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SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEHRVARY IT, 1008.
NO. 4.
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B SENATORS SAY TAFT OR ROOSEVELT
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linese Diplomat Says China Knows Her Strength
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SAILORS
SAVED
200 MILES
AND TWO SAILORS FROM
IT REED WItKCKKI) AT TIL
OK, REICH SHORE AT
IMV THIS MORNING
tf WO) FR03I EXPOSURE.
it ho body of tho cook who died early
yesterday. Tho men canio north, n
distance of ever 200 miles, without
a sail, and propelled almost entirely
by tho current until off Cap Flattery
whon they took up tho oars and ar
rived at Neah bay In an almost ex
hausted condition. Tho thrco sur
vivors wore taken to th llghtliouuo
and given medical attention. They
will leavo for Seattle tonight In the
Steamer Belllngham, arriving hero
tomorrow afternoon. '
CONDITIONS
SENATOR
FULTON
SAYS TAFT
IN NEVADA
BOURNE FOR TEDDV
FULTON THINKS KNOX MAY UK
MORES- QUESSING
AI10UT THE FLEET.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 17. Tho ques
tion ofprcBervlng "Chinese terri
torial and administrative entity" has
sifddpitly assumed now Importance In
tho oya of tho diplomatic world, In
connection with tho cruise of tho
American battleship fleet io tho Pa
cific, csfuclnlly since It has bocamo
an naRUicd .'act that tho float is to
proccod to tho Orient soon after
reaching San Francisco. . Sovaral
months ngo It wan stated that cor
tnin intcro9tx closely In touch with
commorclal affairs In China professod
o b Informed that tho real slgnlfl-
MIGHT
MAKES
RIGHT
CHINA LEARNED IT
?tm Leased Wire.)
a'i, Feb, 17 Tho Merchants'
prewired n wire from Noah
Ecralag stating that a
ifttoit of the Einlly Reed,
IcJthe coast of Oregon last
FBOftlnj, bad arrived at that
b?tt the mate, two sailors and
(United Press Leased Wlro.)
Waihlngton, Fab. 17 Senator Nix
on, of Novada, Informed the Presi
dent this morning that tho now stato
police forco Is nearly organized and
that It will bo ready for active, duty
on March 7, tho day on which tho
federal troops will bo withdrawn
from Goldfleld. Tho senator said
that tho minors' strlko is still In pro
gress, but that tho situation 1b quite.
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PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE .
(SET OUJTPRICES
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and you will find out that it
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ls for cash and allow no house
fe Pacific coast to beat our prices:
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THE CONVENTION WIlYli RE
STAMPEDED TO
RLE REAR KILLER.
I
ennco of the flcot's movomont to tho
IN RACE -ROURNE DECLARES Pacific had to do with affairs af
fecting tho Flowery Kingdom, and
that in tlmo their statomont of tho
THE 1NVINCI. cn8o will bo Justified. Always tno
J woll-Infonncd have boon aware that
there will bo something In nothing
'more than a romoto contingency--
Asked as to tho presont status of nBldo frm tho ,,rnctco foaturoa of
presidential poBBlbilltlcs, United tho oruj mvolvod.
Statoa Sonatora Fulton and Rourno A nrtni,,nr imi,roion linn boon
that tho' Immigration question wob
behind It all. Tho Immigration quos
tlon 1b now practically Bottled, but
thero la 'io bo no chango in tho pro
grnm of Bonding tho fleet r.indor Ad
miral Evans to tho Far East. Rut
there art othor affairs of far-reach
ing Imjjortnnco which aro likely to
engagctho diplomats In tho noar fu
luiefWid Manclmrlan quostlon -will
bupply work for Baron Takahlra, tho
now Jananoso ambassador, and, so
today cxpreFstKl themsolvos ob,' fol
lows in ttpoclals to Tho Capital Jour Jeur
nal: Fitlton Kays Tflft.
"I think tho sentiment in favor of
Taft Is growing right along through
out tho East, and it looks at, tho
present tlmo llko his nomination Is
cortaln. Thoro is qulto a contest go.
ing oalu th08quth.to.8Qcure delega
tions for Knox. Knox Is all right, n
good man, and may bo tho nominee.
Senator Rourno "Wires,
"Taft will not bo nominated at
Chicago, In my Judgmont; Roosovolt
will bo. Thoro nro too many big fa
vorlto sons to oppose tho war sec
retary, who Is not populnr In his
own right, to combine against mm, n
ovor to let tho nomination go to Tnft. '
Public opinion bohlnd tho delegation pi IPC DpAfW
will stampede them to Teddy in tho lUUO IVLAlI
strenuous hours of tho convention.
NO I'OON CIIKW SAYS CHIN
LOOKS UPON THE UNITED
AS THE ONLY CIV
COUNTRY HAVING A
STATES
I LIKED
CONSCIENCE.
' far ns thta country la concornod, tho
prosenco of a big fleet In Asiatic
waters may Btrengthon tho hands of
our govornmont In tho diplomatic no
gotlatlonB that aro xleomod imminent.
ALL QUIET AT
FAIRBANKS
TO FIGHT
Great bargains In Silk Coats,
Silk Underskirts and Spring
Jackets.
il5oreJhatSaves You Money
(United Press Leased Wlro.)
Washington, Feb. 17. If condi
tions continue to improve In Fair
banks, troops will not bo uont thera.
Howover, soldlors aro being held in
rcadlnoss at Fort Gibbons, and will
be sent immiedlatoly to tho Alaska
city should troublo develop in tho
mining camps. A telegram from
Colonol Woodbury, commanding Xh
departmont of the Columbia, says
this morning that all Is quiet In Fair
banks, and that tho strike disturb
ance has boon suppressed. Business
has resumed.
POLICEMAN
GETS A BURGLAR
(United Press Loased Wire.)
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 17. Al. Wil
liams, a highwayman, was shot and
seriously wounded this morning by
Policeman Connolly. Connolly, In
company wtth a young woman, wa
walking toward he latUr'R hams
whon ha saw a man dodgo into an al
leyway. Cosnolly excused himself
and started in pursuit.
Connolly called upon the maa to
halt, but he only quickened hi
speod. and Connolly fired. Williams
dropped to the ground with a bullet
in his hip, wblob fraotured ihe blp
bone. Connolly's companion prompt
ly fainted.
The maa who can sculpture a
Bturabllng-bloak Into a stepping-
stone has done more than most
.sculptors ever accomplish.
(United Pross Leased Wlro.)
San Francteoo, Feb. 17. Mike
(Twin) Sullivan and Stanley Ketch
el ontortalnod great crowds at their
reepoctivo gymnasiums yostorday.
Ovor at Shannon's tho overflow moot
ing adjourned to tho yard and poerod
through the windows, while nt Mil
ieu's plttoo In Colmn, where Kotch'il
is working, the gym could not accom
modate tho Bpootntors, and tho hand
ball pamo that Is tho foature or
ho Montana scrapper's training, had
to be cut out for the afternoon.
Kotchell will oontlnuo boxing for tho
,next three days, but after Wodnoe
!day night will only go in for light
oxorclee, in order to take no chances
on hie hands.
Miko will box later In tho week
than Keicnol plans, as he flguroa that
It will make him stronger, and
strength Is what he neede In hln com
ing watch.
Rettiug le desultory at 10 to 8,
with Krtchl favorito, but when ac
tive wagering opens up. It will prob
ably go to 10 to 7, as there is now
more Ketchei than Sullivan money In
sight.
(United Press Lonsod Wlro.)
San Francisco, Fob. 17. "China
will nevor bo a nionnco to any nation
excipt those which onrloh thomBelves
by plundering and thieving," de
clared Roy. Ng. Poon Chow, tho Chi
noao editor, at a mnua mooting of tho
Young Men's Christian Association.
Prldo nnd ovorconfldunco has been
bor downfall,
"China," declared tho spanker,
"was agreat nation before tho foun
datIpn9'OfRomo 'ero laldr Jindi.be-
foro the prosont gcortt nntlonsChi
world had come Into oxlatouco Sho
will live to wit new the death of groat
Wostorn nations wjio nro nnxlous to
devour her. 'SIioJiuh boon nrousil
from hor long trance by oduontlon
and tho uchlovomontg of Japnn.
"China has lournsd tho letwon that
'might mnkos rlgjit. If she hud
loartud that lesson long ago, In
stead of cringing, $ho would have
fomght back, and tho Kaiser's gun
ners would bo drinking beer, outlnt;
bologna sauBago and llmburgor
cheese nt homo, lustoad of patrolling
RUSSIA AND TURKEY
ON VERGE OF WAR.
(United Press Leased Wlro.)
Paris, Fob. 17. News via .London
to tho effect that Runsln is mobiliz
ing Its Caucaslus forcos at Dntouin,
tnken In connection with Saturday's
reports dlrcotlng that troops bo mo
bilized nt Klof and Odessa In' tho
provlnco of Don, Is taken hero ns an
indication of very soriouB develop
monta In tho ponding Turko-Russlan
dlfllcultlcB.
All of tho Czar's garrUous on tho
frontier nro bolng Htrongly roln-
forcod nnd the military road leading
from Dntouin to Turkoy has boon
r'ouod to ovory one who Is not pro
vided with special permits from tho
Rntoum commnndcr.
Tho Turkish nrmy rosorvos In Van
Mush and other Asia Minor military
ountors hnvo boon cnllod to arms and
nro now rushing toward tho RusBlan
and Persian borders, nccordlng to
roports recolved from Armonla,
The luaguo of Turkish revolution
ary parties nro taking ndvantago of
every opportunity for n tremendous
outburst of activity. Appeals hnvo
boon scattered broadcast to tho poo
pic, nNklng thorn to opposo n war,
ovon to tho extent of disregarding
tho cull to colors.
NEW YORK
RACES
Uuffnlo, N. Y., Feb. 17. TIu
Frunoh motor our Dodlon and tho
Thomas caf onterod In tho Now
York-to-Pnrls run, loft Ruffalo today
for the West. Tho French auto loft
at 11 o'clock this morning, nnd tho
other departed four hours later. The
Italian oar arrived hero at C o'clock
this morning, and passed right
through the city. Tho party epoota
to roach Chicago Friday morning,
our waters, while the French would, flml 8ft Francisco four weeks Inter.
bo homo doing the Gaston and Al- "' "" "
phome net, Instead of emulating Ger-I (ji in rtt ill a C
many at Chin Chow, by trying to fjUDDI flAo
Kiau one u uur purut, uiiiiiu win
nover bo a monaco to any nation ex
cept the thieving ones and the plun
dorort. She looks upon tho United
States as the only nation which ha
a oonsclonoe.
"China needs a religion. No na
tion can bo suoooseful without religion."
OBJECT TO
SECTARIANISM
BOW-LEGGED
(United Press Loasod Wire.)
Boston, Mass., Feb. 17. "Llouton-
nnt Harold D. Hinokley, my husband,
Is bow-logged. That wna what Jarred
me. He has groen eyoe, too, and
they nro more than I can ondure."
So protty Mrs. Alloe Oilman Illnak
loy, a Melrose society bollo, In a
jineasuro uoeounts for tho mysterious
separation from hor hushnnd, who
was a social lion a few years ago on
tho south shoro.
Lieutenant Hinokley Is stationed
at San I'ranoUco with the United
outter Hear. Mrs.
Hinokley Is again living with her peo-
plo In Jloston. Lieutenant Hinok
ley brought suit for divorce In the
Marin county aotirts, charging his
wife with desertion and secured an
IiUerlocMitory decrre Inst Friday.
"I had made up my mind to oome
cor.vrv convhntion
INSTRUCTS FOR ROOSKVRLT,
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Wainlngton, Feb. 17. The aotioii
of the Republican county convention
at Lincoln, Neb., In Instructing Its
dolegstes to the state convention to
work for Roose volt's nomination,
esueee the third-term movement to
be tatres very orlously here.
Representative Hale, of Tennes
see, after vlaking the President, de
eiared the name of Roosevelt, whon
presented to the Chicago convention,
will cause an explosion of &uou force
that not even the pieces of the other
.'candidates wllll be found.
(United Press Leased Wlro.)
Portland. Or.. Feb. 17 Tha Pa.
olflo eoast conference of the BnnllS,.ato rvon"
R'rlth society, which Is being hold in
Portland, was opened yesterday
morning by President George N.
IMack. of Loe Angeles. Today the
recommendations Included In the re
ports of the grand offloers rend yes-
Lardnv warn rafarrori in L)m nrntiar
" !l...t. Til.. ... M .!,.! 1 ... 111... 1. 1
oornralttes. Tonight a class of 60 "Tn """" MWH,W' ,,r"- ""v.
will l, lnltlln.l Into th. nrHar In , "that I' vfOlld SlJOW llfl LlOUUmillt
his opening address yesterday Preel-j "toektoy however. I have ehanged
dent Ulaek referral to the growing I my n"n"-
..l.- I ,l.a. ...ll l. l lll i I i .ii i i .. Q.
over the country to devote the cele
bration of Christmas exercises In he
schools to open and avowed rellglou
Instruction, and he expressed bis sat
isfaction with the efforts of tho San
Jose lodge In seourlng an order from
th school superintendent of that city
discontinuing tho practice of obliging
the children of tho publlo schools to
Join in singing sacred songs of the
meet pronounced sectarian chsrseter.
Black said lie considered this a
great moral victory for tho San Joso
lodge, for wblob they were entitled
to the thanks of 4ho order.
BIG NEVADA
GOLD STRIKE
Reno. Nev., Feb. 17. A bag con
taining 9K500 was stolen this morn
ing from a Wells-Fargo express
wa,gon on Virginia street In this city.
Tho emnty bag was later found on
the bank of the Truckeo river, but no
cluo to tho identity of tho robbers
has been discovered.
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