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5 11 0ETOM VOL. XXI. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. 1911. XO. 103. It II II II II II . I Mi li H il': til I .1 I I I t I II II II Vll II II II II UX "Vlti fi M-I ij; K-SHliLHLil UL-f I II II II OREGON SYSTEM JARS ALL OF THEM COHSSW ran SLOPS OVER DENOUNCES THE RECALL RIDICULES REFERENDUM AND ABUSES INITIATIVE He Contends That the Recall Will Tie the Hands of Justice, Intimidate Good Men Like Himself and Make Them Go Crooked to Curry Popular Favor and Perform Various Oth er Bad Stunts As for the Referendum and Initiative In Would -Destroy Representative Government and Lots of Good Jobs. UNITED 1'IIESS LEAKED WI1IE. Cedar Point, Ohio, July 12. Bitter denunciation of the Initiative, refer endum and recall, coupled with di rect attack on the advocates of these measures, was the feature of an ad dress here today by Congressman Samuel McCall, of Massachusetts be fore the state bar association. "Advocates of the change from representative to direct government," McCall said, "are seeking popular fa vor, decorating themselves and their proposals with lofty adjectives. The typical initiative, referendum speech presents as glowing a prospect as can be found in the most eloquent mining prospectus. Its advocates usually proceed upon the theory that how ever careless each of us may be, how ever lacking in definite, close study, yet in our collective capacity we are capable of doing wrong. "One must be cautious in question ing the omnipotence of the people in our collective capacity. Imagine the condition we should reach If each state and the national government had the system of direct legislation. Statute books would become a med ley of half considered reforms, as Attend O of Annual Clearing Sale IT WILL BE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET IF YOU DO THE PRICES ARE ALL MARKED AWAY DOWN, as we want the shelves cleared, for our Fall Stock, that will begin to arrive in a few weeks. New Fall Styles in Ladies' Suits just received Ladies' Tailored Suits right from the mak ers hands now on sale at the Chicago Store, Nothing like them in Salem when it comes to newness and quality, fine tailoring and low prices, We are mak ing a decided hit in the advance styles, Values up to SI 8, $20, $25 and $30, now on sale $9.90, $10.50, $12.50, $14.50 SILK BARGAINS All now selling at cut down clearing prices. 500 yards of beautiful Fancy Silks now out on our tables, Values up to 65c, 75c and 85c, now on sale for 25c, 35c, 39c and 49c a yard The rUl Greater V ill "The pirations and emotional enactments. The enforcement of such laws would mean the destruction of your civili zation." McCall specifically denounced the initiative, referendum and recall, ad ding: "Judges who desire to continue on the bench would diligently study pop ular moods instead of the sources of the law." ARRESTED FOR FORGERY ON REFEREXDU MPETITIOXS r UNITED l'RESS LEASED WIDE. Portland, Or., July 12. Following an investigation by means of the Burns detective agency into forgeries alleged to have been committed in the referendum petitions against the University of Oregon appropriation, I Harry Coler Is under arrest today, another warrant Is out, and Coler Is said to have made a statement to the .officers that will lead to 10 or 12 ar- ! rests and exposure of wholesale frauds involving men In higher sta tion than the lowly circulators. Color is one of the circulators of the ' referendum against house bill 210, CAGO STORE Store That Saves You passed by the last legislature, pro viding for an additional building and equipment for the state university. This is one of the series of three bills which were blocked by referendum petitions circulated under the same auspices, the others being another appropriation for the university and the third an appropriation for a dor mitory at the Monmouth normal school. All three of these are de clared by former Justice Slater, at torney for the university, to be reek ing with fraud. n May Trosecutc Omciuls. UNITED H1ES8 LEASED WIDE. San Francisco, Cal July 12. Fed eral prosecution of the Pacific Coast Steamship company officials, who are alleged to have been, in part, respon sible for danger to passengers on their boat, the Santa Rosa, when it struck off point Arguello, Is todav de clared here to be a probability of the near future. The menace to the steamship com pany officials took form when, United States District Attorney Devlin this afternoon sent his assistant, Benja min McKinley, to hear the testimony being taken before Inspectors Bolles and Bulger, who are investigating the affair. In case McKinley hears evi dence pointing to negligence by the company in caring for the passeng ers of the Santa Rosa, It Is said that criminal prosecution of the respon sible officials will begin at once. o THE HOT WAVE HIT OHIO CONGRESSMAN' UNITED l'RESS LEASED WIRE. Washington, July 12. When the heat ignited a box of matches in the pocket of Congressman Willis, of Ohio, there was a near panic on the floor of the house today. Willis was uninjured, but, after the matches were extinguished, he had more air than he had had. Baseball. National at Boston, first game. St. Louis 13. Boston 6. American at Chicago. Boston 3, Chicago 6. CLEARING PRICES Come and be the judge, and see for your selves, who is giving the best values and the LOWEST PRICES in Salem, Standard Calicoes, percales and Er Ginghams, now yard 712C Outing Flannels, cr yara J-- Standard Full Size Ar sheets HJL 75c Turkish Tapestry 54-inch OQr Wide, Persian patterns, yard JzJL 25c Linen Finished Suitings in i tzr a great range of shades, yard Ji- 85c Bleached Table Linens, extra Wide, in beautiful Floral De- AQr signs, now yard H-Jx These few items are only a few of the hundaeds we can show you. DRESS GOODS Now going at clearing prices, this is the time you can save big money by buy ing your Wool Dress 'Goods here, values up to 65c, 75c, 85c and $1,00, Now on sale for yard 25c, 35c, 39c, 49c and 59c Salem Oregon Money" LEWIS HELD ON' CHARGE OF MURDER rSITCD PBES9 LEASED WIBI.l Oroville, Cal., July 12. Arthur Lewis, brother of Mrs. Emma L. Rumball, was today held to answer a charge of murder, in connection with the killing of Helen Rumball, 13, in Grldley. The trial of Lewis and Mrs. Rumball was scheduled to be held in September. A LIST OF POSSIBLES BY BRYAN Commoner Names Those It Thinks Good Timber for the Democratc Presidential Norn ination Next Year. HARMON'S NAME NOT THERE Ho Takes a N'ew Tack and Names Two From South of Mason mid Dixon Line Hoke Smith, of Geor gia, and Culberson, of IVxas "Our George" Is Also. Named as Fairly Good Timber. UNITED l'RESS LEASED Wlilll. Lincoln, Neb July 12. Conspic uously omitti . the name of Gover nor Judson Itrmon, of Ohio, Wil liam J. Bryan's Commoner today pub lishes a list of Democrats It considers available for the emocratlc nomina tion. The Commoner says the avallibllity of Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey; Champ Clark and Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri, is unquestioned It suggests also the following tick et. Hoke Smith, Georgia, for presi dent, and Governor Burke, of North Dakota; Governor Marshall, of In diana, and Governor Dix, of New York, or Governor Dix, of New York and Governor Marshall, of In diana; Senator Culberson, of Texas, and Senator O'Gorman, of New York; Governor Shafroth, of Colorado, and Governor Foss, of Massachusetts; Senator Ollie James, of Kentucky, and Governor Osborne, of Wyoming. Ollte James, of Kentucky, and Louis R. Brandels, of Boston. The Commoner also appends the names of these presidential availables without, however, going so far as to group them: Governor Fred Plalsted, of Maine; Senator John W. Kern, of Indiana; Senator Newlands, of Nevada; Sena tor George W. Chamberlain, of Ore gon; Senator Owen, of Oklahoma; former Governors Adams and Thom as and former Senator Patterson, of Colorado; George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts; ex-Senator Turner, of Washington; Senator Gore, of Okla homa; Henry Watterson, of Ken tucky; Mayor William J. Gaynor, of New York; Mayor Carter,, Harrison, or former Mayor Edward F. Dunne, of Chicago. SHRINERS TO MEET IN LOS ANGELES 1 EXITED l'RESS LEASED WIRE I uornesier, .v ., .i uiy iz. r (How ling the, select Ion of I.OS Angeles lis the city for iis next year's convention, ;th Nobles of the Mystic Hhrilic to- 1 day elected John F. Treat, of K.'iiuo. X. I)., imperial potentate of that order 'for the ensuing term. Tieat not the ' unanimous vote of the convention, i " nun rio fills j OKI) Kit FOIt MAHASI IIIVOKS ! For the first time since the estab lishment of the Salem Fruit I'nion the management is engaged in Ailing I a contract for maraschino cherries. ! The contract is v:ih an eastern firm, and as soon as It Is completed It is I likely that contracts will be entered Into with other llrms In the Fast, i The management Is also busy dry j ing Logan berries and other small i fruit for which there Is an excep tionally strong market especially for the Logan berries. New machin ery for the handling of the berries was recently Installed. IHfJ LOT OF rOTTOX Bl'RNKD IX RUSSIA St. Petersburg, July 12. The fire that broke out among the cotton bales In the port section of the city Monday night was extinguished Tues day after damage aggregating $500, 000 had been done. Some 40 Arms shared In the loss. MlPlllfiflP miuiiiuHiv FIFTY BUR WALLA WALLA TO HATE 1 , COMMISSION' GOVERNMENT Walla Walla, Wash.. July 12. Commission form of government car ried in Walla Walla Monday by a two to one vote of 13 precincts. Eleven precincts at 1 o'clock this morning gave the commission government 722 majority, the vote standing 14!0 to 708. The vote was heavy and the voctory of the commission govern ment forces decisive. Walla Walla will now organize un der commission government and not later than 60 days from today an election will be held to decide who will be the three men who will run the city for three years and three months. They will take office about two weeks later, probably September 11. Interest in the municipal election faded as the day wore on and It be came apparent that the newly chosen officers would have but about 30 days to serve. o PLANS FOR LIBRARY HELD IX EAST Finding upon meeting last evening for the transaction of business that the plans for the Carnegie library have not yet been returned by Car negie's secretary to whom ll.ty were sent for approval, the library boiird Instructed its secretary to at once communicate with him as to the rea son for the delay. The plans were perfected several months ago and forwarded and should be back here now. The money for the construction of the building is on hand and as soon as the plans come back the board will award con tracts for Its construction. , There is a sum of $26,000 available for the construction of the building the gift of Carnegie on condition that the city would maintain the institu tion, which It has agreed to do. NOTHING DISCLOSED DY FILES Washington, July 12. That the Morgan-Guggenheim "grab" of Alas kan coal industries through their ac quisition of lands on the shore of Controller Bay Is not yet consum mated was positively asserted today . by Secretary or the Interior Fisher. I Discussing the mysterious "Dick I to Dick" letter, supposed to be from nicnaru s. ityan, me uuggenneim man, to former Secretary of the In terior R. A. Ballinger, Fisher de clared he was eager to co-operate i In hunting for the document. So far, i however, he said, search of the files of the department had revealed no I letter from . Ryan to Balllnger in I which Charles P. Taft's name was mentioned. Fisher Is not expected to be a wit ness at the hearing by the commit tee on expenditures in the depart ment, of the Interior, which is prob ing the Controller Bay entries. Of them he said today: "I certainly am interested in the case, and would appreciate any Infor mation the committee might give as to whether conditions at Controller Bay would Jeopardize the public in tent!. So far as I am able to see that the public Interest will be jeop ardized, no nuttier what procedure Is decided upon. I have found that Ryan's Controller Hay entries have been submitted to the department, bill that no action has been taken. These claims are still pending and arc still absolutely In the control of l he interior department . o A PEPPERY ARGUMENT BY A WOMAN Pendleton, Or.. July 12. W. U. llainsworti!, Northern Pacific Kail road agent, and Northern Express eompatiys agent at llellx, is the vic tim of cayenne pepper assault, his assailant, being Mrs. Charles Stanton, of Helix. In accordance with the custom long In vogue, Mrs. Stanton gave the brakemnn on Saturday morning's in coming train sonic money with the request that he buy her some incut In Pendleton and bring it out with him on his return. Hearing of this the railroad and express agent tele graphed the braketnan ordering him not to deliver the meat, but to hi) id It by express. Instead of doing this the brakeman delivered both the money and the telegram to Mr. Str.nton. She Im mediately demanded an apology from the agent and when this was not forthcoming, Ailed his eyes with pep per. Hainsworth was carrying the mall at the time and Is seeking to have the postal authorities prosecute the woman for interfering with the I'nited States mall. I cimcdt nv en n ovvli i ui iuiiloi i into TO DEATH IN ONE TOWfJ HUNDREDS BADLY BURNED AND THOUSANDS HOMELESS PROVISION SUPPLY SHORT Nurses, Doctors and Provision s Being Rushed to the Burned District Entire National Guard of the State Ordered Out' for Service in Fire Swept Re gon Eight Hundred Refugees Reach East Tawas Entirely Destitute and Some Barely Able to Crawl Wolves and Deer Driven Before Flames Travel Peaceably Together. East Tewas, Mich., July 11. i That not less than 75 and perhaps' 100 lives have been lost In the ter rific forest fires which today are' sweeping Northwestern Michigan towns is believed here, after a com-; parlson of the Btorles told by survlv- ' ors from the towns of Au Sable and , Oscoda. They declared that at least ' 50 Burely perished ini these towns I alone, and reports from other sea tlons of this part of the state certain ly will raise the list of dead to 75. Throughout Northeastern Michi gan more than $5,000,000 damage has been wrought, and as many towns 1 are Btlll In grave danger by spread-1 lug forest flres, the total In lives and property majr run Into figures even' more appalling. I East Tawas, Mich., July 12. Eight hundred refugees from the fire that has swept northern Michigan, ar rived here by noon today, all of them homeless and destitute and many so badly burned and Injured that they were forced to crawl on their hands and knees. The food supply here la exhausted and In answer to appeals for outside help relief parties are en route from Bay City, bringing provisions, doc tors, nurses and medical supplies. That not less than 50 persons met death when the forest fire swept through the town of Au Sable Is de clared by Stanley Edgely, of Flint, who arrived here today from the de vastated region. He said that he saw 50 or more persons fall scorched in the streets of Au Sable and witnessed others dashing Into the wall of flames sweeping the town In their desper ate attempts to escape. One of the refugees arriving here today said he started through the woods with five companions. Two of them were caught in the (lames and left burned to a crisp. For part of the distance the survivors covered, they were surrounded on all sides by wild animals, deer, wolves and bears, which were rushing before the flames In a wild attempt to escape. Danger Is Great. Lansing, Mich., July 12. So serious Is the danger to Michigan towns through forest flres today that the j We Must ur Stock at Once Our Fall Goods are it is necessary for them. Besides it carry over any stock. For these reasons we have put our prices at the very lowest. WE WANT THE STOCK TO MOVE FAST. It will only be necessary for you to call ta see the many reductions we are making. Here are a Few of the Money Savers Bishop's Ready Tailored Clothes Regular prices $10 to $35.00 Sale prices $6 to $25.00 1 00 Boys' long pants Suits, sizes 1 5 to, 20 years.Regular prices $9.00 lo $1 5.C0 Special now $5.00 Robert's $3 Hats, in Derby, soft or straw, Now $2.40 Salem Woolen Mill Store cot cince entire national guard of the state Is to be called out for service in the fire swept region. Major J. N. Cox, of the military de partment, Is trying to get In touch with Governor Osborn, who lg on a yachting trip in Lake Michigan near the Straits, In order to get the nec essary order calling out the troops. The mayor of Oscoda has asked that a company of Infantry b sent at once to patrol his ruined town. Towns Bum yesterday. Bay City, Mich., July ll.Oscada, 76 miles north of Bay City, has been completely wiped out by fire; Au Sable, across the riv&r, Is now on fire, and the 1SO0 Inhabitants are being taken on board a steamer that arrived at Au Sable and on a train made up of freight cars picked np In the Au Sable and Oscada freight yards, while another train Is being sent from EaBt Tawas to take away refugees. A llneiman succeeded In getting around the Are and tapped1 the wires four miles south of the town- He said there had been no Iobs of life. The Are at Cheboygan, caught from a pile of sawdust which hat been burning for weeks. It Is not known whether there Is danger to the city. Lewlston, Alger and Tur ner, all north of here, are In danger from forest flres. The Alpena and Oscada Area were not due to forest flres, but from flres originating In slab yards. Forty cars and two bridges on the Michigan Central railroad, near Gray ling, were burned this afternoon. A disastrous fire broke out. at Al pena this afternoon In the logs on the bank of Thunder Bay river, Just west of the Monanch tannery. A fierce west wind spread the flames In to the bark piles of C. Moanch & Sons company. The fire; spread to the cedar yard of Frank Christian, totally destroy ing it. At this point one of the city's Are engines was destroyed. When this dispatch was sent south by a Detroit and Mackinac train, the Are was still burning fiercely, but wag thought to be under control. The property loss was estimated at $400, 000. Reduce now on the way and us to make room for is our oolirv never to
