NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Democratic Leaders Apparent
ly Agreed on Ambitious
Legislative Plans.
Washington. Tim program of Htitl
truiit and currency legislation Unit
fiieea roiiKroHM for tin emnlng 12
Oionlha hin heooln fnlrly writ out
lined In th hmt week. l'rHldttt Wll
oil niitl the tteuiucrut leader In th
two house of ninnrem pinrntly
bnv iitni-i on nil am lit t Iodb plan of
li-Klsliitlv work, hli h will briiiK nil
of tli mot tm fort iitit reform con
ti'iiiilitlil by iho Wilson administra
tion within th period between now
ml th end of th tii'it regular -Urn
of roniirrn.
The tnriff hill wlll.be out of III n
Bin and In lb hand of n conference
cemiutHee of the house and aemite be
fur llui end of thla week. Currency
li'KlxI'i'lon irumlH-a to iloinlimle coo
Crrnnliuuil activity within a few days.
Anil Irimt Iritlalnlloii w ill bo up hooii.
The Influence of ri'i'illilli inn an well
aM democrat, who long huva been ar
live In th flKlit for mors adequate
ri'Kulnl Ion (if I lid trust, will be felt
lu Ih making of then reform.
Gcnatt Paste Tariff Bill
TIih Semite has flimlly pained Iho
democratic tariff bill.
lifiniKniilr lino In the aiMiat
lood mi I til 1 y ngutnst th ftnnl on
laiiKlit of the tiirllf flKlit. With par
ty limit. m urging their colleagues on
to approval of th LIU, th ruuka
closed up aitalunt the u lit I Tree wool
and Null lr snciir force and defeat
ed all niiii'iidiiii'iitK (o tin' bill iih funl
a they came to the ole.
Attempt to restore a duty on niw
wool and to ralo thu duty on woolrn
Uianufnrturi'd gnods liutilo In unices
h amendment hy Senators IjiKoI
llt, t'atrou and i'eurosu were de
ft'Utt'd without thu loaa of a parly
vuto.
Among th amendment dt'ffntt'd
win Unit of Senator Norrla for a
bfttvy tax on luhorll atic-.-. Thla wua
beaten CD to 12. th followliiK rcpubll
cnna Joining thn democrat in vutiiiK
aituliial It: Henators Ilriimlegee, Ca
tron, ('lurk, of Wyoming; (.'oil. Kail,
linlllnttiT, Jiiikaon, l.lppltt, l.oilne,
Oliver, rnroB, I'rrklua, Hool, Slier
man and Sutherland.
Two attempt by Senator lot Fob
lull to auctir th adoption of substl
tulea for th di'morrntic wool lurlff
fulled by at r let party vote.
Secretary Rt porta Advrly on Bill.
Aaalatant Secretary of the Interior
Junes ant to congress an advent re
port on the Ilorah bill recently passed
by th senate, amending the three
year homestead bill by providing that
In lieu of cultivation act tier may
make Improvement on their land to
tli aggregate value of 9 1 .60 an acre a
year. Tli secretary object to th
lungting of th bill and further main
tains that many homesteader are not
nhle to expend thla amount In Im
provement. II al no maintain! that the Bornh
bill repeal the provision In the pre
ul law which give the secretary of
th Interior discretion to reduce the
area of cultivation.
Th effect of such legislation, he
aid would be to penallie the poor
hoineseeker and make It Impossible
for the Interior department to extend
blm any relief.
New Homestead Regulation Easier.
With a view to making It "at eaay
a possible for honeat en try men to
gain homesteads and a difficult aa
possible (or speculators," Acting Sec
retary of the Interior Jonea published
a new Hat of homestead regulations.
The principal concession to home
steader Is a reduction In the number
of acres each Is required to cultivate
under such circumstance aa the
homesteader's Illness or of exception
al difficulties lu the way of cultiva
tion. No reduction, in cultivation area la
permitted, however, on account of the
removal of standing timber a blow nt
timber speculators.
National Capital Brevities.
The house currency committee has
completed ita work on tho adminis
tration bill, and has authorized Chair
man Class to report tho measure. De
Imto will probably begin early next
week.
Congressmen Allen of Ohio nnd
Stephens of New Hampshire are draft
ing a bill to provide for the abolition
of nil wooden cars In the United
States within five years.
At the currency bill hearing before
the senate finance committee, Festus
Wade of St. Louis said thut the Amur
lean bankers' association regarded the
laauance of currency by the United
States treasury as "weakening the
republic."
The interior department la working
on a reoommendutlon, to be submitted
to congress Inter, advocating legisla
tion authorizing the purchase of gov
ernment timber lands or timber rights
on larger areas than 160 acres, which
Is the present limit
EVELYN NESBIT THAW.
Wll. ml Harry K. Th. Sjeanp.
ft S).ont st.turn m Kurop.
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9 1913. by Amrtco Ptm AasocUtlu&i
Brief News of the Week
Much rioting occurred at Dublin,
Ireland, In runuucUon with the tram
way strike.
Thirteen persona were prostrated by
the heat in Mlnncupolla hint Satur
day. The thermometer registered 95
degree.
Dispatches received from Nanking
report that the northern armies com
pletely sacked that city. The looting
and other excesses lasted three daya.
Iteporls from Stuttgart, Germany,
any that 13 persona were killed and 11
Oilier Injured, five perhaps fatally,
when a demented school teacher nam
ed Wagner rim amuck In two German
villages.
The championship of the world with
the free rifle which goes to the win
ner of th International unions 3o0
meter five man match, was won by
Bwltxerland at Camp Terry, Ohio.
Violent populur anger Is expressed
agnlnst China In Toklo because of the
killing of four Japanese by rioting
troops of the Chlneae government at
Nankin. The Toklo preas discusses
the affair with much bitterness, and
th Japanese foreign office baa pro
tested vigorously to the Tekln govern
ment J. P. Morgan & Co. has served not
ice on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad that it la the Inten
tion of the company to cease acting
as fiscal agents of the line. Mr. Mor
gan says it la the purpose to leave
the road a free hand In management
of Its financial affairs.
Relieving the Michigan copper mi
ners strike will be prolonged, the mili
tary authorities have begun prepara
tions for Cold weather. Orders have
been given for woolen uniforms,
sweaters, and gloves for 600 men. The
men will be thoroughly equipped for
the winter.
The "Municipal Spoonery" la the
name given by Denver young men to
the Neighborhood houae established
by the city park board In connection
with the municipal playgrounds at
Klyrla, a Denver suburb. Under mu
nicipal regulations young lovers may
bill and coo therein, It la said, to their
hearts' content
People in the News
According to an announcement from
suffragette headquarters at London,
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, will apend
October In America.
Former President William H. Taft,
now a professor of law at Yale, waa
elected president of the American Bar
association at Its session In Montreal.
W. A. Qsrrett vice president of the
Chicago-Great Western railroad com
pany, haa Issued a statement at Chi
cago predicting a shortage of freight
oars this fall In many parts of the
United States.
Director Morltaro, of the political
bureau of the foreign ministry, was
stabbed to death by two young men,
at Tokio. The victim was considered
luke-warin by the Japanese, in fight
ing the an tl -all en law In California.
The Panama government has been
notified that King Alfonso of Spain
has made a personal donation of $10,
000 toward the monument of Balboa,
to be erected near the Pacific en
trance of the canal.
Governor Sulior hns made public at
Albany, N. Y the contents of a letter
from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,' In
which the latter advises htm to make
a "full and straightforward explana
tion and answer In reference to the
charges" that resulted in the gover
nor's impeachment.
Twenty belts from 20 rattlesnake
skins In a month Is the record of In
dustry established by Ortle McManl
gal, star witness In the famous case
of the McNnmara brothers, who occu
pies a "suite" of cells In the Los An
geleB county Jull ponding his final
disposition by the authorities.
MEXICAN OFFICER
KILLEDON BRIDGE
Lieutenant Acosta Opens Fire
on American Officers, Who
Return Fire.
El I'nso. llefore Lieutenant Acosta,
an officer In Ueueral Sulaxar a Feder
al command at Juares, crossed th
Htanton atrvet International bridge h
remarked that he was "going to kill
a gringo." II wua killed by United
Stales Customs Inspector T. F. Jonah
and Immigration Inspector Thomas N.
Ilelfrln, after hn had opened fir on
them with a rifle on th American
aide of th International boundary.
lie was shot thruugh the mouth and
arm, and his, horse, from which be
had dismounted, was shot through the
side. The American officers were not
wounded.
Ilelfrln was standing at the Amer
ican end of the bridge when Acosta
first opened fire at him. He fired
hack, using an aulomatlc pistol. Jonah
hastened to his assistance" and began
firing at the Mixlcan. The Mexican
officer was within 30 f'-et of the Amer
icans before he was killed.
THAW TAKEN TO MONTREAL
Jerome Arretted, Accused of Gam
bling in Public Place.
Coatlcook. .Quebec. Marry K. Thaw
will be produced before the full King's
bench, appeal side, at Montreal Sep
tember 15. Meantime he may be dc
tulned here or at Sherlirooke or taken
to Montreal on a moment's notice, at
the discretion of the Immigration au
thorities. A sensation waa caused here when
William Trovers Jerome, leader of the
New York forces here seeking Thaw's
deportation, was arrested on a charge
of gambling. It was asserted he had
played "penny ante" poker on railroad
property with some newspaper men,
to while nwny the time while await
ing the outcome of the hearing.
William Travers Jerome was ac
quitted of the charge of having gam
bled. In discharging him the court
apologized for the humiliation to
which he had been subjected.
(12,000,000 Fir In Hot Springs, Ark.
Hot Springs, Ark. More than 2500
persons are homeless, J12.0OO.0O0 dam
age Is done and 60 blocks of this city,
covering a section half a mile wide
and a tulle and a half long are In
ruins through a disastrous fire which
did uot burn Itself out until It reach
ed the foot of West Mountain, the
southern limit of the city.
W. F. Havemeyer Is Dead.
New York. William F. Hevemeyer,
one of the orgnnlcers of the American
Sugnr Refining Company, that absorb
ed the buslueBS of the Havemeyer
brothers' refineries, founded by his
father, who once wss mayor of New
York, died suddenly at the home of
his son-in-law, William R. Wilcox.
REPUBLICANS WIN
IN MAINE ELECTION
Portland, Me. Speaker John A. Pe
ters, republican, of Ellsworth, was
chosen to fill the vucancy In the Third
congressional district by a plurality
of 653 over Mayor William A. Pattan
gall, democrat, of Watervllle, with Ed
ward M. Lawrence, of Lubec, a poor
third In the race.
The returns In this special election
from all but a small Island plantation
gave:
Peters, republican, 15,1-06; Pattan
gnll, democrat, 14,653; Lawrence, Pro
gressive, 6487.
The vote for president in November
was: Wilson, democrat. 14,692; Roose
velt, Progressive, 13,236; Toft, repub
lican, 7159.
The Progressive vote showed a fall
ing off of about 50 per cent from that
given Colonel Roosevelt last Novem
ber. On the other hand the Peters
vole was 108 per cent greater than
the Tuft vote while the PattRngall and
Wilson vote showed little variation.
Transport Ready to Bring Refugees
San Francisco. Flying the Red
(oh8 flag at the masthead to give
greater protection In the work of res
cuing refugees from ports on the west
const of Mexico than the American
flag would give In ports that are hos
tile, the army transport Buford sailed
In charge of Charles Jenktnson, spe
cial representative of the state depart
ment. For the first time a war de
partment vessel has been turned over
to the comwand of the state depart
ment Engineer Had But Little Sleep
New Haven, Conn. Testifying at
the publlo Investigation Into the New
Haven railroad disaster Engineer Mil
ler of the wrecked train said that for
a week before the accident he had
been covering his own run and that
of another engineer, who was 111.
"I did my work without the aid of
stimulants. No, I drank no whiskey.
I slept whan I could."
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L. KAMSTRA, Prop, Prineville, Ore.
Selling; agent South Bend Watch Company.
911 High Grade Jewelry Only.
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Why punish yourself?
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Portland, Oregon
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6 19-lmo
Notice of SheruT'a KJ of Seal Eatata
oa Exacntloa la Forcloiir
W. F. Klnif, pluliitlff,
.
Jnrne K. Aclnrnxin and Anna Adam
("ill, ilefenilHnt.
Hy Tirtue of an rxerntinn anil or.
(ler ol nlf liwiiecl nut of the circuit
court of thf tat of Oregon lor th
county ol Crook, on a liiilmnerit
remlered In khI'I court on the 2Vta
ilny of July, 113, la favor of th
hIiovh iiHiueil plaintiff and airnlnat
the nlinve minted (leleiidant lor th
uin ol Twelve hundred Forty-lour
and rlKhty-thiw hundredth dollar.
w ltd InnreKt thereou from the 2lth
day ol July, l'.tl.'i, at the rate ol 10
jM-r cent er annum and the further
imii ol One Hundred Dollar at
torney' I,-, and Twenty dollar
cot and the further auin ol Ten
dollar eot of thla sale. Whleu
Judgment wa enrolled and docketed
In the clerk ottlce ol ald couuty on
the 26th day olJ illy, 1913. and where.
a It wa further ordered and lg
ereed hy the court that I wll to t tin
hltflient bidder lor cah In band the
lollowlnir di-Mcrltied land, to-wlt:
rue aoutheiiHt quarter of the noutli-
eat quarter ol wectlon 24, tp. 14,
ranne lo Rit ol the Willamette
Meridian. Therefore, to atlfy "aid
Judgment, I will on
SatvT, tk 27lk Uf f Septobtr. 1913,
ell the above dem-rlbed land ar pub
lic auction at the north front door of
the court huuxe lu prineville. Subject
to redemption a required by law.
i mted tni 2bth day of Auzuxt.
11)13.
Fbank Ei.ki.vh.
Mheriff.
By W. E Van Allen, deputy.
Citation.
In the county court of the state of Ore
iron , for the county of Crook.
In the matter of the estate of John H.
Jarrett, deceased.
To Ada E. Jarrett. James J. Jarrett.
Sarah M. Polin, Robert J. Jarrett, Ben
jamin E. Jarrett, Thonia S. Jarrett,
imam M. Jarrett. Ada K. Jarrett.
Marie E. Jarrett, Earl E. Jarrett, Lncile
M. Jarrett, Hosard T. Jarrett ami all
other pereone who may have any inter
est in Bam above named eetate, greeting-.
In the name of the etate of Oreeon.
you are hereby cited and required to
aopear in the county court of the state
of Oregon, for the county of Crook, at
the court room thereof, at rrineville
in the conntv of Crook, on Monday, the
6th day of October, 1913, at 10 o'clock
n tbe lorenoon of that day, then and
there to bow cause, if any exint, why
an order should not be made for the
sale of the real property of the aforesaid
estate, said real property being particu
larly described aa follows:
Lots 3 and 4 and the sooth half ( )
of tbe northwest quarter of section
S. township 14 south, range 19 east of
the Willamette meridian, containing
153.84 acres according to the official plat
and United States surrey thereof and
lying and situate in tbe county of Crook,
slate of Oregon.
tft itnees, the Hon. G. Springer, ludge
of the county court of the state of Ore
gon for tho county of Crook, with tbe
seat of said court affixed, this 2d day of
August, 1913.
Attest: Wirreh Baows, Clerk.
Willabd H. Wurrz,
814 5 Attorney for Estate.
Notice of Contest
Department of the Interior.
United State Land Office,
The Dalle, Oregon, July 22, 1913.
To Mary Anderson, of Hampton, Oregon,
contestee:
You are hereby notified that
Mary A. Morgan,
who gives Barnes, Oregon, aa her post
office address, did on July 1, 1913, tile in
this office her duly corroborated appli
cation to contest and secure the cancel
lation of your homestead, serial No.
09783, made December 21, 1911, lor sti
sej, wSj sei, sec 21, nwj nej, section 2
township 18 south, range 21 east, Wil
lamette meridian, and as grounds for
her contest she alleges that said Mary
Anderson has wholly failed to establish
her residence on said tract, has totally
failed to cultivate and improve the
same as required by law and has aban
doned the same for more than one year
last past.
You are, therefore, further notified
that the said allegations will be
taken by this oftice as having been
coufessed by you. and your said en
try will be canceled thereunder with
out your further right to be heard
therein, either before this office or on
appeal, If you fall to tile In this office
within twenty days after the
FOURTH publication of this notice,
as shown below, your answer, under
oath, specifically meeting and re
sponding to these allegations of con
test, or if you fall within that time
to file In this ottice due proof that
you have served a copy of your
answer on the said contestant either
in person or by registered mall. If
this service is made by the delivery
of a copy of your answer to the con
testant In person, proof of such ser
vice must le either the said contest
ant's written acknowledgment of
his receipt of the copy, showing the
date of its receipt, or the affidavit of
the person by whom the delivery wast
made, stating when and where the
copy wns delivered; If made by regis
tered mail, proof of such service must
consist of the affidavit of the person
by whom the copy was mulled stat
ing when and the post ottlce to which
it was mailed, and this affidavit
must be accompanied by the post
master's receipt for the letter.
You should state In your answer
the name of the post office to which
yon desire future notices to be sent
to you.
H. Frank Woodcock,
Register
Date of first publication, Aug. 28,1913
" " second publication, Sept. 4.
" " third publication, Sept. 11.
" " fourth publication, Sept 18. p
Boarding and Rooming House Opened
Mesdames Roberts and Prose have
leased the Clark house and will opea a
rooming and boarding house September
1st. Teachers, students and others
looking for accommodations should call
before making other arrangements. 8-21
&. ltiott.
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