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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
ITeIegraphiC and Telephone Ser
vice Between the Outside
World and Salem Paralyzed.
BUSINESS is PlLlNG UP
Switch Board at the Southern Pacific
Depot Blown Out This Morning
Puts the Western Union, United
Press, Bell and Home Telephones
Out of Commission.

Due to an electric light wire fall
ing across telegraph wires, the rail-
road switchboard at the Southern Pa
cific depot was blown out at
o'clock this morning, seriously dis
abling the entire Oregon system.
The trouble caused by the accident
was not only confined to the railroad
wires, but the Western Union Com
pany was unable to operate. The
Home Telephone CompaEy's wires
went down near the state house dur
ing the forenoon, due to the frozen
snow and ice weighing them down.
Bell Wires Down.
AT an early hour this morning the
Bell Telephone Company's wires drop
ped, and deprived Salem of it's last
source of communication south as
far as Jefferson and north as far as
Woodbun. Linemen representing
telegraph and telephone companies.
from Portland to Roseburg, have
been scurrying about in the attempt
TO locate the frequent breaks. Wire
troubles have occurred in three diff
ferent precincts here, and up to
o'clock this afternoon, no success had
been made toward locating the de-
fective lines.
Telegraph Business Piles Up.
The Western Union Office in thfs
city is being swamped with messages,
which they are unable to 'send over
the troubled wires, Occasional
communication can be heard passing
through Salem, but no complete mes
sages have been sent over a distance
of 80 miles.
Frost Inch Thick.
OfpIOalf fhfc morning frost and
ice formed on the slight telegraph
wires to the extent of an inch, and
was one of the principal causes Of
cutting Salem off from the outside
states and cities. The wet, clinging
snow falling at midnight last night
piled up on the wires, and when the
thermometer took downward
course about O'Clock, the trouble
began.
State Capitol Dark.
Every light in the state house went
out this morning, and the big build
ing was thrown in complete darkness
for the first time in many years. This.
was also due to the frost and ice
welghting down the electric current
wires. The electric people, however,
soon had the glim on again. The
falling of the state house wire Is be-
lieyed to be the one that started the
fire in the Southern Pacific depot.
West Side In Trouble.
Both telegraph and telephone COM
munication TO Polk county, and
other west side points has been inn
possible today. In order TO locate the
trouble, chief operators are COM
PEELED to get in communication with
the nearest station, and from there
trace up to the next. Repeated re-
pairs were made between this city
and Woodburn during the day on all
lines, and as far south as Ashland,
but, for some unknown reason, the
exact location cannot be found where
most of the trouble lays.
Oregon Electric Line Good.
The telegraph instrument In the
Oregon Electric Office in this city has
been merrily ticking away all day,
and the company has realized no
trouble whatever In transmitting
their messages to Portland.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
BINGER WILL
GO ON STAND

Portland, Ore, Jan. 31.-It has
been definitely settled that Binger
Hermann will be a witness in his
own behalf, but as yet it has not
been decided just at what stage of
the game that he will make his de-
but. The object of putting him on
the stand is to explain away many
of the points which the government
scored during the three weeks of
his trial. The evidence against him
was mainly documentary and cited
conversations between him and cit!-
zens of Oregon. Attorney Heney re-
CARDS the evidence as damaging TO
the defendant, but in the light of
the official duties of the commission
er, Hermann's attorneys say, the evil
dence viii be given an altogether
different appearance and meaning.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
TO IDENTIFY INDIANS
BY THEIR THUMB MARKS

A Chemawa special says: Orders
have been issued to the agents In the
field of the Indian service to require
thumb-mark signatures by Indians
who are not able to write
Thumb-mark signature are now re-
quircd on all checks, receipts and
other official papers, which were
formerly signed by a cross-mark by
Indians and others. The impression
is TO be made with the right thumb
placed after the names instead of the
cross-mark, as heretofore. The
thumb-mark is then Witnessed 10
make the Id MITIGATION certain, and
thus an infallible methe0d OF identi-
fication in case OF dispute or at
tempted fraud.
This was first done IN the Indian
service In 1905. when the system was
adopted as evidence OF the authen-
ticity OF written agreements with In
dians, the thumb print OF the sign
ers being required Ia addition 70 their
signatures or their marks. The sys-
tenn now includes the entire business
Of the department.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
GAME PLENTIFUL
Trapping and Hunting in Lin
coin County Pays
Well.

Newport, Ore-Lincoln county,
according to Charles Hyde, a veteran
trapper, who MAKES this city his
headquarters, still abounds in game.
the trapping of which is far more
profitable than mining. While talk
ing about his work today, he said:
"Fur-bearing animals are, of
course, much more scarce than when
started trapping many years ago,
but there are still enough to make
the business worth while. Mink,
worth from "a to $S; coon, worth
from 81 to $3.50, and wildcats and
black bear, worth up to $40 each,
are still quite plentiful. Marten, OF
ter, cougar and brown bear require
considerable skill for capture, but
give good returns when taken.
"Otter haunt the low country,
while most of the other animals are
to be found in the green timber
set my otter and fisher traps so as
to drown the game when they get
caught. Muskrats are seldom seen
in this section, but are very valua-
BILE, bringing soc apiece. Wildcats,
cougar and coon / prefer to hunt
with dogs, reserving my traps for
the other animals.
THE trapping season lasts from
December 1 to the end of February,
and in that time / usually consider
as a fair catch about a dozen otter,
two dozen fishers, three dozen mar
tens, 25 wildcats, maybe three cou-
gar, 10 block bear and perhaps
brown one, a pOlecat and a muskrat
and three dozen coons. This should
net me about $1,400, with practical
ly nothing for expenses"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
TAYLOR OF Los ANGELES
TO CONDUCT BIG REVIVAL

The ministers and churches of
this city are planning a union re-
vival meeting to begin about the
first Sunday in March. The large
warehouse on the university campus.
formerly used by the Nursery COM
pany, will be made into a tabernacle
seating about three thousand peo-
pie. A monster choir of probably
fully five hundred voices will be or
ganized and drilled, together with an
orchestra for leading the singing.
The Ministerial association is plan
ming to fill in the time between now
and the opening of the meeting with
union cottage prayer meetings, un-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
RICH MISS SWIFT
BRIDE OF PLUMBER

San Bernardino. Cal, (Speclal) -
Miss OraeltO Gertrude Swift, favor
ite niece of Joseph Swift, one of the
high officials OF the Mccormick Har-
Yester Company, OF Chicago, eloped
from her home In Redlands today
with George Jack Cooking. a young
Englishman employed as a plumber
Accompanied by Miss Lois Chess
man, the young people boarded a
San BernardinO Valley traction car
In Reldands this morning and came
directly 10 this city, following out q
plan formulated several days ago.
Procuring a marriage license, they
proceeded 10 Rev. Mark b. Shaw's
chapel and after swearing the min
ister to secrecy, they were welded.
When a reporter telephOned the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
new GAGS;
new SONGS
There Will Be Something Doing
All the Time---Do You
See?

The Y. M. G. A. Minstrel next
week will be the biggest thing ever
pulled off by the Salem Y. M. G. A.,
and that means that it will have to
"go some" to beat the performance
OF last spring, but the boys are CON
fident that II is to be the best ever"
and are working on it TO that end
In the following List of the com
pany," IL will be seen that the best
talent that Salem can produce, has
been secured, and is without a doubt
the best aggregation, for this pur-
pose, I'm the Northwest:
Soloists: Chapler, Knowland,
Knorr, Jones. Ellis, Wenger, Snyder,
c. Roth Metz.
Duets: Epley and Wenger;
Knowland and Chapter.
Quartettes: Knowland, Knorr, Ell
lis and Chapler-B Blackface; Epley
Smith, Wenger and Snyder-Orig-
inal Stalwart quartette.
End men: Chapler, Knowland,
Price, Ellis, Mills, Knorr.
Circle: Smith, Burghardt, Wolf,
Snyder, Jones, Cox, G. Roth, r.
Roth, c. Savage, Bishop. Tasto, r.
Broer. j. Broer, Metz, Paulus, DR..
Stone Gille, Schunke, Gahlar, Wins
low, Wenger, McIntire. W. McGi!-
christ, j. McGilchrist, jerks.
Abrams, Scharff, MintOn, Mills,
Knowland, Ellis, Price.
and Or. Epley.
Orchestra: StOudenmeyeC Kurth,
Catlow. Anderson, Burton,
Richey.
OliO: Chapler and Epley
Comedy sketch artists: Ellis and
Musical Duo: The Stalwart quar-
tette. And other 10 be announced
later.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31

with relation to a statement alleged
to have been made by McAlister
that the Fish Commission ordered
the Willamette closed and also the
Clackamas in order to avoid break
ing faith with the state of Wash
ington.
Afraid to Amend Bill.
Representative Jones then asked
me-" continued Mr.. McAllister,
whe4 the bill would cover the
trib q 'es of the Columbia and
show O e the bill. He showed me
the p, ION closing the Columbia
river a. waters and sloughs and
told =. that unless this clause
covered tT. ibutaries that the Will
lamette waA included in the law.
told him at this time that
there was Nefore the commit
tee on fishert hich covered the
Willamette ano ackamas which
had been preseA several weeks
before the joint s.ssion of the COM
mittee of fisheries and that 1 hoped
that this bill would be acted upon
favorably. I was anxious to see it
pass as it would codify the fish laws
which were and have been in such
a tangled condition that it has been
almost impossible to get head or tail
to them"
Mr.. McAllister then explained
that he did not desire to have made
any amendments to the bill which
had passed the senate for fear it
would be Killed as the session was
nearing an end. He also explained
that the bill had been agreed upon
at joint session of the fisheries
of Washington and Ore
gon and that the Washington law
had included within it's provision
clause closing the tributaries as we'll
as the Columbia river during the
closed season and that this clearly
indicated that an omission of this
clause had inadvertently been made
by the legislature of this state. He
further explained that his actions in
the matter had all been taken in
pursuance to instructions by the
Fish Commission and that they met
with the approval of the members
of this board. He admitted that it
was true that the Washington ses-
sion legislature was in session two
weeks longer than that of Oregon,
but expresses as his belief that it
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31

girls mother, Mrs. Frank Swift, OF
Redlands, she declared her daugh-
ter had not been away from home
But when convinced that the mar
riage had taken place, she hung up
the receiver, declaring she would
say nothing about the affair. The
bride is the elder of two daughters
of Frank Swift, a well-known archi-
tect of Redlands, who is a brother
of Swift of the Mccormick Com
pany, who owns "a large orange
ranch in Redlands and spends his
winters there.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
SALEM HEIGHTS PEOPLE
OFFER ADDITIONAL FARE
County Judge Busey Warns Them Not to Undertake to De-
Stroy Any Property.

There was a big meeting Satur-
day night at Salem Heights to con-
slider the question of getting car. ser.
vice. Feeling ran pretty high, and
there was some talk of tearing up
the track, but the meeting ended by
adopting a resolution unanimously
to pay fare from the city limits to
the rock quarry, and a committee
was appointed to wait upon Manager
Page with that proposition.
Rev Pogue appeared and spoke
for Mr.. Page, and County Judge
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31

Bushey spoke for the people and the
county He warned the people not
to resort to violence, such as was
contemplated in tearing up the
tracks. Second he urged the people
to tender a five cent fare additional,
as no corporation liked the idea of
doing something for nothing. and it
was worth five cents to ride that dis
tance.
Mr.. Page was out of the city to-
day and could not be seen as to the
company's attitude toward this lat
est proposition.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31

ion prayer meetings in the churches,
exchanges of pulpits among the min
listers, and the various measures and
methods necessary to make the
meetings a success. Rev. Taylor, of
Los Angeles, who has been holding
very successful meetings in other
Oregon cities lately, will be the
evangelist in charge of the meet
ings. DR.. Taylor closed the most
successful meeting ever held at In
dependence last night, making 301
conversions, or more than one-third
the adult population. He was as
sisted by a singing evangelist, and
his work is very satisfactory.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
M M U NICATIO N

To the Editor:-The article in Fri
days Capital Journal with the head
ing Was a Good Woman" does me
a great injustice. A glance at my
sworn answer would show the cause
of the difference existing between
myself and Mr.. Brooks, and the
reason why / am and have been liv-
ing in Salem. For ten years / have
patiently suffered indignities that
never ought TO be heaped upon any
woman. Until the past year / hoped
that the family might be united
After the initiative step was taken
by the plaintiff and a reconciliation
entirely rejected | consented TO &
property settlement The state
ments contained in the article
whether sworn to or not are not
true. MILDRED II. BROOKS.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31
FISH WARDEN
NC ALLISTER
EXPLAINS LAW
Willamette Was Not Included
in the Provision of the
Oregon Law.
FISHERMEN MAY CONTEST

The Present Law Was Agreed Upon
by a Joint Session of the Fisheries
Commission of Washington and
OregOn-The Willamette Was
Included in WashingtOn's Code,
But Omitted From OregOn's.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31

The government has been asked
for a permit to establish an inn at
Budd Springs, on klamath Lake, in
Crater national reserve.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-31

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-31

At n recent exhibition OF the New York
Water Color club the Beal prize Of $500
was awarded to Miss Hilda Belcher, a
native of Pittsford.
The Rev. Charles King Of Portland,
Me- has declined a call to the pastorate
of the Advent Christian Church in Rut-
land. He has decided to locate at Pressure
Isle, Me.
The Bennington painters and paper
hangers have established new bill Of
prices to go into effect April /, whereby
contractors will receive $500 per day and
painters and paper hangers $3.50, This is
q raise Of about rs cents.
association OF Vermont Academy was held
Tuesday evening at Hotel Bellevue. The
president OF the association Is Il. H..
Rugg. '8s. Principal G. b. Lawson, j. T..
Taylor and c. p, Hill represented the
academy. A meeting OF the trustees Of
the academy Will be held Saturday at the
Parker House. Boston.
The H. d. Gates Realty company of
Pouitney, with q capital stock of s.. 900.
organised to do a general real estate
and brokerage business, filed yesterday
articles Of incorporation In the office Of
the secretary OF state. Similar papers
will also be filed by tho Bridgewater
| Electrical company Of Bridgewater. This
company has a capital stock OF 81, 90 and
Is incorporated for the purpose of gem
Grating and sailing elsctricitY.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-31
ESTATE OF JULIA BIssoNErrIo.

STATE OF VERMONT, district Of Chit
tenden, SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for
the district aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons inter-
ested In the estate of Julia Bissonette.
late Of Burlington, in said district, de-
ceased,
GREETING:
Whereas, appllcatio hath been
made TO this court In writing, by the
authority to sell the whole of real es-
tate OF SAID deceased. for the payment
OF debts and charges OF administra-
ton. setting forth therein the amount
OF debts due from said deceased. the
rharges Of administration, and the
amount OF personal estate and the sit
nation of the real estate.
Pnd assia ned the 18th day Of April.
Jon, in said district. to hear and de-
tide upon said application and peti.
lion. and ordered puniic notice thereof
therein. by publishing said order to-
pether with the time and place Of
hearing, three weeks successfully in
the BURLINGTON Weekly Free Press. a
which n no es'psrss in tne
ested In said estate. all which, publ
cations shall be previous to the day
assigned for hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified
time and place assigned, then and
there in said court to make your OBJ
toctions to the granting of such
license, II you see cause.
Given under my hand at Burlington.
n said district. this 25th day of March,
1910.
40,w3t. Judge,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-31

Mrs. Eliza A. Shepard died at six
O'Clock Sunday morning at her home
@oi South Winooskl avenue, Mrs, Shep-
ard was 81 years old and had been i'll
since last fall as the result of a fall, She
Is survived by one son. Il. O. Shepard of
this city. and one daughter. Mrs. H. II.
Cakes of South Rutland. y. Y Mrs.
shepard was born in Canterbury. y. H..
May !, 1919. Her grandfather was a
colonel In the Revolutionary army and
one of the first settlers of Canterbury
In her youth Mrs Shepard resided in
bennington and she remembered we'll
hearing old soldiers. at their anniversa-
res, relate incidents of the Battle of
bennington. She had lived In Burlington
"a years and was a member Of the COL
lege Street Church during all of that
time.
The funeral was held Tuesday after
noon. with interment In Lake View
Cemetery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-31
LOOKS LIKE INFANTICIDE
Fourth Child in One Family to
Die under Peculiar Conditions.
Empty ParcgOric and CnstOria Hotties
Found in Darn ON Premises De-
cupied by MIR. md Mrs. SAM
uei Myers OF Shelburne.

The people of the little hamlet of
Shelburnc Falls are up In arms and
shocked at what they believe to he a
case of infanticide.
On Tuesday morning ut ten o'clock
n daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Myers. three months and Is days old,
died under peculiar circumstances.
During the past eight years three other
children of these parents have died
under the same peculiar conditions and
an Investigation was made by Dr. w.
IL Ranks. health officer of Shelburne.
The conditions found were startling.
1t was discovered that the mother had
fed pareRoric to the child since It's
birth, having mixed 1t in warm water
so that the child could nurse it out OF
bottle. The child weighed nine
pounds at birth and only six pounds
after death. The body was very much
emaciated and appeared as though 1t
had been starved.
DR. Ranks and Sheriff Allen visited
the home yesterday morning and in
the barn found % empty paregoric
bottles and another bottle half full of
the same liquid. There were also
eight empty castoria bottles. on
Monday the mother said that she fed
the baby a full bottle of paregoric
and part of another bottle. The baby
died the following morning. II was
also learned that up to n week and a
half ago the family had been pur-
chasing n quart of milk a day.
Or. b. IL stone and Or. c. +. Dalton
performed an autopsy on the body
yesterday afternoon and last evening
Or. Dalton said that the results of the
autopsy would not he known until
two or three days. They will report
the result of their findings to State S
Attorney Shaw.
DR.. Ranks stated last evening that
there had been talk concerning the
circumstances Of the deaths OF the
other Myers babies. all under a year
old, and that the parents had been
warned When he heard Of the last
death he Immediately started an In
vestigation.
People there state that Mrs. Myers
has said that she did not want any
Sheriff Allen the woman said that she
gave the baby paregoric to make her
sleep.
The paregoric used is termed Halls
elixir of paregoric and Is made in
Portland, Me. The label states that
the mixture Is As per cent. alcohol and
one grain of gum opium. DR.. Ranks
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-31
William VI. Martin.

William NJ. Martin, aged 30 years, died
Friday at the Mary Fletcher hospital.
Mr. Martin was stricken with paralysis at
his office March q. He WAS the man
ager Of the local branch Of the Western
Union Telegraph company and city ticket
agent for the Central Vermont Railway
company.
Mr.. Martin was a native of Frederick
county. Maryland. He received his early
education In the common schools OF his
home and afterwards continued his stud
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-31
II, ID. EDGERTON's ESTATE.

STATE OF VERMONT. district of Chit
tenden.
The Honorable the Probate Court,
To the heirs and all persons Inter-
ested in the estate of II. d. Edgerton.
late Of Charlotte, in said district. de-
ceased,
Whereas, application hath been
made to this court in writing. by the
administrator. praying for license and
authority to sell the whole of real es-
tate of said deceased, representing to
said court. that it would be beneticia!
to the heirs and all persons interested
IN the estate Of said deceased, to sell
the whole of the real estate Of said
deceased, and convert the same into
money.
Ana bringing into court the consent
and appreciation in writing, of all the
heirs to said estate residing in this
State. and setting forth the situation
OF the real estate.
Nhereupon, the said court appointed
and assigned the 10th day of April,
said district. to hear and decide upon
said application and petition, and ord
cred public notice to be given to all
persons Interested therein. by publish
}nd place of hearing. three weeks
Excessively in the Burlington Weekly
Free Press. II newspaper which cir
culates in the neighborhood of those
persons interested in said estate. all
which publica tons shall be previous
to the day assigned for hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to
appear before said court, at the time
and place assigned. then and there in
said court, to make your objections to
the granting of such license, If you
sec cause
Given under my hand, at the probate
court rooms, this 2Sth day OF March,
1910.
ORMAN p. RAY,
40w,3t Judge.