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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1909)
me Hail I I aumal VOL. XIX SALEM, OREGON, MOMAl , U'GIST ;t(, 1000. NO. 104. sn4L Mtlj'3t1Kf5ilWJrfAy w 4iW B I ntiiiraHlipni 1 1 BiaKvvJryayUyla tll FJUiU"ujyLll"ll"l 13 jhT.t- , HILL AGAIN HEADS OFF HARRfMAN Rival Construction Crews Again Clash at Crooked River Crossing Near Prineville. HILl BUYS A ROAD PURCHASES THE CENTRAL ORE GON, WHICH HAS SUHVEV AND LOOATIO.V FROM SHANIKO IX WASCO COUXTV VIA PHI NIC VIIJiE, TO REDMOND. I United t'rea I.eateJ" Wire Portland, Or., Aug. 30. Tho H11I Harrlman battlo for Central Oregon, quletod fnsofnr us tho canyon of tho Deschutes Is concornod by an In junction from tho United States courts, has opened up again with re newed vigor furthor south, and Indi cations nro that Crooked rlvor cross ing, In Crook county, may sco a con flict between tho rival construction crows boforo tomorrow night. As has been tho caso throughout tho ontlro struggle, tho Hill Intoroats "havo secured tho advantago, and tho Harrlninn forces aro hurrying to catch up with, and, It possible, dlo lodgo them. Tho moro Important movo slnco ..Salem's With the big stock of the newest merchandise shown on the Pacific Coast. The only thing that you will find small in this establishment is the price. The goods, style and the quality can not be surpassed. The Chicago Store always leads in progressive merchandising. NEW FALL STYLES IN LADIES' SUITS We are now showing the grandest ossortmont that was ever shown In this part of tho world. Come here and look through and seo what stylo and quality means at tho Chicago Store. It means that you, can buy beautiful garments at about half what you havo to pay oisewhere. $18.00 Suits now. $22.00 Suits now. $27.50 Suits now. ...$10.90 ..$12.50 ...$14.50 These prices are just for a short time to Introduce these beautiful' up lo-date garments. Ni II mild V IIIp CHICAGO STORE SALEM, OREGON: The Store That Saves You Money. the purchase of the Oregon Trunk Lino by J. P. Stevens Is the purchaso of tho Central Oregon railroad, which has a survey running from Shanlko to Redmond, and which was consum mated by tho Hill representatives this morning. This line owns a survey running from Shanlko, In Wasco county, to Prlnovlllo, Bend and Redmond, most of which survey has been definitely located. Tho Central Oregon filed Us maps for that portion of Its lno run ning through public lands with tho secretary of tho Interior last October, and a portion of the line has already boon npp'roved by tho secretary. Other maps of survey havo boon filed with tho land department, but havo not yet beon approved. CHICAGO NEWSPAPER WHITER IX KAIjEM Wjii, E. Curtis of the Chicago Her ald, and wife and daughter, accom panied by one of tho passenger offi cials of tho Southern Pacific, arrived nt tho Salem Indian school today at 10:25 ami paid tho government In dian school a visit. They wer en tertained by Supt. Chnlcrnft and tho officers of the school and camo on to Salem, whore they will spend a day. Tho party Is traveling In tho prl vato car of Gonoral Passongor Agent Win. McMurray, accompanied by Mr. Jenkins, district passongor agent. Af tor lunch and seeing tho school tho this afternoon to Corvallls and Tri gone Mr Cu'r'tls was glvon a groat party loft for Salem, whoro they will Stnn ln 1iour nnil thnnro nrocood deal of information about Salem and tho valley whllo In this city. Ho was i mui uy muyur uuukltb ana omciuia of the Board of Trade and Duslnossj Mou's League. Big Store. Dress Goods and Silks Tho big stores of Portland cannot show you any grander or finer stock of dress goods and silks than we can, and we can bent their prices 25 per conl less. Como hero and get sam ples, thon sond to Portland or any other big city, comparo prices, stylos and quality, and when you got 'through If you study tho lutgiest of your poek etbook you will buy from the Chlcugo Store. Tho reason Is this: We Know where to buy. how to buy and to get prices that will stand competition with any house In Amorlca. 1000 yards of tho now Octomnn Fallo Silk In all colors. 85c quality. Introduction price, yard 50c SILKS SILKS SILKS If you want style, quality and a grand variety, come here. DRESS GOODS DRESS GOODS If you want to fake a look through the greatest stotffe of up-to-tbe-minnte' dretfcr goods, come to the Chlcugo" Store. We asfc small prices', Yard 25c, 35cy49c 65c . 75c, 85c and up. 1 am TWELVE HUNDRED DROWNED; Receding Waters Leave Terri ble Evidences of Angry Water's Fearful Destruction. BODIES ARE BURNED lirXDUEDH OK DEAD ARE ItEIXG DRAGGED FROM UNDER SLIME AXD MUD LEFT 1IY FLOOD THOrSAXD.S ARE HOMELESS SUPPLIES I1EIXG RUSHED. tUnltnl I'rM LmumI Wr.l Monterey, Moxlco, Aug. 30. Hun dreds of 1)0 ill es havo beon recovorcd from the mud and sllnio loft by tho receding waters of the Snntn Cntallnn river which today fell within Its banks almost as rapidly us It roso last Friday. Rescuers worked through out Saturday and Sunday rccovorlng 'corpses from the oozo and todny nn 1 unofficial estimate places tho nuni !bor of dead at 1200. Tho downpour of rain which was ' tiHlttniwIltl vtnnitiitt nl hln M tit n tllanM. '"""""" 'UDI''"'" "' 1 ir"' fl.00'1 c.on80'!.nt n" '8ter(,n'- until inn, uino me worn 01 rescue was retarded, but after tho rain ended scores of rescuers woro added to tho forco collecting bodies. j Hugo bon-flres havo beon built I along tho river banks from timbers Itlint escaped the soaking rains and flood and tho bodies nro being burned to provont contnglon and pestilence Tho stato and city authorities aro caring for tho hundreds of homeless and suppllos aro being hurriedly rushed to tho destitute Postllenco Is feared although tho streets are being cleared rapidly and ho dead burned or butted. Tho heaviest loss of life wns In tho 'nrn portion of tho city, which wns lowest. Meager reports from tho valley Indlcato that tho loss of Hie along tho rlvor wns. heavy. Tho poorer persons In tho small towns suffered moat from tho disas ter and their housps wro of flimsy construction. There wero niany ho tels and resorts" alo.tiK the river and some of thorn probably are destroyed. Story of the Storm. The story of tho storm Is told In a dispatch from El Paso, Toxns, Sat urday night ns follows! Tho worst flood of a d oca do visited Monterey, Moxlco, last night and to day. Ono thousand Uvos wore lost. The property loss will roaoh 17,000, 000 The flood was tho mult of n cloud burst in and nbovo tho city on tho San Lulsto river last night. San Lulsto, tho low section of ! Monterey, was swept almost bare and this Is whore the heavy loss of llfo occurred. Tho Santa Cntarlua rlvor taoparntos Moutoroy propor from this (section of the town and the flood como down suddenly from this stream washing away tho bridge and catch ing the people where they could not I escape. This morning bodies of the dead were found In trees and all along tho rlvor banks and In the bottoms be low the city. Monterey Is situated across tho Texas-Mexico line In the county of Nuevoleom It Is about 100 miles In- shore from the Gulf of Mexico. fUf population is estlniated at 70.000. o Charged With Theft Deputy ShorlS Esch axretsl JL I. Fisher Saturday afternoon on a war rant sworn" Out by Frank J. Moore, and lodged him In the county Jail on the chtfrge of stealing a. bicycle. Fisher was caught near the landing of tho Salem-Independence launch, at the foot of State street, when In the act of bearding the boat. o Hundred of IYnont Have taken advantage of tho great ly cut prices on every article In the pplendld stock of the Darr Bros. Jew elry store during their removal sale. You can buy your futuro needs of presents, etc. at a great advantage ORMSBY M'HARG TWITTERS Criticizes Conservation Policy , of Forestry Service Ridi cules ex-President Roosevelt. TAFT CLEANS HOUSE WATER POWER TRUST OF MON TANA AND ALASKA COAL LAND CASES THE PRIMAL CAUSE OF ROW IX DEPARTMENT RAL MXGER Hl'RRlES HOME. United Vtttt I.ened Wire. Washington, Aug. 30. Offlclal Washington Is In a Imik of oxclte- tnont today following tho news that Prosldent Taft has docldod to ac copt tho roilgnatlon of Ormsby Mo. Harg, first assistant secretary oi commorco and labor, and that Soc rolary Dnlllngor, of tho Interior de partment, has loft Scattlo on his way hero on "emergency business." The two pieces of- nowa aro con nected by thoio on tho Insldo of ad ministration affairs with tho war that has been going on In tho West this summer against tho overturning of tho Roosovolt pollclos by somo of tho minor officials of tho Taft admin istration t-Tho announcement that McIIarg H soon to quit Washington is taken to mean that Prfsldont Taft has de cided to tako drastic action In thu case, and Roosovolt men aro olatod todny, because they sny It means tho beginning of n genoral clean-up of n number of dim who woro pn In nf. tlco at tho beginning of tho Taft ad mtnlstrnHon by Postmnstor-aonoraf Hitchcock, who managed tho Tatt campaign and distributed tho federal patronage 4 The reslgnntlnn'lof McIIarg Is ro- gardod as especially significant bo cause It was McIIarg who announced some tlmo ago that Socrotary of Com morco and Labor Naglo would con duct a "house cleaning" In his de partment. This was followed by the announcement that Secretary Ral llnger" would do n little "houso clean ing" In tho.Intorlor department. "House cleaning," In both casos, wns welt-known to havo meant that Xagol and Dalllnger would get rid of all tho mon In their d,epnrtmont8 who hod been connected with the Roose velt administration. Nolthor cabi net officers got very far. howevoi, because tho big Issue iu tho Interior deportment, Involving the wntor pow er trutt In Montana and tho coal laud onsog In Alaska camo up Imme diately after nalllnger loft Washing ton on his trip West. Taft, Bay thoso closest to h'm. Is a man who does only one thing at a time. Now that he hai flnlshod , the tariff, ho has taken up the public laud question nnd the conservation movomont, and the Roosevelt men In Washington say when Taft has finished with It he will be found on the right ldo, and thero w'll be several places In his offlclal staff to be filled. The officials at tho Interior depart ment, and at the general land office today refused absolutely to make any statement as to tho reason for Ral llnger'a hurried trip to Washington. It Is known, positively, howovet that he Is coming to prepare the final draft of the explanation his depart ment 's making to President Taft, In regard to the Alaska coal cases. WasWngton. Aug. 30. The 3 ca'led "Roosevelt policies"' dro on trial boforo President Taft. That Is the rea.1 situation in the opinion of porsom following the progress of the summer rows In the official family of the President. The crisis is believed to have been reached with the re markable statements of Ormsby Mc IIarg. acting secretary of the depart ment of commerce and labor. In which he attacked the policies of Taft's predecessor. McHarg criticised the conservation policy of tho forestry service and rldlouled former President Roose volt. Today ho reiterated hla form or statements, except that of declar ing that Roosovolt possibly thought ho was "Tho Lord." McIIarg denied making this stato mont, but declared that his lntor vlowor quoted him correctly othor wlso, "I fool It my personal right to dis cuss theso mnttors, nnd do not think the prlvato vlows of an assistant sec retary or bureau man can change my opinions," aald McHarg; today. FLORIDA PUBLISHER VISITING AT SALEM Col. J. D. Calhoun of Tampa, Flu,, hns boon visiting In this city with his wifo, who Ih a sister of W. A. Aldcrmnii, and leaves for tho east this evening. They havo spent two months on tho Pacific coast and ate ospeclnlly pleased with the Wlllnm ctto vnlloy and the Capital City. "Your lands havo n wonderful ca pacity for dairying and- fruit grow ing," said Mr. Calhoun. "Every, foot will grow clovers nnd grasses and that Is what counts. I havo looked over your city from tho heights to tho south, and It Ib cortnlnly n charm ing place. With its wide stroots, well paved nnd fino residences, It sur passes In nppoarnuco nnd chnrm ob a homo city any placo wo hnvo visit tod. With Increasing population It will soon make a commercial city, and being tho stato capital will bo como secondary consideration. Thero nro moro peoplo hero now than can llvo on government pay and they will push out and go to doing something. Tho first lltornturo I over received from Orogon wns from your office nnd I liked tho letter you wroto bo - cuiiho It wns not of tho usual' boost order. You oven doubted If I would llko It, but I am hero to say that I do, nnd that I am most agreeably surprised with all that I have seen, and I havo mado up my mind to come to Oregon to llvo, nnd ns near Salem iih I can got n foothold." o Fined Twenty Dolln Constablo Ira Hamilton went to a hop yard a few mlloa north of this city yestordny morning and arrested FranK Moutod on a warrant aworn out for him by a Chinaman named Dill William. Tho Chinaman -was as saulted last Friday by Moutod, as a culmination ovor some farm toolf. Whon Constable" .Hamilton wont after" Moutod tho first time, which was Saturday, ho (Moutod) would not disclose his name, but Instead' direct ed thyJofncor whero to find altogeth er a different porson and hid him self. Tho constablo was too sharp to bo pooled In this mannor, how over, and nabbed the man yesterday morning In tho hop ynrq Owing to Moutod not having the necessary nd which tho officer domandCd U a guarnntco of his appoamheo before Justlco of tho Poace Weulter to an swer tho chargo, ho was locked up In tho county Jail mntll this morning, whon ho was haled Into court and flnl 2t) by Judge Webster. o - Itltio-llloixlcd Piis Seven or tho beat bred ICiikIIhIi bull dogs evi'r dUphiyed In Kulum hio In tho show window at Hauser Hros.' sportliiK goods hotme. The -dogs, threo mnlo and four female pups and the mothor. nro tho proporty of A. 13. Mulholland, an omployo nt tho local 8. P. freight yards, and ho is exhibit ing them for sale. The puppies nro 10 woolts old and a huskier lot of dog Iota would bo hard to find. Tho slro Is Sir Wlllumbla Kalltlan and tho dnm Is Princess Virginia, both being prize wnners nt bonch shows, The owner of tho dogs places the price of the female- pups nt 136 and tho males between 75 and 1100 each. They will bo on display In Hauser Bros.' window for two days. o OiriiH Park Sit J. M. Drown of Sllvorton is In tho city today. Ho Is ono of tho owuors of the park site offered tho city re cently and whllo tho city bus nn op tion until September 15, Mr. Drown wishes to lio roloased, as he says he oan sell tho property for a groat deal moro than lie offered it to the city for. He states emphatically that the city will never hnvrf as good n bar gain offered oh triut property. Melons- Fresh vegetables, fruits, etc.. for the war mweather meals at the Sunset Grocery. 432 Stato St. Phone 131 A FOOLISH AND SILLY YOUNG GIRL Boasting of Money She Did Not Have Tries Silly Plan to Account for Not Having It. STORY WAS TOO THIN SHU WAS l-'Ol'XI) LYING IN ASY LUM AVI2NUK, APPAUKNTIA' UNCONSCIOUS CliAIMKH 8HK WAS ATTACKED AND HOHHKI), HUT LATHIt CONKKSHKO. Representing to the young man sho wns to marry last Saturday ov onlng that she wns amply supptlod with money. Miss Pearl Ax, a young woman employed In ono of Snlem's hOHtlorles, attompted to lead tho au thorities to bollovo Saturday after noon that sho had boon nBsaulod by a thug, who then robbed her of all tho money sho possessed and then loft her unconscious, lying on the sldownlk nenr tho brldgo on Asylum avonue. but later, when questioned 1 ')' Sheriff Mlnto, In tho prosonco of ' fMitnf tt ln1lrjfc ftlliann ntwl rtHint nf. fleers, tho unfortunato girl mado a comploto confenaToii of tho affair, raying that ho whole thing had been deliberately planned In order that sho could have somo oxcuso after she married for falling to produce the monoy which sho had clalmod to, but did not havo. Dotwoon 3 and 4 o'clock last Sat urday afternoon Miss Ax was found lying on tho sldowalk Just opposite tho brldgo spanning North Mill crook on Asylum avonuo. . Whon first scon sho was lying In an ap parently comatoso condition, her pockotbook on ono sldo of tho walk, nnd opoti, and her handkerchlof on tho othor. Tho street car approached about tho samo tlmo the woman was found, nnd Motorman Doll and tho man who flrsf discovered hor, wont to hor nshlsfanco, and, afor they had assisted her to tho street' ear. she ap peared much gritved to learn of the lose of her money, which sho claimed had been stolon. Motorman Doll ran his car to the police station, think- 1 l"B Ulo nlrl hhtl been tho victim or a robuory, nnd thoro she was taken Into tho marshal's ofllca and questioned, Tho young woman could not explain how tho affair took placo, and tho officors boenmo suspicious, owing to tho nllogod robsbry occurring In t. thickly populated part or the city and In broad daylight, and Informed hor of their doubts. At this she broke down nnd crlod. tolling tho of Moors tho story complote. According to her story she was to bo married tonight to a young man by tho name of Mlllor, who. sho said, was under the Improsslon she had somo monoy, and. owing to tho fact that sho did not possoss any great amount of money, she ncted in this manner In order to substantial her story to tho young man. Sho said sho had planned tho holdup and rob bery by laying down oil tho Walk and strewing her effects about closo by, and concoallng a fow pieces of money he had In her shoo. Sho Is a come ly young woman, 18 yoara of age, and apparently respectable and hones but, having represented that she had money, when nho hod nono. in hor desperate attempt to escape tho pon alty of her stories, and to mnko good In tho oyea of hor lovor and his mother, sho adopted a plan which she would not hav thought or had she been In othor circumstances. She hns no relatives Jn the city, and has been working fofhersoir In this city for somo tlmo. ro Thu Mutual Cunning Company Will stnrt on pears next Wednes day. Can uso up to 150 women and girls. If you cannot come Wedue day, come later, as force will bo ln creased from day to day 8-30-2t