Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, May 21, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextrllER: FAIR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. 1 AIL Y CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1007. NO. 122. UNI II MAKES NEW PAVING ORDINANCES For About Twenty Blocks of BitufctWc and to Finish North Com mercial Street Bridge L r'tv council broke tho record night by ordorlng about iO b of bltulltulc pavement put on Court and Stato streets. I final report was Bccured from nmmlttee on bridges, fixing up S'orth Commerclnl street brldgo sltlon, and providing for tho in of tho approaches. he council sustained tho action be mayor In holding up tho flro !blll against tho city for $1101, It Is stated that tho bill was run out a contract, nnd without nd ine tho cxpondlturo. ho city council did a large unt of business, and with ono or exceptions tho members In- icd In no long apcoches. ' T.lnia of Twelfth Street. Merman tlnnB got' through a res- Ion for establishing tho property I on Twelfth Btrect. Somo of tho rtr owners nro out In tho street la places tho street Ib only half lull width at othor plncos. Made Neat Speech. kjerman Walt Low mndo n neat ch In tendering the resignation lark Savago as flro chlof, speak- of his services In high terms, and i paying a lino trlbuto to tho cm ley of Mr. Darr, tho now chief. bo city council "hold a spirited bos list nlcht nnd business was led through with a nontness and stch that would hnv6 dono credit Cwr Reed or Jos. Cannon. Ordinance for Minors. It, Grccnbaum, of committee on icanccs, reported n bill to pro- L minors frequenting saloohH. It brides that no minors bo allowed tag around or vlBlt or have any icess about nny liquor house, or known as a Baloon, or place ffe liquor Is sold at wbolosalo or ill. Passed, CADET FOR THE NAVY Public Examination For Position At Annapolis Ordinances. Ir Frascr Introduced a bill rogu- s the laving of water- and gni s and Btrvlco pipes. Read twlco , referred to committee. WaiiIh to Ttent Stable. ommltrc on public buildings ro sed tha eoiuo ono wnnted to ront ' old t'nVp or Bhed back of tho ding twnrd by tho city on Stnt t Haas wlBhed that doforred ll next wctk, until commlttoo on Rth and police could Investigate ttary conditions of same. Tho Imltto wcro authorized to ront If sanitary regulations allowed to To FlnUh North Hrldge. ommrro on bridges reported srably ci bid of Capital Improve. tt Co to mako nil on North Com- clal s Tct bridge. City recorder d ' draw contract. uo r rrted plan for strengthen- Ncrth C mmerclal street brldgo preset mntractors, tho Genoral htraM -B Co , without further ox- to c'tv River gravel to bo In r i of crushed rock In ad- onal r tr cte work. If put more i In' t' rp deep concreto work ter VI for at $10 a yard; $250 tVE g channel of creek ongh u-drr arch, satlsfactojy to K f-rtrattee. h Ja thought a nlno Inch wall P" -g - stand such heavy pres- T' o water In North Mill creek my cwift and cut out banks very ft and 'f-'ro was always danger nndc" - rir T Hid not seem ltcac-aT v right. Report adopt- lVkijt(.lk M m. f ""union ut titiiutiunn. ' Haas reported that committer ' f r sidewalk on west side rios -j" the sanitary condition CfcSzv a wished two weeks fur- to c--r, Pitt t-Annrt ftrantcd. P'alk on Seventeenth Street. ' ntaura reported favoraDiy t" "3 f:r sidewalk on west side StTeeenth street, reported - i i;r a nvo-root wane. r Pk"l xacved to amend to build IP.frLA. . . tm - vbik Mr r.KwnhBiim taiu ujcrlty cf tho peoplo who were w Pay for thenwanted a flve lk. Mr Jacob sld ft four lk as aa advertisement of poverty. Mr. Gcsnor made a pathetic plea for a four-foot walk but the amendment wnB lost and Green baum's report was adopted. Street committee reported favor ably on petition for sldownlk on north Bldo of Court street from Eighteenth to Twenty-first. Report adopted. Dlscuwdou of nills. Mr. Churchill submitted report of commlttco on accounts ami current expenses. Mr. Rndcllff objoctcd to tho bills being reported and ordered pntd without being rend. It scorns bills hnvo been passed up and allowed without coming beforo tho whole committee, nnd Mr. Rnd cllff thought this .was not business' like. Rills wont back to commlttco. Moro Street Paving. Commlttco on streets rcportod favorably and submitted specifica tions for bttullthlc pavemont of Stato strcot, from Church to Twelfth street. Specifications rend. Mr. Frasor objectod to the torm "artlflclnl Portland cement." It proved to bo tho usual torm em ployed. Specifications adopted. Also specifications and cstlmntos for improvement of Court strcot from Commercial trect to Church street. ndoptcd. Also resolution ndoptcd ordorlng Improvement of States Btrect from Church strcot to Twelfth street. Also resolution adopted for Im provement of Court Btreot with bltullthlc payemont. "" Plfe" Alarm "System. Tho veto of mayor of bill Tor In stallation of automatic fire alarm system to cost $1104 wns rend. Mr. Rndcllff moved that hnlf tho bill bo i paid, ned rest not pnld until satis factory to tho city. It developed that thero was no contract drawn with tho city. Mr. Groenbaum objoctcd to pay ing out any money until It was mado a good systom. Mr. Downing objected to paying anything. Tho flro boll did not ro j Bpond to tho alnrm. If tho bull did not ring, how could peoplo turning u iho alarm know that tho alarm had boon received. Ho was opposed to paying a dollar. Mr. llayno movod reference to a special commlttoo to luqulro Into tho contract with tho flro alarm peoplo. Carried. Sunday Drug Store. Mr. Grccnbaum offered a resolu tion asking tho city marshal to en force Sunday liquor laws against drug storos. Mayor ruled out of order South Commercial Street. City Attorney Condlt roportod that certain citizens had paid, othars had offorod to bond, some had not paid. Ho aBkod that warrants ba Iseuod and served according to law. The Fountain Light. Sovoral communications relative to lighting fountain was referred to committoe on lights. Sidewalk Ideas, flltv Attorney Condlt submitted ro- port In favor of collootlng all sums due for constructing oi iuui, and that wnrranta bo Issued to col lect all sidewalk Hens by law. New Fire Chief, xfnrv Snvnco tendered bis resigna tion as chief of flro department. Ap- I . wt. .l Mflll plication or Jonn uarr woo rcu .. Mr. Downing moved that ho be unanimously elected. Carried, and Mr. Darr declared oleotcd. Several Other Matter. Mr. Fraser asked that a license bo transferred from Patton & Co. to Nusbaum Bros. Allowed. J. 8. Pratt and Tillson & Co. granted permit to build corrugated iron buildings. General Elecrric Co. - PrniAr moved that whea coun cil adjourn It bo to Monday night next to giro tho Goneral Electric Co. an oppoitunlty to have a bearing on State street Improvement. Mr. U... ).imM tn ihMe nrlvlltrgea being extended to corporations that were not glren to private eiUien. Mr Frajwr's motion w adopted. Thoro will bo hold In tho public library, In Portland on Juno 0, 1907, n competitive cxnminntton for tho nppolntment of a midshipman to tho Annapolis Naval Academy by Sonator Uourne. This examination will bo conducted by Dr. C. II. Chnp man, of tho Orcgonlnn staff, and will embrnco a list of applicants' at tainments In rending, writing, spoil ing, puntuntlon nnd capitalization, grammar, geography, United Stntos history, world's history, arithmetic, algebra and geometry. Tho appli cants will bo required to bIiow what would constltuio about 9G per cent STEAMER BURNS IN MID-LAKE BETWEEN MILWAUKEE - MICHIGAN GaJlant Captain the Last Man to Leave Wilh Burning Ciothes Milwaukee Wis., May 21. Tho passenger Btvnmcr Naomi, plying be tween this city nnd Grnnd Huvon, Michigan, burned In mld-lnko nt 1 o'clock this morning. Four deck hnnds wcro burned to death and sov oral passengers Injured. Tho steam er Kansas took tho survivors. In nil GO passengers wcro listed. None wero loBt by tho Naomi flro. Tho steamers Kerr nnd KanBns res cued nil. Thoro wero a fow burns, minor Injuries and a 'panic, currcd 35 miles oft Grand Lobb, $200,000. AMERICAN SHOES WIN THE WORLD Immense Increase In Product Due to Advertising It'ocf Haven Dlt. ALLAN M'LAXE HAMIL TON. Ornndson of Alcxamlor Ilniml ton, nlienist nnd export in nervous disonscs. Couspiouotis tit tho Thuw snd Guitonu murder trial. grades In tho grammar nnd high school studies in this list, nnd will hnvo to bo of good, sound constitu tion, In porfect hoalth, each of tho flvo sonsos unlmpnlrod and from 10 to 20 years of ago. Thoso or 1C years shall bo not loss than C foot, 2 lnchoH In holght nnd nt least 10C pounds weight; nnd nt least C foot, 4 Inchos nnd not Iobb than 12ft noundB weight of 20 yonrs old. Tho nnnlicants will havu to boar their own cxponsos of both oxnmtnntlons, Including railroad fares, and bo pro nnred to Incur an additional oxponso of about $205 for tho roqulrod outtlt of pcrsonnl offocts In cbbo tho Port land examination Is passod, and in nppolntmont rocelvod. Ono candi date and three altornatos will bo cer tified by Dr. Chapman to tho exam ining board, in tho ordor of tholr roBpectlvo standings In tho examina tion. Sonator Dourno will appoint the highest man to tho position of midshipman, and if ho sliau tan io pass the physical or mental examina tion, to bo hold at Annapolis on Juna 18th, then the appointment will fall to tho noxt highest man. and so on until ono Is found or all fall. This examination is opon to evory boy in Oregon who can afford to tako it, and tho first nppolntmont will s?o to him who shall provo to be the bet equipped physically and mentally, a position of final distinction In the United States navy. It Is to bo bopl our high schools and colleges may prove tbomsolves worthy of the mon ey tho taxpayers aro spending on them by showing that thoie aro nu merous young Oregonlans qualified to pass tbo examinations. Cauzht x IilK Fih. New York, May 21. -Tbo grand Jury this afternoon returned ten in dictments against John R. Hegetnan, president of tho Metropolitan Life. Three charges of perjury and seven of forgery In tho third degree. The indictment grew out of a "year end" transaction It Is being al leged that false statements were made to tb state superintendent of Insurance. Woodwork AboHt Coaspieel Tbe new woodwork In the railroad commission oces U almost com pleted, and when finished tho rooms will prewat a Ine appearaace. Ono Man Succumbs. - V Grand Hnpldn, Mloh., May 21. J. M. RhondeB. of Detroit, a victim of tho Naomi flro, wbb brought to a hospital In thta city, nnd died this morning. Arthur Jones,, a Detroit lawyer, rescued from tho Naomi, wired his family that Bovornl pnH- nongora wore drowned nnd, four dock bands burned to death. Captain ThoinaR Trnll watt tho last man to loavo tho ship. His clothing wns al most burned from him. Washington, D. C, May 21.A cen sus bulletin today shows $320,170, 000 worth of shoes manufactured last year, an incrcnao of 21 per cent.' Tho report says tho tnerenso was duo to advertising. ESTIMATES ON FRUIT PRODUCTS V C. Tillson returned this morn- PETITIONS TO REFER POUR IN All the Efforts to Secure Rcferenca of Largo Approfrlatkis Succeed. VICTIMS OF UNJUST RATES www - Chnrlcs E. Sponco, of Roavor Creek, a member of tho cxccuUvo commlttco of tho Stato Grange, is la Salem, whoro ho will look after th filing of tho petitions Inviting a ref erendum voto on tho compulsory pass Inw and tho armory ap propriation bill. Tho Stato Oran hnB obtained a sufficient number ot signatures to exorcise tho refereu dum on those measures, Hugeno Palmer, of AHmny, who I back ot the movement to submit tk Unlvorslty of Oregon appropriation bill to tho peoplo, wan In Orgon City gathering up hla petltlosa for filing nt Salem before next Tkura- Wnshington, Mny 21. -To secure folr piny from rallronds In competi tion with tho Standard Oil Com pnny, tho National Potroloum Asbo clatlon today produced wltnosseR and exhibits ut u public hearing of tho Interstate commerce commission thnt provoJ thnt they wero tho vic tims of unjust rates and other forms of discrimination. Oregon Divinity Kehool, Eugene, May 20. Lnst night at tho Christian church tho graduating oxorclsos of tho Oregon Divinity school wns held. Tho addross of tho occasion waB delivered by Rev. W. A. Moore, of Tacomn, ono of tho promi nent ministers of tho denomination. Ho Is nn oloauent speakor. ProsI -:xW9t-u. Al.nEUT .1 B15VKU1DOK. Tndinim Honiitor who onajjod Jn M iiiMKHitif duhHtc on nutioiiul is- Huuti with William L Hryau. - ing from a tour 6f over two weoks ill California nnd Oregon fruit districts, and reports that tho formor stato will nut hnvo over half a prune crop, hut that thoy will bo of largo slt. Oregon, ho says, will bavo ii largo crop of over avorago sire. Tho fru'l will bo Jnrgor and bettor than Init year, and moro will bo saved. Tho California aprlitot crop Is a failure, but peaches will turn out well. Ow ing to heavy rains tholr orchards ur not In good condition. Southern Or egon has a light crop, but thulr fruit Ih all In good condition. In nil his travels ho saw nothing to equal this vulloy -nnd right hero Mr. Tlllflon grows eloquent. In Oregon North western Oregon, especially, thoro is n rlnhnuss. fiilluOss. variety and ,.., , -.. - . ... A. A drrt P. I. Campbell, of tho Oregon uplondur or production uiui is iimm Stato University, also spoko. Aftorlpasswl nnywhoro In tho most favored iin .honvintf tinnn RnnJnruoii iirc-l Rardoii spots of tlio world. Ho says sontcd dlplomaa and conforred tho dogreos upon tho graduates, who are aa follews: Karl Horg. Mm. Ella M. Humbort, George Roaoh Whipple, Frederic M. Ilrooko and Lulu Kolloms, tho last named being n grnduato of tho department of oj nlorj ontv. In FrtiirlMl M-VIm-o. San Francisco, May 21. Ruof Is! again to appear beforo tho grand jury this afternoon and testify ns to tbo bribery of tho supervisors by tho San Francisco Gas Company. An organ'xatlon known as the Calhoun Prosecution and Union Do fenno League was launched, with ft staff of attorney ongaged lor tho avowed purposo of prosecuting aPt- rick Calhoun on a chargo of consplr unities will certainly bavo tholr In nings for sevoral years to como, and our prune men will be strictly in It. ii i Q.i Itrlef Telegrams. At Winnebago City. Neb., the bank was blown opon this morning. Tho robbers oscaped with $2000 In cash. Mrs. Ralph Orthwelu today filed suit for dlvflrce against Ralph Orth weln, the St. Louis millionaire. Another venire exhausted and re cobs taken In tho Haywood trial at llolso. No new developments. Tho Irish nationalist convention today rejected the Hlrrells home rule bill offered by tho Ilrltish oablurl, and adopted Redmond' plan. At Concord, N. II.. In a hospital to day Judge HarnoH directed that court bo adjourned until after Thursday, tho Eddy caso bolng coutlntiod with Tie nv i, rAinmll inirilor. bfl thb result lriiiir.tf nt r miin in tho street car tho remainder of tho docket. riot. It Is expected that overy union1 Judge i III, but It Is thought that In tho city will bo represented. Tho'hu will bo better soon. .v..., i. wii limit a narallel In Tho trial of Fredorlck A. Hum- the history of organlxcd labor In this ham, prosldont of tho Now York Mu country. Floods In Utah. Salt Lake, May 21-A warm spell is causing tbo snowa In tho moun tains to raHt rapidly, transforming the mountain streams Into torrent. Payso nClty Is Inundated aud crops for miles aro flooded by breaking dams of Irrlgatloa reservoirs In tho canyon. In Bait Lake 2000 wen aro working to kep tbe waters out of homes on the west sldo. Slmllwr re ports come fro to all over the state. tual Reservo Insurance company, was continued indefinitely today on account of Hurnbam suffering from diabetes. Judso Dunne denied tho motion for a change of venue In tho SchralU OEOKQK B. CORTELYOU. Scoiotnry of tlio troiiBiiry, who has boon secretary of comtnoveo and labor and notinnntor goneral. .lay. Ho states that ho will bavo ttar loqulred mimbor of signatures, wltk I ono to spare. Ho said: "Personally, I wld have hwm vnt willing to glvo the Utatn UMlver. sltyv $200,000 thin year, If Mil amount in necessary for IwpreV mcnls, but I am opposed to such h largo continual appropriation, ad r believe tho peoplo should rcbuko tk? luglslnturu for not providing (4 metK od for raising reveuuo with which to pny tho appropriation, other thaa direct tax on the people. Whllo I am entirely friendly to the causo ot education I bellovo that tho stato should lutvu ono board of rcgont for tho University of Oregon, thor Statu Agricultural Colloga nnd Our norma! schoohl. Two nornwl schools, ono In tho southern nnd ono In tho northern portion of the state would be qulto sufficient." Mr. Palmur expressed a frlondly feeling for tho Stato Agricultural Collogo by saying thut tho Uulyorsl" ty had duplicated somo of the courntj of Corvnllls. Ho wus asked If h be lieved tho defeat of tho University appropriation bill would result In in oreasod support til public schools, and ho rupllod In tho affirmative, hut did not stato wby. Ho favor raft Ing the standard of tho publtu schools all ovor tho stato to Includo tho ninth and tenth grades, that aru now Included In high sobool course. Petitions Not Defective. Thomus Poison wns In Balem yes terday, with two complete referen dum petitions ready for filing on b half of tho Hlato Orange. Ono de: mntids tho referendum on tho com pulsory law, and tho other on Him $100,000 armory appropriation bill. Tho patulous have plenty of signa tures, but they do not rontaln tho warning clause against Illegal sign ing. The nltornoy-genoffil has bold thnt It is not n fatal defect, however, am! the secretary of stnto will not reject tho petitions on that account. Mr. Poison nnd Jacob Voorhooa will go over the compulsory pass aud ar mory potltlons tomorrow, and then offer them for filing. These aro the ouly referendum potltlous backed by tho Orange, o- Cfcfce Market. Chicago. May 21- Wheat 47tt47K. 960 oats HoMlern Will ! fToninanv "M" will give a dtBClfMt case, after llsteulng to tho reading party at tbo armory FrlAay eveulHg, of affidavits submitted by tho defense May 24. A general UvlUtloa kaa and stato this morning. Th work been extended to friend, aad the aa of calling tho Jurors waa thea began, nouncement that tko 8lw Military Tbe Seattle federal grand Jury to band will furnlsk tk munfei lot th investigate land frauds today rV occasion Is suMclent gwraate tkat turned nlno indictments. Tho names tho ball will bo well atteed. Tk are withheld. company boys ara werklag hard tu Tho tolepbone HaoMen at Salt mako thla one of tke Vrlgktest oef1 Lake ara all out on atrlko today. They wk tor B0 caU wor pay r day. OwUldo points are aotlied tkat tbo strike will V general by te!ht. events of tbe aeasos. Mr. L. K. Itlae 4litr, MIm Akrm, are vUHN la TrtlUMl,