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SALEM MUST PROVIDE SOME PEAtlS
FOR RELIEF OF THE UtEMOYE
IMPORTED CONTRACT LABOR
WORKED HARDSHIP Oil MEN
AND FAMILIES LIVING HERE
As a Result There Are Many Good, Square Laboring Men,
Salem Residents, Who Are Willing and Anxious to Work,
Who Are Up Against It Hard They Do Not Want Charity
But an Opportunity to Earn Enough to Live on Until Spring
Work Begins---The Journal Suggests a Public Meeting to
Handle the Matter.
Something must be done to give re
lief to the unemployed, and enable
hundreds of men who are willing to
work to at least get the price of a
meal and a bed. This is a condition
of things that has been brought about
by bringing into the city a thousand
or more transient laborers to do the
railroad work and the work on public
contracts, and then the rough weather
has stopped work, and they are desti
tute. Hundreds of working people In
the city have been deprived of labor
by bringing in the contract labor from
other cities, and even Marlon county
has had a large share of the county
work done by Greeks and Italians the
past year.
What ( nil Be Done?
Inquiry at the mission and cheaper
lodging houses shows that they are
overrun with transients who cannot
pay, even though they go to bed with
out food. The pastors of churches
complain at the large; number who
call on them for relief, and are unani
mously of the opinion that some con
certed action must be had to enable
those willing to work to get enough
work to at least enable them to live.
Dr. Avison, of the First M. E. church
was interviewed, and said the plan
adopted at St. ; Paul, Minn., was the
best he knew of, and had rid the city
of tramps and those unwilling to
work. "There is a dead-beat class
who will even get up in religious meet
ings and make oral professions to get
free meals.- A system that will weed
out frauds and the undeserving, and
give the worthy but unfortunate class
a chance to remain self-respecting Is
what we want. There are many poor
families In bad sanitary surroundings,
GOVERNOR WEST ASKS
GOVERNORS TO OREGON
Convinced, that if the governors of
the Eastern and Southern states can
be prevailed upon to visit the West
that much will be accomplished in
creating an interest In the vast re
sources of the Western Empire, Gov
ernor West today Issued a letter of
invitation to the governors of all
these states.
Seeing in it a wonderful advantage
to make the East and the South ac
quainted with the West, its industries
and resources and Its wonderful op
portunities, commercial clubs in this
state and other states will, no doubt,
take the matter up and send out addi
tional invitations. There will be a
governors' conference held in liolse
soon, and it has been suggested that
the date selected for it would be an
appropriate one for the governors'
visit to the West. .
The Letter.
The governor's Invitation is as fol
lows: "During the recent past I, In com
mon with the otherstboard the gover
nors' special, was the fortunate recip
ient of the splendid hospitality of the
executives and the people of the East
and South.
"Our visit to you brought to us a
still more Intimate realization of the
where grasping landlords will not fur
nish water and sewerage facilities, and
where, sickness is produced by unheal
thy conditions of the premises, and
where clothing and bedding are abso
lute necessities such we should be
prepared to assist, and without public
ity. Those who are begging on ac
count of sickness should be exam
ined, and If there Is real distress it
should be relieved. I hope something
can be done In this city to improve
conditions. ,1 will be glad to co-oper
ate In any way that matter can be
reached. There should be some sys-
teii of enabling men who will work' to
earn nough to keep body and soul
together, and not drive them Into
crime and drink. 1 hope you can do
something to stir up the community,
Adopt St. Paul Plan.
The Capital Journal believes It
would be a good plan to call a meet
ing and go over the situation Intelli
gently, and create a committee to
formulate some plan by which large
employers and the city and county
could co-operate with the health de
partment of the city to give employ
ment, even for a few hours a day. One
thing that should be done, that would
' give employment to a large number of
j people, if it is carried out, is the clean
Ing of every block. There should be
j a system of gathering up and hauling
off all garbage in each block In the
city. The city is In a very filthy con
dition, and cleaning 1b an Imperative
necessity. There Is one field of public
' work, and there are others. Ways
and means can be devised to help the
deserng who only want a chance to
do enough to get bed and meals until
times get better.
magnitude of your interests and ac
tivities and bound us yet closer to you
in our mutual desire to aid in every
achievement of our nation.
"Realizing that still closer acquaint
anceship will bring reciprocal bene
fit to all, I, as governor of Oregon,
wish to extend to you and to the exec
utives of the other Eastern and South
ern states, on behalf of the people of
the state of Oregon, a cordial invita
tion to visit the West.
"We of this great Western empire
would cherish the honor of leading you
through the living panorama of our
magnificent country, with its awaiting
acres of fruitful soil, Its varied and
healthful climate, Its unsurpassed
scenery, and its boundless and un
measured opportunities.
What West (un Offer.
"If the wonderland of Oregon does
not satiate your appetites, we can
warm you with the never failing sun
shine of Southern California, and rest
your eyes with the cold majesty of the
Shastas; we can lull you to rest with
the whispering evergreen forests of
Washington; In Idaho and Wyoming
we can teach you how to transform the
desert Into the garden; In Montana
(Continued oa paga 4.)
Faces a llli? Strike.
London. Jan. 12. Strike of
611,000 English coal miners
seems inevitable today. The
balloting on the question, ac-
cording to reports, indicates
that 80 per cent of the miners
favor the strike if the minimum
waee scale is not granted. The
count of the vote Is still in pro-
gress.
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SOUTHWEST
IS SWEPT BY
A BLIZZARD
tCXITID PIMS LEASED WIU.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 12. Zero wea
ther today has the entire Southwest
in its grasp, tha mercury registering
In different places from four to 20
below. A 40-mile wind Is blowing
and great snow drifts have caused
total suspension of railroad traffic in
many placs and tied up numerous
roads in others. '
Two Santa Fe trains are stalled at
Kingsley, Kan. one of them bound fcr
California.
troopToP
the way to
new china
CNIT1D P1BSS LEASED WISE.
Manila, Jan. 12. With a batallion
of the fifteenth infantry and other
details , including 500 American
troops in all, on board the United
States transport Logan, left this af
ternoon en route for Chin Wang Tao
in northern China. After their arri
val it was said that the troops would
be employed in guarding a section of
the Pekln railroad from Iang Shan
to Lan Chow against the possible at
tack of either Imperialists or Repub
lican troops.
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Blanche Will Fly.
UNITED PEES 8 T.KlftEB WIBB.
Los Angeles, Jan. 12. Miss
Blanche Scott, who will fly at the
coming Dominguez aviation meet, an
nounced today that her craft will be
the famous "Baby Grahame-White,"
with whjch the British aviator gained
fame. Tlie car will be shipped today
from New York.
The Lid Is On.
(UNITED F1ESS LEASED WIRE.
New York, Jan. 11. Suffragettes
here wanted to know whether the
"bunny hug" and its terpslchorean
brethren were fit dances for the up
per ten. Mrs. Marie Townsend danced
'em as they are. The lid's on.
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THE CHINESE
CELEBRATION
CONTINUES
f UNITED PEER LEASED WISE.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 12. Hun
dreds of Chinese today continued their
celebration of the formation of the
new Chinese republic. The festivities
began yesterday, with the arrival
here of a delegation of San Francisco
Chinese, who are guests of the leaders
of the local colony. A queue-clipping
ceremony preceded yesterday's parade.
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Japs After HiiwiiIL
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Washington, Jan. 12. Declar-
atlon that 32,000 j Japanese, all
trained soldiers, had been smug-
gled Into Hawaii since the Rus-
sian-Japanese war, was made
here this afternoon by Major
General Carter, assistant chief
of Btaff of the United States ar-
my. He declared that the United
States, realizing the danger of
the orientals seizing the island,
had taken steps to send 13,000
troops to Hawaii.
GUN BOATS
Italian Warships Sight Turk
ish Gunboats Carrying Sup
plies to Arabia .and After
Hot Chase Sink Them.
A TURKISH YACHT IS SUNK
The Turkish dun bouts Hud Carried
Immense Quantities of Supplies and
Ammunition to Turkish Troops In
Arabia These Sources of Supplies
Being Shut Off Tuts Turkish
Troops in Kurd Flight.
UNITED, PEEBS LEASED WIRE.
Rome, Jan. 12. Seven Turkish
gunboats were sunk oft Konfuda in a
battle with Italian warships today, ac
cording to advices received here.
The Turkish gunboats carried con
traband goods destined for the Turk
ish troops In the province of Itemen,
Arabia. The Italian warships sighted
and pursued them.
One of the Italian battleships opened
fire at long range, sinking two of the
gunboats. The five other Turkish
gunboats were overhauled after a
two-hours' pursuit, and made a futile
attempt to give battle. The engage
ment lasted for one hour, but the
guns of the Italian battleships finally
sank the Turkish craft. The Turks
took to the lifeboats. The number of
casualties is not stated.
After the gunboats sank, the Ital
ians discovered an armed Turkish
yacht endeavoring to escape. It was
chased and finally captured.
Many Turks are believed to have
perished the fight that preceded the
sinking of their warships, and many
more undoubtedly went down with the
ships.
No Italians were injured in the
fight.
The Turkish gunboats had been elud
ing the Italians for weeks, carrying
Immense quantities of arms, ammuni
tion and food supplies to the Turkish
troops in Arabia.
STATE TAX LEVI IS
MO HE TH AX $3,1100,11110
According to a statement prepared
by the state tax commission, the tax
levy for 1912 is $3,003,815.73.
This Is more than th total levy ror
the years 1906, 1907 and 1908, whijh
was $2,800,000; and also more than
than the combined levies of 1910 and
1911, which was $2,914,016.63.
Governor West vetoed appropria
tion bills amounting to over $700,001),
which had they become laws would
have brought the levy for this year
to about $3,700,000.
Vessel Sunk on Sound.
UNITED l'lEBS LEASED WIRE.
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 12. It is re
ported here that the schooner Ever
ett G. Griggs collided with and sank
ahother vessel during the fog in the
straights of Fuca last night. The
sunken vessel has nt been Identified.
Wireless reports verify the message.
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The man who got there didn't stop
on the way to throw bouquets at himself.
ITALIANS
SHE SEVEN
CORPORATIONS
IT DISS
A Venerable Suffragist.
Los Angeles, Jan. 12. Almost
every women's club In Callfor-
nla today sent greetings to Mad-
ame Caroline Severance, "Moth-
er of Women's Clubs," who la
celebrating her 92nd birthday
anniversary. Mine. Severance
was an ardent sultrag!. She
is now deeply Interested In the
coming presidential campaign.
THE JURY
REFUSES
TO AGREE
San Francisco, Jan. 12. The case
of Dr. Otto C. Joslen, accused of he-
japun suiBiinAV laioa asm 3ii.u.q
promise of marriage, at noon today
was still In the hands of the Jury,
which took it at 6 o'clock last night.
After several portions of the testi
mony relating to the question as to
whether Ethel Williams knew that
the defendant was married had been
read, the jury failed to arrive at un
agreement and at 1 o'clock this morn
ing was locked up until daybreak.
There Is still no sign of agreement.
AVIATORS
CHASING
BANDITS
UNITED P1E8S LEASED WIRE.
Ix)S Angeles, Jan. 12. Phil O. Par
malee and J. Clifford Turpln, avia
tors, today were sworn In as the first
aerial deputy sheriffs In history. Af
ter taking the oath they left at once
for Dominguez Belt where their air
craft were in readiness for a flight
to the San Fernando Hills, where a
posse is trailing two bandits who en
gaged in a pitched battle with two
officers near Burbank Wednesday.
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Passed I'p the Checks.
t UNITED TIESS LEASED WIRE.
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 12. Passing
up checks for more than $2,000, a
daylight burglar who held up T. F.
Mentzer, tallyman paymaster for the
Lumbermen's association, got omy
$10.50 in cash in a bold daylight rob
bery here.
The stick up mnn, caught Mentzer
between lumber piles and shoved a
gun in his face. He ran through the
I bunch of checks, then handed them
back.
"Hell, these are no good to me,"
he snarled.
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The fellow who blames himself Is
pretty careful about there being any
blame due.
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BATH TUBS
FOR VERMONT
HOUSEWIVES
UNITED PEES1 LEASED WIRE.
liurllngton, Vt., Jan. 12. "Your
wives are just as Important as your
cowsj and should have as good care,"
said Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief,
chemist of the department of agricul
ture to the members of the Vermont
Dairymen's association here. "A
bath tub with hot and cold water In
the house Is Just as Important as a silo
In the hrn' '
DEED REGULATION
OLUTIOI, SAYS CARJ1EGIE
"THEY SEE THE PEOPLE WILL
NOT SUBMIT TO THEIR WORK
WITHOUT THIS REGULATION"
Wise Old Scot Says Dissolution Will Not Reduce Prices, and
the Only Way to Do This or Control the Corporation is by
the Government Taking Charge and Regulating Industrial
Corporations, Just as It No w Does the Railroads He
Says the Tariff Could Not and Did Not Affect the Price of
Steel.
Washington, Jan. 12. Drawing a
comparison between Colonel Theo
dore Rooseelt's conception of a cor
poration and that possessed by Presi
dent Taft, Andrew Carnegie today, for
the third consecutive day, was inter
rogated by the Stanley house com
mittee Investigating the steel trust.
After admitting that a law must be
Invoked to prevent excessive prices
on steel commodities, Andrew Carne
gie said,:-
"You cannot trust human nature.
Anyone is Justified' In 'doing every
thing possible under the law. It is
certain that sooner or later the of
fenses against natural competition
will force the making of a real law
to govern such conditions."
In denying th: the decisions In the
Standard Oil and Tobacco cases had
accelerated this conviction, he said:
Ills Idea of Corporations.
"There are two llne,s of thought in
this country. One is Taft's Idea that
corporations should be dissolved. The
other Is expressed In Colonel Roose
elt's conception which Is, that large
corporation units should be recog
nized, but put under careful and close
governmental regulations. I know
that these are Colonel Roosevelt's
views, and I heartily agree with them.
I think the government should first
pass a law regulating corporations,
and then wait and see If further legis
lation is necessary."
Carnegie reiterated that the tariff
could In no way affect the price of
steel. In this connection he said:
"America makes more steel than all
the, rest of the world combined. Your
legislators need not worry about any
tariff to protect the steel."
Wan Is Industrial Commission.
The Scotchman then repeated his
recommendations for an industrial
IMCE
(UNITED I'KESS LEASED WIRE.
San Quentin, Cal., Jan. 12. Mark A.
Wilklus was hanged here today at
10:30 o'clock for the murder of a wo
man In Alameda In 1908. Wllkins was
pronounced dead after hanging 13 Va
minutes. He protested his innocence
to the last.
Wllkins mounted the scaffold with
out a tremor, after a good night's
sleep, which was followed by a hearty
breakfast. Just before the black cap
was adjusted the condemned man was
asked If he had anything to say.
"I am not guilty of this crime," he
said, "and die an innocent man. My
conscience Is clear. I um ready."
Efforts of the Antl-Capltal Punish
ment League to prevent the execution
of Wllkins fell on deaf ears, Governor
Johnson several days ago announcing
that Wllkins must pay the penalty for
his crime. This action was taken by
the governor, despite the fact that he
was overwhelmed with telegrams, the
majority of which were from Los An
geles urging him to reprieve Wllkins
until the question of whether the ques
tion of capital punishment would en
dure could be submitted to the voters.
commission similar to the Interstate
Commerce Commission. At this point
Congressman Bartlett Interrupted the
witness and asked:
"What is It that has brought prac
tically every big corporation in such
a frame of mind that they are almost
unanimously In favor of this solution
of the trust problem?
"They have seen," answered Carne
gie, "as I saw long ago, that the peo
ple will not submit to hugh combi
nations subsisting without regula
tion." Carnegie then declared that he was
opposed to strengthening the Sherman
anti-trust law In an effort to hasten
the dissolution of corporations. When
asked If the dissolution would re
duce the price of steel the witness
said that It would not, and the only
way to effect a reduction was by gov
ernment regulation.
The Old Man Slinled.
In direct contrast to his manner yes
terday, Carnegie today made no effort
to evade questions, but answered
promptly.
Carnegie declared that it was im
possible now, owing to the life of the
steel trust, to organize new steel com
panies. Congressman Gardner then
suggested that as the Hill lease on
the Mesba region would expire In
1915, releasing 5,000,000 tons of ore,
that that might be the basis for a new
company. Carnegie smiled and then
In formed the congressman that the
steel trust controlled the Mesba re
gion. "The steel trust,' said Carnegie, "has
spent millions In vain trying to make
those ores available. I don't think
that the steel corporation would re
lease that land unless they found out
It was an unprofitable Investment. Do
you?"
ASSERTS HIS
TO THE El
lint, as Wllkins had enjoyed one re
prieve before, the governor refused to
interfere.
The crime for which Wllkins was
hanged at San Quentin this morning
was the murder of his punative wife.
Venule Carmen.
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Helen Took Poison.
UNITED PBESB LEASED WIHB.l
Sau Francisco, Jan. 12. Preferring
death to a new struggle for employ
ment, Miss Helen Drew, aged 22,
swallowed poison in her apartments
here today. She may recover. The
girl believed that her continued ill
ness would cause her absence from
work so often that she would be dis
charged. Nothing in known of her an
tecedents. Argued His Own Case.
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 12. Arguln
his own case before the jury, Jay Fox,
anarchist editor, accused of sedition,
is awaiting the1 result of their delib
erations today.
Fox followed his own attorney and,
stated that he had defended nude
bathing, which Is no crime, not Inde
cent exposure, which Is.
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