THBT IS USED IN
"Woman Supposed to Appear and Ask
Accused Druggist Why He Killed
Her Last October.
HAS NO AFFECT ON HIM '
HIS ATTORNEYS DECLARE
Previous Attempt to Murder Woman Is
One of Reasons Why He Is
Thought to Be Guilty.
UNITED PBESS LEASED WIIUB.
Los Angeles, Jan. 20. Th-, "third
degree" with a "ghost" as the cen
tral figure, was applied by arresting
officers in an attempt to obtain from
John 11. Grondiu, a young druggist, u
confession to the murder of his wifo,
Zolla, according to a statement made
public yestorday by his attorneys.
Urondin s attorneys doclared that
shortly after he was arrested lust night
flo was taken by detectives into a dark
ened room, whore a "ghost" soon ap
peared and demanded in gloomy tonees:
"Why did you murder met"
Prisoner Shows No Emotion.
His attorneys said they considered
such methods outrageous, but at the
ame time positive proof of their cli
ent's Innocence, as the shadowy form
and the dismal quostion alike failed to
movo him or to obtain from his the
slightest admission of guilt.
Grondin, who was charged with ha
5ng poisoned bis wifo and with having
attempted to establish that .ho kiled
herself by inhaling gas, was said by
the police to have tried onc9 before,
while living in Portland, Maino, to kill
his wife, but for some reason had been
afraid to complete the net and had res
iwintcd !er.
Letter Declared Forgery.
When Mrs. Grondin was found dead,
October 30, last, Grondin made public
a note he uaid had been written by his
wifo and left as an explanation of
her aleged suicide. It contained an
admission of infidelity and the hope
that he would be happy with the "wo
man who truly loved him."
Handwriting exports assorted tho
writing in the noto was a forgery and
their assertion, coupled with the arrival
here from Watervillo. Maino. of a
wealthy young widow, In whom Grondiu
was said to be Interested, caused the
exhumation of Mrs. Grondin ' body, al
though a coroner's jury had decided
her a suicide.
Patholiglsts reported on their exam
ination of Mrs. Grondin 'a vital organs,
aying they had found poison In thorn.
Jrondin's arest followed.
Mrs. Grondin wag the daughter of
Ceorgo Daviau, a druggist of Water
villo, where she wag married to Gron
lin when he was 21 years old. Mr.
Daviau engaged attorneyg and detec
tives shortly after his daughter's death
to make an investigation. lie also was
eaid to have furnished the authorities
Tiere with information concerning Gron
din 's attempt to kill his wife in Port
land, last year.
F. A. M. HAS RECORD GROWTH.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIB )
Indianapolis, luu., J St 26. ts
annual roport, announced today, offi
cials of tho Federation of American
Motorcyclists present figures which
show that the organization during the
year jiiBt closed enrolled 5,000 new
members from all over the country.
The 1913 additions to the membership
Tirought the total up to 25,000 who have,
joined since the organization of tho
T. A. M. ten yoars ago. The P. A. M.,
it is explained in the report announced
. rur.y ruiers organization,
-woicn governs an motorcycle compe-
Tiuons, anu wnicn, Dy tne estauusnment
of a new bureau last year, affords mo
torcycle tourists all sorts of valuable
information in regard to routes and
accommodations on such routes whou
extensive trips aro to bo made. In
cluded in this information are the best
roads to follow, hotels whore best ac
commodations can be had, the average
price of gasoline in difforont soctions,
and the location of sundry Bhops along
the routes, whore repairs can be made.
MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
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poisonous and dangerous
It affects every organ and
funotion and brings about that
low oondition that predisposes to
most diseases and ailments.
HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA cop.
L foots it, and makes pure blood.
OPEN FORUM.
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ROAD BONDS.
Editor Capital Journal: We want
the facts about this bonding business
and not to Bee what we can say about
one auothor, so let us have the facts.
From what I can learn, it is desired by
the bond promoters, if they can get
the 40 miles of Pacific Highway across
the county built of the best pavement
to be had, they will be satisfied to let
tho county have rock or gravel road
anywhere else. If they can get the
county court to give them the sum of
$130,000 toward that piece of road then
the state has consented to give $150,000
and they will soon have the road com
plete "Section 13. All moneys raised un
der the provisions of this act shall bo
used in constructing permanent roads
in the county, which roads shall be con
structed by tho county court under its
exclusive jurisdiction and such export
assistants as they may employ." "
Of course every man in the count;
will want his road paved and it will
bo strange if tho court can settle the
matter without some loud times. Tho
Statesman says thore will be money
enough to build tho paved way across
tho comity and then 135 miles of rock
road elsewhere, and then says the rock
road is good for nothing. I will bo snt
isified to seo good rock roads all over
the county. Thoro is a pretty good
piece of rock road beginning at tie Re
form school and then going south for a
mile or bo. Quito a good piece of rock
road in South Salem. The roads from
Salom to Dallas and Independence are
fairly good roads, I know they are much
bettor than they wore 20 years ago.
The 175 miles just spoken of are not
all of the county roads and it will bo
a number of years before all of them
will be made good. The large part of
the roads traveled by the rural mail
carriers are across roads and back ways
that will be only dirt roads for a long
time to come.
This act authorizing the bonding of
the county for the building of good
roads also by sections 14 and 20 makes
the count court' and treasurer into a
banking house, four years after the
bonds are issued the court commences
levying a tax and collecting the same
year after xoar to redeem the bonds
when due. They put this money out
in the hands of the different banks in
the county at 3 per cent interest or
they loan it on real estate at 6 per cent
so if the whole amount of $850,000 is
in bonds by the time they are due they
will have in their bank the full amount.
If congress had only gotten hold of this
scheme for helping the farmers it would
not have taken them so long to give us
the currency bill. Boud the county,
then tax the taxpayer to buy the bonds
back, then loan the real estate owners
the money to carry on thoir busiuoss
with. Mr. Rodgors thinks I forgot tho
intorest on the sinking fund. I did
not forget it but kept it for another
article. But he figures that our county
bankers can get out of the people in
the county who are anxious to borrow,
the sum of $290,000 interest. If they
can get that much it will be a good
plan to keep the miu the business. The
law says these bankers must do this
amount of business without any cost to
thfl COUIlty. j. woulj ,ike to know how
thoy do it
DEXTER FIELD.
Salem, Jan. 23, 1914.
WOULD DROP BOND PLAN.
' Editor Capital Journal: The post
office department at Washington has
announced that at an early date the
weight limit on parcels will be advan
ced to 100 pounds. The mail service
aloof? our rnrnl route, will pall fnr lm.
proved highways. These the national '
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government is preparing to build as is
shown by the appropriation of $25,000,
000 for the construction of post roads,
now pending before congress.
Oregon's share of this large fund
will be $120,000. Adding this to the
$240,000 state road fund, there would
be a splendid beginning in the cam
paign for better roads.
It would seem the part of wisdom to
drop the present agitation for an
$850,000 bond issue by Marion county
to build public highways and see which
can be done with the funds which will
be apportioned to us for road purposes.
CONSIDERATION.
Brooks, Ore., Jan. 21, 1914.
LANDS AND BONDS.
Editor Capital Journal: I enclose
clipping in regard to "lands and
bonds" from Up-to-Date Farming,
which will doubtless be of considerable
interest at this time. The articlo fol
lows: "Propositions are often made in gov
ernment affairs of the effect of which
people need to be warned. The most
deceptive one that has been presented
for many years is variously discussed
as rural credits, farm loan banks, mort
gage bonds, etc. Whatever form this
takes it ends with a scheme for the
issue of marketable bonds on land, the
farms and homes of the people. We are
sorry to say this sehome is advocated
by papers othorwise dovoted to the wel
fare and progress of agriculture. Wo
quote the following from a prominent
November magazine: 'But to complete
the job of financial reform is needed
an adequato method of farm f iuance.
The new law required to provide this
need may be the first important act of
congress at its regular session, which
begins in Doeembor. It must enable
farm bonds to vie with government
bonds, so as to insure safety to inves
tors and reasonablo rates to borrowers.'
"As wo havo said this is a most
seductivu proposition. Most people
would like to have moro money, and
proposals to make it easy for them to
get money on loiig time at a low rate
of interest are attractive, and were it
possible to do so many farmers would
contract such debts as would othorwise
remain free from debt and yet bo just
about as prosperous. But that is not
the worst feature of the proposition.
There nover before was anything pro
posed so dangerous to the independent
homes of the people of the United
States as the issuing of marketable
bonds based on these homes. Every
"bond is a lien upon that on which it
is issued, and the owners of those bonds
would have liens upon the lands and
homes upon which they wore issued.
"The bonds being marketable would
be bought up by the financiers and fi
nancial institutions of the country that
now control almost everything else but
the farms, and soon the farms would
be thug owned as the railroads, man
ufacturing concerns and other industrial
institutions are now owned. Make the
land bonds vie with government bonds,
and soon Buch a thing as an independ
ent home owned by its occupant, a free
and independent American citizen,
would be a thing unknown. The Amer
ican people would not surrender thoir
independence. They would fight through
rivers of blood first. But they may be
induced to sell it for money borrowed
at a low rate of interest."
SUBSCRIBER,
Route 8, Salem, Oregon.
DENVER HOUSEWIVES COMBINE.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.
Denver, Jan. 20. To organize all tho
housewives of Denver in a fight for
pure food and lowor food prices, a Don
ver branch of tho National Housewives
League was formed here today. Mrs.
C. M. Lillio was elected president. The
movement has the backing of the Den
ver Woman's club. Mrs. Julian D.
Hoath of New York City is the Nation
al president of tho league.
DIVE FATAL TO AVIATOR,
UNITED PHKHS LEASED WHS.
London, Jan. 20, George Leo Torn
plo, British aviator, wag killed today
while flying at Bandon. He was mak
ing a difficult dive whon a gust of
wind caught the tail of his monoplane
and the machine crashed to the
ground. Tho aviator's neck was bro
ken. Temple was the first British aviator
to make a flight upside down in this
country.
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UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 26. George
Hodges, in charge of Postal Inspector
Dnrand and Prosecuting Attorney Mc
Guire, was taken to Portland, Or., on
the boat from here last night to face
a charge of using the United States
mail to defraud. The charge is
brought in connection with the sale of
orchard lands. He waived extradition.
Hodges is wanted in Portland on an
old indictment charging him with
fraudulent use of the mails in connec
tion with the exploitation of the Colum
bia River Orchard company. Hodges
was indicted at the same time indict
ments were returned against the late
W. E. De Larm, R. H. McWhorter,
A. J. Biehl and H. H. Humphries. Biehl
was convicted before Judge Bean in the
United States District court last Janu
ary and is now serving a term in the
United States prison.
The part Hodges is said to have
played in the affairs of the Columbia
River Orchards company was as secre
tary of the Oregon-Washington Trust
company, which it is charged was or
ganized for tho purpose of' handling
the bonds of the orchard company.
Hodges is said to have been very ac
tive in markoting the bonds.
De Larm is behoved to havo died at
Flacorvillo, Cal., shortly before ho was
indicted in Portland.
CHICAGO HOUSE WILL
TAKE CARE OF LOGANBERRIES
Jesse Huber, a loganberry grower of
South Bottom, says he has solved the
problem of finding a market for the
berries grown in this county, through
a Chicago mail order house, which ad
vises that it can easily tako care of
the product.
"Tho immense distributing facilities
of this house," said Mr. Huber,
"through parcel post, freight and ex
press, brings it in touch with virtually
every home in tho United States. It
is backed with $20,000,0000. .
"In its evaporated form the lognn
bcrry will bo offered to all customers
at reasonablo prices."
HE OVERLOOKED THEM.
The Man Cracksmen got into a meat
market and stole $500 from the safo.
The Woman Goodness! Were there
no eggs in stock?
THE ROUND-UP.
Pupils of the Woodlawn schools have
$5,820.81 in the banks of Portland.
A suit is on at Ashland to docide the
legality of the auto license. It is up
before Judge Calkins, and will be de
cided in a few days.
The certified check for $500,000 for
payment of Jackson county road bonds
has been received and the money will
be available early in February, or as
soon as the bonds can bo printed and
dolivered.
Firo destroyed the store building at
Broadmead, about oight miles east of
Sheridan, Friday night. The loss is
about $1500.
Senator Bourne has boen prosented a
gold plate by citizens of Nehalom, Til
lamook, Bay City and Wheolcr, tho pre
sentation being made to him at Wash
ington Friday.
The Cove-Minam wagon road, run
ning from Cove into tho niountnins 14
miles and tapping a rich tlmbor sec
tion, has been completed, tho work hav
ing been done by the forestry depart
ment. Wild geese and ducks are destroying
the grain fiolds of Umatilla county,
and, as It is against tho law to kill them
the farmers will ask the government to
c..rKO m w,e manor, anu give
them protection.
Tho thaw in Baker county, beginning
Thursday, wound up with a snow storm,
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MONDAY. JANUARY 28, 1914.
THE
Blankets, Com
forts, Pillows
Our entire stock of bedding
at greatly reduced prices.
Wool Blankets pure white
wool blankets, 72x80. Regular
$10 blankets.
Special, $3.98.
MERCHANDISt
and at Sumpter there was a fall of four
feot of snow that blocked tho "Polyg
amy Central" road, the Sumpter Val
ley, for 21 hours, and was only brokon
by tho big snow plows.
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One of tho armies of the idle reached
Roseberg Friday, and will march on to
California. It is stated that tho engin
eer in charge of tho Pacific highway,
at Ashland, will abandon the plan of
building the road with convict labor,
and will give work to tho unemployed
gangs.
Orogon has had nearly half an inch
more than the average rainfall since
September 1st.
...
Portland population is 243,327. This
is the official estimate of the city de
partment of public works, reached
after extensive ' research, in which the
United States census, the last school
census, the postoffice Toports and the
city directory were taken into consid
eration. Labor note in Astoria's 30-years-ago
column: 'The Standard reports thnt
thero aro about 1500 railroad laborers
out of employment in Albina and East
Portland."
Tublio library advocates at Cor
vailis have outlined beforo thn city
council a plan. Thoir hope Is "to unite
all the club libraries In tho city in one
at the city hall, and somo day get a
homo for it."
Tho boys in the manual training de
partment of tho Eugene high school
are constructing an extension to the united rums leased wina.
shop now In use. The work Is being' 01ympia, Wash., Jan. 0. Mrs. Clar
dono entirely by students. Tho pinna iBHa I,lliIl!y o( Scattlo, who during the
were drawn by a studont In tho archl- lttHt t"rm ot 1,10 ""I,r'o "ourt was al
tectural drawing course. I 'owc'1 t,in ""usual privilege of arguing
ROAD TO DEATH VALLEY.
friKITSD rSKKS LEASED WTKI.l
Sacramento, Cal.. Jan. 20, F,
M.
U'orax; H.mtr. Is to build a railroad to
(his borax mines in Death Valley. Ar-
t,,,,,s of incorporation of tho Valley
railroad company were filed todav In
the secretary of state's office. '
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LAST
Of Our January
Clearance Sale!!
Time now to buy undermuslins. You should buy liber
ally of these garments not only because prices are so
low, but because qualities are so high. Six big tables
full of these dainty undermuslins.
Special One-Half Price
"Richardson's Famous" table
cloths, napkins, lunch cloths,
tea cloths, dresser scarfs, table
runners, guest towels, bath
towels, in short every linen
need can be supplied here.
All at Reduced Prices.
t wl" JTATt court
MUFFLED KNOCKS,
Solomon must have been a wiso man.
What would you do for oxcubcs if about
250 or your 500 wives wanted to know
where you were last night whon you
crawl in about daylight t
A sportsman is a city guy who pays
$12.60 for the privilege of coming home
with the manglod remains of a twenty
five cent rabbit.
Tho man who ownB a big automobile
is always willing to agree with you
whon you argue that walking is tho fin
est exorcise.
Every now and thon you run across
a Ph. D. who can't toll his son how
to find the greatest common denomin
ator. Some men seem always to be going
away or coming back from somewhere.
The people who are clamoring for
tho teaching of sex knowledge In, the
schools soem to forgot that old nature
has boon attending to that for the
past 10,000 years and somehow or other
made a pretty good job of it.
Give thorn credit, fellows. Maybo
tho renson they don't thank us when
we offer them a seat in a street car is
because they aro speechless with as
tonishment. And you couldn't notlco tho high
cost of living in the days when a brido
thought a bed quilt was a dandy wed
ding present.
When a fellow can hand a girl a
dime's worth of junk and stainod glass
and li o believes it Is a $200 engage
ment ring that Is Lovo. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
, WOMAN WINS OWN SUIT.
, hor own caso, aftor she had disagreed
j with her attorney, was awarded a re-
IwiiuMuii ut nuuriy vw,wwu m sircei as
sessments against her projwrty, in a
decision handed down Saturday,
Mrs. lialloy, who Is of Indian extrnc
tlon, asked and was accorded the right
to argue her own caso aftor sho had
nn two wnmm. .. ,
,de of a caso the previous dav.
By Gross
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LIQUOR MEN TO FIGHT
SPEAKEASIES IN SCRANTON
ONITKD rilKSS LEAKED WinB.
Scrniiton, Pa., Jan. 20. Saloonkeep
ers and wholesale and retail liquor
dealers are going to make Scranton ab
solutely dry on Sundays. The liquor
denlors and salooukoopers met here to
day in conference with Mayor Edmund
B. Jormyn to plan a campaign to abol
ish tho Bpeakeasy, to regulate the sale
of bottlod beer, and to put out of busi
ness the "clubs" which heretofore have
held open house with beor "drawn
from the wood" on Sundays.
THE GENTLE CYNIC,
Tho follow who sows his wild oats
dosorves to reap a grass widow.
.The despondent lover shouldn't lose
his hoart. Lot the successful lover tna.
his.
We are all attracted by our opposites.
That may explain why a woman al
ways likes man who is a good listener.
Experience is a good school, but some
of us nevor got boyond the kindorgnr
ton stage.
Probably the reason discrotion is the
bettor part of valor is bocauso it can
run fnstor.
Thoro is quito a difference between
a close friend and a closo mouthed one.
- When wo speak of a delicate situa
tion wo generally mean an indelicate
ono.
How can there be safety in numbers
when too many cooks spoil tho broth t
It is quito possible that the world Is
happier bocauso one-half doesn't know
how tho other half lives.
The pessimist divides his time b
tweon wnntlng what ho doesn't got and
getting what ho doesn't want.
Whon duty calls ,somo people always
sond word they are out.
Many a man la so skoptlcal that he
wouldn't believe hi.i own conscience.
Qunnity Isn't everything. A pint of
happiness is worth a pock of trouble
Heauty is only skin deep, but the
rhlnocorous never blows his own horn,
about it. New York Times.
It's torrlnlo to bo obliged to love by
contract.
HENRYJR.5AYS
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