The Santiam news., April 15, 1910, Image 6

CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
G«n«ral Return« of Important Event«
Pr«««nt«d In Cond«ns«d Form
for Our Busy Readers.
Premier Aaquith dreatb to involve
the king in the Irish controversy.
Eleven sections of fine fruit land in
Eastern Oregon will soon be opened to
entry.
Attacks of the ship subsidy lobby are
reaentesi warmly by members of the
house committee.
The incident between Roosevelt and
the Vatican at Rome may cause the re­
moval of th«- papal secretary, Merry de
Vai.
Dr. Hollis B. Friaaell, of the Rocke­
feller Sanitary commission, says hook­
worm infection is spread largely by
Southern people going barefooted.
A duel between ex-Premier Count
Witte anti General Kumjuitkin, com-
mander-in-chief of the Russian force«
in the war with Japan, has l-rrn avert
ed through an explanation by the form­
er.
Smugglers of Chinese and opium
have been driven out of Southern Cali­
fornia and are beieVsd to have trans­
ferred their ojwrations to Northwest
coast cities.
Mias Anna Morgan, daughter of J.
Pierpont Morgan, attracted much at­
tention at Pasadena by going for a
three-hour croas-counlry horseback ride
arrayed in a "pants suit" ruling habit.
D.
Jarklin, a Salt Lake million­
aire, has bought E. H. Harriman’s
Pelican Ixrigc property on Klamath
lake, Oregon. He will carry out the
plana of Harriman for making a sum­
mer resort of the pllace.
Afte/lieing whirled down Hat creek
in a small skiff. G. Magerstadt was
carried over Hat creek falls, in Cali­
fornia. and dashed into the foaming
waters SO feet below. The boat was
dashed to pieces on the rocks and Msg
erstadt managed to grab a boulder,
from which he was soon rescued.
Where and when the Pittsburg graft
probe ends is "contingent,” to quote
District Attorney Blakely, on develop­
ments. Mr. Blakely has spread hia
net and is waiting for more men to
"come in and confeaa," aa a result of
the intimations contained in the grand
jury presentment.
Harry Thaw’s mother, though aged
and worn, still continues her fight for
her wayward eon.
Chicago police will exercise strict
censorship over bathing costumes worn
at lake beaches this season.
Rural carriers at Walla Walla ac­
quitting because of the small pay, and
no on* seems to want the places.
New York saloons sell wood alcohol,
and four persona who drank it died,
while several others ar* totally blind.
SMUGGL ERS
MOVING
NORTH.
Men Who Br.g Chines« and Opium
Ar« Hard Pressed.
Lus Angeles. April 11. Driven from
lx» Angeles by the activity of Federal
sleuths, aided by the bx-al authorities,
the band of opium and Chine«e smug­
glers that has been operating along the
Pacific coast end ths Mexican border
has transferred its scene of operations
to the Northern ports in Washington
sad Oregon.
According to Deputy
United States Marshal Durlin, who has
had a large part in the two years* war-
fare on this ¡particular breed of law­
breakers, the headquarters of the band
haa been transferred to Seattle, with
branches at Portland, Tacoma and Spo­
kane. At [the latter place arrange
ments are made for disposing of the
contraband Ounces and opium that ia
successfully brought in by Pacific
liners and across the Canadian bonier.
"Chick" Wallace, the leader of the
band, is now in the northern cities ar­
ranging for the disposition of the
smuggled Orientals and drug. Hr is
the brains of the band, and is the only
prominent one of the original gang
that has e»ca|«-d arrest by the Federal
authorities. There of his confeder­
ates, including l.armon Gonsales, next
to Wallace the cleverest of all, are in
jail in thia city, held as Federal pris­
oner*.
Gonsales was captures! Iasi
week in San Diego, after a six weeks'
camjiaign directed against him.
"’I have had a warrant for the ar­
rest of this man for nearly two
months," said Durlin, after the cap­
ture. "He ia one of the craftiest men
I have hail to deal with for a long lime.
As soon aa we aimed our shafts at him
in particular, he apparently went into
accuaion somewhere in Mexico.
Ac­
cording to my information he was in­
terested mainly in landing contraband
Chinamen at the Mexican porta and
looking after their safe transportation
across the line at Nogales and El Paso.
AERIAL PLEASURE
TRIPS FOR TOURISTS
Berlin, April 11. American tourists
s>m will come to regard an airship
U»ur as one of the regular features of
• program of summer travel in Europe
if the expectations of the founders of
the new Hamburg airship linea are
realised. The promoters of the enter­
prise recognise that the financial pros-
jw< ta of the venture can I*- improved
greatly if proper efforts are made to
interest Americana.
Aerial excur­
sions are to lie arrange^ therefore,
with a special view of capturing the
custom of travelers from the United
States. One of the German steamship
companies ia contributing to the sup­
port of the enterprise on that under­
standing.
The new aerial liners will have cab­
ins holding 20 |>enk>na each, and the
rooms will lie equipped in luxurioua
style. According U> the computation
of Professor Hergesell, the aeronaut,
the fares, owing to the low coat of
construction ami operation, can be low­
er than haa heretofore been sup|*«ed.
It ia estimated, for example, that a
trip from Hamburg to Heligoland can
be maiic for 100 marks (<25), ami pas­
sengers can travel an entire day, going
as far as Berlin or Copenhagen.
SPOKANE TRAINS COLLIDE.
Block Signals Misunderstood Thirty
Injurad, Many Seriously.
Two men raced on horseback 100
Spokane, Wash., April 11. A mis­
miles for the opportunity of filing a
contest on an Eastern Washington understanding of block signals resulted
in a head-on collision of passenger
homestead.
trains No«. 2 and 3 on the Spokane,
A 14-year-old school boy in Pitts­
Portland A Seattle railroad a mile
burg. des|«>ndent at his playmates' jibs
west of Spokane Saturday night at
because he was slow in his studies,
9:18 o'clock.
hung himself.
About 30 persons were injure«!, and
Tws brothers in partnership in the it is cxpecte»! that several will die.
real estate brokage laiaineaa in St Th«- accident occurred on a high trestle
Ixiuis, committed suicide because of over Hangman creek, on the Northern
Pacific track, which is used by the Spo­
business reverses.
kane.
Portland 4 Seattle for several
Miss Nellie Anhouaer, one of the
family of millionaire St. Louis brew­ miles west of Spokane.
At the time of the collision, accord­
ers, is fighting a dentist bill which
ing to the stories of trainmen ami pas­
amounts to <25 an h««ur.
sengers, train No. 2 was at a stand­
The managers of the Northwestern still. ready to back up, when No. 3.
and Western railroads are jubilant running at a slow rate of speed,
over the spring movement of colonists crashcl head-on into No. 2, the force
into all the territory west of the Rocky of the impact smashing in the smoking
monutains from the Canariain border ear on No. 2, occupies! by a party of
to the Mexican line. Although official Italian laborers, where the moat of the
figures have not been prepared regard­ injuries occurred.
ing the movement of people seeking
homes in a new country, it ia confi­
Garden Hides Bad Money Plant.
dently stated that the number will ex­
Yonkers, N. Y., April 11. Secret
ceed that of last year, when all records service men who have been at work in
were broken.
this section for some weeks past have
The report that Hetty Green is seri­ unearthed a ’rich counterfeiters’ cache
ously ill is denied absolutely by her on a farm near Highlands, N. Y. The
stuff,'which was found buried several
son.
feet beneath the surface of a vegetable
Stock in all copper mines throughout
garden, include«
several thousand
the lake region has suffered a great
sheets of paper in which the silk
decline.
threaib of government paper are clev­
Nine person* were killed and twelve erly imitated; a dozen boxe« of blue
badly injured, three of them fatally. and red ink, and an old printing press
In a panic at a Mexican bullfight.
and enough cartridges to destroy a
A bill ia before congress to extend small army. No plates were found.
the franking privilege to Roosevelt,
and also to widows of ex presidents.
Dr. E. E. Barnard, of Yerkes ob
'
aervatory, says Halley’s comet is wear­
ing itself out whirling through space.
James A. Patten, wheat king, lost
J 1.500, »00 in cotton, and laasss of
himself and associates may reach <5,-
000,000.
Fund to Fight Sleeping Sickn«««.
ROUGH ROAD FOR
CONSERVATION
SENTIMENTAL TRIP CUT SHORT
Mr.
and Mr
Roo««v«lt Showered
With Flags and Flowers.
Genoa, Italy, April 9. — Though
'"deelighted” to an unusual degree,
but in mind and spirit much perturbed,
because of ovations along hia carriage
Jaunt to this 'city, »«-President Thro
«tore Rrosevell and wife were compel­
led to call a halt today to their sent!-
' mental tour.
At every village or crossroads they
Great Diversity of Opinion Among were met by men, women ami children,
the former with flags and the latter
Legislators as to Kind of
with iMiuqueta.
Legislation Needed.
As an instance of the demon*trations
accorded them, SOO persona, many of
them Americana, acclaimed Colonel
Washington, April 12 — President Rotaevelt and Mrs. Rooeevelt with
Taft's conservation legislation has a vivas and hurrahs after they left Ra-
pallo, where they had luncheon today.
rough road to travel.
Tins was th«- climax of their rmbarr^ea
Very little has been accomplished so amenta and Colonel Rooaevelt gave or­
far, and as the seas ion advances, the ders to be driven direct to Genoa.
The people and press of Genoa have
prospects for favorable action steadily
manifested
the nu*t intense interext in
diminish. What the ultimate isitrome
the movements of Colonel Roosevelt.
will be no one seems competent to say;
His second honeymoon journey stirred
not even the 'most earnest friends of their romantic natures to a high pitch,
and when the news spread today of
the administration measures.
One reason for the uncertainty is the his coming, a big crowd hurried to the
modest Hotel Brittannia, where he had
great diveriaty of opinion among sena­
engage«] quarters, and with cheering
tors and representative« as to the kind and waving of hats greeted Roosevelt’s
of conservation legislation that should carriage aa it rattled up the stony
l>e enacted. There are radicals in sym­ street to the accompaniment of the
pathy with Pinchot; there are radicals driver's wildly cracking whip.
of the other type who would make ab­
Both Colonel and Mrs. Rooaevelt
solutely no change« in the present were smiling when they descended
laws, and between the extreme» are from the carriage at the hotel enranc«.
men who hold al) manner of views. All They said they had enjoyed the trip
efforts thus far to compromise have hugely and were sorry only that the
met with failure.
failure to observe their incognito by
The senate will probably take the the |>eople had compelled them to cut
lead in passing conservation bills, be- | it short. Colonel Rooaevelt said he
esuse there is a manifest desire on the had a "bully time" Thursday, when he
part of the senate jmblic lands com­ and ¿Mrs. Rooaevelt drove along th«-
mittee to get together and put through. sunny slope« of the Ligurian Alp« from
thc«e bills upon which compromises Spesia to Rapallo.
esn he reached.
It is true that only
Half an hour after the arrival of
three bills have thus far been compro- Colonel Rooeevelt. the prcf«-ct aid the
<•<•«) irrigation mayor oi Genoa called on him and
certificate bill is eliminated, but as op­ gn-etol him in the name of the city.
portunity is offered, these three bill»
Colonel R««iseve)t relates an amusing
will probably be given consideration, incident of the trip. When he and
and the indications are that they will Mrs. Roosevelt reachtd the top of the
|«asx the senate in some form or other. pass at Seatri Lev ant«-, where they
The bills referred to are those regu­ stopficd laat night, the enterprising
lating the development and use of wa­ proprietor of a tavern a rival to the
ter power, permitting prospecting on one in w hich they had engage«! nxitnn
oil and gas lands, and authorising the sent out couriers in advance bearing
withdrawal of lands for f«ublic pur­ American and Italian flags and tri­
poses. There ia objection to all these umphantly escorte.1 Colonel Roosevelt
bills, it ia true, and it is believed that and Mrs. Rooaevelt to bis own hotel.
some changes may be made Iwfore the
WILSON IS SCORED.
bllL* | a-» the senate, but ¡the ex|>ecta-
tion la that the main features of all
will be preserved.
Professor Hopkins Says Farmers ar«
The powersite bill, which proposes
Wearing Out Land.
to confer absolutely upm the states
Chicago, April 9. — Characterizing
the cunlrol of water lower within their
the leachings of Secretary '»mm Wil­
borders, will be Opposed by the follow­
son aa "damnable, abominable and
er» of Pinchot, who stand out for Fed­
eral control and regulation, but it ia disgracefgul," Prufeasor Cyril G. Hop­
not believed they are strong enough to kins. of the University of Illinois, de­
li verod a stinging criticism of the de­
change the general character of the
partment of agriculture her«- today in
pending measure.
an »«kirr«» at the City rlub. Here are
The oil and gas land bill will meet
some quotations from Secretary Wilson
with objections from senators who are
cited by Professor Hopkins as "abom­
not favorable to the present system of
inably false":
withdrawing such lands from entry,
"Practically all soils contain suffi­
and regultaing their development un­
cient plant find for yield«; this supply
der government supervision.
There
will be greater difficulty reaching an will Iw indefinitey maintained.”
"So far as the present outlook is
agreement on the withdrawal bill than
on the others, because there is great concerned, the nation |>o«acssea ample
resource« in its Boil for any conceivable
diversity of opinion aa to how far the
increase in population for several cen-
power of withdrawal should go.
i turiee.”
"The soil is the one indestructible,
Mors Dead Found in Cherry Mm«.
immutable asset that the nation pos­
Cherry, III., April 12. -"All alive 2
sesses. It is the one resource that
p. m. November 14.”
cannot be exhausted; that cannot be
This message from the SL Paul coal
used Up.”
mine was brought to light today with
"From the modern conception of the
the recovery of 31 more bodies entomb­
nature and jiurptsumi of the soil, it is
ed since the disaster of Novemlwr 13.
evident that it eannot wear out, that
The bidies were taken from the low­
so far as the mineral food is concerned,
er level, 300 fret below ground. The
it will continue automatically to supply
men hat! retreated to a space 20 feet
adequate quantities of plant foods for
squarr and had construted a rude fan
crojm.”
of boards to krep the air circulating.
"As a national aaaet, the soil is safe
On the fan in big letters were chalk­
as a means of feeding mankind for un­
ed the words quoted above, indicating
told ages to come.”
the men had lived at least until the
After he had cit«d these quotations.
day after the fire.
That the miners
Professor Hopkins said:
were in the habit of keeping their sav­
"Can you blame farmers for contin­
ings on their persons was shown by the
uing to wear out their lands when
amount of money found on the bodies.
these are the teachings promulgated
One miner had in hia twit <1,400.
In
from the highest authority in the
the belt of another miner was four*!
United States? And these false teach­
<190, and another had <172.
These
ings are all the more damnable because
men were foreign-is and evidently
the common soil type on the abandoned
preferrwi to carry their money in their
farms in Maryland, only a few miles
clothing to deputing it in banks.
from Washington, contain only 169
pounds of phosphorous in the plowetl
Peruvian Consul Quits Post.
soil of an awe, while the richest black
Guayaquil, April 7.—The Peruvian prairie bo I of Illinois, with a value of
consul left here tonight for Callao. <200 an a re contains more than 2,000
The American consul haa taken charge ¡««urxls of phos|>horoua in the stratum.”
of Peruvian interests.
The govern­
ment haa established a censorship of
Miss Gould to Get Home.
all dispatches. In the face of popular
New York, April 9. According to
excitement and rioting It was officially
announced today that Ecuador and Peru friends of the family a house on upjwr
would endeavor to settle their bound­ Fifth avence will be the gift of George
ary dispute directly at Washington. J. G«a>ki to his daughter, Marjorie,
Eruaiior's special envoy ia Clemente when she is marrud to Anthony J.
Ponce, and he will proceed to the Drexel, Jr., April 19.
Thia palatial property, which is be­
American capital. The military forces
tween Eighty-aecond and Eighty-third
of Ecuador are under arms.
streets, was |iureha»ed by Mr. Gould
today, at a price said to have been be­
Missouri Hurricane Do»« Damage.
With
Kansas City, Mo., April 7.- Dam tween <350,000 and <400,000.
age amounting to many thousands of the furnishings, which, it ia said Mr.
■lollars was done by a hurricane that Gould intends to install, the gift will
«wept Northeastern Missouri last even­ represent an outlay of <500,000.
Hope for Compromise, but House
Is Badly Divided.
Brussels, April 11.- King Albert haa
decided to give <2«»0,000 for a cam­
Macon suffered the greatest
paign against sleeping sickne««, <100,- ing.
P00 to build hospitals in the Belgian damage, several houses being swept
Congo, 1100,000 for a pension fund for from their foundations and scores of
Congo civil servants, and <10,000 for telephone poles bring torn from th*
a fund for the assistance of their fam­ ground. The electric light plant was
I put out of commission.
ilies.
ROOSEVELT MELTS
FACTION LINES
Citizens of Italian Town (lo
Wild With Enthusiasm.
Breaks Cham of Flowers and
Street Named After Him
Open«
Car­
riage Smothered in Flowers.
Porto Mauris io, April 12.—Ex-Praa-
ident R«>«j*evelt thia afternaxxn opened
th«- new boulevard which h.is been
named after him and accepted honorary
citizenship of the ancient and histori
cal city of Porto Maurizio, amid a pop­
ular enthusiasm such aa that which
marked hi« arrival laat night. Ac­
cording to tho«e who had long memo-
ri«-a. never before have local, political,
religious and all other difference« ta-en
so completely obliterated aa upon thi«
ix-casion.
The carriage containing Mr. and
Mrs. Rooaevelt and the mayor waa
pelted with nosegays tied with ribbons
bearing the words. "Long live Rooae­
velt," until it was overflowing with
flowers.
When they reached the toot ot the
terrace«! hill op|M«iite the port, where
the cheering rent the air, the ex-presi­
dent and hi* wife were smiling and
looked happy.
A stone bearing the name of the
street waa unveiled and Mr. Rooeevelt
broke the flowered chain that waa
stretched across the driveway and,
amid a new outburst of "vivaa" led
Mrs. Rooaevelt up the drive to the
hotel.
There the mayor in a flattering
speech told h«iw proud the municipality
was to confer citizenship upon the
great "a|>o«tle of peace." The city
clerk, who wore a tiedizened uniform
and feather» in his cap, stepped for­
ward and pr«wented the parchment in a
silver caac upon a cushion covered with
the American flag.
Mr. Roosevelt replied in English,
!>ut the mayor experienced difficulty
in translating the words and Mrs.
Carew, Mra. Roosevelt's sister, amid
much amusement, finally came to the
rescue. The reception, Mr. Ru««cvelt
■aid, made him feel an if he were at
home in his own country.
"I am especially touched,” he con­
tinued, “at what yuu have said about
my attitude towards peace and g>«d
will. I feel that a nation should behave
toward other nationa as an honest man
toward his fellows. The same law of
propriety ami morality should apply
among nationa as among men.”
Tea was then served, Mr. Rooaevelt
sitting next to Luigi Rossi, the Italian
commissioner of immigration, whom
he knew in America. The party waa
again acclaimed as they drove back to
the Carew villa.
KING EDWARD IS SICK.
Denials by Physician« Not
Believed
Shuns Society.
Ixmdon, April 12. Official denials
that King Edward’« health is poor are
not tru»ted here, even by His Majesty’«
cleat friends. Imperial reports from
Biarritz re|«resent the king aa k>oking
listless and tired, and having an un­
healthy yellow color.
Facta seem to coincide with these
reports rather than with the denials.
The king haa abandoned hia projected
cruiae on the Mediterranean with the
queen because he haa l>e«-n advised not
to face the fatigue of traveling, lait to
rest quietly at Biarritz until the polit­
ical crisis demands hia presence in
England.
Never before has the king been
known bi refer ao repeatedly to any
one dead aa he now does to Consuelo,
duchess of Manchester. He frequently
speaks of her loss. He misses her par­
ticularly at Biarritz, where for years
she made things "go” for him.
Mayor Schmitz «Joins Musicians.
San Francisco, Cal., April 12. Fx-
Mayor Schmitz, who is out on bail
pending an appeal on conviction for
graft extortion, haa been restored to
membership in the Musicians' union,
having paid a considerable arrearage K *
of dues.
After being remove«! from
office, the ex-mayor neglected to pay
his dues. There was some talk of ex­
pelling Schmitz when the graft expose
came up, but on investigation it was
learned that a failure to pay dues had
placed Schmitz beyond further action
by the union.
Youth Invents Airship.
Vancouver. B. C.. April 12.—Alfred
E. Lauder. 19 yean old. haa invented
an airship which, he asserts, is of a
different type from any thus far ex­
perimented with.
The airship will
balance automatically and be capable
of carrying two fiaaaengcn.
The au­
tomatic balancing feature, and the
Submarin« Lowers Mark.
placing of the propelling power and
Cherbourg. April 9.—The Vcntoee, a steering gear in front of the ship, are
submarine, t«day established a record unique features. Lauder has received
by navigating at the depth of 113 feet commendation for his work from Alex-
, ander Graham Bell and Glen Curtis*.
I for 24 minute*.
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