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8 REVIEW J Jll " ' " w n ' ? r ; k 4v4MfflwtfH eggs. fa - - -- win p1 f v WW 1 -Vll wAi ft, Wit fi"rw Y Ss& ''J' ifMl ' All the Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for the Information of the Busy Reader Foreign, Eastern, Political and Congressional News Notes to Be Preserved for Reference. Congressional News IT Is announced from Washington thl the close of the turiff debate in . drawing neat, nl the final vote on the measure will soon be taken in the "senate. Except the two senators from -J LottiHlaiw; the . Dniocrat are expected jo vote nolldly for the bill, while both the progressive and regular Hcpubli , ean will vote solidly against it. . Congressmen AlUm of Ohio and V' Stephens or New Hampshire, are draft ing a bill to provide for the abolition Of all wooden tars in the 1'nited States within five yean. At the currency bill hearing before the senate finance committee, Festus . Wade of St. Louis. Rld that the Amerl can Bankers' association regarded the . issuance of currency by the United States treasury an "weakening the re . public." , Colonel Martin Mullial) declared Thursday In tendfying before the house ; - lobby investigating committee, lhat Z-l' CWgresman Ktafford of Wisconsin, t: a member of the committee itnelf, was a representative of the N. A. M., and a ; 't. oetter attorney tor tnat organization "than Littlefield ever dared be." f j , Declaring that the trusts now control ji the country's ammunition output and v're charging extortionate prices, llep jf resentative Kent of California has ln fi; troduced a resolution in the houxe pro fi posing government monopoly of muni tions of war. - Senator Miles Poindcxter of Wash- ington, has introduced a bill in the Hen 5'.. ato which would allow land entry men falling to perfect a first 'entry, to make X ; a second entry. It is provided that J), fraud or a sale of right would debar f ' entrymen from this second chance. .fi: - In an effort to carry the currency revision question over until the regular Jj' nesslon of congress, Senator Week, a f VI Republican member oZ the senate cenn- mittee conducting the currency hear "f 1 Ings, has presented a resolution dlrect- f '. ing the. committee to withhold its re pont until December 2. ii-"...Jraa house currency conimittef has 1 completed its work on the aomlnistra i ' tlon blU, and has authorized Chairman f Glass to report the measure Debate j' -wilt probably begin earl next week. jh 8enator Chamberlain Intends intro- ' duclng a bill appropriating $40,000 to ' move the Coos Bay, Or, life saing station and rebuild it in a better loca- . rtepresentative Crosser of Ohio has $ , Introduced a bill providing for munlcl-f- pal ownership of Washington s etreet C railways, either by purchaoe or by out l right condemnation. He said that this f, "would serv as an object lesson to ?; very city Jn America. Municipal : ownership of street rallwavs in Amer- , lea Is bound to come soon." i : senator ciarae, in a speech to the ; senate, advocated a tax on trading in cotton where no actual delivery was Intended. He declared that the New -ion ' irar . iw, urinni cotton ex- i manges are no more- than gambling in ' ' atitutlonw. t, . . The Overman senata committee has adjourned Indefinitely! having finished its Investigation of the National Asuo- THE OF THE elation of Manufacturers as a result of the Mulhal! charges. Executive and Political AHSULUTE assurance was received Thursday afternoon by the admin istration at Washington that Pro visional President Huerta had eliminat ed himself as a candidate for the presi dency of Mexico at the October elec tion. It Is also stated that Huerta has assured President Wilson that the elec tion will he conducted In a legal and orderly manner. President Wilsons nomination of Henry Morganthau as ambassador to Turkey, and that of John McMurray to be secretary of the I'nlted States lega tion at Pekln, huve been confirmed by the United States senate. Governor Edward F. Dunne of Illi nois has recognUed Acting Governor Martin M. Glynn of New York by hon oring Glynn'jj requisition for the re turn of a prisoner. While acting gov ernor of Illinois, Barrett O'Hara had refused to honor Glynn's requisition. Joseph Willard, forkier governor of Virginia, Is mentioned at Washington as the man most likely to be named by tne president as ambassador to Spain, which position will pay $17,500 a year, now that the American legation at Madrid has been raised to the rank of an embassy. Governor Sulzer has made public at Albany. N. X., the contents of a letter from Colonel Theodore Koosevelt, in which the latter advises him. to make "full and straightforward explanation and answer in reference to the charges" tnat resulted in the governors Im peachment. According to a dispatch received at the watr department at Washington from Colonel Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama canal, water will be admitted to the basin bv October S. The Culehra cut will be finished Sep tember 15. The state printing hoard of Oregon hns decided by a unanimous vote to purchase the printing plunt of the lute State Printer W. S. Dunlway for $15,170. It was also decided tq adopt the Salem scale of wages for the print em in the state printing office. Municipal and Legislative THE "Municip name given to the Neig HE "Municipal Spoonery" is the by Denver young men ghborhood house estab lished by the city park board In con nection with the municipal playgrounds at Klyrla, a Denver suburb. Under municipal regulations young lovers may bill and coo therein, it la aald, ao their hearts' content. Pollowlng a short private session of the city council of Albany, Or., it was announced that James Kennedy, a Eu gene contractor, was the successful bidder for the laying of trunk sewers on three streets. His bid was $17, 326.80. City Hall park at New York . was jammed Wednesday with 20,000 people when Gaynor men representing the five boroughs asked the mayor to run as an independent candidate: for reelection. Gaynor accepted. That the water used at The Dalles, Or., ice plant is pure in, every respect is the gist of a report received by its manager from" Dr. Calvin S. White state health ( of flcW The plant is re- OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY WORLD'S lieved of any responsibility for the recent cuses of typhoid ever at Dallas. An effort is being made by the Baker, Or., commercial club to have the architects of the new federal build ing at Portland consider the use of Baker county building stone In at least pnrt of the structure. It is announced from Tncoma, Wash., that some time within the next 12 months that city will offer for sale 10,000 lots located In all parts of the city, on which assessments for munici pal improvements are delinquent. The campaign of street improvement continues at Pendleton, Or., where the property owners of West AHa street have now come forward with a peti tion asking that it be hard surfaced. WcfC Webb street has been paved to the city, limits, and work on Kaley street has Just begun. It Is expected that almost two-thirds of San Francisco's new bond issue of $3,500,000 will be sold over the counter at the treasurer's office in small de nominations. Applications are already in for $1,000,000, and no trouble It ex pected in disposing of the entire issue. H. B. Smith has resigned as water superintendent of Hood River, Or,, be" cause of a reduction In his salary from $125 to $100 a month. K. S. Slnnex was appointed by the council to fill the vacancy. Mayor Clara C. Munson of Warren- ton, Or., has appointed her predeces sor, George C. Moore, as a member of the city council to fill a vacancy. Commercial and Industrial ALL the Oregon Short Line railroad bridges across the Snake river near Nyssa, Or., are to be replaced with modern steel structures, on which work has been begun. The new bridges will be double-tracked, and of the very lat est and heaviest type. The local land office at Vale, Or., has been doing a rushing business in homestead and desert filings. 130,000 acres of government reserve land in Malheur county having been thrown open to entry in August. It Is expected that 1000 families will be added to the population of Malheur county. The threshing crews of eastern Cow- llts county, Washington, have complet ed their work, alter a successful season. Oats turned out well, running from 80 to 100 bushels to the sere. Borne of the wheat fields averaged es high as 40 bushels, and barley did better than 60 bushels per acre. 'ine farmers of Douglas county, Or., have -formed an association to grow broccoli and winter cauliflower for shipment to Minneapolis In carload lots. i The Chamber of Commerce at Spo kane. Wash., has authorized President Charles Hebbard to appoint a special committee to investigate the status of the Columbia river from Pasco to the British Columbia boundary, with a view to opening the river to traffic. Wednesday and Thursday were desig nated 'as "Good Hoads days" by the governor of Arkansas, and It is esti mated that 76,000 men Joined in the work of road improvement throughout the state. In many cities business was sufcpended. t According! to the American represen tative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet company, Ban Francisco is to be that company's headquarter end 'terminus when the Panama canal le thrown open to shipping. The company Is now build ing nine steamers of 16.000 tons each on the Clye and in Belfast. ,' William Hurst, one of the largest In dividual prune raisers In the Walla Walla Valley, has already shipped' 18 carloads of prunes from his orchard this year, -for which he received $9900. I His net profit $000. ,. NEWS IN W. A. Garrett, vice president of the Chicago-Great Western railroad com pany, has issued a statement at Chi cago predicting a shortage oi ireigm cars this fall In many parts of the United States. Shippers are asked to co-operate with the railroads in an ef fort to minimize the congestion of freight, which he says Is sure to come. The Hamburg-American line Is pre paring to spend $5,000,000 for three passenger and freight steamships to be used In the Atlantic-Pacific trade via the Panama canal. The Cramps of Philadelphia have been asked to sub mit bids. Sixty Boston mansions are on the market, it is said, at bargain prices ranging from $20,000 to $95,000, the rivalry between Boston fashionables having grown so keen in the ownership of high-priced automobiles. Four sections of land in 8-herman county, Or., belonging to the Shear es tate, and commonly known as the Fln negan ranch, have been sold to C. H. Nottingham of Portland, for a cash price not made public. The land is con sidered the choicest In Sherman county. Legal and Criminal ANOTHER suit has been filed by the government in the United States court at Philadelphia, Pa., to smash the anthracite coal trust. The Reading system, it is believed, Including the railroad, coal companies and subsidiar ies, is attacked. The government al leges that the Reading owns 75 per cent of all the anthracite coal -mined in the United States. At Salam, Or., Judge Galloway has dismissed the suit brought in the cir cuit court by Krnest Uingo to enjoin Secretary of State Olcott frcm 'refer ring the workmen's compensation act to a vote of the people. Harvey Fields shot and killed Dr. E. Or Gordon at Cairo, 111., and surren dered himself Into custody. He sought to avenge his wife, whom he declares to have been assaulted while In the phy sician's office. A seven-year-old boy at Munich stunned a three-year-old girl with a club, and then split her head open and severed her arms and legs. The young murderer is thought to be insane. The deputy sheriffs clashed with a mob of strikers Monday at Calumet, Mich., Margaret Fazakas, the daughter of a striking copper miner, was fatally injured. Reports indicate that the deputies fired at the strikers when the latter refused to leave mine property. William Tweedle, a former prison guard, was arrested Monday at Salem, Or., and the police say that they have evidence tending to Implicate him as a white slaver. He Is charged with main taining a disorderly house, Sheriff Fred Smith and exSherlff Mel Warner, now a deputy, succeeded Sunday in recapturing Billy Jim, an alleged Indian horsethlef, who made a sensational escape from the sheriff on August 14. When located again he put up a desperate fight, and It required the combined efforts of both officers' to subdue and handcuff him. - Attempts of Socialists to speak on the streets of Aberdeen, Wash., Sunday night, resulted in several arrests. The immigration board at Coaticook. Quebec, has found Harry Thaw to be deportable on two., counts, and has or dered his immediate deportation. Thaw's counsel at onoe entered an ap peal. It is said that a writ of habeas corpus obtained in Montreal will bar Thaw's deportation-1 ' Attorney General Crawford, has filed suit In the circuit court at Salem against the governor, secretary of state and treasurer of Oregon ' to recover to the state the sum of $18,618.83. The action Is said to be based upon a purely technical interpretation the Jaw gov MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, PICTURE erning the penitentiary "revolving fund." Reports from Stuttgart, Germany, eay that 13 persons were killed and 11 oth ers Injured, five perhaps fatally, when a demented school teacher named Wag ner ran amuck In two German vil lages. William T. Jerome, former district attorney of New York city and known as the Nemesis .of Harry K. Thaw, has been arrested at Coaticook, Quebec, on a charge of gambling. Jerome was led through the streets to jail, with a hos tile mob hooting at his heels. "We are not going to hang your boy," were the words of a cheering message Bent by Governor West of Oregon to Mrs. Susie Morgan of Richmond, Ky., whose son, Robert Morgan, was to have hung Friday for the murder of his sweetheart at Condon. Morgan's sen tence was commuted to life imprison ment. William HInes, 65 years old, was ar rested Wednesday night at Baker, Or., following an attempted criminal as sault upon a 10-year-old girl, the daughter of M. M. Shepherd. Receivers have been appointed at Ta coma for two large Oregon concerns operating in Washington, each of which is mortgaged for $1,000,000. They are the Oregon-Washington Timber com pany and the Washington Northern Railroad company. Foreign M UCH rioting occurred at Dublin, Ireland, in connection with the tramway strike. Numerous bat tles In the streets took place Sunday between strikers and the police. Two persons are known to have been killed, and at least 600 were injured. The hos pitals were filled with injured men, women and children, and scores of strikers and their sympathizers were remanded to jail without bail. Reports 'from London say that King George has developed a passion for racing equal to that of his father, and has instructed Lord Marcus Beresford to obtain a half-dozen of the best year lings obtainable. Queen Mary is op posed to the penchant of her royal spouse for "the sport of kings." Work waa begun Monday at Duis burg, on the Rhine, on the first municipally-owned hotel in Oermafly, and the experiment will be watched;' with in terest throughout the Fatherland. Pri vate capital not being available for a first-class hotel, the city Itself decided to undertake the enterprise. John Henry Warter, a German-American mineralologist who was prospect ing in New Guinea, was killed and eaten by cannibals, according to a dispatch received' Monday at London. m. The. wreckage, caught fire when the Manchester Express of the Midland railroad telescoped the London Express near Carlisle, . England, and the bodies of nine passenger were cremated be fore they could be removedxzThe engi neer of one of the trains was. instantly killed. During a flight' near Juviay, France, the daring aviator Pegoud caused his monoplane: to describe a gigantic .letter "S" In the sky, during which ' process MdM'L y I' If i 1 I II SrAl v fnfV t"" o st ,- llll 1918. AND PARAGRAPH 1 Lillian Lorraine, Broadway actress, Is here shown wearing an ankle watch, which Is water proof, it is claimed, and suitable for bathers. 2 This picture shows the steamship Imperator, listed to one aide, af ter a great quantity of water had been poured In her hold to extin guish a fire that raged there. The fire occurred when the steam ship was in New York harbor. 3 Viscount Haldane and party, upon their arrival in America. From left to right Attorney General of the United States McReynolds, Sir Kenneth McKenzie, secretary to Viscount Haldane; Miss Hal dane, Viscount Haldane, lord high chancellor of Great Britain, and Francis Rawle. 4 Former Governor Stone of Pennsylvania, one of the leading attor neys for Harry Thaw. 5 Crowd outside the courthouse at Sherbrooke, Quebec, during Thaw'a hearing. 6 Firemen aboard the steamship Imperator, pouring water in her hold. 7 Former Judge Lynn' J. Arnold, publisher of the Knickerbocker Press in Albany, N. Y., who is Governor Sulzer's chief ally and is practically In charge of the accused executive's defense to im peachment 8 Funeral of one of the victims of the Londonderry, Ireland, riots. he flew upside down for about a quar ter of a mile. His feat is regarded as epoch-making In aviation, and quite ex ceeds his exploit -on August 20, when he made a parachute drop from an aero plane flying at a height of 900 feet. The city of Nankin was captured Sunday by the Chinese government forces, and the rebels fled Into the country by the southern gate. Several foreign ships were struck during the battle, and a sailor on board the United States cruiser Cincinnati was wounded. According to an announcement from suffragette headquarters at London, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst will epend October in America. When a monoplane turned turtle dur ing military maneuvers at Brleg, Ger many, Lieutenants Eckenbrecher and Prince fell 100 feet and were killed. Princess Augustine Victoria and ex King Manuel of Portugal, were 'mar ried Thursday In accordance with the rites of the Catholic church In the ancient castle of the Hoherisollerna at Slgmarlngen, ' At Como, Italy, Peter Charlton was forced to examine the bloody trunk, in which he is accused of hiding the body of his murdered wife. Charlton: did not flinch under the ordeal. The date of his trial will be fixed next week. . Violent popular anger Is expressed against China in Toklo because . of the killing of -four Japanese by rioting troops of the Chinese government at Nankin. The Toklo presa discusses the affair with much bitterness, and the Japanese foreign' office baa protected vigorously to the Fekin government. General News Notes w HEN the White Mountain express of New York, New Haven ft Hartford railroad crashed , into the rear end of the Bar Harbor, express near New Haven, Conn., Is lirea were '''', ' , ' 1 t 4! lost. A searching probe Into the dis aster will be directed, It Is said, ,by the Interstate Commerce Commission, as wooden Pullman sleeping cars are held responsible for the fatalities, and 1 had been recently condemned by the commission. ' An enormous eagle seized a five-year-old baby at San Feltpe, In the Imperial desert, California. Postmaster W. J. Hartzell and Dr. Harvey Ham of San Bernardino, Cal., fought the bird, but not without injury to themselves. Ham clubbed the fierce bird with his rifle, whereupon it turned upon him and tore his face and shoulders with its beak and talons. C. O. Grimes, a Payette, Idaho, mer chant who was almost fatally burned when a gasoline stove exploded, is now thought to have a fair chance to live. One hundred brother Masons contribut ed 600 strips of skin, which were graft ed upon his body. Former President William H. Taft. now a pYofessor of law at Yale, was elected president of the- American Bar . association at Its session in Montreal. John R. B. Willing, a millionaire banker of Philadelphia, died Wednes day of diphtheria. a oispaicn rrom Washington says that a round-the-world jaunt will be started next week by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Letter oh Howard Gould'a hand- (Continued on following page.) Weber' 20th Century . Gray Hair Restorative Wilt positively restore gray helr to its original color. Starts new life and vigor, and is beneficial to the scalp. ,. BICB $10. R. 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