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THE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL; PORTLAND, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, . 1916. 4 11 GUARDSMEN WILL BE VEWED HER BY H E ON T HRQNG HURSDAY Portland to Turn Out in Big Demonstration in Honor of Soldiers, : PARADE IS SCHEDULED Auditorium Coraerttona aylag- to Ba On Taature of the Celebra tion Planned. L Thousands of people will wttneaa the public review of Oregon' roldier boya on Portland's business treets Thuraday afternoon. The same big crowd will then attend the cornerstone laying; of the Portland t public audlortum. Thua Portland will take a half holiday to rejoice over the return of the soldier boya and to give evidence of satisfaction that the $800. 000 atructure for public gatherings la aoon to be ready for uaa. The troops of the Third Oregon, wltti thelc. band, guns and other equipment. Will be brought from Clackamas by apeclal train. The parade w!'.! take place about 1:80 Thursday afternoon. . Commissioner of Public Affairs George l. Baker announced this morn ing that final arrangements an: being made for the parade and cornerstone laying. Conference with officers of the Oregon National Guard wm held this rooming as to line of marcb, par ticipation in the ceremonies incident to laying the cornerstone of the audi torium and the feed that Is to to low. The feed may take place at Clacka mas, as It is doubted that any struc ture lln Portland will be large enough to seat between 1200 and 1300 soldiers. A meeting of the Chamber of Com tnerca committee will be held this aft arnoon. Thursday evening all Portland theatres wlfr admit the soldier boys to their performances without charge. THOMPSON ON STAND CANT EXPLAIN HOW BLOOD STAINED SHIRT (Continued From Page On.) black, shoes. He has been wearing no coat -while Jn Jail. He hai a day's growth of beard on bis face. Thompson talked easily and with a ready smile. Now and tbin, he wonild rest his eyes on the Jury box. Thomp son was the object of the gaze of a packed court room. Most of the spec tators were women. Defendant Is Cross-Examined. After Thompson told his tMry, Dis trict Attorney Tongue beyan his Cross examination shortly after 11 o'clock, and told Thompson to explain how grapihite got on an undershirt found at his horne at 7109 Forty-second ave nue S. K., Portland. Thompson said he did not know how It, got there. Thorn pnoi" has said that the bloody graphite-cohered outside shirt found on the scene of tho crimie liatf been worn by him on Thursday"" before thn crime was com mitted, when he visited Mrs. Jennings. He said that he had left It there on Friday morning, and that Mrs. Jen nings had given him another shirt to Wear. Thompson said there was no blood or graphite on the shirt when he left It at the Jennings home. "The blood and graphite on the un dershirt did not coma, from your smashed thumb, did It'.'" ajjked Tongue. "1 don't know whether there Is blood on It." replied Thompson, "and 1 do not know where the gr-.phlte came from." ''Showing you that the graphite on the undershirt Is directly under the graphite on the outside shirt, will you explain that?" shot Tongue. "1 can't tell you," replied '1 nompson. Wore Blue Serge, Thompson admitted thae- he had on a blue serge coat when seen by Deputy Sheriff Ward at 8:30 o'clock the night of the murder. He had on a blue serge coat when arrested and inside the rimht sleeve was found blond and graphite apots. Thompson denied having a package when seen by Ward. The deputy sheriff testified that Thomp son had a package under his arm and identified tha wrapping found in Rlst man'i automobile as the one ba bad aeen in Thompson's possession. ' Tha defendant aald that he was at home tha night of the murder and that tha first he knew aoout the crime was what ha read in an afternoon newspaper while riding on the St. Johns car going to his parents' home. Thompson said he was on his way to tha police station when he was ar rested. Thompson said that he had served time in the penitentiary, having been sentenced January 22, 1902, for robbery. He aald he knew Mrs. Jennings, hav ing met her May 25, 1914, while haul ing wood for Ed Cook from the Jen nings place. He told about his em ployment at the Western Cooperage company, explaining that he worked on the conveyors.' "Was there any graphite on the conveyor chain?" asked Attorney Hus ton, one of his attorneys. "I think there was." replied Thomp son. Thompson said that be had smashed his thumb nail, while working at the place and had to lay off. He aa'.d he went to the Jennings home, the Thursday before the murder and left there Friday noon. He said he hauled two cords of wood for her while there. Sad Shirt XJke It. Attorney Huston, showed him the bloody and graphite covered outside shirt. "Did you have a shirt like that?' he asked. "I had a ahlrt similar to that," an swered Thompson. "It is like the one I had on when I went to Mrs. Jen nings' house." Questioned again by Tongue, Thomp son aald that be did not wear the out side shirt when he worked at the cooperage company and that he could not have gotten graphite on it there He gave no explanation as to how tho spots got there. Thompson admited that he had been given an election card by Deputy Sheriff Ward, and that the card taken off him when arrested was the same one. What He Sid Monday. "I got home about 7 or 7:30 o'clock on Monday," said Thompson. "I bpoke' to Mr. Ames when I went IntD the house." Ames testified yesterday that he did not talk to Thompson the night n the murder. "I stayed at my sister-in-law's 1 ouse all night and got up about 6:30, when I washed and went to the butcher shop. I saw Cain, the groceryman, on my way back. I was home all day Tuesday. Wednesday morning I washed and went over town to pay the water bill. Then I went to the em ployment office at Fourteenth and Johnson streets, looking for work, and later to other places. Then 1 took the car for St. Johns." "On the car I saw a man reading a Portland paper and I saw my name In it. I asked him for it and he gave it to me. I saw where I was wanted and decided to go to the police station. I went to my parents' home a.nd stayed there 20 or 80 minutes, telling them I was going to the police station. I was with my brother Ed on the way to the car when the detectives saw me." Thompson said he did not know Rlstman and that he knew nothing of the operation of an automobile. "I, never drove a machine in my life and know nothing about a car," he said. Had Bidden on Track. Lew Rlggs, summoned from Astoria, went on the stand. Mrs. Dennett Thompson's second cousin hal testi fied that she bad aeen Rlggs and Thompson on an auto (.ruck and Rlggs had referred to Thompson as his "helper." Rlggs said that Thompson did not work with him, but hail often ridden on the truck. "He wanted to learn how to run one." said Rlggs. "He said that he was going Into some sort of business where a truck was to be used. He used to ask me about the clutch and gears." "You explained to him about the gears eight or ten times?" queried Tongue. "Yes. If he had remembered he would have learned how to operate them," said Riggs. "Well, Thompson Is a pretty bright fellow. Isn't he?" asked Tongue. "In some things," answered Rlggj. Edward Thompson, defendant's brother, ssld he was with Bennett when Bennett was arrested and that the two were on their way to the police station when seen by the de tectives. The younger brother winked at the defendant and Thompson smiled back as his brother testified. Bennett Thompson was on the stand when the court adjourned at noon. PLAN AMENDMENTS TO LAWS AFFECTING L TUB y OStS A E Annual Meeting of Prevention Association to Be Held at Library Tomorrow. Gil Dobie Wearing Little Smile Now Seattle. Wash., Sept 12. Sevan members of the University of Wash ington football team, encamped at American lake, will work out under Gil Dobie each day from now on until they are mustered out of the teJeral service in October. Graduate Manager Arthur Younger made arrangements yesterday with commander William Inglls to allow the playera to report each day. A 60 mile ride twice a, day will be necessary to take the players to and from the campus. REGRe NO MAN WILL 'T nt .1 KLrlUll THIS NEWS This Is an advertisement for a Credit Clothing Shop that has an Immense fiatrdnage from men In all walks of lfe. If you're not interested In get ting new Autumn Clothes by this con venient method, save your time and go on to another column. But if you DO care to take advantage of the aquarest Credit System in town, read on. i CHERRY'S Portland store Is one of several big, up-to-date establishments that have an Al reputation on the Pa clflo Coast. The storo is located at 189-891 Wash. St. It is stocked with as fine a line of Men's Suits and Overcoats as any store litjthe city. New Autumn and Winter'' Suits are there now in aplendld variety. Prices are the same as you'd pay at any first-class cash clothing store. But, remember, you don't have to pay the full price when you select your Suit. By CHERRY'S system you make a moderate payment when you make .your purchase, and pay off the re mainder by the week or the month, whichever way suits your circum stances best. You're always welcome, whether you some a-looklng or a-buying. Don't forget the number 389-391 "Wash. St. Open till 10 p. m. Saturday evenings. 7b! w 'Hummer BOXING ker, Fri. 15 NELSON vs. Lee JOHNSON GORMAN-WING Kaowlton-McMinn Sim ms -Farmer , "and Othera. -''' Revision of the county tuberculosis hospital law will be urged by officers of the Oregon Association for the Pre vention of Tuberculosis at the annual 'meeting to be held in Room H, Central library, tomorrow afternoon at S o'clock. A state subsidy for free patients at county hospitals is advocated, a sum of from J3 to f5 a week for each pa tient received, and it is also declared that the present law should be changed to provide for the admission of pstlents ,to county hospitals who are able to pay in whole or In part. At the pres ent time the law reads "for the care of the tuberculosis poor." The asso ciation will work, too, for the location of tuberculosis hospitals on other places than county poor farms. Breeds lilore roads. A. L. Mills, president of the asso ciation,! In his annual report, advocates a larger appropriation for the state hospital so as to provide more beds and urges that the legislature give the county commissioners authority to em ploy visiting nurses. "The chief factors in the control of tuberculosis are: First, to locate the case; and second, to furnish relief to the sufferer and to protect the com munity from infection. This means the employment of visiting nurses, he says. As an instance, he points to finding of 249 cases of tuberculosis in one Oregon county In a survey conducted by a nurse of the association, where but 23 cases had been reported to the state board of health. Kach work Done, During the past year Mr. Mills shows that the association has: Secured a statewide observation of tuberculosis Sunday. Furnished tuberculosis literature for the rural schools of the state. Furnished tuberculosis literature for the Visiting Nurse Association and the free clinic. Furnished literature for the of the association's survey nurse. Inaugurated a tuberculosis aurvey of the state. Accomplished much in the way of education by seal sales, especially in the schools. Is arranging, in conjunction with the University of Oregon, to establish a publio health bureau in .the extension division of the university. Survey Is Good Work. Although organized but a year ago the Oregon Association for the Pre vention of Tuberculosis has now 92 enrolled members, according to the report of Mrs. Saidle Orr Dunbar, sec retary. Funds have been aecured by the sale of Red Cros3 seals throughout the state to the amount of $4758.70 and donations and dues. The asso ciation pays the salary of one of the Portland visiting nurses and has done considerable relief work in providing drugs, diet and the like. The association's most important work at the present time, according to Mrs. Dunbar, is its survey. Two counties have been completed and a third is nearlyv finished. It is hoped to have Hhe state board of health share the financial responsibility. Plans are now being made by the association and the Visiting Nurse as sociation to establish a regular sys tem for tho collection of waste paper. Collection will be put in the hands of a business manager on a commission basis and the publio is asked to donate the paper, thus contributing to the work of both organizations without hmaklng a financial outlay. This plan is successfully followed In St. L.ouls where 18,000 families regularly do nate their waste paper. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected at tomorrow's meeting. TRAP NOTES Fred Dryden. the Spokane" profes sional, who tied I H. Reld of Seattle for first place among the professionals In the practlcefevent, used a gun which had never been shot before. Result 96 per cent. Seven states. " Orecon. California, Washington, Idah6, Montana, Utah and Wilmington. Del., were represented yesterday in addition to one lone entry from British Columbia. T. E. Dore ruus, president of the Interstate asso ciation, represented Delaware and C. E. McLean was B. C.'s representative. Seventeen "shooting salesmen" were entered in the practlci event and in most cases their acorea were above the 90 per cent mark. W. C. Smith, secretary of the Green Lske club, of Seattle, Wash., was among those present. The California 'squad, composed of O N. Ford, A P. Hailburton, W. A. Cornelius, H. Lorenson and C. H. Knight, registered the highest squad score. Phil Metschan has started to get Into condition for the Pacific coast handi cap by eating cantaloupes. The "Joker trap" continued its heart breaking tactics. Jim Bull was in the dugout a part of the time during the day with his hand trap and he had the nlmrods guessing as to which way he would throw the targets. hired by t lie student body, he wii: be partly on that payroll until the end of this year, when he will be paid in full by the university, taking a regular po sition on the faculty. Mascott Wins From Turkey. Bend, Orv Sept. 12. Billy Mascott. the Portland bantamweight, knocked Young- Turkey of Centralia out in the third round of a scheduled 10-round engagement here last night with a left hook to the Jaw. Mascott outclassed Turkey from the start of the bout and Jabbed him from the start with his lefts and rights. Sellwood Wants Sunday Game. The Sellwood baseball team would like a game Sunday with some fast club, preferably the Bricklayers cr the Ben Hur team, at the Sellwood park. Call Dr. L. S. Besson at Sellwood 347. Louie Guisto Wires For Trusty Bludgeon Louie Guisto, who hasn't got a nit in his first two garaa for Cleveland, although he has been fielding; bril liantly, is getting worried, as tha fol lowing telegram received this moenlng my Manager Monroe Goldstein, of the Palace Hotel, indicates: "Cleveland, Ohio. Sept 12. Please send my bat at once. It was in my room LOUIS GUISTO." star Tacoma teajtf Sunday defeated Tono by a score of to S. Sutherland was hit hard, bat the coal miners could not connect when hits meant runs. Tne score: R. H. E. Tacoma 6 1 Tono 3 9 1 Batteries Sutherland and Karrell; G. Davis and R. Davis. Wins Flivver Race Title. Chicago. Sept. IS. (U. P.) Hall the flivver speed king Paul D. Harvey of Oak Pask. 111. Harvey, racing in what looked to fce a miniature edition of Daria Bests' a Peugeot won two out of three races at the Ford Speedway meet at May wood Sunday, averaging 62 H miles an Hour In each contest. He finished first la tha 20 and 60 feiile events. B. F. Davis of Paris, 111., won the SO mile race. Kenton Team Wins Again. The Kenton baseball club defeated the Sellwood team Sunday by tha scores of 17 to 4. Sutherland Beats Tono. Centralia. Wash.. Sept. 12. With! Sutherland, a . Tacoma twirler. who j was a sensation in the Northwest, league this season, and who Baa been sold to St. Louis, in the box. an ail- ! ' i - I Walter B. Gardner Dies at Residence Portland Citizen Taken Away Suddenly; He Is aTurvlred by Four Children; Funeral to Be on Thursday. Walter Buchanan Gardner died sud denly this morning at his home, 203 Sixth street, of heart trouble. He was a native of Paisley, Scotland, aged 66. He came to Portland with his family five years ago and was a power loom fixer by trade. Until recently he was employed at the St. Johns Woolen mills. Mr. Gardi ner is survived by his widow, Mrs. Agnes Gardner, and by four children James, Margaret, Kate and Agnes Gardner, all of this city. Two Bisters and three brothers live in Glasgow, Scotland. Miss Kate Gardner is em ployed in the business office of The Journal. ; r Mr. Gardner belonged to the-Manchester Unity Odd Fellows in Scotland. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 p. m. next Thursday, September 14, Rev. A. J. Hanna of ficiating. Interment will be in Rose City cemetery. The Edward Holman company will have charge of arrangements. Voting Is Light At Seattle Today Weather Fair; Contest Most Keen for trait ed States Senatorial Honors and for nomination for Governor. Seattle. Wash., Sept 12. (P. N. S.) Marked chiefly by the contest for governor and United States senator, Washington Is voting today in Its pri mary elections. Miles Poindexter and William Humphrey, aspiring for the Republican nomination for senator, a bitterly fought campaign. They stand equal chances as near as any political forcast goes. The governor's fight is between former Governor McBrlde and Colonel Roland Hartley. The latter bases Ma campaign on the "open shop" princi ples. Voting was rather ight up to noon. Weather is fair. . - a IT. S. Wants Explanation. Washington. Sept. 12. (I. N. S.) The state department has cabled Secretary Bliss of the American em bassy at Paris, instructing him to ob tain an explanation of the wrecking of the American -consulate,' at Alexan dretts. . j BIG STICK BATTLE American. Plareri . AB. Speaker 2 Cobb 4T JacUna 628 national Leafu. Chase 1 Daubert Wafcner 333 STANDING OF THE TEAMS h. ret. 183 .379 172 .3t 186 .851 .150 .321 125 .318 111 .315 Am art can Association, Louisville 86 IsdiaoapolU '. 60 Kansas City T8 Mlaneapolla 18 St. Paul Tl Toledo 70 Culumbua 62 Milwaukee 61 Western League. Omaha 81 Lincoln 75 Sioux City 69 Dearer 70 Dea Moines 66 Topeka 62 et. JoMph 69 Wicblta 63 American League. Won. Boeton 78 Detroit 7S CUcago 77 New York 71 St Tlnla 71 I Washington 6T lltreiana ou FuHadelpnia 80 Vational Leau. Brooklyn 77 Philadelphia 73 Boston "Si Naw Tork 62 Pittsburg 62 Chicago 61 St Louis 58 Cincinnati 53 60 64 66 6 70 73 R2 93 48 09 64 9 69 77 SI 82 Lost. 56 59 59 64 66 66 68 103 52 58 54 62 70 71 77 62 583 .536 .542 .637 .504 .400 Aol .2154 .5S8 .6o .619 .604 .4X9 .416 .421 .401 Pet. -5S2 .5- .66! .51 .5(M .2Cf .597 .571 .470 .4fl2 .130 .393 Bezdek Now Official Head. Eugene, Or.. Sept 12. Although it has been known since last spring that Hugo Bezdek had been elected head of the physical training department for men, succeeding William Hayward, President Campbell withheld official announcement until last night. Ilay- ward will coach the track team and take care of the physical condition of all competitive athletes, as he has in the past. Inasmuch as Bezdek was To be had at every first-class place WhifeTtoa Unsurpassed Mineral Waters hi? iff the 'water now given preference by tne American jjuduc Unexcelled table Water. Blends' incomparably with all liquors ONLY 18 MORE DAYS in which to obtain the solid fuel de luxe at our spe cial Summer prices. These mean a saving of 50 cents per ton. Prices for Delivery Prior to October 1st Only: 1 Ton $9.00 2 to 4 Tons $3.75 Per Ton 5 to 39 Ton$S50 Per Ton Portland, Gas & Coke Co. Fall and Winter Overcoats - SUITS - Raincoats FOR Men and Young Men WE ARE IN THE SAME LOCATION WITH THE SAME QUALITY OF MER CHANDISE, AT THE SAME PRICE AS ALWAYS. NUF SED! VJALttBLQCi( OFF " 7as!Iii;sto:isme$io Order Today Barrel, case or dozen of the justly celebrated Of ITTV THE DRINK DII 1 THAT FITS Portland Brewing Co. Portland, Oregon Phones Main 708 or A 5325 Do. es flioumaiiias ActiE Presage -Teuton Defeat? When a nation whose king is a Hohenzollern, whose guns were made in Germany, and whose commercial interests link her closely with the Central Powers, enters the war on the side of the Entente Allies for the sake of her "national aspirations," it may be taken, remarks the Newark News, "as a carefully considered verdict as to the outcome of the world conflict." According to the New York Commercial, Roumania has plunged into the war for only one reason, "she believes that the tide has turned and that she has much to gain by taking the winning side." On the other hand, the New Yorker StaaU-Zeitung says that the new devel opment in the Balkans is far from being as bad for Germany as it looks, and other pro German sympathizers think likewise. In THE LITERARY DIGEST for September 9th, there is a striking article, graphically illustrated, which shows this latest phase of the great European war from many angles. Re sponsible newspaper opinion in America and Europe is presented so that the reader may know exactly how Roumania's entrance into the war affects the general situation. Among other articles of great interest in this number are: What the Public, That Will Pay the Bills, Thinks of the- Eight-Hour Legislation Editorial Comment From American Publications of All Political Persuasions Upon the Effect of the Action of Congress. Has Hughes Won the West? The Cost of the Big Push on the Somme Mother Nature on the Wire Shall We Wear Netties? Wells That Obey the Sea A Decade of Simplified Spelling The Quaker View of Mexico Motor-Aid to Church Going The Depopulation of Lille A City Built on Holes in the Ground Motion Study for Surgeons Egyptian Culture in Early America A Parlor Car for Fish A Sargent Year in the World of Art Reclaiming Cathedrals for Prayer Humor a Blessing in Church Life A Fine Collection of Photographic Illustrations, Cartoons, and Helpful Maps Watch the War from All Fronts There is only one way to get a complete and im partial understanding of the progress of the war watch its developments from the view-point of every nation engaged or affected. See it as the French, the Germans, the English, the Austrians, the Rus sians, and the many other Belligerents see it. Know the attitude of the United States, Norway and Sweden, Holland, Switzerland and the other Neu trals. Get the opinion of each one toward every event of the struggle. That is just what THE LIT ERACY DIGEST gives you. Every week of the conflict is reviewed impartially in all its phases, from all view-points, in this magazine of REAL NEWS. September 9th Number All News Dealers Today 10 Cents V 1 I WO -A If 1 Ee a Xleadsr of I 1 1 Ml If If II T 11 VU FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary). NEW YORK - . ' "