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Newspaper Page TextU011TEIL VOL. XXI. SALEM, OREGOX, MOXDAV, JULY 10, 1911. XO. 163. THE OMEGOfJ TO ALBANY BEGINNING STATEMENT IS POSITIVE RIGHT OF WAY TROUBLES MAY CAUSE CHANGE OF ROUTE Harrison Allen, General Attorney for the Oregon Electric, Gives Out This Information to Journal Reporter Today Company Has Seven Routes Surveyed, and, Owing to Diffi culties in Securing Right of Way, May Abandon the Route Under the Bluff and Go Out High or Liberty streets Prop- erty Owners Skeptical. "There is no doubt about it," was the reply given a reporter of The Capital Journal this forenoon by Harrison Allen, general counsel for the Oregon Electric when asked if the company would commence the work of extending its road to Albany by the first of the year, and this an swers a question which the business men and citizens of the city have been asking themselves and each other for the last half year. Dirt to Fly. "We may experience some delays that we did not originally antici pate," continued Mr. Allen, "but for all that the work of building 'the line to Albany will be under way by the first of the year. By then the dirt will be flying, and it ought to be finished in the course of six months. We estimate that it will take that length of time to com plete it, provided the weather Is fa vorable, and, If it is not, then it may take a little ' longer, but not much. The fact that the work may be started late in the fall will not make , any difference, because we will be' able to go on with the work during the winter. The Hillsboro line was built in the winter season, and there ; is no reason why railroad work TO CUT OUT TWO-THIRDS PROVISION CITY ATTOKXEY DRAWING AX AMKXHMKXT TO THE CITY CHAISTEK PROVIDING RONDS CAX HE 1SSIEI) OX SIMPLE MAJORITY YOTE. Convinced, after two trials at it, that the election on the question of issuing bonds for the rebuilding of the bridges in the city cannot be carried as long as a two-thirds vote is required, those back of the move ment favoring the reconstruction of the bridges now propose to carry such an election by amending the charter, ami the city attorney has been instructed to draw up an ordi nance calling an election for the purpose, and present it to the coun cil goon. Twn-Tliinls Vote Too Much. At both the prior elections there was a majority vote in favor of issu ing the bonds for the rebuilding of the bridges, but when it same to a two-thirds vote t e election was lost by a narrow margin. Believing that it is necessary for the welfare of the city that the bridges be rebuilt those favoring It will submit the question to the peopler again soon but not on the two-third plan, but by the major ity plan, by means of an amendment to the charter. What the Plan Is. This amendment to the charter will authorize the council to issue bonds for the rebuilding of the bridges. As an amendment to the charter only requires a majority vote, the question of issuing the bonds under this plan will require no more, while should It be submitted to the people at a special election, as before, a two-thirds vote would be necessary, and defeat would probably again be the result. Just how much the Issue will be or the rate of Interest, are questions which have not vet been determined. ELECTRIC WILL BUILD especially in the construction of elec tric lines cannot be prosecuted with vigor and dispatch in the section over which the Oregon Electric proposes to build a line In the winter season. May Change Route. "Well, the Oregon Electric may change its route,", he replied when Interrogated with reference to the de lays ha had mentioned iro the fore part of the interview, "we may not follow the route along the river, but seek another. "We have seven routes surveyed between here and Albany, and if it is going to cost us top much money to pass out over the route along the river, we may abandon It altogether. The Oregon Electric desires to pay a fair compensation to every man for his property, but It does not intend to pay any fabulous prices. It in tends to do that, and whenever I find a piece of land where I think the price is not right, I am going to make It right. Prices High. "The company feels, however, that the prices asked in many cases are high. We have several cases in, the courts, and we cannot say just when we will go to trial on them, and there seems to be no chance of com promising any, save a small case. "In taking the river route we must pass through farming lands for which a high price is asked, and it may be that, rather than pay it, we will change our route, and go out through High street or Mill, and then by the cemetery. By taking this route we will avoid passing through any of the property In the city along the riverside, and also the farming lands, but still be able to retain our franchises on Front street, and make use of them. "This plan, however, is problem atical it 13 but a projected plan, and we cannot say just what we will do. So far we have not paid much money down on right, of way con tracts, and we can well afford if we have to pay fabulous prices for right of ways along the river to abandon that route, forfeit our contracts, and take a route out on High street. "Anyway,'' he concluded, we are here to do what is fair with anyone, and if we can get the land along th river route at a reasonable price we will take It, but If not, there is. like ly to be a change of routes." Xo Suits This Term. While the Minto brothers were very anxious to have their cases go to trial this term of court, an amend ed complaint has been filed in the suit to condemn the Douglas Minto (Continued oo pg 4.) o BALLOON RACE STARTS FROM KANSAS CITY Kansas City, Mo., July 10. Swell ing rapidly in a gentle breeze from the southwest, seven big balloons are being filled here today to take part this afternoon in the national balloon race of the Aero Club of America. The inflation of the big gas bags be gan at 10 o'clock this morning and the start is expected to be made about five p. m. Entrants In the balloon race repre sent St Louts, Topeka, Kansas City, New York City and the United States army, whose big balloon will be pilot ed by Lieutenant Frank P. tahm. The two balloons making the long- WORK SOOIl Twenty-Seven Drowned. Saulte Ste Marie, Mich., July 10. According to the crew of the steamer Matoa, arriving here today, the steamer John Mitchell, upbonnd, sank last night oft Vermillion Point when she collided with the steamer William Mack. It is feared that the Mitchell's crew of 20 and her seven passengers per- Ished. The Mack Is re-ported to be lying today oft Vermillion. point with her bow stove In and her superstructure dam- aged. The Matoa reports passing through the wreckage of the Mitchell, which Included life rafts and preservers. The Mitchell was coal laden. Her captain was John Massey. est flights in today's race will repre sent the United States in the Inter national balloon race which also starts from Kansas City, October 5. The balloons, their pilots and their crews follow: No. 1, Kansas City; H. E. Honey well, pilot; John Watts, aide. No. 2. Miss Sophia; W. F. Assman, pilot; Joseph O'Reilly. No. 3, Topeka II.; J. F. Jacobs, pi lot; R. E. Merson, aide. No. 4, Million Club; John Barry, pilot; Paul McCulIoch, aide. No. 5, Buckeye; J. H. Wade, pilot; R. H. Schock, aide. No. 6, St. Louis IV.; Lieut. L. F. Plahm pilot; J. H. Scott, aide. No. 7, New York; C. B. Harmon, pilot; Augustus Post, aide. The balloons will make their ascen sions in numerical order. The non contestant balloon Missouri with J. H. Culbert as pilot, will be the last to ascend. TWO PLEAD NOT GUILTY THREE WAIT Out of five persons indicted by the grand jury which completed its labors Saturday afternon but two were ready to plead' to the charge preferred against them this morning when arraigned before Judge Kelly the remaining three availing them selves of the statutory time in which to enter their pleas. Two Plead 'ot Gullly. Both those pleading to the charges contained In the Indictments pre ferred against them pleaded not guil ty. They were Williams Cussins and H. Hunter. Cussins Is charged with the crime of adujtery. The act is al leged to have been committed with Mrs. Curliss, wife of Geo. J. Curliss. The husband followed the couple from California, and after a diligent search located them here by the aid of the police. Carey Martin was ap pointed to defend him. Hunter Is charged with forging a check on the United States National Bank for the paltry sum of $9.fi0. He is represented by Attorney Heltzel. Three 'nt Ready (o Fiend. A. H. Yoder, former principal of the Woodburn school, and who Is charged with assault and battery upon the person of Llddy Shembeck, a 14-year-old girl who was attending the school of which he was the prin cipal, appeared with his attorney, Judge D'Arcy, who Informed the court that the defendant would take until tomorrow to plead. B. Sato, the Japanese, who Is charged with assault with a dead'y , weapon upon another Japanese was given until Friday morning in which to plead. He is represented by At torney Lord. ' Attorney Pogue of the law firm of Kaiser & Pogue, was appointed to defend Harry Jenson, Indicted for stealing some carpenter tools, and after a consultaion with him he asked that he be given until tomorrow 'morning to plead and the request waa granted. Diet May Go Free. Fon du Lac, Wis., July 10. Prospect that John Dietz, "de- fender of Cameron dam,' 'may yet go free has brightened here today. Chleif Justice WInslow, of the Wisconsin superior curt, has granted Dletza writ of er- ror in the trial of his case for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp during one of the battles at the Dietz home. A bill of exceptions will be submitted by Dietz's attorneys at the January term of court, and if a favorable decision is given, the second trial of "the defender" will come next May. 1ft ci n cues ITS LEAD Defeats Senators by 5 to 4 Score in Good Game Sa lem Hits Holmes Hard, While Alle Fans Three in Succession. SALEM'S "CASEY AT BAT" Senators Played Good Hull, Hut Fell Down at Critical Moments, Just From Hard Luck Wood hum is at the Ton f the Column, Hut No Team Has a Cinch on the Pennniit, and the Fight for It Will He a Hot One. When the Senators are losing and they drop to second place, And the crowd Is yelling wildly for the team to take a brace; And when oii every other Sunday to the league grounds we all stray, Just to see our team defeated, as we had to yesterday; And though Alle's pitchlng's perfect and Jones work is splendid, sure, The visitors are winning and the score is five to four, Then's the time we want to grab some one and knock him off his pins But just observe the difference when the home team wins. But yesterday the home team lost. It was a good game, and a hard fought one, and one run decided the outcome. The Senators had batted Holmes to a frazz'e, but were un able to turn hits into runs Inciden tally Right FNder Humphrey yes terday won the cognomen of "Ca-y." If ever the story told in the famous baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat," was realistically , portrayed on a ball ground it was done yesterday, when, in Salem's half of the fifth, with three men on bases, the score 4 to 3 in fa- vor of Woodburn, and the crowd holding Its breath watching the bats- man Humphrey struck out. Allegaert rescue, and however, came to the n the next inning tied the score, Tha Woodburn bunch smarted off with a winning streak, and at the opening of the third inning the score stood 4 to.l in the vls'tors' favor. In the fourth' Porterfleld grounded to right, and was out at first; McRay sent a two-bagger to right field,, Woodburn's right fielder muffing It; Humphrey was out at first, Cernlk flew to left, and McRay scored. Wood- burn failed to score again in the fifth. In Salem's half of the fifth A'le sent a drive (o left, which bounded by Hunt at third, Jerman walked and Alle went to second. Porterfleld got a free pass, one of the ten successive "balls" which Holmes handed out. Jones bunted and Woodburn's shortBtop dropped It; Alle scored and Jones reached first. ThlH was a quick, close play, and Salem was safe all around. Went fanned, and McRay. the star batter, stepped up to bat. He was put out on a fly. The bases were full and Hum phrey spat on the bat. Humphrey performed the "Casey'.' act, and the bags were empt'ed. but no score. - IJOODBUilf WITNESSES TELL STORY OF DEATH Ifl MURDER TRIAL OF US. RUilALL Want "Gift of Tongues." Pittsburg, Pa., July 10, Rolling In the straw and shriek- Ing for a manifestation in the form of the "gift of tongues," delegates to the Pentacostal convention of the Holy Rollers are in session here today. The principal speaker today was Rev. James Hebden, of Toron- to. Delegates have come from all over Canada and Mexico to participate in the ceremonies. Although none of the con- verts have received the manl- festatlon of the "gift of tongues," they are persistent iu their endeavor, and become exhausted from the tempeiature in the tent. Sixth for Woodburn: White flow to right and Colbath missed' It; Yar row was caught out. Alle made a quick double play to second here, but the Senator's second baseman muffed It. Alle touched White on the line, putting him out. The bases were full, but the next man up was caught out at first. No score. Sixth for Salem: West fanned, Colbath ditto. Alle sent a three bagger to left field, and It went through the left fielder's hands; Jer man put a one-bagger to right, and Alle tied the score, 4 to 4. No score in the seventh for Wood burn. Alle, Porterfleld and Colbath figured In a cNver double play in this Inning. In the elgth inning for Woodburn, Alio fanned three men in quick succession, White, Yarrow and Jasper going down before Salem's clever pitcher in one, two three or der, and the grand stand got busy. In Salem's half of the elgth, White, (Continued on Page 6.) ARRESTED Of! CHARGE OF CRUELTY Warrants charging W. T. Ray, pro prietor of Ray's Rough Rider show, and four of his rough riders with cruelty to animals were issued Fri day from the court of Judge Webster, and they are being given their trial this afternoon. All five are being tried jointly and as It Is a Jury trial and many witnesses have been sum moned, the case will probably con sume all of the afternoon. Ray showed here Thursday and Friday during the Cherry Fair. The main feature of the show was bron cho busting riding what the rough riders term "outlaw" horses. Learn ing of the show, Dr. Keeler, presi- tent of tll(! Humane Society, made an investigation of the treatment nc- cor,1(rt t,,R ")rsoa an, nft''r nclud Ing that It was of a cruel and Inhu man character, he had the proprie tor and his riders arrested. He maintains that all of the animals were broke and that they were only prevailed upon to buck by the pun- 'shment Inflicted upon them by spur aml WI' llfl 1H backed by the nu- ninfi society and the enses will be Prosecuted to the full extent of the Leaving here Friday evening Ray showed at Sllverton Saturday and It was there that he and his riders were arrested. Those arrested, be sides Ray, . are E. Wilson Frank Rupp, Peter Smith, and John Mulr. Attorney Keyes is defending them. Seven. day liace Meet. trNITF" I'RFN" ITAKm WIBFl Niagara Falls, Ont July 10. The Niagara Falls racing association opened Its Inaugural meet here to day. The meeting will continue for seven days with six or seven races dally, no purse being for less than $300. It ! curious that some able sena tors seem not to know that protec- tlon for farmers has always been a ..humbug GIRL'S BACK WAS BROKEN AND BODY BADLY BRUISED MARKS INDICATE MURDER Doctor Found Deep Thumb Marks on Dead Girl's Shoulder, and Rope Marks on Her Ankles and Wrists There Was a Large Accumulation of Blood as from a blow on the Left Side of the Dead Girl's Neck Injuries Were Such That It Would Be Utterly Impossible for a Persons to Inflict Them on Himseif. tCNITID TRESS LEASED WIRE. Orovllle, Cal., July 10. The trial of Mrs. Emma Rumball was begun here today. Mrs. Rumball, who, with her brother Archie Lewis Is ac cused of hanging and torturing her 13-year-old stepdaughter, at their home near Grldley, was garbed as a widow and wore a heavy veil. She betrayed great agitation as the tale of her cruel treatment of the child was detailed Dr. L. L. Thompson, of Grldley, was the first witness called. He per formed the autopsy on the body of the girl after she had been cut down from the rafter of the room of their home, where the state alleges she was hanged by her stepmother. Dr. Thompson said he found marks of a rope on both the wrists and an kles of the dead girl, a great discol oration from the middle of her back to her shoulder and that her spine had been broken at the center of the back and the base of the Bkull. He found a deep thumb mark four inches from the top of the shoulder and the face greatly swollen. The hands were contracted. The Incisions on the neck were deep and extended from ear to ear. There was a large accumulation of blood, as from a blow, on the left side of the girl's neck. His opinion was that death was caused by the dislocated verte brae and that It was Instantaneous. Dr. A. J. Turner, the first physi cian to examine the child's body, was then called. He testified that he went to the Rumball home between 8:30 nnd 9 o'clock on the night the girl died. He found the girl had died, evidently from a broken neck. Dr. Turner then detailed a conver sation he had with Mrs. Rumball on a ride with her to the homo of her sister, Mrs. Tyler. "I tied her but I never killed her," Dr. Turner testified Mrs. Rumball had told him. "But they will never be lieve me." Dr. Turner said he believed the dentil of the child was due to a sep aration of her spinal cord and that he did not believe It would have been possible for the child to have caused her own death. lie declared that when he was called he was told the girl was sick, not dead. Recurring then to Ills ride with Mrs. Rumball, Dr. Turner said the woman admitted to him that she had tied up the child on another occa sion; that she was greatly excited and was In tears. When they got to her sister's, Dr. Turner Kild, Mrs. Rumball declared again in the pres ence of Mrs. Tyler and others that she had tied Helen, but did not In tend to kill her. On cross examination by the at torney for Mrs. Rumball Dr. Turner agin detailed the statements made by DEATH VALLEY SCOTTY AGAIN IN LIME-LIGHT rcNiTKD I'Uf.hi i.kahkd wine. Reno, Nev., July 10. With his pockets bulging with greenbacks, Death Valley Scotty Is back In Gold- field today with a promise to reveal the location of his alleged fabulous wealth after August 1. Scotty an nounced that he Intended making an other spectacular dash across the continent in a special train, but that after that he would settle down. He said he had been arrested 38 times, but nothing ever had been found on him. -.) Mrs. Rumball. He then went on to say that at the first examination of the girl's body, Coroner Block, of Grldley, told him to not make an ex amination after he had said death was caused by a separation of the spinal column. Dr. Turner also said he was pres ent at the autopsy on the girls body on June 23. He declared it was not possible for her to have Injured her self In the manner found. If death were caused by a blow, he thought no more discoloration would have been found. Attorney Kennedy tried to ask Dr. Turner if he would state that the death of the girl was caused by a blow but the court would not allow the witness to answer. "I have a right," Insisted Kennedy, "to ask If this woman, in Dr. Turn er's opinion, would be able to deliver a blow sufficient to cause death." To this the district attorney ob jected and was sustained. He said the state admits that a person stand ing on a box four feet high could fall and break his neck in the same (Continued on Page S.) prisSt CLEANING UP THE REMAINS Twelve city prisoners were put to work this morning cleaning up Mar ion Square. Considerable paper and trash Is strewn about he grounds this morning after last week's cele bration and the men will find plenty to do there for a while. They are iu charge of Poundmaster Irvlu. Most of them have been arrested for being drunk and others are members of the vagrant class. A total of six arrests were made during the three-days' for drunkenness, which record considering the celebration Is. a good number of strangers In town durlug the celebra tion. o NO CHANGE FOR BETTER IN WEATHER UNITED I'IKSS LEASED Wltl. New York, July 10. Four deaths from heat had been reported here to day at 1 L o'clock this morning. The thermometer was at 00 with every proHpect of Its rising much higher. Chicago, July 10. Thirteen per sons have died In Chicago from heat within 24 hours. There is no relief In sight and the weather forecasters say tomorrow will be hotter than to day. ltrgattu at Houston. firNITKI I'RESN I.t.lSKD WIIICl Houston, Tex., July 10. The Hou ston Launch club today began its an nual regatta off Silvan Deach at La porte. This Is to be one of the big gest events ever held In southern waters. The Fourth has become saner, In some places. One duty of man Includes all oth er duties, to make the best of life.