individuals Into a Kingdom of CM hereatfsr. but to Inspire men and women with the desire and motive to bring Ihn Kingdom of God here and now. The Holy City, the heavenly Jerusalem which some hrmna portray as merely a vision for the future, la really a vision for the present. It is to deecend from Clod out of heaven unto the earth to transform the earth Into Its own tlknsa. and. therefore, the church has a distinct and encouraging social mes sase for all of us. It does not follow that the church can Identify Itself with any particular scheme or with any special party for the carrying out of these Ideals, for there are forms of Socialism which the church must view with mleclvlng If not with actual opposition. Kven If the socialistic state could be or ganised as some Socialists desire, there would still be need for the Christian wlt nese and the special message of the church, and there would etlll be a condition of so ciety which woold make enormous demands upon the Integrity and sincerity of personal character. The church must see to It that the gospel ef Christ is given a social expreeelon. The church is not to be a deposit of opinion, but a source of spiritual energy, a mighty social dynamic fountain of redemptive life. It le to be a power-house where there Is generated a supply of spiritual energy suf ficient to move the world with wisdom, courage and peace. This power Is not to be found only In the pulpit, but la her sacramental life and la her common worship aa well. And the lord's test at the last Judgment will not Involve dogmas or confessions but rather one's relation to human needs. If this wit ness Is to be borne by the churrb In these daye of social unrest It cannot be the work ef teachers and preachers alone but the work of the laity also. It is for you. each for himself, to face the demands of the living Christ which he makes of every one of his members: to be a friend of the poor: not a crltlo only, but a comrade of the working maa: to find the real motive and mainspring of life not la the success for self but In the service for others In his elaboration the bishop gave many Illustrations of how the church today is trying to express Its social message through the agency of social settlements, municipal leagues and such social organizations as the Brotherhood of St. Andrew and the Girls' Friendly Socle-ty. He also spoke enthusiastically of the work being done In Oregon by the "social service committee." the chairman of which Is also the chairman of Mayor Rushlight's "vice commission." Ahland Women Aid City. ASHLAND. Or.. Jan. I. (Special.) The Woman's Civic Improvement Club has just elected new officers as follows fo the ensuing year: President, Mra C. H. Vaupel: vice-president, Mrs. W. A. Shoemaker: secretary. Miss Lillian Pat terson: treasurer. Mrs. U. S. M-Jlit. The reports to the club showed that during the past eight months the sum of J7S0 had been raised by public entertain ment and otherwise and that there is now SS40 in the. treasury. The. club has accomplished much for shland in the) civic Improvement line In the past ani gives promise of good work ior the year. t ft i""rw T ; : -v -" - - ! i C . v'V it : t :-.' -----' f far -W . VTCv. ' t t : t-y. V, .'I 7 t.. , 1 - I I . i V V H, f 1 t TACOMA. Wash.. Jan 13. (Special.) I iilil M1 ii y 1; M I IliM imiiinn ininnrn i 1 . rns--i, otco I MIM1 ftlUHUtH i wmssBSamssm&mismm TRIM OH MnHflAY I iiiiiim niin m i :l I I III !! Wll IIIWIIWIII I Qi I! ! i P 11111114' l1 I I U- !I i ' .W-HIUMM P ' M 1 1 i I H ' M I t 1 1 H I 1 1 M M 1 H M I I I I : II I iH I Seattle Starvation Specialist M lllllllllllllllM SaysShe Has Money to f AjNl IM I Finht TflP I ITP- I rt! ' R I il 1 ,V ' --SXS-.i ? I I 1 '.A i iiU I j BRITISH GOVERNMENT AIDS WfWf . PM ' Mysterious Death of Wealthy Eng lish Spinster Will Bo Probed With Sensations Promised . When Sanitarium Servant Talks. TACOMA. Wash.. Jan 13. (Special.) The little Kitsap County town of Port Orchard will be crowded beyond Its hotel capacity the next few weeks during the trial of Dr. Linda Burfleld Hazzard, the Seattle starvation spe cialist, accused of murder. The trial begins Monday. Ninety witnesses have already been summoned. Dr. Hazzard Is charged with murdering by starvation Miss Clair Williamson, wealthy English spinster. The prosecution is aided by the British government, of which Miss Williamson was a subject. Lord Earl Grey having taken per sonal Interest In the case, there will enter Into the trial charges of. hyp notism, of uncanny mental suggestion, forgery of papers to obtain property of the dead woman and her sister, of unlawful handling of the body by phy sicians and undertakers and of re finement of cruelty In the treatment of patients. . Dwfemaa Haa Money. The defense will be backed by plenty of money, some of it secured by Dr. Hazzard by writing to medical maga zines for help In what she terms the life struggle of a medical cult. The surviving sister, Dorothea Wil liamson, will testify that she was com pletely In the power of Dr. Hazzard: that she and her sister were so weakened they dared not cross the physician until they willingly signed to her practlcaily all their funds. 14600. Dorothea has told of their stay at Olalla and of the last days of her sis ter, when she (Dorothea) was so weak she did not realize Claire was dying, and finally, at the last, waa shoved up the stairs of the sanitarium to the death bed, too late to bid Claire goodby. British VIce-Consul C. E. Luclan Agasslz. acting In conjunction with Prosecutor Stevenson, has summoned nearly 30 witnesses for the state's case. Sensations Are Probable. A sensational bit of evidence, which the Vice-Consul received today, will be brought out when Miss Essie Cameron is put on the stand, according to the state. She was a servant In the sani tarium. "Miss Cameron will testify that she carried the body of Miss Williamson on an Ironing board," said Agasslz. We asked the girl If the body weighed 50 pounds. 'Oh, no,' she said, 'not nearly that much. " Sixty-four witnesses have been called by counsel for the defense. Carr A Gregory, of Seattle. Three physicians are Included Dr. E. Welden Young, of Seattle: Dr. J. Clinton McFadden, of Coe, Vaahon Island, and Dr. Steven Olmstead, of Seattle. A party, including Dorothea William son, Margaret Conway, nurse in the Williamson family from the childhood of the dead woman and her sister; Dr. Arthur Langley, of Australia, cousin of the Williamsons; Her. Van Derlln, of Los Angeles; John Herbert, of Port land, uncle of the Williamson girls, and Vice-Consul Agasslz, will leave here Sunday for Port Orchard. OREGOX HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE COXTESTS UNDER WAV. Tillamook Has Already Defeated Nehalem and McMlnnville Has Won From Woodburn. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. Or., Jan. IS. (Special.) eThe members of the Oregon High School Debating League are now doing serious work on their preliminary debates, according to Professor LeRoy Johnson, the secretary-treasurer of the association. The high schools of the state are grouped Into five districts Coos Bay, Columbia River, Southern Oregon. Central Ore gon and Eastern Oregon, each district conducting preliminary talkfests, under the guidance of a district director, to determine the local championship. In the lnter-dlstrlct debates the win ner of the Coos Bay-Southern Oregon double d'vlslon will meet the winner of the Central Oregon district while the winners In the Columbia River and Eastern Oregon groups will compete for the supremacy of the larger division. The two ultimate survivors will meet In the final debate at the University of Oregon In June to decide the state championship, which carries with it possession of a beautiful silver loving cup. Last year the championship waa won by the Grants Pass High School team. In some of the schools both affirma tive and negative teams are developed, the negative team taking the road trip. With the exception of the Eastern Ore gon district, schedule of which is not complied, the dates for ths preliminary debates are as follows: In th Coos Bay district, Coqullle at Marsh field, Bandon at North Bend, Marahfleid at Myrtle Point, North Bend at Coqullle and Myrtle Point at Ban don. all on February 1. In th Southern Oregon district, Ashland at Klamath Falls and Grants pass at Medford, both on January 26. In the Central Oregon district, Eu gene vs. Salem, Eugene vs. Albany, Sa lem vs. Albany, Corvallls vs. Lebanon, CorvaJUs vs. Falls City, Lebanon vs. Falls City and Springfield vs. Junction City, all to be held January 19. Two debates have already been held In the Columbia River district, Tilla mook winning from Nehalem and Mc Mlnnville winning from Woodburn. Th Seaalde-Astoru and Tlllamook-McMlnn-vllle meetings are scheduled for Jan uary 1. W. R. Rutherford, superintendent of the McMlnnville schools, was re-elected president of the league at the re cent meeting of the directors in Port land. American Rector In Paris Dies. PARIS, Jan. 11. Rev. Dr. John B. Morgan, rector of th American Church of the Holy Trinity her, died suddenly today. Ki I! Hi In i Mm i ii.ti i ii SEEDS SENT TO SCHOOLS CHILDREN TO BE ENCOURAGED IN INDUSTRIAL WORK. Superintendent Alderman Tells Teachers of Prizes to Be Given for Agricultural Excellence. SALEM, Or., Jan. IS. (Special.) Through the instrumentality of Repre sentative' Hawley, Superintendent Al derman Hnds that he Is further able to promote the work of child and student welfare in the schools of Oregon so that students of the schools will b able to demonstrate what they can do along the lines of Industrial work. Representative Hawley has arranged with the department so that a large number of seeds can be sent for the use of the children and Superintendent Alderman is now negotiating for an expert to be sent to Oregon by the De partment of Agriculture to assist In the work of Interesting th children In the plan. ,. . . In a letter addressed to all the teachers of Oregon Superintendent Al derman outlines his basis of work as follows: Knowing that you are willing to co-operate in educational work I ask you to co-operate thi. year by encouraging all your pupils In the growing of crops, domestic science and poultry raising. Children like to do things and will respond to your en couragement. Your county will hold a fair at which your pupils will be asked to ex hibit what they raise or make. The best of these exhibits will be brought to the state fair where liberal prises will be awarded. . , Ask your paplls how many of them would like to have a Shetland pony, a thorough bred Jersey calf, worth $100. a purebred pig that would take the prise at any stock show, a purebred sheep with wool so thick that they would hav to feel around to find Its eyes, or a goat with flossy hair thai reaches to th. ground; or secure a fine Scotch collie pnpple that knows as much as some people, or win a money prise that will buy Just what they want. All these prises and many mor are t b The Packard "Six," combining graceful lines with power and brute-proof en durance, has silenced the objections of excessive weight and length previously directed against , six-cylinder cars. The Packard "Six" is not a" road-rolling "monster. It weighs only 225 pounds more than the famous Packard "30," while its bonnet is not enough longer to attract the notice of any but the closest observer Its length and its looks you can see witlvyour own eyes. Its weight is weighable. ,But to get your full share of enthusiasm concerning the riding comfort, the smoothness of operation, the hill climbing ability, the marvelous "pick-up" the mile-devouring capacity of the Packard "Six" you must take a ride in the car itself. Long Demonstration Rides 'on -Country Roads 700 Packard "Sixes" now on the Road Frank C. Riggs Packard Service Building Cornell Road, Twenty-Third and Washington Streets riven at the state fair next Fall. Ask If they know how to grow potatoes, pumpkins, squashes, corn, popcorn, et cetera. Ask how many of them like watermelons or muskmelons. The reason so many boys and elrls in Oregon do not grow water melons Is because they are afraid the other boys will steal them. if th.y all grow water melons there will be no one to steal. Ask them If they know how to feed chick ens. If they buy three settings of eggs from one neighbor, and three bens from an other and In March put the two together they will probably raise some prise-winners lor the fair. The cniiar.n or uregon can doubl. the egg Droductlon In three years. Ask them If th.y know that the size of the pumpkin does not depend upon the slse of the boy or the girl who plants the seed. I know a girl 6 years old who raised corn 14 feet high. Let us show people that we are the most alive children in the world by To. 000 out of our 125,000 children ex hibiting at the, county fairs, and 85.000 at the state fair. Last year 14,000 children In Iowa had exhblts at fairs. Let us beat them two to one. Pioneer Baptist Missionary Dies. SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 13. (Special.) -Rev. John C. Baker, pioneer Baptist Order Now, One -Day -Old C kicks for f prlag Delivery. w & S-Acre Ponltry Farm ej. We T e a e b Yon the V Business JtJS I f . Co-operate la Buying; sili." B and Selling. rrtV K Oakland Poultry K,I V Products Co. Mf . SOS Spalding "4Vyv Building Iff-fJ CnW Portland. Or. CSsy missionary, died yesterday at his ranch at Bellevue, across Lake Washington, at the age of o4. He is survived by eight gong and daughters, one of them, Annual Ckarance Sale -of Talking Machines Most of these latest style Talking; Machines were taken in as part payment on a new Edison Amberola, Victor-Victrola, or Columbia Graphonola. All have been put in perfect condition, and at the prices offered below, will not last long. If you want a Real Talk ing Machine Bargain, do not delay a minute. Bring in $5.00, or even $3.50, and secure one. 12 Records Free with each Machine quoted below, without extra charge. Reg. JfoerAt Reg. 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