Moi-o, S h erm an C o u n ty , O rego n
F rid a y , J u ly
17, 19 1 4
GEORGE F. WILLIAMS
HORACE H. LURTON
Events Occurring
Plan tor More Autonomous Gov
Throughout
the State During the Past
ernment in Philippines Is
Week.
Laid Before Congress.
Broken Bone le Nailed Together.
Albany—Two 16-penny wire nails
were used by Dr. R. B. Wallace In set­
ting the fractured neck of the thigh
bone of A. Baughman, age 45, the shoe­
maker who fell (rom a tricycle Wed­
nesday night. Because the location
of the break made It Inconvenient to
successfully hind, the nails had to he
driven through the severed ends of
the bone and Into the femur. Half
of the nails are imbedded in this, and
the other half in the other hone, where
they will remain. The injured hip has
also been placed In plaster of Paris
and will be kept so for about two
months. Baughman wears a cork leg
on his right limb from the knee.
government In the Philippines as an­
other step toward Independence was
If 14 before congress, in a bill intro­
duced by ConUrsssmsn Jones of Vlr-
declaring tbs purpose ef the people at
the country so to the future political
status of Filipinos, follows a long ser­
ies of eonfersnees with the p residen t.
Secretary Garrison, Manuel Quexon,
the Philippine resident commission to
the United States, and democratic
members of the insular oommlttee, all
of whom have approved it Informally.
The bill makes no attempt to fix a
date for Philippine Independence. Its
preamble recites that it was never the
intention of the people in the Inclpi-
•ncy of war with Spain to make it a
war of conquest or territorial aggran-
COLLIER CAUSE OF WRECK dlsement. It asserts that it always
has been their purpose to recognise
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the Independence of the Islands “as UJ
For Collision W ith Lin er.
soon as a stable government could be Ivl
Quebec.—Alfred Tuftenee, third of established therein.“ It declares It to
flour ef the Danish collier S to m tad . be desirable to place la the hands of
was held by the wreck commission to the Filipinos as large control of their
be directly to blame for the collision domestic affairs as may be consistent
with the Empress of Ireland In the 8L with the exercise In the meantime of Ul
Lawrence river that caused the loss the right of sovereignty of the United
of more than 1,000 lines.
States.
Tbs commission finds J * * young
Wltoen Will Stand by Warburg-
^«1» was “wrong and negligent In
-
The
administration met defeat In
keeping the navigation of the vessel
the
first
stage of Its fight to have the
to his own hands and falling to call
senate oonflrm the nominations of I h<
tbs captain when he saw the fog com
Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago, and Paul V
tog on.”
M. Warburg, of New York, as mem 1*
The report says the disaster was not
here of the Federal reserve board. Í •
doe to any. special characteristics of
The banking and currency commit- I w
the 8L Lawrence. It was a disaster
tee voted 7 to 4 to ,report the nomina u
which might have occurred to any
river In similar circumstances. It is Lion of Mr. Jonefhto the senate With •'
an unfavorable recommendation, and I
held that the dominant cause of the
eollision was the 8 tors tad 'a change of agreed to postpone Indefinitely fur­
ther consideration of the nomination I
eouree. which the third officer ordered
1
without consulting his superior, the of Mr. Warburg.
• The senate must take the reapon ®
first officer, who was in charge of the
sibling for an incomplete federal re-1
serve board. The president is deter-
mined to stand or fall ba'Warburg. «
He will not nominate a substitute for
Jones, of North Yakima, meu wire ree
secretary of state hie declaration of
candidacy to succeed himself to the
United States senate. Hie declaration
la
second to he filed for U n ite d
States senator, J. A. Falconer having
filed on the progressive ticket pre
vioualy.
Bandits’ Dynam ite le Found.
Pendleton.—Dynamite cached by
Fred W illia m s , A m e ric a n
Charles Manning, leader of the trio
H. 8. C rocker Co_ officiai p b o to g ra p b e ia
0 G reece, w ho w as asked
of robbers who held up the O-W. R.
owing to h it c ritic is m of
& N. train near Meacham July 2, was
SCULPTOR FINISHING ENLARGEMENT IN STUOIOS OF PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION.
discovered by small boys In the out­
skirts of this city. Clarence Stoner,
the youngest of the trio, said Man­
ning had brought a 10 pound box of
ATTRACTIVE BOOK ON THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNA
Greece paid the United States $12.-
dynamite
from Cokeville to Pendle­
TIONAL EXPOSITION AND PANAMA CANAL
000,000 for the battleship» Mississippi
ton. Arriving here he took out 12
MAILED FREE OF CHARGE.
sticks he thought they would need for and Idaho.
the Meacham Job and then cached the ‘ France’s loan of $161,000,000 a three
and a half per cent was subscribed by
remainder where it was found.
HANDSOME book of sixty paces, profusely Illustrated In colors
people of France 40 times over.
and giving detailed descriptions of the Panama-Pacific Interna­
The four new dreadnoughts ordered
Fishing L aw Faces T es t.
tional Exposition to be held In San Francisco from Feb 20 to
but yet not named will be known as
Astoria—A case that will teat the
’ Dec 4. 1915, and of the Psnaros canal and canal region, will
Arizona, California, Idaho and Missis­
he mailed by the Exposition free of charge to ell Inquirers The booklet
constitutionality of one section of the
r
.
,
la Intended as a general guide to prospective visitors and will also con
atate fishing laws of the state was sippi
Georgia and South Carolina were
tain Information concerning the great engineering feat which the Expo­
started In Justice court here. Oraz
sition la tr celebrate. Write to the Manager Bureau of Publications,
Catholic, a fisherman, who recently once In a tropical climate according
Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Exposition Building, 8an Fran
arrived from the Saeramento River to the statement of the geological sur­
daco. for booklet
and Is said to be a resident of Califor­ vey department of the governmenL
The First National Bank of Union-
nia, was arrested on a charge of fish­
ing without a license. He was found town, Pa., is said to have declared a
guilty and fined $50 and $5 costs. His dividend of 700 per cent to Its stock­
attorney gave notice of appeal to the holders in order to dodge the new cur­
rency law.
circuit court.
Six persons killed and property
Roseburg Sets Bond E le c tio n Date. damage of hundreds of thousands of
|200 Per Page Per Arguments Asked.
Roseburg—At a meeting of citlaena dollars was the toll of cloudbursts and
O ly m p ia , W a s h .--W h e n M taa L ucy
it was decided io hold the election, to electrical storms In the Lebanon vsl-
Case, secretary 7>T
I * * « « « b a c k in g
authorize
the Issuance of bonds In the lely and anthracite regions of Penn­
the "Seven Slater«” Initiative bills of-’
sum of $300,000 with which to help sylvania.
fared for filing arguments In support
American men who profess to fol­
construction of a railroad from Rose
of the measures to g<> lu the official
low fashion’s decree will wear suits
burg
to
Marshfield,
on
October
5.
The
booklet Secretary bf State Howell re­
--
d .
voters also will be asked to amend of the English, or form-fitting, models
fused the document a because Miss
the
present city charter so as to allow this fall and winter, according to the
This was the declaration given out
Case declined to deposit the $20 a
unofficially as the White House s last J
the creation of an Indebtedness In ex­ standards approved at the opening
page required to cover the cost of
cess of $5000, as well as select a so- session of the National Association of
word on the controversy between
printing and blading
Manufacturing Clothiers and Design­
called railroad commission.
President Wilson and the senate oom­
Guvnor Testa, attorney for the
ers' convention.
mlttee on banking and currency over
Joint league, waited ou the secretary
•Estimates mat the total wheat crop
the confirmation of Paul Warburg and
of state and urged his Interpretation
PACIFIC HIGHWAY JOB LET would
npproach the billion-bushel
Thomas Jones as reserve board mem f
of the law that the coat of paper only
mark—930,000,000
bushels, to be more
Contract
for
Five
Miles
at
Coat
of
here.
g
la required, and effer»*'l $15.75 a page.
nearly
exact—and
be the greatest
$60,000
le
Awarded.
No attempt was made in admlnis- *
Attorney Testa announced that he
wheat
crop
ever
grown
were given
Medford—The
Clark
Henery
Con­
tratlon circles to conceal the fact that *
would bring a mandamus action direct
out by the department of agriculture.
struction
company,
which
has
paved
the Issue had caused an almost com­
before the supreme court to compel
20 miles in the city of Medford was The estimate for corn was 2,868,000,-
plete split between the president and
acceptance of the arguments.
t
awarded the contract to construct five 000 bushels.
some of the leading democratic mens
Devastating Hall Lays Low Crops.
Women's rights were recognized to
bers of the upper house.
I
Moro, Ore —Property and crop dam­ miles of the Pacific Highway from
age, variously estimated at from $100,- Ashland north to Talent at a coat of the fullest extent by the National Edu­
Bryan Defends Columbian Treaty
cational Association, which . passed
000 to $250,000, was done In 8hennqn approximately $50,000.
Secretary Bryan Issued a statement
The road will he 16 feet wide with resolutions Indorsing woman suffrage
county on the east aide of the Des­
vigorously defending the proposed <
macadam
shoulders of four feet on and equal pay for teachers, regardless
chutes
valley
Sunday
night
when
treaty to settle differences between
three distinct storms, either as cloud­ each elde and will vary from mere re­ of sex, and allotted five of the ten vice
the United States and Colombia over ‘
bursts or of heavy hall, left a path of surfacing, where the old macadam 1. presidencies to women. Without a
the separation of Panama. The treaty ’
devastation throiiih thousands of road furnishes sufficient foundation, dissenting vote. Dr. David Starr Jor-
has met vigorous opposition In the I
to a 3H-lnch base of concrete and 1 Mi 1 dan was elected president of the as-
acres of growing grain.
senate, and ex-Presldent Roosevelt 1
wearing surface of asphaltic macadam.
hss attacked it as a vehicle for the '
E uropean N e e ta lg ie F or W e s t A fric a .
the history of American railroad and
Work on the road will start at once
There
Is
a
wonderful
charm
about
payment of “ b la c k m a il.”
American finance, was revealed In West Africa, says Major Tremearne and la expected to be completed early
Mr. Bryan declared it was necessary <
part by the Interstate < ommerce Com­ in ‘‘8ome Austral-African Notes and In the fall. The one built by the
to discuss only the fact that an ee
mission in a report to the senate of Anecdotes." which few Europeans can oounty from Central Point to Medford
People In the News
trangement existed and not the events
throw off. Then he tells of a man has been completed and will be open­
Its investigation of that road.
which gave rise to the differences;
It told of millions used like stage
ed to traffic August 9, allowing 30
Governor Cox of Ohio refused to
and that, regardless of whether Co­
money, of corporations as pawns in a years In a lonely part of southern N i ­ days In which to Bet. When present call out state troops to guard coal
lombia has a Just grievance against
geria, made up his mind to have a trip plans ate carried out, Jackson county mines because of alleged threats by
her more powerful neighbor, no one
home aud Bailed away In splendid spir­ will have, by November 1, a hard-sur­
strikers to blow up the plants.
would deny that the former country
its.
faced
pavement
extending
from
Ash­
James B. Wilson, ex conductor of
The Gold Coast ports were part or
sustained great financial loss, consid­
land to Central Point a distance of the Baltimore A Ohio railroad was
West
Africa,
and
so
he
managed
to
erably more than the 126,000,000
mnke himself fairly at home while 20 miles, and an excavation of a 5 per
which the United States would pay
there, though the life on board ship cent gravel highway over the Slakl-
under the treaty, through the separa­
was already beginning t° bore him, youa to the California line ready for
tion of Panama.
and he wished that he bad never left hard surfacing In the spring of 1915.
As to thy expression of regret on the
Nigeria. Sierra Leone be did not like
City Controller Samuel White of
part of the American government, to
at all, as It was not the West Africa
Seaside Ready for Troops.
Louisville, Ky., was arrested on a
' Which opponents of the pending con­
which appealed to . him, and he began
Seaside.—Twenty-five' hundred Na­ charge of embexxlement following the
vention offer their bitterest objection.
to long for his hottie In the bush. Aft­
[ the secretary said this was almost
er leaving that port and with no sight tional Guardsmen of Oregon and Idaho discovery of an alleged shortage of
id e n tic a l with a similar expression to
of land to cheer him he been ma des arrived Monday for encampment with $14,500 in the accounts.
Lumber men were told by S. Wood
perate, and on arrival at Las Palmas the Twenty-first regiment of regulars,
' the Dubois memorandum on the hiato
he declared: ."I shall go no farther. I from Vancouver barracks, which has of Boston while at Seattle, that the
’ of which the Taft4 administration un­
must return at ouce. I have had quite been located on the plains a few mile« Panama canal would open a new trade
successfully sought to placate Colom­
enough of Europe ”
north of this city. The regulars on the Atlantic coast and he urged
bia.
marched from Vancouver by way of them to make more of the finished
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N at lens I Capital Brevities.
Open Windows at Night.
the Nehalem valley, averaging over product In the future.
A delegation of Chicago business
It is difficult to get doctors to agree 16 miles a day on the trip.
Declaring that women offender«
r men called on the president to protest
and to agree with the patient listener.
should fare In the same manner as
For years 1 had been a slave to the
’ against certain anti-trust legislation
men offenders, Miss Laura Middaugh.
Ducks’ C raw s Y ie ld Gold.
open window, the fresh air at night.
1 which has been proposed.
acting
police Judge at Kansas City,
St.
Helens.—8.
Saulser,
a
farmer
That doctrine of the open bedroom
The house passed the bill which the
fined
two
of her sex $100 and $300
window whh my obsession, but recently living near Yankton, came Into town
1 senate had approved providing that
with several pieces of natural gold.
doubt
crept
In.
By
accident
the
bed-
’ homesteaders might dispose of the
room window had boon cloned, and 1
Mr. 8aulser killed eight ducks last
surface rights to lands which contaln-
slept peacefully and woke refreshed week and each time found little nug-
; ed minerals.
In a closed room. There was no ven­ gets o( solid ¿Old in the ducks’ erawa
flecretary Wilson, of the department
tilation of the official medical variety. His duokpen Is on a side hill of rock.
of labor, is pleased at reports be to
T o a medical Journalist I put the prob
Experts tell him there Is p ro bably a bcc&uto when, on ft recent trip to in-
lem of the window at night, and. to
I‘ receiving which Indicate that the num­
vestigate the Albanian situation tor
my astonishment, he told me th a t 1 pocket of placer gold on his place.
ber Of American dtixens emigrating
Photo oopyright, 1914, by panama-Pacific to&rnatlonal
the president he was not recognised
am an animal when I sleep and do not
to Canada la decreasing.
H. 8. C ro c k e r Co., official photographers.
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by the International comjnlsaion.
Train
Falls
Through
Bridge.
want fresh air at all.
President Wilson believes that husi-
Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, wife
Dallas.—Freight train No. 28$ on
' "Look at the animals! When they
neas men are oomlng arenad to the
AMERICAN PIONEER,” A FRONTIER EQUESTRIAN
of
Dr. Edwin Carinan, waa arrested at
eleeo they choose the stuffiest nooks the Salem. Fails City A Western rail­
administration’s view of anti-trust leg­
Freeport. iUJr.. Aeceeed of being the
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STATUE AT THE EXPOSITION.
way
dropped
through
the
bridge
over
islation and are willing and ready that
aksassin w t f nirfcered Mrs. Louise
the Lucklamute river near Black Rock
'• the program told out be put through
tB ‘•American Pioneer” to an equestrian statue which to to stand
and Fireman Joe Frits was badly
at the present session of congress. Ms
at the entrance to the Court of Palms at the Psnaxus-Paclflc
scalded and may die, but Hinglrteer
International Exposition at San Francisco to Wifi. The sculptor
*• mads thia plain to callers, following
heart while she was standing la the
to
Solon
H.
Borglum,
whose
studies
of
western
hgureg
and
wild
■ g talk with Henry Ford, tils million­
physician’s office.
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of the Rockton bate attracted attention throughout the world.
aire auto manufacturer, sad other rep­
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resentatives of business.