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FULL PRESS SERVICE OVER OUR OWN LEASED WIRE. PORTLAND MARKET REPORTS DAILY. YOU GET TODAY'S N EWS TODAY. f A i 1 r 'I I 111 : MOT Si 351 !v... act-as kmMi tOI. XX. SALEM. OREGON. S ATI It KAY. OCTOBER IS. 1910. No. 242. XV II Villi ICV a u a m". ill m ni u in COKEY CALLS Hi A FOUR SAYS ROOSEVELT IS REPUBLICAfl 6RAFTB GO OUT AND DEM&ATIC GRAFTERS AT OHGL-WE IN "The Only Issue That Counts Is Money," Says Coxey, "There Is No Use Talking About Conservation, for There Is Noth ing Left to Conserve, They Have Stolen It AH" Hollering About the Tariff Is Like Digging Out a Woodchuk When One Is Hunting Coons." , ... , VN1TKD rMtSS LKABf.D WIRI.) New York. Oct. 15. "General" Jacob S. Coxey, who ted he famous tramp army on to Washington in 1894, and who Is now worth $3,000, 000, which he made In Ohio rock quarries,' arrived in New York today, and bad few flnga to say about current topics and "big" men. "A change is coming in America," said Oeneral Coxey. "t is a case of evolution or revolution. I am afraid the last will be first. Roosevelt and Bryan are four-flushers. Bryan killed Populism, pretending to preach Its principles. Now another party is wakening,- and Roosevelt Is doing the same thing. "The only Issue that counts is money. Hollering about the tariff is like digging out a woodchuck when one is hunting coons. My Ideas have not changed a bit since 1894. Then I had no money, and the people all laughed. Now I have millions, and my ideas are accepted in higher places. We Are Now The greatest business In the history of our store and the reason why? because we are giving the people values and lower prices than they can get elsewhere. You may rest, assured that when you come to the Chi cago Store to spend your money that you will ret values and prices that will be hard to beat. Mlly, Stylish Millinery Like the Picture VS&y .Values Now on Sale for $8.50, $10.50, $12.50 These suits are up to the minute in style, material and workmanshlpp; sold the same way. Only $8.50, $10.50 and $12.50. New Silks Tbo greatest stock in Salem to make your selec tion from; all the latest Persian and fancy, dress and walstings silks at wonderfully low prices. Persian Silks, yd 65c, 75c and 98c. Fancy dress silks, yd, 25c 35c 46c & up The Greater I The Store "There is no use talking about con servation. ' There Is nothing left to conserve. They've stolen it all. There will be a political change in Novem ber, but it will do no good. When the Republican grafters go out the Democratic grafters will come In. Neither party Is on the level." Coxey said he intended to spend his entire fortune in educating the peo ple so the masses will be prepared for the revolutionary change he says will take place In the United States. RAINED MONEY POn TIME'S VICTIMS Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 16. May or Alexander today deposited $2,700 to the credit of the relief fund for the widows of The Times disaster victims. I!' raised the money by tramping the streets, selling ticket for the theatrical benefit of the suf ferers planned for next week. Ho was accompanied by Joseph C. Ot ton president of the chamber of com - Now on The greatest showing In Salem of fashionable Trimmed Hats, Ostrich Flumes and Wine. $5.09, $7.50, $8.50 Trimmed Hats now on sale for $2.50,. $3.50, $3.90 Ladies' Tailored Suits Like the Picture up to $16.99, $18.00 and $20 Chicago Store That Hammers Down FLUSIIER LIKE BRYAN ' Storm ChaHing Well man. , New York, Oct. 15. Efforts are being made to reach the dlr- lglble balloon "America," to warn the Wellian party of the approach of a hurricane from Cuban waters. The storm Is moving up the coast at great speed, and Well- man is being besought to veer northward, i nd outrun and cs- cape the worst of the gale. Ships are being warned to seek harbors at once. ' merce, and a dozen ether citizens. The relief fund now amounts tt more than $25,000. IT" SAYS CAMPAIGN IS LACKING 1 GINGEK UNITED MIKHS l.EABED WIRlJ New York, Oct 15. Colonel Roosevelt arrived In New York city today after his trip through the south and his opening ot the cam paign on behalf of Henry L. Stlmson, Republican candidate for governor. Colonel Roosevelt at once held a conference ' with the Republican campaign managers. He said the campaign was yet lacking In ginger" but he believed things would shortly liven up. OREGON ELECTRIC BUW.S WAREHOUSE The Oregon Electric railroad com pany has begun work on a large warehouse to handle the crops in and about St. LouIb, Oregon. The building will be 36 by 100 feet and 40 feet hgh. . .. ....... Doing Sale r" bought at bargain prices and New Dress Goods Thousands of yards to select from of this season's newest styles and materials all selling at wonder fully low prices. Yd. 25c, 35c, 49c, 6k and up The Prices Big Steamer Wrecked. Victoria, B. C. Oct. 15. New reached here that the steamer Foraker went ashore at Orcas Island on Wednesday night in a dense fog, and prob- ably will be total loss. The vessel was bound from Broad Harbor to Belllngham with a cargo of coal. The crew Is standing by'. The Foraker Is owned by Leeming Bros., of this city, and Is well, known In Van- couver and other Sound ports. STANLEY IIETCIIEL WOUNDED Is Shot in the Back by a Negro After Quarreling Over an Implement Used in Work on the Rancb . HIS FIGHTING DAYS OVER An Kye-Witness -fiays Ketchvll Had Turned Ills Hark on the Negro, Who at Once Fired The Bullet Entered Ketchcll's Left (Shoulder and 1 tanned Downward Into Ills Lung The OuU-ome Cannot Yet lie Foretold. lURlTItB mil !4EAKD WISE.) Springfield, Mo., Oct. 15.-a-8tan- ley Ketchel reported shot near here. Serious condition. Ketchel was shot by a man named Hurts, following a violent quarrel. Dispatches from Conway say that Hurts has fled to the hills, and that a posse of farmers are now seeking him. . Upon receipt of the news Pleker son, who lives In Springfield, char tered a special train, and at 8:80 o'clock left, with several physicians and two bloodhounds, for the ranch where the shooting occurred. Dick ered, tried to get further details of the shooting before leaving, but was unable to do so. Ketchel has been Dlckerson'a guest for several weeks. He recently as sumed the presidency of a lumber company, financed by Dickerson. He has been at the ranch for the last week on a hunting and fishing trip. Walter Hurts is said to have shot Ketchel In the back with his rifle, at ter quarreling ever an -implement used on the ranch. The bullet entered Ketehel's left shoulder, ranging downward Into the lung. Three physicians are attend- REACHES THE END OF HIS STRING ISAAC CATHCAItT, AFTEIt WEND ING 9100,000 IX TWO YEAJ18, IS 1ST JAIL 1ST TACOMA FOI DRAW ING A CHECK WITH NO MO!.EV TO MEET IT. onitbd rasss LBiaso wms Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 15. Having squandered $160,000 in two years, Isaac Cat heart, of Cathcart, Wash., Is in the city Jail today on the charge of drawing a check for $25, when he had only $7 in the bank. The young man came into posses sion of fortune on the death of bis father, who founded the town of Cathcart, and was its leading citizen. Cathcart, Jr., spent bis money like water, buying precious stones for wo men of bis acquaintance, and la other ways ridding himself of bis inherit ance. He created a furore Sunday night when he met 4 man In company with a woman to whom he bad given 900 worth of diamonds. Cathcart was badly beaten, "nd Ipent two days in a hospital recuperating. STARTS ON FLIGHT ACROSS AMI DIG DALLOiJ FLIES FROf, EH V Boiled to Death. Provo, Utah, Oct. 16. H. D. Johnson is dead, and the death of John H. Nebaker Is monjen- tartly' expected today. Both men were ' employed at the Knight's woolen mill. While scuffling they fell into a vat of boiling lye. The caustlo soda ate practically the skin oft their bodies before they were hauled out by workmen, who came to their aid, summoned by their screams of agony. ing the wounded fighter, and it will be several hour before the chances for his recovery will be exactly known. A witness to the shooting declared that during the quarrel over tbe im plement Ketchel turned his back, and in that Instant he was shot down. Feeling is intense throughout this section. Springfield, Mo., Oct. 15. Stan ley Ketchel, of Orand Rapids, Michi gan, middleweight champion pugilist of the world, who was shot In the back by Walter Hurts, a ranch hand at Dickerson's rancji, near Conway, early today, lapsed into unconscious ness this afternoon while being car ried here in a special tipln. His condition is reported extremely crit ical. Ketchel will be rushed to a hospi tal with all speed and arrangement! tor hi reception have already been completed. Instructions to prepara for an operation to remove the bul let were telegraphed ahead. . Tho operation will be performed as soon as 'Ketchel "arrives. ' CYCLONE IN FLORIDA AND CODA Key West, Fla Oct. 16. In ono of tbe fiercest tropical hurricanes that ever swept the Islands, It is estimat ed that between 75 and 100 persons met death, and great damage was done. Parts of the Florida keys and Cuba are reported devastated. The islands are strewn with wreckage. According to reports coming in to day, construction camps at Key West have suffered great damage. The Havana railroad has been par tially torn up by the force of the hur ricane. A wireless message from Cuba says that the fatalities in the island wore confined to the province of Santa Clara. AFTEIt THE MAN WHO MTAKTH FOKEHT FIItES I'NITCD l-KSHS lliel) Wins.) Denver, Colo., Oct. 16. A large patrol of forest fire fighter totiy scoured the vicinity of MlramonlJ for an alleged firebug, who, mount ed on swift steed, has been silently moving In and out among the for ests, setting the timber on fire aud endangering scores of lives. The fires have been raging for several days and the authorities are convinced that incendiarism is re sponsible. Every effort la being made to locate the man, who Is said to have been prompted by motive of revenge against cortaln residents in tbe burned area. l'arnienter Funeral. Tbe funeral of tbe lata Chas. M. Parinenter will be held from the residence on North Commercial street at 2 o'clock Sunday. Burial at Kural cemetery. Mr. Itfce ix-ad. Mrs. Elizabeth IUce, aged 83, died at the home of ber son, County Awiessor Fred J. 11 ice, this morning at 9 o'clock. Funeral Hun day at 12:30 p. in., from residence on South Fourteenth street. Burial at Macleay cemetery. THOUSANDS WATCH START OF WELlMfl'S PARTY ill BIG DIRIGIBLE "AMERICA" Party of Six Accompanies Wellman in His Flight, Using the Same Balloon in Which He Attempted to Reach the North Pole Has Wireless and First Message Was "Consider European Trip Started" Another Stated Machinery Was Working Well Craft Carries Provisions for 75 Days. (UNITED flUI UUBIO WIRS.l I Atlantio City, N. J., Oct. 15. Tbe dirigible baloon "America," con structed through American ingenuity and manned mainly by American sci entists and explorers, today started on a flight across tbe turbulent At lantic, bound for Europe, Should Walter Wellman, explorer writer and aeronaut, who is piloting the buoyant craft,, be successful in bis venture, he will have for tbe first time in history linked the Old and New Worlds by the aerial route. "Headed northwest; all well aboard; machinery working fine. Good-bye." This waa the brief message flashed from tbe "America's" wireless some time after the airship had disappeared from the ken of the crowds on Atlan tic City's shores. " r Wellman Is accompanied by Melvin Vantman, engineer; Jack Edwin, wire less operator; F. Murray Simon, chief navigator of the balloon "Oce- janic," who Is . acting as' Wellman's I chief naritator; George Rlfflard, chief mecbanW'an. Albert Load and I John Aubert, assistant englnoers. Jean Jacon was (o have accompan led Wellman as motor expert, but balked at the last moment over finan cial arrangements. Jacon and Rlf flard are Parisians. The weather for the start was al most perfect, the sea like glass, and hardly an air current stirring. The backers of the expedition were notified at 4 o'clock this morning that an attempt at flight would be THE AUTO CRASHED INTO CAR lilt. EDNA TI.M.MS, ANSWEIIINO EMERGENCY CAIX, AM) GOINO 70 MII.ES AN HOt'Il, WAS KILLED IN COLLISION. UNITED fUKSS LltlSBO WISS. Tortlaud, Or.", Oct. 15. Dr. Edna Tlmms, a well-known woman physi cian, was instantly killed late last night, and her chauffeur, Walter Cbrlatlanson, was painfully injured when an automobile, in which they were driving at a rate of 70 miles an hour, struck a car at 19th and Fland ers street. Dr. Tlmms had ordered Cbrlatlanson to put on alt speed, as she was responding to an emergency call. Motorman Ray bum and Ora Mil ler, the conductor, were arrested, and booked on a charge of manslaughter. They were later released. Both men declared that tbe street car waa not traveling faster than 10 miles an hour when the automobile shot across tbe curb and was caught on tbe fend er of the car. Tbe tonneau of tbe automobile was cut in two, and Dr, Tlmms burled 60 feet before her body struck the as phalt pavement. Christiansen was hurled under tbe debris of tbe ma chine, 25 feet from the scene of the collision. At St. Vincent's hospital today It was stated that be would be out of the hoHpltal In a fuw days. .Tbe cor oner probably will bold an inquest this afternoon over tbe remains of Dr. Tluims. made. Vantman and Simon pro nounced th"i airship in perfect trim for the voyage. The "America" la practically the same balloon In which, Wellman made his unsuccessful at tempt to reach the north pole by tba air route. At midnight the light land breeze bad shifted to the southeast and Wellman telephoned his crew to make ready. The dirigible was taken from the banger at 7 o'clock. Wellman went aboard with his companions, and announced that . probably he would make a trial flight. "Not nroch you won'tl" Interrupt ed Vanlman. '.'There'll be nothing doing right now but a trip across. We have delayed too long already. The weather Is too good to miss now. It will be Europe or bust from thU time on now." The news spread like wildfire throughout tbe beach town. Score of persons grew to hundreds and hun dreds to thousands by the time the "America" wa ready to cast ber wrap ping and spread her wings. The crowds gave a great shout a the big gas bag slowly lifted, pro polled forward by the snapping, bark ing whirring motors. Pleasure craft, berthed at the piers, cast loose their lines and raced seaward after the speeding dirigible, which gathered faster pacq as sbo moved along. The fleet of small boat were the first to give up. The yacht Olive, at full speed ahead, kept up the race for a time, and when she finally gave up a string of signal (lags was broken from her foremast, bidding those aboard the aerial craft "Good luck and victory." Aboard the Olive was i'olonel Thomas Potter, one of the principal backers of the Wellman enterprise. The crowds on shore watched the balloon until It fuded Into the mist, and many remained silent and with, straining eyes long after the airship had vanished. Attention then cen tered about the wireless station, where reports from the "America" were expected. The first came soon. "Consider European trip started. " The crowd roared when the mes sage was announced. The second, telling of the weuthur and conditions aboard, was read and spread from Hp to Hp. Long after the "America" had dis appeared seaward tbe crowds re mained at vantage points, hoping to gain a glimpse of her through the lifting basse. (Continued eg page 4.) THE GIANT': (uiutkd rsicss LSASSD WISS I New York, Oct. 16 The tilaut took the third game of the lnter-city championship post-seasou series with the Highlander by the score of 6 to i. The contest was marked by heavy hitting and some clever tluMiug, bit errors crept In at critical times to keep the game from belli perfect busuball. By winning today's gauia the Oiains are In the lead for the cham pionship, havlug wuu two to the Highlander's oue. WON THIRD OF SERIES rXSBBSSsmba EBicatigrac t