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Vol. xviii.
SALEM. OREGON - THURSDAY, OULY 23, 1008
URDERE
R CAUGHT AfTER ALL
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NO. 18a
NIQHTFIGHT
REUMINARY WORK ON COMMERCIAL STREET PAVING BEGINS
VAN'S SON MOTHER
GETS INTO
TROUBLE
OREGON
WINNER
STRIKES SUPERIOR FOREST SMITHSON
RAILWAY
TO START
GRADING
BY RAISING TRACK
!AY TIE EXPELLED FROM NAVY FIVE POINTS MORE FOR UNITED PAGE ASSURES MAYOR WORK
I
INCIDENT OCCURS ON THE , STATES ATHLETES DETER-
GEORGIA ATTEMPT TO KEEP
AFFAIR SECRET.
(United I'ren I.cnicd Wire.)
Honolulu, July 23. The princi
pal topic of conversation here today
a story to the offect that Lleuten.
int Frank T. Evans, son of Rear Ad-
ilrnl Robley D. Evans, struck Lleu-
?nont Commamler J. F. Cartor of
10 battloshlp Georgia fn tho fncj
an altercation on board tho bat-
MINED TO WIN ALL FAST
GAINING ON OTHER TEAMS.
United I'rcm I.raied Wlre.i
London, July 23. Encouraged by
their long lead over the teams from
the United Kingdom, the American
athletes to tho Olympic games, are
determined to sweep everything be
foro them.
Ray Ewry added another flvo
points to tho American score today
Jeshlp Tuesday night. It Is stated by winning llrBt place In the stand-
lng high jump in which ho mndo a
(Continued on pago five.)
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CHICAG0ISI0RE
" PEOPLES BARGAIN HOUSE
CLEARING SALE
CONTINUED
ALL SUMMER GOODS .MUST GO, REGARDLESS OF COST. AVE
MUST HAVE ROOM FOR OUR FALL GOODS. THE PRICES WILL
RE SLASHED RIGHT AND LEFT UNTIL WE CUT DOWN OUR
STOCK.
8,000 yards of thla season's new-
eat Sllk3 now going at the follow
ing prices. Yard
55, 35, 35, 49 AND
G5
000 yards of this season's new-
st and best Dress Goods now go
ing at the following prices. Yard
L9, 25, 35, 30, 49
UP
Thousands of yards of Summer
fVash Goods going at the follow.
pg prices. Yard
50, 0"4S 7, 8 1-3,
10 up.
All our Summer Underwear,
Icslery, Gloves, Laces and Em-
rclde- es at the smallest prices
u ever got in Salem.
1 "0 White Lawn Shirt Waistd
Handsomely Trimmed
At ,.49
5 00 Swell Dress Hats
At $2.95
In J eo along the line.
WILL RE KEPT UP SO PAVING
CAN PROCEED WARNING HAS
EFFECT.
In n letter Jo Mayor Rodgers this
morning Local Manager Page, of the1
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company, assured the mayor that
the work of raising the company's
tracks on Commercial street would
begin immediately, and that the
work would be kept ahead of the,
paving company so that there would
be no interference with the grading
or paving of tho street. f
Mayor Rodgors said this morning
that tho Wnrren ConBtructiocorat
pany would put their plows to work
on Commercial street some time to
day. Tho mayor notified Manager
Page some time ago -that If the track
was not raised before the grading
began, bumpors would be put in at
tho edges of tho track, against
which to nbutt tho pavement, and
that this would be done at the ex
penses of tho streetcar company.
Page says that tho track will be
graded at once, and that there will
bo no deed to put in bumpers,
leap of 5 feet 2 inches. J. A. Diller,
of America, and Tscllljrlas, of
Greece, tied for second place, botn
making a mark of 5 feet 1 inch.
Hiultlison Wins.
Heat nine was won by Ahern of
England, in a walkover; heat ten
was won by Forrest Smlthson of
MURDERED IS SHOT
BY NEPHEW DEAD IN
FOR MONEY CEMETERY
CONFESSION MADE
LURES AUNT AND COUSIN FROM
AUSTRIA TO SECURE WEALTH
REVOLTING DETAILS AD
MITTED RY YOUTH.
(United l'rcs Lcned Wlrr.t
Patterson, N. J.t July 23. After
having been In Jail several hours
under n severe "sweating" by tho
polico authorities here and spcclnl
detectives summoned from t New
York, August Eberhardt, formerly
an employe of a New York grocery
Btore, late this afternoon confessed
that ho had lured his aunt, Mrs.
Ottillle Eberhardt and her 20-year-
old dnughter Ophelia to thlB country.
from AiiBtria and then deliberately
murdered tho woman last Sunday
night In order to got her little for
tune of $2000. Tho murdoror told
,tho whole details of the crime, which
was so revolting in its completejieH
and cunning as to astonish tho de
tectives. Eberhardt said that he had, burled
tho plunder a mile and a half, from
the scone of tho crime, a lonely sec
tion of Hnckensnck, X, J,, nnd ho
was taken thoro -this afternoon to
rig up tho money. Tho prisoner 1h
heavily guarded because It is feared
that popular indignation might lead
to a lynching.
Eberhardt was captured hero thU
morning, suffering from a gunshot
wound. Ho bad no hat, no coat and
no money and was so weak from
loss of blood that he could hardly
walk. Ho was questioned by polico
TONIGHT
AT 6 O'CLOCK
Ladies' Ball Team vs. Cherry Pickers
BY POLICEMEN
ONE OF PAIR WHO TERRORIZED
ROSTON LAST NIGHT TARGET
FOR TWENTY HULLKTS
NEARLY WSSCll INNOCENT.
HARRIMAN
TO FIGHT
REDUCTION
IN LUMBER RATES
ACTION WILL RE REGUN IN FED.
ERAL COURTS TODAY TO SET
ASIDE DECISION OF COMMISSION.
(United Vtm Lcnst'd VlrO
Snn Francisco, July 23.- Dlmatls
flcd with tho reduction In lumber
rates from tho Willamette volley In
Oregon to San Francisco and Rdjh
cont points, ordorcd by tho Inter
Htato commerce commission, Harrl
man is preparing today to fight the
decision in the federal court.
Upon complaint of tho Wester
Oregon Lumber Manufacturers' a
foclatton the Interstate commerce
conunlMlon recently decided that
thoHllfand Harrlman roads muni
make sweeping reductions In over
land rates on lumber shlpmcnU
from Pacific coast polntn to many
enstern cities. At tho-enmo tlino tho
tariff schedulo on Oregon-California
shipments' wns cut. It is this sched
ulo, it Is snld. that Harrimnu ob
jects to.
Doforo tho Harrlman roads adopt
ed their now tchodulo a year nnd
Portland, Or., in 15 4-5 seconds; and at first said that he, himself,
heat eleven was won by Hu.sse of was a victim of tho same murderer
England, in 1G 4-5 seconds; hen
twelve was won by Klnlhan of Eng
lund, In 16 4-5 seconds; heat thir
teen was won by Howe of America,
who killed hli aunt and wounded
his cousin.
Tho three had been walking down
the railroad track, ho said, when
in 15 4-5 seconds; heat fourteen ( they were assailed by a fusllade of
All this season's newest WOOu
SUITS, LINGERIE SUITS, WASH
SUITS, SHIRT WAISTS, SILK
WAISTS, SILK PETTICOATS,
SULLINERY, FEATHERS, OS
STRICH PLUMES, FLOWERS,
3GTC, now going at less than cost.
suits 54.50, $6.50, $8.50
$10.50 AND $12.50
Worth Double.
The Store That Saves You Money
was won by Shaw of America Jn
15 3-5.
15 3-5 seconds.
Kerr of Canada, fulfilled the pre
dictions of his friends by winning
first Ipaco in the final heat of the
200-meter race, his time being
22 2-5 seconds. Cloughen of Amer
ica, took second place.
uuuetB. no said tnat he heard a
shot and that he was struck on tho
head and robbed. That was all ho
remembered until he found hlmEolf
near here, he said.
Confronted with evidence found
by detectivei, the prisoner later to
day broke down and confessed. Ho
had planned tho crime for months,
he said. Mrs. Eberhardt and her
daughter lived in Vienna and by
itTTnlUd Pr" Lcnicd Wire.) ,
Roiton, Mass., July .23. With
one desperado dead, his body rid
dled with bullets from a posse, nn
innocent man captured after being
Biirrounded nnd barely escaping a
similar fate, tho search of tho 300
polico for (wo otherB engaged In tho
terrorizing of citizens last night,
when ono person was killed and ton
wounded, continues today, attended
iby the' greatest excitement,
Tnb WnUtaHiMjjunpq.RiL to. be.
men in' F6rest 11111 ceni'ofery""dhrfHK'
tho night and "waited for dawn.
When daylight broke, they closed in
on the victims.
The leaders gave the police orders
to shoot on sight as it was bolloved
tho men could not bo taken nllvo.
Ono of tho hunted men, much
larger than tho other, sprang from
behind n tree and darted toward tho
forwt, snapping an empty revolver
at tho Offlcors as ho ran. Ho bntl.hnlf aaa. a.in n ton ivnn nhnreml
not gone more than 300 yards, how; 0y tho Southern Pacific on lumber
ever, boforo ho wnt hemmed in nnd shipments to San FranclBco from
ho fell under n general fire from his points on tho eait sldo ot tho Wll
pursuer. A cursory examination nmotto valloy. Shipments from the
showed that ho was struck by at WOBt bI of tho valloy wcro accepted
least 20 bullets. nt j33C a ton tno Ufforflnco bonc
Tho smaller man, suposed to bo caused by tho longer haul, vjfc Cor
tho companlbn of the big desperado, vnllfB nnd Aibnny. When tho now
was found a Uttlo later. Ho surren- Bchodulo was adopted tho rato was
dored without any attempt at Vlo- ' dvanced to 15 from either sldo of
lence, but tho officer, leading tho jn0 valley.
pursuu una great uimouuy n pre- DecftB0 Ul0 complolnt against
venting their men from shooting .thlB llcreftV) wnB considered well
Mm UOWn, I fmirw'4l hA mnimlimlnn nrilnroil
When taken to the police station,1 thftt tho rnto bo reduced to 13.40
tho man convinced the police that ho from eaBt b,de mMa nnd $3,cr. from
, was not a member of the gang but W0lt B,Uo nontHt AUhough this U
a spectator, no nau oen separated 30 conta ft ton hihor ,hnn ,,. ol(1
j from the crowd in tho night and rato tho rn,ron(1 object to any re,
conceaieu mmseu, icanng tnat in tiuction ln tho now !nt rato and tho
the darknesR ho would bo shot elth-'cas, wl bo Cftrrled ,nto n,e fe,,erfti
er by tho police or tho bandits. He court8
wns released. j ... .'. i .
Tho police were unable to idontt-' . . , . , ,,.. ,, .,.,..
fy the big bandit who wns killed in ? ,e Itft anB ," ,s thmhi !
tho cemetery. He is believed, how- Qn the wild rampBRo white
ever, to be one of three men who drunk, .nd, being convinced they
started tho trouble by robbing a sn- 'lh0 "C ? "f. Wturod. da
loon nt Jamaica Plains Tuesday c,dd K thf limit of dOKporndon
in uwom;i ituu niiu uiniiiiMiii)vu
Natal Bay, La., July 23. This
town Is In the throes of a fearful
race war as tho result of the shoot
ing of Walter Simmons, an Ameri
can, by two Italians Tuesday night.
Five hundred foreigners are arm
ed in a camp near here today and
tho force of Americans ln the oppos
ing camp consists of 75 residents of
Ah is place. Numerous small encoun
ters have taken place. The Ameri
cans are determined to drive the
night, after killing one
wounding two others.
man and
the big man into tho cometory last
., . .i '..,.. it . n'Rht. Is thought still to bo In hiding
thought tho men hid in Calvary und, ,fnfo,,nd; he;.m hl B!,ff0'
cemetery nnd lay concealed all day a Hrallnr fato There ; l. Uttlo hop
yesterday, until emboldened by tho B'7TBV
9 ' Tlll ntt tUnt 1A inn
advance of night they proceeded
Tho fact thnt the man surrounded
ln1nt( !! null n !( Jtil till irtri !!
forth to bhoot up the town. Two ap 'UUH' ....., ..
peared together in the streets of Ja- t,on noubtodly saved tho Uvea oi
mt Tlnl,la nn.l l.ncnn .hnntlnv tn OUIIllJOr Of his pUrSlierS, BB 10
United I'rtis I.aid Wire.)
Chicago, July 23. United States
- It strtl li i 4 l k rf1 Lit nn l ti r !
RACE WAR FEARED .lnnphtAr iiVA,i in vionnn nn.i 'hv right and left. A mob oon formed , " ' ' "' .' ' ,
AT NATAL IIA writing them glowing letters of tho nd gave chaw As they ran the '
money that waa to be made tn awperaaiws nreo continuauy; .Mrs
America. Eberhardt succeeded Jn Delia Fallon waf shot as she htood ,.,,.., .-. nv
getting them to come to this conn, 'n her doorway with a baby in her TO RENEW ArTACK ON
try. He promised to marry Ophelia .armB nnd h0- condition today Is THE STANDARD OIL
on theJr arrival. cmicai.
HJb aunt finally yielded to hlrf L"tIe hoPe ,8 held t0(Ja' for the
. .. - . rornvAri nt Vwnrt tttnhtn.
urgent letters, ana arrived nere a ""; -': ;:":; '' 'hnt District Attorney Sims gave out tho
week ago today on the steamer ,dJ 7"' LZel following anneuncement: "Tho gov
Deutschland. tho mother carrying , l tho ibdomn .The othes injured, ft
her entire fortune, 2C00 tucked wort of whom received bnlleeta In
away in her bosom. lelr arm anu ,e8s. a doing well.
Rhrhit m thm the do-ic ' Herbert B. Knox, night watchman ,1'? J'1 T7,.. L... i! !
foreigners out of this section of theand t them tVM ,n a ,JU1 hotel t Fore.t Till cemetery, died from JJJJ fe ernmeiit will pw tha
rtate. The foreigners are deter- on the 0Btiklrt. of New Yorkf B an injury -similar to that sustained JJJ""
Wined to Uy an4 By they will ifht took hJl5 aunt to a money cbangor by Mdlahon. J J, J ZnTHht
for their rights. There Is constant r- , -' The police have little knowlde ",e "2JaJ u M,,nM,Mr 4"u "
fr ot a plttfcW btU. fCoaUawed en Page .) of tie bhb csoepi tat tay appear- "' J,M fc,,