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Newspaper Page TextDO YOU WISH TO SAVE MONEY; ; IF YQU DOrBE S AND'READ THE ADS IN THE CAPITAL JOURNAL 2k l f ottmat VOL. XVIII. SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY JULY 14, 1008 NO. 174 j -vvvVi .diHnNmni BiiwiitM DYNAMITER OF GALLAGHER HOI) FARMER DRIVEN INSANE WITH WAS TO RECEIVE BIG SUM GREEK CONFESSES ANGERED AT NOT GETTING 95000 AS PROMISED, MAN TELLS HOW HE BLEW UP GRAFT WITNESS' PROPERTY. (United rrt Leased Wire.) Snn Francisco, July 14. The detective- forco of the city 1b today searching every possible corner of the city for Peter Claudlanes. a Greek, aged 21 years, who has been Implicated in tho dynamiting of the houses of James L, Gallagher, the chief witness in the graft prosecu tion, by a remarkable confession tnndo by h!s brother, John Claud- lanes, who says that 'be himself act ually exploded tho charges of dyna mite. Notices hnve been sent to (he chiefs of police in every city In tho country and men have been sent (rom .here to Chlco, Cal., whero it Is thought that some trace of Claud- lane can bo found, John Claudlnne, tho confeseed dynamiter, 1b in jail hero and 1b being closely guardod. John Claudlancs made his confc- jton to District Attorney Lnngdon be tween midnight and 5 o'clock last Saturday morning, and tho Informa tion hnB been carefully guarded in tho hope that tho police could locate ils brother, Peter, whom he say made a deal with other persons to sill Gallagher. He said he was to receive ?5000 as his share of the lioodlo money and that ho did not set It. This Is the reason that ho k-ns ready to confesi his crime. The confession of John Clnudlnnes plears a mystery that has baffled the iiollco of the bny cities for over two lonths. The dynamiter was able to lubstantlate his story by going over Ihe ground with Lnngdon and the luthor'tles believe that he is telling ie truth. Hfs brother, Peter, who lo says planned tho crime and made ie deal with tho person or person? fho desired the denth of Gallagher, nay bo ab!e to implicate o'hers In ie crime If ho cart bo found. Tho )an under arrest refuses now to ad It even that ho did -the dynamiting, ?parently regretting ils confession The confession was dramatic. A Ittcr written by John Claudlanes, idressed to his brother. Peter, at lilco, Cal , threatening to exposo o rlct was responsible for the or- E ft the confessed dynamiter. The yfr Fas that unless money is for ced the plot will be given away. loueh the letter was unsigned. It s endorsed on the envelope "re- ra o J Claudlanes, 16 Bylngton ?nue, and it was here that Claud-1 pes -was located by detectives who ccme Into the possession of tho Ier. Inistrlct Attorney Langdon ques- jnea Claud'anes closely and at i the man refused to give any In rmation. He was finally forced to ft cner and admitted that he ' elf did the dynamiting. P-angion was skeptical and Claud- Se Offered in InVa , nrn. in Wand and go over the whole scene the crime with him. Carefully irded, the man was taken to Oak & and whisked away In an autfr- pblle to the Nineteenth nvpniW ie of Gallagher where the ex ?ervIsor, his wife and six othersl narrowly escaped death April 22. (ConUayea ob pag ve.)"'," BIG EVENTS ARE WON BY AMERICANS RECORDS BROKEN SHEPHERD WINS lOOO-METER RACE NEW YORK POLICE MAN WINS HAMMER THROW ENGLISH VICTOR IN WALK. (United Trcti I.enied Wire.) London, July 14 Running 1500 meters in 4 minutes 3 2-5 seconds, which Is two seconds shaved off tho record, Melvln W. Shepard, of tho IrlBh American Athletic chib, of New York, won tho final event for Ameri ca today. Although Shepard's tlrno today Is two seconds less thnn tho record held by Ldghtbody of America, it was equalled yesterday by M. G. Hallows of Oxford who touched tho low mark during tho preliminary heats for to day's rnco. There, wero eight contestants in thp flnnl 1500 meter " raco today. Each ono was a fast man and Shep ard is declared victor In one of-ithe most Important events of tho Olym pic game?. Tho men entered wore: M..W, Shepnrd, Irish-American Ath lotio club of New York; J. P. Sulli van, Irish-American Athletic club, of Now York; M. G. Hallows, of Oxford England; Lonty of England; Talt of Canada; J. E. Deakln of England; H. A. Wilson of England nnd E. F. Crawford of England H. A. Wilson of England finished second and N. F. Hallows of Eng land finished third. Breaking tho Olympic record and tho professional and amateur records of Great Britain, John J. Flannlgan, a New York policeman, captured tho finals In tho hammer throw today with a mark of 170 feet nnd AVi IncheB. Rain yesterday put the Olympic field In fine shape today and It Is predicted that a number of rec ords will bo broken, Martin J. McGrath, another New York policeman, took second in tho final hammer throw, his mark being 1C7 feet 11 Inches, the snme thnt he made In tho preliminaries when he first entered his section. C. Walsh of Canada, was third In the hammer throw flnah with n mark of 159 feet and a half Inch. This was an Inch below his mark In the preliminaries when he flrBt en tered his section. The first heat In the 20 kllom ters bycycle raco was won by If Meredith, of England, In 33 minutes and 21 seconds. The second heat was captured by C. B. Kingsbury "of England in 32 minutes 33 4-5 sec onds. C. 1. Welnze, of tno unuea States team , won the third heat In 33' minutes 3D 4-5 seconds. B. Jone of England won tho fourtl heat in 32 minutes 39 seconds. C. Cameron an American, finished second. N. A. Hanson, a Swede, won tho fifth heat 4n the kilometer bicycle race In 34 minutes 53 3-5 seconds. A. J. Denny of England, was first in the sixth heat, making the 20 kilom eters in 33 minutes, 40 seconds. G. E. Lamer, an English police man, won the final victory In tho 3500 meter walk, doing tho course In 14 minutes 56 seconds. Lamer finished ?10 yards ahead of E. J. Web of England, who won the second place . Kerr, of Australia, finished third. - In the preliminaries of the 3500 meter walking event Xarner won the first heat in 16 minutes, 32 seconds. FIGHT ON FOR NEXT CONVENTION OF THE B. P. 0. t SEATTLE LOSING GROUND LOS ANGELES IS FAVORITE AT PRESENT HOLLAND SURE OF ELECTION AS GRAND RULER. (United Pre! Leoied Wire.) Dallas, Tex., July 14. When tho first business session of the grand lodge of tho ElkB convened today it was declared probable that Los An geles would be selected as tbo next meeting place, although horctoforo Seattle has been looked upon as cer tain of being named. Denver is alBO making a hard fight for tho conven tion. Ruslj Holland, of Colorado Springs; Is 'regarded "as certain of election as grand exalted ruler to succeed John Toner, tho retiring oxocutlvo. Estimates placo the number of vis itors hero at 20,000, but fully 5000 moro aro expected to arrive before the big parade Is held Thursday. With Portland, Oregon, sixth and Oakland, Cal., twelfth among tho 1C leading lodges of tho United States, tho-Pacific coast Is making a wonderful showing at tho annual convention. Nearly 47,000 new members have been initiated into the order during the past year, 44 new lodges' established and only 2517 of a total membership of 284,321 have died. Tho total number of lodgeB in tho United States nt'prcsent is 1125. Pennsylvania leads the state with a membership of 25,565. New York, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois aro next. Thnt tho Elks lodge, which had its inception 4n a Binall theatrical or ganization known as tho "Jolly Corks" in 1868, Is sound financially was shown by the, report of tho auditing 'committee today, Total cash on hand is $220,168.06, dis tributed In tho various funds where It will do the mo9t good and assure tho continued proeperlty of tho lodgo. Webb won tho second heat In It mlnutei, 17 seconds. G. Goul 6lng, of Canadn, won the third heal in 16 minute?, 16 seconds. .o- DEFIED COURT AND IS SHOT United ! Leased Wire.i Redding, Cal.. July 14. Rene Rlmbault is dead today as a result of his attempt 4o defy an order of the court and because ho did not know that Sheriff James L. Montgomery would shoot. When Michael Carantan shot and killed his wife at Keswick, June 2, hi9 stepdaughter was taken Into the custody of the court. An order was Issued making Rlmbault her guar dian He failed to post $500 bond, however, and the court ordered the sheriff to care for tho girl and place her In tho hands of Mrs. J. J. Crum. The sheriff attempted to execute this order last night but met oppo sition from Rlmbault and his wife. In the fracas that followed the sher iff shot and killed his assailant. BROMIDE DRUGS CAUSED j DEED SS RUBLE'S WIFE NERVE BREAKDOWN CAUSED BY TAKING AWAY DOPE RESULTS INlSCHUYLER RUBLE TAKING 4 HIS LIFE. "My husband was a consistent Christian of mild and lovcable char acter and waB never insane ILo had nervous disorders and heart troublo for which we sent him to a Portland sanitarium, whero they doped him with "bromldo and it was tho dope that made him kill himself." These wero tho words of MrB. Schuyler Ruble, widow or tho Polk county fnrmer who- committed sul old2gondny afternoon at 12:30 "o'clock by cutting life" Throat. He' was 43 years old and for tho padl six months had been rented at Port land. The physicians sent him home, telling the family to gradually re duce his doses of bromldo, as con tinued' uso of It would produce dead ening of the,braln nnd end In Insan ity. This effort wbb conscientiously made for several weeks. Watch 1 over nnd cared for by hla two bro thers, W. N. Ruble of Idaho and D. R. Ruble, of Lincoln, nnd his brothor-In-law, T. J. Gardner, of Mountain View, two miles west of 8alom. Tho unfortunate man was a silent suffer er nnd deliberately planned his own death rather than suffer tho nervoui tbrturo thnt ho was undergoing. Ho committed tho act lying on tho sofa In the front room of tho residence of his brother-ln-lnw, T. J. Gardnor, Died Almost Instantly. While one of tho brothers with him had turned his back ho slashed his throat twice with a sharp pocket knife, nnd when tho brother grasped his knife ho struggled, for ho was a powerful man and got in another gash, severing both Jugular velnB nnd hl3 windpipe, His death win almost lmraodlate. Mrs. Ruble and the four daughters have been llvlnt; at Portland nnd tho family aro pros trated with grief. Novor in all his trouble did he show any signs of In sanity, the Portland physicians re fusing to hnve him sent to tho hos pital for iniano when somo of the family suggested it. Ho leaves a mother and two sisters besides tho brothers mentioned. Tho parents came ncrosj the plains In 1853, and he was born and railed in Polk coun ty. The funeral was held from tho houso at 3 p, m, today. Deceased was a member of tho Christian church. STORK HOLDS UP CHICAGO CAR TRAFFIC Tinlted Frets I.eu 1 Wire.) Chicago, July 14. Little MIse RouJosb, who one day old today has had the distinction of being the only baby on record left on a streotcar by the stork, is just as happy as though she had not held up traffic on three car lines 4n the down town district yesterday for an hour. Mrs. John Rouloss, who. is a pretty woman of 24 years, was on her way to Michael Rese hospital. The nuree who wa accompanying her, whispered to tho conductor who cleared the car and summoned Dr I, G. Rawllngs of tb-J health department. COMMITS PIUS X MODERN PONTIFF IGNORES PRECEDENT ROOK COMES OUT SHOWING LIFE OF POPE CAUSES 'BEX SATION LIBERAL MINDED DISCARDS TRADITION. (United Pre I.eniftd Vlr.) Rome, July 14. (By Enrlcho Tedeschi, Staff Correspondent Uni ted Press Associations.) Quito n sensation was crcntcd In ecclesiastic circles here today by tho appearance of the first edition of n work just published at Milan, entitled "Popo PIub X nnd HIb Court." While free from bias or prejudice either, for or against the proient pontiff tho work gives an extraordinary close account and graphic picture of the Inner llfo of tho pope. The writer conceals his name hut there is not doubt that ho Is n porson either on the vntican staff or very closo to His Holiness. Commenting on tho surprising simplicity and democratic spirit of Popo Pius tho writer says: Dlnvganls Customs, "Traditions nnd precedents mean nothing to his hollnesv. For Instnnce. ono of tho oldest customs prevailing at tho Vatican; ono dating back to tho time of Urban XIII;compellcd the popo to hnve all his meals alone. Leo XIII was a strict follower of th' tradition, hut Plus X early In hla rolgn decided ho would like to have Monslgnor Bresinn's company nt dinner. Tho wholo vntican suite was shocked. It was pointed out to his hollnesH thnt ho was violating n tra dition dating back several genera tions. His reply was that It wn 41me they established n new tradi tion." "Notwithstanding the fact that his hollnoEB established n world wldo reputation for kindliness, gon tlllty and nffabllltv, audiences are very trying on him nnd tax his norves to he limit. Perhaps ono after another representatives of a dozen noble npmnn fnmllies will call to pay their respects and tho pope must show interest in each person present and his or her family and prlvnto affairs. Then probably will come a fow French Indies who would like very much to oxpross porsonnlly to tho popo their Indignation at the work of tho French Free Mason, tho abomlnnblo Clemenconu-'Co dlablo voml par l'enfer' (That devil thrown out of hell). "After having delivered them selves of thoso amiable sentiments tho ladles then profit by tho occasion to solicit the pope's blosiing op themselves, their families ar.d their friends, known or unknown. Then he must also bless the hundreds of medals, beads and images which they produce out of all sorts of pockets. CoHMfderntlon for Jews, "Then pterhaps will follow In close succession a group of Americau ladles, high officials of the secretary of state's office, prelates of different countries and even Jews andlnfldels. "No previous pope has shown the same consideration for Jews as the pope. When bishop of Mantua he was once questioned by Pope Leo XIII as to tho moral conditions of bis diocese and his reply was: " 'The only Christians In Mantua aro tbo Jews.' (Continued oa page Ire.) CAUGHT SUICIDE SUPREME COURT SUSTAINS THE INITIATIVE IN BIG PORTLAND BRIDGE BON ISSUE CITY COUNCIL HAS RIGHT TO SUBMIT MEASURES TO A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. ' Tho supremo court today decided: nh important city of Portland case In which Francis I. McKonna' Bought to enjoin tho city from Issuelng about 500,000 of bonds for bridges andr pthcr purposes, the act having been initiated by tho city council and voted by tho people Judgo ClelaHd held against the power of tho city council to uso the lnltlatlvo but th supremo court rovcrses him an! holds tho city council ran IpltlatCf and submit measured just rfhe Bam? as tho legislature can, Ono local case was decided, Max well vs. Fazlor A HurBt, Salem real cstnto mon, who Bought to collect $50 each feo for soiling a ploce off proporty. Tho lower court is re versed nnd tho hustlern get their claim for soiling tho property. GENERAL SCHENGK LEAVES Recovers His Health Afh-r BcIhjc WIiM'Ietl AlKuit tho Strci'ts of S I'in for Yearn, Thnt Salem Is n health resort al most equal to tho pool of Slloam In ancient Jerusalem wns provon thlrf morning when Gonorol D. 8. Schenck: pocked up his belonging nnd too'c the train for Bolso, Idaho, where he will go back to his old trado of min ing. For yenrB ho hns wheoled ljlm self about tho streets of Balom n. helplosB crlpplo soiling tnffy to lho children on the stroot rornera to support btmself and wlfo. Mra. Schonck accompanied him. They woro vory happy at bin apparent re covery. Ho walked to tho train with two heavy grips, and helped his wffo on bonrd. GonornI Schonck la it coiuln of OenoraL Schonck who was nt the bond of tho Internal revonuo dopnrtmdnt under tho Grant admin istration nnd comes from a promi nent family In Ohio. a KIMBALL STARTS ClfERRY dri Err S. P. Kimball has a ohorry drier with a capacity of 300 bushels dally ready to start working Wednesday. The real of his largo crop will bo pitted and dried. It 1b believed tc be a solution for the over-productfoir problem o far as canneries are con cerned, as there is n large marker for dried pitted cherries. Ho has a machine pltter thnt will run with power nnd pltt as fast as the drier will take them, and can probably take cherries besldos his own crop. Cherries can bo handled by driers, long after hey aro unfit to go to the cannery, and the beat results ar& obtained after they are so ripe as t be sticky.