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8ALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1812.
NO. 1(12.
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TERRIFIC EARTHQUAKE IE1
THREE liOiRED DEAD
CITY OF TEH THOUSAND IS
WIPED OFF THE MAP BY FIRE
MANY KILLED IH THEIR BEDS
Three Towns With Total Population of 23,000 Utterly De-stroyed--Tremors
Began Early This Morning and Many
Were Killed in Their Beds Villages Near Sea of Marmora
Badly Shaken and Loss of Life Will Undoubtedly Be Great
-Shocks Felt at Constantinople, But No Fatalities Reported.
UN1T1D MESS U1IID WIUl
London, Aug. 10. More tlian 300
persons were killed in an earthquake
in Turkey, according to a dispatch re
ceived tonight by a news agency here.
The message fulled to Btate whether
this is the total number of victims of
the shock or only those killed in a
single town.
As fur as known there were no fa
talities in Constantinople.
N City of 10,000 Burned.
Constantinople, Aug. 10. Reports
received here today stale that Uifl
Turkish towns of Tchanak, Kallesnl,
r.nd Galipoli were destroyed in an
earthquake and that many perished.
Villages along the Sea of Marmora
were badly shaken. .
The shocks were felt here and did
CIRCUIT v
COURT HAS
BIG GRIST
In Judge Galloway's department of
the circuit court yesterday James S.
Jayes was granted a divorce from
Sarah J. JayeB.
Louise K. Wenlger has begun suit
for divorce from William Wenlger, to
whom she was married In Milwaukee,
Wis., May 23, 1899, on account of cruel
and Inhuman treatment. One child,
Esther, 12 years old, Is asked to be
awarded to the plaintiff.
Rachel E. Nichols wants a divorce
from J. B. Nichols, she having filed
the necessary papers yesterday. The1
couple was married June 14, 1858, the
plaintiff alleging desertion since Oc
tober 8, 1872. The marriage took place
in Salem, and there are two grown
children Issue of the marriage.
Charlotte Ross has begun suit
against E. A. Heck and his unknown
heirs to quiet title to the south half
of the northwest quarter of section 10,
township 7 south, range 1 east.
The Charles K. Spaulllng Logging
Co. has begun suit against the W. C,
Noon Lumber Co. and the American
Surety Co. for $995.80 and interest,
This case arose over the renting of a
donkey engine and some logging tools
to the defendant by the plaintiff, the
rent for which has never been paid.
The surety company Is made defend
ant on account that It furnished a
bond for the faithful performance of
the contract by the defendant
Yesterday afternoon the Slmonton
Moto Co. started suit against C. A.
Imus for $181.90, which it Is alleged is
due for care, repair and storage of
an automobile belonging to the defend
ant. ,
Neth & Co., a collection agency of
Portland, has commenced suit agalnflt
R. M. Cramer for $103, which Is al
leged is due for care repair, storage
and supplies on an automobile owned
by the defendant.
Judge Galloway adjourned court
yesterday, and will go to McMlnnvllle,
where he will hold court Monday.
Tuesday he will hold a session of his
court in Dallas, returning to Salem
Wednesday.
Leslie Scott Down.
toHiTiD rxkita ixiaiD wim.1
Washington, Aug. 10. The nomina
tion of Leslie M. Scott for United
State marshal for Oregon todar is
withdrawn by President Taft
considerable damage but no fatalities
were reported.
The first news to reachshere was
brought when refugees, injured and
exhausted, arrived at Stamboul. They
declared the shocks were extremely
violent.
The tremors began early In the
niornlng hours and many were trap
red In their beds. Estlmatos as to the
number of dead vary greatly. Troops
have been rushed to the scene.
The town Of Tchorlu, in the Adrlan
ople district, with a population of 10,
000, was destroyed by a fire succeed
ing the earthquake.
Galllpoll at the northwest entrance
of the Dardanelles, has a population
of three thousand and Tolialek Kelessl
has ten thousand. " '
MIGHT BE CALLED
( TEMPEST IJf TEAPOT
R. A. Brown, charged in Justice
court with assault and battery on the
person of C. M. Watson, was tried
yesterday afternoon before a Jury and
acquitted. The case was the second
one that -has grown out of a fracas
which occurred last Saturday night at
the Brown residence at 485 South
Church street, where Mr. and Mrs.
Brown and Mrs. Mary McLane have
been residing. Mrs. McLane had oc
cupied the premises alone up to about
the first of August, when Mr. and
Mrs, Brown moved into the house,
having Just been married. Mrs. Mc
Lane, who Is a widow, has had the
care of the daughter of C. M. Watson,
who was at the house Saturday night,
when the difficulty arose. Mrs, Mc
Lane and Mr. Brown became engaged
in a wordy argument about the former
vacating the house, which grew to
such an extent that Brown forcibly
ejected Mrs. McLane from the house.
Wataon resented, which angered
Brown. An encounter followed be
tween the complaining witness and
the bridegroom, which resulted badly
for the former, owing largely to his
advanced age an Infirmity,
The Female JIurnm.
UNITED PBKSa LJBA8RD W1KR.1
Ix)s Angeles, Cal., Aug. 10. Narrow
braid up the sides of the Bklrt, with a
cuff at the bottom; a cutaway coat, a
double breasted white waist coat and
a linen fold collar will comprise the
chic feminine costume thin fall, de
clare Los Angeles modistes.
A SPEEDY
HORSE DIED
YESTERDAY
Chorro Prince, the famous 6-year-old
pacer, owned by W. J Miller, of
Chlco, Cal., died at the state fair
grounds yesterday afternoon. The
cause of death was congestion of the
stomach, though he has had brain
fever and been In bad shape recently.
In spite of tti la, the horse has been
making a fine showing, and bid fair to
at least equal, if he did not break, the
records in his class, as be had a show
ing of 2:07.
It was Intended to take him East
. this fall, but that dream, of course, Is
all over. Chorro Prince la the second
peedy one to die at the fair grounds
this fall, June Pointer dying about a
week ago. ,
THY
l!!OIT
Editor Is Set Free.
Denver, Colo. Aug. 10. After
being sentenced to five dayB in
Jail for commenting In his paper
on a decision of the court, for-
mer Mayor Robert Speer, owner
of the Denver Times, appeared
In Judgo' Shattucks court today
and agreed to serve his sentence.
Judge Shattuck, however,
purged him of the contempt
charge, and he was discharged.
IS
PRAISED BY
SAM HILL
'ItESIDEXT OF WOOD ROADS AS
SOCIATION rilAISES WORK OF
( LARK k 1IEXRV CONSTKUCTIOX J
CO, WHICH IS Jl'ST BEGINNING
WORK HERE.
"Medford is the best paved city In
the west. Not only has It the most
paved Btreets for its size, but the qual
ity of the pavement Is superior to that
in any city south of It," said Sam Hill,
president of the National Good Roads
association and foremost good roads
advocate in the nation, who arrived
Thursday evening in his automobile,
en route home from tho Paclflo High
way meeting recently held at San
Francisco. He was accompanied by
Major H. L. Bowlby, former state
highway commissioner of Washington.
The foregoing Is clipped front the
Medford Mall-Tribune of August 9th.
Judging from the article Mr. Hill is
on his way north to his home In Mary
vine,' Washington and will have to
pass through Salem on his way. When
he arrives here we believe he will
have to go his Medford statement one
better and say that Salem is one of
the best, if not the best paved city In
the west Not only are our streets
paved, but our alleys are paved as well
and the principal roads leading Into
Salem are macadamized.
Seventeen miles of the Medford
streets which were praised by Mr.
Hill, were paved by the Clark & Hen
ry Construction Company of Eugene.
This Is the company which is to lay
the paving on South Twelfth street.
While It is just entering the paving
field in Salem, it feels that Its work
In-such towns as Medford which elicit
praise from men like Hill, is the best
recommendation It can offer, and It
feels that It can uphold If not surpass
the high standard of paving already
set In this city.
Fish Warden Clonton says 700,000
young salmon will be freed during
this month.
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ROOSEVELT.
(By Grace Duffle Boylan.)
Who goes there? An American!
Brain and spirit, and brawn and heart
It was for him the nations spared
Each to the years, the noblest part.
Til from the Dutch, the Gaul and Celt
Blossomed the soul of Roosevelt. '
Student, trooper, and gentleman,
Level-lidded with times and kings.
His the voice for a comrade's cheer!
His the ear when the fcaher rings!
Hero shades of the old days melt
In the quick pulse of Roosevelt.
Hand that's moulded to hilt of sword;
Heart that ever has laughed at fear;
Type and pattern of clvlo pride;
Wit and grace of tho cavalier;
All that his fnthers prayed and felt
Gleams In the glance of Roosevelt.
Who goes there? in American!
Man to the core As men should be.
Let him pass through the lines alone,
Type of the sons of Liberty!
Here, where his father's fathers dwelt.
Honor and faith for Roosevelt.
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WeavervHIc Mourns.
Weaverville, Cal., Aug. 10.
With three hearses carrying the
caskets and nearly the whole
town In attendance at the funer-
al, the burial of Katie and Elba
Gould and George Lorenz, their
Slayer took place here today.
The two sisters were Interred
In the same grave and there was
no distinction In the sorrow ex-
pressed for the girls and thut
for their insane murderer.
T06PT
Secretary Fisher Favors a Bill
Authorizing the Granting to
Cities Tracts of Government
Coal Lands.
IT WOULD JOLT THE TRUSTS
Would Require Cities to Operate the
Mines for the Benefit of Its Citizens
and Lands Would Revert to Govern,
incut When They Failed to Do So
Cities, According to Size, Would Be
Given From ltd to C10 Acres.
Washington, Aug. 10 The United
States government la to wage a war
on American coal barpns and assist
the worktngman to get fuel at a re
duced rate, If the plan proposed here
today by the secretary of the Interior
Flsber is carried to successful con
clusion. By Fisher's plan all gov
ernment coal lands are to be allotoi
to cities for use with the understand
ing they are to supply municipal
needs as well as those of Its citizens.
The first step in the proposed plan
was taken yesterday when Secretary
Fisher recommended that Congress
pass a bill granting 040 acres of gov
ernment coal land to Grand Junction,
Colo, Fisher favors a bill authorizing
the Interior department to grant G40
acreB to each city and 140 acres to
each town under conditions providing
prompt and continuous development
of coal, the prevention of any as
signment or transfer of the land, safe
guarding of life and health of minors
and undue waste of mineral resources
The plan provides for the title to 10
vert to the government If any city
or town falls to fulfill these condi
tions. Fields In Colorado
Grand Junction, Colo., Aug. 10.
The coal land Secretary of the Inter
tor Fisher plans to allot to Grand
Junction Is located In the Book Cliff
mountains and Is a portion of a great
coal field. The Colorado Coal and
(Continued on Page 4.)
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COAL LAUD
TO CITIES
To riant the Mikado.
Washington, Augj 10. Secre
tary of State Knox has been se
lected by President Taft as his
representative at tho funeral of
the late emperor of Japan. Knox
will leave here August 15 and
sail from Seattle on a naval ves
sel, Ho will be accompanied by
an admiral and a general as
members of the special mission.
OFFICIALS
LOCK HORfJS
OVER BILLS
SMALL WAR BREAKS OUT BE
TWEEN SECRETARY OF STATE
AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL NO
FATALITIES TO DATE.
With the attorney-general's office
advising the secretary of state to Is
hue certificates of Indebtedness for
payment of expenses Incurred In de
fending the secretary of Btate In the
Oregon university case, and the Bee
rotary of state brushing the attorney
general's" Opinion aside and declining
to issue them, a merry war broke out
between the two offices this morning,
and It begins to look now as though
the claimants in this case will have
to ask some one to present the matter
to the legislature In order to get their
money.
The last case of the University of
Oregon was decided by the supreme
court some time ago, and shortly af
terward the attorney-general . sent to
the secretary of state vouchers for ex
penses Incurred In defending him. As
the appropriation for expenses in
curred in litigation by the Btate Is
practically exhausted the attorney
general advised the secretary of Btate
to Issue certificates of Indebtedness
for the claims. Ignoring this advice
the secretary of state returned the
vouchers with the statement that
there was no auhorlty of law for the
Issuance of the certificates of Indebt
edness for them.
Assistant Attorney-General Van
Winkle today returned the vouchers
together with a hitter declaring that
the secretary of state is the proper of
ficer to have custody of the bills and
that he Is authorized by law to Issue
certificates of Indebtedness for them.
Socretary of Stute Olcott, upon be
ing advised of it, declares that he Is
not authorized by law to Issue them,
and that when the time comes he will
Issue a statement on the subject.
Further aggravating the situation
and opening wider the breach between
the two officers is the return by the
secretary of state of expense bills In
curred by the attorney-general In con
demning some land for the state for
the penitentiary with the request that
lie present them to the land board.
The assistant attorney-goneral has re
turned them to the secretary of state
with a statement that he Is the proper
officer to file them with and that If
they are to be referred to the state
lund board that It Is Jast as easy for
him to place them in the bands of the
board as for the attorney-general's of
fice to do so. 1 , , ' i
"If he wants me to go up and tote
these bills down and give them to the
board, then I am willing to do so,"
wiis the only comment mudo by Olcott
on this case, but he will also probably
have more to say on this subject.
A Itegulur Memiircrlc.
united rmn mankd wiks.1
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 10.--After
crossing half the continent wearing
male attire and sleeping In a box car
with a horse, two alligators, a prize
cat, a parrot and a dozen dogs, Miss
Kete Jensen Is on her way to her home
In Minneapolis today, having delivered
the animals to their owner, Miss Lil
lian Williams, of Los Angeles.
Miss Jensen undertook the trip to
mnke certain that the animals were
well cared for. She completed the
Journey without detection.
TRU COLLISION
IIIBOUIID PASSENGER CAR
CRASHES IflTO WORK TRAH3
IS CRUSHED LIKE EGG SHELL
J. Greamichel, a Laborer, was Horribly Mangled, an Agccf
Woman Had Two Ribs Broken and There Were Many Oth
ers Injured, Though None Seriously--Accident Ocurrcd at
Deep Gulch, Where Some Years Ago a Heavily Loaded Car
Jumped the Track, Landed in the Gulch and Killed Nearly
Twenty.
united rum leabed wins.
Titcoma, Wash., Aug. 10. J. Gnum
cltchel, a laborer, was horribly man
glMl and killed, mid four passengers
weie Injured abo.'t 8 o'clock this
mi n ing when an lii-houul Spanawny
c.1 crushed 'nto th'i rear .jnl of a
w-' train 1 n tua edge of n deep gii'Mi
In iuj resld'ti.: section here
r x 1 labor.ir died before renchlng lla
hcu'lal and. the passonyei'H were id
ly i.iaken up 11 nil wrenched, l.ut suf
fo'e.i co serio is Injuries. At the tin,a
sp.it Borne yevs bo heavily 'endfd
car plunged Into the gulch killing
i.ul. two sore mil lniirliiR many
more. ,
That the collision was due to the
carelessness of Motorman Banker and
Conductor Garrett in following too
closely to the work train and also to
the.,, slippery condition of the ralla
ENGLISH LOYE STORY
ENDS IJf AMERICA
tUNITSD FES.t.EABED Willi. 1
Stockton, Cal., Aug. 10. After wait
ing three years for her fiancee to
."make good' financially, so that he
j might be In a position to wed her,
1 Miss Gertrude L, Corney, of London,
.England, is on her way today from
that city to marry Hamnils M. Morrlu,
at Lodl, whore the lntter Is employed
'as a railroad signal man,
I Morris and Miss Corney pllghtod
' their troth In London three years arco,
and the former set out first for Chi
na, from whence, after a short stay,
he fane to California. Roth parties
1 are 2 years old.
Johnson (0 Open Campaign.
united rnssa ieaeed wins.
Chicago, Aug. 10. The opening cam
paign speech of Governor Hiram John
son. of California, Progressive nomi
nee for vlco president, will be mudo
at Syracuse, N. Y Soptember B, when
he will nddrefd 3000 delegates to the
Progressive state convention.
This announcement was mudo here
this afternoon by Senator Dixon,
chairman of the Progressive national
committee, before his departure for
New York.
Wilson (letting Wisdom
UNITID FBI! 1.BANBD Willi, 1
Sen airt, N. J., Aug. 10. Governor
Wllf.on returled here today from New
York, when asked for an opinion con
cernfng President Taft's veto of the
bill to revise the wool tariff, the dem
ocratic presidential nomlnoe refused
to make any comment.
PAVING OF
FRONT IS
COMPLETED
The Ill-Concrete Paving and Cement
company, of which L, O. Herrnld and
Runnel! Smith are the proprietors,
has finished the concrete pavement on
Front street from Trade to D street.
This work has been tinder way about
a year, the delay having been occa
sioned by the railroad company and
the ditch company, which constructed
an aqueduct along Front street for a
dlstnnco of about BOO feet. The resi
dents along this street are well
pleased with the pavement on this
street, and have not complained on
account of the delay, as It was quite
unavoidable.
AT TMMA
caused by a abort rain shower, Is the
belief of street car officials.
The Spanaway car swept down the
In-line at a good speed but the crew
was unable to stop. The entire front
vestibule of the car was crushed Ilka
an egg shell and the flat car of the
work trnln was partially tolosoopcd
Into the motor of the work train. None
of the cars woro forced any distance
off the track. About 25 feet to one
side la the gulch, but there was plen
ty of room between for the wrecked
cars.
Lator reports show that probably a
dozen people were Injured. Oren Tolly
bad lils back wrenched; Mm. J. N.
McCoy, an aged woman suffered the
fracture of two ribs. Other passen
gers proceeded to their destinations,
making it Impossible to obtain a com
plete list.
MAflYOFTHE
PLAHKS ARE
DEMOCRATIC
unitid rami leased wins.
Oyster Day, Aug. 10. Admission that
many of the planks In tho Progressive
platform are of democratic origin was
made here today by Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, progressive nominee for
president. When Roosevelt's attention
was called to William J. Bryan's dec
laration that the Progressives stole
all their good plunks from Democra
cy, he eald: , ,
"Of course, we have stolon all Ideas
from the Domocrats that wore good
oxcopt those fit for Inmates of a lu
natlo asylum."
Colonol Roosevelt proudly exhibited
today a tolegram from tho Dromer
ton, (Wash.) navy yard, which read:
"We Join In congratulating you on
your nomination. (Signed)
"CREW OF TUB OREGON."
In discussing tho negro problem,
Colonel Roosevelt said today:
"As far as the negro question la
concerned, we got It started In thn
only right way. We came near break
ing on it, though, because so many did
not understand, and wanted to maka
It a national Instead of a state Issue.
Ten years hence the people will seat
that we have correctly solved ths
problem. ' ' ;
"The white men of the South must
aid the negro by pushing ahead thn
desonring colored man, and driving thn
venal negro out of politics,"
Farmer Atuirkrd Army.
tJNITSD HUMS LSrt WtSS.1
Springfield, III., Aug. 10. During
the mllltla maneuvers near here today"
three members of the Illinois National
Guard were shot by a farmor whlln
passing through the latter's bardyard.
None of the . men were seriously
woundni.
According 4o the officers of the
Fifth infantry, In cnnii at Camp Lin
coln, the shots were fired without
provocation.
Flight .Soon F.mled.
ftmiTSD rtnn .if!n w?
floiilogne, France, Aug. 10. Start
ing on a flight across the Knillnh
channel from here today. Aviator IVnti-
niontli lost control of his ninehlne
when 100 yards off shore, and the
hydroplane plunged Into the water.
Tteaumont and tho machine were both
laved. ,