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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1909)
PAGE FOUn DAILY OAWTAli JOURNAIj, SALeSi, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER I, 1001). P THE COAST WILL HAVE FAST MAIL Seattle to Get the First Over the Great Northern Only Three Days from New York,- UNITED I-AIIRfl LICASKD Win. Seattle Wash., Oct. 4. Seattlo will liavo a thrco-day malt sorvlco from Now York, and tho Croat North crn railway will carry It. Tho con tract for a 42 V, -hour sorvlco from St. Paul has boon lot at Washington, according to advices received horo today. Tho fast Borvlco will begin Octob er C, and tho contract calls for n four-yoar sorvlce. Tho sum lnvolvod Id 2,000,000 and not only will tho coast bo Borvcd by tho fast mall, but all tho cities between St. Paul and Chicago will bo bonofltted by It. Tlioro Is a heavy penalty attachod to any tardiness In nrrlva) of tho mall, and when tho a rent Northern accept ed tho contract It undortook a heavy task, no tho ochodulo must bo main tained stimmor and winter, overy dny la tho year. Every trnnsoontlnontnl line was grooming Itself to carry the malls. and unsurnnccs wore tent liv tach to tho authorities at Washington that this or that road could comply with .ovory roqulremont of the postal au thorities. Tho Mllwaukoo rond es pecially mado a strong bid for the business. According to the mall oinolnlM, the mall thnt lenvoa Now York Monday night at n o'clock will roaoh Seattle at C p. in. tho following Friday. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION . f Continued from page 1) Northwest Improvement company wtll not bo worked until tomorrow. Com pnny officials expect to find thsu.Ht I Ton short handed, because of tho niln era' tendency to linger around tho mlno. and consequent genurnl reluc tance to go back to work so shortly after tho accident. The output of coal, ns fur as tho general public In coucorned, will not bo affected In tho least. The North west Improvement company 1 a mi. aldlary compHiiy of tho North I'uC'l! and Ih working all lUt coul mitiM to flupply the rnllroHd only. WILBUR WRIGHT MAKES GOOD FLIGHT united rnnuB ijiabed wish. Now York, Oct. 4. Mnnlputallng his air craft as oaBlIy as an export chnuffour oporatcs his car, Wilbur Wright, tho Dayton aviator, dollghtcd thousands of persona hero today by making one of tho most rcmarkablo flights to which Now Yorkers over havo been treated. At oxactly 0:07 this morning Wright ascended from Governor's Isl and headed for tho Jersey shore. Rising easily and gracefully until his machlno hnd renchod tho height of 160 feet, Wright circled tho war ships, which nro participating in tho HudBon-Fulton colebrntlon, and af ter flying past Grant's tomb turned back at 10:07 o'clock. Sovontecn minutes lator ho ascend nl nn additional CO foot, and with his craft now sailing along at a height of 200 feet ho passed over Forty-sixth street. At this point his noroplano was whizzing along moro than GO feot nbovo tho towering masts of tho battleships. At 10:30 o'clock, or 33 minutes nftor ho hnd started on tho trip, Wright safoly descended at Gover nor'n Island. o BALLOON RACES AT ST. LOUIS PRESIDENT GETS GREAT RECEPTION It Is estimated that the special train would reach Redding about 4 o'clock this afternoon, and Rod Bluff about 5:30. California Meets the President at Oregon Line and Gives Him a True Western WelrJome. .Mine In limning. HoHlyn, Wash., Oct. I. Fifteen men uro bultuved to huvu boon killed or fatally Injured In an explosion of gas in tho shaft of mine No. t of tho Northwestern Improvement company at 12:4C o'clock wttirdny afternoon. Tho mlno In tho neighborhood of the shaft Is burning fiercely, flames rushing through the shaft with an w. ful roar. Tho electric puuiM art out off, nud tho water supply In tho city la vary low. It is thought Hie tiro In tho shaft will not affect tho other nilUM, but it may bo six niqntlis bo foro the abaft can bo put In working condition ukuIii. It Is said that tho ahuft is caving in and other exploit ions may occur at any time. When tho oxplolou oecurrod a great volume of firo went hiiudroUs of feot into tho air, ImnunlliUoly the big abaft plant was enveloped tu flame, tho ulieti hi tho otootrlc plant began to soroAtn and people aturted ruuiilug from ovory tiuartor of tho city b thousands. ICvcltoniHiU was Inteiue, and us noon hk people got cUmo uudukIi to see what had really on QiiritHl, women and children lHjgau to ory and moan. Tho fire department of ltoalyu turned out and tho Cle Klum depart- HMtHt waa rushel to tho soeue. but bajjund saving the outside building and lumber arde and sawmill, little tAuhl he accomplished, The big hotet of th,ahHft crumbled I lie an eaahell m UMflerw flame swept up from the Inferior. Cinder began fl)tug la ovory ilirootlun and building tu all paria of the city caught flro, but so far all have bee uoxtUujHlalitMt bj the vUjIlaaoe nf Ike resident Within 10 tulHUtoe after the eaploe lou whom began to bring In the in jured. , The first man brought in was William Arundel, who la burned be jojhJ recognition bat la at ill alive. Tho Injured were takeji to the emer gwmy hospital, v, hero they are being on rod for. . i .o $100,00 HnuirU Would bo gladly paid for a cure ny many people who are crippled with ThoumatWm. yet, If they only kuw lt, they can bo (Hired by a few bottle of Ballard's Snow Llnlmont. and tho price Lj only 2Ge, 50c and II 00 por bottle Sold by all d-'aU-u U.NITKD I'KEHH I.RJkMKO WIRH. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 1. With n ca pacity of 80,000 siiblc. feet oocli. eight monstor balloons this afternoon stnrted on n long dlstnnco nnd time race, ns tho leading fonturo of the opening day of contennlnl week her?. Thont.nndn of vlsltorn nro In tho city. ' i Inlawing tho niconslon of tho big balloons two balloons of 40,000 cubic foot and 37 other smnllor ones for ndvortlslng purposes nlso woro set adrift. Tho raco mf tho big bnlloonn stnrt od promptly at I o'clock, and It Is expected thnt a world's record for distance nnd speed will bo recorded. Tho following balloons aro partic ipating In tho race: St. Louis HI, Aero Club of St. Louis, ewner: Vor. Puhl pilot, J. M. O'Reilly nldo. Tho Cleveland, .T. n. Wudo, Jr., owner nud pilot; A. II. Morgan nldo. The Indiana. H. II. Mnglll, or Os borne, I ml., owner nnd pilet: J. I'. Shuuor aide. Tho Centennlnl, II. K. Honeywell, of St. Louis, owner nnd pilet: J. W. Tolland aide. Tho Pommer II, N. II. Arnold, nf North Adams, .Maes, pilot; Leroy M Tnylor, of Now York, ownor nnd nlilo The Wooslor. Aero Club of Ind'- ann. ownor; Chun. Walsh, of New York, pilot. The Now York. Clifford 11. Har mon, wf Now York, ownor and pilot; August Post nldo. Tho Unlvorslty City, John Ilerry. of St. Louis, ownor nnd pilot; W. C. Adams nldo. gaveTooT a splendid WELCOME CiflTED 1M1ESS I.HAHKD WHlB. Redding, Cal., Oct. 4. Tho meet ing of President Taft and Govornor Glllott wail nrranged to tako placo this nftornoon at Kennett, tho movo mont of trains having led to sovoral changes In tho plans. ' Tho governor's special car, with tho commlttoo of Cnllfornlans, passed through Redding attached to train No. 1C nt 11 o'clock this morn ing nnd proceeded to Kennett, whnro it wns announced tho car will bo nt ir.ched to tho Fresldent'i. train. It was expected that tho presiden tial train would reach this city at 2:30 o'clock, nnd visitors nro hero from tho wholo countryside Company D of tho National Guard. bonded by n band, escorted 800 Kchool pbidrtu to lh.t railroad sta tion, whore linlti wit- scheduled to otop flvo mlii'itcs for n short greet leg t ot'ii. Pri'tMciir. fl'NlTM I'KKHH IVIKKl) W'lir 1 llaltlmore. Oct. 4. Kent .southern hospitality'1 U being otended to Or Frederick A. Cook, tho Brooklyn e p.loroi who arrived hero today iim Washington. Thousands of persons we-j gather od at tho station when tho tram mill ed In and a the rival nf Nnintaud.,r l'eary for honura In the far north stepped from hie oar he was g'en an ovation. The explorer waa met by a party of civic officiate who lutraodiatel) tarae4l the "keys of the city" over to the tUetlNgwiftHl vtellor Dr. Cook leave for P!0'.ir to night and will arlvo there ("morrow tnurulug. The phyalelan hi du to ar rive lu St. Louis Wednesday after noon and after a few Uuure t(ay in that city will leave for Kansas Oily. I'uou bis return east he will slop In Chicago. -o "Father sent me ov to bxrow your paper i he only wnnU to reaii It " Tll hlut I'm oomlug over t Lrrv- his breakfnst: I only want t3 eat It " T'ii light. Went Out. Hornbrofik. Cal.. Oct. 4. Presi dent Taft ronchod Hornbrook nt S:G0 n. m. lot'ny. During a greater part of tho run southward from Portland last night tho President's car, "May- f'ovvor." was shroudod in gloom, as tho electric lights wont out, nnd tho ga plant was not working well. The President wns prevontod from rending or writing, nnd carried on conversation with his friends In tho darkness. Captain Butt, tho President's mili tary nldo, wlrod a stronuous "kick" to tho Pullman Company. Aftor tho rushing dnys of tho va rious rccoptlons which ho has nt cdvod' during tho trip, this .day of travel through-tho bonutlful 'shnsta cr.uitry wns welcomed by tho Provi dent nnd his ontlro party. Following tho long climb from tho Oregon valleys to tho dlvldo at Sis kiyou, the trnln bogaif the gradual descent that will carry It down tho slopes of Shnstn Into the. Sacramento Hi'ey ana to Red Bluff and Redding. -if tho shoo fits, wear II" Is n nt ono of which placos tho govornor I time-worn saying: but with n vmait I of" California will extend nn ofllclnl I if tho shoo fits Bho takes It b.i -k b wvlcome to the chief oxocutlvo. cnuso It Is too big. Sncrnnicnto Ready for Him. Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 4. All Is In readiness for tho reception of President Taft nnd his party. From tho automobile rldo through tho business section to tho "simple. lunch" of somo dozen, courses which will follow his address nt Capitol Park, ovory minute of tho executive's brief stay In California capital city will bo fully occupied. Tho Taft train Is duo to arrlvo hero at 7:10. Managor Whlto and a reception commlttoo named by tho Chamber raf Commorco will rocolvo th? party nt tho depot. Tho Taft party and Governor Glllott and his party, which wont up tho valley In a special car to meet tho Presldont, will bo taken Into automobiles and driven slowly through brilliantly lighted streots, with a mounted po- tal a gllmpso of tho oxccutlvo. The tal na gllmpso of tlw oxccutlvo. Tho rldo will last threo-quartors of an hour. President Tnft will deliver his ad dross from a platform built to ad join, tho cast flldo of tho capital, so that ho may ri upon tho stant; through tho capital building. Ho M Bchcdulcd to spenk for throo-quartcrs of an hour. At 9 o'clock ho will dlno with Ills party and n very few boloct od gliosis nt tho Hotol Sacramento, In n prlvato dining room. Governor Glllott, United Statos Circuit Judge Morrow, Supreme Justlco Beatty, Sonnlor Perkins, Congressman Mc Klnlny nnd Mayor White will bo prob nbly the only guesta nsldo from Tnft'3 own pnrty. Presldont 'Ilnft particularly re quested n very slmplo Into lunch be fore he shohld board hU train, ns he noeds n full night's rost In prepara tion for tho Btroijttous tlmo nbout tho bay. Tho light lunch will run tho whole gamut from cocktallB to clg- arottos, with all tho way stations In cluded, such ns nlgullotto of bnss n In Taft, tommo cnpltol and Bouchea la Gillette, with a California wlno or nordlal with each course. At 10:30 tho President will rotlro to his prlvato car, nnd nt 4 n. in. 't will bo picked up by tho early train to Oakland via Benocln. Rains of tho pnst fow days havo caused tho committee considerable worry, but tho sun is bronklng through tho clouds, nnd It Is not be lieved thnt tho opon-nlr schedule will have to bo changed. FLEEING INTO THE MOUNTAINS George Meyers Stops to Eat Near Victor Point, About Ten Miles East of Salem. Tho first reliable information re garding tho whereabouts of Gonrgo Meyers, tho man who murdorod Pa trolman Echart Friday morn'.nt- of last week, was telephoned Into tho sheriff's office yesterday n'loiit 1 o'clock by J. Rodgors at Victor Point, ten miles directly east of this city, and tho sheriff .accompanied by Jns. Culver and Constablo Ira Hamilton, In an nutomobllo, havo hurried to tho last placo seen of Moycrs. Saturday morning near G o'clock Meyers, ovldontly hnlf famished, called nt tho homo of Poter Lutliy, a fnrmor residing soven miles from here, and asked for something to ent. After eating ravenously, nnd without taking part in any of ttio conversa tion going on among tho family, ho left .going duo cast on tho county road. Tho Lutliy family did not hear of tho murder until it nppoared In tho newspapers, and not till thon did .they know that they hnd fed a man fleolng for his life. As soon ns Luthy discovered this, ho attempted to notify the authorities by telephone, but owing to tho lino bolng out of order ho was compcllod to go to Vic tor Point, whero ho Informed Rod gers of the affair. Mr. Rodgors, nf ter reponted attempts, succeeded In telling Sheriff Mlnto. This Is tho first ronl trail of Mey ers, and It will bo followed to tho vory Inst. James Culver, who is an ox-sherlff nnd survoyor. Is ncqunlntod with the Silver Crook Vicinity ns woll ns Mcyors Is, both men having tramp ed over that country mnny times. It Is tho thought Moycrs Is making for his timber clnim, 12 miles onst of Silver Crook falls, but In caso that ho reaches his claim ho will not stand much chance of escnpo ns-tlrat locality Is very sparcoly sottlcd and thoro Is no menus of obtaining food nearer than Silver Crook falls. Rumors began to nrrivo horo Satur day afternoon nbout 3 o'clock. Chief of Police Gibson was notified that a man unswerlng Meyers' description wns seen to run out and thon back In to tho timber near Wheatland, a placo eight miles north of horo. The chlof nnd Wnlter Johnson nnd Ralph Swartz, In Mr. Swartz's auto, loft for tho plnco Immediately. Thoy wont ns quickly ns posslblo across tho river nnd down to th6 point whero Moycrs wns supposed to havo been scon, but nfter a diligent search until dark thoy returned unsuccessful. Sunday mor ning tho chief, nlong with several others, again mado a thorough search of tho northern country nnd woro hnrd nt work when Sheriff Mln to called them In, after receiving tho latest Information. Tho officers nro Inclined to beliovo that Mcyors wont north nftor cem mlttlng the orlmo nnd thoro is strong evidence that -ho stopped in a small shed located on tho shooting grounds four miles north and near tho Oregon Electric line. , Seen Near Silver Creek. A dispatch rccolvcd at tho sheriff's offlco this afternoon sntd that Moycrs had boon scon nt 2 o'clock nbout u mile north of Silver Creek falls. Ho wa sgolng In n northoly direction. MEXICO IS AFRAID OF EARTHQUAKE 1 UNITED I'HKSB IXAKM) WIRE 1 Moxlco City, Oct. 1. Tho continu ation of tho eruption of Mount Coll ma, which began several days ago. is causing much apprehension among tho natives living nt Its base, ns thoy fonr that tho activity of tho volcano is n forerunner of nn earthquake They baso this belief on tho facf that volcano last beenmo nctlvo sin-: ly beforo a seismic disturbance Two streams of lava have l.Joit pouring from tho crntor for u wook. Thoro Is no dnngor that any towns will bo damaged ns tho neares: set tlement of importnnco Is Collnia, tho cnpltul of tho province, which I? fifty j in I lea nwny. o . Whon It Is ns brond as It's long It must bo tho squnro thing. me L,ou 9h A rniifrh tnr fl llftl smtrti It mou nntO VVHj,!!) JHI ! VVM(,MI l MtJ UUt amount to much. 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