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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
All Means Have Been Exhaust
ed and 1t Is Now Up to
Governor Benson for
His Decision.
DAILY ALSO SWINGS
REMARKABLY STRONG EFFORT
TO HAVE FINCH'S SENTENCE
COMMITTED is MADE, BUT THE
RESULT is STILL UNDER THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVES HAT.

Two executions will take place at
cient pressure can be brought to bear
on Governor Benson to secure eXecu-
tive clemency before that time.
Friends of Finch, the slayer of Ralph
Fisher, are busy. His mother and
wife are staying at Salem. The
mother is 80 years old and has had
an interview with the governor. Her
plea is offset by the charge that when
Finch lived with his mother at AL
bany he neglected her and the neigh
bors frequently came to her relief.
Governor Benson is going over the
entire testimony in the case and has
sent the usual formal official letter
asking information of Judge Brou-
nagh, who sentenced Finch, and Cam
eron, district attorney, who tried
him. More petitions are on the way
from Portland. No Salem men are
signing the petitions for Finch's COM
mutation, and this is considered un-
favorable, as nearly everybody here
Knew him
In the DAILY case Judge Ganten-
bein of Portland, who tried the sem
fenced man, has written letter that
might be construed into a plea for
executive clemency, but District At
torney Cameron is against commuta-
tion. There is a petition of jurors
and some prominent citizens of Port
land, but DAILY seems to have no i'm
mediate friends or relatives. Cover
nor Benson is working day and night
on both cases trying to go over every
detail of the petitions and lettres that
are piling up.
Finch ate hearty meal this morn
ing at the prison and his courage has
not receded in the least. Finch is
undoubtedly basing much grounds for
hope on the persistent pleas of his
friends to the chief executive and he
views the entire occurrence as a mat
ter of course.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
EDWARD
CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY
King Is SO Years Old, But How
Many People in America
Know or Care About
Such a Matter.

London, Nov. 9.--King Edward VII
is celebrating his 6Sth birthday pri-
vately at his residence at sandring-
ham, Norfolf, today. His birthday was
officially celebrated on Coronation
day last June.
The counties of Norfolk and Suf-
folk, which consider themselves part
of the royal domain, have closed their
schools nhonor fthe event, salutes
are being fired at Garrison towns all
over the empire, flags are flying ev-
erywhere and thousands of congratu-
latory kilograms from prominent men
and women throughout the world
have been delivered at Sandringham,
where the king will remain today
surrounded by his, family and few
friends. Court etiquette forbids the
presentation of gifts, except from
members fthe royal family, but ten
ants and employees of the kings
own estate are allowed 10 make kind
ly little offerings. and with these
Edward is fairly overwhelmed today.
At sandringham house the party
is very select and the festivities,
though hearty, are on an extremely
modest scale. Among those present
are Queen Alexandra; the kings
daughter Queen Maud of Norway,
and her little son, Prince Olaf; the
Prince and Princess OF Wales and
heir little children; the Earl of Rose
berry; Portuguese ambassador, the
Marquise de solverll, who is a close
personal friend OF his majesty, and
the Duke, Duchess, Princess, Patricia
and Prince Arthur OF Connought.
This morning there was shooting
party an dtonight there win be a ban
quet, TO which the king has invited
500 OF his farmers and farm hands.
A theatrical performance will con
clude the celebration.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
The GIRL
STUCK TO n.
HER BROTHER

.visalia, Cal, Nov. 9.--Miss Retta
is suffering from a number of
serious burns which she sustained
last night in an heroic effort to save
the life of her 12-year-old brother,
whose clothing had caught fire from
an exploding lamp.
The youth was mass of flames
when the girl began to tear off his
clothes with her bare hands. She
had practically succeeded in tearing
OF tleSburning garments when her
mother poured a bucket of water over
the youth and saved him from being
badly injured.
The girl will be SCARED for life.
Her lands and parts of her body are
frightfully burned.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
MEREDITH
MAKES
NEW RULES

In the effort to further the ac-
commodations to the theatre-going
public, Manager Frank Meredith, of
the Grand opera house, has an
nounced that hereafter the box Office
will be open the day before the re
'spective attractions, beginning next
Friday, when the Third Degree"
production opens in Salem. The tick
cts for this attraction will be on sale
the day before, Thursday. Manager
Meredith is prepared to assure the
patrons of the Grand that the COM
ing attraction "The Third Degree, -
is one among the best road plays now
in existence. Salem people demand
first-class shows" said Manager
Meredith this morning, 'and first
class shows are what we are en-
deavoring to secure for our Salem
public" -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. !


Wilmington, N, c., Nov. BY
$3.50 ocolck tomorrow night Presi-
dent William H. Taft will have COM
pleted his first long tour of the
country as president.
After his arrival in Washington
he will only be at the white house
for about ten hours, for he ie4res al.
most Immediately for MidllelO Ow2,
Conn, where he is to assist in he
Inauguration of Shanklin rs presi.
dent fthe Wesleyan University.
President Taft is entire.y satisfied
with his trip and has presenre1 his
views to almost the enti "a n9':an
His annual message TO congress
can be safely forecastei
In his message President Tatr VIII
advocate thespostal savings bank; a
ship subsidy creating merchant ma
inc; simplified form of government
and all other important subjects up
on which he touched during his trip.
There Will be no startling innova-
tions in the message, and it will be
anything but a Rooseveltian docu-
ment,
President Taft believes that his
southern trip has gained for himself
and ris policies many friends among
the conservative democrats there.
touch with the several elements .of
He also believes that he now is in
his own party and is better prepared
to deal with all the problems that
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
When Everton attempted

When Everton attempted to
arouse him, Simpson fell over, and
all efforts to restore him to life
failed.
DR.. Long today tried the use of
electric batteries, the injection OF
saline solution and artificial respica-
ton, as we'll as all other known
heroic measures in his endeavor to
restore life.
Bverton has been arrested on a
charge of manslaughter, but prob
ably will be released ON bail, pend
ing the action of the grand jury.
An autopsy will be held in an eff
fort to determine the exact cause of
death.
Everton said today that he could
not explain why he was unable to
awaken Simpson. He said the only
possible explanation he knew of was
the fact that Simpson had been
drinking before he appeared at the
theater.
DR.. Longs decision that the man
is dead prevails, and the body has
been placed in the hands of the cor
oner.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
Supreme Court, in an Opinion
Written by Judge Nc
Bride, Stands by the
Lower Court.
CITIES HAVE RIGHTS
ANYTHING THAT is A NUISANCE
COMES UNDER THE RULE AND
CITY HAS A RIGHT TO MAKE
REGULATIONS CONCERNING a
PUBLIC NUISANCE.


Holding that it was proper ana
Just course of law to enact an crdf-
nance abolishing nuisance In a city
municipality, Notwithstanding that
a local option law was in force h
the city, the supreme court afiirmea
the Judgment OF the circuit court "a
Lane county today, IN which the ap-
pellant, Charles Mayhey, was tried
and convicted Of conducting pIaeo
where liquor was handled, and seu-
tenced for the crime.
The defendant appealed from the
sentence of the lower court npoa
bases which have been decided by
the Oregon supreme court many
times. 1t was contended in the de-
Tense of Mayhem that the ordinanss
adoDted by the city of Eugene eea
flicted with che. general local oytiw
law. The supreme court holdp
that in so far as conflicting mp-
nioipality law would be void ans
null, city has the privilege % Ell
act laws abollshing nuisances, and
that the Eugene ordinance was com
petent as safeguard against all ~
cal nuisancss, whether dre 10 liqUor
traffic or from any other source. "
long as it had been actually estaS-
.ishsd that nuisance exists.
The opinion was written by Jus
tice NcBh le and contains nf1ny
poi ITS OF law in reference to local
and state laws. In conclusion. fhE
opinion states: "The court B 20
take judicial notice that by laws OF
the state, the State University is Io-
Gated in Eugene, and, while under
all circumstances, an unlawful tin
pling house is undesirable In a conn
munity, it is particularly so in a
college town where are congregateh
a large number of young msn noe
under paternal restraint, and afnm
rated from those home Influences
which makes so much for sobriefg.
A business which may be tolerated
in other communities may be an in
tolerable nuisance, especially in
college town, and we conclude thae
the ordinance is just and reaso1-
able under all circumstances
Other opinions handed Down ry
the higher tribunal this mornEmg
We're: w. II. o'Neill, respondsnt.
against Edison Keith Co., appellants.
appealed from the circuit eonrt Of
Multnomah county A. f. Sears.
judge; affirmed in am opinion wrft-
ten by Justice Eakin.
w. e. WiIlett, respondent, w L.
b. Kinney, ct al, appealed from tina
circuit court Of Coos county; J. w.
Hamilton, Judge; affirmed in an
Opinion writted by Chief Justice
Moore.
Margret Fetting. appellant, va
Martin Winch. respondent, apDeale4
from the circuit court of Multnomah
county; Earl O. Bronough, judge.
affirmed by Chief Jul stice Moore
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
CAME OUT OF
CONDITIONS
A CORPSE
Was Hyptonized, But When He
Wakes Up He Woke Up
Dead as a Mackerel.
Gone Elsewhere.
LuNIrEp rnEss LEAsEp wInE. J

Somerville. N. j., Nov. 9.-After
every known means of restoring life
had been tried in vain, Robert
Simpson, is years old, was declared
dead today by DR.. William Long.
following Simpsons collapse last
night while under the hypnotic in
fluence of Arthur EVerton. a profess
sional hypnotist. at a local theater.
Simpson was a professional sub
ject," and travelled with Everton,
who claims that the boy is not dead.
but in a cataleptic state.
DR.. Long insists that Simpson was
dead when he first fell to the stage
floor.
The hypnotist had placed tha
young man in a rigid state. and. at
ter stretching HIS body from orr
chair to another. stood upon IT,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
GRANTED THREE
DIVORCES LAST NIGHT

Judge Galloway in department No.
2 of the circuit court granted three
divorces after Z O'Clock last night,
when the regular daily court business
had been completed. They were
Ruby Flint Hughes against ]. F.
Hughes; Lillian Sheldon against
Stuart Sheldon, and R. Rorr against
T. F. Rorr.
Judge Galloway is just getting
started on the large docket for his
department, and there will be many
cases in equity disposed of before
the end of this week.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
JOY HIS IN DRAWING
THE RIGHT CAP
''He either fears his fate too much,
Or his deserts are small,
Who dares not put it to the touch
s1AsF To win, or lose it ALL"

A basket social will be held at
Salem Heights school house Friday
evening, November 10, beginning at
1880 p. m.
A short program will be rem
dered, after which each lady present
viii wear cap the duplicate of
which will be placed in a package
and sold to the highest bidder. The
purchaser will then enjoy the. privi-
lege of partaking of a daintily pre-
pared supper with the lady who Is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09

The strongest plea for the oki4
homa bank guaranty law Is that ev-
erybody was paid But don't iet 4
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09

may come up in this winters session
of congress.
President Taft returns with all
manner of souvenirs ranging from a
gold trophy to the great seal of a
city" in solid gold. From Wesleyan
the president on Friday goes to Hart
ford, Conn, where he dedicates an
armory He then returns to Wash
ington, where he remains until No
vember IS, when he goes to Hamp-
ton Institute. where he talks to the
negro students.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09

Address by d. E. Yoran, G. V. c.
Work in the different ranks by
selected teams.
At the banquet table Judge DIM
ick viii act as POSTMASTER and all the
prominent members from all over the
state will be called upon to respond
TO appropriate toasts.
Judge Morrow will respond TO the
toast THE Ladies'" That he will DO
himself credit and the order honor
is a foregone conclusion.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09

found wearing the same kind Of a
cap,
County superintendent Smith viii
act as auctioneer.
Everybody is cordially invited to
participate.
+. A. MYERS.
MISS GRETTIE,
Teachers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
CONVENTION TONIGHT

The convention will be called to
order at 1880 this evening by Grant
b. Dimiek, d. ID. G. c.
Address of welcome by W. T. Rig
don, c. c.
Response by Grant b. Dimick, d.
d. G. c.
Address by Frank Menefee, G. G..
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
HOW SALEM
PROPERTY is
''YUMPING''
German Society Corner Has
Practically Doubled in
Value During the Past
Six Months.

Few People have any idea the way
Salem real estate is jumping forward
and what a good Investment means
in Salem dirt. It is shown by the
recent transfer to Butte & Wender-
9th of 1914 feet front of one-story
brick for $4,000 in round figures or
over $500 per front foot. The same
price was paid for the 1914 feet
next door by F. E. Shafer, the har-
ness man. The effect of the deter
mination of the Willamette hotel
property owners to expend $50, 700
on remodeling that building is shown
by the advance in the values of the
property on the corner north, owned
by the German Building Society, for
which the owners are practically Of
fered $4,000 The German society
bought that property six months ago
for $4,000. The society will build
next year. and the trustees figure
that the corner. inside OF five years,
will be worth $4,000.
What Boise Has Done.
Boise. Idaho. practically the
same sized town as Salem. with only
three public Institutions TO Salem
eight, has paved 20 miles OF hael
surface streets. and such corners as
the above arr worth $4,000 and
500. 900, showing the effect %
street improvements in boosting val,
ues- The next night this city should
make Is to force a frst-class hard
surface boulevard through to the
state fair grounds, and one south
and east to the city limits.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
PREDICT A HOT GAME
OF FOOTBALL
LyNITrD FnEss lEAsnD VIM. J

San Francisco, Nov IA canvass
OF the two teams today indicates
that the annual intercollegiate foog-
ball game between Stanford and ca
ifornia, on the Stanford campus sat-
urday will be the most hotly con
tested game ever played between ths
two universities.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-09
RESULT OF TRIP is
SHIP SUBSIDY AND
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK
President Taft Completes His Trip Tomorrow Night at $50
oCIoCk-HaS Been in Close Touch With Some of the
People and Reaches Few Definite Conclusions.
A FIRM ADVOCATE OF THE SHIP SUBSIDY

S ALSO FAVOR A
TIME ADVOCATES "a SIMPLE FORM OF GOVERNMENT"
MISTAKE BELL EWING HE HAS UNDERSTOOD THE
COUNTRY EXPER FROTH BLOWN
BEER--A GREAT PRESIDENT, BUT MUST WAKE UP,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
HOW PEARY FOUND NORTH POLE
Intrepid Explorer Tells About His Successful Dash to the
ADex Of the world.
Apex Of the world,

open water, March 2 and 3; held up
by open water, March 4 to II; crossed
the eighty-fourth parallel, March Iii
encountered open lead, March 15J
crossed eighty-ffth parallel, March
49, crossed eishty-sixth parallel,
March 20; Encountered open lead,
March %; passed Norwegian Record.
March 23; passed italian Record,
March "a; encountered open lead,
March &c; crossed eighty-seventh
parallel, March 27; passed American
Record, March ss; encountered open
lead, March 90; held up BY 6pen wa
ter, March 80; crossed e~ighty-eighth
parallel, April 81 crossed eighty-ninth
parallel, April Ii north pole, April 6.
All returning left north pole April
7, reached Cape Columbia April %,
arriving on board Roosevelt April q.
The Roosevelt left Cape Sheridan
July 10; passed Cape Sabine August
g.; left Cape York August 26; arrived
at Indian Harbor with all members of
expedition returning in good health
except Prof. Ross G. Marvin, drowned
April 10, when As miles north of Cape
Columbia, returning from SO degrees
north latitude in command Of the
supporting party.
ROBERT E. PEARY,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24

hard to force the Roosevelt a good di
lance to the west Of Cape Sheridan.
but the lee bafied him. For one red
son Or another on the edge Of. the are:
tie winter last year he aid not Of could
not take his vessel along the northern
coast of Grant Land to the west OF Cape
Sheridan, ana SO it spent last winter
not SO far from its old berth in the
ice in the winter of 1866:
The sledge expedition left the Roose-
velt on February Is, willis it was
still practically dark In that latitude:
The sun scarcely begins to peer above
the hills for d few minutes d day.
even several hundred miles to the
south of the coast where the Reose:
welt was w%intering. 1t comes Into
view a little later in that more forth:
ern latitude and the party made slow
time to the west as it felt it's way
along.
The northern Grant Land coast Is
likely to be exceedingly difficult to
traverse, especially in the early spring
on account of the masses of e. ice
that have been pressed on the shore
or broken into great blocks and
stranded along the sea edge.
1t is no wonder that 1t took the par.
ty Is days to travel westward as far
as Cape Columbia. 1t is likely, how
ever, that Commander Peary succeed
ed, before winter set in, in cacheing
supplies to the westward so as to ac-
c%elerate a little the westward move
ment of the sledge party before it
struck out northward over the sea.
Arriving at Cape Columbia on
March Is the s1edges turned to the
north On the sea ice. The explorer had
laid much stress upon the fact that he
intended to travel much further to the
west thai on his trip in 1906. His dis.
patch shows, however, that he did
not take to the sea any farther to the
west than he did on his earlier trip.
Commander Peary says nothing in
his report of being detained by pres
certain that he met with no impedi-
ment of this sort such as made his at
tempt to reach the pole in 1902 a con.
tinuous and terrible struggle.
A great obstacle and the M that
undoubtedly prevented him from
reaching the pole in 1906 was the wide
water James or leads Of water, some
of them so long that he could not get
around them.
Peary's summary seems to show
that he was a little over thirty-fve
days on the journey from the land to
the north pole. In this time he was
delayed about fourteen days by water
leads, leaving a little more than three
weeks for the actual sledging work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
THOUSANDS SEE HEROINE DIE
17-Year-Old Girl Drowned While
RescuinR Companions.

Pittsburg.-Twelve shrieking,,. panic
stricken children just before shutdown
Were swept in a rowboat over the raging
dam that stems the Monongahela river
at Eighteenth street, this city. Thou
sands of citizens on the river banks
watched, horror-stricken, a heroine's flu
tile efforts to stem the slow movement
of the cockleshell to where a frothing
eddy marked the 25-foot drop of the
river over the government dam.
Cecilia Roach, a 17-year-old girl, tenn
porarily stemmed the boats onrush to
destruction, and though her heroism and
presence of mind enabled the rescue of
ten of the young children, she went over
the dam to death, and with her a 13-
year-old child, who lay fainting on the
boats bottom.
The sight of Cecilia Roach calmly tug
ging at the oars in the river, while one
by one the precious freight of children
was snatched to the safety of other
skiffs, caused the cheers of thousands to
end in dry sobs as she went with the
skiff to the rapids below. It was a mag
hifcent example Of heroism.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
HARTMAN is LAID TO REST
Heads Of Estate Take Chief Part in
the Funeral.

OAAo AO 81.
Arden, n. Y.-Through the quiet aisles
of the Ramapo Woods the body of Ed
ward H. Hartman was carried Sunday
from the great house he never lived to
see finished and laid in its last resting,
place on the Arden hillside. The rulers
of Wall street came from New York
to pay their last tribute, but the most
prominent part in the funeral cere-
monies was taken by the men who knew
him best as a country squire, master of
the great estate (which covers $4,000
acres of hill and valley in this most rug
ged part of rugged Orartgse' county.
His general superintendent, his master
carpenter, his master mason and the
MANAGERS and assistant managers of his
dairies, his farms and his trotting sta
bles, were the men who bore his coffin,
and the services .werea led by his own
chaplain.
The pines and oaks that surround the
little Episcopal Church of ST. Johns,
half a mile, up the hill from the Arden
railway station, never before sheltered
such a Distinguishing gathering as stood
bareheaded under the shade by the grave.
The funeral was pirate, and only those
who had received invitations from Mrs.
Hartman were admitted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
COTTON CUT SHORT.



Memphis, Transaction opened very
rapidlysduring thesweek Throughout the
South. Except in the Atlantic states,
where there are some good crops, the
yield from the fields that have been
picked over is not satisfactory, and the
indicated total out-turn is small. Crop
estimates are, therefore, small. Except
on lewlands the plant is not growing
now; and rains would aid but little to
the production. "
There is much less complaint Of she'd
ding, but it is notable that the com-
plants have ceased where the loss has
been severest, and some correspondents
noted that the plant has lost every
thing but hatured or half-matured hollis.
In Texas it is estimated that with ia
vorable weather the crop will be nearly
all gathered by. Oct: Is. East of the
Mississippi river numerous showers fell
during the week, and Arkansas also got
some rain. These. showers helped. to
stop shedding and retarded slight the
rate at which the hollis were opening.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-24
LOW COLONIST FARES TO THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST.

Union Pacific Passenger Depart
ment that Colonist Fares
will be in effect from Sept. Is to Oct.
15, 1909, to all points in the West and
Northwest.
This year the West looks more
promising than ever Now is the time
to secure land at low prices. and, at
the same time, to visit the many inter
esting points in the West and North
west, at which liberal stopover ar
rangements may be made. .
"A better estimate Of raw lands can
be made now than formerly, because
these lands are in proximity to new
farms that are producing wonderful
crops.
For descriptive literature, write
to E. L. Lomax, G. P. A, U. P. r. r.,
Omaha. Neb.