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SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1911.
No. 19T.
PRESIDENT GIVEN A ROASTING BY
CONGRESSMAN JA1S OF KENTUCKY
ATTACK BITTERLY PERSONAL
BUT IT EVOKED A STORM OF
MINGLED CHEERS AfID JEERS
Among Other Things He Said: "He will Go Down in History as
One Man Who Vetoed the Will of the American People"
And Again to the Republicans He Said: "He Called an Ex
tra Session and You Passed the Payne Bill, a Bold Be
trayal, of the People's Intere sts" And He Signed It.
UNITED I'BESS LEASED WIRE. '
Washington, Aug. IS. Scathing de
nunciation of President Taft his wool
bill veto and bis general attitude on
the tariff aroused cheers today which
rocked the house in response to bit
ing sentences from Congressman 01
lle James, of Kentucky. James'
scoring of Taft was bitterly personal.
In part, lie said:
"He will go down in history os the
president who placed his ponderous
corporoslty in the path of service to
the people; he will go down In his
tory as one man who vetoed the wlll
of the American people."
When the storm of mingled cheers
and jeers evoked by this had sub
sided, James addressed the house
generally:
"The people trusted you in 1908,"
lie said, "when the Republicans, with
the assent of the president, prom
ised tariff revision downward. He
called an extra session and you
tssed the Payne bll, a bold be
trayal o( the people's Interests. He
Wied It. Later he declared the wool
schedule indefensible. " He had no
tariff board when he signed the
Payne bill but he now vetoes a bill
STATE SHOULD
INSURE ITS
OWN PEOPLE
COVERXOR WEST WILL SUBMIT
PLAX FOR" HAVING THE STATE
EXTKK .HE LIKE INSURANCE
FIELD IX THE ISTEREST OF
POPLE.
Why cannot the state enter the
Insurance business?
Governor West asked several news
paper reporters that question, this
morning, and, upon failing to secure
from them any good and sufficient
reason why It should not, proceeded
to outline his views In general on the
subject, and also to state that, one
of these days, he will submit to the
People a complete plan for the state
to enter the 'nsurance business, and
let them adopt it if hey so desire.
Would Reduce Rates.
As the governor looks at the sub
ject the Insurance business today 13
ontrolled by the Interests, and in
addition to exacting from the public
iorbltant rates the companies take
of the money, and that means mil
lions of dollars, put of the state. The
Insurance busness, as he vews It,
wuld be conducted by the state In
surance department that is by en
'"glng it, and. besides bringing to
the Btate an Immense revenue, It
would also operate as a benefit to the
people at large, as It would bring
about a vast reduction In the rates
'harged for Insurance, and the
money would remain in the state.
The field would still be open to
'nsurance companies, but. In order
to get business, they would have to
compete with the low rate offered by
the state, and. rather than do that,
they would probably withdraw from
the field.
The governor Is seriously consid
ering the plan, and when he has all
h" dfltails worked out will submit it
'o the people for them to frame in
to 'he law by the Initiative or to
" lesiilature.
Taft Writing Teto.
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Washington, Aug. 18. President
"aft devoted today to preparing his
third
eto message, that on the re
Jection
ef the free list bill.
cheapening woolen, clothing to the
suffering poor of the country."
At the- conclusion of James, phll
lipic, Congressman Austin (Republi
can, Tenn.) , defended President
Taft's right to veto the wool bill. He
lauded Taft's courage and Inciden
tally referred to Speaker Clark's
presidential boom. The reference
was fatal. In an Instant the house
was in an uproar, the members
shouting and beating their desks,
while Clark, all smiles, bowed and
bowed from the speaker's chair.
Langley, of Kentucky, and Moore,
of Pennsylvania.then spoke In oppo
sition to the wool bill and In sup
port of the president.
Lenroot, of Wisconsin, defended
the wool bill. He said no veto
should be allowed to stand when a
president had explained, as President
Taft did that he had no facts upon
which to accurately Judge as to the
rates.
"No president "" should veto a bill
passed by congress," declared Len
root, "unless he knows positively
that the vetoed bill is wrong."
Lenroot urged the progressives to
stand firm and oppose the president
now. He asserted that If the pro
gressives failed at this time, the
country would believe them either In
sincere or fearful of the admnlstra
tion's displeasure and the consequent
loss of patronage.
Nye, of Minnesota, who earlier had
declared that he would favor over
riding the veto, said from the floor
of the house that, . In view of the
president's arguments, he had decld-
jed to vote against the bill. Cooper,
of Wisconsin, followed and an
nounced that he would support the
veto.
WEBB MUST
HANG SAYS
GOVERNOR
AFTER. GIVING THE CASE MUCH
CONSIDERATION GOVERNOR
WEST REFUSES TO INTERFERE
WITH MURDERER WEBB'S EX
ECUTION. Governor West will not commute
the death sentence of Jesse P. Webb,
the Portland trunk murderer, to life
imprisonment.
i The governor made a statement to
that effect today, though he further
I stated that he reserved the right to
'reverse his opinion on the subject,
! should between now and the time
I for the execution September 5 a
sufficient reason arise for the com-
i mutation of the sentence. There is
no likelihood of any such reason
arising, however, as practically all
the petitions and pleas to be made in
behalf of Webb have been forwarded
to the governor.
Webb's wife and daughter were In
the city the other day, and, after
visiting the condemned man, sought
out the governor, and asked him to
commute the sentence. The gover
nor listened, but would promise noth
ing beyond that he would take Into
.consideration their plea, along with
J the prayers of the different petitions.
Governor West some time ago In
dicated that he believed Webb guilty,
and that he would not Interfere in
his case, and the statement made
this morning shows him to be of the
.same mind.
Bridegroom Missing.
Oakland, Cal., Aug. 18.
The failure of the bridegroom,
Daniel Foley, of Spokane, to ap-
pear at the church today at the
time set for his wedding caused
his bride-to-be, Miss M. Nagle,
of Oaklandr after having waited
all morning, to report the dls-
appearance of Foley to the
police, believing that the non-
arrival was due to some accl-
dent.
Miss Nagel Is 50 years of age
and the missing groom is a
wealthy contractor of 60. The
bride declares that the groom
left home on August 10 with
$3D0, two gold watches and
bank books showing deposits of
$23,000 in Spokane banks.
MRS CORA M. DAYIS
IS A CANDIDATE
Mrs. Cora M. Davis, of Union, Ore.,
is among the candidates for national
president of The Woman's Relief
Corps, at the convention to be held
In Rochester, New York, next Mon
day. The Woman's Relief Corps Is an
auxiliary to the Grand Army and
was established by them in 1883, be
ing a continuation of the Sanitary
commission; an association which
did most efficient work among the
soldiers during the Rebellion.
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Epldmic Kills Rabbits.
UNITED PRESS LR"!?1 WHM )
Klamath Falls, Or., Aug. 18.
Hundreds of wild rabbits are dying
here dally of some mysterious di
sease which is epidemic among them.
BASEBALL IN
NORTHWEST
IN A MUDDLE
PRESIDENT LINDSAY REFUSES
TO CALL A MEETING AT RE
QUEST OF DIRECTORS, AND
MAY RE RETIRED.
DNITBD PBES8 LCAflRD Win!.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 18. Affairs
in the1 Northwestern, baseball league
are more muddled today than ever,
following the refusal of President
Lindsay In Seattle yesterday to call
a meeting, demanded by a majority
of the directors. Prior to the depar
ture of George Shreeder, owner of
the local club, and Joe Cohn, of Spo
kane, to attend the meeting, the in
timation was given out that action
was probable looking to a change in
the management of the league. There
has been much dissatisfaction with
the administration! of the league's
affairs by Judge Lindsay, It Is as
serted, and charges of favoritism are
openly made. That the refusal of
Lindsay to Issue a call for the meet
ing yesterday was due to the advice
of President Dugdale, of the Seattle
club. Is the claim made by the fac
tion hostile to the present adminis
tration. The directors, it Is said,
wish to find out why George Ort,
first baseman for Seattle, was almost
Immediately returned to good stand
ing, following his suspension for
viciously assaulting Umpire Baum
garten, while players on other
teams, guilty of less serloua Infrac
tions of baseball law, have, they say,
been more severely disciplined Dug
dale opposed any reopening of the
Ort case, and he was sustained by
President Lindsay.
Directors who are here today are
much wrought up over what they
term the strange brand of politics
that Is being played jn the league,
and predictions -are of an upheaval
that will change the baseball map of
the Northwest are freely predicted.
Forest Fire Controlled.
(UNITED PIESS TRADED TiM.l
Chehalls, Wash., Aug. 18. The for
est fire near Ravine which was. be
lieved to be assuming dangerous
proportions yesterday. Is under con
trol today, according to Information
received here.
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Boosters Are Boosting.
Portland, Or., Aug. 18.
Shouting enthusiastically for
Oregon, and not forgetting to
put in big boosts for Calitor.
nia and the Panama-Pacific
exposition, San Francisco bust-
ness men and publicity experts
arrived In Portland thfs mora-
ing aboard a special train. They
remained long enough to exe-
cute "three cheers for Port-
land," then continued on their
way to the Astoria centennial
celebration.
The party will return to Port-
land tomorrow, and will be en-
tertalned by the Portland
Chamber of Commerce.
The Califorolans will start
on their return journey tomor-
row night.
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DECLARES
PETITION
Action Brought to Enjoin -Sec-reatry
Olcott From Placing
Title of Referendum Bills on
Election Ballot.
MANY OBJECTIONS MADE
H. S. Friendly, of Eurciic, by His
Attorneys, Kaiser, Slater & Pogue,
Files Complaint Alleges Forgery,
That Sheets Did Not Have Copy of
the Bill That Petitions Were Not
Verified and an Insufficiency of
Names on Petitions.
Alleging that a score or more of
the circulators of the referendum pe
titions asking for the reference of
two bills making appropriations for
the University of Oregon combined,
confederated and conspired together
to fraudulently write In false and
fictitious names on the petitions, and
also names of legal voters without
their consent, S. H. Friendly, of Eu
gene, through the law firm of Kaiser,
Slater & Pogue today filed with the
clerk of the circuit court a suit ask
ing that Secretary of State Olcott be
enjoined from placing the title of
the bills on the ballot to be used at
the next general elections.
Many Objections' Made.
Besides the forged names to the
petitions several other objections are
raised, in the complaint as to their
validity. It Is alleged that the peti
tions were addressed to F. W. Ben
son, as secretary of state, when they
shrould have been addressed to Ben
W. Olcott. It Is alleged that scores
of sheets of the petition did not have
printed on them a copy of the bill so
that a voter In signing them must
rely on the oral statement of the cir
culator as to what he was signing.
It Is alleged that H. J. Parkinson did
not verify the petitions brought be
fore him by circulators that acting
in his capacity as a notary public he
did not take the oath of the circula
tors. It Is further alleged that 1500
names were verified by City Recorder
Stangel, of Woodburn, and that this
was illegal as he was not qualified
by law to give the oath to the circu
lators. But 2,000 Legnl No men.
It Is alleged that there purports to
be 13,715 signatures to the one peti
tion the one appropriating
$328,258.02 for buildings and equip
ment for the university, but that In
reality when all the objections are
considered, there are but 2,000 legal
names; that on the petition refer
ring the other bill the one appro
priating $175,000 for a library that
that there purports to be 13,610 sig
natures but that but 2,000 of them
are legal.
It requires under the law 6.135 sig
natures to a petition to refer a bill.
WAMS DIVORCE BECAUSE
HIS WIFE IS HOLY ROLLER
The Holy Roller faith is Blamed
for marital troubles between August
Wesenberg and Lizzie Wesenberg
which resulted In a suit for divorce
In the Iclrcult court In Portland yes
SHOAF FRK CE TO CLEAR
T,1WAS-IS SUDDENLY HlSSItl
S(ond by McNamaas.
San Francisco, Aug. 18. De-
clsion to stand fast by John J.
and James B. McNamara, ac-
cused of complicity In the al-
leged dynamiting of the Los
Angeles Times, was reached
here today by the convention
of the International Typograph-
leal Union.
Amid great enthusiasm a res-
olution was adopted providing
that each local of the union
should assess all Its members
25 cents tor the McNamara' de-
fense, the same to be payable
within 60 days. The resolution
declared that all organized
trades are vitally Interested In
the McNamaras.
terday. Suit was brought by the
'husband, who says his wife has be
come a Holy Roller and has devoted
all her time to her faith.
In the complaint It Is averred that
Wesenberg obtained a divorce from
his first wife when he fell in love
with his present wife. When she be
came Interested in the Holy Rollers,
he alleges she neglected her house
hold duties, refused to cook, found
fault with her husband because he
took no stock In the Holy Roller
faith and finally decided that It was
wrong for her to live with him be
cause he Is a divorced man.-
She complained, says the husband,
that while she lived with him she
"could not get the Holy GhoBt" and
accordingly in 1909 she left. He
complained that she remained out at
meetings until late at night and wis
too tired to get up and cook break
fast in the mornings.
WILLING TO
BE HYPNOTIZED
SAYSHIS-WIFE
DENTIST MADE LOVE TO THEM
WHEN THEY COULD NOT TALK
BACK, AND HAD A NUMBER ON
HIS STRING.
San Bernardino, Cal., Aug. 18.
Standing loyally by her husband, de
,splte charges that he held Miss Jessie
McDonald a captive for 15 months,
and despite, rumors connecting his
name with half a dozen or more San
Bernardino girls, Mrs. A. W. Mc
Davlt, wife of the Imprisoned dentist,
today rushed to his defense,
i "Dr. McDavIt may be a hypnotic,"
Bhe said, "but I venture to say that
his alleged victims were willing sub
jects. The world may say and be
lieve what It pleases. I do not care.
He has always treated me right, and
that Is all that I have ever asked of
the world. It Is true that I fell In
love with him while he was working
on my teeth, but that Is nobody's
business."
Fired by curiosity, scores of per
sons today broke Into McDavlt's of
fice and the room where Miss Mc
Donald Is alleged to have been held,
and almost completel stripped the
apartment of all furnishings. The
police were forced to use their clubs
'to disperse the mob.
The crowd then, went to the coun
ty Jail and hooted and Jeered at the
prisoners until driven away.
Miss McDonald today told more of
her love for McDavit.
"For five years," she said, "we have
been devoted to each other. He
merely cast his eyes' on me, and I
was fascinated. Whe-n I would de
termine to go away, the power of his
eyes changed my plans. I love him
yet I can't help it but now that I
have learned that other girls are In
his 'charmed circle,' I will never re
ti"n to him."
The police today visited Irene Gib
son, a pretty young woman of Bloom
ington, a suburb. With a baby not
quite a year old on her knee, she told
of her love for McDavit.
"Yes. I love him.'' she said, "and
I guess that I always will. This Is
our baby. Isn't he cute?"
Miss Gibson said that she also Ml
In love with McDavit while having
Cental work done.
MAY HAVE BEEN KIDNAPED
OR AS SOME THINK KILLED
AfID HIS EVIDENCE STOLEN
Detective Burns Makes Slurring Remark About Him Which
Might Cause Some to Think He Knows More of the Disap
pearance Than He Is Willing to Tell Socialists and Union
Labor Connect His Disappearence With the Prosecution of
the McNamaras Either Kidnaped or Killed, Say Many.
DNITBD Pima LBASBD WI1B.1
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 18. Giving
up hope of finding George H. Shoaf,
a socialist writer, In Los Angeles,
and fearing foul play, the police to
day sent descriptions of the missing
man to the authorities of all Pacific
coast cities. Not since late Sunday
night when his hat and a piece of
rubber hose loaded with shot were
found In a hallway near his room,
has he been seen. Detectives Hoslck
and Zlegler, detailed on the case, ad
mitted today that they were com
pletely baffled.
Attorneys for the McNamaras are
at a loss to account for Shoaf's dis
appearance. They admitted that In
addition to his work as a writer for
the Appeal to Reason, -a Socialist
publication, he had been quietly In
vestigating certain phases of the
Times case.
As early as Sunday morning Shoaf
told Alexander Irvine, New York So
cialist, that he hed unearthed evi
dence that would establish the Inno
cence of the McNamara brothers.
Shoaf declared that he was bolng
shadowed day and night, and ex
SAYS TAFT HAS
MADE A MISTAKE
fUNITBD I'BESS LEAKED WIKR.J
New Orleans, La., Aug. 18. That
President Taft used bad policy and
poor Judgment In vetoing the state
hood bill of Arizona and New Mex
ico, is the opinion of former Gover
nor Kibbey, of Arizona, who Is here.
"I believe that the judiciary Is too
autocratic," said Kibbey, "and If the
recall obtains anywhere, there Is no
reason why It Bhould not obtain with
regard to the Judiciary as well."
Objects to Arguments.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 18. After
an experience on a jury Mrs. May
Arkwrlght Hutton, one of Spokane's
leading suffragettes, expressed the
opinion that a Jury was competent to
deduce Its own conclusions from the
testimony and the counsel Bhould be
prohibited from arguing the case
and subjecting the Jury to "flattery,
cajolery and abuse."
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Ringllng Bos.' circus In Portland
Friday and Saturday.
Last Day of Qur
Suit Sale
SATURDAY will be the last day
of our Suit Sale. We will agaia
offer any Spring Suit in our
store of regular value $20.00 to
$35.00, for the one day only
$15.00
Any Spring Suit in our store of $15 to $20 value,
one day only
$10.00
This Is your last opportunity, don't fall to take advantage of It.
Salem Woolen Mill Store
"Just Right Shoes", Fail Styles. '
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pressed fear of his "evidence" fcelng
stolen.
At the home of Mrs. H. O. Gabel,
where the writer lived, It was laid
that late Sunday a sound was heard
as of a heavy body falling, coming
from Shoaf's room. No Investigation
was made at the time.
Before leaving for San Francisco,
Detective William J. Burns intimat
ed that Shoaf probably had been ar
rested for some minor offense and
probably could be found In one of th .
Jails. Accompanied by several news
paper men, Detectives Hoslck and
Ziegler visited the different prisons.
All prisoners confined In the several
Institutions were lined up but Shoaf
was not among them. A visit to the
various police stations was also
fruitless.
Socialists and union labor men to
day connect Shoaf's disappearance
with persons interested In the prose
cuslon of the McNamaras. They con
tend that he most probably had been
kidnaped, his evidence taken away
from him and Shoaf sent out of town
under guard, where he will be kept
until after the trial. Others declare
that he has been murdered and his
body concealed.
HOPS TAKE
ANOTHER
' BIG
CABLEGRAMS FROM ENGLAND
THAT CROP IS HURT BY HEAT
SEND THEM UP ONE HUN
DRED THOUSAND POUNDS SOLD
AT 43 CENTS.
CJIITBD rBISS LBARBD Will.
Portland, Or., Aug. 18. The hop
market today reached 45 cents a
pound. McNeff Bros., of this city,
purchased 100,000 pounds si that
figure. This is the highest price
since 1882, when $1 per pound, was
paid. This Is Ave cents a pound
above the previous high price, and.
In consequence, the market Is very
much excited.
Cablegrams from Europe today say
the heat continues, and the prospects
for a crop are bad.
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