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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1910)
mnaTgovernment news Les fbo cnu,SEn- . ...ur Successful Trip Pr.w '-Wln. S500. -.SfXltblnlb. naval m ,.re. if the BUCCCBBful Tlby Eugene B. Ely In n mado by " 4. . nlrm. biplane from u Z bo taken as a criterion. in Roads, the acdno 45 ,o0f another opocu - I navy warfare, when ironc tSrf.ee as the sea-fightlng I Mhe world, the aviator flow Kflower end of Chapo.ko landing on the shore Z,tnr the aviator j,"" Krtcdon the forward eck ; .miser. Bwoopcu uon " - fi watcrthen rose rapidly P "L . ii,n .ilrnM Inn of the At" ; Five minutes ihuh " ...hi ul, 3nlt. ElS wit which ihe machine ?.PSJr after its 37-foot drop f the deck broke a small piece Pr"C ', 7t darted tessenea, hui".-"i , ... nll, did not wait for the Birmingham Li..- mnfinn. which would have fhlm by adding to his momentum, biting an opporiunu mumum, uc t.fc.. wbs off beforo thoBe on gs could get ready to follow and tllini I" "" " 7 . ill i, aid afterwards that it would bo ay matter for an aeroplane 10 which was either Is nr stationary. Uln WaahinKton I. Chambers fas been detailed by tho Navy do Lnt oi i-haii-man of a board o UCilt " r I.Mii.oi invrq titration, declared flebt was more than ho had antlcl O - . - a . . A.i .St I I mri ta ennlHicnl inc lime Will 'when the army and navy will uac llaneJ. ten he struck the surface on (liv id the platform on the Birming- gtbe water spiasnco onto nis gog I n(l ho. rnuld not see for several ites in which direction he was go- He had planned to take n differ feurae from that followed and land er to the north. highest altitude he attained was hated at 600 feet. ! striking the water, ho said af- krd. waa due to a miscalculation. planned before ho left to drop toe water, so as to get tho mo cm which he wanted to carry him ird. but he overreached tho mark. is understood Ely, by this flight, i im prize ottercu by John Harry for the first flight of a milo or from any ship to land. DENSUS METHODS LIKED. of Ida to Follow United States' Plan In 1911 Count. uhington Contemplating tho Jon of Some of thin triivernment'H BYed censUB-tolfinc mnthnilq In fection with its next census, this Mian government has sent to bineton E. H. MnePhnll. of tho b bureau of Canada, to consult I uirecior Durand regarding tho lions of the American census bu I The two officials hnvn heen In Irencct the past two days. . siaci'nail aaid that according to d estimate, tho next Pimndinti fl, to be taken in Juno 1011 ...111 a popluation of nhnnt a nun nnn E would be an increase of 2,700.000 jui ou per cent over the figures f JMAN WASHES DIRTY BILL. ificata i oi. n-u-. Teller Thinks It Counterfeit. ismngton-A mistake that may ne aiminnn t u. . i . ,: v" " u,u Kovcrnment nn ;eciacs to launder Hlrf y has just COme tft ihn nlf nnflnn VnriasUry1omeia,B- A woman in rVV . v.an extremely dirty 2 frVe;,,Sho Vromptiy washed roned the h . if . " fllllU UliL III Wght and clean and she took 5 banlr ft i i.-.i tk. i . 'uoitca bo strango the bank teller nrnnm,nn,i " for inspection. "Tho only matter with that," Bmlled Wlkie, 'Mb that it's clean." S!Fund.$30'0.04l. N v i7th th te?,nn,nK ce i" ,"MB"8U,ywaB: Working I and" pte' li 67 tu "'" iruiiaury, saa.- ipts for fc U'1J:.821. Ord nary rdllh" dtty were $3,306,591. 2.io 92K no for,tho n8cnl yn- i"8S,al,on Accused. lin, uTXS..Maltfltcra' association. laV T onf Sherman nntl- mal"ng Z T cmWnation of m0n:,J?mP.unIe8 oast of tho Wttment fi .oboon mndo to of mSt. fjustcoby Individual Portland eiTTT" tBhlngton n " Rank h'4sLSLrfe0ordIn- rPortland r wno.nt '"8 SIXTY PERCENT OF COUNT BAD Groat Foils Mont., Has 13,048 Ac cording to Now Total. Washington Tho population of Groat Falls, Mont., is 13,048, n de crease of 082 as compared'with 14,930 In 1900. Director Durand said tho Groat Falls roturns ub orlglnnlly received showed a total of 23,824, or 8,37G moro than tho correct count. Tho director blames tho attempted padding to three out of 12 enumerators of tho city, 00 per cent of whoso roturns, ho aaya, wero fraud ulcnt. Tho throo men were arraigned and two or them wero sent to jail for 24 hours each and fined $150 each, while tho third was put In prison for 48 hours and fined $200. Ho savs that tho Increases were obtained largely by taking tho nnmcB of transient visitors to the city which wore placed in the hands of tho enumerators by private individuals. Tho returns show a decrease from the figures of 1900 amounting to 982. but Mr. Durand contends that, na thero waB fraud In i.tho 1900 ccneus, there has been an actual growth. Population statistics woro made pub lie for tho following California citicB: Oakland, 150,174, an increase of 83, 214, or 124.3 per cent, compared with 60,960 in 1900. Berkeley, 40,434, an increuso of 27,220, or 20C per cent, compared with 13,214 In 1900. Ala meda, 23,282, compared with 16,464 In 1900. MARKET VALUE UNCERTAIN. Railroad Commissioners Rojoct Basis of Taxation of Railroads. ' Washington Deciding to hold its 23d annual convention in this city on October 10, 1911, tho National Asso ciation of Railroad Commissioners elected the following officers: Prcsi dent, R. Hud'on Burr, 6f Florida: sec rotary, W. H. Connolly, acting secre tary of the Interstate Commerce com mission, and assistant secretary, Wil liam Kilpatrick, of Illinois. Many delegates opposed tho adop tion of tho report of the committee on railroad taxes and plans for ascertain ing the fair value of railroad property, the opposition taking the ground that market value waa impracticable as a busia of taxation of railroads general- iy.! The convention refused to adopt the report, as well aa the reports of the committee on rates and rate making and on car service and demurrage. Tho committee report was adopted, recommending that the Interstate Commerco commission early prepare rules and regulations for carrying into effect tho uniform classification of freight, authorized by law, and to give to tho commissions of the various states and all parties Interested an op portunity to bo heard beforo final adoption of the uniform classification. ESTRADA EXPELS RIOTERS. Anti-American Disturbers Are Ban ished From Nicaragua. Washington Tho Liberal leadere, alleged to be responsible for the anti American riots at Leon, Nicaragua, were expelled from the country by President Estrada, according to a tele gram received by the State, department from Thomas B. Moffat, United States consul at Blucficlds. Tho men expelled are Zclodon and Maldonado Zelayn, Gnmez and Barreto. United States Consul Clivares at Managua telegraphed tho States de partment that he had completed his in vestigation of tho aoti-American out break at Leon, and that he believed tho government authorities now had tho situation well in hand. Charles Teller, the American boy who was. injured in the recent riots, was shot by n soldier as a result of mistaken identity, tho consul reports, for tho boy did not participate in tho disturbance. The consul confirms tho report that tho trouble was inaugurat ed by the Liberals, who, incited by the Incendiary utterances of their press, insist upon holding anti-American demonstrations. Navy Studies. Airships. Washington Tho next stop "which tho United States navy will take in its study of airships to determine their utility for war, will bo to tcBt tho pos sibility of un aerial craft landing on a warship. This was indicated by navy officials who are convinced as a result of Aviator Ely's flight from tho Birm ingham that tho airship will play ap important part in tho naval wurfaro of tho future. Officers gonornlly bolievo its usefulness will bo for scout duty. Salt Lako City Grows. Washington Salt Lako City has a population of 92,787, according to statistics of tho 13th census . ThiB is an Increase of 39,24C, or 73.3 per cent ovor 58,631 in 1900. Tho population of Salt Lako county, Utah, is 131,426, compared with 77, 725 In 1900. Augusta, Ga., has n population of, 87,820. This is a decrease of 1,C16, or 4,1 per cont under 89,441 in 1900. State of Maine Grows to 742,371. Washington Tho population of tho Btato of Maine Is 742,371, according to tho thirteenth census statistics. This Is an Increaso of 47,905, or 6.9 per cont ovor 694,446 In 1900. Tho in creaso from 1890 to 1900 wb 33,890, or 5 por cent. OLD STEAMER WRECKED. Historic Portland Beating to Plocos on laskan Coast. oraovo, Alaska Lying at the mouth of the Katalla river, with an Unobstructed BWwn nt ftio I . ng In upon hor, tho stoamer Port- ai i unniB,n rank Moore, of tho Alaska CoaHt rnmnnnn lino nnn doomed to be added to tho already long i i. ui vessels mat have been wrecked aiong tno treacherous Alaska coast. Creeping through tho inky darkncsB, mado worse bv n MimU the vessel struck an uncharted rock roCK Olf Martin lalnnrl nf. T. n'nlnnlr tn v uiuvit in me morning. Iho heavy jar when tho vessel' ground upon tho rock brought fhn.tina. scngers to tho deck in their night ciouics, out tho excellent discipline of tho officers and dcr. Tho numoB'wore not to wnrlr hf . mo inrusn or tho water was too great, and Cantain Moore, hnnrlerl i ho trnaonl f6r tho Katalla river, where she was Dcacncu at high tide with a calm sea. The3 naaaencorn worn 1nnWl In tun m O . -w w imiiuwm ft I triiv Bmp a Doais without harm. launches from Katalla wero soon alongside and took off the mail, ex press ana Daggage.. Contain Monro, thnnnrhr. hn omilrl mako temporary repairs at low tide. Attention is now boina MrpntoA in save freight on barges. The main Doner is out of commission and the hold of tho vessel 5a filled with Tho steamer Alameda, now ofT C.nnn at. fciias, has been ordered to the scene of tho wreck to lend assistance if possible, but heavy swells are be ginning to como irj'.and it ib believed tno vessel will pound to pieces. AMERICAN SHOOTS MEXICAN Also Wounds Gendarme In Defend Ing His Homo. Agalns"t Mob. Guadalajara, Mex.Carlos B. Caroth ers, a real estate dealer, Bhot and killed Jesus Loza, a 14 year old Mexi can, and wounded Prudencio Chaxez, a gendarme, in defending his home against an attack by Mexicans. Carothcrs surrendered ' to the author ities and was placed in the state peni tentiary at midnight. Following a preliminary examination he was, placed incommunicado. Although the entire police force. foot and mounted, and the Tenth regi ment of cavalry were called out, not ing, which began at 8 o'clock at night, was suppressed only after three hours of vigorous efforts and after additional damage to property had been done. The affair was a continuation of the previous night's violence bystudents and workmen. 'f Carothcrs, who declared at the po lice station that he was a Mexican, born at'S'altillo, state of Coahuila, but whose parents were Louisianans, was guarding his home in the western part of the city, the windows and doors of which had been broken in the first night's rioting, when the mob ap proached. ' NINE KILLED; MANY INJURED , IN TROLLEY CAR SMASHUP Kalamazoo, Mich. Nino persons were 'killed hero when a fast Michigan Central express train hit-a Main street car. Nearly a dozen were injured, some fatally. The "known dead:' Mo- torman Ward Abbott, .Harry Holtz, Miss Bertha Flensler, James Breeze, William Shafer,.JIazel Hart . Three bodies were removed from the pilot of tho engine so badly mangled that recognition vJas impossible. Conductor Van Horn had gone up the track. to flag his car ahead. Stand- ng near the crossing was a ..string of box cars, which obscured the view of the,main track, and he motioned his car ahead. . 4 - He had stepped aside to Met the car pass when the tra(n came; around the' hend at 'a terrific rate. The crash cam? just as Va.n,. ftor.n stepped from between tho train and his car. He es caped injury, but has been removed to his home in a state of nervous col- apse. At'tho hospital are two unidentified girls, whoso injuries may prove fatal. They are badly cut and physicians say they are injured internally. PolicV Chief is' Slain. Anadarko, Okla. Police Chief W. ! Tntnnln wufi called to his door bv an unidentified Mexican and fatally shot. He died in 15 mainutes. Tho shooting came about an" hour after six shots roern fired nt li na'trofman on Main street hero by Some person who was not found. The Mexican, who camo to Anadarko tlv. nnnenred to be well educated. About 300 men from' Anadarko aro scattered over tho county searching for im and if ho is found It js'feareu that lynching will result. Four Hurt in Rugby Game. Victoria G. Roberts. Vancouver's crack three-quarter, had his skull frac- .! I . ... fl..l 1 tured anu nes in tne . nospiiai, anu three qthcr Vancouver men were slight- lu lntnrM In ' tllB first ItUEDV match for tho McKenzio cup between Vic toria and Vancouver. Victoria won uy 8 points to 3. Tho result gives Vic toria tho right to i.dofend tho Cooper wui, .nn nrrnSnnt thrt winner of the Btnnford-Californla gamo at San Fran- 1BCO. Mall-Order Houso Pays. CnWojo A $10,000,000 "melon" was decided on by tho directors of Sears' Roebuck Co., tho "stock "of which firm Is listed on tno jnow lorn nnil r.hlcniro exchanceB. Tho directors voted to recommend a stock dividend of 33 1-3 por cent on tho common Btock ($30,000,000) to holders of record April 1, 1911. BIG NEW YORK STRIKE IS ENDED Agreements Signed by Express Companies and Drivers Men Vote to Accept, Terms OfFored by Companies Strikebreakers '"' ' StoaT Loaded Van. . .Isfqw York Tho strike of drivers and helpers employed by five trans continental express companies has been doulared off and tho men- returned to work Monday. The close of tho strike was brought about by tho New Jersey strikers, who Voted to accept the terms upon which the companies offered to take back tho men.' They had rejected the terms. but a conference of tho strikers with Mayor WIttpen, of Jersey City, and President TownB, of the New York Merchants'' association, cleared the way for an agreement. The New York strikers had voted to accept the company's offer, conditional upon similar action being taken by the men across the river. The agreement provides the men shall be taken back without discrimination except for acts of violence during thestrike. The agreement between the com panies and their employes does not affect the strikes of chauffeurs, cab drivers and drivers for department stores, who at Brat cjult work in sym pathy with the express company em ployes and later presented demands of their own. Secretary Foster, of the Internation al Brotherhood of Teamsters, declared trjat the fight of the chauffeurs and cab drivers would continue until recog nition of their union is won. Negotiations between striking store drivers and their employers aro under way and it is hoped a settlement will be effected soon. The theft of an express van contain ing merchandise worth $50,000 and several attacks on drivers by mobs gave the police the hardest work they have had for several days in connection with the strike. Four strikebreakers were arrested charged, with tho theft of the van which belonged to the Adams Express company. After a conference in the mayor's office Jin Jersey City the men's repre sentative said the acceptance of the company's terms to the strikers would be recommended. -v INDIAN'S PLEA PATHETIC. Appeal Made That Trolley Company Save Their Cemetery. Los Angeles The most pathetic remnant of Indians on the American continent the Cupenos, in pan Diego county are preparing a remarkable appeal to H. E. Huntington. They ask him to restore to them the little cemetery on Werner's ranch, the land from which they have been evicted. In this burial ground most of their dead lie. The fences have fallen, the crude crosses have toppled over, and the graves are sunken, but the place is sacred to them. The ground is in litigation, and may not be Huntington'B, but the simple people-somehow heard of him as a great rich man, more powerful than the White Father at Washington, who exiled them, so they are turning to the trolley magnate for help. The ceme tery is near valuble hot springs. One of tho most touching dramas of the generation was witnessed on War ner's ranch a few days ago, when an old man of the tribe fell at the altar rail of the deserted chapel of the old Indian village and begged the privilege of dying on the spot where his boyhood was spent, that he might be laid where his forefathers slept. Seine Escapes Its Banks. Paris The river Seine, swollen by continued Tain, has escaped its banks at Quai Auteuil in this city, and reached tho navigation office at Point Grenelle. This yellow current threat ens to flood the sewers. Several streets in the lower sections are al ready inundated. M. Faure, tho min ister of public works, has mobilized a small army that is engaged- in dam ming tho quays. Cement parapets are being erected nt the most exposed points. All traffic on the river has ceased. London Bank Has Run. T.nndon Tho run on tho Birkbeck bonk which began Saturday following tho circulation of an anonymous circu- ar, falsely connecting tho institution . . . . n - i f i with tho Uharing uross Dans, wnicn failed recently, was continued with in creased excitement Monday. When tho doors were opened an hour earlier than .usual an enormous crowd was waiting to withdraw deposits. Tho Birkbeck people say thoy have $4,000, 000 in cash in their vaults. Blackmailer Has Reason. Washington Potor Lillijohn, who wrote a threatening letter to John D. Rockefeller, demanding $ou,uuu, was hnlil to the crand iurv in $1,000 bail. Tho prisoner said he had no homo and wanted to bo arrested to obtain shelter. & LsnS. :DVIMj iapman When the winds of bleak November Down the chimney moan and sigh, Stirring into life each ember Till the flames roar fierce and high Then my thoughts revert to boyhood, When Thanksgiving Day drew nigh. In the flames I see the farmhouse, And the woodland brown and sere Where the sportsman's rifle echoed As that day of days drew near. Scenes which ever shall be cherished In the burning logs appear. I can see the deep old cellar Where the apple bins, piled high, Overshadowed heaps of pumpkins Golden as the sunset skv. And the casks of new fall cider Stood along the wall close by. As the old-time scenes are fading While the fire slowly dies, Visions of a groaning table Are presented to my eyes, And I almost scent the fragrance Of the mince and pumpkin pies. 'I -. J X KEEPING THE FEAST TRUE MEANING OF LE8SON OF THANK8GIVING. Should Be Time of Rejoicing for All, Those Who Have Abundance 8harlng With Their Less Fortunate Brethren. The sober Joyfulness of the first flow . England Thanksgiving did not exhaust Itself In a single day. Gov ernor Bradford after the first scanty harvest made deliberate provision for three days' foasting and rejoicing, during which tho Infant colony enter tained moro than Its own number of visiting Indians. It Is true that these guests contributed venison for the feast, as thoy had earlier contributed corn for tho uro nf tho cnlonv. hut. tho hoart of tho feast was in the hospitality which mado them wel come. It would be hard to. imagine a greater contrast than that which must have existed between the sober garb and quiet manners of the Pil grims, schooled in persecution and privation, and the fanatic dress and unrestrained Impulses of Massasolt and his people. The Indian could bo dignified enough upon occasion, but his uncareful self-indulgence even moro than the colonists' hospitable unbending was tho sign of an unusual confidence. That mutual confldenco and good understanding, to tho con tinuance of which theso days of thaksglvlng and feasting evldontly contributed not a little, procured thoso necessary years of peace and security which enabled tho weakness of tho Pilgrim colony to harden into strength. Wo call Thanksgiving day especial ly a homo festival, and Its associations aro most delightful in family reunions and homo pleasures. Yet tho prece dent of Plymouth hospitality has nover been and never ought to bo neglocted. It Is a tlmo when thoso who aro blessed with homo Joys tako pleasuro In sharing them with tho homeless. Families enlargo them selves (o Include not only tho scat tered next of kin, but those also who aro far from their own homo clrclo. A touch of tho blossed spirit of homo oy and mutual holpfulnoss stretches beyond tho limits of tho family to Includo thoso for whom tho day would otherwise bo lonelier than othors days for privation of homo companionships. This gracious hospitality of tho Thanksgiving season brings homo memories to many guests. It ought to havo Its teachings for many others young men and women In our towns who dream of homes yet to bo earned or realized In keeping thom In touch with the true homo spirit. Thero Is no selfishness in true home lovo. It U nni mordly as a refugo for our selves that we build the walls and lay the hearth and kindle the Are and spread the table. To gain a home and make it beautiful Is the dream of many of these homeless ones. To mako home mlnlstrant and hospitable and so to crown it with a higher beauty ought to be tho sug gestion of the happy feasting and fel lowship of Thanksgiving. The community was the host In that first Plymouth festival, yet tho community divided Into families. As thoy kept the feast In the large family groups Into which tho necessity' of houso building and defense had up to this time divided them, did any of them think, we wonder, of tho law of tho passover established for other exiles and pilgrims so many centuries before: "And If the household be too little for tho lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his houso take it according to the number of tho souls"? As a community we are today much further from absolute want and peril of starvation than tho Pilgrims wero when they began tho custom of tho yearly feast of thanksgiving. Yet there aro many of our people who. If they keep tho feast, must keop It In tho midst of poverty and peril of want. In tho wldst of greater want and peril tho forefathers Invited strangers to the feast, providing what they could. They were wholly free from that false pride, so common now adays, which thinks most of appear ances and Is ashamed to offer hos pitality unless It Is possible, also, to make a show of wealth. Out of what they had the fathers gave God thanks and entertained tho strangers at their gates. Tho other spirit of false prldo and shame robs both guest and host of tho best Joy of the Thanksgiving time tho Joy of common faith In tho Glvor of all good, and of cordial wel come which has nothing to conceal and nothing to assort. PROOF POSITIVE Chick It looks to mo as If I wor an orphan.