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VOL. XX. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1010. No. 87. rliiifSLT BT Roosevelt Today Accepted Pin chot's Invitation to Deliver an Address Before National Conservation Convention. CONFER UNTIL MIDNIGHT Roosevelt Disappointed Because Frcsldcnt Taft Did Not Send an Emissary to Meet Him in Italy and "Present His Side of the Case' Looks Like Teddy Has Aus siinird X)iIico of Dictator, and "Wants to Boss His Successor. (By a Staff Correspondent of the United Press.) Porto Mnurizio, Italy, April 12. Theodoro Roosevelt today accepted Gifford Plnchot's invitation to de liver an address before the National Conservation Convention upon his re turn to America. Tho significance! of the acceptance is apparent. Tho conservation meeting ut which the former president will spealc will probably bo held in Kan sas City early in September. Conservation is one of the pet re sources of the former president. Clfford Plnchot Is his right bower in 'this work. Vinchot and Secretaiy of tho In terior Richard A. Balllnger ran afoul of ono another on questions of conservation. President Taft sup ported Balllnger and called for Pln chot's resignation. ' ' Bosovelt heard Plnchot's side of tho controversy and accepted his statements as true without waiting to hear from the other side. This is an indication that all his sympathies are with "Plnchot It is'daily becom ing more apparent that Roosevelt is going to learn other phases of the American political situation before he returns home. Tho report that Francis J. Heney, government pros ecutor, and Seth Bullock, federal of ficial and his Intimate friend, are to meet him in Europe bears out this conclusion. It If also evident that Roosevelt ls dlrnppolntprf that Tnft dlri not send an emissary to Italy to give-tho ndmhilstratiop's side of the contro versy aJ'houglr ho has no: said any thing. , . TJws acaeutanca- of Pinehot's lnvl-, tation Is regarded hero as Indicating that Roooeevelt still loves a fight, j Had ho wished to have avoided con-j trovarsles It is believed he would lmvo rofuged the Invitation. "Pinehot was In conference yesle day until midnight with Roosevelt. When he. left the Carew villa and roturnod to his hotel, Plnchot wore a broad smile. At 8 o'clock tiff morning ho. returned to the villa and later departed with Roosevelt for a long walk. As he loft Plnchot's voice had a significant ring when he said: "This Is certainly like old times. My walks with Colonel Roosevelt reminds me of strolls wo used to take in Washington." WRECKED THE NEWSPAPER MACHINERY Juneau, Alaska, April 1,2. Un known persons entered tho Dally Record office early yesterday morn ing and wrecked tho plant. Tho United States marshal's office be Haves it has Information today which will. lead to the arrant of the miscreants. 'Sledge hammers were used on tho suBSCRinnRS. If 'you got your paper by mall kindly watch the tag and sue when the time is up, and - remit promptly, or notify us to step the paper; otherwise bill -will be made for the time the papej- eerae after oxplrav lion of last payment. ono linotype machine, completely wrecking it. The newspaper pre? and job presses were also badly damaged and type cases wor? dumped on the floors and several forms "pled." The wreckers were frightened away before finishing the Job. The paper will be issued today on a 'Small press A. lit O'Brlon, the editor, is on tho steamer Cottage City, enroute to Seattle. . o Touched Wire Himself. Belllngham, Wash., April 12. Touching the same wire from which he was warning others, Oscar Brown, of this city, is dead today of electrocution. Brown was killed at tho Nooksack power plant. Ho was sot to watch a transform er to prevent anyone going near it. Ho was thero but a few minutes when Frank Lockwood, another em ploye, turned to speak to him and found him prostrate on the floor. Ho was dead. The superintendent was engaged in what is technically known as "drying out" a transform er. o SUPREME COURT HOLi)S THAT "COMMON FAME" IS GOOl ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN CASES OF THIS OLASs, AND SUSTAIN! THE LOWER COURT. Declaring that "whatever the rul may b.e in other jurisdictions, it I settled in this state that when a sec tioh is amended, 'so as to read as fol lows,' and the latter law sets forth th changes contemplated, tho parts o the old section that ns,.lncorporato in tho new are not repealed and re enacted, but are to be considered a a portion of the original, unless ther Is a clear declaration to the contrary, in the absence of which, It is only the additions made to tho original section that are to be Regarded as a new on actment," the supreme court today sustained the decision of the circuit court of Marion county in the case o the State of Oregon against Hattio McGInnis. History of the Cose. Hattie McGInnis, together with Dolllo Richie, nose Leland, Julia Downing and Emma Thomas, as the result of a reform crusade waged In the city, were inuioted by tho grnna Jury 'of the county,-charged with maintaining and conducting bawdy houetis. The case was. 'tried Jn the) circuit court and the, trial Jury ro turnd a verdlft of guilty against all of tfee defendants. 'The attorneys o the defendants, uarson Brown and Kaiser & Poguo", prosecuted an ap peal from the Judgment of the in forlor court to the supremo cou.rt of the state, and the lead to the preeo.t article Is a part of the decision riu dereU by that court this morning. Points Involved. The main contention raised by th defense in the case was that tke in ferlor court errefl In the admltiglon evidence of "common famo'," for ma purpose of proving nie charaator -f the houso conducted by tho women and also as to the tltlo of the houses. The original low on the subject of bawdy houses had been amended, and it was contended by the counsol for the defendants that tills amendment, not alone repealed the provisions of tho old law, but that it also repealed a rule of evidence applicable to if; and which provided tnat the reputu-' tlon of a bawdy house might be proved by "common famo" ovidencc, Applies , to PorsouK or Things. In the discussion of this question the suporlor court has tho following to say: "As the original section of tho act remained In force, notwith standing the amendment added other clanses, 'common fame,' which serves to establish the character of either a porson or a thing, was competent evi dence as to whether or not the houso in question was habitually used for tho purpose of prostitution," And discussing tne contention of the counsel for tne dofendaut this class of evidence couldfiot be Ipvokej for the purpote of proving poaewwloa er title to property' the eourt says: "Our statute coes not limit com-' wen fame' to the el behavior urc-i Faces His Duties With Confi dence that He Can Apply His Theories to Win the Admira tion and Respect of the World CUTS OUT THE MIDDLEMEN Says Monopoly Is Here Whether Wo Like It or Not "Tho Trouble Is tho Man Who Owns the. Tool Doo Not Uso It, and tho Man Who Use the Tool Docsn!t Own It So XV Must Have Public Monopoly In stead of Private Monopoly." Milwaukee, Wis., April 12. Emll Seidel, patternmaker, and Socialls mayor-elect of Milwaukee, has unlqu views that will set the professlona politicians by the ears, when he as sunies control of tho affairs of Wis consln's metropolis. Notwithstanding that he is today the idol and hope of all American So clallsts, tho little man Is undismayed by the responsibilities which confront him. He feels tho power of a deep conviction, and, despite his modest bearing, believes he can so construct and apply his theories as to compel tho respect and admiration of tho uiv believing. "Monopoly, as it exists today," he said, "is as crushing as the land feud allsm of tho middle ages only more so. Overlords of Today. "The overlord , of tho 'middle ages gave his subjects a bit of land for their own use. The industrial over lord of today doesn't allow his work men to own his own tools, and appro priates the profits of his labor, after paying him a wage for his labor. So the- situation has become just this The owner does not use the toof, and the user does not own the tool. Now we Socialists belieVe that tho tool and its protlt must be returned to tho user. The way, we think, is clear. "Monopoly is hero, whether wo llko it or not. We can't divide up tho tool piece by pieeo without destroy Ing It. So we Insist, on public monop oly of It Instoad of private monopoly and will beslii with tnose monopolle that oppress us tho most. CutH Out Middlemen. "If the city takes tho part of tho middle man In slaughtering Its.moa tills big profit will be clipped froii the present prohibitive prices. Its th same way with ice inul other nuceail ties, -'own to the cutting of burls prlr"(! when wo die. "V.'o don't raise campaign mone. through the corporations. Wo thk up a collection after a mass meeting and here lu Milwaukee we were th only body of men who could go aw from a moating, men If It were heh j in a saloon, wiljiout taking a drink. "Then there Isnt the Job-seeklng( with uc. During the five yoars I've been an alderman not ono comrad I has asked me for anything, and taey will not now. We Socialists are af ter something better than Jobs." ERS THREATEN TO STRIKE Spokane, Wash., April 12. Unless they receive a satisfactory reply to their ultimatum, demanding more, vailing In a bawdy house, and such phrase may be well employed to os tabllsh other averments of the indict ments with respect to tho ownership of property." While counsel for tho defendants would not stato positively that they would flic a petition for rehearing, U wae Indicated that sueh a course miKht be taken. BOARD better and cheapen food today, 120 boarders at the boys' dormitory at tho Washington state college, at Pull man, will probably, go on strike this afternoon. Ferry Hall is the home of more than 200 male students. They board In tho dining hall, oporatod on tho co operative plan. Tho number has gradually dwindled until there were only 120 left to sign the ultimatum yesterday. The substance of their letter follows: "Resolved, That wo, tho under signed, demand a better grado and greater variety of table fare; that kitchen holp and conditions be changed to eliminate preseilt waste, and that a monthly itemized statement be published, and bo it further "Resolved, That definite action bo taken In this mattor before tho ad journment of this meeting of tho board of regents, in failure of which, we, the undersigned, will sever our connection with tho collego dining hall." o INSTITUTE BOUGHT IT, AND WHEN VVSTHOEM HAD TWO TEETH PULLED HE HAD TO PAY DAMAGES FOR HEMOjr ING THEM FROM "THE INSTI TUTE'S SKELETON." Stockholm, April 12. Albert Vya- troem, who accepted a feo several years ago from the Royal Swedish Anatomical Instituto for possession of his skeleton after his death, and sub sequently met with a rewusal when ho sought to by himself back, appealed today from tho decision of tho lover courts, holding that tho purchaser has a right to his framework, which It need not relinquish unless ho chooses. Vystroom was destitute when he mado tho sale to the institute, but has since came Into a fortune. He ar gues that the agreement Is of a na ture to put a premium on murder, in case the purchaser should become lrn patlent to take possession and that, as such, it is contrary to public poli cy. The institute's management main tains that thero are peculiarities in Vystroem's construction which it de sires, in due season, to investigate (Continued on Pago 8.) For ;he first tlmo In the history of the city Salem will entertain the Washington and Oregon Lumber man's association, whloh is to hold its regular mooting hero qn Satur day at 10 a,. m April ICth. Tim meetings will ho. held at the Board of Trade rooms and at .13; 30 there vlli be an excursion over the. Salem, Dallafc, Falls City and Western rall lijiid. A PERIL OF THE VrSTROEM WANTS HIS SKELETON SALEM WILL PREPARE LUMBERMENS ASSOCIATION . RECEPTION AND EXCURSION : , Fairbanks Party Reaches Sum mit of Mt. McKinley, But Found No Record Left by Cook or Any One Else.' ONE PEAK WAS BARE ROCKS The Other Round nnd Covered With Snow Party Placed American Flag on tho Bnro Peak in n Monu ment of Stones It Took a Month of Hard Work to Make the Trip Front die Bnso of tho Mountain to the Summit Highest Peak In America. UNITED mESS LEASED Willi!. Soward, Alaska, April 12. A party of ten men from , Fairbanks who loft there last fall to climb Mount McKin ley and recover the records claimed to have been left on tho summit by Dr. Cook, Is reported 20 mllos from Soward, 'and will reach horo tonight. A message states that tho party was unsseccussful, but fails to stato whether they didn't Bucceed in reach ing the summit, or didn't recover tho records. This Story Is' PInin. Falrabanks, Alaska, April 12.- The top of Mt. McKinley was reached April 3 by the Fairbanks expedition No trace of tn ealloged records of Dr. Cook were found at tho summit, according to Thomas Lloyd, the lead oi of the expedition, who reached Fairbanks last night. It took a month to reach the high est peak of the mountain from its base. Lloyd's companions on tho perilous ascent were XV. R. Taylor, Charles McQonntgle and Dan Patterson. Thero wore six other men in tho par ty, out they wore left in charge of the four camps which were estab Hshod on tho way toward tho top of tho groat peak. According to Lloyd no trouble was experienced in making tho ascent for Mite Is tho largest association of manufacturers in tho northwost uni Urn business men of the city should I Urn out to moot them. There will urobably bo soma special ontortaln mnnt provided on their return. For ty firms are to bo represented and some of them operate from two tn live sawmills each and employ about 20,000 men. "CHANTECLER" HAT. v-Fox.in Chicago Evening Pot. the first, 13,000 feet. Tho next 4000 feet, however,'' were covered only af ter steps had been hown dit of a solid aheet-of ice. The final dash was made by the four men from tho last camp, which had been established at tho 10,0 00-foot level. Lloyd said tho mountain top Is made up of two wind-swspt peak of equal height. One peak is rounded and snow cov ered; tho other is a pile, of sharp rocks and bare. Tho climbers placed the American flag on the latter peak in a monument of stones gathered from the summit. Mount McKinley is tho highest mountain thus far discovered on the North American continent.' o PARTY OF TURNER1TES IN ALBERTA COUNTRY A party of Turner citizens, com- hort McKav. Canh Cornelius. Martini Nicoly and several others, aro in tho Alborta country, and, after examina tion, if tho country looks good to them, will go thero to locate. SUPREME COURT SAYS STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSION ERS HAD AUTHORITY TO CLOSE WlLLAMETiE AND CLACKAMAS TO SALMON FISHING. in a decision roudered this morn Ing lu tho caso of the Portland FIbIi Company against Governor F. W. Bonson and others constituting tho" State Board of x ish Commissioners, the supreme court sustained tho ac tion of the board in tlio Issuance of an order closing the Willamette' nnd Clackamas rivers to salmon fishing presslon of tlio country's commerce, from March 1, 1910, to May 1, 1910, 1 such as Is carried in the devious and theroby made the legislation on language and is tho hidden purpose tho subject of salmon llshlng In tho of this measure. Colural river and Its tributaries in "Yet if we pause to Inquire, If wa tho states of Oregon and Washington aro not convinced beforehand that of a uniform character. wo should vote for this legislation Board Had Authority. without investigating tho conditions Prior to tho last session of tho leg- with which it deals without oven be lslaturo tho fish commissions of tho I Ing Informed of tho rensonB that two states hold a conference, and at controlled in framing it, we are ac lt they agreed that laws should bejeused of giving aid aud comfort to adopted by tne two states closing tho. tho onomy, denounced as traitors to Columbia river and Its tributaries to tho republican party and threatened; salmon fishing from March 1, 1910 to '"with tho administration's dlspleas- May 1 of each year. The Washing ton loglslaturo enacted such a law, but when tho Oregon legislature en acted a law on tho subject tho word "tributaries" was Inadvertently loft out,' nnd this loft tho Willamotto and Clackamas rlvorw opon to fishing. It becamo ovjdont to tho .board df fish commissioners that unless these streams wore closed Just tho ttome as PQWOr which the bill conferred on tho Columbia, that tho ilshermen j f attqcnay-genernl, LoFolIetta would swarm from It over to them (.continued. It Is desirable to consider and It was i also, feared that thBiwlt cgnstrueMon might be placed Washington people would oceuee tlie!" M"1 on sections allowing the people of Oregon of had fnlth, nnd ! railroads acquire the stooks qf decline to enforce ttw law passed on t'lther roads and form combinations, the subject, and that .. some aotlon To Illustrate what might be expected must be tnkon, . . ja Follette called attention to the, Relying on the old statute for its "notary of the New York, New Haven authority, tho board Issued an order making the season for salmon fishing tho samo on tho WJllametto and Clackamas as the Columbia, and nu action was then commenced by the Portland Fish Company for tho pur pose of toetfng the law. and the- su preme court this morning ruled against nil questions .alaml by the company, and uphold tho law. o- MHH. JOHN fiANTHNHHIN DIED THIS MOItNI.Vfi Mrs. Manila Oantenbeln, wife of John'Gante'nbdln, au employe of tho Standard Liquor Company, dlod this morning at 7:30 aftor un illness of but five days, from blood poisoning. Sho was born in Salom, and was 34 years old April o, and her maiden namo was Mamlo Folks. She loaves a son aged 14 yoars, and a mother, brothor and slstor. all residing in M lem. Tho funeral will be conducted Thursday at 2 p. m., from tho Olotigh undertaking parlor, Rev. P. S. Knight conducting tho services. Burial In the Odd Follows cometory. Mrs. Oantonboin was beloved by all who knew her, and leaves, besides her bo- reaved family, a large eirel of friends to mourn her untimely dnih. IS BITTER LaFollette Makes Fierce Attack on President Taft's Railroad Bill and Roasts Attorney General Wickersham "A RAID ON PUBLIC RIGHTS" Ho Calls It, "And tho Boldest Hold in tho Form of Legislation tho High binders of Big Business Ever Suc ceeded in Forcing on tho Consider ation of Congress" Says "Wicfccr shatn Was Attorney for Financial Interests." i: UNITED rSESS UOASED WHU9, Washington, April 12. -Senator LaFollotto today, in a "scorching speech In tho senate, denounced tho Taft administration and chargod bad faith In tho preparation of lb.6 rail road regulation bill. Ho declared that Attornoy-Gonoral Wickershara In abandoning tho prosecution of tho groat railroad merger in Nov England had betrayed tho public. Spoaklng on the president's rail road bill, LaFollette said: "Tho bill is tho boldest raid upon public right In the" form of legisla tion on this subject, the highbinders of big business over succeeded In forcing upon the serious considera tion dt congross.' "Never before has any ono under taken sorlously to aslc congross for a charter for ; nohopolliiatlon and op- uro. ' "Men who grow gray fighting bat tles for tho republican party are not obliged to ha'fo tholr republicanism certified by an attornoy-gonoral who until recontly was. known, as an at tonjoy for 'big lousiness and 'finan cial lntorost8 Jn Now York." In view, of tho large and extonslvo & Hartford suit brought in New England in 1908. Tho suit was brought ,tq .ed. a merger in which the. Newr Haven roa. sought to o,QquJr0 flthor New England roads, principally in Massa (musette, bt having linos In other Htatof). Under Roosevelt's admlnls- tratlon, La Folletto said, tho suit had beon vigorously prosecuted. As soon as Wlokersham can e in with the Taft administration, however tho re was a chnnga, he deolnrod. Wtckersham after considering the oue, dlsmlssod it. Tho dismissal, LaFollette declared, was on the ground that Massachusetts bad passed a law permitting mergers, and Massachusetts was tho state principally affected. LaFollotto contended that ship pors throughout thu country were affected beoauso thoy have to pay freight rates on Massachusetts mado goods. "O ' DIED. HARI'OOL. At the Salem hospital, Sunday, April 10. 1910. Norman llarpool, aged 00 years. The deceased was an old resident of Marlon county, aud, previous to hU last Illness, had been au ituaata of the county poor farm for some time. 4