The Twice-a week guard., December 19, 1910, Image 1

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VOLUME 44
EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENINC.,
CENÍ ÜF
60
First Picture of Mrs. Eddy s Council Roo n and
New Leaders Christian Science Church
WaKhington, Dec.
Senator Lorimer was absolved of
having obtained hi» »ent I y bribery in the report of the sub­
committee of the sentile committee on privileges and elections,
nia le to the full commute today. The full committie will mee
Tut sduy to act on the t eport.
Hi. f< aturv <>f th«-«as., of M uih i-uo phy of the United States than fhe
Ä: Quinn vs. th»’ < ity of Eugeni* to- witness, ami mentioning the fact that
th«* West a as of different formation
W M.S t*l<* M m I <*fli»*Jit Of Ej|j411|<*4*t* than the East.
When Is Kock Not Rock?
.
OÍ 'I u< OiliU. who UMS
The attorney « aused the witness
the city to prepar»* <*s- state that solid rock would not os
plans
for the munii ¡pal solid rock a «•cording to the speclfica-
A
lions in thi s contract, if it was re-
fx>w«'r
«lit«
Ii,
to the < ff» < t that Man»*. mov<
. between S:tn
I by < hiss-ling, or means other
F
ru«J, through a man naimd Meyers, than t/a.Hing. Th«- purpose of this
celebrate th
to weaken bis definition ot "ce­
P
had ««ffi'ted to pay Kelsey for increas­
by an under
mented"
gravel. He
carried
this
¡tt n
ing th«* estimates on flu- work. 'Hu.» pretty far and was stopped by Judge
today.
Harris when he dealt with the meth­
occurred, according to Kelsey's l«-s-
ods of the Egyptians in the building
tiiiKMiy, shortly after September :W, of the pyramids. The witness finally
Secretary of War Dickinson today b < nt to the house a letter
llXHt, just after the contra« t was let, admitted, however, that he would
tn reply to McLachlan » resolution concerning the adequacy of
classify ro« k that was removed by a
and a letter was shown pur|s>rting to chisel as solid rock, in spite of the
our n.itiounl defense The letter discus»« » the situation briefly,
have been written from Kelsey to fact that the specifications called for
but the secret report recently submitted to the house and with
blasting. The attorney then applied
Mayor MatlocX, telling of the offer. this to cemented gravel, and brought
drawn will not be re-submitted.
Kelsey stat«<l that this offer ha*l out the fact that the material could
be properly classified as “cement'-d”
been matle in person by Meyers, in grave! regardless of the method in
President Taft sent to the senate today the nomination of
Portland. That Meyers ha«l made at which it was removed.
ChiirloM A Ootterill, of Toledo, to be collector of internal reve
Clever Witn«*ss Also
appointment by telephone, but that
For some time, over an hour, a
nue nt Honolulu, Hawaii. Ootterill is a negro, and a protest from
later, when lie made tin* proposition very clever series of questions and
Honolulu that a resident of that city should be appointed was
answers were thrust back and forth
Kelsey refused to accept the brilie between the witness and attorney.
unheeded.
ami told him li<- »a.» not tiiat kind ot The attorney time and again would
lead gradually up to a series of ap­
a man.
Kelsey said that Meji ’s parently unimportant questions, en­
Doc
Tli<* report
stated Manerud was in th«' city and deavoring to catch the wittness off­
i.if Lorin.
it letti
« to th«'
hand, but nearly as often the engf-
had the money with him.
n«« r readily "broke the hold” at the
The plaintiffs' attoi icy objected crisis. Several Important points were
scored against the city, however.
most strenuously to this ti '»(¡mo­
This was especially so when the
ny. and it was only *»i certain condi­ witnes swas obliged to admit that In
a similar situation to where there
tions that Judge Harris ¿»1 lowed its there was no engineer to provide
"finishing stakes" and that the work
presentation.
Ai.,«•!-van 1 r* ► « Association.
was delayed on this account, that the
contract should for this reason be
1
i fin n'."i will full ti work of directing l.Uolt Christian Ncience churches since the death of Mrs. Eddy. These
'
Slowly the case of Manerud & considered accepted, or that the engi­
: >• i. ir luiilquiirters at the late home of Mrs. Eddy for some time, holding daily meetings in the fa- Quinn against the city of Eugene neer was at fault. The counsel was
ii oilier. a picture of which Is herewith shown for the first time. The men who will take an active i
drags on. From the progress made in also restrained from many important
would
f th«* « liurcli aie given In tin* above picture It«-«!«! from left to right they are General 11. M. the examination of the city witnesses questions on the ground that the wit­
Itntldioiie. Itev. 1. C. Tomlinson. Ar liil* •«’. M- Milan, «'nlvin A. Frye. Clifford P. Smith and this morning it was generally ex­ ness was incompetent.
G. H. Waggoner, city engineer of
pected that the rate of progress
■ would be exceedingly slow. But this Eugene, was called upo nthe stand
Ii afternoon the questioning was made when the other engineer was excused
J briefer, and witnesses were dis- after an hour and a half of cross-
He related as to the
i i harged with
unexpected
speed. ' < lamination.
amount of solid rock th«t he theio-xt
There are only four more witnesses :iad been removed by the plaintiff».
to be ca’led b th* city, and there is,
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.
as ••
4G0
Here
ques­
attorneys
[a possibility th. the case
may to-
go of '. rock
1
his yards.
opinion
the the
amount
tion of proper engineering data was
i into the han.is of the
night.
a half of the i brought up, but v .- m interrupted by
The first hour and was spent on the plaintiff's attorney when be con-
cede<l that the "three-line profile”
morning session today
I the testimony of W. H. Branton. The was not needed if slope stakes were
I attorneys
fought
every
point, set and a "one-line profile” furnish­
’ and delay was characteristic. The at­ ed. Counsel for the city endeavored
torney for the plaintiff, John C. Jen- to show that these were provided.
I kins, is very clever in cross-examin- Wagner stated that his estimation
Iing, and much valuable evidence of of the amount of material in the
I the city has been laid low by his rap­ ditch was 94,548 yards. This varied
id and yet cool and deliberate fire of about 37 per cent from the other en­
questions. He is very quick to grasp gineers' figures.
He told of the ragged and irregu­
a weak place and his methods of en-
: trapping the witnesses are decidedly lar work that was done upon the
ditch by the contractors.
The wit­
clever.
from a fir«* in tin* bas«*m«*nt
Ung
♦
Washington. Dec. 17.—The city of
♦
the best witn«*ss the city ness described the nature of the ma­
lldlng camp'd ■ ««■Vl'lill thous-
♦ of
nu»
♦ Gerrero, Mexico, is still in the hands ; I had Probably
this morning was City Engineer terial excavated, stating that there
♦ 1 ><’ st
rs loss to Co. I erllne A- W< -
♦ of the revolutionists and has not G. H. Waggoner, who. although noth- were no characteristics of “cement­
:lue was brought out,
♦
mos
captured
by
the
federal
troops.
♦
been
ock In ih«*lr
| of especial val himself on dangerous ed gravel” found.
♦ <■11 lc
>rti
<1
tn
official
advices
to
the
as re
Til«* plaintiffs’ attorney then took
I did not allow long testimony of En
f Eighth and
♦
department several days ago.
♦
■ ground. The I Trenton was much in the witness an '. s usual, questioned
V
night
'I h>*
♦
! gineer W. 1!. is. The man showe.l the accur.n
"f the estimate« of the
i Erti
e
Mayor Must Report
I will remain
ul t
engineer relative to the use cf others’
is
an
1
time
an
.1
r.
-
«1.
contrast
to
thi
1
e
El Paso. Itec. 17. The mayors of ! great clevernesi id to be clearly off his workings and dafa. The witness ex-
■«•
a«ljust«*rs
♦
; all municipi’.liti . in th«* state of Chi-
had checked the
i* loss, tint II 'i ft r
s plained that hp
; when he seemc
d
*
huahua have r«»ceived the following
stakes frequently, He did make the
. feet, by a clever answer he gained
tn* ’i very little i«i* a or th«* amount This
"Before 2 4 hours you arc
20
on
land Red , I
C. Hoover,
circulars:
statement that according to bis
balance and possibly ground. It
of th«* loss call Io- obtained.
♦ Monmouth- Whit«* Wyand
exit
required to pr lent all your arms and
1 KI
knowledge, there was no cement
dangerous parleying, n°vtrth
Gr«*nt voltimea of mok' were h * ** ii
l’..< Iflc railway. which th«* defendant ♦ les. I.. M Lowi r. Cr« sw«
ammunition for registration and to
gravel in this vicinity.
“No Cemented Gravel”
to I nsii «* from th** liasement In th*'
♦ Hatred Plymouth Rocks.
• ompan« had the contract to buiid.
state for what ppurpose you have
lay for Excavating Air
W. H. Brenton, of Eugene, and rep­
rear part of th** building about l<i;-
>
Anv ore
one tailing to comply
F. Keeney,
Eugene;
S.
Th«* complaint,
which was filed ♦
The witness stated
that he had
resenting himself as a civil engineer,
4f> o'clock.
\ti alniin was nt on««'
h th - order will be subject to teh
■ :his morning. stat«*» thnt the com- ♦ Hamburgs. C. R. Wheeler. 'f
who had had considerable railroad found that estimates of Engineer
*oun<le«l
and the firemen,
located
« xtre-re penalty of the law.”
, puny undertook to move a steam sho- ♦ Pleasant Hill; Buff Plymouth
and excavating work, was called to Fortlner included, in places, over 1,-
<>nlv a« ross th«* atr«*«*t in the city hall
i vi I to a new portion .in«! in so doing
Rocks. E. .1, McClanahan. Eu­
the stand.
He had calculated th« 000 yards where no excavations had
building, respon<l<*«l quickly, but th«*
♦
second,
third
and
fourth,
D.
B.
. prepared a track on which the sho-
gene; S C. Brown Leghonrs.
several amounts of excavation in the .been made **t all. **nd also that a
While th«' I'n‘i«Tslty of Oregon and : vel stood on a grad«* of approximate­ ♦
lit*' had gained great headwny and
Cha tnberlain.
S E. Reals. Corvallis: Asiat­
canal, giving as the amount taken large amount of "air" had been In-
th«* firemen ha<! to work wnriy an Oregon Agriculturnl Collcg«* commit-; ly 4 0 per cent; that in order to move ♦ ics. S. D. McGuire, Eugene.
Pen—First. C. Bruce
Wheeler;
out by Manerud & Quinn 97.231 cu­ ' eluded when figuring the excavations
t«*«*s which m *t here two or threej
hour liefore th«*y extinguish«*«! It.
second. D. B. Chamberlain.
the shovel to its new location a chain ♦ The cup for th«* largest and
bic yards. an«l the remaining amount where the ditch followed a natural
It is not known how th«* flr«< orlg- days ago have confi* to an agreement was attached to a large stump at one ♦ best exhibit had not been
.Black Orpingtons
which
was taken out by the city. 94,- slough.
<m
n
si*tth*iiieiit
of
th«*
r«*cent
student
I
Ina'i'd
The Janitor put out th«« fir«*
Pullet—Second. H. C. Kerns, Bu­ 726 yards. He was the first civil en­
end and to the windlass of the don- ♦ awarded this afternoon.
Proper Stak«*s Set
row
at
Corvallis,
tin*
result
of
th«'lr
In th«* furnace and cl«*nm*«l the flues
gene.
Ex-Councilman A. W. Gilbert was
gineer who admitted that he was un­
deliberations la withheld from pnbli-l key engine on the shovel at the oth-
nt « 30 Inst night and said every­
er and in
that
way the shovel's
Silver Leghorns
able to calculate the amount of solid then called to the stand and the
cation until th«*tr findings hav«> been own power would move It.
The poultry show will come to tt
thing looked aafe at thnt time.
When
Do-I rock removed, because there was nv matter of the right of way gone over.
Cockerel- James
P. Land,
submitted
to
th«*
faculties
of
thelrl
Th«* rooms will be rena.
Th«* blase was a difficult one to
matters were In readiness to move close tonight.
way of knowing how far the ledge He Vas quickly dispose«! of without
fight. and th«* firemen had to cut rcspcctlv«* Institutions. The commit-' the shovel th«* plaintiff alleges that open all evening, and the public is
Pullet—First, second,
third and extended.
He did, however, make apparent differences, and George
*"'• I ll holes III tile floor of the of- tees coniph'lcd tlielr work this fore-! his decedent was required to go be­ Invited to attend.
Vp to a late hour fourth. James P. Land.
the statement that there was positive- Barnes, of Walterville. from whom
fl««' of Galey A Wood, real estate non after having h«*«*n In session for: hind th«* shovel and with a piece of
Pen—James P. Land.
iy none of the “cementeil gravel" as the city purchased right of way to
dealers, located In the rear part or thr«*«* «lays ami the greater part of1 timber follow after it and use th«* till« afternoon th«* work of scoring
defined In the specifications
He stated
of that
fhe facilitate a fill, was called. He tes-
Buff Plymouth Rocks
on«*
night.
Not
having
iitith«*rit.v
to|
th«*
chickens
had
not
been
finished.
th«> building, beforo th«*y could get nt
timber to chock the wheels and hold
most in economical
the ditch, way of remov-j tifie«! that he had seen th> stakes,
Cockerel- First. E. J. McClanahan contract,
act
officially
on
the
matter,
the
com-
th flanu's. Th«* »mok«* was ho denao
th«* shovel In place; that th«* snid Following are th«* winners in addi­ Eugene.
the this gravel in the ditch was by whose presence had been questioned,
that ey«<n after they hail nccess to mlttees mutually agreed not to make chain was old, weak and unfit for th«* tion i i those pubflshed yesterday and
Pullet—First, s«*cond, third and ing use of a plow and scraper and and that he had seen McArthur and
anything
public
until
the
two
facul
­
• he h.i «ement It wiih very difficult
purpose for which it was being used, th.* <! iv before:
His description
his men set them,
the by blasting.
fourth, E. J. McClanahan.
ties ha«l ngreed upon a «lat<* to re­ and that the defendant company
to work.
showed them to be unquestionably
Barred Plymouth llm-ks
Te»w'imony Favors City
not
Pen - -First. E. J. McClanahan.
lease
the
report
The gr«'iit«*st damage to th«* liull«!-
knew that It was old and weak an<1
He stated that he had worked 26 slope stakes, and his testimony was
Cock
First and
second.
il F.
While ther«* Is no dire« t Informa-1 not of sufficient strength to move
S.
Brown Leghorns
Itiv
i. the burning of k III h anil th«*
years on railroad contracts, that in of value to the city.
Keeney. Eugen«*: third, Amos Wll-
flon
ns
to
the
decision
of
th««
com
­
o
Cock
First, Sam Whittaker, of
floor and a number of cords of wood
th«* shovel
It Is alleged that while
“Don't Give a I
mittees. It Is report* «1 that th«* result | the plaintiff's decedent was perform- kins, Eugene; fourth. A. C. Bernt- Oakland: second and third. S. E. this time he had never seen the use
for the furnace wer«* destroyed.
W. S. Moon, a councilman during
of
a
“
three-line
profile,
”
and
that
Zen.
Eugene.
Beals. Corvallis, fourth. George Wid­ the "one line profile" is amply suffi- the letting of the contract for this
Hinok«* completely fill«*«! th«* big of the meeting will lie an amlealtle Ing hls preacrilu'd duties the chain
Cockerel
First.
I’, F.
Keeney;
i
«ton* in th«* front part of the liull«!- settlement of the difficulty ami th«'
suddenly ami without warning broke second, A C. Berntzen; third. Ernest mer. Eugti.t.
He related
cient. This testimony was of value ditch, was then called.
be-
i
Cockerel
First. S. E. Beals; sec­ to the city in that he showed the city the conversation with Manerud in
In,t
The <>wm*rH soon after th«* fir«* rt'siimplloii of nthlettc relations
In two and the shovel rolled and slip­ Wheeler, Goshen; fourth, B. ’«’. Kee­
tween
th'*
two
lust
’
tntlons.
ond.
Sam
Whittaker;
third,
un
­
ped backw.ir«! on and over th.* de­ ney.
extinguished borrow«*«! about a
ha«l fulfilled its part of the contract regard to the resumption of work on
known: fourth. George Widmer.
dozen electric fans and until two o'-
fendant. killing him instantly.
He
He declared that Mane­
in providing ample data, and also tRe ditch.
Hen
First. B. F. Keeney; s«*c >nd.
Hen
First, A. Needham, Eugene: that the claim of the contractors for rud had stateed to him that he—
was age«l 33 years, according to th«* V C. Berntzen; third and fourth B.
<lo«k this morning hn«l all of them
second.
George
Widmer:
third.
S.
E.
complaint, was earning |2.25 a day, F Keeney.
W’ng In an effort to clear th«* room
pay for large quanaities of "cementeil Manerud—did not Intend to finish
Beats; fourth. Ed Schoel. Albany.
of «moke, but nt that great tlaimig«*
was prudent and frugal, saving and
Moon told him that under
gravel”
was unfounded.
He also the ditch
Pullet
First. B. F Keeney: sec­
Pullet—First, second and third. S. stated that it was customorv for con­ these circumstances the contract
w » h done.
accumulating a large portion of his ond. third and fourth. A. C. Beint-
Those experienced In fires
E. Beals; fourth. Ed Schoel.
"•y that a heavy stnoke like thnt of
be broken.
Maneru«! then
tractors to receive "partial” monthly would
New York.
l»ec
17.—-Willis L. wages.
zen.
Pen—First. S. E. Beals; second monthly payments, and that in this said, according to Moon, that he "did
'Mt night docs much more damage Moore, <hief of th«* Unite«! Slates
Pen—First, B. F. Keeney: second. George Widmer; third. Ed
Schoel; case they were only approximate and i not give a d
how soon this was
'o a stock of goods than water. It weather bureau, who Is in New York,
A. C. Berntsen; third. John Tomseth. fourth, E. A. Kruse.
CTentes a sort of oil that sticks to denied loday th«« charges of "mis­
that final settlement was made upon done.”
Springfield; fourth. Ernest Wheeler.
th«* goods and practically ruins them. management
Kelsey Not I.Iked
Huff Orpingtons
a final «'Stlmite.
extravagance and ir­
G o«hen.
In regard to Kelsey Mr. Moon did
Uockerllne A Wetherb«*e carried regularities” tn his department, made
Clever Cross-Eiamlntng
Cockerel—Third. Conner
Cup—B. F. Keeney.
Bros.,
»12.000 Insurance on the stock and by James Berry, a former employe,
The plaintiffs' attorney, when he not seem to hold a much better opin­
Cottage Grove.
S. S. Hamburgs
Denver, Dec. 17.—The bodies of1
»20.non (>n
bunding
Two or yesterday In Washington In a com­
Cock -Third, Conner Bros., of received the witness, at once brought ion of him thin did the contractors.
four
minors
were
recovered
from
the
Cock
—
First
and
second.
C. B
’hr««* hundre.1 dollars will perhaps munication to President Taft.
out the fact that his figures depend­ He did not think that Kelsey had
Leyden mine today by helmetmen. Wheeler. Pleasant Hill; third, n. B. burg; st*cond. 1. A. Zook. Cobnrg: ed upon notes of other engineers, j given the city a "square deal.” He
foyer th«* loss on the building.
third.
Henry
_ ____
Denhart. __
Eugene;
They were suffocated by gnses from . Chamb«*rlain. Cottage Grove.
He then drew attention to the fact i denied ha« ¡ng called Kelsey a “d--------
fourth. Amos Wilkins. Eugene.
th«« burning coal and were found
The Wheat Markets
Cockerel—Second and third. C. B.
Hen
First. Conner Bros.; second. that this engineer's experience was' rascal" and having made the state-
91
;
2600
feet
from
the
bottom
of
the
♦ I AIR WEATHER
Wheeler.
♦ Chicago, D«*c 17. D«*c«'mber,
D. W. Roof. Springfield: third. Con­ limited to the Eastern an<l Middle metn that he would like to '■fire"
*
burning shaft behind n steel bulk­
Hen
First. C.
Bruce Wheeler; ner Bros.; fourth. D. W. Roof
states .and tried to show that be­ him.
FOR TOMORROW ♦ May, 95 5-8; July. 93 1-8.
a
Tacoma
ninestem. 8 1; forty-fold. head. which they had closed In a second, D. B. Chamberlain; third. C.
Councilman Garrett was then call-
cause of this the evidence was in­
Oregon.
Washington and ♦
Pullet
First.
G.
B
Duff.
Coburg;
« I'laho Fair tonight and Sun­ ♦ 83: export club, 88 Hl red Russfnn. vain attempt to shut off the deadly Bruce Wheeler: fourth. D. B. Cham­
complete.
The attorney scored a ed and asked about the «lelay in se­
second.
D.
W.
Roof;
third.
J.
B
Law
­
gases from th«« burning portion of berlain.
♦ day,
curing right of way.
He said that
♦ s«t i .: forty-fold. 83 H.
rence, Springfield:
fourth.
Henry strong point by showing a somewhat
th«* mine.
Portland -Unchanged.
Pullet—First, C. Bruce Wheeler.
better knowledge of the physiogra-1
Denhart. Eugene.
(Contlnued on Page 7.)
SECRETARY DICKINSON REPLIES
NEGRO GETS GOOD POSITION
GOODS SM
MSI I!. C.
DETECTIVE
corno
EVENING
Fire in Basement of Cockcrline Negro Convicted of Mansiaugh- Administrator of Estate of Will Remain Open During Even­ Reported Capture by Federal
and Wetherbee Building
ter in Etherington
Greek Laborer Seeks to
Troops Proves to Be
ing for Benefit of Satur--
Does Much Damage
Case
Recover $7500.00
Unfounded
day Night Crowds
COMMITTEES COME
TO AGREEMENT
ON STUDENT ROW
WILLIS MOORE DENIES
CHARGES AGAINST HIM
BODIES OF FOUR
MINERS RECOVERED