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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.
K " Congressional News
CNDITIONAI, awards for the con
struction of ix new torpedo boats
have been made by Secretary of the
Nary Daniel. Justification for the
cost must be shown.
Itufus 8. Vnayer, United States Cir
cuit Judge at Shanghai, is charged be
fore the house committee on expendi
tures with having left his post of -duty
While several criminal cases were pend
ing. campaign to raise the Progressive
party strength in the house has been
started- Nineteen Progressives Of the
house and Senator Miles Fotndexter
were named on the committee, with
Representative Rlnebaugh, as chairman.
In a stormy session in the house the
administration currency bill advocates
Withstood all attempts at forcing an
amendment to the measure. The forces
In favor of the bill were well. organ
ised and the machinery worked smooth-
1,-Senate confreres ' receded from the
amendment to free list the cheaper
grades of woolen blankets and accepted
the house paragraph making them duti
able 26 per cent ad valorem. Slight
reductions were made in the senate
rates on paper.
The senate has made the measure
authorizing the president to construct
railroads In Alaska, its unfinished busi
ness after December 8. This action fol
lowed a number of unsuccessful at
tempt to have a day set for talcing up
thebilL, ' '
Representative Clark of Florida,
chairman of the committee on public
grounds and privileges, advocates a lit
tle White House for the vice president
Oil paintings, works of art and mov
ing picture films are obstacles hard fpr
the tariff committee to overcome. There
Is but a slight difference between the
two houses over the rates for hats and
bonneta.
Picked teams from the house and
senate will battle for the golf cham
pionship of th capital, on the Colum
bia links September 29. President Wil
son may witness the match. House
leader Oscar Underwood may act as
referee.
F.recutive and Political
T3B war department has been asked
hv financial Interests of Wail
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"street" to Increase the number of
soldier ?on Governor's island. It Is
feared that violence may result from
mobs and foreign uprisings. The island
is near the financial center.
The Turkey trot is barred at the
Philadelphia navy yard. Blue Jackets
who violate the rule against the new
form of dance will be subjected to dis
cipline. Senator Jones of Washington de
mands that the senate take action with
' out delay on the proposed constitutional
s amendment to give the vote to women.
The amendment was reported favorably
to the senate in June,
i Representative Met of-Brooklyn ar
rived at the depot in New York to find
a hears waiting for his body. A rumor
had been circulated that the representa
tive' had died of heart disease on the
train.
:'' The currency bill has passed the
house by a vote of 286 to 84. The
measure goes to the senate with Presi
dent Wilson's endorsement. AU amend
ment offered by the minority are re
jected. Senate committee may consume
week In discussing the bill.
- Theodore Roosevelt, through his sec
retary, states that ha has no knowledge
of the Intention of President Wilson and
Secretary of State Bryan to ask him to
go to England, RusJ.n4,,6ermany as
special ' envoy to try to Induce -thoa
countries to make representation at the
Panama-Pacific exposition.
. Attorney Oeneral McReynolds Is un
certain, whether or not to attack the
American Telephone and Telegraph om
pajjl under the Sherman anti-trust law.
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OF THE
A civil suit may be brought If the facts
regarding the alleged attempt to control
business are warranted.
The senate, and hosse are said to
have reached an agreement on the pro
posed duty on wheat and flour. It Is
said the house members finally accepted
the Benate amendment without change.
The United States is planning to In
vite all the navies of the world to be
represented In the great naval parade
at Hampton Roads to celebrate the
opening of the Panama canal. It is
expected that the procession will be
the largest of its kind ever held In his
tory. 'Federal department of labor expects
scceptance to Its propositions for set
tlement of the copper miners' strike.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels will
Investigate the bid of Jersey City for
New York's navy yard. The yard at
the latter place Is rapidly outgrowing
its quarters.
The house lobby investigating com
mittee has practically finished taking
testimony in connection with charges
of Martin M. Mulhall that present and
former members of congress have been
guilty of Irregular conduct
At the recent meeting of the Inter
Parliamentary union at The Hague Sec
retary Bryan's plan for the peaceful set
tlement of international disputes
through sober second thought and good
offices of an Impartial commission was
received with favor.
During August American ship yards
turned out 143 vessels. Most of the
craft were built in yards on the At
lantic and Paclfio coasts.
Senator Pomerene has returned from
Ohio prepared to resume his fight in
the senate to restore to the tariff his
amendment taxing California wines. He
stated that he is confident of success.
Commercial and Industrial
FRUIT growers of Grants Pass sec
tion are shipping a great quantity
of peaches and tomatoes to Marsh
field, by parcel post.
I. R. McClellan Is starting a big stock
ranch near Philomath, Or., The owner
came to Oregon recently from Texas,
Duying iooo acres of land.
The Washington-Oregon corporation
has filed a $1,000,000 mortgage at Olym-
pla, covering the Centralla-ChehalU ln
terurban line and numerous water
power plants of the company in south
western Washington. Much of the
money realised will be used In taking uc
outstanding bonds.
Canneries of the lower Columbia were
blocked by the receipts of fall fish
within 24 hourg after the season opened.
Enormous loss of fish will result If the
big run continues, as canners will be
unable to, handle all the fish offered.
Track is being raised, ditches and
cuts opened and grades lifted. In prep
aration of receiving heavier rails on thn
Corvallls & Eastern road, near Philo
math, Or.
Prune growers have begun gathering
their crops in the lowlands near Salem.
and It Is predicted that the yield this
year win be up to the standard
Permits to do business in Oregon
have been denied the Standard Fender
company and the Black Bell Mining A
Milling company, of Portland. The cor
poration commissioner did not consider
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me jiibi numea iirrn solvent.
Polk county fruit growers are nlan-
ning to establish a cannery at Dallas.
An export demand for hard wheat
both of winter and spring varieties, has
developed within the past few days.
Corn has lost a little ground as the re-
suit of the government's report.
'l ne commercial club of Elma, Wash.,
Is seeking to have the Northern Pa
clfio railroad erect a new depot at that
piaoe.
Fruit men of Knanna anil vlelnltv in
planning to buHd a cannery. Eighty
carloads of fruit hav been shipped from
that locality already this year. Thresh
ers of Garfield county are finishing
their work for the season. The oat crop
1 reported as being unusually good.
vn me irst trip, of the Willamette
OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY
WORLD'S
1 The arrest of Harry K. Thaw in NeV Hampshire, showing, the curious crowd which, followed the pris
oner and his captors to the hotel where he was locked. up for the night
2 The mighty explosion that admitted the ocean waters Into the Pacific end of the Panama canal. Twenty
tons of dynamite were used In blowing up the last barrier between the Pacific and Miraflorea locjts.
3 Section of the west chamber of the lower Mireflores locks, showing water which leaked in unexpect
edly after the explosion.
4 Harry Thaw in conference with his attorneys at Colebrook, N. H. Standing T. R. Mclnnes, Ottawa,
and T. F. Johnson of Colebrook. Seated Louis J. Vorhaus of New York and Harry K. Thaw.
5 rAdolph Kline, president of the New York City board of aldermen, who automatically succeeded Wil
liam J. Gaynor as mayor upon the latter's death.
6 Ex-Senator Morgan G. Bulkley of Connecticut, who accuses the banking house of Morgan & Co. of hav
ing attempted to mulct the New Haven railroad of $5,000,000.
7 The prince of Monaco, now on a visit In the United States.
Pacific railway from Eugene and
Springfield to Noti, the road carried
1150 passengers.
Two Portland men, F. and A. Wlnas,
have discovered a subterranean reser
voir on their place in Barren valley.
They expect to irrigate 40 acres of land
from the new water supply.
Governor Major of Missouri Is scored
by the Missouri Federation of Labor for
delay In investigating complaints that
striking waiters were brutally treated
by the police.
In the past four years the Brother
hood of Carmen has doubled Its mem
bership. Wilson Brothers of. Astoria have been
awarded the contract to build a cruiser
launch for the United States goven
ment The boat will have a length of
82 feet and beam of 17 feet, with 176
horse power engines.
All gas and electric meters will be
tested by the Oregon state railroad com
mission before they are used by the
public service corporations, if plans of
the commission carry.
Stillwell Brother expect to finish ex
cavating at the lake end of the Lake
Washington canal before the coming
winter. The bottom of the hole is al
ready within eight feet of the desired
depth, and the full width has been made
In the upper levels.
Forty-six line elevators are to be
built this year by the Alberta Farmers
company. AU will be completed In time
to handle thisv season's eropr-
Work will begin . within the next
month on the new house of the Kappa
Epsllon of the- University of Washing
ton. More than $2,000,000 la being spent at
Port Angeles and vicinity, in erection
of big saw and shingle mills and other
improvements, says W. 8. Pearce, secre
tary of the Port of Angeles Commercial
club.
It is announced by the Grand Trunk
Pacific railroad that the townslte of
Port George located, at the confluence
of the Fraser and Nechaco rivers In
central British Columbia, will be sold
at public auction.
Natural gas sufficient to supply the
needs of 8000 families Is said to have
been discovered In the Olympic penin
sula. The sum of 111,500 was cleared by the
fair held In King county, Wash.
The new publlo building at Newberg
has been completed and city officials
have occupied the new structure. The
Commercial club will soon move into
the building.
The state tax commission plans to
use the records of 80,000 real estate
transfers to equalise taxes.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
favor erecting a general federal of
fice building on the present site of the
old postofflce structure In Portland, v
The exhibit of the Multnomah county
fair at Oresham thl year excel; those
of former years in point of quality, and
quantity.
Crook county and the forest service
have united in the effort to Improve
road In Crook county reserves. , Work
has continued U. summer on the road
NEWS IN
Wit Aj lfc;C5v; Ate
from Prlnevllle to Mitchell through the
Blue mountains.
Municipal and Legislative
T3E city commissioners of Pasadena,
Cal., have passed an ordinance de
claring It illegal for bakers to
shortwelght bread.
Salem will vote on a tentative com
mission form of government plan at the
primary election to be held November
8. A committee will be named to make
a tentative draft of the charter.
To cure the divorce evil County Clerk
Switzer of Chicago would present each
prospective bride with a cook book.
The city council of Ashland has or
dered the Ashland Electrlo Light &
Power company to remove its poles
from the streets and alleys. The city
intends to repair its plant and do its
own lighting.
Eugene is planning to raise its share
of the money needed to erect an arm
ory for the Oregon National Guard.
Leon Douglass and. wife of San Rafael
have offered to buy all of the 125, 000
bonds . recently voted at that city for
the construction of a public swimming
tank, providing the trustees will set
aside one day each week when children
under '16 years of age may enjoy the
baths free of charge.
The Home Industry league of Cali
fornia has addressed a letter.- to- the
buildings and grounds committee of the
Panama-Pacific exposition asking that
the stone contract for tMe construction
of the Civic Center auditorium be award
ed to the McGUvary Stone company, on
the grounds that the company's bid was
lowest. The firm intends to use Colusa
stone in the proposed building.
Chief of Police White, of San Fran
clso has ordered all captains of the .de
partment, to see that order Is main
tained In the several districts. An agi
tation looking" for the wiping out of
Barbary coast has been started.
Spokane chamber of commerce Joins
In the movement to hasten work on the
north Jetty at the mouth of the Colum
bia river, and procure additional dredges
for use in deepening the main channel.
Legal and Criminal
THE body of Alice Hooper who had
been missing for several- day has
been, found In the Passaic river
near Harrison, svlth the skirts weighted
with stones. . Circumstances point to
murder. -
Millionaires row In New York was
raided by burglars during the absence
of the owners for. the summer, goods
valued at (100,000 being stolen.
Jack Johnson's perfected appeal from
the sentence of one year In prison and
11000 fine, ha been accepted, and it Is
said that the' pugilist will be on hand
when the matter comes up in court.
. For passing Gorged checks with which
to set money to buy food for her chii.
dren, Mrs. Minnie Acoff of Des Molnes
Was sentenced io in penitentiary.; w
Requests c for widows' , pensions ' are
MORNING.? SEPTEMBER ; 21;
PICTURE
refused by Judge Bushey of Marlon
county. The court disapproves the new
law, and would have all such request
maae on the pauper's list
Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the
Los Angeles Times, received a box of
aynamite, provided with cap and fuse.
He turned the explosive over to the po
lice who, set the "machine" off in the
outskirts of the city.
J. E. Bunch, a promoter of Seattle,
was arrested in San Francisco on sus
picion of grand larceny of 81200.
A band of cattle rustlers made a de
scent on Moraga valley, Oal., and in
the fight with a sheriff's posse, a horse
belonging to the invaders was killed.
The rustlers escaped.
Mrs.' Katherlne M. 6 perry has been
granted a divorce from Horace B.
Sperry, nephew of George Sperry, the
millionaire flour manufacturer, on the
ground of desertion.
Enraged because his wife refused to
live with him John P. Hogan killed the
woman and then took his own life, in
San Francisco.
Cattle men and sheep men of the
Troutlake section are having trouble
over the right to the use of the ranges
of that section. Coke Jennings, packer,
and Nick Harts and William Thompson,
herders. In charge of a band of sheep
for Frltx Smith, were arrested while
crossing the range between Troutlake
and Ice Caves.
Thieves broke into a stable at Pen
dleton and slashed the beautiful silver
mounted saddle belonging to John Spain,
hero of the Pendleton Round-up two
years ago. The act was committed to
secure the sliver.
For triklng Mrs. C. C. Verrlll of
Roseburg, in the face, O. V. Beck, boiler
maker, was fined 860. The blow was
struck when the woman resented Beck'
attention.
The Judgment of the Marlon county
court in dismissing the suit of Olive E.
Hunt against her husband, Spencer
Hunt and F. W. Spencer, brought to
cancel the mortgage on her home, ha
been v sustained by the state suprern
court -
Millionaire W. P. Bailey of Pasadena
spent the night In Jail at Los Angeles
because of his temporary Inability to
get ball. He was acoused of speeding,
but his friends thought bis arrest a
Joka
The statement of C. H. McLaughlin
of Marshfleld that Attorney General
Crawford refused to obtain the former's
evidence In the L W, W. deportation In
quiry, 1 denied by the attorney general. 1
uovernor west asks th emergency
board for money with which to continue
his crusade against vice.
Former Clroult Judge Frank J. Tay
lor was shot and instantly killed at
Astoria by Oswald C Hansel, a rancher.
The slayer had a grudge against his
victim because the latter had four years
ago drawn paper for divorce ; on the
complaint of Mrs, Hansel. The Woman I
had since obtained her divorce through
the aid of another lawyer.
United States circuit court of anneals
oocned it session In Portland u. Um,'
1 1913. '
AND PARAGRAPH
day, with four cases on the docket and
Judges Ersklne M. Ross of Los An
geles, William M. Morrow of San Fran
cisco, and William B. Gilbert of Port
land, presiding.
Church authorities of New York have
begun a sweeping investigation into the
record of Rev. Hans Schmidt, alleged
lmpoater and pseudo - priest, who con
fessed to killing Anna Aumuller of that
city.
Joaquin Rlos shot Frances Gargtn,
who had rejected him, then turned the
revolver on himself, at a dance in San
Francisco, It is expected that both will
recover.
Theodore Kytka, finger' print expert
of San Francisco, discovers a method
of completely destroying the finger
print system of Identification. His plan
enables him to transfer prints' from one
object to another, thus making it possi
ble to convict Innocent persons.
Suit for 810,000 damages brought by
Charles Klncald lot Williams against
State Senator Dr. J. C. Smith, for neg
ligence in treating plaintiffs leg, has
been decided In favor of the defendant.
Gertrude M. Grantley has filed suit
for breach of promise, asking J. N.
Nash to pay 860.000, at South Bend,
Wash. She claims that after living,
with the defendant under agreement to
wed, the latter repudiated his contract
and married Lillian Fox.
Foreign
IN fulfillment of a wager made 20
years ago Read Admiral Sir Robert
K. Arbuthnot and Captain Eric Black
ofJ&oJBritlshn
race, the latter winning the race, mak
ing the distance in 12 seconds.
Transport workers are on strike in
Dublin and Industries employing 10,000
men are In danger of closing down be
cause of the lack of supplies. The men
are asking higher wages.
A new treaty between Turkey and
Bulgaria is said to have been signed,
Latest Styles in Fine
On Exhibition at Salesroom
46-48 Filth St., Portland
" Let Us Figure, with You ,
on Your New Bar Outfit ' ;
The Brunsvvlclc-Balkc-Collcndcr Co.
wherein Turkey gets Adrlanople and
Kirk-ICIllsseth and loses the greater
part of Thrace. Although Bulgaria Is
displeased with the treaty It is said the
powers are not inclined to listen to the
objections. r
Sir Edward Carson, anti-home ruler
of Great Britain, has gone to Belfast
Ireland, for the purpose of Inspecting,
he declares, tho- volunteer army being
raised to protect the provisional gov
eminent which he says will be estab
lished If home rule becomes a ' fact.
Spain may not participate in the Panama-Pacific
exposition because of lack
of funds causaj by the drain from the
African war.
The slide in V Panama canal Is na
ture's way of gating revenge for cutting
the timber tb' borders on the great
ditch, says Professor Klrkaldy, address
ing the British association.
Member of the British association
are Interested in the discussion of the
brain capacity of the remote-ancestors.
Opinions differ widely.
American Ambassador Thomas
O'Brien visited King Victor Emmanuel
according to news from Pisa, and de
livered his letters of recall. He was
praised by the ruler. He Is succeeded
by Thomas Nelson Page.
Holland . suffragists, 1000 strong,
marched to the premier's office and
protested against the "half measure" of
woman suffrage allotted , them, and
made a demonstration before parlia
ment The time Is not yet ripe for a gen
eral strike on the part of Socialists in
German yrls'saiar-Iirtherdebate Theld
at Jena . the plan to force ' the indus
trial and political issue, met with but
few .supporters.
Four Swiss mountain climbers are
missing in the Alps on pis Palu summit
or tne upper ungadine. There Is little
hope of ever finding the party alive.
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