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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1909)
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1009. PAGE FOUIi IS6R ON EVE OF MARRIAGE Prominent Young Society Man of Los Angeles Faces a Very Serious Charge. UNITMO I'RHKH LIMBED Winn. Lob Ang1e, Cal., Nov. 30. 0. F. Olnbcock, president of tho Babcock AdvortlBlng Company, 1b untlor nr roflt today on n felony warrant, olmrglnjf crlmlnnl AMnult on MeccH Bylar, a protty little li-yofir-old girl, who I tlio sole support of nn Invalid mother. According to the ullogntloiiH cm ado by the girl. Dabcoclc. who Ib prominent In social clrclos hore, por fliimlod her to come to his oHloo In tho Columbia Trust building, on the promise of Riving her moro luorntlvo employment. While there, sho nllog , Jhibcock insisted upon hor drink ing a glass of wine, aftor which alio claims hIip lmcfuiie unconsolous. Ac cording to her story alio awoko sov- nu hours later nnd found tho ofllco doflortod. Sho called at tho olllco of Deputy district Attornoy Koyoa last Satur day and told hor story, Tho war rant was Issued Immediately, but was leapt quiet until Dabcoclc wbb talcon (Into custody yestorday. With hor volco chocked with sobs lho girl mado tho following Btato niont to Attornoy Koyoa: r was umployod In tho "Pin Ton" candy fltoro, on South Broadway. I !iad uaou this man BOvoral times dur ing his vlaltB to tho Btoro, but nover tpald any attontlon to him, "Saturday, Novombor 20, ho camo in. IIo askod mo if I wan antlsllod with my work, and I told him I would Hko to mako moro monoy. Uo enld ho know of n Rood position for -me, nnd nskod If I would Hko to shanR0 work. I said that I wanted to advance, and that I would Hko vory much to hnvo a bettor position. 'Alright.' ho aId,'como to my ofllco, and talk it over, and I think I can nr rango work for you.' I wont to his olllco. IIo wnB drinking niyl startod to talk about a position for me. IIo (kept prowsing a glass of liquor upon ono, but I rotUBod to tako it, and ho taoomod angry. I thought I had bot 'tor tako tho drink, nnd Anally ac coptod It. Aftor that I havo no roc- oiiocuoii of what occurrod. Whon I get out of tho building and go to my room." Miss Bylor producod garments wltloh will bo used as ovidonco. Whon Babcock was taken into cub tody he seomod stunned, and was unablo to help hlmsolf. Several frionds, howovor, camo to his aid, hunted up bondsmen nnd attondod to all details of tho arraignment. Ball of ,$5000 was required by Justice Summorflold, boforo Babcock was al lowed his liberty. Every effort was made to koop tho mattor secret, for tho reason, ns ono of his frionds ex plained, that Babcock Is ongagod to be married soon. Babcock is 29 yoars old. IIo linn been In business horo for six years. He camo from Illinois. - Immediately aftor his nrraignmont Babcock disappeared, and so far has not boon locatod. Ills frionds refuso to talk regarding tho enso. o i. TO TALK OF ROADS GET READY TO FiNI CROSSINS Street Railway Company Work 'Delayed by Rains Which Do Not Hinder S. P. NEXT W All lutorostod resldonts of this county, whethor tnxpayors or simply rontors, should nttond tho first gon eral road mooting to bo hold In tho cdurt Iioubo noxt week, Ddcombor 1C nnd 17, at which tho county high ways will bo thoroughly discussed by ablo and Intelligent mon who nro on doavorlng to lay their wants boforo tho county court. Tho mooting is not for tho purpose of furthering tho lntorost in road building nlono, but to loarn tho ox- act condition in which tho districts nro regarding roads In need of ro pnlrlng and rands proposed. By hold ing tho rogulnr and gouoral moot- lngs, tho county court can dccldoi much bottor upon tho dlfforont wants of districts whoroln thore Is a rond to bo crontod at tho wish of somo and at tho opposition of others. . o . What Would You Do? In case of a burn or scold what would you do to rollovo tho pain? Such lnjurlos aro liable to occur in nny family and ovoryono should be propnrod for thorn. Chambornln'u Salvo applied on a soft cloth -will ro llovo tho pain almost instnnllj, r.ud uuioss tho Injury is a "WOlCO I WAS 111 tllO OlllCO. lvllllT nil thn ' nnn will nnnan Mm nilo l.nnl olll.. Moor. It was dark. My clothing was out leaving a scar. For saio by all .disarranged and torn. I managod to , good druKKlsts. Tho Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, in this city, is get ting busy today making preparations for paving. Duo to tho excessive rains of the pnst two woeks, the Btroot car company has not mndi nny hoadwny on their crossing nt tho Intorsoction of Trade and Commer cial stroots, and that section has boon almost lmpassablo for both toams and pedestrians. Thoro nro sovornl now crossings to bo Installed as yot, beforo the paving forco can go ahead with their work, which will not bo moro than a few days, It tho woath- or clonrs up. Tho Southorn Pacific Company is about dono with its nor tlon of tho preparatory work, haying worked Its mon rain or shlno. o OliKOI'ATUA. For noarly two thousand yoars it has boon common for mon to say re grotfully that-for a woman Anthony throw tho world away. Maybo it hao all boon sympathy wasted: 'Old Plu tarch wns not a bit sontlmontal, but his description of Cleopatra makes It reasonably cloar that tho woman had n moro masterful brain than tho man and with all a charm of womanhood woll nigh irresistible. Ho admits that thoro woro moro boautiful women but ho ndds: "Tho attraction of her porsons joining with tho charm of her conservation and tho- character that attondod nil Bho said and did, wns something bewitching. It wns a plonsuro moroly to hear the sound of hor volco, with which, Hko an Instru ment of many strings, sho could pass from ono langungo to another; so that thoro woro few of tho barbarous nations that sho answered by an In terpreter; to most of thorn sho spoke horoolf, as to tho Ethoplans, Iroglo dytls, Hobrows, Arabians, Syrians, Modes, Pnrthlnns and many whoso langungo sho had learnt." The rough Roman soldiers under her spell gave a world for her and thought tho price wns cheap. Goodwin's Weokly. o OHI8c9irn Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA The healthful properties of Grapes are conveyed to food by fW BAKING PO WDER Absolutely Pure The only Baking Powder Made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar ence Finer, More Wholesome Food Stiffened Corpse of Aged Butte (Cal.) Horse for 48 Hours. Farmer Drives t)NiTi:n muss t.KAsnn winn. Chlco, Cal., Nov. 30. After sitting lifeless for two days In the seat of a carriage, tho stiffened hands grasp ing the reins, tho body of Silas Stock- well, nn aged farmer of Butte, was takon to his homo today. The horse hltchod to Stockwell's light buggy ap- parently had wandered about the country for nearly 48 hours. When tourd by Stockwell's neighbors, it was cropping the grass in a pasture, I its master sitting upright in tho seat, ; col din death. Physicians who exam j ined the body declared the man had died from heart failure. 'FRISCO POLICE CAPTURE NOTED SAFE-CRACKER united muss i.vjasbd wins. San Francisco, Nov. 30. After a desperate struggle in the Lacey sa loon In Market street, during which several shots were fired, a snfe crack er giving the name of James Rogers Is a prisoner at tho city jail today. Patrolman E. Murphy discovered tho man kneeling before the saloon j safe, and working quietly in the I light of a bulls-eye lantern. Summon ing two other officers, Murphy en tered the room. , Immediately tho robebr extin guished the light and grappled with the first bluecoat he could reach. For more than ten minutes the men strug gled In the darkness, Rogers finally being overpowered and taken to tho station. A search of a room at an address he gave tho police revealed a complete set of burglar tools. A shoal of herrings is sometimes five or six miles long and two or three miles broad. A Skin el Beaiiff is a Joy Forever iL T. FEUX SODRAOD'S ORIENTAL CREAM OR MAGICAL BEAUTiFIER Removes Tin, Pimples, Freckles, Moth Patches, Rash, and Skin Diseases, ana every oiemisn on beauty, and tie flea detection. It has atood tbe test .of 60 years, and Is so' harmless we taste It to be sure It Is properly made. Accept no counter feit of similar name. Dr. L. A. Sayrs said to a lady of tb.e haut ton (a patient) : "As you ladles will use them, I recommend finuiriiiii'n Crenin' tJS the least harmful of all the Skin preparations." 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