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YOL. XXII.
SALEM OUECW TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1912.
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THOUSANDS
GREET ROOSEVELT AT
CROWD SURGES OfJ PLATFORM
TO SHAKE HANDS WITH HIM
IT COLLAPSES WITH THEM
Accident Occurred Just After the Colonel Had Gone, and No
One Was Hurt Colonel Was Given a Royal Welcome In
California the Progressives Propose Calling a Constitution
al Convention to Make Amendments Dealing Principally
With Labor and Women's Work---Heney Is in the Limelight
Again.
(UN1T1D PBKBi UaSBD WIRS.l
Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 24.
Thousands of Oklahomans greeted
Colonel Roosevelt here today at the
stute fair and gave the new party
head a real western welcome. Roose
velt, In his ppeech, roasted the Dem
ocratic platform adopted at Baltimore,
which he rescrlbed as a meaningless
Jumble of words, evidently designed
only to catch the vote
After Roosevelt finished his speech
here the crowd surged about the pint
form to shake hands with the pro
gressive candidate The platform col
lapsed Just after the colonel left It,
and the crowd foil threo feet. No one
was hurt.
Party Busy in California.
Sacramento, Cal Sept. 24. A pro
posal that a constitutional convention
Tie called In order that the state con
stitution may be simplified and
pledges of legislation dealing with a
minimum wage for women, regulation
CHICAGO
TOR
Is Salem's Headquarters
For the latest and best values in
Cloaks, Suits
Millinery, Dress Goods
and Silks
We are ladies', men's, misses' and children's furnishers
in everything they wear, A so BEDDING AND SHOES.
Come here and see how much lower our prices are than
you have to pay elsewhere,
NEW
FALL
STYLES
Now on
exhibition
The best .and
choicest ; values
offered in Coats,
Suits and Millinery,
I J
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DRESS GOODS
We show the most complete
line in Salem, Every piece
new, Price, yard
25c, 35c, 49c, 75c and up
OF LIVE 01
of night work, publicity of labor sta
tistics, bettor appropriations for the
enforcement of labor laws and an en
dorsement of the progressive national
platform and candidates are contained
In the draft a Roosevelt Republican
state platform produced last night by
Chester II. Rowoll, and submitted to
various members of the convention for
approval. It will have been revised
by the caucus of progressives before
the convention is organized this af
ternoon .
The fight for the speakership of the
next assembly is the leading feature of
the gathering of Roosevelt delegates.
Francis J. Henoy is a prominent
figure in the crowd, and says he is
chiefly interested In the platform.
Henoy Is preparing to' campaign for
William Kent In the first congression
al district.
Tbn higher the price of a thing is
the more it Is regarded as a necessity
by some people.
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Ladies' Suits, $4.95, $6.90.
$10.50, $12.50 and up
Ladies' Coats, $3.90, $5.90
$8.50, $10.50 and up
Trimmed Hats, $1.50, $2.50 up
Extra Special
Children's and Misses' 50c
Union Suits ,all sizes; spe
cial price 25c
THE CAPITAL
Ho Yt'im Hungry.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 24. "I
didn't cure whother I got caught
or not. All I wanted Just then
was a good blto to eat."
This 1b the explanation given
by Thomas Bllnn, aged 47 years,
a baker, who recently came horo
from Oninha nud has been out
of employment, for breaking Into
a grocory store last night When
caught by a clerk, he was dispos
ing of a big cake of cheese and a
package of soda crackers. He
says this Is his first offenoo.
4-
TO
DEEPEN
THE RIVER
CHANNEL
BIO MEETING CALLED OF ItEI'RE
SENTATIVE MEN OF THE UPPER
WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO HE.
CIDE ON FLAX OF WORK.
Albany, Ore., Sept. 24. A confer
ence of representatives of the
cities of the upper Willamette val
ley will be held In thia city Thursday
evening, October 3, to consider pro
posed plans for the Improvement of
the Wlllamotte river, whether to con
centrate all efforts towards the pro
posed syBtem of locks, which will in
sure a six-foot channel plan. Com
tq work for the present for the im
provements recommended by the Unit
ed States engineer corps, which will
give 3.5 channel.
The commercial clubs of Albany nnd
Corvallls have decided heretofore In
favor of devoting present efforts to
the lesser project, and, with It com
pleted and all-year traffic as far as
Corvallls assured of, then working
for the sl-foot channel plan. Com
mercial bodies of other cities are dis
cussing the question, and this confer
ence has been called to outline a plan
of action on which all of the cities of
the valley can unite.
The Albany Commercial club. In its
meeting last night, decided to call this
conference, and an Invitation will' .be
sent out tomorrow to the commer
cial bodies of all the upper valley.
The club will alBO Invite Represen
tative Hawley rnd Major Mclndoe, of
the United States engineer corps, of
Portland, to attend the conference and
outline plans for river Improvement.
Iloth have signified a willingness to
come.
MEDICAL SOCIETY HAS
MEETING AT M'MNNVILLE
The Tri-County Medical Society,
consisting of the counties of Polk.
Marlon and Yamhill, mot last night at
McMlnnvllle with a full attendance,
several of whom were from Portland.
The different cities and towns were
well represented. Dr. J. H. Clements,
president of the society, of this city,
presented pathological specimens of
abacessos of the liver and made an
Interesting and Instructive talk on the
subject. Dr. Ray Matson, of Portland,
gave a diagnosis of tuberculosis in a
very able and comprehensive manner.
Dr. Williams, of McMlnnvllle, enter
tained those assembled on the subject
of the relations of the physician to the
public health. Round table talks and
discussions of the subjects discussed
by the leaders were indulged In at the
close of each talk, In which nearly all
piesent took part. .
Those attending from Salem were,
Dr. J. H. Clements, Dr. J. N. Smith,
Dr. F. K. Smith, Dr. L. F. Griffith, Dr.
Prince Byrd and Dr. 11. D, 13yrd.
Dr. Ross Mclntyre, of Independence
and Dr. Prince Byrd, of Salem, made
application for membership and were
admitted.
The next meeting of the society will
be in Salem In about three weeks.
Famnafi Band Coming.
Washington, Sopt. 24. The United
Slates marina band will start from
here tomorrow on a concert tour of
Pacific coast cities. .
Killed Vlfo mid Self.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 24. J.
Tenny, a laborer, shot and killed
his wlfo and then himself near
their home in the suburb of Hal-
lard this morning. Tenny, his
wlfo and two children were
walking down tho street from
their home when Tenny suddenly
drew a revolver and shot his
wife, Ho walked on a few feet
and while tho two children stood
panic strlckon, he shot himself.
The couple have had consldera-
ble domestic trouble. They were
divorced a year ago, then re-mar-
rled four months ago.
:
A STRANGE
Two Girls Tell Story of How a
Young Doctor Took Them
Riding and Then Tried to
Imprison Them.
LOCKED THEM IN OLD HOUSE
One Escaped Through a Window nnd
Telephoned the Sheriffs Office
Doctor Made Quick (Jet-Awny, But
Ik In the City and the Police Are
on His Trull Ills Numo, iih (liven
by the Girls, Is L. 11. Lawson.
nuiTUD pnisn ijsisi.! wins.l
Seattle, Wash., Sept 24. Telling a
story of their attempted Imprisonment
in a lonely house on the Richmond
Boach road, by a young "doctor," two
department store girls this morning
swore out warrants against him, and
doputy Bherlffs and police are today
guarding against his escape from the
city. The girls accepted his Invitation
late Saturday night for an automo
bile ride. They stopped at what they
thought was a road house for refresh
ments. The house, however, was de
sorted except for the three of them,
and it soon became apparent, say the
girls that the doctor meant vloleuce.
Their cries were in vain and the
doors were securely locked. One of
the girls, however, seized an opportu
nity and escaped through a window
yesterday. She telephoned to the
sheriff's office. The doctor, becom
ing alarmed, made a quick get-away.
His name Is given as I U. Lawson,
and he Is believed to be connected
with a local "medical institute."
THE STRIKE
SITUATION
UNCHARGED
Salt Lake, Utah, Sept. 24. An im
mediate strike of the miners In the
Nevada Consolidated mines, at Kly,
Nev., in sympathy with the striking
miners of the Utah Copper company,
at Bingham, Is reported as bolng ar
ranged today by President Charles II.
Moyer, of the Western Federation of
Miners, who Is In that camp.
There were developments of note to
day In Bingham, where Governor Spry
Is still seeking a busls of settlement
between the men nnd their employers.
The only stir n the camp was the p
rival of 40 additional sheriff's depu
ties, which followed the discovery of
three boxes of dynamite cached ,near
the Bingham depot.
It Is reported here today that the
executive board of the Western Fed
eration of Miners Is prepared to call
an Immediate general strike through
out the west if strikebreakers are
used at Bingham.
Dakota Has Snow Storm.
Larrlmore, N, D., Sept. 24. Two
Inches of snow fell here today. Four
Inches of snow are reported from Ar
rle. The fall Is general over the
TALE FIH
SEATTLE
staUr. ,
BRYAN IS A
AHD STIRS IIP G
Plenty of Urk lu jncomn.
.Tacoma, Wash,, Sept. 24. Tho
biggeot ly Ii the history of the
local free employment bureau is
reported today. JobB wore found
for ICO men, all at wages of $2.50
a day. So great was the demand
for laborers that one paving con-
cern hired two auto trucks to
convey workmen to where work
1b being done on county paving.
Employers telephoned ordors to
the bureau to pay $2.25 a day for
common laborers, but found no
takers.
IS
CANDIDATE
FOR MAYOR
COUXTLMAX SAYS HIS HAT IS IN
THE KINO AD (ilVKS 11RIEF
STATEMENT OF HIS PLATFORM,
City politics are beginning to warm
up in earnest, especially for the office
of mayor. The second to announce
himself as a candidate for the mayor
alty is Jas. D. Waring, at present serv
ing as councilman from the Seventh
ward. Mr. Waring is well known for
his progressive and aggressive policies
and has been a valuable member of
the fire and water committee of tho
city council, which has been an impor
tant one in connection with the pur
chase of the new auto truck and other
fire apparatus.
Mr. Waring states that having been
af ked by a number of representative
citizens to make the race he has de
cided to submit tho matter to the legal
voters at the primary election in No
vember. A part of his platform reads
as follows: "My policy for tho offlco
would be strict enforcement of all
laws enacted by the voters and city
council, to encourage and protect all
business interests pertaining to the
city and welfure of our citizens.
"I am In favor of progressive prin
ciples on a conservative basis, and am
willing to submit my record for the
last two years I have served the city
as councilman from the Seventh
ward."
CO-EDS AltE SATISFIED
WITH PRESENT SYSTEM
onitud nni i.hasbd wibi.1
Eugene, Ore., Sept. 24. Fair co-ods
of the University of Oregon today are
protesting vigorously against the nt
tompts of the University Athletic As
sociation to sell a season ticket good
for all athletic exhibitions on the Uni
versity campus during the school year
to every student of the University.
The girls are keen on attending
athletic contests, and rooting for Uni
versity of Oregon athletes, but contend
It is not chivalrous to try to Induce
them to pay their way to games.
They say the present system, under
which the girl students got to the
games escorted by young men, who
pay the bills, Is entirely satisfactory
to them, and are fully opposed to any
change.
Knox te Tour the Count.
(ONITBD FBKKK I.BABHD WIIIB.l
Chicago, Sept. 24. Arrangements
for Secretary of Stale Philander C.
Knox to tour the Pacific coast cities,
upon his return from Japan, where he
attended the funeral of the lute Jap
anese Kmperor Mutsuhlto, are being
made here today by the Republican
campaign committee. The tour "'111
carry Secretary Knox Into Washing
ton, Oregon and California, with
speeches In the principal cities and
towns In the Interest of President
Taft
Strike In Mexico.
onitiid piums utsvD wim.1
Mexico City, Sept. 24. More than
25,000 textile workers are voluntarily
Idle here today, as a protest against
the drafting or their fellow workmen
Into the army, because they went on
trlke.
MR fi
!(i A HOT
REAT
,
HE COMPARED TAFT WHO IS
PRESIDENT, ROOSEVELT WHO
WAS, WILSOII WHO WILL OE
He Said "Taft Went in by a Million Majority, and Goes Out by
Unanimous Consent"---Of Roosevelt, He Said "He Wants,
the Trusts Regulated, But Does Not Want Them Regulated
by the People, But by the President, and He Wants to Be'
President" What He Said About Wilson Seemed to Come
Out of a Different Box.
Fresno, Cal., Sept. 24. More than
5000 cheering men and women were
assembled In the court house square
square here today when William J.
Bryan arrived from Hanford and de
livered a short speech eulogizing
Woodrow Wilson, and denouncing Taft
and Roosevelt.
T will speak of Taft, the presl
dent who Is," said Bryan, 'of Roose
velt, the president who has been, and
of Woodrow Wilson, the president who
is to be. .
"Taft, a unique figure In political
llfo, came into power four years ago
by a million majority, and he goes
out by unanlm ms consent.
"As to Roosevelt, he came as a re
former at the eleventh hour, not a
ponltent prodigal, not to turn state's
evidence against his former associates
but with the demand that he be mado
the prosecuting attorney, and placed
In charge of the case.
'Koosev;lt says the trusts ar heti
to stay, and that all we can do Is to
regulate them, but he is unwilling to
let thorn he regulated by the people,
or by congress, or by the courts but
demands thnt tlioy be regulated by a
bureau to be appointed l.y the presi
dent, and he wants to Do president.
Democrats Jubilant.
Los Angelei, Cal., 3opt. 24. South
ern California Democrats are Jubllnnt
today, following the visit of William
J. Bryan, who opened the Woodrow
Wilson campaign In Southern Califor
nia here yesterday.
The Commoner's main meeting wns
at Fiesta Park yesterday afternoun,
when, It Is estimated, 20,000 persons
heard his address. In all about 35,
000 porsons heard Bryan here. Local
Democrats believe that Woodrow Wil
son's Btrcngth in Southern California
has been underestimated.
Merced, Cal., Sopt. 24. Halting but
POLICE SAY
JONES WAS
MISTAKEN
Declaring that thry are innocent of
u charge made by Alderman Jones at
ii former meeting of tho council, Rnd
which was to the effect that they had
disclosed the Identity of special men
appointed to enforce the speed laws to
chauffeurs and nutomobllo men, Wal
ter Thompson and Jack Whltlaaeli,
night patrolmen, last night at the
meeting of the city council petitioned
that body that It appoint a special
committee to make an investigation
and report.
Jones iiuiile the charge while attack
ing the police forco generally for fail
ing to enforce the speed laws. He h id
I pointed special men to enforce the
oidimince on this subject and he took
occasion to declare that some of tho
officers had gone bo fur ns to mako
known to the automobile men' who
they were. When questioned as to
whom these officers wero, he suld they
were Jack Whltlatch and Walter
Thompson. A coniinltteo was appolnt-
ed by the mayor Inst night to make an iIandng Bml(, th chfterg of th08a wh
Investigation and It will report to t'.te ,tnfiBgwl the fmt A orow from
cruncll at tho next meeting. iife8avlng staatlon were kept ahead of
The accused patrolmen In the petit . n MlM thrmM th paR,Rge
request that should the committee find , ,-, .
them Innocent, as they confidently as-j Monkeys never worry, probably he
sert It wlil, that the council pass roao- causo they live in Ignorance of Our-
lutlons exonerating them. I win's theory.
G
A PA G
ENTHUSIASM
i
three minutes at Planada, a little boom
town on the Santa Fe, where 300 men
and women crowded about the obser
vation platform, William J. Bryan
made the only stop en route to Merced
today, whore he arrived at 11:45 a. m.
When the special drew into the sta
tion here 2000 persons gathered to
hear the Commoner speak for 10 min
utes from a temporary platform erect
ed at the station.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
SATS THEY ESCHEAT
Attorney-Gener'al Crawford has
rendered an opinion in which he holds
that savings accounts, as well as the
general deposits in banking lnst'tu
tlons, are sbject to the dormant de
posit (Bchcnt law. Some banking In
stitutions contended that, in Wow of
the fnct that Interest was credits to
tho savings account that this tor.it
them out cf tlje scope of the.atntutp,
but tho etornoy-genernl holds to the
contrary, holding that any de.imlt
that has laid dormant for a period of
seven years is subject to the escheat
law.
DISCUSS PLAGUES
AD PREVENTIVES
(UNITED PI1K8B LDAHRD WII1N.1
Washington, Sept. 24. Discussion of
preventives for plagues and local dis
eases featured tho addresses at today's
session of the Hygiene Congress.
Cures and preventives of meningitis
and the caisson disease were the top
ic's which developed the most com
ment. At tonight's session Professor Rub
ner of Berlin and Dr. Jacques Bortll
lcn, a brother of the famous criminol
ogist, will dlscuHS occupational and
dietetic diseases.
COMPANY MIST PAY
FOK JAILING HAMILTON
l UNITHD I.HAHICD Willi )
Seattlo, Wash., Sept. 24. J. J. Ham
ilton, formerly of Valdez, Alaska, was
this morning given a verdict of $500
by a Jury In Judge Albertson's court,
following Instructions thnt under
Washington laws an absconding debt
or is not liable to arrest. Hamilton
was kept in Jail for 12 hours nt the
Instigation of the Pacific Drug com
pany, who claimed an unpaid account,
and that Hamilton wus getting ready
to leave the country.
MISS SCHMIDT
SWIMS AROUND
THE SEAL ROCKS
Sun Francisco, Sept. 24. New swim
ming laurels were won here today by
Miss Nelllo Schmidt, of Alameda, when
she accomplished tho difficult and
dangerous swim around the Seal
Rocks at the Clirf House here, a feat
never before attempted by a woman.
Miss Schmidt, who recently swam
across San Frnnclsco bay from tho
ferry building hero to tho Oakland
niolo, plunged Into tho surf shortly
before noon. Rounding the rocks
from the left end of the Cliff House,
Miss Smith turned to the right, when
she had completed the one-wny trip
nnd Hwnm tinck in the Rturtlnir nnlnt.