The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 01, 1913, Page 65, Image 65

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, .VVs Jjs jtf7fjyiiS George W. Guthrie, former mayor of Pittsburg, who Is the new American ambassador to Japan.
ll vV''r ft J VQ 6 Mrs- Helen Ring Robinson, member of the Colorado . state legislature, the only woman senator in the
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"" VNNi J?ss --jrJ ."' 6 Vincent Astor, son of the late John Jacob Astor, at the wheel of his new speed boat, Carcyria, on the
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j ; Xs1' 7 Dr. Morit Sturm, formerly assistant to Dr. Frederick Friedmann, who has broken with Dr. Frledmann
1 "" and who Is to establish an institute for the free treatment of tuberculosis natlents. , I
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I AH tbePrincmal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for
t' the Information of the Busy Reader Foreign, Eastern,
Political and Congressional News Notes to Be Preserved
; for Reference.
Congressional News
f ERMANT, France and England have
'iTmada trongc protests against : the
M clause in the Underwood tariff bill
' .ranting- a v Pr cent tariff discount
5n ood imported In bottoms owned
M controlled in the United States It
-hM been definitely announced at Waah
: tart T that the clause will be ellmin-
i A caucus "of house Democrats Is an-
nounced lor next Monday. A resolut on
. .win. considered to limit legMatlon
lat the extra session to the tariff and
' I currency, and possible emergency ap
propriations, and to pass upon commit
. tee assignments.
I The Progressives have been allowed
1 represenUtlon on all the house com
' 'mitteea except rivers and harbors and
'agriculture. They are given a total
1 of 18 assignments.
i The senate has adopted a resolution
t Instructing the Judiciary committee to
Investigate President Wilson's charge
""that a lobby is being maintained
Tat Washington or elsewhere to influ
Tence pending legislation, with partlc-
t ulaf reference to the tariff bill. The
1 president Informed the newspaper cor-
' ? respondents Thursday that he is in
" sympathy "wUh the proposed investl-
ration, and would be glad to furnifr'a
i f the names of the lobbyists to wh(jm
he referred, if "public necessity re
"I quired." The judiciary committee , is
;, t directed to, report its findings wUfiln
, I 10 days.
t The president is reported to have
agreed with Senators Williams . .and
ISlmmens-that raw materials and their
'products In the' agricultural schedule
whould be equalized in the tariff bill,
Instead of placing ra.w products on the
' - dutiable list and making flour and meats
free as in the .bill at present. The
senate subcommittee 43 reported to"
?" have decided Thusday to put cattle,
sheep, hogs, . wheat and oats on the
free list. Free' wool and free eugar
I are regarded to be in a stronger posl
j. tlon than ever.
Executive and Political
. J pECRETART LANE announced Wed
;.A nesday at .Washington that he had
t V created a reclamation commission,
j which will direct all work of the rec
Plantation service. F. H. Newell, pres
w ent director of the reclamation service,
will be the chairman. George Barton
j French, former president of th Beat
;' tie, Portland' Bpokane raiivoad wJH
jbe cptnmlssidher In charge 0 mainten-
snce and operation. Judge Wl(l n.
$ King ofl Portland will be chiof counsel,
and A. P. Davis will continue as chief
1 sails r. lindee tills seamasisstlen, H
; . ts expected that fair treatment will
. be accorded Oregon,
f. After July I next, ambosiied stamped
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envelopes and single one cent postal
cards will be .valid for postage in the
Philippines, when directed to addresses
in the United States, according to an
official order from Washington. Thoss
of the Philippines will bo accepted un
der similar conditions. Stamps are not
inciuaea in the order.
The Japanese government took the
elder statesmen and other leaders into
Its confidence Thursday at Tokio and
submitted to them the text of Uncle
Sam's reply to the Japanese protest
over the California question. The re
ply asserts that the question is an
economic. and not a political one. and
points out that the state of California
Insists that there has been no viola
tion of the American-Japanese treaty.
The London Standard advises Jap
an to deal with the California question
purely as a business matter. It says
me Japanese should go slow In mak
ing an Issue of the race question, which
If allowed to develop, would oblige
japan eventually to face the entire
western world. They should not, It
asserts, permit themselves to be gov
erned Jn the negotiations by their
sentiments of offended racial and na
tional pride.
President. Wilson Thursday nominated
for Oregon postmasters: Mamie Win
ters, Burns; Guy K TeX, Central Point:
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Union.
. President Wilson expressed the be
lief Monday to White House cor
respondents that the most extraordinary
lobby ever-gathered .by special Interests-
had been mustered at Washington
against the tariff bill. He thought, he
eaJd, that the great majority were oc
cupied in a systematic misrepresenta
tion of facts. Congressional commit
tees have been appointed to investi
gate this lobby.
At Washington Monday, President
Wilson Informed Senators Chamberfiiln
and Jones that he felt kindly toward the
proposed government railroads, In
Alaska.
Returning from a lecture tour of Jap
an. Dr. Hamilton Wright Mabie, associ
ate editor of the Outlook, declares that
Japan does not want war and Is In no
condition for war. Admiral Togo once
told hfrh, he said at San Francisco, that
for Japan to go to war with the Uni
ted States would be to commit -national
harl karl.
Governoc McGovern of Wisconsin has
Vetoed the bill'orderlng a referendum in
1914 on the questlonof extending the
ballot to Wisconsin women. Suffrage
was defeated by a majority of 92,000
In Wisconsin last 'November.
Senator Chamberlain has written to
Secretary Lane informing him that agj
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Hapsori the estimated cost of $100 per
acre fofr the West., Umatilla, Or. ex
tension will bf th outside eos of the-
THE "OREGON CUHDAY
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project, and that the first unit could
be completed for $7S an , acro,
Jacob Schaefer, publisher 0 sever
al German newspapers In Puget Sound
cities, lias resigned as a member of
the city library commission at Seat
tle, and has declared war against May
or Cotterill's plan for a statewide pro
hibition campaign.
A committee of postofflce officers
has submitted its report on the con
dition of the postofflce department to
Postmaster General Burleson at Wash
ington. The report asserts that the
department did not attain a condition of
self support during the administration
of Mr. Hitchcock, notwithstanding the
widely advertised announcement to
that effect. It is charged that the
general morale and efficiency of the
postal service were sacrificed to a
ruthlessly enforced policy of false econ
omy for the sole purpose of presenting
a showing of self maintenance. Figures
are given to show that deficiencies ac
tually occurred, instead of the depart
ment profits claimed by Hitchcock.
It is reported at Ottawa, Ontario,
that Canada will have an official at
tached to the Bfltlsh embassy at Wash
ington in the capacity of an adviser to
the British ambassador on matters af
fecting Canada.
President Wilson sent to the senate
Tuesday . the following nominations:
Andrleus M. Jones of Las Vegas, N.
M., to be first commissioner of the gen
eral land office; Charles M. Bruse of
Arizona, to be assistant commissioner
of the general land office. ,
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, accompanied
by the wives of several senators and
representatives, has. been making a quiet
Inspection of the unsightly alleys and
disreputable places throughout the capi
tal. It is said that Washington's slums
will be cleaned out, If this can be ac
complished through the active Influence
of the White House family.
Doubt is expressed at Washington as
to whether President Wilson will sign
or veto the sundry civil service bill.
The clause which exempts labor unions
and farmers' organizations from prose
cution with funds-set aside for enforc
ing the" anti-trust laws, is being consid
ered by the executive.
Municipal and Legislative
THE people of Gardiner, Scottsburg
and Elkton, jOr., have decided td
in,corporate the Port of Umpqua, by
a majority of 89 votes) A bond- issue
will be floated for the purpose of build
ing a jetty at the mouth of the Umpqua.
The proposed port will have an as
sessed valuation of over. H, 000,000 and
contains about 650 -square miles.
Sheriff Edward Cudlhee and the
board of commissioners of King coun
ty are arranging for the construction
of a stockade to enclose 65 acres -north
of Seattle, Wash. It will be used as
a means of enforcing the "lasy- hus
bands' law," which is expected to add
to the number of county prisoners.
The state of Washington having ar-
rnns-pd to. send Its Gettysburg veteran
to" GefiysDurgHror"the semi-centennial
celebrations ti;ere, it is. announced from
Olympla that about 125 union and 45
confederate - veterans will go on the
JOURNAL, POIiTLANI),' SUNDAY MOKIJING, JUUC 1,
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trip. Bids will soon be opened for
a special train to carry them east,
governor Johnson put his signature
Tuesday to 63 measures passed by the
California legislature, making 19 which
have received his approval. There re
main about 600 bills to be signed or
disapproved by the governor prior to
June 16. He has signed the full crew
bill, the net container bill, and a meas
ure providing that United States sena
tors Shall be elected directly by the
people at the same time the members
of the legislature are chosen.
Governor Lister has announced at
Olympla, Wash., that he favors the
construction of the proposed bridge
across the Columbia river at Vancouv
er at such a time as the state and the
counties are financially able to handle
this Improvement.
. Officials of Milwaukle, Or., have an
nounced that the town will proceed at
once to sell the water bonds of J 20,
000 authorized at the recent special
election and erect a new plant, refusing
to purchase the two private plants at
the prices the owners demand. The
bonds run '20 years and bear five per
cent Interest.
After a week's campaign for funds,
the city of Dayton, Ohio, has succeeded
in raising $2,000,000 with which to make
itselfeafe from future floods.
The school census of South Bend,
Wash., shows that, the district contains
715 school children, an Increase over
last year of 20 per cent.
Governor West announced Monday at
Salem. that he would start an Investi
gation next week of alleged violations
of Portland gas franchises.
The town of Sheridan, Or., has let
the contract for 17,000 'yaTds of bitu
llthrc pavement.
The New Jersey stats' senate has
passed by a strict party vote the jury
reform bill approved by President Wil
son. Commercial and' Industrial -
r
T is announced at Safti Francisco that
Adolphus Busch and his associates
In the brewing business at St Louis
have formed a syndicate to operato a
string of hotels on the Paclflo coast
The plan Is said to Include the erection
of first class hotels Jn Portland and
Los' Angeles.
With practically no opposition, bonds
have been voted at Klamath Falls', Or.,
to take up the outstanding warrant in
debtedness. ' The city will be on a cash
basis so soon as the bonds are sold.
Representatives of over 60 publish
ing firms have appeared during' tho
past few months before the Oregon text
book commission, which will meet next
Monday at Salem for the purpose of
adopting text' books for the schools of
the state.
Purs water obtained from the Slm
coe mountains at a distance of 12 miles,
111 supply the thirsty public of Oold
endale, Wash., at the sanitary drink,
lng fountains Installed by a number of
business men in front Of their prem-Jjea-oa.,,Mala,atiyet
An apple warehouse' to cost $40,000
and to bold 100,000 boxes will be built
pear North Yakima, Wash.,. this season
by Chester A. Congdon of Dulutb, He
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owns the largest apple orchard in the
Yakima valley, which is expected to
produce 200 cars of fruit when In full
bearing.
The building permits issued st Van
couver, Wash., totaled $19,388,332 In
1913. as compared to only $8,416,326 at
Seattle.
It Is announced at Marshfleld, Or.,
that the Southern Pacific has issued
orders for two more tunnels on the
Willamette Pacific line between the
Sluslaw and the Umpqua, thus disprov
ing the rumors that the line was to
come in by way of Drain.
Judge H. Gary, head of the steel
trust, used these words la testifying
at the New York hearings of the gov
ernment's dissolution suit: "I believe
that the JUnlted States steel corpora
tion has set a good example in te
business world. If this seems like
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The Union Pacific board at New
York has approved two alternate pro
posals for the disposition of the block
of $128,650,000 worth of stock it holds
In the Southern Pacific One is to
sell the stock to the highest bidder:
the other to place it In the hands of
a receiver. Attorney General Mo
Reynolds has declined to express him
self as to these proposals for the dis
solution of the Union Pacific merger.
Timely rains have fallen in Sherman
and Gilliam counties, Oregon, and the
crop outlook is regarded as very prom
ising. Albert Sprlngstube has sold S3 acres
near Salem, Or., known as the George
Gray place, for $11,500, reserving the
crop. He was ridiculed for buying It
for $10,000. ,
The state engineer of Oregon has ap
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S., Manager, 313 Washington St, Corner Sixth
proved applications of the Harney Val
ley Reclamation company to irrigate
54,000 acres. Four to si reservoirs
will be required for storage purposes.
Thomas W. Joyce, a security clerk
In the office of J. P. Morgan & Co..
was introduced by the defense at New
York to prove that Judge Elbert H.
Gary, chairman of the United States
steel corporation, and H. C. Frick, direc
tor, did not deceive President Roosevelt
when they told him it was essential
for the corporation to take over the
Tennessee Coal & Iron company In or
der to stop the panto of 1907. He de
nied the government's contention' that
Gary and Flick misrepresented the
facts.
Legal and Criminal
THE trial of the case of Theodore
Roosevelt vs. George A. Newett was
begun Monday at Marquette, Mich.
The colonel is suing Newett for $10,000
damages because of the publication In
the latter's paper of an article charg
ing him with drunkenness. The Jury
consists of four miners, three teamsters,
two farmers, one blacksmith, one loco
motive fireman and one woodsman.
Roosevelt testified that he occasionally
drank," but never to excess.
Lee Rial alleged head of the "nation
al bunoo syndicate," has been sentenced
at Los Angeles to 10 years In San
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