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i .. ... ' M k ' ' : I!'. 11 11 ' ' 'II' I ' ' ' " ::,.,,:.',.:". , ,' ,- - :,:: ,::.:,..:. X V. , , , v THE, AMBITIOUS MAN Is eonstaBtly on the lookout for some thing bettor. Journal help wanted ads-?'. - ' offer many ehanoea for advanoement. if night and rrldayj' Boathcrly :.wlndt. C OAST TEMPERATURES Bolto 4 n .V:.'-. B Trsnolaoo Portland ; ., . ... ..,.,,: ; B "! Booooiurf PORTLAND OREGON, ; THURSDAV EVENINO, SEPTEMBER 7, Visili TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. VOL.X.xNO. 168. ;yw. PRICE TWO CENTS AW) rivs OEJITI. FRIENDLY SCUFFLE ON DECK OF xBUTOHERY OF MRS. DAiSY WEHRMAI1 fi5SliffiiK ' " . : ':- , ' - ' ' ;1v L ' - STEAMSHIP BEAVER RESULTS IN Murderer Uses Revolver First, Then Hacks Skulls , With a v Hatchet, in Dreadful Killing of Portland Family in Apple ' Valley; Bodies, of Child and Mother,, Are Discovered by Woman Living in Neighborhood Some Time After Crime. i. . ' (8tf( Correpondenoo.) BctCDOoae. Or,, Sept. 7. A double to order, alnularly Ilk the Hill murde at Ardonwald BUtlon, Portland, waa committed hi AppU vaUoy, four ralloa weit of f hero, olther Bundar nlftit or Monday jnornjnjr. when t Mr Daisy Wobrman and Irer'.lryear-bld aon wero killed. They : -wore first whot throurh tho head, then , their bralna beaten out With a hatcbet ' '?!. .'"'. Frnk "Wehrman, the husband. Is bo Ina: held at the scerto of the murder by Sheriff A,' to. Thompson of Columbia county, but U not' suspected , Of. the murder. - He (a a baker employed la the New . York bakery, : Portland, Or. Ht came to the scene of the erlme last niarht In an automobile with his broth-r-ln-law H.: CX Myers, a contractina plumber of Portland. He stayed on the porch of 'th'h.oue most of the night while a deputy , ahenff ,watcnea mm from ambush. t . .-. ;. rro Sowa T Karek. .: The Wehrmane came to Apple valley about last March, from Iowa.. They had been married seven years; They bought a 10 acre tract and built themselves a two room "cabin., ...Webrman has .been working- in Portland and spehdlna the week ends with his wife and son..' A week ago Saturday night he came from Portland. '- On the . train, ha says, he was attacked by stomach trouble, with which he is" afflicted. He did not work last week, but remained at hi cabin. Sunday be took the train for Port land. He bade- his wife and baby an affectionate goodbye first buying a big bill ; of goods at the grocery atore and baring It sent to .the caWn. JTeighbo taoaa to Make OaU. Mrs. G. S. Slercks, a .neighbor, dis covered -the fcrime.fi'i-Mpnday afternoon about 3 o'clock with her, young son and daughter; she ; went to call on Mrs. Wehrmsn.; who'.'wss1 JS years old. . She found the front door padlocked on the outside,. '', No one answered her knocks at the ' door so . she went- to a back window;', raised It and 'pushing the cur tain aside.:- looked-inVfc.ifc-'wtft'r', j. " i .: She saw; "Mrs. -Wehrmah lying- on the bed,- but could not. distinguish the baby, aa the room was poorly, lighted, the cur- ROCK AT GOLDEN GATE'S ENTRANCE Heavy Fog Causes Navigator to Miss Channel and Vessel With 1 00 Passengers on Board Strikes With Crash. rnta PreM Uul Wire.) San Francisco, Sept 7. One hundred passengers on board the liner Santa I Clara faced death today when the yes jael, coming in from Eureka, struck the rocks while entering the Golden Gats ' tn a 'tog which obscured the channel entrance. ' ' A heaiy sea was running and the passengers, who were, preparing to land, ; were suddenly thrown to the deck by , the terrific crash. Women and children creamed and a rush ws made for the life boats. For a few minutes panto reigned, but clpllne of the crew proved sufficient to quell the rush and order was soon re stored. The vessel hung for a few min utes on the rock, pounding heavily, and then slid off into the deep water. Although leaking badly the vessel's pumps were able to keep the "water down and the engines were unharmed. Answering wireless calls for aid, rescue tugs rushed to the scene and escorted the vessel to the dock, while the pumps were kept going steadily to keep the ccaft from sinking. '' The Santa Clara was loaded with lime and general cargo as well aa the 100 passengers and a crew of 40 men. She Is owned by the North Paclflo Steam ship company of San Franclsoo. . , START OF SECOND HEAT 1 V 'I 11 Front right to left, "aa they bcow. In : f&gj: -wagsa,' -:sk -M figs immr, mmmmM 4i!f' w:Mm :wrm W III 4-sa?fc- "fee,-,. . 1 . 'feiitllll"i -yaA . - . -. -. VTVv .. .. u?,. vv -' ' tewWl m . i ill ''.. 1 1 1, 't ',: : , . 'r- w T" rum "n irrr 'n-irni irnrMrt mri i iiaMiHi ' - ' "- - - ' - " . u lj.: itnir.- i :'i-ir !it:- ; ,:! uiw ; -it-;-; : i.w . u m,i;i:!.i'r. wain ; : " r - i-ir ;-n n. u : wr-it; rit ' it ';., l- :f: ! r p.umm .m'-mjiutu ,Ffu -if; :u:.u.'"'! w:f-:,, 'f :---t n. "i:.-,nt : h: -:;' . t ' h j r i ?' .,' . '.... . . ' ' i i!'"i-. r-.i, .. .. f. .;: , . . , , . ''' ' ... . . ' r.TvTVZI 1 v ' 1 T is. r , , mi- , .v , . tains being dragn. . Thinking the wo man asleep, she went away. But that night she began to grow suspicious, the padlocked door being the' foundation of her-fears. Tuesday morning she. went back and again looked in the window. She saw Mrs. .Wehrman's body in the same position. ' Walks Three Miles to Telephone. Then she knew something was wrong. Walking three miles to the nearest tele phone, she told her husband, who was in Scappoose, of her fears.? He Imme diately notified Sheriff Thompson. With the arrival of Sheriff Stevens Of - Multnomah county and . '. Bertilllon Expert-Hunter of the Portland police department here, this morning, Coroner Frank Sherwood of St. Helena drafted a coroner's'' Jury .and, accompanied by Drs. j, h. Fiynn or scappoose and E. Rosa of St Helens, went to the Wehr- Murdered While Hear waiL The officers found th body of the woman, fully dressed with the excep tion of a part of her underclothing, ly. tngwithe outside part of the bed. Her ttnrse year old son, Harold, lay beside her with his head resting on her right arm. Proof that she had been murdered while she lay near the wall and her body pulled to the outside of the bed, was seen In the fact that a pool of blood ha4 collected on the bedclothlng on the Inside of the bed and blood had trickled down the well and run through the rioor to the earth below. : XUled, Then Hatches Hacked. Tho. woman had-been shot once. The buHet entered tinder the left Jaw and i lodged In the back. of her head. Her- head and face had been hacked horribly with a hatchet, which waa found in the middle of the floor. The baby had been shot under the right ear and the sharp end of the hatchet wield ed - against Its . face and head. The skulls of both mother and child were crushed In. ; . . After the murder and outraging, evi dences showed; the murderer washed his hands in . the tin washbasin. The water which . remained In the basin when the authorities arrived this morn ing was red with blood. , Several dark stains on the towel were developed by Bertlllon Expert Hunter and proved to be blood stains.. Blood was spattered over ail the floor and on the walls. The Shooting was done with a .88 caliber revolver. One bullet, that which passed through the baby's head, was found in the bed clothing. But the .32 caliber revolver, which Wehrman said he left in the house. Is missing. The .85 caliber gun, which his wife kept in a cornef, was not disturbed. Husband Bits All Morning, Sobbing. The authorities have no possible clue. They do hot, suspect Wehrman, who is j heart broken and sat all morning In the rear of the house, sobbing. . The coro ner's Jury probably will return a verdict of murder by an unknown person or persons later this afternoon. Deputy (Continued on Page Six.) ASTOR LOSES PROTEST; (Special to The Journal.) Astoria, Sept 7. The decision of the Judges in the protest against the Astor In the 13 foot class race gives the Wig wam II first prise. . "' '''', In the free-for-all the famous Red Top will not win. She came near sink ing. She evidently ran Into something as a hole is in her hull. BOY UNDER ARREST, FOR TRAIN WRECKING (United Pres. Leated Wire. Fremont, Wis.. Sept. 7. Leonard Lake, the 15-year-old son of a farmer living- near here, was arrested this af ternoon and charged with tampering with the switch which resulted in the wreck of the Soo line passenger train where three persons were killed and several injured. The boy is said to have confessed that he wrecked the train to get even with a section fore man for a slight wrong, OF THE GREAT $5000 RACE both' tier, hbraea are WIGWAM II HAS PRIZE the hbrsea are: ' Front Francis J, McGulre; JanJof Dan Patch, iTofcaboom; Oeorjre Woodward, Dnnma; AxwOm, WalLice; Baltamont, Uadaey. Seoood row Don pronto. Durfco; Eaplere, Camp; Wfljion; AordwrJL Ward; Teddy Bear, Waiior; Tom Mjurthm, Mwrphj. ADerdawwaa at oaftrrrae left of first line, and out of rango of camerm. ' I U':'.' . ,'-'-v X'V y; .-:-'.;tsf '.!"::'".- - :- " - ; - ? vor'V.'..H.y;.i:::'.'..?---AviC vy-i.y- OREGON 0 EA EUGEN AVERS C I GRAY Line to Be Extended This Year Right of Way Problems Now Being Settled Means Much to Section. "The Oregon Electric will be extend ed to Eugene this year. How much of the work will be done before the rainy reason sets in depends upon the prog ress we are able to make in making right of way adjustments. The people of Eugene are treating us with most liberal spirit and I believe the exten sion of electric transportation to this point in the Wlllanjette valley will re sult In great development and Unfold benefits to the people themselves." This positive statement was made this morning by President Carl R. Gray of the Hill lines in Oregon. Mr. Gray came back yesterday from Eugene and Albany where work on the exten sion of the Oregon Electric from Salem has already commenced. He expressed unqualified surprise that there should be, as reported, an idea that the build ing of the Oregon Electric to Eugene may not be completed for three years. All Doubt Bemovsd. "The extension has been definitely agreed upon," said President Gray. "There Isn't any doubt about it what ever, and we . will work Just as rapid ly as possible, consistent with adjust ment of right f way matters." President Gray was one of the speak ers yesterday before the Ad club and what he said then will be long re membered by those who are intelli gently Interested to. the development of Oregon. He urged that as colonists cbrce to Oregon both this fall aqd In succeeding years, runest possioie prep aration be mads to locate them on the land and there teach them how to be successful In soil cultivation by having men qualified to Instruct get right out on the land and show the man how to do the work. President Gray urged soil tests that will establish beyond question what crops will be most suc cessful on certain lands. He urged the support oi the agricultural collegs, saying Its work must be fundamentally (Continued on Page Five.) FOR 2:08 PACERS. AT COUNTRY WRAPPED IN ELAME HIGH UP IN AIR TWO MEN MEET DEATH . - : ' Lieutenant Neumann ofi Ger man Army With Passenger Crushed Under Falling Ma chine; Amateur Falls. (United Prae. Laasad Wire.) Strassburg, Germany, Sept 7. Avi ators Lleutsnant Neumann and Leconte, the latter carried as a passenger, were instantly billed at Bilzhelm today when. me motor or their aeroplane exploded at a height of 100 feet and men and machine, enveloped In a sheet of flame, were dashed to the ground. Both men were crushed beneath the motor. Paul Senge an amateur aviator, while making a trial flight at Karlsruhe, fell and was picked up In an unconscious condition with a fractured skull. SUGAR TAKES ANOTHER . LEAP CANDY PRICES FORCED UP A NOTCH So rapid has been the advance 4 in the price of raw and refined sugar at various centers, that 4 one of the leading sugar Jobbers at New York has withdrawn all 4 prices and is today refusing to 4 sell at any figure. O The public's purse is being ro- 4 ened wider each day as a result of the short beet sugar croo In O Germany and Austria. Advances 4 are almost daily occurrence a and no relief Is in sight. a The little ones were affected O today when the rapid advance in 0 sugar prices caused candy manu- facturers to ndvance their quo- O tatlons on most varieties 1 cent 4 a pound snd further advances will soon occur unless there Is O a quick change for the better In the sugar market. CLUB TRACK WITH FRANCIS J. DRIVEN BY VETERAN ,,',. v.'.,' '".;',....,.., ,', ' 11 WnJt ' k-l ..l.i i -w ! ! JUDGE RELEASES BEIILAH DWORD AND COUSIN PAUL Woman Stays in Celt to Meet Booking Agent of Vaude- ' vide House; Paul Beattie Rushes Home to Wife. .(United Press Leased Wire.) Chesterfield Courthouse, Vs., Sept 7. Beulah Blnford and Paul Beattie, who have been detained in Jail during the trial of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., for the murder of his wife, were released from custody today by order of Judge Wat son. Immediately upon receipt here of Judge Watson's order Paul Beattie, cou sin of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., who is on trial for wife murder, left the Jail. Beulah Binford left the Jail here at noon today, and took a train for Wash ington where she will fill a moving pic ture engagement She will pose for films in a plot representing the Beattie case. One thousand persons gathered out side the little Jail when she entered and sped away for the depot Miss Bln ford put on a heavy veil as the train started. She was accompanied by three representatives of booking agen cies. Paul Beattie, overjoyed with freedom. rushed home to fits wife and baby. Many women were In the courtroom today to bear the final arguments to the Jury. Judge Watson told them there would be parts of the case that would be unfit for them to hear and asked them to leave. They left The court then began reading instructions to the Jury. Charge to the Jury. In bia charge to the Jury, Judge Wat son is believed to have strongly fa vored the defense. In reviewing the evi dence of the.niurder, he said: "In a case where the commonwealth endeavors to prove the accused person's guilt-the evidence proven must show circumstances all inconsistent with ev ery reasonable hypothesis except guilt" Commonwealth s Attorney Gregory. an old fashioned lawyer and Confed erate veteran, opened the, argument for the prosecution. His plea for conviction (Continued on Page Fifteen.) . LOSS OF JEWELS WORTH $15.000 George Primrose's Loss Said to Be About $6000; Mrs. Russell of Boston Loses $9000 Worth of Gems Bag on Arm of Woman Breaks and Jewels Are Hurled Into the Water Primrose's Story Cut Short by Marathon. A little game of "Stop-the-Deal," or "Cut-out-the-Bough-Stuff" on tho steamer Beaver Tuesday .resulted in the loss to George Primrose, the min strel man, and Mrs. Adella Russell, a wealthy 'Boston widow, of $16,000 worth of Jewels, according to one of the passengers. And It may be con fidently stated that this is no press agent story, either, ' ' Primrose and Mrs. Russell were the center of little party of travelers from San Francisco to Portland, so the story goes, and they were enjoying1 them selves on the deck of the Beaver. The. sun was shining brightly and there was .naught to mar the dellghtfulness or the ride on the bounding wave. Primrose was telling one of his latest stories In dialect but Just as he reached the climax where -the audience should have bursted into an uproar, a party of unappreclative tourists, who to while away the time, were practicing a marathon around the -deck of the vessel, made the 00th round, or there abouts, and their footfalls knocked the climax to the minstrel man's story galley west Prepare to stop Baee, "Let's put the "kibosh on that relay marathon stuff," said Primrose. Kibosh goes," said one of the par ty. "But tell us the how. There are some considerable men circulating around in that little hasten-fest,' and as a matter of fact I can't swim." "We'll form a phalanx, whatever that " said Primrose. "Then when they come around again we'll nip their little round-the-world race in the bud. They'll land against a wall." So they formed their phalanx and waited. On they came perhaps & dozen brawny men, coats off, collars loosed, Portland business men are preparing to go- by special train to the Panama Pacific ground breaking ceremonies In San Francisco. A message has been sent President Taft asking that he per mit his private car to be attached to this train. No response to the request has been received, but It Is anticipated that (he president will consent. . i It la. likely that a number of cltlsena appointed on the committee to receive the president when be arrives in Fort- land. October 11, will attend the presi dent on his way to San Francisco, via Salem, provided he apprqves the plan as outlined In the telegram sent him. The' chief function of the Portland delegation to an Francisco will not only be to watch , President Taft over turn his first shovelful of earth In, the exposition . grounds, but to locate the place qf the Oregon building and exhibit there. When he waa'ln Portland, of ficial representative of the Panama Pacific Exposition company. Senator Milton ' L. Schmidt of Sao Francisco said that Oregon should have the pick PORTLAND BUSINESS MEN TO WITNESS TAET PLY SHOVEL AT SAN FRANCISCO PENS ONS FOR AGED EMPLOYES UNDER CIVIL SERVICE URGED BY RUSHLIGHT Mayor Rushlight thinks old men In the employ of the city under civil ser vice regulations should be pensioned when they become so old they are In capacitated for work. As the rules now are nothing can be done but let them keep at work until sickness or extreme old sge causes them to drop by the way side. The question of what to do with the old men who are no longer able to do a full day's work came before the civil service commission at a meeting yester day afternoon when George H. Miller, who had been in the employ of the city in the street cleaning department for 10 years, but was suspended last sum mer when he became sick and failed to JIM M'GUfRE AN EASY WINNER ON A MUDDY TRACK neckties flying in the ocean breeze, each striving to catch up with the. other. It was a good race to a rank outsider, but it was a fool proceeding to Primrose and his, party. Anyway, the marathoners, thinking they could easily break through the hu man wall, dashed madly forward. They thought Is was only a Joke. It was not. Primrose and his party were determined to put a, stop to the race right there and then, if possible. So the racers and the objectors mixed. There was a good deal of flurry and a tumble and a sprawling on the deck. Bag Breaks, Gems rail. Mrs. Ruasell carried a' bag on her arm. In this bag were $16,000 worth .; of Jewels, it Is said, and in the scuffle that followed the onrush of the racers the bag was rent asunder. " There was a sparkle, a flash and the Paclflo swallowed a fortune In gems. The race, of course, came to an end, Just as the Primrose party Intended. The Jewels are still at the bottom of the moaning, misty sea Primrose could not be located this morning. . Mrs. Primrose, who is a guest at the Portland, said she does not know Mrs. Russell; that she Is a friend only of Mr. Primrose. It is known, however, that none of the Jewels were Mrs. Prim rose's, as she is said to have been sue- -cessful In securing all of her gems from her husband before divorce pro ceedings were started at Oregon City a few weeks ago. Mrs. Primrose refused to comment on the suit for divorce recently filed by her husband, merely saying that she had nothing to say. Mrs. Russell suffered s $9000 losa of gems. It is stated, and Primrose la alleged to have had $5000 or $000 worth of Jewelry in the bag carried by Mrs. Russell. . i , i i ii i of locations. For this reason ha urged ' that the appropriation for building anS exhibit be made large enough to proper ly represent the wealth and resources . of the state. In thla he waa heartily seconded by Chairman Julius L. Meier ' of the Oregon ltlS Exposition commis- sion. ', . , , Senator Schmidt's ,vislt waa ImmedL ately followed by the delegation of Ban I Francisco business men and . exposition, f promoters,, who not'only seconded what the senator had said but went further. ; saying that special care will bo, taken to see that Oregon gets as much benefit. In proportion, from the Exposition as California will receive. These visits and messages aroused such Interest that the buslnesa people -of the. state are enlisted to see that not less and If possible more than $800,000 shall be appropriated by the ' legislature to pay the expense of the -: Oregon exhibit at the 1915 exposition. In addition many organisations through- -out the state will sdopt systematic pro- . grams of work, preparing their portions ' of the Oregon exhibit. report to the superintendent of the partment, asked to be reinstated. '' One of the civil service rules la that if en employe falls to report to the chief of his department at least once In three ' days, he becomes suspended from the T " service. 'i',.f:.-t-vu4'-i , Tells Pitiful in.- 'Srxfyiy Miller, who is 66 years old, waa taken ' sick on J,uly 4 of last year and waa ill for five months. He, said . he didnot know It was necessary for him to re , ' port to his superintendent So when he was able to return to work he' found -that he was no longer In the service. Twice he took the physical examlna. (Continued on Page Fifteen.) , ! fjf '.