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IT j IDE BEST I NEWSPAPER ;i THE LARGEST :i j! CIRCULATION J 4tttMtltHIMttM MMMM THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAT 13, 1913. PRIfP TWftrTMTS ON TRAIKfl AMD NBWS I ritlVEq IWU lEailO STAN 08, VIVJ8 CBNTS. 1 L ORDINANCE PASSED BY TIE CITY COUCH 1U IS Masked Men Enter the Home of Argettinger and Com mit Fiendish Crime. BOTH MEN WERE MASKED Uo One Saw the Men Enter or Leave the House Woman Had Been Mar ried for About a Month. The Albany Domocrat of Monday (yesterday) has the following story of the most dastardly crime ever commit ted in the state: "One of the most daring crimo9 ever committed in the history of Albany was porpctratcd this morning when two masked men tentorcd the apartments in the Nellio Richards residence on East Second street, bound, gagged and as taultod Mrs. Argotsinger, the young wifo of Harry Argetsinger, an employe of the round house. "According to the story told by the young woman, she was engagod with her usual morning duties in the kitch en when sho was confronted by two masked men. Sho had a knifo in her hand at the timo and attempted to de fend herself, but was soon overpow ered and carried to her room. There her hands and feot were tied to the bed, and the assault was committed. The orime was perpetrated between 10 and 11 o'clock this morning, and was not discovered until shortly after 11 'clock, when Mrs. Richards found the young lady and immediately notifod Sheriff Bodine. "The sheriff arrived soon after the call was turned in and obtained a de scription, of the men. They wore black suits and black caps. One of them was described as being a man about five foot five, and the other about five foot eight inches. After conducting the investigation, Sheriff Bodine telephoned to Salem for bloodhounds, but was unable to secure them. He had found a foot print In the soft mud near the bouse, and be lieved that if bloodhounds were placed on the trail that he might obtain some clew as to the identity of tho men who made the assault. No one appears to have seen them entor or depart from the premises, and tho officers are at a loss to know just how to proceed. "Dr. J. P. Wallace was called in on the case ,and, after conducting-an ex amination stated to a Democrat repre sentative that, as far as he could ascer tain, thnt the men had not accomplished their purpose. , "Mrs. Harry Argetsinger was mar Tied less than a month ago and enjoys the respect of her neighbors. She and her husband secured apartments in the Richards home shortly after thoir mar Tiago. ' ' The house of commons is a sturdy, stubborn body; it refuses to surrender to tho Tankhiirst army. IE PREMIUM IS Small Six Per Cent Issue Finds Eager Customers and IT. S. National Has' the Best Tender. Bids were opened last night by the -city council on an issue of 9100.71 of six per cent bonds, and all the bids were better than par. Morris Bros., Portland, offered a premium of $7.50 per thousand on denominations of $500 and $1000, but did not care to take the s 100.71 included in the issue. Ladd fc Bush offers to take MOO of the bonds at par plus one-half of one j Friday eening, consigned to tho Oris per cent, or thev will pay $'025 for the 'wold Worsted company of Philadelphia. first $.'000 worth of the bonds. For the ,There vie six carloads, 101,031 pounds remaining $4400.71 they offer to pay of it, and the shipment was made by ru. ,,K- Tl, T'nited States National. W. M. Brown & Co., of this city. Its bank offers a straight proposal of 101 j value was about $02,000. This is only per cent for the entire Issue. a part of the contribution to Oregon's For the entire Issue Ladd 4 Bush ! general prosperity, mane by the humble would pay $9425.71; Morris Bros, would 'Angora, who lives on practically noth pay $9471.21; U. 8. National bank J lng and rustle it himself from the tin would pay $0494.71. derbrush, which at the same time he The best bid is that of the V. 8. Na- destroys and assists in cleaning up the tional bank. The bids wen all refer- land. The Angora is all right and can't red. Beef at Becord Price. Portland, Or., May 13. The ex- trema high record was reached for fresh beef in the local mar- ket today when steer offerings were quoted at H'A cents per pound by local 'wholesalers, a sheer advance of one cent a pound over the previous high mark. According to a local pack er, the market is unusually firm everywhere along the coast. For the first time in Portland the price of beef is higher than pork. PEOPLE IS FOILED Council Votes By Narrow Margin Against Overriding Wishes of South High Property Owners. A brazen attempt on the part of R. J. Hendricks and 12 other property owners of South High street to over irde the wishes of the majority of the property owners as to the kind of pave ment to be used failed by a narrow mar gin at the council meeting last night. Twoweeks ago the property owners de cided in favor of the bid of the Am-brose-Burdsal company, which called for bituminous macadam. Hendricks and others wantod the council to choose another grade of paving with a six-inch base. A feature of the proceedings was the completf chanpc of front of Gideon Stolz, who, while declaring the petition had no place in the meeting, wanted to have the property holders attend an other meeting and vote again on the proposition. He hestitated- about in dorsing the pavement selected, because it had never been given a thorough try out in this climate, Reminds Stolz. There was a prolonged discussion in which Hatch said he did not think it was right to hold up the proposition. He reminded Stolz that a similar petition, signed by many persons, had been pre sented hv Phncrpli ntreef. residents and had been tnrMa down Brown though the kind of pavement was an important matter. lie did not believe macadam would stand the wear. The city at large would hav to pay tho bills if it needed repairing. Macy could not understand why out siders should take such an interest in tho paving of a street in his ward. Not one of the people who had voted for tho Ambroee-Burdsal paving had changed their minds. He called up the mayor of Cottage Grove yestorday and inqulrod concerning the same kind of paving laid there. Tho mayor said it had been down a year, was satisfactory and compared favorably with bitulithic. Macy pointed out that the petition rep resented not more than 1000 of the 8000 feet of paving frontage on the street. Will Remonstrate. Cummings was in favor of consider ing the matter further. That there would be a remonstrance against the paving selected would be certain. Waring was in favor of sticking to the law and doing what the people 1 wanted. About this time Stolz gave up the see I ond meeting scheme, and made a motion that the council accept the report of the property owners. A standing vote was taken, and there was a tie. Mayor Steovea voted in favo rof the Stolz mo tion. The report of the street commit tee was carried by a safe vote. There was no roll call on either side of the proposition . BIO SHIPMENT OP MOHAIR MADE FROM SALEM FRIDAY The largest shipment of mohair ever mada from tho state left Salem last ibutt in too hard or too often. OLD JAPS THINK IT Rev. Milton Clement Tells of Jap Sentiment Toward the ' United States. IS SOMEWHAT PUFFED UP Her War With Russia Gave Her an Exaggerated Idea of Her Stand v lng as a Nation. UNITED MESS LEASKD WIS!. San Francisco, May 13. "The old men of Japan think what the young men say, and the latter covet the Phil lippinos and Hawaiian islands." This was the declaration here today of Rov. Milton L. Clomens, nephow of tho late Samuol L. Clemens (Mark Twain), who arrived here today on the steamer Persia from Japan, where, for throe years, he has been a teacher of English in the government schools at Yokohama, and Kagoshima. California's attitude on the alien land bill, Clements said, has caused a de cided change of front in the Japanese feeling toward Americans, and this, coupled with the fact that he is not in sympathy with the educational propa ganda of the Orientals, canned his re turn to America. ' She Likes Herself. "The war with Russia," said Clem ens today, "has made Japan great in her own eyes. The boast of her people is that she is a nation of the first-class, and. the alien land movement in Call fornia is taken as an inferonce that she is not what she professes to be. ' "Recently one of Japan's wise old men told me that sooner or lator thore would be a conflict of Interests be tween the United States and Japan in the Pacific. This is only what the young men of the nation say. "Japan has no ready money for war, but it has ready means for raising a war fund through its income system. She haB plenty of soldiers, having the conscript system. "I am constrained to the belief that there will be no war between the United States and Japan, but if war should come it would be disastrous to Japan, win or lose." CANADA WILL ALSO HAVE NEW TARIFF LAW UNITED PBSSB LBASID WIRI. Ottawa, Can., May 13. Consideration of a new budget, including revised tar iff schodulo, was bogun today In the Canadian parliament. W. T. White, in presenting tho measure, said that the government proposed waiting to see what the American congress doos be fore changing the presont fiscal policy. The measure extends tho free list to include typesetting and typocastlng machines, certain traction ditching ma chinery, miners' rescue supplies, glass ware and scientific apparatus used In hospitals. Under Its provisions the duty on ce ment is cut to 35 cents a barrol. E Big Burglars Tell the Balkan Allies How Much of Their Hard Won Spoils They Csn Eeep, London, May 13. The terms of the treaty by which tho Balkan allies and the Turks are to lay down their arms wore published hero today. The peace pact is composed of seven section. Turkey, according to the terms, is to abandon nil territory In Knropo west of a line finning from Knos on tho Aegean sea to Media on tho Blsck sea, except Albania, The frontier lines and the disposition of Albania are left to a commission which tho rulers of France. Russia, Germany and Kngland will jointly appoint. Greece is to get Crete, but the pow ers' commission Is to decide 'rifl dispo sition of the Gallipoll peninsula, the Turkish islands in the Aegean sea, the cash indemnity to be paid, ami other financiM matters. ' Girl la Found Guilty. San Francisco, May 13. Miss Jessie Clifton, the young River side, Cal., art student, today was found guilty of burglary in the second degree by a jury in Judge Trabucco's court. She will be sentetced Saturday. Miss Clif ton vas arrested two months ago as -inj of the Shea gang of young men and women burglars. When the verdict was pronounced, the girl's mother collapsed and Miss Clifton became hysterical. Popular Subscription to Sower Bonds Will Be Received Until May 27, It Is Decided. At the council meeting last night the special committee named to consider bids for the $380,000. sewer issue re ported that all bids had been rejected, and favored opening a subscription list for the public bofore re-advertising. The committee's report was adopted, and Until May 27 subscriptions will be received. Jones snggested that it would be well to eliminato $19,000 of the bond issue in rcadvortising, stating that it had been included in this year's budget. This would leave $301,000 to be sold. Suggestions that poople could take bonds instead of thoir sowor payments were made, and the mayor thought the question was one which should have at tention. However, it is stated that there is no possible legal method by which this can bo done. Cannot Recover Damages. , It was pointed out by Councilman Cummings that proporty owners had no legal redress for the change of grade on Front street. Ho said courts had held that the street belonged to the citv jd no damages could be collected by prop erty owners. He urged that the ap pointment of a committoo to confer with property owners was all wrong. Minton had reportod having negotiated with the ownors in accordance with his appointment by the council. Rigdon told of being out about $300 as a resunt of a new grade boing estab lished. Tho matter will probably rest until tho improvements on tho street are complotod. Airship Carries Passengers. onited rnisi IXlXID wms.1 Philadelphia, May 13. Carrying Dr. Thomas El J rid go as pilot and two pas sengers, Iho balloon Philadelphia No. !i, ascended Jiore at 9:30 o'clock today to fly to New York. Dr. Eldridgo oxpocta to arri 'e in Now York by 3 o'clock this afternoon, lie carried provisions suffi cient to last two days. A Train From Portland to Seattle Wrecked Near Tacoma Yesterday, 4 Dead, 7 Hurt. tONirsD ruse muw wiaa.l Tacoma, May 13. Four aro (load and seven are injured as the result of the derailment of Oregon-Washington local No, 302, hound from Portland to Seattle, near the Montmara Fosto race track grandstand at Lttkovlow, a few miles south of Taroma Monday, The train was ditched while srieeding at 05 miles an hour over a perfectly level stretch of track. The engine and eight ears left the track while going 05 miles an hour, the engine plowing its way 200 feet, and burying itself five feet In the earth. Tho engineer and fireman es caped unhurt. Weathor Forocsst Oregon Showers tonight or Wednesday; fair east portion to night and Wednesday. Hniith to west winds, IS BITTERLY INCENSED U. of C. Students Joining Strike Breakers May Cause Ref erendum of Bill. BLAME THE TEACHINGS University Appropriation is $3,681,000 and This May Be Lost or Long Delayed, Sacramento, Cal., May 13. The peo ple of California, through their legisla tors, have just appropriated a grand to tal of $3,581,000 to the University of California, a greater amount than evor before. This raonoy is contributed largely through the dimes and dollars of the wcrkingmen of tho stnto. While the legislature was passing these appropriation bills, university stu dents, educated on the taves of those who toil, began taking tho jobs of em ployes of the Pacific Gas and Electric company, now on strike. The same thing, it is pointed out, has happened before during industrial disputes. Putting these facts together the working peoplo of tho state are today white hot with resentmont, according to statomonts mado hero by representa tives of organized labor. Thera has been talk at the capitol, and it is growing today, of invoking a referendum on the university appropri ation bills. These measures are now bofore the govornor for approval. Something Fundamentally Wrong, It has served furthor to deeply em phasize the determination of labor to secure a representative on tho board of rogents. So far there has never been a representative of the common people on this board which directs the policy of the people's college. "To my mind the action of the stu dents of the oloctrio engineering de partment who have gono out as strike breakers indicates that something is fundamentally wrong in tho training these boys receive at tho university," said Paul Scharrcnborg, secrotary of the State Federation of Labor, today. "It is tho outcome of certain teachings of 'Industrial freedom,' so-callod, which is a dangerous doctrine for tho welfare of tho average man. It shows tho im perative noed of having a real peoplo 's representative on tho bosrd of rogents. 'The first things theso boys should be taught is to respoct tho rights of the working man in industrial disputes. But so far l.niversity students have had no compunction in stealing jobs from men who wiro fighting to bettor their own and general conditions." Bryan Proposes a Toast Washington, May 13. Hocrotary of Stato Bryan was one of the speakers hero today at a farowoll breakfast giv en to forolgn peace delegates by John Stewart, foundor of tho peace centon nary conference. Bryan proposed a toast "To tho new battleship a ship of friendship. r "No target," he said, "can withstand tho shots of friendship it sends abroad." 10 BURN THE DEAD Eight Hundred Mexicans Are Reported Killed In a Three-Days' Battle Near Ouaymas. Douglas, Ariz., May 13. Koroseno Is being shipped today from Nognles, So nnra, to Cuaymas, to burn tho bodies of N00 Mexican federal and constitutional snldlnrs reported to have been killed in a three-days' battlo near tho latter city. Tho federals were beaten, but not decisively. Private dispatches hero today placed HO fl as a conservative estiinato of the deait. The federals woro the heavier losers. Mum than 1000 wero reported wounded, Attempts aro being mado to dispose of the brdlos of the dead through burial and cremation. Unusually warm weath er prevails at Ouaymas, however, and oil was ordered from Nognles to facili tate the cremation and guard against pestilence. Killed Their Father. Tombstone, Ariz., Hay 13. Brought here because of the pop- ular feeling against them at Dou- glas, Otto and Fred Watson, charged with killing their father, William Watsoa, were taEen to jail, under a heavy guard. They were spirited"away from Douglas in an automobile whon rumors of . possible mob violence reached the authorities. It is charged that the youths ambushed their fath- er, following a quarrel and shot him. IS Read the Namos of Contestants and of the Stores and Then Begin Saving Your Coupons. Although published but a few days, The Capital Journal Bargain Contost haa already aroused considerable intor out and rivalry among local individuals churches and sociotios. It is not ofton that a newspaper gives away a cash sum of one hundrod dol lars. Furthermore tho contost is made moro attractive by boiug divided into four prizes, thus assuring the four receiving the hlghost number of votes at least a portion of the prize money. To the individual, church or society iccoiving the groatost number of votes $50 will be given, to the next highest $25 will be given, to the noxt $10 and to the next $10. . The following individuals, churches and societies have already been nominated by thoir friends and are rocolving additional votes every day: Miss Mabel Welborn. Mrs. Emma Smith, Miss Laura Gregor, Ladles of the O. A. R. Womou's Relief Corps. Baptist Woman's club. Episcopal Church. Commons Mission. Any individual not connected with any of the stores advertising in this contost or with The Capital Journal, may cuter tho contost as may any church, lodge, or socioty in Salom. If you want to entor your friond or your church, lodge, club, or socioty In the contest, simply clip the nominating coupon running every day In The Capi tal Jourunl, writs on It tho name and address of tho contostant you want en tored ind sond it to the Capital Journal office. Then tell all your friends pat ronlzing tho stores advertising on the Contest Bargain Pago to ask the dork for credit slips. You are entitled to five votes for each fivo cents spent with these merchant. When you get your credit slips, bring them to the Capital Journal office and have the corresponding number of votes cast for your favorite contostant. All voles are placed in a ballot box which Is secure ly locked and the koy is In possession of County Clerk Max Gohlhar. The contest ends on July 21st and on July 22 the ballot box will be oponod by disinterested judges, tho votes counted and tho cash prizes awarded. The Bar gain Page containing the names of tho merchants and theatres whore credit slips may be secured appears in today's issuo and consists of the following: Thlelsen's Cash Grocery. Wexford Thoatre. Opera Ilouso Pharmacy, Voknhama Crockery & Tea Co. Morris Cash Oreoory, Halern Laundry Co, E. C. Cross & Son. Iloth Grocery Co. .T. C. Perry Drug Store. Tho Modern Bakery, Hnleui Fish and Poultry Markot. Zlnn 's Candy Store, Itelii'iurt Shoe Htore. T. L. Stockton. i'o Liberty Theatre. Harr's Jewelry Store. Hnlotn Hardware Co. Hell' Confectionery Store. Josso & Moore. The Ni'cdlecruft Shop. W. J, Port or. liny fj, Fanner Ilnrdwnre Co. Standard ( lenners and Ilyers. When trading with tho above bnsl ness conform he sure and ask for your credit slips. Then bring your slips to the Capital Journal office and have the votes cast for your favorite contostant. BUT ALLVQTE FOR IT Councilman Rigdon Points Out Many Features He Thinks Should Be Cut Out ALL JUST WASTE OF TIME As Legislature Passed Law and Erea Salem Council Not Big Enough to Amend It. The city council unanimously passed the recall ordinance at last night's meeting. A number of the councilmen. would have Ukod to kuife the bill, but voted for it. Councilman Rigdon, recently back from California, pointed out so many tilings that he thought wore wrong about it that it was hard to understand how ho could assert that he favored the measure. When he started In on a gen eral speech on recall measures Turner raised a point of order, and Mayor Stooves decided that, while he believed the point well taken, he would allow Rigdon to talk at some length, if neces sary. Rogdon thought 25 por cent re quired on a petition to start a recall was hardly enough. Ho thought there should be an affidavit attachment that the persons wishing the recall ad voted for the officor. H ebelleved that with the bitter fooling prevailing in elections it would be altogether too easy to get 25 por cent of the people's signatures to a petition. Brown pointed out that an officer could not be recalled until six months aftor his. election, but Rig don Insistod that there were 14 alder men, and when the recall was started the city could have 12 elotcions, one ev ery month. He also believed that there should be a certificate showing rea sons for the recall filed in a competent court. Also he believed that the peo ple stnrting recall proceedings should be required to give a bond to stand the exponso in case the recall failed. Macy called attention to some little changes which he though tought to be made In the bill. Stolz moved that the bill be mado a special order of business for Monday night. Turner insisted that a vote be taken at once. Competent legal au thorities had a hand in drawing tho bill, and it should be passed without furthor delay, he believed. The roll was called, and all voted in favor of the measure. It provides that a recall election shall be called when 25 per cent of the vot ers in a ward or city desire to oust an officer. State Senator Indicted. uhitxd rsSM Milan wiss.l Now York, May 13. Recently acquit ted by the statement of bribery charges preforrod by George A. Ken dall, president of the New York Bank note Comiany, Stato Senator Stophen J. Stilwoll today stands Indicted by a giand jury on similar charges. IN !T Held That Stewart Is Not Entitled to Broker's Commission In Marlon County Sale, The supreme court today affirmed the decision of the Marlon coiilitv circuit court In tho cose of S. B, Stowart, ap pellant, against Georgo Will, respond- A, if Tltn (innrf Iwilila rn rrn, n, ,nm. . mitted by the trial court in rof using to direct a verdict for Stewart. Stowart sued to recover a broker's commission for finding a purchaser for 275 acres of land belonging to Will. Will decline) to pay him hecnusu tho ileal fell through, the securities offered by tho buyer Hot coming tip to cipcvtiitlon. Justice Moon) wroto the opinion. V, C. Htimrt, plaintiff and respond ent, against the University Lumber h Shingle Company, defendant and appel lant, affirmed. Justico F,ukln. J, K. Mv.Cio., rib. undent, against A. II, Hinkson and Jesse J. Nlcollo, af firmed. Justice Bean. Suit to rescind an option contract, Lane county. Jus tice Bean.