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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1911)
DAILY CAPITAL " ' PRECOX. FKIIAV. JVLY 28, IP"- FACE TWO the capital journal E. HOFER, Editor and Iro, ri.tor. F. M. HOrER, M-nager pmuUit Not wr Dev. td to Awn n 1'rin. Iilw vl j Publiihi J l.ry Efnlnic Eiwpt SonJjy. fr. SUBSCRIPTION HATESl Mr. tr CnVr, pr ynr W-W Per nin'h vf..-i Jui p.-r month Wk',. by Mail, p rrmi J.W 81 manttt IULL LEASKD VIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT CONVICTS ARE GIVEN FINE DINNER FA KM K IIS AM) THtIK WIVES OF THE MIUIMITY FI(.I1I!0I(. HOOD SHOW THEIR AITMUA TION' OF THE CONVICTS' WOHK AM) IIKIIAYIOH. PORTLAND FIRMS MUST PLAY FAIR Tho 2(1 convicts ennagtd lu road const ruction work nt'ar Sn 11 1 iu It y at down to a Hue dinner prepared by tho wlvcn of tho farmers residing fn that vicinity last evening, and upon ltB conclusion llBtened to, and participated In the discussion of ttio prison reform jollcy launched by Governor U'm. Tho dinner a nerved In the camp of tho convicts, nnd wan given by th fanners and their wives for the pur pose of showing their appreilatlun of the work doni' by the convlctH and their (r"ntli'iiianly conduct. Several paroled anil punloned convlctH burn ing of the dinner to bn Riven attend ed nnd participated In the festivities of the occasion. The convicts will com p lot o their work In the next week, and the dinner also has had a ort of a farewell feature to It. Governor Went was present and de livered an address, (.nil speeches were also made by Henry Downing. Walter Denton, nnd Hoad Supervisor 1III1 who has been In charge of the work. Plan Succeshful. Shortly after Governor West put the convicts to work on this stretch of road a certain citl.cn complained that the neighborhood was living In deadly funr of them. The governor's reply wns to Immediately withdraw 1 them from tho work. Petitions signed by all but this ono Individual asking that the convicts be returned began rolling Into the governor anil he finally consented. That was some thing over a month ago, and during 11 tho time, they have been engaged In tho work not n single one of them ha sought to escape or committed any depredations. Work Without Guard. The convicts have been pursuing their work of crushing rock for the road building purposes without a guard. Hoad Supervisor Hill has di rected their work, and he says he never taw a crew of nun work more willingly or more Industriously. During the hot weather in view of the fact that they had to work In a hot pit the strain of the work proved: hard on them but fiey never fal-, tered for a moment hut kept steadily at It from early morning till late at night. Just wher.. they will be put to work upon the conclusion of their ! present labors lias not been deter- j Iliine.J. I 0 0 i S'eiitlle Ice Son Weighed. Seattle. Wash., July 28. Dlstrib ; uiers of let within the city limits were notified yesterday by Siiperin- tendent of Public rtilltles A. I.. Val entine that Ice must be weighed be , fore delivery to a consumer. The drivers have been depending j on their ability to size' up a block of jjee and cut it equally to furnish the .mniin. t- , Y, n r Id i,,n,ln e I........ i im ...inn n tn Jit.i.i:. This is In direct violation of tho weights and Measures ordinance. Valentine directed that a warning be ! given to dealers, not only that scales j must be carried and each delivery weighed, but that the tongs used I must he Inspected and the exact ' a uli.lit Blnm.mil tti.irar.n Declaring that unless in the future he can secure concessions or some competition In placing blank book business for the state. Secretary of State Olcott today wrote Irwln-Hod-son Company of Portland, that he shall geek fields in placing his orders where competition still exists and he will write similar letters to other Portland firms "Unless this department," says the secretary, "can secure conces sions or some competition in placing Its blank book business, whenever possible It will seek the vlcln ty where there yet remains some competition. Personally, I do not believe In spending Oregon money out of Oregon, but in this case I be lieve that the taxpayers will support me.'' The secretary has for some tine endeavored to secure competitive bids from Portland firms handling supplies for the sate. but has met with defeat. He intends to give them the one more chance at the business, and In tli event that they fail to avail themselves of the opportunity of grasping it. by offering the sup plies at fair prices, rhe orders will be sent, to firms In other states. through despatches received here from Erie, Pa. These oespaicuea quoted Perkins as saying that after his operatives had failed to obtain anv evidence that McNamara could jfave known of the dynamiting at, I Columbus, of the Omaba court house ! explosion, or of the I.os Angeles I Times outrage, his offices were looted ! ilnrinir his hsence in court end many private papers and all the Mc Namara record were stolen. Per kins alleged that burns' detectives bad followed his men and knew Just where the records were. What Harrow Says. Los Angeles, Cal., July 28. While declaring that he had received no di rect Information concerning alleged Intimations by Detective Gilbert Per kins that agents of Detective Wil liam J. Burns had rifled Perkins' of fice in Indianapolis of evidence In the McNamara case. Attorney Clar ence.. S. Darrow admitted this after noon that Perkins was in the employ of the defcnse. "Perkins Is a good detective," said Darrow, "but unlike some other Bleuths Is not disposed to give every- I thing he does to the newspapers. Perklos came to ih soon after Burns made the announcement that he had evidence agalnft John J. McNamara and declared that he could show ab solutely just how the so-called 'evi dence' had been secured. We told Perkins to go ahead, and since then he has been working under the per sonal direction of Attorney Leo Rap paport. Whether Perkins secured the evidence' he hoped to obtain, I do no know." IS NOT GOOD WITH PUBLIC THE OFFICE GETS PLENTY OF LETTERS To settle a controversy existing be tween the ofllceu of secretary of stale nnd state treasurer as to which lecelvfs the most mall dally Mall Clerk Nye this morning began to count the letters received by each with the result that while the treas urer's ofllcc received SO letters this morning, the secretary of state's of fice received over six times thnt tunny 311. Tho secretnry of state's office has Ju'on receiving between 300 nnd 400 letters each day, nnd before the day Is at end It Is wtlmateil thnt at least r.0 moro will roll In. Mall Clerk Nye Intends keeping a count of the let ters for n few days or until such n time shall pass thnt both offices are satisfied as to the point In controversy. I CNITED IBESS LEASED W1III.1 . New York, July 28. intimations by Gilbert Perkins, head of the Perkins' detective agency, that agents of Wil liam J. Hums had rifled his offices of evidence tending to prove the Inno cence of John J. McNamara of the I.os Angeles dynamiting and other crimes of which he has been ac cused, were branded here today by Ilurns as absolutely false. Burns said: "The statement that I or my men rifled or took from Perkins' office records of his investigations in dyna miting cases Is a malicious and libel ous fabrication. The story is false and a deliberate attempt to get pub lic circulation of a malicious and libelous lie. It Is being circulated in an attempt to create sentiment for John McNamara. "Perkins has no more right to have such a story circulated for his bene fit than I would have to have a story published accusing the most prominent citizen of America of be ing a chicken thief. My men had absolutely nothing to do with the so called rilling of the Perkins' offices." Perkins' story became public WILL MAKE SOME LAND ATT COLE TOLD OF HIS INTENT TO MURDER UNITED IBESS LEASE!. WIl.El Sacramento, Cal., July 2S.-That Sidney Cole murdered Anna M. Dud lev In this citv Wednesday morning because he thought she caused a Chinese doctor of San Francisco to , drug him and place him on a train going to the southern part of the state, was developed today through j the statement of Ben Hunt, pitcher, of the Sacramento baseball club. : Hunt, who has been ill. was lying on; the lawn in the capitol grounds two weeks ago and was approached by Cole, who informed him that he was going to kill a woman who worked In the capitol building. Cole told Hunt that the woman had a Chinese doctor In San Francisco drug him. and that he remembered nothing un til 'he awoke on a train in southern California. Hunt thought Cole insane and paid no attention to htm, only recalling the affair when he viewed Cole's body at the morgue. When Hunt first met Cole the mur derer was dressed shabbily but sev eral days later Hunt saw him neatly attired. The police believe that Cole met Miss Dudley and by threats ob tained money from her. Dr. Wong Him, the Chinese doctor to whom she had gone for treatment, an ' his matron, Mrs. Mary Haskell, wli 'orae to Sacramento to make stai 'nts before the coroner's !n-ques B ACOMA Tacoma. Wash.. July 28. One hundred thousand acres of barren prairie land, adjacent to this city, which has heretofore been consid ered worthless, is to be converted into productive soil, according to statements here today by government experts, who have just completed an exhaustive examination. Dr. Samuel Fortler. chief of irri gatin investigation of the depart ment of agriculture, with two assist ants, have covered the ground thor oughly, and are optimistic as to the .prospects for reclamation of the im I mi'iuse tract by means of irrigation. 1 Experiments are to be conducted this I fall, which. If successful, will greatly I increase the agricultural Importance j of this county. o Taft Will Xt Come. Washington, July 28. Secretary Charles N. Miles, writing for Presl i dent Taft, today advised Governor J Hay, of W'nshi'igton, that the presi dent probably would not extend his I Western trio In Sentemher in tho Va. ! el fie coast, owing to the nrolonced session of congress, and that he could not, therefore, accept the Invitation to visit. Spoken. LAIMiKST PAVING ! CONTRACT IS I.KT i I "The largest single contract ever let in the c'ty of Portland for a street paving improvement was awarded yesterday afternoon by the city executive board to the Warren Construction company, the amount of the contract being $,10G,3S2.C3." says the Portland Journal. This is the sum that will eventual ly have to be paid by property own ers on Slildmore and other streets in the Alberta district. Warren's waterproof blttillthlc pavement is the surface to be laid. The Warren Construction company will begin the paving of the district at once, and it is the hope of the company officials to complete the b'g improvement before the end .of the present summer. Three plants are . now being cperated by the company, in its efforts to finish all contracts ' now on hand by November 1. lack Satin 16 Button Shoes Express Shipment Received Tcdar New short vamp stage last; this is the swellest Fall style ever shown in Salem. Bring your children here for shoes The largest stock of Children's Shoes in Salem. All the novelties. Big Assortment of Outing Footwear REINH ART'S Shoe Store t Opposite Ely's Theatre. 444 STATE STREET RINGLING i BROTHERS CIRCUS BIG Held a Conference. UNITED I'RESS LEASM Willi!. London. July 28. King George and Premier Asmilth today held a confer ence at Buckingham palace in regard to the foreign situation. o At least one th'ng is certain about the Lorinier case thnt some witnesses are doing a lot of lying. j A great many Salem people are going to Portland on August 18 to the Riii'gling Bros.' circus. It will ! be the only opportunity this year, and the railroads are preparing to han dle thousands of visitors from the surrounding territory. ! Ringling Bros, have made many ! important improvements since they j last appeared in this part of the country. At Madison Square Gar den, New York, where the season be- gan, the performances were attend j ed nightly by the biggest crowds that ever saw a circus in Manhattan, and , the newspapers were not backward ! about saying that the Ringling Brothers were presenting, in every respect, the best entertainment of the kind ever given ther'e. The performance in Portland, will be identical with those given in, the Gar den, not the slightest change having been made in the long program. The circus offered this year Is one of wonderful novelty. Instead of the usual single thriller presented by other circuses, the Ringling Brothers are heading their bill with no less than seven of the greatest and most sensational acts that ha ever been presented anywhere ot eartn. The parade will be given in the forenoon. It will far surpass the brilliant pageants which the Ring, ling Brothers have . given in past years, having' been entirely rebuilt in foreign workshops of the show i: J Liverpool, England. ! Lewis Accuses Cortelyou. I UNITED I'BESS LBA8KP Wtm. ! Washington, July 28. That Postmaster-General Cortelyou "abso lutely broke his word" and that "tie second-class mail: privilege is a swoti which the postoffice department keeps hanging over the heads of pub lishers to keep them from opening their mouths against postollice cinls," was declared yesterday by E, G. Lewis, president of the Lewis Publishing Co., of St. Louis, before the postolflce expenditures commit. tee. 'Mr. Cortelyou broke his wordvlth ' me," said -Mr, Lewis, 'both in rfgarl to the fraud order which he is against our bank, and also as to tht order against, our Woman s Mag zine. He promised us hearings li both cases, but did not give us anj chance at all. o Teething children have mow ot less diarrhoea, which can be cot trolled by giving them Chamberlali'i Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme dy. All that Is necessary Is to gin the prescribed dose after each opera tion of the bowels more than natur al, and then castor oil to cleanse the system. It is safe and sure. Soli by all dealers. 3 4 - In i MID-SUMMER SALE TWICE A YEAR WE REDUCE OUR STOCK TO THE LOWEST NOTCH-- Ktujuu ihl jfKlCli lO A LOW NOTCH IN ORDER TO DOIT. i $30.00 Suits, reduced to i $25.00 Suits, reduced to i $20.00 Suits, reduced to $15.00 Suits, reduced to I $10.00 Suits, reduced to y 1 $19.85 $16.45 $12.65 $ 9.65 $ 6.45 PACKARD SHOES aTl0!, $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes, reduced to . . . $1.55 MEN'S COATS AND VESTS Suit values to $2D.O0-C3it and Vest . $2 50 T A LINE OF DRESS SHIRTS with Collar attached-REGULAR PRICE 75c, REDUCED to MEN'S DUSTERS $1.50 Dusters, reduced to $2.00 Dusters, reduced n $2.50 Dusters, reduced to $3.00 Dusters, reduced to . $4.50 Dusters, reduced to ALL OTHERS REDUCED ONE-THIRD $1.00 . $1.35 $1.65 . $2.00 $3.00 40c MEN'S EXTRA PANTS All D 1 MEN,S HATS All Regular $3.00 Hats, now ... Regular $1.50 Pants, reduced to Regular $2.50 Pants, reduced to Regular $3.50 Pants, reduced to Regular $4.50 Pants, reduced to Regular $6.00 Pants, reduced to ODDS AND ENDS AT GREAT REDUCTIONS $1.00 $1.65 $2.35 $3.00 $4.00 . $2.25 MEN'S IINnppwrAn XXT.'SM, "'. soc G. W. JOHNSON & CO. 141 NoR'?FcSiirJAL STREET M I Tf M"M""