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NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
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Senatorial Investigation Shows
Old Lobby Methods Are No j
Longer in Vogue.
Washington I-obbyins in its cnnle
form has disappeared so far as Wash
ington is concerned. This is shown
not only by the results thus far ob
tained in th senatorial Invest Ration
Into President Wilson's charge that
n "Insidious" lobby has been bkvkiti.s
his tariff revision plans, but by facts
which are common property iu the na
tional capitol.
Representatives of corporations do
not pass money to senators and mem
bers as they did in the "good old
times." Stock investments for legis
lators in which the latter without the
risks reaped the profits either In the
form of checks from brokers or certi
ficates of deposit also have been rele
gated to the past.
Senator Says President Lobbyist
An unexpected turn was given to
the "lobby" Investigation when Sena
tor Townsend, of Michigan, republican
declared on the stand that the fnflu
ence wielded by President Wilson and
the democratic secret caucus on the
making of the tariff bill constituted
the "nearest approach to undue in
fluence on members of congress' that
the investigating committee would be
able to find.
Senator Townsend's statements in
relation to President Wilson were not
In the form of charges. He expressly
said he did not charge the president
with using improper methods, but he
Insisted that the charges that lobbies
existed and the activity of the presi
dent In support of free wool and free
sugar amounted to an "undue Influ
ence," even though he did not use the
"big stick" of patronage.
Tariff Blow Aimed at Tobacco Trust
In accord with suggestions of Attor
ney General McReynoldB, Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, introduced an
anti-trust amendment to the Under
wood tariff bill which would levy a
Kruirtal additional excise tax on a slid-
tag or graduated scale on manufac-!
tures of cigars, tobacco, cigarettes and I
snuff. The amendment, coming from
a democratic member, will receive
thorough consideration from the fin
ance committee.
The progressive excise tax proposed j
would not reach a manufacturer until
he controlled about 25 per cent of the
total production of the articles. Over
that amount he would be taxed in a
sliding scale on tobacco 1 cent a pound
for the first 1,000,000 pounds per
quarter; 2 cents a pound for the sec
ond 1,000,000 pounds and so on up to
C cents a pound.
Republicans May Resent Crowding
In decreeing that the tariff bill shall
be rushed through the senate with all
possible speed, the democratic leaders
in the upper branch of congress have
mapped out a good deal of trouble for
themselves and their colleagues. For j
if the democratic leadership under
takes to rush the republican minority
the minority will retaliate and make as
much trouble for the majority as pos
sible, and in the senate a determined
minority can make an unlimited
amount of trouble.
At this early date it can be set down
for a fact that if the democrats at
tempt to crowd republican senators
during the tariff debate, the republi
cans will find means of delaying the
consideration of the bill which even
the democratic majority cannot check
mate. The senate rules are such that
the minority is powerful, if it Is de
termined to carry out some fixed poli
cy. National Capital Brevities.
Nothing that can be construed as an
ultimatum Is contained In the Japan
ese rejoinder to Secretary Bryan's j
reply to the original protest against 1
the enactment of anti-alien land hold
ing laws, which was submitted by Am
bassador Chlnda to the state depart
ment. The Japanese note was long
and its nature entirely argumentative.
It has become known at Washington
that neither Standard Oil nor the to
bacco truBt has been actually dis
solved to meet the requirements of the
Sherman law, In the opinion of Attor
ney General McReynolds. Further ac
tion against these combinations Is
forecasted.
Representative Willis won an old
fashioned spelling bee conducted by
the National Press clnb of Washing
ton, after an evening of merriment in
which the president and many other
official folk engaged. Willis "spelled
down" 15 Washington correspondents,
seven senators and seven members of
lhe house. Senator Polndexter wai
the "runner up."
Strong protests against the nomina
tion of Rudolph Spreckels as ambassa
dor to Germany are being made by
German societies in this country. The
administration has already approached
the German government to ascertain
whether Mr. Spreckels will be accept
able, and no formal reply has been re
ceived from the emperor.
WILLIAM M. WOOD
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William M. Wood, president of the
American Woolen company, who was
acquitted of the charge of placinj dy
namite to Injur strikers.
Brief News of the Week
The Initiative and referendum
amendment was beaten In the Illinois
state senate, after being passed by the
house.
The Southern Pacific has applied to
the California railroad commission for
authority to issue 130.000.000 In notes
the largest issue ever applied for in
that state.
British customs officials seized 500
rifles of Italian manufacture at Bel
fast, Ireland. The government fears
that many rifles have reached the
hands of the t'lstermen, and that a
bloody outbreak is likely should home
rule be proclaimed In Ireland.
Dunkards must refrain from the use
of tobacco In any form, according to
the decree of the international confer
ence of their church, session at War
saw, Ind. Seattle, Wash., was selected
as the meeting place of the next con
ference. In session at Kansas City, the Na
tional Lumber Manufacturers' associa
tion adopted resolutions favoring a
Permanent tariff commission, and
urSed congress to expedite the pending
tariff legislation
Prominent Japanese at Toklo are
using every effort to quiet the agita
tion there for a boycott against the
Panama-Pacific Exposition. Leading
bankers and merchants favor sending
to San Francisco the finest possible
exhibit
The secretary of state of Arizona
has received petitions bearing a suffl
cient number of signatures to force
an initiative vote upon the abolish
ment of capital punishment in that
state
Saturday will be the 136th anniver
sary of the adoption of the Stars and
Stripes as the national emblem of the
United States of America. In
cordance with a custom that has be
come general throughout the country
in late years, the day will be observed
as Flag day by the public schools, pa-
triotic societies and various other or
ganizations.
People in the Ntws
i Mrs. Elmira Meenes, 22 years old, is
dead at Chlco, Cal., of blood poisoning,
' caused by a playful scratch on her lip
: made by her baby.
Edward Morris, the meat packer,
i has replaced J. Ogden Armour as the
I largest individual owner of Chicago
'bank stocks, with holdings of 13,196,
! 000.
I Samuel Compere, president of the
American Federation of Labor, submit
ted to an operation at Washington for
( the removal of a mastoid abscess, and
j his speedy recovery I predicted.
Damages against Mrs. Emmcllne
; Pankhurst and her two daughters and
Pethrick Lawrence and Mrs. Tuke
; were awarded London merchants by
j a jury as the result of a suffragette
1 window smashing campaign.
Without the support of a single
dally paper In Lot Angeles, Henry H.
Rose was elected mayor of that city
by a majority of 8026 votes over John
W. Shenk. Rose is a police Judge,
and ran as an independent candidate.
Dr. E. J. Sweet, head of the vivisec
tion department of the University of
Pennsylvania, was arrested on a
charge of cruelty to dogs used in con
nection with university experiments.
The society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals cause his arrest.
Lee Cage, an iron moulder, has con
fessed at Columbus, O., that he killed
Detective John J. Reardon at Steuben-
ville In 1S10. Cage had previously
been tried for the murder of Reardon
and acquitted, and another trial on
the same charge Is barred under Ohio
law.
Dilatory and expensive methods and
failure to look after the interest of
settlers on government lands were a
few of the accusations made against
F. H. Newell, head of the federal re
clamatlon service, by L. W. Hill, chair
man of the board of directors of the
Great Northern railroad, at completion
of a trip through central and eastern
Oregon and parts of Idaho.
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MANY INDICTED FOR
WAGEJJNSPiRACY
19 Mineworkcrs Officials Ac
cused of Part in Restrict
ing Coal Competition.
Charleston, W. a President Whit
and IS other officials of the I'nit.s
Mtno Worker of America, wero Indict
ed In the federal court here on a
charge of violating the Sherman anti
trust law. It is alleged the defendants
conspired with the coal operator of
western Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois to raise wages lu the West
Virginia coal fields so as to prevent Its
competition with the other four states
in the western market.
The Indict meats charged that the IS
men affiliated with the United Mine
workers of America did In Kanawha
county, West liirglnla. and within the
Jurisdiction of the federal dlstriet
court, engage In a combination nnd
conspiracy unlawfully In restraint of
trade and commerce In the several
states; the offense Is said to have
started September 1, 1SH2. and con
tinned since.
It is charged that the Indicted men
have been agents and member of "un
unincorporated voluntary organization
of Individual as a labor union known
as the United Mlneworkera of Ameri
ca, having many thousands of mem
bers, who conspired, by regulating
wages, to control the price at which
the coal mined In the state of West
Virginia could compete w ith coal min
ed in Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois."
CONSERVATION NOT FAVORED
Western Executive Favor Liberal
Land Policy.
Salt Lake City, Utah. When the
national conference of governors
meets In Colorado Springs next Au
gust It will be asked by the western
governors to go on record against the
conservation policy pursued by the
last three national administrations.
This was made certain when the
western conference officers, at Us
closing session declared for a more
liberal administration of the public
lands by the national government.
Denver Commission Take Office.
Denver. After a week of wrangling
during which personal violence and
bloodshed were once threatened, com
mission form government Is an estab
lished fact In Denver. Commissioner
of Social Welfare James M. Perkins
Is mayor and the other four city com
missioners in charge of the depart
ments of property, finance, safety and
Improvements are In office unmolest
ed. 6tefanon Prepare for Arctic Trlp.
Victoria. Vllhjalmar Stefansson,
the Arctic explorer, has arrlvej at
EBqulmalt and taken charge of th
work of preparing the expedition
which he will lead Into the Arctic this
summer for scientific research tinder
the auspices of the Canadian govern
ment. WOOD ACQUITTED
IN DYNAMITE TRIAL
Boston. After deliberating over
night the Jury acquitted President Wil
liam M. Wood, of the American Wool
en company, of the cnarge oi conspir
acy to lnlure the textile strikers at
Lawrence by "planting" dynamite. A
disagreement In the case of Frederick
E. Atteaux was reported. Dennl J.
Collins, who turned state's evidence,
as found guilty on two counts and
not guilty on the other four counts of
the Indictment.
Immediately when the verdict wa
announced, Attorney Henry F. Ilurl
burt, counsel for Wood, asked the
court to direct an Investigation of the
published statement that an attempt
had been made to Influence Morris
Shuman, one of the Jurors. Before
the court made Its charge, Shuman
was questioned by Judge John C.
Crosby, District Attorney Pelletler
and counsel for the defense regarding
a statement which he was said to
hare mads recently to the district at
torney. SUBMIT STRICT 8-HOUR LAW
Portland Organization Would Limit
Working Day for Women.
Salem, Or. A copy of a proposed
law regulating the number of hour
women shall work, which it Is desired
to have Initiated at the special election
In November, provided for by the Day
bill, was submitted to Secretary of
Btute Olcott by Dr. Marie D. Equl,
(resident of th. Eight Hour league of
Portland.
The proposed law I one of the most
stringent in It provisions ever ub
mltted to th secretary of state's of
ties. Although the Day bill doe not
provld. for th. Initiating of measure
at the special election, It has been re
ported that W. 8. TJ'Ren, of Oregon
City, may try to compel Mr. Olcott to
have initiative measures placed on th
ballot
''Nearly all those Wagons and
Buggies arc Studcbakers' '
Every yrat ovrf one hundred thousand
Studfhnkrr vrhitk i are sold.
This tells you what the farmers of the
country think of the Studolmker wntfons.
Tlita appreciation has ln constantly grow
ing for sixty years.
Thi appreciation ha been enrneil by th iirter
minntion of Studrbnkrr to produce an honestly built
waRon thnt will do a full day woik and keep on doing
it, and not to build a cheap one.
The man who buy the Studrbnkrr ! nil the
improvement gained by tho experience of two gener
ation of wagon builders.
F- W.m TrA. P.ll. Wmm
Bi.iium Wm rr --
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STUDEBAKER South Bend, Ind.
kvyok onrAoo tuu it Aim crrv
MiNNiAruus SALtUAKt crrv SAN rANUa.V roTtAM). OS.
D. P. Adamson & Co.,
Druggists
For Drugs, Patent Medicines, Chemical
Lowney's Candie, Ice Cream Soda, Sta
tionery and Prescriptions see
D. P. Adamson & Co.
DeLAVAL
Cream Separators
Sold on Easy Terms
Pioneer
Prineville, Oregon
Excursions East!
Daily, May
Return limit October 31
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LOW ROUND
Baltimore 1107.50
Hoi-ton 110.00
Buffalo 92.00
Lciiicago 72.50
Colorado Springs fin.UU
Denver 6&.UU
Pes Moines 05.70
Detroit 83.50
Duluth fiO.OO
Indianapolis 7900
Kansas City CO.OO
AOniTRMKY
LIMITED TRAINS EAST
The train leaving Bond 6:45 a. m., Kedmond 7:24 a. m Terre
bonne 7:36 a. m., Culver 8:09 a. m., Metolius 8:30 a. m., Madras 8:40
a. m., Maupin 10:48 a. m., makes direct connection-at Fallbridge with
limited train east vi Spokane, Portland k Seattle llailway.
Train schedules and other details will be furnished on request.
Baggage checked and sleeping car accommodations arranged through
to destination if desired.
It. H. CROZIKR,
II. BAUKOL, A(?ent, Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agent, Portland, Ore.
Redmond, Ore. W. C. WILKKS,
5-1-tf Asst. Clen'l Freight & Pass. Agt., Portland, Ore-
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Cream Co.
to September 30
Choice o( routes and stop overs in each
direction. Via
CENTRAL OREGON LINE
TRIP FARES
Milwaukee 72.50
Minneapolis 60.00
New York 108.50
Omaha 60.00
Philadelphia 108.50
Pittsburgh 91-50
St. Louis 70.00
St. Paul 60.00
Toronto 92.00
Washington 107.50
W'innepeg '60.00
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" RECEPTION
Champ Smith, Propr
Imported and Domestic
Cigars
Famous Whiskies
Old Crow; I lermitnu; Red
-t- I it -
op ivyc; 1 eilow atone;
Canadin
pmiuiiim I Jul
Cream
Pepper,
Rye; James E.
i Moore's
Malt.
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Porter, Ale and Olympia
Draft Beer on Tap.
Imported Wines
anc
Liquors.
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The Brosius Bar
Finrt Brand of Wine,
Liquors and Cix".
LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT
F. E. BROSIUS, Proprietor
t'nli'M w niKku good, we rn
mitl uliuulil,
Wu niiiilit to nobiit'k to the wnol;
rur tin Ifllow who itaya, In I lime
moalern ilV.
II the man who deliver the
glMHlH,
m
We re hire ml re dellvurlng
the tf'xxtn. and II you wixli to be
shown come in we ro rf(ly to
ithnw you that we do g"od work.
Portrait, Copvinn ami KnlarKliig.
AIo Anmtucr Kininlilnx.
Lafler's Studio
We Ml rive In plenmt
Fruit Trees! J)
Central Oregon Grown
The only kind you can afford
to plant. ILLUSTRATED
..-TALOGUE FREE. .Write
for one. t'rlres low ciuhikIi
to surprise you.
Lafollette Nursery Co.
fills,
0 0 Oregon
The Oregon Bar
At the Old Slnd
G.W. Wiley & Co., Prps
All kindaof Choice Liquors
Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranier Beer in
Bottles and on Draft.
Call for Warrants.
Notice is hereby ulven that all registered
gunonil fund warrants, all scalp bounty
warrant and all hili school warrants
will be paid on presentation at my of
fice. Interest stops May T. 11113.
li. I.. JOHDAN,
County treasurer, Crook oounty, Ore.
Wood for Sale.
Wood for sale at 14.75 and (5 a cord
at the yanl ; 60c extra per cord de
livured. P. I-. & W. Co. 1-1U
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