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. "w . I.- -i--J 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." During the Fair ! I will have a fine selection of Victor and Columbia Records and Talking Machines, only the latest styles With a Visitor in Your Home mmm You can entertain and educate both yourself and children. I can sell you any machine as low as any dealer in the States (regardless who). If you are interested, cut out below, fill in and send to: I'leiiee wtnltiHrtlculnrwTit Jour Tiilkinir Machine iind eiyiuy incut to: Nome . AddrcKH Ask to See The South Bend Watch. I carry them. Also'all other standard makes in all grades. Crook County Jewelry & Sporting Goods Store L. KAMSTRA, Prop, Prineville, Ore. Selling; agent South Bend Watch Company. 911 High Grade Jewelry Only. Get this idea of rough, high proof, strong whiskey out of your, head or it will get you play the devil with your nerves ruin your digestion. Why punish yourself? Cyrus Noble, pure, old and palatable. Bottled at drinking strength. ' Sold everywhere and costs no more than any other good whiskey. W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., General Agents Portland, Oregon PIONEER WHITE LEAD 10c per pound in 5o-puund kegs and larger Pure Linseed Oil 85c per gallon, guaranteed under pure fond law Phoenix and Conqueror Mixed Paints Fillers Varnishes Stains ColorB in oil and dry colors, floor paint, floor wax, floor varnish, glass, brushes, putty, liquid veneer A. H. Lippman & Co. You . would . enjoy . the . Journal Only $1.50 per Year L. KAMSTRA JEWELRY and Sporting Goods Prineville, Ore- 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. !Pri till; Orf