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Newspaper Page Textmi , m on in"""-' !r-4 : . V ' .-' j fl : II 1 V "Mill I I I I .r ( t . f i ' j ' 5"' SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1912. : ... XO. gi. . TinnTHV nniinn niffn Tfl nnnMn' Him r V ..r ? HWhf I r nrrn runm i oiimi vrmrn III 111 BI IFin llllliBV II II II II II II III .1111 1 I t 1 0 3IITO 111S f II TP. ' V I E I U I f I H I 1 I 'lilllii I I D Hill i"i!iir 'r I J 1 I 1 r - hi I 111 L!. ULLU M bULLUUUii ld FOI1EOLLI060FBI JIWT Hi mOORE LAID Ifi WAIT FIRED THE FIRST SHOT BY THE WITNESSES Prosecution Claims That Timothy Could Have Escaped, and the Shooting Was Not Justified Mrs. Moore's Maid Testi ,. lies That Mrs. Moore Was Out and That Moore Was Crazily ' Jealous Had a Pistol and Said: "She Is Out With a Man and When I Find Him I'll Get Him." I GID JURY til J, .1. nnnRF L . . . . 1 Los Anirnlpfl Jth . it n .. j. " , - v. . j iuu- -fr 8ent of ttl fmlornl nffiMaio nnj x vuiviaia auu T counsel for the accused mBn go over of the fuses Are Postponed. um KMam oi uiai Tveitmoe, An- ton Johannsen, A. E. Clancv anil J. F. Munsey, indicted by a fed- o srana mrv. w. t until the 4. i To Suto Ills Face. ' . Shanghai, Feb. 6. In order to prevent the . humiliation nf tha emperor throueh his nhdlrntlon It is today announced that he will become the spiritual head of the new China. If this Dlan Is carried mil. clashes between the Republican government and the spiritual throne are predicted,' but Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of the proclaimed republic, is deter mined to fulfill this plan. i San Mateo, Cal., Feb. 6. Formally charged with the murder of J. J. Hoore, a rich San Franciscan, whom be killed after a revolver duel in front o( Moore's home near here, Samuel Timothy, a'chauffeur, whom Moore ac emed of Intimacy with Mrs. Moore, iiB today bound over for trial at the conclusion of his preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace J. A. Mc Cormiclt. No date for the trial has yet leen fixed. "You will never get a jury tp con iltt this man,' said Albert Mansfield, Timothy's attorney, as he moved for iismiesal of his client. "That may be," replied District At torney Franklin Swart, "but at a pre liminary hearing we cannot dismiss this case bo lightly. While at blush, It looks aB though Timothy was Justi fied for the killing I- now think he need not have fired the fatal shot. I feel that he had time to escape after Moore opened fire on him. It is for a jury to decide whether the killing was Justified." Jtfrs. Moore Pronl ruled. How the killing, of her husband oc curred, which was expected, to be de veloped by Mrs. Moore, wag not shown. Mr. Moore's attorneys presented an affidavit that he woman was too 111 to appear, and her tale of the midnight battle or what she knows of It will not be brought out until Timothy goes on trial for his life. It was not even shown positively whether Mrs. Moore was in the automobile when the shoot ing began, as her dying husband state ment claimed. The nearest to develop ing her whereabouts was the testimony of her maid, Lena Behrman. "After hearing the first shot,' the maid said, "I ran out of the house and found Mrs. Moore, clad in a rain coat and hat, crouched on the porch. Moore Intended to Kill. That Moore intended to kill any man he fd with his wife wag also testi. fled to by Miss Behrman. She declared that Moore, who had been absent from the mansion since a recent, divorce suit was heard, came to the house on the evening of the tragedy. "Mrs. Moore is not at home," the Behrman woman said she told Moore. "Well, she's out with a man," she testified was his reply, "and If I find him I'll get him." Moore, she swor showed her a pis tol, with which he declared he would "do for" the man who was with, his wife. Two or three times the witness said, Moore returned to the house dur ing the evening, and, being Informed that Mrs. Moore had not returned, again left, she supposed, to lie In wait, as he threatened. Jlllv term t united states district court This aitreement. urno on. x nounced when the defendants t appeared before Federal Judge Wellborn today, the court cal- endar belne too crnwrtpd f,r on early trial. . - The men are accused in throe Indictment of transporting high explosives In a manner contrary to the Interstate commerce laws. WOATIIIG EXERCISES AT MOIIMOUTII The mid-year graduating exercises tie first held since the , school was closed for the want of appropriations everal years ago were held at the Monmouth Normal School today, and they were attended by Governor West, Secretary of State Olcott, State Super intendent of Public Instruction Alder mn, Miss Marvin, secretary of the library commission, and other mem r of the hoard of regents. Governor West delivered the address of the occasion, and the diplomas were warded by Mr. Alderman. Before the close of the day It Is ex Wed the board will select a site for te new dormitory. The last legisla ture appropriated $50,000 for this in stitution, but it has not been avail able, as referendum petitions were filed against It. Suit, however, has been filed to have tbem declared void for fraud, and, should the supreme court sustain Judge Galloway's deci sion in the Oregon University cases the Issue being the same the normal school referendum petition will also fail, and the appropriation be avail able. o THIRTY-TWO MOKE IMUCTMEMTS KETURXED Indianapolis, Feb. 6. Charging con spiracy to violate United States laws by transporting explosives on pas senger trains engaged in interstate commerce and with concealment of their knowledge that felonies had been committed, 32 indictments were handed down here today by the fed eral grand Jury. More than 40 labor men are said to be implicated. This Is caused through a grouping of names in the same indictments. SKULL AHD CONES SENT TO WITfiESS San Diego, Cal., Feb. 6. A new gen sation In connection with the Thurs ton will caBe, in which Katherlne Tingley, leader of the Universal Brotherhood Theosophists, Is a lead ing figure, came to light today,' when it was learned that the experience of Mrs. Marietta Dixon, the most Import' ant witness to date against Mrs. Ting' ley, had not ended on the stand. ...The day after Mrs. Dixon testified that she heard Mrs. Tingley refer to Mrs. Patterson as "the old girl," and as navmg said .."we got the old girl coming our way, but we have got to play our cards smoothly," Mrs. Dixon was called to the .telephone. A fern lnlne voice said: "Do you know that vltrol burns deep?' Mrs. Dixon had testified that she had heard Mrs. Tingley talking about Mrs. Patterson while Mrs. Dixon was treating the theosophlst leader for acid burns on her face. It also became known that Mrs. Dixon had received In a black bor. dered envelope a piece of black paper bearing a skull and cross-bones and the single word "beware" . in large type. Mr. Dixon said today that neither he nor his wife was worried by the anonymous threats. "We regard them as the work of a crank." o FIVE KILLED WHEX STREET CAR RUNAWAY Til S fl-FIOEfMI UNITED rilKRK T.KAHK!) W1IIK. McKeesport, Pa., Feb. 6. Five per sons were killed here today and Z Injured when a street car got beyond control of the motorman near the Youghcoghcny country club. The car Jumped the tracks, toppled over an embankment and struck a big tree. U. S. Department of Agriculture. . WEATHER BUREAU. yQ22 WILLIS L MOORE. Chtff. "11 n 0 ( - r 30J3 IV K N IU 9W , i 5 a m Tuesday, IiXPLAN A"'r5,'1. r"l7" UoUni (conllniioun lln") pi through point ti. n iim. Air nrcmiire winced to level, iwimn f,,in. UP. nd uj. omul .1. ' " ' " r Mid lemuerBiiire; urewu wr - --- n ioieriii moitoa imi pn .u,uu... .,., in. flv with th wind. Flrtt Hguroii, lowert tern- W tuiri v rlnnrt.. A MnuA,; fin nln: 15) mow 12 ri'ii" ... ni !J!!!!rl,"t1lon' 1ken tt I . m., Iliih merlrtliin lime, Pn u houm: tecond: preclpltallon of .01 Inch or more fur pt M boon, llilrd. mixlniuin wind veloclif. D. J. Fry and Wife Present the City Two Fine Blocks to Be Used as Public Park and Play Ground. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL TRACT Only Provision In Magnificent Request Is That the City Maintain the Same 1 oh Park and l'lny (Sround and Leave Intact the Trees and Shrubbery, and That IVo Rulldliigs Shall Re Erect ed Thereon. Salem, Ore., February 5. 1912, To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Salem, Ma rion county. Oregon : The undersigned, owners of blocks 11 and 12, in the city of Salem. Marion county, Oregon, and of the land lying Detween the said blocks and formerly a portion of Oak street, in said city, nereny make the said city of Salem the following' proposition: The said owners will deed the east half of said premises to the said city of Salem for the purpose of a public park and play ground, Including the tennis court, save and except a strip 30 feet wide for a drive Way around or near the base of the hill on the west side of said blocks, upon the fol lowing conditions and restrictions and consideration: , ' 1. That the city will not cut or de stroy any of the trees or shrubbery on the said premises or around the game on the gtreet adjacent thento, and will protect the gald treeg and shrub bery from being cut or destroyed. 2. That said premises shall be for ever used as a public park and play ground. 3. That the said city shall not erect nor permit to be erected on the gald premises any buildings or other struc tures. 4. That the said city shall never grant a franchise for a rallroadof any description, or other franchise, over the said premises, or any part thereof. 5. That the city shall Appropriate and expend annually in the mainte nance of said park and play ground fit least the sum of one hundred and fif ty dollars. 6. That In case any of said condi tions ghall be broken, the snld prem ises Bhall revert to the grantors, or tholr heirs or asslirng. 7. That the Bald city shall pay to the owners of the said premises for snld deed, subject to said conditions, the amount nHsesHcd against the said blocks 11 and 12, and the land lying i'"s the s.-Jd uluo'nM, for tne con struction of the South Salem gewer. Respectfully submitted, D. .1. FRY, HETTIB E. FRY, Owners. SHORT COT TO flUOIB OS 1000LES . f , 5 1 San Francisco, Feb, mite today entered . Tong War Is Certain. 6. Dyna- Into the light among Chinese tongs here, when lepresentatlves of the Hop Sing tong planted 100 dynamite capa in an attempt to slay Tong Dur Wah, secretary of the Sen Suey Ying tong. After lighting a slow fuse to the bundle of ex- plosives, the would be assaas- Ins fled. Several hours later See Hung stumbled over the plant and snuffed out the burn- ing fuse. The attempted dynamiting also means that the Blng TnS ultimatum laid down, yesterday, t is to be disregarded and that the war will branch out and In- elude eaqh of the 12 tongs rep- resented on the Pacific coast. won is A MODEM) OiOGOOES INTIMATES THAT THE BEST WAY TO RE HAPPY IS TO IEARY "TO LIKE WHAT YOU GET, IF YOU DO NOT GET WHAT YOU LIKE." "Let them kick and be damned," was the retort of Mayor Lachmund w Alderman uuKy when he arose from the chair in the Council cham ber lat evening and complained that tho people' wera criticising him se verely for defective streets In the city and asked that a commlttea be appointed to examine the etreets In question and report Its findings to the council. Lafky In his petition, represented that the city might be held liable for the' bonds Issued for the Improve-' ment of Oaks addition and he desired this and the charge of defectiveness with relation to streets Improved un der the supervision of the street committee, of which he Is chairman, Investigated. The first was referred to the city attorney, nut when It came to the street Investigation, the mayor stat ed that to proceed with It would be out to admit that the council could not manage Its own affairs. I realize that you are hurt be cause of the criticisms made against you and I do not blamo you In the least," said Mayor lachmund. "Yours is a thankless lob. anvwav. and It Is an ungrateful public which will complain when a man Is dolnir his best, but then wo will always have kickers and If they do not like things, let them move out of town. Let them kick: let. them kick and be damned." "I have been damned for the last week," replied Ijifky. "Yes, I know," purred the mnvor. "but after a while you will got case hardened." The petition was received and placed on file, but nothing beyond that wax done with It. FAMOUS HOVELIST SUICIDES SAYS SUE WANTED A HUSO ID OUT GOT A DRUflEf LOAFER Husband Was to Bring Home Flowers on the Twelfth Anni versary of Their Meeting but Instead Comes Home With a L Load He Should Have Made Two Trips for The Woman Disgusted' and Discouraged Writes a Friend That Her Mar riage Is a'Failure and Then Quits. ; , tUNITBD 1SBSS I.BASBD WITtR.l Chicago, Feb. 6. Explaining her suicide In a letter written to Dr. Ed mund Bupgs and made public today by him, Mrs. Myrtle Reed McCul lough, the novelist, says that she wanted a husband and a home, but "drew a drunken loafer." Written In her picturesque style, the letter reads: "Teddy dear: I have ' at last opened the little , door for myself and have gone to the never-never land. I have broken the promise made to you a year ago, and Bet myself free. It may not be a bravo way, but It Is my way, and r must go. "Laat night was the twelfth anni versary of our meeting. Ho (McCul loch) promised to come home and bring me flowers. Instead he came home after 1 o'clock, bo, drunk he could not stand. So this morning I left home without saying good-bye. "I have done the best I could for five misorablo years, and failed failed failed. I wanted a husband and a home. I drew a house and a drunken loafer, who made It his business to fall me at every point" STRIKERS KEEP A - STIFF UPPER LIP UNITKD I'RBHS LRASHU WlllK.l Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 6. Undaunt ed by the fact that nearly all the textile mills here are again running with crippled forces, striking opera tives here today are not discouraged, predicting that they will yet be vlc torloug In tho fight. "We will raise $80,000 within the next throe weeks and then fight the wool trust and allied mills to a standstill," declared VIce-PreBldent Stodel, of the Industrial Workers of tho World, who has arrived here to take charge of the strike. "Tho So cialist organization Is now behind the strike. It has 4.000 locals and each will contribute $20 to carry this fight to a. succesMful conclusion." o TWO MORE WANT TO RUN FO KOFFICE Portland i Forec-Ht Till 5 p. n.. Wed.ie-.dH,. n .1 ... . .. . . , .,A WarinPBnaV. oulllllcnBir. ,.. ., . 0n..; ' " '.' 'ciniiy: ucensionai rain ionium - .Hn(ll,.ftV ran 0r snow east iioruon io.hki.i , na Washington: Occasional rain west loms-.i - Emerly wln(, rmuU '. a. far north a. Seattle M 225' 25 dersrees: southeast to Ilolso. 20 degree; south to Slskljou, m aeg tonight, about 36 degree. Rlrcr Foreet n Willamette rlvor at Portland will remain wrf stationary torJrh"p REALS Wstrict Forecasts. THEODORE IH I CLASS WITH NPIIYXX ll VITKII ritKKH MiANKn WIIIK.l New York. Feb. 6. Despite declar ations by Nebraska, New Jersey, Illi nois, and Ohio I'rngreOHlves that he should define his position In regard to the preHldentlnl nomination, now that there Is a possibility of Senator Iji Follelto retiring from the race, Colonel Roosevelt today continued si lent. Although hp manifested inter est In the retwrts of Senator a Follette's withdrawal, the former president mnde no comment. Colonel Roosevelt moved today from the sninll office he has occu pied at the Outlook to a big reception room In the building. Tho change was made necessary to accommodate the large number of milltlclans and other visitors who call dally on the former president. o lie Quit Wslllnir. nxnito rnKM MEtKKD wini!. Ban Francisco, Feb. l "From waiter to capitalist, or wealth In a night," -probably would he tho wav Horatio Alger would caption the story of Norms n Carlisle'! sudden rise to 'ay. Carlisle whs a waiter at tbo St. Francis hotel last night. 'Todny he Is on his way to Indon. from whence he unexnectedly received a telegram tn 'ortnlng him tint he is heir to s 50. 000 estate. left hy Mrs. Marian Hall, an aunt. ILL BOOST LA FOLLETTE III OREGON UNipui mr.nn lkakkd whim.) Portland, Ore., Feb. 0. Despite the setback of La Kolette's boom In the Kast, petitions for placing Robert M. La Folette's irtime on the Oregon pri mary ballot as a candidate for Presi dent will be put In circulation In Mult nomah county this week. They are al ready being signed In Jackson, Tilla mook. and othsr counties. Thomas McCusker, head of the La Follette campaign forces In Oregon, nnnounces that he will also circulate his own petition as candidate for delegate at large to the national con vention. Others who are exacted to seek the same honor as La Follette supporters ere J. Frank Sinnott and C. M. Ry norson, of Portland, and W. 8. U'Ren, of Oreuon City. Other candidates for delegates from Southern and Kastern Oregon are to ho placed In the field by tho a Folletto forces. LIKE ROAKIXfl FFKT TO CURE HEADACHE Declaring himself to be In favor of Statement No. 1, and good road legis lation, 12. II. Flagg, clerk of the gen ate during the session of the last leg islature, today filed with the secre tary or Btate his declaration of Inten tion of becoming a candidates on the Republican ticket for the senate from the 24th senatorial district. Thomas Carrlck Uurke, of Raker, filed his declaration of Intention of running for delegate for the Democrat ic national convention, and George W, Hayes, of Vale, has declared himself an aspirant on tho Republican ticket for district attorney in the ninth Ju dicial district. TROOPS MAY GO FROM YAXCOUYER tOtflTKIl) H1BSH LHAHKD WlllW.j Vancouver Barracku, Wash., Feb. 6. Colonel McUunnegie, commanding tho barracks here this afternoon, de clined to either affirm or deny tho rejwrt that he had orders to proparo his troops for Immediate departure, for the Mexican border.- "That Is something which I must not discuss," said McGunnegle, A fooling of expectancy pervades tho barraoks and the troopers generally believe that they . will soon recelro orders to make themselves ready for a Journey. . o ,.' .i , ' PilEPARiliG TO , PURCHASE WATER PLAIIT (UXITIID MKKt IJSIHED win Pilnevllle, Ore., Feb. 6. "The bov answered every question wrong, and I spanked him to Impress a few facts on his mind," explained Miss Rita Moors house to the school bosrd. "I contend my child's bruins sre not where she made her impression," expostulated Mrs. mtk. who wss trying to get the teacher fired.' ' MAY DROP THE cones PROSECUTION Los Angeles, Feb. C That the cases against Uert II. Connors, F. Ira Render and A. B. Maple, charged with eonsplrlnj to bloiv up las itall of Records, may lie dropped, was Intimated by Assistant Attorney Mor ton. K. .J Hendricks, a Los Angeles la bor lender, spent an hour In confer ence with Horton. It was aftor this meeting that Horton hinted that the cases might be dropped. Ho said, however, that a conference with Dis trict Attorney Fredericks would be necessary before final sttlon Is tak en. Connors has been tried once on the charge, the Jury standing 10 to two tor acquittal. o 1 SrPRK.HK' COI'RT HANDS DOWN OPINIONS Three Marlon county cases the case of the llurglnr Proof Ixick com pany vs. J. A. Hewett. tho case of Kber I). Murphy vs, Mary Cyrus and that of J. W. Myers vs. T. A. Llve- ley decided In tho supremo court today. Tho first mentioned case wss brought to recover a Judgement for goods sold and delivered. Tho seo and involved tbo sale of certain lots In Arlington addition, and the third case Involved a hop contract. Tho other cases decided were as follows: . Moore Realty Company vs. Olive Weberg from Multnomah county, Af firmed. Set You Gone, et al, against the Hurst Parking Company, of Clatsop county. Affirmed. H. M. Urlndley, et al, against 0. C. Ruff, et al, from Multnomah. Re versed, Wehrunt vs. Portland Country Club, from Multnomah. Affirmed. Geo. Moulton, vs. Bt. Johns Lum ber Company, Multnomah. Affirmed. Representing to the council that It would be unable to secure a price from mo saiem water company with rela tion to the sale of the. plant until March 1, tho committee appointed to open negotiations for its purchase by the city last evening recommended that an engineer of national reputation l.ie employed to appraise it bo that the council, when tho price was submit ted, might act with Intelligence, and tho recomnionilatlon was unanimously adopted. The committee, In" Its report, stated that It had bad several conferences with the officials ut the company, and had endeavored to prevail upon them to submit a price, but that they stated they would bo unable to do so for a month or so, ' VIFlTwiLL NOT TESTIFY FOR HUSBAND f hnitsd rnsss ijsaskd wim.l Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 6. Admission that she still loved A. O. Iloyce, Jr., and would not voluntarily testify for her husband, J. H. Snead, millionaire banker, of Anierlllo, on trial for the murder of A. J. Iloyce, Sr., was mado hero by Mrs. Snead, who returned un expectedly to Fort Worth todny. Tho shooting of the elder Iloyce grew out of Mrs. Bnead's elopement with Iloyce, Jr, Mrs. Snead told reporters that she did not love Snead, and denied that ho mado her an Ideal husband. THE NCIDIITZ TRIAL WILL RE SHORT f I KM 1:11 I'lll.KH I.KASKII WIHK.J San Francisco, Feb. 6 The trial of ex-Mayor Kugeno 15. BriinilUs, un der tho Indictments charging bribery of a former supervisor In 1906 for his vote In favor of a higher gas rale, promises to bo tho shortest In the history of tho Sun Francisco graft, cases. Doth Charles A. Falrall and Frank Drew, counsel for tho de fense, said In Judge Lawlor's court todny that the trial would not last longer than from on to three days after the Impanolment of the Jury. The statement was made after Francis C. block ws excused from the Jury today on the ground that ho could not spare the time from his business, Falrall and .Drew said that they had stipulated very formal allega tion with tho district attorney's of fice After Hloch was excused, thi work of securing; tho final temnorarr Juror proceeded. ....... r- II .. . it - ' I I I it l"iii' I i.-p-.-vi.T-o-. ,..iimwK (f A i l. i i i "" "'"' is).' .w.wal -'-"- juvi v tui,:.'tuitri l.