TOL. XXII.
SALEM OltEGVN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1912.
NO. 191.
Ill SCHOOL HAS 10 Fill
LOSS OF
IT
OBLY ONE STMRWAY. .
LEADING TO
AND DIB
It Frequently Happens That the Entire School, 600 Pupils Are
Assembled in This Room There Is Only One Stairway
and No Fire Escapes---ln Case of Fire Great Loss of Life
Would Be a' Certainty We Should Remember the Ohio
School Fire, in Which 400 Perished, and Provide Fire Es
capes at Once.
The Salem high school, occupying
the whole length of a block, Is con
trary to law as a public building with
out fire escapes.
With the opening of the Salem pub
lic schools one week from next Mon
day the conditions with regard to the
danger from fire are uppermost in the
minds of every parent who will have
children attending this coming year.
This Is especially true of the high
-school, a building three stories high,
"with long, dark hallways leading to a
place of safety. Should a fire break
out in this building the danger of loss
of life would be very great. The at
tendance at this school for the coming
year will reach 600. The building Is
largely wood in the Interior, with hot
air heating apparatus, which la liable
to cause fire at any moment. If a fire
hould start in the lower part of the
building it would spread rapidly, with
the probable result that the loss of life
-would be appalling, The assembly
Fall Opening
Of the choicest and newest goods 42 departments
filled to overflowing with the latest novelties in cloaks,
suits, millinery, dress goods and silks, We are here to
prove to you that we have the right goods at the right
prices,
Jmk
NEW
fl
Ladies' Suits, . $6.50, $10.50, $12.50 up
Ladies' Coats, . $1.50, $7.50, $10.50 up
Silks and Dress Goods, yard
25c, 35c, 49c, 65c and up
Ladies' Trimmed Hats, . . $1.50 and up
CHICAGO STORE
Salem, Oregon
We make the low prices
LIFE MIGHT
THIRD STORY
ASSEMBLY ROOM
room of the building will hold about
a thousand, and it frequently happens
that all of the pupils of the school are
assembled In this room. The only
means of exit from this room, which
Is In the top part of the building, Is by
one stairway, or by Jumping out of the
windows, which would be disastrous
on account of the height.
The Journal demands that adequate
fire escapes be provided for this build
ing Immediately, as the question of the
safety of the lives of those attending
school is far above any other element
that enters into the case. We should
remember the public school fire in an
Ohio town a fow years ago, when 400
children lost their lives.
Thomas McCusker, one of the dele
gates to the Republican national con
vention at Chicago, who wag called a
traitor by Colonel Roosevelt, has a let
ter In the Oregonlan today, in which
he talks real '"sassy."
FALL STYLES IN
LADIES'
I Coats, Suits
AND
Millinery
The greatest exhibition in Sa
lem of Ladies' and Misses'
fashoinable wearing apparel,
Our prices are the lowest, be
cause we buy from the best
manufacturers of America,
E ESCAPES
BE APPALL 10
Iimulcrg Wore Victors.
Dresden, Germany, Sept. 13.
Kaiser Wllhelm, docidlng the
outcome of the big German wur
game, ruled todny that the invad-
era had been successful and the
defending force, technically, was
obliterated.
During the sham battle a nion-
oplane which was scouting, fell
and tho two officers piloting It
and one spectator were fatally
Injured.
MOTHER TO
ATTEND
FUNERAL
MRS. TERRY, MOTHER OF JACK
JOHNSON'S WIFE, GOES TO CHI
CAGO TO ATTEND FUNERAL
THINKS DAUGHTER WAS INSANE
OVER OSTRACISM.
UNITED FI1ESS UASID Willi.
Chicago, Sept. 12. Mother love to
day prompted Mrs. David Terry, of
Dooklyn, N. Y., to come to Chicago and
arrange for the burial of her daugh
ter', Mrs, Etta Duryea Johnson, the
white wife of Jack Johnson, the negro
pugilist Mrs. Johnson was ostracised
by the members of her own family and
former friends, and ended her life be
cause she was lonely.
Mrs. Terry and another daughter,
Elaine, both attired In deep rnournlng
and heavily veiled, were met at the
station by Johnson. He took them to
his home, where the body lay sur
rounded by negro women,
"I believe my daughter was Insane,"
said Mtb. Terry. 'She was severely
Injured when but "a girl, and frequent
ly showed symptoms of insanity. I am
convinced that brooding over the os
tracism which followed her horrible
mistake In marrying a negro, prompt
ed the suicide.';
Mrs. Terry refused to say whether
the body would be burled In the fami
ly plot In Brooklyn.
TRYING TO" GET THE
STRIKE SETTLED
UNITED rtUI UtBKD W1HK.1
Charleston, W. Va., Sopt. 13. De
c'aring that soldiers fired upon five
men soon running from the fire which
destroyed the Barnes Ohley Coal com
pany, at Cabin Creek, militiamen as
serted today that the conflagration
was the work of Incendiaries. The loss
will reach $10,000.
Governor Glascock has sent letters
of operators and miners iu the Paint
Creek dlMrlct asking that they meet In
a peace conference with a view to end
ing the present strike.
Notices posted at the mine offices at 1
Mucklow state that the mines will bo
dynamited If strikebreakers are cm
ployed. i im;i for swiping
A PAIR OF TROliSEHS
W. U Campbell and A. L. Crlbbens
were each fined $25 in the Justice
court yesterday for the theft of a pair
of trousers which they are charged
with stealing from a customer from
whom they had received them to clean
r.nd press. These men operated a
cleaning and pressing business on the
Elate fair grounds durlg fair week.
Campbell has a charge of obtaining
money by false pretenses preferred
against him, to which he waived ex
amination, the Justice binding him
over to the grand Jury on this charge.
Neither of the men had the where
withal to pay their fines and were ac
cordingly placed In tho county Jail to
serve time in lieu thereof.
"Maud" Gets Busy.
Rakersfleld, Cat., Sept. 13 John
Calhoun, stockman, near here, has the
original "Maude." Trying to ride a
wild mule on his ranch, Calhoun was
thrown Into a tree some distance away
and kept thoir by the animal. Neigh
bors rescued him.
Cancelled (er Fraud.
Seattlo, Wash., Sept. 13. The
register of the Junieau, Alaska,
land office lias placed on record
the cancellation for fraud of the
so-called Cunningham coal
claims, 32 In number, upon order
of the general land office at
Washington.
Tho lands becomo a part of the
public domain and tho money,
amounting t0 more than $."0,000,
paid In to the treasury by the
claimants, Is forfeited. It enn-
not bo refunded except by an act
of congress.
Rairoad Attorneys Inform Him
Their Companies Will Co
operate With Him, and Ask
For Conference.
SHIPMENTS WILL BE HELD
Until Peace Olivers Can Look Into
Their Destination and Purposes fur
Which Tliey Are to llo Used Com
panies Will Send Out Inspector to
Trace Shipment" Under Flctltlnns
Names Springfield Officers Will
Enforce the Laws.
Present Indications are to the effect
that Governor West Is going to win his
fight against the shipment of liquor
from wet into dry territory, and with
out having to resort to any drastic
means, for lawyers representing the
Harrlman lines today telephoned him
indicating a willingness to co-operate,
also asking for a conference with him
the first of next week.
Just when and where the conference
will be held will be determined upon
in the next few days. The attorneys
told the governor that the company
has ordered out Inspectors with In
structions to trace down all shipments
of liquor being sent under fictitious
names, and In a manner so as to con.
ceal its Identity. They also indicated
a willingness to comply with his re
quest to label all liquor shipments and
to hold them at their destination so as
to give peaco officers a chance to de
termine for what purpose It Is to he
used, though that question Will ho
considered and settled at the confer
ence to be held.
Mayor Stephens and Recorder Du
Puo, of Springfield, called on the gov
ernor this morning, and . gave him
their pledge that they would enforce
all of tho laws relating to blind pigs,
and all other laws. This town Is a
distributing point for liquor to blind
pigs.
Petitions were slso received todny
by the governor from citizens of Har
rlBburg, branding charges made by
other citizens and business men of
that town that Mayor Dale and coun
cllmen of tho town patronize blind
pigs as false. The governor1 has Infor
mation, however, thnt makes him be
lieve a number of the charges made
are true.
Will Have lilir Parade.
New York, Sept. 13 Arrangements
were completed today for a general
parade by the Industrial Workers of
the World here us a protest against
the Imprisonment of Joseph Kttor nml
A-turo Glovanlttl. now In Jail at Law
rence, Mass., on the charge of murder
growing out of the recent textile
strike-
An Immense mass meeting Is plan
ned to be held In Union Square, at
which William IJ. Haywood, one of
the leaders of the I. W who di
rected the strike at I-awrence, will de
liver an address. '
Girl Burned to Iealh.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 13. Dorothy
Cochran, aged 3 years, died here early
today from burns suffered when she
stepped on a match. The fire caught
a flimsy garment, and the baby was
enveloped In flames before help
reached her.
mm
WILL fflO
IIIS FIGHT
SEltHL iiOC
Will Nt Use Monoplane.
London, Sept. 13. Despite the
opposition of the war otflcluls
tho hoiiso of commons decided
today to nbollHh the use of tho
monoplane for military purposes,
This action, it Is snld, was
brought about by the death of
four nontenants in tho army
within one woek as tho result of
monoplane accidents. ,
WOODBURN
. AGENT WAS
SMART ONE
WORKED CLEVER SCHEME TO ROB
C. 0. D. PACKAGES AND IS
CAUGHT THROUGH LAUNDRY
MARKS ON HANDKERCHIEF.
The laundry mark on a handker
chief, which had been placed with oth
er goods In a packing box to conceal
the theft of goods from tho box led to
the arrest yesterday at Woodbura of
Kent R. Cochran, allaa Jack W. Du
Fur, of good family In Illinois, tem
porarily station agent at Woodburn,
and the detection of a long list of
thefts or attempted thefts. Under the
grilling of Cornelius Cain, special
agent of Wells, Fargo & Co.; E. D.
Wood, chief special agent of the O.
W. R. & N. Co.; Sheriff R. L. Stovens
and Deputy Sheriff Archie Leonard
Cochran confessed to the series last
night In Portland.
Thefts or attempted thefts Involving
Moler & Frank, Olds, Wortman &
King, Iloneyman Hardware company,
Columbia Hardware company, Hark
hurst, tho tailor, Rosenthal's and oth
ers are revealed by the confession, as
well as tho looting of the depot at
Knight's Landing, In Yolo county, Cal
fornla, In March, and the theft from it
of goods which ho had ordered from
San Francisco merchants. A bicycle,
so fixed that It could be used In rid
lug the rails of a track system, a
clever system of thievery and smooth'
ness with which the agents have not
coped In a long time, Is told In the
story of Cochran.
Clever Scheme Is Worked.
Cochran, who Iiub a dozen aliases,
one of which, Du Fur, was coined from
the name of a horse on which ho won
money betting In Louisiana, told thnt
ho ordered February 25 goods to the
value of about $ 150 from Sun Francis,
co firms, paid a small deKslt, and or
dered that they bo sent C. O. I). to
Knight's Landing. They wore sent.
The afternoon of March 4 a slim,
snuve stranger asked the station agent
If he might leavo his suit rimes In the
depot that night. The suit caBes were
stuffed with discarded clothing and
sacks. Thnt night tho "Btranger,"
Cochran, broke Into tho station,
opened the packages from Sun Fran
cisco, which had been sent via Wclls
Fargo & Co., and transferred their
contents to tho suit cases. The stuff
In the grlpB he put In the packages,
making them weigh as much as before
then tied them up carefully. In the
morning the stranger asked If he might
take away his suit cases, nnd did so.
About March 10 t was found that the
unclaimed paekiiges were empty of the
original goods. In the stuffing of the
esses was the unlucky handkerchief.
The laundry murk was traced to a
laupdry In Sacramento and the man's
name was found. Special Agent Cain
was put on the rase.
Valuable Orders Placed.
Cochran came to Portland and went
to work on the Western Union wire,
being an expert telegrapher. Securing
goods from local houses, he ordered a
package, valued at $120, sent to Fair
view, Multnomah county, one of $r,00
worth sent to Canhy, In Clackamas
county, and one of $100 value sent, to
Washnugal, Wash. Falrvlew s on the
O.-W. A N. lines, Canby on the South
ern Pacific and Washougal on the
North Bank, Interesting thus the
(Cootlauod oa Pas t.)
I HOD IIIS WE HOOT
AT FUIIEM
DISEMBOWELED THEMSELVES
WHILE FOLLOWING DOOY AMD
FELL DYING 013 THE STREET
General Baron Kiten Nogi Was the Greatest of Japan's Mod
em Generals, Was the Hero of Port Arthur and Was Cap
tain in Civil War Which Placed Emperor on the Throne
Act Was Done Tonight as the Funeral Procession Passed
Through Streets Lined With Hundreds of Thousands of Si
lent Japanese. ,
Toklo, Sept. 13. Testifying accord
ing to the ancient custom of Nippon, to
his love and reverence for his dead
emperor, Mutsuhlto, whose funeral
was hold hero this evening, General
Rnron Klten Nogl, the hero of Port
Arthur, aud his wlfo, committed hari
kari lu the public streets, as they fol
lowed the coffin of the emperor to the
publio funeral at the Aoyarua parade
ground. '
Nogl's sacrifice of his own life and
that of his wife camo before the eyes
of hundreds of thousands of Japanese,
who, with torches lighted, lined the
streets of Toklo, bohlnd a triple cor.
don of police and soldiers to see the
dead rulor's body go by In state.
Funeral Was Tonight
Not a sound was heard but the
steady tramp, tramp, tramp of the
12,000 soldiers, nobles and officials of
Japan nnd of the foreign dignitaries,
who made up the funeral procession
when the tragody occurred.
The dead general was marching In
the funeral cortege with o number of
other prominent soldiers of tho etn
plro, who were accompanied by their
wives, many of them ladles In waiting
In the Mikado's court, Shortly before
the section of tho parado in which be
marched reached tho Aoyama parade
ground, Nogl and his wlfo, without a
BODIES OF
LOST BOYS
ARE FOUND
(UNITS!) rilKSS I.EAKKI) WIHS.'J
Seattlo, Wash., 8ept. 13. A report
reached Seattle from Juneau today to
the effect that the bodies of John
Slmttuck, Dell Llnscott and Leslie Oli
ver, tho three youths who went hunt
ing in the mountains back of Junleuu,
Alusku, and had been missing Blnce
lust Friday have boon discovered,
In Bplte of the unusually heavy rains
r.nd bitter winds, practically the entire
city of Juneau Joined the troops from
Fort Seward, In a search for the
youths.
Rewards aggregating more than $1,-
000 had been X)stod for tho return of
the lads, dead or alive.
The three boys were residents of
I'ort'and and passed through Seattle
several weeks ago on their way to the
north for a hunting trip. The report
states that the boys fell Into a crev
HHRo through a honey-combed snow
bank In tho Sheep Creek mountains
back of Juneau.
SCORES TAFT
BUT NO OTHER
IS INDORSED
Washington, Sept. 13. Increaso In
the representation of organized labor
In congress Is the keynote of a polit
ical program to be nnnounced tomor
row by the American Federation of
Labor In a news letter. Although
President Taft Ib roundly scored, the
letter falls to endorse eltlier Governor
Wilson or Colonel Roosevelt.
The plutfroms of the three pnrtles
are set out In full. The republican
plutform Is criticised, while corre
sponding praise Is voice for the demo-
ctatlc nnd progressive documents. The
letter says the republicans Ignored
word of warning to their followers,
dlsomboweled themselves, according to
the ancient rites of Japanese, and fell
dying In tho streot. '
Greatest ot Japan's Soldiers.
Not one of the soldiers who fought
and blod for Japan In the war with
RusBla won more ' glory than Nogl.
nam In 1849 at Choshv, he fought as
a captain In the civil war ot 1877,
which resulted In the downfall of the,
Shoguns and the elevation of th'J Mi
kado to be emperor of United Japan.
In the Chlno-Japanese war of 1865
Nogl again distinguished himself.
Later ho was governor-general of For
mosa lu 1896, and on the outbreak ot
the Russo-Japanese war, he was ap
pointed commander of the third army,
which Invested and took Port Arthur.
There, for weeks, Nogl's llttl brown
soldiers fought their way, Inch by
Inch up the cannon-swept hills from
which tho Russian forts protected
their last stronghold on the frontier.
Nogl's dotormlnod attack, more than
any other, caused the fall of Port Ar
thur, and when the war bad ended lie
was made a baron In recognition of
his valor. Lator Emperor William of
Germany, decorated Nogi with tho first
class of the Order of the Hohonzollern
sword. He was also the holdor of a
score of Japanese decorations.
I he questions and prlnclplos "of Jus
tice and humnn liberty," affecting or
ganized labor. President Taft, It says,
has accentuated his antagonism to
correction of nbuso of Injunctive pow
er, while Wilson and Roosevelt aro
outspoken In favor of such reforms.
Tho bulletin also approves Samuel
Compere' administration of the affairs
of the federation end calls upon all
union laborers to elect municipal,
county, state and congressional candi
dates favorable to organized labor.
His honeymoon trip stopiwd by wife
No. 1, who domandod a payment of hI
Ininny, was tho experience of nil Ore
gon City man lost Monday.
School opens September 23
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