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JACK ROBERTS IS
DOOMED TO HANG
FERR1N IS
RURAL CARRIER SAYS
ROUTE 24-MILE TRAGEDY
Road Essay Written by Alvin W. Thompson, of Aurora, . Wins New Buggy
Prize Offered by Governor West. :
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I Diamonds
AS SCHOOL HEAD
Gevurtz to discontinue this
line will not carry jewelry
at the new store. In order
to clear the stock' out
quickly we have decided, to
Friday,' August 23, Is Fatal
Day Fixed for Death on
Gallows of Murderer.
President of Pacific University
Loses Everything
but Title.
PRISONER SCOFFS RELIGION
TRUSTEES ACT AS UNIT
OUSTED
If Vt. v ,
Alumni and Faculty Join In Demand
for Dismissal of Chief, Charging
Lack .of Administrative Abil
ity and leadership.
Q V, Bftnnttnn vcqtATfl ft V of reCOtll
mendations prepared by a committee
of the board or trustees oi rcinc uni
versity. President Ferrin, of that insti
tution, was virtually deposed, the man
agement of the school passing into the
hands of a committee of three to be ap
pointed by the faculty to be respon
.tvi. thd tnmtpAa and other
f 1 U1C UIHJ w ,
duties of the president, including the
chair or matnemaucs, oem
ihtm. The action means virtually that
t-. i . vA.rin ptnlnii the nresidencv
of the school in name only. It la likely
(that he will become tne iinanciai bkooi
of the institution although no provision
'for that was included in the recommen-
'datlons of the committee.
The action came as the climax to the
nr Tims 89. at which the trus
tees were equally divided on a vote to
dismiss Dr. ierrin. At a meeung
a week ago a committee comprising
Dr. J. R. Wilson, Eugene P. McCornack.
John E. Bailey, W. T. Fletcher and Dr.
'L. r Dyott wu appointed to consider
'.the proposition In detail and try to
: bring about a settlement. This com
,'mittee prepared the recommendations
i which were adopted after considerable
argument. They provide that all pres
ent members of the faculty be retained
and that a committee of three teachers
ito be chosen by the teachers them-
selves be given full charge of the edu
Icatlonal work and the management of
'all local school affairs. This commit
tee, the recommendations provide, shall
toe responsible only to the board of
trustees.. Provision is made for reliev
ing President Ferrin of the chair of
mathematics, which he has held for
many years, retaining it after his pro
motion from the head of the department
of mathematics to the presidency. This
it is said, takes away all the duties of
President Ferrin, not only as the head
of the institution, but also as an in
structor there. It leaves nothing for
him to do unless provision is made for
him to become the financial agent to
help raise a 1200.000 endowment, $40,
000 of which has been pledged by James
J Hill.
The meeting which was held at the
T M. C. A. was behind closed doors
and was attended by all the members
of the board except Judge Stephen A.
Lowell and Rev. J. R. Wilson. Presi
dent Ferrin attended. The cause of the
unfavorable action in regard to Presi
dent Ferrin waa his disfavor among
. oiiiTnnl and faculty.
meuiueiB v.
They Jointly prepared a strong resolu
tion demanding his dismissal. In a
lengthy communication considered by
the board a week ago the president
was declared to be lacking in adminis
trative ability and leadership which
was the cause of injury to the school.
It was declared that he had no well
defined comprehensive plan for the de
velopment of the school; that a lack or
tact resulted in the loss of students
and the alienation of former friends
and alumni end that the work of the
school was demoralised by the presi
dent playing too strongly to the clamor
of the students. .
All of these features were considered
in length at the meeting of a week ago
and were brought up again at yester
day's meeting. As to what the out
come will be members of the Board
were not willing to say although it is
the opinion that Dr. Ferrin will take
up the financial work of the institu
tion. Before there will be anything to
do in this the plan for a financial
campaign will have to be outlined.
Until that is done President Ferrin
probably will have little or nothing
to do at the school.
The preliminary steps in the proposed
campaign to raise the endowment fund
was taken by the board at yester
day's meeting when a committee was
appointed to take charge. This com
mittee (comprises B. S. Huntington,
chairman; Eugene P. McCornack, A. L.
Mills, Dr. L. R. Dyott and W. T.
Fletcher. James 3. Hill's contribution
of $40,000 is conditioned on the school
raisng $160,000 to make th.e tota of
$200,000 required.
The resignation of Professor W. M.
Proctor which was tendered to the
board recently was accepted. Profes
sor Proctor is to take the position o
superintendent of public schools in
Forest Grove. He resigned because of
the failure of the trustees to dismiss
Dr. Ferrin at the June meeting.
GIRL SENDS FALSE ALARM
Waitress Arrested for Calling Out
Fire Department.
Josephine Gibson, waitress, 22 years
old, liked to see the fire horses run.
She also thought It was a great Joke
on the firemen to drive at a mad gal
lop through the streets' and find no
fire at the end of the run.
So she fell into the way of calling up
headquarters, in the idle moments be
tween the roast and the dessert, to in
form them that a blaze had broken
forth. Thirty false alarms have been
received since the first . of the year,
says City Electrician Bavarian. Most
of them were reported by a woman.
Miss Gibson" is not accused of sending
all of them, and she admits only one,
but the authorities think she is eon
- cealing part of the record.
ThS capture of the girl was worked
out through apparatus in the telephone
company's office, the same by which
a bartender addicted to the use of vile
language over ' the telephone waa
caught and sent to the rockplle re
cently. Patrolmen Sherwood and Mil
ler arrested the girl on a charge of dis
orderly conduct.
Fair to Get New Buildings.
ASTORIA. Or, July 6. (Special.)
At the meeting today of the board of
directors of the Lower Columbia Fair
Association, the bid of Fred Elliott and
Son, of Gearhart, for the erection of
four of the exhibit buildings was ac
cepted and president G. L Reea was
authorised to enter into a contract
with them at once. The buildings are
to be completed by September 1. Mr.
Rees was also appointed to arrange
for the clearing of the grounds.
Fourth Division Leaves Cuba.
CAIMAN ERA, Cuba, July . The
fourth division of the United States
Atlantic fleet sailed 1 northward to
night. The supply ship Celtic the hos
pital ship Solace and the fuel ship
Cyclops remain.
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Magnificently illustrated, "The Guar
i dlans of the Columbia" describe Port-
Jand's great aoenlo district.
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FOLXOW1NG is the essay written by
Alvin W. Thompson, rural mail car
rier on route No. 2. Aurora, which
won the prize offered by Governor West
of a new buggy to the mall-carrier pro
ducing the best essay having a good
roads lesson:
"The accompanying pictures show
choice parts of route No.- 2, Aurora, Or.
Other parts I dare not drive into but
avoid them as bottomless pits. It is
scarcely . possible for route No. 2 to
become worse and remain passable.
Mail-carrying on this route is an eight
hour nightmare, a 24-mile tragedy.
"During the past two years less than
200 feet of permanent road has been
built on my 24-mile route (lying in
the finest and richest section of the
Willamette Valley ) My patrons are
industrious. Intelligent, prosperous and,
progressive people. They want good
roads and know their value. They are
willing to assume the burdens of heavy
taxation if certain their runas win not
ba trifled away. Tears of road tinker
ing have convinced them that present
methods result (only ' in squandering
thousands with absolutely no improve
ment. "The present system has been
welxhed and found wanting. Why con
tinue a policy and method that offer
no hope of improvement! District roaas
are impossible with us; construction
must be more permanent. Oregon
should follow the lead of the 32 states
that have successfully adopted the sys
tem of road improvement; give us state
organization, state aid, state construc
tion, state roads with county and local
maintenance, remembering that the
state's deepest interests and highest
welfare demand the early improvement
of the roads that radiate from the mar
ket towns to -the country, rather than
the construction of trunk highways for
tourists."
GROCERS 10 PiCl
Retail Stores Will Be Closed
Wednesday, July, 24.
BIG PROGRAMME ARRANGED
Long List of Athletic Eventa and
Enjoyable Features Planned for
5000 Members and Their . '
' Expected Friends.
Arrangements are complete for the
12th annual picnic of the Portland Ra
ta ti finun' A cannf Atlnn. ttv be held at
Bonneville, Wednesday, July 24. , On
that day ail retail grocery uiuies iu
Portland will be closed, grocers, , their
families and friends spending the day
at the picnic grounds on the Columbia
river.
The programme for the day provides
for a baseball game and a series of
athlAtl rnntPdt, for which
prizes, consisting of merchandise, will
be awarded. A special train, run in
four sections, will leave Portland at
8:30 o'clock the morning of July 24,
returning at 6 o'clock P. M. No liquor
will be allowed on the grounds. It is
estimated that S000 people will partici
pate in the outing. A feature of the
SEATTLE: GIRL IS A VISITOR
HERE.
HIM Graee Darllngto Flyna.
Miss Grace Darlington Flynn,
of Seattle, is the guest of Miss
Mae Hagemann at her Willam
ette Heights residence. -Miss
Flynn expects to remain in Port
land about a month.
day will be the baseball game between
the grocers' team and salesmen's team,
for which the umpires will be Charles
B. Merrick, Dan Kellaher and J. C.
Mann. The losing team will dine the
winners. Music for dancing will be
furnished by a band.
The list of athletic events and races
includes a tug of war. pie-eatng con
test, prize waltz, potato race, boys' an
girls' race, peanut race and a suffra
gette race. Following is a list of the
events, with the prizes to be awarded:
Boys' race, under 13 years First prlxe,
four one-pound boxes of candy; second, two
one-pound boxes of candy; third, one base
ball glove.
Girls' race, under 13 years First prize,
one six-pound box of candy; second, one box
of candy wafers; third, one "Merry Widow"
dolL
Grocery clerks race First prise, Havana
cigars; second, one meerschaum pipe; third,
one case pancake flour.
Commission men's peanut race First
prize, case olive oil; second, two cases as
sorted canned goods; third, one case as
sorted dainties.
Suffragette race First prize, two sacks
patent flour; second, one carpet sweeper;
third, one five-pound Jar strawberry Jam.
Grocers' shoe race First prize, two bar
rels flour; second, two boxes soap; third,
one cheese.
Women's tug-of-war (married vs. single),
Winners, three cases canned peaches, 25
pounds Arabic coffee; losers, four dozen bot
tles strained honey, one dozen cans coffee.
Hot air committee rolled oats race First
prize, two cases sardines; second, two cases
lemons; third, two cases cream tomato soup.
Married women's potato race First prize,
one silver egg boiling machine; second, two
bams and one box oranges; third, one case
tomatoes. - . ' . v '
Men's cigar and umbrella race First
prize, two barrels of flour; second, one box
of cigars: third, one dozen vanilla extract.
Blackberry pie-eating contest First prize,
one dozen blackberry pies; second, one angel
cake; third, one box candy.
Prize waltz First prize, woman, one case
breakfast cocoa, man. one box cigars; sec
ond, woman, one vacuum cleaner, man, five
pounds Ceylon tea; third, woman, one box
assorted cake, man, 1 smoalng jacket.
The arrangements for the plcnlo are in
charge of the following committees:
Transportation George Hockenyos, R.' E.
Gehr P. J. Traynor. A. Robertson, J. H. De
Lacy' 8. C. Squires. A. M. Sauter, T, H.
Berg, R. E. Schmeer, W. J. Byrne. .
Muslo F. W. Funk. L. J. Schrubb, Q. H.
Zelsler N. A. Perry. Bmmett Dooney, H. W.
Gehrke A. Chlsbolm, A. E. DeVoe, M., K.
Wheelo'ck, J. C. Heckman. .
Refreshments J. C Mann, James Rob
erts H. W. Mathison. C. C. Clark, J. C.
Foth, A. Keller, L- F. Douglas. W- L. Lister.
J F McMahon, Dan Unruh.
Entertainment A. A. Muck. J. B. Neu
bauer Frank O'Nell. H. A. Hardman, Max
Godfrey O. Gensmer, William Rochelaw.
Joseph Managhan. John Meuller.' G. W.
Dickson. - ' - '
Sports Claude Schmeer, Bert Landaner,
Carl Walstrom, E. A. Devlin, Fred Sensll,
W. C. Palmer, J. F. Wlebuzch. Guy Long. M.
Jensen, Fred Hoffman. . .
Judges William Greer, Harry1 Tuttle.
Ralph Halm, W. C. Fox, J. T: Brumfleld.
Fraud Charge Jails' Man.
Charged with using the United States
malls fraudulently, R. Walton is in the
County Jail pending the hearing of a
criminal complaint that has been filed
against him by Assistant United States
Attorney Maguire. Walton is charged
with having done a fairly lucrative
business by using the mails to defraud
a tombstone firm by which he was em
ployed as agent. It is alleged by the
Federal authorities that he would send
to his firm fictitious orders on which he
collected commission. It is represented
by the prosecuting .officers that from
this practice Walton- realised about
540 before his scheme was interfered
with by the Government authorities.
International Aeroplane Race
Between Berlin, American, and Stark,
Canadian, at Country Club grounds
July 11 and It.- Also spiral glides, figj.
ure eights, ocean wave, ' etc. Admis
sion 50 cents
Man Who Shot Young Stewart and
Hastings Goes to Salem, Where
. He May Be Reprieved Until
November . Election.
"I wish he'd cut out that religion,"
was the only comment of Jack Roberts
who yesterday was sentenced by Circuit
Judge Morrow to be hanged on Friday,
August 23.
Roberts was found guilty of first de
gree murder last Tuesday after a trial
lasting several weeks for the shooting
to- death from behind, of Donald M.
Stewart and George Hastings, young
medical students, in an attempted au
tomobile holdup on the Whitehouse
road on the night of March 29. . His
defense was Insanity.
The judge first explained to the pris
oner that the law gave him no option
but to pronounce sentence of death, and
then asked RoBerts if he had anything
to say why the procedure should not be
carried out. . ,
Witnesses Are Accused.
"Four witnesses told lies on the stand
if that's any objection," answered the
defendant. Judge Morrow told him
that it was not, explaining that it was
the jury's duty to pass on the credibil
ity of the witnesses.
"Then you might as well hang me,"
came from the prisoner.
It was after the judge had concluded
with the stereotyped phrase, "and may
the Lord have mercy on your soul" that
Roberts, addressing himself to Roscoe
Hurst, one of his attorneys, .made the
remark regarding religion.
Reprieve Is Expected.
Deputy Sheriffs Leonard and Phil
lips took Roberts to Salem in the after
noon. He will be confined there until
the date set for his death arrives, but
it is unlikely that he will be executed
on that day as Governor West has an
nounced his intention of granting re
prieves to all marked for capital pun
ishment till after the election in No
vember, when the people of the state
will pass on the question of retaining
or abolishing the death penalty.
In murderers' row at the State Peni
tentiary are several men vitally inter
ested in the verdict of the people at
the November election.
The list includes the Humphrys
brothers, convicted at Corvallis of a
series of brutal murders, and Jans
William Hassborg. The advent of Rob
erts will simply add one more. Gov
ernor West has promised that if the
people decide to abolish capital punish
ment the sentences of ajl will be com
muted to life imprisonment.-
Appeal Is Undecided.
Roberts' attorneys have not yet de
.ihaa BrhAthpr thov will take an apDeal
to " the Supreme Court of the state.
Throughout the trial they urged that
the Circuit COUri OI JMUimumail yuuuij
ha shootinar hav
ing occurred in Clackamas County, and
they regard the overruling of their ob
jection along this line as reversible er
... o u 1 1 1 h on anrwfll hp taken the
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expense would have to be borne by the
state, which also paia Kooera
neys, E. S. McAllister and F. H. Whit-
a .u n Ao-h The defendant had no
fund's. An aunt of the defendant paid
Roscoe Hurst a small tee to x;i iu a.u
advisory capacity in the trial. k
SEW LAW MAY SAVE ROBERTS
Seventh Man Joins ' Condemned
Squad at State Penitentiary.
BiT.v.T.r fir Julv 6. (SDecial.)
whn Rnhftrts was brouerht to
the State Penitentiary this afternoon
under the guard of Deputy Sheriffs
Leonard and Phillips he was the sev
enth condemned man wno wiu nans
in Oregon within the next few months,
if the bill to abolish capital punishment
fails to carry.
whiin Rnherta was sentenced to hang
August 23, it is believed he will be
reprieved by Governor west unless a
stay of execution is granted, as was
done in the case of the Humphrys
brothers. . ' '
It is barely possible that the Humpn
rys brothers may escape the noose if
their cases are not decided before Fri
nrmhpr 13. the day the Gov
ernor has set for the execution in
event the bill fails to carry. , ,
EXPERT NOT TO BE PAID
County Judge Cleeton Says AVilley's
. Bill for $345 Not Valid.
A Kill nt nrASPntMl bv J. - M.
Willey, the expert employed by the
committee appointed Dy uovernor ei
to delve into County Court affairs, will
not be paid, according to County Judge
Cleeton, who points to an order of the
County Court terminating Mr.,WilIey's
employment on May 31. Tne Din is lor
23 days' work, in June. It bears the
r V rt A V MiHor and A. A. Cun-
lngham, two members of the investi
gating committee. -
"The situation is ridiculous," said
Robert iShaw. Clerk of the County
Gut the Price of Diamonds
25
Per Cent
The opportunity of your life to obtain a valuable gem cheaply. This stock
consists of the purest stones on the market and were purchased to meet the
requirements of the most exacting trade installment buyers. Every stone is
o-uaranteed prefectly flawless. A better investment than a perfect diamond
cannot be imagined. We purchased our present stock before the recent great
advance m price, an over me worm ami
can afford to make lower prices man
the average exclusive dealer. In addi
tion to the low price we offer
' ililiTi mjj.iifj
Easy Credit Terms
MMIIM llllllll I III
We make it easy for you to own and
wear a diamond by our easy monthly or
weekly payment plan of selling these
your ring, pin, broochsunburst, earrings, cuff buttons, etc 'etc., while our sing-out sale is m
progress Our manager will make the terms to suit you. Choose any diamond in the stock, take
Ze i burth off the mfrked price, and if you have not the cash to pay the whole amount open a
charge account. Tour credit is good. ... . '..
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FIRST AND YAMHILL SECOND AND YAMHILL
Court "The county has paid this man
3 i faliail filthniie-h
already fivuu nu no ...
- . j .. hnon mnrie. to
irequeni ueua-"o -
make a report when his employment
9 - rr-l ..lttmatim tf 11R i that
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when we pay the $345 we will get a re
port, and yet the members of the com
mittee say they have discovered that
money is owing the county from
sources which they choose to keep se
cret, i . '
BALLOONS CARRY TICKETS
Finders Will Gain Free Admission
to "Bridge of Gods."
At Park and Washington streets, at
9 F. M. yesterday, the first-of 60 bal
loons "was released. The-last balloon.
i on hnnr later. 'According
icicaacu ...
to the guarantee of the maker every
one of the balloons will come back to
earth some time In the succeeding 24
hours. i
Each balloon carried a pass for one
... r,r "Tho TtrldGTO Of the
UI LWU Dtw " ' " . .
TLTnitnmnb Tfinid Monday ana
UI ... "
Wednesday next and these passes will
be redeemed at tne dox omce,
Martin's drugstore. Sixth and Wash
i..nn .irula Melvln G. WlnstOCK,
general manager of the company, per
sonally supervised tne casuus, ai"
the gas bags and as they caught vary
ing air currents they disappeared in
every direction. '
The early arrivals oi visiting n
is depleting heavily the tickets now on
sale -and should tne present i uu
..,, a T. Knuse. box office
clerk! the sale will be exhausted by
Monday. '
The Indians will be put into renwraiu
oc nnr a a hev n.rrlve in charge of L.
H. Du Gas, the Indian scout.
Among- the purchasers oi ticjteis i
rr.t. -D-iArr rt )h fimla" yesterday
was a Carlisle Indian, who declared
that his grandfather oiten ana
him of the existence of "the bridge of
the gods" and that the legend had
1 hana rinwn Afl lonfif R R the Old-
UrCU unxaubw w -
st member of his tribe could recall.
NOT 'TRUE BILL RETURNED
County Grand hiry Refuses to In
, diet Municipal Family Again. '
The county grand juryFriday re
ported to Presiding Judge Kava
naugh a not true bill on a
lengthy indictment wmcn aa ureu
drawn, charging Mayor Rushlight,
Chief of Police Slover, Captain of De
tectives Baty, Detective - Sergeant
Smith, Detective Hammersiy ana
Frank Reed and Clifford W. Maddux,
the two last-named discharged police
men, with conspiring to hold a public
official. Deputy District Attorney Col
lier up to public ridicule and scorn..
- -' - n h trY t anH thft others not
.yi n j i t inij...-r-.-.
having been held from a lower court
to answer tnis cnarge bbiuj j nm Biuu
Jury it was, according to the statutes,
to have destroved
aU evidence and written matter con-.
cerning the subject on voting a noi
km ar,A tn havA turned nothing
Into court The grand jury yesterday
secured the return of the document
from Judge Kavanaugh and de
stroyed it.
The would-be indictment charged
that the would-be defendants had con
Bpired to place the money in Collier's
hands and cause his immediate arrest
by Hammersly, Smith and Baty, and
further alleged that a part of the con
spiracy was an intention, to drop the
money into the pocket of Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Hennessy and cause his
immediate arrest, thus making It ap
pear that Hennessy was acting as col
lection agent for Collier.
Dates for the trials ef the defend
ants on the original indictment have
not yet been selected. Mayor Rushlight,
Chief Slover and Captain Baty have,
through their attorney, expressed a de
sire to be tried together. Dan powers,
representing Maddux and Reed, has de.
nianded separate trials for Ills clients.
Tillamook- Factory" Site SougTit.
TILLAMOOK, Or., July . (Special.)
A site, is being selected here for the
location of a factory to manufacture
milk products, including condensed
whipped cream, cream of rice, ready-
prepared cocoa and chocolate and other
products requiring the use of large
quantities of milk. It is proposed to
expend $100,000 on a plant, which will
be opened some time in the Fall. This
will be the first factory of the kind
in the country. George H. Webb, of
Portland, president- of the Swiss-American
Milk Products Company, is now
here arranging for the necessary sup
ply of milk and other details.
SCENIC LINE EAST.
You travel by the true scenic route II
your tickets read Canadian Pacific.
Ticket office. Third and Pine (Mult
nomah Hotel).
- Bellingham Gets Amateurs.
LA " SRANDB,- Ur;,- J UI y . nirrr
Sheppard, of Bellingham, was tonight
named president of the National Am
ateur Press Association which cloied
its National convention tonignt. uei
lingham was chosen as the 1913 con
vention seat.
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than for ordi- J
tianr flnnr." hilt ltS
far mora economical in baking- .
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And the OCCIDENT milling process
is the most exacting and complete used
in any mill.
I Bread made from OCCIDENT Flour
stays fresh longer remains moist and
gwert. And OCCIDENT quality never
changes. It is always the same First
for Nutriment and First for Purity. -.
Ask your grocer for one sack to try.
In Every Sack is Our Written
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: DIRECTIONS Work dough soft as possible: use less flour and more i
" '. Hqaid knead thoroughly, and let raifie longer than with other floor.
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ng Supplies
of Quality
Babies
as well as
Grown Ups
need a good, sanitary bathroom.
Think of the value you add to your house.
Make your neighbors envy your home. -
Three Pieces $26.00
You can see them.
; Get on an "S" car going squth on Third
street; leave the car at First and Grant;
' walk one block east.
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t FRONT AND GRANT STREETS