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Newspaper Page TextRead the Journal's Bargain Day Ad. on Page 2 of this Issue Srii . (! tim fi n If? (oui SALFM, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1911. No. 112. 1 601(1111 SPARES WEBB'S LIFE OF THE Eentertaiued Vast Crowd. WHEN li SHADOW GALLOWS i LITTLE GIRL'S PLEADINGS PROVE TOO STRONG FOR HIM THOUGHT OF HIS OWN BABIES Died of Broken Heart. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 5. "When I Saw the Child's Pitiful Pleading for Her Father's Life I Got to Thinking of What My Own Daughter Would Think of Me, if I Allowed the Law to Choke Another Father to Death to Satisfy a Few Bloodthirsty Persons' Two Little Poems Also Got Their Work in on the Governor's Feelings. Friends here of Bartlett Rich- ards, who died yesterday In a penitentiary at Rochester, Mln- nesota, following a sentence of a , year's Imprisonment flor con- spiracy to secure government land through dummy entrynien. today attribute his death to a . broken heart. ' No man, 'his friends say, ever felt so keenly or showed his In- ner feelings more plainly than did Richards over his accusa- tion, arrest, trial, coavlction, sentence and servitude. - Richards for many years was a resident of Los Angeles, and at the time of his arrest was considered one of the richest stockmen tin Wyoming. i Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 5. Ta- coma entertained the largest crowd in the history of the Pa- ciflc coast at one entertainment last night, when 60,000 persons crowded in and around the big concrete stadium to witness the "Burning of Rome" spec- tacle, and 15,000 more persons A wenf nwnv unable to get within line of vision. , Every city In the Northwest ; poured its people Into Tacoma Should Have Killed Her. all day. The stadium show was a spectacular triumph, and 1 Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 5. thousands who could not get in ! To the request that he dry the last nleht remained over for to- supper dishes la attributed to- 07 night's performance. Declaring that, while he is-opposed ing, for they knew then that the gov- to capital punishment, that that fact lernor had commuted Webb's sen- lid not Influenced him, and also that tence, and that he would not dangle lie many petitions and letters written at the end of the hangman's rope, to him had had no effect upon him. Crowd Also Cheers. I lit that he was unable to resist the The deafening cheers of the con- fbadlngs of the broken-hearted wife vlcts inside reached the crowd out- ud daughter, Governor West, just a side in the receiving room, which had hit hour before the time set for the come to witness the hanging, and It iiecution of Jesse P. Webb, the Port- was a signal for deafening cheering, liad trunk murderer, today commut- and applaus on their part, as it was ed his death sentence to life impris- conclusive evidence to them that the onment In the state penitentiary.. governor had Interfered with the ex- Scenes Dramatic. ecutlon. The doors of the penlten-j The scenes attendant upon the tlary proper were then opened and sBMiracenient of the commutation of the crowd rushed in,' and the first ' SEVEN LOSE . LIVES IN . HOTEL A FIRE FEARFUL OF A CLASH Kaiser Reviews the Fleet, Which is Siad to1 Be in the Nature of a Warnihg to Eng land to Keep Off.; WITHDRAW THEIR MONEY STRIKERS FEET GET COLD QUICKLY SES TO LAY Hi RUSSIAN WRESTLER CLASS MARKHAM TURNS THEM DOWN AND THEY "CONSIDER" ON IT The Leaders Are Still Putting Up a Bold Front, But it is Pretty Evident That There is no Fight in Them Safe to Predict That the Strike Will Be Postponed Indefinitely Everybody But the Leaders Knew That the Time Was Inopportune for a Strike, But They Knew it All and Played Into Com pany's Hands. day the cause of the quarrel which led Harry H. Rouse, 35, assistant secretary of the Los Angeles Abstract & Trust com- pany, to attempt to kill his wife and then end his own life with a bullet through the heart. The shooting occiYred a few feet from where the couple's 4-year-old son waa playing on the floor. The Rouses had Just finished supper and Mrs. Rouse asked her husband to assist with the dishes. In reply he drew a revolver and flred point 1 blank at her. The bullet went wild and lodged iui the kitchen wall. Placing the barrel of the gun to his heart, Rouse pulled the trigger. Juneau, Alaska, Sept. 5. Seven sentence at the state prison were sight that greeted their eyes was the dramatic. The first intimation that condemned man standing by a table nves lost, 14 persons Injured, two of Citizens, me cuuvicis at cue iiisiuuuuu uuu ui Rear me entrance iu me uiuuiK lumu It was when the 12:30 hour came, with his wife beside him, and his 17 Ihls was the hour set for the execu- year-old daughter, Verna, with her Ion, and it is also the dinner hour at arms about his neck sobbing for joy. Receives Congratulations. As the convicts pased by Webb on :he state prison. Whenever an exe iu:lon Is to be had the dinner hour ;s postponed until 1 o'clock. When the clock at the state prison tolled off ike half hour, and at the same time the doors of their cells swung open k allow them to go to dinner, It was i signal for the wildest kind of cheer- whom are not expected to live, and the Juneau Hotel and the McGrath building in ashes are the result of a fire which started in the hotel late Sunday night, and was subdued only ty,X IVt ih h i n in vnnmt h p v "er the Douglas fire department had reatedlT Cd'sK -t ulated him. During all this time the daughter remained with her arms (Continued on Pane 6.1 BE TRYING FOR BETTER FREIGHT RATES The application of the cities of Sa ra, Eugene and Albany for better freight rates is being heard this af ternoon before Interstate Commis ner Lane. The hearing was com LITTLE JAP GIRL'S LIFE IS SAVED BY DOG united rnr.ss leased wihe. Santa Cruz, Cal., Sept. 5. On the family dog can Mllile Ito, a 14-year-old Japanese girl, place the blame to day for her unsuccessful effort to weed yesterday forenoon, and it ; commit suicide. The dog tugged on ft rVT 5 r "e cn'uoea euner mis tneiro users oi me men the most beautiful half-breed maiden "te noon or tomorrow. guiding them to a barn, where the n . shB rprpnMv , . .me application is made under the ! eirl was starving to death, after a cal Are fighters. 'Six bodies have been recovered from the ruins, and five more are believed to be buried in the debris. The known dead are: Will Morrison, day clerk, former ly of Portland, Ore. Walter Davenport, a painter of Ta coma, Wash. Sellua Dowllng, a native girl. The bodies of Morrison and Dav nort. two unidentified men and two 1 unidentified women have been re covered. Of the 14 persons in the hospital, William Southwlck, of Michigan, and Boyd Miles, of Montana, are believed to be injured fatally. Will Morrison, who was a native of Wisconsin, and who came to Ju neau from Portland, waa killed when he jumped from the third-story win dow. Sellna Dowllng, who is known to have perished, was reputed to be t Fearing War, Withdraw Their Money From the Savings Hanks And Wild Rumors Cause Almost a Tunic Among the People Emperor Takes Steps to Quiet People, Saying There is no Danger of War. , g and short haul" clause of the Merstate commerce act. The com aerclal clubs of all three cities are Werested in the hearing, and are be ns represented. In the event that a iroportlonal rate under the "long and Kit haul" clause cannot be ob ained the applicants hope to have re the arbitrary 10-cent rate, lllch Was abolished hv the enmnanv i year or so ago. MEYERS CASE IIP TO DAY FOR ARGUMENT Contending, nmnnp nthor thtne-s !!at 'he Constitutional He-lits nf the "UUdnt -Were vlnlntaH uhon thp I -umony of Arthur Meyers given at w,i u'ul was read at tne last i .'' tornys for the defense this eoon submitted argument to the '"feme court in the case of the him. , 8on against Geo. Meyers, of manslaughter. f , v as chareed with the mur Hj -Vght Patrolman Eckhart, the iL Vccl,ring several years ago dim f onicer undertook to arrest Al the "noted pistol which she carried had failed to n,other Qiscnarge. MISS 1IO, wno IS Ilie uausmei ui a , leading contractor in the Japanese but the hQtel was ,eagej pau, vln, quarter. Deuevea mat sue nuu u- ent The losg la estimated at $50,- 000, with no Insurance. The hotel, a large three-story structure, was crowded, and the en- UNITED I'lESS LEASED WIRE.l Kiel, Germany, Sept. 5. With tne guarded intimation made In various papers that the display was made as a warning to Great Britain, the Kai ser here today reviewed the German fleet. One hunderd and forty-three warships saluted the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern as it steamed through their lines. After the formal review the Kaiser transferred his flag to the battleship Deutschland and started seaward to witness the maneuvers. Germans Are I'iiciinv. Berlin, Sept. 5. Owing to increas ing commercial nervousness and wild rumors as the result of the Mor occan negotiations, the government tonight la expected to Issue a reas suring statement. It is reported that there is feverish anxietv in all the German provinces. The 'hotel and the McGrath build- Stettin reports that large sums have were owned by J. J. McGrath, ueeu ' ';,, ;:", DanKS, tne peupie sniunnj in Alaska. She was recently acquit ted of a charge of murdering her graced the family name, so she slip ped ayay last Thursday night and crawled under a low barn. She left a note saying tne pisioi ianeu iu b" t,re buiiding was ablaze before the off, and that starvation was her only . arm wgg glyen Thfi flameg 8pread hope for suicide. i rapdly an(j B00n destroyed the Me sne was unconscious when found, G h bulldlBg whch adj0ined the but may survive. The Japriese . t j blamed for her disgrace Is In jail. I 0 o XEVER TOO OLD TO LOVE AXD MARRY he was and he UNITED PBEKS LEASED WIBB.I Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 5. Mrs. Sarah A. Hutchinson, 68, mother-in-law of ex-Secretary of State Curry, tndAV In the bride of Robert Chap man, 72. The bride was employed at the state library for the last 11. years Chapman Is a retired business man of Oakland. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. S. Frazier Langford, the bridegrooms son-in-law. The happy bride Is a grandmother, the older of her two grandchildren being 19. The groom has six grand children. Four of his grown chil dren are married. The master of ceremonies was John Batcher, 85. first trial Meyers was mt,nM i. n A wV, ?ut tlie supreme court re--i the decision of the lower frMrt j e secnd trial 'u ,Ii of manslaughter, tui Vrti ,, on bal1 Pending the that , , Htlon of the appeal in At (h v le supreme court. W"'1 as he was beyond the Vuea oi tne state, and his given at the first trial was w1"r..d.e'';nse contends that this tUt it , e error on the ground tht of ):olates the constluUonal !t3.m J defendant to be con- ninn m the w)tnesses testifying rit of and deprives him of the r L"08s examination. Many 11 the are also "'"ed, nut that ffiln point. Phlouse Wheat Is Short. Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 5. The large wheat yield anticipated by j farmers and millers in Washington is not materializing as well as ex pected, according to H. C. Stivers, chief deputy grain Inspector. He said yesterday that the crop would not be 1, fi .... aa wftrv nn fit first be- a ' first trial Arthur Meyers lieved. The reason given, by Mr. th .SS for tlie Prosecution. stivers for the over estimate is the M.i lne lime came tnr tha esrnnrl I rtlm VionHt, nf ffrnln to fill OUt .""we statp no .,i,i ..v. The Palouse country, especially, he says, has found that the expecta tions of agriculturists had fallen short. The hot weather, he says, has had little, if anything to do with the result. However, In spite of Mr. Stiver's rather gloomy forecast the aenann has started off with a rush. The daily grain receipts at this port have been unusually high for this at oire aeveral davs running as high os 75 cars. In this total, wheat has been by far the largest item. CHAFFEUR'S BODY FOUND SEWED IN SACK Chicago, Sent. 5. Circumstances sourrounding the mysterious death of Frederick Wennerstrom, the chauf feur, whose body was found in the Fox river, near Cary, 111., yesterday resemble in many respects the mur der of William Bate, chauffeur, near here, in November, 1904. Wennerstrom's body was sewn in an improvised sack, and It is be lieved the crime was committed Wed nesday night. Wennerstroms car is missing. A brother of the chauffeur mentioned to him last Monday an offer made by a grain dealer of $300 a month to drive him about the surrounding country to purchase grain. Wennerstrom left the garage nere at 2 p. m. Wednesday, saying ne was going out north, and would be back soon. At a p. m. a leiepiiune mes sage purporting to be from Wenner strom was received by Charles H. Barnikow. 'Tell my wife that I am going to Crystal Lake with a party, and for her to look for me when I get back," said the voice over the wire. Barnikow now believes that the tel ephone message was not from Wen nerstrom. . o Struck a Political Well. Willows. Cal., Sept. 5. An arte sian well sunk near here for family use is spouting like'a geyser. It ir rigates 300 acres. that war Is soon to come. There Is a wild rumor on the Al satian frontier today that Herr Von Schoen, the German ambassador to France, has been mmflered and that Germany would immediately declare war. An unexpected movement of troops into upper Alsace seemed to confirm the rumors. Efforts are being made today to quiet the provinces. The govern ment is issuing unofficial statements declaring that the war rumors are without foundation. The alarm has been increased here by the newspa pers printing the speech of Minister of the Navy Delcaase at Toulon In which he declared that the French navy was ready for any eventuality. Foreign Minister Von Kiderlln Waechter announced today that the latest French note would be submit ted to Chancellor Von Bethmann Holwegg immediately and that a re ply was expected at once. o WILL HAVE TO MAKE TREATY WITH PRISONER ARRESTED LEADER OF BLACK HAND New York, Sept. 5. Giuseppe Costable, whom the police credit with being the master mind behind the black hand band of criminals, waa arrested here today as he was walk ing through the East Side, carrying a bomb concealed beneath his coat. Costahles, called the most cunning criminal In New York by Lieutenant Petroslno, the Italian police detec tive, who lost his life In attempting to run down alleged members of the black hand and cammorist societies, is declared to have directed 16 out rages in the tenement district dur ing the last month, and to have fig ured largely in several recent kidnap ing cases. The police declare he has not worked for six years, and, although without visible means of support, has kept up an elaborately furnished flat and lavished money on his wife and two children. Costable has been under surveil lance for five years, but today was the first time the police have secured evidence enough to warrant an ar rest. o Chicago, Sept. 5. President Mark ham, of the Illinois Central railroad, ended yesterday afternoon the hope of an immediate settlement of the labor difficulties of the road by directing a a meeting In President Kline's office. It was Intimated that the meeting Is Intended to determine whether or not a strike shall be called. President McCroary, of the feder- letter to W. F. Kramer, secretary of ated shopmen said: the International Blaclmiths' union, "It seems to be up to us now" refusing to meet representatives of It Is understood that strike order fhe Federated Shop Employes today, are ready to be sent to all the shops The letter from the representatives upon n moment's notice, of the nine international unions in- . volved, to which Mr. Markham's Do Not Want Arbitration, communication was a reply, was con sidered by labor men to be In the na ture of an ultimatum. The unlonB naked that Markhnm meet the employes of the road as represented by the system's federa tion. Continuing, the letter warned that unless the conference were granted by 10:30 Tuesday morning Septem ber 5, the unions would take neces sary steps to further their own Interests, "it's rp to 1'n 'ow." Chicago, Sept. 5. Secretary Kram- pr nf tha hlnrksmtthtt' union. this mnrnlnsr called the union lenders to inclination to arbitrate, either." San Francisco, Sept. 5. No scheme of arbitration of the present labor difficulties on the Harriman lines has been suggested by the gen eral officers of the craft unions, ac cording to statements by labor offi cials here today. "We have not called for arbitra tion, nor do we favor arbitration la this matter, said President J. W. Kline, of the Blacksmiths Interna tional Union, and chairman of tha conference. "This Is not a question which can be arbitrated, because It is a question of whether or not men have a right to organize as they sea ' At Tlio urtmnAtiff kaa ahrvwn n w INSPECTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MINING T.UiE DROPS TWO ARE KILLED fUSITED TBESS LEASED WIH1.1 Oroville, Cal., Sept. 5. The I'nlted States government will have to make a treaty with a Xogi Indian cap tured here a few days ago, according to Professor Waterman, of the state university. Before this Indian can be taken in charge and 'disposed of by the government, President Taft and his cabinet will have to agree with him upon the terms under which fills futufe life will be governed, and the United States senate will have to ratify the treatv. The I'n.'ted States had no treaty with the warlike Nogis before their supposed extermination by white set tlers several decades ago. With all other tribes the government has treaties. This lone survivor of the famous Nogis will have to be dealt with le gally, as there is no Intention to al low him to run wild among the rocks and brush of the foothills and moun tains. The Indian was this afternoon tak en to Berkeley by Professor Water man for further Btudy. They went on a train and It was the first time the Indian had taken such a rid?. For the purpose of making an In spection of the schools, preparatory to the opening term, School Super visors John W. Smith and Miss Cor nelius left this morning for a tour of the districts over which they exer cise supervision. The tour of inspection Is being made at this time In order that the supervisors may become acquainted with the premises, the conditions of the buildings, and the school appa ratus, and also to arouse Interest among the school officers for better conditions in general for the Bchool. Dur(ng tholr Inspection trip the su pervisors will report dally to County School School Superintendent Smith and by the time the Bchool term Is open In the various school districts In the county the supervisory board will be In a position to say just what steps shall be taken for their im provement. As soon as the school terra opens the supervisors will make a tour of inspection of the district. This tour will be made for the purpose of aid ing the teachers in classifying the pu pils, enforcing the compulsory school attendance law, and otherwise assiBt- ng the teachers. o A Bullet Stopped 1 1 1 in . (UNITED I-HEKS LEASES' WIIIH. I jseinugiinm, wasii., wvi. u. .nei Chicago. Sept. 5. Stung with the , heiitlne a Burlington saloon man out defeat at the hands of the champion. ;of between $300 and $400 on clever George Hae.kenschmldt today Issued : forKerien. W. Ewen Is lying In the another challenge to Frank Gotch. hospital at Mount Vernon with a bul He proposed that the bout be In )(t wound m his thigh, the reult of private, wi an audlen up by each man for a sida bet. He lla?d the name of Wilson, the alleged demanded mat the matcn ne nem ar- r(,repr i,'ft Burlington last night Salt Lake City. Utah, Sept. 15. A mistake In signals yesterday dropped seven miners Into the sump on the 2100-foot level of the Daley West mine at Park City, drowning two. The accident occurred as the men were coming off shift. They entered the cage and signaled to he taken up. Instead of ascending, the cage de scended, submerging the men. When brought to the surface w. H. Priestley and C. R. Rlckett were dead and the other five were i.uffer ing from their experience. o THE ROSSIAN RUNS A VERY ROTTEN BLUFF THE COMPANY PUT PINK TEA AGAINST WATER UNITED TIERS LEASED WIRE.l Ellensburg, Wash., Sept. 5. Af ter one of the hottest campaigns ta the history of the city, voters today are deciding at the polls whether El lensburg will build a municipal water plant at a cost of $100,000, or con tinue with the present water system, a private plant, owned by Mayor W. W. Seymour, of Tacoma. The Issue Is In doubt. One of the features of the cam paign was a combination auto-and-plnk tea party, given to a score of wo men voters last week by the water company, In Its effort to secure sup port against tho proposed municipal plant. MEXICO IS TO BE DAMNED BY SPY SYSTEM UNITED TRESS LEASED WIIH.l Ij)s Anneles, Cal., Sept. 5. Acting under orders from President I)e La bnrro, Bernardo Garcia, the most successful detective In Mexico, is In I.ok Angeles today to organize for his country what lie rays will be the Ith only sporting editors for! an attPmpt toelude the deputies who I Kreatettt secret service system In the ice, and that $5000 be put were on hg ,ran wlth a man who "rltl- According to Garcia, the duty oi huh orgaiiiuiion win oe to crusu all future Mexican rebellions In their ter he goes to England to let his knee wh,,n i. business there was recover. nocted. He) was overtaken. Wilson Gotch said he was willing, and his pHcnnpi. but Ewen received a bullet wound when he attempted to run from the officers. o manager. Emll Klan-K, pulling ;jUimi from a satchel, offered to put It up. The champion and Klank asserted that the match must occur within two months, because of Ootchs foreign tour. o Brother Avenges Sister. San Diego, Cal., Sept. a. George Grlgsby, an enlisted man in the Coast, artillery, is in Jail today to await the outcome of the killing of Clare Sherrlll, husband of Grigsby's half sister. Grlgsby asked the arrest of Sherlll yesterday on a charge of wife desertion. The police declined to act. About midnight, says Mrs. Sher rlll, her husband resumed the alleged brutal treatment of her, and Grlgsby appeared In their room with a loaded shotgun. He commanded Sherrlll to throw up his hands, and at the same time the gun was discharged. Sher rlll wag killed almost Instantly. Grlgsby claims he shot In self-defense. Bug. : Incipient stages. Several Los An- ' .l.i. Iilni. ih ..lni.n.l.. linen 4. .Inn. I 1. I a i n Diui.1113 tint-ail ntiir juu.cu ui forces. Emily Is Afraid. UNITED I'KF.tH "EASED WIBE.1 San Francisco, Sept, fl. Miss Emi ly Ilollver Is afraid of all men. This Is her given reason for refusing to ride in a hotel 'bus with men. She set out to make her own way In the world hut will be returned to her home In Sun Jose. o A Lnnif Flkht. (UNITBD 1'IEIM LEAKED 'IIIB.l Los Angeles, Cal , Sept. 5. Aviator Frank Champion In a Blerlot mono plane today made the longest croxs country flight yet accomplished on the Pacific coast, flying from Ocean side Cal., to Long Beach, Cal., an estimated distance of 64 miles, in r5 minutes. Although flying over rough country part of the way, he was com pelled to keep low on account, of the fog. "The Mexican government will de pend upon brnlns, not force of arms, to crush out future uprisings," said Garcia today. "We will not place our faith in a mighty standing army and a powerful display of anus but we will organize a secret police which will make the successful car rying out of revolutionary plots im possible. Mexico Intends to spend millions In the perfection of Its se cret service nnd our ranks will be recruited from the best men In San Francisco Denver, Chicago, Phila delphia, New York, Baltimore and Washington." o Pern a Cut, Anywiiy. UNITED l-RKHM LEAKED WIIIE San Francisco, Sept. 5. A howling rat endangered the lives of Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan and their six children early today. Mrs. Sullivan got up to Investigate and upet an oil lamp. The house burned down and the family barely escaped.