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USED T
ill!
GAVE UP THE SECRETS OF
AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS
TO SECURE CONTRACTS
Argentine Officers Permitted o n Board Our Battleships to
Study Construction And Plans and Drawings Used in
Building Argentine Battleshi ps Secretary of State Knox
and Secretary of the Navy M eyer Betray Trust in Order to
Get the Contract for Buildin g Dreadnaughts for Bethlehem
Steel Company.
Washington, Feb. 21. That the se- velopment of the American navy are
crets of the American navy have practically placed at the service of a
been traded for two battleship con- possible enemy.
tracts, chief beneficiary of which Is When Argentina decided to build
Charles M. Schwab's Bethlehem two dreadnaughts, bids were asked
Steel company, is the sensational from the whole world. The bidding
charge brought here today against was Anally narrowed down to the
Secretary of State Knox and Secre- English, German and American bids
tary Meyer of the navy. In the latter of which Charles M.
The two ships, the building of Schwab's steel works were greatly
which was obtained for Americans by interested. Secretary Knox was for
the alleged bargain, are now in merly attorney for Schwab,
course of construction for Argen- While the contracts were still "up
tlna, one at the yards of the Fore la the air" United States Minister
River company at Qulncy, Massachu- Sherrill at Buenos Ayres intervened
setts, and the other at the yards of and by pledging the secrets of the
the Xew York Shipbuilding com- American navy it is asserted, turned
pany. The plans and drawings of the the scales In favor of the United
t'. S. navy department and the brains States bidders and the contracts
of I'ncle Sam's experts are being came to this country,
used in their construction. I All requests to Secretary Knox to
It was because of the promise of explain the transaction have been
open and free access to the secrets met with a note saying the secre
of the American navy by the state tary declined to be Interviewed on the
department that the contract for the subject!
warships came here, it is charged. I New York, Feb. 21. Queried on
Now the navy department has been Washington reports that American
called upon to make good the prom- naval secrets had been pledged and
ise. Onee the ships are built there were being used in the construction
is no guaranty that their guns may of the Argentine dreadnaughts here
not be turned against the stars and '
stripes, say those protesting against
the action, for they might be sold, or,
by capture, fall Into the hands of any
nation possibly Germany or Japan.
Thus, It is charged for a single con
tract, the millions spent on the de-
SALEM, FALLS CITY ROAD
GETS 35 YEAR FRANCHISE
IS ALSO (ilVKX
'HE ItlfiHT TO
REMONSTRANCE OF PROPERTY
HLKI) lU T PROVED I'X AVAILING ROAD WILL FIRST rtRIDGE
THE ItlVER, AMI THEN BE EXTENDED TO SILVF.RTOX - AND
THEN J
After discussing for some time In
the committee of the whole, an ordl
ance granting to the Salem, Falls
City & Western Railroad company a
franchise to lay tracks in the city to
tmect with the Southern Pacific
ni Oregon Electric, the city council
a few amendments granted the
finest of the company and the ordi
"anee was rushed through its third
feeling.
The main amendments sought by
council was one reducing the life
I ,he franchise and another limit
7 i number of years "during which
ra power should be used. Coun
taan White moved that the fran
Mlse be reduced from 50 to 30 years;
Ut b,,,ore voting on the question the
"cll heard from Charles L. Mc
ry, legal representative of the road.
. . MoJ"ry advised the council that
-re capita could be raised, that it
"pessary to have a franchise
n 'or a long period and that the
" "-"J woia not be pleased with a
auction. Deslrin n.ii
" White one better. Councilman
H ,.age amended the motion making
- f,rs Dut it was voted down,
ncllman Lafky then voted to
So years and U carried.
A a,
,J '"""nsirance signed by about 50
"jperty holders along Union street
mating with
lilGS OF
UILD Mam
and In Massachusetts as a part of
the bargain by which the contracts
I were given to America, Admiral Gar-
cla, chief of the Argentin commission
in charge of the construction of the
two, war vessels, today freely admit
ted that it was the Influence of the
OPERATE ITS CARS BY STEAM-A
OWNERS ALONG THE ItOlTE WAS
against granting the franchise If the
road was to be operated by steam, as
this. It was contended, would" Injure
the residence portion and also Mar
ion Square. Councilman White moved
to limit the time of the use of steam
to two years and this brought about
a general discussion of the question.
After members of the council had
voiced their sentiments, and propertj
owners had also been heard from.
Councilman Lafky moved to amend
so as to make the limit 10 years., but
upon final vote. It was lost. After
wards he endeavored to have a sec
tion Inserted making the limit 20
years but that was also lost.
When the final vote was taken,
four council men voted against the
ordinance Councllmen Eldrldge,
White, Mofflt and Hatch. So the road
has the right to use steam indefinite
ly. T Commence Building Soon.
The company has already secured
through a bill passed by the legisla
ture the right to build a bridge across
the Willamette river which will cost
$100,000. After entering the city and
building a depot, the road propose to
extend Its line to Sllverton. The
work on the bridge and the laying of
h lrai.t In tha ritv and hlllldlnC Of
the depot will commence as soon as
THE EM
WAR S IP!
The statement In Monday ev
ening's Telegram and Tuesday
morning's Statesman to the ef
fect that Col. E. Hfoer would
move to Portland Is a mistake.
Mr. Hofer mentioned the fact
to the Telegram reporter that
he had opened an office in the
U. S. National Bank building,
and the reporter took It for
granted that ho meant Portland.
This was an error, as Mr. Hofer
meant the IT. S. National Bank
building, Salem, He appreciates
the good Intentions of the Tele
gram man, and the nice notice,
but wishes it distinctly under,
stood th!t he will continue to
si
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live In Salem.
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state department which secured the
contracts for the United States.
"I met Secretary Knox in Wash
ington," he said, "and was intro
duced to Secretary Meyer. I was In-,
formed that confidential relations
had been established between the
United States and Argentina. The
relations are extraordinary, The
United States minister, Mr. Shirrell,
at Buenos Ayres, obtained remarkable
concessions from your . government.
We have cart blanche to all informa
tion your navy department has and
are free to call for drawings, de
vices or expert advice. We can also
(Continued on Page 6.)
FUNERAL
OF JUDGE
LORD TODAY
MANY HATHF.K TO I'AV LAST TBI
IJITE TO THK KMIXKXT JllMST,
STATKSMAA AXI) SOMUKlt, AXI)
AliOVK ALL THK WARM AXI)
LOYAL FltlKXn.
With impressive religious cere
monies, a few eulogistic remarks by
members cf the bar, and with the
members of that organization attend
ing as a body, and also state, county
and city officials and hundreds of clt-
izens
many of them coming from
Portland and other portions of the
. ih fr!.i uprulcpn nr ex-
siaic, lUt tu... .... w- - .
Governor Wm. P. Lord, who recently
died In California, were held at the olutions were, one relating to trie
Congregational church this afternoon company laying down new tracks
at 2 o'clock. , n'ong certain streets, and the third
During his career as a private clt. directed It to lay down a track at once
izen and public official ex-Governor on South Commercial street, as Its
Lord had made thousands of friends, failure to do so had Interfered with
Many of them assembled today at the the efforts of Contractor Kehrberger
church to pay their last tribute of re- to lay down the pavement,
spect to him, and the funeral was Manager Page was present at the
one of the largest ever held In the session, and was given the courtesy
city. Rev. P. S. Knight, nn old and of the floor. He explained that the
warm friend, delivered the funeral company had been laying Its tracks on
sermon, and In It praised and eulo- the streets to be Improved Just a
glzed the career of the distinguished ft as possible that it had spared
dead. Judge McCammant, of Portland nothing, In time or money, or effort,
and Judge Galloway, of this city, da- and it would continue to do so. He
livered short addresses, which dealt stated that he felt keenly the resolu
with the ex-governor's serves to the t'ons passed at. the council rapping
state of Oregon and nation at large,
,:.ii,.v-. lau.iful Tribute
Judge Galloway, who was on intl-
mate friend of the deceased, deliv
ered both an Impressive and beautl.
f ul address. He said :
Friends of the deceased, whose
corpse lies before us, had planned to
welcome him home with a banquet
and to scatter flowers along his path
way; distinguished citizens were to
praise and extol his virtues upon
h mmtnp effort of his life-work
the completion and approval of the
! k...in. hia nam.- hut
code of laws bearing his name; but
how changed the home-coming? Wil
liam P. Lord has passed away and a
whole state Is in mourning. Around
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4 Ciood' News for Shippers. 4
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Washington, Feb. 21. By the 4
decision of the Interstate Com-
4 merce Commission, In ruling
4 that Western shippers should
receive the use Of refrigerator
cars whenever asked, without
additional cost, hundreds of
thousands of dollars will be
saved' annually to the fruit
growers of the Pahiflc coast.
The commission sustained ev
ery contention made by the fruit
grower, and denounced the extra
charges made by the railroads
for precoollng facilities as un
reasonable and unjust.
The decision renders prac.
tlcally useless the- precoollng
plants of the Santa . Fe and
Southern Pacific, costing more
than $500,000 each.
ITI1EET CAR
City Council Objects to Present
Cars as Being Dilapidated
and Dirty and nt Only for
the Boneyard or the Crema
tory." IS ROASTED FOR SLOWNESS
Manager Puge Snys Company Kpures
Neither Time Xor .Money in Bush
ing Uh Repairs, ami People on Axy.
1 mil A ven i' Kmlor.se 11 Ih State
iiM'iit as to Time Water Commit,
tee to ltfMi't Next Monday Street
1'uviiiK and Sidewalks Ordered
Two lieNigimUoiiK Accepted,
Declaring that the present cars
used by the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company are old, dilapidat
ed and worn out, and not fit for the
public, the city council last evening
parsed a resolution directing the com
pany to cease using them, and to In
stall in their stead liars of the lutest
design and which are In keeping with
the progress being made in the city.
Counmllman Sauter is the author
of the resolution, and also fathered
upm ui mner raiuiuuuua wm.ii
wel mbii. me comply.
The resolution was adopted wit.h-
T
out a dissenting vote. The other res-
the company, and believed that It was
deserving of It. In view of his
explanation the last resolution was
piMcu un me iiinitau "i urging jnntrM,
ag the first two.
Water Coiunilte Xot Heady.
A report from the committee ap
pointed to confer with the Salem
Water Company, with relation to the
purchase of Its plant had been antic
ipated last night, but It did not rome
that is beyond a promise that the
committee would be ready next Man.
Councllma.n Durbln, in
speaking in
behalf of the committee,
said that it had endeavored to have
several conferences with the com
pany, but bad failed. An under
standing had been reached, however,
he ta'd, to hold a conference this
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CITIZEH
SILfJZ
HOW
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The Xew Hat Styles.
i
4 New York, Feb. 21. Into
the discard for the washdlsh
4 and washtub and bucket millln- 4;
ery effects. The flatlron poke, 4
4 the fluffy oyster shell and the 4
mushroom are IT now. ' 4
4 Models of the new spring' 4
styles have just arrived from 4
4 Paris. The kippered herring is 4
missing. The flat iron poke bids 4
fair to be popular.' The bow
rests on the; point of the fore-
4 heat, just north of the nose.
From there; the hat slopes up- 4
ward and outward, exposing ml- 4
lady's coiffures, a boon to the
hairdresser. 4
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week, and next Monday evening the
committee will report (mairk the
words) "without fail."
St-et Commilttce Reports.
The committee o nstreets, which
has had under consideration for some
time petitions asking for the pave
ment of six streets in the city sub
mitted a report last evening. The
committee Btateid that It had inves-
Itlgated the merits of all the different
kinds of pavement, and that they
were all good and would make no
recommendation as to what kind
should be usnd in the paving of the
streets.
The committee reporting on the
remonstrance relative to the Improve-
( Continued from Page 6.)
INTERESTS
PUT SCREWS
ON MR. TAFT
AISK UKIXCilXC; KVKRY POSSI lll.K
IXFLl'KXCK TO liKAIt OX PRK.S
IhKXT TO IMSKVKXT CAMJXCi
A SPIX'IAL HKSSIOX KKAKIXti
IT WOl'I.i "Hl'KT 1USIXKSS."
USITKll l't'KHH I.KAHKO WIIIK.l
Washington, Feb. 21. Fearful of
business disturbance, If an extra ses
sion of congress is called, agents of
the money kings are today bringing
the greatest possible pressure to bear
on President Tuft to Induce him to
forego his declared purpose, no mat
ter what the action of congress on
reciprocity huh nm inner pet protein,
,
'Let us have a, rent" Is the plaint
to the president. "We don't want, an
extra session, j It will keep business
In a turmolli (lecause the Democrats
are apt to start anything when they,
take hold of the reins of government.
We want a tariff rest until December,
anyway.''
No indication lias yet been given
us to how President Taft regards the
plea of "big business," but It Is known
that every resource of the interests Is
being brought Into play to Induce
him to allow the legislators to go
quietly home, even If his reciprocity
program is not endorsed.
i .
That new oprano whom Schu-mann-llelnk
has discovered among
the Cherokee Indians ought to be very
good on Lo notes.
langem-d Heals LaiiK
London, Feb. 21. Hefore 4
eiie of the biggcM itowN that 4
ever law a prizefight In Lou.
(Urn, 8miii Idiiigford, the Ainerl-
ran negro, w lxi ix champion of 4
Knxlond tonight, was awarded 4
tlx victory over Kill Lang, the 4
Australian. Lanic km dlqunll- 4
fled tor fouling In (lie sixth 4
round. ! 4
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DTB S
ALL CRIMES OF DECALOGUE
CDITTED DY H1DIM1S
17H0 ARE LEFT UnPUniSllED
A Numerously Signed Petition Is Sent Governor West, Setting
. Forth the Conditions, and Asking Relief The Federal
Courts Give no Protection and State Courts Deny Jurisdiction--Settlers
Say Conditions Must Be Changed or They
Will Use Their Natural Rights to Protect Themselves as
Best They Can. . s '.'
Asserting that . for several years
they have been compelled to live in
land where lawlessness among the
Indians prevails to the extent that it
Includes every crime on the criminal
calendar, from drunkenness to rape
of white girls and murder In lta most
gruesome form; that the state author-
lties decline to give them relief be- j the petition Bays, "he picked up a
cause they allege that the offenses shot gun and fired Its contents Into 8
come within the jurisdiction of the ! knapp sack on the shoulder of Charles
federal courts, and that the federal 1 Barker" and when' hailed before Fed
courts do not administer, justice, the ', eral Judge Wolverton he was "given
citizens of Slletz have appealed to 30 days not for shooting at his friend,
Governor West for aid, and threaten but because he brought whiskey on
that unless relief of some kind is giv- the reservation," the petitioners cau
en to take the law Into their own stioally remark. About the same'
hands and deal out to the lawless, time, says the petition, Chauncey
justice by means of the hangman's Adams and Oscar Woods and other
matter under advisement but was un- engaged in a general fight In which
ninter under advisement but was un- pieces of lumber with rusty nails In
able to say this morning just what them were used, faces disfigured and
action he would take in relation to noses bitten off, and all escaped pun
the matter. " Ishment but Oscar who received at
A Lmiir List ol Crimes. 30-day sentence from Judgo Wolver
The citizens have appealed for re- ton.
lief to the governor by way of a pe- A Lecherous Ylllliin.
tltion Jn which they Bet out the list "Shortly afterwards," says the petl
of crimes committed within the last tloners, "Joe Gay, a lecherous vlllinn.
few years and the action taken with and one of the most despicable char
regard to the perpetrators by the acters that ever wore the Image of
state authorities and the federal his maker, committed rape upon the
courts. The list commences with person of a little Indian girl for
Willie Gnrnler, an Indian, who in which he was arrested and after a
1808 in n drunken row shot and short time spent in the Jail at Port
killed I.arkey Logan, also an Indian,
and who hud to serve but two years (Continued from Page 2.)
WOODMEN'S SANATORIUM
AT COLORADO SPRINGS
Mr. L. L. liimlck, well known in Sa -
lem and a motorman on the P. 11. L.
& P. Co.'s cars here for the paBt
three years, has Just returned from
the famous sanatorium of the Mod-
ern Woodmen of America located at
Colorado Springs, Colorado. The.
purpose of the sanatorium is the care
and treatment of tuberculosis pa-
tlents who are members of the Mod-
ern Woodmen. Mr. Duslck has been
there for four months and returns
home apparently cured. He gained
:i0'4 pounds. The length of time' re
quired for a cure Is from six to nine
months and Mr. Tiuslck will return
shortly to complete the time re
quired. Tills institution was founded in
190". Kach member of the Modern
Woodmen was taxed 10 cents and an
estate of 1380 acres was purchased
by the organization, and each mem-
ber pays 10 cents per year for main
taining tills great Institution. The
sanatorium Is located 7,000 feet above
sea level, the land sloping gently to
the east over-looking an Immense
plain, while to the West and behind
the buildings, the mountains rise
3.000 feet. They claim that there are
360 sunshiny days out of the year at
this location. Treatment for tuber
culosis Is free at this Institution to
any Modern Woodman.
The sanatorium Is arranged In col-1 more to the fund, which Is to be used
onles of tents called Colony "A," "B", jto aid the famine victims of China.
"C", and "D". Colonies "A" and "B" An appeal to all citizens of the city
are complete with 60 tents each, , in the form of a resolution was pub
wblch will accomodate one patient ln'llshed In the nqwapnperg "oday, and
each tent Colonies "C" and "D" are.lt was predicted that several thoii
half complete with 30 tents each, sand may be added to the gum befor
These tents are erected by the differ-1 nightfall.
mm
are sin
In the federal prison for his offense,
Following upon the heels of this came
a free for all fight In which several
persons were wounded and the guilty
j parties were all discharged after a
hearing by the federal commission.
Warren Bralnard, an Indian is next
considered. "In an idle moment,"
'ent camps of Modern Woodmen from
different counties throughout the?
states of the union. Oregon Cedar
Camp No. .124(1, Salem, lias Just sent
the money for the erection of a tent.
Including the Biilem tent, Oregon will
have four complete camps at the
sanatorium. The cost of each tent is
$250. They are all built on the same
plan, shingle roof and canvass sides
and ventilated In a scientific manner,
each tent being heated with a stove,
The sanatorium Is completely
equipped with modern dining rooms,
kitchens sewer system, water sys
tem, etc. Twelve hundred chickens
and a herd of 80 thoroughbred cows
owned by the sanatorium, furnish
the eggs and milk for the patients.
Mr. Mustek snys this Institution Is
the greatest place on earth for the
treatment of tuberculosis and that It
Is doing a wonderful work for the
members of the Modern Woodmen.
Mr. Huslck's many friends are glad to
see him back In Salem.
VICTORIA ItAIHKH 912,04)0
FOIl HTItlCKKN CHINKS
Idkitsd nun vmAumo writs.
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 21. Wit It
$12,000 pledged at a mass meeting
last night a commltte of citizens to
day began an active campaign to add
the council possible..