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PAGE SIX ASHLAKD TIDINGS Monday, August 19, 1913, SKXATOK 1MUKNE, AUTHOR. Title to Distinction Residou Direct Election Speech. Washington, August 2. Senator Bourne of Oregon is probably the most popular author in the senate, for he has written and published a speech on the direct election of sen ators and other phases of the popu lar government movement which has circulated, it is said, to the extent of more than a million copies. But Senator Bourne is the author of an other proposition of less controver sial character than hi famous sieech, and many people in Wash ington interested in the technicalities of law-making say that if the path laid down by Senator Bourne is fol lowed by his successors, there will be a vast saving in the amount of time and energy spent in making laws in the national capital. Senator Bourne is chairman of the senate committee on postoffices and postroads. and as such it has been his duty to steer the great postoffice appropriation bill through its diffi cult course in the senate. It oc curred to Senator Bourne about the time the bill was nearly completed in committee that he could save both himself and his fellow members an enormous amount of trouble by a very simple mechanical device. As a result of his work, apparently for the first time in the history of con-; Kress, senators have found them selves supplied with a 90-page book let entitled "Information Print for Use of the Senate." The purpose of this special print is described by Sen ator Bourne in these words: "Realizing the importance of plac ing before members of the senate in concise and convenient form, the in formation upon which the committee based its recommendations in report ing this bill, this committee print has been prepared by the chairman. Kach paragraph in the bill is num bered for better reference in explan ation, and subheaded by giving page and lines aa contained in the bill as reported to the senate and to be read by the clerk." The "Information Print." What the "Information Print" amounts to is this: At the end of the opening paragraph of the bill, which begins with the familiar phrase, "Be it enacted," etc., we find In small type a note numbered with a bracketed numeral numeral one, me wora 'explanation then a dash, then the brief phrase, "Cus tomary paragraph.' At the end of the first item of appropriation call ing: for $34,400 for the rent of buildings for the use of the post office and other purposes, this "Ex planation" is found: "Agreed to. because same as estimates, appropri ations and expenditures of past (our years, based on existing leases." At the end of item No. 100, one of the biggest items in the bill, appropriat ing, as it does, over $40,000,000 for the pay of letter carriers, their sub stitutes, clerks in charge of eubsta tlons, tolls and ferriage, in the rural delivery service (an item in which In this particular Instance consider able change was made by the sen ate), we find a succinct explanation fully outlining the arguments in fa fully outlining the arguments in fa- that In spite of the apparent increase there Is an actual saving by the sen ate's substitute of $761,900. And so it goes, item alter item being neaty labeled and Illuminated by terse footnotes prepared in tne committee room with the aid of clerks intimately acquainted with the bill, the hearings on. the bill, and all the other information from mis cellaneous sources which goes into the construction of a big supply measure. The result of the Bourne scheme a result which was noticeable during the discussion or the bill on the floor of the senate this week has been that every senator has been able at a glance to understand the essential facts about'every section of the bill, and facts, after all, make the foun dation of all legislation. Therefore, xhls year, in consequence of Senator Bourne's device, there has been much less of the customary wrangling over Tacts than usual. Instances in Postoffice Bill. There are, of course, controverted points in the postoffice appropriation bill, but the controversies have con cerned themselves with matters ol policy rather than with dispute as to w.hether the third assistant postmas ter general on page so and so of the hearings before the house said one thing,' and then contradicted himself by saying another before the senate committee. Senators have been spared the trouble of doing as much work apiece as the committee itself has done, and the committee, in turn, wt rather its chairman, has been spared the waste of energy which lined to be necessary to satisfy liter ally the thousands of questions hurled at him by the opposition. One more example: A section of the postoffice appropriation bill which annually causes almost endless debate is that dealing with the rail way mail clerks. In the discussion of this item matters relating to civil wrvloe, labor conditions, administra tive economics, etc., have often occu pied hours of time. It Is not argued by Senator Bourne that his "Informa tion Print has done or will do away with all this, but it is evident to any one who has delved Into the compll rated problems of the railway man service that the chief trouble that congress had relative to this service relates to facts. And the facts which are adduced by the committee in ex planation of these paragraphs of the bill are summed up in about a quar ter of a page of brief foot-notes. Senator Bourne's scheme, on the whole, has met with favor from his colleagues, and around the capitol one hears the prophecy that his inno vation In the matter of the "Informa tion Print" will be Imitated by other committee chalfmeu In the prepara tion of other long and Involved meas ures. Should this prophecy turn out to be accurate, It is expected that those who have been prone to criti cise the workings of the .legislative gristmill BS powieiuua uu aikuoivj l.HI"ORTANT KILL PASSED. IYotection of Innocent Purchasers of Oregon Land Provided. Washington, D. C. Senator Cham berlain secured tae passage in the senate Thursday of the bill for the protection of innocent purchasers un der the Oregon & California Railroad land grant. The bill now goes to the president for signature. Congressman Lafferty secured per mission to insert in the Record a let ter written by him to Chamberlain, calling upon him to amend the bill when it was before the senate, by changing Section 2 so that, as amend ed, persons who have established squatter's residence upon lands with in grants should be given preference rights when the lands are forfeited. Section 2, as passed, restores all for feited lands to the public domain. "The passage of this bill is a great thing for western Oregon," said Sen ator R. A. Booth, of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, at Eugene. Con tinuing, Senator Booth said: "About 70,000 acres, approximately one-half of the Booth-Kelly holdings, are, in the timber lands involved. The com pany was interested in the relief bill in common with 4 4 other innocent holders of the lands. The suits were instituted against those who held 1,000 acres or over, of which there were 45 and of which the Booth Kelly company was one. The meas-r ure as passed, as I understand it, was simply a relief bill. At one time it had a number of other things tacked on it, such as laws relating to homesteaders entering on the for est reserve and other provisions, which were eliminated before its passage through the senate. My un derstanding of the measure is that any one of the defendants in the suits may enter court and confess judg ment and then have a right to have a new patent issued, on the payment of $2.50 per acre, which was the amount provided for in the old -law. Unless 1 am mistaken, it also pro vides that in the case of smaller holders, unless action be brought within 12 months, further proceed ing is estopped, so that it has the effect of quieting the title of smaller holders, as the government will not bring prosecutions against them un der the circumstances. As the de partment favored the passage of the measure, I have no doubt that it will receive the signature of President Taft." FOREMAN IS KILLED. New Bridge Over Butte ('reek Scene of Tragedy. William Vincent, well-known resi dent of Medford, who for the past few weeks has been acting in the capacity of foreman of the construc tion gang tnat is building the Pacific & Eastern bridge over Butte creek, died Thursday night at the P. & E. station while waiting for an ambu lance: as a result of injuries received in the afternoon when a large tim ber struck him, fracturing the skull and the lower law. Vincent was superintending some worn rrom tne pile driver when a timber that was being raised to place by the derrick swung toward him. Presumably thinking that he would not be struck, he waited until it was but a few feet from him before jump ing. Just as he did so the timber struck his head, but, to onlookers, with but little force. Examination by doctors who were summoned from Eagle Point disclosed the fact that the lower jaw bas broken in two places and that a compound fracture had been produced at the base of the brain. The injured man was Immediately placed aboard the train and hurried to Medford. Upon arrival he was taken from the coach to wait for the ambulance, but before it arrived he succumbed to his Injuries. Vincent was about 32 years old and has lived in Medford for some time. Mrs. Vincent Ih nrnstrntort over the accident and under the care of physicians. Besides a wife he leaves a boy 8 years of age. ('11 IX A A FT K II XAVV. .Maritime Awakeniiit; K.viiectetl l'nler Xew Kcpiibiic. Washington, D. C. China is ex pecting a maritime awakening, ac cording to consular reports received here. Some of the foreign steamship companies, notably the North Ger man Lloyds, It is stated, are begin ning to feel the effect of this in creased activity. It Is reported that Dr. Sun Yat Sen has put himself to the task of commercial reform and that steam ship lines and railways connecting the interior provinces of China with coast ports will be the first consid eration. Large numbers of motor boats are to be employed to open up trade on the different waterways. Many vessels of the type are already in commission. According to Dr. Sun Yat Sen. there is ample Chinese capital avail able to start the needed enterprises, but foreign financial assistance will be wanted as the movement expands, and this, he says, will be readily ob tained through the liberal terms which will be extended to all who eek investment. It is said that Chinese in the. United States, Mexico and South America have already subscribed bair or the capital of $10,000,000 for the organization or a new line be tween San Francisco and Hongkong to compete with the Japanese lines. John Velbert, Foster, Cal., writes: "I .have surfered a great deal with kidney and bladder trouble. Al though I have paid out hundreds of dollars to doctors and have taken all kinds of kidney pills, I could never get any relief until I tried Foley Kid ney Pills. They effected a complete cure." East Side Pharmacy. will have to revise their opinions and admit that a long Btep toward effi ciency and economy of time and work has been taken. Niederwald Monument, Goal of German-American Pilgrimage J. u t-Zi Y-'- :f V' ; mm 1. J s. 1 AV-Sl W. I SEVERAL hundred members of the German-American Teachers' league are to tour Germany this summer. They are Instructors in schools and colleges throughout the United States who are combining pleas ure and Instruction by visiting many of the large cities and centers of learning of the Fatherland. The tour, which will last for Ave weeks, will include the cities of Bremen, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfort-on-the-Mnln. Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Munich, Dresden, Leipzig and Berlin, In which la?t named city will be held the fortieth annual convention of the league. A notable feature of the pilgrimage will be the gathering of the tourists at the foot of the gigantic Niederwald monument, opposite Bingen, on the Rhine, commemorating the war of 1870-71. The pedestal, eighty-two feet in height, is surmounted by a heroic size bronze figure of Germania holding the imperial crown, typifying the founding of the German empire. Here the tourists will ing "Die Wacht om Rhein" and other patriotic songs with a fervor wlilcli only those who know the German temperament can appreciate. PRISONER SETS FIRE. Laughs and Fights Guards as Flames Burn Clothing. Chicago. Grinning, insanely as the flames he had started in his cell licked his face, body and hands, Jacob Guthrie, the man who -stole $350,000 worth of merchandise "just for the fun of stealing," was saved from death here recently by six turn keys after a terrific fight. Guthrie attracted the attention of other pris oners by shouts of laughter after he had set fire to his clothing. When the turnkeys attempted to extinguish the flames he fought with the strength of a maniac. "Go away, you idiots," he shout ed. "It's fun to die. Go away and let me alone." v Guthrie was seriously burned be fore the clothing was torn from his body. Scientists became interested in Guthrie's case when it developed that he stole $350,000 worth of merchan dise without attempting to dispose of it, storing the plunder in a ware house. Allen Pleads Guilty. Wythville, Val. Friel Allen plead ed guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree, in connection with the Hills-vllle courthouse mur ders last March. He was sentenced to 18 years' Imprisonment. Two other members of the eang have been convicted of murder In the first degree. There are two vet to be tried. Telephone your social Items to Miss Hawley between 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. each day, Call phone 39. Ranch-for Sale! Six hundred acres of land within the projected ir rigation district in Shasta Valley, (Siskiyou county, California.) Twenty minutes ride from Montague. Price $5,000 (about $8.25 an acre.) Half cash;, bal ance in 1, 2 and 3 years at low rate of interest. Half of this property is plow land, balance pasture land. Large crop of giain just harvested. Excellent stock ranch. Property is so situated that it can be divided advantageously into five, smaller ranches.' One of the biggest land bargains ever offered. For additional in formation address Montague, California. in , V 4 11. TH1XKS A1 A FT WILL W1X. Manager Hilles Concedes no States to Progressives. Chicago. Chairman Hilles of the republican national committee has issued a statement claiming 34 states with a total electoral vote of 384 for the republican ticket. He concedes 10 states with an elec toral vote of 1'14 to the democratic party and listed four states with an electoral vote of 34 as doubtful. He concedes no states to the progres sives. '" . ' He concedes to the democratic party Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Vir glnfa, North Carolina, South Caro lina and Texas. Doubtful, Arizona, California, Oklahoma and Nebraska. Hilles said the progressive party would draw no more heavily from the republican than from the demo cratic party. CHINESE REBELS CHECKED. Sensation Caused by Discovery of Conspiracy Against Republic. Hongkong, China. The Chinese manager of a secret society of revo lutionists, whose headquarters are In Kwan Tung province, was arrested Thursday and sent to prison. Docu ments and badges found on him in dicated that the revolutionaries had selected tlieir own officials to suc ceed those at present holding posi tions under the Chinese government. A great sensation has been caused In Chinese circles here by the discov ery of the revolutionary conspiracy. Star Laundry and French Dry Cleaning Company. Phone 64. f A ill A Ji A illlA -- -- -- -- ---- -- - PTTTtTTTTTTTTTtTTTTTTTTV WEST GIVES REASONS. Governor States Flatly He Will Re tire From Politics. Salem, Ore. Governor West ex plained his principal reason for de claring that- he will not become a candidate for the office of governor again and that he will retire from politics at the end of his present term of office. His present crusade for moral re form and against vice is, he asserts, mainly responsible for this declara tion. "Some time ago when I deter mined to take the stand that I have taken and to inaugurate the present crusade, 1 also determined that I could carry on the crusade and in augurate certain reforms that I have in mind, in much stronger, safer and certain manner by deciding to re nounce all future political ambi tions," said the executive. "In the rirst instance I will have no political strings to tie to, there will be no ground upon which I must tread lightly, and there will be no 'fences' to build up or tear down. "In the second place, with this end in view, no one can accuse me of entering Into this crusade ror po litical reasons. I am positive that there are public officers in this state who are not doing their duty. There are municipal and county officers who are not doing their duty. There are laws upon the statute books which must be enforced dn'd I Intend to see that they are enforced. - "To absolve myself of possible ac cusations that my mind in this re spect is actuated by political mo tives and for political purposes. I decided to make a public statement that I Intend to retire from politics at the end of my present term in of- wice. This statement I have made several times and I now repeat it. "The strongest reason for this statement I have expressed and I in tend td carry out the crusade along the line I have started with no fear of any political grave or of being accused of endeavoring to build up any political machine or following." WARDEN' PREVENTS ESCAPE. Convict Furnishes Information That Thwarts Scheme. Salem, Ore. Through information received from a convict, Warden Bengen of the state penitentiary was enabled recently to prevent the es cape of three prisoners. While the attempted escape was made several days ago, it was suppressed until today, when it leaked out. Rob ert Owens, John Harris and John Walter were the convicts who had planned the break. They hoped to effect It by sawing their way througu the bars guarding a flume that passes under the walls of the insti tution, and which is supposed to be under the eye or the guard constant ly. In order to avoid detection, the prisoner doing the sawing had a string attached to his hand, and this was pulled by a convict in the yard whenever a guard approached. - So satisfied were the convicts of effect ing their escape that they had pre pared a note, bidding farewell to the warden and criticising the lenient prison policy of Governor West, when caught they had sawed through several or the bars.' Owens was formerly an "honor man" and was sentenced from Union county for larceny. Harris was sen tenced from Washington county, and yalters from Douglas, both being convicted of robbery. BOOK NEARLY FINISHED. j L"a Follette Exjiected to Assail Roosevelt. Washington, D. C. Senator La Follette of 'Wisconsin is putting the finishing touches to his autobiogra phy,' which will be issued in book form in about a month. He has added three or four chapters to the story of his political career that ran for " several months in one of the magazines. The revised and down-to-date autobiography will be on the market in time to be read prior to the November elections. Close friends of the Wisconsin sen ator expect some intimate details of the original union and subsequent break between the La Follette anu Roosevelt , forcet', heretofore only vaguely hinted at, which in their fullness will be likely to create a lively sensation. Some of his friends feel that the senator is riding rough shod for a headlong tumble into the Ananias Club, but this Is not troubling him. That Colonel Roosevelt will be brought into the story In a personal manner is assured. Some intimate views regarding Gifford Pinchot'and other leaders who turned from La Follette to Roosevelt also will be presented. PEACE PROPOSALS MADE. Orozro Would Abandon Struggle Against Madero Government. Mexico City. Definite proposals for peace were received by President Francisco I. Madero, Friday, from General Pascual Orozco, commander-in-chief of the revolutionary forces. It is expected that a truce will be declared immediately, and negotia tions opened which will result in the rebels laying down their arms. General Orozco telegraphed Presi dent Madero stipulating that all terms must be In keeping "with the dignity of the provisional govern ment." It agreed to not Insist on Madero's retirement, but demands that all revolutionists including him self, be restored to full citizenship. k Orozco, however, insisted that Ma dero pledge himself Immediately to fulfill reform promises made when he took the presidency and that 300 of Madero's relatives be ousted from their Jobs. It Is expected that an extra session of congress will be called to consider the proposal. A rumor that has not been con firmed states that' General Orozco has secretly returned to Juarez. ROGUE WELL STOCKED. 12,000,0(M Salmon and Trout Liber ated Thin Year. Over ten and a half mill inn fialmrtn eggs and over 1,600,000 steelhead or rainoow trout eggs and 100,000 cut throat trout eggs were taken, hatched; and liberated this season iu the Rogue and its tributaries, the trout fry being kept to the fingerling state, by the United Stat PQ Ft n run it or Hatcheries at the Elk creek hatch ery, working in conjunction with the siaie nsn ana game association. "This has been one or the most successful seasons on Rogue river which the Bureau or Fisheries has experienced in many years," says Su perintendent Henry O'Malley. "Dur ing the rail or 1911, 4,830,000 Chi nook salmon eggs were collected at the station located near Trail. On the lower Rogue river near Grants Pass we collected 5,726,000 Chinook salmon eggs, making a total or 10, 556,000. These were hatched and then liberated into Rogue river and its tributaries. "During the early spring, steel head and cut-throat trout eggs were collected at Elk creek near Trail, also in Applegate creek, results being about 200,000 steelhead trout re ceived atElk creek and 48,000 cut throat trout. The larger portion of the eggs collected at Applegate creek were shipped to Rogue river, there being 1,221,260 steelhead trout. These were hatched at Rogue river station, and when they reached the feeding stage, W. L. Finley, state game warden, at the request of the Rogue River Fish Protective Associa tion and approval of the State Game and Fish Commission, provided am ple funds for feeding them and also paid for lumber to construct extra troughs at the station located near Trail as well as for labor in connec tion with the feeding. These fish w-ere held up until the early part of August and are being liberated into the main Rogue river and its upper tributaries. "Much credit is due Hugh C. Mitchell, who is fishculturist at this station, for the fine lot of fish he has liberated this summer, and we fwl sure that results will be rorth coming rrom planting such fish, for they were strong, vigorous and healthy, and or a size amply able to take care or themselves. "In addition to this, the cut-throat trout were also red to the fingerling stage and liberated into the river. Mr. Finley also provided funds tor the collecting or rainbow trout eggs at Fish Lake, some 45 miles rrom Trail, Ore. A portion of these eggs were hatched out and liberated into Fish Lake, the balance, some 255, 000, being packed out to Rogue river station to be hatched and liberated into ti. s river. It is understood the funds Tor this work were provided by the game department, and, of course, comes rrom the licenses paid by the rod and line rishermen of Rogue river." LA FOLLETTE CENSURES. All Candidates Unfit for High Posi tion of President. Madison, Wis. Sarcastic rerer ences to Governor Woodrow Wilson, denunciation or Colonel Roosevelt and criticism or President Tart are voiced by Senator Robert M. La Fol lette in the last issue or La Follette's Weekly. The article says: "Restraint and under-statement of facts characterize and, in a degree weaken Governor Wilson's presenta tion or the political issues. How ever, there is no uncertainty about them. He rrankly announces that he believes in tarifr roi revenue only." La Follette then referred to Col. Roosevelt as rollows: "Roosevelt's 'confession of faith' is Just Roosevelt. He is forcible and positive on matters which are undis puted. He asserts with the enthusi asm of an orjginal discoverer pro gressive principles advanced years ago." La Follette chareerf that ihu r,oi dent cared nothing about the people adding: "Taft's acceptance speech is a di rect appeal to the conservatives. The president does not recognize the peo ple's move for legislation which would aid in making the government more resnonsiv tn th ,ni v. " v.. n ill ul I lit: majority." GIRL FALLS 800 FEET. Tragedy Occurs a Party Is Descend ing Mount Kanier. Tacoma, Wash. Suddenly grow ing dizzy in the rnrlflort mn(i air, arter she had climbed to the sum mit of Pinnacle Peak, Mount Ranler Miss Helen Hunt, a school teacher and a member of the Tacoma Y M C. A. party that left Tacoma 'last lr a ten days' stay In Paradise valley, fell 500 foot t ho, Monday. Her body, with practically every bone broken, wna fnunH ' . .vuuu in mo val ley, and on a litter nt oi,r,i... and sweaters was carried to the .wiMj. lt wub tnen tanen by auto mobile to Longmire Springs, where another car wna niitoir. j "--i aim Lilt) body brought into Tacoma. Unnerved hv tha oonca 1 - -oo ui mirror they had witnessed, the other young women in the party of 16, that had u uiuuiuBu rinnacie feak, were un able to continue tha cal Director Carter of the Y. M c A. who acted as guide, aided by 'the other men of the party, let the shud dering girls down with ropes and the remainder of the party reached the valley unhurt. Jas. C. Dahl ha. Neb., writes: "l have take,, oiey Kidney Pills and they have given me a ereat ito.1 f n. cheerfully recommend them." What Foley Kidney Pills have done for Mayor Dahlmann they will do for anv Other nrnnn hntKn..i i.i. , - , "'"!i ou wiiii nacK- ache rheumatism or kidney trouble.