The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 23, 1912, Page 67, Image 67

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T?fB OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTtANO. SUNDAY MORNINO. JUNE U Hit
REVIEW OF THE WORLD'S NEWS PRESENTED PICTORIALL Y AND IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
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AIJ the Principal Events of the I
week Briefly Sketched tor
the Edification of Journal
Readers.
Congressional
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t'Minr.1 an 1 Mfnutur Konry t'ahot .tv
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hoi i.sfl. on the .n day the houaa
ai:t:ior:d lh lc of :oo acrra of !'ma
tilla i pi ,! . at hm lands lo thf illy of
IVnillrton f'r al-r supply purpoar.
ard a;-o Ihe sale of the useless ovrn-tii'-nt
s!t- at Korea t (Jroye for the bene
fit of the ftirnxma. Indian srh'X'l.
A rroiutioi! onlllnir for a onicri
al'Miiil iiu ealUntlon of the vhai Kes of
br.l.ery nt the i:if.uhl:ran nallonnl ."n
xentlon he- hrrn prrpaieil hy Repre
aentiMHe Littleton and will be sub
mitted next upek.
He'-auso of the dlfferenrra of opinion
that exist In and out of congress, there
will b no lejiljilatlon nt th!a session
Jooklnfr o the refulatlnn of urnrlnjr on
the ptibllr Jorr.atn. , The. Levct bill Is
advocated by Glfford rinchot, but Is
opposed by Secretary Klelier.
perh leadership swept every obstacle
frnnl tuelr path, hHImuh Kooeevell
r.dlirrenla u.,c,l flM that for hr"
llanc). tenailtv and rlm d t. ruilnii
llon s probably never eguale.l m an '
roiiwntlon T! ere as much, talk of
a bolt mm. I th. 'ni!snratlnri of a lhlr.1
prt. but at this Mrltln the Riose
velt men nre itrlnilv watrhlnir the trenl
of events, while all hopes of noinlnat
lnr the ex-presldiit ar abandoned.
M'oodrnw Wilson will he plated In
nom.t08.tlao before the Bsltfnjore en;i-
ntlon ry John Weetcott "f ("Hinden
N. J Senator Gore, the blind e(t.
The house Judiciary committee, which man of Oklahoma, will second the nom-
ln vewtijratcd chances of Judicial lm-lnat!on.
propriety against Jud-c Robert F. Arch- The Arlrona stato aenate bv a vole of
bold ef the commerce court has voted 10 to 7 hag passed a hill providing for
unuuiiinuiiiy vi retoiinncno uisi me i nuomi tiiris" to a vote of the people a
house prefer articles of impeachment I plan for cbollshinR the upper house of
against Mm.
Executive
kHESIDKNT TAKT has vetoed
the
ii'sininiiirp ami navine only on
siaie leRialatlve body, comjost-i of
memners.
Judffe Alton B. Parker has hfn
lectod by the national mmmiti ,
r.
r army appropriation bill. His main I temporary rhairman of the Democratic
object Is the legislative provision convention at Hnltlmore. He received
which would oust Major General Wood chy vole" he other seven being dl
from the office of chief of staff, next vL(Je' among four cundldates. Pi-InhIs
March, but many other sections of the "r Governor Burk of North Dakota
bill are criticised. ',?ve urtel a "dark horse" boom for
Secretary Mac VeaKh has placed ln ",m- anl Nw Yorkers are endoftvorlng
operation ln the treasury department s 10 throw Gaynor's hat in the ring.
currency washing machine which is ex- At the municipal election In The
pecte'fl to save the government at least Dalles Tuesday, Judd S. Fish was elect
half a million dollars annually. Laun- fid mayor by H3 votes over Harry
dered paper money, clean and crisp as Clough.
new, will soon be ln circulation. The Socialist campaign was opened
The war department has ordered SO,- t Chicago this week wlten Kugsne
AAA . a. A A n AlMab. V. nil nnA IT.v.11 ll' ..11.1 ....
to be distributed as food among those 'or president and vice president, made
made destitute by the volcanic eruptions t,le hicf addresses. Their remarks
on Kodlak Island. - wore devoted to the denunciation of the
It Is denied both at the White House capitalist clas. ,
and ihe navy department that Secretary Iess than half, the vote polled at the
Meyer has any Intention of resigning 'ast general election was cast Tuesday
from the cabinet He Is suffering from at tne first general primary hId in
stomach trouble and has gone to his Maine. On the Republlcan-slde, Kdwln
home at Hamilton, Mass., to escape 'the c- Burleigh, formerly a member of con-
WashJngton heat. gress, was given a plurality of 6000 for
The administration Is concentrating United States senator, and William T.
tta effort to hrln about tbo rjassaa-e Haines was nominated for .r.'
of a bill introduced by senator Bmoot. was no contest for the Demo
which prescribes a system or leasing I nomination, the votes going to
coaJ lands ln Alaska. The bill reserves I Governor Plalsted and Senator Gardner
from entry or location all coal lands l iciiominanon.
in Alaska and provides that they may I n"un i mauce Supreme Justice
only be leased by the secretary of the I Hughes to enter the contest nt Chicago
interior in tracts not exceeain a1 ,,J "'""" '. ii is satisfied
acres to any one person or corporation "10 i""u n tne Biipremo bench
at a royalty of not less than two per nnd Insists that the supreme court must
cent nor more than 10 per cent of the nt be dragged into politics. Bdrah also
value of the coal mined in Rddinon to I """'"'-""y remses the use of hl
an annual rental beginning st 25 cents nar"e e'ther for president or vice presi
an acre and Increasing to i. I ...
Although signing tne oiu limiting to i inrumcu naa Deen counted
elcht hours thn dailv service of labor- I ln which Htram C. Gill had nin.
ers and mechanics employed on govern-1 votes, the Gill-Cotteril contest for the
nient work, the rrestdent issued an ex- Seattle mayoralty was dismissed by
.. . . I . I IllilD'. A . .. 'J
eeutlve order exempting contracts in on motion of Gill'
connection with thn Panama canal. atOrney, Who -Stated that th E..u
Efforts are being made to Induce the he recount so far had been disappoint
president to rorwarct to congress a sve-1
iie nsiuuiionai convention at Con
v.-...,... rejectea a proposed
amendment granting votes to women
1 Frank A. Vanderllp. president Of Ihe National City bank of New York, on the witness stand before the
Pujo connclttre of the. house which is investigating the so-called "money trutst." 2 The American
Olympic committee photographed at the Waldorf Astoria in New York where it made the selections for
the American team to tho Stockholm games. Seated, left lo right K. T. Brown, Chieago; K. .. Wendell,
New York; James E. Sullivan, secretary of the American Olympic committee and America's offlclnl rep
resentative to the Olympic games; P. R. Thompson. B. S. Weeks and P. Ferris. 3 (Jeneral view of
the Col u ci bus memorial unveiling at Washington, 1). C, June 8. which was witnessed by over 50,000
people. 4 Cieorge B. Cortelyou, former secretary of the treasury and now president of the Consoli
dated Gas company of New York, photographed while a witness In the "money trust" investigation in
New York. 5 (Copyright by the International News Service) Colonel Roosevelt and Mrs. Alexander
Revell on their way to church in Chicago. 6 Remarkable photograph taken after a riot In Perth
Amboy. N. J., where the employes of the American Smelter & Refining company and other smaller
firms are on strike. Two strikers are shown on the ground. A bullet fired by a deputy sheriff killed
one man and wounded tho other. 7 Pedro Ivonet. one of the leaders of the negro rebellion In eastern
Cuba. S Evarlsto Estenoz, leader of the Cuban rebels.
Dullard, a brakenian employe
Northern Pacific rstlrcad, wa
ii' jr Mtrsnula. Mont . Thtirsda
Investigation proved that Ba
nun was snot through the head an
thrown to the track, the train manglln
the body almost beyond recognition.
clnl message urging appropriations for
military encampments In July. t'n-
loss a special appropriation Is made,
President Taft s veto of the Rrmy bil
may prevent this year's maneuver camps
of the regular army and national guard
As a result of trouble between cattle
men and sheepmen In Baker county,
, Governor West has announced a reward
of J500 for the arrest and conviction of
any person destroying flocks. Intimidat
ing employes and menacing the lives of
sheep owners
President Taft has pardonod Franklin
r. Mays, convicted for land frauds at
Portland ln 1907. The same reasons
are assigned for the pardon of Mays
as for the pardon of WllJard N. Jones,
being ln effect that the Jury box was
packed by Francis J. Heney, the govern
ment prosecutor, an A William J. Burns,
the detective.
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Political
THE grand climax fit the whirlwind
campaign for the Republican presi
dential nomination was reached In
Chios eo this week ln one of. the most
exciting conventions In the history of I
tn country. Men wno naa xougnt siae
by side for years were bitterly arraigned
gainst each otherand warm friend
ships wsre changed to lasting enmities.
r erria.-oratory puociuaica wun yun
- f Icrtlon ah abuse, was the order of
the day' From the moment the con
vention was called ta order the Taft
supporters bad things their wn -way.
Their excellent organization and su-1
by a vote of 208 to 149.
Commercial and Industrial
TpHK first spring shipment from the
j xuKon territory has Just reached
Seattle. It comprised gold dust
; .u 81 260'00 and is consigned
to the smelter at San Francisco.
Nine claims, constituting the Ten-
nine uisinct west or Elk City, Wash.,
-"" " iu -oruana people, head,
ed by C. W. Rydell, for 1100 nnn e.h
Tacoma shippers are to get the same
aira uver IHB iNOrtliem PRC fie roll.
road to Spokane and eastern w..h.
ington points as are now enjoyed by
mo guiwcii ui ocama. tne DUDIIO urv.
Ice commission having entered an order
iu mil uieci, ,
Application of the Southern T.iet
lor rcuer irom operation of the lon
and short haul clause of the Interstate
commerce act between Portland and
San Francisco bay points has been de
nied by the Interstate commerce nm.
misslon, . ,
A company of San Francisco catlti.
tsts has purchased the old Turner ship
yards at Bentcla. 1 Modern machlner
costing 150.000 will -be InaUUed and
1009 men wllT be given employment.
Following the -announcement H Jew
ish women of New York that they would
boycott the Kosher butchers until the
price of meat was' lowered, (ooo Jew-
until the wholesnle meat dealers give
them relief.
According to statistics Just made pub
lic, lumber and timber manufacturers
rank third ln value among the products
of the Industries of the United SXtites.
There are 40,671 establ Ishment, 'iSI.SOS
persons engaged In tho industry and the
value of thA products in ltl was $1,-
156.128.747.
Engineers began work (his week on
the survey for the new railroad from
Metolius to Prinevllle. Actual construction-
work will beuin August 5. To
secure' the road the people of Prine
vllle and Metolius have agreed to sub
scribe for $100,000 ln six per cent bonds.
Over 1,000,000 pounds of wool changed i
hands at Shaniko this week at an aver
age of 16 cents a pound.
The construction and opening a few
days ago of the new J30.000 state bridge
across the Snake river gives Idaho, and
Oregon another span of steel and will
result In the rapid development of a
rich irrigated section known as Dead
Ox Flat.
The first agricultural survey of the
state Of Oregon was begun last Tues
day. The survey "has for Its object
the securing of reliable data which
will show to which 'of the argrlcultural
pursuits thev'countles . have been pe
culiarly adapted, and also to what ex
tent the possibilities have been de.
veloped and may be expected to de
velop ln the future under proper man
agement. .
An advance of 2o cents a hundred
pounds for the transportation of hops
In baws from the north Pacific coast
terminals to Atlantic seaboard points
proposed by the transcontinental rail
roads, haj been suspended by the inter
state commerce commission until No
vember 5.
The people of Klamath Falls are In
the grip of tbe gold fever, rich strikes
of high grade ore being reported from
New , Pine creek and Mount Hebron
Although established but two months
the National Apple company at Hood
River has received orders for 12 car
loads to be shipped in the faU and ear
ly winter.
The steel steamship tkllth. Which
sailed from Seattle on June 6 for Nome
with a cargo of ' livestock, provisions
and coal. Is fast in an ice pack 4$ miles
southeast of 8t Lawrence island 'and
unable to turn a wheel.
Sociological
S an address before the Washington
State Federation of ' Women's clubs
at Spokane. Mrs. A. E. House classed
club women ln two divisions, tbe work
ers and the shirkers. Sha stronalv urreri
lso butchers have closed their shops ' clull, wonieitto Uks up serious work
pertaining more directly to political
science and domestic economy, assert
ing that they were wasting too much
time in studying the Uvea of by-gone
characters and were paying not enough
attention to present day problems.
The Vancouver District Puget Sound
conference. Just before adjournment,
adopted a resolution urging the admis
sion and study-of the Bible In the pub
lic schools of the state of Washington
Prominent business men of Walla
Walla report that tliey have secured
subscriptions of J01 1,894 for the pay
ment t)f the debts of Whitman college
As the indebtedness Is only $236,000, the
retention of the college at Walla Walla
Is now assured.
'The yearly meeting of Friends In
session at Newberg has gone on record
as strongly In favor of. the abolition
of the death" penalty ln Oregon and as
against the military movements among
boys.
A score of states have Joined, hands
to.secure uniform quarantine laws In an
effort to prevent the spread of infantile
paralysis and cerebral Bplnal meningitis.
The surgeon general of the public health
and marine ' hospital service is receiv
ing alarming reports of the prevalence
Of these two diseases..
Boston is to have a hospital for "the
blues." the first of the kind in the
world. The instlution will be psycho
pathic. There will be an outdoor de
partment for dealing with Incipient in
sanity, and it Is expected that this
branch of the work will afford striking
opportunities for the relief of many
mildly insane persons without subject
lng them to the stigma of insanity.
Legal and Criminal
T HE NATIONAL. PACKING company
I - - will be voluntarily dissolved on
August 1, ln view of which Attor
ney General Wfekersham has decided to
hold in abeyance the civil salt brought
by the government to compel its dls
Integration. The company Is a $15,
000,000 corporation, owning some of
the largest packing companies in the
world, and is alleged to control the meat
Industry of .the country.
Th third atempt of Harry K. Thaw,
slayer of San ford "White, to secure re
lease. . front Matteawan asylum opened
at White Plains, N. T., this" week.
Thaw's efforts to obtain freedom have
cost him nearly $1,000,000 and have
Involved the state in endless expense.
convicted or .the murder of John
Gregovlrh, a TonapaS merchant, Adrija
MirkovJch baa been sentenced - to be
shot to death at the Nevada state prison
on August 23. This is the first sentence
by, shooting ever imposed In Nevada.
None of the Alaska anti-trust cases,
In which sev eral t ra nsporla t ion com
panies and their officers nre charged,
will he tried this summer, according
to word received from Washington.
Zollie Clenient, convicted of killing
William H. Newman, a Stockton. Cal .
saloonkeeper, lias been sentenced to life
Imprisonment. lement confessed to
having killed five persons, among whom
was Patrolman Browa of Oakland ln
1304.
S. A. I. Puter, who acquired national
fame ns one of the defendants In the
Oregon laud fraud cases of 1306, is un
der arrest on a warrant from Minne
apolla charging forgery. Puter declares
his innocence and claims he can prove
an alibi.
The supreme court has declared void
the election hold to reorganise the Port
of Tillamook and enlarge its boundaries
i nr. opinion noins mat tne question was
not submitted In a manner to allow
the legal voters of the area to be an-
pexed to vote separately.
Some ecltement was created in Salem
by the discovery of a human skull.
half eaten In a kettle of Quicklime. In
the top of the Gray building. Patches
of hair and bloodstains are still cling
ing to the hone and Indented In the fore
head Is a piece of lead having the ap
pearance of a flattened bullet.
At San Mateo, Cel.. Tuesday, Mrs.
Victoria Hebert of San Francisco was
shot and killed by her husband. Al
medas Hebert. as she handed him a
summons in her suit for divorce. A few
moments before she had offered a re-
conciliation, but this was spurned and
tney quarreled
Owing to troubles with his wife. John
Adams went to the home of Ben Hard-
man, near Koseourg. with the intention
of killing the whole Hardman family,
ln a fusillade of bullets Adams shot and
seriously wounded Paul Graf and was
himself shot and killed by Hardman,
wno was later exonerated , by a cor
oner's Jury. t
After holding up and robbing the pas
sengers on two launches near Stockton,
Cel., and shooting an engipeer through
the shoulder, a masked desperado was
attacked by the indignant victims and
beaten to death.
District Judge Hanford" has denied
the motion for a rehearing tn the case
of Leonard Otssorwhe Socialist whose
naturalisation papers were revoked on
the ground that they had been'obtained
oy irmuo. uisuou s motion -was .sup
ported by orders from Attorney -Gener
al Wk-kersham. but Judge - - Hanford
ruled that the facts Stated in the peti
tion were-.otsuffielentvfora reopen
ing of the case.
Foreign
k i itiM.-s tnreatens the cabinet o
A the new Chinese republic. Premie
Tang Shao VI has left Peking and
announces his Intention of retiring from
office. Ho gives an a reason that h
had lost the confidence of the for
elgners.
j ne grann prize or jio.nno given a
Angers by the French Aero club, was
won hy Roland Garros, the French avl
ator. I he -distance covered was 683
miles.
A startling story comes from Brus
sels to the efTect that, conspiring with
her roynl relatives to overthrow the
Portuguese republic and to searcher de
posed nephew Manuel on the throne of
Portugal, the Duchess Marie Josephine
or Havana has pawned the Bavarian
state Jewels to raise the sinews of war.
fslnan. In the province of Shantung,
f hlna. Is In the hands of Bannermen,
wno munnien inia wees, and are
continuing a reign of burning, shoot
lng and looting. The governor has
taken refuge In the Catholic mission
The British premier points out the
slpnifloant fact that in the last six
years England has reduced Its national
debt by $320,000,000, while In the same
six years miss la added a round billion
dollars to its national debt. Germany
has added $416,000,000 to its national
debt since 1905.
More than 60 lives were lost Monday
In a ilood at Ouanajuato, Mexico, caused
by unprecedented rain in the mountains.
General Kstonex, leader of the Cuban
revolution, was killed, General Icoste,
another of the rebel chiefs, captured,
and the insurrectionists were badly
routed in a battle with federal rurales
this week.
Mail advices from Bluefields say that
people are dying from famine in the in
terior of -Nicaragua. Lack of crops Is
given as the cause. It Is declared revo
lution in the republic Is imminent.
As Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd
George was about to open the Welsh
oazaar in v laxion nan, umaon, he was
savagely assaulted and roughly hand
led by a moh of militant suffragettes.
At Doual. France, during a heavy
fog. two biplanes collided head on. Both
planes were splintered and fell togeth
er In a heap, the occupants being hor
rlbly mangled.
Italy has agreed to a conference of
the powers for the scettlement of the
war with Turkey. If Turkey Is willing.
an armistice win speedily be arranged.
An agreement on the subject of the
Chinese loan has been reached by the
delegates of the group of Internation
al bankers representing the United
States, Great Britain, France, Germany,
Kussia ana japan. Tne 30i),ooo,000 con
tract was signed in Paris Wednesday.
A decisive battle between the federals
and rebels is expected hourly at B-
chimba, south or Chihuahua. If de
feated, Orozco. states' the rebels will
divide into numerous mobile bands and
start" upon a guerilla warfare. Fed
eral forces are harassed by the destruc
tion of bridges nerth of Ortla, eight of
them having - been - blown up by the
rebels. According to Oroseo, the city
of Chihuahua will be evacuated by the
rebels rather than 'allow its residents
to be submitted to the dangers of a
bombardment. " ., ,
showed that ?1$7 were in favor Of Cn
tlnulng the strike, w hile 3t'i$ opposed It.
A law has Just sons into effect IN
london rrqulting shops and stores to
rinse at 1 30 on Saturdays, giving the
employes i half holiday. The same
law specifies that employers must give
their work people definite time for
meals.
The strike at the dam site near wYlte
Salmon, Wish., which was forced by
Industrial Workers last week, has been
broken. Stone A Webster have tit men
at work now, and others are arriving
dally to take the strikers places. v
A conference was held Wednesday
between the arbitration committee ap
pointed by Mayor Harrison and repre-
senLatlves of both sides, and prospects t
or terminating the rreignt handlers
strike at Chicago are considered bright.
Ten thousand men will be thrown, eut
of work on June SO by the closing ef ,
tho logging and lumber camps along
the Columbia river. On account ef firs
risk, the plants will remain idle until'
September.
v ;
f Labor Notts - -
AN end has been put to the dock
.workf s' strike In London by a ref
erendum vota cf the National Fd-
Jewelry .wprth.., between $i:,00k and eratlon cf Trarri-jrt Werivs, , w ti oh I
Miscellaneous
ALTHOUGH manydlstrlcts were laid
waste, once fertile soil turned lie
to ash heaps, and hundreds made
destitute by the eruption of Katrnal
volcano ln Alaska, the toll of human
life was comparatively small, only three
persons dead and one Injured comprls
lng the known casualty list1 :
In a practice flight at the fair
grounds at Springfield. 111., the biplane
used by Mrs. Julia Clarke, a Denver
aviator, met with an accident and Mrs.
Clarke was dashed to the ground. She
suffered a crushed skull, dying a few
moments afterward. 1
W. E. DeLarm. promoter of the Co
lumbia River Orchard company and Its '
allied corporations, which sold $6,000.
000 of bonds, now entirely worthless.'
died at Placervllle, Cal., Monday, under
an assumed name. He was a fugitive
from Justice and it is said was desti
tute. Life Insurance policies for J4
000 in favor of his wife lapsed s, few. .
days before his death. ., ' :
The State Bar association' of Wash-
ngton, expressing confidence In Judge -
C. H. Hanford and resenting- the. at
tacks against him. have appointed a
eommltte to investigate the charges.
If reports from California ere true.
Major Andree. who left for the North
Pole 15 years ago and whose fate si see '
as been enshrouded In mystery, has
been heard from. H. M. Thomas, a far
mer of Siskiyou county, claims to have
wild goose that brought, the following;
message on a small nicxeiea tag . at- .
tached to one of Its legs; "North Pole.
uly 1. 1906. Major Andree,"
The fabulously rich mine m the bal
ands of Nevada, where "Death Valley"
Scotty was supposed to take out a for-
une whenever he wanted lv, -proves a
fake and a myth, in a suit rer flebt st
Los Angeles the Death Valley man
confesses that he is broke, that there Is
no such mine, that he Is ne miner and
never located a mine, and that his spec
tacular trips through the country as a
spendthrift were - made possible - by
money furnished him by promoters.
By the premature explosion ef a blast
on the Great Northern railway, north
west of Wenatchee, three men were
killed and a score injured. .
Contraband op'um, valued t ISS.SOO.
the accumulation of many raids, was .
burned at "Los Angeles this week by fed
eral authorities. v ;
Death and devastation followed In the
wake of storms and cyclones in the
central states thl week. In ' western
Missouri are known t have been
killed and hundreds -injured. At Zanes-
ville. Ohio, three were killed. 500 houses
wrecked and 10 - families made inm
less. s. Plain - City and JJeiaware. Ohio,
were almost demolished.' and -central
Ohio' suffered damage estimated st a
million dollars.1 :" ' - -
Four year old Norman Bruce, a .".
tie boy- playfully pointed a
rifle at hie It year oM hr.
Ham.--An explosion foilowel
Ham fell with a sh"t t r
domen.
As protest so 'nM !' r,
meat women f I ' t
Clded tO bOVCrtt tel.! r i
demonrt.-'i " ' - '
all the f - - ; rf i -vh".
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