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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1915. OFFICER WHITE IS I FREED Of BLAME Coroner's Jury Critcises Man ner of Running Down i Speed Law Offenders. i RIDER ADMITS ERRING S Stand Maintained, However, That 1'ight Side of itoud Was Being I'ollowcd at Tiir.e of Acci i ' dent Tliat Killed Two. Exoneration of Eugene D. Wite, county traflic officer, came yesterday when a Coroner's jury completed its investigation of the death of John and tleorge Hollaender, who died as the re sult of injuries received in a collision of a motorcycle on which they were riding and that of Officer White on the night ot September 4 on the Sandy road. The verdict of the jury was that re sponsibility for the death of the two brothers did not rest upon Jlr. White. However, methods of speed officers in lidint; without lights in the -chase of offenders were condemned, and the rec ommendation was made that the pres ent system be changed. Yesterday's session of the ' Coroner's jury took place at the home of Mr. White, 39 Clackamas street. Coroner Dammasch conducted the inquiry and present were Chief Deputy District At torney John A. Collier and Deputy C. C. Hindman. while the legal firm of tiiltner & Sewell. both members of the partnership being present, represented lr. White. Methods of Chase Condemned. The injured speed officer was able to Wttlk on crutches from his bed to a chair iu the dining-room, where hia testimony was taken- Following the hearing: of the evidence, the jury went to the morgue at East Third street and Hawthorne avenue, and deliberated for a short time, when a verdict was reached. It was as follows: "We find that John Hollaender and Ceorse Hollaender came to their deaths as the result of n accident due to a collision with Eusene White, a county officer, while he was in the pursuance of his duty. "While we do not place the respon ibllltv for the deaths on Officer Eu i'ene White, we emphatically condemn the present methods practiced by motorcycle officers in pursuing vio lators of speed laws. We believe that human life is worth enough to discon tinue the methods -used by motorcycle officers in exceeding: the speed limits and riding without lights at night. IfUrna Without Auto JuiJur. "We recommend that some better methods be adopted, similar to those Itsed by other cities, even if necessary to employ additional officers." The Jury was composed of business men. Coroner Dammasch picked a Ki-oup of citizens, not one of whom owns automobiles or motorcycles, so they were believed to be wholly with out prejudice in the case under investi gation. r-'red Spoei i, manager of the Pacific Mates Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, was chairman. Other members w-re: Jacques Eptz, paying teller, sicamllnaviaii-Americau Bank; Joseph KjeSL-h. of C. C. Bradley & Co.; F. Nick las, florist: Arnold Keller, secretary of the Master Bakers' Association, and It. K. Koou. a civil engineer. A unani mous verdict was rendered. Lack of Lights Admitted. Traffic officer White admitted he was riding without lisrhts in pursuit of a speeding automobile on the night of September 4. He said this was his usual custom and scouted the possibil ity of arresting speeding automobile drivers if hia motorcycle lisht showed. He said the machine ridden by the Hollaender brothers was also without light and he had no inkling of their approach until the collision occurred. Mr. White was warned, before he began his testimony, by reputy Dis tih t Attorney Collier that anything he might say might be used against him, in the-event that the Coroner's jury re turned a verdict charging him with manslaughter as a result of the deaths of the two brothers. Having been ad mired fully of his legal rights, Mr hite told freely of the accident. "Uist Saturday night about 11 0 clock,' he said. "I was stationed in the Uarkley ros(j t tho intersection of the Sandy road, when an automobile passed going toward town at a rapid rate. I got on my motorcycle and fol lowed. In a short distance I met and passed a motorcycle.' and had gone pnly a short way further when the col lision happened. Accident Dr-riliril In Detail. "The motorcycle could have had no lights or i would have seen them. I was knocked unconscn6us and when I came to, somebody was dragging me off Iho roud. Then 1 heard groans and found two men had been hurt. Soon 1 could walk about and I asked the men why they were riding without lights. They told me they had a light. "I walked over to their machine and examined the lamp. Before trying to lisht it I asked two men who had ar rived in an automobile to examine this lamp with me before I tried to light It. When I struck a match one of the gas Jets glowed just a little. The flume was no bigger than the head of a match and there was no reflector. This could not be seen 50 feet away." "How fast were you going?" was asked. " "About 35 miles an hour." "Was our own light burning?" Instructions Are Cited. "No. 1 never have lights when I so after speeders. The County Commis sioners never told me to ride without lights, and if it comes to that in this case I suppose I am guilty and will take the puhlshment. "1 have been riding after speeders t night without lights for three Sum mers. The nrst month 1 worked I W'as told by the Commissioners not to make arrests, but to warn people who drive too fast. 1 did so, and the first month thero were 50 cases of speeders whom I warned. "Then they said to make arrests and I have been doing so ever since. I tried to catch speeders at night with lights on my motorcycle, but that was hope less. I was not told not to carry lights, but I was put on the job to catch speeders, just how. was my own look out. I installed an electric light on my machine, so that by pressing a button 1 could see my speedometer, and teil how fast the machine ahead of me was uomg. City Methods Same. I Assertion. "Th city speed officers work the same way. The police do not put their lights on when the motorcycle squad noes out to catch burglars and this same system is in use in other places. 1 started to work in July, 1913, and this is my first accident." .Members of the jury pointed out that Officer White was himself exceeding 'the speed limit, was riding without lights and without a license tag on his motorcycle and he was asked what au thority he had thus to violate the law in three particulars at once. Mr. White held to the theory that officers have this authority to go beyond the letter of the law In order to check violations. The first session of the Coroner's jury in the case was held at the Cor oner's morgue last Thursday night. At that time Officer White was unable to be present because of his hurts. He is still suffering from the shock and a badly sprained ankle, but will re cover. Place on Road Held Right. O. C. Marks, another county speed of ficer, was questioned as to whether he had ever received instructions to ride without lights. He eaid he had not received any. Reuben Johnson, who examined the spot on the Bandy road where' the col lision took place and made measure ments, testified as to details and the location of oil spots on the pavement, which seem to indicate the position of the two motorcycles after the accident. It was desired 'to learn positively whether Officer White was on the right side of the road. He declared he was. ill X Sir William, Van Home. Who Died Vesterday After Rising From Obscurity In United State to Top of Canadian Railway Ladder. Testimony as to the location of the grease spots was somewhat inconclu sive. Chief Deputy District Attorney Col lier said last night he would investi gate further the accident by which the Hollaender , brothers met their death, but what action will be taken depends upon the findings. "I am going out to the scene of the accident and check up the details with the testimony brought out at the two hearings of the Coroner's jury," he said. "Whether there will be a prosecution resulting from the investi gation cannot yet be known." METHODISTS SOUTH RKPURT IX IREASE OK SO I'ER CEXT. Presentation Made Rev. K. H. Maim, for 12 Years Elder, Upon Retirement. Corvallls Chosen for lll. UOSEBL'KG, Or., Sept. 11. (Special.) ' Following the assignment of pastors for -the ensuing year the 50th annual session of the Columbia conference of the Methodist Church South, which has been in progress here since Wednesday, will reach ai alose Sunday night. The attendance was exceptionally largV. The reports submitted by the visiting ministers indicated that great progress had been made by the Metho dist Church Kouth during the past year. It was the opinion of Rev. B. H. Mowre, the retiring elder of this district, that the membership of the church had in creased 50 per cent since the last con ference a year ago. As an apprecia tion of the accomplishments of Sir. Mowre. during the 12 years he held the title of elder, those present at the con ference yesterday afternoon presented him with a gold fountain pen and watch fob. The presentation address was made by Rev. C. H. Cleaves, pastor of the local Methodist Church South. Among those who addressed the con ference were Bishop W. It. Lambuth, of Nashville, Tcnn.; W. W. Pinson, mis sionary secretary of the Methodist Church Houth: Dr. K. B. Chappell, Sun day school editor; W. E. Vaughn, edi tor of the Pacific Methodist Advocate; Rev. D. B. Price, of Louisville, Kv assistant secretary of the board of church extension: Rev. II. S. Shungle, of Milton. Or., financial, agent of the church college there; Dr. Ford, of Ore gon City, fraternal delegate of the Ore gon conference; Mrs. D. M. John, of Corvallis, and Mrs. C. I. Clupsedel, of Portland. The annual sessions of Iho Women's Missionary Society were held in con junction with the conference, with Mrs. D. M. John presiding. Mrs. Clapsedel, of Portland, was elected secretary. The next session of the conference will be held at Corvallis in September, 1916V WIRE IS CUPID'S AID SAI.KM MARRIAGE LICENSE CLERK llEqilKES PARENTAL CONSENT. Groom Has Permission of Areom onnylng Father, but Girl Has to Awiiit Word From Home, SALEM. Or, Sept. 11. (Special.) The telegraph and Cupid collaborated here today with the result that Miss Perry Elaine Brower, of Marion, be came the bride of Hugh Frances Cook, a farmer of that town. But for the great invention of Mr. Morse, it is doubtful if the license would have been issued until Monday. The couple applied at the office of County Clerk Gehlhar early today for the license. The bridegroom-to-be ad mitted that he was only 30 years old. but his father, who accompanied the pair, said he was willing for his eon to become a benedict. The bride-to-be said, she was only 17 years old. and. asked her age-again, said: "I'm 17, going on 18. but my parents are perfectly willing that Mr. Cook and. 1 get married." County Clerk Gehlhar, however, In formed her that it would be necessary to have the consent of her parents to the issuing of the license, and that it must come to him directly from them. "Then. Mr. Gehlhar. we had better telegraph to papa and mamma. Will consent by telegraph be satisfactory?" Mr. Gehlhar said it would be, and soon thereafter a message was received from Mr. and Mrs. Brower giving their consent to the marriage and their bless ings upon the couple.' "It's all right." said the County Clerk to the young couple, "the telegraph is your friend." Serbia IJecorules John I. NISH. Serbia, via London. Sept. 11. The decoration . of the grand cross of the order of St. Sava has been con ferred upon John D. Rockefeller, in recognition of tire relief work done by the . Rockefeller Foundation in Serbia, RAILWAY KING DIES Sir William Van Home Suc cumbs After Operation. CAREER BEGUN IN YARDS 'Hill and Harriman of Canada' Also Xotcd .as Financier and Knlglit ' ed by Queen, Although Born in. Vnited States. MONTREAL. Sept 11. Sir William Van Home, Canadian, railroad and empire builder, died at 2:10 today. Hope for his recovery was abandoned several days ago. He was 72 years old. was born in the United States and virtually from boyhood had been connected with railroad werk in both the United States and Canada. Sir William had been seriously ill at the Royal Victoria Hospital more than two weeks. He went there for an operation for abdominal abscess. The operation was successfully per formed and for a time there were in dications that he would recover. Grave symptoms, however, developed earlier this week and since then Sir William had been failing gradually. He rose from the foot of the ladder to wealth and fame as one of the so called empire builders of Canada. Al though he gained railway experience through many years' connection with railroads in the Central and Western United States, it was after moving to. Canada and becoming general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1832 that he achieved hiB most noteworthy triumph by pushing the railway to completion across the continent. First Job In Railroad ards. It appears he was fascinated from the first with the life of a railway man. for his first Job was in the railroad yards. He soon afterward became a telegraph operator on the Illinois Cen tral, and his strides ahead in various capacities with the Michigan Central Rartway and the Chicago & Alton brought him up to his first important executive position as general superin tendent of the St. Louis. Kansas City & Northern in 1872. Before going to Canada he also served as general man ager of the Southern Minnesota Rail way and general superintendent of the -.wobv qc rtiiun ana me cnicaso, All! waukee & St. Paul. He superintended the extension of the Canadian. Pacirtc to the Western Coast, and was present at the driving '" spute on .November 7, 1885. The total mileage which later came uuuer nis control was more than 350.1. lie was said to be the "Hill and Har- iimaii ui uanaaa. . Reciprocity Opposed In IBM. ;-.3iue TFom ins tame as a railroad uu.iuci, oir yvuuam Decame a master ot nnance and was often pointed nut as one of the score of men who formed the foundation of Canadian money. He was interested as an officer or director iii a large number of corporations in inmuu, ine united States and Cuba lie was knighted by Queen Victorli In May, 1904, in recognition of his re markable work In Canada, which in eluded not onlv hia railir.v rf i.. dustrinl interest, but semi-publie serv ice as b governor of McGili University1 lli Rnt-.i in... i .- i t , . j . tiiuiiu. x-iospnai ana num erous other institutions. During the advocacy in 1911 of r,.i procity between the United States and Canada Mr. Van Home was conspicuous as one of those who opposed the idea. me illustrations with which h drove home his point was thi- Our trade is J97 per capita; that of i iio unneu oiaies is fZJ. In other words the -water in our mill ponds stands at 97. theirs at 33, and they want us to n " II me (lam. RAILWAY B0NDSUIT IS ON Foreclosure Action Taken on Idaho & V.'aeliington Xorthern. LKWISTO.V, Ida.. Sept. 11. (Special.) With the object, it is declared, of making the Idaho & Washington North ern railroad a part of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul lystem. -suit has heen filed in the Federal Court at Boie by the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank to foreclose on bonds, notes and mort gages of the former road. Th T.l:,hf l-nH t Kl , - . ...... ,0 it, upcrnien in dependently of the Milwaukee, but the " ' .a aaivi iu nave guaranteed its securities. Thfl hanb .. .. 1 .. I . i . . - . ' ,.,.., u miit me laano & Washington Northern has defaulted On IhA rtnvnvon n Ik. i , , - . principal OI bonds amounting to $3,390,000. FAIR AT KLAMATH PLANNED Schools Expected to Participate in City Eiliibition. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Sept. 11. (Special.) Klamath Falls is to have a district fair this year in addition to the ones now being planned to take place at Merrill and Fort Klamath. The fair here probably will take place during the Buyers' Week, which the Business Men's Association has set for the first week in October. It has been customary heretofore to hold these district fairs at Merrill and the Fort, but it is thought it would be a good thing for the county if one should be held here also, but later than the other two. It is hope that in addition to dis plays of agricultural and dairy prod ucts, the schols will have domestic science, manual training, and other exhibits. MILITIA SHOOT ARRANGED Company CJ, ot Aberdeen, and M, of Centralia, to Compete. "ABERDEEN. AVash.. Sept, 11. (Spe cial.) Rifle teams of six men each, representing Company G. of Aberdeen, and Company M, of Centralia, will compete here on Sunday, September 26, according to arrangements now com pleted. All members of both commands will be eligible for their team, and this will allow both competitors to enter sev eral men who were barred from the state shoot. The Aberdeen company iost two of her best shots through a state shoot ruling. Teachers to Be Albany's Gucsls. ALBANT. Or.. Sept. 11. (Special.) 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Re ports from the committee on irrigation and from the committee on ?ood roads were made, and an additional commit tee consisting of W. P. King, 1V 1' Hoelcner, K. J. Wilson, Oscar Hyde and H. A. Kelly was appointed to arrange for joint meetings with the farmers in the district within the next twd weeks, and also to raise the sum of 91000 from the merchants of Prineville to assist in the preliminary work, of organizing the district. W. If. King, from the good roads com mittee, reported that the County Court of Crook County had promised to spend $5000 if the business men of Prineville would contribute an equal amount in money and labor to improve the river loa4 between Redmond and Prineville, and shortly after the annual Crook County Fair, during the first week in October, the boosters will try to secure the services of 200 men for two days' work each to gravel the road from Prineville to O'Neil, a distance of ten miles. This will give a water-level road for the greater part of the distance to the railroad, and when completed automo biles can make the trip to the railroad station in less than an hour, and it is hoped the freight rate, which is now trom 9o to a ton. can be out in half. A committee consisting of AV. F. King, Guy JFollett and Jay II. Upton was appointed to arrange for the entertain- ment of Governor- James Wihycembe. who will visit Prineville on October 0, Governor's day at the Crook County Fair. IDAHO INSTITUTE CLOSES Tri-Counly Tcaclicrs Association En Us Sii-Day Meeting. COCR D'ALKXE, Idaho, Bept. 11 Special.) The Trl-County Institute, composed or teachers from Benewah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, closed here today, following sj days of steady work under some of the piost able platform lecturers of the country.. Dr. M. A. Brannon, president of the University of Idaho, gave the closing address. State Superintendent of Public In struction Miis Bern ice McCoy, repre senting the State Hoard of Education, complimented highly the efforts of the County Superintendents in bringing the institute to such a successful close. Permanent Picnic Union Planned. . ASHLAND, Or., Sept. ll.-Special.) At a meeting of the Rogue River Valley Picnic Association here Labor day, steps were taken to make the organization permanent and repeat the picnic feature early in June, 1916. The various fraternal insurance societies In the valley will be invited to participate. Prizes will be 'awarded for the best drilled teams, the womeaf being in vited to compete. II. E. Bowman, of Talent, is president, and John F. Law rence, of Medford, is secretary. The Modern Woodmen of America took the Initiative in the movement. 5 OF 7 SUITS DROPPED Actions Against Jesite Hazel Are bet tied Out of Court. OREGON CITT. Or-, Sepf. ll.(6pe. cial.)-All except two of the potions instituted In tne Justice and Circuit Courts against Jesse Hapei, president and general manager ot tne Northwest ern Association, liave been dismissed, and a motion to strike was filed today in one of these cases. In the last three months two suits have been 11 lei in Justice Court and live in the Circuit Court. The following suits have been dis missed: Charles Hohne, charging sale of mortgaged property; It. E. Andrews, on notes; Collldge & McClaine, to fore close, and John Deere Plow Company to collect on sale, and Ajice Snyder, al leging fraud. Livestock Sliotv to Be Bigger. LEWISTON, Idaho, Sept. 11. (Sper cial.) "Bigger and beter than ever' is the way Secretary Smith, ef the Northwest Livestock Assocation. ex pressed his opinion of the show to be held at LewlBton November 19-Decem- ber 4 this year. 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