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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1910)
LS WITH 11 HISTORY ... i.i,r Occupying the Bel- em wi"- - ry of St. Allchnel's, Charles- ton, S. w. .i,mia TTJ AMFRIGA. 50 Yoars Thoy Havo Had Many ... k vnnriniiuufli jjui I TI. Thoy Aro Btm on ni,pininn Ih a South Caro g. uiu " . , , city to uo ui'Huiiuuu " - . nf what hits boon, rttthor than . t .. 11.1ml Ill" 1117 I . whnt In, Hiiyfl Winifred S. Haynet tho Atlanta juuiimn .....v0 - ,imf niiMirnn or uyaono s thcro nro nono which spaax . .! ,.(u. nt tii ii cultured rellir- llfo of tills gracious city man iib y Interesting and beautiful old t churches, erected In many In- ... i... n.n pntwirnihnrn nnd crent CUS UJ ft .i -i iim ...nn mill wnmfln ........I tlwilt. nnrv pnn tn-lifl.V. 0 aili'iiu i'iv" "w- ' - . n . ffl,.liila nMonnil aurinio hu v "- it'xruhln In 1702. tho oldoBt un deled church lu tho United states, deled after tho church by Chrlsto- tit .. I., inmlnn Ihn ninm. nce( inougn nu- no iuiuuiiuuo, te marked. In tho small, crowded .. 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' r - - i rinnnn T l.r... - "'"I W1U0 tllftt tlln mnnv CrtSOnS for tlm ur,u...i 41.- .. l Liui II H CI war wi 1,7, . n ""ring uio lato Si "d ,p,"l''nnoo of tho llttlo yol xcluS r8' Wl! htoforo had lived new iify n. fl8h nn(1 r,co- So this i ucaU nCy, 0th m,lmd0,a Visors BlfllrnM mUCh 8UrI)ri8 ft"a a'B0 COn- This now mensuro la nart of n. tftj11 ro8U in Increaalng tho ttre ot t L ,C0, Th0 8Uporlor Btat' Sy If fi?11 racofl lms the S o f th. nfUVM Vr fi,nco th0 ,n' anSm,,M for,nor ,nt0 th ands, 2S ct0n8,?ora!!on ,m8 boo-n 6,vo bodS Rn Ion8onlnB tholr own tried A n. V a 1Icah la to bo Sor to thUm,,mr of 0bB"vatIon8 give effective Tliua''?) "f,," Pvo nlno8t apart a,nd Who t'horo 1,vti a diet consists largely of mo jnnnnnun ..... i . ... . .. moat,' present Individuals of a gigantic stature. Undor tho ancient rcglmo tho oating or uosn was rejrardod with Brunt har rbr by tho whole population. Tho nobles alono tasted nt times Uio flesh of thovlld boar, as a fitting end to an exciting hunt. But within tho last twonty.flvo years tho consumption of moat hns spread amonit tho neonlo. un til now in tho ntroota of tlm eAUoa booths nro to bo found in plain vlow, wnoro for a small sum irenerous nor tlons 'of boiling beef or of horseflesh can bo bought. Tho Buropoana and tho Amorlcnns who' havo lived in Ja pan for thirty years or bo. or thoso who revisit that land aftor a long ab- sonco, tostlfy that oven now this tmr. tlnl Introduction of a meat diet has modified tho physical appearance of tho laboring classes. Tho men aro less palo and moro muscular. It appears nlso that their stnturo has been consid erably Increased, at least anion tno coolies and military. On Uio contrary, among tho artisans and othor worttoro of sedentary habits, who continue to llvo on rice and vegetables, wo And, aa heretofore, many Individuals of oxcood ing small stnturo. WHITE IMMIGRANTS TOR HAWAII Iluanlnna nml I'ortuKUeae tlvalnnlnn to Itjolnce (he Orlendila, "Honolulu Is encouraging to tho ut most Immigration of whites to tho Is lands," said Antonio Perry, associate Juutlco of tho supremo court of Hawaii and former member of tho board of education of tho Islands, according to tho Los Angeles Herald. "Tho country Is succeeding to a do greo that Is most satisfactory to tho planters, for wo find tho white laborer 1b far superior to tho Chlncao and Ja panese Tho Russians hnvo proved thoniBolves especially odaptablo to work on tho plantations. Five hun drcd ' Russians arrived from Siberia four mouths ago and moro than 800 Portuguese wcro brought from the Azores Islands at about that tlmo. In fact, wo havo an agent, C. L. Atkinson, recently secretary of tho territory, who makes his headquarters In Siberia and before many years thero will bo great numbers of Russians settlo per manently In tho Islands. Wo aro no longer threatened with tho yellow peril. "Tho educational system of tho Is lands Is second to none In the United States. Considerable attention la paid to tho development and caro of the youth. Wo have a Juvenile court con ducted In a stmllnr manner us that of Colorado. Tho youths who are charged with wrongdoing aro separated from tho moro hardened criminals before and after they nro tried and until they begin tho servlco of tho sentence im posed upon them. "I am not much of a booster," said Judge Perry, "but perhaps it would not be out of the way to say that Hon olulu Is flooded with visitors and its a conscqucnco Is building up a great tourUt tnulo that In point of annual roveuuo Is becoming an Important flg uro with hor. This trade, however, Is greatly Impaired becauso of lack of steamer accommodations, and tho coastwlso law passed by Congress, which prohibits carrying a passenger from ono city to another. Tho Philip pines havo hod this law suspended. We aro asking Congress to suspend tho operation of this act for a limited time until ships can bo built to carry tuo trado." WIPED OUT BY SMALLPOX. Only (Mm Survivor In n Iluaalnn VII Ine of 1,100 Iulinliltnuta. Details of the wiping out of an en tire Russian village by smallpox havo Just reached St. Petersburg, says a New York Press correspondent. Tho village Is named Volskaya, and Is sit uated In tho Island of Snchalln. Until n fow weeks ago Its population wns 1,100. Sanitation, as In most Russian villages, was conspicuously nbsont. nnd when the disease first ap peared a few months ngo no ono wns troublod about it. Smallpox in Rus sla Is frequently called the "holy sickness," and no attempt was mado at vaccination. Sick and healthy children "Wore habitually bathed together, that being believed an efficacious treatment, and aftor tho local priest died the bodlea remalnod unburled. Thus the epidemic raged unchecked and entire families, from grandfather to grandchild, woro strlckon. Finally a Banltary commission was sent from tho mainland, but could ac complish nothing. It has been doclded to burn to tho ground this "village of death," as It Is popularly called. Of tho 1,100 Inhabitants only ono remains, a man of 72, named Vnssllleff. Tho dlseaso spared him, but ho has bo como a ninnlnc. Tho "Vorat Kvor. "Ib our new Congressman homely. Well, I should any I Did you over sco n photograph of him?" "Why, no, but I vo aeon caricatures of him." "Oh, thoy flatter him; yon should soo ono of his photographs." Catholic Standard nnd Times. Call oil Her II In ft. "He's a bruto!" "What has ho boon doing now?" "I threatened to loavo him, and ho told mo ho would button my gown up tho back if I would hurry." -Houston Post. A PoraonnI Definition. Ponloy (stuck for a word) -Lot's boo! Whnt ia that you call n man who marrloB moro than ono wlfo? GrumD An idiot, I call him. -Dos ton Transcript. Tho world la bocomlng hotter. Only few peoplo now play tho mandolin. It ocan't hurt a joko to crack it. , BfilEF REPORT OF THE DULY WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS Washington, April 1. That tho cor poration tnx law wiH be amended to restrict tho oncrntlnn nt Ha nnhlfnlfv feature was virtually assured today wncn ine nouBo slightly amended a pro vision previously adopted by the senate for that purpose. Aa passed by tho house today, the law provides: "All corporation tax returns shall bo open to Inspection only upon tho order of tho president, under rules and regu lations to bo prescribed by the secre tary of tho treasury and approved by tho president." As previously provided by tho Bcn atc, such corporation tax reports were "to bo mado public when called for by resolution of the senate or tho house of representatives or under the order of tho president when ho desires it for public Interests." Under tho guise of protecting the watersheds of navigable streams, the ultra-conservationists In congress, otherwise known as tho "Pinchotitcs," aro undertaking to slip through a bill which will extend the vast system of forest reserves Into every state In tho Union, entail the expenditure of unes timatcd millions of dollars of govern ment money, nnd swell the forcut ser vice to nronortlonB never dreamt of hv GlfTord Pinchot, even in hla palmiest aays. It la all being done by subterfuge, In which clever effort Is being made to conceal the main purpose of the legis lation in question. Washington, March 31. -Determined to obtain congressional action on the bill requiring the publication of cam paign contributions, Perry Belmont, head of the organization to further that movement, announced today that benntor Bailey, would introduce in the Benatc tomorrow the measure he said he had been trying for a month to in duce Senator Burrows, of Michigan, chairman of tho committee on privi leges and elections, to present. Commanding the careful attention of a majority of his colleagues, Senator Root today consumed three hours in continuing his speech in defense of the administration railroad bill before the senate. He again failed to conclude his remnrks. He defended the merger provisions of the bill as a great ad vance over existing law, as it made tho purchase of one company's stock by another an offense, while he argued, such acquisition was not now illegal except as part of a conspiracy. Representative Sabath of Illinois, wants to know whether officials of the department of juaticc acattered throughout the country form cliques and have a monopoly of bankruptcy and other cases that come into the Fed eral courts. According to Sabath, it is impossi ble in many cltica for litigants to em ploy the counsel they desire, but they are practically compelled to employ members of the "favored circle," and he asserts that the funds of litigants frequently are absorbed in these charges. J Congress may be able to adjourn on May 15, said Senator Aldrich on leav ing the White house today. Several influential members of con gress believed opposition to certain features of the administration pro gramme may cause the session to lost much longer. Washington, March 30 Representa tive Bennett, of New York, todny in troduced a resolution to expunge from the house record the report of the spe cial committee that caused to be laid on tho table certain sections of one of President Roosevelt's messages relat ing to the secret service. The message was interpreted as containing direct reflectl6ns upon the integrity of mem bers of the house. By some members the effort to ex punge the record is taken as an indi cation that Republicans of New York state aro planning to rally under the leadership of Colonel Roosevelt. . By their spectacular fight in the house of representatives tho republican insurgents have gained absolutely no practical concession. They have abol ished the old committee on rules, con sisting of five members, and substitut ed for it a committee of 10, but the relative strength of majority and min ority remnins tho snme, and tho insur gents aro without representation on the committee. Director Newell, of the reclamation service todny appeared before the ways nnd means committeo in practical op position to tho administration bill, making nvnilablo $30,000,000 to hasten tho completion of tho government irri gation projects. He said that nbout $7,000,000 n year now coming into tho reclamation fund would complete pend ing projects. Newell did not, in so many words, object to tho bill. Ho said, however, that tho government today had consid erable land undor irrigation for which it had been impossiblo thus far to find scttlerd. His intimation wns that, if this $30,000,000 is made nvailablo, It would flood tho mnrket with irrigated lnnd nnd tho government would bo yonre In getting settlors to settlo upon It. Bill to Open Indians' Lands. Washington, March 81. Senator Chamberlain will introduce a bill sim ilar to Hawloy's to open tho Klamnth reservation to settlement after tho In dians hnvo bcon nllotcd their lands in severalty. Secretary Ballinger has written him thnt ho believes tho lands should bo allotted, ns well as thnt nil Indiana on tho Umatilla nnd Warm Springs reservations should havo tholr allotments nnd tho romaining lands should bo sold. Washington, March 29. "While thero has been conservation of natural resources at tho presidential spigot, there has been enormous waste going on at tho congressional bung," de clared Senator Chamberlain, of Ore gon, today, speaking on tho bill em powering the president to Withdraw public lands for forestry sites and other purposes. Chamberlain favors the measure, nnd on it he delivered his first set speech. The bill specifies that the president may withdraw land for water power sites, irrigation, forestry reserves, classification or other public purposes. In giving his reasons for favoring the measure, Chamberlain said that first, the main principle involved, the right of the president to withdraw portions "of tho public domain from en try, settlement or sale, had been ap proved by every department of the gov ernment from the earliest days. The exercise of power necessary to protect from legislative improvidence what was left of the public domain made the bill advisable, he declared. He argued that it was necessary to conserve undisposed and unappropriat ed natural resources and favored the bill as the best plan for accomplishing this purpose. Tho house today by vote of 125 to 64 voted in favor of a thorough investi gation of the charges that a ship sub sidy lobby is operating in Washington for the purpose ofjnfluencing congress men in favor of a ship subsidy. The action is a result of a complaint by Representative Stcenerson, of Minne sota, that he had been attacked by a Cleveland newspaper which he believed to be an organ of a ship subsidy lobby. Washington, March 28. The move ment for the transfer of water power Bites from the National government to the several states and territories took shape today when Senator Smoot in troduced a bill for that purpose. JCon trary to general expectations the bill will provide for the leasing of power sites by the states and would not per mit their sale under any conditions. It would provide for a transfer to a state whenever it was shown to the satisfac tion of the secretary of the interior that any tract of land was chiefly val uable as a power site. A caucus of the house Republicans is to be called for next week to arrange the programme of putting through that body the administration s measures now pending. This was agreed upon at the White house to day. The ques tion of the caucus was taken up this morning, when Representatives Town send and Hamilton Fish conferred with the president. The senate committee on judiciary decided to make a favorable report on the nomination of Robert M. Montgom ery, of Michigan, presiding judge; Wil liam H. Hunt, of Montana; James F. Smith, of California,; Orion M. Bar ber, of Vermont, and Marion do Vries, of California, as judges of the new customs court of appeals. Senator Beveridge today presented to the senate the report of the commit tee on territories favoring his bill in preference to that passed by the house, for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona as separate states. The re port defends the changes made by the senate committee in vigorous language, especial emphasis being given to the refusal of the senate bill to recognize the present election law of Arizona. Washington, March 26. Arguments on behalf of the bill for the relief of the original settlers on the Siletz In dian reservation in Oregon were heard today by the house committee on pub lic lands. Representative Hawley and A. W. LafFerty made strong pleas for the settlers. Representative Hawley presented to the committee numerous affidavits of Siletz settlers, as well as petitions from the governor of Oregon and other state offiicals, in support of the pend ing bill. Many of the insurgent Republicans of the house, who last Saturday voted to retain Speaker Cannon in the chair, are "hearing from home," according to reports in circulation about the cap itol. These advices are said to be not at all reassuring. Following closely upon this informa tion comes statements front several that war against "Cannonism" is to go on to the dethronment of Speaker Can non, the election of his successor and the complete reformation of the ruled of tho house. The overthrow of the speaker nnd taking awny from the spenkership of nil power to influence legislation unduly are nimed nt. Somo of the insurgents discussed theso subjects freely today. The senate irrigation committee to day ordered a favorable report on a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to use his discretion about sus pending water payments on the gov ernment irrigation projects when he is convinced that settlers, through no fault of their own, have been unable successfully to produce crops sufficient to enable them to mako payments. The bill is designed to meet individ ual cases where settlers experience hardship, due largely to bad climatic conditions. Red Citizen Board Made. Washington, March 30. Qualifica tions of Indians to assume the rights of citizenship will bo determined in the future by bbards'appointed by tho commissioner of Indian affairs, to bo known as "competency boards." This is the result of an experiment initiated last Bummer by Senator Valontine, when ho appointed such a compotency board for the Omaha Indians in Ne braska. These boards will be appoint ed for oach reservation. - WAN.tS" MORE BATTLESHIPS, .6 I Reprdsontativo Hobson Says Pacific Coast is Defenseles. Washington, March 28. "Our na tional dcfensclcssncss," was tho theme around which Representative Hobson, Democrat, Alabama, voiced a prophecy of disaster in the house late this after noon. A startlfng array of facts as to our unprcparedness for war as col lected by the general staff of the army was the basis for the appeal of the hero of the Spanish-American war for immediate action by congress. He declared It was imperative that a larg er navy be authorized at once if the United States would stave off possible invasion by a foreign enemy in the fu ture. "Any European nation of the first power, said Hobson, "that has an adequate army and merchant marine I will take Germany merely as an il lustration could put 200,000 men aboard ships in a single expedition. One-half could land on the coast of Long Island and the other half on the coast of New Jersey and inside of a few weeks they could aeize Washing ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York without resistance." Hobson said he would probably cofTer an amendment to the naval bill calling for six battleships. "We need that many a year," he said,' ;"to maintain the equilibrium existing among the nntions." Referring to conditions on the Pacific coast, Hobson said : "It is unfortunate that I cannot re fer to existing conditions on the Pa cific coast without these peace dream ers crying out 'war and jingoism,' but you can all verify for yourselves, you who have no knowledge of existing conditions, that the city of San Francis co cannot regulate her own schools as she desires. The legislators of Cali fornia, Oregon and Washington cannot today legislate upon segregation of the yellow people. "Those legislators were told to drop that dangerous question. I will tell you why. We are defenseless on the Pacific ocean. 6 "The Japanese navy is rated at 490,- 000 tons, and ours at 695,000 tons, All of our 695,000 tons substantially is in the Atlantic ocean and has to stay there. "Do you think I am talking war? I am trying to arrange this equilibrium in the Pacific ocean under which we could come to mutual concessions and solve the problem. "I am trying to take the only way to prevent war. SENDS RELIEF TO ESTRADA. General Gordon Prepares Expedition and Defies Madriz. New Orleans, La.,' March 28. The crisis in the strained relations between the representatives of the Madriz and the Estrada factions of the Nicaraguan government was reached late today, when General Gordon, who is organiz ing an Estrada relief expedition, sud denly apppeared the Madriz consul ate and entering the room where Luis Corea, Madriz'B minister to Washing ton, and other Madriz officials were in conference, defied them to keep him from starting his expedition for Cen tral America. It was a dramatic scene. Corea and General Altschul were seated at a table when Gordon suddenly entered. He calmly told this enemies that the report that he was organizing an army was true. "Then you are liable to a $1,000 fine and three years' imprisonment, accord ing to American laws," shouted Corea. "I am ready to sign a statement that I am raising an army here and that I have chartered a ship and I defy you to do anything," was Gordon's re ply. He then handed each of the Mad riz officials his card and walked out. Minister Corea was angered by the proceeding and said he would endeavor to have Gordon imprisoned at once. Local government officials said they would refuse to take official action un til orders were received from Washing ton. Later in the day General Gordon sud denly wheeled on the two detectives following him and thrashed them both. It is believed that part of the relief expedition will attempt to sail tonight. Atlantic Fleet to Cruise Mediterranean Washington, March 28. The secre tary of the navy announced this after noon that the whole Atlantic battleship fleet would, in November, proceed to European waters. The principal cruise will be made in the Mediterran ean. It is intended to divide the fleet While in the Mediterranean in order that various ports may be visited. It is not hinted anywhere that the fleet or any part of it will go further than the Eastern Mediterranean. Tho official statement is that tho fleet will, after the cruise, go to Guantanamo. Reduces Pullman Fares. Washington, Mtirch 28. Pullman fares from St. Paul to North Pacific coast cities will bo materially reduced by an order to be issued by the inter state commerce commission this week. The commission has reached this decis ion in tho case begun by the Shippers' league, headed by George Loftus, of Minneapolis. It is understood the commission will nlso include in its de cision that the Pullman company must sell upper berths for less than lower. Got Mora Pittsburg Grafters Pittsburg, March 28. Former Councilman Chnrles Stewart was In tho awent box for four hours this after noon. Ho Ib believed to have told many things that will cnuse new sen sations Monday when the officials "get their tinea out" CHURCHES JOIN GRAFT CRUSADE Pittsburg Ministers Make Ef fort Arouse Sentiment. Many Councilmen Expected to Resign Without Protest Banks aro Called Upon to Testify. Pittsburg, March 29. The Lenten season, which ended Sunday, has been too short a season of penitence for Pittsburg, and it will be continued with promise of even more startling confessions of graft this week. In several hundred churches the feature of the Easter services was the reading of a circular letter issued by a civil committee, urging the members of every congregation to attend a huge indignation mass meeting to be held some day this week. Sermons, too, were designed to arouse public con demnatlot) of such practices ns have been revealed. Lessons in civic clean liness were drawn by many pastors. It having been pretty thoroughly es tablished, according to District Attor ney William A. Blakejey, that at least $102,500 was used in influencing legis lation, the source of the money and the dispensers of it are to be the focus of the grand jury's attention tomorrow morning. A considerable portion of the big bribe fund is charged to certain banks that sought to get city deposits. They . succeeded, but it is the desire of the grand jury, as pronounced in its report of Friday last, that the bank deposit ordinance be rescinded, and the banks, if found guilty, be deprived of the use of city money. It is known that some representatives of the banks are to be called tomorrow to testify. The six banks that have been named by the grand jury as having been in volved in the scandal are the Columbia National, the German National of Pittsburg, the Farmers' National De posit bank, and the Second National, the German National, of Alleghany, and the Workingmen's Savings & Trust company. The directorate of the .Farmers' National has announced that it will comply with the district attorney's call for information and the Second National has prepared a certified state ment which is to be presented to the grand jury tomorrow. The other banks have taken no action. It was still unlearned tonight wheth er Charles Stewart in his talk with Dis trict Attorney Blakeley told all he ib believed to know of the men higher up. Stewart is an ex-Select councilman, who was declared by the grund jury in its presentment Saturday to have been the man to whom $45,000 of bribe tainted money was given at the Hotel Imperial in New York. ETNA MAY CAUSE TREMBLOR. Pent-Up Lava Likely to Force Pas sage, Scientist Believes. Catania, March 29. While the quan tity of lava from the craters of Mount Etna continues to decrease, the intern al activity of the volcano was stronger today than yesterday. Frank A. Per ret, the American authority, believes that the decrease in the flow of lava is due to obstructions in the new craters, which prevent its flowing freely, and that in a few days, the molten mass will either force a passage or an earth quake will result. Mr. Perret went to day from Nicolosi to the Alpine club refuge, which is situated near the cra ters, and later telegraphed down as follows: "The activity of Etna today is stronger, but the lava is slower. Terrific explosions in the interior of the mountain continue." Wrecks Used for Fuel. Spokane, March 29. Aside from photographers, who reaped a harvest from sales of pictures of the snow slides at Mnce nnd Burke, Idaho, a month ago, the only persons who will benefit from the disasters are the res idents of the canyon towns, who are ob taining their next winters' supply of fuel from the timbers, many of them of immense size, broughtdown by the avalanches. Thousands of big trees and logs are being tnken from the drifts nnd sawed into convenient lengths for hauling. Gun Explodes; Eight Die? Manila, March 29. A report reach ed here today that a gun on the United States cruiser Charleston exploded dur ing target practice, killing or wound ing eight men. The Charleston is re turning to Manila from Olongapo. No details of tho reported accident have been received here. The Charleston is the flagship of Rear Admiral John Hubbard, commander in chiof of tho Asiatic fleet. Her commanding officer is Commander John H. Gibbons. Ten Fight With Knives. Walla Walla, March 29. As tho re sult of a battle with knives between' four Italians and six Japanese early this morning two Italians were ser iously wounded. Antonio Ponti, ono of the participants, may die from his wounds. Two Japanese were arrested. The fight arose over the possession of a bicycle. .