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All the News that's F to Print. Everybody Reads the Daily Capital Journal i The Best 77ie Largest Circulation : NewspaptW X . M ' M THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. SALE-VI, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBEUAET 27, 19U. PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TRAINS AND rJHWi STANDS, FIVU CBNVS. IL IN GET RAISE IN WAGES Increase to Equal Standard on Steam Lines for Oregon Electric Line. SCALE IS NOW MOST SATISFACTORY ONE Conductors and Brakemen Have Contracts Signed Af ter Month of Parleying. UNITED IMVEHS LEASED WIRE. Portland, Or., Fob. 27. Conductors and brakemen of the Oregon Electric and United Railways, the electrified lines in Oregon of the Hill system, will lave a raise in pay equal to the stand ard wages pnid on steam lines, it was announced today. Contracts were signed last night with General Manager W. D. Scott whereby the employes re ceive practically every concession de aianded. Representatives of the Ordor of Rail way Conductors and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen have been working over the schedule for nearly a month. Passenger conductors who have been receiving from $105 to $151 per month are to receive not less than $165 and as much as $205.50. Brakomen who have been getting $75 to $110 will receive $92.50 to $106. The maximum is lower than the old maximum, but affects prac tically none of the brakemen mow in service. Work train conductors will be paid on an advanced scale, based on an hourly computation. Freight and yard ser vice will be on the 100-milo time, com puted continuous from time of duty un til finally released at the end of tho day. The increase is said to be one of the most satisfactory ever allowed electric trainmen on the Pacific Coast. The increase will affect 150 employes. .PEP-PEE' S CONDITION SERIOUS. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. f?an Francisco, Feb. 27. Abraham Pepper, slayer of Mrs. Dorothy John son, his former financee and a bride of but a week, who attempted suicido af ter committing the murder, took a turn for the worse today, and his condition was reported serious. Popper was re moved to the county hospital, where an .operation will bo performed on his fractured skull, the result of the bullet wound inflicted on himself. There will be no war at Cove, and no calling out of tho troops or state offi cials. Huerta, Villa, Carranza and all tho balance of tho hordes of lulwlcss, whoever they may be, have quit, laid down their arms or glasses, or whatever it was thoy were armed with, and will eat hay out of tho public miuigcr just as it is furnished them. Following close on the heels of Miss Hobbs' visit and a letter written by tho governor on her return, the judge of Union county this morning sent tho following dispatch to tho governor: "La Grande, Or., Feb. 27, 19U. "Hon. Governor West, Salem, Or.: "Your letter at hnnd and would say thut tho county court will convene Wednesday, March 4th, and at that time will declaro tho town of Cove dry. "Yours, "J. C. IIEXItY, "Judge of Union County." TAFT URGES COLTRT BEFORM. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIUI.1 Washington, Feb. 27. Ex-President Taft wns expected to appear before the house judiciary committee to advo cate a bill to effect reform in federal court procedure. The measure, Intro duced by Representative Clayton, is to empower the supreme court to regulate the pleading procedure and practice on the common law side of the federal courts. Late News Bulletins (UNITl'D PRESS LEASED WIRE. Washington, Feb. 27. Passage of bis bill calling an international conference to plan the abolition of gambling in food stuffs was urged in the house to day by Congressman Harrison of Miss. The high cost of living problem, is not American, he argued, but world wide. lie maintained that speculation in food was responsible for it, and that only its effective prohibition will end the evil. Washington, Feb. 27. Former Presi dent Taft was a guest at the White House for luncheon today, the first time since the late President Harrison was in office that a chief executive and his predecessor bad dined together at the White House. Taft is here at the invitation of the house judiciary com mittee to diagnose judiciary procedure and to discuss the causes for the pres ent congestion in the courts. Portland, Or., Feb. 27. By a vote of three to two today the Portland city commission voted to install water meters as a substitute for the flat rate and unlimited use which was the sys tem heretofore. Tien Tsin, China, Feb. 27. General C'hao Ping-Crun, governor of Chi Li province, died here today. It is be lieved he was poisoned. NEVADA TO SPEND $20,000. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Reno, Nev., Feb. 27. Nevada's Panama-Pacific exposition commisison ers voted yesterday to Bpend $20,000 on the Nevada building. A general meeting is to be called hore soon to diB cuss the best means of gathering ex hibits. BY MAIL 10 50 S UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Washington Feb. 27. By a vote of 33 to 24 the senate this afternoon de cided that the amendment taking from tho postmaster general the power to change rates, weights and zones of the parcel post system was not in order and could not be considered in connec tion with the postoffice appropriation bill. An amendment forbidding the post master general increasing the weight limit above 50 pounds was then intro duced by Senator Bankhead of Ala bama. NEWSPAPEB MEN FINED FOB NOT DISCLOSING SOURCE UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. New York, Feb. 27. Newspaper men who get grand jury room news before it comes to the surface in open court must tell the source of their information when called on to do so or pay heavy fines, United States Judge Hand ruled hero today. Tho case was that of Ex-City Editor George Burdick of the Tribune and Wil liam C'urtin, a reporter, who knew what tho federal grand jury was going to do in tho recent Lillauer and Heitmeir-Al-pxander smuggling prosecutions before the court did. They refused to tell Judge Hnnd whero they got tho news and wcro fined $.j00 each. WOMAN FINALLY FREED. UNITED TIIKKS LEASED WIRE. Reading, Ta., Feb. 27. After living in the shadow of the gallows for 13 years, Mrs. Kate Edwards, convicted of tho murder of her husband in Iflul, was given her freedom here today. She wns sentenced to hang, but three governors of tho state refused to tet a date for tho execution. Her release was ordered by tho state pardon board. OBJECT TO PROGRAM ADS, UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Paris, Feb. 27. A boycott against using programs in the heaters has been proposed hero on account of the stead ily increasing price of the booklets, which sell anywhere from eight to forty cents, motion picture theaters selling them for six. It is contended that the programs are so bulky from paid advertisements that the spectator, after paying twenty cents for the in formation is put to great paim to find out what he seeks. I IN APPROPRIATE WAY Governor West Makes Interest ing Address and Justice McBride Responds. HISTORY OF COURT TOLD Something About Splendid New Struc ture Which Wag Built at Total Cost to State of $320,000. The supreme court and Jibrary build ing waa dedicated this afternoon at 2 o'clock, with brief but appropriate cer emonies. Governor West made an in teresting address, and was followed by Chief Justice McBride, who gave a very interesting history of the Oregon supreme court from its first meeting in Oregon City to the present time. While his address covered a long portion of time, it was too brief, for it was decid edly interesting from start to finish, as is everything else the learned chief justice describes. The dedication was made in the su preme court room of the new building, which waa comfortably filled for the occasion there being a notable attend ance of the members of tho bar of the city and quite a number from other points. Fine New Building. . The supreme court and library build ing, quartering the law library, supreme court and its judges, and the state printing plant, covers an area 96 feet by 126 foet, and was built at a cost, including the purchase of grounds and central heating plant, of $320,000. Throughout the building is of absolute fireproof construction, with"an exterior finish of ivory terra cotta. Vermont and Alaskan marble form the decora tive factor of the main corridors and stairways. In the supreme court tund judges' rooms, and in less proportion throughout the building, an admirable note is the rich mahogany woodwork. Law Library on Second Floor. The entire second floor is given over to the state law library. Space is econ omized in the stack section by the use of a balcony, thoroby accommodating 18,000 books. The supreme court room, with those of the judges, stenographers and the filing rooms surrounding it, occupies the third floor. This central room is lighted by means of a skylight with the seal of the state of Oregon as its docorative motif. Tho state printing plant is located on the ground floor. It is splendidly de signed and lighted, a model of its kind. The plans for this building were pre pared by Architect W. C. Knighton. APATHY IN STOCK MAB.KET. New York, Feb. 27. Aptvthy was gen eral at tho stock market's opening to - day. While the undertone was good Also, under tho present law in re business was very light. gard to game, a man will be subject to 1 arrest if found on a game prcservo with ON EVE OF SECOND UNITED PRESS I.KASID WHlt. New York, Feb. 27. "Bridgic" Web ber, ono of tho principal witnesses against tho four gunmen convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, a gambler, has been missing, it developed today, since form er Police Lieutenant Becker was grunt ed a now trial a few days ago by the court of appeals. Becker was convicted of having instigated the murder. Web- l. kn.l 1. ...... Ut a Uv rwtnrv ' at Passaic, X. J. The Weather (THINK I Tho I)iekey Bird says: Oregon, rain tonight. Warmer east, cooler west portion. Saturday rain west, fair east portion, south er'v winds. A -,i"i VARMINTS KILLING OFF SHEEP AND STATE IS Silverton Farmer Says Coyotes, Wild Cats and Cougars Arc Fierce. HIDE ON FOREsf RESERVE " $ Settlers Not Allowed tj Follow Them and Besult Is They, Are Killing Off Stocky : "There are 8000 acres, of state forest reserve in the near vicinity of Bilverton on which there are hundreds of sheep killing coyotes and othojr animals and the state will not allow us to kill them." ' This waa the statement made to Deputy County Clerk Boyer this morn ing by M. W. Barkhurjt, a Silverton farmer, who brought in '.$ cayote pelts for bounty. Accordingffb Mr. Baxk hurst, the coyotes aud- wild cats are thriving in the sheep raising district near Silverton and the dpugars are be coming more numerous khan ever be bore in (he history of thl district. Var mints of every kind are flocking to the preserve made by the state, declares! Mr. Barkhurst, and the saeep and cattle raisers are compelled to stand by and watch the animals kill their young stock which roam the ni untain range. Becoming Seri us. Unless there is someth ng done with in a very short time the coyotes and wild cats will take possession of the stock ranges near Silveiton, declared Mr. Barkhurst today. , Tie beasts can not bo killed unless hunters are allowed to use their hounds to run them down and, undor the lato act passed ty the legislature, hunting of any character is not allowed to be carried on in any territory which the game commission proclaims as "preserve." According to the Silverton Btocknicn and several stock raisers in the vicinity of Gates and Mill City, the coyotes are living fat and happy off their sheep and other young stock. The beasts seem to realize that they are being protected and in tho event the preserve is within any reasonable distance of a stock farm, the coyotes can easily gra!) up a lamb or a young pig and soon run beyond harm on lauds selected by he deputy game wardons. Defeats Own Purpose, Under the conditions mentioned by Mr. Barkhurst, tho preserve provisions in the new act defeat the identical pur pose fur which it is intended. Mem bers of the gamo commission explain that the law was (routed to protect birds more than any other clans of game. While tho birds aro being pro touted from tho hunter, tho varmints are thriving upon them unmolested say those who aro interested in the gun and 1 ro,j Bports in Marion county. ' a gun in his possession whilo there is '(another liiw (older and much wiser, ac cording to the sportsmen) which author izes the counties in the stute to pay bounties for coyotes, wolf and cougar pells. It is an uiKpiestioned fact thut a coy ote is the worst enemy of sheep. A cougar is also n deadly brute when in the midst of a bund of sheep or cuttle. The (piestion is now with the stockmen whose ranges aro in tho giinie "pre serves," what can bo done if these an imals are permitted to live and wux fat on the sheep and cattle by a law whii ii virtully compels a farmer to subject himself to bo taken into tho gnine pre serves. Tho stockmen In the cast portion of tho county are working hard to kill off tho varmints which destroy their herds but say that it is a most difficult matter when the beast arc safely locat ed on a presorvo which is situated half a mile awnv from their farm. FLOOD PREVENTION URGED. UNITED I'llEMS LEASED WI1IE.I Washington, Feb. 27. President Wilson was urged today to appoint a committee of bushier men from the country at large to provide means fur flood prevention. Members of the national drainuiie congress impressed upon him the shortage of find for this work. The congress' educational work has been baited through scarcity of money, and It is likewise short of funds with which to carry out actuuJ prevention measures. Hospital Trains in Mexico Not Fit for Injured Dogs .1 How Mexican Wounded Were Eemoved Presidio, Texas, Feb. 27. Many fed-1 erals and rebels were killed or injured ' during the early fighting at Ojinaga, in Mexico, near the United States bor- dor recently. Bofore the government ' soldiers fled from the city across the ' Hio Grande to Prosidio, Tex., the fight-' ing was vicious, and many fell. Tho SHERIFF DIDN'T INT AS UNITED PIIKSS LEASED WIRE. Trinidad, Colo., Feb. 27. "We admit the sheriff didn't want church mem bers for deputies; he was looking for dead shots," conceded Judge Northcutt counsel for Colorado's coal mlno own ers, at today's hearing before the con gressional investigating cominitteo of the mine strike in th'i southern part of the state. His comment followed an admission by Under Sheriff Zeko Martin, who hud chargo of 'tho deputies in the strike zone before the militia arrived, that he killed a man in Trinidad in 1012. lie added, however, that a coroner 'b jury exonerated him. His statement was made itt response to questions asked on cross examination by Attorney ('ostigiin, representing tho miners, designed to bring out how many of the deputies had previous records an gunmen. On direct examination Martin said he lei the deputies in several battle with strikers and strike sympathizer n n 1 hud clmrgo of the force and the machine gun which, us ho expressed it, "shut up" the Forbes tent colony Oct ober 17. He testified that Sheriff (Iris hum repeatedly asked the governor for 'roups before he gut them. COMMITTEE VISITS MINES. (UNITED PIIKHS LEASED WIRE Calumet, Midi., Feb, 27. Tho con gressional committee which has been investigating at Hancock tho Michigan copper mine strike, eaiuo hero today j mid descended (Km feet into the Culii- met mill Ilecln mine. General Kuperin teiident Knox and I'nptniu Richards acted as guide for the party. Tho con gressmeii iiestioned the miners and tr.'unmers, and in some places handled the machines themselves fur a few minut'', WHERE BANKS WILL BE. UNITED PRESS I.EAHKII WIRB.J New Orleans, I., Feb. 27. An offi cial of the American Hunkers' avsocia tion declared hero today that hn had SAYS IT'S EASY TO PREPARE, seen tho first draft of tho plan for tho ; Washington, Feb. 27. Tho military reserve banks under the new currency aproprintion bill wns considered by the law, and that there would be 12 banks, house appropriations committee yester distributed as follows: Portland, Or.; day afternoon. Chairman Hay said he rn Fraueiwo, New York, Boston, Phil- saw no necessity at this time of provld adelphla, Chicago, Ht. Louis, Kansas Ing for war, adding that it would be City, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Denver and .easy, In the event of war, to provide New Orleans. ' sufficient army. "vt A1 J lK- ' It. n V 3 "1 and Taken Cars of After Battle. picture bIiows how the rebel wounded were removed from tho field and taken back to Chihuahua, where Villa made his headnuartors. Flat freight can were turned into hospital trains. At ter the federals had crossed the bor der they wero disarmed by the United States troopB and tuken to El Paso. ITALY- IS TRYING TO USE FAIR AS CLUB IN UNITED PRESS LEANED WIRE, Rome, Feb. 27. Whother or not Italy will participate in tho Panama' Pacific exposition in San Francisco noxt year will depend upon tho clauses in sorted in tho immigration bill now pond ing before congress in Washington. This intimation wins contained in a note handed to Ambassador Thomas Nolson Pago hero today by government officials. At present, the noto said, Italy intends to take a leading piurt in tho exposition, but it intimated that the clause providing for American mod ieal men on Italian Immigrant vessels is ono of tho things which might causo the government to reconsider Its de cision. Ex-MnQ'or Ernosto Nathan, of Homo, tihio Pti(iivn exposition commissioner, was host tmlay at a luuchcon at which Ambassador Page, Ira Nelson Morris and Francisco Nitti, tho Itulinn minis ter of agriculture, wero guests. WE UNITED mr.HS I.KAHKD WIRE. Madrid, Feb. 27, Keports of serioin rioting nt Lislion and elsewhere In Pop tneal wero confirmed in a stntorueiit Kmu.,i ier today by the interior depart- incut. The stutcmeiit declared that a slate of anarchy prevailed at Lisbon nnd that a serious uprising wus threat ened. BODY FOUND IN BAY. Sun Francisco, Feb, 27, Tho body of an unidentified man, ubout ,'15 yciu-s of age, was found in the buy todny. A eiinl bearing the name of M. J. Mc Veigh was found in tho coat puclet. BENTON'S BODY IL BE VIEWED General Villa and Washington Government Come to Term Regarding It. EXAMINATION BUT NO AUTOPSY PLAN Representatives of British and American Governments Will Be Present. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Washington, Feb. 27. The adminis tration and General Villa came to terms today concerning the Benton case. The statement was made on Secretary Bry an's own authority. The Bocretury seemed more hopeful than hitherto when he attended today' cabinet meeting, that international com plication would be avoided. In addi tion tp having reached an understand ing with Villa, it was believed that he had received a reply from General Car ranza, though this was a matter he would not discuss. From Mexican con stitutionalist sources hore it was inti mated that Carranra bad promised to prevent a recurrence of "Villaiam" in Northern Mexico. Draws Line at Autopsy. Villa, it waa learned, agreed to per mit Mrs. William IT. Benton to see her husband's corpse in company with two American and two British government representatives. He had no objection to letting an American army surgeon ex amine, but drew the line at am autop sy. General Scott, commanding the Amorican troops at Kl Paso, it was ex pected, would designate a surgeon to go with tho rarty, and it was taken for granted that British Consul Perival, of Galveston, would be one of the British representatives. Villa's Offer Seems Frank. "Villa's offer," said Bryan, "made through United State Consul Letcher, at Chihuahua City, seems perfectly frank. He says positively that Benton's body is buried in tho national ceme tery at Chihuuliua City. He offered to furnish a special train to take Mrs. Bonton, with two, representatives of this and two of tho British government, all of whom mny be surgeons, if doemed desirable, to tho spot. "The party will bo taken directly to the cemetery, whero the body will be disinterred, and every opportunity fur nished to exulmino and identify It. Getting Beady for Trip. "I directed Letchor to notify Villa that we accept. I have also notified tho British amliasnador here of what wo hnvo done and aro doing. The de tails of tho prospective visit nre being worked out.'' Before tho house foreign affairs com mittee Congressman Aiiiey of Pennsyl vania made a strong plea for a favor nbln report on his resolution calling on tho president for details of tho Mexi can situation and an account of all outrages committed on foreigners in Mexico. Bauch Bcliovcd Dead. I'nited Htutes Consul K.lwards at Juarez notified the secretary of state that (Uistuv Bunch, the missing German American, positively is not there. The consul ho hud incontcstlblo proof that Munch hud not hecu In .Inure, since) Februnry, IS, when a court martial was convened to try him on tho chargo that ho wns a fedorul spy. State department officials did not try to conceal their belief thut the missing innii wus taken to Chihuuhun City and executed. It was stated thut tho only foreign ers In jail lit Juarez at present are ac cused of nothing worse than such minor offenses as drunkenness and brawling, and are In no danger, Bryan Watthos Ooveruor. Bryan was keeping a cloee watch on the doings of Ooveruor Coltpiitt of Tex as, whom he warned against eudinr Tenas troo across the border, which he has been quoted as threatening, an Invasion of a foreign country being a (Continued on page S.)