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jl the News that'sj Fit to Print Everybody Reads the Daily Capital Journal jt H THE BEST THE LARGEST I ii CIRCULATION II III IMW'O. U II H - - f 111 I U! I V II fill Ii i PSSJ OTlffl-tSMlO MOM - aas n,,,,, , ' sAlB3g OBJEOOK, MONDAY, BEPTEMBEB 15, 1913. PRICE TWO CENTS. XiSTMPSSt ' JAYS JfE KILLED WOIANii DRANK Mt MM i 1 : , I 1 I. I , - I . f - N S SCHMIDT GIVES EELY ALL DETAILS OF iFR SHOCKING CRIME ch Seeks to Find Out if He Is Real or Sham Priest, Doc cs to Ascertain If He Is Sane and Prosecutors Are Round I Up Evidence in Hope of Sending Him to Electric Chair Declines Lawyer, Saying If He Needs One God Will Send le to Him Evidence That He Has Been Involved in .iminality Before Is Gathered. (SUED I'llESS LEASED Wltlt. V York, Sept. 15. Hans Schmidt, ionfesscd that he wronged Anna Jler, then murdered her, drank iJood. dismombered her body and , the pieces into the Hudson river, sudor scrutiny today of church, si and legal authorities. t rcpresen'ntives of the church I to determine whether be is a Or a sham priest. The doctors Irving to decide whethor is a real atiam lunatic. The prosecutor's as its wero gathering the evidence iliipo will send him to the electric toingly quite at home in his cell Tombs, Schmidt talked calmly,, wliarly, with his visitors, gave all , ilnils of porhops the most shock . wrder in Now York's police his- ftithout a sign of emotion, and, all appearances, failed entirely to , fehend the soriousnoss of his po- t refused counsel, saying: "If I a lawyer, God will send one to , 'jiit my case is past human aid." f Suspect Ha Is Sham, it Schmidt is only a sham priest (illy w-ns strongly suspected by 4a Catholic church officials. They . awaiting advices from Mayence, e. fe have cabled for information," . ; Monsignor Lavolle. "Schmidt itcd ordination papers from May , when he camo to New York, but 1 possible they wero forged. I tin--oort that ho told priests at the m that St. Elizabeth ordained , A church investigation is in pro- J) and we will tako whatever ac . is warranted." Says He Is Sane. Wrict Attorney Charles S. Whit ,.. intends to combat an insanity and Dr. McQuiro, the Tombs phy a, began an examination of the er today, at the request of the M of the prosecutor. Assistant eoutor Murphy, who has talked ! "'in, says unqualifiedly that iilt is sane. ,inan who gave his name as Al e Koeble, and his business as an racy, called at the Tombs during forenoon and asked to soe Schmidt, fdmitted that he had not yot been icd as counsel, but said that if he ( he would advise his client to himself upon the mercy of the -.'orities. . Say He Is Sana. turned to New York in December, 1!10, hmidt declined the services of At- ni wn appointed rector of St. Boni fy Koeble, saying: ftt,' church. You and I do not understand this. Though he never took a medical dc ' n'l Abraham only will be able to Kroei h""1 masqueraded as a surgeon " p the matter. There is nothing ' and actually possessed considerable '"in do. If I need a lawyer God surgical skill. "end you to me. But my case is His account of the killing does not 5 human aid. I am content to re- l'ffof wil retelling, but with almost the punishment ordored." every conversation his explanation of jhniidt noticed a picture of Miss " reasons vares. """or in a paper which Koeble held I One of His Versions. , hand. Seizing the paper, he "I 1"'1 made up my miud,"he Baid ' fd the picture repetttcdlv. Then in one version, "that, as I was a priest, 'landed it back, saying: "I do not w must, not live together, and yet I I am a priest. In fact, I was ordained into double priesthood." Coroner Feinburg is convinced that Schmidt is undoubtedly sane. Second-Hand Dealer's Clue. Tho pillowslip with which the detec tives traced Schmidt down was orig inally tho only clue on which they had to work. After a long search they found that the slip was purchased at a second hand store near Seventh ave nue and MCth street. Tho second-hand dealer was able to give a fair descrip tion of the purchaser, and following still another minute hunt, tho police as certained that a man who answered the description had rented the flat at C8 Bradhurst avenue. Saturday night, after watching the flat building for two days, Inspector Faurot broke in. Tho place was' spat tered with blood, the knife and saw were there and in the drawer were a picture of the dead girl, papers show ing she had worked at the St. Boniface rector', and a note signed by "Schmidt." Springs Photographs. Faurot promptly went to the rectory, whore he learned that Schmidt had been transferred to St. Joseph's parish. Hurrying to St. Joseph's rectory after midnight Sunday, they sent for Schmidt to come from his room to the reception parlor. As ho entered, Faurot jumped up, held tho pictur,) in front of him and exclaimed: "Wliero is that girl?" "I killed her. I killed her because I loved her," muttered Schmidt. On being searched Faurot found a razor in Schmidt's pocket. "Wero you going to kill yourself with thist" the dotectivo asked. 'Yes," said Schmidt coolly. "I in tended to kill myself if arrested, but I did not think I would be." Talked of Eicheson Case. Schmidt was not popular among his associates at the parish houso. He talked frequently of the Richeson mur der in BoBton and expressed the opinion that Richeson was not guilty, "because ho loved." Attornoy Koobcl was strongly of the opinion that tho man is insane. He said he first met him as an attendant at a series of lectures on Socialism, which he (Koobel) was delivering. Masqueraded as Burgeon Schmidt is 32 years old. He landed in New York from Germany in Mini, went to Trenton, N. J., in 1900, re- Army Secrets are Unprotected Fort Barry Deserted By Officers and Men for Two Hoars and Map Cond Have Been Secured. tmiTID PBKSS LUStD WIM. San Francisco, Sept. 15. An inquiry to determine responsibility for the ap parent desertion for two hours Sunday by government troops at Fort Berry, in Mariu county, across San Francisco bav rom nerc, was started at the Ptosidio today by Major General Arthur Mur ray, commanding the western division. Visitors wandered among the big guns and masked batteries for hours without meeting either officers or enlisted men. Visitors assert that representatives of foreign powers could havo drawn an accurate map of Fort Barry, including oxaet location of eloctrinni houses, guns, approximate distauces and landmarks. MLICANIIN OF N MAY BE :E SEATTLE OFFICIALS BRING HOLLAND HERE Local Asylum Head Brings Washington to Time In Case of Patient Spirited Away, Lawrence Holland, who was spirited awny from the asylum for the insnne early in June is back again, having been returned Sunday. Ho was located, in Seattle soou after his escape, aud, undor instructions from the asylum au thorities, was held there until he could be sent for. The authorities there wired Dr. Steiner to send a man over after him, which was done. When the man reached Seattle, however, tho law yers got busy, just as they did in the Thaw case, only not so nyich bo, be cause the boy did not have as much monoy as Thaw, but they stopped Hol land's removal from tho state. Tho person sent after him had no wad to spend fighting to get him, aud re porting conditions to Dr. Steiner, was told to come home. It was shown that tho man was dan gerous to be at largo, and when the lawyers got through, or got what mon ey was in sight, the authorities wired Dr. Steiner again to send over and get him. Ho replied that tho state of Ore gon had done all that was required of her, and that if Washington wanted to keep Holland, it was welcome to him. "Docs this mean that you will not scud for him?" wired an official, and he was told that it meant exactly that, Tho result was that the Seattle offi cials brought the man to Portland, and turned him over to the sheriff, and he was brought here Sunday. Plan Proposed to Oregon State Organization in Letter to Chairman. FIVE WOULD GET JOBS Positions on Advisory Executive Com mittee Would Be Pilled by Women Under New Plan. UNITKD mags IftASBD WinK. Washington, Sept. 15. That the Re publican women of Oregon shall be of ficially recognized by tho party or ganization, by giving them important places on the state central committee is the plan today proposed by Edward D. Baldwin, secrotary of the Oregon state committee, in a letter sent to Chairman Charles B. Moores, of that SOON BE OUT OF ANY DANGER Largest and Best Crop Ever Raised in This Section Nearly Gathered. HOP PICKING MACHINE It Is Being Given Tryout In Horst Yard, But It Is Not Perfect Enough to Beplace Humans. Within five days, or say possibly eight, tho Marion county hop crop will be in the warehouses ready for baling and what is predictod will be the larg est and best hop output ever grown will soon be on the road to the difforent buyers. According to tho hop men both of Marion and Polk counties, the hopi this year aro of A l quality and om ),-,r 1 ' committee. Baldwin is private secre tary to Congressman N. J. Sinnott, of,0r so yards in this tortitor tho second Oregon district. In the phenomenally, Tho ITufnnc plan proposed, a vice-chairmarship would be created and an advisory ex ecutive committee o' fi," members, all of which positions are, under his plan, to be fillod by women. Money Donated to Move People Senate Adopts BeeluUon Appropriat ing $100,000 and Brlstow Tata Blap at President ONITSD FBISS LCAStn WIM. Washington, Sopt 15. Waiving ref erence to a committee, as unnecessary, the senate today passed the house reso lution appropriating (100,000 to bring destitute Americans from Mexico. Senator Brlstow of Kansas assarted that the president's advice to Ameri cans to leave Mexico had had a most unfortunate result. Reliable persons returning to the United Btntes have told him, he said, that they would have fared bottAi- If the administration had not tried to porsuade them to leave. TELEPHONE COMPANIES DENY CONSPIRACY TO MONOPOLIZE BUSINESS Answers Are Filed in Suit Brought by Government to Dissolve Trust CLAIM LAW RESPECTED Various Transactions Aro Discussed in Answers in an Effort. to Show No Criminality. JAPANESE AND WIFE DF Sheldon Believes Oregon Will Be Much Dryer After Fall Elections Than .0.. " " l Jpssent. liperintondent bert yardu in Polk county are nearly finished and the picking will cease some time this week. About nine or ton days will see tho completion of the Horst Bros.' yard near Independence and the Brown field will be stripped of its hops within four or fivo days, accord ing to the foremen. Although picking is progressing ot a pond ru.e in the Liveslcy and Krebs yards in this coun ty, there ib still much work ahead be fore tho crops will bo harvested, and in the Gorman yard, north of Salem, and in F. W. Durbin's field thfl nickinir DJIITllD PnKSS LEASED Willi. 141 i.i ioij 1 4 will extend at least to next Saturdav San Francisco, Sept. 15-Sakaye Abe,'or Mondav. Drovi(linff rin doM not in. a Japanese, and his pretty oriental wife torforei wore held by tho police today pending I Pickers Satisfied. an investigation as to who killed Koisha Jn 8pUe of the fact t,m't the rainl Uchida, another Japanese, at the Abe of the for rart , the hop pick.n(? ha(, home. Abo said he did tho shooting 'a tendency to drive many pickors home, because he found Uchida with Mrs. j tm.v ,,av6 r(trnc,, aml ar0 mMnf( $, Abe. Mrs. Abo claimed she did tho klll-lB.i . ,lnv i. ,,,. Wi(1, t. ing when Uchid:i entered hor home. The Weather (1601 THIS P0 Tho Dickoy Bird I exception of a few disgruntled pickors in the Polk county yards, tho general feeling among the harvesters is good this year and little or no trouble has been experienced by the growers or I managers. The hop men aro experienc ing no niincuity in entorclng the cloan picliing ordor and, while a fow of the more greedy pickers try to evads the dictum, the majority aro cheerfully tOKirm rail vuumo wiu.t Portland, Sept. 15. Today was the final day of gi-aco in which to file ans wers in the district court of the United States for the district of Oregon in tho suit of the United States against the American Telephone and Telograph company and other defendants in which it is charged by the government that the defendants are in a conspiracy to monopolize the telephone business in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The goveramont also asks that com petitive conditions be re established as far as practicable. Among the defendants who will mal e answer today are the following :Th American Telophone and Tolegraph compaiiy and its principal officers; the Mountain States Telophone and Tele graph coinjv.uyj Independent Telephone company of S.inttlo; the lacife Tele phono nnd Telegraph company; the Sun- will be much dryer after the oloctions j ,et Tolephono and Telegraph company; In the state this fall, and he urged a Independent Long Distance Telophom spirited campaign here. company; Titlo Insurance and Trust Mr. Sholdon devoted almost his on-1 company; Qraugor Telephone aud ToK -tire address to mothods of carrying on , Klh company; Home Telephone com the campaign. In answoring questions ' pany of Pugot Sound and Northwestern from the audience, he stated that th Ioimf Distance company, and a number idea to aome oxtent was to force the of Individuals. saloon men to prove their side of tho The defendants make a general de CSBe j nial that they aro restraining trade or Wants More Publicity. commerce or aro utomptlng to monopo Rev. E. B. Lockhart, city editor of , lize trade or commerce, tho morning paper, heatedly demanded Tho aSWBP in . ... . . ""S"' j into tho affairs of the Consolidated leiepiiouo company of Montana, Indo- In league gave an intorosftnTMfMJt the First M. E. church yesterday afternoon. Sholdon has had wide experience in prohibition campaigns, having boon a former resi dent of South Dakota, and his address proved to be Of groat value to those who are making an effort to oubI the wiloons from Salem. He tpoka under the auspices bTthoso in charge of the dry campaign. Ho boliovos that Oregon ure8on:wlllinr; to assist tho growor to place tho Fair tonight and be8t c!aa8 o( hopi th8 mttrkot pM. si bio, The growers are a trifle "chesty" over tho fine hops, but taking it all in all they have due occasion to boBst. There is not a hop in Marion or Polk Tuesday; variablo winds, mostly castorly. (Continued on Pag Five.) he taste of It." loved her so much that I could not bear ,'hmidt reiterated that he married to have her leave me. " Following his confessiou Schmidt's name was removed from the church confessional. He is confined in cell 1.19 at the Tombs with Thomas Mess '., girl, adding: v Insist Hs Married Hor. I married her by command. Of I am a priest. I was properly ncr ch(lrg(,d wi(h wife mt)r,1(,r , 'ned. As to my sanity, I will say ,,,,,. TK. ..i (i, i. ' U great men who have done ,liaintaiB,a Sv9r him. Iks out of the ordinary am consid-. Insane nowadays. Banished From Trenton. "There has been no suggestion of In- Trenton, N. J., 8ept. 15. That he '".v n my family. I did hare an l, who died by his own hand. But (Continued on pags 8.) Clierrians Are Back After Big "Boosting Trip to Eastern Oregon The Cherrians arrived home Sunday morning tired and worn out with three days' of strenuous life at the Pendle ton Round Vp, but all bubbling over with stories of the delightful wonder of it all. At Hood River they were taken on an auto ride up the valley and given a glimpse of Mt. Hood at home. This was a revelation to all, and left a picture of that wonderfully rich and beautiful valley that will remuin with them forever. At The Dalles they were given a re ception that warmed them up and made them forget tho time. They were giv en a dinner at the Hotel Dalles, and after this the band played snd there was a dance, at which the Cherrians gave an exhibition of terpisrhorenn novelties that captured the hosts and finally everybody joined in a big rag time shake down. "The Cherrian," the bright little newspaper, irntten out on the train on one of N. D. Klliott'i little presses, sung Hulem's praises and boosted the state fair on all occasions, and with the "white winged" bunch 'of Salem rep-, scribe the Indian show as indescrib resentatives, did much good and sub- able. Salem folks will have to bear stantial work for the Capital City. with them for a little while until they What they did at Pendleton, they do get back to earth, not know, and so cannot tell. They Tho boys were met at Portland by a each have about tho same story, that big delegation, and awakened much fa rambles around and stops right where vorable comment by their splendid sp it started. The tmth is that they saw pearance and fine drill. It was the so much, and all of it new, that, like a samo Btory from tho flmo they left un boy at a three-ringed circus, they have til their return a warm, enthusiastic only a sort kaleidoscopic remembrance welcome evervwhere. The Cherrian of it all, with no clear idea of any nf the details. Talking with ".Vate" Elliott this morning, and he was about the most coherent of the bunch, we could not tell whether Hal Patton rode the bull while George Itodgcrs rode backwards on the same bull heating ragtimo on the based rum, or that Nate bucknd off the prize rider in ten seconds while 35,. 000 spectators stood up and yelled. Anyway, we gathered that there were dozens of stunts that so bewildered the hoys, that in telling about it they get them all run In together. However, they all unite In saying the Round I'p was the greatest event ever pulled off In Oregon, or anywhere else. They de- organization is the greatest advertise ment Salem has ever had, and will do much to attract attention to the city. The specinl train of ten cars was one of the finest ever sent out of an Ore gon city, and was so managed by R. H. Houston that its praises am sounded along with those of the Round T'p, ev erybody having something nice to say about It, but then that Is tho way "Bert" always does things. It Is safe to say that when Pendleton holds her Round Up next year that Instead of a train of ten cars, it will require a couple of specials, and then some, to carry Salem's delegation to Pendleton, the Queen City of the Inland Empire, the grestest show town on earth. to know if publicity should not bo giv en this meeting so as to let the poople of Salem know that tho drys "aro not a dead bunch," Ho said he had sent his "boys" around to see the dry committee to publish somothing about the campaign, and they had re turned with tho news that tho commit tee did not consldor it good policy to make public its progress in tho cam paign. Sheldon boliovcd that full publicity should be given. "Hurrah!" said Rov. Lockhart. Rev. Lockhart explained that ho had mado as many sacrifices as anyone In fighting snloons and tho saloon hunch, and he wanted to banish saloons from Salem, Also he wanted to tell the people "thnt we aro a live bunch." Sheldon told him to publish it in big headlines. "All right, In she goes,' said Rov. Lockhart. Rev. Lockhart added that he believed the campaign would be further on If thern hsd been more publicity given to the work, Ho again told of having sent tho "boys" to seek news of ths campaign, and of their return with the statement that nothing was to be giv en out. lie helioved that the cause had been hurt by this policy. "I want Salem to go dry," he said, and agnin told of his Intention to print the pro ceedings, Blind Pig Question. Councilman Cummlngs refcrcrd to the blind pig question, saying that If the drys win such men as will enforce the law should be elected. The nBme of Dr. Hoinan wns added to the press committee. One of those present stated that he hsd visited Manager Hendricks, of (he Stntesman, several months ago "to ease his mind," and had been assured that tho columns of that paper would bo wide open to print everything fa vorable to the cause, Sheldon and all others present who discussed the situation expressed them selves as favorably Impressed with the outlook In Salem. It was announced that mentings once or twice a week would lis hold until election time. Mr, Sheldon was Introduced by W. H. Trlndle, secretary of the local dry committee. pendent Long Distunce Telephone com pany of Idaho, and other compauies i anied lu tho complaint, but Ionics in cueh Instance that the Inwi of the Unit ed States were encroached upou. EUGENICS CONTEST IS Ovor 50 babios are entered iu th eugonlcs contest, which began this af tornoon at 1:30 o'clock lu the city li brary building, at tho corner of 8tnt and Wlntor streots. All of the judges wore on hand, and? on of the finost arrays of little tots soou In Salem for some time wore tag ged and named as contestants. Tho show will continue through this after noon, and at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow to morrow afternoon tho judging of ths babies will be resumed and complotod before the day ends unless more ba bies aro entered lu unexpected num bers, The eugenics contoet Is boiug hold undor the auspices of tho Salem Com mercial club and it promises to b very successful. FALL PROVES FATAL II I'lmer 'Yegg, a prisoner In the tou, died Sunday from the effects of in.ju rins received when he fell from a lum on which he was working several weeks ago. tie became paralyvx.; from tho body down, asd steadily fail.id mull tho end enme. He was ten! from 1 une county for ten years. Nothing la known as to his relatives and tho body was buried today. Which do farmers who want tai free grain sacks prefer, the Republican tai of 1.8 cents, or the Democratic tax of .08 a cent per sack!