Eugene daily guard., June 21, 1910, Image 1

jjfTAFT STAYS ON GUARD
POSTAL SAVINGS BILL!
. 01 Receiving information
' a filibuster was proposed by some of the in
itio Postal Savings bank bill, President Taft
lii nM projeCiea visit to new naves to see
li tomorrow. .11" B""u " wuuiu. Diajr m
I" ' .. ii, et i
v minnier 1 neueD.ij', iu iuur anw mc pus-
no
fcthout amendment.
si The public celve the approval of the two houses Ackerman and the topic was "1
"I. 11 288,600 I of congress at the present session.wns School Supervision and Admin
rryins j i. tu i. ...... ..
lor increasing cot
, etc, besides $3
W "s ' i i-nat .1 tmsseri bv the senate todav. It cm--
for ,j fl-li-loa nniirniiriatifinii nroiratlno naur
SlUeB 9"t .,.,.--, "nn- (. r. ....-
... o Ann nnn .... np ..i 1
Fral ..ninf S1 SOOflOO over the hnnae niMinra
bOUSe UII 1UU....-0 r
...i voce vote.
Lop bill, which
&ls morning. , SERIOUS RESULT
he senate uraajr i ,
L rarrvins on-'
r . : r.r.A mill nd- .
on (.
.,ii 1 Fort Bragg, Cal., June 21. L. J.
'iitbomlng the re- Miller, of San Francisco, was killed,
i-uvwas Dass- and Richard Combs, of Little River,
Li., it la now up Guy Redwlne, of Ukiah, and Mr. and
E,.Uature. ' Mrs. Rea, of Westport, injured last
. ... if'tn Mulr Junction ran awav. following ' nit j
fclentr w. " :r -- ,.., ,.
hj measures to re- ' i "'"
Ill PRESENT SESSION
from the
EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1910
DAILY. GUARD
NO. 144
FEREWCE OF!
EDUCATORS
SESSION
Senator Lorimer, Charged '
With Bribery In Elections
Third Session Held This After
uoon Many Important
Addresses
The third session of the first an
nual educational conference that was
on the program for this morning
was held late this afternoon because
of conflicts. The meeting was in
charge of State Superintendent J. H.
Rural
Istra-
tion
The educational conference was in
augurated this year and it is planned
to make it a permanent occasion.
when all the heads of the schools of
the state will meet to discuss school
problems and pass upon legislation
rr- nun in, ' that they think necessary to the edu-
Ur nUWhWHl cational welfare. Yesterday's (ses
sion proved very successful and it is
already realized that a great plan haB
been hit upon. Public school prob
lems were discussed yesterday morn
ing and at the close of the meeting a
motion was passed endorsing the
principle of the plan proposed by Supt
evening wueuuiB aiaSe nuui wiiieua , E. T Moores of the Orecn State
Bchool, providing that there
should be a minimum amount of
NEW GRAND JURY
IS CHOSEN FOR
THISJERM
It Is Now At Work on a Num
ber of Cases Albert
Emmons Acquitted
A new grand Jury was selected
this morning and it is now working
on a number of crlm;nal cases that
have been reported to it. The Jury
consists of the following:
B. R. Copenhaver, Oscar Jackson,
Jas. Calvert, Ole Casperson, Chas. E.
Harwood, Jas. Horn and M. L. Perry.
Emmons Not Guilty
The Jury In the case of the State
vs. Albert Emmons, charged with lar
ceny by bailee, after having been out
F
OF
A.
Wife of Victim and Jesse P.
Webb Are Under
Arrest
BOARD OFREGENTS
ELECT NEW
Tl
Arthur Collier Will Have Chaic
of Geology at the
University
CHAIR OF PSYCHOLOGY
nan Orator of
Syracuse,
York
line 21. The or
the unveiling here
anient to the sol-
fcir was Vice Presi
wi the fresh gran
ted bronze of the
kit lost unveiling,
pronounced It to
billon of the pas-
wnlch held to-
.nuc tuiuu. , ... -. . ,.,,.. .,,-
form nf testlmn. "" I"""'
Ii blue," Bald the
its value and
Itiplied and Intensi-
u sot lacking oth-
Nion of the peo-
tue nation s pre-
of
arly half a b:;a- horse8 tne Jury was instructed to
hies nfforort rl"s m a veruiut in mvui ui me
noon returned a verdict of not guilty.
In the case of B. Scott vs. John Bar
ker, to recover money, a motion for
non-suit was granted after the jury
had been taken and testimony intro-
In the case of W. P. Riggs vs. P.! j Athletics. Principal Geo. Hug,
reading for training and culture done
by the teachers of the state, and pro
viding for proper examinations to
test the teachers' work. In order
further to advance the idea, a com
mitteee, consisting of-Superintendent
Moores, Prof. L. R. Alderman, of the
University of Oregon,- and Superln
tendent Guy C. Stockton, of the Eu
i?ene schools, was appointed to con
fer with the executive committee of
the State Teachers' association with
a. view of getting the subject of tea
chers' reading circles n the program
for the summer convention.
The afternoon session was upon
the subject of "Community Co-operation
with Schools," and some very
valuable addressee were given. The
next meeting will be next Thursday,
1 . ! Un ...nnn. - tl.n
I aim uciuw IB iud piugiaiu IUI LUO
resi oi me weeK:
First Session
Thursday, 9:30 a. m.
- The Problem of High school Epulp-
ment The discussions In this sec-l
tion will be based on questional
returns gathered from the different
wrhools.
1. Physics. Dr. W. P. Boynton,
Professor of Physics, University of
Oregon.
2. Biology. Miss Lila Irvln, Eu
gene High School.
3. English Literature. Miss Bes
sie Kidder, Roscburg High school;
Mies Maud Stinson, Eugene High
school; Principal L. B. Gibson, Hood
Rive.-.
Second Session
Thursday. 1:30 p. m.
The moral Problems of the High
Tho-enSne country is awaiting the outcome of the investigation oJJ'tTtcged
tbtibcry sca-ndal in Hliuois Senator Lorimer is charged with bcci irtng his
luctlou ttUMUgh means of bribery. Already there haw been three co iif-essionB
where lllliwis legislators luwt? uppeared before the state attorney ai id iOW of
accepting or giving money considerations for votes for the senator. The
United States seuate is .looking Into the tuattr, and Wg revelations .are to be
expected.
RENOSECUfiES THEiELfflORE'S BODY
BIG PRIZE FIGHT i 10 BE BURIED
President's Report, Making
Many Recommendations, s
Adopted by Board
Portland, June 21. Jesse P. Webb pjpj BENNETT IN
anci airs. iiiiani A. Jonniion were
errested at the Willamette rooming
house early today on suspicion of
having murdered the husband of the
woman, William A. Johnson, at the
Grand Central hotel yesterday afternoon.
Johnson's body was discovered 1n
trunk at the Union depot, from
which Wood was setm trickling:. The -trunk
was opened and the body of the J
man discovered. His hc-.:d had ueer.i
terribly battered and he had been
shot and choiked to iVrath.
The expressman who totrtc the'
trunk to thu depot was found, and
took llie detectives to the Grand
Central, .where the room occupied by
the .Johnsons was broken into and
showed signs of n terrible struggle.
Bloofl was everywhere.
The detectives then started out to
loonSe'the woman and Webb, who had
registered at the hotel under the
name of !Powers. They wer traced
to the Willamette rooming house,
where a little boh of Johnson's waB
found. At daylight this morning
Webb and the woman rode up to the
place In an aoto and wore taken Into
custody. The womnn had $1900 on
her person.
The woman held as Mrs. W. A.
JULY 4.
II OREGON
Rickard Makes Decision and Mfc; of Tcad Packer May Ncl
Governor of Nevada j 'Survive the Shock of (
t
is Willing i His Death
fendant.
Other
1t forty thousand
Inn rhn hoi.n .
mt and hardships fo"ow;
sovernment with
me provision, he
and help or
frrtrors of the hero
cases disposed of were as
k the Republic it-
H. Stubrud vs. E. J. Frasier; to
recover money. Continued.
John R. Campbell vs. H. L. De
Armond, H. H. DeArmond, R. S. De
Armond and W. V. DeArmond; to
recover money. Settled and dismiss-
Mto the past; they ed w'thout costs,
a i . .;...,... Mary Falter vs. Fred G. Luebke;
lit millions of sons urech of promise and damages. Set
fin ot the priceless tled and dismissed on motion of the
h tor them by the Pla'nt1"- w rpon,lnI,.
no" neglect can we transcrlpt on appeal from Eugene
rut estate Virtue justice court. Settled and dismissed.
tncrlfice and devo- w- H' Abrams vs. Sunset Lumoer
c, heroic nur- 9"a tu ira-u,..
' tor the purest mney. Judgment for $119.25 and
t be the title cosU-
Precious nntH- -
KhSJ."2MB MERCHANTS DECLARE
- na Ifi lirnn -n
own Uvea that
I'll In the ,. f
N eath do well his
ot mind and
'fwrve and hand
y e have en- Vote Moral Support to Petition
ers for Macadamizing Blair
and Eleventh Streets
J-i-s Angvles, June 21. -The boar
' Reno, June 21.-,Tex Rick- .Jot-"' E'.mm. the .nilo0alr
aid .awards the1 Johnson- J salmon pafKer ai Astoria, who -us,
Jeffries fight to Reno, so it is T killed, tonnther with Mrs.W. L. Gar
officially announced. rehKn.whHe-automobillnB mar Hor-
. -ndu Faifk lastiaiht, will be pre-
1 r..- 1. U...l..-n,l 1-.
WW WW - -www - - w- - w- ,,i1 h Hv .f VlMro O. I " "... . " " " . t . . I... V. V
viiD,,r.-.,mU ,!Htvry ltBe .men .paicneu up tneir an-
Two: valuable additions were made
to the University of Oregon faculty
at the board f regents' meeting thi
mrnlng. Arthur J. Collier will fill
the chair of geology, that has beeov
vacant since the death of Professor
Condon, and Dr. C. J. C. Bennett will!
fill the chair of psychology. Arthur.
Collier Is a former graduate of the-
University of Oregon. He is now s,
member of the U. S. Geological Sur
vey with headquarters in Washing -ton.
D. C. His home is here and her
attended Harvard after ho graduated '
from Oregon. Dr. Bennett Is now
president of the state normal school
iof West Virginia. He took a doc
' tor's degree at Columbia University,
Johnson, the Biippost d wife of the majoring under psychology, and has
murdered man, has 'confessed that had six years experience at teachins
she is Mrs. D. W. Kersh, the wife of j that brunch.
a cltv employe of Seattle named Bert' The degree of doctor of letters was.
Korsh, whom she left a year ago to j conferred by the bonrd upon Prof. B.
run wuy with Webb. They have J. Hawthorne and he was made pro
been traveling in many places during fessor emeritus In the chair of psy
the .Interval. -She -states that she chology, which Is an honornry title,
know Johnson in Seattle, and later, The following portion ot the prest--metlhlm
In Spokane, where he prom- dent's report was adopted and goe3.
lsed her if she would leave Webb he; '"to effect:
would set her up In the lodging uotiBe
business In Portland. She agreed
and they left Spokane Sunday night.
She (did Jiot know Wobb was on the
train until they all boarded the same
liitu.il hue at the depot. The hotel
reglBtorwf the now Grand Central ho
tel, allows that VVbh registered under
tht name of "Powers," and Johnson
and the woman registered as man
;aiut wife.
H'lte woman '.mj ys she knows notli
Ing of the murder. According to her
Ogden, Utah, June 21. Governor! retwan has ant beeji Arranged Tor. but
Dickerson, of Nevada, is in Ogden to-j it is bellea-d It will also be sent
n,. .... .1 nnla,H ha n-niilrl tint 111.. nOrtL .
terf'ere with the Jeffrles-Johnsou:f Elmore, who Ih critically
fiEht " at Ktaadeiui may :sot reotw
ill
from
ferences and began drinking. In the
afternoon Johnson went to his room
to sleep off the cffectB of the liquor,
and Blie and Webb devoted their time
to packing Johnson's trunk, lie hav-
"the fhock of her djusband'a death. !, ,lvmR,unocd he was going to Seat-
IN FAVOR OF BETTER
Eneene Hieh School.
2. The Street and Cigar Store.
Supt. L. A. Brlggs, Albany; Mr. H.
W Stone. Portland.
i 3. Discipline and Student Honor.
I Sunt A. K. Mickey, Junction City.
i 4. The Moral Side of History and
.Literature. Dr. Joseph Schafer, Prc-:
j fessor of History, University of Ore-,
I gon. '
I 5. Truancy, Juvenile Delinquents.'
! Mr. John Teucher, Juvenile Court,
Portland.
Third Session
Friday, 9:15 a. m. I
Literature and Teachers' Read-,
ing . '
1. Range of Reading and High
School Students. Mr. M . n uous
las. Librarian, University of Ore-
g2.' Appreciation In Literature
Teaching Principal H. H. Herdman,
Washington High School, Portland.
3. Technical Mastery of rorm.
Mr Edward A. Thurber, Professor of
Rhetoric, University of Oregon.
4 A Professional Library for the
High School Teacher and Principal.
V.- u n Sheldon. Professor of
TWO HANGED
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Lancaster. Pa.. June 21. Walter
and Benjamin Astun were hanged,
here today in the county Jail for the
murder of Alfred llalbmaii.
WEALTHYBREWER j
KILLED BY AUTO
Omaha. Junv. 21. WDlhun Kjtbk,
vice president and general jnauayrr
of the Fred Krug Brewing Co.. was j
killed in an auto accident here to
day.
and her condition is precarious today.
Tin fata3 accident, oecarted at a
crossing whiih leads to a :HPn road
i. er the four-trnck :syateai -.fonnect-Ing
In.? bear! and o&ier an.rnundlns
towns with Los AnatleS. According
;to seTral iiemons who saw the crash
lEImore was ultiving ibthtnd two heav
iily loaded wngons, trying to pass
'them, hen lie suburban train was
rpeedhu; on ttw-nrd iht crossiui;. The
I wagons stopped at tbi crostdng, but
.fc'Imorc never i?lackenil sj?.ed, evl-
idmitly rt reuJ-ing hit 'danger. The
iH-avy suburb-jui car, rrowded with
jtssenKi-s, hil :the .DU'tor car Juat
uuhiiid IJie unn-r s Beaj..
J'assen.gers on the front end saw
the- wonmn throw her urnis around
Elurore. An Instant lawr tne iuio-
tle last night. After the trunk was
packed she took her son Willie and
went lo the Willamette roomliiK
Xew Instructors 1
"The appointment of two n:lst--ant
Instructors and one laboratory as--slstant
In the departments of botany '
and zoology, at an aggregate amount
not to exceed $700, to supply vacanr '
cles left by terms ot service,- The '
aggregate amount would-be aniia-
crease ot only 120 over that paid for
the same service: last year.
"An advance In the salary of M
Mozelle Hair, English . and hlstdrf"
instructor in the correspondence A
partment, and clerk of the depart
ment;, to $900. This snlary Is al
ready provided for In the budget ia
the allowance of $2000 made the cor
respondence department.
"The authorization of the employ
ment of an assistant cataloguer lot
the University library, at a salary ot
not to exceed 75 per month, with,
term of service beginning September-
the
, mok-.te wb.9 a nim;s of flying wreck-
v.&:ane hum nfiuiii.-iB, .miu "
iir H II SneMIon. rroiessor
SUBURBAN STREETS Education, University f Oregn.
FELL I
LTH EUGENE
P" "d Sons Mav
uve
K Whn
Wiv aB "en
W. A. Bn-
The Merchants' Protective Assoc!-;
ation at a .meeting last night adopted!
a resolution pledging the moral sup
port of the association to those who
have petitioned for the macadamizing
of Blair and East Eleventh streets so
that these two thoroughfares will be
on a par with the county roaas ie.m;
PORTLAND MEN 10
BUILD HAMPTON
BE
"other, w. a Rn lng to them, the county having Jus. . Cnninaprinfl COITlDanV
uirthm, flnlsh-it ih. nrk of macadamizing WflWOOrt tnaineeriliy lUiMHi"
,lfre the h. the road leading from the en.I oft n:jj-.
L?. Clark settled Ei,t Eleventh at
reet to Springfield
ISJt. nj and win hoo-ln on the river road lead
In i... .. .e inir frnm tho end of Blair street at
.. ""'" n is. -
r e,h li.. j nnna
.M1eontr,nrt! The association agreed that all
L 'he be, 'tores shall close on the Fourth o
f 'he had 1 vwfiv 3a,y t noon except those that deal
. mi m
tTL inks of re
""'ob, win, a
hundred
JT N ski Hevr huB-
it," Wre horses
i , ',?0 d was
"me
' 01 thu jear.
In firecrackers and other goods need
ed at celebrations.
the Successful Bidders
at $28,000.00
The new Hampton Ji'ar
erected by
. ft.from
Yonne of Portland, doing nu.in
young, , t.p NewDort rn-
ranging
3? 000 to that of the success-
.V'-' Tho members of the
FAIR WKATIIEH
FOR TOMORROW
tonight and
fill b.l'W.r- . ' ,u Architect Kroner,
firm. t"t '
are In the
Oregon Fair
Wednesday.
today arranging to m,.
d other mn.-"- -:-
ill
thPr lunflVr and nrner ..
work :ye? " 'he f)ennett wll
a .cry fhort time. .
work. This does not Inclsrte
hpniinir nlaiit and the elevators,
contract for which win the pamentere, tarried tart
on. The concrete basement is being , '.e uurtxi njid n in
built by T. H. r.llis, ill mis ci f, i . tne Bn an(, woulan
were found lying amid the detels,
went to tho Willamette roomliiK1 1of mh. .' , "
:buB, lmt drfes.not explain why she i . r hount "ald
.changed her .place of abode. I "i'i'SeSS" SML t.h' "U''i:
At JiO o'clock Webb called for her t..7mZ.. ..r, :
in an automoldle, and they went for been ,mplt ""J 'part Tme liereTo
a ioy ilde he .supposed Johnson tore, at a' total cost of 45 per mon h
hd eone to Seattle, and says she ..Tne nceds.or tne ,rary "oVeilf
knows floUiing of the murder ! for a permanent assistant, capabl
'I he boy i 0 years old and saya of glvlllg he , th ) ino'reas
he woman is his mother and We lib la lng work of cataloguelng new book.
'f,- d.,-h.?" ,t,'!,,,,Kht, "The' anthorizntlon of an asstit
call Webb "father." The little fel-Bnt , tho ,., gyn,sm, at aa
low says Webb and Johnson had a
serious quarrel yesterday afternoon,
and later he was forbidden to enter
Johnson's room because Johnson wus
sick.
So far as the police can ascertain
there is no Mrs. Johnson, and they
have ascertained that Webb is a vlc-
expenso not to exceed $ lt)o per year.
ii'KiKiriir h Nwnry Larger
"Ir would rei.pectrully renew my
recommendation made at the Janu
ary meeting of 190!), that the salary
of registrar. Mr. A. 11. Tiffany, be
mnde $1,600 per year. An advance?
of $200 wns made at that time
H Kills, of this city
he began work on the cement floor
today.
The Portland contractor.!
their outfit.
will havel
I
one hundred eet from wjiere ine tar
..A n..tnmrIWiWi flime tneHtker. I
hire inursnay. , , . . . I
t! - :' " . .
HEY, SAW WOOD I
' ' 'f ' i;iiirr! in Boilon Htrld.
- -
Urn of the chloral .habit. He tellB brlnalna the unlnrv mi i unn
eonfllctlng stories, but InslHts that ho The work of the office has grown
knows nothing of the murdor. each year more burdensome and
"I never hurt anybody in my life," I more responsible, and Its duties have
he declared, "to say nothing of hav- been fiilthfnlly nnj well met by the
Ing killed Johnson." present registrar. .
He professes to retollect nothing "Tho reslgnallon of Dr. Geo M
of his doings since arriving here rrom Wells, profesi;r of pediatrics In the
Spokane, and declares be has been school of medicine, Is transmitted tot
on a druak for several days. the board, through the dean of the'
When arrested Mm. Kersh had In medical school, with the recomniend
her possession $1900, which she d-' atlon that Dr. Wells be mailn nrnti..
: clared Johnson gave her yesterday af- sor emeritus of pediatrics.
! ternoon. I "I wish to. recommend th follow
jing channes in the Instructional .forcov
Webb in HKikane of (he University:
t hiiugit In KiK iiKy
"The appointment of Mr. Oeorg
f. Sussky to the nosiilnn txt in.i
Spokane, June 21 Jesse P. Webb.
arrested In Portland on suspicion of i
f.c.ii....ll..n ujllh tho miiclor r.f l,.hn.l
siki, left here Sunday, after having1'"1' 1,1 German, nt a salary of 100
llwd here for two months, lie work- '"'r. !";,lr', ,Hr th aendemic year or
ed .'is a compositor on a local paper,
and during one munlh's stay hi re he
lived with a blonde woman he Intro
duced as his wife. He said he had
been separated from her nn:l living
In Alaska for many years, but hud
i i "-ii, in supply the nlnco .t ii-
II. W. Koehlcr. nhint In Germanf
for gniduato study.
"The appointment of an Instruc
..aJ? "'""""'uatics. at a Balary of
II 000 per year, to fill the place left
net hrr by accident here. Quarrels ', " 'V .x,...Il.or tne term-
lietween the two were frequent, and ',, ','"' '" ul, ,r- ' urlder.
week ago Webb gave up th? fur- 1 ,, ' "' """'emaucs ana niln-
nlnhed house the two had occupied
saving his wife hud left hlni. This
hosse wan at 315 Wall street, the
same address given as that of "Miss
.May WebsUT," on the cards found
on the body of the murdered man.
HISTORIC SCHOOL
BUILDING BURNS
AT SPOKANE
l ho appointment of assistant In
structor In the department of modern
tngllBh literature, at a salary of
1600 per year, to take the place oC
Miss Angelina Williams, resigned.
"An advance In the salnry of Mis--Mary
Watklns, .assistant Instructor
In modern English lleratitre.
"The appointment of Miss Estell
M. Sage as assistant Instructor In
romance languages at MOO per ear:
Mlss Page was paid for her service
as student assMant during; the past
r- me department now has an-
Spokane. W 2l.The south cen- J;ini, ""reS Vd,iP."
!rn.,..h"!h r."."?.1: ""' "'J r'"'or c.- womi reXmend that ?b
Diiiiuiisjrs "i Dponiiiii., whh iit-Kiruy- salary of Mr C
de by fire this morning. The cause Ib
unknown. The building cost 1210,
000, and the contents wej valued at
$30,000; Insurance, $97,0uO.
W. Conversj.. insfrm-..
tor In the denartment of o'er-irirt
engineering, lie advanced from $1-
(Contlnued on page four.l
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