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WESTON, OnEOON, Fill DAY, MARCH 10, 1910.
NO. 06.
STON '
PliMT M IN HOUSE
McLemore Warning Resolution Laid
on Table,
Tense Situation Is Ended When Session, Sway
cd for Seven Hours by Most Sensation
al Episode in Decade, Decides to
"Stand by President"
Waehlngton, D. C.-PreeUlent WIU
on Tuesday completely and decieaiy
woo hla long fight to compel eongreea
, to acknowledge that It aUnda behind
him In the aubmarlna negotiation
with Crman jr.
To tha rallying cries of "Stand by
tha President!" and "It la Unalng
and Wllaon or Von Berne tor ft" and tha
Kalaarl" a big Damorratia majority
and Marly half tha Republicans In tha
bouao rollad tip overwhelming votes
againat tha movement to warn Ameri
cana off armed ahipa of tha European
belllgerenta.
Tha ealabratad McLemore resolution,
around which tha antl-edmlnlslrstlon
foreaa centered their fight, waa tabled
' In other words, killed Just aa waa
tha Cora resolution for a almllar pur
poaa In too eenate laat waak.
From tha outaat of tha fight tha
Presidents supporters, without regard
to party, swept over tha opposition.
On tha Drat vote, which waa a par
liamentary proposition to prevent
opening the McLemore raaolution to
amendment and unlimited debet, tha
, administration force carried tha day,
' 26 to 190. On that, 192 Democrats,
63 Republican and I Prograaaiva voted
to support the administration. Twenty
ona pemocreta, 132 Republicans, t
Progrceelvea, one lndapendant end
Repreeentatlve London, tha lone So
cialist of tha howta, voted againat it.
Tills waa tha crucial vota of tha fight,
tha ona on which administration lead
art were uncertain. With victory in
hand they moved on to tha neat prop
osition, tha adoption of a special rule
for four hours discussion of tha Me
Lamora resolution.
, Again they carried tha day, this
time 271 to 138, and then pushed their
victory to a conclusion by tabling tha
MeLamora raaolution, 278 to 142.
In eeven hours of tense, turbulent
session, In which tha administration
opponenta charged that tha President
wss contending for a doubtful legal
right and waa shifting tha responsi
bility of diplomatic negotiation to con
gress, tha house awayad back and forth
In tha moat sensational congressional
spectacle of a decade, probably an
quailed since tha ava of tha declara
tion of war on Spain.
President Wilson, calm and confi
dant, hoard tha early results of tha
voting In tha cabinet-room at tha
Text of McLemore Resolution, Which Brought Fight
Between President and House to a Decisive Issue
Washington, D. C The text of the
McLemore resolution, following a
lengthy preamble, la as follows: '
"Resolved, That the house of repre
sentatives of ths 64th congress of the
United Stales do and it hereby eolemn
ly does, request the President to warn
all American citlaena within tha bor
ders of tha United States - or Its pos
sessions, or elsewhere, to refrain from
traveling on any and all ahipa of any
and all of tha powers now or In future
at war, which ahip or ahipa shall
mount guna, whether such ahip by
frankly avowed a part of the naval
forces of the power whose flag it fliea
or ahall be called a merchant ahip or
otherwise, and whether such gun or
guns or other armament be called 'of
fensive' or 'defensive,' and In caae
American cltitena do travel on auch
armed belligerent ahipa that they do
so at their own risk.
, "That whenever the President of
the United SUtea or the Secretary of
Stats ahall coma Into possession of tha
actual memorandum of tha German
government, containing photographic
facaimiliea of alleged secret Instruc
tions direct that so-called 'defensive
armament for merchant ahia' ahall be
used offensively and that so-called 'de
fensive armament for merchant ahipa'
ahall be manned and directed by naval
Churchill Raps Navy..
. London Winston Spencer Churchill,
former first lord of the admiralty, now
colonel and fresh from the trenches,
sprang back Into the parliamentary
arena Wednesday in a daring speech,
answering First Lord of the Admi
ralty Balfour, who had just presented
tha naval estimates, and declaring that
the admiralty lacked driving force and
must be revitalised before it waa too
late by bringing back Lord Fisher, the
former first sea lord, to head the ad
miralty administration. Hia speech
caused considerable comment.
Four Die In Hot Water Vat.
Connellsville, Pa Four men were
drowned and others Injured here Wed
nesday when the roof covering a vat of
hot water In the Baltimore A Ohio
railroad ahopa collapsed in the course
of a religious meeting. The men had
assembled to hear a talk by an evan
gelist who ia conducting services in
one of the churches, and several
climbed to the top of the vat, which
collapsed. Six men were saved by tha
prompt action of persona nearby.
276 to 142.
White House with some of tha cabinet
trooped about him. Ha told them ha
waa much gratified with tha aupport of
congress.
Released from tha bonds of embar
rassment forced upon him by tha dis
sensions In congress, which have bean
represented In foreign esplUls aa Indi
cating that ha waa making hia de
manda on Germany in direct opposition
to tha sentiment of the elected repre
eenUtivee of tha people. President
Wilson now stands prepared to go on
with tha aubmarlna negotlationa with
tha central powers.
The next step probably will bo an
answer to Germany's laat proposal to
settle tha Lusitania case. In which tha
United Btstea probably will ask
for such further assurances as it con
siders sufficiently broad and complete
to guarantee that tha new aubmarlna
campaign, which began on March 1
and in which notice haa been given
that all ahlps carrying guna will be
sunk without warning, will not endan
ger Amerelana traveling tha aaaa on
merchant vessels.
The President and hia advisers re
gard tha action of tha bouse aa a suffi
cient answer to reports circulated In
Berlin, sent from Washington, that
congress stood two to ona against him
in tha crisis.
"Stand by the President and do not
embarrass him in hia diplomatic ne
gotiations with foreign countries,"
waa the whole burden of the argument
of the admlnlatration leaders.
They paid little attention to the In
volved legal phases of the altuation.
It was enough, they argued, that the
President had aald the reported atti
tude of eongreea as opposed to hia pol
icy waa embarrassing him abroad, and
that they stuck.
Tributes wars paid to the President
by almost all the Democratic speak
ers, from Acting Chairman Pou, of
the rules committee, who opened the
debate, to Chairman Flood, of the for
eign affairs committee, who closed it
"It la charged that the President
wants war," aaid Mr. Pou. "All the
Imps of hell never devised a more In
famous charge. No man alnce Abra
ham Lincoln haa gone through euch a
test aa the President In the laat elx
months to avoid war. He haa tried to
preserve peace. He would not sacri
fice a single life to make himself Pres
ident for his lifetime."
officers and men of the navy of Great
Britain and that such so-called 'defen
sive armament for merchant ahipa'
and auch naval officers and men ahall
be aa far aa possible concealed and dis
guised when In neutral waters and
ports, with the evident Intention to
deceive, the President of the United
States or the Secretary of State ahall
at the earliest possible moment trans
mit auch actual memorandum of the
German government, with such fac
aimiliea of alleged secret Instructions
of ths British government and with all
appendices whatsoever to the Speaker
of the house, that It and they may be
laid before the house for its full in
formation and for its ; ssaistsncs In
performing ita duty and function of
guarding the welfare of tha country
and Ita citisena, and for ita assistance
In performing Ita constitutional duty
of advising tha President of the United
States with regard to foreign rela
tions. "That tha house expresses the de
termination of the people and govern
ment of the United Statea both to up
hold all American rlghta and to exer
cise care, consideration and wisdom in
avoiding actions which tend to bring
American citisena and American tn
tereata Into the sons of conflict where
the passions of wsr are raging."
Two Officers Rslesssd.
San Antonio, Tex. The release of
Second Lieutenants James W. Peyton
and Waldron has bee ordered by Gen
eral Funston and the military ehargea
againat them for crossing the Rio
Grande to rescue aoldlera who had
been taken prisoners have been
dropped. First Lieutenant Mort, sen
ior officer of the expedition, will be
tried before a court matial to be con
vened at Mercedes. General Funston
decided that; because Peyton and
Waldron were subordinate officers,
they ahould not be tried, .
Ssnste Confirms Baker.
Washington, D. C. The nomination
of Newton D. Baker, ex-Mayor of
Cleveland, aa Secretary of War wes
confirmed lets Wednesday by the een
ate. Unanimous commendation of Mr.
Baker's appointment waa expressed by
the cabinet at tha meeting here. Gen
eral Hugh L. Scott, secretary of War
ad Interim, told the President that the
nomination had been favorably receiv
ed among army officers.
nmtim euilio to death
El Paso, Tex. Eighteen prisoners
were burned to death and probably 10
others seriously Injured, many fatally,
In a fire late Tuesday at ths city jail
bathhouse. Tha blase started from a
flash of flams from Isrgs tub of gas
ollns end kerosene solution used to de
stroy germ-carrying lice. In their
first reports offlciala attributed ths or
igin to tha deliberate action of one of
ths prisoners In throwing a lighted
match Into tha container.
More than a score of prisoners, who
wars thoroughly setursted with tha
aolutlon, ware enveloped In fi sines.
Jil attendants Immediately ODened
two silts, allowing a number of the
prisoners In toe Data room to escape,
although seriously burned. ,
Burgeons said that tha death list
would probably reach 26 and that
many of tha Injured would not live
mors than a fsw hours.
Surrounding ths bstb quarters are
Ma,e f Ml la. moatlv filled with Dris-
onere. Those adjacent to tha bath
wars caught in the flames. Relesse
of theee wars alow and dangerous and
it waa In theee usi most or vne iaw
ttlee occurred. Volunteer rescuers
sided in dragging out ths victims,
many unconscious and badly burned.
M If rtnaa. an A mar i ran. who died
of Injuries, wss named as ths man
who atruck tha match that caused the
Are, In a statement mads by H. G.
Baby, one of ths trusties on guard.
Cross wss under arrest aa vagrant
Hla home Is ssld to have been In Dav
enport, la. -
The disinfection tubs were placed
near the doorway leading to tha police
hospital. Ths burst of flames blew
out doora and windows and the blase
swept the hospital, rendering It un
tenable and useloas for the press of
emergency work which followed.
On fire from head to foot, tha nude
vlctlma dashed Into ths streets and al
leys surrounding ths prison. Several,
xxttanad hv tha Bain, outdistanced all
pursuers and disappeared. Only one
of theee had been found several hours
after the dlaaater.
rina nt tha victims, a veritable
torch, plunged through the jsgged re
mains of a window pane and clambered
to ths roof of ths jail, where be wss
rescued by nrmen, only o oie a iw
minutes later.
FAwnrA UMZnwmn. of Warder. Ida
ho, and John Campbell, of Camera, of
Eugene, Oregon, were among w
Americans seriously burned in ths jail
firs, , . 1 ' " ' .
fusidt to It D. Balsr.
Seadar if War; Be Accepts
Wa.himrtiut. D. (1 Newton D. Bak
er, former mayor of Cleveland, has
been selected by President Wilson for
secretary of war. Hia nomination
will go to tha senate Immediately and
adminietratlon leaders expect quick
confirmation ao the new aaeretarymay
take active charge of the War depart
ment's nlana for army increases and
reorganisation. .. .
Mr. Baker la 44 years old, a lawyer,
and aa a leader among Ohio Democrats
k.a Immi a warm BllniMtftAT of the WU-
aon policlea alnce ths pro-convention
campaign in ivis. ni ua -close
personal friend of Mr. Wilson
since the letter wss Instructor years
ago at Johne Hopkins university,
ntrarad tha mat of secTetsrV of
the Interior in the original Wilson
cabinet, but declined oecauee oe wen
mimmr Ha la understood to be In
thorough accord with the President on
ths preparedness program ana loreign
questions.
An offer of the War' secretaryship
waa made to Mr. Baker by telegraph
aal davs aim. after the President
had spent more than three weeks care
fully going over a long uei 01 wee
..CTMatad tjt atuwaad RacretaTV Gar
rison. Mr. Baker accepted, and upon
being notified, mat ne woura vm now
Inatad at ones. teleeraDhed that he
would come to Washington.
Spanish Steamship Hits Rock.
SanKoa. Braiil The Spanish ateam-
ihip Principe de Aaturiaa haa been
annlc hv atrikine- a rock. She went to
the bottom in five minutea. Eighty-
six members of the crew and 67 pas
sengers bsvs been brought to Satos by
the French steamer Viga,
RIa Janeiro It ia feared here that
inn livaa have been lost bv the BlnKtruT
of the Spanish steamship Principe de
Aatvnlaa- The steamer remained
afloat only a short time after striking
a shoal off San Sabaatiao, ana were
waa little time for the eocene of P-
sengers and the crew in the boats.
, Naval Secrete Given Out.
Washington, D. C The house naval
committee became interested Tuesday
in finding out where Repreaentative
Gardner got the confidential figures on
target practice of the Atlantic neei,
which he made Dublie aom time ago.
Admiral Fletcher, testifying before
the committee, aald that; the figurea
were approximately correct "Who
ever told them," aaid Chairman
Pagett, "waa false to his trust and
a traitor to hia country. II l nna
out who did it, I am going to publish
hia name."
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. Taylor'a Comet Splits.
Cambridge, Maaa A split in Tay
lor'a comet, with one of the ptu-ta
from two to two and a half magnitudes
fainter than the main comet, waa an
nounced Tuesday in a meaaage to the
Harvard Observatory from the Yeefluaa
Observatory. Tha measurement we
made by Professor Barnard.
The Yerkee Observatory also re
ported an observation of Nujlmew'e
comet; discovered at Pulkowa, RussUv
but month.
NEWSITEMS
Of Central Interest
About Oregon
Biz Lumber Order Received
for Freight Car Building
Eugene The Booth-Kelly Lumber
company has just closed a contract
which la aaid to be the largest ob
tained bv a Willamette valley mill In
several years, entering into an agree
ment to supply the Ralston Bieei ir
company with .000,000 feet of lum
ber to be need In the manufacture of
cars for ths Southern Pacific railroad
company. f M
The order Is ths second of this na
ture booked by tha Booth-Kelly com
pany within the past few weeks, so
cording to A. C. Dixon, manager.
Ths lumber In the contract is to oe
ied In ths manufacture of 2000
freight, flat and other care.
The contract waa awarded at a
meeting held in Cincinnati, where a
large number of biddera representing
lumber companies In all parte of the
itiwI Rata ware area ant. The lum
ber will be supplied at intervals ex
tending throughout US summer.
As soon ss weather eonaiuons per
mit thm mills at Wendllne- and Spring
field will resume operations, with pros
pects of a good summer's business,
Drovlded the car altuation does not in
terfere. ' ' ,.'!'
Rodent Fighters Unite. '
n.ntath Falla The Idea of the
farmers of a neighborhood banding to
gether for organised rodent extermina
tion work baa proved popular In Kla
math county. ' Beeldes clubs st Bo
nanza, Langell Valley, Merrill, Haiin
and Lorella. all of which were recently
organised, the Hfldebrand Farmers'
club waa organixea at nuunmiu,
about 26 milea east of this city, ana
tha f.rm re of the Serin a Lake sec
tion. In the basin east of the city, are
effecting an organization mere.
afore tnan u larroere wawi u
Hildebrand meeting and 25 joined the
club, selecting the following offieere:
President, Charley Drew; vice presi
dent, J. G. Wight; aeeretary-treaa-
urer, W. ,F. WU Hereon, ana poison
mixer, Charles vrew, jr. umm
oqulrrele and coyotes are the pests to
Km f,ht Polaon mixtures are pre
pared according to government formu-
Big Wool Sale Reported. -
n.V Tha tare-eat amount of wool
contracted for In yeara la reported by
Berthold and uerson neuDergex, wi
.-..J h had mntracted for
nearly 600,000 pounds for Portland and
Eastern concerns, rrom w
ur.,. tha averaffa Dries atiDUlated,
making an outlay of mora than $100,-
000. , ' . , .
n,. .Una mntracted for include
those of Orson Moody, between 80,000
end 90,000 pounds; at. r. wunain, zu,
000 pounds; A. H. Hampton, of Hunt
ington, 96,000 pounds; and E. John
eon, 85,000 pounda. The names of
other sellers were Dot given out
With the lambing season at an end,
shearing will commence within a ahort
time. Buyers believe that a large per
centage of the wool tbia year will be
contracted in advance.
Highway Route Inspected.
Roaebursr For the purpose of ascer
taining the needs of Douglas county
with reference to atata aid in road
construction, John H. Lewis, etate
.urfra, naacl Saturday in
Rose burg conferring with the mem
bers of the County court ana omer
prominent citisena. - . .
While Mr, juewia rauwu w
vt. o.ans. TMcrsatYiintT tha conatrue-
U1S iaaaassp
tlon of the new state highway through
Douglas county, he aaia worn on u
Mvmd nild heirln aa soon aa the neces
sary funda.are available.
Business Right Upheld.
Salem The retaliatory building and
loan association law passed by the
ststs of Washington does not give
Corporation Commissioner sxaiuiuer
man, of Oregon, the right to act like
wise and refuse the Pacific Building &
Loan association of the state of Wash
th r! crht tn do business in this
ligwi - .
atata, the attorney general a office naa
ruled.
If the Washington concern, which a
.i . -t. withdrew from business
in Oregon, makes Its annual report to
Commissioner scnuiaerman, kw p-j"
... llMnaa feea. the attorney
US a..iia
general holda it has the right to con
tinue In business in wis raw. -
State Charter la Taken.
Salem Conversion of the Benton
County National Bank at Corvallia to
the state system waa made Wednesday
hAn tha nwnars reincorporated under
the name of the Benton County State
Bank. The institution ia capitaii
. - tan nrtn with a aurnlua of 115.000
and deposit aggregating in excess ol
8400.000. The change from a Nation
al bank to a atata Dana waa nwu"
pause of the belief of the management
that the Federal Reserve obligations
of National banks impose Durueneonie
conditions upon the amaiier uanas.
. Jnha Are Awaiting Man.
Manhfleld There are more jobs
here than men, in most localitiea. The
Willamette-Pacific construction work
between Cooa Bay and Reedaportia
.hnrt of workmen and the crew haa
i - wh,-d fmm 65 to 12. It waa
reported that the crew above the Ump-
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qua uu "
lesa than 20. Work ia delayed on ae-
it,, man miittina. inev are
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leaving for the outside.
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COOK DEMANDS VINDICATION
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, mtuntalii
climber and arctic explorer, who
leaped into fame a few years ago tth
the controversy over hla claim to lav
ing discovered the. North pole, is in
Washington to demand of congress as
investigation of hla claim and vindica
tion In the eyea of the world. ; Doctor
Cook save he has started the mach!
ery to bring about the favesUsatft'O
and that be will not let up until bis
story of his travels In tfee etia ti
proved true by congress.
Two of Kind,
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school?"
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get there."
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