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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1910)
ints For Hostess If TIMELY SUGGESTIONS for Those Planning Seasonable Entertainments ljffeSA homo, Lrch 01 n filv car. Pi IS wore about 20 guoBt8 .? hor work. Tho L.kcdW "? .,!., ifh car. owc JMi r Aftor an hour iBtatthtoUmo. Aft P" t toot and knitting, tho fc-nS announced a L, appear"" . nn(1 V contest. SHP h nlSth century yln &SS5rtn,Sr ... & and nn explanation-. I - ..IrlHndo. I.t.f with tho Bumn . li'ST, a tlmo-SoJourn. bte In muslc8l. km for the aun-BoL in of war-Bolillcr. r'sA.Lt. innminiro Bolcclsm. le In tho world-Bolo. tt fljh-Boie. . . t a trorop do al tho JorwB Le for (in Instrument-Sonata. tar forth sound -Bonorous. Iral-Soro. Km, klnrt-soru .jprinkler-Bower. ter 20 minutes tho "key" was then tho hostess said: Having led 'Solng.' there would bo n Km comDOtltlon." and Bho prtBBca lersetof papers, with theso quca- le sre a prnctlcnl family, neither l,r wntlmcntfil. yet wo novor fall to everyone shed tonrs. are noted for our ncnuo; u onu i fimlly falls to rmvo ono oi roou F K. roirnn1(xl im nf llttlo WOrtll. le are irrcat travelers; wo wear a I uniform and our iiesn is cool ana far dress Is pink, but later wo Ibrown. wear purple flrcoa above tho I and white below. br learcs arc crisp and curled, but i aro crenmy Bold. netlmes largo, Bomctlmea small, a beart with a rounh exterior. am snow white nrvl whon Rood to fen a silken plumo. bave many llttlo round companions r narrow ijrecn house. bluih red because my name la n bf reproach. f' are famed for our heads, but bust be enow whlto. If shades of red and yellow; onco ni pononoua, now tnought mollow. me u our siaiK but tendor our to family name In of Ihn una pet wo are on cvory tablo of to- turdy are we. yet not allowed to P the sunlight. kme of us arc crookcO (1 around. in mo necK. 17. Wo llvo In brlKlit rod houso and liavo hot tempers. THIS KEY. 1. Onion. 10, Boot. 2. Cabbaffo. 11. Caullflowor. 3. Cucumber. 12. Tomatoes. 4. Potato. 13. Asparagus. 5. Turnip. 14. Doan. 0. Lettuce. IS. Color. 7. Pumpkin. 10. Squash. 8. Corn. 17. Peppr, 8. Peas. Tho prlzos woro tho moat realist vegetables cabbago, corn and ' IrlBu potatoes, which woro candy boxes flllod with bon-bons In shapo of com kernols, woo carrots, etc. Tho ro froshnionts consisted of delicious salad In groon poppor cases, cucumhor sand wlcheB, oHvob and salted nuts with coffeo. A Paper 8howor. This was really gotten up as a Joltb, but turned out so well that tho bride wishes mo to toll you all about It It camo about this way: "Polly" de clared sho would bavo no "showers" of any kind, so at tho llttlo club to which sho bolongod, ono of tho mem bers said: "Woll, lot'B glvo 'Polly' a 'paper' shower, Just for fun, as she objects to nn thing moro sorlous." Tho rosult was at tho nozt mcotlhg there woro many mysterious packages brought In und doposlted at tho foot of tho brldo-oloct. Whon oponod there woro papor napkins, papor dollies, sholf papor, nico wrapping papor, stamped papor wrappers (for mailing woddlng notices), gummed labels for ovorythlng Imaginable, several quires of tlsauo papor, noto book, engagomont book, tolophono roglstor, pads of lot tor paper, envelopes, current maga zines on household affairs and fash Ions, etc. A picnic luncheon was served on pa per plates, pnpor tablo cloth, otc. All pronounced a jolly affair. MADAME MERRI. f m in pqyc Many throo-qunrtor Bleovcs, built on tlroly of puffs, aro Boon In out-of-door gowns. Pino cloths In dull bluo and rose tints aro In domand for dressy aftor noon frocks. Turbans nro rising In height nnd also showing tho narrow effort at the crown npox. Narrow ostrich bands edgo many ol tho now wraps and add an extrcmel smart touch. Deavcr Is to bave a groat season lc mllllnory, If early Importations count for anything. Thoro aro somo uncortaln p'rodtc tlons that tho short waistllno will como in agnln. Tho correct and suitable shoo for a black satin tailor made 1b tho black Buodo or undressed kid. 'CHILDREN'S DRESSES at X run aana- tltoDer M WU0 BaUn rib. ""PPers to match, Ltegorle coat of ehoor whlto handkorchtof llnon and flno English ombroldory over a Blip of pink Chlnn silk. Hat of llnon, laoo, bluo ribbon and woo pink roBo buds oomplotoa costumo omell girl will to protttl ot NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST WhloLE COAST IS CHECKED UP Suggestion of Fraud In Ono City Arousos Doubt As to All. WashingtonThe probability is that tho census returns of every city of any consequence on tho Pacific coast will undergo a thorough investigation boforo tho fleurca urn crlvnn nut. Three experts from the bureau are on tno uast already and tho sending of sovcral moro men to assist them is contemplated. Director Durand continued to apply tho soft pedal in Bpcaking of tho sus picions of padding. It has been con fidently expected that the totals for San Francisco would bo given out thiB week, but it seems that Bomo subordi nates in tho bureau had found new cauao for inquiry and as a result the report for tho city is again held indefi nitely. Mr. Durand declares emphatically' that the probability of a sweeping in vestigation docs not mean that all the Pacific Coast is under suspicion of padding. It would seem that his prin ciple of operation is that if one. city is found to have padded reports then all Coast cities are to be mistrusted. Sev eral months have elapsed since the enumeration, tho work of going over the reports is difficult and tedious, and tho time within which publicity of Pa cific Coast totals might be expected is in an offhand way extended to "a month or more." Hawaii alone is above suspicion. The count was under tho direction of an expert Bent directly from Washing ton. Tho totalB have been sent to Hawaii's governor that he might in corporate them in his annual report, but arc being withheld until a segrega tion of the races can be made. BILLION MARK IS PASSED. Country's Imports and Exports Are Swept by Boom Both Ways. Washington A boom in both direc tions t wept both,the imports '.and ex ports of the country across the billion dollar mark, during the eight months ending with AuguBtl Tho imports were $1,055,100,000, and exports .$1,027,400,000, against $947,600,000 and $989,100,000 respec tively, for August, 1909. Though the imports of most manu factured materials 'increased, Bilk, wool and libera fell back a little, on ac count of tho exceptionally heavy im ports of the preceding years. In exports, unmanufactured, cotton decreased by $1,300,000 to $192,500, 000, and automobile exports decreased from $5,100,000 to $3,300,000. Lumber, leather, manufactures of iron, and Btcel, sewing machines, type writers, scientific instruments, elec trical machinery, furniture also in creased, while foodstuffs, wheat flour and meats decreased. SCOPE TO BE EXTENDED. Civil Service Will Include Assistant Postmasters. Washington As a first result of the cabinet sessions in progress at the White House it was announced that probably President Taft would iBaue an order placing 7,622 assistant postmas ters under the protection of the civil service law and taking them entirely out of politics. It was said also that the president would report to congress that the 7,198 second and third class postmasters be placed under civil service rules. Postmaster General Hitchcock made tho recommendation to President Taft. It is a part of Mr. Hitchcock's scheme to put the department on a business basis and to make it self-supporting. Mr. Hitchcock already has reduced the expenditures in his department to a minimum, and ho hopes to make the establishment n paying proposition be fore he goes out of office. GUARDS UNDER SUSPICION. Federal Prisons South ad West to Bo Investigated. Washington An investigation of tho Federal prisons at Atlanta, Ga., and McNeil's Island, Wnsh., has been ordered by tho department of justice to osceratin whether opium, cocaine and whiskoy aro being smuggled by guards for uso of the prisoners. Investigation of tho Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., recently dis closed such a practice there, and re ports to tho department indicated a probability of its existence at tho oth er institutions. Representatives of tho department have been sent to the prisons. Special Law Is Required. Washington It is probable that tho president will recommend to the next session of congress tho enactment of Bomo legislation that will unequivocal ly permit dropping Captain Peter L. Hains, Jr., from tho army. Captain Hnins is now confined in tho peniten tiary under a sontenco for killing Wil liam E. Annis in a fit of jealosy, and tho law governing such cases is so compltcatea'tnai an amcnuiiwin m w Bidered necessary. General to Go to Hawaii. Washington To unify tho military forces in Hawaii, tho War department has decided to assign a brigadier gen eral to command tho forces there. Tho troops in Hawaii, though under this Binglo command, still will bo part of tho department of California. Tho officer who will bo assigned has not yet been desltnatcd. CHINA TURBULENT. Stato Department Advised of Serious Conditions In Provinces. Washington China is reported to be on the verge of another upheaval simi lar to tho Boxer uprising and tho lives, of foreigners are in jeopardy. Recent advices from government officials in China express tho belief that an out break at any time would not surprise them. The State department has in structed officials to maintain a close watch on international conditions. All through the summer months there have been mutterings of discon tent in Bomo of the Chinese provinces, due to tho rice famine, dynastic differ ences and dissatisfaction over acts of tho Pekin government as to foreign investments in China. Good harvests mitigated, to some extent, the gravity of the situation, but there is still a general feeling of unrest, according to personal letters received here from men on duty in that quarter. The army and navy are pre pared for any emergency, but their readiness is solely a precautionary measure, and should be taken as an in dication of immediate danger. COREAN ANNEXATION AIDS. Japanese Control Assures Protection of Foreign Interests. Washington The recent expansion of Japan from an island to a continen tal power through the annexation of Corea makes it possible for the Ameri can and other governments to deal di rectly with Tokio in the securing of redress for any wrongs committed on foreigners in Corea. Tho Japanese authorities now have assumed full re sponsibility for the protection of foreign interests in Corea. In times past there have been num erous occasions at Seoul, the capital, and elsewhere in that country that ne cessitated quick diplomatic representa tions. It has been some years since Chin Fome Ye, the last Corean minis ter to Washington, closed the legation here for all time and wended his way toward the Far East under instructions of the foreign office of Seoul. The latest reports received here pb timate the revenues of Corea for the present fiscal year will reach. $20,936, 678; expenditures the same amount. OREGON APPLES YIELD BEST Government Report on September I Says Crop is 03 Per Cent Full. According to statistics compiled by the department of agriculture, Oregon leads the United States this year in apple production. The report shows that on September Oregon had 93 per cent of a full crop, while Washington, the nearest competitor, had 90 per cent of a full crop. Furthermore the report shows that in the whole country there is less than half a crop this season, the percentage 46.8. The crop condition in the West is the best in any section. The South Atlantic Coast Btates show the next best per cent of a full crop. The South Central group of states rank third. The report says that the apple industry in Oregon and the Northwest is capable of almost unlimited growth. It states that Oregon obtains the best prices of any state for its apples. INSTRUMENT IS MARVEL. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHO WON AT PRIMARIES New Mechanism at Fort Stevens Can Detect Objects 23 Miles Off. Fort Stevens, Ore. A new instru ment, of remarkable power, is about to be installed in all observing sta tions at Fort Stevens. This instru ment in general features resembles a powerful telescope, and is capable of detecting the approach of an enemy's fleet at a distance of 40,000 yards, and when focused on the object sought it gives the exact rango or distance to that object. It is so mounted that it gives the di rection in degrees and minutes. The instrument's mechanical feat ures are so delicately arranged that it automatically corrects for curvature of the earth's surface. Taft Receives Cardinal. Washington Welcomed at tho Un ion station by a throng of several thousand Catholics, half of whom wero school children, Cardinal Vin cenzo VannutelH, who represented Popo Pius X at the International Eu charist congress at Montreal, arrived in Washington. The prelate, accom panied by Most Rev. Diomedo Falcon, tho apostolic delegate; Archbishop Ireland and Bishop O'Connell, was re ceived later by President Taft. Towns Show Rapid Growth. Washington Population figures have been given out by tho census bureau as follows : New Bedford, Mass., 96,652, an in crease of 34,210, or 54.8 per cent over 62,442 in 1900. Salem, Mass., 43,697, an increase of 7,741, or 21.5 per cent, over 25,956 in 1900. Dubuque, Iowa, 38,494, an increase of 2,197, or 6.1 per cent over 36,297 in 1900. Row Not Yet Explained. Washington Formal notice of tho withdrawal of the Venezuelan legation in Bogota has been received by tho Stato department, but no reason is as signed for tho rupture between tho two countries. It is assumed hero that it is the result of tho reopening of an old quarrel over tho rights of navigation in Lake Maracalbo and customs deputies. Governor, Jay Bowerman. Representatives in Congress, First district, W. C. Hawley; Second district, A. W. Lafferty. Judges of tho Supreme court, four year term, H. J. Bean, and T. A. McBride; six-year term, G. H. Bur nett and F. A. Moore. Secretary of State, F. W. Benson. State Treasurer, T. B. Kay. Attorney General, A. M. Craw ford. School Superintendent, L. R. Al derman. State Printer, W. S. Duniway. Labor Commissioner, O. P. Hoff. Railroad Commissioner Frank J. Miller. State Engineer, John H. Lewis. Water Superintendent, division 1, J. T. Chinnock. CHOLERA SPREADS. Victims. Taken From Crowded Train Fifty Deaths. Naples, Italy The epidemic of chol era here has attained most alarming proportions, and energetic measures are to be token by government health officials to combat the disease. More than 100 new cases were reported to the authorities Sunday. Fifty deaths occurred within 24 hours. The government, which up to the present has persistently declined to recognize the existence of the cholera, has now admitted that the disease which has caused ouch havoc within the last two weeks is cholera of the violent Asiatic type. An official tele gram was sent to Rome stating that a shoemaker named Ernesto Vigilante was suffering from that disease. Many other cases are described by the health officials as gostro-enteritis, but this diagnosis is not generally ac cepted. Two persons, a stonemason and a sailor, were taken from the train on its way from Naples to Caser to and Nettune. They are believed to be suffering from cholera and were sent to a lazaretto. 300,000 RAILWAY MEN COMBINE Will Take a Solid Stand in Na tional and State Politics Move is Strictly Non-Partisan, and Intended Solely to Better Workers' Condition, , CHINESE IN EVENING DRESS Pekin Banquet to Secretary of War is Notable. Pekin The viBit of Jacob M. Dick inson, the American secretary of war; Brigadier General Clarence H. Ed wards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs, and party to Pekin will end Tuesday. It has been marked by a round of entertainments and a display of Western innovations never before known in China. The prince regent, on learning that neither Secretary Dickinson nor Gen eral Edwards was able to accept decor ations, sent to Mrs.- Dickinson a pair of cloisonne vases of the Chien Tung period. The regent also sent a pair of red lacquer boxes, of similar antiquity, to Mrs. Dickinson and Mrs. Edwards. A banquet was given in honorxf the secretray and the other visitors by Chinese students who have returned from America. Many ladies were present and a con siderable number of Chinese appeared without queues and in evening clothes, to which they had apparently been ac customed while residing in the United States. MINE CAVES .UNDER CITY. New York For the first time in tho history of railway unions, members and delegates representing 83,000 men of the four great divisions of railway employes in the East, voted unani mously at a meeting here to take con certed action in national and stato politics. "The proper place to settle aues tions affecting labor is at the ballot box," said W. S. Stone, of Cleveland, O., grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. "Whatever your political affiliations, do not let party lines blind you to your interest or prevent you from doing what you think is best and right. See that the men you. vote for stand for the right principles, regardless of party, and support these men who meet the requirements and you will not only be doing the best thing for yourselves, but for the public. "This is not a political move at all. as is generally understood, but a move to get away from the old linesjof parti san politics." In pursuance of this plan, the meet ing voted to send out a series of eight questions to state and national candi dates, particularly to candidates for the legislature and congress, asking for a definition of their attitude on the universal adoption of safety appli ances and an employer's liability law where such does not already exist, company pensions for superannuated employes, hours of labor and other matters of kindred interest. Lead, S. D., Boarding House Hangs Over Edge of Abyss. Deadwood, S. D. The firing of a blast at the 300-foot level of the Homestake mine at Lead, S. D., start ed a cave-in which continued to the surface, making a hole in the heart of the city 15 feet wide and 40 feet long. When the dust had cleared away the Bertolero boarding house was seen hanging over the edge of the crevasse, and the Campbell hotel's back steps lead into it. Fright among the residents of Lead, most of whom live above similar cav erns, was allayed somewhat by assur ance from mining officials that there was no danger of further caving. America Held in Right. Paris The Temps admits the right of the United States to fortify the Panama canal. After pointing out that the treaty of 1903 reaffirmed the nrticle in the Hay-Pauncefote treaty of 1901 to facilitate the construction of tho canal, guaranteeing that the canal shall be free and open and that no act of hostility be committed within it, Tho Temps draws attention to the sig nificant ommisBion from the treaty of the words, "The canal remaining open in time of war, even to ships of the belligerents." Earthquake Routs Laborers Flagstaff, Ariz. Seven members of n construction gang arrived hero with the story that they had been driven away from their work near tho base of an extinct volcano in tho Coconino forest, 45 miles nortji of hero by n serieB of 52 violent earthquakes. Last Friday night, when Blight quakes were felt in northern Arizona townB, the shocks were so violent and rumblings within the dead volcano so terrifying that the men left camp in a panic. Gaynor Loses Fine Barn. St. James, L. I. Mayor Gaynor stood by Sunday and watched his hand somo and practically new main barn with its crops go up in smoke. Tho loss is estimated at $10,000. The fire is believed to have started through spontaneous combustion. CHEAP SODA DANGEROUS. Alcohol, Coal Tar Dye and Ether Compound Menace to Health. New York The cheap soda water which is retailed on street corners to school children and passers by at a pennyor two a glass is, in most cases, an alcoholic beverage with a larger percentage of spirits than ordinary beer, according to on analysis made by Professor M. S. Allyn. of the Massa chusetts State Normal school. "The syrup3 with which these cheap sodas are flavored frequently contain 10 per cen of alcohol," said Professor Allyn. "This is twice as much as: there is in beer. Take, for instance, a "strawberry' flavoring which I bought at a stand on the lower East Side. The red color in the syrup is obtained from a coal tar dye and the flavor is given by an ether compouna.' BOO CADETS ARRESTED. Disrespect to Tactics Officer and In subordination Charges Made. West Point, N. Y The entire cadet corps is under arrest and facing a gen eral court martial for gross disrespect to Captain Rufus E. Longan, instruc tor in tactics, 'and insubordination. Major General Richard H. Barry, su perintendent of the military academy, sent the four classes of 500 young men to their quarters after mess and a board of officers is endeavoring to find out why the cadets "silenced" Captain Longan. .They won't tell. The whole corps has stood out against General Barry's insistence; first class men with almost perfect records in scholarship and con duct have remained as stubborn as tail enders whose demerits run up into the hundreds. All that General Barry and the board have got out of them in reply to questions as to why they refused to eat in Captain Longan's presence or refused to speak when he was among them is the statement: "We have formed a dislike for this officer." The penalty provided by law for this degree of insubordination is dismissal from the military academy. Two Confess to Robbery. Seattle J. F. Warren, special gov ernment agent for the Second judicial district of Alaska, received a cable gram saying that two men now in jail at Nome have confessed to complicity in the theft of $14,345 from the sluice boxes of the Pioneer Mining company. Mr. Warren has not yet learned wheth er the reported confession has impli cated Marius Johansen, or John Ty berg, who were arrested recently in this city on a charge of being implica ted in tho robbery but believes they also arc guilty. Roslyn Miners on Strike. Ellensburg, Wash. Disagreement between the Northwestern Improve ment company's superintendent and the president of the Miners' union at shaft No. 5, near Roslyn, which . con trols coal weighing, caused a walkout of 400 men. The union president 'was discharged as weight checkman, the company con tending it Bhould appoint the weighers. It is probable that 2,000 men in tho. other mines may be affected. 700,000 Men May Strike, Berlin Germany industry is seri--ously disturbed by strikes and lockouts. Unless tho disputes can be ended with in! the next few dayB, 700,000 men will become Idle. The- 40,000 striking shipbuilders show no signs of weaken ing. The managing committee of the Socialist party is aiding in the support of the idle men. ,1, I ff-s