VOL. XX,
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1010.
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BEAUTIFUL
Great Tank Containing 400,
' 000 Barrels of Oil Exploded
. and the the Great Contained
Was for Hoars a Fountain of
Fire.
RIVER OF FIRE A MILE LONG
Burning Oil Poured . Over Santa Fc
Tracks and Formed, in Blazing
Pools bracks Were,. Out of Com
.mission Explosion Saved Prob'
ably 200,000 Barrels of Oil As It
Wow Out tho Burning Oil and Also
the Fire.
UNITED MESS LEASED WIItB.J
San Pablo, Calif., April 22.
With the exception of a- number of
, burning pools of oil which flowed
over the tracks of the Santa Fe and
blocked tlfo line, the oil tank flro
which for some time yesterday
threatened destruction to -the $3,
. 000,000 Standard oil plant, Is extin
guished today.
Standard oil officials state that
these scattorcd Arcs will bo put out
before night.
According to superintendent
Dimm, 200,000 barrels of oil wore
consumed. The loss Is estimated
approximately at $150,000.
Santa Fe officials state that tho
railroad tracks which' were de
stroyed by the flaming oil will be re
paired within two or three days
And while it lasts we are going to be in the front ranks with our big 12-inch cannonid
dling prices to pieces, .
Owing to the Financial f
Condition of o'ur competitors
price-cutting war.
This 20 Is Only 'a Bait
To try and make trade for these sjow institutions, and retard the wonderful growth of the
Chicago Store,
Figure Out the 20l You
Get elsewhere ,then come here and see how much more you can get for your dollar,
Prices talk,
Best Standard
SSc and'$l, Fine Dress Silks,
7Sc Wool Dress Goods, yd
8 X-3c Crash
Ladies Suits, Coats, Shirt Waists,
store at the same cut prices
The
Greater
Chicago S
At prosont tho Santa Fo trains
ore being detoured over tho South
ern PacIJlc tracks, and aro running
only a few ininutes behind schedule
Tho flro was one of the most spec
tacular seen in this vicinity for
years.
Last night the otf in the big 400,
000 barrel tank exploded and bathed
tho sides of tho container In u
stream of falling fire which bubble
over the sides, and flowed for a r (JjV
across tno country, uorore f
men were able . to stay It- " ..resa
by hastily ibuilt embar-'
Tho explosion'1 sav6v .i remaind
er of the oil In the tank, as It threw
all tho Heated, and burning oil from
tho interior. ' "
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Mrs. Lofths Acquitted.
UNITED ritUaU LEASED WlflEj- 1
Moscow, Idaho, ' April 22. "Not
guilty" was the verdict of tho jury in
the . case against Mrs. Laura Lof tus,
who admitted she shot her husband
last Deceniber'.'wlth 'a shotgun near
Troy, this county,, after a violent quar
rel.
Mrs. Loftus lyed with her husband
on a farm. , v
According to testimony adduced' at
the trial the couplo had many'quar
rels, anjtj. on the night of the killing
Loftus returned from town and throw
his wife out of tho cabin. She re
turned to the house, seized a shotgun
arid killed Loftus as hp stood in the
doorway. The plea of the defense
was temporary insanity.
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Twenty-Six 'Bodies Recovered.
UNITED TIIESS LEASED WISE.
Birmingham, Ala., April "22.
Twenty-six bodies have been recov
ered from the Mulga mine where an
explosion occurred late Tuesday.
Rescuers entered the ralno today and
the bodies were brought out. One
miner known to have been in tho
mine at the time of the. accident is
still missing.
The rescuers yesterday attempted
to enter the mine, but though thoy
were equipped with oxygen helmets,
they wero driven back by the gaRes
that formed after the explosion. The
mine ws cleared by tho fans and the
rescue party entered early today.
and their 20 per cent sales, wo
Calicoes, yd
Toweling Yard,
Men's Clothme
The Store that Makes the
0 'Te" TMI0
Miss Pearl Kellar's.. Testimony
Conflicts With Her Deposi
tion Under Cross-ExaminationJudge
Stands by Her.
DESCRIBED DEATH THROES
Prosecutor Conkling Says He Will
Have Grand Jury Investigate the
Matter of Defense Procuring , the
Grand Jury Notes Miss Kcllar's
Jegtlinony; Is Stronglyin Favor' of
Prosecution, and Conflict Is Not
Material. "
KansasiClty, Mo., April 22.' Pros
ecutor Colliding announced ' today
,that he had discovered' enough con
nection between the disappearance
of the notes of tho grand Jury In'the
Swope murder case and their posses
sion by the attorneys for Dr. B. C.
Hydo, tho defendant, to warrant a
grand Jury investigation.
Miss Pearl Kellar, Colonel
Swope's nurse, whoso testimony is
strongly for tho prosecution, contin
ued on the witness stand toJay.
After giving her direct testimony
she was. severoly cross-examined by
attorneys for the defense. Her storv
was apparently unshaken by the or
deal. Miss Kellar described in detail ths
death throes of Colonel Swope, Tho
most noticeable difference in her
testimony under cross examination
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was that she denied that sho pre
viously had tcstilicd that slio gavo
Colonol Swopo a strychnine tonic
three tlmos a day.
Her deposition hitherto taken,
showed that she had given Swopo
the tonic.
Sho attempted to reconcilo her
two statements and Walsh Insisted
upon direct answers to his questions,
Judge Latshaw interfered and
told tho attorney that tho witness
should be treated with tho courtesy
usually accorded a woman. Walsh
objected to the remark of tho court,
saying that Judge Latshaw was
hedging him in his cross oxamlna
Uon." In tho course of cross-quos-
tlonlng by Walsb, tho stato's attor
ney objected to questions and tho
court sustained every objection
Judgo Larshaw Interrupted tho ex
nmlnation of the witness frequently
to give Miss Kellar tlmo to reflect
before answering and to explain- hir
answers.
Undertaker Ott proved a good wit
ness for tho defense, his testimony
conflicting with that of Miss Kellar
in two Important details.
He said that water used In wash
lng tho arm of Colonel Hunton had
been poured into a Jar with the
blood that was let from Hunton's
arm by Dr. Hydo and that tho liquid
might have been tho blood which
Miss Kellar has testified, measured
two quarts.
He also said that Dr. Twymnn
and not Dr. Hyde controlled tho lot
ting of tho blood. Ho testifled that
Dr. Twyman and not Dr. Hydo hold
the threads that closed the vein and
by pulling them at any tlmo could
have closed it Ott was present
when tho blood letting operation
was performed on Hunton.
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CAPITAL CITY HAS THE CALL
AND THE STREETS ARE CROWD
ED WITH HOME SEEKERS AND
INVESTORS.
There has been a constantly In
creasing Btream of homesoekors
pouring into Salem the past weok.
The hotels aro crowded with new
comers and the real estate men of
the town aro busy taking them out
into tho country. There is a great
deal of property in the city and sur
rounding country being . picked u:
and demand for houses to rent H
something unprecedented.- Th's la
r.ot' hoo-air tulle but a plain state
ment of tho facts in the case. The
following aro r. nines of peop'e regis
tered in tho city and at tho Salem
Board of Trade the past 21 liours:
A. F. Puis and, H. A. Molneeeko,
Milwaukee, Wis.; E, RIddell, Shel
don, la.; L. R.-Reynolds and family,
and C. A. Coolldgo and wife, Madl-i
son, Wis.; Rov. J. B. Adkins, Oska
loosa, la.; J. C. McCor and wife.
Monmouth, 111.; L. H. Roberts.
Bend, Ore; M. H. Shepard, Alame
da, Calif.; W. H. Davis, Richland.
Ia.; M. M. Martin, and E. E. Mar
tin, Yato3 Center, Kan.; W. P.
Lte'tsck and wife, Aberdeen, Wash.:
L. H. Shields and wife, Denver; J.
E. Nelson nnd Reus Nelson, of Ce
dar Springs, Mich.; L. E. Edwards,
of Kansas City; A. O. Barr, of An
t)go, Wis.; Henry Brucke, of Hutch
inson, Kan.; F. C. Caldwell, Gramf
Junction, Colo.
P. C. LAVEY HOME
FROM KLAMATH FALLS
P. C. Lavoy, tho Klamath Falls
towpslt booster, has returned from
San Francisco and Klamath Falls. Ho
went to tho latter place with Goorgo'
X. Wendllng and H. O. Johnson in
their privato car. They are tho hoad
men of the Klamath Development Co.
and havo all tho townsltes on the
New lino from" Natron
South. Mr.
Lavoy says that several new
towns
will bo put on tho market next month
and that he will return from Spokano
to Salem next Monday to take up
some big propositions In this part
o' tho cquntry. Ho says next to Port
land tho re is more demand fop Salem
dirt in tho Northwost than any other
place, and ho could sell 2000 town
lata at Salem to people who are anx
ious to make an investment horelf
he could get the property lali .off
rfent, and In any part Of the suburbs
that could gat transportation to the
elty by olectrtc itae.
NEWCOMERS
STAMPEDING
TO SALEM
And One of the World's Grand
esi CKafacfers Crosses Over
the .Great Diyfde Xo Join the
Silent Majority.
MARK TWAIN IS NO
MORE
His Wns Indil.nl n Strenuous Life
Born in Poverty, Poorly Educated,
He Climbed to tho Top of the Lad
'derTho World Is Bettor for Ills
I Taving Lived nnd .His Quaint
Humor WlULlvo to Bless Count
less Millions.
Redding, April 22. Samuel
Langhorn Clemens (''Mark Twain")
-i?d painlessly 'last night at C:30
o'clock of angina pectorla. He
lnpsed into coma at 3 yesterday af
ternoon and npvor regained con
sciousncss. It was tho end of a man
out-worn by grief and agony of
body.
Mr. Clejnens awakened today af
ter tho first natural sleep he had
known since his return from Ber
muda Ho was refreshed and oven
cheerful and in full possession of his
faculties. Ho recognized his daugh
ter, Mrs. Qabrilowitch, spoko a
rational Word or two and feeling
himself unequal to conversation,
wroto out in pencil;
"Give me my glasses."
These were his last words. Lay
ing thorn aside,. ho sank first Into
roverlo and later into final uncon
sciousness.
1 Funeral at Elmlra Sunday.
Redding, Conn., April 22. The
body of Samuel L. Clemens, known
to tho world as "Mark Twain," lies
in nn upper room of his villa at
Stormflold, horo, today, awnlt'ng
transfer to Its last resting place at j
Elmlra, N. Y.
In Elmlra Twain will rest bosldo
his wife "who was out lifo" hl3
his wife "who was our life" his
his oyo, his youngest', Jean, tho moa'
Moved, and his Infant son, Lang-
horno.
Twain will bo buried in tho fan-
Ily plot next Sunday. '
Tho groat library here, 'n wlilcH
tho author spent bo much of his
timo, has boon turned lntoa tele
graph room, whoro nn oporator
worked all day receiving mossages
of condolence from all parts of the
world.
Tho body of tho mastar of Storm-
field will bo taken to Now' York to
morrow. It will bo placed aboard
an express train and taken to the
Presbyterian church at Fifth avonuo
and Thirty-seventh street, of whloh
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, proachor and
litorateur, Is pastor.
Albort Bigelow Palno, Twain's
secretary, went to Now York today
TROUBLE
LCoVyett. . &
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IT IS HINTED THAT AMERICANS ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE, CONTINUANCE OF THE WAR IN NICARAGUA. 1
, Donnell In St. Louli Qlob. Democrat.
to complete tho funeral arrange
ments. . ;
Dr. Van Dyke probably Will offlcl-
ato at tho sorvlces, according to Os
sip Gabrllowitsch, tho planlat,
Twain's brother-in-Jaw. Dr. Van
Dyke was a close friend of the writ
er. Gabrllowitsch declared that Jthe
sorvlces at Now York will not, bo, in
tho naturo of a public memorial to
Mark, Twain . although,, the publja,
would bo welcome to attend.
Mme. Gabrllowitsch, Clemens'
daughtor, her husband and JarVia
Langdon, Clomens' nephew, aro
watching over tho body.
A Tribute from "Hufck. Finn".
Paris, Mo., April 22. B" 0. M.
Farthing, a friend nnd schoolmate of
Mark Twain, and tho original
"Huckleberry Finn" was profoundly
affected by tho death of 'the noted
humorist.
Tears stood In his eyes today
while ho spoko of his old time com
panion. "I know Sam well," ho said. "He
was ttte. greatest literary genius' of
tho ago in his partlcual lino. I
can' talk much about him, for what
ever I might say might bo cdustruod
as a boast of Intimacy with a' groat
man. ' .
"Tho old days are passing and
with them tho men who m'ado theih.
on history's' pages. I mourn his
passing. Ho delighted tho whole
world and as a citizen of tho world,
his death will bo mourned by all na-
tions,
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SALEM LODGE OF ELKS CELE
BRATES ITS 14TH ANNIVER
SARY MANY MEMBERS PRES
ENT TO PAT THE LUSTY YOUNG
BTER ON THE BACK AND SAY
NICE THINGS ABOUT HIM.
Wlth a sumptous banquet and a
program of song and toasts in bar-
mony with tho spirit of tho occasion
300 members of Salem lodgo No. 336,
B. P, O. E., celebrated Its fourteenth
anniversary and home-coming day ut
tho hall of tho organization last ev
ening. Tho event had been eagerly looked
forward to by the members of tho
BEST PEOPLE
ON EARTH
CELEBRATE
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um.yu mu, uuu .uro wu m 0d!st mission was burned by an in
mirtnee, besidqs 1 tho antlered IN furlntcd mob of Ohln0B who thon
tendance, besldo tho resident mora-, ,,, t ,,, ,,,,,
bora of tho lodgo, a number of non-
rosiclont members. Tho Illlhoo club
turned over Us quarters to tho ordor,
and those, in conjunction with tho
lodgo rooms, proved none too largo
for tho entortnlnmont which, had boon
provided. Tho rooms woro hand
somely decorated, and tho program
commlttoo, consisting of Hon. P. H.
D'Aroy, II. E. Albort nnd William S.
Walton, had proparod mi oxcellont
program. Tho program as prepared
had lntondod that responses should
bo mado to toasts only by past ex
alted rulors, but, owlnj; to tho nb-
sonco of somo of those, other prom'
lnont mombors had to be substituted
Program,
Hon, P. II. D'Arey acted as toast-
(Contlnuod on Pago 8.)
BLUEFiELDS.
Refugees From!Ciang;Sha Say
that Every House Belonging
. to White people . VVas Burned
' by the Mobs5
CHINESE CONVERTS K I lib ED
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No Foreigners Killed, But All1 Threat
cn'ed" With Dicatli Dozens ot'itu-dents-Who-Attended
tho Mission
, Schools Were Tortured to Death
' Further Disturbances Break -Out
nnd Missions nud Schools "Arc
Destroyed.
Washington, April. 22. Tha situa
tlon at Chane Sha 1b ominous tnrtav.
nccordlnc to ronorta from 'Mltilntnr
Calhoun and Amorlcan Consul Baugh
at Hankow.
1 Minister Calhoun has reported to
tho stato department that thoro is no
Improvdmont in tho situation in the
Hunan province, and It Is feared that
tho trouble wJH spread.
Consul Baugh reports that ho has
advised Americans in tho. outlying
I districts to return to tho city. Tho
mguiiuu ut, 1'CKiirg nas asKea lor
Roar-Admiral Hubbard, of -tho Asiatic
fleet, to render further assistance, If
it seems necessary.
Tho Cleveland, which is alroadyior
derdd to protect Amorlcan Interests
tit Chang Sha, Is on the way to thatv
city today, ' ' ,
It Is"probablo that more ships will
bo ordered from Cavlto.
j Baugh roports that f urthor disturb-
ances havo broken out. His messages
confirms reports received from other
sources that tho foreign missions
havo boon burnod and a number of
schools and business houses havo
been destroyed by tho rlotors.
Story of Refugees.
Pokin, China,. April 22. Refugees
from Hankow, who arrived horo to-
a. 7 VAJ twit) M"M IIUVIV W1U 4ltVW-
say that conditions in Chang Sha
wore serious when thoy left Wednes
day. Following tho destruction of the
mission and tho governor's yaraon,
whoro tho Christian 's took refuge,
mobs began to. wreck tho propertied
of all foreigners, according to tho ref
ugees. The whlto persons who readied
horo assort that there Is not a house,
which belonged to an Occidental, re
maining In Chang Slut, or (n the
neighboring villages. All havo beet
burnod or wrecked, thoy declare
Many Chlneso converts to Christi
anity havo been slaughtered and
dozens of students who attonded tho
mission training school, wero burned
and tortured to death say tho refu
ges. No foreigners had been klllod up
to tho tlmo tho refugees fled Wfldnos
day, although tho rioters worq threat
qnlng them with death.
Among those who left tho place In
fear of tholr lives was tho RrlUsh,
consul at ChangSha. Ho say sho os
capo of tho whites was, providential,
as tho killing of a single Oriental
would havo started n massacre, from
which none, would hajo succeeded in
wapitis, , ' ... ,.
Aiivjges ,re!vj4iliQio today from
Qlmng, Sha sfatd tlmt'tljo arrival of
tho British gunboati' havo relieved
tho situation, ' ' " . "
Escaped CoiivIctH. Captiired.
Loavonworth, Kans., April 2.-
Thoodoro Murdook and Frarik Grig
ware, (wo of tho six fodoral convlpts
whp escaped from thq Loavcn worth
prison yosterdny. arc still eX arge,
The others have been rocaptuniiL
It ia belloved that the fugttivWjta)
unarmed, ns those recaptured pd
dummy revolvers mado of 'woodl
Thomns Keajing, John Gldoon, Ar
thur Hewitt arid RoBert 'Clark. whej
were reoaptvrd, are in solitary con
fltiewwt.
Tho entlro countryside Is aroused, "
and tho farmers aro on the lookout
for tho fugitives. '' ' '
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