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PORTLAND, i OREGON,. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER; 9, ,1808. -TWENTY PAGES.,'
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Weaving of the circumstantial
thread upon which the state
hopea to convict Edward H. Martin
of be murder of Nathan Wolff waa
begun In earnest in the circuit court
this morning. Before the noon re
cess today two acquaintances of Mar
tin had ; testified that the .blood
stained: overcoat found in South
Portland- with a gun stolen from the
Wolff pawnshop closely resembles an
overcoat worn by Martin before the
murder. '
The owner of the stolen gun was
also produced and identified, it
These , were the chief points of the
state's' evidence, "so far as to connect
. Martin with the crime. Several de
tectives were called to complete the
proof concerning the death of Wolff
and the disordered condition of
things in the pawnshop on the night
of ,the murder. . u f , r. '
Another feature .'of , the morning was-
an effort y;thejdefense to present tes-J
...timony. to.- snow. Jtnar jjetectivea.. jrnc
and Hellyer ftufted ln;;;when sine jury
went to view 'thw acene of tha tragedy
yesterday afternoon. It is claimed by
the; defense that these officer without
authority talked to the jurors or in the
presence of the Jurors, explaining; where
tha "body lav and how the ehop looked
the night of the murder. Their allegod
misconduct ls-to"be- made One of the
points of the defense in a tight for a
new trial if Martin should be convicted.
' " " Kartia xs Stolid.' .if
Keenly observant of everything that
transpired, y Martin eat - beside his at
torneys this morning;. One by, one he
saw the bloody ax and its broken
handle, "the . stained handkerchief, the
f un with the. -blood on it. the collar
alrlT saturated . with - Nathan .Wolff's
lifeblood and the overcoat said to be Jils
that carries a crimson coloring; all over
its front, paraded In front of him' and
shown to the Jury.-
Ing the exhibit tl
The more horrify-
the greater the Interest
that Martin took in it. bending- half
over the table at times to obtain a
closer view of the mute accusers.-
When the collar was passed to the
attorneys ror examination aaarun spent
some time inspecting- It., apparently
searching to make out the nau-oDmer
afed laundry , marks and brand. And
When the ax,; with some of Wolff's hair
still clinging- to its biaae. was nanaea
toa witness ior. examination,. Martin s
eyes followed it : closely until after it
was returned to its Dlace.
' Innocent or guilty, his wonderful
nerve in- the ' presenoe - of ' the horrible
reminders of the crime is allae remark
able. One would think from observing
his conduct that he is making- a study
of the case, as a spectator might. He
Is not a man of emotions, and his coun
tenance, never bears a shadow. When
some statement is made that might l
seem favorable to him as showing- slight
discrepancies In the testimony of the i
state, ne sometimes tins nis eyeorows
and smiles. . At other times he makes
notes, which he evidently hopes will be i
or use to Dis attorneys later on.
During a brief recess he turned to
where his wife sat. First he . shook
handiiwKh, her,' and her .'' sister then
kissed her the first time that he has
made jiny . enow -of affection for her
since the trial hpirnn. When he came in
early. 1n tb;e morning he- had "merely
spoken to her and smiled.
t; Miss i Griffin,' 'Mr.'! Martin's sister,
was regarded in -the early atagea of the
case as a proDams witness ior tne state.
Shortly- after the aeosation eaaswj My
Martin s arrest ' ane disappeared, bat l
the defense has all the time said: she I
would- return for the trial. - It- is now i
evident that if she Is a wiinesa.fo' tha
state at all-It will te Tor the. defense..
She sits, byithe aide of -Mrs. . Martin.
both of .them ' -oulet observers of the I
courtroom .scenes. ; t yt . - ,
First ; mention of the ' overcoat sup
posed - to. have been owned ' by Martin
and planted " with a stolen gun in
soutn t-oruana, wnere it was round on
the -night.
timonv
identified . . the run
pawned with Wolff.
Then A, W. Allen, a retail druggist at
gixte-emn; ana warsnau streets, waa
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ESCAPE
BUttn HOLE 10 TURKISH FORTS FIRE
John Bowers; Charged With
Attempted , Murder : and
Arthur Clark, Jjarccnfst,
Break Out of . Oregon City
. County Prison.
Edward It. Martin, From Photograph Taken st'tho Xine ofttw Arre,t,
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FORM FAIR
Management Plans to Erect
Buildings and Secure
liocationr
(Special Dlspatck to Hie lonraat)
s Pendleton, Or.. Oct. 9. Permanent
buildings will house the Umatilla-
Morrow district fair next year if the
present plana are prosecuted.
Although the management as yet has
mad no plana .for future fairs, it is
understood that the men who at pres
ent control the destinies of the associa
tion favor permanent buildings and that
If the problems of transportation are
solved ' and they continue in manage
ment the fair next year will be
better both in , the character and the
bousing or the displays.
In case of acquiring permanent build
ings the association will lace the nrob
lem of transportation. It haa been sug
gested that If the lnterurban road comes
through by next year ana a location can
be secured within a reasonable distance
or town wnere Duiidings ror the ex
hibits can be erected and a track, pre
ferably a mile track, can be built that
a stork company be organised and un
dertake the work.
Another plan is to secure simply a
location for buildings and maintain the
same pleasant social arrangements that
have- made the fair a auceess under
present conaiuona in case this scheme
Is adopted it has been recommended
that the lota belonging to the
ERB CASE TAKES
SHAPE OF PLOT
- (United Press : Leased,' Wire. kin'
Jollet, IlU.Oct. 9. Ina speech. here'
today ' William i J. Bryan expressed -hia
confidence, tha.tw-f'righf wlll;,triuniph'ri in
the present campaign and said: v ,i1
i am sure mat tne wiu or tne . peo-,
pie will 'overcome the ' wishes ' of the.
corporations, which desire the - election
of Judge Taft to-the presidency."? "
Bryan wen over the main . Issues of
publlcan platform and the manner-, in
Theory That Wife and Her ths campaign s ha.
'-. ' 1 been conducted. .
Sister .schemed to Get
Property and Kill.
Former Governor David R.f Francis of
Missouri Is accompanying Bryan on His
tour or tne- state.
city
belonging
near the water pumping station be se-
curru ior uie purpon.
(Halted Press teased Wire.)
Philadelphia, Oct. 9. New light is
thrown' today on the traglo killing of
Captain 'J. C Erfr in his country home
near Media by the finding of his army
revolver with' an empty cylinder and
clean barrel. -In hia room. A box of 38-
callber cartridges, fitting the weapon.
were found under a dresser in the room
of Mrs. Erb. The theory of the police
is that the cartridges were removed to
prevent Erb using the weapon in self-
defense.
Philadelphia. Oct. 9.
clans say that Mrs. J,
The Jail phjl-
who) tried to hanr herself to a bedDost
in tne Media jail yesteraay. win re.
cover and be able to stand trial for
the murder of her husband, of which
she and her sister. Mrs. Katherlne
Belsel, stand accused.
The two women are accused of nlnt-
tins to Xet Krb's nroDertv in his wife's
name and of then trying to kill him
with slow poison. -
Failing- in this, say the police, they
lured him to a lonely place and ahot
him. Mra Erb is said to have twisted
her underskirt, into a rone yesterday
and attempted to strangle herself to
death. The timely Interference of Jail
nanas savea ner me.
BIG WATER TANIv AT .
TOMBSTONE DYNAMITED
(United Press LesssJ Wire.)
Tombstone. Arts., -Oct 9.- TheTomb-
Stone consolidated Mines company, has
employed detectives' to discover; who
dynamited the 16,000-gallon water tank
that supplied the rallL The town was
ahaken yesterday '.by the explosion and
several mill employes narrowly escaped
death. The pipeline. 'from the tank -to
the mill was destroyed...
A reward of $260 for the srrest and
conviction of the dynamiters haa been
offered. Although the officials attrib
ute the act to a disgruntled employe
they cannot fix the blame, as there
has been no trouble .with any of the
workmen recently.
IIEIOJORDEATII
; OF SWEETHEART
G'uy.4 Rasor Suspected
Shooting Ora. Lee at
WadsworthV Ohio.
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.(Halted Press Leased Wtrs. )
(Special DUpsteh to Tb Joaraal.
Oregon ( City, Oct. 9. When Janitor
Nehren entered the' courthouse at an
(early hour this morning- he found that
two prisoners had effected their escape
last night. The prisoners were John
Bowers', held for,, trial for an attempt
to kill his wife, at ' Gladstone, a few
weeks ago. and Arthur Clark, serving a
six months' sentence for;' larceny of a
lot of tools from a woodcutter's camp a
month ago. The' prisoners had burned
their way out during' the night. t :,
, A Tttln Celling.
. The jail ,1s In the basement of the
courthouse. The walls iof the Jail are
of rock, the floor of concrete and over
head, celled with matched celling lum
ber. Through this, ceiling, which- Is
oniy an incn ttnoK tne escaped- prisoners
burned a no about a, loot squaratWllh
a -rei not poKer. . . ,, j , ... .. .
Through this .the men. crawled ,
then Dv thn same nrocess. burned an
opening a foot Pfpiare t.irough the floor
ot tne conrtnouso -aoout a root aoove
the cUSifc au4,4atat. tbm- aasaeor,a -ef-
Xeavs by Oourthons Soot,
! After era wMnsr throuxh the- two open
ings, into the .assessor s off Ice was an
easy 1 tasK, - and -th ball- door of the
courthouse -being fastened by an ordin
ary -latch lock, it was no trouble to
walk out Into the street and disaonear
There were five prisoners in the Jail at
the time of the break. Matt JanclgaJ.
held for trial for the murder of . Mary
Hcnmrexer, two montns ago; f. j. Wil
son, charged with criminal assault: John
Wallace, serving time for petit lar
ceny, ana cowers ana jiarx. Bowers
and Clark occupied one cell, Wifson and
waiiace occupiea a ceu across the hall
and jancigaj occupiea tne -steel cage.
Had It been otherwise, the Jail might
have been without an occupant this
morning. , , - ...
Misses Ethl and Letba Jackson, two
clerks in the assessor's office, were at
nrnfir Tn.r. v,nm - ia u n-rtinntf m.. t i. .
With a bul- and heard the noise underneath but
ON
l-LAu
Abdul Hamid
Sultan of Turkey
of
Wadsworth, Ohio, Oct. 9.
let' wound in the temple; the body of I thinking it to be caused by wood-rats,
Ora Lee, 20 years old, was found on which Infest the building, they paid no
uiBrwuBioQ iwu mits soutnwest ox
town earlv-todav. There were no ev
dences of a struaalo. the limbs havim
been (Straightened out and the clothing
cartttuuy arrangwi.
Beside 'thai girl's body lay her sult-
casa ' no weapon was found by the
orrtcers who" seftrched tha
Sheriff Hutchinson later
vicinity.
arrested finv
Rasor, 25-years of age,,, on suspicion.
Rasor 'was engaged to, marry Miss Lee.
The. girl left her home last night at
7:90 o'clock-to ao to Klttman. a near
by .town. i
MAX KILLED Itf f r,
TRACTIOX SMASIIUP
! BRYAH'S FINAL
SPEAKING DATES
jr.--
. . . (Cnlted Press tested Wire.)
iraverhilV Maas Oct.,9.V-With a ter
rifle crash a ,vestlbuled.Oeorgetown car
of j,-he ! Boston i Northwestern Electric
road was struck by' a work car at the
foot' of ; a steep hill near here today,
killing one-man instantly, iniurlna- an.
other fatally, end wounding a score of
passengers. The. rear of the George
town car waa smashed bv the Imoact
and the work car telescoped the passen
ger coach for half its length.
The motormsn of the work car claims
that the slippery rails made the brakes i
Ineffective and scarcely affected the!
Will Oose Night Before
Election at Omaha, With
Grand Rally.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York. Oct. 9. The final speaking
dates of Bryan's campaign were an
nounced at headquarters here today. He
will speak at . Madison .Square Garden,
October 2; Brooklyn, October 2; Syra
cuse, October 23; Burralo, October 30
Chicago, October 81.
Bryan will make his fin si address of
the campaign at Omaha on the night
before election and it Is understood that
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PBiijfl.r tii'i lit
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COURT
General Situation in Bal
kans More Serious and
Complicating Than
Ever Before. ?;
England Sends Fleet to
Lemnps SfafpstMob4.
olizing Austria Defiant
(Catted Press Issed WlM.)
Vienna, Oct. 9. The Turkish, forts
at Constantinople hate fired . on a
vessel on the atraits of the Bosphorus
that was flying the new '. Bulgarian
flag of independence, according to a
message just receired here. The gen
eral, situation la far more serious
than eer before. - A declaration of
w ar. 'bet ween ''Austria-And. Sef via la
expected any tnoment . Russia's fleet
in the Black Sea Is mobilizing. Brit
ish ships naVe- been ordered to ateatn
m mediately to Leranoa, a Turkish
dependency. w-At general' breaking
away of the Turkish, empire is Immi
nent and the complications. confront
ing the powers beepme more tangled
every, hour; i . v . .' .
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(United -Press eaaed Wire"
vOlympia, Wash., J Oct.' 9. The larg
psaudiencoeverpreaent '"at the su
preme court attended, the, session Jtoday
Beginning at 10 o'clock arguments be
gan on the four'attacks upon the direct
primary law. -.They will be concluded
late this afternoon; -when the: court will
retire ,'fbr consultation and will proba
bly follow -the usual custom and take
the questions under advisement.
The -date when the decision will be
rendered rests entirely with- the court.
It may "be wlthln24 hours' and It may
Lije as many months.
Alliuun ilia vanuiuaico iricsriu st inn
hearing were .M. .E. Hay and W. P. Bell,
both directly Interested in the outcome.
St. Petersburg1, Oct.-9. Fearing that
Austria .contemplates, taking advantage
of the situation in Scrvla as an oppor
tunity' for further extension of its ter
ritory. Gear Nicholas today ordered the
mobilization of the Black sea fleet,
.It Is rumored hefe that a plan has
been conceived by which Bulgaria, act
ing in conjunction with Austria, will
endeavor to seize part of Macedonia.
If any such step as that. Is attempted
Russia undoubtedly will be drawn actu
ally Into the situation
TnnHon Oct. 9. England today :
ordered the battleships Glory and Prlnc
of Wales and the cruisers Diana and
Lancaster to proceed at once from Malta
to the island of Lemnos which is a
Turkish'-: possession, - and. IS Jocated in
the Grecian archipelago, r.ngiana is
taking- this action on the representation -
of Turkey that only the presence ot
Knsllsh warships can calm the Turkish
population and prevent tile destruction
of the empire. . v - f
London. Oct. 9. England today aban
doned hope of ' avoiding war in tne
Balkana and it seems certain that noa-
(Contlnued on Pag Six.)
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momentum of his car on its flight down I rlan for a big cetrbratfon that night
tun iivtjiiv,
r under way.
DO IT NOW, OR IT MAY BE TOO LATE
Scott Brooke Bujs Quarter Block at Corner of Twelfth
and Washington for $135,000 Highest J Price Yet
Taid for Bcal Estate in That Section. ' '
, t"ppr Washjngtoa' street rcafty es-
tabllshed a aew record for high prices
tkia ' morning, when Thomas 8c tt
Broeke paid Illt.M for a lot 19 by
1M oa the aoatbwast corner of Twelfth
and 'Wajhlnrtoa. The price rtprsaO
th vatae mf tbe grmindC alace tha
uIMIt-ss m tbe corner are o4d woo1
S'rurlures and of bat little worth. Mr.
Prfwas Konrht the pror-erty from' Oi
si f Mum Rcbl Worrta -
rw erne time pest tbe march f
-lws has t-n tnling towards the
west tVasMnstna ctret and rrnilr
we Mtti r-s. hurt been fer
moaey mark on tipper Waahmrton
street and eatabllshea a new .acale of
raluea for realty la that district.. This
Is ell tha mora a beraoM Mr. Breoke,
who has been on ef , tha prominent
realty ssen of the city for a trumber
of ysara,. Is recognised as being a saost
careful and eonserratlre leetor.
Another big real estate deal waa Com
pleted this morning when J. A. Sheffield,
as sgent, sold the - northeast -ovartor
hlock an Ninth and Dart for Ili.W
Themerty fs part of the anteta.ef
the OTmon Trwst s Farinas bana. an4
wefle the rim of i n rmr k
ma-le rohllo, it la arwirtAvt thst I'ren
4 iee either a-xuirM tha rrrj s
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Despite Protest of Building Inspector, Council Commit
tee Eecommends Architect's Measure Apply
ing to Apartment Houses.
Acting directly against the advice of
Building Inspector Dobson, the health
and police committee of the council has
recommended tbe passage of a new
building- ordlnsnca presented for Us con
sideration by tK U Williams, aa-archl-tect
of Portland. In urging tbe passage
of this ordinance Williams said it would
encourage the erection of brick and
other buildings outside the fire limits
Instead of wooden structures.
The architect said that under the pres
ent building ordinance apartment bouses
and those used for similar purposes can
nni ot? duiii necause tne rost would Da
more than the revenue would Justify.
Williams asked that the requirements
for wall thickness he cut down to at
least nine Inches. The committee went
hlra one better, and cut It to eight.
Sobsoa Against Measure.
Inspector Dohaon. who had been asked
to appear before tha committee and
state bis ideas with regard to the pro
posed measure, informed the council
man that be thought It a bad one and a
dangerous experiment. He said that n
other; city In tha country had a similar ,
ordinance. When masked If tha present
wooden walls in use outside the fire
limits were not more dangerous than
the proposed reinforced brick walls h
said no, and gave as hia reason that tha
great weight of the brick or Hke mate
rial if not made with great stability by
sufficient thickneae would be an ever
present menace In case of fire because ,
of the tendency to fall when weak
ened. :' '
Mr rtnhMii aall however, that-the
present ordinance couWl be remedied so .
tn iMirli nt the construction of dwell
ings and. other .baildlnga at a ent which
would not be prohibitive. He aked J
the commute to look Into the building
ordinances Of other dtle end nt
action at once on the tentative ordlnanra
which they were considering.
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Tbe Jottmal reaches their own homes or places cl bttnei. It u t
ofieoualJed local-circulation of The Joaraal that gives tre r'f f
remits. ,f
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to let. and ki his own words fce ens wmw t; , j 'v '
withdrew the- ad immedntf !r. The J t;ml g'te tS "?
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