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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1912)
nut 'i 0 . lite lata ifir. Rii T" : IT ?i i frill m J f f ... .J..-.l yj. vi vi v ' TOl mi. PAYOR uinis fltJD TB 01 $ n. , j I li RECOMMENDS PURCHASE OF LAUD WATER ROWER: WATER XJLV2 3 r:J.-.,'-E! Mayor Lachmund Regrets He Could Not Sign the Ordinance to Buy the Water Plant Last 'Year, But Considered the Price Out of All Reason and So Vetoed It Would Reopen Negotiations With , Company and Either Purchase or Con demn Points Out Easy Way for City to Own Its' Own Lighting Plant. BKITID PI ESS LKABBO WIU. Mayor Lachmund announces pro gressive policies for securing for the Capital City a municipal water supply and at the same time undertaking to acquire a power plant and make the electric lights needed for the city., The people of Salem voted in 1910 to amend the city charter to acquire public ownership of a water system, in conjunction with . the state, and there Is authority for expending J450, 000 of bonds for a water system ade quate for the' state capital. At the time the state officials and heads of state Institutions were ready to join the city in any forward movement for mountain ' water. Since then the state has expended a great deal of money oil I improving its water supply, and is spending1 $10,000 at present for a well for drinking water at the asylum. As a mutter of cold bard fact not a state Institution has an adequate Bupply to- if J a tiki I til UD l Ulft 1 n n v -i no iiara rait rost nuiaf n t another well; and the same is prob ably true lb a greater or less degree of all the 'state Institutions. , Hence the mayor's message on this subject Is of the greatest importance, in so far as It alms at any practical solution of the water' problem. On that subject the message Is as follows: . Favors Water Supply. I regret that I. could not bring my pEW MEN 111 CHARGE OF THE CITY ,SEVE SEW COIWCILMKN TAKE THEIR SEATS MAYOR NAMES THE XEW COMMITTEES SOME ORATORICAL HOUQUETS l'RE. I SENTEI). - Mayor. Louis Lachmund. Aider men. G. G. Brown. C. O. Constable. W. W. Hill. J. P. Jones. P. J. Lafky. . J. E. Pemberton. J. S. Pennybaker. W. T. Rigdon. E, J. Sauter. J. C. Siegmund. J. N. Skalfe. 0. L. Townsend. J. D. Waring. H. O. White. ; i i: ' Before an audience which taxed the capacity of the council chamber to the extent that standing room was ..w.v v....- t even at a premium, the old members I of the council last evening bowed j themselves gracefully off the stage, and the new councimen assumed tneir places and picked up the reins of government. Before the new members assumed their seats the council and the spec I tators listened to a few swan songs. J Ex-Councilman Huckesteln sang a very preuy swan song one inai won t tor him considerable applause. He i reviewed the . work of the adminis- tratlon of which he had been a mem-. 5 ber, and declared that, while the 1 councilmen had been much criticised, that those criticisms had been dl ) rected agaitiBt them because they were , progressive; and that in after years I the people, as a whole, would see the j value of their services, and apprecl ! ate them. He paid a glowing tribute CITY TO ml --THINKS PLANT PRICE HIGH self about to approve the ordinance relative to the purchase of the pres ent water system by the city, but the price asked was. In my judgment, en tirely out off proportion to its true val ue, hence I did not hesitate to affix my veto to the bill, but I am and have been in favor of reopening ne gotiations with the company, looking to Its acquisition by the city, and then, If it Is Impossible to arrive at a sat isfactory basis of settlement. Institute condemnation proceedings for its pos session. i ' ; The question of water In its appli cation to quality, volume and rates is of the greatest importance to the com munity, and I deem, it both urgent and necessary that proper legislation :be- Inaugurated and enacted to bring this about. The Installation of a satlstae-1 tory, filtration ;. plant should be our nrai tnougnt as 'R assures (is of ' a grade of water to which every citizen is Justly entitled for the protection of life and preservation of happiness. The extension of mains In -every: direction and mere- particularly In our outlying districts is of such Importance that anyfatlure on our .part to bring this about would be. little .short. of crim inal. The citizens living in the out skirts of the city, have been subjected (Continued on page ive.) to 'ex-Cbuffcllman Low to his work for the fire, department, and thanked the mayor and council for the many courtesies shown him while a member of the body. . Ex-Councilman Low responded with a talk on the Improvements made In the city. He also spoke at length up on the fire department, and thanked the council for the support It had given. Ex-Councilman Hatch made a brief talk, declaring the fire department to be the best in the state. Mayor Lachmund was the last to speak and In the course of his re marks stated that more Improvements had been made in the last year by the city than during 59 years back. The retiring councilmen are N. D. Elliott, August Huckesteln, W. T. Mof- flt, H. W. Hatch, W. S. Low, S. A. Manning and W; H. Eldridge. . Committee Appointments. The following commitees were ap pointed by Mayor Lachmund: Ways and means--Selgmund,' Town- send and White. Ordinances Jones, Brown and Laf i ky. Accounts and current expenses White. Pennybaker and Siegmund. Streets Lafky, Jones and Skalfe. Public buildings Sauter, Lafky and Pemberton. Sewerage Skalfe, Pemberton and Pennybaker. Plumbing Constable, Rigdon and Skalfe. Licenses Hill, Brown and Jones. j.'lre ana siegmund. . prMee8' Fire and water Waring, Hill and Bridges Pennybaker, Waring and Lay. I Health and police Jones, Cauter . and Constable. I Lights Hill, Pemberton and Town send. i Printing Rigdon, Townsend and Brown. public parks Brown Rigdon and j0nes. , Revlsion of minutes Pemberton. Constable and Hill. j Ruies Townsend, 'Siegmund and gauter. The mayor also appointed Frank Durbin as a member of the library board, and the appointment was rati fled by the council. There are two other vacancies to be filled on this (Continued on Page S.) .OlIOllTER BlTitpfflT - La Follette Will Stay. Chicago. Jan. 3. Reports that Senator Robert La, Follette would retire from the preslden- tial race were set at rest, here today in an official statement from Walter HouBer. the Wis- consln man's manager, from La Fpllette headquarters. Holts- er said: ' "One for all I wish to set at rest rumors that LaFollette will withdraw or his friends will withdraw his name as a candl- date., for. the presidency. The campaign will continue until the gavel falls in convention de- daring who Is the Republican nominee for president. There need be no speculation indulged In regarding this fight." MAYOR BEYIEWS THE YEAR, i POINTS OLT THE YAST AMOUNT OF. WORK DONE, AND- HAKES SOME ; PERTINENT -. SUGGES TIONS. : Followng Is the annual address of Mayor Lachmund, delivered ' at the council meeting last night:' '' - Pursuant with the charter it is in cumbent, upon jne .to. submit an. an nual message to this body. - The year just ended has been a memorable one, in fact the greatest In the history of our - city. It has been a year of achievements and our efforts should, be directed ' towards making the year of 1912 still more successful. Never In the history of Salem has prosperity been so widespread and far-reaching. Kind Providence has smiled upon us from every angle and we would be remiss In our duty if our efforts and energies were not di rected towards making the year to come one of still greater deeds. When the present administration went Into office, a policy of extended municipal Improvements for a Great er Salein had already been Inaugur ated which was fathered and car ried to a most successful conclusion, thanks to thesplendid and unselfish efforts of the different members of this honorable body. Each and every member is entitled to the thanks and the appreciation of a critical public and It Is therefore unnecessary to single out any special services ren dered by any particular committee 38 there Is , enough praise for everyone. In my first message to this body, I recommended a number of impor tant matters for adoption, many of which have been enacted, but In a growing and thriving city, new sub jects require our consideration and I take this opportunity of directing your attention to a number which I deem essential to the welfare of . the whole community. StreetR. One hundred eighty-five thousand, seven hundred sixty-seven square yards of hard surface pavement, In volving the expenditure of $407,679 have been laid throughout the city during 1911 and 30 miles of sewers j have been constructed at a cost of $329,408. making inp all a grand total of $737,087. Who can gainsay that this enormous amount of mony has not been judiciously and honestly ex pended? Nothing has done more to lift Salem from the mire In which It has dwelt for so many years, noth ing has done more to make Salem what it is today, and nothing can do more to make Salem what it Is and always will be, the second city in the state, than hard surface .pavements and Improved sanitary conditions. There was a time when municipal improvements of this acharacter were difficult of accomplishment, but that our charter creating competition In (Continued on pat At) uESSAGE OF PAYOR ,, . .r. : ' SALEX, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY S, 1912. 4 . Dlrken's Son Dead. New York Jfl. J. A sudden at- tack of acute indigestion Is the , cause given today , for , the death 4 of Alfred Tennyson Dickens,, son 4 of the celebrated novelist, who body lies In the ,Hotel Astor, 4 ' where he was stopping. Dickens 4 was on a lecture tour of the United States. His home was in Melbourne, Australia, and the funeral arrangements 'are being 4 delayed until word 'Is received 4 today from his children there. 4 He was a widower. CITY'S JEW OFFICERS 111 CHARGE ROLAND K. PAGE CITY ATTORNEY, S. P. M'CRACKEN SANITARY IN SPECT0R THE, ONLY CHANGES MADE FROM LAST FORCE, OUT SIDE OF COUNCILMEN. ''..'' City attorney Roland K. Page Fire chief Mark Savage. Sanitary inspector S. P. Mc- Cracken. City engineer Walter Skel- ton. ; Health officer Dr. a B. Miles. Street . commissioner Wm. Zwicker. . Day officer S. O. Burkhardt. Patrolmen Jack Whltlatch, 'W. F. Thompson, F, H. Shedeck, W. W. Gaines. V V ' . -. ; Desk Sergeant-C.-V. Nelson. Poundmaster E. Erwra. ' """ Without a tremor, ; without a mo mentary halt, the proceedings . being like clockwork, the new council last plght ratified the appointments made by the members In caucus just before the first of the year. Councilman Lafky ground out the nominations, and they - were hardly put, by the mayor before Recorder Elgin declared them elected. ;. The retiring officers are Grant Cor by, city attorney, and Amos Long, sanitary inspector. The rest of the list are re-elections.' City Attorney Talks, , After the election of the officers Mayor Lachmund called upon the new city attorney for a talk. Mr. Page was formerly manager of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, and he availed himself of the opportunity, after thanking the members for con ferring the office upon him, to declare that he was In no way connected now with the corporation. After entering the law ' business, he stated, he did some work for the corporation, but it was matters which were pending1 when he resigned, and he received no addi tional . compensation for it. He was free, he declared to give his whole service as faithfully and loyally to the city as he had given them to the corporation. Sanitary Inspector McCracken also made a short talk, saying he was grateful for the honor of being made sanitary inspector, and assertlngg that he would discharge all the duties per taining to the office faithfully and Impartially, and to the best of his ability. Firemen Appointed. Upon the recomemndation of Chief Savage, the following were appointed members of the fire department: Driv ers, A. H. Phillips, Peter Graber, Ev erett Fisher and Andrew McFarland. Engineers, Blake Berk and Fred An derson. Chemical engineers, Wm. Iwan and Walter Churchill. Relief man, J. K. Gulick. Hosemen, Frank Filbert, Robert Muths, Percy PIo, E. C Churchill, George Wlnslow, Ralph Schindler, Carl Jepson, Walter Hatch, C. C. Burpee, Iwan Woods. Stokers, C. W. Jorgenson and Ray Lotislgnont. . o Rig Fire In Onturlo. (ogrriD puss uiiid wtns.1 London, Ont., Jan. 3. Fire, which broke out at the London asylum late last night, endangered the lives of patients In one wing and destroyed the entertainment hall, just after a con cert, at which there were 1400 pati ents, had concluded. Soldiers guarded the patients aer they were taken from the burning building. The loss was $50,000. o The farm Is a half-brother to the chemical labratory. Prison Mirror. EEFTRU TtLLSOtWfl GS White House Puizled. ; ' t Washington, -Jan. .31,. The white house today Is mysterious and apparently puzzled over the political situation . . which re- volves about a report thai 1 Roosevelt's silence Indicates that that he waiting to see If the popular demand , is strong enough to warrant his accept- ance of a call to the presidential nomination. , Friends of "resident Taft deny that he will .withdraw from the race, and quote him as say- Ing that his colors are nailed to the mast and that nothing but ' death can prevent his remain- lng In the contest . ' BISTRE I I ' .' t- i OF f.f 3EEIS ERTED Pennsylvania Coal Barons, An ticipating a Strike of 1 50, 000 Miners Next-Spring, Start "a Campaign of Pub licity. vwft v PRESS AGENT IS SECURED Ills First Assertion Is That the Com panles. Now. Hare Between Seven and Eight Million Tons on Hand, and Are Steadily Storing More for an Emergency tThls Indicates Com panles Will Resist .Strikers' De niands. (DNITBO nisi LIASSO WIU. New York, Jan. "3. In fear of, or In preparation for another gigantic strike of 150,000 miners of . coal In the an thracite region, the coal barons, through familiar channels, have start ed a campaign of publicity. A statement Is being sent broa dcast over Pennsylvania that the operators are prepared for a strike in the spring, indicating that they will re sist any effort by the United Mine Workers of America to gain any changed conditions for the miners. A well-known press agent, employed by the operators, Is giving publicity here to the statement that the mining companies are now storing coal for emergency use, having between 7,000,- 000 and 8,000,000 tons on hand at present. There is talk that the union will de mand an Increase of 20 per cent In wages January 5. They may also ask for an eight-hour day, abolition of the board of conciliation and payment for coal mined by weight, instead of by the car. MOVE TO PLACE ROOSEVELT Oil THE BALLOT Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott Is preparing petitions and as soon as they are printed they will be circu lated by The Capital Journal for vol untary signatures to make Roosevelt a candidate for the presidency under the Oregon preferential primary. The straw vote being taken by The Capital Journal has only one fault. The people are not expressing them selves very fast. There Is no doubt but that the Insurgent sentiment is very strong in Oregon. The Roose velt has' only begun to come in the past few days and only yesterday were Democratic candidates printed on the straw ballot. The result up to date stands as follows: La Follette, 466. Roosevelt. 233. Taft 101. Bourne, 1. ST mat my ARMOURS AND OTHERS " UNDER AfJD DOr.lI If ED He Insists, However, That the Trust Never Undertook to:. Fix the Prices of Any "of Their Products May Have Cur tailed Output and Influenced Prices That Way, But Never Dictated the Price the Retailers. . Should t ChargeSwifts,., and Armours Owned 82 Per Cent of the Cdfnbine,'s tSock . DNITSD rises uusss vua.1 Chicago, ..Jan. t 3. Secretary .Veed er, who was active for years in- the conferences which the government zays resulted in the beef trust, fin ished his direct testimony today in the hearing of the cases against the Chicago packers charged with con spiracy , under the Sherman law. Veeder admitted that, despite the injunction of -the United States courts In 1903, the packers continued secret meetings for eight months after the National Packing company was formed in March of that year. He testified that of the business handled through the statistical bu reau, the Armour company got 29 per cent, the Armour Packing com pany, 21 per cent, the Swifts, 32 per cent, ad that the remainder was di vided among the other firms in the combine, . j . j Veeder declared , that representa tives of the Armours and Swifts dom inated their conferences and that the ; Chamberlain, 1. "The following letter was received this morning from an old soldier at Portland: ..,. ,,..,,.,., . . -1 From Veteran Repabllcan. f . "Portland,. Dec. 30: "Col. K. Hofer, "Salem, Oreg. "Dear Sir: ; "I desire to express my pleasure in reading your letter of Deci 29th, published in the "Morning Oregon Ian" of even date, relative to placing the name of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt as a candidate for presi dent on the primary nominating bal lot In Oregon. "I cast my first vote for the lament ed Abraham Lincoln and I have never seen the time since, and I have voted every year since, when I felt It nec essary to go outside of the Republi can party to find a candidate good enough. . "I have voted twice for Ex-president Roosevelt and I would only be too glad to vote for him again. "In conclusion I wish to say you Perhaps you made many good resolutions for the -New Year-'-most everyone does, and. yet neglected the resolution which will benefit most of all, to be always well dressed. . r- ' Our ClearanceSal offers you 'a grand opportunity to make and keep I this resolution. 1 ' Bishop's Ready Tailored Suits i and O' coats Reduced 20 per cent : I . : , . i ; . , . : - 'i ' from the regular modest price. . '. ' ' "Roberts" Regular $3.00 Winter Hats for $2.40 Boy's Suits and Overcoats Reduced 20 to 33 1-3 per cent J t r-i r if mr i ouc oraaiey murners tor . zoc and many other reductions that are money savers, t 1 Salem Woolem Mill Store t l "Just Wright" Shoes. TTT? TTt fTTTTf TttTTTTtI SO. S. mm mwm If SWIFTS HELD THEIRTHUL1DS THE TRUST others were forced to ' accept their terms."'." )) i,; ' " ' .', At the close of Veeders's - direct testimony, Special Government Pros ecutor Wilkerson . promised that the next witness would prove the final absorption of the statistical bureau through, which the packers worked by the National Packing company. . , When . Veeder's cross-examination begau he said in answer to the first question asked: "Never during the years I was con nected with the conforences of the packers did they attempt to fix the prices of any product," " ; Later, however, he qualified the statement by adding: i ' ' "Prices may have been, affected by curtailment of the output -and regu lation ofthe territory to which each concern was v permitted to ship, but the packers never agreed to the prlc for" wilch the retailers and the pub lic were to' te ' asked :: for any pro duct." ' ; have expressed my views exactly la your letter. ' , "If you so desire, you may make us of this letter. ..."Thanking, you for your attention, I am Very truly yeours, ,' "GEO. W. i BILLINGS, ' '539,E. 22nd ;St North, ''Portland, Oregon. "Late of Co. unteer Cav. M. 2nd Wisconsin Vol- Mudaiue Carle Has It. Paris, Jan. 3. Madame Curie, noted scientist and joint discoverer of radi um, is in a hospital here today with a serious attack of appendicitis. She will be operated upon as soon as prep arations can be completed. Madame Curie received the Noble . prize for chemistry last year. . "j o- ' A vice-president Is a politician al ready dead, waiting for a live one to die. , . The woman who counts her turkeys before she has raised them is foolish Indeed. et i m r r m Cleaning and Pressing.