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NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK ¡INTERSTATE SPAN ASSURED Oregon and Washington Delega tions Agree on Action. Kreulta at Conferrncra on Columbia I a Hr State Bridge DEFENDS POSITION ON CANAL DOINGS OF OREGON’S LEGISLATURE A Briet Reaume of Procecdingx of the Peuple*« Reprrecntativcs ai the State Capital, Bill« lntroduccd, Pasaed, Kejected, Etc. , ■ ---------- l -------- =a— Senators and representatives of both Washington and Oregon de 'sUFFRAGISTS TARE A HANI) $9.000,000 IN APPROPRIATIONS clare themselves in favor of the bridge and pledge their support of 1 jiw makers Deluge*«! With letters legislature Flooded With Requeats measures to carry it to successful From Women Voters. for Cash. completion. Wool manufacturers threaten to cut Announcement follows a secret Salem That the women of Oregon, Salem Legislative appropriation wages if the tariff on wool is reduced. meeting of legislators of both states with their new-found |x>sxexsion of the re«]ueats already in sight are over $8,- It is believed the inter-state liquor that arrangement has been made ballot, are taking an intimate interest 000,000, with a possibility of the ap propriations asked for going over the traffic bill is amost sure to pass con which, they believe, will make pos sible the success of the movement in public affairs, was indicated by the $9.000,000 mark unless the demands gress. for the interstate bridge. testimony of many members of the that have been made are discounted San Francisco has removed the al Plans for a bill making possible house that they hail received from a largely in future requests. leged ban on lumber products from the the issuance of county bonds by dozen to 20 letters from ladies' aid so Up to th«* adjournment Saturday th«' Northwest. Multnomah county suggested, as a cieties, new thought circles and men legislative assembly had received ap Testimony shows that Andrew Car method for Oregon to carry out its negie was regarded a sa trouble-maker share in the work. Washington an tal improvement clubs protesting propriation bills amounting to $3,422,- against the passage of the bill intro- 081, to say nothing of numerous minor by the Steel trust. nounces probably an effort to secure ducted by Rrepesentative Sehubel, of demands for per diem and expenses Governor Suiter, of New York, ad a straight appropriation for the Clackamas, which would make every which probably will figure an easy vocates prison sentences for crooked bridge. road supervisor in the state an ex- $ too, 000 more. operators in stock exchanges. Washington favors interstate officio fire warden. The previous week th«' demands to The Balkan allies have drafted a : commission of six to have full • It was freely charged by those fa taled approximately $1,087,000, so the note to Turkey and the powers declar t charge of the project after it is | voring the bill that the letters ad second week saw no cessation, but : launched. ing off all peace negotiations. dressed to members of the legislature a decided increase in the appropriation on the question by various women’s bills. Suffragists in England are becoming On top of this there are bills in Portland — “This highway bridge clubs throughout the state had been more threatening than ever, and their sight, not yet introduced, of over $4,- sent to these clubs by an organized leaders are urging them to acts of across the Columbia river between Oregon and Washington 1 consider to lobby in the interests of big holders of 000,000, covering estimates of ex|M'nse violence. timber, and then remaileti to the leg for running th«' state government, Application has been made to a Chi be the most necessary of the great islators. Many of the letters were with fully $300,000 more for smaller highway projects that have been pro cago court to adopt a "‘child about the identical though coming from different similar bills to bring up the total. age of 45 years,” the applicant desir posed to us this year,” was the senti parts of the state. A few of th«' bills which have b«**n ment expressed by Senator Ralph ing to make her a legal heir. introduced are duplications, but in the Nichols, of Seattle, at the dinner at The messenger conveying the elec the Commercial club, which closed the PAPER-MAKERS VISIT SALEM totals these have been mainly elimin toral vote of Arizona to Washington ated. The appearance of so many day of activity of the joint representa large appropriation bills before the failed to arrive on time, so the three tives of Oregon and Washington in in votes of that state for Wilson are lost. vestigating the plans for the Columbia Officers and Employes of Oregon great bills for institutions and main tenance of state government appear, The Seattle council refused to sub river interstate bridge at Vancouver. City Mills Are Heard. is already having a salutary effect on mit to the people at the next election In extending the welcome of the Salem A small army from the som«’ of the members anti there are the proposition to issue $2.000,000 in Portland Commercial club and the city bonds to buy or build a municipal tele of Portland to the visiting delegations mills at Oregon City invadtxi the cap d«*clarations made freely on every ital on a special train, 100 coming han«i that the pruning knife will be phone system. President Piper voiced the same idea from that town to appear before the applie«i vigorously. An unidentified airship was seen when he said: senate committee on industries at the But one highway bill carrying an hovering over Fort Stevens and along “The Portland Commercial club, hearing on Dimick's eight-hour bill. appropriation has so far been intro Clatsop Beach Sunday evening, but no through me, desires to tell you that it Testimony was heard not only from duce«!, this being the bill by Von der one seems to know whence it came or considers the interstate bridge across residents of Oregon City and from offi Hellen at the r«ajuest of the State where it went. the Columbia river the greatest of all cers and stockholders in the mills, but Hotelkeepers' association, and carries Two English tourists were fined for recent projects for the upbuilding of from employes in the mills. an appropriation of $800,000, $300,000 carrying concealed weapons in New- the Northwest.” In general the testimony was to the for the first year and $5oo,ooo for the Every representative and senator, effect that there is no dissatisfaction second year. York. They said they understood it was necessary to be armed for self either from the Oregon or the Wash among the men over the present hours; Another huge appropriation that protection when they landed in this ington delegations, spoke in a similar that the employes enjoy good health; was asked for during th«» past week vein, and the keynote of each address that their wages are high as compared was that carrici on the Forbes bill, country. The Sac and Fox Indian athlete who was the prophecy that the Columbia to other pulp and paper mill employes asking for $500,000 for the state to won great honors as an amateur in the interstate bridge is to become a in British Columbia and Washington; take over the Columbia Southern Irri that they like the work and that there gation project. Olympic games at Stockholm, has con reality. is no demand from th«* employes to fessed that he is a professional, and WEEKLY PAY DAY IS DESIRED will lose all his records and trophies HOBOES RUN AFOUL OF LAWS have the hours reduced. One particular feature of the em won there. Freight Trains Late; National Con ployment in the mills came in for a Measure Would Prohibit Issuance Indications are that the cotton tariff grilling from Chairman Smith, of the | vention Is Postponed. of Store an<l Money Orders. will be made even lover than at first committee, when he attacked the New Orleans. La.—Belated freight Hawley mill for allowing an 18-hour intended. Salem Prohibiting the issuance of store and money orders and providing W. E. Corey, ex-head of the Steel trains and enforcement of vagrancy shift once a week for the men. that all employes of certain firms and trust, says steel prices were fixed at laws in the Southern states combined to postpone the first session of the an cor|s>rations shall be paid weekly, a Gary dinnera. FOR PREFERENTIAL BALLOT nual national hobo convention in this bill was introduced by Thompson, by J. P. Morgan says he favors com city. Police authorities of Mississip request. bination under supervision rather than pi, Alabama, Arkansas and other Bill Covers Election of Governor, The measure applies to mining coal, open competition. nearby states are interrupting the ore or mineral, quarrying stone, lum Senators and Representatives. bering, logging, canning, manufactur Prominent railroad men admit that itinerary of many of the delegates, ac Salem — Just what Senator-elect free passes are still used to influence cording to Jefferson Davis, president Lane meant in his speech accepting ing iron, steel, lumber, staves, shin of the “Casual, Unskilled and Migra gles, heading barrels, brick, tile, ma freight shipments. the election to the United States sen chinery, agricultural implements or tory Workers of America.” atorship, when he referred to electing Seventy-five of the “workers” are manufacturing implements, any article Mexican rebels fired on United senators on a preferential ballot, but States troops along the Texas border. in the New Orleans house of detention one election to be held, is elucidated of merchandise or to those engaged in on vagrancy charges and Chief of Po buying or selling of merchandise or in Not only will the inaugural ball be lice Reynolds has announced that by a bill introduced in the house by the operation of any mercantile busi Representative Lawrence, of Multno dispensed with, but it has been decid every man under arrest must give a ness, or to those engaged in the rail ed to dispense with the official recep good account of himself or remain in mah. road business, street railway, or in The election of governor, senators any building trades or in the construc tion also. prison until after Mardi Gras. James Eads Howe, of St. Louis, so- and representatives is covered by this Jews throughout the East have con- called “millionaire hobo,” and Presi bill, which is aimed to secure, if possi tion of street railways, roads, bridges, triubted over $200,000 towards the dent Davis have made unsuccessful ble, the majority of opinion of all the sewers or viaducts. support of the Hebrew Union college efforts to rent a hall for the conven voters, as to whom they desire for MORE VETOED BILLS PASSED at Cincinnati. these offices. tion, but they hope to convene soon. It is provided in the bill that the Postal inspectors have unearthed an voter express his first choice for a legislature Administers Severe Re illicit brokerage in stolen postage O’GOR.MAN FOR FREE TOLLS candidate by any of these offices in the buke to Governor. stamps amounting to several millions first column opposite the names on the Salem Lined up with an invincible of dollars yearly. Declaration by Wilson’s Friend ballot, his second choice in the second front, both houses of the legislative Regarded as Significant. column, and his choice for all other assembly Friday administer«sl a severe Washington, D. C.—In view of the candidates that he would be willing to rebuke to the governor for the at PORTLAND MARKETS friendship between President-elect see in the office, in case neither his titude he has taken toward house Wheat—Track prices: Club, 860/ Wilson and Senator O’Gorman, of first, or his second choice should win, members in connection with the pas- sag«' of the Thompson bill. Five ve- 86Jc bushel; bluestem, 96o/96Jc; New York, some significance is being in the hird column. Determing the one elected results as toedbills were passed over his head. forty-fold, 87c; red Russian, 84c; val attached to the senator’s statement, when asked whether the incoming ad follows: If any candidate shall be The vote was overwhelming in both ley, 87c. Barley—Feed, $23<«/23.50 per ton; ministration would recommend a re the first choice of 51 per cent of the bodies. But if no In the house the first vote was 55 to brewing, nominal; rolled, $25.500/ peal of the free tolls provision of the voters, he shall be elected. candidate shall receive 51 per cent of 4 against the governor; the second, Panama act. 26.50. “It seems to me,” said Senator the first choice votes, then the first, where some switch«*! on a matter of Corn Whole, $27; cracked. $28 per O’Gorman, “that Democrats who fav second and third choice votes of all principle, 46 to 9, and the third swung ton. Millstuffs—Bran. $22 ton; shorts, or a repeal of the free tolls provision the candidates shall be added together, to 55 votes against the governor. On must wait for the declaration of an and the candidate who shall receive a this vote there were but two with $24; middlings, $30. Hay— Timothy, choice, $16/»/17; other national convention. The last plurality of these added votes is de him, others being absent. On the fourth measure the vote stoo«i 45 to mixed. Eastern Oregon timothy, $120/ national convention adopted unani clared elected. 13. 15; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa, mously a declaration in favor of free Senate Votes for Probes. In the senate the Thompson bill, tolls. That is Democratic doctrine $11.50; clover, $10; straw, $60/7. Salem—On reconsideration the sen which caused the governor to become Oats—No. 1 white, $26.500/27.50 and I think it will stand for four years. ’ ’ ________________ per ton. ate decided to make the wholesale in infuriated because of the actions in Fresh Fruits—Apples, 50cO/$2 per vestigation of the state institutions the house, when that b«x!y passed the Girls Give Up Cuticle. box; pears, $1.500/2 per box. in and around Salem as provided for bill over his head, was pass«*«! by an Potatoes — Jobbing prices; Bur Kansas City—Ten girls, ranging in in the house resolution of Lewelling. enormous showing against the gover banks, 500/60c per hundred. age from 8 to 16, bared their ’arms to Before the expected message from the nor. A crow/1 that packed the lobby surg Vegetables—Artichokes, $2.50 per governor demanding an investigation dozen; cabbage, leper pound; cauli the surgeon’s knife here to furnish at the penitentiary could be opened. ed into the senate chamber to hear the flower, $2.50 per crate; celery, $5.50; skin to heal the burns of Reba Hainds, Senator Wood moved to reconsider the debate on the bill, and when the smoke cleared away 27 senators went head lettuce, $2.50 per crate; peppers, 10 years old, who nearly perished investigation resolution. 10c per pound; sprouts, 10c; toma Christmas day in a fire which brought “There have been charges and coun down the line against the governor, toes, $2.25 per box; garlic, 50/6c death to her father, mother and baby ter-charges and insinuations directed while a bare showing of three Mc- pound; turnips, 75c per sack; car sister and destroyed the Hainds farm at some institutions,” said Senator Colloch, Miller, and Von der Hellen - house Yiear Arnett, Okla. Skin from Wood, “and as a question of fairness stayed with him. rots, 75c; beets, 75c; parsnips, 75c. the arms of ten more girls, who have and justice to all concerned an investi Onions -Oregon, $1 per sack. Eggs—Fresh locals, candled, 26c volunteered to furnish it, must be ap gation should result.” Rule Amendment Attacked, plied before the operation is com per dozen. It was decided, on suggestion of Salem The expected attack on the Butter — Oregon creamery, cubes, pleted. Most of the burns are on the Senator Miller, that the governor’s propose«! constitutional amendment to face. 37ic per pound; prints, 38J<«/39c. message be read, and this was done. Poultry—Hens, 14U«/15c per pound; Smith, of Coos and Curry, declared go before the people repealing the Fright Cause of Death. broilers, 14J/«/15c; turkeys, live, 20c; that if the investigations are carried home rule amendment of 1910, came Milwaukee, Wis.— “Frightened to on they should be done thoroughly and when the resolution was report«*! into dressed, choice, 25c; ducks, 15b/16c; death” was the verdict in the death of not in the perfunctory manner of in the senate with a majority that it not geese, 12b/, 12c. be adopted. Calkins, introducer of William Youngquist, a saloonkeeper, vestigations of the past. Pork—Fancy, 10b/10c per pound. the resolution, and Miller sent in a who died here while his son-in-law and Veal—Fancy, 14b/15c per pound. minority report favoring adoption of Hops—1912 crop, prime and choice, a friend were attempting to get into Dimick Starts Big Debate. the resolution. An attempt on the 18fb/20c per pound; 1913 contracts, the place. The two men, it is said, Salem — The main portion of the part of Calkins to have the subject ordered Youngquist to let them in so 15b/ 16c. Wool— Eastern Oregon, 14b/ 18c per they could clean up the place. When time of the state senate Wednesday made a special order of business later pound; valley, 21b/22c; mohair, Youngquist refused, a gun was fired. morning was devoted to a heated de-1 in the session met opposition,-but Youngquist fell to the floor dead, bate on the bill of Senator Dimick finally carried. choice, 32c. Cattle — Choice steers, $7.30b/8; although the bullet did not touch providing for the election of road su Free Expreaa Deliveries Aim. - - ... pervisors by the people rather than good, $7b/7:30; medium, $6.50b/7; him. Salem Express companies will de their appointment by County courts. choice cows, $6.50b/7; good, $6b/6.50; Twenty-Six Perish in Collision. Dimick took a number of the senators liver free of charge, to all parts of medium, $5.50b/6; choice calves, $8 Havre—Twenty-six of the crew of to task for opposing the bill, which inrorporat«*! cities and towns of Ore bi9; good heavy calves’, $6.50b/7.50; the German bark Pangani perished provided for the election of these gon, express parcels addressed to bulls, $3b/5.50. Hogs — Light, $7.50b/7.85; heavy, Wednesday when that vessel was sunk minor officers by the people when the persons in any town in which such by the French steamer Phryne in the day before they were glorying in the companies have an office or depot, if a |6b/ 7. Sheep—Yearling wethers, $5b/6.50; English Channel. The vessels collided fact that United States senators were bill introduce<l by Representative Par sons, of Lane, becomes a law. in a fog and the Pangani sank. thus elected. ■“ ewes, $405.50; lambs, $607.35. Resume of World’s Important Events Told in Brief. President Willing to Submit Ques tion tu Arbitration. Baltimore President Tuft, speak ing nt the annual banquet of the Merchants’ and Manufacturers* assn elation in this city, defended the ail ministration's attitude in the Panama canal disagreement withEngland, de claretl that its position wax not un patriotic or dishonorable and axsert«*! there was no reason for anyone to op pose the proposal for arbitration by an impartial tribunal. ""Whether you call it a subsidy or not, 1 am in favor of making the rates between the coasts through th«' Pan ama canal lower,” he said. "Now the question is, can we do that under our intemationl obligations? 1 think w«> can, and if you read the auth«>rities I think you’ll find we may. But if we are bound not to exempt coastwise vessels we can agree to submit the question to an impartial tribunal. “I’m willing to admit there are ar guments on the other side. We are willing, however, to submit our views to arbitration. There is nothing in the attitude of the administration, as I have state«! it, to show that we have been dish«>norable. There is nothing to show a disposition to evade, and we are willing to rest our case with a tribunal that is impartial.” Th«' president concluded his speech with an appeal for constitutional gov ernment, endanger«*«! in the last few months, he said, by those who pro posed remedies but who could not fur nish concrete examples of their pro posed reforms. TREES, ROCKS AND ICE SLIDE Eastern Washington Roads Badly Crippl«*d By Elements. Seattle, Wash. The slides that are descending upon the mountain divi sions of the three transcontinental railroads contain ice, trees and bould ers, as well as snow, and cannot be tosse<l aside carelessly by the rotary plows. Men with shovels and wrecking up paratus must remove th«' debris. Th«> temperature continue« high and th«> snow melts rapidly. Th«' scene of the Great Northern blockade is not far from Wellington, now known as Tye. where an avalanch«' struck two passen ger trains and killed 93 |>ersons in February, 1910. The passengers of train No. 43, th«' Burlington-Great Northern from Kan sas City, had a bit of excitement. Their train hud just thrust its nose out of a long snowshe«l at Alvin, on the west slope, when a mass of snow und earth, which seemingly had been lying in wait for the train, leaped down the mountainside and caught the two engines and the baggage car. The train was xtopp«*! and after the en gines and car had been dug out the train was backed into the anowsh<*d without anyone having tieen hurt. The passengers endured no hard ships, there being plenty of final and water. It had been intent!«*! to send the train back to Spokane, but there were slid</x behind it also, and the passengers clambered down the steep mountain trail from Alvin to Scenic, which is a winter resort with a hotel. They were brought to Seattle t»y train. A snowslide three and a half miles east of Leavenworth, on the east slope, struck and instantly kill«*! Joe Teneraili, section fonnan of th«' Great Northern. A rotary plow was also struck by this avalanche ami the snow caused an explosion of the boiler, frightfully scalding Engineer An drews. Expert Favors Canal Tolls. Philadelphia — Professor Johnson, special commissioner of the United States on Panama traffic and tolls, in an address here, said that the owners of vessels in th«' coastwise trade would derive greater benefits from the Pan ama canal than the owners of any oth er vessels; that double the rate fixe«! by the president would not prevent coastwix«' carriers from using that waterway; an<l that in view of these facts it seem«*! just that those who de rived immisiiate benefit from th«- use of the canal should pay reasonable tolls. Rails Heavily Bought. New York Three railroads the St. Paul, the Great Northern ami the Chi cago & Northwestern came into the market last week for supplementary orders for rails aggregating 150,000 tons, and additional orders from Cana dian roads, aggregating 30,000 bins, practically have been placed with American mills. The Canton & Han kow railroa«! of China has ordered 5000 tons of rails, a Brazilian road 3000 tons of standanl sections, and Canadian traction lines 5000 tons of girder rails from the United States. Ton of Combs Is Mailed. Leominster, Mass. — Six hundred packages of hair combs were sent out of here by parcel jxist by local comb manufacturers. The consignment weighed more than a ton and was mailed by parcel post by the manufac turers as an experiment. If they find it operates satisfactorily, they will us«' the parcel jx/st exclusively. Many other manufacturers are giving close attention and will follow the lead of the comb manufacturers. Bolivia May Fight Peru. Lima, Peru—The Era, in an alarm ing edition, declares that war seems inevitable between Peru ami Bolivia. This conclusion is drawn from Bo livia’s recent warlike preparations and the expressions of General Ismael Montes, Bolivian ambassador, and other Bolivian officers in Paris. Bo livia’s ambition is said to be a port on the Pacific. NOMINATIONS TO CAUSE TROUBLE Republicans May Retaliate If Taft Is Opposed. Precedent Requires That Appoint ments of Out-going President be Approved by Opponents. Washington, D. C. No on«' seems to know at thia time whst disposition th«* senate will make ultimately of th«- thousands of nominations submitted thia session by Preaident Taft. Gen erally, Democratic senators are in fa vor of preventing confirmation, so that all the offices affected shall be<x»m«« vacant March 4, ami then be fill«*! by Democrats. But Democratic senti ment is not unanimous, and quite a few of th«* present minority ami s«H>n- to-be majority party are disposed to allow th«' Republicans to clear up their alate before the Taft administration closes. Several times the Democrats of th«' senate have caucus«*! on the question of nominations, yet they have reach«*! no binding agreement as to policy, rather playing for delay, in th«' hop«' that something may develop to point the proper course to them. For it is acknowltslged that there are two sides to th«< question of holding up Republi can nominations during a Republican administration. For Instance, prece dent decrees that nominations mmie by it Republican president shall be con firm«*! during his administration, ex cept in cases where ap|xiint«*'a are per sonally objectionable to some senator or senators. That wax th«' policy In the days of Cleveland, and Harrison, and McKinley. But more than thia, if the Demo crats of the present senate, by filibus ter or other means, undertak«' to pre vent th«' conflnnatnui of all the Taft appointments, now )x'nding or to be submitt«*! later thia session, they will arouse Republican senators, and It will be <|uite as easy for Republicans in th«' next senat«' to hold up the n«>mina- tiona of President Wilson, and thus embarrass the incoming administra tion. Some Re|niblicana even go so far as to threaten to hol«i up th«' Wil son cabinet nominations next March, unless th«- Democrats agree to allow th«' present senate to vote on Republi can nominations now before the sen ate. And it is quite within the jxiwcr of any senator or group of senators to h«dd up even the cabinet appointments. EXPRESS TRAIN IS WRECKED Southern Pacific Ih'railetl By At tempt Robbers. Oregon City. Or. An unsuccessful sttempt to derail and rob the San Francisco Express of the Southern I’a rifle wax made here Saturday night as the train wax approaching Oregon City. A pile of tics was thrown across the tracks at Sixt«*'nth street and Rail road avenue (the tracks), just within a few rods of the trestle across Aber nethy creek. Th«* train crashed into the ties at a good spe«xi, !>ut only four of the cars were derailed, th«' train traveling more than eight blocks an«! across the trestle Iwfore shipping com- pletely or before the cause of th«- trouble was learned. The train carries ten cars, including one tourist sleeper, four standanl Pul mans, baggage and express cars an«! three coaches. Instead of jumping the rails th«' engin«' scatter«*! th«« ties, some of whirh were carried in front of the engine eight blocks. Scvernl were carri«*! four and five blocks en tirely across th«' trestle. The train wax not damagtxi when the four cars left the rails. They were replacisi in quick time. That a disaster was narrowly avert«*! is de clared by the railway officials. That, the Idea of the would-be robbers wax to derail the train an«! send it into the ditch 50 feet beneath th«' trestle the railway authorities assert. Serum Held at One Million. Berlin That Dr. Fri«*imann wants $1 ,000,000 for the American rights to his tuberculosis serum,’ is th«* state- ment mad«- here. German physicians strongly condemn what they call his “non-ethical attitude.” They go so far as t«i say that h«' is more concerned in th«- monetary than in the humani tarian ax|M'ct of his distv/very. Dr. Friedmann has so far fail«*! to carry out his premise of submitting a cult ure to the government. He denies that mercenary motives govern his action. Liners Keep Company. New York La Savoie, of the French line, and the Campania, of the Cunard line, arrived at als/ut the sam«' hour Sunday, after voyages across the Atlantic in which they were almost al ways in sight of each other. The pas sengers exchanged mnny wireless greetings and a few bet with those aboard th«' companion vessel ax to which would reach the pier first. The Campania won by less than an hour. Turkey Gets SIO.OOO.OOO Advance. London Th«' Constantinople corres pondent of the Daily Telegraph learns that a contract has been signed, under which the Ottoman government will obtain an advance of $10,000,000, to be reimbursed out of the loan in con nection with the new concession for the Metropolitan Railways of O/nstan- tinople.