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' ' SALEM, OREGON, 8ATt RD.IT, JANUARY 13, 1912. - ' ZTTT1""
HE CAPTURED
ATTORNEYS
GAVE HIM PLENTY OF BOOKS
HAULED IN TONS OF THEM AND
COURT ORDERED THEM HELD
Prosecution Now Has Possession of a Big Stack of Packers'
Books, and as They Are Ordered HeFd by the Court, Will
Examine Them at Their Leisure-yDefendants' Attorneys
Bit at the Bait, and Were Landed Like Common Suckers--Whip-Sawed
and Gold-Bricked.
frXITBD FIHI LURID WIBI.1
Chicago, Jan. 13. Special Govern
ment Agent James Wilkerson today
announced that the government In
tends thoroughly to examine the books
of the Morris Packing company. He
said It will probably take a month for
expert accountants to go over them.
At the resumption of the packers'
trial today Harry Timmons, chief ac
countant of the Morris teat cost de
partment, began his task of explain
ing the firms' records. The court room
was littered with books, the shipping
lists of the concern for three years
alone comprising 40 volumes of 1500
pages each.
' All persons Interested In the trial
of the 10 Chicago best barons, charged
with violation of the Sherman anti
trust law, are laughing today at the
good one "put over" on the defense at
torneys by Special Prosecutor Wllker
so.n Incidentally the beef barons, by
'falling" for the scheme, played Into
the hands of the government, when
they allowed Wilkerson the privilege
MB TO JETTY
FIGHTING FOR LIFE
Four-Masted Schooner Admiral Turns Turtle While Being
Towed Across Columbia River Bar and Three Drown--Six
Sailors Had Left Her When She Struck the Jetty This
.Morning and Are Now Clinging to the Swaying Piling.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 13. Picked up
by the Port of Portland tug Wallula
this morning, the four-masted schoon
er Admiral turned turtle on the Co
lumbia river bar, and probably will be
a total wreck. Three men were aboard
her when she turned over, and, accord
ing to reports received here, they
drowned. Meanwhile six members of
the crew are marooned on the sway
ing jetty on the bar, fighting for life
against the wind and waves.
At 1 o'clock the Hammond lyesav
Ing crew had completed preparations
to go to their rescue.
Captain Bender and his wife and
daughter, who were supposed to be
on the jetty, are at Fort Stevens. They
and three sailors left the ship this
morning and put ashore, before the
HARD-TIMES
SOCIAL AT
WILLAMETTE
Ist night in the Phllodorian Lit
erary halls, the liberal arts freshmen
of Willamette held their second big
blow-out this year. It was a "hard
times" leap year party, and, according
to reports, the way some of those
"freshies" dressed was scandalous.
The girls wore gingham dresses and
calico aprons and hair ribbons. Among
the boys probably Glen McCaddam,
who made a very eloquent speech on
the I. W. Ws, was the most comical.
The boys engaged In a left-handed rag
sewing contest, In which Prof. Bid
die was awarded the first prize. Fol
lowing this the refreshment commit
tee served crackers and water and
toothpicke. Eric Holt, the new class
president, made a short address on the
incoming administration, and Mahlc
Hreen favored the students with a vio
lin solo. After the freshmen quartet
had sung "Ring Them Bells" and "All
on a Sunday Morning," the class was
subjected to a siege of gingerbread,
milk and apples. Prof. Biddle, of the
school of oratory, gave two readings,
and his wife two selections on the
piano. Mrs. Henderson also gave two
readings. Besides Professor and Mrs.
Biddle, Professor and Mrs. Florin Von
Eschen and Mrs. Walsh were present.
The last half hour was spent in a gen
eral good time, and every one Is re
Ported to have enjoyed themselves Immensely.
THE BOOKS
GIGGLED BUT SOON QUIT
of searching all of some half million
books and accounts of the packing
companies,, with which he hoped to
prove the government's contentions.
Wilkerson had asked that all these
books and documents be presented in
court. To show that the scheme was
physically impossible, the defense at
torneys granted trie request.
"Hrlng them on," commanded Wilk
erson, and a few minutes later a score
of office boys filed Into the court
room with huge loads of volumes.
Soon they started arriving by trucks
and cartloads. Finally, when there
wbb space for but little else in the
room, Defense Attorney Borders, be
lieving the "Joke" had gone far
enough, attempted to call a halt. Then
WUkersons added to the discomfort of
the attorneys by asking Judge Carpen
ter to rule that the books be impound
ed so that experts might examine
them. Instantly the 10 attorney were
on their feet with objections, but the
court ruled that the government was
entitled to' have (he books.
heavy southeast gale made the bar too
rough for small boats.
The Admiral, a four-masted schoon
er , was blown against the jetty by tlte
rising gale shortly before noon, and
the crew scrambled onto the structure,
and clung there, while the ship bumped
her way on toward the shore.
The Wallula was sent out, and suc
ceeded In getting a line on the desert
ed vessel. The tug was towing her
back to toward the channel when she
turned turtle. Whether the three men
aboard her were members of the
tug's crew, or of the Admiral, Is not
stated In the meagre dispatches here.
The Admiral, 171 feet In length, was
In ballast to Grays Harbor, Wash.,
from Valparaiso. She was 44 days out
from the South American port.
SIGNATURE
RESEMBLED
WIRE MATTRESS
Because of the Inability of the dep
uty district attorney to decipher the
signature of J. H. Booth, president of
the state fair board, to a check to
which Bert Warford Is alleged to
have forged the name of Miss Eliza
beth Lord, Judge Harris yesterday
afternoon held that there was a fa
tal variance between the check and
the 'one described In the indictment
and instructed the Jury to return a
verdict of not guilty In favor of the
defendant.
Hardly, however, had the Jury re
turned the verdict before Depiuy
District Attorney Winslow moved to
have his case re-brought before thei
grana jurjuina the motion was grant
ed, and he will come up before that
body again for consideration when It
convenes.
The deputy district attorney had
construed the signature of Booth to
be R. A. Instead of J. H. Booth con
nects the initials of his name up so
that they are indecipherable, unless
a person knows the initials. The
judge in examining the signature
from the bench admitted that If he
did not know the initials of Booth
that he would have committed the
same error.
Newport reports the heaviest
rail!
Thursday night that has fallen there
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Portland Judges this week. J
BY A TRICK
At tutors Fulled Dismally.
Is Angeles, Jan. 13. Four
aviators, who participated In the
first aerial manhunt In history
are chagrined today over their
failure to locate their quarry,
and are considering another sal-
ly above the San Fernando hills
to search for two bandits be-
lleved to be lurking there. For
four houra Phil Parmalee. Cllf-
ford Turpln, Glenn Martin and
H. W. Gill, the ffrst two dennfv
sheriffs, circled above the hllla
and Bwept the valleys with pow-
erful glasses. Neither the aerial
officers nor those on the ground
found a trace of the fugitives.
.
IT
WOULD
PARALYZE
THE NAVY
THE PROPOSED STRIKE OF 611,000
ENGLISH COAL MINERS MARCH
FIRST CAUSES THE GOVERN
MENT MUCH UNEASINESS.
DNITID PUS 9 MIABID WIBI.
London, Jan. 13. With SO per cent
of the men voting for a Walkout on
March 1, unless their demand for a
minimum wage scale is granted by the
Cardiff colliery operators, the British
government today is alarmed ovef the
prospect of the 611,000 coal miners
quitting work. Should no agreement
be reached when the miners meet the
operators here January 23, and the
men carry out their threat to strike
the English navy would be practically
helpless.
At present the coal supply on- hand
will hardly last England a month, and
a coal famine Is certain to follow a
strike. The operators are unable to
fill commercial orders, declaring that
the present supply Is barely sufficient
to meet the demands of the navy,
BRAZIL IS
ON VERGE OF: ,
REVOLUTION
UNITED rilllS LliSCD WIBI.
Buenos Ayres, Jan. 13. Twenty per
sons were killed and not less than 100
seriously wounded at Ilahla, Brazil, to
day when that city was shelled by fed
eral troops under command of General
Setero Menezes.
The clash resulted from a conflict
between the federal government and
the states of the republic-; prompted
by refusal of the Bahla authorities to
accede to habeas corpus orders is
sued by a federal judge 1n favor of
democratic legislators.
General Menezes attacked the legis
lature, and a battle lasting three
hours followed. Many government
buildings, it is reported, were de
stroyed .
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Prisoners Got Jlu-lr Money.
UXIT1D PUSS tUIID wiia.
Vallejo, Ca., Jan. 13. Prisoners re
leased from Mare Island naval prison
say they have received all of the mon
ey Captain Arthur J. Matthews, of the
marine corps is accused of having
taken from their fnnd at the' time the
former military prison warden disap
peared. Matthews mother, It is Bald,
sent the $2000 shortage from the
East. She sold her property, it is de
clared, to pay the released prisoners.
TREASURER
MAY DEPOSIT
AS HE PLEASES
That the county treasurer has the
power and right to deposit the county
funds in anybank he sees fit. Is the
substance of an opinion rendered to
day by Attorney General Crawford.
It was rendered at the request of
the county trea t of Klamath
county. It seems , he la. Interest
ed in a bank in Rh,..iath Falls and
that he is depositing the funds there
without it paying any Interest to the
county. A protest went up as other
banks desired to pay Interest, and he
asked for pn opinion.
The attorney general holds that the
, county treasurer is responsible for
the money and that the law vests In
I him the power to place It In any de
posltory he may see fit and the fact
that any other banks desire to pay
iau; micicoi vu. it, ui a iiJKUtT rule
nmr Intnuaot nn n. a h 11. A
.Ho, . Ih. m I. j. I
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posited, can make no difference, .
ririiD
deaths from the cold within the
last 24 hours were reported here
today. Three succnmbed In Chi-
cago. Two were frozen to death
at Hammond, lnd.; three at Far-
go, N. D.; two In Northern Mln-
nesota; one at Valley City. N.
D., and six in Northwestern
Texas.
The coldest place In the
United States last light was Ar-
cadla. Wis., where It was 55 be-
low. '
BO DANGER
The Dam So Much Feared Is a
Temporary Structure of
Brush So Built1 That It Goes
Out With Every Flood. ;
DAM IS BELOW THE CANAL
And Is Umd Only to Get Water From
the Suntiam Into Company's Canal
Leading to Mill ( reek When the
Lutter Is Low No Water Is Sow
Coming From the Sun Hum Into Mill
Creek, Nor Has There Been Any
Since Last Summer.
Despite reports to the contrary,
there has been no damage done so far
to property in the city, nor, as near
as can be learned, In the 'adjacent
coantryt- by.-reaBoif .oi the-floods. The
Willamette is high, and still rising,
and Mill creek has been converted by
the rains Into a roaring Btreanv but
the damage, if any, done by this
stream so far are inconsequential.
Should the heavy rains continue to
fall, there exists tlA? posibility that
those residing near It may suffer, but
It is not believed that the flood of a
year ago will be repeated.
No Dnnger From Santlum.
The dam of the Salem Flouring
Mills, In the Santiam, at Stayton, gave
way yesterday afternoon, and reports
had it that there was danger of water
from this stream pouring Into Mill
creek-and causing It to overflow, its
banks. While the dam did give way,
there was never any reason for any
alarm, for it is situated below the
point where the company's canal se
cures Its water from the river, and
would relieve, rather than aggravate,
the situation.
' W. P. Babcock, manager of the com
pany, when seen In relation to the
matter, stated that the dam was com
posed of brush, and that Its washout
was a yearly occurrence. The com
pany intended for It to wash out each
year, he said, for otherwise the water
would enter the race, and, though the
company has sets of headgates, they
would be powerless to control the
flood that would ensue. Since the low
water time In Mill creek the company
has had no water In Its canal, nor is
there any now, and all tjie water In
Mill creek at present comes from Its
source and Its tributary streams.
Willamette Rising.
The Willamette stands today 17 feet
above the low water mark in the city;
10 feet In Albany, and 17 In Corvallls.
It is still rising, and should the rains
continue there is a possibility of the
river going up to 25 feet.
Even at that height up danger to
property need be feared,' according to
those versed with the situation.
The Santiam has fallen 18 Inches.
This is probably due to a cold snap In
the mountains.
Mill Creek Sitiiutlou.
A year ago Mill creek went beyond
Its banks, and, besides washing out
the bridges of the city and destroying
property, one human life was lost. The
water, however, has not began to rise
to that point, nor are the rains as
heavy, nor any indication that thev
will be.
Some residents along this creek are
suffering the inconvenience of having
water in tneir cellars, but beyond that
no one has suffered, as near as can
lie learned, and the city and no part
of It is overflowed, and no "sea nf
water" Is visible now, nor has It been.
ni ilium; burns
THERMOMETER FREEZES
UNITKD PBCSS MlKBD WtBH 1
Edmonton, Alta, Jan. 13. With the
thermometer at 20 degrees below ze
ro and a blizzard raging, 25 patients
were removed early, today from the
Edmonton hospital,' which was on
fire. One wing of the bulidlne was
destroyed.
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, The Story Is BrM.
TWrlSD I'tFHS MS13III WIB1.1
San Mateo, Cal., Jan. 13. Mldnleht
engamement broken r 1 o'clock mutual
friends phoning Esther Nelson and
William S. Young: 1:30 weens on rih
' . . -""ClCe Of the
.reace fticuormlcK: 2:30 Mr and vn
j Young, rice and old shoes.
FR0L1 THE
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MIDDLE WESTS TEETH ClIfiTTEllG
ANOTHER
Jury Could Not Agree.
San Francisco, Jan. 13. After
casting nearly two dozen ballots
all with the. same result, the
Jury in the case of Dr. Otto C.
Joslen, charged with having be-
trayed the 17-year-oJd ' "candy
girl," Ethel William, has been
discharged, and preparations are
today being made for a new
trial. The vote of the jury
stood 6 to 6. The nanel wa nut
24 hours.
Pending the re-trial, Prosecu
tor Frank J. Murphy, will Im-
mediately proceed with the per-
jury charges against Martin J
Prince and Joseph Watklns, bell-
boys, who gave testimony
against the girl's character.
PORTLAND
UNLOADS Of!
COUNTRY
LINES IT 127 IDLE MEN AND OR.
DERS THEM OUT OF TOWN VAL
LEY TOWN'S WILL HE FORCED
TO TAKE CARE 0F"T1IEM.
tuNiTio rims Laiaso wins.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 13. Lining them
up six In a row, -127 men arrested dur
ing the night and given suspended sen
tences as vagrants, were marched to
the city limits today and told to "leave
town, and not come back."
Many of the prisoners were half
starved men, who had come to the city
in Bearch of work. .
; The Idle men were taken In on or
ders of Chief of Police Slover. who is
determined to rid the city of a band of
hold-up men who have been particu
larly active recently.
The city Jail was so crowded that It
was necessary to turn them Into a
temporary prison.
WILL PUT ON
TAXICABS TO
WEST SIDE
Mr. J. B. Underwood, familiaily
known- as "Joe," and for two and a
half years past manager and driver of
the West Salem transfer 'bus, has de
cided to enlarge his business and add
taxlcabs to his transfer line. Joe has
already placed his order, and the first
machine should arrive here within a
month. The taxtcab service will be
run In the same high-class manner
that has characterized his 'bus line.
Courteous treatment, prompt service
and reliable drivers will be his motto,
and if it is not lived up to Joe will
know the reason why. Mr. Under
wood's son will take his place on the
West Salem 'bus ,and this line, to
gether with the taxlcabs, will give
first-class service between all points
In the city and all trains, at all times.
Charges will be reasonable, and con
venient transportation will be fur
nished people who do not wish to go
to the trouble of catching a street car.
Joe has the best wishes of many
friends in his new venture.
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Cold in Indiana.
cmitcd rims LMSID WIRI.1
Columbus, lnd., Jan. V,. With the
thermometer down to 27 below zero,
this district is experiencing the cold
est weather of the winter today.
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THE TINGLEY
TRIAL IS
NJSTPOHED
CNITBD PBB88 LEASED WIKI.
San Diego, Cal., Jan. 13. There was
no session of the Thurston will case
today, and the principals and attor
neys were given a rest until Monday.
Letters that were flnallv ruled out
by Judge Guy, the admission of which
was argued for hours yesterday,
showed that for a time Mrs. Thurston
called Mrs. Mary Hasty, the spiritual
ist, who is said to have benefitted for
years from her benevolence, "God's
chosen messenger," but that later the
aged woman denounced Mrs .Hasty.
Another feature or the trial occur
red when a member of the Theosoph
Ical society, who is acting as associate
counsel, arose and addressed the court
differing with Mrs. Tlngley's chief
counsel on a certain point. Mrs.
Tlngley showed signs of uneasiness
and finally passed a note to her fol
lower. He concluded his speech and
at down.
GOLO VME
STORM ON WAY FROM CANADA
DUE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT
POOR SUFFER INTENSELY
Coal Is Boosted Up Another Dollar Per Ton and Municipal
Lodging Houses and Charitable Institutions in City Are
Crowded to the Doors All Traffic Is Demoralized and It
Is Predicted the Blizzard Nqw Coming Will Be the Worst
Chicago Has Had in 'Years--Whole Middle West in Grip
of Cold Wave.
Chicago, Jan. 13. Another cold
wave, more severe than the one
which has held Chicago In its grip
for the past two weeks. Is nrpdlntnit
this afternoon by weather officials.
he storm Is rapidly approaching from
the Canadian prairies, and Is due to
reach here tonleht. The fnrnrnRtpra
announce that It will be the worst
blizzard Chicago has experienced in
years.
With the nrlce nf coal hnnntpd an
other dollar a ton, several days ago,
ana the thermometer- today hovering
around the zero mark, suffering in
the crowded rilRtrlrta nf tho imnr la
already Intense. With colder weather
preuicxeu, cuy omciais are straining
every effort to care for the homeless,
but with all the municipal lndelmr
houses and charitable Institutions
crowded to the doors, they probably
will be unable to coDe with the situ
ation.
Traffic to the north and northwest
RAILROAD
OFFICIALS
INDICTED
tONITltD PtBSS LliSED WIBI.
Redding, Cal., Jan. 13. Charged
with bribery, former Superior Judge
George W. Bush, counsel for the
Southern Pacific, and Railroad Detec
tives J. J. Harrold and George W.
Mundorf, stand today Indicted by the
Shasta county grand jury. Frank
Hooper, who was the principal witness
for the prosecution when Railroad Po
liceman Daniel Fleming was convicted
of manslaughter for killing George
Vallier, of Tacoma, is declared to
have been offered money, a free ticket
Bast and a life job with the railroad
company.
Harold Rogers, bodyguard to Special
Prosecutor Charles W. Braynard dur
ing the trial, 'id in a bureau in the
room in which the bribe is said to
have been offered, and secured the
evidence on which the charge Is
based.
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SOLD TAGS
FOR BENEFIT
OF STRIKERS
t CNITBD rss LIABID WIKI.
San Francisco, Jan. IX Hundreds
of men, women and school children
sold tags on San Francisco's streets
today for the benefit of the striking
Harriman shopmen, whose ranks in
clude a large number of men not en
titled to regular payments from the
International unions involved. Similar
tag sales will be held at all points on
the system within the coming 411011111.
President E. L. Regiiln, of the Sys
tem Federation ( Shopmen, said today
that the strike was in good shape, and
that no union man would go back to
work until the fight was won. A great
sympathetic walkout of union shopmen
on other lines In the Vest Is expect
ed March 1.
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HAS POWER TO CLOSE
RIVER TO ET FISHING
At the request 'of Master Fish War
den Clanton, Attroney-General Craw
ford today rendered an opinion, which
declares that the game and fish board
is Invested with the power to close the
Willamette river to net fishing any
season of the year, but that they must
leave It open to angling.
The master fish warden did not statt
whether he contemplated closing tho
stream to net fishing or not. He
stated, however, that the subject
would come up for consideration at
its next meeting, and that he had de
sired an opinion on it.
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Hareny county has voted a tax to
build a new court house.
DUE TOOIQIIT
Is completely demoralized, while on
several western roads all schedules
have been abandoned.
Reports today from Kansas and Ne
braska say that no trains on branch
lines have been attempted for sev
eral days, and that at times day In
terruptions occur on the main lines.
The following below zero tempera
tures were reported today:
Duluth, Minn., 22; LaCrosse, Wis.,
26; Davenport, la., Huron, S. D.,
Calgary, Can., and St. Joseph, Mo.,
each 10; Battleford, Mich., 12; Green
Bay, 20; Omaha, 12; Madison, Wis.,
20; Escanaba, Mich., 16; Des Moines,
18; Peoria, 111., 16; Sault Ste Marie,
Mich., 28.
These Cunt Keep Warm.
Chicago, Jan. 13. Twenty-eight
newly married couples, the oldest be
ing 22, have appealed to the charity
of the county for assistance as a re
sult of the zero weather here.-
DANKERS
TO REWARD
FIREMEN
New York, Jan. 13. Fire and police
commissioners today granted a request
from Wall street bankers that they be
given permission, to raise a fund for
the firemen and policemen - who did
such valiant work during the fire at
the Equitable Life Assurance build
ing on lower Broadway. Some of the
largest banking houses In the city
Joined In the petition.
Relief will be given the families of
the men who last their lives, and the
firemen and uolicemen who were In.
Jured will receive liberal reconnnse.
Heroes or the blaze will be granted
substantial remuneration for the
chances they took, and all firemen and
policemen who struggled with the
blaze, will receive some token of the
esteem in which hev are held lv
American money kings.
Justice Glegerlch today ordered the
city building department to proceed
with the demolition of the ruins of
the Equitable Life building.
AUTOMOBILE
SALESMAN
CAUSED IT
Chicago, Jan. 13 Attempts have
been made to assassinate Dr. Arthur
Morrow, stepson of the murdered in
vestor Charles Morrow, whose wife
is accused of complicity In the crime,
according to the police, who are mak
ing an investigation. Dr. Morrow
was shot at several times at night,
the police say.
Anonymous warnings have admit
tedly been received by the doctor,
who is a witness against Mrs. Rene
Morrow, the accused widow, In the
preliminary hearing.
"Change your testimony or pay the
penalty your father's fate," is the
threat said to have been contained in
the letter.
Dr. Morrow makes light of the
threats, while admitting that they
have been received, and he passes off
the shooting by saying:
"I don't think tho shots were
meant for me."
Charles Morrow, the dead Inven
tor, Is declared by Attorney Cuth
bert Potts, his friend, to have been
abused by his wife, who is much
younger than was the dead man.
Both Potts and the police find mo
tive for the crime in the woman's
relations with a missing automobile
salesman, who is wanted for com
plicity in the alleged murder.
Citizens of a suburb of Corvallls,
recently taken Into the city, have be
gun suit to be "un.annexed." They
say they were taken In against their
will didn't want to be Corvulliaites.
anyhow.