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8ALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912.
NO. 70.
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016 GOAL STRIKE
IF IT CAGES 600,0
OPERATOHS AUD illERS
HELD COriFEREIJCE TODAY
All the Big Interests of the' Country Have Men at the Confer
ence to Report Conditions" Will Almost Equal Conditions
in England: if Stride Comes--Principal Dispute Is as to
Price to: Be Paid for Mining, and the Character of the Coal,
Whether as It Comes From the Mine or After Screening.
Cleveland, 0., March 21.Wtth the
operators and miners of Jthe bitumln
. oiib mines adjourning at noon no near
er an agreement than when their con
ference began, the probability of a
national coal . strike appeared much
nearer to day. All the big Interests of
the country have corps of men here
daily, sending them reports of every
step in the negotiations of the confer
ees. The entire morning 'was spent In
discussing the first clause of the
TWENTY-FIVE
ARE BROUGHT
JOT AIM
Icmitid rural" uusid wise. .
,, McCvrtaln, Okla:)v March 21. Four
' teen miners were rescued alive this
afternoon from the burning mine No.
2 pf the San Bois Coal company, which
wag wrecked by a gas explosion! This
brings the total of those removed alive
up to 26, with 70 still entombed. .
The success of this afternoon's
work has raised the hope that others
are living In the mine, and the rescue
parties have redoubled their efforts
to get to the Imprisoned miners.
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SAYS THE GOATS
CLINKED THE FEME
William J. Ball has started suit In
the circuit court against E. M. Crol
san for $1,000 damages sustained by
reason of the damages alleged done
to his peach trees by a herd of goats
belonging to Crolsan. The lands of
the two parties Join and it Is alleged
that Mr. Crolsan's goats have been
allowed by their owner to climb the
fence and' enter the lands of the
plaintiff, peeling the trees and doing
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Salem anil Vicinity: Fair
tonight with heavy frost,
Friday fair,
Ct05 ' 10 ' ! r , ! tf V
Ohnertntlon. tkon tt . m.. 7Mb merldlnn II me. l"e.It?lr ."uemwriwrei
Fair
Oregon and Washington:
fair. Easterly winds.
, th ..
s,w,i, on .h.a.f .n
"I'vnaiic, 6V UrglCCI) Duuiiiii"" -
Portland tonight about 32 degrees.
River Forecast.
The Willamette river at Portland will fall slowly for tl-ttj. r thre.
moot
miners' demands, providing for the
payment of their wages on a run of
mine basis, Instead of a screened coal
basis, and at noon neither side had
conceded a point. The screened coal
basis, which is now In use, pays 95
cents per ton on all coal which does
not pass through an Inch and a half
creen. The run of mine basis, upon
which the men are uncompromisingly
Insisting they be paid for all coal
mined, large or small, at the rate of
77 cents per ton.
great damage thereto in other ways.
A judgment for $1000 Is asked and
such other and further relief as
shall seeiir meet and equitable.
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SUGAR TRUST PUT
SEGAL I)0VN AND OUT
(uxitib rnnus'ltistD wibi.
New York, March 21. In the sugar
trust trial today Judge Hand re
versed himself and permitted the In
troduction - as evidence: . tit. letters
written by David Stetson, of Phila
delphia to President Thomas, of the
American Sugar Refining company.
These letters showed that Thomas
asked Stetson to get the facts as to
the financial condition of August Se
gal. The government alleged that as
the result of the Information thus
received, the heads of the trust con
spired and got control of the Phila
delphia refining company, also caus
ing Segal's financial wreck.
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MEXICAN BRIGANDS
STRIPPED AMERICANS
UNHID pbubs lsasbd w!r.
Del Rio, Texas, March 21. Stripped
of their horses, cattle and all valu-
ables by Mexicans brigands, a party
of Americans arrived here today. They
say that the Mexicans, who carried a
red flag with the word "Liberty" In-
scribed on it, warned them never to
return to Mexico again.
S. Department of Agriculture,
WEATHER BUREAU.
WILLIS L MOORE, Chief.
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UXPLANATORY NOTKS.
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1'orecat.t Till l. Friday.
tonight with light frost near the coast
Slilniiers' Fen-cast
gentile aealnat minimum temperature,
imlse. "0 degrees; south to Slaklyous.
certain
00 I'M I'MI! OUT:
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To Resubmit Recall,
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Phoenix, Aria., March
The proposed attempt to rein-
corporate in the Arliona con-
stltution the recall of Judges'
provision occupied first place on
the legislative program today
and according to plans of lead-
erg In both houses, a special
election to determine the quea-
tlon will be called for July 3.
'The recall provision ;' will be
submitted exactly, as adopted by
the 1 constitutional "- convention
prior to President Tart's ex-
presslon of disapproval
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THE MASHER
HOT CHOICE
AS TO COLOR
tUNlTID FKISS l.EiBIO W1HR.1
San Francisco, March 21. "All
women just naturally: seem to fall
in love with me and I can't make
them stop. How con I be blamed for
It If they fall head over heels over
each other in trying to land me T"
This was the novel defense put up
here today by Raymond Higglns,
cafe entertainer, charged with hav
ing betrayed Violet Levere, aged 19.
The girl cfalniN Higglns also pawned
her jewelry and kept ths money."' He
Is held in $10,000 bonds pending fur
ther Investigation.
The police .say Higglns has con
tributed to the moral delinquency of
no less than 10 San Francisco girls.
A charge of white slavery probably
will be lodged against him. Three j
women have been .found1 who will tes
tify against him, among them being
Mollle Hlggins, a negress.
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TAFT'S VOTE WILL
WILL NOT EXCEED 25110
DNITID FHESS IXiiltD WIBE.1
Forgo, N. D March 21. That the
vote of President Taft in the state
presidential preference primary will
not exceed 2500 is shown in addltlon-
al returns received here today. Indl-
cations today are that Senator La Fol-
lette's plurality over Roosevelt will be
about 12,000, although many rural
districts have not been heard from,
The Democratic vote was about 6000
(.nntlniinili nM TMUH Uimilffn DOinU
d',.wn only for ,ro, fr.eilng. ?. md lu.
and heavy frost
in interior. Friday
of about 32 degrees
northeast to
21 degrc
Minimum temperature at
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Lote raised It.
Seattle, March
21. Because
they could sea no hope for .their
love affair, Mrs.! Kolul Maru-
tanl and Setsugor Nakao. well
known Japanese at Kent, Wash.,
are dead today, having centered
Into a. death pact and.- taking
t strychnine simultaneously in the
home of - Mrs. Marutanl. They
are believed to have taken the
poison late Tuesday- afternoon.
The woman was only 22 and
very comely. Nakao was ' a
prosperous rancher. Mis father
4 left a tew' weeks ago for Japan
k bring . back his- . son's . be-
trothed wife."
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Southern Pacific Puts Out Sur
veying Crew to Lpcate Line
From Falls Cfiy to Some
Point on the Coast
IT WILL-OPEN THE SILETZ
Several Preliminary Sarvtys Hnve
Been Made on the Gerllnger Line,
and the Present Sunty Will Prob
ably Select the Permanent lioute
Only a Short Time Till the Vast
Timber Keaonrces of the Hlleti Will
He Tributary toJSalem.
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ONITaO TMSS LaAI-. wim.l
Falls City, Ore., March 21. A com
bination express and baggage car be
longing to the Southern Pacific' Rail
way company was brought to this city
Tuesday for use by a surveying crew
that will arrive In a few. days to be
gin the, Work of finding a route for
railroad from the present terminus
of the Salem, Falls City & Western
at Black Rock, to the coast.
Notwithstanding that numerous sur-
'veys have been made In Western Polk
county for railway line to the coast,
no construction work has been done.
The new railway bridge over the
, Willamette which Is now tinder con
struction, will give the Southern Pa
cific entrance to Salem for electric
cars from Portland via McMinnvllle.
The bridge will also give the Falls
City road direct connection at Salem
with the Southern Pacific and Oregon
Electric roads.
The extension of the Qerllnger road
to the coast has been under advise
ment for a long time. Surveys have
been made, some of which Include a
0000-foot tunnel. The valuable tim
ber In the Siletz basin Is the magnet
that attracts railroad builders, and
this road now extends to within four
miles of the coveted prlr.e.
The surveyors' car was loaded with
tents, camp outfits, provisions and
surveying equipment, and the party
will use it as a transport and depot
for future supplies.
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HONOR fill
COMES BACK
lummy runs U-iseb wick.)
Shii Francisco, MHrch 21. John Mc
Millan, the "honor man," who broke
faith with Governor Wffht, of. Oregon,
when he fled from the tuberculosis
hospital at the Siilcm penitentiary,
where he was slutloned to do light
work, without guard, and who Sur
rendered himself here several clays
ago, because his conscience haunted
him continually for breaking his word,
will be sent back to the Buletn peni
tentiary today on the steamer Hear.
He will nut be accompanied by a
guard.
Tears of gratitude gathered In Mc
Millan's eyes when told of West's or
ders, and, after bidding furewell to
his temporary keepers, he departed
ulone for the Salem penitentiary.
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TO COAST
UflGUAnOED
TEO SOCIETY GlilS ABE lira
; nW-WfiTIG :'HTV BIT LMLS
, Principle or Plet
;.i
Seattle, March 21. "Th bat-
tie cry of the Insurgents has al-
ways .been 'principled. It now
appears to me to have changed
to the noble - and enthusiastic
clamor for pie."
In : these words, Ole Hanson,
a leading 'progressive ; here and
former member .of the leglsla-
ture, addressed a 'letter to 8ena-
to Mllos Pdndexter who has
been advocating the nomination
of Roosevelt In preference to
LaFolletta.
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EVIDENTLY
UnOALAHCED
A warrant was Issued yesterday In
Justice Webster's court charging
Frank Ingram with assault with a
dangerous weapon. The case arose
over the skins and carcasses of dead
animals which Ingram had shot and
which were left near the . cabin of
George Wiggins. The men are en
gaged' In' cutting wood near Wocon
da In this county where the difficulty
arose which resulted In the arrest of
Ingram. One day while Ingram was
away from his cabin, Wiggins took
the' carcasses away fronj where In
gram had? deposited them near In
gram's cabin and removed them to a
place where the odor would not be
noticed. Upon Ingrain's return he
commanded Wiggins at the point of
a pistol to return them, which he
accordingly did. It was over this
last Incident that Wiggins swore out.
the warrant for his arrest.
Constable John Iewls went to the
cabin last evening to arrest Ingram
and he seemed at first willing to sub
mit to arrest but very suddenly
seUed a revolver and held Lewis at
bay. Another man by th name of
Howard was there and Iewls or
dered Howard to disarm him, which
he did and then Ingram was again
submissive, but at an unguarded mo
ment he look up a double-barreled
shotgun and pointed It at the con
stable, when Howard agnln dlHarnied
the accused man. While on the way
to Salem Ingram made an unsuc
cessful attempt to escape by Jump
ing out of the conveyance and crawl
ing under a house. Iewts got him
again by grabbing his leg as he
went under the building. Ingram
was at lust landed In Ralnm, where
he was lodged in the county jail. His
case came up for hearing before the
justice of the peaco this morning,
where he waived examination and
was bound over to the grand Jury In
the sum of $.'i00.
Uelng unable to furnUli the ball,
he was sent to the county Jiill.
A.MKKIC.t NH H.KF.IMl
FROM MF.XH'O
Han Diego, Cal., March 21. Ameri
can refugees arriving here today on
the steamer Ilenlto Juarez, from Mexi
co, roport that Americans ore desert
ing the west coast as fast as possible.
They say that there are no Amerlcaps
In the vicinity of Magadan and other
Mexican cities, and that they are flee'
Ing for safety to the United Htates.
HILL TO RF.IH'CE
1(1 TV ON WOOL
(UMTED rilKNS I KAHItli WlltK )
Washington, March 21. Congress
man I'ndeiwiwd Introduced In the
house today a bill reducing the duty
on wool, which Is" Identical with the
measure vetoed by President Tafl. The
committee on wsye and means en
dorsed the Cnderwood bill this moiti
Ing.
A (Jenrroun llllnrsnl.
t (INITIO rns 1 1 aihu wim 1
llend. Ore, March 21. After he
kicked John Johnson's eye out, Daniel
Milliard generously offered to pay
hospital bills. Hut Johnson was un
reasonable and swore out a complaint.
CARRIED I0T0 LM1THI0S
PARENTS RAISICO WW
JO PAY RHOSOL DELUDED
Five Hundred Rurales Revolt in Mexico City, But Are Sub
dued After 31 Escaped Ring Leaders Will Be Shot at Sun
Rise Tomorrow Mexico City Is Enlisting Troops and Is
: Preparing to Make a Desperate Resistance in Case the Reb
els Attack lt--Kidnaping of Girls Stirs Citizens' Wrath
Against the Rebels.
(UH1TBD r9S LSiSEO W1R1. j
Moxleo City, March 21. Ten of the
most beautiful socloty girls of Zaca
tecas City have been kldnapod by
rebel soldiers and carried Into the
mountains, according to dispatches
received here today,
Armed poses pursued the kidnap
ers but were unable to overtake the
soldiers with their captives. Parents
of the girls today are collecting
funds with which to ransom them.
The Mexico City council today has
appointed a committee In each' ward
of the city to organize fighting men
FOnt N0X.COMIUTASJ8
KILLED BY i BOMB
UX1TSD FSISS IJASin wiu.
. Ixmdon, March 21.i--.Kour persons
were kljltrti mitf wounded, all non
combatants, In the town of Zanxeur,
near Tripoli, by a bomb dropped
from an Italian dirigible balloon, ac
cording to dispatclio received from
a correspondent with the Turkish
army. Heavy rifle fire from the
Turkish Infantry put the dirigible to
rout
HOT LITTLE FIRE
IX SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, March 21. Fanned
by a heavy wind, fire which Btnrted
In the western section of the city to
day destroyed half a dozen cottages,
causing estimated damage of $25,000.
Occupants of the dwellings baroly
had time to get to the street, losing
all their household effects.
ACCDSED
ACCUSES
ACCUSER
FRANK HAIKUAKHTS, A UK ENTER
ON STATEMENT OK ITTNAM FOR
MlRDEItlNO TWO WOMEN, HAYS
PI'TNAM IS THE Ml' KDF.II Kit.
Riverside, Cal., March 21. Muln"
tulnlng his Innocence of the murder of
Mrs. Harriet Guyot and Miss Julia
Francois, Frank llnurwaerts, held on
suspicion, today declared that M. 1). C.
Putnam Is the real murderer, It was
on Information furnished by Putnam
tli ut llsuerwai'ts was arrested.
Putnam asserted that llnurwaerts,
who Is a llelglun, killed the women nt
a desert camp 30 miles from Iris, a
station on the Southern Pacific rail
way, and burled the bodies. Rlieilfr
Wilson and Coroner Couklln, accom
panied by Putnam, ate en route today
to the scene of the allegnd crimes.
A close watch Is being maintained
over llniierwaerts in the county jail
here, because the officers feur he will
try to escape. According to Ills Jail
ers the prisoners lit times appears Ir
rational. o-
A Mght Prowler.
Orsss Valley, Cel., March 21. A
venturesome owl flew against the pow
er wires near here. Grass Vulley und
Nevada City spent a iiiitht In total
darkness befmo the cause of the
trouble was discovered.
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One nil the llorxe.
Portland, Ore., March 21 The cost
of living recently killed a Portland
horse. The animal heard a Front
street commission dealer says apples
were t'i a box, and fell dead.
to resist the expected attack of the
rebels. The recruits have been pro
vided with arms and are bolng drilled
dally.
More than 200 Rurales revolted
here today and were only subdued
after 31 of their number had es
caped. ' The ringleaders In the mut
iny probably will be shot.
Word' has been received from Gen
eral Zapata that he wilt arrive here
within a week. Many per.wns are
looking to former President De La
barra, who is en route here from
Paris, to save the nation.
POSSE IS
AFTER THE
RDEHER-
oritsd nm uimn wus,)
Moiitesano, Wash., March 21. Tha
lifeless bodies of Deputy Sheriff Colin
McKenzle and Al. Elinor were found
by the searching party yesterday, 30
miles north of here, In the Oxbow
country, and so well were the remains
hidden that only the aoft earth be
neath the officers' feet led to the grue
some discovery. '
The men were lying on their backs,
and a busty examination developed
thut both were shot, and John Tor
now, the alleged slayer, Is still nt
largo. ,
Deputy Sheriff Fitzgerald believes
that the men walked Into an ambush,
mid got within 25 feet of the camp;
when they were murdered without a
warning.
Bringing In Bodies.
Tacoma, March 21. A posse of IS
men are today trying to recover the
bodies of the deputies slain, and no
effort will be made to capture Turnow,
the alleged murderer until the re
mains are brought In. This will take
three or four dnys, according to long
distance telephone Interviews.
Yesterday afternoon Turnow wns
closely pressed by the bloodhounds,
and fired at them. They turned tail
and fled. The location of the bodiea
shows that after the men were shot
from ambush the murderer dragged
the bodies about 110 feet and buried
them, He was within half a mile of
the scene of the crime last night, but
could not be located. The wllilness
of the country makes his Immediate
capture or a battle with the posse Im
probable for several days.
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Ilahy Cart CuiiHcd It,
IINITOD I'llMS IJMXSD WIS!.
Los Angeles, Murch 21. Although
he dally directs the courses of thou
sands of vehicles, Traffic Officer It.
M. Oreen fell a victim to a baby car
riage. To avoid being struck by a
hurrying mother, he stepped In front
of An automolillu. lies In the hos-
pltul.
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Could Nut (Junllf).
UNITRI) MEM I.KANR1) WIIIS 1
Oakland, Cal., March 21. Clad In
plcturcsue silk pajamas, Ralph Har
ris leuped from bed In confusion when
a comely woman and Hire edetctlves
burst Into his room. Hhe wus looking
for a fugitive spouse, but Harris could
not qualify.
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He Is for Papa.
ft'NITBU rWtS I.KAKKD WIB 1
Hun Francisco, March 21. Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., has Joined the Roose
velt club here. He Is for papa.
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