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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-07
Strange Men Wanted Room
Overlooking Cottage Of
Murdered Women
One MAN OCCUPIED IT
NIGHT OF THE KILLING
Murderer Made Sure They
We're Dead Was Probably
Known by Them

Seattle. Wash, April An unknown
man slept in the observation room y
of the apartment house at 1888 l-2 West
lake avenue, on the night Of the murder
of Mrs. Corine Wheeler and her sis
ter. Miss Kate Swift.
This was the discovery made today
by Mrs. j. O. Fouts, the landla1y.
The aged sisters. wno were found
dead with their heads beaten in with an
AK and hammer, had told urighbor,
Mrs. C. f. Smith, that man was watch
ing them from the apartment house
across the street.
The Conservation room" p" was on the
third floor, directly across H1rrson
from the little house whore ta2 old
women hOrded their savings.
"On Wednesday night (tha night ct
the murder.) a man slipped into the
~oom," said Mrs. Fouts today. it
ha not been occupied in the three
weeks that I have managed tl,2pl1ce.
~ was surprised Thursday 10 see the
doci slightly open. 1t had not h",a
locked I stepped inside and fcurl tire
room in disorder. A man had crav
into the bed with all his clothes on. !
have no idea when he came in or when
he left. No one saw him."
Another apartment house angle to th'
murder mystery, was the statement by
Mrs. Fouts that TIN - peculiar acting
Young men, two of them wearing sweat
ers had applied for n room Wednesday
afternoon and told her they "G'+r :
lave any money but were 9 ug to get
some. "
Men Act oueerly
The three men came to her 2t =
m Wednesday. she saws, and asked to
see n room. They talked gruffly An I!
" hen taken into a room on 'he li"th
side, one of them went directly to tfe
window and peered toward ;he ll'te
house across the street where the E'Sfcrs
lived. The thought occurred to her then
she says that the men were plana'rg
tl rob some house in the neiGtb1'hoo1.
Tn, police put II. S. King, the n'rhew
Of the victims who found the lode IN
der A severe examination for ihree
hours yesterday.
"fWe are inclined at the present to
accent King . story as he tells it, y said
CAPTAIN Of Detectives Tennant. He
stuck to it during the whole time.
According to the Dexter Horton bank
Mrs. Wheeler withdrew her money from
the bank between February and July,
1915. Her account amounted to little
more than $4,000.
Detectives working on the case point
ont that the murderer wanted to make
sure that his victims were dead, because
they were numerically chopped with
the AK.
Robbery could have been accomplish
ed, they say without going to that eA.
tent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-07
Judge Asks County
To Sue Him for $1,000

Vancouver. Wash, April superior
Judge r. II. Black, known as the first
aid to cupid wants to be sued.
In one year Judge Black married 300
couples, for which he received upwards
Of $1,000. He doesn't know what tc
do with the money. The law says he
may receive no pay besides his salary.
There is no provision for turning 1t over
to the state. So Judge Black has or''
the county commissioners to sue him
for il.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-07
Association Agrees To
Advance Lumber Prices

Tacoma, Wash, April AFTER sur
vey has been made to even up discrep-
aneies in quotations, a general increase
of from so cents to 81 a thousand in
lumber prices win be made by north
west mills, it was announced today.
Sixty-three western Washington mills
were represented at a meeting held here
late yesterday to consider the question
of advancing prices About 60 per cent
of the delegates to the meeting are af-
filiated with east coast lumbermen as
sociations.
The present market is strong and de-
mand good, lumbermen said. Conditions
in the industry, it was claimed, are bet
ter than in several years and promise
to improve steadily.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-07
Going To Get villa, -
By Carl b. Groat.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, April I've are going
to get Villal
This was the official word that went
out today. If there is any contemplat-
cd change in this purpose it exists so
far in President Wilson mind alone,
and has not been communicated to men
in charge of the American expedition.
None could prophecy, however, how
long the task would be.
''You might as well ask how long is
piece Of stringl' , said one army Of
ficer. Yet he has repeatedly voiced
confidence that tue Americans will
catch Villa.
Under the surface talk to the effect
that Carranza might demand withdraw
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-07
Russians Near FrebizOnd.

Petrograd, April 7.-Russian troops
are approaching Trebizond from the
east and SOUTH official announcements
today said. In an engagement to the
southwark all Turks were elected from
their fortified positions.
Lussian submarines, it was declared.
destroyed a Turkish steamo- and ii
sailing vessels carrying coal in =
Black sea. a Slav battleship. said the
war office, bombarded the Turkish
cruiser Alidullu, formerly the German
Warship Breslau putting it to flight.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-07
GERMANS EXECUTE WOMAN

Amsterdam, April Mile
Petit, a Belgian woman, has
been executed at the order Of a
German court.martial, according
to the newspaper Echo Beige to-
day. She was accused Of
treason.
The court.martial also sen
tenced to death Louis DE Bet
tignies, Belgian, but later com
muted that Judgment to We
imprisonment. Marie Van
Houtte and Georges Desa Ever
were sentenced TO IS years i'm
prisOnment. All were charged
with treason.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-07
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MAY BE TWO cH1NAs

!; London, April THE rich
4 Chinese province of Kwang
4 Tung of which Canton is the
\ capital nAs declared its inde-
4 pendence of the Yuan Shi Kai
4 government, according to
\ Reuter- dispatch from Shanghai
X today.
I; Fear was expressed that other
!; provinces would follow its ex-
!; ample, possibly dissolving the
!; republic into a number of small
X nations while the revolution
\ against Yuan Shi Kai is in
!; progress.
/; 1t was reported that this
4 week s movement would split
I; China into two nations, south
X ern and a northern The PROV
I; ince of Kwang Tung has an
\ area of $4,000 miles and its pop
I; ulation is variously estimated
< at from 22,000,O0O to 3O,OOO,O0O
< people.
I; ). x 4; !; * X y x y x x x x x
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-07
SENDS EAST FOR PRINCIPAL

Portland Ore, April IA. H. Sproul
of Salem Mass, was notified by the
Portland school board today of his clc2.
tioh as principal of the new commercIal
high school here. He will take Office
September /.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-07

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01
MORE PARK IMPROVEMENT.
Extension Of Lagoon System and Beau
tifyinu Now Beino Considered

With the excavation for the lagoon
in RiverView park now completed
Councilman NJ. 8. Mcfarland, head of
the department.; superintendent Rubee.
who has had charge of the engineering
work, and Bert Beehrle, caretaker of
the park, are now planning additional
improvements for the identifying Of
the grounds. A trip to the park now
before water is turned into the lagoon
will give the visitor very compre-
hensive idea Of the wonderful Improve
ment the lagoon viii make. According
to Councilman Mcfarland the lagoon
is but a start toward other equally i'm
portant improvements. yI
On the tiny islands that have been
left in the lagoon and on favorable
spots at the waters edge along the
banks are to be planted Towering
shrubs. thousands of which have been
growing in the municipal nursery near
the park and east Of the city.
The playground for small children.
and the apparatus for their use, Is to
be moved south of the lagoon and
near the street ear entrance. Under
huge trees in this part OF the grounds
is a delightful spot for recreation
grounds for mothers and children.
Nearby is the end of the lagoon, which
has been excavated for a wading pool
$50 feet in diameter, that will have a
sandy bottom and water from a foot
to eighteen inches deep. Just below
it the lagoon widens into a swimming
pool for grown people that will have
five or six feet Of water in It.
From Identifying standpoint the
most important work to be begun will
be the excavating OF q large pond for
water. lilies and aquatic plants. 1t will
be excavated in the depression just
east OF the tennis courts and near the
band stand.
& Either this winter or early in the
spring, three bridges are to be built
across the lagoon. One will be for.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01

entirely unsolicited. The position Is
wholly executive, and Mr.. Huntington
will have no hand in the operation Of
the road.
N In announcing MI. Huntinstons res
ignatisn TUESDAY evening the Minne-
apolis Journal says:
"rhe virginiar railway formerly was
the Deepwater & Tidewater railway
and was built by the late II. H. Rogers.
the standard OH maEnate. Its owner
ship is vested principally in the Rog-
ers estate and the direction of the
property is in close affiliation with the
National City Bank OF New York. The
road Is about 500 miles long, extending
principally from Norfolk. Va. to Deep
water in the Allegheny mountains,
from which territory 1t derives heavy
tonnage Of high grade bituminous coal.
Before coming to Minneapolis Mr..
Huntington was general superintendent
of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
and Is familiar with the coal carrying
trade.
James Russell. who comes as Mr..
Huntington's successor. was associated
with President r. L. Brown of the Min
neapolis & ST. Louis when Mr.. Brown
was vice president of the Denver 4
Rio Grande.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01
sv.neleve.

vaneleVe. - 81 = - ~. ~
II. u. Gallentine has sold his rsstaa'
rant 10 Henry Ritter. Mr.. ana MFss
Gallentine expect to move TO DeA
Mo,nee In about two weeks.
While building corn crib for y. " y.
Mason Fl. D. Corder ran NAH thru ~
finger. causing had wound.
Il Mrs. L. III, Tigges and daushtsr g
webster. wis. have come 70 spend e.
winter with relatives here.
Mrs L. w. Beye and children spent
the week. end with relatives q Laurel.
Edwin Croft spent Sunday with his
son and daughter In Marshalltown.
H. c. Pothast spent TUESDAY
Marshalltown.
Word from r. w. Pothast home -
to the effect that their little son VINO.
was SO seriously hurt when II fell from
its crib is now getting better and that
an operation will be unnecessary
The basket social and program gwen
by the school children "wednesday
evening was we'll attended.
Mrs, w. A. Pothast and sister MISS
Frieda smith. entertained the teacners
and pupils at a surprise party LOT
charles and Warren Smith brothers oil
the hostes.es. A good time WA en-
joyed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01
gxhlhi,or ship. q chieaee.

Acting on information received IN
telegram from Arthur @. Leonard,
president OF the International Laws
Stock Exposition, Chicaxo. that opens
Saturday. Harry Early, Liscomb ex-
hibitor Wednesday loaded . car Of
Percherons to exhibit at the show. The
telegram gives much the, same infor-
nation az was given out In Chicago 70
the press Wednesday to the effect that
the exposition Will open In spite OF the
embargo. 1t says that II Is thoush'
the trouble at Kansas City is not the
fcot and mouth disease. but o FORM
OF disease that has affected horses IN
Nebraska and Colorado and more OF
less at all markets and shows In the
swollen tongue and the formation oi
vesicles. II lasts only about fifteen
days and apparently leaves no bad Of
:" .aHFsA5
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01
rIsdEs.REPUBIICAN, MARsHALLTOWN, IOWA:

vehicles and the other two will be
foot bridges The vehicle bridge will
be built on solid foundations, but
probably It, like the foot bridges. will
have superstructures built Of the
limbs OF trees.
As soon as the weather turns cold
enough water will be run into the
upper end OF the lagoon and solid ice
will be forced In layers for rink that
will be opened to the public free as
soon as the ice Is in condition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01
AuNriNcToN's NEW JOB.
Work With virsinian Railway viii b
In Executive Capacity.

C. H. e. Boardman, local attorney fol
the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway
was in Minneapolis Tuesday in attend
ance at the luncheon given compli-
mentary to Vice President and General
Manager c. w. Huntington, Of the
Minneapolis 4 ST. Louis whose resig-
nation was announced Tuesday
Mr.. Boardman says that Mr.. Hunt
ington's new work as chairman of the
board of directors of the Virginian rail.
way. with headquarters at so Wal
street, New York City, is a fine posi-
ton that has come to Mr. Huntington
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01
OUCH! PAIN! RUB Ilu
OUT RHEUMATISM
STOP SUFFERING! RELIEF CONES
M THE MoMENTsYOu APPLY
"ST. JACOBS OIL"
Rheumatism is pain only.

Rheumatisna is pain only
Not one case in fifty requires inter-
nal treatment. Stop drugging! Rub
the misery right away! Apply sooth-
ing, penetrating "St, Jacobs OH" d.
rectly Upon the tender spot" and re-
lief comes instantly. st. Jacobs OH
conquers pain. II isghArmless rheuma-
and can not burn the skin. 4. I
Timber up! Stop complaining! Get
a small trial bottle ofs .'St. Jacobs Or
at any drug store. and in Just a mo-
lnent you'll be free from rheumatic pain.
soreness ana stiffness. Don't suffer!
Relief awaits you. ,"St. Jacobs Oil" Is
just as good for sciatica, neuralgia,
lumbago, backache. sprains and swell
ings.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01

Mrs. A.. A. Lounsberry and daugh-
ter Rose were visitors in Albion today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01
~ choa1e, denti.t. Fldelity BANK.


Sorm door coverings, look like
wood, Is cents door. Abbott & SON.
Mrs. a.. A. Lounsberry and daugh-
ter Rose were visitors in Albion today.
Remember the travelling mems dance
Ss turday, Red Mems hall Committee
Come in and get Tuttles prices on
silyerware before you buy. futile, the
jeweler.
We repair auto tops and put new
l.2hts in curtains. Marshalltown Buggy
Company.
George Fletcher. Of Des Moines. was
a guest at the a. a. Moore nome
Thursday.
The Christmas portrait-acceptable
to mother. sweetheart, and friends.
Hubler's studio.
We build all styles Of commercial
bodies for new and old cars, Marshall
town Buggy Company.
Fresh country dressed chickens tor
tomorrow. Phones 2s4 and lisa. M
Cords grocery, 121 West Main.
Miss Alice LeFevre, OF Boone, was
in the city this morning on her way
to Liscomb to visit relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Alice Lundy and brother, e. Nj.
Adams. of Knowles, Okla. who have
been Visiting their niece, Mrs. o. l..
Mossman, went this morning to Union
to visit w. M. Perisho and family.
-
Stonestreet has the most beautiful
line Of folders ever shown in this
studio. They just arrived from New
York today and are Christmas picture
styles, at all prices. Come in and make
an appointment Stonestreet studio,
$50 East Main street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01
Turk,ys 20 Cents Pou nd.

we will place on sale tomorrow "a
turkeys. They were purchased today
by wire In Chicago and will be here to-
morrow morning. They are guaran-
teed fresh in every way, dry picked
fine select stock, average wetgh'
s to IL pounds. per pound 20 cents
Levin Dry Goods Company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-01

Sorm door coverings, look like
wood, Is cents a door. Abbott & Son.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-04
SOCIABLE PENGUiNS.
Visits Not Appreciated by Explorers
In the Antarctic.

K. IL. Priestley OF Captain Scott 3
antarctic expedition relates an anus
ing experience with Adele penGuins or
FlagstaG point The Terra Nova had
landed n party to take off geological
specimens, but the men hndI some diff
Guilty in keeping the penGoins away
from the boat
As we lay alongside the ice foot
says the author iu his Antarctic Ad.
venture" we blocked the birds access
to their rookery, hut that did not seem
TO bother the peuguins ip the least
They would rise out of the water n
few yards Off, take glance at the
boat. which they doubtless took for n
stranded foe, and tlien disappear
From previous experience knew what
was coming ana looked H'ith interest
for the next act, hut the s,,ttmnn who
was helping me get the specimens oil
board was new to lhc vagnries of the
Adele.
| was unable to Judge which was the
more surprised, the sailor OF the penr
gums when the latter landed. half n
dozen at n time. upright in e ,om
of the boat. Certainly the penguins
were most annoyed, aud directly they
found that they were trapped they as-
saulted the poor man with, Nreasoning
fury, so that II was no easy matter to
pitch them back into the sea-
1t was on II similar occasion that aii
Adele penguin. seeing what he thought
was handy piece of ice. lenped out
of the water and landed on the knees
of the boatswam who was In the stern
He looked the man In the face. gave
one hysterical squawk OF horror and
shot into the sen. have never seen
face show greater astOnlshment Ihnu
that Of our respected lOatswain unless
ID were the penguinS
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-04
PosToFFlCE POINT.
There Is No Mail Station Loested on
This Arctic leo Pack.

There Is No Mail Station Loosted on
This Arctic Ice Pack.
Almost due north of lbering strait IL
"A point IN the solid north pack that
always extends much farther south
than the pack at the eastward or at
, the westward. THIS point IN naturally
variable, according 10 the heat OF the
summer and the severity Of the previ.
GUS winter, but Il does not move more
than u few degrees For Hfty or sey,
cnty-five years this point of Ice has
been spoken Of by the arctic whale
men as "PostOllice point"
This does not mean that there IL II
fpost0iiice there but the Significance
OF the name Is because the whaling
fleets usually ARE divided. some ships
going considerably east OF postoiIice
point and others west OF Il. Ships
That have been east nf Il cruise along
he edge Of the pack aud very fire.
-quently meet chips Dhnt have been to
sthe west OF H. aud the meeting point
for some reason has always been In
the neighborhood uf i'oStoficc point
~ hNN htlf lil'lflNiN NIAi N'lt NlllDN
lsed 10 meet after being separated
for many werls aud exchange news
and gossip
The solid north rucl comes pretty
close 10 Point liHrrnV aud extends iu
an Irregular line from Point BARROW
TO Postonice point Much Of this Ice
"looka NJ though II has been there
from the year I as one of the whui-
Ing captaips has expressed t. Bear.
ing IL mind the face that POstomce
point Is always TO be found Ia mp
iroSinmIcly the SaEe latitude and
longitude II seems us though there
must of necessity be- land mack Of II.
although OF rourse there Il posi-
iillty that there may be very sol!l
pack of ice instead Of land. held la
ph,ce by comparatively shallow water.
New York Times
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-04

cts and warm clothing for the troops.
The German soldiers in the picture
have displayed characteristic German
ingenuity n devsing muffs for them.
selves.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-04

them. County auditors succeed the dis
trict deputy assessors, and they have
the right to name additional assessors
where they deem necessary, to remove
elected assessors and appoint suhsti-
tutes.
Tax payers in December 1914 who
always made honest return found that
generally their taxes had been re-
duced. Taxpayers December 1915 af-
ter Willis got In his disorganization
work found that in 90 per cent of the
taxing districts taxes had gone up
Taxpayers will find still further in
creases next December
Like all the other laws of the Willis
administration this tax law is all
"balled up" Moot questions are now
up to the worthy Attorney General Tur7
ner for decision, and his legar ability
has been so discredited by supreme
court decisions against him, that eoun-
ty auditors will listen to their own
county attorneys. So there viii be SO
taxing systems in Ohio anyway you
look at 1t. The state tax commission
has developed into mutual admira-
ton society of three members. That
is all 1t Is good for. Ask any auditor
who attended the Columbus meeting
recently.
II will be worth while to watch this
tax "decentralizer" at work But it
will also pay the taxpayer to keep his
hand on his wallet.
O.
Why wouldn't II be a good idea for
Frank Miller to take over the manage
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-04
STRIFE IN TIE CABINET.
Washington Had Troubles of His Own
IN Fiis Official Family.

IN FttS Oucial Famliy.
To represent the factions fairly.
Washington chose tor his cabinet four
men who could not have differed more
in character had lie summoned them
from the ends of tue earth.
For secretary OF state lie chose JEFF
ferson, she ardent theorist who had
done his country the service of formu-
lating the Declaration of Independence
and was perhaps better known abroad
than any American save the aged
Franklin. For secretary of the treas,
ury he called 70 him the phenomenal
Hamilton, with the frame of II lad and
the intellect OF giuuL. TO whom IL
was given to perform miracles with an
empty eXchequcr. The secretary Of
war was General Knox. large and
snowy, but. despite his pompous speech
and grandly tlourishing cane. a man of
experience not only In battle, but in
administering this same Office, under
the Continental congress. The attor
ney general was Edmund Randolph.
who proved Of weaker moral fiber than
the others.
jefferson was the strong opposing
personality of the administration. He
had little patience with General Knox
whom he called "a man Of parade"
and he and Hamilton quarreled almost
daily upon every conceivable topic. for
, Hamilton, Federalist to the core by
instinct and conviction. became as in
evitably spokesman for the party iD
power
Even Washington could noe preserve
harmony in such cabinet, and before
the end of his first term both Hamilton
and Jefferson resigned. Afterward the
president had still greater difficulty
with his council His critics taunted
him with being able to get only second
rate men TO iill their places, and Vice
President Adams asserted that 1t was
this, not high devotion to principle,
that caused him TO refuse a third term.
But Adams was neither generous nor
always Just In his estimate of Others
Helen Nicolay In Century Magazine.
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cOf Problem For Those Who
Want National Monthly
And Whose Subscription To
Another County Paper
Has Not Expired

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to get The National Monthly you are
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ter by starting The National Monthly
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from April 25, 1916, to April 25, 1917,
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