THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20; 1911
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MRS
CARMAN
RED
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ON $25,000 BAIL; IS
TO ESCAPE NEW TRIAL
Jury Disagreed, Ten Being for
Acquittal and Two, for Con
viction of Murder,
WOMAN IS ALL RIGHT NOW
She Seem to Hat Completely Kecov-
. ered Prom Hr Collapse; Gei
Horn With Her Husband.
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New York, Oct. 26. Mrs. Florence
Oonkllrr Carman wan released this
afternoon at the county courthouse In
Hnn.klyri on $25,000 bail. It was under
b foot I that she would not be tried aaln
on a charge of murdering Mrs. Louise
Hal J C .
Tfip Jury which heard the evidence
In the Carman cae wa discharged at
11 ;i. tit., Sunuay, after having wrangled
lor 13 hours ln an' unsuccessful effort
U reiich it verdlc-t. The final vote was
10 lor acquittal and two for conviction
Air.,. :arnuin appeared to have corn
pltttly recovered from the collapses
Jit; uuffered when the Jury wus d.s-
iiartfod. Hhe arrived at tlie court
house from the Mlneola Jail at 12:40
o'efoek a nil wan escorted to Justice
Kelby's office, where Attorneys Levy,
t-Uraliam and L'terhart awaited her.
The hail bond was signed by Krnest
Randall and Smith Cox, neighbors of
the Carmans. District Attorney Smith
appeared at the proceedings, but of
fered no opposition to Mrs. Carman's
release.
She left In an automobile for her
home at Kreeport immediately after
the' proceedings were over.
.Mrs. Carman evidently expected ac
quittal, as she gathered up all her be
longings at tie Jail and brought them
4o Brooklyn with her.
MAID WHO SWORE MRS. CARMAN ADMITTED KILLING
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Authority Needed
to Print Ballots
Answering a query by County Clerk
Coffey, District Attorney Kvans states
that no person was authorized to
print either official or sample ballots
other than the person, firm or cor
porHtlon which received the contract,
that, such ballots could be delivered
only to the county clerk and that he
alone has the authority to distribute
Uum and then only according to stat
ute. The question followed requests
for permission to have more sample
ballots struck off than Mr. Coffey had
ordered. The penalty for any viola
tion of the act which was passed in
1911 Is a fine from $250 to $1000 or
Imprisonment from three months to a
year' or both..
Deputy Kills Deputy.
Los Angeles Oct. 26. Deputy Con
stable A. B. Couts is dead today of a
bullet wound Inflicted by Deputy Sher
iff M. L. Machado, following a quarrel
MOTHERS ON FIRING -LINE
CALL CHILDREN
IN WHEN SHELLS FALL
French Peasants Venture Out
to Look for Shells as We
Look for Rain Signs,
PEOPLE ARE OPTIMISTIC
They Eat and Sleep Under Ground Bat
in TsaXln Between Firing- Venture
Out for Freeh Air And Flay.
shutters, shell perforated ones and
torn-up pavements.
I took a look at tbe cathedral. .It
was. nicked and holed in many places.
The windows were gone. Inside I
found the sexton kneeling alone under
the ereat nave In a half Inch of broken
glass which had once been stained
glass windows. Hearing me. he start
ed up and gave me an almost gefiant
look.
Then, taking me for an Englishman
and therefore a friend, he said, with
a despairing - gesture: "Look! Just
look!" He could get no further but
turned away and wiped his eyes with
his handkerchief.
I stole away, my feet crunching the
broken glass, the sound echoing
throughout the vast church.
about 409,669; Sullivan second, with
288,455, and Robins third, with 193,209.
Postmaster General Burleson, Sena
tors Gore of Oklahoma, Stone of Mis
souri, Lewis of Illinois and -Oil le James
of Kentucky, will address final Sulli
van meetings this week. Senator Borah
of Idaho will join Senator Sherman on
a speaking tour that will close the lat
ter 's campaign for reflection.
Canadian Officer Killed.
Ottawa, Canada, Oct. 26. A cable
gram received here announced that
Major Rivers-Bulkeley, comptroller of
the household of the Duke of Con-
naught, governor general of Canada,
had been killed in action at the front.
By William Philip Sims.
i-aris. Oct. 6. (By mail to New
York) What Is It like to be on the
firing line? How does It feel to be
under fire? What are the villagers do
ing In the towns along the fighting
front? What is their daily life? How
do they pass the time? What do they
eat? How do they sleep, or do they
sleep? And what s their state of mind?
By an official fluke. I found my
self a few days ago. not at the front,
but beyond the front, half way be
tween the contending armies of Great
Britain and Prance os-one side and of
Germany on the other, in the town of
Soissons, northeast of Paris.
And for a day I lived the life of a
citizen of this much bombarded place.
About noon there was a lull in the
firing and the people began to come
timidly from their cellars and from
behind their shutters. Venturing into
the streets, they looked up to see if
shells were flying, just as I have seen
farmers do when looking for signs of
Vain.
They regarded me with suspioion
and on an average of once in five mln
utes someone would ask me if '
didn't know that all save Inhabitants
were prohibited there. I usually man.
aged to make friends with these peo
pic, whereupon they would Invariably
ask for news from the front.
It struck me as odd that these resi
dents between the actual fighting
lines should clamor for news from
"the front.' I discovered later that
army officers themselves, and men of
high rank. too. were just as ignorant
as these people of general develop
ments.
As I approached Soissons from the
Bouth, mounting a gentle rise of a hill,
I could clearly distinguish the guns of
the French army glittering in the sun
light, concealed from the enemy by the
crest of the knoll but replying to the
German artillery on the other side of
the town.
Here I was stopped by a sentry, who
closely scrutinized my pass, saluted
and told me to pass on.
"Can I get to Soissons?" I asked.
"Some ot the approaches are blocked
by debris," answered the soldier, "but
you may be able to get through. Look
out for the shells."
This is Celia Coleman, chief wit
ness for the prosecution in the sen
sational murder trial at Mlneola, Ij.
I., of Mrs. Florence Carman for the
murder of Mrs. Bailey last June.
The Coleman girl has been held
under cover by the district attorney
for months, and it was not believed
she would say anything damaging
to Mrs. Carman. But on the stand
she said Mrs. Carman showed her the
pistol after the shooting, and said the
next day she was sorry she had
shot Mrs. Bailey.
in which Miss Edna Neathammer tried
in vain to make p-ace. "lends de
clared that both men were Interested
in the girl. Machado, who was ar
rested, declared he shot in self defense.
The affair occurred early Sunday.
I found Soissons looking like a de
serted city. Hardly anyone was on
the streets. Shutters were drawn over
shop and residence windows alike.
A hungry looking dog lay shivering
ln a doorway. Twenty feet further on
were two prostrate horses, one dead
and the other dying, victims of a shell
which had Just torn out the side of a
house and thrown the granite blocks
of which it was built into the street.
The horse which still lived was a
beautiful gray, evidently of Percheron
blood, which held up Its head proudly,
as if defying death. It lay on Its
stomach, which had been opened by a
fragment of shell. Its back was brok
en and its hind legs spread out ln op
posite directions. I borrowed a rifle
from a soldier and put the beast out
of its misery.
Postmasterships
Are Unacted Upon
Pifty-flre Appointments Await Ap
proval of Congress, So President
Will Make Beceas Appointments. -
Washington, Oct. 26. Among the
nominations made by the president
which at the adjournment of congress
were unacted upon, and which will
have to be nominated again at the ses
sion beginning December 5, were 55
postmasters. The president has the
power to make recess appointments to
these places, who will serve until reg
ular nominations Sre confirmed by tha
senate. , ' :'r -
The hottest flr in the list e
which expired vgts over tbe Grand
Rapids. Mich.. jp?stmasterShlp. The
Republican occupant of the office had
two. mote years td serve, tout wa re
moved on charges i '
The Republlcanisenators from Mich
igan held up the 0nfinUon. an th
position, which pa $6000 a year, was
filled by a bondsnpn, who named & Re
publican. a
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A patent has Sn granted for a
simple metal container to hold coins
of small denominations ln convenient
packages Instead! of wrapping them
ln paper, f f
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All of the town on the east side of
the river had been wiped out. Part
of it had been shelled to fragments
and the rest burned. West of the river
the destruction had not been so com
plete but It was bad enough. One en
tire street was a mass of smashed
roofs, shattered windows, split wooden
In Soissons. as elsewhere in France,
only the aged, the women and the
children are left.
They spend their days and nights
in cellars, only coming out during
lulls ln the fighting. They eat and
sleep under ground but in periods of
comparative calm children are seen
playing in the streets, little appreci
ating what It Is all about.
Smoking is too much of a luxury
for many persons to Indulge ln now.
Meat is a rarity. No eggs, butter or
milk are to be had. There Is enough
bread and a little wine. But the peo
ple do not complain. They are all
optimists. Even when shells fall about
them like rain they take to their shel
ters stoically. It is all a part of the
preparation ' for victory. Women call
to their children to come in out of
the shells just as American women
call to their little ones to c$ne In out
of the rain models of cheerfulness
and hope.
Usual Victories
Claimed in Chicago
All Three Parties Say It If a Koral
Certainty Their Candidate 'Will Win
United States Senator hip.
Chicago, Oct. 26. With the Nov em
ber election but eight days distant.
headquarters of the three leading pollt
leal parties in Illinois Issued state
ments, claiming victories for their
senatorial candidates. Summarized, the
estimates are:
Democratic Sullivan will get 200,
000 of the 350,000 votes in Cook county.
sufficient plurality to carry the entire
state.
Progressive Robins will win with
about 322,000 votes; Sullivan second,
with 284,000, and Sherman third, with
251,000.
Republican Sherman will win, with
Y'OUR BOYS may not nd
overcoats todays but thefre
going to the first day it rain-and that jjwill
not be long: v f
Moyer's got too many overcoats; he's got to clear nem
out at a loss. Hadn't you better buy fbr your boysjaow,
while Mover is selling good, heavy ones at just on4half
regular prices?
A full run of sizes for boys of 3 years to 17 yearslfin a
crreat varietv or warm, serviceable fabrics, iviiiitary; con-
vertible and regular collars.
Mover's regular prices on these overcoats are $3.45,
3.95, $4.35, $5, $6, $6.50, $7.50, $8.50 and $10.
ifou may buy now at just half price!
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When Will This Increase Stop?
For the Year 1910:
Total Street Improvement Work $4,816,132.00
Total Sewer Constructed 907,718.00
$5,723,850.00
Cost of Engineering Department . .$ 189,555.89 Per Cent 3.1
For the Year 1911:
Total Street Improvement Work $7,021,361.00
Total Sewers Constructed 556,291.00
$7,577,652.00
Cost of Engineering Department -.-...$ 180,208.59 Per Cent 2.3
For the Year 1912:
Total Street Improvement Work $4,572,801.00
Total Sewers Constructed 489,173.00
$5,061,974.00
Cost of Engineering Department ; $ 207,834.00 Per Cent 4.1
For the Year 1913:
Total Street Improvement Work $2,561,415.00
Total Sewers Constructed 1,003,978.00
$3,565,393.00
Cost of Engineering Department $ 219,057.17 Per Cent 6.1
To September 1, 1914:
Total Street Improvement Work .$ 895,000.00
Total Sewers Constructed 382,000.00
$1,277,000.00
Cost of Public Works Department to September 1 $ 200,000.00 Per Cent 16.0
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Record of Extravagance and Inefficiency
of Department of Public Works
Taking 1911 as yearof greatest efficiency and economy, 100, the work of the present Deparf
ment of Public Works for thia fiscal year t to September ist; is oivo ivunuo in crnciency ana
$171,629 MINUS in Economy.
COMPARISON OF EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY OF PRESENT DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC WORKS COMPARED WITH FORMER CONDITIONS:
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1911
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Value of Improvements and Sewers Completed, $7,577,652.
Cost of Operating Engineering Department, $180,208, or 2..
4
1914 L
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Value of Improvements and Sewers Completed Dec. 1, 1913, to Sept. 1, 1914, $1,277,00
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Cost of operating Engineering Department under present management, Dec. 1, 1913, to Sept. ul
1914, ONLY 9 MONTHS, $200,000, or 16 of total value of worc done. j
IN OTHER WORDS, IT COST THE PRESENT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, ' $20,00$
MORE TO DO $1,277,000 worth of work than it cost the ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN 191 1
TO DO $7,577,652 worth of work.
THE COMPARATIVE LOSS IN ECONOMY SHOWN "ABOVE WOULD ; PAY FOR EIGHfj
RECALL ELECTIONS.
HOW IS THIS? COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS ASKS $498,250 FOR 19lS
BUDGET, BUT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS SAY IT MUST BE CUT, AND IF HE
DOES NOT CUT ITi THEY WILL. . l
VOTE
22 X YES for Recall of Commissioner of Public Works
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