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
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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." For sale by all druggists and Fancy.
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PRIZES 1
IN ALL
All Contestants not winning prizes
be five per cent on all money turned In
by them during tho contest,
LIST OF PRIZES
Capital Prize 5-PassongGr 1910 Ford
Touring Car.
Grand Prizos Throe of these $425 Eil
crs Pianos, ono in oadi district.
Three $100.00 Diamond Rings, one, -in
each district.
Three Beautful Gold Watches, one in
each district.
Throe Six Months' Scholarshps in the
famous Holmes Business College of
Portland (Oregon's best school.
THE $425.00 EILERS STYLE "CONSERVATORY"
Cut from Photo
GIVEN AWAY
Three of !
These Elegant j
Pianos S
On Dec. 1 8, ?09
by the
Capital Journal
in
the
Popular
Contest
Voting
Hustle Is the Word
Bought of the EilersIPiano House, Portland, and On Display at Buren & Hamilton's, Salem
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