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SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1008.
NO. 811.
7 "1 " " .
iSIANS
FIGHT
K SERVIA
BEING SLNT
THE FRONT
Pro3B Leased WIro.)
s, Doc 0 Sorvla baa addod
SOOO and 7000 Russians .lo
try force, and It Is now
here that she will take
igilnst Austria In tho early
be men wore almost openly
by tho Servian consuls In
: Russian cities, and for the
Sbt tboy havo been coming
u n try, by tbe tralnload by
nrkey
i, both against the enlist-
tho transmission of tho
through Turkish terrl-
boon mado by Austria to
ersburg and Constantinople
sis, respectively Tho for-
ntlnuod on page 4.)
ress Goods
m's recocnlzeil nfnrn fnr the
Styles in Dross Goods and
catest variety to select from,
10 otior to our patrons Val-
v are nara to beat anywhere.
Broadcloths, $1.35 values,
en sale, per yard QKC
Broadcloths, all colors, 56-
Speclal Prlco M OK
d 75c Dress Goods, now
35c and 40c
all our
, r m the
facturors
(in larcAr
Jes than
(.'stores en-
I to under-
competi-
INT CONGRESS URGES CONSERVATION
ROM MOVEMENT AT WASHINGTON TO IMPROVE WATERWAYS
RIVERS AND
HARBORS
CONGRESS
IMPROVEMENT OE
WATERWAYS
(United Preen Loasod WIro.)
Washington, D. C Doc. 9. Tho
national rivers and harbors congress
bogan Its sosslon at tho Now Wlllard
hotel at 10 o'clock today, with
Prooidont Joooph K. Ramadel! in tho
chair. Tho invocation was pro
nounced by Cardinal dlbbons.
Washington, D. C Dec, 0. In
an address boforo tho rivers and har
bors congress horo today Vice
President Charles W. Fairbanks
npoko In part as follews:
"Your work Is of a national char
acter must bo carried on under
nntlonal authority. Tho Improve-
(Continued from ?aga S.I..
hristflias Is
AT HAND AND WE ARE
inv you tlk Greatest Display of Merchandlso in our liUtnry. Kveiytlilng New from tin lloor to the
If. $.10,000 worth of tin Latest CJojmN to M-lect from In Staple, l-iimy mid .Novelty ClirlMiims
Ladies'
Suits
Wo aro now offering Suit Values
that will appeal to tho keon and
thrifty buyers. They aro tho New
est Goods offerod at prices that sell
them quick. Empty sholvos Is what
wo want by tho first of tho your. Wo
will toll you tho reason luter on.
Sale Prices
$ 5.90, $ 8.90,
$10.50, $12.50
and up
FUR PRESENTS
Slaughter Prlcos on Furs, as wo
carry no goods ovor from ono sea
son to nnother. Wo are now ready
to give you prlcos on Furs that will
show you In a minute that this Is
the place to buy your Furs. Wo
carry tho Best, but out they must
go at Small Prlcos. Each
95c, $1 .25, $2.50
$3.00 and up
a Hi iMMM
NEW YORK
TENEMENT
BLOWN UP
TWENTY HURT BY
"BLAGK HAND"
(United Press Loasod Wire.)
Now York, Dec. 0. Twonty per
sons wero Injured when a bomb
wrecked a fllvo-story tonemont on
Eust Sixty-Third street, occupied by
Italians, early today.
Tho bomb was dropped by n
"Black-Hand" agont from tho roof
of an ndjolnlng building.
Tho sisters In tho Holy Rosary
convent, across tho street, wore tor
rlfiod by tho oxploston and fled Into
tho street in groat oxcltomont,
Elghtcon fnmilles llvo in tho ten
ement. Five of the victims wero tak
en to Hellovuo hospital in critical
condition.
Tho police say they have peeUlve
evldonco that tho outran was' com-
Near
s
READY
PINE DRESS
SILKS
Thoro Is no atom In Suloin that
oan show you a More Complete Stock
of Dress and Wnlstlng Silks than wo
can In all tho Latest Novoltles and
Stnplo Goods; also In a Greut As
sortment of the Host Slack Silks.
Wo aro horo with tho goods; tho
Best Valuos on tho Pacific const
Yard
25c, 35c, 49c, 65c,
75c and up
Wo do th vol
ume Qf business
therof ore we
can afford to sell
at Small Prices.
DIES FROM
P1T0MAINE
POISONING
MANY BANQUETERS
' SUFFERING
(United Press Leased ,WIre.)
Sn Ftanolico, Dec. 9j James C.
JRoyaolds.ra waiter, who served thoso
who .Partook of the lunoheon fur
nished tho, guests of Vallojo at the
hvunrblng of tho colllor Frometkeua
last Saturday, died early today at his
horatr In thU city from ptomaine
poisoning.
Fourteen other members of tho Pa
cific Const Walters' Association wne
0ngag$d to serve tho guests aro re
ported to bo sick, and sono of them
In a serious condition.
Tho ,r.rtera wero supplied with
KandwlchOfl after tho guests had eat
en. They,, say today that they told the
cntoror tMk Ma moat was rotten, ni.d.
that the -food was unfit to eat. The
cntoror Is alleg-vl to' aVofaplMfl
that tho food was goodi-enough -f,or
"fifty cent a hend."
Tho waiters declare that tho usual
nrlco for similar spreads Is II a covor
L. Dannonbnum, of Vallpjq, was chair
mnn of tho bnnquot eonimlttfo, and
th" contrncllng cntoror wni Loon
Colin, of San Frnnclsco,
Tho list of thoso who lyivo been
reported ns suffering from ptomnlno
poisoning, nftor partaking of thu
luncheon nrovldcd at Vnllojo. on tho
occasion of tho launching of tho col
lier PromothoiiH today rosomhlcs n
ropy of tho California "bluo book."
In tho Iht, which is headed by
Governor Olllott and Mrs Olllott,
who nro both HI nt Redding, Mum
urn tho unman of many othor dlstln
swished tltlzonn of tho stnto, Includ
ing doctors, lawyers, ministers,
ludges nnd public offlclnls. In tho
majority of cnsoi momhors of tholr
fnmilles nro victims of tho poisonous
food.
ChomestB reportod that tho meat
mod In tho snndwlches wnB doenyon
The pooplo of Vnllojo aro nlannlng
an Indlgnntlon meeting ns soon ai n
thousand or more of tho Inhabitants
Mvo reeovorfld from tho effects of
Mio odlbles. prMj. H. Hognn. motn
bor of tho state bonrd of health,
doclnrcs that ho will nsk Dr. Pegons
burger, president of tho booid, to
take up a rigid Instigation, and
nroflociitlon may follow under tho
nnro food law?
Cntorer Leon Cohen, of nil cltv.
nMII maintains that tho meat In the
andwlche was wholesome, but re
fuse to tell whero hn purchased the
uinnly-
At tho nresont tmo hi- I" ovry
indication that nil pf the victims will
recover.
mlttod by tho Black Hand becnuso
tho Italian tenants refused to contrl-
bute tiionoy when assessed.
WOMAN ASSAULTED-
AND THEN ROBBED
I (United Press Loasod Wire.)
! 8an FranclBco. Dec. 9. Will to of
i fnce and blooding from an ugly
wound In her hoad, Mrs. Millie Har
dls staggered Into a saloon near horo
early today. Hor hands wero bound
behind hor back and a gag was tlod
' firmly over hrr mouth.
When she was unbound sho told
hor rvscuers that two men had en
' tered her house shortly boforo mid
night list night. One of them had
f truck htr on tho head. After re
' gatnlnif consclouBnoss sho discovered
that she was bound hand and foot
and unnble to mako an outcry.
After several minutes or tugging
sho managed to free her foot and got
aid
Mrs. Hardls' rescuers rusbod to
her home and found that It had been
ransacked After hor wonna was
rfrn.aoH Mrc. Hardls learned that a
purso containing f 50 and $25 worth
of furs had been taken by ber as-
sallantSc
TRIAL OF
GRAFTER
CLOSING
JOHNSON SCORES
DEFENSE!
(United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Dee. 9. Hiram
Johnson, special prosecutor is the
place of Fraatts J. Heney, te4ay
mado the dosing spech for the peo
ple la the trial of Abraham R?, ac
cused of brlblnr former Inpervlser
jora j. rurey in the trouey fraa
chlso matter. So fierce, was hi de-
nuacnatlen of Ruef and his lawyers,
Henry Ach and Thomas B. Dealer,
that, whlto with anger, they wero
stirred to Indignant protests, and the
great crowd, listening Intently In the
court room was moved to Involuntary
outbursts-
"AWay .with the suborners ef petv
juryl" Johnson shouted at one point,
quoting tho wor.4a ued hy HUof'fc
lawyers In discussing Detective Dura
yesterday, '
"Away with the brlhers of wIN
ridssosl" ho continued; facing hto-"bil
pononts nnd hlslng his words. "Awn)
with tho bribors of Jurors. Away
with tho dynamiters. Away with the
nsnaRslnHl"
Ach nnd Dosslor endeavored to re
main calm under tho Insinuation In
.Tohnon'B words nnd manlier. Thoy
deinnudod of Judgo Luwlor somo no
tion from the henoh which would
keep tho proucmitor In lino with tho
testimony In tho rocord.
Undismayed, nftor tho court's ad
monition, Johnson flung n tunt nt
Dozlor porBonnlly, rnlllng his "George
CollltiB Dozlor" on nccount of the nl
lrged similarity botwoon tho method
of tho notrlous nttornoy, George Do
r.lnr Collins, nnd counnol for Huof.
Tho snrcnHm had Its offoct, nnd, Do
zlor, stung to tho quick, rosontod
tho romnrk ns a personality.
Onco ngnln Judgo Lawlcr cau
tioned Johnson, but tho sponkor did
not desist -until ho had tho Inst wort,
declaring that counsel for Huof had
no more right to attack Bprocklos,
nurn, IInoy nnd Dlstrlut Attornoy
Langdon, a ho snld thoy did yester
day, than ho had to nttnek his op
ponents. Johnson rroated n sonsatlon at ono
stago In Ills speech when ho pointed
directly at Juror Murphy nnd echood
hl exclamatien:
"Awn ywlth briber of Juries!"
Lator on In his address hn call.'.I
Murnhv by nnme nnd omphnslted bin
remarks by dlroctlng them at him
alono. Murnhy. tho prosooutlou
learnod early In tho trial, had boon
mado a targrt by mysterious porsons
who seemed to ho working to Influ
ence those selected on tho Juiy
panel.
Johnson ridiculed tho position
taken by tho defendant's lawyers,
declaring that nobody, not even the
attorneys thamsolven could "gu.oss
at what the rtofendnnt claims."
' 'M"hr do vnu hlnf o' this as
tounding Mbuatlon? Twelve men.
deprived of their liberty for weeks,
tho state unending thousands of dol
lars nnd blood being shed- for whatT
To determine whether a man who ad
mits his guilt, Is really guilty or not.
Tun't ths the helaht of IronyT Isn't
It a fool's o'lotlon? It Is, as a mat
ter of fact, tho most outrOROous quo
Hon ovor prr-sonted to n Jury, asked
f " Amerlmn noonlo. vor do
ni a rid od of Amorlcan courts "
NORMAL SCHOOL GIRLS
MAY GO ON STRIKE
IJolllnghum, Wash.. Dsc 0.
Trouble In Ihe form of a strlko of
the glrlB ntttmdlu glhe Ilolllii(ham
Stato Normal school Is browing to
day and keon Interest Is bolng taken
In the situation.
All trouble that bus occurred ho
far grows out of tho action of tho
faculty lijembers, who aro called
"moasbaclts," 'fogios" and "fosailB"
by tho girls' with (ho Injurod foel.
Igs. in establishing now rules gov
erning basketball, ono of mem pro
hibits tho team from playing games
niituiitn nt the city. Tho members
of ho team issued tholr ultimatum
yesterday and aro now awaiting an
answer. They declare they will
strike unless tho rules aro altered.
SAVE THE '
NATION'S
RESOURCES
SOU OF THE U. S.
IS IMPROVING
"(United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. 0., Dee. . With
Its Work laid out in for eeetloaa e
voted to Minerals, hwide, lereata and
waters, the Joint meet I a ef the na
tional conservation eommhutne. ami
the natieMl eewervatte HWf
today brought et Many latereeiltHf
facta and empheewna snore etearly
than 'ever before' the heed for pro-
tectlon of the eountry'a miUral
wealth.
The morning sesslo was deveed
to a discission ef mineral reseurees.
This afterneoR the gentrfl te,ple waa .
land. 'Foresta-wlll he ef peered 'to
morrow morning and' waters' temor
row afternoon.
The report of the natttftmr ee
sorvatton cominlseion to President
Itoosovolt was road by Governor
Dluiichard. of LcmMaaa. It out-
IMlKKLtiwDairta'er.'lHCHHSlw.ln Jth jhvii
four dopartmenta Into which tho '
work has been divided.
Roprosuntntlvo John Dnlxoll, of
Pennsylvania, .chairman qf niluoral t
Hcctlou of thu commission, 'mndo n v
report. Hliowlng that tho lulnenll-pro- ,
ductlon In tho United States nnttuully ,
oxccodH two billion dollars, Ho- said
that mining suppllos woro 05 per
cent of tho frloght traffic of thu
country. Wnnto In mining and tho
treatment of mineral uubstuucoH, ho
snld, annually In this country is
equivalent to over $300,000,000.
Tho report sot forth that tho
known mipplluH of petroleum, nnt
urul gun und high grade phosphate
rock cannot bo expected to la&t be
fore thu middle of tho preuont cen
tury. .
Tho report of (ho section on lunds
showed that an Inventory of tho nnt- .
urn! resources demonstrated that tho
soil of thu United States, us u whole .
Is not diminishing but rnthor In most
parts of tho country, If It not no
tuully gaining. It Is at least holding
lis own. Tho report deulured thtt,t '
tho ngrloultura! lauds soon will bo
required to produce twlco ns much
on account of thu nation's Increased
demand fpr food. It sot forth also
Hint such' an Increase Is posslblo 1C '
proper methods nro employed.
o f.
CHINESE GAMBLERS
ROBBED OF $15,p00;
(United Press Leased Wlre.V'i
San Jow. Cal., Doc. 0 The- Nff
Qunng Company today Is mourning
tho loss of an Iron trunk containing
J 15,000 and valuable papers, which '
waH removed from tho headquarters,
of tho gambling compnny In China-
town last night.
Tho Chlnowj had taken every pre
caution to guard their treasure. Tito
chest wu- kopt In tho room of the
gambling house keeper, and acccst
to It could only be gained by panning
through three doors, each of which
was Intricately looked.
A chest of similar pattern to tho
ono that contained tho troasuro wa
built and jdacod oloso to tho ono con.
talnlug tho treasure. It must hav
tnkou tho offortn of two men to re
movo tlie Iron oliest, which was cai
rled to tho rear of thu Joss Iioimu
near by .and thoro broken opon by
tho fh loves.
WILL DBMV 'FIllHCO
HUIt-THIfAHl HV IU'II,I)I.(1
(United Press Loosed WIro.)
Washington. D. C. Dee. U It
was atinounoAd at the treasury de
partment today that. In view of tho
faot thut nono of tho bidders, who
offured sites for the sub-trousury In
San Frunclsco. hud soon fit to maku
n reduction lu tholr figure, tho final
choice of tho loqatlon for the build-
. ..1.1 1. . mii 4 niiti ti sastlll Tf
jng WOUIU UW iiuoiiivuim until -
rector of tho Mint LVaoh and Asia
tant Secretaries Wlpthrop and Coo
lldgo co if Id hold a conference. Thoso
officials will moot lrt a fow days and
come to somo decision regarding tho
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