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SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1008.
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TAFT TACKLES VERY LIVE ISSUE
ayor Cuts Out All Prize Fighting at the City Hall
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S OF POLITICS
AND COMMERCIALISM
Ire Made Against the Present Postmaster of San
Francisco Who Wants Reappointment.
(United Prow Leased Wlro.)
San Francisco, Jan. 10. PoBtmas-
r Arthur Flak, of this city, Mil bo
,W upon to answer chnrgos In-
wtIdr neglect of duty, lncompo-
m. both on the part of himself
nd favorlto subordinates; tho uso
hii official nosltlon for tho boncflt
i' the Southern Pacific political Ixu
o; violation of civil sorvlco rogu
tlons, employment of poHtofllco om
ojw In precinct politics and an ox
.h.iIam nt 4lw tirKnti Anmmnrnlnl
terprlscs of favorite postofflco em-
OJTH.
Neither tho burlnl of charges by
silttant Postmastcr-Genernl Frank
.Hitchcock, wittingly or unwittingly!
assisted by John A. HolniOH, private
socrotary to Postmnstor-Gonornl Mey
or, nor yot an invoatlgntlon of tho
chargoB allogod to have been made by
'Assist nn t Suporintondent of Salary
and Allowance Hall will servo to keep
n mass of unsavory accusations
ngalnBt tho San Frnnclsco postmaster
from President RoosovoM.
Chnrgos of Incompetency and no
gloct of duty mado by Mnjor-Oonoral
Greeloy in tho summor of 190G, and
charges proforrcd in May, 1907, hnvo
been hidden, thanks to risk's polit
ical frlouds in "Washington, from
PoBtmastor-Gonoral Moyor and Presi
dent Roosovolt.
CHICAGO STORE
PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE
OUR CLFARING SALE
is a hummer. Every department is busy; we are selling
the goods regardless of cost. We must have room for
our spring goods. If you want bargains in this season's
best merchandise come t the Chicago Store the store that
makes the prices and is always busy.
CLEARING PRICES
ISc fancy plaid dress goods, pret
ty styles.
Clearing price, yd ... IDC
75c fine wool dress goods, every
Clearing price, yd . . . ' Ot)C
Batter dress goods at the Bame
"auctions.
Mk bleached table damask r
uearing price, yd Z3C
Bter table linens at the Bame re
fections. Wo ard8 of nlala Rd fancy
ores and walst!ng Bilks ' at
Staring prices.
1'0 yards, of 7e dark' and light
co.ori outing flannels ,,
Ciearmg price, yd :.... 6
You d' flna soiUd goods In the
aiHfrejjt departments, caused
r m-tr. atment during our fall
ru, at half price and lass.
Ladies 15 suits now....? 7,90
Uii' 2Q ,mts now.... 11.90
at"' $12 coats now ... . C.90
L&dl 118 ooats now.... 9.90
nT all must go.
CLEARING PRICES
On ladies' suits, coats, millinery,
furs, underskirts, shirt waists,
raincoats, men's and boys' cloth
ing, men's underwear, hats and
suspenders.
FIFTEEN
ALIENISTS
FOR THAW
WILL 6LT $30,000
MAYOR
SCHMITZ
IS FREE
PRIZE FIGHTING
VETOED BY MAYOR
SKIT
IN A ORAM) UNITE!) EFFORT TO
PROVE THAT TI1K SLAYER Or
SANFORI) WHITE WAS INSANE
WHEN UK HII) TIIK WORLD OF
THAT SINNER'S PRESSURE.
RUEF IS CONFERRING
(United Press Lensod Wlro )
New York, Jan. 10. Tho legal con
tost looking to tho selection of twolvc
STATE WANTS TO TAKE SOME
KIND OF APPEALSTRENUOUS
KFFOHTS TO SECURE THEIR
RELEASE ON HAIL, RUT NO
SUCCESS SO PAR.
The TenRound Go Advertised as a Boxing Matdi at
. the Armory Stopped
Mayor Ilodgors has instructed
Chief of Poltco Gibson to broak up
any attompt to hold u 'boxing match,
ndvertisfd at tho city hall tonight.
It was nnnounced to bo a ton-round
go botweon tho Cuban Kid and Bor
nard Lyman, at tho armory. Mayor
Kodgort sayB no city property can bo
u sod for hucIi iKurpoiOH whllo Iicr Lfc
mayor. Ho thinkB it was to fco n
prlzo fight puro and slmplo, and; or
course, It cannot bo pullod off under
tho clrcumstancos.
It Ih ucodloss to sayihut Chief Gib
sou will bo thoro with his iriori, no
matter whore It Is attempted ov hour
big tho crowd.
(United Prosa Lonsod Wlro.) lolthor Schmltz or Rudf onit on ball
San Francisco, Jan. 10. Ex-Mayor .within tho next CO days," ho said.
Schmltz this morning proceeded to "The remitter of tho court of appeals
men nccoptablo as Jurors to both tho ofllco of his attorneys, after ha has CO dayH In which to lllo IiIb loc-
aides was resumed In the Thaw trial. had appeared boforo Judgo Lawlor to umonts, and so it Is npparont that the
at 10:30a-thls morning. havo his casos in tho trolley and gaB caso kb It stn.ul now la by no means
It has become apparent that tho .matters continued. Schmltz was final. I do not bolievo Judgo Dunno
uoronso will rely on tno testimony oi
15 alienists to provo Hnrry Thaw's
Insanity Thcso men havo accepted
sorvlco, but their nnmos nro closely
gunrdod. In this connection it Is
said thnt a bill for $30,000 covering
i . . j ... . . . . . i .
,'tho icos or tno exportB who testified
wnrmly congratulated by many of hla'wlll grant any sort of relief to olth-r
frlendB on the decision of tho appbl- Schmltz of Ituof, asldo from that
Into court. Ho was In tho best of which ho Is absolutely compelled to
spirits, and chnttod and laughed with do.
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his old political associates.
"I am
course, nt
for Joromo In tho first
held up by Comptrollor
claims overcharges wcro mado. Ileaso until I havo conferred with iny.woro Illegal."
HtatomontH by Judgo
llaliod In tho morning.
Dunno, puU-
I'ostuuiHUT FlNk Ropllrtf
San Francisco, Jan. 10. Post
master Flak this morning omplmtlc
ally denied that any chnrgos .hod boom
mado against him In Washington,
elthor on tho ground of neglect ot.
duty, Incompetency or favoritism.
Sponklng of tho chargoH, which It'
I Tho action of tho court of nppcnlB Is claimed wero mado against hl'icv a
tftry icy'ch p(leaodv of simply domdiiBtrnteB thnt Hihojd WashTnon last May, PptjtihaHtor
tho loclslon given by tho ctho mmo view that we do as tho at- lrisk said:. v '
trial is still .appellate rourt. I cannot state what tornoys. Schmltz and
Motz, who 'action will be taken to secure my ro- maintained that tho
It Is qulto ovldont, Judging from attorneys."
tho questions asked by tho vonlre-l lwt In tho Center.
Ruof Always "It 1h very peculiar that If thoaa
indictments ohargos wero mado tho postniaston-
gcnornl and his staff should; havo
IiHllctiiioutN DitnuiKM'tf. unanimously sugguMed that I bo ro
Tho indictments against Joshua, appointed. I have always mado If
men, that Joromo would not bo at all ' Although tho doolslon hando.l Jacob and Herman Epplngor, who at my policy to run thin oflluo to tho
dissatisfied If Thaw Is ordorod sent to down by tho district court of appoals, ono tlmo woro tho Inrgost grain host IntoraiitH c tho govunimonfc.
an asylum Instead of prison.
Hattlo for Thaw Jury.
setting asldo tho conviction of ox- brokorB on tho Pacific coaBt, woro did' "Rogardlng my employing rehUIvon
Mayor Schmltz, Is not directed at'mlseod by Judgo Lawlor this morn- to (111 luoratlvo and easy posltlouH, r
William McIIugh, a clerk, has ben Abrnham Ruef, as a rosult of tho da- Ing. Tho Indlctmonts charged thgm hnvo hut ono relatlvo now ompIajreiH
chosen as tho eighth tontatlve Juror clslon tho ex-boss o'neo moro occupies with obtaining money under falBO undor mo, and ho Is undor civil Bor-
Frank Howell, vlce-piosldont of tho conter of tho stage In -tho fight 'protonsoa on nlloged bogus wnro- vlco regulation, having taken and,
tho National Drill Company, was ac- bolng waged against tho alleged house rocolpts for grain. Tho casos pnssod tho nocossary examination,
copted as tho ninth tontatlve Juror. grafters of this city. From a moro ( had boon set for trial for April 18, During tho Christmas itubIi J gavo my
Tho Jury box was again fillod this pawn in tho game, secured to tho BldoiQOC, hut In tho flro of thnt dato all unolo, Q. dale, a position a porlor
morning, flvo of tho occupants be- of tho prosoeutlon by 122 Indictments of th records woro destroyed, nn.l during that period, bolng, unablo ta
Ing subject to peremptory challenge, no is now tho ono man around whom 4ho Inability of tho district attor- soouro men.
Up to 1 o'clock this afternoon 35 tho battlo will wage. This morning noy"s ofllco to roatoro those records "My nppolntinont has boon ponu"
venlromen hnd been oxamlnod. Dls- Jmmodlatoly after tho proceedings ho rosultod In tho dismissal of tho cubm Ing since Douember 1, last, and if any
trlct Attorney Joromo poremptorlly foro Judgo Lawlor, in tho Unitod this morning. .chnrgos havo bean proforrcd agolnuft
Ichallonged W. T. Sondholm, No. 10, Railroad casos, had onded Ruef Jour- United Railway Cam. !mo I cannot undor'stand why tiaay
'and Attorney Littleton, for tho de neyed to the ofllco of District Attor- The cases of Patrick Calhoun and hnvo not boon mado public."'
fense, challenged Harry Duschnos, ney Langdon, where he ontorod Into ( tho othor Unitod Railroad dofondnnts' n , .
No. 12. Tho othor threo woro sworn a Jong consultation with Dotoctlvo on Indlctmonts charging thorn with I1IO MANUFACTURER
in, making ten sworn J-urors. Burns and Langdon. With the oxcop bribory of wiporvisors woro this COMMIT8 HUICIDId
Elna Goodrich to Testify. tion of reiterating his entire Inno-'morning contlnuod by Judgo Iaw-' San Francisco, Jan. 10. Adam
Assurances that Edna Goodrich, 'conco of tho chnrgo to whloh ho on- ior until noxt Tuesday for trial, at Hunlsoh, vlco-prosldout of tho IIII
tho actress, who Introduced Harry tored a ploa of guilty, Ruef had noth- the request of DIstrlot Attorney Lang nols Pacific Glass Compaq Ilvhifr at
Thaw to Evolyn Nosblt, will tostify Ing to say In rogard to what course (joni ,401 Baker street, committed sulcidu
at tho trial, In spite of all rumors to ho would follow In tho futuro, It Isj Tho casos of Frank Drum, John this morning by swallowing a douoof
tho contrary, has addod groat Inter- known that within a short tlmo stren Martin and John DoSabla, of tho gas onrbollo ncld, and thou turning an
et to tho procoodlngs. Attornoy uoug efforts will bo made by his at-' company, accused of tho samo of- threo gas Jots.
Dan O'Rollly, of counsel for tho de- tornoys to secure his relooso on ball, 'onso, wero contlnuod for two weokn. Both tho family and business as-
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The Store That Does the Busiiess
fense. announced today that Ml6S Nothing can bo done In this line,
Goodrich had accoptod sorvlce last howver, until tho appellate court
night, and that she would suroly be sonds down the romltturo In tho case,
Tho Judgi'K Ktanti Pat. soclatos coutoud that the not wtut tuur
Judges Hall, Cooper and Korrlgan, nwult of Ill-health.
of tho appollato court, still decline Hunlsoh lunvon a wlfo, daughUr
ono of tho star wltnosscs for the de- and thero Is qulta a dlfforonco of opln to discuss tholr action, saying thnt and ono son, who Is manager of tup
fonse. ion over this mattor. Tho-attornoys tholr oplontons nro contulnod In the company's branch In Seattle.
Probably tho actress knows more for the prosecution contend that 'doclslon handed down yostorday; that I - ... - o
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promises to tell all she knows.
TREASURY ASKS
FOR BANK MONEY
about tho rolatlons of Harry and Ev- nothing can bo dono for CO days.
olyn than any othor prson, and she They claim that tho ordor does not
become offectivo until tho tlmo al
lowed for an appeal has expired, It
is argued that the status ot Bohmitz
will not bo changed mntil tho GO days
allowed by law for an appoal havo ox
plred. Tho attornoys for Schmltz and
Ruef deny this contention, and olalm
that 4he 00-day law Is only effective
In civil cases. It Is admitted that
t npAaaAiiHAn Tina 4Yr lrvli 4t 4 Vi n
(Unitod Press Leased Wire.) ,7'"""-"y "" ;'?Ui3
Wnshlnctnn Ton Irt Tim rnnB-tww " " " "'" " ,, . .v
'. . . . ... ln all criminal oases the decision of
nrw iiniinrimnni is mnifinp nnnrnnr."
draft on tho banks for a part of the he Wate court acts as an arrest
government depesits: Ton days ago " -o
the treasury got about $8,000,000. It
was hopsd at that tlmo that Interna
tional rovehuo receipts and receipts
from customs and tho department
called "miscellaneous" would como
up to normal and make unnecessary
another call on the banks. But yes
terday's treasury statoment showed
that thero Is no likelihood of this.
Tho treasury must have $10,000,000
at once. Tho working balance Is
again down to $5,000,000.
it Is Illogal for them to mako a state- AKImiiim, Attontlon.
mont or express any opinion In any
othor manner than they havo nlroudy
dono.
Open meeting tonight.
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Tho statu of Washington haa 925
They havo no roply to make the convicts on h roll of tho prison.
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Attorney Frank Murphy, with At
torney Henry Ach was assoclatod In
tho Ruef caso up to ho tlmo Ruef
pleaded guilty, stated this morning
that, owing to tho action of tho ap
pollate court. It is probable that tho
court will grant a motion to arrost
Judgment, and this will put Ruef in
tho position of one who has nover
pleaded guilty.
No Action for OO Days,
"I do not think It is posslblo to get
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