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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1911)
First Section 1 f3firv Pages 1 to 8 mt 111 ; (fit. 1 1 1 1 1 ' jr 1 0 VALUABLE CONCESSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CITY WORK WILL SOON BEGIN Construct Bridge Across the Streets From "D" to Market-Construction Operations Will Begin at Once, as Soon, as the .Council .Passes the Ordinance Will Do Much Work for the City, and the Cry Will Soon Be "All Aboard for Albany." What is believed tp be a perfectly fair ordinance to all Interests has been agreed upon between the city authorities and the representatives of the Oregon Electric railroad', and -will be put through the council Mon day night, and construction of the nen- line of the Oregon Electric to ward Albany and Eugene will com mence at once, or as soon as the Tight of way out of the city Is com pleted. The company agrees to put a common-user clause in Its franchise on Trade street, but not .pin Front, as that would give the Southern Pacific the right to use its tracks through the city, but the Oregon Electric wuld have no such rights on the Southern Pacific tracks on Front street. Where Tracks Are Granted. The agreement, as reached to day between counsel of the Oregon Electric and the committee on ordi nances of the city council on the franchise proposed for the Oregon Electric railroad to get out of this this city to the south, provides for a track on Trade street from the west line of Front street to the east line of Winter street; on Winter street from the nor.th line of Trade street to the south Una of Mill street on Mill street from the center of the al ley between High and Liberty street west on Mill street to the slough; on Front street from Its south end to the north line of Jefferson street; on Jefferson street from Front street to Broadway, together with the right to cross all streets ending on the slough from Miller street south. Front Street Agreement. The main track on Front street as Tar as Division shall be laid west of the present Southern Pacific track, 12 feat from center to center, and from Division to D street shall be laid east of the Southern Pacific track. The Oregon Electric shall construct a concrete arch bridge over Mill creek, at least 30 feet wide, and fill In the street from D Btreet to Market street, with at least 20 feet roadway on the West side of Its tracks. All such tracks and bridges shall be maintained at grade. Steam Is .only to be used in operating cars during construction, and, in cases of una voidable emergencies, and then only temporarily. The time limit of the franchise is 25 years. There Is a common-user clause on all the tracks oh Trade street. The franchise is to be vacated unless all the lines are con structed within, two years. As the Oregon Electric wishes to beSin immediate construction of its Une to the South and of its freight WALL STREET United i-skss leased wibs. Washington, March 11. A report "at the Wall street financial inter ts must retire In order to prevent "archy n Mexico was given strength "day bv tho - w a l ill L 1 HI UCUUO aFl'41 I a of Mexican Ambassador De La- arrar and Atttorney-General Wlck rsham here. It is stated that a con- feren ce of financiers has been called n the h ope of settling the Mexican troubl ps, and selectlne .tone Yvm T.l- antour. Mexican minister of Bnance, as successor to Dlax. Vlckersham Is a former director the Parsons- syndicate and a orer member of the firm of Strong A SOCCESS HAS- BEEN OREGON ELECTRIC FRANCHISE as the Council Passes the line on Trade and Front street, the ordinance contains an emergency clause, and goes into effect immedi ately upon passage and approval by the mayor. The franchise is ap proved by the ordinance committee andi the city attorney. c '. A LOST TROOP TBAIX BEACHES SAN DIEGO UNITED FBESB LEASED WIBB. San Diego, Calif., March 11. Bear ing 10 companies of the Tenth and two companies of the 30th U. S. in fantry, a troop train which had been "lost" between San Francisco and San Diego, passed all obstructions caused by floods and washouts, and will arrive here before noon today. The gunboat Torktown has arrived In the harbor, and the transport Buf falo, from San Francisco, with 500 marines aboard, is due to cast anchor off Coronado Beach within a few hours, MUST RETURN TO STAND TRIAL III PORTLAND Governor West today, at the re quest of District Attorney Cameron, of Portland, issued a requisition on the governor of California for the return to this tate of Charles Bar rett, on the charge of receiving at Portland $7000 of stolen gold bul lion, which, it is alleged, was Btolen from the steamer Humhpldt, en route from Sitka to Seattle. The total amount alleged to have been stolen is $57,000, and it is the contention of the officers that it was stolen by confederates of Barrett. He was recently arrested In Salt Lake on the charge and taken to San Fran cisco for trial, but the proceedings were dismissed against him because of a faulty lndlctmemt. No sooner, however, had he gained his -liberty than he was arrested a the request of the Portland officers- Yesterday the grand jury at Portland found an indictment against him, and he must now return, to face the charge. Barrett was in this city last fall. He then had ion his person some $600 which it is believed was a part of the stolen bullion. He purchased a watch with some of it at the Barr jewelry store, and it is also understood that with some of his share of the plun der he purchased a ranch near Me hama. SELECTS OR TO DIAZ & Cadwallader, attorneys for large Mexjcan Interests. It is rumored that the Rockefeller-Morgan-Pearson interests favor Li man tour. RECRUITING FOB AYI ORDERED OX THE COAST InxiTiD runs ijuiid win. Los Angeles, Calif., March 11. Special orders have been Issued by the navy department to all recruiting-officers on the Pacific Coast urg ing them to increase the enlistment of men for service in the United States navy. REACHED To Count Japs in Mexico. Washington, March 11. The United States soon will begin an investigation of the number of Japanese employed in Mexico, the greater number of whom are 4- in the mines, according to au- horitativp inforntatlon today. The determination to conduct an inquiry was reached, is said, after Washington, learned that overtures for the establish- ment of a naval base at Magdalena bay had been made to Japan by President Diaz. It is asserted that Japan received the sugges- tlon, but took no action. JOHX EMMETT DIED FROM HEART DISEASE Suddenly seized with an attack of heart failure last evening after eat ing supper, John Emmett, a pioneer In the Willamette valley, passed away within an hour after the attack came upon him. Mr. Emmett was 70 years of age, and, while from time to time, he had been subject to a trouble with his heart, he apparently enjoyed good health, and last night at 6 o'clock sat down and ate a big supper. A few minutes afterwards the attack name upon him, and by 7 o'clock he was dead. Mr. Emmett crossed the plains in 1843, and settled In Polk county, where he farmed extensively. Lately he has been living In the city at the corner of Wolfe and University streets. He leaves to survive him a wife and a spn, Charley Emmett. ' The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and interment will be made in the Russell cemetery In Polk county. ESCAPED FROM THE ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE Prying the lock to his cell open with a railroad spike and dropping from a window on the second floor by means of a rope made tout of a blanket, Paul Slupen, a patient at the state hospital for the insane, effected his escape from the institution last night, and no trace of him had been secured late this afternoon. Slupen evidently picked up the spike while out exercising wlta tne other patients yesterday, and by tear ing up the blankets in his cell he sue ceeded in making a rope long enough so that he only had to drop about three feet. He Is of Russian descent and was committed to the Institution from Multnomah county on Novem ber 10, 1910. He is five feet, six Inches in height, weighs 14 0 pounds, has black hair, brown eyed, a face covered with smallpox marks and Is 30 years of age. He Is stated by th'j asylum officials to be harmless. CORPORATION WANTS TO KNOW HOW IT STANDS Whether In .the event that a cor poration fails to make its annual re ports and pay its annual license fee, it is considered dissolved, or whether some, legal step 'is necessary to bring about its dissolution, and in the event of the latter, whether it must pay the license fees from 1903, it is the question which has been put up to Assistant Attorney General Van Winkle by Harding Grange No. 122, Patrons of Husbandry. This grange was incorporated in 1875 as a profit making corporation. Lately it desired to file articles of In corporation under the act relating to charitable and benevolent corpora tions, but the secretary of state re jected them as articles bearing the same name were already on file. This came as a surprise to the incorpora tors! and they immediately sought legal advice as to the steps to be taken for relief. The act licensing corporations went Into effect In 1903 and one of the questions to be de cided Is that If the corporation is not considered dissolved because of a failure to report and pay a license, as to whether It will be compelled to pay to the secretary of state this back license. Antiques and Jewels dating back to the dayi of the Pha hs of Egypt, the valua of which is beyond computation, but worth millions, have been taken from the Eckley Coxe collection in the Egyptian hall of the Univer- slty of Pennsylvania museum. The thieves got away without leaving any due. The antiques were obtained from beneath the ruins of ancient temples by an exploring expedition in 1908. At ITALIA! Judge Bianchi, Though His Ac tion Will Probably Cause His Death, Boldly Attempts to Punish the Cammorists. CAM0RRA TERROR OF ITALY Society Has Existed for Hundreds of Years and Has Been Above and Beyond the Reach of the Law, Cit izens Being Afraid to Testify Against It, and Being Invariably Killed If They Did So. -i' fSKIkBES3 MASKIi WIRI. Vlterbo, Italy March .11. The trial of Enrico Alfano and, 38 of bia broth ers of the Camorra, the most sensa tional criminal trial in Italy's his tory, began today. The Camorrlsts, members of a centuries-old vendetta I are charged with having murdered iGennaro Cuocuoll and his wife in 1906. The spectacle of the prisoners be : lng taken through, the streets in steel I lined vans under strong guard caused i hundreds of persona to swarm to the I old San Francisco church, where the trial is being held. - Vlterbo is filled with Camorrist I agents, and the town is. guarded by I 600 soldiers, in addition to the Carbi neers and the police. The prisoners will be kept In a steel cage in the church during the trial. No one will be permitted to speak to them, and 40 soldiers stand guard in and around the edifice. I The fear of the Camorra obstructs , the passage of Justice. No citizen Is willing to serve on the Jury, and des , perate efforts are made to evade ser vice. Judge Bianchi, a marked man, according to the brigands, overruled most of the excuses, promising the talesmen that they would be protect ed amply. One prisoner, It is reported, has confessed to participation In the mur ders. The prosecution expect) ti: prove that the band murdered Joseph Petroslna, the New York police detec tive, at Palermo, through agreement with the Mafia, and In revenge for the expulsion from America of Al fano and certain leaders of the DIack Hand society. Several prisoners ar? reported to have' made confessions to priests to day and to have partaken of com munion. Gcnnaro Abatemagglo, who turned Crown's evidence, has been placed In solitary confinement to prevent at tempts at his assassination. The drastic action of the court re sulted in the quick empanelmetit of a Jury and the taking testimony began this afternoon. o MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN CALIFORNIA CXITED Vtr.HH I.KANKD Kill San Rafael, Cal.. March 11. John La Franchl and his nephew, Augus tine Albertlno, were shot and killed Mrs. Rose La Franchl, bis wife, was seriously wounded by an Italian who visited the La Fraiich; ranch near JUDGE HAS BACKBONE TflOBPS WILL SECRETARY A Valuable Estate. Concord, N. H., March 11. The estate of Mrs. Mary Baker Q. Eddy In New Hampshire Is valued at $2,511,146, accord- lng to an appraiser's report to- day. Henry Baker, executor of the will of the founder of Chris- tlan Science, estimated that the Massachusetts property was worth $250,000 additional. . Copyrights, which form the largest item, are appraised at $1,400,000. Stocks and bonds are set at $1,057,788. The in- heritance tax will be $123,607. here, today. Mrs. La Franchl, shot In both legs by the assassin, crawled nearly a mile to the nearest house to summon aid. The murderer escaped and posses of rancTiers, headed by deputy sheriffs are searching Lucas valley for him. The woman, In broken English, de scribed the shooting, but could give no motive for the crime. The Ital ian appeared at the ranch, four miles from San Rafael late laBt night. He was given food and a placo In the barn in which to sleep. The La Franchls arose early to milk their cowa. John, 50, and his nephew, 19, preceded Mrs. La Fran chl, who carried food to the man. As the men entered the assassin fired his first shot. John LaFranchI dropped with a bullet' In his heart. A second shot pierced Albertrno's head, and he fell across the body of his uncle. Mrs. La Franchl, who had rushed to ward her husband as he fell dying, tried to escape by leaping through a window of the barn. The murderer fired twlce.and a bullet entered each of her legs. She lay inert while the murderer looked to see If he had killed her. Then he ran from the place. . Bleeding and unable to walk, Mrs. La Franchl dragged herself to the road, hoping to call aid. She said she lay in the road for half an hour before she gained strength enough to crawl to the home of Supervisor Pacheco, nearly a mile away. Pache co notified Sheriff Keatlng, who soon had his deputies and ranchers out in the hills. The murderer had fully two hours start on his pursuers. He left behind him a soft folt hat. Dr. J. H. Kuser attended Mrs. La Franchl, and, after her wounds were dressed, she Insisted on retujnl tig to the ranch. So far as Is known the La Franchls have had no quarrel with their Swiss Italian countrymen. They have lived on the ranch for the last 12 years. 0 , In the drama of domestic life, the wife is always the "leading lady, the husband being the led. BOTH ARE PUT UNDER BONDS TO "BE GOOD" To '.'ommence a criminal action In the court of Judge Webster for the purpose of placing Edgar Johnson under bonds to keep the peace, and to succeed to that degree that he also prevailed upon the court to order that he also be placed under bonds was the experience yesterday afternoon, of Jos ZillenskI, and before ho Insti tutes further similar actions he will probably hesitate, or be surer of his grounds. Both of the men are young and live near Hazelgreen. For some time bad blood, It seems, has existed between them; and often each had threatened the other with violence. On one occasion, according to testi mony Introduced, they started to execute the threats and the one picked up a club and ran the other for three-quarters of a mile, but no Injuries were suffered by either, save fatigue from the unusual exertion Justice Webster after listening to the testimony decided that the proper course to pursun was to make both keep the pace, and ordered each to give a bond of $500. He then sus pended the bond pending good be bavlor. STAY Of BORBEil A YEABl OF OFFICERS SAY SITUATION ON THE BORDER IS GRAVE PONTOON Secretary Knox Turns Whole. Matter Over to the Secre tary of War Army Officers on the Border Say Condi-,' tions Are Very Serious B ig Guns in Fort Myer, Virginia, ; and All the Ammunition in the Philippines is One Phase of! the Situation Mobilization H as Disclosed. Washington, March 11. The war department has usurped the function of the state department in the Mexi can situation and confidential reports of certain generals of the army caused the prediction today that Second and Third divisions of the army will be called into service upon the despatch of the First division Into Mexico. That the war department Is pro ceeding as though trouble were cer tain was learned today. Occupation of the border by American forces Is planned for a year. Should the 20,- 000 men now In Texas and California be advanced into Mexico, a second division of 15,000 regulars will be mobilized to occupy the camps vacat ed by the First division. Will Form Third Division. When this second division Is called, a Third division ; comprising the militia forces of the Pacific coast and SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS INSTITUTE One of the most successful teach ers' Institutes ever held In the city was held today at the high school building. The attendance was large and the program was both entertain ing and Instructive in character. The Institute convened at 10 o'clock with au address oa the "Retardation in the Schools" by Dr. H. D. Sheldon. The doctor spoke in a most interest ing manner of the various things which operated to retard schools both in the country and city, and he was given the best of attention. Superintendent Powers followed with a talk on "Numbers;" and As sistant State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction Carletoa gave a splen did talk on "History." After Prof. J. W. Livingstone had discussed the subject of "Geography," Dr. B. II. Todd closed the forenoon session with an address, taking for bis subject, "The TeacJier, Whp?" Afternoon Session. The afternoon session was opened with an address by Prof. Livingstone on the subject, "Some Fundamental Things In Psychology and Pedugogy." He also talked on the subject of "Reading," and ' Professors Schrelber and Klrk, spoke on selected topis. The afternoon session was concluded with on address by Dr. Sheldon on the topic of "Teaching Children How to Study." FIFTY THOUSAND JAPS DRILLING CN1TKD I'KKHH M..IHKI1 WHIR. Denver, Colo., March 11.- KHty thousand Japanese from (Jtinymiix to Miutatlan, drilling for I lie purpow of giving aid to the M'-xl"' in revolution ists In order to embarrass the Trilled States, are claimed by I'tilteil BtateH secret Hcrvlce operatives to lie ready for service, according to Dr. Ortei, a Mexican physiejun, practicing' her'. Dr. Ortego obtained a letter from a friend at Cunanea, who recently trav eled In Western Mexico. The letter says that from 50,000 to 60,000 Jap anese are scattered aleng the coattt from GuayniuH to Mazatlan. The letter continues: it CHARGE OUTFIT ARRIVES southwestern states, will be formed. Already these two divisions exist, on. paper, at the war department Evidence of the supersedlngof Sec retary of State Knox by the secretary . of war exlBts In the report that nei ther Knox, who Is at Palm Beach,, Florida, nor First Assistant Secretary . Wilson, at Aiken, South Carolina, had , been consulted. While Knox was re porting that the Mexican situation was not serlouB, army officers on the, border convinced President Taft that conditions were very grave. Dial Down and Out. Agents of the department of Jus tice described fully the undermining of the Diaz administration In com prehensive reports and upon receipt of those the president and his advis ers acted. General Tasker H, Bliss, In Cali fornia, and General Ralph Hoyt, In Texas, confidentially confirmed these adarmlng reports. Ammunition In Philippines. , Washington, March . 11. An In ' stance of the unpreparedness of the army was revealed here today In con nection with the departure of three batteries of field artillery from Fort Meyer, Virginia. When ' the guns were nearly all loaded on cars it was discovered that the nearest source of supply for battle artillery Is In the Philippine Islands. It was found necessary to tubstltute smaller cali ber guns and send them to San An tonio. Engineers and Pontoons. San Antonio, Tex., March 11. Two companies of engineers with pontoon equipment, sufficient to throw the en tire first division across the Rio Grande, arrived here today 'from Leavenworth. The significance of the presence of the engineers is shown In admissions of officers that the un wleldiness of such equipment pre cludes Its use for ordinary army maneuvers. , The equipment arrived on 30 flat cars, one gondola, one standard Pull man, nine stock, ten tourist, one bag gage and nine box cars. It Is declared to be the most elaborate ever used In the field nnd would permit the bridging of the river at Its widest point In a fow hours. Poor TniimportJitlini. San Antonio, Tex., March ,( 1 1. Army alertness and despatch In quit ting garrison has been retarded by the slowness of transporting rail roads, according to the criticisms of (Continued on page five.) If! "Tim .Jaiiunes'i apparently ' an winking In harmony with tht Insurg ents and are planning to yet a hold cn the American government, by as Hinting the rebels. I havis been tnlil that American secret, service men have been wutrhlug the Jupauene very closely. "The Japanese, many of whom am unemployed, have buili stockad" ut several points on tli count, presum ably for guiiiew and) social gather ings, but I have feen theiu in mili tary drill In ttienn enclosures. It looks to roe- an though they were pre paring to give the revolutionist!! J more than passive axstMlance." MM r