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3 3IOXDAY, 3IARCn 6, 1911. ' 3I0RKIXG OREGOXIAV, EE BRINGS TO Italian Officer Gains Confi dence of Member of Organization. CONFESSION IS SECURED Marshal Capeuutl, of Neapolitan Carbineer. Traces Operations. Leader Alfano'a Rise to Be In Control Is Rapid. VTTKRRO. Mmrrh C To Marshal Ca pe sxutl. of the Lesion of Carbineers. In Naples, belongs the credit of having seeured from th Camorrlste a confes sion that -will figure in the cmm of 41 alleged members of the Camorra soon to b tried her for the murder of Gen ua r Cuoceolo and his wife. Whle the beat Italian defectives vera at work on the ease by order of Kin Victor Emmanuel. Cspeixutl disguised hinwelf successfully as a roalheaver. a porter and a peasant, and mixed with tea worst of criminals, soliciting ths honor of becoming- a member of the Camorra- A more Ms most Intimate criminal frleiwia there was ons who. whenever the Cuoccol affair was men tioned, was wont to smile and to may he knew all about the matter. Carbineer Hides Ills Time. The carbineer bided his time and gained an, ascendency over the young man. who was named Oennsro Abbate-mara-to, a type of the common degen erate. Abbaternaggto later was sent to prison for a minor offense. Capessutt. , who had posed a an enemy of the po lice, visited the Camorrists frequently. Finally AbbatemaRgio confided to him that he was In love with a girl and that he was loved In return. However, he despaired of marry Ins; her. Capes sutt said he saw a way out of ths difficulty and promised that as soon as Ms friend was out .of prison, he would loan him the money to set him up In business and have a "little to go wltfl." All he desired for this wss a little favor. He wished to be a Camorrlst and to have soma little knowledge to hold over the heads of members of ths society should they show themselves opposed to his admittance. Accord ingly, hs asked the other to tell him what he knew of the Cuoccolo murder. Abbatemaa-gio contested whst ha knew, receiving;. In exchange for his revelation, several thousand francs, a cottage at Caserta. a .mail cart and a ood horse. He married the girl and Capesxutl went to the wedding In the 'uniform of a marshal, which was a surprise to ths bridegroom. Rise Is Rapid. ; Enrico Alfano. otherwise known as 'Ertlcone. it appears, had been the head of the section of the Camorra of Na pIes since the death of Clcclo Cappsuc fcio. the most famous of their heads. In 3. At the latter dte Alfano was Zt years old and a simple member, but with great ambition. Proving hi cour age, he took up the threads of the old Camorra. reorganising and establishing It as It Is at present and calling; It the "ReHa Surgteta Ret orraata." the beau tiful reformed society). From that mo ment, according to the testimony to be Introduced at the trial on March 11. Al fano was all-powerful, the commander of the 13 factions of the criminal asso ciation which corresponded with the It districts of Naples. The society extracted tribute from dealers In the public markets and from the bands of smugglers Infesting the scburbs. and also assumed the prlvl lze of "protecting gangs of thieves, which were compelled to surrender from IS to 3 per cent of their loot. Active Head Resigns. About the year 1505. the man who Is to be tried as the head of this grest criminal organisation gave place as -the head of the heads" of the society, to one of his creatures, a sort of figure head, a certain Luulgl Zuccl. that bs llmsclf might no longer be In the eye of the police. Apparently he contented himself with being head of the most populous and turbulent district of Naples, the Vl.-aratl. It Is certain that .at various times, accused of complicity in or the responsibility for crimes, amona them bnrglary. tha breaking Into churches, engaging In the white slave truffle thefts of jewels, etc h continually saved himself, or If con demned, received a light sentence. Often ha was discharged for lack of evidence. . This was only possible. It wss said, through th protection which he re reived from the authorities who owed their election to his Influence with tha masses. RATE ANGERS FARMERS iVne Telephone Subscribers May Withdraw ratronare. ECGEXE. Or. March S. Speclal. Ilepreeentailvee of 13 farmers" tele phone lines met at tha Commercial Club rooms yesterday to protest against tha annual rate of li charged by tha Pa cific States Telephone Company for switchboard privileges. Committees wees appointed to Interview the busi ness men of Eugene as to the advis ability of cutting loose entirely from the Pacific mates Company and estab lishing an exchange of their own in Kugene. The switchboard rate for the farm ers' telephones has been raised from f 1 to J. The meeting yesterday waa tha third that has been held within a month, and another has been called for April 1. at which representatlvea of every rural line In the county will be present to discuss ways and means, and to listen to tha report of the committee that Is Investigating the possibility of an Independent exchange. CHOLERA IS UNCHECKED Honolulu Schools Close When It Cases Are Reported. iroNOLCI.t". March t. One mora rase of cholera developed last night, making a total of 1 cases and 15 d-aths since tha disease first ap peared. As a precautionary measure the schools ia one district . have been Closed. Athens) Gets Rival Malt Service. ATHENA. Or- March .-Special-Foetmaster II. O. Worthington haa Just Informed tha patrons of bis of!lce thst has taken up the matter of rural free .delivery with the department at Wash ington, and that It has grsnted the rural B.rrtce. which wl.l begin July 1. iJll. CAMORRA TWO BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN WIDOWS, BOTH OF WHOM, GOS SIP SAYS, A. O. VAKDEEBILT IS COURTING. ; I . 1 ' - tt- , I . : - . ;' " . - ... - '--"v. ..-.. . - .' ,."" 1 i - X . ' j f- : I I : r:;y: zr r J h V)? ',.?'." ' ' j I I - l K-' '; i I t 1 J r-' "' ' (' , J r. ' . . V . 4 . . t . ' -1- ' 1 Ik - .-- --.vr ' : ? -V i I '. --.': V' 4 - I :;- :. :x . 'V..- , I -Ir :: J. .1" f t - ' , ' 1 4 x In t . ; . e : :'Sk - .J ae ARE RIVALS Vanderbilt to Wed Either Mrs. McKim or Mrs. Law, Rumor. WHICH? SOCIETY QUERIES Fact That Millionaire and Both American BeanUea Are In Lon don Slake Interest In Gossip Particularly Acnte. vrw TnRk" March 5. (SDecIaJ.) Society and thousands of people out of It are wonuering .hii Valderbllt Is going to marry Mrs. Smith Rollins McKim or Mrs, George Law. both American widows and both very beautiful. Mr. Vanderbilt has declined thus far to admit that he Is going to become the husband of either, intimating that his plans are hla own affairs, but the public, taking a different view, insists one or the other lady is eventually to be Mrs. Vanderbilt and Impatiently waits for Mr. Vanderbilt to make up his mind. If he has already done so. or. more properly. It the fetching Mrs. McKim or the attractive Mrs. Law has decided to accept his wealthy and aristocratic hand, all parties -concerned are dis creetly silent Interest I Acute. Interest In Mr. Vsnderbllfs alleged love affairs is particularly acuta right now for the reason that both women whoso names have been linked with tha millionairess, and that gentleman himself, are now In London. Mr. Vanderbilt Is in tba BritMh metropolis preparing for the 111 coaching eeason. Mrs. McKIm has sailed for London. When sha left New York It was rumored that, upon ber ar rival abroad, her engagement to Mr. Vanderbilt would be announced. Mrs. McKim Is tha divorced wife of Dr. McKIm. of Baltimore She secured her decree in Reno, Nev charging her hueband with cruelty and intemper ance. Pha Is tha daughter of Captain Isaac King Emerson, who made an im mense fortune In patent medicines and who Is now building a f 1.000.000 botl In Baltimore. Gossip' Tongue Wag. Some time after Mrar McKIm secured her divorce. Mrs. Alfred O. Vanderbilt divorced her husband. Gossip promptly wagged He tongue and society looked for the marriage of Mr. Vanderbilt and the Baltimore divorcee. Sha was fre quently seen hers tn hla company. Although Mrs. George Law la an American widow, aha makes her homo In London and la famous among the American beauties In the British cap ital. Mr. Vanderbilt met her in New t n,itH - t and showed her such marked attention that Immediate ly tt was whispered that sna wouia oe the mlllonaire's next wife. Mrs. Law recently returned to London. LORIMER GIVEN WELCOME f On tinued From First Pag. tor waa greeted by 300 members or tha Letter-carriers' Association, beaded by the association band. Hera mora women and children pelted Senator Lorlraer with flowers and gave him a nosy wel come home. Streets Are Crowded. From tha park to tha Lorlmer home, the streets were crowded. Women waved flags from porches and windows. A mil itary band played "See. tha Conquering Hero Cornea.- Tha street In front of the residence waa packed with shouting friends, whom tha police had to force back to make way. On the porch of his home neighbors and political associates extended another greeting, while tha pretty Lorlmer children looked down ad miringly from tha windows overhead. Rev. Michael Bonfield made tha formal welcoming speech In behalf of "the poor and needy to whom Senator Lorlmer ever had been a sympathetic and helping Lorlmer spoke briefly In re ply, thanking hla friends for their loy alty and confidence In the face of "ten months of character assassination." - iiani nrf Edward Hlnes also spoke, tha former denouncing tba news- I , X .'if r r. .-v-.-.'-lI f. 2 : -. .'. aa:.tf,jrsWsl ' ', Above. Mrs. Smith Rolllas McKIm. Above. Mrs. Smith Rolllas McKIm. Below, Mrs. George Law. papers that "had plotted the destruction of the distinguished Chlcagoan." SENATORS ASKED TO RESIGN Plain People" at Rockford 'Grill Lorlmer and Culloni. ROCKFORD, 111- March 6. (Spe cial.) Lorlmer and Cullom heard from tha plain people here today and the aound that the plain people made was one not calculated to raise their spirits or add gaiety to their welcome home. In the biggest mass meeting ever held In Rockford tha citizens of Win nebago County by a unanimous vote and amid a display of the bitterest feeling of Indignation adopted resolu tions demanding that both of the Illi nois Senators resign. Lorlmer waa asked to get out of the Senate because ha had "besmirched the fair name of tha state." and because his election was "procured by bribery." Cullom was Invited to resign because ha had -betrayed tha people, who had trusted him for years," and because his vote was pronounced a potent fac tor .Id having Induced the United States Senate to keep Lorlmer in his seat. Tha meeting which was held In tha courthouse wss not only the blgrgest ever held In Rockford. but was the most representative. Citizens of alf classes and all parties were present. In numbers tha crowd reached nearly 1000 and this In the face of the fact that tha day was rainy and the meet ing had been called on only one day's notice. NEW MAGAZINE IS .SNARE Police Looking for Founder on Com plaint of Labor Unions. SACRAMENTO, CaJ., March 6. (Spe cial.) Labor union folk, who interested themselves in the scheme of A. E. Fow ler to start the publication of a maga slne, the White Man, have asked the police authorities to help them find Fowler. .Many of the labor unions of tha city contributed sums rsnglng from t to S2S for subscriptions-. Tba unions believed n the mtn w- o proposed to start a irci.thly mag i ni. to be devoted to the cause of preventing Asiatic additions to the cause of labor on the Pacific Coast- But it appears that Fowler had been in Seattle before be came here; that he published the initial number of a similar magazine there, and then waa aeen no more. It is sald that Fowler collected several hundred dollars 'n subscriptions and do nations to the magazine, and that the firat publication made its apiiearance two weeks ago. Since that time Fowler haa not been seen. . , n . ,. WAR LAUNCHED NEVADA DIRGES i In Reno, Where "Colony" Is Located, Ministers Be gin Campaign. ! PRESENT LAW ASSAILED Xew Yorker Snys Syndicate Is Form- lng to 6end 50,000 After West ern Decrees Prominent Men Lend Aid In Fight. RENO, March 5. (Special. The first shot in a determined. Nationwide cam paign against the existing divorce law in Nevada was fired tonight from every pulpit in Reno, and was the signal to church people throughout the state to buckle on the armor for the fray. The principal battle cry was sounded v. camlet rhtirch. where State Senator Dlx Smith, of New York, spoke on "The Eastern View of a progressive State," a subject designedly chosen for an open attack upon the easy methods of securing a decree of divorce In this commonwealth and as a rebuke to those Senators and Assemblymen whose strategy " brought about the sudden death of the Syphus bill, which pro vided for a year's bona nde residence within the state Instead of six months as at present. . Senator Smith rather startled his audi ence when he declared positively that an International divorce syndicate was now in process of formation with offices In London. New York and Reno, through whose hands 60,000 would-be divorcees of all countries would bo passed on to Reno within six months. The moving spirit In this organisation, the speaker said, was a disbarred New York lawyer. Friends of Statute Alarmed. The friends of the existing statute were thrown into consternation when they learned this afternoon that plans for a formidable fight had been secret ly laid by the pastors of the various churches, who availed themselves of Senator Smith's wide acquaintance among public men to get an expression of opinion from sources that must carry gTeat weight. . v A few pf those addressed failed to reply, among them being William Jen nings Bryan, whose daughter. Mrs, Leavltt, was divorced a year ago. Many Condemn Law. Following are some of the statesmen, educators, merchant princes and others who condemn Nevada's present divorce laws: David Starr Jorhan, president of Stanford University; Benjamin Ide Wheeler,' president of University of California; J. G. Schurman, of Cornell; Harry Pratt Judson, president of the Chicago University; Arthur T. Hadley, president of Yale; H. B. Hutchins, president of the University of Michi gan; Nicholas Murray Butler, of Co lumbia; Andrew D. White, John Wana maker, Andrew Carnegie; Governors Baldwin, of Connecticut; Vessey, of South Dakota; Hooper, of Tennessee, and many others of prominence. The National Clvlo Federation has been asked to lend Its help in the fight. The Nevada Legislature adjourns in ten days and Governor Oddle, who him self is divorced, will be asked to call a special session to deal with an amendment to the present statute. The "Colony" Is quaking with fear. SOUTHERN ROUTE PLAN EXTENSION OF HARUIMAX'S DESCHUTES LIXE PROPOSED. Xcw Road AVouId Give Portland. and Los Angeles Direct Rail Con nection via Hazen, Nev. RENO. Nev- March 6. (Special.) As the result of the visit of Judge Lovett and the head officials of the Harriman system to the Coast It Is reported .that within 30 days work will begin, at Wads worth, which will result In the comple tion of a direct route from Portland to Los Angeles, via Hazen. The work will be done as a part of the $76,000,000 ex penditure planned by the Southern Pa cific and Union Pacific to be made In the next five years, and will prove of the greatest Importance to Nevada. It will make the state the crossing point of not only two trans-continental roads, the Southern Pacific and Western Pa cific, but an Important north-and-south steel highway Joining the Northwest with Southern California and ultimately It Is believed forming an outlet to the Gulf of Mexico and a clear passage for Immense cotton shipments to the Orient via Northwest ports. Construction work for a road from Fernly. near Wadsworth. has already been begun and the surveys Indicate that a connection with proposed extensions Into the Deschutes Valley from Washing ton and Oregon will be made. HIGH EGG RECORD MADE Record of 15 Vancouver Hens I 330 for February. VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 5. (Spe cial.) For pastime. W. J. Kinney of this city, raises a few chickens. He kept ac count of the number of eggs laid In Febraary- The 15 bens, eight White Rocks snd seven Rhode Island Reds, In S8 days laid ICO eggs. A record wss published recently of a woman who had Z chickens that Wld 9m eggs during the same period. If Mr. Kinney had had 45 hens all as good as his 16, they would have laid 990 eggs. WEST TO FILL COMMISSION Conservation Body to Be Kept Up Despite Resignations. SALEM, Or March 6. (Special.) Even though the last Legislature left the Oregon Conservation Commission minus an appropriation. Governor West declared today that he Intends to ap point a full commission to take the place of the members who are reported here as Just having resigned. "I have not seen the letter from the Oregon Conservation Commission bring ing news of the resignation of the even members of that body, but I certainly do not Intend to allow the commission to continue memberless." said Governor West today. "I Intend to appoint a commission as soon as I see an opnortunlty to do so. I do not know whether any of the present members will desire to serve further. In my mind, however, there is much work for the commission to do, even though the Legislature failed to pro vide the commission with an appro priation. Members of the resigning commission expended their own money principally In the- work done, and cost of all of the trips taken was paid out of their own pockets. "The commission was responsible for the present forestry law and the water code and I believe considerable good would "follow the appointment of an other commission if the present per sonnel refuses to act further." According to advices received here all seven members of the commission re signed, according to their own state ments, so as not to embarrass the present Governor. Members of the commission were F. C Young, Frank J. Miller. C. B. Watson. Joseph N. Teal. J. N. Hart. J. S. Stevens and J. R. Wilson. HAWLEY NAMED WATCHDOG Oregon Member to Prevent Waste on Appalachian Reserve. OREGOXIAN NEWS' BUREAU, Wash ington, March 6. Representative Hawley was yesterday appointed by Speaker Can non as one of two Houee members of Ap- rwlnrhlan Mountain forest reserve com mission, which is finally to approve -all purchases of land recommended by the Forest Service under the terms of the Appalachian bill that recently passed Ooneress. There was strong New England objec tion to Hawley'a appointment on. thia commission, especially as he has always opposed the Appalachian reserve bill and has no direct Interest in New England. The Speaker .took the position that. Inasmuch as this commission will su pervise the expenditure of JU.O0O.O0O or over, it is highly essential that there should be at least one member who Is not in favor of squandering Government money In the purchase of abandohed farms and other worthless land for crea tion of Government foreet reserves and for that reason he stood pat on Hawley. It will be Hawley"s duty, as a member of this commission, to see that worthless lands are not foisted upon tha Govern ment. No salary attaches to this ap pointment. AUTOIST MAKES FINE RUN Ed R. Reed, Driving Car Over Bad Roads en Route to Portland. LOS ANGELES. Ckl.. March 6. (Spe cial.) Half way across the continent In a four-cylinder automobile at the worst season of the year is the record of Ed R. Reed. With C. M. Morgan, A. D. Hunt and a handsome bulldog, he left Newklrk the middle of January, and the trio reached here yesterday, mud-covered, but happy, en route to Portland. Or. It was a great trip. Reed owns the car and he drove straight through and finished over the Los Angeles-Phoenix road-race course. From Newkirk, Okla., to the Pacific Coast in six weeks is a fast trip. After a rest here he will drive to Portland. He plans to remain In Los Angeles during the rains, as It is no fun driving through the damnness In an open car. The car is a three-seated roadster and Reed has driven all the way. When the trip was planned the roads were good. Reed kept putting off the Jour ney and finally decided to drive to the Pacific Coast. He was told of the weather conditions, but this did not alarm him in the least. He was ready and the trick was turned. ALASKA PROBE ENGROSSES Prosecutor Says Scandal Investigat ed at Detroit Is Biggest Yet. DETROIT. March 5. D. T. Townsend. special assistant to Attorney-General Wickersham. arrived here Saturday from Denver and immediately took up the grand Jury Investigation now in progress for the purpose of fixing the legal status of the Michigan-Alaska De velopment Company, with relation to 48,000 acres of coal land i near Homer, Alaska, to which about 200 Detroit res idents and about 100 others lay claim. "This is the greatest land-fraud case, if land-fraud case it be. in the history of the country," Mr. Townsend said. "It far overshadows the celebrated Guggenheim-Cunningham claims in Alas ka or the timber-land frauds In Wash ington and Oregon. Neither of those cases approaches the Michigan-Alaska case In extent, of acreage or valuation. In this case, nearly 60,000 acres of land is Involved, while the Guggenheim case had to do with only four or five thou sand acres." ' . Elgin to Hold Election Caucus. ELGIN, Or.. March 6. (Special.) The city caucus will be held at Elgin Monday night at the City Hall to choose candidates for city offices. The following are prominently mentioned for the various offices: Dan Somnier and H. H. Weatherspoon. for Mayor; R. C. Mays. Frank Smith. Frank Graham and J. C. Shockley. for Councilmen; Jesse Crura and L. Dungeon, for Re corder; William St. Peters and C. R. Patten, for Marshal. The A 50 word telegram at one and one half (116) the NIGHT LETTER rate THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. fTri ierrisfc er'itbnty First Spring Showing of Pellard Tailor-Made Suits Junior Serge Suits Tailored and Semi-Trimmed Hats Sale of Juvenile Books New Beauties in Wash Fabrics Black and White Dress Goods New Things for the Coiffure Baby Things, at Baby Prices Just In Kipling's New Poem ' IF" CHINA 15 SGftREO Fears of Russian Aggression Increasing in Pekin. BOXER DANGER IS DENIED Oriental Government Declares There Is No Possibility of Uprising. Famine Refugees Being Re- turned to Homes. PEKIN, March 6. The fear of Rus sian aggression Is increasing here. Re ports published In Russian newspapers and reprinted in Pekin papers greatly exaggerate tha dangers from the plague. Many of the high-class Chi nese fear a campaign designed to alarm Europe and Justify milrtary occupation. Dispatches from Harbin say Russian military circles are advocating occu pation. ' The Vladivostok newspapers print warning of the danger of a Boxer up rising, but the Chinese government em phatically denies the possibility of such a thing, declaring the entire country Is under control. The measures taken to ..combat the plague beyond Harbin are not yet satis factory to the Russian government and the frontier is still closed to Chinese. Outbreaks in Manchuria are antici pated, owing to tha distress of trans portation and consequent. Interference of trade. - Agitators, probably affiliated with the Boxers, are reported to be rousing the superstitious natives; but the govern ment, with the aid of the police. Is limiting their sphere of activity. Proc lamations also are being Issued explain ing the nature of the plague and the measures that must be observed to pre vent Its spread. Melting snows in many places are ex posing to view bodies, which were hastily secreted In the early period of the epidemic 30 that they might not be burled. These are being collected into piles and cremated. The government is removing famine refugees from Nanking and other cities in that district to the homes which they deserted, some of them many miles away. Supplies are being given to the sufferers sufficient for some weeks' maintenance. A dispatch from Shanghai says a Catholic missionary, Father Dannice, says that 15.000 persons already have died in Mengchen, one of the 20 dis tricts affected by the famine. Several reports have It that the people are de vouring human flesh. PARAGUAY JSIN REVOLT Insurrectionists Hold Railway and Capture Five Gunboats. WASHINGTON. March 3. Serious revolutionary disturbances in Paraguay were reported to the State Department today by Edwin Morgan. United States Minister to Paraguay and Uraguay, stationed at Montevideo In the latter estepn Inaugurates the country. Mr. Morgan was notified by the American Consulate at Asuncion, Paraguay, that an armed movement has begun against Colonel Elberto Jara, who recently forced the resignation of President Gondra and secured his own election to the presidency. The revolutionists have control of the southern end of the railroad be tween Concepcion and Asuncion and 3000 government troops have been sent to oppose them. All traffic on the rail road has been suspended. The revo lutionists with five vessels have started north on the LaPlatte River, three of the craft flying the Argentine flag. The Argentine government has dem onstrated that these vessels, which were seized on February 23, be re turned at once. The Argentine Minister at Asuncion, who has been absent on leave. Is re turning to his post aboard the gunboat. At the State Department the belief was expressed that the revolutionists would be successful. There are invested in industrial ' enter prises in Cochln-China, tlO.SOO 00( ot whlcn France has furnished about $8.2n9.Oft0. and fore lgners. Chinese rhWIy. the htlttnre. LECTURE NO. 14 Li. - ' ami ' x. SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "He that is stricken Wind cannot forset The precious treasure of nls eye sight lost." Among the people In the better walks of life it is exceptional to meet one with perfect sight, the majority having some defect of the eyes, such as far-sight, near-sight or astigmatism. In other words, they have weak eyes. In former years weak eyes were regarded as a sign of old age and infirmity, but nowadays the eyes of all, even the children, are so severely taxed under the unnatural conditions in which we live, that the sight often falls long before it should. Manv people complain of seeing floating spots, shaped like threads, circles and dots in front of their eyes. These specks are simply the magnified shadows of small parti cles in the interior of the eye and are harmless. However, the terror that they inspire in the minds of certain nervous people who con stantly watch them amounts al most to despair. Nothing can be done for these spots, and sooner or later they will cease to annoy. THE EVE IS OUR CONSTANT STTDY. THE RELIEVING OF SOME UNUSUAL DEFECT OUR GREAT PLEASURE. THOMPSON EYESIGHT SPECIALIST SECOND FLOOR fORBETTBLUO, Fifth and Morrison. Un 5 . j J.-