Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, May 14, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1: f f n n Hi1, ;j. nu ' v v v v , ill! I. .em. d ft VOL. HIL ' ' 8ALIM, OKECOK. TUESDAY, MAT H, 1912. - . KO. 116. mWimil IP1L1BM U1LL HOLD Tl'Jfl SEPARATE COOIDIII ROOSEVELT HAS OUT TAFT MEN ARE GIIEWIl Progressives Were Notified Several Days Ago That, in Spite of Their Undisputed Majority, That as Far as Uncontested Delegations Were Concerned, They Would Not Be Allowed to Participate in the Temporary . Organization of the ' Con-vention-'Committees From Each Side Trying to Agree- Hot Old Time Expected. dmitio rnisna masid wihi. i Aberdeen, Wash., May 14. -That two separate conventions will be held here tomorrow at the opening of the Republican state convention Is evi denced by the fact that Taft and Roosevelt-LaFollette followers are holding separate caucuses trying to arrive at an amicable adjustment at the suggestion of Chairman Coiner to postpone the report of the Biib-com-inlttee on credentials of the new com mitteemen until 1 o'clock today. The progressives had been given notice several days ago that in spite of their undisputed majority at' least so far as uncontested delegations are concerned, they would be shut off by the state central committee from any participation In the temporary or ganization of the convention. Governor Hay, however, has prac tically conceded a Roosevelt victory, as he lias suggested that overtures lie made to tire Insurgents' of a- fllfl ANOTHER MEETING TO PERFECT IT A very enthusiastic meeting of the Jlaiion county manufacturers was held last night at the Board of Trade rooms for the purpose of perfecting an organization. A constitution and bylaws was Introduced and another meeting railed for next Tuesday even ing for the purpose of perfecting the organization and adopting the consti tution and by-laws, The Marion county manufacturers from over the county outside of Salem are urgently requested to be present. - Nearly every manufacturer , In , Salem was present last night. Everybody was In favor of the organization, and espec ially of the plan to have a Marlon county Manufacturers' exhibit at the coming Cherry Kalr. This movement should have the hearty support of the Marion county manufacturers and every effort should be made to pot on a manufacturers' exhibition here which will show the people what is being" done in Marlon county; it is eafe to say the result of such a dis play would be surprising. OPENS HER HOUSE TO HELP THE GIRLS Sacramento, Cal., May 14. Between 300 and 400 secretaries, assistants, trustees and students connected with the Y. W. C. A. will attend the annual Pacific coast conference of that organ ization, which will be held for 10 days, beginning Friday at the home of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, near Pleasanton. Mrs. Hearst has opened her house to the young women In order that they may not have to pay hotel hills this year. itneliall New. Portlund, Ore., May 14. To reBch the 16-plnyer limit, In effect In the Northwestern league this year, Man ager Williams, of the Portland Colts, today released Pitchers Klein and Thomas. The complete list of Northwestern player burned by President Jones to day show that each club now has complied with the rule limiting the number of men. Miss Betty Hlmes ha) been choaea ueen of Roseburg's strawberry carnival. MAJORITY DOSS THE JOD THE RAG TODAY sion of the 14 delegates to the na tional convention equally with the standpatters. Following two hours of wrangling by the state central committee, with Nothing tangible being gained, a mo tion io appoint two steering commit tees "constating of five members each was put and carried. These com mittees were to attempt to effect a compromise along linen suggested by the .progressives. On the Taft steer ing ' rj.vWrt, of Che hal'h! liluiuaB Fisk', of Mason; B. W. Coiner, of Pierce, 8colt Calhoun of King and William Jones, of Pierce county, were appointed. On the Roosevelt committee, the following were1' appointed. W. H.'.Faulhamus, Gordon Coberly, of Spokane, George Billing, of Seat tle, C. .D Gullgrtst, of Adams and 0. C. Moore, of Spokane, The state committee then adjourned until late this artenTbo THE FIRST FOREST FIRE OF SEASON Tacoma, Wash., May 14. Damage etitlnuited at between IMO.OOO and $200,000 In property alone, Including the destruction of two mills at Na tional, the general store there, about 20 homes and 10 cars belonging to the Tacoma Eastern railroad, was done yesterday by a forest fire covering an area six miles by four and 50 miles east of Tacoma. All wires are down and it Is not known whether any lives have been lout. The towns of Alder, Abfrd. Elbe. Park Junction and Mineral are within the danger wne. It. is notl""' "t the Tltanle, known how the flames started, but a week of dry and comparatively hot weather and a brink wind contribut ed to the. spread of the flames. From South Bend come reports of forest fires causing heavy loss in that section, a center of the lumber ln- dustry. LT ROASTED OY VJ0L1AIJ San Diego. Cal., May 14. A num her of staunch women adherents of Theodore Roosevelt are dlscusiilng today without smiles a speech made here by Mrs. Emily Bishop, of New York, at a meeting advertised as non-pollllcul, at which Mrs. Robert M. I-aFolh'tle gave an address on "Progress of Women." Mrs. IjkKolletto automobile Prone down and she failed to reach the ball until lute. In the meantime Mrs. Bishop who didn't understand that It was to be a non-polltlcal . meeting, took the stand and niado an address in which she flayed Colonel Roosevelt and lauded Senator LaFollrtte. The Roosevelt, women occupying seats on the stage breathed a sigh of relief aa Mr. LaFollett made br way Into tbe ball and opened her ad-drena. ROOSEV To Stampede to Bryan. " '( Burlington, la., May 14. Plans to 'stampede" the state Democratic convention which meets tomorrow for William J. Bryan were completed here to- day by the Bryan league of Iowa. Secretary H. Gue says that It will be Impossible . for Governor Wilson or Speaker Clark to aecure the state delega- Hon ' claiming three-fourths of the delegates to the state con- ventlon favor Bryan. i , Adherents of Clark and Wll- son, however, are ignoring the Bryan movement. FIKE STABTISG IX 1IOLL1DAY COTTAGE, SPREAD THROUGH THE BUSINESS SECTION WHICH WAS WIPED OFF THE MAP LOSS fc!00,000. ONmb ruins ijiisED wm.J 'Seaside,' Or., May 14. The Are which totally destroyed the business section of Seaside, causing a losa of more than $200,000, was extinguished today. The citizens at once began plans to rebuild; some of them start ing today. The new Seaside fwlll be laid out with a better street and water sys tem so that so disastrous a Are may not come again. ' About $100,000 of the loss was covered by Insurance. LIGHTS HE SAW NOT THOSE OF TITANIC tUNlTID rnifll UD4SSD wih. London, Mbv 14. -Captain Lord of the liner California testified , today at the board of trade's Titanic in quiry that on the night of April 14 he saw lights of en unidentified ves sel and tried to communicate with her by Morse lamps. He said his second officer reported seeing a white rocket at 11:15 o'clock on tbe night the Titanic struck. Captain Ixrd was positive the unidentified Harmon Is Campaigning. fuxiTsn rums i.discd wim.l Cleveland, O., May 14. Issuing gen eral denial of the charge that ha Is a reactionary, and particularly the ac cusation of William J. Jrynn, that he repudiated the Initiative and referen dum pledges, Governor Jurison Har mon ste;it the day In an active cam paign for bis candidacy for the Dem ocratic presidential nomination. The governor speaks, tonight at Zanesvllle. He denied the Bryan charges In an address at Wooster last night. The Ohio state primary election will he held on May 21, when delegates will be elected to the tate convention. It I not a presidential preference pri mary. Some High Air Fighters DNITSD mn lumen wins 1 Metx., Germany, May It. Success ful experiment were conducted today hy a squadron of military leroplnnlats, Ith Prince Henry of Prussia In com mand, which scouted the French fron tier nlong the boundary linn of the province of Alflce-lralne. The Zeppelin dirigible cruiser Vic. tor Lnlse accompanied the exeill. tlon. A Tonovah Serial Fuartlon. (OKI71D rma ijiim wms.1 Tonopah, Ner., May 14. Following a quarrel over money matters, John Gregovlch, a prominent local mer chant here, was probably fatally stab bed today by Andrlja Mirkovlch. Crowd In tb street threatened to lynch the prisoner, who I In the county al1 under a heavy guard. 00(11111 IdLfcrluf ; SEiil Murdered and. Bobbed. ' - Los Angeles, May 14. The mangled body of W. R. Lodge, agent of the Puente Oil com- pany ; at El Monte, was found early today on the Pacific Elec- trio tracks near that town. Lodge carried " considerable money when lie left Los Angeles early last evening, and when the body was found lits pockets were empty. The . police believe he was murdered and robbed and the body placed on the tracks. ..-.. . In San Francisco it is Estimat ed Not More Than 85 Per Cent of the Total Vote Will Be Cast Today. , EVERYBODY IS CONFIDENT Taft and Roosevelt .Managers Claim Their Candidate Will Win Condi tions In Lot Aageles Are Chaotic Womea Are Not Taking as Much Interest as Was ' Anticipated Xo Hunch as to Winners Is Possible. fnsixaD Fxma i.aisaD wiiti l 8an Francisco, May 14. Battling for the suecoHB of ther several candidate for the presidency, adherents of Pres. ident Taft, Colonel Roosevelt and Sen ator La Fqllette, among the Republi cans, and Clark and Wilson .among the Democrats, today are voting all over California In one of the quietest election sthe state has ever seen Peace and fine weather are reported frnm nil nvr the atat. not a bI.ib1iui "ewn. disturbance of note having occurred, up to this afternoon.. Voting eVery whprA m nhnnt nnrnml. It la stated that women are nottaklng anything like the Interest in the presidential primary which It was predicted they I would show. In San Francisco, Registrar Zeman- sky said that not more than 85 per cent of the vote will be cast. Cover nor Johnson voted shortly after o'clock, commented on the quiet elec tion, and returned to his home, to await the result. Every effort was made today . to . bring out the Roosevelt strength in San Francisco, but Taft force ap- parently wore not working aa hard. La Toilette' adherents, apparently, nAnt IIHa mnnAV and am little mi disbursed by the Clark and Wilson Democrats. Last minute prediction today were as usual. Taft and Roosevelt manag ers declared that their principal would easily carry the state, and Li Follette headquarter declared the Wis consln senator would poll a heavy vote. Wilson adherents did little pre dicting, but the ('lark men Were to. clferous, and asserted that the Mis (Continue) on page 4.) MEXICO HAS EUGENIC OF fVKiTiu rt i miir.n wins.) Mexico Clly, May 14 Four earth quakes In rapid succesHlon today led to the belief that a volcano below the city of Guadalajara Is about to erupt. Four building were engulfed today and 19 damaged, while steam and sulphur fume iasued from crack In the earth. Guadalajara la virtually deserted, the people fully believing that the whole city Is doomed to be swallowed up. The Oregon Mormon conference will probably be held at Union this year, and will bring together at least 1C0 representative of the 'letter Day Saint) of Jesus Christ." . , EARTHQUAKE Thirteen Killed. . . ; Ironwood, Mich., May 14. Thirteen are known to be dead as a result of a cave-In of the Norrie iron mine near here to- day in which 15 miners were entombed. Two were rescued at 4 noon, the rest perishing in the poisonous gaases which filled the mine. The cave-In blocked the inlne shaft with debris. It is be- lleved the lower workings of the mine are burning. ; Work on all properties waa suspended and rescue parties formed. These are searching for bodies. . EC! DOCTORS AGREE THAT HE WAS PEKFCETLY SAJiE AXD AC COUNTABLE FOR HIS CUIXE GOVERNOR WILL NOT INTER FERE. v ' ' ' v' UKJTD PRKSB UASKD WIHI. Boston, May 14. Rev. C. V. T. Rlch eson, slayer of Avis Llnnell, arrived at the Charlestown prison from hla cell in the city prison at 3 o'clock this afternoon, ' accompanied by Sheriff Qulnn. He was Immediately taken to i -- - " " " ' AnntU t ....HI , I. .1 .. .. I The dTed I'"tor walked ,) the ivps ui uiH prison, lennuiig on me arms of Sheriff Qulnn and Warden Drl(,Se Boston, May 14. The Rev. C, V. T. Rlcheson, once pastor of a fashionable church in Cambridge, must die for the murder of hla 19-year-old discarded sweotheart, Avis Llnnell, whom ' he A killed with cyanide poison. All hope for the unfrocked minister virtually was abandoned today, when the last two of the corps of celebrated alienist who have been examining in . to Rlcheson mental condition re ported to Governor Eugene N. Fobs that only one of the entire number " specialist naa expresseu any oouni that the pastor was 'accountable" for his crime. Governor Foss Indicated Indirectly that, unless both of the final reKrta of the alienists declared strongly that the condemned man was Insane, he would not Interfere with the execution. ' With the fact, that the executive council will not Interfere almost a cer talnty, the last hope of saving Rlche son from the electric, chair vanished It I probable that Rlcheson will not be moved from hla prison cell here to the death chamber In the Charlestow state prison until tonight ,as Sheriff Qulnn wishes to avoid the curlou crowds which are expected to gather. Want Penalty Fold. Hyannls, Mass., May 14.--"Let Rlcheson escape electrocution and the world would not seem right have prayed, ami I know that I am right when I say that Rlcheson should pay the penalty." With these words, Mrs. Llunell mother of Avis Llnnell, the 19-year old girl who was poisoned by Rev. V. T. Rlcheson, In her home here lust fall, today denounced tbe uu f rocked pastor. The Itev. K. A. Hoyt, pastor of the Cnlversallst church here, expressed himself as follows: "Rlcheson Is a cold-blooded, dellb erate murderer. He pursued Avis to her downfall, and then to her grave, lie did all root hnadedly, deliberately and sanely." Woodstock and Hellwood cars col lided at Portland Monday. Two pas sengers wer hurt, neither fatally, and some 50 passenger got good shaking. wrTCWFT iim iron i i F0MICISI8E PEflulT L1AHY- The Company Will Build to Silverton and Also to Stayton, and as It Has Car Lines in Eugene and Albany, and is Also Cov ering the Territory Adjacent to Those Places, It Becomes More Evident Daily That the Segregated Lines Will All Be Connected, and the Big Web Connected With Portland. That the Portland, Eugene & East- j em Railroad company intends virtu ally to net the Willamette Valley with electric railroad lines, and that a great deal of the work will be un der way this summer, and a large portion of It be completed within a year became apparent last night when an ordinance was introduced in the city council asking for the re peal of tho franchises of the com pany in tlve city for its old lines, re peal of the franchises of the Port land Railway, Light & Power com pnty which it lately acquired, and the substitution -of a new franchise covering practically all of the pres ent system and making many exten sions. , When this move is considered la connection with the announcement made by V W. Water, .that the com- doubt, be made with tho Southern pany will build a depot on the block j Paclllo lines, with which It 19 de receotly acquired In the city, and the . further fact, though not announced, I (Continued on Psga S.) . . AGGIOEdTS REPORTED M APRIL More than twice as many persons were killed in the factories, manu facturing and Induutrlul institutions of the state during the month of April as In the month of Murch, ac cording to a report submitted by La bor Commissioner Iloff. During tho month of March, ac cording to the report, six were killed, and In April, 13. Accidents on the other hand decreased considerably, those for March being 316 and those for April, 278. In construction work there was 16 accidents; electrical, Ave; logging, 3r, four being fatal; In machine shops, 32; papel mills, 25; railroad construction seven, one be ing fatal; railroad section, 18; rail road trains, 25, two being fatal; rail road yards, 22, two being fatal; saw mills, 33, one being fatal; sawmill yards, six; miscellaneous, 54; three being fatal. EXPLOSIOH t itouOS : 15 TjIUERS tONiTSD rsnns mused Wilis.) Ironwood, Mich., May 14. Fifteen miner entombed In the Morris Iron mine, near here, are believed to he dead, A gas explosion blocked the shaft with del.B, and It Is feared that the lower workings of the mine are burning. Poisonous guse are escap ing from the mine, leaving virtually no hope that any of the entombed men are still alive. Work on all nearby properties has been snsiieniled, and effort at rescue are being made. "Relief la extremely dangerous, owing to the belief that further explosion muy occur ut any moment. C. H. Brown, of -North Powder, Jumped from a moving train Wednes day, but he will not do i again soon, at least not until hU broken lag la rea sonably ound again. ASKED EXTEOS but Is well known, that the company will build a line to SUvertoa, and another to Stayton, It all can spell but one thing, and that, la railroad development on the most eitetulve scale for the Willamette valley. Ia addition to all this ruuut be taken Into consideration the fact that the company already owns and operates lines at Albany and Eugene. The ul timate goal of the company is Port land, and by connecting up all of it lines, it will lay a network of rail road a in the valley from the Univer sity City to the City of Rose. Connection will be made also with the Salem, Fall City & Woatern, which will Jointly with the Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railroad corn- pany, use the depot, to be erected by the latter. Connection will also.no TISE RECALL OF GRAUF0I1O: 8 SILLY Attorney-General Crawford hits noth lug to say concerning the recall agulnst him. In fact there Is nothing for 1)1 m to say, as he I not managing the affair, nor Is he responsible for it. As a matter of fact. It is tbe veriest tommyot. No charge Is made agitlust Mr. Crawford, other thnn that some one I not satisfied with an opinion rendered hy him. Conceding, for the sake of argument, and for that only, that the attorney-general' opinion wa wrong, the most he could be accused of would be of having ;uade a mis take In the Interpretation of the law. If this is sufficient ground for his re call, then no Judge In the state could hold hi Job for there I not one but Is occasionally reversed by the su preme Court and It, be It cutd, with all due deference to It collective wis dom, I not above making mistake, and does not always agree In It opin ions. ' "PLEASE (JO AWAf D0'T BOTHER ME" DNITSD rSS IJUSSD WIS. Liverpool, Eng., May 14. Sir Cos mo and Lady Duff Gordon, who were passengers on the maiden trip of the Titanic, arrived here today on the Limltanla from Now York. Both de clined to discuss their escape from the Titanic. When Sir Cosmo was asked If any women were sUmdinit near when he got Into the lifeboat, he said: "Please go away and don't bother us." Arrhlmld (Jets a Rest. IINITRD rSUS I.SASRD WIIIS.l Washington, May 14. Recess was taken today Into the Inquiry Into the charges against. Judge Archlmld of the commerce court, which is being conducted before the house commit tee on the Judiciary. (ienerul Duncan Dead. usitid rsrm IJIASID wiu San Antonio, Texas, May 14. Brigadier-General Joseph Duncan, com manding tbe department of Texas, died here today of heart failure, after an lllnes of several day. General Duncan participated lu the Indian campaign, In tbe Spanish war, serving In Cuhn and tbe Philippine. He wa brevetted on three oncaalona for gallantry.