DOINGS OF THE WEEK
SOCIETY LEADER, WHOSE EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR SUF
FRAGISTS IS FAILURE.
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume o f Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
A tugboat a t Vancouver, B. C.,
pulled her entire stern out w hile tow
ing a big log ra ft
An ensign was killed and several
men wounded in a fight w ith hostile
natives in the Philippines.
Nearly 1,000 clerks have struck in
the general offices of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad a t Memphis, Tennessee.
Germany is try in g to prevent a w ar
between Italy and Turkey, fea rin g
other powers would be draw n into
such a struggle.
A New Brunsw ick, N. J ., under
tak er who is running for the office of
sheriff, used his autom obile hearse to
display election signs.
Four persons w ere killed in a Chi
cago tenem ent house fire.
A woman
w eighing 154 pounds w as carried from
the fourth floor by firemen.
A woman com m itted to the Oregon
insane asylum has been m aking her
living as a shoem aker and passing
herself for a man for 49 years.
• A d au g hter of ex-Governor Rich
ards, of W yoming, w ith her husband,
were found shot to death on th e ir
ranch near Redbank, Wyoming.
A N ew port b u tle r organized a
“ sm art s e t” of 100 among the serv
ants of w ealthy society people and
made him self “ social d ic ta to r.”
A Chicago couple have been “ g et
tin g m arried ” repeatedly, each tim e
giving the m in ister a counterfeit $20
bill and g ettin g $10 in good money in
change.
Dissolution of the Steel tru s t pre
sents a stupendous problem and has
caused g re a t stir in Wall street.
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DESTROYED FROM OUTSIDE.
GIRLS’ FARM FAILS
Ruins
Mrs. Belmont's Experimental School
Turns Out Badly.
o f Battleship
Maine Are
Cleared of Slime.
H avana—The Maine was destroyed
by an ex tern al explosion.
T here no
longer rem ains any doubt as to the
m anner in which the U nited S tates
b attle sh ip was sunk in th is harbor on
the n ig h t of February 15, 1898.
The cofferdam about the w reck has
been pumped out and the mud cleared
aw ay to a g rea ter e x te n t than ever
before. The clearing away o f w reck
age reveals the double bottom of the
ship w ith p a rt of the keel standing in
a perpendicular position 28 fee t higher
than the n atural position.
This perfectly confirms the rep o rt
and testim ony which Ensign Powel-
son gave before an in v estig atin g board
a fte r the d isa ste r and which w as based
upon reports made to him by divers
ju s t a fte r the explosion.
I t is indicated by engineers here
th a t such a tearin g of the sh ip 's bot
tom could not have been produced by
an in terio r explosion. It is fu rth e r
said th a t no regulation m ilitary mine
could have w rought such terrific
havoc. I t 'm u st have been a huge
mine, as Captain Sigsbee and others
suggested a t the tim e; perhaps a sug
a r mill boiler or large cask loaded
w ith explosives.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
When Servants Are Discharged and
W h e a t— E xport b asis: Bluestem,
Girls Made to Do Housework.
84(u86c; club, 80(V(!81c; red Russian,
They Lose Interest, j
80c; valley, 80(r(81c; 40-fold, 81(u
82c; fife, 80(d/81c.
Millstuffs — Bran, $24.50(r(25 per
to n ; middlings, $82; shorts, $25.50
New York—The experim ental farm
<&'26; rolled barley, $33.60(o84.50.
and ag ricultural school for young
Com— Whole, $33; cracked, $34 per women, established as a suffragist
ton.
institution by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont
Barley—New feed, $31(</32 per ton; and m aintained by her, is a failure.
brewing, $37.
The young women who forsook draw
Oats—New w hite, $28(ii28.60 ton.
ing-rooms to u p lift ag ricu tu re have
Hay—No. 1 E astern Oregon tifti- come back to town and the farm a t
othy, $15(u 16; No. 1 valley, $14; al Hempstead, L. I., will cease to be
falfa, $12; clover, $8.60; grain hay, either a school for rustically-inclined
$9(o 11.
girls or a branch of the suffrage move
Poultry—Hens, I6'<f!l6lc; springs, ment.
15((iT5ic; ducks,
young, 15(<tl7c;
From w hat has been said by the
geese, 11c; turkeys, 18(<£l9c.
young women who peeled off th eir
B utter — Oregon cream ery, solid farm duds, put on th eir fall frocks and
pack. 31c; prints, extra.
came to the city th is week, the ex
Eggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, can- pense o f m aintaining the experim ent
died, 80c per dozen.
station palled upon Mrs. Belmont.
Pork— Fancy, ll(< £ll!c per pound. The staff of teachers and servants was
Veal—Fancy, lShClS^c per pound.
cut down and the students, many of
Fresh F ru its — Cantaloupes, 50cd£ whom come from w ealthy fam ilies,
$1.26 per crate; peaches, 60(,c76c per were compelled to scrub the floors and
box; watermelons, 75e(<i$1.25 per m ilk th e ¡cows.
These tasks palled
hundred; plums, 50f(£75c per c ra te ; upon the students. -They were glad
prunes, l}(u2c per pound; pears, 60(<i when Mrs. M. A. Morgan, the society
$1 per box; grapes, 50c(q,$l #per box; leader's confidential clerk, told the
M arseilles, France— F ire broke out
apples, $ l(>i 1.75.
students of Mrs. [Belm ont’s determ in
Vegetables — Artichokes, 75c per ation to close the school.
in the am m unition hold o f th e French
dozen; beans, 6( k :10 c ; cabbages, $1.50
The first to leave under the order b attleship L iberte and the vessel blew
(it2 per hundred; corn, 25(uS0c per was Miss, Leonora Brokaw, known as
dozen; cucumbers, $l(<i 1.25 per sack; the prize pupil of the school and spe up and sank 19 m inutes later. N early
500 of the crew are dead. The b a t
**KKP'»nL 6 « 8c per pound; garlic, 10 cial favorite of Mr»% Belmont.
tleship was bu ilt about five years ago
(<i 12c per pound; lettuce, 40«i50c per
Miss Brokaw said she was amazed a
dozen; hothouse lettuce $1,250(1.75 few days ago, when inform ed of the and was a sister ship of the V erite,
per box; peppers, 6(.i 6c per pound; society leader's intention to close the which m et w ith m isfortune a t the
maneuvers a few days ago, going on
radishes, 124 c per dozen; sprouts, 8c school.
the rocks and suffering considerable
per pound; tomatoes, 50(475c per box;
“ 1 consider ’ my sum m er w asted ,”
carrots. $1.50 per sack; turnips. $1; said Miss Brokaw. " I w ent into this dam age before being pulled off.
beets, $1.75.
thing seriously. The scores of girls
TAFT BUSY IN ST. LOUIS.
Fotatoes Oregon, 1 |e per pound; who were enrolled at different tim es
sweet potatoes. 2Jc per pound.
in Mrs. Belm ont’s school signed a con- , ..
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Onions -C alifo rn ia , $1.50 per hun trac t sta tin g they would abide by the UrgeS Pow' r of '" ’'>«»<*ment In-
dred.
rules of the farm, and in th is contract — stead of Recall for Ju d g e s.
Hops— 1911 crop, 32«i 33c; olds, nom Mrs. Belmont promised to teach them j St. Louis — D uring a m oderately
inal.
all branches of farm ing, including a 1 busy day here Saturday, P resident
Wool— E astern Oregon. 9<i/ 16c per course in cooking.
T a ft made six speeches, took a forty
pound, acording to shrinkage; valley I ” 1 never did housework in my life ,” mile automobile ride, opened the local
15oi 17c; mohair, choice 86»(37|c.
said pretty Miss Brokaw, cousin of football season by tossing the pigskin
Catcte— Choice steers. $5.40(<(5.50; Gould Brokaw, and member of the ! onto the gridiron at St. Louis U niver-
good. $5(u5.26; fair, $4.75>(5; med well-known and w ealthy fam ily o f j sity. laid the cornerstone of a n e w Y.
ium, $4.50d(4.75; poor, $3.76<i( 4.60; ■ ernardsville, N. J. “ Im agine my as- W. C. A. building, sa t through nine
choice cows, $4.60(<(4.75; fair, $4(<i tomahmant.” rem arked Mias Brokaw, innings of exciting baseball betw een
4.40; common, $2.50(x 3.60; • j E x tra i J****0- * ^ew weeks ago. a fte r a u s e -, the St. Louis and P hiladelphia Na-
choice
. . . spayed
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, , heifers,
i«*** *ummer. Mr*. Rel-nont discharged tional League team*, visited the Ma-
heifers, $4.50,(
$4.50o( 4.75;
4.75; choice
choice all the help at the farmhouse and c m - sonic Club to be made a life member
choice heifero,
bulla. Wat A » ; > good. $2.75(,(3; com -• pelled us girls to do the housework. 1 of th a t organization and.
fte r r ad-
and, a a fte
mon, $—
t , 2.60; choice calves. 200 W hy, ju st look at my h an d s! 1 scrub- d re ssin g * throng in the Coliseum in
pounds and under, $7.25(>i 7.50; good bed and oiled floors and washed (he evening had nothing to do but
to choice. $6(,i6.50; common. $4oi5; dishes; ju st fancy!
travel all n ig h t in order to be in the
choice stags. $4.50«i4.75 good. $ 4 .2 5 1 The school's failu re,” said Miss insurgent sta te of Kansas on Sunday.
« 4 .5 0 .
| Brokaw. was due to lack of m anage
On the eve of entering this reputed
l^>g» Choice light hogs. $7.75o(8; menL Mrs. Laura Williams, the su- hostile territory.
President T a ft
good. $7.50<rt 7.75; i> jr $7.25«'7.50; j perintendent of the school, left about brought forward the suggestion o f a
common. $7«(7.25.
| six weeks ago. Since then we have wider power of impeachment as a sub
Sheep — Choice yearling wethers, had no head; we just drifted for our- stitute for the more radical proposal
coarse wool, $3.36(,i3.65
•elves. ”
of a judiciary recall.
Choice yearling wether*, east of
mountains. $3.S5*( 3.66; choice twos
Dead Premier Succeeded.
15,000 Socialists Protest.
and threes, $3 m S.25; choice lambs,
SL Petersburg — The appointment
Paris— A mass meeting of Socialists
$4.76«;6; choice yearlings, $4.S0ot of V. N. Kokovsoff aa premier has and Laborites to protest against a war
4.75; good to choice lamb«, $4.25<tt i been gazetted. He retains the mini*- with Germany brought out 16,000 per-
4.50; culls, $2.60«t3.
| try of Ai
5 0 0 SAILORS PERISH WHEN
FRENCH WARSHIP BLOWS UP
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M c C a r t h y
overthrow n .
Rolph CMcted
Frar-
cisco By Big Majority.
San Francisco— Incomplete retu rn s
from all d istricts show the following
results of Tuesday’s election: For
mayor— Rolph, 14,547; McCarthy, 8,-
841.
For d istric t attorney—F ick ert,
9,333; Hawthorne, 8.284.
San Francisco — Jam es Rolph, J r .,
was elected mayor of San Francisco a t
the first direct prim ary election to de
term ine the personnel of municipal
officers of the city and county o f San
Francisco.
The vote will closely approxim ate
80,000, the biggest ever cast in the
city.
W hile the vote is by no means com
pletely counted, the returns indicate
the election of Rolph by a substantial
m ajority and close supporters of May
or McCarthy, the only real opponent
of Rolph, concede the m ayor’s defeat.
Max J. Kuhl, Rolph’s cam paign
m anager, issued the following sta te
m en t:
“ From indications now at hand,
Rolph’s p lurality will be in the neigh
borhood of 27,000. This, in our opin
ion, is m erely a vindication of the
good name o f San Francisco. A united
people w orking for one object, the re
generation and good name of San
Francisco, have put them selves firmly
on record.
The people can look fofvard to the
F air years w ith an absolute assurance
th a t not only will the F a ir itself, but
the governm ent of San Francisco, too,
be a credit to our people.”
A t the McCarthy headquarters no
one could be found who would volun-
te er a statem ent, but the News, the
only paper which has supported Mayor
McCarthy, conceded Rolph’s election,
probably by 15,000.
ITALIAN CRUISERS SENT.
Turkish Army Transports Will Be In
tercepted and Attacked.
V ienna — I t is reported here th a t
three Italian w arships have arrived a t
Tripoli and are cruising before the
harbor.
Six thousand troops have assembled
a t Palerm o ready for em barkation.
P aris — A dispatch to the Temps
from Rome says th a t the Italian cruis
ers have le ft the naval ports, w ith the
object of in tercep tin g Turkish tran s
ports en route for T ripoli.
T ripoli—Foreigners are alarmed at
the situ atio n grow ing o ut of th e re
ported intention of Italy to occupy
Tripoli in defiance o f the Turkish gov
ernm ent. An A rab revolt is feared.
F oreigners are fleeing hastily. E v
ery available boat leaving here is
crowded w ith Europeans.
The above is the first dispatch direct
from Tripoli since the threatened con
flict betw een Italy and T urkey d irect
ing atten tio n to th a t T urkish province
on th e north coast of A frica. I t bears
out ea rlier advices from M alta and
oth er points indicating an exodus of
Europeans from the troubled zone.
Ita lia n residents of Tripoli have le ft
in larg e num bers, fearin g th a t they
m ight be made the victim s of Turkish
vengeance, and the now reported pos
sib ility th a t the A rabs may tak e ad
v antage of the situ atio n and begin an
u p risin g adds another grave featu re to
the T u rk o -Italian quarrel.
OFFICIAL NAILED TO CROSS.
CANADIANS SAY
Supporters of Reciprocity Turned
Down by Large Vote.
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Conservatives Win by Big Majority J
Canadian Parliament—Annexa
tion Talk Blamed.
M ontreal, Canada-r-The Laurier govl
ernm ent and reciprocity suffered an
overw helm ing d efe at in the Canadia
Ow
elections Thursday.
By a political landslide the Liberal
m ajo rity of 43 was sw ept away and
the C onservative p arty secured one o|
the h eaviest m ajorities, upward of 50,1
th a t any Canadian p arty has ever had
Seven cabinet m in isters who have
served w ith P rem ier L aurier werd
among the defeated candidates.
The L iberals lost ground in prac-j
tically every province of the dominion.
W here the C onservatives won their]
m ajorities w ere trem endous. Ontario,|
the leading province o f Canada, de-T
d a re d alm ost unanim ously against the|
adm inistration and reciprocity.
R. L. Borden, leader of the Con-|
serv ativ e p arty , w ill shortly become
the prim e m in ister of Canada. He
will be supported in parliam ent by i
w orking m ajo rity of members fai
more than am ple for his purposes.
The governm ent d e fe a t means that!
the Fielding-K nox reciprocity agree-!
m ent, ratified by th e A m erican con-1
gress in e x tra session, will not be in-T
troduced when the T w elfth parliament!
assembles n ex t month, and th a t a re-|
vised basis of trad e w ith the Unitedl
S tates, looking to closer commercial!
relations, will not be possible in the!
im m ediate future.
The C onservatives are committed i
a policy of trade expansion within the!
Thii
em pire and a closed door against the| I os aft
U nited S tates.
Although re-elected in two constit-l
uencies in Quebec, the d efeat of thel
Liberal p arty also means the retire-T
m ent from public life of Sir Wilfrid!
L aurier, who for nearly two decades!
has directed th e destinies o f the do-l
minion.
A m
Several tim es during
th e bitter I
cam paign which preceded th is election! I and st
the venerable prem ier said th a t defeat!
of his p arty a t the polls m eant the end I
of his career; th a t he never could con-1
sen t to lead a m inority in opposition!
to a Conservative governm ent.
A Liberal m em bership of 53 froml
Quebec was cut down to 36, which. I
taken alone, seriously threatened the I
suprem acy of the p arty . ‘ B ut it was I
Few
in O ntario th a t the Conservatives won|
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teeth
th e ir g re a te st victory.
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ried.
W ITNESS DISAPPEARS.
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Loa Angeles Dynamiting Case Takes | I fraque
New Turn.
reproo
Los Angeles— The sudden departure |
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from A lbuquerque, N. M., of an im
p o rtan t w itness for the sta te in the I I enjoyr
coming M cNam ara tria l, was [reported | they a
by w ire here to the prosecution.
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The w itness is D. K. Diekelman |
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tim ore hotel in th is city September 291 friend,
1910, 48 hours before the Times ex
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as “ J . B. B ry ce.” Diekelman is said [ I he is p
by th e au th o rities here to have identi
fied J . B. M cNam ara la ter as the man| to haw
not usi
who reg istered as “ B ryce.”
Recently Diekelm an le ft the employ I
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of the hotel m anagem ent and has been |
w orking for a railroad restau ran t sys I now' et
tem. H e has been gradually working
his way F ast, it is said, and reached | becorrv
Albuquerque about th ree week? ago. I the p r
The prosecution had its agents where
they would keep in touch w ith him.
Mexican Indians in Revolt Crucify
President of Town.
Mexico C ity — W enaceslao France,
president o f Acola, a small town in
the sta te of Chiapas, was crucified by
the rebellious Chamula Indians when
they sacked th a t place la st Saturday,
according to a telegram received by
El Im parcial.
The news came from
T uxtla G utierrez, the sta te capital.
Two persons w ere wounded fatally
and many others injured in riots here
follow ing the retu rn of F. I. Madero
from his speaking trip in th e south.
G eneral Madero and his candidate
for th e vice presidency, Jose Pino
Warship Hit* Liner.
Suarez, received a noisy welcome.
Southam pton, Eng. — The great
They w ere escorted by m arching clubs steam ship Olympic, of th e W hite Star
w ith bands to the Madero home.
line, larg est lin er in the world, which
left Southam pton shortly before noon
C ran e's Cry Indorsed.
Thursday crowded w ith
returning
Lincoln, N eb.— Decrying the abuse Am erican to u rists, lies off Calshot
of intoxicants a t u niversity social Castle, a t the entrance to Southamp-
functions. Chancellor Samuel Avery, tion w ater, w ith a g aping hole in her
a t the convocation a t the U niversity I side as th e resu lt o f a collision with
of N ebraska, declared he agreed w ith ' the B ritish protected cru iser Hawke.
recent utterances of R. T. Crane, of F o rtunately no lives w ere lost and of
Chicago, as to intem perance ig educa the 2,000 or more passengers and
tional in stitu tio n s. " I t is tru e ,” said crews of the vessel none w ere injured-
Chancellor Avery, “ th a t student life
is everyw here characterized by some
Railroad Has Big Deficit.
undesirable features, and always will
New York — The annual report of
be, since education cannot well be the Missouri Pacific railroad for the
deferred until the student has become year ending June 30, 1911, shows »
as staid as his p are n ts.”
deficit o f $5,232,539. Gross earning»
decreased only $242,544, the total be
Chinese Rebels Trounced.
ing $52,776,592. Operating expense*
Cheng-tu. China—A serious engage increased $5,782,564.
N et irwom»
ment between government troops and shows a decrease o f $6,657,216,
the insurgents occurred at Shwang a decrease in the net surplus of $ V
Liu, 10 miles south o f here. The 991,950.
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troops lost heavily, but the insurgent $16,655,687 a year ago, has been re
losses« were still greater. The insur duced to $9, 148,252. The SL Louis
gents hold lleichow. 50 miles south of 4 Iron Mountain’s surplus is cut fro*
this city.
$ 1,425,297 to $111,968.
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