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SALEM, OREGON, THUBSDAT, JANUARY 11, 1912.
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IQUITABLE VAULTS OPEHED TODAY
OFFICER CARRIES TIN BOX
UNDER HIS ARM CONTAINING
$6,000,000 IN SECURITIES
A Hundred Policemen Guard M ercantile Deposit Company's
Vaults While $75,000,000 Cash and Securities Are Taken
From the Ruins The American Exchange National Efanks
Removed $60,000,000 in Steel Barred Wagons So Far
Contents of Vaults Are Found Uninjured.
UNITED MISS LIAIID Will.
New York, Jan. 11. More than 5140,
000,000' In all waa moved from the
vaults In the Equitable building to
day, and the most elaborate precau
tions were taken to safeguard the se
curities and cash. 'The American Ex
change National bank's vaults were
emptied of a vast treasure. It was
placed In a steel barred express
wagon for transport, and 10 heavily
aimed guards with 50 plain clothes
men convoyed the wealth. Following
this came an automobile packed with
armed employes of the bank. It Is
said that $60,000,000 waa moved In
this manner.
Shortly afterward the vaults of the
Mercantile Safe & Deposit company
COMPETITION CHICAGO
OF THE PAST HAS CLOSE
SAYS-ANDREW
i Washington, Jan. 11. Many wo
men were present when Carnegie
was called to the stand. He evaded
questions designed to show why the
steel business has stood practically
still since 1900 by declaring that he
had not kept in touch with the situ
ation. ; Congressman Beall asked him
; whether he thought there was the
same incentive for development and
Improvement under a single big cor
poration that there was under small
er concerns. Carnegie replied:
"I don't believe a corporation can
manage any business like a partner
ship. It's the same as a man own
ing the land that he tills and lives
on."
Carnegie then related personal In
cidents to illustrate the superiority
of the partnership plan as exempli
fied In the Carnegie company.
Asked how this condition could he
remedied, Carnegie said that the gov
ernment should fix maximum prices.
He then read a long statement In
which he ple-aded for unity in the en-
forceinent of the law against viola-
: tors of the anti-trust law.
Old Mini Dodges.
Chairman Stanley then asked:
"Don't you believe that it is about
' time that the punitive arm of the
I la w should be invoked and any man
violating natural competition Incar
cerated? Don't you think he Bhould
be held up as an example and a
warning to fellow millionaires that
they can no longer be indifferent to
the law? Isn't it about time that we
decided that ignorance of the law Is
' no excuse?"
"That's a good legal view," an
swered Carnegie, "but I think from a
moral standpoint that a man's con
science is clear when he can say, 'I
did no wrong knowingly.''
'', . He then urged clemency for the
"Ignorant manufacturer" and adding
that he never suspected the men as-
' soclated with him of violating the
.1 law.
"Out of all this trouble," he added,
J "a new condition will arise, but It
I will be a new . era in which all
j classes, including capital and labor,
I will be satisfied -and Interested."
During his clash with Congress
man Gardner, the Scotchman fenced
for a long lme when asked what, he
considered a fair price for steel
rails. He finally admitted that he re
garded $28 a ton as a reasonable fig
ure.
Forced to Come Through.
At the close of the clash Carnegie
turned to Congressman Gardner an!
began:
"If I were in your position and
you In mine "
"Well, I am not,'.' broke in Gard
ner. "I'm examining you on the wit
ness stand."
"' know it,' replied Carnegie, "but
I certainly wish the positions were
reversed."
Cornered after a battle of wits
with members of the v-ommittee, Car
negie admitted that the steel trust
dominates that industry.. He resort
ed to Jests in an effort to avoid an
swering but finally Congressman
Gardner began an attack which
caused the ironmaster to "give up."
Responding to a question by Con
gressman Beall, Carnegie answered
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il40.QQ0.Q00 RECOVERED
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Btood guard, $75,000,000 In money and
securities were removed In a steel ar
mored wagon, and taken to the main
office ot the Bankers' TruBt company,
In Wall street. Not one of the papers
was scorched, and financiers hope the
contents of other vaults will also be
found to be intact.
I - Entering the sub-cellar of the
Duuuing, nremen luuay peiieuuieu iu
near Where Campion's body Is burled,
and are endeavoring to remove the
corpse.
Vice-President Strong, of the Bank
ers' '.'rust company, left the burned
Equitable building at noon carrying a
tin box, eight by four inches, snug
gled under his arm. Opened at the
office the box contained $6,000,000 in
gold certificates.
FIRE CALL
CNITOD PBESS MASID WIHI.l
Chicago, Jan. 11. The Chicago
Board of Trade building is on fire.
The blaze' started in the smoking
room on the second floor, where the
trade rooms are located.
The regular market had closed, but
about 150 board members were In the
indemnity hall. They all escaped.
Half of the down-town fire fighting
apparatus is on the scene:
When the. fire had progressed only
a short time all the telegraphers at
the wires were ordered from the build
ing. It was not believed that the
danger of the . structure being con
sumed was great, but there was im
minent danger that the boilers In the
basement would explode.
The fire danger lasted only a short
time, it being under control after a
fight of less than three-quarters of an
hour. The loss was about $20,000. It
was admitted, however, that only the
prompt action of the firemen prevent
ed a serious conflagration.
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WAS TRIE TO HER
FRIEND TO THE LAST
(ONITHD TBERR LBASBP WIRR.1
Chicago, Jan. 11. Because of her
determination to be true to her frienl,
whose husband, Sylvester Adams, pur
sued her with his attentions, Edith
Smith, a teacher at Wheaton, 111., is
the victim, of a double tragedy today.
She died rather than submit to Adam's
proposals.
Adams went to the Wheaton school,
waited vntil Miss Smith's pupils were
gone, and then demanded that she
elope with him. She refused. Adams
fired a bullet through her temple,
killing her. Then he .committed sui
cide. A note was found in Adam's
pocket, written by Miss Smith, beg
ging him, for the sake of his wife
her girlhood friend to be a man.
CHIXKS CELEBRATE T
BIRTH OF REPUBLIC
Los Angeles, Jan. 11. Noise mak
ing and jollification rivaling a Fourth
of July celebration is Chinatown's pro
gram todav In honor of the baby re-1
public of China. I
Streets here are brilliant with the
republic and American flags, and pic
tures of President Sun Yat Sen adorn
I almost every wall. Firecrackers be
gan popping eany toaay.
A gigantic parade will feature the
Celebration tonight
WILL B ALANCE A XT
DECREASE IN RATES
The Oregon-Washington railroad
commission's scale-testing car arrived
In Salem today, accompanied hv State
Scale Inspector Kaiser, who made a
test of the Southern Pacific scales
here this morning. The local scn'es
were 200 pounds off, according to the
car weight, In favor nf t" hinn-.
The scale expert states that so far
the majority of the scales he has test
ed show an off-weight against the
railrnnd companies of between 200
and 600 nounH. With the pxc"tlrn o'
a few, the railroad scales in Portland
have been pronerly adjusted, and with
in the next 20 days every scale in
the state will be put in first-class con
dition by the expert The car will
I then be taken to Washington.
"III" C. Gill a Candidate.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 11. For-
mer Mayor "Hi" C. Gill, who
was recalled at 8 special elec-
tion a year ago, is a candidate
for the same office again. His
nomination papers were filed
this morning, and with this ac-
tlpn he made an opening cam-
palgn statement.
He declared that he entered
the race pledged to nothing but
the appointment of Ed Cudihee
as chief of police. His political
opponents, however, assert that
he plans wide open town condi-
tions again.
The entrance of Gill In the
fight assures a spectacular cam-
palgn. Other declared candi-
dates are Thomas A. Parish and
former State Senator George F.
Cotterill.
WOMAN SAYS SHE
WAS DECEIVED
Alleging that she was induced to
come to Oregon because of the litera
ture sent broadcast., setting forth the
wonderful opportunities here, and that
after settling in the town of Bend she
was swindled but of her money, Mrs.
Carlotta Schiffer, of New Zealand,
has written Attorney-General Craw
ford", asking what remedy at law she
has against the swindlers.
She claims to have been swindled
in the purchase of Borne lots in the
town of-Bend. To begin with, she says,
that the lots were not what they were
represented to be, and, in addition,
the sellers did not have a clear title
to them.
The attorney-general has written
her advising her what action she has,
but states that it is not state business,
and that It must be prosecuted by a
private attorney, if a civil suit, and
the district attorney if criminal pro
ceedings are brought.
WHEN SUIT MAT BEGIN TO
FORECLOSE OX TAXES
That foreclosure proceedings may be
brought on a tax certificate within
three years after the taxes became
delinquent Is the ' substance of an
opinion rendered by Attorney-General
Crawford this morning.
The opinion Is written at the re
quest of the sheriff of Josephine
county. The Btatute does not seem
plain as to whether the proceedings
might be brought within three years
from the time that the tax becomes
delinquent or three years after the is
suance of the tax certificate. The attorney-general
construes the law to
mean that the three years shall date
from the time of the delinquency of
the tax. "
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CIIAMBEKLLAIN LOOKS
AFTER HOMESTEADERS
Washington,' Jan. 11. Senator
Chamberlain is preparing and will
introduce a bill for the relief of
homesteaders differing from all
measures now pending In that It will
provide that any homesteader, after
six months' continuous residence on
his land, may be entitled to leave of
absence for six mbrths of each year;
that Is to say,, homesteaders will be
required to reside npon their land
only half of each year until final
proof is made.
By this means, he believes, settle
ment will be greatly encouraged and
homesteading made easier. Senator
Chamberlain thinks some relief
must be granted to attract settlers
to those lands now open to home
stead entry..
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' Bloodhounds Whipped Lions.
London, Jan. 11. "Who says the
lion is the king of beasts?" asks
Paul J. Rainey, millionaire American
hunter. "The Mississippi bear hound
part bloodhound killed 'em right
and left In fights in BritlBh East Afri
ca." Oslerized Himself.
San Francisco, Jan. 11. "The Osier
theory Is O. K.,' said Dr. Thomas J.
Kisner, aged 80. Then he went to the
crematory and 'made arrangements."
Later he interviewed an undertaker,
and then he took -cyanide of potas
slum.
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Settles With No. 4.
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San Francisco, Jan. 11. Nat
Goodwin has put himself in hock
to pay off Edna Goodrich, his
fourth and, he ays, his last
wife. Multl-matrimonlal Nat
has today on file in the county
records office a mortgage on his
San Francisco property, which
Includes an apartment house on
which he borrowed $28,000. May-
or T. H. Dudley, of Santa Mon-
lea, negotiated the loan. Miss
Goodrich gets $55,000, $15,000 of
which was paid last month,
$30,000 to be paid this month
and the balance before April 16.
iOOSTERS
BATHER DY
IIOODRED!
Business Men Are Themselves
Astonished by the' Unani
mous Get-Together' Senti
ment Enthusiasticaly Shown
MANY ARE TURNED AWAY
Big Marlon Hotel Unable to Accommo
date the Vast Crowd, and Hundreds
Were Turned Away or Stood Pa
' tiently In the Dining Room Just to
Hear the Others Boost Some Fine
Speeches Made, nud $owt Golden
Ideas Advanced.
The annual get-together of the Sa
lem business men was a great Suc
cess In every way. In point of num
bers It surpassed any former effort
and. shows a strong inclination for
united effort in keeping this city in
the front rank of Oregon towns.
There were about 400 guests and nt
least a hundred were unable to sit
at the festal board and sustained
their spirits in otl er ways. Some
very loyally stood up along the wall
and looked on, their physical hunger
soon being appeased by the bursts cf
music, the songs, the speeches and
the applause that cime forth on the
slightest provocation. Big bursts of
applause in the main dining room
were echoed with claps of thunder
from the adjoining men's grill room,
where every chair was taken, and
then by a milder salute from the la
dles' grill which was also packed to
the utmost. There were no liquors
served but lots of cigars showed up.
The menu was a lavish one for the
price and landlord Savage gathered
a peck measure of simoleons.
Official Reports Short
President Jos. Albert made a short
but appropriate bolster talk of the
right sort that not many people were
aware he could roke. As the new
president of the Board of Trade he
seems to be the right man in the
right place. Secretary Hofer read
the standing committees and a brief
statement of the La Grande business
men coming to Salem. Then Toast
master McNary began to turn loose
the lions of the evening and all ac
quitted themselves well. Governor
West was received with., cheers and
more than .pleased the crowd. He Is
certainly the greatest booster gover
nor the state ever had. Snappy pro
grams containing songs and original
poems for the occasion were at each
plate' and contained . the following
stunts that put all in good humor.
The talkfest lasted until half pest
nine, and there were still many good
stunts to pull off.
"The Live Ones." .
The official program that had been
improvised in the afternoon con
tained some racy mottoes, leading
off with "Get out i the rut," and
quoting the chorus:
Boost, brothers, boost!
Boost for all that's in it.
Boost for nineteen twelve,
Boost it every minute.
Gems of Thought.
"Organization is the only sure me
dium of best results in advertising.
Salem ia the pioneer city , on the
coast; has organized advertising and
shows the best results in conse
quence. In point of gain In popula
COLD RECORDS OF 40 YEARS BROKEN
MIDDLE OORTIIIVEST FROZEC! SOLID
A Lingering Death.
Everett, Wash., Jan. 11. John
Doerlnger, aged 25, was slowly
drowned yesterday by the rise
of the tide on the Stanwood
flats. His body was found to-
day.
He had been hunting, and
waded In after a duck he had
shot The mud is very treach-
erous In many places on the
flats, and he must have stepped
into one of these and stuck,
mired In the. mud and helpless,
while the tide came in and slow-
ly crept up until he was
drowned.
This makes the third tragedy
on the Stanwood flats In the past
two weeks.
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tion and public Improvement, within
the past decade." C. C. Chapman,
secretary of Poniand Commercial
Club
"Teach the young idea to produce,
rather than shoot. Change the char
acter of the manner of educating the
child in the public school system;
promote the tendency to grow crops
and compete for prizs. The boy is
father to the man." State School Su
perintendent L. R. Alderman.
"Thought I was hing myself whn
I started out upon the governors'
special to the east, when I pro
claimed the virtues of Oregon to 'the
multitudes of the east, but before I
got through, I believed It all."
Governor Oswald West
"Like Stephenson " the Inventor of
the locomotive we have started some
thing we cant stop, in the line of
road building and general develop
ment for Salem and the Willamette
valley. May the good work never
cease." L. M. Gilbert.
"The railroads are doing a won
derful amount of good toward
development of th- resources of the
Willamette valley, but their sched
ules on the west side lines should he
rearranged so as to bring more traf
fic Into Salem." Max O. Buren.
"Salem has accomplished more
than $700,000 in the line of street
and sewer improvements within the
past year, with whih record there is
not a city on the Pacific coast that
can compare, and this administration
is going to push the good work
along." Mayor Louis Lachmund.
" 'Erect a new Commercial Club
building,' should be one of the de
velopment slogans that should be
adopted by the people of Salem for
the year 1912. Plant more acreage
to late pears and various fruits for
shipment to Europe before the com
pletion of the Pans ma canal." H. S.
Gile.
"The Willamette valley can pro
duce the finest quality of flax fibre
in the world and no effort should be
spared to promote this vastly wealthy
and natural resource of this section
of the Rtate." Dr. E. A. Pierce, of
Portland.
"Shoulder to the wheel and BOOST,
don't KNOCK." General chorus.
The Evening's Program.
Joseph H. Albert, president of the
Board of Trade, called the bunch
to order.
Charles L. McNary, dean of Willam
ette La wSchool, acted - as toast
master., "
Governor Oswald West told of
the good advertising Oregon has re
ceived C. .(J, Chapman, manager publicity
department Portland Commercial
Club, made an eloquent noise.
State Superintendent Alderman also
told" what's doing for the next state
fair! ' ! -
Dr. E. ' A.' Pierce, of the State
Board of-Health; Kit Carson, of the
Harriman system; and other "Live
Ones,", were tolerated for a few . min
utes. The menu and the service at the
Marion more eloquent than all.
Alexander's Rug Time Band.
Oh, ma houey, oh may honey, better
hurry and let's meander,
Ain't you golri', ain't you goln',
To the leader-man, ragged meter man,
Oh, my honey, oh my honey,
Let me take you to Alexander's grand
stand brass band.
Ain't you comln' along?
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EIGHT SUCCESSIVE DAYS OF
BELOW ZERO WEATHER IS THE
STORM RECORD AT CHICAGO
Whole Upper Mississippi Valley in the Grasp of Old King
Frigus HimselfThree De ad in Chicago, and 22 Deaths
so Far Reported as Due to the Cold Prairies Are Blank
eted With Snow, and All Tr ain Service Badly Crippled
Suffering in Chicago Last N ight Was Intense.
Chicago, Jan. 11. All cold recorls
for 40 years are broken here today,
Chicago undergoing Its eighth succes
sive day of below zero weather.
Reports from the West and North
west indicate zero records are also
shattered in those sections of the
country.
Suffering is increasing, railroads
are hamperel In getting their trains
through and freight traffic is demor
alized, with the result that local coal
KNOWS A GOOD THING
WHEN JUDGE SHOWS HIM
Availing himself of the law of this
state as construed recently by Judge
Kelly, that a person who obtained
money by false pretenses by drawing
a check on a foreign bank cannot be
convicted, unless the officials of the
bank upon which the check Is drawn
are willing to come and testify, as the
state cannot foi'ce their attendance,
Edward Gibson, recently cleared of
such a charge here, has begun opera
tions in Oregon City, and is under ar
rest there.
Was Acquitted.
Gibson was arrested here for draw
ing a check on a bank In Canada, and,
prevailing upon Charles Savage, man
ager for the Hotel Marion, to cash It.
When his case came up his attorneys
moved for a directed verdict on the
ground that the officials of the bank
were not present to testify against
him. and on the further ground that
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THE MUNSEY COMPANY, New York
dealers predict a coal famine.
Three men are dead here as the re
sult of the cold wave that has swept
Chicago and the Middle West. The
total death toll exacted by the cold
wave to date Is 22. -
Throughout the Middle West condi
tions again are serious. Prairies are
blanketed with snow and all trains
are from four to 10 hours late. In
Chicago the suffering during the
night was Intense.
they could not be summoned.
Their motion was granted and Gib
son acquitted.
Released but a few days, Gibson
went to Oregon , City, and, availing
himself of this law began operations
at once. He Is wanted for similar
charges at Hood River and other
cities in the state.
OPENING OFFICES IN
THE U. 8. BANK BUILDING
Drs. Helsley & Helsley have
opened offices in the U. S. bank
building, rooms 206-6, .where they
will conduct a general practice.
The doctors are graduates of the
American School of Osteopathy at
Klrksvllle, Mo., wh'sh is the parent
school.
Mrs. Heisley Is the only lady Os
teopath In practice In the city and
she will make a specialty of femals
diseases.
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