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36TH YEAR.
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1913.
PRfCE TWO CENTS
The Needs
of Asylum
Are Many
legislative Committees Find
Branch Asylum at Pendle
ton Shy of Milk, Eggs and
Mearl j All Other Fresh Food
Th 850 patients and 50 offioers and
attendant at th new state Insane asy
lum, at Pendleton, are living on con.
dented milk, and there Is also a woe
ful lack of fresh eggs and butter.
Ien the 60 HI and bedridden patlonts
are being given the condensed milk.
In fact the entire asylum population Is
virtually camping out.
This is the report brought back by
the joint legislative committee, which
Inspected the new Institution Satur
day and) Sunday, and which returned
o Salem this morning. Their trip was
to look Into the needs of the asylum,
which waB only recently opened, In tho
"way of equipment and appropriation.
There Is a woeful lack of necessnry
furniture and other equipment, which
-the legislature Is expected to remedy.
There 1b no barn, no dairy herd, no
fliennery. The grounds are badly lit
tered up with rubbish, and there are
-various other faults. The sudden nil
dltlon of 400 or more to Pendleton's
population has made It somewhat dif
ficult to get proper fresh food sup
plies, members of tho joint committee
say.
In general, however, the committee
was favorably Impressed with the big
Institution and Its modern arrange
ments. The buildings are of rein
forced concrete, and'prauically Inde
structible. While the Joint committeemen have
mot yet considered what appropriations
-they will recommend to supply the
institution's needs, one thing sure that
they will recommend the establish
ment of a herd of milk cows. Super
intendent McNary, of the Institution,
-will be here. Tuesday, and! the Joint
committee will take up the matter of
appropriations In detail.
One thing thnt Superintendent Mc
IJary will ask for Is an appropriation
for a new wing to the Institution,
which Is already filled to normal ca
' pacify. There Is only room for 20
more patients. It was understood,
lowever, that the majority of the com
mittee are not In favor of building
the wing, but think that the institu
tion should go along without it for
several years, even If the asylum has
to be badly crowded.
The commltteement, who were ban
queted at Pendleton on Saturday
night, traveled to that city and back
in a special car attached to regular
trains. In the legislative party were:
State Treasurer Thonfas 13. Kay, Dr.
It. B. L. Stelner, of the hospital at Sa
lem; State Architect W. C. Knighton,
President of tho Senate Dan J. Ma
larkey, Senators E. I. Dean, W. D.
. "Wood, J. C. Smith and T. 1 Perkins,
Hoprcsentatlvcs R. W. Hagood, J. D.
.Abbott, Roy Graves, F. H. Porter, J. E.
Anderson, Virgil H, Mossey, J. A. Wos
terlund, S. A. Hughes and W. D. Pot
ter. WADE SEES THEM-MOHELAND'S
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The Tide M.if Turn.
Vienna, Feb. 3 Thousands of
Austrian, Hungarians, Poles,
and Servians are preparing to
emigrate to Canada as soon as
the now steamship line which
will soon bo Inaugurated be
tween Trieste and Montreal by
tho Canadian Pacific railroad Is
open for business. It Is be
lleved that the now line with Its
low ratos, will turn a large part
of tho emigrants from this part
of Europa from the United
States to Canada. i
House Has a
Noble Bunch
of Farmers
HORSY HANDED SONS OF TOIL OF
MULTNOMAH LORD IT OYER THE
Kl'RAL MEMBERS SOME LEGIS
LATIVE OIGLETS.
One of the oddest sights of the legis
lature is to witness the Multnomah
delegation, those horny handed sons
of toll, butting in on legislation on
good roads and other matters of vital
Imoprtanco to tho rural and agricul
tural districts; actually taking the
lead In tho debates on such bills and
sotting themselves up as agricultural
authorities In general. Raw, raw, raw.
And yol theso dozen homy handed,
and headed Portlanders cut a big
swath on such mutters with their votes
no matctr if their talk only puts heated
oxygen in the . atmosphere. In fact,
their dozen votes usually decide the
fate of a bill.
Why, probably not one of them could
tell a whiffle tree from a noble oak;
a bunch of alfalfa -from a growing soge
brush; or a gentleman cow from one
that produces milk. Noblo tollors by
tho sweat of their brows, theso gentle
men, several of whom took the lead In
getting the bill passed over the gover
nor's veto, which compels all farmers
with land abutting on public highways
to keep such roads clear of weeds and
this ties. Olson, Upton, McArthur and
Ivatourette, lawyers; Abbott, Job prlnt-
or; Nolta, real estate dealer; Spencer,
civil engineer, Lawrence, printer;
Murnano, stationary engineer; Car
penter, a private detective, and so on.
One wonders why tho houso mem
bers from tho rural districts don't
combino and smite these Multnomah
Overall Boys, who know not tho differ
ence between a metropolitan street
sweeper and a . rural road scraper,
from off thefaco of the earth. Why
don't they? One big reason Is that
tho rural district members are not
prono to combine In clone organization
for the rural good, and another big
reason Is that each rural member fears
to Incur their Ire. Ha wants tho or
ganization Bupiort for some of his
own pet measures.
Meanwhile it Is a night that tickles
the gods.
Last week when the legislature ac
cepted Rogue River apples and pears
from the Medford Commercial club,
and ate them with much relish, it lttle
rocked of th evil tcbiiUs that would
follow with tho lotting down of the
bars, and so quickly, too. Already the
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SCARFl'IN SHEDS LIGHT ON SCROLL
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Convicts
Are Badly
Treated
Mitchell Explodes a Bomb
shell in the House When the
Sterilization Bill Comes up
Draws Pitiful Picture
"What chance would criminals con
fined In our state penitentiary have In
making an appeal to the counts."
shouted Representative Frank Mitchell
of Baker county, at the house this
noon, during the debate on the Bterll
lzaitdon bill. "No more, no not as
much as a yellow cur.
"I discovered yesterday while visit
ing the penitentiary that the criminals
confined there wear rags for socks and
underwear. They have to. Why, they
have had no chango of underwear for
IS months. They bathe and then have
to put on the same old underwear,
those that have rags that can be
called that Why, many of these men
are almost shoeless, work on the roads
with feet wrapped In rags.
"Fine way for the great state of
Oregon to treat Its conllned criminals
because of tho lack of sumclent money
appropriated to supp'y their absolute
ly necessary needs. Shame! Why,
out there, by reason of our laws, these
men are treated worse than beasts.
"it's not the fault of tho penitentiary
officials or the governor. The legisla
ture and the people are to blame. So
I repeaf, what chance would a peni
tentiary criminal have in an appeal to
the courts If tho state board of health
and the superintendent of the Instltu
tloK had decided that he should be op
erated on surgically."
Mr. Mitchell's address, which was
delivered with fire, electrified the
house and presaged such a long debate
that a motion to adjourn and take up
the bill again at 1:30 this afternoon
quickly prevailed. There Is a wide dif
ference of opinion as to the Justice and
wisdom of passing such a law.
The bill provides for the steriliza
tion of habitual criminals, moral de
generates and sexual perverts who
may be found In sUite Institutions. If
the superintendent of such an Institu
tion discovers such a case he Is to re
port It to tho state board of health.
That body is to investigate and If It
finds the accusation Is correct, It shall
certify bo to the superintendent and
order that ofllclal to have a surgical
operation performed.
This Is tho bill as originally intro
duced by Levelling, its author. When
up for discussion last week, however,
so much objection was found In that
it gave the accused person no right of
appeal, that the bill was referred bock
to tho committee where It was amend
ed to Include the safeguard that the
person accused had the right to appeal
to the circuit court.
Mr. Lewelltng opened tho debate to
day with tho assertion that the bill is
necessary for the future welfare of the
commonwealth; that It was absolutely
necessary to protect by preventing
persons of tho clnss aimed at from
propagating their kind. It was lawful
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BOOK MATTERS GILL AND CAMPBELL AS YERY DRY FARMERS OCR
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Is Probably Insane.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 3. After
holding the, police nt bay for
more than 12 hours, Joseph A.
White, a former Seattle business
man, who barricaded himself In
the Georgian hotel here, sur
rendered to the officers at 10:15
today.
The officers who had been on
duty since midnight talked him
into opening the door and lotting
them In. He will be taken be
fore a sanity commission.
Another
Expensive
Congress
IF PUBLIC BUILDINGS APPBOPRI
TIONS BILL PASSES THE TOTAL
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SESSION
WILL HIT THE BILLION DOLLAR
MARK.
ONITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.
Washington, Feb. 3. When the
house met at noon today it was ex
pected to hold night sessions through
out tho week In an effort to dispose of
all pressing buslnesB before March 4,
tho date of Preldent-Elect Wilson's
Inauguration. There are but 23
working 'doys of this session left.
Falrure to get through several big ap
propriation bills Is ttireatened, somo
of the members of congress predicting
they will lapse Into the extra session
to be called by President Wilson. So
far the legislative, executive and Judi
ciary appropriation bill Is the only big
appropriation bill to pass both houses.
It was predicted today that If tho
public buildings bill passes this will
be another billion dollar congress.
CONGRESS WILL MAKE
AYICKEIISHAM SHOW UP
UNITED riiESB LEASED WIRB.l
Washington, Feb. 3. A resolution
ordoring Attorney - General Wlcker
sham to transmit to congress all opin
ions and all correspondence relating
to his ordor Btaylng the serving of
warrants returned by the United
States court of Texas against John D
Archbold, president of the Standard
Oil company and other oil trust offi
cials, was introduced in tho house to
day by Representative Garner of Tex
as. It was referred to the Judiciary
committee. Archbold and his associ
ates were Indicted for alleged viola
tions of tho Sherman nntl-trust law.
KILLED INSANE MAN
TO SAVE OTHERS
UNITED rilESS LEASED WIIIE.
San Mateo, Cal., Feb. 3. Halted by
a bullet in his Bide from the gun of
Constable Owen whllo he was shooting
promiscuously at passersby ond para
lyzing Btreet car and other traffic,
Marko Angollnlch, an Insane laborer,
Is dying here today. Angollnlch took
his stand In the lower landing of the
Central block, pulled two revolvers
from his pockets and began to blaze
away. Every one in the vicinity fled,
and Owen, who was in the ollico of
Chief of Police Ilolnnd across the
s'.reet, fired through a window at the
crazed man. AnKollnlchdropped nt
the first shot.
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WMTrlb SEN ATO R DAY ,
Alarm of
Fire Starts
Stampede
Two Women Trampled to
Death and 11 Probably Fa
tally Injured in Panic in N.
Y. Moving Picture Show
ukitid run uahid wim.
New York, Feb. 3. Trampled under
foot In, a panic among 4000 patrons
of the Houston Hippodrome moving
picture theatre, after a film In the
operating room had become Ignited,
two unidentified women are dead and
11 men, women and children probably
fatally injured today. Operator Steln
er, who put out the fire a moment af
ter it started, is being held under $100
bonds today, but probably will be re
leased. A boy's cry of "fire" started the
rush for the two small exits. Many
fell down the steps leading from the
theatre to the sidewalk,
Fire department officials declare to
day that the theatre 'complied with all
the fire safety laws.
WENT SWIMMING IN
MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC
DNiTitn vnr,a 'eared wiiie.
San Francisco, Feb. B. Pajamas
as a bathing costume may become all
the rage here as tho result of the
Bwlmmlng exploit of Lillian Teece,
May Malloy and Ida Oppcnhelm, three
i actresses, while coming from the Anti
podes on the Ftcnmer Sonoma.
The Sonoma struck a calm In mid
ocean, and the "holdover" warmth
from Ihe sunshine made one of the
nights rather oppressive. The act
resses awoke early nnd one suggested
a "dip" In the canvnss tank nboard.
A niBtle of Bilk and then "splash.'
The swimmers lost no time In get
ting back to their cobln when tho
"dip" was concluded.
SHADES OF DENNIS KEARNEY!
JUST GET ONTO TniS
UNITED press leased wiiie.
State Capitol, Sacramento, Cal, Feb.
3. The assembly today unanimously
endorsed a Joint resolution favoring
the extension of tho Chinese exclusion
net as proposed In Congressman John
R. Raker's bill now before congress.
Exclusion, under this act, would em
brace all Asiatic labor from the Unit
ed Slates, under tho same provisions
now applied to tho Chinese.
The Pope's Heallli Bud.
(UNITED 1'IIESS LEASED WIIIE.
Rome, Feb. 3. Heeause the condi
tion of his heart Is far from satisfac
tory and tho gouty symptoms which
have bocn annoying him for some time
have Increased, concern Is felt over
the health of Popo Plus todny. lie Is
confined In his nparlnnmts.
Blir Fire In Suvnri nnlu
UNITED MIEHS LEAKED WIIIB.
Savannah, (la., Feb. 3. Ono million
flvo hundred thousand dollars Is the
damago estimated today from a fire
destroying the wharves of tho Mer
chants nnd Miners Transportation Co.
No lives were lost.
OWN IIELTZKL AS A MODERN MOSES AND NOLTA FACES I! I I'll, ONCE
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Washington, Feb. 3. Real tar
iff making began today when the
house ways and means commit
tee went Into executive session
to draft a tariff measure. An
enormous amount of technical
data has been .submitted. The
bill will be reported to congress
as soon as the special session
opens. It is expected that the
entire tariff subject will be han
dled in this measure instead of
by bills offering revision sched
u'e by schedule.
Would Close
All Places
on Sundays
MORAL SQUAD PREPARING TO
HATE LAW ENFORCED CLOSING!
BILLIARD ROOMS, AND ALL
PLACES OF AMUSEMENT SUN
DAYS. Another crusade directed against
the billiard parlors, confectionery
stores, cigar establishments, bowling
alloys, and, In fact, every business In
the city, with the exception of thea
tres, drug stores, doctor shops, under
takers, butchers and bakers, la on the
verge of being made by tho moral
squad of Salem, acoording to Deputy
District Attorney Walter Keycs today.
Four leading moinbers of Salom's
morality' aggregation called upon tho
deputy district attorney last Friday,
nnd made careful Inquiry Into the stat
ute, relating to business establish
ments which may lie operated on Sun
day, and those prohibited under pen
alty The names of the parties calling
upon District Attorney Keyes could
not bo ascertained, but that officer In
timated that his callers wore evidently
Intending to take action In the matter,
and believes prosecutions will follow
soon In the event the law Is not com
plied with by the Salem billiard par
lor proprietor, at whom the present
activity is undoubtedly aimed.
The Law.
The stntuto In question 1b as fol
lows: "Any person or persons, firm or
corporation conducting an open Btoro,
shop, grocery, bowling alley, billiard
room, for tho purpose of traffic or any
place of amusement on the first day
of tho week commonly called 'Sun
day' or tho 'Lord's Day,' such person
shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $5 nor more than $30, providing,
howover, that tho abovo provision
shall not apply to theatres, the keep
ers of drug stores, doctor shops, un
dertakers, livery slnblo keepers, butch
ers and bakers, and nil circumstances
of necessity may ho pleaded In do
fenso when any such action Is tried
before a Jury."
Whether or not this act applies to
clubs nnd private organizations that
operuto billiard rooms, or other
things oo'mlng within the prohibited
list, has not been thoroughly estuli.
llshed, as tho Btntuto has not been
given a thorough test In court.
However, sevoral of tho local bil
liard parlor proprietors woro warned
by Indirect notice, that Biich action is
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FourDead
and Many
AreHurt
Sacramento Fire Department
Proves Utterly Inadequate
to Fight Big FireFour
Dead Six Badly Injured
UNITED FUM LEASED WIRE
Sacramento, Cal. Feb. 3. Drastic
legislation la certain to follow tha
death of four persons In a Are that
destroyed tho AUumy wood and staff
St Nicholas apartment house here yes
terday and Imperiled the lives of flfty
nlx other inmates, six of whom are
badly Injured. A city ordinance ex
tending the lire limits and compelling
adequate fire escapes for all rooming
and apartment houses will be urged
Immediately, while the local flro de
partment will como In for an over
hauling.
Although tho alarm was sounded at
8 o'clock In tho morning, It was ten
minutes later when tho first response
was mado by the department. Once
on tho scene tho firemen were handi
capped by a lack of nets nnd the fnll
uro of the scaling ladders to work
properly. With adequate apparatus,
every lifo might have been saved.
The dead:
Miss Nora Lawrence, aged 47, clerk
In Wells Fni'Ro express office. Rody
found In ruins.
Albert Fehr, ngeI (13, Southern Pa
cific pensioner; body found In ruins.
Mrs. .1. I lydo Thomas, trained nurse;
body found In ruins.
W. J. Dunn, aged 30, manager Un
derwood Typewriter company, died of
Injuries.
Of those Injured, Harold Protzmnn,
an engraver, who Jumped from the
third story, will die. His back wns
broken. The other flvo Injured are
reported to bo on the road to recovery.
Charles E. Cox, clerk In tho assem
bly, who Jumped from tho second sto
ry, sustained injuries to his back and
wns burned about tho hands and anus.
The property loss, which Includes
the gutting of two residences nnd one
flat building, will approximate $85,
000. BOSTON GARMENT WORKERS
STIIIKE IN SYMPATHY
UNITED 1'IIEHH 1J0ASKD Willi.
Boston, Feb. 3. More than 6000
garment workers employed In 180 es
tablishments Btruck hero today aB n
protest against Boston manufacturers
doing work for New York factories,
whoso employes are out on strike.
Two thousand girl pickets surround
the plants. No disorders hnvo been
reported.
Kow-Tow tit Rockefeller.
UNITED I'llEKR LEASED WIIIE
Washington, Feb. 3. Tentative) ar
rangements to tulio tho definition of
William Rockefeller at Jekyl Island,
(leorgin, have been completed, accord
ing to tin announcement made today
by Chairman PuJo, of tho houso money
trust Invest Igr.llng conimltteii. I'ujo
and Seimtnr Samuel I'niermyer, of the
(omn.lltee will leave hero Thursday.
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