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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1913)
Ul the Iews that's Flit to Print Everybody Reads the Daily Capital Journal THE BEST NEWSPAPER Mill OFFBYGUN HOLES hai. Richter Instantly Killed by Charge From Weapon He Cleanses. WIFE SAYS IT WAS CLEARLY ACCIDENTAL fir.t Thounht It Might be Case of Suicide, as He Had Been Ailing. ivkiln fli'iuiiiiir a No. 12 shotirun, Mili'il with liinl shot, nliout U o'clock Ins morning, Charles Itirhter, who re on ll"! corner of Twcuty-fuiirth !ul Trade streets, was instantly killed, lipfiitire contents of ono sluill entering ibhrml ami all but tearing the member f in tlio lioily. When those in tlio house reached the irk ii)n'li, after hearing thn discharge fttit gnu, they loiinil Mr. K.chter ly i in a poul iif lilnoil mill lirni iih nml Ins of bin skull were strewn all over Ir ilpps where ln hml been 'standing I'ifir to till! accident. CleaiiTiig Ctn.. Mm. Itii'litt'r Hml sumo visitors were Ilif house, when Mr. Richter told li in 'He Hint lie wits going to clean his S'lljuo. lie hml barely reached the "It YHduila when tin- people in th.' 'man heard a repou ami rushed out jf lie hack ilimr to finil Mr. Hiehtor ilr.nl, just at the Toot of the steis. Vu fon ixl , iiieilii'ul assistunce was as his lii-oil was shattered into binn.-i pieces, ami ilitath ,.i.l come 'lanlly. Suicide Theory Scoutod. first, it was believed that Mr. I birr liiul committed suicide for the w 111' lias In',.,, despondent f1)r B(.v. 'l months on ni'i-omit of having been I 'or some tiini- ami unable to res e f trtile as a shoemaker. ivi'sti.ntiii ,y (uioner t'loiih "l, however, that the man wits ae I I1.V ki'l'-l by his own gun.' Mrs. fl'frtold ('rer dough that short JWrore her husbond was shot, he ha.l P1' V""u' from the circle of com ".v '' wi.vi.iK that he was going to fa" '"" sl""""' nu,l when the bo.lv f '"w. Inter, a rnm-rod uml frag ft f doll, saturated with gun oil T" fm., ,.S(, hy 1(1U(1j tho r that tho man, while ;""'"'"'' 'lean the loa,e,l g, ac, f discharged ,r. There were i the K,,, ,le hoiuK ilis 'THaiol the other Ntii ,,,,,,, "J'"1'0" w,,', "xainincl after the ae- j f Kim was a l,a,nn,erle8 ami the ' V""11"1 ''"" ,an''' :orouM 11 t,lH after,,,.,,,, that he f ; ' '"'lii'v,.,! , lmui fmM )mvo " t'''l siiirhle, as he was lying far 'rum the ,, ,, mt ram i "a " iielieation that ho had been ""lllliT Itlit 1 SoViin Van tt I, , io xi ere. I V ', "a," Oregon-M. f ,nr Ku, Ineuting in this city. He L " "' ' 'y trade, and han V '"""wing ,h,lt llJ1Him, lmti ,"r "Co, when hi. health failed j. 1 " Hn liter, a elerk in the Mev or'. ami a so,,, Henry Hiehter, who L , a.';'"rl! IhKi'ity. Tho deeeas year old. jj,'"'""11 """"'lueementa will l.o made :U8T forc TRIAL OF CAMINETTI M" tri"'"'.'o, August 21.-I,, excus- ,u 1 K r"' K'l'iul jury todnv until ' ' ,a-v. ''u'lKi' Van Fleet' strict- '."'"lie.l the talesmen that they '" wise to iIIkcuss the pending ,J " ''""'N harles II. ITtrrb case,, h"fnre r ntWr the empanelment 'hr ""'" for those trials. . lias a right to approach nny m 'he general pi I," declared foil rt 1 1 i i .tnl I menu women n, well M"( bet no womn,, talk with yon. THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. : ' , SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913. . poirr TWO CFNTS " AND NHW4 t- j -- , riiv,c i wu ixma. nx4N1Hi ,f1VB cunts! Woman Is Sought as Jury Tamperer Mrs. Lane Cannot Be Found to Answor to Charge of Trying to In fluence Bliss. fl.'NlTBD 'NSH I.KASRD WIIIK. San Fran.-ia.-o, Aug. I.A citation wilH '" I here today for Mrs. Charles 0. Lane, widow of mi Alua,.,, millionaire, to appear forthwith before the United -States court to answer alle gations made by W. 8. !His, a Digg, juror, that Mrs. Uno h.ul attempted to discuss the Diees case with 1,;, k the j"r.V returned its verdict. At the home ot Mrs. Lane nrocesK server. told that she had gone to San Diego and that it was not known when she would return. -luror llliss yesterday informed Judge Van Fleet that Mrs. Lane. ,.nll,..l ,.t office and after discussing 8,n0 m-mUK slicks, ioi,i nun that Mrs. Caniiuetti was stopping at her house. Then, llliss (Continued on page 8.) Chauffeur Sends Machine at Tull Speed Over Bandits and Rulers of Roumania Escape. flJSITRn I'llISS I.ASBD WllllS.l Bucharest, Aug. 21. (lypsy bandits today attacked the nut obile of the king and ipieen of Kouiiiania at. a point on the outskirts of the city. The chauf feur sent the machine ahead at. full speed, running over several of the ban lits. The king and ipui-i, escaped in jury. MAN WHO RUNS AWAY SAYS DUE TO MENTAL LAPHE TUNITRD 1'I.KKH MMHKR WIMt.1 Spokane, Wash,, Aug. 21. .1. W. ( lay, the street car conductor, who dis appeared July 7, and whose cap, cov ered with blood, was found on the river bank here, returned today with a story of having suffered a mental lapse, lie said lie regained his memory while working as a railroad fireman in the Cascade mountains. Detectives have searched for hi in for two weeks, think ing ho hail either committed suicide or been murdered. "The whole thing seems like a dream to me," Clay said today, "f did not desert my wife, nnd am anxious to'sec her." His wife and .'t yenr-ohl .laughter are out of town with relatives, and will re turn this evening. COFFMAN GETS YEAR. united riiKss i.r,..sr,n wmn.l Fort Stevens, Or., Aug. 21. Waldo H. Coffmnu, found guilty of insults to the American flag, was sentenced to one year in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. The sentence involves a dishonorable discharge from the army, based on remarks about the ling ami insulting remarks following I lie death of Vice-President Sherman. UNITED I'llESS I.KASED WIIIE. Sherbrooke, (Jue., Aug. 21. Chireui e J. Shear.., of New York, and F. C. Me Fwan, K. ('., will arrive here tomorrow to assist in Thaw's defense. Thaw's ipiarters in the jail here are most coinfoitable. He has plenty of el gars, and hi meals arc sent to his call from a hotel, (leorge Lauder (iiiregic nnd Mrs. Cnrnegio will leave Shcre biooke tomorrow, linger O'Mtrn, of Pittsburg, one of Thaw's best fii Is. it coming hero tomorrow. A member of the Thaw party this nf I -mm Iccliiied that Harry was n il iu formed of the plans to escape until he entered the asylum yard Suiulny morn ing. Jt wns originally Inteniled, it wif said, for Harry to join friends t;i P-es ton, but, owing to the I'o.ifiisi he went to Canada instead. Attorneys- for the prosecution nre most furious over the latest postpone mout. They bitterly deiinu the courtl for "star chsmber methods." The Thaw attorneys replied by assert ing that they planned to kidnap the fu gitive, but lacked the nerve to eecuti' the plan. I Allfa .. . I ' ' ' ' TWOHUHTWHB Charles Black Is Caught Under Machine and Dies in Forty Minutes. TWO MEN ARE INJURED I ' Charles Bilyeu and Mike Wall Receive Painful Bruises and Two Others Escape Uninjured. Hurtling over the ground at tho rate of "ill miles -an hour iu a six-cylinder automobile, Charles Hlaek was almost instantly killed and Charles Bilyeu and Mike Wall received painful injuries about 1:11(1 o'clock this morning, when the machine turned a complete somer sault and lauded onto a barbed wire fence fifteen feet from the road, near the Itrunk place, seven miles west of this city, in Polk county. Carl Williams and :. It. Hamlin, also occupants of the ear, were uninjured. Although Dr. JtcAllen, of Dalian, arrived upon the scene of tho accident within a few moments after it, occurred, Charles Black, who received the fatnl injuries, died within 40 minutes after the big auto took the terrible pluuge from the highway. When Dr. MeAlleu reached the spot, Mr. Black was able to utter a few incoherent words and, be fore the physician could make prepar ations to keep life in the body, tho in hired man passed away with a groan. Speed Frightful. When the party left Salem nloni about 1 o'clock, Charles llilyeu, the Iriver ami owner of tlio heavy car, yelled "all aboard," and tho outfit whirled down Commercial street to Cen ter ami rushed over the Willamette bridge toward Dallas. According to the iiicinbers of Hie party that escaped practically uninjured from the wreck, when the nuto oppninchoil the Drunk place, which is located on the Dallas Salem road, about seven miles from Sa lem, it was traveling at a terrific rate of speed. The accident occurred, it is said, through the inability of tho driver to I a sharp curve in the road. When Hie machine reached the curve which caused tho fatal wreck, the driver, fail ing to observe ami calculate the eiteiit of the curve, did not handle the ma chine with due caution and the result was the heavy auto flew out of his control ami before any of the partv realized what was happening, it left the road at the I I and after turning a complete somersault, landed on a wire fence about, fifteen feet to the north of the road. Victim Crushed. Charles Black, the victim of the acci dent, was pinned underneath the heavy iiiachine. He wns silting between two other men in the renr scat and, when tho auto took the leap, he apparently remained in the sent. When the ma chine was rolled off his body, Black was unconscious. Ilis fellow-travelers hurried to the first telephone in the neighborhood and called Dr. McAllen, who arrived as soon as posisble. Dlm-k, although still breathing, was beyond human aid and before ho could be tok en half way to Dallas, he wus dead. Black 'h body was literally covered (Continued on Page Five.) Diggs Will Be Sentenced Monday, September 1, for Crime of Slavery UNITED rSEht LEASED W1S1 ) San Francisco, Aug. 21. Sentence will be pronounced on Maury Diggs, I'onvicled of a violation of the Mnuu set, last .light, Monday September I. A mnxi.i.um term of 20 years may be iu. posed, five yi-i.rs on each of tho four counts. An alternative fine of $20,1)110, i.r both fine and im prisoniiie.it may be imposed. The case of Attorney Charles II. Har ris, of Sacramento, charged with con spiring with Diggs to persuade Nell Baiton to commit subornation of per jury in getting Mnrsl.ft Warrington to testify fnKely nt the trial, is scheduled to start August 2(1. There were six counts in the Indict ment nnd tho jury found B verdict of tmL. ?n loi (oiiniiinioifii uin tnSiRf cri rtw . v . WMB il-N? One Fatally Hurt When Tank Bursts Buried Beneath Brick Wall by Explo sion and Three Others Are Also in Hospital. UNITED l'BESS I.SASED WIHK.l Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 21. Ono man was probably fatally hurt and three re ceived less serious injuries when ah ammonia tank in the storage plant of the Pacific Coast Beef and Provision company exploded today. Max Hinich, an employe, was buried beneath a brick wall, wrecked by the forced of the explosion, and sustained internal injnrieH that probably will cost his life. Fred Stenkey, Michael llernio and Charles Thompson also were treated at a hospital. II HE WILL BE FREED lONlTED I'llESS IJCiBED WIBC San Franciso, Aug. 21. "I am not frightened or discouraired at the outcome of the Diggs case," said 1'. Drew Caniiuetti, his com- panion iu the Heno escapade which led to their arrest, follow- ing the conviction of Diggs. " Diife-s was CO.Ivictli.1 fi.r tint. A chasing the tickets for the nartv. 4- They cannot bring that against me, so 1 don't see how they em, get at me at all. iHh "It Was the lieisimslnn nml nit. A tiee.nent alleged in the indict- ...cut. that I thought was the most serious charge; that, wan what I feared all the time. "1 doll't think it limlfa l.n.l rn A ' ''. .-II me at, all." Cnininctti 's drawn face. how. ever belied- his expressed eoi.fi- deuce. Desnite the fact tl.nl ,,:c j. has appeared at the Diiris trial. and took the stand iu behalf of 4- her husband, there has been no reconciliation. The two have not exchanged n word in the court- room and Mrs. Caniiuetti has avoided her husband's eves lit nil J. "fr times. KILLED AND BURNED. UNITED I-.IESH LEASED WIK. Tiibuie, In., Aug. 21. Henry Stern weiss and wife and three cl.il, lr.. .. incinerated in a fire which dest roved their farm house near here early today. Cartridges found near the' ruins' have caused the police to suspect Hint, the family was first murdered and the bodies burned to conceal tho crime. The Weather The Dickey Bird says: Oregon: Gen erally fair tonight Bud Friday; vari able winds, most ly easterly. guilty on tho first four. Each count carries n maximum Mnally of five years and a minimum of one yenr in a federal penitent inry. Diggs ami his wife, father, nml her nod his three nui.ls, Mrs. Drew Cii.ui net 1 1 nml ,fis. Anthony Ciimiuettl were iu court, wailing for the verdict. Diggs was as pule as paper and his wife showed the tension i.ho wan under by the twitching of her li, thn tension about the eyes nml the lessoned bloom of her rich color. The questions of Hie foreman, clearly foreshadowing I lie coming verdict, gave ll.e.n time to st.id the.nselvin for tho final slunk, nnd there wns no demon- (THIi Hflf IS V ABOUT I n- -T Announced He Will Shortly Make Known Exact Status of Peace Plans. MONROE DOCTRINE UP Senator Penrose Wants , Millions Ap propriated to Protect Americans Who Are in Mexico. UNITED FI1ESS LEASED WIRE. Washington, Aug. 21. President Wil son shortly will send a special message to congress, giving tho exact status of the peace negotiations thiH country is now attempting iu Mexico. It will car ry the text of the message Special Kmissary John Liud carried to Mexico and Provisional President Huerta's re- piy- Senator Penrose today introduced an important resolution bearing on the Mexican situation. The resolution declared that tho Uni ted States ought to maintain the Mon roe doctrine as the only means of pre venting foreign interference. Senator Penrose offered his rosnlu- jtion as an ameudnient to tho deficiency bill, and it provides for an approprin- Hon of $2.'i,lll)ll,i)llO to protect Americans i in Mexico. Kopublieans and Democrats joined in begging Penrose to not precipitate a crisis by a needless discussion of his resolution. Senator lieed Sinoot, of Utah, said the Mormon colonies iu Mex ico preferred to snerifice everything they owned there rather than havo war between the United States and Mexico. Senator Penrose asked that his reso lution concerning the Durnngo outrages and the status of William Bayard Hale bo referred to a committee), because 'his new resolution deals more extensively and more comprehensively," ami he hoped "more effectively with the situ ation." Penrose's statement ended the debate. S. P. MAKES PLEA. UNITED I'llUSS LEASED WII1E. Snn Francisco, Aug. 21. Pleading n "tight" money market, tho Southern Pacific Company filed an application with tho stato railroad commission to day for permission to issue the balance of its $10,120,0,10 equipment trust cer tificates at a 0 per cent discount, in stead of 4 per cent, as allowed when the loan was approved April 11. The certificates are for rolling stock nnd about one-half have already been sold. COLONEL SEES DANCE. t UNITED r-llKHfl I.BA8ED Wlnil.f Chicago, Aug. 21. Chairman Uyberg, of the progressive party's executive committee, today received a telegram from Colonel Theodore Hoosevclt, in which the latter told of witnessing the Hopi Indian snako dame, one of the prime objects of his trip into the Nava jo desert. .... VICTIMS OF NAVAL GUN. (UNITED PBESS LIASED IU(. Polo, Austria, Aug. 21. Three r sons were killed hero today nml five wero wounded, including Adiiiiral Llin jus, as the result of an explosion while a naval gun wns being tested. strntinn of any sort when the expected blow fell. ( 'amine! ti seemed morn worried than his subsequent statement that he was rendered its pronouncement. Ilis wbito fnco nml drawn lips belied his sol pient statement that ho "was "not afraid," Although Diggs' attorney announced that they would carry the case to the nppellalo court on a motion for nrresl of judgment and for a new trial, neith er Diggs nor Can.inetli seemed to take any comfort in this promised delay. Diggs roti-.ii. his liberty until the dale of his sentence under a new 20, 000 bond subscribed by his father, B. I. Diggs, and the hitter's partner, Mar shall Diggs, Three Men Are Named by West Will Act With Original Commission ill Suggesting Changes Needed iu State's Banking System, Tho commission appointed to visit Europe to investigate tho banking sys tem as it relates to farm loans, has re turned and will soon havo its report ready for publication. At tho time, two commissioners were appointed from this state, and at the request of the coin sion Oovemor West today appointed three additional members to act with the commission nnd suggest the needs of this state in this line. The governor today appointed A. P. Davis, of La Grande, A. T. Buxton, of Forest drove, and Georgo F. Kodgors, of this city. The two commissioners who acted with the commission and visited Europe wero H. O, Starkweather, appointed at at tho request of the Grange, and Hec tor MacPherson, of Corvallis, whom the Farmers' Union reeounnended. Representative Johnson, of Kentucky, Tells of Strenuous Lobby of Loan Sharks. UNITED 1'IIENS LB ISKD WISE. Washington, Aug. 1. Declaration that ho ha.l received hundreds of anony mous letters, threatening deul.li, unless he stopped advocating the passage of the bill regulating loan sharks, was voiced before the house 'insidious lob by" probers here this afternoon by Kepresentntive Johnson, of Kentucky, chairman nf tho committee which co n sidcred tho Dyer bill to that effect. Johnson showed on affidavit signed by Patrolman Spencer Itoberts, that a man named Cornwall told him that, he (Cornwall) followed Johnson for three nights, hoping for an opportunity to kill him. The witnes salso declared that Koberts hud said that Cornwall still intended to kill him. Johnson asesrted that he once seared away a man whom ho believed to be Cornwall, by drawing a revolver. John son said ho did not. want protection, as suring the committ"? that he was amply able to tako care of himself. MORE TROUBLE PROMISED DIGGS BY PROSECUTION united rmisa ..eased wiiib.1 . Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 21. Maury 1. Diggs,' who faces today a penitentiary term for violation of tho Maun while slnvo net, is scheduled to appear in the juvenilo court here next, Monduy to face charges of desertion of his minor hi Id. F. Drew Cnmini'tti, who is yet to be tried on similnr charges, is also sched uled to nppenr in court there Monday, The cases of tho two men have been postponed from time to time, and it is believed that tho local trials will be postponed again, pending Caniiuetti 's coming trial before Judge Van Fleet in San Francisco. Special Prosecutor Itiugo will begin proceedings for the removal of 'unsta ble) Milchell, of St. Julius, for failure to perform his duties. There Is evidence sufficient, says Mr. Bingo, to warrant this proceeding. Besides the accusation Unit Miti hell failed to enforce the crim inal laws, ho is also under Indictment on a charge of perjury said to have been committed by him in un ullcn.pt to shield a China. nail. The legislature last winter passed a law providing for suits of this nature. SHE REMAINS DEAD. I UNITED I'llKHS LEASED Wlll Chchalis, Wash., Aug. 21. Leaders of tho apostolic faith from Scuttle nml (his locality have tried u.isu ssfully for the past three days to bring back to life Miss Mubel De.upsey, who died early Monday morning at tho homo of her father, William Deinimcv. thns' miles south of Chchalis, She was 20 years old, and tuberculosis caused her dentil. TUG LARGEST CIRCULATION Counsel Says He Will Be Per mitted to Leave Canada Voluntarily. " HABEAS CORPUS CASE POSTPONED Goes Over Until Next Wednes day and New Charge Is Brought Against Thaw BY JOHN B. NEVIN. (Staff Correspondent of the United v Press.) Shorhrooko, Que,, Aug. 21. Harry K. Thaw's attornoy this afternoon told the United Press that Hurry's case is already won; that ho is assured of his freedom, and that the issuance of a warrant for the f.igutive's urrost under the immigration law is but a defensive .novo to keep Thaw in Canada indefi nitely. Tho defense, attorneys profess to be lieve that political influences ore- at work to induce the court to turn Thaw loose, so he may be Immediately arrest ed and deported. Tho warrant, they say, was issued to prevent such action. Tho defense attorneys also assort that Attorney Shutleff 's-trip to Ottawa is for tho purK,se of asking the minister of tho interior to authorize Thaw to leave Canada voluntarily, and by any route ho pleases. Hearing Postponed. Kherebrooko, Quo.. Auir. 21. The ha beas corpus proceedings iu tho Hurry Iv, J haw ense were nostiioned this af ternoon until 10 o'clock next Wednes day morning. In No Hurry. An immigration inspector, who re fused to allow the use of his name, said: "It seems to be the impression among American officials hern that Canadian immigration officers can be used to cntch escaped criminals. They Rro over looking tho fact that wo do not deport, men merely because nn American judge and jury found them guilty. Wo use our own sense in handling each ense. I am not. going to hurry now. "When the court proccdings are finished wo will give Thnw overv chance to show that hn is a desiruble immigrant." Thaw's pursuers are most dissatisfied over tho postponement of tho ruse. Prosecutor Conger, of Dutchess eonutv. begged Judge Olovensky to expedite tho ense, accusing the defense of need lessly dilatory tactics. Another Warrant. The discovery that a warrant has been issued charging Thaw with enter- nig Canmlu nt nn illegal point of entry, and with violating the Immigration law, today perturbed tho Pittsburger 's lawyers, but they suid they hoped to set it aside. Hector Verrott, K, f,'., has been re tained to represent New York state in the proceedings here. Mrs. Thaw Says He's Crasy. New York, Aug. 21. Bitter denun ciation of Hurry K. Thnw was voiced here this afternoon by his wife, Mis. F.volyu Ncsbit-Thaw, ns she wns pre paring to go to her theatre for the mat in. o performance, under gnnrd, "Tho man Is crazy," she said. "It li absurd to think that Harry loves me. Ho is controlled by his egotism. "When ho learned of my success on the stage he was furious. Ha wanted me in tho gutter, lliul lihlo to get out only with his aid. When ho found nut that I was important, hn ilotermiued to escape and kill me." Demands Thaw Surrender. Ottawa, (int., Aug. 21. Telegraph ing from Albany, N. V., Acting Gover nor Glynn today formally demanded Hint Canadian immigration authorities surrender Harry K, Thaw to New York authorities. Immigration officials an swered that such net Ion would be Im possible until proceedings pending here nml nt Sherbrooke are finished. (Contlnuod on paga t.) THAW MAY BE ALLOWED HIS LIBERTY
