PORTERS FORCE PUBLIC TO “DIG” Pullman Company Pays Little of Employes’ Wages. California R. R. ('omminalon Score« Method« of BI k Corporation In Dealing With Traveler«. San Francisco — That the Pullman company o«ed to aeelng an increase in the rate« charged, if the proceeda were applied to paying the company'» employe» a living wage." “Though It 1» not within the pro­ vince of thi» commission,'’ said Presi­ dent Eshclman, “to have anything to do with the rate of wages paid to the employes of any corporation, we are convinced that much of the trouble of the Pullman company la due to the fact that it doe» not pay sufficient , wages to it» employe» and virtually compels them to make a living by get­ ting the traveling public to 'dig up, ’j or 'come through,' as the language of the day haa it. There are aerioua complaints againstI the practices of the company and theae, or many of them, go back to the necessity of it» employe» to dig a living wage from the public. “I am even prepared to aay that if the Pullman company would raise its wage scale and do away with the abuses of the tipping system, thia commission would be willing to listen to an increase In rates. As they are now operated, the man who rides in Pullman cars is unable to obtain any service unless he pays extra for it," 450 KIMIS OF AITLES AT WASHINGTON EXHIBIT Washington, I). C.—With a great fruit exhibit which is said to excel anything of the kind ever before at­ tempted in the East, the American Pamological society and allied organi­ sation» began their annual meeting here at the National Museum. The fruit show, includes 450 distinct var­ ieties of apples, many of which have never been exhibited before. Navajo Chief Defiant Towards U. S. Soldiers “Pow Wow” I h Ordered With Angry Navajo« Washington, D. C.—In the hope that the excited Navajo Indians who are now defying the government au­ thorities at Beautiful Mountain, N. M., may be Induced to yield peaceably and surrender the eight renegades sought to be arrested, the War depart­ ment has ordered General Hugh L. Scott, commanding the Second cavalry brigade at Fort Bliss, Tex., to proceed in haste to the Navajo agency to con­ fer with the Indian chiefs. 1 Genera) Scott is singularly Influen­ tial with the Navajos, whose language he speaks. He always has been re­ garded by them a» their beat friend, | and it 1» believed be will be able to placate them. I The general'» Instruction» are to confer with Major McLaughlin, the Indian agent, befota beginning his conference. To back hi» mission with a show of force, orders were sent to Fort Robinson, Neb., to entrain and dispatch to the Navajo agency a full 1 squadron of the Twelfth cavalry to serve as General Scott’s escort. REBELS CAPTURE VICTORIA AND WIPE OUT GARRISON Brownaville, Tex, — Every member of the defending Federal garrison was killed before the Constitutionalists Anally captured Victoria, capital of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. This report was made to Constitu­ tionalist headquarters at Matamoras by General Pablo Gonzales, who com­ manded the attacking force». General Gonsales described the battle as one of the bloodiest of the present revo­ lution. The greater portion of the garrison of 3000 men, however, evacuated the city at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. The attacking Constitutionalists were reported to number about 6000 men. Their lose wa« four officers and between 30 and 50 men. General Gonzales said that the Federal loss would run into the hundreds. Terrible destruction to property was done in the two days* battle which raged throughout the principal streets of the city and many handsome build­ ings not razed by shell were leveled by the torch. Victoria has a popula­ tion of 15,000. National Grange Elects Wilson Worthy Master Manchester, N. H. Oliver Wilson, of Peoria, III., was re elected worthy master of the National Grange. The expected strong opposition of the so- called insurgents to Mr. Wilson did not materialize, the election being practically unanimous. The insurgente were successful, however, in their fight against Charles M. Gardner, master of the Massachu­ setts grange, candidate for national lecturer. George W. F. Gaunt, Mul­ lica Hill, N. J., high priest of Deme­ ter, won the three-cornered contest for that position, the present lecturer, N. I*. Hull, of Michigan, being the third candidate. W. H. Vary, master of the New York Grange defeated the incumbent, D. II Haly, of North Woodstock, j Conn., for national overseer. ‘ Richard Pattee, master of the New Hampshire State Grange, offered a resolution favoring the granting of complete suffrage to women. W. H. j Vary, of New York, presented a re­ I port from the standing committee on assessment and taxation, urging uni­ form tax laws for all the state* and favoring an income tax. | Farmington, N. M.—“We will not surrender. We will fight,’’ declared Chief Be Sho She, leader of the re­ calcitrant Navajos, encamped on Beautiful Mountain, to peace envoys from Superintendent Shelton, of the Shiprock agency. The news that troop» are on the way to the agency failed to disturb the Na­ vajo». who are well-provisioned and thrilled by the songs and dances of their medicine men, among whom are four of the renegades sought by the government for larceny, bigamy and assault. Numerous signal fires continue to blaze at various points on the Indian stronghold at night. Indian ¡>olice doing scout duty report that several Indian runners have left Beautiful i Mountain for remote point» on the i reservation to urge other members of Washington, D. C. — Washington the tribe not concerned in the present movement, to Join the band of rene­ suffragists are getting in the lime­ light. A warrant charging violation gade«. of police regulations, which forbid writing on the sidewalk», has been is­ sued for Miss Lucy Rurna, vice chair­ man of the Congressional Union, rank­ ing member of the congressional com­ Washington, D. C.—Aid to Santa mittee of the National Suffrage asso­ ‘Claus, who in this case means the ciation, and, with the exception of over-worked Christmas season mail Miss Alice Pau), the most prominent clerk and carrier, is extended by Post­ suffragist in Washington. master General Burleson. The allegation is that Miss Burna He has ordered sent to the 60,000 was one of a number of suffragists postoffices throughout the country con­ who wrote chalk notices of a suffragist spicuous placards requesting every­ mass meeting on sidewalks of the body to mail their Christmas parcels downtown district. No arrests were early, wrap them securely and address made at that time, though policemen them plainly. saw the “chalking crew” at work. At suffragist headquarters the Colquitt Lead« Turkey«. whereabouts of Mias Burna is being Cueron, Tex.—Governor Colquitt, of kept secret. Texas, headed the annual “turkey Pure Wine« Are Defined. trot” parade here Thursday, partici­ Sacramento—The State Viticultural pated in by 5000 live turkey», which stalked through the streets in droves commission went on record as favoring of a few hundred each, behind trained the determination that California shall leaders. insist that pure wines contain nothing One giant bronze turkey gobbler but the product of the grape. The drew n baby carriage with a small commission refused to accept the sug­ child passenger. Allegorical and in­ gested definition of pure wine sent out dustrial floats also appeared in the by the United States Agricultural parade. department which would allow the ad­ The turkey trot is an annual cele­ dition of sugar and water. The com­ bration here. mission will insist that all wines con­ taining any of these substances shall Funeral Speeder Fined. be marked as modfled, ameliorated or New York — A funeral procession corrected wine. wan halted in Long Island City Thurs­ Four Million Dollar Fund Lags. day and the chauffeur of the automo­ bile coach that headed it was arrested New York—Contributions to the and convicted of exceeding the speed $4,000,000 fund being raised for the limit. The arrest was the outcome of Young Men’s and Young Women’s complaints that New York funeral Christian Associations dropped Thurs­ processions on the way to Calvary day to $33,650, the lowest amount Cemetery have been so speedy an to subscribed in any one day since the endanger the lives of person« crossing two weeks’ canvass began. The total .street«. thus far subscribed is $2,590,076. Suffragist Is Hunted By Washington Authorities Santa Says Mail Early, Wrap Well, Write Plainly Huerta Regime Doomed, Is Belief In Washington i FARM its ORCHARD I 1 Noto» and I rut ruction» from Agricultural College» and Experiment Station» of Oregon and Washington, Specially Suitable to Pacific Coati Condition» Apple and Pear Spray Calendar. Oregon Agricultural College, Corvalli«.—The following spray calendar for apples end pears has been prepared by H. 8. Jackson, plant pathologist, and H. F. Wilson, entomologist, Oregon Agricultural college, and offer» a conven­ ient and reliable guide for the application of sprays during the entire year: Spray Calendar for Apples and Pears. Condition of tree or relative time. What to use. Mo»» and Llch- en», Hcale In­ sects, Aphis, Paar L • a f, Blister Mite, Bed Hplder. Just as tips of leave» are emerging. Lime-sulfur 1- 11 plus. Black Leaf 40, l-»O0. Urab, first ap- plication. When the blos­ som buds have separated 1 n the cluster and show pink. Lime-sulfur 1- If leaf eating Insects or green 30 or Bordeaux fruit worms are present add 5-4-40. arsenate of lead (neOtral) or | non-aeld 3 lb. to 40 gal. of di­ luted spray If a paste form, 1 : !b to 4'i gal. If powder. H c a b, second ■application, and coaling moth calyx »pray. Tent and other leaf eating cat­ erpillars. «luge on pears. After petals fall and before ca­ lyx lobea close. Lime-sulfur 1- ZO plus arsen­ ate of lead 2-50 paste or 1-50 powder, non- acid or neutral. Apple Powdery Mildew. Apply one week after the petals fall. Bud Weevil». When the In­ sects become abundant. Banda of some sticky substance ( T a n g 1 .foot, printer's Ink. etc.) Apple Tlngls, Apple Leaf Hopper. When the In­ tecta become abundant Black Leaf-40. 1-800 Whale oil soap 1 lb. to 100 gal of spray Scab, third ap­ plication. Ten days after second applica­ tion. Llme-»ulfur 30. Codling Moth, second applica­ tion. East of Cas­ cade Mountains two to four weeks after first applica­ tion. West of Cascades about «lx weeks after first applica­ tion. Arsenate o f lead 2 lb. to 50 gal of water if paste, 1 lb. to 50 gal. of water It powder. What to spray for REMARKS SPRING The time Indicated Is the best time to apply the clean-up spray as this will destroy more Insert pests than If applied dur­ ing the winter. No so-called dormant spray need be given where this method Is used. Blight Injury may occur to the Bps of the first leaves, but this Is not serious. Dilute the lime- sulfur and add Black Leaf-40, 1 pint to each 110 gal. of the diluted spray. If scab does not occur In a dis­ trict lime-sulfur Is not neces­ sary. This spray should be ap­ plied with considerable force so as to get the poison into the In­ ner calyx cup. -___ ______ of Iron sulfide 10- Progars by adding is lb 10-100. combin­ dissolved Iron sulfate per 100 ed with lime- gal of diluted lime-sulfur, add slowly while stirring. Black sulfur. l.eaf-40 should be added after­ wards Repeat this application at Intervals during the summer If necessary. 1- These Insects cannot fly and if the bands are such that they! c annot crawl under or over j them, there is little danger of * their getting Into the trees. : Bands of cloth should be put ■ around the trees and the tan- , glefoot or Ink placed on the ' bands May be omitted If no rains af- [ ter second spray. If rains con­ tinue In early June give fourth i application 10 to 15 days after third. SUMMER The codling moth apparently does not deposit Its eggs until the evening temperatures reach The 65 degrees F. or above. larvae appear a week to ten day» later and the spray should be applied before the first ones hatch. I 1 1 j , ; Washington, D. C.—The Washing­ ton government believe« the power of the Huerta government is slowly “crumbling and disentegrating.” No positive step« have been taken by the administration here within the last few day» to compel a compliance with the demand for the elimination of Huerta. No preparation» have been made for « blockade of Mexican ports. Foreign interest« generally will be protected by the United States. At Tuxpam, in particular, especial effort will be made to protect British inter­ ests pending the arrival of the British cruisers. The sending of the British ship» is in line with previous notifica­ tion to the United States and is re­ garded as a normal move taken in emergencies such as exists at Tux­ pam. It is intended to have a sober­ ing effect on those Constitutionalist officers who, according to office re­ ports, have announced their hostility to English interests. Landing of marines haa not been found necessary and no instructions to that effect have been sent, nor has there been any request for such in­ structions. In the meantime Admiral Fletcher will be expected to take whatever steps he deems necessary to protect all foreign interests. The parley» with the Constitutional­ ists have been carried on in no formal way, but merely for informative pur­ poses. The administration, though not con­ doning the inhumanity of the armed strife generally in Mexico, is inclined to view with some complacency the re­ prisals by Constitutionalists and Fed­ eral« on those officers or men who have been deserting from side to aide. These salient faeta were obtained from those with President Wil­ son discussed the Mexican situation Saturday. The impression that the Huerta gov­ ernment is fast losing its control over territory hitherto dominated by it is based on dispatches to the State de­ partment. These show also that dip­ lomatic pressure from without is weakening the resources of the pro­ visional government The President bolds the view that as a result of all the influences now at work, Huerta slowly but inevitably will be com­ pelled to retire. Y. M. C. A. $4,000,000 CAMPAIGN FUND GAINING New York—Woman collectors for the Young Men’s and Young Women's Christian association fund of $4,000,- 000 gathered in $93,590 Friday as FALL their share of the $100,000 necessary Bud Moth. An­ First to 15th of Bordeauz mix­ This Is the best time of year . to secure two additional contributions ture 4-5-50 and to kill the bud moth and many 1 of $25,000 each. thracnose. Cod­ September. The men’s commit­ arsenate o f codling moth larvae may also ling Moth. If anthracnose tee collected the remainder of the re­ lead S-50 paste, be destroyed. or 1-40 powder. is present, it Is advisable to use quired amount and some $36,000 more. combination spray. Where an­ thracnose Is serious the Bor­ The two additional gifts came from deaux should not be omitted. George W. Perkins, chairman of the After fruit is Bordeaux mix­ Where anthracnose Is severe 1 executive committ in charge of the Anthracnose. ture 6-5-50. two applications should be carrpaing, and Cleveland H. Dodge. picked. made 15 days apart. With this gift Mr. Perkins’ total con­ tributions toward the fund were in­ WINTER The total sub­ No spraying Is necessary If creased to $75,000. spring applications are made as scriptions to the fund have reached recommended above. Fence $2,849,308. rows should be cleaned up and Among the large contributions were all dead wood and pruning» : should be burned Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., $25,- 000; John D. Archbold, $25,000, and better than the poorest litter and the Mrs. John D. Archbold, $5000. Heavy Eating Pigs. Oregon Agricultural College. Cor- best lot was poorer than the best lit­ ter. vallis.—A tremendous field for devel- The best Individual pig gained 2.44 oping pigs with the definite purpose lbs. daily for 61 days, and the poorest of making them capable of consuming individual pig gained but 1 lb. daily a greater amount of feed and showing during the same time. San Francisco—There is beginning In feeding 100 pigs similar to the in San Francisco what promises to be correspondingly greater gains, has been opened up as a result of feeding best for 61 days at the present prices a fierce contest between the United of feed and of hogs, the owner would tests conducted by Professor O. R. realize $297.60 profit, not counung States Steel corporation and the repre­ sentatives of foreign steel producers Samson at the Oregon Agricultural labor or investment In feeding 100 for control of*the market. The Unit­ pigs similar to the poorest he would college. On September 1 thirty pigs ed States Steel corporation for the realize but $115.65 profit of different litters were divided Into present has the advantage in time of The daily gain made by Individual three lots of ten each and all were transit and in terms of sale, but even litters are as follows: 1.42, 1.43, 1.47, ; this advantage is expected to be a fed barley ninety per cent and tank- 1.62, 1.67, 1.85 and 1.86. thing of the past when the Panama age ten per cent for 61 days. Lot 1 As regards the self-feeder the re­ was fed dry rations by hand. Lot 2 sults of this test confirm the results canal is opened. Under present conditions the United was fed by self-feeder, and lot 3 was of previous tests carried on at this j station and at others, that the self-1 States Steel has been forced through fed by hand rations soaked for 12 its distributing agency here to sell hours before feeding. The three lots feeder Is an economical means of pro-1 steel for considerably less than the were divided evenly as to weight, sez duclng pork. The labor of feeding Is reduced one-half by this method and , Pittsburg price, plus the coat of and parentage. The litter were also the feed per 100 lbs. of gain is also I freight from Pittsburg to San Fran­ evenly divided among the lots as near­ less, while the daily gains are more cisco. It is now quoting steel bars at ly as possible. Ix>t 1 required 463.5 lbs. of feed per rapid. Care was exercised in getting $1.65 hundredweight The Pittsburg 100 lbs. gnln. Tx»t 2 required 418.2 the pigs accustomed to a full feed and price is $1.40 and the freight is 60 no difficulty was experienced from cents. The company is thus actually lbs. of feed per 100 lbs. gain, and lot 3 required 449.8 lbs. of feed per 100 this manner of feeding. selling steel here on a basis of about As to the value of soaking the feed, • $1.05 a hundredweight in Pittsburg. lbs. gain. The difference In dally gain between tho litters of pigs wns from this test, while in no sense conclusive. [ European steel makers are going 1.42 lbs. to 1.86 lbs. The difference showed a slight advantage in soaking away under this. They are offering between the lots varies only from 1.48 the rations for 12 hours before feed-1 bars at $1.48 and it is only the longer ing. lbs. to 1.84 lbs. The poorest lot was time in delivery and the difference in terms that brings any business to the A Spirit of Rivalry. Critical. United States Steel corporation. “As a matter of hard fact," said Mr. “The natural refinement of the fem­ inine character cannot be wholly sub­ Cumrox rather testily, "the value of Sylvia Dupes Fifty Bobbies. this picture depends on the signature dued," said one London policeman. London — Sylvia Pankhurst again "Quite so,” replied the other. “What of the old master.” eluded arrest after having delivered "I must admit it.” haa happened now?” "Well, my signature Is just as valu­ an inflammatory “no rent” speech in “A militant suffragette has turned a bomb into police headquarters. It able as his and ft doesn't take me any­ Canfiingtown Thursday night. About was a perfectly good bomb, but she thing like as long to write a check as 50 policemen were waiting outside the didn’t approve of the hand-painted It took him to paint a picture.”— hall, but Miss Pankhurst went through Washington Star. decorations."—Washington Star. the main entrance, surrounded by a strong bodyguard. She reached her Domestic Amenities. 8tory-Tellsr 8colded. motor car and escaped in safety. Hub—Mary, my love, this apple According to the Daily Mail, the au­ No one admires the man who has to turn around and swear twice be­ : dumpling Isn’t half done. thorities had cautioned the police to Wife—Well, then, finish It. my dear. avoid a conflict with Miss Pankhurst’a fore he starts his story.—Exchange. “East End army” and, therefore, they allowed her to escape. Sewing Machine Patents. A Coming Business Man. Codling Moth, third applica­ tion. Five weeks af­ ter second ap­ plication. In Western Oregon and Wash­ ington make this application between August 1 and August ; 10. Steel War Beginning on Coast, Is Rumor On the average 500 or 600 applica­ “Ma,” exclaimed young Teddy, bursting Into the house, “Mrs. John­ tions for patents relating to sewing son said she would give me a penny if machines are filed every year in the I told her what you said about her.” United States patent office. Of that "I never heard of such a thing!" number about 400 are granted, nearly said his mother Indignantly. "You're all of them dealing with improve­ a very good boy not to have told! I ments in machines already manufac- wouldn't have her think I even men­ i tured.—Washington, D. C„ Herald. tioned her. Here’s nn apple, sonny, for being such a wise little lad.” In the union of South Africa there "I should think I nm ma! When she showed me the penny I told her that are 746.736 ostriches, and of this num­ what you said was something awful ber 728,087 are in Cape province. The and worth sixpence at least!”—An­ weekly sales there average more than 11.000,000 feathers. swers. WILSON WILL NOT HOLD RECEPTION White House to Be Closed On New Year’s Day. All Precedents Shattered and Much Criticism Follows—President to Take Ten Days* Rest Washington, D. C.—President Wil­ son has decided not to hold a public re­ ception in the White Houae on New Year’a Day. In this he has shattered a custom cherished of the people and has done away, temporarily, at any rate, with the one chance of the year for all people, irrespective of race, re­ ligion or color, to see the inside of the executive mansion and to shake hands with the President. It is announced that during the holiday recess of con­ gress the President will take a 10-day vacation. That the decision of Mr. Wilson not to receive the people on the holiday will be resented in Washington is cer­ tain. The color question, just now a thorny one to the administration, en­ ters into the ease. Negro men and women in large numbers every year have seized the opportunity to get into the White House and to see the Presi­ dent. They will say that this is a de­ velopment of the Democrat»’ segrega­ tion scheme. The different civic and military or­ ganizations always have attended the New Year’s receptions in bodies. The Grand Army and Sons of Veterans, the Loya) Legion and other societies have made it a marked day. The one chief thing, however, to cause resentment will be the shutting out from the White House on the holiday occasion of the ordinary man and the ordinary woman, who at semi-public receptions cannot get inside the palings of the White House fence. The President will go South to some quiet place where he can play golf and enjoy the seclusion and privacy of which he is so fond when on a vaca­ tion. ________________ EXPORTS FOR YEAR 1913 TO BREAK ALL RECORDS Washington, D. C.—American man­ ufacturers are entitled to wear amug and satisfied countenances, according to the experts at the department of commerce, which announces that ex­ ports for the year ending with next month will break all records. “Why shouldn’t the manufacturers and mill workers smile?” demanded the experts, in announcing that ex­ ports for nine months have increased $37,000,000 over the corresponding nine month» of last year; manufac­ tures for further use in manufacturing $26,000,000, and foodstuffs, partly or wholly manufactured, $17,000,000. Automobiles and railway coaches are among the articles showing a great advance. Lawyer Raps Own Kind And Scores Law System San Diego, Cal.—“We are as mer­ chandise, instead of officers in the courts of justice,” R. O. Gray, a San Francisco attorney, told hi» assistants at the meeting of the California State Bar association here. “We are as merchandise, bought and sold,” emphasized Mr. Gray. “We are employed to distort and con­ ceal the truth and even in some cases to make away with the law and the truth.” Mr. Gray, speaking on “The Reor­ ganization of the Bar as a Necessary Means to Justice,” told his brethren that present day trials were farces and that the legal profession had be­ come “malodorous.” He advocated the establishment of trial bureaus, composed of qualified lawyers, paid out of the public treasury. 155 Tons Mail Arrive on Big Atlantic Liner New York — The Majestic, of the White Star line, arrived here Saturday from Southampton, Cherbourg and Queenstown with 5082 sacks of mail. This, according to officials of the for­ ego mail office, is the largest consign­ ment ever landed in New York by one steamer. Taken by the long ton of 2240 pounds, the Majestic's load weighs 155 tons and 920 pounds. Most of the mali was for the Pacific Coast and other Western points. Coal Peddler Gets Riches. Minneapolis — After scouring the country for eight years to give Walter Lilly, of Philadelphia, a fortune of $340,000, William Rohrer, an attor­ ney, discovered the object of his search here. The money was left by Lilly’s father, said by Rohrer to have been a wealthy soap manufacturer of Philadelphia. Lilly, who was 50 year» old, was found living in a ramshackle cabin. He has lived here 11 years and has supported himself by selling Declares Steel Trust a Godsend. New York — Before the United coal from a push cart. He was ignor­ States Steel corporation was formed it ant that his father had died. * was “war” in the steel trade, accord­ Smallpox Found in School. ing to B. F. Miles, president of the Kansas City — The Benton ward Browning Engineering company, of Cleveland, who testified for the de­ school, in the fashionable residence fense in the government’s suit to dis­ district, was closed by the board of solve the corporation. “The courttry education after discovery of 12 cases at large has been benefitted by the of smallpox among pupils. All of the corporation, which has been a godsend stricken children are reported recover­ to the small manufacturing consum­ ing. Nine hundred pupils attended the school. er,” Mr. Miles declared.