Heppner gazette., April 09, 1908, Image 3

BLIZZARD AND
SNOW SUPREME
G)ld Wave From Arctic Zone Sweeps
Middle West.
Northern Roads Blocked by Drifts
From Manitoba Through Minne
sota and West to Montana, Gale
Carries Clouds of Show Ther
mometer Down to Zero.
St. Paul, April 2. A terific gale is
blowing here today and ia bearing
cold wave down from the Northwest
according to the United States weathe
. bureau. The cold wave will cause
drop in tempertaure to about lOJdegreee
aoove zero.
Very low temperature prevailed to
; day at most places in Manitoba and
, territories. It was two degrees below
zero at Medicine Hat today and four
below at Prince Albe t.
A dispatch from Grand Forks, N. D
says:
"A heavy snowstorm, accompanied
by wind, caused delay to trains in
North Dakota today. The east bound
Oriental limited of the Great Northern
arrived four hours late and reported
that the storm raged all the way from
Great Falls, Mont. All trains from
the East were from half an hour to two
hours late this morning.
The snow is drifting and it is believed
traffic will be tied up west of Grand
Forks. About a foot of snow has fallen
here in the last 24 hours. It is report
ed that the Soo line from Ardock west
to Kenmare is badly tied up."
In the Grip of a Blizzard.
Crookston, Minn., April 24. The
entire Red river valley has been since
last night in the grip of the worst bliz
zard of the winter.
PORTLAND'S ROSE CARNIVAL
Great Preparations Being Made for
Floral Event.
Portland. Or., April 2. This week
the management of the Portland Rose
festival, which will give a $50,000 cele
bration during the first six days of
June, inaugurated a campaign of pub
licity throughout all sections of the
country. The campaign consists of the
sending out by mail of 250,000 beauti
fully colored and artistic advertising
''inserts," in which plan all the whole
sale and retail houses, hotels, restaur
ants, public schools, drug Btores, etc.,
have been enlisted. Great demand
has been made for theee attractive in
serts already a id they will be sent out
regularly until the festival opens June 1.
One of the fine features of the big
jubilee will be the grand water carnival
to be held one evening during the week.
Every individual, firm or corporation
that owns a pleasure or business craft
that plies in the waters of the North
west has been invited to enter some
craft in the magnificent decorative and
illuminated aquatic pageant.
Capt. J. C. Speier, harbor master of
this port, (bairman of the water carni
val committee, has been in communica
tion with many associations along the
streams and rivers of this section that
are interested in water sports and most
of them have assured him that they
will be glad to participate in that event.
Quite a number of towns and cities
of Oregon, outside of Portland, have
come to the front to help make the fes
tival a huge success. Some have ap
propriated as high as $500 and $600 to
defray the expense of building a fine
decorated and illuminated float for the
splendid night parade "The Spirit of
the Golden West."
Work on these floats is already under
way and new committees are being
heard from every few days. The time
is Bhort, so the management urges those
towns that desire to take part in the
demonstration to communicate with
the festival management at once.
Commercial bodies from all parts of
California will come here for two or
three days of the festival. A special
business men's excursion under the
auspiceB of the California state board
of trade, which will embrace organiza
tions from all the leading cities of that
comrnonwealth, has already been ar
ranged for.
All Anxious to See Fleet.
Melbourne, April 2. Alfred Deakin,
prime minister of Australia, has re
ceived a cable message announcing that
the American battleship fleet, which
will be divided into two squadrons of
eight warships each, will arrive here
September 1. The fleet will arrive at
Sydney September 13. The armored
cruisers, however, will not visit Aus
tralian waters. Mr. Deakin has cabled
Washington that it is the desire of
other Australian states that the fleet
should visit Hobart, Perth, Adelaide
and Brisbane.
Shut Down on Japanese.
Vancouver, B. C, April 2. When
the number of Japanese entitled to ad
mispion to Canada during any one year,
which is 400, is reached, the Federal
authorities have the assurance of the
Japanese government that the issue of
transports for Canada will be stopped
and there will be no more arrivals dur
ing the remainder of the year. Ad
vices to this effect have been received
by Dr. Mcnro, Dominion immigration
agent in Vancouver.
Buffalo BUI Breaks Down.
Chicago, April 2. Colonel William
F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) is seriously ill
here at the Stratford hoetl, suffering
from a general nervous breakdown.
UPPER COURT TO DECIDE.
Ruef
Asks That Judge Dool.ng
Pe
Forbidden to Try Him.
San Francisco, April 3. With the
views of Judge Maurice T. Dooling, as
announced from the bench, that an im
munity contract is non-existent in law,
illegal if entered into by a district at
torney and unenforceable by a defend
ant, indicating a probable advere ruling
on the objection of Abraham Ruef to
further proceedings against him be
cause of the promise of immunity made
him by the prosecution but afterwards
repudiated, Ruef, through his attor
neys, today made application to the
State Supreme court for a writ of man
date and petitioned for a writ of pro
hibition. The application and petition
are identical with the ones denied yes
terday by the District Court of Appeal.
The Supreme court is asked to prohibit
Judge Dooling from continuing the
trial of Ruef, and to issue a writ of
mandate ordering him. to transfer the
case to another department of the 8a
perior court.
Assistant District Attorney Francis
J. Heney this afternoon replied to the
argument of Frank J. Murphy, who
raised the question of the immunity
contract before Judge Dooling this
morning and contended that through
Ruef'e reliance upon the promise made
him, his constitutional rights were in
vaded when he testified before the
grand jury and that he was entitled to
be placed back where he could attack
the validity of the indictments.
PRACTICE NEARLY OVER.
Vessels at Magdalena Bay About to
Coal and Ciean Ship.
San Diego, Cal., April 3. Wireless
reports received from Magdalena bay
state that the record target practice of
1908 for the Atlantic fleet is practically
at an end. The Vermont, the last of
the "Big 16" to go upon the ranges
completed the firing of her 12-inch
guns yesterday and today was complet
ins her record with the rifles in the
secondary battery. Most of the ships
also have completed their torpedo prac
tice, bo that little remains to be done
at Magdalena bay but to coal and clean
ship.
It is said that all of the vessels will
take on sufficient coal to carry them to
San Francisco. In this way the ships
will be open to visitors every day of
their stay at the various ports on the
coast. During4 coaling days all ships
of the navy are barred to visitors and
practically all of the officers have to
remain on board.
The Connecticut, which brought Ad
miral Evans to San Diego yesterday af
ternoon, and which cleared again for
Magdalena bay at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, was 240 miles south at noon to
day and will rejoin the fleet late to
morrow afternoon.
The weather at Magdalena bay is re
ported as cloudy and threatening,
theee conditions having prevailed for
some time. No rain has fallen in the
bay, but a fewmiles inland it is said
there have been heavy showers. White
uniforms were expected to be worn, but
blue has been the prescribed color
nearly every day.
CONDEMNS ALL PENDING BILLS.
New York Chamber Advocates Com-
mission on Currency System.
New York, April 3. None of the
currency legislation -now Deiore con
gress, with the exception of the Lover-
ing bill, which provides for the ap
pointment of a commission to investi
gate the currency and banking systems
of the United States, will have the ap
proval of the New York chamber of
commerce, mis was tne aecision to
day when the chamber adopted the re
port of its special committee to investi
gate and report upon pending legisla
tion. It is the belief of the committee
that there is little chance o' any cur
rency legislation being enacted at the
present session of congress.
The committee s ri p rt recommends
the enactment of a law providing for
the appointment of a commission to in
vestigate the currency and banking sys
tems of the United States and other
leading commercial nations and to re
port such measure "as may be found
necessary to place our currency and
banking system on a sound basis, which
is absolutely essential fcr the perma
nent welfare and progress of the coun
try." Moves to Start Mines.
Indianapolis, April 3. The first offi
cial act of President Lewis, of the
United Mineworkers of America, in
assuming his office today, was to send
telegraphic invitations to the operators
of the competitive field, consisting of
Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, to attend a meeting in
this city Monday, April 6, with repre
sentatives ol the miners, to make an
effort to agree upon a call for an inter
state wage convention and, if necessary,
to decide upon a general resumption of
mining operations in the field.
Just Passes Contract Speed.
Rockland, Me., April 3. Facing ad
verse conditions today in the way of
highwinds and heavy seas, the armored
cruiser Montana exc?eded her contract
requirements by a slender margin on
the Rockland trial course. Her fastest
mile, which was made with the tide in
her favor, was at the rate of 23.8 knots
an hour. The Montana made 13 runs
today, being started at a 16-knot clip,
which was increased gradually to 22
knots.
Anarchy Rules in Hayti.
Paris, April 3. A dispatch received
here today from Port au Prince, Hayti,
says that the situation there is extreme
ly grave and that complete anarchy pre
vails. The dispatch further declares
that American warships are preparing
to land marines.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH
SESSION OF
Saturday, April 4.
Washington, April 4. The army ap
propriation bill was completed by tLe
senate committee on military affairs
today and will be reported to the sen
ate on Monday. It will carry atout
$15,000,000 more than was provided in
the bill as it passed the house, making
a total of approximately $100,000,000.
An item of about $7,000,000 was in
eluded to increase the pay of the army,
revenue cutter service and marine
corns, but excluding enlisted men of
the navy, in accordance with the pro
vision of the bill which was passed by
the senate.
Washington, April 4. By adopting
a sweeping cloture rule in the bouse
today, the Republicans left to the Dem
ocrats very limited powers. No longer
can a nil buster be. conducted agaimt
sending to conference bills with senate
amendments; no longer can a motion
to close debate be amended or discuss
ed, and no longer can a motion to ad
journ take precedence over a motion to
take a recess.
Williams forced a rollcall on the ad
option of the rule, and it was adopted,
138 to 119.
Consideration of the District of Co
lumbia appropriation bill was then re
sumed, but only after anotner rollcall.
Friday, April 3.
Washington, April 3. The senate
committee on judiciary spent some
hours considering the various bills in
tended to relieve prohibitoin states
from Federal interference in dealing
with liquor traffic within the borders
of such states, but no agreement wrs
reached. It was determined, however,
to vote on the measures on Monday.
From the discussion todsy there ap
peared to be a chance for the reporting
of some measure dealing with a part of
the questions, at least, that have been
agitated in a number of Southern
states, which have been prevented by
Supreme court rulings from exercising
their police powers for the control of
intoxicants.
Washington, April 3. When the
house of representatives adjourned late
today, the breach between the majority
and minority parties was, if anything,
wider than ever. The leaders on both
sides arrived on the scene early, appar
ently none the worse for the parliamen
tary Btruggle of the night before. The
Democrats resumed dilatory tactics and
kept it up throughout the day, notwith
standing the committee on rules apply
ing the gag law to general debate on
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill, which waB in order for considera
tion. The rule was adopted amid up
roar and alter tne Democrats uas ex
hausted everv parliamentary move
which they could make to obstruct its
final disposition.
Thursday, April 2.
Washington, April 2. The executive
session of the senate today was largely
consumed by discussion, without pas
sage of a bill to reorganize the public
school system in the District of Colum
bia by placing it under the control of a
director appointed by the national com
missioner of education, superseding the
control by the board of education com
posed of citizens of the District. !
The bill relating to tne settlement oi
claims of states on account of the dis
position of public land was again taktn
up and the Bacon amendment for set
tling the accounts of owners of cotton
seized by the government during the
Civil war, amounting to $5,000,000,
was considered, but without results
either on the bill or the amendment.
Washington, April 2. Carrying a
total of $11,508,806, the agricultural
appropiiation bill was passed by the
house late today. It had been under
discussion for nine days and from the
time its consideration began until the
veyr end its provisions were attacked
at every turn, with the result that it
underwent many changes. Just before
its passage, Scott, of Kansas, chairman
of the agricultural committee, made an
unsuccessful fight to have stiicken out
the amendment adopted yesterday con
siderably increasing the appropriation
for soil investigations.
During the debate today a brief flurry
was created by Harrison, of New York,
Democrat, characterizing as socialistic !
the bill of the minority leader, Wil
liams, providing for the utilization of
n,l Imnrnv-fimant of rnd9 in the neve- I
ral states.
Wednesday, April I.
Washington, April 1. Senator Hey
burn's three-day filibuster to defeat
Representative Jones' bill authorizing
the Benton Water company to dam
Snake river at Three-Mile rapids ended
in utter rout this, afternoon, the 6enate
turning him .down by a vote of 47 to 4.
The passage of this bill and the con
sideration of a measure for adjudicating
the claims of states against the govern
ment on account of the disposition of
the proceeds of public lands occupied
nearly the entire session of the senate
today.
Washington, April 1. Debate on the
Test Commodity Clause.
Washington, April 1. The govern
ment will not prosecute for failure to
comply with the "commodity clause"
of the railroad rate law, pending a de
cision of the Supreme court. The pres
ident has directed the Department of
Justice to bring a test case as soon as
possible after it become effective, the
law forbidding any railroad to transport
any article or commodity other than
timber produced by such road, or in
which it is interested.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
agricultural appropriation bill was de
void of the charges and imputations
which marked its consideration on
Monday and Tuesday. More progress
was made with the measure than on
any previous day, and the indications
are that it will finally get through to
morrow.
lotiays discussion dwelt on a propo
sition for an increased appropriation for
tne farmers' bulletins, which, however
was refused, and the subject of inquir
ies into road-building, etc., by the de
partment, the trend of opinion being
that such work should be encouraged
Tuesday, March 31.
Washington, March 31. The alleged
tendency of the general government
override the powers of the states of the
Union and to ignore the restrictions
of
cne constitution was tne subject ot re
marks by Teller, of Colorado, in the
senate today. He declared that there
had grown up a practice of attempting
to justify any act by the Federal author
ities, whether there was authority for
it or not, so long as it was ascribed
to
the public interest.
The remainder of the day was devot
ed to discussion of the Bentcn dam bill
on its merits. Heyburn and Borah
both of Idaho, took opposing sides
Heyburn opposing and Borah favoring,
Heyburn declared he would maintain
his position, even if satisfied that by so
doing he would imperil his seat in the
senate. No vote had been reached
when the senate adjourned.
Washington, March 31. After hav
ing undergone many changes, the para
graph of the agricultural appropriation
bill relating to the bureau of forestry
was finally passed by the house of rep
resentatives.
An amendment by Humphreys, of
Wisconsin, to increase by $163,460 the
apppropriation for soil investigations
provoked a long debate. After many
five-minute speeches had been made for
and against the proposition, it was car
ried, 100 to 88.
The bill was laid aside less than half
completed, and the house adjourned
Monday, March 30.
Washington. March 30. The objec
tion of the president to the construc
tion of dams across navigable rivers by
private companies, except when the
public interest ia fully guaranteed, fig
nred in the consideration of a house
bill in the senate today. This bill pro
poses to authorze the Benton Water
company to construct a dam across
Snake river, in the state of Washing
ton.
The urgent deficiency bill, appropri
ating $2,000,000 for armor, etc., for
vessels heretofore authorized, was
passed. On motion of Warren, $50,000
was added for mileage of officers and
contract surgeons of the army when au
thorized by law.
A bill regulating the sale of liquor in
licensed taverns in Alaka was passed.
It forbids gambling in places in which
liquor is sold. Perkins said that in
the days of prohibition in Alaska there
was much smuggling and illicit selling
of liquor.
Washington, March 30. Charges of
a serious nature against umora rin
chot, chief of the forestry bureau, were
made today in the house by Smith, of
California, and Mondell, of Wyoming,
during consideration of the agricultural
bill. Smith accused him of entering
into a Eecret understanding with the
city of Loa Angeles, with a view to se
curing to the city valuable water rights
in the Owens river valley, as against
the interests of private parties having
prior claims. Mondell denounced him
for, as he charged, illegally paying the
expenses of forest officials in attending
conventions in the West, in which the
government had no part, and also for
spending government money to boost
his bureau in the newspapers. Mr.
Pinchot was defended by Pollard, of
Nebraska, and Scott, of Kansas.
Smith, of California, denounced the
forestry service for attempting to ac
quire the Owens valley in California.
Cale Doesn't Like Job.
Washington, March 31. The Hon
orable Thomas Cale, delegate in con
gress from the territory of Alaska, has
the happy faculty of knowing when he
has had enough. Two years in congress
is all he can stand. The job is not to
n,fl 1,klD8 an.d he 1D.tenda to
quit. He
is not a candidate for re-eleciton, and
has so stated in plain terms. Mr. Cale
has made the diecovery that has been
made by hundreds of men before him,
but a discovery which few will discuss;
(hit a member of congress isn't such an
awtul big fellow, after all. He is big
to bis people at ho Be, but when he
comes to Washington he is a pigmy;
one of many. The job seldom measures
up to expectations, and Mr. Cale is one
of the few who is frank enough to voice
his disappointment and get out.
Abolish Capital Punishment
Washington, March 31. A bill to
abolish capital punishment in the Dis
trict of Columbia has been introduced
in the house by Mr. Scott, of Kansas.
Spencer for the Netherlands.
Washington. April 2. Spencer Ed
dy, the the Chicago man who has for
many months been an attache of the
American legation in London and who
recently married Miss Spreckels, daugh
ter of John D. Spreckels, was today
nominated bv President Roosevelt for
Uliuioioi lv uiv laiiua, ilia m u
quarters will be in Luxembourg. Eddy
is a brother-in-law of Senatcr Bever
idge, of Indiana, who married his sister.
PATIENCE IS EXHAUSTED.
Senate Likely to Take Drastic 8teps
Against Castro.
Washington, April 1. The long ex
pected correspondence between Amer
ica and Venezuela respecting pending
American claims against the latter
country was submitted to the senate
yesterday, and ia almost certain to
create a profound impression. It will
be difficult to digest the mass of mater
ial which Secretary Root has placed
before congress but even a cursory In
spection of the documents makes it evi
dent that negotiations have reached a
critical phase. The president's realiz
ation of the fact is shown by his trans
mission of the matter to the senate
without any comment regarding the
correspondence, . and especially Secre
tary Root's strong presentation of the
American case, as sufficient instantly
to enlist the attention of congress.
All the correspondence and docu
ments were referred to the teiate corn
ea i tee on foreign relations. Mr. Root
will appear before the committee today,
ostensibly to discuss some of the trea
ties negotiated at The Hague, but it ia
expecetd he will take up the Venezuelan
affair and suggest some action.
Those members of the committee who
have already familiarized themselves
with the situation have arranged tenta
tively a program which consists of three
propositions, as follows:
Place a prohibitive tariff on Venezu
elan coffee, the exports of which consti
tute 45 per cent of the entire foreign
trade, and 90 per cent of the coffee be
ing taken by the United States.
Exclude all importations of asphalt
from Lake Bermudez, the product of
which is taken almost entirely by the
United States.
Authorize the president to exercise
the general power vested in him to take
whatever steps he may consider necea
sary to treat with Venezuela in the fu
ture.
JUDGE SAYS HE CAN DECIDE
Thinks He Has Right to Say Whether
Rates Are Just.
Knasas City, Mo., April 1. Judge
Smith McPherson, in the Federal court
here today, decided that he has full
jurisdiction over both the maximum
freight and the 2-cent passenger rate
cases, in Missouri, in other woras, oe
holds in favor of the railroads and
against the state on the question on
jurisdiction.
Last year the legislature passed the
2-cent law, and a minimum freight law
reducing existing freight rates about 25
per cent. All of the main line rail
roads in Missouri joined in an applica
tion for an in junction last June from
the Federal court at Kansas City to
prevent the state officials from en fore -
ng the law. Meantime a truce was ar
ranged between the railroads and the
attorney general, under which the roads
were to put the 2-cent law in force.
The railroads agreed to give the 2
cent law a test for three months, and
asked Judge McPherson to give them
that much time to see how the law
would affect their revenues. For seven
months the railroads have sold tickets
at 2 cents. Now comes the court with
decision holding that in enjoining the
state officers, he ia not enjoining the
state itself; that be has a perfect right
to go into the question of whether the
rates fixed by the statutes are remuner
ative.
MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT.
Far Reaching Legislation Against
An-
archists Rec mmended.
Washington, April 1. Pdlice
and
re-
government war on anarchy will
ceive a great impetus it the present
program of President Roosevelt goes
through, and there is little room for
doubt that it will. The president wi!l
send a message to congress urging far
reaching legislation.
Under the rjresent Federal law all
criminal aliens who have not been in
the United States three years may be
deported summarily.
It is expected by the department of
commerce and labor that there will be
wholesale deportations within a ehort
time.
The legislation will be designed to
bring within the Federal jurisdiction
citizens of the United States who prop-
gate anarchistic theories.
Many Banks Fail.
Tokio, April 1. Today's banking
statement shows that during March 10
lianks have closed their doors. The
Japanese government is exerting itself
to the utmost to relieve the country's
nancial situation. The markets seem
to hae been literally wrung financially
ry. Failures, which were at first con
fined principally to the banks and larg-
commercial houses and industrial
companies, are now recurring daily
niong the smaller tradesmen. March
has been the worst month since the
stringency began.
Electricity to Fire Shots.
London, April 1. Colonel F. W.
Maude, in the April Contemporary Re
view, describes a gun which is not in
existence and which can impart by the
application of electricity an intitial ve
locity of 30,000 feet a second to pro
jectiles of all dimension, and which can
be practically handled under war condi
tions and on board ships or in perma
nent defenses. Projectiles of 2 000
pounds weight lie fairly within these
limits, he says.
Organize for Boycott.
Hong Hong April 1. The boycott
against Japanese goods, instituted as a
result of the Tatan Maru incident, is
spreading. Forty firms in Hong Kong
anno'ince that they will not fell Jap-1
anesa goods. All along the West river
the boycott is being organized and
meetings are being convened to discuss
the matter.
RAILROADS TO
REPAIR LINES
Will Need At Least 250.000 Labor
ers at Once.
Large Force Needed to Remedy Rav
ages of Winter Months Ameri
cans First Choice Employment
Agents Already Gathering Their
Forces in Chicago.
Chicago, March 31. In the next 60
days the railroads of the United States
will have- to find between 260,000 and
300,000 men to mend their tracks and
roadbeds and another large army to go
into their shops and repair their cars
and their locomotives.
The railroads centering in Chicago
alone will, between April 1 and June 1,
require more than 100,000 laborers,
who will be employed in remedying the
ravages of the winter months, which;
with their frosts and their snows, have
made many miles of shaky track and as
many more of softened roadbed.
The past winter has not been as hard
as the season usually is on roadbed and
track, and physical conditions are not
as bad as usual for the further reason
that the traffic has not been so heavy.
No renewal work, however, is being
done this winter, and after the frost
comes out of the ground in the spring
there is bound to be settling of the
roadbed, sagging of bridges and a ssore
of things which go to prevent efficiency
of operation.
In the employment of labor the rail
roads seek to procure Americans when
they can get them at the price which ia
offered for labor. As a rale, however,
the railroads are glad to get men wher
ever it is possible, the only stipulation
with the labor employing agencies be
ing that the men shall be competent to
do the work for which they are em
ployed. MANY MINERS QUIT.
Men
Lay Down Their Tools Although
No Strike.
Indianapolis, March 31. The anion
miners of the Fields company will lay
down picks and shovels tonight. Al
most 250,000 of them will stop work in
Western Pennsylvania Missouri, Iowa,
Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Michigan,
West Virginia and Kentucky. The
conditions under which they are work
ing expires tonight and, except in Cen
tral Pennsylvania and Indiana block
district, no conditions have been made,
nor have the miners entered into dis
trict agreements providing for the oper
ation pending the April 1 agreement.
Technically the miners will not go
out on strike, but in reality they stop
work because trie operators, except in
Indiana and Illinois, show no real in
tention of meeting and treating with
them, though no question of wages or
principle is at stake. 1
ALWAYS LIKED HIM.
Kaiser Says Gossip Greatly Exagger
ated Hill Incident.
Washington, March SI. With a
view to bringing to a close the goesip
connected with the reported disapproval
in Berlin of the appointment of Dr.
David Jayne Hill aa ambassador, and
terminating the incident. Baron von
Sternberg, the German ambassador,
called at the White House today by
appointment to see President Roose
velt and Secretary Roct. Assistant
Secretary Bacon was also present At
the conclusion of the conference the
following statement was given out:
"In addition to the communication
already made publio from the Foreign
office, the German ambassador has also
conveyed to the American government
the assurances of the emperor that there
has never been any change in his atti
tude toward Mr. Hill, and his cordial
willingness to welcome Mr. Hill to
Berlin. The emperor's favorable opin
ion of Mr. Hill was communicated to
the Washington administration last
November, and his attitude has never
changed since."
Votes for Home Rule.
London, March 31. The house of
coramonB last night, after a lengthy de
bate on the question of home rule for
Ireland, adopted by a vote of 313 to
157 a resolution moved by John E.
Redmond, Nationalist leader, that "in
the opinion of this house a solution of
this problem can only be attained by
giving the Irish people legislative and
executive control of all purely Irieh
affairs," after the reseiution had been
amended by adding the words "all
subject to the supreme authority of tbe
imperial parliament.
Harriman to Resume Work.
Ogden. Utah, March 31. The Utah
Construction company has been in
strucetd bv the Harriman officials to
resume grading a line from Huntington
to Homestead, Baker county, Or. This
work was halted last fall at the begin
ning of the financial flurry, and the
crJer to commence activity is looked
npon as an encouraging sign of return
ing confidence in railroad quarters.
The road to Homestead is the first link
in a cutoff into Lewiston, Idaho.
Cut In 60,000 Millhands' Wages.
Boston, March 31. The general re
duction of 10 per cent in the wages of
New England cotton mill operative
which was recently decided upon, be-
came effective yesterday in mills em
ploying 60,000 persons. Next Monday
the movement will apply to the pay of
many more.