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NO. SK50.
ALEM WORKMEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
iRY THAW GO
ES
BACK
TO ASYLUM FOR CRIMINAL INSANE
I0SEBURG
BOOSTER
CONGRESS
IELD OCTOBER 23
AND 24
RoKtanr. Oct. 12. Programs nro
lit for a big two tiny booster con-
ireii and Good Honds convention to
It Ctlu new rriuuy uuu kHiLuiui);,
idobcr 23-24 Following sponkors
l-unnounced:
Senator Jonathan Boumo.
Gcrernor Chntnberlaln.
Jodge Lowell, of Pendleton.
Jtdje Wobstor, of Portland.
Dr Smith, of Portland.
Jidge Scott, of Salem.
Col. E. Hofcr, of Snlem.
Hob J W. Dennett, of Mnrohuold,
liereral others.
Boo t for Rosebtirgl
Due havo nnnlly neon permanent
ly (or lio big meeting of tho
r,n and Idaho Development con-
HI
(Continued on Page 5.)
NOR
S
MAL
CHOOL
BOARD
MEEFS TO MAKE
BUDGET
Tho Bonrtl of Regents of tho Stnto
Norninl schools mot nt 10 n. in. to
consider reports from tho presidents
ns to tho needs of tho schools for
tho next two years.
Besides the Stnto Donrd of Educa
tion, J ml go Stephen Jewell, of
Ornnts Pnss, County Suporlntondont
13. E. Bragg, of La Grando; II. T.
JIuIor, of Tho Dnlles; W. 13. Ayoiyof
Portlnnd; C. E. Spenco of Clncknt
l'orthtnd and E. Hofer, of SnlCtn
nro in nttendnnco.
W. 0. Edwards of Drain Wns bo
foro tho bonrd to. get permission to
ubo labrtitory supplies belonging to
tho state, which wns grnlntcd. Diatn
has n high school with principal In
Miss Esmcr Mlxter, for many years
a bucccs ful toachor In Nobnuku nntt
M Innpgo t n . . ... . ivlo n VPWW.
7rmutnuMW)n huCm five
mtmmm am n iii oMt?saritts7BSLXLMJLMNatL
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Now Is the Time
FOIt MD1KS COATS, SUITS, MILLINERY, DRESS GOODS, SILKS,
OSIFItV, UNDERWEAR, HLANKETS, FLANNELS, MEN'S OOODS,
CU)VI3, DRESS SKIRTS, CHILDREN'S COATS, SHOES nntl nil
11 of Heavy Goods suitable for Winter wear, WE ARE HERE
WITH THK GOODS. Tlio crentPHt viiIhm I'vr-r slinun In Salem.
Fine Silks and
Dress Goods
ftoamls of yards of tho lat-
Stiltlnrs and Walstlngs now
w e at small prices.
yd. 25c, 35c, 49c,
b5c and up
Wrapper
Flannelettes
wuna of yards of tho daln-
Prettie t patterns now
81 -3c. 10r
121 -2c and up
"tow the
greatest values in
2l B , ...
lUlintVInn j.
ISA-., b kuoqb;
i it.nr.
UNDERWEAR, COM
J'KRTC
l8 ITDERW
toils. ,
-MBTS. PLANKELS.
EAR, CHIL-
.VS r
usi RWEAR' OUTINo
" ana MEN'S
11XQ.
AUSTRALIA
OPPOSES
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN ENGUND
AND JAPAN
(United Pious Leiued Wire.)
Molbonrno, Austrnlln, Oct. 12.
If tho untlro political presiniro of
Austrnlln is sulllclont, tho treaty
binding Englnnd nnd Jnpati will not
survlvo. Pollttcnl Austrnlln Is " do
torminctl to break the nlllanca ns tho
first stop to crcato n whito mail's
Pacific ocenn.
Desiring not to cmbnrrnss England
tho Australian olllclnls nro not giving
nny ofllclnl volco to tho Bontlmont,
but it Is tho belief of enroful ob
servers hero thnt tho trenty ennnot
la't more than a fow years.
Tho fcollngs manifested during
tho visit of tho Amorlcan (loot hero
nnd n series of Inspired articles iImv
ing tho pnst week In tho press
throughout tho commonwenth hnvo
n-ouMd tlio subject nnow In dly
loinntlc circles.
In nn intorvlow todny, n mnn who
Is rocognltod ns ono of tho moulder?
or Australia's do-tiny, n man In n
Mjrli ol"clnl position who profors to
have his nnme unmontloned, gnvo
tl'" following pxplnnntlon of tho sit sit
uateon: "Tho dofonslvd nnd offonslvo nl
1'nnco between Englnnd nnd Jnpnn
off"?ts lit ronl'ty only Mnnolmrli
p"H Jti'H" tird It dlroptod ontlroly
ngnlnst Russlu. Englnnd Is commit
ted to ns'ist Jnpnn ngnlnst tho In
vasion of Mnncluirln nnd Jnpnn Itns
ngroed to nld Ilrltnln In ropolllng nn
nvnslon of India. Tho only poss.lblo
invndor of olthor country, Is Rus
sia. . ,
"Tho nlllnnco has boon rocolvod
with nn outburst of popular disap
proval In Australia whoro tho poonlo
aro moro nntl-Aslntlc thnn tho Pn
cl'lp coast. Wo havo drastic Asiatic
oxclfuslon laws and n tariff prnctlcnl
'y cutting off Jnpnn nnd China from
rnmpotlng with our home Industries.
t ' is where tho clash will orlgl-
nato. . ,
'Soon Korea nnd Manchuria,
,Mc' bnvo boon exploited for tho
benefit of the Jnpnneso manufac
turers wlH hove been oxhnustod, nnd
Jnpan will seek n mnrkot In Anstra-
l'a.
"Wo will deny commercial on
tranco to Jnpan nnd oho will nppenl
to England for coorclvo as3istance.
WILL NOT
BE GIVEN
INQUEST
SLAYER Of WHIIE
LOSES OUT
LABORER'S PIGK HITS
DYNAMITE IN REAR OE
ZINN'S CANDY STORE
"W
.M.Jl A J
THURSDAY AFTERNOON-WAS BURIED
WEDNESDAY-BUILDINGS ENDANGERED
(UDltrd I'rcai r.timed Wlro.1
Whlto Plains, N. Y Oct. 12.
Harry K. Thaw, slnyor of Stand ford
White, was romandod (o tho nBylum
for thu criminal Insano ut Mnttownn
todny, tho proceedings for nn Inquost
ns to his stnto of mind, being dis
missed. Tho order for tho recommittal of
Thaw to tho Mnttownn nBylum wns
mndo by Jr.i:tlco Mills before whom
tho motion was mndo to lmvo Thaw
removed to n prlvato asylum and be
fore whom It wnB contended by
Thaw's counsol that ho Is not now
insane.
'Tho return to Mnatowan Is n blow
to tho Plttshurgor, who ropoatedolv
hnir snld thnt he preferred to bo lu
tho Tombs prison In Now York to
'jVnnflnomejul nt Mnttownn... . H.
chnge6 tho ntteudnnts nt Mnttownn
with mistreating him nnd nllogod
thnt ho was subjected to unusual re
strictions. As soon ns tho ordor remanding
Thaw was made, argument was bo
gun on tho question of producing
Thnw- In tho fedoral court nt Pitts
burg, u connection with his bank
ruptcy proceedings, In nccordnnco
with tho ordor of tho Ponnsylvnnln
J"tlK0-
nblo thnt some of tho Aiistrlnn of
flolnls would havo boon murdered if
they hnd fnllon Into tho hnnds of tho
mob which wns boyond control.
Two Austrian wnrshlps hnvo boon
ordorod to tho scono nnd now nro
onrouto,
Phrl, Franco, Oct. 12. According
to n dispatch published in tho Temps
this uftornoon, tho nttltrudo of Oor
mnny In regard to tho troubloH In
tiro Nonr Enst Is thnt thoro lins boon
no violation of tho Ilorllu treaty.
Tho dlspntch snyn thnt Gormnny
holds that tho nnnexntlou of Uoslnn
nnd Herzogovlnn by Austria nnd tho
deolnrntlon of Independence by
Rulgnrln is not n violation of tho
trenty.
If the Temps dispatch ts correot,
it means that Germany will support
tho claim of Austria, which in effect
la tho samo as thnt set forth as the
attitude of Germany.
Dolgrado, Sorvla, Oct. 12. Tlio
AaI
". ... . . ... a .. UVIKIUUVi OUlUUi UUi
"Engiana win not, uaro to nu n..i. q.pv. KnHnnnl naBmi,i,iv tni!nV
..... -r- .. - ...Itt HAtflllntn - iT.r.H ,, j - -..,-
coercion ami jnpnn w. fun1"' ''J voted in fnvor of making nn oxtrn
tbroiiRh a boycott or a tariff ngnlnst i or1nftry mI1tnry np,)ro,,rntlon of
iirriBii ruuiib u wuD "... .w , i3.ooo.000 to moot the immeuiato
ln .! .ruPf4,ror. u . . n 1pnnnil of mobilizing tho army and
"Tho English statosmon oxpsct a I .,, fho rnn,i0P.
j rliptiiro before the expiration of the A rogoluton wafl Bdoptod contaln
nrosent treaty, and wo th'nk a break ng tho fo,owJng 8Knftcant oxpros-
Six workmon narrowly escaped
death last Thursday afternoon from
a stick of dynnmlto which apparent
ly hnd beon "plnnted" In tho ynrd
behind Zlnn's candy storo on Statct
street, nnd which, If exploded, would
probably hnvo wrecked tho now
Moyor's building, f
It wns n miracle thnt tho dendly
stick did, not oxplodo, nsn Inboror's
pick Btruck It n glancing blow. Tho
pollco nro much puzzled over tho
proBonco of tho cxplotlvo In tho ynrd
from which grnvol wns being tnkon
by tho Warren Construction com
pany for Ufio on tho street. It Is
posstblo tho dyunmlto wns loft thoro
by Bomoono wanting rovongo on tho
workmen; by a party or parties de
siring to wreck soma of the ndjftctent
buildings, or by robbers, ns there is
no accounting for n stick of fresh
dynamite burled during tho preced
ing night in nn uuusod back yard.
Thnt tho dynamite wnj burod during
Wednesday night Is tho opinion of
WIIHo Zlnn, owner of the confee
tlunory storo.
Tho stick of oxploilvo In iVt Inches
In length nnd inch In diameter.
Tho workman who discovered the
dynamite, and struck It a blow with
his pick Is well ncqunlntod with ex
plosives, having handled thorn fro
qitontly In the mines,
Zlnn hnB the stick of powerful
dynnmlto, aud 1b ns far from a solu
tion rogArding Its prcsonce In the
rear of Ma storo ns tho police.
Is inevltnble within n few yonrB.'
WAR -HD 2 CUM
Vlennn. Oct. 12. It Is reeortod
here todny that Count Rorgflch, the
Austrian minister to Servla, has
been assassinated.
The city is In a fover of excite
ment nnd warlike demonstrations aro
slen:
"After hoarJng the government's
explanation, parliament expects to
oxort tho most vigorous activity to
nrotect thd threatened IntoroiU Of
tho nation."
Desplo tho active preparations for
war, there is a (ftliofer fooling
among tho peoplo today. This foel
Ing, it Is said, Is due to tfftf realiza
tion that Sorvln Is not propdfed to
If you want to get the best val
ues In this part of tho world in
Ladies Suits and Coat- now !s
your time; they are going like
wildfire. It's the small prices
that does It,
WOMEN'S SUITS. $7.50, $10.50,
$12.50 and up.
WOMEN'S COATS, 1.03, $8.8,
$0.00 and up.
ilRL'S COATS. Sf.05, $2.05,
$3.50, ?1.50 and up.
CHILDREN'S COATS, $1.50.
$2.50, $3.50 and up.
Imlnc mnde.
("nmmiinlcntlan with Rolgrado has
iionn pn ntr nnd It la imiiossiblo to I mako wnr successfully ngnlnst Auf.
vorlfv the report. Tho foreign of-1 trla. Another explanation Is that
flco discredits tho rumor but has no tho people now are convinced that
authoritative Information. 'ho government Is preparing for war
Constantinople. Oct. 12. A re- ana aro saiisnea. wnn mo aoveiop.
nort today, credited to Ambassador ment of events.
Sgjfee that. Saves Yoji Money QregOIl '
John O. A. Lelshman, says tnai
America disapproves the notion of
Austria In annexing Herzegovina
nnd Roslna and the declaration of
Independence by Bulgaria.
Ambassador Lel-hman visited the
Turkish foreign ofllce today and It
s reported that he assured tho por'e
bat t"o has the moral support of
America It IsMnderstood, however,
that ho nolnted out the impossibility
of the UVted States participating n
the trouble In any way, as the n;f
tlon has on direct connection In the
treaty. , ,
Budanest. Op. 12. Tho Austrian
consulate at Antlvari. a port In
Montenegro on tho Adriatic sea. was
at'acked by an Infuriated mob today
Th rovaj court of arm? wns torn
from tho door ana ournea in iuj
street, while the crowd danced about
yelling like maniacs.
The building was then sacked ana
the attaches were reecued Juit In
time to save their live. It ie prob-
Sorvla todny demnnds tho seces
sion of SandJak from Austria and a
money compensation for the annexa
tion by Austria of Boslan and Her
zegovina. '
O '
SAY MAXIMS ELLIOTT
TO MARRY MAC.MILLAN
(United 'tm I-'en-cd Wire.)
Rono, Nov. Oct. 12. Mining men
from Goldfleld nro ropcntlng n
story todny to tho effect thnt Mnxinu
Elliott, former leading womnu ntid
wife of Nnt Goodwin, Is to marry
Harry MucMillnn, the milling man
who wns until rccontly engaged to
mnrry Edna Goodrich, thu lending
womnu of tho Goodwin company.
Closo frloiuh of tho nctor claim
that tho rcmnrkablo alleged double
romuiico Is truo and point to tho
fnct thnt Goodwin left Novndu Inst
week Immediately nfter obtulillng u
dlvorco from Mnxlno Elliott. Tho
nctor Is clnlmcd to hnvo ongngod n
stateroom on n Hteamor bound for
Europo nnd Is snld to bo on bin way
to London, whnro MKs Goodrich Is
stnylng nt tho 8nvoy. Goodwin hur
ried from Nevada Immodlntely nfter
tho dlvorco wns socured. A strlko
of rich oro on his mine nonr Gold
field would not dotnln him.
MncMlllnn'a friends Buy that ho
mot Miss Mnxlno Elliott on his re
cent trip enst when ho nnd Ednn
Goodrich ngroed to disagree,
o -i
YOtTII SHOOTS
AT A HURGiait
Snii Frniiclspo, Cnl., Oct. 12. Tho
pollco nro sonrculng todny for n
burglar who was drlvon nway from
tho homo of s: Sohaofer by the
courngoaiis notion of Robert Solniol-
er, tho lK-yeur'Oid . yostoruny j,
Young Hcnnoroi flrod two snots it
tho Intruder aud frlghtunod him
uway before anything wns stolon.
Tho youth wns nsloop when the
burglar onterud thu houso. Ills
paronts woro awny nt the theater
nnd when he heard tho footsteps he
went down stairs to see what the
mutter was. In his mother's room
h(t saw a robber going through tho
bureau, while his two little slsttirs
slept within tjvo feet of tho mnni
der. Tho boy Wdilt lulu Win fnMiO-'
loom, and securing rt revolver, lie
returned md II rod two shots at tho
robber. Tho man escaped hurriedly
through a window before tho pollco
arrived. Young Schaufor has had
several encounters with robbers be
fore. He wns bonlnn and robbed
olght months ago and was In bod for
some time as tho result of his Injuries.
RECORD MOUNTAIN
CMMIHNG 1IY SWISH
a Jul ted Pre tinned Wire.)
Pnsadonn, Cnl., Oct. 12. Eugene
Estoppoy, tho notod Swiss runaer,
Is roiling todny after his arduous
climb of thu Mount Wilson trail
yosterduy In which tho tlmo record
to tho toji and return whs broken.
Estoppcy started nt l o'clock In the
morning nnd nt six o'clock had made
throe, trips to tho summit nnd bHck.
So far as Is known, tho font has
never boforo been equalled In tho
Sierra Mndro mountains. Tho total
distance, covered Is 43 mlloj nnd tho
elovatlon ouo mile.
SUPREME COURT AT
WORK AFTER VACATION
(Uul'.nl I'rrti Lrnied Wlre.j
Wiiahlngton, Oct. 12. Tho consti
tutionality of tho nntl-robnto law,
through nn nppenl of Hnrrimnn rail
roada from tho decUlops of tho In
terstate commorco commission, will
bo among tho Important mnttoru com
ing boforo tho Supremo Court which
met todny (or tho first session of tho
Octobor tornt, Tho court adjourned
nfter a brief aosslon to pay tho cus
tomary call on the Proaldont, tho
JuHtlcos hnvlng been on a vwcutlon
since Juno,
i
o
WIRISLESS TALKS
ACROSS PACIFIC
(United Prc Lodleil Wife.) J
Bnn FrnlleUod,- Crtl., Oct. 124
"Governor Freer sOllds Alohn' (o
tho peoplo of the Paelflo coast
through tho United Press by wireless
of tho Hawaiian wlreloss company "
Tho abovo whb tho first official
mengo flnshod across the Pacific
ocenn In the early hours of yoster
duy from tho nows station of thor
Hawaiian wlrolesa company at Ku
hukh Point, nonr Honolulu, Island
of Onliu. to Russian Hill, Han Fran
clico, a dlstnncu or 3100 miles.
'' -- A ,,,), "f
DENIAL OF ELKINS
AIIRUZ.I ENOAGEMENT
Wheeling, W. Va Oct. 12. Mrs.
Stephen I). Elklns, mother of Kath
MILLIONAIRE MUST FACE
ADDITIONAL CHARGES orino Elklns, who Is reported to bo
molted rre Leaned wire. the fiancee of the Duko D'AbruzzI,
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 12. August ' reiterates toduy hor denial of tho
Hartjo and his attornoyB are prepar-1 engagement rumor. Sho declaroii
Ing todny to opnoio the additional that her daughter Is not engaged to
charges filed against tho millionaire tho duko or to any other man.
manufacturer by his wife Mary I "My daughter has never been en
Scott Hartje, who is suing him for gaged, " continued Mrs. Elklns, "and
divorce. The case has been set fort when sho K the public will be given
Nov. 31. the facts. All of' this talk Is silly
Additional charges of Mrs. Hartjo nonsense"
include an allegation that HartJe The statement of Mrs. Elklns Is
sent agents to Europe for the pur further augmented by the denial of
pose of making false testimony 'her daughter.
against her. She also charges that
her husband paid Trobmm Madlae, a
negro coachman, a Ur&e turn of
money to leave America and remain
la hiding In Ireland,
Friends of the family add that the
reported displeasure" of tbe Dowager
Qjieea, arising over t suit brought
against Blaine Elkiaa did not on
the leeuaoce ef Ue denial.
AMERICANS TOO U'lSE
FOR ENGLISHMEN''
(United Vfitt tinted Wire.)
London. Oct. 12 Vrw-pnnr re
porters will hereafter bu excluded
from British war vessels during
manouvors of any kind, by order i-f
he ndmlrnltv, hocaiitw of tho ntim
bor of Americans mploycd on Lon
don tmporH. The decision follows tho
recent complaints In n&rllamont ot
tho completeness of Jnformat'on pro
cured by Amorlcan newspapers, con
cerning naval movements, doing
nnd plans.
o
BUSINESS MEN
RECEIVED IN JAPAN
C4iv pu.v himi.j naijuni
Yokohninn. Jnpnn,, OcL 12. Tho
Pacific coast bslnos men represent
'ng the ohnmbera of commorco on
ha coast, are seeing tho sights to
day us gunt of tho nllled chambers
if commercq of Japan. The Ameri
cans havo been fntbuslnstlrnlly wol
eij an(j nro tho center of attraction.
o
An annex to tho Academy of Our
'My of Pernetual Hojp, at Albany,,
wh'ch Is soon to be Imllt, will make
(hat etmetur one of tk finest of
the kind in the etatet,