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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1911)
Ik fl 4 II (pi .ir ImIIi -i (if I j 1 1 I I f 111 s;w?s VOIj. XXI. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANTARY 4, 1911. NO. 3. iiAfMTfWAffilBlSTATES CENmASB MAYOR lid 11 TAKES CHARGE AH OUTLINES POLICIES TO BE PURSUED The Auto ;i( Them. ' San Diego, Cal .Ian. 4 L. E. Oakes, "a bookkeeper em- ployed by E- W. Scripps, was in- stantly killed; T. A. McMic-ken, chauffeur, probably fatally In- Jured, and Miss Ivy Gass, ai DEMANDS A DOLLAR VALUE FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPEHT ECONOMY, NOT PARSIMONY Council Gives Unanimous Vote of Thanks to Retiring Mayor Rodgers Mayor Lachmund's Message is a Strong Docu ment and Indicates That a Genuinely Business Adminsitra tion Will Be the Aim of the New Mayor A Bigger, a Better and a More Beautiful Salem Will Be Worked For. After serving the city for two terms , four years in all Geo. P. Rodgers last night surrendered the mayorality chair of the city of Salem to Mayor Louis Lachmund. Simultaneously with the retirement of Mr. Rodgers four councllmen Gideon Stoltz, John A. Carson, Isadora Greenbauili and H. A. Johnson yielded up their positions in the city council to F, J. Lafky, H. O. White, J. D. Warring, and J. S. Pennybaker, and Frank Durbln stenned Into the nlace made vacant bv the election of Mr. Lachmund to the mayor's chair. ' To" witness the re tirement of the old members and 'the Inauguration of the new, a crowd, impelled partly by curiosity, and partly by public Interest, had assem bled in the council chamber. The former whatever . their proportion may have been went away' disap pointed, and the latter departed con vinced that the city In the cast four years had been favored with a good administration and (hat the incoming administration' promises to become one of the best ever given the city in Its history. Prnlsrs Alderman. Prior to the inauguration ' of the new officials-'-Mayor'- Rodgers ad (Continued from Page 6.) 4 V. i:-cli'sn oil ..('loiIalK'. San Francisco, Jan. 4.-- For the first time In the history of aviation a wireless mesage, flashed from the earth, will be taken by a'man in an aeroplane, if plans of the San Francisco aviation committee having in charge' the meet here next week do not miscarry. Vvireless telegraph aparat'is to I-e used in the test is bein installed in the judges' stand at Tanforan field today. CANADIANS TO TALK TRADE TO I'MLE SAM UNITED PRF.S3 LSA8ER WII1B 1 Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 4.( Four Cana dian' ministers and possibly five, will leavy for Washington on Thursday. Hon. W. S. Fielding and Hon. W, Pat erson will go to resume trade negotia tions. S'r A. B. Aylesworth and Hon. L. P. Brodeur will make the journey to meet the premier and at-orney-geueral of Now Foundland, aud finally adjust with the American au thorities the working out of details of The Hague award last October. Hon. G. P. Graham may also go on posed treaty for an international tri bunal governing through rates on railway traffic. ! CIHa Kirk RING SALE I V From' every standpoint.. THIS WILL BE the greatest Bargain Event in the history of our store. ' Begaii Tuesday morning and will be continued until further notice. Every department throughout the Big Chica go Store will contribute wonderful bargains for this sale. '.' : .'V -- ' . . No mercy shown to prices. Note the following goods: Ladies, Suits, Coats, Capes.. Firrs, Raincoats, Shirt Waists, Petticoats, Millinery Etc, $18, $20 and $25 Suits Like Picture Now $7.50, $9.50 and $12.50 CLEARING FRIGES ON DRESS GOODS, SILKS, Blankets, Comforts, Outing Flannel, Domestics, Muslins and Sheetings; odd lots oftoslery and Underwear, Men's and Boys' Clothing . and hundreds of other Items throughout the store. NOW is your time to buy the best bargains In Salem. ' The r Greater CHICAGO STORE 0Srtn companion o Miss Scripps, se- verely injured when an automo- bile In which the party was rid' lng went over a grade near the Scripps 'finch at Mirama today. The accident occurred two and a half miles south of Mir amar. McMicken, pnew chauf feur, had been warned yiieter day to slow down at the curve. iSIA'IIAS TERRIFIC SHAHE-UP Cleveland Records a Severe Earthquake and Following This Comes News of Quake in Central Asia. - ENGINE CRASHES THROUGH PULLltJ FIVE ARE HILLED AND SEVEt Trying to Oust Hiram. Seattle, Wash., Jaai. 4. The city council has determined to grant the petition for a recall election, aud today it was an- nounced that the election will be lrt-ld February 7. Just what candidates will be put In the Hold has not been determined, ,but GUI is marshaling his forces' 'and will make a hot fight to stay in office. Sixteen members of the council voted for the recall election date, and only one against it. NORTH COAST LIMITED r HITS DURLIflGTOfl TRAHJ THOUGHT MANY ARE KILLED Millions of Dollars Damage Has Bern Done, and It Is Comparatively Light, Owing to Cheap Character of Buildings Thousands of Peasants Are Left Homeless and Much Suf fering Will Follow. UNITED rMS LEASED WIU. Tashkend, Asiatic Russia, Jan. 4. ', Many persons were killed and mil lions of dollars' worth of property were destroyed by an earthquake shock that shook On trail Asia today. The disturbance was unusually severe and lasted more than Ave minutes. Turkestan province was the center of the. disturbance, according to re-: ports from the affected zone that have reached hero. Bokhara, Turkoman, Daria apd other subdivisions were Included In the path of this earth, quake. Many persons In the different cities are reported killed. The prop erty loss in Turkestan Is roughly es timated at $2,000,000, although dam aged telegraph lines makes It almost impossible. to secure accurate rieports. The shock was felt as faj" north as Semilalatlnsk province. - Verny City, the capital, was damaged at least $25,000. Many: fatalities also were reported' near, there. . The news has been iMceived large-' y by courier from the affected dis tricts. According to, the stories told, the quaike tumbled buildings to the ground, crushing hundreds , of per sons. The damage extends over a wide area. From the outlying dis tricts practically no reports have been received. It Is rumorfcd thabthe huts of thousands of peasants have been leveled, - and that many of them are without shelter. RUFUJITJG AT FULL SPEED Accident Occurs at Cheney This Mornnig and Was Due to Dense Fog---Burlington Train Was Taking Siding When North Coast Limited, Running at Full Speed, Caught the Rear Pullman Before tr Was-'Clear Cars Smashed Into Kindling Wood and That All Passengers Were Not Killed Seems Miraculous. . . in its grip, a second storm Is raging In Minnesota, the Dakotas and Mon tana today. At its highest the thermometer this afternoon registered 40 degrees below In several parts of the three states and It was expected that the mercury would drop even lower tonight. . Train service as far east as Fargo is completely demoralized. Telegraph and telephone wires are down In many places and heavy loss In live stock Is reported. The storm in North Dakota was brought by a 30-mile an hour gale . which gradually Increased to 50 1 miles, Passenger trains arriving here , today after passing through the cen- ter of the storm district, . were from . 5 to 18 hours behind schedule. , . , ... . The storm, passed., Northwest Intq , Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Trains on Canadian lines were great ly delayed. . j 'The entire range country is af fected. ' . ALASKA MAY HAVE HAD A SHAEUTiG UP UNITED rSKSS UtASBD WIRI. University, of Washington, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 4. A severe earthquake shock northwest by west from Se'attl was registered on the seismograph at the university late yesterday after noon. The first tremor was regis tered at 3:40 and Is believed to have occurred either in Alaska or In Asia. The shocks lasted for nearly three hours. ANOTHER i DIG STflffl IS HAD MO XT AS A, MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS SWEPT BY HUZZAED THEBMOXETEB DROPS TO 0 BELOW AND WILL GO LOWER. fOKtnro rims uusib wm.l Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 4. Follow ing on the heels of the storm that for three days has held the middle west SEVENTEEN UNITED FESS3 LA8ID. WIU. Spokame, Wash., Jan. 4. Five per sons were killed and seven seriously Injured in a rear-end collision be tween No. 2, the North. Coast limited, onthe Northern Pacific, and No. 42, a Burlington passenger train, east bound, on the main line of the North ern Pacific at Cheney today. The dead; ''-'' W. L, .Warren, Davenport, Wasn. VV. R. Starr, press mesenger No. 2- - ' O. E. Brown; 2514 H. street, Suuth Omalha, Neb, , Two porters on the Pullman sleep ers on K6' .42."" . Two Pullman cars on the Burling ton, train were telescoped. Theil gln'e and the express car on the NoHft Coast limited were totally, wrecked? but all of the trainmen escaped with their lives, 'except; W, R. Starr, the exp'ress messenger, : , The wreck was due to a fog, vylilch hid the rear of the Burlington train from the view of the englnemen on the North Coast limited. The Uur Itngton was going Into the siding in the yards In 'the east end of Cheney, when thk( North Coast train, running at a high rate of speed, dunned Into it. The limited had the right of way, and the track was supposed to be In the clear. The two trains came to gether with a , terrlfflc crash that aroused the whole town of Cheney, which Is situated 1ST miles to the west of Spokank at the junction of the hialn line of the Northern pacific with Its branch line,, Jlje Washington Centril. The populaceicame to the aid of the trainmen, and soon theV dead , and Injured . were being re moved from the wreck. Two calls were sent, to Spokane for medical aid, and nt Special train was sent out loaded with doctors , and njiras and railway officials. Air hour later another 'spwlal, loaded with doctdrs and nursesvwas sejiit to Cie'-i ney. , " , 1 ;h After the rescue worlr began . A number of passengers were seen to crawl from under the Wreckage with-' out at scratch. Railroad men say that tb com paratively small ' loss of life is re markable, considering the destruc tion wrought to the two sleepers and, the express car. The dead and Injured are being, placed aboard a special train todagr to' be brought to hospitals and morgues in Spokane. . Among the Injured are: . H. C. Halley, traveling man, of New York. r y . i . , .- i, . i - . , . '(i. R. Searles, manager Of SUermait Clay & Co., Seattle. . . -.--', Charles Smithj - manager of, th Pullman Company, Spokane,,. Wash. Charlie P; Smith, Pullman agent, of Spokane, condition serious.- D. F. Auldrldge, of Fortland.l.prU. injured, Interpally. . J. A. Sundwafl, of Seattle, .Voting, broken jaw, mijor' bruises, ,aud; con tusions; condition serious. ' ;t M. Lelbo, traveling salesman, Port land, Or., head cut, back wrenched? and bruised. . MILLIARD TOURNAMENT OIUiA.MZKIt AT SU.KM Thursday evening, at 7; 80, the-' Cherry City billiard parlors, over the Salem. Hardware Company store, on Commercial street, will be thrown open to the public, under the man agement of J. C. McElroy and E. T. Weeks. Mr. McKlroy. has been very successfully conducting' billiard wl pool tournaments at Eugenej aod t he new firm will give the nports tn these lines surprises al; Salem. ; For the" opening night Messrs. Wioks and vMcElroy have arrange-I for a pool game of 1 00 points straight between Ben Fenny and Grant Wijt- c 01 w of tipte-ousIiliiti .T t'. cox. of Portland. Pacific ioast chaitt- attso giv.j- plonsL.V These experts, an exiiibltlon game 4 ARE BURNED TO DEATH TICTIMS MOSTLY WOMEN AXD CHILDREN WflO HAD GATHERED FOR A JiE)V YEAR'S CELEBRA. TION'. . UNITED rill) LE1SBD WIKE. ' Mexico City, Jan. 4. Seventeen persons were burned to death and eight others severely Injured In a Are which destroyed a church at San Luis Potosi, ending a New Year's cel ebration, it Is learned today. The victims were largely the wives and children of working men. They had crowded Into the church for a religious festival celebrating the advent of the New Year. The church was decorated with mosses and flow ers. A lighted candle knocked from Its sconce after the congregation had been seated, fell against the moss. Instantly the Interior of the edifice was In flames. The crowd struggled to the narrow doorway and In the confusion to get out - many ."women and. children were trampled upon. . J Diiiiarus. : ;i bishop is Tailored ea ays u; ' Clothes! f 20 to 50 per cent Dlscouut on all Winter Clothing. An opportunity that will bring raRny Suit and Overcout buyers straight to our store. This does not mean just the broken lines, but all of our J Brown and Gray Worsted and Cheviot style. X i Regular Prices $10.00 to $35.00 f Sale Price $5.00 to $28 1 :: ' 1 Salem Woolen I Mill Store ".BOH BfTSM