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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1911)
From Now On ThA fonltftl TA..M.l ttt . m.. Thi. rZZ , .: ., ;.r , inwe ,,,u", ye,r to tu ,!u,)',crlber by Ban wi " px per " v iu vnc suoscripuon. on all subscriptions In arrears toe paper will b etarjed for at the rata ol H The paper by carrier will be Fire Dollar, a year, cash In advance. For subscriptions In arrears and by the month It will be collected tor the rate of $6.00 per year. ft (1 If I I3.UU a Year raw rrrr ,. SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 20. 1911. 14a. CITY CilCI common proposed BALANCE OF THE COUNCIL HEARTILY INDORSE IT AND VOTE TO KILL THEIR JOBS City Attorney Is Instructed to Draw Charter for Commission Form of Government, With Three Commissioners to Act in Place of Council, in Conjunction With the Mayor Boards of Trade and Business Men Asked to Appoint Com mittees to Act With Committee From Council in Drafting Charter. Impressed with the merits of the "Resolved, That we favor submit commisslon form of government in ting to the votersi at the next regular use in Galveston and Des Moines, election, or a special election, if the and believing that It is far superior charter can be prepared for submls to the form of government in vogue sion under the provisions of the ini In Salem, Councilman Elliott last tiatlve method of enacting laws for ....i t 1,- MAnflm. nP nlttr th o noniilp n pnmmlRHlnn form nf welling, iil mo meeting vl luc . counril, presented a - resolution, I signed by all of the councilmen save ( man tnree cmmissioners ana a may two, requesting that 'the city attor- or, with full powers of initiative and ney ue lnsxrucieo to araw cnaiier , for a commission form of govern ment for Salem. There was no discussion indulged in with relation to the motion, and it was passed by a unanimous vote. Af ter the resolution had carried Coun cilman Elliott moved that copies or the resolution be sent to the ness lien s League and e iwra or irane, so mat mese ooaies, they see lit. may appoint commit- ops in .n.rnemt with the fniitinll . In drafting a charter. The resolution provides for the appointment of a committee by the council, but none was appointed last evening. The two councilmen who did not sign the resolution were Councilmen Durbln and Moffltt, and Councilman Elliott assigned as the reason that they had not been given an opportunity to do so. The resolution is as follows: "Resolved, By the Salem city council that the city attorney be re quested to prepare an amended city charter to carry Into effect a com mission form of government for the people of this city. TO INVOKE THE INITIATIVE ON STATE PRINTER i ue l. in nit nco the launching of petitions for the en actment of an initiative law having for its object the putting Into effect of the Miller law prior to the expi ration of the term of the state print er announced today that the peti tions would be put into circulation next week. The Miller law provides that at the expiration of the present term that the state printer shall be placed on a flat Balary of $4000 a year, In stead of a feel system, as at the pres ent. It was the Intention of the committee to reduce the salary to ?3000, but at a meeting held recent ly that plan was abandoned and the salary will remain the same as pro vided for in the law, and the sole object of the Initiative law will be to put the Miller law Into effect imme diately after the next election. Under a clause in the Miller law it will not Bo into effect until the expiration or the term of the state printer. HAVE THE BANDITS IN CLOSE QIARTKKS Tlnoehnr.? Or . .Tune 20. Reports this afternoon from Elkton, north n-aot i Dn fho the nosse pur "tot UL licic, aaj ....... . suing the bandits who robbed tne mail on the Shasta limited late Fri day night are rapidly overtaking them. Bloodhounds are failing them closely, and it Is believed to te only a matter of a short time before the robbers are caught. This after noon the posse was 17 miles west oi Elkton, and tne two bandits were only five hours ahead of them. The desperadoes are working in ward the coast. It Is believed' that they will have small chance to es cape, aa Elkton is the last setttie ment Until the ocean is reached. plan of goverdit by couficu elliott v r.v,..., . government, to consist of not more ici.au n mo, fouim.. "Rnonlved That, the citv attorney be authorized to employ such cleric al assistance as mav be necessary to nrpnnrn a rnmnlete charter, and take all necessary steps in preparing no- tiepa fnr mirh a ppt. nn as reauirea under the provisions of the present i , " nf bubI-I"1, an Iaw8 of me cuy auu ,Re90 lved. That a committee of melrlhpra of thlg councii, be an - t co.operate puilltBU "y Continued on page two. JAPAN IS SWEPT BY HURRICANE Tokyo. Japan, June 20. The terri fic storm which began late Sunday night raged the whole day Monday. ...I wpi'p nrostrated throughout the which extends from Tokyo bay to the Bnngo channel, a distance of approx- ( linntelv SOU nines. nei-iuno llmu y ,i fll pvtent of the1 are mea. known. The inv est damage, today' reports Indi- cate was along tne cohhi, wem nuo um uutu, -- meager advices from the Yamanhl tne Salem depot about three o clock Ken indicate heavy damage as far in- thIa mornlng. Traffic was tied up and as Kofu. , , for several hours. The remainder of Shipping along the entire coast tne long freight train was brought was imperiled and heavy loss is re- k to tne aiding at the Salem de was liuup rtonmee. so hi ,. TPrkni?fi was cleared ar as ascertained, was sutained by fishermen whose trail cnui. nsneriiieu th vnhoon struck. MEXICAN BOY LYNCHED BY ANGRY MOB H Lerchen Is dead today and pnysi 1 clans state that W. H. Lerchen, her . ,i tpx June 20.-Word was husband, is in a serious condition as Austin, Tex., J"" ,.,,,,- . .,f f intiiriPB received last reeelLeVhaTbov 11b "mob at Thorn- of a Mexican boy by a mou "ale-. !n the murder of ' nwner or a garas1"' .n, 7p tune nan orurc by the wle Uname Is notgiv- the Mexican, k , en, to cease mls,nP88. For front of his P'M" Mzeltung to answer the boy stabbed feitung dPBth with hlVCderer! arrest a otorman Burnett. In charge of he Following the n nerer s t, nlob stormed the J" " town, hlgtle wnen a block from the street 1,1,11 t0 "IfmXr some members of crossing. , , , , n While waiting for lcan The Maynard Infant sus ained con tbe party to bring to . on o the bra,n but ,g .expPCted farmer drove by hh a wau The occupants of melons. His tem a fastened t0- tne nlachine were badly bruised, and the trace J""11"1 cnaln wa Mrs. Irchen was removed to the egthe!;- hnt the boy's neck and be hospital following the accident, and teTphone pole. idled this forenoon. VOTES Running Slate for Lorinier. 4i Mnrilsnn Wis Tntio in !, The lower house of the state legislature today concurred in the resolution made by the state senate declaring that United States Senator Isaac Stephen- son had been elected through bribery and corruption, and ask- ing investigation by the United States senate. When the resolution has been signed by officers of the legisla- ture it will be forwarded to Washington. e w rn.ir.ir crowded AM) SHOW FIRST CLASS The new Hllch theater was opened last night under the most favorable ansnlcps. The crowds were there, the hill was n that was advertised, me house was satisfactory to the public, the opening was graced wnn snort addresses by Mayor Lachmund, Judge D'Arcv and The Journal editor actea as master of ceremony with a great deal of dignity until me orop cur tain was let down on top oi nis head and he vamoosed amid great applause. "The speakers eulogized the enterprise of Mr. JJlign wno De gan business in Salem three years am with ft nickelodeon theater and has today a business as fine as any on the coast. The orpbeum ana vau deville acts were high class refined entertainment, including Italian opera, a violin soloist such as has never been heard here, the Hungar ian quartet, and other features of the best quality. The new motion pic ture service Is equal to anything seen in the larger cities. This theater and hntnl nrp a ereat addition to Sa lem entertainment capacity and were appreciated by a thousand oeigntea people. Every room in the hotel was taken. Panic on Trolley Car. Buffalo, N. Y June 20. Thirteen persons seriously hurt and one fatal ly injured as a result of a panic on NIgara Falls trolley car when the controller burned out, are being cared for today in local hospitals. Most of the injured were pushed off the car while It was going at a rate of 20 miles an hour. SMALL WRECK SOOTH OF TOWN LAST NIGHT ti.. ln!.flo.I frelerht cars on the , , .h f pxtra freight train No. 2542i 80Uth bound, left the track and away. The accident occurred near tcnneiu n-iu, i. . . . , ii.na & one was iniured In . the mix up. The norm Dounu ijuh Isenger train, due here at 8:30 this I morning, was delayed 40 minutes. I Trains came through about 8:30, land the passenger was one of the first to get through after the track was cleared. . c Killed by the Oregon Electric. f UNITED FHEBS LEAKED WIM! 1 Portland, Ore., June 20. Mrs. w. night hen an inbound electric car wrecked an and wrecked an Mrs. Lerchen, kutomolble in which . i I.-.,,! ii n Vnvnnrd. his wife ner nuamuu, ' --- anu au imam. -- - --- The accident occurred at the intersec-. . f Hoo(1 and Glbb8 streets. Ler- rhen was driving the machine, n? declared today that the car strucK 'R"'e. mnll lo u.,hollt warning NANII0 To Try Boy Bandit. Vallejo, Cal., June 20. That Fred Melville, the boy bandit, will be tried In the Sacramento courts was the an- Bouncement made here by Chief of Police Sanford and District Attorney Raines, after they had attended a conference with the authorities of that county. Mel- ville was arrested in Benicia after a two-days search by posses. Failure of the Bridge Commit tee to Take the People Into Their Confidence Was the Principal Cause of It. MADE VOTERS SUSPICIOUS With the Wlwrfe Matter Placed in the Open and Location of Bridges Given at the Start the Bond Issue Would Have Gone Through With Flying Colors Information Fur. nlshed by Committee at Twelfth Hour Failed to Counteract Iis trust Jtaised. The vote by wards: For . 50 .109 . 50 .102 Against Ward No. 1 25 48 Ward No. 2 Ward No. 3 17 Ward No. 4 54 55 62 56 Ward No. 5 . 56 Ward No. 6 73 Ward No. 7 50 490 317 Speaking for the second time on the question of the issuance of bonds ior the construction of bridges in the city the people in the election held yesterday voted against it, and it cost the city approximately $.100 to have them speak. Add to this amount $154.80 paid to Engineer Leahy, in May, for the drawing of plans for the bridges, and about $100 due for the same work for this month and there is a total of $554.80 just about what It cost to have the people voice their sentiments on the subject the second time. Figure on to tnai sum $250 for holding a previous elec tion on the question, and the total leaps up to $804.80, and by the time io ,1,1 ,,r! thp PYnpnses for lucl- dentals connected with the holding of the election there will be a lump sum of $1000 as the amount expend ed by the city fathers m ascertain ing if the people wanted to issue bonds for the construction or uriiB- in the city. Why It Wan Ijost. tw. iu a rllsnoHitlon to charge the defeat of the question up to the peo)l(,to their lack of progresslve k., hrwp conversant with the subject say It must properly be laid at the door of the bridge comniuu.--. For reasons of their own tne pe.iiiic voted the question down the first time, and when it Dooiiea "l i" second, with the bond issue increased on,t n1n the rate of interest ui.-y demanded an explanation. Council man Durbln, of the nuge coinm i tee, declined to provide it at first, and then, seeing disaster before him, furnished it. The delay in fur nishing It, however, together with the Increase of the amount of the bonds, the rate of interest, and the fact that Mayor Lacnmnnu aim Councilman Durbln were champion ing the issue had bred dlHtrust in the mlivis of the people, and they voted against it. That is the version given the election by those conversant wiui the questions entering Into it. WHS a N'VITP The defeat came as a severe blow to Mayor Lachmund and Councilman Durbln. Both had posed as reflecting .w,. -....iimoni nf the neonle on all questions, and being especially Inter ested In this one nuo lauoiu i" carry the election. It brought home. . . v, mnirnr the realization that his boast that the people were back of BOIJD ISSUE boes Down TO DEFEAT IY AND SO Three Lynched One. Valentine. Neb.. June 20. Charged with having lynched Charles Sellers, a rancher, Har- ry Smith, Kenneth Murphy and ueorge ana Aima need are in jail today. It is alleged the prisoners took Sellers from the homo of a neighbor yesterday and hanged him to a pole. The authorities have secured a con- fesslon, It Is said. The reason eivine for the lynching was that Sellers had threatened Murphy and his sister. All par- ties concerned in the affair are prominent. him on all questions was at least, in this Instance, a great mistake, and he was downcast., and so was council man Durbln, and for the first time In the history of the council his chair stood vacant In the council chamber. Councilman Manning alone of the bridge committee was present, and about the middle of the proceedings he made a motion mat runner ser vices of Engineer Leahy be dis pensed with, and It was carried. QUESTIONS WOMEN'S IUOIIT TO SIGN PETITIONS Whether It Is lawful for women to sign recall petitions is the question which has been submitted to Attorney-General Crawford, together with other questions relating to the peu tinnn fliori with the school board asking for the recall of School Trus tee Millard. The petition was filed' with the board last Saturday, and referred to the attorney for the school district for his consideration as to its legali ty Finding that some 25 or 30 wo men hni H'mipd the netition. he passed the legal phase, aa well as the others, up to the auorniey-gwnerai. The law says that In recall petition! or. npr oont of the voters voting for the members of the supreme court shall be required as signers Derore the petition is valid. In this state mpn arc not allowed to vote, and hence the question of the legality of their signatures. c AUTOMATIC CALL SYSTEM TEST TONIGHT At 7:30 this evening there will be the first teat of the Automatic Call system of tire alarm that has been Installed in the lillgh hotel. This Ih said to be the only automatic call system In the world and the first complete outfit, connecting every room In the new hotel direct with the fire department at the city hall, has been Installed at Salem. At 7:30 a general alarm will be turned In to the fire department. The boys have had no notice whatever except in the columns of the Journal, and will he expected to make a record run and there will be an ImmenHe crowd on the streets at that hour to witness their performance. This automatic call system Is an 1 Oregon invention, manufactured at Portland, where the home omce is lo cated. 1 1 IS HTATK.MKNT WAS COKItKCr HIT J'KKMATrKK Mrs. Adam Wiirms Is hurrying to this city from Mifllcal Lake, Wash ington as the result of a telegram sent to her by her husband, under the signature of James Smith, saying that Wurms had been blown up while dvnamlt'ng stumps out. of Kingwood Park addition and killed. Wurms was Identified yesterday as i, mmi who writ the telfgram. tint states that he has no recollection of doing so, and asTls that, h" had nothing stronger to drum on me day than soda water. 1'pon receipt of the message the wife immediate ly wired hack to hold the remains, pending her arrival. She was ex pected to reach Salem last n um. um did not get here until this morning. Mr Wurms' Idea that he was "blown up In an explosion" probably proved correct, only his announcement, of It was premature as It probably did not occur until after the good wife's arrival, but not long after. GAINED TO AM) TO BE THE LIB GOD UNDISPUTED POWER SOME EXCERPTS "BOOK OF ABSOLUTE LIFE" ARE READ Ifl OPEH COURT They Prove Attorney's Contention That See Held Himself Out to His Followers as Divine--He Taught a Sort of Modified Free Love Doctrine, He Being the Principal Actor on the Male Side of the Transactions---Testimony Exposes His Bestiality. UNITED rBBSS MlASEO WtnK. ' Chicago, June 20. Asserting that Kvelyn Arthur See, revealer of the "Absolute Life" cult, claimed to be the living God and so gained undis puted power over his followers, As sistant District Attorney Bumham today read excerpts from tne "hook of Absolute Life.'' ThlB manuscrl! , , . . I.., qunt.ain.eia mugLiiy qtiouiuuus uuiu the "Book of Truth," both of which were written by See, and pre saturat ed with ideas of mysticism. Attorney Cantwell, for the de fense, Imposed stubborn objections to tne mtroaucuon ot mis eviaence. Ma una nvprrnlpd Anrl thn rnflflln? began. The first excerpt was a quo tation rrom me book or jruiu, which is declared to be "the spirit's declaration ot himself and his ser vice." "I am universal; I am law, my will In thn will fit thn I.nrrt- I work Id the hearts of all men, I am the Lord; my service is to lead1 them to the Lord,'" wan the quotation that imme- HE SHOOTS EVERY ONE HE MEETS I HNiTHD rnr.sn leised wiki Pncntnlln Idaho. June 20. Shooting every one he meets, a lone bandit, believed to bo Harry Whit ney, eluded a posso near here today, and has started for Willow creK, in the wildest, district of the Jackson llolo region In Wyoming. Tne bandit Is one of those who Saturday snot Conductor Kldd and Deputy Sheriff Milton, near HlglinrKige, umiio, on on niPiin Khnrf Line train. The desperado who was with him, it Is be lieved, ban been killed ny me oanuii himself. A number of persons today were wounded by the fleeing outlaw. The whole section of the state through which ho has fled Is terrorized. Unless h Is located tonight by Iho posse which set out. In pursuit of him after his escape this morning, It feared he never will be captured. SPAOLDING FRONTAGE TO BE PAVEO To give the street a more Pnhhed appearance, Contractor Kehrbergcr has been called hack to put In con crete pavement In front of the Spanieling property on South Com mercial street. Although the street was accepted by the city engineer three weeks nuo, and th contractor had taken all tils machinery to an-oth-jr part of the city, at, the request and cltv engineer he started In imaln today to finish the Spauldlng frontage, so tint uoui sides of the street will he the same. That, leaves only the width of Mill street at the end of the South Com mercial viaduct unpaved and that cannot he undertaken until the Ore gon Klectric lays Its tracks at that point. On all hlft street, and alley work Contractor Kehrbeiger de serves credit for using the best ma terial that can he obtained. Ale FROM THE dlately followed the definition ot the book Itself. Again Cantwell Interposed an ob- Inpllnn Rao hA AHRPrtnri fliil Tint clal mto be a spirit. Bumham said tnat ne did, ana tnat ne would1 iur- nish anunaant proot or tne tact. "The spirit's revelation! came la 1905," Burnham read. "Five years prior to that had been an experience of every phase of mortality. I proved myself to be what I am In myself. I know I am the spirit. I love the wor'ld and ask the world to recog nize that I am from God, but the world does not know this.'' Then Burnham turned to the writing concerning "Perfect Mother hood." See's cult, he had claimed was to preparo a race of perfect mothers. Referring to mothers, the "Book of Absolute Life''' sayB: "Because I require the perfect purification of those) In whom pro- vlalnn fnl ttiA Inpnmlnff of ft. naw race, I have multiplied the spirit's Doay, irpm wnom me new race is coming. Those who are that body will earner fruit, ndvant&ses of so cial life, personal purity, by experi encing among tnemsetves an mat society will experience. There shall De Dorn a new race, u nas awaited its day; now the day Is here. Through Ills son, whom God sends to the world, he Is redeemed, and be comes perfection, which can yield In- (Continued on page two.) 1 o r PAY VISIT TO BOHRIISTADT PROPERTIES IU; I'AIITV OV NALEM BUSINESS MO I'AY VISIT TO THM IM MKNHK TltA(T IlKING KKT TO Olt( MAUI) IN THE WALDO lllMyS. At thn Inmllnllnn of A C. Rohrn- stedt company, which 1b comprised of capitalists who have taken over and are transforming a large por tion or tne wniao iiuiB into a model orchaid farm and vegetable garden, over 40 prominent Salem people visited the largo tract yea terday afternoon anil after being shown about Its spacious tracts, were tendered an elegant afternoon dinner at one of the farm homes. The development being carried on In the Waldo Hills, especially on the large trat't controlled by the llohrn stadt company, Is progressing at a u'cririnrfiil luie Never heforp In the j history of the Willamette valley has there- hoen nucn a cnange in tne oiu orchards nnil fnrm lands as that seen today by many of the old residents of Salem, who accepted the Invita tion to view the farm, where, Instead of bruHh,,nnd. weeds, there Is now growing young fruit trees aud straw berry plants In straight, regular rows of several bundled acres of laiwl. and the entire farm Is man aanii In mi iin-tii-iliite manner, and w!lh the most modern methods and ippllances. It Is a demonstration of prnclicnl business methods applied to farming. After a tour of the farm, the party was escorted to one of the farm homes, where a sumptous spread awaited It. ATt.er the repast. Max Huron, nf fir.lem, made a fine Im promptu address, at the conclusion of ,.,M,.h 1? t Hendricks, editor of the i ci... utua Intr.'n'iipjwl flmt fnl- m ti'i nuimi, nn ...... lowing him State TrHaurer Kay gave an interest ing talk upon what development means to the Willam ette valley Rnd to Balem especially.