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8ALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1010.
No. 111.
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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.
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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."
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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.)
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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.
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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,
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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.