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THE OREGON, DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY, I.I AY CO, 1919. U OR MO ACCIDENT IS LAID TO TALL WEEDS Witnesses Are Long on Telling v What They Would Have Done '. Under the Circumstanced NO UNANIMITY IS REAQHED None Agree on Testimony; Jurors Smoke and Express Their Own Opinions as to Wreck's Cause. By debating points of testimony an recommending enforcement of city or dinances a Jury called to Investigate causes for the sutomobll accident that fed to the death on Wednesday of George C. Held, photographer, and Miss Kdna Gavnor. actress, spent several hour Thursday night and failed to fi responsibility or io find a verdict. The unsatisfactory etlmax to the story of the tragedy- leaves the placing of blame upon any civil action that may result, as no , other Inquest will be Ordered, according to Coroner Earl Smith, v .TABLED TESTIMONY Miss Gaynor'and Mr. Held, employed by the American Ideograph company in th production of "Martyrs of Yester day.'' a replica of the Whitman massa cre, were- killed when a large bus in which they wer riding overturned nvii. trvin tr vn!(t a. collision with a smaller car ; speeding through Laurel hurst. Witnesses presented varied tes timony as to the speed of the two ears and discussed features of the accident to such length that the " Jury recom mended enforcement of, the city ordi nance requiring ; that ' grass - and. weeds be kept out. on vacant property. Evi dence was that such growths must nave obscured the view of drivers, of both automobiles. . While the Jury smoked, .a half doxen witnesses were called. None could agree on the detail of the accident and on most of the testimony members of the jury expressed their own opinions. The jurors were 'residents of the district around the intersection of Peerless place and Hazel Fern place, where the accident occurred. " Witnesses and jurors so differed on details that a map of the scene of the tragedy wa reduced to a mere Auxzl of marks when each had' outlined hi idea of the location. There wa no unanim ity as to the cause of the accident to the big ear driven by E. E. Davenport, In which the dead persons and ethers, among whom five were injured, were being transported to Baker Bridge, Clackamas county. oriinoys pbojtsx '- Coroner Smith was forced to call for order several time and when Emery C v. Dye of , Oregon City, son of Eva Emery Pye. Oregon historian and au thor, testified, the coroner waa-forced to call a halt on a long description of "what I will do in another such predloa- : ment. -. :. Among " th witnesses at the Inquest wer IX X Swarts, 1901 Berkeley street; ,-JE, C Dye, Oregon City; Mr. and Mrs. J. C Dunn. 44ft East Taylor street; jrranK tutepner. 101 East Twelfth street north, and Mis O'Donnell, 302 Hazel Fern place. Dy and Mr. and Mrs. Dunn wer employed by the mo tion picture company and Miss O'Don nell waa one of the few eye witnesses - Emery Dye, on of the occunants of the bus who escaped serious injury, de clared this morning that the findings of th coroner's jury wer out of keeping with th gravity of the case and should h mad th basis for more stringent law regulating automobll traffic He alse declared that he ws approached prior to th inquest by two persons who attempted to indue him to testify that the motor bus was traveling at 20 miles instead of SS. He would not say who these persons were,1 Any mechanical engineer, b asserted, could estimate th speed of th bus from th distance it Skidded after the brakes were set. Disorder Rampant ; During Strike of x Italian Workers Itome, May JU. tu.i -. uisoraers ili.n.i.rlul th. ..n.,a 1 strike Aeclared at fiiell. S3 miles from Turin, according co aa vices receivea nere ibutimi strike was called in sympathy with woolen workers. ; Public roads were har-rir-AA with inn ti imtuulA troon move ments. Automobiles wer stolen and on burned. -' At CrocemoasKj strikers halted a xnili- tnrr mlnn nd nn striker was Slightly wounded when the captain shot him. Strikers forced th troops to barricade themselves in a house until reinforce ments urns Th strikers cut telegraph wires. General ; Rivera with ; troops is en route to th scene. . ... 'DOLPH' LEWIS HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER BY THE DALLES JURY ; ,. s nm iijn 1 1 -i ,- Second " of Men -Who Robbed Bank Foundjauilty on Theory of Pact to Kill if Taken. The Dalles. May 10. Bringing" to a close one of the most sensational trials ever held in this, city, a Jury, after hay ing deliberated all nighty Thursday found TDolph" ; twi guilty of man slaughter In connection with the murder of Chief, of Police Ralph Gibons, who was shot and killed by Edwin Primrose, companion of Lewis, when the two ban dits wer captured, Lewis waa charged with th murder of Chief Gibons in a Joint Indictment, returned. by th grand Jury against Edwin Primrose, th actual murderer, and himself. Lewi was held on th ground that b was in agree ment with Primrose to resist , arrest should they b apprehended, even though U became necessary to take hu man life. Under the law this mad him guilty of murder. An X-ray photograph taken by Dr. J. A. Renter of this city was the deciding factor In th trial. A. J. MeCullough of Camas, who wa a deputy in the posse that set out to hunt down th bank rob bers. Primrose and th Lewis brothers, after th Washougal bank had been held up, wa wounded in the right arm when he wa guarding primrose at the house of Boh Warren near Washougal, It was th contention of the state that Lewis fired this shot; to free Primrose from th .clutches of i th law, just as Prim rose fired th shot to free Lewis and himself from th law when he mur dered Chief Gibons. The X-ray photograph showed clearly that the bullet lodged in the shoulder of MeCullough . was of th type fired by Lewis gun, which gun. it was indi cated, tm th hand of Lewis, shot Mo Cullough, and in th hand of Primrose killed Chief. Gibons, From this it was deducted that there did exist between the two bandits a compact to evade ar rest to the extent of taking human life. Under th new law, Lewis will he committed to the penitentiary, for a period of IS years, but at th expiration of one fourth of th sentence,, plus time for good behavior, he will be subject parol, j i "V - -V - Victory Notes Are Purchased at Par Mew York, May 2. (U. P.) Victory 3 per cent notes made their appear, anc on the stock exchange today: at $100. 'i v i . ; GREAT NORTHERN AIID TWO OTHER VESSELS ARE FIRST OF NINE Trio Is Vanguard of Troopships Laden With Many Units of ; Overseas Men. and the Eepublic of Poland nized by Spain London. May 30. - (U. P.) Suain Thursday formally recognised th Polish republic, according to a Madrid Vila patch. : " New . York, May J9. (X. K. Great Northern, th MobUe Saxon la arrived from Brest today, the first of nine transports due to dock with 20,480 American soldiers before night fall, to arrive. The Great Northern brought the 111th engineers, less a detachment f of fioers ; the 111th sanitary ; train headquarters, company L of the 144th Infantry, am bulance companies : and small detach ments. ' On the Mobile were the 320th lnfantrv. 215th machine gun battalion. 105th field signal-corps, battalion, KOth in fantry brigade headquarters. "0th div ision military police company and medi cal detachment and smaller units, and casuals, si's. ...n. The Saxonia brought eomhanv G of th 142d infantry. convalescent-deUch-tnenta and casuals, MIDDLE WEST SOLDIERS ARE BROUGHT HOME ON AEOLUS Newport New, Ta., May 30. (L N. &) The transport Aeolus arrived here this morning from St. Nazair bring ing a total of 3398 men including among whom wer 7 officers and 2944 men of the JSOth infantry as follows j i' Field and staff medical detachment headquarters, first second and third battalions ordnance detachments, head quarter supply and machine gun com- panics ana companies A to M Inclusive. These men are all of the 88th division from Minnesota, Illinois, North Dakota and Missouri. Brigadier General Evan M. Johnson arrived in command of the 158th infantry brigade headquarters. Reduction! of vNavy Strength Necessary Unless Funds Voted Washington. May 80. -U m. p The American navy win be reduced to about 100,000 men unless congress authorise and provides fund for additional re cruiting. Captain Leigh, acting chief of the bureau of navigation. Thursday toll th house naval affair committee. This vis about one-fifth of the strength of the navy during the war. and all high naval officials expressed the opinion that it w&a n Roosevelt Highway Indorsed by Sinnott; Success HopedTor With receipt of a telegram Thursday from Representative Sinnott indorsing th Roosevelt highway pill to be voted on June 8, the entire Oregon congres sional delegation la on record in favor of th measure. Congressman Sinnott wired. . "X am - heartily in favor of th pro posed Roosevelt highway.. It will be a great asset te th stats, . both from a cento and utility viewpoint, traversing a region of magnificent scenery and tap ping . millions - of acres of - the world's best farm and dairy land. I sincerely hop it will b Indorsed by aa over whelming vote on June 8." Funeral Sunday of , .o Mrs.' Mary Walker Ashland, May SO. Funeral . services for Mrs. Mary Ann Walker, who came to Jackson county in an sarly day and lived near Ashland most of her life, were held Sunday. , Rev. P. K. Ham mond conducted the services. ' Mrs. Walker, leaves four children, all living in Ashland t Mrs. Mary Grub, Mlsa Ann Walker, Mllo Walker and C. C Walker. Landing Arranged Ashland. May 30. Lieutenant S, P. French of the Aero Club of Oregon and Lieutenant L. Rv MuUineaux wer in Ashland Monday and arranged for a landing place for airplanes from Mather field en route to Portland' Victory Rose Festival. Th Commercial club will make all preparations on th grounds selected, at spot convenient to the city. It is not decided as yet whether th landing will be before or after th Portland festival. Trio Sentenced For Boat Theft Vancouver. JB. C May SO. (L N. S.i Three Americans wer sentenced here Thursday to prison by Judge Gayley for attempted theft of the yacht Isis several month ago. Sidney Pric received 10 years and 19 lashes., his wife, Blanch Price, three years, and W. W. Douglas, alia Douglas Hodge, seven years. Th trio wer found guilty of th rob bery ot the caretaker at the Vancouver Yacht club and. attempted theft of th yacht.".' Monarchists Along Border Put Back London, May 80, TJ. P.) Monarch lsts trying to cross th border ia Portu gal. May 24, at Porte la Dohom and Valenca do Mino wer easily repelled. nmiui.l . . v w? iuiu wrv shut repeuea, ThtT LeleS .tn Vr811-. L''-ding to a Lisbon dispatch to the abSr ?7Tooo nrm ot .W fTtoe Thursday. Som officers wer ar. rested. Order was restored. Last Times Today TAYLOR HOLMES aa "A REGULAR FELLOW v. 'STARTING-TOMORROW-, ' f "MINTS OF HELL" A Gripping Drama of tit Gold Regions of Alaska I ?Ti 1 ' 1 ' ,' ' .' i I i ' i ! rjl ; f 'i 1 i 1 1 1 i 1 i 1 j 1 . ' I ' ' : J TTTI - of T1Tn(0 And He's a Very Popular King, Too Watch for Him on Sunday in the Papers ; i 2 Mor ICE! Blank's Sample Shop 360 MORRISON COR. PARK ST. Closing Out Millinery Depart Going Out of Millinery Business ALL HATS To B Closed Oat t tent Values us to S12 $1.05 Bi Reduction' on Dolmans; Capes and Suits. Big Sale on Coats,; Coatees, Capes, Waists and Skirts. Some ' Samples Less Than ? Half Price. ...... . . . , - ... auk's 'Sample SIiop 350 MORRISON COR. PARK STY" SOLID ITIZBI IS BADGER VCT1 Irate Mart Enters Room and Mil ton Resident Hushes Scan dal With Roll of Bills. The ancient badger Sgarae, the last resort of a broken down banco man, found an easy victim, say the police. In A. L. Demaris, a prominent citizen of Milton, Or., who is appear! ns; in tha police court as a complainant against Carrie Hill, arrested Wednesday after noon by Inspectors Snow and TacVa berry n a charge of blachmall. re maris. on of Milton's most solid, and respectable citizens, leader in church and civic ' betterment work, came ' to Portland- a short while ago, fell into the hands of the Hill woman, and "fell for . the old, old game. Youth cannot be given as a cause for Mr. Demaris' gullibility, as h is said to b th father of a family of nine grown children. According to th complaint . made to the police, Demaris was visiting; Miss Hill at her home in an East Side apart ment house., when, an unknown man en tered, flourished a pistol, and ia melo dramatic tone advised the Milton citl sen that his last hour had arrived. Miss Hilt "pleaded, th bloodthirsty en - ap parently relented, and finally agreed to drop th matter for th sunt of f 500, This Pemarla promptly paid, and fur ther agreed to give th woman $3000 if th matter could be kept quiet. " Apparently realizing that he bad fallen for an ancient game. Demaris called at th police station several days ago and swore out a complaint - against -- the woman and th unknown man. charging blackmail. The woman was found by th inspectors, but the unknown man cannot be located. Miss Hill appeared in th municipal court. Thursday, to answer th blackmail complaint, but th , case was postponed - until a later date. Meantime the police ar keeping up the search for the man in th case. Local Capital to Control Medford Butte falls Eoad Medford, May 80. At a meeting of subscriber to th stock of the. Pacific Eastern railroad, the line between here and Butte Falls. - was decided to f inane th railroad with local capital and have the complete control of the road at home. The Eastern people who wer to handle the matter do not appear to be in any hurry about completing th deal and are not a impressed with th Importance of early operation of th road a ar th local people. A committee of prominent Medford business men was appointed and in structed to work out a plan that will insure the operation of the road with out further delay. This committee de cided .to- file article of Incorporation im mediately and to take up with th -federal receiver the matter of purchase. Miss Ilurd Leaves Medford, May SO. Miss Sylvia Hurd Of this city is en route to New Tork city, where she will attend the confer enc of missionaries to be held at the headquarters of th Presbyterian hoard, June 4, preparatory to her departure in September for her field of work in Western India. Miss Hurd taught In high schools v la several parts of the state. She is a graduate ot Friends' university, Wichita, Kas.. and the Chi cago Training College for deaconnesses and missionaries. Caveman Kidnaped . Widow; Facing Trial New Tork, May 10. John E. Carey, manufacturer of surgical instruments, whom ; th publio know as the "cave man" who bore off Mrs. Helen C. Wa terman, a beautiful young widow, with out allowing her tim even to change from her nightie to street clothes, was indicted Thursday on three counts in Brooklyn. As a second offender, he may be sentenced to 40 years In prison for his escapade with Mrs Waterman, if con Costs : $10 to Shoot Away Pussy's Tail On the statement of a neighbor that ho shot the tail off the neighbor' cat, J, E. Ebert of Fifty-seventh street and Woodstock avenue was fined $10 in mu nicipal court : Thursday for discharg ing firearms within the city limits. H explained that he was using a "22"rlfle with very small shots for shooting rats and that he couldn't possibly have shot the cat's tail off.. . MAY DROP REPEAL! DAYLIGHT SAB . BjasasBBssBBSssn-aBBBBsjBsBBiaBfBBBSBss' w House Sets Aside Rider Tcni-' porarily Following. Deferred. Action by - Committee. : ' r Washington, May 10. (L N. S.) -Withdrawal of the daylight saving law repeal is a probability. The agricultural . appropriation bill, which .caarles the daylight saving law repeal as a rider, was set aside temporarily In th house Thursday following deferred ac tion by th house rules committee to make legal consideration of the repeal legislation in connection with the ap propriation bUL ' j s Chairman Haugen of the agriculture committee will confer with his col leagues during the afternoon On sug gestions from several members of th house to drop the proposed repealing legislation, that the appropriation bill may be sent through congress bef or July 1. when the funds it carries will be needed by the department of agri culture. - Henry Sterling, legislative agent of the American Federation of . Labor, asked for tim to ascertain the effect of the repeal upon labor. i Wright Don't these big headlines in th daily newspapers make you crazy? Penman Almost. 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