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A Sri) (i fwn L r J I 8 I 1111 IV I II 11-11 II II II II nr A 0 1 n n Id n TOL. XXII. SALEM OREG9X, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 112. NO. 200. itfflllTIC LE MR. LAFItY ARTICLE SIGHED BY BANKER ALBERT, AND ABAIIIST HIM THE BIG SUIT IS BROUGHT I Councilman Lafky Objects to the statements Made in the Ar ticle, Which He Says, Attacks His Motives in Connection With the Paving of South Twelfth Street While Not Men tioned by Name, the Article Speaks of "the Chairman of the Street Committee, Which Position He Holds. F. J. Lafky, councilman from the third ward and chairman of the street committoe of IbA) city council, today filed a damage suit against J. H. Al bert, president of the Capital National Bank and a prominent citizen of Sa lem, for $25,000 damages alleged duo on account of the publication over his signature of an article attacking his motives In connection with the pave. it of South Twelfth street In this city. Tho complaint alleges that on the 8th day of August, 1912, the de fendant, at Salem, Marlon county, Oregon, caused to be published over his signature In the Dally Oregon Statesman, a dally newspaper of gen- cral circulation, published at Salem, Albert, the whole nearly filling a col llio following words concerning the umn, and all bearing upon a suit of plaintiff, to-wit; Situation on Twelfth Street. Kditor Statesman: The inclosed clipping from the Portland Evening Telegram of the Gth Inst., showsup tho successful bidder for the Improvement of South Twelfth street, namely, the Clark-Henry Co., as a member of the paving trust. A number of this trust acting In com plicity with members of the common council of Forest Grove succeeded in : ktl0(.klng off the rouglv eige8 ana cor. having the remonstrance against the'lerg )hat too often lose a game improvement or beconu avenue, in , that city, Ignored, and the contract let for the Improvement. Upon suit being brought by certain citizens to restrain the olty from making the Improve - ment, upon the grounds of It being an "unlawful combination," the trust con- KILLED IN A ACCIDENT , Lebanon, Ore., Oct. l.-As a result of a team of farm horses running away late Sunday afternoon near La- combe one person Is dead and three others seriously Injured. The dead woman is Mrs. George McCIlntlc, age 40 years, and the injured are Mrs. Charles McClintic, a slBter of the dead -woman, 36 years, the 12-year-old daughter of J. Bothner and the 9-year-old daughter of O. Fltzwater. Besides those Injured there were In the carriage at the time of the run away George McClintic and his broth er, Charles, and the 5-year-old daugh ter of the latter. They had been to a neighbor's home to pass the day and were on their way home and driving down a steep grade, about two miles south of Lacombe, the tongue of the double-steated wagon broke, and the team became frightened and unmanageable. They ran some distance down the road, where the carriage collided with a telephone pole turning It completely over. Mrs. Mc Clintic, who is a large woman, was thrown from the vehicle against a log nd instantly killed. Mrs. Charles Mc Clintic was thrown against the pole and her shoulrer was broken and her hreast severely cut, and she was oth erwise badly bruiBed. She probably will recover. The thigh of the Bothner girl was cut to the bone, and she was bruised and cut about the head, and the Fltz water girl was cut and bruised about Tier head. The other occupants of the vehicle escaped with lesBer bnilaes and cuts, and were not seriously hurt. The McCllntics came here about four years ago from Iowa, and are prosper ous farmers residing between Leba non and Lacombe. IN STAT TO BRING I tractors and the city council threw up 'theli hands and stopped the lmprove- Inient. In our proposed South Twelfth street Improvement, the trust seems to have found willing accomplices in the persons of certain city officials, Including the chairman of the street committee, who In a "verbal report," hoodwinked the council Into awarding 'the contract for that improvement to "this member of the trust, Ignoring the overwhelming remonstrance against It. : J. II. ALBERT. Following this In tho same Ifisue of fhe Statesman Is a long "clipping," presumably that referred to by Mr. P. 11. Llttlehttlos and others against the city of Forest Grovo to restrain thai city from Improving Second av enue from First to Fifth streets. Grant Corby Is attorney for Mr. Larky. . HIGH SCHOOL TEAM IS DOING FINE PRACTICE WORK The high school team Is working hard and late each day and are fast Th , , ,)lea8ed with the , wofk belng dona but would like mor8 ' of lhe boy8 out aB there ,B not enough comlH!ttori for piace8 on tile team, 1 . g0)d Bchedule la belng flxed for tlleTgecond team and lr tne boys come ;out even tho(gh they do not make tho first squad, there will be several games for them to play when the first team In out of town. The new suits will be here some time this week and all can be accommodated who will come out. The field was greatly benefited by th( showers yesterday which helped to pack down the loose dirt on top, ' so that already an Improvement can ! be noticed In both the speed and ac tlvpness of the team. J The boys are doing lots of signal P-rictlce' forward ,afl8ln6 and punting la 'rder Bt by Saturday they will be pretty well hardened down and ready for the alumni game which will be a hard one for thein on account of the weight and experience which the old has-beens have. Yet when the time comes the lads will show them that It Is not beef that counts, but speed and head work. POSSE IS READY TO LTNCH NEGRO IDNITID FtSSI UiUD Will. Rawlins, Wyo., Oct. 1. Posses to day prepared to lynch Frank Wlgfall, a negro, who Is alleged to have assult- ed! Mrs. Esther Hlgglns, aged 71 years, If he Is captured, Wlgfall Is alleged to have chopped down the door of the Hlgglns home, and overcome the woman, after a floree struggle. He then took to the hills and Is reported to be located near Cherokee. Their First Offenne. (DNITKII mtHH UAKBD W1RI. Alameda, Cal., Oct 1. "To our dear mtlghbors: We are Just married so treat us good. It's our first offense t(i!s as the big sign found tacked over tliclr front door by Mr. and Mrs.'C. C. Brockhnge here upon retunlng from their honeymoon. RooTOKclt Knds Tour. Ashvllle, N. C Oct. 1. Theodore Roosevelt, progressive candidate for president. Is ' here today, greatly pleased at his reception In the South. His voice is so hoarse he can hardly speak on this, his final day of cam paigning. Roosevelt expects) a big progressive vote In the South. ES SUIT FOR LIBEL Sin-cd Town Second Time. Daker, Or., Oct. 1. Mrs. J. L. Bishlcr, telephone "central" to- day Is the heroine of Pine valley having for a second time saved Plnetown from destruction by fire. The people of the village are their own policemen and fire fighters. When fire broke out In Plnetown, Mrs. Blshler quickly notified everybody In the valley and within two hours 20 persons were fighting the fire, which was soon checked. HANDS DOWN NUMBER OF DECISIONS SUPREME COURT SUSTAINS AP-I PEAL OF STATE AGAINST WELLS FARGO EXPRESS, AND CASE WILL BE TRIED OX MERITS. Ii an opinion rendered today the supreme court denied the motion of the defense to dismiss the appeal of the state In the case brought by It agahiBt the Wells Fargo Express com pany to collect gross earnings tax duo from It since the year lf08, and tho case will now be tried out on Its mer its. The corporation now contends that the gross earnings law has been re pealed by Implication, and, sitting as circuit judge In the case, Judge Bur nett, now a member of the supreme court, upheld the contention. Should the Biipreme court hold the contrary, then, not only this corporation, but a number of others, muBt pay taxes from the year 1908, and it would mean that thousands of dollars would flow Into the state treasury, Other cases decided were: Donart Brothers vs. C. P. Stewart, Klamath; motion to correct mandate allowed. Hyram Tyree vs. Crystal District Improvement Irrigation company, Malheur; affirmed. T. K. Anderson vs. Emma Robinson, et al., Josephine; reversed. Van Dusen Investment company vs. Western Fishing company, Clatsop; motion for rehearing denied. Mutual Benefit Insurance company vs. Evelyn Cummlngs, motion to strike out additional abstract sustained. This case was from Multnomah. M. J. Walch company vb. M. Nelson, et al., Multnomah; Judgment modified. E. J. Rehfleld vs. L. S. Winters, Multnomah; motion to strike out peti tion for rehearing allowed. C. E. Maaon vs. W. H. Wilson, Ma rlon; motion to dismiss appeal al lowed. Petitions for rehearing were denied In the following cases: Petor M. Mc intosh vs. Alex. McNalr; J. S. McNalr vs. Charles G. Benson; d. II. Stubud vs. E. J. Frazler; Florence Sherred vs. Baker City; George Spnborn vs. W. A. Jennings. .MANY IMMIGRANTS POUR INTO CANADA .i CNITID niltRS U0ASHD VIM). Ottawa, Ont, Oct. 1. During the five months, April 1 to September 1, of the current fiscal year, 242, GOD Im migrants arrived in Cannda. Of this number 163,300 arrived at ocean ports nnd 79,209 from the United States. These figures show an increase of 14 per cent as compared with the number of arrivals for the correBpond 'ng months of the Inst fiscal year, which were 141,021 at ocean ports and 71.834 from the United States, making a total for the five months, April 1 to September 1, 1911, of 212,854 persons. Talked Into Phonograph. tJHITD ritCM LSASHD WIRR Beverly, Mass., Oct. 1. President Taft today delivered a speech Into n recording phonograph to be used for campaign purposes. Records of the speech, it was said, would be spread broadcast. Ely Miners Will Strike. " Ely, Nov., Oct. L Unless the union Is recognized and an In- crease In wages of fifty cents a day 1b granted, the miners here will call an Immediate strike, ac- cording to Charles II. Moyer, la- bor louder, hero today. Manager Lakonan, of the Ne- vada Consolidated company, as- sertB that tho miners are satis- fled with the company's recent advance of 50 cents a day. THE FIRST BLOOD FOR Several of the Defendants in the Dynamiting Cases at In dianapolis Were Set Free by Order of the Court. TO BE TRIED ON 55 COUNTS Ortle McMnnlgiil Was Arraigned To day and Pleaded Guilty to the Same Charges That Arc Against the Union Men, Fifty-One of W horn Are Under Indictment Sentence Was Suspend. ed-Ho Is Stnte's Strongest Wit. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 1. First blood for the defense was secured to day by attorneys representing fifty one officials of tho International As sociation of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers on trial here for an al U-ged dynamiting plot when Judge, Anderson sustained a motion present- ed by. Attorney Hovey to Bet aside the order for consolidation of the trials DEF SE made last March. United States DIs- million pesos, or about i,uuu,uuu uy trlct Attorney Miller expects to move.on American firm. We have not yet for reconsideration soon on grounds discovered who It was." other than those offered In fighting The Investigation came to a Btand- for the motion today. The defendants and their attorneys nnA 4..1.Mrtf niai TiwltrA A n fl nr RMT1 'f! ' . . , . ruling. Attorney Hovey expects ten days' time in which to prepare sep arate demurrerB to the Gl Indictments, the court holding the request In abey ance. Ortle E. McManlgal was arraigned tcday on charges of illegally trans porting explosives, the charge against him being the same as those contained in the Indictments against the union men. He pleaded guilty to each of the Indictments. Sentence In McManlgal's case was temporarily suspended and .Hamburg, and which !b lying at a he left the courtroom under a heavy wharf here. One apprentice Is dead, guard. He will be held at the federal and two others of the crew are affllct bullding until tho taking of testimony ed. starts When he Is expected to prove The health authorities, remembering the state's star witness against the the ravages of the disease on the sea accused men. There was no demon- port towns of Australia several years atratlon either when McManlgal en- tered or left the court room. l oto. T,ia Aiwirnn (ionlpd At- torney Hovey's request for filing sep - nrate demurrers to the Indictments and advised Prosecutor Miller that It was up to him, to elect the counts whereupon the government proposed to try the accused men. Then, he said Mlllor could again move for the re- consolidation of the cases. Upon recommendations of Miller, the court discharged the Indictments ngalnBt Patrick Ryan, business agent for the Chlcngo Ironworkers' local; J W. Irwin, former secretary of the Ironworkers' local at Peoria, 111.; and A. J. Kavnnaugh, business agent for the Springfield, 111., local In 1911. Prosecutor Miller then elected to try the remaining 48 defendants on 55 counts as follows: Five counts charging conspiracy, 34 charge Illegal n(,re aocuged of robbing the New West transporting of dynamite, sixteen In- J minster bank, aB tho man who "beat volvlng shipments of nltro -glycerine, M,n p" reccntiy In a Chlcngo saloon. 45 counts without specific data, were j jiurng WI,B attempting to arrest Stacey eliminated. Judge Anderson then ' at tlle tme sustained Miller's motion to re-con-1 gtacey, upon being confronted by solldate the case on tho remaining nrng declared he had never before charges and the selection of a Jury geerl tho ieutm,ant. began. Iletter Walt on Himself Portland, Or., Oct. 1. John Conrad was arrested and fined $100 for serv- lng a drink In his saloon on Sunday to his partner. Indians Have Diphtheria. Indian Chutes, Ont., Oct. 1 An epidemic of diphtheria of most malignant type has broken out among the Indians of Turtle Iake near the Hudson's Bay post Fort Matacewan. Some deaths have occurred al- ready, and prospectors from above Fox Rapids report two ad- dltlonal deaths within the past week. Most of the Indians are ontlre- ly without medicine or attention any sort at present. AMERICANS ADVANCED $5,000,000 THIS AMOUNT WAS PUT UP TO FINANCE OROZCO, RUT WHO PUT IT UP IS A MATTER THAT IS NOT KNOWN. ONITBD 1'IIKSS MCAHED WII1B.1 Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 1. "No tes timony has been adduced thus far tending to show that Americans were Interested or flnnnced the Orozco re bellion In Mexico," said Senator Smith, chalrnmn of the senatorial com mlttee Investigating the Mexican rev. olutlon this afternoon. "The Orozco revolution has been and is being financed by the people of the state of Chihuahua, and by the army Itself by the property, customs. export duties and monies it has con ,f 'seated from time to time. "The probe has revealed that Ma- aero was a.uea to u.e i still today. Senator Smith went to Santa Ana for a brief rest. If no more Los Angeles witnesses appear, the Investigation will be In Sun Diego l"H """6 1 In about a week, according to Secre. tary Ireland, of the committee. About 02 witnesses have been heard thus far. UUIIOMC PLAGUE DISCOVERED OX SHIP rniflTin PRESS I.EASCD wim.l New Caatlo, N. S. W Oct. 1. The much-dreaded disease, bubonic plague has broken out on the ship Bellaisle, which trades between New Castle and ago, have quarantined tne snip anu the wharf, and have Instituted Inqulr- les to ascertain wnemer any oi the 'crew has been ashore, I Every precaution Is being taken to see that the plague does not spread, Killed hj Kxplottlon. (dnitid pwwh i.asd wim.1 Newport, R. I., Oct. 1. Lieutenant Donald Morrison was Instantly killed and five sailors so bndly Injured that they died later aboard the hospital ship Solace, by the bursting of tube on .the destroyer Walker in me narnor I here today, Four other sailors, badly scalded are believed dying, Identified Stucey. (flNITCD PBESS IJlARItO WIVIS.1 St. Louis, Oct. 1. Lieutenant Burns, of the Chicago police department here today Identified Walter Stacey, held An Astoria man found guilty of fall- line to summit his family has been gent to Jail one year. He will be put to work on the rock crushing plant, 'nnd allowed $1.50 a day, which will bo paid to his wlfa DS GAVE LIBERALLY AHD ALL FLINN PUT UP $100,000 III PENNSYLVANIA, TAFT MEN THAT MUCH IN ONE COUNTY Charles R. Crane Gave $70,000 in LaFollette's Primary Cam paign, and When He Was Defeated Gave the Same Amount to Wilson Managers Little Sums of Ten, Twenty or Thir ty Thousand Were Put Up By Many Others What Stand ard Oil Gave and to Whom Is Not Yet Fully Determined. rONITUD rilKSB UASID Willi. 1 Washington, Oct. 1. 'If Boise Pen rose says I offered him or anybody else $2,000,000 to he elected senator from Pennsylvania, he lied." This was the denial made here to day to tho senate campaign contribu tions committee by William Fllnn, of Pittsburg, to charges by Senator Pen- rose that rllnn nas attempted to ony a seat in tne united btates senate. Fllnn Is leader of he progressive party In Western Pennsylvania, and It was largely due to his efforts that del egates to the Republican national convention nt Chlcngo instructed for Theodore Roosevelt were elected. The rlttshurger choked with rage- when mention ot Penrose s cnarge wns;B,sl(K, pomerene, "wherein Roosevelt mnde. Senntor Penrose snt well "P aBked Ilnrrlmnn to be careful about In front and Fllnn, In voicing his do-' Bp.lectng a Benator from California?" nlnl, turned until he faced his accuser Only a few spectators were present when the committee at 10:10 o'clock Fllnn was scheduled to open today's henrlng with his testimony. Follow Ing a brief conversation with Chair man Moses E. Clapp, Fllnn was ex cused for the time being and Elon Hooker, treasurer of the progressive national committee, was called to the stand. Hookor submitted records of tho New York county progressive commit- nev co,mty, n which HUlslmrg Is lo tee, which showed that contributions 1 catC(j to the pre-conventlon campaign of, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt from New York were $.19,120. The expendl- tures, he snld, were $.r.2,(!00. Amos Plnchot, a brother of Glfford Plnchot, Hooker said, collected $11,000 In nc- cordance with the above receipts. Fllnn followed Hooker on the slund. Judge Lovett, chairman of the honrd of directors of tho Southern Paclflo railroad, snld he would testify lator In the week regarding contributions the late E. H. Harrlman Ib alleged to have made and collected for Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 campaign. Hooker testified that Alexander Cochran, a carpet manufacturer, con tributed $25,000 to the campaign fund. At this stage In his testimony the wit ness was cross-examined by Senator Pomerene. Reverting back to the Now York campaign Hooker declared that the New York primaries were a farce. We were too poor," he said, "to , hire watchers, and were robbed. But despite this fact we got nearly as many votes as President Taft. I Hooker testified that the total ex- pendltures of the progressives' pre- convention campaign were $141,657. This amount, he said, Included $17,000 paid out In railroad fares by Colonel Roosevelt and former Senator Bever IdgeT Hooker declared the progressives spent $5000 In Maryland; $3500 In Maine; $5200 In Massachusetts; $13, 500 In Illinois, and $17,500 spent by Senator Joseph M. Dixon, of Montana, who had charge of the Roosevelt bend- h quarters In Washington. The above figures, Hooker said, did not cover California and inter-mountnln Btates; He did not believe that any Indopend- ent Stnte fund was raised. The progresBlves receipts were In- creased, Hooker said, by four contrl- p,ckR(1 p uncollgcoll8i an(l are ,e butlons from Frank Munsey, magazine . , f.,l11v and newRpaper publisher, which to- rown rc,.overe(1 consciousness lat talod $39,000. Other contributions, he pr , the noHptftl nnd lt lfl now be anM mnra frrttn Vmlon PnnUiVlt. W '.. . . .. . t . Barbour, Douglas Robinson, G. K. Roosevelt and W. E, Roosevelt, each i of whom gave $500; II. L. Stoddard with $1000; Dan Hanna, $2500. I Auburn, N. Y Oct. . Drafts from George Perkins, he said, contributed the cUss A leagues by the class A A $22,500, besides earlier donations, leagues are announced here today end Hooker declared that Roosevelt's prl- Include, Delt, of Butto, by Portlnnd. mary campaigns were the most eco- The drafting of Fortior, of Salt Lak, nomlcal ever conducted, considering and Ellis, of Wichita, however, were the number of votes polled: , not allowed. The matter will be sub- Hooker startled the committee by Jrct to an Investigation by the nitlon annoiinclng that Charles R, Crane, of al board . 160 FOCI Chicago, contributed $70,000 to Sena tor La Toilette's campaign, adding: "It probably will Interest Senator PenroBe to know that Crane alBO gave; $70,000 to Governor Wilson's cam paign. Crane told me that' he gave these amounts.'' T. C. Tegethoff, private secretary to the late E. II. Harrlman, followed .ttoou,,,., He declared that he was un- bI t d mo.e iotturg roforrlne -,f(B in TnoRfivolt'8 1904 camnalen. VHave you a tolegram or a letter from Harrlman to Roosevelt regarding the selection of a new senator from California?" asked Senator Pomerene. "No," answered Tegethoff. "Did you ever hear of a letter?" per- "I never did," was the reply. Tege thoff was then excused and William Fllnn called to the Btand. v Fllnn presented the statement of his pre-convcntlon expenses, and as serted that he contributed from 85 to 90 per cent of the Roosevelt money used In Pennsylvania. Fllnn said that his contributions .amonted to to $99,3R4 to the Pennsyl vania campaign, and that of this nn,0Ilt $28,000 wbb spent In Alleglm- Minn said that $28,900 was spent on ,)0Btni ca,dg during the fight. j ITo Bft,i: -Tho money was charged to me Poosevelt campaign, but it cov- ere,i a nuicl) lnrger rnng0 0f interests. The Taft num gpent jgn.OOO In Ac (Continued on Pace 5.) CRAZY GIRL SHOOTS HER BROTHER McAllster, Cnl Oct 1. Crazed for four years as a result of typhoid fe ver, but kept at home because she was believed to be harmless, May Thomas, nged 24, Is today the slayer of her only brother, Grover Thomas, agod 27. The shooting occurred In the kltch- cn of the Thomas farm house about 12 . , u , Thomas was shot throught the heart and died instantly, There were Do witnesses to the tragody. The girl was found later la the brush by a sheriff's deputy and token to the Jail here. HIT 80-MILE GAIT AND ALSO THE FENCE ONIT1D PHESS IJAS1D WIIIS.1 Mlw,.,lk(,. W. 0ct , nrlvlng a F , caf , th(J Vondorbt cu racfli I , ,.. . t , nt t . g0 mlos ftn ,,,. I)nvl(, 1!ruce.llrown rruh..il Into n "Mien on the third Inn. nfown ftn(1 hg m(,cnanlcun wore both , lleved he may llvo. Mechanician Scu- idi lnrl has not yet revived. linni'iinn iiruiw.