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All the News that's Fit to Print Everybody Reads the Daily Capital Journal ffik Hi fl. dCttvyt nil ( t f The Best I Circulation Newspaper THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, THUESDAY, MARCH 19, 19H. PRIfF TWfl rFNTS 0N TRAINS AND NsTWi riici a y vj tcntSt stands, fivi cbnii. VESSEL IS SUNKWITH HER CREW Unidentified Three-Master Run Down by Liner and All on Board Perish. KAISER WILHELM IS UNDAMAGED BY CRASH Flashes News of Tragedy by Wireless, But Unable to Say How Many Lost UNITED PnESS LEASED WIRE. Ostend, March 19. Colliding in a dense fog with the big liner Kaiser Wilhelm an unidentified three-master went down with all on board in the North, sea today. The liner was undaanaged, and flashed the news of the tragedy here by wireless. How many perished is not known. Crew of Julia A. Trubee Saved. Kinsale, Ireland, March 19. That it shad on board the crew of the American schooner Julia A. Trubee, which was abandoned March 7, en route from Perth Amboy to Martinique, was the signal received here today from the British steamer Nubian. PORTLAND COMPANY IS AIDING. WILLAMETTE SOUTHERN UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. ' Portland, Or., March 19. Important announcements aro expected within a clay or two from President F. T. Grif- fith, of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, affecting the Willam ette Valley .Southern, a lino being built southward from Oregon City, 32 miles, toward Mt. Angel. Trains are being operated over six miles of this line. President Griffith, over tho long dis tance telephone from Kstacads, admit ted that his company is affording as sistance to tho stockholders of the Wil lamette Valley Southern, but denied any intention on the part of the Portlnnd railway to take over tho road, as had lieen repeatedly rumored. By the establishment of working traf fic arrangements with the Clackamas Southern, whether by actual operation of the entire line from Portland to the present terminus, or merely by a friend ly pact of co operation, the territory south of Oregon City would be served without the necessity for a second in ternrban line between Portlmnd and Oregon City. Added strength was giv en the rpport of this traffic arrange ment today with the filing at Oregon City with the recorder of Clackamas county of a mortgage to secure a bond issue up to .1,000,000. The filing was made by F. C. Taylor, private secretary to President Griffith, though it was in the name of the Willamette Valley Southern Railway company. CALLIEUX CASE COSTS ANOTHER MAN HIS JOB I'NITED I'RESS LEASED WIRE. Paris, March IB. The Caillaux case cost another cabinet member his port folio today. This was Minister of Marine Krnest Monis. He resigned fol lowing the remark by one of the law makers in the chamber of deputies that probably h would be influential enough to prevent the prosecution of bis ex colleague, former Finance Minister Coil laux's wife for killing Editor Cnlmette of the "Figaro." When Monis wns premier, the deputy added, he succeed ed iu delaying the trial of Henri Roch ette, accused of swindles aggregating Ji 1,000.0(1(1, as well as in getting him released on bail, the result being that Roihette disappeared nnd had never been seen since. PEAR ULSTER BAIDS. TNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. illefnst, March 19. The government i taking the precaution of inercasirg the military guard, both day and night, at several arms and ammunition depots iu Ulster including Carrickforgus Castle barracks. Apparently the government i apprebeusive of raids by the Ulster volunteers. Wedding Brings Convict Freedom Kimzey, Sentenced to Serve 30 Yeats Imprisonment for Statutory Of- ' fense, Pardoned. Springfield, El. March 19. Gov- ernor Dunne today signed a full pardon for Charles Kimsey, who recently began serving a 30 year term in the penitentiary for a stat- utory offense agai'.st Cora Calvert a minor. Before the signing of the pardon Eimsey married the girl in prison. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Chester, 111., March 19. Flat an nouncement that Charles Kimzey, sen tenced to 30 years imprisonment for a statutory offense against Cora Calvert, would be given his freedom this after noon was made hore today by Chairman Lewis Stevenson of the state pardon board. Governor Dunne already has agreed to sign Kimsey's commutation on application provided he marries M'ss Calvert and the ceremony will be per formed at the penitentiary this after noon. "Kimsey is free,'' said Stovenson, "Cut he will not know it until this af ternoon." Miss Calvert came hore this morning to greet Kimsey. She expects to marry him at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The ceremony will be porformed in tho prison parlor by Chaplain McDuff. Stevenson will hand Fimzey his com mutation papers as soon as the core mony is porformed. L. D. Porter, Miss Calvert's grand father, arrived here this morning witn the license, wedding ring and civilian clothes for Kemsey. Governor Dunne this afternoon issued the following statement at Springfield' "Before I went east I signed two commutations. I don't remember whether Kimzoy's commutation was one of tho two. , "The board of pardons haB a dockot showing the commutations I Bigned were to becomo effective March 17." Girl Opposed Prosecution. Miss Calvert was a member of the household of Kimzey 's father, a pros perous Illinois fanner. When a son wns born to the pair, tho girl being under age, Kimzey was prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to 30 years' imprison ment. Tho girl was unfriendly to tho prose cution from the first, however, and af ter Kimzey had gone to tho peniten tiary, protested so vigorously that her baby needed his father's name and sup port so much nioro than the state need ed revenge for the wrong against her self that her rolatives, who had been most active in pushing the caso against him, took the other side, and were equally active in working for his par don. 10 DEAD AMD 2 DIG AS RESULT ROW OF UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Chicago, March 19. Two children were dead today, their parents dying and a six-monthi-old baby was in a serious condition as a result of a fam ily quarrel at the home here of John Lindstrom. . Bertha Nelson, a neighbor, heard loud voices in the Lindstrom home last night. Today she smellod gas, and, bursting through the door, found Linda Lindstrom, aged 4, and Mabel 2, dead in bed. Lindstrom lay unconscious on the floor of his bedroom. Mrs. Lind strom, with her baby in her arms, was found dying In" the kitchen. Mrs. Lindstrom was fully dressed, while her husband was in bis night clothes. Every gas jet in the house was wide open. The police Mrs. Lind strom turned on the gas, FAIL TO ENJOY MANSION. UNITED PRESS MA SCO WIRE.) Pasadena, Cal., March 19. Just, two months after moving Into her i0,000 mansion in Oak Knoll here, Mrs. W. ('. Leistikow died early today. Jlor hus band died November 15, exactly two months before the mansion was com pleted. Lcistikow was an immensely wealthy banker and wheat grower, with interests throughout the Dukotas and Manitoba. They came here from Winnipeg. WOMAN HALTS BOYS AT POINTOF REVOLVER High School Lads Make Mis take of Stepping on Lawn of Mrs. Smtih. THEY EXPLAIN MATTERS Taken to Police Station Where they Convince Offirers They Are Guilt less and Are Dismissed. Believing that she had discovered two milk thieves, Mrs. Carl Smith, who re sides in Fast Salem, last night held Ralph Burroughs, who lives at 366 N. Commercial street, and Carl V. Strat ten, who resides at 5-) N. Liberty street a the point of a gun, while other mem bers of tho family phoned for the police. Milk stealing has been a common thing in East Salem for some time and last night Mrs. Smith was on the lool ou t for tho thieves. She noticed two persons on the lawn near tho porch and, turning on the porch light, stepped outher W08' "ani tho cour.t awarded him and covered the young men with a gun. I to me whcn tho divorce was granted Night Officer White went to the me from Mr- Hamilton four years ago. place and took the boys in charge. They Thero are 110 provisions in the decree, wore brought to tho police station and La8t Ma' wnon Mrs- Hamilton was ar it was found they were not milk thieves i rostea for kidnaping the child, the court but two prominent high Bchool lads w ho . Bave m tlie custody of him. Now wore out for a lark. they are tryin8 to take him from me. I After being lectured, the lads were . told to go home and "ay there. FORECLOSURE POSSIBLE. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Newport, R. I., March 19. There are indications now of a foreclosure sale on Castlewood, the Summer home of Mcs.1,,,, thpjl her mothor.in.lBW bcfaa a Emile Bruguiere on Coddington Point ; hero. The Savings Bank of Newport holds a mortgage of $35,000. Several j attachments have been placed on the property by Newport and other mor- chants this winter. Mrs. Bruguioro and her son are in Paris and it has been im possiblo to servo writs. STATEWIDE PRIMARY IS FAVORED 'AFTER BIG IT f UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.l Indianapolis, Ind., March 1!). After an all-night session, tho Democratic state convention's resolution commit tee, at 5 a, m. today adopted a state wido primary plank, us a result of de mands of Senators Kern and Shivoly and Representatives Adair, Cullop and Barnhart. A majority of 13 com mitteemen were opposed to the plank, but finally agreed to its insertion. Later the convention adopted the pri- mary plank and re nominated Shivcly for senator by acclamation. The thrent - ened stampede for Thomas Taggart to succeed Shivcly failed to materialize. Senator Kern, permanent chairman of the convention, euologized both Presi- dent Wilson and Senator Shivoly. The latter also praised the president's for eign jioliey. THAW'S FRIENDS BUSY. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.l Albany, N. Y.,' March 19. With a M't ition a half mile long, bearing ap proximately 5000 signatures, two law yers, two press agents and a messenger, all representing Harry Thaw stood in the capitol lobby today buttonholing members of the legislature. The peti tion asked that the legislators uso their influence to end New York state's ef forts to secure Thaw's return to Mat teawan. The lawyers, the press agonti and the messenger asked the same thing. Assemblymun Golden had a speech along similar lines ready to be delivered Mondav, JONES HEARS FROM WILSON. UNITED PRESS I -EASED WIRE Washington, March 19. Senator Jones, of Washington, who yesterday denounced President Wilson's attitude on the Panama cnunl tolls act, culled at the white house today on another mat ter. President Wilson immediately told him that he was "skating on thin ice" when he intimated yesterday that bis (President Wilson's) canal tolls addre-is was prepared at the request of S'r Lionel Carden. The president told Jones that his address was in the hands of the printer three dsys before Carden railed at the white house. TO TAKE HER CHILD Mrs, Jensen, Arrested on Com plaint of Portland Moth-er-in-L&w, Explains. SAYS COURT GAVE CHILD Prosecution Claims She Forfeited Her Eight to Boy When She Left State of Oregon. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Tacoma, Wash., March 19. In the woman's ward at police headquarters here today Mrs, Pearl Jonson, arrested on a wasrant sworn out in Portland by her mother-in-law, Mrs, Eva Hamilton, charging her with kidnaping, defied the Oregon authorities to take her child from her. Mrs. Jensen said bIio would exhause every resource to keep Mrs. Hamilton from obtaining custody of her boy. "He's mine," she said, with tears iu fl8ht extradition. If necessary, I will appeal to the women of Oregon and Washington. They will do some thing in my behalf." The prisoner was married to William Jensen 13 months aftor being divorced from Hamilton. And it. was then, nha persi9tent fi(,ht to socun, p098(,sljiOI1 ot flpr chij(j Prosoc " tor Dow Baid today at the divoMO de(,ree nftd becn modifie(, s0 tlm(. M Jcn8Cn . roUibitc(1 fr0II1 ri). ,; x,or MU fr, nrnnn si,., violnted tho decree, ho says, and so has forfeited her rights to tho boy's cus tody. THREE MEN KILLED, Detroit, Mich., March 19. Throe men wore missing nnd undoubtedly perished today in a fire which destroyed the Houghton-Dctroit Elovntor company's building here, with $50,000 Iobb. They wcro John Law, Walter Libbey and Oeorgo Todd. Earl Monger, a fourth victim, jumped from a filth-story win dow, and suffered injuries from which ho ,m,st dio' HEALTH OFFICER IS BUSY MILES AND DEPUTY AID IN EX TERMINATING FLIES AND RE PORT PROGRESS. About the busiost official of tho city at prMOnt is Health tyfficcr Dr. O. B. . Miles. Both Dr. Miles and tho deputy health officor aro making a campaign I against manure piles, and Dr. Miles Btate.l this afternoon that ho hoped to rjd t18 residential district of such fly- breeding places within a short time. The city health officer proposes a new plan whereby tho city may obtain some good results, and at the same time meet with more success toward ex terminating the fly. Ho states that there should be a limit created where in no chicken yard or cow pen could be kept without places having cement floors, with a drain which connected up with the sewer. Dr. Miles says that a chicken pen or a cow yard has no business In the center of the residential district, and that they should bo regu lated aJong samo linen as building per mits, etc. lr, Miles is working hand in hand with those conducting the fly campaign here, anil declares that hn will do all within his power to nssist In extermin ating the pest. The Weather The Dlckev Bird says: Oregon fair tonight ond 1'ri duy; liht froht in eastern portion to night; and easter ly winds. Memo rial Statue of Ma rk Twain Will be Unveiled rlf ,',-'c" LJfti t U , In Jm iMtwtwwtt.'fMiswawr Statu of Mark Twain to Be Hannibal, Mo., March 19. The $10, 000 memorial eroctel by the state of Missouri to tho memory of Samuel L, Clemens (Mark Twain) will be dedi cated thiB spring, oither in May or June. Tho monument is located in Riverview park, in the northern part of Hannibal. Tho monument commission appointed by former Governor II. 8. Hadloy and tho Hannibal Commercial club will per fect plans for the dedicatory exercises, and tho formal unveiling of thostatuto promises to bo a big cvon. Tho sculptor, S OVER TO N.P. NEW TUNNEL AT UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Tacoma, Wanh., March 19. Signal izing the entrance of a woman into a 14 'WWailtiWi &jks. y new sphere of activity, Mrs. Nolson' its attitude on tho Irish homo rule bill, Dennett today turned ovor to tho North- and for its refusal to mnko further cou em Pacific railway tho completed Point' cossions, was urged In tho house of com Defiance tunnol in the north ond of this ' mons today by A. Bonnr Law, leader city, which is to shorten tho Tacoma-: of the opposition. Ho declared tho sit- Portland line and greatly roduco the'uation was more dangorous than over.' grnilc' Aftor challenging the govormnont to j I'pou the death of Nelson Bennott tlio take a referendum vote regarding pro-1 pioneer railroad builder lust July, Mrs. Bennett notified tho company officials of her Intention to Bsnume the contract obligations of her husband and promised to finish tho groat $1,000,000 projoct on schedule timo. Personally superintending the work on the big tube, Mrs. Bennett soon hnj matters running smoothly. More thun :il)0 men were uudor her contrul with a monthly jmyroll in excess of 18,000. From eight to ten hours ovory day the resolute woman executive was "on .he job" personally supurvising tho woik of her subordinates. Her untiring ouor - gy was rewarded yostuiday whon the finishing touches were put on tho mi lo lling tunnel and today It was pro nounced ready for tho psssago of trains. TO MAKE NO GREAT CHANGES. I UNITED PRISE LSASSII WINS. Washington, March 19. It was Inti mated at a meeting today of the horti cultural board of the department of ag riculture that no important changes re garding quarantino regulation affect ing Hawaiian fruits were contemplated. Members indicated that the only change probable was that the government will tu )( over the inspection of fruits, now being made by Hawaiian and California sLnto authoriti SPOTT PLEADS NOT GUILTY. I'NITrU Plirss LEASED Willi.! Sun Francisco, Mar-h III. Paul A Spott, an Oakland plumber, accused Men's club of Portland and II. A. liar jointly with Maury I, Digs ami Wal- null, representing tho Orange societlcu ter (iilllgun of a statutory offense are in Kent tin today to ask Mnyor Gill against miss jua reurring, pieauen nut guilty today before Superior Judge Lawlor. Tho case was set for trial March 31. wsfc lfwpflPlBl Erected In Hannibal, Missouri. Frederick 0. Hibbard of Chicago, a Mis souri boy, born and reared in Lewis oouuty, a fow miles north of Hannibal, dosigned snd made the figure which has Veen, pronounced a great work not only b ythoso who are critics of sculp turo, but by old acquaintances of Twain. He stands simple and eroct, dressed pluinly in tho samo kind of clothos as any othor man, and half turns his head to gnzo down tho mighty Mississippi rivor, whoso wators and Bhores he loved and made famous. SAYS UNIONIST PARTI IS IN FAVOR OF HAVING E UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.) London, March 19. Adoption of a motion to censure tho government for posed concessions, Law promisod that tho opposition would accept tho result as finnl, "If tho government is serious it ought to explain its attitudo," said Uw, "Tho Unionist party Is opposed to any sort of home rulo, but it is not willing to shun shut tho door of peace." Unionist papers published today stor les that tho guards of tho barracks at Londonderry, Belfast and othor places had been doubled because it was feared Orangemen contemplated ammunition ' raids. Reports that warrants had been Is- sued for Sir Kdward (.'arson and other lilsterlte were denied here. SAY ASIATICS TO BE BARRED. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. Washington, March 19. Another at tempt to secure consideration of an Asiutic exclusion bill was made before tho house Immigration cmomittee today by Pacific coast representatives. It failed bocnuso of tho absence of hair man Burnett, Western congressmen, however, predicted that a bill restrict i lug the immigration of Mongolians ami Hindus would bo favorably rortod at this session of congress PUBLIC MARKET MOVE. f I N ITVn IMIKHS l.r.ANEn WIRE.l Scuttle, Wash., March 19. Kiigene Brookings, of the Progressive Business to spcaK at I'nrtlaud anil launch a movement for the establishment of pub lie markets there. They visited the Seattle public markets this morning, im DESCRIBES (ILL1G 0 149INJAIL Are Brought Out Twelve at a time, Lined Up Against Wall and Shot Down. MOST OF CONDEMNED MEN ARE UNMOVED Bodies Piled Up and Troops Marched Past to See Mu tineers' Fate. united riass LEASED wins. Mexico City, March 19. "It was ter rible but it was the only thing to do," said Captain Adan Toledano, speaking today of yesterday's execution of 149 fodoral mutineers at Jojutla, of which he was an eye witnoBS. "The nine loaders wero hanged and thoir 140 followers were shot," he con tinued, "The men wore brought out in squads of a dozen at a time. An em bankment served instead of a wall. Tha work was done rapidly. The firing squads made ready as the prisoners were lined up and as the men foil they wore piled together, and before burial the troops were marched past to got a close view and profit by the lesson. "This is usual in cases of executions for mutiny. "Most of the eon lorn ned faced dwifk, stolidly. -Hears of Mutiny.' "I was at Cueronva a week ago when. I heard that the nutiny at Jojutla had occurred and that Oenoral ' Alastrista had boon killed by tho mutinoors. "A special troop train was ordoroj, with General Castro, military governor of tho state, in command, nnd we loft at once. Arriving at Joputla at 7 lu tho evening, wo fouud thero were 230 mutineers against our force of 900, ' Ity midnight we had takon tho bar rncks, with Mil prisoners. General Cas tro incest igated and fouud most of them wero convict soldiers, maiuly thieves and pickpockets. Ho ordered thorn shot the day after the Inquiry was finished." Castro Ordored Executions. "We captured Jojutla after three hours' fighting," Baid Oouurul Castro, who also was hero today. "I person ally ordered the execution not only of tho Ml) mutineers but of SO others cap tured in neighboring towus the next day. It was the only way to quell the mutiny and enforce discipline. "f did not see tho executions my self but I recolvod full reports from the officers who had charge of thorn and made a complete, report to President Hucrta. Rebels Claim Victory. F.l Paso, Texas, March 19. Absolute ly contradicting reports that Qcnornl Villa had boon defeated at Kscalon, reb els here wero showing a telegram from the constitutionalist loader today de claring hn had beaten tho federals and expected to occupy Torroon Sunday. The mcssago was received at Juaret last night and contained the first def- nito news to reach tho north from tho fighting line siuco March 15. Later of ficial advices amplified It somewhat. So also did a telegram front Gonersl llenavides, who was roKrtod yoiterdsy to huve been killed In battle, llenavides message said tho Eacalon fighting was not on as serious a scale as tut ,1 been rumored though the gonerul admitted it was "annoying." He as sorted that the federals were thorough ly beaten and in full retreat from Tor roon, Huorta's Domands Bother, Mexico City, March, 19. Between tho devil and the deep sea, the big business men Bud great landowners on whom I'resiilunt Hucrta culled lust night for help in his campaign against the robels were debating tmong themselves today what course to pursue. ' The president ' demand wns that each of the Individuals In addressed equip and pay ten men to serve with tho fe I eral forces. This would give him in army of about .190,000 men. (Continued on page 8.)