Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931, January 23, 1914, Image 1

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Moro,* Sherm an County
■ IS S BELLE « L U S O
NEW FROM OUR
NATIONAL CARTAI
ATTEMPT OUTBREAK
Events
President
Wilson
Announces Three Prisoners and Four Citi­
■*' New Features la Handling
zens Killed In Pistol Battle
Trust Question.
A Brief N e w t ef the Week
Occurring
Throughout
the State During thè Past
Week.
‘ at State Penitentiary.
• member of « « fr o s s from Illinois.
He wee abet by a prisoner while walt-
tag la the warden’s ottlee.
The dead are H. 8. Drover, superin­
tendent Bert Ilion department; Patrick
Ontee, assistant deputy warden; F. C.
Godfrey, guard, sad three prisoners,
China Meed. Tess Lane, and Charles
Koonts.
The attempted mutiny occurred at
the end of the day's work, and was
led by Reed. Koonts end Lane.
The men worked la the tailor shop,
and when their work was ended they
approached the bach door of the office
of the American building. There they
met Martin, the turnkey. They told
Martin they wanted to see the parole
officer. As Martin opened the door
Reed struck him repeatedly with a
large revolver, shot him through the
eheek and robbed him of his keys.
Tbeh the three prisoners, all armed
with revolvers and shouting to others
to follow, ran towards the warden’s
office. They met Oates, the asslstart
warden, and before He could defend
himself Reed shot him through the
heart With the keys they had taken
I tram Turnkey Martin they unlocked
1 It
were free. Outside the gate the
horse aad buggy of Warden Dick was
tied. The men sprang Into IL
Guards and prison officials quickly
moontad horses and the pursuit of the
sonvlets hsgsa. It was short-lived.
The heavy load Warden Dick’s home
was -pulling soon ended the flight
The guards poured a merciless fire
tnto the boggy. The horse fell end
the coA lets erased firing. The three
found deed.
*' Intense suffering from cold and lack
Third—Wherever, nt the instance of
of food are reported frooTtbe Calumet
Mich., mining districts where the men the government either In civil or
are out on strike. Charitable Inatltu- criminal proceedings, the courts have
rendered Judgment on the unlawfuF
ttons are aiding the victims.
A robber boarded a Western A At- 1 ■see of any combination. Individuals
lantic passenger train nt Vinings, Ga., I or concerns aggrieved, through the
combination would have the benefit
and after robbing passengers, fought I
of each adjudication and not ho re­
a duel with a deputy sheriff, and es­
quired In their salts to prove again
caped with his booty.
Hearings of rival cities of the oast I the Illegality of the combination.
The president has dealt with those
In the matter of claims for establish­ general principles In which he believ­
ing reserve banks have been oonclud ed public sentiment Is agreed that
od and the
committee correction Is ne c e ssar y . . He has em-
has started w est
Chock* aggregating more than I V I
«0.000 In legacies under terms of the
will of Benjamin Altman of B. Altman
R Co , of New York, have been die
tributed to the firm's employee.
Three city employee of New York
gave the new mayor a surprise by
asking for a reduction of their sal
aries. They said that sew arrange-1
m enu required hut half of their time. given la all o as es for business to ad-
Monday, the anniversary of thed just Itself to new conditions, even to
Mrth of General Robert B. Lea, was a period of from oae to two yean.
observed as a holiday In Mississippi.
In line with the Idee that public G
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North opinion Is more or leas agreed on cer­
Carolina. South Carolina, Virginia and tain principles, the president consid­
Alabama.
ers the prohibition of holding oom- a
With 1< living men on board, the panics as a vital part of the pro- o
British submarine A-7 went to the gramme. He believes th a t beginning
bottom of Whltsand hay, six miles with the decision of the United States
from Plymouth, England.
supreme court In the Northern Secur­
A majority of the women of the ities case, holding companies have
Roman aristocracy have decided to ooase under the ban of public disap-
eonform to Instructions issued hy Car­ proval.
[
dinal Basllio Pomplll, vicar-general of
A function analogous to a public f
Rome, and banish the tango from their i utilities commission would ba given
to the new Interstate * trade commit-
salons.
There were 1141 mine workers kill­ slon through Its power of Inquisition
ed In ar.d about the mines of Pennsyl­ and Investigation of what constitute
vania is 1913, according to a report competitive and non-competltlve con­
made public by James E. Roderick, ditions. it la recognised hy admlnta- 1
chief of the state department of mines. tratlve advocates of this feature that
In the eruption of a volcano on the I there are many cases In which a wide
Island of Sakura, Japan, terrible lose I sweeping prohibition of holding com­
of life resulted. The town of Kago­ panies might prevent the organisation
shima was destroyed, together with a of useful enterprises. The supervision
number of smaller towns. No Ameri of the Issuance of railroad securities
eans perished, It Is reported from I le to he regulated In the belief that ’
railroad capitalisation and the lean-, *
Tok io.
anoe of securities are closely Involved
with Increases tai rates.
People in the News
Agricultural Clearing House Proposed J
Sir Robert Bond, former premier, I Co-opere ti on among the farmers In­
announced his withdrawal from public stead of competition, that the “farm­
life, In a statement issued at S t John, er may receive the whole of the con­
N. F.
sumer’s dollar for his product Instead mttted suicide. In support of one of
General Louis Wagner, commander- I of »6 to 45 per oent as Is now the
these presumptions, Mr. Clark’s bat
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re­ I case,” la the si*** of a hill Introduced was found on the ocean beach, a mile
public in 1880, died at his home In by Senator Borah to create an “agri-
north of the Santo Barbara wharf.
Philadelphia.
eultural capital,” or clearing-house, to
Mr Clark, who bad been in this vi­
Roger O. Sullivan, of Chicago, has be run by the farmers under govern­ cinity for the past thrqe months, oom-
pennnneed his candidacy for the demo­ ment charter or subsidy.
lng from Spokane for the benefit of
cratic nomination for United States II * The bill would furnish machinery his health, was staying at a hotel.
for scientific marketing and etaadard-
It Is said that Mrs. Clark does not
I isation of farm products under dlrec- believe her husband Is dead and will
‘ I tlon of a country-wide organisation of
institute a vigorous search for him on
‘ producers Irrespective of government the theory thst he merely wandered
I control. It created quite a stir in the
awagr.wWhen Mrs. Clark left Santo
’ senate. Senator Borah explaining later ft« r W y Friday night for Spokane she
[ that he had not written the measure, leftflrer husband in hit usual good
1 bat had Introduced It together with a spirits.
Immediately * thereafter he
1 memorial, at the request of K. H. Ret- dismissed his chauffeur at the depot
’ tig. a farmer of Opportunity, Wash.
and he has not been seen since.
The clearing house would be under
* I the w w gniw »nt of a board of IS di­
Father Prendergast Dies.
rector« chosen by agricultural sub-
8an Francisco.—Monsignor J. J.
1 divisions of the country for terms of Prendergast vicar-general of the arch­
” five years. Their salaries would bo diocese of California, pastor of S t
r »6000 a year. The association would i Mary’s church In this city, and a Cath­
draw its real strength from ooanty olic priest In San Francisco for 58
* associations consisting of not lees
yearn, died hero of old age.
R than 50 farmers each.
n
Lean Bill Made Rider.
Four Children Lost In Dense Forest
h I Senator Borah, of Idaho, offered an
Roseburg, Or.—Hundreds of farmers
* amendment to the Alaska government oombed the timbered districts lying
8 railroad bill, authorising s loan of east of thia city for trace of the four
L »100,000,000 to the reclamation fund ohUdren of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew
0 under the same oonditlons and on the Adams, who wandered away from
same terms aa oongresa recently an*
*’ I thortsed a loan of »10,000,000. This their borne;
*’ amendment la drawn in conformity
with the recommendation made by
Secretary Lane In hie annual report
d The proposal was brought forward la
h connection with the Alaska railroad
k hill because of the expectation that
*• the railroad bill le boob to beoome
* l»W.
Copyright, 1911, by the Panam a-Pacific International E xposition Co.
PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION BY NIGHT,
IOHT perspective t f (fce Panama Pudfle International Exposition
la San Francisco fe> W15. At night giant searchlights will trans­
form the vast expogltlon city Into a fairyland. The lighting
scheme la the most remarkable ever planned.
Farmers to Face Legislator«.
Oregon City.— -A* the regular quar-
terly state convention of the Farmers'
Society of Equity held here the farm­
ers placed themselves on record as
Indorsing the movement started by
the fanners’ union and state grange
to appoint legislative committees to
attend the sessions of the legislatures
and look after the farmers' Interests.
Resolutions providing for such com­
mittees were passed by the delegates
at the meeting. The society also
passed resolutions favoring the abol­
ishment of the state senate and adopt­
ing proportionate representation In
the bouse of representatives.
Eight-Hour Day is Edict.
Salem.—State Labor Commissioner
O. P. Hoff has ordered Mayor Albee,
of Portland to place the members of
the Portland police department and
the fire department on an eight-hour
day. Under the recent supreme court
decision In the state Insane asylum
case, Commissioner Hoff holds that
all police officers and firemen are sub­
ject to the eight-hour law and cannot
be on duty more than eight hours a
day.
Ralph Farias, the youthful Cellfor-
nla train bandit who has bees con­
demned to be hanged.
JUDGE UPHOLDS GOVERNOR
Copperfield Martial Law Action Ap­
proved by Court Decision.
Raker, Or.—Governor West was up­
held In his action in declaring martial
law at Copperfield January J by a
decision filed by Circuit Judge Gustav
Apples to Come to Portland.
Anderson.
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Hood River.—The board of trustees
The decision overruled the demurrer
of the North Pacific Fruit Distribut­ to an answer to a complaint on which
ors at a meeting at Spokane has de­ a temporary Injunction had been
cided to establish an office In Port­ granted, the principal finding being
land In time to handle next season’s that the powers granted to the execu­
apple crop. The North Pacific Fruit tive cannot be taken away from him
Distributors now has 92 affiliated as­ by the court even should he, as con­
sociations and numerous other fruit tended by the attorney for the Cop­
districts have planned to Join the cen­ perfield saloonmen, abuse those pow­
tral agency before the marketing of
er»
next season’s crop begins.
The court holds that the constitu­
tional rights of the plaintiffs, William
Albany College le Ready For Donation. Wiegand and H. A. Stewart the office-
Albany.—Conditions prescribed by holding saloonmen of Copperfield
James J. Hill, in connection with his whose property was confiscated by
proposed endowment of »60,000, have the militia at Governor West's order,
been met with by Albany college au­ were not violated by the governor s
thorities, and a committee has been action, and are not violated hy the
appointed by the board of trustees governor’s action, and are not violated
to make a showing of assets and to- by overruling the demurrer, Inasmuch
cure the cash subscription offered by as they still have the right to bring
the financier.
civil action for damages against Gov­
ernor West, Colonel B. K. Lawson,
PROBE INSURANCE TACTICS Fern Hobbs and the other defendants,
or to Institute criminal proceedings
Interference of Casualty Companies
against them.
With Compensation Act Resented.
the P a n a m a -P a cific In tern ation al E xp osition Co.
MARVELOUS SETTING FOR SCULPTURE AT THE PAN
AMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1915.
HE dominating architectural featu re or tne expaeuiuu. m e »ui-rtu
T
Salem.—Declaring that a number of
casualty companies were trying to in­
duce employers to reject the work­
men's compensation act, C. D. Bab-
cock, a member of the state Industrial
accident commission, says he is con­
vinced if the opposition is continued
Oregon will follow the example of
Ohio and provide compulsory com­
pensation. He says three men will
be started to work In Portland can­
vassing all firms for information nec­
essary in conducting the department.
Mr. Babcock said that the com­
panies were trying to create senti­
ment In their favor by stating that
T ow er of Jew els which will command the south entrance of the
Court of Son and Stars at the P anam a Pacific International Ex­
position In San Francisco in 1015. T his tower, 430 feet In
h e ig h t will have a base one acre in extent. The tow er will rise upward
In terraces, giving way at last to a group of figures supporting a globe,
typifying the world. The repeated figure« of armored horsemen and of
explorers of th e ocean will be used on the tower, which, w ith Its sta tu ­
ary mural painting" and mosaics, will be indescribably beautiful.
M essrs. CaiTere A H astings, architects in chief of the Pan American E x­
position a t Buffalo In 1001. are the architects.
Club W ill Raise Funds.
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Hood River.—The county court hav­
ing failed to make an appropriation
of »1000 asked by citizens of this
county to care for the expense of mak­
ing an exhibit at the Panama-Pacific
exposition, the members of the Hood
River commercial club have decided
to raise the amount by popular sub­
scription among themselvea.
1,000,000 Salmon Shipped.
Astoria.—Julius Jenaen, superin­
tendent of the Chinook hatchery, has
shipped 1,000.000 salmon to other
hatcheries and now has In the neigh­
borhood of 2,000,000 at the Chinook
plant. These young fish are growing
rapidly and will be placed In the re­
taining ponds In about two months.
Marshfield Woman • Shoots Husband.
Marshfield.—Mrs. Charles Franklin
Is In Jail charged with shooting at her
husband. The couple quarreled fre­
quently and in their apartments the
woman attacked her husband with a
revolver, hitting him In the hand. The
oouple came here from Tillamook.
Copyright, lf ll, by
P upam a.P acific International Exposition Co.
■ PIECES OF STATUARY AT THE PANAMA
EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915.
i pf the decorative sculpture at the Panama-
Ml Exposition are shown In those two lllns-
eft Is “Rain.” by Albert Jaegers, a figure that
on to "Sunshine,” by the same
0™#*
Four Seasons In the main group of exhlbit pab
Hohammedan rider Is hy Frederick Q. B- Roth*
Europe’s Weather Cold.
Paris—What bids fair to he the
worst cold snap In 60 years is holding
the southern portion of western Eu­
rope In a tight grip. Temperatures
as low as four degrees below sero
(Fahrenheit) have been registered.
New York Schools to Try Movies.
New York.—Moving pictures with »
cents as the price of admission are to
be given in the East Side public
schools, It was announced by the city
superintendent of schools.
Marfa. T ex —Footsore, ragged al­
most famished from their three-day
march on foot of 67 miles over a wind­
swept mountain road, the 3300 Mexi­
can soldiers and generals routed from
OJinaga, Mex., hy the rebela, arrived
whence they are to he transported by
train Po Fort Bliss, at El Paao. With
them are 1067 women and »00 chil­
dren. .
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The ragged remnant of the Huerta
army, which sought asylum In this
country rather than face possible ex­
termination by the rebels, will he for­
mally Interned at Fort Bliss as wards
of the government They aró to he
Moyer May Be Called Fugitive.
Houghton. Mich.—Charlee H. Moyer,
president, end the six other officials
and organisers of the Western Fed­
eration of Miners who are under in­
dictment hero for conspiracy w lll.be
considered fugitives from Justice un­
less they return voluntarily to the
state to stand trial.
THE MARKETS.
Round-Up Dates Bet
Pendleton.—The 1»14 Round-Up will
Portland. ----
he held September 24. 25 and 28. This
Wheat—Club, 85c; blueetom .1
Is the announcement made hy the
red Russian, 84c.
board of directors of the association
Hay—Timothy, »17; alfalfa, »14.
after having been authorised hy the
Butter—Creamery, <5o.
stockholders to fix the dates. --
Eggs—Candled, 27c.
Grants Pass Has Twq Pollue Foroee.
Grants Paaa.—Grants Pass has two
police forces. One wears stars; mem­
bers of the other have badgbe. The
situation Is the outoome of the new
oounoU’a refusal to confirm the
p o ta to « * mode h i the w u t o