CURRENT EVENTS
DE THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
AEROPLANES FILL AIR
iahib t on Stag» Past. P***»eg»r Ma-
Chin»* Common,
Paris
The one thing to be ded
from the principal event for the
prouching aeroplane «ea*M»n i* that
day <»f the "circus** meeting ha* j
not to return.
Public anl avi
alike are tired of circling around
derrick* of an aerodrome.
The timid flutter» of two year«
Ge< * r.il Re-unr of Important Event*
have
lieen sucom •• ded by long ramble«
Presented in Condensed Form
for Our Bu», Reader*.
from town to town.
The practical ap
plication of the aeroplane ia in sight,
for machine* hair l»<x-n constructcil
capable
of carrying 10 or 12 pa
Roosevelt warn« against unlimited
gers.
arbitration with all nation«.
A dozen school» in France are
Shipment* by wah r from Atlantic
ing
out pilots every <iay in addition to
to Pacific tout* |M>rt» lima great in
thr list of more than 200 on the regts-
ter* of the Aeronautical federation
Vire President Corral), of Mexico,
doe* not think Diaz' resignation will To provide a field for thr ambition of
these young bird*, three great races
end the revolution.
have been arranged.
An ’’endleaa chain” uf letter writ-
The first in date and possibly also in
ing will be adopt««! a* a plan to get
difficulty,
ia that organize! by th«
nettle! a for the Pat I lie Northwest.
Petit PariHtrn from Paris to Madrid
Vercheres
French Canadians at
Aviator* have to pa»», «rtunlmg to
Canada. remove«! the sign "¡>.-t*»f!
thr rub « k*urd by the organizer»», for
and substituted "bureau de |«>«te.
a dint mice of 6u to Ml) kdomrter* over
A Tacoma child ag-il 2 year* died mountain« nearly 4.000 f$r<rt high.
from the i-fTecti of swallowing a cop
Thi» race i» endowed by the Petit
|H-r cent, which lodged in the lower Parmieii with a prize of 12.000 to thr
part of her throat.
winner In addition, the Spanish Aero
A Ing Chicago bank ha* u»ed thumb club give« prize» of 110.000
Thr
print* to identify it* depositors for
the pa-t six year*, and reports the Rome
May 2
system absolutely reliable.
(M)0,
An American being held by Mexican
!•*■
JUi
will ««■«» the European circuit
authorities at Acapulco wn* given a rare*
>n> Paris to Ixmdun aii-i re-
rifle slid told he must help defer.d the turn.
'he flight will he begun on
fort if it was attack«*! by rebel*.
J unr
nd occupy probably two weeks,
rite* aggregate $901,000, an-l
The county a**e*H<>r of Alimwla
have attract«-»! many entries.
county, <’«l., ha«
1« «-n
arrested,
cteaae.
charged with accepting n |S,< hh ) bribe
from the Sprit.g Valley Water cow
|*any.
Mulero Addrest ng the
GREAT COMBINE
IS HARD HIT
STANDARD Oil.
MUST DISSOLVE
1
Supreme Court Declares Big
Trust Is Unlaw iul.
WOME N FAVOR PHISONEH.
Alleged Dynam ter* Rrccivr
Da
tie*
Striking furniture maker«' at (¡rami
in Jail.
Ra|
Iz>*
Angelr*
Women, not alonr ir.
fight with alone*, club* and revolver«,
but wen* nu twined by a tire company thr working clan», but many of thr
turning nt ream* of water on them
wealthy and artmtoeratic order, have
Madero
di’M’U’He*
prosj-« ctn f<»r t»rcn showering dowers, book», candy
peace, but continue« hb preparation« an«l other daintie« U|w»n J J. M< Sam
to carry the war to the Mexican cap-
ara. who on Sunday was again th«* re
I tai.
cipient of a number of floral ofTenng*.
Judge* of One Opinion
Govern
ment's Attack on G »nt Mo- opoiy
UI 1 r i JU
t . •
r I ’
The Stand-
; aril Oil company of New Jersey anil
it* sul-si-iiary eur|i>>rations I wrrr <le
Washington.
.May 16.
Troop», Gen«r*l Urotiu at Hit H-ght and Garibaldi at Hit Lett.
TWO PERISH FROM HEAT.
A
. .
.
A
-
n
Driven Mad.
(’hieago. May 17. Chicago yestrr-
day ¡t weltered through the hotteat May
16 in 17 year» kh degree» above at 1
k. Ana result, two persons are
dead, There were numerou* prostea-
tion» an«! intense suffering from the
humidity which pr
¡recedes rain storm*
which have threatened for several di
but have not materialized.
Anton Erickson, employed
*n
foundry, dropped unc'inx' i <- um fn
the heat ami died on the way t<
hospital. James Bevington, a trav
ing salesman, died at hi» home fr
the In-at. Several men fell victim*
the dre« it and one woman, crur«4
the heat, leaped from a sec..n-i'«t..ry
window, but rscajj -d serie us injury.
by «logs
Evanston was menace d
driven mad by heat ami the police in
that suburb and the northwest
rt ion
of Chicago were ortiend to shoot all
unmuzzletl dogs.
Th«- sudaivn excess of heat is pulling
up the t«-n>|H-rature of the lake and the
bathing b-aches were crt*wde<l all *lay
and evening.
Th«- parks anal other
breathing s|«>ls were densely |«>|»ulat-
<il all day. The quick arrival of sum
mer has caught the public unpraqxrtd
»nd is causing much suffering
With
in a month Chicago was enveloped in
a blizzard which brought »now, ice
and heavy frt-sts.
clar«ii by th«- Supreme court of the
’ United States to l»e a conspiracy a n.l
■ mm of them being sent anonymously , combination in restraint of trmie.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
It was otherwise held to lie mon-
from sentimental persons.
lopolizing intrrstat«- commerce in viola
Wheat
Track price«
Bluestem.
Each day of lair the prisoner ha*
I tion of the Sherman anti trust law
94><t96c; club, 96c; B«ii Russian,
.
received books and flower« from var-
The dissolution of the combination
valley, H6c; 40-fold. 96c.
DECISION DISAPPOINTING.
iou* sources, an«I numerou« letters wa* orderol to take place within six
Barley Choice f«-td, $2Mr«l29 50.
'
months.
MillstutTs
Bran, $24 5<'-:25 |--r from Eastern friends and acquain
Thus ended the tremendous struggle Question of *'Re»»on»blene*»" Spoil*
ton, middlings, $31; aborts, $25.50«» tance* and lal*>r leader*, all assuring
I on the part of the government to put
Effect.
26. rolltsl barley. $29.6O-i 30.50.
him of the writers' I belief in hi« in- | down, by authority of law, a n-mbin-
< orn - Whole, 129; crack«*!, 130.
Washington, May 17
Government
nocence, and their willingne»» to <lo ation which is held to be a menace to
Onte- No. I white, $29.50 ton.
al Washington legislative, executive
1 the industrial and «economic advance
llay - Timothy, Eastern Oregon, all they can to help I him prove it.
1 and judicial gave over the great« r
No. 1. $21.6tW*l 22.50 ; light mixed,
J. B. McNamara, while not included ment of th«- entire country
part of Uxiay to a discussion of the
At
the
same
time
the
court
inter
heavy, mixed, $17.50 <»
$19«20;
Supreme court decision in the Standard
in th «-so professions i of friendship to
prettil the Sherman anti-trust law so
IK. 50; alfalfa, III *» 15;
clover,
Oil case
While there wa* gratifies
$12.60ft 13.50; gram hay. $13.6001 a* great an extent as hi» brother, has as to limit it* application to acta of tion in administration circles over the
"undue"
restraint
of
trade
and
not
receiveci
quite
a
few
letters
pledging
14.50.
order for the di»»«»luti<»n of th«» «-or-
“every" reatraint of trade.
Fresh fruits Str»wlx-rri<-s. Oregon, him support in hi* defense.
{»ration, which has b«-en declared "an
It was on this point that the only
$4 crate; California, $l.Mft2 crate;
unreasonable" combination and mon
Ortie McManigal's <-,,rr--q»>n-|. n--c
discordant
note
was
heard
in
the
g-Hi*eberries, *«i 10c |s-r |«>und, appl It* tí, seem* to be limited to *n occasional
opoly in restraint of trade, there un
court.
Justice
Harlan dissented,
$1 ft 3 |»er box.
questionably was misgiving as to the
letter from his wife.
Hi« only vii-
Vegetable«
Asparagus, $l«i>2per ¡tors are member* of the Burn* detec holding that cases already d«-cid««d by interpretation of th«- anti-trust law
box ; bean*, 15'» 17|c; cabbage, $2.50 tive agency, who each day bring him the court had detertnined once for all giving to courts th«- right to «ietermine
that the word "undue" or "unrea-
|>er hun-lrclweight; cucumlsT*. $1.50 cigars, fruit and other luxuries.
whether a monofsdy was "reasonable"
sonal-l«’" or similar words were*not in
oi2 25 per dozen ; lettuce, 65c per
and «ieclaring a "reaeonable" mono-
Both the McNamara*, continue in
II
declared that the
dozen; hothouse lettuce, $1 25*» 1.7'» a cheerful frame of mini), but Me- the statute
t»»ly n«*t to be in co ntravention of the
per I k » x ; |»-ii«, •¡p«i7|c per pound; Manigal, it is »aid. is I-ginning to reasoning of the co urt in arriving at statute.
its finding was, in efT««Ct, Irgtsli
prp|M-r*. 30ei 35c; ra<liah<-*, 15c |s-r fret at his confinement.
President Taft, who. a little m
which lielong««! in every instanc
lo
dozen; rhubarb, 1 p-i2c per |«»un<l; to-
than a year ago. in a * (»ecl al me*»
«mgn-ss
and
not
to
the
courts,
matnes,
$2.75«-<3 25; new carrots,
CHINESE BANKER TORTURED
to congress, said that und< Supn
Ever since the decree in this r«w- in
$2 25 p--r sack; turnips, $2.25; b«-«-t-.
court prec-edcnt»
•ectRimt* mere
there could
c<
be
the lower c«>urt. the United State«
$2.25
such things
as "reasonable'
ig« a*
” reaacmable ” and “
Te««« Report Say* Rebel* Dragged
Circuit court for the «astern district
Piitiit.-es Oregon am! F --frm, $2 50
real ¡unable” restraint» of trade, o
V»ctf$n to Plata and Shot Him,
of Missouri, was announced, hope has
|M-r hair»-lr«-«t; new potatoes, 6J
other words, ’’good tru*t*'* and “
express««! by th«- "busin«-sa
Laredo, Tex. At the end of a rop«» bc«-n
Onions
Australian, $.1.7.5**
trusts," was »aid to hate boon rat
which had been tied an»un<! hi* neck, world” that th«- law would ba modified
hundred, Bermuda. $2'» 2 '25 era
dia appointed that the court jdn
so
as
not
to
inte
rfere
with
what
waa
Dr.
*1.
W.
I.im.
a
Chinese
banker,
wa*
Poultry
Hen*, 19oi2Oc; br
ha be am tit to reverse itself in i
<kag^«xt ground th«* plaza in Torreon, designated as "honest busin«—.," To
20c; ducks, young, 25c; ge«-se,
important
Meli l ' o , until hi* body was a miiH»« <»f night that section of the opinion call
Inal, turkeys. 20c; drmuMuL c
broke n bone* atxl bleeding wound», ac- ing for th«- use of th«- rule of reason in
25c.
FLIES IOO MILES PER HOUR.
Eggs Or
21c cording to rv|M»rt* which have just applying the law is r«-gnrd«*<i in many
quarter* as an answer to the prayers
reached hr re*
per d*»»cn; <
American Av ator Break* Record for
From the same source of information of thr "business worbi.”
Butter
ni. 1
Specif in Aeroplane.
Th-
defendant*
nanu-d
beaidea
the
detail«
of
a
thr
red
Ay
battle
at
ami 2-pound
Tor-
|«rr
With BHil
rvon between r» evolutk hint* and Fed Standard (hl and it* subsidiary cor
pvunal; l«-*s
Rheims Speexl rec. 1st
«Tai* were re$ r*ri V d
The battle i* poration* are: John D. Rockefeller, without a pass<-nger. were
deli wry extra.
I
»aid to have taken place May ¡3, I I William Rockef- !i--r Henry M
l\>rk Fancy, Spit 10c per pound.
ler, John D. Archbold. Oliver H en here in n-markaldc
and IS, resulting in a rebel victory.
V»*nl
Fancy. 9|«i |0c pvr pound.
160
Dr. l.itn wm one of thr weaithic •it Payne, Henry H. Rogers, and Charles flight*. A s|»e«d of i
l!o|w 191! contracts.
pr {»»um! ; î
1910 rro>p, nominal, ISK)S crop. 15c; Chi throe in North Mexico and wa» at M. 1‘ratL
kilometer* (99.5 mile- 11 an hour was
the heat! of a banking institution con*
oh!», 10e
attain«*! in the first flight by the
Guaymas It Lett to Fats,
Wool
After
Eastern Oreg
nominal. trolled by Chinese capitalkt
American aviator. Her try E. Weyman.
Guaymas, Mex., .May 16. The Mex-
10 m 14e; valley. 12 » 1 $c;
mohair, j dragging I.im around the plaza until
life vu almost ext inrt it is reported I ican government is abandoninir all So He start« d from M> utnmelon with
choie«». 3 7|c.
Catt l<* Prime, grain fed steer*, $7 . that rebel* »hot him several times. nora to thr rebels anil concentrating Count Robillard aa a passenger. A
i its tr<">ps in Mexico City in expect*- strong wind, almost •
M 7.15; prime hay f«s i.
$6 95<-i 7: ll<* died within a few minute*.
• tion of an attack on thr capital.
Col- gale, caused the machine to plunge in
choice »terrs, $•» f»o *6.*5; g'**»d,
Wool Revenue is Needed.
■ oncl Dtaz. commamling the garrison a terrifying manner with wild MWCCJWi.
6.50; fair, I'» 75*»i6; common, 95.50
M.S. 75; prime cow«. 95 7»Vu6 25; go«»d.
Washington, I). C.
House leader* i that rvacuat«*! Agtia Prirta last week, the height constantly varying from 30
9«5i«t5.25; fair, fl
|**»r, $1 50 arc gratified that they are out of the arrived her«» last night and bxlay tx-- to 31 ft feet.
Later Lieutenant F«*|uant. in a new
M4.75; choice hrifrr*. 95.5OM5.75; wocn I* <»n the wool reviaion question. l gnn embarking hi* force of 5( h ) men
He will proc«-rd to monopianc. Lieutenant Biey acting a*
choice bull*, 94.75«i5; g»**l. 94.25et The way* ami mean* Committee'« de* 1 on a steamship.
4.75; choice light calves. |7.7fwuM; ci Hi on i* that the revised wool eched- Manzanillo, thence over the Tchuante- observation officer, m*«ie a flight over
gooti, 97.50 hi. 7.75;
choice heavy ulr will not place raw wool on the : |w-c road to Mexico City. Only 125 f«*l* the same course under same condi-
calves, 95.50 «i 6; gi*od. 95 o/ 5.50; free lint, but will cut the existing erals remain in Guaymaa, not count- tions. This flight was without inter
choice stag*. 95.75 m 6.25; g»««!, 95.25 rate* from 11 cent« a pound to 5 or 6 1 ing the 60ii brought in by (>ov. Tom*. ruption and the distance was complet
«si in 10 minut«-* and 20 «econds, a
M 5.75.
cent* a |«>und or it» equivalent in an
Death to Boycott i* Cry.
speed of 162 kilometers (100.7 miles I
Hog* Choice, 96.70 hi 6.75; g1««!, ad valorem reduction*
Leader* in
96.50c$t6.70; choice heavy, 9|**u6.50; each delegation were told that it waa
New York President Taft ha* b«*-n maintain«*!.
common. 95*u6; stork hogs. 97 m 7.25. imp»**ible to cut off the 921,000,000 asked tn end the boycott for all time
Sheep Choice «pring lamb». 96.75 in revenue from raw wool and were by a«rckmg the punishment or dissolu
Zelaya'* Friend i* Dead.
m 7; g»»od, 96 m 6.75; rh«»ier yearlings. asked to poll their delegation».
tion of organization* enforcing it.
Mexico City I)r. Jo«e Madriz. who
95.25 m 5.50; good. 95 m 6.25;
fair.
Thr petitioners were the Nation*! was placed in the presidential chair
Plague Kill* 43 at Amoy.
99.75015; choice ewe*. 94.Mkd4.75;
Aaaoeiation of Manufacturer*, «nd the of Nicaragua by Jose Santo« Zelaya,
good. 94o/4.50; fair, 93 75 m 4 ; gno«i
Amoy, China Forty-three death* American Federation of Ijtbor was when he was forced to flee, died here
to choice heavy wether«. 94 5Or</5; from the bubonic plague
and *ix sai<! to be "peraistcntly prosecuting of Bright'* diaeaae. Dr. Madrix came
ol«i heavy wrther», 94/»t4.50. mixed death* from smallpox were reported and intending to further prosecute to Mexico City when he waa forced to
lots. 9407,5.
I such boy<v»tt*.
¡during the week ending Sunday.
leave hi* country by Estrada.
MEXICAN PEACE
PACT IS SIGNED
Revolution Ends With Confer
ence Held at .laurez.
Field Leader* of Both
Armie*
Noti
fied at Once De La Barra
Chief Executive.
‘>
M- xico, May 9
22.
Officially
d-'»ignat«-d r«-pre*<-nlative*of the Mex
Juar-z.
ican government and the revolutionists
at lo o'clock last night *ign--d a p* ac<-
agreement at
the custom house here
intemded to end the hostilities which
have been wag*-*! in Mexico.
Though covering only the principal
points negotiate! thus far. it practi
cally records th«- conceiaion by the
government of th*»»«- demands which
■ . ■ • .
' ■
■
. ■ , :
olution in Mexco.
Trlegrati'» announcing the signing
of th«- agre«-m«-nt were dispatched
throughout Mexico to revolutionary
atxl Federal leader* alike.
Constitutional
resti iction«
vented the inclusion in the |*-ace
agreement of the fact that the rebel»
would lx- [>ermitt«-d to suggest to var
ious state iegisiatur«*« the name* of
principal governors and likewise the
fact that aix'of the eight member* of
th«- new cabinet hav«- been chosen by
the revolutionists, but the agreement
n-conis that President Diaz and Vice-
President Corrail will r«-sign and that
th«- government is to concentrate its
attention on desires! reforms.
Judge Carbajal represented the Fed
eral government »nd Dr. Vaaquez Go
mez, Francisco Madero, Sr., and Senor
Pino Suarez acted for the revolution
ist*.
Juarez. Mexico. May 22. Th*- act
ual signing of the Mexican treaty
agreement took place under m«»«t ex
traordinary circumstance* last night
on the st«-|»s of th«- customs hous«-.
When th«- peace commissioners arrived
they found the door of the cue
house lockid and no
them in.
Accordingly they gathered
ste|m of the building and while
|»aper men held matchm, ft
pen* were prxxluccd and the d-
signed.
Four automobile* turmd the
lights on the scene and when
nature* were affixed the commii
of Is.th side* «-mbraced joyfully
a small crowd that coilccU-d »h*
"Viva l.a Pax.”
Banker Must Serve Tims
Washington. D. C. In
th«- sentence of J. B. Feer
of the First National bank
rille, Tenn., who pleade«
etnbezzlenient. President 1
cided that Feeney must
time in jail, wm though h
d<*rgo * couhm * of nuxlirMi
to strengthen himself for
Ferney wa* smtrnml to
He is 69 years obi and sai
Phyaicians testified that i
prisonment would be fatal,
muted his sentence to 4 months.
Car Kills Whole Family,
Newark, Ohio- The entire family
of D. W. Dodson, of Hebron, O.. was
wiped out Sunday when an interur
ban car on the Newark division of the
Ohio Electric Railroad struck their
buggy anti killed Mr. Dodson, Mrs.
l>«>di*>n an<i their two little girls, aged
7 and 4.
Cotton Rmg May Be Investigated.
Washington, D. C.
Investigation
by the secretary of commerce and la
bor "into the combination of cotton
«peculator* in the United State* or
ganised to control prices," with a
view to criminal prosecution, ia urged
in a resolution introduced in the house
by Edward*, of Georgia.