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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1910)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK WANTS MORE BATTLESHIPS. Representative Hobion Say* Coast is Defensales. Pacific CHURCHES JOIN GRAFT CRUSADE Washington, March 2«. —"Our na tional defenaeleaancsa," was the theme around which Representative Hobson, Doings of the World at Urge Democrat, Alabama, voiced a prophecy Pittsburg Ministers Make Ef of disaster in the house late thia after Told in Brief. fort Arouse Sentiment. noon. A startling array of facta a* to our unpreparedneaa for war as col Ganaral Resume of Important Evant* lected by the general staff of the army Many Councilman Espected to Resign was the basis for the appeal of the Presented in Condanaad Form Without Protest Banks ara hero of the Spanish American war for Called Upon to Testify. for Our Buay Reeder*. immediate action by congress. He declared It was imperative that a larg- i Pittsburg, March 29. The Ix-nten er navy be authorised at once if the John R.vlmorwi is coming to th«- front United States would stave off puasible season, which ended Sunday, has been a* a leader of the English Radicals, invasion by a foreign enemy in the fu too short a season of penile nee for R<»su-ve1t ebook hands with over 400 ture. “Any European nation of the first Pittsburg, and it will lie continued Americana during a reception in Cairo., power,” said Hobson, “that has an with promise of even more startling Egypt. ad<-t(uatc army and merchant marine confessions of graft this week. The eruption of Mount Etna is sub I will take Germany merely as an il In several hundred church«-* the aiding and all danger ia believed to be lustration could put 200,000 men past. feature of the Easter services w as th«- aboard ship* in a single expedition. A St. I>*uis woman finds contract One half could land on the coast of reading of a circular letter issued by a marriage a failure and wants a di-’ Ixing Island and the other half on civil committee, urging the member* vorce. the coast of New Jersey ami inside of of every congregation to at ten«! a huge Insurgents auggeat a aulwtitution of n few weeks they rould seize Washing indignation mass meeting to be held a "pure parliamentarian" for Speaker ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia ami New Mime day this week. Sermons, too, | Cannon and will continue their fight York without resistance.” Holiaon said he would probably offer were di-rigt.i-d to arouse i-ublic con for his removal. an amendment to the naval bill railing demnation of such practice* as have Officials of the state of Washington for six battleship*. been rev« a)«d. Lessons in civic clean would like to exchange school lands in "We need that many a year," be forest reserves for lai <1* of equal value said,* "to maintain the equilibrium liness were drawn by many pastor*. adjoining the reserves. It having been pretty thoroughly es existing among the nations." Referring to conditions on the Pacific tablishcd, according to District Attor A Wisconsin man set fire to a wid ow's house, claiming that the inaur coast. Hobson said: ney William A. Blakeley, that at least "It is unfortunate that I cannot re ance money would do her more gu*id. 1102,500 was used in influencing legi* fer to existing conditions on the Pa He got throe years. la t ion, the source of the money and the cific coast without these [ware dream Four children in Hartford, Conn., ers crying out ’war ami jingoism,* but dispensers of it arc to be the focus of were rescued by the police just as you can all verify for yourselves, you the grand jury's attention tomorrow their maniac father was about to mas who have no knowledge of existing sacre them with an axe. The family conditions, that the city of San Francis- morning. A consi<b-ralil<- |»>rtion of the lug had just been evicted by their land Nfl »te h. r • *n - >>■-•!» a* lord. bribe fund is charg«! to <*ertain banks she desire*. The legislator* of Cali Several Tacoma women had express fornia, Oregon and Washington cannot that sought to get city dep«isita. They cd a w illingness to adopt a certain toiay legislate ujam segregation of the succeed«!, but it is the desire «if the promising baby which was being carvd yellow people. grand jury, as pronounced in its report "Th. .si- ¡.-*cia!at<-r« w-r-- (.¿I for in a foundling home, but all barked I will tell of Friday last, that the bank deposit out when it was discovenl thnt the that dangerous question. you why. W. arc defonsek -s on the ordinance lie rescind«*!, and the Irnnka, child was eolared. Pacific ocean. if found guilty, be deprived of th«- use Through the efforts of their gram!- "The Japanese navy is rated at 490,- of city money. It is known that some eon, Cody Koala, a reconciliation has 000 tons, ami our* at 695,000 tons. been effected tx-tween Colonel W. F. All of <>ur 695,000 tons sulwtantially representatives of the banks are to be <'.*dy (Buffalo Bill) and Mr*. Cody. is in the Atlantic ocean and ha* io stay call«! tomorrow to testify. Colonel ami Mrs. Cody became es there. The six banks that have been named tranged three or four years ago and "Do you think I am talking war? 1 by the grand jury as having I • en in since that lime they have lived apart. am trying to arrange this equilibrium volvcd In the scandal are the Columbia Their supplies stolen by Cree In in the Pacific ocean under which we diana in the wilds of the Rocky Moun c«*uk! come to mutual concessions and National, the German National of Pittsburg, the Farmers' National De- tains, and with every one of their 44 Solve the problem. horwea dead of starvation. 22 men be "i am trying to take the only way posit bank, and the Second National, longing to a Canadian Northern Rail io prevent war." the (ii-rman National, of Alb-ghany, way survey party, headed by Engineer and the Workingmen'* Savings 4 C. F. Hgnbigton, arrived in Vancou SENDS RELIEF TO ESTRADA Trust company. ver, B. (’., after having fought their The directorate of the Farmers’ way to civilixation through midwinter G*n«ral Gordon Prepares Expedition National ha* announced that it will snowdrifts. and Defies Madriz. comply with the district atUirney's A Pittsburg councilman fainted when New Orleans, La., March 28. The call for information and the Second asked if he had sold his vote. crisis in the strained relations between National has prcfiarod a certifi«! state Ex President Roosevelt was warmly the representatives of the Madri* ami ment which is to Iw presenU-d to the The other welcomed at Cairo by the kbodive of the Estrada factions of the Nicaraguan grand jury tomorrow. Egypt. government was reached late today, banks have taken no action. It waa still unlearn«! tonight wheth Samuel Compere ia doubtful of w hen General Gordon, who is organis er Charles Stewart in hi* talk with Dis R >ckefcller's plan to diapise of his ing an Estrada relief expedition, sud denly apppearvd th«- Madrix consul trict Attorney Blakeley told all he is great wealth. ate and entering the room where Luis believed to know of the men higher up. The senate has amended the corpora Corea, Madriz's minister to Washing Stewart is an ex-Select councilman, tion tax law so as to limit the pub b>n, and other Madrix officials were in who was declared by the grand jury In licity of reports. conference, defied them to keep him its presentment Saturday to hav«‘ been River* of molten lava are flowing from starling hia ex;ieditiun for Cen the man to whom 145,000 of bribe- tainted money was given at the Hotel down the sides of Mount Etna, and sev tral America. It was a dramatic acene. Corea and Imperial in New York. eral villages are in great danger. Genera) Altachul were seated ata table Marion Clark, diacoverer of the Mar- when Gordon suddenly entered. He ETNA MAY CAUSE TREMBLOR ipooa grove of big trees in California, calmly tokl this enemies that therepirt ia dead. He will be tarried in^the big that he waa organising an army was Pent-Up Lava Likely to Force Pas reo grove. sage, Scientist Believes. true. "Then you are liable bi a >1,000 fine Women suffragists are active in Catania, March 29. While thwquan- France and candidatea will be tail for and three years' imprisonment, accord tity of lava from the craters of Mount the office of deputies in every district ing t<> American law*,’’ shouted Coraa. Etna continues to decrease, the intern "I am ready to sign a statement al activity of the volcano was stronger In Paris next month. that I am raising an army here and today than yesterday. Frank A. Per W. II. Buckley, attorney, of Al that I have chartend a ship and I defy ret, the American authority, believes bany. N. Y., admits he was able to you to do anything," was (ionion's re thnt the decrease in th«' flow of lava is obtain advance information on court ply. He then handed each of the Mad du«- to obstruction* in the new craters, decisions in insurance cases. rix officials hia card and walked out. which prevent its flowing freely, and During ant«’ election troubles in St. Minister Corea was angered by the that in a few day*, the molten mass louis a mob tried to lynch the city proceeding ami said he would endeavor will either force a passage or an earth clerk, lari were Stood off successfully to have Gonlon imprison«! at once. quake will result. Mr. Perrot went to by a daughter of the chief of police. IxM-al government officials said they day from Nicoloai to the Alpine club A Black Hand member instantly would refuse to take official action un refuge, which is situated near the cra kill««! by a sheriff’s posse while romov- • til order* were received from Washing ters, and Inter telegraphed down as . ing money from a hiding place where ton. follows: "The activity of Etna today Later in the day General Gonlon sud is stronger, but th«* lava is slower. his victim had bssn ordered to leave it. denly wheeled on the two detectives Terrific explosion* in the Interior of A definite agreement has been reach following him ami thrnshed them both. th«* mountain continue." ed on the Canada-United State* tariff. It is believed that part of the relief exp«!ition will attempt to sail tonight. Muskrat Drains Fish Pond. As the beef packers' investigation proceeds, the price* of beef continue to Spokane, Wash., March 29. - Near Atlantic Fleet to Cruise Mediterranean Kalispell, Mont., boring a hole in an rias. Washington, March 28. The secre embankment that sustaim-d one side of The American Federation of Labor has filed charge* against the *tcel cor tary of the navy announced thia after an artificial fish ¡Hind, a muskrat a few noon that the whole Atlantic battleship day* ago drained the pond and caused poration. fleet would, in November, pnx-e«i to the loss of many of the fish, many of Plnchot has sailed for Europe. and European water*. The principal which, instinctively heading up stream it is believed he intends to meet Roose- «ruisc will be made in the Mediterran when the water* began to fall, floun velt in Naples. ean. It is intended to divide the fleet dered into a small creek that pound Barney Oldfield, driving a Knox while in the Mediterranean in order into th«- pond and escaped into small It marshes that lin«*d the stream. The auto, made 20 miles in 18 minutes at thnt various porta may be visited. is not hinted anywhere that the fleet or pond was «iwncd by Richard Greig, Daytona, Florida. any part of it will go further than the who stocked it several year* ag<» with Louis R. Glavis has confessed that Eastern Mediterranean. The official trout from a government fish car. he worked deception on Cunningham statement is that the fleet will, after Ten Fight With Knives. in the Alaska coal cases. the cruise, go to Guantanamo. Walla Walla, March 29.- A* the re Witnesses before the Pittsburg Get Mor* Pittsburg Grafter* suit of a battle with knives between grand jury testified that councilmen Pittaburg, March 28. Former four Italians and six Japanese early were bought as low ns 350. Councilman Charles Stewart was in this morning two Italians were ser The president of the Paper makers’ the sweat hex for four hours this after iously wounded. Antonio Ponti, one union was escorted out of the town of noon. He ia believed to have told of the participants, may die from hi* Rumford Falla. Maine, by citixens. who many thing* that will cau*<* new sen wounds. Two J apanese were arrested. intimated that he was not wanted sation* Monday when the officials "get The fight arose over the possession of a bicycle. I their lines out?* there. ROOSEVELT VISITS TOMBS. COLORADO MINES DEFY MINE LAW Wonders al Glories of Old Egypt Will be Guest of Kaiser. Berlin, March 26. I ( | | : : | : : : ; i : ! i J ; | Fsnperor Wil* ham's invitation to Th«-«iorc Roos •veil to be hi* guest at the royal castle promise* effectually to fru* Irate the ex-president's exproaaed desire to be received in Europe as a plain private citiaen. Th«* invita- tion i* at variance with all court precedent*. Heretofore no foreign private cit- ixen has ever enjoyed hospitality at the royal castle, and the only js-rson not of princely rank who has twain thus honored i* Count Zcp pciin, whom the Kaiser has called the greatest man of the eentruy. During hia stay in the palace, May 12 to 15, Mr. Roosevelt will have th«* suite occupied by King Ed- ward on his rwert visit, and will be the center of attraction in a bril- liant circle comprising the Empcr- or’s clo*«.**t official adviror».. Investigation by Inspector Dis closes Bad Conditions. Coroner's Jury on Primsro Disaster Is Scorad I ; ; i : t ; | Cairo, Egypt, March 25. Up with the sun today, after a restful night at the Mena H*>use, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his party early prepared for a vi*it to the metropolis of Sak- kara, where arc the wonderful tomb* of various king*, of Thy at«l of th«* Api* bulls. ljist night th«* sphinx was view«! by nukit light, an«l ColotK-l veil -ai.l today the weird sight had been thor oughly enjoyed by himself and his family. It waa the moat interesting thing he had seen during hi* trip to Africa. Tonight Colonel Roooevclt and his family return«! to Cairo, din«! with the American ronsul general, Mr. Id- dings, and later attendtx! a lianquet tendered him by Sir Eldon (¡oral, the British agent and <*onsul general in Egypt. Major F. K. W’atson, pasha, aide-1 de-camp to the kh«!ive, who met Col-; onol Roose*, elt a year ago at Port Saoi, was an early caller al the M<-na h< us«* today. He pai<! the resjiecta of th«* khedive to th«* Amprican hunter and tendered him the use of the khe- dive’s special cam«-) corp* for the eight-mils ride across the desert of Sakkara. Such a tender always is a »(■ecia! mark of favor and Colonel R«io*evelt accept«! it with pleasure. The colonel and Kermit each rode one of the animals over the dreary waste to the Necropolis, but Mr*. Roosevelt an«! Miss Ethel cno*e a more comforta ble convcyarwte. EXPLOSIVES ARE SAVED Blacksmith Rushs* into Powder Magasin*. Colorado Fuel Iron Company on Burning Pittaliurg, March 26. Reports of •criou* forest fires are coming in from many s«*ctiona of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Three miles below Parkersburg, W. Va., the forest* are ablaze and farmer* are working fran tically to atop the flames. At Bridgeville, near here, tbe flam«-» of a atublsirn brush fire threatened two IKiwdcr magazin«-», in which were stored 400 piunds of powder and a larg«- quantity of dynamite. Men had fought the flarne* fruitlessly until it ■eemed nothing could save the maga tine* and house* near by. Harry Skiles, a blacksmith, finally ruah«-d to one of the magazines, smashed in a door, and with the aid of the fire fight ers carried the szplosivea out • { the danger Zone. An area three miles long and two miles wide has laten devastat«! tn Ken nedy and Stowe townshi|*s of serond growth timber am! the loss thus far ia «■•timat«! at 260,000. Oil derricks, trnks of crude oil and at>out 300,000 feet of timber have l««*cn destroyed. & Rack. Denver, March 24. Characterizing the system employ«! by the Colorado Fuel 4 Iron company in the operation of it* mine* in Southern Colorado ■* "open defiance of the law," State La bor Commissioner E. V. Brake, in hi* report on the I’rimero coal mine disaa- t«-r in which 76 miner* lust their live* January 31, calls U|ion G«ivernor Sha- froth to appoint a «-«mmiMlon to make a rigid investigation of conditions in La* Animas and Huerfano counit«-«, where the Colorado Fuel & Iron prop erties are located. Mr. Brake finds the following c«indi- lions existed in the I’rimero mine pre vious to the explosion: Insufficient sprinkling a* provided by l»w; local gas explosion* frequent; lack of sufficient timliers, houses in the camp of poor construction; no check weighrn«*n for the benefit of the miners. In the opening of hi* report Mr. Brake declarer, that the Colorado Fuel 4 Iron company employs inexperien ced, non-Ei.glish speaking miner*, lie cause they are "not familiar with wage condition* in this country and can lie secur«! at a lower wage than English s|>eaking min«*r».” Mr. Brake also scores the coroner's jury which investigated the I’rimero disaster, declaring that the jury was " i-om|«■*«•<I of employes of the company and returned a verdict without careful examination, exonerating the company from blame.” He states that he finds children em ploy«! in mines arxl wiisht-r* of the company in violation of the state law. MAILBAG WINS LONG FIGHT. Uncle Sam Say* Railroad* Mu»t In stall New Device. Chicago, March 24. No more”b«iot- ings” for the long abu*«i mailbag. After more than a quarter of a century of experimenting the Poetoffice depart ment has adopted an automatic device for the delivery of mail pouches from rapidly moving trains. Within a short time notices will lie s«-rved u;*>n al! of the roads transjmrting mails that from a certain date they will lie required «•ither to atop their trains when de livering fiouches or to install the aut«>- matie device designed and manufactur ed by F. H. Burr, of Atlantic, Ia. Th«* Burr device won easily over, nearlv 100 other devices recently test ed on the Rock Island road. It* record of (irrformancc through an entire year of service ia said to have b«*vn perfect. M*>r«* than 4,000 deliveries were made at a speed up to 70 miles an hour. SIX ARE LOST WITH SHIP. Schooner Arthur B. Founders Fraser River. Off Vancouver, B. C., March 24. The 62 ton gasoline schooner Arthur B. Iiound from Tacoma for Nanaimo, B. C., with a cargo of gypsum, founder«! off th«* Fraser river lightship last night during a storm and Captain Mc- Cranahan and a crew of five men per- iahed. Th«* Arthur B. waa built at Port Tuwtwtd In 1897 and was owned in Tacoma. A at iff westerly wind pre vail«! in the gulf laat night and off the san*l heatia a big aea waa running. At 8 o'clock last night the Arthur B. called in at Stevoeon and left ahorlly after. The lightkeeper, in charge of th«- lightship off the Fraser river, saw the vessel at 9:30 o’clock laboring heavily and while he was watching she foundered before his eyes and went down. The Arthur B. wa* us«-d in the cement an<i plaster carry ing trade twe< -i I’ugi t aound and British Coiffi bia ports. Villagers Homeless by Fire. Charleston, W. Va., March 26 With almost every house in th«* prosfwirou* villagi* of Mount Hope (le*troy«*d by fire today, at least 2,000 homeless per sons arc tonight sle<>ping on the eom- mona. Condittona which followed the conflagration are much worse than early reporta indicated. Upon the ar rival at Mount Hope tonight of the special train bearing the National Oebon Exnects Cook Today. Guard, tents were diatriliuted and an New York, March 24.- Captain B. effort i* being made to house a* many 8. < >sbon. secretary of the Arctic club as possible. Many of the families lost of America, and one of Cook’s staunch all their household effect*. ent supporters, said tonight that Dr. Axtell waa one of Dr. Cook’s closest Pension Bill Passes House. friends snd the letter received by Ax Washington, March 26. The pension tell undoubtedly was reliable. Captain bill, carrying appropriations of about Oabon believes Cook will be in New 1156,04)0,000, was pa*s«xi bv the house York tomorrow. He said the letter re today. Nearly the entire session was fer rod to waa in reply to one Dr. Ax occupied by a «>nte*t made chiefly by tell had sent to Mr*. Cook. Captain Republican* against the provision a* O*b«>n waa unable, however, to give reported from the committee on pen-: any definite information on which boat ■ion* for abolition of the pension agen the doctor would arrive. cies now in operation throughout the ' Hero of Monitor is Dead. country. New York, March 24.— Rear Admir al John Entwistle, U. S, N., rotir«i, New York Warm In March. died today at his home at Paterson, N. New York, March 26. The mercury J., aged 73 years. Admiral Entwistle rose to 77 degroe* thia afternoon, the was in the boiler room of the Monitor highest temperature recorded for during the famous engagement with March in New York for 40 years. the Merrimac in the Civil war.
