THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH ,19, 1911.
LIRA, Oil SIB,
IS LOYAL 10 HIS
Camorra Leader Makes Ad
- mission Concerning '. Self,
' . But Not Comrades Organ
ization. Is a' Myth, Defense.
(Br lb International Nawa ftffvlce.l
Vlterbo, March 18. Nicola Morra, the
Cam orris t who Is accused by the gov
ernment 1 of having planned and, directed
the murder f Gennaro Cuoccolo and his
wife, was before the court, from the
time the session opened this morning
until President Bianchl adjourned the
hearing late this afternoon until next
Tuesday. , "
. All the- details of the crime as stated
in. the indictment were hurled at Morra
during his - cross-examination but , he
denied every accusation, claiming inno
cence of both crimes.
i, Morra made a brave showing through
out the long ordeal. It was plain that
he had prepared his answers long ago,
and he , delivered - them - in : selected
If phrases calculated to make as good at)
' impression on the jury 'as' possible.
He .was loVal to his band in every
' statement and assumed the role-of pro
Ftector of their female slaves with dra
matic effect. Some of his past offenses
he unflinchingly -admitted, but he was
always careful to avoid incriminating"!
any of his comrades.
Morra succeeded in, some degree ' in
his attempt to impress the Jury -and
spectators that he was Innocent ' He
put forward a strong alibi, declaring
that on the day of (he murder he took
. part in the festival of Madonna di Mon
tevergine. ' i-
, He also betrayed the Camorrbita' line
f defense, which will be to show that'
the Camorra as a criminal organisation
Is a myth.
v The Viterbo police were occupied to
day with the arrival of several noto--rlous
characters from Naples. All per
sons connected with the trial and the
prisoners' relatives were ordered to be
ki their houses when the curfew belli
rang at ( o'clock tonight,
WANT CATTLE WITH
SCAB KEPT OFF RANGE
' (Salem Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., March 18. Governor
West has received a petition from
stockmen of .Silver Lake In. Lake coun
ty protesting against allowing the Che
Chewaucan Land and Cattle company to
turn cattle on the ... Christmas Lake
valley and high desert ranges for the
reason that this stock has been ex
posed to scab brought to the herds by
the importation of several hundred bulls
s last year from California. There arc
10,000 or 40,000 head of cattle in the
Chewaucan herds. It Is the first ap
pearance of any kind of scab oa Or
egon stock ranges for eight years and
the state Inspectors will be instructed
to treat the cattle of this company by
dipping as soon as warm weather comes
Just - as sheep scab is treated. The
germ of cattle scab la not the nine as
the germ that causes sheep scab, but
its effect is the same and it can be
treated the same, says Or. Lytle.
hofer MAY SELL 2
GIRLS AT AUCTION
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(Salem Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., March l8.So great is
the number of applicants for two Ger
man servant girls who wrote in advance
of their coming to Secretary A; F. Ho
fer of the Salem Board of Trade In
' reference to positions In Salem, that
Secretary Ilofer is thinking of holding
an auction and of allowing the highest
bidder to take tha girls.- Unless some,
such method is adopted there is go
ing to be a regular bargain day rush
of housewives at the Board of Trade the
day the two Germans arrive. The prob
lem is keeping Mr. Jtfbfer awake nights.
BALLINGER'S FRIENDS
TO HOLD CELEBRATION
- (Special Diapateh to The Journal)
Seattle, Wash., March It. Richard A.
Balllnger, former secretary of the in
terior, will return to his home in Se
attle the evening ofj March 24. '
. Following Mr,, Ballingert arrival in
Seattle a publlo reception will be held
during the week. Committees -will meet
next week to perfect the arraneemsnts
for the public reception for Mr, Bal-'i
BRITISH OFFICIAL USES
: KING'S NAME; HEAD OFF
(United Press teaaad ' wire.)
- London, March II. For declaring in a
political speech that he thought the king
-"would be loyal to the constitution and
equal , to deallng.wJth the jchanges-de-manded
by the people," Captan Norton,
assistant postmaster general, is la dan
ger today of losing his4 position. 1 -
Use of the king's name In a political
speech. Jsconsldred an junpardonable
breach of etiquette. -
Coffee Cripples
Many a Man
and cripples don't usually
win races.
. In the race for success-one
needs good health.
If you find coffee a handi
cap, suppose you cut it out.
POSTUM
10 days may put you in the
running -
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' " Battle Creek, Mich.' '
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PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE BLACK HAND T.RIAL IN ITALY ,
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SPHINXES, SIMON ' , . t 1 MlffiiP
AND LAHE. CLOSE 'yfcf M . 1
. MOUTHED AS EVER
But Lieutenants of Former,
Comb City for Them Sound
ing Sentiment Everywhere;
Rushlight Labors in Person.
,.. Another week has passed with poli
ticians still guessing whether Mayor Si
mon will sail his boat In the grand
mayoralty regatta next month. His con
tinued reticence makes a big qeetion
mark: in the troubled water, and the
pilots of other craft are cautiously
standing off until something happens.
Last night the mayor was as stolid
as ever, He said he had not made ud
his mind whether or not he would be a
candidate and, he had not made up his
mind when he will decide. It might be
a week, it might be less, it might be
more. Ana he aia not even smile.
While Mayor Simon says nothing, his
scouts are active, and they are exceed
ingly numerous, Unobtrusively, but with
persevering tread, they are combing the
city for information as to the mayor's
chances for nomipatlon and election.
Along the streets, in offices, shops,
stores and saloons, the Simon question
is being worked out His scouts are
diplomatic fellows, and only a few of
those who are sounded out are aware
that they have been pumped by the may
or's private wires. The scouts have been
picked from different classes, including
some of the little fellows, some of the
bigger ones, and some from representa
tives of big corporations that employ
many men. ; ' -
While the mayor deliberates, Council
man Rushlight is out making hay. He
is visiting the voters in all parts of
town, shaking hands and spreading the
news that he wants to be mayor.
There has been some rise In the stock
of City Treasurer J. K Werlein who, it
is understood, will not be' a candidate
if Simon decides to enter, and the same
is true of County Commissioner Ligh t
ner, although for a different reason.
Werlejn is friendly to Slmpn, but Llght
ner is not a supporter o( the .adminis
tration. Part of the support that Si
mon expects to receive if he runs may
be transferred to Llghtner, however,' if
Simon stays out , , ,
Councilman Oay Lombard also draws
support And herlike all the others aside
from Rushlight, is not expected to kick
for goal If - Simon goes Into the game.
4s it stands,""therefore, Simon will have
Rushtlght to face if he tries for it
Dr.i Harry Lane remains the Demo
cratic enigma. Urged to be a candidate
by friends of all parties, he says he
does not want the office and la reluc
tant to declare himself. The only Demo
crat openly in the field is George H.
Thomas, chairman of the county cen
tral committee, .
The municipal association executive
association will hold a meeting in a
few days and talk things over. It is
expected to pick candidates for its sup
port with a particular view to council
manic timber. -
Y. W. C. A. CONFERENCE
IS HELD AT ALBANY
(SdccUI DUpntrh to Th lonrnal.
Albany, Or., March 1 . Thtrty-f Ive
delegates representing nearly every col
lege in the Willamette valley were in
attendance . at a cabinet conference of the
Young Women's Christian Association
which began in this city last evening
and continued throughout today, The
conference was held under the auspices
of the territorial committee and is in
charge of : Miss Lucy Jane Hopkins,
student secretary of the northwest and
Miss Frances C. Gage executive secre
tary of the nfrthweet,. both tf Seattle.
At the opening session held in the chap
el of Albany college last evening,, there
wera addresses by President Campbell
of , the University of Oregon and Miss
Gage after which a reception was given
to out-of-town -.delegates at Tremont
hall. t
: Says Wife Only Wanted Cash.
(Special Diapatrh to Tb JonrnaLl '
"Albany, Or., March 18. George W.
McCart, a wealthy farmer of Linn coun
ty against i whom divorce proceedings
were instituted a few weeks ago, today
filed .an answer to the charges in his
wlfe'f complaint and In a separate com
plaint requests that her complaint be
dismleiedjind hatjne begranted.a di
vorce. " In' her complaint' Mrs. McCart
stated that she merely maj-rled the de
fendant for his money and the vhus
band says when it became evident that
her effofts to secure) the same Were
fruitless her affpctlons were trans
ferred and the divorce bourt sought1
Above from left to right are: Nicola Morra, who is charged with the
murder of Gennaro Cuoccolo, to revenge an offense against the
Camorra ; Errlcone Alfano, leader of the society accused with com
plicity in the murder; and Caplzzuti, the Italian detective who
risked his; life to ferret out the secrets of the dreaded society.
Below on the right, Is Abbateamggio, who while locked in the same cell
with Caplzzuti, secured a confession of the Cuoccolo murder; and
Vetozze, a priest, accused of shielding the Camorra from the author
ities. .-
KINGDOM OF ITALY
FIFTY YEARS OLD
Public Festivities on - Grand
Scale Will Include Two
National Expositions.
Romli March 18. The kingdom of
Italy looked backward half a century
today and bowed low to the statesmen
and soldiers whose patriotic efforts;
brought about the Turin declaration of
March 17, 1861, when united Italy came
Into being and Victor Emmanuel was
designated as the ruler of the new
kingdom. It is the semi-centennial an
niversary of this event that Italy is
preparing to celebrate this summer on
a grand scale. Beginning in the early
summer and continuing until the late
autflmn there are to be an almost con
stant succession of fetes and patriotic
demonstrations from Sicily to the Alps.
The features of .international interest
will be the great expositions in Rome
and Turin. " '
The movement which led to the uni
fication of Italy had its beginning about
the middle of the last century; At
that time Victor Emmanuel II, a most
liberal and statesmanlike monarch, oc
cupied the throne of Sardinia, His great
minister, Count CavouV, was an -ardent
believer in Italian unification. Inspired
by Garibaldi, Masslni, Cavour and other
eminent and able patriots of the time,
Victor Emmanuel joined France - in a
successful war with Austria- for the lib
eration of northern Italy, and then be
gan to extend the kingdom of Sardinia.
Fifty years ago today came the dec
laration of Turin, when Victor Emman
uel assumed the title of king of Italy.
During the ensuing 10 years province
after province united with the new king
dom of Italy, and finally, in 1870, after
a sharp struggle with tha pope, sup
ported by France, Victor Emmanuel an
nexed the papal states, entered Rome
in triumph and from his new capital
began to rule---united Italy.-- r- '
STEERS BURNED ALIVE
IN CHICAGO STOCKYARDS
" CPubllahHri Press Treated Wlre.
Chicago, 111., March 18. One man
was killed, two firemen overcome and
a patrol driver knocked from his seat
and trampled under foot by wild steers
and 800 head of cattle perished todajMn
a spectacular fire which for a time
threatened the stockyards.
'By daring work the firemen and em
ployes of packing houses confined the
stubborn blase to the steer pens. Forty
pens'' were destroyed and every steer
in them was cremated. The damage is
estimated at 176,000.
PACIFIC STUDENTS
HOSTS TO NEIGHBORS
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Pjiclflo University, Forest Grove, Or.,
March 18. Last night in the parlors of
Herrlck ' hall, -the freshmen class of
Pacific instituted a new custom by en
tertaining the graduating class from the
Iilllsboro and Forest Grove high schools
and of Tualatin academy. The rooms'
were beautifully decorated with . ferns
and cut flowers and presented very
pleasing appearance. Everything was in
keeping with the day, namely, St'Pat
rlck's. ' .
, New Creamery fop Woodland.
(Special Wplch to Th Journal.) ,
Woodland, Wash,, March 18. E. E.
Heald, who for tha past two years has
hd-luurga jL,Uie craaua .buylng statloa
atithiK point of the Turner-Pease com
pany of Seattle, has Just completed the
erection of a modern plant for his com
pany at the head of Davidson avenue, in
tha business center of the town, and will
move 'into the new quarters in few
days..; H 1 " , ; . , ,
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HIS FOLK
mimm
Citizens Subscribe to Bonds of
Chehalis & Cowlitz Rail
way On Boost Road.
""lal Planatrb Tb Jmrasl.1
Chehalis, Wash., March IS. Chehalis
business men have set a mark for
towns in the 6000 population class by
subscribing to upwards of $80,000 of
the bonds of the Chehalis & Cowlitz
railroad which is to be built immediate
ly from this city to the south and east
ern part of Lewis county. The Citizens'
club organised the citizens into a com
mittee which went down the line yes
terday headed by the State Training
school band. The committee waited on
each business man in turn and he was
signed for from $600 up, some running
as high as $6000 to $12,000. Other sub
scriptions whic. will come 'in from cer
tain well to do men will raise the total
close to $126,000. The new line will
bring back to Chehalis a great volume
of trade that used to oome here, but
which has in recent years drifted to
Tacoma, owing to 'the extension of the
Tacoma V Eastern. Chehalis today
faces the greatest year in its history.
With the immediate construction of the
new line, rights jof. way lot 18 miles of
which have already been secured, and
the early opening up and starting of
four more new manufacturing plants
the town will haVe a payroll In addi
tion to what she now has that will
make a great year for the business men
and make this the liveliest city of its
class on the coast. Over a quarter of
a million dollars' worth of public work
is now under way in this city, and more
dwellings are being erected than ever
before with several fine business blocks
under way or projected,
TACOMA TIGERS IN
CALIFORNIA JUNGLES
(Br the International News Serrlce.l
Fresno, Cal., March 1$. The Tacoma
Tigers of the Northwestern league and
an all star aggregation from the Fresno
City league today tore the cover off the
1911 baseball season at Recreation Park.
The northerners won, 7 to 4. It was a
free for all batting game, with the Ti
gers doing most, of the slugging.
Tomorrow the Modesto RedayWlH play
here against Tscoma in the preseason
series,-,
Monday the Tigers will leave for the
north, where a game with Harry Wol
verton's Oaks of the Coast league is
scheduled for Tuesday.
The following day Tacoma goes across
the bay to do battle with Danny Long's
Seals. Saturday and Sunday games will
be played at Saoramento.
Mike Lynch will then return here
with his squad of ball tossers to train
until April 8, when' they will leave for
home. First Baseman Bill Fisher, who
was with Vernon last year, will Join
Tacoma tomorrow. ,
STRICT PAROLE FOR "
CONVICTED FORGER
special DUDatch to The Journal.)
'Pendleton, Or., March 18, Roy Neal,
recently convicted in the clrouit court
of passing a note worth $760, the sig
nature of which had, been forged, and
who was convicted-and Sentenced to
four years in the state penitentiary,
was. today. paroled.ijy. Judge JPbalpa.u&
der the strictest conditions ever im
posed in the county. Neal is to leave
liquor alone, la to go to work and lve
his family proper support, and shall
make regular1 reports to the circuit
court every four months during the next
four years. ,
A regular drill of -the first division
of tli Oregon naval militia took place
at the Armory last night, about 0
members of the organisation, includ
ing officers, being present Adjutant
General Flnzer was also present and
complimented Lieutenant Commander
Speler on the good showing in the
drills, which consisted Of marchings.
It Is expected that a stand of arms
will reach here before the next drill
on March 25, when instructions will be
given in the manual of arms. Lieu
tenant Blomberg, drlllmaster, put the
recruits through their work. The band
will be in attendance at the next drill.
Fifteen million dollars are spent each
year by the farmers of the United
States in their warfare against lnseet
pests.
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FACE CRISIS lit
TEST HIS KIHGSHIP
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If Lords Deny People's
King Must Create Peers or
. Raise Question on 1 Which
. His Very Throne Rests.
(United Press Leased Wlreft
Indon, March 18. The question of
whether King George merely Telgns or
actually rules will be settled at the
next general election in the event of
the king's refusal to support the Liberal
program, and : force an election, in the
opinion of Ramsey McDonald.' leader of
the Labor party in the hous of com
mons. Should the king defy the major
ity's wishes, MacDonld says, the "big
gest disturbance in .England since the
days of Charles the First will result"
MacDonald today .gave the United
Press the following statement of the
political situation: - -
"The parliament bill is tha necessary
first step. Real reform is impossible
lonar as the lords are armed with
the veto, with which to thwart the leg-'
islatlve efforts of the government The
bill will pass Its third reading in the
commons, Then it will go to the house
of -lords. i . .j
Will Ask King to Create Peers.
"If the lords refuse to accept the bill,
which virtually strips them of their
power, the-prime minister wiH ask the
king to create BOO new peers to be se
lected from a list furntshed by the pre
mier and his colleagues. This will
giva the Liberals a majority in the up
per house ,nd the bill will go through.
"If he should refuse to create these
peers there will be nothing left for the
ministry but to resign. Th Tories
could not' carry on the government, as
there would be a majority against them.
Parliament would have to be dissolved
and another general election called.
One Issue in That Sleotloa.
"At that election there would be but
one issue:
"Does the king reign or does he rule?
Can he go outside the constitution and
refuse the advice of his prime minister?
"It may be taken for graded that
the result of such an election would be
about the same as the last one; the
Liberals, Laborltes and Irish National'
lsts would control. If King George
then refused to create the necessary
Liberal peers there would be the big
gest disturbance England has seen since
the days of Charles the First
"Everybody believes that the king
will act as a constitutional monarch
should.
Other Things Liberals Would Do,
"When the parliament bill has become
law as it will a wide field of oper-
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TAFT STATES BY
LET ALKIE P0L1C1
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Applies in Case of Postmaster
Farrar of Salem, Opposed
by Hawley, '',;.
Waahington, March 18. The presi
dent adheres to he policy announced a
year ago, in connection with the ap- "
pointment of a accessor to Squire Far :
rar, postmaster of Salem, whose term,
expired a year ago. No recommendation
has been made; although there are four
candidate! for the position: J, w. Row
land, cane Abrame, F. B, Southwick
and W. P. Eabcock.
' i nun oa.s i usually . ueen ap- j
plled - is that a congressman nas the
disposal of the post office appointment
In his home town; bnt, in this instance,
the president has, according to Mr.
Hawley, declined to dismiss Mr. Far
rar, on the grouad that he will not put
out of office a, man who Is "making
good." It has been "believed that Mr.
Hawley's inability , to remove Squire
is due to the Influence of Senator Fok. '
ton. for whom Mr. Farrar voted as
member of th Marion county delega
tion -when Fulton was elected senator
In February, 1M.
Mr. Hawley is nnder no obligations
to Mr. Farrar, politically or otherwise.
Farrar supported Huston of Hlllsboro
against Jtiawlay, when the latter first
ran for the nomination for congress.
it had been believed by soma that Mr."
pointment for political reasons, desir
ing not to commit himself prior to the
primaries and elections of last yeer,
but at this date ha state that Mr.
Farmer's retention in office la : due to
the president's adherence to his deter
mination not to remove a man who Is
making good.
Negroes Hot Wanted.
Brownstown. lad., March' HV-Tkere
is not one negro U this town. Four ne
groes who had coma here to work left
today. They found tt Impossible) to get
anything to eat er place to sleep.
There had not Vsoa negro resident:
here for year. .
atlon will be open to the labor party.
We hope to repeat the Osborne Judg
ment, so that labor unions may contrib
ute to the political campaigns of thetr
parliamentary candidates. We want to
unlock the land and break the monop-
oly of the land owners. Stringent
measures relating to unemployment are
needed. We would secure better hous
ing for those living in large cities.
nurai voung must go, ana we would
extend the franchise. That is why the
Kill im At. i.
measure of modern times." -
From powdered port wins and stout
bottles is made the best sandpaper.
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