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1 Frederick 0. (Beauty) Beach and hla wife Camilla Beach whom he li charged with having- attempted to kill. Mr. and Mn. Beach are prom
inent in eastern society. 2 Mias Mabel Lee, Chinese woman, addressing suffragists' meeting In New York. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont is seen
in profile on the speaker's left. 3 Removing household goods from flooded district of Memphis, Tenn. 4 Lifting body of General Philip
Kearney onto gun carriage after services attending removal of the body from Trinity church, New York, to Arlington cemetery. 6
(Copyright by International News Service), Fighting fire aboard burning steamship Ontario. 6 (Copyright by International News Ser
vice), Secretary Knox at Caracas, Venezuela. From left to right, President domes of Veneiuela, Secretary Knox and Prime Minister
Matos. 7 Fred R. Law, steeplejack and parachute Jumper who leaped from Slst floor of new Bankers' Life building in New York with
his parachute and landed unhurt on the roof of the Sub-Treasury 600 feet below.
All the Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for
the Edification of Journal Readers Foreign, Eastern,
Political and Congressional News-Notes to Be Preserved
for Future Reference.''
Congressional
UtON protest of members that the
creation of a great corporation of
$100,000,000 might compete with pri
vate interests and end In controlling fbo
. , government, the house thls week refused
Nvto pass a bill Incorporating- the Rocke
TTcller foundation and struck it from the
calendar. The bill had been before con
gress two years. j
For shielding their embewllng clerks,
a number of federal Judges will shortly
face impeachment proceedings in the
house of representatives. As soon as
Attorney General Wlckersham shall
make known the names of these Judges
through criminal prosecutions of the
clerks, members of the house will pre
sent resolutions for impeachment of the
iudgea.
Proceedings in congress were enliv
ened on Tuesday by a bitter attack on
Representative Mann of Illinois by his
colleague, Mr. Graham. The attack grew
out of Mr. Mann's allegations a few
days before that Chairman Graham had
hefrieftded and advised Mrs. Helen
Pierce, alleged , by him t be a woman
lobbyist, active In Indian legislation
Snnator Chamberlain has secured the
passage of his bill permitting the con'
structlon of a bridge across the Willam
ette at Newberg.
Senator Bourne has secured from the
senate subcommittee on commerce the
adoption of his amendment to the river
and'harbor bill Increasing the appropria
tion for the Celllo canal from f600,000
to $800,000.
Congress devoted most of its time the
last days of the week to debate on the
Titanic disaster.- Bills and resolutions
designed to prevent repetition of the ca
tastrophe off the Newfoundland banks
' poured ' into ' both nouses. Trie senate
agreed to a resolution directing a thor
ough investigation by -the cammerco
.sommittee into the causes leading to th
- wreck. Maritime - nations may be In
vited to ' Join Ja i treaty to regulate
the safety of ocean craft aad their pas-
" sen jera and crews. ;
The publlo lands r committee has
amended the Borah bill' to provide that
no patent shall be Issued to homestead
ers on irrigation projects unless at
least half the irrigation area of entry
has been reclaimed and all charges then
due the government for bulldlnr, opera
tion and maintenance have been paid,
and prevloing further that the -amount
r - so paid shall aggregate Bo-lea than
49 per cent of the total building- charge.
.. Hawley'e bill for the relief of Sher
tnan county settlers who were ' com
pelled ttr abandon valuable Improve
jnente on account of lands being In
cluded in military road grant, .lias
been reported favorably by the bouse ,
' committee. The same committee .has '
also reported faverabjy the Ranker bill,
authorising the secretary of the inter
lor to exchange vacant public lands for
state school lands which lie. within
any -Indian, mlUtay. national - forest
or other reservation, upon application
of any state.
The honsa naval affairs committee
has agreed to the enlargement of the
drydock at Pearl Harbor frdm $00 to
1000 feet In length. This will cost an
additional $600,000.
sltlon to Governor Harmon and In fa
vor of Wood row Wilson's candidacy.
Executive
ALTHOUGH there was a conspicuous
revival of intervention talk during
the week throughout the national
capital as a reevlt of this government's
warning to Mexico demanding more re
spectful treatment of Americans and
their interests. Acting Secretary Wilson
of the state department reiterated that
"nothing was more remote than Ameri
can Intervention in Mexico."
President Taft on Monday sent to
congress a special message urging the
appropriation of amounts aggregating
$880,000 for use in controlling the floods
of the Mississippi and to aid flood suf
ferers. Congress responded by appro
priating $800,000 in addition to the $350,-
Political
T OOSEVELT carried consternatioa
If Into the Taft camp last Saturday
when he swept Pennsylvania, the j 000 already appropriated,
stronghold of resular standnat Rumihll.t The war department is strongly urg-
canisrn, In the presidential primaries I ,n CO"1"68" to make an immediate ap-
Of the 78 delegates elected'to the CM- pi?prtatlon ? ''500'f.0 ,or ne eI?,ctlon
. " . " " I of permanent barracks and officer'
i ""TC"'""" noose- quarters at Panama. There must be
.u,,Dri. wooarow WHson s vie- building enough to house three regl
tory was even more sweepinr than I orients of infantry, one squadron of oav
Roosevelt's, the New Jersey governor I lrT' ne battalion of mounted artll-
securing 74 of tho delegates; Another I lerT na 12 companies or coast artillery,
surprise snrun In th nHn.ri.. One thousand postofflees of the fourth
- - v Twnm
v, . , I class nave Doen utuigniiea postal sav
sell by M. Clyde Kelly. Palsell has been Hitchcock, to begin the transaction' of
"i"r iigure in congress for a third business May 1. At the present tlmi
of , a century and was considered rh-H postofflees doing a , postal savings
vincible. I business are presidential offices.
The Remibllcsn utatA I The Interior department has notified
Delaware this week eleetd f.wa. Representative Hawley that local of
to the Chicago convention favorable to I ,lcal aaTee to gtve the water , users on
Taft. I the Klamath Irrigation projeot water by
James Hamilton Lewis, vha I May 1.
a figure in the political and social Hftil M," Lathrop of Chicago has
of the state of Washington a few years ben appointed by President Taft as
ago, is Democratic candidate for United I ch,ef ' thd n,w ehUdren's bureau, at
States senator from Illinois to ant I lary of $6000. a year. Miss Lathr
Bhelbv M: Oil lnm t. v h,' i- t I rop is a graduate of Vassar. is associ
Republican opponent. . , I tcd with" Hull House1 in Chicago, and
colonel Roosevelt' Nnr TaA . memper or me . Illinois ooara or
naism cost (S9.1K1. iMniirr I charities.
port of the Roosevelt league, filed with President Taft has approved the reo-
tho Republican national cnn,mit- I ommendation of a courtmartial that Seo
Georw W. Perkliis. Bvir a .' ond lieutenant Clarence W. Alger. U.
and Alexander Cochran nuh Mi,Ht.,.t I S. M. C- be dismissed from the service
$16,000. v J . I He waa found guilty of failure to pay
Ten of th 14 Connnctfniit HoT.r.f fl hie debts and or falsehood to the de-
uie nopu oncan .-national convention elect-v ttiun uu vuu mim
ea weanesaay were Instructed for Talf I wn n nBa
Two are unlnstrncted and th. othr im I PetlUons calUnr upon President Taft
dred' acres of land have been secured
as a site.
Expert of cotton, foodstuffs and oils
from this country In March were valued
t $93,838,512, compared with $64,533.01 5
for the eame month a year ago, accord
ing to a bulletin Just Issued by the de
partment of commerce and labor.
The private bank of W. E. Schrlcker
A Co., of La Conner, Wash., has closed
its doors and announced its Insolvency.
Deposits amount to $335,000. Failure
of private Investments to make desired
returns is given as the cause. The bank
was one of the oldest in the Pacific
northwest.
The Linn County Oil company has
filed articles of incorporation at Salem.
It is capitalized at $1,000,000.
J. P. Morgan, one of America's fore
most bankers, reached his 76th birth
day on Wednesday. Despite his age,
Morgan still wields a tremendous Influ
ence in the financial world, controlling
13 New York banks and trust companies,
with total assets of $1,109,391,000, of
which $872,857,700 are deposits.
Claiming that flour has been selling
for some time at 40 to 60 cents below
the cost of production, Seattle millers
on Friday advanced the price of patent
flour 40 cents a barrel and export flour
was urtea so cents. j
malarial poison of he Holy Land has
long been fatal to pilgrims as well as
Inhabitants. Mr. and Mrs. Straus have
recently been In Jerusalem. It is known
to his old friends that he has always
loved the old city, and it has been his
desire to show this affection In aorae
bencflclul manner.
favor the president's renomlnaUon.
to remote Secretary of War Stlmson
attempt to defeat hla owri pet measure,
the militia pay and development bill
now pending m , congress, , ,
In a letter srivan nit thi. wb r . I from office are being circulated among
aent i ail declares uat be does not In-1 ""'' " v" pen-
tend to remove any federal officeholder Hons the charge le madelihat the aec
because of hla political views, no matter w,. "i"t,a ln
wnom ne nngnt favor for nrldnt vrh.
wu wmisn in eonnectlon with
the reappointment of David M. Little as
cuwecior oi customs . at Salem, Mass.
who to a strong Roosevelt adharent
Th liouse of repreMnaUres at Santa
Fa, N. has passed the Tripp prise-
nam uiu uy to or zi toiT.- The
measurw permits 45 round contests,
which legalizes the proposed Johnson.
Fiynn rigbt at Las Vegas on Jnly 4. I AorU 13 to discuss planar for a national
Everett. Wash at a BDeelal nlMn I a. t-v. nu,t- ...
, ii OTmnuHioB iorra i kt President Taft i
of government by a majority of fx. Tha I V-iT" . . . : .
city also declared for single tax.. I - I Deul completed 7 froup
Myron T. Herrick, th newly appoint-1 Lo" Angeles capiuilsts for the.con-
ea ireeamaor mi mflM, Has. arrived I srruetjon or a l,CD3,ooo iron and steel
in Paris and taken up his duties, t ; I plant nar Wilmington, Where iron ore
rtuuam yearnings Bryan Invaded Ohio I from Caurornta deposits will be smelted
during- the week and spoke la most I by a newly perfected method. In which
ex th congressional district In eprV I electricity Is employed. Several boa-
Commercial and Industrial
J N. TAii ox iortiano has been ap-
polnUd to represent the Portland,
Seattle and Taooma chambers of
which ,. legalise th proposed. Johnson-Icpmmero at th meeting In' Washington
Sociological
J LAIMING that the father earns only
I is a ween, and 1 unable to care
for his 3 month old Infant, tho
Klxth ln- the family, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Sapleha have Inserted an advertisement
in Chicago papers offering to sell the
child for $6000. This Is the second
child offered for sale In Chicago within
a few weeks. For th other $4000 was
asked.
That it feminine graduates seldom
become old maid 1 a statement Issued
by the University of Wisconsin in the
new alumni directory. Of the 1037 wo.
men who have graduated at Wisconsin
between 1867 and 1911. 663, or 34 per
cent, have married, and 43 per oeiif of
these have married men alumni.
Daniel Buckley, who has been six
months ln Europe visiting the prisons
for the Pennsylvania Prlsona society,
has returned home convinced that
America treats her criminals more, hu
manely than any European country. The
only improvement that can be made here,
Buckley believe, is 'in onr reformatory
schools. In England, he said. Juvenile
offenders between the "ages of 16 and
13 years are taught trades. "-"I
Among the many Interesting state
ments coming from the meeting of moth
ers ln St. Louis was the declaration by
Mr. Robertson that In general woman
criminals come from the home. Com
Baratlvely a clean, bill of moral health
la given to the girls employed m fac
tories and shops. Meaning thereby that
employment and good wages, th safe
guara against poverty,' serve a re
straint for womanhood.
Colonel Edward IL R. Green, son of
Mi a iietty ureen, says ne has received
more than 1000 letters this year from
girl, including women, old maids and
widows, in which they boldly propose
marriage and try to persuade him that
married life with them would be far
greater happiness than living alone. But
he Is interested in his mother's busi
nere, not In marriage. .:,.-.. --.,.''
Nathan Straus, th new York philan
thropist, now In 'Rome,' has founded a
health department for PeJesUn. The 1
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Legal and Criminal
SUPERIOR JUDGE DUNNE of San
Francisco has been ordered by the
dlstrlot court of appeals to show
cause on May 3 why he should not dis
miss 80 indictments pending against
Abraham Ruef, the former political boss,
who is serving a term In San Quen-
tln prison for bribery.
The Jury in the case of E. G. Lewis,
th St. Louis publisher charged with us
ing the malls to defraud, were unable to
agree aftsr being out for 70 hours, and
were discharged. Th trial had occupied
nearly two months.
A coroner's Jury In San Franoisco this
week, composed mostly of women, ex
tneiated Dr. E. II Howell from respon-
iDiuty ror the death of Miss Emma M.
Stehlin, who was run down by an auto
mobile driven by the physician.
The case of Bert H. Conner, the un-
ion ironworker indicted on th charge
oi naving conspired to dynamite the
Hall of Records at Los Angeles, was
dismissed Wednesday by Judge Willis,
when the defendant was expeotlng to
go to tnai xor tne second time.
The Oregon supreme court has af
firmed the lower court of Marion coun
ty In the action brought by th state
to collect $12,091 from the Standard Oil
company under the gross earnings act
of 1906, thus upholding the validity of
tne act.
William A. Dorr is under arrest at
Stockton, Cal., for the mysterious mur
der of George E. Marsh, the million
aire soap manufacturer of Lynn. Mass.,
on April 11. Dorr protests hi inno
cence, but authorities claim to have
sufficient evidence upon which to con
vict him. Dorr was a relative of
Marsh and the nephew and aa-ent of
Orpha Marsh, an adopted daughter of
tne murdered man. Stockton officials
claim that Dorr would have Inherited
$130,000 If Orpha Marsh had died after
George Mareh was murdered.
Federal Judge Bean has lust decided
that land patented and sold by the In
dians to whit settlers in an Indian
reservstloni is by that' act removed
rrom reservation regulations and be
comes the same as .any other land. -
.The trial of the Willamette rata
ease. Involving the doubling of lumber
rates from ' the Willamette valley to
pan Francisco Day points, began this
wenww,- tne commrceaiirWW.-fj
Teal of Portland Is representing the
snipper Tne case is being- stubborn
ly fought by th railroads.
Violet Carver, the Tacoma girl who
hot' Edge, real estate man, to death
in LiOs Angeies a rew week ago, has
been released, the cout ruling that
the girl wss not responsible at th time
of th shooting.
hav authorised a strike, should fur
ther negotiation with the railroad for
inoreeted pay fall.
Provision for two years peso in th
bituminous ooal field Is mad In th
approval, by a referendum vot of th
miners, of th bituminous wag scale
compromise. The miner secure an In
crease of 6 cent a ton for screened oI
and 8 cent for unscreened ooal. Near
ly 600,000 men ar affected.
It Is announced that Industrial Work-
Claiming that his previous attitude ers of th World ar planning a tri
ters demanding the resignation of Presi
dent Madero and threatening his life,
which for weeks have been pouring in
to 'th. executive mansion, were clim
axed by the discovery of a plot to mur
der Madero and dynamite all of the pub
lice buildings ln Mexico City.
The London board of trade statement
Issued this week shows that 31,058 emi
grants left Ireland in 1911. Of this
number 23,020 went to th United States
and 6478 to Canada.
Foreign - , '
THE first mor ln th direction of
peace was lanched at Mexico City
this; week when, on independent
faction In the chamber of deputle. not
supposed ' to, be i accord with the ad
ministration, introduced a ... ' resolution
calling, for the appointment of a. com
mission to treat with General Orosco,
who la recognised as th head of the
Mexican revolutionist. Anonymous Vet-1
was due to misinformation brought to
him -by subordinates. General PasCual
Orosco has decided to recognise United
States Consul Letcher at Ch'huahua. He
greatly regrets the unfortunate occur
rence and assures Consul Letcher thst
espionage will cease and the right of
lmmedate appeal to that official will
be granted all Americans, no matter on
what charge they ar detained.
Mohammedans In the province of Lan
Chou Fu, China, are organising a force
of 600,000 men to resist the republic,
which they believe contemplate their
extermination.
By a vote of 360 to 366 the horn rule
bill has passed Its first reading In' the
bouse of commons. Andrew tfonar iw,
in summine- uo for the opposition,- bit
terly assailed both the government .and
the bill, but the announcement of the
figures was received with cneers.
General Sheng Yun, ex-governor of
the province of Shen Tl. who early last
month began a marcn on resing, is
irreconcilable, but Is unable to continue
the struggle, his Mohammedan auies
bavins- accepted Tuan Shi Kal's terms
It is reported that these Include mone
tary considerations. ,
Italian forces. In attempting to make
a landing on the eastern coast or inp
oll. camo Into conflict wltn the AraD.
After severe fighting the. Arabs retreat
ed, leaving 400 dead. The Italians also
lost heavily. - -
Deanltorv flsrhtin in Mexico during
the week was mostly in favor of the
rebels. Culiacan, the capital or sma
loa, was captured Thursday by Insur
gents. Federals withdrew,. leaving ?u
. . , , , . j , .
dead on tne rieia. mimru s truui
afto surrendered Sierra Mulada. to the
rebels after a sharp conflict in which
87- federals were; killed and. 63 .taken
prisoner The rebel, toss is hot given.:
The Southern Pacific Railroad of Mex
ico, with th permission of both the
United States "and Mexico, has shipped
rifles and ammunition to its omciais
and employes in Empalm for distribu
tion to United States eltisens. to pro
tect themselves in case of attack by
rebels.
of 60,000 textile workers ln New Eng
land and 30,000 In New Jersey,, .;; ..
Wag and labor condition at the
Bourn mills In Fall River. Mass, con
pare favorably with wages and condi
tions at other mills, according to a re
port of an investigation conducted by
Prank P. McCarthy, a leading organiser
of the American Federation of , Labor,
acting under Instructions from President
Samuel Gompers.
George F. Baer, chairman' of th mine
owners committee and also president Of
th Philadelphia t Reading railroad, -which
operate extensively through th
anthracite coal region, announces that
there Is no chance of an agreement be
tween the anthracite coal miner and
coin oporatom ..! tV,Y'V"
and conductor I complete on th entire
northern and th gulf division of th ,
Maxlcan National railways. Th Ameri
can' chief demand war to. control th
percentage of Mexicans who should b
allowed to work as conductor and en- ,
gineer. Many of these American hav
worked ' for : 35 Tear on- the Mexican
lines. ' ."' .. ' " v.r1,. ;
Labor Commissioner Hoff,' who has
been investigating reports i that men
have 1 been unlawfully Imported from
Chicago to assist, ia breaking a strike
in. the railroad machine shops at Port
land, has decided that tho company' has
compiled with the law, and that -no
action can be taken.
Labor Notes
EPKESENTATIVES efahpinw
Vr ployes of all the railroads west of
the Mississippi river met in man
sa City during th week and perfected
a federation embracing unions with an
aggregate membership of 200.000, th
obtect being to do away witn.tne neoes
sity of separate organisation taking up
negotiations with separate railroads and
to unit ail tne mecoanicai trades, so
that concerted action may be taken whe
wage demand are made.'
K ear It every mill in Aberdeen end Ho-
aulam I now running, and wnu some
ar abort-handed. U Is expected, that
th vacant place will soon b filled, as
a nnmber of men with tnelr famtlle are
expected to arriv soon wjlth th expecta
tion of aretting work n th mills. .
- By -majority of more than 33.000
oat of 25.000 votes cast. lpcomotlTs en
gineers on 60 railroads east r CMcsko
- Miscellaneous -
THE greatest marine disaster In the
' history of the world occurred last
.. --Sunday, n'ght when the Titanio of
th Whit Star , line. th. biggest and
finest steamship.: afloat ahattered her
self against .an Iceberg in the Atlanta,
off NeWoundlahd and 'Mk: with: fft !
of heribassengors and crew in is than
four:" hour ;i? The" Titanic wa on her
maiden trlr- and had: been built
equipped at a cost of $13,000,000, ami
with the freight baggage and mail
aboard the monetary loss will Approach
$20,000,060. Among- those Who ; Went
dowrw with' th ship -ware some f th
most.' noted' millionaire.' financier anl
UteOBBonMMM th eountryr prlnelpal
among whom wer John Jacob Astoi,
Isadoi Straus, Benjamin Guggenheim. O.
D. Wldener. W. T. Stead.' Major Archl-
bald: Butt, aid- to President Taft, snd
hundreds of others, Nearly all of thoee
saved were women and children.
Representative Jefferson t Lsvy his
a Intention of selling Monticello. ones
the home ofThomss Jefferson, "to- tM
government or anyone el. Mr. Levr
ha been owner ef 'Monttcetlo for $1
ysar and th Idea oMet ting It go out
ef pocresaioB of th family I distaste
ful to him. Visitors ar admitt t
the estate freely, Mr. Leryp!af as, 1
the conditio of th property Is lit'
than it would be if Owned by tie f'
emment ".
iMlward M. Mertan. Nw T' r- '
master, eelLmata xht 1 i i
tered letters and i' !. , ,
tof.om tf t.K " . ' 4