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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1909)
EVENTS JFTHE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Farts of tbe World. PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Less Important but Not Less Inter esting Happenings from Points Outside the State. Troops are said to be plotting a new outbreak at Adana, Turkey. A Chicago society girl who married Filipino is said to be hypnotized. Attempts to resume service on the Georgia railroad have resulted in riots. Philadelphia streetcar men have gone on strike for more pay and regu lar hours. During a fight with Moro bandits two soldiers were killed and a third fatally hurt. Girls at the House of Good Shepherd, Los Angeles, started a disturbance and were taken to jail. Four armed men entered a Seattle aveneue, New York, restaurant and held up 20 customers and made their escape. The men arreBted at Omaha have been positively identified as the Union Pacific train robbers and may also be the Spokane train robbers. The Northern Pacific and Harriman lines are both rushing preliminary work on lines from Missoula through Lolo pass into the Clearwater, Idaho, country. The Presbyterian General assembly has rejected the pension scheme for aged ministers and says they should receive sufficient salary that pensions would not be needed. So far Roosevelt has secured 86 ani mals of 22 different varieties. The Illinois house has voted to do away with capital punishment The National Negro American league denounces Taft's Southern policy. An assassin attempted to kill the Chinese grand counsellor at Pekin. People of the Eastern states can see the new comet with the naked eye. A Walla Walla Chinaman tried to propose to a Spokane Japanese girl by phone. The strike on the Georgia railroad has been broken and trains are again running. " The Isthmian canal commission has just called for bids on 10,000,000 poundB of dynamite. The Presbyterian general assembly has approved a ruling that members abstain from the use of tobacco. Pasadena, Cal., has won its suit against the Sunset Telephone company and every cable Into the city has been cut. The North German Lloyd passenger steamer PrinceBs Alicia grounded while entering New York harbor. It will be necessary to move the cargo. A Norwegian has invented a process of writing by wireless. An Indianapolis man shot and killed his wife, mistaking her for a burglar, British Premier Asqulth refuses to tell whether American naval building influences the British policy. Military authorities are considering the removal of Abdul Hamid to one of the slands in the Mediterranean. . Records of Los Angeles county, Cal. how that for every four marriages since January 1 a divorce has been granted. A storm off the coast of Bilboa, Spain, sank over 60 fishing vessels and it is estimated that no less than 100 fishermen were lost. James A. Moffat, a director of the Standard Oil company, will assume the vice presidency made vacant by the death of H. H. Rogers. While the outlook is discouraging In some sections, , the general conditions indicate the best wheat crop for the Norrthwest in ten yxears. Chicago will not have President Taft lay the cornerstone of the new city hall. It will coat $5,000 and the coun cil feels it cannot afford the expense. C. S. Cameron, convicted of offering a bribe to a Pittsburg councilman, has been sent to prison for two years. A Georgia negro has been lynched for wounding a white man. Franca is alarmed lest American competition kill the lace industry. Two Americans confined in a Mexi can prison for murder have been liber ated. Tennessee lynchers are to be pun ished for contempt of the Federal Su preme court Heney has called on United Railway employes to testify against Calhoun. Numerous earthquake shocks have been felt near Oaxaca, Mexico, serious shock is feared. Astronomers in the East have dis covered a huge comet which is visible in the early morning hours. Wheat corn and oats have taken an other advance at Chicago, causing great excitement All made new high rec ords. GREAT FAIR IS READY. President Taft Will Press Solid Gold Key at Noon June I. Seattle, Wash., May 31. When President W. H. Taft presses the gol den key in the White House at noon, Pacific Coast time, June 1, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition will be opened, complete in every detail. Officers of the fair have made good their promise of preparedness on open ing day and during the last week there has been a rush night and day to have the exhibits in order. The finishing touches were put on the grounds early this week. President Taft will use a telegraph er's key, made from the first gold taken from the Klondike, and set with the identical nuggets taken out by the discoverer of the Northern Eldorado, August 16, 1896. The key has been mounted on a slab of Alaska marble, and was presented to the President .of the United States by George W. Car- mack, discoverer of the Klondike gold fields. The opening program at the exposi tion grounds will begin at 9 :30 o'clock with a parade of United States army troops, mariners and sailors from the Pacific cruiser fleet and from the Jap anese warships under Vice-Admiral Ijichi. Col. T. C. Woodbury, U. S. acting commander of the Depart ment of the Columbia, will be grand marshal. His chief aide will be Cap tain A. M. Weatherill, U. S. A., who has been assigned to the exposition by the war department. The marching soldiers and sailors will be reviewed by the American and Japanese ad' mirals and the visiting governors at the head of the court of honor. The exercises at the natural amphi theater will begin at 10:45 o'clock, with an overture by Innes' band. The invocation will be offered by Bishop Edward O'Dea. of Seattle. A short address will be given by Director-Gen' eral I. A. Nadeau, and the band will pluy "Gloria Washington," the official march of the exposition. James J. Hill will deliver the opening address, He will be followed by J. E. Chilberg, president of the Exposition. Bishop E. W. Keator, of Olympia, will pro nounce the benediction. The program at the amphitheater will be timed to close at noon, at which hour President Chilberg will signal the president of the United Stutes that the fair is ready. There will be an exchange of messages, after which the signal will be given from the White House which will start whistles blowing in all parts of the city. Flags will be run up on all of the buildings and the artillery companies will fire a national salute. WHEAT PANIC CLOSED. Patten Fixes Price at $1.34 and Re- fuses to Send it Higher, Chicago, May 31. May wheat walked out of the pit of the Chicago Board of Trade today with head up, firm step and not a sign of wavering anywhere the second time in the history of the board when fa wheat corner was carried through successfully to the final day of the option. The only other successful deal was that in September wheat conducted by B. P. Hutchinson, more than 20 years ago, when the price touched $2. Opening at $1.34, which was a cent higher than the close of yesterday, the market remained -steady during the trading hours, finally closing at the opening price. Mr. Fatten a brokers stood ready all morning to sell to any one who wanted to buy at the quoted price, and they bIbo stood ready to buy from any who wanted to sell at that price. It is estimated that the trading in the option amounted to about 160,- 000 bushels. It is believed that Mr. Patten has about 6,000,000 bushels of cash wheat on nana to dispose or. experts say that owing to the recognized scarcity of milling wheat he will be able to sell his possessions at prices ranging from $1.25 to today a closing quota tions. It is said that within the last few days local millers have paid from 1 to 2 cents above the May price to get milling wheat Draw French Capital. Paris, May 31. Morgan, Harjes & Co. have formed a syndicate for intro ducing the common shares of the United States Steel corporation on the Paris Bourse. The news has not yet been made public here, but it is ex pected that it will create a sensation. in financial circles the matter is re garded as of far-reaching influence, For years American bankers have been knocking at the door of the Pans ex change in order to draw on the enor mous surplus represented by the sav ings of the French investors. Barred by Garlic on Breath. Chicago. May 31. A man has no right to go to a theater if his breath reeks with the odor of garlic and the management has a right to exclude him. This was the decision of Muni cipal Judge Heap today in the case of James La Mantia against Susanna Lange, proprietor of a nickel theater, La Mantia asked $700 damages. .Tes timony showed that two other Italians visited the theater a few nights before and were ordered out Strikers Steal Dynamite. New Orleans, May 31. A dispatch from Managua, Nicaragua, says the strike over fruit shipments has grown intense. Several cases of dynamite were taken from the Lopes Mining Company by the strikers. Many men have been poisoned. The steamers are all tied up to the docks and are without crews. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST CHAUTAUQUA IS READY. Prominent Speakers to Address Gath ering at Gladstone Park. Oregon City The sixteenth annual session of the Willamette Valley Chau tauqua assembly will be held at Glad stone Park, near Oregon City, July 6 to 18, inclusive. The program for the 13 days' session has just been completed and it is expected thousands of people from Portland and every part of the Willamette valley will attend the ses sion. The Chautauqua association was or ganized three years ago and is now on a firm financial basis. This year's pro gram will be an especially entertaining one. Tbe one tigure that stands out above the rest is Dr. Frank G. Smith, pastor of the Warren avenue Baptist church, of Chicago. Dr. Smith was in Seattle two years ago in attendance at the National Christian Endeavor con vention, and on his way home stopped for an afternoon at Gladstone Park and lectured once. He will lecture on Wednesday evening, July 7, on "The Hero of the Age," and on the .follow ing afternoon will speak on "Our Na tion Her Mission, Her Hopes, Her Perils." Other lecturers of more or less re nown are Dr. Elmer I. Goshen, of Salt Lake City; Sylvester A. Long, of Day ton, O. ; Dr. Eugene May, of Washing ton, D. C. : Hon. Henry Albert Mc Lean, president of the Washington commission for the Alaska-Yukon-Pa cific exposition:. Dr. MattS. Hughes, of Kansas City. Mo., and Dr. Eli Mc- Clish, of Los Angeles. TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS MADE. Geological Survey Furnishes Valuable Lane County Data. Salem? Advance sheets of a topo graphic map covering 138,000 acres of the Willamette valley between cugene and Junction City have been received in Salem. This area was surveyed dur ing the summer of 1908. by the state engineer in co-operation with the Unit ed States geological survey. The tin ished map, to be published for distribu- tion, can be obtained for 5 cents a copy bv addressing the United States Geo logical survey, Washington, D. C. The map shows at a glance the irri gation and drainage possibilities of this section and will prove invaluable to the commercial interests of Eugene. It shows but one or two houses to the square mile. By promoting and en couraging the practice or irrigation and more intensive and diversified farming, this map, it is believed, should show from 30 to 60 houses to the square mile. Forest Grove Wants Railway. Forest Grove Trouble is being ex perienced in securing right of way be tween this city and Verboort for the United Railways, and unless settlers along the route agree to terms within the next few days it is probable that the line will not be built to this city. The business men of Forest Grove are doing all in their power to induce the owners of property to sell the right of way, as failure of the line to build to this city would not only be a great loss to the town, but would also retard the growth of the country adjacent Condon Neads Rain Quickly. Condon Weather conditions for the past month have been most unfavorable in this locality. There has not been any rain for over two months. Grain is looking well and growing, Bome of it beginning to herd out although it is only about a foot in height Farmers who were interviewed say that if good rain comes within 10 days it will be all right for the wheat Others say that they will rot have more than half a crop. A number of fields through the country have been allowed to go to weeds. Flowing Wells at North Powder, North Powder After finding a strong flow of artesian water on the Chris Johnson ranch, a mile southeast of town, at 187 feet the Gilkison & But ler well boring outfit has left to put down a well for the Mt Carmel school, six miles west of here. ThiB is the fourth artesian well found in and close to North Powder at less than 500 feet A. Lun's, 181 feet; A. Hutchinson's, 200 feet; H. E. Hall's, 424 feet The water is clear, cold and free from alka li in every instance. Shops Are to Be Rebuilt. Salem The board of trustees of the state insane asylum has reached an agreement with Lowenberg, Going & Company, in regard to rebuilding the shops at the Oregon penitentiary, re cently destroyed by fire. The state will rebuild the shops, replace the line shafting and three of the machines needed for general use. The exclusive foundry machinery, which the stove company tried to induce the state to buy, will be purchased by the company, Loralne Farms Are Sold. Eugene The Churchill Mathews company, of Portland, has closed $65,000 deal for a number of farms in the Loraine country. It is presumed the purchasing company will plant these tracts to walnuts and fruits. The farms include the choicest in that sec tion of the country. The company holds options on several other places in the same neighborhood. Purchases Near Burns. Burns Dr. Homer Denman, of North Dakota, has purchased the Warm Springs property of D. M. Loggan. The ranch is one and a half miles from the survey of the Oregon Eastern and the same distance from the new town lite of Harriman. COST OF SPECIAL SESSION. Blunders of Legislature Require S4,- SOO to Rectify. Salem A detailed statement of the entire cost of the special session of the 1909 legislature has been issued by Auditing Clerk Corey, of the secretary of state's office. It cost the taxpayers but $4, 500. The laBt special session, called in 1903 by Governor Chamber lain, cost $5,600. The largest item of the 1909 session was the mileage paid to members, More than $2,500 was paid members of the lower house and $1,453.30 was paid to the senators. Services for clerks, stenographers and other help in the house amounted to $130 and the same item in the senate reached $165. Cost of revising the house journal was $40 and for revising the senae journal $56, The regular session cost in the neigh borhood of $50,000. California Capital to Klamath Klamath Falls Southern California caDital is to be interested in Klamath Falls if the transfer of the large tract of land adjoining the city on the west is completed. John J. Fitzpatrick, representing a number of San Diego capitalists, has taken an option on 500 acres of land belonging to Moore Broth ers. The option is for 30 days and in volves approximately $40,000. The land involved lays in West Klamath Falls and reaches from Lake Ewauna to the Upper Klamath lake. There is a water front of almost two miles. Dufur Plans Horse Show. Dufur At a rousing meeting of the horse owners of this vicinity it was unanimously decided to hold a horse show here Saturday, June 19. There will be 18 different prizes given for the different classes ot horses. John Hix, president of the Dufur Horseman asso ciation, has the matter in charge, as sisted by Henry Menefee, secretary, and H. E. Moore, treasurer. Much in terest is being taken in the matter by the farmers and business men. - Good Meeting Assured. The coming Pacific Coast Rrother- hood conventions of the Presbyterian church are getting hold of the men of the church. The ministers are taking a back seat while the laymen are run ning things. The program of the Port land convention includes the names of leading laymen of the state and the national officers of the Brotherhood. Every Presbyterian business man in the state is being invited to attend. Spotted Crops in Morrow. Heppner Crops in Morrow county are badly in need of rain. In most sections grain is still looking well, and a heavy rain within a reasonable time would insure a good crop. However, in the lone and Lexington sections and the north end of the county, grain is already badly burned and only a light crop can be expected at the best. Rain Helps Klamath. Klamath f alls Kecent rains give assurance that there will be at least partial yield on all dry land ranches. The rain was general throughout the entire county, and farmers feel confi dent that the yield on all dry farms will be almost up to the average, no matter if this should be the last rain of the season. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.30 1.35; club, $1.20; valley, $1.17. Corn Whole, $35 per ton; cracked $36 per ton. Barley Feed, $35 per ton. Oat No. 1 white, $40.5041 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley. $14(i.l8 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18 20; clover, $1112; alfalfa, $13 14; grain hay, $1314; cheat $14 14.50; vetch, $1414.60. Fruits Apples, 65c $2. 50 per box strawberries. Oregon, 1215c. Potatoes' $1.752 per hundred. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack carrots,-$ 1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets, $1.75; horseradish, ,10c per pound; as paragus, 7 lZc per pound; lettuce, head, 2575c per dozen; onions, 12 (ill 5c per dozen; radishes, 15c per dozen; rhubarb, Z 3e per pound. Butter City creamery, extras, 28c fancy outside creamery, 2628c store, 18c. Butter fat prices average 1)4 cents per pound under regular but ter prices. fcggs uregon ranch, z;iZ4c per dozen. Poultry He'is, 1516c; broilers, 28ftf30c; fryer, 2225c; roosters, 10c ducks, 1415c; geese, 10 11c; tur keys, 20c; squabs, $2.503 per dozen, Pork Fancy, 10c per pound. Veal Extras, 8c per pound; ordi nary, 7c; heavy, 6c. . . Hops 1909 contracts, 10c per pound 1908 crop, 88c; 1907 crop, 84c 1906 crop, ljc. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1722& per pound; valley, fine, 24c; med ium, 23c; coarse, 21c; mohair, choice, 2425c Cattle Steers, top, $5.255.60 fair to good, $4.755; common to me dium, $44.60; cows, top, $4.25 4.50 fair to good, $3.75 4.25; common medium, $2.50 3.50; calves, top, $5 5.50; heavy, $3.504; bulls and stags, $3(t3.50; common, $Z2.75. Hogs Best $7.50 7.75 fair good. $7.257.50; stackers, $66.50 China fats, $6.75 7. Sheep Top wethers, $4 4. 50; fair to good, $3.50 4 ; ewes, hc less all grades; yecrlings, best $4.50; fair to good, $4(34.25; spring Iambs, $5 5.50. KRUPPS LOSE ROYALTY. Processes for Hardening Armor Have Been Perfected in America. Pittsburg, May 28. Mystery sur rounded the visit of Baron von Boden hausen, of Krupp interests, to America until today. For some time no royalty has been paid Krupp by American makers of armor plate, as Midvale, Carnegie and Bethlehem interests now have each an armor plate hardening system of their own. It is $13 per ton cheaper- also, as this is the royalty which the American makers have been paying Krupp for years. Baron von Bodenhausen came to America for the purpose of clearing up the armor plate case. The Germans have not believed that the American makers could have invented three dif ferent forms of hardening plate. The loss of revenue to the Germans has been very great bo the baron came here to re-establish that revenue if possible. That the American companies had each invented armor plate processes came as distinct news to Pittsburg. The coming of the German baron ap pears to have made publicity impera tive. Krupps question the legality of the American processes, and the Amer icans express a willingness to demon strate that their process is no infringe ment At armor plate headquarters it is stated Krupp's American royalties amounted to $1,000,000 annually. . CATCH OMAHA SUSPECTS. Police Arrest Three Men for Union Pacific Train Robbery. Omaha, Neb., May 28. The police of South Omaha arrested tonight three men suspected of complicity in the Union Pacific train robbery near this city last Saturday night. One of the men had $125 and the second $98 and the third a smaller sum. Children playing last night in the vicinity where the arrests were made found three handkerchiefs cut for masks, three revolvers, flashlights and other paraphernalia, hidden by the holdup men. The place was watched. Four men were seen late tonight to ap proach the spot where the outfit had been hidden, and three of them were arrested. . They gave what the police believe are fictitious names and told differing stories. The clothing bears the mark of a Denver merchant They told of having been with some women during the evening, but would not divulge names. GREAT WILD HORSE HUNT. Fifty Square Miles of Territory to Be "Driven" for New Steeds. Reno, Nev., May 28. Under the leadership of Superintendent Creel, of Pyramid Lake Indian reservation, and R. H. Cowles, a ranchman of Washoe county, the biggest wild horse hunt ever attempted in Nevada will be started tomorrow in the Limbo coun try, north of Wadsworth. Five hun dred "bockaroos" from surrounding ranches will participate. r lfty square miles of territory will be encircled by mounted men, who will drive toward a central point near the northern end of the Nightingale moun tains, where an immense corral has been erected. The older horses will be shot while the younger ones will be broken for saddle purposes. Julia Ward Howe Celebrates.. Boston, May 28. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, writer, philosopher and reform er, celebrated her ninetieth birthday quietly at her charming home on Bea con street yesterday. Her children. Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott Mrs. Flor ence Howe Hall, Mrs. Laura E. Rich ards and Professor Marion Howe, of Columbia, spent te day with her and, with the exception of a few intimate friends, no visitors were received. Mrs. Howe appeared in good health and Bpirits and seemed to have lost but little of her old-time energy and her interest for matters of national im portance. Sell Prince Rupert Land. Vancouver, B. C, May 28. Nearly 2,000 anxious real estate speculators from all over the United States and Canada were present when the official sale of lots at Prince Rupert the new Pacific terminal of the Grand Trunk Pacific, began. The bidding was spir ited and the prices realized were re markable when it is considered that the site is at present practically noth ing but a great waste of stumps and rocks. Over $250,000 worth of lots were sold yesterday, most of them close in. Unknown Sends Money. Des Moines, Iowa, May 28. Post office inspectors today were asked to unravel the mystery surrounding the receipt by a number of residents of Panora, Iowa, of letters containing $100 bills. No signature is attached to the letters, one of which bears the postmark of Portland, Or. Five per sons admit having received money to taling $1,125. Mrs. Viola Lapegiett a widow, received $225, mostly in $10 bills, with a note signed "your friend. Pacific Mall Deficit Less. New York. May 28. At the annual meeting of the Pacific Mail Steamship company all the retiring directors were re-elected today. President Harriman, in his report, stated that the year's operations showed a deficit of $339,684, as compared with a deficit of $428,817 for the year before. UNITE WITH AMERICA Great Britain Wants Naval Alli ance With United States. AUSTRALIA IN FAVOR OF POLICY British Would Guard Atlantic and Un cle Sam Take Care of Pacific . Leave Out Japan. London, May 29. Overtures looking to a naval understanding between Great Britain and the United States have been made by the British govern ment through Ambassador Bryce, in Washington. Premier Asquith had this fact in mind when speaking re cently in what was regarded as a cryp tic manner of a "two-power" standard for the British navy. The premier hopes that such an understanding may be reached with the American govern ment as shall enable Great Britain al most to denude the Pacific of British warships of a formidable class in re turn for giving America certain assur ances respecting the naval situation in the Atlantic. The suggestions made by Mr. As quith through Ambassador Bryce fol- low the lines lately laid down in an ar ticle by Captain Mahan on the naval position which has attracted wide at tention in authoritative circles in Eng land. The British cabinet feels that only an understanding with America can enable Great Britain to maintain a two-power standard in Europe. "If the Americans will look after our interests in the Pacific," said a respon sible naval authority this afternoon, "we will take care of all American in terests in the Atlantic and Mediterra nean. We recognize the difficulty of' inducing America to break with, the tradition of not entering into entangl ing alliances, but we are not without a hope that the situation in the Pacific may lead the authorities in Washington to think favorably of a proposal which would admit of their concentrating the American naval strength in that ocean" The British government is inclined to seek a naval understanding with the United States on account of the possi bility of Japan's declining to renew the Anglo-J apanese alliance when it expires. Australians never cease to urge the mother land to separate its policy from that of Japan in the Paci fic, and try to unite the strength of the English-speaking race in that part of the world. SMUGGLING PLOT UNEARTHED. Federal Officers at Chicago Arrest Leaders of Scheme. ' Chicago, May 29. Government pros ecution of eight alleged leaders of a gigantic Chicago smuggling syndicate, and the proposed arrest and indictment of others was outlined today by United States District Attorney Syms. . Seven hundred Chinamen are alleged to have smuggled into the United States over the Mexican border by the syndicate during the past 12 months, being se creted in dining cars by cooks and port ers on through trains. Immigration authorities caused in dictments to be voted by the grand jury for the Chicago district for the follow ing: Bob Lung, El Paso, Texas, a rich Chinaman, restaurant owner and finan cier, in whoBe kitchen plans for carry ing on the smuggling scheme were formulated, now locked up in the Cook county jail pending trial; Robert W. Stephenson, a former railroad brake man, El Paso, Texas, now in jail here in default of $5,000 bail; Carlos Save dra, a Mexican, alleged to be the chief smuggler; Jose Parra, Mexican; Sam Wah, alleged agent for the Chicago office of the syndicate; W. H. Clark, Lincoln, Neb., under arrest at El Paso, and Chin Yin Qual, an alleged agent of the syndicate. Taft Busy in East. Tokio.M ay 29. The papers here in editorials discussing the action of Pres ident Taft in offering the Chinese min istership to John Hays Hammond, pro fess to see in it a sign of an ambitious Eastern policy on the part of the new administration in the United States. It is well known that Taft is greatly interested in Oriental . affairs, and there is a strong feeling that his ad ministrtion will mean much in the de velopment of more friendly relations between America and the East and especially with Japan. May Take Taft to Alaska. Puget Sound Navy Yard, Wash., May 29. It is rumored here that the cruiser St Louis, which is making ready to go to sea early next month, will take President Taft and his party to Alaska this summer. The destina tion of the St Louis is not officially known. A draft of 70 men was re ceived yesterday from the cruiser Mil waukee. A like number of men were transferred from the cruiser Maryland, which came from San Francisco. Floods InXMississippi. Jackson, Miss., May 29. The town of Quitman is submerged as the result of a flood. All business is suspended and the residents have been forced into the upper parts of their houses. Some have had to move out entirely. The loss from high water is heavy through out the state. Miles of railroad tracks have been destroyed and the loss to the railroads is estimated at $1,000,000,