The Santiam news., March 24, 1911, Image 2

CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Briet
General Return« of Important Evant
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Reader*.
The author of “How to Be Happy.”
has committed suicide.
Senator Bailey refused to
in the Ixirimer.bnbery case.
testify
The Oregon system of direct legis­
lation has t**-n adopted by California.
Portland is now the lending port of
the United States in the export of
wheat.
The faculty of (>>lumbia College,
New York, are in revolt against' Pres­
ident Butler.
President I»vett, of the Harriman
lines, is very optimistic regarding
prospect* in the West.
Champ Clark is much impressed
with opportunities in the South and
ad vises young men to go there.
Citizen* of Viterbo, Italy, nre flee-
ing from Jury duty in the trial of the
Camorra, a murderous organisation of
Italians.
The United States government has
requested the release of two Ameri­
cana arrested by Mexican authorities
on American soil.
Sir Edward Grey's *;ieech before
parliament favoring a
;*erman«-nt
peace treaty with the United States
met with great enthusiasm throughout
England.
< Conferences have tak.-n place in
New York between representatives of
the Mexican government ami the reb­
els, and it is believed peace is being
considered.
The naval patrol of the Mexican
coast has been recalled, owing to the
protests of Secretary l.imantour, of
Mexico.
PEACE IN PROSPECT.
Rebels
Will Suspend Operations
Reforms Are Granted.
if
Washington, March 21.
Peace is
assured in Mexico within a week if
certain influences now at work toward
that end prove effective.
With the
arrival in Mexico City of Senor Jose
Yves l.imantour. minister of finance.
President Dias will liegin conferences,
which it is expateted will result In the
announcement, within three or four
days of the re-organxation of the cab­
inet.
Minister l.imantour will present an
explanation of the demands of the rev­
olutionists and the changes in the off),
cial family of President Diaz a* well
as the institution of reforms which are
expected to appease the insurgents.
In the meantime. President Taft,
who arrives here tomorrow morning
from Augusta, Ga., will confer with
Ambassador de la Barra, and there is
good grounds for the assumption that
the troops now concentrated in Texas
immediately will Itegin a series of
maneuvers, and will return shortly to
their posts. In addition, when con­
ditions are normal in Mexico, a com­
plete statement of the consideration
that actuated the mobilization of
troops will be Issued.
Hope for the coming of peace in
Mexico is strengthened by the manner
in which the revolutionist* have com­
mented on the magazine article of
Ambassador de la Barra and the signi­
ficant spirit of expectancy with which
the results of Senor l.imantour'« con­
ferences in Mexico City this week are
await«*! by organs of insurgent senti­
ments.
Not a single adverse comment was
recorded in Mexican newspajien« to
the propoaal of the Mexican ambassa-
dor that all claases'fn Mexico unite for
the promotion of national unity.
The insurgents have taken the stand
that their operations have proved they
arc willing to risk a great deal to se­
cure the adoption of certain reforms
in the government, and if not granted
will contiue the strife.
The dissatisfaction
in Mexico,
though most conspicuous in Chihuahua,
has not been confined to that state ami
serious outbreaks in other states have
been prevented by the promise* of
early changes in administration.
Three
newspapermen
from San
Diego, Cal., are lost in Mexico, where
they went <>n a news gathering expedi­
FIND WILD INDIAN BAND.
tion in an automobile.
They are in
the haunts of the rebels and may have Scientists
Discover
St.age Tribe
been captured.
Thought Wiped Out in 1870.
PORTLAND
MARKETS.
San Francisco An anthropological
expedition from the univestiy of Cali­
fornia. under Professor Kroeber, has
reported the discovery of remnants of
a supposedly extinct tribe of Califor­
nia Indiana near the* headwaters of the
Sacramento river.
The rest of the tribe, the Komlxva,
were exterminated in a raid in 1870,
the settlers of Northern California
having been aroused by the depreda­
tion* of the Indians, who were hunted
<lown ami massacred.
According to the members of the
expedition, which returned from the
North, recently, there ar«- about 20 in
the tribe at present. They were iden-
tifl.xl by arrow heads and other imple­
ments found in their cam;», although
the Indiana themselves were too wild
to be approach«*!.
The university will try to have them
round«*d up by a troop of United
States cavalry in order that their
language and ancient customs may be
studied in the inten-st of ethnology.
Numerous reports from sh«*cpmen in
Tehama county that sheep had been
found kill«-d by arrows led ty the
search for the tribe.
Wheat
Track pyires; Bluestem,
83c; club, 80(<i.Klc; red Russian, 79c;
valley, 80c; 40 fold, Bic.
Barley Feed, 423.50(4 24 per ton;
brewing, nominal.
Millstuffs Bran, (200121 per ton;
middlings, 427m 28; aborts, 421<u22;
rolled barley, 125.5tk«r 20.50.
Corn Whole, 128; cracked,
429
per ton.
Oats No. 1 white. (27(427.50 ton
Hay Track prices: Timothy. East­
ern Oregon, No. I, (20tl21; mixed.
416(420; alfalfa. 11.500112; grain
hay. 4130114.50; clover, (114x12.
Apples Fancy, (2«i2.76; choice,
41<o2; common, 50coi(l |>er box;
pears, (1.50611.75 psr box; cran-
iierries, 413.50 per barrel.
Vegetables
Cabbage, 41.50 per
100; celery, California. 43.5Ooi3.75
|M*r crate: garlic, l<B>i 12c pound; hot­
house lettuce. 5<>roi4l per box; |>ump-
kins, 2c per ;x>und; sprouts, 9c; car­
rots, H5c(<i 41 per hundred; param;»,
H5c<<i|l, turnips. H5c(il 41; beets, 90c
«(41.
Potatoes
Oregon, buying price,
41.25«i 1.50 ;>er hundred.
Rain Drenches Soldiers.
Onions Buying price, 42 hundred.
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Galveston, Tex., March 21. Rain
fryers, 2tk<i25c; turkeys, 20c; geese, fell in torrents at Fort Crockett last
12(413c; dressed turkeys, choice, 23 night and almost flood«*d out th«* 2.600
(<i 25c.
soldiers who arrive«! yesterday from
Uggs Oregon ranch, 18« 19c per the North on trans;x>rts and sjs-nt the
doxen.
night under the shelter of their dog
Butter City creamery extra, I anti tents. Several large tents were blown
2 pound prints, in boxes 31c pound; down and the smaller ones that stood
less than boxes, cartons ami delivery were render«*«! practically uninhabit­
extra.
able.
Though most of the soldiers
Pork Fancy. 11c per pound.
were soaked to the akin, they came up
Veal Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 12j smiling when reveille sounded this
<«t 13c per pound.
morning and entered with enthusiasm
Hop* 1910 crop. 17|<<ilHjc; 1909 into the work of setting camp inorder.
crop. 12Ail2jc; contracts, 16c.
Farmers’ Wives Strike.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 12<>i 18c ;*r
pound, according to shrinkage; val­
Gandy. Neb.
Encouraged by the
ley, 17<>il9c; mohair, choice, 30c.
recent decision of Judge Otto, of
Cattle
Prime steers. 46« 6.25; Brule, who defin«*l the rights of hus­
choice, 45.50m 6; good. (5.25(<l 5.50; band and wife relative to work on the
common, 44m 5; Prime cows, 45.25m farm, Nebraska women are d«*claring
5.50; choice. 44.50m 5; common, 42« themeelvM in no uncertain manner.
4; choice heifers, (5.25m 5.50; choice All through thia section of the state
bulls, 44.75(45.25;
fair to
good, the women have organize«! clubs and
43.75m t; common, 43m 3.50; choice determin«*d that henceforth farm work
light calves, 47.75m 8; fair to good, shall be done by the men. or it will go
47« 7.50; choice heavy calves, 45.25 undone.
«5 50: fair to m«*iium.
44.75m 5;
Hay Signs All But Eight.
choice stags, (5.50« 6, fair to good.
44.50« 5.
Olympia. Wash. Governor Hay has
Ilogs
Choice light. 48.25m.8.75; signed all but eight of the bills passed
good
to choice, (8«. 8.25; choice by the legislature at its recent ses­
heavy. (7.75« 8.
sion. Of these eight, the only two of
Sheep Choice yearling wethers, consequence are the bill requiring full
grain fed, 44.50« 4.75; old wethers. crews for freight trains, the railrstds
44« 4.25 choice ewes, grain fed, (3.50 being hotly opposnl to th«* measure,
«4; fair to medium, 42.75«3.25; and the bill repealing the anti-cigar
choice lambs, grain fed. 45.25(45.50; ette law. The cigarette bill is said to
good to choice. I'-.;
fair to good, contain a "Joker" which repeal* a law
44.75«C5: culls. 42.5Oei3.5O.
forbidding women to enter saloon*.
TROOPS READY
FOR Ol'K’K MOVE
Trains With Crews Aboard and
Steam I p.
Cavalry Can Start on ^Moment's No­
tice- Events in Mexico Are
Closely Watched.
ARMY PREPARES FOR WAR.
Whois Division Held Read/ for Field
in Two Hours.
San Antonio. March
IM. Orders
have been received here from Wash­
ington that Major General Carter'*
maneuver division shall hold itself In
readiness to break camp and take the
field as it for actual warfare within
two hours.
The order caused much comment,
| for the particular reason that it did
not come in the general maneuvers or­
ders issued by Major General Carter
today, but from the sea’ of govern­
ment.
The order to be in readinc** for
operation* in the field, while it may
be a legitimate feature of maneuvers,
is not taken in that sense.
Excepting the general* to whom
long years have taught conservatism,
everyone
rejected
the
maneuver
theory, but could not explain where
war was to I m * expected.
One officer of prominence today said
h«- hoped Mexico ami the Unit«*! Stat«-*
would not become embroiled.
”We could defeat Mexico and there
would 1» no Itruon learned," he said.
"The unthinking in congreaa would
have another object to joint to. to
show that we can depend on the volun-
t«*ers in an emergency.
So we can.
after we have lost 75 per cent to teach
the remaining 25 per cent how to fight.
“A stronger le««>n is needed; Japan
or Germany would do. preferably the
former. Iiecauac of her ge--gra;>hical
situation. They are quite capable of
reducing us. with their perfect pre-
jiaredrirss. whenever ready.
"We have spent ten day* in turmoil
gathering a handful of men in Texas.
Ultimatcy we should triumph, but th<*
ultimate coat would be appalling.
It
would be much cheaper even in money,
let alone live*, to treble our fore«*
than to take such a lesson, considering
th«- ensuant ;*cnsion roll* alone.”
Officers cannot I m * quottxl for publi­
cation where criticisms of superiors is
invuv«*! <>r to be inferred, but the man
who made the foregoing statement has
a reputation which extends beyond the
army.
San Antonio, Tex., March 20. The
air was electrified tonight with ru­
mors of important developments in
Mexico and of the movement of the
maneuver division to the bonier. The
return of Jose Yves Limantour to
Mexico in part accounted for this.
A newspaper man who return«*!
from the City of Mexico said sen na­
tional devehqiment* were to he expec­
ted. He said the story of the atoning
of Diax' palace was untrue.
At the maneuver camp nearly every
preparation was a denial of the story
of mere drill and tactic*.
Eight
track* have been cleared in the South­
ern Pacific yards.
Runways have
been constructed su that the loading of
eight troop trains can be effected sim­
ultaneously.
The entire yard has
lx-cn cleared, so that nothing will hin­
der the regular army in the event of
any emergency.
That these eight tracks are at the
disposal of the government was admit-
t«d by an official of the railroad com­
pany. who. in the same breath, told of
th«- "Ix-dding" of a lot of stock cars
that are being stor«-«i in the Southern
Pacific yard*. A second official said a
representative of
the government
ask«d him, in case stock cars were not
available for the shipment of horses,
how many animals could lx- loaded in
50.000 THREATEN STRIKE
to onlinary 36 or 40-foot box cam.
Inquiry was also made if the road
would undertake to handle soldiers in New York Espress Drivers Upset
box cars in an emergency.
Plans for Peace.
A train, said to be destined tn carry
New York. March 18. Samuel Com­
tnxqw to Nogales, Arixona. on th«-
Mexican border, was made up at the pere, president of the American F«*l
army yards her«- tonight. It consists «-ration of Ijibor, has b«-en summon«*!
of nine tourist nnd two standard sleep to New York to take charge of the
er. a kitchen and « bsggsge car
It threaten«*! gen«-ral strike of the team
is manned and under orders to remain stern in the metropolitan district,
which, if called, will involve 50,000
in readiness to ;»ull out at any hour.
"It may go tonight, tomorrow or men. Mr. Gom;*>rs. it is understood,
never,” said a railroad mar«.
"It will arrive Monday or Tuesday.
Strikers ami employers are sake«! to
must remain with steam up and a
crew aboard at all times, in any submit their differenc«** to arbitra­
tion, the men returning to work pend­
event. ”
So far aa could be learn«!, no order* ing a decision, in resolutions adopted
have been receive«! for the embarka­ tonight by the interdenominational
tion of troops, but it is said among committee for the promotion of indus­
railroad men that the destination of trial arbitration.
After deciding at a meeting y«rster-
the train i* Nogales. It probably will
day to return to work and leave the
carry the Eleventh cavalry.
Interest is ad<l«-d to the news by the settlement of their grievances to May
fact that in the plana pigron-holed at or Gaynor, the striking Adams Ex­
Washington for the movement of press company drivers held another
troops remly for any eventual¡ties. an session in Jersey late at night ami
invasion of Mexico includes the use of overturn«*! the plans by deciding not
only to continue the strike, but to call
Nogales aa a gateway.
out the drivers employ«*! by other
companies as well.
¡TUMOR CUT FROM BRAIN.
Spoksns Woman ,Undergoss Delicate
Operation and Lives.
Spokane, March 20 One of the
most rare and difficult operations in
medicals annals, the removal of a tu­
mor from the pituitary gland at the
has«- of the brain, was perform«*! at
Sacred Heart hospital, in this city.
The operation, which was performed
by D. Labau, was witnessed by nearly
a score of local physicians an«! 40 nur­
ses. Among the physicians present
were Dr. Solomon W. Shafer, of Johns
Hopkins university, who administered
the anaesthetic, an«! Dr. E M Wolty,
demonstrator of surgery in the Jeffer­
son Medical college, Philadelphia.
The patient was Miss Maude Rupp,
formerly of Evanston. Wyo., but who
for som • time has been a resident of
Spokane. Five years ago the tumor
start«*! at the base of the brain. It
enus«*d an enlargement of her extrem­
ities. which amounted to a deformity,
ami pwvssing on ‘the optic nerve des­
troyed the sight of ond eye entirely
and impair«*! the use of the other.
Drunk Chauffeurs Taboo.
Guns at Honolulu Tasted.
Honolulu
The big 12-inch guns
which have been placed in the fortifi­
cations at Pearl Harbor were fired
Monday for the first time.
The testa,
made under the direction of Captain
William P Platt, of the Ordnance de­
partment proved most satisfactory.
Roosevelt Goes After Lorimer
and Haskell.
Declare« Country I* Disgraced By
Such Men Sympathize* With
New Mssico.
Albuquerque, N. M., March 16.
Colonel R«MMH*velt paid his resp«*ct* by
name to Senator Lorimer, of Illinois,
and Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma,
tonighL He denounc«*! both as "unfit
to hold public office.” Their election,
he said, was * disgrace to the com­
munities which elect«xl them.
The denunciation was made in the
course of Colonel Rmmevelt's address
to an audience which crowd«*i the
opera bouse ami left hundr«*ds stand­
ing outside. In o|M-ning his talk, the
Colonel declsrvd that in its failure to
grant New Mexico statehood during
the last regular session of congr«**«,
th«* national government had commit-
t.~l s t.r<-»<-h ¡of faith.
Arizona, h«*
said, might have offered ground for
question, although he favor«*! its ad­
mission, but with New Mexico there
was no question.
Turning to th«* duties which the cit­
izen* of New Mexico must take up
when the territory «joes become a
stat«*. Colonel Risisevelt warned his
hearer* that, while good laws are nec­
essary. gisxi citzenship must back
them up. He said that unfit men had
l»M-n elected to office by {xipular and
representative vote. Such a man re­
main«*! unfit for office,
h«> said,
"whether he is unfit, as Mr. Lorimer
is unfit, who was elected by th«- legis­
lature of Illinois, or as Mr. Haskell is
unfit, who was elected by pupular
Veto."
The Colonel recommended a drastic
corrupt practice* law for New Mexico
when it become* a state.
He also de­
clare«! for direct election of Unit«.*l
States senators. In this connection,
he said. New York offered an object
lesson. With direct primary election,
"■omebody" would have been elected,
senator from that state, he concluded.
He also d«*clar«*l that Justice toward
corporations must characterise all
dealings with combinations of capital
and after an explanation of his views
on this *uhj«-ct, devoted th«- rest of a
King address to a plea for gtxxj citizen­
ship.
ZELAYA BITTER IN ATTACK.
Nicarsguan Exile Says United State*
Plan* to Seize All America.
Paris Jose Santos Zelava. who was
conqiell«*! to relinquish the presidency
of Nicaragua during the recent revo­
lution, gave an interview to 1^- Siecle.
in which he violently attack«-d the at­
titude of the United States in the
Mexican affair.
Zelaya charges that
the Unit«*! States government, in­
spired by th«- pros;M>ct of rommercial
and financial gain, is waging a merci­
less duel not only with Mexico, but
with the whole of Central America,
which it s«*eks to absorb so as to become
DIAZ WILL NOT TALK PEACE.
absolute master of th«- Western hemis­
phere. He asaerta that the United
Limantour'* Effort in That Direction
States is deliberately inciting revolu­
Likely to Be in Vain.
tions in Latin America, that they may
Mexico City, March 18
The inten •erve as excuses for intervention.
tion of Finance Minister I.imantou, at­
tributed to him in dispatches from
CANADA HAS DIAMONDS.
New York, of coming to the capital to
induce President Diax to listen to
Gems
Ar#
Small,
However, and
term* pro;«»«*d by the insurrectos, it
Chiefly
of
Scientific
Interest.
is said in official circle*, probaby will
prove fruit)«***.
Vancouver
The director of the
Only recently General Diax announ­ geological survey ann«>unce* that dia­
ce«! a plan which was not one of con­ monds have been discover«*! by the
ciliation, but one of relent)«*** war­ survey in British Columbia, the first
fare. The administration no longer recorded discovery uf the kind in Can­
denies that a comlition of war exists, ada. The rock is peridotite, of the
but it is maintain«*! that the progress variety known as danite, consisting of
of the campsign against the rebels has olivine and chromite. The specimen*
shown satisfactory results.
were obtain«*! on Olivine mountain,
The War dejiartment explained the near Tallaneen river, by Charles Cas­
Maderos' cam;*aign in the mirth has sels. of the survey.
Because of the
received a serious setback within the small size of the diamonds, non«* being
last four days. Up to the first of this much larger than a pinhead, the dis­
week revolutionists apparently were covery would *e«*m to be of scientific
in control of the situation in the state rather than commercial importance.
of Chihuahua.
Eleven Battleship« in Port.
Chicago “ Drinking while on duty
as a chauffeur or before going on duly
will be consider«*! a misdemeanor in
Chicao hereafter," said Municipal
Judge Newcomer, who fin«*! Charles
Jones, chauffeur for E I. Cudahy. 4'0
and costa. "! consider it one of the
very worst offenses that can be com­
mitted.” said the judge, "to drink
when your have to drive an automo­
bile
We have got to do something to
put a stop to thia wholesale killing of
people, and we've decided to begin
her«. ”
CROOKED LAW­
MAKERS SCORED
Norfolk. Va., March 18.
Eleven
battleships of the first, third ami
fourth division* of the Atlantic fi«*et,
command«*! by Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder,
;»ssed in the Virginia
ca;iee at 1 o'clock thi* afternoon for
Guantanamo, Cuba, and anchor«*! in
Hampotn Roads.
They will engage
in preliminary practice and maneu­
vers and
then disperse to their
home station*. Among the vessels
were the Connecticut. North Dakota,
Michigan. Minnesota, Vermont, Mis­
sissippi, Idaho, Georgia am! Virginia.
Transportation Company Guilty.
Savannah, Ga. The Merchant* A
Miner* Transportation company wa*
found guilty of ¿¡«crimination of
freight rates in violation of the inter­
state commerce law.
The Atlantic
roast line and the Seaboard Air line
railroad companies pleaded guilty to
the same charge.
Ruin« Cr*«h on 30 Men.
Nashville
Ry the colla;me of the
walls of the buiding of the Fall Hard-
ware company, which burned about
ten itays ago. about 30 men were
buried under tons of brick, mortar and
lime. Twelve bodies have been re­
moved. but it is believed at least one
more is buried in the ruin*.
Seven­
teen person* were more or less in­
jured. Ralph Met allum wa* the only
white man known to have been kill«*!
am! Edwin Hart the only white man
injured. The other victim* were ail
colored.
500 Deputi*« to Work.
Somerset, Ky. Orders to swear in
500 deputies to cope with lawlessness
growing out of the white firemen *
■trike on the Cincinnati. New Orleans
A Texas Pacifi* railroad have been is­
sued to Sheriff Weddle, of this county.
All locomotive cab windows on trains
running through Somerset have been
equipped with »teeI plate*.