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NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
tvents Told in Brief.
A Chicken deraotiu.. L.ii-1 i
4ignt with a much-wanted auto bandit
"muiu no naa trapped.
T.- . i ....
oruanaacity Jail U so crowded
there are not enough bunks, so the
ynaonera aieep by turns.
Innuirv tnA . -i, . , , .
j VI1W mueKea leiepnone
trust baa been turned over to the In
terstate Lximmerce commission.
Governor Blease. of South Carolina,
will not permit the state militia to at
tend the inauguration of Wilson.
Heavy snows are again falling in the
Cascade mountains and transconti
nental roads fear another blockade.
A general reception will take the
place of the inaugural ball when
Wood row Wilson takes office March 4.
Governor Wilson has introduced in
the state legislature of New Jersey
even bills for the regulation of
i rusts. .
coming makers at Rochester, N,
c un Birine, claiming they were
compelled to finish work left undone
oy ine New York strikers.
Mrs. Edyth Ellerbeck Read, mem
oer oi the Utah legislature, died from
nervous prostration brought on by her
strenuous campaign last fall.
iror. Campbell, of Lick Observa
tory, California, announces that the
North Star is three separate stars, re
volving arouna a common center.
Nearly two-score new locomotives
will be received by the O.-W. R. & N.
company for distribution over the sys
tem Deiore June 1, in accordance with
general order for 189 engines re
cently placed by the Harriman offi
Joseph Tuffree, who would have
been 103 years old in less than a
month, is dead at his home in Mar
shalltown, la. Tuffree is said to have
been the oldest member of the order
of fcJka in the world, having joined the
organization on his 100th birthday an
universary. A tepee 150 feet high, 50 feet in
diameter at the base and 16 feet at
the top, built of logs, will be the ex
hibit of Washington at the Panama
Pacific exposition, if a plan of Senator
Bethel, or Lincoln county, is adopted.
Though blinded by an oil cup explo
sion while in the clouds over Hemp-
sieaa iiains, xm. x., miss Benetta A.
Miller retained her nerve, guided her
aeroplane to the ground, 1800 feet be
low, and alighted without injuring
oerseu or me machine.
T. R, TAKES HAND IN STRIKE
Visit Garment Worker and Rec.
ommenda Investigation.
New York Colonel Roosevelt has
interested himself in the garment
workers' strike in this city. In com
pany with Miss Madeline Doty and
Miss Gertrude Barnum, the latter an
organizer or the International Ladie
uarmem workers' union, he visited
several halls in the East Side used bv
kuws, Kimono una wnmu
i ...i ... . --t
wumrrB wno are on strike. After his
visit ne said that he would confer with
Senator Salant, the only Froffressiv
siie senator, urging turn to recom
mend that an investigating committor
be appointed by the state legislature
io inquire into conditions nn tho r..t
Side in the various trades. At one of
me nans tolonel Koosevelt was taken
at first for a factory inspector and was
not cordially greeted. When his
identity was learned, however. th
strikers were ready enough to talk
freely in response to his immirv p
how much they earned. One of th
girls standing nearby announced that
she received $2.40 a week. Of this,
she said, $1.20 was SDent wwklv fnr
carfare to and from her home in Yon-
kers.
Another girl said she received S.K(1
a week, and that i n order ti mnlfA
both ends meet" it was necessary for
ner io walk to ana from her place of
employment.
DOJNGSOF OREGON'S LEGISLATURE
lBi!'fiiM.UinJ?0' f?00"" of the People. Represent!!
t the State Capital. Bills Intwi..i n i i..i......j
mcx-m nijwj'i.i- "'"(sue for LAND
AND OIL TAKEN
GUNBOAT TO AID AMERICANS
nneeiing Hushes to Vera Cruz.
v nere insurrectos Threaten.
Washington, D. C. Alarmed for
the safety of Americans Whose Itvus
are in jeopardy because of widespread
lawlessness of Mexican rebels in Vppo
t.ru state and throughout Southern
Mexico, the Mate department
has called upon the navy to protect
American interests in the republic.
The gunboat Wheeling is steaming
from Tampa, Fla.. for Vera Tim.
where Americans are said to face a
graver crisis than that relieved by the
cruiser Dcs Moines at the time of the
Diaz uprising last October.
1 he request from the State depart
ment to the navy came after the re-
ceipt of a long series of official reports
i rum Amoassaaor VV 1 son and mnin . ii
Southern Mexican cities, all reflecting
conumon oi anarchy, especially in
U ....... . t ' . .
" w oi v era uruz. Where Kv ni
authorities face the problem of restor
ing civil order with a disortranireH nnH
divided army. Guerrilla warfare,
brigandage, sacking of ranches anH
villages and other desperate crimes
piace Americans and other foreign
residents in a state of constant danger
anu me latest advices to the State de
partment express fear of a worse outbreak.
Capital, Bill Introduced, Passed, Rejected, Etc,
- .c LLtiiiu MMATOK-' APPROPRIATION BILLS BIG
Stand-Patters, Bull Mooser. Pro-
a-resaive and Democrats Unite.
Salem Scarcely ripple of excite
ment was attendant upon the election
by the state legislature of Dr. Harry
Lane, of Portland, as the junior Unit
ed States senator from Oregon.
Standpatter, Bull Moosers, Progres
sives, Democrats and anti-statement
No. 1 senators practically united on
the Democratic candidate with the ex
ception of three members. Scarcely
more than the usual crowd was in the
visitors' seats behind the rails.
Two in the senate and one in
. ..
nouse aeciarea their opposition to
Lane, and Ben Selling, of Portland.
was accorded three complimentary
votes.
Senators Bean and Calki na. hnth nf
whom did not take Statement No. 1
voted for Ben Selling, as did Repre
sentative Meek, who also did not take
Statement No. 1. Repesentative Bel-
lanu. who did not take the statement,
explained his vote and cast it for
Harry Lane.
BIG PLUMS FOR MULTNOMAH I
$1,078,700 Asked for. With Several
Million More Coming,
Salem Appropriation bills making
demands on the state treasury to the
extent of $1,078,700 have been intro
duced in the Oregon legislature during
the first week of the session. This is
a double record breaker, as it is the
first time that appropriation bills have
ever been introduced during the first
week.
This does not include the big appro
priation bills which are to come and
which will probably carry about fl,
500,000, or perhaps more. Should this
pace be kept up for two or three
weeks there is a possibility of the
appropriation bills running riot, but
many of the bills that have been in
troduced will be badly slaughtered or
the appropriations which thev earrv
will be sliced with no gentle hand.
The actual total of the appropria
tions which are included in the bills so
far introduced is $1,578,700, but two
Democrat Get Chairmanships on tne bills ar8 duplicates, each carry
RIVALRY HIT ARSON TRUST
Thousands of Orangemen and Un
ionists held demonstrations in Belfast
and burned a copy of the home rule
bill.
The English house of commons
passed the home rule bill and the
house of lords passed it on first read
ing.
Because he married beneath his sta
tion, the Grand Duke Michael, of Rus
sia, has been stripped of his rank by
his brother, the czar, and all his prop
erty placed in the hands of a guard
ian.
The directors of the Home telephone
company of Portland, Or., refuse to
sell their plant to the municipality.
A railroad clerk in St. Louis forgot
an appointment to meet an attorney to
claim his half of a $125,000 estate left
uy nis lamer. ceeds
The board of directors of the South
ern Pacific Railroad of Mexico have
resigned as a step in the dissolution of
the railroad merger.
Mrs. Warren S. Thummel, Pro
gressive delegate to the national con
vention last fall, died on her way to
Honolulu on a vacation trip.
PORTLAND MARKETS
"Independent" Operators Did Good
Business.
New York Competition has hurt
the arson business in New York Citv.
The grand jury which has indicted sev.
eral property owners and insurance ad
justers, alleged to be members of the
so-called "arson trust," has learned
mat a large group of independent
operators is responsible for nearly as
many fires as is the "trust" itself.
Isidor Stein, "Izzy the Painter," who
has been the chief source of informa
tion regarding recent incendiarism
here, promised to give the district at
torney the names of the nrincinl "in.
dependents."
Abraham Schlichten. one of the
indicted, entered a plea of euiltv. He
begged for mercy and promised to tell
the names of 30 persons not yet ar
rested who had allowed members of
the "trust" to set fires in their build
ings and who received part of the pro-
Five Important Committees.
State Capitol, Salem James D. Ab
bott, of Multnomah, is chairman of
the ways and means committee of the
house of representatives. Multnomah
county also drew another important
assignment in the appointment of J
T. Latourette to the chairmanship of
the judiciary committee.
Vv esterlund, of Jackson, one of the
leading orchardista of the Rogue River
valley, is chairman of the committee
on horticulture. Reams, of Jackson.
is chairman of the committee on rail
roads. The chairmanship of the. com
mittee on printing, likely to be im
portant by reason of the proposal to
repeal the law placing the printer on a
nat salary, passed in 1911, went to
Eaton of Lane.
Speaker McArthur gave the import
ant chairmanships of expositions and
fairs, judiciary, labor industries, res
olutions and ways and means to Mult
nomah county. Multnomah gets 12
chairmanships out of the 41.
The important chairmanships going
to outside counties are: Assessment
and taxation, banking, educations,
nsneries, game, insurance, irrigation,
railroads, revision of laws and roads
and highways.
Democrats were given chairman
ships on the committees on agricul
ture, forestry and conservation, ramp
and railroads. All other chairman
ships go to the Republicans. No mem.
ber has more than one chairmanship
nor more man rour committee places,
FIGHT OVER VETOED BILLS
Measures Killed in 1911 Come Up
for Reconsideration.
Slate Capitol, Salem War to the
finish will be declared between con
flicting factions of the state senate
when the governor's vetoed bills come
up for final disposition, and determin
ation will be reached as to whether
Uovernor West or Treasurer Kay will
have a dominating influence in that
body.
When the judiciary committee met
for a final consideration of vetoed sen
ate bills the two that affect the ad
ministration vitally were given long
consideration. These are bills which
were introduced in 1911 bv Wood, of
Chicago Three confessions were
obtained by 'Assistant State's Attor
ney Johnson in the investigation of
the so-called "arson trust." Two
who confessed are business men, who
told the prosecutor that because rf
business reverses, they consented to
have their places fired when public ad
justers pointed out to them how easy
t would be to collect the insurance.
Wheat Track prices: Club, 85fi
86c per bushel; Bluestem, 92c; forty
fold, 86c; red Russian, 83c; valley
86c.
Barley Feed, $24 per ton; brew
ing, nominal; rolled, $25.5026.50.
Hay Timothy, choice, $16rt17
mixed, bastern Oregon timothy, $12
wi&; 'oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa,
$11.50; clover, $10; straw. $6(5; 7,
Millstufiffs Bran, $22 ton; shorts,
Z4 ; middlings, $30.
Oats No. 1 white, $26.50r-$27 ton
fcggs rresh locals, candled, 29r
30c dozen.
Butter Oregon creamery, cubes
iiie pound; prints, 38T39c.
Poultry Hens, 13jr,'14c; broilers,
13jK"14c; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed,
choice, 23c; ducks, 13r;14c; geese,
izc.
Pork Fancy, 10c pound.
Veal Fancy, 14; 141c pound.
Hops 1912 crop, prime and choice.
wave pound; 1913, contracts, 15c.
Wool hastern Oregon, 14tf; 18c
pound; valley, 21J?i22Jc; mohair,
Choice, ozc.
Cattle Choice steers, $7.30rt8;
gooa, fivri.su; medium, $6,5007;
choice cows, $6.50(5 7; god, $6tf6.50;
medium, $5.50ru6; choice calves, $8Cif
9; good heavy calves, $6.507.50;
bulls, $305.50.
Hogs Light, $7.25(T,7.50; heavy,
$606.60.
Sheep Yearling wethers, $507 6.25;
ewes, $404.85; lambs, $3607.35.
rresh Fruits Apples, 50c0$15.0
per oox; pears, $1.5$O02; grapes,
r.mperors, a per Parrel.
lotatoes Jobing prices: Burbanks,
600i60cper hundred; sweet potatoes,
ojc per pound.
TCKCTiauicB ArticnoKes, l.fu per
wizen, ranoage, ic per pound ; cauli
flower, $2. 75 per crate ; celery, $5.50
per crate; cucumbers, 75co;$2 per
uu-.en, t-KKpiani, ivc pound; head let-
luce, z.60 per crate; peppers, 10c
per pound; radishes, 35c per dozen;
mprmtU, iOc pound; tomatoes, $2.25
' K'rnc. 6016c pound;
: 70-i pmps, 76a.
Taft Keeps Old Custom.
Washington, D. C. White house
officials announce that President Taft
expects to observe one of the ancient
customs of the inauguration, abandon
ed by his predecessor, and will rirfn
back up Pennsylvania avenue from the
Capitol to the White house with his
successor. This custom was broken
by Colonel Roosevelt four years ago
when he hurried from the Capitol to
the Union railroad station to catch a
train for Oyster Bay, leaving Mr. Taft
to make the journey back up the ave
nue with Mrs. Taft at his side.
"Cops" to Study Medicine.
Lowell, Mass. Lowell policemen
are to be schooled in the nrimara
knowledge of physicians and lawyers.
Members of those two professions are
to give the police daily lectu
that they may be able at all times
to give first aid to the iniured anrl He.
cide without consultation such matters
as "When does a man's home nnti.
tute his castle, and when does it nn?"
This is the order of Mavor O' flnnnell
who adds that he is going to have mov
ing pictures taken of the nolirn anH
firemen in action for public instruction.
Washington. One provides that
shall be unlawful for any official, trus
tee, manager, director or superintend
ent or board of commissioners of any
puonc institution to create a defi
ciency.
In event of a deficiency where the
life of the institution is imperiled
board of emergency including the gov
ernor, secretary of state and state
treasurer, with the speaker of the
house, president of the senate and the
chairmen of the two ways and means
committees, may meet and cover such
an emergency. Any other means of
covering an institutional decfieincv
carries a heavy penalty under the bill.
The other Wood bill prevents the sec
retary of state from auditing a claim
for which there is no appropriation.
west is opposed to these two bills
Kay is heartily in favor of them, ac
cording to numerous statements made
in the judiciary committee meeting.
Change in Registration Act.
State Capitol, Salem To provide
that when an elector has once regis
tered in a precinct, he need not regis
ter again until he changes his resi
dence is the main object of a bill
which was intoduced in the senate bv
parson, oi iviarion. j he bill also pro
vides that all who did not register in
1912 must register with a notary pub
lic, justice of the peace or county clerk.
In addition to these provisions the bill
also prohibits anyone from voting in
the state unless he is registered, as in
me act provided.
ing an appropriation of $500,000 for
the Panama-Pacific exposition
It seems to be a pretty well settled
fact that this appropriation will not
get past the $250,000 mark at the
outside, although some of the mem
bers are boosting for $300,000. A
greHt number of them have settled on
$200,000 as the proper figure, while
others are even anxious to go lower
than that.
The appropriation of $15,000 for the
biennial period, which has boon intro
duced in. connection with McArthur's
bill establishing a state board of con
trol, is really a substitute unpronria
tion for a similar amount which is car
ried in the State Purchasing board
appropriation bill, which was passed
two years ago. In event the Mc
Arthur bill goes through, it will virtu
ally do away with the State Purchas
ing board by placing the duties of that
board with the state board of control.
A few of the bills have been intro
duced for agricultural experiment sta
tions. One of these is for Coos coun
ty, while another bill makes provision
for an a'gicultural test farm also in
f .. T. . 1
t-vjunijr. runner requests are
made for an experiment station in
Clatsop county and an experiment sta
tion in Malheur county.
The appropriation of $3000 a year
which is carried for the salary of the
governor's secretary is practically a
duplicate of the present cost to the
state for that office. Now he acts as
clerk of several boards of the various
institutons. In event the Board of
Control bill goes through these duties
would be taken from him and his sal
ary dropped to $1200 a year, the ob
ject of the bill being to keep his sal
ary at the present mark.
The appropriation of $50,000 car.
ried in the public levee bill, according
to the plan stated by the introducers
of the bill, will not come as a dead
loss to the state. The introducers
state that the $50,000 is inserted in
the bill to provide for reimbursing the
railroad company in event it is deter
mined that the Southern Pacific has
any vested rights in the levee property
un wiucn is located me west Side sta
tion.
Q.. 1 - n nnn
ocverai aov.uuu appropriations are
included in the list of bills which have
been introduced. Among these are in
cluded an appropriation for the State
Bureau of Mines, one for the estab
lishment of a state reformatory at Sa
lem; another for investigation of the
water resources of the state, another
for an industrial accident commission,
and another to reimburse certain In
dian War veterans.
These are by no means the last of
the bills to come which will carry ap
propriations in addition to the appro
priations of magnitude which will he
included in the institutional bills by
the ways and means committee.
The State Board of Agriculture con-
templates introducing a bill providing
for $100,000 for the construction of a
pavilion at the State Fair grounds, a
well as also asking for the usual ap
propriation for premiums and some
money to pay for State Fair defi-
ciences.
in auuiuon numerous other appro
priation requests will be thrown into
the jackpot during the next week or
so,
French Scientist MX Involution
U Electric Ugh""
r,.ri- M. Dussaud, a French scicnt
Ut who has discovered a mean for
he nnxlu. tiim of what he terms
I1..M has made public some detail
f his discovery, which it is tho..ch
mav revolutionize electric lighting.
II.. has constructed an electric lump
in which the light is concentrated on
. .imrl i.mt and thence is pn.j.-et.Hi
i,..rK i..ns. mairnifving thousand
k"'"h" n w -
fold. Thus he has succeeded In eon
-..nl rat nir a L'IMHI-camWe power h.'"
.mini mill oi oassinir
un vnv i'iti., . I "
into an eight-volt lamp, with win
the ordinary light would burst.
Kxpcrimcnts with this lamp have
established that the new light abso
lutely is without danger, us no heut is
given off and it required low iiimn
less current than the ordinary lamp.
It can be worked by a tiny battery or
sufficient motive iiower can he on
tained from a jet of water from an or
dinary faucet or even a squirrel Mrn-
m a eai'i. The liirht Has Hern irnni
with great success in the Kiarritz light
house, and M. lhissaud is working on
ts application to searchlights for the
ministry of war.
volts
PARCEL TOST CHICKEN
ON ROAD TOO LONG
Portland -A chicken that had 'spoil
ed in transit arrived in Portland Wed
nesday by parcel post from an interior
town in Nebraska. The package was
properly wrapped, directed and had 31
cents in stamps attached, but the four
or more ilavs travel in sicam-neaieu
postal cars had spoiled the pullet for
eating puriioscs and it was delivered
to the city garbage crematory in Hist
haste. Of such disposition of parcel
Mist matter no record is kept, as the
sender transmits the package at his
own risk and the postollioc authorities
are expected to use only the same care
as is given other classes of in ml mat
ter.
"FREE MEAT" IS PROPOSE!)
Government Will Try io Re
cover Many Millions.
California Oil dm name ami m
dni.lusls Object t Aliac -Unds
Are Held Illegally.
u-.i.i..i..n. I. ('. A suit which
will test the title of hundreds of thou
sands of acres of oil lands in the West,
with values running into the millions.
ill be filed at I-os Angeles, i ai., i'j
the Federal govenimem in - -
Assistant Attorney-t.enerai r.ne.-.
. ... ..l c ...... attitmitv Mc-
imtrili-ICU milieu in"". J
t'ormick at m Angeles to begin pro
ceeding against all claimants to I Ml
acres of od lands in Southern Califor
nia said to be worth $,V00 an acre.
Other suits will follow, an oi men.
most effort to concentrate f..n
snd power until th. ,wi uf
caused tha attempted mo,.,,""!!
"fall 'of ita own weight," u "
lamed, however, concentration ik
irNralion and holding r.,tn,J-"
lie would hot aay whether iM.nrra!?
tion had yet reached the f tttt k
it waa dangerous.
Itefora the same commit!,., ,)n..
tloorge W. Reynolds. .re.ld..n VfJ
Conllnental & Commerrlal N,J
bank, of I hlcago, who said h, kn,mZ
the "trend lowanl cmc,.,tri, "J
money credits," and that he aJ?,
it a dangemua thing.
"I am opixiaed to the concnin....
of any aort of power." ha Mu
believe that concentration lo th, .i
It has already 2n la a nirnac ?'
saying that 1 do not wish to '.it I:
judgment on tha men who hold th!
mwer."
Mr. Reynolda said ha was odi.ui .
Ihe principle of Inlcrlocklng ilirwtifT
Mr. Sch I IT UK.k tha view llml faon
iiora in banks were protected .
cicntly under the present law, "ij
administered by and kepi up to
teachings of experience." ih,,uL.
there waa no objection to oi.s k..L
selling securities to another hw
'RAYMOND roiM ARE. NEW I.Y-EI.K(TKI) FRENCH .RKSr;.T
Measure Mocked h Taft Veto Will
Come l'p Again.
Washington. I). C. "Free meat."
promised by the house Democrats at
the last session of congress but block
ed by a presidential veto, was indicat
ed as part of the extra session of con
gress tariff revision program at the
hearing before the house committee on
ways and means.
Members of the committee empha
sized the majority sentiment in favor
of free meats and a strong trend to
ward free cattle in accord with the
general policy of Democrats last year
to transfer the necessities of life, in
cluding sugar and lumber, to the free
list.
Trotest against putting cattle and
meats on the free list was made by S.
H. Cowan, of Fort Worth, Tex., as
spokesman for the cattle industry west
of the Mississippi river. Mr. Cowan
said that such a plan, if adopted,
would mean a Hood of cheaper meats
irom me Nuth American ranges, ami
pictured a ruin of the industry in
s3-y
testing the
Texas.
ICE FLOE FRIGHTENS INDIANS
That
Colorado River Jammed So
Work Is Suspended.
t ... A -....I... w. t. " .. .
Hum On IflC Jig gov
ernment like near rort Mohave ha
oeen practically suspended, according
io omciai rcorts, tiecause the Indie,
laborers employed on the project d.
.j..- k riniA ineir irau iioats nrnoiic
me ice noes mat are rush:ng d,n tin
f '.l..ru,l. ..J....- Tl. . .. -
..,...., i iit-sv Indians are
anepts at shooting the ranids. uM,
abound in the big stream, but the i
nas so mien tne river that thev fei.r i,
frouf IV... ... .1. . ... i .
urn-mi io me itiroiiieiit cur
rents. Jhis is the 11 ist time that i
... nut., ,l,iiii,i,i'i nas ever lieen seen
on ine Colorado river in this latittid
Banker Give Warning:.
Washington, D. C That it is not
unreasonable but wholly in accordant
with past experience to expect "for
some time in the future a financial
panic similar to the one in 1907 " u,.
the declaration of RenreaentaHvo
Glass, of Virginia, chairman of the
subcommittee of the house committee
on banking and currency, in an address
at the convention 'of the national
chamber of commerce. No one could
tell, he said, when one would come.
Repeal of Statute Desired.
State Capitol, Salem A bill was in
troduced by Representative Latour
ette, of Multnomah, providing for the
repeal or section 1541 of chapter 9,
title 28, of Lord's Oregon laws, relat
ing to evidence and false pretense.
This section provides that no evidence
shall be considered in an action for
fraud which docs not relate to state
ments made in writing. If it is re
pealed evidence relating to oral state-1
ments may he considered as well. The
operation of this section is a pro
tection for "crooks."
To Protect Wage Workers.
Salem Drastic provisions are con
tained in a bill which will be intro
duced by Senator J. C. Smith, of Jo
sephine, early in the next week of the
session. The bill makes nrnvininn
that all corporations, firms or indiviil.
uals employing working men or work
ing women at a reurular salary nr rnto
of wages, or purchases supplies for
the maintenance of the business! .hai-i
before entering into such employment
or maKing such purchase maintain a
cash reserve to meet all accounts for
wages or supplies.
Chinese Loans Faltering,
.New lork American members of
the Chinese six-power loan syndicate
were unable to confirm I'ekin cables
j n",n wim ine i.iuncse
government have been abandoned be
cause of the European money strin
gency. Private advices from various
continental sources, however were
generally to that efTect. It was said
in reliable quarters that the Frcm-h
bankers in the syndicate were among
the first to withdraw, basing their ac
tion on the uncertain financial cn,j.
tions arising from the Ilalkan trouble
Woman Would Ship Self.
Elgin, III. Pernlexities which havo
arisen in the Elgin rmstoflice since h
beginning of the parcel post services
were ovpraharlf.u.1 it . .
tur- Isemmens received loiio.
75c; I Mary VhillitM. of F.ltrin ..l;
- , "'H mini
the rate would h .Mr. k. it
IWuhincn n n . ,
Requires Physical Examination.
State Capitol, Salem No marriage
license will be issued in the state un
less the application is accompanied by
cerurieate irom a practicing physi
tinn niat me maie party to the mar
riage has been examined by such phy.
sician at least 12 hours prior to the
ceremony and that he is physically fit
h enter into sucn marriaire contract
should a bill introduced by Sonata
Dim ick become a law.
Would Make Many New Jobs.
Salem While the present legisla
ture has before it numerous acts for
the repealing of laws which provide
for public offices and commissions, at
the same time, for the first week of
a session, it is fairly well holding its
own as to bills creating new public
offices. One bill creatine the Acei.
dent Industrial commission nroviden
M . .. .1 .
i or inree commissioners, each to re-
ceive a salary or J3G00 a year, thus
carrying provision in this bill for sal
aries alone of $10,800 a year, or $21 -
Initiative Draw Fire.
saiem the initiative and rr,.rn.
aum and the corrupt practices act are
being made in prospect the subject of
numerous menuutory acts at the pres
ent session of the legislature, but ac
cording to indications the majority of
the amendments to these acts wh.Vh
have already been proposed will meet!
nonzed
in ( hi
camp,
i'sin th
lecision will
Order Abandons Rates.
Rock Island, III.-The ..,.,.;.,..
council of the Modern W,u.,i..,.. . r
A I : . . " Ol
.ii.Tir uccioe,! not to put into fr,.(.
iiiu new scnenuie of rates auth
in a neau camp meeting held
cage, but will let the next head
wnicn meets in 1!1 1, pass
mull... TL ...
i ne council s
oe ctlective. rcirai-illi.ua ..r ...i . .
... " " worn ms-
pos,t,on the courts may mako of the
...ji.n.-.ion wnicn now restrains the so
ciety fom enforcing the increase, and
7r V: 7.'y 8 ""ring be.
iiuiKnn supreme court.
City Chauffeurs Wanted.
San Francisco Municipal 'ehauf
feurs, 20 of them, at I Mo
each, is the proposal submitted to the
isoaru or hunervisora hir ti,
Service and Fire commissioners Th..
commissioners recommended that the
chauffeurs be employed hs exm.ri. t. .
one year to teach firemen how to drive
ior me molor-.lriven fire
apparatus The fire department re
cently resolved never to buy another
iivinviiiawn engine.
legality of the extensive
oil land withdrawal made by President
Taft, September "7, l'.iO'.l, when ipies
tions were raisisl as to the president's
power to make the withdrawal.
Not only will the government ak
the court to declare valid its title to
the land, but it ill. to will seek recover
ies for all the oil which is said to have
been withdrawn, the exact quantity of
which must be dcvclox-d by the suit.
1 he proceedings in l Angeles, it is
understood, will be directed against
all those who have claimed or still
claim title to the land, those who have
extracted ihe oil and those who have
purchased it.
The Interior department has refused
to grant patents on ny of the lands, j
There are said to lie many ronflictinir '
claims among the person who ha,. .
their contentions Uin placer mining I
locations. I
An agreement, the terms of which j
are said to be secret, is declared to
nave neen entered into in May. PHI,
purorting to settle the conflicting
claims by which the Maricopa North
ern Oil company. National Pacific (111
company, Midway Northern Oil com
pany received full M,.vcsion of the
whole tract, a ipinrter section ..f land
in Kern county, California, with rights
to develop the land and extract the
oil. lhee companies are
in NSHcssion of the land.
Large .(uatilities of oil n. a!!, yd
to have been Mold or otherwise distnb-
wen lo the M.-mdard Oil c
larr Met i.mb. In,.
The claims to the ,,n,i
tit,, I
exiraclion or the oil ,
wrong, according!., t!;i. government.
which it owned, because, "prudence"
would prevent officers of a bank from
accepting too much doubtful security,
and that no further law was nrrw
sary. "T.m much law," he saij, "rsa
crush the life out of bank."
"I believe in individual frefsl.ni."
he said. "If an individual gor, lot
far, the laws of nature Would Inter
fere. The firs! great attempt at m.s
oH,ly was the tower of llaM. That
fell of ils own weight. Every Indi
vidual monoH,ly would do the same
when it reached that point."
"Have you ever thought what would
hapcn while auch a monoily wu
growing and whent it had fallen of its
own weight?"
"No, I never thought of that." an
swered Mr. Schiff.
FRANCE ELECTS NEW Itl'LKR
said to be
ompimy and
illegal
WANTS NO LIMIT TO WEALTH
Ranker SchifT Iwh. rata I t u u .. K'.
lure Are Sullicient.
Washington. D. C... Liberty of i.
Iividuals to concentrate, money and
i-.t io u,e limit of thrir ubil.lv
...i . . .
"ovocaie.i before the h
trust invcHticatinr,
'acob it. s.-hiir ..r
oeb & Co.
Mr. Schiff declared
"oui.i i,e allowed
was
money
I'oinrare la Chime n Aflcr Stormy
Session by Assembly.
Versailles, France - Raymond Nich
olas Landry Polncare, for the last 12
months premier of th Franrh rahlnot.
was elected president of the Republic
of F rance, by the national assembly,
composed of the members of both
chambers of parliament, to succeed
President Artnand Fallieres, whose
seven-year term expires February Id.
;rent confusion, out of which ro
two challenges to duels, marked the
casting of the ballots.
Premier Poinrare's selection for lh
presidency of France, although mad
by parliament, a required by Ihe on
stitulion. is regard.-d as representing
as well the popular will of the nation.
Jules Plum, minister of agriculture,
was Poinrare's nearest competitor.
The final ballot stood: Itnvmorxi
Poineare. Jules Pa ma, 2'.'; Ma
rie IMouard Valliant, C'J.
inriire s first words on receiving
P.
House
committee
i'ic firm of Ke.hn
t.
indiv
exert their u
Farm Pill Moic Ahead.
Washington, D. C. ... Th , ,,V(.r
"th agricultural exter,,; .:
which nlremlv I,,.- . .. .
i -j ...... o.iMHeo , IH
r. ved the approval of the Z-
,,. " agriculture, w,is
ken up f,,, ,,,.,,,,,,, .b
r ' ,lh" ""asiire g.,t through the
Vcrmhl ,.,k.. of
oral leu
" rtLI"n mil, offered his
a substitute for the bill.
notification of his election were: "1
"hall try to show myself worthy of the
by confidence of ihe national assembly. I
-miii r.,rget w ithout effort the strug
gles of yesterday ami mn the in-
juries. !C. convinced that I shall seek
nihil in -vitvII,;,wf . . .I. ... i ...
K '. Ml I llllll-B
j impartial administrator."
the vocationnl
measure as
Inaugural R IiMH-nHel Wi.h.
Washington, D. (' .. "Th...,
.naugural ball," ,;,, Wil.w"' V
Ml I (hn .
. ..ra.iiiiim Of th,
ln-n.,,...t
after an nt.-,""
'ice with several n I ..I- . ..
'lent-elect Wilson's , ' 1
that the r.z:;z:r "r?tlu?
bilitv of or,,ii. ;.. r ,h" '"al-
"f l. JC. 'i .r '!"'l"n.
r:,n '' i with,-
-'- r mi v it
elect Wil
said f',.
"ci,l,., to ,.,
Taft to Allow Hearing.
Washington. I). C. li..f,.. ,i .. ,
how hn will aef n.
: ... - . , , .
mil rM'niiing in
k. . . . -
mnin mvor irom rne mmm I... I tho hill i unl l- ...
M Ur fi I.h .l, i. ...OJ ... ,, ,, W
inn uecn reierreo.
immigration
Conirrejq l : .
Taft will give a hearing
prominent Jews onnosinir ii. .
The president has not' n,a,0 U.,H
mind as to the merits of this mJme
lie is anxious that onooriMr,:... . .
hearing be given to all and as soon ?
ll '
' for a hearing in tho White House. ,
more of Prcsid-nt-elee . W , ' 7 "'Hrn
-lth mmitfeeln I waif":'!;
next week before tikinrr
-. ,r"''King formal nctinn.
Captives Iturned Alive.
ha :r: . ,.rv,fn, -An
W' St A f i , an , ,rUr"'a' ''"rtUiruesse
n'any alroeiti,.. .",mmi"'l
ment L:r:":v. ; .7 rn"ed
BVn. " " K.lnc '"hMtant
" i"""-riv. S.u.,.1 ...
women wer rr,i.i . . r'"r'len
insurrection
settle-
ami pi.
iv thn
our men r. : . ""n-
Tl "'"' were burn
ony has ...nr .2 '."r l""
..... "urrccilon.
ents and f.
'd alive,
Castro Appliea for Hail.
New York Another application for
the release of Clpriano Castro under
l-tids pending final decision as to his
right, t,, ent.-r tho United StBtes was
made recently before the Federal dis
trict court. The renewal of this mo
tion wrm made because the Venezuelan
case is now before the Department of
commerce and lalx.r on an appeal from
he deeiMion of the local Immigration
'"ilhorities ordering his deKrlation.
ederHl Judge t reserved decision.
uis believed Caatro Intends to fight
nis case indefinitely.
Joint letter Forwarded.
Washington, I). C. Senators ( hnm
bcrlain. Perky. Myers, Ashurst and
u?', ,'nvn '"rwanliKl to Oovernor
Wilson at Trenton, their Joint letter
urging lurn to apiint a Western msn
s secretary of tho Interior. Out of
courtesy to (;V(.rnor WiM) tho text
the letter is not made public, but
he senators say is it, essential that
ihe secretary of th.. Ut.,1... ..- ehos-
n froin the seh.M.I of Western exper
enco if he is to be qualified properly
administer affairs of such vital im
portance t (he Western people."
Ka,
Cruelty pr to Marrlaue.
1 atippresa
erainento ' If . i. n
, ninn iirnii. "
wife ho si. i, n,.Ver hnvn an,her," if
Senator H,,,,,, nf Vntilvmi hM hla
wy. Senator Hans Intnalm-ed a bill
whe. ' l,'Ki"1u'o providing that
and .1 i? ''vorr for cruelty
"r ,Ht m P,"M r "'"-rwlse by force
ha ' ii'.". "u-lly, tho' Judge
l J .. . "im a wifn.l.tert-.
" snail he prohibited r
'nrnth. .tate. r,m'V