THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, POItTLiAND, DECEMBER 24, 1916. NIGHTRIDER GAS E' ENDS 111 ACQUITTAL Twelve North River Settlers , Not Guilty of Driving Ross v Family From Home. COURT HELD IN SICK ROOM One Juror Unable to Leave Hotel to lie turn Verdict, Marking End , Of Case After Being Fought for About Two Years. TACOMA. Deo. 23. Absolute ac quittal on all four counts of the in dictment was the verdict of the Fed eral Jury in the case of the Govern ment against 12 alleged night riders of Pacific County on a charge of con spiracy. Agreement was reached at 11:40 this morning after four hours actual deliberation. The Jury had been out since 10:20 last night. They went to bed at 12 o'clock by permission of the court and began this morning at 9:30. Court was called in the juryroom on the fourth floor of the Tacoma Hotel, owing to the serious illness of Thomas Irving, Juror from Cathlamet. He was obliged to leave the box once during the charge of Judge Cushman to the Jury last night, and was taken to a hospital in an ambulance immediately after the verdict had been read this morning. Deliberations of the Jury were conducted about the bed of Mr. Irving this morning. Disagreement Never Serious. There was at no time serious dis agreement among the Jurors, it was said. Three Informal ballots were taken before the Jury retired last night and this morning was spent in carefully going over each of the four counts. The defendants were accused of con spiring to drive bona fide settlers from homesteads taken under Government claims. Mrs. Margaret Ross was the plaintiff, charging that a number of men drove her and her two sons from their home In Pacific County. Fifteen masked men, on the night of January 11, 1914, rode down on the homestead claimed by Mrs. Margaret lloss, burned her cabin and escorted Mrs. Ross and her two grown sons over the county line eight miles away. It was'the night after the Ross boys. it was alleged, incensed the neighbors of the sparsely settled North River section of Southwestern Washington by felling a tree throufdi the cabin of Mrs. Mary Vanderiool. a rival claimant to the homestead. County Courts Accused. For two years the court records of Pacific County were crowded with ac tlons brought against the alleged night riders by Mrs. Ross, who was once a candidate . for the State Legislature. . "When her prosecution failed Mrs. Ross charged that the county courts were leagued with the night riders. Through the Influence of United States Sena tors, it was said, Mrs. Ross, once as sociated with her husband in publica tion of the Soo Critic in Sioux Falls, . S. D., reached the attention of Secre tary of the Interior Lane. The Department of "Justice ordered a grand Jury investigation and 13 al leged night riders were indicted. They were: J. N. Howard, Ralph Howard, Claude Vanderpool, Homer Blaine, Krnest Burke, Walter Burke, Joseph Axford. Virgil Doland, Enoch Dollard, Mike Hanahan, J. O. Simmons, Tren ton Tidwell and Earl Timmons. Sentiment With First Settler. Timmons was later freed because of lack of evidence. The North River country was with Mrs. Vanderpool, because she had come among them in 1910 to establish a home. By 1912 she needed some money and she went to Vancouver, B. C, to earn it. It was then that Mrs. Ross and her sons, over the protest of A A. Brad ley, who looked after the Vanderpool claim, settled on Mrs. Vanderpool's homestead, declaring it had been aban doned. The quarrel began Immediately and ene incident was a Jail term spent by the two Ross boys for assaulting Bradley. 10 per cent during the first year. While, therefore, it is urged that the eight hour day be established, its introduc tion must be gradual. The percentage, therefore, of the switching crews that will be directly affected during the period of this award must of necessity be small. Most crews wilt work 10 hours or more. Seniority Rights Prevail. "Moreover, owing to the Increase in pay awarded to the switchmen, those who seriously desire to shorten their work day two hours for the purpose of employing the added hours of leisure in ways distinctly beneficial to themselves, will be able to secure this leisure by the exercise of their senior ity rights. Those who prefer the added wage will generally be able to secure that. The seniority rules' will enable the men longest in service to take their choice. If the older men in PORTLAND WOMAN, DESCEND ANT OF FRENCH NOBIL ITY, IS DEAD. r',s ' y -V 'A V .!! Mrs. F. 3. Schwankovsky. Julie de St. Vraln Bchwankov sky, wife of F. J. Schwankovsky. president of the Schwan Piano Company, died at her home near Council Crest on Tuesday, Decem ber 19, at the age of 62 years. Mrs. Schwankovsky was born In Dubuque, la. Her grandfather was Felix de Hault de Lassus de St. Vraln, a descendant of the French nobility, and Indian agent for the United States, who was killed by the Indians In the Black Hawk War. Another ancestor was the Governor of Louisiana ' when that territory was sold by the French to the United States. Her family have been Americans for 200 years. Mr. Schwankovsky left Wednes day morning with the body for Detroit. STATE COLLEGE IN NEED OF BUILDINGS Growth in Enrollment and De crease In Revenue Are Cause of Shortage. $100,000 LIBRARY ASKED President Kerr Estimates Funds by 1918 Will Be $369,766 Short of Estimates Veterinary Hospital Also Wanted. OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COLLEGE, Corvallis, Deo. 23. (Special.) "Be cause of the 'large decrease In the In come of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege and at the same time a decided increase In the student enrollment. It has been Impossible during the past two years to provide buildings and make other necessary Improvements which were planned at the beginning of the uienmum, wun tne result that there is at present great need for additional room, equipment and other facilities " This was the statement given out by President W. J. Kerr in outlining the financial conditions and needs of the institution Wednesday before the students of the State College, on the occasion of a visit by the legislative committee appointed to look into and law providing a tax levy of four-tenths of a mill on each dollar's valuation of state property for the support of resi dent instruction, including mainte nance and the development of the col lege plant. This law was to become operative January 1. 1915. It was esti mated by the State Tax Commission that when the law should go into effect the tax valuation of state prop erty would be 11,000,000,000. and it should increase at the rate of 5 per cent annually thereafter. Revenue 9360,766 Short. "All the plans for the work through out the Institution and for the devel opment of the college plant, beginning January 1. 1915, were based upon the Income as thus estimated. On account of the large depreciation in the valua tion of the state property, however, there has been a large decrease in col lege Income below the amounts esti mated at the time the millage tax law was passed." Figures given out by President Kerr indicate that the income of the college for the years 1916 to 1918, inclusive, for resident Instruction, including build ings and other improvements, will liaye been 1369,766 less than was estimated for these purposes at the time of the passage of the millage tax law. In oontrast to the decrease in funds, it was shown that there has been a large Increase in student enrollment and a corresponding increase in the cost of instruction, and in the demand for ad ditional room, equipment and other fa cilities. Classes Grow 18 Per Cent. According to statistics given out-by Registrar Tennant, the average In crease in the number of students in the regular four-year courses during the years 1910-11 to 1916-17. estimating the total enrollment for the present year, has been 16 per cent. "In properly caring for the work, however, it is Imperative that addi tional room be provided," says Presi dent Kerr. "Among the buildings bad ly needed are the library building, the auditorium, engineering laboratories, central unit home economics building, additional units for swimming tanks in the men's and women's gymnasiums, veterinary hospital, special horticultur al building for work with by-products. report on the needs of . the Oregon i Then there is need for money for ad Agricultural College. ditlonal equipment for fire protection, "In 1913 the Legislature passed at for the purchase of land and for equipment required by various depart "The Board of Regents, at its meet ing held on November 4 last, adopted a resolution requesting a special ap propriation of $100,000 for a library building. It is thought that the room provided by tne construction of this building would be the minimum with which the institution could get along during the next two years without more or less seriously impairing the ef ficiency of the work. The other build ings mentioned, however, are very bad ly needed and should be provided as rapidly as funds can be obtained. Although no reference has been made to the experiment station. at tention should also be called to the fact that the State Legislature In 1915 repealed certain laws, cutting off the propriatlon of $25,000 a year for ag ricultural experimental work. It is important in the development of the agriculture of the state that these ap propriations be restored as soon as practicable." CHIEF JUSTICE IS CHOSEN Judge Budge to Be Elected by Idaho Supreme Court. BOISE, Idaho, Deo. 23. (Special.) Justice Alfred Budge is the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and will succeed Chief Justice Issac N. Sullivan, who retires from office December 31. At a conference held this week by Justices Budge and Morgan with Jus tice John C Rice, elected to succeed Chief Justice Sullivan at the recent election, a unanimous decision waaj reacnea among tne three to elevate Judge Budge. There had been a question raised as to whether or not the constitution did not put up a barrier against a Justice appointed to the bench succeeding to the chief Justiceship. A majority of the Justices held the provision did not apply to Justice Budge, who was ap pointed by Governor Haines two years ago to succeed Justice George H. Stewart, deceased. Monmouth Pastor Declines Call. MONMOUTH, Deo. 23. (Special.) Rev. W. A Elklns. of the local Chris Hart SchmiTner We Herald the Greetings of a Very Merry Christmas to all our patrons and friends Saml Rosenblatt & Go. The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Southeast Corner Fifth and Alder an tian Church, this week declined a call to the First Christian Church of Corval lis. This is Mr. Elklns fourth call since he took the Monmouth rulplt last May. ESI ebb service should all prefer the added daily wage coming from the long hours, the eight-hour shifts must be taken by the younger and less experienced men. "But with , so large an extent of choice and so small a number of posi tions to be filled, the award will enable employers, employes and the public to determine the extent to which the switchmen desire the shorter hours." nam 1X11 0 Ban a can man A- ed nwia abb At Superior Photodramatic-Musical Programme at Grand Opening Last Night BANK ROBBER CAUGHT LOOT OF 4000 RECOVERED FOR BICKLETOX INSTITUTION. ROADS GIVE 8-HOUR DAY (Continued From First Page.) in arriving at their decision, although all six signed the award. James B. Connors, of Chicago, assistant presi dent of the Switchmen's Union, and W. A. Titus, of Cleveland, vice-president of the union, who represented the switchmen on the board, filed a mi nority report, dissenting from the awards of the 5 cents an hour increase and the pro rata overtime. E. F. Potter, of Minneapolis, assistant gen eral manager of the Minneapolis, St Paul & Salt Ste Marie Railway, and T. W. Evans, assistant general man ager of the New York Central, rep resenting the railroads, also filed i minority report dissenting to the eight- hour grant. Date Not Mentioned. The award makes no mention of the date the new wage scale becomes ef fective, but it was assumed by railroad officials that it would apply at once. "One of the reasons urged for the shorter workday," the statement by the arbitrators says, "is that men need more time to visit with their families. to take recreation and to secure the other advantages of leisure. This argu ment, of course, applies to switchmen. A second argument Is that the long hours result In physical exhaustion, often to a degree seriously injurious to health. The. evidence shows clearly that, owing to the nature of the work. there are frequent opportunities for in tervals of rest, and that the long hours testified to are due very largely, al most invariably, indeed, to delays caused by the Interference of other trains and to similar reasons Beyond the control of the railway managers or of the switchmen. During these delays the switchmen must usually be idle, so that the long hours do not always im ply expesslve physical labor. 8-Hour Shirts to Be Tried. "Although It has Beemed wise to award an eight-hour day as the stand ard minimum day. the overwhelming weight of testimony shows that the conditions of the various kinds of rail way work are so different that .only a trial can determine Just how far eight hour shifts can be worked without pro hibitory costs to the roads and undue disturbance of the work of their pa trons. "It seems to be clearly established that, under existing conditions and probably even under conditions of traf fic less strenuous than the present, it will not be possible to make the aotual working eight-hour day effective in the case of more than a small percentage 02 the switching orewnot mora than UshwaTman Surrender Without Fight and Is Reported to Be Ready to Plead Guilty. GOLDENDALE, Wash, Deo. 23. (Special.) The lone robber who held up the Bank of Blckleton, Wash., yes terday was captured with his loot of $4000 when he was cornered by a posse on Satus Creek In the Takima Indian reservation early this morning. As the posse closed In on the robber. who gave his name as Henry Jones, he dropped parts ef his loot along the" way, where it was found by the Deputy Sheriffs. When captured, he had $960 in his pockets. The robber rode Into town yesterday. commanded the cashier to deliver over the money in the bank, locked him in a room and rode away. A posse started in pursuit a few minutes later and fol lowed close on the trail last night and today. Thirty miles from the scene of the robbery the highwayman's ex hausted horse was found, as well as evidence that he had fled on foot. A package of $2000 was found near where the horse had been abandoned. Blckleton is In the center of a large wheat belt. The robber surrendered without a fight and Is reported to have said be would plead guilty. AMITY MASONS ' ELECT Eastern Star Lodge ' Also Xames Officers for Ensuing Year. AMITY. Or.. Dec. 23 (Special.) The following officers were elected by Amity Masonic Lodge at the meeting last Saturday night: Worshipful master.. C. M. Bennett: senior warden, C. L. Hawley; junior warden, H.' J. Elliott; secretary, Soren Sorenson; treasurer. Dr. R. L. Wood. Installation will be held on St. John's day, December 27. Members of Mc Minnville Lodge visited Amity Lodge to confer the third degree upon Dr. Wood. At the election of the Eastern Star Lodge the following were named: Worthy matron, Mrs. Margaret Rich ards; worthy patron, George Richards; A N., Mrs. Lulu Marvin; conductor, Miss Martha Wood; assistant conductor, Mrs. Lucy Lockett; secretary, Bessie Sorenson; treasurer, W. J. Udell nam mmm ea En MS COMMENCING TODAY For Limited Engagement EBB Bsa EES 66 T7 EKE BBE Baa EE EKE BE WIVES BBI EBB BE QBE BSE BE BEE HBB BSE Lois Weber's Life Drama i7i Seven Parts BE EBB EBB BE nam EBB BBS HBB BEE EBB GATEWAY PUPILS GIVE AID Canned Fruit, Potatoes and Check Sent to Portland Waifs. GATEWAY, Or.. Dec 2. (Special.) The school children of this place have sent several boxes of canned fruit and sacks of potatoes to the Boys and Girls' Aid Society, of Portland; also a check for $10, which was the pro ceeds of a "pie social" given by the children. The committee who had the work in charge were four boys Ross Harney, Frank Kerr, Leonard Larsen and Mervin Samples. They were assisted by the local W. C. T. U. EBB EBfl EK3 BE EBB EBB EBB BE Baa EBB EBB aaai BEE BEE EBB ERE BOB nan nan EBB EQ HUB EBB BEE "Lifting the Blinds on Society in Glass Houses" The Stars Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, Mary MacLaren Si- J s nun A story that touches the heart of humanity. - ------ 1 1 i EBB man eke RKH Eea unn esaa HBB EBB EBB BEE KIN Concerts twice daily by Broadway Sym phony Orchestra of fifteen pieces 7ZZZZZZZZZZZA -lnri il.-..,-iiiiiiii ...iiliii i miimi nmn mi Hi V BE BBE EBB wan BBE BBH BBE BBE BE BBE BBE BBE BBE EE SPECIAL MATINEE FEATURE Tea served in tea garden on Mezzanine Floor. BBE Oregon Fruit Ranch Traded. ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 23. Quite an important real estate deal was consum mated here this week when L. G. Mor gan, of Edenbower. traded his attrac- tlve 26-acre fruit ranch for income property at Susanvllle, CaL The prop erty for which Mr. Morgan traded his ranch was until recently owned by G. B. 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