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U XXI" SALEM. OREGOS. TUESDAY'. OCTOBER 10, 1911. ' . yo g,.
SEATTLE PROPOUNDS A QUESTION
AND ASKS PRESIDENT TO ANSWER IT
IS IMPEACHMENT OF A JUDGE
POSSIBLE WHILE THE JUDGE
CAN PUNISH FOR CONTEMPT
The President Having Stated That Impeachment, and Not
the Recall, Was the Proper Process of Getting Rid of an
Unfit Judge, Seattle People Ask How Impeachment Can
Be Brought About If Those Attempting It Can Be Prose
cuted and Sent to the Pen for "Conspiring to Defeat the
Administration of Justice."
fCSITED FUSS LEASED WIHB.
Seattle, Wash., Oct 10. "When a
community undertakes to procure the
Impeachment of an irresponsible, ar
bitrary and unfit federal Judge and
Its public leaders are placed under
arrest and thrown into jail, what be
comes of the Impeachment remedy?"
. This is the question asked -of Pres
ident Taft in a petition presented to
him at the Washington hotel this
morning by a committee of women,
headed by Mrs. Peter Bettlnges. The
petition is signed by several thou
sand names and calls upon the pres
ident to give public expression of his
answer during his visit to this state.
The petition follows:
"To His Excellency, The President of
the United States:
"In a recent public address you are
quoted as having said that impeach
ment and not the recall Is the better
remedy to remove unjust', judges
from the public service. Accepting
this suggestion we, the undersigned,
beg to submit, In brief, the following
statement of facts:
"On August -25th of this year, a
mass meeting of five thousand people
met at Dreamland hall In Seattle,
for the purpose of starting impeach
ment proceedings, against C. H. Han
ford, judge of the United States dis-
THE MONTHLY
MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY
I
KOAKI OK TRADE WILL TAKE
. VP MANY MATTERS OF IX.
TKISKST PROMINENT AMOXG
WHICH WILL BE THE GOOD
ROADS QUESTION".
Wednesday evening of this week
will be the regular monthly meeting
of the Salem Board of Trade, and
matters of universal interest will be
nought up. Aside from the regular
routine business, the subject of road
improvements will be given attention
The project oT a boulevard from the
'ty to the various state institutions
and return is considered especially
desirable, and will be discussed- Al
so the Capital Highway will be taken
"P. and the session may drift into a
general good roads meeting. Furth
f efforts for the co-operation of the
with the state authorities in
developing the city beautiful will be
given consideration. An opportuni
ty will also be given to consider the
merits of the new city charter, and
other subjects of vital importance to
our community. ' ,
All members should be present.
Section Ran;; Fired.
Medford. Ore., Oct. 10. Because
the local section gang refused to as
s'st in unloading ice to be used In
,fltig trains, taking the place of
strikers, Superintendent Fields, Sup
erintendent Fields, of the Southern
Pacific, ordered tbem discharged.
Hunting Season.
Portland, Ore.. Oct. 10. With
game hunting season opening Sun
day State Game Warden Finley is
busy today appointing deputies to
atch hunters in the Willamette
valley.
It is hard to judge of a man's In
telligencg i,y tbe gpeech ne makes to
Pretty girl. r . , ,
trlct court for the western district of
Washington.
"The meeting was orderly through
out, but for participating In its pro
ceedings, nine of our citizens were
arrested and placed under heavy
bonds to answer an indictment by
the federal grand Jury at Tacoma
upon the felonious charge of "Con
spiring to defeat the administration
of justice."
"Subsequently, in the last days of
September, the federal grand Jury at
Tacoma, after thorough Investigation
declined to find indictments against
the said arrested men, presumably
for the reason' that their arrests had
been unwarranted.
"We submit to you, Mr. President,
that if. such conditions as these are
to prevail, the right to Impeach an
objectionable judge cannot he exer
cised without the danger of arrest
and oppression to those who partici
pate therein by prosecutions set on
foot by those in sympathy with the
judge against whom the proceedings
are directed.
In view of this situation, we re
spectfully ask you to investigate the
situation and to make a public ex
pression during your visit here on
your views upon the arrest of these
citizens.
Hanford the Reason,
Seattle. Oct. 10. President Taft
paraded the main streets of the city
today, and although a big crowd
turned out to see him there was
scarcely a cheer as he passed along.
At one corner a citizen yelled "Four
years more" and another citizen an
swered It with "Never." ,
The' reception committee was visi
bly pained by the refusal of the
crowd to enthuse.
Decided for follese.
dence adduced in the contest waged
upon the will of Emmerson D.
Wendell, a priest who died at St.
Benedictine college a year or so ago,
Judge Bushey today rendered a de
cision, daclarlyg the will valid.
The will was in favor of the col
lege, and was attacked by a nephew
and a niece of Wendell John B.
and Regina Wendel. They contended
that the document was forged, and
placed handwriting experts on the
stand to prove it.
The college was represented by
the law firm of Slater & Pogue.
To Extend Strike.
Portland, Ore., Oct 10. A letter
from 'the Oakland headquarters of
the Shopmen's Federation was re
ceived here today, asking striking
shopmen to sound all employes of the
Harriman lines In the Northwest, ex
cept engineers and conductors, on a
proposition of a general strike. The
letter was signed Daze Kelty, as
secretary. It Is said that a move
ment for a general strike has been
launched in Oakland, ami that a ma
jority of Southern Pacific employes
there were in favor of a general walk
out.
According to the cominunlcat'on,
the Oakland shopmen have inter
viewed trainmen, switchmen, freight
handlers, telegraph operators and
clerks, and have met with favorable
responses in most cases.
It was the request that local em
ployes be interviewed by delegations
from the strikers' ranks.
, Two Cruisers Sank.
rcsrrcD rua uuszd vin.1
London, Oct- 10. An unconfirmed
report is current here that two
Italian cruisers were sunk by mines
off Benghasl, and that two Italian de
stroyers were similarly sunk near
Derna.
Set Eight Fires,
Portland. Ore.. Oct. in.
Charged with arson in connec-
tlon with a fire, of incendiary
origin that damaged the Saorey
Hotel, in South Portland early
today, and endangered the lives
of 20 occupants asleep at the
time, P. E. Tin and his wife
were arrested this forenooa
They recently acquired a leas
on the building, andnsured the
furniture they owned at $ti!00.
Fires were set in the bed
clothing of eight, different rooms
in the building. The fire de-
partmeut succeeded In confining
the flames to the rooms and
rescuing several persons who
were partially overcome by
smoke.
LOOKING FOR
HIGHER UPS
III PORTLAND
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Portland, Oct. 10 It was ler.-ned
today that the government has a
corps of secret agents of the depart
ment of Justice at. work in Portland
gathering evidence against a score
of wealthy men who It Is alleged are
concerned in the Alaska coal land
frauds.
Special United States Attorney
General Townsend will leave for the
east tonight and it it undersiood that
Attorney General Wickersham and'
later President Taft will be advised
regarding the cases and the n -mes
Involved.
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Walsh Paroled.
Washington, Oct.' 10. John R.
Walsh, the Chicago banker, was pa
roled today, and will be released
from Leavenworth prison soon.
ROUTINE
BUSINESS OF COUNCIL
ORDERS SEVERAL STREETS IJT
PROVED A XI) EXGIXEER TO
MAKE ESTIMATES FOR OTHERS
AXD PAYS SOME BILLS.
The following routine business
was transacted by the council last
evening.
Bridge committee reported tliat the
Twelfth street bridge was completed
at a total cost of $7,097.1)4. There
had been $317.38 Invested In mater
ials which had been turned ocer to
the city, and which brought net cost
down to $6,.j80 56.
The engineer reported the final es
timate of the North Sa'eni sewer to
be $19,471.05 and It was rVri'ed to
the sewer committee.
Plans and specifications for the
improvement of South Twelfth street
from Mission street to the souh city
limits with concrete were adopted.
Resolutions providing for the con
struction of wooden sidewalks on
South Commercial In Mills addition;
'on Pine street In Riverside lark 'ad
dition; on Oak street from Four
teenth to Nineteenth and on Mill
from Twenty-first to Twenty . t cond,
from Twenty-first to Twenty second,
were passed.
The engineer was directed to pre
pare plans and specification.-! for the
Improvement of South Tliteenth
street and also South Fourteenth
street.
An ordinance granting a franchise
to the Portland. Kugene k .'".astern
railroad company on Front street
from Trade to Division was read the
second time, and referred to the
committee on rules.
The cjty engineer was directed to
purchase an adding machine for his
office.
John Bouillard was appointed in
spector of the improvement -itrk of
East State street.
.
Labor Against Titft.
Portland, Ore.. Oct. 10
In refusing to act on the com-
mlttee that will welcome Presl-
dent Taft here tomorrow, Win.
Daly, president of the State
Federation of Labor, admitted
today that his real reason for
declining the Invitation was
because organized labor of Ore-
gon is opposed to the president's
policies on many matters.
"I could not serve and feel
right,' said Daly, "because the
federation recently passed reso-
Unions condemning Taft for his
veto of the tariff bills and his
attlude on tha recall of the
Judiciary and supreme court's
anti-trust decision. Knowing
that the federation is lined up
against the policies that Mr.
Taft - represents, J could not
conscientiously appear on the
same platform with the presi-
dent."
GOVEDR
SAYS IT IS
A HOLIDAY
Legal Luminaries See Statute
in Different Light, But West
Wastes No Time in Discuss
ing It.
JUST CUTS G0RDIAN KNOT
Legislature Set Aside October 12 an
"Columbus Day," and Declared It
a Public Holiday Lawyers Disa
gree ax to It Being a Legal Holi
day, Hut 'Governor West Settled
the Matter by Proclaiming It a
Legal Holiday, and H's Word Goes
When Governor West today Issued
a proclamation designating Colum
bus Day as a holiday he solved a
question which hns been going the
rounds of the seet unanswered for
some time the question as to wheth
er it was a legal holiday and upon
which Attorney-General Crawford
and Justice, Moore, of the supreme
eourt, till the Issuance of the proc
lamation, were hopelessly divided.
The General's View,
The statutu passed by the last leg.
islature designating October 12, as
a holiday and n;nliig it as Columbus
Day, declares It a "public holiday."
Finding that It was not enumerated
among the nou-Judlcial days of the
state, and interpreting the word pub
lic to have a different meaning than
that of legal, the attorney-general
held that it was not a legal holiday,
and that the courts'. would not be
closed to litigants. He contended,
however, that as the section naming
the non-judicial days declared that
any day appointed or proclaimed by
the governor Bhould be a non-Judicial
day, that the Issuance of a proc
lamations by him would make It a
legal holiday and non-judicial day.
Justice Moore' Views,
Justice Moore maintained that the
naming of holidays was vested In the
president, the governor and the leg.
Islature. and that the fact that the
legislature had set apart October 12,
as Columbus Day. as a holiday made
It a norv-jiidlcial day, no matter If
the word public was usej instead of
the word legal, and even though It
was not enumerated among the non
Judicial days.
Governor West Step In.
Stepping la just about that ime
he has a faculty for doiiiR that
Governor West decided to Issue a
proclamation declaring it a holiday,
and. wh'le Juries Moo res dos not
believe that it adds or detracts from
the statute, Attorney-General Craw
ford Is now convinced that it Is a
non-Judicial day. ami with both of
these legal luminaries convinced the
rewt of the-people ought to be con
vinced at satisfied.
New Cabinet li In.
frxinn rtTtt ru wma
Ottawa. Ont-, Oct. in. The new
Canadian Conservative cab'net, head
ed by Robert Laird Borden, was
sworn In at noon here today.
conn of sALVATioti miy
GIVEf A ROYAL WELCOME BY SALEM
Indians in Control,
Mexico City, Oct. 10 So
complete Is the control which
the Seapatista Indian revolu-
t'onlstg have over the state of
Moreles, tbje, Mexican govern-
ment has today asked permls-
slon of the Vnlted States to
dispatch troops through Ameri-
can territory via El Paso and
Nogalea, in order to expedite
their arrival at SInaloa. The
federal forces at Cuernayaca
are completely isolated from
supplies by the revolutionists
In Morelos.
An Issldro dispatch received
today saya the federal troops
have killed the bandit Escobosa, -4
who terrorized the state of So-
nora.
PREMATURE
EXPLOSION
KILLS TWO
fONITXD FUSS LBABKD WIBI
Kansas City Oct. 10. A prema
ture explosion in the excavation for
the new $15,000,000 railroad station
here today killed two and Injured
five persons.
The accident resulted from a pre
mature explosion which oocurred
while tamping dynamite. Edward
Donahue, who was tamping the ex
plosive, and his helper, Joseph Berg,
were blown to pieces. A number of
laborers were injured, none fatally.
House Fell on Them.
Boston, Oct. 10. A six story build
ing at Hanover and Battery streets
collapsed at noon today. Three per
sons were killed and six are believed
to hare been crushed to death by the
falling building.
THE HOUSE
NEXT DOOR
WAS GREAT
ONE OK THK KIXKHT THINGS
EVEIl PRESENTED O.N A SA
LEM STAGE, AXD ItY ONE OF
THE STRONGEST COMPANIES,
"The House Next Door' was the
play at the Grand last night, the
horse editor came near saying the
"attraction" It was not that, for
the audience was not there.
The play Is a fine one, full of hu
man Interest from curtain to curta'n,
beautifully told by the author and
magnificently presented by the com
pany. It was or.e of the best, If not
the best, and most artltttlcally acted
comedies ever presented on a Ostein
stage. The company was well bal
anced, there being no weak links In
the chain.
William V. Mong, as Sir John
Cotswold, an Irascible and tyrannical
old nobleman, with an overwening
priiln of ca.-it1', was magnificent, and
George Daytorii, us Sir Isaac Jacob-
son, a Jf w but recently raised to the
peerage wn grand. In five minutes
after the curtain raised, the audience
was not watching a play, it was sf,e
Ini!, feeling, living the actual 'events.
Hut what's the une?
.Mr. Waters deservs credit for th-spl.-wlid
elans of plays ami amuse
ments he is bringing bene. 11,. de
serves more than credK cash ami
patronage.
It Is not Tile Joumil's prerogative
to dl'-fut; to Salem people what th y
should do, or develop Into a Bcold
but the horse editor simply re
marks that If Salem expects first
class entertainments in the theatrica;
line, It must ratronlze the theatre
when good companies ar brought
here. That's all there Is to it. A
good play and a strong company
turned down Is soon known through
the theatrical world, and such com.
pan'es will not book for Salem.
MISS EVA BOOTH THE WOMAN
LEADER OF A MIGHTY HOST
HONORS SALEM WITH VISIT
Daughter of the World-Famous General Booth ,Yet She Has
Worked in the Slums and Rose From the Ranks by Sheer
Ability and Force of Character to Be the Leader of the
Greatest Band of Practical Philanthropists the World Has
Ever Known State Officials and Citizens Generally Unite
in Honoring Her.
Miss Eva Booth, commander of
the Salvation Army, and one of the
most prominent women In the world
today, arrived in Salem this morn,
tng, and was met at the train by
ex-Mayor Kodgers, Mr, Joei Albert
and others. It j.ig Governor West's
Intention to welcome, the little lady,
but official business prevented. An
elaborate program had been map
ped ou for Miss Booth's entertain
ment, which Included a luncheon at
the Marlon, and with the governor
and lending business men and offi
cials in attendance. Miss Booth,
however was very tired, and at once
sought her room to rest, remaining
until the middle of the afternoon,
at which time she and some of her
party were taken for an auto ride by
ex-Mayor Rodgers, visiting the state
hotiHe and other points of interest.
Commissioner Esplll, who is in
charge of the army west of Chicago,
accompanies Miss Booth, and this' af
ternoon visited and held services nt
the prison. Owing to the governor's
Inability to attend Rev. Mr. Bauer
represented him in welcoming the
Salvation Army leader.,
. Miss Booth speaks at the Grand
opera house tonight at 8 o'clock, and
that spacious building will be crowd
ed as it never was before. ' All Sa
lem is anxious to see the brave little
womai, and bid her God speed.
Commander Miss Booth Is the
fourth daughter of the world famed
philanthropist, General W'lllam
Booth. Iu a double sense s'.u was a
Christmas gift to the world being'
born on Christmas Day, and seven
years later on the same fes' . date
she gave her heart to God. From
this euriy age her budding talents
were laid nt the disposal of t.'ie fight
of the fulth in whlth she Vai rxn
dled. When but a school girl she served
an apprenticeship In the csiihu which
has been her life; work, by selling
War Crys on the streets of London;
her sweetness nnd courage mnde her
so successful that she became the
champion War Cry seller of the ar
my. Her first public speech was
made on a chair In an open-air
meeting In one of the darkest uluniH
of Ixjndon.
While, yet n her teens, .Miss Eva
played an Important part by the side
of her slater, the lute Consul Pooth
Tucker, who then as Miss Emma
llooth, was In charge nt the first
Training Home of .lie organization.
Commander Booth Is especially en
deared to the hearts of h'T people by
the fact that, although the general's
daughter, she has risen from the
ranks, and has held sui'ccHKlvely
each title, from Sergeant to Com
mander. Her flrht appolntim-nt twin to a
large corps which was unsal.ee' by n
storm of abuse und opposition that
threatened to stamp out not r.-nlythe
existence of the Salvation Army In
that district, but the llv-"s of Its ad
herents. The ball, which helt Il.uno
people, was surrounded by a dense
poulatlon of the lowest and vilest.
Kvery other house In the street In
which the olllcers lived was a !en of
Infamy. Captain Eva's fir?t an
nouncement, was thut slip inei'.nt to
ha her own policeman. For soma
time the toughs had been In posses
sion of the hall, despite the assist
ance, of tint men In blue, hut what the
law could not do. the .fiv.il. fair
haired girl accomplished, Mr.' pray
ers were heard by their de:il'beds,
her songs were sung over their sick
her brave feet tripped down to the
cellars where poverty and tIii e lay
hidden.
Within a few week jiie had
worked a revolution In the neighbor
hood, and had won the respect and
affection of the whole gang. Many
who had headed the persecution, now
protected the line of march, and
whn the devoted captain fell danger
ously 111 at the conclusion of her
term, one of these men pawned his
vest to buy hot-house grapes for her.
Disguised sometimes as a flower girl,
sometimes as a watercress seller, the
Intrepid girl found her way Into the
poorest haunts with messages of
mercy, and stood by the side of the
guilty and unfortunate In the police
, court and prison cell. No man or
woman was too filthy, degraded, vi
cious or desperate to be beyend the
reach of her gentle hand, or too far
gone to see the divine compassion
looking out through her dark lus- 1
trous eyes. No wonder that those
for whom she lived and worked at
this time gave her the unofllclal title
of "The Angel 'of "the Slums".
The Commander ha been the Blu- '
cher upon many a Waterloo of the
army's warfare. Wherever there has
been persecution or difficulty, she
has been the first to volunteer to fill
the gap. Like the gale proof petrel,
she was delighted to be. found in the
storm, and her presence there has
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ARRESTED-7
FOR PICKING
UP THE FISH
WIND ItLOWM WATKItS OK LINK
l!IVi:it BACK INTO LAKE AM)
THOl'SAXIM OK FISH ARE LEFT
IX THK ri DDLKH.
(UNITKII I'lBHS 1.K19RD Willi.
IClumath FuIIh, Ore., Oct. 10. .
Twenty-two men aro under arrest
hero today because) thoy-picked up
fish in tlio bed of Link river, the
watdrs of which had been blown back
into the. upper Klamath lake during
yesterday's wind and rain storm.
The men were arrested by Warden
Lewis, when It was learned that they
were taking their choice of thou
sands of fish left floundering In
small pooIh, unable to escape through
the freakish turn of wind and water.
Considerable damago was done
ben. bp the storm.
I'oi'tland WnnN Trade,
f UNITED I-RrHK LEASED WlttC l
Portland, Ore., Oct. 10. A com
mittee representing the Alaska Club
of Portland today began a campaign
to secure $."000 by popular subscrip
tion for the entertainment of th
Arctic Brotherhood, when t holds
Its annual convention here Novem
ber 14-1 CO. Inclusive.
The Al3ka Club Is one of th
prime movers in u movement among;
Portland buslnesM timn to secure
more trado from Alaska.
Thty II.-Im-I Killed.
Mexico City, Oct. 10. OMlclal re
ports here today stnt" that the re
cent revolution In Northern Mexico
has result "d In the killing of 30 reb
els, and the wounding of 70. all In,
tho battle of Cblupn de Corzo.
It Isn't ho hard to find what we
like ns t s to like 't after we"have
found It.
Success lu a thing that doesn't have
to tell how it came by the foods.
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