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SCIO SPECIAL EDITION OF THE DAILY CAPIATL JOURNAL "MAKERS OF OREGON" SERIES, WITH REVIEW OF INDUSTRIES AND RECORD OF DEVELOPMENT ON PAGE THREE. 4. VOL.' XX. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1010. No. 04. MURDERED MAN WAS A BANKRUPT Mrs. Sayler Says Fr-ncial Troubles Had Causv?. Her Husband to Worry Uv He Became Partially Insatf HAD HATCHET UNDER COU, ISrokeu Down by the Strain of the ' Trial nml the Hisses of the Specta tors, Mrs. Sayler Lies on Cot in Jail Hospital Tells for First Time ' the Way Husband Was Killed. UNITED mKSS LEASED WIItD. Watseka, 111,, March 1C. Mrs. J. B. Sayler, on trial jointly with Dr. William A. Miller and John Grunden vfor the murder of her banker hus band, today broken by the! strain of tho trial, and the hisses of the spectators who have filled the court room, lies on a cot In the hos pital cell of the county Jail. Thero she talked brokenly with , Mrs. Miller, wife of the man who Is accused of having killed Sayler. She spoke of tho killing and of the events on the night of the murder. Then turning to Mrs. Miller she de clared her husband knew of her friendship for Dr. Miller. "It is a wicked He,' she sobbed, "to say that there was ever anything improper in my friendship ,for Dr. Miller. John Sayler knew that. Ho knew that our friendship was platonlc and pure, just as my friendship, with Peter Woast was platonlc. My' hus band sent me to Europe with Weast. My husband requested mo to go. Wo stayed several months. My husband did not object, bemuse he had no rea son to object." . Weast is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Cayl'Jr. She said" he had bought clothes for her, and paid her daugh ter's tuition while at a young ladles seminary at Onarga, 111. Then for the first time Mrs. Sayler Salem's Greatest Store Is the Chicago Store, because we do the greatest. volume of busi ness. Why do we dothe greatest volume of business? Because we have the new, seasonable goods the people want, all the time, at the right prices. New Spring Dress Goods Why is It that the Chicago Store does such a great Dress Goods business? Because wo only show the latest and new est goods at prices that are In everybody's reach 20,000 yards of this season's newost Dress Goods to choose from, of the latest and newest fabrics; yard 2Sc, 35c, Vjc, 75c and dp. CHICAGO STOR SALEM, OREGON The Store That Saves You Money intimated that the real cause of the quarrel that led to tho killing of Sayler was financial worry. Mrs. Sayler declared that her hus band was a bankrupt, but that he had kept the matter secret. She said that it preyed on his mind until he was almost insane. It was this worry, she said, that made her husband un like himself. He became insanely Jealous. It was in one of these fits of Jealousy, she declared, that Sayler entered their home on the night of July llr quarreled with Miller, at tacked him with a hatchet and was shot to death. "If it had not been for this trouble," she said, "I would have had a $5000 touring car this spring." Mrs. Sayler made this statement af ter she told how she had secured $500 from Weast at her husband's request to help him in one of his financial deals. Then sno repeated the story she told in the only statement she has made for .the papers slnco the shoot ign. She told how her husband came into the room where she, her father nd Dr. Miller were sitting; how he joke angrily to Miller and then took a hatchet from, beneath a couch In the corner of tho room and attacked Mil ler. She said sho ran from the house and later heard the shots which end ed her husband's life. After some minutes, when she returned to the house, she said, her husband was dead. "I can't believe that they think of hanging me,' she said, after telling of her husband's death. "A merciful God will not let them strangle me to death because my husband, in un founded Jealousy, forced anoiher man to kill him In self-defense." FOUND A Journal man on his way to the depot this morning found a cat. Now stray cats, or lost cats are not so much of a rarity as to mako the finding of one an event worth a newspaper item, but in this particu lar case the cat was In a box, nicely wrapped up that Is the box .was and partly filled with hay this also applies to the box and had evident ly been dropped from some one's buggy. With tho deslro to restore tho feline to the bosom of its owner, so' to speak the Journal prints this Item, for it is a case where" the cat can't come back." Phone 672, or call at Journal office If it Js your cat, and you can take it away. A CAT Wonderful Values in New Tailored Suits, One-piece Suits and Millinery The rapid buyjng In those depart ments by close intelligent buyers will show you in a minuto tho store that Is entitled to your patronage. We i are selling the goods, and lots of them, and that is the proof that the styles and prices are right. Stylish Silks For Suits and Waists We are selling more silks right hero In Salom than In big city stores. Send to Portland for samples, then come here and we will beat the price you can get. Remember we are exports in the silk business, and we stand back of every place of silk we sell for wear and guaran teed low prices. 10.000 yards to select from, and auy prlc you wish, from 25c up. TAFT SETS i OLITICIANS THINKING Starts on 2500-Mile Trip Visiting Chicago and Inci dentally Will Do Some Polit ical Talking in New York. TO MAKE THREE SPECHES Will Dine With Governor Hughes, and Will Probably Indorse Stand Taken by Him and Senator Root Tarty leaders Fcnr This Will Lengthen and Widen tho Party Split. Washington, March 16. Presi dent Tnft began an eight-day trfp ol 2,560 miles todav when he loft Washington for Chicago, and oU tlclans are Intensely Interested in the journey because he will swing back through New York and make three speeches In that state, which just now Is in a seriously compli cated political situation. Whether the president will seek to pour oil upon the troubled wa ters, or come out flatly In favor" of the reforms endorsed by Governor Hughes and Senntor Root, is a sub ject of speculation. The first speech In Now York will be in Rochester and then he will pro ceed to Albany, the state capital and scene of the present legislative graft inquiry, and general political mix up. In view of the recent open clash between the state republican organi zation on one side, and Governor Hughes, Senator Root and their fol lowers on tho other, the announce ment that the president is going to enter the arenit in person aroused In tense Interest here'. Taft let It be known that he In tends to talk politics while he is in New York and Intimated that what ho will say will' bo worth recording. The recent events In the political situation in New York are looked upon here as of great national Im portance, especially to the Republl can organization. The split In tho party In the empire states Is a ser ious matter at this time to the con gressmen who hope to be re-elected next fall. The recent victory of the old or ganization represented by Timothy L. Woodruff in electing Senator Cobb as leader of tho state senato. over tho direct opposition of both Hughes and Root; arid after Root had sent an open telegram from this city caused the stock of tho "organ ization" to rise. Dehlnd the present struggle Is the long standing enmity of tho "organ- izationmen ' for Governor Hughes, who, after his first election, refused to take advice from the leaders. The recent prnft exposures and tho trial of State Senator AHds, with the governor demanding a thorough, far-reaching inquiry, has complicat ed tho situation. Taft will take lunchenn with Gov ernor1 Hughes next Sunday and somf observers here bellevo that he wjll make a flat declaration In favor ot the attitude takon by the governor and Root. Others bollevo that In the Interest of harmony, ho wll! seek to pacify the warring elements of the party. The first stop on tho trip will bo mado In Chicago, whore tho presi dent will Jo'n the'celebratlon of St. Patrick's da ywltlrthe Irish Fellow ship club. Ho will leave Chicago tomorrow .night for Rochester whore ho will arrlyo Friday afternoon. Ho will speak at tho Chamber ot Commerce dinner arranged In his honor that evening. On Saturday, he will ar rive In Albany and there will mako the speeches, which are looked upon as the moat lniportnnt fonturo of tho trip. After taking lunchoon with Gov ernor Hughofl on Sundny. ho wMI leave for Nw Haven. Conn., via New York, and on Monday will at tend the mooting of the Ynlo Cor poration. Ho then will proceed to Prov! dence, whore he will deliver an ad dross. Ncvt Tliiirp'ay morning he will ar rlvo In New York and will take lun choon with Henry Clews, the banker and writer on financial topics. ( He will leave New York Tuesday night for Washington and will bo In his office here on tho morning of Thursday. March 24. LAVS OBJECT St. Petersburg. Marh 10, Thai a storm of protect agalnet the Russo-Japanese alliance, hinted at by diplomatist, in believed certain to eome when the completion of nego tiations are aunouueed. The foreign officer today diplo ma icallv evaded any (u lenient re tarding Mi" actual existence of ne Kotnttiuhs but unofficial dispatcher from Japan declare that tho alliance has been completed. These dispatches have boon suffi cient to ralso a popular clamor against tho alliance that shows that any official announcement hore is certain to bring trouble for the offi cers of the foreign department. Tho masses ot tho people, still bitter over tholr defeat In tho war In the far Hast and holding a lasting enmity for tho Japanese, are strong ly opposed to. any "understanding" between the two- powers. It Is feared that tho situation will bo seized upon by leaders of revo lutionary parties to stir up still fur ther discontent which may end In a new reign of terror. o GOVERNOR OSES SOFT LANGUAGE It Would Have Been "Liar" on His Native Heath up at Sitka, Alaska, but Is "Misstator of Facts." TOO HOT FOR RECORD Said the Committee When It Refused to Put Wlekcrsliiun's Letter on Flic "Dirty Old Democrat" Is One Personal Description and "Worthless White Trash" Another Used In the Letter. UNITED ME88 LEtSED WIBE.l Washington, March 16. "Betray er of confidence," "Turncoat" and "Misstator of facts" are among the epithets exchanged today by former Governor Hoggatt and delegato Wlckersham of Alaska in a hearing before the houso committee on. ter ritories which was considering tho Wlckersham bill for a new form ot Alaskan Government. During the hearing Hoggattlfn- slsted on reading a letter written to him when he was governor, by Wlckersham, then on tho bench. In the letter Wlckersham praised Hog gatt and opposed any change in tho form of the Alasknn government. The letter wns marked "In confl dence" and Wlckersham objected to Its being read. Hoggatt declared that the "confidenco" was outlawed slnco Wlckersham was no longer a Judge. The latter attacked a number of prominent Alaskans calling ono man prominent in the affairs of the terri tory a "dirty old Democrat" and an other "worthless whlto trash." After the letter was read the com mlttee decided it wns too "hot" to be put on record. A sub committee was appointed to blue pencil refer onces to the Alasknn citizens at tacked. In his argument before tho com mittee Hoggatt accused Wlckershan. of facing squarely about in his "change of government idea." Hog gatt charged that Wlckersham was trying to misrepresent him to the peoplo and to tho president in the matter. UNITED I'KESS I.BiRBD WIBE. Lisbon, March 1G. Twonty-thref members of the crow and passengers of tho emigrant ship Amlgo, which foundered yesterday, aro known to have been saved. It Is estimated that at least 40 were loBt. The Identity of tho foundered ves sel was learned hore today from sur vivors who had been taken from life boats by passing steamers and brought to this port. The survivors say that tho Amlgo wont down whllo enrouto from the Axores. They aro sure that fully two scores of persons must have been drowned. t united rusaa uiatn wiu, Seattle. Hush., March 10. "Rush 30 cats, boxed. Immediately." When the proprietor of tho Hotel Stevens received ho above message from bis cousin. Harry Donaghuo of berduen. he obeyed orders strictly. He enlU ed several bellboys and newsboys and noon had the required number of felinos. Today Donughue arrived In Seat tle to protest. I don t xt tin! a practical Joke," said the Aberdeen man, "but that waa uarrying it loo far." Slovens fished up a tattered tele K in in and handed it over. "Great Scott!" said Donnghue. "What I wauted -waa cote cots. Didn't you know the good roads con vention whs being held in Aberdeen and we Here short of beds" FORTY DROWN IUSSIA HER OL SPY GAM Installs Branches of Its Espion age System in Copenhagen and Stockholm, to Watch Finnish Politicians. BOTH COUNTRIES ARE SORE Denmark nnd Sweden Aro Indignant Over Czar's Autocratic Action and Diplomatic Troubles Arc Growing Travelers Complain of Thcl Baggage llcing Searched and Fnpers Taken From Hotel Rooms, Copenhagen, March 1C. Russia's establishment of secret police bu reaus hero and at Stockholm to watch Finnish politicians on their journeys abroad threatens diplo matic trouble between tho Danish nnd Swedish governments on ono side and the St. Petersburg foreign offices on the other. Offense Is taken at Russia's Instal lation of branches of Its espionage system In the two capitals without asking tho consent of tho Danish or Swedish governments. Tho socrot agents simply made tholr nppeor nnco hero and at Stockholm. They have been Identified as such and they aro maintained without a word of explanation to the authorities of tho cities In which they aro located. The agents' interference with Fin nish travelers In Denmark and Swo den has also been so open as to cause serious embarrassment. Sev eral persons havo complained of tho disarrangement of their papers la hotel rooms and of the overhauling of their luggage on trains and boata in Danish and Swedish territory. It is certain tho secret agents were tho offenders. Both in Donmnrk and Sweden thero is much popular sympathy with Finland's struggle to retain its Independence and that workers in this cause should bo harassed when outside either Russia or their own land, is arousing a feeling of intense indignation. The Russian court makes no so- cret of the fact that it wants to keep an eyo on Finns abroad hocauso it suspects them of working for for eign protests against tho Russian policy toward Finland and perhaps of organized armed resistance against it. TO DECIDE SUIT OF HANLKY AGAINST MED FOR RIGHT OF WAY FOR WATHR MAINS ARGUED 1 IK FORE SUPREME COURT TODAY After occupying during Its courso of legal proceduro tho attention of two different circuit judges, aiso tho attention at one time of tho govornor of the state, the well-known caso of M. F. Hanloy against the city of Med ford, ot al., wns submitted to tho su porlor court for decision today, and tho greater portion of tho day was oc cuped by tho court In listening to tho argumonts by tho attorneys. Right of Way Question Involved. Tho caso dates back to tho yoar 1908, when tho city of Medford sought to secure a right of way across the land of M. F. Hanloy for tho pur pose of laying down a plpo line and securing certain water rights for a water system which It was Installing. Tho city had entered Into a contract with Hanloy to pay liirn $26,000 for the right of way, but afterwards de cided to secure it choapor, and, look ing to this end, amended its chnrtor so that It could commenco condemna tion proceedings against him. Those proceedings wore Instituted before Judge llaniia, of Jackson county, nnd ho was asked to tlx tho amount to cover tho reasonable damages to tho land because of tho right of way sought, but ho ruled that the legal procedure was not In conformity with law, and decided adversely to the city The next move on the part of the city was to take that proceduro usu ally resorted to by Irrigation com panies that of bucking up Its action In condemning land, by bonds, but Judge Hanna again ruled against tho city. He wns next requosted by the city to call a special jury for tho trial of tho caso on Its merits. Affidavits wore filed in support of tho request showing the city was threatened by an opldomlc of typhoid fever, and that It was suffering In many other respects because of a good water sys tem, but Judge Hanna declined to call tho jury, contending that tho elty imu not shown due (Diligence in avail ing Itself of Its day In court. Governor Takes Hand. The city then made a similar show AT RIGHTS OF THE CITY ing boforo. tho county court, and asked It request tho govornor to ap point a Judgo to try tho case, nnd, after bolng put In possession of tho proceedings before tho county court and the affidavits In connection with it he appointed Judge Coko, of the second Judicial district to try tho caso. Judgo Coko called tho sp.eclal jury, which heard the case, and gavo tho city a right of iway, and awarded Hanloy damages to the amount of $600. Void Says Hnnley. After entering tho decreo by Judge Coke, Hanloy Immediately commenced proceedings under Judgo Hanna tor romovo the cloud from the title of his land, which had been created by tho Judgment entered by Coko, upon the ground that tho decreo was void. Ho set out In his complaint that tho rep resentations made to tho county court woro fraudulent and false, nnd also that neither tho governor, nor tho officer he appointed Judgo Coke hnd any authority to call a special term of court, and also asked for the issuance- of an injunction against the city restraining it from lnylng the pipes of Its water system across the land. In tho prosecution of this action before Judgo Hanna ho was success ful, but from tho decreo entered an appeal was taken by the city to thp supremo court. One of tho main con tentions of Hanley on appeal, besides tho Invalidity of tho Coko decree, is that whatever benefits the city reaped by reason of it were secured by fraud, and that a litigant who comes Into a court of equity seeking relief must come with clean hands, and that therefore tho city in this case Is not entitled to an appeal. JURY FAILED TO AGREE Tho jury empaneled to try tho caso of tho stato of Orogon against the Corvallls & Enstorn Railroad company at Albany, reported to tho presiding judgo that it was unable to arrlvo at a verdict last night at 11 o'clock, nnd It was discharged. It is stated that a poll of tho jury showed that it stood 11 for convic tion and one for acquittal. Tho case was brought by tho Ore gon Railroad commission for tho purposo of penalizing the road for Its failure to obey certain orders Is sued by tho commission In tho Im provement of depot facilities at Ly ons. Tho stntuto provides that in cases of that kind tho railroad com pany may bo penalized for a sum not In excess of $10,000 and Attorney General Crawford Instituted a suit for that amount. Whother tho enso will bo tried over again could not today bo icarnca touay. THE BARBER FOUND HIS BROTHER unitlt) ruses leased wine. Valley, Oregon, March 1C. After being separated for moro than 17 yoars, H. L. Rose of this city and C. H. Rose of Salem City, Idaho, are onjoylng a reunion today at tho for mer s home. . C. H. Roso is a harbor. Yester day a heavily beardod stranger on tered his shop and climbed Into tho chair. As Roso scraped away at tho two weeks' growth of beard, the faco beneath it appeared to grow laminar. When half of tho customer's faco had boon shaved, tho harbor omitted a whoop and accused tho customer of being his brothor. Recognition then was mutual. After a few in in utes of excited talk, while Bovornl othor customors waited, C. H. lath ered tho unshaved half of II. L.'G faco and finished the Job. WILL NOT MIX UP IN NICARAGUA UNITED rBKSS LBAflM) ffllB. Washington, Murch 10. Tho an swer of tho United States to tho ap peal of tho Estrada faction for In tervention slnco tho crushing dofont of the provisional army near Mana gua, caino today whon the cruiser Buffalo sailed for Panama, taking tho marines who had boon enmpod on an Island In Fonscca bay. The doparturo of tho Hurrulo marks the clouo of tho demonstra tion made by the United States fol lowing appeals of American citizens for protection nfter Loroy Cannon and Leonard Groco had been exe cuted by officors of Prnsldont 55o- laya. Slnco Zeluyu fled front tho country nn doflnlto attltudo has been taken by tho state department In Nlcarn- guun affairs. Towards President Madrlz, now acting head of tho Nlcaraguan gov ernment tho department has not In tlnutod Its fdellng. It is believed Secretary Knox has decided to swuU development, and that any chance of Amerloan intervention In favor of provisional President listru da has passed. HE WODLD RUN WELL IN AFRICA Great Crowds of Natives Swarm the, Streets of Khar toum All Anxious to Touch the Hand of Col. Roosevelt. SURROUNDED BY GUARDS. Visits' tho Batlefleld of. Omdurman nnd Is Entertained by SI a tin Paehn Who Told the Story of His Impris onment 12 Years Ago Roosevelt Colls Him Most Interesting Man I Have Ever Met." (Dy Staff Correspondent of the Uni ted Presa. Khartoum, March 16. Thero waa no rest for Colonel Theodore Roose velt today. Early this morning he started on tho trip to the Omdurman battle field. The journey was mado In a boat. When tho party arrived, Col onel Hutchinson, dressed In a pic turesque uniform, and surrounded by a party of officers and shleks, ex tended a hearty wolcomo. Tho visitors, headed by tho Col onol woro conducted' about the bat tlefield. Numerous othor points of Interest woro vlBlted. Tho trip to this city was then mado. Upon tho return here,- Colonel Roosoleyt was mot by Slatln. Pashas tho inspector general, who conduct ed the party to thev house wherp ho was Imprisoned during the whrli years ago. Crowds of natives swarmed In the stroota and nfter tho party,, causing, tho police moro trouble than on yes terday. Tho throngs tried many tlmes to reach Colonel Roosevelt, many of the natives being possessed" of a great deslro to touch hlg hand or clothing. Tho guards had to form1 a solid' lino about the party constantly and' woro forced to open tho way ahead by forcing tho people back, x Roosevelt was in' fine spirits aud" apparently enjoyed ho day. Tho crowds were In good humor too and choerol him whenovor ho ap peared. Tho efforts to reach him wero all mado In. tho spirit of en thusiastic admiration. Slatln told tho colonel the detai's of his life during the long Imprison ment. Roosevelt was intensely in terested, and expressed warm ad miration. "This la tho most Interesting man I have men since I 10ft the United States," declared tho Colonel. SMITH WAS RE-ARRESTED A. D. Smith, who was convicted ot robbing tho Hinges Jewelry store hero, and ordored discharged by tho Biipreme court yesterday, was liber ated by Deputy Sheriff Esoh at 2 o'clock this afternoon, but hfs Hbor ty wus of short duration on account of United States Marshal Rood and a deputy, sorvlng a warrant on h!n nt tho Jail door and arresting him on tho charge of frndulent use of tho U. S. malls. Tho officors too;. Smith to tho Oregon Electric depot lmmodlntoly and, boarding a north bound car, left for Portland, whore Smith will faco this now charge in tho fodornl court. Notwithstanding tho iz months spent in tho county jnll, Smith looks oxcoptlonally well nnd ho appeared pleased at his re loaso In spite of tho fact that he was not yot a liberty. united rnrss uuticc wisx.J Havre, March 16. Wreckage from tho dutch steamer Prlnz Wll lem II was picked up off nolle Isle today and confirms tho belief In ma- rlno circles that the steamer was wrecked and that Its passengers and crow have been lost. The Prln& Wlllom sailed from Amsterdam for tho West Indies and Now York, Jnn uary 21. Thero wore 62 perBona, passongors nnd crow, aboard. Nothing was heard of tho vessel after it sailed nnd because of the rough weather it was known the ship must have encountered on tlm trip, fears for Its safoty woro onter- talned. The finding of tho wreckage todav shatters tho hope that the vessel may nave boon merely diaahled and boon ablo to live out the rough seas. A eearoh in thfl neighborhood of' thp noaung wrookage will be made in the hope ot finding something more definite concerning the fate of the vessel and the persona who sailed on her.