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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-15

at that rate the plant great money maker taking
of bonded interest," providing for sinking fund.- and
laying up large cash balance each quarter This en-
ables the water board to buy out its rival paying
$4,000 in cash out Of accrued profits the balance to be
paid monthly from current profits which will be largely
increased with the rival corporation disposed of No
additional bond issue necessary in order to acquire
the property for the city.
The editor of the Capital Journal is pleased at the
outcome in Eugene because of the prominent part he took
in the fight for the right of the people to manage their
affairs in business-ke way. The outcome has
vndicated his judgment 1t lis object lesson of what
any community may do when the people at the head of
its affairs backed by independent and honest press
go ahead to work out municipal problems with the same
intelligence and earnesness that is given to the manage
ment of private business operations There reason
why municipality should issue bonds solely for sewers
street improvements and those other things which are
dead investments and bak at investments in public ut
ties which will pay interest operating expenses and
clean profit besides Eugene next door neighbour
has made splendid by embarkng in business
which of right should be controlled by municipality in
the interest of its people, and going little further away
we have successful examples in Seattle Tacoma, San
Francisco and Pasadena. 1t is the dawn of era
in the building and management of cities.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-15

Tacoma folks, or some of them, have requested the
mayor to have the prohibition law go into effect before
January first that there will not be an orgy at the
time AS whatever day is the last for the vets will
probably see considerable than the average amount
of drinking it looks as though this "remedy" would SIM
ply change the date without affecting the result Maybe
the orginators of the plan in hurry to have the
"saturnalia of drunkenness" arrive.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-15

"The king who tumbled from his charger, still has a
lumpy brow; the humps, however, are no larger and
there's no panic now' "Or heroes scrambled from the
trenches just the went down, and caught brace
of country wenches who carried cheese to town." "The
Russian hosts are still retreang yet fight from ditch to
ditch; they surely take lot Of beating and punish
mentovitch.'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-15

If you think the rain monotonous and the weather
here bad take up yesterdays Capital Journal and read
all about the storm in New York and the eastern states
Two feet of snow in the city with an army of 10000 try
ing to shovel it up and haul it away the streets of the
city would be passable trains stalled and people living in
the suburbs nine hours getting to their work. and on top
of all this gale blowing and the mercury hunting the
cellar in the thermometer Then take note that here the
temperature about 52 the grass fresh and green
roses and other flowers in bloom showers and sunshine
chasing each other like the early spring, and the Capital
Journal left high and dry your porch at dusk to tell
you all about the benighted and be-frozen, and be-
snowed-under denizens of the far east
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-15
TO GET SAFE CONDUCT

Washington, Dec. l5.-Safe
conduct for Attaches Boy.ed
and Won Papen, recalled from
the German embassy at Amer.
lea 8 request have been grant
ed by Great Britain as asked by
the administration.
The British embassy gave this
word to the state department;
the matter of safe conducts for
the attaches successors, how.
ever, has not yet been consider.
ed. Nothing probably win be
done until these have been
named.
!; X * X !. \; * X X X X X X X
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-15

Last week the Polk county court made its tax levy for
1916 and in it provided for it's share of building the
bridge across the river here AS Marion county is ready
with the funds and Salem arrange for her portion
there seems to be nothing in the way of new bridge next
year. and that is not far away
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-15

When Henry Fords peace party reaches The Hague
it's internal dssensons may be settled by the court Of
arbitration without resort to force At least we all
hope so.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-15

The national republican convention will be held in
Chicago June T. to nominate candidate for president
Just one week before the great unwashed meet to NOM
mate the president at ST. Louis 1t looks just now as
Hughes or Roosevelt but this will change before the con-
venon date rolls around for Hughes is not disposed to
make the race, and the powers that be realize that
Teddy can't
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-15
WAR NEWS

"The foe has lost six yards of trenches and feels
pretty sck those husky boys of Sir John Frenchs rushed
in and did the trick" The Germans captured Hilock
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
URGE BILL TO STOP
CONTRABAND EXPORTS
Hibernians and German Ameri-
cans Present Pleas to House
Committee.

Washington, Jan. 6.-"Forbid the ex-
%portation Of all munitions of war that
ire c~ontraband and you will remove the
excuse for the British conduct which
~ sent to London" said Theodore Sutro
Of New York, addressing the House
foreign relations committee today in
favor Of spending congressional reso-
iutions to stop exports of war ma
terials to European belligerents.
Delegations from New York. Phila-
ielphia, Chicago, Iowa, and Baltimore,
among them representatives Of the
Eerman-American alliance and the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, appeared
In favor Of the resolutions. c. ].
|HeXamer, of Philadelphia, president of
the German-American alliance, pre-
sented memorials adopted by that or
ganization in many states urging the
adoption of one of the resolutions.
These memorials included q letter by
Mr.. Hexamer to President Wilson dated
December 8, in the interest Of neu-
tra1ity," saying that of the nations
engaged in the war "couid not get mu-
~nitions from this country"
Our failure in keeping neutrality
becomes thereby" the letter continued,
and unfriend1y, If not inimical act
against one particular nation"
You cannot imagine, Mr.. President
he wrote, with what chagrfn and Bit
~terness it fills the Americans of Ger
man descent to see the of this
great country which they have helped
to build up placed at the disposal Of
enemies who with their overwhelming
forces have proclaimed it their avowee
purpose to crush our ancestral home
Washington, ID. c., Jan. 6.--President
Durang, of Burlington, OF the lowe
German-American alliance, is here to.
day with a delegation appearing before
The House foreign affairs commission II
behalf of the Vollmer resolution to pre-.
vent shipment of war munitions. The
delegation Is made up of officials O.
German-American organizations from
different sections,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
COUPLE ACCUSED OF
WORKING BIG GRAFT

New York. ian. 2.-Frances H. Grif-
fin, an attorney, and his wife, Clara H.
Griffin. who are under federal indict-
ment on the charge of having defraud-
ed acquaintance of high social stand
ing out Of between $500, 600 and $500, 600,
We're brought hack from Colorado
Springs, yesterday, whence they fled
about a month ago., FORGETTING bail
bonds of $37, 800. They were locked up
in the Tombs.
The pair We're at first thought to
have fled to Canada, but they were To-
Gated through wide search instituted
by the federal authorities.
Thu Griffins were arrested last May
In Groton, Mass. Mrs. Griffin operated
a photographic bureau in New York
city and it was charged that through
representations that the bureau had OBJ
tanned large contracts for government
stenographic work, the couple obtained
large sums from lawyers, Judges, mem
bers of clubs to which Griffin belonged.
and several women, giving their notes
therefor,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
WHEAT HITS HIGH
LEVEL Since WAR
BEGAN IN AUGUST
Raise In Ocean Transportation
Charges Cuts Off Competi-
ton With South Ameri-
can Countries.
PRICE $1.3434 PER BUSHEL
Liverpool Also Reflects Urgent
European Demand-Wild
Day on Board-May
Delivery Highest.
PRICE S1.34a4 PER BUsHEL

Chicago, Jan. 5.-Wheat prices today
o]vertopped all previous high records
since the beginning of the European
war. May delivery went to S1.S2A a
bushel, as compared with $1.S2 on Sep
TENDER 5 last. when speculative excite
mont in regard to transatlantic deVel-
oprflents was most acute.
Shutting out of fear Of Argentine
competition was the immediate cause
of today's advance. Ocean tfelsnt
rates from Argentina have so 7
advanced that the South AlneriGai
grain is no longer relatively cheap. BE.
sides higher quotations at Liverpool
this morning showed the urgency OF
European demand.
During the advance in whea prices
here, a jump Of 1Ac since Saturday
night, trading appeared of a
liyelier character than has recently
besn the rule. The explanation in q
measure was the fact that margins re
quired on transactions are now only
about half what was required not many
weeFs ago.
In the last hour of the session re-
ports Of immense cash sales for ocean
shipment gave prizes a further big
lift. Just before the final gong brought
business to a halt, wheat for May de-
livery, the chief speculative option,
! was snapped up in some cases as mgr
as S1.34A, a rise of 3A cents a bushel
since Saturday night. The close was
| strong, with the market as a whole
| at an advance of 2A @3hc net.
SOARING AT ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 4.-Wheat prices
on the ST. Louis Merchants exchange
| today reached the highest figures since
the beginning of the European war
| May wheat sold at $1.30, 4 cents higher
than the price on September 26, when
excitement over the war was keen. The
! price increase was attributed to heavy
export demand and the practical elm
nation of Argentine competition.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
ALABAMA MOB HANGS
TWO NEGRO SUSPECTS
Jail Attaches Overpowered-
Militia Too Late to Pre-
vent. Lynehing.

Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 1.-Two ne
groes, Ed and Will Smith. were taken
from the Wetumpka Jail early today
IND lynched by a mob. They had been
accused OF implication in the murder of
R. A. StillweI, an Gilmore county farm
sr.
Soon after reports reached the gov
errors office hat a mob had over
powered the Jail attaches at Wetumpka
Ind removed the negroes. Montgomery
nilitiamen hurried toward the scene in
automobiles. However, they were too
late to prevent the lynching.
Stillwell "a shot several days ago
while guarding his barns against
thieves. Bloodhounds led directly, it
was declared, to the cabin of the Smith
negroes, who were arrested.
Searching parties later found the
negroes bodies hanging in the woods
five miles from Wetumpak. Three sup
posed members of the mob are in jail
at Wetumpka.
Governor eddie issued an order for
a special session of the Elmora county
grand jury to investigate the lynching.
Three militia companies remained in
Wetumpka throughout the day.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
BREWING
OVER SHIP BILL
Republicans to Fight Federal
Ship Purchase PIan--Demo-
Gratis Say They Have
the Votes.

Washington. Jan. 6,-The admins
trat3on ship purchase bill was made
The unfinished business Of the Senate
today. but was temporarily laid aside
10 make way for appropriation bills.
Senator Lodge demanded q record vote,
which showed 40 for and % against
taking up the bill. Senator Vardaman
was the only democrat to vote against
the motion.
Senator Gallinger. the republican
leader, declared congress should pass
the supply bills n go home.
This shipping bill is opening up
great new propositions to the American
people and the country ought to have
time for reflection" he said, adding
that democratic leaders had declared
they had the votes to pass it"
Yes, we have the votes" ~rejoined
Senator stone, and we will put it
through il the senators on the other
side will not resort to unusually OBJ
structive tactics.
Senator Lodge served notice on the
democrats hat he would resort to ANY
parliamentary procedure to delay &C
ton on the shipping i if an attempt
We're made to jam it through. He char
aoterized the bill as thoroughly vicious
economically and internationally and
OF the grossest kind of a subsidy.
Minority Report.
Opposition to ship purchase bill
chiefly on the ground that it might
precipitate foreign complications and
az a tendency toward government own
ership. was set forth in a minority re-
port of the committee, filed
by Senators Burton, Nelson, Perkins
Smith, of Michigan, and oliver. That
svery ship under the proposed plan
would add one more risk Of our being
drawn into the present war; was the
declaration of the minority.
The report avs
Undoubtedly it was one of the in
spring motives, for those who framed
this bill, to release boats which have
been informed as a result of the war
The president has gon to the almost
unprecedented limits Of using his ut
most. endeavors to discourage private
loans to belligerents. Is it consistent
with so strict an application of the neu-
trality policy to make at least 1ndl
rectly available to one of the belliger-
ents many millions of dollars which
had been unavailable by the accidents
of WARP"
Concerning the government owner.
ship feature of the bill, the report de.
| clares it to be an experiment that can
not be justified by any of the argu.
ments which apply to the taking ovel
of a naturally monopolistic public en-.
| terprise, because the shipping field
is far from naturally monopolistic."
The report also asserts that the plar
would be futile in reducing ocear
| rates.
Senator Root, in debate, declared
no measure of equal consequence hat
been brought before congress in man.
| years. 1t was proposed, he said, t,
| put the government into foreign trad,
at a time of extreme danger. The re
suit must be, he insisted, to place il
| question the good faith Of the United
States itself in carrying goods to bel
ligerents.
Senator Root protested against an,
| effort to limit debate.
Senator Fletcher replied 1t was no
the purpose Of the majority to limi
| discussion.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
GEDDES CITIZENS ARE
STIRRED BY ANOTHER
MURDER AND SUICIDI
Gus Nelson Kills Self and Do,
mestic Who Refused His Of
fer of Marriage,

GeadeS, s n. ian. h-Gedaes, TIN
scene Of the M~enz3e-Signal murder,
sas produced another oeuele tragedy,
Gust Nelson, aEe Is years a carpenter.
killed himself ana Mary Bretdensaeh,
aged - years 3 domestic, because She
hsd refused to marry him,
Nelson csllea on the B0eideanach
girl st the home Of Joe Rlers whers
she wa employed &n2 on beng re-
yected in his suit pressed a revolver
10 the girls heart and fired twice, Mrs.
Eile-s and 8 neishbor were In a front
Dor OF the dwellinS Hearing b shot,
both feS scTasg13Gng
Nelson ran FvoS2 tAe hoG$e toward
8 rig waiting in h road. bat eaco0nt-
cred Joe Killers, who was coming in
answer 70 his w5te's mas Nelson
shot himself through the forehead and
lived only Ii minutes. Ee did o re-
gain consciousness
The B-Teideue&ch girl vas once Nell
sons sweetheart bat cut hin because
Ne was drinking, she told friends,
News OF the murder reached the
county q S town. Wheeler, where Rob
sTt Brooks is on trial fer b Asnzis-
Signal murder, by telephone II had
The effect OF e~a3ptylns the court room
almost Instantly, Word that = Inlr-
her had been committed started many
son3sctureS The bitter feeling aroused
ay the prosecution 81 Brooks has given
Use 70 many threats against psru-
Eans in the situation ana the Scsnl-
ness Of the information caused many
gQesses SIS 10 the identity OF 6 prob
Sble victim.
The true situation was related to
Sheriff Lew Rifle over the phone, and
accompanied by newspaper men he
FASTENED TO Ged6es by auto. Il was
decided the c2uss OF the deaths was
too apparent TO require an ~investiga-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
DESPERATE WOMAN
TAXES DRUG Then
PO|SONS CHILDREN
Second Child SucCumhs to e.
fects of Deadly Potion While
Mothers Life Hangs
In Balance.
CASE PROFOUND MYSTERY
Wealthy New York Lawyers
Double Life Revealed BY
Tragedy-Denies He's
a Bigamist.
CASE PROFOUND MYSTERY

New York, Jan. 5.-The slow poison
administered six days ago by Mrs. Ida
Rogers to her two babies and herself
.esulted today in the death of the older
Mild, John, aged 9. Lorida. s months
I'D, died last Wednesday. The moth
T's death was expected.
Lorlys Elton Rogers, the lawyer who
vas known as her husband to the
,eighborhood in the Bronx, where they
sved, still kept his vigil at h sick
Eoman's bedside. He had no COM
nent to make, nor did Mrs. Annie
Souquemore Rogers, who divorced
| Rogers in 1909; nor Mrs. Caroline Gid
lings Rogers, who married Rogers IN
1903 and lived with him till last Oc-
ober on Riverside drive. Mrs. Annie
Rogers has been q frequent caller at
he hospital since Mrs. Ida Rogers was
aiken there, but she has declined to
listen to questions concerning Rogers
life.
Whispers of Her Love.
With her S-months-old baby, Lorida
dead from the poison in the hospi-
ais morgue-this woman whispered
through her agony that she was the
wife of the lawyer. She whispered
wildly hat she loved the man, but OF
herself and her family she told moth
ng except that he name was Ida sniff
ten Rogers and she was the mother OF
he two little children whom she sough
% take with her into the great be-
rond.
But before District Attorney Fran
lis Martin, OF Bronx county, Rogers
lenied one OF the Which one
lie would not tell.
Identifies His Children.
That Rogers was married to Caro-
Inc Gtddings in Chicago is taken as
/ fact by the police. OF the little WON
IN dying nearby, Rogers would make
40 statement. He identified the tin!
,ody OF the baby Lorida as his child
md while doing so fell to his knees il
/ wild burst Of heart wrenchtns
agony.
He madly begged that he be taker
then to the side of his dying boy
John, "a years old, that he Nigh
IDENTIFY his son before death and thu!
be spared the hideous pain Of claspins
% his breast another tiny lifeles'
body.
SE7hy Ida sniffen Rogers sough
ieath and why she wishes to take he
little ones with her, remains still
mystery. But three persons on cart
as far as facts led investigator
festerday-knew the tragic story. On
Is Rogers himself, n is the dyini
woman, who claims him as her hus'
band, and one is DR.. w. c.. Hague, he
physician, who came to the little franz
homo at the call Of the repentan
woman.
OF DR.. Hague, whom she had know
Tor years, she had made a confident
He won't talk. 1t was learned, how
sver, that she was a child of luxury.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
NORMAL SCHOOL CELEBRATES
GROWTH IN ATTENDANCE

Aberdeen. Jan. 6.-Tomorrow morn
ing at 5 o'clock. in the Auditorium OF
the Northern Normal and Industrial
school, the attainment of the 500th stu
dent In the regular normal department
of the school will be celebrated. DR..
Charles f. Koehier. president of the
Winona fNinn.) business college, the
first president of the normal. will be
present and make an address, and it
is expected tina Mrs. 7. NJ. Murphy,
of Pierpont. formerly Miss Jean Mitch
ell, the first student to enroll at the
normal when 1T was opened. will also be
present n take part in the celebra-
ton.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
STANDARD OF LIVING
GROWING MUCH HIGHER

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Both the cost and
the standard of living among railroad
employees have been raised in the last
few years, according to testimony even
before the western railway wage arbi-
Three firemen-E. Westphal, Chicago.
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad; Roy Gilman, Minneapolis, of
the Great Northern. and c.. N. Smith,
ST. Louis, of the st. Louis Terminal
company. all agreed that the cost of
living has increased. The three men
are in switching work and are demand
ing the same wage as is paid to freight
train enginemen.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
GEDDES TRIAL CLOSES
WHEN JUDGE ADVISES
VERDICT FOR BROOKS
Former Sioux Cityan Freed OF
Murder Charge Under Which
He Was Held.

Wheeler, s q, Jan. e Rohert
Brooks, 3 Sioux City gambler, was
acquitted Of the charge ot numbering
William II. NenEis and Miss Blanche
Signal, by 3 Jury In the district court
here, Tne jury acted On the advice o.
Judge Tripp- Brooks who Is &o c
nitted drug feaG- heard the verdict
without showing any sign of conlpre-
sens!on, he had been grtlea OF The
Itand for several hours just previously
reside him smiled ~Contentealy ana p2S-
ed his hand. Later tire Judge an
lounced they would release Brooks on
Iis oVgD gsc0EcfEance pending The GtS-
POSITION Of another indictment AGAINST
Tim, charging substantially tAs same
.rirae.
Geddes persons who have held TO the
ucici6e theory since the Tragedy,
Tow6ed about Brooks and shook ms
land. Among those Who congratulated
he young u5n enthusiastically WeTs
: who had been in the court room
auce the tEia began. ready at all times
O applaud any occurrences .aNoTinS
he defense. TWO kissed tia prisoner
Diminishing the Jury after the defense
,Ed completed It's csSe and 4 state
SAD rested. Judge Ir5p7 advised the
attorneys that having heard the evil
6snce. he had decided 10 advise the
Jury to acQQ5t. The Law q So1I Ia
koIa does not pe~-ait tie court - in
sTruct 2 jury. In his opinion the Z
saId the state had failed absolutely 10
oune Brooks with the killing The
state agreed that argument would rs
useless in view OF the courts stand.
wv hils II is not within the power
Of the court. under the laws ef the
state, 10 direct q verdict or 70 decide
any points other than questions Of
law. there is yet remaining Il point
OF law before this case zoe 70 the
jury" said Judge Trip, That Ques-
ton Is: Is there any evidence here TO
connect this defendant with the crime ?
Il IS true that 2 man ma be con-
victed on eircumstantiai evidence. but
the evidence must be of such a na-
ture as to eSIinguish any reasonable
hypothesis Of innocence. do not think
that is the as here
States Attorney Speaks,
Judge Trip said he appreciated the
position Of the states attorney and
Invited A. 3. Beck TO say q few words
30 the jury explaining why the case
was brought TO trial
With tears streaming down his face,
the states attorney told the jury he
was sure that MenZie, who had been
his friend, "a not guilty OF the muir
der Of the innocent young woman who
died with him in the lumber yard. He
said the case had been p~rerlaIurely
forced 10 trial, but that he yet had
hopes that the murderer would be
brought TO justice and the blot cleared
from the name Of Menzie, for the sake
Of his wife and family.
States Attorney Beck's term of Of
fee viii expire tomorrow when his
successor Will qualify. Sheriff L. w.
Rifle, who has been active in the in
vestigation of the murder, also r~etires.
bnr il is stated that the investigation
VIII no end here
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
WOMAN WINS CONTEST FOR
FILING ON MINING CLAIM

Rapid City, S. D. Jan. Mrs. Nell
lie Miller has Just won a suit wherein
was the contestant over a mining claim.
The claim is located on Rapid creek,
near Silver City, and h contention OF
the government was that it was of a
nonmineral character and that it had
not been taken in good faith and the
amount Of assessment work necessary
had not been performed.
The evidence submitted was to the
effect that two tunnels had been driven
one of which is 200 feet in length and
the indications are favorable to the
dnding of gold. Considerable fine gold
has already been washed out.