Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, February 27, 1911, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text71 0ETOM V0I in. SALEM, OREGON, MOVDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1011. NO. 49. AN ir.lPORTAfJT COUNCIL BEEIM THE WATER GOHHITTEE TO REPORT COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION Oil MUCH STREET PAVING AfID DECIDE ON THE KIND Water Committee, It Is Understood, Will Report on the Pur chase of the Present Plant, the First Step Necessary To ward Securing Mountain Water -Bitulithic Will Be Laid as It Now Looks on High From Court to Mill Creek, and Sev eral Others, as This Seems to Be Accepted as About the Best There Is. Further reports relative to peti tions praying for the pavement of streets are expected to be submitted tonight by the committee of Btreets to the council; and In view of this and the further fact that bids are to be opened for the pavement of Asylum Avenue and that assurance has been given that the special water commit tee will be ready to report relative to Its negotiations looking to the pur chase of the plant of the Salem water company the meeting this evening promises to be of special interest to everyone Interested in civic improve ments and In securing for the city a system of pure water. Bids To Be Considered. The street committee will make a favorable report on a petition asking for the pavement of High street from Court to the north line of Mill Creek with bitulithic and the recorder will no doubt be instructed to advertise for bids. ' Reports, it is also under stood, will be submitted relative to the pavement of other streets but their exact nature is unknown. The bids to" be considered are for Asylum Avenue its pavement with bitulithic from Twenty-fourth street to the city limits and on to the asy lum grounds. The bids will come from the Warren Construction com pany and as the street committe has been holding street paving up for the past month or so with the view of securing concessions from the com pany, the fruits of its labors will be come known this evening when the bids are considered. Wafer Committee to Report. At the last session of the council REFUSED TO HONOR HIS CHECKS SHAX1KO XKWSPAPEIt MAN WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGE OP IS SVIXG CHECKCON BANK WHEN HE HAD NO FI NDS TO MEET THEM. Chief of Police Hamilton returned 'ast evening from Shaniko with H. overman, a newspaper man of that P'ace, In custody, and who was this orenoon bound over tn th p-ranrt Jury on a bond of $500 for issuing a 'heck on a bank without funds with wblch ,0 meet its payment. overman, it seems, visited the city brief Be;' a"d durins his nr. ran short oa funds' He mailed upon a prominent business n to Indorse a check for $50, and lor this offense that he must an. j "r to the grand jury. While here 6 aIso included that it was an op Pr'ne time to incorporate his news Pr business, and secured the ser Pf a, prominent lawyer to draw P Oie papers f ,r him. He not only P a he attorney for his sen-ices ,u a fraudulent check, but also ailed upon the lawyer to pay the tr the filing of the articles and this with a check, the total Partner Also Cliei k Artist. in ,rrman' H seetns. has a partner we newspaper business ejt Shan- no ig also a check artist. He ""sea with issuing a fraud at TVio ri. . . Ith fi, """. ana roae down OvL f PoHce Hamilton and as far as that station. that body was given assurance by Councilman Durbln that the special committee appointed to negotiate with the water company for its plant, and of which he is the chairman, will report tonight. The committee has had several conferences with the en- gineer of the company this week and is now, no doubt, in a position to give a report which will serve as an intelligent guide to' the council in taking action with regard to the pur- chase of this plant. The committee has had the subject under considera- tlon for a month or more . but has been unable to report for first one reason and then another. The mat- ter was originally referred to a com mittee consisting of the new council men in order that they might become conversant with the plant before vot ing on Its purchase. That committee made recommandations as to the sum which should be paid for the plant -and the subject was referred back to It with instructions to nego tiate on the subject. Both subjects the street Improve ment and the purchase of the water plant are of great Interest to the people. The majority are in favor of both and have patiently endured the delays caused by the investigations of the committees. TWO MEN ARE LOST IN COLORADO MOUNTAINS UNITED I'RKSS LEASED WIRK.l Canyon City, Colo., Feb. 27. Tbpmas Jenkins, 26, and Eugene Haswley, 17, are lost In the mountains near the Royal gorge. A hundred men from Canyon City searched all night and today, but no trace of them has been found. Two companions separated from the other two, and', after a, hard strug gle, made their way home last night. o RALPH WILLIS TO PITCH FOR SPOKANE f UNITED FBF.BS LEASED Willi. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 27. Ralph Willis, who pitched for the Oakland and San Francisco clubs last season, will do the mound work for the Spo. kane Indians next season. Willis was purchased outright by Cohen. The signing of Willis probably will mean the signing of the release of Kratzburg or Schopp. TO KEEP CHECK ON SALE OF FIREARMS (UNITRD PBR38 I.EA8BD WIBB.1 Springfield, 111.. Feb. 27. A bill In tended to stop the promiscuous sale of fire arms is pending today In the state legislature. The measure, which was Introduced by Represen tative Perkins, demands that dealers in firearms keep a register In which every purchaser must write hfs name and give the reason for his purchase. ELLENSBIRG 51. IX WOUNDED BY POLICE ItTMTKD PRESS LEA RED WIHE ) Ellensburg, Wash., Feb. 27. Joseph Shull. former chief of police of El lensburg and a member of the mer chants patrol, was shot and seriously wounded in a revolver duel early to day with robbers who held up a local , cafe. The robbers, escaped. o Pont Go in Australia. Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 27. De clarlng that the Asutrallan govern ment "will not permit a repetition of vote 0j 4 4 to 28. the scandals and the merciless meth-' - ods of monopolies in other countries." ALBA XV IS GIVEN the minister of trade and customs! 4275 BY THE CKNSIS announced here today that the gov- i ernment would at once proceed ' Washington, Feb, 27. The census against every trust in operation in bureau today announced the popula te commonwealth. tlon of Albany, Or., as 4275. ! They Fear the Pen. Washington, Feb. 27. Attor- ney-General Wlckersham today Is considering an offer by the Duveen Art Importing Company of New York, to pay back more than $1,000,000 of which, they are alleged to have defrauded the government through, under- valuation of gooda brought in from abroad. The Duveens are also said to have agreed to nav fines in the courts if they are permitted Immunity from the I penitentiary. It Is reported that U. S. District Attorney Wise, of j New York, faivors a compromise. I ; SCHOOL BOARD HAS MEETING THIS EVENING The Salem board of education meets this evening for the nuroose of completing arrangements for the enlargement of the high school. The matter of purchasing additional ground in the high school block and the construction of two new school houses in EaBt and North Salem will be submitted to a vote of the people at the June election, when a new director will be chosen. The rapid growth of the cltv demands those ad- dltlonal school houses. THE SENATE GETS AFTER SECRETARY INSISTS THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SHALL TELL WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT GIV ING OUT INFORMATION ABOUT AMERCA NBATTLESHIPS. Washington, Feb. 7. By the paaalns thIs afternofln ln tne of resolutions offered by Senator La Folette, the state and navy depart ments must report to that body wheth er naval secrets were revealed to the Argentine Republic as an Inducement to place with American concerns con. tracta for the bulldln8 of two battle- ships. The resolution affecting the state daprtment was amended, and it will be asked to make a repot, "unless In compatible with the public inteests." There were no restrictions con cerning the navy department, and the resolution demanded specific In formation whether battleship plans No. 34 and 35, secrets of fire control and book specifications, all marked confidential, were reveajed to Argen tina or the Bethlehem Steel Company The senate aUo wants to know whether plans for submerged tor pedo boats were given out. Senator Kean offered a protest to the resolution calling for a report from the secretary of state. ( This, he said, would be an unusual proceed ing. Senator La Folette declared that the situation was an unusual one, and required unusual action. "If a resolution is at all neces sary," said aL Folette, "It Is be- cause the department officials Im- properly construed the public inter ests, and no discretion should be left to them In such a case. If the offi cials of either department gave a foreign government confidential infor matlon concerning the plans for American batleships, they manifestly showed that they have little regard for the interests of the public, and nothing whatever should be left to their discretion." Senator La Folette opposed the In- j sertion In the Btate department res- olutlon of the words "unless Incom 1 partible with the public interests. ' The amendment then was adopted and the resolution was carried by a Harem Skirt Taboo. Rome, Feb. 27. Pope Plus today is considered as having placed "the harem skirt" under the papal ban. The Osservatore Romano, the Vatican organ, Bays that the pontiff "strongly disapproves of the harem skirt, because it is calculated to di minish the wearer's self-respect and to abolish sex distinction." The paper says that wearers of the new skirt will be exclud. ed from all Catholic churches. Ell IS DELIVER It! PEOPLE Champions the Direct Election of Senators-Says He Would Rather Trust the People to Do Right Than Any Legisla ture. BOSSES NOT A NECESSITY "If the People Have Not Intelligence and the Capacity to Select Their Representatives the Rpublic is a . Failure and We Should Change the Governnient to a Monarchy" If We Must Have Slave Mas tern, Let Us Invest Them With Royalty. Washlngton, Feb. 27. "If we can't govern ourselves, let us have a king" was the meat of an address by Ratyner, of Maryland, in the senate todlay, speaking to the resolution for the direct election of United States senators. "I would rather trust the people than a legislature," said Rayner, "and I consider that the carrying out of this resolution' would be the .greatest political reform In a genera tion. "If the people haven't got the in telligence and the capacity to select their own representatives, then we had better submit a constitutional amendment and change the govern ment to a monarchy. If the people must have political slave masters, let us invest them with royal power,, for it will have been shown that the re public Is a failure. "One senator has said that the res. olutlon before this chamber would wreck the constitution and founder the ship of state. I venture to s'.y that no amendment will ever be made to the constitution tha will Impair the spirit of that Instrument. . The ship of state will easily weath er a gale that has practically spent itself in this chamber. It may be necessary to change pilots, to Jetti son part of the cargo, the shores may be strewn with stranded hulks, but !armed mlanhood and courage, the honor of the nation and the ship of state are safe.'' Railroad Jinn Indorses It Santa Barbara, Calif., Feb. 27 Government ownership of all rail roads and their operation under a single system, as advocated by O. C. Barber, head of the match trust, was endorsed here today by President E. H. Ripley, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway sys tem. In astatement to the United PreBs, Ripley declared that govern ment ownership and direct control would be far better than the present system, by which the government in directly controls, "without responsi bility," the roads of the country. ... o THE LORDS MAY. DIE BI T WILL NEVER YIELD London, Feb. 27. Austen Chamber lain, leader of the Conservatives, to day served virtual notice upon the house of commons that the Ixirds will reject the Liberals' veto bill. He said that If the bill la the govern ment's last word in the struggle, It will no be passed. ' Chamberlain said thg Jaborltp3 weretb .P.nlvd, vocates of a single chamber, and that the Nationalists were indifferent. RAY 'RAILROADS i MILLIONAIRE New York, Feb. 27. Coun sel for leading railroads of the country today secretly confer red here over the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion refusing permission to in crease freight rates. It is learned authoritatively that there was a disposition to ac. cept the decision without a fight The attorneys, it is reported, will later confer with the heads of the railroads. Most of to day's session was devoted to a discussion of the constitutional ity of the Mann-Elklns law to determine whether to attack Its validity. OLD POLYTECHNIC TO BE REMODELED Architect Fred A. Legg has plans made out for remodeling the Poly technic Institute building which Is 'on the state property of the Deaf Mute school north of the city. It will be made over into an industrial school, and gymnasium on the top i floor. ARRANGE TO HANDLE A -GREAT CROP FRUIT G ROVERS GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS SITUATION FRUIT CROP PROMISES TO BE LARGEST EYER RAISED IX THE VALLEY. A large number of fruit growers held an enthusiastic meeting at the building of the Salem Fruit Union Saturday afternoon at which crop conditions in general were discussed and also plans with relation to the handling of the crop this year. The sentiment seemed universal that this year's crop would exceed by consler able that of last year and It devel oped also that already more has been pooled than the whole crop handled last year. The feature of the session was an Interesting and Instructive address by F. W. Graham, Western Industrial and Immigration Agent for the Great Northern. Mr. Graham dwelt par ticularly upon the good which was being accomplished in the way of publicity and advertising by the Ore gon Exhibit car. Informal addresses were made by A. LaFollette, George Weeks, R. W. Hogg, W. B. Frink and C. O. Consta ble. 0 A TERRIFIC BLIZZARD III CALIFORNIA San Bernardino, Cat., Feb. 27. Sweeping up over the east side of the San Bernardino range, a blizzard struck the San Bernardino summit at noon today, sending the mercury I to zero and driving stock and ranch ers into cover. Within an hour a foot and a half of snow had fallen Cajon pass. The heaviest rain of the season In San Bernardino valley today. POIMTGAL MAY H.AVE A MILITARY DICTATOR Uabon, via Fuentes D'Ouoro, Spain, Feb. 27. Killing of Portugal by a military db'tulorsnip until the presidential election In April is be lieved t" bo Imminent, today. Troops sent to suppress royalist outbreaks are acting with great severity. It is believed hat Minister Machudo will control the dictatorship If such a re gime is established. FOR THE PEOPLE" SMS HEAD OF WCII TRUST WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OVER ALL ROADS AT THEIR PRESENT VALUE i Ohio C. Barber Suggests Plan for Government Acauirina All Roads Capitalizing at Pres ent Value and Guaranteeing a Rate of Annual Dividends The Bonds Issued for Pay ment of Roads Would Be Practically Perpetual Barber Is Writing Congressmen and Urging Them to Look Into the Scheme. UNITID PHESS LBASHD WIB Akron, O., Feb. 27. The rallraods for the people Is the gist of a propo sition advanced here today by Ohio C. Barber, millionaire head of the 'match trust, In one of the most re markable statements in recent Amer ican politics. Barber today wrote all congressmen proposing that the gov ernment take over the railroads, lsj suing three per cent bonds for all railroad securities. His proposal, as advanced to the congressmen, Is as follows: "A ' fair solution of the present .railroad mlxup would be to consoli date all the railroads into one sys tem, capitalize them at their pres ent value, and thus give the'stock. holders and the bondholders Justice. Provision, ought to be made against any Increase in the present capitali zation and a rate of annual dividends not exoeedlng three per'cent, should be fixed, with the government guar anteeing them. "The bonds', under this plan, would be perpetual, and, the principal and interest being guaranteed by the government, they would speedily be valued at considerably advanced price. They should be issued in pop ular denominations, from $25 up, creating for all classes a guarantee through the necessary establishment of large gold reservoirs to fortify the Issue. "Th government should have au thority to call at par from any hold ings by Individuals or companies any amount In excess of $1,000,000 and to distribute it through postofflces, postal banks and naittonal banks to small subslrlbers at par and accrued Your New $ 10.00 to $35.00 Salem Woolen Mill Store interest. 'Thus an Ideal investment would be offered to worktngmen and; those of limited means. Tha bonds would be the safest possible; they would be as remunerative as deposit in the average savings bank, and would be marketable at all times on the briefest' notice. "Such securities might be used al so by national banks, to a limited ex tent, as a basis for their control. In time, under such a plan, the people would come to own the railroads." SENATOR JONES IS UP A TREE ONITBD PRESS LEASED WIRB.) Washington, Feb. 27. Senator Jones, of Washington, "was up a tree" today because of conflicting tel egrams received from Seattle constit uents bearing on the reciprocity measure, lie read both In the senate. One message was signed by lumber and logging firms and urged him to support the measure. Another was signed by Seattle bankers, who asked him to oppose the agreement, saying the passage of the treaty would ruin all industries Involved. THE FRENCH CABINET RESIGNED TODAY UNITED F1BSS X.BABBD WISS.J Paris, Feb. 27. Premier Brland and the whole French cabinet resigned at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The resignation of the Brland cab inet resulted from a vote last Friday In the chamber of deputies when the government got only a bare majority on a vote of confidence. Spring Suit WHEN you are ready to dis card winter trap pings come and see our display of New Spring Models WHETHER it be a Suit or top coat we are prepared to aston ish you with a wide range of un usual values, a stock so large that every man MUST be pleased.