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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1911)
t i i l 1 .f Hi t VOL. XXI- SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1911. KO. 64. 10E1M, TIIH6 SOUNDINGS OF THE RIVER FOR BIG OREGON ELECTRIC AT WORK STREET PAVING BEGUN AND BUILDING RECORDS BROKEN Engineer Wickersham Looking Over Streets Granted by Franchise for the Electric Paving Companies Ready to Begin Work Residences Springing Up Like Toadstools Business Blocks Planned and Colonists by the Hun dreds Coming This Way Makes Salem the Liveliest Little City on the Coast. With Engineer Wickersham, of the Oregon Electric, la the city mak ing preliminary preparations for the laying of the tracks of the road on the streets where franchises have been granted the company and for the erection of bridges and buildings which will be necessary to accom pany the expansion of the road; with a crew of men sounding the Willam ette river preparatory to the com mencement of the construction of a huge steel drawbridge across It by the Salem, Falls City & Western Railroad company; with handsome homes going up everywhere In the residence district and business struc tures being erected In the business section, and twio contracts already awarded by the council f,or street Im provement work, and dozens of oth ers to be awarded as soon as the street committee can get action it Is certain now that the city, In build-' lng, street Improvement work, and railroad work win this year surpass all fathers, and that It Is destined to be known as the most enterprising, progressive and prosperous year in Us history. Railroad People Busy. Engineer Wiflkersham today spent the day confer-lng with the attor neys of the company McNary & McN'ary relative to the plans of the company with relation to laying the tracks on the city's streets and the construction of the necessary bridges and warehouses and depot. When questioned with relation to his plans he stated that he had nothing to an nounce to the public, but that his mission here was to look over the streets on will h franchses had been granted, nnd to make preliminary THE BILL AT SIGHT BED-FAST, HELPLESS, ALMOST SPEECHLESS, THE MEJITIOJT OF THE 9 BILL GALVANIZES PA TIENT INTO LIFE AND ACTION. Yesterday afternoon a workman lamed Van Black fell off a barn on North High street, dropping some nine rcet before he concluded to top, and doing it so quickly that he did not have time to arrange for an asy landing, and so he met the earth, which according to the laws of gravi tation, came towards him as he fell, distance in exact proportion to the relative weights of his body and the With, and so it was practically a head-end collision. This story was ouiy chronicled in the Capital Jour nl yesterday afternoon, our wide awake reporter getting the item Just rore Van Black lit A cursory examination failed to how any broken bones, but as the nan seemed badly hurt he was am- Diuanced to the Willamette sanator um for treatment. He nassed i mher restless night and this morn tog seemed to be about all in. He tinable to turn over in th bed could only die un a whisner to the soft voiced nurse who $200,000 STEEL preparations f,or the work to be launched by the road In the exten sion of Its line southward to Albany and Eugene. He stated that he wis unable to announce when active work would be commenced, but some time ago President Stevens promised that work Wiould commence as soon as the franchise was granted and the preliminary steps could be disposed of. The Salem, Falls City & Western has for some time had a crew mak ing soundings of the Willamette riv er, preparatory to the construction of a bridge acrora It. The bridge will be patterned after the Haw thorne bridge at Portland cost $200,000, and the work will be om menced as . soon as possible, and completed during the summer. Mayor Considering Contracts. At the last meeting of the city council that body awarded contracts to the Warren. Construction com pany for the pavement of Asylum avenue and Twenty-fourth street with bltullthlc, and that marked'the beginning of the street Improvement campaign. The season is now ripe for the commencement of this work the weather ideal and the people clamoring for It, and that clamoring will be satisfied before long, as it Is known that Mayor Lachmund is de cidedly in favor of street improve ment and all other civic Improve ments, and Intends to see that his pre-eleotlon promises are all fulfilled The contracts for the Improvement of the tw,o streets were turned over to the mayor-today for his signature. He is carefully considering them, and will not doubt affix his name to (Continued on page five.) was giving her gentle ministrations to him. He seemed so nearly gone In fact, that the nurse was puckering her marble brow, and bringing her big blue eyes as nearly to a squint as such pretty orbs could be brought, In an effort to decide whether to call the doctor or coroner. The patient, however, managed to gaspingly Inquire as to the amount of his bill. When the nurse told him $9, Van Black received the shock of his life, running up In the kilowatts, so to speak, until the kllowatter "busted," It was like applying a live wire to the spinal cord of a frog. Van Black forgot his fall, the barn, his sides, his aches, his lost voice, everything except a sort of moving mental picture show that looked like this: $9 $9 $9 $9 nd so on with no blessed curtain to drop and shut It out. He sorane out of bed, and somehow managed to get his pants and a coat. He borrowed a pair of socks from another patient came down town and bought a pair of shoes, found a discarded hat In the Woodmen's hall, and then hunted up Day Officer Burk- hardt and told him the gruesome tale. Burkhardti went with htm to the sanatorium, where the officials gladly gave mm the Daiance oi ma clothes. They didn't want them and the nurses didn't wear that kind, not being married, and so Van Black is again all right, clothed and in his right mind," but It will be some time before he falls off another barn, or gets on one, for as he says: 'They come too high." The nurse says that for quick and successful action that $9 bill has all the patents or prescriptions beaten to a frazzle, for It was the most sudden and complete cure, a snatch from the jaws of death as it were, that was ever accomplished in all the histories or all the sanatorlums that ever sanitated. BRIDGE i i Xew Diamond Fields. Vancouver, B. C, March 16. ! -1 Diamonds have been discov- i ered in British Columbia by the geological survey, accord- to an announcement of the dl- rector of the survey Just made. This Is the first recorded dis- covery of dlampnds la Canada. The gems, It Is announced, are very small, most of them being not much larger than a pin head. . Indications are that the discovery Is of little com- mercial value. The specimens were obtained' on Olivine, mountain, near- the Tallanaen . river. The dial- monds were found In a rock known as danlte, and is a com- binatirm pf chronlte and olivine. GOVERNMENT IS HOLDING ALL THE CARS WILL INCREASE NUMBER OF TROOPS ON THE BORDER TO 20,000 FIRST "MANEUVER ING" BEGAN TODAY, AND AIR SHIPS WERE TRIED OUT. San Antonio, Tex., March 16. Al though 14,000 troops have arrived here and are1 in camp, the govern ment still holds every car that was used to transport them and their equipment. Quantities of ammunition arriving are left on the cars in the yards. Tourist sleepers, day coaches, 400 gondola cars, stiock cars and loco motives also are being held herw, but railway officials will not answer whether the government is paying the demurrage. The $14,000 troops are being re cruited to a strength of 20,000. The first "maneuvers" took place today when several regiments were ordered to concetti themselves In the country nearby, while Lieutenant and Avlatpr Parmalee were ordered to scout duty and Instructed to find the concealed forces and report their numbers, location, equipment, posi tion of guns and the most vulnerable point of attack. It la intended that the aerial scouts shall be given the most severe tests. COlolSTS THE WEST TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED REACH PORTLAND TODAY AND RAIL ROAD : OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL LAND 8000 A DAY IN OR EGON FOR SOME TIME. Portland, Or., March 16. An un precedented number of colonists are pouring into Portland and the North west dally from practically every state east of the Rockies. It waa es timated today that fully 2000 home seekers reached Portland yesterday and last night, and railroad officials say that more than 2500 are due to arrive before midnight tonight. The) rush to the Northwest ts due to an extensive advertising cam paign by vaxipus Northwest cities. Railroad men assert that they expect to carry 3000 colonists dally within a week. While there are few coming west with a view of returning to the east, the great majority are in the west looking for home in Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho. Cold Ware in the Kast. ! Washington,; March 16., Extending from Cape Hatteras- to Eastport, Maine, a cold wave holds sway over the Atlantic coast today. The weather is moderating, however. The wave traveled eastward from the Great Lakes, where zero weath- er obtained la many places yes- terday. According to reports today cold weather still grips the northern lakes district. . At Winnipeg It was reported to be five below below zero this morn- lng, while at jVirglniia, Minn., the mercury dropped to three below. At St. Paul a cold wind waa blowing and the tempera- ture dropped to zero. The cold snap followed a period of com- paratlvely warm weather. . IS ALMOST LIKE i;i IIEtiTUCItY Entire' Population of Kings Mountain Section is Armed and Will , Prevent the Pas sage of All Trains. . A STRIKEBREAKER KILLED City rf Somen in Darkness,. Plant Is Coaafellttl by Railroad and Has No One to Operate It Traffic Is at a Standstill and the Loss to Date Is Estimated at a Million 500 Armed . Deputies Ordered Out by Sheriff. UNITED PBEBS LEASED WIBI. Somerset, Ky., March. 16. Armed strikers and mountaineers attacked a Queen & Cresent railway engine In the mountain district near here to day and fatally wounded Fireman Powers, a white strikebreaker. The engine guard is missing and it is be lieved he also was slain. Powers de clared that the guard refused to fire upon the strikers. The entire male population of Kings Mountain Is armed, and prepar ing to prevent the passage of trains through a tunnel there. Somerset was dark last night, ow ing to Insufficient power to operate the, rallroad-contnolled light plant The factories at Burnslde were there by closiod. Traffic between here ami Oakdale, Tenn., ia at a standstill, and many towns are facing a food famine. The loss to the Queen & Crescent so far is estimated at more than $1,000,000. Governor Wlllspn today ordered the sheriff of Pulaski county to swear in 500 deputies and arm them, to protect property. THE HYPNOTIC KYK OF WALTER'S DID IT ONITUD PHSH8 LIABID WML am Jose Cal., Marjh 16, Wal ter Sargent, a wealthy rancher, owes his life today to the power iff the human eye. Late yesterday, near Gllroy, he was confronted by a moun tain llpn. As It crouched for a spring, he fixed his eye on the beast. The Hon stood Uk'e a statute for a few seconds, then trotted away. McCLALLAN IS HELD TO THE GRAND JURY UXITEP PRKIIH UURKD WISE Roseburg, March 16. Roy Mc Clallan, who shot and killed B. A. Maban, was given -a preliminary ex amination In the justice court today and was bound over to the grand Jury under $7G0O bail, which he fur nished. o MRS. MKLIthK GUILTY IN SECOND DI'XiHEE UNITED J'UIIS LKAflKD WIKI.1 Albany, N. Y Mar a 16. The Jury this afternoon returned a ver dict of murder In the second degree against Mrs. Edith Melber for biv lng administered pu!on U her llttk son. INSURGENTS CITY OF Sane Fourth Broke Them.' New York, March 16. The sane Fourth of July movement today Is held responsible for the action of four directors of the Pain Fireworks company, who are petitioning the supreme oourt that the corporation be dissolved. The directors assert that the company hap only $23 in the bank, and that the na- tlonal movement against fire- works has made the business unprofitable. It Is one of the best known fireworks firms In the Eait. The owner pf the1 majority of the stock Is in Eu- rope, and the directors assert that he has refused to return and aid in straightening out the flnnmces of the concern. ' WILL STOP RAILROAD TRAFFIC INSURGENTS, BECAUSE RAIL ROADS CARRIED FEDERAL . TROOPS BEGAN SYSTEM OF DY NAMITING BRIDGES THAT WILL STOP ALL COMMUNICATION. Washington, March 16. Because the Mexican railways refused to com ply with General Madero's order to cease transporting federal troops, the rebels began today a campaign of bridge destruction which caused a prediction by the junta here that all rail communication with Interior Mexico would be cut within 24 hours. The Junta points tp the activities of the Insurrectos as the best answer to the reports thhit Madtoro Is Bulng for peace. The junta Issued the following statement: "Thei report that the revolution ary soldlerB Intended to dynamite the railroads leading Into the Interior of Mexico la true. The action was nec essary to stop the sending of federal soldiers and supplies. The railroads had been warned time and again. "GenanaJ Madero told ttinm that If thoy ceased, the) revolutionists would not Interfere with their traffic but that if' they c ntlnued t.helr rails and bridges would be dynamited. They did not heed the warnings, and must suffer the consequences." o WEST SALEM CONTRACTS FOK NEW SCHOOL BUILDING The contract for the new school building at West Salem has been lot to Wheaton & Wood, of Albany. The building will be four rooms and basement, Kingsbury & Carey, of Portland, architects. Spring Display of FINE Exclusive Agency for the Original FISIC HATS V; Saturday, March 18th THE VOGUE Hats of Quality 20 N. Commercial Street, SALEM, OREGON BLOW OP BARRACKS JUAREZ THROWN III PANIC FIGHTING REPORTED TODAY YAQUIS JOIN INSURGENTS UMJU1T0UR IS CALLED HOME Rebels Slip Into Jaurez During the Night, Explode Dynamite Unler Federal Barracks and Escape-Other Bombs Found in the City Causes "Extreme Nervousness" and Only Heavy Guards Placed at the International Bridge Prevent ed the Populace Fleeing to the Amercian Side. UNITHD IBIS 8 LEASED WIDI. El Paso, Tex., March 16. A bat tle between Meodcan federals and General Blanco's insurrecto force near Douglas, Ariz., waa reported in progress, according to advices re ceived here today. Passengers from Sonora report that a large body of Indians, well trmed and mounted, are hurrying from the YaquI country to Join the Insurgents. General Navarno and Colonel Tampborel announced today that no one wins killed in the blowing up of the federal barracka at Jaurez last night by the Insurgents. It was re ported that 12 federals had been In jured. A portion of the barracks was demolished. Jaurez baa not yet recovered from Its panicky feeling of last night.' The suddenness of the explo sion, and the ease with which the In surrectoB entered the city Jarred the Inhabitants. The rebels entered the town by way of the railroad before 9 o'clock. After tha explosion all, es caped except two. These two were wounded and captured. Navarro posted heavy guards at the international bridge to prevent THE GRIST TJOW PROVIDED FOR THE GRAND JURY MILL Sventeen criminal cases will be presented to the grand jury for Its consideration when It convenes on the afternoon of March 27. Deputy District Attorney Wlnslow, who is In charge of this work for the district attorney's office, today issued sub poenas for the witnesses needed, and everything Is now In readiness for the jury's investigations. The cases to come before the Jury, and which have been bound over to It are as follows: State vs. John Wallnck, charged with the crime of larceny from a building. State vs. A. O. Woodworth, charged with Incest. State vs. G. Williams, charged with forgery and State vs. Hunter, charged with the same offense. 444T4 MILLINERY panic-stricken citizens from leaving the town. The nervousness of the) populaca was not eased with the newt today thojt several bombs were found at different places In the officers' quar ters. This would Indicate that the persons responsible for the dyna miting are still In Jaurez. Navarro detailed a special guard to v search the town, and ordered them to summarily shoot any person caught with bombs in their ppsses slon. The rebel Junta here announced . that a general uprising in the Inte rior of Mexico would take place ear ly next week, and that simultane ously the organized Insurgent force would attack the border towns. May Have Big Fight. Mexican, Mex., March 16. The significance of the departure of Gen erals Berth old and Leyva yesterday with the major portion of the Mexi can garrison was apparent today when couriers returning from the Cocopah mountains reported that the rebel band was well on iU way to (Continued on Pace 6.) State vb. Roy Williamson and Charles Rapp, charged with rape. State vs. John Webb, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. State vs. A. Danderle, charged with assault with a dangerous wea pon. State vs, II. Overman, charged with obtaining goods under false pretense. State vs. Isom, charged with lar ceny. State vs. Fred Betchen and Jose phine Rule, charged with adultery. State vs. Clias. Lewis, charged with false pretenses. 1 Stato vs. Willis Mclntyre, charged with larceny from building. Ilesldes there are live other cases which have not been bound over and which will be presented direct to the ' Jury for action. - M - 4 - 4'' - - 4 - TTTtTTtT