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FIRST ED)TI0M-3 P. W. ft- ; SECOND ED1TI0K--4 P. M. - . ? I f mtmal I v i Jim. JSJjF J'ffCTfPWfljn ESS? l&5? VOL. XIX. UMY HE WHOLE NORTHWEST IS VISITED BY HEAVY SNOW STORM LEECY MANTLE EVERYWHERE WHOLE NORTHWEST IS VISITED MERCURY JUST BELOW FREEZING (United Press Leased Wiro.) Portland, Or., Jan. 5. A typlcnl Eastern snow storm Is raging today. barrlod by a high wind, tho whito lakes nro Bwceplng through tho streets, blinding podoatrlans aud tanking wnlklng oxtromoly dimcult. in eomo lnatanco tralllc Is Intorforo.l lth. It Is tho worst Btorm of Its hcind thnt has visited this city In sov- lral years. At times buildings on Itho othor sldo of tho street cann.-i; l)0 booh. Allmny Is In It, Albany, Or., Jan. l Albany a :n Etlio grip of "no ol l worst no .ortm Been hero In 7001s. 8nov L-- nn Ifii.ng catly this morning, and It in roil (.lit J n depth of six Inchoi. A .it ng ii ith wind la b'owlng, nnl in. E.lli-attrns me for a '-or heavy fall Ruin nnd Snow nt Ashland. Ashland, Or, Jan. 5. Heavy trains aro falling with somo snow. Al)T0MATIC!D00R All who remember tho shocking ncldont in Ohio, whoro hundreds of chool chlldron loot their Uvea be- Uauso tho fastenings to tho doors c uld not ho oponod, will rojolco iwlth ub over nn lnvontiou which ; makes such distressing casualties impocslblo. Mr. W. O. Wlthum, who 'I vps on Nobrnska nnd 10th streets, In thb city, Is ono of tho firm of Wltham Dro3., who nre the invent ors nnd manufacturers of an auto matic door oponor, which Is being lntroduoed In many of tho eastern urates. Mr. Wltthnm has received fnm his brother at Ottumwn, Town, a sample of this Invention for his in troducing In Oregon. Tho fittings avo of solid brass, vory s'mplo of rpcrntlon nnd when attached to any d or, by tho prossuro of a smnll child '1 tho bolts nnd locks fly opon nnd ho doors swing freo. Te Wlthnm nutomotic door opon- ' - li h ing adopted for the safoty " f.rotectlon of tchools, hotel?, UThrg lodges, theaters and pub r brlMlngs generally Tho firm 'as or jved nn order to attnch thU r"rlhn.i to the doors of all' tho tat' ri.e educational Institutions In 'wn newspaper clipping Just "cc)vrd 'ells of tho automatlo de- lce ri"B adopted by tho Garrlck Thrace, which advertises that it ''ai thus arrangod for tho excep tional 'nfetyt of their patrons. Mr. Whitman has had the Invention be roro tho Salem School Board, who aro DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED HORSETHIEF Helena Mont., Jan. 5. A special oni Lew 1st on won that a desperate uel r s boen fought in tho snow of r n unntaln south of the city bc " w-n a deputy sheriff and a sus vt l hnrt thief, in which the latter vas killed. Te names of ths participants nro ' !)' Sheriff Alr Morgan and John ir-- the deputy had been on- as" ' In the noaroh several days, Jnilug upon his "man In a secluded d trlct. DAILY CAPITAL FINDS BLACK "GUILTY Tho weather Is not very cold. Wash outs aro reported from the mountain towns, but wires south of hero aro olthor down or working poorly, nml It Ib dimcult to get nn account of damage done. Cold Wave In 'Washington. (United Press Loasod Wlro.) Seattle, Wash., Jan. C. A heavy wind, accompanied by exceedingly cold wcathor Is reported from many pnrtB of tho state. Tho storm hero Is bad,' but no matorlal damago has boon done, except for prostration of telephone- and telegraph wires. North of hero tho. weather Is roported In tensely cold, and thoro Imb been Bomo suffrlng. Cold tit Tiiconm. (United Press Lensod Wlro.) Tncoma, Wash., Jon. 5. Follow ing n light fall of snow nml n suddon drop In tompcrnturo last ovonlng, Tncomn tndny In In tho grasp of tho OPENER INVENTION vory much pleased with the Idea, and havo given him an ordor to put thorn Into tho East School. Tvntlinonlol from Burlington, iowii. Burlington, Iowa, Nov, 18,1008 To whom it may concern: This Is to certify thnt tho city council hm examined tho median. Ism nnd working of tho WIthnm Door Oponer and can honrtlly rocom. mend It for uso on tho doors of all buildings whoro public gatherings nro hold,-as a prevontivo against loss of llfo from clotted doors. Respectfully, Robert koppacii, City Clork. To whom it may cencern: Tho city of nurllugton has an ordl nnnco requiring tho supervision by tho (lro dopavtmont of tho doors In our public buildings. I havo recently had occasion bo cause of this roqiilremant to exnmine Into the merits of the "William An totmatlc Door Openor," and I want to unhesitatingly pronounco It h complete and successful device. T havo tostod Its operation aud And that it yleldi perf;ctly and, In my Judgment, n door, to which It Is nttachod would yield promptly under any circumstances, whether In tho hands of jKjreons cool or excited, or in caso of a panic. Yours truly, L. F. BLANK. Chlof of Flro Department. Burling- ton, Iowa. The battle then began, terminating In tho death of the hunted -man. STANDARD OIL CASES AGAIN BEFORE LANDIS Washington. Jan. .6. Attorner Genoral Bonaparte toda yannounced that tho government will re-try tho famous Standard Oil case. In whloh that corporation was fined 2.0,000. 000 for alleged rebating. It Is generally be'Ieved hero thU the case will be heard before United States Judge Knne$aw Mountain Landls. In Chicago, who handed down tho original decision. JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY n, 1000. coldest weather recorded by tho local weather during tho past two years. At 8 o'clock this morning the mer cury stood at 21 degrees above zero. A biting wind nt tho rate of 30 miles nn hour, is swooping over tho city from tho northwest, causing much discomfort to pedestrians and displacing Insecurely fnstonod signs and awnings. Somo apprehen sion is folt on tho wntorfront, wheru sovoral small crntt broko from, their moorings onrly this morning and drifted helplessly about tho bay. Logs loosened from tho booms nt tho Biiwmllls north of tho city during tho gnlo last night, drifted along shoro, crashing Into docks, stoumers mid miscellaneous crnft anchored In tho stream. Sovernl fnmllles living In house boats near Old Town, wero so badly frightened during tho night by tho bumping of tho logs against their homed that thoy .deserted tho boats and sought shelter at the North Thlrtloth Htroqt police station ) O O O () O O O O O o PLANNING RELIEF FOR THE ITALIANS. o o () Under the leadership of Mayor Itodgei-N a movement lias liven O O put on foot to raise money for the Italian earthquake Hiiffererx. The () () mayor appointed following lionomry committee to help raise funds () O and forward same: O O Dr. W. II. Hyrd, Judge Wm. Ilusliey, O O A. Iluckestelii, A. Bush, O () Iter. Phil llauer, HiihsHI Cutlln. O K. T. I Ja nu'H. ' O () Tluve Days' Gifts. O ) Tuesday, Wcdncsdny and Thursday will be, devoted to raining ) () funds by thin committee, and Thursday night all the Kloclrlc (hen- O O tern of this city will give their rush receipts towards helping poor O () Italy. - O () The Hixlem Ministerial Association In expected to tako actlon'mid () ( on next Humliiy preach, pray and take up a collection for tho suf- O () fererti.. The First Church if Clilrst, Scleiitlst, nt Its nnnual meeting () O last night voted to give $.V to the Italian earthquake fund. The O () Capital Journal Mill receive and forward awy donation Its renders () O we fit to make. This city should make n gonerous response, al- () O though we have no Italian colony In our midst. O () O O O O () O O o o O O O O O O O o o o DEAF AND DUMB MAN HAS CLOSE CALL IN FIRE (United Press Leased Wire.) North Yaklmn, Wash.. Jan. 5. A douf imito, sleeping In a room adjoin ing tho saloon of George Smith at Wapnto, nurrowly escaped death from a flro whloh partially do stroyod the saloon. Tho proprietor and Rlmor Eaton nro undor arrest on suspicion of arson, fho build ing wns Insured. Men who saw tho fire whloh broke out at 1 a .nn, remombored tho doaf and dumb man and romoved him. Millionaire Tliat Was. (United Press Loased Wire) Ileno. Nov., Jan. 5. Harry Mo Mlllari, orstwhllo millionaire and not long ago In tho public eyo because of hU ongagement to Edna Goodrich, the aotroBs. is today being sought on a charge thut ho Is responsible for tho Issuing of nllogod worthless cheeks amounting to 19000. Tho complnlnunt Is Jams. May, known as Nevada's gambling king, who Is thought to have glvon Mae Mlllan the amounts represented In the checks one night last month. It te said that about that tiro he won nearly GO0O at ono sitting. MaqMlllan Is thought to b In Goldfleld. Miss Goodrich, whose engagement CASTRO MAY BE STUBBORN ' AND FAIL TO RECOVER (United Press Loased Wlro.) Dorlln, Jan. G. Tho condition of ex-Prcsldont Clprlano Castro, of Von "zuola, was reported as critical today Tho ox-prcsldont underwent an op eration yestorday, tho exact nature of wLlch, was not maUo public. Ac thacomplotion of tho operation, which lasted, for four hours, Castro was reported to havo withstood tho snook, and woujd recover. ThU morning, howovor, a decided ehango occurred. Aftor a consultation, In which Dr. Israel and sovoral oftho foremost surgeons of Gormany, par ticipated, It wna given out that tho ox-prcsldont was In n precarious condition. WANT DUTY KEPT ON ALL FOREST PRODUCTS (United Press Leased Wlro.) Seattle Wash., Jan. 5. A delega tion representing tho lumber Indus try of tho entire Pacific const, mndo up of loggers and lumber nnd shlnglo manufacturers, will leave for Wash lnton, D. C, this week In time to roach tho nntlonnl capital by Jan uary 12. On that dato thoy hopo to meet LOIfford Plnchot, chief of tho Unltod States Forestry sorvlco, who has ox- pressod u doalro to moottho ropro- O O ( ( () () () O () 0 () Rentatlves of tho nation's lumbor In torosts nnd dlscuaa tho conservation problem that Just now Is playing Bitch a prominent part In the making up of tho new tnrlff schedules. In addition to meeting Mr. Pin ohot, tho dulegutlou oxpoots nlso to furnish tho ways and moans commit too with additional data concerning the lumbor and shlnglo Industry. Tho personnel of tho delegation thnt will roprosont tho Pacific coast at tho coming conferences Is not yot comploto. An effort Is bolng made to Induce tho most prominent nnd In fluential men In tho Industry to go to Washington and fight for tho re tention of the duty on lumber and shingles. D. 13. Skinner of San Francisco, who Is president of tho Port Blakely Mill ompany Is tho chairman of tho Pacific CoaBt lumber tnrlff committee with tho mining man was broken off, Is now the wife of Nat. O. Goodwin. Chicago boosters aro all swelled up with prldo becauso Hov. II. H. Head, of that villages, gently told 'his congregation that, "In somo re- Fspgals Itril is no worse than Chlqa. go. The Idea Is thai (Jhloago alwayja wants to be in the lead a.nd Is tlak lod to death ot the idea thut it oan bMt hell nt It sown gamu. AS CHARGED" FROM ONE TO TEN YEARS MAY BE BLACK'S SENTENCE Jury Makes Short Work of Homer Black, Indicted for Shoot ing Dr. Robertson. Out less Than An Hour And Are of One Mind Regardless of the Fact that the Evidence Was Largeyl Circumstantial. Tho Jury In tho Black trial charged with shooting Dr. 0. B. Robertson was complotod yesterday afternoon, nnd 1 n composed ot tho following good clllzono of Marlon ceunty: J P. Minch, S H. Itussoll, Dolph Boyer M. It. Dooart, Joseph Smith, A. 13. Follor, M. Skolfo, E. N. Starr, A. J Patton,' W. E. EngllBh nnd L. O Brotherton, After tho Jury had boen Impan eled District Attorney John II. Mc- Nary oallod Dr. C. 13. RobortBon to ' tho stand to testify regarding tho shot which nenrly cost him hlB llftf j Dr. RobortBon gnvo. n elenr state ment of tho ocourronco, nnd told of how ho waa reasonably suro thut I Black wan tho man who hold tho gun i nnd tho ftun which wni found on Black's poMon after his arrest was, In his Judgment, tho weapon which ntint him. f TtrOinrtiwin.l Tin until hn "was w&lklngiaUKi;. tho darkotroet 'near tho Wooleri'mllls nld was Just In tho act. of stopping on the bridge nt tho intersection of Ferry nnd Hp Btreots, whon n man ahoaJ of him ordortJ him to hold up his hands. Ho then told of tho ponitloit In which ho stood and that of tho hold-up. ' C. R. Rockhlll, nn omployo ot tho stnto ho ii no, wns tho unsuspected I witness of tho day. Rockhlll had ta taken Dr. Smith to his Stnto street homo In a carrlago. Shortly after tho shooting a man passed In front 'of his toam running swiftly down Two' f th street north. Tho finding ot a black overcoat near tholalr ground and two hats i)pon tho person of Black was ex plained during tho testimony of Rock hill. Tho witness told of how he was compelled to pull up his horsey whon tho man rnn In front of thorn. nnd how ho was carrying a black ! overcoat over his shoulder at the jtlino and woro a black ha!. When Johnson and Tweedy arrested Black nonr tho fair grounds, thoy found on him nmong other things, a while hat perfectly dry, wlilio the black one ho was then wearing was snaking wot. In the ovorront pockets there was found two 54-callbro shnlU lilon tlonl with tho sliolls tnkon from Black. Dr. W. P. Mori testified thnt th shot. wMHj r red through Dr. lloh orison' body, wn". from the sire nnd character of tlio hole In the gar montp. n 45-calihn projootllo. T. A. Maplothorpo was another' Important witness. Ho resides near tho 'otnn of tho shooting, and at tho time heard Dr. Robertson ordored to throw up lib hands; heard tho doctor run, and then tho shots, and the In jured man's cries for help. Maple thnrpo wlis ono of the first to com to Dr. Robertson's nld. I 'Walter. John and William TwcoJy 'woro tho next to tako tho stand Thoy rolnud tholr oxprionro during tho capture of Black; how thoy wero . driving down tho fair grourd road and saw Black apparently hiding be hind n treo alnnar tho road, and how thoy offected his capture. , Promptly at 9 o'clock this mors lutr'jiidge Burnett vt od the court In trdor. aud Sheriff IMrry Mlnto tnS tliu arond. The te't'iaony gJVn by iMintolnmily pertninOil to the on fvtlan he bad with the? defendant during thf time ho had' been In hi NO. 4. custody. Ho told tho Jury how he had asked Black It ho know what he was arrested for, and how Black statod ho did not. Mlnto thon told him ho wna nrrested forshootlng ot Dr. Robortsou on Fourteenth stroott that night, and what had ho to any for himself. Black nnsworod ho had noth Ing to say. Mlnto then told how ho nBked Black whether or not ho was alono whon ho did tho Job, AND BLACK SAID HE WAR, but aftor ward told the sheriff ho did not know anything about tho mnttor. Sheriff Mlnto rotated to the court what be found on tho defendant's person In tho Bhorlff'fi olllca, theso articles be ing displayed to the Jury. Tho 45 callbro gun nnd tho shells nnd other nrtlclcs found nt tho tlmo wero nlfl'i put In evidence'. Aftor Attornoy Con dlt lind croM-queetloncil tho shorlft tor a few moments In rotation to his conversation with Blnck, ho wns dlt pilsjsed. Night 'OITlcor Pholnnd wns then railed to tho stand to corroborate Shorlft Mlnto's story regarding tho convorfutlou with tho dofondnnt Pholand related to tho court how ho wns In' tho coll with Mlnto at tho tlmo of tho talk, and how Mlnto had asked him tho foregoing questions, that Black had answered as stated by Mln to. Wm. !3'oh, doputy shorlft, also took the stand nnd told what ho know ot the convornatlon and of his examina tion of tho gun found on Blnck. Ills examination of tho weapon .brought out tho facts nllogod that It had been fir (Ml twice and reloaded again, Up on being askod by District Attorney McNary to relate to tho court what ho overheard In the conwiatlon Esch attomptod to toll how Black was asked whoro ho bought the gun, butt,, upon tho objection of Attornoy Condtt, tho J ud go riustnlncd him, thus rendering further conversation on that subject usclew and Esch loft tho stand Lloyd Hauser, of tho Salem Oun Store, was called to testify about ex amining tho gun, and practically told tho samo story as was told by tho piocedlng wltuostf. I). H. White, a youug man em ployed by the lanslng Nursery Co.. thon took the witness box, and re Intsd to tho court how ho had found tho overcoat lying near tho fair grounds, nnd how ho wont to his work after hiding the coat, and had In his possession ono of the shells tokou from tho overcoat pocket. Up on asking hlu employor as to hi dis covery, ho was Instructed to get tho coat and bring it to tho nursery farm, whloh he did. C. F. Lansing, proprietor of tho nursery, corrobor ated WIiIIo'b story. Georgu Bryant, one of tho proprie tors, or tho Capital City Flouring Mills, brought to llht In his testi mony tho only new ovldenc of tho day. Ho told of how ho had seen a man rosouihllntf Black, to thw wxtent that he bollevd It to be him. pni (low by hU H'lll all Trde strt uw on svoral o'caiIouj. When naked to UlHtitly tho overcoat found nnr tho 'air gro-nds, Hryjit was rMonab v wire " was the gnrtaent worn by the inn nhe observed pacing his place of Itutlnabt. After tho shooting of Dr. " (Continued on page 8.) 1 imff'tfat-i n