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-- ' J, All the News that's Fit to Print Everybody Reads the Daily Capital Journal :: THE I ADfiPQT I 0EtECIl lflRc l wclVSPAPER THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1913. PXHCV TWO rrim ow TRAINS AND NWW8 - a w BTiNLB, FIVJI CENTO. TERS RAPPED Fl Circuit Court Jurist Rescinds Cnntrart ("liven la Cat' I poration. IMMENSE FACTORY TALE Teller and His Wife Led to Believe That Big Townsite Was to Be Established on Land. Judge Galloway this morning ren dered a decree in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Francis Poller' and wife vs. B. N. Garrett, H. H. Hoffman et al. in which ho rescinded all the contracts entered into between the plaintiff and defendant and roundly scored the get-rich-quick corporations -which, he says, are frequenting the rural neighbor hoods with "sunbeam" propositions whereby the gullible farmer is led to Relieve that the rainbow has surely set on his farm and that bags of pure gold await him. This is a case containing about as many features of an unsuspecting farm r grasping risky opportunities as has ever been introduced in the Marion ouuty courts, according to Judge Gal loway. . It seems that Feller was ap proached by Garrott and Hoffman with a promising plan to establish a townsite to bo named Armstrong on the plain tiff's laud. Tho defendants led the .plaintiff to believe that they wore the luly authorized agents of what they termed the United Surety company, a corporation organized for the purpose f establishing towns and building monster factories in rural districts. Mr. J'eller entered into an agreement with the defendants whereby they were to receive the; deeds to. certain lands own ed by the plaintiff and soil them off in lots. The defendants planned and plat ted (or plotted, as Judge Galloway nys) the property and assured Mr. Fel ler that they would purchase tho neces sary material for the construction of a 4300,01)0 factory, establish a bank, soli the lots at a largo figure and perform other work necessary to the establish ment of a town or city. Found Them Out. After having turned his land over to the defendants, the plaintiff then dis covered that the whole affair was a take. He found that there was no such corporation in existence as the United Surety company, and that the so-called agents had not one cent of capital with which to establish any factory or town site. He also discovered that the de fendants, in order to deceive the people and sell the lots laid out, has paid Rol lin Catighey, a Portland paintor, $.j00 to paint a long drawn imaginary pic ture of the "Town of Armstrong." This picture showed monster factories, liauks, mercantile e s t a b 1 i s h m e n ts, streets and alleys. Mr. Feller further investigated, declares his counsel, and found that tho defendants hail con tracted lurge debts before they had dis posed of one acre of the land. They purchased a largo amount of lumber from the Spaulding Logging company, stntes tho complainant, to bo used in the construction of a bank on tho town site, but it later developed that the state bank examiner refused to issue them a permit to transact a banking business. They contracted a largo dobt with a Portland German paper for ad vertising which they woro unable to pay, declares tho plaintiff, and Mr. Feller's attornoy, John H. McNary, de clared this morning that he defended Mr. Feller in an action brought by the newspaper to rocover the cost of the advertising. Scores Wild-Cat Promoters. "I find in investigating this matter, another one of those cases wherein a gullible farmer has fullcn a prey to the get-rieh-quick corporation, or body of men," said Judge Galloway thiB morn ing when he rendered his opinion, "Ev ery day there is some person bilked and Minded by that class of sunbeam pro moter who goes through tho country with elaborate schemes to gain wealth by following certain carefully doctored plans. I am surprised that the plaintiff should become a victim of such peoplo, l)ut, as I stated heforo, his case is one among many of tho same character. "These wildcat promoters bo about the country with very clover schemes and they are generally men of a class that are clever and shrewd. The farm or, or city man also, should keep clear f these xnple as their schomes always turn out nhsolnto failures. "In deciding this case in favor of the plaintiff, ! will, as a warning for mm to Keep his eyes open in the fu ture ami not get caught by swindlers, assess nun tne costB of the suit. I am - confident that Mr. Feller has been grossly deceived in every particular and 1 therefore rescind all contracts and cancel all deeds." Fifth Attempt to Wreck Train This Time Unknown Miscreants Are Nearly Successful In Ditching Engine and Cars. UNITED I'BBSS LEASED WIR1. Seattle, Wash., July 3. Special agents from the division headquarters here, and a posse of deputy sheriffs are trying to locate the would-be train wreckers who tried to ditch the North ern pacific passenger train No. 5, at Wynoca, a few miles east of Auburn, last night by piling angle irons and a switch point on the rails. The only thing that prevented a wreck and great loss of life was that the pi'ltot bf the engine lifted the switch point clear of the track, and the engine, which was going 40 miles an hour when it hit the obstruction, bumped over the angle irons without leaving the rails. Engineer Cavanaugh, who was jolt ed from his seat by the terrific bumps, brought the locomotive ,to a qluick standstill, and wont back to investi gate. This is the fifth time that an at tempt has been made to wreck a train at this point. The other efforts were confined to changing switch lights, which, other than bringing the trains to a stop, caused no damage. SAYS LAMAR IS GOOD MAN IN EVERY WAY Aided in Trust-Busting and Was One of First to Discover Wickedness of Taft's Bill. UNITED FEESS LEASED WISE. Washington, July 3. Henry B. Martin, secretary of the National Anti-Trust League, told the lobby in vestigating committee today that he and i)avid Lamar, who testified yes terday, were the authors of tho origin al resolution authorizing tho Stanley steel trust probe, declaring that La mar's draft was passed "substantial ly ns drawn." ' Martin characterized Lamar as a public-spirited citizen, and a bitter foe ol the railroad trust. Ho admitted that the steel probe was due largely to his own efforts, asserting that Chairman Stanley was ignorant of the fast that Lamar prepared the resolu tion. The suggestion is being made here today that Samuel Untonnyer be em ployed as special counsel to assist tins house Mulhall probers. They probably will ask the senate to concur in a $10, 000 appropriation to provide funds for the house probe. Tol's of Trusts' Threats. Martin declined to name the mem bers of the National Anti-Trust League, asserting that the business life of its members would bo threatened by tho trusts if it became known that they were members of tho league Ho asserted "the powers would destroy and blacklist them and cut off bank credits.' Then ho detailed instances j where such threats had been fulfilled. Martin named numerous trusts the league had exposed, and declared La mar was one of the first discovering the vicious sections of the Taft-Wick-ershnm railroad bill. Martin flatly refused to disclose how the league's finances are administered- or where the money comes from. The witness caused a sensation when he charged that Judge Lovott, chair man of tho executive hoard of the Union Pacific railroad, and Paul Cm- vnth were engaged last week in " lob bying" with Attorncy-Genorni Mc- Revnolds. He insisted these officinls had been "convicted under the law," vet they were granted the privilege of lobbying. SAYS HE VOTED FOE HIS FUTURE FATHER-IN-LAW UNITED rilESS LEASED WISE. New York July 3. Francis Howes Sayre, the young attornoy who is to wed Miss Jessie Wilson, daughter of President and Mrs, Woodrow Wilson, is wealthy in his own right. Bayer is working in District Attor ney Whitman's office, without pay. Ho said Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in troduced him to Whitman. Asked whether he was a member of tho "Hull Moose" party, Havre said ho greatly admires the colonel, but voted for Woodrow Wilson at tho last election. Havre met Miss Wilson at Lancas ter, Pa., in mil. HOPPE BESTS EASILY. UNITED rilISS LEASED W1BE. Han Francisco, July 3. Willie Hoppo, the lightweight boxer, whose hands were frightfully mangled yesterday af ternoon by the explosion of a small cannon, is resting well at Ht. Francis hospital and today showed no signs of having sustained internal injuries. It will bo some time, however, before he will be in condition to leave tho hospi tal, because of a shattered hip. INITIATIVE PETITION FOR WOMEN (S FILED Filers Figure That Vote Will Be in 1913, But Olcott Thinks Otherwise. AN AGREEMENT REACHED Receipt Provides That If It Does Not Come to Vote In 1913 It Will .111 Following Year. Because the law provision requires the filing of an initiative petition with tho secretary of state four months be fore an election, Dr. Marie Equi, presi dent of tho Women 's Eight Hour League, and Mrs. J. R. Ontman, secre tary of the same league, were here this morning to file an initiative petition for an eight-hour law for working wo men. The potition has been gotten up un der the new law, which went into ef fect June 3, giving the secretary of state the authority to fix a form for any petition, and contains 15,000 names giving a comfortable margin over the requirement, which calls for 10,008 names. Want 1913 Vote on It. In seekingto file the petition the la dies asked the secretary to give them a recoipt for the petition calling for its placement on the ballot for the 1913 special eloction, which was recently de clared unconstitutional by Circuit Judge Galloway. This Secretary Olcott refused to do on the grounds that he had no authority to take such action. Tl. . :i Al t 1 -A !.L ! xuu iuei men aanuu xur tb receipt, wua the provision that in case the potition could not be placed on the ballot this year that it be held over until 1914. The final windup of the matter was that the women were given a recoipt for the potition by Olcott stating that he is the custodian of the petition and will be held responsible for the Bame until the matter can be decided by the supreme court, which will be brought about by the eight-hour petitioners fil ing mandamus proceedings. Anothet Petition. A copy of the initiative potition call ing for a $1500 tax exemption has also been filed with Socretary of State Ol cott in compliance with the law requir ing such action. ,The potition is headed by W. S. U 'Ren, of Portland, and calls for an amendment to the constitution for an exemption tax for all tools and in fact, anything that is used in mak ing a livelihood, valued under $1500. GIVE REBEL YELL AND Survivors of the Famous Battle Meet at Historic Stone Wall on Gettys burg Field. UNITED PIIERS LEASED WIRE. Gettysburg, July 3. One hundred Confederate veterans, surviaors of Pickett's brjgndo, gathered at 2 o'clock this aftomoon on the F.m niottsburg rood, about n quarter of a mile from the stone wall about which 30 years ago, to the hour, the fiercest conflict of modern warfare was waged. Behind tho stone wall were more than 100 survivors of the Pennsylvania di vision of tho Grand Army who stopped Pickett 'b charge. Each group carried tho samo torn and tattered battleflag borne GO years ago. There was a sharp command, and then 100 confederates, giving the rebel yell, advanced at doublo quick time. They met the Union soldiers at the stone wall, and there they stopped and shook hands with the veterans in blue. Congressman Moore delivered an address, and the veterans then inaug urated plans for a national monu ment to be erected on the spot. The Weather f THEV ALWAYS SAY:) MILD WINTER;' COOL , The Dickey Bird SUM MER,. says: Oregon: Showers tonight and Friday; south to southwest winds, AND THERE .WILL BE Rain King's Efforts During , Night Fail to Dampen Enthusiasm Here. rROGRAM BEING GIVEN Cherry Exhibits Are Being Bounded Up and There Promises to Be Great Collection. While old Jupe Pluve played hob with things in this vicinity during the greater port of Inst night, the opening day of the Cherry Fair broke cloudy, but with good promises of fine weath er, and the rain king failed to dumpen tho spirits of those who have been la boring to get things in position pre-, paratory tor the throe-day celebration. Cherries galore are beginning to come in and by night it is expected that the big show tent will be full of the 'fruit that has made Salem fa mous." From the appearance of the exhibits coming in one would not think that it had been raining in this terri tory for the past two months, off and on. The cherries are in fine condition, and a great show is looked forward to. Much enthusiasm is being Bhown by tho exhibitors, and the contests for high honors will develop into some thing very interesting as the fair pro ceeds. Euch contestant is doing his or her sharo in making the finest dis play possible, and the big red fruit is brought in shining like burnished metal. It is expected that several Polk county cherry growors will enter ex hibits this year, and it is possible that Linn county will come to the front with a nice exhibit Almost every fruit district in Marion county will be represented by cherry men, while lo ganberry and currant growers are man ifesting considerable interest in the show. Flags Pretty. A great deal of favorable comment is being overheard concerning the flag decorations put up in the city. In spite of the heavy rain last night the new national colors remained fast and the water had no apparent ef foct upon them. This is one test to prove that the flags are of good quality, and that their colors are as bright as ever, as can be readily seen today. The Cherry Fair committee made a good purchase, it is said, and the flags will be of valuable service on any future ocension. Many of the business houses have already completed their docoralions and today many more are busily en gnged drnping the buildings with Cherry Fair colors. The Capital City will be on the map in. bright colors by tomorrow morning, and tho Fourth of July will be met with much mer riment. Some Fine Sports. The sports committee of the Cherry Fair, John Turner chairman, has ar ranged for many original and interest ing sports which will take place every afternoon at 4 o'clock. Besides races of every description, the committoo has planned other con tests. Pie oatlng, potato peeling and various other contests will bo in the program and Salom's young Americans aro all showing the proper enthusiasm and Interest in the coming events. What will probably bo tho most ori ginal and interesting race during the fair tnkes place next Saturday after noon. The raco will be run. by lads on a contrivance which somewhat resem bles an ice boat on wheels and is lik ened to a bicycle insofar as running gear is concerned and the knack of op erating tho device. Tho new-fangled machine consists of a board about four feet long under which there aro two sets of roller skate wheels. The ma chine is guided by the operator while he is standing on the hoard bv B box arrangement on the front end and loco motion is made possible by the rider pushing himself along with one foot on the walk or street. All contestants must appear In the raco with machines constructed by themselvoB, that is, no "store-made' machines will bo permitted to start. V, (J. Shipley has offered as prizes, two machines of the same character which linve been sent hero from tho east, and it goes without saving that there will be much bnildin" and planning of ma chines h" the youngsters before next Hiiturilny. The boys who have been seen on tin streets heretofore wilh the 1013 "mod els" neem to hnve great sport nnd thov cin l""'"t a good rate of speed with the gliders. Tent and Prizes Beady. The north end of the tent in which the cherry display Is being installed is being set nsue for special exhibits and n large cnc ciintninin)' the awards. The case contains ninny highly doeoratsl QUEEN MARIE VIII. ::'. .: v . - y!..'':-'';..,-S''-';s.' '"V'..'-; . W'" " . ' k------ ..L-..:..-.:.....:.-.j l: '., a.,,-... . Ilr 1r ,, ', , ,- ,y,.M Miss Marie cups and other prizes which are well worth looking at. Many flowers are being brought to the tent for decoration purposes and thj exhibit committee is having a busy time of it today to place every exhib itor. WANTS TO KNOW IF DE. FRIED MANN CAN BE BALKED Dr. Calvin C. White, secretary of the state board of health, has asked At-torney-Genorol Crawford to rendor an opinion as to whether a Friedmann in stitute could be discontinued if tho ad ministering of the Bemm for tho euro of tuberculosis was found to be injuri ous. BIG HABBOB IMPROVEMENT STARTED BY CANADIANS UNITED MESS IJ5A8ED WISE. New Westminster, B. C, July 3. Leading all the cities of tho Pacific coast of Canada, New Westminster to- Rivers and Ritchie . BY WILLIE RITCHIE. I am ready and fit to fight tho tho battle of my lifo. My condi; tion is perfect in evory respect and I never felt better in my life. I am confident that I will win and that speedily. Ten round's may bo enough or less. I have no par- T tit ular plan of battle save a deter- mination to knock Rivers out as quickly as possible. Rivers I know to be a gooil hoy, hut ho has only two hands, and so have I. I have his number and am going to beat him sure. UNITED PEERS LEASED WISE. Han Francisco, July 3. Tloth Ritchie and Rivers took it easy today, on the eve of their lightweight championship buttle. 'Ritchie was up bright and early to day and one of the first things he did was to step on the scales. The weight was set at lilt pounds and tho beam nung squarely in the center. A short rest followed breakfast and then the cliumpioii went nut for a stroll. His spirits were high ami if he had any carin or worries, ho did not show them. "The boy could not possibly be bet ter," said Trainer Foley, "lie slept liko a top Inst night and when he lump ed out of lied this morning, ho was as fresh as a daisy. His friends need not be afraid of his condition. There is nothing wrong with him anywhere When ho steps out of the ring tomor row atternnon he will still be the pos sessor of the lightweight title." Ritchie will play around .the gyninn sium this afternoon, doing only cuoiil'Ii I work to keep loosened up, Rivers will no t:ie same at tho Neal Keck house Bolinger. day celebrated with appropriate cere mony the driving of the first pile of the first unit of its harbor improve ment scheme, designed to place the rresn water port of amiss Colum bia in a position to meet the demands on it consequent upon the opening of the Panama canal. The scheme in volves an expenditure of $5,000,000 and has the backing of, the Dominion gov ernment, which has sanctioned the for mation of the New Westminster harbor commission, to administer the port, SON OF GENERAL ACCUSED. (UNITED PRESS LURED WIB1. flottvHlini-ir. Vil .Tnlv 9 W TJ Henry, claiming to be the son of Ttrigndier-Oonoral Henry, of Virginia, is held here today as one of the two men who stabbed seven others in the Gettysburg hotel. Honry donies the AlleiriLt.inn. ASHertinfT hit Wf)a innnra,i down by one of the men doing the sianning. i aptain jonn uoldtliwnito, of 8nlem, Mass., however, positively liiennneu iienry as ono or the assail ants. Say They Are in Fine Fettle for Fight BY JOE BIVERS. I am just as sure of winning tho lightweight title tomorrow as Willie Ritchie is. I have novcr figured on defeat and will not be at all surprised if I Btop the chain- pion early in the fray. I do not say this boastfully, but base my belief on my condition and all around ability. There ia no qnos- tion about my boing fastor than Ritchie, I can box as good and can hit harder. One punch is all I want and when it lands there will be a new champion, llnth boys, so far as can bo told, are right as right can lie. Yielding to pleas made by scores of persons that the fight, If held earlior, would interfere with a big parado, Pro moter (Irnney today announced as final that the preliminaries to the event will start at 1:15 p, m. tomorrow and that the main event, will begin nt 2 p. m. Thorn will bo three four-round pro limiiuirics. Halinns Jack Robinson vs. Young I.nniiin, and Young Ad Wolgast, of Nlncktnn, vs; Young Anrous aro named for two of the events, The third pair have not yet been announced. Manager Levy went to Rivers' cninp early today to see thnt nothing goes amiss wiih his boy. From now until Rivers steps into the ring, Levy will tint let Rivers nut of his sight, not car ing to take nny chnnces of the chal lenger doing something that might im pair his chances. Rivers will remain at his cottage on the beach until shortly before it is time for weighing in. The demand for seats continues heavy. The capacity of tho arena is about $11,000 and it is now expected thnt every sent will be sold. QUEEN OF BIG Fl IS Thousands Witness Exercise Which Are Carried Out on Schedule. PARADE GREAT SUCCESS Many Handsomely Decorated Auto- mobblles In Line, and Sight Is One. to Please Spectators. With thousands from noints in tha Willamette Tolley present, tha fimt dnys program of the Cherry Fair wa carried out according to schedule. TrainB from all directions were crowd ed with visitors, and a monster crowd will be here tomororw to celebrate July 4th. Ihe proceedings today beean with some excellent band music, one of which in front of The Capital Journal offico, given by the local band, nearly stopped business, for it i hard to keep one's feet still, and mind on work, when that bunch of Stoudonmoyer's gets busy. Parade Is Good Feature. Tho parade was a splendid feature. Her Majesty Queen Marie VIII., whose picture, as taken by Parker, appears herewith, was every inch a queen. Her popularity was again testified to by the hearty applause given her by the big crowds, as, with her two beau tiful maids of honor, the Misses Flor ence Houston and Marguerite Poisal, the big float carrying them passed along the line of march to Willson av enue where, with beautiful and appro priate ceremonies, Queen Marie VIII. was crowned, Mayor Steevea officiat ing. The parado was a splendid success, many beautifully decorated autos be ing in line. Considering the threatening appear ance of the skies this morning the attendance was greater than could reasonably havo been expected. There were many visitors from Portland, ' and nearly all the neighboring towns were represented, while the farms and orchards in the nearby valley were apparently abandoned, for their own ers were practically all. here. Tomorrow Big Day. There is a long program for late this afternoon and evening, that will keep the big crowds busy trying to keep track of and enjoy, but tomorrow will probably be tho big day of the event, at least in the matter of at tendance, on account of it boing ' the nationnl holiday. In spito of an inclem ent cherry season, the exhibit, though, so far, small, is enough to make any one who has never Been Salem cher ries sit up and take notice, for they are certainly fine. Tho quality cannot ho beaten, but tho quantity could. However, this defect, it is promised, will be remedied by tomorrow. MEDFORD MAN WILL BE STRONGLY BACKED tdNITED PBESS MUSED WIRE. I Medford, Ore., July 3. Medfords fans aro tpdny awaiting with oagor ness for 3::i0 p. m. tomorrow to roll around when Bud Andorson, the local prido, meets Leach Cross in a 20-round fight. A largo amount of Modford money is due in Los Angelos today, and will be placed with commissioners, with in structions to bet nt today's bost odds, Medford backers of Anderson figuring that the odds will shorten before ring time. The impression prevails here that the Modford scrapper will win be fore tho 15th round has been reached, and considerable money has boon wng ered on that proposition with visitors to the Fourth of July colobration here. THREE THOUSAND ARE WOUNDED IN BIG BATTLE UNITED PRESS 1-EAflKD Willi. 1 Geneva, Switzerland, July 3. Dis patches received hero today by the Swiss Red Cross Society from the Ber vian branch of the service lead to the belief that tho Snrb-Ilulgar battles navo neon the most severe. Tho dis patches said that more than 3000 wounded have been brS.ight from the front, and they ask thnt doctors and nurses be Immediately dispatchod to tho scoiio of hostilities. GENERAL EXECUTED. UNITED riUKS I.EAHKD WlttE.J Mexico City, July 3 Telegroifiie. dispatches telling of the execution by federal troov of General Amhrosio Figueroa, one of tho Into President Mo dern's right hand men in the revolution against Porifirio Diaz, wiw received here today. News of tho oiwutiiin was sent, by General Juvenncio Rubles, former coinmnnder at Cuernnvaca. General Figueroa, tho dispatches Bay, was ruptured nt Igimla He In Indu-pendcucia. Ciaifaioia all Wo JY 11. rounds 9 to