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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
Polk County Oil, Gas & Land
Company Has. Plant Suffi-
Cient to Go Down at Least
Four Thousand Feet.
FORMATION SHOWING OIL
At 800 Feet Drill is in Sandy Blue
Shale Which Shows Oll-DaIIas
People Are Putting Up the Money,
and Asking No Outside Help-TwO
Shifts Working Steadily and Ex.
penses Run Up to S25 a Day.

The Polk County Oil, Gas & Land
company is doing extensive work on
its holding on the McBee farm, 2h
miles west of Dallas. The company
has crew Of men working night and
day, and has sunk its first oil we'll to
a depth Of 600 feet at the present
time.
The well has just gone through 10
feet Of cement sand stone, and 80 feet
of lime stone. Both these formations
give strong indications of oil. At the
present time the well is going through
a sandy blue shale, which shows OIL
Mr.. Farrell, vice-president Of the
company and manager of the work.
was in Salem today, and said the COM
pany expected to have oil in the next
30 days. The company has as fine
drilling outfit as money can buy. It
Is capable of putting a ten-inch well
down 1000 feet Mr. Farrell has ev-
cry confidence in that Polk county
has an abundance Of oil, and is also
confident that his company will strike
It
Two shifts are kept steadily at
work at an expense Of about $25 day
but Dallas people are putting up the
money, instead Of pretty talk and
are asking nothing of nobody" No
stock is offered for sale, but the ex-
pertinent is being made for the benefit
of Dallas by Dallas people, one mer-
chant putting $500 into It.
Mr. Farrell is a quiet, unassuming
man, who has to be interviewed" in
order to learn anything OF the situa-
tlon for he is not making any stump
speeches about It, Just keeping the
drill going, and watching results. He
gives up cheerfully, though, when re-
quested, and anyone interested, or
who wishes to see operations can get
information and be heartily welcomed
His phone Is Oak 2j--at the we'll He
says some morning valley folks will
wake up and find something interest.
ing TO talk about.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30

AT one place l saw bodies scattered
on the surface Of the sea, resembling
sea gulls-the white ends of their
lifebelts fluttered up and down. Many
of the victims evidently were in
jured when the Titanic sank.
Water sweeping the decks must
have carried many of the victims
against the stanchions and spars.
All the bodies recovered wore life
belts. They rode upright in the
waves, the belts carrying them, high
above the water.
"On Wednesday we were in a
heavy fog-with the wind blowing
hard from the southwest.
AT midnight it eased up. Thurs
day we recovered 81 bodies. The
cable ship, Nina, arrived Friday. By
noon Friday we had recovered IA
more bodies We then started for
Halifax, having as many bodies on
board as we could handle"
Twenty Bodies of Women.
The Mackay-Bennett brought the
effects and clothing of many of those
buried at sea and the identity of
good many may be established in this
way Captain Lardner continued:
I'VE had three burial services at
sea. One on Tuesday night and
another on Wednesday night and the
last at noon Thursday. We sent the
bodies into the sea three at a time.
81 believe one of the first bodies |
found was that of George B. Widen
er. Letters found in the clothing
were addressed to him The quality
of the underclothing on the body was
also of the quality such as is worn
by first cabin passengers, An over
coat bore the initials, "E. X, Wild
eners son, however, was confident
that the body was that of Edward
Keating, his fathers valet.
I've found the bodies of IS or 20
women and recovered much jewelry
of both men and women do not
know exactly how much money we
found
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
INVITED VICTIMS FATHER
TO HIS HANGING
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRn.l

Salt Lake City, Utah, April 3O.--
without a Quayer in his voice as he
urged the officers to be quick about
their work, J, j. Morris, convicted
was, by his own choice,
hanged at the state prison here early
today He was pronounced dead
nine minutes after the drop fell.
Morris, who shot and killed J. Wal
ter Axtell in an effort to escape af-
ter he had robbed pawnshop, Sc
lected hanging in preference to shoot
ing, a choice seldom made in this
state, Although Morris sent a writ
ten invitation to Axtell's father to
witness the hanging, the latter did
not accept
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30

Halifax, N. s., April SO.-With 1856
bodies aboard victims of the Titanic
disaster, the coffin ship" Mackay-
Bennett returned here today from its
grewsome trip. The bodies of 20
women are among those found.
Captain Lardner of the Mackay-
Bennett stated that he arrived near
the scene of the disaster on the Sat
urday night following the sinking of
The Titanic. By midnight, he said,
he had sighted a number of corpses
On Sunday 81 bodies were recovered
The body of Colonel Astor, Captain
Lardner said, was sent to the curling
rink with the others. Flfty-seven
identified bodies were buried at sea.
These had been crushed between
huge cakes of ice and were identified
only by the names sewed into the
pockets of coats. Explaining why a
number of victims We're buried at
sea, Captain Lardner said:
Could MOI Keep Bodies.
"Thos buried at sea were mostly
members of the crew, and we found
1t impossible to care for them. When
we left Halifax, we took all the en-
balming fluid we could find in the
city. That was sufficient to care for
only 70 bodies. did not expect to
find the corpses of so many victims
The undertaken we carried along did
not think the bodies we buried at
sea would keep more than three
days, and as we expected to be at
sea for two weeks, we had to bury
them, The Rev Mr. Hind, an Epis-
copalian minister, ofiiciated at the
services"
Captain Lardner continued: Mon
day we found only 26 bodies; on
Tuesday numerous bodies were sight
ed and we recovered 30 corpses be-
fore noon. Then a storm came up
and We recovered only 29 more dur
ing the afternoon
Il found no two bodies together,
all were floating separately l saw
no two clasped in each others arms.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
TAFTS EXPENSES MORE
THAN ALL OPPONENTS

President Tafts oregon campaign
expenses we're greater than those of
all other candidates for the preslden-
tial nomination, both Democratic and
Republican combined
Campaign expense statements filed
today show that S4339.32 was expended
in behalf Of President Taft, S1525. .65
for Colonel Roosevelt, $129S.72 for
Senator La Toilette, $5O6.9O for Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson, 1884 for
Speaker Clark and sl63.7S for Jud-
son Harmon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
HARVESTER
TRUST is TO
FACE A TRIAL
UNITED PRESS LEASED wrRn.l

ST. Paul, April SO.-The defendants
named in the Harvester" suit be-
gun here by the government today,
are
The International Harvester COM
pany, the International Harvester
company Of America, the Internaiton-
al Flax Twlne company, the Wiscon-
sin Steel company, the Wisconsin Lum
ber company, the Illinois Northern
railway, the Chicago, West Pullman
& Southern railway, Cyrus McCorm-
ick, Charles Deering, James Deerlng,
John Glessner, William Jones, Harold
Mccormick, Richard Howe, Edward
Bancroft, George Baker, William
LoLuderback, Norman Ream, Charles
Steele, Johnson Chapman, Ebert II.
Gary, Thomas Jones, John Wilson,
William Saunders and George W. Per-
kins.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
0. A. {. AND U. OF 0.
REGENTS TO MEET

For the purpose Of giving the
boards Of regents Of the Oregon Uni
versity and the oregon Agriculture
College an opportunity to confer and
discuss the needs Of the two instltu-
tlons and also the question of con-
solldating the two which at the pres
ent is being made a burning issue,
Governor West has called a meeting
Of the regents Of both to be held at
the state house May s.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
COFFIN SHIP" BRINGS 1876 BODIES
WAS COMPELLED TO BURY 81 AT SEA
Invited TO His Function.

= Lincoln, Neb,, April 3O.-"You =
: had better all come down to the =
= little necktie party we are going r
+ to have at the home" declared +
= Albert Prince, a negro convict, +
= turning to the spectators in =,
= crowded courtroom here today =
= when he was found guilty of +
= first degree murder, Prince +
+ stabbed Deputy Warden Albert +
= Davis at the state penitentiary =
+ February II. He wants large +
= crowd at the hanging. y
+ + 4 = \ b . = 4 = 4 Il A L
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
HALF 4 MILLION
DOLLAR FIRE TODAY

New York, April 3O.--Four floors
we're burned with a total loss OF
S5OOOOO today by fire, which broke
out on the top floor Of a l2-story
building in West 92nd street. The of
Aces OF D. Appleton and Co, publish
ers. were gutted.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
Has TASTED IS Days.


Seattle, April 30--Dr. Linda Bur-
field Hazard, the fast specialist, to-
day completed the fifth week of her
fast. She seems to be in good health
and proposes to continue the fast for
10 days longer Her weight has
dropped from 1856 pounds to 1O7 since
the fast began.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
TO Study the UnlearnabIe.

= Los Angeles, Cal, April SO.-- =
= New Theosophist headquarters =
= are established today at Kre- =
= tonia, in the suburbs Of Los An =
= geles near Hollywood. The or :
= ganization behind the new col =
+ ony is presided over by Mrs. 4
= Annie Besant, who has an =
+ nounced its object as study and 4
= theosOphical research. .
= The cult, which is said to have =
= its home in India, probably will =
+ establish several centers in 4
+ America under the direction of 4
+ A. s. Warrington, 'Theosophist =
+ lecturer and student, +
r 4.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30

KNEW OF THE
DISASTER
WITNESS SWEARS WHITE STAR
COMPANY HAD MESSAGE TELL
ING OF TITANTIC DISASTER BE.
FORE s A. M. APRIL Is, AND SUP
PRESSED THE NEWS.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. !


Washington, April 3O-Sworna dec
laratlon that man, whose name he
must withhold, told him that a tele-
gram announcing the sinking of the
steamer Titanic was received at the
offices Of the White Star line in New
York before s a. m. April Is was
made at the senatorial inquiry today
by e. ]. Dunn, salesman Of Beech
Hurst, l.. /. Dunn explained that he
had given his word not to reveal the
name Of his informer because the
father Of the man. who is a Western
Union telegrapher, had received the
message. Chairman Smith is deter
mined, however, to force Dunn to re-
veal the identity Of his informant, and
will use drastic methods" If neces-
sary.
The investigation will be brought to
close this week, according to an
nouncement today by Chairman Smith
Thirty members Of the Titanics crew,
including officers, who were released
by tn committee last night, left inn
pledlately for New York, and will sail
for England on the steamer Adrlotlc.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
RETURNS INDICATE ROOSEVELT
CARRIES MASSACHUSETTS 3 TO 2
Viola Reaches Home.

= Tacoma, April 3O,-Cheerful, +
= showing no signs of worry or Z,
= unhappiness, Viola Carver, the =
= Tacoma girl who shot j. Edwin =
= Edge, real estate man at Los +
= Angeles, and was freed on the +
: theory that 1t was accidental, is =
= home today. =
= Farther than to say that the Z
: Jail cell was unpleasant and un- +
+ comfortable, Miss Carver would +
= not discuss her case. +
= She says she will remain here. +
4 = q + r = + 4 + = r + r 4
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
Forecast TIL 5 p. m. Wednesday.
Salem and Vicinity: Show
ers tonight, with light
frost in early morning.

p M
tneaym
waryw
RS Forecast
al bou 81
to % to
degrees
Willamette at le D be nen few days
FmOausr
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30

The steam schooner vida struck the
north spit Of Tillamook bar satur-
day, and a mile Of wreckage on the
beach is all that is left OF her. No
lives lost.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
LACKING EMBALMING FLUID
ENOUGH TO PRESERVE Them
CAPTAINS GREWSOME STORY

Most of Those Buried Sea Were Members of the Crew. and
Nearly All Had Been Crushed by the ICe---Bodies Sus-
tanned by LebetS Foaed Perpendicuary and Presented
GrewSOme Spectacle Standing Well Up Out Of the
Water--CooneI AStOr'S Body Sent to the Curling Rink
With the Others
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
showing that Roosevelt led the other
candidates by more than 2 to 1.
All Favor Roosevelt.

Orleans, Mass, April SO.-colonel
Roosevelt received more votes in to-
days primary election here than both
President Taft and Senator La Fol-
lette combined. Complete returns give
Roosevelt So, Taft 26, La Toilette /.
Clark received Z votes and Governor
Wilson 1.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
BOTH SIDES CLAIM STATE
But RETURNS FAVOR TEDDY
BIG Vote IS Being POLLED

Returns Are Meage But All Point the Same Way and Leave
Little if Any Doubt as to the Final Result -MaSsachu-
sets Can Apparently Be Placed Solid in the Roosevelt
Column Democratic Vote is Very Light and Returns Too
Small to Make Any Estimate as to Relative Strength Of
Wilson and Clark.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30

Boston, Mass, April 3O.-Quickly
following the first primary vote re-
ported, that from Orleans, came the
returns from Tisbury proper, as fol-
lows; Roosevelt AZ, Taft 81, La Fol-
lette 1, Wilson 2, Clark 1.
-Four Cape Cod Towns gave Roose-
velt III, Taft 81 Precinct 2, ward 10,
gave Roosevelt II, Taft sS, Wilson 6.
Clark 8. The indications were strong
that many Boston Democrats voted for
Roosevelt.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30

Oregon City had big booster meet
ing and horse show Saturday, and put
in the whole day Just having an en-.
thusiastic good time
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30

ton Fair east, showers west portion tonight Light
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30
snIppers' Forecast


Portland will rise steadily for the next few days
EDWARD
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-30

ARD A BEAI4s, District FOrsOaStsr.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
Charities Conference
 To Be Held Here
Bridgeport Selected as Pace For Three Days Session
 in lpriI 1913

Plans for the next State conferenco of Charles were practically complet- ed here yesterday at the meeting of the executive, committee and 1t was voted to open the conference in thfs city Sunday afternoon, April 27th and continue it through Monday and Tues day. the 2Sth and 29th Six general sessions will be held devoted to fhe following topics Public aid and bet-s ternent, social service. child welfare, law breakers. public health and de- fectives. The committees to have charge of these sessions win be ap-' pointed at later meeting of the oY- ecutive committee as will also the local committees which will look af- ter the local arrangements.
 The State Conference is now we'll established as valuable influence in charitable and correctional, effort and each succeeding annual meeting has enjoyed an increased attendance ana interest. More than $50 persons regis tered in attendance at the last con- ference in Waterbury and it is ex- pected to make next years meeting in Bridgeport the biggest and best Of the series.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
!;:.:: s:: :;s:: :::: CORNER IN SP0RTLAND
Most Accurate Sporting News
Big Shakeup For The Chicago Cubs
Manager Chance Benches Len . nox, Puts Holman on First .- and Miller in Outfield

Chicago, IIl., May 14.-The easy way in which the Giants showed up the Cubs in two games of the series which closed yesterday afternoon has determined Manager Chance to give his. lineup an overhauling.
 Eddie Lennox, whose hitting was the sensation of the Cub machine TOT several weeks after the opening or the season, not only failed to keep up while the champions were soJourning here, but was also made to look like a fsnail inf1elding and running bases In comparison with the visitors bril- liant work Lennox has been inde- fnitely- b6uehed as a result, ana Chancesswilf use Zimmerman at the third corner. Zimmerman has played third base before, having been called upoD to i'll nearly every infield posi- ffo& during his regime as utility man.
 shArtie Holman, who had some ex- perience at first base last season, will be seen at the initial sack. and Ward Miller, the outfielder obtained from tho International League, will take Hoflnan's place in the middle patch, MflIer has made a hit by his work as a pinch hitter, and for this reason will get plenty of opportunity to show his worth.
 In. the event that Tinker. who was unable to pay on account of an in jured- back, does not get into the game today, only one infielder, Eyers, will be seen in the position in which he played before the Giants got in their winning work Charles Moore will play shortstop until Tinker recOvers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
ONLY. ONE AMERICAN
 ScuLLER AT STOCKHOLM

Philadelphia. May l4-This city will have the honor of having the only entry in the Olympic games in the rowing events. from the United States Samuel Gordon of the Vesper Boat club will enter the senior sculline event. and the Executive Board of the National Association wired here that it had forwarded his entry on to Stockholm --r-
 whether or not his entry will be accepted depends on when the Ma tfonal Asso. mailed his entry. En- tries from non-European countries close on May 26. As the trip to Stock holm takes twelve days, and as no steamer sailed yesterday or will sail today, the entry should have been mailed last Saturday in order to be accepted.
 Both the New York Athletic club ana, the Arundel club of Baltimore had planned to make the trip; but when it was found each organization would be: compelled to send $4ooo to defray expenses, the officials of these examinations found the trip would be too costly and abandoned the project.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
Yale Will Not Claim Track Tie Denies Report That it Asserted Victory Over Princeton
 in Dual Meet

Princeton, N. J.. May 14-No foun- dation for. the. reports sent out from New Haven to the effect, that Yale won the track meet from Princeton last Saturday by winning one more first place. than the Tigers can be found heres As far as is known by the Princeton management, on. such agreement as that attributed by the New Haven cores pQndents was eyer made, mao nor is s there any trophy of any
 The meet was held uider the regu- lar I. T. A. A.. rules, which provide that in case of. a tie the team winning the greater number of first places wins the trophy if one. is at stake. but there was no trophy up for com petition on Saturday. and as far as Princeton is concerned the meet stands as tie, Princeton men are not objecting, however, if Yale desires to call tie with the Orange and black athletes as 9 Yale. victory.
 :, New Haven. Conn, May 14-It was decided yesterday by the Yale Ath- letic authorities that Yale would not press the point of claiming first; hon- ors in the meet with Princeton on a technicality. The point honors. there fore. will stand a tie at 5S 1-2 for each
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
MISTER ARCHER, CUB .. ].
 CATCHER, BORN 2s { YEARS AG0 TODAY

If lallsofs thos& artists Of the diamond having Irish blood in thetr bralnsEI mean veins-were eliminated from the game, baseball wouldn't be what 1t is. The sonssof Erin have been prominent in the sport since the early days, and by no means the least of the Hiber- nian players is Peter James Archer, the clever catcher of the Chicago Cubs. who is to-day celebrating his twenty ninth birthday. Peter ,James-he has since eliminated the Peter part of his monaker--was born in Dublin on the fourteenth of May, 1883.
 HIe crossed the pond at an early age and drffted West. His professional career behind the bat began in 1903. when he was twenty years old, with the Fargo. N. D.. team of the NorthS ern League, which then included the cities of Winnipeg, Man, Grand Forks and Fargo, N. D., CrOokston and Du- luth, Minn., and Superior Wis. La ter he played for a time with the Win- nipeg team. The following year he played with Boone, Ia., and made a record that attracted the attention of the big league scouts. The Pittsburgh National League club drafted him. but after a trial in the spring of 1905 he was farmed out to Atlanta, of the Southern Associaxion.
 Next the. Detroit Tigers gave him a try-out, and he caught one game in the worlds series between the Tigers and the Cubs in 190L Detroit decided that the Irishman wasn't quite ripe for fast company, and he was sent to Buffalo, in the Eastern League. He wore a Bison uniform in 1908 and again the major league scouts watched him at work and reported that he had the goods Chance decided to take a chance with him and bought him on suspicion from Buffalo, paying $500 less than the Bisons had paid for his release from Detroit the year before. It was a fortunate investment for the Cubs for Archer lost no time In While Archer isn't the greatest catch CT in the world, he is right up among the leaders. Last year his fielding av- craze was .977 for the i02 games in which he took part, and his batting record was 253
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-14
(By Wagner.)

Indecent language on the. field will not be tolerated by the Connecticut league" declares President O'Rourke. ''The spectators don't approve of such conduct and it hurts the game The best people in our cities attend the contests but the clubs will lose pat ronage if rowdyism is allowed to rule. e.
 CT don't think any of my umpires want to put a player. out unless there is a serious provocation. They realize that in a league of this size where the player limit is small, it sometfnn es breaks up the game to remove a play CT. But it is players own fault If he is put -out. There Is no use in carrying an objection too far.
 :'It is not my purpose to- take all the life out of a contest. T. don't ex- pect the players to be Sunday school boys There is nobody who likes to see aggressive playing more than my