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U.U'.Y CAPITAL JOUIUAL, SALKM. OltKOON. WHIhNKSDAV. JUNE 10, 1000.
WANTS CONSTITUTION
AMENDED Tj) MAKE
INCOME TAX LAWFUL
PRESIDENT iTAFT'S MESSAGE TODAY RE-
COMMENDS THIS, AND ALSO- SUG
- GESTS TO CONGRESS THE
LEVYING OF AN INCOME
TAX
United Prcii Leaicd Wlrs.l
Washington, Juno 1C. Recom
mending tho ndoptlon of a joint reso
lution by two-thirds of both houses
proposing to tho status nn nmend
mont to tho constitution granting tho
fedornl government tho right to lovy
nnd collect nn Inconio tax, President
Taft sont n special message- to con
gross today.
' Tho messogo nlso recommended as
part of tho nondlnir tariff bill nn ox-
clso tax upon ah corporntlonnntnount
Inir trt ,... .... ..... llA'JA-t. I..
come. "
In opening tho mossniro rofors in
the fact thnt President Taft invited
the. attention of congress to tho no
co<y of rovlslon of tho tariff and
that his having pointed out tho ob
ligation to nrrnngo duties which
would secure nn udequuto iucomo for
tho government.
Today's, messngo refers to Taft's
provlous suggestion that if it is not
possible to socuro a sufficlont Iucomo
by Import duties thnt now kinds of
tnxaton must bo adopted nnd among
them ho suggests tho Inhorltnnro tax.
On this subject tho messngo says:
Tho house of roprosontatlvcs hns
ndopted tho suggestion and provided
a bill for tho collection of such a tax.
In tho senate tho action of tho fl
nanco comimttoo nnd tho courso of
tno dobntq Indicates that this provi
sion may not bo agreed to.
"It is now proposed to mnko up
tho deilclt by tho Imposition of n
fodoral Inconio tax in form and sub-
nmount-1 stanco .almost., exactly .tho samo as
-S&ln-AtlMJJilMlfll -SflS5okTvorsus tho
- Farmors' Loan and Trust Company,
wuicn was noid uy tno suproino court
to bo n direct tax and thoroforo uot
within tho power of tho foderal gov
ernment to lmposo unless apportioned
among tho sevoral states according to
their population."
Continuing nlong this lino tho pres
ident states that tho government Is
tluiB deprived or power It ought to
linvo and mnturo consideration satis
fies him that a constitutional amend
ment Is tho only proper courso for
tho establishment of this powor to
tho fullest extent.
Tho message thon says:
"I therefore recommend to con
gress thnt both houses by two-thirds
vote shnll propose nn amendment to
tho constitution conferring powor to
levy nn inconio tax upon the govern
ment without apportionment among
tho states In proportion to their pop
ulation. It Is said that tho difficulty and
delay In securing tho approval of
throo-fourtliH of tho states will de
stroy tho chanco of. tho adoption of
tho nmondmont. But I am convinced
thnt a great mnjorlty of tho pooplo of
mis couiury invor tno vesting in tho
national govornmont tho power to
lovy nn Income tax nnd that thoy
will socuro Its adoption In tho states
It Is proposed to thorn.
"I thoroforo also recommend nn
nmendmont to tho tariff bill Impos
ing on nil corporations and joint
stock companies, organized for profit,
excopt national bankB (othorwiso
taxed), savings banks and building
nnd loan associations, an exclso meas
ured by two por cent of tho not in
conio of such corporations. This is
nn excise tax upon tho privilege of
uotng business an an artificial ontlty
nnd of freedom from conornl iinrtnnr-
shlp Ilnblllty onjoyod by thoso who
own stock. I am informed that a
two per cont tax of this character
would result In paymont into tho
treasury of not loss than $25,000,000.
Tho president discusses this tax at
length, pointing out tho many ad
vantages ho sees In It.
In conclusion tho messngo says:
"If by a perfectly logltlmato nnd
effectlvo systom of taxation wo nro
inciuentniiy nblo to possess for tho
government, stockholders nnd public,
knowledge of tho ronl business trans
actions, gains nnd profits of every
corporation In tho country, wo hnvo
mado n long stop toward supervisory
control of corporations which may
prevent further abuse of their
powor."
NO. 120.
NO ONE WANTS POSITION
OF MINISTER TO CHINA
Chicago, Juno 10. Frederick A.
Dolano, president of tho Wabash rall
ioad. Is tho latest ono to turn down
tho Chlncso ministership, offorod by
nusiuuui, laic.
"I rogrot that I must disappoint
tho President," said tho railroad
prctldont today, "but I know what
I cart do in tho railroad business, and
do not know what T could do la tho
diplomatic sorvlco. I roallzo that It
Is not an easy mattor to sldo-stan mv
country'o call, but I really think that
In a small way I am serving tho
country right whoro I am. Thon
there la anothor objection. I have
iour uaugntors wh aro In Bchool
hera- Jt would not bo fair to thorn
to tako thorn from tholr studios horo
ana put tnom in a school In Pekln,
whoro advantageo aro missing. I
alncoroly rosrot that I cannot boo my
way clear to accept tho Important
Mon who recolvo courtosles, but
novor ohow any, don't havo any to
recolvo after a whllo.
Heavy rains nro roported at Grants
Pass.
f HJiltlliHfllHl !:
THE CHICAGO STORE ij
J Im tho place for fjood goods nml low pi Ice nil the time. Come to Salem's jirontost growing store and we J J I people.
J tho vnluoi w can glvo you. Wo employ IV2 Milespcoplo nnd keep them busy nil the time selling goods,
WAS GREAT "GALULU"
BUT SHUNNED TIGHTS
Washington, Juno 10. Whllo
Ml s Almlrn Sections, daughtor of a
prominent fnmlly in tho national
capital soclnl Ufa wa Princess Oa-
iuiu, in mo ADorn opera company's
production of "Tho Sultan of Sulu,"
Btago llfo was a dream, but whon
MIbb Sessiohs was solectod for tho
chorus of "ir Happonod in Nord
land, and as loader of tho soldier
girlies was requested to don tights,
tho rtago dream faded, and Miss Ses
sions vroko up.
miss sessions todny roturnod to
privaio nro, and a rosy flush adorns
hor chook If anyone mentions "chor
uses" in hor presence. Miss Sessions
rofusod poln-. blank to don fleshings,
mm whon urged to do so by tho stago
manngor, stalked from tho theatro.
SENATOR LA FOLLETTE
SCORES TARIFF BILL
Washington, Juno 1C. Senator La
Follotto, of Wisconsin, today gar
out an interviow sovorely scoring tho
tariff bill now boforo tho sonnto. .
seJfrttf.'tlnr-flonaihB mil watna Tn
crcaso tho Dlngley rates. Thoro-la
no Indication, ho declared, that tho
bill, n H It will flnnllv bo onnetnd. wilt
'bo In accordanco with tho Instruc-
" tlons of tho Hopubllcnn platform, or
ntlsfactory to tho majority of tho
CALHOUN'S ATTORNEYS
CONTINUE TO ROAST
THE STATE'S WITNESSES
ATTORNEY MOORE GRILLS SPRECKLES
AND PHELAN AND DOES NOT OVERLOOK
"BIG JIM" GALLAGHER -'- WHO HE
SAYS HAS CONFESSED TO MANY
DIRTY CRIMES
LADIES' SUITS
Sale Prices
$3.50, $4.95
$7.50
and up
BEAUTIFUL SUMMER
WASH SUITS, WOOL
SUITS nnd SILK SUITS
Now on snlo. If you want
to sco a grand vnrloty, the
latest stylos and thw lowest
prices In this part of the
world, come to our new
Suit Department and tako a
look through.
LADIES'
KID
Wo havo a very
strong lino of
Olovofl in kid nnd
silk, In all colors.
Wo know our prices
nro right on no
count of tho big
business wo do In
this dopartmont.
45c Llslo Gloves,
now ....... 2Cc
75c Silk GIovob.
now 49c
91.45 Kid Glovos,
now 98c
OkWES
-o-
While They Last We Offer
500 yards Standard 7 1 -2c
Taney Lawns for only, yard
3k
Men's Goods
Take a look at our show window and see tho
grand display of Men's Furnishings now on ex
hibition. Quality, style and prices you cannot beat
Men's C5c Working'
Shirts now. ,39c
Men's 75c Dress
Shirts now. .49c
Men's 15c Fine
, Hebo ...!... 9c
Men's $1.50 Pon
gee Shirts... 85c
Overalls, all prices,
from 39c and up
Ladies'
High and
Low Shoes
Now
Wo
can
on sale.
show you a
grand stock of high
class footwear at
very small prices.
Two sample prices:
$2.45 high shoes,
now $1.49
3.00 Oxford Ties,
in all tho now
MUST
HANG
FRIDAY
shades.
,$1.95
8.."50 Silk Petti
coats, no mutter
It o w w t got
them, mv only
I $3.75
Beautiful -f
MeMUillne
- 7 Z il
47i
'zttjTFu: iiAPOAiyJior.te
tjiniiiimmf inHfif HMi8iHiit ihmm
Drehs Silk
now, jartl '
49c ii
tm fff umi
Yostorday afternoon tho vlco-con-"Ul
of SweQon, whoso ocfllo Is In Port
land, Vnl Demur Lldoll, called at
tho governor's offlco, and asked tho
executive to show lonloncy to Adolph
A. Nordutrom, who Is sontoncod to
hang at tho ponltontlary horo noxt
Friday, Juno lB. Govornor Douson
absolutely rofueos to Intorforo In tho
oxecutlon, owing to the crlmo Nord
strom committed bolng o honlous
and cold-bloodod.
A potltton has also been proiontod
to tho govornor by the lawyors who
dofondod Nordstrom, praying for len
iency from tho govornor, in tho way
of commuting tho sontonco to llfo
In tho ponltontlary, Instead of hang
ing Tho grouuda upon which tno
attorneys nek lonloncy for Nordstrom
nro that ho .Nordstrom) committed
tho crime lt a fit of unoontrolablo
angor, and whon hi mind was affeot
od by strong drink. Governor non
son also rofuBOs to consider this pe
tition on tho tamo 'grounds ho gavo
tho Swedish vice-consul.
Nordstrom'a tory of tho murder
would tond to show that liquor and
uncontrelabU anger woro the cause
of tho crlmo.
Ho rolatos how the crlmo was com
mitted, saying ho had been paid off
by his victim, Peterson, who was fore
man of tho railroad construction
crow at tho tlmo, and he bad gono to
a email placo near by and spent his
money for various articles, among
which was a quantity of liquor, after
which ho returned to Potcraon's
stooping quartern for moro money,
and, finding Potcison asleep, attempt
ed to rob him It appears that Peter
son awoko, and Nord trora ran away,
losing his hat during his flight, and,
thinking Peterson would recognize
tho hat and And out who attempted
to rob him. Nordstrom returned In
tending to got tho hat and sneak
away, but Peterson saw him and
asked him to oomo In tho houo for
a littlo converatlon. After Peterson
talked of the attempted robbery ho
told Nordstrom ho who It was who
attompted tho theft. Nordstrom
asked Peterson who he thought it
was, and Petorson accused Nord
strom. Ho saya Peterson mado a
tnovo toward him, and he then pulled
a revolver out of his pocket and beat
Peterson over tho head, so terribly
that he died, and thon the murderer
dragged tho body off into the bushes
an fled.
United Tren Lcnaed Wire. J
ban Francisco, Juno 10. Special
Prosecutor Faucis J, Honoy was tho
subject of n bltto attaok by A. A.
Mooro, whon ho rosumod his argu
ment for tho dofonso in tho trial of
Patrick Calhoun today.
Volloy aftor volloy of perforvld
rhotorlc, surcharged with Invective
nnd Insinuation wero aimed nt tho
hoad ofHho prosecutor. Honoy was
uranucu aa a hireling of Rudolph
isprockols, and as tho head of an or
ganized forcoof criminal dotoctlvcs.
Tho address bf tho votoran attor
ney was, In point of expression nnd
rhotorlc, ono of tho clovorost and
most sensational arguments ovor do
llvorod boforo a Jury lu this city.
Tho courtroom hold oven a largor
crowd than was prcBont yestordny,
and a goodly numbor of tho great
audlenco woro women.
Tho defondunt was accompanied
to court by his wlfo and his two
dnughtors. They sat surrounded by
tho galaxy of legal talent thnt was
connect llto dofendant with the bilb
ory of the former- supervisors of tho
city was farcical.
Why. ho snia, "ino namo eai
houu in tho mutter nt nil?
"Despite all tho spying, boring of
holes In dnora, looking over tran
soms, nnd the traps that havo boon
Hot, theie has never been u particle
of direct evidence against tho de
fendant. Director I.euch of tho United
Stntos mint whb tho first mnn to
mention tho namo of Calhoun In tho
onuo, nnd his testimony was only to
tho offect that Calhoun had placed
$200,000 In tho mint nnd later hud It
doll voted to his assistant, Qonornl
Tlroy L. Ford. Much has boon mado
by tho prosecution of the fact thnt
Ford asked that the monoy be paid
to him In currency. Gold, ns ou
know, is vory hoavy. Tho prosecu
tion points tn tho fact that currency
was wanted ns n Mitplclous circum
stance but Ford, according to tho
tostlmony of Loach, did not press
tho mattor, Htiggostlng thnt the gold
given him nt tho mint bo chaugod
Into currency nt tho honduuartors of
tho relief committee, of which Loach
was a mombor.
"James D. Phelan has been n wit
ness hero, IIo Is the noble man who
dug down Into his Jeans and con
tributed $10,000 for the uplift or the
city or tor something olso. Out his
testimony lu no way affected the de
fondunt. "Wo noxt come to Hudolph Sprock
ets, of whom I uould like to say more
and will, horeafter Ho says that bo
fore tho flro Mr Calhoun pruolteally
offorod to put a conduit systom on
Pacific street rogardlosa of the fnot
that the grade there Is a very stoop
one n very generous offer on tho
part of Mr Calhoun. I think But
Sprockols rofusod to allow this Ho
also haB ndmltted hero that ho told
tno dofendant that ho meant war,
and war Is what ao meant "
Mooro then mado a dotormliied ef
fort to neutrallzo tho offect of thoi
damaging testimony given by former
Supervisor James L. Oallaghor, who
was called by tho prosecution.
"If you know," ho said, "that 'Big
Jim' Gallagher had confessed to a
wholo body of crimes dirty crltuos
hud confessod that ho was a porjuror,
had confessed thnt ho was an infor
mer, would you, if you mot him on
(mo street and ho spoke ill of a
friend of yours, consider what ho
said? You would not Bend a dog to
tho pound on his toatlmnoy, much
loss n man who hns llfo. liberty and
honor at stake. You cannot convict
a mnn on tho unsupported tostlmony
of nn accomplice. Tho law will not
pormlt It. Nothing is donror to any
man than his Itborty. Whon this is
oudnngerod ho will Bwonr falsoly to
keep from going to tho ponltontlnry.
Many Innocent pooplo lost tholr
heads during tho French revolution
on tho tostlmony of informers, nnd
to think that tho Itiformor lu thin
enso Is nn Irishman. Tho Irish peo
plo hnto nn informer."
(Sovornl mombors of tho Jury nro
said to bo of Irish extraction.)
vni nut-vju mimoiuuo
' "TRYT0 SETTLE STRIKE
United I'rtM r,ei1 wire.l
Honolulu Juno 10. Two Jupau
03e prlodts, ono of tho Christian
faith, uud ono a follower of Buddha,
are laboring faithfully among tho
Japauoso strikers to day la nn at
tompt to socuro nn amlcablo sottlc
mont of the prosout difficulties. Tho
Rev. Okumurn, mi ordained Chris
tian mlulktor, who is ono of tho old
Oiit Japanoio rouldonta of this city,
accompnnlod by tho Itov. Imamurn,
a BuddhUt pi lost, woro nctlvo dur
ing tho rocont strike at Ewa, and It
Is said that It was largely through
tholr offortt that tho dlulcultlcs woro
temporarily sottlod.
Both mon hnvo roturnod to Hono
lulu, and nro making horolo efforts
to bring about nn understanding bo
twoou tho dlBcruntlcd Jnpnnoso and
tholr omployors. They enjoy tho full
confldonco of bach sldo, and will
wield nwich Influonco among tho Japanese.
TILMAN OPPOSES
DEVLIN'S APPOINTMENT
United PrM I.eflnwl Wire 1
Washington, D. a, Juno 10. Op
position ou tho part of Senator Till
man Is tho only obstacle In tho way
of tho nomination of United States
Dl trlct Attornoy Ilobort T. Dovlln
to succeed hlmsolf, according to a re
port ourrout horo today. Tllllman
has oxprossod a doslro to go moro
fully Into tho Porrln cao, though tho
aub-coramltteo of tho judiciary com
mittee of tho senate la apparently
convinced thnt Dovlln can glvo no In
formation that would substantiate
suspicions of subornation of perjury
in tho Porrln trial. It Is thought that
Dovlln a nop (nation will bo renort-
od favorably Monday,
o
Tho grand chaptor of tho Eastern
Star Is In sosbIou at Portland,
B. H. TRUMBULL SHOT
BY DRUNKEN NEGRO
Shanlko, Or., Juno' 10. B. H.
Trumbull, roprosxmtlng tho Illinois
Central Railroad In Portland, as com
merclal agent, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded early today by
a negro portor who resisted Trum
bull's attompt to tako him back to
tho wool buyers' special car standing
on a track near Shanlko.
J S. McLaughlin, traveling freight
agent for tho samo railroad, was shot
in tho leg by tho negro, but not seri
ously wounded. Trumbull found tho
porter, whoto namo Is Bald to bo
Brooks, reeling -about tho stroots,
and tried to Induce him to return to
tho cars. Brooks mado an otfort to
escape. Trumbull seized him, but
tho iKrtor broke away, pulled a ro-
volrer, according to witnesses, and
fired at Trumbull Tho bullet en
tered the man's groin and took aii up
ward course.
McLaughlin, who was standing
noar by, ran after Drcolcs, who turned
suddenly and Indicted a wound In
tho log of his pursuer. Tho excite
ment seemed to sober tho negro, for
ho ran llko n deer A posao was quick
ly organized, but no word has been
recolved from tho party.
Trumbull aud McLaughlin woro
placed on a special train and rushod
to tho nearest hospital. Surgeons
who examined Trumbull reported
that his chances for recovery are
sill Brooks recently camo horo from
Chicago to sorvo tho party on tho
wool buyers' special that is touring
this part of tho state.