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All the Newshat's Fit to Print. .Everybody Reads the DailrTCapital Jon n THE BEST NEWSPAPER f THE LARfiEST r j(r-f l ' 1 - 0)1 I CIRCULATION THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. HAT.TrVf. OBEOON, MONDAY, NOVEMBEB 3, 1913. PRICE TWO CENTS. iljFJFcZl ASSASSNA FEATURES CL CAMPAIGN Tammany Man Said to Have Promised Death to Former Gov ernor if He Entered Sixth Assembly District Before Elec tionBetting Five to One on John Purroy Mitchell, Fusion Candidate for Mayor Tammany Threatens to Have Sulz er Indicted for Alleged Crooked Work In Stillwell Case. ONITID FBSSS LS1BBD WIBS. New York, Nov. 3. The New York mayoralty campaign drew to a close to day with threats of indictments, rumors of assassination plots, warnings, villi fications and 57 other varieties of as sorted strong language filling the at mosphere, Ex-Governor William Sulzer and his former graft investigator, John A. Hon nessy, were the individuals most promi nently mentioned as candidates for in dictment. It was said an offort would be made to have true bills returned against them for trying to persuade ex State Senator Stillwell to make an in criminating affidavit in return for a pardon from Sing Sing penitentiary. Honnessy unquestionably did try to get Stillwell, a Tammany legislator who was caught grafting and eut to the penitentiary, to make charges against other Tammany men. From the Sulzer Hounessy viewpoint this was simply an effort to get at the truth. The Tam JT Editor Capital Journal: Lost Saturday's isBiie of the States man contained throe article, represent ed as being the statements made by ; . .. were exccuiuu f nuav muriiiuu lor iuv i , , . . , , ., oven if whiskey had boon the cause of murder of Ooorge Dcdaskalous. These' , . . . .. I..,,-. ,,.,., 'this murder, could not the murderers statements allogo that whiskey wns the , ' ., ... . . cause of the murdor and it is very ap parent on the face of it that those state ments were socurod for political purpos es to be used in tho prosout campaign for prohibition in Solom. Murdor Planned While Sober. The testimony produced at the trial showed that it was robbery that prompted tho crime. For moro than a j week efforts had been made to per-1 auado the murdered man to come to the secluded .place. It was known that he ' luid 4050 on his person and to got pos sossion of this sum of monoy was the controlling feature. The program was to get tho victim drunk and then rob. him. After sevornl attempts failed in tatlag the dying Intorost of thontre gottlng tho murdered man to moot at a goon in tho type of light opora made place in the outskirts of Modford, thoy famous by Gibort Sullivan. Its sue at longth, succeeded in doing so by cess is all the more remarkable because making him l.oliove that he would have it was first produced at a time when an . opimrtunity of meeting a certain audiences and critics alike had bocome woman. Thoy had one quart of whis- embittered by a tedious succession of koy ith thorn and after exhausting hP 1 worthless mediocrities, until that sent to the city for another. The it seemed that they wore ready to boy victim's suspicious being naturally cott light opera forever. The appear- aroused after a whilo, and the first plan of getting him drunk failing, murdor was tho final result. The robbery wns planned in perfect soberness, as rob bery always is. Tho murder wns the natural sequence as arried out by tho criminal mind. Al. J. Jennings Exposes Buch Tactics. When tho criiiiiiisl is brought to jus tice, he Immediately falls back on the worn-out excuse of "drink was the cause," Itead the following, voters of Salem, and seo how perfectly it fits this and the nmny, mnny cae that are continuously being brought to public notice. It is the testimony of Al. J. Jennings, as printed In the Saturday Evening Post of November, 1913, in his lifo story, " Routing Hack," based on his experience whilo trusty clerk In tho Ohio penitentiary. He certainly om:ht to bo good authority and abso lutely unprejudiced. "Tart of my duty was to Interrogate incoming prisoners concerning their prl vate lives, and enter the answers on the propor blanks. Then and thore I had light on prison statistics. One of the questions ran: "To what do you attri bute your downfall! " In nine cases out of ten tho experienced prisoner an swered 'Prink.' Men who never tested liquor, because tbeydld not lik it, re- ON PLOT OSE OF BIG many theory is that it was conspiracy or something else criminal. An indictment was also' threatened against Sulzer charging an attempt to suborn perjury in connection with the testimony before the impeachment court of Duncan Peck, who accused Sui tor of trying to persuade him to tell untruths relative to a contribution he made to the deposed executive's cam paign fund. Sulzer 's friends accused Tammany men of warning Sulzer that they would kill him if he ventured into the sixth assembly district before election. The ox-governor Bnid he would enter it, nev ertheless. District Attorney Charles Whitman's investigation into Honnessy 's graft charges against Tammany officials was scheduled for resumption late in the afternon. Betting was five to one on John Pur roy Mitchell, fusion cundidate for may or against Edward E. MoCall, Tam many's candidate. turned that answer just tho same. To begin wih it was a good, easy, conven tional reason, which stopped further questioning; and thon it gave the bur glar, tho murderer and the counterfeit er an excuse to work up sympathy. Men who had sorvod many terms, used to'smilo as they said it; and I grew so tirod of putting down this insincere an swer that I used to write 'Natural do- pravity,' or 'common thief,' which wore just as near the truth." In conclusion we would state, that "dry" city as well as in one that had saloons f A blind pig or a mail-order would have secured the liquor for the 19-ycar-old murdoror, a minor, while a licensed saloon would have been com polled to refuse it or suffer the penalty provided for giving the same, (Adv.) FAItt PLAY, 'THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER." "Tho Chocolate Soldier," which the sj'hitney Opera company will present at the Grand opera house tonight, has been the chief instrument in resusci ance of "The Chocolate Soldier" in New York several seasons ago under the direction of Mr. Whitney, was equal to a revolution. The libretto, based upon Oeorgo Ilornard Shaw's "Arms and the Man," in which the wittiest Irishman of his dny vents the full force of his wit and satire upou militinrism, modern lovo, courage, he roism and other current topics, with the added flavor of a Bulgarian setting astonished everybody by tho wealth of Its dramntic interest. Manager Waters of tho Grand Opora House saw the Chocolate Soldier at Portland Saturday night, and report a verv fine production In every way. The "Soldier" comes to the Grand tonight. SYSTEMATIC BEADING. Professor Oeorgo Rebec, of the ex tension department of the t niversit) of Oregon, will be In the public library this evening from 7 :30 to 0 to meet any Jersin r frroup of peo ple Interest In doing any systematic reading. Ho will be glad to advise with them as to the best books to read or the best methods to ohtBin de sired results. This an opportunity for expert advice, which, it is hoped Sn'em people will take advantage of. The REV. SAYS IS NOT Pastor of Local Church Favors Regulation of Saloons in Capital City. IS EMOTIONAL HYSTERIA Intemperance by No Means Confined to Liquor and Passion and Preju dice Are Hurtful. In his sermon Sunday morning, Bev. Tischer, pastor of the Unitarian church, discused "Intemperance, Humanity's Besetting Sin." It is his belief that local option does not solvo the liquor question. He said in part: The temperance problem is one of the profoundest and most fundamental problems in society and should not be confounded with the prohibition cause or local option issues. Have wo not in our contention lost sight of the real qause side of this great problem! We are spending our vitality and perhaps much valuable ammunition upon details and methods rather than with possible cause and yet all intelligent men known that symptoms and effects are but reflections of underlying causes. Therefore, let us seek after the cause side of our promlem. 'Of two evils, choose the loeer,' is not only sound doctrine, but it is sane and wise counsel and wherever wisdom rules that prlnci pie will guide. Of two methods, use the best. Two methods are befoi'O the poo- ple regulation and extermination. Reg ulation is the approved method of all organizod business. It is the method of government, it is the method of pro gressive development. Without regula tion disorder would be the ruler. We regulate our lives and conduct, our homos and schools, our churches, our administration, our governments, be cause we realize- that regulation is the natural and normal method to accom plish orderly results. The other meth od is extermination, which is violence, and violence spells ruin. Distributing Center. "The saloon, the distillery, the brew ery, are placos of Industry for the man ufacturing of commercial commodities. The saloon Is a distributing and receiv ing center, a supply house. It ropra sonts the method of distribution rather than tho condition. If the method cre ates conditions and effects and evil in fluoncos In society, we should not over look those condition In connection with methods which, togethor, produco the evil effects. This rule applies to all in terest in life. "Again, it is a question of regula tion which is boforo the pooplo, rather than ono of inothod. Cannot evil conse quences be ovorcome by additional reg ulation! Improvement is the slogan of progress. "I am not willing to concodo that all saloon men, all wine merchants, all browers, distillors and hop growers, etc. are eithor thugs, cut throats, pirates or murderers any moro than I can agree that all minister are saints or all church members Christians. However, all men will agree that intoxication is a I way the result of intern pernuco, no matter by what spirit Induced. Emo tional hysteria, the result of. luflBmed pashion nnd prejudice, it Intoxication, is intemperance. Can't Force Morality. "Can you legislate morality Into s man any more than you can iniioculnto him with virtue, or wisdom! Can you Inject Intelllgenco into his mind or goodness into his heart! Will lego en actments and restrictive and prohibitive laws upon our statute books give to s man moral strength to resist tempta tion! Can you legalize character into a man by prohibitive law! Yon may tie a vicious dog and prevent him from biting s orby, hut will that change the nature of the brute! You mny in earrerttlo tblef, but will that make of him an honest mnti! Tho chiiso of our problem lies much deeper and the cure perlisps in quit a different direc tion. Lifo is governed y divine law Snd Dot by pious seiitimcntnlisin. " (Adv.) ' public library will endeavor to supply the book recommended, if not from its own shelve by borrowing from our state library or from the university li brary books too technical to be found la general circulation. Jilts Him pn Eve of Wedding Day Med Lawrence Calls Off Marriage to Tompkins to Which Hundreds Had Been Invited. Jonitsd raasn isun wiaa.1 Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 3. Leav ing behind her a note to the intended bridegroom, saying she could not wed him, Miss Meda Lawrence, daughter of Professor N. W. Lawrence, of Walla Walla college, has disappeared and the nuptials, which were to have been cele brated tomorrow night, have been call ed off. Miss Lawrence was to have wed Earl Tompkins of British Columbia, but changed her mind and Saturday left the city. Her parents claim they do not know where she is. The wedding was to have been an elaborate one, and hundreds of invita tions were issued. NOTICE TO ELKS. The funeral of Bro. 0.' W. Bingham, member of Oregon City Lodge, will be held Tuesday afternoon. The cortege will leave the house at 2 p. ni. Services will be held at the First Christian church. All members of 338 are re quested to be present; also all visiting members. Editor Capital Journal: President Homan of the Willamette University has appealed to the business men and voters in general of Salem to vote out the saloon on November 4. His whole. cjyia.'.'jrh,aloon must go." Mr. lloman knows that when he states this he is not stating the real question that Is confronting the voters of Sa lem at that time. He knows that the issue on which the people of Salom will vote on the fourth dny of Novembor is "For prohibition," or "Against pro hibition.'" lie knows that if the vote should be "For prohibition," it would not only wipe out tho legally licensed saloon, but its would also prevent tho purchase within Salom of auy alcoholic boverngo. It would say to evory individual, "You shall not exerciso your personal right and privilege as a free-born citizen of the United States of America fco pur chase openly and above board the bev erage that it has been your custom and dosiro to purchase those many years." Condemns Manufacture. If prohibition carries In Salem, it not alono condemns tho sulo of alcohol ic, boverages, but It equally condemns tho manufacture thorcof; and it abso lutely follows that it condemns the raising and soiling of hops; tho selling of Royal Ann cherries for Marischino purposes; the soiling of bnrloy for brew ing purposes and tho various fruits for the purposes of manufacturing othor alcoholic beverages. In othor words, under tho pretext of voting out tho saloon, a death blow is to bo dealt sonio of tho most Important industries of tho business lifo and pros perity of tho city of Salom. Such wmdd be the iiadirul consequences BnA Mr. Homan must certainly have been aware of tho situation. The question, boforo tho voter of Sa lem Is, therefore, not alone tho saloon, but prohibition and all its consequence. Never Paid Taxes. Tho people of Sulem have the bent of feeling toward the Willamette Univer sity, is an edui'jitlonnl institution. At the sumo tiino it is well for Mr. llouinn, as it president, to remember that the university owns sonio regard to the tax payers of Snlem and Marion county. Ho states thnt the university Is worth 1,000,001). It covers some of tho most valuable blocks of luud In the city of Snlem. The university was for.ndcd In 1842 and during its existence it has never paid any taxes (realty or r soiml) to tho city, county or state. The The Weather The Dickey Ilinl sv: Oregon: liain wes, fair oust por tion tonight, warmer south and east portions; Tuesday rain, G0NG THIS II y south easterly 0 winds, increasing Rlonir the coast. IS IE ISVERY FAST Old-Timer Drives His Simplex at Head of Twenty-Six Starters. OLD RECORDS ALL GO Speed Demons Hurtle Through Air at Tremendous Bate and No One Is Injured in Bace. onitso miss usin wiaa. San Diego, Cal., Nov. 3. Six drivers in the Los Angeles-San Diego-Phoenix desert automobile road race smashed all previous records between Los Angoles and San Diego today. The old record was 3:07, made months ago by Louis Nikrent, in a Bulck. Barney Oldfiold, in a Simplex, covered the distance to day in 2:41; OKn Davis, driving a Lo comobile, in 2:44; William Carlson, Simplex, in 2:48; J. C. Bice Simplex, 2:4;i; Frank Verbeck, Fiat, 2:65, and B B. Buxton, in a Mercer, in 2:57. Of the 20 cars starting from Los An geles, 18 had reached here at noon to day. Others have dropped out through accidents. taxpayers of Salom and Marlon county are annually going into their pockets and making up over $25,000, that this institution would have to pay if it wore on the tax roll. Every taxpayer In Sa lom is paying about 3 mills more taxes this year because the University is ex empt from taxation. This is the an nual subscription to the university by all alike, the saloons, the brewery, the hop men. Helped Medical Department. Tho businoss and professional men and. the taxpayers of Salom not so very long ago raised sufficient money to eroct the Modical building. Thoy did so, gladly, for it moant much to the prosperity of Salom, Fifty-eight stu dents attondod last year. Its annual rocolpts for the year woro over 5000. This sum was spout In tho operation of the institution. Tho student wore all adult and tome were married. . Thoir residence In Salom meant tho sponding of between $30,000 and $10,000 for liv ing oxpenses alone. Tho same thing is true of tho Law school. About sixty students attondod it and spnut practically an equal am ount of money. Both theso Institutions are now lost to Salom. H is gonerally understood that Mr. lloman is rosuonsible for this state of sffuirs. In order to be eligible to recolve a rather speculative donation from tho liockofollor institute, It was uecoHsary that Willamotte Univorsity be only a school of liberal arts. This nocossitated doing away with the med ical anil law schools. Tho prospective donation (an exceedingly doubtful prop osition at that) is to be $100,000, Sa lom loses two valuable assots, for which its citizens have given much money and and valuable time, and Mr. Human may gain at some tiino or other $100,000, to mlil to tho assets of the univorsity fund. Thorn are many citizens of Sulem, loyal friends of tho university, who boliove that the institution lost its most valua ble asset, as far as Salum is concerned, whon the medical and law schools woro sacrificed. Hav High Bogard. Tho pimple of Sulem have a high re gard for the Willamette Univorsity, It has been hero for many years and Its history Is closely allied with Salem's growth uml progress. They unquestion ably ileslro to eo the Institution pros por, They can hardly ngreo with Mr, (Ionian, however, that It requires tho an n mi I sai'iil'ii'o of millions of dollars to accomplish that lumlublu purpose. (In sars: " Wiiw out tlio saloons and tho browory," thereby entailing a loss to the city of $110,000 in wages annu ally. lie would ilit'tute to the city that It ilisll do without the revenue derived from liquor licenses and tells the tax payers to make up the def icioney of which his own institution does not have to lny a cent. Ho would take nwny the employment of over 100 men and fureo them upon an already over supplied labor market. He encourages the confiscation of property honestly acquired, and tho loss of much biininess legitimately a part of the city's tradit, Would End IU He advocates putting an end to the (Continued on pas 'uur.i Significant Action Causes Mex an Explanation Intervention Seems Inevitable, But Presi dent Wilson and Bryan A re Hopeful General Carranza Asks That Rebels Be Permitted to Import Arms Dictator Huerta Is Bankrupt-Federal Soldiers Unpaid. LuniTao tub uumuo wuta. , Washington, Nov. 3. Official Wash ington regarded the Mexican situation gloomily today, saying American Inter vention soemd inevitable. President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan were exceptions. Thoy remained hope ful. The Mexican rebels professed not to care for recognition, but if the govern ment had receive officially a communi cation from General Carranza asking that the, rebels be permitted to Import arms, they would have been accorded the equivalent of recognition. The com munication was not received officially, however. SecroUry Bryan accepted it in his individual capacity. May Not Recognize Bebels. It Boomed loss likely today than hlth orto, in fact, that the government would rocognlze the rebels St all. It was in timated that the president would re ceive no one who sought to align th administration with either side. If America must finally interevene, it will Involve (ma trouble, it was said, AT BE E Salom voters are today nominating candidates for tho eity council to be voted on at the Docombor oloction, and the recall of Councilman Stolz In the third ward and Councilman Hatch in the sixth. Enpocinlly In tho fourth and third wards tho voting is heavy, and in the sixth ward it is said a majority of tho voters today are women, Although tho first clerk of election has authority to show pooplo how to mark tho ballot, in the event a voter doos not understand, tho clerks in tho different wards declare that the voters seem to know all about marking tho tickets, and thore were only a few in quiries. Big Vote Comes Tomorrow. Tomorow there will be s vote on the question of continuing the prosout sys tem of liconsing saloons In the city of Salem, Thoso who aro opposing tho li cense system will place an X before the words "For Prohibition," and thoso who believe the license system Is best Oliver is Given Three Years and Hosmer Fined $200 When Willi Oliver, who wns convict ed of a statutory criiuo last Wednesday was today soutcufod to tint penitentiary for a period of from three to 'JO years, Judge Kelly announcing his willingness to act In behalf of the defendant as fur as he could in the event tho parole board culls upon him to do so, Attorney Wiimlow, who represented Oliver, delivered a short argument prior to making an application for parole of his client. Hit told Judge Kelly that tho Jury which convicted Olivor arrived lit tho verdii't through the solo under standing t tuft the court, in passing judg ment, would bo lenient and that he woe prepared to Introduce the inenihers of thei jury In order to verify this state iiient if ne'issary, Oliver, befute being sentenced, tolil Juilgo Kely that he was not guilty of the prime for which he was convicted snd pleaded for mercy. Weighing every statement mads b ican Port Authorities to Ask than would have been the cote a month ago, for those reasons: Dictator Huerta is bankrupt, The federal troops' cay is in srreers. and thoy are no longer unitedly for the present regime. It has become unlikely that the rebels will join the federals in resUtine an American attempt to restore order. Will Aid United States. It was roliably reported that the members of the Mexico City diplomatio corps who met John Llnd in Vera Cms Saturday, expressed a wish heartily to co-operate with the United States repre sentatives. Chairman Bacon, of the senate for eign relations committee, told the senate thfit, though he did not consider today the time to discus he Mexican, ques tion,, he apprehended' "most seriously that the time is rapily approaching when wo must discus it." The cruiser Tacoma so shifted it an chorage as to be in a position to shell Vera Cruz, and the port authorities aeked an explanation. - will place an Wore the words "Against Prohibition,'' Those who favor University of Ore gon appropriations, sterilization, coun ty attorney and compenuution acts will place an X before the word "Yes," fol lowing each proposition, and those op posed will place an X before the word "No." That -thore will be practically a fall vote tomorrow is conceded, Votlnff Places Tomorrow. Tho following aro voting places for the election to be held tomorrow: Precinct No. 1 Yoaton's residence, Marlon streot. Precinct No. 2 City hall. Frecinct No. 3 Jim WHlson real es tate office on High street. Precinct No. 4 Rodger building, corner High and Ferry streets. Precinct No, 5 Illdgoway's store. Procinct No. 0 Oidding's hall, Sev enteenth and Conter. Precinct No. 7 Polsal & Shaw's store Procinct No. 8 Basement of East school. Procinct No. 9 Boblo store building, 720 South Fourteenth. Procinct, No. 10 Basement of High land school. Poll will be open from 8 s. m. to 8 p. m. Have you ordered your .lew 1914 model calendarf Attorney Winslow and Olivor carefully, Judge Kelly filially raid that in view of tho fact that the defendant's past con duct bad been abhorront, It was Impos sible for tho court to do olhorwiuo than perform his legul duty and, notwith standing that there miht be some de gree of leniency diwervlng the defend ant, the question of parole liniild lie within tho hands of tho proper parolo authorities. Olivor actepted his lot calmly. Judge Kolly this morning sentenced J, E. llosinc-r, the Silvcrtou editor, who was convicted of criminal libel in con nection with artii'lis about the Mt. An-g-I convent, last week, to pay a fine uf $:100. The minimum sentence that' the law provides in criminal libel canes is a fine of $U)0. Attorney Wilson Immediately serv ed notice that the ilefetulniit will ap gial the Judgment t the supreme court. -.s-rf-rr-w