THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1917.
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phone 7.
WOOD BAWING; Call
tf
. "WANTED Teams to hsul wood. Phone
83F24. 7-
HOR8E AND COW FOR SALEWard
K. Richardson, 2395 Front St. 7
WINDOW CLEANING,
service. Phone 1391J.
JANIT O R
8
FOR RENT 7 room modern cottage
close in, $17. Phone 1422. 7
FOR SALE Good bicycle. Call
aessor's office or phono 439.
at as
7
FlAgl BARREL RTJSSELL WAGON
tender for sale. G. H. Benjamin, Gor-
vais. 7
FOR 8ALE Good Jersey eow, fresh in
few days. Phono l-i
WAITED WANTED At Royale Cafe
teria.
WaNT A GOOD GENTLE SADDLE
pony. Phone 11 Ffl.
tf
rOB BENT SIGNS For eala at Cap
ital Journal office.
TRESPASS Notices for tale at Jour
nal office-
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FOR RENT i room famished, mod
ern in every way. Phone 117. 352 N.
12th St. tf
WANTED TO BUT Mohair at East
Salem Tannery. 85th and Oak. Phone
i0M. - tf
FOR SALE! 8 or 10 dairy eows, most-
It Jersevs. Fred Stciner. Summit, Or.
' " 70
BLACK TARTARIAN CHERRIES
for salt! 2c per lo. pick them your
self. Phone 1359. . 7-4
WANTED 100 Loean berry pickers,
will pay a good price, good, shady
eamD crounds. Phone 70F14. 7-9
FOR RENT Furnished housekeeping
rooms, lights, bath and gas. 639 N.
Liberty St. 7-5
NEWLY FURNISHED HOUSEKEEP
ina room and sleepine rooms. 255 Cen
ter, or ihone 1525. 7-5
WANTED Hav to bale, have ifirst
class outfit. Phone 79F13 or -address
B. A. Reynolds, R. F. D, 8, Salem. 7-6
WANTED S3000 at 6 -per cent for
...... form awnritv. See J. A. Mills
320 State St. 7-5
KICE-Fnrnished housekeeping apart
ments, 491 N. Cottage. Phone 2203.
GET YOUR TRESPASS NOTICES
New supply of cloth ones at Capital
Journal. tf
CATTLE, HORSES AND GOATS FOR
,alc u. 6, box 49AA, 7 miles east of
Salem. 7-4
WANTED A horse about 1200, not
over $40 part payment. Work single,
1 week trial, no trades. Call or ad
dress 752 Trade St. 7-4
-T.EAUT1FUL HAIR SWITCHES
Asie from combings. Some Teal hair
switches at half price. 144 Wilson St.
Phone 883 W. 7-6
II IV VOTt SALE 250 tons clean clov
er, more or less, ready for shipping
July 10th. Ji. F. Lai ountame, uer
. vais, R. 2.
7-7
"WANTED A good young bull of ser-
vicable age, fawn color ana register
H nun preferred. Phone 4oF14 or
nljl John Girardin. Turner. Or.
7-5
- watctf.TW Snriner -ehickens - and old
bens, nignest mamti prices aiu. in
dependent Market. Phone 729. 157
dependent
S. Com'l St.
7-4
-lftT.4NRF.RRY PICKERS WANTED
.. rinnA pnmn m-ounds. wood and wa
4r a. ism Heiahts. R. 3. box 111. M.
V Woodward.. 7-9
SEWPORT COTTAGE OF 7 ROOMS,
nWtrie. lights, bath, well furnished
.t v bench. $50 a month. C. Shef
tiM. Newport. Oregon. 7-4
riRT -Rnntirl -iet nin mounted in gold
cold leaf in center set with pearl.
Bcturn to Capital Journal and re-
M.'rA reward. tf
FOB SALE 23 aeres, 20 acres in
yoang fruit trees, planted to beans.
Jfnst sell, am going away. Phone
T82B. Don't call unless interested, tf
FOB BALE See me for finest location
la town to live. Hava to change eli
mata on account of rheumatism. High
wrirrA niano practically new and
furniture will go in if sold soon. 1675
fWinaw. tf
;W ANTED 100 Loganberry pickers, 45
vtm. Kteadv nickine, fine camp
ground, free wood and potato patch,
water piped on ground, mile from
ear at oalem neigtns. t. v,ubbiuk
ham. Pnona 21F2. 7-7
FTYE
ACRES CREEK BOTTOMLAND
4 acres in potatoes; owner gets- h
on l1 aeres and 1-3 on 2V4 acres.
Price $125 per acre, $150 down and
balance 6 per cent. See J. A. Mills,
220 State.
7-5
IRY JOURNAL WANT ADS
TRY JOURNAL WANT IDS
TODAY
rOB BENT Strictly modern 8 room
dwelling, close in, $20 per month. See
Homer H. Smith, room 5, McCornack
bldg. Phone 96 or 1023.. tf
! Good Values in Used Cars !
Studebaker 1917 4-cyl.... $725
Studebaker 1914 fl-cyl. $650
Studebaker 1916 4-cyl. $650
Oregon Motor Car Co.
HIGH AND FERRY STREETS
REV. C. T. WILSON
IS UNDER CHARGES
BY FELLOW WORKER
Harry McCain, of Salem, Re
fuses to Divulge Nature of
Accusations
A special committee of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, meeting in
Portland tomorrow under direction of
the Rev.. William Wallace Youngson,
district superintendent, will investigate
charges of lying, defamation of char
acter and violation of law, brought
against the Rev. Clarence True Wil
son, former pastor of Centenry Meth
odist Episcopal church here and for
the past several years national execu
tive secretary of the Methodist Tem
perance society, says the Oregonian.
The charges have been preferred
against Dr. Wilson by Hairy McCain,
or eaiem, a fellow .Methodist and co
worker with him along temperance
lines.
Letters to Be Explained.
The charges are understood to be
even more sensational than would ap
pear on their face. Among other things,
it is said, Dr. Wilson will bo asked to
explain certain letters Written to , Mrs.:
McCain, attacking her husband, which,
Mr. McCain says, nearly broke up their
home.
These letters are understood to have
been written in Kansas City a year
ago, when Dr. Wilson and Mr. McCain
were working there in a prohibition
campaign. A statement alleged to have
been made by Dr. Wilson about Mr.
McCain also enters into the case.
Complainants Are Reconciled.
The letters will be produced at the
hearing-' in support of the charges
against Dr. llson. Mr. McCain and
his wife huve been completely recon
ciled.
While leaders in the church declined
to comment last night on the investi
gation and the charges against Dr.
Wilson, it is known that they have
caused a profound sensation within the
church. There has been much talk about
them for several days.
Statements Are Keiusea.
Rev. Mr. Youngson, district superin
tendent of the church, declined to dis
cuss the hearing or the charges last
night. He seid that in the absence of
Bishop Hughes, who is in Klamath
Falls, he did not want to make any
statements.
At Salem last night Mr. McCain ad
mitted reluctantly that the charges had
been brought by him and that some
sensational evidence will develop at the
hearing.
It has been mv intention to say
nothing of this matter until after the
hearings," said Mr. McCain. "In fact,
all partiets concerned have strict or
ders from their superiors to divulge
nothing about the ease.
But I see that the whole matter lias
become public from another source.
"Trouble between Dr. Clarence irue
Wilson and myself started a few years
ago when we were associated together
in the work of the Temperance society
of the Methodist church, of which he
is now one of the leaders. At that time
we were on a decidedly friendly basis.
"Finally I caught Mr. Wilson in a lie
or two. This situation became unbear
able, and I resigned to enter tho field
in which I am now working. He gave
me a plowing letter o'f recommendation,
but a few months after that it came to
me he was telling stories about me
which were untrue.
"The nature of these stories will de
velop at the hearing. Out of them
grew our troubles. He wrote letters
to my wife about me wnicn were ao-
olntely without foundation, and he
was on the verge of breaking up our
home.
Mv wife and I have returned to
each other and she) never made any
charees against me- You can say she
is with me heart and sonl. I
"Mr. Wilson is charged before the
ecclesiastical tribunal with lying, with
defamation of character, and with vio-j
lation of law.
"The lvinff and defamation of char
acter can be found in the letters which j
were written to my wife. He madei
conflicting statements in them which
show their untruth
. i T-i. - -. -.... nt inn. -:th -ht1i tiatmf
charged specifically is a violation
of the interstate commerce act. He isment. Yes 6,1 1. o-5,i-i.
charged with fraudulently securing free I Requiring election city, town and
transportation from one state to an-'state officers at same time, les 83,
other for a friend. ! 630. No 42,296.
"If the charges are proved, and I be-
lieve I have the evidence to do it. the
ecclesiastical tribunal of the church
mav suspend him until the next gen
eral Oregon conference can act on bis
case.
I am anxious that all the facts m
this case be developed at the proper
ime. but I am nnder orders, and a
nrnmise not to divuiee wnai i nave.
; .Mitinn. T have no intention ;
of disclosing my entire ca-e at this
tjme
"Iam satisfied that the letters wnicn early toony ana mrgo quanm.. -;
Tunmsimi will r-rove the onor found. Two members of the crew,
charges which have been filed sgainst
Clarence True Wilson."
CONDITIONS PLEASE
FIRE CHIEF HUnON
Finds But Few Fire -Traps
and Meets Hearty
Co-operation
Fire Chief Harry Hntton has made
a general inspection or the Dusiness
buildings of the city of Salem and
finds that the city is in good shape as
jfar as fire risks are concerned. He gave
I. i vnrninm tn oiil-lirn 1 I .1 I Uli- P t V ntFRPTI
! to clean up refuse and remove fire
hazards, and says that He met wits
practically no opposition and that the
pcoplo apparently realize the import
ance of the work of fire prevention.
He is well pleased with the co-operation
he received and believes that the
few fire risks existing will soon be re
moved. Next week he says he will make an
other inspection and if the warnings
he gave this week arc not heeded and
the fire hazards not removed he will
report the matter to the state fire mar
shal and have him take care of the
case. However, with tho warning giv
en, he expects little trouble in making
Salem as nearly fireproof as possible
as far as the hazards of combustibles
in the basements and refuse in the gar
rets of buildings go. He believes the
people are beginning to realize that an
ounce of prevention is worth pounds
of cure.
State House News
96
According to the statement of the
Southern Pacific, railroad company,
filed yesterday with the public service
commission, for the year 1916, the oper
ating revenues of that corporation
amounted to $121,481,980.74. It was
also shown that tho operating expenses
were $76,248,254.97, which leaves a net
operating revenue of $45,232,725.77.
Taxes and uncollectible revenue
bring down the net revenue to $38,903,
976.71. The non-operating income
amounted to $30,100,613.17, which
brings the gross income $69,004,589-88.
Deducting from this amount rentals
for leased property and interest on
funded debt, which amount to $65,414,
512.77, brings the net income ofr the
company down to $3,390,077.11, whiei
is just $28,337,527.91 less than the in
come derived the year previous.
Governor Withycombe was the orator
of the day at Oakland, Douglas county,
where he helped the citizens celebrate
the Fourth. Although the governor
had great many invitations to assist
in celebrating the nation's naiai aay,
Oakland got in first and as a result
the others had to be declined.
George Palmer Putnam, the gover
nor 's private secretary, represented the
governor at Klamatn f ans, wncre tne
ceremony of turning the first dirt on
the Strahorn railroad was held.
A communication was received by
the public service commission yester
day from the Heppner Commercial club
stating that the railroads had been urg
ing the club to endorse the proposed
15 per cent raise in intrastate freight
rates. The club stated that it was not
sufficiently informed on the matter
and therefore took no stand either way.
The communication also statea mar,
the interstate commerce commission
was competent and qualified to pass on
tho interstate freight rate matter.
State Fire Marshal Wells stated yes
terday that during the month of June
w t 49 fires in the state. The
loss resulting he said amounted to
$54,620. The fires are segregated as
follows: 25 residence , 19 business
buildings and stocks, three mills, one
theater, and one automobile.
The sum of $1,382,190.06 is given as
the operating revenue of the Pacific
Power & Light company of Portland,
which filed its annual report with the
public service commission yesterday.
The op-iiating expenses were $628,366.
07. During the year a dividend of
seven percent was declared, which net
ted the stockholders the sum of $280,
000. ,
The report of the Portland and
Southwestern railroad showed that the
operating revenues for lain were
$55,44H.vl and the operating expenses
$44,463.48. The net income, after ex
penses were deducted, is given a
$740.80.
Announcement of the official vote
caBt at the special election held June
4 when the people passed on the meas
ures referred to them by the 1917 leg
islature, was made yesterday by Sec
retary of State Olcott. At this election
he sho-.vs that the total number of
votes nst was 148,366.
Following are the several measures
with the tota 1 state vote for and
against:
Authorizing ports to Create limited
indebtedness to encourage water trans
portation. Yes 67,445. Xo 54,860.
Limited number of bills introduced
and increasing pay of legislators. Yes
22.276. Xo 103,238.
Declaration against implied repeal
of constitutional provisions by amenrt-
- nts thereto. Yes 37.18
o 72,44.1.
uniform rax
Four nundrea inoraioa uouar m
-levy for new penitentiary. es 46,6.
So 86,11)--)-
Six million dollar state roail honn
issue and highway bill. Yes 77,316.
No 63,;03. -
PLENTY OF BOOZE ON STEAMER
Portland. Or.. July 4. The steamer
l?nu ltv was rained oy a sqnaa
police and harbor patrolmen soon after
,ner amvai acre
William ODonnell and Carl Webber,
were arrested.
'FOURTH OF JULY HAS
A DEEPER MEANING
Celebration Less Noisy But
Marked by Under Current
of Deep Patriotism
A quiet Fourth of July for Salem.
Yet, a significant Fourth, with th-j
world war in the near background
Salem, with about five hundred of
OWnerS:kAr anT1fl : ,,., nrvip.0 tf ltnil finm
doing duty on land and sea, celebrated
the Nation's birthday with more seri
ousness than for many years.
There was a deep undercurrent of
feeling apparent, and, the usual shat
tering of the air with bombs and giant
crackers, was absent. '
The fact that the American army is
in France and on its way to the battle
front had a toning down effect. When
it is realized that the Fourth repre
sented the birth of American liberty,
and that Americans are again marching
to the front to engage in battle for
World Freedom, it made the day more
serious and full of meaning than ever
before.
There was less superficial noise but
more 'iving, throbbing patriotism.
The flag had more significance to
day as it swung in . the lazy breeze.
There were more flags hung out this
year than for many years. Practically
every heme and every citizen carried
the emblem of America, which stands
in tbe light as never before in its his
tory. It was a safe and a sane celebration.
At the State Fairgrounds.
"Somewhere in France Our Boys are
in the lard of fighting, and somewhere
in FTance, the American flag is being
carried to ultimate victory." With a
voice which was full of emotion, Wal
ter L. Tooze, orator of the day at the.
Fairgrounds, spoke these words and
brought forth round after round of
cheers. Beginning by complimenting
Mr- Keyes and Dan Langenberg, he
then said:
'Liberty means more today than it
has ever meant since the Declaration
of Independence. We are face to face
with a great crisis, such as the coun
try has never known. We bore the
sinking o the Lusitania and the An
conia until an hour when the liberty
of tbe world was so endangered that
our entrance into the war was inevit
able. Today there is no hyphenated
American. The nation is joined to
gether bv a common bond of loyalty,
and
of faith in the final triumph of -
Liberty.
"In the Revolutionary wr,
lhe I
Vrench consecrated American sul with
their blood, and today, we have the
privilege of repaying them for the
tlitn so timelv rendered. . The
United States has never ehiered ft bat
tle except for human Liberty, and Old
Glory has never gone aow w oeieat
The present war, unlike other wars, in
which the aim is the liberty of a
division of the people, is for the Liber
ty of the people of the World- There
fore we nnist win, and to that end
every cue must do his duty. Two of
the greatest factors in the great war,
from humanitarian standpoint, are
the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A.
"Since the entrance of America in
to the war, our country has taken a
leading part, and is alreayTec-jgiii;-.ed
as a leader among the Allies".
Program of tte Day
Tho rroeram of the day was com
menced shortlv after 10 o'ciock this
morning by "two sele;:ii is by llie
Salem Military Band, nftw which Auji-
Huckestein, as ehairinau n
day, made preliminary rumnrKS relative
to' the wogram- He ihn iiitrodj;'ed
Salem's 'Mayor, Walter E. Kcyes, who
read the Declaration f lnl.ipciidcr.ee
a manner which hill Wie mtenun
of the large crowd to tlio lut woid.
Dan Landenberg popular s-doitt, w n
favor with his audie'ieo uy singing
patriotic song, "--i wu
States" The National A a tin m, ""lhe
Star Spangled' rixnvr ' was thn
plnved ly tho rnnil. the rutin) as
semblage rising to its feet and remain-
iiiE thTe tnrougn me i-.w. ......
came 'n-3 oration oi i ""j, . -
alreadv been mentioned, after which
Mr. Huckestein made a very forceful
i f, tha Red Cross membership
ial secretarv of tho
Y. M. O. A., only awaited the finish cf
Ti.,i.-atotn ' nrmeal. to sine li
; i' beautiful Spanish song
.i.;i. h- Biiir in a very creditable
wav. As an encore he sang "My
Wonderful Love for Thee."
The band closed the program, and
then the fun of the morning began.
ah ha,U assembled alone the street
leading to the grand stand where un
der the direction of William Mcf.il
christ, Jr., Oscar Gingrich, and . I.
Staley, the loot races were
Entries were numerous in all the events
and pri'.?s of 1 for first ana ou ceius
for second places were given.
The rnze winner.
The events and winners were:
Bov 100 vards, ages under 13, 1st,
M. Sproed; 2nd, Ralph Mace.
Bovs 200 yards, ages jo iw J",
Rilph Trnry; 2nd, Herbert hocoioiskv.
Boys ICO yards, ages in to jh,
C- R- Jennings; 2nd, B. H. j-riar.
Girls 100 vards. under 13, 1st, Kessie
TTiimmi- 2nd. Hilda Sproed.
All fours race, free for all, 1st, Mor
ris Wagner; 2nd, Joe Sproed.
Spud race No. 1, 1st, Mike Sproed;
2nd, Francis Wright. !
Hpud Tsee No. 2, 1st, Joe Pproed; 2nd
Herbert Socolofsky.
Sack race, 1st, James Putnam; 2nd.!
I Vera W right.
Wheelbarrow race, 1st team, Morris
Wagner and John Dawson; 2nd team,
Joe and Mike Kprwd.
There were to have been events of
a greasy nature, snch as climbing the
greased' pole and catching the greased
pig, but these were put off till after
noon. Some fast races were expected dur
ing the aftrraoon on the tratk, as some
of the most noted trcSters and pacers
of the Northwest were on the starters'
list
Report on thee Ttere not reeiv-
STRUCK BY AUTO BOY'S
SKULL IS CRUSHED
Ector, of Quinaby,
Found with His Wrecked ;
Bicycle, in the Road j
Stru.-k by a speeding automobile '
whose owrcr is as yet unknown, Willie I
Ector, who lives near Quinaby, lies j
unconscious at the Salem Hospital with '
the tep cf his head crushed and his
body badly bruised. The accident hap
pened iuar the poor farm about twelve
o'clock last night and Ector was found
unconscious in the road in the tangled
remains ft his bicycle by a boy who at
once called assistance.
Ector pas brought to the Salem Hos
pital suffering from the crushed skull
which cursed convulsions. This morn
ing Dr. W. H Byrd operated on him,
and took out a piece of the skull. Late
this afternoon, the boy had not jet re
covered consciousness, although short
ly afternoon his pulse was good, and it
was thought he might waken at any
time.
It is believed that young Ector was
returning to his homo at tjuinaby last
night ).'.nd that as he was riding his
bicycle northward the automobile
swooped down on him and crushed him
before lie had a chance to get out of
the way. The automobile evidently
did not stop to examine into the in
juries of the victim as he was found
huddled in the road with the ruins of
his machine about him. The automo
bile was going south.
TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORE
National
(Afternoon games)
R. E. H.
New York 8 8 1
Brooklyn : 0 5 2
Schupp and Gibson: Coombs and Mil
ler.
Boston '. 4 8 1
Philadelphia 2 6 2
Ragan and Tragressor; Rixcy, Mayer
ana runner.
St. Louis 4 10 3
Pittsburg 15 2
Doak and Gonzales, Snyder: Cooper
and Schmidt,
American
R, H. E.
Washington 5 5 2
New York 4 12 1
Dumont, Avers and Ainsmith: Cullop,
snawkey ana JNunamaKcr.
Phla,1lnh;n 0 0 1
Boston .".""!.!.Z!." 6 7 0
Falkenburcr and Sehmur: Foster and
Thomas.
Chicago 4 -8 2
Detroit, 3 7 0
Williams and Schnlk; Mitchell, Cun
ningham, Boland and Spencer.
First -game " R. H. E.
Cleveland 2 4 0
St. Louis - 0 6 4
Bagby and O'Neill; Sotboron and
Severoid.
OPEN FORUM
OPPOSED TO AMENDMENTS
Salem, Ore., July 4tb
1917.
To tne voters or Salem:
I have before me the Daily Capital
Journal of last night, and the Oregon
Statesman of this morning, and wish
to call the attention of the voters to an
error in the lirst and a very evident
misconception of the issue presented in
the first proposed amendment in both
of tnese papers. In its article on tho
first page the Journal said: "The
opinion of the court was that an at
tempt was made to replat without first
vacating the previous platting, and that
therefore the attempted rcplatting was
not valid." Reference is intended to
the Twell'ch street case. Vhat the court
really did sny was this: "The plain
tiffs (the property owners) base their
calculations upon whnt we shall dcsig
nate as the attempted plat, while the j
city makes its estimate from the lots :
and bloi-ks as shown by the previous i
plats on the theory that the attempted
plat is void, since no steps wore taken
to secure the formal vacation of any
of the previous plats. For the purpose
of this litigation it will not he neces-
ed in time for publication this after
noon. A larje crowd was in attendance at
the morning activities and it is esti
mated that several thousand witnessed
the sports.
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Cnpvripnt rVnrral News Sorvn-r f'opvrr'ht l"nt1frwood & I ndorwomi
TKOOI-S JUST LAMEt IN FRASVE LEAVING THE V. 8. BATTAI.K.'N OK COL. IUV EN 'ft RK U M EXT OP
1. S. Marines formed in the f-&rajc T"ou:;is Uh rifle flt;ukeI, roa!v to ontraia for iiuharKaTion to France. Iu-
nert Col. Doyen.
INDEPENDENCE DAY I
This Store Will Be Closed All Day
On the Fourth of July
. J.'JJ.COOilLoOODG
sary however to do more than to call
attention to the controversy about the
remonstrance, since the view we take
concerning tho publication of the no
tice tor bids is iletenninativo of the
suit." This shows that the court did
not in its .opinion pass upon the merits
of the rcplatting or of the remonstrance
The mandates which wero recalled did.
however, pass upon these matters, and
they were decided against the city. At
the timo I am writing this the supreme
court has not indicated what change,
if any, it will make in the mandate.
The Journal says that "the opposition
to the ninennments have been trying
to pull the wool over tho eyes of the
people in arguing from ground that is
false." That is not a true statement,
for at the time the arguments contain
ed in my lettor to the Statesman pub
lished July 1st were mado tho mandate
of tho supreme court stood as I stated,
and the fact remains and will alwayB
remain, that tho City lost all those
cases because of failure to comply, with
tho very plain requirements of our char
ter, drawn for the protection of our
citizens.
Now the above is simply made to
show that neither I nor anv others who
have been arguing in good faith against
what we deem to bo very dangerous
amendments to our charter, our only
mtans of protection against ignorance,
incompetence and graft so prevalent fii
American municipal government, have
been in any way attempting, to pull the
wool over anybody's eyes. So far as I
can sec the matter, the so-called High
street and Twelfth street cases have no
direct bearing on tho issues in this cam
paign, particularly on the issue present
ed by tho first proposed amendment.
The nuestion as presented by that
amendment, called tho "Re assessment
amendment," is simply this: Do tho
people believo that under our present
charter they have not a bit more nro-
ftection than is needed to safeguard
them aaainst the imposition of confis
catory liens, or do they believe that the
charter as it stands contains unneces
sary provisions, not calculated to serve
any good purpose, so that they aro per
fectly willing, with open eyes, to vote
them away, and put themselves com
pletely at tho mercy of the council and
the paving contractor. If the issue is
cluttered up with all kinds of state
ments from the committee who favor
the passage of tho amendments, as to
what the courts have said or have not
said in the Albert case and in the Fry
case, and if the present attempt to
creato a city, wido prcjndico against
these men continues, many of the voters
of Salem will not know what they are
voting for or against when they go to
Lake Washington
Opened by Cana!
Seattle, tash., July 4. With an
aquatic pageant, led by Admiral
Peary'? Arctic flagship Roosevelt, the!
Lako Washington ship canal, connect -
ing Puget Sound wan two fresh water
lakes within the
i-uy iiimis,
formally opened today. The
canal
represents the realization of a hope
first cherished in 1856 in the report of
General George B. MH'lellan to Secre
tary of War Jefferson Davis.
The canal is eight miles long, has
locks second in size only to the Pana
ma canal, cost .f (1,000,000 and opens up
100 milci of lake waterfront to the
largest ocean going ships afloat The
cost was borne jointly by the fedcnil
government, state, county and city.
HOME BREW SKOOKUM
Portland, Ore., July 4. It took five
poiieemen today to subdue and take to
tho city jail J. Thompson, amateur
brewer, after he had taken several!
drinks of his home made neverage. He
is charged with violating the prohibi-
tion law. '
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tho pulls on Monday. Are we to dwido
this election according to our preju
dice for or ajaiii8t certain individuals!
If the limn who is able to retain good
attorneys to represent him before tho
courts of this state is unable to obtain
justice, if the people are ing to ride
over his rights, what can tho poor man,
the small homo owner, expect?
Some people say, why not give tho
council the powers that thev ask for
in these amendments, and if they then
attempt to abuse those rights, stop
them by injunction jnow what do yoii
voters, most of yon, know about. 'in
junctions f Not very much, I dare sav,
but perhaps you know that an injunc
tion is a remedy that the courts are
uot especially willing to grant, and
perhaps you also know that when yon
ask for an injunction you. must put" up
a bond to reimburse the party aainst
whom you proceed fur damages he may
sustain in case you are wrong. How
many of you aro willing to pin your;
faith ou this very uncertain remedy, to
pay big attorney's fees and a fee to
a bonding company for a bond; to stand
back of the bond, too, and pay dam
ages, perhaps. How can you be suro
that tho damage will not all be dtme,
beyond repair, before you have time
even to think of an injunction. In the
now famous Twelfth street case the
men in the council who were pushing
this paving against the will of the ma
jority of tho owners were so anxious
to push tho thing through that they
had the bids opened, you may remem
ber, as the court found, ou the day be
fore they should have been. That was
against the charter, and that was why
the city lost that case. But if you pass
the first proposed amendment, what
remedy will you havo if such a thing
happens again f Yon won t have any.
If you read my letter to the States
man referred to above, you will remem
ber I spoke of the condition of the.
I Market street paving. If you read the)
'rirci-i-uiiiKs oi uiu iuHi council meeting
you will note that the council voted to
make repairs on the street. Who will
pay lor thatl The contractor who laid
that paving, which the city accepted
for yout Not much; you will pay for
it, as a general tax payer. Whose fault
was it that Market street, and other
bad streets in town, were accepted as
all right Your fault! No. Whose fault
was it that the city lost the cases that
have been dragged into this discussion
as an issucf Your fault, agninl No., it
was the council's fault, as you know,
and yet you are asked to give them
still moro power. I don't believe you
will do it.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE J. WATSON,
Strike Situation at
Butte Grows Worse
Butte, Mont., July 4. The strike sit-
nation stands still fnrthqx complicated
today with peace apparently far away.
1 Striking electricians of the Montana
power company last night rejected tho
I company's compromise offer, xn.l then
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men now want an increase of ift 1 a day,
a five and a half day week, and the dis
charge of the -superintendents, foremen
and company officials who have been
keeping lines in repair while the men
struck- '
The companies counter proposition, it
is said, would give the men more money
than tliey asked for, but did not recog
nize the five and a half day week.
BURN BABY TO DEATH
' C'ulfux, Wash., July 4. Firecrackers
thrown by pas-scrs-by at Alvena Schier
man, age three, as she was playing in
the front yard of her home, set fire t
her clothing today and burned
so
severely she died.
County authorities are hunting the
person who threw the fire crackers.
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