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'A Of 11 iEElfi J&5 ii Jif f f 51 1 o (fir iv ri: r1 . r Ul I! VOL. XXII. SALEM, OKEGOy, MG.DAY, JANUARY 1, 1912. Wisconsin se "flEGOLHTIflf" ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES UNDER STATE REGULATION Senator La Follette, in a Speec h Today Says: "Wisconsin Certainly Is Not Driving Capital Out of the State When the Electric Companies Have in the Year 1910, after Two Years of Regulation Made Bona Fide Mew Investments of 35 Per Cent Greater Than in 1909." fiATOR TELLS 11017 IVORIES Ii! HIS STATE Flint Mich., Jan. 1. Refusing to , withstanding reductions In rates and take advantage of the New Year holl-1 improvement In service the water day, Senator Robert M. LaFollette. of utilities Increased their net earnings Wisconsin, who is causing Supported 10.5 per cent; the telephone utilities of President Taft considerable appr4 5.8 per cent; the gas utilities 7.7 ner tlUnoinll fnr Yi I rt ytnnn tn .Ua ........ 1 .1 .. .1 i . . ..... - ..wo.,., ,ui M. o im.o iui liik jieaiucif cent ana electric utilities 27.5 per cent i nese utilities have even exceeded the irailroad's in the rate at which they nave made cash investments in new construction I "While the increase in railroad con struction has averaged 2.5 per cent a year for six years, tne water utilities In 1910 increased their new construc tion property 2 per cent over 1909; the leiepnone utilities 4.9 per cent; the gas utilities 1.6 per cent and electric futilities 35.5 per cent. I "Wisconsin certainly is not driving capital out of the state when the electric utilities in the single year of 1910, after two years of regulation by the state, made bona fide new In vestments of 35 per cent greater than In 1909." Just Cnur Mad. Ukevlew, Or., Jan. 1. Blind rage today Is given as the rea T son which actuated Bert Taylor to shoot and kill Policeman E. M. Brown and then, commit sul- cide here last night when Brown attempted to prevent Taylor beatinsr hia wife ' Brown saw the family alter cation and stepped up to inter fere with Taylor's lashing the woman. Without a word Taylor grabbed a rtfle and shot Brown through the breast,- killing him. He then turned the weapon on himself, blowing out his brains. The Taylors recently came here from Baker, Ore. w York 'eleliinted. " New York, Ja. 1. American metropolis awakened today with a headache, a bad taste in the mouth and her bank rolf deplet- ed Just about $750,000. . That's'- what the new year celebration. cost old Father Knickerbocker.' It- was one without parallel la the history of New York.. But bromides and ' every known nerve quieter on the. market Is being, worked "over- time today. t . - tial nomination, here today told enormous throng of what Wiscons had done with the railroad proble He said in part: naving Drougnt me steam ra roads of the Btate under state contr we proceeded to extend the control the railroad commission over all t. other public utilities in the comm wealth. This was not; accomplisl until 1907, and it was not until that the commission was able tabllsh over its public utilities liable system of accounting. "Let us see now whether thoroi going regulation of these public ties resulted in injury to the succli- ful conduct of their business. For year 1910, compared with 1909 to PARTY OF JOY RIDERS i IS VRECKiD ItTNITBD hill I4A8ID WIU.1 San Francisco, Jan. 1. Seven and women were . thrown intd streets and at least two of then lously Injured when a street car struck the automobile In which were riding early today. Miss Grace Selster, one of thiffi ty, received " lacerations aboiihe head and a possibly, fractured fill. R. D. Scott, a guest at the ManSio tel, .had several ribs fractured. (lie his wife sustained contusion Ind was badly bruised. Others i he party, who were less serious In jured, were' T. C. Peterson am Irs. J. McGulre and her son, ' J. Ic Guire, of Portland, Ore. To wind up the New Years Ir bratlon, the party hired a big lmis- ine piloted by Chauffeur John Rey. The machine was hit by the jft in front of the Casino, a resorfoar Golden Gate Park. an Ira DOES STUK LIKE ICAPlIS DEATH MAY -BEAT THE JURY - III LABOR CASE ashland shot oovvn GOFIELD "AS CALLED HOME BY HIS VVIFK WHO TOLD HIM GOFIELD HAD ASSAULTED HER, AND GOIXU TO HIS HOME, SHOT HIM AVHEX HE CAME TO THE DOOR. T0TOE1 DAY ALT EH RESULTS Lynn, Mass., Jan. 1. Fallin100 feet into the ocean, near Pojj of Pines, Aviator Harry N. Atwoodrt ly after starting I here today 5)his way to Portland. .Me.. In hydriSne, had a narrow escape from de; The machine was going nice Its engine stopped, and Atwoo ped into the water. As he att to rise again a big wave stru machine, tipping it over bac The hydroplane began to felnk wood crawled to Its top, califor help. Rescuers arrived Just as tvas going down. Thinks He Is Innocent. UNITED PBISS UtAKED WIRl.j San Francisco, Jan. 1. Maj p. H. McCarthy, who has refraineiom giving the newspapers " anexption of his views on the arrest of Osan Francisco labor leaders, todant the following telegram to OlafVit moe, in 1-os Angeles. ii "I sincerely regret' the maijl in which the federal authorities jjUn deavorlng to' involve you In tlfcon splracy matter. 1 I believe yoq( de absolutely Innocent of any crbimd such belief will be my guide !i)n nection with the matter." JOE FOrXD POIS?) I IX MORXIXG CCEE 1CXITID PBBSS LUIID Wlttl,' Lakeview, Ore., Jan. 1. Joe.m- brose did not like the taste of 0f- DNITCD tllia LEASED WtM.1 ' Ban Francisco, Jan. 1. E. A.Clan cy, San Francisco labor leader, in dicted In connection with the federal grand jury's dynamiting investiga tion at Los Angeles, may never face the bar to answer to the charges pre ferred against him. His condition is far more serious than has been ad mitted even by his family, until to day, when his wife, distressed lest the excitement kill him, said: "My hiiBband Is a very sick man. The ordeal, of having his bonds ap proved has had ' a very bad effect upon him. And his recovery has been delayed. Nobody at home Is al lowed to mention the case to him, physicians having so ordered. But I will say for him that the story of his confession is false to the root he has nothing to confess." o PAROLE REVOKED HE GOES TO THE TEX Sheriff Harry P. Mlnto returned last evening from Seattle with C. S. Baldwin in custody, and as soon as the committment papers are made out he will he sent to the penitentiary to serve a year for embezzlement.1 Baldwin was the operator at the Woodburn station of the Oregon Electric and the charge against' him was embezzling funds of the com pany. He was arraigned about a year ago, pleaded guilty, and was paroled by Jude Kelly. Learning lately that his conduct was not good, the Judge revoked the parole and is sued a warrant for his arrest. o Scuttle Was Quiet. UNITED PP. ESS LEASED WIRB.l Seattle, Jan. 1. Seattle ushered In the year 1912 In the quietest New Years celebration in 10 years. The lid was on tight and the cafe crowds of previous years were conspicuously absent. The streets, while presett ing gala atmosphere by confetti throwing and the tooting of horns, did not hold the usual New Years crowds by many thousands. The pre-New Year ere celebration Satur day night was also exceptionally quiet, the lid coming down sharply at 12 o'clock. oxiTin rizxs uuano WIM.J Stockton, Cal., Jan.' 1. District At torney Foltz went to Avena today to Investigate the story of alleged wife wronging told by Harry Ashland as an excuSe for the shootlne of John Gofleld last evening. uoneid was an employ of the gov- ernment squirrel killing squad and had been working near Avena. He came to Stockton to spend New Years witn his wire and children. Ash land owned a farm at Avena, but had been In San Francisco for some months. Ashland claims to have re ceived a letter from his wife calling him home. On his arrival she told him that Gofleld assaulted her. Ashland came to Stockton yester day afternoon and sought Gofleld. In a park he met Goldfleld's 5-year-old son. "Can you tell me where John Gofleld lives?" asked Ashland. es, he's my father," replied boy. . . On answering the knock at door, Gofleld was called out on porch and shot twice. He died moat instantly. 0. L Townsend, Counc'lman , From the Seventh Ward, . Was Not at Caucus Nom inating the City Officers. HIS VOTE MAY BREAK SLATE The Only Offices His Yote H Lluhle to Affect Are the City Attorneyship and Fire ClileT, Though Sanitary inspector Long'g Friends Have Hopes of Yet Getting lllm Into That Position Jfohody knows' Hut Town- sent. ROM) OF 175,000 AT fJlSilBEfffi TO SEE THE "TOUR I3I1ED i Chinese Proclaim Republic. New York, Jan. 1. Mott Street, New York's Chinatown, celebrated today the birth of the new China. A hundred thousand Imported Chinese fire crackers were exploded, barrels of rice wine weYe consumed and rare viands were eaten in num erous banquets. At noon the leaders of Chinatown, with "Mayor" Tom Lee at the heart nf the procession, entered one of the big joss houses. Chinese merchants and Chinese students of Columbia University, spoke. Then the important ceremony of the day occurred. it was the of- flclal reading of a proclamation declaring the fall of the Manchu dynasty and the birth of the Chinese republic. YOUTHFUL OF R AVIATOR IK IDE SPECTACULAR RIGHT AfID MADE IHEIGIF OF 4-,0O0 FEET ; t Greatest Crowd in Its History Gathered at Pasadena to See .the Twenty-third Annual Fiesta or the Great Rose Show Last Year the Crowd Numbered 125,000 Avia tor Rodgers Made Great Flight, Going Up4O00 Feet, and Flying Back and Forward Over the City, While a Vast Crowd Craned Its Collective Week to See. BUR6LAR the the the al- Boosii't Like 1)0!?. l0NlTn FBBSS LBASID WIH.) Venice,. Cal., Jan. 1. A. S. Lee, proprietor of St Marks hotel, Is suf fering something like mal de mer to day as the result of unconsciously eating a mouthful of dog meat at a big powpow of the Sioux Indians In winter quarters here. When told that he had eaten dog steak, Lee's face was a study first white, then crimson. Then he "beat it" for an emetic, and since has been confined 10 ins pea. : VANCOUVER .HAY HAVE WO.IAX POLICE JnE fONIMD PEB Liters "IR1.' Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 1. Miss Mildred Henthrrne, a law office stenographer, wlo recently tried a po lice court case during the absence of the justice of the peace, has been men tioned as a possible appointee as po lice judge by Charles Irwin, who will fee. He gave It to his hogs of them died from strychnine mg. Ambrose is looking for soner. Wwo ln- MAY NOT TRY CASES FOR SIX WHS OWIG TO THE CONGESTED CO DITIOX OF THE C 8. COURTS AT LOS ANGELES,- THE DYNAMITE CASES MAY BE ITT OFF UNTIL FALL. ONITID MISS LUUU Will. Los Angeles, Jan. 1. Owing to the congested condition of the criminal calendar in the United States dis court court, It appears unlikely to day that the conspiracy cases against Olaf Tveitmoe, . Anton Johannsen, E. A. Clancy, J. E. Miinsey and other labor leaders will be set for trial be-, fore next July. Th Qrf.tmA.l ...111 V, assnrnB the offir-P nf .,,. (."'" . " rraignea ...,,. ,u,,.lunlorrow oeiore Judee We hr.rn The Monlnp After. ItJNITID rusi UllID VIRI. San Francisco. Ian. 1. About 100 San Franciscans trid to put the dls- ... I 1 l I . rt . . . urn ui uiiii- icriu. ronv criminal rain i r,..,.. in the federal district court. Thin Mr. mallty finished, a date for their pleas will be set and the cases placed on the term trial calendar for January 8. the opening of the new emirt tlileries and brewi ness by consuminthe entire visible j at issue and ready to lie tried before supply, were filed away over nigntj Judge Wellborn and if the regular for safe keeping ard freed this morn- proceedure Is adhered to it will be at mfi iu inane lt-ttr resolutions, least six months before these .o women were anong tnose arrest- are disposed of and the ed- cases taken up. ' How will Councilman O. T.. Town send vote when it comes to the con firmation, of the appointments made oy inn new council at a caucus held Friday evening? i That Is a question that a few of the candidates nominated -at that caucus are asking themselves, and because they cannot formulate a satisfactorv answer, they are on the anxious seat. Councilman Townsend was sched uled to attend the caucus. The new councilmen did all they could to. noti fy him, he being absent frnm.tha nitv: The train service was In trouble, how-, ever, and he did not reach the city In time to attend. Entitled to Vote, i . 1 view of this fact most of the councilmen are contending that he snouid not'be cheated. out of 'hls vote. They advocate the proposition that, being: denied a vote at the caucus, he is entitled to exercise that privilege at the meeting of the council Tuesday evening whether it be in accordance with the action taken by the caucus then or not. Now there were a few nominations that were - closely contested at the caucus, and Townsend may change the result. .- How Mill He Vote? On the city attorneyship at the caucus the vote was a tie after ballot ing twice. The Page following only won after a desperate fight hfd. been made that Page was the man who would be valuable to the council in initiating legislation against the Portland, Railway, Light & Power company. Just how. Townsend stands on this office cannot be learned, but u is understood that he is not in fa vor of a corporation man, but in favor of Corby, and that may carry the fight ior mis orrice to the floor of the council, and if he does some Interest ing developments may be the result, and the result, it is asserted, may be that Corby will be nominated. Fire Chief In the Balance. Mark Savage was nominated fl.e chief at the caucus, after two tie votes had been taken. Supporters of Wm. Twan, the defeated candidate, now as-1 sen that Townsend is a supporter of Iwan, and should that be true this appointment may be carried to tli floor of the council. There are many who believe that the ma nwho holds this office should come from the ranks of the firemen, and who reBent the election of Savage, and considerable influence Is yet being brought to bear to change the vote taken at the cau cus. It will not be surnrisine If n change mlsht be made on the floor of the council. Loiurs Friends Busy. The friends of Sanitary Inspector I f"!; aro hicv, nnd hive not vet elven up hone of electing him. ThlB office was c'osel.v contested, and Lone onlv lost after charge arter charge . had been made against him without a cnance to renly. tub plumbing con cerns, are friends of Long, and It It understood they. are preparing a pro test against the selection of Mc Cracken ovar him. They contend that Long has given good and faithful ser vice, is an exneilenrpd rnan. and that a change Is not now advisable. These are a 'ew of the c'mn'rM which may he effected. Should Town "end and Momls of a few 'of the de feated candidates get busy the new appointment made by the council may read entirely diflerent from those made by the caucus. o. SILENT am .mis HIS GUILT AND SAYS HE HANTS TO PLEAD GUILTY AND HAVE IT OVER WITH, HUT REFUSES TO DISCLOSE HIS IDENTITY. tCNITBD Tn 1 Chehalis, Wash.. Jan. 1 Hni.ii,o. """ mj menuiy or tne 22-year-old robber who shot and killed Presi dent Lawrence Bar, of the Farmers and Merchants' bank, of Centrniin Hot. urday night, when. Bar onnnafwi hia t. ".uiinen noia-up or the Institution, Sheriff Foster today sent broadcast uBscnpuonB ot the young fellow. In the ' county jail here todav the mnn says he came to the Pacific coast a year ago from New York state, freely u" ue Kiiiea liar, and de- UIU mat nis love or Foker led to his present Dred camant. The young man said he wan nnvir to plead guilty to murder and "have It over with." He said he decided to attempt the robbery after he had been relieved of his savings, 250, by gamblers in Se attle. He chose Centralia. MPPnitBO ha Ito- lleved he could make "a quick and successful escape either to Portland or Seattle. The robber says he will not divulge his identity because of his desire to keep the knowledge of his crime from his parents, brothers and sisters. "I wish the old man had killed me when he had the drop," said the stranger. "I wanted to run, but he kept coming toward me, and I finally decided the only .thing 1 could do was to snoot. Bar's slayer is 5 feet,. 10 Inches In height, has light hair blue eyes und smooth face. Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 3.. -One hun dred and seventy-five thousand people liiifcU the streets of Pasadena today at the twenty-third annual "Tourni ment of Roses" festival, and while Aviator Calbraith P. Rodgers show ered carnations upon the mass ot humanity from a high altitude, tho greatest of all the floral pageants 'n the history of this event, passed along the i streets. Rodgers' flight was the unique fea ture of the celebration today. The intrepid aviator . reached the altitude of 4,000 feet and from this point flew back and forth acrosa the city, while the parade was passing teneath him. He had thousands of carnations tied to the aeroplane, and from time to time he pulled strings which released ? 'ow af a time, so that a literal shower jot, perfumed blossoms rained down upon the people. The watch ers scrambled and foug Jit good na turedly for these souvenirs. Rodgers remained liutiie air half a.id hour and finally alighted at bis s-artlng point, Tournament Park, af ter he had exhausted his supply of flowers. Only once in the entire flight did Rodgers experience any difficulty. As he released his bou qviets above the Maryland hotel, ha discovered that his grasollae pipe, -was clogged, and feared that he would h.ve to stop, but he succeeded in oienlng it again without delay. There never has been such acrbwd present at the tournament Lst year tho estimate, of visitors -wa9 125,000. And this year the most con-, se-rvatlve place the number at 150, OOO, while many declared that not less than 175,000 were present The st reets were lined with solid wallsxif spectators for two miles, while the sUde streets were literally jammed with automobiles tor an entire blook each way from the line of march. In the afternoon a program of chuariot races and other sports win ran off at Tournament Park. ACCUSES OF v CONDUCTING A BAWDY HOUSE THE ICING GAVE THEM 'A HANDLE KI(i GIJOROE COXFEKRKI) TITLES OX MIXY I'ROMIXE.M' r.lXADUXS AM) LEFT OVFK FOR I.TXN ELSE MliEIiK. .rceing inrormed that hnnu n uau repute was beln nru t me corner or H eh and Rmh iir.i. v,nier or Police Hamilton and his of- uv-cia iuxe saiuraay aternonn mnrio a raid upon it and placed three wo men unaer arrest. Counl . . . '"u uaira uko com 1 aims rama to the officers that the house was of aa immoral character. The police for soms .time had entertained sus picions with relation to it. hilt. wnnt. 10 ue certain befors Saturday they obtained evidence and the raid The women Koenig, Kdlth Vaughn. The names of Va& first two women, wno are well known in th city, Demgr the daughters- of good families, are assumed. Maud Vaughn is from Dallas. The charire Mary Koenig Is selling liquor with out a license, while the charge aRmuai me oiner two Is disorderly conduct. Edith German paid her fine and wag released but the others are Htill in custody. . ' u- - IIAXRED HIMSELF OX A LEJTOX Tit EE Ijroceeding. the needed was made arrested ' were Mary uerinan and Maud UNITED PBE88 LBASID WIB1. San Diego, Cal., Jan. l.-Uecause he could not make It go any longer, ,r Koelf went to Chula Vista, a Biiburb, and hanged himself to a lemon tree. Koelf was a Swiss, 60 years of age. He had no relatives in this country. He left a note saying he wan ted to lie burled without coffin or ceremony, where his body was found today. o TO Hl !M HYDRO 1'L AMIS TO HI NT "WHALES MAIffiiG fIAHY IVIr. and Mrs. C. M. Eppley b Just returned from a short holl spent at Tillamook Bay points. 1 report work on the Bay Ocean pi, ure resort as . going forward ii ver-y substantial manner. Miles street have been irraded and wn of cement sidewalk laid. Dredgiu on a hrere scale nn tho Da. d u been done and Is ntill nn,i n, Pla.-ces of amusement built and build ing., all these added to the notes of one- of the finest beaches on the Or egon coast, make Day Ocean an as sured cltv of nlraniiri liv iko aoo Sa!em Decide intereHtwi In nQ 0ccNn property will find a visit in-tere-atlng and profitable. The res-tour-ant will care for the Inner man, while the cantaln of the vnht n Ocean, entertains guests in a sur prisingly pleasant manner at the An nex Hotel. HAD NOME OTHER M0! cases conspiracy Below Zero nl Spokane.' Suokane. Wash., J;in. 1. Spokane today Is shivering In the lowest tem perature In two years. At sunrise the thermometer stood' two degrees below zero. era com- f UNITED I-IEM LBASiao W1HI.J liondon, Jan. 1. Canada Neini permanently in the New Year's honor 1 lot , ... uuuieireu y King George and1 tne selection covers a wide range of civil servants, politicians and of.he prominent in professional and merclal life. The Canadian premier, Robert L. Hoiden, Is made a privy councillor. Among the new baronets are Thomas Skinner, a director of the Canadian Pacific railway and deputy governor of the Hudson Hay company; S. J. Po cock, Canadian land owner; S lilder Haggard, novelist; William Nelson, chairman of the Nelson steamship line; Joseph lieechan; Valentine Chi rol, director of the foreign depart ment of the London Times. Three peerages are conferred- sii- Thomas Gilison-Carmichiiel, governor of Madras; Sir Alfred Thomas, lead er of the Welsh party In the com mons, and Siiiniiel Hope Morley, ex governor of the Hank of England aan rrancisoo, Jan. l.-Cfiptaln C. D. Loop, PaclIlK coast whaling veter an, lo here- organizing a company tu build hydroplanes for whnln hnntitw to be used la Arctic rcg-lons. It opens a new study for whalw schoo's. THE SWEDISH PEOPLE ,1 KIiKHKATE H YEAH A U'atnk r.tl.l 1 ... .. nuu mfiui neivice wiib new in the Swedish Tabernacle Si. E. church iusi nigiu. 'i ma Bervlce was well at tended and p good program rendered mere win ue services again tonight " ociock, to winch all Scanda navlan people are most heartily In vlted. (old in Portland. Portland, Ore.. Jan. l.-r-oitland tills morning experienced tlie coldest New Years in seven years. At sunrise the temperature was 27((ileRreea above 10 decrees colder than usually olitains here in winter. Jury Cii'int Airrpp, Orovllle. Cal.. Jan. 1. The lnry In the oae of Arthur I ewls. r-hsrsre,l w'th th" miir'Vr of Ms ster niece. He'wn Rmrh-iH, tre 14 oe"bmtfd tnr Nnv Ve-tri ehlnd lo"k1 doors. rfpv v"r r""'n(l a rroiiest lo be 6DMPERS ISSUES AfJ ADDRESS iu.iitbd mam U3En wirb.i Washington, JaJi. 1. Referring only by Inference to the McNamara case. President Samuel Compers, or the American Federation of Iiabor, Is sued today a general New Years ad dresa to the workers of the country (Ily Samuel Com peri. President of the American Federation nf r oi.,.. In our time the most potent Influ ence for common humanity 18 organ ized 1 ahor. That such a mass move ment will have vicissitudes must hi exnec ted, but It lias done so niuor to brl nc Kht and hope Into the lives of the workers that In this, the New Year, the people of the country may pot only be- proud of Its achievements but li-ok to it with the confident ex pectat Ion that the cause of rlght.Jus tice m.Jid humanity will be protected and advanced. I narge that labor m?n organize more thoroughly than ever; that they be pejrslstent and Insistent In nialu talnln their rights, and that they lie patlon t. patriotic and humane. .MYSTJiltlOl'S KI'IDElllC HKEAKS OCT IX MI I, IN fciTBu i'in iruin win Mllll XI. llfllV. .Inn. 1 Miutinuo ttll lnrln its effects to that which k!IN neaily 101) persons In the lust wp,.i. In Her lln has made Its aiiieaVs"j here. Six deaths wee reported todav. Plu-sid mis are unnt lo to diagnose the v. : n. i. : ' ' L i V I I i i I - !' dlwmrred yesterday. eplileiii. 1c. L V-.