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E Q U IP M E N T G O E S IN.
PROCEEDINGS f CONGRESS IN BRIEF
5SSS
Saturday, duly 24.
Washington, July 24. — Tba bids
question was settled and unsottlod to
day, and, whilo th e n seems little doubt
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that eventually bides
on the
list o f the'new tariff bill,'the eon-
tost over their status cannot bo re
garded as closed. None o f the ques
tions mads prominent through Presi
dent T a ft's interest in them were set
tled today, although the conference
was in strict executive session ail day.
The confersos expect to spend a largo
part o f Sunday wrestling with these
problems.
figures mads public by the department
o f commerce and labor today, the total
export o f wheat from Portland during
tha year ended June 80, 1909, was 6,-
850,088 bushels against 18,411.681
bushels tha year before.
The decline
in wheat exports waa even greater at
Puget sound, namely from 18,699,281
to 44,680,174 bushels. There was also
a marked de-line in exports o f flour at
Portland, from 868,841 barrels in 1906
to 662,428 in 1909 and at Paget aoand
from 1,911,966 to 1,066,962 barrels.
Canal Nearly H alf Dug.
Washington, July 24.— Substantial
prog ram in canal construction nil along
the line io shown by reports coming to
the Washington office o f the Isthmian
Canal eommiaaion.
Excavation work
approximates 80,000,000 cable yards,
almost as much aa the total quantity
o f dirt taken oat by the French daring
tbs period they were engaged in opera
tions there.
Less than 100,000,600
cubic yards o f earth remain to be taken
from the ditch. Colonel Goo tha la boa
estimated that the great waterway w ill
be ready for the transit o f ahipe by
January 12, 1916.
Friday, July 28.
Washington, July 28. — W hile no
agreement was reached by the tariff
•conferees today on coal, lumber, hides,
oil, iron ore, tbs cotton . schedule or
wood pulp and print paper, it was said
tonight that the prospects o f settling
those big questions tomorrow wsrs ex
cellent.
Heroic mooouies wore used in an
e ffo r t to adjust differences between
the senate and houae and to carry out
President T a ft’s program fo r a reduc
tion o f duties on row materials. A ll
the conferees said tonight that the
feelings they entertained for on# an
Pow er S ite Withdrawn.
other were more pleasant than they had
Washington, July 24.— Carrying out
been for many day«.
the policy o f Secretory Ballinger in
In
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preventing the monopolization o f great
Thursday. July 22.
water power sites by large corpora
Washington, July 22.— Today was tions, Acting Secretary Pierce today
one o f conferences and concluded with withdrew for a temporary power site
a consultation at the W hite House to 26,086 acres o f land along the Green
night, participated in by the presi river and its tributaries in Wyoming.
dent, Senator Aldrich and RepfiM nt- A il o f the water power sites withdrawn
ative Payne, at which the chief execu w ill be reported by the secretary to
tiv e waa assured that hhrmanioas set congress in order that legislation may
tlement o f the differences is likely.
be enacted to preserve them to the
The senators opposed to the free raw government.
material program were consulted today
by Mr. Aldrich, and a committee rep
Sentiment Waa Unanimous.
resenting the same position on the
Washington, July 28.— In an official
bouse side conferred with Chairman
telegram from Teheran, received today
Payne. In addition, the house con
at the Persian legation, announcing
ferees met to have the experts o f the
that the hereditary sultan, Ahmed Mir
senate finance committee explain the
as, had been proclaimed shah, it was
senate changes in the cotton schedule.
stated that the unpopularity and un-
worthinesa o f Mohammad AH Mirza
Wednesday, duly 21.
cauaad him to be deposed. ’ The mes
Washington, July 21.— Better pro
sage saing at a conference between the
gress was made today by tba tariff
beads o f the Mohammedan church,
conferees than on any other day since
princes, high dignitaries and the old
the troublesome disputes were reached.
members o f congress, the vote was
Many questions wsrs settled without
unanimous against the deposed shah.
any renewal o f hostilities.
The entire zinc schedule was adjust
Cabinet in Saving Mood.
ed. Spelter was made dutiable at I K
Washington,
July 24.— A special
cents per pound, which is a reduction
from the senate rate o f I K cents and meeting o f the cabinet waa held at the
an increase from the house rate o f 1 White house today furthar to discuss
cent. A ll the senate differentials were the matter o f cutting down - the esti
adopted. Zinc in sheets w ill be duti mates o f the various department* fur
able at 1 & cents, and sheets coated or the coming fiscal year, according to
plated with nickel or other metal at 2 the statements o f several o f the cabi
cents. The bouse rate at 1 cent for net members before entering the con
old and worn-out zinc fit only to be re sultation room with President Taft.
manufactured was adopted. Tungsten The cabinet devoted its entire session
ore, which is used in the manufacture yesterday to a consideration o f esti
o f ferro alloys, one o f the ch ief com mates and ways and means o f reducing
ponent parts in the manufacture o f low them.
steel and steel parts o f automobiles,
T a ft Will Visit Oregon.
waa made dutiable at 10 per cent ad
valorem instead o f IS per cent, aa
Washington, July 28.— Representa
tives Hawley and Ellis called on the
fixed by the senate.
Lemons w ill pay a duty o f 1K cento president today to oak him to stop at
a pound, the senate rate.
Thia is an other points than Portland whila in
increase o f H cent over the house rate, Oregon. The president said that on
and half a cent over the' Dingiey rates. his oray smith from Portland he would
stop at Salem, and i f his schedule t per
mitted he would try to make other
Tuesday, July 20.
Washington. July 20.— Wood pulp, stops. In eaae he goee to Denver, he
print paper and lumber, to say nothing told Congressman Ellis he would en
o f hides, iron ore and other so-called deavor to make short stops in Eastern
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raw material, are receiving the moot Oregon.
serious attention from the conferees.
Taft Favors Canal Bonds.
The paper and pulp fight bids fa ir to
Washington, July 21.— A t a confer
be especially stubborn and probably
ence between President Taft, Senator
w ill be somewhat prolonged.
Much progress has beea made on the Aldrich, Chairman Payne and treasury
cotton schedule, but hosiery and a official« today, it waa decided to ask
number o f other leading items o f cot cong ress to authorize a bond . issue to
ton manufacture are causing the tariff the extent o f the latest estimate o f the
arbitrators much concern. The draw cost o f the Panama canal, the proposed
The
back provision is practically the only issue to bear 3 per cent interest
important administrative feature that Goethals estimate o f 8397,000,000 as
the coot o f the canal will be used as a
remains unsettled.
Althoagh the rotes o f duty hsvs basis for the issue. The existing canal
been fixed on practically all o f the bond lim it is 1180,000,000.
steel products, there has been a pro
Invitation G o e s B eggin g.
test against the incresssd rats on
structural steel punched fo r use. I t
Washington, July 20.— By a vote of
was thought that a compromise on lead 100 to 168 the bouse today refosed to
and its products waa h) riew, bat this refer to the committee o f the whole
schedule also has proved difficult o f the invitation to attend the Alaska-
adjustment.
The duties on zinc in Yukon-Pacific exposition. R "denberg,
blocks and pigs, which were increased o f Illinois, sought to g et unanimous
by the senate over the house rotes, is consent for the consideration o f a reso
another matter which ia delaying the lution providing for the acceptance o f
the invitation, but Macon, o f Arkansas,
settlement o f the metals schedule.
objected on the ground that no commit-
Monday, July 10
tea had considered it.
Washington, July 19.— Today the
C on gressm en to Visit Hawaii.
conferees devoted their attention main
ly to the revised corporation tax pro
Washington, July 23.— A party o f 25
vision, which waa adopted.
senators and member« o f the houae is
An effort waa mads today to dispose preparing to visit Hawaii.
The visit
o f the wood pulp and priht paper ached- is in response to on invitation extended
ulie. The retaliatory provision con by the Hawaiian legislature at its last
cerning pulp waa rewritten, and It is session, and the party w ill sail from
now believed that it w ill prove satis San Francisco on the steamer Siberia,
factory to American milia. Thé print August 24.
Eighteen daya w ill be
paper schedule ia still in controversy.
■pent in Hawaii, during which time
Tbs only controversy expected on the four largest islands o f the group
the cotton schedule relates to hosiery. w ill be visited.
Representative Payne stands firmly for
Army 8 port Une o f Duty.
higher dutiee and the other houae con . ,
ferees are likely to sustain him.
Washington, July 20.— Again the
W ar department has passed judgment
Wheat Exporta SmaHar.
that 6 soldier Whose death resulted
Washington, July 20.— According to from an accident while engaged in an
athletic contest encouraged by tha offi
Special Election Urged.
cers was In the line o f duty. The con
Washington,
July 22. — Senator test which colled forth this decision
Jones, in a telegam to Governor Hay, was known as a “ battle royal,” sod
o f Washington, today advised that a took place In the post gymnasium at
special election be held tmmedlntelv to Fort Michael, Alaska, lost December.
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fill the vacancy caused by the death o f
Ballinger to Visit Malheur.
Representative Cushman. Though the
new congressman cannot g et to Wash
Washington, July 20. — Secretary
ington before the adjournment o f the Ballinger his w in d Senator Bourne
special session, there are other matters from Seattle that ha w ill ponooaUy
demanding attention throagh the saae- inspect the Molhour irrigation project
mer, which cannot be cared for by in Eastern Oregon. He w ill mska the
Rush Orders Given fo r Railroad Con
struction on Deschutes.
The Dalles, July 26.— A ll
four-horse teams, hauling wagons piled-
high with railway camp equipment,
have trekked out o f The Dalles, bound
for the Deschutes river. Beginning at
7 o ’clock in the morning it waa not
until 6 in the afternoon that the lost o f
the 40 wagons shipped here by Porter
Bros., railroad contractors, who are
supposed to be working fo r the. H ill
railways, wended its way to the south-
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Indications are almost conclusive
that Porter Brea., intend to establish
not two, but five or six camps, as i f
preparing to cover the entire ground o f
the Oregon Trunk line surveys. They
themselves did not know, was tha re
ply given by representatives o f the
Oregon Trunk to inquiries Os to the
number o f camps and ptoere o f location.
Every indication is that men and
equipment were secured hastily, w d it
is believed hare to be true that tha
contractors only know in a general way
where the camps w ill be established.
Either a sodden decision to contest
with Harriman fo r the traffic o f O m p
tral Oregon or the sudden acquisition
o f knowledge that the Oregon Trunk
would be down and oat very soon unless
it began construction ia bejieved to be
the cause o f the rushing o f men into
the Deschutes country.
Either alternative raises conjecture
aa to whether Porter Bros, are playing
a hold-up game on Harriman or are
backed by James J. H ill or actually in
tend to build a railroad themselves.
B LÉ R IO T C R O B 8C 8 C H A N N E L.
French Aeronaut Makes the 22 Miles
in 28 Minutes.
Dover, July 26.— Louis Blériot, the
French aviator, accomplished the re
markable feat o f flying across the Eng
lish channel Satnrday in 28 minutes.
The distance from his starting point,
near Calais, to Dover, is about 22
miles, and be therefore traveled a t the
rate o f nearly a mile a minute.
The'aviator le ft the French shore at
4 :S0 and within a few minutes sighted
the white cliffs o f the English coast
He descended gracefully in the North
Fall meadow, behind Dover Castle, at
4 :68 a. m.
M. Blériot looked little the worse fo r
his hazardous trip, although his foot
was burned by petrol. Thia gava him
some trouble, and ha had to be assisted
to on automobile which was waiting.
He drove to the Lord Warden hospital,
where be was greeted enthusiastically.
A French torpedo boat destroyer
followed the aeroplane, but so s w ift
was the speed o f the machine that the
destroyer was soon la ft fa r behind.
Although the start was made in calm
weather, the wind soon rose and a
strong breeze was blowing at the time
o f the descent, making the perform
ance all the more noteworthy.
The French torpedo boat destroyer
arrived at Dover at 6 :50 with Bleriot’a
w ife and a party o f friends on board.
By his achievement Blériot wins the
special prise o f $6,000 offered by the
London Daily MaiL
M O O R 8 F IG H T S P A N IA R D 8.
Tribesmen Put Up Desperate Fight
Against Trained Soldiers.
Malaga, Spain, July 26.— The steam
er Menorquin, with 80 wounded aboard,
arrived here today from Mellila, where
the hospitals ore overcrowded.
Pas
sengers on tbs steamer declare that the
residents o f Melilla are panic-stricken,
the successes o f the Moors givin g rise
to the belief that they w ill swoop down
on the city itself. Friday’s battle eras
sanguinary, there being much hand-to-
hand fighting.
The Moorish tribes now gathered
cloee to General Marina’s camp are es
timated at 16,000. Their recent losses
are said to have been nearly 1,000.
The Spanish forces lost n it less than
3,000 men.
When the battle became general, the
Spaniards endeavored to trap the Moors
between two lines o f fire. The tribes
men, however, were too wary and
fought desperately.
They retreated
only when they were literally hurled
back at the points o f Spanish bayonet.
A t dusk there was a lull in the fighting.
Victory fo r Americans.
Pakin, July 21.— On account o f the
failure o f the negotaitions at the re
cent meeting o f bankers in London
and Paris, an attempt ia being made at
Pekin to close quickly the Hankow
railway loan by increasing the amount
ao as to give Americans equal partici
pation and not reduce the original allot
ments to the other three powers— Great
Britain, France and Germany. This
arrangement was agreed to by the
Chinese foreign board Saturday and
the four days’ negotiations ended with
the consultations o f foreign bankers.
Export Argentina Wheat.
Buenos Ayres, July 21.— During the
first five months o f this year the ex
portations o f wheat amounted to 77,-
700,000 bushels.
A decree ha4 been
published modifying the law prohibit
ing the importation o f cattle from cer
tain countries, ao that those countries
may send cattle to the exposition of
1910. The government has also sent
instructions to our minister in Wash
ington to agree with the bureau o f
American republies oa a program.
Lightning Hits Scientist.
Christiana, Nor., July 26.— Captain
Engleetad, o f the Norwegian navy, waa
killed by lightning today.
Ha was
taking meteorological observations dur
ing a thunder storm. Captain Engle-
stad was to have commanded the polar
expedition ship From on the coming
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Washington as a ctpltal In the same
d a re with Edinburgh, Mexico, Lisbon
R O P a atone into the surface o f a lake at re st Circular waves and Stockholm. The United States to
w lll expand in every direction on the plane or flat surface. I f exceptional as a great power in hav
a sim ilar disturbance could be made in the air the waves would ing Its political capital In a city not o f
traverse in every direction snd the complete w ave front at the large population or great commercial
limit would be a sphere. Any light object on the water or Sus importance.
Washington la a made capital. Only
pended in the a ir would move slightly. Suppose w e fire a re
volver in atlll afr, a disturbance would be set up and waves as the seat of the national Legislature
started that would be translated Into sound by a distant tympanic mem which makes our Federal law s Is it o f
brane In an ear. Firing rifles or revolvers so as to represent dots and dashes Influence on the business of the nation.
In the waves thus established would not work. 8o they fire the giant force It long bids fa ir to remain a residen
As the great Industry o f
electricity across a narrow air gap between carbon points. The electricity tial city.
la stepped up to very high perssure voltage in the carbons. Finally the pent- Washington, to which all others are at
up force becomes so great ttut It breaks the resistance o f the almost non tendants. Is “working for the govern
ment," the development of Washington
conducting air and rushes across the other carbon with immense speed.
must be due to the mingled influence
This disruption of the air starts a wave as does a atone failing In water
of Its situation and Its charm. Placed
or the discharge o f a gun In air. But thfe outburst o f electricity Is many
8q it Is on the broder line between the
thousands of times more powerful than either. T h e sharp sounds beard by
north snd the south. Its population al
those near a wireless telegraphic transmitter have nothing to do with the
w ays Includes an element that halts to
message. They are sounds due to air wave«. But a wireless telegram could
look around for opportunity.
be sent throagh space devoid of Sir, for the waves are electro-magnetic, not
M ore and more It attracts as resi
aerial. They move In ether, supposed to fill all space and all matter. Many
dents persons seeking homes where the
devices hare been made to secure sparks through air-gaps. Condensers of
climatic conditions constitute for tha
electricity have been employed at high pressure. Dynamos giving rise to dif
greater part of the year "the Just me
ferent wave-lengths are in daily use. also at lower pressures. W av e char
dium.” Such feel the charm o f W aab-*
acteristics are modified In a number o f w ay«, snd also methods o f receiving.
Ington, a place which possesses all the
W aves of electricity can be set up whose lengths vary between an inch and
urban conveniences and facilities and
aa much as a thousand miles. There is an Incredible number o f lengths In
yet Is free from the Jar, noire, confu
between these, so telegraphers will have little trouble In selecting any length
sion and congestion o f the great cities.
and making sending and receiving Instruments In tune as agreed upon. Sup
To this charm, this mingling o f clt^
pose these should be tuned to a wave-iength of 100 fe e t; then others with in
life with the possibilities of individual
struments attuned to ninety or 110 feet could not cut the other's message
leisure, Washington owes no small part
out of space and hear w hat w as being seiaL
of Its wealth. T o It Is attributable tha
The electricity, from whatever source, la turned Into and rot out of
erection of many residences Justly to
the sending apparatus T>y an ordinary telegraphic key, which makes and
be characterized as palatial for winter
breaks the d rro lt.
occupation, while bouses, all o f fa ir
Suppose it Is desired to typewrite a telegram as received. Then the
aspect, are to-day found In a section o f
power is not sent on the magnetic waves from the sending station. This
the northwest In which the census enu
would require enormous supplies o f electricity. W aves are sent aa u s u a l;
merators of »1600 discovered but
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these are received by delicate mechanism wholly unable to print anything.
sparse population.
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B ut sensitive apparatus receives the Incoming w ares, turns on power from
local courses, and this actuates the printing device«. The circumference of
the earth at the equator la 24.866 miles. In order to telegraph “around the
SH O R T M E T E R SER M 0H S.
w o rld " It would be necessary to send through not more than h a lf this dis
tance from nation to nation. And no donbt exists but that It w ill be accom
plished. W ireless telegraph Is one o f the most Impressive conquests o f nature
M * a ‘ a S ta ta re .
ever made by man
Xo one can come to the full stature
of man till he knows and feels tha
ment o f g new petroleum-field at Com Father— Rev. Dr. Duval, Presbyterian,
odoro Rlvadavta, on the B ay o f 8 t Winnipeg.
George, east coast o f Patagonia. The
S t lc k lB U ta D a l y .
first oil-bearing stratum w as found at
None o f the world's common attrac
a depth of 1,770 fe e t In a cretaceous tions, such as |K>sitiou, wealth, fama
formation.
The
government
well and popularity, Bhould move the Chris
yields 18 or 14 tons o f oil per day tian from duty.— Rev. C. W . Webb,
without pumping.
The oil
is dark
B ap tist Aurora.
The only attempt ever m ade to mine
brown and very heavy, and seems ea-
F orb earaaee.
Iron ore in British Colombia proved
peclaly adapted for fuel.
It Is better to .hear some wrongs
unprofitable.
Zinc
mining
also
ia
Observations at the
N ew
Mexico than to bring ou greater evils by re
practically at a standstll.
Agricultural Experiment Station indi sistance.
It Is law ful sometimes to
T h e Italian government baa ordered
cate the following w a y i In which ex renounce or forfeit rights.— Rev. John
800,600 reinforced - concrete
railroad
cessive cattle-grazing la Injurious to L. Bel ford, Roman Catholic, Brooklyn.
ties, made by a recently patented for
lau d : The kinds o f planto preferred
H e a lth .
mula, for experimental purposes.
by the cattle are eaten before they
Health is the result Of the nice ad
Recent examination of concrete sub have time to seed, and
so die out,
justment o f all the bodily functions;
jected to the
action o f
locomotive leaving leas valuable plants to occupy
peace o f mind results, also, not from
gases for thirteen years showed that their place. The soil becomes so com
any one dominant conviction, but from
it had not been affected by them.
pacted, especially near drinking-places,
the smooth working together of all the
The largest coral reef in the world that rain-water w ill not sink In. The
convictions.— Rev. Frank Crane, Uni
is the Great Barrier, off the northern paths made by the animals give direc
tarian, Worcester.
coast o f Australia. It Is 1,000 miles tion to the flow o f surface w ater and
R n p w t ta * A a t h o r ltta a .
long and. In places, 80 miles wide.
lead to erosion of the soil.
There Is a great evil In this land
Japan’s new crop of peppermint Is
The German naval constructors have
that forbodes revolution or a partial
expected to produce
almost
100,000 recently turned out a peculiar form of
upheaval o f society. The only w ay to
Intended
particularly for
pounds o f menthol crystals and nearly dock-ship,
avoid a catastrophe la to teach our
the salvage
o f disabled
submarine«
220,000 pounds of oil o f peppermint
young men to respect the authorities
and
torpedo-boats.
It
consists
o
f
two
Electric storms are of almost dally
placed over them.— C ardinal Gibbons,
occurrence on the high Grand plateau hulls resembling shlpe linked together, Roman Catholic. Baltimore.
fore
and
aft,
high
above
the
water,
o f Bolivia, being especially revere Just
P m c T tra a c *.
twforo the beginning of the rainy sea by steel girders made up of angles and
It
Is
the
dose of the race, not tha
platea. A torpedo-boat, or submarine,
son each year.
beginning, that counts. The man that
can
ateam
between
the
two
hulls,
and
A scheme for the
adoption
of a
leads at the first may he last at the
standard gauge for Spanish railways, then be lifted by cranes and tackles
close, while the man that follows be
until
It
resta
upon
a
platform
formed
to conform to other European nations.
beams projecting ' across hind all others may In the end com«
Is under consideration by the govern by binged
from one ball to the other. The pro out victor.— Rev. W . Moore Scott, Pres
ment o f that country.
peller shafts of the dock-ship are driv byterian. Savannah.
A bird census o f Illinois by a uni
C h rla tta a P e r fe e llo a .
en by electric motors.
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versity professor recorded 60 specie«.
A ll that we have In soul and body,
The number waa estimated at 90,750,-
I t i t a i U i M i i R e l i e f fa r C ra a p .
outwardly or Inwardly, natural or
000, o f which the English sparrow w as
Croup can be cured In one minute, supernatural. Is from G o d ; therefore,
put down for 5,500,000.
and the remedy Is simply alum and while time Is still ours let ns reaotve
▲ big baking firm o f Capa Colony sugar.
The way to accomplish the to bow patiently to the infinite wladom
has Imported an American plant, with deed Is to take a knife or grater and and carry our cross In the true spirit
up-to-date machinery, to ore Imported shave off In small particles about a of penance, so that we may advance ta
flour. In opposition to bakers controll teaspoonful of a lu m ; then mix with the path of Christian perfection and
ed by the millers o f that country.
twice the amount of sugar to make know, love and serve God forever » e r a .
The Argentine government during It palatable, and administer it as eoon — Rev. T . F . Delaney, Baptist, Note
the post year has begun the devalop-
O rleans
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