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INCREASED SALES ENABLE THE STORES THAT ADVERTISE TO SELL MORE CHEAPLY THAN THOSE WHO DON'T. , i- .... VOL. xx. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTE5IBER 0, 1010. No. 311r NELSON ADJ( ANT S CON OMRNED MEET NS TUESDAY TINUE IN SESSION Anti-Ballinger Members Will Disregard Chairman Nelson's Order to Meet in Chicago Will Continue in Session at Minneapolis and Make Final ReportFive Antis and Only Four Pro-Ballinger Members Present Committee May Meet in Two Sections. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 9. Chairman Nelson of the Ballinger Investigating committee today called off the meeting of the committee scheduled for this afternoon. Ho Instructed the numbers to meet at the Auditorium Annex hotel In Chi cago next Tuesday morning. Inability to secure a quorum is supposed to be the reason for post poning the meeting. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 9. The anti-Balllnger members of the Bal-linger-PInchot investigating commit tee declared today they will disre gard Chairman Nelson's order to meet in Chicago next Tuesday. They will continue their session here, they say, and make a formal report. This action on the part of Ballin ger's opponents on tho commltteo makes it possible that the committee may meet In two sections and that two reports will be rendered. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 9. With five anti-Ballingeritcs on hand and four supporters of the secretary of tho interior In Minneapolis today, !tho first effort to hold a meeting of the congressional Investigating com mittee resulted In "no quorum." Representative Denby, of Michigan, Representative McCall, of Massachu setts, and Senator Sutherland, of Utah, refused to attend the meeting, which 'was called to order by Sena tor Knttte Nelson, of Minnesota, chairman, at 10:04 o'clock this j morning. It Is presumed that the absentees remained away today to prevent a quorum attending the session. Sen ator Sutherland loft the hotel where the committee is meeting a short time before It was called to order. -McCall and Denby could not be found today. Tho other members of the committee were present when Chairman Nelson called the session to order. It is reported that if the commit tee falls to get a quorum today the antl-Balllngerites will leave for their homes, allowing the other Hunting Treasure Trove. Victoria, B. C, Sopt. 9. Once again a treasure-hunting .expedition is to start from Brit- ish Columbia with Captain Fred Hackett In command in search of the burled treasures of Co- cos Island, tho $60,000,000 of "gold, sliver and precious stones which tho Nova Scotia bark Mary Dler is said to havo run away with from Lima, Peru and tho additional treasures which Benit, the pirate, is al- leged to have burled. Many expeditions have gone after this rich treasure, but all have been unsuccessful. Syd- ney, San Francisco, Liverpool and Oklahoma have at different times sent out expeditions. members of the committee to meet later and frame any sort of a report they see fit. Senators Flint and Root are not in the city nnd Representative Olm sted will not reach here until to night. At present neither side is able to securo a quorum. The anti-Ballingerites threaten to send the sergeant-at-arms out after the absentees and compel their pres ence. If this can bo done a quorum can bo brought together today. It Is not believed, however, that the mova will be resorted to. Senator Root telegraphed the committee today and it is expected he will leave New York at once fo' Minneapolis. Representative Olm stead telegraphed that ho had left. Chicago today. It Is evident that tho bolters iri- Brown Is Acquitted. Chicago, Sept. 9. Leo O'Nell Browno was acquitted of legls- latlvo bribery today. Tho Jury reached verdict of not guilty shortly before 3 o'clock this af- tcrnoon. Browno was not In tho court- room when the Jury announced that Us verdict was ready, and "" tho report was delayed whllo ho was sent for. The crowd In the courtroom cheered. a (Continued on Pace 5.) MMMMMMMMMMMMHMHMMMMMtMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM WE NO W READY TO SHOW YOU THE GREATEST ASSORTMENT OF NEAV FALL MERCHANDISE AVE EVER EXHIR. ITEI) YOU MAX DEPEND ON TnE STYLE, QUALITY AND PRICES TO BE RIGHT LOOK OCT FOR THE MERCHANT THAT TELLS YOU THAT HE IS THE ONLY FELLOW ON EARTH THAT SHOWS FINE MERCHANDISE HE IS ONLY TRYING TO WORK YOU FOR HIGHER PRICES READ ON New FALL SUIT; i i NOW ON SALE WONDERFUL VALUES "L:.T3$. 8.90 WZT. $12.50 New Fa MILLINERY 1910 and 1911 , NEWEST CREATIONS NOW ON SALE Values up to $6.00, $7.00, $8.00 now $2.50, $3.50. $3.90 New Fall Coats Long Coal Strike Ended. Chicago, Sopt. 9. Tho long City Council Advertises for Sewer Bids, But Finds They Always Exceed the Engin eer's Estimates Employs Engineer to Check Estimates ARE ESI MATES TOO LOW? Contrnrtors Add 10 Per Cent to Estl- mates Claiming Hunks Discount City WuiTttiits, nnd Another 10 l'er Cent us u Mm-gin of Profit Council Wants to Know If Estl mntcs'Are Too Low ir Contractors Holding City Up. NOW ON SALE 1O0O AND lOlX NEW EST STYLES LOOSE SEMI. AND TIGHT FITTING All Bizos and shades, nl bo blaok. to select from we are makers of low prices. $9. DO coats now $ 4.b0 112.50 ooats now $ 7.50 $18.00 coats now $12.50 Who is to blame? Does the city engineer Insist de terminedly upon making his esti mates for sewer work and other city improvements too low for tho con tractors to make a reasonable pro fit, or are the contractors for pro posed municipal Improvements try ing to hold the city up? That is the question that is agitat ing tho minds of tho majority of tho members of the city council, and the people in general, when, in nlraost every instance of tho opening of bids for sower, bridge and street work, the JMds of tho contractors have been in excess of tho estimates furnished by the city engineer, In strike in tho Illinois coal fields was ended today and 44,000 miners returned to work. The settlement was reached on a basis of an S per cent Increase Jn wages. y It Is represented that the struggle has cost the operators $18,000,uo'o and the miners $12,00,000. A coal shortage es timated at 20,000,000 tons was caused by the long shut-down of the mines. CINCINN ATI BOSSES ARE INVITED. TO THE BANQUET WILL TEDDY REFUSE T OEAT? (consequence of wliich, such bids havo been rejected by the council and much city work that shou'd havo been well under way many weeks ago is still among tho list of uncertainties and bids fair to go over another season. This proposition came up In an aggravated and aggravating form at the speclnl meeting of the city coun cil last evening, for tho 'steentu time during the present season, "when bids were opened for tho con struction of tho North and South Sa lem sewers all of which bids were found to be greatly In excess of tho estimates of Engineer Parrott and were consequently rejected. . In the meantime the city recorder has been instructed to Invito further bids and, upon motion of Alderman Eldridge, W. H. Blrdsell, a civil engineer of ability, was appointed to investigate tho proposition, chock up the pro posed work nnd figures prepared by City Engineer Parrott and report at the next meeting. When the. matter came up at last ovpnlng's session the council had re solved itsolf Into a commltteo of tho whole and devoted considerable tlmo and expended much physical energy in trying to arrive at a satisfactory solution of the difficulty which f3 rap'dly assuming serious propor tions In every case tho bid of tho contractor was found to bo greatly Is excess of tho estimates of City En- Kirocr Parrott, who placed tho ag gregate cost of building tho sower at approximately $C2.000 and Mm oounoil "got busy" and will try to forret out tho trouble Triumvirate That Rules the City, George B. Cjox, Garry Her mann and "Bud" Hynicka, Are Asked to Dinner at Son-in-Law Longworth's House to meet the Colonel, and to the Question "Would He Sit at Table With Them" replied: "You Should Not Ask Foolish Questions." (Continued or rage night.) His Jugular Vein Torn and a Gallon of Blood Spurts on Platform Weakened and Almost Collapsed, on Gallows. New Fall Dress Goods and Silks The greatest Bhowlng wo evar made of the new nymnUh mater ials that are now so fashlonaole for the new fall suits. We. are makers of low prices. Yd. 20c, .U5c, 10c, 5c and upward The PUIPAPA CTAD17 Salem, Greater u 1JU Oregon Tho "bad man" dies a coward. Thus history repeats itself. Isaac Nowton Harrall, murderor of Herbert A. and Walter W. Novell, promlnont and prosperous sheep men of Lake county, this state, suffered tho extromo penalty of. tho law for his crlmo at tho ponltontiary at 12:30 o'clock today by hanging. The drop was made at oxactly 12:29 Vi tho spinal wrtobrao was broken, likewise the jugular vein on the right sldo of the neck, and doath was practically Instantaneous. Ho watt pronounced dead at 12.33 o'clock, the passing of life from the body requiring only three and ono lialf minutes, which is tho next best Salem AsksThatthe Street Car Line, Be' Extended to the De potCompany Can Make Good', by Acceding to Peo ple!? Wjshes. The Portland Itailway Light & Power company is furnishing Salem a reasonably good service, probably running its cars as frequently as tho patronage will Justify. It owns a valuablo franchise that Js rapldli growing more valuable nB tho "cRy grows, and tho cRy's intorosts are its Interests. Everything that adds to tho city's growth, adds to the company's rocolpts, and' to tho value of its franchise Tho company has chcorfully met all demands on it for stroot improvements, putting up 1U sharo of tho expense wherever street improvements wero desired on tho streets its cars are operated on. This course has boon a wise ono, for UNITED FBBSB MUSED WISH. Clncinnattl, O., Sopt. 9. Colonel Roosevelt is visiting informally to day nt the hlmo of his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. At Tor rence station he left tho train that brought him to Cincinnati and was driven to tho Longworth homo, where ho spent tho morning. ' Shortly before noon Roosevelt vis ited the grounds of tho Ohio Valley exposition, whore ho was a guest at luncheon. Later ho spoko in tho Cincinnati muBtc linll. Hundreds of invitations were is sued a week ago for a reception for Colonel Roosevelt at th,o Longworth homo this afternoon. The trlumvrate that rules tho city politically Georgo B. Cox, Garry Herrmann and "Rud" Hynicka wore bidden to the assembly. What the former president will say to them Is causing much, speculation and scores of Clnclnnatins planned to time their minutes at tho Long worth houso in order to bo present when tho trio arrived. When Roosevelt's train passed through Hamilton early today 5,000 persons woro waiting at tho station. Tho colonel was chcorcd cordially upon tho completion of a brlot speech from the platform of his car. Roosevelt was asked if Cox's pres ence nt tho reception would make any difference. "You must not ask foolish quos. tlons," wns tho colonol's rosponse. Roosovolt also rofused to discuss tho attitude taken by William R. Hearst in recent editorials in which he invited tho colonel to come bank to Now York and holp drive tho bosses out ot tho state Politicians hero are speculating on the possibility of a Hearst-Itnose-velt alliance. Hearst, they declare, is anxious to defeat Mayor Gaynor, who will probably bo the Democratic nominee for governor of Now York. Unless he supports Roosevelt, a four-cornored fight will follow in Which Hearst, Roosevelt, tho Demo crats and tho progressives and the "old guard," will bo tho combatants. If Hearst and Roosevelt combine, it Is believed they probably would win in tho state. Roosevelt says ho would gladly accept any "sincerely established clean politics campaign." OENERAL bowers DIED LAST NIGHT IDMITED ritlBS LEASED WlBR.l Boston, Mass,, Sept. 9. -United States Solicitor General Lloyd W. Bowers died at the Hotel Touralne from complicated bronchitis today, Bowers, who recently wa3 men tioned prominently for a scat on tho United States supremo bench, con tracted a severe cough' sqmo time ago which developed into bronchitis. He was recuperating in this city. Bowora was born In Springfield Mass., CI years ago. After his grad uation from Yalo in 1879, and from Columbia University Law School in 1882 ho was ndmjttod to tho bar. For many years he was chief counsel for tho Chicago & Northwestern railway, whioh position lie held when called Into public life. M M M M M M-M -T M M t M MM M M :: The Value of a Wide I of Choice (Continued on page eight. (Continued on Pago S.) REGISTER The books close for registration for tho primaries September 13, 11 days before the primary election. If you reUter otherwise than as a Republican or Democrat, you lose your vote, as there are no candi dates at the primaries other than iiKiiubllcang and Democrat and a REGISTER man registered Independent cannot voto at tho primaries. At tho gen eral election however, you can vote at you please, but the big battle will be fought at th primaries so get out and register. Do not delay, as the last day for registration before l the primaries in September 13. Men who are discriminating prefer to purchase their Cloth- 1 ' ' ing where a great variety of patterns are shown at this time. Our exhibit of Fall Suits is in 111 i . . i . " . ... . . every way complete. All the popular shades of browns and gray in the season's most fay" ored styles and weaves, from 15.00 to $35,00 ; Woolen Mill Stored H)HIIIIIIIIIIHIMHIIIIIMIHIItlllHIIIIIHHII
