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,' . ' ' ' ! i THE BEST i Hit LAKucM l J riDnir itiaw : NEWSPAPER . 36TH YEAR. SALEM, OEEOON, TUESDAY, APEIL IS, 1913. PRICE TWO CENTS SWffl fi ii i! i ii a .a. u. a. in 554 :jl - II VI II 11 i E f Minnesota Kicks Against Free Wheat or Even a Duty of t Only 10 Per Cent. CITRUS FRUIT WANTS IT And Calif oral an Will Make a Bitter ; Fight and Wool Senators May Trade With Them. UNITED puea UUI1D WUl.J ' . Washington, April 15. Discussion of the agricultural products schedule of the proposed new tariff bill was con tinued by the house Democratic caucus today. The first item considered was the provision for a ten per cent duty on wheat, with Minnesota representa tives bitterly attacking the paragraph. The citrus fruit clause in the tariff bill may come up this afternoon and the Pacific coast delegation is prepar ing for a bitter fight. The caucus rofuscd to place wheat on the free list and also rejected the am endment to increase the duty to fifteen "fonts a bushel. The amendment placing countervailing duty of 10 cents per bushel only on wheat from countries discriminating against American wheat also was defeated. Efforts of California and Florida representatives to induce the house Democratic caucus to increase the duty rates in the proposed citrus fruit sched ule of the new tariff bill failed. Ev ery amendment to the schedule proposed 'was rejected. . Earlier in the day the caucus alto had refused to change tho duties on wheat and chicory. BAYS GIRL STENOGRAPHERS ABE VEST POORLY PAID united raise leased wui.1 Los Angeles, Cal., April 15. That female stenographers in Los Angoles Teceived from (8 to (8 per week, ex , perts receiving from (10 to (12, while male stenographers recoive (85 to (100 per month for the same service, is the , report of Mrs. Francis Noel, a mem , ber of the municipal women 's wage in vestigating committee on file today with that body. Mrs. Noel further declared that wo men stenographers over 25 years of age find difficulty in getting employment, and that this difficulty 1b greater if the applicant !b not pretty. Employ ment agencies, she said, charge from 20 to 25 per cent of the first month's wages for placing stenographers. . .Her Death a Mystery. UNITED ri"S IJUSED Win!. San Francisco, April 15. The funer al of Olga Tcniohovleh,the beautiful Russian girl, who took her own life in tier apartments at the St. Francis ho tel here last Friday, was held here this afternoon, under the forms of the Rus sian church. All arrangements were made by friends of Isaac Upham, the dead girl's fiance, and the ceremony was private. No solution of the myntory surround ing the girl's death has been found. Think Him Insane. united mm leased wm. San Jose, Cal., April 15. A commis sion in lunacy will examine Tom I'bcariu, the Bell station rancher, who ttat and killed Henry Beneker, and then crushed his head with a hammer, f wording to announcement here today 1 District Attorney A. M. Free, arin is in jail at Oilroy, pending a ir iiliminary Investigation. Mrs. Bone' Imr, the young widow of the slain man, who witnessed the killing, also be linves Shearin is insane. SALLBOAD MAGNATES CHARGED WITH MANSLAUOTEB united rust leased wins i Bridgeport, Cann., April 15. Charg ing them with manslaughter and negli gence in connection with tho wreck on their line at Wostport, Conn., last Oc tober, bench warrants were Issued by Superior Judge Greene here today for President Charles Mollen and Vice President E. Mcllenry, of the New York, New ITaven Hartford railroad. SAVED SOME SOULS AND ALSO (23,000 united mess leased wise.) Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 15. Twenty three thousand dollars is the financial return made to Rov. "Billy ' Sunday, he baseball evangelist, for his seven weeks soul raving campaign in this see ion of Pennsylvania. Bev. Mr. Sun 'y declared the (23,000 was all in ""free will" offerings from the people f Wilkesbarre. Kidnaped Her Own Daughter. Fort Payne, Ala., April 15. For kidnaping lior six year-old daugh ter aftor stealing quietly into town from her home in California, Mrs. Charles Minnott is being sought by the police here today. The Minnotts were divorced a short time ago ami the custody of their two little girls was given to tho father. The elder child refused to leave with her mother. The youngor, but recently return- ed from a kindergarten, accom- pauied her mother willingly. Leading Society Man of Springfield, Ohio, is Charged With Murdering Hi Wife. I united vur.su leased wihi. Springfiold, O., April 15. Backed by tho loyalty of his young wife, formerly1 a nurse, whom he wedded six months after the death of his first wife, Dr. Arthur B. Smith faces trial here today for the alleged murdor of his first wife, Mrs. Florcn Caviloer Smith, in March, 1912. Stnto and defense have made elaborate preparations for the trial, the accused doctor himself having spent the months of his confinement in tho county jail in studying poisons, in the attempt to prove that cyanide of potas sium did not cause the death of Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith died suddenly on the morning of March 18, 1912, aftor a slight indisposition of a few days. She complained of illness on that morning, and it is alleged that ber husband brought her a cup of cocoa. She im mediately bocame violently ill, and Dr. Smith summoned Dr. R. C, Bind. Ac cording to the state 's charges, Dr. Rind advised a hypodermic injection, .and the husband said he had already pre pared one, which was used. The indict ment charges that the alleged poison ing was accomplished through the co coa and the injoction. Six months later on October 1 Dr. Smith and Miss Mabel Merchant, nurse at a local hospital, were married. The second Mrs. Smith is a native of Cam bridge, Mass., whore her relatives live. Shortly aftor this marriage the county authorities, a't the instigation of the dead woman's family, set in motion an investigation of her death. The body was disinterred and analysis of the v!b cera was made by chemists, who are alleged to have reported the finding of cyanide to tho special grand jury. Dr. Smith was arrested Novombor 22, 1912, and committed to jail without bond. Expensive rugs were brought to cover the hard cement floor of his coll; pictures and draperios hid as much as possible the gloomy iron bars; an easy chair, a reading table and a chiffonier completed tho coll furnishings. His meals wore brought in from a restau rant, and he ordorod a telephone in stalled in his cell. Tho court, however, balked on the telephone, and instructed the sheriff hot to allow it. Shortly after Dr. Smith's arrest, the exclusive Springfield. Country Club, of which he had been a, moving spirit, quetly dropped his name from its roll. Other organizations with which he had been identified followed this example. But in the new Mrs. Smith he had a staunch supporter. She vigorously pro claimed her belief In his innocence at the time of his arrest, and is still un shaken j She has spent several hours daily with him during the months of his confinement. Dr. Smith has taken the accusation philosophically. He has spent the great er part of the time in prison reading books on poisons and their effect on hu man beings. These books have been carried to him by the suitcase full, It is through his studies of these books that Dr. Smith says he expects to prove his Innocence, and escape the electric chair. 1 ' SAN DIEGO OPENS . FREE MABEET TODAY UNITED rftISS UUitTJ WIRE San Diego, Cal., April 15. San Di ego 'a free public market opened today with great success, crowds attending and buying. The market was started by ranchers of thle county to eliminate the middle man. A Woman with a bale of hay and one egg got the choicest corner of the mar ket by appearing at S a. m.f and hold ing her place nntil her market wagon arrived. When Jesse Stroud Found His Wife Riding With Another Man Trouble Started. WHILE THE MEN FOUGHT She Fired Twice, Then Getting Off Her Horse Deliberately Blew Her Husband's Brains Out New Orleans, April 15, Following a bloody fight between the two men, af tor her husband, Jesse Stroud, had come upon her horseback riding with Edward Beeler on a country road,' Mrs. Stroud shot and killed the former near here today. Stroud, who is vice-president of the Vivian Oil comany, first pulled Heeler off his horse and began thrash ing him. Mrs. Stroud then drew a re volver and shot Stroud in the side. Maddened by pain, Stroud continued to pound his opponent's face into a bloody masa, and Mrs. Stroud fired again. This time she broke Beeler's leg. Her face livid with rage, the woman got off her horse and, approaching the struggling mon, awaited an opportunity to place the pistol against her hus band's head. It' came, and the shot blew out his brains. The two men, one dead and the other exhausted, then sank in a pool of their own blood, and lay there until tho authorities came. Pistol in hand, the woman waited near them. "After I am acquitted I am going to snarry Beeler," she said, following her arrest. , Fresno Went Wet united rasa leased wiri. Fresno, Cal., April 15. Fresno is to remain "wet." According to complete returns of yesterday's eloction, com piled today the wot vote was 5060, and the dry vote 3202. The fight over the liquor question completely overshadow ed the mayoralty contest in which Mayor A. E. Snow defeated A. L. Hobbs by 2473 votes. Burled Coin Found. UNITED PRBSS LEASED WIRE. . San Jose, Cal., April 15. More than (1000 in United States gold coin, be lieved to have been buried by Tibnrcio Vascquez, a notorious California mur dorer and bandit, was unoarthed at Los Oatos, near here while an old adobe house was being razed in a park. Tho coin is in the city possession today. MURDERED ALL OF HIS FOUR CHILDREN DNITKD PRESS LEASED WIRE. Fitchburg, Mass., April 15. Aftor slaying his four babies while in a mur derous frenzy brought on by continued ill .health, Ernest Moscbner, aged 35, shot himself and is dead at his home here today. The Hon. Gideon Stolz, brevet coun cilman from the Third ward, allowed his hand last night, and incidentally the hands of the balance of the councilmen. The Hon. Gid. was angry whsn he got up endwise in the council aud proceeded to punish The Capital Journal for dar ing to criticize him and the council. Now, when Gid. porpenuioularizes himself in the council thoro is generally something doing, though no one can foresee what it is, for Oid. i versatile. Ho may pour out his talo of love for a Buffalo-Pitts engine, he may ululurate in behalf of the necossity of rushing street paving regardless of tho "mix ing" or the condition of tho street ho has already provided with pavement, and ho may let his pcrfervid oratory flow in a generous ami rippling stream just for the edification of tho gaping crowds that listen in always hopeless expectancy of his saying something. Last night Gid. performed one of these stunts. When he pulled his lege out from under his desk and slowly pushed his leonine head up into the at mosphere, he was dripping vinegar, and he felt that it was the proper time to put the Capital Journal in pickle. Oid. is somewhat of an expert in the pickle line, so considered even as far east as Minnesota, or perhaps Michigan. Gid. was loaded and ao made a special re quest that the city stenographer take down his remarks literatum, and all that, transcribe the same, and furnish them to the morning paper for publica tion this morning. Forming a Government Rome, April 15. To discuss plans for an autonomous gvoru- ment, the first national congress of Albania opened a six-days sea- sion here today. Tho cougross adopt measures to protect the na- tional rights of the Albanians and will appoint committees to prepare a plan of government for submission to the powers, The powers are to fix the boundaries for the new kingdom. 4 E Frank Myers Postmaster at Portland and Edward Worth Surveyor-General for State. united peers leased wise. Washington, April 15 The follow ing nominations were sent to the senate today by President Wilson: Ambassador to England, Walter Pago; assistant secretary of state, John Os borne, of Wyoming; commissioner of internal revenue, William Osborne, of North Carolina; surveyor-general of Oregon, Edward Worth, of Portland; registrar of the land office at Lake view, Ore., James Burgess; receivers of public moneys, Samuel Mothershed, Burns, Ore.; h. A. Booth, The Dalles, Ore.; Nolan Kiff, La Grande, Ore.; Samuel Butler, Sacramento, Cal,. Post masters, Frank Meyers, Portland, Ore.; John Rollins, Tulare, Cal., and Min nie Swinord, Retchican, Alaska, Uncle Sam Furnished It united mass uuiid wire. San Francisco, April 15. Fitted from top to bottom with goods stolen from the United States army, a 22-room lodg ing house was raided here by Major K J. Hampton, U. S. A., who is quarter master at the Prosidio. Chris H .Mack, proprietor of the place, fend John Wag ganan, an employe of the army ware house, who is alloged to have sold the goods to Mack, are under arrest. Had Some Opportunities. Los Angoles, Cal., April 15. "If I had been willing to accept bribes or graft, I could have been a million aire," was Mayor George Alexander's unusual statoment today, which ho coupled with an assertion that ho had, in 23 years of public life, never, ac cepted a dishonest dollar. The mayor's declaration was not made in. reply to charges, but in a retrospective mood on his 51st wedding anniversary. Weather Forecast. Oregon Showers tonight or Wednesday, cooler tonight, South to west winds. Y GIDEON SCOLDS It will be seen by this that Gid. for got, for this once, the difference bo twoen "mine" and "thine," and want ed to uso the city employe for his pri vate work and incidentally to help an other of his loves, the morning paper. It was really too bad that liecordor Elgin butted in and prevented this be ing done, for those remarks of Gid. 's should be 4ut in print and handed down to posterity. Gidoon objected to the courso of the Capital Journal in criticising tlio aetiou of the city council in raising the city attorney's salary. lie asserted that this naughty, naughty paper was guilty of "lese majnste," in daring to criti cize that select body of citizens. Gid. had on one of his very few eco nomical spells. The conclusion of his oratorical display, which the morning paper with cheerful mcudaeity, says "was greeted with great applause," was as a matter of fact rotod with a silence that could be felt. Howover, that is the kind of upplauso the morn ing paper is accustomed to, ami heme is excusable for the misstatement. Giil. after thinking the situation over, concluded that the city should save on its printing bills, anil so lie moved that the business of the city that required advertising should be printed in hut one daily paper, instead of two, as here tofore. Oid. didn't select the paper, 'which was real artful on his part, lie passed that job up to the mayor, and so dodged the responsibility. Of course, Specifications Fixed Up So Contractor Will Not Have to Give Bond. STOLZ SAYS NOT LEGAL Mandate of Marlon Street Property Owners Will Be Wholly Disregard-, ed in Bond Regulation. Because the specifications for Ma rion street paving failed to call for a bond for maintenance, the mandate of the property owners of that street, that such a bond be required should bo dis regarded, the city council decidod last night. Realizing that such a bond meant that thoro would be something of a safeguard in securing Btich an experi mental paving as concrete, the proporty owners, at a meeting last weok, selected that kind of paving and passed a reso lution calling for a bond for mainte nance for a period of fivo years. Last night the street committoo, Gid eon Stolz chairman, reported that such a bond would not be legal, and the bars are let down, unless the city en gineer should so supervise the work that Inferior material is not used. Even then the city will bo under hoavy ex pense in keeping tho street in repair, it is considered certain, Property Owners Deceived, That the property owners were wil fully deccivod last week into believing that the bond would bo furnished is considered absolutely cortain today, and it is not hard to trace the main actors in the conspiracy. The report was mndo in rocommond ing that the bid of W. D. Pngh, for the Marion street work, be accepted. The Report Was Accepted. The report recommending the accept ance of the Gciger Construction Com pany's bid for tho Union strot work was also accepted. An Armistice Declared. UNITED FUSS LaiSED will. London, April 15. Turkey and Bul garia have arranged another armistice, according to telegraphic dispatches re ceived hero today from bath Vienna and Austria. The report cauaed diplomats hero to prodlet a speedy reopening of peace negotiations, with a successful conclusion. Montenegro is practically isolated as a result of tho blockade established by the powers' warships, Chili Will Take Part. Ran Francisco, April 15. Chilo is to have a fitting place in Panama-Pacific, exposition, according to word re ceived here today from tho state do partmont at Washington. The Chilean minister to the United States, Don Edu daro Suarez, will personally select tho cite, according to Artura Lorca, Chilean consul here. THE JO ho wanted to punish Tho Capital Jour nal, for criticising him. did. would use the city patronage to reward a newspa per if it stood in with him and licked his hand, and punish it if it did not. As The Capital Journal does not, ho in tends to punish it by withholding this patronage, that belongs to the people ami not to Old. The Capital Journal will have to stand it, It will try to struggle along without cutting down wages, or diluting its goods, its news columns, with praise of (licleon, In oth er words, it will not lick Oid. 'a hnnd; it might havo vinegar or dirt on it, and taste had, and then it Is so much easier, and so immensely mure pleasurable to lick Gid. However, we promise our readers that they will be fully informed as to the doings of the city fathers. The Capital Journal feels that full publicity should lie given to Al,, its acts, and realizing that tho morning paper's field Is limit ed will stand in ami help It out by giv ing tho council's action to its host of readers. In this connection the value of Tho Capital Journal as nn advertising rue diiiin is culled to our readers attention. When Gid. spoke last night the council chamber was jammed to tho doors, and many could not get in. The Capital Journal takes to itself tho credit for this attendance, for its little efforts along that line gathered the audience, and a newspaper that ran furnish a crowded bouse to hear Gid. talk well, we submit that that Is going some. Capturod His Guard. Sun Francisco, April 15. After Behind a gun from the hands of Priwilu John Moody, his guard, and forcing Modv to accompany liim to a downtown lodging house, Frank Cantelou, nn infantry pri- vato who was a military prisoner in the Presidio guard houso, is bo- ing sought today. Both the po- lice and military authorities are on his trail. Moody was forced to secure a suit of citizon's clothes for Cantelou. The guard was locked up himself when he return- ed to tho Presidio. . IS 3,000 MILES MY And Is Evidently Under the Impres sion That Uncle Sam Still Sends His Mails by Ox Teams. With a snarl liko that of somo pro dntory animal being driven awny from tho fat pullets of a farmer's barnyard, Councilman Gideon Stolz threw discre tion to tho winds lost evening, and launched into a rambling defense of himself, the city attornoy and the city council in the sewer bond matter. Stolz started his talk after tho city attorney had reported his negotiations during the last few weeks in regard to the (380,000 bond issue. Stolz said he did not like to have the opportunity go' by, and asked that tho lady stenog rapher take what he had to say, so that he could havo it published in the Statesman in tho morning. The re corder balked at thiB proposition, not bolieving in having tho city's stenog rapher work overtimo aftor tho coun cil meeting transcribing .notes, which wore of more interest to Stolz than any one else. He told Stolz ho could havo tho notes In timo for publication in Wednesday morning's papor, Page Violently Defended. Stolz told of criticisms which have been made concerning the dilatory tac tics of Page, evidently referring to The Capital Journal, and valiantly de fended Page, claiming that the city at torney had acted with all possiblo speed. lie said the city attorney was merely being mado a senpegoot. "It is as clear as the noondny sun to any thinking people," solemnly declared the councilman. Ho said It was time for Salom poople to wake up. Ho followed with a rambling dis course as to the proceedings, told how Boston was 3000 miles away, and it was a slow matter for tho city attorney to get communications there and back and thought it wondorful that tho bonds should havo been prepared with the only error that tho word "pay able" should have been thero Instend of "redoemablo." This llttlo matter was mighty Important in tho estima tion of tho bond experts, It appeared from correspondence, however. Not Even a Murmur. When Stolz sat down thero was ab solutely no applause, not even the elup ping of hands or a murmur of approval. It was evident that the councilman stood discredited in the minds of prac tically every one who heard him. Horse Laugh for Btolz. Later he arose and stated that in the Interest of oconomy he thought the printing should be done hereafter by only one paper, and that the matter be left to tho mayor. As he sat down what Is generally known as a "horse laugh" greeted him from the audience, the peoplo fully understanding tho ob ject of his plnn. TRYING TO DODGE ON A TECHNICALITY UNITED FIIRBS IXASKD WISE 1 Han Francisco, April 15, Putting forth the argument that a birth certifi cate Is not a public record, as a loop hole whereby to free their client, the attorneys of !r, W. W, Fra.er, the Weavervllle, Cal., physician, who is ac cused of falsifying such a record in thii city, created a mild sensation in Dr. r'ra.cr's hearing here today. . Iloth the defense and prosecution were given mi til next Tuesday to discover tho legal status of a birth record, I)r. Frazer is accused of aiding In the substitution of a live baby for the still born heir of Lieutenant Charles Henry Hlingsby, who controls vast English estates. Underwood at Work. friNITEU rSESft IJttKHU WIRB.1 Washington, April 15. Ignoring the advice of physicians, who told liim It might be dangerous, House Leader Un derwood today returned to work on the tariff bill. He is far from well. TELLS SOI I s 10 Walter McArthur of the Labor Council Scores the Present Land Conditions. MONOPOLY IS THE CAUSE One Firm Boosts It Owns Millions of Acres From Mexico to British Columbia. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIXI. Sau Francisco, April 15. Interests which havo boosted immigration to tho skies and have declared that through it California will be made the garden spot of tho world, were given a torrifio jar today by Waltor McArthur, of the Sau Francisco labor council, when he, in a spooch before tho immigration con gress here analyzed the situation and attempted to prove that a wave of Im migration, under present conditions, will sinothor the state rather than mnko for a wholesome prosperity. "Until wo havo tho rosourcos of our stnto thrown opon so that ovory for eigner invited to these shores be given an opportunity to make a decent living we had better go slow," said the speaker. "It is all woll enough to re ceive thorn in good spirit, aud to teach them to salute tho flag, to sing patri otic songs and to do such things. The great thing, however, is to see that onch persons who comes in gets a plen tiful supply of bread and butter. If they are given an opportunity to work and oarn a good living, thoy will fall Into tho spirit of America, and become thorough citizens. They will sing pa triotic songs of thair own initiative. Owns Immense Tracts. "Can they improve theso newcom ers' lives, as conditions now aref I don't think so. It is the boast of one concern in California that its cow punchers rnn start a herd of cattle at the Mexican border and drive thorn to British Columbia, camping ovory night on the enncorn's land. Why la this land held! Tt is held for speculation purposes, and until this concern, and othera like it, are forced to lot go of tholr land we must limit the immigra tion hero aa much as possiblo. "Of Into, many American farmers have been migrating to Cauada. WhyT Hocauso the land laws thero make it possiblo for them to make a bettor liv ing. The farmers who are going and who have gone aro the sturdiest of Americans. It should bo our first func tion to ameliorate tho conditions which aro driving them away. Aftor that let us think of Inviting the Immigrant. Be fore any other phase is considered we must think of bread and butter. To In vito immigrants in by tho thousands is to aggrnvato tho condition that makes willing workers moro plentiful than jobs.. To aggravate this condition is to promote unrest. Wants No Immigrants. "To the people who boliovo that the great Influx of foreigners will act as a wedge to lift us up to a highor plane I say that the influx will lie a wave that will destroy tho prospects of American workers." The speaker showed by figures that on account of the large holdings in Cal ifornia the average acreage of each farm is 310.7, a tremendous size, when compared with other states, aud that but 41 per cent of the land occt pied by farms has been Improved WHILE A OETTINO WILL GET A PLENTY Gid Stolz was given permission last evening by tho city council to get B lot of printing in concoction with the street improvements, Htolz said enough to last several years would bo secured. Got a Good Job. Denver, Colo., April 1,1. Attorney Samuel H, Thompson, of Denver, is to bo appointed an asistaut attorney gen eial In ehargn of court of claims cases by Attorney Gonoml Melteynolds, ac cording to information received her.) todny. Chief Rabbi' of British Empire. London, April 15. Dr. Joseph H. Hertz, of New York, is installed here today as chief rabbi of tho llritinh em pire In the synagogue. All the mem bers of tho Jewish clergy In the I'nitcd Kingdom were present nt the Installa tion ceremonies. Did Not Confirm. Washington, April 15. The senate adjourned to Thursday at 1:40 o'clock this afternoon without acting on any of President Wilson's nominations.