THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
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PAGE TWO
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief.
Dr. James Monroe Taylor, president
of Vassar College since 1886, has re
signed. The U. S. senate has stricken out
the proposed tax for the use of water
power. Joaquin Miller, "the poet of the
Sierras," died in his cabin in the hills
East of Oakland, Cal.
Two thousand American marines
have been sent to Cuba, there to await
developments in Mexico.
A Nevada prospector was killed by
a slide of rock in his mine, which un
covered a rich body of ore.
Italy is having the coldest winter
weather in 20 years, Mt. Etna being
entirely covered with snow.
I Tli TtVantVt (vnuimimarit la nrennrinor
'to increase her standing army, owing
to the growth of Germany's forces.
Increased demand for fish during
Lent has sent the wholesale price of
halibut to 91 cents a pound at Seattle.
Miss Emmeline Pankhurst, noted
suffragist leader, of London, was ar
rested and jailed for window-smashing.
Twenty-nine officials of the National
Cash Register company were sen
tenced to jail terms and fines for
violations of the Sherman anti-trust
law.
The Central Pacific and Southern
Pacific roads have applied to the state
railroad commission of California for
permission to lease certain portions of
each other's tracks.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic ex
plorer, threatens libel suit against the
Pasadena, Cal., News, for stating
that his stories of finding the North
Pole were not to be relied upon.
A Japanese student at Stanford Uni
versity. Cal., won the oratorical con
test against three American competi
tors. The French-American treaty of 1908
has been renewed.
Representative Olmstead vigorously
opposes the United States' quitting
the Philippines.
It is expected that at' least 25,000
Boldiers and sailors will be in line in
the inaugural parade. ..
WAR FOOTING FOR SOLDIERY
Major-Goneral Wood Wants Army
Always Ready.
Washington, D. C Major-General
Wood, chief of staff of the army, gave
out a statement concerning reasons for
the recent army reorganization orders.
This statement is the first authorita
tive announcement from the War de
partment as to the real reasons for the
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army reorganization, uenerai wooa
would not say reorganization of the
army had a direct bearing on the Mex
ican situation.
"Our object is to have a war organ
ization of the army in time of peace,"
he declared, "so that it will be ready
for war when it comes suddenly, as all
wars come.
"At the beginning of every war,"
General Wood continued, "this country
has suffered defeat, loss of life, vast
expenditures and a useless prolonga
tion of war, with all its attendant
miseries, because the country has been
utterly unprepared ; the army was not
organized or prepared when the war
began, and the commanders of larger
units, such as brigades and divisions,
had had no opportunity to handle such
before. So far as we can we intend to
mitigate the evils of unpreparedness
by having a semblance of a real army
organized and giving officers and men
the practical training and experience
they need to fit them for soldiers."
FALSE REPORTS GIVEN OUT
DOINGS OF OREGON'S LEGISLATURE
A Rriof Resume of Proceedings of the People's Representatives
at the State Capital, Hills Introduced, Passed, Rejected, Etc.
WON'T REPAY SCHOOL FUNDS
President Taft assisted in the lay
ing of the cornerstone of a new Uni
tarian church in Washington.
The senate committee has recom
mended doubling the proposed appro
praition for work on the Celilo canal.
Primary election of fourth class
postmasters is proposed in an amend
ment to the postoffice appropriation
bill.
The house committee of the Oregon
legislature has recommended an appro
priation of $200,000 for the Panama
Fair.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Mexican Government Officials In
cite People Against U. S.
Washington, D. C. Mis-statements
by Mexican federal officials concerning
the intentions of the United States in
the present crisis which so inflamed
the populace in the capital recently,
are being made throughout the repub
lic with similar effect. Consul Kirk
reports to the State department that
anti-American feeling ran high in
Manzanillo and through the country
side because of unauthorized state
ments about the intended action of the
American government.
Demonstrations against Americans
have been made in other Mexican Pa
cific ports, and it became necessary to
hold the cruiser Denver at Acapulco
until the arrival of the South Dakota
in that port
Outbursts resulted in some assaults
upon American citizens who were
peaceably passing through the streets.
With the South Dakota at Acapulco
and the Colorado at Mazatlan, officials
here feel that there will be an abate
ment of these outbreaks. Reports in
dicate that quiet prevails at Juarez.
While .there is considerable feeling
against the Mexican government in
Chihuahua, the people seem to be re
straining themselves.
RESCUERS FORCED TO QUIT
Plan to Make General Fund Stand
Expenses Fails.
Salem Senator Moser- made
open statement on the floor of the
senate that he was satisfied that the
bill providing for reimbursing the
school fund from the general fund for
expenses in connection with the state
treasurer's office was nothing more
nor less than intended as a slap at the
treasurer by Governor West.
"As the newspapers said at tho time
when this bill was introduced, and as
one can see by reading the bill, it is
intended as a direct attack on State
Treasurer Kay," declared Senator
Moser, "and we have a right to infer
that, because Senator Joseph acted as
messenger for the governor, when he
came into the senate and endeavored
to impugn the statements of one of its
members, that he also acted as mes
senger for the governor when he intro
duced this bill.
"And when we find that if the bi
is a just bill, it should carry $175,000
instead of the $23,000 shown, it i
conclusive proof that the bill was d
rected at the treasurer."
SENATE FAVORS GIRLS' AID
Wheat Track prices: Club, 85
86c; bluestem, 9495c; forty-fold,
86c; red Russian, 84c; valley, 86
87c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton;
brewing, nominal; rolled, $25.50.
26.50.
Corn Whole, $27 per ton ; cracked,
$28.
Millstuffs Bran, $2121.50 per
ton; shorts, $2323.50; middlings,
$30.
Hay Timothy, choice, $16(S17;
mixed, Eastern Oregon timothy, $12
fa 15; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa,
$11.50; clover, $10; straw, $67.
Oats No. 1 white, $26. 50(9,27.50
ton.
Fresh Fruits Apples, 50c$1.75
box;; pears, $1.502 box; grapes,
Matogas, $8 barrel.
Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur
banks, 5060 hundred; sweet pota
toes, 31c pound.
Vegetables Artichokes, $1.50 per
dozen; cabbage, lc pound; cauli
flower, $1.752 crate; celery, $2
4.50 crate; cucumbers, 75c$2 dozen;
eggplant, 10c pound; head lettuce,
$1.902.50 crate; peppers, 25c per
pound; sprouts, 10c; tomatoes, $2 per
box; garlic, 56c per pound; turnips,
90c$l per sack; parsnips, 90c $1;
carrots, 90c(S$l.
Onions Oregon, $l1.25j.per sack.
Eggs Fresh locals, candled, 23cvper
dozen; current receipts, 2022c- -
Poultry Hens, 13J14c pound;
broilers,. 14 J15c; turkeys, live, 20c;
dressed, choice, 22J25c; ducks, 16
17c; geese, 1012c.
Butter Oregon creamery, cubes,
36c; prints, 37 Jc.
Pork Fancy, 1010Jc per pound.
Veal Fancy, 1414 jc per pound.
Hops 1912 crop, prime and choice,
1618c per pound; 1913 contracts, 14
15c.
Pelts Dry, 1213c; lambs, 25
35c; full wool, $1.251.35.
Wool Early shorn, east of moun
tains, 1520c per pound.-
Cattle Choice steers,
good, $7(S7.30; medium,
choice cows, $6.50(oS7; good, $6
6.50; medium, $5.506; choice cal
ves, $89; good heavy calves, $6.50
7.50; bulls, $5.506. ;
; Hogs Light, $7.758.20; heavy,
$6.757.25.
Sheep Yearling wethers, $5.50
6.25; ewes, $45.25; lambs, 67.25.
Norwegian Party Unable to Reach
Stranded German Scientists.
Christiana, Norway The second
Norwegian expedition sent to the re
lief of the German scientists, stranded
in a remote part of Spitzbergen, has
not succeeded in its undertaking. It
left Advent Bay late in January, but
was forced to return to Green Harbor,
arriving in a pitiable condition.
The expedition reached Bickson
Bay, when a hurricane stopped all
progress, beven aogs aiea ana several
of the members of the rescuing party
were frost-bitten. Two sledges were
destroyed, and for that reason and the
loss of the dogs the expedition was
forced to leave all provisions except
minimum rations.
No further effort will be possible
until additional dogs are sent from
Norway. Experts consider that un
less the Germans are rescued in the
near future their position will be ex
ceedingly precarious.
"Lifer" Dies in Her "Home."
San Rafael, Cal. For the. second
time Mary Von was released Sunday
from San Quentin prison, and this
time she will not return. Twenty-five
of the 72 years, which death ended,
were spent within the prison walls,
and she called the place her home.
She was paroled in 1911, and went to
live in Los Angeles. She returned to
prison May 24, 1912, ill, and said:
"I've come home to stay until the
end."
Mary Von was committed for life
from San Francisco for murder.
Passes Bill for Industrial Home
In Salem.
Salem In the face of an adverse
majority report, the Moser bill provid
ing for the establishment of an Indus
trial home for girls passed the senate
with 18 votes in its favor. It is
amended so as to provide $25,000
year for the next two years. The in
stitution is to be located on ground
now owned by the state at Salem, i
the bill becomes a law. The institution
is to be constructed on the cottage
plan.
One feature of the debate was the
unusual proceeding of inviting
woman to address the body, Mrs. Lola
G. Baldwin, of the department of Pub
lic Safety of Portland, appearing and
explaining the conditions which exist
in that city, and declaring that there
is now no place where a woman over
18 years of age may be detained but
in jail.
TROUBLE AHEAD FOR STATE
$7.508;
$6.507;
Exact Model is Planned.
San Francisco An exact model of
Independence Hall, built of the orig
inal timbers, beams and joists, will
occupy a site at the Panama-Pacific
exposition in this city in 1915. Mayor
Blifeikenbers of Philadelphia has writ-
jjhen .ty President C. C. Moore of the
exposition;! .company, informing him
th'at Alfred Wolf, who gained posses
sion of the material when it was re
moved ajt the time the building was
restored in 1907, has agreed to rebuild
the structure.
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Many Japanese Coming.
San Francisco -The Asiatic Exclu
sion league adopted'a report on the in
flux of Japanese into the United States
in the last six,months , of - the year
1912. The report , will be sent to
every member of the state legislature
and every member 'of congress. Ac
cording to the report the arrivals in
this period were 5616, and the depar
tures 542. The t report covered many
phases of proposed1, alien land and
Japanese exclusion legislation.
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Mexican Warship Ordered Home.
Valparaiso, Chile The Mexican
warship Morales, which arrived here
several days ago, sailed Sunday at full
speed for the west coast of Mexico on
orders from the Mexican minister of
marine.
Secretary Olcott Fears Limiting of
. Public's Expenditures.
Salem With the ways and means
committee cutting appropriation bifys
for maintenance and improvements a
the state institutions, Secretary Olcott
is somewhat agitated as to what may
be the effect of the two Wood bills
that were passed over the governor's
veto early in the session. One pro
vides for an emergency board and the
other prohibits the secretary of state
from issuing any warrant when there
has been no appropriation made therefor.
Secretary Olcott says that in event
the appropriations 'are cut to such an
extent that deficiencies may be im
perative, that his office will adhere to
the law and issue no warrants above
the amount of the appropriations.
Referendum Date Fixed.
Salem Day's bill, providing for a
special referendum election, to be held
September 2, passed the senate. It
invoked considerable debate, being
advocated warmly by Day, Moser,
Thompson, Bean and others and op
posed by McColloch, Miller and Neu
ner. The bill carries an emergency
clause to prevent the possibility of
being itself referred.
The object of calling the special
election is to prevent large projects
like the Panama-Pacific appropria
tion, the workingmen's compensation
bill and good roads and other import
ant proposals, from being held up for
two years.,
Appropriations Bill Held Up.
Salem Eaton of Lane made two at
tempts to get the house to take up the
state appropriations, but in each at
tempt he failed. Eaton first indro
duced his resolution asking that it be
reported back. It was referred to
the resolutions committee, but no re
port was made. Eaton re-introduced
the resolution, saying that, as no re
port had been made, he demanded ac
tion. The house, however, refused
thus to slap the -committee and the
resolution was overwhelmingly voted
down.
Several Bills Withdrawn.
Salem A number of bills were
withdrawn in the senate Friday, three
of. them evidently directly as a result
of the passage of senate bill No. 72,
relating to farm extension work.
Two of these by Stewart were for ex
periment stations in Malheur and
Grant counties. The other by Rags
dale would allow counties to have ag
ricultural committees. Farrell with
drew a Dill relating to an appropria
tion for the Oregon Naval Militia to
make way for another similar bill.
Firearms Bill Is Passed.
Salem Perkins' firearms - bill has
passed the senate. This amended bill
provides; that anyone purchasing a re
volver must have the certificate of two
freeholders as to his good moral char
acter and a permit from the circuit,
county or municipal -judge. It pre
vents the display of revolvers in wif
dows, requires a registration of num
bers and -also requires dealers to make
reports to sheriffs twice a month as to
sales.
HOUSE APPOVES OF MILLAGE
Agricultural College Four-Tenths
and University Three.
Salem The house Monday afternoon
passed a bill providing for nn annual
tax of four-tenths of a mill for the
operation, maintenance and improve
ment of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege. It previously passed a hill for a
levy of three-tenths of a mill for tho
University of Oregon. These bills, if
they become the luw, will do away
with legislative action biennially.
The house spent several hours in
passing the bills appropriating sums
for the University of Oregon and the
Agricultural college. For the former
a total of $362,833 was allowed, and
for the latter approximately $360,000
for bijildings, etc., and $300,000 for
maintenance and operation were al
lowed. The house adhered closely to the
recommendations of the ways and
means committee, and all attempts to
break the programme failed. It was
argued that the members hai) given
great consideration to the items and
that their judgment should be taken.
One of the chief features of the ap
propriations was one item for exten
sion work in the University of Oregon.
Another item was for $45,000 for
the medical school at Portland.
NAVAL MILITIA WILL STAY
Senate Refuses Plan to Abolish
State Organization.
Salem The senate has definitely
decided not to abolish the Oregon na- i
val militia and at the same timepracti- j
cally decided not to place it under a1
separate naval board. The conduct '
and administration of the affairs will
remain practically as they are. j
The three reports of the special in-;
vestigating committee were made a
special order. One, by Carson, fav
ored continuing the militia as it;
stands; one, Dy Joseph, would separ
ate it from the National guard and
one, oy UimicK, would abolish it en
tirely.
Carson s report wns upheld and
Dimick's bill to abolish the militia
was indefinitely postponed. Joseph s
bill to separate the militia from the
National guard will be on the table
until a similar bill comes in from the
house.
Carson, Smith of Coos, and others
favored the militia in the debate,
Dimick attacking it as a useless ex
pense, bmith declared that if it was
decided to do away with the naval mil-
tia he would also favor cutting off the
appropriation of the Oregon National
guard.
EIGHT-HOUR BILL IS PASSED
House Gives Life to Measure Ap
proved at Polls.
Salem Without amendment and
with but few dissenting votes, the so
called eight-hour day bill by Senator
Smith, of Coos, was passed by the
house on reconsideration.
Hughes and Heltzel, of Marion, at
tempted to amend the law as passed
by the senate by inserting a clause
that would enable certain classes of
laborers to work more than eight hours
day or more than 48 hours a week.
Their efforts failed. Upon rollcall
they voted against the bill, leading a
small minority.
Hughes and Heltzel contended that
the bill is so drastic that it will be
absolutely unfair to emloyers and that
t "was drawn in the interests of the
greatest trust in the country the
labor unions.
Other members declared that the
bill was identical with the one passed
by the people at the last state election
and that any such amendments as pro
posed by Hughes and Heltzel woud
ruin it.
The law as passed by the people had
no enacting clause and was therefore
inoperative. This defect is to be
cured by the legislature.
Waterpower Bill Favored.
Salem The house bill providing for
an appropriation of $50,000 for the in
vestiagtion of water resources in the
state, which applies particularly, un
der the present plan, to the Deschutes
river, has received a favorable report
from the senate ways and means com
mittee.
The bill has passed the house. This
is considered by its supporters as one
f the biggest pieces of legislation in
connection with the development of
the state and a hard fight will be made
for its passage in the senate.
Dimick's Eight-Hour Bill Lost.
Salem Dimick's eight-hour bill
went the way it has done in the past
when it was indefinitely postponed.
Dimick says he had decided to line up
behind Schuebel's ten-hour bill, which
was passed, and consequently made no
objection when it was indefinitely
postponed.
Sweeping Investigation Aim.
Salem Under a joint resolution, in
troduced by Senator Wood, an investi
gation of all institutions, commissions,
boards and offices would be carried on
during the next two years by a legis
lative committee to report at the next
session.
Hatcheries to Be Investigated.
Salem Senators Butler and Smith,
of Josephine, have been named as the
senate members of the committee to
investigate the fish hatcheries on the
Columbia.
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