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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1911)
ififi mm VOL. XXL PREFERRED WAS HAPPY WITH HER JAPPY WHILE MOORES WERE SCRAPPY HE CHASED MAID . FOR A KISS Trials of Millionaire Moore and His Wife Furnish a Day of En joyment for a Big and Aristocratic Audience Moore Says His Wife Was Unfaithful, But According to the Maid, His Example Was Not One Calculated to Inspire Her With a High Regard for Her Wedding Vows. Redwood City, Cal, N'ov. 22 That J. J. Moore, the millionaire coai man, fighting Mrs. Llillnn Moore'B suit for divorce, chased t'or- lmie faehmidt Yueman, one of the maids in the Moore household around and around a piano in an ef fort to kiss her, was cart of a denosl. tion made by the girl, and read In court here today. The reading uiougiu me nrst touch or humor in to the case, and even Judee Buck smiled as the ripple of laughter went over tne aristocratic audience. Another laugh came when the maid's deposition brought out the ract tnat she preferred the affections of a Japanese servant to the ad vances of the millionaire. She told how she had outwitted the alleged at tempt on the part of Moore to get into her attic room. Corlnne is now the wife of the Japanese. She and her Oriental sweetheart were head over heels In romance right when their wealthy employers were up to their necks In fistic and verbal squabbles. Cor rinne's romance was so absorbing, she declared, that she had no time to watch the proclivities of either the husband or wife, and she could CONCERNING SCHOOLS AND THE TAX LEVY At the adjourned session of the school board the matter of the bud get for the year was again taken pu. It was found that $101,900 will be needed for the regular current bud get of expenses for the coming year, $35,000 of this amount will be fur nished by the state, $20,000 more will come from the laboratory fees and the like, while the balance, $64, 900, must he met by the taxpayers of the district. Taking last year's fig ures as a bas's, there Is over $11. 000,000 worth of assessable proper ty in the district, and in order to raise the desired amount it will be necessary that a 5-9 mill tax be lev ied. Besides the regular budget $9100 will be needed to pay off the amount now due on the school sites, and $7000 more to cover street and sewer assessments. This deficit of $16,500 can be paid off by an addi tional levy of 1.5 mills, In which ease the interest will be saved. This matter will be brought up before.the annual taxpayers' meeting for their approval. Superintendent Powers gave the board some i nteresting statistics comparing the registration of the va rious schools with records previously made, in, which every school showed a material Increase in the number of pupils. This increase will necessi tate the erection of two more scnooi buildings in the city. One will per haps be located in the northern and the other in the eastern part of the city, if the recommendation of the board is upheld. The office of Chief of Police Ham ilton to act as truant officer was ac cepted hv the board, and the neces sary stationery ordered. Mr. Hamil ton wil lact In this capacity without additional pay, and, w'th the authori ty that he has as chief of police, will be able to help the board out in solv ing many hard problems of school life. SOCIETIES DFBATED THE PARCELS' POST A debate was held last night at the Business Men's League hall on the subject of "Parcels Post. The af firmative was held by the Phllodor ian Literary society and the negative by the Websterlan Literary society, both of Willamette university. After a very warm contest, lasting over an hour, the negative won. The sublect Is a very important one as it is soon to be taken up by congress and there Is no doubt but what those present have a clear idea of what the system is. The Webster lan society was represented by Smith and Savage. The affirmative by O'Connor and Jefferson. Both sides were well prepared, the affirmative having the harder side on account of the prejudice existing against It JAP TO i ILIOfiAIRE, WAKES A NAIVE not say that she ever saw either of them drink. But she did state that she left the door of her attic room open for Moore one night. "But If he ever went up he did not find me," she declared. "I was sleeping down stairs." The girl said that Moore had asked her to leave her door open earlier in the evening. Mrs. Thoma3 Eastland, half-sister of the divorce-seeking wife, took the stand. She told of complaints Moore had made to her of his wife's drink ing, and how she had decided to as certain Just how much truth there was in the stories. She said she made "careful observations" of what was going on in the San Mateo res idence, and that she discovered that Mrs. Moore had not been drinking. as Moore claimed. Moore also ac cused his wife of being unfaithful. Mrs, Eastland said, but he mentioned no names. . Mrs. Moore's case will be finished this evening. Tomorrow her hus band's side will be aired. The real spice of the suit is expected then. Interested society people have been crowding the ceurt room throughout the trial. CLARK GETS TWENTY-FIVE DAYS IN JAIL . . 0 , , . . , ,i That Salem s a very tad place to live Is the opinion of W. E. Clark, the I. W. W. organizer, who was tried before Judge Webster yesterday for disturbing the Salvation Army street meeting and was given 25 days in the county Jail or a fine of $;0. Clark acted as his own attorney. He , stated that he arrived in the city a couple of weeks ago about 10:10 p. m. and that he was arrested for be- lng out after hours at 10:30 He was only released from the city jail Sun- uay ana nau mil a lew nours oi iree dom before he was re-arrested. In his own behalf, Clark stated that it was not his intention to dis turb the meeting of the Salvationists, but that his meeting had been widely advertised and that he waited for the Army people to get through with their meeting. They seemed reluc tant to leave, however, and so after their regular time to close, Clark started his meeting across the street. Clark admitted that he said some things about the Salvation Army peo ple but maintained that his state ments were correct. This made no difference with the jury who found him guilty on the proved fact that he did disturb a gathering of people met together for religious purposes. The Jury was composed of F. W. Durbin, F. J. Chapman, J. II. Baker, William C'herrington, Joe Adoiph and i J. A. Mills. Clark entered strong I ohlections for cause to some of these who admitted their prejudice, but these were overruled by Justice Web- ster. i The circuit court room was crowd- ed to overflowing with interested spectators and on several occasions there was boisterous applause as Clark maintained the principles of frpp sneech on the struts for him- self as well as the Salvation Army. o . MAY IXDKT A hk; i'ohtlaxdkk TrXITED PRESS I.EABKD WIllE I Portland. Or.. Nov. 22 An indiet Iment of a prominent city official, ! whose name is not divulged, is prom ised today as a result of declarations of a number of Chinese tnat uiey have been paying "protection" mon ev to prevent raids on Chinese gam bling dens Tho statements were made to spe- cial investigators detailed to look In- io me piiiii uinif, Rushlight. 1'ndress Relieursal. OSITED ?ZM rCD WISB.l San Francisco. Nov 22 --Hun- dreds of guests of the Hotel St-wart here fled to the streets in scant at- tfre early today, their sjurnbe rs Ing ruaeiy oisturueu --" ; ; threatened the building. For half n hour the street was a dress parade blaze with nominal loss. COfFSSIOH He Missed Legislature. Portland. Ore., Nov. two girls, aged 15 and 16 years respectively, appeared before the county grand jury today and told of their actions with John B. Goddard, ex-minister of the gospel, and no engaged in the real estate business here. God- dard is under arrest charged with contributing to the delin- queucy of minors. He formerly lived in Seattle, and since tak- ing up his residence here sever- al years ago has preached from local pulpits- Officials of the district attor- ney's office Intimate that they Will attemnt to have r.odlnrrl indicted for a statutory charge. At the last state election he was a candidate for the Oregon legislature, but was defeated. A RECORD BREAKING FIRE DRILL At 3:50 this morning an alarm was turned In for a Are drill, which was responded to by the East Salem De partment No. 2, which made a record breaking run to the corner of State and Commercial streets almost In stantly upon arrival of the appara tus, the fire boys were on the top of the building and said they wished It was 10 stories higher. They were soon playing water into the air, the engine furnishing a constant pressure jot 150 pounds. I Captain Churchill should be com plimented upon the good discipline I and order of the men in his depart- ment. The following who ascended .'the fire escape to the top of the building were Captain Churchill, Everett Fisher, chemical driver. And the regular hosemen, who were also on the building to direct the stream from the hose, were: Carl Jepsen, James Gullck, Ray Campbell, Peter Burhle, and Juan Woods. The manner in which the drill was conducte(i, under the able leadership n. rMa, Mnrl, o,.,,,, nn(i r,i m,.,..Mii aw v,t h. i?.. Salem flre department has quite a Uve, bunch of boyg and can be de. ded n to dellver the good8 'h ' lroH , ,,, no, least bv anv meaIU, was the .Tger.. flre engtne wbicn can throw a Btream tnat would make a Md wave look gck Mr j0uis umsigua.mt shoves in the coal and Fred AmIer8on turng on the stream and pours on the oil, while Andy Mc Farland Is the driver. o A FINE PLAY AT THE GRAND "COMMUTERS" THIS SI'LKMHrf I'LAY WILL HE (ilVEN HKliK BY THE ORIfilXAL (OMIMW THAT PKKSKMEI) THE PLAY IV KV YOIIK AND BOSTON. "The Commuters" which comes to the Grand tonight Is one of the strongest plays now on the road, and Is presented by the original company, which made it the great attraction In New York for an entire season. It is on the HelHg circuit, and Salem is one of the few smaller cities at which it Is shown. Those who saw "Alias Jimmy Valentine" at the Grand a snort time ago, hum spean of the delight of that occasion. It was a good play, but the reason that it delighted all who saw it was that it was presented by good players, a strong company, selected from the best talent In the east and not by long-hatred pick-ups from the ranks of ttie broken down and fourth-raters anxious for a Job. "The Commuters'' is in the "Alias Jimmy Valentine" class as to its ac tors, and those who are at the Grand tonight, will see a fine play artisti cally presented by first-clans actors. Thn nroue rftnuiicnl wherever the .' .,. ... '.nth.isi.mtlc ' I ' lsespn"thUsaiitie to f al someness ir you enjoy u s inaj. ido not fail to see "The Commuters" ' tonight. ll.lt't l It F P t It I T. LIMES I RE I ly tORTHlIK XM ' 22 Twelve T are No T h. or,n. disbanded a club rome ormes soon devoted to pmK xeas. tic science. SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMUER 22, 1911. Saw the Sltootinff . 4 Dejver, Colo., Nov. 22. "I saw her standing over Patter- son's prostrate body with a re- volver pointed at his neck. She was about to fire again. I cried out to stop her. But she shot him in the back, hid the revolv- er under his body and ran." This was the startling testl- mony given today by George Strain, eye witness to the shoot- lng of Patterson by hls wife. Gertrude, and the first witness called In her trial for her life. He took the stand after the de- fense announced that it would not follow Special Prosecutor Benson's statement with the defense's statement until tho state rests. The state demanded a verdict of guilty of first deg-ee mur- der. 4- WILL JOT RETURN TO President Diaz Is Disgusted With the Political Conditions and Says He Will Never Re turn to Mexico. HE WAS INVITED TO LEAVE Says He (iave His Life Work lo His Country, ami Wiien He Wan In. vtted to Leave He Accepted the Invitation in the Same Frank and Hurried Muiicnr In Which It was Kxtciulcd Would Aid Mexico Against Any Other Country. Paris, Nov. 22. Final declaration that he expects to never to return to Mexico politics, coupled with the as sertion that in the event of any for eign country attacking Mexico, h would give aid to the country of which he was president for many years, was made here today by Por firo Diaz to the United Press. The aged ex-president of Mexico thus de livered his views of the present situ ation In the southern republic and spoke of his own feelings. By Diaz, former president of Mex ico: "I am willing to express an opinion on Mexican events. Reports reach ing me are biased one way or anoth er. The country is split Into war ring factions, antagonistic and each calumnnlatlpg the other. Opinions change quickly in Mexico. Senator Itoot and others who attended the celebration shortly before my retire ment from the presidency, can testify that they loved almost worshiped pie then.' They changed over night. They said they wanted me to leave. They wanted another president. I replied, 'Very well. I'll go.' I don't know the truth about home condi tions now. I am afraid to state my opinion, because, perhaps I am not unbiased myself. "No, under no conditions would I return to Mexican politics. I never will have another word to say con cerning them. I'm done. I gave my youth, my age everything to my country. I was happy to do so. They asked me to leave. I will not return to a country where conditions change so quickly. "But, no there Is one condition upon which I would re-enter public service. On the event of war be tween Mexico and a foreign power I would give all I have left to help Mexico. "My plans are unsettled. I love Spain and may lire there. At any rate, shall not live In any other part of Europe." o . KTRXISH LI'MRER EOR DEPARTMENT Acting on a recommendation from Superintendent Powers, the school board last evening sanctioned the purchase of the necessary lumber for the manual training department of the high school and as a result, the classes In this department will make useful pieces of furniture during the school year, such as cabinets, tables etc., and the furniture will become the property of the Individual maker when It Is finished. Each student now pays an annual fee of $1.00 to cover breakage, etc., and as it is the cui'toin In other schools for the school hoard to fur nish lumber for this special work to the amount of five feet to each mem ber of the class, the Salem board could not see why Salem boy should not have the same advantage. In making bis recommendation, Mr. Powers said: "It Is believed that a boys' sense of ownership In the article be Is mak ing Is a great incentive to painstak ing work and he will turn out a much better product In every way according to his plan." COUTRY GRIZZLED OLD PROSPECTOR TELL! OF PIOUS Will Massacre Forolnners. Shanghai, Nov. 22. With massacre at the hands of both the Chinese rebels and the Man- chus, cch of whom blame aliens for favoring the cause of the other, foreigners from all ! the Interior of China today are fleeing for the coast, and many of them, It Is feared, will meet death on the way. The anti-foreign feeling, so far repressed, Is beginning to snow Itself' dangerously, esue- dally in the province of Honnn, from whence a wholesale exodus of Europeans Is In progress. Throughout all the provinces outlaws are swarming. They openly threaten the fleeing for- elgners, and news of the sluugh- ter of small parties Is hourly expected from the Interior. . WOULD END AGONY OF HIS FATHER Richmond. Va., Nov. 22. Express lug his desire to end his father's ag ony of suspense, Henry Clay Beatle, Jr., condemned to die by the electric chair on Friday, for the murder of his young wife, Issued a statement this afternoon through Rev. J. J. Fix, In which he declared his readiness to die. "I am ready to die," declared the doomed young man. "I would ust as soon die on Fri day as 30 days later, because it will end my father's agony. 1 don't know but that It is better to die now than to have him snffer SO days longer -1 have accepted religion, and am pre paring for the end." Rev. Mr. Fix stated that Boattle has become converted, and will go to the chair with the strength of re ligion In his heart. Arrangements were completed to day to bury the body of Beattle on Saturday beside the grave of tho wife for .whose murder he Is to die. Wants a Husband. San Francisco Nov. 22. Old tars at the Seamen's Institute here are today suffering the scare of their lives. All are confirmed bachelors. Mrs. Effle Kessler, for years their housekeeper, decided It was time to get herself a husband. She began by knocking at each sailor's door, and querying him as to qualifications She said the spirits told her to. Hut she did not tell the authorities, who took her In tow, what kind of spirits. So they say she Is mentally de ranged. o WANTS OREGON SYSTEM FOR WASHINGTON I UNITED PBI5SS t.HAMII WIIIE 1 Seattle, Nov. 22 Sainton Warbur ton, congressman from the second district, has declared himself em phatically In favor of a special ses sion of the legislature to enact a presidential primary luw. This de claration Is made In a letter to the Progressive Republican league, of Seattle, received yesterday. Warhur ton says: 'I have stated to evorybody who has asked me that I am In favor of tha unfw-litt uduuliin fur ttia on nu.u.. enacting a presidential preference ! primary law. i cannot see any rea son why every voter should not have the same right to express bis choice for president that he has to express his choice for senator, governor, con gressman, etc. There are but few people In the state who are not In favor of a direct primary law for the nomination of all candidates. I am certainly a strong believer In this system of nominating candidates and I think the nomination of president should not be made an exception to the rule." o Would Advertise Town. tcm7lt rilHD I.K1HCII Willi 1 Orovllle, Cal., Nov. 22. The cham ber of commerce hi re wants the name, of Ishl, the aborigine captured near here, changer to Orovllle-. it makes little dllference to Ishl what he Is called, and would be a good ad vertisement for the town o Drowned in Rath Tub. San Francisco, Nov. 22. Weak ened by an instantaneous heater's combustion of tti" oxygen in the air. Fletcher Husband, aged 2.'!, or ganist of 8t- Luke's church, was drowned today In tho bath tub of his home. Husband was one of the best known musicians la the city. OLD ROOKY'S DUPLICITY GOT HIM IN HIS CLUTCHES AND THEN HE PLUCKED HIM MINISTER PLAYED IN GAME Lou Merritt Tells the Story of the Years of Prospecting, His Discovery of the Greatest Iron Mines in the World, of Rockefeller's Minister, F. T. Gates, Telling Him What a Good and Honest Mna the Old Pirate Was, of His Getting Money From the Oil Magnate, and of the Final Tightening of the Cinch. unitid rinss uum wim. Washington. Nov. 22. How John D. Rockefeller, after giving hint a "brotherly feeling" plundered him of millions of dollars' worth of the rich est mines of the Mesaba range, using the Rev. F. T. Gntes, his chlof phil anthropic ngent. to put through the deal was detailed at length to the Stanley congressional committee, which in Investigating the steel trust here today by Lou Merritt, a grizzled backwoodsman, who uncovered to the world those vast fields of Iron which todny form a great part of the wealth of the oil king. And Merritt did not nilnce words. He bluntly declared that Gates, In milking Rockefeller's propositions, lied. Attorney Reld, for the steel trust, tried to stop the flow of de nunciation of Rockefeller but was bluntly turned down by Congressman Stanley, who decjared he felt his pnrt in the expose was "the greatest public service I ever did In my life." "In connection with interstate commerce?" asked Reld. "No," was Stanley's answer, "To humanity." Lon Merrllt's Story. , Washington, Nov. 22.-4on Merritt, grizzled backwoodsman, giving his occupation as an "explorer" today told the Stanley committee of his ex periences when pitted against the Rockefeller crowd. He told, the pic turesque story of the discovery of the Mesaba range. "I early became ah explorer," Mer ritt said, "after I moved with my parents In 18G6 to what Is now Du luth. I enlisted In the war and walked 150 miles to Join the army packing my own grub. The war hit us pretty hard, but we managed to raise potatoes and catch enough fish to get along. "For 16 years I explored the Mesa ba range and put all my earnings Into ore land. Everybody laughed at mo but I knew It was pay dirt, for my father told me so. After many years my brother Alf and I finally discovered the ore. We made amng ?"tic survey, located the ore basins and I finally bought tho Mesaba mountain ore nil no which later be came the largest In the world. I put $20,001) In small sums Into the mine." Tells of Hardships. Merritt described his hardships at length and how he finally found the or' In 18111. lie said: "I have never been In jail yet, but I have been In the legislature, and, what's worse, I have been a lobbyist. I put through a law permitting the leasing of ore lands in small iiiantl tles by poor people with the Idea of preventing the big concerns from gobbling the whole range," Merritt said he found great dllllculty In get Expert Judgment of Quality and Style are unnecessary when you select Bishop's Ready Tailored Clothes. The Bishop label in a suit or overcoat assures you of the best there is in men's clothing; re moves all guess work as to t quality, style, fit and finish. J Every garment we sell is guar l anteed all wool and strictly hand tailored. Our prices are modest $15.00 to $30.00 l Salem Woolen Mill Store t JUST WRIGHT I SHOES ting money to develop the range. He went to Carnegie and Frlck, Refer ring to Frlck he said: "He did not treat ma like a gen tleman. He bulldozed me and ridi culed the Idea that there yas any ore In the range. I hung arcund for several' days, and then Gates said they did not have any money even Rockefeller was hard up. "Hy Golly, I believed If then, but I dont now, because I know Gates lied." Merritt said he Baw Rockefollor, who gave him a brotherly greeting, and then turned him over to Gates. He told of the formation of the con solidated mines company, of which he retained nominal control, but which was really dominated by Rock efeller, loiter Merritt was frozen out entirely, he said. Under the con solidation agreement, they 'failed to', take up the bonds as agreed, the witness declared. Rocky Is a Brat. "The way we were held up was brutal," said the grizzled old miner Indignantly. "One of the stockhold ers of our company, an honest woods man, came to me and Bald: 'I went to, Rockefeller, Ixn, and ga,ve him a " certain number of daya to do. what he promised for you boys. Today I went to see him again, and' he re fused to act I've quit". v Attorney Reld, , representing the steel trust, Interposed an objection to (his kind of testimony, which Chair man Stanley promptly overruled, de claring as he did so: "I feel right now that I am per forming the greatest public service that I ever did In my life." "Ia connection with Interstate' commerce?" queried Reld. "No," was Chairman Stanley's re Joinder, "To humanity." Merritt then told of an Interview with Gates, during the time when Rockerfeller held the Merritt stock as collateral for the loans he had made the brothers. Kates the Sycophant "Gates came to me, smiling," nar rated the witness. "He said: 'I come from Rockefeller. He has m ado up his mliiil what he wants done. The whole thing is planned. I have come to you. I am proud of It. I took a million dollars of Rockefel lers money to the I'nlverslty of Chi cago the other duy. 1 thought that the proudest moment of my llfo. Hut I am prouder now thnr I have this opportunity of talking to you.' "(lates told mo that Rockifellor would throw me and my brother out of the company completely to protect other Interests but we had borne the burden and tho heat of the day,' and we believed we should enjoy the fruits of our labors. Ho told me that (Continued on wage 8.) CLEANING. PRESSING and DYEING