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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1910)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. General Reiume of Importan* Events Praaantad In Condensad Form for Our Buey Raadara. Thr political situation in Eagland is extremely tanas. Rooeevelt will be as closely guarded as any king during hie visit in Rom«-. Secretary Ballinger will bring suit against Collier’s Weekly for attacks upon him. At least aix bankers will be indicted as a result of th«- Pittsburg graft scan dal and investigations. A guide who hel|>ed Cunningham lo cate illegally on Alaska coal claims, t*ing chagrined at th«-small fee paid him, has told all he knew about the matter. Eight cases of smallpox have devel oped in th«- town of Charleston, Wash., near tbs Puget Sourxi navy yard, and all schools, saloons and billiard halls have lieen closed. Decollette dresses will be barred from the Eucharist congress in Mont- resl next September, which will be at tended by Cardinal Vanutelli, papal delegate from Rome. Donald Graves, 14 years old, was Shot through the right eye at bia home at I«ong Beach, Cal., by Jesse Fransen, aged 11 years, and died two hours later. The two lads were playing In dian with a 22-calibro rifle. A plan ia being formulated by the heirs to the millions of Russell Sage, to make a systematic war on loan sharks by establishing loan agencies where |«eoplc in stringent cirrumatan cea can borrow at reaaonable rates of interest. Maintaining utm.iat secrecy until the hour of attack, government secret ser vice agents made raids simultaneously on bucket shops in New York, Phila delphia, Jersey City, Baltimore, Cin cinnati and St. Ixtuis. In all 16 arrests were n>a«le. Five millionaires are said to have l>een caught in the dragnet, ex tending from the Missouri river to the Atlantic. Admiral Fournier of France predicts war between the United States and J apan. A Seattle woman ia believed to have poisoned nearly 60 valuable dogs in that city. Pinchot refuses to say whether or not he was summoned to meet Roose velt in Eruope. Nat Godwin, the noted actor, has purchased a ranch of 869 acres near San Jacinto., Cal., for >54,000. President Taft says the policy of re turning men to congress for successive terms makes the East more powerful in that body. The French government ia conduct ing extensive experiments in aviation and ia considering the appropriation of at least >4,000,000 for aeronautics. More than 3,000 white and negro men, women and children, employed in the American Tobacco company’s atemmeriea in Louisville, Ky., have struck for higher wages. Three hundred thousand coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illin- oia, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Okalohoma ami Arkansas have quit work, pending settlement of a new wage scale. The de|*artment of agriculture has forbidden the fee«ling, or "floating," of oysters in brackish water, previous to sending them to market, believing it a fruitful source of typhoid infec tion. The Young Egyptian company haa published a protest against Colonel Roosevelt's speech at Cairo, declaring that hia remarks were offensive to the whole nstion and were made only with the object of pleasing hia official boats. The fi«-r«*e»t tornado in years, accom- |«ani«d by heavy snow, has caused im mense damage and I imm of life in South ern Austria. A passenger train was blown off the rails near Auggie. and rolled down an embankment, killing four persona and injuring 13. Demanding the privilege of partici pating in the next state election and all others to follow, representatives of the Votes for Women club of Californ ia have made a formal request upon the local registrar of voters that their names Ir enrolled upon the great reg later. Snow storms and blixxard» are aw<M>ping the entire Rocky mountain region. Senator Adds, of New York, is con victed of bribe taking and resigns hia seat in congress. Coal miners of the East demand an immediate increase In wages or a strike will follow. MILLIONS TO FIGHT SHARKS. Plan Is to Charge Only Legal Rates on Furniture Security. New York. April 4. Mrs. Russell Sage has inaugurated a stata-wldc plan to thwart ll>e loan sharks who fatten upon the necessities uf the poor. She has returned from her trip across the continent to put into immediate effect measures to eave the unfortunate from the exactions of the usurer. The Sags millions will capitalise a chain of nude I loan establishments which will advance money to the poor on their household goods at the legal rate of interesL The plan haa been prepared by the Sage Foundation, in cooperation with Orion H. Cheney, state superintendaeit of banka, and awaits only Mrs. Sage's Anal approval. Mr. Cheney, who haa lieen waging a bitter war upon the loan sharks, said today : "When the Sage Foundation ent«-rs this field not only will it accomplish a moat worthy mission but at the same time it can be made financially profit able. The concerns which take unfair advantage of the unfortunates who are financially embarrasaed will be either driven out of the business or forced to conduct their business on the same fair basis as the Sage Foundation.” Mr. Cheney aaid he Lelieveil the p«a>r who have to rvaort to the securing of loans on their furniture should lie cared for in preference to the claaa that se cures advances on salary. AVIATOR SWOOPS TO DEATH ON ROCKS. JUDGE WILLIAMS PASSES TO REST Grand Old Man of Oregon Has Crossed Bark River. End Came ss He Had Often Wished, In Harness and in Full Pos session of Faculties. GEORGE H. WILLIAMS : Of no distemper, of no blast he died. : ; But fell like autumn fruit that mcl- ; j * lowed long. : E'en wondered at because it fell not : sooner. Age seemed to wird him up for four score years, ! Yet slowly ran he on seven winters more, I Till, like a clock, worn out with beating time, j The wheels of wearly life at last stood still. Portland, April 5. With the same serenity that had marked the later years of his long and useful life, Judge Ghorgv H. Williams early yesterday morning passed to the Great Beyond. Sunday night Oregon's grand old man had retired at the usual hour, af ter a quiet day apent in good health Fan Sebastian, Spain, April 4. An other French aviator haa met death while making a flight in an aeroplane. Hubert Leblou, who, prior to hia tak ing up aeroplaning was a noted auto- mobilist, wan killed while making an exhibition flight here yesterday. He was circling the royal palace of Miramar at a height of 140 feet when hia motor broke. He attempt'd to glide back to the shed, liut the ma chine turned and swoo|>ed with terrific force against the rocks. The aviator was crushed. Mme. I,cblun witnessed the ’accident sod when the body was rvcoverxd fn-m the sea, she rushed shrieking towards the ambulance to which it was being carried. She threw, herself upon the lifeless form, kissing it repeatedly and refusing to be led away. As the weath er was stormy, Lsblon's flight was un- ex|>ectcd and only a few people as sembled to see th«- start. After the start, however, an enormous crowd quickly gathered and followed the l»«ly to the police hospital. There was an examination, but the doctors were only able to confirm that death must have ■ and spirits. At the rising hour the turn instantaneous. empty tenement of clay was found re- i dining as he had gone to sleep, the face as placid as that of a slumbering ITALIANS CHEER ROOSEVELT. j child. There was no evidence of a Seen in Theater at Naples Receives struggle as the spirit left thr body, no indication that there had been the Grand Ovation. slightest degree of suffering. Judge Naples, April 4. Ex President Williams had died in the manner he Roosevelt was given a tremendous re had often wished by "simply slip ception at the Theater San Carl«», ping away.” where he attended a jicrformance to- For a week Judge Williams had been nighL The Americana in the box«-» unusually cheery, and for five months startrd the cheering, which was taken he had been freer from physical suffer up by a great Isdy of students »rated ing than for several years. For a long in the third gallery. Colonel Roose time |>rior to last fall he had been in velt rose and la>w«-d hia acknowledge convenienced by an internal disable ments, which only served to increase ment more or leas chronic, yet it was the tumultous applause. of such a nature that hie active inter During an intermission students to est and participation^ir. business affairs the number of 200 marched to the rear was not impaired, and not even hia of Colonel Roosevelt's box. where they m«»t intimate friends realised the pain were presented to the ex-president by he had suffered. Professor Boggiano. of the University of Naples, who, in a graceful speech, I6TH AMENDMENT WILLIAMS' recalled the colonel’s parting injunc tion to President Taft, that the great est problem for the United States was Oregon Jurist Last of "War Senate," and Close Friend of Lincoln. the maintenance of a the moral well being and strength of the people. "The right of citizens of the Unite«! Professor Boggiano aaid that thia was States to vote shall not be denied or slao the greatest problem for all coun abridge«! by the United States, or by tries. any state, on account of rare, color or Colonel Rixscvelt, replying, ap|ieal- previoua condition of servitude.” cd to the students to aspire to the high The foregoing ia the Fifteenth est ideals, but warn«d them that their \ Amendment to the constitution of the aapirationa must be coupled with prac United States, adopted by congress in tical methods. 1870 and later ratified by the states. "Life ia a struggle," he aaid. "You The text of the amendment was pre must not keep in the clouds. Your pared by the Oregon statesman, ideals must be auch as can be real George H. Williams, and was present ised.” ed and adopted with only a minor change In wording. Pet Dog Funeral Elaborate. Jutige Williams was one of the last, Chicago, April 4. Beth, a blood«! if not the last, member of the "war cocker spaniel which haa won many senate,” an«! had !>ecn a warm |>emon- blue ribbons at bench shows, is dead, al friend of Lincoln and also of GranL l»ut if there ia any poet mortem satis Sent to the senate from Oregon in faction for a departed canine in an 1864. he soon became a power in the elaborate funeral. Beth must have iL administration forces. He was the Wrapped in an embmider»d ojw-r» coat, originator of the "reconstruction acL” her casket lined with the trophies of which he later, aa attorney general in her show victories, Beth was buried be Grant'! cabinet, enforced. neath a fine old mission willow yester day, sorrowing friends witnessing the Cotton Mills Closing. cerrmony. Beth was the |>et of Mias Boston, Marh 31. Fifty per cent Suxette Newton, the young daughter of the spindles in Southern cotton mills of Mra. California Newton. are idle, according to statistics assem bled by the American Wool and Cotton Students Have Hat Bonfire. Reporter. The figures show the cur Delaware, 0., April 4. Cheering tailment now in progress not only in for the ancients, who never had bald the South, but in all sections of the heads. or ought never to have had country, is more extensive than has them, the boy students of Ohio Wes ever been known in the history of the leyan university, last night made a trade, even taking into consideration bonfire of their hats. Dancing around the panic year of 1907. Mill after mill the bonfire, they swore never again tn ia dosing down entirely until new cot imperil the hair of their heads by ton arrives or market conditions im- , prove. wearing hats. GLASS TRUST PROBED. Imperial Company Is Said to Control 33 Factories in Eleven Slates. Pittsburg, April 2. It was learned tonight that after three months' inves ligation, Federal officers are ready to present to a special gran«I jury here next Monday evidence that the Imper ial Wirslow Glass company is a trust in violation of the Sherman acL The corporation forme«! under the laws of West Virginia, la aaid to con trvl 33 large window glass factories in 11 different states. The com|>any haa offices in Illinioa, Indiana. Kansas. Massachusetts. Mich igan, North Carolina. New York. Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Many prominent glass manufacturers from these states are said to have b«wn served with subpoenas to appear brfore the grant] jury aa witnesses. United States District Attorney Jor dan said tonight: "The investigation of the Imparia) Window Glass company has been under way for 90 days, aixi agents of the de partment of justice have visited rvery one of the 33 plan » operated uraler the charter of the company. "The company wm incorporated in West Virginia early this year, and its allege«! control of the window glass business is to be investigated with in tent to show that it is a monofmly in restraint of trade "The I me [trial Window Gia»» com pany is a holding organization, the manufacturers pooling their output an«! selling through the company exclusive ly. Prices have been compared with those of the American Window Glaaa nimpany and there ia but slight differ ence.” JAPANESE SPIES MAY NOT BE Pl NISHED. Washington, April 2. The War de partment haa turned over to the local Philippine government the pnwecution of the two Japanese alleged to have iwen engaged in aecuring plans for the fortifications of Corrcgidor, Manila h ar I «or, through the bribery of Joseph <). Saxe, an American soldier. Thia haa been done in tin- ho|x- that the local attorneys in Manila may be able to find Some section that will servs to bring about [ainishmcnt of the offenders, whom the United States c«idc doe» not touch. It is quite evitient, however, that the charge of bribery will mil hold, ax the Supreme court haa ruled that the bribe must be offered to an official. Of course. Private Saxe can and prole ably will be trie«! by military court martial, but it does n«-t seem probable that there will be any way of ptinish- ing the Japanese if found guilty. POWER SITES ARE WITHDRAWN Washington and Idaho Lands With held by Ballinger. Washington, April 2. In aid of pro- ¡>aocd legislation affecting the disposal of waterpower sites on the public do main, Secretary Ballinger today tem porarily withdrew from all forms of die|>oaition 5,823 acres along the Lem hi River, Idaho, and 4,176 acres along the Columbia river in W ashington. Approximately 42,750 acres of land In Montana was designated for settle ment under the enlarge«! h«>mestead acL Thia land, it was said, was not iiusceptible of succ«-aaful irrigation at a reasonable rust from any known source of water supply. This makes a total of 28,888,240 acres in Montana design«-«! for scttlement uraler the act. The coal lands withdrawn from the public domain, it was announced, in clude large areas within unopened In dian and military reservations. Aa such withdrawals are without effect, Mr. Ballinger haa cancellc«l them to clear the record. These lamia were already withheld from entry !«cau»e they were within Indian or military reserves, and their inclusion within coal land withdrawals was a duplicate of their reaervatitm. The total area involved in the correction of the rec on!» was 8)1,354 acre», located in rea- ervatios.« in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, North Dakota, Washington and Montana. VISIT TO POPE DECIARED OFF Roosevelt Beelines Restrictions Imposed by Invitation. Orest Roman Pontiff Espressa Wish to Avoid Repetition of Fairbanks Incident Rome Stirred. Pope to Roosevelt. : : : j ! ! Th«- holy father will^be delighted ( bi grant an audience to Mr. Rooac- velt on April 5 and h«qw*a that noth- ing will arise to prevent it, such aa the much regretted incident which mad«- the reception of Mr. Fairbanka impossible. Roosevelt to Popo. I It would be a real pleasure to me j b> tie pr«-ecnted bi the holy father, 5 for wh<>m I entertain high r«-sj»-ct. i lioth personally and as the head of a j great church. ... I dec line to : make any stipulationa or submit b> j any conditions which in any way ! would limit my freedom of conducL | I«»»*« •ooo-eeewooeeeoosw^ooowoooeoooeoeoooeooeoo*»«^ Rome. April 5. Th«‘ audience which it waa believed that ex-Pr<-sidcnt Rooevclt would have with the pope to day will not take [dace, owing to condi tions which the Vatican has impoe«<d, aid which Mr. Roosevelt refused to accept. Although th«- definite negotiations relative to the audience ended before Mr. Roosevelt left Egypt, the an nouncement waa withheld until after Mr. Roosevelt reached Rome tonight at the solicitation of his American Catholic friends here, who believed that in the meantime the Vatican might eftange its attitude. On«- of th«- ex-president's American friends who ha«i been with him in Egypt, came to Rome yesterday with out any authorization from Mr. Roos«-- velt, and interced«-d with Cardinal Merry del Vai, the papal secretary, in an endeavor to avoid the situation, which, as it now stands, has caused a real sensation in Rome, although it was not entirely unexpected. His efforts were unavailing. When at Gondokoro in February last, Mr.,' Roosevelt wrote to Ambassador Leishman, saying that he would be glad of the honor of an audience with King Victor Emmanuel and the |opc. The audience with the king was promptly arranged. Before an arrangement could be reached relative to an audience with the pope, several telegrams were passed and the negotiations were ended by Mr. Roosevelt’s refusing in any way to lie limited aa to his conducL An audience with the po[ie under the circumstances is now impossible. STORM DOES S2OO.OOO DAMAGE. Utah Trains Must Again*Use Portland Route to the'East. Salt Lake, Utah, April 6.—Two hun dred thousand dollars will not cover the loss caused by the terrific wind storm that swept Salt Lake City and North Central Utah last night. Farm prop erty suffered big loss«-», fences and trees lieing blown down, and in some instances houses overturn«-d. Railroad property suffered heavily, and in one case 15 men narrowly es caped with'thcir lives. Both the Western Pacific and the S«iuthem Pacific are out of «'ommiasion again. Th«- damage to the S«>uthern Pacific will be repairtxi by Wednesday, tiut the outlook for the Western Pacific is dark. The expensive pi|wline of the Utah Copfier company, which exist >40,- 000, was extensively washe«i away. Th«- Bb>rm loss at Saltair Beach, 20 miles west of here, will amount to >10,000. The pavilion and other val uable resort «-onceasions were wrerki-d and railway tracks entering the resort were washed away. Omaha Firs Costs $500.000. Prices Blamed on Tariff. Washington, April 2. Incrvas«-» in the price of olive oil and macaroni are laid at the door of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law by Wallace Pierce of Boston. Pierce said th«- duty on pa|>er was re sponsible for an increase of half a cent a pound in the price of macaroni, lie cause the macaroni was wrapped in pa per. In a similar way, olive oil was higher on account of the duty on tine. He testifted that there had been a gen eral upward tendency in the price of groceries in the last ten yean. Curtiss Firm Insolvent. Buffalo, N. Y., April 2. An invol untary petition in bankruptcy waa filed here today against the Herring-Curtiss company of Hammondsport. N. Y., manufacturers of flying machines. Three creditors allege insolvency. Glenn H. Curtiaa, the aviator, is vice-president and general manager of I the c«>mpany. Omaha, Neb., April 5,- - At a late hour b»night fire broke out in the Cen tral grain elevator, owned by the Nye- Schneider-Fowler company, located at Twenty-eighth and Oak .streets, and fanned by a high wind, quickly spread to the adjoining flour mil) of the Man ey Milling company. The elevator and the mill were destroyed, entailing a loss of >500,000. Nearly 100 box cars, about half of which were loaded with grain, standing on nearby tracks, were destroyed. A large amount of other property narrowly escaped. Rough Riders to Be Hosts. New York, April 5. Rough Riders will be the host that plana to welcoms Colonel Roosevelt on his return to Am erican shores. It ia hoped to have a large detail of the original regiment go down the harbor on a chartered v<waeL Five distant states propose to send del egations to the welcome. They are North Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and California.
