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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07

Was it the plan of the Oregon
Electric Railway company in the
fight it is waging for franchise
rights in the city against the South
ern Pacific, to put crew of men in
the field and tear up the Southern
Pacific track on Front street for
which the franchise expires tomor-
row, and to lay down on the ground
its own track?
A. Welch, manager of the Port
land, Eugene & Eastern Railroad
company, which has purchased an
interest in the track, and which Is
under traffic agreement with the
Southern Pacific in relation to its
use, seems to have had reason to be-
lieve so, as several days ago he re-
quested his attorney in the city to
keep vigiGant lookout for just such
a move and to be prepared to fore
stall it by legal proceedings.
Fearing that the Oregon Electric
might in its adroit and fox-llke way
await until Sunday-two days after
the Southern Pacific franchise would
expire, and make the move when the
courts would be closed, and he una
BILE to Institute legal proceedings to
stop them. he yesterday brought a
suit in the circuit court to restrain
the Oregon Electric, and Louis Lach-
mund, mayor Of the city, and the
city of Salem from in any way inter
fering with the track until his rights
in relation to 1t should be finally adj
Indicated.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
THE STEAMER
SANTA CLARA
HIT THE ROCKS
STRUCK HARD WHILE ENTERING
GOLDEN GATE, BUT PUMPS
KEPT HER AFLOAT UNTIL SHE
REACHED THE DOCKS.
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRn.l

Sa Francisco, Sept. 7.-One hun
dred passengers on board the liner
Santa Clara faced death today when
the vessel coming in from Eureka
struck the rocks while entering the
Golden Gate in fog which obscured
the channel entrance.
A heavy sea was running and the
passengers, who were preparing to
land, were suddenly thrown to the
deck by the terrific crash. Women
and children screamed and rush
was made for the lifeboats.
For few minutes a panic reigned
but the bravery of the officers and
the discipline of the crew proved
sufficient to quell the rush, and Or
der was soon restored. The vessel
hung for a few minutes on the rocks,
pounding heavily, and then slid off
into deep water.
Although leaking badly, the YES
sells pumps were able to keep the
water down, and the engines were
unharmed. Answering wireless calls
for aid. rescue tugs rushed to the
scene, and escorted the vessel to the
dock, while the pumps We're kept go
ing steadily to keep the craft from
sinking.
The Santa Clara was loaded with
lime and general cargo, as we'll as
the 100 passengers and a crew of 40
men. She is owned by the North Pa
cific Steamship Company, of San
Francisco.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE.l

Sacramento, Cal, Sept. I've
are facing a crisis-a struggle is on
today that is going to try every
mans soul. We can not get out of
it, We can not back up. We must
fact the music"
So declared J. w. Kline, president
of the blacksmiths union, at a mass
meeting held in the Labor temple
here.
81 am for peace-if we have to
fight for it," he continued. "Mr.
Kruttschnitt can run a railroad but
he cannot run labor organization
to save his neck.
Let every man vote for the man
who is friend of the worker. We
hope we will not be misrepresented
by the newspaper reporters. We
hope they will give us a square deal
We never say anything we are
ashamed of and will take Mr.. Krutt-
schnitt into our meetings, if he
wishes to come"
The purpose of the meeting. the
speakers declared, was merely to
ascertain what the men wanted.
Kline made clear the labor situa-
tion and the position occupied by the
unions in regard to their employers.
The various crafts were well repre-
sented and the men applauded vigor-
ously the more forceful arguments
and assertions of Kline and the 9th
er speakers. None of the speakers
evidenced disposition to strike ex-
cept as a last resort. They asserted
repeatedly that they were of con-
ciliatory spirit, although they would
not hesitate to stand by their guns
If it became necessary to fight for
their rights.
j. A. Franklin, president of the
boilermakers' union of the Hartman
system, ascribed the fact that en-
ployers have been able to do as they
pleased with the unions in the past
for the lack of unity among the var
ious organizations. He further stat
ed that the railroads would give the
workers just as much as the work
ers were able to take from them
There was no philanthropy in busi-
ness Another of the speakers was
NJ F. Ryan, president of the carmen.
j. B. Bucklee, vice-president of
the machinists' union, said he did
not come here either to prevent or
incite a strike.
There will be a meeting tomorrow
in San Francisco of As representa-
tives of the federated trades unions
and the officials of the Hartman
lines. That conference, he said.
would have a material bearing on
the situation.
The Sacramento branch of the
federation is anxious to bring mat
ters to focus and will strike II
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
COMPANY WANTS
TO THE FIRST OF YEAR

On condition that an order made by
The state board canceling a contract
entered into with the Portland Irriga-
ton company for the reclamation of
certain lands near FALSELY be revoked,
representatives. of the company yes
teFday afternoon appeared before the
BOARD and agreed to relinquish all
water rights obtained from the gov
eminent in event that it should not
se able to finance the project by the
iFst Of the year.
The company entered into the con-
lact for the reclamation of the land
~ years ago, but has done nothing,
because of the lack of money. Sever
4 months ago the board cancelled
Ine contracts, but it could not cancel
wafer rights obtained by the company
from the federal government. The
Wmpany agreed to relinquish those
. Ine state if it would revoke the or
VT cancelling its contract for the re-
galatiOn \, of the land, and give it un-
VI VI 'ne nrst Of the year to make good.
@ouId 1t then fail to be able to
Suance 1t, the state will fall heir to
le wafer rights, as well as the land,
qua be in a position to award a con-
uaGt TO some other company able to
reclaim the land.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
COAL MINE
PAYMASTER
MURDERED

Pottsville, Pa, Sept. 7.-Joseph
Zehner, of Lanford, Pa, contractor
in charge of extensive coal strip
ping operations for the Lehigh VAL
ley Coal and Navigation company,
and Samuel Watkins, of Summit
HILL were shot down and killed
from ambush near here this after
noon, the murderers escaping with a
box containing $4,000.
When found the dead bodies of the
two men were found lying in the
inside of carriage on the top of the
mountain between Lansford and
Nesquehoning, the horses peacefully
grazing at the roadside. A teamster
driving over the same road made
the discovery.
Today was pay day for the men
working at the Nesquehoning coal
strippings, and Zehner, with Wat
kins, his driver, left the company's
Office at Lansford at noon to pay off
the hands. There is no clue to the
robbers who evidently were aware
of the large amount Zehner would
have with him, and laid their plans
carefully.
Captain Wilhelm, of the state po-
lice, dispatched a detail to the scene
of the crime Immediately after re-
ceiving a report
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
CONTINUED on page five.)
EXPENSE
WAS MADE WITH
A LEAD PENCIL

San Francisco, Sept. THE Santa
Fe railroad is run at loss and pays
out $1.O8 for every 81 worth of bust
ness done in California, II the fig
ures presented to the state commits
sion by Statistlcian Amos Peabody
may be credited. Peabody's statis-
tics were given as a part of the San
Ia Fe's testimony in the San joaquin
valley rate case, In which San Fran
cisco shippers are seeking lower tar
iffs from this city into the lower val
ley.
Peabody said the state business
was all loss because the cars did
not run full and the stations were
TOP far apart He declared all the
earnings Of the Santa Fe were made
In interstate business Pressed for a
reason, Peabody admitted that the
cost OF the state service had been
figured at five times the cost of in
terstate traffic.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
PRESIDENT
ADVOCATES
ARBITRATION
SAYS "IF THE SENATE CANNOT
BIND US THE NATION CANNOT
BIND Us"--DOES THIS MEAN
THAT THE SENATE is GREAT
Err THAN THE COUNTRY?
LuNIrnp PRESS LEASED WHEEL

Hartford, Sept. president Taft
today discussed the arbitration
treaties. He said in part:
"If the senate cannot bring itself
to submit questions of jurisdiction
arising under the treaty, as Norway
and Sweden have done, for Instance,
then the prospect for real and sub
stantial progress Is most discourage
ing"
The president criticized the ma
jority of the senate foreign relations
committee because they refused to
give the joint high commission au-
thority to determine what questions
were arbitraril. He declared that
the reasoning of the senators that
concluding treaties would be uncon-
stitutional was most remarkable.
81 cannot exaggerate the impor-
tance Of escaping from the limited
view the senate committee takes Of
the powers Of the senate in this re-
gard and OF securing the action Of
the senate sustaining the view Of
the minority he said.
Wherever there are good men and
women longing and praying for the
dawn of great day of peace, their
eyes are turned with hope and conf
dence TO the great republic OF the
West, a land which more than any
other uses peaceful methods of arbi-
tration for the settlement Of the diff
ferences of nations This hope, by
the proposed narrow consolidation Of
the powers Of the senate, we are
bound to strike down. To them
struggling and longing we say:
Look unto us for leadership,
We can not even follow. Let other
nations arbitrate; let other nations
set up a high court of nations and
pledge faith that they Will resort no
more to the dread arbitrament of
war, but will abide by the verdict of
their chosen judges.
"Thls great American nation is
unable by the constitution to help
forward the great movement; It is
unable to bind itself to any future
submission of It's case to an arbi-
traril court, though the whole world
follows the light of civilization and
peace. For, remember, II the senate
cannot bind us, the nation never can
bind US; these peace loving people
forever are incapable OF taking a
step along the great path which all
the world wishes to tread and along
which all the world thinks America
Is the best fitted to lead >"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
LA FOLLETTE'S
BOOM STARTED
IN NEBRASKA

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 7.-Senator
La Follette's boom for president was
practically launched in Nebraska to-
day, following a meeting of the ex-
edutiye of the Nebraska Progress
sives League, when the resignation OF
Secretary Frank A. Shotwell was
requested, because of his action in
giving out an interview at Wash
ingtOn to the effect that Nebraska
was for President Taft's reelection.
F. p. Carrick, a La FoIette man,
will be elected secretary in Shot
wells place, and a La Folette League
will be formed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
BAPTIST MISSIONARIES
ARE WARNED TO. LEAVE
Irv1rrn PREss IrAsrp wIrN ]

Boston, Mass, Sept. THE Amer
lean consul at Chengtu, capital Of
the Szhuaan province, in Western
China, has advised the Baptist mis-
sionaries to leave the country on ac-
count of the outbreaks Of the ma
tives, according to a cablegram re-
ceived at the American Baptist for
eign Missionary society here today
This is the second message within
the last few days telling of the riot
ing by the natives.
The missionaries have also been
requested by the viceroy to move to
the larger towns.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
pretended.

pretended.
The most valuable clew yet re-
ceived came shortly before noon in a
telephone message from the chief of
police of Santa Ana telling of the es-
cape late Tuesday from the custody
of Santa Ana constable of a ne
gro arrested for a series of assaults
upon white women. The negro broke
away from the officers and escaped
on motorcycle. The murderer, af-
ter assaulting and killing Mrs. Has
kins, rode away on a motorcycle.
Among the leaders in the man
hunt is William Haskins, husband of
the dead woman. He is heartbroken
over his wifes death and declares
he will shoot down her murderer
like dog in the event of his cap
ture.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
working for Bridge at Newberg

Contending that the people as a
unit in the northern end of the coun-
ty demand the construction of a
bridge across the Willamette trlver at
Newberg, and that If built it would
open up and develop large territory
which is now bottled up, delega-
tion from Newberg is appearing be-
for the board of county commission
ers this afternoon with the view of
having 1t appropriate $45,OO0 of the
100000 required to build the bridge.
Two members of the board are fa-
vorable to the construction of the
bridge-believe that it should be
built, but also believe that the peo-
pie of Newberg should make an ap-
preparation. They base this belief
on the fact that that town will be
the greatest beneficiary from the
construction of the bridge.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
Secretary Fisher Back.

Seattle, Wash, Sept 7.-Secre-
tary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher
and party are due to arrive here
from Alaska on the revenue cutter
Tahoma at o'clock this evening.
Secretary Fisher will leave for the
Yellowstone National park late Fri
day night, accompanied by President
Howard Elliott, of the Northern Pa
cific railroad
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
WERE, OH, WHERE
IS OWEN ADAIR

s,Ne NsT York, Sept. Late this af-
u, 4OEa Sui Astor, Madeline Force and
l,si5ar' ~ SISTER Katherine, left the Force
, i,.saGe i,.sT, in a cab. Madeline carried
Vsro Sa,elihg .hg bag. Asked where they
M going, Astor replied:
hurry" subway ana we're IN a
b,r,, NJ Is believed the party we're
"'ad for Astor's yacht.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
The BISHOP SHOWED
A VIOLENT TEMPER

.. sacramento, Sept. Bishop
Malt S.n had the choice of 80 days in
Il $3.50 fine or whistling some
,, %esly' lively popular air when he
%s.a i.s.i teels like abusing his horse.
'suce Pugh gave him the choice in
slsW ~ we'll chosen words, that car
w. ,su tne Fluctuations of sincerity.
S,.a ~alt was found beating his animal
.aae ..,a,aaeer'C;lfully, when he got mad be-
@use the nag was tired.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
trH1rEn PRESS LEASED MIRr.1

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. En-
aged by the brutality of the crime,
10 officers. augmented by 900 citi-
lels all heavily armed, today are
securing the country south of Los
Angeles for a negro who late yes
terday shot and killed Mrs. Melvina
" Haskins. Under Sheriff Robert
Brain Is in charge Of the deputies
from the local sheriff's office, and
other officers and citizens are led by
the chiefs of police of Compton,
Gardena and Watts.
Every male citizen of Compton,
where the crime was committed, is
engaged in the man hunt. Feeling
against the assassin is running so
high that It is doubtful if a lynching
can be prevented if the negro is ap-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07

Such in brief was the outline of
the situation given a reporter of the
Capital-Journal today by Judge Slat-
er, of the firm of Kaiser, Slater &.
Pogue, the firm which yesterday in
stituted the injunction proceedings
for the Welch line in the circuit
court.
Situation Explained.
According to Judge Slater's state
ment of the case, the franchise of
the Welch line-the Portland, Eu-
gene & Eastern-gives the company
the right to maintain two tracks on
Front street. 1t already, according
to his statement, has one track, and
exercising the rights given under the
franchise, 1t secured the second one
when 1t purchased the interest of the
Southern Pacific in its track. The
Southern Pacific evidently realizing
that unless 1t would agree to a COM
mon user clause that it could not Sc
cure renewal of franchise on this
street, sold Its track to the Welch
people and entered into a traffic
agreement with them.
The Oregon Electric several
months ago secured franchise for
aNtrack on the same street, and as
soon as 1t was realized that a traffic
arrangement had been entered into
with the Welch line and the South
ern Pacific for traffic arrangements
it launched, 1t is said, fight in the
council to have the franchise grant
ed the Welch lines forfeited, and an
action is now pending in the circuit
court.
Should. this action be successful,
the Oregon Electric would be able to
completely shut out the Southern
Pacific on Front street as the Welch
franchise would be forfeited and the
Southern Pacific franchise, which
expires tomorrow, could not be re-
newed without common user
clause which the company will not
permit to be inserted in any of its
franchises.
What Welch Feared.
According to Judge Slater, Welch
recently learned that the Oregon
Electric contemplated putting crew
of men in the field and tearing up
the Southern Pacific track, and put
ting its track down in its place. He
advised his lawyers of
the rove and instructed them to be
prepared to forestall it. Fearing
that 1t would be made on Sunday,
two days after the Southern Pacific
franchise would expire, and when
the courts would be closed to him,
and realizing that If the movement
was successful that the Oregon Elec-
trio would be given possession which
Is nine points in the law, he instruct
ed them yesterday to bring the in
junction proceedings
According to Welchs statement to
Judge Slater, he was advised that
25O men were held in readiness by
the Oregon Electric for the move.
and that employees of the company
had looked over the ground and had
all the preliminary plans made for
the execution Of the plan.
Besides this the situation indi-
Gates that the Southern Pacific is
the real owner of the Welch lines.
The fact that the S. p. will not
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
PEOPLE LIKE
Anything
SALACIOUS

New York, Sept. Freeman
Bernstein, theatrical booking
agent, today stated that Beulah Bin
ford, the girl in the Beattie murder
case at Chesterfield, Va, will ap-
pear at the Liberty theater, Phila-
delphia, next Monday.
He said that her act probably will
consist of a couple of songs, add
ing "It does not matter what she
does just so long as the people have
a chance to see her"
Bernstein said that later the girl
will appear in New York, Chicago,
Detroit, St. Paul and Minneapolis
with possibly some dates in other
cities.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
An ENRAGED MOB OF 800 CITIZENS
is IN PURSUIT OF FIENDISH negro
Will Not Hang Him.

+ Little Rock, Ark, Sept. Z
+ Countrywide fears that Earl .
+ Gilchrist, the 15-year-old negro .
+ boy, convicted of the murder .
+ of another negro lad, would .
+ hang, which resulted in Gov .
+ ernor Doanaghey being deluged .
+ under food of letters, tele- !
+ grams and petitions of protest, !
+ were declared to be ground 1
+ less. !
+ The case has been appealed 1
+ to the supreme court, and a de-
: cision cannot be expected for a !
+ month at least. If the upper 1
+ court sustains the boys con- 1
Z viction, the governor has +de- 1
+ clared his intention of cummut- 1
+ ing the sentence. 1
Il Il u
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
TIMES OUTFIT
MUST ANSWER
FOR INDECENCY
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. !

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. Judge
Chesebro today overruled the demur-
rer of Harrison Gray Otis, Harry E.
Andrews and R. NJ Whitney, Times
editors, and they must appear Mon
day to enter their pleas for trial on
charges OF printing indecent news.
Judge Chesebro decided that the
city ordinance covered more ground
than the state law in question and
ordered the three pris-
oners to appear in court Monday and
file their pleas.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
WEIGH FEARED OREGON ELECTRIC
so He STRUCK The FIRST BLOW
Good Haul of Opium.

+ Seattle, Wash, Sept. T. 4
+ More than $1,000 worth of OPT |
+ um was found by United States 1
+ customs officers this morning 4
+ in a room occupied by j. L. 1
+ Brown, who was arrested on a 1
+ smuggling charge. More ar 1
+ arrests probably will be made 1
+ this afternoon. Brown, who is 1
+ said to have brought the drug 1
+ from Vancouver, B. c., had 61
+ 5-tael tins in his possession. 1
+ Each of these, weighing about /
= seven ounces, is worth $40. 1
+ Customs Inspector Frank Lof- 1
+ tus has been on the track Of 1
+ Brown for more than two 1
+ months. He is thought to be 4
+ one of gang of opium snug
+ gelrs. 1
4 4, L 4 4, 4 Il u Il u Il Il
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
COME OVER TO SEE
THE PRICE WAS SAFE

Newport, r. l., Sept. Lord
Camois, fiance of Mildred Sherman,
and prospective son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. William Watts Sherman, is here
from England, we'll in advance of the
wedding date, for the purpose, It Is
supposed, of arranging the marriage
settlement.
Lord Camois arrived in the United
States on the steamer Olympic. traY-
cling under the name Of r. Stoner.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
THEY WANT TO RIDE
WITH THE PRESIDENT

Portland, Or, Sept. IA tele-
gram was sent President Taft today
asking him to have his private car
attached to special train which
Portland business men plan to have
to carry them to San Francisco when
they attend the ground-breaking ex-
ercises of the Panama Pacific expo
sition in October.
The Portland delegation will also
select site for the Oregon building
on the exposition grounds.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
PICTURES
SHOULD Be
FORBIDDEN

Cbss,..NistED PRESS LEASED wIRE.1
hd lst, nelu' Sept 7.-Beulah Bin
I'd boatne ea. tne tail here at noon today
,tsrssO sOaiued as train for Washington,
sssrsnT,nne. Tne Will fill moving picture
! Lenl' nla. She will pose for films
sse put representing the Beattie
AtsiS. thousand persons gathered
trsd ;, 'ne little Jail when she en-
hEar5 :, automobile and sped away
q bo .ne depot. Miss Binford put
ss,ssu sueaVy veil as the machine
Z tb,so ohe was accompanied by
rsal No. representatives of a thea
booking agency.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
+ + + = + ++++++++
Would Hold the Fleet.

San Francisco, Sept. 7.-An 1
effort to persuade the navy de- !
partment to retain the Pacific |
fleet at San Francisco until af- 1
ter the visit of President Taft !
in October was renewed today |
by directors of the Panama l
Pacific Exposition company. |
The feet is under orders to 1
Hawaii for division battle and !
target practice, the orders hav- 1
ing been issued just before it 1
was announced that the presi- 1
dent would journey to the Pa 4
fic coast. California representa- 1
tives at Washington have been 1
asked to use their influence to 1
secure a countermanding of the 1
order and a postponement of
the fleets departure, and it is 1
expected that theiP efforts will 1
prove successful. 1
+ + + +++++ i
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
VIRGINIA HOLDING
PRIMARY ELECTIONS
UNITED PRESS LEASED w1RE.l

Richmond, Va, Sept Primary
elections to select Democratic can
didates for the United States senate
are being held today in the 1900
state precincts throughout Virginia.
. Thomas S. Martin, Democratic
leader of the senate is fighting for
reelection for the six-year term and
Claude A. Swanson for the unex-
pired term of the late Senator DAN
iel.
Opposed to Martin and Swanson
are representatives William A Jones
and Carter Glass.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
HER WOMAN'S WIT
DISCOVERED A WAY
UNITED ppEss LEASED wIRn.1

Portland, Or, Sept 7.-Unable to
telephone her husband, who was at
a neighbor's house, because the tele-
phones belonged to opposition sys-
TENS, Mrs. Herbert Little called up
the police department. The desk
sergeant sent Little home to his
anxious spouse.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-07
People Cheer Him.

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 7.-Greet-
ed by cheering thousands, President
Taft arrived here today to attend
the state fair. He took luncheon
with Governor Baldwin and a num-
Der Of notables at the Library
building,