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IS INFATUATED
Was to Marry Her in This City
and Had Given Her All of
, His MoneyHad Just Dis
posed of Property.
P. WEBB FOLLOWED
WOMAN, MAN AND CHILD
Police See Double Plot to 60
. Away With the Farmer to
r. Secure His Money.
History of Crlm. -
The body of A. Johnson, a
farmur from eastern Washington
was found In a trunk at the Un-'
Ion depot at 11 o'clock last nlyht.
Johnson had , been murdered
about 2:30 yesterday afternoon
tn , a room' In the New Grand
Central hotel. ; ( .
Mm. B. ,W. Kersh, who aecom-:
panted . Johnson was arrested
early this mornlngr In the Wil
lamette lodprlnar " house, corner
Jitth and Stark. J. - P.' Webb.
who .was jylth her at the time
; was also arrested. The sum: of
1. $1800 which Johnson gave her
yesterday 'afternoon was found
on Mrs. Kersh, Webb ts held on 4
-W imi ftc 01 iliutuci. ,1113.
Kersh Is hold s-a, witness., lr
Cropping out in rapid succession, ae
aatlon followed sensation In the Investi
gation Into the. Johnson trunk murder
mystery today, promising to make It o
startling as to parallel In horror all of
the greatest murder cases of the age.
v First came the disclosure that th wo
man who wfijj arrested with J. P. Webb.
printer, who Is accused of murder In
the first degree, and who posed as the
wife of the murdered, ranchler, la In
reality Mrs. B. W. , Kersh, of Seattle,
Wash., and that she has been living' with
Webb for several weeks. :; ; .;.- ;
Then, 'next came the startling fact
' that the 6-year-old boy, who was left
In the Willamette rooming-house-. Sixth
' and Stark streets, last night by the wo
man and Webb, claims, although both
. the woman and the Accused man aald
he was the - son of Johnson, that bis
name is Willie Webb, and that Webb is
- hla father and the woman, who Is held
1 as an accessory," is hla mother.
""Robbery wa the motive of the mur.
der. .the intention being to get $1800
belonging to Wi A. Johnson, whose body
' was ? found cmntpled 'in a trunk last
nlgrht at the Union station and tagged
to North Puyallup, Wash.
t - Admits Identity. -The
woman has admitted she la Mrs.
B. W.V Kersh, and "that her husband
Is ah electrician employed by- tha city
of Seattle. She has been living with
Webb, who is In Jail. She aaya she
came to Portland with Johnson for
the purpose of getting a divorce and
marrying, him -(Johnson).- She denies
knowing anything., about .the murder,
but her . atoriea conflict ,ln several
points. - -..
It Is thought Webb killed Johnson
.about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
crammed the"- body" Into the . trunk, had
it taken to the station, then persuaded
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
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CmZEHS HEAR RAILROADS;
BEHT OfJ PACKING TONIGHT'S
' Alarmed by reports that railroad In
terests will attempt to pack the mass
meeting In . Carpenter's ; hall "tonight ,
east side organizations and citizens re
doubled efforts today to make sure that
- all who oppose vacating ast side blocks
to the O. It & N.- company will rally" to
the control of a. situation that; is re
garded as. serious. ; , v. ; y
':" Not alone will the vacation f east
side blocks be dealt with, but Attorneys
, Wilbur and Spencer and A. E. Clark
- have reported that the municipal judge
may Issue a Warrant for, the arrest
- of the O. R. & N. company for the ob
struction of Oregon and Adams streets
at their intersection. . Such a warrant
Issued . by' the Judge- would need be
served by the. Thief of police.
. Whether the chief would perform this
duty In the face of Mayor Simon's dis
approval andthe city, attorney.'l. refusal
. to lsaue a complaint remains to be seen.
Resolutions adopted at tonight's meet-
.lng will- determine whether this course
of procedure will be adopted. The at
. torneys have also reported that if Mayor
Flmon's Influence preven'ts the operation
of law against the O. It. A N. company,
then the only thing left to do will be
GREAT
JEFFB-IIIISOi!
FAT MEM'S BAHL
Growing Suspicion That Gillett
Has Something to Teil the
; Public Concerning the Big
Fiasco.
GLEASON SAYS MANY
WILL ATTEND THE SHJDW
Governor Declares There hall
Be No Fights in Los An
. geles, or Within, State.
"(SpecU! Dlspatrh to The JouraaL)
. San Francisco, June 21. Reno 'gets
the fight
Jack Gleason anxiously awaited this
word today from Tex Rlckard anouno
ing the definite selection of the Jeffries
Johnson battleground. . 'v, :
Gleason" said, "we will get to work to
make our arrangements all over again.
I am informed that many special trains
are being arranged for here and I an
ticipate that a great crowd of. San Fran-
elncans will be at " the ' ringside. The
railroads .are preparing' to do an im
mense business July 2 and 3, and I
am . going to seo the officials this af
ternoon to see If a special reaucted rate
cannot be secured. I believe that a
rate better than the ujyai, holiday fare
of $11.35 will be granTed."
. It. in believed ., that Governor ' Gillett
had soma good reason for declaring the
fight off other than a mere reform move
ment The conditions of thetmen aug
goists a "f a t-f est" and "eastern sporting
writes have boldly given their papers
this tip.
Gillett is expected to spring a sur
prise in a day or so. He has something
up hla sleeve. , ' - ,
A Los Angeles dispatch says:
' "District Attorney Fredericks at noon
today - received a. telegraphic request
from Attorney.. General Webb to "In
vestigate an alleged priae - fight r that
will be held in Los Angeles late this
week," and to make a report to the at
torney general's of flee, i w, . , . v? , .
Fredericks had declared that he had
no definite plans regarding the 10-round
match : between Abe Atteil and Owen
Moran, scheduled "for Naud Junction
arena next Friday night After he re
ceived the communication from the at
torney general Fredericks aaid he would
follow the Instructions In the message
and would make the report aa requested.
"The city attorney of Los Angeles,"
he said, "has assured me that boxing
matches staged in this , city are legal,
according to the present city ordinance,
and that they do not violate the. state
law,"
. Gillett said simply, "there ' will v be
no fight in Los Angeles. I know the
state law as well aa Mr. Frederlcka." ,
HALF MILLION FOR
P0ST0FF1CE SITE
OBTAINED BY BOURNE
' (CTnlled Preu Ixwaed WIn.t
Washinrton, Tone 81 An appropria
tion of $500,000 for the pnrchase of ' a
site for a postoffioe b nil ding- at Port
land, Or:., was btserted In the pabllo
bnlldings bill In the senate today. .
' The sucoessfnl fight of ' Senator
Bonrne, who. forced through aa amend
meat, won the day. ksii'-it,'':''-
to institute the recall against - the
maydr. ,:.
Due to the - general belief that the
O. R. & N. company la attempting to
kill the referendum by proceeding with
work on the east side pier of its new
bridge,, and that the railroad is hr the
same method trying to get possession of
me east side blocks through Its influ
ence on council members, publlo" inter
est In the situation is keyed to a high
pucn. ' -
Councllmen Lombard and Kubll and
the East Side Business Men's club are
among the most active leaders in pre
paring ror tonignt s meeting. They will
recommend the adoption of resolutions
condemning the vacation of streeta and
favoring the granting of a franchise
containing a common user clause. - .
A delegation to wait upon the council
tomorrow . mmlng-And ll-th city
iamers wny east side people do not
want their property given away will be
appomtea .tonight:-. iw. ..-.,
Carpenter's hall Is . at the corner of
ursna avenue ana &nai Morrison
streets. "All east side organizations will
participate in the session and a lively
MEETING
wm is anticipate .
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-Top row From left-to right, Detective Price, the prisoner J. P. Webb, Detectives Carpenter and Mallett, little Willie Johnson (or Webb).
; Lower row Left to right, W. H. Johnson, murdered man; Mrs. B. W. Kersh and the trunk in which Johnson's body was packed. .
iDFlfSf
PRIZEFIGHT GAME
At Governor Gillett's Direction
Attorney General -.Webb'ln-
structs District Attorneys to
Stop Everything.
' (Cnlted Press Leased Wire.) - -r
San Francisco, June 21. District at
torneys of Los Angeles, Kern and
Shasta, counties, -where ' "boxing- -con
tests' aro-now scheduled, will receive,
instructions from ' Attorney General
Webb today "to stop the fights. ' Webb
has Issued the orders at the direction
of Governor Gillett, ; who is keeping
posted on sporting news. 'Among the
contests ordered . stopped .were the, At-tell-Moran
fight : In Los Angeles next
Friday night, and bouts at Redding and
Bakersfleld. .
JOHNSON;KEEPS.UP
WORK AND PICKS UP ':
COIN INCIDENTALLY
'.'.,',J-:"v;.'.,.i;,.' . .:;:-v;'-'
fCalted Pmm Lhii4 Wr. :
San . Francisco. .June 21. Attorneys
for George Little, the deposed manager
of Jack Johnson,': and counsel for the
big- black met last night and settled the
question whether Little presented John
son with; a fictitious check ror 300.
Today the financial difficulties between
Little and Johnson are smoothed away
and honors are. even.-
Johnson went .out on the' road this
morning, ; and .will continue his - toad
work, until the mpment of departure for
Nevada. ify-r '''yfi':''-i's:l.
, He planned to box this-afternoon and
tomorrow, and will, thereby secure addi-'i
ttonal money, maklng. a final clean up
Wednesday. The negro charges 60 cents
apiece to those desiring to see ' him
hammer his sparring partners. , .J
OHIO ANTI-FIGHT
LEAGUE SENDS POST .
CARDS TO DICKERSON
, . ,yy.y,y- v-.v?, !..;'. -
(Unite Prc rM4 Wlr.t
. Columbus. Ohio, June 21. -Thousands
of post cards bearing protests against
the holding of the Jeffries-Johnson
fight In Nevada' are en route to Gov
ernor Dlckeraon" today, according to
Anti-Fight league of Ohio. i Attorneys
for the league maintain that the Nevada
laws prohibit prizefighting, v; : ;
The league cldlms part of the- oredlt
for preventing ' the big fight- in Cali
fornia. 'They hope" to Influence Gov
ernor) DicKerson to follow Governor Gil-
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In Special Message to Legisla
t ture in Special Session Urges
: Direct PrimarySays Peo
: pie Will Have It:' ;
i (United Prs Lesl Wire.), '
Albany. N. T.,' June 21, The legisla
ture, In, special session today, is in re
ceipt : of ; a message , from Governor
Hughes, urging the enactment of a di
rect primary law.; T.hat portion of the
message reads as follows!
. recommend for your consideration
the; amendment of" the law relating to
primaries, - the making of suitable pro
vision for , direct nomination of - candi
dates for public office and in connection
therewith ' provisions - for representative
and responsible party management I
"The., people , are. dissatisfied : with
rresenfdnd!Ud!Ui;Tah'aemand""
change. Whatever may be said of, the
imperfection in ' the laws relating- to
this matter in other Jurisdictions, there
can be no question that these, laws re
flect a wholesome sentiment which Is
countrywide and cannot be denied." .
Portions of North Dakota and
Montana Suffer Heat and.
. Winds Scorch.
(United Press Laued Wlre. ,
: Minneapolis, Mlnn... June 21 A se
rious drouth 1 threatening the crops
of, northwestern ' North Dakota and
eastern Montana, with destruction. With
a precipitation of "from, JltqfcUper
Cent" of the normaTr'atnfalU' the ground
Is parched, and farmers are apprehen
sive of almost totay loss ' of crops. .
Unless present ; scorching '. winds "and
high temperatures cease, BO per cent
of the crops will be ruined. The tem
peratures throughout the dry section
of North Dakota ranged around 110-tle-
m..
I VX ' '""i ' ill
GOVERIIOF! HUGHES
sfAiscnoii
OF POPULAR RULE
SERIOUS DROUTH
THREATENS CROPS
preside
swings big sm
for postal banks
Demands That Senate Accept
House Measure Senate In
' surgents and Democrats Say
Nay; Deadlock Impending.
". (United Prens Leaned Wire,) 1
Washington, t June 21. After Presi
dent Taft had carefully spent several
days In efforts to facilitate the passage
of the postal savings bank bill, the
measure is still sticking' and the pres
ident is. "mad." - , :
Taft's anger was so great that he
cancelled his proposed trip to New Hav
en and "announced 'that 'he' would sit
tight. on the congressional lid as long
as necessary 1 to accomplish the pas
sage of a "satisfactory postal savings
bank measure. v- f v ...
The president 'detfiarids that the sen
ate shall accept the bill without amend
ments, but the insurgents and the' Dem
ocrats are determined to force -changes.
It Is believed that Taft Is ready to
stay, here ail summer, if necessary. The
Democrats and insurgents are hot to
be moved by cajolery or threats. : They
declare the president is unreasonable
to expect the senate to accept the house
bill,, which is . entirely different f rom
the bill passed by the senate. They add
that they are not bound by any prom
ise - the regulars may have made to
Taft .
The president decided to borrow and
use the "big stick" when he heard
several senators . had planned V a fili
buster against the bllL Taft feels that
he is pledged to support the .house bill
because ' a number : of house insur
gents supported a rule which made pos
sible the passage of the postal bill by
the house. He believes that if the
measure goes to conference a "spe
cial privilege", provision will be writ
ten in by the senate and that the house
will not accept the amendment ;
Senator Bailey, reputed - to be lead
ing the filibuster, conferred with the
president today, When he emerged he
said: .
. "They must abandon that bill . or
they will be here through August."
This, was taken to mean that a fight
between the president and the recalcit
rants was impending.
EX-GOVERNOR M'GRAW
ATTOINTOFDEATH
Seattle, June, ai. former- Oovsmor
John H. MoQraw, who has been serious
ly 111 for the past three months, was re
ported very low today. It Is believed
deatlp is a matter of hours only. Bis
r,VHolans of far no hope for his re
covery.' ,
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P .' VM 1
ROOSEVaT IS HOT
COMING TO I III
ASSEMBLY PLANS
In the First Place He Does Not
Favor It; In the Second Place
.Those Who Favor It Are Foes
of His Policies.'. ' '
' Washington. June, tl.Any intimation
that Roosevelt will go to Oregon to as
sist the assembly faction is known to be
:"bunc'''.. of -a kind with the announce
ment made in January," 1907. when it
was claimed that Ormaby .McHarg was
there as a representative of Roosevelt
in the endeavor to Jnuce the legislature
to refuse to''-, elect Chamberlain, and
which Roosevelt denounced In a Journal
interview . as -. false. j ,w iyi. yy- -i.-:
;t Roosevelt . will noti go, on any such
mission first, because he Is against
what the assembly, stands for, and, sec
ond, because the politicians engineering
the a ssembly are against, nearly, every
essential policy for-which Roosevelt la
bored.; ;';"; j i'il'i "i-,f...v.i',-j, ;.U-,(V..v..
j--- The same, reasons prevented Governor
Hughes of New York from accepting an
assembly , invitation. The facts, were
presented - to Husrhes immediately after
it was announced he had been invited,
resulting in his positive declination, .
Not only will Roosevelt hot go io help
the- assembly but in no way will,; he
lend , them encouragement S Further, no
progressive senator or representative
will aid ; them. Such progressives as
Doillver, La Toilette, Cummins, Clapp
and Brlstow will refuse all calls to aid
In destroying, the Oregon prtmary law
and a return to, the convention system.
'.'Instead .of helping .any . such move
ment," Clapp said, , "we are aiding In
the; circulating of ,llterature .upholding
the Oregon, laws," ,., ? , r
La Follette,' Doillver and, others In
dorsed ' Clapp' s statement ' r
Bl(tDElL IU ELL10RE
PROPERTIES PEUD1UG
Samuel Elmore spent a large part of his time in Portland, and
' when in this city he made headquarters al; the Ho'rl Fort1" "-?. . T'rv
"Imoftnn addition to' "owning many of, the "great aaimuu i miuj
. plants of Oregon, was principal owner in the Elmore steamship' l.n
plying between Astoria and Tillamook.
It was reported from San Francisco as late as yesterdty aftf rr.or in
that Elmore was to meet a representative of an eastern ?-: ! in h-,n, ,
with coast headquarters at San FraYidsco, for the fv.rirt tf r
tiating transfer of the Elmire packing plants to tMa couu s.).
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II
Wm. Krugg of Large Nebraska
Brewing Concern Comes to
, Death in. Automobile Acci-
dent in Omaha.
SAMUEL ELMORE DIES .
IN AWFUL SMASHUP
Mrs.1 M. G. Garretson Is Also
Crushed to Death When Ma
chine Strikes Car. .
. (United Pnn tetMd Wtre.
Omaha, June 21. William Kniss,
millionaire and head of th Krugg
Brewing company, was killed here to
day in an automobile accident.' Two
other persons were fatally injured. ,
? Fred I. McCormick and Al Schtiltz
were fatally injured and J. H. Warren
was hurt seriously J, W ,
Krug's car,, driven by the million
aire, collided with an automobile
driven by Warren. The Krug car
struck, a telegraph; pole and Krug
and - McCormick were crushed be
.icath the machine. Warren's car was
hurled a distance of 75 feet and hung
suspended on the brink of an embank
ment Wirren and Schultz were
thrown . out as their car hurtled
through the air. v -' - : '
(Continued on faga Two.)
iMrs. Marlon Garretson was a woman
well known in . Portland.- having lived
here since her early youth. Before
her marriage her name was. May Bate
man. She attended the Park school and
lived with her parents on Clay street
between Tenth and Eleventh streets. .
"While a young girl, Mrs.. Garretson
wan married! and later was divorced,
afterward marrying Ptirdy Garretson. a
traveling man who makes his headquar
ters at Rnokane. . ' - '
Mr. and Mrs. " Garretson have been
separated, though not divorced, for a
number of years.: She was about 33
years of age. Was large and of striking
figme and a. blonde. -..
Mrs. Garretson had known Mr. Elniota
for a number of years, being seen fre-,
quently -with - him. when he ; was In the
city. , On different occasions she had
followed Captain Elmore when he has
taKen trips oown ine quani, auu imu wiu.
much in his company while he was ab
sent from home..;-o ,'
! .For a time, however, Captain Elmors
and Mrs. Garretson had a falling out
and were 'not seen together,, but about
nine months ago they patched up their
differences ,and since that time had
been on very friendly terms. .
Since her separation from Garretson,
Mrs. ftrreton had been UvinsfJn Port
land at various apartment houses.--
TJn to two months ato Mrs. Garretson
lived at the Ionian Court 570 Couch
street' where she shared her apartments
with Mrs. Anabel Earl. .When she left
the Ionian court Mrs. Garretson went
to San FrancLsco, presumably to visit
her sister, Mrs.' Brant, who had moved
to the California city with her husband
eomo time before that date. -
Mrs. Earl ,has also left ' the Ionian
court,; and now: has apartments at tho
Marlborough apartments, Twenty-first
and Flanders. - While they resided to
gether at the Ionian court the two wo
men were- much together. , Mrs. :"Earl
declined to give any information re
garding'Mrs. Garretson thla mornlns,
saying that all Information should como
from the dead ' woman's relatives. S
far - as . known Mrs. Garretson has no
relatives living in Portland at the pres
ent time.
OF TWO BIG FIRMS
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PORTLAND PEOPLE