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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. . SAiffiM. oreoon. Tuesday, tebbtjaet 24, 1914. - PRICE TWO CENTS. i?AN"ivSDcra
CONTMACT AWARDED
hi Alt IT 1AIIIIAII 10 FOUR GUNMEN TO DIE II
A. J. Anderson Is Given Job and Building Is to Be Finished
and Equipped for Operations June 1 Enormous Quantities
of Fruit Raised in Marion and Other Counties Will Be
Taken Care of Capacity of Not Less Than 75,000 Cases
Annually Equipment to Be Modern No Trouble Will Be
Found in Disposing of Entire Output May Include All Veg
etables Later.
The contract for tho construction of
a $20,000 cannery that will employe
200 people, to be located on the Willam-
ptte river bank at the foot of Division
street, has been let to A. J. Anderson,
of this city, who will commence the
work immediately. The letting of this
contract assures the Capital City of one
of the most modern and needed plants
-on the coast and that the thousands of smaller growers of ' fruits and vego
bushels of fruits and vcg6tables which tables will be invited to bring their
are sent out of Marion, Polk and Yam- produce to tho plant in small quantities
liill counties to California each season and receive the highest market price
4o be canned, will be brought to this' for it.
cily, as the new cannery will have a Mr. Allen states that about 75 per
capacity of not less than 75,000 cases cent of the fruits received will be cou
Si year. I traded ahead, while it is surprising to
Preparations Completed. know tho amount of fruit received at
According to W. n. Allen, who is to canuories at the door. The fruitmon
manage Hunt Bros.' canery, there is
nothing to prevent Mr. Anderson, the
contractor, from beginning actual con-
.struction today, tho contract papers
liaviug been sent to California for nec-.
9fary signatures and the land upon
which the plant is to be erected being
already cleared of all old buildings and
fences preparatory to foundation work.
The location of the canning plant
will be ideal. With the roar of the
building facing directly on the Wil
lamette river, river transportation will
1)0 right hand. Mr. Allen declares
that a shipping wharf is to be construc
ted and arrangements made with the
.steamer company to stop at that placo
on the different trips up and down
the river. The front of the plant will
face Front street and tho railroad com
panies are now busy drawing up plans
for sidings which will connect up with
the shipping room of the cannery. Thus
transportation facilities are to be com
plete and every fruit grower in the val
ley will have accomodations in every
respect when they desire to patronize
the new plant.
Operate June First.
The new canning establishment will
lie readv for the 1SH4 crop, the ma
chinory having all been ordered sad
expected to arrive within a Bhort time
ami the building expected to be com
j.loted in time to enable tho company
to make all necessary preparations to
start operation the first of June. Up
on this date the plant will start up
and Juno being tho opening of the can
ning season here, fruit growers can dis
pose of their crops readily at tho new
plant.
The preparation department of tho
plant will be largo enough to accomo
date 2.10 women while it will require
over 300 workers to operate the can-
nerv. The entire working plant will
lie 100x270 feet in dimensions and will
easily turn out 73,000 cases of canned
fnrm produce In a season. The actual
wnrkinir season of tho cannery will
last fivo months and, in order to ex
tend the time as far as possible, it is
the intention of tho company to can
other produce than fruits. Beans will
be canned and, providing a market can
he found for it, corn, celery, asparAgus
and other vegetables will be used exten
sively.
Give Fruits Preference.
For the time being at least, the can
nery will handle fruits most extensive'
ly inch at berries of all kinds, pears,
apple, peaches and possibly plums
Mr. Allen states that there is a groat
demand for canning facilities for the
smaller fruits and that the now plant
will soon bo in shape to handle all of
the produce brought in this year.
The company intends to extend its
business as speedily as possible. Yearly
contracts will be entered into between
the cannery and the farmers and all
in Marion county will not be compelled
to spend much of their time waiting
for places to dispose of their crops
'hereafter or as soon as the new canning
plant is in operation, as with a canning
capacity of over 75,000 cases in five
mouths, the fruit can bo handled fast
and in enormous quantities,
Warehouse Next Year.
The work of getting tho workiug
plnnt in order for operation will take
up tho company's time this year, but
Mr. Allen states that next year a Big
oncrcto warohouso will be constructed
near tho plant. When completed, the
new plunt will cost in the neighborhood
of $30,000.
This warehouse, states the manager,
will be modern in every detail and will
have a big storage capacity.
Tho machinery for the plant will be
in tho city before the building Is com
pleted, states Mr. Allen, and it will be
set up in the shortest possible time.
The most of the canning equipment is
coming from California and Portland
while some of it is being purchased in
the cast. The eastern machinery, how
ever is not suitablo for the canning of
small fruits and other classes of fruits
which are raised in the west for the
rouson the eastern cauners have no call
for uch equipment. The machinery
will be strictly modarn and capable of
lur.i.ng out uie wum i u ram ..u
m a morongn manner,
Must Have Market,
In depends on tho market to some ex
tent as to tho amount of fruit which
tho new cannery will handle. Mr Al
len states that if the market is good,
thero will be no limit to tho bulk of
produce to be canned, lie believes
that there will bo no troulilo along this
lino, however, as tho Oregon fruits are
in great demand all over tho United
Htntes and that it is beyond question
that Marion county raises some of the
finest fruit in the world.
It may develop later that the market
will demand other ennued produce than
fruits and in this event tho now can
nery will extend its business so as to
inclndo vegetables of all kinds. This
will mean a larger workiug force and
a longer periou in wnicn mo cannery
will he in actual operation. The farm
ers will also realize greater benefits
Will Be Perfect.
The manager of the new cannery de
clare that the goods to be delivered
will be a perfect as the most modern
(Contisued on page four).
Former Police Lieutenant of
New York Will Have An-
other Chance.
ERRORS OF JUSTICE CITED
One Member of Circuit Court Vote
Against Giving Alleged Head of
Graft System New Trial.
UNITED PUBS LIARID Winn.
Albany, N. Y., Fob. 24. Former Po
lice Lieutenant Charles Becker, of New
York City, under sentence of death in
Sing Sing prison for the murder of
Herman Rosenthal, was granted a new
trial today.
Tho retrial wag granted Bocker by the
circuit court of appeals. Six of its
members voted in favor of his applica
tion for a now trial. Justice Werner
opposed the application.
Tho court's opinion was written by
Justice Hiscock, and tho lower court's
decision was reversed, as a result of er
rors by Justice doff, who presided at
Becker's trial.
Four gunmen under sentence of death
for the actual killing of Rosenthal
were douiod now trials.
t was alleged at Becker's trial that
tho gunmen killed Bosenthnl at Bock
er 's instigation. .
WOULD EETAIN WATER LINES.
I1IN1TKD 1'IIKSS l.KAHED Willi!.
Washington, Fob. 24. Seven rail,
roads today petitioned the interstate
commerce commission for permission to
rotiuin water lines under the Panama
raual act. The Southern Pacific, oper
ating the Pacific Mail ships, and the
Spokane & Seattle railroad, operating
Columbia river boats,, were among the
seven.
OF BUI 10 YEARS
I'NITKD I'HKSS LEASED Willi.
Cinciuanti, O., Fob. 4. Colonel
Brent Arnold, aged 0.) years, genernl
froight agent for tho Louisville 1 Nash'
villo railroad, and a prominent Bociety
and club man, was today served with a
juvenile warrant, chnrging him with
contributing to tho delinquency of Mil
dred Crane, aged lfl years, a former em
ploye of a manicure parlor. Warrants
also were issued for thrco other promi
nent men, including a millionaire man
ufacturer. The warrants wcro issued at tho re
quest of Miss Crano's mother. The girl
told of many automobilo rides and lata
suppers, and said (he had been meeting
Arnold and the other men since No
vember.
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UNITED FRUS LI1SID WIRE.
Yokohama, Japan, Fob. 21. There
was a big sensation here today follow
ing lat night's arrest of three big na
tive contractors, charged with complic
ity in tho navy graft scandals.
Prcviouily, though several high nnvy
officers were Involved, tho only con
tracting firms mentioned were German.
This somewhat limited the scandal s
scope. The latent development Indi
cated that it is far moro serious than
the public which had by no means
minimized from the outset bat sus
pected. It was generally preideted that the
ministry would not survive the tn
dal.
FOR
ML FOR HER LIFE
Oakland Woman Fired by
Jealousy When She Ended
Life of Rich Helpmate.
BITTER FIGHT PROMISED
Trial Will Be Long and Sensational,
It Is Believed, and Much Testimony
Will Be Introduced.
, united muss leased wiki.
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 24. Mrs. Amolia
Drown, who early on the morning of
October 24 lost shot to death her bus
baud, Archer C. Drown, at tholr beau
tiful Rand street residence here, wont
on trial for hor lifo today before Super
ior Judge Frank B. Ogden.
Both the prosecution and the defense
had made elaborate preparations to
fight the caso to the last ditch.
Mrs. Drown has surrounded herself
with an array of California's best
criminal lawyors, of which Judge A. L.
Frick will be counsel in chief. District
Attorney W. H. L. Hynos will person
ally supervise the prosecution. Willard
N. Drown, a brother of the dead man,
will lend his moral, if not actual sup
port to the accused woman.
Will Plead Insanity.
Mrs. Drown, who lAis freely admitted
that she shot her husbund to death, will
pleud temporary insanity and will at
tempt to show that she was unbalanced
by the alleged actions of her husband,
whom she charges was unduly intimuto
with Mrs. Mario Millar, whom it is al
loyed Mrs. Drown attomptod to slay,
following tho killing of her husband.
The defonao also will attempt to prove
that Mrs. Drown has become a victim
of horiditary insanity.
That tho trial will bo a long and sen
sational one is predicted bocauso of the
i uaturo of tho testimony which dovelop
ed at tho preliminary hearing and the
. additional fact that tho prosecution
ond defonso havo announced they have
fresh testimony on which thoy are re
lying. At tho preliminary bearing Mrs.
Drown was in a stnto of mental col
lapso and immediately went into hyr
torics when she heard tho word "mur-
ler" or when she won called upon to
testify.
Tho murdorcd man, Archor O. Drown,
was a member of one of San FranciB-
co's oldest, wcalthies aud most prom
inent families and a son of the luto
Judgo Drown, pioneer attorney and ono
timo chancellor of the Episcopal church.
The surviving brothers of Archer
Drown are- prominent Ban Froncisco
attorneys.
Confesses Killing.
The dead body of Archor Drown, re
posing in his bed in the Hnnd residence
was not discovered until almost 21
hours after his death, and it was not
learned that he had been killod until
tho wife, who had spent tho evening
In Han Francisco at tho Portola cele-
liration, confessed to a prominent mer
chant that she had shot her husband
Millar Drown was summoned and a
party went to tho Drown homo In Oak
lnnd. Dr. K. J. Poyes entered the room
and found Drown lying dead with two
bullets in his head, A pool of coagu
luted blood had formed under tho pil
low and the walls wore spattered with
brains and blood. Drown 's posture
and expression seemed to indirato that
he met instant death while asleep
(Continued on page H.)
The Weather
The Diekev llird
says: Oregon, to
night and Wed
newloy rain west
portion, cloudy In
eiiM portion, and
probably rain or
snow, southerly
winds.
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CANNERY IN
Estimated Only Half of
Women Registered Vote
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Mr. and Mrs, D. E. B Abbott, 812 Crescent Place, registering on their golden
wedding anniversary.
Chicago, Fob. 24. Chicago women
who registered for tho city primaries
failed to vote today. This was duo to
a luck of contests in some wards, and
to tho disagreeable weather. Tho reg
istration of women was about !0,000,
OHIO'S EXCISE TAX LAW
IS UPHELD BY U.S.
E COURT
UNITED FltEHri LEAKED Willi.
Washington, Fob. 21. Tho supremo
court today validated tho Ohio oxclso
law, one of the most dniHtiu in tho
ountry. It provides a four per eont
tax on the gross intrastate earnings
of railroads and provides special taxes
for other corporations doing business
there.
Tho Ohio River and Western Bail-
road ond the Marietta, Columbus &
Cleveland railroad tested the constitu
tionality of the Ohio excise tax law in
suits against tho Ohio tax commission
er and state treasurer, respectively.
That the tax was discriiniii.itory by
providing different rates on different
cIiishcs of corporations was declared 'iv
tho railroads. They also asserted the
per cent lev-y on gross liitrastati
earnings was coin is niory.
Tho federal district court of Ohio
held the law to bo constitutional, but
grunted an injunction unliiht its oper
ation pending the final decision today
of tho supremo court.
AMOUNT NEEDED FOR CANAL.
fllNITKII I'llKSS l.KAHRII WI1IK.
Washington, Feb. 21, Colonel Geo.
B. Goethals, builder of tho Fannina cur
nal, yesterday afternoon appeared be
fore tho hnuso appropriations commit
ted. Ho told its members that an ap
propriation of 2,!m1,a:I0 would bo need
ed for canal appropriations this year.
Keeretnry of War Garrison, Major-General
Leonard Wood and Ocnerol Crn
zier also testified before tho conduit-
teo.
NOMINATIONS 10RCED.
lesurn i-skms is.'.sni wiiir.
Washington, 1'eb, 21. The senate
committee late yesterday favorably re
ported out the following nominations:
Charles Walton of Fresno to be Uni
ted States marshal for the southern
district of California ami .lames Md
Govern of Wilbur, Wash., to be Vnited
States marshal for the eastern district
of Washington.
but lb was estimated that not more than
70,000 "women wcut to the pollB. The
heaviost woman vote woo betweon 10
and 12 o'clock and botwoon 2 and 4
o'clock. The early vote in tho first
ward was light.
MINE SAFETY LAW HELD
STATES COURT
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UNITED I'lir.SB IJIASKD Willi.
Washington, Fob. 24. The supreme
court of the United Statos today de
clared valid tho Pennsylvania "mine
safety" law which rcipiircs cool com
panies to leave pillars of cool to pro
vent cave-Ins iu mine. The decision
was huiided down In the test caso which
was brought by tho Plymouth Coul
coiiipnuy against State Miuo Inspector
David Davis.
Tho Plymouth Coul company, of Lu
zerne county, Pa., sipiarely challenged
the constitutionality of tho low. It as
serted that the law was an unreason
able exercise of the state's police pow
er n till that it could miuo coal ns it saw
fit, without interference from stato of
I'iciaN. Tho officiitls secured an In
junction nuninst tho company, the Pen
nsylvania courts upholding the law. The
law provides that owners of adjoining
ru.il mini's must so mine their coal as
to leave coal pillars along adjoining
propel ty ns supports for the roof, to
protect miners ill caie of explosions or
floods. Tho law gives tho stato mine
inspector niithority to prescribe tho size
and strength of tho pillars.
PAUL BPOTT8 HELD.
ITH I'llKSS I.S4SKO WIHS.1
San I'riuiciHco, l'eb. 21. Paul Kpotts
nn Oakland plumber, wan held for tin
action of tho superior court by Judge
Christ hero today on a charge of as
Ntultinir Miss Ida Pearring. aged 17
years. Maury I. Diggs and Walter Gil
llgini must answer to the superior court
on a similar charge. The alleged as
saults occurred New Year's eve. Judge
Crist fixed H pott's lm.il at 1 0,000.
CENTRAL NEW YORK B1IIVER3
united rniss i.kakkd wiiii.
liiiighamton, N, Y., Feb, 2-1. Central
New York wns shivering today In the
coldest weather of tho winter. Tho
mercury here dropwd to 21 degrees be
low zero. West Oueonta reported 2fl
deureisi below ami llartwieh 32 lie
grees below.
SjIlI.L, ill
BRIDE OF
Abraham Pepper, Rejected by
Mrs. Johnson, Deliberate
ly Plana Crime.
ALSO SHOOTS SELF
BUT WILL RECOVER
Pretends He Wanted to See
Her on Important Matter
in
'Frisco Hotel.
unitio riisss uusin wine.
Ban Francisco, Fob. 24. Abraham
Pepper, a lace salesman, today shot
and almost instantly killed Mrs. Doro
thy Johnson of Tacoma, Waahv a bride
of a weok, hero with her husband' on a
honeymoon trip. Then Feppor fired a
bullet into his own head, but physi
cians say he will probably recover.
Mrs. Johnson before her marriage was
Miss Danhaiser. 8H wai "4 "ears old
and a brunette of a stnk. boauti
'"1 type. , ;. , ; ,
Popper had been a suitor for his
victim's hand for more than a year
and broke down when he heard of her
marriage a week ago to S. L. Johnson,
Tacoma representative of the Sherman
Cluy company of Sau Francisco.
About 10 o'clock Popper called up
Mrs. Johnson over the tulophone and
said he wished to seo her on an import
ant matter. She consented to see hi a.
Mrs, Johnnn notified Popper, however
that tho conference must bo briof and
thut shu would soo him in the hallway
of tho Sutter hotel.
Shoots Hor Down.
Pepper flattened himself against the
wall beside the door of the room ac-
cupied by Johusou and his wife. As
she emerged from the room, clud in a
dressing gown and folt slippers, Pep
per drew a revolver. With a muttered
curse ho pressed tho revolver against
tho back of her head aud fired. To
make euro of accomplishing his purpose
Popper stooped and fired another shot
uto the prostrate body. Then he sout
a bullet into his right temple.
Johnson ran from tho room with the
first shot and reached his wife's side
just after Pepper fired the bullet into
his own head.
"My God I" ho exclaimed over and
over again, "tie bas shot my wire.
Husband Tells Story.
In broken sobs the prostrated hus-
bnnd then told the story of Pepper's
rejection by his wife.
Pepper met tho Johnsons at the ferry .
building when they arrived hors five
lays ago and congratulated them. Again
two days later, ho sent them flowers,
professing pleasure at their marriage
and wishing them many years of hap
piness. Learning that Mm. Johnson had come
Into au cstnto of $25,000 from a rela
tive, Hermann Klabrr, who weut down
with tho Titanic, he modo this on ex
cuso for seeking nn interview and that
wns tho Important matter referred te
when ho telephoned to her.
Pepper regained consciousness short
ly after reaching tho Central Kumrgcn-
cy hospital, and made tho following
statement to Detective Poliin:
Bays Sho Jilted Him.
"I had been going with Mrs. Johnson
for a number of years, and she made
mo believe that we wero to bo nmriied,
right up to the lat moment. Then she
married tho other fellow.
1 1 ennio to Kan Francisco from Ta
com, so I could forget the whole of
fair. Then they had to come down here
on their honeymoon. Everywhere I
went 1 seemed to moet them, and It
simply drove me Insane.
"I did not waut to shoot her, I
merely wanted t kill mysolt. 1 told
her when I called at the hotel that 1
(Coutiuued eu page 8.)
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