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THE CONDON GLOBE kwaW Back Wk CONDON. OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK la a Condensed Form for Oar Easy Headers. A Resume, of the Lett Important but Not Lata Interesting Eventa of tho Paat Waak. China threatens a boycott ou Japen. llarrimnn is reaching after all pub lic utilities in Chicago. Peory lias arrived at Sydney, ". S., on the steamer Roosevelt. San Francisco is going lnil with plans fur a world's fair in 1913. President Smith, of the Mormon t'hutvh, lias been fined for polygatiny. It is mid Piatt and lVpew w ill re turn to the senate, defying public opin ion . The king of Greece while in Koine was slighted by the other lUilkun states. Mayor Sehmitx, of San Francisco, de- el ires the indictment against him is the result of polities. A prairie fire in Western Texas lias caused the loss of several lives ami great damage to farm property. Policy holders in Herman insurance companies who lost in the earthquake will pool their claims in an attempt to colleoct. The town of Carlslnd, N. M., is snowed in and is without fuel, Bacon is being burned by many to keep from f reeling. The price of lumber has again lieen raised $2 per thousand feet at San Francisco. Shingles have also gone up 25 cents per thousand. The president has started home from Porto Rico. Russian rebels have been denied an ctsylum in Finland. The New York Central railroad lias aain been fined for rebating. Three men are dead and others are n:i;-ing as a result of the deep snow in Texas. Thirteen were killed by the collision of the trails-Atlantic liners in the Eng lish channel. Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, is on his way bonus from Hamburg to face the cliarges against him. .Bryan anil Shaw were the principal wp,akers at the third day's session of the Trans-Mississippi congress. Many vessels were wrecekd anil 2.'! lives jare known to have lieen lost in a severe storm on the Great lakes. Federal authori i?s at San Francisco are to investigate the alleged lumber trast in Oregon and Washington. The Monrm railroad has defied the Interstatte Commerce commission and will issue passes in payment for adver tising. The mayors of several Kansas towns sre being removed because of a deter mination on their part to license liquor joints. Trains are snowbound in Kansas. El Paso, Texas, is expreiencing the coldest weather in 20 years. General Shafter left no will. His property is valued at $15,000. The crown prince of Servia is en raged at the charges of insanity. All parties in Russia have joined in campaign of abuse against Witte. Great Britain is ready to lead in the movement for reform in Congo State. The Interstate Commerce commis sion is gathering evidence of rebates to the grain trust. Spain will join with Britain and France in a naval demonstration against Morocco. The recent floods have caused a loss of nearly a million dollars in the vicin ity of Castle Rock. France has barred American pork. The new meat inspection rules violate the old agreement. The president has refused to rescind Oie order discharging negro troops without new evidence. The downpour of rain continues in tbe South. Much property has len w recked and railroad traffic blocked. T)r. Devine, who had charge of the Red Cross relief work in San Francisco, ays he does not believe there was any graft. Threatening letters have been sent to the pope. The king and queen of Denmark are visiting the kaiser. Jerome will ask for a special jury to bear the case of H. K. Thaw. HMOUN3 Of RELIEF FUHO California Promotion Committaa li tuta a Statamant. San Francisco, Nov. 23. Owing to the fact' that w ide publicity lias been given to charge that $1,000,000 of the relief fund contributed to San Fran cisco lias lieeu diverted or stolon, and owing to the further fact that those who liav tent money to San Francisco are entitled to a correct statement of conditions, the California Promotion committee has sent out the following statement: "More tlrnn $t!,000,000 contributed to San Francisco came iu small ums, ranging from 10 cent up to several thousand dollars. These sums came by mail and express, in all forms, from postage stamps and currency to money orders and hunk drafts. Of the entire amount sent, but two sums went astray one a packnsge of currency contain ing $1,085.50 from Searchlight, sent to the National Rank and Trust couipnuy, of I .os Angeles, by express; the other a package of $'.'00 sent by mail from IVal timore. "The finance committee of the Citi xons' Relief Committee of Forty, after ward incorporated to liandle relief and lied Crocs funds, consisting of 21 prom inent business men of Sail ,Fmneiseo, received all funds mid the hooks of this committee were examined by General Hates, a representative of the National Red Cross society, sent from Washing ton for that purpose, who declared them kept under a system that guaran teed their correctness. "The Massachusetts Association for the Relief of California sent a commit tee to San Francisco to investigate the methods of relief work. On its return to Boston it made a reort, going into de'ail and covering every nint in the work of relief iu Sun Francisco. The report of this committee resulted iu the immediate forwarding of the Uilame of the money in the hands of the Massa chusetts organization. "James 1. Hague, of the. New York clumber of commerce committee fur the relief of San Francisco, spent sev eral weeks in San Francisco, investi gating conditions. After his report was made to the New York lxuly, funds to the amount of $500,000, held by the New York committee were ordered turned over to the San Francisco relief corporation." RUSH JETTY WORK. General Mackenzie's Recommends- tiont for the Coming Season. Washington, Nov. 2,'l. (leiioral Mackenzie, chief of engineers, in his estimates recently submitted to the secretary of War, asks for onlv $1,000, 000 to continue work on the jettv at the mouth of the Columbia river. In his annual report, however, General Mackenzie makes clear the necessity for securing authority to expend an nddi tiimal $1,450,000, which will ln ample to carry the south jetty to completion. In his reisirt tieneml Mai kenzie re views the work that has been done at the mouth of the Columbia und mints out w hat remains to tie done before the demands of comment! are met. No appropriation is now needed for improving the Columbia river Ijotween Vancouver and the mouth of the Wil lamette. Work on The Illes-Celilo canal has only just begun. In addition to money already appropriated, $:t,5X),302 must lie appropriated to complete this water way. Only $750,000 has bMi asked for for the ensuing year. No estimate has ever lieen made of the amount necessary to make the up per Columbia and Snake rivers navi gable the entire distance from Celilo to Pittsburg Landing. Ten thousand dollars is needed next year. Frauds in Town Lot Sales. Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 2.'!. A special to the State Capital from Muskogee says that W. I). Foiilke, special repre sentative of President Roosevelt, has commenced an investigation into the alleged frauds in connection with Creek Nation town lot sales. This investiga tion was demanded by the National Creek Council, which charges govern ment officials with misappropriating thousands of dollars. The lots were appraised and sold by government ap pointees. Mr. roulke has issued a cir cular inviting testimony on the subject. Gets $500,000 for Y. M. C. A. San Francisco, Nov. 2.'t. Mr. Henry J. McCoy, general secretary of the San rrancisco Young Men s Christian asso ciation, has just returned from New York, where ho succeeded in securing $500,000 for the rehabilitation of the association in San Frnnia'sco. Of this amount more than $150,000 was con tributed in New York city. Morris K. Jessup and John I). Rockefeller, Mrs. W. K. Dodge, Cleveland If. Dodge. J. V. Morgan, Mrs. Russell Sage and E. S. Hurkucss being among the largest givers. Make Alcohol From Molasies. Honolulu, Nov. 23. The Hawaiian Planters' association is planning to manufacture denatured alcohol from the 14,000,000 gallons of molasses pro duced annually, and for this purpose will erect a distillery at Pearl harbor. BIO WAGE ADVANCE Several Large Industries Raise Pay c! Employes. STEEL TRUST LEADS MOVEMENT Sixty Thousand Man AfTacted and Will Add Millions to Annual Payroll of Companies. Chicago, Nov. 21. Sixty thousnn.l employes of the great industrial and railroad corporations were today grant ed Increases in wages that will mid mil lions to the annual un rolls. One of the notable increases was that announ ced by the I'nited States Steel corpora tion, by which its 20,000 unskilled workers mill receive1 an addition of 10 cents ier day to their wage after Jul uary 1. This will add about $000,000 to the iyroll. The New York Central firemen were toilay granted an advance averaging lie twoen tl and 7 ht cent as a result of completion of the wage econference at New York. The advance applies to all the linis of the coninnv except the ltivtou A AIImiiv and alTivts about li.000 men. lly an adjustment of the working hours firemen i n switch en gines will hereafter have to work only 10 hours a day instead of 12. The Calumet A Ilecla Mining com pany announced at Calumet, Mich., to- day, that, tiegiiiuiug January 1, the wages of all its employes at the mines and stamp mills would lie advanced 10 per cent. The action, which a fleet U'tweon 5,000 ami tl.oooo men, was taken voluntarily, the first intimation U'ing given the employe when the no tices were insted. Ik'iiiining next Moudar, .10,000 cot ton mill oeratius at Fall River, Mass., w ill work under a new scale, adding 10 per cent to their wages. The agreement in this ease was forced on the inuinger, by the operatives, who had voted to strike unless the new scab was adopted, and also by the fact that M. C. I). Borden, an iiurtunt manu facturer employing 6,000 hands, and the Fall River Iron works mills had al ready met the demands of the mill linnds, and his net ion forced the other mill iiLinager to yield. Means Advance for 100,000. Boston, Nov. 24. According toad vices received from cotton mill centers in Southern New I'ngland, an advance of 10 -r cent in wages granted by the Fall River manufacturers today to their ."10,00 employes will a fleet nearly 100,000 operative iu Southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Fustern Connecticut and several towns iu other sections. It is undcrstiMxl, however, the advance w ill not amount to 10 mt cent except in lull River mi l several small villages. YEAH'S INCOME OF RAILROADS. Increase of Nearly $97,000,000 In Net Earnings. Washington, Nov. 24. A prelimi nary report of the Interstate Commerce commission on the income account of the railways of the United States for the year ended June .'10 last contains returns from companies operating 220, 020 miles of limn, or alsmt till -r cent of the mileage that will lie covered in the final nqsirt. The total gross earnings of the roads were $2, .'110,700, (C10, being equivalent to $10,54.') mt mile. Passenger earn ings were $01 8,555,9.14, or $2,811 per mile, and freight earning $1,040,042, 802, or $7,458 jst mile. 'rating ex ponsis were $l,512,103,15:, or $0,0li:i K'r mile. The net earnings were $787,507,877, Isdng $1,580 per mile and nearly $07,000,000 more than the corresponding amount of the previous year. Incomes from other sources than those of operation aggregated $132,024,- 0782. The dividends paid amounted to $220,400,508, and taxes $.18,!I03,2H8. Lumber Is Made In North. San Francisco, Nov. 24. United States District Attorney Robert Devlin said today regarding his investigation of the so-called lumber trust: "All the evidence I have gathered I have transmitted to the attorney general at Washington for consideration. The greater portion of the lumber used in San Francisco is manufactured in Ore gon and Washington, ami the mills are situated in these states. It is probable that an investigation will be had in those, states under direction of the Washington authorities." Government To Make Torpedoes. Newport, It. I., Nov. 24. Arrange ments aro reported for the establish ment in this city of a government tor pedo factory where all of this class of explosives used in the United States navy will be manufactured independent of private concerns. need bitter communication Would Incraaaa Trade Between North nd South America Kansas City, Mo,, Nov, 21. Before the Traus-Miiippl Commercial con grena here last night, F.lihu Root, sec retary of ato, delivered Ills second wh In this city within two days. Ilia speech was the (in tore of the first day's session of the congress, which convened yesterday morning. A on Monday night, Mr. Root last night dwelt xipon our relation with the South American republic, telling of hi recent trip through those roiintrie. He said the time had come for the ex pansion of trade Mween the countries of the North and South that would re sult In the ace(ut proierity of a mighty commerce, lie declared that the means of communication between the countries must bo Improved and increased and said the "woeful deficien cy iu the means to carry on und enlarge 'our South American trade I but a part of the general decline and foehlenow of the American merchant marine." The representative of Itolivia, Pern, Colombia, Itrasil and Chile also spoke, following Mr. Root's theme clondy, telling of the possibilities of Investment of American capital In their enterprise mid dealing also with the political as Hs't of the situation. Mr. Root'omiuicralcd the many prac tical thing which must ho done both by the government and by individuals U'foro the ioaccful proHrity of the new commerce can U secured, l'tnlcr lying all other considerations, however, suid the scurctaiy, was the need for im provement of the mean of communica tion U'twccn the two countries. This, ho said, affiH-t the mail, passenger and freight service alike. The one and only remedy for the woeful ilei'cl'-ncy exist ing in present trade conditions is the establishment of Anerlcan Unci of stcamhiM U'tweon the doted Slutc and the great ports of South America, adequate to render fully as good service as is now afforded by the F.uro'an line U-tween there and Jthe porl ol EuroM. REBATES TAKEN. Verdict of Guilty Found in Federal Court In Nw York City. New York, Nov. 21. The American Sugar Refining company was found guilty by a jury in the I'liited State Circuit court today of accepting rebate amounting to $2il,000 (mm the New York Central railroad. The New Yurk leniraiwas reeenuy loiinu guilty oi giving rvotio-n lo me AilM-riiiill mtKlir Refining company and fined $108,000. Joseph II. Choate, formerly ambassa dor to Great Britain, iu his argument for the defense in today' trial, declared that there wa no precedent in Amer ican law for such an enormous s-nalty as the statute against rebating provid ed. It was necessary, he addi-d, to go back several centuries in F.uulish law to find an instance iu which the u pen alty amounting to more than $100,000 had lcn inquired. The defense offered no testimony. After Judge Holt's charge the jury bs.k the case and in accordance with the in struction of the court, rendered a ver dict of guilty. The jury was out an hour und a half.' OLD-AGE PENSIONS NEXT. British Premier I'rormses Adoption of German Idea. Iindon, Nov. 21 .Replying lo the deputation of iiicmlsT of the house of commons from the LiU-ml and l.nlmr parties, Premier Campldl-Banncrtnan suid the matter of old age cnsious would 1st taken up as soon as time and money jicrmittcd. Old age icnsinii, the premier said, Instead of supping the independence und undermining thrift, do just the opposite. Speaking to the same delegation, Chancellor of the F.xchequer Asquith said there was nothing nearer his heart than to be able to submit a financial plan for such tensions. He favored one altogether disassociated from the poor-law, and assured the deputation that the government considered the question one of extreme urgency. Will Investigate Welchers. f Washington, Nov. 21 . Secretary Mutcalf, of the department of Com merce and Lalmr, has directed the com missioner of corporations to make nn investigation of the action of firn insur ance companies in the settlement of claims for losses resulting from the earthquake and fire in San Pruncisco and other places in California. George K. Butler, of Ross, Cul., has la-en ap pointed special agent to conduct this investigation in California. Mr. But ler, it was stated, has had an experience of 38 years in the fire insurance, business. Ten Below in Colorado, Denver, Nov. 21. Temj oraturcs be low zero are reported tislay in S nithern Colorado and in the mountain regions of the stato. One degree above zero is the weather bureau's record in this city, while Pueblo's official report is 8 below. 'The coldest point in the state was Corona, on the summit of the front range, where 10 degrees below ze or is recorded. TO IMPROVE RIVERS National Congress To Be Asked (or Fifty Millions. WAR EXPENSES COST FAR MORE Congreatmsn Ranidall, Chairman of Rivers and Harbors Congress, Makes Startling Statamant. The Viiltcd State government ei H'iuls 25 time more In indirectly fos tering trade than In doing so directly. In other words ltd government nla $500,000,000 annually for war and it effect, which are presumed to foster trade, and but l!, 750,000 for the Im provement of rivers and liarlr In thl country a direct method of net only (oxtering, but also creating and up building trade. Thi I the cshciicp of a startling statement made by Chair man Ransdell, of the National River and llarlsir innrges, iu a recent ad dre before the Portland Chamber of Commerce. He staled that the mil Ion. al government annually exmd $Iili,. 000,000 for the navy, $im.uoo,tioo for the army and $144,000,000 for -n-sinus. Congressman Rausdidl U-lieve that If the t'uitcd State can uflord to exnd vast a um annually for wr, it surely can muke at least sulwluiiliiil appropriations (or the improvement of the rivres and harbor. It bus liu estimated that an appropriation of $50,000,000 at the coming congressional session w ill aid materially in improv ing many of the present river and liar Uir and oen other otht they mny Uvotno navigable and Is' wluit at pre e it they are only siiHsed to he the mal I arterii- ol trade mid pructiml rale rediu-ers, T do this the leading com mercial organizations, and, In (act, everyone interested in the welfare of our country, is co-operating so that nil forces may throw their Influences to. gether and sis-nre this appropriation, the cfhvt of which will necessarily bo iiiestiiuuble. Able men will head the Pacific Northwest delegations lo the National River and I larlior emigres which will iiii-ct in Washintgon, . ('., n t, ml, and 7th of Deci inls'r. The object of those w ho coine this congress is to secure n national appropriation of $50, . oiiO.OOO (or the improvement ol the river and harlsirs o( llii country and with the tremendous inlluciii-c of thi siwerful oragniialioii there i no doubt of success. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS. Speeches and Discussions Cover Wide Ran, of Subjects. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 22. Sswh es and dit-tiiission covering a wide range of subject took up the time yesterday of the three e.it,ii o( tlie'liuil -Mississippi Coimni r ial congress. Im prove,! waterways, insurance ami cur rency reforms, the value of the Pan ama en no 1 us u means of enlarging our trade relation w ith the South Amer ican republics, and the necessity of closer relation ltweell the 1'nifed State und those countries, the great value lo the South of improved levee and the resources and needs of Alaska were some of the topics toiiehed iimiii. The principal s-uker were J. K. Ransdell, representative ill emigres from Louisiana; W. D. Vandiver, su H'riiilendeiit of insurance of Missouri; Dr. W. S, Wissls, president of the Na tional Rank of Commerce of Kansas City; John Itarretl, I'nited Stales min ister to Colombia; Minister Calderon, of Bolivia; Minister Pardo, of Pern; Minister Cortes, of Colombia ; Secre tary Do A maral, of the llraziliau lega tion at Washington; Ropresenlativo Morris Shcppard, of Texarkanii, Tex.; Jo in G. Itradv, of Huston, ex-governor i f A'nski, and Major T. I. Clurksoii, of Seattle. Mr. Skeppard, who is credited with Isuiig thA youngest uiemlsT of the na tional house, made an earnest ilea for the upbuilding of the levee system, mid won warm applause (mm the delegates. He U'gan by declaring the levee is ono of the most important factors in Iho economic growth of the United Stutes, and nt many other coniitreis. Ho took the various arguments urged against levees, especially the claim that they were an interference wifh tho laws of nature, and showed that the ar guments were without foundation. Ho demonstrated that there was no real conllict between irrigation projects and lovoo enterprises, showing that they wore the product of entirely different geographical conditions und had a com mon aim, the improvement of the pro ductiveness of the soil. Income Tax Law for Ohio. Columbus, 0., Nov. 22. Governor Harris slated toilay that ho would rec ommend in his first mcssago to tho leg islature the levying of a tax on incomes by the stale of Ohio, if a way can lie found to enact a law that will stand the constitutional test. The governor also fayors a re-enactment of the inheritance tax law repealed by the legislature. t