THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
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CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers,
Residents of Oceanside, Cal., are
DlanniDC to have a municipal saloon
as the precinct has voted dry.
The steamer Norma successfully
navigated the Columbia river from
point near Tenino to Portland.
Japan objects to China putting
trooDS into Manchuria to retake To-
nanfu from the Mongol rebels.
Twenty-two are dead and many
missinir as the result of high winds
and cloudbursts 'in Western Pennsyl
vania.
Great Britain announces that she
will formally demand arbitration of
the Panama canal tolls dispute at The
Hague.
The Grand Army quartermaster
general, who resides in Los Angeles
will act as best man at the wedding of
his nephew.
Emperor William reviewed a Ger
man army of 60,000 men, which was
led bv eieht army aeroplanes and two
dirigible balloons.
Four sisters near Ozark, Arkansas,
were married to young planters of the
neighborhood at the same time, and
the four couples will reside in newly
Drepared homes in the immediate vi
cinity.
Several days of terrific heat in Chi
cago were followed by a violent elec
tric storm and cloudburst, which did
damace estimated at $1,000,000 and
kept the entire fire force busy answer
ing alarms.
William Leob, Jr., and George B.
Cortelyou, both former private secre
taries to Colonel Roosevelt when he
was president; William Randolph
Hearst and John D. Acrchbold have
been asked to appear before the sen
ate eommitee investigating campaign
contributions.
George Gray, a Klamath Indian, has
voluntarily begun serving a 60-day
sentence for giving liquor to Indians,
after having been allowed to remain
at home and harvest his crops under
suspension of sentence.
Two were killed and 40 injured in
head-on collision between passenger
trains in England.
Nicaraguan rebels fired "on Ameri
can marines who were repairing a
railroad, but no one was hit.
OHIO REFUSES SUFFRAGE.
American marines guard the rail
road from Corinto, the principal sea
port of Nicaragua, to the capital.
It is estimated that 120,000 persons
were in the funeral procession of Gen
eral Booth, the of Salvation Army.
The late General Booth of the Sal
vation Army, left a personal estate of
f 2440. most of iwhich he left to the
Army.
Mexican rebels announce that after
Sept. 15 no quarter will be shown
Americans so long as Madero remains
in office.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Track prices, new: Club,
7980c; bluestem, 8283c; forty
fold, 81c; valley, 80c.
Barley Brewing, $28; feed, $25.
Corn Whole, $38.50; cracked,
$39.50 ton.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $15;
valley timothy, $1213; alfalfa, $11
(5)12; clover, $10; oats and vetch,
$10.fj)ll; grain hay, flOfi&ll.
Oa'ts Spot, 2930 ton.
Fresh fruits Apples, 75c(gl.7o pr
box: Deaches. 25(S65c; plums, 2c
pound: pears, $1 box; grapes, 60c
S1.25 ; blackberries, 50c(S$1.25 crate.
Melons Cantaloupes, 50c $1. 50
per crate; watermelons, $11.25 per
hundred; casabas, $1.251. 50 dozen.
Onions Walla Walla, 75c sack.
' Potatoes Jobbing J prices: Bur
banks, 6075c hundred.
Vegetables Artichokes, 6575c
dozen; beans, 2c pound; cabbage, 1
ljc; cauliflower, $11.25 dozen; eel
erv. 60(3)75c: corn, 1525c; cucum
bers, 50c box; eggplant, 5(g6c pound;
head lettuce, 2025c dozen ; peas, 8
9c pound; peppers, 66c.
Eggs Case count, 2223c; can
dled, 2526c; extras, 2727ic.
Butter Oregon creamery butter,
cubes, 32c pound ;" prints, box lots,
83c.
Pork Fancy, lli12c pound.
Veal Fancy, 14J15c pound.
Poultry Hens, 12J13c pound;
broilers, 1414ic; ducks, young, 10;
geeae, 812; turkeys, live, 1820;
dressed, 24(25.
Hops 1912 fuggles, 17 J pound;
clusters, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1418c
pound; valley, 2122c; mohair,
choice, 32c.
Cattle Choice steers, $6.757;
good, $6(9)6.65; medium, $5. 756 ;
choice cows, $5.756.25; good, $5.50
5.75; medium, $55.50; choice
calves, $78.50; good heavy, $6(?
6.50; bulls. $3.50(?i)5; stags, $4.75(3)6.
Hogs Light, $8.759.25; heavy,
$7.508.60.
Sheep Yearlings, $3.50rd!4.60;
wethers, $44.50; ewes, $2.853.75;
lambs, $45.35.
Initiative and Referendum and Liquor
Amendments Are Carried.
Columbus, Ohio Tho " women of
Ohio failed in their effort to gain the
ballot, according to early returns.
While the earliest figures on which
this result is based come almost from
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, To
ledo and Dayton, it was in those
places where the suffragists waged
their most determined fights and poli
ticians said the result would not be
changed by the final returns.
The women, it is said, will not give
up their fight for the ballot, but plan
to use the initiative and referendum
to gain another vote.
The cities of the state uniformly
voted in favor of all amendments but
suffrage. The farming communities
voted against the amendments as a
whole, but there was little likelihood
that they could offset the big urban
majorities.
About half the state vote was cast
The initiative and referendum has
been adopted, according to the first
950 precincts out of 5197 in the state.
It received 63,093 votes for and 33,085
against. The liquor license had car
ried by 65,341 to 20,942.
The suffrage vote from 950 pre
cincts showed 36,063 for to 55,139
against. The country districts were
expected to change this result, how
ever. The liquor license proposal provides
that licenses to traffic in liquor shall
be granted, subject to laws that may
be enacted by the legislature. It does
not affect the present liquor laws.
ROOSEVELT THIRD.
EAST SUFFERS
INTENSE HEAT
Weather Bureau Registers 95,
Breaking AH Records.
Chi
cago Gives Up to Humid Wav
Five Die and Mny Are Pros
trated Corn Crop Aided.
Regular Republicans Maintain Lead in
Vermont Election.
Montpelier, Vt. The Roosevelt Pro
gressive ticket ran a poor third in the
state elections in Vermont, with the
Taft Republicans winning by a vote of
almost double that of the Progressive
candidate and the Democrats far out
numbering the Bull Moose party's
vote. In fact the Roosevelt ticket
obtained less than one-quarter of the
total vote of the state, according to
almost complete returns.
The Republican plurality, while
large, will lack some votes of being a
majority, and as a result the election
for eovernor is certain to be thrown
into the legislature.
Returns for governor from 217 out
of 246 cities and towns gave: Fletch
er, Republican, 2&.602; Howe, Demo
crat, 18,250; Metzger, Progressive,
14,220; Smith, Prohibition, 1425;
Suiter, Socialist, 1006.
The same places in 1910 gave:
Mead, Republican, 31,816; Watson
Democrat, 15,803; Towle, Probibi
tionist, 1052; Ordway, Socialist, 890.
Indications from these figures at
midnight are roughly that the present
vote will total: Republicans, 26,236;
Democrats. 19,838; Roosevelt Pro
gressives, 16,429.
EMPLOYES GET BONUSES.
Aggregate of S 70,000 Distributed by
Carpet Mills Company.
Yonkers, N. Y. Bonuses aggrega
ting $70,000 were distributed to 3100
employes in the mills of the Alexan
der Smith & Sons Carpet company
Wednesday. Men and women who
have been in the employ of the com
pany 10 years or more received checks
for amounts equal to 10 per cent of
their wages for the six months ending
June 30. Those of between five and
ten years standing received 5 per
cent bonuses.
This was the fourth time within a
few years that the firm has thus re
membered its older employes. Last
March $65,000 was paid to E00 five
and ten-year employes and in August,
1911, $40,000 was distributed among
the 10-year employes. A few years ago
Mrs. Eva Smith Cochran, mother of
Alexander Smith Cochran and Gifford
Cochran, the heaviest stockholder,
distributed $100,000 to the 20-year
men and women. The Smith plant is
the largest carpet manufactory in the
world.
Vancouver Has Tong War.
Vancouver, B. C. Following re
ports of a battle in China, representa
tives of the two factions in Vancouver
began a riot in Market Lane. All day
the Orientals hovered about the bulle
tin boards, growing more excited to
ward evening and finally some 300
Chinamen mingled in battle, using
clubs and stones with disastrous effect.
Heads were broken right and left,
and the windows of Chinatown were
smashed indiscriminately. Although
many were struck unconscious, they
were spirited away by friends.
Battle Won by Chinese.
Chicago "Governor Chao Erh
Hsun, of Manchuria, haa telegraphed
to the government, " says a dispatch
from Pekin, China, to the Chicago
Daily News, "that General Chang
Cho Lin attacked a large force of
Mongolians near Tonanfu, defeating
them after a 12-hour engagement.
The Mongolians lost 1000 killed and
700 taken prisoners. The Chinese
captured five guns and much ammunition.
Storm Dead Number 40,
Pittsburg The task of clearing
away wreckage caused by the storm
of Sunday night and Monday pro
gresses well at hundreds of points
throughout Western and Northern
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and a
portion of Ohio. The list of fatalities
now reaches 40. The loss is placed at
$2,000,000. The principal sufferers
are farmers and railroads, baline
ville, O., was almost wiped out by
the flood. . i
Chicago All heat records for the
eason melted away Saturday when
government thermometers registered
approximately 95 degrees. This was
on top of the Federal building, where
breeies were blowing, but down in the
cavernous streets the heat was above
the 100 mark. One death and many
prostrations were recorded by the po
lice. That the death list is not much
larger is due to the fact that this was
a half-holiday and thousands of per
sons had quit work at noon.
The maximum degree or heat was
reached at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
and continued until after sundown.
The entire city wilted and gave up
the battle early in the day. The
night had been hot and there was no
opportunity to store energy against
the next day a heat. The proprietors
of department stores and factories
realizing the unusual situation, di
missed as many of their employes as
possible and permitted the rem ai rule
to drag around as they chose. An in
vading army of 15 enegetic men could
have captured the entire city with
small resistance.
Dispatches from cities 'and towns in
Illniois, Northern Indiana, Lower
Michigan and Wisconsin tell of un
usually oppressive heat, which half
baked the life and energy out of man
and beast alike. Prostrations were
reported in many of the smaller cities,
and advices from small towns and rural
districts tell of horses being killed
by the sun's rays.
There was one bright spot in the en
tire situation and that stood out prom
inently in the general picture of mis
ery. The torridity is pushing the
great corn crop rapidly beyond the
peril of early frosts, which now con
stitute the chief bugbear in the grain
markets.
Although tbelweather Sunday was
two degrees cooler than Saturday, five
deaths of adults from heat were re
ported. There were several prostra
tions, one of which will result fatally,
Ihe temperature reached a maximum
of 93, and a 16 mile wind from the
southwest served to dispel much of
the humidity, which added greatly to
the suffering Saturday.
The low death rate is due to the
fact that few persons were at work.
Thousands scattered to the northwest
ern resorts to remain until Monday
night, and the streets were practically
deserted. The lake, on the contrary,
was densely populated, boats of every
desciption being commandeered to
carry the sweltering populace out
where they could get air free from the
dust and steam of the hot city.
The death rate among babies was
high and a majority of them practical
ly suffocated or fretted themselves in
to a state of apoplexy over their suf
ferings from the heat.
MOBS MENACE NICARAGUA.
SCHOOL FRATS CONDEMNED
Chicago tiudge Says Societies Are
Menace to Law and Order.
Chicago "School frats" and secret
societes generally were condemned in
a decision banded down by Judge John
Gibbons, in which he ordered reinsta
ted Edward Smith, a former pupil in
the Oak Park High School, who was ex-
pel led because he was believed to be a
member of the high school "frat."
The court held there was no evi
dence to show that the boy was a
member of the secret society.
"Societies are and always will be a
menace to law and order," said Judge
Gibbon. "They inculcate in their
members a spirit of insubordination
prevarication and falsehood, and
thereby indirectly, if not directly,
shield from punishment members
leagued together by secret pledges
and pass words.
Greeks Ask Turks to Go.
Athens A bellicose mass meeting
held in the Greek island of Samos or
ganized and sent to the foreign con
suls a resolution demanding the de
parture of the Turkish troops from the
island and a revision of the constitu
tion. The Russian consul promised
that the troops would leave the island
as soon as the island police force was
organized. Samos, which lies off the
west coast of Asia Minor, a short dis
tance southwest of Smyrna, is an aut
onomous principality under the sover
eignty of Turkey.
Canal to Open in Year.
Los Angeles Writing a personal
letter to Clarence H. Matson, secre
tary of the Los Angeles board of har
bor commissioners, Colonel George
Goethals, chief engineer of the Pana
ma canal, said that the big trans-isthmian
ditch would be handling inter
oceanic traffic in September, 1913.
Such handling of traffic, however, ac
cording to Colonel Goethala, will be a
"try-out," in preparation for the for
mal opening a year later.
Two Marines Killed.
Panama Reliable information from
Nicaragua received here is to the ef
fect that two American marines have
been killed there.
Managua, Granada and Masaya are
still beleaguered, and the inhabitants
of the two latter towns are nearing
the point of starvation. I
Rebalt, Well Armed, Overrun Courv
try and Defy Troops.
Washington. D. C With the Nict
raguan revolutionists split into small
bands of marauding outlaws, as recent
reports to the State department seem
to indicate, the United States haa on
its hands more difficult diplomatic
questions to solve regarding tho coun
tries of Latin America than ever be
fore in history,
The apparently spent revolution
against the Madero government in
Mexico, the attacks of the police of
Panama on Americans, the uprising
against the Federal government in
Cuba and the question of the collec
tion of the customs of Santo Doming-
on have drawn the State department
into difficult relations with the peoplo
of those respective countries.
A mob of ragged tut well-armed
men, according to recent dispatches to
the State department, has been wan
doring through the country near Man
agua, robbing and burning buildings
on the outskirts of the capital and ter
rorizlng the residents. It is supposed
that they were part of a revolutionist
band which escaped from the federal
forces two days ago.
The latest word received from the
detachment of 600 marines under com
mand of Commander Terhune, U. S.
N., which had left Corinto for Man
agua over the railroad, was that
bridges were down and in many places
rails torn up. Marines were expected
to reach Managua and restore commu
nication within 24 hours. The fate of
125 Americans, who have been prac
tically besieged in the Interior, is a
matter of speculation, for no authen
tic news has been received from them
in several days. As soon as the rail
road between Managua and Corinto is
open it is expected all the foreigners
within reach will be taken out of the
country.
CANAL TO HELP MEXICO.
It
Government Official Says Country
Having Great Awakening.
San Francisco Senor Rafael Hern
andez, secretary of the Interior of
Mexico, who is in San Francisco on a
business trip, gave assurances of the
friendly attitude of the Madero ad
ministration to the United States.
"Mexico has awakened to a new
realization of its opportunities," said
Senor Hernandez, "and it has further
realized that its progress must keep
pace with that of the States. Mexico
will profit by the Panama canal more
than any other nation except the
United States, having the second long
est coast line on the Pacific, and Pres
ident Madero is keenly alive to the
possibilities of development accruing
from the building of the canal."
The Mexican statesman, who is ac
companied by Albert Madero, uncle
of President Madero, and Emerterio
de la Garza, his attorney, was enter
tained at a luncheon given by repre
sentatives of the city administration,
and chamber of commerce and the
Panama-Pacific Exposition after he
and his party had been taken on a trip
around the bay.
DEATH REVEALS REVERSES.
Fred Bormann, Once Theatrical Mag
nate, Dies Alone In Hovel.
San Francisco Fred Bormann, jan
itor, died alone in a squalid lodging
house in this city Monday. His body
was found propped up in bed in the
barren room. Fred Bormann, theatri
cal magnate, was an intimate of the
bonanza kings many years ago. When
the rush to the Comstock, Nev., mines
began he threw his fortune into min
ing stock. His friends Flood, Fair
and Mackay became rich. He be
came penniless. A few years ago he
cut off all association with his old in
timates. Bormann came to San Fran
cisco 46 years ago from Germany.
Cut Wires Follow Hlea.
Nogales, Ariz. Rebels have sur
rounded Cananea, where many Amer
icans are relocated at the copper
camps, and an attack is imminent, it
was reported here Tuesday. Bridges
leading to the East have been burned
by the invaders. An appeal for aid
was received by Federal officials from
Mrs. Sarah Wood, Southern Pacific
agent at Santa Cruz, for herself and
16-year-old daughter. She said that
rebels occupied the town. Shorty
after her message was received the
wires were cut.
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Coal Claims Canceled.
Juneau, Alaska Three - hundred of
the 1100 Alaska coal claims have been
canceled by the general land office. In
most of the cases the charge filed
against the claim was that applica
tion for patent had not been made
within the time required by law.
Four claims in the Rathbone group
were canceled because it was charged
that the locations were not made in
good faith. Forty-three claims in the
Watson group have been canceled.
Quarantine Is Lifted.
Los Angeles Quarantine due to the
prevalence of infantile paralysis,
which prohibited children under 16
years of age from "attending theaters,
Sunday Schools, parks and play
grounds for more than a month, has
been raised. During August 20 mov-
ng-picture theaters were forced to
close because of lack of patronage
following the quarantine order.
Chicago Has 2,326,400.
Chicago Chicago's population is 2,-
326,400, according to a census esti
mate made for a local city directory,
gain of 62,216 over the figures com
piled by the same concern a year ago.
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