GERMANY HAS GRAFT,
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
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PREPARINO FOR FAIR.
Morn
Space Will be Provided
Counties This Year.
DIP ALL MANGY CAYUSES.
Astounding State o f Corruption Dis
covered in Navy Yards.
Berlin, June 15.— How many million*
till* the German government been
swindled out of by the recently dis
covered embezzlements in the imperial
Mhipyard* at Kiel! No one dare* oven
gue»*. How wany ot the veN*el* built
and equipped iu the yard* are to be
found to belong to the Maine elans a*
the battlenhipn built in Hu»*ia with
wooden peg* inntead of »teel rivet*!
No one know* yet, and no one prob
ably ever will.
The discovery that two high offieial*
of the imperial Mhipyard*, and po**ibly
a number of others, have systematical
ly been robbing the government for
year* ha* come a* a terrible shock
to the German people, who are prjud
of the proverbial honesty of their gov
ernment officials, and who have always
contended that while fraud might be
found in America and Hassia, all Ger
man government officer* would always
be found to come up to the Roosevelt
Htandard, and be able to *how a record
a* clean a* a hound’* tooth.
It is impoMNible to And out at this
time how many offieial* are implicated
or MUHpected; the government even re
fuse* to let it become known how
many people are under arrest besides
the leaders, Heinrich ami Frankenthal.
The latter in a multi-millionaire, and
it is some consolation to think that he
will be able to make good the losses,
though this will not heal the wounded
German pride.
The kaiser was informed of the af
fair just as he was about to prepare
lus speech for the opening of the Mari
time exposition here, and was so upset
bv the news that he found it almost
impossible to entertain the King and
Queen of Sweden, who were his guests
at the time. He has given orders that
the whole affair is to be sifted to the
bottom, and that all the guilty ones
are to be punisher], no matter how
high their standing.
Rumors to the effect that certain
high officials in the navy department
have received their share of the stolen
funds have so far been found to be
unfounded, ami are not generally be
lieved.
for Big Vat Erected for Use by Umatilla
Cayutes.
Salrm.— At a meeting of the build
Pendleton.— Every horse in Uma
ing committee of the Mate fair board tilla county that has the mange must
thr contract wan let for enlargement
of thr grandstand at the fair grounds he rounded up and dipped. This is
so that it will accommodate an at thr rdict issued by State Veterinarian
tendance of 0,000 people. McFarlane, Kornick, who has been here for a
Denison \ McLaren, Salem con couple of days iu conference with Dr.
tractors, were awarded the contract
S. YV. McClure, bead of the federal
for $3,000.
From the reports that have been bureau of animal industry in the
received the state fair this year will northwest. In order to eradicate the
be one of the grandest in the history mange, which is so prevalent among
o f the state. Nearly every county has the hundreds of Indian horses on the
signified its intention to be on hand enervation, the government inspectors
stationed here have just completed
with a large exhibit next fall.
The board has already concluded to arrangements for dipping every cay-
move thr administration offices to an ur-e on the Umatilla reservation,
other location to make room for addi whether infected or not.
A great vat has been constructed
tional county exhibits, and the build
ing committee is seriously contem near the site of the old agency, and
plating the necessity of putting up for several day* the red* have been
new structures. Besides the remodel engaged in the task of rounding up
ing of the grandstand, a new entrance their ponies. County Inspector Bry
will be constructed before the fair ant started out Tuesday to make a
opens The members of tbc building tour of the county, and every white
committee who were in session arc man’s horse found to be infected will
VV I Matlock, Frank I.ec and F. YV. be taken to the reservation dipping
\\ eli'h
Mike Wisdom was also in vat and given a bath, tbc owner being
Salem with the committee inspecting charged the nominal sum of 50 cents.
The order on the part of the state
the grounds.
The organization of the Portland veterinarian was issued at the in-
Country club and Livestock assoeia ■ lance of Dr McClure, who insisted
ti*>u has been a great factor in bring that it was little short of folly to
iug better horses to the west this year clean up the reservation horses when
and will continue to be so in future those of the adjoining ranchers were
years. It is therefore expected that in many cases just as bad.
the racing feature at the fair this
Normals Furnish Teachers.
year will be much stronger than in
Hjib-rn One hundred and eleven
former years. The large purses hung
at Portland wall attract many driv tea i-hers will have been graduated
ers and breeders who have never be from the four normal sehools of this
fore visited the Pacific Coast
The state when the normals close this
l{eeoniinemlutions for
the
two fair*, coming one following the month.
other, will enable both to get the full graduation of 102 were made by the
benefit of the exhibitions, which will executive board of the normal school
regents Monday. Nine were graduat
lie the best ever seen on the coast.
ed from Monmouth in February.
The graduates are divided among
Lower Prices for Wool.
the different schools as follows:
At
SAVE BRITISH BABIES.
Pendleton.—The second and last Brain It will graduate; at YVeston 21;
wool sales were as follows: YY'illiam at Ashland, 2H, and at Monmouth, 39-
Slushcr’s clip, 130,000 pounds, sold to which, with those who were graduated Mrs. Bertrand Russell Conducts Pub
Defour fur tofc; D Goodman’s clip, in February, makes a total of 48 grad
lic School for Mothers.
26,136 pounds, to C. H. Green for uates from Monmouth. Monmouth is
London,
June 15.— Hundreds of poor
9|c; A. I’ . Warner. 12.121 pounds, to one of the schools that received no ap
Kuhn, to}c; G YV Ellis, 1.047 pounds, propriation from the legislature last mothers in London are deeply grateful
to the Hon. Mrs. Hertrand Russell,
to Green, 12jc; I). W. Chapman, 26,- winter.
who was formerly Mrs. A. Pearsall
130 pound*, to Green, 9]c; M. P. Pom
•Smith, of Philadelphia, whose school
eroy, 80 230 pounds, to Green. lOic;
Klamath Should Yield Oil.
for mot hers in this city has proved a
I.uhr A Sons, 11.401 pounds, to
great
success.
Mrs. Russell com
Klamath
Falls.
—
A.
L.
Harrow,
Green, 10c; J. YY’ . Groom, 9.997
pounds, to Green, l i f e ; Henderson & cashier of the Fort Sutter National menced her ambitious scheme in a
Son, IS, 11$ pounds, to Kuhn. life . bank of Sacramento, who is heavily very small way— first there were
Sam YY’arner, 9,850 pounds, to Green, interested in Klamath realty, has re nightly classes for mothers who were
19fl . J M Pemohill, to Judd, Hjc turned from a 200-mile drive over the allowed to bring their children and
There will be but little wool left after Klamath basin and states that indi who were instructed by I>r. Dora Bun
this sale. Prices arc lower owing to cations point strongly to sections o f , ting how to properly feed and clothe
the fact that this wool from the west Poe and Langcll valleys being great their little ones. These classes imme
end of Umatilla county is heavier oil producing districts. Mr. Harrow diately became very popular, but Mrs.
has been in past years connected with Russell, who was often present in per
than that sold May 25.
the Standard Oil company and speaks son, soon discovered that the mothers
from experience. The Klamath Oil themselves were as poorly fed as their
Pack Fruit in Brewery.
company will sink experimental wells babies and to remedy this she changed
I.a Grande—The Koesch brewery this spring.
the night classes to day classes and
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o f this city, one of the largest plants
provided a substantial dinner at a
of the kind in Eastern Oregon, will
price of 3 cents to those who could
Annual Address by Dr. Hart.
!>e closed July 1 as a result ot the pro
University of Oregon, Eugene— The afford to pay, while those who could
hibition vote at the recent election it ii niittI address before the graduating | not were fed free of charge.
Plans arc already on foot to convert class of the University of Oregon will I The mortality of children in Eng
the brewery into a fruit packing and be delivered by Br. Albert Bushnell land is appalling when compared with
storage warehouse. It is located con Hart, of Harvard University.
Dr. | ttint of America, but thanks to the
venient to the O. R & N. depot and Hart is a specialist in American His- ; splendid example set by the two Amer
is a large and well arranged building tory, nnd is one of the best known icans, Nathan Strauss and Mrs. Rus
and is well adapted to the purpose. historians in tin* United States. He sell, whose experiments have aroused
Julius Koesch, proprietor of the brew- is a fluent and pleasing speaker.
widespread interest and caused many
cry, is one of the pioneer brewers of
men and women of wealth to come
the state and has accumulated a for
forward with offers of help, the death
P O R T LA N D MARKETS.
tune here in the business. However,
rate among children less than IS
the increasing fruit culture in this vi
months of age will undoubtedly go
YY’beat
Club.
88ft
R
9
r
per
bushel;
cinity will not allow his building to
down.
remain idle long after the prohibition red Russian, 86ft87c; bluestcm, 91ft'
92c; valley. 88ft89c.
law goes into effect.
Takes Terrible Revenge.
Barley— Feed. $25.50 per ton; rolled,
Y’enice,
June 15.— A double tragedy
$27.50ft28.50; brewing, $26.
Lake Homesteads in Demand.
Oats No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton; recently took place in a traveling cir
cus giving performances at the town
T.akeview.— Many land filing* are gray, $27
being received at the land office—
May - -Timothy. YY’ ill.amctte Valley, of Most re. a short distance from here.
most rif them homesteads.
Evee- $17 per ton; YVillamette Valley, or Among the performers were two acro
piece of land that can be cultivated is dinary. $15; Eastern Oregon. $18 50; bats. a man Rafaelli and his wife,
being taken under the laws governing mixed, $16; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12; Emma. A rich man about town had
fallen in love with the latter and had
this form of entry. Few timber fil alfalfa meal, $20.
ing* arc now being received as land
Butter— Extras, 25c per pound; begun a liaison with her. Accidental
ly Rafaelli discovered his w ife ’s un
of this character is scarce indeed in fancy, 24c; choice, 20c; store, 16c.
faithfulness and planned a terrible re
this district. Occasionally someone
Eggs—Oregon, 18ftl9e per dozen*
finds a quarter section or an 80-acre
Poultry Mixed chickens, 12ft12Ac venge.
While his wife was performing her
tract that has been overlooked in the pound; fancy hens, 12Jc; roosters, 8c;
rush, but most of the filings that are fryers, 20c; broilers, 22Jc; ducks, old. dangerous acts in the flying trapeze
being made under this act are on I7ftt8c; spring, 20ft22jc; geese. 8ft under the roof of the circus tent, Ra
claims that were at first taken under 9c; turkeys, alive. lOftHSc for hens, faelli suddenly out the rope which held
the homestead act.
I4ft10c for gobblers; dressed, I7ftl9c. the trapeze, J»nd the young woman
Apples — Select, $2.50 per box; fell down i«4>* the sand of the arena,
fancy, $2; choice, $1.50; ordinary, dying. Her lover rushed to her side,
Experts at Butteville Grange.
ami while he was holding her head on
Salem— Considerable preparation is $1.25.
his lap kneeling at her side, Rafaelli
Potatoes—
Old
Oregon.
$1@1.10
per
being made for the horticultural meet
cleft his head from behind with an ax
hundred.
ing to be held at Iluttcville under the
Fresh Fruits— Strawberries, $2(312 75 and then calmly surrendered to the
auspices of Butteville Grange, Satur
police.
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day, June 20. Dr. James YVithycnmbc per crate; cherries, $tftl.40 per box;
gooseberries,
6ft'7c
per
pound:
apri
of the Oregon Agricultural College,
Slaughter o f Innocents.
E. C. Armstrong, county fruit in cots, $1 f t 1.50 per crate; blackberries.
Paris, June 15.—Owing to the ex
spector. and prominent fruitgrowers $ lft 1.25 per crate
Vegetables — Turnips, $1.50 per treme rigor of last winter and the
will participate. A large attendance
sack; carrots. $1 50ftl.75; beets. $1.75; willful destruction of song birds,
is expected.
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parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, $ 1 . 75 ( 3)2 per France is threatened with the extinc
ewt : beans, 1 tftl2 jt per pound; head tion of hnr larks, finches and thrushes.
Ready to Construct Road.
lettuce. 12ift15c per dozen; aspara
Astoria.— Not only is the Pacific gus, $1.50 box; eggplant, 20c pound; Professor Coreelle, of Chamberv, has
addressed an appeal to the public,
Railroad it Navigation company mak
parsley, 25c per dozen; peas. 5ft)7c
ing preparations to put a large force per pound; peppers, 20c per pound; warning them that if farmers, game-
of men at work on its road within a radishes, 15c per dozen: rhubarb. 2ft) keepers and poachers continue their
short time, but it will begin active 3c per pound; spinach, 3c per pound; conduct they will soon have extermi
nated all the small birds in the coun
construction almost at once on the cauliflower, $2.50 per crate.
try.
As proof of the necessity for
proposed road from Astoria to Ne-
Hops— 1907, prime and choice, 5ft legislative measures ho declares that
nalem valley. Sufficient work will be 6c ner pound; olds, 2ft 2$c per pound.
thousands of larks are killed and sold
done this year that the line can be
YVool— Eastern Oregon, average at 6 cents a dozen.
completed by next summer.
best, l i f t 15c per pound, according to
shrinkage; Valley, 10ft12jc.
Adopts Secret Ballot.
Timber Transfers in Clatsop.
Mohair — Choice,
18@18Jc
per
Paris, .Tune 15.— The Chamber of
Astoria.— Deeds have been filed for pound.
record whereby J. F.. YVheeler. of
Cascara Bark— 3 jft4jc per pound. Deputies Saturday adopted an amend
Portland, sells to the Jones-YVheeler
Hogs — Rest, $6(3)6.25; medium, ment to the voting law which practi
cally puts into effect the secret Aus
company 3,092 72 acres of timber land $5 75ft6; feeders, no demand.
in the southwest portion of Clatsop
Cattle— Best steers, $5; medium, tralian ballot system. There has been
county, and YV. N. Jones, also of $4.50ft)4.75;
common,
$3.50(3)3.75; much complaint of the ssvtem of
Portland, sells to the same company cov.’s, best, $4; common, $3.50@3.75; marking ballots In public. This has
enabled the big land owners and man
3.104 72 acres in the same locality calves, $4.50(3)5.
Sheep— Best sheared wethers, $4; ufacturers and political manipulators
The consideration named is purely
nominal.
mixed,. $3.50(^3.75; spring lambs, $5. to exercise duress on the voters.
NEWS ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON, 0. C.
ALDRICH CA LLS MEETINGS.
LIBERIA AS K S FOR HELP.
Senate Committees on Currency and Black Republic Says France and Brit
Finance to Assemble.
ain Encroach on Territory.
YVashington, June 11 Senator Aid-
rich, chairman of the senate commit
tee on finance and also of the general
currency commission, has called a
meeting of the sub-committec ap
pointed to devise a plan of operation
for the commission and also a meet
ing of the sub-committee of the
finance committee, which will have
under special consideration the tariff
question, both of which meetings will
take place at the Plaza hotel in New
York today. The currency commis
sion will probably be in session for
several days, but the understanding
here is that the tariff committee will
not be held there for so long a time.
The tariff committee is authorized un
der the law to employ government
experts in preparing for its work and
this meeting is expected to lay out
work for them. It is expected Sen
ator Aldrich will go to the currency
meeting with a prepared general out
line of action.
YVashington, June 12.— Booker T.
YVashington calico on the President
YVednesday and arranged for a con
ference between the President and
Secretary Taft and J. J. Dosen, vice-
president of Liberia; G. YV. Gibson,
ex-president of the republic; James
Dunbar, a lawyer of Liberia, and Mr.
YVashington.
Mr. YVashington declined to discuss
the subject of his interview, but it was
learned that the representatives of L i
beria assert that England and France
have encroached upon their domain
and they wish the moral, if not the
active, support of the United States
to maintain the integrity of their ter
ritory.
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M ALE V IT C H ’S VIEWS APPROVED.
YVashington, June 10.— Indignantly
denying that the American Federation
of Labor had attacked the integrity of
the courts, state or national, Presi
dent Gompers of that organization
Monday night declared thit the Fed
eration would wage a fight in Chicago
on the memorial of New Yorkers,
asking for an insertion of a plank in
the platform of the Republican party,
affirming confidence in the integrity
and justice of the courts and insisting
on preservation of their independence
and full constitutional prerogatives.
The executive council of the Federa
tion will hold its regular meeting in
Chicago during the time the conven
tion is held. Mr. Gompers will leave
here Thursday.
He declared that
most of the signers of the resolution
of protest were attorneys or other
representatives of great corporations.
He said that in Chicago “ we will as
sert our rights, with the hope that
the great gathering of Republicans
will not be insensible to them.
“ I believe in the courts,” he added.
“ Organized labor does. YVe have not
attacked their integrity, but that the
right of injunction has been abused
no one can deny.”
New Ressian Ambassador to Tokio
Developing Peaceful Relations.
YY'ashington, June 13.—The admin-
istration officials unofficially have
been made acquainted with the essen
tial features of an important interview
recently had by the representatives q/
a Moscow newspaper with Mr. Ma-
lev-ky Malevitch. recently appointed
Russian ambassador to Tokio, which
touches upon Russia’s polity in the
far cast. The views expressed by the
ambassador, it is said, meet with the
hearty approval of the Russian for
eign office. The tenor of Malevsky
Malevitch’s observations are pleasing
also to the administration, and to the
diplomatic corps here, as it indicates
a desire and intention on the part of
the Russian government to develop
the peaceful relations established with
Japan. The Russian ambassador took
the view that with the conclusion of
the treaty of commerce the fisheries
convention
entered into between
Russia and Japan during the past
year, the peaceful aims of the policy
of Russia with regard to Japan have
definitely been established.
Crops Worth Eight Million.
Washington, June 16__ Crops of 1908
will be worth nearly $8.000,000,000,
aeeording to figures prepared by the
department of agriculture. It is ex
pected there will be sufficient funds to
move the crops from the farms to tide
water.
In discussing the outlook today,
t ’hief Statistician Clark of the agri
cultural department, said:
“ Indications at the present time are
for great crops. For eight years the
American farmer has enjoyed unprec
edented prosperity and now the ninth
promising harvest is practically as
sured.
Never in the history of the
United States have there been nine
such years of big yields and high
prices.”
Hyde-Benson Case Nears End.
Washington. June 12.— The defense
in the Hyde-Benson land fraud cases
announced yesterday that it had
completed its ca*e except the testi
mony of handwriting experts. It is
expected that the case will go to the
jury one week from today. Several
character witnesses from San Fran
cisco testified for Dimond. Schnei
der took the stand and testified that
with Attorney Zabriskie, who is now-
dead. he had an interview with Agent
Holsinger of the general land office
at Tucson. Ariz., and at that time
Schneider said he stated the part he
had played in securing Oregon land
titles for Hyde. Schneider gave the
details of several interviews with Hol
singer and told of meeting Himond
when he was sent east by Hyde.
Preparing New Currency.
Washington. June 16__ The depart
ment o f engraving and printing start
ed to turn out the new notes author
ized by the currency act of the last
eongress. The notes are similar to the
old United States bank notes with one
exception. YY'here the inscription ‘ ‘ se
cured by bonds of the United States,”
appears on the old notes, the follow
ing legem! appears on the new:
“ Secured by bonds of the United
States and other securities.”
The comptroller of the currency es
timates that the new issue will be
ready for distribution by July 1.
WORK OF T R U S T LAWYERS.
Gompers Condemns Memorial on In
tegrity o f Courts.
Government Gets Many Cigars.
YVashington, June 10.— The in
ternal
revenue
department
has
planned a series of prosecutions for
alleged infractions of the internal rev
enue laws all over the United States.
Officers of that department made
seizures Thursday at two local drug
stores on the ground that they were
selling cigars in contravention of the
internal revenue laws. The tops o f
boxes to which the majority of the
stamps were affixed have been re
moved, thereby leaving the packages
unprotected by proper stamps. The
government contends this is prima
facie evidence of the non-payment of
the taxes, and cigars not protected by
stamps must be declared forfeited to
the United States.
Appoints Board to Inspect Ships.
YY'ashington, June 12.— Secretary of
the Navy Metcalf has announced the
designation of the following board of
naval officers to inspect the ships,
Shawmut and Tremont. which are to
be purchased by the Isthmian canal
commission to be used for transporta
tion of supplies from the United
States to Panama. Captain Charles
T. Perkins. Commander Stacy Potts,
Nava! Constructor John D. Beuret,
Lieutenant - Commander Oscar YV.
Koestner and Lieutenant Earl T. Jes-
'op. The ships are in Pacific waters.
“ Peaceful Bob” Evans.
YVashington. June 13.— Rear-Ad
miral Robley H. Evans has gone to
his summer home at Lake Mohonk,
N. Y.. where he says he is going to
play the part of “ peaceful Bob” with
the kids and the toy boats on the
lake.
The ranking rear-admiral of
the navy has had much attention since
his arrival here from San Francisco
after taking the Atlantic fleet around
the Horn, and he went away in high
good h u m o r . ________
Panama Given Warning.
YY'ashington. June 13.— In language
that cannot be mistaken, the presi
dent and Secretary Taft have notified
the Panama government that elections
in that republic must be conducted
fairly. The circumstances attending
this warning were given out for pub
lication as if in preparation for active
intervention on the part of the United
New Battleships Named
States by the use of whatever force
Washington, June 10.—Secretary of shall be necessary.
the Navy Metcalf has announced that
the names of the two new battleships
Dalzell Calls on President.
authorized by the last congress will
YY'ashington, June 13.— Representa
he the Florida and the Utah. The
next battleship authorized will be tive Halzell, of Pennsylvania, who
has been named by the president to
named the YVyoming.
serve on a commission for the con
servation of the natural resources of
Abandon Fort Keough.
the country, called on the president
YY’ ashington, June It.— The military Thursday. Mr. Halzell will serve on
reservation at Fort Keogh. Montana, the suh-commission on mineral re
having become useless for military sources.
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purposes, has been placed under the
control of the interior department.
Dayton to Remain.
Washington, June 12.— Although
Miss Roosevelt a Bridesmaid.
.Admiral Dayton will not retire as
YVashington, June 11— Miss Ethel commanding officer of the Pacific
Roosevelt has gone to YVest Orange. fleet until Octr*ber, he will give place
N. J., where she will be a bridesmaid to Admiral Swinburne, who has been
at the marriage of Miss Georgianna selected to succeed him on August 1.
Harding Farr and Mr. Fletcher Hai Admiral Swinburne will retire in tv/o
years.
per Sibley.