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tip lillljMip J011TEM - SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1011. yQ u ta-s hiJlIMUbU M Ur IS II PURSUIT OF 600 CITIZENS FIENDISH NEGRO AVould Hold the Fleet. WILL HANG IF CAUGHT KILLS VICTIM OF HIS LUST ESCAPES ON MOTORCYCLE Mrs. Meivina Haskins Assaulted by the Fiend and then Shot to Death Crime Laid to Negro who Arrested for Assault ing White Woman Escaped from Constable- on Motor cycleThis Gave Clue as Murderer of the Woman, a Negro Fled on Motorcycle Forty Officers and 600 Men Scouring the Country for Him. (UNITED I'RESS LEAKED WIR. Los Angeles, Gil., Sept. 7 En raged ty the brutality of the crime, l( officers, augmented by 600 clti ttts, all heavily armed, today are scouring the country south of Los Angeles for a negro who lnte yes terday shot anil killed Mrs. Meivina X. Haskins. Under Sheriff Robert Brain is in charge of the deputies from the local sheriff's office, and other officers and citizens are led by He chiefs of police of Compton, Gardena and Watts. Every male citizen of Compton, there the crime was committed, Is engaged In the man hunt- Feeling against the assassin is running bo Sign that it is doubtful if a lynching tan be prevented If the negro Is ap prehended. The most valuable clew yet re ceived came shortly before noon in a telephone message from the chief of police of Santa Ana telling of the es cape late Tuesday from the custody of a Santa Ana constable of a ne gro arrested 'for a series of assaults upon white women. The negro broke away from the officers and escaped on a motorcycle. The murderer, af ter assaulting and killing Mrs. lias kins, rode away on a motorcycle. Among the leaders in the man hunt Is William Haskins, husband of the dead woman. He is heartbroken over his wife's death and declares he will shoot down her murderer like a dog In the event of his capture. Will Not Hang Him. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 7 Country-wide fears that Eari Gilchrist, the 15-year-old negro boy, convicted of the murder of another negro lad, would hang, which resulted In Gov- ernor Doanaghey being deluged under a flood of letters, tele- grama and petitions of protest, were declared to be ground- less. 4 The case has been aDDealed 1 to the supreme court, and a de- cisloa cannot be expected for a month at least. If the tipper court sustains the boy's con- vlction, the governor has de- clared his Intention of cummut- lug the sentence. PEOPLE LIKE ANYTHING SALACIOUS San Francisco, Sept. 7. An effort to persuade the navy de partment to retain the Pacific fleet at San 'Francisco until af ter the visit of Pr"esident Taft In October was renewed today by directors of the Panama Pacific Exposition company. The fleet Is under orders to Hawaii for division battle and target practice, the orders hav ing been issued just before it was announced that the presi dent would journey to the Pa flc coast. California representa tives at Washington have been asked to use their influence to secure a countermanding of the order and a postponement of ; WELCH i so FEARED ORE HE STRUCK ELECTRIC THE FIRST BLOW Good Haul of Opium. : beattle. Wash., Sept. 7. More than $1200 worth of opl- urn was found by United States customs officers this morning in a room occupied by J. L. the fleet's departure, and It is j Brown, who was arrested on a expected that theli efforts prove successful. will PERFUMED mm air as weapon C0MFAXY WANTS THEY WANT TO RIDE IO THE FIRST OF YEAR WITH THE PRESIDENT On condition that an order made by tie state board canceling a contract entered into with the Portland Irriga tion company for the reclamation of tertain lands near Paisely be revoked, representatives of the; comnanv yes terday afternoon appeared before the f UNITED miSS LEASED WIRE.) Portland, Or., Sept. 7. A tele gram was sent President Taft today asking him to have his private car attached to a special train which Portland business men plan to have to carry them to San Francisco when board and agreed to relinquish all they attend the ground-breaking ex- , aiw ngnts oDiained from the gov ernment In evnt that it should not tie able to finance the project by the first of the year. The company entered Into the con tract for the reclamation of the land 10 rears ago, but has done nothing, because of the lack of money. Sever 1 months ago the board cancelled Ibe contracts, but It could not cancel wter rights obtained by the company from the federal government. The ttnpany agreed to relinquish those J) the state If it would revoke the or der cancelling Its contract for the re tlamation of the land, and give it un- tlie first of the year to make good. oold it then fall to be able to nance it, the state will fall heir to He water rights, as well as the land, wbeln a position to award a con w to some other company able to Malm the land. 0 New York, Sept, 7. Freeman Bernstein, a theatrical booking agent, today stated that Beulah Bin ford, the girl in the Beattle murder case at Chesterfield, Va., will ap pear at the Liberty theater, Phila delphia, next Monday. 1 He said that her act probably will consist of a couple of songs, add ing: "It does not matter what she does just so long as the people have a chance to see her." Bernstein said that later the girl will appear In New York, Chicago, Detroit, St. Paul and Minneapolis with possibly some dates in other cities. o It Will Have as Much Effect on the S. P. as Would the Titil lation of a Fly's Feet on the Hide of a Rhinoceros. TO RESOLUTE SOME MORE smuggling charge. More ar- arrests probably will be made i this afternoon. Brown, who is said to have brought the drug j from Vancouver, B. C, had 61 ' 5-tael tins in his possession. Each of these, weighing about seven ounces, is worth $20. Customs Inspector Frank Lof- tus has been on the track of Brown for more than two months. He Is thought to bo one of a gang of opium smug- gelrs. : CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATE S. P. OWNS THE WELCH LINE IT IS A BATTLE OF GIANTS 'HE lilSHOP SHOWED A VIOLENT TEMPER Sacramento, Sept. 7. Bishop sralt hart thn t,l on j.. l " '180 fine or whistling some eery Uveiy popular air when he feels like abusing his horse. Wice Pngh Kave him the choice in J .vwe" chosen words, that car the punctuations of sincerity. 5 Tas found beating his animal mercifully, when he got mad be "wthe nag was tired. ercises of the Panama Pacific exno- sltion in October. The Portland delegation will also select a site for the Oregon building on the exposition grounds- 0 THE STEAMER SANTA CLARA HIT THE ROCKS Secretary Fisher Back, UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.1 Seattle, Wash., Sept- 7. Secre tary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher and party are due to arrive here from Alaska on the revenue cutter Tahoma at 6 o'clock this evening. Secretary Fisher will leave for the Yellowstone National park late Fri day night, accompanied by President Howard Elliott, of the Northern Pa cific railroad. 0 VIRGINIA STRUCK HARD WHILE ENTERING GOLDEN GATE, BUT POIPS KEPT HER AFLOAT UNTIL SHE REACHED THE DOCKS. HOLDING PRIMARY Kline and Others Told . in Language Sesquipedalian Just What They Would Do if Kruttschnitt Does Not Come Through, Seemingly Forget ful of (he Fact That "Krutty" Him Already Told Them He Would Have Nothing to Do With Them. UNITED I'RESS LEASED WIRE.l Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 7. "We are facing a crisis a struggle is on today that is going to try every man's soul- We can not get out of It. We can not back up. We must fact the music." So declared J. W. Kline, president of the blacksmiths' union, at a muss meetng held in the Labor temple here. "I am for peace if we have to FLECTIONS UNITED FBESS LEASED W1RE.1 Richmond, Va-, Sept- 7. Primary elections to select Democratic can didates for the United States senate are being held today in the 1500 state precincts throughout Virginia. Thomas S- Martin, Democratic leader of the senate is fighting for re-election for the six-year term and Claude A. Swanson for the unex pired term of the late Senator Dan iel. Opposed to Martin and Swanson are representatives William A. Jones and Carter Glass. 0 RE, OH, WHERE IS OWEN ADAIR New r UNITED PRESS LEASED Wim.l Sa Francisco, Sept. 7. One hun dred passengers on board the liner Santa Clara faced death today when the vessel, coming in from Eureka, struck the rocks while entering the Golden Gate in a fog which obscured the channel entrance. A heavy sea was running and the passengers, who were prapariag to land, were suddenly thrown to the deck by the terriffic crash. Women and children screamed and a rush was luauw lur luo incuuais. 1 Fnr ft few minutes a nanic roiened ' but the bravery of the officers and agreement with the national com the discipline- of the crew proved mission, as required by Its ultlma 8ufflcient to quell the rush, and or- turn. rtor was anon restored The vessel I O No Baseball War. I Chicago, Sept. 7. Members and directors of the American Baseball Association met here today and agreedto withdraw their demands of the national commission, thus avert ing the expected big league baseball , war. fight for it," he continued. "Mr. Kruttschnitt can run a railroad but he cannot run a labor organization to save his neck. "Let every man vote for the man who Is a friend of the worker. We hope we will not be misrepresented by the newspaper reporters. We hope they will give us a square deal. e never say nnytmng we are ashamed of and will take Mr. Krutt schnitt into our meetings, if he wishes to come." I The purpose of the meeting, the speakers declared, was merely to ascertain what the men warned. I Kline made clear the labor situa tion and the position occupied by the I unions In regard to their employers. The various crafts were well repre sented and the men applauded vigor ously the more forceful arguments and assertions of Kline and the oth er speakers. None of the speakers evidenced a disposition to strike ex- I cept as a last resort. They asserted They W Ynrt Dnni ft T , - 111. - 'tn iviju 1, ijaie mis ai- j"m Astor, Madeline Force and "later, Katherlim. Ipft th Vnroa ence in a cab. Madeline carried hung for a few minutes on the rocks. I Corvallis Gazette Times: R. W. v""fi lmk. aaion nr n ora rnav Tri Tin in & nanvuv. ana men huh uii '" " - mcui ui Although leaking badly, the ves-'bog and brought to this country In & have been able , to do as they "remind ,, Tn ir' "nl,n repiiea: tan,.. 8ubway. and we're In a iLh bellevel the party were "M foTAstor's yacht. PICTURES SHOULD BE FORBIDDEN further agreed to sign a new "f' 7leu'y V'"1 1 "7 T ..ot a 00 "T i.iiiai.uijr ofjiiii, aiiuuii5U mey WUUIU not hesitate to stand by their guns if It became necessary to fight for their rights. J. A. Franklin, president of the boilermakers' union of the Harrlman system, ascribed the fact that em- COAL MINE PAYMASTER MURDERED UNITED TRESS LEASED WII1E.1 Pottsville, Pa., Sept. 7. Joseph Zehner, of Lanford, Pa., contractor in charge of extensive coal strip ping operations for the Lehigh Val ley Coal and Navigation company, and Samuel Watkins, of Summit Hill, were shot down and killed from ambush near here this after noon, the murderers escaping with a box containing $3000. When found the dead bodies of the two men were found lying in the inside of a carriage on the top of the mountain between Lansford and Nosquehoning, the horses peacefully grazing at the roadside. A teamster driving over the same road made the discovery. Today was pay day for the men working at the Nesquehonlng coal strippiuKS, and Zehner, with Wat kins, his driver, left the company's office at Lansford at noon to pay off the hands- There Is no clue to the robbers, who evidently were aware of the large amount Zehner would have with him, and laid their plans carefully. Captain Wllhelm, of the state po lice, dispatched a detail to the scene of the crime Immediately after re ceiving a report. 0 Working fur 11 Ilrldge at Nowhere. Contending that the people as a unit In the northern end of the coun ty demand the conntructlon of a bridge across the Wlllamete trlver at Newberg, and that If built It would open up and develop a large territory which is now bottled up, a delega tion from Newberg Is appearing be for the board of county commission ers this afternoon with the view of having it appropriate $45,000 of the $90,000 required to build the bridge. Two members of the board are fa vorable to the construction of the bridge believe that it should be built, but also believe that the peo ple or Newberg should make an ap propriation. They base this belief on the fact that that town will be the greatest beneflcaary from the construction of the bridge. o HER WOMAN'S WIT DISCOVERED A WAY Welch, Not The Capital Journal, Accuses the Mayor of Con spiracy, and Tells Why He Ordered Suit for a Restraining Order Commenced Claims the Oregon Electric Had a Gang of Men Ready to Tear Up His Track, and That Work Would Have Been Done Sunday, When S. P. Franchise Died, and Courts Not Open. Was It the plan of the Oregon Electric Railway company in the fight it is waging for franchise rights In the city againBt the South ern Pacific, to put a crew of men in the field and tear up the Southern Pacific track on Front street for which the franchise expires tomor row, and to lay down on the ground its own track? A. Welch, manager of the Port land, Eugene & Eastern Railroad company, which has purchased an interest in the track, and which Is under a traffic agreement with the Southern Pacific in relation to its use, seems to have had reason to be lieve bo, as several days ago he re quested his attorney In the city to keep a vigilant lookout for just such a move and to be prepared to fore stall It by legal proceedings. Fearing that the Oregon Electric might in Its adroit and fox-like way Such In brief was the outline of the situation given a reporter of the Capital-Journal today by Judge Slat er, of the firm of Ka'.ser, Slater & Pogue, the firm which yesterday In stituted the injunction proceedings for the Welch line In the circuit court. Situation Explained. According to Judge Slater's state ment of the case, the franchise of the Welch line the Portland, Eu gene & Eastern gives the company the right to maintain two tracks on Front street. It already, according to his statement, has one track, and exercising the rights given under the franchise, it secured the second one when it purchased the Interest of the Southern Pacific In its track. The Southern Pacific evidently realizing that unless it would agree to a com mon user clause that It could not se cure a renewal of a franchise on this Btreet, sold Jts track to the Welch Into a traffic await until Sundav twn rfnvs nftnr the bouthern Pacific franchise would people and entered expire, and make the move when the agreement with them. courts would be closed, and he una- The Oregon Electric several ble to Institute legal proceedings to months ago secured a franchise for stop them, he yesterday brought aiatrack on the same street, and as suit In the circuit court to restrain soon as It was realized that a traffic the Oregon Electric, and Louis Lach-! arrangement had been entered into niund, mayor of the city, and the with the Welch line and the Smith- clty of Salem from In any way inter fering with the track until his rights in relation to it should be finally adjudicated. :'rd u ; 1 "epi. ( tseuian .., me boarded Bln- .21! here at noon today sei Ik il Iraln for Washington, ."'she will flu . ,..! ,..' l Dinf SIle wll Pose for films Ss, representing the Beattle 0e .1, . fey. v ,rna Persons gathered :H 11, uue Jal1 when she en- ,1, ioniODlle and 8Ded away hv pot' MlBS Binford put it ' veil tw. sel'a numns were able to keep the water down, and the engines were unharmed. Answering wireless calls for aid, rescue tugs rushed to the scene, and escorted the vessel to the dock, while the pumps were kept go ing steadily to keep the craft from sinking. The Santa Clara was loaded with lime and general cargo, as well as the 100 passengers and a crew of 40 men. She is owned by the North Pa cific Steamship Company, of San Francisco. o BAPTIST MISSIONARIES ARE WARNED TO LEAVE as the machine pi ane was 1wnmn1ni.1i h 1 tjeprp8ematives of a thea "WKing agency. V tin,' ?r-' SeDt 7. Arrested rrli s J?'118 found in garbage hM u,re Italians, . when lion .. . louna to have more cn m tnetr ciotbjog Boston, Mass., Sept. 7. The Amer lean consul at Chengtu, capital of the Szhuaan province, in Western China, has advised the Baptist mis sionaries to leave the country on ac count of the outbreaks of the na tives, according to a cablegram re ceived at the American Baptist for eign Missionary society here today. This is the second message within the last few days telling of the riot ing by the natives. the missionaries have also been requested by the viceroy to move to the larger towns- o New Vork Growing. ' The city directory of New York, Just published, indicate a remark- Iaoie growin, ana aiso mai new iwi City has a population of 5,000,000. 1725 by his great-great grandfather. Pleased with the unions in the past . iii me lauiv ui uuiiv uuiuu tile vai- ran he 1 10118 organizations. He rurther stat- Corvallis' new fire bell heard at the distance of five miles. TIMES OUTFIT MUST ANSWER FOR INDECENCY UNITED FSESS LEASICD IHB. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 7. Judge Chesebro today overruled the demur rer of Harrison Gray Otis, Harry E. Andrews and R. M. Whitney, Times editors, and they must appear Mon day to enter their pleas for trial on charges of printing Indecent news. Judge Chesebro decided that the city ordinance covered more ground than the state law in question and peremptorily ordered the three pris oners to appear in court Monday and file their pleas- o He Says It Hard. I wish to emphatically deny any statement that has been circulated to the effect that I have money, or am loaning same. H. A. GREEN. o If some people who talk much said only what they know, they would be silent most of the time. ed that the railroads would give the workers Just as much as the work ers were able to take from them There was no philanthropy In busi ness. Another of the speakers was M. P. Ryan, president of the carmen. J. B. Bucklee, vice-president of the machinists' union, said he did not come here either to prevent or Incite a strike. There will be a meeting tomorrow in San Francisco of 45 representa tives of the federated trades' unions and the officials of .the Harrlman lines. That conference, he said, would have a material bearing on the situation. The Sacramento branch of the federation is anxious to bring mat ters to a focus and will strike if necessary. M) COIE OVER TO SEE -THE PRICE WAS SAFE IHNITED 1'IEIIII LEASES WM1.1 Portland, Or., Sept. 7. I'nable to telephone her husband, who was at a neighbor's house, because the tele phones belonged to opposition sys tems, Mrs. Herbert MUle called up the police department. The desk sergeant sent Little home to his anxious spouse. o LA FOLLETTE'S BOOM STARTED IN NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 7. Senator La Follette's boom for president was practically launched In Nebraska to day, following a meeting of the ex ecutive of the Nebraska Progres sives League, when the resignation pf Secretary Frank A. Shotwell was requested, because of his action in giving out an interview at Wash ington to the effect that Nebraska was for President Taft's re-election. F. P. Carrick, a La Folette man, will be elected secretary In Shot well's place, and a La Folette League will be formed. PRESIDENT ADVOCATES ARBITRATION SAYS "IF THE SENATE CANNOT BIND US THE NATION CANNOT BIND US" DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE SENATE IS GREAT. EH THAN THE COUNTRY? nUITED PIES LEA ft ED WIRE. Newport, R. I., Sept. 7. Lord Camols, fiance of Mildred Sherman, and prospective son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. William Watts Sherman, Is here People Cheer Him. irom England, well in advance of the I Hartford, Conn., Sept. 7. Greet weddlng date, for the purpose, it Is ed by cheering thousands. President supposed, of arranging the marriage j Taft arrived here today to attend settlement. the state fair. He took luncheon Lord Camols arrived In the United with Governor Baldwin and a nu in state on the steamer Olympic, trav-1 ber of notables at the Library eling under the name ot R. Stoner. building. UNITED TRESS LEASED WIIMI.1 Hartford, Sept. 7. President Taft today discussed the arbitration treaties. He said In part: "If the senate cannot bring Itself to submit questions of Jurisdiction arising under the treaty, as Norway and Sweden have done, for Instance, then the prospect for real and sub stantial progress Is most discourag ing." The president criticized the ma jority of the senate foreign relations committee because they refused to give the Joint high commission au thority to determine what questions wre arbitral'!!. He declared that the reasoning of the senators that concluding treaties would be uncon stitutional was most remnrkable. "I cannot exaggerate the Impor tance of escaping from the limited view the senate committee takes of the powers of the senate in this re gard and of securing the action of the senate sustaining the view of the minority " he said. "Wherever there are gor;d men and women longing and praying for the dawn of a great day of peare. their eyns are turned with hope and (ontl- dence to the great republic of the West, a land which more than any other uses peaceful methods of arbi tration for the settlement of the dif ferences of nations. This hope, by the proposed narrow consolidation of the powers of the senate, we are bound to strike down- To them struggling and longing we say: Look unto us for leadership, We can not even follow. Let other nations arbitrate; let other nations set up a high court of nations and pledge faith that they wll resort no more to the dread arbitrament of war, but will abide by the verdict of their chosen Judges. " 'This great unable by the ern Pacific for traffic arrangements it launched, It Is said, a fight in the council to have the franchise grant ed the Welch lines forfeited, and an action is now pending In the circuit court. Should- this action be successful, the Oregon Electric would be able to completely shut out the Southern Pacific on Front street as the Welch franchise would be forfeited and the Southern Pacific franchise, which expires tomorrow, could not be re newed without a common user clause which tho company will not penult to be Inserted In any of its franchises. What Welch Feared. According to Judge Slater, Welch recently learned that the Oregon Electric contemplated putting a crew of men In tho iluld and tearing up the Southern Pacific track, and put ting its track down In its place. He Immediately advised his lawyers of the nove and instructed them to lie .i'ei.!iied to forestall It. Fearing that It would be made on Sunday, two (lays after the Southern Pacific franchise would expire, and when the courts would be closed to him, and realizing that if the movement was successful that tho Oregon Elec tric would be given possession which Is nine points In the law, he Instruct ed them yesterday to bring the In junction proceedings. According to Welch's statement to Judge Slater, he was advised that 2)() men were held in readiness by the Oregon Electric for the move, and thut employees of the company had looked over the ground and had ' all the preliminary plans mude for the execution of the plan. Resides this the situation Indi cates that the Southern Pacific is the real owner or the Welch lines The fact that the S- P. will not (Continued on page five-) o EXTRA EXPENSE WAS MADE WITH A LEAD PENCIL I'NITED TRESS LEASED San Francisco, Sept. 7. The Santa Fe railroad Is run at a loss and pays out $1.08 for every $1 worth of busi ness done In California, if the flg- 1 ureB presented to the state coniinls , slon by Statistician Amos Peahody ; may be credited- IVabody's stalls I tics were given as a part of the San- American nation Is ta Fes testimony In the San Joaquin constitution to help valley rate case, In which San Fran- forward the great movement; It Is i cisco shippers are seeking Iuwer tar unable to bind Itself to any future IfTs from this city Into the lower val Bubinlsslon of Its ense to an arbl-: ley. trarll court, though the whole world Peabody said the state business Ki ui Ul II14UUUU UI1U : remember, If the senate follows the peace- For, cannot blud us, the nation never can bind us; these peace loving people forever are Incapable of taking a step along the great path which all the world wishes to tread' and along which all the world thinks America Is the best fitted to lead.' " was all a loss because the cars did not run full and the stations were .too far apart, lie declured all the learnings of the Santa Fs were made In interstate business. Pressed for a I reason, Peabody admitted that the I cost of the state service had been figured at five times the cost ot in herniate traffic.