. ' : ' ' i 4 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JANUARY T.l, 1915. I LUMBER MEN PLAN Tfl WOMAN JITNEY BUS DRIVER, WHO MAKES MEN HUSTLE. m mu iu BE BASED ERROR nmnpicn earn fjfill tew i lor unuiuu nQpji7ATint HLif ununniLmiuii Mr. Thacher Answers Points Raised by Mr. Tongue in Probe of Pender Case. CAUSE FOR STUDY ' TOLD Investigator S He Is Spending Own Money U Sea astie Dome. Kiamiiiation of Hnir to. Be Important lie Thinks. BT GEOBGK A. TREACHER. There were three slight error in a itatement attribute to me hi The Orgonian Wednesday In the Tender matter, but 1 did not write the state ment, and iso I decline- responsibility for them. They were not so amazing to me as they evidently were to Mr. E. B Tongue, judging from his; savage at tack on me in The Oregonian. Friday. Eipriin raid aMaaselti There is no occasion for Mr. Tongue to lose his temper. I have undertaken to make an investigation of the Wehr man murder as a director of the Ore con Prisoners' Aid Society, as I occa sionally do in other casea. There is no money in the treasury and no one has promised any pay prospectively or contingently In this ease or rar other ease. What expense money I have used I have paid out of my own pocket, be cause I became satisfied that an in nocent man was paying the penalty for another's crime. I have not now. and never have had. any connection with the defense of Tender. As for my work being a newspaper advertise ment, it is perfectly obvious that the slightest error or Indiscretion on my part would obtain advertising for me that would make ate ridiculous. TCIftrnrrlaare of Justice Belle-red. It is not a popular thins to say- that tJiere has been a miscarriage of justice, but I believa that there has been in this matter. 1 have indulged in no personalities nod said distinctly that I was expressing no disrespect for the Supreme Court or the trial courts or the prosecuting; officers. Mr. Tongue refers to my "theory that Wehrman killed his wife." I ha,ve offered no sneh theory, and consider it absurd and slanderous. I don't know Mr. Wehrman. but I believe it to be impossible, from the nature of the crime, that he was either guilty of it or that he procured it- That is sufficient answer to that charge. Mr. Tongue says that my interview in The Oregonian Wednesday is teenu ' ins with more misrepresentations. I am sorry for the misquotations m that interview, but I believe the one about the marl belns In the Wehrman house on Sunday, September 3. was the result of an attempt to condense what I did say. I said, in regard to the package, that Mrs. Bates Identified It as the one she placed in the im provised mail box near render's cabin on September 2. that, according to the transcript of testimony at the prelim inary hearing- :n October, 1911, Mr. Wehrman said, m answer to a nuestton, that this package was in his house on Sunday before he left for Port land. That can be easily verified. Revolver Question BIhiwm. T also said that apparently no ques tion was asked Mr. Wehrman about the paper. The reporter boiled this down, which made me feel sorry when I read It and which induced Mr. Tongue to say: "This statement by Mr. Thacher is absolutely untrue.' Mr. Tongue, referring? to the re volver, says that I claim "It was con tended at the trial that the KJley fc llasscn- revolver was stolen on Sun day." nil adds. "No such silly con tention was ever made." This was sim ply a typographical error, and if Mr. Tongue bd taken the pains to read the Fvrttenee- carefully he wonld have rec ognized that fr.et Here is what The Oresonlan said on Wednesday: Tiir.t the wrrman murder were commit ter Sunnay, September :l, and. not on tbe rnllTwIntc ildy. la aaM to b. supported b rvWen-e Mr. Tiiatrher has hrwueht to Usht. TliW upsets IJp theory of the proaecutioa of l'muter. saitt Mr. Thatcher, as- the Riley and llnitsen ca!-ur was ort;OTien Sunday by the o-.Tmrs and the revolver could not have l,eM! ta1:-?n .on thnt day. although It ' nperd a: The trial that the revolver was talen riunday. The last word should be "Monday." Instead of "Sunday," as the context phtijily shows. Triis has been my belief ail along, and Governor Withycombe will soon have the affidavits and transcript, which will show that this was the iirokcn link in the prosecution's chain f evidence. Hair Study Called Important. Mr. Tonpmo says, "Mr. Thatcher says he has an affidavit from Haasen to the effect that the cabin was not broken Into before September S." I have not said so. and The Oregonian does not say so. but it does refer to affidavits of Miller and Phelan, which is nearly correct (I hud Miller's and a copy of Phelan'sK although September was substituted for September . What Mr. Tongue says about Sierks' confession is untrue, both as to Mr. Macl-aren and as to me. As for the microscopic study of the hair, that is an important point, and Governor Withycombe realised it. The hair found in Mrs. Wehrman' hands is precisely similar in structure to Sierks' hair. Governor. Withycombe became inter ested in the microscopic examination and desires to suhmit Mrs. Wehrman's hair and her little boy's to a similar examination. Theory Tho?ht Wrong. Mr. Tongue says that It was gen erally conceded by all concerned that the hair was the baby's hair. There t nn ground for such a conclusion until the hair from the baby's head has been examined and compared witn the hair found in Mrs. Wehrman's h.tnriSL Mr. Tongue professes to put words into my mouth as to the prosecution biine right In Its-guesses. I have said all along and say now that the prosecution was working on a mistaken theory, ana tnai tne veratci obtained was a false verdict which haf caused unlimited sorrow and suffering to several families ana individuals, anc has resulted in shutting an Innocent man In the penitentiary for life. A polos; 7 Thought Due. Whv should I go to the" men who put him there? They can't get him out even if they could be convinced of their blunder. This Is too serious a matter for per sonalities. If I have made misrepre sentations I can expect nothing but ridicule and scorn. As for Mr. Tongue. I tli ink he owes me an apology for his loose and careless and reckless accusa tions, unless, of course, he took this method of trying to crush an investi callon of ui ollicial acta. Maws-'1 ,f..m,t J: Wap IBS. JE5iIIi RIKMAJiH. LADY IN JITNEY WINS First Fair Bus Driver in City Is Mrs. Jennie Riemann. ENVY OF MEN WINS TRADE Woman. Without Professional Ex-irr'x-niT, as Oo Mechanic and Able Pilot, Says Work li Busi ness That Pays Is Pleasure. Portland has a woman jitney bus driver. . She is Mrs. Jennie Riemann, of North Fifteenth street, who drives her car from 10 o'clock in the morning until 10 at night from Second and Washington streets to Twenty-third and Thurman. Mrs. Riemann owns her own car. is her own mechanician and has had no professional Pe"n" heretofore. She is a capable driver and a generous one. in many cases go ing out of her way to oblige her pas- SeMs.rafUemnni is an attractive, dark eyed little woman who knows her business and knows she knows it. and is as independent and self-reliant as a. man could be. She is enterprising too o.. hesitate to drive near the curb and call "Twenty-third etreet People are riding in her car, a lot of them. Taursday.jiiieht.at one time she had 1J passengers and ran her car up, the Ford-street 'If ade on big h gear. She is proud of that and satisfied with her prowess as a driver. ' ' m She has been driving five days and made, on her fourth day, 19.. "I get the passengers because i can give the service." she said. "All the men who have ridden with me declare tnat I am one of the best drivers on the line. The men " street do not like and. 'Ij! to have me put off the line But I guess I am perfectly safe and I have come to stay. At least until thU Spring when I intend to go to San Francisco to drive there during the lair. Mrs. Riemann makes the trip from . j ,h tine to the other in r n m nu es. She drives carefully :n4 has a keen eye for distance, but at . t .. .. n nA tlran And the same time sne ----- ---- drives as fast as traffic rules allow at """flt.-iw it,- Riemann is a favor- ... .J. policemen, who smile and seem reassured when they see her C' believe I have the men all backed ,r .I.- mn " she smiled. "I get good tips where tfcev don't, and the women M;. . ,ih. with me. I am heartily glad that I began this, and I am get ting a lot of pleasure out of it, besides a good living "I WILL" SPIRIT' URGED Mr. Colt Tells Y. M. C. A. Gathering Optimism Aids Business. In his address Friday at the sales- .t,ln f.llv in the Y. M. C. A., C. C. ,. ruHnt of the Commercial Club, declared that the mental attitude has much to do with the effect of business depression: Mr Colt said that the business man Imbued with the spirit of optimism would prosper, regardless of condi tions, and that the spirit of "1 will is destined to revolutionise commercial i.inn. in the citv and state. L. R. Alderman. City Superintendent of Schools. discussed "Vocational Training." speaking for the remarkable as well as the deficient child. H. W. Stone, general secretary, spoke of the v M C A. special schools, especially those of salesmanship. KANSAS' BIRTHDAY KEPT Anniversary Is Celebrated by Jay- hawkers' Society ot Oregon The 64 th anniversary of the admis sion of Kansas into tne union was brated by the Kansas Jayhawker So ciety Of Oregon In the Masonic Temple last night Eight tables of progros- sive "604," dancing and an Interesting programme furnished the diversions of the evening. The programme follows: Selections. Clifford's Junior Orchestra of 10 pieces: recitation. Master Rodger Cullins; vio lin selection. Miss Catherine Davis. Dr. C. B. Shaw accompanist: baritone solo, A B. Cain, Miss Agnes Senn accom panist: selections. Clifford's Junior Or chestra: soprano solo. Miss Sadie Naugle. Mrs. Howard Bennett accom panist: recitation, Mrs. K. C. Geeslin: address. J. N. Davis, formerly of Law rence. Kan. . In his address Mr. Davis dwelt upon th. nrt Kansas has played in the his tory of the United States, especially with reference to tne uvu war n. .1,0 imo liixt urecedins it. He said that Kansas was one of the direct causes of the war. because had it not been for the anti-slavery clause in the Wyandotte constitution. the other Southern States would probably not have been so anxious to secede. He spoke of the growth of the state from .15,000 50 years ago to l.r.00,000 at the present. He also made humorous mention of the' "dryness" of the state, saying that in some parts the "people could live on alfalfa." Impromptu speeches by other mem bers of the society were enjoyeu. TOWN WET 91 YEARS, DRY IHAStB COMES SO QUICKLY THAT MANY ARE AFFECTED. Four Already Have Petitioned for Re fund on Licenses and Total Js Estimated at KHB73.75, vaxcoiTYER. Wash.. Jan. 30. (Spe cial.) For the first business ctay in the Si years of its history not a drop of liouor could be bought in this city legally Friday. The saloons and liquor- houses closed so suddenly tnai manjr wkn nsnallv keeu Ilauor in their homes were left without supplies. The first liquor to be seiea was that of Frank J. LackafC of the Brew ery Resortr who operatea until une. S o'clock yesterday, finally being ar rested by the Sheriff., who now has charge of the place. Mr. Lackaff was released on a $500 bond last night As the information was filed direct in the Superior Court againsi mm, n trial will not come up until the May term of court Already four saioonKeepers w" asked the city for a refund of tne unexpired portions of their licenses. Should all of the unexpired portions of tho licenses be granted, it is esti mated that the city will have to pay out I66JS.75. The brewery, wnicn sens mucn ui product in Portland, is still In opera tion. It has been estimated tnat ine Mi dlers spend 8000 to 110,000 a month here for liquors, and this will be trans ferred in some degree to Portland. The Cttv Council win noia a meet ing Monday night to take up the ques tion of refunding the- unexpired por tions ot saloon licenses. It may be that several more applications will have been received by that time. In the meantime Vancouver is ex periencing the novelty of being abso lutely dry 3 BIG CRUISERS DAMAGED Two Germans Laid Up in Cuxlmven and One at Hamburg. LONDON, Jan. 50 A Daily Chronicle correspondent in Holland says trust worthy information has reached him that the German battle cruiser Der badlv damaged by fire as a result of the engagement with the British warships last Sunday and is now in the Hamburg oocks tor over' hanllnc- He adds that the battle cruisers Seyd litz and Moltke lie at Cuxhaven badly damaged. HEADACHE POWDER KILLS Acetanilid Is Cause of Death of Mr?. Edith Bird Stoner, Say Physicians. Mrs. Edith Bird Zl'Jtibr. 435 Fifth street, died Friday from the effects of an overdose of headache powders. An autopsy, performed at the morgue last night showed that death was due to acetanilid. Dennis Stoner. husband, and several children survive. Proposals to Revive Trade in Northwest Discussed lat Tacoma Meeting. SHIP PURCHASE NOT LIKED Navigation Law Blamed for Lack of Merchant Marine Oregon Legis lature Asked to Set Aside $450,000 for Irrigation TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 30. (Special.) Reorganization to better the condi tions ot the lumber industry was defi nitely decided on at the annual meeting ot the West Coast Lumber Manufac turers' Association Friday afternoon. Plans have been under way looking to this end for some time and a commit tee has been working on a plan and submitted it today. This was the main business of the long session attended by leading lum bermen of the North Pacific Coast En livening the deliberations was a dis cussion when D. E. Skinner, of Seattle, who has recently returned from Wash ington, D. CL, in the interest of legis lation to aid the lumbermen, pointed out what he said were the dangers of the ship purchase bill. Navigation Laws Condemned. Mr. Skinner also read a telegram he had written to send Secretary Redneld, offering to form a ship corporation if the navigation laws were changed to make it possible for the shipping busi ness to be profitable. He asked if the association would go on record to con demn President Wilson for pushing the ship purchase bill. After discussion the association came to a straddle. It condemned the navi gation laws as antediluvian and the cause of no merchant marine. Then, as Individuals, the lumbermen voted that a strong message be sent to Congress, Secretary Redneld and President Wil son condemning the ship purchase bilL As outlined by tbe committee con sisting of E. G. Griggs. B. G. Amos. J5. B. Haxen. A. C. Dixon and H. Kirk, the reorganization will be accom plished by creating branches of dis tricts without destroying the associa tion as present constituted by giving the 11 trustees absolute power to con duct the affairs of the association. There will be a vice-president for Washington and one for Oregon, who will preside at monthly meetings of the members In their respective states. Co-operatlea Called Way to Win. President W. B. Mackay, of Port- i.rt- in hi annual reuort referred in a brief way to business depression of the last year. He said that the belief of some members that nothing could be done to stem the unfavorable tide I. wrnnff. "T wish to urge upon you." President Mackay said, "to consider what co-op .niinn mn tis and what can be accom plished if we will work to that end. Great good will come to us and it is up to all of us to work to that end. We are facing a crisis. Co-operation of the proper sort means help with ....a-., hnna -for ultimate success. Eleven new trustees were elected, and will name other needed omcers wnen their organization plan ts complete, roi lntulncr arf the trUSteeSI Portland district H. Klek, Portland; a c nivon. Eusrene. Upper Columbia E. B. Hazen, Port land; Lower Columbia, R. S. Shaw. As toria: Willapa Harbor, E. L. Gaudette. South Bend; Centralia. A. N. Riggs. Mc Cormick: Grays Harbor, A. W. Middle ,on, Aberdeen; Lower Sound, J. J. Demp fv Tncoma: Central Sound. C. G. Bron- son. Seattle: Northern Sound, J. H. Filoedel. Seattle, and British Columbia! K. .1 Palmer. Vancouver. The Oregon delegation presented a resolution asking the association to memoralize the Oregon Legislature to aDnroDrlate $450,000 to carry on irriga tion work in Central Oregon in order thnt the Federal appropriation in a like sum that has already been allotted to Oregon may become available. The resolution was adopted. EX-PRESIDENT'S SON TAKEN Captain Casimir-Perier Is Prisoner in German Lines. TROVES, via Paris, Jan. 30. Captain Claude Casimir-Perier. son of the ex- President of France, was taken prisoner lurinr the recent battle at tooissons. according to tbe Petit Troyen. The paper adds that the distinguished con duct of Captain Casimir-Perier in this tight gained him special mention in the army orders. The Paris Petit dated December 4. said that Claude Casimir-Perier, then a lieutenant in the Eighteenth In fantry Regiment at Fontainebleau, recently had been severely wounded. POLICE RAID 86 HOUSES Fifty-Four Women and 1 6 Men Ar rested in Los Angeles. ins uNmi.ES Jan. 30. In a gen eral police vice crusade, officers had raided 86 lodging-houses and alleged gambling places at midnight At that hour squads or patrolmen mm ..on investigating other places. A total of 54 women ana it men were arrested in the raids. SINCE TAKING PERUNA I can say my bowels are much more regular. My heart is stronger. My appetite is much better. My throat is much better. and moved with five experienced men and women. CHURCH Gin $500,000 W. W. BROWX SAID TO BE DOXOR TO CAUSE OF METHODISTS. Will Believed to u . . a-.Aonn t,. Old Folks' Homo and Provision Made for New Schools. bequest of $500,000 has been made to the Methodist unurcu -- Annbuncement of the fact was made Friday in the Pacific Christian Ad vocate, the official organ of the Metn odlst Church in this .u!st'ict-MthoH1.t From a layman high nMeihodljl councils tne opinion - o , , W. W. Brown, of Portland and Mal h..r. Or- a brother of Dr. E. C. Brown P.Utiind. was the donor. as to the truth of this ra to tne iron. ,, Metn. oUdist Church.' declined either to deny Ia Lovels odist Ch ui " " 1 ' , , w.uof owns .. tt Mr. Brown, wmi ther valuable Portland "al estate and other property, and is regarded as more than moderately wealthy. . .hnn. Dr B. C. Brown, over the telephone last night politely but firmly refused to affirm or deny ''",'"-, k It had been the Intention to keep the gift a secret, but the hd been given out to .ome "ember, of the denomination aim m. - mncement was no iouSr According to the terms of the docu ent wiach is a will .recently drawn up. 10,000 i. to D? given .... endow- retireo Tu ,t r ment fund, izs.vuu ior ' ,- a girls' dormitory at wn versity and tne reina ' -- . 000 is to be used for the erection and maintenance of oys' industrial school U. be located somewhere between Tort land and Salem. - WATER COMPANIES LOSE COURT SETS MILWACKIB FREE TO GET BILL RUN SUPPLY. Temporary Injunction Issued on Plea of Corporations Dissolved at Hear ing in Oreson City. rtT.T-r,Ai pttv Or. Jan. 30. (Spe cial.) The temporary injunction grant ed by County Judge Anderson to Fred W. Berkemelr against the City of Mil- i it nmrinls. to restrain .i -,r, ,-nmnletlnfr negotiations with the Ctty of portiana ior cu. """',: rights, was dissolved today by Circuit Judge Campbell. U'Ren. Hesse & faohue Del. who appeared for the P'"""8; filed a notice of appeal, and y"nty Clerk Harrington is now preparing the transcripts in the case. The temporary injunction was granted early this month. In the complaint Mr, , . . y antt nis asBuuaica ...... their case on a charter amendment passed two years ago. They alleged iu.. h method nrovlded in the amend ment for establishing a municipal water works was ignored-by the Council early last Winter, when It began negotiations with Portland Tor buu itun waiei. .uw also alleged that the people of Milwau kie expressed their content with 'the present water systems at a special city election in August, 1913, when a. pro posal to establish a municipal water plant was defeated. The Minthorne Springs Water Company and the Mil waukle Water Company are now sup plying the town, and It is understood that both of these companies are back of the fight. In answer, the City of Milwaukie con tended that the charter amendment had been observed and that the water up plled by the two privately owned plants was liable to contamination and not adequate for Are protection. The Injunction, which was dissolved today has held up the contract between Portland and Milwaukie for Bull Run water. Under it Portland was to fur nish the Clackamas County town with the water at a meter rate. lea I J a?!5e!rC 50 Years Ago We opened a little drug store down on (not First) and Alder- That was the on street ' Durinsr the half century we have the town, and now, in our home, with practically 10 business floors, n use and stocked with the lines related to o with energy and confidence, your patrona Arrount. Use our nhone exchanges tern the services of our selling force, one hit Tn our Prescrirjtion and TJrug Sections w and pride. Registered men, qualified by spc you in this,-one 01 tne mosi responsible ox and faithful service have we builded our bus solicit your patronage. Woodard, Clarke & Co., Alder Stre mh r 4k '-r..f:Ws'1- tir...i.j TW. write1;: "Let mf say that my condition puzales mo and wor ries me. In the last year I seem tp have been Trowing old rapidly, though only 38. My fooo ana sleep uo -V' , mv strength and energy, and lately I ji... anAnM tromhlinir. headaches. loss of appetite, memory and hopeless ness. Despondency ami ", .n,iitinn h rA ever nreseiit. Answer: Cheer up. get well and then conserve your vitality oy proper, ." perate living. Obtain three grain cado t. ,.ki.,. l aRUH tithes with full directions, use them and an. agreeable, pleasing restoration should ensue to your entire satisfaction. t - d aira? "Do vott think it is possible to ruduce my weight from )!40 pounds to about 190 pounds. Answer: It is impossible to say just how much one can reduce until after tryln?. but 6-graln arbolone tablets should be ueo acciiraini ...i.i. ...v. ...uh tube, obtainable at most nv drug store. If the flesh is unnatural you should easily reduce as desired. Mrs L. B. writes: "What can I do for a bad case of stomach, liver and bowel trouble? My food sours in stomach. I rift, have heart-burn, and a full, un comfortable feeling after meals; con stipated at intervals, coated tongue and hronth all the time. Answer: Thousands of people in this country are afflicted as you are. and to get immediate relief and gradually effect permanent results. jio j to buy of your druggist a dollar pack- H..hi.-fnnr stomach and bowel medicine" and use as per directions on the packet T am thin, angular. .... 'i, oJ irrt What can I take to J. R. O. asks: improve my heaitn, nerves and increase my weight about 20 pounds?" . , ... Answer: Take regularly with your meals three grain hypo-nuclane tablets, sold in sealed packages, by drugtnat'. with complete directions. These tab et. , inrMKA nutrition. and strengthen the nervous system If . used regularly ior "uvcrw "Lee" writes: "I have tried so many remedies for rheumatism that I am al most afraid to try any more, but if you can tell me a sure remedy 1 will try it. Answer: Do not be disheartened be cause vou have not been able to find something that would overcome your rheumatism, for you can be relieved if vou will take what I tell you. Oet from the drug store: Iodide of potassium, i if you are carefd points ot Oisunc That the sack That our name a IThat the label Chemist, For more than ! public and toda in fact to favoral el -v-riK1B rtf article must JgTo GetTh ifisepiitiaiiBiig rj Lcrjaj tti Hiiai w ft5' f 'Aw, J mat havl tiona ana to ws T.l leaual amounts s .:: mA uu tcuitiia s-JA jrak tr rro n Ba Surt Yau Sot tha fianulna Mf.TF 81 Duffy'i frsm jnr Isoil nwib druaaijt, arsesr mr asaltr $1.00 par ksttla. H ka aaniwt aopplr yau, writs u, ws will tail yra whara ts t rt MadeMl The Puffy CZAR of Is Ruptured and weara a Seeley Spermatlo Shield Truss. This appliance closes the opeo lng in 10 days in most cases, producing results without surgery or harmful In jections. Fitted only by Laue-Dvl Drug Co.. who are; truss experts and nrfael aatlal action. LAUE-DAVIS DRUG COMPANY 1U1IIU 4MU VAHU1LU I'UHTUJIB. M. 0 trrl Imiivain rauic.-;xoTi c- .Z i:i of water or milk before meala and will he irrat hed at tne results, j "... - kookM Iraa. Malt Wa-kT -gA t':r-"' . ft, Y. a RUSSIA fiHsfi spermatic S?:"?-! Tru5$ .Vyfr OoyaaeMlnaarstw irnttira uiariian, CLaa