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t CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL MARCH 8, 1917 PAGE 6 CONGRESS DEFIED BY TWELVEJENATORS Filibuster, Led by La Follette, Defeats Bill to Give Wil son Power Asked. Washington. Twelve senators, led ky Senator L Follette ami ewe Med by Senator Stone, demoer. chairman of the foreign relatlc committee, in a filibuster, denoui. by President Wilson's spokesmen as the most reprehensible in the history t any civilized nation, defied the will of an overwhelming majority in con press up to the last minute and denied to the president a law authorizing him to arm American merchant ships to meet the German submarine menace. Unyielding throughout 6 hours of continuous session to appeals that their defiance of the president would be humiliating to the country, uncom promising in a crisis described to them as the most serious to the nation since the Civil war, La Follette and his mail group of supporters refused a majority of their colleagues an op portunity to vote on the armed neu trality bill, and it died with the sixty fourth congress. 76 Senators Sign Manifesto. To fix responsibility before the country, "6 senators, 30 republicans and 46 democrats, signed a manifesto proclaiming to the world that they favored passage of the measure. This declaration, embodied In the record of the senate, referred to the fact that the house had passed a sim ilar bill by a vote or 403 to 13 and also recited that the senate rule permitting unlimited debate gave a small minor ity opportunity to throttle the will of the majority. Thirteen- senators declined to sign the declaration, but Senator Penrose, republican, of Pennsylvania, .announc ed that he would have voted for the bill had opportunity been afforded him. Twelve Constitute Opposition. The 12 who went on record with the 13 members of the house against (ranting to President Wilson the au thority he asked from congress in the crisis were: Republicans Clapp. Minnesota; La Follette, Wisconsin; Cummins, Iowa; Gronna, North Dakota; Kenyon, Iowa; Norris, Nebraska; Works, California. Democrats Kirby, Arkansas; Lane, Oregon; O'Gorman, New York; Stone, Missouri; Vardaman. Mississippi. Senator Lane of Oregon was the nly senator from the northwest to oppose giving the president power to arm American ships for defense against submarine attacks. He refused to sign the manifesto approving the MIL 0. W; McCullagh. for the last firs years sales manager of the Yakima Valley Growers' assoclat Ion, has been eU-cted sales manager of the Hood Hir er Apple Growers' association, and signed a contract at a salary of 16000 a year. Senior members of the logging engineering school of O. A C. are on their annual logging trip to camps of the Columbia river region. They will siiend two weeks in Cathlaniet recelv- Fear of an acute stock feed famine ! I"K practical Instruction lu the log- OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERALINTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Is growing around Canyon City. glng industry. A shingle mill Is to be erected on the i 'ris mane to me state North fork of the Sluslaw Klver at l,rd of hl,h " examinations of i tin lu'uda of antniuln BUHiMH'trd of hnv oi.ee. s Seven out of nine of the councllmen j lK r"h1' "llw "'Hrmlng Increase of Oregon Citv are facing a recall. In-! ' '" "P'1 r hydrophobia through eluding the mavor. ! 0l" 0r,,,,n- PvW N. The backboue of the car shortage on ; iio- 8,,e health officer, the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon William Branson, tried on a charge seems to be bro'.a... l,f k"" ,,,,," " Ol,t,0"r' Another effort to crc::- C.-.r.-o 1 l!M5- wa8 f,,J ull,v ,,f '" Jk county out of the eastern section of i r "rr l M'MlnnvllIe. This Clackamas is reported to be afoot. "s " "'" '". "... Sixteen hundred acres of producing " "' resuiteu m a nuug jury ana me prune land in Polk county gave a to- v"'-''1'' conviction. tal of S.500.000 pounds of dried prunes MUCH LEGISLATION SHUT OUT AT CLOSE Many Administration Measures Fail Because of Tangle in Congress. UNAWARE OF TEUTON PLOT Knowledge of German Intrigue Is Denied by Mexico and Japan. - Guadalajara, Mexico. General ,Can dido Aguilar, the provisional minister of foreign relations, has formally de nied that the Mexican government bad been approached by Germany with the object of forming an alliance hostile to the United States. Tokio. The declaration of the Ja panese government, through Foreign Minister Viscount Motono, that Japan bas received no proposition from Mex ico or Germany to join in a possible war against the United States was sup plemented in a statement made on behalf of the government by Kijuro Chidehara, vice foreign minister. BERNSTORFF GIVEN ORDERS Was Instructed by Berlin to Cripple Interned Vessels. Washington. Count von Bernstorff, the former German ambassador, was Instructed from Berlin to arrange the1 dismantling of German war-bound ships in American harbors at the same time he'receiyed the Zimmerman note for transmission to Mexico. This added thread in the mesh of German intrigue spun around this country while Germany was still pro testing friendship was allowed to be come known with the inference that full and detailed instructions were eut Bernstorff from Berlin to make war by this country impossible. Chinese Cabinet Would Make Breach. Pekin. The cabinet decided that China should join the United States In breaking off relations with Ger many. This decision was submitted to the president, who refused to approve the cabinet's action, saying that such power rested entirely with him. Pre mier Tuan Chi Jul immediately re signed and left for Tien Tsin, accom panied by several other members of the cabinet. "Leak" Report is Adopted. Washington. The rules committee report absolving public officials from blame for any "leak" on the peace note was unanimously adopted by the Jtouse Saturday night. In 1918. A carload of young shorthorn bulls, I 43 In number aged 1 and 2 years, brought a total of $10,000 at a sale at Union. The new auxiliary schooner Margar et, the second vessel built at the Mo Eachern yards at Astoria, was launch ed Saturday. During the recent heavy snow storm almost evjry pole on the Riddle tele phone exchange was broken and fell to the ground. Baker county gold and copper mines are at present producing an average of $300,000 a month, according to es timates of mining men. With nearly 200 cases of measles In Roseburg the health authorities de cided to delay opening the public school until late this week. With 424 convicts at the-state peni tentiary, every able bodied man is now employed at some useful occupation, according to Warden Murphy. Democrats from western Oregon gathered in Albany Saturday at a banquet. In honor of W. H. Hornl brook, former minister to Siam. There are at least 80,000 sacks of potatoes held in storage In Portland, according to a report made to Assessor Henry E. Reed of Multnomah county. Good road enthusiasts in the state of Oregon have been invited to attend a rally to be held In Eugene the after noon and evening of Saturday, March 10. The $200,000 road bond issue voted In Wasco county at the last general election Is valid, according to an opin ion handed down by the supreme court. Plans to reopen the famous Todd quicksilver mines at Elk Head, eight miles east of Yoncalla, which have been idle for 14 years, have been an nounced. Over 50 delegates from the Y. W. C. A. organizations of western Wil lamette valley schools attended a con ference at the Oregon normal school at Monmouth. Only such measures as are desig nated In the act calling the special elec tion Itself will be on the ballot for consideration at the election to be held Monday, June 4. The W. F. Drager Fruit company, of RoBeburg, shipped 87,500 pounds of Douglas county prunes to London, where they will be distributed among the allied armies. It Is reported that the livestock of Douglas county suffered considerably as a result of the recent snow storm. Hundreds of sheep perished on the higher elevations. . Fifty Bandon business men are fi nancing a stock company to the amount of $5000 to reopen the Bandon woolen mills, which have been Idle for the past two years. Applications for grazing permits for 6491 head of cattle and 51,800 head of sheep have been made up to date to Supervisor W. G. Hastings, of the Deschutes national forest. Wintworth Lord, one of the most active men in the early history of The Dalles, and, with perhaps one excep tion, the oldest pioneer of Wasco county, died In McMfhnville. Miss Bertha Dorrls, for the last year and a half matron of the department of public safety In Eugene, has been appointed parole officer of the state girls' industrial school at Salem. John V. Bennes, a Portland archi tect, has been named to prepare plans and specifications for the proposed $100,000 library building to be erected for the Oregon Agricultural college at Corvallis. The Willamette University glee club has started on a 3000-mile tour of east ern Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The men will be absent for six weeks and will appear In more than 40 con certs on the trip. Work was started this week by the Pearson Construction company on the elimination of the O.-W. R. & N. grade crossings on Portland's East Side, a project contemplated for years. The contract amounts to $507,000. The state board of control has turn ed over to the advisory board of wo men of the girl's industrial school at Salem, all problems of hiring and dis charging employes, or of accepting the resignations of such employes. More than 1100 people ntt IVded the niole trapping demonstrations given during the recent bad weather all over Multnomah county under the auspices of the Oregon Agricultural Extension division and by Theodore Scheffer, of the United States biological survey. The Western Broccoli association has placed $1000 worth of broccoli seed in safety deposit vaults at Eugene for safe keeping until It Is distributed to I.ane county farmers, who have con tracted with the association to grow broccoli. The seed is valuedjst $2 an ounce. The amount due the 18 land grant counties in Oregon on delinquent taxes from the Oregon California land grant Is $1,714,775.89. according to tabulations prepared by Oswald West, who is representing the department of the Interior In steps to collect the back taxes. Phil Metschan. Jr.. and W. J. Hof niann, both of Portland, were named by Governor Wlthycombe as members for Oregon of the finance committee of six members which will bye charge of disbursing a fund for exploiting the scenic wonders and attractions of 'the Pacific northwest. It is reported that 21 applicants have filed requests to secure quarter sec tions of Oregon-California grant lands. All the applications are made by resi dents of New York City. Attorney General Brown says no preference will be given to those who file early, except to those living on lands. Efforts to secure the revestmcnt of the lands of the Coos bay wagon road grant In the United States and their sale according to the terms of the grant are being put In motion by Os wald West, who has drafted a bill In tentative form for submission to Sen ator Chamberlain and presentation to congress. The $35,000 grain elevator of the Farmers' Union Grain agency was dedicated at Pendleton Saturday. Extensive plans are being made by members of Oregon Iewis and Clark chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, for the fourth annual state conference, to be held In Eugene March 9 and 10. The Cascade Contract company, of Portland, has obtained an option on Saddle butte, 12 miles south of Albany, and plans to develop an extensive rock quarry there. The plans contemplate the construction of a branch railroad two and one-half miles from the quarry to connect with the Southern Pacific railroad at Shedd. The McMlnnvllle council has author ized the calling of a special election March 20, when the question of a $30, 000 bond Issue will be submitted to the voters of the city, the funds thus made available to be used to secure an additional supply of water from mountain streams for the municipal gravity water system. The project looking to the establish ment of a submarine and aviation base at the mouth of the Columbia river was set back a year when the senate, on a point of order, rejected an amend ment proposed by Senator Chamberlain appropriating $300,000 to purchase land and equip such a station on the site regarded most favorable by the Helm board near Astoria. The Holly Condensed Milk company of Amity, has invented a new product rice and milk which Is gaining popularity .with a bound, and many housewives are welcoming It Into their list of table delicacies. The idea Is entirely a new one and the Holly peo ple are the originators and only manu facturers, to put out the article. It is rice cooked and canned with condens ed milk The Central Curry Good Roads asso ciation has submitted a memorial to Oregon's senators and representatives in congress urging them to take Imme diate steps toward eliminating lands on the coast slope of the Coast Range mountains in Curry county from the Siskiyou national forest and to have them opened to entry under the public land laws of the United States. Peti tions Indorsing the memorial are now being circulated through the county. Virtually everybody in the county Is declared to favor the elimination of the lands from the reserve with a view to Increasing the amount of assessable land In the county. Washington. Of the legislation on the administration program proper, only the revenue bill and the measure giving civil government to l'orto Itieo ami American citlieushlp to ill In- luil. Hants, got through the legislative 1 tangle at the close of the session. 1 Among the administration bill 1 which failed were ,tlie measures to I supplement the Ailiiiuson law. the bill ' to enlarge the Interstate commerce . commission, the Webb bill to legalize : joint foreign selling agencies, and con- i nervation legislation, Including the ' general dam bills and water power J bills. Bills which do nut form part of the original program, but which were pressed unsuccessfully by cab- j 1'iet officers and administration lead- j ers. Included amendments to lie ship- i ping act to give the president power ' to commandeer ships, a drastic espl- limine bill hlch passed the senate i but was never taken up In the house,' mil amendments to the federal re- ! serve act to increase reserve bank ! gold holdings and decrease member j bauk reserves. Drastic Liquor Law Pasted Congress provided for the payment of 125.uuO.uuO for the Danish West In- dies. Among Important enactments i which were not specifically Included In the administration program was j the bill abolishing saloons In the DIs- trict of Columbia and the rider on the postofflce appropriation bill mak ing It a crime to transport liquor In Interstate commerce Into a prohibi tion state. President Wilson was at the capltol In the closing hours of the session, signing bills as they were delivered to his office. Among the measures to which the president attached his signature were the naval and agricultural bills, a res olution providing for a $150,000,000 bond issue to speed up warship con struction, a resolution postponing un til July 1 the effectiveness or the pro hibition feature of the postofflce bill, a resolution appropriating $3,000,000 to continue work on the Alaskan rail road and more than a score of minor resolutions and bills. The last measure ' signed provided l pension Tor the 'widow of Major General Frederick Funston. Why Not Trade at Home? Let us figure with you on anything you want in the line of Furniture, Wall Paper, Paints, Oils Glass, Building Materials, Doors and Windows The only Licensed Undertakers in Prineville ALL GOODS STRICTLY CASH LIPPMAN & COMPANY I.-- .. -. .. L .1. -J... .... ... lJ I ii ' J Advances on Wool Loani on Sheep I Portland Wool Warehouse Co, WOOL COMMISSION MERCHANTS Consignments Solicited Advances on Wool at 6 per cent Only Warehouse on Cast Selling Direct to Mills Portland Z3n Oregon WiLSON IS INAUGURATED Takes Oath Sunday to Uphold Consti tution of United States. Washington. President Wilson took the oath of office for his second term at noon Sunday In bis room at the capltol and was formally Inaugurated Monday with public ceremonies. Before a deBk piled with executive bUBlneBS laid before him In the closing hours of congress and surrounded by numbers of his official fumlly, he re affirmed, with uplifted hand and grave features, bis promise to uphold the constitution in whatever crisis may confront the nation In the momentous I four years before It. Members of the cabinet then crowd- ed up with expressions of regard. Mr. Wilson received them with a smile j and then turned back to his desk to ! complete his Interrupted task. Vice-President Marshall did not take the oath Sunday, but was sworn in for bis second term Monday at the special session of the new senate with the usual vice-presidential inaugura tion ceremony. Farrer's Sawmill Paulina, Oregon Manufacturer of Rough and Finished Lumber Bill Sawed to Order Prices of Lumber as Follows Common rough, per M ............. Single turfa.es common, per M ..... ............... Single surface, No. 1, common, per M Double surfaced, No. I clear, per M ............. ...... Double iurfaced, No. 2 clear, per M Rustic, No. I clear, 6 or 8 inch, per M Rustic. No. 2 common, 6 or 8 inches, per M Flooring, No, I clear, 4 or 6 inches, per M -.. Flooring, No. 2 clear, 4 or 6 inches, per M Flooring, No. 3, common, 4 or 6 inches Shiplap, six, eight or ten inches, common .. Finishing lumber, four, six, eight or ten inches, per M Terms Cash. Bill Figured on at Mill C. H. Farrer. Prop.-Mgr. Paulina, Oregon 16t4 $1300 .. 17.00 . 20.00 .. 32.00 .. 30.00 ... 32.00 ... 27.00 ... 32.00, ... 30.00 ... 26.00 .. 1800 32.00 Washington "U" Is With President. Seattle, Wash. Eighty-eight mem bers of the University of Washington faculty have wired the state's con gresslonal delegation a request for j their Immediate and hearty coopera tion with the president. The tele 1 gram indorsed President Wilson's j foreign policy. - j Les Darcy Called a Slacker. Albany, N. V. Branding Les Darcy, Australian pugilist, as a slacker, Gov ernor Whitman directed the state athletic commission to prohibit him from entering the ring at Madison Square Garden in New York city Mon day evening for a bout with Jack Dillon. British Continue Gains. London. The British troops, in their forward movement in the Ancre area in France, have made another advance east of Gommecourt along a two mile front of about two-thirds of a mile, according to the official re port from headquarters. Nearly 200 prisoners were captured. Villa's Death In Dispute. Ki Paso. One faction of the Villa Junta Is authority for the statement that Villa has died from pneumonia in the mountains near San Andres. Tlu other faction says this report is given out to cover Villa's movements, and It Is added that Villa Is so short of ammunition he is unable to carry out an offensive. 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