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sS?A ' a ' 'aP& . a a EThe',BestjNewspaper in Salem. ThejCapital Jour nalgives today's news today. The Best Advertising Medium in Salem. The Capital Journal advertis ing brings results. room 36TH YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1013. PRICE TWO CENTS Suicide Theory Is 5 Exploded No Shortage Other Than Trifling Mistakes Found in liisBooksTo Drown Him self Practically Impossible "There is absolutely no grounds for suspicion showing on the books of County Clerk Allen," stated D. 0. Dra per, expert accountant, who is work ing on the county books, when asked today about the reported discrepancy in the accounts of Mr. Allen, who was found dead In tho Bwlmmlng pool at; the Y. M. C. A. yesterday. Mr. Drager said further: j "The books Bhow no tampering wmuever, aim i understand thai there are funds enough in tho banks to fnuaro tho minor clerical errors that have been found." Drager would make no definite stntomcnt regarding to how much tho clerical errors might amount. Culver Is Positive. S'jinley Z. Culver, who was County Clerk Allen's first dephty and whom Governor West yesterday appointed county clerk to fill out the few days of Mr, Allen's unexpired term, made the positive statement that there are a least funds enough In a bank at feilverton to square tho books, and it bo reduced to 60 days Instead. He that It is his opinion that more than WM sustained in the opinion by Attor that amount will be found. ney Bingham, who declared that GO Rojwrts have gone abroad and been days was ample time, and that six published to the effect that Allen's months was much too long. A motion looks showed a shontage of about (3 - was made by Attorney Bingham to 000 and iffat his financial standing was amend Attorney" Caison's motion by such that It was doubtful If ho could reducing the time on appeals to 60 have made the amount good. These days, when the cose is being tried on vojiorts are exploded by developments its merits, and to 30 days otherwise, today. This motion carried, and a bill will be All indications that Mr. Allen com- di lifted along the lines suggested, niittod suicide seem to have vanished. The matter ot a too extensive .'uflt- Tlls remark to the restaurant proprl- etor, "This Is tho last time I shall eat here," would have been true In a gen- ral way, had ho lived, since he was going to SUvorton to stay until time to turn his office over to his successor when It was his Intention to retire to his farm. Were Xow Year's (Jiffs. Tho trinkets which Mr. Allen had nr.kod to have distributed to his office help is explained as merely a New Year's greeting. Tho force In the clerk's office has for a year or more 1 Wnn vni-v plr,,.1v vm-nn InirnlW In n social way. It has been the custom of the several clerks and stenograph- ... n,t.. 4t. 1 I vin WJ K'P 1IU LIC9 Ull UIO UIXIIOHIUB of their birthdays, and Mr. Allen was . sometimes present at these affairs, it is considered only nntnral that he , should have remembered his force on New Year's day. Another argument that Is advanced to dispose of the suicide theory Is that It would be almost an impossibility for a person who could swim In the least degree to commit Bulclde by plunging Into a narrow pool of water without any weight on his body. The suicide would necessarily have to be "by sheer desperation sufficient to cause the person continually to force lilmself beneath the wator until over come. May Hare Used Tank Before. Secretary L. H. Compton of the Y. 1,1. C. A., discredits the suicide theory. Also he Is not sure that yesterday was the first time Mr. Allen hod used the swimming pool. "It was the first time that we had discovered he had used tho pool In the morning," said Mr. Compton. "He may have used It on many previous occasions. We probably would never 1 ave known he used It yesterday had he not disappeared." IIITLET IX 1IIS BRAIN' CAl'SES IN8AXE SPELLS UNITED P1UERS 1JQAHKD W1HK.1 San Francisco, Jan. 3. Believing that a portion of a bullet in his head, received during a duel with a thug In Canada two years ago, Is pressing ngnlnct his brain, subjecting him to fits of violent Insanity, Mrs. Homer Woods here today BBked the police to locate her husband, Homer Woods, a sheet metal worker, who disappeared New Year's day, taking with him his little son, William. On two occasion Woods, after ly ing down, was suddenly overcome by a maniacal mania and severely beat Mrs. Woods and ber mother, Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 3. All interurban trains on the Pugot Sound Electric line are tied up today by a landslide at Bluffs about fifteen miles from Taco ma. .The slide occurred last night after tho last train had passed and was not discovered until the first limited struck It this morning. The slide covers the Ir&ck ten feet deep for a hundred yards nud will net be cleared probably until tills af To Increase the Number of Judges I A meeting of the Marlon County Bar association was held lu tho court bouse yesterday1 afternoon, at which : tne legnl men ot tll0 couniy decided to tll10 acton j assisting In tho passage 0 seVeral bills through tho legislature relative to various sections ot tho C0(P- Attorney John A. Carson suggested that the association take steps to frame a bill for the purpose of reduc ing tho time now granted In which to perfect an appeal. In civil cases, the present law provides that parties may have six months in which to carry a ciibo to a higher tribunal. Attorney Camon contended that this time was mllch too long, and recommended that clal district and an insufficient num- ber of circuit judges was then brought up for discussion, Attorney Carson argued that the district should be dl-1 vided Into three sections, two sections on the west side of the Willamette river, and Linn and Marlon county j comprising tho third. In dividing the rilBtiict In this matter, he contended that another judge could he appointed on the west sldo. and thus reduce tho pressure now delaying tho legal busi- ness of tlio district. Jndgo Galloway, who was acting C WUrmaH, CleCllireil Hint ill 1110 year J"8' lmssed, U,00 cases were passed "l)on ln tno district. A4ln...,n.r Dtntrl.n.x nntt In,, rl.wl Hint! rtl m-J lllllh'""" ,'t.n.in. n ....... there was too much work for two judges In the five countleB, and that In tho event a bill to relieve the conges- tlon would be presented to the legls- lnture, It would pass without a doubt. District Attorney McNnry addressed the meeting. He stated that the work in his office in the McVlckers theatre In the district has doubled In the past building. In the heart ot the city, eight years; that he did not have time i Kltchln roomed under Logue's of to try cases, and that slricj the first flee. His thumb print are being coin Monday In October he could not see pared with some found ln the dla how Circuit Judge Percy Kelly hod mond merchant's plnce aftor his body time to dispose of the great bulk ot shot, Btabbed and burned with acid, business. If there are not more gagged and bound, was discovered. Judges covering the district, many cases will go untried, declared District Attorney McNary. He said this mat ter should be placed ln the hands ot the legislature by all means, and rec ommended Judge Ramsden, of Yam hill county, and Oscar Hayter, of Dal las, as being good men for the position of an extra Judge for the west sldo. Judge Webster, former county Judge of Multnomah county, was Invited to take part In the discussion, which he did. Judge Webster stated that this dUtrlct Bhould surely be represented by another Judgo, In view of the fact that, while the regular work was great, both Judge Galloway and Judgo Kolly were required to sit ly cases which affect the entire tale. Ho de clared that many constitutional ques tions were passed on by these two Judges, and, In fact, they were Judges for evory county In the stato, when constitutional matters wore brought up. Attorney McNary recommended that the salaries of the circuit Judges be raised to $4000 a year. This recom mendation was considered fnvorably by the attorneys and the legislature will be asked to pass on a bill to tho effort. A motion was passed to apimlnt a committee to draw up resolutions In commemoration ot the late County Clerk Allen, and a collection was tak- Big Storm Sweeping thejCoast Newport News Partly Inun dated and Vessels All along the Coast are Scudding for Shelter UNITED FIIBRS LEASED WHIR. Washington Jan. 3. Reports that Norfolk, Va., had been destroyed by a tidal wave, which threw tho war de partment Into a whirl of excitement here today, were ascertained to he groundless when telephone communi cation with the supposedly destroyed city was renewed. The known fact that a hurricane BWPpt t10 cntiro B0Utll to(,ly H,m,8t wlralvlnir communication from hero with Virginia at first lent color to tho reports of Norfolk's destruction. Com munication with Newport News was obtained this afternoon, however, and a brief dispatch from that point at 3 o'clock said that Norfolk was safe and in no danger Vessels Hunt Harbors. Baltimore, Md Jan. 3. With a wild galo blowing and a low barometer, giving promise of tho worst storm of the winter tonight, shipping today is running for refuge Into Baltimore harbor. In this city the roof of the county jail was blown off. At Norfolk a number of small harbor craft are known to have sunk and all that part of the coast is ' -,wept by the galo, which at some places has reached a height of 70 miles an hour. Part of Newport News is Inundated So far as Is yet known there have been no fatalities. Three Big Storms. New York, Jan. 3. Telephone and telegraph companies here today ro- ported three terrific storms ranging throughout the country. One is in the Northwest, another in tho Middle West and the third along the Atlantic seaboard. Wires between New York and Chl- cago are crippled. Tho Atlantic fleet Is gathering at Hampton Roads, which is a bad har- hor for a heavy blow. It Is feared that destroyers and torpedo boats are endangered. The lowest barometers In years are reported. NEfiRO ARRESTED FOR THE LOUIE Ml'ItDER united nusss lfused whir. , Chicago, Jan, 3. Robert Kltchln, a ncgr0) WIlg arrested here today on BBpicOIl 0f ueng tho murdurer of J. w Logue) a diamond merchant, who was tortured and killed here recently STATE TAX LEVY IS ONLY $1,000,000 It was announced by Governor West this morning that the state- tax levy for 1913 amounts to about $1,000,000 against about (3 000,000 for the 1912 levy. The assoBsmont lost year was about 3.4 mills and for this year about 1.1 mills, The assessed valuation of Iroerty In the stato amounts to about $900,000,000. Want a Count)' Head. A delegation from tho Crooked Fin ger district Is assembled before the county commissioners this morning for the purpose of securing a road out of the mountains to civilization. It Ib contended by the applicants that cer tain parties owning farms between them and Sllvnrton will not permit a road to be built through, and that they have no other routo by which they can reach town. Crooked Finger Is located 30 nillcB oust of Sllvert.on en with which to secure a florul piece for the doeoased's casket. A bill for an act vesting the county clerk and his regular deputies with power to serve summons will also bo Introduced. TIiIb will relieve the slier Iff and his force of the duty, and greatly expedite cases, contended the attorneys, Joint Occupation. Vienna Jan, 3. Joint occupa tion of Albania by Austria and Italy immediately after the con clusion of tho London peace conferences Is predicted here today by an articlo In a local newspaper. The article declares that tho step is to bo taken by tho two powers to pacify the country and to "establish there a new condition of affairs." This report Is not, however, officially confirmed. Arkansas Senator Died Today UNITED 1'llliSS LEASED W1IIK. Washington, Jan. 3. O'.it of respect to tho memory of t'nlted States Sen ator Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas, who died suddenly nt his homo in Little Rock shortly after midnight, the sen ate adjourned today Iinm.edlr.toly after convening. This action prevented the resumption of the Impeachment trial of Robert W. Archbald, of tho com merce court, charged with misconduct In olllce. Senator Davis was undoubtedly the most picturesque flguro In the senate. He was elected a member In 1907 and made himself known from tho llrst day. Smashing all precedents, throughout his membership, ho roast ed tho "criminal rich" and Ignored all efforts of his colleagues to Bnub him. Davis' most recent exploit was the Introduction of a resolution removing tariff duties from "Now England's sa cred codfish." In support of his reso lution ho poked fun at Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. . ' Davis boasted that ho had never used on automobile and would never pay to ride In one. He had the big gest voice and tho mast lurid vocabu lary ot any member of tho senate, Davis' pet hobbles were the south, the negro question, trusts and tho crimin al rich. In 1908, whon Senntors Gore, La Folletto ond Stone conducted a filibus ter against the Aldrlch currency bill, Davis wired from Arkansas ub fol lows: "Hold the fort. I am coming." Ho nrrlved too late, however, to bo of assistance. Big Sale at New Store Tomorrow It Is going to be a groat salo, this glgantio clearance sale. The im mense buying power of the Bardo & Levitt store Is so groat because all stocks are closed out from Benson to season; that's why they do not stop nt the price ln order to move the stock. The great reductions made will stand as Salom's greatest bargains. The Bardo & Levitt stores are known for the high class of goods carried, as they represent only gllt-edgo makers. No one can afford to lightly puss up this great event. Hundreds will save dollars and dollars, and the beau ty of It Is everything Ib now; this point must not be overlooked. Kvory Item In todays big advertisement Is guaranteed absolutely genuine. Bardo ft Levitt novor mislead the people, Attend the great sale and you will buy the greatest bargains of your life. OFFICERS MOVE TO THE MASONIC BlILDINO The offices of tho stato forester and the Blnte architect have been moved from the capltol building to the new Masonic temple, and tho office of Sec retary Frank Meredith of tho stato fair board will follow In a few duyH. Tho reason for tho removal, which Is tem porary, Is to make room for the legis lature. Protest Wilier KiiIcn, Protesting against alleged unrea sonable and exorbitant, rules the city of St Johns has tiled a complaint In the office of tho utility iiuiiilsslon against the St. Johns Water Works and Llgh'.lng company. This com plaint comes under tho new utilities bill. He Visited the House TooOften John Crown Robs Woman, and Pays Her Second Visit "She Shoots Him and He Is Captured UNITED I'llESS LEASED WIRE. Seattle, Wash., Jan, 3 John Crown, supposed to bo' a tramp who robbed her home a weeK ago Tuesday, was this morning shot In the mouth and nose by Mrs. Thomas Shomo, of Juuu lta, near here, after a fierce struggle at her home. Crown turned and fled. Ho was later arrested at Redmond by Spe cial Deputy Sheriff Frank Sldell. According to Mrs. Shomo, who Is a widow, and owns a ranch In Juanita, Crown worked for her last. Tuesday, and during her absence pilfered every thing of value In the house. She did not see him again until this morning, when he forced himself into the house by leveling a revolver at her. Mrs. Shomo, following the robbery, had al so provided herself with a revolver. Crown, so Mrs. Shomo told Deputy Sheriff Hill, forced her Into her bed room. There he struck her ana threw her to the floor, Mrs. Shomo said. He was delivering some sort of an ultima tum to her, when she Becured hor re volver and fired at him. DEBAUCH ENDED IN THE CITY JAII. After running his family out of the home, burning up his wife's clothing mid threatening people with a loaded shotgun R. D. Jordan was arrested today by Dny Officer Gains, and is now sleeping off tho effects of a Jag In the city bnatllo. According to Officer Gains, Jordan was out on a debauch last night, and inl, tn hi hnn, in K,,,n, Rniom. abused his family shamefully, The wife called the offceT early this morn ing and tho husband was brought to the Jail in a taxlcab on account of him being too Intoxicated to walk. Mrs. Jordan told tho olllcers that her hus band has failed to support tho family, that she worked In a local lodging house in order to obtain food for tho children and that sho will swear to n complaint ngalnst tho man and secure n divorce at the earliest possible mo ment. Mrs. Jordan Informed the police that her husband became angry for no rea son nt all and after frightening both herself and children out of tho house, burnt up clothing and loaded a shot gun with tho evident intention of do ing her bodily harm. When Officer Gains arrived at the Jordan homo, ho found tho husbnnd utrotched out on the floor, dead to the world. MISS JOSEPHINE COLLINS MA It HI ED IN SEATTLE The announcement hna been re ceived In this city of the marrlago of MIbs Josephine Collins to Mr. M. RlggB, Jr., In Seattle, Washington, I)o- comber 21, 1912, Mr. and Mrs. Rlggs will mako their homo In Seattle, j Mrs. Rlggs was formerly a Salem girl, and will be remembered by many Salem people, having siient her child- I hood hero, making her homo with tho family of K. T. Malvln, of linglowood, 1 for 11 years. Mrs. Rings was a visitor at the Malvln home last August. la in II y Strong on Office (dnitkd mass uahed wihi. Oregon City, Ore. Jan. 3. Harlow's official family visited Oregon City Now Year's day, Barlow Is milquo In that the municipal government la largely voBted In tho members of one family, so that nothing more serious than a family tiff ever breaks the calm of Harlow's official llfo. W. 8. Tull, the bend of the family, is mayor of Har low; Mrs. Tull, his wife, Is eounollwo- ninn; G. C. Tull, IiIh son, Is council man, and W. I). Tull, another son, Is treasurer. So that there shall lie no monopoly, .1 nines Krlckskon Is also a councilman, and William Bowers, city reeonler. Tho mayor su: Ills council woman has soma pretty clearly defined policies, but that ho controls a majority of tho council, and feels reasonably seenro. More than this ho did not think It the best part of either political or do mestic wisdom to say. Taft Admits Defeat Washington Jan. 3 Defeated ln his plan to nominate Colonel Goethals, civil governor of the Panama canal zono by the cer tain opposition of tho Democrats President Taft confessed today that he had been worsted when ho told his friends that ho would not nominate the canal builder, but would leave the mat tr to President-Elect Wilson. He will not Issue the executive order establishing civil govern ment at Panama. Sleeves Is Now Mayor of Salem In compliance with nn opinion ren dered last night by City Attorney llol lin K Page, in which it Is held that the mayor-elect ot the city of Salem Bhould take up the duties of the office on the first day of the year, Louis Lachmund today announced that the trials and tribulations of being chief executive of this city woro over, and that tho reins are now In the hanilB of others beside himself Consequently, Mayor-elect Stoeves Is now, and has been since January 1st, the legal head of tho city's ad ministration, and It will now bo his duty1 to preside nt the next meeting of the council, and at the same time af fix his signature on the approval of the bonds furnished by eight Salem saloon men for licenses, passed upon and granted by the council recently. This Is nn apparent settlement of the difficulty ln which the saloon men of this city and the city council aro Involved, relative to unsigned licenses. Even had Mayor Lachmund signed the licenses after the first of the year they would have been Illegal, accord ing to City Attorney Pago's opinion, "ul M iiiuuer now iunu u, win bo P ,0 Ma5"r SleeV69 to elther ap- "rove the bon"s or BWcar a """J I'M" charging the eight saloons with transacting business In the city with out a license In an Interview held with Mayor Stecves on New Year's day, he declared that he was not In favor of holding up the licenses grant ed to the eight saloon men, and Inti mated that ho would approve tho bonds, and Issue the licenses upon : taking up tho duties of the office. Thnt further conflict will result Is not. probable under these circum stances, as It only requires the signa ture of tho new mayor to eliminate all j prospects for a chnrgo of the violation I of tho laws by the saloon men, either technical or criminal, Chief of Police Frank Shedee.k will j not prosecuto ono caso again the eight saloons operating without a legally signed license, unless tho authorities fllo a complaint, nnd order him to pro ceed Ho declared today ho would take no hnnd ln tho affair, until such action was begun by other officials, to sanction any movo to arrest the sa loon men. Ho also stated that ho did not Intend to havo tho matter thrown on his shoulders, and would not at tempt to discuss ex-Mayor Lachmund's stand ono way or the other. ! ,'Chlef of Police Shedeck makes himself ridiculous when the contendB he will not enforce the law until a complaint hag been sworn to by tho 'mayor and tho council," said Mr. 'Lachmund this morning. "Kvorywio knows what tho duties of a chief of police are, and It Is needless to say that where tho law Is being violated, It. Is the duty of the chief to enforce It whether the violation bo technical or otherwise. If a man was knocked In tho heiid on the streeU of Salem, I don't think It would be necessary for the chief to first, secure a complaint sworn to by tho mayor and the coun cil beforo making an arrest. There is not a particle of dlffereneo as to tho manner In which tho law Is violated. As long as they are violated tho duty of tho chief Is to enforce them. What are the people paying a city attorney a salary for, If It is not, t:i guide the officers nnd maintain aoiiin source through which legal advice can be se cured? Ho has rendered the opinion, nnd, Inasmuch ns tho opinion holds that the law is not being enforced, It Ib surely up to some one to net." The Turks Surrender, Athens, Jan. 3. Official lUilKmneo meiit was made hero today that the Turkish garrison on the Island of Chios, 2000 strong, had surrendered unconditionally to the Greek forco of occupation, The Labor Leaders Released Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Writ and They Will Be Given Freedom as Soon as Their Bonds Are Filed UNITED I'llESS LEASED WIllB. Chicago, Jan. 3. Release on bonds of tho 32 labor leaders convicted last week ln Indianapolis on conspiracy to Illegally transport dynamite from the federal prison nt Leavenworth, Kan., v-as ordered here today by Justices Baker, Seaman and Kohlsaat, sitting as tho United States circuit court of appeals. The court granted a writ of super sedeas applied for by attorneys for tho conviad men after a long battle ln which tho attempt to free them was bitterly opposed by United StnteB At torney Charles Miller, who declared that, If freed from lioavenworth, tho union men would fleo the country and could never be extradited back. The court ordered, desplto Mlller'a objections thnt a writ of supersedeas Issue and that tho convicted men be released immediately on the presenta tion of the bonds required. The government asked bonds for President Ryan of the Ironworkers, of $70,000 or $10,000 for each year of his sentence. The bonds OBked for each man sentenced to six years will be $00,000 with the same ratio extending throughout the entire list of convicted men down to the ono-year men at $10,000 each. Besides the 30 days granted by law, the court also allowed the oonvlcted men another 30 days for the prepara tion of their cases for appeal. JuBllce Baker said this would not prevent tho appeal coming up for hearing at tho April term ot the court of appeals hero. The bands must be given h Judgo Anderson's court. In reading the dec Ion of the court, JurIIco Baker snld there might be substantial error In the trial, so the convictions would not stand. He said I tho court would admonish the gov ernment ln cases where application had been made for a writ of error and supesendas not to ask for an Immedi ate execution of a sentence, but to nl low tho defendants time to mako such ; application beforo their commitment I to prison. After the court's decision, the at torneys for the Ironworkers and tho government argued long nnd bitterly ns to who should be tho correct per sons to approve tho bonds. It was finally decided that the question should bo presented to Judgo Ander son, and thnt Attorney-General Miller must approve the bonds on behalf of the government Miller Bald that the defendants would be required to offer the bonds of private Individuals, for which real eBtate security equal to twlco tho amount of the ball In each caso must bo given. SAFE IN ItEA VEKTON SALOON IS 1U) I! UK l UNITED I'llHHK IJIAHICD WIllB. lleaverton, Ore., Jan. 3. Tho sufo In the Biiloon of Adam Zen Zeen was found dynamited and rifled of Its con tents, consisting of $100 In cask and valuable papors today. The safu was wrecked. It Is supposed the safe cracking took place early this morning, nd there wero loiterers around the saloon for an hour or bo after It closed for tha night. Railroad Man Bond. DNITKD I'MSHS l.HAHICD Willi. New York, Jan, 3, Roswell Miller, chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee ft SI. Paul railroad, wiih found ili'iul today In bis homo here. Heart failure Is believed to have been the cause of ileal h, Suspended I lie Rules. t'MTl:l eur.Hrt ii;ani:i Willi. 1 Washington, .Inn. 3. Interstate commission tniluy suspended until May 13 the proposed Increased freight rules on tin plalo and sheet motal linni im ti'i'ii ports to Oregon ami Washington. President-elect Wilson again mani fests bis good Democratic sense l y requesting simple inaugural ceremonies.