«PS IN OINT
Elgin
Yankees Relieve Britishers Guard­
ing Chinese Railway.
Chinese Princes Conter With Dowa­
ger Empress— Premier Refuses
to Attend Meeting.
Pekin — The Fifteenth regiment o f
United States infantry, which is to
act as a guard fo r the protection o f a
section o f the railroad from Pekin to
the coast, has arrived at Chin Wang
Tao on board the transport Logan.
The American troops, immediately
a fter disembarking, were inspected by
their commander. A detachment then
moved from Chin W ang Tao along the
railway to guard the line from Tang
Shan to Lanchow, relieving the B rit­
ish troops, which returned to Tientsin.
The Princes o f the Imperial clan, a
number o f leading Manchu officials and
several members o f the government
had a protracted conference with the
empress dowager at the palace, but
again separated without arriving at a
decision on the question o f abdica­
tion. Three o f the younger princes,
with Tieh Liang, the form er Tartar
general at Nanking, would not, how­
ever, agree to the court’s retirement
to Jehol, although they did not sug­
gest an alternative.
The Mongol princes, who most stren­
uously oppose abdication, are those of
inner Mongolia from the districts
south o f the desert. Their opposition
is strengthened by fear that the Re­
publicans w ill confíscate their estates.
Prem ier Yuan Shi K a i was invited
several times to participate in the
conferences o f the princes, but stead­
fastly refused, as he desired to leave
the decision entirely to the court.
The situation continues intense. It
seems impossible that Pekin can es­
cape eventually a Manchu outbreak.
Soldiers belonging to the Imperial
body guard openly distributed leaflets
summoning the people to defend the
constitutional monarchy until death,
but it is unlikely that any persons ex­
cept the Manchus w ill fight for the
monarchy. It is reported that the
irreconcilable Prince Tsai Tao, brother
o f the ex-regent, is exciting the Man­
chu troops to cause trouble.
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6 0 -C E N T B U T T E R IN SIGHT.
Butter
Board Forcing
Prices at Chicago.
Up
Chicago— Sixty-cent butter! Chi­
cagoans faced such a possible record-
breaking situation Wednesday, when
the retail price o f Elgin creamery
butter— the staple o f the market—
reached 47 cents in many stores— the
highest price in the c ity ’s history,
dealers declared— and promised to go
much higher within the next few days.
The wholesale price, 42J cents a
pound, fixed by the Elgin Butter
board, broke all wholesale records for
24 years, and commission men de­
clared that advances in the price which
would place it high above the present
point, seemed inevitable.
This addition to the high cost of
livin g is blamed by some interested
men to the scarcity o f butter, while
other persons ascribe it to an alleged
trust which is already under investiga­
tion by Federal authorities, or to a
corner by Easter houses.
The E lgin butter barons raised the
price in one day 4 cents. The advance
was communicated to the Chicago
wholesale market immediatey and had
no sooner been shifted to the retail
trade than it was tried on the con­
sumer— the only one who cannot shift
the burden.
Chicago retailers are charging an
average o f about 45 cents a pound for
fresh butter, and are ready to increase
the price as quickly as the butter
board gives the word.
Retailers are agreed that the price
would not stop short o f 50 cents and
one dealer ventured to say that 60
cents a pound would not hold it.
An injunction to restrain members
o f the Chicago Butter & E gg board
from continuing to fix the prices o f
food w ill be sought in the Federal
court, as a result o f their acquiescing
in the 40-cent a pound quotation is­
sued by the Elgin Butter board.
CHINESE HAIL PREMIER.
Congratulations On Escape
On Yuan Shi Kai.
Pour In
Pekin — Congratulations from all
quarters, including the legations, have
been pouring in on Prem ier Yuan Shi
Kai throughout the day.
The attack on the premier apparent­
ly has removed doubts in the views o f
the Manchus as to his loyalty.
Fore­
ign legations declare that
Yuan’s
death would throw North China into a
state o f lawlessness, demanding im­
mediate intervention by the powers.
The b elief is general that Yuan is
necessary to the transition from the
old to the new order.
Otherwise a
change would make a shambles o f
Pekin. The bomb thrower, who is a
native o f K w ei Chow, it is said, w ill
be executed immediately.
It is believed the three Republican
cruisers that arrived at Chefoo were
convoying troops
from
Shanghai,
which are remaining outside for the
present. Three hundred revolution­
ists who recently seized Tangchowfu,
in Shantung, were transported to the
landing place by a Japanese steamer.
Grave disorders are reported in
Honan, particularly at Chengchow,
where the French minister is consider­
ing the advisability o f calling in the
railway employes. There is renewed
unrest at Tientsin and serious dis­
orders are prevalent in other places.
Bishop Bassford, o f the Methodist
Episcopal mission at Shanghai, and
other prominent American mission­
aries, have sent a cablegram to the
administration at Washington express­
ing the view s that a republic is in­
evitable and is practicable.
Appeal is Made to Powers.
Nanking — The Republican govern­
ment has sent an appeal to the powers
for recognition.
This took the form
o f a circular, which was sent to Wash­
ington, Tokio, London, Paris, Berlin
and St. Petersburg, and was signed by
W ang Chung W ei, the foreign minis­
ter o f the republic.
It appears certain that fighting w ill
be resumed unless the demands o f the
Republicans are met.
These include
abdication o f the throne, a capital
other than Pekin, and exclusion o f all
Manchus from the provisional govern­
ment.
Prem ier Yuan Shi Kai cannot parti­
cipate in the provisional government
o f China until the republic has been
recognized by the foreign powers and
the country has been restored to peace
and harmony.
The decided action by the Republi­
can government was due to Premier
Yuan Shi K a i’s demand that Dr. Sun
Y a t Sen resign the presidency, per­
m itting Yuan Shi K ai to exercise sov­
ereign powers until the national con­
vention, which is to be called to de­
cide on the form o f government o f
China, shall have reached a conclus­
ion. In the meantime Prem ier Yuan
Shi K ai desires the court to retire,
Russia Joins With Powers.
temporarily transferring its powers to
him.
Washington, D. C.— The Russians
The court, however, objected to w ill join with the American, British,
leaving Pekin until the national con­
French, German and Japanese forces
vention has reached a decision.
in keeping every avenue o f communi­
cation from Pekin to the sea open.
Washington Sees Crisis.
Already the Russians are occupying
Washington, D. C.— The cabled ap­
the East station o f the Imperial rail­
peal fo r recognition o f the Chinese
way o f North China at Tien-tsin, and
Republicans, signed by Wang Chung
the railway line from Pekin to the
W ei, was received by the State de­
open port o f Chin Wan Tao are now
partment.
being guarded. M inister Calhoun re­
It is regarded as marking a serious
ported these facts to the State depart­
crisis in the important negotiations
ment, but did not record any marked
going now in China for the restoration
efforts for the restoration o f peace.
o f peace to the distracted country, for
the decision o f the State department
Swedish Women to Vote.
upon the appeal is certain to have
Stockholm, Sweden— Women hence­
great influence on the five other pow­
ers interested in the situation.
It is forth are to take a full and equal share
probable the department w ill not move with men in the political life o f Swe­
in the m atter until it has conferred den. The speech from the throne at
the opening o f the Riksdag contained
with these powers.
the announcement that a bill was to be
introduced enfranchising women and
Brigade Post Ordered.
making them eligib le at elections to
Denver— W . Frank Noot, construct­ the Riksdag on the same conditions as
ing engineer o f the United States men. E very Swede more that 24 years
army post at Fort Logan, has received o f age and not under any legal disabil­
a telegram from the quartermaster ity has the right to vote.
general at Washington ordering him
Salmon Pack $29.869,000.
to sail for Honolulu from San Fran­
Seattle — The Pacific Coast salmon
cisco February 8 and to begin at once
the construction o f a complete brigade pack for 1911 was valued at $29,869,-
post fo r permanent occupancy at the 000, according to a statement prepared
earliest possible date.
The order is by the Puget Sound Cannery Packers’
believed to be related to the recent association. Twenty-one new salmon
discovery by the United States gov­ canneries w ill be constructed and oper­
ernment that 65,000 former Japanese ated in Alaska during the coming sea­
son. The silver salmon pack on Puget
soldiers are in Hawaii.
sound in 1911 was the largest ever
made o f this species.
City Jail Boldly Robbed.
San Diego— W hile the prisoners in
Fowls Cause Gold Rush.
the city jail, locked in their cells,
Minitonas, Manitoba— As the result
slept Saturday night a th ief ransacked
the place, stole neckties, shirts and o f the finding o f nuggets o f gold in
other articles o f value and succeeded numerous fowls killed upon the E lliott
in evading the guards and biding the farm, four miles from here, stores and
booty. The thefts were discovered shops have been closed here while
in the morning when the prisoners their keepers hastened to the place to
More than (0
w ere called for trial.
A search o f , stake out claims.
every man in the place was made and I claims already have been marked out
every cell was ransacked, but neither and scores o f persons are hastening to
the th ief nor property could be found. the spot.
L A T E D A T E FAVORED.
T A B L E TOP IMMUNE TO HEAT
Bill to Change Time o f Presidential
Inauguration Advanced.
How Surface of Antique Furniture
Was Made to Defy Hot Plates
and Dishes.
TUFI IS ECO
NO
M
ICAL
President Would Have Budget and
Extend Civil S e m e .
Washington, D. C.— The House ju-
! diciary committee has ordered favora-
bly reported the Henry resolution,
changing the date o f the presidential
inauguration from March 4 to the last
Thursday in A pril, and the terms o f
representatives in congress to begin
\
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
CHURCHES.
Church o f the Visitation, Verboort
— Rev. L. A. LeM iller, pastor. Sun­
I was staying with an antique furni­ day Early Mass at 8 a. m ; H igh
ture enthusiast the other day and was Mass at 10:30 a. m.; Vesper at 3:00
very much interested to find that hot
p. m. W eek days Mass at 8:30 a. m.
plates and dishes seem to have no ef­
Christian Science Hall, 115 Fifth
fect on his old gate-leg dining table,
says a writer in the Philadelphia In­ st., between First and Second ave.
South— Services Sundays at 11 a. m .;
quirer.
, I inquired how It was managed, and Sunday school at 12 m.; mid week
meeting Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m.
this is what he told me:
I ... w hen
. ,he
. . . tahle waa bought, , the first
Free Methodist church, Fourth st..
Recommends Continuance o f C o m ­ the second Tuesday in January instead
mission On Efficiency Because ( o f on March 4. These changes would
1 1 be effective A pril, 1917, and January,
o f Good Beginning Made.
1918, respectively.
I
^ r , ° Ve
V T
T>rst and Second Avenue.
The resolution would provide for on This he did by scrubbing V w U h ™ ' Lei*e’ Pastor- Sunday School a t
Washington, D. C.— How the people extension o f the term o f the „resident Z t w a t.r t0 whlch ¿ g o o d ^ lo w a n c S ° *' m ; ‘ ’T * ' " 8 at ] }
a,'d
Prayer meetlng W e d n e »
o f the United States may have saved elected in 1912 to the last Thursday in of wash|ng powder had been added. I ‘ „3 7P‘
N 8
j When the whole was off. the wood was a> 1 •
P- m
for them millions o f dollars annually A p n l 1917.
Seventh
Day
Adventist
Church.
3rd
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.
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a.n"
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iw0“
rlnsed
wlth
clear,
warm
water,
and
in the operation o f their governmental the second Tuesday in January. This
then rubbed over with a cloth dip- street— Sabbath schol 2 p. m., preach-
machinery was outlined by President
would leave the biennial elections in p e j ¡n vinegar and water (equal q u a n -1 Ing 3 p. m. each Saturday. Midweek
T a ft in a message to congress on
“ economy and efficiency in the go v­ November, except in Maine and \ er- titles.) You'll probably think that aft- prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 p.
T e v e r a l Democratic members re- [er
« such
such harsh
harsh treatment
treatment It
it was
was ruined,
ruined, m. A cordial welcome. H. W. Vali­
ernment service.”
mer, Elder.
“ What the government does with se rved the right to amend the resolu ' but it wasn't.
| A fte r applying the vinegar and wa-
nearly $1,000,000,000 each y ea r,” said tion on the floor.
Catholic Services. Rev. J. R. Buck,
.
| ter, he rubbed It as dry as possbile,
the president, “ is o f as much concern
pastor. Forest Grove— Chapel at cor.
The bill also would
...
.
. glv<: c° n8re*s alld when dry he started to polish It
to the average citizen as is the man­ constitutional
of 3rd street and 3rd avenue south.
power to leg.slate as to ; with boiled llnseed 0„
Gne P an b
ner o f obtaining this amount o f money succession where there is a vacqpcy on it ,,
1st and 4th Sundays of the niontb.
d for
use
at
any
oil
and
for the public use.”
Mass at 8:30; 2nd and 3rd Sunday*
account o f the death or inability o f pajnt sbop
Probably the most radical proposal the president-elect and vice president-| -
n
, ..
,,
of the month, Mass 10:30. Cornelius
advanced by the president in this mes­ elect between the time o f the electoral 1IO™
““
Ht‘ le ° f ,he, ° ' 1 or; * — 1st Sunday of the month. Mass at
sage was that all adm inistrative offi­ votes and the inauguration.
^
to poli.h with 10:30; 3rd Sunday of the raontli,
K
cers o f the government in the depart­
“ There is a complete hiatus here at
” S T ;“
' T
and roucd- Mass at 8:00. Seghers— 2nd Sunday
'
jft -
ments at Washington and in the field present,” said Mr.
Henry,
“ and ' ,' h* “ he
f 0“ 1
8,1, ° ver ,,he 8ur‘
Mass at 8:00; 4th
J
'ace he polished well with a clean soft of the month.
be put under the civil service: be re­ should these officials die or
become
moved from the influence o f politics totally disabled between those dates, duster till all t;ace of the oil was Sunday of the month. Mass at 10:3<y,. J L . I
M. E. Church, Rev. Hiram Goul«^
and that their terms o f office be not there is no authority for filling the va­ removed.
Next day hs rtpeated the process, pastor. Second street, between Firat
limited, as at present, to four years. cancies.”
and this he did etery day, barring S u » and Second avenues. Sunday school
Such officers should not be appointed
lay, for six months, adding just S at 10 a. m.; Epworth League at 6:30
by the president with the necessity o f
P U 3 L I C BU ILD ING S A SK E D .
senate confirmation, he said, but upon
wee drop of ammonia to the oil during p. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8:00
the last month c* two.
merit.
p. m.
Mid-week
prayer nieetinc
Oregon and Washington Members o f
The result is a hard, beautifully Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
“ The extension o f the m erit system
Congress Introduce Bills.
to these officers and a needed readjust­
polished su rflee Cl at does not mark
Christian Church, corner Third s L
Washington, D. C.— Representative even if hot plr.tea
dishes are put on
ment o f salaries,” said he, “ w ill have
and First A ve.
Rev. C. H. Hilton,
important effects in securing greater Hawley has introduced a bill authoriz- >Le table,
ft!
ing the erection o f a public building
H is now pi dished ver.- occasionally P" “ ° rhln
schoo‘ a‘ fi10
ra :
iiv
w i t h „ u t i . . t , . - , ™ , . ! ___ „ „ J u - _ . (Preaching at 11 a. m . and 8:00 p . m . ;
at Roseburg Or., to cost $150,000.
>nly,
with
a 11'.tie turpentine and bees- 1
Prayer
meeting
Thursday
at
8:00
p.
Representative La
Follette,
o f •ax, made su thin that it can be
m.
Washington, introduced four public haken up In u bottle.
building bills calling for appropria­
Congregational
Church,
College
I have cornu back terribly dissatls-
tions as follow s: Pasco, $150,000; led with my own French polish din- ! W a3‘ and Flr*t ave. north. Rev. IX
Dayton, $125,000;
Davenport and j ng table, which shows a white mark T. Thomas— Sunday school 10 a. m.;
W aterville, $100,000 each.
Morning service 11 a. m.; evening,
m the slightest provocation.
Senator Jones, o f Washington, in­
8:00 p. m.; Junior C. E. at 3 p. m.;
troduced the follow ing public building
Senior C. E. at 6:30 p. m.
bills: Ellensburg, $200,000;
W en­ SECRETS
OF TOAST-MAKING
LODGES.
atchee, $200,000; Aberdeen, $150,000;
Knights of Pythias— Delphos
Anacortes, $50,000; Blaine, $50,000; lut Bread Night Before so That 8ur-
No. 36, meets every Thursday
Centralia, $150,000; Colfax, $150,-
face In Dry Before It
000; Hoquiam, $150,000; W aterville,
of P. Hall. Chas. Staley, C. C.;
l i Toasted.
$50,000; also increase in appropria­
Ludwig. Keeper of Records and
tions for building at Everett from
The secret of having crisp toast Is
G. A. R.— J. B. Mathews Post No.
$120,000 to $350,000.
io cut the bread the night before, so 6, meete the first and third W ednes­
Senator Poindexter introduced a bill that the surface is dry before It Is
day of each month at 1:30 p. in., in
appropriating $45,000 for establishing 1 toasted,
Another trick Is to have the k . o f P. hall. John Baldwin, Con*-
additional aids to navigation in P u g e t' slices when toasted stood up on edge 1
sound, also a bill making appropria- In some place where they can be kept mander.
L.
Masonic— Holbrook Lodge No. 30.
tion o f $85 000 for a public building b0t until they «.re served. I f the slices
at Wenatchee.___________ _ _
j , re p]ace(j ono on top 0f the other A. F. & A. M., regular meetings held
first Saturday in each month. D. D.
u lei
URGE W A T E R W A Y IM P R O V E M E N T thay b« C0I" e *"«*/ •
Bump, W. M.; A. A. Ben Kori, sec­
For toast that Is to be used as the
Foundation for poached eggs, mush­ retary.
Hawley Will Also Introduce Bills for rooms or any creamed food, half an
W. O. W.— Forest Grove Camp Not
New Project*.
nch Is the correct thickness, hot 98, meets In Woodmen Hall, e very
Washington, D. C.— Representative water is distributed over It evenly Saturday. A. J. Parker, C. C.; James
Hawley w ill go before the rivers and with a small spoon, and melted butter H. Davis, Clerk.
harbors committee to present argu­ spread on with a bristle brush, which
Artisans— Diamond Assembly No.
ments in support o f appropriations comes foi the purpose. People who 27, meete every Tuesday In K. o f
recommended fo r waterways improve­ llsllk the softness produced iy this P. Hall. C. B. Stokes, M. A ; John
o course, preserve the
ments in Western Oregon, both for treaemen, 'a
Boldrick, Secretary.
projects under way and new projects cris. n »t* o f th « toaut by omitting the
Rebekahs— Forest Lodge Noi 4>dl.s
which have been recommended since io water Often when bread t very
the last river and harbor bill was stale. It may be steameo a little be- meets the first, third and fifth W ed­
passed.
Fore It Is toasted otherwise X t so nesdays of each month. Miss A lica
He w ill present to the committee a hard that ever th« lies o f teeth rebel Crook, N. G.; Secretary, Miss Carria
statement showing that the people o f at It. Housekeeper« who do not pos­ Austin.
Western Oregon have pledged them­ sess ancient silver toast racks have
I. O. O. F.— Washington Lodge Not
selves to contribute $1,700,000 toward been heard to say that these only act 48, meets every Monday In I. O. O. K.
the improvement o f their various r iv ­ is coolers for the slices they hold, and
Hall.
Wm. Van Antwerp, N. G .;.
ers and harbors and this amount w ill .hat they are not desirable at all. On. ]
Robert Taylor, Secretary.
be raised by local communities i f con­ the other hand, a covered toast dish
Modern Woodmen o f Am erica-—
gress authorizes the appropriation holds the heat and steams the slices
o f the governm ent’s share.
to sogginess In a ishort time. The Camp No. 6228, meets th e second-and:
Sana
surest way to have perfect toast fourth Friday of each month.
¡Harriman Records Safe.
seems to be to dispense with the an­ Marshal, Consul; Geo. G. Paterson,
N ew York— A n xiety o f the officials cient formalities and take to ultra­ Clerk.
Rosewood Camp, No. 3835 R. N .
o f the Union and Southern Pacific modern Inventions, such as the elec­
A., meets first and third Fridays o f
railways was relieved when a steeple­ tric toaster, which stands on the table
each month In I. O. O. F. Hall. Mra.
jack scaled the walls o f the burned it milady's elbow and makes the toast
M. S. Allen, Oracle; Mrs. W innifred
Equitable building and found the re­ -while you wait.”
Aldrich, Recorder.
cord books o f the two railway compan­
Gale Grange No. 282, P. o f I I ,
ies intact in the vaults on the third
Sponge Rings with Fruit.
meets the first Saturdays o f each
floor, although that part o f the build­
Make a sponge cake by using two
ing was a mass o f wreckage. The •ggs, half cup o f sugar, half cup o f month In the K. o f P. Hall. A. T .
books include the names and addresses lour and half feaspoonful o f baking Buxton, Master; Mrs. H. J. R lc«t
o f stockholders, and had they not been powder. Bake In a ring mold. Serve Secretary.
found, a tedious canvass through this by removing from the mold and Into
C ITY,
and foreign countries would have been the center piling cut oranges, o r or­ Mayor— ,1. A. Thornburgh.
necessary.
anges and bananas. This may be Recorder— R. P. W lrtz.
served with foamy sauce, made as Treasurer— E. B. Sapplngton.
Device Vanquishes Death.
National Road Proposed.
follows: One cup of milk, two tnble- Chief of Police— P. W. Watkins.
Chicago — Four persons have been
Washington, D. C.- -The considera­ Bpoons of butter, half cup o f sugar,
Street Commissioner— E. B. Say-
saved from the grave in Chicago with­ tion o f an ocean-to-ocean “ National me tablespoon o f cornstarch, one egg.
plngton.
in 24 hours by a little machine, a re­ Old Trails Road” to embrace the Moisten the cornstarch In a small por- Health Officer— Dr. J. S. Bishop.
cent invention, so small that it can be Braddock road, Cumberland road. N a -jtion o f milk. Scald the remainder, Counollmen—Chas. Hines, fltnirge S.
carried in a suitcase. In three cases in tional pike, Boone’s Lick road, Santa stir In the cornstarch and add the but-
Allen, V. S. Abraham, Carl I>. Hln-
one day and one case the next, the de­ Fe trail, Kearney’s road, Oregon trail ter. Beat the whit« o f the egg until
tnen. O. M. Sanford and John Mc-
vice has restored respiration. As the and other famous highways o f the stiff and fold into the custard care­
Nanier.
early
days
was
proposed
in
a
bill
in­
City School.
fully.
machine pumps oxygen into the lungs,
it draws out the poisoneous gases. It troduced by Representative Borland,
School Directors— M. Peterson, Mra,
was invented by a German named o f Missouri. It would provide a 60-
Edward Seymour, H. T. Buxton.
Fruit Cake.
Draeger. It is called the “ pulmotor. ” foot highway fiom Washington to San
Clerk— R. P. Wlrtz.
One
pound
butter,
two
pounds
brown
It is owned by an electrical company, Francisco and Olympia, Wash., the
|Justlce of the Peace— W. .1. R. Beach.
sugar, six eggs well beaten, three
Constable— Carl Hoffman.
which maintains two operators and an cost to be borne equally by the Federal
pounds
flour,
half
teaspoon
soda
dis­
and state governments.
automobile free for emergency cases.
COUNTY.
solved In teaspoon o f hot water, half
pound blanched nnd chopped almonds, Jtidg«-— R. O. Stevenson.
Texas Wants Soldiers.
Trust Control Opposed.
two pounds currants, two pounds rai­ Sheriff— George G. Hancock.
Washington, D. C. — Representative
Washington, D. C. — Government
sins (seedless), half pound citron (cut Clerk— John Bailey
control o f trusts, which he termed Bdrleson, o f Texas, has emphatically
line), half pound lemon peel (candled), Recorder— T. L. Perkins.
“ plutocratic
socialism,”
was de­ protested to President T a ft against a j
Treasurer- E. B. Sappington.
recent
W
ar
department
order
remov-
ha'f P °und Prun'!8 <»,ltted and. " oak* d Surveyor—Geo. McTee.
nounced by Senator Reed, o f Missouri,
and
chopped),
half
pound
New
Or­
Coroner— E. C. Brown.
at the banquet here o f the American ing the Sixth cavalry and the Twenty-
leans molasses, half teaspoon all kind» Commissioners— John McClaran, Joha
Meat Packers, association.
He de­ third infantry from the Texas border.
of
spice.
Nyberg.
clared such control would lead to "p ro ­ Mr. Burleson told the president con­
School Sup’t— M. C. Case.
letariat socialism,” that the only d if­ ditions in Mexico should be investi­
Pie Cruat.
ference was in the division o f the prof­ gated further before any more troops
S. P. TIM E TAB LE .
The president w ill
its between a few and all the people, were sent out.
H ere is my way of making pie cruav
North Bound.
and that the common socialists “ had take the subject up with Secretary o f V>r two pies. T w o and one-half cups
W ar Stimson.
all th* better o f the argu m en t”
if flour, one heaping teaspoon o f bak­ Sheridan No. 4 ........................8:27 a. m.
ing powder, salt. Sift all together. Corvallis No. 2 ........................4:53 p. m.
Enlistment Figures Given.
Mltltant Suffragist Out.
South Bound.
Mix in with hands, one cup o f lard,
Washington. D. C.— Secretary o f cold w ater to roll. Mix with silver Corvallis No. 1 ....................... 8:44 a. m.
Chicago— Mrs. A lice B right Parker
Sheridan Nr. 3 ....................... 6:<0 p. m.
has resigned her affiliations with the W ar Stimson sent a report to the sen­ knife.
Illinois Equal Suffrage league. She ate showing that in the past ten years
SUBSCRIBE FOR
was form erly head o f the” league's j original enlistments in the army have
Glngertnaps.
averaged annually 19,373; re-enlist-
publicity bureau.
H a lf cup molass«*. half cup sugar,
It was said that the action resulted menta 10,219; discharges upon expir-
T h « L lv « Pmp+r with All#th«*'N«wp. Only $1
over a discussion as to whether more ation o f enlisted terms 18,103; dis- half cup butter and lard, three table­
p «r year. The Preen ie ¡equipped to dr. eari
spectacular and m ilitant measures charges for
disability, 1,224; for spoons hot water, three cups flour,
doM, the Brat Job Printing. Everything lm.
were necessary in
Illinois.
Mrs. ' courtmartial 2,556; for desertion 5,- one teaspoon s< da, three teaspoons
ginger: salt
thin line done to pleaae.l P^ieea'Hght.
Parker stands fo r militancy.
i 107, and through death 512.
economy and efficiency.
The view
that these various offices are to be
filled as a result o f political considera­
tion has for its consequence the neces­
sity that the president and members
o f congress devote to matters o f pat­
ronage, time which they should devote
to questions o f policy and administra­
tion.”
“ I ask,” said the president, “ the
continuance o f this commission on
economy and efficiency, because o f the
excellent beginning which has been
made towards the reorganization o f
the machinery o f this government on
business principles. 1 ask it because
its work is entirely non-partisan in
character and ought to apply to every
citizen who wishes to g iv e effective­
ness to popular government in which
we feel a just pride. I sincerely hope
that congress w ill not, in its anxiety
to reduce ‘expenditures, economize by
cutting off an appropriation which is
likely to offer greater opportunity for
real economy in the future than any
other estimated fo r.”
To date, the president said, fthe
commission had cost the people about
$130,000. W ithout having put in e f ­
fect more than a few reforms it has
suggested changes that w ill save $2,-
000,000 a year.
In many ways, the president in­
formed congress, a decrease in the
cost o f government might be assured.
There is need, he said, o f reorganiza­
tion o f the government departments,
a consolidation and a weeding out o f
bureaus that overlap in their work;
scores o f “ local offices” throughout
the country should be abolished, and
hundreds o f political appointees who
do but little work should be taken off
the payroll.
The Treasury department, Mr. T a ft
showed, looked a fter the nationl’s
finances and the life-saving service.
The commission, he said, had recom­
mended the abolition o f the revenue
cutter service, which would mean a
saving o f $1,000,000 a year.
The president urged the adoption o f
the “ budget system ," which would
bring before congress, the press and
the people o f the country not only the
proposed expenditures o f the govern­
ment, but its revenues.
“ The United States is the only
great nation whose government is
operated without a budget,” he said.
Later, the president declares, he in­
tends to send to congress a plan for
the retirement o f civil service employ­
es on pensions.
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