I 4 THE MOTtXIXG OREOON-AX. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1911.
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CITY WORK LEFT
TO
People's Charter Body Vests
ImprovementPowers in
Commissioners.
PAYMENT LEFT TO BOARD
Exclusive Authority for Laying of
Water and Sewer Main Is Theirs.
Street ravin May Be
by Competition.
i'ul authority to regulate and de
termine the manner of making all local
Improvements. Including street im
provements and laying sewer and water
mains, la veiled In the commissioners
tn the commission charter proposed by
the People's Charter Commission (East
Fide) and agreed to at a meeting of
the Commission last night. Under that
authority the Commissioners can pro
vide for the payment of such Iniprove
ments. In their discretion, either by the
district assessment plan, distributing
the cost equally among the owners) ol
the abutting property, the district ben
efitted and the city, or by appropriat
ing the necessary funds entirely out or
the general fund of the city.
The Commissioners are given ex
clusive authority to Initiate and con
duct the laying of all water and sewer
mains. In the matter of street Im
provements, however, the Commission
ers are required to initiate any Im
provement when petitioned for by 40
per cent of the owners of property
abutting on the proposed Improvement.
Without such a petition, a four-fifths
vote of the Commissioners will be nec
essary to order any such Improvement.
A remonstrance signed by two-thirds
of the owners of property within the
district that will be assessed for the
Improvement will defemt the.nprove
ment for a period of six months.
The powers of the Commission as to
local Improvements are defined In the
following proposed section of the new
charter:
Seetloa 1. wal Imprreraenta Powers
In rapwl to: The commission shall hare
power to create, pro-ldo for. construct, main
tain and do. directs by the employment ox
labor under the np ulon of tn city, or
by contract, local Improvements and all
thtnrs of tha nature of local Improvement
which by the laws of O 'Son aro made, or
may be mad a. chant cable by special assess
ments upon the property specially betie
f:td trby. or which not bring prohib
ited by the laws of Ore son, without per
mlMlT lrstalatlon. may Inhere In, or per
tain to. or belong to municipal corpora
tion It also shall Kara porr to pro
vide far the payment of the whole, or any
part of tha coat of any such thins by apo
dal eeeeoemente npon the property ape
rlally benefited thereby. Tha amount as
eaaed to the property specially benefited to
pay for anything of the nature of local Im
provements authorised by this section shall
not exceed, but may equal the amount of
benefit received by such property. Tha
eomml eloa shall provide such rales and
resulstlons by ordinance aa may be con
venient or necessary affectively to carry
Into effect tha powers hereby created.
The city shall have power to do any of
tha thlnga. ta this section authorised, at
a cost In exoees of the value of the benefits
received by the property to be assessed
therefor, whenever it Is provided that such
excess shall be paid out of the general funds
ef the city, and to do and pay for the whole
rf nch thinrs from the general funda
Provided, further, that all assess man ta for
such Improvements shall be mads npea the
baele of a general rule of equity applicable
so near aa may be to all cases af a similar
nature.
The provisions of the Bancroft bond
ing act. relating to street and sewer
Improvements; as they exist In the
present city charter, were also Incor
porated In the proposed new charter.
II. O. Parsons last niifht announced
that at the next meeting of the Com
mission he would submit an amendment
providing for open competition by all
street-paving concerns In every con
tract when bids were Invited for the
Improvement of any street or streets.
LORIMER MAN HAS BILLS
Pronecntlon Shows That Elector Was
Suddenly Enriched.
CHICAGO. Oct. 17. Former Repre
sentative William C Blair, member of
the Legislature that elected William
I-orlmer. was recalled to the stand at
the beginning of today's session of the
I'nlted States Senate committee that is
Investigating the election.
Healey. an attorney, examined Blair
regarding his professional accounts
and books, and asked the witness to
forward these accounts for the year
130 to the committee.
PlaJr was then questioned In connec
tion with the ball game episode at
Centralia. Ill, in August, 190s. when it
waa charged he exhibited IX flOO bills.
In addition to other money.
It was later established that Blair
was In Olney, Til, the home of Thomas
Tlppltt, July 19. 1U9. at a time when
Blair previously had sworn that he was
In Mount Vernon. Ill, and that he was
"broke." near the end of the legisla
tive session In -lay and two months
later had 11000 In 1100 bllla In his pos
session. STAR PITCHER WINS BRIDE
Harry Suter, of. Koala, to Wed Mies
Florence S wet land, of Portland.
IMng. dang, the wedding bells ring
again for another ball playee. This
ttme Harry Richard Futer Is the victim.
The Seals" southpaw will claim Mlsd
Florence NautUla Swetland. daughter
of I Q. Swetland. lessee of the Perkins
Hotel, for his bride on the 16th of this
month. The ceremony will take place
at the bride-to-be's home In Portland,
where tiuter will hurry Immediately
after the season ends tn San Francisco.
The wedding will mark the culmina
tion of a very pretty romance of the
diamond. Suter met Miss Swetland In
I'alo Alto, where she was attending a
private school, about a year ago. After
a courtship of a few months, ber en
gsgement to the young southpaw dia
mond hero was announced.
Miss Swetland Is IS years old. Rev.
John H. Boyd, of the First Presbyterian
Church, probably will officiate at the
wedding.
TEAL REPORT ENCOURAGING
Reclamation Service Ready to Be
gin Work on CmatUla Tract.
OREQOVIAV NEWS BTTtKAC. Wash
ington. Oct 1. "The Reclamation
.-iervlce Is ready and anxious to .build
the West Umatilla Irrigation propject."
said J. X. Teal, of Portland, after a
conference today with Chief Engineer
COMMISSI
A. P. Davis and other offlclala at Wash
ington. Mr Teal arrived, here this morning
with' credentials from Governor West
and the Portland Chamber of Com
merce to urge the early adoption of the
West Umatilla project. Tomorrow he
will have a conference with Secretary
Fisher and urge prompt and favorable
action.
Mr Teal Is prepared to ask thst the
project be adopted and that $500,000 be
set apart to begin construction, with a
like amount available annually until
the project la completed, unless addi
tional funds can be found to hasten
completion.
Before coming to Wsshlngton Sir.
Teal" made an exhaustive Investigation
of conditions at Umatilla and declares
that reporta of exorbitant land value
are greatly exaggerated. He declares
positively that individual land owners
whose property must be acquired for
reservoir sites are willing to sell out
to the Government at a fair price, but
says they have not been approached.
He wlU urge that this property be pur
chased at a price agreed upon .and that
the Swift ranch in the heart of the
reservoir be acquired by condemnation.
Mr. Teal points out that one-third of
the Irrigable area of this project is
Government land and this, with North
ern Paclfio holdings, comprises mors
than half.
The Northern Pacific he declares,
will be willing to get Its land into the
hands of settlers snd will co-operate
with the Government. It Is his belief
that no serious difficulty will be ex
perienced with other private land own
ers If the project Is formally adopted
and authority is given to deal posi
tively with those whose property must
be acquired or will be reclaimed.
While in Washington Mr. Teal will
attend the argument of the Spokane
and intermountatn rate cases before
the Commerce Court. He will enter a
protest against the advance of class
rates from Interior points to the Pa
cific Coast, and Wednesday will have
a conference with B. N. Baker, of Balti
more, promoter of the proposed Atlan
tic Pacific Transport Company,
which contemplates Installing steam
ship communication between the Pa
cific and Atlantic Coast porta via the
Panama Canal. -
LA FOLLETTE IS CHOICE
C00 "PROGRESSIVES" LAtXCTI
PRESIDENTIAL- BOOM.
Delegates at Convention Also Urge
National Primary Election Pop
ular Fund Is Planned.
CHICAGO. Oct 17. Two hundred
"Progressive" Republicans in their
first National conference Indorsed the
candidacy of Senator R- M. La Fol
lette, of Wisconsin, for President and
declared for a direct primary as a
means for the expression of a Presi
dential choice. The Indorsement came
Id the shape of resolutions framed n
part by ex-Secretary of the Interior
Garfield, who. It was held by the dele
gatea. appeared as expressing the
views-of Theodore Roosevelt and who
It was feared would not consent to a
declaration In favor of any individual.
' Aa finally adopted the resolution
read In part: We favor the ascertain
ment of the choice of Republican vot
ers as to csndldates for president by a
direct primary vote, held In each state
pursuant to the statute and where
no such statute exists we urge that the
Republican state committee provide
that the people be given the right to
express their choice for Presldeot.
The record of Senator La Follette
In state and Nation makes him a log
ical candidate for., the Presidency of
the United States, 'ills experience, his
character, his courage, his record of
constructive legislation and legislative
ability meet the requirements of the
leadership, such as present conditions
demand.
"This conference Indorsee him aa
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for President, and urges that In
all states organizations be formed to
promote his nomination."
A Natllnal organization was outlined.
Popular subscriptions aa a means of
financing this and future campaigns
came as a auggestlon from Rudolph
Spreckels, of California, and It was
adopted by the finance committee.
"The people must be made to un
derstand that this Is their fight." tele
graphed Mr. Spreckcls. "Let the aver
age cltlaen's dollar take the place of
corporation contributions and you will
have an organization that will be free
to serve the best Interests of the peo
ple. ,
"Business prosperity depends upon
the confidence of the people and thla
can be assured by giving the people a
voice In their government and a fair
deal for all legitimate business. In
my opinion the one man who has the
confidence of the people and whose
whole public career gives proof of his
being safe and fair for all legitimate
business Is Robert M. La Follette, and
I hope he will have the aupport of
your conference for the next Repub
lican nomination.
"I deeply regret my Inability to be
present. You are organizing the peo
ple's fight against special privileges
and if you succeed, the next National
Administration will respond to the
spirit of the people to assure success
at the next National election."
STRATTON TO GO TO JAIL
Wealthy Lumberman Falls to Pay
line for Manslaughter.
SEATTLE, Oct. 17. (Xgy C Stratton,
a prominent lumberman who was con
victed of mansluaghter June 11. 1908,
for running down and killing a little
girl with his automobile, was ordered
today to be committed to the County
Jail In default of payment of a 1300
fine remaining from a commuted sen
tence Imposed at that time which has
been an unpaid charge on, the records
for more than three years.
Stratton will be afforded an oppor
tunity to show cause why he should
cot pay the fine.
ORIGINAL "PEN YANN" DIES
W. C. Basket Was Montana Pioneer
and Friend of Eugene Fields.
HELENA. Oct.. 17. News was re
ceived In Helena yesterday of the death
In Spokane. Wash, of W. C Buskett.
one of the best-known of Montana pio
neers. Several years ago Bustkett was
active In mining and political circles
and at one time had a fortune which
he later lost through business reverses.
Buskett was a close friend of the'
late Eugene Held, and was the orig
inal "Pen Tann Bill." la Field's well
known poem of that name. He leaves
a, father In St. Louis.
Pioneer New spa per Man Dies.
8 AN FRAN CI SCC Oct. 17. Lewis S.
Whltcomb, a pioneer newspsper writer
of California, died here today of heart
failure after an illness of five days.
Whltcomb was an authority on Cali
fornia political cond'tions and was
widely known In the etate. Ha had
been political editor on a local news
paper for Is yeara Whltcomb was
bom In Boston and waa a Harvard
graduate. Ha waa unmarried.
FIVE ARE SLAIN IN
BEDS BY AX BLOWS
Kansan, His Wife and Three
" Small Children Victims of
Ghastly Murder
ROOM BLOOD - SPATTERED
No MotlTe Can Be Ascribed for Kill
ing of Family Crime Undiscov
ered for 34 Honrs Bodies Are
Beaten Featureless. .
ELLSWORTH, Kan.. Oct. IT. Slain
as they slept Sunday night, the bodies
of William Showman, a chauffeur, his
wife and three amall children were
discovered Monday in the Showman
home by a neighbor who chanced to
call, and entered the house when no
one responded to' his knocks.
The festures of all the victims were
battered beyond recognition by the
blows of the ax." The youngest mem
ber of the family, a baby, had been
beaten until Ita bead was severed from
the body. All three of the children
were under 6 years of age.
Although the crime was committed
last night It was not discovered nntll
( o'clock this evening. The authorities
have failed to find anything pointing
to a cause for the murders or a clew
to the guilty person.
The names of the victims are:
William Showman, aged 3 J.
Showman, his wife.
Lester Showman, aged 5.
Kern Showman, aged 4.
Fe-iton, aged 1.
The two latter are girls.
The Showman home Is a small two-
room cottage In the outskirts of Ells
worth, S00 or 400 yards from the near
est house.
The bodies of the five victims were
found in one room. The father, mother
and baby on one bed, and the two other
children in a second bed.
The room looked like a slaughter
pen. There was blood on the walla
celling, floor, beds and every article
In the room. In this room also was
the bloody ax which the murderer had
used and which he had left In his
flight.
Sunday night all the members of the
Showman family visited at the home
of Mrs. C. W. Snook, a friend living a
few blocks away. They left the Snook
home about o'clock.' This was the
last time any of them were seen alive.
WEST DENOUNCES MARTIN
Governor Says Alleged Crime Is Ab
borrent Formal Statement Made.
SALEM, Or- Oct, 1. (Special.) "It
thla man Martin la guilty of the crime
with which he Is charged, then In com
parison. I declare that Jease Webb Is
an angel of light and hope," la the as
sertion of Governor West.
The executive furnished a formal
statement of his attitude In the case of
Leo W. Martin today and In an addi
tional Interview explained what prom
ises he gave to Deputy Sheriff Rinkler,
of Denver, when that officer called
upon him laat week. The Governor said
he appeared before Rinkler In a dual
personality.
"I cannot tell you what the Gover
nor of Oregon will do In case you de
cide to take Martin back to Colorado
In defiance of the order of the court."
aid Governor West to Sheriff Rinkler.
"Speaking aa a private citizen, however,
If I were a Sheriff from Denver and
carried in my pocket a warrant from
the Governor of Oregon to take this
man back and I should find Martin on
the street. I would feel that I was vio
lating my bounden duty If I failed to
pick him up and rush ' him back to
Colorado as fast aa the trains would
carry me."
In his formal statement the Governor
explained hia attitude toward Judge
Gatena and the Martin case aa follows:
Tha statute says: "A person charged In
anT rtati or territory of tha United State,
with treason, felony or other crime, who
Thau StTrrom Janice and bs found in this
stst. must, on demand or the executive au
thorities of the state or territory from which
he fled, be delivered up by tha Governor of
this state to be removed to the state or ter
ritory making the demand." h.
Io W. Martin U charged with brutally
assaulting his wife, who was about to be
come a mother, and H guilty as charged,
be should, by all means, bs punished.
The only hand that thla office bas in the
ease Is to issue the warrant baaed upon tha
reauleltlon from the Governor of Colorado,
as provided by law. The officers, no doubt
believing they were acting wltbln the law.
have seen fit to take thla man out of the
state.
I do not feel that I am called upon now to
say what my action In this case will be in
the future. The future will take oare of
Itself. I am fully prepared to talis a stand
la tha matter when tbe time comes for such
action.
I bare the highest regard for Judge
Catena. He and I are personal friends of
long standing and any difference of opinion
which may exist between us at the present
time Is not between Gatena and West, but
between the Judge and the Governor..
It seams to mi that If ths Governor, hav.
big been presented with requisition papers.
Issues a warrant for ths arrest of a fugi
tive and tbe offlcera. In attempting to per
form their duty of returning him to their
,tt ta be tried, should be baled Into this
or that eourt and Instructed to release the
prisoner, the law governing the extradition
of criminals would bs absolutely nulined.
Suppose that when Dleulot Attorney Cam
eron was trying to secure the extradition of
Wilde, that after Governor Johnson hsd
Issued his warrant. Wilde had gone Into a
friendly court and secured bis release. The
air In Oregon would undoubtedly, for a
time, have beea rather blue.
In my opinion, tha place to try these
matters Is la the state where the crime Is
committed.' Tbls course bas been followed
by this office, except In the slnfle lnstanoe
of lbs KUman case, where circumstances
were each as to lead us to believe that Jue
tloe dmandd that be not be eent back to
Mlsaourt. Tbe matter waa taken up and
fully explained to the Governor of Missouri,
who had made the request for extradition.
There are a number ' of statements at
tributed to me In a news story which ap
peared la one of the morning papers, which
were never msde by me. I wtsb to state
that the story that alartln was engaged to
a nleoe of mine la a rank fabrication and
abeolutely without foundation.
Tlnsband Beats Tonng Wife.
Jesse I Morris, six feet five inches
In height and weiglng over 200 pounds,
was arrested at the complaint of his
wife, Mrs. Ida Morris, last night, after
he had attempted to kill her, accord
ing to her' story. Mrs. Morris is less
than five feet five tnohes In height and
Blender, but she put up a stout fight
against her logger husband. before
coming to the police station to have
htm arrested. Mrs. Morris was some
what bruised but triumphant when
she applied -at the police station for
aid. It required Sergeant Roberta and
Patrolman Maas to oonquer Morris be
fore arresting him.
Although automobiles and eynle tires use
vast quantities of rubber, greater quanti
ties are used In tbe boot and shoe Industry.
a
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FIZZ DOCTOR'S HID
Drink Better Than Surgeon's
Knife for Seattle Girl.
HICCOUGHS ARE JOYFUL
Cool Beverage Makes Operation to
Dislodge Sqnab Bone From Miss
Dorothy Gresham Parson's
. Throat Unnecessary.
NEW YORK. Oct. 17. (Special.)
The cool, refreshing and lntoxioating
(if taken In too frequent -doses) gin
fin nas become an aid to aurgery. As
a aubstltute for C surgeon's knife
it recently served admirably In the
case of Miss Dorothy Gresham Parsons,
of Seattle, Wash., who suffered agonies
for three days because a squab bone
waa stuck In her throat
Miss Parsons consumed the offending
squab while returning from Europe on
the French liner orrame. w no- no
reached New York and had been made ,
as cdmfortable as possible at the
Walrlorf-Astorla. her relatives sum
moned Dr. Robert S. Adams, the house
physician.
The squab Inoldent was related to
the doctor and he made an examination
of the girl's throat. The bone seemed
securely lodged and he said an opera
tion might be necessary.
While he waa talking to hia patient,
a waiter knocked on the door of Miss
Parsons' apartment. He wanted to
speak to the doctor. In his hands was
a tray upon which reposed a cool gin
flaa. which he was carrying to another
room. When Dr. Adams saw the gin
flu, he had a happy thought.
-Let me take thla drink," he said to
the waiter, and he snatched the bever
age from the tray and disappeared into
Miss Parsons' suite. He put the drink
in the Buffer's hands. "Drink It," he
said.
Dr. Adams told Miss Parsons that
the drink would produce hiccoughs,
which. In turn, might dislodge the
squab bone. Miss Parsons gulped
down the gin flss and began hiccough
ing furiously. This exercise really did
dislodge the bone and Dr. Adams pulled
it out with a pair of pincers.
Scalp Itch Goes
Dandruff Germs are Respons
ible, Parisian Sage Will
Kill Them.
' Ifa the little dandruf germs grow
ing way down at the root of your
hair that Is causing that Itch misery.
To suffer Is fool
ish PARISIAN
SAGE often stops
the Itching over
night and not
only doea that,
but used for two
weeks is guaran
teed mind you
to abolish dan
druff, kill the dan
druff germ and
top falling hair
ask Woodard.
Clarke Co.
PARISIAN SAGE
nourishes the hair
roots that's - why
It often grows
balr abundantly
ha far a tha hair
root Is dead. That's why It puts luster
and radiance Into dull, faded hair.
Large bottle 50 cents at Woodard,
Clarke Co.. and druggists every
where. G1rl with Auburn hair on every
carton and bottle.
?
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XINE pF THE SHASTA LIMITED
AH trains arrive and depart from Union Depot,
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City Ticket Office, cor. Third and Washington Sts.
Telephones: Private Exchange 1; Home A6121
C. W. Stincir, crrr tickit agent
W. D. SKINNER,
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' ... .n-nants at Prince
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Wednesday steamer connects at Prince Rupert with "S. S. Prince John" for
U SL aA'nce'Afbert Teaves Vancouver fortnightly for local points, carrying
passengers and freight. -.
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