■. 9
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Urge
Told in Brief.
Cenarsi Resume of Important Event
Presented in Condensed Form
for Our Buey Readers
I.ea«lers In congress think an ex-
tra »• -»Ion frill be avoided.
The Kansas legislature Is blocked
by the advance «-ffr«-tr ot a political
fight two years hence.
ENDURANCE RECORO BROKEN
Aviator Parmalse Beata Formar Am-
•Clean Record of 28 Minutes.
Han Fra act »ro San Francisco's av-
tation meet produxwd a new Ameri
can record when Phillip O. Parmalee.
piloting a Wright biplane. ■ remained
aloft for three hours 3ft minute* and
49 1 5 second»
The best previous endurance per
formaiice was that of A. L. Welch,
of BL Ixiuis, who e»tabll»bed a rec
ord of three hours, 11 minutes and
55 second«
At !<oa Angeles' recent
meet, the late Arch Hoxaey «a» cred
lied with an unofficial record of three
hours and I? minutes
A throng of more than 35.000 ebeer
«•<) the blrdman as he pursued hl«
monotonous course
When he finally
descended he was given a reusing
ovation. Several enthusiasts, among
them Eugene It Ely. hoisted Farm
alee on their «boulders and carried
him in triumph to a stand In the mid
die of Selfridge Field, where Genera!
Ta»kcr II llllss. other Army officers
and a number of women crowded
about the aviator to congratulate him
"I could have remained up longer."
»aid Parmalee, "but my »eat grew so
hard and my hands and feet so
numbed with the cold that I decided
tft come d<>wn after clinching the
American record”
Parmalee'» long flight was tin
eventful.
Once while sailing close
to the Han Bruno hills on the far side
of the field, he dipped suddenly and
sharply to force gasoline Into his en
glass.
Weather conditions were excellent,
although bright sunshine did
not
wholly temper th® air's tripping touch
A U. 8. revenu«» cutter captured
one ('hlnew smuggling vessel near
Ranta Itarbara. Cal , but several oth
era escaped In a fog,
Danville. Ill, la »haken by the pro»
pert In gram! Jury Inquiry, and e»»»n
a visit of 8("-aker t'annon to this,
ids home town, failed to turn the
Jury from Ita course.
A Portland pollremin captur»-«!
three highwaymen who attempt«-1 t<
hold him up. a fourth man escapi tg
Contractors who l>ld to supply Call
fornia state in»titutlons with perat«-«
«III lose niiotit ».lO.OOO. o »lig to iba
high prices.
Parmaiee, in
tnained In the
than the previous Amer «an rec« «'
Th® schooner I-akmc r. ached San
MINE PERIL GREAT.
Francisco aft«»r a teirlmi" experience
In a hurricane, at one t.i.ie l*»»lng but Inexperi«nc»d Foreign Labor Endang
SO f«»et from the ledge ot rocks off
era American Workers.
C«|ie Blanco.
Wsrhlngton
— Through
misunder
The Idaho leglslsture will Investi
standing of orders or by reckless dis
gate all state Institutions.
regard of the necessary rules ot oper
Eastern hop buyers balk at high atlon. foreign born workmen without
actual experience In mtnlug often Im
pnce» asked for Coaat product.
peril the live» of trained arid exper-
nn.I meltlii'g WO» fenced workers, »cording to a bulle
■
tin made public by the Bureau of
An anarchist fl ted two shots nt Labor.
The figures cited are principally for
Premier I'.rland, of France, but nelth
the decade ended with the year IBM,
er one hit him.
In which the fatal accidenta In the
Twenty nix Japanese have been sen coal tn In «-a were at the rate of 3 it
tenced to death for a recent attempt per lotto employes, For the decade
ended 150«», th® late -.i for which fl«-
Upon th«.» life of the Mikado.
urea for other coal mining countries
In-tall« of the assault on Consul were aval laide, the average fatality
Williamson at l>abny »how Inten»«- rate In North America, sai» the re
hatred of Jaimnese for Americans.
port, %«» 3.14 per U>'»0. This. It is
»aid, was higher than the rate tn
PORTLAND MARKETS.
other Important fields In th« world
Wheat-Track prices:
Bluestom, Figures for a few countries for th®
Utr k5t*c; club. 83irM*4c; red Rus same |»»rlod an-: Unltwl Kingdom.
slsrt. kOc; Valley 82ffk3c; 40-fold. »3 1.39 per lotto employes: Austria, 1.35;
il k.Hic,
France, L9L «nd iTm»»ta * 13.
Harley- Feed. |24ft25 per ton:
brewing. 827<f27 5O j»er ton
BONILLA IS ASSEMBLING MEN.
Mlllstuffo—Bran, »23 50<f 34 50 per
ton: middlings. »31; shorts. (2& 50ft Effect of Seizure on Rebel Is Main
26.59; rolle«! barley, ,25ft 26
Topic at Ceiba.
llay—Track price«; Timothy, Wil
Ceiba.
Honduras.-
—Great excitement
lamette Valley, ,19020 per ton;
Eastern Oregon. »31U32. alfalfa. »14. «■»« ««used here when It became
grain hay. »14 5OUI55O; clover. »13 known that the United States cruiser
Tacoma had "arrested" the révolu
I
Corn Whole ,39; cracked. ,30 ton tlonary gunboat Hornet at Truxillo,
It Is not k nown what effect the
Oats —No I white, ,2M(/28 50 ton.
Apple» Waxen, bOcAftl; Baldwin. selsure will have on General Bon-
o|<e rations.
He|M>rts
have
T5eft,|.26: Northern Spy. 60cft,125; Illa's
Bnww. ,125; Re«l Cheek Pippin, ,1ft reached here that for more than a
1 25; Winter Banana ,1 75fr2; Bpltx Week he has tw-en moblllrlng troops
entierg. ,12501.75; Yellow Newtown, at Nueva Armenia, ?< miles east of
here on the Coast, preparatory to an
I
Green Fruits—Pears. ,12503 l*r. attack.
Ceiba appears to have more gen
b>>x; cranberries, ,1201350 per bar-
crals. captains and other minor off!
Ml.
errs than soldiers and the govern
Vegetable*—Beans. 13Hc |»®r lb
cabbage, ,1.25 per hundred, cauliflow ment has experienced considerable
er ,2.25 |>er crate; celery.. California. trouble In enlisting loyal privates
, >| I 25 |wr crate: squash, lftl'sc Trenches have been built on the out
I » r lb.: tomatoes. ,1.75 per box; car skirts of Ceiba and government of
rots ,l(fl 35 hundred; parsnips, ,1ft fl chi I» express confidence In their
ability to defend the town.
J 25; turnips. ,1; beets, ,1250150
Pota toe«—Oregon. Jobbing prices,
,1 350 1 35 per hundred
America Offers Aid.
price,
,1 50 [ier
OnfoM— Buying
Washington.—In responso to the
hundred.
Henn, 18>4O!9c; request of Hayti. thè American Gow
P«>u)try- Live:
Rprlngs. 18 ft 19c; turkey«. 300 21c; ernment ha» formali® tendered I Its
ducks. 23c; geese, 14c; dressed tur- good office« to boti» Hayti and Santo
Domingo In a friendly effort to brina
keys, choice. 25c
Egg*—Oregon ranch, candled. 33® alieni a M*tt|ement of thè terrltorial
dispute flint 1« neriou«ly threateulng
8-5c; Lantern. 28<,30c.
Hutter—City creamery extra. 1 and thè pene- of thè two countrles. 8®C
3 pound prints. In boxes, 35c per rotary Knox ha» seni telegrama to
pound. I®«« than boxes, cartons and ih® American Ministeri at l*ort An
Prlnce and Santo Domingo City di
delivery extra.
rect to Inform thè ren>ectlve goverti-
Pork- Fancy. 11O12c per pound.
Veal—Fancy. 85 to 125 pounds, 13 menta to whtch they are accredfted
that thè United States stand« ready
ijilc per pound.
Hops- 1910 crop. 18ft18Hc; 1909 to lutervene.
Crop, !0fri2c: contracts, ISO 13c.
Airship Circles Warships.
Wool-Eastern Oregon. 12018c l*r
1b. according to Shrinkage; Valley,
Lima. Per.it.-—-The aviator Hlolon-
17ft 19c per pound. Mohair, choice, vlcct matin n fllnht to Callao at a
3OG3IC.
height of 200 feet, circling over the
Cattle—Prime steers ,7ft750; good warships In the harbor and returned
lo
choice
,6 50,77.00;
fair
to to the course here, where he made
>
’
a.
,
n perfect landing The Prenvian avi
6 75; choice to prime o»ws. ,5.25ft ator. Tenaud, who attempted a flight,
R 50 good to choice beef row« ,4 75 came suddenly to the ground because
05 35: fair to choice, ,1,5ft 4 75; of an accident to his motor. He was
common to fair. ,2ft4; good to choice not hurt.
heifers. ,4 75ft5; fair to good, ,4 50®
4.75: comtnon to fair, ,4ft4 28; cholre
Aviator Takes Thrss Passengers.
to good fat bulls. ,3 7504 50; fair to
Mourwielon, France—Henry Wein
go«x!. ,3 3547,50: common bulla. ,,50 I
mann made a brilliant flight with
<7335; giusl to chol«*e light claves. three passengers.
He flew aero«»
,707.50; fair to go«'d. ,6 5007; good
country to Rhelm« and return, about
to choice heavy calves. »5 3506, fslr
. 37 miles. In one hour. A few days
tn giMxI. ,4 7505,5; common calves,
ago Weinmann made a flight over
,17504 75; good to choice stag«.
practically the same course with two
,4 5005.
passengers.
Hogs- Fair
to
good.
lift« SO;
good to choice.
choice. ,8 7509 10
Plague Forces Close of Legation.
,8 5008 75.
Ixmdon
— A special dispatch from
Sheep—yearling wethers, grain bd
,4.7505;
old
wethers.
grain fed. Pekin nays that because of the plague
14 35 0 4 50: choice ewes, grain fed the diplomatic board has closed the
The Chinese oc
,3 7504 75; feeders. ,2 2503; choice legation quarter.
lambs, grain fed. »6 500 7; good to cupants. It Is expected, will close the
European quarter also.
, qjjclce, groin fed. ,606 18.
REBEL WARSHIP
TAKEN IN HAND
I. S. Cruiser Puts Quietus on
Honduran Craft.
President Bonilla Gress Americans
Fees Rein In Preventing Bom
bardment of Ports.
Washington. Jan 33 The report
that the Hornet. Genera! Bonita's
revolutionary gunlsiat, which has
been promoting his cause along the
roast of Honduran, ba« bm-n boarded
by a force from th® American gun-
txMl Tacoma was confirmed In a
wireless dlHjiatch received by the
navy department today from Com-
mander Coo|>er of the United Blates
steamship Marietta.
The dispatch merely •aid It had
twn found necessary to place a force
on board to detain the Hornet, and
added that details would be reported
later. The state department is await
ing Information to determine Its fu
tut«- course.
The attorney-general Is tnvestlgat
Ing whether the Hornet has violated
the neutrality lawn of the United
Blates, and pending the result the
stale department has announced that
the vomo I would not lie permitted
to commit any act ot hostility against
Honduras
The action <>f Commander Davis, of
the Tacoma. In boarding the Hornet.
It Is assumed here, was based on an
intention of tlie revolutionists to
strike u telling blow. The navel of
tic. re in Honduran waters were given
considerable latitude
'H
out
their instruction« to prevent
as-
vault by the Hornet.
The Hornet sailed from New Or-
leans, ostensibly fur Cape Gracias, on
the noriheaateru coast of Nicaragua.
th»- »• .. i r< ■ ive.i !.<-r i-i -,<>«: >.
The Hornet wan Imiticdiriely trans
ferrod from American to Honduran
registry and raised rhe Honduran
flag, but the Honduran papers were
:»«»ued |.y th«- ILuilUa Hppi|i)!>-.a. The
validity <>f these papers is one of
the question» being looked Into, Of-
flclal« here generally rvgai<1 them a*
Irregular.
RAISE IN TARIFFS URGED.
Railroad Official Says Rates Not In-
creased on Par With Prices.
Worcester. Mass Unless th® rail
roads of the country charge higher
rates for carrying freight, wages will
hav«» to be cut. at-rordlng to argu
ments put forth by »|K>akere at the
rntmtlng of the New England men»-
be re of the American Railroad Etn-
ployers' and Investors' Association
here.
For 25 years.” said P. H Morris-
•ey. president «if the nssoclatlou. "the
changes In class rat«-« have been
very slight, while the value of al
most erery commodity has increased
Th«- railroads hav«» found It ueceimary
again and again to increase wagtm
Now they are making a moderate
advanc«» in aome rate* but the ad
vance 1» so small In comparison with
th« value of the commcMlltlea as to
be almost Impossible for computation
by the ultimate oonsumer.
If the
railroads are not allowed to raise
their freight rates. It will bo felt
In other ways."
BOILER EXPLODES; EIGHT DEAD
Battleship Delaware Is Scene
Frightful Disaster.
of
Washington, Jan. 17.—Eight men
Wer« killed aad « tie seriously injured
by a boiler explosion aboard the bat
t!«-»hlp Delaware, according to a re
port just received here
A wlrele»»
lo the navy department states that
the men were all acaide«! to death by
steam followtng the explosion, that
they were luiptis«>n«-d in the boiler
room without a chance for oacapa.
Those killed la the explosion were:
Charle» Hart, first class fireman.
Culuuibus Porter, fiitt ciaaa fire
miti
WHlum White, serond class fire
man
Herbert Brewer, second data fire*
man
l<®w|s White, coal pasaer.
Clarence Dewitt, coal pasaer.
Christian Jensen, water tender.
Unidentified man.
Eugene Phillipa« a first class fire
man was badly Injured.
Captain Gove of the Delaware sent
the following wlrt-less to the navy de
partmeot this afternoon.
”1 request that a tug meet the Del-
aware at Haruptou Roads I mined I
ately on Ibis ship a arrival there, with
all preparations made for the trail»
IMirtation of the dead and the one
Injured man. 1 shah forward details
of the explosion by telegraph upon
arrival ai 'll. in. pt.-u lt.-u.i-.
GERMAN
SUBMARINE
SINKS.
Captain Phones Up All Ars Well and
Plenty of Air.
Klei, Germany.—Tift German sub-
marine "1'1" beat to the bottom of
the sec during a practice maneuver.
Divers from her parent ship, one of
the largt'sl baltlrslilp» ot the North
en
deavor to loop
lalns about tilo
’
sunken boat.
full crew wa»
aboard wlieu tl
submarine went
down.
As soon as the bout settled the
crew detached the newly invented
telepholi® mi laugvim-tit, which Itnuie
dlstvl came tu the surface, where it
wa» picked up by a small boat from
the wiiranip.
The officer command
ing the aubmartue pboutd up that
the boat was all right and that the
crew had plenty of air. He stated
that the machinery had been disabled
and that th« subniariue probably
wv-ii-i
1«. lift. <j »¡til ch.lUo-
I h«re la air In the tanks sufficient to
supply the men for several hours.
Word wa» sent ashore this evening
th«; the Fulcan, one of the large
»hi|«a ot the Beet, had sticeiH-ded tn
getting chains under the sunken sub
marine, and that her rescue was as
lured. The trouble was c®'j»<«d by an
accident to the water bunkers, which
filled um-xtM-ctediy.
WOULD PURIFY NEW JERSEY.
Governor
of State Warns
Fostering Trusts.
Against
AVIATOR LANDS
ABOARD
Eugene Ely, In Curtiss Biplane.
Performs Great Eeat.
Alights Easily On Platform and Stops
With Room to Spare—Returns
to Shor«.
Ssn Francisco., Jan. 19
Historjf
was made In the science of war today
when Eugene Ely, the brilliant Or«
gon aviator, dtopped from the »k-‘H
Upon the afterdeck of the cruiser
Pennsylvania, at 11 o’clock thia morn
ing
Mrs Ely was the first to greet her
husband as he alighted. She climbed
through the intricate rigging of the
biplane to where her husband sat
stoically, and Impressed two klssea
on his face. Then she took from her
corsage a glowing bouquet of Cali
fornia violets and quickly fastened
them to the aeroplane.
It was the first time in history that
an airship alighted on an ocean
craft. Ely, a year ago, at Hampton
Roads, flew from the deck of the
cruiser Birmingham over ffvo miles
of water to land, Ely accomplished
the thrilling and memorable feat
with the latest typo of "tantalT Cur-
ties biplane, especially fitted with
extra wide wings, ¡«ititoon» and grap-
piing books.
'll was Tar easier than I thought it
would be.” was the first declaration
of the daring but modest aviator, who
was surrounded by a cheering crowd
on board the cruiser.
Ely lauded on the improvised wood
en runway on the afterdeck of the
cruiser with all the grace of a gull,
and apparently with as much preci
sion. Three minutes before 12 o’clock
one hour to the second from time
of alighting "the bird" was again
<>n the wing and off for lite aviation
field. 12 miles away.
Ely left the staging on the battle
ship with the same grace and ease
as he had alighted an hour before.
There was no testing of the motor.
He simply listened for a few seconds
to convince his trained ear tiiat the
engine was hitting" properly, then,
spreading his arms as a signal, he
sailed away. In leaving the runway
th«» biplane did not dip with the
downward Incline of the approach,
but arose under his gulldlng hand to
a height of several hundred feet, then
to a thousand f«-«t. and winged ita
way southward over Hunters Point
at a sjs-ed of 60 miles an hour. In
12 minutes he alighted ou Selfridge
Field, thereby completing the not
able feet.
Ely was sei led by the cheeriug sol
diers ot the Thirteenth Infantry and
hoisted on their shouidera. "1 think
th® trick cxiuld be successriilly turned
nine time out of ten." said the avi
ator.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 17—Demand
that New Jersey cease to be known
as the "mother of frusta." thtbugh
an amendment to the Hate s corpor
ation law, was one of the striking
BUBONIC PLAGUE MENACES.
feature« of th«» Inaugural address of
Governor Wotidrow Wilson, delivered
Epidemic
Decimating
Minehurian
here to the Incoming legislature.
Provinces Spreads Terror.
"We are too free," he said, ”whi
granta anti charters to rorporatlim»-
Harbin. Manchuria.—The epidemic
and 1 urge ii|>ot) you as an imi«ratlve of bulionlc plague threatens to be-
obllgatl -n that you IniniediaUdy ef rom« an international danger unless
«’«Ct a change In th-» law which will foreign control is Introduced, be
prevent abuee of the inrorporatiou ¡cause of the ignorance of the Chinese
privilege which has brought dlscretf!! authorities, The Taltal remains coop
on the Hate. It •» necessary that ed up in tile center of the city, hie
WAR OVER CRETE IS THREAT. you teMrtct and regulate the Issue of residence guarded by troops, and the
»«•curitle.-. enforce the regulations re extent of the plague
I» concealed.
gardlng bona fide capita! and provide
In the suburb of Fudxladlan. the
New York Greeks Ask Taft to Help
methods whereby the public will be Chinese ar.d
European physicians
Keep Isis From Turkey.
nafeguarded from fraud, deception and hare been b»»aten by the soldiers.
extortlos."
New York —That an effort on the
R< fug<. s from rudiiadl.in hav«»
Governor Wilson also urged that a carried^ contagian troughout a rad
part of the Ottoman Empire to coerce
the Cretans would r«»ult in another public service corimisstoa be em ius of .b miles from the railway and
revolution was the sentiment voiced ‘ | owcred to fix and regulate the rates have Infected Kwnnchengfce. where
at a mans meeting ot the Greek i of all public service corporations the mortality Is almost as great hv
and strongly advocsted the Oregon at Fndtiadian.
colony.
The meeting was convoked by the law«. ballot reform and corrupt prac-
Mukden. Kirin and Ttellng have
Pan-Hellenic Union, representing 8000 | tices acta.
been seriously Invaded by the dis-
<i»
In the VI« I tilt y
t New Y
ea»e. Deaths among the Chinese em
to pretest against the alleged Inten
ploye« of »he Harbin mills are likely
Czarina Is Near Death.
tion of European powers to hand
to result In the Infection being car
Petersburg.
—
Confirmation
of
BL
re-
'
over the Island of Crete to Turkey.
ried In the foodstuffs exported to
The m«*eting adopted resolutions porta that the csarina in again In a Amur and the maritime provinces.
calling upon President Taft and Con critical condition was obtained yes
Twenty-four bodi«>s have been pick
gress to oppose an effort to subject terday from attaches of the palace. ed up in the streets here. The vic
the Cretans to Turlsh sovereignty Her majesty's recent trip to Bad tim» In this city and Fudxiadiau nuiu
and asked that the President remind Nauheim brought only temporary re-1 her man hundreds.
the powers that the Interests of lief and her nervous disorder and
peace demand that Crete tie Incor melancholia returned almultaneously ¡
Mine Explosion Kills Six.
porated with the Kingdom of Greece, with her return to the palace, It Is
Helena.
Mont —As a result of an
feared that the empress has not long
to
live.
She
is
hysterical
much
oft
explosion
Ifl the Keating mine at
Bubonic Plague Spreads.
the time, her rondltion amounting al Radersburg, 40 miles from here six
Pekin.—A number of deaths from most to Insanity whenever the exaro- miners are dead, t _
two are badly In
bubonic plague have occurred In this vlteh is not In her sight
jured, and there la an unconfirmed
rumor that two more men are some
city since the first death from the
where in the working*
China Lets Warship Contract.
disease here was reported Saturday.
Pending an investigation of the ex
Philadelphia.—The New York Ship
The legation staffs are quarantining
themselves wtlhln their own walla, building Company, of Camden. N. J., plosion. the offlctals of the Keating
having been unable to agree on gen con firms reports that it has received Gold Mining Company aald only that
eral measures for the entire legation. a contract for the building of a the men name I had been killed and
Advices from Chefu state that the ep cruiser for the Chinese government. injured; that no one below the ,00-
,h* m,n* WM Injured.
idemic has been carried across the The vessel will be about 13.600 tons
Gulf of Pechlll In Junks and that and will coat considerably more than All the bodies were rerove red.
there are grave fears that It will ,1.000.000. The armor and guns will
Another Body Found In Ruins.
extend throughout Northern China be supplied by the Bethlehem Steel
Company.
and Corea.
Cincinnati, O— Another body was
.
_________
recovered
from the ruins of the
Refugees Flee From Harbin.
On ths Square With Laborers.
__
__ ,
■ Chamber
of
Commerce
Kalam Cheng Tse. China—Plague
Racramento, Cal. Jan. 17—In adj which was destroyed by building.
fl™'
_.j on
refugees frowi Harbin are arriving rertlslng for laborers to take th® lanuary 10 last
f was that of
It
here In great numbers
The fa places of men on strike or locke«! out; Christy Meents fireman of'the“ b’niM
talltles Increase dally. The Japanese It will be necessary to state such Ing. Two Indies have now b».n r—
are erecting plague camps capable fact In the "ad ” according to a bill1 covered Four other» are believed to
of containing 4000.
• presented to the assembly today.
( be under the wreckage