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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1910)
ELS MAKE II U I Hit t- 1 II1L1 n!i:n 17nll ami Revolu- iion Spreads. nminlnd. But 1 Troops v gnd Recapiuro " u..tlo breaks out in Torrcon ..iinni.s inrouu" . U'T" hnls aro killed, uui nnai- ril Abv , m t ...,IIIM .i ., nrv I rum uv, -"... ... Pprai troops una Killing PIIJ PTHI Hwr I 111. snd rarrm -- . . il. n iyiixil.u III men " - .. rs I.. :ttf nvnnctCd ..AiiinnniNL in i"iw . Great oaiuc i on"i. nders of city strongly entrench- t. lends rnr hi ulhw - i ..J fmnnfl IIL'ainSl jliuiru ICU """! . ..i- ...... i n ht nri( uaiuo uiibuc-b. . , in wi Hii-rn nan oi vjiii- IDWIia " .nnrnrwi iiv iri'i i". UOVI- ' - AL11...U.. fired on, many Kincu. . " vt.. O.I Ii'ifTlitlnrT flan ihxhk. nuvt - -r --o now, ' k .i ,.t o nnn MI CVCIllllKa .- -i tianistfl are on uiu te the city and COO soldiers nrc .j .lnat thorn nn the CltV Bide. numbers of rebels arc reported most of them unnrrned. The .. i 1 :,-t,i nf tifnu ! a tinlnir an tenirui hk"1' " j lcared by soldiers and ruralca. roads lending there arc crowded i.j 4l.i.t 1' (t(r nrrt nrnu. Wither the notice nor the troops Howlng. The latter seem con- if f ... T)..l..n;n nl TV. A train of eight coaches of ing north and were ordered to ahua. It will arrive there at 7 m I reocis oi lorrcon nave unven Miors from tho river banks into iv Kiri'i'iH ii in l f-iiiiLuri'ii in if iii. The soldiers have been rein- by nearly 500 infantry which r . IL. I L. .1 I . 1... 1..-M inim i in HfiiiLii mill ii imiiiii uiirKi'ti i ii r .1 ii.. 11 I'M Hlllllll III 1111' I . I 1. V . rebels are becorninir more nurn- and bolder and they seem to nrp armn liuaiiun id iu aji luu iu uu in lciuul i ni'riHi nuTuinnn inn rmi nnn t m- 01 thfi Amnrirnn Smnlffncr & T?n- company. All responsible cltl- FP nrmnri nnri nvnAntinn tx n nt any moment. Crowds of de- VVWUIM LIIU Lllll 111 II I I IIII1 churches and larco buildinirs from Sonora have arrived at . wiiw fcV I D It k nA r ... ... . "-uui. inc icw souners in the are exmrt tntr in ha (1Hnin,i viwncu u hi mnoero. nccom- bv nonrlv i nnn MnM . "J vvw IllUUIIiUi u anu a battle is now in witness Blames Union ua. hin Art.. f i vmv, turn uru in inn nirrnr. MW1 icBuiicu muc seve- UB nfi it . . ".. ,v' miooiincr or J. k. , '"ui uu in uamnn. oi the T, trm nuinura union, . oinKcrs were mak no- n h ir ftnrrw . . .' " w"'f m j i uui. wi nnri tn tuiA ,.u....ti. w nrnvnnr IK Nabob's Wife Ex-Snm i rmAu i n r " h. """" b " "vir io inQ s nnn nnn - w mm uenern Tlmm..c m "6 urea ( ent nf ihn xr. T( (.!. .... IBM!iIl In IJ . thtU,n,U!. VI.U.UH, 111 that h K Was ncld Was bo , mHU 1, linn T4mn i . . " iu u uomestic. Tramp Steamer Sunk. .'."KhtBhlp off Point i-uurso nl,l ., ?P Bteamer Snii "'"ID irom fihn tn i . . 'J1 iiuca with . I08t to Hlfrlit ,r alter fh ..i" , "" nurn Thn ,I,,,i. .7 . ' nMi . j iii lwii n n. "imvih ii t 1 1. . . "iu crow, Grave MrU u.7 ."" . , uy OU C fin. 18 or:1',.-. Uhorlea Hulden. I"g him ;T"ca hereby 8ary arrant . and mndo 0,1 Wtoenti. nccordinK to his own , HUGE FRAUD8 EXPOSED. American Public Bllkod of $100,000 or Moro. Now York In raids so Important that roatmasior uonoral Hitchcock took charge in person, inspectors took action against two concerns which thov chargo with swindling tho public out or more man $iu,uuu,U00 by fraudu lent use of tho malls. Sheldon H. Hurr, president: Eutreno II. Uurr, secretary and treasurer, and Frank Ii. Uoboy, vice president of Burr Bros., wore arrested In tho first raid and held In $20,000 bull each. Tho government charges that tho firm sold between $40,000,000 and $50,000,000 of mining and oil stock worth little or nothing. Charles L. Vaughan, a director of tho Continental Wireless Telegraph & Telephone company, Incorporated in Arizona, was taken In tho Bccond raid and held' in $10,000 bail. Inspectors Bay hlB company hns Bold stock amount Ing at least to $1,000,000 which has brought no returns to Investors. Vaughan Is treasurer of tho Columbia Finance comnanv. which acta nn fin! agent fbr tho Continental Wireless 'lelcgrnph & Telephone company, and hud churgo of the Contincntul office In this city. Both raids aro further evidence that the government in its warfare againt intcrstuto swindlers means business and no longer will bo content with issuing fraud orders denying them the use of tho mails, but will press for convictions on criminal charges. The present campaign began some months ago, and has resulted in the ar rest of Louis A. Cclla, of St. Louis. and his associates, charged with oper ating a string of bucket shops; the ollicers of tho United Wireless com pany, of the El Progresso Banana com pany, of the United Exchange, of Chi cago; of the Steel-Miller Cotton firm, of Corinth, Miss., and of more than GO other firms in all parts of the country. Postmaster General Hitchcock esti mates that the public haB been fleeced out of at least $100,000,000 by get-rich-quick concerns in the last five years, but ho says their heyday has gone. Ho Bays that other arrests, involving corporations that had Bought investors throughout the country, were expected shortly. "The arrest by poBtoffice inspectors of the principals In two Important companies, Burr Brothers, with offices in the Flut Iron building, and the Con tinental Wireless company, with head quarters at 50 Pine Btrcct," said the postmaster gcnerul, "constitutes two more cases in the Bcries of investiga tions which postal officials have been making in their crusade against the fraudulent uso of the mails." U. P. GETS NORTH COAST. Mysterious Line In Eastern Washing ton Was a Speculation. Portland The North Coait railroad, which for five years or more has been engaged in construction work in East ern Washington, will cease to bo a mystery, it is said, before the close of the present week. The announcement, when it comes, will place the identity of thd railroad with Hurrimun Interests. It is under stood that tho Hnrrimnn control of the property has already been revealed to Northern Pacific officers and that the mind of the public is to be relieved by an official statement within a few days. That tho full story of tho North Coast road will ever bo told is not at all certain, but the accepted version among railroad men now is that Robert E. Strahorn, tho promoter of tho en terprise, was backed by men financial ly able to take a long chance and that ho expended tho money provided him in making surveys and building sec tions of track here and there with the definite plan in view of disposing of tho property to any one of tho Beveral big railroad systems that might bo in clined to pay tho price. It is bolievcd thut the Union Pacific acquired tho property about tho time of tho visit to the Pacific Coast of Rob ert S. Lovett, president of the system last summer. Ab a Hnrrimnn enterprise tho road will probably, for a number of years, be devoted principally to giving the Oregon Railroad & Navigation com pany access to tho Yakima valley and also a shorter and better lino between Portland and Spokane. Conscience Money Sent. Walla Walla Again the conscience stricken president of thedofunctJWalla Walla Saving Bank has sent his check to cover loses through the failure of that institution 17 years ago. About $800 was received In tho city, John Smnija boing lucky to tho extent of about. $50. His son Lloyd, at that timo a moro baby, for whom his father had deposited moro than $100 in nick els, received every cent of his deposits. Edminston haB signified his Intention of paying off every cent, which will mean tcnB of thousands of dollars. Kalsor Opposes Rum, FlemBburcr. Prussia In opening .'tho now academy at Muerwick, Emperor William read an addresB laying stress on tho. qualifications necessary to naval officers and, lator, speaking oxteip- poroneoualy, mado a plea for temper anco on tho part of cadets. Tho times, tho emperor said, required Iron-hearted men. Character was tho first csson tlnl and character was founded on strong moral and religious convic tiona. Ovorstudy Kills Youth. Baltimore Following a mental col lapse, brought on by over-Btudy, WH- am Mitchell. ID vcara old, or aoum Dakota, a candidate for entrance to West Point, died In a hospital here, Heart trouble was given as tho direct cause of doath. Mitchell was studying at Annapolis when ho broka down. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST PLOT IS UNCOVERED. Cupboard of dap Liner Is Usod to Hido Stowaways, Victoria, B. C. A plot for the smuggling of Japaneso across tho Pa cific as stowaways on board the Bteam er Inaba Maru, of tho Nippon Yuscn Kaishn, now loading at Seattle, pre paring to sail for tho Orient, was dis covered when tho steamer was ab. ut to leave Yokohama for this side by the arrest of Yaomatau Klkuchi and two other seamen by the Yokohama harbor poll ca. It seems that when the Inaba Maru was lying at Hongkong last voyage, Kikuchi had a secret cupboard designed in his sleeping quarters and built by Chinese carpenters ho had smuggled on board. This cupboard was built as a hiding place for stowawayB, Kikuchi having entered into an arrangement with Japanese residents at Seattle to smuggle stowaways. He received re muneration from tho Seattle Japanese and the stowaways. Shortly before the Inaba Maru left Yokohama tho cunboard was discover ed by the police and a Japanese stow away hiding in it. He was arrested, aa were the seamen. A Yokohama pa per says Kikuchi has been encracred in smuggling stowaways from Japan to some Japanese at beattle, receiving remuneration from both parties. NEGRO TESTS RIGHTS. "Grandfather Clause" In Oklahoma Laws Up to Court. Washington Eleven days after the election Joseph Atwater, an Oklaho ma negro, filed in the Supreme court of the United States his appeal from the decision of the Oklahoma courts, which had refused to enjoin election offlciuls in Oklahoma City from deny ing them the right to vote on Novem ber 8. The petition for injunction was based on the claim that the "grand father clause" placed in the Oklahoma constitution by amendment was invalid because it would deny the right to vote to a large number of negroes in the Btatc solely because of color and pre vious conditions of servitude. The clause complained of denied the right to vote to those who could not read or wrfte a section of the constitu tion. It provided, however, that no person should be denied the right to vote if either he or his ancestors had the right to vote in any form of gov ernment on January 1, 18G6. ARMY OFFICERS PESSIMISTIC. Chiefs Aro Worried Over Hostility of Labor Unions, Washington The hostile attitude of the labor unions toward the organized militia haB created a pessimistic feel ing among officers of the army and the national guard, which is reflected strongly in the annual report of Col onel E. M. Weaver, chief of the divis ion of militia, to the chief of staff. Tho officers oay it is almost hopeless to expect any rolief from the present conditions by enactment of state laws, or through any national law that would restrain the unions from their un friendly attitude. The preachings of patriotism are of no effect, even where It is shown that the sole purpose of the militia is the maintenance of law and order, and in Colonel Weaver's opinion the only real practical solution of the problem lies in the creation by the other states of a state constabulary on the lines of the highly trained and dis ciplined constabulary of Pennsylvania to supplement the effort of the local police or constabulary in the repression of disorders. Roads Need Better Management. WHahinn'ton The shippers had an ?nnintr in tho contest before the Inter state Commerce commissioner over the proposed increases in freight rates on the Eastern trunk lines. meir con tention waa that the advances were not Inntifiml and that the real solution of the problem of meeting a railroad's need lor greater net income lay in scientific management. This waB the burden of the wnoie nv's nroceedine-s. tho only witness for the railroads being President Joseph Ramsey, of the Ann Arbor railroad, fnrmnr hend of the Wabash system, who defended the proposed increases as vitally necessary in view oi tno in creased cost of operation and materials. Noted Counsellor Is Dead. Wnshineton H. M. Hoyt. counsel lor for the department of state, died nt hia homo hero at 8 :20 o'clock Sun day morning from peritonitis. Mr. Hoyt was taken in in uanaun, wnno there In connection with tho recipro- iitv necotlations between the unitea States and that country. Since his re- turn Monday ho had been conlineu to his homo. Physicians called Into con sultation considered the caso extreme ly serious from the beginning. Hard Fighting is Reported. WnaMntrtnn Private cipher dis patches received hero by poraons In touch with tho oporatlona of Francisco I. Madoro, tho revolutionist icaaer in u.vinn hiiv fhnfc Torreon and Gomez HIUAIVVf wnj Palaclo, two important railroad points, aro in tho hands or tho revolutionists, and thut tho fall of Chihuahua and Puobla is expected. Hard fighting oc curred in both placea. PRESIDENT TAFT RETURNS. Sees Finish of Canal Ahead of Timo -Preparing Message. Washington President Taft has re turned to Washington after having vis ited for a day at Richmond, Va., on his way from the isthmus of Panama. The president announced Boon after his arrival that he would make no en gagements in the noxt five days. In that time he hopes to have completed his message to congress. Only cabinet officers and others with whom tho president desires to ctnsult regarding his message will bo received formally at the White House. The document will be ready either the night of November 28 or early November 29. The president will deal in the message with his vsit to Panama, making re commendations on a number of sub jects which he desires considered with a view to early action. Coincident with the president's re turn it waa learned there la not the alightest proapect for an extra session of congress following the coming short session. President Taft had an interesting day at Richmond, the moBt important featurea of which were an informal ad dress on tho Panama canal at the luncheon given in hiB honor, and an address before the Virginia Educa tional conference. The president, in his Panama canal speech, endeavored, in a way, to de scribe the conditions found. He aroused intense enthusiasm by his pre diction that the canal would bo open well in advance of the official date of opening, January 1, 1915. He declared that if necessity demanded it, he be lieved American battleships would use the waterway by January, 1913. "What the American people want," said Mr. Taft, "if I understand it, is the prompt completion of the canal; and they are willing to pay fairly for it. It does not require the imagina tion of the engineer to see that the canal is there, ia being put through and that it will be a great canal." NEW YORK HAS 9,113,275. State Gains Quarter in Ten Years Memphis Returns "Padded." Waahington The population of the atate of New York is 9,113,279, ac cording to the statistics of ' the 13th census This is ah increase of 1,844, 385, or 25.4 per cent over 7,268,894 in 1900. The increase from 1890 to 1900 was was 1,265,257, or 21.1 per cent. The population of the state of Ohio is 4,767,121. This is an increase of 609,576, or 14.7 per cent over 4,157, 545 in 1900. The increase from 1890 to 1900 waa 485,229, or 13.2 per cent. The state will gain at least three rep resentatives in congresB if the present basis of appropriation is retained. Replying to the criticism of the cen sus bureau's enumeration of the pop ulation of Memphia, Tenn., Mr. Du rand has writen a letter to Supervisor Farley, who had charge of the census work in that city, in which he declares that "the enumeration of Memphia was aa complete and correct aa that of any other large city in the United States." Mr. Durand charges that the census of 1900 was "padded" to the extent of 15,000 and 20,000 names, and in this alleged circumstance finds explanation for the comparatively small increase shown by the census for 1910. WEEVIL HARMS ALFALFA. Pest in Utah May Spread and Auth orities Plan Fight. Washington Great damage wrought by weevil, which attacks alfalfa, and which has been confined bo far princi pally to Utah, is causing officials of the department of Agriculture to make plans for a fight. This crusade will probably be the most important new work, according to D. C. Howard, chief of the bureau, which he and his assistants will have on hand next sea son. Ab alfalfa ia auch an important crop in many of tho atatea weat of the first tier beyond the Misaisaippi, govern ment officials are anxious to find some means of extermination of the weevil. Unlike the cotton boll weevil, the alfalfa pest does its work on the out side of the plant, attacking the leaves and stalk. "We will try to introduce a fungus paraaito and also a predaceoua mite to fight the weevil," Baid Dr. F, M. Web ster, who is actively in charge of such investigations for the bureau. Smallpox Epidemic on Among Reds Washington While it ia admitted at the Indian bureau that smallpox is epidemic among tho Arapahoe Indiana in the Shoahone reservation, Montuno, it is denied that a heavy death Hat haa reaulted. In response to requests frpm the bureau here, brought out by exag gerated preas reports of the number of deaths, Superintndent Wadsworth, of tho reservation, telegraphed there were only 90 cases of a mild form on tho res. ervation, and no known deaths so tar? Panama Forts Opposed. Panama Tho Star Herald publishes an intervie'wiyith "Representative Taw noy, chairman of. the appropriations committee ofthe houso "Of represent atiyes, on defense of tho canal. t'U tho nations of tho word agree to regard tho Panama canal aa neutral territory" Mr. Tawney said, "thero will bo no need for fortificationa. I am opposed to any plan or 8chemo for military or naval defense of the canal until tho nations of tho world have an opportunity to express themselves." GLEANINGS FROM THE OPERA Society Woman Forgot Namo of Play but She Enjoyed Herself Im mensely In Gossiping. "Well, did you enjoy your evening, my dear?" "Indeed I did, John. I went to tho opera." "Oh, what did you hear?" "Rather, what didn't I hear? 1 heard that Ruth Jackson was engaged to Tom Harris, tho ono who got drunk at tho golf club ball last year. And that Jack Courtney and Edith Pascoo have quarreled and aro not going to bo married after all. Then I heard that tho Singletons have a baby, and Mrs. Singleton wants It called Peter Garibaldi, after her mother's stepfa ther; but Mr. Singleton wants It called Primus, because It's tho utbL Then I heard that Baron von Schmeldt Is not a baron at all, and that tho Johnsons " "But " "Don't interrupt I thought wanted to know what I heard?" "So I did, but " "Keep quiet, then. Well. I heard " "What I meant was, what opera did you hear?" "Oh, I don't remember. I saw the namo on tho program." yon also FAR LOOK FOR 8MALL THINGS He Often when I look up at the dtars In the firmament I cannot help thinking how small, how insignificant I am after all. She Gracious! Doesn't that thought ever strike you except when you look at the stars in tho' firmament? Exasperating. All afternoon Mr. Stubb had been moving pictures from one room to an other and his only reward was dust and perspiration. "Hurry up, John," chided Mrs. Stubb, impatiently. "You will never finish at that rate." Mr. Stubb removed the cobwebs from his florid brow. "Woman, do you think I'm a ma chine?" "Gracious, how funny!" "Madam, may I ask what Ib funny?" "Why, dear, if you were a machine you would be a movlng-plcturo ma. chine." And then and there Mr. Stubb washed his hands and started for the club. CHILD IS A WONDER An Expert's Opinion. A student In a medical college, while learning the use of tho ophthalmo scope, was told to examine a man's eye and report upon the condition of It. Tho doctor-to-be adjusted the in strument and looked long and search ingly Into the subject's left optic. "Most remarkable," he ejaculated, with a surprised look. Readjusting tho ophthalmoscope, he again careful ly scrutinized the-eye. "Very extraor dinary, Indeed," he exclaimed. "1 never heard of such an eye. This must be some new disease. Have you ever had an expert's opinion on It?" "Once," was the laconic reply. "The man who put it In said it was a fine bit of glass." Tlt-Bits. Th6 Inventive Parent. Woodbury I noticed that Knew pop had electric lights put on hia lawn last summer. Seaforth Yes, and he also had a baby sling put on his lawn mower. He figured if his baby was wakeful, so he would have to walk with It, that he might as well push tho lawn mow er and cut the grass at the same timo. I have ofton seen him como from tho houso at midnight, turn on tho lights, put the baby In tho sling and start out on his double job. Impossible Employment. Rovmniir Dili vnn linA'fi Ktonrlv rm ployment during tho timo you were living In South America? AEhley Stoady employment? What nro you talking about, man? Don't vrn Irnnw tlinf nunh n thlnir nn Rtnnilv employment Is a physical Impossibility m aouin America.' tq,Seymour No; why should It be? jT8liloy Why? Simply because there 'aroso many earthquakes there. A Criticism. First Angel What is that spirit fuss ing about? Snnond nncol She says her hatnlna stick out beyond her halo. Harper's Bazar. Or Did He Escape? "I mot Miss Elderly and Miss Sera going for a tramp yesterday." "Which ono of thorn got him?" TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO EX HIBIT8 STRANGE POWER. Can Copy an Unopened Letter 8he Has Nevor Read or Even Seen Be fore People Mystified at Her Peculiar Gift. Dawson, Ga. What is tho strango ,Ower possessed by Httlo Laura Avcrltto? That is tho question which many mystified people arc asking and have been unablo to answer. Tho child herself does not attempt to offer an explanation. This power, or oc cult force, or whatever It may be, en ables her to write word for word the contents of an unopened letter and un known to any of tho people present during tho remarkable feat of divina tion. Laura is the twelve-year-old daugh ter of J. D. Averltto, a well-known farmer living two miles north of Daw son. To all appearances she la JuBt a normal, fun-loving, romping child. There la nothing to differentiate her from her playmates. And yet there in tho marvelous faculty with which she is endowed which makes her case ono perhaps unparalleled. . Tho first demonstration of Httlo Laura's peculiar power took place several weeks ago. A member of her femlly had received a letter, and brought it unopened into tho house. "I know what is1 In that letter," Laura asserted. The relative smiled at tho childish boast. "I'll show you," she insisted. And in a spirit of fun she was given paper and pencil at her re quest, the unopened letter was placed nearby and sho prepared to con vince the members of her family. Slowly tho pencil moved over the sheets of paper, word followed word and sentence followed sentence, and finally little Laura said simply: j'Thero it ia." And there it waa. Tho envelop was opened. Smiles turned to expres sions of wonderment, and wonder ment almoat changed to awo when It was found that the letter had been set down word for word by the child. Seeking an explanation from the girl those surrounding her. mot only "I don't know" from her. Other letters came to the Averltto household. Further testa of Laura's peculiar powers were made, and In every Instance it was found that sho had written the contents of the un opened letter practically without er ror. How is the remarkable feat ac-, compllshed? What is the hidden force or unfathomed faculty that enables the child to pierce the congealing en velope and mentally . draw from the written pages one byoh3 the letter's words? These question remain unanswered. COMEDY IN DOCTORS' HASTE Hurriedly Drag Peg-Legger to Hospital by Express to Operate on Foot. Phoenlxville, Pa. When William. Springer, a resident of Royersford, waa found lying along the Reading railway near that town, he told the men who found him that his foot had been cut off by a passing freight train. A stretcher was hurriedly brought Springer was quickly placed on board an express train, which had been flagged for the purpose, and was taken to Phoonlxvlllo. A telegraph message to the station summoned the ambulance of the Phoenixville hos pital, and the hospital authorities in formed by telephone of tho nature of Springer's injury, routed the house surgeons from bed and made the op erating room ready for an amputa tion. Springer, from under the . stretcher cover, protested aaglnst being taken to the hospital, and said he wanted to go home. His protestations were ig nored peremptorily but kindly, with tho admonition of thoso about him that ho lie perfectly still and not to worry. Upon his arrival hero ho was at once loaded into tho ambulance and a record trip mado to the hospital. Here ho was rolled Into the operating room and placed on the table. Tho sight of tho white gowned sur geons and nurses and 'the array of surgical instruments caused the con fused Springer to scream, but the ab sence of any evidence of bleeding from the mangled limb led the doctors quickly to tho discovery that, whllo Springer had Indeed lost a foot, ho was in greater need of a carpenter than a surgeon. For the foot that he had lost was his wooden one. Spring er said ho would have told them that if they hadn't refused to hoar his pro tests. Tho doctors trimmed off the splin tered leg and nailed a block of wood on the remnant to temporarily fill tho need of the lost foot. Springer then set out for hopie. Needle Went Through Body. Wooster, Ohio. Forty years ago Mrs. S. T. Swa'rtz of this city, when a small girl; tramped on a noedlo, a por tion of which, cpuld not bo located by tho Burgeon who gave her attention. The other evening Mrs. Swartz felt a stinging pain in tho left shoulder, and a Httlo later drew forth a hard substance from under tho Bkln. It proved to bo a piece of stool a little more than half an inch long. Mra. Swartz then reoalled that tho .pioco of steel In her hand had been in her body all tho 40 years, traveling around, to her shoulder. '