NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Senate Banking Committee Is
Likely to Report Four
Bank Plan.
Washington, I). C When tha sen
at bonking and curreuey committee
mind Ita rimt week of di'lllmrntloiil
It appxnred cortaln that the bill to be
reportm! to senate would contain
curtain provisions fur a tour regional
reserve, government controlled bank
system, the floo.OOo.noo Block of
which will be offered to ttia public
With pruitresa on ttia tutidnmcnlula
of the senate measure Just begun, only
tho framework of thn Ulnae-Owen
measure Una been retained, The moat
radical change In the admlnlstrutlun
measure hn been the complete re
moval of thn ri-Klonul reserve banks
from bank conlrot. Hrlefly, the fol
lowing wit th provlsloiia of th
measure, which It win belloved would
govern III fliuil drafting.
Four regional reserve bnnks with t
total capitalization of 1100,000,000, dl
vlded according to the financial lor'
tlon of tli enter from which the
banks will otrnta.
Abaolute control of th banks by tho
government and regional rcaerve
boards, to be appointed by tha preal
dent.
Tha regional reserv bank stork to
bear either 6 or 6 per cent Interest
nd to bo sold to th public by sub
scription, the balnnce, If any, to be
taken up by tha member banks. This
stork will have no voting power, and
will not share In the surplus. That
will accrue to the government.
Co-operation With States Proposed.
If congreas, at the regular session.
will authurlio an additional loan of
lloo.000.ooo to the reclamation fun J
In accordance with the rncommenda-
tlon to be submitted by Secretary
I.nne, the Interior depsrtment will un
dertake, In cooperation with the sev
erul states, to redeem those Carey act
projects which have proven failures
and which threaten, without some
such aid, to entail heavy loss on sot-
tiers who have undertaken to oatab-
lltih homes wider their canals,
The plan of the Interior department
Is to have the federal government Join
with the states In completing Carey
act projects which have fallen Into
disrepute through failure of contract
ors or from other cause. , -.-
Members Lose Mileage.
Senators and representatives
rill
be obliged to forego the mileage blfl
at the coming regular sesaton of con'
gress, much as they may dislike to do
so. The fact that the special session
Is to run Into tho regular session with
out substantial break makes It im
practlcablo for congress to pass tho
mileage appropriations this winter.
snil If any attempt Is made to put such
s bill through It will be killed by pub
lic opinion.
Senators and members have re
ceived mileage for the special session,
Mall Efficiency Is Aim.
l'ostmnator Oenenil llurleaon hns
derided to standardize- the entire post
al service, so fur as possible, with
view to greater efficiency. To this
end the department will operate sev
erul model offices, "dynamos from
which to charge the entire system of
offices throughout the country.1
These offices will bo used to discover
the best practical way of administer
lug tha postnl facilities and to tost out
devices and methods that may prov-
of value.
National Capital Brevities.
The secretary of war Is urged to
modify the examination required for
students desiring to enter West Poln
The plea is made that 60 per cent of
the applicants full. A government
preparatory Bchool Is suggostod as one
remedy.
the constitution limiting the member
ship of the house of representatives
to 4D0 hns been commenced by Repre
sentative Cardell Hull of Tennessee,
author of the Income tax provlslou of
the Underwood tariff bill.
In transportation of stocks, bonds
and other securities, the interstate
commerce commission hold that
carrier Is responsible. In case of Iobb,
for the market value of the securities
only and not the pur value.
By direction of fresldent Wilson
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Os-
borne Instructed collecto throughout
the country that the recent action of
congress In removing deputy collec-
tora from the protection of the civil
servlcs did not mean a return to the
spoils system and was taken only for
efficiency.
Preparations have been begun for
tha wedding of Miss JeBSle Wilson,
daughter of the president, and Francis
B. Snyre. Though the White House
Is reticent as to details, It Is given out
that the date certnlnly will be Novem
ber 25 and that the ceremony will
take place In the White House, where
It is said the bride will have for her
attendants her two sisters, Margaret
and Eleanor.
GEORGE F. WILLIAMS
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HLEERTA ORDERED TO
RETIRE JMMEDIATELY
President Wilson Sends Ulti
matum to Dictator and De
mands Quick Action.
v v
'George F. Williams, ths wall known
Boston democrat, who waa appointed
minister to Craaea.
Brief News ot the Week
Th llttlo republic of Panama cele
brated on Monday tha tenth anniver
sary of Its Independence from Colombia.
Right thouaund persons In Uos An
geles must puy an Income tax, accord
ing to Internal Ituveuue Collector John
Carter.
leading social purity workers ot
the world assembled In Minneapolis
Friday to attend the seventh Interna
tional congress of the World's I'urlty
federation.
Suit to test th validity of the re
cent removal of William Sulier from
the governorship ot New York was
begun In the United Slates dlBtrlct
court In New York.
Klniil arguments In the government
suit for the dissolution of the Interna
tional Harvester company, capitalized
at IHn.OiiO.ooO, begun in the United
Stntcs circuit court at 8t Paul Mon-day.
The pipe line suction dredge which
has been working at the Pacific end
of tha Panama canal, successfully
passed through the locks at Mira-
flores aud Pedro Miguel. The pas
sage constituted tha first complete
operation of the canal locks.
Investigation shows that the explo
sion of the Zeppelin Lit dlrglblo,
which caused deaths of 23 men. In
Germany, was caused by formation of
a vnccuum in the center gondola be
hind the wlndahteld. Sparks from the
motor caused the gas to explode.
Kllnford Hello, an Ayrshire cow,
owned at Waukesha, Wis, was de
clared to be the queen ot the national
dairy show and the best milch cow
on exhibition, at Chicago. Crescent
Beauty Butter Mail, owned at Algon
quin, III., wns adjudged the grand
Holateln cow, and Paul Calamo Korn
dyke grand champion Ilolstcin bull.
Mexico Clty.-I'resldent Huerta must
resign tha presidency of Mexico with
out loss of time and must not leave as
his successor (leneral Aurellano Ulan
uuet, his minister of War, or any
other member of bis official family or
of thn unofficial coterie whom ba
might be expected to control.
This lilt Illinium from Washington
was conveyed to President Huerta
through his private secretary, Senor
llnbiigo by Nelson O'Rhiiughnetsy, the
American Charge d' Affaires, acting
under Instructions from tho Stat De
partment. Official Mexico Is no longer in doubt
that the Washington admlnlstrutlon
favors the rebel cause and is con
vinced that this Is ths means taken
by President Wilson and Secretary
llryati to assist Currants to win.
Changes In the military situation
throughout the country Included, ac
cording to reports, the advance of th
I rebels to attack Zacatecas, but the
government believes that the garrison
there Is sufficiently strong to resist
sn attack successfully. Queretnro,
capital of the stnte of the same name,
on the main line of the National Hall
way, south of San Luis Potosl, Is sur
rounded by rebels and practically in a
state of siege. North of Snn Luis Po
tosl a new method bus been adopted
by the rubels to prevent the operation
of trulns. Placarda addressed to em
ployes have been posted notifying
them they would be hanged If they at
tempted to run the trains. As a result
tha men are refusing to take out the
trains.
Frank Fields Acquitted.
Portland. Krnnk 8. Fields, ex
county clerk of Multnomah county,
was acquitted by a Jury In the circuit
court of a charge of larceny of public
funds. Ills attorneys defended blm
on the grounds that the money was
lost through the failure on December
1, of the American Bank ft
Trust Company, In which part of the
county funds were deposited.
WALLS CRUSH TENEMENTS
Explosion in Hartford, Conn, of Mys
terious Origin, Kills Seven.
Hartford, Conn. At least seven per
sons are deud or dying as the result
of an explosion In Lovelnnd's five-
story brick warehouse. The walls of
the building toppled on tbe roofs of
two adjoining wooden tenement
bouses.
Michael Greenburg. one ot the part-
ners ot th warehouse, declared to
newspapermen that the building was
dynamited. He refused to assign any
motive tor such an act
The explosion seemed to wreck the
building in a diagonal manner, one
whole side the one that fell on the
adjoining house falling down.
People in the News
Ben Shields, song writer and author
of "In the Good Old Summer Timo,"
died at his home In Long Island.
The Bavarian Benate voted to do
throne Otto, the mad king, In favor
of the regent, Prince Ludwlg.
Mrs. Mary McCormlck, a patient In
the city hospital at Boston, Is liable
to die If she coughs, Btieezes or laughs.
The woman sustained a broken bar
In a full, and the slightest movement
may snap tho vital cord.
R. 8. Lovett, chairman of the board
of dlrecfors of the Union Pacific rail
road, who Is visiting Pacific const
points, declared that the railroads will
not suffer as result of water competi
tion following opening of the Pannma
cannl. Ho Bays the new tariff would
not affect business Interests of the
country.
That the new tariff law will force
many sheepmen out of business with
out benefiting tbe consumer, and will
be especially hard on Oregon sheep
men, was the declaration of Frank J.
Hngonbarth, president of the National
Wool Growers' association, mude while
vlBlting In Portland.
After a legal fight that stirred army
circles all over the country, Mrs. Bes
sie C. Merrlam won her long, strenu
ous fight in opposition to the divorce
proceedings instituted in San Fran
cisco last November by her husband,
Capt. Henry C. Merriam, U. S. A.
National Issues Loom In Off-Election
Washington. Although It Is an "off
year" In politics, the election on No
vember s furnished several local cam
palm situations that assumed nation-
al Importance. Three governors were
ballotted for In Massachusetts, New
Jersey and Virginia and In more thnn
a score of the larger cities mayors
were elected. In all ot these it Is
certain the votes cast by republicans
and progressives were closely watch
ed and analyzed.
To Teople Who Want to Buy
A REAL CAR
I have run a Velie
years, and most
has done. K
it
esy to get proof.
Ai everyone knows
Car fur almost
people know wh
the do not it is
The car shows for itself and is ready for Inspection 'at any
time, or a trial trip. If you are looking for real car value,
why not buy a Velie and save future expense, as the upkeep
is almost nothing. I have six -cylinder Velie now at $2,500
each that are second to none.
Prineville Machine Shop
E. G. HODSON, Proprietor
1023
Depart mental
Indian Affii
of
HOG S
For Sale
I have Registered Duroc Jerseys, both sexes.
These are
PROFITABLE, PROLIFIC PIGS
and thrive exceedingly well in this section of
Central Oregon
G. A. BRADLEY
One and one-half miles north of Depot. Redmond,Ore
S-IMt
Healed proposal
districts numhereA
! It,. W.rm ,,pin
' lor the thre yea
! f'ehtoary 1, 191 J.
the oih- of tbe
! Warm Kpiitigs Agenc
Oregon, until 2 : p
j !ti-nitier 1. 1513, and 1
' ately thereafter o-ned .
; of tncli bidders as may a
warded to the ComniintioA
j Affairs, Waahington, D.
; propriate recommendation.
; sary information may ba o
application to the Kuperim
the arm ve named agency. Cr
Commissioner. 10-.
; Hoiks of Final Sattlemsa
Notice Is hereby given by the k
; signi-d, the ext-cutor of the eta
Heulx-n Booton, riwreasi-d, that ,
have made and 6ld with the cl-rt
! t!:e county court, their final account
, of their administration of ssid rstal
and that the county o.nrt has ret Moil
day, the 1st day of Itocemtwr. 1!13. at
J 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the county'
: court room in Prineville. Oregon, as the
; time and place for hearing and settling
said final accounting. At which said
time and place any person interested in
said estate, may appear aud object to
saiil final accounting.
Hated this )ib dav of October, 1913.
MARIA BOOTOS,
KEl'BKX H. BOOTON.
Executors of the estate of Reuben Boot
on, doceaned.
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MEXICAN SENDS UN
APPEAL TO BRYAN
NoRnles, Sonora. Through Dr. Hon-
ry Allen Tupper, of the International
pwice forum, who is regarded as an
unofficial agent ot the American sec
retary of state, Gencvlestnno Carran-
za, head ot the rebel constitutionalists
of Mexico, transmitted to the United
States government an official state
ment which suggests that President
Wilson can solve the Mexican prob
lem merely by according to the ja
stitutlonallsts the right to import
arms freely from the United States.
The struggle in Mexico will con
tinue until one side or the other is
beaten into helplessness, the state
ment asserts. It further declares that
the constitutionalists are confident of
wiping out DiBtntor Huerta and his
partisans In a short time it the em
bargo on arms is lifted.
Cnrranta come here from Hermosll
lo, the rebel capital, with Tupper, who
had been with him there for several
days. The rebel chief Intended at
first to ask recognition from the Am
erican government, but after confer
ence with adviBers, determined to
confine requests to the lifting of the
ban on the shipment ot arms across
the border.
Hotel Oregon
PRINEVILLE
NEWLY FURNISHED
Beds 50 and 75 Cents
FREE BATHS
Meals. 25 Cents and up
PETER ERICKSON, Prop'r
Summons
Iu tbe Circuit court of the state ot
Oregon, for tor tbe county of Crook.
Central Orefcori Irrigation Company,
a Corporation, plaintiff.
Harry W. Wonley. defendant.
To Harry W. Wooley, defendant:
In the name of the state of Ore
gon, You are hereby required to an-
i pear and answer the complaint filed
against yuu In tbe above entitled
suit within six weeks from the date
, of the first publication of this anm
I mona, viz, before Novetulier 20tb,
1 1U13, and If you full ao to appear
! and answer for want thereof, tbe
'plaintiff will apply to the court for
: the relief demanded In the complaint
; to-wit: the cancellation of a certain
contract made by you with the Dee
; chutes Irrigation & Power Co ,
j dated February 15, VMS, and costa
j and disbursements of tbe suit.
This summons 1 published by
l order of Hon. W. L. Bradshaw,
i judge of. the above named court,
only made on the lstdar of October,
1913.
Iate of first i ubllcation October
9. H13.
Date of last publication November
13, 11)13. ,
Jkbhe Stearns.
F. Ewinq Martix,
Attorneys for plaintiff.
Railway Exchange Building, Port
land. Oregon.
Notice ot Final Settlement
Notice is hereby given by the under-
signed, the administrator of the estate
! of Herman Jacobson, deceased, to ail
; persons interested in said estate, that
1 be baa made and filed with the county
clerk of Crook county, Oregon, bis final
i accounting of bis administration of said
, estate, and the court bas set tbe 3rd
1 day of November, 1913, at 10 o'clock in
! the forenoon at the county conrt room
! in Prineville, Oregon, as the time and
j place for hearing and settling said final
accounting. At which said time and
place any person interested in said es
tate may appear and object to said final
accounting.
Datad this 25th day of Sept., 1913.
A. 11. Lipfxax,
Administrator of the estate ot Her
man Jacobson, deceased.
A FINE MESS
r7yr 111
Indianapolis Mob Stopa Street Car.
Indianapolis. The Indianapolis
Traction & Terminal company, whose
men went on Btrlke, attempted to run
Its cars, but gave up when notified by
Superintendent ot Police Hyland that
the police would be unable to prevent
bloodshed unless the cars were withdrawn.
Fldo's Mouth "Caged."
Olympla, Wash. The state board of
health, with Governor Lister concur
ring, adopted a regulation requiring
the muzzling of all dogs In King ajd
Pierce counties as the only means of
combatting an epidemic of rabies.
of Fieb. can be bought from us for little money. We get large
daily supplies from river, lake and ocean, so that we know the
fish is fresh and sweet. You can t-ave money by buying here,
get a greater variety of fish to select from, and be sure of the
highest quality. Ask your friends who deal here they will tell
you of the Fish satisfaction they have always had here.
City Meat Market
Four Mules for Sale
Four work mules, ages 2 nnd S
years old. Clarence Cox Prine
ville, Oregon. 10 16 Imp
6 per cent loans on farms, orchard
lands, city residont or business prop
erty, to buy, build, improve, extend oi
refund mortgaues or other securities;
terms reasonable; special privileges;
correspondence invited. Dep't L, 018
Commonwealth Bldg., Denver, Colo., or
Pep't. I, 749 Henry Bldg., Seattle,
Wash. lOJ-lm
Brick Work
Have your chimneys and fireplaces
built now. Get ready for winter. Ex
perienced. Work guaranteed. Kob't
Rouinhon, Hotel Oregon. 1 0-9-21 p
Ladies' Tailored Suits at Reduc
tion. Mrs. Wright, who represents the
Ameiican Ladies Tailoring Company,
has jnst received a fine line of samples
for fall and winter suits. All who order
before. August 23d will feet a ten per
cent discount.
Fresh fruits and berries, ice cream
and sodas can always be found at Mrs.
Wright's Confectionery Store. . 7-Sltf
everyTues-
IO 0 F Lodge meets
day night.
strangers welcome.
Gko. Nohlr, N. G.; Bert Barnes,
V. G. ; T. L. Coon, Sec. ; C. B. Dinwid
die, Treas.
Summons
In the circuit court of the state of
Oregon for Crook county.
Margaret Kitching, plaintiff,
vs.
Cordelia Johnson, H. E. Patkhnrst,
Heppy J. Parkbur&t, A. T. U. John
son, Carrie V. Johnson, Cordelia J.
Dunbar, T. N. Duubar, Mercy S. Dob
bins, C. N. Johnson, Annie Johnson,
H. B. Johnson, Margaret Johnson,
May Wiley, Arthur L. Wiley, S. M.
Johnson, Eliza Johnson. ''Also all
persons or parties unknown claiming
any right, title, estate lien or interest
in the real estate described in the
complaint herein," defendants.
1 To A. T. G. Johnson and also all other
. parties or persons unknown claiming
i any right, title, estate. Hen or inter
! est in the real estate described in the
I complaint herein, defendants.
' In the name of the state of Oregon,
t yon and each of you are hereby sum
i uioned and required to appear in tha
' above entitled court and answer or
plead to the complaint tiled therein in
: the euit against you on or before the
; 7th day of November, 1913, which is
the time prescribed in the order of the
' honorable judge oi this court for tha
j publication of this summons and if you
mu to appear, answer or plead, the
plaintiff will apply to tbe court for the
relief prayed for in her complaint, to
wit: that the plaintiff's title to the
following described real property situ
ated in Crook countv. Orennn. tn.vit?
that parcel of land described as follows :
Beginning at the northwest corner of
! lot four in block ten of Monroe Hodges'
j plat of Prineville, Crook connty, Ore
jgpn, and running thence south forty
I eight feet; thence east eighty feet;
thence north forty-eight feet; thence
west eighty feet to the place of begin
ning and every part thereof be quieted
against you and all persons claiming
under you or either of you and that
plaintiff be adjudged to be the owner
thereof in fee simple and that all per
sons claiming by, through or under you
or either of you be forever barred from
claiming any right, title or interest in
said premises or any part thereof, and
for such other and further relief as to
the court may seem equitable.
This summons ia published by order
of the Honorable W. L. Bradshaw,
judge of the circuit court of the state of
Oregon for Crook county.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is the 25th day of Sep
tember, 1913.
M. R. Elliott,
Attorney for plaintiff.
Veterinary Surgeon.
Dr. B. E. Nevel, experienced veterin
ary surgeon. Office at Wigle's livery;
res. Third st., opp. high school, Prine
ville, Or. Pioneer 'phone. 10-16-2mp