THE.: OREGON . DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, . 1918.
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MURDER
CONVICTION
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Chin Ping, Stayer of William
Eng, Must Serve Term for
Crime Committed in 1917.
Balem. Nov. 26. Chin Pins, convicted
Of murder in the second degree for kill
ing William Eng. another Chinaman, on
March 13, 1917, in front of the postof
fice .building in La Grande, must serve
Yin nentenre. as the supreme court today
; affirmed his conviction. The opinion
was written by Justice Johns.
Chin Ping was one of six Chinese
ieharged with the crime, the result of a
tons war which raged in Portland an
Grande at that time. Eng was. at
tacked in broad daylight on a busy
i street, a dozen or more shots being;
fired, and later In the day Chin Ping
and five others were found hidden In a
jit dug beneath the floor of the bedroom
: in a building adjoining the Joss house.
' Other opinions handed down were as
; follows :
Jones Land k Livestock company vs.
; leater C, Seawell. appellant ; appealed
from Malheur; action to recover dam
ages for trespass of sheep upon tin
fenced lands of plaintiff, opinion by
,'Juntlce Benaon ; Circuit Judge Btggd
! affirmed.
' W. H. Johnson, appellant, vs. F. L
Ktillwell; appealed from Union;, action
'for damages .for breath of contract;
; opinion by Justice Benson ; Judgment of
; Circuit Judge Knowles reverted and case
. remanded.
Kverdlng Sc. Farrell, ' appellants, vs.
; Gebhardt I.umbtr company ; appealed
front Yamhill; petition for rehearing
.denied; opinion by Chief Justice Mc-
Brlde.
Klsie K. Wade vs. Walter E. Wade,
1 appellant; appealed from Multnomah;
; motion to dismiss appeal in divorce suit
.overruled; opinion by Chief Justice Mo
Bride.
J. A. Hoskins vs. Powder Land &
Irrigation company, et al. appellants ;
appealed from Baker, 'suit to foreclose
lien for labor and materials' furnished in
repair of dam and reservoir ; opinion by
: Justice Burnett, Circuit Judge Auderson
. reversed.
John Beneke. et al. vs. 5. G. Tucker,
.appellant: appealed from Multnomah;
suit to recover on note for 11750 and
'foreclose mortgage: opinion by Justice
Harris; judgment of Circuit Judge Can
, tenbeln reversed and case remanded.
; Petitions for rehearing were denied in
, Palmer May worth Logging company vs.
iipnofrHin and Malfleman vs. Weeks.
for recall of mandate denied
Robinson.
MISS ELIZABETH BASKA, 19 years old, whose trial on
a charge of murdering her landlady, Mrs. Helen Hamel,
was postponed when James F. Regan, 28-year-old con
vict, voluntarily admitted he committed the murder. A plaster
cast of imprint of teeth on Mrs. Hamel's body figured in the
case.
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U. S. Discontinues
Furlough Privilege
For Work in Mines
U N. Lawrie. chairman of the Oregon
'.advisory board on furloughs for the
. mining Industry, today notified appli
; cants for furloughs that the opportunity
- for gaining them hud passed, according
to orders he had received from Van H.
I Manning, certifying officer of the de
; ipartment of the interior. No more such
: applications will he considered, Mr.
Manning had notified the Oregon
i board.
i Mr. Lawrie had notified Mr. Manning
at the latter's request that the industry's
, capacity for absorbing labor apparently
' is now fairly satisfactory and that the
; emergency needs had already been cared
; for by the deferred classifications se
cured by "key men'1 in the industry,
i Other members of the hoard are H. M.
Parks and A. M. Swarley.
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Young Criminal Voluntarily Admits Guilt, Saying He Culd Not
Rest With Thought J9-Year-0I d Miss Might Be Convicted and
Executed for Crime He Had Committed.
New York. Nov. 26. (T. N. S.) The
trial of pretty Elizabeth Bakaa. a 19-year-old
Freemansburg, Pa., girl, for
the murder of Mrs. Helen Hamel here
last February, came to a dramatic end
today, when James F. Regan, a con
.vice, voluntarily confessed that he, and
not the girl, was guilty of the crime.
The young woman was momentarily
overcome with emotion by the startling
announcement, which came after the
case of the prosecution against her had
already been begun.
Regan, a man about 28 years of age.
with a criminal record dating from his
eighteenth birthday, learned that the
young woman was being tried for her
life while he waa serving a 10-year sen
tence in Sing Sing for burglary. No
nusplcion had been cast toward the con
vict and his name had not even been
mentioned in connection with the mur
der. At a conference with Judge Rosalsky
and District Attorney Swann early this
morning Regan made a complete and
detailed confession.
"I could not rest." the convict de
clared, "with the thought always pres
ent in my mind that this young girl
might be convicted and executed for a
crime which I committed."
A rigid investigation of all details of
Regan's confession was started immedi
ately by Judge Rosalsky. Meanwhile
the trial of Miss Baksa stands technical
ly "adjourned."
Life-Term Convict
Influenza Victim
Salem, Nov. 26. Ed Gosson. who was
serving a life sentence for murder, died
at the state prison today from influenza.
He was received from Wasco county in
1908.
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VICTROLA
at the Thanksgiving party!
Don't wait until Christmas, but get that Victrdla now get it in time
for your Thanksgiving reunion. All the folks will heftere exceDt
?LCT,e' the b-yS L" service just think of the joy that you will
add to the occasion by a beautiful new VICTROLA it will enterta n
and amuse- everybody, not only this Thangsgivin?, but for years to
S32.50, S50, $60, $90, $113 and op to S400 -4 and we will rladlv
arrange convenient term, of payment if desired. ,'
Sherman, pay Go.
SIXTH AND MORKON STS., PORTLAND
' SEATTLE TACOMA SPOKANE
RDNMOl
IRS WILL
ATTEND FUNERAL OF
FORMER SECRETARY
Sam J. Benoist, Well Known
Member of Local Union, to
Be Buried Thursday.
The Iron Moulders' union in a body
will attend the funeral of Sa.m J. "Ben
oist. who for a number of years was
secretary of their organisation. He
died at the Good Samaritan hospital
Monday at the age of 40. Mr. Benoist
was a member of the United Artisans
and the Trinity Presbyterian church.
He came to Portland from his native
state of Missouri eight years ago and
was well known In labor circles and his
services greatly appreciated by his fel
low workers. Mr. Benoist is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Rose Benoist. and
six children, Ralph, Kdgar, Virgil, Helen,
Mildred and Clara Benoist. t
The family resided at 1242 Maryland
avenue. The funeral will be held from
the Trinity Presbyterian church, Vir
ginia and Nebraska streets, Thursday
at 10 a. m.. Rev. T. P. Smith officiat
ing, and final services will be at River
view cemetery. The Skewes Undertak
ing company has charge of all arrangements.
Sergeant Carhart,
Former Local Boy,
Dies From Wounds
Sergeant Gustav G. Carhart, only son
of Mrs. Laura K. Carhart. 1010 Willam
ette boulevard, died October 22 of
wounds received in action six days be
fore, according to official announce
ment. Sergeant Carhart was born in New
York 22 years ago and came to Port
land at the age of a years. He re
ceived his early education at Columbia
university and went back to New York
city at the age of 18, where he joined
the New York Naticnal Guards. He
saw three months' service on the Mex
ican border. When war was declared
with Germany he was sworn Into the
United States service and last May went
Avith his company to France.
He had been in active service through
out the . tumnier, going through battle
after battle. In letters to his mother
he said he did not know whether it was
Providence or not, but he had not re
ceived a scratch.
The last letter received was written
October 11, in which Sergeant Carhart
told of going through some villages that
had been occupied by the Germans since
1914, and said that his next letter would
probably be written from Germany.
Dr. Douglas Treats
2000 Patients for
Influenza on Tour
as ruests of "the British government re
turned to the United States today aboard
th steamer Balmoral Castle of the
Cunard line. The returning editors are:
A. W. Barrett. Age-Herald. Birming
ham. Ala.; Edward H. Butler. Evening
News. Buffalo. N. Y.r JL- Y.- Jotiee.
Minneapolis Journal ; Frank R. -Kent,
Sun, Baltimore; E. H. O'Hara, Herald,
Syracuse. X. T. ; A W. Patterson. West
ern Newspaper union, Chicago ; Edgar
B. Piper. Oregonian, Portland. Or.; B,
La mini-ray, Globe-Democrat, SL-LouU;
G. A. Rock, Dispatch. Pittsburg, and
LaFayette Young,' Capital, De Moines,
Iowa.
Mrs. Irma L. Saucerman
The funeral of Mrs. Irma L. Saucer-
man will' be held at the Portland Crema
torium Wedneseday at 11 a. m.. Arch-
deacon Chambers officiating. Mrs. j
Saucerman was the wife of K. P. Sau- i
cerman and died Monday at her home, !
320 Weidler street at the age of 28. She j
was a native of Nebraska and spent
most of her life in Portland. She i '
survived by her husband, an infant :
daughter, her mother, Mrs. D. Caroline
Vance; two sisters, Dorothy and Ina
Vance ; three brothers. Melton, Albert
and Fritz Vance. She was the daugh
ter of the late Louis M. Vance, a well
known jeweler of Portland. The Skewes
company has charge of funeral arrangements.
"The Spanish Influenza epidemic is
rearly at an end in Eastern Oregon, but
it has been very serious," announced
Dr. G. H. Douglas upon his return
Monday evening from a visitation tour
of Eastern Oregon as a special repre
sentative of the state board of health.
I inoculated 5t00 persons with anti-
influenza vaccine." Dr. Dr. Douglas,
"and treated 2000 persons afflicated
with the disease. Under my own ob-
strvation there were between 60 and 60
deaths." Dr. Douglas has been re
lieved of his emergency service and will
resume the practice of his profession in
Portland.
Mrs. Inez K. Mrtcair
Mrs. Inex E. Metcalf. aged 51. a native
of Iowa, and a resident of Portland for ;
28 years, died Monday. Mrs. Metcalf j ew York.
resided at 149 Gibbs street, and is sur- delegation of
vived by three daughters. Mrs. Zaidee
MacDonald and Mrs. Lucy R. Lackas
of Oakland, and Miss Elberta L Metcalf
of Portland. A brother is Pvay Kayser
of Castlerock. Wash. Two brothers are
Mark and Bert Kayser of Portland.
The funeral will be held at Mount Scott
Crematorium Wednesday at 1:30 a. m.
J. P. Finley ft Son will be in charge.
American Editors
Return From Trip
To Battle Fronts
Nov. 26. (I. N. S.) A
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Quality Is Insurance
QOCA-COLA remains exactly the same
product that it was before the war; the output
reduced but the quality maintained no change
made in order to dilute or cheapen or in any other
manner alter your drink.
The quality of Coca-Cola is our only insur
ance of business for the future and our best safe
guard against the piracy of unscrupulous manufac
turers who seek to take advantage of our reduced
output by palming off concoctions colored ' and
flavored to imitate Coca-Cola.
When you order Coca-Cola, ask for it by its
full name and demand the genuine. Your palate
will tell you whether you've been imposed upon.
If you suspect that you've been served with a sub
stitute, put the question squarely up to the dealer.
THE COCA-CQLA COMPANY
ATLANTA. GA.
Mrs. Lillie A. Nelson
Mrs. Lillie A. Nelson, wife of P. P.
Nelson, and mother of Robert Nelson,
aged 88, a resident of Portland for 15
years and a native of Nebraska, died
Monday night at her home, 807 Montana
avenue. Funeral arrangements are in.
charge of J. P. Finley & Son.
Limit on Number of
Clerks Stores May
Employ Is Removed
All limitations on the employment of
Christmas forces by retail dry goods
and department stores have been re
moved, according to a telegram received
today by Julius L. Meier, state chair
man of the national war service com
mittee, from the national capital.
The telegram was as follows :
"Limitations on employment Christ
mas force abolished today to permit
meeting of Immediate demands on stores
for Christmas selling and to assist in
eliminating possible unemployment due
to changes from war to peace basis.
Notify your merchants."
This order displaces a previous- one 1
which allowed merchants to employ a t
force during November and December
not in excess of the number employed at I
any time during November. 1017. in!
case that number was in excess of the
average force employed throughout the
year.
The effect of the order removing all
limitations is to place holiday business
on a normal basis again.
Mum,
East Side Club Host
At Its Fall Opening
The East Side Business Men's club
held its fall opening, together with a
irictory dinner, Monday night In the
club rooms at East Alder street and
Grand avenue. Twelve soldiers from
Vancouver barracks were guests at the
dinner, after which a patriotic speech
was made by Dr. O. B. Pershing of Cen
tral Presbyterian church. Professor H.
B. Boone spoke on behalf of the Port
land Symphony orchestra, urging
stronger support.
Stolen Goods Found
Hidden in Brush
William G. Keller of 820 Mason street
reported to the police headquarters
k Monday that a part of the goods stolen
l irom nis nouse, ,evemoer were
. found in the brush at Twenty-second
! and Alameda drive. The home of B.
, C. Darnell, 450 East Twenty-fifth street,
i was reported aa having been robbed of
some silverware and jewelry Sunday
night.
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U. a. Cunat Branch
Gentleaea:
This letter "1111 bring to you Ispoftaot;-sad t truet
velootsa newt concerning future plans for the General., Arthuraad
Robert Burns cigars. in .the Pacific. Coast .territory..
. M these 33 sMm- hS& Sadq bj JUriCS
sxaetly Uka la satadAl wgflreyiaMft General Arthur has an
excellent sale in -a few territories. Robert Burns, however, is
sold from coast to coast and frcra border to border. Robert .Burns)
Is our grtat national brand - nationally smoked, nationally dis
tributed and nationally advertised. Its sales are aounting more
rapidly than those of any ether brand of its olass.
We'8hall thsrefore withdraw General. Arthurfroatha
Coast lendXconcentrate on Robert Bunas. ,
From your standpoint we believe it. will be much b stiff
for you'in the long run, to be identified with Robert Burns, the
leading national brand in- its field, and to place all of your salts
effort behind it. Certainly, the General Arthurtmokert will find'
complete satisfaction in. Robert Burns.
From our standpoint, it is going to be ouch more effie
lent to pack this cigar under the naae of Robert Burns only, be
cause that will save a-great deal of factory detail in printing
labels and bands and in packing.
With Robert Burns we will also place in your cart that
most popular of little cigars in our line -.Little Bobbie which
will.tell at It
rook or s
are,
Thanking you and your trade ana the General Arthur
in your territory for cooperation In this forward step, we:
TO OUR FRIENDS:
This change of policy nas oar
fctoarty ooope ration. It is tboroagKly
la kospiag wita tbo tiaaoa, It will
snoan saoro comstant stocks of ftao
dear you noy so mock.
Cordially yours,
GX2TOUL CIGAR CO. . . IMC.
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