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SATURDAY," JULY 22, 1911. LOR MER CHOSEN AS 'LAST RESORT' Senator Penrose Tells Com mittee He Viewed Hines as Pure Patriot. TESTIMONY BRINGS JOY if of $1000 Irmarwlrd by Xnr York Secrf-tary of Mate for lAt of Contributor to Tfl Campaign Pond. rnm,. of rnnylvanla. brrmrht Joy to tn Lortmor-lllnca followers today arhn ha told tha tnat Lorlmrr em ruttta of tha part ha look In I ha elec tion of .enator Lorlmer. They contend that ha suh-tanclatml the testimony arlTan by Mrard Hines aa to Senator J'anrona'a daslra (o hr Hlnea exert his Influcnra for Lorlmer'a elrtlon. lUst.Us Hi story, the testimony brouaht out that tho office of tha Soc T'tary of Mate of New Tork asked 11000 for a certified copy of contribu tor to tha Republican National ram jaim fund In i'M. Tha list waa u.ed to (how MrCorralck was among the conttihutors. Mr. Ilinrs laid before the committer what be aald was a telearam ha re reived on this subject, dated July 1!. J11. and reading: of SI 000 Akrd. "Will deliver to yon original Kheldon statement filed In this office November 1. !. for $ IftOO." This waa si lived J. J. Neville. Secre tary of State of New 1'ork. A letter mentioned several days ago as havtnr been sent by William Bur . of Doluth. to II. if. Kohlsaat. of Chicago, regarding tha Lo rimer case, waa read. Anion- other things Burs Mid re understood there was a man In luluth wno was In lUnes office when Jlines read a teieejram from President Taft asking him to "have the matter dunned U as quickly as possible." Neither Bursas nor Kohlsaat spoka about tha Incident when on tha stand. Senator Penrose told of meeting Ilincs in connection with the lumber schedule In tha iayne-Aldrlcb tariff kill. I became Impressed early that he was a brlcht. active man. generally familiar with conditions throughout tne country. tha Senator explained. Hopkins First Cliolco. He admitted ha m-de Inquiries of Hlnea If Albert J. Hopkins could be re-electtd, explaining that because of This acquaintance with Hopkins ba hoped to sea him returned. When lltnes told him It seemed as If Hopkins could not be returned, tha names of Frank O. Lowdea and H. & Houtell, then la Congress, were . dis cussed at different interviews; and finally Hlnea. "as a last resort. sug gested Lorlmer's name. Senator Penrose aald ba did not then know Lorlrnsr and had never seen htm. but knew he waa a competent man and a leaeTer. sa ha urged Hines. as a citlsen of Illinois, to do what ha could to brine; about an election and aupport l.ortmer when Hlnea said he believed Jioiimer waa the only man who could be elected. nine Viewed as rat riot. Ha declared ha believed that Hlnea In Ma activltlea was not prompted by a Ueslre to win a vota for tha lumber schedules, but from a high patriotic motive of having the seat la the Senate Elled. Senator Penrose testified regarding Imany discussions with Hlaes about the lection of a Senator from Illinois. I felt." said he. "as I think Senator Aldrlch did. that In the Interest of rood government the Senatorial seat should be filled. I probably nrged ilnes aa a cltisen to use hie best efforts go bring about some result.' "Wese yon for Lortmer?" "After Mr. Hines told me Lo rimer te ' med to ba ta only available man. I eras for him. Just as I was for Hopkins at the start." Lorlmcr Is Afterthought. Senator renrose said ha probably look Hines to Aldrlch to Introduce him, Oa cross-examination. Senator Penrose aid he never dreamed of Lortmer for the Senate until Hines suggested that Lortmer waa the man upon whom a union might ba affected. Several persons employed In Hlnea office testafied that to their knowl edge' Hines waa not In Chicago la Feb ruary. 1. a hen Clarence 8. Funk says Junes went to Funk's office to refresh his recollection as to the famous Union "League Club conversation about the Ir Imar election fund. . mrtr-T RFaPROnTT. PKiTt mt b fCeatlnoed From First Pas.) flood this country with competitive goods. There are Zi amendments to the -measure to be acted upon before the rnal rote on the paasa-re of the bill. Many of these propose to lOt general tariff changes In the agreement. Presl. dent Taft haa Insisted that any changes of this character threaten' the defeat of the entire reciprocity agreement with Canada. The pending amendments Include the I.a Foi:ette amendments to the cotton and wool schedules, the Nelson amend ments restoring half the duty on agri cultural products; the Clapp amend ments enlarging tha free list and re movlnr ail restrictions on the Importa tion of paper: amendments by Senator Crawford and Senator Oore reducing the duty on fresh meats, and several similar amendments by Senators Cum mlna Brtstow and others. Party Line Obliterated. Party lines have disappeared from the consideration of the bill. Tariff affiliations, to outward appearance, have been completely changed. President Taft has had tha general support of the T democrats and of the Republican regu lars, and la this union of forces ha haa h ad enough support so that the bill has never been In danger of defeat or seri ous amendment since tha seaaioa began. Canadian reciprocity In Its present form Is the outgrowth of conferences with Dominion representatives over the settlement of the maximum and mini mum rates of the Payne-Aldrich taw of lo. President Taft. TV. 8. Fielding. Minis, ter of Finance of Canada, and William Patterson. Minister of Customs, met at a formal conference at Albany In' March, 11. for tha first dlacuealon of the enb Jact. Open negotiations began In No vember, when Henry M. Hoyt and Charles M. Pepper, of the State Depart ment, went to Ottawa to confer with Canadian government officials, Work Bexun In January. In January. Ministers Fielding and Patterson, cam to Washington) to com plete tha work. From January t to January 11 these Canadian representa tives, closeted with Secretary of State Knox and other officiate In Washington threshed out the provisions of the reel, proclty agreement that was later sub mitted simultaneously to the Parlia ment of Canada and the Congress of ths Untied States. The axreeraent. backed by' an official message of Indorsement from president Taft, went to the House of Representa tives January It. From that time up to the present It has held the center of the stage In American political discus sions, haa caused party dissensions In this country and In Canada, and has de veloped tariff discussion upon new and novel lines. The House passed the bill In the last session of Congress. February 14. It went to the Senate, was reported out by tha finance committee eight cays oa fore adjournment, and remained un touched tfpon the Senate calendar when the lst Congress came to a Close. Hoane Republicans Oppose. With tha opening of the new Congress the measure appeared under me patron ace of Chairman Underwood, of the House ways and means committee, snd after long debate the Democratic House .V. ; J i ,! k.J Keaaisr Rales Fearaae, Whose Teallsaaay Br far Lartsaer t'osa astnee Hrsssst J"T te Mearta ef Arewaed 5eaatars Frteada. passed kAptil & by tS7 to 9. a majority of the Republicans voting against It, and all but 11 of the Democrats for It Long hearings were conducted by the Senate finance committee. The commit tee finally reported the bill back to the Senate June IS. without recommendation either for its passage or Its defeat. Since June 14 the bill has been continuously before the Senste as Its unfinished busi ness, and attempts to amend It or to bring about Its deefat have been con sistently unsuccessful. 'F T GAXK PRF.FXns PAYING FIXE TO STOPPING FRFJS BATHS. "Sew Yorker Installs Needle Shower oa Curb for Drooping Nags, De spite Water Department. NEW TORK. July SI. (Special.) Rather than discontinue his free wa ter and shower baths for New Tork horses. William J. Cane, proprietor of a circuit of moving-picture theaters, says he Is willing- to pay a fine of $10 every day. He continues to ad minister to tha needs of fagged nags despltes tho Water Department, which charges him with the Illegal use of water and baa already caused hlra to bo fined. When Gane first established hta hu manitarian station at the southwest corner of Broadway and Thirty-first streets, he merely used buckets of wa ter to douse such teams as were halted there for refreshment, at his Invita tion. When the Water Department re monstrated and cut off his meter, Oane first paid his fine then hired a plumb er to reconnect his meter and to Install a shower bath. 10 feet high, with an arm that caa be stretched over the street. The Water Department haa not bothered him since. Hundreds of horses are dally re freshed at Qane's fountain. They were driven under tha water pipe and a needle shower played on their hot heads. Cebdrlvers, whoso stands are in front of nearby hotels, have. In ap preciation of Gane's humanity, erected a sign welcoming teamsters to "Gane's Free Recuperating Station." POLICE BLOCK BEER QUEST Baker Angry W hen He Is Taken for Burglar by Seattle Officers. SEATTLE. Wash.. July tL (Spe cial. Seeing a man dart out of a building on Pioneer place, between First avenue South and Occidental ave nue, a few minutes after 6 o'olock this momlns;. Patrolman A. J. Woodlock called on him to stop, thinking a burglar was making his escape. Ob taining no response. Woodlock dis charged his revolver three times. This attracted a merchant's patrol from the other end of the alley and the pair closed In on the fleeing man. Then he stopped, and. white with anger, exclaimed: "What do you mean by shooting at me It's ( o'clock, and the saloons are just opening. I .had only a few minutes to beat It to one of them for a beer before I had to attend to an ovenful of bread and here you two are holding me up." Patrolman Woodlock had stopped the baker on bis way to the nearby aaloon. WEATHER CHIEF ACCUSED Ex-Employe of Bureau Asserts Cash Was Unlawfully Spent. WASHINGTON. July SI. The charges filed aa-alast Willis T. Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau, by James Berry, an ex-employe of the bureau, to the ef, feet that money had been expended un lawfully for the employment of ex perts, will be Investigated by the House committee, on expenditures In the De partment of Agriculture. The eharaes are similar to those against Dr. Wiley, and allege that Pro fessor Moore went beyond his author ity In enraging the services of Rev. F. L Oldenbach. a selsmographlcal ex pert, Sex HyflenA Study Indorsed. CLEVELAND. July II. The Ohio State Board of Health, In session here, haa adopted a resolution recommending the Introduction of sex hygiene In the publlo schools. The Ohio Board Is said to be the first In the country to rec ommend fearless handling of this sub-JC'4. p ii . i . - m I II i . V ..- eeJ- ' xVsj '' V '" : f -. r 510,000 IS PAID TO AID HARRISON Parsons Tells of Campaign Contribution Made by Sugar Trust. LAWYER BOASTS OF WORK Ex-Attorney for American Company Sajs He Is Father of Combines In Inited Slates Corpora tion Publicity I "Scored. NTCW YORK. July SI. The Ameri can Sugar Refining Company con tributed $10,000 to help Benjamin Har rison In one of his campaigns for the Presidency against Grover Cleveland. The contribution waa told of by John R Parsons, ex-attorncy for the company. In his testimony before the Congressional committee which Is In vestigating the affairs of the so-called trust. He could not remember wheth er It waa the first or second csmpalgn. Mr. I'arsons frankly boasted that he was the pioneer In the formation of the American trusts and was proud of It. but scouted the Idea that the augar trust constituted a monopoly such as the Standard Oil or American Tobacco Company. Refineries Are Visited. The committee spent the afternoon visiting several sugsr refineries In this vicinity snd held Informal conferences with many superintendents, but took no testimony. When the ex-attorney of the Ameri can Sugar Refining Company took the stand Representative Hinds Inquired: "Aa probably the world's most emi nent expert on these matters, what would you suggest that a sovereign Government can do to prevent these great combinations of capital from the extravagances they have exhibited In the pastr "My theory la, and It Is supported by the greatest economic writers, that all such wrons-s right themselves," replied Parsons. "If there la too much water In the stock, that will take care of It self. Tha Government cannot In equity Interfere In private affairs. There should be no limit to capitalization so long as It Is not Injurious or fraudulent-Publicity Is (Condemned. "I strongly condemn the modern the ory of publicity of corporation affairs." he said. "It Is unjust to the American citizen that he should ba compelled to make his private affairs public" In reply to questions by Sulzer. Par sons repudiated the many statements which have been made that H. O. Have meyer was the one power in the sugar trust and that the board of directors always did as he bade. Parsons did not want to tell of his holdings In the American Company, but finally explained that he received In all SeOO shares of a par value of $250,000 ior legal services. His salary besides waa aoout $10,000 a year. He now owns, he said, only 340 shares of pre ferred and S40 of common stock. Be sides that, he received 1000 shares of ine prererrea stock of the National Company. ' FARM VALUES DOUBLE CEXSCS STATISTICS SHOW GROWTH FOR DECADE. Acreage and Agricnltnral Equip ment of Country Increase 31 ore Than 100 Per Cent, WASHINGTON, July fl. Of marked Interest because of many statements during tha Canadian reciprocity de bate waa the Cenaus Bureau's an nouncement today of the latest gen eral farm statistics of the United States, showing , that land In farms more than doubled In value during the last 10 years, having Increased $15. 152.788.000, or 118 per cent. In 1900 they were valued at $13,051,033,000 and returns of the 13th census show they are now worth $28,384,831,000. Farm lands, farm bulldlnsrs and farm Implements of the country are valued at $35,859,663,000, compared with $17, S57.425.000 ten years ago. The number of farms In 1910 was 8.I40.120, as compared with 5.737,372 In 1900. an Increase of 11 per cent. The land Increased In 1900 from 835,092,000 acres to 873,703,000 In 1910, or 6 per cent, but a larger Increase, 15 per cent. Is noted In Improved acreage, which In 1900 was 414.490,000 acres and In 1910 477.424.000 acres. More conspicuous than the Increase In the number and acreasre of farms has been the Increase In the values of farm property. The land In farms rose In value from $13,051,033,000 In 1900 to $28,383,821,000 In 1910. an Increase of 118 per cent, and during the same period the average value per acre of all land In farms rose from $16.60 to $33.60, or-108 per cent. Farm buildings, which In 1900 were valued at $3,656,614,000. were reported In 1910 as worth $6,294,025,000. an In crease of 77 per cent. Farm Imple ments and machinery, reported In 1910 as worth $1,261,817,000, and ten years previously as worth $749,778,000, show an increase of 68 per cent. NEED OF TEST IS SEEN (Continued From First Pane.) to a belief In. ex-Governor Hughes than a real demand for the system. . Hughes' Task Left TJndono. "SuDnressIng racetrack gambling. regulating public-service utilities and directing the Investigation of Insur ance combines gained for Mr. Hughes the confidence of the people of the stale to the extent that subsequently when he advocated a direct primary plan of nomlnatlna- and electing; public oni- clals. the suggestion received the In dorsement of a great many people. "With the departure of Mr. Hughes mm th ata te.. f ollowlng his appoint ment to the Supreme Court, there was no one to succeed him In directing tne arltetlnn for a direct primary and the demand for that system haa largely abated." President Srhurman says the pros pect of Republican success In the Na tional election next yeer throughout the East Is much better than It wss alv months iin. Tha Insursrents have not only failed to develop substantial strength but the movement has virtu ally collapsed, says President Schur man. leaving the nomination of Presi dent Taft assured. If he receives the nomination. President Schunnan Is con vinced that President Taft will be re elected. Republican. Victory Foreseen. Republican victory, he says. Is doubly bright from the fact that no matter what the Democratic Legislature of New Tork may do In legislating for a direct primary and a charter board for New Tork City, It will cause wide spread disaffection among a large ele ment of the voters within the Demo cratic party In the state and place New Tork easily within the reach of the Republicans In the Presidential elec tion. "There Is no question among observers of political affairs In the East but that President Taft has been gaining In strength ever since Roosevelt failed to control the Saratoga convention a year ago, said President Schurman. "Ever since that memorable convention Presi dent Taft has been standing on his own feet He has given convincing evidence of strength, executive ability and leader ship. His vigorous championship of the Canadian reciprocity measure, which un doubtedly will be parsed by the Senate tomorrow, has materially strengthened him throughout the entire country. While Taft admittedly Is not a politician, he has demonstrated his ability. to do things." Visitors Alaska Bent- Accompanied by his son and two daugh ters. President Schurman arrived In Portland yesterday afternoon from Yel lowstone National Park. They go to Se attle tonight and will sail for Alaska next Wednesday. On their return they will spend some time at Vancouver, B. C, and In the Rocky Mountains before re turning to IUiaca, N. Y. President Schurman will be enter tained at luncheon today at the Arling ton Club by the members of the Cornell alumni In this city. The details of the luncheon, which will Include an Infor mal programme of toasts, are in charge of Wells Gilbert. GORTELYOU IS ACCUSED LEWIS' L-AWTER SAYS BLAME TS WRONGLY SHIFTED. ".All Wrongs or Crimes He Himself Committed," Madden Declares, "Dumped" on Lawyer. WASHINGTON. July 21. "On the day Mr. Cortelyou left the Department he wrote a letter dumping on me all the wrongs or crimes which In my opin ion he himself committed while in the Department." This statement by Edwin C. Madden, former Third Assistant Postmaster General, was a feature of today's hear ing before the House committee on ex penditures In the Postofflce Depart ment. Mr. Madden declared that It was to defend himself against the "villainous" letter which he said former Postmaster-General Cortelyou had written to him that he took with him from the Postofflce Department copies of the correspondence with the Lewis Pub lishing Company, of St. Louis. He is now representing the Lewis interests before the committee. WOMAN'S LEAGCE IS EXEMPT Properly Not Included (a Court Or der Against Lewis. ST. LOUIS, July 21. Supplementary orders, placed on the records of the United States Circuit Court today, re quire E. Q. Lewis, whose properties were placed In receivership, ' and his wife to deed to the receiver all their property which has connection with the Lewis enterprises, capitalized at more than $5,000,000. According to attorneys for the cred itors the orders lnolude the Lewis home in University City, the suburb in which most of the Lewis concerns are located. It has been definitely decided the prop erty of the American Woman's League, which has chapter-houses scattered from Ohio to Colorado, is not included in ths court's orders. The record on the docket shows also that after the decision was read the Judge scratched reference to the Uni versity City art building, officially known as the Art Institute of the American Woman's League, and it will not be Included In the property to be controlled by the receiver. MINE YIELDS $1000 DAY Chute in Champion Property Re ported as Getting Better. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. July 21. (Special.) Reports came in today from the Champion mine owned by the west coast Mining Company that they are taking $1000 a day from the plates, and that they are only running ten stamps of their 30-stamp mill. The rich chute is said to be getting better and the owners are well pleased with their purchase last Winter. There Is excitement In the Bohemia mining district over the new discovery made at the Combination mines, owned by the Clark brothers, when Sherman Clark, the superintendent and a force of miners last Tuesday broke into a new chute of gold bearing rock said to be the richest yet found In the district. The ores will be shipped direct to the smelter. The ledge Is wide and the wails well defined. NEWLANDS EXPLAINS BILL Keg-ulation of Minor Corporations, Aim of Nevada Senator. WASHINGTON, July 21. Senator Newlands today explained the provis ions of his corporation bill to the Sen ate committee on Interstate commerce. He contended that the proposed com mission would be as useful in the reg ulation of miscellaneous corporations as Is the Interstate Commerce Commis sion in regulating railroads. The bill does not empower the Commission to fix prices. Hobart Observer Finds Comet. GENEVA. N. Y., July 21. Dr. W. R. Brooks, director of the observatory, professor of astronomy at Hobart Col lege, announces that he discovered a comet this morning in right ascension 22 hours, 13 minutes, 40 seconds decli nation north, 20 degrees 87 minutes; mo tion slowly northwest. The comet is in the constellation Pegasus. Committee Walts for Brandcis. WASHINGTON. July 21. Awaiting the arrival of Louis D. Brandels. asked by the House committee on expendi tures In the Interior Department to conduct its hearings In the Controller Bay case, the- committee today ad journed Indefinitely. PROSECUTION OF TRUSTS IS COSTLY Wickersham Says Opposition of Highest-Priced Lawyers Must Be Met. WORK IS PAYING ITS WAY Attorney-General Tells Michigan Audience Great Combinations Will Be Resolved Into Harmless Divisions. HANCOCK, Mich., July 21 That trust prosecutions by the Government are pay ing their own way was declared in an address here today by Attorney-General Wickersham, who made a further de fense of the "reasonable" clause in the recent Supreme Court decision, and pre dicted that as a, result the great com blnatlons would be split Into many parts, "each separate and distinct, no one of which shall have any connection or con trol over any other, and no one of which shall have as large a percentage of busi ness as to be anything like a monopoly." Mr. Wickersham said that the Depart ment of Justice would go on enforcing the laws If Congress gave It the money with which to work. Department Pays It9 Way. "For," he said, "you can't work up evidence and punish violations of law all over the United. States, and keep a gen eral supervision of It -all from Wash lnKton and meet the opposition of the ablest and hifthest -priced lawyers of the United States and win out without spend ing money. "And yet, even so, we collected more money as a result of the suits brought and prosecuted by the Department of Justice during the fiscal year ended June SO. 1910. than It cost Uncle Sam to run the entire legal establishment of the Government the department at Wash ington and all the District Attorneys' offices in the whole country put together: besides all the special counsel employed to assist the District Attorneys and the Attorney-General. "And while the final figures are not in for the last fiscal year, I believe we shall make an equally good showing for that year." Discussing further the work of the "people's law office," Mr. Wickersham described the work the department was doing. He said that the criticisms which sought to minimize the value of the re cent Supreme Court decisions came largely from those who, "because of partisan hostility, would like to see the Administration embarrassed by the sort of general assault upon business that would compel every business man to turn to the other party for relief." Decision Permits Trade. n.fenlnv tha Sunreme Court for -Its decisions In the Standard Oil and to bacco cases, he said: "Rut when the RunrflmA Court Said we must read this statute as reasonable men, and give it an Interpretation that Will not Strangle U irauo, uui emi;" .411 n....nnt oTiir undue restraint: nro- hlbit all contracts and combinations that are Intended to interfere witn tne nat ural course of trade or which will have v. efrnet than the court Cave us a means of preventing those which led to the enactment ot in mw. j-mo is especially so In view of the fact that the court gave full force to the prohibi tion of monopolies, and by its decrees haa ordered the breaking up of the two , . .4 s,is.f.0af iil 'triononolles which ever have appeared in this coun- "It has been sought to make the ad ministration of Justice effective without being clamorous," he said. In conclusion, "no matter who should beat the head of that department, so long as W. H. Taft Is President, no other policy could obtain." VENEZUELA NOT WORRYING Castro Thought Hiding in. Country but Caracas Doesn't Care. NEW TORK, July 2L "While the general opinion In Caracas Is that Cas tro Is hiding somewhere in Venezuela, still there Is no excitement in the mat ter," said Thomas P. Dawson, the American special Ambassador to tho recent Veneauela Centennial celebra tion, who has Just reached New York on his return from Caracas. He Is ac companied by Hugh S. Knox, son of the Secretary of State, who acted as secretary to the special embassy. "Everything is gay in the Venezuelan capital." continued Mr. Dawson. "No one seems to fear that there la much danger of a successful revolt under Castro. The general feeling is in favor of Gomez, the followers of the deposed President being people of the Andean provinces and office-seekers who hope to servethelr own ends if Castro is in power." 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It gives a resttulnees that makes you forget you have feeu It prevents soreness, blisters or puffing and gives rest from tired, tender or swollen feet. Allen's Foot-Eaie Is sold everywhere, in- Pon t uyint anjr aiibstltiit. We Will Send a Victor to Your Summer Camp YOJJJt vacation, first of all, 'must be one of rec reation and enjoyment. Good music will do as much to make it so as anything else 3ou could provide. A Victor will bring to you, no matter where you are, the best in song and instrumental music. Come in and select a machine and records pay from $10 to $200, as you elect and we will ' pack and ship to you. Easy terms of payment. STORE OPEN TONIGHT SLfe erraan Steinway and Other Piano. MORRISON AT SIXTH SMELTERPROBE DROPS SO-GAIXED TRUST NOT VIOLAT ING LAW, DECISION. United States District Attorney In vestigates Charges ' and Finds Them Without Foundation. NEW TORK. July 21 The investig;a tion into the affairs of tho American Smelting & Refining- Company, to de termine whether the so-called smelter trusf is in violation of the Sherman antt-trust law, has been dropped. United States District Attorney Wise said that he had investigated the com plaints again the "smelter trust and found them without foundation. It was learned that the Federal pros ecutor received from Attorney-General Wickersham instructions to make an in vestigation of the American Smelting & Refining Company and several officers of the company, and books and docu ments pertaining to the business were before the District Attorney. It is understood that the matter came before the grand Jury, which, after an investigation, practically dismissed the complaint. 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Eight new rural free delivery routes will be Inaugurated in Oregon on August 1, as follows: As toria, Athena, Eagle Creek. Echo. Madras, Pilot Rock, The Dalles and Westport. ' The route from The Dalles is the third from that point. Wren Man Gets $1720 Back Pension WASHINGTON, July 21. Back pen sion money amounting to $1720 and a pension hereafter has been awarded John H. Goldman, of Wren. Benton County, Oregon, through the efforts of Representative Hawley. years, rsght in yoar own neighborhood. Dr. K. V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, IN. I, JTTLT 22D. 1911 tfSs -n-ii.aii g-a n i-iirci-i -- . i 7 " - r,ii"stiL kta?. uuc uuvvu