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SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1911
NO. 48.
Pages
1 to 8
fEST BREAKS
CWlBEIiLAIN
RECORDS
ALL VETO
VETOED 40, WEST 64
KIEIITY-SEVEII PER
OF ALL THE BILLS
CENT
PASSED
VEtIT TO CHOPPING BLOCK
Had Only Got Fairly in Action When the Time Limit Shut Him ' -
Off As Grand and Mighty Executioner, He Welcomed the
Fierce Array of Bills "With Bloody Hands to Hospitable
Graves"--Killed Many Measures That Would Have Per
mitted Him to Appoint Officers Which Is Also an Unique
Thing.
No War With Japan.
Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 25.
"There will be no war with Ja-
pan. There' is not the least rea-
son for thinking such a struggle
imminent," said John Quimby,
captain of the battleship Mon-
tana, here today, refuting a re-
cent ac'laratlon of Congress-
man Richmond P. Hobson.
Hobson has been out of (he
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Prove Age by Rones.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 25. By
m i the testimony of X-ray photo-
graphs Chang Hong, twice de-
nied permission to enter the
United States as an adult Chi.
nese, today hopes' to prove that .
he Is only 17 a minor, and,
"The purpose of this bill," said
Governor West as he leaned back In
his chair In the executive chamber
at the capitol building yesterday af
ternoon to dictate some more veto
messages to his stenographer, after
having devoted four and one-half
days to the work some of the nights
thrown In for good measure, and af
ter having paused just barely long
enough on the fifth day to refresh
himself with a light lunch; "the pur
pose of this bill," he repeated as he
prepared himself for a fresh start In
the record breaking veto onslaught
and revolved in his mind a few choice
phrases to fling at some of those who
opposed measures which he favored
in the last session, "Is to confirm the
title to several large tracts of al
leged swamp lands purchased from
the state through what is known as
8amp Land Certificate No. 144.
These lands are in the same category
as those of the Warner Valley Stock
company and the Warner Valley set
tlers and, therefore, affected by the
decision of the supreme court in that
celebrated case."
Tit for Tat.
"The state land board," he contin
ued reverting back to a bill intro
duced in the house and endorsed by
the state land board, and upon which
Senators Bowerman and Joseph
opened such a fusilade of fire In the
senate that the advocates of the
measure retreated under fire and
withdrew It, "was desirous of settling
this long standing Warner Valley
contest and recommended a compro
mise which would have resulted In
the state securing title to about 4000
teres of land for the benefit of the
common school fund and the settlers
would also have received title to
about 3000 acres, or all of the land
JOHNSO
N
MAY LEAVE
THE RING
claimed by them.
"The bill authorizing such a com
promise," he further continued as he
paved a way to hurl at the aforesaid
opponents the aforesaid choice
phrases which he had all this time
been revolving in his mind, "met with
opposition and was withdrawn.' If
there are good reasons" and here is
where the flings come in "why the
state should not compromise the
Warner Valley Stock comnanv suit
and thereby secure a portion of the
land for the benefit of the school
fund and the confirmation of the
title of bona fide settlers, there are
surely many better reasons why the
state should not, through the passage
of this bill, confirm to the state's
grantees without consideration, titles
which were derived from the same
sources and under the same circum
stances and conditions."
. .With that statement and a little
more explanation he placed his veto
on the bill, and Representative
Thompson's swamp land measure
was hurled into oblivion, and the
governor turned to the batch of bills
before him to apply the ax to them.
Law Now Sufficient
"In my opinion," he said, as he al
lowed the bloody ax to nutter for a
moment and then descend on Senator
Bowerman's bill forbidding state,
county and school officers from fur
nishing supplies to any of the insti
tutions they represent, "the provl
sions of the law are already, sufficient
to protect the state and local gov
ernments from Injury by reason of
public officers having a possible inter
est in furnishing supplies to the
state. Under this bill, if one share of
stock in a farmers' fruit union or
company should happen to be owned
by a member of the legislature, or
any state officer drawing a salary,
that company would be prohibited
from selling a box of apples to any
state Institution and under most
drastic penalties. '
"I respectfully submit," he con
eludes, "that the bill is too far reach
ing to be for the best interest of the
people in the purchase of public sup
plies and for the reasons stated,
herewith return the bill with my
veto."
Slashes n Few Appropriations.
"This bill has merit and ordinarily
would have met with no opposition
from me," he said as his eyes scanned
senate bill No. 43, "but, he si id, as
it carries an appropriation of $50,000
I feel that the best interests of the
taxpayers demand that it do not be
come a law at this time," and with
that he butted the whole bill clear
out of existence. The bill created a
board for the eradication of dtseasss
of animals.
"This bill adds about $1,200 to the
annual cost of conducting tiio office
of the prosecuting attorney for the
fourth prosecuting attorney district,''
he dictated as he read the contents
of senate bill No. 46. Unable to even
say .that it had some merit and
would, not have ordinarily been op
posed by him, he dismissed it with
saying: "No showing has been made
to me, which, in my opinion, would
justify the increase and I, therefore,
return it with my veto."
navy eo long that he has got
out of touch with the Japanese
situation. I have been in Japan
recently, and I know she is not
prepared for hostilities. Her
army is in poor condition, and
she would be unable to put her
navy on a war basis."
AN ACTION
TO REMOVE
MR. BAILEY
GOVERNOR WEST SAYS DISTRICT
ATTORNEY OF MULTNOMAH
COUNTY WILL BRING ACTION
TO REMOVE DAIRY AND FOOD
COMMISSIONER.
RULING OF
' HUES
therefore admissable, which will
be the first time this method
has been used to .determine the
age of prospective Immigrants.
Drs. Bonney and Granger,
with Harvard experts, made
photographs of the Chinaman's
bones, which, they assert, show
his age to within a month.
emission on rates
RAILROADS GET A HOI 01!
DAY CITY
HAS GREAT
DL017 00T
Celebrates the Fact That She
is to Have Panama Expo
sition With a Monster Pa
rade and Jollification.
Want Rebels Recognized.
San Francisco, Feb. 25.-
Denouncing the action of the
federal government In hamper
ing Mexican Insurgents in their
operations along the border
and declaring the program of as
sisting Diaz had its origin In
Wall street, the San Francisco
labor council unanimously
That the . district attorney of Mult
nomah county is now investigating
the administration of Dairy and Food
Commissioner Bailey with the view of
removing him from office and that he
has promised to take proceedings
looking to that end was the announce
ment made this morning by Governor
West.
Governor West during the legisla
ture had the management of the of
fice Investigated by a committee.
The committee recommended that
Bailey be requested to resign but the
WHISTLES ALL TIED DOWN
Parace Started Down Market Street
at 2:30 and Was Scene of Wild
and Continuous Hilarity, Every
Whistle and Siren In the City or
HafW Was TI4xOow and the
Screaming Fairly Shook the City
Concerts, Confetti Throwing and
Noise Will Keep the City in a
Turmoil Until After Midnight.
adopted resolutions today call-
4 ing upon congress to recognize
the provisional government of
the insurgents. Copies of the
resolutions were forwarded to
President Taft, congress and
the California legislature. They
sharply criticise military and
civil authorities for overstepping
the bounds of the neutrality
laws.
OFFICIALS WILL MEET
AND AGREE Of ACTION
WILL PRODADLY SUBMIT
Meeting Planned for Next Week When Officials of the Big
Roads Will Discuss Ruling and Agree on Some Course to
Be Followed It is Generally Believed the Roads Will Obey
Orders---Some Fears Entertained That Wages May Be Cut
and Strike Precipitated, But These Seem Groundless.
WOULD VETU
THIS ONE IF
HE COULU
UNITED riEBS LIA8BD WIRE.
San Francisco, Feb. 25. With par
rades, band concerts, receptions and
speeches, San Francisco today cele-
GOVERNOR WEST ASKED FOR
OPINION ON THE EFFECT OF
THE JAP TREATY, SAYS IT
WOULD BE DISASTROUS TO
WHITE LABOR.
"I look upon it as an entering
wedge to open the doors for coolie
labor on the Pacific coast," said
Governor West today when asked for
an expression of opinion relative to
the treaty entered into between Jap
an and the United States and which
congress has ratified.
"Labor conditions on the Pacific
coast," continued 1 the governor, "are
today better and superior to those
legislature declined to follow its "'axu "v'""'
prevailing on the Atlantic. On the
New Orleans ! . im..i... iDv,n. ,,,
recommendations. Convinced that he. in securing national endorsement as
should be removed from office, the the site for the Panama exposition.
governor then took the subject up
with the district attorney's office at
Portland. The proceedings will 'be
brought under a statute which pro
vides, that an officer may be removed
for malfeasance by suit instituted
similarly to a criminal action.
Should the governor fail to get re
sults in Multnomah county, he will er of a steam whistle or siren in
probably ask the grand Jury of this
county to take action.
IrviTED FRK3S LEASED Willi:.)
San Francisco, Feb. 25. Refusing
cablfd offer by Hugh Mcintosh for
light with Sam Langford in London
or Paris for May or June for a purse
f 130.000, cut 60 and 40, and with
wgtns Corii as referee. Jack John
son today threatens to retire within
" ironths if he cannot get his price
w W'J,000 straight for the bout,
I retire, I'll stay retired,"
Johnson. "There will be no
Setting nie to come back to regain
the supremacy of the black race. An
other thing even if my demand is
met I will insist on an American ref
Corri is all right but I want a
wwitryman of mine in the ring when
1 Igbt abroad again."
John on said if his demands were
o could be ready to fight in
June.
TxiiF burned out '
HKCAUSE OF CANCER
, tw.T pb",s77Zsd w.m.1 I Sayln thB 8ama thiDg, B')0Ut r;
8l Francisco, Feb. 25 "Go ate bill No. 136, appropriating about
he and cut out my tongue It H.900 for tne 8ame PurPBe ,or
nt worth anvthm tn mn district attorney, of the fifth Judicial
' district, he applied the hatchet to it
'his waa ci.-j w nmi turned hid attention to senate
ULO WOMAN
MURDERED
IN IDAHO
MILS. JOHN CASTLEBURY OF
WALLACE FOCNI) DEAD ON
THE FLOOR OF HER CABIN,
HER SKULL FRACTURED AND
LEGS BROKEN.
By proclamation of the mayor,
stores were closed for the afternoon,
and when the great parade started
down Market street at 2:30 o'clock
San Francisco outdid herself in wild
demonstration. Promptly with the
starting of the parade every controll.
the
city and1 harbor was tied down, and
the resultant roar shook the nearby
hills. A large contingent of militia
and regular troops figured In the
parade. Tonight band concerts, confetti-throwing
and general Jollifica
tion will keep the city awake until
long after midnight.
THE WATER
- COMMITTEE
IS AT WORK
After being in conference all of
one day and the greater part of to
day with R. M. Donald, the engineer
representing the Salem Water Com
pany In the negotiations for the
' purchase of the water plant by the
city, the spedal committee, which
compete with foreign labor and It has
resulted In the reduction of wages
and inferior labor conditions in gen
eral. American labor on the Pacific
coast would have had ' to compete
with Asiatic labor had It not been for
the immigration laws nnrt treaty re
strictions on the subjTt. Remove
these and an invasion of Asiatic la
bor to the Pacific const and the
placing of American labor on an
equality with Asiatic will be the re
suit."
BURDETTE
WOLF CAUGHT
IN CALCUTTA
WAS PROMINENT IN PORTLAND
SOCIAL CIRCLES, HUT SHOT
AND KILLED HIS SWEETHEART
BERTHA MORTON, AND FLED IN
1801.
UNITED l'RSHS UUBBD WIM.
Chicago, Feb. 25. Executives and
attorneys for the western railroads
are expected to- meet here next week
to' decide upon thnlr action regard
ing ' the Interstate Commerce Com
mission's decision. All indications
are that it will be accepted without
a fight.
In order to appeal the case the
roads must decline to withdraw their
tariffs, thus forcing the commission
to formally fix the present rates as
those enforced two years ago.
May Test Constitutionality.
New York, Feb. 25. Through
statements by prominent railroad at
torneys It developed here today that
the principal business of the confer
ence of rallnoad - presidents here
Monday will be to decide whether to
test the constitutionality of the
Mann-Elklns law. The railroad law
yers believe that the provision em
powering the interstate 'commerce
commission to suspend railroad
rates is invalid. On this basis the
commission's recent decision will be
attacked, if at all.
Fish Saye Rates Are Just,
New York, Feb. 25 Discussing
the Interstate commerce oommls.
slon's rnrte decision, Stuyvesant Fish
today declared that the railroads of
the country had reached a point
where their operating expenses were
no longer out of proportion to their
gross revenue. The rate decision,
he said, betters the plight of the real
commission's declaration that the
existing railroad rates are Just.
No Cut In Wages.
New York, Feb. 25 Belief is
growing here today that the rail
roads will make no protest against
the decision of the interstate com
merce commission In refusing to al
low advances in rates, and that they
will relent to meet current obliga
tions. The chief public concern over the
situation Is whether there will be a
reduction of wages to the level pre
vailing before the recent concessions
to employes. In this connection the
statement of George F. Baer, presi
dent of the Reading railroad, that
the worklngman might suffer from
the refusal to allow the rate raise,
is causing surprise.' Referring to
Baer's statement, a big labor leader
said today: '
"There will be no reduction la
wages 'now.'The' easter'n'and" most
of the western systems have signed
up with the various brotherhood
for a term of years. If the railroads
violate their contracts, which Is un
likely, we will have the biggest rail,
road strike In history."
The Impression among financial
men here Is that everything soon
will be adjusted, that the roads will
carry out their contemplated Im
provements and that no fight for
higher rates will be made.
Washington, Feb: 25 The inter
state commerce commission today
owners of railroad shares held for suspended rate advances vitally af
Investment by stopping the claims fectlng the tap lines and the coal ln
of labor for higher wages and by dustry in the south and west. Ad
endlng the claims of the shippers j vances on coal shipped from West
for anything approaching a general Virginia to the west and middle
reduction In rates. He endorsed the west have been postponed until Sep
tember E.
CSITED PBESS LEAKED WIRE.
Wallace, Idaho, Feb. 25 Believ.
Ing that the murderer of Mrs. John
hhH trt consists of Councllmen Durbin, Laf.
52,
victim of cancer, gave ta phy.
,lciw tod .U. V,.
bill No. 317.
today when told that his
9 uld have to be removed ot
Was Still Yetoln.
Picking that up and finding that it
death In her cabin on Marble creek,
is still in the vicinity, Sheriff Mc
Farland and half a dozen deputies,
assisted by citizens,
systematic man-hunt for the mur
derer. Mrs. Castlebury was alone in the
cabin. Her children were at school,
while her husband had gone to
Clarkia for supplies.
The woman was found dying on
the floor by a neighbor. Mer body
was badly bruised and her skull
fractured. One leg was broken
two places and it is believed
the murderer deliberately
her before killing her.
The room showed evidences of a
uld die. Maune's tongue was provided a different rule for bringing terrific death struggle. , Tracks in
rna 0nt Mj . . actions against corporations from the gnow. indicated that the murder-
U for recovery. .. . . ' . er fled , in the direction of Clarkia
ky and Warring, were still wrestling
with a mass of figures, and .it looks
very much now as though that Coun
cilman Durbln's promise at the last
today began a i meeting 6f the council that the com
mittee would De aoie la report nexi
Monday "without fall" can not be
lived up to.
The committee held its first con
fluence on Washington's birthday,
and was In session all day. Engineer
Donald submitted a mass of data
and figures for it to dive into, and it
has since been diving and the indica
tions now are that it will not emerge
from under the water In time for a
report at the next meeting. When It
does report it will submit a long re
port on the report made by Donald
and its conference with him. Just
what will be done cannot be learned
until the eommlttee gets its bearlngi
and ascertains' Just "where H tu at.
In
that
tortured
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE
Portland, Ore., Feb. 25. After a
world wide hunt which has been un
der way since 1891, Burdette Wolfe,
whot shot and killed his sweetheart,
Bertha Morton, has been located In
Calcutta, India, and will be brought
back to Portland for trial for mur
der, according to District Attorney
Cameron this afternoon.
Wolf was a law student and was
prominent socially. He shot the girl
because her parents had Influenced
her to reject him, It is Bald.
Wolf sailed for South America
within four hours after hr death on
a vessel owned by a relative. He
was traced to Australia, Hong Kong,
Japan and finally to India.
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OFFICIALS CHARGED
WITH INHUMAN CRUELTY
at Occoquan, Va., by former guards.
"Half starved, half frozen men
have been hung by their thumbs to
the limb of a tree in punishment for :
trivial offenses," according to the
charges.
Describing the "starvation punish
ment," one of the guards in a signed
statement says:
"I was ordered to take a gang to
the laundry. We passed a tub of
bones thrown out as refuse. Each
prisoner grabbed a bone like a hun
gry dog and sucked it. They were
n-ally starving."
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LORIMER
CASE COMES
UP MONDAY
THESE
ROBBERS MADE
NICE LITTLE HAUL
fOWITED riEBS LE"ED WIRS.1
Washington, Feb. 25. Charges of
Inhuman cruelties are filed here today
for Investigation against the admin
istration of the district workhouse
Pittsburg, Kansas, Feb. 25. Police
and Plnkertons are hustling here to
day to catch the trail of two men
who held up Mrs. S. E. Arnold, post
mistress of Fuller village, a suburb,
obtaining $12,000 cash Intended for
today's payroll of the Sheridan coal
company. Twelve thousand dollars
additional, which was in the hands of
Bert Brlggs, the company's cashier,
was saved by Brlggs dropping It on
the sidewalk.
The robbers confronted Brlggs and
the postmistress near the railroad de
pot Imedlately after the money had
been received by a Kansas City Sou
thern train
Washington, Fob. 25 The Lorl
mer caso went over this afternoon
until Monday, Senator BalPey noti
fying the chamber that he would
Insist on the rcgurnr order, which
means a consideration of the case,
"even if the appropriation bills
fall."
Bailey declared he would force a
vote on Lorlmer next week or that
he would block all legislation In
tho senate.
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SALEM HIGH VS.
BUSINESS COLLEGE
Business College takes the lead
from the start. High School picks up
In the second half and Chenoweth
begins to locate the baskets. Bust-
Jness College, the heavier of the two.
Both burglars made plays fust ball and piles up the Bcore
good their' escape before an alarm 1 21 to 10, favor Business College.
was given.
LOWER CALIFORNIA
SECEDEH FROM REBKLS
Los Angeles, Cal.. Feb. 25 De
nouncing General Francis Madoro as
a villainous traitor to his country
and proclaiming the Independent of
Lower California from Madero's
cause, La Revoluclon, the official or
gan of the Los Angeles revolution
ary junta, which controls the north
ern part of the Lower California
pnnula, was circulated here to.
day.
Klncaid and E. Springer starred
for Business College und Utter and
I j. Springer for High School. Both
teams in good condition.
S. II. S. Line-up. C. B. C.
Forwards.
Utter Buttler
Veach E. Springer
Center.
Chenoweth Klncaid
Guards.
U Springer .McGllchrlst
Smith ..... Hulery
IWer'i Ab. Mlntea ' aid Walter'
Kirk,
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