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8 TILE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 10, 1920 LOGGING FUST WDUSTRY DEVELOPING Sweeping Changes Noted at Pacific Congress. WOOD'S WORK SIMPLIFIED Urancli of Engineering Profession Seen by Instructors Who At tend Pacific Congress. VAXCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) Sweeping improvements in the logging industry of the Pacific coast are revealed in the addresses given at the 11th session of the Pacific logging congress, which is holding a four-day session in this city. Prog ress is reported in the use of the casoline-operated shovel, remote con trol of logging engines, mechanical felling and bucking, tractors, gasoline locomotives, motor trucks and elec tricity. The elevation of logging to jl profession Is trie purpose of the congress. Hugo Winkenwerder, dean of for estry. University of Washington, Se attle, in an address yesterday recited the history of lodging engineering education on the Pacific coast. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of these courses at Beattle, which were the first on the coast. Professor Winkenwerder said he had observed a rapid change in the attitude of logging operators toward logging education, from in difference to an active interest in the development of courses. Graduates in logging engineering, he said, are in demand, salaries ranging from S2500 to $4000. His conclusions were sum marized as follows: ProfeMHlon Held Established. "The profession of logging engi neering has become firmly estab lished as a high-class technical pro fession. The forest schools have demonstrated conclusively that they represent the branch of university organization best able to teach the work. The profession is just begin ning to receive the place of dignity end permanence in the company or ganization needed to make it perma nently successful. "Logging chances are yearly be coming more difficult; more efficient though more complex machinery is necessary, so that logging is becom ing a highly specialized and technical engineering problem." Deans of forestry who participated in a discussion of engineering were: Poor Skeels, University of Montana, Missoula: F. O. Miller. University of Idaho, Moscow; E. H. Steffen, Wash ington State college. Pullman; George Peavy, Oregon Agricultural college. Corvallis, and Walter Mulford, Uni versity of California, Berkeley. Kleetrlcltjr Bin Factor. An important feature in lumbering on the Pacific coast within the past lew years is the rapid shift from eteam to electricity for motive power. Ktectrlcity has now been. carried into the woods. R. K. Gray, electric en gineer for the Snoqualmie Falls Lum oer company, snoquaimie. wasn., pre sented a paper on electric logging in stallations. He reported progress and the electrical yarder and duplex load er are an accomplished fact. The next step is for the utilization of electric ity in operation of logging locomo tives. Development of hydro-electric power by commercial companies is being considered to make available power for companies which cannot profitably develop their own, Mr. Gray pointea out. Accident prevention in the logging industry ana safety work formed the subjects for yesterday morning's ses sion. Hugh B. Gilmour. Vancouver. B. C. discussed the British Columbia workmans compensation act. Hugh Herdman of Portland, manager of the Portland and Columbia basin division of the national safety council, re ported progress in the movement for eafety in the lumber industry. Frank J. Clayton, chairman of the industrial accident commission of Idaho, assert ed that the logging industry in Idaho furnished one-nfth of the total claims Tor compensation. He stated that from November 1, 1919. to July 31 1920. there were 31 fatal injuries in the lumber industry ln Idaho, 24 of Which were in logging. Many Problem Dlncoxspd. Discussion was participated in by W. A. Marshall, chairman of the Ore pon industrial accident commission Wilt J. French of San Francisco chairman of the California industrial accident commission, and H. L. Hughes of Olympla, Wash., chairman of the Washington state accident commission. Delegates to the congress went on an excursion today to Mill creek. 35 miles from Vancouver, to visit the .n nalen pulp and paper mills. Among the Portland men in attend ance are: R. A. Stewart, Hofius Eauip Jnent company; K. A. Merriman and ti. Walter, California Trojan Pow tier company; Glen reiser. J. Ci Thatcher of John H. Roethings com pany; R. L. Donald. Falls City Lum per & Logging company; A. C. Callan Jack Smith, Western Cooperage co pany; J. w. Hill, Chandler Bloom, A, J. fceuter, Baldwin Locomotive Works Hugh Herdman. national safety coun eil: E. S. Collins, John T. Dougall V-oiumDIa river loggers informatio bureau: Russell Hawkins: George M Cornwall, editor of the Timberman nd A. G. Lahhe. NEW CHAPTER CHARTERED Htutman Women s Musical Socl etjr Joins Mu Phi Epsllon. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla, wash., Oct. 9. (Special.) Mu Ph Kpstlon, national honorary women musical society, is the latest Greek letter sorority to invade Whitman col lege, a petition of Whitman for charter being unanimously granted a a. national convention of the society oeia mis summer at iugene. Or Whitman is the fourth institution west of the Rockies to have a chaDte of the society, there being others a the universities of Oregon and Wash ington and Washington State college jiiu -ni r-psuon is tne oldest and lead lng national honorary society in th United States, there being 28 chap lers in ine country. Louise Smith of Portland, Or. president of the Whitman society Josephine ivauffman, Walla Walla vice-president: Myrtle Falk. Seattle, secretary, and Miss Margaret Say re Tacoma, treasurer. TIMBER CONTRACTS FILED Kansas City Company Purchases Large Tracts of Fine Forest. KELSO, Wash., Oct. 8. (Special.) Contracts for the purchase of more than 40.000 acres of timber by th Long-Bell Lumber company of Kan sas City from the Weyerhaeuser Tim ber company, were filed with the county auditor of Cowlitz county this week, covering more timber than any other instrument recorded in this county in years. The sale contract covers 18,200 acres of land in northwest Cowlitz county and 22,000 acres in southern Lewis county, all forming a compact block of timber. Another sale contract from the Davis Land company to the Long Bell company covers 1920 acres addi tional timber owned by the first named company. The consideration was not given. This timber lies northwest of Kelso and there has een considerable speculation regard ing the development plans of the Long-Bell company, which examined number of sites along the Colum- la. PPEAL MADE FOR HAHT GERMAX-SPEAKIXG CATIIOLIC SOCIETIES URGE CLEMEXCY. Governor Petitioned to Interfere to Save Convicted Murderer of Til Taylor From Hanging. SALEM. Or., Cct. 9. (Special.) The nitial appeal in a threatened cam paign to forestall the execution of Neil Hart, under death sentence for he murder of Til Taylor, sheriff of Umatilla county, reached Governor Olcott's desk today in the form of a resolution from the State Federation f German-Speaking Roman Catholic ocieties. The resolution was adopted at a onference of the federation held at Mt. Angel on September 26. and pro tests against the reintroduction in Oregon of the death penaly for crimes committed by minors, incompetents nd mentally deficient persons, or in- tances where premediation is not learly proved, or any case where murder is committed other than for obbery, profit or gain. 'In the instance of the death sen- ence of Emmett Bancroft, alias Neil Hart, for the murder of Til Taylor," said the resolution, "it is deemed that the said murder was not only com mitted witout premediation, but also by a minor who had not the benefit f benevolent and proper environment nd education, nor, on account of his youth, sufficient power of reasoning to realize the enormity of the crime." A letter accompanying the resolu on. signed by Joseph Woerndle, resident of the federation, said: We believe that it would be a blot pon the good name of the state of Oregon to allow this hanging to take place, and we earnestly petition your xcellency to give to the Bancroft boy he blessing of your kind clemency." Despite the intimation in the resolu ion that Hart is a minor, penitentiary officials said today that he was 26 years old. and apparently was in pos- ession of his mental faculties. Governor Olcott. in a statement is- ued some time ago, said petitions urging clemency for Hart would be useless in that the mandate of the ourt would be carried out without nterference from the executive of fices. SCHOOL ROLLS JNCREASE Ten Xew Instructors Begin Duties on Falls City Teaching Staff. FALLS CITT, Or.. Oct. 9. (Special.) The Falls City schools reopened this week with a considerably increased enrollment over last year and with en new teachers. . Of the teaching corps of 13, Princi pal H. H. Lowe of Falls City, Lucille Stanton of Portland and Ina Graham of Falls City are the only members of the staff who have taught here be fore. This is Professor Lowe's fifth year. The enrollment has reached 260. which Is an increase of about 15 pupils over the first week of last year. Of this number 63 are in the high school. Construction of a- new high school building will be begun within a few weeks, just as soon as the ground can be cleared. The structure, 'which is to be of concrete, will be erected and furnished at an approximate cost of $35,000 and will seat 150 students. It will be built on the site of the old Dr. Phandhoefer home on North Main street. CUBES HIDE WILD JAGS Indians Resort to "Canned Heat" to Start "Spirits" Working. THE DALLES, Or., Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) "Canned heat," a preparation of alsohol and paraffine, put . up in cubes for use in small alcohol stoves, is the latest "mild" invigorant being adopted by local Indians, according to Chief of Police Frank Heater. It was especially popular here during fair week. Highly satisfactory jags may be had by the drinking of a combina tion of lemon extract and the alcohol squeezed from one of these cubes, ac cording to Heater. Two good drinks are said to start the "spirits" moving, while three are guaranteed to produce a menagerie such as no circus ever possessed. Several of the white "inveterates" are switching their patronage to the new mixture, according to Heater, as it produces all the results of dena tured alcohol, minus the possibility of becoming a corpse. Importer of Oriental Ruga T WILL BE 25TH TO HANG AT SALEM Record of Hangings at Prison Are Compiled. SLAYERS, VICTIMS GIVEN Executive Clemency Extended to Men Already Confined in Death Cells Some Are Freed. SALEM.- Or., Oct. 9. (Special.) Emmett Bancroft, alias Neil Hart, who pleaded guilty recently to the murder of Til Taylor, late sheriff of Umatilla county, will be the 25th man to hang at the Oregon state prison for the commission of the gravest offense under the criminal statutes of this state. Hart will die in the execution chamber of the local peni tentiary on the morning of Novem ber 5. H. D. Egbert of Harney county was the first man legally executed in the Oregon prison. He was convicted of the murder of John G. Paxton and was received at the penitentiary on December 15. 1903. His execution followed on January 20, 1904. Others executed in Oregon, together with their victims, and date of the hanging ceremonies, follow: Frank Gueellmo, Multnomah county, for aiayinir or Kreda l.aracle of Portland. executed May 5, 1905. Clackamas Hlayer Execnted. George W. Lauth. Clackamas ronntv. for slaying- of Mrs. Loretta Jones, Oregon uuy, executed juiy,i;i. 105. Momver Mesorden, Malheur county, for slaving or Mary Mej?orden of Nyssa. exe cuteri June 2. 1107. John C. Barnes. DouR-laa county, for slaying of William Graham, executed Sep- tember 18. 19(16. Fred A. Shepherd, Crook county, for slaying of Benjamin Zell, executed Novem- Der ;i. iyi. Henry Rose, Multnomah county, for slaying of Madge Doyle, executed Decem ber 21, 19110. Joe Anderson, Multnomah county, for slaying- of Henry Logan, executed July 2, 1QAI1 Math Jancigaj, Clackamas1 county, for slaying of Mary Smreker, executed Octo- Der si, iyut. Walter Montgomery Johnson. Washing ton county, for slaying of Elmer Perdue, executed February 5. 1999. C. Y. Timmons, Marion county, for slay ing of Eatella S. Timmons, executed Feb ruary 26, l'JVO. Adolph N. Nordstrom Hanged. Adolph N. Nordstrom, Tillamook county, for slaying of John Peterson, executed June 18. 1909. James Finch. Multnomah county, for slaying of Ralph Fisher, executed Novem ber 12, 1909. John D. Roselatr, Washington county, for slaying of Mrs. Roselalr, executed September 8. 1910. Isaac Newton Harrell. Lake county, for slaying of Newell Brothers, executed September 9, 1910. Mike Morgan, Josephine county, for slaying of John York, executed December 13. 1912. Frank Garrison, Coos county, for slay ing of Roy Perkins, executed December 13. 1912. Noble Faulder. Klamath county, for slaying of S. Gilbert, executed December ia, 1012. H. E. Roberts. Multnomah county, for slaying of Donald Stewart and' George Hastings, executed December 13, 1912. Charles Humphries. Benton county, for slaying of Eliza Griffiths, executed March 22. 1913. Mike Spanos. Jackson county, for slay ing of George Dedasklou, executed Octo ber 31. 1913. Frank Seymour, Jackson county, for slaying of George Dedasklou, executed Octoher 31. 1913. Jasper Jennings, another man sentenced to die on the gallows, was granted a new 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 u i m m i m 1 1 1 m 1 1 n Gifts That Last You Can' Buy a Diamond Below Normal Price ARONSON'S is famed for low prices on diamonds. If you're thinking; of invest ing; in a diamond, see Aronson's large col lection of fine stones. Pay no more for a dia mond than Aronson's price. Whether the price be tens of dollars or thou sands of dollars, depend u-pon the intrinsic value of the diamond bought here. ARONSON'S Washington Street at Broadway ART PANELS from the HAND LOOMS of the DREAMY EAST THE ORIENTAL RUG gives to a room distinction and warmth as no other rug can. The deep tones and living colors cast a subtle charm upon the beholder. The pliable fabric and luxurious pile give comfort underfoot. The wonderful workmanship and ex quisite finish give abiding satisfaction to those who appreciate inherent quality and value. Into the very fabric is woven in symbolical colors and designs, per sonal sentiments, tribal legends, religious fervor and patriotic feeling. An Oriental rug is comfortable to tread upon and fascinating to look upon. It is the most durable and beautiful floor covering made. Its ownership is a mark of distinction. Its charm grows with asso ciation and its value and beauty are enhanced by time. Cartozian Bros.1"0 &5TABUSHED 1906 Pittoc plock - Jhrtland trial after being received at the prison and later was liberated. Some Get Executive Clemency. Men sentenced to death who received executive clemency follow: William P. Peacock. Polk county, for slaying of Alex S. Kerr, sentenced to hang August 7, 1903, commuted to life Im prisonment by Governor Chamberlain. Pardoned by Governor West. A. E. Eodson. Josephine county, for slaying of a neighbor, sentenced to hang August 11, 1U5, commuted to life Im prisonment by Governor Chamberlain. Pardoned by Governor West. Harry Daley. Multnomah county, for slaying of Harry Kenney, sentenced to hang January 29, 1909, commuted to life imprisonment by Governor West. Later transferred to state hospital for the In sane, where he died. . Joseph H. Caslday. Grant county, for slaying of Ollie Snyder. Sentence com muted by Governor West. Later pardoned by same official. by same official. ,,, for I Jesse P. Webb, Multnomah county, ror I .i.vin, Willi. .Johnson, sentenced to I hang September 5, 1911. commuted to life imDrisonment by Governor West. Webb La still in prison. Multnomah Slayer Escape. Jan Hassing-. Multnomah county, for slaying of Mrs. Hassing. sentenced to hang December 19. 1911. commuted to life im prisonment by Governor West. . Escaped from prison in 1916. James M. Taylor. Harney county, for slaying of A. H. Perry, sentenced to hang April It. 1912, commuted to life imprison ment by Governor West- Pardoned by Governor Olcott. Robert Morgan. Gilliam county, for slaying of Virgil Hart, sentenced to hang December 9, 1912. commuted to life Im prisonment by Governor West. Pardoned Jackson Adams. Clatsop county, for slaying of Clinton Chamberlain, sentenced to hang July 13, 1.913. commuted to life imprisonment by Governor West. Trans ferred to state tuberculosis hospital. Lew Moon. Multnoman county, slaying of fellow countrymen, sentenced to hang on November IS, 1913, commuted to life imprisonment by Governor West. Later deported to China. John Arthur Pender, Columbia county, for slaying of Daisy Wehrman and little son. sentence commuted to life imprison ment by Governor West. Later pardoned by Governor Olcott. Lloyd Wllklns. Multnomah county, sentenced to hang on December 24. 1914. commuted to life Imprisonment by Gover nor West. Now in prison. Kx emtio a Law Is Amended. Before May 17. 1903. all executions were held in the jailyards of the counties in which the doomed men were convicted and sentenced. Pre siding at these executions were the sheriffs and their deputies. In 1903 tb legislature amended the law and renu ired that all executions should be held within the walls of the state penitentiary, with the warden of tne institution responsible for carrying out the mandates of the courts. From May 17. 1903, until the year 1914, when capital punishment was temporarily abolished in Oregon, 37 men were sentenced to hang. Twelve of these men received executive clem ency, 24 paid the extreme penalty and one received a new trial and was liberated. In 1909 the record for executions In Oregon was established, six men be ing hanged during the 12 months. The year 1913 was second, with five executions. On December u, 191.2, known as "bloody Friday," four men were hanged, this being the largest number executed in any single day in the history of the Oregon prison. The present execution laws pro vide that the doomed men must be put to death within the prison in closure. Those who may attend the executions include one or more physi cians, attorney-general, sheriff of the county in which the judgment was rendered and at least 12 reputable citizens of the state to be selected by the warden. The doomed man also may request the attendance of two ministers and such friends and rela tives as he may desire, not to ex ceed five. All persons invited to the hangings must be at least 21 years of age. Englishman Enjoys Fishing. GRANTS PASS.. Or.. Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) N. C. Niell of London is vis iting his brother K. M. C. Niell of Ardencraig ranch and is spending his time fishing for steelhead salmon in the Rogue river. He has had very good success, having caught a num ber of large ones. 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 ti m n i n n 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n tjjMjJJli SHIP GETS HURRY CALL MISSISSIPPI SAILS srDDEXLT FROM PORT AXGELES. Washington Dispatch Says Vessel Is to Join Pacific Fleet in Battle Maneuvers-. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 9. The sup erdreadnaught Mississippi of the Pa cific fleet, which has been at anchor at Port Angeles Wash., since Thurs- da- left suddenly iate today for an . . . . . , . . . unknown destination. According to the commandant at the Bremerton navy yard, the vessel is probably en route for San Diego, Cal.. to join the Pacific fleet in battle maneuvers. WASHINGTON", Oct- 9. The battle ship Mississippi is not bound for Val paraiso. Chile, from Port Angeles. f- 2- ftf NOW I Again a Show of Quality This Iff- mPlaying Week I How M 0 1 & j w h M 1 'ite :UP IN BETTY'S ROOM- fl TOPIcljoF THE DAY J ;Wl ORCHESTRA p P,& . Direction ' r. : , (yi : JS& SALVATORE SANTAELLA LMB ! ? t , ;f tN W 52 SPECIAL SUNDAY CONCERT ' Vr'.' tJ 12:30 Noon, Today I V "JTr -- jl. - .. .- j..,...,m,-,- Wash., and proljably the vessel's hur ried departure was due to orders from Admiral Rodman, commanding the Pacific fleet, .Admiral Coontz, chief of naval operations, said tonfght. Two naval vessels, probably the gunboat Dolphin, flagship of the newly created squadron for special service in Latin-American waters, and the cruiser Des Moines, will be sent to Chile to participate in the Magellan celebration there next month. Ad miral Coontz said. It had been sug gested at one time that the Missis sippi represent the navy at the cele bration, he added, but this plan had been abandoned. Grants- Pass to Hold Corn Show. GRANTS PASS., Or.. Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) A corn show is to be held at Grants Pass, October 23. to select ears to be sent to the state corn show later. Banks are donating -prizes for best ears in the different varieties and K. M. C. Niell of Ardencraig has of fered a silver loving cup for the best ten ears of any variety. A large amount of corn was raised in this county this season. Overture A t Overture "Martha" Flotow IVtrv2S x. - "SrJjy 1 Spanish Serenade...-. R. Friml MW&tf - ''."vixn .; 'ftiftjr KeWtinn from "Alma Whpre Do You Live". .Briauet f -''?--." I jyvv.v T.E. IS MAX ALLOWED TO RETURN TO ' WIFE AXD CHILDREN. Escape Made Eight Years Ago, and Home Made in Idaho, 'Where Capture Was Effected. SALEM. Or., Oct. 9. (Special.) T. E. Herold. who was returned to the penitentiary recently to serve out his unexpired term for a minor ffense committed in Eastern Oregon nearly ten years ago. today received a full pardon from Governor Olcott. Herold escaped from the prison eight years ago and later went to Idaho, where he was married. He continued to live there under an assumed name until about three weeks ago, when his iden tity was discovered. He- then was SPECIAL SUNDAY CONCERT , 12:30 Noon, Today Overture "Martha" Flotow Spanish Serenade...-. R. Friml Selection from "Alma Where Do You Live". .Briquet Dance Orientale A. Lumbominsky Japanese Sandman R. Whiting Dance of The Hours, from "La Gioconda" ."; A. Ponchielli CONCERT NUMBER DURING THIS WEEK Afternoon and Evemnjr "Orpheus" J. Offenbach turn ' - arrested and returned to the peniten tiary. He was accompanied ' here by his wife and three small children. Mrs. Herold brought with her a petition signed by practically every resident of her home town asking that her husband be pardoned. Appeals to the governor in behalf of Herold were also made by the local branch of the Salvation Army, several ministers and a number of prominent lialem ma trons. Mrs. Herold has been without funds since arriving here, and ha been as sisted by charitable organizations and Individual contributions. Hotel Reopened 4 Years Ao. Today marks the fourth anniver sary of the reopening of the Multno mah hotel. Pour years ago today Eric V. Hauser unlocked the doors, which had been closed. Within the last year he has become the owner. S. & 11. green stamps for easn. Holman Fuel Co. Main 353. 6S0-2L Adv ft. r .- ; Iff" ? jJU .if, . ..t. i- i j I A J 7 ; r