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AURORA SPECIAL EDITION vOF THE DAILY CAPIATL JOURNAL "MAKERS OF OREGON" SERIES, WITH REVIEW OF INDUSTRIES AND RECORD OF DEVELOPMENT ON PAGE THREE. First 'ffiTi T i . 4k , 7 f ages 1 to 8 I I section- UMJJHI iill VOL. XX. SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 14, iftlO, No. 118. SEN i JjJCED Six Councilmen and a Ba. ,r Now Doing Time, and Two More Convicted Are Out Pending an Appeal. KLEIN WOULD ACT AS HOST Tnkeji Prom the Pen to Testify, Ho Said Airily This Morning as He Started Duck: . "I Am Going Home, I Want to Bo on Hand to Welcome ( the Kest of the Hoys When They ArrlTo" Still Others Are to Be Tried. 1 United Press Leased Wire. Pittsburg, Pa., May 14. A. A. Vllsack, former cashier of the Ger man National bank today was sen tenced to serve eight months In Jail and pay a fine of $5,000. Vllsack was indicted In the recent graft in vestlgatlon and pleaded nolle con tendere. He was convicted of hav ing paid a bribe to councilmen of . tho city to secure tho passage of an ordlnanco naming tho bank as a de pository for city funds. Ex-Councilman, Charles Stewart, one of tho alleged "big six" and one of tho primo movers in tho alleged scheme to obtain money from banks In roturn for naming them as city depositories, was sentenced to servo I What Enormous Profits! Our competitors must be making when they can afford to give you 20 per cent discount, Get wise, it is easywhen the prices are marked away up, Get our prices and see the money we can save you. See. the crowds in our store every day, I n Compare our prices on the following goods; Dress Goods, Silks, Linen Suitings, Domes tics, Calicoes ,Ginghams, White Goods, Shirt Waists, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Ribboiio Laces arid Embroideries, We can save you money, The Greater eight months In Jail and was fined $500. - Besides Vllsack and Stqwart, Wil liam Brand, president of the council, Joseph Wasson, president of the Finance Co., John P. Klein, for mer councilman and William Ram sey, president of tho GermanNa tlonal bank, have been convicted and are how serving terms In the penitentiary. Ex-Councilman Hugh Ferguson was sentencod to day to servo eight months In Jail and pay a flno of $5000. Dr. W. H. Webber was sentencsd to servo six months In Jail and pay a fine of $500. ' Ex-Councilman P,. D. Kearns was sentenced to serve four months lr Jail and to pay a fine of ?250. Ex-Councilman Morris Einstein was sentenced to serve six months and topay a fine of $2500. Vllsack, Einstein, Webber and Kearns wero taken to Jail immedi ately. Ferguson and Stewart were granted stays on appeal. An attempt to block the graft j prosecution here was begun today when charges of perjury were filed against Johnny Klein, chief wltnes3 for the prosecution. Those placing the charges hope to discredit the testimony of Klein which involved many Indicted or convicted men. Klein was brought from the pen to be examined In court On his ro turn to prison he said airily: "I'm going homo . I want to be on hand to welcome the rest of the boys when they arrive." WILL INSTALL NEST OF OWLS AT SALEM Peter Shea, the organizer for the Northwest of the Brotherhood of Owls, has enrolled some of tho best people in the city, and will install a nest of these wise and self-helpful birds next Wednesday evening, when a delegation from Portland will visit the Capital City, and assist at the ceremonies., The. order is growing in popularity in the Northwest, and has enlisted some of the most prominent men of Salem-and Portland." ' ' - QUICK SELLING PRICES ON MILLINERY We dont buy milliner to keep them waiting for low profits, Out they go if we only make 25c on a hat; we can buy more and tne result -is we cannoi keep enough trimmed hats in stock, See the crowds that continually inhabit this department, Fashionably Trimmed HatsNow on Sale $1.50, $1.95, $2.25, $2.50, $3.50 and up LADIES' TAILORED SUITS IN PONGEE SILKS, LINEN, WOOL Fashionable garments marked at prices that defy competi tion, We don't show in this department ladies' suits that are three years old, nothing but 1910 1 "newest materials, style's and designs, See theprices, $2,45, $3t50, "$450, $6,50, $8,50, $10,50 and up, Chicago Stor Senate Reaches a Compromise on the Railroad Bill and Agree Upon the Short and Long Haul Amendment. ALDRICH VOTES YES ON IT .The Clause as Passed Is hi Substance That No Greater Charge Shall Be Mude for a Short II mil Tlinn for n Long Haul Over tho Santo Route in tho Same Direction, the Shorter Haul Being Included in the Jjongcr Distance, It Has Minor Provisions united rnrcas ucased wins. Wshington, May 14. By a sudden welding late yesterday of supposedly Irreconcilable factions, the senate by a vote of 5G to 10, adopted a com promise amendment to the railroad bill for tho regulation of relative charges for long and short hauls. As adopted v the new provision strikes out of section four of the inter state commerce law the words "under substantially similar circumstances and conditions," and also eliminates the proviso of that section and amends the section so as to make it read as follows: "Section 4. That It shall be un lawful for any common carrier, sub ject to the provision of this act, to charge -or receive any greater com 'd Salem, Or. pensation In tho nggregato for tho transportation of passengers, or any like kind of property for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same lino or route in the same direc tion, the shorter being included with in tho longer distance, or to charge any greater uompensation as a through route than the aggregate of the local rates; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any com mon carrier within the terms of this act, to charge as great compensation from, a shorter as from a longer dis tance. "Provided, howover, that the Inter state commerce commission may, from its knowledge or information, or upon application, ascertain that tho circumstances and - conditions of the long haul are dissimilar to tho cir cumstances and conditions of the shorter haul, whether they result from competition by water or rail, then it may authorize a Common car rier to charge less for tho longer than for tho shorter distance for the trans portation of possongers; but in no event chall the authority be granted unless the commission Is satisfied that all the rates Involved are Just and reasonable and not unjustly dis criminatory or unduly preferential nor prejudicial'. "And' provided further, that no rates or charges lawfully existing at the time of the passage of this amen datory act shall be .required to be changed by reason of the provisions of this section prior to tho expiration of. six months after tho passage of, this act, nor in any case where appli cation shall have been filed beforo the commission In accordance with the provisions of this section, pending a determination of such application by the commission.' Of the 56 votes in favor of the amendment 22 wero given by Re publican senators who have opposed the insertion of any long-ano-short-haul provision in the railroad bill 13 by Democrats and the rest by Repub licans chiefly Insurgents. The negative vote was equally di vided between Republicans and Dem ocrats. The senators sho voted for the pro vision wero: Aldrich, Bacon BeveY Idge, Bradley Brandegee, Brlggs, Bristow, Burton, Burkett, Barnham, Burrows, Carter Clapp, Clark (Ark.), Clay, Crane, Crawford, Cullom, Cum mins, Curtis, Dillingham, Dixon, Dol- llver, Duppnt, Elklns, Flint, Frazer, Gamble, Guggenheim, Jones, Kedn, LaFoIlette, Lodge, Martin, Nelson, Nixon, Oliver, Owon, Pago, Payntor, Penrose, Percy, Perkins, Piles, Pur- cell, Root, Shlvely, Simmons, Smith (S. C), Scott, Stephenson, Suther land, Taylor, Warner, Wetmore 56. The negative vote was as follows: Bailey, Bourne, Buckley, Chamber lain, Fletcher, Fryo, Qalllnger, Hoy burn, McBnery and Overman 10. The senate under a unanimous con sent agreement, began voting at 4 o'clock upon tho long and short haul amendments, of which a dozen or more had been submitted. The pond ing amendment was ono by Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, for which Senator Dixon, of Montana, had presented a substitute. The effect of this was to give tho Montana senator possession of the floor at 4 o'clock. Port Llraon, Costa RJca, May 14. Tho town of Santiago was destroyed by yesterday's earthquake, and scores aro .believed to have beon hilled, according to today's advices rocelved hero. Tho town Is doserted. Cartago was violently shaken and some of tho graves containing victims of the last quake wero opened, adding danger of postilence. Light shocks wero felt today, but It Is believed the worst is over. Cartago is to be rebuilt, earthquake proof. o f , Kerliy Story bhakco Things. f UNITKD l-UOSII IXiSBll WlltS., Washington, May 14. When the story of Frederick M. KIrby, Ballng or' stenographer, appearod in print here today. Secretary Balllnger hur ledly left tho room In which the con gressional Investigating commjtto was In session, and rushed to Jha White House. President Taft had started on golfing trip about 16 minutes before the papers containing the story were on the street, and he; ha4 net Ite faartiad'-of IUj nubile. tJou. HUNDREDS KILLED IN SANTIAGO Shows That the Lawler Memo randum Submitted by Wick- . ersham Is Identical With the President's Letter. LAWLER PREPARED LETTER It Is aiiulc to Appear That the Pres ident Relied, an Mo Jliul it Right' to, Upon Ills Subordinates, and That 'Ho Ac,U'd in I ismlssing Olavls on ,the Cnfcc ns Submitted to Illin by Tht.lji.d, Stiboiilin. ics. tBNlTKD riUCKN LOtSKU VriUE.l Washington, D. C May 14. A hasty examination of tho "Lawler memorandum" produced before the committee today by Attorney-General Wickorsham, showed it to bo dentlcnl in entire paragraphs, as Attorney Brandels claimed with the letter of President Taft, exonerat ing Secretary Balllnger and dis charging Glavls. L Atorney Brandois asserted that tho following paragraphs, with, tho exception that Lawlor's omitted the date, are Identical in both letters: "Mr. L. R. Glavis called upon rae hero and submitted a statement of report relating to the conduct of tho Interior department, particularly, with referonce to tho action of your self Assistant, Secretary PIercov Land""CommssIoner Dennett and Chief H. H. Schwartz vith reference to tho so-called Cunningham group of coal land claims In Alaska. '"The great responsibility of a cabinet position demands the selec tion therefor of men of highest, char acter and integrity. Tho possession of tjies.e qualities as well of ability and experience especially fitted you to . direct tho affairs of tho depart ment of tho interior and warranted your appointment as secretary, 1 "The duty I owe to tho country, to you and to myself inquires that any aspersions upon tho propriety of your acta or thoso of ybur subordi nates bo promptly met and carefully considered, to tho end that If Justi fied a, proper remedy may be applied, If noi, that thoy may bo publicly re futed." In tho last sentonco of tho aboro paragraph tho Lawlor draft roads- "And If not that it may bo square ly, .emphatically and publlclyV re futed," Tho president's letter oralta "squarely and emphatically." Through the other paragraphs as BrWndels has alleged, the presidents lotjor simply was a paraphrase of tho liawler draft. Attorney Brandois is now await ing, an opportunity to reopen tho case on tho day's startling develop ments and will tako it up as soon a poss'ble after the direct examina tion of Land Commissioner Dennett has boon cqmploted. o " Thirteen Fatal at Buoquullille. I UNITED PRBB8 LBASrD IVIIUt, 8eattIo, Wash., May 14 Anyone doubting tho ominous significance of Friday, the 13tb, is apt to bocomo decidedly unpopular with tho three OUR ,L-t ' rmiffef.1fs, I v Indl saloon keepers of tho village of Sno qualtnlannd their customors. SnoqUalmio Is located In the cast or, part of King county in tho foot hills 6( tho Cascndo range, on the Milwaukee road. A dispatch todoy says tho town voted' "dry" In a local option election yesterday by a majori ty of 13. f Indians Cut Wires. Santa Fo, N. M May 14. Tele phono and telegraph wires into Taos, Now Mexico, tho pueblo central tq the district, whoro Pueblo Indians aro on tho warpath, were cut today. Sixty picked men of the territorial guard wero dispatched last night In n special train, but, owing to lack of communication, their whereabouts is unknown. Tho fear Is expressed hero that the presenco of soldiers may incite hith erto poacoful .Indians to Join tho tribesmen already in revolt. Cavalry Ordered to Scene. Washington, May 14, A troop of cavalry was today ordered from Fort! vmiKuiu m urivo me rueuio inuians back to the Taos reservation, and pre vent further daprodatlons. Tho order followed a conference be tweon Secretary of War Dickinson and tho presldont, The president was not willing to permit tho territorial militia of New Mexico to be In con trol. ) Dispatches received hero aro very meagre, out say mat fiO or more Indi- una m an ugiy moon loruuo reserva- tIon- I SUOU IS THE STATEMENT MADK A's the yrmtB nOUSE, BUT NOT BY THE PRESIDENT - WHO HAS NOT SEEN IT.' Washington, May 14. With refer ence to tho published affidavit of Frederick M. Kerby, ono of Bolling er's stenographers, to tho effect that President Taft's letter of September 13, exonerating Secretary' Balllnger, substantially was prepared for the president's signature by Oscar Law lor; it was said at tho Whlto House tocjay there was absolutely no founda tion for any such statement, Tho "official denial" was issued late this afternoon. The .president dictated tho letter personally as tho result of his own In vestigation of the record, and after consideration of tho documents and papers In his possession at tho time It was alleged. Tho Btatomont was preparod after AFFIDAVIT a hurried conference between Taft's touay tnat tho pope has written to privato secretary, Carpenter, and George V. of England, fiongrat- Soerotary Balllnger, and after a con- ulatlng his majesty on his demand sultatlon with the prosldont at tho fr a modification of the oath of ao golf Jinks, held over tho telephone, cession. Tho king's demand Iriclud AB' Balllnger left tho Whito House ed tho oxcluslon of paragraphs objec ho refused to make any statement, tlonable to Catholics. k exoept to say: ,-lt Is not bothering me much." Aftorwnrds Secretary Carpenter askol that the following be uuded to tho official denial, striking out the final period, and auuing "and upon re port to him by tho attorney-general." Jt was pointful out by closo observ ers that Korbv'u statement did not i say that tho presldont did not himself dictate tho final draft of tho presi dent's lottor, as was given to tho pub lic. Korby meroly said that Lawlor dictated a lottor which was in such a form that it might uavo been used in totoby tho president, but thnt. In-his opinion, tho president changed the Wording. CAPITOL npoll Newt. Reported at 1 1 :10 O'clock This Morning That It Was Unable to Agree Judge Says He Will Hold It Until Tuesday. ELEVEN FOR ACQUITTAL tiSb Was tho Rumor This Afternoon Hyde Secma, Confident and Slept Soundly All Night Ono Humor Sayu Pour Are For Acquittal, Two For Mnrder in First Degree With Life Imprisonment, and Balance for Second Degree. r united tobss ibasbd wim.1 Kansas City. Mo.."May 14; When fho 'Jury which Is considering the ev idence against Dr. B, G. Hyde.v charged with the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, filed Into court to day It was announced that to verdict hod been roached by them. According to court room report four Jurymen wero holding out for acquittal of the defendant, two oth ers for murder in the first degree with life imprisonment as punish ment Instead of hanging. The re mainder were believed to ho in favor of murder In the second degree, Tho defedant slept soundly during the night, and appeared today fresh and smiling. Mrs. Hyde vjsitod tho Jail in tho morning to comfort her husband. At 11:10 o'clock today the Jury reported that na agreement bad been roached, and thnt there was no proh a"blllty of an early agreement. Judgo Laehaw sald ho would, hold tho Jury until Tuesdny if necessary to obtain an agreement, and the 12 men were then again locked up. When the Jurors in tho Hyde trial returned from lunch today it was no- tjced that Frank P. Hodges, one of the Jurors, sat apart, apparently i thinking deeply. This has lent color to tho rumor current hero that 11 of tho Jurors aro for acquittal and only ono man Is for conviction, a , Commends King George. i united rugss musbD 'wntBtl ' Ronio, May 14.-The Tribuna says CI ucln nnttl , 0. , Mtty,Bi4 . Dr. Harvoy w, w,0yt loaillag speaker boforo the Ped8rtUlon of Woinen.a eu, iQ Httjulnn hnrn tnilnir arfmnn- iuhod the club womon not to attend too many conventions. He said that woman's place wns at home. - "I boliovo In womon attending conventions when they want to and ovon voting If they desire," he aald, "but thoy should not be so busy with these things ub; to neglect, chil dren anl kitchens." Wickorsham Scut Memoranda. Washington, May 14.Attorney Goneral Wickorsham today sent (he so-called Lnwjor 'memoranda., to h Ballluger-Plnohot Investigating com mittee SUBSCRIBERS. If you get your paper by moil kindly watoh the tag and H&e when the time is un. anjj - remit promptly, or naury til to stop the paper: otherwise o i i ! WOMEN TO STAY HOME Dill win made for the tuga the jMuie mm Rw m- llon of last paymHHt,