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TOL. XXII.
SALEM OREG 9N, WKIKSIUY, SETTUMBElt 25, 1913.
NO. 201.
FOOTE WILL NEVER WEAR
FOR IMG WILCOX
BROKE THE LAW ONLY WHEN
IT FAILED TO PROTECT HIM
AND HIS YOUNG DAUGHTERS
Tried to Have Wilcox indicted for Ruining His Oldest Girl, and
Tried Again When He Accomplished the Undoing of His
Second Daughter, But Failed in Both Cases When Wilcox
Took Liberties With the Third Daughter He Killed Him
Governor Will Pardon Him and Send Him Back to His Fam
ily, Who Need Him.
W. It. Foote, sentenced to 15 years
in the state prison for shooting down
Charles Wilcox, at Coqullle, who had
ruined two of his daughters, and who
had attempted to ruin a third, will
never wear the stripes of a convict.
The reason Is that Governor West
will officially pardon him In a few
days, and the governpr announced that
much this morning, when questioned
as to what his action would be with
relation to the case.
Questioning as to what the gover
nor's action with relation to tlie case
would be also elicited the further In
formation that, while Foote was
brought to the penitentiary here laBt
Saturday, that he has never been an
inmate of the Institution, but been In
the custody of the officials pending
action by the governor on his applica
tion for a pardon,
"Would you really like to know whnt
I am going to do with Foote," asked
the governor In reply to a question
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whether he would grant him a par
don. Upon receiving a reply In the affir
mative, he followed It up with the
question: "What would you do?"
"I would pardon him," chirped In
one newspaper roportor.
"So would I," declared still anoth
er, ''and give him a pension In addi
tion."
"I am not prepared to say just now
what I will do," said tho governor,
I "but If you predict that Foote will
soon be free, your shot will not miss
the mark very far."
After Foote learned that Wilcox had
ruined one of Ills daughters, a girl of
18 years of age, he sought to have
him Indicted, but he failed. When he
learned of the ruin of the second, he
again tried and again he failed. When
lie found his aged wife crying her eyes
out because she had learned that Wll-
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STRIPES
AT COQUILLE
Tlirriitcii to Clone Mills.
Lawrence, Mass., Sept. 25. If
the Industrial Workers of the
world call an Ettor-Glovannlttl
protest strike here, the textile
mill owners assert today that
they will closo down the mills.
Safoty Commissioner Lynch
has granted a permit to the In-
dustrlal Workers of the World
parade on Sunday.
Joseph Ettor and Arturo Glo-
vannlttl are held here on the
charge of murder In connection
with the recent textile strike.
TERRIFIC
TYPHOON
IN JAPAN
JIAM LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST
AXD ntOPEItTY DAMAGE WILL
1IUX INTO MILLIONS-MANY
VESSELS DKIVE.V ASIIOKE.
(UNITED I'llERB I.HASni) Willi.
Toklo, Sept. 25. Swept by a ter
rific typhoon, which has laBted since
Monday, Japan today Is Buffering the
loss of millions of yen by floods In
four of her principal provinces, Toklo,
Osaka, Achl and Shoklku.
Over land lines, which In most parts
of the stricken provinces are pros
trated, telegraphic reports are coming
In of fatalities and losses, the extent
of which can only be conjectured.
Struck by the Btorm, scores of build
ings are reported to have collapsed In
the city of Nagoya, where 20 lives are
said to have been lost Incomplete re
ports from the north coast say that
the torpedo boat destroyers Fudukl
and Tachlbaria were smashed on the
rocks and are complete wrecks. Two
other navy vessels are reported to
have gone ashore.
More than 3000 people are homoless
and an Infinite number are said to
have perlBhed In the city of Vatsnta.
In the harbors near Toklo many ves
sels have been Injured by the storm.
When delayed reports reach Toklo
from the outlying provinces It Is feared
the damage will prove more Berlous.
EVERYBODY HAS
TUBERCULOSIS
AT SOME TIME
UNITED MESS LHAHKD WHIP!.
Berkeley, Cal., Sept. 25. That near
ly every person who reaches the age
of GO years has had tuberculosis at
snmo time or other during their life
time, was the assertion here today of
Dr. Robert A. Peers, of Colfax, Cal.,
who addressed tho delegates of the
league of California municipalities In
session here- ' . i
"Many people have tuberculosis
without knowing It and are likewise
cured without knowing It," said Dr.
Peers In his lecture entitled "Sani
taria and Camps for Tuberculosis."
ALDERMAX .TONES
XOT A CANDIDATE
Alderman Jones, who has been men
tioned as a candidate for chief of po
lice, today, when questioned with re
lation to It, declared he had no ambi
tions along that Hue, and that he nev
er had.
"I am not a cnndldate for this of
fice," he declared, ''and you may say
for me I never have been. I do not
know how It happened that my name
has been linked with the office. Any
way, I am not a candidate, for I have
troubles enough of my own without
seeking that office."
It Is equinoctial storm time, but the
most uncertain thing In Oregon Is
weather.
If you must write love letters It b
safer to use postal cards.
The Championship Gnniog.
.
New York, Sept. 25. To sottlo
playing dates and other details
relative to the world's baseball
championship series, scheduled
to begin October 7, the national
commission mot here today at
Pelham Manor, the home of John
T. Urush, owner of the New York
National League club.
Chairman AuguBt Herrmann
declared his bollof that New
York was tho logical place to
open the sorles. The members
agreed that the chlof problem to
be solved Is preventing scalpers
from getting tickets,
WILL
FIRE
1(1 BLAST
In Making Cut on the Eugene &
Eastern Near Monroe 5000
Pounds of Giant Powder Will
Be Used in One Blast.
WILL RUN SPECIAL TRAIN
To Place the Explosive 120 Five-Inch
Holes Have Been Bored, and In
These Two and a Half Tons of Dy
namic Will Bo Flared, mid All Ex
ploded lit Once by Electricity
Probably the Biggest Blast Ever
Fired In the Jiorthwest
What is believed to belhe heaviest
"shot" ever discharged In Oregon, or
In the Northwest, is that which will be
used to open the big cut near Monroe,
Benton conty, on the route of the new
Portland, Eugene & Eastern electric
railway ,The company finds the ne
cessity of making a 2000-foot cut,
which averages from 13 to 33 feet In
dopth, and from wlilch 27,000 yards
of earth and stone mostly rock are
to be removed. The entire mass will
be broken out with ono shot, for
which D000 pounds of powder will be
used, and It is believed that the ex
plosion will be easily one of the fea
tures of the year. It is assuredly one
of the big things In railroad building
of modern times. The powder will bo
placed In 120 holes of a five-Inch di
ameter, and the entire mass fired at
tho same time, probably through the
use of an electric battery.
In building Its new line from Monroe
to Eugene the P. E. & E. Is seeking a
uniform grade, which accounts for the
excavating of the cut. The earth and
stone to be removed from the cut will
be used In making a fill Just south of
It.
The date for firing the great shot,
which will bo easily heard for many
miles, has not been set, but to ac
commodate the hundreds of people
who know about It, the railroad will
run lis first special train from Albany
and Corvallls. The fare from Albany
will be $1.70 for tho round trl p, and
$1 from Corvallls.
Every precaution for the protection
of the men who fire tho powder, as
well as for spectators, will be taken
by the company.
Already much discussion Is being
Indulged in as to how the big charge
of powder will act when It Is fired.
Some contend that It will make the
real estate of thnt vicinity shake and
tremble, while others say the 27.000
ynrds will shoot up Into the air In fine
particles. Some contend that, fiere
will be a deafening explosion, while
others argue Unit the report will be
comparatively mild.
Anyway, Benton county real estate
will be on the move.
Killed by Mistake.
Huntington, Ore., Sept. 25. A
friend's mistake In supplying Farl
Merill, a workman at a gypsum plant
a few miles from here, with disinfec
tant, Instead of brandy caused Mer
rill's death, according to a message
received here today.
Merrill had hurt his hand, and to
ease the pain took three or four swal
lows of the disinfectant. "It don't
taste good," he complained. He died
in a few minutes.
AT 0 no
IOC! OF
In Incuhutor Class.
Marshalltown. Ia., Sept. 25.
Captain D. K. Ewalt, aged 73 Is
today rejoicing over the birth of
a daughter, augmenting his al-
ready largo family and making
the 18th child. The mother Is 39
years old and Is the fourth wife
of Captain Ewalt, a farmer living
three miles west of Albion.
Altogether the new baby la the
25th child of the combined par-
entage of Mr. Ewalt and hlB pi es-
ent wife. The latter had seven
children by a former husband.
VIOLATED
THE LAW OF
THE ROAD
' UNITID mCSS LliBID WMS.1
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 25. Dccause
he violated the state statutes govern
ing right of the road, while obeying
tho city ordinance covering the matter
II. L. Brown, an expressman who sued
the Puget Sound Electric company for
$16,500 damages will get nothing.
This is the decision of Judgo Clif
ford, who today non-suited the case.
Brown, driving an automobile deliv
ery in attempting to avoid a team,
swerved sharply to the loft and was
run ino by an lnterurban street car.
The delivery car was wrecked and
Brown received severe injuries.
The court ruled that the city ordi
nance stands for naught when It con
flicts with state statutes, which re
quire vehicles to turn to the right In
passing or avoiding other traffic.
REPORTED
KILLING OF
AMERICANS
DN1TED PRK8S LIARKD WIRI.
Washington, Sept. 25. Naval offi
cials hore doubt the truth of a report
from Panama that 29 American blue
jackets have been massacred by Nlc
araguan rebels at Leon. Nothing con
firmatory of the report has boon re
ceived. Admiral Southerland, com
manding the Nlcaraguan expedition,
re)orted recently that there are 400
marine at Leon with Ileutenant Com
mander U)ng commanding.
While no confirmation of the re
ported massacre of Americans has
been received here, great uneasiness
Is felt over the certainty thnt, if the
news is confirmed, an American oc
cupation of Nicaragua will follow.
Leon, which Is a city of 35,000 pop
ulation has been the stronghold of the
rebels In all tho recent troubles here.
FIRST GAME FOR
CHAMPIONSHIP
NEW YORK OCT. 8
New York, Sept. 25, Tho first game
of the series between the New York
Giants of the National league and tho
Boston Hed Sox, of the American
League, for the world's baseball
championship will bo played In Now
Ycrk, October 8, according to plans
announced here this afternoon by the
National Baseball commission. The
second game will be plnyed In Boston,
October 9.
The Boston team will be undor tho
management of' the league to which It
belongs, the same condition prevailing
'n the management of the New York
club. Each team will control the sale
of tickets in Its own town,
The big trusts want regulation, pro
viding the regulator li their friend.
flFVIS
TARIFF
ED BY THE HIESI'DEDT
IF RE-ELECTED INTIMATES
CONGRESS WILL DE GALLED
IN SESSION FOR THIS WORK
Points Out That Roosevelt's Proposition to Control Trusts
Would Create the Most Monstrous Monopoly the World Has
Ever Known Criticised the Recall of the Judiciary, But
Spoke Very Favorably on Woman Suffrage- Asserts That
He Alone Is President, and Is Responsible for All Acts of
the Administration.
UNITED rsiia LB18F.I) WML
New York, Sept 25. Unoqulvocally
promising Immediate revision of the
tariff downward if he Is re-elected;
Intimating that a special session of
congress for such revision is his plan,
and flatly denying statements made by
Governor Woodrow Wilson, that he
has been badly advised, President
Taft here today Issued a statement of
his position, which Is regarded as his
most Important plea for support at the
polls In November.
"I and I alone am responsible for
the acts of my administration Is the
way the president answers allegations
that he has been "handled" by any
one. He stamped as entirely without
foundation the view of his activities
which was based on the late Senator
Dolltver's epigram that "the president
Is an amiable gentleman entirely sur
rounded by people who know exactly
what they want. " '
In outlining his position, and that of
the party1 he represents on the tariff
question, President Taft said:
:,Tnrlff., Should Be Revised.
"The policy of tho Republican par
ty on the tariff question Is not to shut
out foreign manufacturers, but to pro'
tect democratic manufacturers and
keep American worklngmen . em
ployed. The' tariff should be rovlsed,
so far as Is necessary, to keep prices
from being exorbitant, and so that
the manufacturer shall secure only
enough protection to pay the scale of
high wnges, which ought ot obtain In
this country, and at the same time se
cure reasonable profit from business
"The public may rest assured that
should the Republican party be re
stored to power all legislative branch
es will be sure that all schedules In
the tariff of which complaint has been
made, will bo subjected to Investiga
tion. Monstrous Monopoly.
"The proposal of the third party
candidate to control trusts through
federal regulation would create the
moBt monstrous monopoly In the his
tory of the world. This power would
prove 'much more autocratic than that
possessed by Caesar or Napoleon. An
unprincipled man, with such power
as that proposed by the progreBlsves
in his grasp, could perpetuate h.ls au
thority, perhaps under legitimate
forms, until It would require a revolu
tion to shake loose his grasp.
President Taft cited figures of ex
ports by American manufacturers last
year, and contrasted, theso figures with
those of lfflifi, the last year of the
Cleveland administration, when the
WllBon tariff law was In force.
"This would seem," President Taft
said, ''to he sufficient reply to (lover
nor Wilson's talk about the Payne
tariff law being a straight Jacket for
American Industrial energy. The
Payne law has no more to do with
the advancing cost 'of living than the
latest Installed Atlantic citble. On the
contrary, It has enabled American
workers to meet the high cost of liv
ing and maintain their families In
comfort.
Denounced Congress.
President Taft denounced congress
for passing the woolen and cotton
bills, which ho vetoed, adding:
"With the election of a Republican
president and Republican candidates
to congresB, tariff revision would pro
ceed Immediately along lines advocat
ed by the tariff board."
Asked If he meant by this that an
extra session of congress would he
called In the event of his re-election,
the president answered:
"I think my statement Is sufficient
ly exnllclt."
"President Taft flatly denied that
there has been any Intervention by, '
his government In the Nlcaraguan rev
olution. He asserted that American
marines had been placed there merely
to protect American lives.
As to Woman Suffrage.
Regarding the woman suffrage move
ment, President Taft said:
"'Suffrage Is an Issue to be decided
by each state. There can be no doubt
but that whenever and wherever a ma
jority of women Impress upon fath
ers, husbands, sons and sweethearts
that they want to vote, they will bo
given the right to vote. This Is an la
se too noble, serious and sacred to be
used by a political party merely to
catch votes. I believe women are
capable of . as wise use of the ballot
as men."
President Taft criticises, the recall
of the Judiciary, and expressed him
self In favor of Immigration. He de
clared that the attacks of 'Samuel
Gompers upon bis administration were
"as erroneous as claims that he had
delivered, the entire labor vote to
Bryan-four years ago." -'
He Alone Responsible. '
"As to Governor Wilson's statoment
thnt I have been misled by bad advis
ers, I wish him and everyono else to
understand thnt I have boon and will
continue to be president In all that the
title Implies. I am responsible for ev
ery act. of my administration, and
have no burden to shift to the should
ers of others."
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