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111 the News that's Fit to Print Everybody Reads the Daily Capital Journal TOE LARGEST I CIRCDLATION I . miAnn K .1 THE .ULiV I I Ti ' I I - 1 l NEWSPAPER H 5 THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. ffAT.TTM, OREGON, rSIDAT, 8EPTEMBES 19, 1913. driv tiia rrura mun hu wwwii rmvL invi u trANua, riva cbnth. f ii 1 1 yi v i 1 rlnjB A. liar )a: " x 41 m rltji .Tf AM fa In", I IK If un. . of: Icrs. mi ii 5. J in COED PRICE OF CENTS PAD . L Xil XL 11 FOR HOP BALES VED1N GREAT DEAL Several Firrr. Profit by Re markable Advance in Price of Crop Here. I PREDICTIONS VARY REGARDING YIELD Hopmen of Salem Do Not Agree as to Total Crop, But Quality la Good. Crumbling Earth Blocks Efforts Men Fighting Fire in Southern Pacific Tunnel Unable to Head Off Costly Blaze. . UNITED PRESS UUH WIRE. J San Luis Obispo, Cal.. Sent. 19.- Crumbling eartli at the south portal of the Santa Margarita tunnel on the Southern Pacific coast line blocked to- lay the efforts of 200 men who are fighting a fire that is consuming the tunnol'a staging. The fire, which spread from burning mountain brush, is reported to have eaten its way a quar ter of a mile into the bore. Fires in the mountains in the Santa Margarita district are being held in heok, ami no damage to ranch property is anticipated. General Manager W. R. Scott, of -the Southern Pacific, overcome bv hoat. whilo directing the fire-fighters at the tunnel last night, had recovered today. He started for San Luis Obispo with Vice -President E. E. Calvin. BY Today the local hop market experi meA an aeronautic tendoncy, 1500 Mm of hop blooms changed owner iiip. aid the original owners received tit 1913 record price of 2a cents per jound for the lot. Among the sellers to Catlin & Linn, Louis Lachmund tm Cooper and tho Buena Vista Hop Co.. of Independence. The T. A. Lives- !(t t Co. and lialph Williams of Port luJ, were the principal buyers of tho lSOO-hls lot. According to the local hop men, who livi been studying tho hop market (taely during the past few months, the Stmt price will hold on tenaciously Iftufter, and it ib possible that the Ortgon market will experience another toil before long, in the event the out tidt bop districts continue to report Aortages as they have been doing. Predictions Many. Predictions as to the output of hops ii Oregon this year vary. Julius Pin m, wbo is recognized as first-class mthonty, and who is one of the prin (ipal merchants of the state, predicts tkt the yield this year will be at least 110,000 bales. In giving his opinion, Mr. Piuous offers nothing more than tre prediction. Kola Nois, another Mnabim n.nn U.... tl,nt H.n 101!) I "up will be between 140,000 and 150, 4 ('XI biles. Mr. Neis' opinion Is backed "t Bern Schucking and several other , j icilera and growers. .( It view of the fact that many of the Mrdi bave not been completed as yet, it ii almost impossible for the growers Hi merchants to form any definite 'Mflmion as to what the output will be toieamm, but, owing to the favorable lorti coming from evory yard in this 'wnty and in the Polk county district. . t a. yield will undoubtedly be very Quality Excellent rrobalily nPVcr before In the history " tke valley hop fields have the crops HOFER HI! HARD BY Does Much Violence to English Lan guage and Evidently Woman, Ac cording to S. F. Chronicle. Record Vote Unanimously Sus tain Cullen in His Ruling in Case. THE CHARGES ARE READ Sulzer's Counsel Preparing Brief De nying Every Allegation Made Against Governor. AFTER SENSATIONAL Many Leave Court Room When Cleo Barker Tells About Millionaire Bixby. ken Rood In quality as they are this While the quantity of the 1913 trap u of great moment to all con '"led, the quality is playing a mate to Irt also, Tie powers hnve been exerting ev- "rt this year to harvost their k'P clean, and they have succeeded ""fortuity well, according to the re Ma jlvm 0nt by those who have had "'won to examined tho baled pro ,l Few leaves and stems can be ""l In the majority of bales, and the ""iral condition of the blossoms could "u be better. No mold can be found " vermin of any kind has been M b.V tho merchants so far. fnets mean a lot to the local "0W,n, and that thoir hops will be In "W tlemand rpmnli,. -wUlinnf In a Bpirit of the utmost charity, the San Francisco Chronicle (hakes a few comments on that collection of de praved ideas and badly juggled English entitled "Jack Norton," forced upon an indulgent and unsuspecting public by E. Hofer, who is now traveling through the East, visiting Chattanooga and othor cities at the expense of the Oregon Sons of Veterans. The reviewer for the Chronicle, who was perhaps threatened with the loss of his job if he didn 't read the book, and who, in jus tice to himself, finally did so on a full stomach, has the following to say: "A book embodying the material for a novel, but far from boing one, is 'Jack Norton.' The author, E. Hofer, is evidently a woman so bent upon writing like a man, 'that sho occasion ally verges on a coarseness at which most men would draw the line. She gives us a book with no constructive merit, made up largely of analysis often wordy and tiresome of the char actor of Norton, a successful, self-made man, and of letters written by him to Limn no Wadsworth, tho woman with horn he becomes infatuated at a time when his married life had censed to furniBh excitement. The letters are doubtless true to type they sound like some of those perfervid exhibits in di vorce suits, where otherwise hard- headed business men aro shown up in an unbelievably maudlin phase. There is nothing dramatic about the bnnk. thonuh the crude materials or drama are included between its covers. The character of Norton seems gonuine, and his psychology accurately studied nues- (ven thmmVl tl.n n,,tl.la linn ilia food the market, which is not " u likely. Half Million Pounda Bold. Portland, Or., Sept. 19. More th million pound of hoi changed a ln ,h Willamette valley today at i a pound, two cents over thi r blirho.t t I ii. r'nicljial purchasers. Indica- j "tor still higher prices, j DETROIT GETS IT. i. "noW. Tcnn., Bept. 19. Pe- I t! , M fl,0-n today for the i mpment 0f the O. A, UNITED PB1SS LEASED WIRSI.l BY JOHN EDWIN NEVIN. Albanv, N. Y., Sqit. 19. The fitness of Senators Frawley and Wlogner to sit as members of the impeachment court organized to try Governor William f3ul- zer was challenged today by tho de fonso when the court convened at noon. 'As prodding judge," ruled Justice Cullen of the court of appeals, "it is my opinion tht the court cannot en tertain these challenges. As senators I believe the persons challenged are en titled to sit and 1 don't think a mem ber of the court could be excused legal lv. even if ho so desired. However a rocord vote will be taken on the point. Blow to Governor. Cullen added that he did not bolievo there was the slightest basis for the defense's claim that Frawley and Wag ner were unfit to participate in the trial. He expressed himself with much emphasis, and there was no question that the ruling was a distinct blow to the governor. As soon as the two challenges had been overruled the articles of impeach- j ment were read. The defense replied by calling in question the regularity oMhe proceed ings and moved that they be dropped on the ground that the assembly had acted illegally. Attorney Louis Marshall, for the de fense, had begun an argument in sup port of this motion when a recess was taken. Ily the vote, the court upheld Cullen 's ruling unanimously. The court was in session for only 30 minutes before adjourning until 2 p. m. GIRL'S HEALTH BROKEN Seven Aldermen Would be Enough Insists Stockton Defense Makes No Attack Upon Her Story After She Has Concluded Her Testimony. UNITED PatlSS LEASED WIHB. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 19. Stripped of everything a woman holds dear, Cleo Helen Barker, star witness against George H. Bixby, millionaire banker, of Long Beach, in his trial on a charge of contributing to her delinquency, left the witness stand today after the most shameful secrets of her life had been dragged from her and held np for the inspection of an avid court room crowd. The girl's recital apparently satis fied the more prurient of the specta tors, but it proved too much for many of the curious, who hurried from the room as she went further into revolt ing detail. , No prisoner on the rack ever suf fered keener torture than the girl on the stand, if her manner'was indicative of her suffering. With scarlet face and nails sunk fhto'her palms, she twisted and writhed under the pittiless questioning of the state's prosecutor, and gasped out broken, quivering replies. She profaced her story with the as- That the present system of city gov ernment should be made less complicat ed and cumbersome was asserted yes terday by J. L. Stockton, the well known Salem business man. Mr. Stock ton has served as councilman, and knows how unsatisfactory the present system has proven. He said, in dis cussing the matter: "I am not in favor of the commis sion form of government and believe that by amending the present city char ter to provide for but seven aldermen, instead of 14, and placing the police and fire departments directly under the control of the mayor, Salem can secure a system of government which will be satisfactory. Two aldermen frem each ward only complicates matters, and one could handle the work much better. "The present method of handling the police and fire departments is unsat isfactory, and they should both be placed under the absolute control of the mayor. "If necessary, I would have the may or paid a fair salary for his work, as his duties would be increased. "By reducing the number of coun cilmen, and giving the mayor some pow er, responsibility can be better fixed, and something be accomplished. "I was a member of the council Borne years ago and learned that the changes I have mentioned were neces sary to secure better results. "The charter amendments I sug gest could be voted on at the same time as the proposed commission form char ter. In the meantime, the matter can be fully discuesed." THREE SHOT 1 D OF TRIFLER Mrs. Kate Coulson Wounded and Two Are Dead. Fatally Men Al (Continued on Page Five.) The Weather W5H MftDSome) QNE lojuiecey SfMrTorl sort ion that Bixby had acted "unnat urally" toward her, and that through her association with him her health was broken. When she had concluded the de fense made no attack npdn the story she had told. All Filed Damage Suits. During her examination Hiss Barker ! admitted, under close questioning, that she, Jeanotte Ellis and Marie Brown Levey, also known as "Jonquil girls," all of whom have filed damage suits against Bixby, decided together to take legal action. The suits, she declared, were the result of conferences togeth er. She denied that they were prompt ed by an attorney. Davis then introduced as evidence a copy of the girl's charges in her dam age suit, in which she asks judgment for $50,000. "BUNCH OF CROOKS' The Dickey Bird says: Oregon: Fair tonight, warmer southwest portion; Saturday fair, cooler west por tion, northeaster ly winds. NAUTICAL BCHOOL. UNITED mERS LIMED WIRE. Portland, Or., Bopt. 19. To afford students an opportunity to perfect themselves in theoretical navigation, the city board of education today do ciileil to establish a nautical school. John McNulty, United States hydro- graphic export, was chosen instructor, Declares In Jail Cell, Where He Is Sent for Contempt, He Will Fight It Out to Bitter End. UNITED ruSS LEASED WIEl. Albany, Bept. 19. James Garrison, the newspaper man, who was declared in contempt by the state assembly for refusing to answer questions, Issued the following statement this afternoon: I should worry. I have a good place to sleep and fine meals. I can stand it until January 1 if that bunch of crooks who sent me here can. Take it from me they'll weaken. When the people realize that a man who commits no offense can be prac tically kidnaped, Bent to jail and de nied legal advice, Tammany is going to hear from tho corn fields." Fought Two Desperate Rounds Now Wants to Take the Count (Continued on page four.) BUND PRINTER IS DEAD FOLLOWING HIS JUMP Fl mm ( UNITED PBKM UASBD WIB. a. .a. -A. -L At TTT-r-r Sn Francisco, Sept. ifl.-Alono In the world since his sister was was run over and killed V Market street car a few duys ago, Alfred Overend, " sued printer, jumped from the window of his second story room today and suffered injuries from which he died soon afterward. When his lister, Elizabeth Over end, failed to return from shop ping one day last week, her brother, distracted with anxiety, started out alone to hunt for her. After three days wandering he found her body in the morgue. Tho morning paper says it has helped fight two losing battles for a commis sion form of government, and hopes the present one may be successful. We hardly know whothor it iB expressing this hope with its fingers crossed, or being really in favor of the commission form of government, it has concluded. very wisely, that by opposing it, it could help the cause the most. If it has made two highly unsuccessful "bat tles" for the commission form, why this sudden change! Why the sudden desire to have the miiiter postponed un til the term of tho present mayor ex pin's f Why put it off until li'Hf If the morning aper has made two campaigns for a commission form of government, is it not too bashfully 'dif fident in now claiming that the people should have a year to examine into the subject 1 Is it possible, or is it even thiukable that after two battles in which the morning per fought nobly and shed its ink like wator, in which the whale mattnr was argued out with that niiniitiMiCHs of detail and pellucid clear ness that adds such charm and interest to the editorial expositions of our morn ing contemporary thnt the citizens of Salem need still more light f With two campaigns fought to a hard boiled finish, with the Bubject illumin ated with the X-ray light of the morn ing paper's wisdom, why should that paper still demand more time for the discussion of the matter! Has it left anything to be flni.lt Has it neglected or over-looked anything in the way of argument that might still further jeop ardize the movement? Jt is none of our busiuess, of course, why our contemporary does, or leaves undone anything; but that curiosity which humanity inherited from our common ancestress, Kve, impels us ln the interest of the public to ask the morning paper to throw a little light on ... .imnur or its siKMcn change of Heart. Why did this change of feeling toward a commission form of govern- mem iiiko and the morning paper would be justi hod in telling us so, but still as the public is interested and would like to know, we cannot refrain from asking. Hop-picking is about ovor and the prune is well along on its way to tho drier, and only the state fair remains to distract the Salem voter's attention. and even a Salemite ned not dovote more than twelve hours a day to that, Indeed it is possible for the voters to do some thinking about the commission matter evon while the fair is on. There are six weeks yet in which to think about the proposed change and we are certainly far off in our guess If it takes the average Salem voter more than week to make up his or her mind as to tho advisability of making tho change Besidos, under the law the charte place the same niKrtt thnt can be chanied at mw !., IP it our iiorinntetic mivn 0,,;...i l , , . -'.mi inline itMimi iicrncuvo in any manner, an roin a post graduate expedition in the this will probably occur no matter how ..... ... mcica. wisdom! Was It much thought 1, given It beforehand, from this source, fresh from the eastern for the .i.m,l ,. . . . 1 1 " ".'in" "UK are ccrtnin tu le overlooked. MOLALLA line is by UNITED TRESS LEASED Wins. Molalln, Sopt. 10. Tho completion of tho Mojnlla branch of tho P. E. & E. line was celebrated today with ap propriate ceremonies, groat crowds gathering, and Salem, Portland, Bil verton and other cities had delegations prent. In his address, Prosidont Btra- horn, of the P. E. & E., ploadod a bet ter understanding and closer relation ship between the public and the rail road. He suggested that it was only fair to ask the people, who inspire pub lie authority, not to "enact conditions which can only dofoat what they are Intended to accomplish and work real hardship upon the communities and in- j terosts the railway honestly tries to promote and develop." RUNS AM BECAUSE OF El MURDERER MISSING FOLLOWING CRIME Believed He Committed Suicide and Search It Being Made for Him. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Ban Francisco, Sept. 19. 'My hus band Bhot me down before I knew of his presence Then he leaned over and kissed me and asked if I was badly hurt. Then he shot the two men." This was the statement alleged to have been made here shortly before noon today by Mrs. Kate Coulson, wife of A. B. Coulson, proprietor of Coulson Hatchery and Feed company, who was shot and probably fatally injured hers early today while eating a luncheon at the Atlas gnrage with William Acker, a . chauffeur, and George Kovnck, night clerk of the garago. Kovack and Ack er, Mrs. Coulson stated, were shot dead in thoir tracks by her husband. Statement to Clerk. Mrs. Coulson 's statement is alleged to have been made to Eugene Kees, a clerk in her husband 'b employ. She is so seriously wounded that Roes was tha only person allowed to see her. Efforts throughout the forenoon to locate Coulson were futile. The police do not expect to find him alive. They think he committed suicide'after shoot ing Mrs. Coulson and the two men. At first Mrs, Coulson flatly refused to give the namo of the slayer, although she admitted that she knew who did the shooting. She then lapsed Into uncon sciousness and for a time it was feared she would die without revealing her se cret. In the meantime, however, the police had suspected Coulson was the slayer. In an effort to find Coulson, the po lice have telegraphed to Potaluma, where he is snid to have a large chicken ranch. Woman Companion Talks. Mrs. Mary O. Stafford, wife of an au toobile salosman, admitted here today that she had made the rounds of the beoch resorts in company with Kovack, Aekor and Mrs. Coulson. "Aftor visiting resorts along the Great Highway," she said, "we start ed home about 1:40 o'clock this morn- Whon we reached the Claremont apartments, I was all in and decided to spend tho night there. Mrs. Coulson, Acker and I went up to a room. Mrs. Coulson and I disrobed, but aftor a while Mrs. CoiiIbou said she u nervous to sleep, and leaving me alone she returned to th n,,iml,;u Acker. That's ull I know about it." una Ul naming that our contcmpora ry learned of the Journal force's nasal condition, that it was wandering around with Its piicioon paiiited proboscis ri valing the Kalmn arc lamps! Was It from this source that It l,,i ,1... ., inn, ne Xnlem people after two n,.-i-. - ..... L...H.. i. . . ,..... ine flaisy iiKe modesty, the innate "' imigiit aro so dense that thev Hashfulness, tho adolescent diffidence "eed a whole year in which to find out of our morning contemporary is. one of ,w,'ether or not they want a commission its most charming and lovable charac- j form of government! Was It from this I . 1. 1. ii, . 1 Ifllln.. 41... ieni.m il, uui u varm u sou mem loo - ii aiscovered in a slnule far. It fails to take itself at its true' nlKht that issues were about to be con worth and to consider itself seriously.' fl'sedf It is really none of our business Tho election in Novcinbor need not interfere with any other Issue. If do sired tho things Jhat might bo passed upon in December can bo incorporated in the commission charter. There is ab solutely no argument to be made in fa vor of delay, and the present conditions dehiBnd prompt action. It Is up to Sa lem to act and act quickly. If the com mission form is good we cannot get it too quickly, and If It is not desired, the sooner we find this out, and get ready ror something else, the better. OX IT to raESS LEASED WISE 1 Han Francisco, Sept. 10. "I ran away from home because I was angry with my teachers for put ting me back in my classes." This was the explanation given hore todiiy by Miss Gertrude Hot tencoiirt, of Santa Clara, who was located in San Francisco last night after disappearing from her home Tnnsdny. Miss Hettoncourt came directly to Han Francisco, and confessed. her plight to Mrs. W. Peters, who cared for her. The girl's parents arrived hore today and took her in charge. GOLF CONTEST. UNITED PRESS LEANED Wins. Hrooklino, Sept. 10. Francis Ouimet, a Boston amateur, made a morning score of 74, Ho Is now tied with Bay and Vardon, with a total of 225. This airernoon a rounds wi ilntermiiiA tax winners. PRIVATE 13 BHOT. DNIUn PRESS LEANED WIRE.l Calumet, Mich., Sept. 19. -Private Randolph Harvey, of Kalamazoo, Mich., was shot from ambush and prob ably fatally Injured here today. The shooting occurred at daybreak near tho Isle Royalo mino. DESTROYER ASHORE. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.) New York, Sept. 19. The United Static torpedo boat destroyer Terry is ashore on Gardiners Island, I I., ac cording to wireless messages received today. It was taking part in maneuvers.