Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, February 13, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV3TA A fft 4 1 TODAY'S NEWS j TODAY I THE PEOPLE'S i PAPER i 36TH YEAR. 8A1EM, OREGON, TIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1 ill It. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TTtAINS AND NKWS STANDS, FIVE CKNTS. A SW&Z . A Jennie Rose, a Silverton Girl, Attacked and Stabbed by Unknown Man. SHE WILL NOT TALK OF IT Man Came From Under Her Bed and at Once Began 'Shutting Her With Penknife. Jennie Ross, a young and pretty Italian girl, residing In Silverton, was assaulted by an unknown man last night and Is today lying on a cat In the Salem hospital with thirteen knife wounds In her body. She will recover. No clue was left by the guilty one with the exception of the Information gleaned from the vlatiin of the assault to the effect that she had boon assault ed while residing in Eugene by a Jeal ous lover, and the officers of Silverton are helpless for the reason the girl will not give out an Information what ever regarding cither the present as ault, or the nam of the person as saulting her In Eugene. According to advices received this morning by Thei Journal over the phono, Miss Rose had attended a mo tion picture show and returned home and went to bed. .Shortly after falling asleep she was awakened by a noise in the room and thinking ono of her little brother called, asked who mado the disturbance. An unknown man, she states, crawled from under the led when shft six)ke and pounced upon hor. The girl stated today that tno man attempted to kill her with a knife and after struggling with him for sev eral" moments, both staggored Into tho yard when 'e man fled. Earl Woods, a nelRhrjiA.--crwms- of the girl and ran to her assistance. Ho found hor lying bleeding In tho yard and carried her to his homo and sum moned Dr. Lewis Immediately. Case Has Peculiar Features. Miss Rose will not talk of tho as sault, It Is said by Silverton people, anil her silence has aroused no small amount of Merest In the vicinity. She nave a meager statement last night to tho effect that she was assaulted In Eugene before coming to Silverton by a Jealous lover, but would not give his , name or furnish any Information what ever. I'pon being examined by the Salem liosnltnl BureeonB this morning it was. found that the wounds had been In-J Dieted by a small knife, poBlshly a pcn-knlfe. Rut one of the thirteen ( cuts was considered serious. This was , ninilo In the vicinity of the breast and the physicians think the blado might have penetrated a lung. MEXICANS SURELY AltE HI NTING TROCHEE UNITI5D PRESS LEASED WIDE. Kl I'aso, Tex., Feb. 13. To aid the surrison at Juarez to resist a possible American Invasion tho mobilizing of all Diaz troops In northern Chihuahua lias been ordered, according to Diaz leaders here today. They declaro the Juarez garrison has declared for Diaz despite denials on the pait of Ufl commandant, Colonel Vasquez. There are three thousand rebels In the Juar ez district. Refugees reaching here today from ciiiiiiul riilliiinliha declare there Ib great disorder and hundreds of Ameri cans are endangered. When the refu gees left the city was In control of a mob of 1000 drunken Mexicans. Three thousand troops garrisoned there revised to fire on the mob, It Is reported. According to unconfirmed report Governor Gonzales has fled from the city. WILSON WILL LET ; OF GOVERNORSHIP (ENITKD PRESS LEASED WIRE.1 Trenton, N. J., Feb. 13. President elect Woodrow Wilson announced to day that ho soon would send his res ignation ns governor of New Jersey to the secretary of state. It becomes effective March 1. James Fielder, president of the Bonate, succeeds Wil son to the governorship. Governor Wilson returned to Prince ton nt noon today. Evidently Insane. Cblco, Cnl., Feb. 13. After stoning his wife nnd Inflicting possibly fatal lpjurles, J. M. Gibbons, prominent niln lng man, attempted suicide by, beating his head with a rock and stabbing himself with a knife. He Is not ex pected to survive the day. Motorcycle Hurts Girls. Portland, Or., Feb. 13. The police are today searching for the driver of a motorcycle who, while traveling at the rate of fifty miles an hour, dashed Into a bevy of high school girls and serlouBly injured Hortense Plch erceau, aged 18, and Marion Bar ton, aged 17. The girls were re turning from a picnic, and were walking along a road when the motorcycle dashed Into their midst without warning. The driver escaped without his Iden tity being learned. When Big Safe Was Blown It Fell Over on Its Face, and Robbers Were Foiled. DN1TED PRESS LEASED WIS!. Vacavllle, Cal Feb. 13. Robbers who blew the vault of the Vacavllle bank here early today, and who were reported to have obtained $10,000, had their trouble for their pains. They did not get a dollar. When the robbers blew open the vault, the safe, containing all the bank's funds, foil face downward, and before they had a chance to blow this, they were frightened away. The bonk building was almost completely wrecked. Tho ycKEmen secured entrance to the bank byl opening a rear window with a crowbar. They then bored a hole in tho concreto wall of the vault : lnd g(jt Qf( & heavy chargo Qf nytr0. glycerine. The concussion was of such force that it toppled the safe over, the top protruding through the jagged hole In the side of the vault. FrJ---away by the sound of, ai.rroachir.3 footsteps., the yeggs leaped Into a car they had stolen sov- eral hours before from the home of vi in ducks, ana spea nortnwaru. A posse was on their trail within 20 min utes after the men left the bank. RIGHT AND LEFT HANDED PLANTS Do you know that there are right handed plants ond loft handed plants? An English Investigator R. H. Compton has thought the matter curious and Interesting enough to mako it the sub ject of nn extended Investigation, 'and has reported on It to tho Cambridge Philosophical Society. Ho observed eight varieties of two-rawed barley to determine tho rr.tlo of rights to MIb; In the first, leaves of seedB of different varieties and of the various kernels from the some Individual spikes, and found that among 12,401 seedlings 7,237, or 58.38 per cent, had tho first leaf twisted to the left. A variety of millet showed an excess of left handed seedlings, as was also the case with onts. In the case of corn, tho ratio was almost unity, and there was ap- pnreutly "no Inheritance of right and left handedness as such. MEXICANS ASSAI'LT AMERICAN OFFICERS Washington, Feb. 13. Notification of assaults In Acapulco on Surgeon Co-'day, nftcr killing a bear on her ranch merr and Ensign Guthrie, officers of with two shots. Attracted by tho bark the cruiser Denver, during nn and- lng of her dogs, sho spied tho bear up American outbreak wns received by tho Btnte department today. Nelthor suffered Injury. Open threats, it Is said, continue against Amerlcnns. SYSTEM OF THE STATE Latourette's Bill Passes the House by an Overwhelm ing Vote. OUSTS CIRCUIT JUDGES Also Does Awny With County Judges and Provides Board of Three Commissioners. The Judical system of Oregon will be overturned and reformed if the Lat ourette bills passed by the house to day by an overwhelming vote are passed by tho senate, and escape veto by the governor, These bills abolish circuit and coun ty courts1 and county Judges, and In place of these courts establish a sys tem of suporlor courts, to go Into ef fect next July. The Judicial power of the state will be vested In the su preme and superior courts, which latter courts will practically be in ses- slon all the time. The superior court Is given all appellate jurisdiction and right of review over all justice of the peace and other Inferior courts and tribunals, and will have original jur isdiction In all matters of equity, pro bate, divorce and marriage, and In all felony and criminal cases. The present circuit Judges will all become superior court judges at a sal ary of $4000 yearly, when the law takes effect. The bill creates nine more superior Judges In addition to the circuit Judges, who become Biich. The state Is redlstrlcted for the perlor courts Into judicial districts as follows: Raker, one Judge; Renton and Lin coln, one; Clackamas, one;, Clatsop .. .i n..t 1 1 . i . . m and Columbia, one; Coos and Curry, one; Grant and Harney, one; Malheur, one; Douglas, one; Josephine, one; Jackson, one Lane and Ronton, one; Ll$n and Marion, two; Klamath and Lake, one; Gilliam and Sherman, one, Wheeler and Morrow, one; Umntllla, one;; Union and Wallowa, ono; Wns- co and Hood River, one; Washington, one; Tillamook and Yamhill, ono; Lin coln and Polk, one; Multnomah, one. This bill was passed by a vote of 18 to 10. Tho subsidiary bill passed abolishes the office of county Judge, and creates a board of three commissioners In each county. The county Judge will serve as third commissioner, nnd as chnlrmnn of the board of commis sioners until his present term expires. Then each county will elect commis sioners, and tho commissioners will elect their own chnlrmnn. The pay of the commissioners falls back upon nn old law which allows them compensation per day for only those days on which they do active work. The county Judge also comes under this old law, nnd his pay will be $0 a day for those days ho works. Tho law fixes the pay of commlsslou- ers different In different counties, but It runs from $V0 to $1.50 per day. She Killed the Hear. UNITED rilBSB LEANED WIRE.) White Salmon, Wash., Feb. 13. Mrs. A. L. Hay, Is hailed a nlmrod hero to- a tree nnd opened flro with a pistol After killing It she rnn away hysterl- cnl, crying, "1 killed him," but gained control of her nerves Inter. EVERY ONE OF THEM SHOWS Til A p 'rill WH0 U: crte !Sl IB KVC N TWfc-)U III I , : 'I.! tJHE SEATTLE TIES Seattle, Wash., Feb. 13. Police are searching today for a bur- glar who has a soft spot in his heart for children. Mrs. Edward Feagen was awakened by the burglar In her room early this morning. He warned her to keep quiet and then helped htmsolf to $80. On his way out Mrs. Fea- gen asked htm to leave enough to buy her two children break- fast, "Hard lines, this hungry business," said the burglar, "I have a daughter myself, here's change for the kids' breakfast." and he tossed 80 cents on the bed. AS Coldest Weather of the Winter Causes Much Suffering, Especially in Tenement Districts. ( UNITED PRESS LEASED WISE. New York, Feb. 13. Gripped by the , lowest temperature of this winter, 10 , degrees above zero, New York's poor today are sufferlne terribly and are facing the prospects of worse to come through the weather bureau's predlc- tlon of still colder weather. All last nieht and tdav e.lmrltv workers were busy on the lowor East Side rushing fuel to the poorer quar- j tcrs where many of the tenement dwellers were dismantling tholr homes nnd burning the fittings of their tcne menfs to oscnie death by freezing. Kvery rescue mission and bod house on the East Side was jammed last night, the police stations were over flowing and on evory heat grate In the streets scores of freezing wretches fought for a place ove the bars to get some warmth from the gushes of warm air which arose from the basements below. The bread lines throughout tho city todny were longer than any time this winter. Several dearths aro roorted and scores of the homeless have b'.vn rushed to Bellevue and o'.her hospitals suffering from exposure. JAPS HAVE LEARNED THE EMPEROR IS MORTAL (UNITED FURS t .EASED WIRE.) Toklo, Feb. 13. Rioting and blood shed which attended the sudden fall of the Katsura ministry here are re ported from many parts of tho empire today. The cry started by Mayor Ozakl, of Toklo, that "the emperor Is mortal, nnd not free from error," can bo heard In all parts of the empire. It Is stated tho breaking down of the ancient be lief In tho emperor's divinity Is' tho real cause of tho riots. TI'RKS LOSE 1000 MEN IN PAST TWO DAYS UNITED I'llEHS LEASED WIRE. Sofia, Rulgarln, Feb. 13. Official statements by the war officials here today declare that the Turkish de fenders of Adrlanoplo have lost more than 1000 men by sorties In the hist two (lays. Tho claim Is also made thnt the Bulgarian troops hold tho whole coast of tho Galllpoll peninsu la, from Ilulnlr to Slllvrl. The bombardment of Scrutarl Is said to bo proceeding. An attack in force ' li expected thero within two days. T "0,000,000 APPROPRIATIONS AND V. GRAVE? CUT; PAH- Fire Started at 3:55 This Morn ingDenny Building Is Damaged. LOSS IS ABOUT $300,000 Three Top Floors of Denny Building and Two of the Times Swept Store Stocks Damaged. UNITED rilESS LB ABED WIDE. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 13. Fire loss estimated at between $250,000 and $300,000 was sustained by firms oc cupying the top floors of the Denny and Times buildings at Second and Union streets early this morning. The heaviest loser, aside from the Denny estate, which owns the two b'.'lldings is the Times Printing Com pany, which occupied three floors of the corner building. Among the firms In the Denny build lng, the heaviest loser is the Bartell Drug Company, whose loss may reach $100,000. The whole basement, stocked' with expensive wares, was flooded in six feet of water. The fire, which was of mystorlous ' rI8n' 8tarted lther ,n a room of U,e i Dennvi building fuclug the air shaft, or Pn the toP loor of tne Tlmes b,,nd- . thll morning. It swept the three top floors of the Denny building, then rprend to the two top floors of the Times structure. Second Fire Today. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 13. The burn ing of the Times waB the second se rious fire here within six hours, the Kilbourne & Clarke M(inuHact(urlng Company plant, for making wireless telegraph apparatus, was destroyed at 11 o'clock lust night, causing a loss of $20,000 to that and adjoining firms. LONDON EWSPAPERS DEMAND NTERVENTION (UNITED I'HRSS I.KARKD W1I1H.1 London, Feb. 13. Radical newspa pers here are demanding today thnt the United Stntes intervene to effect a settlement of tho Mexican crisis. The Dally Standard declared In Its Is sue today: "Tho Interest of America in se curing the stability of the Contrnl American Btates will grow too strong to be denied, nnd Mexico, like tho rest, must contrive to get her affairs In proper order, or accept tho supervi sion of her big neighbor." Standard Oil Ousted. Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 13. Tho Missouri supremo court yestordny re fused to modify tho judgment of ouster against the Standard Oil company, and tho original order ousting the com pany from tho stato now stands. Tho original order was Issued more than four years ago. Tho court In overruling the motion said that It now 1ms no power to mod ify the ouster order, as the time limit In which that might havo been done IinB expired. Ilonds Are Submitted. Chicago, Feb. 13. Ilonds for tho re lease of William Shupo and B. II. Hou lihan, of Chicago, two of tho union men convicted at Indianapolis for unlaw fully transporting dynamite, were sub mitted hero today for the npprovnt of United States District Attorney ('has. W. Miller. ONLY SEVEN MORE DAYS" LOOK Oregon Is Ready. Portland, Or., Feb. 13. Al though no word has been re ceived Indicating that their ser vices will be needed In the Mex ican crisis, the Oregon National Guard is in readiness to take the field. "Should an army of occupation be called, the Oregon militiamen aro ready and eager for service," said General Flnzer. "Conditions are so chaotic in Mexico that it is Impossible to foresee what a few days may bring forth. We may be called on at any time." ITI IN FAVOR OF DIAZ .Much Alarm Is Felt In Sonera for the American Citizens In the State of Sononu UNITED rUESS LEASED WIRE. Douglas, Ariz., Feb. 13. Alarm Is felt here today for tho safety of Am erican citizens in the state of Sonora, Mexico. The situation is becoming mora delicate dally, and while tho fed eral officers are giving out telograms purporting to come from President Madoro, relayed through tho gover nor's office, saying; "All quiet at the capital; country trunqiill; Diaz bo overthrown In a fow hours " tho gar risons In tho larger town are openly disaffected. Prominent Mexicans have commenc ed, more or loss guardedly, to an nounco their favor of Diaz, and nn open rovolt would not surprise any ono. Four troops of the Ninth United States cavulry, which has been patrol ling the border west of here, received orders to return Immediately to Dou glas, where the rest of tl.f rog.muit Is now mobilized. Their pluee will bd taken by the Fifth cavalry, ten troops of which nre now located nt Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Douglas Is preparing for any event uality and is organizing a commlttoe of public safety to act in conjunction with the military In case of Interven tion. CALIFORNIA HAS A FEW SOLDIER HOYS (UNITED 1MIKSS LEAKED WJ1IB.1 Sacramento, Cnl., Feb. 13. Over 302,000 uhlo-boillod men In the state of California on tho reserve list for mil itary duty could Immediately be called out for ml 1 it In. service, according to Adjutant-General A. E. Forbes, of the National Guard. General Forbes believes tho number of men whoso names are on thnt regis ter comes nearer HOO.OOO, but, because of the equal franchise amendment, men, as well as women, over 21 years dc not havo to state tholr ngo, and henco may havo not been written on tho list. WILSON READS PAPERS ALTHOUGH A DEMOCRAT UNITED I'llESH LEASED WIRE. Trenton, N. ,1., Feb. 13 IVcsidcnl Eleet Woodrow Wilson declared again today Hint lie bad heard no'.lilng from President Ta ft regarding the situation In Mexico, lie admitted, however, that ho linil read everything In tho news papers on the subject but declined to dlsciisii Hie matter. BATTLE STILL RAGES IN CITTC STREETS Many Non-Combatants Killed in Yesterday's Fighlting, Firing Continues. UNDER CROSS-FIRE TODAY The Area of Bombardment Is Much Wider Than Yesterday Rd Cross President Is Killed. UNITED rilKSS LEASED WIRE. Mexico City, Feb. 13. Enormous slaughter marked this afternoon's fighting here. The dead are accumu lating In the streets and all thorough faros In tho battle zono are blocked with bodies both of soldiers and civ ilians. Tho Mexican cablo company office Is apparently the center of (Ire for the Diaz guns. There Is a hall of shrap nel about the building whence the newspaper dispatches are sent The Jardln hotel has been hit many times by shell and many of the buildings surrounding It are damaged. Firing on the Palace. Mexico City, Feb. 13. After a short lull In the battle between Diaz and Madero which began at 10 o'clock, firing was soon resumed. Diaz cen tered the flro of his guns on the na tional palace nnd portion of it soon were tottering. Grent holes were torn In the walls by shot and shell, and It was expected the position of the Ma- derlsta garrison soon would be un tenable. Ilrlef Lull In Firing. Mexico City, Feb. 13. At 10 o'clock thero was lull In tho firing, although tho shells fell Intermittently. So far the area of tho bondiardinent hub been much wider than yesterday. Scores of additional dead nnd wound cd yero nded to yesterday's casualties. Many non comlialants also met death, but there wore fewer women and chil dren among tho number than yestor dny. Today's change In tho position of the cannon and machine guns subject ed foreigners and public buildings to a raking cross-fire. Government troops have seized and occupied many houses owned by foreign residents. A llclun of Terror. Washington, Feb. 13. Ambassador Wilson reports that the entire popula tion of Mexico City Is terrorized by rumors of attacks and massacres. Kven the ited Cross oclcty Is not re spected by the belligerents, and In mm of tho skirmishes loilny tho lied Civiss president wns slain. Members of tho While Cross society, who wore detected by Diaz conveying Ammuni tion wero summarily executed. Wil son believes tho fighting will con tluuo throughout this afternoon nnd tonight. An unonnNrnicd report declares thnt. 2000 revolutionists have arrived at San Ixiray, eu route to Mexico City to aid Diaz. Members of the While Cross socluty today estimated they had cured for IlinO wounded. Mini the lied Cross '.'000. May Laud Murines. Assistant .Secretary of State 1 1 it lit -Inglon Wilson sal's that Ambassador Wilson liaB been authorized to call marines to guard the American em bassy, As tho battleship Georgia will arrive at Vera Cruz tomorrow, It prob- dily will not, bo necessary to call out the marines. If they urn needed lie) landing of a force of murines would not he regarded us Intervention but merely as a protective force. Consul llonney repots that bun Ireds of forclgneis are flocking In San I .ti Ih 1'otosl for refurge, and Unit ie count rysldo Is infested with out laws. President Tuft Is In constant touch with the situation, receiving hourly reports from the slate department. Library Wrecked. Mexico City. Keli. 13. - Tin- library of the Ami i leiin club was wrecked here ;it noon bv Miriipnrl, which was fired directly Into the building. Hiilleis lieiTornleil scores of pictures on the walls, Including port rails of Washing ton, Lincoln, MoKlnloy ami Tuft. No one was killed. Wants a Dry hack. HreiiM r'nn. V.'a-di., Feb. 13.-- I'lltv niori) boo teis for "ati dlur dry dock" are Hcalicroil mound I'uget Sound Pi day, an the nv.ull or a vldt by that ninny postollhv clllclals from Tacoma, Kvcrett and llelllngbnin to the navy yard hero as guests of tho local post ndli'o mm.