Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, April 28, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textijipnsiififl rnTr i III- l :j: Irll I j 'tii'u ' v, ,ii TOL.Xm SALEM, OREGON, MOSDAT, APEIL , 1912. rlU. lwh FORMES FLEEID6 FBOH HICO rl-""::DOinESS RflflST TflO ilffiTR PARTIES Of EACH SIDE LAY FOR AND SHOOT STRAGGLERS I OUT HAVE HO REAL RATTLES Refugees Say They Do Not Fear the Mexicans Under Present Conditions, But That if the United States or Any Other Coun- j. try Should Interfere in Their Little Family Row, They Would Be Afraid of a General Massacre of All Foreigners---From Their Statement Uncle Sam Has No Cause for Intervention CNITID PRESS L1AHIED Wll'l.t j San Diego, Cal., April 29. Ilrlnglng 12 American citizens and British sub jects, who are fleeing from Mexico. not from fear of the present conditions there, but because they feared for their : ves In case the United States should intervene, the steamer Benito, Juarez Captain Miranda, steamed Into port here today. Not a passenger on board said he left the southland because of any fear from the tnsurrectos or the Mexican federals under present conditions. The only apprehension entertained by the Tefugees was that some other country tiiight Intervene, and all were certain that If this occurred a massacre of all whites in Mexico would be sure to fol low. The Only Bcul Danger. The only real danger which was ex perienced by any of the party, except from stray bullets, was undergone by .the three English people,' ,yho were . in charge of a mine at Basis, Durango., The party was composed of R. L. Field r and wife and J. C. Dunn. Dunn Bald conditions reached a crisis at Basis, Durango, several weeks 'ago, and that they were forced to close down the mine and go to Mazatlan. He said they made the whole eight-days' trip on horseback, and at one time en countered a band of tnsurrectos. The English party took to the hills and remained hidden in an arroyo for a day and a night, until the rebels had passed on. The party then proceeded to Mazatlan, where they remained until the Benito Juarez sailed. A Guerilla War. Speaking of the situation In Mazat Ian, Dunn said there was a fight there between the insurrectos and federals about two weeks ago, In which there were ten people killed, two by stray bullets. He stated the only danger to any foreigners during the engagement was that they might be accidentally shot. He told of one brewery driver, who was taking no part In the fight, U. 8alem and Vicinity: Rain tonight and Tuesday. Brisk, gusty winds. yVv J55L wiLua u MUUKfc, thief . ) f EXPUANATORY NOTFitB. Ohwryatlons taken tl 1 1. m.. 7.',lh merldltn tlm. Air preuurc rodtirwl to ' ImpI. Ioln (conllnnom IIi.m) mm Ihmurh nninr. U f'e: W Prtlr cloudy; Q clpurty; rtlu; mow; report minim. Arrow fly wltb tho wind. F'nt Sturm lowattm-IH-riiurn pt 12 hours; erond. preclplutlon of .01 Incb or mors for past M boun; third, mtxlmum wind volocily ' - ; 2 Oregon and Washington: southerly winds interior. snippers' Forecast Protect shipments is far north as Spokane against minimum temperatures of about 44 degrees; northeast to Spokane, 38 degrees; southeast to .Boise 32 degrees; south to Siskiyou 34 degrees. Minimum temperature at Portland tonight, about 46 degres. Hirer r trees st. The Willamette rlrer at Portland will rise slowly Tuesday and more rapidly Wednesday and Thursday. EDWARD A. BEAL3, District Forecaster. S OPERA BOUFFE VARIETY but who was shot from his wagon and killed. Fielder said that the fight In Mazat lan could not be called a battle, as the contesting parties would go about the streets In bands of 12 or 15. and when they saw a lone enemy they would take out after him Bhootlng Into the air and crying 'vile la Madero," or the cry of the insurrectos, They were always sure that they' did not meet a band of opponents. Cruiser at Sun Diego. San Diego, Cal., April 29. The crulBer Maryland, In port here, is tak ing on sea stores. Although the offi cers of the vessel announce that the cruiser is to sail for Santa Monica Wednesday, the activity on board In dicates that a long sea voyage is ex pected at once.' OTHER TOtVJiS WILL GET HIM IN THE DRIXK Eugene, Ore., April 29. A hobo glv lng the name of John Jones smelled so badly he could not be taken to court, so Judge Bryson sontenced him from the sidewalk, to be bathed everv day for ten days in the Willamette riv er. Johnson sobbed in uncontrollable grief when sentences was pronounced. Dropped Half a Mile Venice, Cal., April 19. A para chute drop of 2,600 feet from an aeroplane while slzzlng through, the air at 30 miles an hour Is the. fact ac credited today to William Morton. professional aeronaut, Morton claims his performance to be the first of the kind on record. He was taken aloft by aviator Phil Permalee who circled gracefully about him as he decended A contract has been let by the Cali fornia-Oregon Light & Power com pany for 50,000 barrels of cement, to be used In building a dam In Ward's canyon, near Klamath Falls. The dam will be 2r0 feet long and 90 feet high. S. Department of Agriculture. jWEATHER BUREAU. x iv it i i .un i on Forecsst Till S p. m. Tnesday. Rain tonight and Tuesday. High south to southwest winds along the coast, brisk Burned to Death. Whltemore, Cal., April 29. Scorched In their beds when a high wind blew down a stove- pipe and set fire to the hoiiBe. Nora Amlck, aged 6, is fatally burned here today, and her one- year-old babv brother. In niTr. lng serious injuries. The moth- er Mrs. B. I. Amlck. who was visiting with neighbors at the time, rushed Into the burning house with John Frazer and rescued the children. Both res- cuers were seriously burned. POLITICS -REO HOT Ifj. CALIFORNIA UNITBD PBI8S LKABltD Willi. 1 I Los Angeles, Cal., April 29. With Governor Hiram Johnson here to speak for Colonel Roosevelt at a mass meet ing tonight, Senator La Folette to ap pear In and around Los Angeles four times In the Interest of his own candi dacy, and Walter Houser, La Follete's campaign manager, dividing overflow Interest with MedlU " McCormlck, of Chicago, Los Angeles today is the cap Itol of political activity on the coast. La Follette returned early today from San Diego, where he spent Sunday In rest He was scheduled to address the Women's City club at noon, and to speak at Ocean Park, Sunta Monica and Venice this evening, leaving for San Francisco ea'rly tomorrow. Governor Johnson will speak tomor row night at San Diego, Wednesday at San Bernardino, Thursday at Santa Ana, Friday at Pasadena and Saturday night at Long Beach. BEVERIDflE WILL STUMP CALIFORNIA UNITED ritUSS I.EA8K0 WHIR. San Frnnrlnen. Anrtl 90 Trunin . 1 - -1' ' ..w. (III Senator Albert J. Beverldge, of Indl-1 ana, is coming to California to stump the state for Colonel Roosevelt, ac cording to announcement made here today. Beverldge Is due to arrive in San Francisco Friday, and will remain until after the primaries on Mny 14. His Itinerary has not yet been com pleted. I'1 I Almrf Boston, April 29. That the Rev. C. V. T. Rlcheson, under sentence to die for the murder of his 19-year-old sweetheart, AvIb Llnnell, by cyanide poison- lng and declared by his attor- nevs to be insane, told the nrls- on officers that he may become a Catholic priest, was declared here today by a former fellow prisoner of the once Cambridge pastor. The man said that he had visited Rlcheson 20 times recently. Rlcheson Is said to be ex- tremely nervous and smokes constantly. , Has Taken Over the Portland Railway Light & Power Company's Lines in Salem Says a Special Dispatch. BOUGHT DEPOT GROUNDS Deal Stirs SalcmlteH, as It Trobalily Means the Making of Thlx City the Center of a Network of luternrltau Llueg Welch Interests Own Many Properties and it is Thought These Will AH Be Connected In One BIr System. Say It Is the 8. P. Portland, Or., April 29. Per sistent reports, which, through unconfirmed, seemed authorlta- tlve, today were that the South- ern Pacific railroad had pttr- chased the Willamette Valley street car svRtema nf A WniMi Neither confirmation, nor denial ' was given out by the Southern - Pacific officials The Welch properties include the street car systems of Salem and Albany. It In known that the S. P. Is anxious to acquire electric lines In the Willamette Vallev. ab feeders for Its Hteam systems. The transfer to take place about May 1st. A special Salem dispatch to the Oregonlun yesterday says: "What promises to be one of the most gigantic of proposed railway deals in this section of the valley, Is presaged In authoritative information to tho effect that the Welch Interests positively have purchased the local streetcar lines of the Portland Rail way, l.leht b Pownr . rnmnnnif anil have closed deals for the purchase of an entire block In the heart of 8a- Jem's residence dlnlrlct. The consid eration for tho purchase of the block will be more than $100,000, This block is bounded by Commer cial, Marlon, Liberty and Center streets. On one side of the block are the tracks of the Port Eastern, avowedly a Welch prop erty. On another side Is the Com mercial street line of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, which this authoritative Information declares has been taken over by the Welch Interests. Welch's Barkers I'nknown, "No one seems to know who Is backing Welch, but this Information shows that he Is spondlng money lav ishly here. What consideration he gave for the street car properties of the l'ortland Railway, Light & Power company Is not known. There Is practically 12 miles of Hack here and many thousands of dollars have been spent on Improvements In these lines during the past two or three years. 'The block of residence property will cost more than $100,000. From what can be learned, It will be the plan to rar.e the buildings when the proper time comes and use the en tire block for depot and deoot (Continued oa pas Bra.) WELCH IMS ACQUIRED CAR DOES . t- - . w ht w Jf m m Su? tea H itMiA ffilTARY IBUlnllS 10 WW ! .11 , . Four Are Rendered. Sacramento, Cal., April 29. Before leaving the city today for Los Angeles. Goveinor John- son Issued reprieves for four weeks to Willie Luis, of San Luis Obispo, George Figeuroa. of Los Angeles, William Burke, of San Diego and Alex Szafscur. The four were scheduled to be hanged at San Quentln Friday. The governor also appointed John Allison Is trustee of the state normal school at Chlco to succeed Trustee Campbell, re- signed. UMPHREY TRIAL ENDS fUXITID PRESS LBA8KD WIDE. Corvallls, Ore., April 29. Further testimony that George Humnhrev ad mitted fully his guilt of the crime was introduced today by tha state when re-openlng lu case for a few minutes. It placed M. P. Burnett on the stand In the trial of George and Charles Humphrey, brothers, charged with the murder of Mrs. Eliza Griffith. Burnett testified that, after being brought to Corvallls, following his arrest, George Humphrey confessed to him that he, with his brother, had killed the aged woman In her home one night last; June, giving all the de tails of the crime, The defense In troduced several witnesses who testi fied that the Humphreys are simple minded, of dull mentality and, in their opinion, Incapable of planning and executing such a crime as the killing of Mrs. 'Griffith. Court House Is Crowded. Corvallls, Ore., April 29. With the defense making rapid progress In the presentation of its case, the trial nf George and Charles Humphrey, broth ers charged with the brutal murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Griffith at her home near Philomath, last June, todny was expected to be flnlBhod by night. The case probably will go to the Jury to morrow morning. The dofonse today Introduced sever al witnesses previously testifying for the slnto. By these witnesses, the de fense expects to prove the defendants are men of low mentality, and that what purports to be their complete confession were made as the result of men of keener mind dragging admis sions of guilt from them, which they would not babe made of tholr own ac cord, The attendance at the trial, which has been large since the action was begun, Increased still more today. And the court room was overflowed hv morbidly curious Although the story of the murder lias been revolting In the extreme, and none of the hideous details have been omitted, many women are regular at tendants at the trial. AMOUNTS CANDIDATES EXPEI DEO It cost Theodore Roosevelt $1524.05 for the campaign he waged lu this state, according to the expense ac count filed today with Secretary of Slate Olcolt. La Follette also filed his expense statement, showing he expended $1, 298.72. Bourne spent $I96.26 In try ing to be renominated senator, and Cochran $1073.17 to secure the nom ination for congress. Woodrow Wilson expended $506.91 in his campaign in this state and Champ Clark $384. The Odd Fellows' bulldlna at New. j berg was dedicated last Thursday. TOMORROW (iOOOOAY LOHCIIES PROVE TO BE VALOAGLE FEATURE 10 "GET TOGETHER" BDVEL1EIIT Sanitary Conditions Discussed Today Health. Officer, Dr. Morse, Says Laws Are Not Complied With and the Laws Were Not Strict Enough, Either Conditions at Slaughter Houses Were Pronounced Very Bad by County Health Of ficer Van Winkle, Who Has Taken Steps to Improve Them. Salem Business Men's league at Its noonday lunch at the Marlon hotel, boosted for better sanitary condi tions and gave a hearing to the new health ordinance that will be Intro duced tor adoption this evening at the city council. Dr. Willis C. Morse, of ' the state board of health, explained the provi sions of the new sanitary ordinance. Ho said it was quite stringent. "A city is no" place for farming opera tions," said Dr. Morse. "It Is no place for cow-yards or chicken yards, and this ordinance prohibits them." Mr. Huckesteln nked If this ordi nance npplted to horse barns? Mr. Decltabach said while It pro vided Tor hauling away manure, what would he do with' people who hauled lu barn-yard manure and spread It over their lawns? Dr. Miles, city health officer, spoke for better sanitary regulations. Also a stronger milk ordinance. He would have a deputy inspect every store and dwelling In the city. He asked the co-operation of the business men. Not a restaurant In the city had san itary premises In -his opinion. . L. Samuel spoke for the suburb of Salem, called Portland. The founder of Oregon Life said Salem was head and shoulders with the general pros perity of the state. He said the health ordinance was very Important and not half strict enough. W. T. Rlgdon said the law should be changed so that persons from oth er counties, who died at state Insti tutions and hospitals located at Sa lem, should bo charged to the coun ties they came from. C. L. Dick mnde one of his usual optimistic talks for Salem and the Willamette Valloy. F. U. Decknbuch spoke in explana tion of some man who claimed he had found fault with a glass of Sa lem beer, which some one had bought for him. He proposed three cheers for the health ordinance and the health officers who deaorved the sup- THE CLOSED SEASON IS TIT Should an opinion rendered by the attorney-general this morning correct ly construe the law, It will mean that no gar can be shipped Into the state from any other state, and used during the closed season. Game,, Warden Flnley requested tho opinion, stilting that two deer had been shipped Into Portland from Idaho and desiring to know If, under the law, he could confiscate them and arrest those who had tbuin In their poHses slon. The assistant nttorney-Keiierul replies by stating that the courts of this state have held that whenever game killed In another state roaches this state that it becomes Oregon game, and that It shipped In while the season Is closed those found wltn It In their poHsesslon are subject to arrest, and t lie game subject to con fiscation. ( hiirrh on If a ft. Long Beach, Cal., April 29. Be cause no one will sell them a lot. negro Baptists propose floating their church on pontoons In the harbor. They own a commodious building which must be removed from Its present protested site at once, AGAINS la their sanitary J. T. Reed, a engineer from Port land, spoke of conditions In New Zea land. The meeting was a very enthusi astic one and the sentiment was unanimous for better snnltary regu lations. Inspector Abnttolrs. County Health Officer J. O. Van Winkle at the request of Stab Health officer Calvin 8. White, has made an inspection of the slaughter houses located Just south of the slaughter house district, which Is In the south eastern part of the city. These places were found to be in many re spects run In violation of the state law governing such matters. For In stance, water to wash the meat of the animals killed, Is taken from an open well within 20 feet of the place of killing. The law requires that it well water Is used, it must be at least 200 foet from the plane of killing. The blood from the animals killed Is allowed to run out onto the ground and be devoured by hogs that are afterwards killed for the city markets. Tho offals are thrown out to the hogs also without being cooked as required by law. Dr. Van Winkle has notified the Isouses of the requirements of the law and will hold the proprietors to a strict com pliance with the law. Dr. Van Win kle has taken up the matter of fur ther action regarding the matter with State Health Officer Whltq, of Port land, and will request him to come to Salem to make an inspection of the premises preparatory to taking further action against those vlolntlng thestate law. ' ONE LEFT ANOTHER HE Evidently finding hlmsolf unoccu pied, Louis Smith, sentenced to a two- year term in the penitentiary, from Tillamook county, for burglary, made use of his tlmo yesterday to offect an escape from the penitentiary. He waa a trusty, and was committed to the prison In April, 1911. Tlie penitentiary authorities were advlBed today that Frank Wegor has been apprehended nt Portland. Wencr was sentenced from Gilliam county to serve a term of one year In the penl tontlary for larceny. He escaped two years ago while sorvlng In the capac ity of a trusty. HXYK TO THE POLE DKOWXED IN THE BIT Crescent Beach, Conn., April 29. Overturned while riding a hoavy sea In a power canoe, George Borup, of New York, who was with Rear-Admiral Robert E. Peary on his suc cessful north pole expedition, and Snniuel Wlnshlp Case, of Norwich. tonn., are dead by drowning hereto day. Both were graduates of Yale. rnplls Hill Raise Chickens. Los Angeles, Cal., April 29. Los Angeles school children have been granted permission by the board of education to raise chickens In the school yards. Bcbolastto truck gar dens, proteated by oriental vegetable peddlers, will be supplanted at one port of tho business men efforts at securing better conditions. CA! DAC!( by poultry 'yards.