Daily capital journal., June 11, 1908, Image 1

LIVE-ADVERTISING IS LIKE A LIVE, NERVE, IT IS NOT LONG IN MAKING IT'S INFLUENCE FELT
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ouvnal
VOL. XVIII.
SALEM, OREGON TIIVI
JUNE 11, 1008
NO. 14
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ISRAY,
MSSOUR
THOUSANDS IN LINE
LOCAL
OPTION
MIX-UP
ILL CLAIM FRAUD
NtOHHUTION PREACHER SAYS,
YOTEIIS WERE UNLAWFULLY
SWOItX SILVERTON ANTISJ
WILL CONTEST.
VnmoraiiR nllotrntlonn of frnnJ
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lire been mndo since election, as thu '
molt of tho vote on tho prohibition ' mer vacation. Two thousand pupils
Whin Salem nnd in three Sllvertonlwlll be In line; gaily decorated antos
precincts. Rov. W. H. SelUck says, containing prominent men of tho
tilt a great many unregistered vol-:
ruere sworn In on election day Jn
Silera by methods' not unncttonod by
Iw In Sllvorton tho untls will con-
'"Hco1iUnu Tcontlhuod" on'Tago 4.)
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PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE r
HOT WEATHER
GOODS PRICED AWAY DOWN
ntfiTtca t.awvo wuua Goods. Summer Sllki. Summer Dress
Ooods, Summer Suits. Siimmor G'oves, Summer Underwear, Hosiery,
i.A. nn., n...t..i.i.ino wnuii nnmlfl nf nil kinds. Dross Qlng
vv, JWUUUIIB, JliUIUIUIUVllva, ." -w . - -
lms, Chambreys, Dro3s Linens and Hundreds of other goods suitable I
for Summfir Wpnr mnrkPii down nrlces that will make quick gelling 8
Do your trading nt tho store that
Our Prices
Kwp competitors all the tlmo
toy thinking how to keep up.
Rd carefully.
800 yards of Bwt Standard
kwns, Calicoes nnd Ginghams,
8Ptlal price, yard 5p
!W yards of Fine Needle Work
Embroidery that Is worth double
tee prices -lc, 0c, 8 l-3c, Oc
m 12 he a yard.
jlflOO yard? of Flnt Sheer India
Unen reculnr 15c valuej.
now
Ittrd . . . . :
.0.
h'00 yards of Summer Silks' la
i
II Cfllnra ...i t .....1n 91(1
"i nuu ittlll., ICBumi
Iini 50 goods, special prjee now,
and 33c a yardv?
ta' 18, $20 and $25 Suits
f W.BO. 810.50. 812.60 and
U.
The Store That
I RIVER STILLICONTINUES TO RISE
ALL IS IN
READINESS I
TOR PARADE!
MILITIA TO MARCH
TWO THOUSAND SCHOOL CH1L-
I
DHEN, DECORATED AUTOS,
SINGING AND ATHLETICS PART
OF PROGRAM.
Tomorrow Is the gala day for tho
cloBlng of the schools for the Bum-
community nnd threo tmnas win uoip
to make tho parade a grand succcso.
Tho Women's club have taken nn Im-
nOrtant hand in tho arrangement
does the business.
1000 ParaBo's
and C-lored Silk
on sale. Wo nro
Umbrellas now
offering them at factory
price,
$1.25,
Mc, 35c, lc, 75c, uac,
$f.50 and up.
Ladles Ml&se' and
Qnmmer Underwear
200 Dozen
Children's
.. .. .m hard for
now on saie. iv .
you to beat u-ir prices. 8c, 10c,
12 J c, 15c, 1HC, 25c and up.
15r, 18c, 25c ana up.
Saves You Money
WILL MARK SALEM
NEW YORK
"BOOKIES"
LOSE OUT
HUGHES BILL WINS
SENATOR KHOUGHT 'FROM SICK
RED TO CAST DECIDING VOTE
- AVILL PHORARLY PASS MEAS
URE STOPPING RACING.
(United I'rets Letued Wire. I
Albany, N. Y., June 11. The sen-
nto today passed tho antl-raco track
gambling bill which makes book-
mnklng punlshablo by n year In Jail,
with no altcrnatlvo fine. Tho vote
was 2G to 25. Senator Foelker of
Brooklyn, who wa3 brought hero
seriously HI, was ablo to take hW
seat and cast hlB voto for tho mens-
uro. Tho other LIU, which will com
nlntn ihn tTiirrhnii rtntl. rnf Inn- lppln'n
Itlon and put nn end to tho "sport of
kings" In the Gmplro state, Is ex
Ipcctcd to bo passed by the snmo vot?.
.This Is tho grentest victory Govorn-
Jor Hughes hns .won Blnco ho began
I his term of ofllce.
Roth bills were pnsstd by tho low-
cr house yesterday.
The anti-race track gambling leg
islation wbb urged by Governor
Hughes at tho beginning of tho reg
ular session of tho legislature In
January. It was laughed nt when
first mentioned but the legislators,
soon found he was serious.
Plot Uiicovi'ird.
Albany N. Y., Jun 11. A daring
plot to defoat tho anti-race track
gambling bills was frustrated today
by tho cleverness of n trained nurse,
who blocked four men In nn effort
to kidnap Senator Foolker, whoso
voto gave tho needed majority that,
won tho victory for Governor Hughes
against tho racing interests. j
Tho kldnaperB called at Foelker's
house. Ono represented that ho wbb
a doctor. Foelker was 111 In bed. J
They said they had come to convey 4
him to tne cnpuoi. ine numu, whu
had been warned that such action
might bo taken, delayed them while
a telephone mosiage was sent to
Foelker's friends. In the meantime,
tho regular physician arrived and the
kidnappers made their escape.
; Foelkor was then removed to the
cnpltol. H? was supported Into tho
'senate chamber and sank Into his
.chair. Several times ho camo near
j fainting but was able to cast tho de
ciding vote, making tho result 20 to
2G In favor of the moasuro tfint Is
expected to kill racing In the east.
Governor Hughes this . nftemoon
said:
I am groatly gratified at the re
su't. It' is a victory for law and
order, which cannot b ovor esti
mated." NARROW ESCAPE FOR
FRISCO'S ASSISTANT
TREASURE!!.
San Francisco, June 11. It be
came known here today that conster
nation ws caused In the office of the
city treasurer late Tueiday night
when two shot from a rapid fire
gun craved through the cage which
Cashier C D. Perkins bad left but a
few seconds before. The matter was
bushed up and the faets have Just
become public Watchman Gaston,
one of tho guardi, had picked up a
rapid fire gun and It went off before
he kaew It. The gun has been sent
to the r nalr shop, a It was nearly
responslb'e for a death In the same
ofllce on another occasion
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RISING
RAPIDLY
at, Kansas citv
I1USINBSS PARALYZED IN KAN-
HAS t Oim RAILROAD TRAP.
FIC STOPS ST. LOUIS IN PAN-
GErAvORSE OVERFLOW YET.
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Uo!tNl Vitta UnJ Wire.)
Knnsns City, Mo., Juno 1,1. Tha
business and packing dlntrlct of thU
city is paralyzed today by tho flood
which has put an end to practically
all commercial occupations,
Tho flood is now within 200 yards
of tho Mnlon depot and practically nil
railroad jrnfllc Is cut off.
The Khw and Missouri rlvera con
tinue tflS,rio. ajrfdjia.vci.f nupd.RtVd
such a wide sweep of country that
tho lower rectlons look like a great
Inlnnd sea.
ThousnndB of tho homoless arc hy
ing fed nt relief quarters and by
chnrltable institutions, Tho great
Convention hnll has been turned In
to nn enormous dormitory where
whole fumllles aro "camping." So
far It has been Impossible to esti
mate tho nmount of property loss
from tho high water but It Is be
lieved the flood Is moro disastrous
than that of 1903,
St. LoiiIb. Mo Juno 11. Tho
floods In tho Missouri river nro forc
ing tho Mississippi out of Its banks
and tho water is rising hero at an
alarming degreo, This nfternoon the
river wnB a foot above the dangor
mark and Is spreading over the lower
shore on the Illinois side. Reports
from up the Missouri Indlcato that
conditions nro much worso than yes
terday nnd flrniB with buildings near
tho wato front nro preparing to move
everything poislble out of the lower
stories. Many of the residents nloni;
tho river have left their homes In an
ticipation of being driven out.
MURDERER
TO HANG
TOMORROW
(Unlteil I'r J.mhH Wire.)
SprlngfWld. I1U., June 11. Her
man OUlok, the Bohemian fortune
teller, who was convicted of tho mur
der of Mary Vrzal In Chicago In 1906
and accused of the polioning of five
other members of the Vrzal family,
muet hang tomorrow, according to o
decree hnnded down by the supromu
ocMrt today. Blllok had applied for
e gtay of execution and n writ of
habeas corpus on tho tehlncnl
ground thnt tho Judge who sontenoed
him had not asked iim before
whether he had anything to bay. Tho
court beid that this contention had
no merit.
Tho governor and the prison bonrd
have alreadv retuwd t9 warjlon IJH
lek. .. t
ROARI OF TRADE
TO DEAL IN WHEAT
(Uolted I're Ut& Wlre.1
Portland. Or., June 11. Tho
Portland board of trade will deal In
grain options. This matter has boer.
defln'tely settled at a meeting of th
grain men of this city
SCHOOLS' CLOSING
NIK IK IKK
ACQUITTED
BY JURY
FREE UNDER BOND
COMEDIAN VINDICATED AFTER
JURY REMAINS OUT ALL NIGHT
OUT ON WAIL PENDING
OTHER CHARGES.
I United I'reis UmrJ Wire.)
Now York, June 11, Martin Eu
gel furnished bnll of Raymond
Hitchcock todny'aml the actor, wh6
was vindicated by the Jury early this
morning, left the Tombs at noon. It
Is not known what charge will bo
tnken up against Hitchcock next.
After .deliberating several hours,
tho caso of Raymond HUchcocW, tho
cfimcdlau, tried t&t, wJWajrlm IJt .tey-OARM!SriaJ iiiH)t'(ir
InliTKllaqlt" nipon'' Hcln v'on HaK0i:' tirVCnc of- Vlrteiiy. it lo'generally
. ,
brought In n verdict of'hotuITfyMd(,llBvmf,hert'Rtfw,tht'Tft''rtll !
3 o'clock this morning,
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SEARCHING
FOR NEGRO
ASSASSIN
(United I'rm J.eoitd Wire.) ,
WHhurton, Okln., Juno 11. Ond
half of tho population of Wilburtbn
Is today searching In overy direction
for a man suppoied to be R. J. John
son, a negro, who Is nccusod of kill
ing two prominent citizens of thin
city, whllo they were In tho act of
trying to capture him and turn him
over to the authorities. It Is charged
that a few weeks ago Johnson killed
Oliver Swan, a deputy marshal. He
ronppeared In town Wednesday, and
whon Walter Roberts and Robert
Mounds attempted to lay hnnds on
him ho shot and Instantly killed
them,
-
Mnll Sack StI'.
(United l'rei I.emed Wire.)
Los Angeles, Cal., Jtwo 11. Tho
poBtofllco authorities hero today con
firmed tho report of tho dlnappoar-
ance or a regisioreu man poucu
whllo In transit from this city to
New York. The pouoh. which con
tained ourroncy and securities to th
valuo of IfiO.OOO, dhappoarod while
In tho Jurhdlotlon of the Kansas City
division.
Local hankers shipped the J00,O00
to their correspondents Jn New York.
Tho loss will fnll upon the shippers
here, If tho pouoh Is not recovered.
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Hitchcock Censured,
i United I'ret J. wined Wire.)
Columbus, O., Juno 11. Charles
L. Kurtz ( manngor of the boom for
Sonator Foraker's nlmlnution, today
declared that the nctlon of the R
publlcan nntlonal committee regard-
I iik the contest was outrageous.
"Tlia nnrlnnr of HltcllCOCk." Call
Kurtz, "was the most reprehensible
of all. His sense of fairness or tho
committer's sense of decency, -'i
Hltclicock doesn't postess that vir
tue, should havo prevented him from
sitting whllo the contests wero tak
en up." ,
Kurtz doiared that an appeal
would be taken to the convention on
the decision of the nat lonal com
mittee In the Ohio contests,
TAFT WILL
SECURE THE
NOMINATION
HIS DELEGATES WIN
SECRETARY'S ROOMERS JUftr
LANT A L L I K 8 HAY .TlWr
HAVE SURPRISE ROOSEVELT
THIRD TERM MUTTONS.
(United I'rtii t.enitd Wire.)
Chicago, Juno 11.- Enough
plcdgod Taft delegates to Insure hU
nomination or tho first bllot had
bcon placed on the temprorary roll of
tho convention when tho Rational
committee onded the contents In th?
first nnd fifth districts of Bottth Car
olina by seating the Taft wea.
The Taft leaders are JubllaMt oyer
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ture tho cntlro Btatrf delexwtwns.
rpm' Tennessee, Texas and VlrsjlH&i., '
The "nlllcs" still aro Inclined tW
discredit tho claims of tho Taft men '
and assert thoy 'havo "some wurprlsefci
to spring but tho Kenoral consensus-,
of opinion Is that the Taft men can
substnntlnto their claims,
Tho copter of tho fight from now
on will be tlio credontjals comwlttee
whoro the porBian,ent,roil of thi ee
Vention will bo made up and, as far
no ultlmato remits aro concerned,
the fate of tho candidates will ha
practically decided,
New Vlco President Anplmnt. '
Formor Govornor Pcnjamln H.
O'Dell of Now York was brought for
ward today as a now candidate for
tho vice presidential nomination.
O. J. McKnlght, O'DoIl confidential
secretary and representative in polit
ical matters, nrrlved horo to test tho
sentiment as to O'Doll's chances.
Hitchcock snld that the Taft for
ces poBltlvoly had no preference bb
yet regarding a vlco presidential can
didate; that thoy had been consider
ing nothing whatovor excopt the first
place on tho ticket.
Attornoy Oenornl Wade Ellis of
Ohio arrived hero today with the
platform, prepared at tho designa
tion of Secretary Taft to bo pre
sented to the convention,
Ellis refused to discuss tho pro
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CONVENTION
TICKETS AT
$100 EACH
(United Prep Levied Wire l
Chicago. June 11 Tho domnn'f
for tickets to the Republican nation
al convention which convenes no'
Tuesday Is io larg that 1100 Is tho
leHst flguro at whleh ono can bo ob
tained, The men who subscribed to
ward tho expenses of tho convention
are receiving tickets at the rate of
nno rnr ench 1100 contributed. No
ono has yet admitted recolvlng over
one ticket.
Threo thousand ticket? aro to h
dlstrlbued to Chicago politicians and
the rest of the spaco In tho Coliseum
Is to be devoted to delegates prest
and fr(ejid; ojjtho Uadors. Many pol
iticians have offered to act as call
boys to get Inside tho great conven
tion hall, w great Is the demand for
tickets,
ft