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A A -AA v kmmm ivii i i .1 i i i i i ' i r i it VOL. XXII. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1912. NO. 14S. II MLB STEFFEHS CULLS BETWEEN CAPITAL ill OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE HE IS A CHRISTIAN DENIES BEING AN ANARCHIST Beieig Asked: "Arejou an Anarchist," He Repliedl "No, I Not, But I am Something Even More Radical Than an Anarchist, I Believe in Christianity, Which Explains Why I Cannot Condone Paying for One Crime With Another-That is No Way of Solving Our Social Problem." (I'MTtU PIIKHS LEAKED WtllB l Angela), Cal., July 19. Lincoln Steff us' views regarding the nodal indlil iii ami the continuous struggle Iriwc ?n capital and labor were freely aired win n Stcffons resumed the stand In lh Danow trial today. Ilrict Attorney Fredericks direct Ini! lie (Toss-exnnilnatloii for the Mute. precipitated a long dissertation ty Stiffens by nsklng, while he was mli-ii voring to bring about an agree ninit whereby John J. McNainara wniUa plead guilty and take a nominal IiiiiIb limcnl, If he was aware of Mc Miniu ra's kiiIII. "Yf-s," Steffons replied, "but he was i:ullt merely of a social crime." Tliz- magazine writer then lannclied Into' i definition of his term "social rrluif remarking that he did not believe- that the mute In exacting repar ation tor a crime should commit an tlier such as taking the life of a (Itlzczn. Siudenly turning upon the witness, Iiistrict Attorney Fredericks (lemand- fil: "A i e you an anarchist " "N," Stel'fens retorted, "I am not. I!ut I om something even more radi cal t. lian an nnarchlst. I believe in Clirit -tianity, which explains why I AIICI-IBALD HIYEX TO Jl'LY 29 TO ANSWER (CMTEI) 1-HES8 I.BISBD WIMt.1 Waslrington, July 19. Sitting as a hiltli jourt of Impeachment, the senile todays gave Judge Archhald, of i Tie OTiiri-aerce court, until July 2:) to ;iie liaro his defense to the charges Willi st him. !nd ications are that the senate dc slris to push the dial to a conclusion Mor the I'lMurnnient of the iii'm nt session. Aft -r Arilibii.d't defense is in, the !ions-5 prosecmn-.a will be v until Align t :i lo reily. Att-omey Wortlilngton, for Areh 1'iilrl, staied today that the Jurist milt.3 not plcnd Kiillty. ENGLISH SCRAPPERS VWMEH ARE j lM-)lln, July 19. Eight suffra j xdto-es were arrested today, charged t. villi complicity In the plot lust night ! to hi irn Hie Theatre Royal, where J l'rcii. ier Ampin h is to Bpeak tonight, j Gun iiowdpr, petroleum and other In . (lam r-iiatileB wero found In their lodg : Inn. Tl) authorities are Investigating i whctXicr the guffragetteg plotted to J dynavnlte or burn the theatre, ami vlietder t lie eight women under arrest acted Independently or had organized iipvcrt. All the prisoners are Kngllsh women It lav believed that the woman who tlirew a blazing' chair from a box at j the 'i "heatre Iloynl last night Is among Jthosp- arrested. Another of the eight ; lithe woman who threw a hatchet at j Asiii 1th as he rode to the Greghani ; hotel after hlg arrival here from Lon . don. iTti-? person of the premier Is being caref" ully xiinrdod. The Mice believe that the prisoners came here to start l dl- turbance and a demonstration of jvlolewce vhlch would far overshadow j any cf the window smashliigs and riot ) Inns recently conducted by suffra '; pte-a In London. cannot condone paying for one crime with another. That Is no way to solve our social problem." Fredericks then led the witness Into a discussion of the capital-labor con troversy, picking a phrase from Stef fcns' replies to the erfect, that the con troversy was equivalent to warfare. "And do you really believe this struggle between capital and labor Is warfare " Fredericks asked. "It surely is a kind of warfare. There Is no doubt In my mind us to that," Stel'fens replied. 'throughout the early session Fred cricks questioned the witness along these lines, the discussion extending at times from ethics to economics. YOUNG GIRL SUICIDES AT ALBANY MISS EMMA Mil. KEY, Or' BLACK KOCK, QCARRELS WITH YOl X(J MAX AXI THEX TAKES Hit; DOSE OF I'OISOX, DYINC, IX 30 MINTTES. Albany, Ore., July 1!). Running from the room where her cousin and a young man friend were sitting, Miss Emma Mulkey, a young woman from Black Rock, Ore., swallowed a large quantity of poison, and, returning to her room, died a few minutes later. The tragedy took place Wednesday at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Ellen Hal lard, In this city, where she was visit ing. According to Miss Maty Billiard, cousin of the dead young woman, Miss Mulkey apparently was de pressed. About 8 o'clock In the even ing she telephoned to lien McElhlney, a young man with whom she was friendly, and HRked him to come lo the Bnllnrd home. McElhlney came, and the two sat on the porch for n long time. Ijiter they came Into the house nnd Miss Hallnrd, who was In an adjoining room, beard them quarreling. McEl hlney told Miss Mulkey he was going to leave the house, and the young wo man threatened to kill herself If he did go. He stayed, nnd Miss Dullard then went Into the room to .try to get them to stop quarreling. Suddenly Miss Mulkey ran out of the room ann swallowed a handful of tablets of bichloride of mercury. When she returned after a moment's absence she told Miss Tin Hard and Mc Elhlney that she had taken poison, and they at one began effort g to re lieve her of tho poison. A physician wns secured In a few minutes, but th young woman hnd taken so many of the tablets that. It was Impossible to gave her life. She took the poison shortly after 11 o'clock and died at 11:.. Hurry Learned. St. Iouls, Or., July 19. Harry Ken nedy, aged 8, was much puzzled over the composition of dynamite raps. In the cause of science he tapped one with a hammer and now is in the hos pital mlniiH three fingers and a thumb. Won M.tiiio Itace. Indon, July 19. T. Tllklngton's Prince Palatine, a 5 to 1 shot, won the Eclipse stakes at Sandowne Park to day by a neck. I.ord Derby's Stead fast was second, with J. D. Bowls' Lyaeon third. Jot-key Maher rode the winner. The race was worth ITiO.OOO. FIGHT LABOR, WAR Fire at Yosemlte. Yosemlte, Cal., July 19 Camp Curry Is in partial ruins today. following a $20,000 fire there. Many of the guests loBt their ner- sonal effects and 60 or 70 tents were destroyed. The fire started In the laundry adjoining the dining room, In, which several hundred guests were eating at the time. The dining room was saved. Camp Curry is the lurgest resort In the Yosemlte valley. WOMAN SET PACE FOR OFFICERS lOXAPED (ilKL SHE CLAIMS IS HE It DA((;ilTEIt AX1 MAKE 5(1. MILE-AX. HOI It ItlX AtltOSS TIIKEE COl'XTIES BEFOItE SHE WAS CAKJIIT. fllNlTKD I'llESS MISFID WII1E. lluffalo, Is'. Y., July 19. Clinging to t lie wheel of her automobile in a chase across three counties at a sliced of 50 miles an houiir, Mrs. Herman Lehman, ol fiulTalo, was arrested here today on a charge or kidnaping Evelyn Sloan, an 11-year-old girl. The wo man declared the child was her own daughter. , Last evening Mrs. Ihmun went to Attica, NT. Y accompanied by another woman and a mnn. There she abduct ed the Sloan girl, who Is-the adopted daughter of John Sloun, proprietor of the Attica hotel. She placed the child In an automobile and escaped. An alarm was given and the officers gave chase, but owing to Mrs. Umman'B ex pert driving tho automobile reached l'ufl'alo before she was overtaken. Mrs. Lehman told the officers that the girl was her own daughter, whose father, Charles Demlng, had taken the child away from her. She had sought the girl for years, she said. COMI'AXY M HEADY FOIt EXCAMI'MEXT A squad of Company M, of the Ore gon National Guard, was out drilling last night In the art of pitching tents. About half of the company, which Is com)osed of TO men, appeared at the drill, going through the necessary practice with a good deal of precision The drilling was done on the streets and at the west end of Willson aven ue, where quite a crowd gathered to see the boys pitch their tents. The I ill If are preparatory to the work of the annual encampment, which be gins tomorrow. The company will leave Salem at 9:15 Saturday morn ing for (irnys Harbor, around which place the maneuvers, lasting 10 days, will take place. The National Guard boys of both Oregon and Washington will participate in the military opera tions, sleeping In their own tents and spending each night at a different location. Tho hoys are looking for ward with much pleasure to th - cainpment. Ml itinu;n MIXEII Hill EVIDENTLY STItK K IT Orovllle, Cal., July 19. Pocketluls of gold nuggets weighted the body of a man found near hero yesterday in a dredging pond with his lxnd crushed and his throat cut. Further search re vealed a pack burro, carrying a com plete outfit, drowned In a near-by pit. The burro's head was crushed. The . police believe the miner was murdered by a person having advance knnwMgo of his clnn-up and Hint the murderer was frightened away be fore he had tlnwt to rob his victim. Walter Wants a Share. Ionitbu rani uusigd triHi.1 Los Angeles, Cal., July 19. Walter Mayr has sued his wife for a dlvlnlon of their household goods. Ho wants their punching bag, a Turkish prayer rug and Gibbons "Itlse and Fall of Rome' for his share. Bebcl Losses Heavy. Mexico City,' Mex-, July 19. Dispatches received here today say that a federal force routed a Zapatista command at Tlacoya- san on Wednesday, killing 100 and wounding many more. The rebels were trying to ex terminate a party of rurales when the government troops ar- rived on the scene. Other advices received say that 300 of General Rojas' rebels have been massacred In Dolores Pass. They were caught In a canyon by federal troops and shot down to the last man. Nil DEAD AtlD FIVE Cloudburst in Nevada Wipes Out Little Nevada Mining Camp In Addition to the Deaths Nine Were Seriously Injured. MISSING PROBABLY DEAD Solid Sluts of Water Fell on Hills Above the Little Mining (amp of Miiziiiiiii Torrents Swept Huge llouldcrs Down the Mountain mid Through the Camp, Which Was De stroyed Hurtles Carried Three Miles Down the Cunvon. ' UNITED CI1EH8 I.FIHED WII1K.1 Reno, Nev., July 19. Nine dead and five missing, according to a message received here today, was tho toll of death when a cloudburst last night wiped out the mining cump of Ma zuuia, Nev. In addition to those known dead, nine persons were seri ously injured. Seven Troughs, an other camp reported destroyed, was seriously damaged. Only a couple of buildings there, which stood In the past of the wall of water, were swept away. When the cloudburst struck Mazuina solid Bheets of water fell, bringing down the mountain sldo huge bould ers, which, crashing and grinding In the stream at the bottom of the valley where Mazumii stood, absolutely anni hilated the camp. Ilodles of those killed were found today as far us three miles down the canyon. All the Injured, so far recovered, are being taken to Lovelock, Nev., for treatment. Rescuers are still search ing among the debris of the flood for five persons who are missing, nnd who, It Is almost certain, have per ished. ARCI1DALD IS DEFORE THE SENATE ITNI TKI I'ltr.HS n.KK! WIHK.1 Washington, July 19. With the Im peachment case of Judge Robert W. Archhald, of the I nlted Slates com merce court as Its main subject for consideration, the senate met at 11 o'clock today. Jndg Ai'elibald, ac companied by his win, wwii to the senate at 1 2 : Hd to make his formal appearance, lie bad ben-n summoned to appear before the senate bur at 1 o'clock. A. S. Wortlilngton, attorney for Judge Archliald, planned to delay the submission of Arcbhald's statement, which the house prosecutors probably will be given time to reply. Judge Archhald conferred with At torney Wortlilngton before going to the senate. He refused to discuss the case. A nlno-acrn cherry orchurd at Kola this year yielded 22 tons of first class fruit, and netted the owner more than lito an acre. MLIIB OF AY BE Expect Developments. San Francisco, July 19. Sen- satlonal developments are expect- ed today In the case of Charles O. Reld, self-styled heir to $1,- 000,000, when he returns from Virginia in custody of officers to answer to a charge of embezzling $10,000 worth of diamonds from the Forest Jewelry company of t this city. Reld, with his foster brother, Leslie Wheeler Reld, who Is now In Jail here, Is Jointly accused by Mrs, Caroline Swears, an employe of the Jewelry com- pany. PORTLAND HAS CAUSE FOR GOSSIP MRS. HELEN (JOODEVE TELLS THE COURT HOW HER FEELINGS WERE DAMAGED M.OOO WORTH HI It. II. THOMPSON', TO MARRY WHOM SHE DIVORCED HER HUM HAND. Portland, Ore., July 19. Bearing up well under a vigorous cross-examination, Mrs. Helen M. Goodeve, a pretty young San Franclso divorcee, told In Judge McGinn's court hero to day her story of the alleged wrongs she had suffered at the hands of R. If Thompson, Jr., an adopted son of U H. Thompson, Sr., one of the heirs of the large estate of R. R. Thompson a Portland pioneer. Mrs. Goodeve Is suing Thompson for $r0,000 damages for alleged breach of promise to inr- rv her. Mrs. Goodeve told of tel.lng her friends In San Francisco of her com I it K marriage to the prominent young Portlander at whose wish she assert ed she procured a divorce from her former husband. She described In de tail the numerous presents that had been given her by California friends. Among these friends she mentioned a Mr. Casey, of San Francisco, who she said had given her $200. As an Illustration of the material damage she hnd suffered through Thompson's alleged breach of promise, she tes tified that William 11. Hoflas, of Se attle, "a good friend" had before Thompson gave his alleged promise to marry her presented her with a deed to $'i0,000 worth of property in Seattle. When she thought she was going to marry Thompson she testi fied she gave the deed, which hud never been recorded, back to Hofbirt. A desposltlou from Robert E. Guiil. of Chicago. In which Cant said be knew of the alleged hiarrbige agree ment between Thompson and the plal l tiff mid bad beard Thompson say he was going to marry Mrs. Goodcw-. was prod need. Numerous love letters were Intro duced as well as much evidence - garillng lovers' strolls Thompson am! Mrs. Goodeve were alleged to linv taken In San KiiiiicIhco. The love letters supposedly written by Thomp son were addressed to ''Hear Nell." MrB. Goodeve was an excellent wit ness throughout. When It came to the Dear Nell'' part, her voice troubled and her eyes filled with tears. A WEDDING STI NT CACHED IIHOKEN ANKLE ITNITKI) MUSS IK1RKO WIHB 1 San Francisco, July 19. Frank L. Crocker, wealthy New Yorker, Is In bed with a broken ankle, the result of turning handsprings at the $ 1 (10,000 wedding of his relative, Miss Jennie Crocker. In his boyhod an athlete, Crocker failed to ''come hack." Hre at I Unh. A fire which started In' the livery and feed stables adjacent to the Meth odist parsonage at I'klah destroyed both buildings at a late hour Tuesday night. The volunteer brigade suc ceeded In saving some of the rontenfs of the buildings, although horses, sad dles and other equipment were lost In the conflagration. UliIS AT R THE START OF HIS SHOOTING SAID TO BE III RETRIBUTION FOR DEATH OF MRS. ORftPFORD SHOT DY illM Bitter Animosity Exists Between the Grown Sons of Mrs. Brad ford and Those of Landis Latter Shot Mrs. Bradford in a Neighborhood Quarrel Two Months Ago Three Arrest ed Today for Shooting of Landis, But There is No Direct Evidence Against Them-.-More Killings Are Expected. united thkbs liiskd wins. Redding, Cal., July 19. Probability that a bloody feud may develop as a result of the slaying of William C. Landis, who was shot from ambush, developed here today. It 1b believed that Landis was shot down as a retri bution for the death of Mrs. W. C. Bradford, whom he shot In a neigh borhood quarrel two months ago, and that more deaths may follow, through the bitter animosity between the grown sons of Landis and Mrs. Brad ford Is now feared. William Clement, John Clement and Dan Thompson, friends of long stand- PAY START TONIGHT EXPERTS FROM PORTLAND COX JECTIXU IT WITH POWEIl W IRES TO D A Y I It R I G A T 1 0 X SHOCLD STOP FOH DAY OK TWO TO GIVE SOI'TII SALEMITES A ( IIAXCE TO WASH. The temporary trouble and annoy. uince caused by Insufficient water supply will goon be. over. The water company Is bending every energy to gel its additional plant running, and hopes to start It, though not under lull force tonight. The additional plant wns determined on last year, nnd tho order for It placed with an Oswego firm last November, and It wiis the Intention to have the new pump Installed and In running order by June. This, however, was made luiMsslble by the burning of the Os wego p'nnl, and the consequent delay In filling the ruder. On lop of this there has been Inexcusable delay on the part, of the railroad companies. the shipment Iteliig held up In the moHt. aggravating and apparently un accountable way. Mr. Park, president of the company, Is silting up nights to gel the new plant. Installed und In formed the horse editor this morning Hint he hoped to turn on the Juice to night, and perhaps by evening. The new pumping outfit Is In place and the conned Ions made, the work today being Hie connecting of the ma chinery with the electric wires, which iirnlsh the power, The new pump Is of Hie turbine pullcin and will lift 2,."nn,uiMi gallons to n height of 2:io in HI hours. Willie It cannot he run to capacity for a short time, as there Is miiiimi material not yet arrived, It is expectod the new plant can begin Its work some time tonight. In the meanwhile It Is urged that ss little water as possible Im used for Irrigation for a day or two longer. lust remember you folks down town and along the line, that your Irrigat ing your lawns deprives the people of South Saleni of water for all pur- Ik bch. Last night there was no water at all from AImhiI i o'clock mull near ly ID. Just remember tills and give your hose a rest for a day or two. Lordlier Lenten Washington. UNITIU I' II MS l.mRM WIIIK 1 Washington, July 19 Expelled from the I'nlted States senate, Wil liam Loiimer today left Washington for Chicago by automobile. Ixirlmer wns accompanied only by William Cooke, his chief lieutenant. If he mo tors the entire distance he will reach Chicago next Tuesday. NEW PUMP DD I! DEADLY FEUD ling of Mrs. Bradford., were sweated today by tho district attorney In re gard to the ambushing of Landis, but I no direct evidence could be produced j against them. It was expected that me inquest mm anernoon might re Bult In the Issuance ot warrants. "I'll find out who killed Landis,". said the district attorney determined ly to William Clement during the sweating process. "It's up to you," Clement repllod In significant tones, Lnndls leaves two grown sons, who are determined that their father's kill ing shall be probed to the bottom. LINE FROM ECCEXE TO MOXUOE IS NEXT Eugene, Or., July 19. Immediate construction of tho .Eugene-Monroe uectlon of tho Portland, Eugene & Eastern, work to begin within two weeks, wns the promise made here last night by Robert Strahorn, gen eral manager of the Southern Pacific company's electrical properties ui the Willamette valley. With favorable conditions cars should bo running from Eugene to Corvallls within 60 days, according to Mr. Strahorn, who added that con struction would bo prosecuted from both the Monroe and Eugene ends. Tho Portland, Eugene & Eastern's ori ginal survey will be followed. Mr. Strahorn ujid William Sproule, president of tho Southern PaclHc sys tem today Inspected the present rood from Corvallls to Monroe and then followed the survey through tho Forn Ridge country Into Eugene, arriving last night. The reconstructed street cur tracks In Eugene wer Inspected nnd trips made to Springfield and to Snntn Clurii, to which a feeder line Is being extended. Mr. Sproulo and Mr. Strahorn leave this morning for Port land, While it cost nearly two million! to elect. Tart, It cost uliout a million for Parker to run and be defeated. Are the result tn any way connected with the size of the boodle?" SOFT SILK SHIRTS SILK LISLE UNDERWEAR FINEST UNION SUITS IS. V. D.'S SILK HOSE SPECIAL LIGHT HCITS AT tJRKAT. LY IIEDl'CED PRICES. SEE OI K WINDOWS. H Cool T Classy I Clothes Summer SALEM WOOLEN MILLS STORE
