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FRIDAY. MORNING, AUGUST 7,; 192
SCraBHHT
TO BEAT GALLOWS
Young LaFollette Picked to Win ;
in Special Senatorial Election
Chicago Millionaire Is Taken
Immediately to Asylum
Following, Verdict
SEVEN I BALLOTS TAKEN
Death Is Penalty Kbould Reason
Erer Return to Condemned
Man; Close Relatives
'' 'yere present , ',
CHICAGO. Aug. 6. (By the
Associated Press.) Russell Scott
today won bis last fight to eseapo
the gallows. A jury in the court
of Superior Judge Joseph S. Daris
found him insane. He will be
committed at once to a state hos
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The Jury reached Its Terdict af
ter deliberating three hours and
40 minutes, Its first ballot was
reported; to have been 7 to 5 for
Insanity, and, thereafter the yote
gradually swung to the insanity
Terdict; Scott immediately was
1 committed to the Chester, asylum
for the Insane.
The Jury took seren ballots.
Scott, three weeks ago tonight,
was saTed. from death six hours
before bis ' execution by a week's
reprieve from the goyernor.
Two,-weeks-ago tonight, less
thai four hours before be was to
"walk on the death-trap, he again
was saved . from the noose by a
petition tiled before Judge Joseph
B. David at. 2 o'clock in the morn
ing declaring him to be Insane
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(By Catxal Frns)
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Aug. 6.--
Political observers profess to see
a .victory for Robert : M. La Fol
lette, Jr., in ; the special election
Scott. sat tensely in his chairlin which a successor to his father
hlle the Jury filed in the box. I will be chosen. There is doubt
He turned eagerjly to the foreman I about the matter, However, and It
wnen ne announcea to tne court I is certain that he Won t win easily.
that a verdict was ready, and as
the bailiff passed the verdict to
the clerk;, Scott's eyes followed the
slip of paper that 'might mean
life, or death.
When the verdict was read
Scott's mouth twitched nervously
and he shifted his position in the
chair. He sat motionless at the
side pf his '.attorneys while "' the
court entered the Judgment of be
verdict, and then was hurried out
of the room as the bailiff ad
journed the session. Mrs. Cather
ine Scott, young wife of. the pris
oner, whose dauntless fight saved
Scott ; from the gallows, leaned
There will be at least four other
candidates in the Republican pri-
mary, Francis 1 E. JtfcGovern of
Milwaukee, former governor; Roy
P. Wilcox of Eau Claire, a former
state senator; Arthur Barry of
Milwaukee; J. ill. McGillen" jof
Green Bay. The socialists will
make a bid for the seat with John
M. Work of Milwaukee. -It is un
likely a democrat will be victori
ous in the deciding-election.
Governor J. J. Blaine will, It is
understood, support"' young ; La
Follette. The governor has had
his heart set on a' senatorial toga
for several years, but has decided
torward in an attitude of prayer, I to back Bob, Jr now and run
after the verdict was read. Scott's against; Senator! Irvine L. Lenroot
mother, who was at his side, wept I next year,
and embraced Scott's wife, while I There always was a virulent op-
Thomas Scott, his aged and crip- position to La Follette, Sr.. among
t pled , father who celebrated his the republicans of the Badger
53rd birthday the day Scott was state, and he was his own party.
(sentenced to hang, stayed, close 1 What his'son Inherits Is a political
to his son In court, butreceived
the rerdict without show of emo
tion.
Scott, while going to the asylum
as insane, . still , faces death on I
the gallows should he ever be
found to have regained his san
ity.
machine with a varied lot of sup
porters that only a man with the
personality of "Fighting Bob"
could hold together. , Young La
Follette may or may not be able
to take his father's place and hold
the machine together. - He. knows
it thoroughly, having ' directed it
in the last years of his father's
lire. He is capable but he is
young. - ,
The regular-republicans" prob
ably will get behind McGovern
He is certain to have considerable
support. A number of newspa
pers, some of them former La Fol
lette supporters, have announced
that they will support McGovern
He was formerly a follower of
Fighting Bob." but a convention
light resulted m a permanent
break. . ,-. ,;
i ne -regulars" nave- the sup
port of the national organisation,
and are .being favored with the
federal patronage, and patronage
-Jobs is, as is -well known, an
enormous factor in the success of
a political machine.
The "regulars' are confident of
putting another supporter of the
president in the senate, but the
La Folle'tte followers are certain
the old La Follette sentiment will
make young Bob a winner. -
When' the election is held no
date has been; set it Is certain to
be a matter of natural Interest,
MARION PRIMARY GROUP
MEETING AT WOODBURN
Program Is Completed
for Concert Tonight
Oscar Steelhammer. directbr of
the Cherrian band, has arranged
the following program for the con
cert in Wlllson park tonight:
Chicago Tribune march Chambers
Medley overture: . MIn the Shad
; ows .i. . ..... i... .Williams
Easuens Seductor (Mexican ;
waits ) . . . . .... . . . . . Roses
Popular numbers. - i. L ; Mi :
Vocal solo .... .. O. B. Gingrich
'The Bells of St. Mary's"
. "Hold Me lu .Tour Arms"
Selection. "Faust" . . , , Gounod
Serenade, "Water Lilies" St. Clair
'Overture. "Jolly Robbers", Suppe
"Circusdom."? march . . . . .Jewell
Siar Spangled Banner. .
COUNTY INSTITUTE SLATED
AUG. 31; TO SEPT. 4
Practical Course' to be Offered and
. Textbooks Discussed ; . Is
Voluntary. '
,To: be tired is a blessing in dis-
guise. ,:- -. -
The second institute for Marion
county: primary teachers will be
held in Woodbura from August
31 to Sept. 4, it was announced
by , Mary L. Fulkerson, county
school : superintendent, yesterday.
A practical course of instruction
In , the primary grades will be
given. The attendance' is volun
tary and no fees are charged.
The purpose of the Institute is
to acquaint teachers with the new
course of study in the primary
grades - and to i discuss .the new
textbooks adopted. Mary L. Ful
kerson. superintendent, .will give
a demonstration of teaching prim
ary children,-when she will have
eharge of a class ot little boys and
girls that have never yet gone to
school. In this way. new teachers
will become acquainted 1 with the
work and will receive a practica
insight into the 'system used in
this county. ; . : .
Miss Ann Simpson, recently ap
pointed on the staff ot the county
school superintendent's ' office as
director of health education, will
give the lectures and demonstra
tions of the Marion county health
work in the schools during, each
day of the institute. Miss Mar
garet Scollard of Woodburn will
have charge of the demonstration
of primary hand work. '
F. A. Fagan, superintendent of
the Woodburn school, has charge
of arrangements, and has offered
the use of the building for the five
days. This is the second time the
Institute has been held. Two
years ago the meeting was held
at Aumsville, . and ..met with ex
traordinary" success. . No other
county jn the state has as yet in
itiated a similar movement, but
reports indicate that the matter
i will be taken up next year.
NEW YORK. Aug. 6. (By As
sociated Press.) Improved meth
ods ot production and. a country
wide aurvey of natural resources
indicate that there is no Imminent
danger ot the exhaustion ot the
petroleum reserves of he United
States according to a report pre
pared by a committee of 11 di
rectors , of the American. Petro
leum Institute. The findings have
beei transmitted to the federal
oil conservation board at Wash
ington by J. Edgar Pew, president
ot the institute.
The 30u-page report declared it
is reasonable to assume that the
oil resources of the United States
assure the country ot a sufficient
supply of motor fuel and lubri
cants for the national defense
and tor commercial use - beyond
the;-time when science will have
found: some natural substitute.
Known supplies of petroleum, the
vast ', quantities that will be re
coverable "when prices warrant,"
Improved methods ot drilling wells
and refining the crude product in
addition to possible new sources in
great regions still unexplored, all
combine to point, to a reassuring
supply ot oil tor the nation's use,
the report concludes.
The petroleum recoverable by
present production methods in
proven fields is put at 5300,000,-
000 barrels of crude oil with
abbut 2S.000.000.000 barrels ot
crude oil obtainable by known
processes when prices justify.
Asserting that the limit of deep
drilling has not been reached, the
report says that improved methods
of reaching deposits at great depth
will 1 disclose oil supplies tanta
mount to the discovery of new
fields. The major oil reserves of
the United States are described as
lying in 1.100,000,000 acres ot
land underlain by sedimentary
rocks, not folly explored - and
where geology Indicates oil is pos
sible. With extended search it is
believed now supplies will be dis
covered. : In addition, the report
says, the nation has another re
serve in vast deposits of oil shale,
coal and lignites from which liquid
fuel and lubricants may be extract
ed. These deposits are so huge, it
was reported that they promise,
under conservative estimates, an
almost unllmitd supply.- 9 t
The present supply ot petroleum
can be further conserved by Its
more efficient utilization, especial
ly In th form ot gasoline, the re
port says, wane improved me
chanics also will result in smaller
consumption of lubricants. It is
estimated that when prices justify
the change. , structural develop-
alive but oo. They came by reg
ular mail. . ;
Thie shipment was a duplicate
order." furnished by Mr. Smith,
who is a famous breeder ot pure
bred queens; perhaps .the best man
la his line lu North America. He
sent the first shipment to Mr.
Mead by airplane mall, in order
to make time: and they all came
dead. The upper air was too cold
for them. - That, at least, is the
supposition. . ' (
Mr. Mead took the new queens
to his place opposite Niagara. Linn
county, where he has 113 hives
of his bees, taking advantage of
the fire weed blossoms. They
are doing very well there; making
a lot of honey..
They will after a while be
brought back home, lo Polk coun-
ty, on Route 2, Salem, the second
place on the right hand side . of
the Independence road, going from
Brunk's corner.
' Mr. Mead suppTfed a large num
ber of pure bred Italian queens
during the pa&t season. He will
be In position, to supply a great
many more during the coming
year, and he 1s taking care to
have the very best blood, tor the
good fo the Industry In the Salem
district. !
Pure bred queens from Italy i
guaranteed alire, cost S200 each.
The queens which Mr. Mead re
ceived yesterday are as good as
the ones he might get from Italy,
he thinks, though - they do not
bring such high prices.
STATE'S GARDEN PATCH
IS VISITED THURSDAY
CUTWORMS DAMAGE PROIX
' UCTS AT COLONY FARM
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Produce la Fine Condition and
, Represents Great Saving to
ImttitBtkm
' Cutworms, In a few days
done thousands of dollars
have
Iworth
state
ORDINANCE' NOT SIGNED
5L1YOR CONSIDERS PLAN BE
FORE PENNING NAME
The city, parking, orlinance,
passed at the Monday night meet
ing of the council and providing
for the change from "back-in" to
head-tn" "parking, had not-been
signed by Mayor John B. Glesy
last night, who declared that he
proposed to take plenty of time
for consideration ot every detail
of the law before giving it his
signature. The ordinance will not
become effective until ten days
from the date that It is signed by
the mayor.
Although there has been some
delay in final action by the mayor
there seems little possibility that
the plan will not soon be put into
operation. The mayor has already
declared his : willingness to sign
the bill and give "head-on" park
ing a trial. The fact that several
amendments were hurriedly made
during rapid ; consideration of the
measure Monday night, and that
he wishes to give these careful ex
amination In order that the ordl
nance will not later be found de
fective, was assigned as the reason
for the delay.
In the meantime the city street
department has been ordered to
proceed with preparation for the
painting of the white guide signs
on the streets required by the law,
of damage to products on
property. Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner.
superintendent of the state hos-
pltal, told newspapermen yester
day In the course of an Inspec
tion ot the state hospital's 2(0
acre "garden patch" across the
river In Polk county. Thej party
were guests of Sam A. Koser. sec
retary of state, at the colony farm.
E. T. Tldd Is foreman ot the farm
A fly, resembling the honey bee
but somewhat smaller, has done
some damage to the squash of
which there are 30 acres lnclud
Ing some acreage at the cottage
farm. The colony farm has plant
ed 103 acres of potatoes this year
together with a great and i ample
variety ot other garden products
that are needed to teed the 1800
Inmates and 250 employees of the
state hospital during the Winter
A huge plot is given over; to to
mato vines, which are loaded at
present and will be put up in five
gallon cans later in the season.
Inmates of the institution are busy
picking beans at present while the
sweet corn is fast ripening,' j
At certain times during the year
as many 'as SO inmates lot the
state hospital are employed on the
farm during ' the day. n the
growing and harvesting season a
few remain at the farm1 whi-e
others spend the day there, being
taken to the -farm from the hos
pital in trucks and in the morning
and returned at night. Still oth
ers spend the entire week, being
returned to the institution: for the
week-ends. Quarters are 'provid
ed for both groups, the bunks
greatly resembling an army bar
racks. Everything is being kept
in the best possible condition and
in the event of a surplus' of any
commodity, disposition of this; is
made to other institutions at' a
great saving to the state. .
PEOPLE AND EVENTS
SILVERTON
LILL1X I.. MADS 5. EUtMMi Orreip.mt .
SILVERTON,' Aug. 6. (Special
to The Statesman.) Mrs. George
Hearlksen and Mrs. John Kloster
were hostesses at the monthly
meeting of Trinity Ladles' Ald
society at Trinity social rooms on
Wednesday afternoon. At the
business session ot the society it
was voted to buy a laundry stove
tor the parsonage laundry.
Farmers of the Brush creek dis
trict, close to the Pudding river,
had a fire scare Wednesday of
this week when. a brush fire broke
away for a short time, volun
teers soon', got it under control
again. Sparks flew to the root of
the S. Kaser barn, but were ex
tmgulshed before much damage
was done.
Amonr the Silverton folk at
tending buyers' week at Portland
may be mentioned Otto Legard,
Earl Adams. Ralph Adams. N
Digerness. Louis ' Bock, Mr. and
Mrs. U Wolfard. Mr. and Mrs.
Mj Van Valkenburg.
That the Silverton Lumber com
pany mill has been sold Is becom
ing a dally report at Silverton, It
seems. - Most times folks refuse
to believe 1L However, Thursday
morning the report became cir
culated that the mill was sold to
the big Warehouser Lumber com
pany. The report was so worked
out In detail that for a short time '
Silverton "boomed.", The new
company was going to completely
rebuild and enlarge the mill at
Silverton. However, the "boom"
was short-lived. The Silverton
Lumber company denied all knowl
edge of such a deal having been
closed. -
AUTO STARTS BLAZE
WALLA WALLA, Aug. 5. Fire
starting from an automobile on
the Robinson-Martin ranch, one
and a half miles west of Walts
burg, burned between 1500 and
2.000 acres ot standing wheat and
between 5,000 and 7,000 sacks of
threshed grain, partly covered by
insurance, on the McGbwan ranch
today.
CHAMPIONSHIP '
BOUT RECALLED
CARSON ! CITY Nev. T b
gong used at the world champion-
ment of gas engines will double I ship heavyweight prizefight here
the mileage now possible. ScWn- March 17. 1897. when Jim Corbett
Yank Soldiers of Fortune Fight for Dime a Day
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lost the title to Bob Fltzsimmons.
has been given by Mrs. Sadie Man-
ton to her son a resident of iex-
as, whose father was one ot Cor-
bett's trainers. Mrs. Manton j
purchased the old bell from An-
drew Todd, Sr., of Carson City,
who has had it In his possession
tiiic study of the process of
"cracking" crude oil has resulted
In increasing the supply of gaso
line, the report, states, while It Is
predicted that improved methods
of "cracking" residue fuel oil, will
so diminish the supply of the lat
ter product that eventually it will
be removed from competition with since the day ot the battle,
coal.
As Incentive for the more effl
cient development of the nation's
oil supplies, the report suggests
that operators be assured security
in the ownership ot oil landa and
the right to lease, encouragement
In exploration and development of
little known- fields and adequate
pries to commensurate the risk of
capiat Investment. '
F. N. WOODRY
AUCTIONEER
and Furniture Dealer
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Residence and Store
1810 N. Summer St.
Phone 511
Established Since 1010
Saturday Special
18
Thin, Blown
Glasses
for
98c
A Rare Bargain
Think ot it. IS clear blown glasses, six each of the glasses shown
above for 8c. The quality is wonderful, clear, well finished.
Optic design. ' The set contains six each of grape Juice or min
eral tumblers, water or table tumblers and cold drink or ice tea
tumblers. !At the price they are a rare bargain. Think ot how
many times you have been short of glasses. Now is the time to
buy a complete service which will answer all your needs.
Housewives
As a special Inducement we invite you to our new Housewares
Department in the Basement "
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ITALIAN QUEENS ARRIVE
H. 31. ME.ll), BEE KING, GETS
SHIPMENT ROM EAST V
II. M. Mead, the bee king of
this district, received yesterday
from Jay Smith. Vlncennes, In
aiana, ten Italian -queens ,-all
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TONIGHT
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Family
Night
GRAND
FOR
Frktay
Director's Basement Sales are becoming more popular each week
with Salem people. If you are not in the habit of attending these
sales START WITH THIS ONE you'll find that you can get
better merchandise for less. I
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nUnrovir- the idea that modern warfare has made the soldier of fortuue a romantic thinff of
the past, the seven Americans sabwrf here, world, war heroes, are risking their lives for 10 cents day
to fight for France in Morocco. All of Ihem have fouM H the uniforms of several countries. They
are, left to rht; (seated) R. II. Weller; Edmund L. Gros, Charles Sweeny, Lt Col. Parker, Lieut.
Col. KerwoolV (sUndin-t) Major iPollock, Grahsm Ballon, L. C. Ilolden. Sweeny, son of a Seattle
mOlionaire, tat be oMexican, Ecuadorian, French, Anencia aaal'oh.arnij.al3e Jatter
Announcement-
I have purchased the plant, equipment and business
of the Courtesy Cleaners and will operate the busi
ness under the name of
Mcdonald cleaned "-
First class workmanship and service will be offered
to patrons and we will call for and deliver all work
promptly. . .
Mcdonald cleaners
.S.SIcDONALD, Proprietor . .. .
Telephone 2217 783 Hishland
10 quart galvanized pails
heavy 4- -
V- Inch Rope, lbL .....I
25c
19c
Large cups (white)
10c
1 lot of Hats and Caps for
hop pickers .4- - -
25c
1 lot of white Canvas Shoes and
Sandals . J I -...i.. x C
D00 pair children's red and blue Sandals,
heavy, soles. A good value at fl Q
JUL
$1.05, only
1 lot of women's Novelty
Pumps ..J....;.
LS2.49
1 lot of women's Novelty t
Pumps, values to $7-50.
$3.95
Women's! Coveralls for
hop picking
98c
Boys' Overalls,
blue Denim
89c
.White and black Thread
3c
Men's Peters
Work Shoes. ......
$1.98
Men's all leather Oxfords,
brown or black.
$3.49
Men's good value Work
- Shirts; -
69c
Bixbv's black or brown liquid Shoe
Polish, fresh stock, just re- J A
ceivedi special
Oil Cloth, good quality
yard
.....:29c
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Corner Court and Commercial Streets