Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, October 18, 1910, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFULL PRESS SERVICE OVER OUR OWN LEASED WIRE. PORTLAND MARKET, REPORTS DAILY. YOU GET TODAY'S NEWS TODAY. frl ; xnY it v:: '.-:;:rt:;::-ri ' 011111 TOIi. IX SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 18, 110. No. 244. ORIDA AND U 1 Pirn XL JU E TERM! RRIGANES THE BIG SEWER OTRACT IS LET SOUTH SALEMSTEIh TO BE BUILT COUNCIL 1ETS CONTRACT TO BEEBE & STEVENSON COST WILL BE NEAR $185,000 Council Also Authorizes the Recorder to Advertise for Bids for City Water Bonds in the Amount of $400,000 Work Will Begin on Sewers as Soon as Machinery and Material Can Be Secured, and Will Be Rushed to an Early Comple - tion. The enactment of the ordinance authorizing the city recorder to ad vertise (or bids for the floating of the city water bonds in the amount of $400,000 and the awarding of the contract for the construction of the South Salem Bewer, to the con tracting firm of Beebe & Stevenson, for approximately $185,000 were among the moat Important things accomplished by the city council at last night's meeting, and, in fact, for the entire year of 1910 to date. Numerous matters of a routine char acter were attended to, such as pro viding for the construction of cement sidewalks and other publlo improve ments in various parts of the city, and, for the first time In months, the council failed to make provisions for a special session next Monday night when adjournment was taken to the next regular meeting, two weeks hence. The South Salem sewer project la one of tbe largest undertakings in the line of public Improvement and betterment of the sanitary conditions of the city that has been attempted by the city for many years, and tbe contractors will furnish the neces sary bond and make arrangements to begin work upon the Job as soon as possible, and it will be rushed through to completion as fast as men and machinery ran do it. Owing to the fact that Engineer Blrdsall's es timates on the project were far be low tbe contractor's price upon which the award was made, it will be neces BIG FLOCK OF BALLOONS FLYING OVER WISCONSIN I'.IIT-D J'KKHM LIUj.0 WIKS J St. Louis, Mo.. Oct. 18. Reports Of the 10 gas bags that sailed away from b re yesterday in the fifth a nual i .ternational balloon race are being- received today. Officials of the A?ro club of Ame'lca. who aro promo ing the race, gaihered here w receive the reports, are enthusiastic over tbe race. They declare that on the showing so far m:ide records will b3 broken and the p.esent race wll go down In history as the most successful of Its klud ever held. Nine of the 10 baloous that starr ed were still up. according to a bul letin issued at 7 o'clock just after a report of one balloon landing near Racine. Wis., had been received. Two other balloons, headed dne north and sailing along at express tra'n speed, were reported well across the Wisconsin state line, hav ing sailed over the state of IlllnoU during the night. One Comes ! . Racine, Wis.. Oct. 1. One of. the balloons entered In the internationxl race landed at Caledonia, near here, at 7 o'clock this morning. Swn at Dig Ik'iiil. Big Bend, Wis., Oct. 18. Tb-J balloon Duaseldorf, pilot Gericke, sailed over U'S Bend at 7:15 this morning. The bag was being car ried rapidly n a northerly direc tion. It was fly'ng about 600 feet above the ground. Gericke threw overt urd a block of wood on which sary to make a re-assessment of the costs of tbe Improvement against the property benefitted, and he was in structed to do so by the council last evening. . -Among the other matters of im portance which came up for consid eration at last evening's session of the council was a petition presented by T. B. Jones and many others for the placing of an initiative ordinance upon the ballot for the city election to 'be held in December of this year maklng.lt a felony for any person to sign an Initiative petition' more than once and for signing it illegally, and this petition was referred to tbe com mittee on ordinances. There is a question" as to whether or not the pe tition has the required number of signatures of registered voters to entitle it to consideration, and thin 1 one of the matters which the com mittee was Instructed to investigate before the council lakes final, actios upon it. A resolution was also Introduced and referred to the mountain water committee prov'ding for the appoint ment of a board of appraisers to ap praise and report upon the amount of Improvements and betterments that have been made by the Salem Water Company upon Its plant, which the city proposes to purchase, since May 8, 1909, the date of the former appraisement of the proper ty by the board of engineers, and for which the city Is supposed to pay an ditional allowance of 10 per cent. was tacked his card with a messago of "all's well." One Roaches "Zlon." Zlon City, 111., Oct. 18. The bal loon Isle de France passed over Zloti City at 6:80 o'clock this morning, beaded west by north. When over the heart of the city the pilot dropped a weight with a card at tached saying that all wan well aboard and that he could stay up al most indefinitely. Two I'lildrntlfb-d. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 18. Watchers from tbe house tops sight ed an unidentified balloon at 7 o'clock 4hla morning. The craft passed to the east of the city headed north-northeast, and the watchers were unable to make out the name. An hour later another balloon fol lowing in the same course passed over the city. . FKe in This Flock. Milwaukee. Wis., Oct. 18. Five balloous, entered In the Interna tional race, passed over Milwaukee in a flock today. The first was sighted shortly after 8 o'clock and by nine the fifth was passing from view. Three of the balloons were so close as to be within hailing distance of each other. The aerostats were all sailing at about tbe height of about 1.000 feet, acd at that dis tance, owing to a slight haze, their names were net discernible. Tbe wind was carrying them along at a 25-mlle clip. . - . Dynamite for Japs. M Olympla, Wash., Oct. 18. Two men are held and five others are being sought today for compile!- ty in the alleged dynamiting plot directed against a score of Japanese laborers employed by the Gate City Lumber Company at Gate, near this city. . Sticks of dynamite all ready to be exploded, were found se- creted under a bunk house occu- pled by the Japanese. Roscoe E. Jones, 18, and Ashton Wat- son, 21, v.cre arrested and the police say that Jones has con- fessed to his share in the crime, indicating Watson as the man who put the dynamite under the building. PORTLAND'S PITCHER IS KNOCKED OUT San Francisco,. Oct. 18. Van Gregg, Portland's star pitcher, re ceived an injury, today that may keep him out of the game for a week. j While running to catch the train at Port Costa he Btruck his. right leg against a switch light, tearing a gash an inch deep. Catcher- Murray also hud an in jured leg, the result of being hit on I the shin SundRy by one of Gregg's , fast shoots. It Is believed that the shin. bone has been chipped. The other members of the team arrived here this morning in good shape and fine spirits. RUMORED STEAMER SINKS WITH SIXTY PASSENGERS New Orleans, La., Oct. 18. An unconfirmed report reached here th(s afternoon saying that the steamer Mercator, of the Vaccaro line, carry ing 60 passengers and a crew, sank off Yucatan In Saturday's hurricane. De tails lire lacking. . SURVEY OF RAILROAD SUSPENDED SEASIDE & TILLAMOOK LINE UP THE LEWIS AND CLARK RIV Kit TO THE NEHALKM VALLEY FILLS OFF ITS SURVEYING i'KKW. (I'NITSD TIES LIUI1 WIKI. Astoria, Ore., Oct. 18. The work of survey ng for a proposed railroad line up the Lewis and Clark river to'the Nebalem valley, which has been In progres for some time by thrt Astoria. Seaside, end Tillamook com pany, has been suspended, tempor arily at least, owing to financial dif ficulties. The company has been financed thus'far by the National Public Util ities corporation of Philadelphia, which has expended between $16. 000 and $17,000 In preliminary work on this and tbe proposed line to Seaside. Everything has been progressing n'oely and money has been forth coming to pay all claims until the September bills and payroll were due. when no funds were sent from the East and the contractor sus pended operations to avoid Incurring any further Indebteuees. aa near as can be learned tbe stockholders of the financing com pany are having some trouble among themselves and the company Is be ing re-organlzed. Six arc lamps installed in a London theater, in 187S, were the first elec tric lamps used commercially la that city. ' , Forest Fires Spring Up. 1'., Duluth, Mln., Oct,-18. Fires anion tbe brush of the stir- rounding forests again have sprung into life, and are re- ported to be threatening prop- erty and lives.-" The people In the endangered territory are alarmed, and are fighting the . flames. . - The settlements of Twig and Pike are deserted, the fire now being only two miles away from the villages. Many of the wo- men are on the fire lines as slating the men to fight the flames. . ATHLETICS WALLOP THE CUBS WALK-AWAY WITH CHICAGO IN SECOND GAME WITH SCOItE OF 9 TO 3 CURS HOPELESSLY OUTCLASSED. UNITED 1-R1CBS LCAHED WIHI. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 18. Before a crowd of 25,000 rooting, yelling, bail-crazed fanatics, Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics this afternoon smothered Chance's Cubs by a score of 9 to 3. The American league leaders led throughout the game, and surpassed the Chicago aggregation in fielding, bitting and in the pitcher's box. - Three-fingered Brown, long the Idol of tbe" Chicago populace, was hit freely after the first Inning until the seventh, wheu they gathered five hits and six runs. The features of the game were tbe heavy hitting -of the Athletics, their 'nfield defense and the superiority of t.ielr team work, In which tbe Cubs were picked to excel. Coombs was not at his beet for the Pniladelpblans. He walked several men, and made at least one error that resulted in a tally. The victory gives the Philadelphia team a two-game lead for the world's championship, the Cubs having failed so far to win a game, Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 18. Be fore the game many 9 to 10 bets, with the Cubs the favorites, were re corded. Tbe line-up Is: Chicago Sheckard If,. Sbulte rf, Hofman cf. Chance lb, Zimmerman 2b, Stelnfeldt 3b, Tinker ss. Kllng c. Brown p. Philadelphia Btrunk cf, Lord If, Collins 2b, Baker 3b, Davis lb, Mur phy rf, Barry ss, Thomas c, Coombs, P.- First inning, Chicago Sheckard walked. Schulte forced Sheckard, Collins to Barry. Hofman walked. Chance singled to the Infield, filling tbe bases. Zimmerman sacrificed, (Contlsusd on Pace .) yam SUCCEEDS FAILING ADIM4 ONE MORE TO HIM LONG LIST OF SPECTACULAR UNDER TAKINGS THAT KEEP HIM FOR EVER IN THE, IJMELIGUT. (UrflTKD riUI UtXHY.O WIUJC ) New York, Oct. is. The dirigi ble balloon America, headed for Eu rope, was abandoned la tbe Atlantle due east of Cape llatterag half way to Bermuda lute this afternoon. iWURilTEIAIUSOiS BEAT LIST . ( Taft Let Him In. r- Ellis Island, N. Y., Oct. 18. Because he had. hands that looked like the hands of a toll- er, and .ts words bad the ring 4 of truth, Prosldent Taft today allowed George Thornton, a Welsh miner, to enter the United States, with his seven children, over the ruling objections of the 4 special Inquiry board. "I have my health and strength; and, sir, look at my hands; are they not the hands of a man able to do work?" was Thornton's plea to the presl- dent. "They 1 say my kiddles might become publlo charges, because I have only $165. That Is not so. All I ask Is a chance to make a living for the babtes. Their mother Is dead, and they have nobody to look after them but myself." Walter Wellman and his compan ions aboard the airship were res cued by the royal mall steamer Trent. News of the rescue came by wire less from Captain Downs of the Trent in a mestage which rend: . "At five o'clcck this morning we sighted Wellman's airship, America, In distress. . They signalled by the Morse code that help was required. "After tireo hours of maneuver ing with fresh winds we picked up Wellman and , the entire crew and the cat. . . All are now safe aboard the Trent. All are well. The Amer ica was abandoned in latitude 85.41 north; longitude 68.18 west." The cat referred to was the Mal tose mascot, placed aboard by Mrs. Vanlman, wife of the cblef engi neer of the airship. Captain Downs gave no other par ticulars. . , SU'S CENSUS WAS NOT PADDED W) HAYS HTACEY CORWIN NOW IN IORTLAND, WHO HAD CHARGE OF THE WORK OF ENUMERATION IN THAT CITY. (UNITSO l-MCKM l.tAMLU W1MN. Portland, Or., Oct. 18. Stacey Corwin, who Is in charge of the cen sus enumeration In tbe city precincts of Tacoma, under Supervisor Kelly, and who left this city after tbe re count was completed, did not go to the Philippines, as was reported In Tacoma, but came to Portland, and Is now in the employ of the Portland Gas Company's pipe department. Despite the fact that Director Du- rand, of the census, announced at Washington, that the Tacoma census had been padded by approximately 20,000 fake names, Corwin declared today that "there was nothing to the charge that Tacoma returns bad been ballooned." "If tbe census officials have de creased Tacoma's population from 116,248 to 82,972 they have done Ta coma a great Injury," said Corwin. Corwin likewise asserted that tbe civic bodies who assisted in handling the census at Tacoma turned in only about 12,000 names, 10,000 of wblcb were thrown out. Corwin scouted the report that he had fled from Tacoma to escape the Investigation of bis part in tbe tak ing. "The bureau official always knew just where to find me," he suld. Tbe checking over cf Portland's census Is going ahead rapidly under the direction of Special Agent Hes ter. According to Hester tbe recount will not develop frauds In Portland. TACOf WILL BE APPALLING ' 0 WHOLE PENINSULA A WRECK LOSS WILL DE IN MILLIONS ALL COAST TOWNS CUT OFF No ReDorts Can Be Had From Down The Orange Crop Dead in Havana and City Over a Million Estimates Score Killed at Tampa. txiTio racss lkasbd wiaa. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 18. The fate of the people of Key West and other cities of the southern Florida peninsula, in the worst storm that has raged there in years, is unknown today, owing to the failure of tele graph and telephone wires, and the ripping out of cables by a great hur ricane. Last reports from St. Augustine were that that the tremendous waves, driven by an Inshore gale, swept over the seawall all night. The lower part of the city was reported flooded. Tbe list of known dead is three; reported dead, 80. . The heaviest loss of life is reported among workmen and laborers of tbe East Coast rallrond, south of Jack sonville. TituBVllle Is reported to have sus tained most, serious damage. Esti mates of the fatalities and the dam age wrought by the storm was tho veriest guesswork In the earlier hours of the day. The hotels at Palm Beach are re ported to have sustained serious dam age, and It Is said that the Palm Beach season will not be opened. Similar conditions are reported on the west coast of Florida. Gaines ville and Ocala report that they have received no word from the south since Hhe storm struck. The orange crop is believed to have been destroyed. Tampa 'was Isolated at noon, and the fate of the city Is unknown. I GRAND LODGE DEDICATES ASHLAND LODGE'S HOME (umitbd ratisa iXAsm wins. Ashland, Ore., Oct. 18. (Special to tbe Journal). One of the mont impressive dedicatory services ever held In the state of Oregon was at the dedication of the new Elks building at Ashland last Saturday. October 15. Elks wore present from all over the state and every business bouse was decorated In purple and white. It was a three days' cle braih n and ended with the placing of tbe corner stone Saturday. A monster parade was given after the corner stone was laid, followid later by the Ifdlcation ae'tMi and tho banquet lit night, at wbic'i vr 4C plates were laid. f;nrli. the i.oi.ide the visiting E'ki and fileuds were escorted In automobiles all over the city. Bugglea, people, hum, umbrellas and everything carrying tbe Elks colors. All Incoming trains were met by bands and tiie delegates and tbe visitors wer es corted to the Elks Temple whero the laying of the corner stone srvles were to be held. Tbe simple but impressive services were conducted by District Deputy Graud Exalted Ruler W. Carlton Smith, of Salem, assisted by the following: C. II. Burggraf, of Albany; Grand Es teemed Leading Knight, Eugene Parrott, of Roseburg, Grand Ex teemed Loyal Knight; T. K. Duuleli of Medford, Grand Esteemed Lec turing Knight; W. R. Apperson, ti! Portland, Grand Esquire; C. II. Pierce, of Ashland, Grand Secretary; P. Provost, of Ashland, Grand Treas urer; J. Bowerman, of Heppner. BLOW D AWAY Coast Towns as All Wires Are Is Totally Desxroyed 100 Are Badly Wrecked and Damage of Dead Are Mere Guess Work The wind was reported as having reached 80 miles at Tampa before communication was lost. The wind here is Increasing stead lly In velocity. Their Fate Unknown. , Jacksonville, Fla.. Oct. 18 The fate of Miami, Tampa and Key West, under the beating of the greatest hur ricane In the history of the Florida peninsula Is unknown this afternoon. A work train containing SO labor ers was swept away on the East Coast railway near Miami, and it is reported that all were killed. A score of persons are dead at Tampa, according to unconfirmed re ports, which also said that 46 mem bers of the Plant City artillery are marooned at Kdgemont Key, and that 60 persons are In danger at the Passe-Ah-Grllle resort. Both places are at the mouth of Tampa bay. . The lumber schooner Braxos, bound from Tampa to Havana with a crew of 10 men, Is believed to have foundered. Havana liadly Damaged. Havana, Oct. 18. With 100 dead, hundreds injured and damage reach ing Into the millions from two hur ricanes, reports reached here today that a third hurricane Is forming south of Jamaica. The people of Ha vana are becoming panic-stricken.. It la impossible to estimate thcr (Continued on page 4.) Grand Inner Guard; J. S. Delllnger, of Astoria, Grand Tyler; and H. F. Pohlund, of Ashland, Grand Chap lain. Tbe orator of the occasion w4 lion. It. R. Butler, of Condon, and his address Is considered one of thl iiwBt eloquent and scholarly effort ever heard In this part of the state. At the banquet Hon. E. E. Carter, of Ashland, acted as toast master. The Elks Home at Ashland Is one of the finest in the state, ns tbe fol lowing description will show. The building Is of reinforced con crete, four stories and a basement t't height, and covers a space 74x100. Footings, foundation and walls, and the roof construction so plsunod a ' to add two or more stories when wo are ready for them. Tho basement conta'us a- banquet room 60x96 that will seat 400 or more, kitchen, pantry, heating room, fuol, storage room, baths, etc. It can be rented to outsiders when we are not using it. Tbe ground floor Is divided Into three store rooms. Two-thirds of tbe second floor ' occupied by the largo social ball fl-i-Ishod In Oregon fir of beautiful grain The front portion U devotel to library, writing and reception room, tho middle c-$iuu to a lobby, or kiungtug and smoking room, aud the rear section to billiards, pool and card tables. A hire' fireplace opposite the main entrance Is tho center of attraction lu the lountilnj (Continued on rage 4 )