All the News that's Fit to Print Everybody Reads the Daily Capital - Journal ' ' fl I ' TUP I A!?CTQT THE BEST t mm on Jt tiMlilj-Uy "CIRCULATION I NEWSPAPER j THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. SALEM, OEEQON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1913. nn f T num jr-wr"! P TV Aim 1"TO WWWS M i f I I f 0. r I 11 k l ft: , j. I; 011 SJV r XT r W V Nr SPAN IB SEYMOUR IAI1EP FOR : IBM MOOT It TUCID I ACT (STRIKERS SAID TO BE EDITOR OF fVERTON SAYS FEDERAL COURT S II SrilTA 1 OfWllO mo ntm LAoi ---- gathering to attack journal is on trial proper place to try r 1( H Lly Ii ATTrnMrtlTn Tlirif nr ymrniiBnno'niiiuinp rnn i inn imo nnMWCMT MirnrnnvMAMiTrno 1 iUi-il ill LtUUI ill flU o A tv m o Hti Ant GUILTLESS OF Profess Religion and Receive.. Communion an Hour Before Execution Go Calmly to Doom in Presence of Small Crowd Seymour Is Pronounced Dead First Spanos Says He Forgives Everyone Seymour Hopes His Execution Will Be Last in State, and Capital Punishment Will Be Abol ishedStory of Crime. At 8:23 this morning a little procea- fathers remained with the doomed men si on headed by Frank Seymour, be- from that time until the end. tween two guards, aud closely followed As the traps were sprung they read by Mike Spanos, also between guards, the recommendation for the parting marched down through the big dining souls. Dra. Prince Byrd and S. Z. Bart hall at the prison and entered the ley were in attendance, pronouncing death chamber at its southern end. They were accompanied by Revs. Fath er Moore, of this city; Father Victor, of Tigard, and Father Le Miller, of Fairport, repealing the Miserere. Sey mour ascended the scaffold with a firm step, and, turning, faced the lit tle crowd assembled. He stood ap parently unconcerned as ho waited for Spanos to take his place at his sido. Then, at a nod from the warden, he spoke in a firm and even voice. He said: Both Deny Quilt ,.. "I have but a few moments to live, and I want to say with my dying breath that I hope 1 may be the last man in Oregon to go through the trap. I for give everybody for. all that has been done to me, or Is about to be done, and to say that I am innocent." As he stopped speaking, Spanos said: "With my dying words I want to say that we are not the boys who killed this man. The story I have told is true. I am ready to go. I forgive everybody, and ask for forgiveness and shall pray God Almighty for all of you." There was no tromor in his yoice, and, somehow, standing under the black wing of Death, his words bore convic tion to most. ' Boon Both Are Dead. In a moment the black caps were adjusted, the ropes placed, there was a harsh rattle as tho trap doors dropped and a "chug" as the bodio shot down nd jumped up from the recoil of the rope. Seymour's body showed some signs of life, the muscles contracting and causing the body to squirm, but flpanoa showed little or no motion. Seymour was cut down at 8:41 and Spanos, who showed wonderful vitality, at 8:45. Profess Religion. Both Seymour and Spanos professed the Catholic faith, and Father Mooro, at 7 o'clock, administered the holy communion. They wero then taken to the receiving colls, and on the way Sey mour said to Guard Johnson: "This la a pretty rainy morning to start on as long a journey M we are going to take In s short time." At tho cell prayers for 1 hut dvlns wero offered, and the Mrs. Astor Says She Will Remain American Citizen (riiTiiu mass uua wiaa. New York, Oct. 31. Dressed simply tint becomingly, Mrs. William Waldorf Alor, ac companied by her 0 year-old nn. Wllliaii' Jr.. armed he is today from England. Mm. Amor's husband, who owns many millions of dollars worth of real estate In New York, re nounced his fitlwnship In this country to become a subject of Great Britain. Mrs. Astor, however, says she is still a ritisnn of the United States. "Yes, 1 sin an American," she said, "and I am proud of it. I am a Vir CRIME life extinct in Seymour at 8:41 and in Spanos at 8:45. Insist Not Guilty. Father Mooro said he abjured the men to confess if they were guilty, but both insisted to him that they were innocent, and this was also their last statement on the gallows. Story of Crime. Modford, Or., Oct, 31. The body of George Dedaskalous, a Greek, who had resided hero for six years, was found under a warehouse along the Southern Pacific tracks Monday aftornoon, Sep tember 23,. 1912. The Saturday previ ously he had drawn out his savings from local banks, amounting to several hun dred dollars, and intended to start for his native land the day his remains were discovered, through tho antics of a dog. Dodnskaloua had been decoyed to the sceno Sunday evoning, his Bkull fractur ed by blows from a loaded gas pipe, his jugular vein severed with a knifo and his clothes torn from hia body so that his monev belt could be removed. The victim had been killed, the body strip ped of valuables and then dragged un dor the warehouse. Evidence of Guilt. Shirts stained with blood, the bloody loaded gas pipe, and the knifo used wore found in the respective lodgings of Spanos and Seymour, who had been Is.tt seen with Dedaskalous and were from tho first snspocted. Complete cir cumstantiol evidence was secured, fol lowed by confessions by each 'of the ac cused men, In which the other was ac- dined of the crime, each admitting hav ing partielitod in the murdor. Theso signod confessions were repudiated tt tho trial Took Hours to Unties Him. According to the confessions mado, details of which were afterwards veri fied by the police, several hours wers spent In enticing Dedaskalous Into s secluded place no was induced to como by the promise of meeting s wo man. While ostensibly waiting for her, Seymour secured a watermelon, As Dcdasliftloua was eating a slice, he was (Continued on nnre 'our. ginian, and I am proud of (list, too. Yankee may change, but southerners never. I simply could not stay away from Virginia any longer, and I Intend to visit my people thore." Mrs. Astor congratulated. th United States on forbidding the importation of bin! plumage, adding: '' If any of the women who came over on the Lusitanla with me are wearing aigrette, 1 hope the feathers are confiscated." It was the first visit to this country of young William Astor, and he was all eves and full of Interest. 1 Mine Owners of Southern Col orado Coal Fields Warn General Chase. MILITIA IS HELD READY General Doesn't Think There Is Danger ' But He Is Prepared to Get In Bat tle Promptly. (dnitbd rains iuud wim. Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 81. Mine own ers in the strike-bound southern Colo rado coal fields warned Adjutant-General Chase. In command of the state troops, today, that thoy believed hun dreds of strikers were gathering for s simultaneous attack on the mine guards' camps from' Aguilar to Ber- wind. . Thoy expressed especial arefhen sion for the safety of 600 strike-break ers, who, with their families, are 4hel tored Inside the stockade at Aguilar. General Chase expressed the opinion that the owners were frightened un necessarily, but he was taking no chances of a surprise. He made Agui lar his own temporary headquarters, and held the militia in readiness for action at a moment's notice. The strikers' campfires Mated on the hills all last . night, with the mine workers' searchlights playing" on the groups that surrounded them. The strikers sent in several wagon loads of rifles today, and General Chase said he did not think it would be necessary .to resort to a search and seizure. WREN IS GREAT GLUTTON. Madison, Wis., Oct. 31. The Vir ginia wren, under scientific observance, at the Uflivorsity of "Wisconsin, is tho world's greatest glutton, eating its own weight every two days. Twelve water bugs, 12 meal worms, 12 grasshoppers, one water scorpion, two sunfish, one stickleback, five live hornets and a small Bnake were included .in one day s menu for the bird. DEATH DURING GALE (ONtTKD rSSRS UtStn WIIS. Victoria, B. C, Oct. 81. John Bor den, Chicago millionaire, Hurry F. Scott president of the Union Iron worka of San Francisco; Roy C. Andrews, a ant uralist of the National Museum of New York, aud William Brown, of the Chi cago Gun club, reached Victoria yes tnntay afternoon on the schooner rigged yacht Adventuress, after an extended hunting cruise to the Pribyloff Inlands. The party left San Francisco on tli Adventuress on July 2S Inst. Tho party had a narrow escape from death while in search of whales In the vicinity of Kodiak Island. They had ef wit a whale boat with the hope of harpooning one of a largo school of whulcs which' wero spouting Off the coast when a gala blew up and capsized thoir boat. The men were forced to re main in the Icy wnter for some time be fore relief came from the yacht, RUSH If) TO SAVE SOI GOODS AND PERISH IN RESIDENCE omTsn rssss liabsd wins. 'Wilmotto, III., Oct. HI. The bodt of Grafton Stevens and his wife were found today in tho ruin of their burn ed bom bora. Though carried out safe ly when the house rauuht fire last night, they nulied biuk inside In au effort to v their bowieriold goods. Case in Which Hosmer Is Al leged to Have Published an Untrue Story. GREAT CROWD IS PRESENT Much Interest in Testimony, Which Is Repetition of That Given in Pre liminary Hearing. The case of the State against J. E. Hosmer occupied the time of the circuit court today. The last juror was ac cepted at 10:30 o'clock this morning and the forenoon was taken up with the presentation of exhibits by tho state's representatives. Hosmer is charged wih criminally li beling the Benedictine Convent of Mt Angol by the alleged publication of ar ticles both in the Silverton Journal, owned and conducted by him, and issu ing a booklet containing alleged crim inal libelous statements made by Miss Lasenan, who claims to be an "escaped nun" from the convent The case will probably consume all of today and part of the forenoon tomorrow before it la given into the hands of the jury. . Every available apace in tho circuit court chambera was taken up thla morn ing by spectators and much interest la being manifested in the proceedings. Judge Corliss, of Portland; John A Car son, of Salem, and District Attorney Gale S. Hill are conducting the case for the state, while Attorney Walter Wins- low is appearing for the dofendant. Testimony introduced this forenoon and afternoon was similar to that at the preliminary hearing. The prioress and others were calle d and declared the statements published by Hosmer to be absolutely false. E IN E L BE HALTED FOR WHILE usnr.D 1'itEKS uturjo Wuit.J San Francisco, Oct. 31. The grand jury inquiry Into the Slingsby baby case will be suspended, until tno bearing now in progress before tho British con sul is completed, according to the an nouncement today of District Attorney C. M. Fickert. Then, lie said, tho grand jury will probe the matter to tho bot torn. Fickert was greatly Incensed today over charges by Attorney George A Knight, representing tho filings!). hoirs opposed to Lieutenant Slingsby, that ho, Fickert, was using the grind jury to further personal ends. Knight's charg es were made beforo Judge Dunne, the attorney also alleging that Fickert had been retained by Lieutenant Hlingsby. KILLS SELF WHEN DE3PONDENT. oxiTin rsnss l.ssio wins.) raii Kniuclwio, Oct. III. llecause of his Inability to find work, Samuel Tliil lips, a mechanic, sued 40, committed sulcldo here today by shooting himself through tho heart. TUG THISTLE BURNS. usitso lataso wisa l Aberdeen, Wash., Oct. HI. The tug Thistle, Tallied at '"00 was destroyed br fire here today. The Weather The hi.-i.oy Ilird Ori'uoii: I'.-iln t on i lit Snl Sat unlay, bri-.li south easterly winds in terior, lil i'Ii east to south winds along the coast. The ut TTt5T ( lEAie uncieI District Attorney Making Hard Fight in Support of Contention. JUDGES RAISES POINT Question Whether Prosecution Should Be Brought for Crime in States, He Tells Lawyer. Iosiitid raass uuaao wiss.l Chicago, Oct. 31. United States Dis trict Attorney Charles W. Miller, of In dianapolis, made a hard fight in the federal court of appeals hero today In support of hia contention that a feder al tribunal waa the proper place in which to try the labor leaders convicted at the Indiana capital a few months ago of complicity in a widespread plot to dynamite non-union buildings. The point the court seemed inclined to raise was whethor the prosecution did not make the mistake of building Its case on ths dynamiting of build ings, over which the courts of the va rious states where dynamitings oc curred would have jurisdiction, rather than on the Interstate transportation of explosives under conditions which violated a federal statute. Difference In Conspiracies. "Conspiracy to destroy buildings, you know," pointed out Judge Baker, "ie not conspiracy to transport dyna mitfl on passenger trains, In violation of the statute." "But ovldonce ie not lacking from the record," urgod Miller,. "that dyna mite waa illegally transported, and that its transportation preceded de structive explosions. We will show at loast 25 specific Instnncea of it) all of them later than January 1, 1010, when the law became effoclive. "We will show also that the president of tho ironworkers union signed checks to pay for theso dynamitings, and that the executive board approved the bills." VAST TRUST PROBE IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN S UMTSO rsass usm wisa.j Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 81. Prom- ise of a vast trust probo by Undo Sam was voiced hero today by Joseph Davis, federal commissioner of corporiitious, in an address before the National Associa- on of Hardware Manufacturers, In con vention. 'It will be possibloto bust tho trusts without hampering industrial develop ment or freedom," Davlos declared. Tim nest rongrcss, ho snid, would leal largely with the trur.tn. Whether laws will be enacted providing for the destruction of the trusts or merely con trol of niunopolli'S will be determined, he said, by the iii'sliou, "Does monop oly or competition afford the fairest nud best system for all tho pcoplef" Davies sxliod tho convention to co oj-ernte with congress III till! proponed iiivA-ttlgiitloii, 251 BURNING VESSEL IN t us mis rii ijtasso wisa.l Ilerlin. Oct, 31. Tho Herman line Kroiipriuuwsin Ocilio reported by wire less today having rescued the crew of 2,"i men fiom the French barque I'etrie, on fir in mid ocean. Three of the l'o trie's sall'jrs, It was added, were washed overboard and drowned before ths Kr.MipriiiT.owsiii Cecllle arrived. President of Mexico Making W holesale Arrests in Effort to Wipe Out His Foes Foreigners, Including Americans, Pre paring to Flee From Mexico City Forty-Seven Ruralcs Tortured to Death by Rebel s Rebels Promise to Capture Monterey Sunday Carranza Says He Can Defeat Huerta in Two Months If He Can Import Arms. tCKiTBD raass Uiaan wus. Washington, Oct. 31. President Wil-' son devoted himself today to studying what the Mexican rebels are likoly to accomplish if he gives thorn a free hand. General Carranza, the rebol leader, sent word that he does not particularly care for recognition, but will overthrow Huerta in two months, if allowed to Im port arms. It was reported from Mexico City that Huerta has announced he will not retire at President Wilson's demand. Ho was locking up his enemjos whole sale, and foreigners in the city were preparing to fl. Huerta plana to got all hia loading op ponents in the metropolitan district locked up before congress moots to morrow. Tft .waftdilp Michigan left Vera Crus to put Kolix Dinr. on a northbound New York-Cuba mail steamship at son. The Mdxican rebels promised to cap ture Monterey Sunday. The federals were rcportod to have ovacuated Chihuahua City, having the residents, including Amoriitms in a panic lest the robots occupy it an mas sacre them. Forty-seven rurnlos wore tortured to death by rebels near San Luis Potosl. An ItnUiui warship sailed for Mexican waters. Oemhna, Calero, and Do la Fuonte, Huerta 's rival candidates, conceded their defeat, which, with Dian a fugi tive, loft the dictator alone in the flold. Confer With Wilson. Tho president had a long conference during the forenoon with Boas Long, hond of tho bureau of Latiu-Amorican affairs, concerning consular reports of conditions in the Moxican interior. Former Solicitor-General John Baa sett Moore of the state department, who handled tho Muxlcun situation during President Taft's administration, fol lowed Long, but refused to reveal the nature of It let conveisntion with the presidont. Mooro originally favorod recognising Huerta, but it wua under stood ho would now exlond recognition to General Cafranr.a, tho rebel leader, Oottlng Beady to Hurry Away. Mexico City, Oct, 31. Most Amorlcan ami many ot.linr loreign reaiuonis nern hfld their enelly portable belongings paj'kod today In readiness for a hurried lepsrture Sunday or Monday. It was considered a foregons conclu President Shows Fight VNtTRii rsssa latssii wikh.1 Washington, Oct. III. President Wil son showed signs of fight to.lnv, when furnished with s statement outlining tho changes proposed by the liunse and nenate currency committees In the disss Dwell bill. His advisers Intimuted that a clash is certain between the chief executive and some of the Democrats In the na tlmial legislature, If they continue with the present program. Ho considers, It waa listed, that thsy are emasculating the bill. One thing which it was said, ho cer tainly would not accept la a central sion that Huerta will be declared to have won Inst Sunday's election; that he will nana the presidency along to General Blanquot, and that a declara tion from Washington will follow which will make a further residence hers lia poeHible, for Americans at any rate. Fetur Anti-Foreign Outbreak. Some feared an snti-foroiga outbreak at the first intimation of American In tervention. It was tho more goueral opinion, however, that Huerta will do all he can, while he remains In power, to prevent anything serious since he la credited with enough Injustice not ti want to forfeit whatever favorable opinion may be held of him abroad. It was deemed certain, toe, that Sir Lion ol Garden, the British minister, who has much influence with him, will advise him to the Bomo effect'. Many of thoao who were planning -flight must leave behind them valuable property which cannot roadily bo mov ed, and none expected ever to aoe it again. WABINQ AGAIN THROWS IU8 HAT INTO ALDEEMANIO RING T. D., Waring has cards out announc ing his candidacy as cuuncilman from tho soveuth ward. It had been under stood, that ho would not ttutke the r4e, and If ho reallv desired the office he put off Ida announcement until many of his friends, understanding that he would not mn, havo promised thoir sup port to other candidutea. STEALS MANY HOUSES. omitsd raass uiaao wisa.j Sun Francisco, Oct. 31. Albino Zitto, aged 22 years, was arrested bore for the alleged theft of 13 horses. The policS sny ho dipciHod of the animals in Marin county, selling thorn for $H0 each. POST HOT BOLD. Iohitsd raaas uusho wi1 Now York, Oct. 81. The current la aue of the Fourth Estate quotes Pat rick Calhoun aa denying that the San Francisco . Evening Post has boon bought by the Evening Call, sit has been rumored. HOLLAND BTOBY HOtTR. The land of dikes aud windmills will furuish the story for the children's hour at the public library thla week. Every child la Invited to be ther at library at 0:30 tomorrow morning, Wilson Signs of Over B bank with branches throughout th country, Unless tho senate commitee Sgreod to tho regional bnuk rlan, it, was declared he will carry the fight to the floor of the upper chamber, VESSELS IN COLLISION. uxitio rsass ijasho wise Ban Francisco, Oct. 31. -The steam- ship Heaver, Portland to San Kra isco. arrived last sight with 000 passenger and an account of a colli iiuo In a f"t with the steam schooner Necamcum, in whivh miraculously, neither vessel ws hum k damaged,