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SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBEE 5, 1913.
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FATALLY HIT
BY ROBBER
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SCHOOLS AND TIES
Thugs Open Fire on Him When
He Asks Them to Explain
Their Actions.
WOUNDED MAN HELD
HERE MAY BE ONE
Says He Was Shot in Portland
While Attempting to
Board Cars There.
Johu Zollner, city marshal of Gervais
and one of the most widely known offi
cers in the county, was shot through the
nock and backbone shortly after 1
o'clock this morning by two unknown
men whin the marshal attempted to ar-
rcHt them near the Depot hotel. Zoll
rior's body was paralyzed by tho bullet
which passed through his backbone,
near tho base of the neck, and small
hopes for his recovery are entertained.
Tho assailants fled following the shoot
ing and Sheriff Esch, heading a party
of other officers and citizens are scour
ing the comity in search of them today.
Only a meager description of the two
men was obtained for the reason Mar
shal Zollner is unable to talk or move
his hands and the officers are at a loss
for a clew upon which to work. Imme
diately aftor Zollner was shot, help
camo and ho whispered a few words
nmong which he described one of the
men as being heavy set and wearing a
black hat and the other being a tall
man wearing a light cap.
Assault Unexpected.
According to the meager information
that can be secured concerning the af
fair, Zollner was shot when hi) least
expected it. It is said that ha observed
the .two men sneaking about the rear
-doors of the store belonging to August
Miller. The marshal followed them be
hind tha store and the couple walked
away toward the Depot hotol. Marshal
Zollner, thinking the men were up to
something not proper, followed tfcem to
the hotel and just as he was in the act
of stepping up to them and making in
pjiries, they drew revolvers and began
firing at tho officer. Zollner returned
the fire, but had shot but throe times
when one of the bullets from tho guns
In the other men's hand struck tha mar
shal in the neck, telling him instantly.
The wound received by Zollner is a
nasty one and if he recovers the attend
ing physicians believe It will be a mira
cle. The bullet, which was one of large
nalibre, entered Zollner 's neck just
above his low shirt collar, and passed
through the fleshy part and on through
the backbone at the base of the neck.
Owing to the fact the shot shattered the
officer's backbone, the physicians are
unable to give the slightest assurance
of recovery.
Word Sent Out
While Sheriff Each is scouring the
country for the two thugs, Deputy Sher-
iff Needham is flashing Information to
every city in tho valley, concerning the
shooting.
It is believed that the men are still
in the vicinity of Oervsis and every ef
fort is being made to get the necessary
Information to every farmer within fif
teen miles of the town. Following the
shooting the trains were closely watch
ed by Gervais citizens, and it is not be
lioved that the men could havo escaped
ly boarding any of the passing trains.
May Rave On.
A man by the name of Kay MeCarot
ly is being held in tho county jail pend
ing an investigation which may lead to
his being identified as ono of the cou
ple who shot Zollner. McCarolly called
at the police station early this morning
and showed the police where he boil
been shot in the right shoulder. He
said he received the wound in the Port
land car fhops last night while attempt
ing to board a southboi.nd train.
Tho man told Deputy Sheriff Need-
ham this morning that ho was running
after a train when some person un
known to him, jumped out and ordored
"him to halt. McCarolly said he kept on
running and the other man fired at him.
ri'NITRD riUDEM MtaSKD WIHI.J
Denver, Colo., Dec. 5. At 5 o 'clock
this morning it was estimated that 25.8
inches of snow had fallen in 24 hours,
breaking all records for the same period
pin the west. Since the storm began at
midnight Wednesday there has been no
cessation of tho snowfall.
At dusk yesterday a blizzard was
blowing and snow banks were several
feet deep in tha downtown streets.
Hundreds of workers spont the night
downtown, and every hotol and lodg
ing house in the city was crowded to
capacity. Hundreds slopt"'on cots in
office buildings. Police stations, pub
lic schools and the Auditorium building
sheltered hundreds of others.
All. the public schools were closed to
day, and many concerns, such as ex
press and transter companies, were
compelled to abandon businoss alto
gether.
Snow Still Falling. ,:
At noon the snow wns still falling
half an inch an hour. The weather tit
rcau estimated that 29 inches had fal
len at .that time.
Today's prediction was for continued
snow today and tonight, with' clear and
colder weather Saturday.
A report recoived hero at noon stated
that a big irrigation ditch at Globeville
had given way, sending a flood of wa
ter down upon a number of houses.
Twenty-five families, it was said, woro
driven into the Bnowdrifts. So far as
known no fatalities occurred.
Ginsn
W ON JOB SAYS
Queer Ones in News
Insists Cannot Quit Until Suc
cessors Are Named and
Qualified.
tONlTSD PUSS LliSSU WIHB.
Portland, Or., Dec. 6. Asking only
that he be sober and industrious, a
young Parisienne has written Governor
West asking him to find hor a farmer
husband. She intimates her willing
ness to work in the fields.
j Portland, Or., Dec. 5. Fearing for
I the safety of standard classical music,
the Coterie club, a woman's organiza-
! tion, has inaugurated . a campaign
' against ragtime.
GOVERNOR TO ACT SOON,
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 5. H. Satts,
a Clearwater rancher, demonstrated to
' the police that he could catch a pick
pocket with a row of fish hooks sewed
Will Appoint Three Members
Commission, Leaving Kelly, Named
By Commisison In Place.
! inside his pocket. He wants the police
commission to recommend his device.
ESS AGA1
OF
ELKS LODGE OF SORROW
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Mrs. Stafford Told Pi osecution
Mrs. Gallagher Said Coul
son Did It.
REVOLVER IN HIS ROOM
Attorney-General Crawford this Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 5. Provoked
morning, at' tho requost of the socre-, by the poor work of hi pupils, Cpoch
tory of state, rendored the following Fritsch, of the manual sts high school
opinion on the mattor of the fish and rugby toam, got into a scrimmage to
game wardons. Bobbed of legal vor-! show how it Bhould be done, One crash,
biage, the attorney-general holds that and Fritsch was carried to the side
the statutes provide for the appoint- lines with a dislocated knee, sprained
ment of four members of tho fish and
game commission by tho governor, and
the naming by these four of a fifth,
the latter holding office one year, and
thoso those named by the govornor
holding one, two, three and four years,
respectively. Under tho rules laid I
down by tho courts an nppointeo to
any office, whore the powor of remov
al is not especially given in the act,
cannot be removed unless for cause,
such as being convicted of a crimo, nor
can he rosign so as to make his resig
nation offoctivo until his successor is
appopinted and qualified.
ansklo and two broken ribs.
AGREES WITH GALLOWAY
IT
Frojrietor of Hotel Tolls of Finding
Weapon in Lavatory Day Follow
ing Murder.
fUNITJSD PKIHS USAHBD WIS!.
San Francisco, Dec. 5. Death has re
moved today one of the state's star
witnesses against Arthur R. Coulson, a
merchant on trial hero for the murdor
of George Kovack and William Acker,
I September 19. "
I A telegram recoived today stated
' that Mrs. Emma Stafford had died
suddonly at Winenmucca, Nov. Mrs.
j Stafford was with Mrs. Kathorine Gal
lagher, who is alleged to nave posea as
Coupon's wife, on an automobile ride
to the beach here, which preceded the
tragedy. After tho shooting Mrs. Staf
ford visited Mrs. Gallagher, who wns
shot in the neck at the time Kovack
and Akor were killed. Mre. Stafford
told the prosecution that Mrs. Gallagh
er said to her that Coulson is tho man
RAN ADDS
0 IE OF
Because the stato supreme court has
rendered an opinion to tho effect that w,0 ,, tho shooting.
Therefore, tho registration and election latf passed j District Attorney Fickort had intond-
there can bo no interregnum, and the by the stato legislature at the last bos- ' ej using MrB. Stafford's testimony to
tender of the resignation and the ac
ceptance thoroof by the proper author- La Eocho, of Portland, says that per- ter failed to testify along those linos.
Iu re-checking the names on the ini
tiative potition calling for the local op
tion election which wins held in Salem
Novombcr 4, County Clerk Gehlhar to
day found that the potition bore the
signatures of only 103 registered voters.
This opens up another matter for discus
sion and possibly for the courts for the
reason there should have been 252
names on the petition in order to sub
mit the local option issue to the voters.
With this now phaBo in the case
whoroin tho county, court is boing re
strained temporarily from declaring the
results of the olection hold on Novem
ber 4, it is claimed there are no'doubts
now""but that the election is illegal.
There boiug 80 names shy of tho num
ber required to authorize tho; county
clerk to place the local option measure
on the ballot, the entire election is lia
ble, so attorneys claim, to be declared
void.
Amended Complaint Prepared.
Attorneys for John Stellman are busy
this afternoon preparing an amended
complaint in which they will avor that
tho city eloction hold on Novombor 4
is illegal, void and null on the grounds
there was not a sufficient number of
names on the petition to place the meas
ure on the Imllot. This complaint as
amended will be filed with the county
clerk cither this afternoon or tomorrow
morning and counsel for tho plaintiff
will demand an early hearing on the
new matter introduced. .
Tho county clerk finds that including
the registered namos under both the
old and now registrations there are but
103 that can bo termed legal and prop
erly qualified to sign an initiative peti
tion.
ity does not porfoct his resignation, un
til his successor is named and qualified.
Ilemce thore is now no vacancy, and
the fish 'and game commission is still
in existence, and the wardons are sol
idly on their jobs. The secretary is in
formed that he' can legally draw his
warrant for the payroll submitted by
the wardens, and their bonds would
protect him.
Governor Now Will Appoint. '
On top of this there is another phase
of the matter, for the governor will un
doubtedly take a hand in the game. It
is understood he will, in the very noar
future, appoint three members of the
commission, leaving Kelley, who was
appointed by the commission, and
whose resignation the governor has no
authority to accept, and Kinney, who
has not resigned, on tho board. This
will fill the board, and start the busi
ness going again legally. What this now
commission will do is to be seen, for it
will be up to them. Two of these mom
bers, it is stated, will come from Fast
era Oregon, as the law requiros that.
It is probablo the affairs of the com
mission will be conducted along new (
lines, and that the new wardens,
whether the old ones are reappointed
or not, will be subservient to the com-1
mission instead of boing the whole
thing. Kinney's case is in the hands
of the governor, but he gives no inti
mation as to what he will do in tho
mnttor.
sons who have registered undor tnat ( Stopped at Hotel.
law cannot vote at the city election De-1 Mrg T v atncv. tironriotor of the
comber 9. Thore are ,nbout 2700 per- Oakwood Hotel here, was thj first wit
sons in Portland vho registered under noBS call9d t0(lny ghe testified that
this law. In order to vote they will Coulson rented a room from hor at 2:30
havo to go through tho formality at tho 0iciocit on the morning of the shooting,
polls of boing sworn in. pne then swore she found a revolver in
The opinion of City Attorney La i th0 lavatory on the floor of the room
Eiche was prepared yestorday and sent whore ConlBon Blcpt.
to City Auditor liarbur. As a result of
the decision no attempt will be made at
tho special eloction to use the registra
tion books prepared since last June.
There will be no record of registration
at the polling places showing the namos
of person not registered prior to Inst
June.
IN MEMORIAM.
Chas. S. Vivian,
Founder of tho Ordor, March ?0, 18S0.
H. M. Brown
J. C. Brown
Prince Byrne
E. M. Budlong
John n. Burton
Jas. W. Bollon
A. Benicke
F. H. Campbell
Geo. E. Collins
Jas. Craig.
F. 8. Dearborn ' '
J. J. Dalrymplo
W. S. Duniway
Tilmon Ford
C. Hunphill
' Goo. P. Hughes
E. C. Horren
W. O. Holcomb
S. L, Haydon
W. M. Kaiser
A. C. Lawrence
A. K. Loder
H. O. La Bior
C. A. Mattison
F. C. Perrine
E. F. Parkhuret
John Staploton
Chas. Scholl
J. L. Skipton
J. 11. Townsond
G. T. Terrell
F. P. Talklngton
David V. Vaughan
E. M. Wood
W. L. West !
W. G. Wcstacott
W. E. Williams
E. C. Young
Ed Zeyss
'T'ne faults, of Our brothers, wo write
upon the h.ithIb;
Their virtues upon the tablots of love
and memory." '
REFUGEES
Water in Southern Texas Con
tinues to Rise, Although
Lower in North.
TOTAL DEAD MAY
BE ONE HUNDRED
Five Hundred Persons at Hearn
Are in Treetops and Fear .
Drowning.
ENGINEER'S DEATH.
Baltimore, Md., Doc. 5. Colonel
David Gaillard, aged 63 years, ono of
the chief engineers engaged in the
work of building the Panama canal,
died today at JohnB Hopkins hospital
here. He suffered from hardening of
the arteries of the brain, brought on,
physicians said, by his work in the Cul
ebra cut of the canal.
Mrs. Gallagher will be tho last wit
ness called by the prosecution. It was
expected the prosecution would rest
late today.
Tho dofense announced today Its in
tention of putting Coulson on the stand
to testify concerning the lapse of mem
ory from which he says he suffered on
the morning of the tragedy.
Q.. will hold memorial services lr
Grand Sunday aftornoon at
The Weather
Bishop W. M. Bell, of Los Angeles,
Cal., is coming. Ho will be at the U.
B. church, corner Seventeenth and Ne
braska avenue, Bunduy, December 7, 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. nu lie will locturo at
the Christian church Monday evening,
7:45 on "Socialism And Capitalism."
THE PnS ftny
1 if- -;S
Tho Dickey Bird
says: Orogon, fair
east tonight and
Saturday; cloudy
southwest portion
tonight and Sat
urday with prob
ably rain; rain
tonight and Sat
urday northwest
portion, possibly
part mow, south
, easterly winds.
fl'NITHn T'SKHS I.SitSltW WIKR.1
El Centro, Cal., pec. fi.Two cow
boys, declared by bfflcers to bo the
men who robbed the Verde Valloy
bank, at lily tho, and killed Cashier A.
W. Bowles, were arrested hero today.'
They had in their possesion between
Hr00 nd $3000 in gold. Tho prisoners
gave their names as Paul Cnse and Tom
Orocn, and their residence as Los An-gelot.
Marian Morris, son of H. N. Morris,
of Fairgrourfd station, has been taken
to the Willnmette sanjtnrium to be
treated for illness.
Lands in Hospital After Being
Blown Through Window, Lost
in Fog, and Hurled in Water
(Continued oa Pag five.)
B. O. Thomas, Southern Tacifie sta
tion agent, at Tumor, has retired from
active work. Mr. Thomas has had
charge of the depot there for 30 yoars.
Carl Nelson is now agent.
'
THE OBEGON SYSTEM AND
WHAT IT SIGNIFIES.
Lecture by Dr. Joseph Bchafer.
Public Library Auditorium
Tonight at ei:ht. o'clook.
FREE.
BelliiiKham, Wash., Dec. 5. Rulhh I the house and blow Chambers into the
Chambers, of La Conner, 'Wash., lies in! yard. A launch started with the in-
an Aiuu'ortes hospital today after bo
ing blown through a window by an ex
plosion, shipwrecked, thrown Into the
water, lost in the fog and finally res
cued by tho stesmor Jlosalie. The trou
ble all started when the young man mis
took a five-gallou can of gnsollnn for
coal oil and tried to build a fire with it.
His head, arms and legs are severely
burned.
Chambers was employed at the Paci
fic Americpn Finherlcs ou Kliza Inland.
Wednesday he do Ided to build a fire in
the hiinkhouse and used what he
thought was kerosene, but poured a few
drops of gasnline in the stove Injtcml.
Tho eiplosion which followed' wrecked
ii red man for Bellinghnm through tHo
fog which hung over tho bay.
The injured man was . wrs;vd in
groaned blankets on'l placed on a mat
tress on the duck of the launch. Tha
b:it wns making good headway through
the fog when it struck a rock. The
force of the shock threw Chumlx-m
overheard. He was dragged nlionrd in
an unconscious condition.
The bout wni, wedged tiht on the
rocks and her captniii began lending
"H. O. H." calls with his whistle. Men
on the inland heard tho distress rails
and mado thoir way to tho launch in a
dory, being guided by the whistle.
Chambers was placed in the dory and
the men started to row to linllinghain.
They becaino lost in the fog, however,
and an hour later came ashore ou Klizn
Island agtiin. After getting their bear
ings, tho crew again started for this
city with tho Injured man, but again
loot their way in tho fog.
Tliey had about abnndunod hopo of
bringing t handlers to land alive when
the fog whistle of the steamer Rosalie
aa hoard. Tho men rowed in tho di
rection whence tha sound came. The
steamer was approaching the bout and
as she poi-sed the cries of tho men at
tracted the steamer's crew. The steam
er turned in her course and anon had
the injured man and his rompuniont
nbcard. Chambers was tnken to Aua-
cortes.
Following a splendid custom of the
organization, Salem Lodge No. 30, B.
P. O.
the Grand Sunday
o'clock. The address of the day will
be givoii by D. Soils Cohon, of Port
Tho following will be the program:
Marcho Colobre -
From F. Lachner's Suite No. I
Elks' Orchestra.
Opening Ritualitio Ceremonies ...
Salem Lodge No. 330,. B. P O. E.
' Oh, Dry Those Tenors ' ' Del Blegj
Ha'lie Parrlsh Hinges, Mnrgarot
.Helen Dodgo, Rose Woodruff Bab
cock. Boatrico Sholton, accompanist.
P.itunlbitlc Coroinonics....I,ndge Officers
Opening Ode "Auld Lung Syne"
Lodge Membors.
Great Ruler of the Universe,
All-seeing and benign; -Look
down upon and bless our work.
And be all glory Thine.
Oh, hear our prayors for the honored
dead,
While bearing In our minds
The mom'rles graven on each heart,
Fpr " Auld Lang Syne."
Invocation Chaplain
"The Rosary" (by request) Nevin
Mrs. Julia Bross l'innell
Solectlon Elks' Orchestra
Address
Hon. Bro. D. Bolls Cohen, Portland, 112
"Out of tho Deep" J. Christopher Marx
Bro. Dan F. Langenberg, Portland, 142,
Eulogy Hon. Bro. Fnunk A. Moore
"Crossing tho Bar" Neldllnger
Ladles Trio.
'March Heroic" T. H. Rolllnson
Elks' Orchestia.
Offlcors for 1013-H.
Exalted Ruler, Aug. Huckosteln
Esteemed Lcsding Kni',!t, R. V. Byrd.
Esteemed Loyal Knight, A. J. Andor-
sou.
Esteemed Lecturing Knight, 8. 8.
Hkiff.
Secretary, Geo. C. L. Snyder.
Treasurer, J. P. Hodgors,
Tiler, Klmer Gilo.
Ksqniro, M, L. Meyers.
Chaplain, D. R. Yantls.
Inner Guard, A. H. Moore. ' '
Trustees.
H. W. Meyers, II. II. Winger, Goo. E.
Waters,
Memorial Committee.
Fred A. Kiixon, H. J. Wlodinor, A. L,
Waltaco.
UNITED muss LIAHIO WIR1.
Fort Worth, Texas, Doc. 5,-Oold,
soaking rains aggravated the suffering'
of thousands of flood rofugeos in Cen
tral and Southern Toxas.
Tho water, too, in tho southern dis
trict continued rising, though it waa
beginning to subside in the north cen
tral counties.
Communication was not much easier?
today than yesterday, so it was impos
sible to learn dof inltoly how many lives
had boon lost. Many persons bnlioved.
howoveT, that the total would finally-
be found to have reached 50 or 100.
An Immense number of tho sufferers
were farmers, whose nearest nolghborsj
were at considerable distance frota
thorn, And it was impossible to account)
for many, who might have 'reached
places of safoty or perished.
Hundreds In Treetops,
From Henrn, on the Houston ft Toxs
Central railroad, an urgent appeal wa
made for boats to rescue at least 8fl0
people who had found temporary places
of refuge in treotops, but who, accords
ing to tho Hears telogTaph operation,
were in- imminent danger of lIn
drowned by the ijeadily raising water.
xne Brazos river rose two loot as
Waco last night,' and there wero 1009
homeless there alone. Considerable loot
ing occurred in Waco and vicinity, and
many arrests were made by the stats
troops patroling the district. No re
ports wore received of the shooting of
plundorers, though Governor Colquitt)
gave orders to that effect.
Every railroad in the flooded district
told of heavy losses of brldgos and by
washed out tracks.
f.'WI
CONFESSES CRIME
McCarolly, undor arrest for shooting
Marshal Zollner, at Oorvais, this after
noon niade a part Jul confetslon, Ha de
nied he fired tho shot which struck the
murshul.
ohitso rus" uissd wiaa.I
Indianapolis, Ind., Doc. B. Four man
wore shot here todny in riots growing
out of tho teamsters' strike.
Two of the wounded probably will
die.
Vp to today five men had been hit by
bullets since the strike began. Two of
them died. Of tho five, four were strik
ing teamsters; the fifth a casual by
stander. Today, however, tho strikers seemed
in an angrier mood, all four of the vic
tims of tho day's shooting being non-
unionists,
Strike Breakers Shoot.
The first fruens followed an attempt
by three strikebreakers to, drive a wag
on dst a crowd of strike sympathizers.
First the crowd tried to persuade them
to quit, then threw stones, and when the
strike breakers answered with bullets,
returned the fire and brought down two
of the non-unionists. ,
The second shooting occurred when
an automobile whired up to a non
union ice wagon in the street and iev
ernl men, rising in their sents, shot
down the two negro strike-brenhers In
charge; then sped away and escaped
without being identified.
Of tho two men whose wound pmba-
I (Continued on pane E.)