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mm a m h. fca " .' ' ' .,,. , , ... , - .. ., VGfj. XX. 8ALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1010. No. 111. niiT Tit orr UUI IU 0L?-a I mm mm Bpdy Removed to Westminster Hall parade a Great Dress Rehearsal for the Funeral Pageant Friday. , A DEAD SILENCE REIGNED Swarms of Humanity Clustered In "Windows, on House Tops and on Every Ledge and Arch That Gave Even a Precarious Footing Eleven Thousand Picked' Troops Lined tho Streetff, and Colors Were Slowly Dipped. . UNITED ritESS LEASED WIBB. London, May 17v Tho removal of rim hnrtv if Tflno1 T71 I rrr o ! sm Ta1- Ingham palace, whore it has lain in! state, to Westminster hall, where it may bo viewed by tho gentry of England, today resembled a glitter ing dress rehearsal for the great funeral pageant that will be held Friday. Numbers fall to give an idea of the vast throng that lined tho streets for tho funera procession, of the great swarmjj of humanity that clus tered in the windows of houses along the route, and tho thousands that filled precarious porches on the housetops, street posts and every ledgo and arch that gave a footing. Eleven thousand picked troops, the flower of the English army, f jrmod an impressive border for tho funeral cortege, as it pasesd along. Tho course was only a ml' 3 in length, but apparently the greater part of London's population had gathered to view tho spectacle The catafalque, covj. 'd with black au't 'purple draperies, surmounted by the crown and sceptor of England and surrqunded by d'aped .English flags, was started from tho palace at 11:30 o'clock,, and arlrved at Westminster hall at noon. As tho gun carriage, bearing the coffin, moved slowly along company after eompany of soldiers came to nroqnf. nrm'n. whllft the colors fllowlv dipped in silent salute. No sound was heard from tho crowded street, save tho rumbling of the heavy gun carriage wheels, the clatter of horses' hoofs and the light noise of carriages bearing the royal family of England, and tho heads of the British govern ment. Alexandra of Denmark, tho queen motner, wiaow or iving isawra, ruuo in tho first' carriage, accompanied by her mother and the dowager empress of Russia. King George V and mem bers of tho royal household followed. Then came officials of the army, council, members of tho army head quarters staff, the board of admirals, field marshals and assistants. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, com missioner for the United States, was not in the processioa today. Neither was any of the nine visiting European kings. Roosevelt and tho visiting monarchs will appear in the final fu neral procession Friday. When tho coffin arrived at West minster, tho archbishop of Canter bury, assisted by Cannon AVllber for.co, conducted a short service In the course of the services the com blnel Westminster royal chapel choir impresslvoly sang several anthems. At 1 o'clock the services were end ed. The body lay In state from 1 to 4 o'clock, when it was viewed by those invited by members of parlia ment. After 4 o'clock tho public ad mitted, and thousands took advant age of the opportunity to file by the coffin. So great was the throng at West minster that this evening It was es timated by tho authorities that one million and a quarter persons had viewed the body during tho day. PJakpookots reaped a harvest, In sgle of detectives. Many ware arraeed. The police have issued a warning to all persons to leave their valuable aro assembling horo from till parts of Europo and America Tho decision of Czar Fordlnand of Bulgaria to attend tho funeral of King Edward brlng3 tho list of mon archs who will bo In tho funeral pro fession up to ten. Head Cut On by Cars. UNITED MESS LEASED W1IUD, Hood River, Ore., May 17.. Cecil 22, was run over and Instantly " by a train three miles north of n tho Mount Hood Railway, accorv to Information received hero touay. Farr was' "fagging" on a car which was being shoved by a locomo tive, whon ho .lost his balance and fell on the rails. HIa head and one arm was severed from tho body. Farr's parents reside at Ogden, Utah. Big Arizona Hotel Bums. Phoenix, Ariz., May 17. Gover nor Sloan, of Arizona, his wife and daughter and scores of other guests narrowly escaped death today when tho Hotel Adams, tho largest hostel ry In Arizona, was totally destroyed by Are. , Tho loss Is estimated at $300,000. o THIS AVILL TAKE PLACE JIAY 23. BEGINNING AT 0:34 P. M. AVILL GIVE COMET A CHANCE. San Francisco, May 17. -Halley's comet has now practically disap peared in the morning sky, to reap pear In the west just after sunset, following the earth's passage through tho comet's tail of May 18. On May 19, according to tho state ment of Prof. T. J. See, tho govern ment astronomer at Mare Island, tho comet's head will be 21 minutes af ter sunset on May 19; this interval will continue to lengthen and on May 23 It will set three hours and 46 minutes after sunset. Tho upper end of the tall may be r visible on May 19, but as the incon will then be nearly full, it is doubtful if it can be seen, owing "to tho strong moonlight The head will probably be tho brightest on May 20, but the moon will cut down the light of the taB. On May 23, however, a total eclipse of tho moon will occur and enable us to see' both -the head and tho tall in a dark sky for fully 51 minutes. This will be the best view wo shall have. The eclipse will oc cur as follows: Beginning of totality May 23 9 h., 9 m., p. m. (Paolflc time), ' Mlddlo of eclipse 9h., 34.3 m. End of eclipse 9h 56.6 m. On May 23 the sun sets about 7 h., 20 m., in the latitude of San Francisco, and as tho comet follows tho sun by 3 hours and 46 m nutes, the head will not set unfl about -11 In the evening. Accordingly from 8:30 to 10:30 o'clock, on Monday, May 23, everybody should watch for tho eclipse. Professor Sec con cludes: "It may bo a long tlmo before we see two such wondeful sights again." o GOT SAMPLE OF MOTHER-IN-LAW UNITED rBBSSlSEO WIEE.J Vancouvor, Wash., May 17. Rev. C. M. Sniythe. ' "of r the Methodist Episcopal church at Rldgefleld, who was badly beateu several days ago by Mrs. C. N. Laue, the mother of Sraythe's finance, is roportod to ba much better today. Sraytho Is confined to his bed us a result of the beating and for hours at a time he has been delirious. Tho boating took place after a church mooting Friday, whon Mrs. Lauo alleged Smythe had not treajed Miss Lauo properly. The irate mother waited outelda the church door, and when tho min ister stepped out, she struck hint over the head with a olub. Her son-'n-law. Rook 8ld9en. then grasped the preacher's arms white Mrs. Lauo ooriUpued to beat the helpless clergyman over the head until ha was unaonaoioug. Both were arrastd and fined for 'be assault. ECLIPSE WILL HIDE THE MOON Is Before the Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating Committee To day and Tells Why He Gave Statement to the Press. BALLINGER NOT VERACIOUS Docs Not Use the Word Liar, But In tiiuntcs in Diplomatic Way That tho Secretary Uses the Truth With n Frugality That Borders on the Parsimonious Did Not Talk Mat tcrs Over With Bellinger, as He Had tho Treatment of Glavis in Mind. UNITED rBESS LEASED WHS. Washington, May 17. Fredorlcl; M. Korby, the former stenographer for the interior department, who Saturday gave out" a statement tell ing of the preparation of the "Law- ler memorandum" in tho Bollinger case, was today called as a witness before the investigation com'mittee. Senator Knuto Nelson, chairman of the committee, after placing Presi dent Tatt's letter of explanation of May 16 on record, asked that Kerby be called. The president's letter ex plained tho use to which the Lawler letter was put. Attorney Brandols, representing Glavis;- asked that Kerby's affidavit and Secretary Carpenter's denial bo also placed on the record. Senator Nelson refused this request. Whon Attorney Vortrees asked Kerby if he was a "confidential olerk," Kerby said: "Occasionally wo handled confi dential Information. I considered that my position as clerk In the gov ernment service was not that of confidential clerk to tho secretary of tho. Interior but confident'! clerk to tho government," Kerby said that tho Lawler mem orandum was. the only document he ever gave out. He admitted that ho was friendly with former Secretary of the Inter ior Garfield, but denied "having re ceived any5 communication from Gar field regarding hlfl recently Issued statement. The witness said ho told Garfield when he mot him In February, that ho would testify, If necessary, hut did not want to do so boeauso he would lose hjs Job. "Why?" asked Representative Denby, of the committee. "Well, I know what happened to Glavis," replied Kerby. Then ho said Garfield had told him too many had been sacrificed already and ho appreciated Kerby's "delicate position." Kerby declared that ho gave his statement to Hobort F. Wilson, a correspondent of the Scrlpps-McRao newspapers. "Do you know that Wilson and his papers are against Balllnger?" Attorney Vortrees asked. "I do not," Korby answered. Chairman Nqison frequently In terrupted thp witness and finally Representative Graham asked Nel son to allow Korby to proceed with so mo chance to tell hffl story. Korby testified that ho had at tended a conference with former Secretary Garfield at Plnchot's home. Tho conference ho said waH of his own seeking. Korby said that Garfield particu larly had asked him not to act as a spy. He said he saw Brandols later on tho night of tho conference. He said that ho knew Balllnger Jntond ed to discharge Director Newoll, of the reclamation son-Ice, and that he had written R. H. Thomas, city engineer of Seattle, offering NewoU'fe placevto him. Attorney Vortrees urged Kerby to admit that there had been a soiflah motive behind his statement. Ker by denfad that any such inpllyo ag isted. He said that Jl. N. Rlokoy, of he Scrlpps-MoRaa newspapers and" W B. Colver of the newspaper enter prisa aaeouIaUon, same to him Mw 10 and discussed the re a tier at his bnmi. They (freed with him, ha Immense Lot of Oil Burns. , " Bakorsfleld, Cal., May 17. It is estimated today that tho loss to tho Monarch Oil Company at Maricopa In tho big blazo that wrecked Us plant will reach $260,000. Besides tho destruction of tho cooperage shop, whero tho fire started, other buildings contain- Ing 3200 barrels of asphalt and 35,000 barrels of oil ' were burned. Tho refinery was owned by Adolph B. Spreckles. It Is re- ported ho will rebuild. said, that as long as there was a chanco of his being called as a wit ness it would not bp right for him to glveVout tho Information to tho press. Colver, he said, romarkod to him: I came horo to i find a story. J found a man. I'm satisfied." i "On tho nest day," said Korby, "I read Balllnger's denial of all specific knowledge of tho Lawler draft and enw that he stated other untruths. This lu my opinion made It impossi ble for Brandols to call ma In rebut laj, as according to the record, tlire was nothing to rebut." That day, Korby said, ho had a flve-mlnuto conversation with Bran dels. Attorney Brandels, ho said, told him that ho felt practically cut off from any hope of getting my state ment before tho committee. "I know that Attorney-General Wickersham had not responded to. Mr. Brandols' repeated calls for tho Lawler memorandum," Kerby con tinued. "Therefore I thought it was my duty to mako the facts public. Balllnger had -previously stated (Contlaued on Page 5.) o SUSTAIN RULING I JUDGE MORROAV HOLDS THAT TID3 EVIDENCE SHOAVS THERE AA'AS A CONSPIRACY TO DE FRAUD BY JONES, MITCHELL, MAYS, HERMANN AND SOREN SON. UNITED rSEXS LEASED WIEE.l San Francisco, May 17. A de cision of tho lower court In tho Ore gon forest reserve land grab cases was recorded today. Judgo Morrow, sitting In the cir cuit court of appeals, wrote tho opin ion, which was based on tho appeal of Wlllard N. Jones, chrjrged by tho government with conspiracy to de fraud. Besides tho appellant, the defend-? ants are Dinger Hormann, John H. Mitchell, J. N. Williamson, Franklin P. Mays and George Sorenson. The government alleged these men, in 1900, purchased school lands from the state of Oregon through dum mies. Judge Morrow decided thd evfdenco tended to provo tho forma tion of a conspiracy to defraud tho government. THESE ARE THE N CASE What Position Roosevelt Should Occupy as Representative of .United States in Funeral . Procession Worrie'd King George. ROYAL BLOOD GOES FRST Teddy Relieves Those in Charge of All Embarrassment by Saying Ho . AA'ould Ride in Ono of tho Car riage Ho Has Also Decided That Ho AV111 MnKo No Public Appear ance in London, Except At tho Romanes Lecture. (By a Staff Correspondent of Tho United' Press.) London, May 17. Theodore Roosevelt will ride In a carriage FridayTln tho funeral procession of King Edward. Roosovelt settled the matter, himself, thus saving King G(eorgQ considerable embarrassment, mont. Tho monarchs who will ride in tho procession will bo mounted on horses and will lead tho carriages. Tho qoustion of tho position to bo, given Hoosovolt has caused wide fofscusslon. That tho kings and members of tho .royal families who have como to' London to attend the funeral would insist on tho preroga tives of their rank, and would de mand that all tho precedence ex tended royalty bo observed, hag boen certain. By right of royalty their places in the procession are ahead of those of royal blood. The troublesome question of tho position that should bo assigned Roosevelt, representative of a groat nation, yet not of royal blood and not even officially connected with his government, Is said to have caused those in chargo of arrange ments considerable worry. Roosevelt, learning of the embar rassment ills presence was likely to cause, announced today that he would ride in ono of tho carriages. The former president also decided that ho will make no public appear ance hero except for tho Romanes leoturo at Guild hall, and tho recop tion following it. o Hyde Is Cheerful. UNITED FBJ388 UUBED W1BE.1 Kansas City, Mo., May 17. Tho conviction of Dr. B. C. Hyde for tho murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swopo apparently caused tho physician no loss of sloop during tho night. Ho awoke in his cell in a choorful mood, and was smiling when he groeted vis itors. Mrs. Hyde today Issued a state ment that she had no doubt of her husband's Innocenco, and- that sho would stand by him until tho end. HAPPY DAYS. AVunts Government Ownership, Chicago, May 17.- Ropre3on- tative McLaughlin, of California, addressing local shippers and manufacturers, who ' organized today to fight increased railroad rates', briefly contended that tho government should, control waterways and develop them fully. - "The greatest regulator of rates would bo government own- orshlp of steamships on tho Pa- clflc coastf" he said. Secretary Coining AVcst. UNITED MEB3 ZJ91SED WIRB.l AVashlngton, May 17. Secretary Nagle, of tho department of com merce and labor, nnnouncos that he will loave AVashlngton tho latter part of Juno for a trip to Soattlo, Port land and Alaska, Ho will investigate Irrigation mattors in Washington and Oregon, and loofr into matters por- talnlng to salmon fisheries in Alaska. His trip will ocupy two months, o IL0SS0M ALL BECAUSE A PETITION FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS AVAS FILED AVITH ALL REMON STRANCES ELIMINATED. Th oclty dads sat1 up last night and, blossomed into ono great pansy bed of laughing, faces, until tho wholo council waa ono great contagious, collective and individual, smile. The petition for bltulithlc pavement on Capital atreot from Court to Madison was the causo. And tho council had a smile coming for the petition con tained tho names of more than two thirds of tho property owners, to bo exact, 7,000 feet of the 10,000 abut ting properties, who waivo rleht of remonstrance and ask that tho work bo begun aa soon as possible. Thoro was no back talk, no wrangling, no soreness, no kicks, no nothing, only ono llttlo slmplo plata potltlon that fluttered down on thf big tablo like n dovo of peace. As tho petition covers . 13 blocks, tho hoodoo comes oft that nurabor forever In tho coun cil chamber and tho petition goes on file dono up In pink ribbona and for- got-mo-note, It Is an oxamplo that should bo followed in othor sections of tho city. TO HAVE FINE SEWER SYSTEM COUNCILMEN ELLIOTT, HILL AND JOHNSON HAVE COMPLET ED PLANS FOR ENTIRE CITY, AND AVORK AVILL SOON COM MENCE. Tho mattor of the4 sower systom, as planned by tho committee of the council for East and South Salem, Is now In condition to bo acted upon, na 'tho tlmo In which remonstrances could bo filed expired last night Plnns and specifications for tho ex tension of the Marlon stroot sewer woro filed last night, nnd notice of intention to construct tho samo was ordered advertised. Next Monday night plans and specifications for North Salem will bo filed, as tho com rnltteo, consisting of Councilman El liott, Hill and Johnson and Engineer Blrdsall, have tnorn about completed. In all about $275,000 will bo spont in giving Salem tho best sowar system of any city In the Northwest. Scott Cannot Compete. Chicago, May 17. Leland Scott. Stanford's track Captnln and phenom enal pole vaulter. wljl sot bo permit ted Jo compete In tho annual confer ence meet of the Western colleges, according to the doolslr,n announced today by the board of governors of the meet. The board decided that Scott Is not ellglblo tq compete, under tho aon feronco rules, ha having already par tlalpated four yea re in Inter-eolleglate athlotles. Scott was regarded as a sura first Plata wan in tha niaat. which will Ua naUi at Urbana, III,, June -1. COUNCIL WAS A BIB WILL TAKE Professors at Carnegie Observ atory Prepared to Greet Comet, Take Its Picture ahd Also Analyze Its Tail. TAIL "THINNER THAN THIN" Professor Harold Jncoby Rutherford, , of Columbia University, Talks About tho Heavenly Visitor Says . - The Tail Is Less Denso Than the Best Vncuum That Can Bo' Mndo AVlth a Mercury Air Pump Which ,lls Notliing. (Written for Tho Unltod Press by Harold Jacob Ruthorford, Profes sor of Astronomy at Columbia University.) Now York, , May 17. "Will ' tho comet lnjuro tho earth tomorrow night? I think not. i "Comets havo struck tl0 earth beforo and will continue to hit it in tho future. "In tho museum of Natural His tory In Now York thero la a meteor weighing 27 tons. There may ,bo several chips like this from tho head of Halley'B comet and if tho head struck wo woujd havo Bomo local disturbance at least. "However, the- head will not como closer to the earth than H.OOO.QOO. miles. Astronomers' disagrod .on the figures but agree on those facts., "Perhaps jho tail may ,b( long, onough to roach tho earth andria tronomers feel fairly sure that' the tall will bo long onqugh. We know tho comet's head to ho solid. Wo also know that tho tail is less dense than tho air In tho best vacuum wo can make with a mercury air pump. This is thinner than thin. "Tho molecules in tho comet's tail will be separated from each 6th or by several cublo feet so there should bo no fear of ill offoct from Halley'a comet." ' - ' r) ; jx To Analyze Its Tall, , , " Pasadena, Calif,, May 17.r-Dell-cato electrometers and othor electri cal apparatus to dotenrnlna whether tho atmosphoro surrounding tha earth Is affected by tho gases of the tall of Holloy's comet were Installed today at tho Carnoglo observatory on Mount AVilson. Tho scientists at tho observatory, hoaded by Prof. George Ellery Hole, will co'nilno their comot observations tonight and tomorrow almost wholly to attend ing oloctrlcaj phenomena and the chomlcal naturo of tho gases of the tail. Halo doea not ngroo with tho Eu ropean scientists who predicted an unusual motoorlc display. Ho de clared that the only anomalous air condition ho anticipates Is that flight illumination duo to refracted light Halo also stated that messaged from Prof. Fardlnand BHorman of tho Carnogie observatory, who went to Hawaii to observe tho colnot. In dicate that he has everything la readiness for the wprlr. Ellormnn'a and Hale's observations and photo graphs, with thogo taken at varloui other points, will bo collected and classified by the Mount Wilson astronomers. Elghtcun Killed in Explosion. (UNITFD I'HEKH PU:Sl WIBtt.J Canton, O., May 17.--Ei8hto8n persons aro roportod tq have bean killed and 20 or more injured In an explosion In tho works of the Ameri can Sheet nnd Tin Plato Company Here this afternoon. A bollor In tho engine room of the works exploded, wrocklng tho plant. Shdrtly after the "explosion 12 bodies were recovered from tha blazing ruins of the boiler housa. Every ambulance In the city was rushed to the soane. The number of Injured will probably reach 36. Thona . rascuod were torn aud maimed by the axnjoalon. Arms nnd lag wsra scattered about the yard at tha nlaot. ami iHuy f tau bodfra recovered war uiultilAtad e that kimilUM)CA a-y ua (:ti:slb!e.