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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
Committee Goes Through the
Rough Draft Of Commission
Charter and Will Complete
Its Work Before Monday
Night.
MAYORS SALARY is $24O0
viii Get $500 Each
Mayor and Each Commissioner
Given Absolute Power of Appoint
ment in Departments They VIII
Have Charge of, and All Meetings
Must BE Open to the Public.

For the purpose Of finally deciding
upon the provisions contained in the
rough draft for a charter for a COM
mission form Of government for the
city the committee appointed to draft
the document held a meeting last
night and after reviewing half of the
CODY as revised by the city attorney,
and making several important
changes, adjourned until Monday
forenoon. The remainder of the
draft will then be considered and
adopted and copy be made ready,
so that the charter may be submitted
to the city council for it's considera-
ton at its meeting Monday evening
Mayors Salary Increased.
After a consideration of the salary
of the mayor and the two commits
sioners, the committee decided to in
crease that of the mayor from $4,000
to $2,4OO a year, making his salary
5000 a month. This was done be-
cause it was felt that man compe-
tent and qualified to fill the position
could not be obtained for a less sum.
The salary of the two commissioners
was left the same, $1,000 year
The fire department was also taken
out of the hands of the mayor and
placed in the hands Of the third
commissioner Under the charter,
the mayor still exercises jurisdiction
of the police department
Appointing Power Absolute.
BY a change made last evening the
mayor and commissioners are given
absolute power in appointments in
their departments. UnGer the first
draft appointments were subject to
the confirmation of the other two
commissioners. The mayors term OF
office is made four years, and the first
term of the commissioners at two
years, and four years thereafter
Meeting to BE Public.
Under the first draft it was alsC
provided that the mayor and com
missioners might hold. their meeting!
wherever they pleased, and there wa!
nothing to prevent them from beini
held in secret. The committee de
cided to change this by making i
compulsory that the meetings De nel'
at the city hall and that they b,
open and free to all desiring to at
tend.
Neither the mayor nor the commits
sioners are allowed under a provi
sion inserted last night to hold an,
other office having salary attache,
to it.
A provision limiting the citys liza
bility in case of accidents on tn
walks or streets was stricken out ol
} the ground that it was meaningless
. that subject being governed by tn
general law of negligence.
The provision empowering tn
commissioners to invest the sinking
fund of the city in certain securitie
was changed to read SO that the
would be empowered to invest ther
only in securities Of the city Of Sa
lem.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
WILLAMETTE
WILL WORK FOR
ENDOWMENT T

After deliberating at length over
the matter, the committee in charge
of preparations for the banquet to be
held here on September 22, the pur-
pose of which is the waging of a
campaign for the endowment of the
Willamette University, decided to
hold it in the tabernacle on the uni
versity campus.
The banquet is to begin at 6 o'clock
and the preparations will be made to
seat an even thousand. The commit
tee will have the tabernacle brilliant
lv Illuminated and handsomely dec
Grated, and everything else will be
done to make the banquet one TO be
long remembered in the history OF
the city. -, :,
Among the speakers who will be
here and deliver addresses are:
Bishop Smith, of Portland; DR.
blake, of New York; R. A. Booth, oil
Eugene and T. S. Mcdaniel.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
.BABY'S NUDE
BODY is FOUND
IN THE LAKE

Madison, Wis, Sept 9.--The body
of Annie I.emberger, 7, who was kid
naped four days ago, was found to-
day in Lake Monona.
George Younger, laborer, found
the nude body floating. He recovered
it and then left 1t in a saloon, after
which the parents were notified. The
head and shoulders were badly
bruised.
The police today are seeking the
night gown which was stripped from
the girl the night she was abducted.
The coroner found evidence that an
assault had been committed and the
autopsy revealed no water in the
lungs, indicating that the girl had
been slain before her body was
thrown into the lake
The police say the murder was
committed for revenge, but so far
have been able to find no clue to the
family's deadly enemy.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
CRITICISM
OF JUDGES
DOES WORK
JUDGE JOHN +. MAIN, OF SEAT
TIE, HOLDS THAT COURTS ARE
NOT LAW MAKING BODIES AND
HAVE no RIGHT TO LIMIT OR
CONTROL LEGISLATIVE DIS
CRETI0N.
[rN1rnp rREss InAsnp wInE.

Seattle, Wash, Sept, 9.-Stating
that courts never should declare acts
of the legislature unconstitutional
unless it is clearly so, Judge John F.,
Main this morning upheld the eight
hour law for women in it's entirety.
Constitutional questions of law
should be approached with great eau
ton" he declared, "and laws should
be declared unconstitutional only
when clearly so. The legislature is a
coordinate branch of the govern
ment with the courts, and the courts
are not law making bodies. If the
subject is a proper one for legisla-
ton, the courts have no right to
limit or control legislative discretion
Neither should this law be held un-
constitutional because Of economic
reasons. Constitutional questions are
not thus to be determined.
This is the first superior court de-
cision on the eight-hour law in Wash
ington. Judge Main imposed fine
of 500 on Mrs. Helen NJ Somerville
finding her guilty of violating this
law.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09

has assured Wall street parties that
the Sherman antitrust law, involving
an alleged conspiracy in restraint OF
trade would be used against the
striking employees of railr>ads.
II saw the papers in the transac-
ton myself. saw the telegram with
the statement stricken from 1t by q
newspaper which saw the Importance
of that portion of the dispatch, and
withheld 1t from publication. If the
time should come when 1t shall be-
come necessary to use the lnforma-
tion 1 have obtained will be In a
position to make use of 1t, At pres
ent, however, do not care to go in
to details regarding it."
Gompers would not say whence the
dispatch originated, whether from an
official of the department of justice
at Washington, from a cabinet officer
or from a Washington correspondent
of the paper involved. Neither would
he say If the newspaper was In New
York,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
ARRANGING TO
ENTERTAIN
The PRESIDENT I

A breakfast, an automobile ride
and a speech, is in brief the program
prepared by the committee having in
charge the preparation for program
for President Taft, when he arrives
in the city on the morning Of Oc-
tober 70, and telegram outlining
it, and asking for any further sug-
gestions was sent to the presidents
secretary by Congressman Hawley
last evening.
The president will arrive In the
city at 1880 o'clock After break
fast an automobile ride. If the wealth
er permits, about the city and in the
adjacent country is the plaL.. Then
an address by the president, but
Just where he will speak is a ques-
tion which has not beer decided.
Some favor him speaking from the
steps Of the capitol building; others
favor him delivering his address from
the steps of Eaton Hall, and Others
favor it being delivered from the win
dow of the same institution
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
SUGAR TAKES
ANOTHER Big
JUMP NOW 81

New York, Sept. 9.-With another
extraordinary advance in the price of
refined sugar announced here today
both by the sugar trust and by Ar
buckles, wholesale dealers are antic-
ipating still further increases within
the next few days
The trusts advance was clear 10
points, bringing today's quotation up
to $6.75 per 100 pounds Arbuckle's
advance was even more drastic, their
price jumping % points to straight
81 per hundred
Retailers are preparing to make a
uniform quotation of eight cents a
pound next week.
No reasons other than the reports
of short crop of raw material have
been announced
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09

President Booth and Secretary
Meredith are able to announce that
As Semi-centennial State Fair of Or
sson will oDen on Monday with the
most complete array of exhibits and
h tbe best condition so far as
grounds and buildings and special
iisDlays are concerned, that it has
pysr been turned over to the public.
Thew have worked hard and are sat-
bied to leave it to the judgment of
he public whether they have labored
Effectively Saturday and Sunday
we're busy days to say the least, and
from early morning until midnight of
each day exhibitors, concessioners,
employees and ladies and gentlemen
Of leisure have piled in on them for
Information, with money, with COM
plants, and with kicks and a few
bouquets, and they have never faint
Cd nor grown weary but have stood
up to the rack for the glory of the
commonwealth
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
CONCERT IN MARION
''' SQUARE TOMORROW

The Salem Military Band will give
q concert tomorrow afternoon in
Marion Square at 9 o'clock, weather
permitting. The band will be the
largest of the season and an eXcep-
tionally good program has been pre-
pared. including several selections by
the Ye Liberty Quartet. Program as
follows:
March, Chicago Marine Band
Brooke.
Two-step, Hula Hula, Wenrich'
Selection, Bright Eyes" Hochna
Overture, "Poet and Peasant,
| Herbert.
lected.
Selection, Ye Liberty Quartet
Helf.
Me-"
land" Howard
Overture, Mariana" Wallace.
Patrol, "Cupids Day, Moret.
March, "Stars and Stripes Sousa
Director, w. L. Fisher.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
SHE is SORRY HE
WAS NOT THE CORPSE
[uNrTnD PRESS LEASED WIRE.


San Francisco, Sept. Eff he had
not wanted to vote he would have
stayed dead"
Mrs. George Weber, whose hus-
band, George Weber, of Point Rich
mond, reappeared after she had
buried corpse that she believed to
be that of her missing husband, to-
day was anything but tickled to have
him back. She says his interest In
the coming municipal election was
the only consideration that moved
him to return, and declares that
somebody must reimburse her for
the SIS which she paid toward the
funeral expenses Of the body recoy-
cred from the bay which she be-
lieved to be Weber's,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09

San Francisco, Sept. 9,-That be-
hind the fiat refusal Of the Hartman
lines to recognize their shipments
federation stands the power of the
United States government, Is the start
ling statement of Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor. :.
"I have seen suppressed tele-
gram to a Wall street man." said
Gompers at big mass meeting here,
(which stated that the United States
government had assured Manager
Kruttschnitt of the Hartman lines,
that, in the event Of a strike, the
unions would be proceeded against
under the Sherman antitrust law as
combination in restraint of trade
The statement caused sensation
81 cannot at present give you the
details Of the transaction" said Com.
pers today, when interviewed on his
statement "but it is true as sait
before the Building Trades Council
mass meeting, that the administration
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
No Free Admission Sunday.

On Sunday the gates of the fair
will be closed to free admissions, and
all but exhibitors and laborers will
have to pay % cents to get into the
grounds. Sunday will be big day
for putting the finishing touches on
the pavilion and a great many of the
departments. Hammer and saw,
decorator, and exhibitor, concession
er and stock exhibitors, will be in
evidence and the Fair Grounds will
be about the busiest place in Oregon.
The first thing striking one on en-
tering the grounds will be the grand
display of flowers made by the land
scape artist, Mr.. Hugh Bryan, who is
also in charge of the floral display in
the pavilion. The flower show alone
is worth the price of admission. The
inspiration for the floral wealth prob
ably comes from President Booth
who has a hobby to see the WHOLE
Continued on page five,)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
GOVERNMENT TO BACK RAILROADS
and PROSECUTE union STRIKERS
++++++++++++++
An Old Fool Married.

+ San Francisco, Sept. 9..-"Its
+ an insufferable business"
+ This was the first exclamation .
+ of DR.. Charles F. Aekd, pastor :
= of the First Congregational :
+ church here, on hearing today :
+ that Rev. Joseph Lambert, pas :
+ tor of the Englewood Congrega-
+ tional church, of Providence, R.
r l., had performed the marriage
r ceremony uniting Miss Made
r line Force and Colonel Astor, of
= notorious divorce fame.
+ 81 remember the Astor di-
+ vorce," said DR.. Aked. "The
+ details, both the facts and the
+ innuendos were shameful. There
r was nationwide public feeling
+ about the matter at the time.
+ That is why the performing OF
+ this ceremony by any minister
= is shameful. That is why the
+ performing of this ceremony by
+ any minister of the Congrega-
= tional church Is shameful.
+
h + = = L r r r r + r r + r
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
Seniile Has Postal Bnnk.

fUSITED PRESS LEASED WIRE,
Seattle. Wash. Sept 9.--Seattle's
new postal savings bank was opened
this morning at the federl building
A long line of depositors was pres
ent and several hundred dollars was
deposited during the first hour.
Charles Freeman opened account
number one with $l09.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
COURSES OF
STUDY ARE
ARRANGED

After considerable discussion the
special committee appointed by the
school board to consider the course
Of study prepared for the year last
night decided upon the courses to
enter into its composition, and a
special meeting of the school board
will be held Monday evening for its
adoption
The principal changes in the
course are that it calls for four
years in history which course is
made optional Believing that the
student who can not take a four-year
course should be given a general idea
o the subject, Superintendent Pow
CTS has recommended a one-year
course in general history. The
courses also call for four years in
craving but the junior and senior
years Will be eliminated. An effort
was made to insert in the course Of
le study year of botany and 10
Togy but half a year course, as Of
od' will be adopted.
ouperlntendenGS Report.
At the same time that the course oi
audy will be submitted, there will
oe submitted the report of Superin-
lyldent Powers for the year This
report Shows the registration for the
!sdr to be 2,64O, an increase of 22C
Uer the previous year and an in
UsaSe OF $40 over seven years ago.
me report recommends to the
soafa v that more play grounds be pro
nuea for the schools and also tha
,ue buildings be used more for socia
gatherings.
Medical Department.
Inc report of DR.. ]. N. Smith
suleh Is made a part of the superin
Sluents report, shows that the de
saIIment of medical inspection ha
"eu IN existence in the schools TO
year and a half. During that tim
i mas made 127 visits to the schools
,,s.auilned 535 students, and referee
nelt.
5.I excellent results, says Superinten
s.nl t, Powers, have been obtaine
aOu g this department. 1t has cause
sss %e children to be cleaner and neate
aam sau thelr habits better, and ais
%nu a,.eu the attention of the parents i
I'm auy cases to diseases creeping upo
~eu SO that they might be treated.
-O-
II
l,. -. Ism easy to work, but in tn
;.us run 1t is harder not to.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
ILL READY FOR BIG CELEBRATION
OF FAIRS HALF CENTURY BIRTHDAY
++++++++++++ :
Cleaned Up "Sassity."

+ Los Angeles, CAL, Sept. O.
+ DR.. John Grant Lyman, arrest 1
+ ed in San Francisco for fraudu-
= lent use of mails, with his beau 1
+ tiful wife, cut quite a swath in 1
+ the most exclusive circles of Los 1
r Angeles and Pasadena society. 1
+ He was known as a good spend 1
+ er and maintained a handsome 1
= suite of apartments at the fash
+ ionable Hotel Green, at Pasa- 1
+ dena.
+ 1t is figured by postal in
+ spectors that Lyman cleared up 4
= about $4,000 here. Lawsuits 1
+ are piling up against him. Mrs.
+ Francis Hadleman has brought
r an action involving $4,000
+ against Lyman. She claims that :
+ she exchanged valuable River :
r side orange grove to the accused :
+ man for $500 acres Of land Of :
+ questionable title in the Pana- :
+ ma zone.
+
+ r + ++++++ + r + + +
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
.+++++++++++++,
Condition of the Canal.

, Washington, Sept. Gov
, ernment reports received here
: today show the Panama canal
, completed to its full width and
> about half its total depth at
, the Atlantic entrance. From
, deep water to the old French ca
= nal, a distance of 8 II miles, the
= entrance has been widened to
= the required 500 feet, and deep
= ened to 21 feet. The final depth
= will be Al feet.
: The width of 500 feet and
= depth of Al feet will be extend
+ ed to the Gatun locks, a dis
+ tance Of seven miles. The min
+ imum width will be 800 feet in
= the Culebra cut, but the usable
+ width of the locks will not ex-
r ceed 220 feet.
= + + + ++++++++ + = + + +
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
Clara Barton Dying.
trn1rrp rnEsr rrAsrn WEE. l

Oxnard, Mass, Sept. 9.-Clara Bar
ton, head of the National Red Cross
is at deaths door here and is not eX-
pected to survive. Miss Barton came
here recently from Glenechow, Md.
and was stricken shortly after her
arrival. Two nurses are with her
constantly.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
Big POSSES
ARE CHASING
THE CRIMINAL

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 0.-Stimu-
ulated by a reward Of $500 offered
by the county for the capture, dead
or alive, of a negro who last Wednes-
day murdered and assaulted Mrs.
Melvina Haskins at Compton, scores
Of farmers today organized them
selves into vigilance committee,
and, armed to the teeth, are beating
the whole countryside in systemat-
ic search for the assassin.
Meantime, several suspects have
been arrested In several places.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
ENGLAND HAS AN ,,.
AIR MAIL SERVICE

London, Sept. By carving a
small sack Of mail from the Hudson
aviation field to Windsor palace and
delivering it to King George. Aviator
c. II. Greswell today formally inau-
gurated Englands new aeroplane
postal service.
Following Greswells departure,
four other ayiators ascended. each
carrying on his machine 100000
pieces Of mail matter.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
Cnrrlns Six PASSENGERS.

Berlin, Sept 9--Carrying six pas
sengers, the Zeppelin dirigible air.
ship Schwaben sailed over this city
at noon today after 350-mile trip
from Badenbaden After enclrcling
the city, the aerial vessel landed at
Pctsdam.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
THE JURY SAYS
GUILTY MURDER
FIRST DEGREE
UNITED pnEss LEASED VINE. :

Chesterfield Courthouse, Va, Sept.
9.-Twelve Virginians, mostly farm
ers, knelt at dusk last night in the
obscurity Of the small jury room OF
Chesterfield courthouse, prayed fer
vently that they might pass judg-
ment Alright on Henry Clay Beattie,
Jr., indicted for the murder of his
wife, arose from their knees, delib-
Grated nearly an hour and silently,
one by one, recorded verdict OF
guilty.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
Omaha Man Suicides.

Portland, Or, Sept. 9.-Edwin R.
Church, %, of Omaha, Neb, com
mitted suicide here today by shoot
ing through the head. Church was
a mefber of the Omaha lodge of Odd
Fellows.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
SENSATIONAL STATEMENT
MADE BY GOMPERS WHO SAYS
He SAW TELEGRAM SAYING so

To an interviewer Gompers aid: q Saw the Papers in the
Transaction Myself Saw the Telegram With the Statement
Stricken From by Newspaper, Which Saw the Import
anCe of That Portion Of the Dispatch and Withheld
From PubIiCaton-It Promised in Case Of Strike, Unions
Would Be Proceeded Against Under Sherman Law"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
me MOST SUPERB DISPLAY
0F OLD OREGON'S PRODUCTS
TELL STORY OF HER GROWTH

VaIy Dozen Counties viii Have Grand ExhibtS-PanO-
pmc View of Salem and the Willamette Valley Both Beau
l and Instructive, Showing Hop Fields and PiCkerS-A
Real River With Boats-And in Fact Real Living Picture
Of The More important IndusreS-RaCeS Will Be the Best
Ever Seen Here.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09
MINUS her
MONEY and
Her LOCKS

GRACE HAMPTON GETS A HAIR
CUT, MASQUERADES IN MEMS
CLOTHING, HAS A JOY RIDE
WITH POLICE, SLEEPS IN JAIL,
PUNCHES 500 AND HIKES FOR
PORTLAND, ALI IN IS HOURS.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09

You can't hide yourself from mis-
fortune, so you might as well come
out into the open and gain what
strength combat can give
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09

Attired in a neat suit of mems
clothing, Bobbie West alias Grace
Hampton, a woman of the under
world, was taken into custody last
evening by Deputy Sheriff Esch and
Day Oficer Burkhardt, after she had
created a sensation in a local barber
shop by having her brunette locks
shorn and by afterwards disrobing of
her skirt and other apparel in the
presence of the BARRIERS, and parad-
sing the street in mems clothing,
which she had on underneath her
dress.
Surprise BARRIERS.
! 1t was little before dusk that
the BARRIERS of the shop referred to
were surprised by having a we'll
dressed woman walk in and ask to be
relieved of her brunette locks. One
of the BARRIERS soon had her in the
chair, and, deity plying the scissors,
he soon complied with her wish. Get
ting out of the chair she Left her
combs and abundant tresses as souv-
enirs of the event, and then she pro-
ceeded to disrobe. The startled bar
bers looked on as one garment aftel
the other came off, but they were
game and stood their ground, and
when she was through she stood be-
fore them attired in a nattv suit OF
mems clothing. Depositing her dress
and other garments in suit case
she started out on the street, and
hailing a taxicab, went for jo!
ride.
Officers Also Take Ride.
Through the streets she sped, unit
finally she directed the driver to hal
before the Elite restaurant. By thi
time Deputy Sheriff Esch and Da,
officer Burkhardt were on her trail
and they lay in wait for her to COM
out and enter the taxicab. Just a
she stepped inside the taxi, Deput,
Sheriff Fsch mounted the seat besid
the driver. and Day officer Burkhard
stepped into the taxicab and seate'
himself by the side of the masquer
aiding girl.
Ride to Station.
Little dreaming who her compan
ion was. or what the destination o
her driver, she welcomed him in tn
warmest manner, and up until tn
% time the taxicab stopped in front O
the police station she was in The gay
est of moods. There the laughter fie
from her frightened rougy lips, an
T.. the gayness died in her manly hear
= for She realized that it meant priso
= bars for the night for her and nm
S in the morning.
/ Fined $50.
With close cropped hair, but in tn
> wearing apparel of a woman, she ar
peared before Judge Elgin thi
morning, and was fined $40. AS sh
passed out of the station, with su
case in hand, with the Oregon Elet
tric depot as her immediate destiT
alton. and the City of Roses as he
ultimate one. she iauntily bid goo
bve to the officers, and stated that
would be some time before she re
turned to the city
Anytime you come will be 10
soon gallantly replied Chief of Pc
lice Hamilton, and with that and
short murmured apology for havin
disturbed "the quiet and dignity
the ancient and antediluvian city c
salem" she went on her way.
During the day she was seen abou
+be streets with handsomely dresse
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09

h.. !. isn't easy to work, but in the
us run 1t is harder not to.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-09

CONTINUED on page fve)