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t Hail i lanrnal VOL. XIX DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON, SYTIRDU, VVGUST 14, 1000. No. 181. 0 I IiMPSllItllllllill II J lollollollollollof MBPifwin 1ml m fhl Inl ' I ySss- J- GASOLINE IN AUTO EXPLODES Chauffeur Is Killed and Woman Mortally Injured Two Others Are Badly Hurt. COMPANIONS FLED OCCUPANTS WERE HLOWX HIGH in Tin-: aih vhi:n police ARRIVED MHS. TAYLOR, MISS PEC'HE'lEL AXH PLOWED WERE LYINO PXCOXHCIOUH. I United I'rois t.eaird Wire. Philadelphia, Aug. 14. Tho oxplo ' .slon of gasoline lu nu uutomobllo to- ' " -day containing u chnuffeur, four wo man mid three men. caused tho death of the drivor. mortally wounded ono of the women aiul seriously Injured " another woman and ono of tho nion. Tho rumalnlng two men and two wo nion escaped uninjured and huvo not boon found, having disappeared from tho scene Immediately after tho ncci dunt. . Tho dead: JAM Kb DUG AN. chauffeur. Fatally Injured: Mrs i.aurn Taylor. Seriously Injured: Caiolliic Pechetel, both urniH brok en; Oniric IMowor, broken log. The party had been riding nil night In n borrowed machine Thoy f had oiuored Falri.iont pnrlc when the y IW!W52 SALEM'S BIG DEPARTMENT STORE Is out with the biggest Iin2 of bargains we ever offered for this sale. Ask for tho goods advertised. We have them here ready to handout to you at the advertised prices. If vou want bargains come to the Chicago Store EARLY FALL , STYLES In Swell New Suits Like These 'Cuts $20 values now $ RJ.no !1S value now $1 1.00 Theso suits nro the lntest Now York jtro diictIon8. Long coats and plaited skim, nil); llned'and hnnd-muelj trimmed; niawiali tho latest in worsteds and cheviots. OMier suits at less money SEE OUR MONEY SAYING BARGAINS WHERE CAN' YOU RDAT OUR PRICHS? Ladles 1.50 and $2 Shirt WaUM. slightly soiled, now JtSc TAc Dimities, Challles, Lawns and Calcoes. now yard.... :t He Misses' 25c fine, ribbed tan Hos iery, now pair l-)4c Children's joc black Hose IXI fine ribbed, pair .Do 59c .bleached Sneets, full size, for the double beds 39c 35c Dressing Sncques now.. 10c .CHICAGO STORE.. SALEM, OREGON "The Store That Saves You Money." guBollne in the tank caught fire and blew up. The ocntpnnte of tho automobile were hurled high Into tho air, and when the police arrived Dugan was dead, .Mrs. Taylor and Miss Pechotel and I'lowor wore lying outstretched and unconscious 20 feet from the wrecked machine. To men and two women who had been In tho machine, bilt who escaped Injury when tho gasoline exploded, were present, but boforo the arrival of the police, tnoy Bllpped away, and have not been neon slnco. Thoy'gavo no names to the police. ENGLAND PREPARING TO TRAIN HER ARMY United I'm Lulled Wire.) London, Aug. 14. One groat army uniformly equipped and train ed Is to be tho outcomo of tho Impor Inl conferences on the military de fenses of tho omplro, held at tho foreign odlco the latter part of July. Tho plnn provides that all troops ot sclf-govorning colonies shall under go prcclsoly the same training as tho regulars in order to bo ready to take tliolr places beside tho latter when tho occasion arises. Military training colleges are to bo established In ovorsoa dominions and thero Ib to bo a continuous In terchange of officers from nil parts of tho emplro. Thin. It Is expected, w'll tond much toward making tho training and organization of tho on tiro body uniform. COURT EXAMINING MASS OF TESTIMONY MVIii-it IVm I it1 Vlrt I Annapolis, Aug. 14 A secret ses sion of tho court ot Inquiry which has boon sitting to lnvestlga: Into tho death of Lieut James N. Sutton hesanthls morning. Tho court will oonsldor tho 1400 typewritten pages of testimony ot witnesses given In tho Sutton caso. Deforo tho findings of the board nro mado public Socrotnry ot tho Navy Meyer will pas upon tho caso. Tho written tostlmony of witnesses aggregates 280.000 words. 1 A GREAT DROP IN PRICES 85c Satin Messallne Otioiiinu Silks, in all the very latest Eludes. To introduce" these beautiful sliks. we offer them for this sale at. yard noc. We show the greatest stook of piece goods that was ever opjue i up in Salem in all classes of si . wool linen and cotton. . REDDING DEPARTMENT. We show a wonderful stock of bedding in blankets, comforts, lace curtains and all the rest at prices guaranteed to be the lowest. u OREGON BOYS THE ROBBERS Youngsters Who Made Bold Hold-up of Santa Clara Bank Only 18 Both From Oregon. BOTH UNDERSIZED OXi: SAYH HIS MOTHER IS AX IX VALID AXD .MAY DIE, THE FAM ILY HOME HEAVILY MORT GAGED AXD HE INTENDED THE MOXEY TO AID HIS MOTHER.' Halted Press Leased Wlre.l San Jose. Cal., Aug. 14, Palo from a sleepless night spent la sop arate colls ot tho county Jail Inst night, following their bold attempt to rob tho Snntn Clara Vnlloy bank of $7000 In gold yesterday, Joseph Wlllets nnd Fred Carr, tho youth ful tobbers. were arraigned today bo foro Judge Thompson. Through A. L Horn, their attor ney, thoy entored no ploa when ar rnlgned and tho caso was sot for Monday at 10-30 o'clock, when thoy w'll appear before Judgo Thompson for trial. As the 18-year-old desperadoes stood beforo tho court today thoy Hoctntil unconscliii as to their prob able fate, hut nt no time put on an air of bravado. Those who crowdod Into tho court room to view tho pris oners saw two undorslzed boys who ioojtc ' i bo not more than 10 years Each one said ho was 18 years olo last March. Aftsr arrnlgnmont the robbors wore taken bnck to their colls. They wero not allowed to talk to each oth er, all communication betweon thorn bolng carefully prevented. Sheriff Langford stated after tho ynitlis had been arraigned that ho will make no offort to identify tho lads as tholr guilt Is firmly estab lished and that Is all that is neces sary. Ho said that any oxtendod offort to establish their Identity would ro Bult only In chagrin and sorrow to their paronts and would not servo tho purposes of tho state lu anyway In bringing about tholr punishment. "I am n poor bay," said Wlllets, In his confeislon. "nnd ever slnco I was 14 years of age I havo been working See tho callouses on my hands. My parents have nothing except tho'r little homo In Oregon. on winch thero is a morigngo or J1500. "My mother, whom I have not seen for n week, Is lying snrlously III, and may die. I knew the folk ueeded money, and I left homo. Fred Carr came along tvllh me. Wo ware nomlng together nnd when I told him what I intendod doing he con sented to come along. "Four days ago wo left Portland, where we had purchased guns and ammunition We -came direct to Oakland nnl remalnod there for a night and then crossed the bay to San Francisco Thursday we felt for San Jose and remained there during Thursday night Carr and myself rented a room at the Eurokn hotel and whon we went to bed wo pinnnod our robbery. We decided that we would tackle the Santa Clara bank, because it was In a little town and we would be better able to escapo. During the night In the Eureka hotel we slept but little We spent the greater part of the night planning our rob beryand thinking over the chances of capture We thought we saw ouf way .clear and went ahead." Doth boys admit the names they .have g ven are fictitious ONE MORE SAMPLE OF AMERICAN FOOL fnlte.1 !'rsa I-ad Wltv I San Antonio, Tex. Aug 14. Hearing a voluminous invitation to visit San Anton'o. signed by almost every man and woman In the city, Ed O'Reilly, cowboy and Philippine scout, today is on a two-thousand mile horseback Journey to present the document to President Taft O'Reilly oxpects either to reach the president before he leaves Beverloy or meet him at some point on hli itinerary, o i. Win Xot Have Station. Washington, Aug. 14 The war department today denied a report from Omaha that the signal corps statl n would be removed from Oma ha to Los Angeles The station was at Denlcla Cat before It was estab lished in Omaha. DENVER ROBBED OF MILLIONS Judge Ben Lindsay Says Cor rupt Corporations Have Stolen $200,000,000 From the City. TRIED TO KILL HIM WILL i'ELL HOW REPRESENTA TIVES OF THESE CORPORA TION'S "FIXED" THE SUPREME COl'RTS AXD WILLNAME THE MAX OTHER CITIES .AS HAD." Timed Press l.iA Wire 1 Seattle. Aug. 14. "Tho City of Donver has been robbed of 200 000,000 by corrupt corporations." This was the statcmont of Judgo Den D. L'ndsay, tho colobratod Ju- venllo court judgo ot Donver, Colo., at tho Y M. C. A. building today to u roprosentatlvo ot h United Press. Judgo Lindsay Is In tho city to at tend tho sessions ot tho American Prison association. Beginning with tho Octobor Issuo of "Eovryboly's Magazlno" thero will appear a sorles of articles from tho pen of tho noted Jurist, describ ing conditions of alleged graft in tho City of Donver. Thono articled aro expected to crcato a tromondous sensation. "I will tell," sold Judgo Lindsay today, "how certain roprosontatlvcs of great and corrupt corporations 'fixed' the supremo courts; how thoy selected their owu court oOlcers, and I will name the men. I will toll how thoy tried to fix mo; how thoy threatened and coorcod; how thoy took mo out ono night in a carrlago nnd how first they nattered, thon of forcd monoy. and thon threatened mo with ruin I will toll bow thoy tried to murder me and how a dep uty sheriff saved by life. Soattlo is as bad as Donver and Denver Is as good as Scattlo "My story doos not apply to Den ver alone. It could bo appllod to almost any city of Importance In tho United States "Crime Is on tho Increase and will bo until tho economic and what Is known as social conditions have been changed for the hotter." o WHEAT PRICES ADVANCE Reports From Europe, .and of Black Rust Give Market Firm and Stronger Tone. Ualted 1'resi Lenl Wlr.) Chicago, Aug. 14. Cash wheat prices were further advancod today. Tho government report on European Indications was moderately bullish and more black rust reports were rece'ved. Together theso influences gave the bulls a strong working com bination this afternoon and prices were advanved materially Spring quotations at higher rango wero fol lowed by a sharp skimp, but the market reacted ard closed with good gains. Cash markets woro all strong. Damage reports regarding corn from Nebraska and Kansas were of a more Important kind and came from good sources, The strong cash situation with the drouth re ports afford plenty of amraunHlou for bulls and especially la view of the fact that prices havo been ham mered down to a point whore the bullish erop prospects have been largely discounted. SIX DIE FROM HEAL HOT SPELL CONTINUES United Press Leased Wlro.J Chicago, Aug 14 Th beat which has caused six deaths and thirty-three prostratlou in the last twenty-four hours con'lnuea today The suffering Ib intense and other deaths are expected to result CHICAGO VISITED BY HEAVY RAIN STORM 1 United Press Leased. Wire 1 Vjllll'IlgU, Ail);, it. vnij UUBU- ments and streets woro flooded thU , morning by tho heaviest rain record-1 ' ed in Chicago in years. In some ( 1 places tho water wa? a toot deep, i i tho rainfall being accompanied by a sovero olectrical storm. Many wlros ' tiro down, but no fatalities have I i been ronortod. ! l lu somq sections of tho city tho rnlnfnll readied tho proportions of a cloudburst. In Irving Park the streets wero Inundntod. Railroads this aft ernoon report n number of washouts, delaying tralim in nil directions. Street car traffic Is dolayed on ac count ot tho trolley wires being down lu many places. Lightning struck several buildings nnd heavy dnmngo Is reported from various parts ot tho city. FIVE KILLED, TWENTY HURT'IN COLLISION (United Prtis Lcaird Wirt.) Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 14. FIvo men woro killed Instantly and twenty four woro Injured by the hoad-on collision of two passongor tralnn on the Donver & Rio Grando railroad today at Rusted, near Colorado Springs. Doth onglncc and" smoking cars woro demolished. Later reports statu that 30 porsons wero Injured. All those killed wero on the train bound for the Pacific coast. Tho two trains woro tho Pacific Coast flyer, which left Deuvor lit 0 o'clock this morning, and the Pueblo local pnsHonger train. The accident occurred on a sharp curve. Ilellof trains have boon sent from Donver mid Colorado Springs. HOT WAVE HITS NEBRASKA TODAY I Polled I'rei UnnnX Wlri-' Omaha. Aug. 14. Tho thormom oter hero roglstorod 90 degrees this afternoon. It Is tho hottest day In three years. Many prostrations but no fatalities havo boon roportod. Mucoid, Neb., Aug. 14. Ono per son Is dond and u dozou nro prostra tod hero today by tho heat. For th tlhrd successive day tho morcury touched 08, threTthousand men attend funeral II tlllfil I'rfm l.rnm-d WlriI Pittsburg, Aug 14. Tho Prossod bteul Car strikers made n remarkable demonstration today when 3000 ot tho mon marched In lino bohlnd tho hoarfto which bore tho body ot Stove Horval, a striker who was killed by a nogro employe named Major Smith. Thoro was no vlolonco, but tho attitude of tho mon showed a strong dotormluatlon to wage tholr strugglo to the ond SPOKANE C0N6RESS CLOSED One of Its Chief Features Was Passing of Resolutions Commending Pinchot and Newell. ICnlted ITfi Lested Wlr.l Hpoknno, Aug. 14. Having com pleted the stormiest sorles ot ses sions In tho history of Irrigation, tho dolegates to tho National Irrigation congress are leaving for tholr homes today, leaving the controversy be tween Secretary of the Interior Dal- llngor and Chief Forester Pinchot to como up again at mo cousurvauuu rnntrresB. which will be hold in Se attle week after next It Is probablo also that tho matter win tm nMniliiimi in tome form at the Trans-Mlsalsslppl congress to be hold In Denver next woeis. oiunjr ui hn rintocntnu nnd government offi cials who wero hero will attend both the Seattlo and Denver convonunon, wiiiM, wil ideal In a general war with much tho sarno principles, Ono of tho main features of tho congress just closod was the adopt ion of a series of resolutions com mending Chief Forester Pinchot and r. H. Newell, director of thereclama- tlnn uirvlm Plnrhnf was rhnmnlon. ed chiefly by ex-Qovernor Pardee of California, ana t'araee ana nis friends took up on the work ot th resolutions commlttoo as a victory iur me cuiui iuiwmi. . It is expected the fight over what, Pinchot termed the "Rooevelt poll. cles ' In connection with the public lands and the conservation of water, power sites will be heard from la the c fining conveniens BRUTES LANDED IN JAIL Carl Long and Barney Fields Arrested for Beating and Maltreating Crippled Chinaman. DO PENANCE IN JAIL ClIIN'AMAX' ALMOST ULIXD FROM I1EATIXO RUT READILY 1DEN TH'IED THEM AXD POINTS OUT FIELDS AS 'HIE MAX WHO "PUT YOUR HAND IX MY POCKET." An n culmination ot tho brutal con duct ot Cnrl Long nnd Darnoy Fields, tho two young mon who bent tho faco of an old and holplosa Chlunmnn Into n pulp nnd robbed hlni of three dollars near Donald, Or., yostorday afternoon. Judgo Dushoy, boforo whom the men wero arraigned for a preliminary oxiimlnntlon In tho ab sence of Justice of the Pcnco Web ster, plncod tholr bonds at $1000 each nnd the guilty pnrtlra will now huvo to romalu In the county Jail nnd uwult tho action of tho grnud jury In Octobor, unless somo of tholr rela tives furnish tho heavy bond, which Is not probablo, as Long's relatives who reside in tho north end nt tho county, rofused to como to his aid In 1005, when ho sorved four mouths lu the county ...,l on n similar charge. TIiIh is considered to be tho most Inhuman and cruel onso ot assault eur coming before the attention ot tho Mnrlon county authorities Tho young men weio naked by Walter Wluslow, who was oupcftsontlng the state. If they wished it hearing or ex amination ut once or to havo tholr case roforr-d-to the grand Jury, and ut first they appeared undecldod as to what course they would choose but Long, who a acting as spokes man for tho two. nald they wished to be bound over. Ho told Judgo llushey that his father was expected up ut any tlmo Ah Chop, tho old Chlnuman who was iniido the victim, appeared at tho court houso this morning and sworo to tho complaint, uud a more pitiful looking object Mould bo hard to find Tho old fellow's face was black and liiuo, mid swollen so that ho could hardly see; skin lacerated In several places and his back seriously in Jurod. He is it slight built man, and somo tlmo ago had ltL log broken, which grew togothcr crooked, causing htm to limp and compelling him to uso a can to walk with. Several of Ah Chop's Chinese friends from this city accompanied him nnd George 8un acted as Interpreter Whon tihorirr Mlnto arrived In Donald whore the brutes boat their victim, hu found the cltlzons very angry, and a team of horses'ltud been hitched up awaiting the officer's ar rival to take him after tho gullt parties. Several persons offered " assist him lu rapturing Fields nnd uong, so anxious wero thoy to pun ish tho mluorenutH. Tho sheriff went to St. Paul after Fields and then he Has compelled to go to Hubbard nftor Long. Neither of tho men resisted which was surely a souslblo thing to do, and tho officer went to Donald to catch the train home When tlm sheriff arrested Fields ho (Fluids' said Long did the beating, but when the Chinaman Haw Fields ho did nor herniate to say ' You're tho one who hit me. You're the one who put )our hand in m pocket." Tho act amending sections 17flH and 176U oi Dollluger uud Cotton's annotated coded and statutes of Ore gun during the last session of th Wglsla'uro. stct'on 170!) of the gen eral laws of Oregon. Is the law whl li the district attorney has appllod ( the ease, which reads as follows "If any person, not be'ng anno I with a dangerous woupou shall bv fore ud vlolonue. or by nssault or by putting in fear of force and vio lence, rob. steal, or take from the person of another, any money or oth cr pnmey which may be the sub Joct of larceny, such person, uoo"1 conviction thereof, shall bo punish" 1 by Imprisonment In th penltewl. r not less thru throe yoaii nr nio Mian fifteen vears." In th s case, If tho Chinaman's story proves true, the punlshmeut Is too light for the crime, ror m auui tlon to boatlmr and robbing the poor old cripple, bo claims thoy dragged him behind a building ana usea mm ns a urinal. o OapJUl StrtYt's Turn. All the streets and alleys ot Sa lem have been dressed up, ready tor the state fair, and now I think It is Capital street's turn, as It Is botm out at the elbows and the knees, A Reslaeat.