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a nnS Jl (I fltlID B . 0 SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1911. NO. 193. SOCIALIST HIS BADLY 1 PIECE OF LOADED HOSE FOUND NEAR IS ROOMS FOUL PLAY George H. Shoaf, Who Was Investigating the Los Angeles Dy namiting Cases for the Appeal to Reason, Mysteriously Disappears One Theory of His Disappearance Is Foul Play, While Another Is That He Has Discovered Evidence Important to Defense and Has Just Dropped Out of Sight. UNITED rBESS LEASED WIBB. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 16 Geo. H. Shoaf, a well-known Socialist writer and detective, who recently came to Los Angeles to write articles on the McXamara case for the Appeal to Reason, a socialist puDiication, is missing, having mysteriously disap peared Sunday night. Local socialists ana unaon iauor men, who today heard of his disap pearance, jumped at the most sensa tional conclusion. rney Deuevea that during the months he has spent in Los Angeles he has. unearthed some evidence which probably would establish the innocence of the Mc Xamaras, and that parties interested ia their conviction have made away with him to prevent the facts which he has gathered from becoming pub lic. Others, however, do not connect his disappearance in any way with the .McNiimaia case, while there have been some opinions advanced by the anti-unionists that shortly after pub lishing the statement that he had col WGS SUIT TO ABROGATE THE CONTRACT Alleging that the A. C. Eohrnsted company has failed to live up to the terms of a contract entered into with him for the purchase of 70 acres of land, Frank Amort and his wife have commenced suit in the circuit court In which they ask that the contract he declared void and that they be Slven a judgment quieting title to the no. Amort says that the consideration ol the contract was $6,600 and that " sum was to be paid in install- ' The first installment, $300, ; aneges tne company paler, but ince then, he avers. It has nald no tallments. A plansp In thu nnn- traet, he says, reads that when the compan fails to meet its install ments, the land shall revert to him wait forfeits all instaHment money Pid, and he asks the court now to rry into effect this clause. Rostand Is Hurt. "Sri. Alls' 11! RilmnnH Rnatnnd lamous as a dramatist and iiartiru- tiriJ 'S .,)eing tlle author of "Chan- . i , s severe v mvt tnrtav whail VI. aut(tnr.!,He capsized near Cambo, Pim wn caught under the ma- ,! ''is head and stomach were crushed. tJll5Si,?ian3 wno were summoned Y,mh0 niade a hasty examina. &, WT I t"Jur'?s aBd and on. that morning he will leave "moved in cntically hurt H waS for Dallas, taking with him as wit to CamL ', "ncnsc'ous, condition neesea MrB jorgenson. Street Com "murlM tin I Stared hls lnternal missloner Cornelius and Councilman 8 VU" Oe fatal. t , itt. arroatoA Vnra BROTHERLY FEELING IS MflT IIITrilOr fense wlth wnlch JIa&ors is charged Mill III I EmuI.'13 10 years In tne stete PrIs071- Should the district attorney be successful in Denvo r., 1 Placing three charges against him, Mllslnn L - Au8- 6- Harry he stands a chance of serving 30 Order nfvl 8n organlzer of the Loyal years in the state prison. In addition 8a p 1 Moose, and member of the to the three years he must serve for tonal, dele8at'n to the na- violating his parole. The charges Jl was Detroit, August WrdanTo J.!??tei here tod& ln ac" , re(lue8's from the San Wt nf , le;andu he,d PnJInS UrtD.LfhUr?er ln6tructl0B8. Z dl"es his arrest Is 5? 2: & MKAh waslec'ted at Wtaher convention tor FM Drelai; ! n!ent ?n .for arelVT - He declares the Los lit ' "t de. nation, hoping to prevent - nt ntii' arAS t n a i na attendance at the convention, Don, 7k s,1Dse1uent nomination of ."'hereby eiiahiw n, Wd elect 1 to contrl the meeting mned , A-A1(,erson, as prelate.have In in pjlp faIse charges against him smug)) t t0 hoId him here long Tbl n!,ac?oniPlish their purpose, Wione? , here win release the "UiorniJ1 es th San Francisco 8pec,fy the charge. Mills- nciJo . ready return to San K0 tonlght. DETECTIVE IS BATTERED HAT IS FOUtJO IS SUSPECTED: lected valuable information for the defense ol , the McNamaras, Shoaf voluntarily dropped out of sight, leav ing evidence which would make the public think there had been foul play Early Sunday Shoaf held a consul tation with Alexander Irvine, Social ist lecturer, who is in Los Angeles, during which he declared that he had secured some very valuable in formation. The results of his inves. tigations told Irvine, were ost sen sational. From 7 o'clock to 9.30 Sunday Shoaf was at the home of his cousin, Mrs. H. O. Gabel. When leaving he told her that he was going to take some Important papers from his room to his cousin's house, because he feared that they might be stolen. That was the last seen of him. About midnight Mrs. Gabel was startled by the sound Which she thought was the falling of a body. , Thinking some one had fallen from , bed, she called to the other members (Continued on page five-) MAGORS IS REMOVED TO DALLAS TAKEX BEFORE A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IX DALLAS, HE PLEADS "XOT GUILTY" PRE LIMIXARY HEARING TO BE HELD MOXDAY. When John Magors, the negro, who Monday evening went on a ram page in the city and assaulted two women with evil intent, and also en tered a home with the same purpose, and attempted to enter another, comes before the grand Jury for con sideration he will find1 three charges for assault with intent to commit rape staring him ini the face, if Dis trict Attorney McNary has his way. Pleads Not Guilty. Sheriff Grant and Deputy District Attorney Sibly, of Dallas, came over for Magors yesterday afternoon. Late in the afternoon he was taken before Justice of the Peace Holman and ar raigned on the charge of an assault with intent to cnmml rape upon the person of Mrs. W. Jorgenson. Instead of waiving the preliminary examin ation, as had been anticipated, the negro stood his grounds and entered a plea of not guilty, and his prelimin ary hearing has been set for Mon day morning at Dallas. McXary to Take Charge. District Attorney McNary stated this morning that he would take nhnrtra nf tha pvniYilnfltinn In, npNnn at his home, and brought him to the city. These witnesses will be suffi cient to bind him over to the grand jury, and when that body convenes all the charges against the negro will be threshed out. Maximum Sentence 10 Years. The maximum sentence for the of- that the district attorney contem-. Plates bringing against him, ini ad- dltion to that involving Mrs. Jorgen - son, is an assault upon the person of Miss Walter with Intent to com - mit rape, and upon the person of Miss Effie BI MAY PROSECUTE B BAI1R0ADS ! - i rvwrn rursi i.tisn wink, i i Irsn Belllngh frturn ritrs ixasep wirh.1 imnhnm U'nul, Alio, 1 Ad D resJlt of complaint made to the Pub-1 lie Utilities commission of the state nrt th Vnlterf States district at-! torney at Seattle, there Is strong rea- son to believe that the prosecution of the Belllngham Bay and British Columbia railroad company will fol- low shortlv because of the alleged failure of the O. W. R. & N. to keep its tracks ln proper repair. The company Is also alleged to have vlo- lated the state full crew law and the federal 16-hour aw. MISSING How in Cabinet. Washington, Aug. 16. Sec- retary of the Treasury Mac- Veagh's report on the legality of the National City Company of New York, the co-called "money trust," will not be ready for some months. An- nouucement to this effect was made here today. Macveagh s report, when it does come, Is expected to t sweepingiy anect tne country's banking and currency system. It Is reported that the case may still further disrupt the cabinet. MacVeagh. it is laid, is angry at Attorney-General Wlcker8ham for having report- ed oh the matter before his ad- vice was asked. It is said Pres- ident Taft supports Wicker- sham. ANOTHER RAILROAD TO NEWPORT With a capitalization of $1,000, 000 and with C. R. Vrosno, Ed. J. Averv and John TCenta nq inpornnrn- tors, the Toledo & SHetst Railroad and Navigation company filed articles of incorporation yesterdav with the sec- retary of state for the purpose of constructing a railroad line from Toledo, In- Lincoln county, to Dal las. In Polk county. Should the proposed line become a reality It will mean another railroad line from Portland tio Netwport . that Is by making connections. This will, at least, be so when the Salem, Falls City & Western completes its bridge across the Willamette river. Tourists coming from Portland then could either be conveyed over the Oregon Electric or Southern Pacific to Salem. Here they could transfer to the Salem, Falls City & Western and proceed as far as Dallas, and from there take the new line to To ledo, and from there take the Cor vallls & Eastern to Yaquina. To Develop Valley. Articles of incorporation were also filed by the Chicago-Rogue River company, of Phoenix, with a .capital ization of $1,000,000. The object of the corporations Is the development of the Rgoue River valley. TO REPLANT BURNED OVER DISTRICT Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 1G. Opening a determined campaign of reforesta tion of now vacant Oregon and Washington tracts with Douglas fir and red cedar, the United States for estry service, through headquarters In Tacoma, today began advertising for 20,000 pounds of the seeds. The cones from which the seeds are ob tained, ripen from September 1 to 15. The department will pay 75 cents for a two-bushel sack. ' After being sorted in Tacoma, the cones brought In will be sent to Wy eth, Oregon, for seed extraction. NATIONAL GUARDSMEN BREAK CAMP I'NITID PRERK tli0 Will. Columbia Beach, Or., Aug. 16. Homeward bound after 10 days of camp life and maneuvers, Oregon National guardsmen, numbering 1200, struck tents here and at Fort stevens todav. Battery A and the Tnlrd infantry Intrained for Portland ,thls afternoon. maneuvers were successful In 1 - "Ter8Inrem'eMt2 JJ w S Sdsrnnwh:amadeaPaUrreear aTtack Lhe. lt VLl.t by cording 36 out of 38 shots" at mnvh tareets on the Columbia riv- BT, and United States army officers who reviewed them, stated that the civilian soiu.era " B'17'ulu BP; tltude in exhausting drills and marches. What Will He Oct. Los Angeles, Cal., Au?. 16. "I want a well-built man. Otherwise I dont care If he Is as ugly as a. mud fence." This was the only stipulation in a letter sent to Chief of Police Se- bastlan by Mrs. G. D. EtnelhaM, of Chicago, who wants to come West. Boosters Are Coming. San Francisco, Aug. 16. To boost San Francisco and the Panama-Pacific international ex position In the cities of the North a special train bearing nearly 100 prominent men of this city will leave tonight for Portland and Astoria, Oregon, The excursion Is under the aus pices of the Chamber of Com merce and' will be the means of arousing enthusiasm among the people of Oregon in San Fran cisco's plans for the big fair in 1915. After an hour's stay in Port land Friday morning the dele gates will proceed to Astoria, where the day will be spent In participating in a "California day" program, arranged by the Centennial Celebration commit tee. Hhey will start home Monday. j: :: GflPtFriME oui.iLUWt: i iMninvrn : IIJUI0ILU tin IN TAnftPlA'ATV llti IMUUIflfli U. S. Grand Jury Hurriedly .Summoned Returns Indict ment Which Causes Specu lation in City. MADE ABOUT ALASKA COAL Latest Developments Show It is Either a Member of the .1. J. Ses non Company or One of the Guk g'pnliciiii Outfit Which Latter Is Charged Witli Defrauding the Gov eminent f $10,000 John H. Bullock Arrested This Afternoon. Portland, Or., Aug. 16. John H. Bullock, of Lang and Bullock, incor porators, and formerly president of the Sesnon Coal company, of Alaska, was arrested here this afternoon on a secret Indictment that was returned against him by the United States grand jury at Tacoma Saturday night. Bullock was arrested at his office In the Beck building by United States Marshal Colwell and immediately taken to the federal building. According to Information received here Bullock was Indicted on a charge of defrauding the govern ment out of $50,000 on coal con tracts. Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 16. Specu lation as to the man Indicted by the hurriedly summoned United States grand jury at midnight Saturday was intensified here today when United States District Attorney Todd admit ted that the indictment dealt with "the Alaska coal cases." Todd said further that It did not concern the Hazey murder trial, one of the cases which Delegate James Wlckershnm accused Attorney-General Wlcker Bham of 'allowing to slip way from the department under the statute of limitations. The latest development almost lim its the Indictment to some person connected with the J. .1. Sesnon com pany or the Guggenheim syndicate, which concern, it is charged, sub mitted duplicate conl bids and de frauded the govrnment out of ap proximately $40,000. The warrant has not yet been served. May Be Portland Man. Portland, Or., Aug. 16. It wa3 rumored around the federal building this afternoon that the man Indicted by the Tacoma grand Jury Saturday would be arrested ln Portland. It was Intimated that federal agents were searching the city for him. Officials decline to talk conn cernlng.the report, it was believed that the officers were looking for a man who held close business rela tions with the late Captain Jarvis, of Seattle, J. P. Morgan's personal representative ln the Guggenheim Alaskan coal land deals, who com mitted suicide several months ago in Seattle. CRAND JURY . REFUSED TO INDICT HER San Francisco, Aug. 16. Refus ing to indict Mrs. Anna G. Langley, who shot and killed her husband here a week ago, the grand Jury today passed her fate up to the decision of the police court, by whose decision It was agreed to abide. Mrs. Langley, after shooting- her husband, whom she says treated her cruelly and endeavored to make her lead a shameful life, was released on- $100 after the coroner's Jury hearing. It Is the general belief that the shooting will be held to have been Justified. GENERAL WAR i ADD WORKERS Tokio, Aug. 16. There Is every likelihood of an Interna tional complication arising be tween Japan and Russia over the confiscation of a Japanese sealer by tb) Russian warship Manjurla near NIedny Island, of the Mommandorsky archipe lago, is freely admitted today in government circles here. A dispatch from Tsuruga states that the crew of the con fiscated sealer, Kofuji Maru, do not make any complaint re garding their treatment by the Russian authorities, but unani mously hold that Russia commit ted a serious blunder when they arrested them, aa they were sealers on the high seas. The captain of the schooner Is now In prfion at Vladivostok. t voon is A FINE FIGHT j UNITED rBKSS LEASED WIRE.1 i Toledo, Aug. 16. Since leaving St. Louis Atwotd has been in the air 11 hours and 20 minutes, covering a distance of 482 miles to Pettls vllle. He flew two hours and six minutes this morning without alighting, cov ering 96 miles. I "If the weather Is favorable," At wood said. "I will ascend this after noon. I will not stop at Toledo, un less some mishap occurs." i o I A Mixed Runaway. i Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 16. A frightened horse, running loose. Jumped aboard a rapidly moving mo tor truck on Hill street, the chauffeur leaping into the street. Po'.iceinen then leaped upon the truck, and brought the runaway to a stop. WILL TEACH CO-EIS HOW TO BEAU ARMS I Washington, Aug. 16. The war department announced today that a competent officer will be detailed soon as Instructor of tactics at the Oregon Agricultural College, at Oor vallis. Representative Hawley peti tioned for Major Dentler, but the department hud other work for him. EXAMINATION FOR POSITIONS IN POSTOFFICE The United States Civil Service Commission announces that applica tions are now being received for the annual postofllce examination to be held In Salem, Oregon, on Novem ber 17, 1911. All males who are qualified are urged to apply for and take the examination. For applica tion blank and full Information ap ply to the local secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, at the post office, this city, or to the secretary, Eleventh U. S. Civil Service District, room 221 postofllce building, Seattle, Washington. o THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT f UNITED VTtr.H I.5ED W1BE 1 Sacramento. Calif., Aug. 16. Re ports that the constitutional amend ment providing votes for women will not be on the ballot In the October election or had been Invalidated on account of the carelessness of legis lative attaches, were denied emphat ically today by Secretary of State Frank Jordan. "So far as I have gone Into this amendment muddle." Jordan said, "I find that the suffrage question is all right. There need be no fear so far as it Is concerned." HAD MEX C.UOHT AT HELLWJHUI (united rnr. i-rurn winn 1 Belllngham, Wash., Aug. 16. Two men answering closely to the de scription of the pair that recently shot the Marysvllle inrslial during a looting stunt In that city are ln the local Jail on a charge of robbery. They were "arrested at Acme last night after attempting to loot the I Northern Pacific station there. MAIflNR iiifiiiiiaw BETWEEN EMPLOYERS IN ENGLAND IS NOW ON PANDEMONIUM GETS LOOSE WHEN CHURCHILL APPEARS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS The Situation Is Exceedingly Grave, But the Cabinet Has De termined to Rigorously Repress the Rioting This Decision Is Taken to Mean That All Efforts to Prevent a Labor Re volt Have Failed A Brigade of Infantry Is. Held in Readi ness for Immediate Action Liverpool Is Without Flour. London, Aug. 16. Authoritative statements that the cabinet has de cided rigorously to repress further rioting were made hare today. The decision is taken to mean that all ef forts to prevent a labor revolt have failed and that a general war be tween employers and workers all over the country Is about to begin. It is reported that the Home office is despatching orders ln accordance with the decision of the cabinet to all threatened cities. A brigade of infantry, recalled from maneuvers, already is at Alder shot ln readiness for any emergency. Railway officers assert -that the gov ernment has promised ample pro tection and It Is said the government has practically determined to oper ate the roads itself, If such a course should become necessary. A 'oisy Meeting. London, Aug. 16. Pandemonium in the house of commons today followed the appearance of Home Secretary MRS, HARRIMAN IS UNLOADING HER HOLDINGS DNITUD PBB8S LBARBD WIRE. New York, Aug. 16. Wall street , today is watching eagerly the first skirmishes in a battle begun by the financiers who fought the late Ed ward H. Harriman to wrest the con trol of the Harriman lines from his widow. Among financial men the belief Is general that Mrs. Harriman will not fight but will dispose of her holdings ln the open mrket and the recent de clines ln Harriman stocks are be lieved to have been due to quiet un loading of her shares. Confidential Information, which has, however, become generally known, Is to the effect that Mrs. Har riman does not fuel able to stand the strain of a fight for ontrol. She is wrapped up in the affairs of the Harriman National bank, and in tends', it Is said, to place most of her enormous wealth behind it with the Idea that tho institution will become an enduring memorial to the dead railroad king. o To Investigate Isime. ftlNITKl) I'llKHH 1.BAMKH WHIR 1 Washington, Aug. 1C. Chairman Dillingham, of the senate elections' committee, today announced the He lectlon of Senators Heyburn, Suther land, Bradley, Paynter "tid Pomerene as a sub-committee to Investigate the election of United States Senator Isaac Stephenson, of Wisconsin. Heyburn was designated as chair man of the nnnimlttpe. 'M4 - - 4M. - M - - f Early Fall Showing. ....Men s Fine Tailorings The new patterns are here and they are beauties. Come in now and se lect your pattern. Every piece we sell is exclusive. The shades are running strong to brown and grey DonJt fail to see these new styles Prices, $20.00 to $40.00 Salem Woolen Mill Store Must Right Shoes", Fall Styles. Churchill, the Laborttes shouting questions and all demanding at once to know why the police were allowed to club women and children ln the Liverpool Btrlke riots. George' Lanlbury demanded an In qulry Into the government's methods. Chuchlll said he would do nothing until order had been restored. Then Lanlbury shouted : "I don't know whether you want the people's blood but I never knew such a bloodthirsty lot as those po licenient beating down defenseless women and children ln the Btreets of a great city." The strike situation ln London to day was unchanged. Liverpool Fnces Famine. Liverpool, Aug. 16. The flour mil lers and bakers have notified the city authorities that they are unable longer to supply flour bread as there Is not enough flour In the city to last two days- longer. The coal and grain supplies are also exhausted. CORPORATIONS ARRESTED IN BELLINGHAM WITH NEITHER BODIES TO BE KICKED NOH ISOCLS TO BE PUNISHED IT 19 UP TO TILE COURTS TO FIND A PUNISH MENT. r UNITED rREHS LEASED WIBE.l Belllngham, Wash., Aug. 16. The Paciflo American Fisheries com panies and the Carlisle Packing com pany have been, served with summons placing them under arrest for vio lating the state law providing for the closing of fish traps from 4 o'clock Friday afternoon until 4 o'clock Sunday morning. The warrants for the arrest of the corporations were Issued late yester day on complaint filed with County Attorney Blxby by J. M. Altken, dep uty fish, commissioner and county game warden. The defendants have been ordered to appear for the mak- I Ing of a plea on the morning of Au gust 26. Mr. Altken visited the two traps In question last Sunday ln company with two witnesses, and found that tho traps were practically wide open, according to tho complaint. This is tlie second time since the passage of a law by the lust legisla ture permitting tho arrest of a cor poration that such an arrest has been made la the state. He who does not understand how to pray learns it when ho goes to sen. - H I