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8A1EM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAT 16, 1913.
PRICE, TWO CENTS. SJ$PCEBZ
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ARE DEFYING THE LAW
Armed Bunch of Them Be
siege Private House and
Try to Kidnap Children
LAW IS OPENLY VIOLATED
3uras Is Above the Law Which He
Ignores, When Money Is Paid Him
to Do So.
Sacramento, Cal., May 16. That a
desperate attempt to kidnap .the two
children of Hull McClaughry, who are
grandchildren of the late '.'Lucky"
.Baldwin, by Burns detectives, follow
ing the threat of District Attorney
Wachhorst to break up the siege of
the McClaughry residence at Gait, noar
here, waB frustrated early today by the
arrival at Gait of five Sacramento
county deputy sheriffs, is the belief of
Joeal officers today.
Unrr- cover of darkness last night
ihe otticers claim, 30 additioual detec
tives employed by Mrs. McClaughry
-were unloaded at Gait. An urgent ap
peal for aid was made to the sheriff's
office here by the Gait authorities, with
the result that all the deputies who
could be found were hurried to the
scene in an automobile. The Sacramen
to officers remained on guard during
the entire night.
Defy the Authorities.
Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry,
mother of th children, was seen riding
In the streets of Gait in an automobile,
accompanied by two women, last night,
and several persons reported having
acen the machine stop in front of the
McClaughry residence. It was believed
that it was the mother's, plan to slip
the children into the Uuine and es
cape from Gait.
District Attorney Wachhorst notifiod
the detectives yesterday that they must
raise the siege today. Ho stated today
that he has not receded from this posi
tion. The actions of the Burns men kept
the little town in an uproar all during
the night. The larger part of the oper
atives formed a circle atfout the Mc
Claughry house, climbing on housetops
and fences to get views of passersby.
The detectives have been on guard
constantly since Sunday, when Mc
i'laughry arrived in Gait from San
"Francisco. Mrs. McClaughry alleges
that McClaughry is holding the chil
dren by force, and enlisted the aid of
the detective agency.
Will Fight All Delay.
, Washington, May 16. Democrats in
i' the senate are prepared todny to resist
f all attempts to delay a vote on the mo
t tion of Senator Peurose to have public
.' hearings before the finance committee
on the tariff bill. The vote is sched
uled for 4 o'clock. Tho adoption of
J Senator Simmon's motion to refer the
i bill to committee without delaying for
, public, hearings is expected.
IS
-DOING IIS BEST
'Veils Bend Commercial Club So in An
swer to Messages Telling of
Protests Filed.
The state desert laud board today
adopted a resolution, addressed to the
Bend Commercial club, in which it is
set forth that it has always given care
ful attention to the Central Oregon Ir
rigation company's project and taken
Mich action as it believed to be in the
best interests of the settlers, and hope
is expressed that it will be able to con
tinue to do so. The Bend Commercial
club had addressed a message to each
member if the board, telling of protests
against the action taken in the case of
the Central Oregon Irrigation company
and sking for a reply so that it could
be considered at a meeting to be held
Monday night.
The board's message is a polite way
of tolling the Bend club that the board
is working for tho best interests of the
state and Intends to continue this
course, regardless of criticism.
At a recent meeting the board decid
ed to permit the company to continue
development of the big project on
which it has spent nearly 11,000,000. It
was believed that to forfeit the com
pany's bond and put it out of business
would give the project a tremendous
-setback, and would be a bsd thing for
settlers sad all others concerned.
The Strike Situation.
Oakland, Cal., May 16. Despite
the attitude of General Manager
Britton, of the Pacific Gas and
tlectric company, in refusing to
recognize the official standing of
the Light and Power council
among labor organizations, the
the situation in Oakland remains
practically unchanged today. The
company claims to have plenty of
men available, and that the offer
of $1000 reward by the corpora-
tion for the arrest of any one
caught tampering with power
lines has had a deterrent effect
upon local troubles,
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Believes That Tumola, Formerly Colum
bia Southern, Will in Tear Be
Well Irrigated by State.
Governor West returned to the Capi
tol today, following a trip of several
days over the Tuinola project, better
known as the Columbia Southern, and
stated that he was more confident than
over that the project can be made a
success by the state. The irrigation
system used by the old company, which
passed away a year or so ago, will be
used to some extent and the state will
establish a reservoir and put in a much
more efficient system, with a greatly
increased volumo of water. The pro
ject will be so far completed before
next spring that water will reach prac
tically all of the land, it is believed.
Many of the settlers who came when
the defunct company was in charge,
hove remained and have nicely irrigat
ed tracts. Quite a number of new ones
hive ardvod and are preparing to use
the water when the state completes its
work.
Governor West was accompanied on
his trip by Arthur Dovers, J. N. Teal
and O. Laurcgaardt the latter being
engineer of the project.
The state's appropriation for the pro
ject will be available June 2 and in
the meantime Engineer Laurogaard is
doing preliminary work.
JUST UNSOPHISTICATED
THE POLICE THINK HIM
John Dick, who claims to be a resi
dent of Silverton, was arrested by the
police early this morning at the re
quest of the night waiter at the Elite
Cafc( who charges Dick with tampering
with the cash register. It later devel
oped that Dick stolo. a bicycle from the
Scott hotel.
According to the restaurant man,
Dick rang up the cash register while
the waiter was in the kitchen and, a
policeman being handy, ho was arrested
on the charge of attempted robbery.
Dick told Judge Elgin this morning
that "ho only wanted to see how the
durncd thing worked," when he rang
up the cash register, and being appar
ently a green country boy, he was giv
en five days for disorderly conduct.
Officer Welch however questioned the
lad concerning a bicycle ho had in his
possession at tljo time tho arrest took
place, and it was discovered that Dick
had stolen tho wheel from the Scott
hotel and rode it up as far as the Elite.
When he took the wheel, he left a suit
case in front of the hotel containing a
soiled pair of drawers and a grimy
shirt.
JiiBt what will bo done with the lad
will be decided later, but in view of the
fact he appears to be merely an ignor
ant country boy, ne will probably be
sent home with instruction not to come
to town again without his ma.
PRIZE FIGHTING IS
GETTING QUITE LADYLIKE
OKITSD FRISB UASKO WIS!.
Seattle, Wash., May 10. A chal
lenge from Kittie White, a local woman
bcxer, for a two-round bout with Wil
lie Ritchie has been accepted by the
champion. I
Miss White, after watching the cham
pion star with a local boy, declared
there was no class to the title holder,
and she would be willing to mix with
him. She issued the defl through the
newspapers, but Nolan did not believe
her to be in earnest.
After calling both the champion and
his manager by telephone several times
she finally secured tho "match." The
bout will be staged in the Empress
theatre Saturday night. Miss White
says she is. campion lady welterweight
of the world.
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Crude Petroleum Found in a
"Blow Out" Near Chico
Start Things.
FARM VALUES SOARING
Standard Oil Men Say There Is No
Doubt as to the Substance Being
Oil, Country Goes Wild.
UNITE) PBSSS LUSlb W1U.J
Seattle, Wash., May 16. Farmers in
the vicinity of Chico, on Pugot Sound,
west of Bremerton, are wildly excited
today over the alleged discovery of oil
following the visit of Standard Oil offi
cials yesterday, who stated that the
fluid found in a "blow-out" on the
farm of Charles Olson is crude petro
leum.
Options on farm lands in the vicinity
are going up by leaps and bounds and
farmers who sold options on laud when
the first rumors of an oil discovery wore
spread, are trying to get them back.'
Across ,the bay from Chico a com
pany hastily organized at Bremorton is
putting down a "wild cat well." It is
reported that the drillers aro down 101)
feet.
SAN FBANCISCO
HAS A BAD BLAZE
TUNITED PnHSb LflASKD WIRB.l
San Francisco, May 16. The Blnnke
apartments on Nob Hill wore partially
destroyed by fire today when- flames
which had been smouldering throughout
the night burst into a brisk blaze and
raged from the first to the fourth floor,
driving all the tenants into tho street.
A number of heroic rescues wore made
by firemen and police. Several dozen
women were taken to safoty from tho
upper stories on ladders, while several
who became too hysterical to help
themselves, were carried out by fire
men. The property is valued at $73,000.
The loss is estimated between $10,000
and $15 000.
Won the Manchester Cup.
Manchester, Eng., May 16. Leopold
Do Rothschild's Lorenzo won the Man
chester cup race here today. It was
worth $15,000 to the winner. Fitzyaina
was second and Adam Bede third.
Honest poultry dealers make money
by fair means and fowl.
True to the prediction made by The
Capital Journal several wcoks ago to
the effect that the property holders on
North Commercial street? would, in all
probability bo compelled to stand by
and pay out their good money for a
pieco of street improvement which was
not done according to contract and
which was a patched job as a result
thereby, abutting land owners on North
Commercial between Aukeny and River
streets are now complaining that the
Geiger Construction company is ruining
the curbing by rough grading the street
before the concrete has had a chance to
set, and that portions of curbing will
have to be patched in many places for
the reason the paving comany, in per
forming the first stage of grading,
broke and marred it by careless drag
ging of scrapers near the side of the
street and allowing workmen to cross it
with teams.
According to the specifications un
der which tho Geiger Construction com
pany accepted the contract, tho con
crete curbings must not be tampered
with in any manner until six days after
the form boards have been removed.
Instead of rough grading tho streot
ahead of the men constructing tho curb
ing, tho paving company followed the
curb builder for one block and the re
sult was, the property holders along
that stretch of highway must now be
content with a pieco of patch work in
order to have any curb at all. Accord
ing to the man who laid the curb, the
piece of work was approved and accept
ed by the abutting proM'rty owners
when it was first constructed, but now
he is being bitterly criticised for the
reason the border has been broken and
almost ruined.
Ohl You Bond Issue!
Every property holder along that por
tion of North Commercial street de
manded that the construction company
securing the contract for Improving the
thoroughfare be compelled to give a
OWNERS 1
No Troops for Hawaii.
San Francisco, May 16. At the
office of Major-General Murray
at the Presidio today, it was stat-
ed positively that no orders had
been received for the movement
of infantry from here of Monte-
rey. Reports have, been circulat-
ed that the Sixth and the Six-
toenth infantries at the Presidio
T were under orders to sail at once
for Hawaii, and that they -will
be joined by the Twelfth infan-
from Monterey. At General
Murray's office it was also stat-
ed that the coast artillery to be
Bent to Hawaii wilt come from
the east.
SOME COURT
Personnel of Departments Nos. 1 and
2 Announced, Following Confer
ence at Capitol.
At a meeting yestorday aftornoon,
in which all the justices and the two
who will go on the bench June 3 were
present, it was decided that depart
ment No. 1 shall consist of Justices
Moore, Burnett and Ramsey, and de
partment No. 2 of Justices Eakin, Bean
and McNary, whilo Chief Justice Me
Bride will be head of both. In tho
I temporary absence of Chfcf Justice
I McBrido, Justice Beau will act as head
I of department No. 2 and Justice Moore
of department No. 1. Tho case of the
Portland Milling Company against tho
city of Portland will be tho first ease
considered by the new court, ami is on
the dockot for June 3.
May Die Any Moment
ONITED PRBSS UASSD WISH.
West Palm Beach, Fla., May 10.
Henry M. Flagler, the millionaire trac
tion magnate, is weaker today, and all
hope for his recovery has been aban
doned. Weathor Forecast.
Oregon Fair tonight and Sat-
unlay, light frost east portion to-
night; wanner Saturday; north-
erlv winds.
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T PAY FOR
bond to assure the faithful perform
ance of tho contract. They woro turned
down on technical grounds by tho city
council and in spito of tho fact thoy
wero "stung" at ono time Heretofore
because thoy had no recourso at hand
when a construction company bungled a
job on North Front street, the people
who are now compelled to pay tho Gei
ger company for the construction work,
can Bimply accept tho patch work job
on the curbing and trust to the city
council to either disallow tho full con
tract cost or compel tho constmctlon
company to rebuild tho faulty section.
' Had the construction company filed
a good and sufficient bond, the prop
erty holders would have had means at
hand to compel the company to live
strictly up to the contract by not mo
lesting the curbing until the proper
tUne designated in tho specifications. -Geiger
Company Favored.
There is a persistent mmor that Coun
cilman Htols is inclined to favor the
Goiger Construction Co. It would bo In
teresting to learn just why such favor
itism is shown this firm by tho chair
man of the street committee.
It is rumored that Thus. K. Camp
bell, railtoad commissioner for this
state, is a partner in tho Geiger Con
strtiction company, and is using his In
fluence to securo contracts for the pav
ing company. Both tho Geiger people
and Mr. Campbell deny that he is in
any way interested, in the company. It
is admitted, however, that Mr. Camp
bell and the senior Mr. Geiger were
partners in the construction business in
Leavenworth, Kansas, but both Camp
bell and Geiger now claim thnt the
partnership has ceased to exist.
It is also known thnt Mr. Campbell
was greatly Interested in the paving
contracts secured by August Kehrber
gr, the well known local concrete iiian
and that he was largely responsible for
Mr. Kohrberger going into the con
IN MI CASE
Supreme Court Holds Correct
Crime ChargedReversal
is on Other Grounds
MEMBER OF VICE CLIQUE
SUrt'i Case Is First to Come Before
Supreme Court and Decision Has
Bearing on Others.
The supreme court this morning or
I dered a new trial in the case of Dr
Harry Start, of Portland, an alleged
member of the vico clique. The opin
ions in the case will not be filed until
Tuesday, and it was announced that
Chief Justice McBride and Justice Aik
en -dissent. The opinion rovorsing tin
circuit court will be that of Justices
Burnett, Moore and Boan.
All the justices agroe that the crinu
charged against Dr. Start is sodomy,
but the reversal is granted on other
grounds.
Dr. Start is one of the mos tprominent
men involved in the scandal which
shook Portland last year. Ho had borm
an unblemished reputation, and wat
highly successful as a physician. His
arrest created a sensation.
Up to District Attorney.
The case will now be romaniiod to
Portland, and whatover stojm will be
taken toward further prosecution in a
new trial will bo up to District Attorney
Evans. The decision as to the class!
fieation of the crime is considered a
bad blow to tho vice clique, as thoy
had hoped to have it classified as a mis
demeanor, instead of a felony.
Incidentally, the decision in the Start
cose has bearing on that of William
Quartior, the prison druggist, who is
alleged to bo guilty of the same offense
' as the physician.
j Several other Portland vice cases
have been appealed, but this is the
first supreme court decision affecting
them.
Scared His Hair Off.
VIENNA, Jiay 16. Do'claring that
his hair has been literally "scared
from his head," a young motormau ou
a local trcot car lino today began Buit
for damages against the ownor -and
driver of an automobile which collided
with his ear and so frightened him
that his hair, eyo lashes and eyebrows
fell out. Medicnl circles hero are
greatly interested in the caso.
PATCHED I
trncting business and lent valuablo as
sistance to the contractor in tho way
of figuring on different matters.
Has Another Favorite.
It is cluimed that Councilman Htolz
not only favors tho Geiger people when
ever possible, but also it is stated that
the Snlem Sand & Gravel Co., has bocn
using its influeuce in behalf of the
Geiger firm.
According to rumors, tho reason Mr.
Htolz favors tho Geiger Construction
company, Is that he is an ardent advo
cate of concrete pavement, but just
why the Salem Sand and Gravel com
pany should show a partiality, if re
ports aro true that it Is partinl, Is a
matter of speculation.
Foreigners "Experts."
"Wo aro compelled to employ Ital
ians and Greeks in order to be assured
of expert work" is the statement said
to have been made by a Geiger fore
man tho other day.
Local contractors look upon such a
stat ent in a light thnt is not flatter
ing to the foreman's judgment. At
first tho Geiger people published in the
daily papers that noun but Haiem white
men would be employed to lay the
pavement on North I on rcial street.
Are they employing Hnletli ineiif No,
not yet, ami if the above statement is
true, there is a mighty small ehar.cn for
a local white laboring man to get em
ployment with the Geiger company.
One leading contractor slated yester
day that the Geiger people were not
sincere in claiming thnt foreign labor
is necessary in order to assure expert
work. Ite states that he can take any
ordinary white "inn mid do just as good
yes, better work than any contractor
living who employs ilngo labor. The
contractor also stated thnt the Geiger
company only hired Italians and Greeks
because ho ran drive them likn cattle
and that any self respecting white man
would no; stand sue!) treatment.
Churches May Unite.
Atlanta, Ga., May 18. Possible
union of all divisions of the
church was discussed here today
at the sossions of the Northern
T Presbyterian assembly. ' Routine
reports prevented much active
work ju this connection, but dele-
gates from the northern, southern
and united conferences, who held
separate sessions planned to do-
cide the matter before the confer-
ences here close. The address of
reti-ing moderator, Dr. Mark
t .Matthews, before the northern
assembly, created much enthusi-
asm. a
REFUSES 10 TELL
Men With Captain Scott Say the Death
of the Party Was Too Horrible
for Description.
UNHID PRESS UCiStU WIRI.)
Suu Francisco, May 15. Refusing to
disclose the secrets of how Captain
Robort F. Scott and tho othor members
of his ill-fated south polar party met
death, Charles C. Wright, a graduate of
Cambridgo university, and Frank Deb
enham, of Sydnoy, Australia, members
of the Scott expedition, arrived hore to
dny on the stoamor Tahiti, from Austra
lia. Wright was one of the rescuing
band which braved the death-ladon bliz
zards when Scott and his associates
failed to roturn.
Both Wright and Dobeuham holpod
bury Captain Scott and tho others in
their icy tomb, but rofusod today to
rocito tho actual story of thoir deaths.
"Tho last chapter of tho tragody,"
said Wright, "will nevor be written
The death of Captain Scott and his he
roic comrades was too horrible for de
scription. We do not intend to Includo
any description of the death scene in
our official reports for it would servs
no purpose except to gratify morbid
curiosity. We buried them where thoy
died because It would have been prac
tically impossible to have carriod their
bodies back to civilization. I will say,
howovor that Captain Scott, Dr. Wilson
and Lieutenant Bowors died together
in their tent and that tho fatal blizzard
raged for ton days.
Were Almost Safe.
i' When Captain Scott and tho othors
perished they wero but 11 miles from
what had been christened tho "Big
Depot," whom an emergency supply of
food unf. fuel had been cached."
"Captain Hcott was an Ideal lender,"
concluded Wright. "Ho was silont but
unyielding and his confidence in the
success of his expedition novor -wavor-
od. His unfailing optimism inspired his
companions to muko the heroic efforts
which finally resulted in tho conquest
of the pole. There wns no sickness
tho outset of tho trip, and although we
oncounleroil obstacles in tho shapo of
snow and storms, the conditions on the
whole worn auspicious."
Wright was a member of the second
supporting party, which wont to within
150 miles of tho polo. Captain Scott
and his aides woro 600 miles from the
polo on the roturn trip when tho storm
broko. They had dragged thoir sleds
more than 1200 miles on both laps of
the Journoy,
WOULD BETTER CONDITIONS
FOB WORKING WOMEN
Dr. Mario Equl, of Portland, was in
tho city today anil mot quite a number
of Snlem ladies at tho Marlon hotel, at
t o'clock this afternoon. Dr. Equi Is
making a campaign to better the condi
tions for working women, especially
those of Oregon. Hygienic conditions,
hours of employment ami nil matters
tending to mnko morn favorable con
ditions under which women aro forced
to work are the main objects sought to
be accomplished, ami there is certainly
a broad field and an abundant crop of
wends to he eradicated. Teh doctor will
make another visit to Salem soon, the
present one being imulo only to get in
terest In tho subject awakened. .
A Deliberate Suicide.
Iiiniti-ij I'licss iJUsro wins.)
Oakland, Cal., May 16. Stealing a
stick of dynamlto from a San Icainlro
construction camp, Joseph Maglndry, s
teamster, tieif the deadly parcel on his
hend, lighted a long fuse and lny down
to die. Following the explosion he was
picked up In a dying condition by Dr.
John Coleman near Hunters Inn, on the
San Leandro road. The entiro top of
his head was blown off by tho plo
sion and his shoulders, and arms badly
lacerated.
The Only Law Known in the
Coal Mining Districts is
Made by Companies.
MURDER COMMON THING
Treatment of Russian Serf Is Far Su
perior to That Given the Coal
Mine Slaves.
uhitsd r-Mss'uisao wiss.I
Washington, May 16. Iu her con
versation with the interested senators
here today, "Mothor" Jooes described
an attack by company guards on S
minor's cabin at Stanford Mountain, in
1004, when the specials fired on the
minors while thoy wore asleep, killing
seven and wounding 21. She said;
"None of those murderers was ever
punished. When I returned there a
week afterwards I found the widow of
one of the boys crying over his grave.
Her child, eight years old, was digging
with his fist into the clay and calling,
'papa, please come back.'
"At Paint ereek lost summer." Moth
er Jones continued, "a girl of 17
years old was going on an errand of
mercy when a mine guard stopped her
ou the railroad track, cursed her and
ordored her off the right of way. He
compelled her to wade Into a creek in
water up to her arm pits, crying, 'pull
your clothos higher.' Another guard
made me wade into a crook last sum
mer. "Most of the miners in tho strike dis
trict have largo families. If the com
pany stores don't got all their money
they hold out the rent of their homes
In advance. Tho houses in which they
live aro like konnols. Ninety per cent
of tho minors are na'ives ef the dis
trict!" COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEETING TONIGHT
Pursuant to adjournment those inter
ested in organizing a commercial club,
will meet at tho Board of Trade rooms
tonight at 8 o'clock to further discuss
and doeldo upon the matter. It is
something all Salem is deoply interested
in, and tho attendance should be large.
There is a widespread sentiment that a
commercial club, pure and simple, is a
noocssity, and tonight will show whoth
or this sentiment is strong enough to
organize such an onco.
Hore Is a New One
ItEliLlN, May 16. A coal minor
named Lack today begnn two months
prison sentence for calling a man "an
Kulcnburg." Tho courts hold that the
epithet is a libol. Prlnco Eulonburg
wns nt the head of the notorious
"round tnblo' clicquo or club which
wns composed of high -officiala and
whoso expose by Maxmillan Harden
sovornl years ago created a tremendous
seusation In court circles.
DHOW MAY NEVER
District Attorney Is Sick, and With Lit
tle Chance of Conviction Case May
Be Dropped.
CNITSO FHSSS U1SIO WIS!.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 16, "I can
make no statement at this time as to
tho disposition of the Darrow case. It
would bo impossible."
That was the reply today of Acting
District Attornoy W. J. Ford, when
asked If the removal from the court
calender of the second trial of Clarence
Harrow, on a charge of bribing Robert
F. Bain, a Mc.Namara juror, means that
tho cuso will not he brought to trial.
District Attorney John D. Frederick
Is III at a hospital. Any decision by
him at this time is impossible. Ford
refused to commit himself one way or
the other. Neither would attorneys
who represented Harrow at his former
trials hazard no opinion, but it is con
fidently belieied in many quarters that
the caso will never bo ro set.
Guarding Negro Murderer.
Fort Worth, Texas, May 16, Two
companies of state militia aro on guard
at the jail hero today, as tho result of
uttempts to lynch Tom Lee, a micro
slaver of three nien. Oilier negro pris
oners have been removed elsewhere, fol
lowing a desperate riot In front of the
jail Inxt night, In which six of the
would-be lynchers were arrested.
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