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All the News that's Fit to Print Everybody Reads the Daily Capital Journal ' v THE LARGEST j I CIRCULATION : THE BEST (Mtm NEWSPAPER THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. BATiEM, OBEOON, WEDNESDAY, MAT 28, 1913. PRICE, TWO CENTS sTiNuV'ivJi'cBjSa'i I OF THE MLS IS Detective Frank Esola Charged With Sharing in Proceeds of Bunco Games. MAY LAST THREE WEEKS Witness Folds, a Rancher, Recognizes One of the,Bunco Men as He Comes Into Court. OKITXD mil UlflID WlIl.J San Francisco, May 28 Before a crowd that packed evory bit of Bpace in the court room, Asistant District At torney Brennen outlined the prosecu tion's case against Detective Frank Esola, on trial here for sharing in the theft by bunco men of $2100 from Charles Foida, a farmer. Brennen start ed speaking at 10 o'clock, and continued ior half an hour. The first witness called by the prose cution was Policeman Charles Skeller, secretary of the police commission, who .explained to the jury the duties of a yolice officer. It was predicted today that the trial would consume three weeks. The first witnesB called by Charles Toida, of Modesto. He told the jury how he. had been swindled of his life's savings by bunco men. Attorneys for Esola asked Foida to identify the accused man, but when Esola stood up he admitted he had nev er seen Esola before. A few minutes Inter, Michael Oallo, a bunco man, was brought into the court room. " There 's the man who took iywuv ey from tye," shouted Fold! j. I. fT : 1 .. V. IfTT- 1.1. i i. ' '' " 11 WIVIIl'BB UUA. 1U Ullgllf, IU Ut III JU1 for life. Through Foida the prosecution at tempted to establish that Gallo and Musin committed grand larceny in rob bing Foida, and that an agreement ex isted between Esola and the bunco men by which they were to be given police protection in return for a share of their plunder. Chief of Police White was called as the next witness. At this point nn effort was made to introduce the police manual into the records, but the defense objected, anil was sustained by the court. White's testimony was unimportant, merely bringing out the duties of the police. Police Sergeant Layne testified re garding assignments, showing that Esola served on the bunco detail. Cap tain of Detectives Mooney Corroborated Laynes' testimony. He was still on the stand when the court adjourned at noon until 2 o'clock. HE IS MAN WANTED John Luoma on Way to Idaho to Stand Trial of Murder Admits His Identity. CK1TID PUSS LKASID WIE1. Nelson, B. C, May 28. While on the lreat Northern train between the union lepot and Mountain station yesterday tho man arretted by Provincial Consta ble King at Castlegur, admitted to 'hitf Constable Black he is John Lu oma, who is charged with having mur dered John Lundquist, wounding Syl vester Jnrvey and shot at Ben Jarvcy at Knaville, Idaho, last Heptember. I'ntil that time he had refused to ad mit his identity, although Josiah Hill, deputy sheriff from Kellogg, Idaho, claimed to have recognized him as the man wanted. (In a piece of scrap pa per Luoma wrote down the name anil address of his wife who lives on his ranch at Knaville in order that the au thorities here might forward the mon ey due Luoma for work at the Edge wood Lumber company's mill at Cas- tlcgar. In Appreciation. For the many thoughtful and tender nets done for us, the' generous sympa thy and kindly ministrations of 'riends and neighbors during the sickness and Heath of Mrs. Magdalena Snyder, we her brothers and relatives, hereby ex press as far as such things can be ex pressed, our heartfelt appreeition. MR. 4 MRS. W. M. CHER- RINOTON, JOHN SNYDER, EDWARD SNYDER, Tried to Help Taft. Memphis, Tenn., May 28. An indictment charging violations of the civil service laws and intinii- datiou of postal employes to get funds for former President Taft's campaign in 1912 was returned here today against Postmaster Le- ander Dutro a Republican, by the United State grand jury. The case is a direct result of the fight made for Tennessee's endorsement at the Chicago Republican conven- tion by Taft and Colonel Roose- velt. t California State Veterinarian Evidently Standing in With the Meat Combine. (united puass uiaao wist. Sacramento, ,!., May 28. That the shrinkage, loss of flavor -and quick -2 '.' decomposition t'of frozen 4, -Cats will in the long run make them r? expensive than the home product, Siihough origin ally they are lower by about, three cents a pound, is the arraignment of the meats being importd.' in large quanti ties from Australia, sade by State Vet erinarian Reaue. "Housewives who flock to the butch ers to buy Australian frozen meats," said Keane, "in the belief that the meat will reduce the cost of living are de luded, and, will soon find this to be true, 'if meat has a big shrinkage when thawed, and becomes soft. The uice riis out and this more than offsets the cheaper price. It also becomes tainted very quickly." TOO MUCH HOLIDAY State Superintendent Wants Students to Realize Real Significance of Occasion. fState Superintendent of Schools Alderman today sent letters to all the county superintendents of Oregon, ask ing them to use their influence with the teachers for the proper observance of Memorial Day. He says in his letter that in too many cases ho finds that the day is a mere holiday, and the students have no realization of what our institu tioss cost in loss of life and other sacri fice. Ho expresses tho belief that the day should bo used for a review of our national history, and the proper com memoration of the heroism of old sol diers and sailors. He asks that the children be furnished with sprigs of ev ergreen, tied with red, white and blue ribbon for the buttonholes of tho peo ple of the county, for this, "one of our most sacred days." HEAD OF BIG LIST The Women 's Relief Corps today heads the list of contestants in the Capital Journal's Refund Bargain con test and the Baptist Women s club takes second place. The Ladies of the O. A. R. made a marked gain and have fourth place. Mrs. Emma Smith is in sixth place, following a gain of many hundred votes. The standing of the contestants todav follows: Women's Relief Corps 11,(130 Baptist Woman's Club 10,31.1 Hilver Bell Circle", W. of W 7,098 Playground Fund 5,fl."5 Ladies of the O. A. R (1.210 I Ladies Aid, Jason Lee church. 5,035 Miss Kate Wiseman 4,870 St. Joseph's Church 4.215 Y. M. C. A 4,100 Woodmen of the World 4.095 Moose lodge 3.935 Episcopal Church 3.12" Mrs. Emma Smith 5,250 Commons Mission 2,55 Police Force 2,075 Degree of Honor 1,785 Fire Department 1,105 Modern Woodmen of America ..- 2,535 W. C. T. U - 1,095 He Had Been Kept 3 Years and 3 Months Longer Than His Minimum Sentence AND HAS LEFT THE STATE Li Still Under Control of the Parole Board, and Governor Thinks His Parole Was for the Best. Governor West today gave out the following statement in regard to the Homer Black parole, which has been more or less discussed in the press dur ing the past few days: 'Homer Black was received at the eniteutiary the 8th day of January, 1909, having been found guilty of as sault with intent to kill and rob. He was given ton years sentence, which with good conduct the law reduces to six year and six months. This would cause the sentence to expire the 8th day of July, 1915, or in about one year and a half. "The indeterminate sentence law, passed in 1911, was made applicable to cases similar to Black's, and he was therefore entitled to its benefits. He was, however, denied the consideration to which he was entitled under the pro visions of this law, by both the parole OF board and this office, and was kept ings Shingling Manufacturing Coin three years and three months beyond j pany about midnight last night. Around the expiration of his minimum sen tence. "It will be remembered that Black was convicted largely upon circumstan tial evidence, and at the time the court, district attorney and jury were no doubt fully convinced from the evi dence submitted, that Black had com mitted the crime with which he has been charged. Further ivestigation of the matter has caused this office and the members of the parole board to se riously doubt the guilt of Black, I have every reason to believe it is a case of mistaken identity. "I am of the opinion however, that Black was guilty of the charge that has been made against him, of breaking in to a local store, or at least had guil ty knowledge of the crime, and came into possession of some of the spoils. Granting this to be true, he has had his punishment. "He has left the state, and I am suro stitution, ami I believe has left there without ill-will towards any one, and feeling that as far as the prison offi- (Continued on page four.l EC There are so many objections to con crete, as a pavement, thnt one hardly knows how to classify or enumerate them. The strongest objection to them is that they will not stand the wear. It is claimed that the bitulithic pave ment laid in Ralom about five years ago, on Court and Commercial, was of poor material, that the asphalt used in it was part of a lot of some 50,000 bar rels condemned in the East, but good enough for tho wild and woolly West. We do not know as to the truth of this statement, hut, anyway, it is claimed that the Hale in bitulithic is not first class, That may be, but even so, how will it compare with the concrete pav ing laid hero since There is one piece of concrete work In this city thut seems to stand up well, and that is Fourteenth street, the first laid in the city, the work being done by August Kehrberger, we believe in 1910. This was probably before Olileon was inadvertently lost in the shuffle and left out of the council, and the mix was about right. Since that time, somehow, it is different, the mix ing combination having been probably forgotten. This street offers the strong est testinmnr of any, in fact about the only testimony in favor of concrete. But we ask any of our readers, ami es pceially those who contemplate paving, to examine the so-called second-class bit ulithic od Court and Htate streets, the first pavement laid in the city, and put down, if we remember rightly, five years ago. It will be found to be In good condition, has required little or tin repairs, and gives promise of serving the purpose for many years to come. When you have examined this bitulithic take a walk out Pfinth Commercial ami examine the concrete down but a year or two. It will be found to be weiring Good Season in Alaska. Duwson, V. T., My 2S. Dredges and hydraulic plants within SO miles of Dawson are now running s lull blast and cleaning up on an average of $30,000 of gold daily. It is estimated that the total sum this year will exceed $5,000,000, which was the high mark last year. Throe of tho largest gold dredges in tho world are being placed on Boyle concession, two of which are finished and started to work with- in the last few days. DEAD ON THE STREET Evidently Encountered Burglars and Was Killed by Them in Sunning Gun Fight UHITRD PUSS LIAS1D WIS!. Vsn couver, B. C, May 28. With two bullet wounds in his breast just over the heart, the dead body of Policeman James Archibald was found on a vacant lot at 1375 Powell street at 9:30 o'clock this morning by Sergeant Campbell. It iB believed at police headquarters that Archibald was killed in a desper ate struggle with burglars, who had ap parently rifled the offices of the Hast- the spot whoro the body of the police man was found this morning there were signs of a fight, and everything indicat ed that sometimo during the night, be- twecn lB:40-o clock, when Archibald went to answer a call to Powell street, and tho next hour or two," lie met a thug or thugs, and if tho uattlo which followed he received two bullots in thojoierk Gehlhar todny announced that the heart, in what was probably a running )aw wni be in effect on tho morning of gun fight on the Powoll street lot. That some person or persons wont through the offices of the Hastings license provision shall apply to all per Shingle Manufacturing Company was sons of foreign birth who have not as evident this morning. It Is not known es yet if anything was taken from the premises. The police at headquarters believe that Archibald came across the robbers somewhere on Powell strcot, and tried to arrest them. Weather Forecast Oregon Fair tonight with light frost east portion; Thursday fair and warmer; northwesterly winds. rapidly, with good-sized chuck holes in it and already iu need of repairs. Wfc.n rnu.rh .ilk thl. !, W.Ik mBlB lr' ',ulu U,B U1 0 CONCRETE PAV NG the bitulithic, claimoil to be second- j r(.,,8irSi in worse ccondition than he class, too, and yon will find it smooth forrf they were paved. and in good condition. Continue: your wnll- f lwvnnd th er.,.1. in w'h.r. u,0 m pawng u-gin. "'. look at that. Although laid Inter than the bitulithic it is already badly worn full of chuck holes and badly iu need of repairs. If a year or two will put this much vaunted concrete in this con- ilitlon, what will happen to it inside of six years" . It must be borne in mind thnt the wenring surfneo is only an inch and a half to two inches generally on con- creto paving, and, while the chuck holes and goiiged-out places show, the balance of the street, that apparently is in Kond condition, is steadily wearing away, though doing so smoothly ami evenly, so that the real wear and loss is not visible. Every wngon that goes over it grinds off ami loosens small particles and these are swept into the gutter or whirled into space by antos, as tliev suck up everything loose on he rnad, and fill the air with it. Naturally, iu the course of time, and not a very long time, either, the whole wearing surface of an inch or two inches is gone, and when this point Is reached the streets will go to pieces all at once. That this ntnge will be reached long before the ten year limit has elapsed, after which the property owners can again be forced to pave is a moral certainty. As we have stated, some of the concrete streets, only a couple of years old, are already in condition to require fixing Edmonton Electric Light Rates to Be Cut From Present Rate of 8 Cents. PLANTS CLEAR $60,000 City Has a Surplus of $100,00 Earned by Water and Light Plants at Cheap Rates. UHITEU PR1SI U1IID WISS.) Edmonton, Alberta, May 28. Users of electricity for lighting and power purposes will be the first to benofit di rectly from the municipal ownership of public utilities in Edmonton by s reduc tion of from 12 to 25 per cent in rates, effective early in June. A. W. OrniBby, superintendent of the depart ment, which has a surplus of more than $100,000, today recommended a cut of 12 per cent in light rates, now 8 cents per kiwolatt hour, and 25 per cent reduction in power rates, now 4 cents, with a sliding scale for manu facturing concerns. The commissioners favor the cut. The total profits of all the publicly- owned utilities in Edmonton last year was $60,000. The street railway report ed p. large deficit, on account of exten sions and improvements, but the light and power departments earned more than enough to cover the losses. The water department was operated at a profit. Must Have Gun License. After June 3 no foreigner in tho state will be permitted to keep a firearm of 'any character in tont, camp, field or j forest without first paying $25 to the county clerk for a gun license. County the third of next month. The new law requires that the gun yet obtained their first papers of nat uralization. Fell and Was Killed. (DNITID PUSS LAimD WISS.I Oakland, Cal. May 28. Jose Chatel, an ironworker, was fatally injured to day when he fell from a platform on the new Kahn building and struck on tho roof forty feet below. Ho received a fractured arm and internal injuries. Chatel was assisting to adjust into po stion a huge tank when ho lost his foot ing. by the city, and this condition will re '"' " '""" streets for eight years """ " O II t i t. II Hi !y growing WOW, Slid by the timo the ten years have elapsed, they will be, unless big money is spent Hal'-m has, in round numbers, about 2f' niil''" ' I",V"1 t",''i,' 811,1 hn n" about three miles now under way or or u m((, t() my tmt) ,,y ti,0 pn,, ot thi, w&mni he will have 2, miles of concrete paving to. look after, and to keep in repair, and sho will find the bill for repairs growing steadily larger, until, before the ten-year paving period has elapsed, it will be up to the city, as a whole, practically to repavr these streets, We are not advocating hitiilithb pavement; there may be other and bet ter and cheaper materials, but wo make the comparison between the two, be cause they make it themselves, present il to vou everv day, where all you have to do is to look at the two pavements and thi'ii do a little thinking. As a matter of fact a good gravele. street, like Mission, or a mncndnmi,e street, like South Commercial south of Mission, is a pretty good street, espe cially in the suburbs, and, while it i about as clean, it is certainly more last ins than concrete, ami is easily and cheaply repaired. We make the prophe cv now that inside of five years Kiilem will have nil attack of 'cementis Bp prndicitis" tlmt will require drasti treatment, and will send her finances to the hospital, or her taxes up along with the price of beef. We are getttin the goods now, the bills will come later, and the probabilities are that by thnt time we will be sorry that we Invested in them. ' To Build Railroad. hun Diego, ( al., May 2S. It was announced here today that the Rock Island and Santa Fe rail- roads would join hands iu the con- Btruction of a line from Tucson, Ariz., to San Diego. The line is to run from Tucson to Needles, thence down the Colorado river into the Imperial valley, and then to San Diego via San Felipe pass. It is statod also that the two roads T have closed negotiations for the San Diego and Southeastern, the suburban liue running from this city. Ninety Mills In Northwest Show In crease of 25 Per Cant Over Last Tear's Cut. DNITID PRISS LSISID Will. Tscoma, Wash., May 28. During the first four months of 1913 the lum ber cut and shipments of the various mills of the northwest have exceeded tho business of the corresponding peri od of 1912 by a big margin. Before the members of the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers' association at the monthly meeting here, W. C. Miles, manager of the association, read a re port showing that the cut of the 90 mills of the association for the four months of 1013 was 170,000,000 feet in excess of tho corresponding period last year, an increase of 24 per cent. The shipments from those millB for tho first four months of the present year is shown to be 120,000,000 foet in excoss of the business for the corrfl spondlng period of last year, a gain of 18 per cent. Supreme Court Turns Down Kickers and an Election Will Be Held Next Monday. The supreme court held that the Port land commission form of government charter is valid and constitutional, and, accordingly, an election can be held thore Monday. The assortion that the charter is not valid because It provides there shall be no party designation on the ballot Is declared of no merit, the statement be ing made that political parties have no more right than churches to have their names on tho ballot. The amendments are declnred to be strictly within the laws ami constitu tion of the state. The court says, howovor, it is doubt ful if that portion of tho McNnry ordi nance, which provides for commission government 30 days after the proclama tion of the mayor Is valid. CHERRY FAIR TO BE Big Fair Will Begin July 3, and Con. tlnue Until the Night of July 5. With a big l-'ourth of July celebration in connection, a ( herry I'air will bo held in Balem July 3, 4 ami 5. This was de cided lust niuht ut a mass meeting held 111 tho Hoard of Trade rooms, and com mittees were appointed to "get busy" immediately. The bomb which contained tho com bined Cherry Fair and Fourth of July was exploded by A. O. .'tTagiirs, the ever lasting booster for the Capital City. "Ab," as he in generally known, took the floor and advised the nttendnme that during his travels in (southern Ore gon and in tho northern section of the valley, ho learned that many towns were planning upon holding a Fourth of Julv celebration. For this reason, he suggested that Halem get busy und eel elirnto that eventful day along with the Nebraska here on July 4th, to deliver stone, as it were. Mr. Magors' sugges tion met with the approval of all, and, (Continued on Page Five.) E FINDS TIE IT IS THERE Enginer Estimates There Are 1145 Cubic Yards of Dirt on Union. LEFT THERE BY P. E. & E. Also Finds 1150 Cubic Tarda Left on Church Street Will Not Hold 8 tola Blameless. The Union and Church street dirt re moval proposition was investigated yes terday by the committee of six property holders named by Mayor Bteeves, and they found that 1145 cubic yards of dirt had not been removed from the grade on Union street, and 1150 cubic yards had not been removed from Church stroet. The city engineer stated that 1000 yards had been removed from th great accumulation on Church street, and that his resurvoy of the street af ter he took office early in the year showed that there was only 30 yards of fill to be msde. The committee found that the city records show that the recommendation to make final payment for the Union street work was made at the meeting of May 6, 1913, by Skaife and Hatch. This payment totaled $1205.57. Want City to Indemnify Them. The property owners feel thst, inas much as the contractor failed to remove the excavation, as provided for in his contract, they should be indemnified by the city in the amount assessed against them for work never done. The contractor reeelvod" -bout $1000 for re moving the dirt, aud this as clear profit, the property owners figure it. Thoy take the stand that the city at large should suffer for the mistakes of the council, and that it ia asking too much to saddle the burden on any cer tain street. They do not exonerate Oideon Stola from blame, for, despite the fact that the work was commenced last year, the chairman of the street committee has been aware of the pnditions on Union and Church stroets, and It was his duty as councilman, to look after the Inter ests of the taxpayers, and see the dirt wss removed before final payment waa made on the job. That Btolz should per mit final payment to be made at the meeting of May 5 is evidence, according to the property owners that'he is either not alive to their interests, or had a tender feeling for the construction com pany. Tho committee of proporty owners will niako a report at the mooting of the council Monday night, and it prom ises to be a sizzlcr. TO Will Add $20,000 to $10,000 Put Up by Uncle Sam, and Latter Will Do the Work. f UNITED PISS LIISHO WIS 1 Medfnrd, Or., May 28, County Judge Toiivcllo today signed a contract on he half of Jackson county .with the fodorat government for the improvement of fif ty miles of rural free delivery high ways, appropriating S20.OOO of county funds to bo expended with $10,000 available from the government, con struction and maintenance for an ttr lefinte period to be undur supervision of the federal ut'lico of public roads. The highways were selected by B. II. llurrell, senior I'nitod Htates highway engineer and have been approved by tho postal authorities upon recommend ation of (lovernor West. This is the first federal road work to be undertak en in the northwest. Was With Mrs. Matlock, Police Matron Lynch today stated to The Capitol Journal that an error was made in asserting that she accompanied Special officer Matlock on a moral raid, and was secreted in a room with hi in for hours to watch people under suspicion. Mrs. Lynch says sho was ac companied by Mrs. Matlock and another lady, who does not cure to have her name mentioned. Matlock and the oth er officers were to come at the call of Matron Lynch, and make the raid. Mrs. Lynch was not with Matlock on that or any other occasion, she says. i