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SrOTtXTN'G OTOOIAX. "TmmSD'AT, SEPTEMBER 14, 1911. . f STATES EXPECTED I TO AID WATERWAYS Oregon Looms Among Those That Have Co-operated With Nation. FEDERAL POLICY KNOWN Provision for Terminals, Made by Local Gowmments, Will Be In sisted On Railroads Ma 7 Be Compelled to Act. OREGONIAN NEWS BTTREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 1. The Idea Is rapidly paining- ground la Congress that the Federal Government should no longer bear the full cost of river and harbor Improvements, and that the states, municipalities or other local communi ties, should more generally and more generously co-operate with the United States In bringing about the lmprove ment cf Important waterways. Until a tew years ago It was custom ary for the National Government to bear the full cost of these improve ments In the Interest of commerce and navigation, but of late several munici palities have shared the expense of lo cal Improvements which were Intended lolely to benefit their own trade. Example Set la Oreion. Portland was one of the first cities to share the cost of such work with the General Government, and there are now In progress other works In Ore gon where state or local money Is be ing used in connection with appropria tions by Congress. There still remain, however. Borne projects which are car ried forward at the expense of the Federal Government, and this is true In almost every state. Economy has long been a watchword In Congress, or at least there has long been talk of economy, though It has not been generally practiced. In the next session, however, with a Demo cratic House trying- to make a record, there probably will be a curtailment of appropriations, which will extend to river and harbor work, and It Is ex pected that few new projecta will be authorised unless It can be shown that the local community, be It state, city or county. Is willing to Join In defray ing the cost of proposed Improvements. Particularly will there be a demand that cities contribute liberally toward the cost of Improvements which are designed primarily for their benefit. Cities Urzed Co-operate. Representative Small of North Caro lina, a member of the river and harbor committee, and a believer In systemat ic river and harbor Improvement. Is one who has advocated the extension ot co-operative work, and particularly la lie interested In having municipalises provide, at their own expense, all neces sary water terminal faculties on rivers or harbors within their Incorporate lim its, or adjacent thereto. He points out that river and harbor improvements never yield full return on the Invest ment unless adequate terminal facili ties are provided. Speaking on this phase of the question, Mr. Small said: "Who shall provide these water ter minals along the waterway! Water ways differ from railroads In that they belong to the public. They are abso lutely free to whoever may wish to use them, subject only to such conditions is shall not unnecessarily Impair their navigable character. Under our sys tem of government and other condi tions. It is not probable that the United States will undertake to construct such rater terminals. This duty must de volve upon the states, or preferably upon municipalities acting upon au thority of the states. Such terminals ihould be open to the use of all water carriers, and the conditions of use should be liberal and at such cost only s will suffice to pay the interest upon the cost of construction and the cost Df maintenance. Terminal Snaraatees Favored. "The time will come, and for one I believe In hastening the day, when ap propriations by Congress for the Im provement of waterways shall be con ditioned upon a satisfactory guarantee that proper terminals will be provided by the municipalities and other public agencies along the line of waterway. "I have not stated all the adjuncts which belong to the terminals. It Is not alone necessary to have the mod ern terminals for the rapid and eco nomic transfer of freight between the wharves and the water carriers. It must be again recalled that water transportation Is only complementary to transportation by rail and by high way. There should be a physical con nection between the nearest lino of railway and the water terminal or warehouse. Their tracks should be laid to connect with this terminal and every facility should be afforded for the transfer of freight between the . warehouse and railroads or directly between the water carrier and the rail road and the transfer should also be made by the most efficient methods. "If the railroads In recognition of their public duty and the Interests of the public should not voluntarily ex tend their tracks to the water termi nals than they should be compelled to do so by adequate legislation.- It is nell to state just here that this co operation between the railroads and the water carriers will not only serve the best interest of the public but will also promote and augment the rev enues, of the railroads." MISSIONARIES IN CTY (Continued From First Page. foreigners have gone to Chung King under escort. Tne situation is considered grave. The Viceroy has about 2000 troops at Cheng Tu and 8000 altogether In the province. Reinforcements cannot reach Cheng Tu In less than a month. WARSHIPS .HELPED BY FLOOD Admiral Mnrdock Finds It Possible to Go to Hankow. WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. The Amer ican squadron, headed by the cruiser New Orleans, which has been making Its way up the Tangtse River from Shanghai to Nanking, has reached Salkwan, the port of Nanking, and Admiral Murdock has taken command of the expedition, transferring his flag for that purpose from the Saratoga to the New Orleans. While he originally intended that these deep-draft vessels should stop at Nanking, the Admiral has now changed his plan and will proceed with his squadron about 250 miles further up the river to Hankow, which marks the limit of deep water navigation. This movement is made possible by the fact that the Tangtse is greatly swollen by the flood, which Is the greatest since 1839. American citlsens at Ese-ehuen province are believed to be in present danger. Students of the Chinese situation here believe that the rebellion will spread to other provinces. Evidently prepared for trouble, the Chinese government has been quick to despatch troops to the disaffected dis trict and to deal with the situation with a strong hand. It Is believed here that the government will be able to suppress the present disturbance, though the unforeseen disastrous flood ing of the Tangtse Valley is expected to drive thousands of the unfortunate natives whose means of support have been destroyed Into the ranks of the revolutionists. But It Is believed the Sse-chuen up rising Is only the precursor of other outbreaks In different parts of the Flowery Kingdom, for the struggle now going on is really a glgantlo test of the relative strength and power of the central government as opposed to the provincial governments; in other words, the. situation resembles the great feudal wars of Europe in the Middle Ages. Japan also had to pass through a similar ordeal before the Emperor was able to break the power of his mutinous barons, and it is oe lieved the Chinese government will now be put to the same test. While the sympathy of Occidental nations must remain with the Chinese central government, there can be no Interference In this great internal strife and the activities of other na tions, at least for the present, must be confined to the protection of their own citlsens resident In China. PARK VISITORS WANTED COXFEREJTCE CONSIDERS WATS OF POPULARIZING THEM. Chief Geographer Suggests Employes Under Civil Service as Substi tute for Soldiers. CANTON HOTEL, Tellowstone Park, Sept. IS. With arguments In favor of measures to popularize the great Na tional parks, establish civil service sys tems of control and substitute regular employes for the soldiers now on guard, the first National Park Confer ence ended today. At 11 principal parks there were !n 1910 only about 200,000 visitors, less than one-fourth of 1 per cent of our population." said R. B. Marshall, chief geographer of the geological survey. "Let us have a National park maga slna for free distribution, filled with photographs and live human Interest stories,' he urged. - "There should be a bureau of National parks under director and a civil superintendent over each park or group, all appointed under civil service rules and divorced from politics. "Rangers should be appointed to re place the soldiers now stationed in some of the parks. The policy of using troops la short-sighted and Inade quate." The acting superintendent of Tel lowstone spoke favorably of the mili tary rangers. "The complete organization of the Army makes It well adapted for varied and exacting work in patrolling the park." he declared. "The game has no better friend than the soldier. The deer, eat from the soldiers' hands and the game Is most plentiful In the neghborhood of the soldiers' camps." Other speakers touched on road building In parks, necessity for parks and the necessity for a National bureau of parka TARDINESS COSTS LIFE ciotjs srrsiciAJf killed as he CLIMBS OX WAGON. Arising Too Late to Start In Parade, He Cnts Across Lots, Only to Ron Over by Band Wagon. STOCKTON. CaL, Sept 13. (Special.) In an attempt to meet all of the en gagements crowded into every 24 hours of circus life, Leo Dornan, a cometist, was crushed to death before the eyes of hundreds of persons on Weber ave nue while the parade of Rlngling Bros.' circus was moving through the streets. He overslept, owing to the many hours the employes have to work. and. learning the parade was In motion and knowing he would be fined for not playing, be hurriedly dressed and cut across lots to the wagon on which his band was playing. After handing his Instrument to frlend3, he attempted to climb up the side of the high vehicle, but slipped and fell. The rear wheel of the wagon, which was carrying 18 men and weigh ing nearly three tons, passed over his body, mutilating It in a frightful man ner. The parade stopped and the body was taken to the morgue. The band did not play afterward. Dornan was a native of Hot. Springs, Ark. His (ather Is Chief of Police of that city. The body will be sent to Hot Springs. FRANK GOULD FINED $1000 Eighty Manufacturers Set Example, Pleading Nolle Contendere. NEW YORK, Sept. IS. Frank J. Gould followed the example of some 80 other manufacturers today and en tered a plea of nolle contendere to the lndlotment charging him with vi olating the Sherman anti-trust law In connection with the Horseshoe Wire Manufacturing Company. Judge Hough, of the United States Circuit Court, fined him S1000 and his share of the costs. DIPLOMATS WIN AT TENNIS American Embassy Ptaff Defeats Foreign Office Team. LONDON, Sept. 13. The staff of the American Embassy won the tennis championship of the diplomatic corps today by defeating the representatives of the Foreign Office at Queens Club, two sets to one. Leland Harris, second secretary, and Elliott Bacon represented the Embassy and Edward A. Keeling and Robert G. Van Stittart the Foreign Office. Rosebnrg Schools Show Growth. ROSEBURG. Or.. Sept. 13. (Special) The Roseburg public schools opened here this week with the largest at tendance In the history of the local educational Institutions, ' The attend ance totaled 919, and it Is expected that this number will be swelled to 1000 during the next few days. On the opening day last year there was a total attendance of approximately 825, which was increased during the year to some thing over 900. With the increased attendance the School Board feels the necessity of additional educational fa cilities in the near future. . 2B GOVERNORS ARE GUESTS OF NATION Great Guns of Coast Artillery Boom, Scoring Bullseyes in Theory. HAY- LAUDS REFERENDUM Wilson, of New Jersey, Advocates System of Employers' Liability Insurance Conducted by State 4or Workmen. SPRING LAKE. N. J.. Sept. IS. Twelve-Inch guns roared repeatedly to day at Sandy Point as 28 Governors of states stood on the ramparts of Fort Hancook as guests of the Inited States Government and watched thousand pound projectiles whistle 10,000 yards over the water at a fragile canvas tar get. The group traveled to the Sandy Hook proving grounds by special train. It was the first break in the routine of the Governors" third annual conference. All but two of the delegates Governor Smith, of Georgia, and Governor Croth ers, of Maryland made the trip. Gov ernor Harmon, of Ohio, spurned the offer of an' automobile and walked the mile from the hotel to the station. After the exhibition target practice, the battery commandant announced that two "theoretical bulls eyes" had been scored and that the other two shots were only a few feet off. A cruiser, he said, would have been hit four times. Governor Fobs, of Massachusetts, op posed the "unnecessary lnstruslon of Federal control" In his address on em ployers' liability and workingmen's compensation. Governor Hay, of Wash ington, spoke In defense of the Initi ative and referendum and recall. In so far as the recall applied to elective offices and not to Judges. The initiative and referendum, he predicted, would.be adopted at the next election, to be held shortly. A system of employers' liability In surance, conducted by the state for the benefit of workingmen, was advocated by Governor Wilson, of New Jersey. Former Governor Fort, of New Jer sey, chairman of the entertainment committee, took official cognizance to day of an alleged Interview with Gov ernor Osborn, of Michigan, In which Osborn waa quoted as saying he would not attend the conference on the ground it was a part of a campaign to boom Woodrow Wilson for the Democratlo nomination for the Presidency. "I am quite sure that Governor Os born never said any such thing," eald Fort. "Governor Wilson did not get the conference to come to Spring Lake. I was Governor of New Jersey during the conference at Louslvllle last year, when It was agreed to corns here, on my invitation." GOLD HILL PEACHES HUGE Fruit From Sam's Valley Orchards Weigh Three-Quarters of Pound. GOLD HILL, Or., Sept. 13. (Special) Peaches weighing three-quarters of a pound each have been shown in the local market lately. They come from Sam's Valley orchards, and the varie ties are Mulrs and Chairs Choice. Shipments to the Portland market have already begun. The Miller orchard of Sam's Valley will ship its entire crop of 1000 boxes to the Oregon metropolis. The price In the local market for the best peaches has been as high as 5 cents a pound. Grapets from local vineyards have Just made their appearance in the stores here. While there will not be more than half a crop, the quality Is high. COTTON SCHEME FINANCED English-French Syndicate Offers Backing Up to $75,000,000. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept IS. Presi dent Barrett, of the National Farmers' Union, today announced at the South ern Cotton Growers' Convention that an English-French syndicate has guaran teed any amount of money up to $75, 000.000 toward financing the South's cotton crop. Mr. Barrett will name a committee to perfect such a plan. The details of a plan will be worked out by the committee. The syndicate Is said to have agreed to loan the money at 6 per cent, the cotton to be put up as collateral. The conference gave out an estimate of this year's cotton crop as "approxi mately 12,600,000 bales." CROP OF CUCUMBERS PAYS Farmers on Montana Irrigation Project Make 9 1 2S an Acre. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. The suc cess which farmers are achieving on the Huntley Irrigation project In Mon tana, was attested In a report Just re ceived by the United States Reclama tion Service, which shows 8125 an acre had been realized from raising cucum bers. One farmer who turns what cucum bers he and some of his neighbors raise Into pickles, has orders from Montana towns for 31 carloads of these appetis ers. The cucumber field, besides be ing profitable in themselves, afford work for sugar-beet laborers when they are not employed In the beet fields. BEULAH PICTURES BARRED Denver Nickelodeons Are Warned Against Films Suggesting Scandal. DENVER, Sept. 13. Motion piotures posed by Beulah Blnford. the 17-year-old girl who played a prominent part In the recent trial of Henry Clay Beat tie, Jr, of - Richmond, Va, convicted of wife murder, will be barred from Denver nickelodions. The Fire and Police Board today took action shutting out from the city all films exploiting the young woman's poses, and notice to this effect waa sent to owners of all motion-picture shows. May Sutton Wins Again In Mixed. SYRACUSE. N. T., Sept. 13. On the courts of the Onandaga Country Club, Miss May Sutton and Harry Kirkover, of Buffalo, defeated Miss Florence Sut ton and A. M. Lewis, of Syracuse, in the final rounds of the mixed tennis doubles today, 9-7. 4-, 7-S. ll' I Suits, Coats, Dresses, Furs, pX 1) 1 1 II IB ' ' II 1 : ' ' 'Millinery and Novelties -I WUftJi ' -Qjlll 1 r?.1'' ft The curtain rises on the Tall season TODAT. It will reveal 1: ' myriad attractions in women's roiart outerwear, both from America's 1 ff'SS 1 HIGH-GRADE FURS S20awJllS ifw 4gJ A display of excellence. The best of styles, including many Inno- K l' fyyX "SCIP liiff Tatlons Made fa our own factory fcy the best skilled workmen, and J Xh3Mm i SILVERFIELD CO. I IS HELPLESS Kiss Given in Gratitude Not Superintendent's Fault. EDUCATOR IS EXONERATED Some People in Long Island Town, However, Insist on Rehearing, in Hope of Hearing Public Explanation Made. NEW TORK, Sept 13. (Special) The Board of Education of Freeport, a suburban town on Long Island, has de cided that if a pretty teacher. In grati tude for the help -given by a handsome young superintendent In preparing her report bestows an impulsive (or hys terical) kiss upon him, he Is blameless. The charge of unbecoming conduct made against Arthur E. Barnes has, therefore, been dismissed, it was ad mitted that Superintendent Barnes' re sistance was only of the mildest type. The decision of the committee of the board that has accepted the explanation of Superintendent Arthur E. Barnes that he was merely the recipient of kisses in gratitude for what he had done, has come In for a large amount of' censure. Freeport has not been so shocked In years as it was when it learned that the young woman had been seen seated upon the lap of Superintendent Barnes, her arms about his neck, heap ing kisses upon him. Mr. Barnes did not deny it. He did not go back to the excuse of Adam and say he was tempted. He manfully An Instantaneous Wrinkle Remover From Eastern Styles. The average woman Is always sur prised to learn, after experimenting with all sorts of patent so-called "wrinkle removers," that the most ef fective remedy in the world Is a sim ple face wash which she can make her self at home in a Jiffy. She has- only to get an ounce of pure powdered saxollte from her near est druggist and dissolve it In half a pint of witch hazel Apply this re freshing solution to the face every day. The result Is charming marvelous. Even after the very first treatment the wrinkles show less plainly and the face has a nice, firm, comfortable feel ing that Is thoroughly delightful and, lends self-confidence In one's appear ance. This harmless home remedy is used by thousands of women to oblit erate the unwelcome traces of time. Adv. MAN fell back upon the excuse that he was helplees. The board committee that investi gated Superintendent Barnes went into all the details. They showed a curi osity as to the weight of the young woman and manner of kissing the su perintendent When they had. heard everything and had examined the blush ing Mr. Barnes they decided that the act was merely an Indiscretion that did not warrant a dismissal. That should have satisfied most any body, but the residents of Freeport de oided it was not enough. The young woman in the case had married and was living happily, but there were other young women, and a large num ber of the residents decided that a man as attractive as Superintendent Barnes should not be permitted at large In the school. A petition for a rehearing has been prepared. The members 'of the committee that discharged Barnes say the objectors want to hear the testimony and also want to see Mr. Barnes blush as he retells the story of his helplessness upon the particular occasion that is the subject matter of the dispute. FaUs City Woman Beats Off Man. FALLS CITY, Or., Sept 13. (Special) G. W. Graham, while in an Intoxi cated condition, attempted to attack MADE IN OREGON We use only finest grade of materials and exp e r t nr n r km&n. fi ship. None better built All sizes, both fire and burglar proof. Largest Stock on the Coast Ins paction Invited. Call or write. 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