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SALEM, OREGON,
TUESDAY, M UtCH 31, 1008
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RESIDENT CASTRO OF VENEZUELA CALLED
Wflfihineton. March 31 A Crisis in the trouble hp.twp.p.n VpnpT.fpla and flip. 1 InifpH SfnfPQ is npsr Af a cnpriaf mopL
of the cabinet to be held late this' afternoon the advisability of an American blockade of all Venezuelan ports wiit be
flissed. At a conference of the heads of the state and navv denartments todav a tentative list of the vessels fhaf wii
hised was made out, JThe list was not made public but it is understood to include four cruisers.
1R
HES WAY
FOR HILL
VERY HOT
FlILlKn TO COLLECT
IXK III i: MIOM THE HAY-
A m VMMVT - SENDS
UOMVAK TO ISLAND (5UN
MODfe IV MLUICAN NAVV
OlESKVATOli INVOLVED IN
WlItlMJ uovr SCANDAL.
Ira J Press Leased1 Wlro.)
tor n Mann .11 -it wna
iJtri a thi Wliiti House to-
hi t r- lgmi'lon of Churle-
Turr qi ambassador to Clor-
Fta If a accepted it ml will
to total payment of $12,300 00 for
servlres roiuloretl.
Lllley nrguod thntsuch n Htim wis
extravagant us Iqgai fees and Intl
mutod that Butler was employed bo
cause It was thought ho could In
fluenco legislation fnvorublo to the
boot company. Ho thnn repeated his
request that export aeocuntnnts make
an examination of tho hoo'kH of the
nceusod company and made a de
mand that Admiral Cnpps ho recalled
to tho atnnd to testify na to tho oor
of nhmnrlnos. Lllley said ho was
not tatlnfled with the filiations put
to tho admiral while he was on tho
Ktnnd.
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THROWING
SHELLS AGROSS
THE CHANNEL
ARMY
OFFICER
EXILED
AT DESERTED POST
London May lie Itoiiihunlcd From
INti'K According to a Now Cun
lnvt'ittd.
SCANDAL THAT MAY KESULT
IN DISCLOSING A PAKALLEL
OK THE DHKVFUS CASE IN
AMERICAN MlLITAItY 01K-
OLES EFFOH'IIS OK COLONEL
f
STEWAHT'S.FHIENDS TO CI?r
HIM A HEAIH.NO A FAILURE.
Washington, March 31 No stnnll
sensation has hen mutated here by a
rport received from San Frnuclcco
that Colons! William F. Stowart,
formerly In command of Fort nar
rations, Florida, ha beon made an
(United Proas Loasod Wire.)
London. March 31. Cnlonol F.
Juno 1 The f'roatdont 'Minute. In tho Anrll.s Contamnorarvi "American Dreyfus" hv holnir nv,
i'ot,j!Pnat. for nQtitlrmttHovloMj dJocll)jw a'tftlrt vhloh In Had to F&rt Grant, a" deserted post
now In o.xlstonce and which can Im- In Arizona, where his only associate
part by tho application of olootrlc-' aro ono onlls'od man and two army
Ity an Initial voloelty of 30,000 fot mules.
ti second to projoctllos of all dlmen- An Investigation U sure to toault.
hIoi'ib and which onu bo praotloally and owing to tho strniigo conditions
handled under war conditions nnd of tho case, a scandal seems Inevit-
on board ships or In pormnnont do i able,
fensos. Projectiles of 2000 pounds If the charge of Colonol Stownrt's
wolght lie fairly within thso limits, ! friends aro truo and he ha been
ho Bay. j condomnod without trial or & chanco
In a HticcGudlnp; pnwaRo, ho do
clarod that thor? Ib praotloally noth
ing to provont thoso woapons from
throwing ihellB from London to
Paris, or vice versa, at the rate of
a few thousand a dny. .
o.
4 sf'c-noon the nomuiation
Da.1 Jani HIM -0 ucooed
J' "frWC!
frnmns at llnyll.
ft A Pritli ... lnrr.h 11 ri,
1 'jJ.u f ..in Klnoton,
-" "in Of 'man cruUor Bro-
i ' r. -nit m imnortant
1 f-dtnt a1pN, according
'" made by his oloiost
" & 1 1 nj ha decided to
"" Pfinliriint haa.i i
Hernijnn A: Comiinnv.
h'b onrd.inin; runds o
1' a -ts
I845 ' ail ,j, ha deeld
I" !. 4 rrti, ikt., .. .
-'" -! HU II) l,.
- . Inl . ..
'' imiiitiir. win
lfa'nn novernmont
'""UPttBg to 100.000 which
- 'I miMijsed fr ajh.
f 'H' dbt, vsbl.h tho Hay.
T.-0f uw-s he firm
Rlttdr Putt, ... , ,..,
fy.i.l,,nr , i i,..i T
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DKMOyiMT WHO
j ui V9TED FOR JACKSON
tinjted Press Leased Wlro.)
OhiMb Pass, Or.. Mnrch 31
Jame'Fnrrop of IlriKKS Creole, Or.,
who wa) born on July 4, 1800, rodo
30 mifrjri on horitobacK yeatorday in
order yi ascertain if his registration
wun legal and that he would bo able
to votft in tho coming presidential
olfctldil. His first voto wob cast for
Andrew JnokHon for President. Tho
next mltlonn election will bo tho
21tt In which ho ban participated,
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FATHER GIVES
LIFE FOR CHILD
, (United Press Leased Wlro.)
JQjfiiiha, NdlL,. Mnrfh 31 Stand
ing In "water "over bin head in a ols
iern Into which he had fallen with
his two-year-old son ln bin arms,
Morris Ohrlstlnusen hold tho child at
arm's longth above the water until
it wnt. roscued.
For (hi pnrental devotion GIii'Ih
tlaiison avn up his own life, for no
soonor had tho child been lifted
from his hands than ha snuk to tho
bottom and when taken out ho was
dead.
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WATER THIEVES
BEAT LAND THIEVES
United Press Loaned Wlro.1
rhlciign, Mareh 31. Tho onor
nio'is sum of $9,500,000 has beon
J" ,v DaimeroiH.
Mar.h JiLack of
MINISTERS
FAVOR FREEDOM
V-. m V-
(United Press Leinod Wire.)
Portland, Or,, March 31. The
ministers of the Mathodtat ohurohM)
of Port ant) memorialized tho gen
et a I conference of the church, wntelt
Un.it. tne.W Pwe'" I'Uallmlnute special reference to dnt.i
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i"p, IHIill HlJlli Vll'Bl"l -h"l "'
-, - --ruiniiJii,
! '" explosion
J -in ,.n -he Mltiowl
' Ma? la' ia bsy.
"J 'id not taij-
,f - id to within
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w ; J "-d. ran,,,, the fact
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'. ThP ,. ... """. State will have
aif..' ' Hill IMAkR r ,
"mhL:" .
Ft... ' not nliinui
'"C ,h" fttt'8 Qt
tendance at circuses and races,"
from the chapter of the rules of the
eh u rob that peruli) to Ui church a
attitude on worldly amusements.
The pastors assert that this doen not
moon thn they ar In fnvor of any
Hanorel "lifting of the lid," but that
the lMtn on tlieso aiieciai forme of
amusements have keen on the books
for yr- they have ntrly beon en
forced and that thejr believe that
a sonoriH revision of this olmpter
would Hsslst 4ho minieter sud the
ohurali In keeplHg uy tho present
klffb ctaudnrd of wemlKirslilp.
to get evons temporary hearing to .stolen by employes of tho wntor de
a condition amounting to virtual: partment In the last 10 years, Is
oxile, some one In the war depart-' tho charge mado In a statement la
ment is certain to bo called ujion to!siiod by Superintendent McCort, of
explain. If on tho othor hand there: tho department, which wns undeij
the administrations of Mayors Car
ter H. Harrison and Edward F.
Dunne during tho timo tho thofte
werp coiiimltted. McCort'a stnte
metit shows that in the motor hrnnoh
aione $5,000,000 waa taken through
faDe registration of meters.
fharg-Qfl will bo brought beford
the rlvll service commission.
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A LOST
WITNESS
APPEARS
MARKED FOR DEATH
WITNESS WANTED IN STEM-!
lilts. They plainly told hot- PMHps
would bo killed in ono wut-k ff ho
did not leavo tho country. Sfto sont
for her husband and ho returned to
Spokane.
Two days lator Philips" found h
box of dynamite noudonled tu tliu
woodpllo bno'k' of IiIh Iiouku.
Thut aftornoon ho mot, aberltr
Harvoy Drown, the man, who nrrrst
led Adams.
To Drown, Philip shownf) hit fet
ters. Drown then ehnwetf ltlui u.
queei' looking package. Appuvuntly
thoy came from thd sumo- koutco.
"What are you going' tv do?"
'queried Philips.
' "Why, Incroasu my II fu tntiuraucm
and tny homo," said Hrowtt. lie
ADAMS CASE WHO HAS IIHKV did so and he dtod, horribly. An In
.... ' fermil machine killed him In Wip-
PUHHUED DV THE HUTHLESS ,0,i,UP,
FOES OF STEFNENDEHC; FOH Plilllps fared different. from
SEVEILXL VEAHS HE DEFIES
MEN WHO HAVE HOUNDED
HIM' OUT OF THE TOUNTHV.
ii justification for the seeming bar
bsrlous punishment that has been
dealt the old o (II cor, the revelation
of the causes wil probably be ultra-tarnations).
Tho entire incident Is volletl In
mystery. It is hard to understand
how the exiling of Colonol Stowart
totild have been accomplished with
out a word of It becoming public had
he desired ta object. Oa the ether:
hand department officials say that
the system is so complex as to make j
ueity Hpite work not only dangerous
but almost imposfilblo. i
Tin! Ilrtla f tfnnivn &f t?Anl rijif
here, save that It is a run down
army post out In the .Arizona dewm
la ads.
The complaint of Colonel Stewart
friends ie that last full he was given
tho alternative of aoeepting the dcta-
ATLASKA
TOUR IS
CUT OUT
fUnltod Press Lensod Wlro.)
Portland, Or., March 31. Driven
out of tho United Statos by the lash
of the foar of sudden death, caused
'by Innumerable wnrnlnga that his
Hfo had Itonn forfolted, supposedly
from tho snmo group of luwnselutj
who blow ex-Ciovernor Frank Btoiin
enberg of ninlio, nnd ox-Sheriff Hnr
vey Prown of llnko City, Or., Into
oterulty, Archloi Phllllp, the but
witness In Hie Steve Adams case,
has appeared In Portland aftor hid
ing for a year in tho mountains of
Hrltlsh Columbia. He told his story
loday to tho United Proaa and IBvon
lug Journal In order to seiri the
protection of publicity.
Saturday's attompt upon the life
of Diilkley Wells at Tellurldo, Colo..
oaiifcod him to coma to this deter
mination. Philips dedaroH that the name
mon who attomptod Wolls' life are
nftor him. Ho has lost all faith in
the omnipotence of the power ol tl'
constituted authorities to protect'
him.
Ho. ha decided to envelope lilin.
self In Oio florce whlto IIkIiI of pub-
ueity, ttni the world his ata riling
story, and, atandlng In the center of
public Interest, he bollovos the
n&onts of the allul Latter Day
Angeloe of Doutlt may hestitate to
oreep in upon him with their mh
sllee of dynamlto and nltro-glyeerlno.
Philips was "crulalng" In the
Marblo creek dlstrlut. Idaho, when
his connection with tho celobratd
easo hognn. N'oar his was Jack
! Drown. Purhapu he wiib endYwett
with moru wisdom as to tho method
of his enemies. For he cluBud bin
huuiblo homo and dropped from
sIkIu. Siibpoeunu surveia, IMhkeiiou
mon and police search high ami low
for him lu vain. Clroulutfl, ailvcr
tlHomontH and rewards failed to
bring him iwil of hiding. Philip
snyti he loves life, his wife and chfU
drou. Tho dlHtrlet. attorney an
nounced that bis case was Kluitt'unftT
without Philips' testimony, but ttWe
did 'not nffor. Philip any more tlinn.
the offeiM of reward. Ho burled ninx
seif deeor and slipped further trwny
Into the wild mountains or Chnndiw
Only (en days ano, PiilllpH dfleldeU
to return to his family. He thonght
C lint now that tho ntato had fulled
to convict Adam, the CrluiidH at
Adams would let him alone.
Scarcely had Philips pinched
Portland, when the nowa of tho at
tempt on the life of Dulkloy Well
was Hashed ovor tho telegraph, and
Philips then knew Hint the dyna
miters were still at work, nonpar-.
Rtv, lie ban decided to risk nil upon
a single play, tell his story tit bin
foars and wandorlnKs, of hfo Immi
nent danger, to the world and dofy
the men who hounded hliu from IUh
country to do m again.
"If they get mo, they got mo.
that's all," was his imminent. -"Miey
know now where I urn. and I'm wait
ing for them."
"I traveled from camp to chiiiji,
he said, "and I'd stay In one plcr
until someone asked me a questteri
about my past, or noted us. If Xhey
suspeeted me of something, then I
get oit. I feared the dyanmtt
band. It reaches far. it Is every -where
It's enomlos nie.
"Would I testify ag;iliiHt Adatun
now? The Idaho otllclals have ttiudt
Needs rnmnployfld.
Okleajo. March 31. In tho next
J 00 day the railroads of the Unltad
ui IIM.IC9.trn ((ifk ,tnA ((l (Sf mAti in inAHil
-V V( V V m W VtW WW WSt'" ... w-
to And between
m-
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.. ax bmitted to
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ffafc TlaA.I
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m ? ,bat Senator
T "ra that
their tracks and" roadbedg and an
othjer large army t go Into their
shops and repair their ears and looo-
moUvea.
Tho railroad centering in Chicago
; alone will emoloy on repairs be-Ktpre-1
.. 0n i nft .luis 1 mare
thaa 100.000 laborers. The man
gemeat of meet of the roads have
decided to engage In repair and re
newal work this spring on as ex't'n-
ive a stale as e-r. owing to tne
fact that 'abor wPl be plentiful ard
pos-lbiy cheaper
'UMllid Prew leased Wire.)
StU. Wursb.. March Si. It is
art poet or resigning from the Kor-jvert probablo that Iho Alaska trip
Yiee. As he is nearlng the point of of the New York-to-Parls auto met
ervlce whea ke will be retired n will be abandoned owing to the lat-
brigadier general, he refusal to re-
alga and demanded a court of la-; articles of agreement, the Alaska
qulry. Tbiti was reftia! htm and he
of tae section. According to the
portion was to be out out provided
ronce
was bustled pogte hnte to Arisoui tbt- un bad not arrived at Nome by
where he has sineo remained trying i April 14. and stmor could be
vnUnly to gat a bearing, or learn tku! taken to Vladivostok and the trip re-
naUre of the cbarges a gain t bin atunod through Siberia. The crew
of tbe Thomas ear now hero are
waiting for advlees from New York
j today reifBxrdipg the abandonment of
Geo, CnibtitM! Dal.
Geo. CraWtree. formerly of near
Marlon, died suddenly at his home In
Scin Sunday evening at 6 15 p m
Will be buried at the Gondii i-h-trj
Tuesday aftfrnoon
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Tltf noi8 Capital bank wilt pav
i dpos .or1 on tbe Installment
p'an atd o-ifned i a doors last week"
lk AJaaka route.
Mrs. 11. B. Dickers and daughter
of Pendleton have arrived to make
'heir bume at SuIhu They are with
frinr Dicker of the feeble minded
iiuV .' at Hotel WlUanette foriThen he went back Into 'be woods
Slmpklns, now a fugitive from ins-
tiee. na an nssonlnto nf iim.i.v n,.l' offers. I could got a good
ohard and Htovo Adams. Fiod TvlrNon "ow " a0'1' 'ek a plaeo lifglr
had also filed upon a olalm near
Slmpklns. One day Tyler was found
dead on th trail. Adams stood trial
twlco on the charge of nuirdorlng
Tyler, ami once confessed to tho
crlmo. Later, he repudiated bis
confoMtion and the slate has not yet
been able to do hotter than soaure
disagreement of the Jury.
Tho testimony of Archie Philips,
averted tbe district ntornoj, wan
uie missing ting tnat ciused bis ctuto
(a fail to tho ground at the time of
the second trial. The night before
the murder of Tyler. Steve Adanu
and Jack Slmpklns stnyod at Philips'
eabin. Mrs. Philips gave tbem a
boiUe of horse-radish. When Tylers
body was found, tho l)ott( wus be
side the corps Mrs. Philips Idol-
ttfind It This wus the link that
eonneeted Jack Hlmpkins aud Steve
Adams with the murder.
As time for Adams' second trial
drew near, Philips, began to rocelve
threatening lettors ordering him
from the country on the pain of
death If be failed to obe He
moved to Spokane and hoped tluit.
he bad evaded his persecutors
ii-e i recent
Two men then vlsi'ed Mrs. Phil
lu the state but I'm never gotugr
bsok. iN'o. sir, Idaho la barred to
me."
Adams la In Jail lu Colorado fo
answer for Ue Collins murder.
Philips udded-
"I'vp gob to iiv fur my wltna
liable. I don't want to be mixed
up In any ense. I'm going to Htoy
In the United Status. This la auj
!! to be tho laud of the coumtou
mnu. If I oan't got protgatlori from
tho o fllcors. porhapH, I con from tho
whole people."
1 I HI O--M Mi gW.
RAILROAD
MEETING
TONIGHT
Uvory Salem buslnesa matt who I
Interested In the coiiHtTmctlon ot
short lino across the vulley leading;
to this city is urged to bo at tho Sa
lem board of trade mooting toitfgtit.
Dig railroad meeting tonight at
boatd of trade rooms.