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VOLUME 41.
NO. 79.
EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1911.
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Al ONCE
Springfield, March 1 1
United St tes Attorney Burke to-
Any ordered a aubpoena duces te« uni iusaed lor United States
Ki'nator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, ■ ;ir moninp; him as wit-
ftiobH againut State Senator John 6. Broderick, of Chicago,
■charged by former Stale Senator David S. Holutlaw with pay­
ing hint $2500 on July 1 6, 1909, in Broderick’s saloon lor hin
iiu
Holatlaw pro-
Unary Brotc for Lorimer for United States senator.
dB Jduced the deposit slip of the the Slate Bank of Chicago, in
• II.
alfaL Kviiich ho caitl lie deposited the monc- L The deposit slip wan
taken to Washington by ll: :.ul> co’.ni ittee investigating Lori-
4 11;
hr. era election and the la it knowledge of the whereabouts of
•oral
H U the slip wag When Bailey hold it
in his hand during his
m
speech
in
thu
senate
in
defense
cf
Lorimer
,and dcnouncod it
<n
rs a forgery.
<»»:
Bailey's CKplanotion is that while lie was addressing the
. ba-
I« Ji senate some one took the sup front him and hp cannot re­
member who it was. lit odetick'a case is set for trill on the
20th of March.
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r
Prominent Pioneer. Once Coun- Small Blaze in the Fester Im
ty Judge and University
plemcnt House on Fifth
Regent. Expires •
Street Today
SIGMA CHI HOLDS
BIG INSTALLATION
The annual Installation <>l the new
members and otln r rites of the Sig-
ma Chi fraternity were held in Eu-
gene today. Many outside members
wore present.
The annual alumni
banquet was held in Portland last
night nnd practically nil of the alum­
ni took the early mottling train for
Eugene. Among the outsider: pre.-
ent were W. H. Mont nr ■ i ' . Tom
Bennett and It. S M< Millan, of Se­
attle; A. Hire. M. Hilllldelt. W. 1
Belcher, G. E. Hogan. I It. Convert.
A. II. Lewis, S. H. Sheldon and J
Montgomery, of Portland; ( In ter
t'hrismnn. Eugene.
The new nieinburs Installed Into
the fraternity lire Samuel Robin on.
of Nampa. Idaho; Ati-tiu Farrln lor
Eugene; Charles I'ov !<>r. Portland;
Henry Fowlin', Portland; Harold Dn
bury. Hood River.
Mrs. Helen Rosenllml will be nt
Hempton's store Monday and Tuci-
day to dcnioWstrnto
the AmerfcHu
Lady corset.
Ladies are Invited to
»■all during these days and witness
tho demonstration.
I^B\
Filibustering Band, Led By Ne
grò, Marching on Tia
Juana
U Diego,
ii 11
"W» will
.•tit» t Tla ,| emu tonight,” was the
lues: ,igi
,‘nt to Sub-Prefect<> Jo>se|
l.ilicqu In-colllinail'l of tile forces at
tlii- lit ile Mexican town across the
boundary line from Sun Diego today.'
by u filibustering force of Mexicans. I
tinder the leaderahip of u lialf-breeil ‘
negro nsineil Fiauci-io Salinas. The
for<" is lamped twenty miles east of
'I la Juana und Is laid to number 140 |
men. At noon tlie bnml was said to |
have begun it« march to Tiu Juana.
L. Klemmer, Recently from Grading to Commence As Soon
Minneapolis, Will Colonize
As Route Out of Salem
Big Tract of Land
!s Decided Upon
COMPLETE LINE THIS
BOUGHT l . LEMMON
FARM THIS SPRING
YEAR, SAYS STEVENS
POPE P/U^
>T|
\pReMi[ñ ÁHT¿»~4¿ ÀJOAÀ ì ]
Has Large Force of Men at Company 1$ Not Disturbed Over
Delay in Obtaining
Work Setting Out Trees
Franchise
—Many Coming
ItcbelH Arc Uniting
Mc'lcall, March 11. By order
lit. i tli- revolutionary Junta at Los
Angeles, the departure of the rebels
from Ensenada lias been deferred un­
til the Junta has decided to suspend
al! lint defensive measures until It
beroini more evident what the Unit­
ed States army will do along the bor­
der.
"If the United States intends to
take Mexico, there is no use wasting
lives and money flgiitlng for liberty." 1
said Simon Berthold today. "We will
Washington
shows its
wait until
hand, althou gh it appears that mo-
billzatlon of the troops at the border
thing, the occupa-
can mean but o
If
’ tlon atid annexation of Mexico.
11 list is true, all tlie work we have
I done will go for naught."
Construction work on the Oregon
A 400-acre apple orchard, the lar-
gest in Lane county, is being set out Electric > xtension from Salem to Eu­
on the old L Lemmon farm on F« rn gene will be started within a few
Rid,,;, by E L. Klemmer, recently vii-ic, v.f’h the view of having it
from Minneapolis, who purchased the completed before the end of the pres­
place early this year for a figure ent year, as announced by John F.
Stevens, head of ’ho road, upon his
in the vicinity of $25,000.
Mr. Klemmer arrived in Eugene return from tile Eat** several weeks
last fall with a view to taking ad- ago, says today's Oregonian.
He
While the officials have taken no
price» of land in this vicinity,
vantage "f the comparatively low- active steps to put men at work, af­
looked at various tracts before de­ fairs in the offices in this city have
elding where to buy and liad his eye beep, so shaping themselves as to
on the big tract that was reeenily hasten the day when graders can pre­
bought by the Jack Rodman company pare the ground for the tracklayers
in that locality, but found a good or when the company can advertise
proposition In the ixmmon farm and for bids.
It is not known! yet which route
took it up. The price paid for the
out cf Salem will be selected. Four
place was $45 an acre.
Mr. Klemmer now has a large force or five lines have been surveyed, any
of men at work on the farm digging of which is considered advisable for
Owing to
the holes for the several thousand the company to adopt.
apple trees which he will set out. the fact th t actual work has not
There are at present twelve men dig- been started, some residents of the
ging the holes and seven teams are district between Salem and Eugene
HENK’f MAURICE
employed. Besides these, there is a have become impatient and are eager
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cook who conducts the boarding to see the grading started.
Minncapol is, March 11—St. Paul
Work to Be Rushed
bouse for the men and several other
von the indoor rifle team champion­
‘‘We are not delayed in the least,
employes who are at work at differ­
ship of the West, defeating Buttee
Rome, March 11.—The \ at lean
being as strong as it appeared, ent things around the tract. There said Mr. Stevens yesterday. "We
by u score of 987 to 98.1 In the final considers the new French cabinet ttie
real masters of the situation be- is a big tent where the men eat. be- have planned to build the road this
Fire was discovered
shortly ai­ week of the rifle association inter- as purely a Combes cabinet. While ing ertremists who planned to over- i sides a number of smaller tents in year and expect to do so. We do not
know how soon we will put our men
Combes was premier and Théophile turn the religious, social and econom­ ; which they sleep.
ter 3 30 o’cloi k this morning In tile < lub matches, which ended today.
Delcasse foreign minister diplomatic ic life of the country. The Vatican
The old buildings on the farm at work, but it will be in plenty of
Charles <>. Fostei
Implement and
relations between the Freni h govern- regards open hostilities as certain to have been torn down, - the old or- time to finish the work within the
harness shop on Woat Filth : I reel
mrnt tind the Vatican were brokeu occur between it and Premier Antoine chard which contained trees from a required time.”
between Willamette and Olive. It is
-........ thick lias - been
— dug
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JIr- Steven8
that the fact that
i ff. The Vatican foresees a new pe- Ernest Monls, and in addition to the foot to two feet
plainly evident that it was of Incon
iraAv _ m> and a gre3t nurrry taher chenges Li ■ Salem
cwuncil hod failed to
riod'“J?
gli peree<-iftinn . of
l t.it .> .<p
_ . Tb»'*y!/o
:*y.—ff:- «
--‘ ‘ a;
at dlscavee-
feared x>pooMtfon. h'm ahd p.
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have
been
made
on
the
premises,
grant
the
franchise
asked for in that
church ai.il triumph of demagogy
<•<! by n pa »< rbv, J iimi a f< w v-conds
minister ot marine, tlie pope ex-
Reno. Nov., March 11. Two men which It belicrea will compromise the | 1 now-
pects
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Mr. Klemmer has employed experts city to penult the Oregon Electric to
after it had bcm lighted, and had it
;
the
co-operation
against
the
not been for this fact und the quick wore killed by a snow-slide at Sierra highest interests of the republic. The church of Joseph Caillaux- minister from Hood River to superintend the operate south had not disturbed the
rexponse of the file depart nielli. tile City. Calif., Thursday night, accord­ hoi-, see i • lad it maintained res rv. 'of finance, and Henri Maurice Ber- setting out of the trees and to care company. He’ pointed out that the
toward Premier Briatid, bi- position I tgaux. minister of war.
for them after they begin to grow franchise had only recently been ask-
building, or at least the contents, ing to advices received In re today.
< • bcm destroyed nnd all
and bear.
None but the standard ed for and that delay was to be ex­
would have
varieties of apples, such as yellow pected.
traces of the incendiarism covered
Officials of the Oregon Electric do
Newton Pippins, Spitzenbergs. Bald­
up.
The flames were extinguished
wins and Jonathans will be si t out. not anticipate any difficulty in ob­
before the loss had reached $100.
taining the Salem franchise and in
Many New Families Coining
(ill had been poured over th»« wood­
Mr. Klemmer's plan is to colonize the meantime are preparing to pro­
work nnd hartiesn store room In the
< the tract, selling it off in smaller ceed with the work on other points
front part of the store, and nlso over
! tracts of from five to twenty acres of the line.
wooden lockers nnd about the office
Wickersham, chicr engineer of the
each. He recently informed a man
In tlie rear. A path of oil connected
residing in that vicinity that forty road, was in Salem yesterday looking
them. The fire was lighted in one
lor fifty families are expected out over the situation. As soon as the
place and it quickly run over the oil
I from Minneapolis and other cities of construction work starts, he will
building, w hlch is
to the other. .. The
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I the mtddel West in a very short time move his headquarters, temporarily,
built of wood and sheet iron and
I to live on these tracts.
They are to that city. He will direct affairs
I
with a concrete floor, ami which was,
1 not farmers, as a rule, but bank 'out of Portland until his presence on
formerly used r.s a garage by the En-|
[clerks, store clerks and bookkeepers the ground becomes necessary.
gene Auto company, is owned by E.
Company May Do Work
who see an opportunity in this couu-
E. Quimby, It Is Insured for $1000,'
Whether the company itself will
, try io become independent.
w lilie the insurance on the stock,
amount» to $3000.
Mr. Klemmer has made no ncise do the work or whether it will let
Tlie ease against the alleged fire-'
about his purchase or his orchard.' grading contracts has not yet been
ling Is st rone nnd an arrest is expect-,
preferring to say nothing for publica- decided, but on most of the electric
ed by the officers before night. Sher­
tion, and lndeed little is known of Hue construction undertaken by the
graders and
iff Bown und the police have spent 1
him here expect that he has ample Hill system company
t
n good pari of the day on (he case.
means to carry out his plans. He company engineers had charge of the
is of the kind of men Eugene and actual construction, excepting in
Ignacio. Cal., March 11- A ranch­
Washington. March 11.—The gun­
Washington. March 11.—No addi­ Lane county want. He has been driving the tunnnel through -Corne­
man named LaFranct and his 19- boat Print eton. now nt Panama, v.lll tional troops will be ordered to Tex­ stopping at the St. Francis hotel here lius gap of the Cnited Railways.
y ear-old nephew, Albertino, were be ordered northward, touching at as or California, nor are such orders during the winter and early spring,
Rtghts-of-way through the country
shot and killed and Mrs. Rose I a- Acapulco. Mexico, and probably oth­ ft: contemplation at the present ’¡me, but is now camping on the place ou south of Salem and iu the city of
Frauehi shot In the log today by an er Mexican ports, while the gutibont a< cording to General Leonard Wood, Fern Ridge.
Eugene already have been obtained.
unknown Italian, whom they had gi­ Yorktown will -ail southward from .chief cf staff.' Ilfs ...
1
McMinnville has granted the com­
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statement
is in
Story of Purchase
ven lodging over night. Tlie murder­ San Diego, also with ord rs to stop answer to the report that thé war
There is rather an
interesting pany a franchise, and, although the
er Is pursued by two posses of arm­ at several Mexican ports, These or- department is preparing to send an-l story us to hos Mr. Klemmer hap­ main line will not touch that point,
Courtroom is Crowded With a ed
ranchmen, the crime being entire­ ders are in conjunction with those other division to the southern fron­ pened to buy the Lemmon farm. He a branch road has been contemplat­
ly unprovoked. Mrs. LaFranchl. with Issued a few days ago to the gun-i tier. It is made dear in army cir-[ was on his way to one of the farms ed. Officials have set no definite time
Throng of Idle and Curious
two bullets in her legs, dragged her­ boat Tacoma and the scout cruiser des that the forces in process of mo­ recently purchased by the Rouuian for building this piece of track, but
Spectators
self half a mile to the nearest neigh­ Chester. 'I hey will establish a patrol bilization at San Antonio. Galveston company to look at it with a view to have held out the hope that it will bo
bor nml gave the alarm.
of United States vessel aalong both and San Diego are adequate for the purchasing it. but turned off on the within a few years.
A great deal of interest is being ta­
Feeling is high and it is believed coasts of Mexico.
When the route between Salem
present needs. The war department, wrong road.
He stopped at the
ken in I tie trial of William Grotjan. the officers of the law will have dif­
however, is recruiting the ir.fafltryl Lemmon house to enquire as to di­ and Eugene is selected, detailed ar-
who Is aven >'d of a statutory offense ficulty in saving tlie murderer troni
Rebel Agent Arrested
regular» of Major General Carter’s rections. He liked the looks of the rangemnt» for beginning construc­
ngnim t Mae Hills, a thirteen-year-old violence.
San Diego, March 11. -Charged division at San Antonio to their full farm and enquired of Mrs. Lemmon tion work will be made.
girl residing at Jasper. The trial be-
with exploding dynamite on the strength.
if they wanted to sell it. She re-:
u.in in the i Ircult court this morning
Fight on Franchise Unlikely
streets of Ensenada, and suspected of
The division now numbers about pPed in the affirmative and lie ask-1
and the courtroom Ims been crowded
Salci. Or.. March 10.—While
being die agent of tile rebel forces, a 10.000 enlisted men, and it is expect­ ed how much they wanted for it.
all day with curious spectators.
A
man believed to be J. II. Dirk, want­ ed it will be increased to 16,000 by She said $.10 an acre. He then went some fear has previously been ex­
large number of Jasper people arc
ed in Los Angeles on the charge of additional recruits in the ordinary out into the field where her husband pressed that the Oregon Electric
here us witnesses
nnd onlookers.
The newly appointed water com- murder, is in i ustodv at Ensenada, way.
was working and asked him how franchise for the proposed extension
Grotjan was employed as crane-tend­ mission which will have entire con- according to information received at
much
he would take, and he told Mr. south might have difficulty in pass­
er on a steam shovel on the new rail­ trol of the city water and electric this place.
Klemmer
$4.1 an acre. Mr. Klemmer ing the city council, today much con­
way being built up the Willamette by| plants, met in the city mill today
immediately
drew a check in favor fidence waa shown and it is now
III, Southern Pacific company. Ho and perfected an organization, vs
Martial Law Declared
of
Lemmon
for
$1.100 to bind the practically assured that the franchise
became acquainted
with the Hills provided by the ordinance which dre-
Mexico City. March 11. — The gov­
bargain
and
the
deal
was closed up will be successful when it comes up
girl and. m cording to tin* testimony, atod the boatd. the members drew ernment today decided to suspend
for final passage.
In
a
short
time.
induced her to leave her home and to lots for the short and long terms, the constitutional guarantee through­
A threat to apply the referendum
do wrong.
resulting as follows:
R M. Day to out the republic. This means a mild
to the franchise of the Salem. Falls
A bold thief entered the room of
The jury selected today consists of serve one year.
M. Svarvorud two form of martial law.
•city and Western now holds but lit­
Mayor Matlock In the Matlock build­
the following
Grunt Sweet. Otis I. years. E U. Loe, three years, C. S.
tle terror. It has been stated by those
ing last night end took from the
Circle. John W. Stormont, Will. F. Frank four years nnd 11 B. .McKin­
who wore known to have contem­
clothing of the sleeping mayor a val-
Proctor. Allen A. Simmons, Clyde ney five years. It was agreed that
plated such a move that the plan has
Concord. N. IL. March 11.
liable gold watch. The watch was sold ♦
I.nml>. Clinrl - A Burgess, Amos Wil­ the memb’.r with the short term shall
been abandoned.
A valuation of $2.512.846
to a second-hand dealer otf West ♦
kins. .Sidney Stli kl< s, John W. Pol­ serve ns president and the im nibers
Eleventh street this morning and the ♦ Is placed on the estate in New
lock. Geo. I,. Beckwith and F. L. with the next shortes: shall bo vice
police and the denier are searching ♦ Hampshire of the lute Mrs.
Snodgrass.
president, tints Mr. D.iy nnd Mr. Svar"
lor the thief with an accurate de­ [♦ Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder
District Attorney E. II. Bryson is verud hold these respective offices
Sydney. March 11.—Bill
Christian Science
scription
of him.
Mayor Matlock ♦ of the
Papke, the American mid­
condm ling the proiiitilon while L. | nt present. ixext year Mr. Svarve-
Her property in
♦ church.
knew
nothing
of
the
presence
of
a
dle-weight. knocked out Dave
Bilyeu is defending the prisoner. The t ml will be president and Mr. Lee
Massachusetts Is unofficially
burglar in bls room and did not mis-
trial will probably not Ito completed vice president and so on. Mr. Lee
Smith, tlie Australian mid­
♦ estimated at $210.000.
bis
gold
timekeeper
until
after
.«*
dle-weight champion, in tlie
until Monday or Tuesday.
| was chosen temporary secretary of
San Francisco, March 11.—Falling
The chief items in New
was dressed. Notniug else seemed to ❖
Gorihoii lames Suit
seventh round today. Last
the commission.
from the fifth story of his hotel
Hampshire ar» stocks nnd
♦
have
been
taken
from
his
room
save
The jury in the suit of Peter Gor-
month Papke lost to Smith
It was voted that nil men now » in­
here today, Edward H. Tucke, an at­
♦ bonds. $1.0.17,788, nnd copy­
the watch.
i hon vt the Booth Kelly I.umber Co. ployed nt the water tuid electric
on a foul in the tenth.
torney of Lowell, Mass.,was crushed
♦ rights valued at $1,400,000.
to tecoVer over $.,iH>u damages on | plants .- linll b-i retained until further
to death or a skylight four stories
♦
account of the loss of two toes while order of tlie commission. 1 he
below. No one witnessed the trag­
♦ o««** A¿4*4*4 ♦
work Ing tn the company's logging end Monday cf each mouth was des­
edy.
camp, Inst night returnedna verdict ignated as tin regular meeting time
Tract of 98 1 acres 7 miles from
The Dulles has icon sold for $25,-
Iu favor of the company.
of the con'mhslcn.
A recall is being worked olT'Coun-
000. and 400 acres will be planted to
Colon, March 11.— A big slide ot
cllnian Ellis, of Portland. Several
M WRIED
THE WHEAT MARKETS
fruit at once asd sold is small trarts. earth at the north end of the Gatun
of them need one effectively.
At Co,tate Grove. March 9, 1911,
lock of the Panama canni last night ■
Augusta,
March 11.—President
Tacoma, March 1 1—Rltiesteni, S3
Postal receipts show that nearlyi killed two men and several were in-1 Taft reached Augusta early today for
Jama« Miller an I Miss Lola n. Quee-
The First National bank and the
per. Justice of tlie Peace W. c. Coun- forty-fold, 81-82; club. 81; red Rus all Or< gon tow ns have grown
juied. A quantity ot machiutiy was| a brief period of rest before return­ Ladd & Tilton banks, of Portland,
sian.
89
siderably
in
the
past
year.
ter officiating.
buried
each has over >13,000,000 deposit*. -
lug to A\ ushmgton.
Mi ARRESI
Rodney Hcott, one of the best-
[ known pioneers of Lane county, died
, suddenly nt his home noar Coburg
Innt evening, presumably from heart
trouble. lie liiol been In lie usual
I good health during the day mid had
¡eaten a fiaarty »tippi
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,u
'afterward. A short time afterward.
member» of bls family heard n no «•
and going to his bedroom found him
dying. A physician was sent for. tint
•ealh catue nfter he arrived.
Mr. Scott was bom iu St Charles
•ounty, Mo., In I sc.!, irossln» tb
plains with his parents to Californl i
in 184.1, traveling with ox tennis In
.quite n large party
After tlie usuxl
[hardship« and experiences with In­
diana incident to such • trip In those
days they arrived In the Golden --i.it
in the latter part of that year, coni
Ing to Oregon the next year, stopping
[In Yamhill county.
In 1 84 7 they
came to Lane county and took up
[•40 acre» of land In Hie forks of tlie
river near Coburg
Rodney’s fctli r
wax killed by Indians soon after that,
but his mother remained on the farm
and the boy, after becoming old
enough to work, helped her to con­
duct the place for a number of veun
Mr. Scott was educated in tilt .
county and followed farming and
stock-raising tin- »renter put of hl:
life. The family moved to Eugene
in 1880 and lived nt tlie corm r of
East Eleventh and High arrets. In
1 884 Mr. Si oft «»» appointed r< pent
of the Urlverxlt' of Oregon anil held
the position foi n number ot y. .■
In 1888 he wnx elected county judg
on the republican ticket. mid served
tour yenrs. lie wan iiimrled in 18113
to Mixa M. R. Ixeti. of Pcnnnylvania.
He leaves n daughter, Mi
Dora
Scott, now living in Onklnnd. Cal.
She was formerly librarian at the
University of Oregon.
Judge Scott wa a man of iron -
character and was iilwnr upright mid
honest In Ills dealing' with his fel­
low-men. lie served tlie county well
in the capacity of Judge mid his work
on the bonrd of regent of th l Di­
versity was of tlie same character
Funeral arrangements will not be
made tintll the daughter from Cali­
fornia arrives.
ORCHARD OB COHSTRUGTION
FERN RIDGE
BESINS SOON
ST. PAUL WINNER
OF CHAMPIONSHIP
TWO MEN KILLED
IN A SNCW SLIDE
I WO ME8 AND
POSSE PURSUE
OF ME
n
Killing of Family is Regarded Gunboats Princeton and York- General Wcod Denies Current
As Unprovoked
Reports of Larger
Crime
of San Diego
Force
GROTJAN BEING TRIED
FOR OFFENSE AGAINST
LITTLE MAE HILLS
NEW WATER BOARD
MET AND ORGANIZED
SNEAK THIEF STEALS
THE MAYOR'S WATCH
BILL PAPKE KNOCKS
OUT DAVE SMITH
MRS. EDDY’S ESTATE
WORTH MILLIONS
LAWYER FALLS
TO HIS DEATH
PANAMA CANAL SLIDE
CAUSES TWO DEATHS PRESIDENT TAFT
ARRIVES AT AUGUSTA
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