IR R IG A TIO N C O N G R ESS.
A P P E A L S G UARANTEE CASE.
T E 8 T S NEW EX PLO SIVE.
Oklahoma Bank Will Taat Validity in War Department Expects Pow der Will
' Highest Court.
Revolutionise W arfare.
Washington, Oet. 1.— The war depart
Washington, O r t ’ 3.— The appeal o f
the Noble State Bank o f Oklahoma ment is demonstrating at Sandy Hook
from the decision of the supreme proving grounds, New York, with a com
court o f that state in the proceeding bination o f powder and projeetive that
o f the bank, which was instituted to promises an effective fighting range o f
test .the constitutionality o f the Okla from 50 to 75 per eent greater than any
homa bank guarantee law, has been at the command of any other army of
docketed in the supreme court of the the world. The powder used in the ex-
ri ment h in dunnite, an invention of
United States. Governor Haskell, as
L ieutenant-Colonel
i
Beverly Dunn. It
chairman o f the state banking board,
has an explosive power 15 per cent
is made the principal defendant.- The greater than that of any known powder,
case originated in the Logan county including the Japahese shimose powder.
The ordinary shell or projectile used
district court, o f Oklahoma, which
by the army has been elongated so as
court sustained a demurrer and re
to lessen the air resistance and other
fused to grant the injunction asked for wise shaped to receive the full foree of
by the bank. The case was appealed the powder explosion.
The preliminary tests at f|pndy Hook
to the supreme court o f the state,
where the decision o f the county havev shown that the new projectiles
have an extreme range o f from 50 to 60
court was affirmed. The state su per eent more than the old projeetiles.
preme court held, that the law Was In eombiqation with the new powder
contrary neither to the federal nor the new projectile has an extreme range
of from 50 to 75 per eent more than tne
the state constitution.
The court will be asked to advance old projectiles.
As the extreme range of the projee
the case to the docket, but it is doubt
ful if it can be heard before the N o tiles heretofore used by the army has
been as great as that o f any other army
vember election.
in the world, the new discovery gives to
this country a fighting weapon effective
Vorya Was Reinstated.
at far greater range than that o f any
Washington, Sept. 30.— The Interior ither army.
Department has made public a letter
The extreme range o f a shell is a mile
o f Secretary o f the Interior Cornelius to an inch. The 6 inch shell has a
N. Bliss dated Novem ber 5, 1897, re range of 6 miles, the 12-inch shell a
vokin g the disbarment o f A. I. Vorys, range o f 12 miles.
o f Ohio, from practice before the de
partment. Mr. Vorys is a member of
G O M PER S W IL L ANSW ER
the political staff o f Mr. Taft. The
letter states that Mr. Vorys was dis
barred for having withheld pension Decides to Reply to Questions, but
money and violating the law relative
Under Protest.
to compensation for services in pen
Washington, Sept. 29.— That he would
sion cases in connection with the
prosecution o f a claim. In revoking reply to the questions certified to the
the order Mr. Bliss stated that at the supreme court o f the District o f Colum
time o f the disbarment Mr. Vorys was bia in connection with the contempt
a law student and disclaimed any in proceedings against President Gompers
tention of violating the law.
and other Federation o f Labor officials
before the examiner, as directed Satur
Cash fo r Reclamation. »..
day by Chief Justice Claiburne, was
Washington, Oet. 2.— Estimates given announced by President Gompers on re
« u t by the reclamation service show suming the witness aland.
” 1 will answer the questions,” he
that Oregon last year contributed ap
proximately $1,387,443 to the reclama said, “ but I will answer them under
tion fund, malting her total contribu protest. ’ ’
The objectionable questions were not
tion to June 30, 1908, $8,167,822. For
the first time-sinee the reelamation law presented immediately, but Mr. Daven
was passed, Oregon dropped from first port, attorney for the Buck company
to second place on the list of contribu asked regarding the publications con
tions, due to the unexpected boom in cerning the company in labor papers.
land sales in North Dakota, enabling Mr. Gompers sought to curtail the in-
that state to take rank over Oregon auiry by accepting responsibility for
with a lead of less than $200,000. Wash many o f the utterances copied into
ington’s contribution is estimated at those papers.
Upon the reading o f one of the news
$843,762; her total, $5,089,056; Idaho
last year contributed $490,625 or $3,- paper dippings, Mr. Gompers reiterated
the charge that President Van Cleave
7153,050 in all.
of the Buck Stove company and o f .the
National Association of Manufacturers
Barrett O ff fo r Coastr
is employing detectives in connection
Washington, Oet. 1.— John Barrett, with the contest with the Federation.
director of the bureau of American re
Mr. Davenport protested against the
publics, has gone to Albuquerque, where charge, but Mr. Gompers persisted, de
be w ill address the Irrigation Congress. claring with emphasis that it was true.
He will also speak before the Trans-
Colonel Stewart Reports.
Mississippi Congress at San Francisco,
Washington, Sept. 30.— Colonel W\
a id then spend 10 days in Portland, Oc
tober 12 to 2 L - On October 22 he will F. Stewart, o f the coast artillery, com
have a conference with the Seattle Ex manding the ungarrisonetf post at
position directors in regard to participa Fort Grant, who is to appear before a
tion o f the bureau and the Latin-Amer- retiring board, to determine his physi
cal fitness for further service on the
lean countries in the exposition.
active list, has reported to the W ar
Department. N o date has yet been
Resums Silver Coinage.
set for a meeting o f the board.
Washington, Oct. 3.— Director o f Charles Stewart, a lawyer o f San
the Mint Leach has announced that Francisco, .and brother o f Colonel
the government will resume the pur
Stewart, is here looking after the lat
chase o f silver for subsidiary coin
ter’s interests.
age this week. The announcement
says that 125.000 ounces will be pur
Gompers Back at Van Cleave.
chased each week for an indefinite
Washington, Sept. 30.— Testifying in
period. The director o f the mint ex
pects a strong demand for dollars and the contempt proceedings against him
smaller coins as soon as the cotton and other labor officials, Gompers de
crop begins to move and is prepar clared the fund o f $1,500,000 raised
by President Van Cleave of the Em
in g for it.
ployers’ association for "educational
purposes’’ had been used in an effort
Cholera Cases in Manila.
to bribe labor officials and in employ
Washington. Oct. 2— Governor-Gen
ing spies to follow labor leaders.
eral Smith, o f the Philippines, has tele Gompers said he had been shadowed
graphed the war department that there everywhere by detectives.
were 14 new casps of eholera during
the 24 hours ending at 8 o ’clock Tues
Lat Stewart Rest.
day morning and 12 cases for the 24
Washington, Oet. 2— In accordance
hours ended at 8 a. m. Wednesday.
From 8 o ’clock Wednesday morning un with Colonel William F. Stewart’s re
quest that he be allowed to recuperate
til 5 p. m. there were seven eases.
from his journey from Fort Grant to
Washington before he appears before
Cholera Casas Increase.
the medical members o f the retiring
Washington, Sept. 30.— The cholEra board, the board has decided to post
epidemic in Russia is increasing, says pone the examination o f the army o ffi
a cablegram to the marine hospital cer until next week.
service from a European report of
that bureau. The principal centers of
O ffice Seekers Must Resign.
infection are St. Petersburg, Astra
Washington, Oct. 1__ Consternation
khan. Curjew, Juban, Rostow and the
was created here by the announcement
Don valley.
that President Roosevelt had decided
that all government employes who wish
Pensions in Northwest.
to take an active part in politics must
Washington, Oct. 3.—-According to resign their positions with the govern
the annual report of the commission ment, and thaPthere Is no hope of their
er o f pensions, there are now' 7.R62 regaining their positions after the cam
pensioners in Oregon receiving $1.- paign is over.
198,004 annually in pensions; 10,761
in Washington, receiving $1 651,313,
Wright Asks M ore Time.
and 2,223 in Idaho, receiving $345,035.
Washington, Sept. 30.— In order to
give O rville W right time to recover
Straus Sniffs at Guarantee.
from his injuries recently received in
Washington, Bept. 29. — Secretary the accident to his aeroplane at Fort
Straus today said he thought an exam Myer, the W right Brothers have made
ination should be made of the failure of application to the signal corps for an
the National Bank o f Coalgate, Okla. extension o f nine months’ time, or un
Straus declared this case furnished the til June 28 next, in which to make the
only illustration of the guaranteed bank official tests of their machine.
deposit scheme.
Printers Get Raise.
Washington, Oct. 3.— The new reg
ulation went into effect Thursday by
which the pay o f the linotype and
monotype operators in the employ of
the government printing office is in
creased from 50 to 60 cents an hour.
Ask Roosavslt to Decide.
Washington, Sept. 26.— T o Presi
dent Roosevelt will be left the de
cision yrhether the Washington monu
ment is to be used as a wireless sta
tion for the purpose of conducting
experiments with ships at sea and
possibly across the Atlantic ocean.
Cholera In the Philippines.
Washington, Sept. 29. — Governor
Smith at Manila reports 36 eases of
cholera for the 24 hours ending at 8
o ’eloek yesterday morning. From then
until 4 p ’clock 16 eases were reported as
•gainst 29 at 4 o ’sloek the day before.
Political Riot in Oube.
Washington, Oet. 1.— Dispatches re
ceived at the war department from Pro
visional Governor Maroon ahow that
one man waa shot and killed and eight
injured by eanea and fiats as a result of
political disturbance« In Cuba.
Hot Dabate Expected on Forest Re*
serve Policy.
Albuquerque, N . M., Sept. 30.— The
proceedings o f tbs opening session o f
tho 16th National Irrigation Congress,
wliieh convene^ in Convention Hall, is
this city, at 19:30 yeaterday, were im
pressive, and L500 delegates and 2,500
spectators, who crowded the galleries,
were moved to repeated demonstra
tions. -
It is evident that this congress is te
give the major portion o f ita time to
discussion of the reelamation o f pnblie
land and 'conservation of natural re
sources, and it is likely these discus
sions may lead to differences o f opinion
on phases of the government policies,
particularly the forestry policy. D. C.
Beaman, o f Denver, Colo., will address
the eonvention today on “ Forestry
S e rv ice" and it is intimated that auch
criticism of the service as may be in
dulged in will come at that time. Tho
livestock interests are well represented,
and their desires as to the resolutions
urging government regulation o f the
public domain and national forests may
precipitate sharp discussion.
A movement has appeared, backed by
a number of well-known men, to make
the irrigation congress a permanent
working organization, with headquar
ters and a secretary, trhoae duty would
be the collection o f data and informs
tion for the use of the congress in fur
thering needed legislation and arous
ing public interest in reelamation and
conservation work to be undertaken.
The movement is finding favor among
the delegates.
A notable feature o f the congress is
the absence of men prominent or active
in political affairs, and the presence Of
an unusual number o f men who are me
tive workers in the practical fields of
reelamation, and who make np a list of
speakers o f exceptional strength. The
usual exposition, for which eongress ap
propriated $30,000, and ' which ha»
brought together the finest display of
irrigated products ever assembled in the
United States, was formally opened
yesterday by Governor Curry o f New
Mexico, following a parade o f the
troops of the Department o f the Colo
do, ordered here for the exposition.
General Bell, ehief o f staff, and Briga
dier-General Thomaa, commanding the
Department o f the Colorado, took part
in the parade.
A vigorous fight is under way be
tween Pueblo, Colo., and Spokane,
Wash., for the next session o f the eon
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INCREASE FR E IG H T R A TE S .
Railroads to Make Advance RothjWays
First o f Year.
Chicago, Sept. 30.— January 1 the
transcontinental railroads hope to be
able to increase the freight rates on
more than 80 commodities west-bound
and on about 20 commodities east-bound
between all eastern points and the Pa
eifie coast.
Conferences are being held frequently
with a view to reaching an agreement
as to what commodity rates should be
increased and what should remain at
present rates. Yesterday tra ffic men
admitted that all o f the commodities
were being gone over with a view to
making inereases where possible and
equitable. It is stated that all o f the
commodities on the list, which include a
number o f large consumption and larga
tonnage, have borne ridiculously low
freight rates for years. This faet, it ia
maintained, ia due to old eompetition,
whieh was wont to cut a rate in order
to get busineaa irrespective of whether
or not it paid.
The proposed increases, i f they be
come effective, will be from every terri
tory east of the Missouri river to the
Paeifie coast and w ill average between
5 and 8 per eent above the present
rates. I t is hoped that most of the in
creases can be agreed upon, and it ia
expected that the railroads will be able
to make them effective January 1, 1909.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy
In feet, in most cases one dose is sufficient It never foils and can be
relied upon in the most severe and dangerous cases. It is equally
valuable for children and is the means of saving the lives of many
children each year. In the world’s history no medicine has ever met
with greater success. P r ic e 2 6 cents* L a r g e s iz e 6 0 cen ts*
T w o Towns Wiped Out.
Marinette, Wis., Sept. 29.— A soak
ing rain, which began Saturday even
ing and continued until yesterday
morning, has extinguished the forest
fires in Marinette county. Before the
rain came the towns o f Goll and
Kingsman, on the Wisconsin & Mich
igan railway, were wiped out, and six
or eight families had to flee for their
lives. The town o f M cAlester was
saved by the residents, assisted by
volunteers from Marinette. The loss
to Senator Stephenson and the Saw-
yer-Goodman company in standing
timber will be large.
Other com
panies on the Menominee river also
lost heavily in standing timber.
Court Knocks 8-Hour Law.
Madison, Wis., Sept. 30__ The su
preme court o f Wisconsin yesterday de
clared unconstitutional the railroad
telegraphers’ eight-hour law, intro
duced at the 1907 session of the legis
lature. The decision is based on the
contention that the state law conflicts
with the provisions of the federal con
stitution giving congress the, power to
regulate interstate commerce. It is also
given as a basis for the finding that
congress already has passed a law fix
ing the hours for the employment of
railroad telegraphers. The decision is
the result of a test ease.
C. P. Strike Neara End.
Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 30__ It is ex
peeted here that the Canadian Pacific
strike will end before midnight. It is
known that delegates left here Sunday
night for Montreal to see Thomas
Shnughneesy, of the Canadian Pacific,
with torms satisfactory both to the
weetern strikers and the western inter
ests of the railroad company. I f the
•trike ia declared off it will be the re
sult o f a compromise, leaving the situa
tion the same as when the strike was
called.
Surveyors General to Meet.
Boise, Idaho, 8ept. 30.— D. A. Utter,
surveyor-general o f Idaho, haa Invited
the aurveyors-general o f Oregon, Mon
tana, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado,
Nevada and Utah to meet here at a
date to be named later for the purpose
of eoneidering uniform plans for con
ducting their work.
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