TJTE SUNDAY OREGON! AX. - PORTLAND. JANUARY 10, 1915.
WIFE OF MAN SLMN
SEIZED FOR mURDER
Mrs. Otto Ludke, Mother of 8,
Now Accused With Gall
! of Killing Rancher.
CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED
Confrel Assassin Incriminates
I' Woman, 49 Years Old, but Au
thorities Ielay Arrest Pend
ing Verification of Charge.
VANCOUVER. TVuh.. Jan. 9. (Spe
dial.) Mrs. Sophie Ludke. 9 year old,
irtnw of otto Ludke. who was mur
dered at the home of Axel Alvin the
:g!it of Novemoer 20 by Edward Gall.
a Russian, who snot mm in hit
-ad and neck with a shotgun through
a window, waa arrested today by
S-.erlff Cresap. of Clarke County. Phe
W inrirpii in the women's ward of the
rnn'niv Jail here, charged with the
,nrHr of her husband, as being an ac
e-ssorv before the fact. Mrs. Ludke
has eight children, th eldest being 19
years old and tho youngest about 6
Jears.
J L'nder the new law there Is no dis
tinction between a principal and an
accessory before the fact, and unaer
the law an accessory may be tried as
a principal. The old law made a dis
tinction between a principal and an
accessory.
I tiall Implicate Womii.
Edward Gall waa arrested December
). Gall at first insisted that he was
innocent, but when Sheriff Cresap and
Selective Archie Leonard, of Portland,
wound a web of evidence around him.
aniline him they knew he murdered
l.iirik and described how he proceeded
aiep by step, he collapsed and confessed
guilt. In his confession Gall impli
cated Mrs. Ludke. and the woman was
hnmeriiatelv put under surveillance.
Had lire. Ludke told as much on the
Bight of the murder of her husband.
i. ah hu since. Gall would have been
arrested the night of the crime, the
authorities say.
i in the Information acalnst Mrs.
r.ndke she is charged with "willfully,
Unlawfully, feloniously and with pre
meditated design, to effect the death
tf otio Ludke. aid. counsel. Incite and
tr.du.-e Edward Gall to kill and murder
fcim."
. In his confession, said that Mrs.
tudke had kept him informed of her
husband's movements at different
times and had suggested the possibll-
tv of killing him.
f Gall is only 33 years of age. IS years
founger than Mrs. Ludke.
Arreat la Delayed.
! The authorities debated long upon
he advisability of arresting Mrs.
iudke. at first finding it difficult to
J . . . . , . I V. .LIU...
Qelieve me moiner oi eiRai vimu.
jould be guilty or a conspiracy mat
ld to the murder of her husband,
further investigation convinced them
that Mrs. Ludke did know something
df the crime, and they were positive
tjhftt she waa an accessory after the
fiict. keeping secret many things that
ifiie should have told the night her
Husband was killed which had shield
ad the slaver.
S When arrested at her home today at
4 o'clock by Sheriff Cresap Mrs. Ludke
collapsed. Mrs. Ludke and uaii now
are under the same roof, but several
Ijiick walls separate them. Gall has
not been informed that Mrs. Ludke has
been placed under arrest.
; Sheriff Cresap and L. M. Burnett.
jounty Attorney, will go out of office
Monday and the arreBt of Mrs. Ludke
may be their last. Bert Biesecker will
gucceed Mr. Cresap as Sheriff and
.Limes O. Blair will be the new County
attorney, who will prosecute Airs.
Ludke and Gall.
I
COXFESSIOX
IS
REPORTED
Mrs. I.ndkc 1$ Said to Have Admit
ted Plot Against Husband.
r.lDGKFIELP. Wash.. .Ian. 9. (Spe
cial.) Arrest of Mrs. Otto LU'ike at
ier home near here today for alleged
complicity in the murder of her hus
band by Cilward Gall was not sur
prising, as the woman had been under
urveillance long, and as it was com
mon report In Kidgetleld that she had
confessed.
Authorities here say that Mrs. Ludke
confessed at the home of A. A. Knox,
la the presence of Sheriff Cresap. of
tUarke County: .Detective Archie Leon
ard, of Portland: County Attorney Bur
nett, of Clarke County: K. L. Stevens.
ex-Sheriff of Multnomah County. Ore
gon, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cook,
who are in charge of lie Knox ranch.
It la understood that Mrs. Ludke ad
mitted that she had listened to several
proposals made by Gall to murder her
husband, and that she had agreed to
them in the belief that Gall lid not
reallv Intend to kill Ludke. She con
fessed, it Is reported, that Gail had
notified her of a plot to shoot Ludke
at a danre a few months ago and that
this plan failed because Ludke had
taken a seat which was not in line with
si window from which Gall had intend
ed to shoot. It was then plotted by
tall to kill Ludke at the next dance.
Mrs. Ludke s said to have confessed
that Gall had pottfled her of his intent
and that she had told him her hus
band would be at the homo of Axel
Aivln Xovember 20. At the home of
Alvln November -0 Gall assassinated
Ludke.
; Mrs. Ludke Is reported as saying that
had not warned her husband of
ttairs plots against his life, and it is
lielleved that this alleged' neglect I
tiie basis of the charge now lodged
xyralnFt her.
t Mrs. Ludke Is said to have prefaced
Jrer confession by complaining that her
Husband was extremely cruel to her.
This was substantiated by other re
ports, and the fact that Ludke's own
brother was not on speaking terms
with him for years was related as evi
fcnee that Ludke was Incompatible.
I After the murder of Ludke It was
Tcallert that Ludke had fallen over
liard three years ago when in a row
boat with his wife and Gall and that
Ludke had accused the pair then of
attempting to make away with him.
"When this was brought to the attention
of Mrs. Ludke in the conference of offi
cials here she Is said to have denied
that the river Incident was a plot.
It was generally understood here
that Mrs. Ludke would be arrested.
tut that a serious charge would not I
ne filed against her on account of her
large family
Switzerland Has Wheat Monopoly.
PARIS. Jan. 9. According to a dis
patch to the Havas Agency from Berne.
th Swiss government has decided to
make Importation of wheat a govern
ment monopoly for the duration of the
war.
The London County Council. In its
statistical abstract for 1911-1913, fur
rlshes the followtng concernnig Lon
don: Popnlatlon. 4,S:i,0o0; Inhabited
houses. 573.000: birth rate. 34.5 per
100; death rate 13.6 per luOO; ratable
value. IJ2i.000.000.
SUBSTANCE OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED YESTERDAY BY
OREGON IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Legislation is urged to levy one-half mill "tax on all property In
state for Irrigation development. - ' .
Constitutional amendment giving state authority to Issue bond for
irrigation development ia recommended.
Legislature asked- to memorallze Congress, urging law permitting
all natural Federal resources within the state to be used for sole pur
pose of raising funds to co-operate- on dollar-for-dollar basis with,
the state in developing these resources.- . - 1 ,"' "'
Federal Government urged to give Oregon is just share of reclama-
tiC Federal Government urged to guarantee bonds of accredited Irriga- -tlon
districts. .... ' .,
Policy of National Secretary of Agriculture enabling counties to
collect money from Federal Government with natural resources as se
curity indorsed. ' . it
Federal reclamation service asked to give state free use of Its
maps, data, water measurements and other statistical information.
Legislative Assembly of 1915 advised to use Tumalo funds for
such purposes and under such conditions as may seem proper.
Legislature also asked to extend payment periods for Tumalo set-
tleRecommendatlons of Secretary Lane, .of the Interior Department,
for uniform irrigation laws In various states approved
Irrigation bonds urged as proper subject of investment for state
'""irrigation districts should be given self-government powers similar
to those of municipal corporations.
Amendment to state law giving corporations holding title to land
within districts right to vote on district affairs.
Repeal of law fixing tax on water power filings urged.
Law recommended giving irrigation districts right to sell surplus
water power. " -
Drainage code asked from Legislature. . ., .
Federal rural credit banking law recommended with- centralised
National banks as basis of system. ....
Work of Oregon Immigration Commission Indorsed and continuation
of appropriation asked. ,. - ,. ., , .
Modification of restrictive legislation as applied to railroads is ad
vised Present svstem of stream measurements and topographic maps ap
proved and "further appropriations for this purpose advised.
State and Federal Governments urged to co-operate in investigat
ing following proposed Irrigation projects and printing reports on
same- Lower desert project. Tygh Valley-Wamie project Peninsula
district between Deschutes and Crooked Rivers. Harney Valley dis
tricts of 150,000 acres. Silver Creek project of 50,000 acres, Malheur
Warm Springs reservoir project. Dead Ox Flat district, Ochoco and oth-
r Legislation making possible early completion of north canal unit
of Central Oregon project urged. ...
Action upon North and West Sides units of Deschutes project in-
Thanks extended to Government and state engineers for "complete
and efficient" report on Deschutes River.
Thanks extended to engineering and construction staff of Tumalo
PrTeha"nks extended to retiring officers of the Congress, members of
v. i ..i.i,ti. th. Canadian delegates, the railroads for reduced
t "rates the press for liberal treatment, citizens generally and espe
4 dally Portland Commercial Club for splendid courtesy and Imperial
Hotel management ror many courtesies.
HALF-MILL TAX FOR
RR1GATI0N
SOUGHT
Oregon Congress Ends Ses
sion After Requests
for Legislation.
STATE AID STARTS FIGHT
Committee Instructed to Bring in
Resolution Presents It Vith Rec
ommendation Against Adop
tion Ferris Bill Omitted.
(Continued From First Page.)
but one of its resolutions. This was the
one asking the Legislature to levy the
state-wide tax. and this precipitated a
spirited debate among some of the best
orators in the congress.
it was apparent from the time the
congress first convened on Thursday
that the main body of delegates favored
the state tax. But this sentiment, n
was eaually apparent, was not shared
h h resolutions committee. Fearing,
perhaps, that tne resolutions
wnlH not renort ravoramy uwuh io
nrnnosed tax. the convention unani
mously instructed the committee yes
terday morning to recommend a half
mill lew. The first motion on this
...hwt w hv O. D. Teel. of Stanfield
Med a 1-mill levy. Porter J.
Neff, of Medford. offered an amendment
fwlnff tliA nrODOsea levy at 11a.11 a
This amendment was adopted with no
opposition.
The resolutions committee, however,
k.d turned down the tax proposal al
ready and the instructions from the
floor of the convention failed to change
its attitude.
Committee Report t'nfavorable.
Whom the pomwiittee reported it in
cluded a copy of the tax resolution witn
- ru.nmmendatlon that It "do not pass."
This report was signed by 10 members
: J. w Brewer, ol Keumona; mrn
Leiier, of Portland; John Rigby, of
Vale: A. W. Trow, or uniano; n. t.
Gard. of Madras: tu. li Williams, oi
Powell Butte: L. A. Hunt. Lower
Bridge: William Hanley. Burns; Abel
Ady. Klamath Falls, and C. C. Chapman.
Portland. " .
F-rank Sloan, of Stanfield. and O.
Laurgaard.' of Laldlaw. submitted a mi
nority report ravoring tne ia.
immo.iiatelv after Clarke Leiter. sec
retary of the committee, had read the
majority report adverse to the tax. O.
Laurgaard moved that the minority re
h aiihsitttuted. Joseph T. Hinkle,
of Hermiston. who will be a member
of the next Legislature, quickly sec-
nded it. . .
J W. Brewer, chairman or tne com
i'to nresented C. C. Chapman as
he man selected to defend the ad
verse majority report.
The question before this Doay. sam
Mr. Chapman, "ts how to get money
for irrigation purposes.
"Onr committee considered' many
plans. We had In mind, among ithers.
the mlllage tax. inat sysieu vis
ually makes the taxpayer tne capi
talist for financing our irrigation
work."
Mr. Chapman, spoke earnestly on De
alf of another resolution, temporarily
abled. providing for state credit on
Irrigation projects. He Insisted that
this is the more businesslike way and
ne more likely to meet with tne ap
roval of the voters.
We should seek the good will or
he people," ho continued, "and I be
lieve that the people will resent any
proposal to increase their taxes at tnis
inxe. I believe, too, mat our uegisia-
ure. eiectea on an pranumj
gramme. has no idea of authorizing a
illage tax. even it we recommena it.
Good W ill of Public Advocated.
Tin rereated that tho irrigationists
hmii.i Rim to attain and maintain the
good will cf the people and advised
that one way not to get that good will
is to thrust a tax upon them.
A score of men were upon their feet
when Mr. Chapman 'concluded his re
marks, which were eloquent In tne
extreme. J. T. Hinkle was recognized.
"I am surprised." he declared, "that
C. C. Chapman should speak at all on
this subject. e are reminaea. no
doubt, by his present attitode of his
tterances at the commercial nun tne
ther night, when he promised the sup
port of the Commercial Club to any
recommendations this congress might
make, but ho should have amended his
statement by promising support if he
wrote the resolutions himself."
Mr. Hinkle then introduced J. N.
Teal. who. earlier in the day. had de-
ivered an address in which Be advo
cated the 1-miM levy.
This Is the first time in my expe-.
Hence." said Mr. Teal,, "that I ever
have seen a resolutions committee ig
nore the instructions given by the
body that it represented.
"I am impressed with the appeal for
economy just made by Mr. Chapman,
but you will observe that among the
resolutions just sent in by the com
mittee, of which Mr. Chapman is a
member, is one asking for an appro
priation Cor the Irrigation Commission
of which he Is tne manager "
"I ask for personal privilege," shout
ed Mr. Chapman, jumping to his feet
It was granted.
"As a member of the resolutions
committee I voted against the recom
mendation for the Immigration Com
mission. I did not want It submitted
here at all."
"Well, I know only what the reso
lution says," replied Mr. Teal.
Continuing his remarks, Mr. Teal ar
gued in favor of the millage tax and
against the proposed state credit for
irrigation bonds. He reminded his
hearers that the people, at the recent
election, decisively rejected a proposed
amendment authorizing bond issues for
irrigation purposes.
Special Election Decried.
Ho ridiculed the recommendation of
the committee for a special state-wide
election to vote upon the bonding
amendment, and pointed out that such
an election would cost J100.000.
Again he hinted at inconsistencies on
the part of Mr. Chapman and other
business men of Portland in opposing
the irrigation levy, while they are pre
pared to go before the Legislature and
ask for a 1-mill tax to build a scenic
road along the Columbia River.
He argued that the proposed one-half-mill
levy would net the state ap
proximately J500.000 a year, which the
Federal Government has agreed to
match, dollar for dollar. He referred
to a telegram which he received re
cently from Secretary Lane, of the In
terior Department, pledging co-operation
on the dollar-for-dollar basis.
"Why not provide in the resolution
that the Federal Government shall meet
our appropriation?" asked M. J. Lee,
of Canby, after Mr. Teal had concluded
his speech.
"It's not necessary," replied Mr. Teal;
"I know they'll do It, and we ought to
be ready to go ahead ourselves, even
if they don't."
air. Lee Is Dubious.
"I doubt whether we can get very
far with this tax business up the Wil
lamette Valley," commented Mr. Lee.
"Although I live there myself. I know
the people up there can't see far enough
ahead to vote taxes to build roads for
themselves. You can't expect them to
do anything for irrigation.
'Bill" Hanley then came to the de
fense of C. C. Chapman and said that
the criticism of his attitude was "not
fair, not honorable and not square.
He urged the congress to stand by the
committee, reject the tax scheme and
support the bonding plan.
That will eliminate all speculation
and will make it possible to borrow
money on the resources of the state.
Up in the Cascade Mountains we have a
billion dollars in timber and all tnat
we get from it is a snow report every
Winter and a nre alarm every sum
mer.
He said that the state should have
bonded its resources long ago and
pointed to the Willamette Valley as a
result of this negligence.
As a member of tho resolutions com
mittee he defended the attitude of Mr.
Chapman, and reiterated that Mr. Chap
man had voted against the proposed
immigration commissioln appropriation.
He caused laughter by referring to
Mr. Teal as "the attorney on the other
side."
In partial response to Mr. Hanley,
Porter J. Neff, of Medford, predicted
that Southern Oregon will support a
tax levy. N. G. Hedden, of Wasco
County, also favored It. Abel Ady, of
Klamath Falls, somewhat discour
aged it.
Tax te Decisive.
The final vote was decisively in favor
of the minority report, which was as
follows:
Resolved. That the 1915 General
Assembly is hereby petitioned to levy
a general tax of one-half mill upon the
taxable property of the State of Ore
gon, to be expended tor tne reclama
tion of arid lands, and to commit Itself
to a broad and continuous policy of
arid land reclamation from year to
year, the funds so raised to be repaid
to the state witn interest by tne sev
eral projects to which such funds may
be loaned.
After the action on this measurathe
convention took up for consideration
the resolution providing a means of
lending the state's credit to irrigation
enterprises. It was debated briefly and
then carried almost unanimously. It
reads as follows:
"Resolved, That we recommend to
the 1915 General Assembly by the prep
aration and submission to the people
a proposed amendment to the state
constitution, making possible the use
of the state's credit within reasonable
limits and under proper regulations
and safeguards to aid in financing ir
rigation enterprises, preferably those
organized on the district plan or. those
which the Federal Government will as
sist In financing."
Special Election Disapproved.
The resolution asking the Legisla
ture to call a special election to sub
mit this resolution to the people was
rejected.
The resolution advocated earlier In,
the week for the Federal Government,-
to guarantee the bonds of irrigation
districts was unanimously adopted, as
were all the others. It is planned to
place irrigation districts in a class;
with municipal corporations for bond-tj
.ssuing purposes.
The congress took the attitude that;
the 1450.000 appropriated by the statef
two years ago for the Tumalo develops
ment is not a revolving fund, bus
asked the Legislature to use that4
money," upon its repayment by the
Tumalo settlers for further Irrigation
work. A recommendation that thd
Tumalo farmers be given 20 years with
in' which to complete their payments,
and that within the first five years no:
principal, but Interest and maintenances
only be collected, was carried.
Market for Bonds .Proposed.
Some debate was occasioned on the
resolution asking that Irrigation dis
trict bounds be made a legal investment
for state funds. The original resolution!
provided for investment of state an
school funds, but. after deliberation, the
words "or school" were stricken out.
The work of the Immigration Com
mission was commended and the con
tinuation of the present method of
making stream measurements and. to
pographic maps was "strongly in
dorsed," with a request to the Legis-,
lature "that the amount available
should, under no consideration, be re
duced." Another appeal was made to the Fed
eral Government for a more equitably
distribution of Oregon's share of the
reclamation fund. Attention was called
to the fact that Oreeon has contributed
more than $10,000,000 to this fund and
has received only $3,000,000 in return.
The election of officers was the last
order of business for the day. All elec
tions were made without opposition.
Following is a complete list of the
delegates who attended tne congress.
Albany A. M. Hammer.
AlflfaJ A. . IVaiker.
Arlington C. C. Clark, B. J. Clough, H.
m. Tot.
Baker George W. Miller, W. H. Strayer.
Bend E. P. Brosterhouse. Anton Aune,
Mrs. E. Brosterhouse, D. T. carmody. Ward
H. Coble, H. H. DeArmond, P. B. Iencer,
Harriet L Dolsen, Mrs. pistes, J. A. EasteB,
Mn J. A. Eastes. A. C.Euan. H. C. Ellis.
Mrs.'H. C. Ellis, Charles W. Ersklne, George
F. Hoover, C. S. Hudson, Mrs. c. to. Huoson,
t' t Kfvfa Mrs J. P. Keves. A. J. Kronert,
D. V. .Mackintosh, W. L. O'Connell, Hugh
OKane. J. E. Reed, J. C. Rhodes, George
W. Shrines. H. G. Waugh, W. J. Woods.
G. W. S. young. Ruth Garner, P. P. Garri
son, C. W. Bozell.
TCi-nwnell Oliver Lvnch.
Burns C. R. Brudraupt. Frank Davey. E.
C Egsleston, A. W. Gowan, William ian
ley. Leo I. Laythe, c. B. McConnell, Clif
ford L. Reed, John Robertson,
r'anhv A T Lee.
Corvallls F. L. Ballard, E. M. Gall, W.
t v,.r tj k. K'oons. Walter w. Larson,
John E. Pitlnan, W. I. Powers, R. O. Both,
I o wllnon T. A. H. Teeter. H. S. Jack
son. Hector McFberson, v. f. moses. w. xt.
Malone.
r"nve R c Inzram.
r..lv B J Rieh&M. William Boeell. N.
C. ennstenson, vv: r. naramw, xv. v..
man i A Kjnir. Frank Mann. W. H. Peck,
Oeoree Rodman. Robert F. Skeglund, O. C.
Young. J. U. Youngstion, w. r. jjaj-er.
Dallas wallia L. Tooze. Jr.
nesnhnteB Olaf E. Peterson. Mrs. O. E.
Peterson, 1. J. Finn, W. A. Nanney, C. M.
Redfleld. George ir. Stanley, w. uienn uux.
Max Duddemann, Mrs. W. A. Nanney.
Echo George H. Coppinger, Mrs. G. H.
Copplnger, A. E. Griner, J. T. Hoskins, R.
R. Lewis. W. T. Keeves, Mrs. w. 1. xveeves,
O. Tr. Teel, Mrs. A. B. Thompson, A. B.
Thompson.
Enterprise Dr. Henry Dexter.
Eugene M. J. Duryea.
Gateway Roscoe Gard, Mabel Phillips.
Gresham W. B. Keen.
Grandview Harry J. Chemowith, Robert
E. Jordan, N. J. Lambert, Albert Webber.
Grants Pass A. A. Flynn, A. B. -Connell,
Mrs. A. B. Connell.
Haines Roy R. Corey, J. K. Fisher.
Heppner Vawter Crawford, Hanson
Hughes. S. E, Notson.
Hermiston R. E. Allen, N. B. Bowman,
W. G. Drowley, J. T. Hinkle, C. A. Hood,
J. W. Messner, Henry M. Sommerer. John
F. Reihl. O. P. Bingham, H. G. Newport.
Hood River Bishop R. L- Paddock.
Jamleson E. E. Kendall. -Juntura
E. W. Brower..
La Grande L. D. Howland.
Laidlaw W. r. Barnes. P. W. Beasley,
F. E. Davton, A. P. Donohue. J. N. B
Gerking. E. W. Glllet. J. M. Griffins. G. W.
Harner, Alfred Hanson, Mrs. Alfred Han
son, O. Laurgaard, C. J. Mock, F. B. Wilson.
Lakevlew Charles E. Oliver.
La Plne W. F. Arnold, Alfred A Aya,
J. E. . Morson, Harry Sly.
Lebanon Sam M. Garland.
Lents C. W. Clark. M. C. Hedin, H. R.
Sheuerman.
Lower Bridge Albert Wurzweiler, A.
Krotzman, Roy L. Kiddee, Laurence A.
Hunt. A. J. Weston, C. E. Prigmore, J. W.
Howard.
Madras P. W. Ashley, J. L. "Campbell, A.
P. Clark, W. R. Cook, Eugene Cummins, J.
Davis, H. F. Dietzil. H. W. Gard. Lewis H.
Irving, R. V. Jenkins, A. H. Parkey, O. A.
Pearce, Wade Slier, G. V. Stanton, Mrs. G.
V. Stanton, Howard W. Turner, C. P. tTren,
Mrs. M. F. Uren, L. A. Young,.
Medford R. P. Co-wgill, P. J. Neff.
Merrill Abel Ady.
Metollus J. C. Cockerham. C. O. Entrl
kin, L. E. St. John, George A. Johnston, T.
H. Maddron, M. A. Phillips. W. I. Smith, A.
L Williams, L. B. Tentzer.
McCoy C. L. Hawley.
Nollns W. A Slusher.
Nyssa C. E. Belding, Alice H. Brown,
Thomas Cannon. Jr.. E. M. Dean. T. M.
Duncan, S. L Fiske, W. L. Gibson, A. G.
Kingman, T. M. Lowe, J. P. Philips, S. H.
Ross.
Olex A. K. Flnley.
Ontarlo-J. R. Blackaby, H. C. Boyer, R.
Boyer, Truman Brown, J. J. Burbridge, H.
W. Clement, C. R. Emlson. W. H. Fellow,
F. Freeman, G. L. King. George Hardman,
William Morfltt, Bessie V. Schuppel. H. C.
Schuppef. A. L Sprowl. Mrs. Ella Sprowl,
A W. Trow, Henry C. Whitworth.
Opal City D. E. White. J. L White.
Parma, Idaho J. H. Trout.
Payette, Idaho R, C. Davis, C. P. Lattlg.
Pendleton Frank Neagle, L. A. Relne
man. Roy W. Ritner, W. M. Slusher.
Portland Mrs. H. D. Atkinson, B. H.
Atkinson. Phil S. Bates. William P. Bau
schard, John S. Beail, W. L. Benham, Lars
Bergsvik. A P. Biles, W. H. Boyd, W. H.
Bradford, J. W. Brewer, Eugene Brookings,
C. C. Chapman, W. G. Cole, Marshall N.
Dana, Philip H. Dater, Herbert L Driver.
A. A. Fisher, R. G. Francis. A L. Gage, C.
S. Goldberg, W. H. Wiswold. L. C. Hall, P.
Heatherton, Fred F. Henshaw, w. J. Ktckey,
R. R. Howard, R. F. Hynd, H. F. Jones.
J. G. Kelley, Shad O. Krantz, W. M. Ladd,
Rex. Lampman, N. A. Leach. J. D. Lee,
O. C. Leiter, F. Leupold, James Lindsay,
Charles D. Mahaffie, N'. C. Marls, F. Ewing
Martin. Phil Metschan, Jr., L. R. McGee,
William McMurray, J. P. Newell. A S. Nicol,
Mrs. A. S. Nicol, M. D. Payntz, O. M.
Plummer, M. E. Smead, C. L. Smith. Lou
Smith. C. A. Specht, H. S. Stanley. H. T.
Stanfield. Mrs. H. T. Stanfield, Jesse Stearns,
J. C. Stevens, James E. Stewart, C. W.
Stinger, D. A. Taylor, R. M. Townsend, W.
M. Umbdenstock, Edward N. Weinbaum,
Charles Weislde, A. J. Welton, T. B. Wil
cox. M. W. Williams, W. J. Wright. L. F.
Harza, L. A. McArthur. F. S. Tlsdale, W.
P. Strandborg, J. L Howard.
Powell Butte W. A. Garrett.
Prinevllle B. F. Allen, J, B. Bell. George
Brewster. H. A Gofoid, C. W. Elklns. Rob
ert A. Ke3ter. Alex Mcintosh. Lyn Alchols,
rv Russell. George G. Scnlegel. is. 'r.
Slaytou. C. F. Smith. C. Sam Smith, L W.
waru, George summers, v. i. uo.i.
Rednond A. G. Allingham. N. P. Alley,
irarl Ronton Wentona- Burdlck. W. B. Bag-
gett. Guy E. Dobson, Harvey J. Harris. S.
W. Hermann, Mrs.-J. F. Hoseh, J. F. Hosch,
Mrs. Roscoe Howard. J. W. McCoppery,
Mrs. Amy T. Moore. Jared W. Moore. J. F.
Rice J. R. Roberts, Mrs. Ida jr. Kooercs.
I.. ' m. Simpson, Mrs. A. B. Sparks, E. B.
Williams. -i
Rosburg Frank Alley.
Kalem H K. Donnelly. W. P. George,
James T. , Chinnock, Percy A Cupper, John
H. Lewis. O. W. Moore, J. L McAllister, c.
E Strlcklln. J. R. Super, Walton Van Win
kle. Mrs. P. W. Gupper.
Sisters J. P. Duckett. R. J. Skelton, Carl
Woods, Arthur Wurzweib, Max Wurzweiler.
Spokane. Wash. C. E. Arner.
Stanfield M. C. Baragar, G. L. Hurd,
James M. Kyle. Dr. Alexander Reid, Frank
Sloan. Mrs. R. N. Etanneld. R. N. Stan
field, Mrs. A M. Toung.
Summer Lake C. M. Sain. .
Tacoma, Wash. G. H. Plummer.
Terrebonne Peter Albert Hansen. J. R.
Manderscheld.
Tumalo Fred N. Wallace, Mrs. Fred N.
Wallace.
Tygh Valley K. L. Houser, C. York Wil
son. Vale H. Y. Blackwell. E. L Brogan. W.
W. Caviness, C. M. Crandall, L W. Hope,
John Rigby, Fred Tregaskls, Prank Vines,
Klttie Vines.
Walla Walla. Wash. E. L. Hoppel.
Wamic F. N. Driver, L D. Driver, A. O.
Harvey. F. A. Morrow.
Calgary, Alberta F. H. Peters, Norman
Rankin.
.Edmonton, .Alberta. Duncan Marshall.
WOMAN
HUSBAND
WHO SLEW
IS
E
Mrs. Vada Grier, Acquitted of
Murder, Weds Man Who
Was' lndicted With Her.
KNOT' TIED IN PORTLAND
Recent French statistics show 43
families in that country having 18 or
mora children each. 37 with 17 children
each and more than 1,800,000 with no
children. .
George D. Solomon, Xamed as Co
Respondent in Divorce Plaint,
. and Freed Widow' Are Mar
ried at Courthouse.
Less than a month after her
acquittal on a charge of murdering her
former husband. Mrs. Vada Grier yes
terday married George D. Solomon,
who was indicted jointly with her for
ttfe murder, and who had been named
as co-respondent in a divorce action
filed by the first husband.
Mrs. Grier and Solomon were mar
ried yesterday by District Judge .Day
ton. They appeared in County Clerk
correy s orrice about z o clock yester
day afternoon with William W. White,
of the Taylor apartments, as a witness,
obtained a license, and inquired of
Deputy Clerk Cochran where they
could find a magistrate to marry them.
"Will this be made public?" asked
Solomon. "We'd like to keep it quiet
for a few days.
Mr. Cochran told them that the mar
riage license records were public and
he could not guarantee secrecy. He
did -not suspect the identity of the
couple before him.
Couple Not Recoarnlzed.
Mrs. Grier gave her address as the
Foster Hotel, at Third and Davi
streets, and Solomon recorded himself
as coming from Albany, Or. Accom
panied by their witness, they went to
Judge Dayton's courtroom and were
married In short order. The judge,
who, also, did not know the identity
of the couple, said they appeared as
happy and smiling as any newlyweds.
Solomon told the judge he is a rai
road engineer, running between Port
land and Roseburg, and that he made
his headquarters in Albany. He is 33
years old, and this is his second mar
riage. Mrs. Grier gave her age as 27,
Before anyone had suspected the
Tdentity of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon, they
had left the Courthouse, and late
could not be found, Mrs. Grier not
returning to the Foster Hotel.
The marriage of Solomon and Mrs.
Grier marks the final chapter ir
series of tragic events, all of which
covered a period of less than two
months. Mrs. Grier shot her husband
November 14, with a ,22-caliber rifle on
the Grier farm a mile west of Mill
City, Or. At that time, it was alleged,
she had separated from her husband
She had filed suit for divorce, charging;
her husband with cruel and inhuman
treatment. In an answer and cross
complaint, Grier had named Solomon
as his wife's consort and as the man
responsible for the separation.
- Self-Defense Is Pleaded
Mrs. Grier said she shot in self
defense. Accompanied by S. G. Wilson
and his 13-year-old son. Grier went
to a place near the farmhouse where
Solomon and Mrs. Grier lived to Bet a
load of hay. Then Mrs. Grier ap
peared, carrying a 22-caliber rifle. She
ordered her husband not to nam away
tho hav Wilson declared that sne
shot almost as soon as she spoke to
him.- Mrs. Grier declared her husband
brandished his pitchfork, advanced to
ward her and reached for his hip pock
et, where, she said, he usually carried
a revolver.
Grier was shot in the abdomen, ran
some distance and fell. Mrs. Grier then
ordered Wilson off the place, punctun
ating her order with two more shots
from the rifle.
Woods Woman's Retreat.
When a Sheriff's posse came for
her that night Mrs. Grier was in nia
ing She remained in the woods near
the' place all night and part of the
next day. Then she came out and
,- rtoroH to Sheriff Bodtn. Solomon
accompanied her to Albany, where she
was lodged in the County Jail.
The grand jury .indicted Mrs. Grier
December 5 for murder in me wuu
degree. Solomon also was indicted as
an accessory before the fact. The
second-degree murder charge was pre
ferred by the District Attorney be
cause it was believed the abolishment
of capital punishment had left first-
degree murder witnout a
The courtroom at Albany was crowd
ed at Mrs. Grier's trial, December 15,
16 and 17 After being out ten hours,
the Jury ' returned a verdict of not
guilty and, she was freed l Th, . n, t
day the indictment. o6.u
was dismissed.
The couple then dropped from sight
and did not appear m
again until yesterday. Mrs. Grier is
said to have been in Portland most of
the time since her acquittal.
LAW TO GlVEJOBS IS IIP
WASHINGTON EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
PLAN IS ANNOUNCED.
Poi
Pay
somn
LcBislatiou to Place Superintendent oa
Salary Basis In Each City
For Relief Ia Due.
OLYMPIA, Wash. Jan. 9. (Special.)
The text of the proposed law, worked
out by a special commission of employ
ers, employes and legislators appointed
by 'Labor Commissioner E. W. Olson, to
provide a state system of free employ
ment agencies, was made public today.
The Legislature will be asked to pass
the measure to relieve the present con
dition in Washington. Private employ
ment agencies have been voted out of
existence.
The measure provides for a govern
ing board of seven members, three em
ployers and three employes, to be ap
pointed by the Governor. They are to
select the seventh member. The com
plete board will select a director as
chief executive officer, with a salary of
$3000.
The director will appoint superin
tendents of employment agencies, who
are to receive salaries of $1500 in first
class cities and not to exceed $1200 In
second-class cities. Establishment of
agencies in first-cjass cities is made
compulsory and In second-class cities
discretionary.
Both first and second-class cities are
to be required to furnish quarters, jani
tor service, heat and telephone, while
the state is to pay salaries and other
expenses.
COLONEL TO BE ELECTED
Beware of
Cocaine and Arsenic
I am unalterably opposed to the use of co
caine and arsenio in the practice of dentistry.
Their use should be made a criminal offense.
Because I know by years of experience
good dentistry scientific, permanent, mod
ern, painless dentistry can be done without
' poisoning tne puouc wun mesu uiui6rivu
and insidious drugs.
I am in a better position to know the facta about thi
matter than anv dentist in America. Every year myself
and associates in my various offices treat more. pat lenta
than does any other dentist. The very nature of onr
practice brings to us hundreds of the most difficult dental
cases for treatment those who have unsuccessfully been
treated by other dentists.
I know the effect of these drugs on the human system
when used in dental operations. I have seen these drugs
. used under all kinds of conditions and in all forms, and
have studied their therapeutic effect. I have had the full
realization of their great injury and suffering to patients
brought home to me in a thousand ways.
I honestly believe their use is a moral crime against
the human race. No patient should knowingly submit to
their use, and anyone would be justified in protesting with
violence rather than permit any dentist to use them.
Statistics show that Americans are rapidly becoming
a race of "dope" fiends. Our insane asylums and hospitals
are crowded with men and women started there becnuse
some physician or dentist is responsible for the useless
and reckless application of some "dope." InfanU are
born stunted and defective, both physically and mentally,
because of "dope" habits. Police stations in our large
cities are almost nightly glutted with human derelict
victims of "dope" habits.
Any man or woman in middle life can look backward
25 years and recall how unusual it waa to hear of a "dope"
fiend. They were so seldom seen as to be exceptional.
Today they are nearly as numerous, as people with red
hair; more numerous than people with one arm or one leg.
No sane person ever deliberately acquires a "dope"
habit. How has this curse come upon us as a people and
why cannot we stop the plague when all realize our danger f
POISONING PAYS. That is the answer. Read the
following editorial from the Saturday Evening Post of
December 5 :'
A LOATHSOME TRADE.
Now and then you read in a newspaper that th
warden of such and such a prison is making heroie
efforts to break up a systematic sale of cocaine to the
inmates; that the police have raided an opium joint;
or that an old offender in the way of illicit traffic in
drags has been arrested again.
That the use of cocaine, opium and like dnipa is
extensive in the United States is common knowledge.
That a drug habit is the most destructive of vices is
well known, too. This drug trade appeals to no gen
erous emotion. There is not a solitary rational word
to be said in defense of it. No vested interest pleads
for it. We should like to know whether this loath
some trade really can be suppressed.
Dr. Donald McCaskie, one of the recognized authorities
in this country on this subject, writes :
This much is certain : Cocaine finds a ready market
. and 10,000 pounds of this deadening drug was absorbed
by the American people last year. This is tho equiva
lent of 120,000 ounces. The American Pharmaceutical
Association has been quoted as declaring that tho pres
ent annual consumption has been 200,000 ounces. I do
not know who is responsible for this estimate, but it is
certainly true that somewhere between my figures of
120,000, obtained from our United Slates Government,
and the American Pharmaceutical Association's esti
mate of 200,000 lies an amount of cocaine that is rap- l
idly serving to break down the health of the American
people.
The best way to stop the sale of this drug is to stop
creating the habit by its reckless use in dentistry and
medicine. There may be cases where a physician can uso
cocaine, but as a physician, as well as dentist, I know that
there are no cases in which a harmless substitute cannot
be used with equal success, and there is no excuse for a
dentist ever using either cocaine or arsenic in any form.
nless Parker
pa
Sixth and
San Francisco
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dentist
Washington,
Other Offices in
Oakland
San Diegp
Portland
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
above First Lieutenants will partici
pate will be held early in February to
select an officer of the Regular Army
to take the place of Colonel of the
Third Regiment, Oregon National
Guard, a posftion which will be va
cated February 1 by Colonel Charles
H., Martin. Colonel Martin has been
transferred back to his regular regi
ment, which Is stationed at Naco, Arix.
Under the Federal law a successor to
Colonel Martin can be had only upon
request of the National Guard organi
zation. To select a man an election Is
held and the man named. A request Is
then made upon the War Department.
No names have been mentioned as
likely candidates for the postlon hera.
Geologlxta
sinking.
smy that the Caspian Sea U
National Guard, to Name Successor
to Charles II. Martin.
An election in which all officers of
the Oregon National Guard ranking
For Colds, Influenza,
Coughs, Sore Throat
BE PRETTY! Tl
GRAY HAIR DARK
Try Grandmother's Old FavoriU
Recipe of Sage Tea and
Sulphur.
Almost everyone knows that
Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded,
brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff. Ilrhlna
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which Is
tnussy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any drugstore for
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound," you will get a large bottle
of this famous old recipe for about
SO cents.
Doa't stay grayl Try It! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does It so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with It and rw 'tela
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap-
Wc. and M OO. at all druKKI.t. or ".ailed. Ucatlon ,r two, your hair become.
vSEStSSZu ?NeweY'orrdlCl" C" 1J beautifully dark, thick and glossy.