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VOL. XXII,
' SALEM, OREGON, MONBAT. MARCH IS. tsmv "
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"OF THE PEOPLE, FOR
REPRESENTATIVES
TAFT DEFINES 60VEHIE1EIIT
SflyS PEOPLE CAII COVER!!
Mil Blf REPHESEIfflTIIIES
In Speech at Boston Today States Position Squarely Is
Against Recall of Judges Unalterably, and Says Roosevelt's
iaea or Kecainng Decisions . Is Desctructive of Govern
mentPresidential Primary Good if Properly Safeguarded
bui me rresent "boap Box"
for Fraud.
UNITED I'HKHS I.SA8BD W1RC.)
Boston, Olarch 18. The pet policies
of the ""people's power" movement
were ronsted to a brown turn by
President Taft today In addresses be
fore both houses of the Massachusetts
legislature. He bitterly, denounced
what he termed the "soafl box" presi
dential primary as an "pen avenue
for fraud and vlolence,"'hnleBS prop
erly safeguarded Disclosing the re
call of judges, to which he is unalter
ably opposed, President Taft made a
direct slap at Colonel Theodore Roose
velt, asserting the recall of judicial
decisions would never do, adding that
it was Impossible for all the people
to directly participate in the functions
of government.
t President Taft declared that the
constitution was, the foundation of
government.
A Representative Government.
urit iu- 1 1. 1
' llr the npnnla fnr iha nanitla v a i
,o,,o,.,i.i., 4 , , i
ie iresonlative part of the people.' In I
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this connection the president deplored
the agitation now existing against
"the courts and the constitution," and
declared It was sJgnlflcant that as an
irresponsible assault upon either In
intemperate language or the baseless
assumption of corruption bias and In
competency were made by those whose
Influence with any part of the peo
ple "Is a serious menace to an en
during government." The president
Bald In purt:
The Popular Mill.
"One can easily discover a tendency
In modern politics to exalt above the
written law, above the written con-
U.
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Salem and Vicinity: Fair
tonight with light frost.
Tuesday fair
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'"'wrynilon Uiken l . m.. 7Mh meridian lime. Atr prwure rclured to w level. Iobnrt (conllniinnt llnei) p throinh polnu
f'luui air pressure. Isotherms (dulled lines) pass tliruugti pnlnu o eiiual teinicrature; drawu only for oro, freeilnj. do", ud l(ju.
U lfnr; Q parily cloudy; Q cloudy; rln; mow; report mlMlnf. Arrows fly with the wind. First (lmiros, lowest tern
ralm past 12 hours; second, prcclpiutlon of .01 Inch or nioro for past M hours; third, msxlmum wind velocity. ' -
lorecnst Till i P. M. Tuesday.
Oregon and Washington: Generally fair (onlght and Tuesday. Light
llor,l"n tonight. Southwest to west winds. 1
Klihiorn' V'nnrnL
Protect shipments as far north as
. ane, 28 degrees; southeast to
nm, niK.iii ,m ntgrees.
wiiiamette River at Portland
"".ui'saay.
Hi
JJL. JU.
Form of It is an Open Avenue
stittition what is called 'the popular
will,' as If It were a higher law to
which we must admit allegiance, and
by obeying it, Ignore . or transgress
statutory and constitutional limita
tions. This heresy is not stated ex
actly In a form of an assertion that
Judges and others are to Ignore the
statutes and the" constitution because
of conflicting with popular will, but
it Is the more '(In,BldIoiis proposition
that the plain construction of the
statute or constitution is to be de
feated and strained and an otherwise
Impossible construction put upon the
language of the statute or constitu
tion In deference to what is supposed
to be the popular will.
Tim People Hare Ruled. '
"The continual reiteration of the
proKsltlon 'let the people rule," It It
has any significance at all, is intend
ed to be a reflection on the govern-
c" lu '" a 'eiieuiiun on me govs
n
Hiei'i we nave 10 me present t me. 1
. . . . ' . . . , .
do not hesitate to say that history of
the lust 135 years shows that the
people have ruled.
"The occasion for theBe remarks is
an attack on the Judiciary, und a pro
posal, by Judicial recall or the recall
of Judicial decisions, to destroy Its in
dependence and to remove the key
stone from the arch of government.
The "Simp Box" Prl ry.
"I deny that there Is In the decision
of the courts or the character of the
Judge that which Justifies such a rad
ical Innovation. I do not hesitate to
say that, in my judgment, the volun-
( Continued on pig 4.)
S. Department of Agriculture.
WEATHER BUREAU.
WILLIS L. MOORE, Chief..
UXPUANATORY NOTES,
St-attlo against minimum temperatures
Dolse, 26; south to 8ihiyou, 24 degrees
17tvAw FnriwnftL -
will contlnut to rise tonight and will
EDWARD
THE PEOPLE, OV
OF THE PEOPLE"
Must Increase'iVovv.
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London, March I'lDeclar-
Ing that Great Brllu must
maintain 60 ner cent nu
dreadnaughts than Germany
Winston Churchill, the new first
lord of the admiralty, tntlnv
proposed that the envornment
build 21 dreadnatmhta rim-ino, 4,
the next six years. The propo-
sltion was offered hv Churchill
In the house of commons, while
introducing his navel estimates
there. 4,
THE THIRD, BADLY WOUNDED, IS
CAPTURED-ONE 18 SHOT TO
PIECES, ONE COMMITS SUICIDE
POSSE UNHURT. .
Lincoln, Neb., March 18. Hemmed
Jn on four. Bides by sheriffs' posses,
Fugitive Convicts Gray and Dowd this
afternoon lost their lives in a battle
near Gretna. Convict Morley was
captured alive, although badly wound
ed. Joy Blount, a farmer, whom the
desperadoes compelled to drive them
across the country, was accidentally,
shot and killed by a deputy sheriff.
The convicts made their lust stand
... .cuuui nouse inree miles soutn-
east of Gretna. Two of four posses,
which had left Lincoln earlier In the
.
day, on a special train, were close on
tnelr heels, and the convicts forced
Plount, at the point of a gun, to lush ,
his hoi-su Into a dead run. Reaching
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Sam
Monday,
Marie, iv"
frost Interior west and heavy frost
. ,
of about 34 degrees
northeast to
.Minimum temparture at Port-
remain nearly stationary Tuesday
M. HEALS, District Forecaster.
Til OF THE
CORTS
ARE KILLED
4
t Mar Lse Bombs.
Chicago. March IS. PreHlo-
Uon that the English suffra.
gettes will soon substitute
bombs for wlndow-smashlne
Is made hare today by Dr. Jesse
Murray, a prominent London
suffragette who Is .here on
visit.
"We women of England are
fighting for life and honor," she
said. "Men are taking- awav hv
legislation our means of livll-
hood. They are robbing our
working women of the privilege
to work. 1
"People have asked why we
don't substitute bombs
bricks. We will. If our demands
are not acceeded to soon.''
4.
Governor's Message Indorses
Oregon Idea and Goes Them
rs 1 r ..
several unips Better on
Progressive Lines.
IS FOR ECUAL SUFFRAGE
Hants Stale t 0 Adopt Recall of
Judges, the Thing Tnft Objected to
Better Labor Laws, Industrlul Ar
bltratlon Child Labor Laws, Free
Textbooks SewNpnpers Must Poll
llsli List of Owners or Stockhold
ers.
Phnpnlv Arlv fnril, iu a H.
I.,,, v., i 10, mi'
zona's first state legislature convened
at noon today. Both hnu rpr nrn
overwhelmingly Democratic Only
four of the 3B mHUi)(,rs of the lower
km,.. n ....
.iUU.iu I 1 I ."111- lll-MllJ.IUt.L UUUtUllU-
encle; while practically the samera-
tlo prevaB ln tn9 s(,nilte
Governor Hunt', message was dls-
tlncy nroKrPSKve ,n tnp. He
l sounded the slogan for a
progressive
Democrat legislature when he do
jclared that the first official act of that
I body should be to Inaugurate the
movement that would result In th'
Incorporation Into the basic law of
the state the Identical Judiciary re
call plank rejected by President Tart
1 In the constitution of the new Btate.
I Woman suffrage, bettor labor laws,
'employers' liability laws, rigid mine
Inspectio Industrial arbitration,
I child labor laws and free text books
I were among the demands of the
state's first envprnnr V
Regarding equal suffrage, Hunt de
manded Immediate action, with the)
j promise that "If adopted, the state's'
high standard of Intelligence will in
I no wise suffer thereby."
Prison reform alo occupied an Im
portant part In the governor's
speech. Declaring that the Infamy
of "kicking a man when he Is down,"
must be abolished In Arizona, Hunt
demanded humnne treatment for
every state's prisoner, and outlined
his rights.
After endorsing practically every
progressive docirlne, Hunt sprung a
distinct surprlso by advocating that
every newspaper In Arizona be com
pelled to publish a complete list of
Its owners and stockholders.
o
Kxpln iinllon Niitlsfnctory.
San Francisco, March 18. fiovern
or West of Oregon, head of the fair
committee, missed his train home, No
criticism. Mrs. West was with .him.
Speech on prison reform, not San
Francisco suffragettes, whs the cause.
A Hcnlhlc Clerk.
Lewlston, Idaho, March 18. Poll,
tlclans here are peeved at R. 8. 8cho
field, a postal clerk. When the elec
tion matter came thick nd fast, Scho
field threw It In the 8nak river, llo'r
pinched.
ARI200A
IS A RIVAL
OF OREGON
PLODS
mi
Vi-l ilf
LOCOBOTII
AO 14
A Costly Run.
Medford, Or., March 18. It
t cost f Mrs. L. L. Noonchester, a
recent arrival from Vale, Ore-
gon $1,642 to run down the
street two blocks and overtake
a i runaway daughter Sunday.
During her efforts to overtake
the child, she lost her rsocket-
book which contained that
amount of money, 'strict search
failed to discover the pocket-
book. It is believed that some
passerby nicked it ud. A r-
ward of $500 Is offored for Its
return.
THE ALLEN GANG ARK Slit.
ROUNDED, BUT THEIR POSITION
IS 80 STRONG THE POSSES M ILL
HAVE TO STARVE THE. OUT.
DN1TKD PBKS8 MI1SICD WIIIK
HUlsvllle, Va., March 18. The Al-
lon gang of outlaws Is surrounded In
Devils Deu, a natural fortress, Jn the
Blue Ridge mountalus, 12 miles from
here.
The cordon of officers and men Is
gradually tightening about tn strong
hold, and It is bulloved Impossible for
the bandits to escape. Three United
States revenue agents, who know well
each of the 1G men composing the
outlaw clan, led the posse to the moun
tain pass. At dawn today smoke wiib
seen curling up from Devil's Den. In
dicating that the bandit were prepar
ing breakfast.
A number of city detectives favor
storming the stronghold, hut the
mountaineer, w!:o know the advant
age the outlaws have In their almost
Imprefcimble position, miilntuln It
would be suicidal to make such an at
tempt, The mountaineers fnvor a
starvation siege.
Mountaineers arriving here this af
ternoon brought a report that fWdney
Kdwardn. nephew of Bid Allen, .leader
Of the bandits, tod been captured,
and that part of the posse was return
ing to HUlsvllle with him. Edwards
Is said to have been badly wounded.
United States T'cputy Marshal Fud
flls plans to go tn (he homes of the
bandits In the K:i Ridge mountains.
and confiscate all "mixyishlne" whis
key thai the outlaw may have con
cealed there. 'The bandits, for the
most purt, are ongnged In Illicit dis
tilling. n .
II R MOULD LIKE TO
RECALL DECISION
uytTZD rnrn ijuskd wiiih
Washington, March R O. D. Hlll
nmn, th& Seattle real estate dealer,
convicted of using the United States
mails In fraudulent real estate deal
ings, today appealed to the United
fltates supreme court. The govern
ment Is fighting the move.
ftnnili from Aernplnnes.
Benghazi, Tripoli, March 18. Ten
Arabs were killed and a number
wounded by bomb dropped from an
aeroplane belonging to the Italian
forces Into a Turkish camp some
dlHtiince Jrom here today.
PhNlrlan May Strike.
flerlin, March IS. A general strike
of the hundred of physician con
nected with the leml-government lick
Insurance system In Germany, I the
threat of the Essen physician union,
If the demand for Increased fee are
BESIEGE
VIBGItl
'not mett
E1.PL
ODES 10 YARDS
EDLOlVtl tfl PIECES
im ar
BODIES
TERRIBLY T.1AUGLED
ARE
GATHERED
BLOCKS AWAY FR0L1 DISASTER
Many Are Injured and Badly Mangled, and Death List Will Be
Much LargerBoiler Jacket, Weighing Half a Ton, Blown
a Block, and the Tender Hundreds of Feet---Glass in
Hundreds of Houses Shattered Buildings Were Wrecked
and Many Other Locomoti ves Smashed Roundhouse
and Shops Burn.
Sun Antonio, TexaB, March 18.
Fourteen persons are known to be
dead as a result of the explosion of a
locomotive In the Southern Pacific
yards today. Parts of some of the
bodies were blown several hundred
feet.
Southern Pacific otfloluls admit
that 14 were killed. Others estlmnte
the number'.pf dead aa hlgli as 25 and
30.
The shopmen employed In the
Southern Pacific yards where the ac
cident occurred are mostly strike
breakers. The cause of the accident
has not been ascertained, and It Is
charged that dynamite Is responsible.
The machine and cooper shops and
a portion of the roundhouse, In
which the engine was standing, wore
wrecked. A number of other engine
jin the building were smashed. The
exploding locomotive was demolished,
the boiler Jacket, welglilng half a ton,
being blown a block away, while the
tender was blown hundreds of feot.
Most of the dead Bie so bndly man
gled that they proluibly never will be
Identified. Fragment of their bodies
were blown blockB away.
Ambulances and doctors of the Fort
Houston hospital corps were rushed
to the scene, the rescue corps remov
ing the corpses In pieces. Not a whole
body whs found. The Iniured were
terribly maimed, anil probably the
death list will be lneresed greatly.
The explosion shattered the glass In
hundreds of houses. The roundhouse
took lire following the dlHiuter, In-
creasing the horror. Thousands
flocked to the scene. The police bus-
Man's Every
from the Hat for his head to
the Shoes for his feet, can be
satisfactorily supplied here.
We make the likes and dis
likes of men a constant study.
Likewise we study men's
fashions with equal interests.
We always try to have the
things men like, in styles
that are right and our high
standards of quality.
Hat prices
$1.50 and $5.00
Shoe prices
$4.00 to $6. 00
Suit prices
$12 to $30
Salem Woolen Mills Store
(MOTIVE
IN BUCKETS
pect some outside cbubb for the explo
sion. Late reports today are to the ef
fect that the estimates of 20 to 30
killed were none too high, but owing
to the fact that the bodies were
blown Into fragments and to such
great distances, it Is Impossible to
form anything like a correct esti
mate. Four buildings were totally or par
tially wrecked, and the men upon
flicse blown to bits. One corpse was
found three blocks away. The com
pany's copper shop was demolished,
the north end of the blacksmith shop
collapsed and the roundho'ise roof
was lifted off. The locomotive Btood
almost In the center of a square
formed by the four buildings.
Engineer Walter Jordan waa olllnir
the engine when the explosion oc
curred. Shreds of his clothing were
found nearby.
Railroaders declare thnt no hiss of
the pop valve, denoting an over
charged boiler, preceded the explo
sion. Nothing was left of the locomo
tive but the drivers and the bed
plates. The tender telescoped and
catapulted agnlnst another locomo
tive. Portions., of the machinery were
projected fort -: thousand feet up In
tho nlr. fallln nn mHnintnr 1...11.1
j Ingn. The feed pipe, through whleh
the engtnos lake fuel wns broken
and for a time snouted flam.. 0,1,11
, to the horror.
Workers Inside (he machln ml
blacksmith SimltH nr.ihatilv iiai.a.
knew what haimened
Clothes Need
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