SLAVERY IS RIFE IN PHILIPPINES Borah Says Situation Demands Action by Congress. Warring Tribes Capture Enemiea and Sell Women and Children Peonage Common. Washington, D. C. At the first fa vorable opportunity, Senator Borah, of Idaho, will lay before the senate documentary proof of his charge that slavery and peonage exist, to a large degree, in the Philippine islands and, based on that evidence, he will ask congress so to legislate as to wipe out these two practices. Slavery and peonage in the Philippine islands are now prohibited under the terms of the Philippine government bill, passed by congress July 1, 1902, but that act provides no penalties and makes no provision for the enforcement of the law. Some time ago the senate, on mo tion of Senator Borah, called upon the secretary of War to furnish any evi dence in the files of bis department as to the existence of slavery and peon age in the Philippines. The secre tary's reply, written in the bureau of insular affairs, conveyed the impres sion that there was neither slavery nor peonage in the islands. Senator Borah has evidence that native children and ; women and occasionally men, are sold j and held as slaves or peons, and in : that condition are often brutally treat-1 ed by their virtual owners. His chief: reliance, however, is on a report writ-j ten by Dean C. Worcester, secretary : of the Philippines, April 30, which is replete with evidence substantiating the charges. After citing innumerable cases, giv ing names, dates and particulars, Sec retary Worcester concludes this re port, saying: "Negritos, Infugaos, Manobos, Tag banuaa, Moros and Filipinos have been captured by armed men, who in order to obtain them, killed their par ents or other natural defenders, and have subsequently been sold as chat tels and compelled to render services for which they were not paid. "Members of the above-mentioned tribes, as well as Christian Filipinos, have been kidnaped and subsequently sold, held and required to render ser vices as above. "Filipino slaves have been shipped to China. Filipino school children have been secretly enticed from their homes by false promises of education and remuneration and have been sold into slavery and peonage. "While there has been much noise about slavery, there has been pro found silence relative to peonage, which, in the Philippines, is by far the greater evil of the two, because of the large number of persons who suffer from its prevalence." j The report of Secretary Worcester shows that natives of the Philippine Islands are often sold for as little as $1.60, American money, and the aver-! age price paid for slaves is only a few i dollars, in rare cases price of $150 having been paid. In most instances the slaves are held as household serv ants, though some of the more comely women are handled as are the white slaves in more civilized countries. One common method of obtaining slaves is to negotiate with Negritos, savages of low mentality, for as many slaves as may be desired. The Negri tos make a raid on the town of some enemy, capture the children or women and turn them over to the slave-trad ers, inese jNegntos win lane me children from their own people, if, they want the cash, and commonly will get Negrito parents intoxicated' with vino and buy their children from I them while they are drunk. Other j natives have been found selling their children to procure food for them selves, when they happen to be in par ticularly destitute circumstances. "When they are starving," says Secretary Worcester, "it is compara tively easy to buy their children. Under such circumstances, I have per sonally known a Negrito girl of mar riageable age to be purchased for rice worth $1.60 gold." GENERAL OTIS GETS BOMB Attempt Made On Life Of Los Angeles Times Publisher. Loa Angeles For the second time within three years a bomb Wednesday placed In Jeopardy the life of Ueneral Harrison Gray Otis, owuer of the I-os Angeles Times building, which was destroyed by dynamite October JO, 1914. That he waa not blown to pieces was probably due to the watchful eye of his Japanese servant, who received from the postman an Infernal machine mailed In this city, and called tils em Dlover's attention to it. The first Infernal machine directed at the life of Qeueral Otis was fouud at his residence a few hours after his newspaper plant had been destroyed through the efforts of the McNamara conspirator. The attempt on his life Wednesday was attributed by the general to agen cles friendly to those for and whose conspiracy eventuated In the destruc tion of his newspaper plant and the killing of 20 men three years ago. Hut the police and postal authorities be lieved something might be developed from the theory that the Mexican question bad au Impelling part In it. General Otis la heavily luterested in lands in the Mexican territory of Lower California, where two years ago Industrial Workers of the World Joined the "direct action" element of Mexi cans in an effort to establish a social tstlc commonwealth. A few weeks ago there was another outbreak caused, according to report, by the employment of Chinese In the places of Mexican laborers Dy rancn ers In Lower California, but General Otis asserted at the time that none were employed by him. LANE MUST BE KEPT QUIET "Any Little Indiscretion" May Be Serious for Secretary. Berkeley, Cal. The condition of Secretary of the Interior Lane was such Wednesday that Lis physicians saw fit to order his removal from the home of his brother. Dr. Frederic Lane, where he haa been cared for since his collapse in Uukland Septem ber 9, to a quieter portion of the city. He was taken to the home of Assis tant Secretary of the Interior Miller, who is a resident here. The Miller home. In North Berkeley, is remote from traffic noises of the business district Secretary Lane's physicians said that absolute rest In the Miller home for a period of at least two weeks is essential to warrant his recovery. He will be permitted to receive ouly members of his family and Intimate friends and may not discuss any of the matters pertaining to his public duties. "Any little Indiscretion may bring about serious complications," oue of the doctors said. BIG LINES RUSHING VESSELS Convict Thank Governor. Olympia, Wash. In a letter to the 80 members of bis "honor camp" of convicts on Hood's canal. Governor Lister promises to extend the system if the experiment is successful. Gov ernor Lister, on his return from a brief vacation on Mount Rainier, found a personal letter of thanks signed by all 30 members of the honor camp, who said: "We desire to as sure you of our determination to carry out every promise we have made you and demonstrate that your confidence in us bas not been misplaced." "Shoot to Kill," la Order. Chicago Chief of Police McWeeny has detailed 26 men to make war on holdup men, in the hope of averting the wave of crime which has made its appearance in Chicago each October for many years. The chief's Instruc tions were: "Shoot to kill if neces sary. There never must be such an other state of affairs as existed last winter, and the time to prevent it is before it starts." Plans for Using Panama Canal Are Rapidly Being Realized. New York In anticipation of the opening of the Panama Canal five steamship lines are rushing work on ships. Three of these companies the Royal Mail, North German Lloyd and the Hamburg-American have an nounced their Intention of operating direct first-class passenger and freight steamers from Europe to the Pacific Coast via the canal. In addition to Inaugurating direct service from Southampton to the Pa cific Coast by way of the West Indies and the Panama Canal, the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has given or ders for construction of five 20,000 ton fast passenger and freight steam ers for service between New York and ports in Chile and Peru via the canal. The Austrian Lloyd will send passen ger and freight vessels from Mediter ranean points to the west coast of South America by the new sea route. It has completed arrangements with the Chilean government and Is build ing four new steamers for the propos ed service. Expert Figures Given. New York The arbitrators who will decide the wage dispute of the eastern railroads and the trainmen received statistics Tuesday Indicating that the roads have increased the size and ca pacity of freight cars without Increas ing the coBt of operation. The wit ness waa Dr. Frank J. W'arne of Penn sylvania. The employes will use his figures to argue that either train crews should have been Increased or wages raised. Dr. Warne admitted that he had had no practical experi ence In railroading and that his testi mony was based wholly upon statis tics In which he claimed to be an expert. San Francisco Is Hot San Francisco Wednesday was the hottest day ever known In San Fran cisco, the mercury climbing to 105V4 In the shade at 2 o'clock In Union Square, four and a half degrees above the highest previous mark, scored In 1904. By night the usual cool sea breezes were blowing again. The city had no wind from the ocean, hence the heat was the same as In the Interior valleys. Being without humidity, the heat caused no suffer ing among workers. Reports showed temperatures In San Joaquin and Sac ramento valleys ranging from 105 to 110 degrees. White Rlbboners 8core Hoppickers. Portland-Denouncing all Christians and W. C. T. U. workers who pick hops or work In the hop fields as un true to the right standard, the dele gates of the Multnomah County Wo men's Christian Temperance Union at their annual convention, unanimously adopted a resolution decrying the In dustry and those who aid Its progress. The fact that beer Is made from hops is the reason for the denunciation by women wearers of the white ribbon. Bryan Warns Against Alcohol. Staunton, Va. Secretary Bryan de livered a lecture Wednesday at the birthplace of President Wilson in which he lauded the chief executive. The chautauque tent was crowded. The secretary warned young men against alcohol, declared the world was steadily growing In morality, and touched on state politics. OREGON STATE 1TMSJH!! General Newa of the Industrial and Educational Development and Progress of Rural Communities, 1'ubiic institution.. SHOULD INSPECT POTATOES Moth Has Done Damage to California Crop This Year. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lls. Although the potato tuber moth bas done a vast amount of damHge to potato crops In Bom sections of Cali fornia, it is not expected to Invade the potato fields of Oregon for some time perhaps not at all. If necessary precautions are taken to keep It out. This la the Informal report made by Professor Wilson, head of the depart ment of crop pests, Oregou Agricultur al college, who has returned from Oil iforniu, where he made Inquiries con cerning the tuber moth situation. The hope that Oregon may escape this peBt if proper caution is taken Is based on observations made by George Coin pore, chief deputy state quarantine of ficer of California, to the effect that the Insect has not appeared to thrive in northern latitudes, as will most likely occur prior to an iuvaalon of Oregon. 'But this fact should not be depend ed upon to keep the tuber moth out of Oregon," says Professor Wilson. "It is not a native pest, but one that was introduced Into California along with imported potatoes. It has spread most rapidly In southern California, hut may appear further north at any time, and as it Is much eusler to keep such pests out than to put them on' slier they are In and established, this lew enemy should not bo allowed to enter the state. If potatoes lira shipped In from other states they should be in spected and If Infected, they Bhoull be destroyed before tlu-y are taken from the car. The inspection may be made by county Inspector! who oper ate under state laws." JACKSON PUPILS MAKE EXHIBIT First School Fair Week Is Success Annual Event Assured. Med ford The first school fair week In southern Oregou has been a good one. The weather has been Ideal and there hus been much Interest on the part of the young exhibitors and their teachers and parents. Two local fairs and the county f.tir for Jackson county have been held the past week. Rogue river and Phoe nix held successful fairs and made a fine showing at the county fair. Oii-i little girl of less than 14 won a prize on IS Jars of canned fruit, no two of the same kind. There was good, ripe fieldcorn, popcorn, sweetcorn, breuc'. dreBses, aprons and some fine exhibits from the manual training department of the Medford schools. There will be three more local fair's before the state fair and Jackson county will be ready to make a flue showing in the new Industrial building at the state fair. Superintendent J. P. Wells, of Jacksonville, has the work of collecting and preparing the exhibit. In this work he will be as sisted by one of his supervisors, Mr. Chase, who will go with the exhibit and have complete charge until It is returned to the owners In the county. The exhibits will be assembled for the state fair. The schools uro In session In Jackson county and teach ers and children are Interested In what they are going to show at the Salem fair. Jackson county school fair will be come an annual event In conjunction with the county fair. COOS LINE IS PARTLY OPEN Trains Are Run on First Section of Willamette Pacific. Eugene Opening of the first sec tion of the Willamette Pueiflc rail way's line from Kugene to Coos Bay was marked Tuesday by a picnic at Noti. 20 miles west of Kugene, at tended by upward of 2000 persons. Of these 800 went from Kugene and 400 from Springfield by special trains, and hundreds drove to Notl from the surrounding territory. Kugene and Springfield took bands, which played on the trains and at the picnic grounds. Talks were made by County Judge II. W. Thompson, M. J. Duryea, mana ger of the Kugene commercial club; Jack Llttell, of Springfield, and M. Vernon Parsons. All the talks related to the signifi cance of the occasion marking the successful finishing of one link In a great undertaking. Many of the visitors walked to the tunnel, two miles beyond the picnic grounds. Road Tax Held Invalid. Ashland Road District No. 1 In this section of Jackson county will be mi nus a two-mill additional road tax so far as the Southern Pacific and Wey erhaeuser corporations are concerned. This special tax was levied last De cember, and paid by property owners with exception as noted above. A rul ing of the supreme court released the companies from paying this extra as sessment. It was thought at first that such ruling would not apply In this particular caae, but the decision has been confirmed. In the meantime It remains to be seen If other property owners will demand a refund of this tax. COAL VEINS FOUND ON RANCH Florence. Coal In promising amounts has been found In this vicin ity this summer, and Frank Ferguson, of Alder Ridge, has opened a tunnel Into a mountain on his place, about nine miles from Florence, In search of It. He has now reached a depth of 150 feet, finding three veins In that distance, and Indications show another one quite near. Mr. Ferguson Is an experienced miner and his opinion, as well as that of many others, Is that there Is a good supply of coal In the region. W. J. Butler, whose place Is near that of Mr. Ferguson's, has also commenced work. NEW WATER LAW Measure to Deal With Interstate Problems Urged By Committee. Salem A special committee of en gineers to prepare a national water law. dealing with Interstate and navl gable streams, and covering all uses of water, has Just been appointed by the board of direction of the American Society of Civil Knglneers. according to a letter received by State Knglneer Lewis from Charles Warren Hunt, sec retary of the society. The committee- U made up as fol lows: George G. Anderson, Denver, Col.; Charles W. Comstoik. Denver. Col.; 11. S. Ferguson, New York City; Clemens llersiiiel, New York City; Robert K. Morton. Albany. N. Y.; John II. Lewis. Salem, Or.; Charles D. Marx. Stanford University. Cal.: F. II. Newell, Washington. D. C and Gard ner S. Williams, Ann Arbor, Mich. George F. Swnln, president of the so ciety, was authorized to designate the chairman of this committee. The August proceedings of this so ciety. Just Issued, shows thut favor able action was taken upon a motion authorizing the appointment of such committee, which was presented by State Knglneer Lewis of Oregon, at the society meeting, May 7. This action Is believed to be the di rect result of a paper on "State and National Water Ijiws," presented by State Knglneer Lewis before the an uunl convention of this society, held in Seattle last year, and a more de tailed statement, occupying 40 pages In the monthly proceedings of the so ciety for September, 1912. This pa per has been discussed by 14 members in subsequent issues of the proceed lugs, and the full paper with discus sions has recently been printed In pamphlet form by tho society. It con tains 122 pages. The Dulles water power project and the Snake and Klamath River compli cations were cited, among others, as reasons why an Interstate water board should be created by congress with power to handle those water matters which are beyond tho Jurisdiction of the state wnter boards. The divided control In water mat ters between stato and nation was urged as a reason why some further legislation was necessary In order to eliminate the present twilight zone of uncertain authority. To promote Immediate development, co-operation between the states and the nation was offered as the most logical policy to pursue for bringing about this result. BOOK COMPANY CONCEDES Move of Superintendent Churchill to Wipe Out Discrimination. Salem Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill's fine detective acumen saved the school children of the state $150,000, when the A. N. Pal men Company, which has a contract to furnish a textbook entitled. "Pal mer's Method of Business Writing." telegraphed him that the book would be sold to the children in this state for 16 cents, the same as In Chicago. The original price asked by the com pany was 25 cents. Mr. Churchill es timates that at least 80.0HO children will use the book annually for the next six years. When the school superintendent learned that the company sold a book entitled "Palmer's Writing Lessons for Primary Grades" for 6 cents less than was being asked for It here he telegraphed a protest and tho price was reduced from 20 to 15 cents. Then It occurred to him that t?ie price ask ed for the other book might be exces sive, and he telegraphed Mrs. Klla Klagg Young, superintendent of the schools of Chicago, what the price wns there, and she answered, 16 cents. Mr. Churchill then made a demand upon tho company. PRUNE DRYING WILL BEGIN Eugene Fruit Association Expects to Handle 40 Cars Dried Product. Eugene Drying of prunes began at tho Kugene Fruitgrowers' Association cannery on Monday, and 2400 tons of green fruit will be hnndled this sea son, making approximately 40 Tar loads of the dried product The fruit Is of good quality this year and none hut the highest grade of fruit will be taken at the drier. The cannery this week Is closing the season's run on pears, which have been coming In at the rate of 20,000 pounds a day for the past two weeks. A total of at least 350,000 pounds will be reached before tho end of the week. The cannery has orders for canned pears and dried prunes that will vir tually take up all of the crop and will net the growers of these two fruits approximately $125,000. A car of mixed fruits wns shipped to Butte, Mont., where earlier In the season another carload had gone. Pupils to Hold Contest. Creswcll Greater Interest than ev er before Is being displayed In the school and grange fnir, which Is to he held here Friday and Saturday of next week. The grange Is planning that Its display here will be preliminary to the county fair at Eugene the follow ing week. A programme of addresses on sub jects appropriate to the occasion hns been arranged, and President Camp bell, of the state university, and M. J. Duryea, manager of the Eugene Com mercial Club, will be among the speak ers. The Creswell band hns been en gaged to furnish the music. Gresham Fair Is Opened. Oresham The seventh annual fair of Multnomah County at Gresham opened Monday and continued through the week. In stock, horses, cattle and poultry the directors and superintend ents have been severely taxed to take care of entries. New stock quarters were built, but these were found inadequate. Woman Is As Old As She Looks Ma wwmaa wants " M- Many In tlvrfr effort w I,,,, .uuSfulraB.trtvothe''lBul-.lueH V nraerrtitUons ritaim,,.. take U that iMoultUx ran iKIWUMal la Utedtu llura. Vturrr. sluaplaas - t . . larllMa and waas uf a diellnrllr fanilnlnarliararu In a ah.-t lima hrtn lha dull ere. Ja crow e I ." Ute hasiltu j i i. j ....... Jk.iul.lan. bjhI lha fellarlnsT si all. -rT. iK..uuMmiip uf fu.uk mu nun retain haalih. Inalaadai kMWaa, pwrdert and peloU, as suur iiiuiat DR. PIERCE'S Favorite Prescription This famous matllrlM strikes at the vary root of lima enaml.a ul "ur rmiiaful apiiaereaoe. It aiaa.es you uu ajllv too young, rwwm J"-a- Vaat ntmmM aaa I Frenchwoman a Cava Dweller. A woman of forty-five has been found living In a cave in the forest of Fontaineblesu. Snakes and rats were her co-tenants. She subsisted on raw vegetables, and was clad In rags She wss reluctant to leave the cave'. I'arls Cable to the New York Times. She Remembered. Minnie, aged two years, asked her mother's permission to throw away some flowers, ss they were dead, she said. Her mother corrected her and told her to say "withered," not "dead." The following day a mili tary funeral was passing and the baby astonished everyone by ssylng: "Come here quirk, mother; someone else has withered!" Mother's Way. A friend of mine, a teacher, had just received a very handsome fsn, and took It to the classroom for the ediflcstion of the children. Selecting one of the pupils, she asked what the lovely thing was. ine rnna urn ih know. "What does your mother use to keep her cool In summer?" asked ' the teacher. "Peer." wss the reply. Embarrassed Tolice Sergeant. "She caressed me," was the blush-, Ing admission of a police sergeant at Tottenham, Englsnd, when a married woman was charged with obstructing the aergeapt while he was taking her husband into custody, the woman flinging her arms round the Hirer's neck and crying, "Tske me, tool" Cause for Worry. j Friend "Why, Elvira, what's the matter!" F.ivira "Oh, I don't know, only I'm worried to death I j I've had the same girl six weeks, and she doesn't talk about leaving yetl" Friend "She doesn'tT" Elvira "No, not a word I She must be In love with my husband I" London Opinion. Slck-Roora Light. If there are electric lights In the sick room they will generally be found too brilliant, hurting the ryes of the patient, and not every slrk room haa the electric lights that ran be turned up or down. Makes little green silk bsg snd fasten It over the incandes cent bulb and It will give a good but subdued and hsrmless light. When Her Memory Failed. Mrs. Worldley "If, as you say, your master kissed you sgainet your will, why did you not cry 'Help'!" Fronrh Maid "Ah, madame, sat eea just te vord of vlch I could not sink at ae moment." Puck. Courage Not Needed. The greater part ut the roursj, j la imwiru in ilia wuuil in not of IB. St I role kind. Courage iiinv la di..i.... In every day life a well as aj7 iviua in at.vi.iii. i iii-rv neeus, fttt 1 ample, the common county; to be sos I est. the courage to resist tmni.u "pvaiiga 1 the courage to speuk tha trula, tka I courage to be what we rrally tr I nut tu prpienu to ne wiiat srtut I .1... .... ... 1 ... " viia niuinno tu nvv noni'suy Wiuilaj means. Smiles. Wholesale Invitation. There have been many Innocent al takes made by parson. Among that In one told of a certain rlrrgymin t. left a notice In his pulpit to b ttti by the preacher who en-hinged 14 him. The minister neglected t note carefully a private postscript and the people were astonished to baa the stranger end by saying: "Yaj will please come to dine with tot i the parsonage after service. Your "Best Play" is made when your phys ical condition is normal Sickly Hrsons are always ladly iiandicajiil be cause they lack the tttam- Q ina and strength neces- nary to win. I ry a bottle HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters It restores the atit, aids digestion and in every wy helps you bark tu health and strength. Hit a bottle todty. Avoid substitutes. How Simply Awful. "Just think 1" said Mr. Twlckenv bury, "those horrid women have been throwing bric-a-brac at the prima donna of England!" Christian Regis ter. Tired of Being Poor. "Oxford undergrsduate scholar, who is tired of being poor, wishes to be adopted by wealthy people." London Tiroes. Daily Thought. Let friendship sweep gently to the heights; if it rush to It, it may soon run Itself out of breath. Thomas Ful ler. Harrowing Thoughts. Germs are bad, of course; but they could be worse. Suppose they sang at their work I Make Hair Grow Restore Color Dandruff Is a disease thst dm positive In- Jury to tha hair folliclas and hair roots KV KKY DAY ills parmlttad to ail.t. Unlaas you eaa afford to be bald JUST A LITTLE LATKR ON yon cannot afford to naglact dandruff or falling hair for ANOTHER DAY. 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