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NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Esszsft cf World's Important
Events Tcld in Brief.
HELP FARMERS WITH LOANS
Wool manufacturer! threaten to cut
wages if the tariff on wool ia reduced.
It ia believed the inter-state liquor
tramc Dill ia amoct sure to pass con
gresa,
San Francisco haa removed the al
leged ban on lumber products from the
Northwest.
Testimony shows that Andrew Car
negie was regarded a sa trouble-maker
by the Steel trust.
Governor Suiter, of New York, ad
vocatea prison sentences for crooked
operators in stock exchanges.
The Balkan allies have drafted
note to Turkey and the powers declar
ing off all peace negotiations.
Suffragists in England are becoming
more threatening than ever, and their
leaders are urging them to acts of
violence.
Application has been made to a Chi
cago court to adopt a "child about the
age of 45 years," the applicant desir
ing to make her a legal heir.
The messenger conveying the elec
toral vote of Arizona to Washington
failed to arrive on time, so the three
votes of that state for Wilson are lost.
The Seattle council refused to sub
mit to the people at the next election
the proposition to issue $2,000,000 in
bonds to buy or build a municipal tele
phone system.
An unidentified airship was seen
hovering over Fort Stevens and along
Clatsop Beach Sunday evening, but no
one seems to know whence it came or
where it went.
Two English tourists were fined for
carrying concealed weapons in New
York. They said they understood it
was necessary to be armed for self-
protection when they landed in this
country.
The Sac and Fox Indian athlete who
won great honors as an amateur in the
Olympic games at Stockholm, has con
fessed that he is a professional, and
will lose all his records and trophies
won there.
Indications are that the cotton tariff
will be made even lover than at first
intended.
W. E. Corey, ex-head of the Steel
trust, says steel prices were fixed at
Gary dinners.
J. P.' Morgan says he favors com
bination under supervision rather than
open competition.
Prominent railroad men admit that
free passes are still used to influence
freight shipments.
Mexican rebels fired on United
States troops along the Texas border.
Not only will the inaugural ball be
dispensed with, but it has been dead
ed to dispense with the official recep
tion also.
Jews throughout the East have con
triubted over $200,000 towards the
support of the Hebrew Union college
at Cincinnati.
Postal inspectors have unearthed an
illicit brokerage in stolen postage
stamps amounting to several millions
of dollars yearly.
After being deadlocked since Jan
uary 2, the West Virginia legislature
has elected Samuel V. Woods, a Dem
oerat, as president of the upper house.
Cipriano Castro, enraged at tele-
crams showing that he ordered the
killing of certain of his opponents, or
ders inspection officials from his
rooms.
The mayor of Tacoma refused to si
at the table with Dr. Cook, the al
leged discoverer of the North Pole, at
a banouet given by the commercial
club of that city.
Granger Propose Postal Savings
Deposits Be Used.
Washington, V. V. farmers op
position to the national monetary com
mission's plan was voiced by W. T
Creasy, master of the lennsylvani
State grange, before the house cur
rency reform committee. Creasy told
the committee that he believed farm
ers generally were "bitterly opposed
to the Aldrich scheme.
"We believe," he said, "that the
big financiers are much more interest
ed in maintaining control of the cur
rency than they are in any effort to
obtain its elasticity."
C. S. Barret, of Union City, Ga.
president of the National Farmers
union, an organization with branches
in 21 states and 8.000,000 members,
appeared heading a delegation includ
ing J. D. Brown, Arlington, Or. ;
F. Darnblaser, Brunswick, Neb.
Peter Radford. Fort Worth, Tex., and
A. F. Swift, Baker. Or. The spokes
man for the delegation said farmers
objected to the present monetary sys
tern because it led to undue specula
tion. A system of incorporated clear
ing-houses was suggested.
Farmers need long-term loans.
was argued, in order that they may
become owners instead of tenants. To
meet this need, the delegation pro
posed that postal savings bank depos
its be made available for loans on
farm lands and outlined a system
land banks to be operated separately
from commercial banks.
MORO STRONGHOLD IS TAKEN
50
Americans and Native Allies Wipe
Out Troublesome Band.
Washington, D. C. Forty or
Moros died in the struggle which took
place in the Philippines six miles west
of Jolo last Thursday, a report of
which has just reached the War de
partment from Major-General Bell
commanding the Philippine division,
Following up his proclamation of
two years ago, ordering all natives o
the Jolo group to disarm, General
Pershing despatched Colonel Eben
Swift of the Eighth cavalry to clear
up the country near Jolo. An expedi
tion was organized under Patrick Mc-
Nally, captain of the Philippine
scouts, who lost his life in the fight.
The expedition consisted of the
Fourteenth, Thirty-F;rst and Fortieth
companies of the Philippine scouts,
detachment of American troops, with
a field gun and some of the Moro
Philippine constabulary.
This force was sent against a cotta,
six miles west of Jolo, where a large
band of Moros had been a standing
menace to the city and garrison at
Taglibi. The Moros had not hesitated
to attack American troops in camp,
and it was decided to break the power
of their chief, Sahipa. The Moro
position was strongly defended by
walls, bamboo entanglements and deep
ditches.
INCOME TAX MAY BE NEEDED
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Track prices : Club, S6Ca
86ic bushel: bluestem, 96rti96ic
forty-fold, 87c; red Russian, 84c; val
ley, 87c
Barley Feed, $23(fi23.50 per ton
brewing, nominal; rolled, $25.50(;
26.50.
Corn Whole, $27; cracked, $28 per
ton.
Millstuffs Bran. $22 ton: shorts,
$24: middlings, $30.
Hay Timothy, choice, $16fil7
mixed. Eastern Oregon timothy, $12ftt,
15: oat and vetch. $12: alfalfa,
$11.50; clover, $10: straw, $6(57,
Oats No. 1 white, $26.50127.50
per ton.
Fresh Fruits Apples, 50cm $2 per
box; pears, $1.50fa2 per box.
Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur-
banks, 50ft 60c per hundred.
Vegetables Artichokes, $2.50 per
dozen; cabbage, leper pound; cauli
flower, $2.50 per crate; celery, $5.50
head lettuce, $2.50 per crate; peppers
10c per pound; sprouts, 10c; torn a
toes, $2.25 per box; garlic, 5iv6c
pound; turnips, 75c per sack; car
rots, 75c; beets, 75c; parsnips, 75c,
Onions Oregon, $1 per sack.
Eggs Fresh locals, candled, 26c
per dozen.
Butter Oregon creamery, cubes,
37c per pound; prints, 38 J; 39c.
Poultry Hens, 14,ril5c per pound
broilers, 14jr'U5c; turkeys, live, 20c
dressed, choice, 25c; ducks, 15ft 16c
geese, 12ft 12c.
Pork Fancy, lOtfilOc per pound.
Veal Fancy, li(n 15c per pounfl.
Hops 1912 crop, prime and choice,
lgjft' 20c per pound; 1913 contracts,
16c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 14ft? 18c per
pound; valley, 21ft 22c; mohair,
choice, 32c.
Cattle Choice steers, $7. 30ft 8;
fd. 7a7;S0; medium, $6.60ft7;
' ""on .60fti7; good, $6frt6.60;
-ti; choice calve. 98
96. t047.60;
Reduction of Tariff Would Greatly
Decrease Revenues.
Washington. D. C. A feature of
the tariff revision programme of the
extra session of congress may be the
raising of $100,000,000 from an in
come tax, including the corporation
tax. Representative Hull, of Tennes
see, a Democratic memDer oi tne com
mittee on ways and means, who has
been active in income-tax problems,
plans to introduce a bill which would
provide such a source of revenjie.
This would be considered by the
committee in connection with contem
plated early ratification of the consti
tutional amendment to sanction in
come tax legislation. Of the neces
sary number of states required for rat
ification, only two are lacking. Mr.
Hull expects these to be drawn from
New Jersey, Wyoming, New Mexico
or West Virginia, or possibly Florida,
whose legislature, however, will not
meet until April.
The Democratic majority of the
committee favors an income tax, but
in the event of failure of ratification
will renew the excise tax plan as an
extension of the present corporation
tax law.
Land Move Is "Forward."
Chicago A national "forward to
the land" congress will be held next
summer, either here or in Boston.
This announcement was made here by
Professor H. Heath Bawden, of San
Isadora, Cal., who addressed students
of the University of Chicago. Repre
sentatives of the following organiza
tions are expected to attend: Soil
Fertility League, Rural Credits Com
mission, Garden City associations. Va
cant Lot Cultivation associations, Vo
cational School Farms and many other
organizations.
Reply Is Made to Sulzer.
New York Governor Sulzer's struc
tures on the New York Stock exchange
in his recent special message to the
legislature are "not justified by the
facta," in the opinion of the governors
of the institution. Moreover, the gov
ernors "earnestly protest" against his
action, and while they strongly desire
to co-operate in legislation, they ask
for a conference to discuss the situa
tion.
This request was made in a tel
egram sent to the governor by Presi
dent Mahon, of the Stock exchange.
Cooper Favors Memorial.
Washington, D. C The Washing
ton monument was characterized as
an Egyptian obelisk," the postoffice
department building as a "cross be
tween a cathedral and a cotton fac
tory, and the pension bunding as a
lovely red shed that disfigured Judi
ciary Square," in a speech by Repre
sentative Cooper, of Wisconsin. Mr.
Cooper spoke in defense of the $2,
000,000 Lincoln memorial, on which
the house is endeavoring to vote.
MEN OE NEW REGIME IN TURKEY WHO PLAY IMPORTANT PART IN
IN DECIDING COURSE IN BALKAN CONFLICT.
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AboT. 8hfkrt Puki. Grand Virnr; Mow. Eartr I ' ' t ' 1 " 1
Bcr, firm Minuter .1 Wr. I -fT -SrS I
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INTERSTATE SPAN ASSl'KKD
Oregon and Washing" Dela
tions Agree on acuom.
With
lare
M HMiU
Senators and representatives
Washington mm i'm"
themselves in favor of the
. . . 1.1 tlwiir itllliLMri
measure, to carry it to successful
completion.
Announcement follows '. .
meeting of legislators of both states
that arrangement has been mad.
which, they believe, will make (ks
sible the success of the movement
for the interstate bridge.
Plans for a bill making possible
the issuance of county Ismds by
Multnomah county suggested, as a
method for Oregon to carry out its
share in the work. Washington an
nounces probably an effort to secure
a straight appropriation 'r ,h0
bridge.
u-.i.in.rr.m favors interstate
commission of six to have full
charge of the project atter it is
launched.
pis OREGON'S LEGISLATURE
. Portland
across the
ALLIES EXPECT
TO RESUME WAR
Bombardment and Capture of
Adrianople First Move.
Young Turks Believe Resumption
of War Absolutely Necessary
No Fear of Result.
- "This highway bridge
Columbia river between
Oregon and Washington I consider to
be the most necessary oi me ,.
highway projects that have ueen pro
posed to us this year," was the senti
ment expressed by Senator Halpn
Nichols, of Seattle, at the dinner at
the Commercial club, which closed the
day of activity of the joint representa
tives of Oregon and Washington in in
vestigating the plans for the Columbia
river interstate bridge at Vancouver.
In extending the welcome of the
Portland Commercial club and the city
of Portland to the visiting delegations
President Piper voiced the same idea
when he said:
"The Portland Commercial club,
through me, desires to tell you that it
considers the interstate bridge acnss
the Columbia river the greatest of all
recent projects for the upbuilding of
the Northwest."
Every representative and senator,
either from the Oregon or the Wash
ington delegations, spoke in a similar
vein, and the keynote of each address
was thej prophecy that the Columbia
interstate bridge is to become a
reality.
HOBOES RUN AFOUL OF LAWS
smUWISTSjnKK A HANI
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From Women olera.
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uith their new-roumi p...-
ballot, are taking an
in public affairs, was
testimony of """'V
.i ),mt receive!
house im H
0 letters in -
f the
ntnmite inleiesi
indicated by I he
members of the
I from
ill men-
" .. ihoucht circles ami
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iinltt'lie passage of the b
ducted by Krcpescniat.ve S h l . . -f
wtiictl womii "" '
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the letters wi-
Clackamas,
road supei !
Vienna A dispatch from Sofia
says: "In accordance with the de
cision of the government, army head
quarters have been ordered to termi
nate the armistice.
London The Balkan peace negotia
tions, which reached a deadlock over
the cession of Adrianople on January
6, finally were broken Thursday by a
note which the plenipotentiaries of the
Balkan allies presented to Rechad
Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation.
Notwithstanding this rupture, there
still are optimists in the diplomatic
world who hope a resumption of the
war may yet be averted, either through
fresh proposals that Turkey is report
ed to be including in the note she will
deliver to the powers, or throus-h the
fall of Adrianople before activities can
be begun again af the Tchatalja lines
A majority of the Balkan delegates
refuse to admit the likelihood of either
contingency, believing that the life of
the young Turk government depends
upon the resumption of the war, even
though the allies should be willing to
postpone the conflict. They are of the
opinion that the present failure of
diplomacy, at the worst, only is an in
terlude, however, for they will leave
four representatives in London to un
dertake the settlement anew.
Rechad Pasha, after reviewing the
note, said:
The consequences may be of the
gravest nature. The responsibility
les not alone with the allies, but with
the powers, who encouraged the Bal
kan states and have shown no fairness
toward Turkey, although before the
war they had proclaimed solemnly the
principle of the unchangeablity of the
statu quo."
The plan of the allied governments,
so far as the plenipotentiaries are in
formed, is to concentrate their forces
on Adrianople immediatley after the
expiration of the prescribed four days,
f the surrender of that fortress does
not occur in the meantime. They be-
ieve that a few days' bombardment
Dy tne Dig siege Datteries which now
surround Adrianople will bring about
ts capitulation.
Six-Year Term Up in Senate.
Washington, D. C. Final action on
the resolution for a six-year presiden
tial term to be submitted as a consti
tutional amendment to the states will
be taken in the senate before adjourn
ment. The Works resolution, which
as been pending for several months,
as been made a special order of bus-
ness. it is believed the measure will
have a strong majority in its favor.
The proposed amendment, if ratified
by three-fourths of the states, would
become effective after the end of
President Wilson's term.
HOUNDS TO SEE INAUGURAL
Be
Qualified M. F. II. Guarantees
havior of Keen-Nosed Dogs,
Washington, D. C. Dogs of high
degree are to participate in festivities
attendant upon the induction into office
of President Woodrow Wilson and will
march in the inaugural parade.
"Finely-bred, splendidly-trained,
keen-nosed fox hounds are going to
have a section of the parade all their
own," says an announcement from the
inaugural committee in heralding this
menagerial feature of the coming pa
geant.
"The finest pack of hounds in all the
world," is the description given to the
canine group, which Mr. Lester Jones
of Culpepper, Va., is assembling to
lope ahead of a mounted brass band
that will escort hunt club riders from
the president-elect's native state in
the civil section of the parade. Dr.
Jones declared the hounds would he so
well trained that they would "stick to
the middle of the road," and not scat
ter all over the line of march. A
competent M. F. H. will serve a.
grand marshal to the canine corps.
Homes of 120,000 to Go.
Paris The problem of finding i
commodation for 120,000 people, who
are to be evicted from their dwellings
owing to the sale of the antiquated
fortifications of Paris to city authori
ties by the French government, is now
before the Municipal council for solu
tion. The space occupied by the 21
mile wall encircling Paris and the
"firing zone," 500 yards in width,
facing it, is to be converted into pub
lic parks. This space is now covered
by many thousand ramshackle houses,
occupied by the poorer working people.
Taft Host of Congress,
Washington, D. C President Taft
f bade Bociml farewell Thursday to mem
I; 1 mm A I "7 T, " .y.-
.- . ' f.iw'.iWilBiw. ine occasion was the
i.om T r.lmi, mm . I ' reception of the Taft -dminintru
6f7. ..-,,,.ti; Deary, I tion In honor of eongrvDm. The White
-Yearling wetW so. "-Z"l lZ1?n'na. r',n th' committee which has
ua. i u- mm,'mm?" wiwi meir isuies uraiwen maiilrif t Kireh nr hvmiI.ii..
- mnimmiu. iniii inniiA . t . -
Penalty Bill Recalled.
Washington, D. C Several persons
sentenced to be hanged in the District
of Columbia would have escaped death
had President Taft signed the bill re
cently passed by the senate and house
substituting electrocution for hang
ing as a method of capital punishment
in the District. The senate, discover
ing that the new law, which was to
have becomg effective immediately,
abolished the penalty in pending cases,
adopted a joint resolution recalling the
bill from the White House, where it
awaited the President's signature.
Educator Advises Rod.
New York 'An instrument that
would improve the New York public
schools, says Professor Frank I M. Mc-
Murray, of the Columbia Teachers' col
lege, is the rod. Profenmor McMurrav
unrea me sooption or corporal punish
ment, which u forbidden now. In his
Twelve Drown, 3 Are Saved.
Great Grimsby, England Twelve
of the crew of the bark Agda were
drowned when that vessel foundered at
the mouth of the Humber. Three sail
ors, the only survivors, were picked
up by a trawler and landed here.
When the Agda went down in a violent
strom, the members of the crew took
to boat, which was capsized three
times. On each occasion some of the
struggling sailors were swept away
and sank.
The three survivors clung to the
boat and drifted 12 hours.
Troops Reported Rioting.
London A Constantinople dispatch
to the Post, sent by way of Constanza.
says it is evident that something is
happening at Tchatalja, as wounded
men are arriving from there constant
ly. Unconfirmed reports say that I t,
000 Circassian troops have mutinied
and rioting also is reorted among the
troops at the Uardancllcs. A dispatch
to the Chronicle from Constantinople,
giving similar reports, also says that
an advance of the Turks is impossible.
Rebels Near Capital.
Washington, D. C Rebel activltl...
continue without abatement within 15
FreightlTrains Late; National Con
vention Is Postponed.
New Orleans. La. Related freight
trains and enforcement of vagrancy
laws in the Southern states combined
to postpone the first session of the an
nual national hobo convention in this
city. Police authorities of Mississip
pi, Alabama, Arkansas and other
nearby states are interrupting the
itinerary of many of the delegates, ac
cording to Jefferson Davis, president
of the "Casual, Unskilled and Migra
tory Workers of America."
Seventy-five of the "workers" are
in the New Orleans house of detention
on vagrancy charges and Chief of Po
lice Reynolds has announced that
every man under arrest must give a
good account of himself or remain in
prison until after Mardi (Jras.
James Eads Howe, of St. Iouis, so
called "millionaire hobo," and Presi
dent Davis have made unsuccessful
efforts to rent a hall for the conven
tion, but they hoie to convene soon.
OGORMAN FOR FREE TOLLS
Declaration by Wilson's Friend
Regarded as Significant.
Washington, D. C In view of the
friendship between President-elect
Wilson and Senator O'Gorman, of
New York, some significance is being
attached to the senator's statement.
when asked whether the incoming ad
ministration would recommend a re
peal of the free tolls provision of the
Panama art.
"It seems to me," said Senator
O'Gorman, "that Democrats who fav
or a repeal of the free tolls provision
must wait for the declaration of an
other national convention. The last
national convention adopted unani
mously a declaration in favor of free
tolls. That is Democratic doctrine
and I think it will stand for four
years.
Girls Give Up Cuticle.
Kansas city len girls, ranging in
age from 8 to 16, bared their 'arms to
the surgeon's knife here to furnish
skin to heal the burns of Reba Hainds
10 years old, who nearly perishe
Christmas day in a fire which brought
death to her father, mother and baby
sister and destroyed the Hainds farm
house near Arnett, Okla. Skin from
me arms oi urn more gins, wno have
volunteered to furnish it, must be ap-
-.K...1 1.... .L- . '
jneu ueiore me operation Is com
pleted. Most of the burns are on the
face.
It was
1 1... 1,111 that
VOMMK T ..I t . . . i ..I .1 I I I
dressed to members oi ine i ..""
the question by various women s
club throughout the state had be. n
sent to these clubs by an J""''
hby in the interests of big holder of
timber, and then rcmailed to the leg
islators. Many of the letters were
identical though coining from different
parts of the state.
PAPER-M AKKKS VISIT SALEM
Officers and Employs of Oregon
City Mills Are Heard.
Salem A small army from the
mills Bt Oregon City imaded the cap
ital on a sH-cial train, 1 coming
from that town to appear before the
senate committee on industries at the
hearing on Dimick's eight hour bill.
Testimony was heard not only from
residents of Oregon City and from offi
cers and stockholder in the mills, but
from employes in the nulls.
In general the testimony was to the
effect that there is no dissatisfaction
among the men over the present hours;
that the employes enjoy g'Hl health;
that their wages are high as compared
to other pulp ami paper mill employes
in lintish Columbia and Washington;
that they like the work and that there
is no demand from the employe to
have the hours reduced.
One particular feature of the em
ployment in the mills came in for a
grilling from Chairman Smith, of the
committee, when he attacked the
Hawley mill for allowing an 1H hour
shift once a week for the men.
FOR PREFERENTIAL BALLOT
Balloon Hits Mountain.
T A rf , . . .
iais rtngeies 10m .viei.ain, an aero
naut, received congratulations on his
remarkable escape from a balloon
which hit the pinnacle of Mount Wil
son, 5000 feet up, and sent him sprawl-
ng on me rocks just below the crest
of the mountain. McLain was assist-
ng in taking panoramic photoirrnoh
from a captive balloon. While adjust
ments were being made preliminary
to an ascent, the leash slipped and the
balloon leaped upward with Mrfnin
dangling in the web. The balloon has
not been found.
Fright Cause of Death.
Milwaukee. Wis. " Frighten!
h ath" was the verdict in the ,h,ih ,r
William Youngrpiist, a saloonkeeper,
who died here while his son-in-law and
Iriend were attemtitimr til trit intu
the place. The two men. it is said
rdcred Youngouist to let fhm i ...
hey could clean un th t.laea ui...
Youngquist refuser!, fl iron uaa f,,,..l
loungi'llSl lull tn tho n,-.
Ithough the bullet flirl not
him.
dead,
touch
Twenty-Six Perish in (V
Havre Twenty-six of the
fhe German bark Pangani
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ny tne r rench
iMion.
crew of
Bill Covers Election of Governor,
Senators and Representatives.
Salem Just what Senator-elect
l.ane meant in his speech accepting
the election to the I'niti-d Stati s sen
atorship, when he referred to electing
senators on a preferential ballot, but
one election to be held, is elucidated
by a bill introduced in the house by
Representative Lawrence, of Multno
mah. The election of governor, senators
and representatives i covered by this
bill, which is aimi-d to secure, if possi
ble, the majority of opinion of all the
voters, as to whom they desire for
these offices.
It is pnvid-d in the bill that the
voter express his first choice for a
candidate by any of these offices in the
first column opite the names on the
ballot, his second choice in the second
column, an'l his choice for all other
candidates that he would be willing to
see in the office, in case neither his
first, or his second choice should win,
in the hird column.
Determing the one elected results as
follows: If any candidate shall be
the first choice of .M per rent of the
voters, he shall be elected. Hut if no
candidate shall receive Til mt cent of
the first choice votes, then the first,
second and third choice votes of all
the candidate shall be added together,
and the candidate who shall receive a
plurality of these added votes is de
clared elected.
Senate Votes for Probes.
Salem On reconsideration the si-n-ate
decided to make the wholesale in
vestigation of the state institutions
in and around Salem a provided fr
in the house resolution of Lewelling.
Heforc the exjM-ctcd message from the
governor demanding an investigation
at the penitentiary could be os-ned,
Senator Wood moved to reconsider the
investigation resolution.
"There have been charges and counter-charges
and insinuation directed
at some institutions." said Senator
Wood, "and as a question of fairness
and justice to all concerned an investi
gation should result."
It was derided, on suggestion of
Senator Miller, that the governor's
message be read, and this was .lone.
Smith, of Coos and Curry, declared
that if the investigations an. p..rri... I
on they should be done thoroughly Hn,
no. in mc perrunclory manner of jn
vestigations of the past.
S9.MM.WM IN APPROPRIATIONS
UgiaUture Flooded With Reituc.U
for Cash.
Salem legislative appropriation
requests already in sight ant over $,.
00(1,000, with a possibility of the a p.
propriations asked for going over the
$'.1,000.00(1 mark unless the demamls
that have been made are Uncounted
largely in future request.
I'p to the adjournment Saturday the
legislative assembly had received tp.
propriation bills amounting to $.1.42,.
os I, to say nothing of numerous minor
demands for er diem and expenses
which probably will figure an easy
1100,0(10 more.
The previous week the demand to.
taled approximately f 1.0H7.O0O, tn
second week saw no row tion, but
a decided increase, in the appropriation
bills.
On top of this there are bills in
sight, not yet introduced, of over f I,.
000,000, covering estimates of rxa-iu
for running the state government,
with fully IdOO.OOO more for smaller
similar lolls to bring up the total.
A few of the bills which have been
introduced are duplications, but in the
total these have been mainly c'imin.
atisl. The Mpraranc of so many
large appropriation bills before the
great bills for Institutions and main
tenance of state government apxar,
ia already having a salutary effect on
some of the member and there are
declaration made freely on every
hand that the pruning knife will be
applied vigorously.
Itut one highway bill carrying in
appropriation has so far been intro
dtictsl, this being the bill by Von drr
llellen at the request of the State
!lotclkccieni' association, and rarrirs
an appropriation of $HOO,uH), :i00,0OQ
for the first year and 1600,000 for the
second year.
Another huge appropriation that
w:u asked for during the past week
was that carried on the Forbes bill,
asking for $.V'O,0U0 fur the state to
take over the Columbia Southern Irri
gation project.
WEEKLY PAY DAY IS DESIRED
Measure Would Prohibit lasuanre
of Store and Money Order.
Salem Prohibiting the Issuance of
store and money orders and providing
that all employes of certain firms and
corporations shall be paid weekly,
bill was introduced by Thompson, by
reipiest.
The measure applies to mining coal,
ore or mineral, ijuarrying stone, lum
bering, logging, canning, manufactur
ing iron, steel, lumber, stave, shin
gles, heading barrel, brick, tile, ma
chinery, agricultural implement or
manufacturing implements, any article
of merchandise or to those engaged in
buying or selling of merchandise or in
the oM-ration of any mercantile busi
ness, or to those engaged in the rail
mail business, street railway, or in
any building trades or in the construc
tion of street railways, road, bridges,
sewer or viaduct.
MOKE VETOED HILLS PASSED
legislature Administers Severe Ke
buke to Governor.
Salem Li ned up with an invincible
front, Isith house of the legislative
assembly Friday administered a severe
rebuke to the governor for the at
titude he ha taken toward house
member in connection with the pas
sage of the Thompson bill. Five ve
toedhilla were passed over hi hend.
The vote was overwhelming In both
Isslles. '
In the house the first vote was 55 to
4 against the governor; the second,
w here some switched on a mstter of
principle, 46 to H, and the thirl swung
to fili votes against the governor. On
thin vote there were but two with
him, others being absent On the
fourth measure the vote stood 45 to
13.
In the senate the Thompson bill,
which caused the governor to become
infuriated because of the actions in
the house, when that body passed the
bill over his head, was passed by sn
enormous showing against the gover
nor. A crowd that packed the lobby surg
ed into the senate chamber to hear the
debate on the bill, and when the
smoke cleared away 27 senators went
down the line against the governor,
while a bare showing of three Mc
Colloch, Miller, and Von der llellen
stayed with him.
Dimick Starts Big Ik-bate.
O I m.
naicm he
time of the
main Kirtion of the
state senate Wednesday
morning was devoted to a heated d...
on the bill of Senator ti;.i..i.
providing for the election of road su
peryiBors by the people rather than
their appointment by County courts
IMmick took a number of
to task for opposing the bill, which
provided for the election of these
minor officers bv the i,..,.u .L
. . - ,.-..r.- vw iien ine
day before they were glorying in th
fact that United States senator, were
thus elected.
Rule Amendment Attacked,
Salem The expected attack on the
promised constitutional amendment to
go before the people repealing the
home rule amendment of 1910, came
when the resolution was reported into
the senate with a mnjority that it not
bo adopted. Calkins, introducer of
the resolution, and Miller Bent in
minority r-s,rt favoring adoption of
i the resolution. An attempt on the
I part of Calkins to have the subject
: made a special order of business later
n the session met opposition, but
nnaiiy carried.
Lifesaving Crews Honored.
Ralem - The house
ution expressing appreciation for ih..
ero.c work of the life-saving crews at
alio DisaniKiintniont ...n, . . ,
' "on i o mi miii,i
ninillK 111 LOO w.irb .f 1:1
9 .u i . . "" iMt-sav
...mm ioe wrecK or the steamer It,
. tr ri
.... om reacock spit was ad
...i..i,1Jf in tne senate and
s
.ing
me-
pted
two
Seat or Free Fare Demanded.
Salem Either provide a seat tor
every person paying full fare on rail
I niacis or street cars or issue a receip
K'kmI for another full fare rido is the
ultimatum delivered to passenger
transportation rompanies by Repre
sentative Lawrence., of Multnomah, in
a bill introduced by him. These re
ceipts are t be valid any timo within
-10 days and transferable. Passenger
must bo allowed to tho full standing"
capacity 0f any car, except where
cars are operated at intervals of not
less than two minutes.
Z State department .." JCp. " ""-" resolutions
l, Zh . rV'"" "f th" """'"tiona. signed by th.
perished governor and the head, of ,L '
va sunk i i. i, - ....... . i-
steamer I'hryne in the . . f Y..W" ,"'"'y engrossed
,1 ti, I -" -n'l'-i in me iwo.iut
give
ions, j no i
t length the nnm- 1 '
Free Express. Ikliveriea Aim.
Salem - Express companies will dr
iver free of charire. to all nnrt of
ver tree of charge, to all nnrt.
incorporated cities ami towns of Ore
gon, express parcels addres-
lrsons m any town r
anie. hs V
, . i ... "FK IU Irl l Milk: (1111 BHrig '
of all the men concerned.
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