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s UNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, ItaV THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND.' OREGON c URSMI10I flURDER CHARGES ILL CLOSE TODAY flaking of evidence In the murder trial x.f John It. Burn waa set for conclusion early this afternoon and attorney will make their dosing arguments. Fonr at torneys will talk and the JndgV wW give .! Instructions, bo the case probably will not b placed In tha hands of tb Jury before Thursdsy morning. J ' -Arthur A. Murphy; attorney tor tha O-.W. R, N, and John C-olU. detec tive, testified today as rebuttal wit neases for the iUU that Immediately After the arrest of Burnt h confessed to ownership of tha pistol found under l is pillow when bla rooming; house at J2!H Russell street was raided. The raid and the arrest of Burn and In Taey for the murinr took place June it, tre days afU the killing. ?- iurlrig tha present trial Burns has maintained that his gun the one found In a storeroom. In the house, wrapped. In a newspaper dated June 14. The sun found finder the pillow marks a bullet JuetM one of the bullets waa nuirked that waa taken from the body ct James' Harry (Bock.) Phillips, the .murdered man. Phillips. Q-W. K- N Fpeclal agent, was killed In a battle with txeaf biindiU In Mockg .bottom the r.tirht of June 14. , ' - Harrv Patterson, itinerant laborer, identified trni ffid Patterson a the two men who passed the car on which h waa riding- a few mlnutea before the Shooting began. The defense has main tained that It was too dark for Patter eon to Identify the men. E. J. Qulmra. -employe of the railroad company, was railed to the stsnd today and testified that a test was made In Mocks bottom last Monday night. He sat on a car while a man he did not know walked past. He later picked the man out of a group. The . test was made at 10 :40. There was no moon snd only two street lights on the bluff above the bottom. 0.-C- LAND CASE - SET FOR MAY 1 NOTED PQET TO BE ; WEEK-END VISITOR -an n .. i ii ..in Bitrmniim nun nwni. i imii -1 1A VACHEL LI5DSAT Vachel Lindsay, reckoned one of America's greatest poets, will receive a fitting welcome when he comes thia week-end to deliver ajseries of readings from his works and aj lecture "on poetry at Tythtan hall Friday evening. He will be tendered a banquet Saturday evening t the Multnomah hotel by the Oregon Writers' league, for which reservations may be made at the J. K. GUI company atore. Like Rudyard Kipling and Jack Lon don, Lindsay was slow in receiving recognition, but when it came, it came In an avalanche. The secret of his poetic power, according ' to critics, is that' he is terrifically human, deeply sympathetic and almost weirdly know lng. The poet was originally scheduled to speak at the Lincoln high school, but on account of a conflict of dates, Pythian hall was substituted. . tContintud From Par On) to one party. In 1903 the company is ; said to have withdrawn the lands from the market and refused to sell any more, after Which the people of Oregon me moralised congress to , take action to force sale of the lands. Congress directed eultt be brought ' to settle the matter. A suit was brought against the rail road to forfeit the title to all unsold land. The company had sold about 780, 000 acres oat of about 4.000.000 acres, which is the approximate total of every other section between hero and ..Cali fornia. The railroad company did not ret everV other section as specified in the rrant. as some of the laftd had been sold and others given away in other -1'n.nd r rant a To indemnify the railroad tha government allowed the ratiroaa to go 80 miles back from Its right of way In some places. Instead of 20. - In addition to the suit brought against thet railroad the government brought 46 suits gainst those who had purchased lands In violation ef the agreement, but tor act of consreas In 1U the purehaa fra wer given the right to retain their property. These claims nave an oeen settled and will not be disturbed again. Williams said. COVET IS REVERSED In 1S1J Judge Wolyerton gave a de cree forfeiting, the title of the railroad , In tha land, but the United States su preme court reversed him and added that 'the railroad company had vio lated the law and couldn't Bell any more land." The aovernmht now proposes to taVe the unsold land away from the railroad and pay It J2.50 per acre for the unsold portioa which the railroad would have received" under the original .agreement had all land been sold In compliance with the agreement. The present suit is to determine the number or acres the railroad was enti tled to under the grant and the amount it has already .received from the, sale of lands. Tee government contends It has a right to subtract all sums where the railroad overcharged, whereas the rail road claims It shouldn't be charged with the ameunt sold, but should be credited for taxa paid and time spent in dispos ing of the land. TIMBER VALfABLE Thf railroad claims the government owes It about $10,000,009. -whereas thte government claims the bill should be abOUt ' 13.000,000. About 14.000,000 in taxes! paid by the railroad company on these )asds also enter into 'the contro versy. The land in question has about SI billion feet of green marketable Urn ber On it, William said, which la worth about I (0.000. 000. When1 this land Is sold half of the money derived from its, sale Will go to the government and tha ether half to Oregon. In addition to the cash received. the state Is also to receive 40 per cent or the government land for re clamation projects according to the terms of the act of congress, thus giving the state of Oregon about 90 per cent of the land Involved In tlje suit. Doubt Man's Sanity For Stating He Has Ten Million in Bank An ancient man stopped a surprised business; man In front of the Fourth street e a trance to the courthouse this morning and held hlmWlth his "glitter- la eye. : The ancient man stepped, back a few feet, looked up at the marble edl lire, men wavea nis arm aoout nun-. This, belongs to me.? he said. , "All this Is mine and Ivoomo back to claim it But way won t ret me have it " Again ho turned his glittering eye on the now thoroughly startled listener. I hftM tlA .000.000 . In th VI rat Ki tlonal bank, but they won't let-me draw it out But they shaajt foil me. I'll bomkt this courthouse." ' 11a reached his ancient had .under hla equally ancient coat I tail and the business man, fled precipitately. A mo ment later Deputy Sheriff Wilson emerged, took the old man under tow and escorted him to a ward In the county Jail. . lis gave his name' to Bruce Cameron, special Insane agent, as W. Chance. V"hea Cameron heard the story of the 1 0,600,604 ho shook h.ls head, sadly and fan: : rhtt Chance." Chaaco Is held fo Investigation. ; lOSTCrE -rTlws at bebate Wallows, Feb. l--rIo the openelng dis trict debates tloday nht. Lostino won both t homo and hero by scores of . giving Losttho 4 poinU to WaVr lowa '2. CX kL lMo, psiaoipal of Wal lowa high school, presided her. (TEH WORK TO BE INSPECTED The Western. States Extension confer ence closes its Indoor sessions at the Multnomah hotel today and on Thursday morning the . extension workers will leave in automobiles, for Corvallis to observe field and office methods of ex tension work in Oregon. General recommendations were adopted at the business meeting held this afternoon at 4 :30, at the close of tie regular round table sessions of the three divisions represented at the con ference. ' E C. W. Fugsley, assistant secretary of the United States department of agri culture, who was'scheduled for the prin cipal talk this morning, was unable , to be present, owing to heavy storms in the East .:. ' & R. J. Evans, director of extension of Utah, outlined the needs for a perma nent state program of extension work to Insure an aggressive- federal movement In extension work, .to prevent continu. ous side tracking for unimportant things, to establish proper correlation of related projects, to insure Derma- neut state and county appropriations. and to preclude undue exactions for sur veys, questionnaires, and work foreign to the service. - P. V. Maris, director of extension of Oregon, jave a program of work for thr director of extension and the plate pro! ect leader, consisting of buidinsr ant" maintaining the organization And secur ing adequate personnel, and the direct ing of activities to include land recla mation and soil maintenance, well bal anced agriculture, improvement in prac tices, development of efficient svstem of marketing andlmprovement of home J ana social me. Other speakers this morning were L W. Fluharty of Idaho, C. W. Monroe of New Mexico, Florence Ward of Wash ington, George E. Farrell, W. A. Lloyd and SL B. Nelson of Washington. Funeral Services Held Tuesday, for . Mrs. Prudhomme Funeral services for Mrs, Amelia Prudhomme, 77 years old, a resident of Portland for 22 years, were held Tuesday in St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Ten chil dren,- all grown, survive her. A few years after her husband died, in Itssz, Mrs. Prudhomme left her home in Wash buigj. Wis., to live with her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Tyrrell, in Portland. Mrs. Prudhomme's children are, be sides Mrs. Tyrrell, Mrs. Lew V. Wood ward, Portland; Mrs. J. T. Edwards, Medford, - Wis. ; Mrs. W. L. Jennings, Seattle u William E.. John A-. Fred W. and Henry C, all of Portland, and Prosper A, of Chitwood, Or. To Deport Man Who Attempted to Bob Treyis Hotel Clerk Richard Pearce, who, just 48 hours. after' he entered the TJnlted States from Canada, attempted to rob the night clerk at the Tresis hotel. Portland, will be deported as aooa as state authorities are through with him, R. P. Bonhaxn, Badio Expert Will Address Institute Of Electrical Men John Mills, author of several technical books dealing with the development of the present system of radio and tele phonic communication, will address the members of, the local section of the American Institute of Electrical Engi neers Thursday at 8:15 p. m., at the University Hub. lUs subject will be, "The Human Voice and Its Electrical Transmission-" .Mills waa the first per son whose voice was earned through the ether across land and sea from Washington to Honolulu when radio telephony reached an advance stage in 1315. ' V.. S. immigration officer, said today. Pearce, says Bonham, entered undre false pretenses. Francesco Campanellt, insane, Italian at the hospital at Salem, has been or dered deported. CnnpaaelU will be ac companied by his Bather, who has vol unteered to go badk with him. Hayat Manayo, Japanese sailor who recently finished a term In the county jail for smuggling liquor Into the United States, has already sailed for his native country- Pending final deportation or ders from Washington, upon recommen dation of Bonham, Manayo voluntarily sailed on a vessel leaving two days ago, on which he could work his way without expense to this government Deporta tion orders arrived this morning. Man ayo's deportation was for his entering the United States without inspection re quired by immigration laws. Becall Election on Mayor of Milwaukie Will Be Held Feb, 16 Convict Slayer To Combatbarge Of Premeditation Milwaukie will go to the polls Feb ruary 16 to decide whether it wants to keep Mayor Snyder or have a new mayor. Notice of the recall election was filed Tuesday by City Recorder Mat thews. Guy C. Pel ton. whom Snyder succeeded as mayor, ia mentioned as a candidate to oppose Snyder. Petitioners seeking to oust Snyder aver that he mismanaged civic affairs to Milwaukie s financial loss. Walla Walla, Wash., Feb. 1. Objec tion to the accusation of Prosecuting Attorney Earl Benson that Joe Carlo, Spokane burglar serving sentence In the state penitentiary, who pleaded guilty to a charge of first degree murder, pre meditated the killing of Jack Powers, a fellow prisoner, also from - Spokane, by stabbing him to death-In the tailor shop at the state penitentiary, was filed by the attorney for Carlo. The objection states that Carlo suffered a temporary mental aberration at the time of the killing, but that he has since recovered. Twelve members of the venire . called have beefl excused upon objection to capital punishment. Eighteen tconvict witnesses have been Called in tha ease. Police Prowler Car Bider Takes Header; Found Unconscious Seattle, Feb. 1. (U. P ) Failing headlong from a speeding police "prowler" ear early this morning, Pa trolman W. C Batten struck his head upon the pavement and rolled 20 feet striking the curbing. His companions, Patrolmen C. W. Bell and W. J. O'Brien, stopped the automobile and in the glare of the headlights found Batten lying at the edge of the road unconscious from a fractured skulL His condition is se rious. Plumber Fined for Not Having Permit Earl C. Perkins, 117 Front street, was fined $25 this morning by Municipal Judge Rossman on a charge of doing plumbing work without a permit Per kins was arrested by E. H. McPherson chief inspector for the water bureau, who testified that he had done plumbing work at 2065 Holladay avenue without a city permit McPherson stated a cam palgn would be carried on against plum bers who are taking contracts without permits. The new Victor records are here Gypsy Blues and When Buddha Smiles, fox trots played by "Paul Whiteman the Great" and his orchestra 75c. Just a Little Love Song and Ty-Tee, another pair of fox trots played by Whiteman 75c. Granny, You're My Mammy's Mammy, and All That I Need Is You, fox trots played by Club Royal Orchestra 75c. i Tomorrow Land and Georgia Rose, "close harmony" ballads sung by the Sterling Trio 75c. ! 1 Or Car'lina, sung by Amelita Galli.Curci, a melody you will treasure in your library of Victor red seal records $125. Canzonetta, first Victor record by a brilliant yoiing singer, Hulda Lashanska-$125. ' . Th recent reduction of black label doable-face 10-ifichrecords from &5c to 75c, and of black label doublejace 12-inch records from 91.35 to $1J25, together with previous important reductions in Victor red seal records, brings all Victor records back to a normal basis and provides m splendid op portunity fpr building up your Victor library now. SzGo. Siatk and Morrison Streets PORTLAND Opposite Pestoffire SEATTLt-rTACOMA SP0KA5E former Portland Man Accidentally , Killed at Toledo Kews was received here today of the accidental death of Joan H. Robertson at Toledo, Or. Tuesday. Robertson was a former resident of Portland but for sev eral years had made his home in To ledo. rUa was a. brother of the late Anno E. McClare, Captain W. H. Rob ertson. Millard Robertson and Mrs. Min nie WUUaras. . Ha Is survived by bis widow, Mrs. Katherlne Robertson, son Sidney and daughters Martha and Ma bel, sisters, Mrs. Carl Boeckman of To ledo, Mrs. Mary Royal of Seattle, and brother, Frank Robertson, Grangeville, Idaho. The body will be brought to Portland for interment. Funeral serv ices in charge of the East Side Funeral directors, will be held at the grave in Lone Fir cemetery Friday afternoon at S o'clock.; GASTG BOU3TD OYER Four members of a youthful gang of alleged burglars were bound over for I grand jury investigation bu Municipal Kludge Rossman. They are George Winans. Lawrence Amell, Max Olshen and Alvin Piatt. Richard Duane and John Contreres were both sent to the juvenile court. The six boys are alleged to have robbed six stores. Vote Fails to Elect Head of Labor Council At the recent election of officers by the Central Labor council no candidate received a majority of the votes for president, and the office will be filled next Monday evening. W. E. Kimsey was re-elected for secretary-treasurer and J. E. Starr received a majority of the vote for vice president. The con testing condldates for the presidency of the council axe : G. A. Von Schrilts, D. E. Nickerson (present incumbent) and C IL Copeland. Portland Building Trades Council has elected B. W. Sleeman, president, Charles Schumann, vice president : T. Ci. lowry. recording secretary; Ralph Wi! lison, business agent. Judge Begrets He Has to Impose $100 Fine on Bootlegger , Federal Judge C. E. Wolverton occu pied tlie position this morning' of not be ing able to do -what he wanted to do owing to federal laws. When John Remac, bootlegged plead ed gouty this morning the court wanted t let him go free after he learned Remac had spent 30 days in jail await ing trial. Remae was tried on s elm- liar charge in the municipal court in volving the same facts and was freed. Under the federal prohibition law for second offenses the minimum penalty the court can impose is f ICQ. "I am of the: joplnion that this man has been punished sufficiently, by be- In . nnnr.n. tv. 4. It f a A A - Kut I'll have to impose a fine of 100 since he has pleaded guilty," the court said, after Re mac's attorney had argued for dismissaJ of the case. . P THE BOOK ROOM ew in Their Xew location 264 Stark Street PORTLASB, O REG OX Alexander Bain, Mfr. Phoae Alto. M-4i Full line of the very best Christian, publications. Books old and new. Soofield Reference Bibles and Tes taments. Other Bibles. Wall mottoes, charts and calendars. A good line of tracts. Many of these free. Distributing center for PILGRIM VOICES. 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