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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1913)
„i, 1 1 1 i 1 1J •=! g 1 J^B 1 Maine Drinkers Oladdehed'by Hsvv Way to Circumvent Laws. NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CABAL 8-HOUR LAW A storia.—T he new law th at requires a m an to produce a ce rtifica te of h ealth before he can obtain a m arriage license, which w ent Into effect In this s ta te is going to prove Im practicable, according to local physicians, a fsw of whom have refused to Issue tbe c e rti fica tes requested because they could not conscientiously do so. T h« fee provided by law is $2.50 and local physicians declare they can not m ake a com petent te s t under th ree w eeks and furtherm ore say few of th e m have th e necessary equipm ent for m aking a thorough blood test. SUSPECT TRAIN WRECKERS Derailment of Southern Pacific Cars Near Salem Injures Five Portland.—A board of inquiry In vestigated the near wreck of the Wil lamette Limited out of Salem and came to the conclusion that the de railment, in which five passengers Injured and the lives of every one en dangered, was due to a deliberate at tempt at wholesale murder on the part of unknown train wreckers. Fol lowing the announcement of tbe find ings of the board, D. W. Campbell, bead of the Southern Pacifie In Ore gon, offered a reward of $5000 for the arrest and conviction of the guilty business of th e two com panies, coi^, trolling 11 p er cen t of tb e b usiness In tbe U nited S tates, Into such p a rts ae will destroy th e alleged monopoly and resto re com petition. The p etition In equity asks for an Injunction forbid ding th e fixing of resale prices of cam eras, film s and o th er patented photographic supplies. T his m arks th e atto rn ey -g en eral’s first application of the recen t decis ion of th e U nited S tate s suprem e court denying p aten tees the rig h t to fix resale prices of retailers. The alleged monopoly baB been ac com plished. the petition declares, by the E astm an com pany’s absorbing or acquiring control of a g reat num ber of com petitors In th e U nited States and foreign countries. law regulatttfl H’ Inola." t It enjoined the s ta te from enforcing th ese law s as to th is road for tbe present. In the cases of tbe N orthern Pacific and G reat N orthern, however, It held th a t tb e roads had failed to show th a t tbe ra te s w ere “u n reaso n able ’ or “confiscatory.” T he decision, regarded as one of tbe m ost im p o rtan t ever announced by th e court, had been under consideration for 14 m onths. R ailroad com m issions from eig h t sta te s and the governors of all th e sta te s filed briefs In support of th e sta te In th e cases, recognizing th a t th e principles involved affected them all. T he In itiativ e and referen d u n am endm ent w as beaten in the Illinois sta te senate, a fte r being passed by th e house. . , The Southern Pacific has applied to the California railroad commission for authority to issue $30,000.000 in notes —the largest issue ever applied for In that state. British customs officials seized 500 rifles of Italian manufacture at Bel fast, Ireland. The government fears that many rifles have reached the hands of the Ulstermen, and that a parties. Detectives of the company have bloody outbreak Is likely should home been assigned to the task of hunting rule be proclaimed in Ireland. Dunkards must refrain from tbe use down the persons responsible for the reckless deed and, attracted by tbe of tobacco In any form, according to reward, which is said td be the largest he decree of the International confer of lta kind ever offered In this state, ence of their church, session at War a number of private detectives hurried saw, Ind. Seattle, Wash., was selected as the meeting place of the next con to tta scene of the wreck. ference. In session at Kansas City, the Na tional Lumber Manufacturers’ associa tion adopted resolutions favoring a “permanent tariff -commission, nnd year, will depenq upon me svave urged congress to expedite tbe pending eminent of Oregon. Rabbits have tariff legislation. done much damage, and at the rate of Prominent Japanese at Tokio are Increase noticeable, before harvest using every effort to quiet the agita time cornea there will be little to gar tion there for a boycott against the ner unless “strenuous methods are Panama-Pacific Exposition. Leading adopted to inoculate tho rodents. The bankers and merchants, favor sending Ftcksburg development club hopes to to San Francisco the finest possible be able to Secure the assistance of the exhibit. - state veterinarian or some competent The secretary of state of Ariaona official from the state agricultural col I has received petitions bearing a suffi lege to start the good work. cient number of signatures to fosee an Initiative vote upon the abolish Adam* Is To Hang ment of capital punishment In that Astoria.—Judge Eakln overruled the state motion for a now trial In tbe case of Saturday will be the 136th anniver Jack Adams, who was convicted on the sary of the adoption of the Star» and ©barge of Wiling Barney Chamberlain Stripes as* the national emblem of the In this? eity on February IT. This United States of America In ac means that unless the governor In cordance with a custom that ba» be tervenes Adams will hang. The case come general throughout the country will aot be appealed, aa the defendant In lete years, the day will be observed has no funds to carry it to the higher as Flag day by the public schools, pa- court». trlotlo Bocietiea and varlou» other or- T a r iff Blow Aimed at Tobacco Trust V/¡ 1 1 CONSERVATION NOT FAVORED Lion Would Lim it ' for W om en. Western opy of a proposed 1 number of hours which It Is desired the special election Ided for by tbe Day id to Secretary of )r. Marie D. Equl, Ight Hour league of Bangor. Me.—A Maine sheriff might find a barrel of beer or even a Jug of Senatorial Investiflation Shows E v e n ts O c c u rrin g Throughout whisky, but he cannot find a beer lozenge or a cocktail tablet, and over Old Lobby Methods Are No 1» November. the State During the Past __ bill, was s u that glad fact tbs thirsty of this state Longer in Vogue. tute oicott ‘ are rejoicing now. / Week« *' ----------- - president of « For a tabloid booze drummer has Washington.—Lobbying In Its crude., Portland, , come to Maine and Is doing a rushing business In condensed drinks of all form has disappeared so far as Wash { Tbe pro * o m M v P is one of th e moat Agriculture to be Given State AW tn -ttjp y o v ls to n s ever sub- Salem.—Agriculturists of the state, kinds, from plain whisky to cocktails, Ington is concerned. This la ubown stringent of s ta te ’s of- as well as their children, ar< hereafter and from beer to gin fizzes. The drum not only by tbe results thus far ob- mitted to o u g l^ B Day bill doea not Io be Instructed In scientific agricul- mer carries a considerable stock of mined In tbe senatorial Investigation floe. Alt! r l 3 R « i a t i a g of m easures H. Barron, Ferm sr Maders Agent, taral methods, for two buis with this tablets with him for Immediate de Into President Wilson s charge that provide ft tfíalejfcion, U ha* ^Forwards Deeument to Mexican and in view were enacted by the re mands and arranges for further and gn "Insidious” lobby has been blocking at the ssm *U’R«h, <rf Ongon tariff revision plans, but by tacts ported th it House of Representatives From Now cent legislature, and both are compre which are com m it property in the ns- city, may try 10 compel Mr. Olcott to hensive la their seep« l a a d d itio n , York City Citing Grounds For A r ti have Inlti two other Important agricultural meas the constituent elements of ths tab tional capttol. cles of Im peachment Representatives of corporations do ballot • ures were passed—the one to prevent lets, but nobody cares, so long as they New Y ork.-C harges of rebellion and the introduction Into the state of In ! produce something that looks and not pass money to senators and mem- 1 1 1 WV trenson, of usurpation of functions nud hers as they did In the “good old I tastes like liquor. The tablets come sects or diseases Injurious to growing violence against prisoner« have been products and tbe other fixing tbe In little paper boxes or glass bottles times." 8tock Investment# for legis preferred against G eneral Vlctoriauo lators in which tbe latter without the U standard of purity for agricultural of a dozen each. /ls k s reaped the profits either In the F H uerta, provisional president of Mex seeds. form of checks from brokers or certi ico. by HerlltcrtQ Bun-on. who wns Balkan War Near Again. Over the veto of the governor there ficates of deposit also have been r e ls j g j^jn commercial agent a t New York for London.—Both side« refusing to was also passed a bill creating a state General Francisco Madcro. constitu livestock and sanitary board, which Is m« ii, the slightest concession, war gated to tbe past Senator Says President Lobbyist CUSCC tional president of Mexico, who was to exercise sanitary supervision over between the Balkan states is growing assassinated on the night of Feb. 22, livestock and poultry, and It la be more imminent. If Bulgaria sends * An unexpected turn was given to . jpg this year, when on the way. ns H uer lieved that It will be extremely bene negative reply to the Servian note— the "lobby’’ Investigation when Sena ta ’s prisoner, from the national pnl- and nothing Indicates that she will ficial to livestock men. tor Townsend, of Michigan, republican charleston “ Thiee. to U piiaQ.nj»bAhe o utskirts of Hie otherwise—Servia ano and Greece answer ’ otherwise—»erv» ur««,« " J capital. will proclaim the annexation of the BiLL UNCONSTITUTIONAL Senator Barron, formerly a member occupied Macedonian territories, there 4 of the Mexican congress from tbe F ilin g of D entistry Act Referendum by establishing a definite casus belli. Petition Not Ordered by Judge • Canal Open Jan. 1, 1915. Salem.—Circuit Judge Galloway de I New York.—"By January 1, 1915, elded that tbe Day bill, providing for a special election for referendum m eas anything that floats can pass through urea next November, la unconstitu the Panama canal between the Atlan tional. The decision is far from dear- tic and Pacific oceans,’’ declared Col lag a situation that has caused state onel George W. Goethals, chief en officials, and, particularly Secretary of glneer of the canal zone, on his arrival State Olcott, much thought The de here from Colon. m en affiliated with th e U nited Mine- cision was In connection with one de w orkers of An.erica did In K anawha ollnjng to oom pel the secretary of state county, W est l/rginiA, and w ithin the to file petitions for reference of the Jurisdiction of tha federal district Mil regulating the practice of dentist court, engage >.n a com bination and ry. Judge Galloway held that the pe conspiracy uni * fully In restra in t of titions were Irregular In that they did trad e and con ire rce In th e several not contain a copy, of the bill, but only s ta te s ; th e off- n.se 1« said to have the caption. “ started September 1,< 1912, »ml con Secretary of State Olcott said that tinued since. he did not consider the decision, that It is charged th a t th e Indicted men the Day bill is unconstitutional final have been agents and m em bers of “an and it was bis present Intention to unincorporated voluntary organization call tbe election for the other meas of Individuals a s a labor union known ures referred? . However, he believes a s th e U nited M inqworkera 0f A m eri that John A. Jeffrey, who filed the ca. having man». thousand« of mem suit to compel him to file the petitions bers, who ccnepir* 1. by regulating In the dentistry proposition, will ap wages, to co n trd l the price at which peal the case, or that he or some other the coal m ined In the sta te of West person will file suit to have him en It Is th e aim of tb e governm ent to V irginia con’d oomi>< t" with coal min Joined from calling the election. obtain a division of th e assets and ed in P en n p y traid a, Ohio, Indiana an« New LdW Jolts Cupid wga n1 i V Cn „i, F rid a y M o ro , S h e r m a n C o u n ty TAfiLOlD • BOOZE" APPEARS .,*,■■*, i, mi People In the News Denver Commission Takes Office. Denver.—After a week of wrangling during which personal violence and bloodshed were once th reatened, com mission form governm ent la an estab lished fact In Denver. Com missioner Copyright 19 by O wcm S AdvcrtiUag v« of Social W elfare Jam es M. Perkins is mayor and the other four city com m issioners in charge of the d ep art Ju n e 1 1 . 1 9 1 3 . m ents of property, finance, safety and D e jr F r i e n d : im provem ents are in office unm olest Do You lo v e V e g e ta b le s ? ed. Stefansson Prepares for Arctic T rip. . Victoria.—V ilhjalm ar Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, has arrived at Esquim alt and taken charge of the work of preparing th e expedition which he will lead Into the A rctic this sum m er for scientific research under th e auspices of the Canadian govern ment. J lir a . Elmira Keen- s, 22 years old. t> dead a t Chloe, Cal . of blood poisoning, caused by a playful scratch on her Up m ade by her baby E dw ard Morris, the m eat packer, has replaced J, Ogd' ti Armour as the larg est Individual owner of Chicago bank sto c k !, with holdings of $3.19«.- 000. ' Carnuel Oom pars, president of the A m erican F ederation of Labor, subm it ted to an operation at W ashington for th e rem oval of a m asto id abscess, and his speedy recovery is predicted. D am ages against Mrs. 'E m m e lin e P an k h u rst and her two daughters and P eth ric k Lawrence and Mrs. Tuke w ere awarded London m erchants by a ju ry as the reau)' of a suffragette window smashing campaign, W ithout tkatfM ipport of a single daily p ap er In Loa Angeles, H enry H , ROSe w as elected m ayor of th a t city by a m a jo rity of 8026 votes over John w . Shenk. Rose Is a police Judge, I and ran aa an independent candidate, In accord with suggestions of Attor- General McReynoMs, S enator H itchcock, of N ebraska, Introduced an an ti-tru st am endm ent to th e Under- woed ta riff bill which would levy a special additional excise tax on a slid- Ing or graduated scale on manufac- tu res of cigars, tobacco, cig arettes and snuff. T he am endm ent, com ing lrom a dem ocratic m em ber, will receive thorough consideration from th e fin- , ance com m ittee. The progressive excise tax proposed j would not reach a m anufacturer until he controlled about 25 per cant of the total production of th e articles. National Capital Brevities. N othing th a t can be construed oa an u ltim atum Is contained In th e Ja p a n ese rejo in d er to S ecretary B ryan’s reply to th e original p ro test ag ain st th e ep actm en t of antl-allen land hold ing lawB, which w as subm itted by Am bassador Chlnda to th e sta te d ep a rt ment. T h e Jap an e se note was long and Its n atu re en tirely argum entative. It has become known at Washington that neither Standard Oil nor the to bacco trust has been actually dis solved to meet the requirements of the Sherman law, In the opinion of Attor ney General McReynolds. Further ac tion against these combinations is forecasted. Representative Willi» won an old fashioned spelling bee conducted by the National Pres» club of Washing ton, after an evening of merriment in whlob tbe president and many other official folk engaged. Willis "spelled down” 16 Washington correspondents, seven Senators and seven members of the house. Senator Poindexter w m the "runner up.” Strong protests against the nomina tion of Rudolph Spreckels as ambassa dor to Germany are being made by German societies In this country. The Wheat—BI administration has already approached red Russian- the German government to ascertain Eggs—20C. A—Cream« whether Mr. 8preckels will be accept -Timothy. able. and no formal reply has been re ceived from the emperor. Liberal 8 alt Lake City,* U tah.—W hen the national conference of governors m eets in Colorado Springs next Au g u st It will be asked by tb e w estern governors to go on record ag ainst the conservation policy pursued by the last th ree national adm inistrations. T his was m ade certain when the w estern conference officers, a t Ita closing session declared for a more I liberal adm inistration of th e public I lands by th e national governm ent. ’-$$8« -------- .I f - ------------- Executives Favor Land Policy. C orn and to m a to e s and p e a s and b e a n s aud s t r a w b e r r i e s and a s p a r a g u s and a l l k in d s o f n i c s v e g e t a b l e s ? We d o . And l e t s t e l l you s o m e th in g you d o n t h a v e t o ' t a x e th e Jk ilL y k in d any ** • * m o re . You can g a t th c m 'a a f r e s h a s f r a a h can ba fro m o u r g r o c e r y man when you a s k f o r th a D iam ond W o r V id eo k in d , and th e y d o n t c o s t much e i t h e r . Y our f r i e n d JACOB. Boston.—A fter deliberating over P. 5 . J a c o b knowa t h a t he night the Jury acquitted P resident W il a lw a y s g e t s th e b e a t a t liam M. Wood, of the American Wool en company, of the charge of conspir acy to Injure the textile strik e rs at Law rence by "planting” dynnmlte. A disagreem ent in the case of F rederick E. ‘A tteaux was reported. Dennis J. Collins, who turned sta te 's evidence, was found guilty on two counts and not guilty on the other four counts of the Indictment. Im m ediately when the verdict was 1 announced, A ttorney lle n ry F. llu rl- burt, counsel for Wood, asked the court to direct un investigation of the J published statem en t th a t an attem pt had been m ade to Influence Morris Shuman, one of the Jurats. Before W ashington.—A fter a search of five the court made its charge, Shuman was questioned by Judgo John C. weeks on the part of secret service Crosby, D istrict A ttorney P elletier men. eapltol policemen apd attaches of the sergeant at-arm s ofllce to d is cover the identity of the page of the bdu«e who call<‘d up Miss Jessie Wil son on the phono on one of the night sessions of the house the search of the DOLLAR PATCHES HIS SKULL. Senor Barron’s com plaint nml p e ti tion. and each count Is supported by Coin H a m m tre d O ut to -F it Holo In Man’s Hoad. quotations from the Mexican constitu Omaha, Ark. - John Chlckm ore of tion and from the cods o f m ilitary this place will alw ays have $1 on his la w. General H uerta. It Is alleged, was n person, hut It will never lie avallnblo traito r from the lim e General Felix ns a cash asset. as It lies In the front p art of hl« head over u Jagged hole Diaz got out o f prison, making no ef fectlve use w hatever of his troop« more thau two Inches long and one finally sacrificing them In an Impossi Inch wide. ble attack on the Diaz forces, a fte r Chlckmore got In n light, and hls which he deprived P resident Mndero skull wns crushed I11 by n stone throw n of the loyal troops guarding th e pal by Alvin Roberts. Dr. W. A. Butts, ace. su b stitu tin g for them the trn lto r who wns called, had to have soine- thing nt once to cover the opening, ous soldiers of General BlanqueL Then, says Senor Bnrron. there were Chlckmore being In too grave a condl- several secret conferences between tlon^to l»e rem oved to a city hospital General Ilu erta and the American am and there being no time to order a sli bassador, H enry Lane Wilson. One of ver plate. these conference«, It Is averred, was on The doctor did the next lwst thin g — Feb. 17. the very day before H uerta he made one. lie took a sliver dollar nnd Blanquet came out in open revolt 1 and a heavy ham m er and bent It out nnd ordered the im prisonm ent nnd d e to fit the hole. lie sewed up the scalp, tention In tb e national palace of P resi and John Is now recovering dent Madcro, Vice ITcsldeut Jose M Pino Suarez, several member« of the TO RAISE MILE OF CENTS. cublnct, the governor of the federal dis trict nnd Congressman Gustavo Mn Church Society Has -E e tim e te d tho dero, a brother of the president. N u m b er as 84,480. The code of mgltnr.v law Is quoted to Summit. N. J .-" H o w mnny cents to «how th at General H uerta was guilty of rebellion nnd treason In th a t he a mile?” 1« a question which the yomig withdrew from the olnxllenee of the people of S t Jo h n ’s EVhngeltcat Lu government, used hl» troops In hostility theran church o f Sum m it nre asking, to the government and Incited a revolt. nnd they áre to give « practical dem The Mexican m ilitary code provides onstration by collecting the required number for the church building fnnd. the penalty of death for any officer When they have enough to make a whose unnecessary violence against a mile they will tell the people of Sum prisoner causes the death of the pris mit how many It takes. Meantime oner D ll th at count Senor Bnrron call« those who have m easured the diam eter of the copper colon have arrived at tho a ns w er— 84. 4 8 0 _________ _ C arefully Selected. One of the most rem arkable fenture« clrcumstiiii'i?» of Mndero« death wus of life In New South Wales la the transform ation of crim inals luto hard deliberately false. In con lading Ids petition Senor B ar working citizen«. Of th e 30,000 se t tlers there I11 1821. 20.000 were or had ron »ays; u “ It is. «h.uneful for Mexleo th at even been convicts It Is wild th a t on board for a few weeks there could have en an American liner a boastful A ustra dured a Mpnilons governm ent based upon treason, usurpation nnd crim e lian asserted loudly nnd over and over Mexleo forms part of the civilized again th a t "th e men who settled Aus world. Her so< lal. commercial, literary tralia w ere a rem arkably sensible l o t ’’ and other relations with the rest of the universe oblige 11» to m aintain before other nation« a decorous attitude, be cause In modern times there is not n nation which can endure while deliver- S t i l l Worried. lng herself to nets of savagery horrify “It used to worry me when the bar ing to the civilized world." to the pre»« mid public regiiriiiiig*«ut g u ilt\ person w as Anally ab andoned. D uring the night sessions on th e ta r iff the pages on the floor of th e house having lots of tim e on th e ir hand«, am used them selves by phoulng to vari ous residences in all p a rts o f th e city. O ne of the lads suggested th a t It w ould be a good Joke to call up “ M ain «» and ask for Miss W ilson. T his is tho W h ite H ouse num ber, although It w as u n know n to th e hoy w ho used th e p riv ate line from th e eapltol to th e W bite House. T h e o p erato r on d u ty nt the execu tiv e m ansion realizing th a t som ebody w as playing a trick, notified th e cap i ta! sw itch iKMird. and th e m essage w as traced to th e house clonkroom . An im m ed iate Investigation w as ordered. After weeks of work tho Identity of th e page res|Mmslhle for callin g up th e W hite H ouse re m a in s a m ystery. T he m essag e for Mis« W ilson never got any fu rth e r th a n th e o p e ra to r a t th e W hite House. JUDGING A GINGER itlgoletto.’ And he snug It well. Hs had n rich baritone. Hls voice evi dently had not been trained, but be wing true. Sitting there on a packing cuse. Iwatiug time against It w ltb hls bare heel«, he threw Into his singing a large m easure of the airy nonchalance, the very spirit of tbe song, th a t Is so often lacking In the perform ance of professionals. "•Now. listen to thutl’ the captain auld. ’T h a t’s the real L atin for you Music horn in him. I don’t suppose he « un read qy write. But once, wheu he wns a little shaver back In Italy, bis futber took him to the opera In Naplea. nml he heard some great a rtist sing that, and he remembers It still—»lugs It down here In the Jungle, w ithout any accom panim ent but hls heels, ■ lot better thau an English or an American university mnu could sing It with an orchestra.’ " ’Let’s get him to tell us about It, 1 suggested. Tbe _ _ captalu called him up nnd asked him where be was born. •New York.’ he said. ‘Mulberry streetP ber Informed me that my hair wns get 1 asked. ‘Sure.’ ‘Where did you learn that song?’ ‘Ob. that? Thafs a Ca ting a little thin on top.’’ Invent* Nonrefillable B o ttle . ruso song. I learned it out of a phono "Bat you got used to It. eh?" - Snn Quentin. C u l.-W lth the tim e nt graph!” ’ “No. Now It worries me because be hls dlsiwsnl in the Inst eleven months doesn’t mention it I must be getting Appearances Deceptive. of hls «even year terra for burglary. 9. "Who’s the thin little man with the J. MeCalla. n prisoner employed as s old."— Philadelphia Press. melancholy expression V w aiter for the officers’ ’ table nt the ‘ "That’s Hummer, the poet, who lust ths Contrary, prison here, ha« perfected a p aten t non- very cold climates.need a wrote the beautiful verses with tbs re reflllnble twttle device which he a s frain, ’Life la what you make it—yen serts will r e t him « fortune upon hls don't; they have to bavo can make It glad.’ He suffers from release two years hence. The device Don’t tbe Bsklmea eat ca> chronic dy«pepala.’*<-devolaad Plala can be fitted tu any bottlu. ¡